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Why Hate the Grains?
Starting Monday, May 9th, the hubs and I embarked on an experimental 2 weeks of going grain free.
There are many reasons for this. I've been inspired by a few bloggers and Facebook friends. I'm trying to lose weight so I can win some cloth diapers. I like to try new things.
But the main motivation behind it all is that I am also – duh duh – trying to cut out sugar.
Here's the thing…when people were first suggesting the idea of going grain free to me, I was not interested. You see, if bread was a person, I would marry him. Or her. I wouldn't care. I adore bread. I could live off bread.
Are you getting the picture here?
But then I read this article shared by Garden Variety Mama (one of the many bloggers I heart): Is Sugar Toxic?
I had always planned to keep sugar from the Bean until she was at least 2 years old, and this article made me start thinking it would be good to cut it out for myself too. I actually don't have a huge sweet tooth, but every so often, that mini chocolate cake in the grocery store bakery calls my name, and I usually answer.
That's part of why my journey to become more healthy has been something of a rocky one. I've had many successes – only 3 diet cokes consumed over the past 2 months; fast food only once. We've been eating a ton more veggies and fruits, a ton more home cooked, unprocessed foods…but then I get stressed or tired or lazy or just craving and I buy crap. And then I eat it. (Lovely picture, no?).
But I was truly inspired when I read this other post from Garden Variety Mama – Why Grain Free?, and further encouragement came on Facebook right around the same time, and I thought, what the heck?
As GVM talks about in her post – she started by giving up sugar – but then she realized how many grains our body treats the same way as it does sugar.
Let me say – I don't think grains are evil or believe that they are always bad for us; I don't think I'll be doing this forever (though it may be longer than I originally planned) but I do agree with GVM and many others that if we are going to eat grains, they should probably be of the sprouted and/or fermented (sourdough) variety, and they should probably be made at home, with home ground flour, and they should probably be consumed with a lot of moderation…all of which is something I'm going to need to ease into.
And, with GVM, I think if I'm going to totally give up sugar – at least for a time – that it would be easier to give up the grains as well. Otherwise I might just compensate for the sugar lack with more grains!
So it basically comes down to this – I'm trying it.
I'm not a total convert yet. I don't (at this point) agree that our bodies weren't meant to ingest grains (though I haven't done a whole lot of research into it…I might become convinced – who knows?).
All in all, it's an experiment. As I am now on Day 5, here are a few of the pros and cons I've found with going grain free:
- Including protein (and often fruit) in breakfast has totally made up for the earlier waking necessary to actually make breakfast (as opposed to sticking a few Eggos into the toaster). I would frequently start feeling sickly hungry around 9 or 10 after just eating frozen waffles – now breakfast lasts a lot longer!
- I've lost 5 pounds. In 5 days. (Don't worry – I have a lot to lose, and if you are overweight you usually do lose weight more quickly in the beginning. As you probably know, 1-2 pounds per week is generally considered safe for weigh loss).
- I feel more healthy. It's a bit of an intangible, but many of you know that if you've given up or cut back on processed foods and you eat a McD's burger or a bag of chips, you feel like crap afterward. I haven't had that feeling in awhile.
- I have more energy. I've been getting less sleep due to Bean going through a growth spurt and waking up lots, and I still hate waking up, but throughout the day I do feel a bit less tired than usual.
- It requires focus and planning to be healthy – basically, I'm forced to plan my meals and make sure they're good to fall within the limits of grain free while still getting enough to eat. For me, that's helpful – otherwise how easy is it to just load up on carbs when you're hungry?
- The first few days were pretty difficult and I do still get cravings for bread and sugar. It's getting easier but I'm afraid that I may still slip up (especially around the time Aunt Flo will be visiting…all my good food intentions seem to just fly out the window as soon as she's on her way!).
- It seems complicated and a lot of work if you want to still have 'bread-like' things but use other kinds of flour. So far I haven't ventured into any of that – we've mainly stuck to proteins, veggies, fruits and dairy – but some of the recipes I've been looking into look pretty complicated, or require searching for odd ingredients (chia seed flour?). I don't totally knock it, but it's kind of a peeve of mine - like vegetarians who mostly eat fake meat, it seems strange to go grain free and then pile up on the fake bread. Sometimes, yes – for sure. But with every meal…? (I don't think it would bother me as much if one was forced to go grain free due to food intolerances)
That's mainly all I can think of right now. I have also discovered that you don't have to only eat a whole ton of meat and eggs – we have done steak and eggs for breakfast, but we've also done smoothies with fruit and tofu and fruit and cheese.
Snacking isn't that hard either – apples and peanut butter, yogurt, cottage cheese, veggies and hummus – all make for good and easy snacks, and are probably way better than many grain based snacks. I've also started drinking kefir and brewing dandelion flower tea daily.
We have been eating more meat and eggs than we usually do, though we're still fitting in 4 out of 7 vegetarian dinners (butternut squash soup with tofu added, lentils, eggplant & leeks, stir fry, and bean soup with avocado have been part of our plan for this past week).
An awesome FB fan posted this recipe for zucchini pizzas the other day that looks amazing – it is definitely going on the list for next week! We've also made sure a lot of our meat consumption is fish or lean cuts.
All this because I like to limit meat for 2 reasons – it's expensive (particularly if you buy organic, or at least hormone/antibiotic free) and I have high cholesterol, which is the main reason we started eating more vegetarian in the first place.
As far as sugar…
I admit it – I did buy a Snicker's bar on Tuesday. It was totally my fault for lack of pre-planning – I was out with the Bean all afternoon and got super hungry – I didn't want to do fast food, I was in ToysRUs and had to leave to pick up the husband from work shortly, and I knew dinner wouldn't be ready right away…
I know – excuses, excuses.
But beyond that, I haven't even been craving sugar at all – and I don't think it will harm me one little bit if I don't have it anymore. I guess we'll just have to see how it goes…
If you're interested in going grain free, there are many awesome resources out there, but here are a few that have helped me:
- Garden Variety Mama – A Grain Free Sample Menu
- Kitchen Stewardship
- Mark's Daily Apple
- Life as a Plate
As soon as I have my menu plan done for next week I'll post it – always helpful to have ideas, right?
One more thing – I know this is getting long – but I just wanted to add a note in here about recognizing that I do see it as a privilege for me personally to decide to give up a major food group and still be fully satisfied and never hungry. I know there are many people in this world who would be very grateful for bread or rice (or even the 'problem' of having weight to lose!) and I am trying to be mindful of that…it is actually something I have been/will be focusing on and thinking about during this time…
Have you or would you go grain free? What about it appeals to you, or why do you think it would be difficult?
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we often use zucchini as a pasta substitute. Get a raw one and slice it with a potato peeler, then toss it (still raw) in your creamy/tomato sauce etc and serve.
you are doing well, I'm proud of you.
