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I've come to the heartbreaking conclusion that I have to leave my husband. I'm 45 years old my husband is 50. We've been together for 23+ years. I've always had a much higher libido than my husband. In the last 5 years not only has the sex disappeared but intimacy all together is gone. My self esteem is completely gone, getting rejected on almost a daily basis will do that. I'm so lonely, I'm more lonely laying in that bed next to him every night than when I'm actually alone. When the kids were little he'd use the excuse of not wanting to have sex because the kids could walk in, now there's only one left at home and he's 17 and not home all that much. Now he uses the excuse that he's 50 and sex isn't a priority. Yesterday seems to be the last straw for me, he actually suggested that I go to the doctor to see if they could give me something to make it so that I wouldn't want to have sex anymore. He refuses to talk about it, he refuses to even think the problem could be with him. He's not having sex elsewhere is not watching porn. I'm a 45 yo female with no job skills really, I've devoted myself to my family and the idea of starting over scares me to death and the saddest part is is that I actually love this man but not even touching or kissing I can't do this anymore it's exhausting. |
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- Posted by tracystoke (My Page) on Fri, Dec 16, 11 at 16:27
Could he maybe having problems getting an errection and making excuses .I think so .maybe he is concerned about it too much.I think he has problems ,does he know you will leave him if things dont change?make it clear ,you are still young and if he is not willing to help the way he is ,then get out now,you are human and need to be touched,stroked and loved. |
I do believe he does have a real medical problem, he doesn't ever want to talk about it, it's gotta be.a guy thing. I've always been so open about sex, I've always been the main initiator that's never bothered me. I haven't threatened to leave because I don't believe in making idle threats, but tonight's the night, I'm going to tell him yet again that we need to see a therapist but this time if he refuses I'm going to tell him I'm leaving. |
I think you will certainly get more of a response when you say you are leaving. I hope saying that is a catalyst for change for both of you, in a positive way. With him accepting that there is a problem and that you are both responsible and both need to find ways to solve the problem. Sounds like his pride is getting in the way of things. It is amazing how patient women are, how we put our children and family life before our own happiness. Is that wise do you think ? |
Jewelsblu, please re-consider of leaving your husband. Put all his pro's and con's on the scale and see which one is heavier. Sex is not everything. I married my husband for 20 years,the first few years into the marriage, we have sex once a week. But about after 10 years, we have sex once a month. He doesn't want to have sex, but he does everything else for me. He is at home right after work, and work around the house all weekend long.I am still very young too, but I get used to it. We loved each other very much, only not sex, that all. I hope it works out for you. |
Mt, I know sex isn't everything, I'm not that shallow however, it's not normal for a healthy man to not want sex. I made an appointment for him to see a doctor next week, , I told him that I'd be right there with him. You'd think that he'd want to find out what the problem is, wouldn't you? A.marriage without intimacy is a very lonely place to be. Leaving would be very difficult I can't imagine my life without him but I can't stand the thought of life without intimacy either. Sex is supposed to be one of the perks to marriage, isn't it? |
- Posted by firecaptrt (My Page) on Mon, Jan 2, 12 at 22:51
I could not have spoke truer words than you Jewel, the only difference is I am the husband not the wife. I finally gave up and doing without, I sure do miss it but I don't guess it will kill you. good luck |
- Posted by scarlett2001 (My Page) on Tue, Jan 3, 12 at 3:53
"I'm a 45 yo female with no job skills really" THAT is your real problem. Without employment potential, you will always be one man away from disaster. But it's not too late - look into some short term programs at your local Community College, and see if you can get something going for you, training-wise. Most places have a Career Center or a women's center. Avoid those pricey tech schools that advertise on daytime TV - they are not good. Ask about financial aid for tuition if you need it. There are programs just for women your age who need job skills. Be your own best friend here. What are you going to do: 1.stay and suffer You can't take control of your life until you take control of your income. The rest follows. |
I actually like being a wife snd mother, I like everything about it, it's not as if I'm not busy, I'm always busy. If I wanted to go back to school, I would, my husband is very supportive with stuff like that. The intimacy is the problem that we have but I think that'll get better. We went and.saw our family doctor and have been referred to a urologist. The main thing is that at least we're talking about it now just talking about it has improved things greatly. Guy's are so sensitive when it comes to talking about malfunctioning man part's, it took me threatening to leave but we're at least talking and he's seeing a specialist now. We've loved each other for 25 years, that's worth saving. |
- Posted by scarlett2001 (My Page) on Wed, Jan 4, 12 at 3:56
By all means, if it's fixable, stick with it. But women should always have a backup plan. Being a wife and mother is wonderful. Protect those institutions by being able to pay your own way if you have to. Life can change in an hour. |
Jewelsblu, I am very happy for you.....I hope things will improve in the long run. Please give us posted. MT |
I feel your pain as I have gone through similar issues in my marriage. It has been said, opposites attract, lol. In my case it's the other way around and the excuses are strikingly similar to your husband's. I have a healthy libito but rejection has taken its toll on me also and there are other issues that I'm trying to deal with. I have a best friend that was married 25 years to a woman that should have been a Nun. No drive and no interest and my poor friend suffered all those years. He has since met a woman with a heart beat and a normal libito and he has never been happier. So maybe someday we both will find our true love like my friend. I wish you the best in your search for happiness. |
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We have a wood fence surrounding the property. We wanted an aluminum fence to surround the pool for safety from the kids getting in the pool area but our HOA says aluminum fencing is not allowed. We don't want another wood fence bc it will look silly. We don't want to pay for wrought iron which I am guessing is double the aluminum cost. Any advise or pictures? Thanks! |
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How would the HOA know if it was alu fence or even if you installed it around the pool if you have a wood fence around the property ? My HOA has a rule about no alu fences also, but that is just for the property perimeter, as in if you didnt have wood, you cannot have alu. I would imagine they do no have any say what goes around the pool in the way of a safety fence. |
Yes, I am going to ask them if it is only for perimeter fences. Seems crazy that a fence you can't see from the street wouldn't be allowed simple for the material. A wrought iron would look exactly the same. They aren't budging so far. |
For insurance purposes you have to have a 48" tall non climb able from the outside fence around your your property or pool. If you already have that then the fence you put around your pool would be just for you anyway. There are quite a few choices on the web. Good luck with your HOA. |
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I have a wood fence surrounding my property and a white pvc fence around my pool. We don't live in an HOA however. |
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At least 23 First Nations still waiting for broadband Internet access in B.C.
Eighty-nine percent of First Nations in B.C.—or 180 of 203—are expected to have access to broadband Internet service by the 2012-13 fiscal year.
That forecast is contained in the service plan for the Ministry of Citizens' Services and Open Government, which was released last week as part of the B.C. Liberal government's 2013 pre-election budget. It would see 11 percent of First Nations (23) still waiting for high-speed Internet service by the end of the next fiscal year.
According to the service plan, 42 percent of First Nations (85) were connected to broadband Internet in 2007-08.
The government's latest targets would see 91 percent of First Nations (185) having broadband access by 2013-14, followed by 94 percent (190) by 2014-15 and 96 percent (195) by 2015-16.
"This performance measure demonstrates the level of success in facilitating First Nations access to broadband facilities by supporting the development of backhaul or transport infrastructure that allows service providers to connect homes, businesses and schools to the Internet," the service plan states.
While progress is being made, the B.C. government's targets for First Nations Internet connectivity have been lowered over the years.
In September 2009, the service plan update for the Ministry of Citizens' Services put the 2011-12 target at 94 percent of First Nations (190). That's now the target for 2014-15.
