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All that you need to make deer jerky the way that we do is some ground deer meat, a jerky shooter, a dehydrator and some seasoning.
Obtaining the deer meat is the fun part. Refer to the rest of this website for advice on accomplishing this.
A jerky shooter is simply a caulking gun type gadget that has an attachment on the end of it that forms the ground meat into a thin strip as you squeeze it out. These come by different names depending on the manufacturer. The bigger the better depending on how often you want to re-load.
Dehydrators are not hard to come by and can also be used to dry fruits to eat. As with most things dehydrators come in a few different forms and a wide price range.
The biggest decision that you will make is what to season the meat with. I have tried a few different seasonings and we have liked them all. I usually use the seasonings manufactured for making deer jerky and mix in a little extra of the different varieties. I haven't made a batch yet that didn't have a good flavor.
Making the jerky is easy. You just thaw the ground deer meat, sprinkle in seasoning while working it in by hand, load the jerky shooter and shoot the strips directly out onto the dehydrator trays. We can get about three pounds of meat onto our dehydrator. Once the dehydrator is full just leave it alone and go watch deer hunting shows or read the rest of this site.
Cooking time varies and you should consult the directions on your dehydrator. Generally we leave the jerky in the dehydrator for five to seven hours. You can check it periodically to see how it is doing. If it is not left in long enough it will still seem raw if you tear it and if left too long it will dry out and become brittle. Just check on it and remove it when it is done, it will not go from the raw stage to a brittle stage in a matter of minutes. You cannot mess it up unless you completely forget about it.
I have yet to find a jerky seasoning that I did not like. Try a couple different varieties.


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American Youth Gangs at the Millenniumby Finn-Aage Esbensen Stephen G. Tibbetts Larry Gaines
For generations, scholars, law enforcement personnel, politicians, and the media have tried to understand and explain youth gangs and violence. This insightful collection contains the work of leading scholars, integrating previously published articles with new material to provide the most comprehensive information about the status of American youth gangs. The contributors attempt to answer crucial questions for understanding gangs: What is a gang? What are the risk factors associated with joining a gang? What is the nature of gang violence? How involved are girls in gangs and gang violence? The contributors¿ multifaceted approach to these questions and their ensuing discussions describe the varied and individual responses to gang violence. The topics are grouped in four sections: The first section explores the issues and ramifications of current terminology and survey information. In the second section, nontraditional gangs, such as female gangs and hybrid gangs, are discussed. The third section attempts to examine gang activities objectively and place them in a proper perspective. The final section looks at historical and current response techniques to youth gangs, such as suppression, prevention, and legal injunctions.
Gang Transitions and Transformations in an International Contextby Finn-Aage Esbensen Cheryl L. Maxson
This unique volumeexplores why and how youth join and leave gangs, as a lens for exploringintervention and prevention through comparative, international research. The book explores three key questions: how doyouth gangs form and how do they change over time? Why do youth join streetgangs, and why do they leave? How can we use this knowledge to foster moreeffective interventions for gang problems?Drawing from research conducted in tendifferent countries (Belgium, Canada, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and Venezuela)and a variety of disciplines, sixteenoriginal chapters provide unique insights into: 1) patterns of gangparticipation and how it impacts individual behavior 2) individual transitions and their impact on gang transformations 3) fostering gang transition and transformation. This work will be of interest to researchers in Criminology and CriminalJustice, particularly with an interest in youth gangs, developmental andlife-course criminology, criminal careers, and criminal networks, as well asrelated fields such as sociology, psychology, and comparative law, and publichealth.
Youth Gangs in International Perspectiveby Finn-Aage Esbensen Cheryl L. Maxson
As a steady source of juvenile delinquents and an incubator for future adult offenders, the youth gang has long been a focus of attention, from their origins and prevalence to intervention and prevention strategies. But while delinquent youth form gangs worldwide, youth gang research has generally focused on the U.S. Youth Gangs in International Perspective provides a needed corrective by offering significant studies from across Europe, as well as Trinidad-Tobago and Israel. The book spans the diversity of the field in the cultural and scholarly traditions represented and methods used, analyzing not only the social processes under which gangs operate and cohere, but also the evolution of the research base, starting with the Eurogang Program's definition of the term youth gang. Cross-national and gender issues are discussed, as are measurement concerns and the possibility that the American conception of the youth gang is impeding European understanding of these groups. Among the topics covered: Gang dynamics through the lens of social identity theory.Defining gangs in youth correctional settings.Gang gender composition and youth delinquency.From Stockholm: a holistic approach to gang intervention.Gang membership as a turning point in the life course.The impact of globalization, immigration, and social process on neo-Nazi youth gangs. Filling a critical gap in the literature, Youth Gangs in International Perspective will find a wide audience among criminologists, policymakers specializing in youth crime, and researchers and graduate students in criminology, political science, and youth studies.
Youth Violence: Sex and Race Differences in Offending, Victimization, and Gang Membershipby Finn-Aage Esbensen Dana Peterson Terrance Taylor Adrienne Freng
Violence by and against youth continues to be one of the most challenging subjects facing criminologists. In this comprehensive and integrated analysis of the interrelationships of youth violence, violent victimization, and gang membership, Finn-Aage Esbensen, Dana Peterson, Terrance J. Taylor and Adrienne Freng seek to understand what causes youth violence and what can be done about it. Using the results from an inclusive study they conducted of eighth-graders in eleven American cities, the authors examine how the nature, aetiology, and intersections of youth violence are structured by both sex and race/ethnicity. Youth Violenceis pertinent to juvenile justice policy considerations. The authors frame their discussion within the public health perspective, focusing on risk factors associated with violent behaviour. The findings address prevalence and incidence, as well as the demo-graphic correlates and cumulative effects of the risk factors associated with engagement in violence. Ultimately, the theories and research methodologies here are essential for understanding the dynamics of youth violence.
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The next day was one of those glorious summer days where the sun starts shining brightly the moment it clears the horizon and beams down uninterrupted until dusk. The air was fresh, the sky was blue and there was a soft breeze to drift the smell of newly cut grass across the scene. The only thing to mar the peace was some irritating sod down by the road with a very loud radio tuned to a local pop station. But I determined not to let that spoil my breakfast.
Dumping the dirty dishes in the sink, besides yesterdays, I told myself that I really would wash them up later. Stepping outside I took a deep breath and remembered that hedge trimming was the order of the day. On such a beautiful morning I didn't particularly feel like hacking at innocent, helpless plants who were only extending their branches to soak up more of the precious sunlight bestowed so freely from heaven, but if Ester wanted them regimented into neat order who was I to disagree.
I strolled around to the tool shed, took a petrol driven hedge trimmer from its rack on the wall and spent a good twenty minutes cleaning it up and wiping down the blades with an oily rag before topping up the tank and setting off for the tennis court.
As I came around the corner of the house Roslyn strolled out of the lounge wearing a short robe.
"'Morning, David," she yawned.
"Good morning, Miss," I replied.
"You don't have to be so formal with me," she undid the belt of the robe. "After yesterday I think you can call me Ross," she smiled.
"Sure thing, Ross," I smiled back.
"Why, what happened yesterday?" I looked around to fine that her mother had followed her out of the house.
I gulped down my smile.
"Oh, nothing," Roslyn turned away and slipped the robe from her shoulders. "David just came upon me and Elizabeth skinny-dipping in the pool yesterday morning, that's all."