Angela (Toucan Scrap recently posted..Creativity Flies to the Challenge


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Are Zambian Voters Being Disenfranchised?; South Africa Maintains Cultural Pride
Aired January 5, 2002 - 12:30:00 ET
TUMI MAKGABO, CNN ANCHOR: This week on INSIDE AFRICA:
ANDERSON MAZOKA, LEADING OPPOSITION CANDIDATE: We're not accepting these results. We want a change.
LEVY MWANAWASA, ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT: In my (UNINTELLIGIBLE) I have not given any particulars as to the basis of (UNINTELLIGIBLE) these elections over the week.
MAKGABO: A new government, but an old debate. Are the people of Zambia being denied their choice of leader? We'll take a look at the controversy surrounding the presidential elections. We'll hear from both sides and review the changes ahead for this fledgling democracy. Plus, maintaining cultural pride by taking one step and one beat at a time.
Hello and welcome to INSIDE AFRICA. As we look at the news and life on the continent, I'm Tumi Makgabo.
It's been a momentous week for the people of Zambia as they experiment with democracy. Though a new president has been inaugurated, the coming weeks could be crucial to the future of the country. The opposition plans to push for the election results to be overturned while the new president vows to fight back. Caught in the middle, a divided electorate. CNN's Jeff Koinange is in the capital, Lusaka.
JEFF KOINANGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (on-camera): Tumi, Zambia has turned out unusually large numbers on election day, in part, to send a message to the ruling party that enough was enough and that it was time to usher in a new era in multiparty democracies. But by the time the final vote was counted more than a week later, in the words of one election observer, "the more things change in African politics, the more they remain the same."
(voice-over): It was supposed to be a straightforward presidential election -- 10 candidates, one office, large turnout. It seemed certain the opposition was headed for a landslide victory as the years of stagnant growth, rising unemployment and rapid government corruption.
And even when the vote counting began, it looked like the winds of change had finally blown over Zambian politics. Some much so that the leading opposition candidate, millionaire businessman Anderson Mazoka was confident enough to declare himself the winner. But it turned out to be a little premature when the votes began swinging in the direction of the ruling parties handpicked candidate, Levy Mwanawasa. Allegations of vote rigging and ballot stuffing ensued. And election observers agreed there were major flaws in the electoral process.
Zambians usually docile and nonviolent were stunned by the sudden change of events and took to the streets to vent their displeasure, accusing the ruling party of stealing the election.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are asking for a rerun. The MMD has ridged massively. They have stolen from the people. We should not allow it. The time is now.
MAZOKA: We are not accepting these results. We want a change. We want to go forward, Zambia.
KOINANGE: A last minute injunction by the opposition to annul the elections and postpone the inauguration were defeated and the new president was quickly sworn in, leaving Zambian spit on the fences of the electoral system.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We were not free and clear. As you can see this week, people celebrated for money.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, I think the elections were fair and I'm happy that all my (UNINTELLIGIBLE) won.
KOINANGE: Others are content to move on and let history take its course.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think we mustn't cry over split milk. I think what's important is for Zambians to forge ahead and the people of the oppositions to accept the results as they stand and work with the government party because we must look at the interests of our nation and not government interests.
KOINANGE: But others still aren't convinced Mwanawasa has what it takes to take the nation forward.
ANTHONY MUKWITA, ZAMBIAN JOURNALIST: The fear on the minds of most people is that: how will this man, who since 1993 has never been actively involved in party activities? Will he be able to command as much respect in the party now just by becoming the presidential marking?
KOINANGE: In the meantime, the opposition insists they'll continue to petition the election outcome, unwilling to concede what they call a manufactured victory.
(on-camera): The opposition has 14 days to contest the electoral result, failing which Mwanawasa becomes the country's third president since independence. But if they succeed, Mwanawasa could down in recent African history as the first president to have served the shortest term in office.
In Lusaka, Zambia, I'm Jeff Koinange for INSIDE AFRICA.
MAKGABO: Well, the new president, Levy Patrick Mwanawasa, is determined to serve out his five-year term. He's vowing to fight back, saying he's ready to face the opposition in court.
MWANAWASA: In my opulence, I have not given any particulars as to the basis of (UNINTELLIGIBLE) these elections have over this week. And if they feel that the elections have been rigged, I'm very, very prepared to defend myself in the high court or the Supreme Court. And I will -- and I'm certain that I'll prove the futility of the allegations.
MAKGABO: Multiparty democracy returned to Zambia in 1991 following (UNINTELLIGIBLE) of protest. Former president Frederick Chiluba, who swept victory of that year, was seen as the man responsible for restoring democracy. Now, he accused of undermining the very system he fought to establish 10 years ago.
The opposition accuses Chiluba of handpicking his successor and manipulating the process to ensure Mwanawasa wins.
Well, they are planning a series of protest marches in addition to court action, but President Mwanawasa is warning them not to go too far.
MWANAWASA: I have won lawfully elected president of Zambia. And anybody seeking to disrupt that process of law is guilt of treason. And he can be prosecuted and if convicted, it carries a death sentence.
MAKGABO: The European Union was one of several groups that observed the election. On Monday, the EU said some of the figures announced by the election commission were questionable. That statement angered the new president.
MWANAWASA: It was a gross interference. We invited them here, to come and observe the elections not to supervise or not to pass judgment. They can't decide or know as well the elections passed on the 58 constituents, any of -- between the -- be fair.
We are certain to protect. And we are not going to be a clan state. This must be clearly understood. Yes, we value the support, which the international community has given us and I'm happy that that support will continue. We need it for the development of this country. But that does not mean that we have to dance the tune of whatever they insulted -- we should be saying, "yes, sir." Now, I refuse that.
MAKGABO: New Zambian President Levy Patrick Mwanawasa. And when INSIDE AFRICA continues, we'll talk with one international observer who was in Zambia for the elections and we'll tell you why medical researchers might be interested in the sands of the Egyptian desert. Stay with us.
MAKGABO: And welcome back. The Carter Center based in the United States was one of several organizations in Zambia to observe the elections. David Carroll headed the Carter Center team and earlier this week, we asked him for his analysis.
DAVID CARROLL, CARTER CENTER: We have several areas of concern. We're still gathering our information from our observers and from Zambian observers who are coming back from the field. But primarily, our concerns at around the transparency of the vote tabulation at 150 tabulation centers around the country and the relaying of those results to the commission in Lusaka.
MAKGABO: We've also heard from people who have said that they found it unusual or really strange that there was voting continuing in some areas even after the 27. Was that in accordance with some of your findings?
CARROLL: The Elections Commission at some point on the 27, when it became clear the turnout was going to be very large. It issued instructions that -- it's not clear if it made it all the way around the country -- but their instructions were that voting would continue until all people in line were able to vote. And that left people voting well into the 28, sometime up until late in the morning or noon on the 28. And in some cases, polls that did not open on the 27 for lack of materials didn't start voting until the 28 and I believe in some cases, the 29. So there was voting going on for several days.