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This is the opportunity of a lifetime. Serve in a developing nation, climb to 19,000' in the Andes, backpack and ski in Yosemite National Park, all the while learning about each experience from a Christian academic perspective. When you're not having classes in Ecuador, living with an Ecuadorian family, or exploring Yosemite, you'll get to live in Summit Adventure's Basecamp, a rustic cabin heated by a wood-burning stove. This semester is rigorous in its demands, academically, physically, and spiritually. Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Orientation, Syllabi and Academic Explanation, Classes 4 days a week, Weekend Mini-Expeditions, Community Service with Boys & Girls Club Oakhurst and local churches, Living in Community at Base
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Thousands of students over the years have come to Summit Adventure demonstrating a glaring lack of proficiency in leadership, interpersonal communication, cross-cultural awareness, spiritual growth and physical fitness. As a result, we are focusing ISAS on these five competencies through the courses listed below. We call these 3-credit courses "pillars" because they are foundational to a student's ability to build relationships in ministry and life.
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In this course, you will study small group behavior and interpersonal communication within the contexts of current theory, praxis, and Christian community. Course content includes the study of group dynamics, small group leadership, conflict resolution, non-violent communication, and the application of interpersonal interaction theories. Learning occurs in small group travel in mountains, rural settings, and international venues via class discussion, practical experiences, and communal living.
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During this course, students will interact with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures. These interactions will help broaden their perspectives on people and cultures different from their own. Students will become more effective witnesses for the Gospel because they have successfully transferred learning about others in different cultures back to home and school. They will see firsthand that the Kingdom of God is not only American and ministry must be undertaken with this global perspective. Language acquisition and home stay weeks in Ecuador are included to broaden the cultural immersion experience.
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This course provides a hands-on framework for spiritual growth during ISAS. It will draw heavily on the spiritual disciplines to complement the cross-cultural, service, and adventure learning the students will experience during the semester. Students will have many opportunities to deepen their faith in a variety of individual and corporate settings. This course is intended to be highly practical because walking closely with Jesus Christ involves much more than engaging the intellect- we must involve our hearts and "hands" as well.
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This course will focus on physical education skills including rock climbing, mountaineering, backpacking, back country navigation, and wilderness camping. Students will be challenged both physically and mentally as they learn the various skill sets enabling them to become comfortable in the outdoors. The course will take place in the beautiful and rugged high country of the Sierra Nevada, California and the high altitude peaks of the Andes in Ecuador.


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Tuesday, March 13, 2012The commission too often goes easy on state controlled companies.
(Folks, this is the center, the ground zero, of all the financial fiascos plaguing our country lately. State controlled companies means GLCs. The Air Asia - MAS fiasco, the Khazanah fiascos, the Medini fiasco, the lembu condo fiasco and this fiasco are all because of the "GLC" link. Who are the people in charge of the GLCs? Siapa Menteri nya? Dont forget the Chinaman Director of Khazanah Nasional Bhd who had his name bandied about in some other Court case over "insider trading". They are all linked to who? I hope the Prime Minister will wake up on this one too.)
"Both the Companies and Securities Commissions are perceived as weak by many investors and other market participants."
(Weak means they are manipulated at the whims and fancies of the powerful. Too often now to benefit their own pockets.)
Here is the conclusion folks. How many of you seriously think there will be any prosecution coming out of all this? This is Malaysia. If you are connected, you rub shoulders with the high and mighty, you can still eat cake.
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In a time when nearly every movie appears to be aimed at 14-year-old boys, "The Girl Next Door" nonetheless manages to distinguish itself: It appears to not only be made for hormone-crazed adolescents, but by them. How a bunch of teenagers got funding for a slick-looking movie, I have no idea their dad's credit cards, perhaps? No, no, no I've no doubt that director Luke Greenfield and screenwriters Stuart Blumberg, David T. Wagner and Brent Goldberg are, at least chronologically, adults. But you wouldn't know it from "The Girl Next Door," in which every high-school girl looks like a supermodel, the word "dude" passes for humor, and the central character's maturity is attained through an alliance with the lip-gloss-laden former porn star who just happens to move in next door.
This is teenage male fantasy writ large (the teenage girl version would probably involve an Urban Outfitters or Sephora store moving in next door, with unlimited credit), so it's hardly fair to complain that it's nonsensical. But it's also bereft of wit, charm and character. Young Matthew (Emile Hirsch) is supposedly a misfit at his high school (though the only oddball trait I could discern is that he's bland). His new neighbor Danielle (Elisha Cuthbert, who has that slightly feral, hungry porn-star look to her perhaps Danielle just needs a good meal?) is entirely without personality traits she's not even a cipher, as that would imply that she has mystery. The two strike up a friendship based, apparently, on their mutual interest in nothing whatsoever and Matthew becomes drawn into the world that Danielle is trying to escape. "Why do you believe in me so much?" she asks him at one point. In an example of this movie's sparkling dialogue, he replies, "I don't know." But we know: He believes in her because she wears skimpy tops, low-slung pants and all that lip gloss, and that's the level on which "The Girl Next Door" operates. But, as this movie's target demographic might say, whatever. Teenagers (most of whom, it should be pointed out, theoretically can't attend "The Girl Next Door" because of its R rating) will likely not be disturbed by this movie's portrayal of women as, essentially, walking bras. Perhaps the filmmakers, when they grow up, will realize that they should be. Moira Macdonald: 206-464-2725 or firstname.lastname@example.com
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Does a hero have to do the same actions as the unit they are attached to. The rules identify a unit is the miniatures on the unit card instead of a squad. A unit is given two actions but it doesn't say that a hero has to use the same actions. (ex Lara is attached to the Heavy Flak Grenadiers, who use one action reloading their weapon and their other action as nothing. Can Lara do a sustained attack while her troops reload their guns.)
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While a hero is attached to a squad, they are considered to be a single unit. Therefore they share their actions. If the Flaks reload, Lara also spends one action just looking at them. Likewise if Rosie is attached to the Crack Shots and uses her Tank Head, the sniper can't make a Sustained Attack.
Therefore, there are points in the game when it could be advantageous to suddenly dettach the hero from the squad, just so one won't be weighed down by the actions the other one must take. You could dettach the Flaks and have them reload and fire, then afterwards have Lara make a Sustained Attack. Though she won't be able to rejoin her squad…


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Tapflow is a low latency, hardware-based filtering engine that allows forwarding each tool the traffic of interest for its particular purpose, without missing any data. Director supports advanced filtering options including packet headers and protocols (layer 4 filtering) and filtering by VLAN tags and MPLS labels. ROI is multiplied because specialized tools dedicate all their processing power to the tasks they are designed for, preventing oversubscription and contention. Additional Director Pro models include Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) functionality that provides the ability to apply filters to a packet or multiple packets at any location, regardless of packet length (how "deep" the packet is) or the location of the data to be matched within the packet.
Director offers 2 sets of network modules and 4 input/output 10G ports, all allowing for maximum flexibility. Director offers 2 types of modules. The copper-based module operates at 10/100/1000 in both Span port and inline versions. The fiber module is also available as a Span port version or inline version with all fiber modules offered in multi-mode and single-mode. Director provides a total of 4 10G ports that can be used either to redirect 10G traffic to multiple 1G monitoring ports or to collect 1G traffic and send it out to a 10G monitoring tool.
Filter tagging adds a user-defined VLAN tag to packets to enable tools to identify input streams within aggregated traffic. Director provides the ability to track the source of forwarded traffic by both tagging the traffic with the ingress port number and identifying which filter directed the traffic to an individual tool.