For a moment I thought she was about to do the same again as the robe dropped to uncover her naked back. It wasn't until the robe had dropped far enough to reveal her bottom that I realized that she was wearing a swimsuit. It was just that the strap that ran behind her neck had been concealed by her hair and the suit was cut so as to leave all of her back bear. Though even the inner halves of her buttocks that where covered by the red lycra of her suit were clearly defined. As was the cleft that ran between.
"I've told you before that I don't want you doing that!" Ester stated.
But Roslyn pretended that she hadn't heard her mother and dove straight into the pool before she could be expected to reply. We stood there and watched her glide under the water to surface at the far end of the pool, gasp in some air and dive again.
"So you're off to do the hedges," Ester turned to me.
"Yes, Mam," I tore my eyes from her daughter.
"You don't have to call me Mam, David," she said.
"But I like you call you Mam, Mam," I smiled at her. "It's to let you know that I can be of service to you any time you wish."
"Yes," she smiled back. And as she turned to go back into the house her loosened robe gave me a glimpse that she was naked underneath. "Well don't let me keep you from your hedge trimming," and she stepped inside.
Smiling to myself I set about earning my day's pay.
I was half way down the first side hedge and taking a break from trimming, when I saw Elizabeth pass on the other side heading towards the back lawn with a canvas bag over her shoulder. She was walking fast and keeping a keen eye on the house. She was also wet and was wearing the same blue swimsuit as yesterday.
"Hi, Elizabeth," I called over the top of the hedge.
She jumped and twirled to face me. "Oh, David," she put her hand to her heart, and incidentally pushed her left breast up a few inches under her swim suite. "You gave me a start."
"Sorry," I smiled. "I didn't mean to frighten you."
"Oh, it's nothing," she started walking again. "I'm sorry but I don't have time to chat just now."
"That's all right," I replied "I'm supposed to be working anyway." And I bent down to start the trimmer again. Then I lent over the hedge and watched her as she walked away. Her slim legs pumping away and her firm buttocks working under her tight, wet swim suit. I felt a growing erection before she turned behind the higher hedge at the back of the tennis court and disappeared from my sight.
I concentrated on trimming and didn't see her return. How ever once I'd finished that side I started work on the back hedge and discovered the canvas bag she'd been carrying earlier hidden underneath. I looked around, but there was no one to be seen anywhere. So I squatted down and to examine the bag. An almost sexual trill of excitement going through me as I opened it.
Inside was a tube of massage lotion, sitting on top of a rolled up magazine. I took out the lotion and put it to one side. But as I took out the magazine something slid out from inside and landed beside my feet. I looked down to see a seven inch vibrator lying on the grass. My mouth went dry and my heart started beating faster as I opened the magazine to discover a sequence of photos of a well built man taking off sports clothes in a locker room and then taking a shower, before dressing in a posh looking suit and tie.
I flipped through the pages catching glimpses of lots of tanned, muscular flesh till I came to the centre fold. I turned it sideways to look at a picture of a man with the physique to please any two, or even three, ordinary men. I swallowed hard and closed the magazine. Rolling it back around the vibrator before repacking the bag and putting it back where I'd found it.
My opinion of Elizabeth had completely changed. She was not quite the innocent little sixteen year old I'd thought she was. I mulled what I found over in my head as I finished trimming the hedges and gathered up the cut branches to be burned.
As I walked back to the tool shed with the trimmer I noticed that the roses around the patio seem somewhat untidy. "I suppose I might as well trim them too," I muttered to myself. So I brought back a pair of pruning shears and started on them.
A few minutes later Elizabeth come around the side of the house with another girl of about her own age. The new girl was thin with very pale skin, jet black hair cut real short and stunning green eyes. Both girls wore light summer dresses. Elizabeth's was white with a peach and orange floral pattern. The other's was pale blue.
"Ho. Hi, David," Elizabeth smiled when she saw me.
"Hello, there," I stood up, the pruning shears still in my hand and smiled back at her.
She gestured to the other girl. "This is Sara. Sara," she pointed back to me, "This is David, he's our mmm… Odd-jobs-man."
"Pleased to meet you, Sara," I smiled, amused at the job description.
Sara smiled back, our eyes meeting for a moment before she dropped her gaze.
"We're going to the back lawn to sunbathe," Elizabeth glanced from me to Sara and back. "See you later David."
"Yes," I replied. "See you." And turned back to my work.
Elizabeth took Sara's hand and the two walked down the lawn. I snipped a couple of branches before turning to look at them.
Sara wore white bobby socks and a light pair of leather sandals, but Elizabeth was bare foot and her lightly tanned skin stood out against the green blades of grass. They walked close enough that the skirts of their dress brushed against each other enveloping their clasped hands. Their slender young legs strode in time with each other's as they took each grace full step, holding hands and laughing together.
When they where halfway down the lawn Elizabeth guided Sara's arm around her waist, then slipped her own around Sara's. I think Sara leaned close and kissed Elizabeth's cheek. But then Elizabeth yelped as Sara stepped on her foot. They separated and Sara turned her head to look back at me. I returned my concentration to the pruning, pretending that I hadn't been looking at them and hadn't heard Elizabeth's yelp.
Elizabeth told Sara to take off her sandals. When I causally looked back at them I saw Sara bent over taking them off. While Elizabeth stood beside her rubbing the thin cotton of Sara?s dress and pressing it into the crack between her buttocks. Elizabeth turned her head and winked at me. I just looked back as my jaw dropped. Then Sara straightened up and with her sandals in her hand allowed Elizabeth's hand to remain on her bum as they turned to walk behind the hedge that surrounds the tennis court.
As they disappeared from my view I had an impulse to follow them. After all Elizabeth's wink seemed to be an invitation. But even so I couldn't simply just walk down and stand there looking at them. Then I remembered that there was a repair job to be done on the tennis court fence. The wire mesh hand come away from the support at the back corner. I'd had more than enough of pruning by this time and all that separated the tennis court from the lawn where Elizabeth and Sara had gone was the hedge I'd just trimmed and I'd noticed that there were quite a few gaps where one could peep through.
I gathered up the bits of branches I'd cut off and nipped quickly around to the tool shed. There I swapped the pruning shears for a toolbox and small roll of wire. Then I strolled as casually as I could passed the sitting room window towards the tennis court. Ester was on the telephone and smiled at me as I passed the open French window, then turn her back, her head bent, to continue her conversation. It didn't look as if she would be finished soon so I didn't stop to see if she wanted anything.
The only sounds where of birds and insects as I strolled towards the tennis court. The person with the radio had mercifully either gone off or worn out the batteries. I walked around the outside of the fence to the corner where the mesh had come lose from the supports. Quickly I took the wire and tied a couple of links to the corner post. There was no sound from beyond the hedge.
I left the open tool box beside the fence and tiptoed over to the hedge. To my dismay I found the canvas bag was still where I'd found it. However when I peeked through the hedge I saw the two girls.
Sara was lying on her back with her arm across her eyes. Elizabeth was sitting beside her, leaning back on her elbows. Both girls were lying at an angle away from me. But I could clearly see that they both had their skirts rolled up to sun their legs.
"Its so quite here," Sara spoke in a lazy voice.
"Yes," Elizabeth agreed. "And nobody ever comes here, except me." She sat up and started to unbutton the front of her dress. "So its perfectly safe to sunbathe properly."
"What do you mean properly?" Sara lifted her arm from her eyes to look at Elizabeth. "Oh," she gasped.
And I almost gasped too, because Elizabeth and dropped the top of her dress to reveal that she hadn't had a bra on underneath. A few moments later she took it completely off to show that she hadn't had any panties on either.
"Aren't you afraid, Elizabeth?" Sara whispered.
"Of what?" retorted Elizabeth.
"Of being seen," Sara sat up.