MAKGABO: Considering the concerns being expressed from so many sides, why is it then that the results were indeed upheld and the inauguration of the new president allowed to proceed?
CARROLL: Well, my understanding is that according to Zambian law, there's a very short timeframe from when results are received at the Elections Commission and until the new president is to be sworn in. And unfortunately, as it currently exists, it does not allow very much time for independent observers, both Zambian political party representatives and international observers, to have a chance to check the accuracy and verify the official results.
MAKGABO: If we can then talk about the opposition right now, they have said that they will continue to fight until Mr. Mwanawasa is removed from government. What sort of environment is this creating and allowing to perpetuate in the country at this point?
CARROLL: The legal situation in Zambia has been very confusing for many people in the international community and I think even Zambians as well. But my understanding now is that there is a period up to the 21st of January, I believe, to file petitions challenging the results. So there is a window where evidence can be brought to bear and challenges can be made through the formal process. And I think it will be very important to see that that opportunity is fully exploited.
MAKGABO: If it is indeed found that there were some grave irregularities that could adversely affect the results, can Mr. Mwanawasa be removed from office?
CARROLL: My understanding is that that's a -- you know, a formal petition that can be brought to bear. So yes, I would think that the results could be overturned. And I'm not sure if that's a very likely outcome, but it certainly seems to be an opportunity for that to happen.
MAKGABO: We've heard Mr. Mwanawasa saying that he will indeed be cracking down himself on any of the protesters who continue to disrupt the peace in Zambia. What exactly does all of this mean for the opposition?
CARROLL: I think tough days behind and ahead for the opposition. You know, they were very, very fragmented. And I know there was an effort to try to bring about a coalition up before this election, which was ultimately unsuccessful and in part, as one of the explanations for their defeat.
And instead of two or three parties opposing the ruling party, there was, you know, six or seven or eight opposing the ruling party and they split their vote terribly. And I think they're obviously very frustrated with the result. And with, you know, reports of irregularities. And again, I hope that the next several weeks can be used by all sides to try to clarify exactly the results.
MAKGABO: David Carroll the head of the Carter Center observer team to the Zambian elections. Now, if you'd like more analysis of the situation in Zambia, go to our Web site at CNN.com/INSIDE AFRICA and while you're there, remember to take part in our quick vote and post your thoughts on our message board.
Time now for us to take a look at some of the other stories making news inside Africa. First to Sierra Leone where those responsible for civilian atrocities during the civil war could soon face justice. United Nations Secretary General Kofi Anan has approved a war crimes tribunal for the country. A U.N. legal team will arrive in Freetown next week to begin preparations for the court. The imprisoned, revolutionary United Front leader, Foday Sankoh, could one of the first individuals to be tried by the tribunal.
In Zimbabwe, the main opposition party says government supporters are stepping up attacks on politicians ahead of presidential elections set for March. The Movement for Democratic Change or MDC says youths loyal to President Robert Mugabe attacked one its officers during the week. The MDC says government loyalists also damaged the home of an opposition legislature.
MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai accuses the government of using a militia trained under the guise of the Youth Training Service to terrorize the opposition. The government denies these allegations.
A real and amazing story out of Blaufontein, South Africa, a three- year-old boy who was missing for 21 days has been found alive. Mike Rolwa (ph) disappeared December 10 while playing with his 2-year-old cousin. He's believed to have survived on his own during the three weeks that he was missing. The local community calls his ordeal a miracle. And Michael was able to recognize his mother when she visited him in the hospital.
Now, time for us to change focus and turn to the world of business. With us, we join Zain Verjee -- Zain.
ZAIN VERJEE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Thanks, Tumi. In Kenya, the Central Bank is taking steps to shore up the economy. Its announced a slight increase in interbank borrowing rates from 10.85 percent to 10.95. Rates on the 91-day Treasury bill also went up 0.04 percent at the close of 2001. The Bank says the hikes were intended to help solve the liquidity problems in the domestic money market.
Hoping to improve efficiency, the Ghanaian government says it's opening the telecommunications market to all investors. Presently, only two groups, Ghana Telecom and Western Telesystems Limited, have the right to operate as the national telecommunications companies. But the government says it won't renew the contracts with these companies when they expire in February. Ghana's trade minister Kofi Apraku, who says this could help improve services and reduce high tariff charges.
Trying to restore sky power, Nigeria airways officials have begun the process of revitalizing the failing airline. One thousand employees were laid off during the week. Officials say those affected will receive the equivalent of three months salary and other benefits. They say cutting the staff will ease the financial strains on the company. The government of President Olusegun Obasanjo is seeking to privatize Nigeria airways, hoping to restore its reputation as the "sky power of west Africa."
Now, a check of this week's closing numbers.
I'm Zain Verjee and those are your business headlines. Tumi, back to you.
MAKGABO: Zain, thank you very much and there's much more ahead on INSIDE AFRICA, including, maintaining the tradition of the people by going dancing in Capetown. Don't go away.
MAKGABO: Hello once again. Now, we couldn't let of INSIDE AFRICA go by without Femi Oke so let's go straight to her now and find out what she has in store for us this week -- Femi.
FEMI OKE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hello there, Tumi. I'm taking you into North Africa and into Egypt. Most of the country's actually desert land, but apart from the area of around the river Nile, which runs along the eastern side of the country, but hidden beneath much of the desert sand are amazing treasures. Here's the story of one recent find.
OKE (voice-over): Searching to a cave, archaeologists sifting through the sand in Sakkara, Egypt have found the tomb of the chief physician to a ruler from the fifth dynasty.
DR. SAHI HAWASS, ANTIQUITIES CHIEF (through translator): Discovering the chief of physician of the royal...
HAWASS (through translator): It's considered one of the most important discoveries because it is the first time a physician tomb that is nearly 4,200 years old be discovered.
OKE: In alabaster order and statutes of Gods and Goddesses filled the tomb, while scenes of daily life in the fifth dynasty covered the walls in colors unique to the region. Archaeologists also found a wide variety of bronze medical instruments from ancient scalpels to needles.
HAWASS: We found 50 surgical tools. This is the first time that the tools of a surgeon can be discovered inside the tomb. All these tools that used for making the surgery and this really actually the tools that used to treat the king and his family.
OKE: It is hoped that the discovery will help scholars gain insight into the practice of medicine in the ancient world.
This is the latest in a series of tomb discoveries in Sakkara. Archaeologists are still working their way through the recently discovered tomb of a high priest (UNINTELLIGIBLE) studied 500 years ago. The discovery was made during exploration work on other tombs in the region.
HAWASS: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) always reveals important secrets.