Director can aggregate traffic from multiple network links and load balance the traffic to multiple tools. This ensures that all monitoring tools are utilized efficiently to maximize the monitoring capacity of the entire network. Peak performance network is achieved without investing heavily in additional tools or risking oversubscription. The load can be balanced by IP address, port, protocol, VLAN, and MAC address, or by any other packet header field or its combination.
With Director up to 10 Director nodes can be daisy-chained together to act as a single logical unit with up to 380 ports and industry-leading total throughput of 740Gbps. Policies and filters are defined on the master and populated automatically among daisy chain members. This allows for increased monitoring leverage and visibility on the network.
Director makes extensive use of modular interface technology to eliminate the headache of matching interfaces between monitoring tools and links. All Director monitor ports use SFP or XFP modular transceivers, so virtually any monitoring tool can be accommodated. In addition, Director Network Modules are available for copper and 10/Gigabit SX(50/62.5µm) or LX(8.5µm) or ZX(8.5µm) Fiber in both in-line and Span versions, increasing the flexibility of media type support.
Director provides 3 management interfaces: CLI, Web-based GUI and SNMP. The Command Line Interface (CLI) allows access to Director both locally and remotely (over SSH); a Web-based interface can be launched with any browser and manage a single Director appliance for port and filter management and SNMP can be used to configure, manage and monitor up to 10 daisy chained Director devices. Director supports multiple authentication and authorization (AAA) servers and provides Syslog support for sending log messages to remote servers.
Director keeps traffic flowing even in the event of a power loss using the virtual Zero Delay technology. Director's two modular power supplies provide maximum uptime and fault tolerance. If one power supply loses power, Director continues operating on the remaining supply. If a power supply module needs replacement, there is no need to take Director offline because the power supplies are hot-swappable. Both universal AC and -48VDC (telco) models are available.
Director is compatible with all Net Optics Taps and Bypass Switches as well as with all major manufacturers' monitoring devices, including protocol analyzers, probes, and intrusion detection systems.
Specifications, chassis
Hardware throughput: 74Gbps, 54Gbps and 34Gbps
TapFlow: Up to 2,000 filter elements per chassis; filter by IP source address and destination address, MAC source address and destination address, source and destination port, protocol, network port or port group, VLAN, utilization threshold
RMON statistics: Current utilization, peak utilization, peak time, total packets, total bytes, CRC errors, collision, oversize and undersize packets
Alarms: Programmable utilization threshold alarm for each network and monitor port
Indigo™ Management Software
Net Optics Web Manager—compatible with all major Web browsers
SNMP v3 s, Syslog
Net Optics System Manager—compatible with Windows XP, RADIUS and TACACS+ Authentication
Operating Temperature: 0˚C to 40˚C
Storage Temperature: -20˚C to 70˚C
Relative Humidity: 10% min, 95% max, non-condensing
Dimensions: 1.75" high x 24" deep x 19" wide
Mounting: Surface or 19" rack mount (1U)
Unit Weight: 14.5lbs
DNM: 1.5lbs
Network Port Slots: (2) Director Network Module (DNM)
Monitor Ports: (10) SFP
Configurable 10Gbps Ports: (2) XFP
Daisy-chain (uplink) 10Gbps Ports: (2) XFP
Management Port: (1) RJ45 10/100 Copper Network
Configuration (CLI) Port: (1)Cisco DB9 to RJ45
Power: (2) AC universal
Electrical Specifications
Power: 100-240VAC, up to 2A, 50-60Hz (Japan: 100‑125VAC, ~120 VA, 50-60Hz)
DC Input: -48VDC nominal. -36 to -72VDC, up to 6.0A
DC Receptacle: Terminal peak, 12-14 gauge wire
Power consumption: Typical 120W, Maximum 200W
(All ports) Link LEDs (with speed indication on Copper ports),
(All ports) Activity LEDs
(1) Alarm LED
(2) Power LEDs
CE, VCCI, and C-Tick certified
Safety: UL 60950, cUL 60950, CE, CB,
Emissions and Immunity: FCC, EN, ICES - 003 Class A
Environmental: RoHS, WEEE, Fully IEEE 802.3 compliant
Specifications, DNM
Copper Interfaces
(12) RJ45 Network Ports 10/100/1000Mbps
(6) In-line or (12) SPAN depending on model
22-24 AWG unshielded twisted pair cable, CAT5e or better recommended
Fiber Optic Interfaces
(12) Gigabit SX/LX Network Ports, LC type
(6) In-line or (12) SPAN depending on model
Fiber Type: Corning Multimode 50 or 62.5/125μm, 850 nm
Transceiver: GigaBit SX 850nm, VCSEL, supports 62.5/125μm
Transceiver: GigaBit LX 1310nm or 1550nm, VCSEL, supports 8.5/125μm
Safety: Class 1, eye-safe, laser emitter type; conforms to the applicable requirements per US 21 CFR (J) and EN 60825-1; also UL 1950 applications
All products include a 1 year manufacturer's warranty. Service plans offering additional years of coverage including an advanced replacement option are available.
- Standalone unit: 38 ports
- Daisy chain: 380 ports
- Up to 2000 filters per unit
-User defined filters
-Web GUI
-SNMP (v1,v2 ,v3)
-Indigo Pro Management Suite
-Hot dual swappable power supplies
-No interference with the data stream and no point of failure introduced
Director, Main Chassis, 2 Network
Bays, 10 SFP Ports, 4 XFP Ports
Director, Main Chassis, 2 Network
Bays, 10 SFP Ports, 2 XFP Ports
Director, Main Chassis, 2 Network
Bays, 10 SFP Ports
Director, Main Chassis, 2 Network
Bays, 10 SFP Ports, 4 XFP Ports
Director, Main Chassis, 2 Network
Bays, 10 SFP Ports, 2 XFP Ports
Director, Main Chassis, 2 Network
Bays, 10 SFP Ports
Power Supply Module, AC
Power Supply Module, DC
Network Module, IL, Copper,
Network Module, IL, Copper,
Virtual Zero Delay
Network Module, Span, Copper,
Network Module, IL, Fiber, 1G, SX
62.5µm, 50:50, LC, 850nm
Network Module, IL, Fiber, 1G, SX
62.5µm, 70:30, LC, 850nm
Network Module, Span, Fiber, 1G,
SX 62.5µm, LC, 850nm
Network Module, IL, Fiber, 1G, SX
50µm, 50:50, LC, 850nm
Network Module, IL, Fiber, 1G, SX
50µm, 70:30, LC, 850nm
Network Module, Span, Fiber, 1G,
SX 50µm, LC, 850nm
Network Module, IL, Fiber, 1G, LX
8.5µm, 50:50, LC, 1310nm
Network Module, Span, Fiber, 1G,
LX 8.5µm, LC, 1310nm
Network Module, IL, Fiber, 1G, ZX
8.5µm, 50:50, LC, 1550nm
Network Module, Span, Fiber, 1G,
ZX 8.5µm, LC, 1550nm
SFP kits – 1 Gbps
1G Fiber SX SFP Transceiver
1G Fiber SX 50μm SFP Transceiver
1G Fiber LX SFP Transceiver
1G Copper SFP Transceiver
10/100/1000 Copper SFP Transceiver
All SFP+ and SFP kits include a 3-meter cable.
* The SFPKT-CU3 transceiver may be used in this device but requires that the remote device be set to "auto-negotiation off/ disable" and speed set to 1Gig (1000 Mbps) with full duplex.
XFP kits are required for 10G operation and are sold separately.