"You've already seen me," Elizabeth smiled. "And I've seen you."
"I mean someone else," Sara looked around.
Elizabeth looked around too, but in an exaggerated, sarcastic manner. Then, looking straight at the hedge I was behind, said, "I don't see anybody around." And looked back to Sara, "And no strangers can see us either."
"Really," Sara seemed unconvinced.
"Listen," Elizabeth stretched out on the grass. "You don't have to undress if you don't want to. But I for one am not going to get tan lines if I can help it."
Sara hesitated a moment looking down at her naked friend. Then furtively unzipped the back of her dress. From where I was I could see the white line of a bra strap running across her back. She knelt up and timidly inched her dress down to her knees, then sat down and pushed it off her legs. She sat there for a moment in her white bra and panties nervous about taking them off, but having no excuse not to with out looking like a prude in front of Elizabeth.
Finally she compromised. Taking a deep breath she unhooked her bra and, holding one arm across her breasts, she slipped it off and put it on top of her dress. Then she quickly turned around and lay on her front, her arms pressed tight to each side so nothing of her breasts could be seen.
This was in contrast with Elizabeth who lay on her back with her arms casually out to each side, her legs stretched below her, with her left knee slightly bent. Sara was tense. Elizabeth completely relaxed.
They lay like that for a while. Neither said anything and the only movement was Elizabeth occasionally brushing a fly from her face. Sara slowly relaxed as nothing bad happened to them. Then the sod with the loud radio came back into earshot. Sara tensed up again, but Elizabeth didn't react. I waited patiently and a couple of songs later the radio faded away again.
Elizabeth rolled over onto her stomach and supported herself on her elbows. As she was facing the hedge I was behind I had a perfect view of her breasts hanging underneath. Her nipples being softly caressed as the grass sprang up after being flattened by her.
"You know," Elizabeth looked up towards me, but talked to her friend. "You can get tanning marks from panties as well."
"I know," Sara was slightly sullen.
"You're all tense," Elizabeth spoke lightly. "Why don't I give you a massage?"
Sara remained silent.
"Come on," Elizabeth cajoled. "You always like that."
"You don't have any oil," Sara looked up.
"Oh yes I do," Elizabeth sprang up and jogged across the grass to the hedge.
I suddenly realized that I was hiding at the same spot the bag was. It was too late to move without definitely been seen. I thought Elizabeth was sure to discover me and scream or something.
But Elizabeth just reached down and took out the bag. "I've come prepared," she called back. But before she turned around she winked at me.
My heart stopped beating. But then she turned away, her hips and bottom swayed as she walked back to her friend. Bending over she stuck her bum in the air giving me a good view of her vaginal lips. She took out the tube of massage lotion, then took out the magazine and put it on the ground this side of the bag. The magazine unrolled to reveal the vibrator. But even if Sara looked up it would be hidden from her by the bag.
Elizabeth straddled her friend, putting a knee either side, but not touching her in any way. She squirted a generous amount of lotion onto her hand. The swell of her breasts brushing Sara' hair as she lent forward to leave the tube beside the bag. Then Elizabeth rubbed her hands together to spread the lotion evenly and pressed her palms onto Sara's shoulders.
She started to massage the tense muscles there, alternating heavy kneading with gentle circular motions. Sara started to visibly unwind. Elizabeth worked her way down Sara's left arm, lifting it away from her body and holding it in space as she twisted her fingers around each muscle in turn, caressing all the way down to the tips of each of Sara's fingertips. Then she repeated the process on Sara's other arm.
Once the arms were done she switched back to Sara's body Starting from the neck she began to move down her spine flowing out and around and back in again, each hand mirroring the one on the other side of her body.
She circled across her shoulder blades, down the back of her rib cage, passed Sara's kidneys to the small of her back. Taking her time Elizabeth touched and caressed each inch of Sara's body a hundred times till her fingers ran into Sara's panties.
Elizabeth whispered softly, "I'm going to get oil all over your panties." She looked up at Sara's face, "Shall I slip them off?"
"O.K." Sara sighed and didn't even open her eyes as she lifted her hips off the ground.
Elizabeth slipped her thumbs into the panties and slid them off Sara's bottom. Then she ran her hands down the backs of Sara's legs, pushing the panties before them and swiftly slipped them over her feet. Elizabeth looked over at me as she dropped them on top of Sara's other clothes.
I had a massive erection straining to get out of my jeans by this time, but I didn't dare undo my flies. Though I thought I might rupture myself if I didn't.
Elizabeth returned to her massage of Sara starting where she'd left off, kneading first the muscles of the small of her back before working her way on to Sara's buttocks proper. She spread a hand across each cheek pressing with her palms and rippling her fingers, before using both hands on first one cheek then the other, pressing her fingers deep down in between as she switched over.
Slowly Elizabeth slid the fingers of one hand down between of the base of Sara's buttocks, making her sigh softly. Elizabeth left her fingers there as she started with her other hand on Sara's thigh. Sara murmured quietly and parted her legs a little. Elizabeth worked her hand down the length of her leg, turning sideways so she could reach her calf and foot while keeping her other hand pressed at the top of her legs. Swapping hands she did the other leg in the same fashion.
Then she took her hand away and worked her way back up from Sara's bottom to her shoulders, kneeling astride her once more.
"Time to roll over, Sara," she whispered.
Sara roll over slowly, letting her ribs brush against the inside of Elizabeth's thighs. A gentle smile on her face as she settled herself beneath her friend. Elizabeth returned her hands to Sara's shoulders, this time caressing the front. Slowly she worked her way down to her breasts.
"Lets try some oral stimulation," Elizabeth whispered as she bent her head to Sara's breast.
"Hmmm," sighed Sara.
Elizabeth lightly kissed her left nipple. Sara brought her hand up and caressed the back of Elizabeth's head, as Elizabeth opened her mouth wide and sucked Sara's whole breast.
"Ohhh," Sara's hand pressed Elizabeth's face down hard against her. I could see Elizabeth's jaw work as she rolled her head from side to side. Sara rocked her body back and forth underneath.
Elizabeth stretched her hand up over Sara's head, reaching towards the bag. I didn't know if she was going for the magazine or the vibrator. As she did she lifted her head so that just Sara's nipple was held within the tender embrace of her lips, pulling the breast up as her fingers curled around the shaft of the vibrator.
"I've got something special today," Elizabeth's lips brushed against Sara's nipple as she spoke, one hand still holding the vibrator above her field of view, while the palm of the other circled Sara's other nipple.
"What is it?" Sara tilted her head back to try to see.
"No, no," Elizabeth cooed. "Close your eyes, its a surprise."
Sara looked back to her and they smiled at each other. Then still smiling Sara closed her eyes. Elizabeth reached up with both hands and switched the vibrator on. The soft hum was clearly audible even to me.
"Oh," Sara giggled. "It buzzes."
"Oh, yes," Elizabeth's face lit up. "It buzzes all right." She touched the tip of the vibrator to Sara's forehead. Sara hissed softly. Slowly Elizabeth ran it down between her eyes to the tip of her nose. Then she moved it down, laying the length of it against Sara's cheek. Using both hands, holding it like a rolling-pin, she pushed it back up over Sara's eye, slowly across her forehead and down to the other cheek, before rolling along the length other jaw and back again.
Sara giggled, "That's fantastic."