OKE: And that was the chief of antiquities at Cairo and Giza and I'd call him the Indiana Jones of Bones. He's a magnificent man. It's no wonder he's so excited, they find amazing treasures almost every day. For instance, earlier on this week in Cairo, a tomb was discovered as a block of high-rise flats was about to be put up and it was from the 26th dynasty. I'm sure we'll have so many stories to come from Egypt. I look forward to it. In the meantime, I'm surely looking forward to seeing Tumi this year.
MAKGABO: Oh, Femi, thank you very much. And finally, it's time for us to take you down (UNINTELLIGIBLE) lane. We'll be doing that.
When apartheid ended in the mid '90s, South Africa did away with racial classification that divided its population into whites, blacks and colors. But cultural pride within those groups remains very strong and as Charlayne reports, one of those groups is bent on preserving the tradition that helped them cope.
CHARLAYNE HUNTER-GAULT, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It's called jazzing, a dance of mixed race, so-called Cape Coloreds say they created long before some of these young aficionados were born.
TERRENCE WANNENBERG, JAZZING VETERAN: They want to be on identity and we came up with a mixture of the jive, the rumba, but a lesson -- everything mixed.
HUNTER-GAULT: That I learned as I walked with one of jazzing's veterans along a barren windy hillside that was once home to Capetown's colored population. It was called District 6 and jazzing was how its coloreds packed up all their cares and woes, as the old jazz song goes, and danced the nights away.
Until the white ruled, apartheid regime packed them all up and shipped them out to more remote locations, part of the infamous faced removal aimed at creating and preserving all white enclaves in the most desirable parts of the country.
WANNENBERG: It was a tough time and people had to readjust their lives.
HUNTER-GAULT: They took their homes but not their soul. The Cape Coloreds kept on jazzing.
WANNENBERG: Later on, we forget the old world.
HUNTER-GAULT: Apartheid is now a thing of the past. Jazzing is not. Only in the country's almost 8-year-old nonracial democracy, they're singing a different song if not dancing to a different tune.
KURT MOSES, JAZZ DANCER: A different sense of freedom that is what I live for nowadays. The beat of jazz and the instruments of the youth. It uplifts me when I come onto the floor. It brings out the beautiful person within me.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm going to do it again. I'm standing on my front foot.
HUNTER-GAULT: And as with any tradition, preserving it depends on...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Don't watch them. Watch here, watch here. Watch my feet.
HUNTER-GAULT: ... passing it on. It's here, twice a week; friends and neighbors bring their friends and neighbors and sometimes their neighbors' children for jazzing lessons. Joined this once by yours truly.
(on-camera): OK; now I'm going to have a private lesson. But guess what, you can't watch.
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, CNN, Capetown.
MAKGABO: Go Charlayne! Well, as always, the INSIDE AFRICA team always enjoys hearing from you. So if you have a comment about the program, e-mail us at INSIDE firstname.lastname@example.com. And we're still interested in your recipes to post on our Web site. We promise, we will try them out soon.
That's our look inside Africa this week. Be sure to join us at the same time next week. I'm Tumi Makgabo.
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That noble mission was sullied in May 1999, when five female staffers sued principal Michael Exelbert and the Miami-Dade County Public School Board. The four teachers and one clerical worker alleged their principal sexually harassed them; two of the women, teachers Jeanne Vazquez and Judy Davis, charged Exelbert had coerced them into having sex with him, according to their federal lawsuits. The pair claimed liaisons took place both on school grounds and at "other locations," one of which later was revealed to be a conservative Jewish temple in Kendall where Exelbert was an officer.
These complaints were filed while the district was reeling from another sex-harassment scandal. Just months before, after a highly publicized trial, a jury found ex-Northwestern Senior High School principal William Clarke III had sexually harassed a counselor. In February 1999 the board agreed to pay one million dollars to this plaintiff and another woman who also protested Clarke's actions.
But no jury ever considered the claims against Exelbert. Less than a month after filing their suits, the women, all represented by Miami attorney Alan Goldfarb, offered to settle. On June 23, 1999, the school board voted to pay them one million dollars. Thus Exelbert became the second principal whose allegedly porcine behavior toward women had cost county taxpayers a cool million.
Perhaps worse, at that same June meeting, the board voted to retain Clarke and Exelbert as school-system employees. Each took a demotion and a pay cut: Clarke now earns approximately $70,000 per year (a $20,000 salary hit) working in an attendance office; Exelbert makes $80,000 annually ($10,000 less than before) in the transportation department.
While Clarke's loutishness has been documented in New Times ("A Real Class Act," July 9, 1998; "No Class," May 27, 1999) and in the Miami Herald, Exelbert has slithered beyond the reach of both the court system and the media. This is odd, given the fact that board members simultaneously discussed the fate of both men June 23. That day six school-board members -- then-chairman Solomon Stinson, current chairwoman Perla Tabares Hantman, Marta Perez, Demetrio Perez, Michael Krop, and Robert Ingram -- voted against firing the two men. And board attorney Johnny Brown later struck a deal that prohibited the Exelbert plaintiffs and their lawyer from speaking about the case.
Four of the women -- Davis, Vazquez, Cheryl Pertnoy, and Marcia Sentmanat -- still work at the Merrick Center. Teacher Merry Overholser has moved to Tucson, Arizona. Citing the gag order, all declined to comment for this story. Exelbert did not return phone calls from New Times. Exelbert's attorney, Leslie Langbein of Miami, questions both the plaintiffs' motives and their timing. She also chides the school board for demoting Exelbert based on a flawed investigation. "The board settled to deflect some of the criticism heaped on it due to the circumstances with Mr. Clarke," Langbein comments. Had the case gone to trial, she asserts, her client would have been vindicated. "Mike has consistently denied that any of these allegations constituted sexual harassment," she says.
But school-district records show the women began complaining of harassment in 1997. The 51-year-old Exelbert, who joined the district in 1970 as a teacher, specialized in working with handicapped children. In 1984 he became principal of the Merrick Center, located at 39 Zamora Ave. in Coral Gables. The center was known for providing innovative programs and outreach to handicapped and homebound children.
Exelbert apparently developed a less-than-savory reputation. In September 1997 Overholser told the principal he was treating her "in a condescending, demeaning, and threatening manner," according to a handwritten statement she later submitted with a union grievance. After some back and forth, Exelbert became conciliatory. As Overholser was walking from his office at the meeting's conclusion, she contends "he smacked me on my buttocks with his hand." She filed the grievance in November 1997. Exelbert apologized and said he'd never do it again; Overholser resigned in August 1998 and moved away. (She later complained to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission about the incident.)
Overholser's charges opened the floodgates. Sentmanat filed a sexual-harassment complaint against Exelbert in early 1998 with the district's Equal Educational and Employment Opportunity (EEEO) division, alleging he made sexually suggestive comments and inappropriately touched her. The office substantiated her claim. In October 1998 higher-ups removed Exelbert from the Merrick Center and placed him in the exceptional-education department office downtown. The district delivered a letter of reprimand and forwarded its findings to the Department of Education in Tallahassee.