10G Fiber 50SR, XFP Transceiver (850nm) w/cable 50μm
10G Fiber SR XFP Transceiver (850nm) w/cable 62.5μm
10G Fiber LR XFP Transceiver (1310nm) w/cable 8.5μm
Director™ Network Module (DNM) is a pluggable, field upgradeable Director module with 12 network ports. Depending on the DNM model, each module provides 6 in-line links or 12 Span ports, supporting Gigabit SX/LX/ZX Fiber or 10/100/1000 copper media.
Director supports up to 2 modules. Each Director chassis has two DNM slots that may be populated with different models of DNM.
DNM supports IEEE 802.3a, in addition to SyncE.
DNM models are available in both In-line and Span versions with Fiber or copper media.
Copper models support 10/100/1G speeds and include:
· NEW! DNM-101, In-line, Virtual Zero Delay
· DNM-100, In-line
· DNM-110, Span


text: These pictures are thumbnails, click on them to see an enlargement. Wall hanging finished size: 65 cm x 85 cmThis stunning Dragon quilt wall hanging was stitched with the needleturn applique technique, but it would also look great using other forms of applique. This full size applique pattern includes full instructions for the needleturn applique technique with optional embroidery embellishments. To embellish the dragon, a sprinkling of glass seed beads, sequins, and french knots was added down his back. More embroidery touches were added, such as a chevron on his tail, and fly stitch down the joins in the segments of the wings. Special touches were also added in the quilting, such as extra flame shapes, and an all over stippling, which really made the dragon appear to fly out of the finished picture. "DRAGON" FIRES PATTERN IS $19.95 AUD We pride ourselves on providing colourful original designs, that are fun to do. This needleturn applique pattern uses a hand sewing technique, the pieces are not fused to the background, they are sewn on by hand, using a small hemming stitch. (Although, you can of course make it up in your method of choice, the instructions supplied are for that of the needleturn technique). Using basic patchwork for the background and borders, the wall hanging is then appliqued. We like to add optional embroidery using bead embellishments on our quilt patterns to add an extra creative touch. Our patterns are ideal for textile art backgrounds, as the optional embroidery, can be as much or as little as you like. Finally the finished wall hanging is quilted, often using a random stippled quilting. For beginners we have a how to applique section in our website. Click on this link for needleturn applique instruction, beginner quilting. "How to Applique" |


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Anne and Brian Angus are delighted to welcome you to The Blackford Hotel in the heart of Perthshire and very close to Auchterarder and the famous Scottish golf courses of Gleneagles, which is less than 10 minutes drive from The Blackford Hotel. The former 1830's Coaching Inn has been fully restored and returned back to the Blackford Hotel. Wood burning stoves in our hotel restaurant, bar and hotel dining room together with special homemade recipes will all help to generate that feeling of contentment, relaxation and escapism from the hustle and bustle of life outside. We have 8 very comfortable ensuite bedrooms, individually designed to generate a feeling of restfulness and calm. We, along with the strong support from Jac Thomson, our Assistant Hotel Manager and Matthew Martins, our new young chef and all our hotel staff hope our warm and friendly atmosphere will entice you to come and stay at The Blackford Hotel again and again.
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Many are active already in our schools, churches and community groups. All of us know some of the younger generation already through our families, churches and the community organizations we support.
Three members of this young generation recently came before the City Council to deliver the speeches that won them Youth of the Year and runners-up titles at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland. They were amazing young people and an inspiration to everyone in the room.
Clifton Biddwell is the club's Youth of the Year winner. He and the runners-up, Embry Barks and Chloe Tatum, spoke to the Council and city officials. Clifton will represent the local club in Boys & Girls Clubs state competition in coming weeks.
Each one of these young people spoke about overcoming great challenges in their lives already. They have survived circumstances and situations that even the strongest adult might find defeating. But these youth know they are winners.
Each of the young speakers credited the role models they found at the Boys & Girls Clubs who provided the encouragement and support they needed. Clifton, Embry and Chloe are looking ahead to bright and successful futures.
Turning out bright and talented young citizens like these is what the Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland has been doing for 50 years now. The local club was incorporated on June 1, 1964. It became a United Way agency in 1967.
Each day after school, and each day during the summer, the club serves hundreds of children and youth. It provides a life-enhancing and safe place to learn and grow. It provides opportunities in the arts, sports and fitness, health and life skills, education, character and leadership development through a caring staff and a board of community leaders.
The club has grown from one location in 1964 to seven units today. These include the Tucker Unit and the George Johnson Teen Unit, both on Third Street; and the Powers Unit on Lay Street, Cleveland State Community College Unit, Blythe Unit on Blythe Avenue, Painter Unit on 11th Street and the Benton Unit on Campbell Road.
An important fact you'll learn from Clifton's comments this year is the fact that a satellite Boys & Girls Clubs unit was in his neighborhood. Otherwise, he may never have become involved.
Other winners in the past have similarly credited the neighborhood units because they would not have traveled to the large facility near downtown Cleveland. The outreach program is a vital part of the Boys & Girls Clubs, reaching out into neighborhoods where children need programs, activities, support, mentors and role models.
Our Boys & Girls Clubs sites here are filled with leaders, supporters and volunteers who do much to make our facilities one of the best anywhere. It starts at the top, and two recent awards for Executive Director Charles Sutton were well deserved. They are indicative of the dedication we have in our local club.
A month ago, Sutton received the United Way's Col. Jim Tucker Service Award. Then, a few days ago he was honored at the 2014 Southeast Boys & Girls Clubs of America Leadership Conference with a Regional Award of Excellence. His dedication and enthusiasm for his role are contagious and that's one of the reasons our local club excels in so many areas.
Today, the club is finishing a week of special events to celebrate National Boys & Girls Clubs Week. Many community organizations and volunteers have helped make it a fun and eventful week.
In today's world, all of our citizens of tomorrow need our support, whether they live in our most affluent neighborhoods or in other areas where resources may not be as plentiful or available.
"The City With Spirit" has many fine organizations devoted to nurturing our youth. But there's no better example than the Cleveland Boys & Girls Clubs.
Thanks to all the leaders, supporters, volunteers and youth who work hard investing in our future citizens.