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The fourteen essays in Viewing the Morea focus on the late medieval Morea (Peloponnese), beginning with the bold attempt of Western knights to establish a kingdom on foreign soil. Reinserted into this tale of Crusader foundation are the large numbers of Orthodox villagers who shared the region and created their own narrative of an eternal and sacred empire generated by the pains of loss and the hopes of refoundation. Layered upon the historical and physical topography of the region are the traces of the Venetians, whose "right eye," Modon, was located at the peninsula's southwestern tip. How these groups interacted and how they asserted identity is at the center of inquiry in these essays. Also at the core of this study is the understanding of place and memory—the recollection of the ancient history of the Peloponnese, the architectural and cartographic marking of its mountains and valleys, the re-creation of distant capitals on its land, and the refashioning of the Morea for a Renaissance audience. The authors look at the Morea and its people in the broadest possible manner and with careful attention to written and material evidence, historiography, economic networks, and the making—or retelling—of myths.]]>
Until recently, little archaeological investigation has been dedicated to the Inka, the last great culture to flourish in Andean South America before the sixteenth-century arrival of the Spaniards. While the Inka have been traditionally viewed through the textual sources of early colonial histories, this volume draws on recent archaeological research to challenge theories on the chronology and development of the Inka Empire and how this culture spread across such a vast area. The volume demonstrates the great regional diversity of the Inka realm, with strategies of expansion that were shaped to meet a variety of local situations beyond the capital in Cusco. Using a range of theoretical and methodological approaches, scholars from the sciences, social sciences, and humanities provide a new understanding of Inka culture and history.]]>
How are markets in antiquity to be characterized? As comparable to modern free markets, with differences in scale not quality? As controlled and dominated by the State? Or as a third way, in completely different terms, as free but regulated? In Trade and Markets in Byzantium seventeen scholars address these and related issues by reexamining and reinterpreting the material and textual record from Byzantium and its hinterland for local, regional, and interregional trade. Special emphasis is placed on local trade, which has been understudied. To comprehend the recovery of long-distance trade from its eighth-century nadir to the economic prosperity enjoyed in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the authors analyze the variety and complexity of the exchange networks, the role of money as a measure of exchange, and the character of local markets. This collection of groundbreaking research will prove to be indispensable for anyone interested in economic history in antiquity and the medieval period.]]>
In the Andes, a long history of research on burial records and burial contexts exists for the purpose of reconstructing cultural affiliation, chronology, socioeconomic status, grave content, and human body treatment. Less attention is paid to the larger question of how mortuary practices functioned in different cultures. Tombs for the Living: Andean Mortuary Practices (originally released in 1995) examines this broader issue by looking at the mortuary practices that created a connection between the living and the dead; the role of wealth and ancestors in cosmological schemes; the location, construction, and sociopolitical implications of tombs and cemeteries; and the art and iconography of death. By examining rich sets of archaeological, ethnographic, and ethnohistoric data, the thirteen essays continue to enrich our understanding of the context and meaning of the mortuary traditions in the Andes.]]>
From the veils of the first-century Jewish temple, to the Orthodox iconostasis, to the tramezzi of Renaissance Italy, screens of various shapes, sizes, and materials have been used to separate spaces and order communities in religious buildings. Drawn from papers presented at a recent Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Studies symposium, the contributors to this volume use a variety of perspectives to approach the history of religious screens and examine the thresholds that they mark. Focusing on the Middle Ages and Renaissance in the East and West, the volume includes discussions of screens in Egypt, Byzantium, the Gothic West and Italy. Some authors argue that screens, and particularly the one marking the threshold between the sanctuary/choir and nave, were conduits rather than barriers. Other authors emphasize the critical role of screens in dividing the laity and clergy, men and women, the pure and impure.
This volume provides new research on the history of religious screen and important insights into the many ways in which the sacred and profane are separated within ecclesiastical contexts.]]>
Writing and recording are key cultural activities that allow humans to communicate across time and space. Whereas Old World writing evolved into the alphabetic system that is now employed around the world, the indigenous peoples in the Americas autonomously developed alternative systems that conveyed knowledge in a tangible medium. New World systems range from the hieroglyphic script of the Maya, to the figural and iconic pictographies of the Aztecs, Mixtecs, and Zapotecs in Mexico and the Moche in Peru, to the abstract knotted khipus of the Andes. Like Old World writing, these systems represented a cultural category that was fundamental to the workings of their societies, one that was heavily impregnated with cultural value.
The fifteen contributors to Their Way of Writing: Scripts, Signs, and Pictographies in Pre-Columbian America consider substantive and theoretical issues concerning writing and signing systems in the ancient Americas. They present the latest thinking about these graphic and tactile systems of communication. Their variety of perspectives and their advances in decipherment and understanding constitute a major contribution not only to our understanding of Pre-Columbian and indigenous American cultures but also to our comparative and global understanding of writing and literacy.]]>
David Webster, "Copan as a Classic Maya Center"
Robert J. Sharer, "Quirigua as a Classic Maya Center"
Berthold Riese, "Epigraphy of the Southeast Zone in Relation to Other Parts of Mesoamerica"
Clemency Chase Coggins, "On the Historical Significance of Decorated Ceramics at Copan and Quirigua and Related Classic Maya Sites"
Claude F. Baudez, "Solar Cycle and Dynastic Succession in the Southeast Maya Zone"
Mary Ellen Miller, "The Meaning and Function of the Main Acropolis Copan"
Flora S. Clancy, "The Composition and Contexts of the Classic Stelae at Copan and Quirigua"
Patricia A. Urban and Edward M. Schortman, "The Southeast Zone Viewed from the East: Lower Motagua-Naco Valleys"
Rosemary A. Joyce, "The Ulua Valley and the Coastal Maya Lowlands: The View from Cerro Palenque"
Kenneth G. Hirth, "Beyond the Maya Frontier: Cultural Interaction and Syncretism along the Central Honduran Corridor"
Arthur A. Demarest, "Political Evolution in the Maya Borderlands: The Salvadoran Frontier"
Gordon R. Willey, "The Southeast Classic Maya Zone: A Summary"]]>
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This volume contains selected papers from a December 2006 Dumbarton Oaks symposium that complemented an exhibition of early Bible manuscripts at the Freer Gallery and Sackler Gallery of Art titled "In the Beginning: Bibles before the Year 1000." Speakers were invited to examine the use of the Greek Old Testament as a text, social practice, and cultural experience in the Byzantine Empire. Not only are reminiscences of the Old Testament ubiquitous in Byzantine literature and art, but the Byzantine people also revered and identified with Old Testament role models. The Old Testament connected Byzantium not only with its Christian neighbors but with Jewish and Muslim peoples as well. This widespread phenomenon has never received systematic investigation. The Old Testament in Byzantium considers the manifestations of the holy books in Byzantine manuscript illustration, architecture, and government, as well as in Jewish Bible translations and the construction of Muhammad's character.]]>


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Regarding the recent controversy involving voter ID requirements, many have come out against requiring ID due to the fact it might disenfranchise some voters.
They fear that the poor and elderly will be unfairly burdened and will cause them to be under represented, even though ID is required for many health and human services, which overwhelmingly go to the elderly and poor.
In their view, even one potential missed vote is a cause for complete inaction. But my question is: Aren't those who cast eligible votes having their votes negated by fraudulent voting?
Isn't that a form of disenfranchisement?
Frankly, I do not believe there is a huge problem with voter fraud, just as I believe there will not be a huge number of disenfranchised voters when voter ID is implemented.
That being said, those that want to make sure "voters" vote, should be in the forefront of the fight to make sure that those that cast eligible votes have their votes count.
Often they are not.
Having a middle class white person's vote canceled out should not be any less serious than an elderly black person, wealthy Hispanic or poor Asian-American's canceled out by fraudulent votes from ineligible voters.