In January 1999 Vazquez and Davis made far more shocking allegations.
Judy Davis reported to the EEEO that Exelbert terrorized her for years. "The harassment began as crude, inappropriate sexual comments and jokes and later escalated to his touching of my intimate body parts, including groping my breasts and buttocks," Davis wrote. "Mr. Exelbert forced me to kiss him, sit on his lap in a sexual manner, fondle his genitalia, perform oral sex on him, and engage in sexual intercourse. This conduct occurred both during and after school hours, on school grounds and at other locations." She stressed that she was an unwilling participant. "Mr. Exelbert made it clear that my receipt of certain job benefits was contingent upon my willingness to acquiesce and succumb to his sexual demands," she wrote.


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Lower East have gone all out to make this a special package with remixes from Lee Foss, Richy Ahmed & Volante, Russo and a deeper "Sunset Mix" from Alexis Raphael himself. Encompassing elements of deep house, house, disco and electronica, each mix has it's own bold identity making it a release that has picked up support from James Teej, Josif, Manik, Alex Flitsch, Solomun, Shindoe, Tim Green, Chris Latner, Julien Chaptal, System of Survival, Xpress 2, Huxley and Anthony Collins.
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"Alexis' Sunset Mix" trims a little emphasis off the actual punch of the bass by keeping it constant and introducing some blissful repetitive vocal cuts and opening them up more in the background, whilst laying onto of all this, a beautiful carpet of an organic sound to aid the sunset drift of the mix.
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Camille Doty
April 23, 2012 at 6:03 p.m.
Updated April 22, 2012 at 11:23 p.m.
WHEN: 8 p.m. Saturday
WHERE: Victoria Fine Arts Center, 1002 Sam Houston Drive, Victoria
HOW MUCH: Adults start at $27; students start at $5
TO PURCHASE TICKETS: Visit the Symphony Office, 2112 N. Navarro St., Victoria, call 361- 576-4500, or visit victoriasymphony.com.
Clara-Jumi Kang will make her Crossroads debut with the Victoria Symphony's performance of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor.
"The End of a Dark Era" concert will be 8 p.m. Saturday at the Victoria Fine Arts Center. It will be the last concert of the season.
The orchestra will open the concert by performing Amadeus Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro Overture' and closing with Shostakovich's "Symphony No.10."
Maestro Darryl One said this selection was one of Mozart's most popular pieces that was easy to put together with the Russian composer's work to make for a great season closer.
"Shostakovich is one of the great symphonies of all time and tells a very deep and emotional story," One said, Kang was born in Mannheim, Germany, in 1987 into a musical family. She began playing piano and violin when she was 3 and made her symphony debut two years later.
To pay for her first bow, the musical prodigy modeled cosmetics.
Some of her accolades include winning the Gold Medal at the International Violin Competition and performing at Carnegie Hall.
One said having the violin virtuoso is a perfect compliment to Mozart's most popular overture and it's all happening in Victoria.
"This is one of the greatest violin concertos... and one of the most powerful symphonies ever written," he said.


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Major League Games: 258
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Who will Billy choose? Who's coming back? And who will learn Jane's secret? HollywoodLife.com got all the scoop from creator April Blair!
The tables officially turn on the July 31 summer finale of Jane By Design, with Billy (Nick Roux) now having to choose between girlfriend Zoe (Mariah Buzolin) and best-friend Jane (Erica Dasher). But creator April Blair tells HollywoodLife.com that Billy's big decision is just one of many major moments we can anticipate, along with Jane's two worlds colliding to the point where "everything is put in jeopardy."
Here's what I learned:
1. Are Eli & Jane officially over? Well, it depends on how you look at it. Yes, Eli (Bryan Dechart) slept with India (India de Beaufort) last week, but April suggests we take a step back and examine both sides of the situation. "Jane and Eli have only been on one date," she explains. "One date and one kiss. For Jane, a 16-year-old girl, that's a big deal — but for a 24-year-old guy, that doesn't make them exclusive. It's a little adult lesson for Jane."
2. Is Jeremy staying in London? We've seen from promos that Jane returns to the states, but Jeremy's (Rowly Dennis) future isn't quite as certain. "Jeremy may or not come back," April says. "Rowly will stay on the show as long as the show is around, but Jeremy's journey back to New York is a little more complicated than just riding back with Jane."
3. Will India stop being a bitch? Probably not! But April says India's little roll in the hay with Eli revealed a more human side to her we'll hopefully see more of in the future. "In her heart, she's really in love with Jeremy," April explains. "The simple solution would have been her going after him and chasing him down in London, but sometimes people do the opposite of that. At the same time she realizes she's in love with Jeremy, she also made a very bad decision."
4. Ben & Rita's "satisfying" moment: If you missed Ben (David Clayton Rogers) on last week's episode, you'll be happy to know the new baseball star "makes a special appearance" on the finale. "Ben and Rita are my favorite couple on the show, so I'm rooting for them," April admits. "There are lots of romances bubbling now with a lot of angst, and I think theirs has the most satisfying, complete end this season."
5. Jane's "no way out" crisis: "At the end of the finale, Jane's worlds completely collide and everything is put in jeopardy," April tells me. "It's a moment where there's just no way out, much like the way she was caught between Billy and Jeremy on the runway." Considering pictures from the finale show Gray (Andie MacDowell) and Eli confronting Jane at the school play, I'd be shocked if she's somehow able to weasel her way out this time.
How are you feeling, Jane fans? Do you want Billy to (finally) choose Jane? Do you think it's about time Gray figures out her little secret? And how do you feel about India after her hookup with Eli? Drop me a comment with your summer finale predictions below, and check out ABC Family's official Jane By Design page for more show info!
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Posted at 2:53 AM on August 15, 2012
Yes I think that Jean should be with Billy there a cute cuple and makes isms eil should hook up with India so that they can make a team to goangainst gray?!? I think zoey should still be in the picture so we can se her feark out!!!and at the end somthing happens and Jane and billy break up shocking ending Thank You For your time I Love you Jane by design LOVE THIS SHOW AND bill I love you
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Posted at 8:22 PM on August 6, 2012
I absolutely LOVE this show! It's a great plot that totally captivates my attention. It's fun loving with a little bit of drama but not too much. There definitely needs to be a second season and I think that everyone else who enjoys this show would also agree. Though the end of the summer finale looks like it's over, I'd still say it's a cliffhanger and there definitely needs to be some answers to questions. The winter finale ended with Billy realizing he has feelings for Jane and the summer finale ended with Jane realizing she has feelings for Billy. The show definitely needs to continue to get their timing right. To be honest, I love stories involving romance that is really drawn out because you never know what might happen. I think until that happens, Jane and BIlly both need someone else to be with. I don't know about anyone else but I kinda like Jane and Nick together and as of last seen, they are both single. Really rooting for second season! :)
Posted at 2:13 AM on August 6, 2012
i love this show! but….. i think it needs a second season fast. Jane and Billy would be perfect for eachother on the other hand, i mean think about it who nknows Jane better than Billy and i doubt billy has anyone else who is as close to him as Jane. i also feel that Jane could find a way to sneek past the truth with grey… but, Grey should know the truth and i think Grey should stilll be happy and have no other choice then to keep her i mean she has done so much :)
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i would just like to know when to expect the next season to premier. i am a huge fan of this show, and its really the only one i watch on ABC family, since this rest of the shows on that network are complete garbage.