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text: Life is about what we're called to doI'm starting to get used to hearing myself say "Hi, I'm Dr. Jacques." I am not too used to it to still be surprised at hearing myself say it sometimes. What for so long was a pipe-dream, an unimaginable goal, is now my job. It honestly doesn't always feel real. I catch myself complaining about long hours and my sleepy eyes, reading responsibilities and EMS run reviews. Yes, the hours are long. Yes, I have to read too many dry chapters filled with technical jargon about trauma in pregnancy and drugs used in rapid sequence intubation like succinylcholine and etomidate. Yes, my monthly quizzes stress me out. But the day when I would've traded anything for the chance to be a doctor is not so far in my rearview mirror. The decision to pursue medicine I made in the white-tiled halls of my high school in downtown Dayton was like an attempt to swim the English Channel for me. It was a colossal and unachievable goal adopted for adventure and dreams of triumph. I was just a dreamy-eyed seventeen-year-old more concerned with acne and girls than laryngoscopes and triple lumen catheters. Now on a daily basis I'm asked to supervise interns with lumbar punctures (spinal taps) and central line placement. They ask me how to survive their internship when I've just barely managed to survive internship myself. I share my limited knowledge, some words of encouragement, and attempt a smile, knowing I'm ecstatic I'm no longer standing in their shoes. Internship, like the first year of medical school, is nothing anyone ever wants to repeat, even on a bet with lots of money involved. I certainly don't consider myself a crafty veteran of the emergency department by any stretch of the imagination, but to the interns I've done the most important thing-recently finished the challenge they now face. And if they need me to play the role of sage second year resident, I'll do my best to help. I clearly remember how scared and overwhelmed I was my first couple of months, and if my words can provide some comfort, I'll volunteer them. That's not to say I still don't find myself mortified at the thought of someday becoming an attending. Not having the safety net of an experienced someone looking over my shoulder, available for procedures that prove difficult and frustrating, someone to discuss cases with will be mortifying and exhilarating. One of the recent graduates from our program called it "career skydiving." I hope I'll have constructed a sturdy and reliable parachute of knowledge and experience through my residency. My program director assures me that we'll all be ready. I can't help but doubt his assertion every once and again, because I am acutely aware I am still the same dreamy-eyed seventeen-year-old who thought medicine would be a big adventure. And that's the very reason I should not be so quick to for the wonder and awe with which I entered medicine. There's something important about the respect for my profession that it's easy to lose in the bustle of the emergency room at 3:00 AM while sewing the lacerated face of an intoxicated 32-year-old on a Saturday morning. Wasn't it just this that I looked forward to just a few years ago when I looked at wonder and amazement from the outside in on medicine? So when the 52-year-old woman with abdominal pain returns two days later, complaining about my care and how I didn't listen to her problems and when I see yet another toothache that found their way to the emergency department instead of their dentist, I'll try to remember that this is it. In the words of Owen Wilson in "You, Me, and Dupree," (a movie about understanding and seizing your calling in life) "I'm bringing my seven types of smoke! I hear you mother ship!" Life is about what we're called to do and doing it while loving others: good, bad, and intoxicated. I'm living the dream (I guess), and that's something I have to remember… even on the bad days. Otherwise, I won't have any wonder and awe to share. Andrew Jacques ('05) |


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dailymail.co.uk / By MATT ROPER / 9 January 2014 09:24 GMT
A father has accused a doctor of stealing the baby from his wife's womb after she awoke from a C-section to be told her pregnancy had been 'imaginary', it was reported today.
Brazilian Claudia Aparecida Lopes, 30, claimed she attended all her pre-natal appointments and even had two ultra-sound scans.
The last scan, at nine months, even showed the baby was in a breech position and needed to be delivered by caesarean, her family said.
Ms Lopes husband, Alexandro Donizete Alves, 23, who reported the case to police, told Brazil's G1 website he is 'indignant' and needs to know what really happened to his son, who would be the couple's third child.
He said: 'My wife did a pregnancy test at the chemist and it was positive. So we made a doctor's appointment, and he confirmed the pregnancy, even telling us it was a boy.
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Taking the audience back to the city of London, England in 1954, this Steven Johnson keynote examines what remains to be the world's most concentrated outbreak of disease in history. His speech examines the different ways the outbreak of cholera influenced modern medicine and the way cities are built today.
City officials in London believed that the stench throughout the city was responsible for people falling ill. As a solution, they instructed each resident to empty their basins of bodily excretions into the river. As it would soon be discovered, the cause of people's illness was not from the stench of the city, but from of contaminated water, which was only made worse by the recent drop into the river.
His speech highlights one of the most important medical discoveries of history—that cholera was a water-borne disease.


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Before Toussaint joined OITNB for season two, she had a variety of TV roles. Fans of the Lifetime series Any Day Now might recognize her, and Saving Grace is streaming on Netflix if you want to see her in a regular role. Come December, we'll also get to see her on the big screen in the MLK biopic Selma.
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RED MOMENT: Salvatore Ferragamo is handing over the creative baton to customers with its new Red Carpet project, which allows clients to custom design their own formalwear shoes. Six models, from pumps to sandals, are available to choose from in a range of 23 different colored satins, with the option to monogram them as well. All in all, the process takes about six weeks. Red Carpet will debut shortly in select Ferragamo boutiques worldwide, and the brand plans to change up the customizable options each season.
The project is being launched in tandem with the release of "The Tourist," starring Angelina Jolie in the role of Elise, for whom a collection of shoes was specially designed by the Italian fashion house in collaboration with costume designer Colleen Atwood. The line revolves around Ferragamo's classic stiletto pump, which will be sold in a limited edition reissued version dubbed the "Elise" shoe, in select sales points throughout the world later this month.


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One-Man Brand
Shia made his first foray into the advertising industry by offering local neighborhood stores to design, print and distribute their advertisements and flyers. But the everyday grind wasn't enough. He set his sights higher.
Change of Art
It took him just a short while to realize that his creative abilities were not limited to artwork alone. So he set out to establish a one-stop shop to provide quality branding and marketing services to larger companies.
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Shia went on to hand-select his own network of uniquely talented individuals. Under the Shia Teichman name, they now bring a multitude of specialties to clients seeking a centralized, full-service marketing agency.


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GOA: Alleging that she was cheated to the tune of Rs 49,900, 51-year-old Fatima Fernandes from Velim lodged a complaint with the Margao town police on Monday accusing Shaikh Mubarak of duping her on the pretext of giving her a loan. According to the complainant, from January to February 2011 she was allegedly 'induced dishonestly to deposit cash amounts amounting to Rs 49,000', but Mubarak failed to grant her the loan. An offense under Section 420 of IPC has been registered.
Sidhanath, Lorna give stellar performances: Sidhanath Buyao and Lorna Cordeiro, in a spectacular performance, enthralled Goans settled in America at the 11th North American Goan Convention held in Detroit, Michigan. The three-day convention held from July 6 to July 8 at the Holiday Inn Convention Centre included performances by attendees, dinner cruise on the Detroit River overlooking Canada, seminar on foreign taxes, special activities for second generation Goans, a screening of the Konkani movie O'Maria and other entertainment. Sidhanath Buyao led the cultural troupe with US-based Goans Uma Kelekar and Sanjeet Hegde Desai. A crowd of over two hundred people danced to the tune of Sidhanath Buyao's songs and other hit Konkani songs composed by Late Ulhas Buyao. The scheduled performance by Lorna was extended by 45 minutes with the enthused crowd demanding more songs from Lorna.
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Salim Fights For Beard & Wins
September 17, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Nilofar Suhrawardy, Muslim Media News Service, MMNS
NEW DELHI: Mohammed Salim, a class ten student must be fairly pleased at the apex court finally supporting his decision to keep a beard. He was expelled last year from Nirmala Convent High School, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh for refusing to shave on religious ground. Describing the school's decision to expel him for sporting a beard as "ridiculous," a bench of Justices B.N. Aggrawal and G.S. Singhvi said: "Merely because you have a beard, they removed you? So if you are a Sikh, you will not be able to sport a beard. Tomorrow they will say you are not fair complexioned. Nowadays, it has become a fashion for some people to pierce their ears for putting the ring. So such persons will not be allowed to study. Prima facie, it's ridiculous," (September 11).
Salim is probably not the only Muslim boy who has faced discrimination at a non-Muslim educational institution. But he is one of the few Muslims to have decided to fight legally for justice in keeping with the fundamental right and duty on religious grounds guaranteed by the Indian Constitution. A major point of his argument was that he was clearly being discriminated against as those belonging to the Sikh community were allowed to keep a beard and sport a turban. If they were being permitted to keep the beard and wear the turban in keeping with religious dictates of Sikhism, why was he–a Muslim-not allowed to sport a beard? Why had he been expelled for refusing to shave on religious grounds?
Supporting Salim's argument, the apex court bench directed the school to immediately take back the expelled student. Though the verdict has finally gone in his favor, it has not been an easy fight for Salim. He has lost a year in the legal battle. His stand has been: "I will die but not give up my beard. It's a matter of my faith. Its in my religion." Now he can go back to school with a beard. Salim plans to resume studies at the same school after Eid.