Voter fraud hurts everyone that casts a valid vote, regardless of their political position.
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OMGosh… sooooo unbelievably cute! And here I just had everything saved to my desktop! Sheesh what was I thinking!
Thanks girls!
Coolest binder ever! 🙂
I'm in love with mine Tara! It's so adorable that it makes everything else on my desk look hum-drum. AND it keeps my dating life organized. Fabulous! BTW I plan on organizing my entire life with these cute binders. Thanks for the idea!
That is absolutely the cutest binder ever! You are so creative! Can I take a scrapbooking class from you?? Totally serious. 🙂
These are SUPER cute!!! Also it would make a FABULOUS Christmas Present
This binder is adorable! I'm a rubber stamper, so this is right up my alley. Thanks for the great idea!!
Awwww…you guys are making me blush!
@Shahny – girl…you can take a scrapbooking class from me anyday…just hop on a plane to Vegas and it's on! 🙂
@Kari – Ooooo…if you make more – I totally want to see a pic!!
Tara! I am looking at my binder right now and it's even cuter in person! Thanks again for all your work on these binders. LOVE them! 🙂
That turned out SOO cute! What a great idea.. I will definitely be featuring this.
Sending a sweet hello from Frog Hollow Farm. I'm popping over from Metamorphosis Monday at Between Naps on the Porch. Your blog is so interesting and I love that you have such a great group of women involved – your idea for this blog is just so creative! I'm not a great scrapbooker but your instructions were so clearly explained that I might give this project a try – it would make a great gift to a newly married couple I think! Ciao, bella!
That's beautiful! This is my first time visiting your blog and I love it!
So pretty!! I am a new follower and would love a follow back
I Tara, so nice to see a new "face" on Craft Schooling Sunday. Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful project, and hope to see you again soon!
Really like your blog. I have also signed up for your Facebook page. I have a blog and a Facebook page as well.
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I love this! This is my first time visiting…and you all have such great ideas! I was just wondering if you could let me know how your dating binder was divided up, just so I had some direction on how to organize my own. Thanks!
What a great idea and so pretty too! Thanks SO much for joining in on Thrilling Thursdays @ Paisley Passions. I love to see the creative talent of other fellow bloggers. Hope you to see you again soon 🙂
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@Elizabeth – it's TOTALLY up to you as far as how you would like to organize your binder. A few ideas: the tabs could relate to what KIND of a date it is…such as "At-Home", "On The Town", "Free", "Low-Budget", "Expensive", "Adventurous", "Relaxing", etc.
It could be split up according to how many times a month you would like to do your dates. If you are going to go out weekly…then you could sit down with the hubby & decide who is planning what week….and divide the binder up that way….you would then store your ideas behind whatever week(s) you are in charge of….things you would need, invites, the date "layout", recipes, etc. The week would be the divider tabs – Week 1 – Elizabeth, Week 2 – Hubby, Week 3 – Elizabeth, Week 4 – Hubby, Week 5 (if there is one) – Group Date or Game Night, etc.
Hopefully that will give you enough to go on so you can organize all the FUN date ideas we give ya! Good luck! 🙂
Boy, do I need this (once we have time for dates anyway). Does it come with a babysitter built in? Thanks for linking to Craftastic Monday:)
I am going to feature this WONDERFUL idea at Paisley Passions Thrilling Thursday this Thursday. Feel free to stop by and grab an "I Thrilled at Thrilling Thursday" featured button off my sidebar 🙂 Thanks again for linking up!!!
oh soooooo cute! Im so glad I found this blog! me and the hubby totally need this! So do you have any other links or date ideas? we are always looking for some fun, cheap things to do. We are pretty boring though! we really need to move away from the whole movie at home thing:) any ideas?……
@Tannia…..GIRL! Have you browsed around our blog? You are in for a treat! 🙂 Go to our labels on the right sidebar and you can click on either "Four Or More" OR "Just The Two Of Us"…depending on whether you want to do a group date or a date with just you and your man. 🙂
So lovely !
Fabulous idea, looks like making the book might be one of your date ideas too:) Great that you have such a nice helper! Love this, we could used a little help with some creative ideas of things to do together too. Thanks for sharing with us at A Crafty Soiree! Please join us next time too!
I love this idea! My best friend is getting married this year and since the budget is tight, I have been worrying about what to do for her wedding gift. I think this would be inexpensive but totally heartfelt and meaningful. The link for the printables says it is not a valid link…please help! Also what do your tabs say? I couldn't read them in the pictures. Thank you so much for the ideas!
I have been following for a while now and have so many ideas printed to do with my husband. So I am finally getting around to putting my notebook together so they are all in one place. The printables say there is an error downloading. Can you email me them? Thanks so much!
I have been searching for sometime for ideas for a cute cover for our sorority cookbook. I love what you have done and can't wait to alter it. Thanks so much for idea. It is marvelous!


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Milo O'Shea. Star of TV, stage and film. June 26, 1926 - April 2, 2013, aged 86
IT was Milo O'Shea's versatility that singled him out as an actor.
That and his unmistakable thick, bushy eyebrows.
From the age of 14 when he appeared in Contraband, his first feature film, O'Shea proved he could do it all.
On stage, television and the big screen he showcased his talents in a variety of roles from Leopold Bloom in the controversial 1967 film version of James Joyce's Ulysses, to Irish mummy's boy Bunjy Kennefick in the hugely popular BBC comedy Me Mammy opposite Yootha Joyce.
Other memorable movie roles included the well-intentioned Friar Laurence in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo And Juliet and the villainous Dr Durand Durand in Roger Vadim's cult classic Barbarella.
As well as appearing in a host of TV shows such as Cheers, Frasier, The Golden Girls and The West Wing his other claim to fame was that his character in Barbarella inspired the name of the pop band Duran Duran.
Leading the tributes this week keyboard player Nick Rhodes said O'Shea would forever be linked with the character and "in a small way, with a band who couldn't spell his name properly. He will be missed, thanks for the inspiration".
Born in Dublin, O'Shea was urged from an early age by his singer father and ballet dancer mother to chase his dream of acting.
He was educated at Synge Street Christian Brothers school and by 12 was appearing in plays at the Irish capital's well-known Gate Theatre.
After touring with the famous Abbey Players as a teenager he made his London stage debut in 1949 as a pantry boy in Sir John Gielgud's production of Treasure Hunt.
Less than 20 years later he was the toast of Broadway in the 1968 play Staircase which was the first serious depiction of gay men.
Starring opposite Eli Wallach, O'Shea was nominated for his first Tony award, while a second nod came for his role as a complacent, luxury-loving priest in the 1981 play Mass Appeal.
If you're thinking about your eyebrows when you're acting, you're not acting properly
Although he came to prominence through his role in Ulysses, no thanks in part to the controversial language and crude sexual references used in the film (it was passed by film censors in Ireland only in 2000), O'Shea was also notable for his display in Neil Jordan's The Butcher Boy, in which he played the priest, and as the judge in The Verdict opposite Paul Newman.
While leading-man status may Lives remembered have eluded him throughout his long career he certainly had his pick of character roles to choose from.
"My reputation was different in different places," O'Shea remarked in 2003. "In New York I had a serious reputation as a Broadway actor. I did plays like Staircase and the musical Dear World with Angela Lansbury. I did always have a serious reputation there."
He was also known as a charming, generous actor with a warm sense of humour who once said he hoped he would be known for being more than "the Irishman with the eyebrows". Yet he maintained it didn't matter if he was. "If you're thinking about your eyebrows when you're acting," he said, "you're not acting properly."