secondly, i believe it will take time for Billy and Jane to gravitate towards eachother because they have been friends for so long and dont want to risk that friendship. i would very much like to see them get together in the end though. they truly are perfect for eachother.
thirdly, i think that after the ending of this past episode, there really is no way that Jane can hide her secret from Grey. Both of Jane's worlds' have collided and i don't think she has a way out of this conundrum. since Jeremy is starting his own line, i believe he will try to convince Jane to work for him, since i dont think Grey will keep her under employment once she finds out the truth about Jane's age and falsified documentation.
please let me know when you plan on premiering the next season, it would be greatly apprieciated!
Posted at 11:20 AM on August 1, 2012
I think Jane should give a second chance to Eli because it's not yet the time for her to be with Billy. She can't try to lie to Gray that way she will still work for Donevan . India pick her team soJane has a chance to be fired. Donevan can choose her instead of India beacause Gray Saw how brillante she was. This show MUST to continue ! I'm sooooooo fan!
I am so mad words cannot describe. Zoe(y) – however you want to spell it – does not deserve to be with BIlly because she is a jealous beyotch. I cannot believe that Billy and Zoe(y) hooked up – at Jane's house, no less – at the party and I was fuming when I heard this.
The only happy thing was that Ben and Rita got back together – was that incredibly romantic or what?
I know that Billy and Jane probably aren't going to get together for a while but it still makes me mad that I am going to have to wait for-freaking-ever to watch the fall/winter premiere and all the teasers and commercials and twisting what actually happens. I hope that they don't redo what happened at the beginning of this season where they both blow it off – or at least BIlly does – I think they both need to talk about their feelings – sorry if I am venting – and accept how they feel.
Now onto Jeremy and India, I don't really mind them being together because Jane isn't going to be with Jeremy but I am not a big fan of India – is anyone really – but nothing I can do here.
The main thing I am mad about is the whole Billy and Jane fiasco. You knew what she was going to tell him and then he had to freaking ruin it all by telling her what happened. Stupid Billy . . . God, I hate my life.
I was hoping that when he would put the "glass" slipper on her stupid, annoying, nosy foot that it wouldn't fit. But no. It had to fit. Really? Cant she and Jane be two different sizes? Apparently not. *sigh*
But the only thing that did give me hope with all this Billy and Jane nonsense/crap was when he looked back at her when Zoe(y) and he (Billy) walked away and he turned around and looked at her.
At least I have some hope that they will get together. I know they will. The best friends normally win right? (Well, except for Twilight, but whatever.)
God, I am rambling.
Posted at 10:11 PM on July 31, 2012
I think that billy will choose jane bc his already made the decision when lulu made him choose in an earlier episiode.And billy loves jane & unlike nick who kissed lulu when he was with jane and i dont think billy would do that to jane, there great for each other im all for Billy&Jane cant wait to see tonights episiode so exicied!!!!!!!
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I think Jane should be with Billy but not NOW. This show is interesting and special because is different from the others. What makes it different it's Billy and Jane's amazing friendship. If they will get together the ahow will probably end and if it doesn't end it will be kinda boring. We need more drama. Even if I don't really like Zoe I think she's the best choice.. For now, just if there will be another season. If not I totally prefer Jane and Billy. They are cute.
And about Jane's job, I don't want Gray to find out that she's lying because then it will be the same situation as I explained about Billy and Jane. But if Billy picks
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Best show ever. It is addicting. I have been slightly dissapointed in the the last few episodes. I wanted more Jane and Billy progress. Instead they went backwards. I really think this show needs and deserves a second season. Also, I love Ben and Rita. Happy they get a good ending.,, and I also really like Jeremy, mole or not.
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Wipe ware with damp sponge to remove bisque dust.
Using a pencil and ruler, lightly draw vertical lines around stand, creating two lines per scalloped section as shown.
Use the Liner and Round brushes to fill in lines with three coats of color, arranging in the following order: Bright Purple, Caribbean Sprinkles, Dark Straw, Neon Orange Sprinkles.
Use the Fan Glaze brush to apply three coats of Neon Orange to the top of stand. Option: Leave top white and brush two coats of Pure Brilliance on the top.
- Stilt and fire to cone 06.
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Wipe ware with damp sponge to remove bisque dust.
Use the pencil to lightly sketch in scalloped design along top of stand, aligning with scallops along bottom.
Write out the phrase "let them eat cake" then use the circle template to trace circles all over stand for polka dots.
Using all brushes as needed, apply three coats of Neon Orange to top of stand, including scalloped design along top edge.
Use Black Licorice French Dimensions to trace over wording.
Use the No. 4 Round to fill in polka dots with Neon Orange Sprinkles, Caribbean Sprinkles, Straw Sprinkles and Purple Sprinkles. Let dry completely.
Dryfoot and fire to cone 06.
Use the Fan Glaze brush to apply two coats of Pure Brilliance to the entire stand.
- Stilt and fire to cone 06.
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The battle south of Algiers
Posted: 18/01/2013 Filed under: African Security, Terrorism, Transnational threats and political risk, Virginia Comolli | Tags: Algeria, Algerian foreign policy, Ansar Dine, azawad, ECOWAS, France, mali, MNLA, MUJAO, Northern Mali, overflight rights 2 CommentsBy Virginia Comolli, Research Associate for Transnational Threats
Until it permitted the French air force to fly through its airspace into Mali this weekend, Algeria had been protesting for months that it would not welcome any outside military intervention to quell the rebellion in its southern neighbour. The hostage crisis unfolding in the Algerian desert, following an attack by militants on the In Amenas gas plant, one of the country's largest, has starkly demonstrated the risks of reprisal.
So one of the most interesting questions is what accounted for Algeria's change of heart. This is difficult to answer because decision-making in Algiers is famously opaque, and the country often takes an ambiguous stance on regional security issues.
Algeria is North Africa's largest military power. With a long history of combating Islamist violence, first during the brutal civil war of the 1990s and then in the form of an al-Qaeda-linked insurgency, it likes to see itself as a regional leader in counter-terrorism. After the most vicious rebel group from the civil-war era, the Groupe Salafiste pour La Predication et Le Combat (GSPC), rebranded itself in 2007 as al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), Algeria's militaristic approach was quite successful in curtailing the group. AQIM was forced southwards into Niger, Mali and Mauritania where it specialised in kidnap-for-ransom and smuggling to fund its activities.