The ironical twist in Salim's case stands out in it having been rejected earlier by the apex court. He had appealed in the apex court after the Madhya Pradesh High Court had rejected his plea. Dismissing his petition, Justice Markandeya Katju had made a controversial comment, for which he later apologized. Implying that keeping a beard on religious grounds was equivalent to turning to extremism, Katju had then said: "Talibanization of the country cannot be permitted." Stating that Salim was expected to follow rules and rights set by the institution, the bench had said: "If there are rules, you have to follow it. You can't say that I will not wear a uniform and I will wear only a burqa." "You can join some other institution if you do not want to observe the rules. But you can't ask the school to change the rules for you," Katju had said (March 30).
Objecting to Katju's controversial comments and expressing apprehension over his impartiality, Salim filed a review petition. The order "needs to be reviewed afresh as the core issue of a Muslim's right to sport a beard as guaranteed by Article 25 of the Constitution (right to practice and profess one's religion) was violated by the school," Salim said.
Justices R.V. Raveendran and Katju withdrew the March 30 order on July 6. They requested that the matter be placed before the Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and be posted before another bench. Katju also apologized for his remarks on linking the beard with Talibanization. Salim's Special Leave Petition was taken up formally last week by bench of Justices Aggrawal and Singhvi.
Undeniably, credit must be given to Salim and those who have supported him for pursuing their point even after it seemed that the apex court had turned down their appeal. Senior advocate B.A. Khan, appearing for Salim, had argued that his expulsion from school for keeping beard was against "his religious conscience, belief and custom of his family." As per Article 25 of the Constitution, Salim had the right to pursue his religious practice of keeping a beard, Khan said. He described the regulation for shaving it as violative of the provision guaranteed by the Constitution.
In addition to complimenting the apex court for finally viewing Salim's case, objectively and impartially, appreciation must be voiced for him and his supporters for not letting their stand on religious right get defeated by those who linked a Muslim's beard with terrorism. True, all Muslim and Sikh males do not sport beards. But the decision to do so is based on their religious perceptions. Certainly, this does not imply that anyone who keeps a beard should be viewed as a "terrorist." After all, even British writer Salman Rushdie has a beard, so does the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Salim's case serves as an eye-opener to another hard reality. It still remains a taxing task for ordinary, religious Indian Muslims to convince even the elite Indian class that it is time the latter stopped viewing their beliefs and practices (including the beard) with a tainted approach. What is held as religious should not from any angle be linked with terrorism!
Wary serenity in Berlin mosques
Submitted to TMO by independent journalist Frank Payne
Bombings in Madrid and London, riots in Paris. At issue are geopolitics, class and ethnicity. In Germany, it is not terror attacks but alleged plots, police raids, and continuing suspicion. For young Muslims in Berlin, the response to such scrutiny is to be at once welcoming but hyper-vigilant of outsiders.
Scattered groups of Muslim men and women make their way toward Nür Mosque, their faces aglow in the orange light of the setting sun. I watch them through the window of a coffee shop, where American hip hop and R&B music are the soundtrack to an afternoon's end. The friendly owner of the place is Nayaf, a Palestinian in his mid-thirties who jokes with customers in Arabic, Turkish, German, and English.
This is Neukölln, a working-class neighborhood in Southeast Berlin, populated by Turkish and Arab immigrants sometimes down to the third generation. Finished with my coffee, I too make way toward the mosque. The exterior of Nür Mosque is painted a clean white but like nearly all places of worship for Muslims in Germany is otherwise nondescript. The interior, however, fits the classic image of a mosque: a light green, ornate oriental rug covering the entire floor and wide pillars supporting the roof and walls. There is a store, a small library, and an upstairs kitchen and eatery where one finds traditional foods like baklava and falafel.
In the mosque's washroom, the lights are off, but rays from a single large window illuminate the room and balance calm shadows. Cool water flows from a row of aluminum faucets while Zaher, a North African, demonstrates the Muslim purification ritual to me. I mimic his motions as he bathes his hands, arms, face, insides of his nose, and feet. Curious onlookers, also washing, ask Zaher about me with friendly smiles.
I take a seat on the floor among dozens of young men, or brothers, as the mosque fills up. All but a few appear to be under the age of 30. The majority appear to be in their teens. Each wears his own style of dress: traditional robes, shirts pressed and tucked, leather jackets, or sports jerseys hanging over baggy jeans a la hip hop style. Flowing beards and shaven heads mix with gelled, slicked-back and spiked hair.
What the individuals of such a varied group have in common, though, is a commitment to their faith, and at this moment, absolute attention to the words of the imam, Abdul-Adhim or Abu Abderrahman. This bond, so communal that exterior differences become seemingly null and void; shows one of the central beauties of Islam, and what some non-Muslims may fear so much about the religion. These are all obviously very different men. Yet, inside these walls, within the context of Islam, they are not disparate individuals. They seem to be indisputably one.
Today Abu Abderrahman, a small, Tunisian-born man between thirty-two and thirty-eight years of age, is speaking about the corruption of Muslim youth. In German, he sermons into a microphone from his own seated position at the front of the congregation. An animated speaker, Abu Abderrahman waves his hands and punctuates every sentence with a wide, jolly grin. His jokes often elicit laughs from the crowd.
I tightly frame the face of a bearded young man in the viewfinder of my camera. My finger on the shutter button, he turns and makes eye contact with me through the lens. In the exact same instant, the imam shouted in a sharp voice over the microphone "halo, no photograph in here!" Dozens of heads turn and hundreds of eyes focus in my direction. Abu Abderrahman is shaking his head in disapproval. I nod and quickly stow the camera away.
During a break in the service, several clerics dressed in white robes approach me one by one. With warm smiles, each says hello and offers a handshake. One man, a native German with chestnut-colored hair and full beard sits down. "There is no danger", he insists. He talks on, asking questions about the U.S. and proudly admits that he was once a break dancer.
There has only been a misunderstanding. I had taken the imam's invitation to Nür Mosque as approval to take also photographs. But approval from officials even higher than the imam were necessary in order to do so. "Kein problem", or "no big deal", Abu Abderraham insists.
It is Easter Monday, and I am meeting the English-speaking Amr at Osloer Strasse U-bahn station for a youth prayer group in the predominantly Arab and South Asian neighborhood known as Wedding. Walking together, Amr tells me the story of Bilal, the namesake of the mosque that we are about to enter. Bilal, an Assyrian slave, converted to Islam then refused to repent even under torture. Moved by his devotion, another follower of the Prophet Muhammad (s) purchased Bilal's freedom. "Racism existed hundreds of years ago too", Amr says, but the Prophet Muhammad (s) preached that all men should be accepted into the faith.
In Bilal Mosque, I sit shoulder to shoulder, knee to knee, within a circle of twenty men and boys. Amr consults with a leader of the prayer group about my presence and taking my photographs. A small man, with a light beard and gentle voice, he turns and responds in perfect English "let's see, maybe after (the service), because I know that some brothers will have a problem with this."
This evenings prayers and discussion is being led by another lightly bearded, married but altogether youthful looking man. Like the imam of Nür Mosque, he has notable abilities as a speaker. He makes eye contact around the circle and punctuates statements with a smile, as if to ask "You understand, yes? You do believe, right?"
After the service I snack on potato chips and soda, chatting with a couple of brothers on either side of me. Amr then calls me over to the main room to sit down on the carpet with him and two others. Their decision is no to photographs. They are seriously worried about negative media attention, specifically about alleged links between German mosques and terrorist activity. One of them mentions that state subsidies for the youth programs are at risk. Likewise, some well-meaning parents might keep their children from attending the mosque if they got the impression that extremism was being taught.