O'Shea died after a short illness and is survived by his wife Kitty and his two sons Colm and Steven from his first marriage.


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Bill would empower state's bar owners
Tavern and liquor store owners may be able to turn the tables on underage drinkers if a bill that unanimously passed a state Assembly committee on Tuesday eventually becomes law.
The bill, patterned after the decade-old "Brown Jug law" in Alaska, would allow alcohol purveyors to sue anyone under age 21 for $1,000 in small claims court if the person tries to trick them into selling alcohol or allowing them into a bar illegally. »Read Full Article(63)
PBS to air Milwaukee Ballet's 'Peter Pan' in April
PBS president and chief executive officer Paula Kerger announced Tuesday that the Milwaukee Ballet's adaptation of "Peter Pan," produced by Milwaukee Public Television, will be nationally broadcast by the public TV network April 18.
Kerger made the announcement during a "thank-you dinner" for friends and supporters of MPTV on Tuesday night. Earlier in the day, she met community members and Milwaukee Area Technical College students, and was "taping promos" for MPTV stations WMVS-TV (Channel 10) and WMVT-TV (Channel 36). »Read Full Article
Milwaukee museums celebrate Member Swap Day with free admission
On Dec. 8, members of seven Milwaukee museums will receive free general admission for each participating institution. It's known as "Member Swap Day."
It means, for instance, you can flash your membership card for the Milwaukee Public Museum to get in free to the Milwaukee Art Museum. »Read Full Article
Gun documentary recalls Oak Creek Sikh temple shooting
An MSNBC documentary about gun violence showing Friday, on the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination, includes a segment on the 2012 Sikh temple shooting in Oak Creek.
The program, called "50 Years of Guns," airs at 8 p.m. and is hosted by Al Sharpton, host of "Politics/Nation." According to the network: "This documentary looks at guns in America five decades after President Kennedy was taken by an assassin's bullet." »Read Full Blog Post(3)
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On Tap Today: David Cook and I'm Not a Pilot CD Release Show
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Only salt hits my cast iron for cleaning.
I know ... when I get that deep craving for liver.
Only salt hits my cast iron for cleaning.
I know ... when I get that deep craving for liver.
When you're watching a tv show about healthy eating and they emphasize "wheat bun," and you repeat out loud, "wheat bun" and laugh hysterically like it's a joke!
You keep a jar of coconut oil on the nightstand as eye cream/cuticle oil/cat treat. And the fuzzy bugger comes running everytime you open it.
Your pack mates and hunting companions (aka the family pets) eat at least as well as you do.
When you don't feel like eating, you don't eat. (As opposed to being CW, meaning you force yourself to eat something because all you've had today is a half-tin of kippers and OMG YOU HAVE TO EAT OR YOUR METABOLISM WILL SLOW DOWN!!!!)
When you hear dish cleaning products touting their ability to "cut through" grease on dishes and your first thought is, "Why on earth would anyone want to ruin good seasoning like that?"
...your kid asks you - specifically - for an uncooked steak, just because she has a craving for raw beef. And you go and get one. And share it with her. Raw.
I have a mantra that I have spouted for years... "If I eat right, I feel right. If I feel right, I exercise right. If I exercise right, I think right. If I think right, I eat right..." Phil-SC
When you look at a plate of pasta and think, "Oh look, stomach ache on a plate!"
When you eat the burger without the bun at a restaurant, look at the table next to you, find a person mystifyingly eating the bun and fries without the burger, and have to stop yourself from asking them for the burger.
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Donald Birely has directed more than 40 musicals over the course of his career. He has performed in countless shows, including national tours - most notably "Beauty and the Beast" in 2006. He also has run his own production company in New York City, where he lives, for the past 26 years. For the past several weeks, however, he's been directing the Williamsport-based Community Theatre League's production of the musical "She Loves Me."
"This is an old-school 'Golden Age' type of Broadway musical, which I love. It is upbeat and happy and has just terrific characters and songs," Birely said in an email interview.
Birely explained that the musical's premise is basically the same story as the 1998 film "You've Got Mail": "two young people ... have fallen in love, sight unseen, with their pen pals from a Lonely Hearts Club.
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A store clerk played by Sharon Ippolito dances with George Nowack, played by Jonathan Hetler — one of the two lovelorn main characters — in "She Loves Me."
Amalia Balash, played by Jaclyn Gilbert — one of the two main characters in "She Loves Me" — sells a customer a musical candy box in the Community Theatre League production which opens Dec. 6.
They don't realize that they know each other and work together every day in a parfumerie - and get on each other's nerves! The show follows their search for love, and eventually their discovery that sometimes the best things in life are right in front of our noses all the time. Along the way, we follow the colorful exploits of the a few co-workers as well, which makes for great fun!"
"You've Got Mail" wasn't the first to tackle the story - nor was "She Loves Me"; the musical came as the third adaptation of the play "Parfumerie," written by Hungarian playwright Miklos Laszlo. The story (in all its iterations) has remained so popular that it has stayed in public consciousness - and on stages - for decades.
The Community Theatre League's production, showing at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6, 7, 12, 13 and 14 and at 2 p.m. Dec. 15, will feature live musicians.
Among them, Jacquie Engel will play piano, Steve Lindenmuth and Marisa Hickey will play keyboards and Sheila Hornberger will play the woodwinds. Martena Rogers is the show's music director.
Jonathan Hetler and Jaclyn Gilbert will play Georg Nowack and Amalia Balash, respectively - the musical's two lovelorn main characters.
Sharing the stage with them will be Sharon Ippolito, Jason Moyer, Sean Engemann, Joshua Adams, Greg Keefer, Keith Wagner, Sean Temons, Jim Carpenter, Sherilyn Lovell, Nicole Miele, Maureen Richards, Lesley Shuman, Kirsten Hickey and Teagan Marty. Cheryl Appleton is the show's stage manager.
For Birely, there's something special about the Community Theatre League (CTL):
"I have seen a few shows over the years at CTL, and directed shows at Millbrook Playhouse nearby. This area has a lot of talent, and CTL particularly is a tremendous organization. I have worked with community theaters in several states and in different areas of the country, and I can tell you that the board members and volunteers here are among the most passionate and hardworking I've seen anywhere. It's been a joy to be a director working with them and to feel so much support."
One of the ways the CTL has shown its support has been by working around Birely's schedule. "The main obstacle," he said, "has been distance. I live in Manhattan, so the drive was always going to be the issue. The CTL has allowed me to group the rehearsals, to make travel easier for me, thankfully."
Birely also believes that the show is great for this time of year: "The second act of the show takes place at Christmas time, and I hope it will fill audiences with the spirit of giving and the holidays. I think everyone will leave with a warm heart and a smile."
Some of the Community Theatre League's upcoming shows include "The Great Gatsby," which will be a student production; a children's production of "The Wizard of Oz"; and musical performances by the Williamsport City Jazz Orchestra and the Vocal Jazz Quartet (VJQ).
Tickets are available at www.ctl shows.com and at the Community Theatre League, 100 W. Third St. "She Loves Me," directed by Donald Birely, will show at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7, at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 12, 13, and 14 and at 2 p.m. Dec. 15. For more information email firstname.lastname@example.com, or call the box office between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays at 570-327-1777.