In 2009, Algiers tried to mount a regional response to cross-border terrorism to insulate itself from growing militancy in in the Sahel. Under the Tamanrasset Plan with its three southern neighbours, a joint military operations centre was established in 2010 in Tamanrasset, southern Algeria, and a joint intelligence cell brought together in Algiers. But cooperation was often difficult, with Mali in particular holding Algeria ultimately responsible for the insurgency that grew in its northern areas (see France in Mali: rapid reaction). Bamako was frustrated with Algeria's failure to pursue AQIM members across the Algerian border into Mali. Algiers, for its part, took a dim view of Bamako's willingness to consider ransoms for the release of hostages.
Contemporary Algeria is repeatedly described as proud, self-sufficient and suspicious of outsiders. 'Algeria dislikes initiatives that aren't its own,' one Algerian Ministry of Finance official told Slate Afrique last year. Another expert told the Associated Press yesterday that Algeria's rejection of outside assistance in the In Amenas gas field crisis was normal. 'They never accept any military help,' said Mathieu Guidere of the University of Toulouse-Le Mirail. 'They want to do it their way.'
Algeria has long used the threat of terrorism to justify heavy-handed security measures among its own citizens. Add to this a ruling elite who are ageing, divided and preoccupied with trying to prevent a recurrence of any Arab-Spring-like demonstrations before 2014 presidential elections, and it becomes easier to explain actions that often seem incoherent to outsiders.
When Tuareg tribesmen and then Islamist groups overran northern Mali (a region that Tuaregs call Azawad) in early 2012, Algeria's first move was a cautious one, perhaps as a result of the kidnap of seven Algerian diplomats by an AQIM splinter group, the Movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), which took place just as Islamist rebels took the northern Malian town of Gao in April. (Several diplomats remain in MUJAO's custody.) Having negotiated peaceful ends to earlier Tuareg uprisings in northern Mali in 1995 and 2009, Algeria and then Burkina Faso mediated talks between Bamako and rebel groups Ansar el-Dine and the National Movement Liberation of Azawad (MNLA).
Despite an agreement signed in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in December to respect Mali's national unity, the talks clearly achieved little, since the rebels began to move further south this month.
One of the difficulties in persuading Algeria to support a military intervention in Mali by ECOWAS (the grouping of West African states) has been that Algeria is not a member of ECOWAS. Nevertheless, foreign dignitaries have flown to Algiers to try to persuade President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to back the ECOWAS plan. US Africa Command chief General Carter F. Ham met the president in September 2012, and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pressed him in October to back such an intervention.
On a visit in December, French President Francois Hollande attempted to launch a new era of bilateral relations by recognising Algerian suffering during the French colonial period.
Algeria has more proven natural-gas reserves than Iraq and about the same amount of oil as Angola. However, with 97% of its exports and about 60% of its GDP coming from energy, it also knows that it is over-reliant on the industry. The IMF has warned it to diversify and to ease high unemployment among its growing youth population. At the same time, some Western commentators feel that too much bureaucracy and the aggressive behaviour of Sonatrach, the state-run oil company that is a partner in most ventures, have taken the sheen off the Algerian oil industry.
Therefore, it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that Bouteflika, in granting France over-flight rights to Mali, was trying to respond to French overtures and open Algeria up to global economic opportunities. But as politicians and families in the UK, Norway, Japan, the US and Kenya awaited further news of loved ones after the 17 January bloody military raid to free the hostages, oil companies were beginning to withdraw non-essential workers from Algeria.
Who were the attackers and how did they succeed?
Attacks on energy infrastructure were rare during the 1991-2002 civil war in Algeria, and were generally confined to minor pipeline bombings. This makes the 16 January assault all the more shocking. Questions will be asked about the security arrangements that allowed a group of heavily armed gunmen to enter the plant's housing compound and take dozens of foreign workers hostage
Algeria announced the closure on Monday of its nearly 1,000-kilometre (600-mile) border with Mali. The Algerian foreign minister has since said that the rebels who attacked In Amenas travelled in three vehicles across the Libyan border, 60km away. Some of the attackers were reported to have Libyan accents.
The plant is operated by British oil giant BP, Norway's Statoil and Algerian Sonatrach and serviced by Japanese engineering firm JGC Corporation. The rebels launched an attack on a bus taking employees to work before entering In Amenas's living quarters.
The man claiming responsibility, and now widely held accountable for the attack, is Mokhtar Belmokhtar, He is also known as 'Mr Marlboro' for his successful cigarette-smuggling business and the 'Uncatchable' for obvious reasons. An Algerian national and a former AQIM leader, Belmokhtar left AQIM in 2012 to set up his own group known variously as 'Katibat Moulathamine', 'The Masked Brigade' or 'Those Who Sign in Blood'. Of the several groups that have emerged as AQIM offshoots, Belmokhtar's is believed to be one of the most experienced and certainly the most familiar with desert routes extensively used for weapons, fuel and drugs smuggling. The group consists of Tuareg and Arabs.
Although AQIM as a group has few, if any, links to al-Qaeda central, Belmokhtar trained in Afghanistan in his late teens. He then returned to Algeria in the early 1990s to join the Islamic Armed Group (GIA) and later the GSPC – AQIM's predecessor. He is one of the top figures on the Sahel extremist scene, a well-known fixer, smuggler, skilled negotiator and arm suppliers; in the 2000s he became infamous for kidnapping and making ransom demands for Western hostages.
However, Belmokhtar was passed over for leadership. His reported removal as the AQIM commander in northern Mali in October, where he had strengthened his personal links with Ansar el-Dine leader Iyad Ag Ghaly, prompted him to set up his own group. There is speculation over the real reasons behind the split but it is likely to be the result of disagreement over the sharing of ransoms. In addition, unlike other AQIM leaders Belmokhtar is known to prefer to negotiate over hostages, rather than killing them. In 2003, he was responsible for capturing 32 European tourists, all of whom were released alive. Unfortunately, some of the hostages taken on 16 January were not so lucky.
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[…] a few foreigners for ransom, displaying their bravado and raising their profile. The scale of the operation and the certainty that it would invite a very tough response from the Algerian authorities mean […]
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It would now be pertinent to address how a conceptual duality and a gendered duality could function simultaneously without one enveloping or overpowering the other. Regardless of how high an individual holds an intellectual concept, the individual is still bound to gender. How then can a conceptual duality that stresses balance of all things remain exclusively masculine in it's metaphors? The short answer would be that the conceptual duality goes "beyond" gender, that the metaphors can potentially be applied to gendered concepts, but ultimately refer to concepts understood as antecedent to gendered concepts. While this answer is ambitious, as a reply to a question posed by a society that holds gender to be reverent and relevant, it falls flat and lacks the humanizing element so often craved in religious discourse. To maintain a conceptual duality that preserves gendered integrity, much like gender, a few different options are available.