Later, I am struck by one of the men's positive perception of Muslim life in the United States, based on anecdotes from friends and relatives in the country. Freedom of worship in the United States, he says, means fewer problems for women who wear veils than in Europe.
Burying a Brother
The Turkish Sehitlik Camii Mosque near Platz Luftbrücke is the only Berlin mosque with a dome, minarets, and other traditional Islamic décor. It used to be the Turkish embassy to Germany. Now, it serves a predominantly Turk-German congregation. I meet Amr, my host once again, this time for a funeral. Shorly on arrival, he interrupts our interview to say that we must be silent for the next few minutes. With a friend, he then distances himself physically to pray. He is two rows ahead as other figures gather. In total, we are six rows of about 120 total men. It is noon as the sun peaks from behind high, white clouds. Lying before us is the coffin, draped in black cloth with gold letters in Arabic.
The Sehtilik Mosque
The funeral is for a German convert to Islam. Remarkably, most of those attending did not know him personally. Amr claims to not have known him at all, neither what he looked like, nor how he died. He asks others and gets much of the same response. Yet, all have come en mass to pay their respects to a member of the community.
At the burial grounds, the graves are separated into Muslim, Christian, and Jewish sections. Only yards away from where the young man will be buried is a large headstone for Kaiser Wilheim II inside a small, fenced plot. The funeral continues, with preaching in Arabic. A man of Black African origins then summarizes what has been said in German. Amr translates for me, speaking softly. "The sermon was a reminder that we are all visitors on this earth. And a visitor must always leave the place that he visits. We came from nothing, dirt, dust, and will return to nothing: taking only our deeds with us as we go back to the Creator."
The only sounds afterward are light street traffic, and occasional cries from the man's wife. Her deceased husband's parents comfort her. Then, the thumping of mounds of dirt against the coffin, as worshippers with shovels take turns filling in the grave. Muslims are generally buried in shrouds, but German law mandates the use of coffins.
The Fundamentalist
Amr and I sit down for an interview and a kosher Muslim lunch of roast hen, french fries, salad, and Coke. His beard has grown significantly since I first met him a couple of weeks ago. "By the way, you're looking at a fundamentalist" he says from across the table. Amr says this with a keenness of how much the term fundamentalist is a watch word for terrorist in Western media and popular culture. However, he brushes off my attempts to distinguish it from the alternate, perhaps more politically correct fundamentalist extremist. These days, most legal authorities, media, and the general public do not bother to make the distinction anyway, he says.
Amr was raised in a devout Islamic household. He is familiar though, with the ways of the Western world from his education in an English-speaking school in Germany and his travels abroad. He speaks four languages – English, German, Arabic, and French – and is well-versed in the nuances of United States society. "I am a Muslim fundamentalist by choice", he explains, a man who finds genuine insight and intellectual stimulation from the Koran and religious observance. One surmises from talking to him that he gets as much stimulation from Islam as he does from academia and his worldly appreciation of foreign cultures.
So how is Amr, a young fundamentalist Muslim treated by Western society? Echoing the others I spoke with, he feels generally respected by other Germans, but within an undercurrent of fear. On Berlin's streets, trains, buses, and shops, Amr senses in others a wariness of his Arabic features and traditional, Islamic beard. He is particularly wary of trying to visit the United States for fear of being entered on a terrorist watch list; of being mistakenly detained and interrogated by authorities. Like so many other Arabic and Turkish men in Berlin that I spoke to, he asks that his true name and other specifics about his identity be omitted from this article.
"Islam is peace. If only people would dig deeper, they would find that". On this point, Amr is most emphatic, stressing that this is what he wants me to leave with. He leans forward, holding his hand eloquently to the side of his face, expressing himself as a professor or an imam would. His large brown eyes hold steadily and benevolently.
Before lunch, Amr and I climb the white marble steps into the dome of Sehitlik Camii Mosque. Inside, an imam in a black, gold-colored rimmed robe and white cap is speaking in Turkish. Rows of adult men sit or kneel in front of him. A few elderly men sit on chairs or on steps at the back. Amr joins the men toward the front to listen and pray.
I absorb the view of the courtyard outside through large windows with wooden doors and the expansive interior. The dominant colors of the mosque are white, green, and gold on the high dome ceiling, marble columns, and wall to wall oriental carpet. The decor is intricate and inspired. Many spiritual people, religious or agnostic, would be moved by such a mosque's beauty; it's physical manifestation of man's quest for spirituality and tranquility.
Amr returns from the front sits on the floor nearby, watching me as I observe everything else. From the nearest window, a white column of light shone down, illuminating his face and everything around him. The other figures closest are partially lit or remain in shadows.
Sitting down too, I see white prayer beads strewn beside a neatly coiled microphone on the rug next to one of the marble columns. It is time for everyone to pray as one. The imam sings the call from the front of the mosque. Then, a teenage boy with black-rimmed glasses, a white Muslim cap covering the black hair on his head, and a moustache and beard sprouting from his face stands directly beside me. He picks up the microphone beside the prayer beads and sings alternatively with the imam. Making neat rows, our feet adjoined, we all pray together, lifting our hands and bowing our heads in rhythm. For the moment, there is no tension with the outside world: only serenity among ourselves and God.


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What is the significance of your screen name on JUB?
What is the significance of your screen name on JUB?
I'm all about the love.
It's certainly not my name!
I love hens and chickens.
My favourite animals.
It's a combination of my favorite TV show and favorite band.
My name is Bill, well William. Bill was taken as was ibill sooooooooooo ibill1. By the way, you ask the question but don't answer it yourself. That's odd.
Mine is the initials of a Sims website I used to run a long time ago. I used to design clothing and items for the game specifically for gay characters and households. I had considered changing it until I noticed that it could be pronounced 'jizz dicks'.
Most people here know me by my real name, though: Neil
I was here for seven years as Hard-up1 before going inactive and then deleting.
When I came back from the dead, I merged dejavu and voodoo, (a reference to having been here before and a tip of the hat to zombie conjuring), not knowing it was already a band name or something like that.
My original name here was sausageater, but since that was a mouthful and plus we virtually ALL are sausageaters here, just didn't pop in any way. So I capitalized the s and changed it to Sausy, a play on my username and having a playful, "saucy" persona! Ironically, a few do call me "Saucy" here but I don't mind at all... means it's workin'!
unofficial official mini meet Friday- Saturday April 11-12, 2014
Hardup, thats you? I didnt know it was you.
I had no name so I just used my initial M and added 1000 to it to be M1000.
When I sign up for a website and the name is taken, I use m1thousand, or M10000 . . which I have both used here because M1000 was not availble
I found out from the Today show that M1000 is a type of firework.
I also use Maceasar because I know no one will use that name. Someone use to call me Marcus Aurelius and I created that name based on that.
Im also DotComGuy and in retrospect, I might have chosen that name as my internet name after the dot com companies fell.
Im also JoeMattress on Youtube, after artist Joe Average
Topher (short for Christopher) followed by GF (short for Great Falls, the city I was living in when I joined the first time. It is a testament to my lack of imagination. The fact that I kept it after re-creating my account is further testament to my continued lack of imagination. It has nothing to do with the actor who was on That 70's show except in a roundabout way...
Bastardized version of a lyric quote from Otep Shamaya. That, as luck would have it, I got wrong.
"As anarchism rears its face,
They are answered by an iron fist..."
I'm the sixth of nine sons.