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uk keybord layout behaving like us layout
dear all,
i have a problem at hand. your help is sought.
my laptop dell 1550 vostro was working well till now. few days back it started showing a popup window with message :
the application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000005). click ok to continue.
this message was displayed after the windows screen was startup.
after few days the same message started being displayed just before the startup screen came and then the screen was not displayed .. it got blank... tried a lot to fix but eventually had to format and reinstall windows version 7 ultimate.
after the reinstallation computer is working fine but there is a very little but annoying problem that my computer for some reason is taking the US version of the keyboard and some keys have been swapped such as " and @ .... on typing shift + 2 should give @ but it gives " ..........
the problem is that in the region and language settings all the settings are for english (uk) but the keyborad is behaving in us mode..
plz help..
Re: uk keybord layout behaving like us layout
Hello. On a UK keyboard pressing shift and 2 should make @.
You can change your keyboard layout on Windows 7 by going to: Start, Control Panel, Time Language and Regional, Region and Time. On the 'Keyboards and Languages' tab click change keyboard and in the pop up window click 'add' and choose 'English (United Kingdom) and then click 'OK' on every window.
İf you prefer and like to have the @ symbol on the number 2 whilst you hold shift instead of holding down shift and the button next to shift, then just do the same but select 'English (United States)' instead.
Hope this helps :D
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NOTE - Sorry İ meant to write that on a US keyboard shift + 2 should make @ not a UK one.
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Jarrett's early solos, one critic said, "contain in them the entire history of jazz piano."
Struggle, rebirth, and return: Bud Powell biographer Peter Pullman joins us again as we chronicle the final years of pianist Bud Powell.
In the mid-1940s Bud Powell emerged as the leading pianist of bebop, but the personal troubles that would dog him throughout his career were emerging as well.
A tribute to the late bassist, whose career encompassed the avant-garde, spirituals, noir movie themes, pastoral ballads, and straightahead jazz.
The career of a talented and perennially-unsung trumpeter.
We think of Charlie Parker as a small-group bebop saxophonist, but he came out of the swing era. What did he sound like in a big-band setting?
Pearson's ensemble was part of a late-1960s big-band renaissance in New York City.
"He writes the unexpected," Mel Lewis once said of his orchestral co-leader Thad Jones.
The notion of hip has been at the heart of American counterculture since the 1940s, and it's often included jazz as part of its soundtrack.
Birdland was known as "the jazz corner of the world," and from 1949 to 1965 it played host to some of the greatest names on the modern jazz scene.


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A misunderstood and vital character in the anime series "Gundam Wing". Has an undeservedly bad reputation as a bitch among fans who think that her initial appearances define her character, as well as receiving criticism for her commitment to pacifism. In reality, she is one of the most important characters in the series, because her views give the people of Earth and the colonies hope, while scaring the crap out of the Romefeller Foundation, the main antagonists of the series. She is also noted for her (possibly) romantic relationship with Heero Yuy, the pilot of Gundam 01. Many people who watch the series note that the two characters rely on each other for strength, leading to speculation of a romantic relationship, and also helps give him a human side. She is also criticized for being a stalker, when in fact, she only follows Heero twice: once to make sure he didn't do anything stupid (he was planning on blowing up his Gundam) and again when he transferred to another school. Many people see her as a brat, but over the course of the series, she grows from a stereotypical rich girl to someone who would be willing to die for her beliefs.
Why the hell do people hate Relena? She's not that bad!
by BigD87 July 31, 2008
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Character from the anime show Gundam Wing. dumbass character with an obsession for Heero in which she follows/stalks to his school, classes, and to outer space. Was a crappy ruler with crappy rainbow colored child ideals such as "eternal peace". Tries to attain peach by banning all weapons, though that task is actually impossible. First anime character to be meant to look pretty but actually looks ugly.
When I saw relena in her Sanq Kingdom uniform I thought she was a boy.
by §elphie August 29, 2004
1. Queen bitch of the earth sphere. Ruined the lives of many anime fans by simply appearing on the screen. Her mere presence is enough to cause certain juvenile delinquints a sudden desire for suicide. Her death, while desired, never seems to come, and sadly, this makes people so aggravated that whatever war they may be fighting immediately stops just so they may find a way to make her shut the hell up.
2. See ignorant
3. See braindead
2. See ignorant
3. See braindead
Oh dear god, make her stop, MAKE HER STOP!
by Ryunnie August 02, 2003


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Skip to comments.Can forced sterilization ever be ethical?
Posted on 02/26/2011 12:53:34 PM PST by TheDingoAteMyBaby
A British court still needs to decide whether to authorize the sterilization, at her mothers own request, of a mentally disabled woman (see e.g. here and here). Reading only the headlines and initial paragraphs of the news entries devoted to the case, one might become worried that we are seeing here a resurgence of an abhorrent practice that gained much favour in the first half of the 20th-Century, in countries like Germany or the United States: i.e. the compulsory sterilization of the mentally retarded for eugenic purposes. However, it is important to look at the particulars of this case in order not to be misled. The 21-year old woman, referred to as P, is pregnant with her second child, and her mother (Mrs. P) says that they cant carry on supporting more and more children. She also said that after the birth of her second child her daughter would have a complete family (a girl and a boy). But her mother is worried that she will soon fall pregnant again, in which case the child will have to be given away for adoption something that her daughter, she says, is unable to understand, yet an outcome that would cause her much distress were it to happen.
Reacting to the case, bioethicist George Annas, from Boston University, commented that this is eugenics if they are doing this because shes mentally disabled. This decision needs to be made based on the persons best interests, not the best interests of society or her caregivers.
I agree with Annas that if the court were to decide to have this young woman sterilized for purposes of eugenics, this would be morally wrong. Yet this should not be taken to mean that the simple fact that some procedure amounts to eugenics is enough to make it wrong. Selecting one embryo over another for implantation in a case of IVF on the grounds that the former has a much lower probability than the latter of developing Tay-Sachs disease might count as a eugenic procedure, but I do not see that it is morally problematic. The problem with forcibly sterilizing mentally disabled people for eugenic purposes is not simply that it is eugenics, but rather (among other possible issues) that it constitutes an unjustified infringement on these peoples reproductive rights.
Annas is also right that the courts decision should take into consideration the young womans best interests. I am less sure, though, that this should be the only relevant consideration: shouldnt the interests of society as a whole carry at least some weight, as John Harris suggests? If it were in that womans best interest to have as many children as possible, even if most them ended up being adopted out (say, because she hugely enjoyed having babies but was not too upset about having to part with them soon afterwards), should she be allowed to have all those children no matter what burden this placed on the social services? Yet we do not need to provide an answer to that dilemma, which is based on rather extravagant assumptions. In actual fact, it seems that it is in this womans best interests not have further children, at least for the time being. And this consideration would seem more important than the need to uphold Ms Ps reproductive rights. Given the evidence available, it seems plausible to think that her mother does have her daughters best interests at heart and that she is accurately representing how things will likely turn out if she keeps having pregnancies in the future.
Of course, before being able to reach a decision, the court will have, first, to ascertain that Ms P really lacks mental capacity; and secondly, to inquire into the possibility of alternative procedures of a less radical sort (notably because they would be reversible) that could bring about the same benefits as full-fledged sterilization. If it were effective enough, it seems to me that a contraceptive implant would be a more attractive solution in Ms Ps case.
In order to show that sterilization was in fact the best option in Ms Ps case, one would obviously need to demonstrate that the procedure would in fact promote her own best interests more effectively than any alternative. Eugenic considerations would simply be irrelevant: besides the fact that Ms P already has children, we are not debating here whether we should revive some of the darkest pages in the recent history of the West.
And then ask the people and the courts: "Do we want government to have the power to force sterilization on anyone? Well, do we??"
I would expect that the outcry would ensure that no such minister would be appointed.
wrong question being asked. The correct question is "can impregnating a woman with a severe mental disability ever be ethical?"