This post is a bit of a tangent from my central focus of Frigga, fiber and wyrd--but, as I hope you'll see, it's only a bit of one, since it does concern, rather closely, the values around which I've built my own spirituality, especially the very Heathen themes of choice and responsibility.
As you can tell from my profile photo, I am a pagan woman who chooses to wear some type of head covering at least some of the time. I've gone into detail on my own blog about my reasons for doing so, but just to recap a bit: I initially flirted with veiling a couple of years back, mostly as an extension of the semi-modest form of dress I had adopted. My partner had already started veiling daily by then as a devotional act for her God (long before the practice became trendy), and I wanted to see whether I too could enjoy some of the practical benefits she reported, mainly protection for the crown chakra and an additional buffer against the thoughts and emotions of others--something invaluable for psychically sensitive people such as we both are.
I also liked the fact that wearing a veil sends a visual signal to others that you are somehow different, set apart from mainstream society. This is in part a cultural signal; nuns wear veils, after all, and as the bride of a God I consider myself to be the pagan equivalent of a nun, more or less. (The "less" part of that statement being because pagans unfortunately have no established system or architecture in place to support this path.) True, most people walking down the street would never mistake a woman wearing a colorful veil, or a hat, or a kerchief, for a nun, but for me it acted as a tangible reminder of my path.
As one of those "pre-trend" head covering women, led me add nicely said! There is definitely a call toward this, and I can point t
I see both Beth and Sandra's viewpoints as having validity. A lot of women (including my mother) felt that there was a time period
"Traditional feminine skills" were not devalued by the feminist movement. Skills like weaving and spinning have been downgraded fo
I don't think that the current and more common type of feminism is what Beth meant. I assume (but could be wrong) that she's more
Yes, Saidhbhin, that particular type of feminist is exactly what I meant! I realize that feminism does not necessarily carry the
In the first article for this blog I mentioned the Löwenmensch, a 32-35,000 year old mammoth tusk carving found in Germany. Archaeologists assembled this beautiful statuette of a lion-headed human from hundreds of fragments. And in recent years it has become the eye of a storm of debate about the gender politics of Stone Age shamanism.
Although heavily critiqued in the last forty years, the notion that Europe's first human denizens were socially and spiritually matriarchal is still popular. Some proponents of this view argue that the Löwenmensch is in fact a female, not a male. And inferring from this theory, a few of them have gone so far as to argue that shamanic practice in the distant European past was practiced exclusively by women.
...(I originally wrote about these issues--because I believe this to be more than one issue, not a binary--in my personal blog. In the interest of clarity and time, I have taken some parts of that initial post, which most of you have not seen, and worked them into this first part. Please forgive me, long-time readers, if it seems like you've read some bits before.)
I've been threatening to write about this set of situations--really write about it--for over a year. Every time I wrap my head and heart around it, some new information comes to light and I step back a bit, wondering what else I can add from so far away.
I will engage these on-going issues in three parts--Waxing to Full, Waning Moon, and Dark Moon. I hope you will bear with me as I develop my own thoughts, bear witness to what I haven't seen and step into a world that is both mine and not mine.
It's the women-born-women issue, of course--something that has been seething in some circles for a while now. The first large-scale incident, as far as I know, was at last year's Pantheacon, there was a fascinating repeat at Pantheacon 2012 and then we got the coverage of that powerful circle that blessed this year's Pagan Spirit Gathering.
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A Nuclear Medicine Meckel's scan is performed to look for the presence of ectopic gastric mucosa in the large bowel. If this condition exists it can cause pain in the abdomen and blood in the stool.
Nuclear Medicine scans are performed using very small amounts of radioactive material. The radioactive material is usually bound to other non-radioactive elements. These combined elements are called "radionuclides". The radionuclides emit energy called "photons". Radionuclides can be directed to many organs and systems in the body. Once a radionuclide is distributed in an organ or system, the photon energy is collected by a "Gamma Camera". The Gamma Camera detects the pattern of distribution of the radionuclide in the body and sends this information to a computer. The computer processes the information and displays the information in the form of a picture.
Nuclear Medicine exams differ from other x-ray procedures because the energy (x-rays and photons) come from different sources. The photon energy is emitted from the radionuclide injection and passes out of the body. Another major difference is that Nuclear Medicine exams best demonstrate body physiology (system function) whereas x-rays show anatomical detail.
The Nuclear Medicine Technologist will inject a special radionuclide into your vein, usually in your arm. The blood will carry the radionuclide to the ectopic gastric mucosa if it exists. To start the scan, the technologist will position you on a flat table and will place you under the gamma camera. The gamma camera will be very close to you to obtain the best picture. Sequential pictures will be taken to see any gradual collection of the radionuclide in the large bowel area.
The injection of the radionuclide takes only a few minutes. Once the actual scan is started it takes approximately 1 hour.
You may feel a slight pinprick in the vein of your arm when the radionuclide is injected. You will not feel any effects from the radionuclide injection. When your scan is begun, you will need to lay flat on a table. You will need to lay very still while the scan is being performed so that the best picture can be made. You will not feel any effects from the gamma camera. It does not create radiation, it only detects the radiation coming from the radionuclide. The gamma camera is a large machine that collects the emitted photons from the radionuclide but produces very little sound. The gamma camera must be very close to you and will be moved over your body to obtain the pictures. The radiation will totally disappear from your body in about 48 hours. The radiation exposure you receive is no more than from a routine x-ray procedure.
The radionuclide will distribute in any ectopic gastric mucosa if it is present in the large bowel. If the radionuclide does not collect in a section of the large bowel, it is a good indication that this condition does not exist.
You should not eat anything after midnight the night before your scan. Sometimes it is necessary to give you a medication one hour before the scan that will help the collection of radionuclide in the ectopic gastric mucosa Just before the start of your scan, you will need to urinate and empty your bladder so that you are as comfortable as possible during the exam. You should remove any metal such as belt buckle, keys, etc. since these will interfere with the pictures.
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text: Sorry about that. I never tested with binutils-2.17 to see if it worked with glibc-2.3.6, I just assumed it would. Greg Schafer provided links to the following patches on the alfs mailing-list: http://sources.redhat.com/ml/glibc-cvs/2005-q4/msg00564.html http://sources.redhat.com/ml/glibc-cvs/2005-q4/msg00565.html http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-alpha/2005-11/msg00033.html I don't plan on keeping glibc-2.3.6 for very long, so I don't want to waste time sending patches to patches at lfs. If it looks like it'll be a while before I get glibc-2.4 in, I might revert the book to using binutils-2.16.1. robert On July 4, 2006 11:02 pm, George Boudreau wrote: > Robert, > > I posted a note to Manuel about jhalfs & the latest hlfs book on the > ALFS list. Is this a hlfs problem or did I miss a change in the book. > > George.


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