Everyone wants to be heard. No one wants to listen.
The actor on "That 70s Show" was the first Christopher I'd encountered who shortened his name to "Topher" rather than "Chris" -- and now I see "Topher" pretty regularly. Not sure my screen name (my occupation plus a favorite number) is any more imaginative than the route you took. Two syllables. Easy to remember. That works!
I always pick a cartoon character as my screen-name on messageboards. So it made sense to pick a gay character for JUB. "Lexington" was taken so I added G, for either "gay" or "gargoyle".
No real significance apart from being drunk when i signed up.
Plus whenever i was playing RPG's and got to pick the heroes name i always either called them Wanker or Bender.
2 of a few favorite Daft Punk songs. Make Love and Digital Love combined.
its my initials...FP plus the state I live in...NY. hence...FPNY annoying JUBBERs for a long long time....
FPNYAnnoying JUBBERS since 2003
Oakpope is the name of my world of warcraft main character.
Initially I wanted to go with my usual, at the time, cyberpape, but I thought 'cyber' was not very appropriate for a fantasy setting.
As my character is an elf, I thought about something linked to nature and Oak popped in mind. Voilà
Why cyberpape ? It's my avatar, a character in a role playing game named TORG, where the Cyberpape is a French mad man ascending to the Papacy in another dimension and through a complicated story merged with an advanced technological world to become a cyberpope.
Very straightforward as you can see
Magna Veritas
Cityboy because camping is Holiday Inn with no free breakfast and a float trip is Royal Caribbean. STL...should be obvious.
"Gelo" is my nickname in my hometown, "ge" are my surnames initials. Not very imaginative either.
^Another kicking English grammar post
Jay Hawk because it is a play on my actual name, plus when I originally moved out here I lived in Kansas and there are JayHawks there as the mascot of the University of Kansas (which was also where I spent a lot of time during the first two years out here)
Finally, i love deeper meanings.... like my previous name was Mazda and Mazda was chosen by that company because it stands for wisdom. Well the JayHawk is a mystical bird beloved by the Kanza Indians. The Kansas (Kanza) river joins the Missouri River at Kaw Point. That was also where the main village of Kanzas was located (although their territory was vast). The story goes that Kaw point was lonley and cried out to the spirits. The mythical bird Jayhawk heard the call and flew down to lie with Kaw point and make noise thereby attracting the native Americans to the location.
Another myth of this great bird is that which is captured in writing by John J Ingalls :
Every nation has its myths, human and animal, and they are accepted as facts. Poetry decorates them with its varnish, orators cover them with a rhetorical veneer, and they are incorporated into the literature of the country. There was an epoch when the Jayhawk flew in our troubled atmosphere. It was a bird with a mission. It was an early bird and it caught many a Missouri worm. It did not allow salt to be put on its tail."
SO in both legends, I flew in here to lay down roots and start a new career and part of my daily mission is to recruit folks from both Missouri and Kansas for the Navy.... (catching Missouri worms) and the saying concerning Salt on the tail means I cannot be caught....
So I am either quite well researched when i chose a name or it is a wonderful coincidence..... meh
besides from being pretty ...which I am.
my name is not pete.
but they sounded good together.
^ It's an excellent username and I've always liked the capitalized P's and T's.
Adrock is the nickname of Adam Horovitz from the band Beastie Boys and a few film/tv roles. I've always had a crush on him. I added JD a couple months later because my original username was JDsmagik 2006-2009 and a lot of members still called me JD after the username change. Before that I was JamesDeanJr back in 2005.
guess my name might seem to speak for it's self, I have fetish... but only in my fantasies. I also engage in some piss play in the shower.
To go a little deeper the name reflects my desire to submit and be humiliated, or at least a fantasy to do so.
When I joined JUB I had an interest in the fetish forum, the name seemed to fit, then I started to visit hot topics and spend most of my time in JUB land here.
I have thought of changing the name and maybe my avatar, what do you guys think?
I lived for 20+ years in Michigan's Upper Peninsula (the U.P.).
People from the Lower Peninsula are Trolls (because they live below the bridge...).
herry is after a teddy bear. And he's called Herry because I bought him from English Heritage. Why I'm not heri1 I don't know
I have graded for a 2nd Dan, so I have a black belt, and I have always loved ninjas.
Members: [insert appropriate/relevant wise saying or deep thought here]
Thank you.
I hope you get this message.Comments welcome.
mine is a childhood nickname and where I'm at
Mine is a nickname since I was born. And no my first name is not William.
Ronboy is a variation of "John Boy" as in "The Walton's" TV show.
I came up with it because I love to write.
Ron is not my real first name, but it has been my screen name for so long, that I identify with it as much as I do my own name.
The Three Musketeers... Bashful, Chrisglass, and Ronboy!
I'm a guy from Saskatchewan
Yes, my screen name isn't very original
Steinbeck is my favorite author...EastofEden is my favorite book...and I pretty much love all of the places Steinbeck writes about and spend much of my time there.
When I was about 12 or so, my brother, with whom I had my first gay experience, told me that he wanted me to be his sidekick. It stuck with me ever since. And 1914 is the address of our house where we lived when it happened.
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When I first got online it was the most romantic thing I could think of to use as my AOL username. When I signed up here I decided to use it since I no longer used it on AOL.
I couldn't get my mind off you all day.
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because i'm an exile on the run.
one thing about the closet/you don't have to hurry/it will be bad tomorrow/so brother, don't you worry
I'm going to have to make you guess.
ravenstar is a play on a character name from a fantasy series - in other words I got it wrong - that I've been using since I first arrived on the internet.
CGY is abbreviation for Calgary AB (not airport code btw) and that's where I was when I first set up account.
Mine's an Anglicised version of the well-known French phrase un l'eau don moi.
I'm constantly rising from the ashes of former lives.
Let's go to war to make peace; let's be cold to create heat.
Well, I'm an aviation enthusiast and my favorite military aircraft is the F-16 Falcon although the raptor of the same name is pretty cool too.
Mine is one of our call-signs,when you are doing an out of hours shift.Visiting patients in their homes during the night.
I've used three.
NaughtyArousal - Just because I'm generally aroused my naughty situations. Kinky, I guess you could call it. I like when sex is a naughty thing vs being some grand expression of love. Twisted, dirty situations just get me going something serious.
TheFallenAsexual - I was a very late bloomer, and spent a lot of time of my life being "asexual." I just wasn't into sex at all. Friends of mine still see me as having an asexual flair. I never date, never show any interest in dating. Even though folks know I'm gay, my sex life is often kept separate (not out of shame or anything, I just don't like spending my time out with friends searching for ass, and I don't like talking about sex much, since there's so much other stuff in the world to focus energy on). So I come across as "asexual" to plenty of folks and have been or felt "asexual" for a good part of my young adult life. "Fallen asexual" notes this part of me and how badly I've fallen from it.
TheSpectatingLoner - I am a loner. I love doing things alone, traveling alone, I've never been in a relationship and never will. So loner fits me. I'm also a spectator. I love observing. I sometimes feel that I was put on Earth to watch human life and spectate. That I'm not really one of the group, just an outside observer. My fascination with street photography and documentary style writing and photography sorta backs that all up.
I chose "The Fly" because I had been here for 5-6 years, sorta like "The Fly" on the wall so to speak.
I actually have no idea why I chose my screen name. The only thing I know is that it is a magic from the game Chrono Cross and I quite like it. People often affiliate it with the novel and/or movie by the same name but it's not the case
come now, my child. if we were planning to harm you, do you think
we'd be lurking here beside the path in the darkest part of the forest?


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