Too bad we cannot sterilize welfare recipients.
I don't want forced sterilization either, but what is the solution when large masses of the population are irresponsible in their procreation?
People WILL alter their behavior is they are forced to pay the price rather than have society foot the bill.
How about voluntary vasectomies paid for by charitable organizations, offering each man, say, $1,000 cash?
Yes, there'd have to be procedures to prevent fraud. And of course one would need to put in place all the necessary safeguards for voluntariness, including massive notice that the procedure is usually irreversible, have nice, clean, modern clinics doing the procedure, etc.
If a man voluntarily would take $1K from a private charity in exchange for a lifetime of fathering fatherless children, why not? Is it unethical for him to have that choice?
I would have no objection. There is a private organization, Project Prevention, that does just that for substance abusers: www.projectprevention.org
It seems to me mom is functioning as caregiver. That would make Mom also able to make some medical decisions for daughter.
Can forced sterilization ever be ethical?
Of course it can. Sterilize Obama voters.
It is only ethical if it is evenly apllied to all of the legal proffesion upon entering law school.
Well there used to be a group called "conservatives" who advocated zero government provided food, shelter, clothing, or medical care.
The problem takes care of itself under those conditions.
That would be a great start, though it won't be enough to convince middle class single women to not have children without a husband.
Is it ethical? Depends on whose ethics. We've pretty much dismissed all Christian & Greek ethics in favor of progressive rationalizations. Why not here?
Is it ethical? Depends on whose ethics. We've pretty much dismissed all Christian & Greek ethics in favor of progressive rationalizations. Why not here?
At the point where others become obligated to support the results of her exercising her freedom, then those forced to support her should be able to curtail her from imposing further burdens upon them.
"Three generations of imbeciles is enough." - Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in Buck v. Bell
Who is doing the impregnating? Isn't that victimizing a handicapped person?
This is true but the current political demographics of this country will never allow for that to happen. The useless class of welfare recipients, unencumbered by having to pay for things like food, rent, and health care and other "vital" expenses, can simply breed as many new welfare checks as possible.
I'd like to see permanent sterilization be the "cost" of someone getting welfare benefits, but it won't happen overnight. I'd start by paying welfare recipients a bonus for getting spayed or neutered. Over time, as that crop of welfare recipients dies off, their numbers will decrease and then we can finally take back this country.
It should be, maybe unless her sex partner is mentally retarded.
Good God, no. Period. Humans are not pets. Any form of forced human sterilization has behind it a society's demonically smug assumption that it ought to be allowed to decide what sorts of humans it should permit to join its august company, as well as how many of them there should be.
Reading only the headlines and initial paragraphs of the news entries devoted to the case, one might become worried that we are seeing here a resurgence of an abhorrent practice that gained much favour in the first half of the 20th-Century, in countries like Germany or the United States: i.e. the compulsory sterilization of the mentally retarded for eugenic purposes.
And one would be on the money. Though the article begins by assuring us that (paraphrasing here) "It's not really eugenics if it's for the woman's own good rather than society's," a couple of paragraphs later, we are told:
Annas is also right that the courts decision should take into consideration the young womans best interests. I am less sure, though, that this should be the only relevant consideration: shouldnt the interests of society as a whole carry at least some weight, as John Harris suggests?
--and here is society's good, trotted almost immediately back in as a reasonable motive for forced sterilization. We are informed, a couple of sentences later, that of course, one needn't consider such an "extravagant" scenario as the author unravels, because it is unquestionably in the best interests of the woman to have no more children, and that this best interest trumps her "reproductive rights"--or, in other words, that if she is unable to perceive her best interests as defined for her by others (i. e., "society"), then it is in her best interests that someone else make the decision about her best interests for her. This is the logic behind despotism: that people are too stupid to manage their own lives unless governments step in and make them behave--or clean up after them.
The sad thing is that, in this case, youre almost persuaded to believe them: here is a woman (Mrs. P) who is concerned that her mentally disabled daughter may fall pregnant again. I am not convinced that one can fall pregnant. I am morally certain that a fairly well-known process precedes this event. Does Mrs. P not know what this is? Has she ever taught her daughter what it is? If her daughter cannot be taught, or being taught, refuses to act with restraint, can she be restrained? If restraint seems dehumanizing or a violation of her daughters rights, is it more or less so than having her spayed like a cat, a form of restraint that Mrs. P seems not to shy away from?
Or does Mrs. P believe--as millions seem to--that sex is a physical and morally-neutral pleasure which biological accident has cruelly attached to reproduction, and that it is the right of all sentient and progressively-thinking entities to remove the purpose from the pleasure, and to pursue the pleasure with all consequences--biological or otherwise--removed, or in some cases, penalized for existing at all? And that it is the duty of society to construct an environment in which this is possible?
Well, governments are more than eager to jump in and do that for you, once you provide the excuse. And they will do it--as in the case of P--for your best interests, even if you are unable or unwilling to recognize them.
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It's probably been 30 years since I've sat in the stands of a high school basketball game, but since my freshman son made the junior varsity squad at Washington High this year, I've seen quite a few.
In some ways, nothing has changed, bringing me right back to my own teen years with fond remembrance - the school spirit, the budding romances, the action on the court.
Sitting in the Jefferson High bleachers watching our two schools play a few weeks ago was one of the best games of the year so far.
First of all, spectators packed the gym for this Jefferson County rivalry. I spied parents, siblings, grandparents, former coaches, school personnel, media representatives and tons of students from both schools. Moreover, many adults with no relation to kids on the team watch the boys play. That's old school community pride and spirit in action.
One of the best parts about basketball in this region is the brotherhood of people who are involved in the sport. My son has played basketball since he was in elementary school, and it's always my pleasure to see the many familiar faces I've known for half a decade now.
Jefferson began the event with a moment of silence for James Fletcher, the junior at Washington who was killed in a recent auto accident (Martinsburg High did the same before our game against it the following week). This act of respect was greatly appreciated for the fallen classmate, a former basketball player.
Jefferson's ROTC Color Guard next presented the flag while a female student sang a lovely rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
The ceremonies behind us, the action on the court commenced. Basketball is still the high-adrenaline, fast-paced, blood-pressure-raising spectator sport it's always been when there's a good contest, and this match was an exciting game until the last second.
School spirit abounded. Besides the cheer squads from each school, it's customary nowadays for the bleachers to have a designated student section. The two sections are opposite one another, and the chanting and antics going back and forth between rival student bodies was hilarious.
Both JHS and WHS students chanted, "You can't do that" when the other team would foul opposing players. I also heard orchestrated chants of "Airball" and "In your home" at appropo moments.
When one of our shorter players was attempting his free throw, the Jefferson students called him "Gary Coleman," but when their team had no luck stopping our point guard from navigating through three defenders, the same students yelled, "Somebody stop that guy."
After the Jefferson dance squad performed during the halftime show, the Washington students declared, "Ours is better," to which Jefferson students asked which cheer squad won the regional championships. Theirs, of course. Thus began a competition among the cheer squads as to who could do more back handsprings. In the midst of it, an athletic Washington student leapt from the bleachers and did a few handsprings himself, which brought roars of approval from the crowd before he was quietly directed off the floor by our school's athletic director.
I spied budding relationships peppered throughout the student sections, and I had to laugh when I saw a girl remove her boyfriend's hand from her rear end.
Up high, a student from Washington taped the event. He regularly cracks me up, stretching his arms out and fluttering his fingers every time one of our players steps up to the free throw line. This gives the player's ball the wings needed to fly into the net. When it's good, he clutches a fist in the air in celebration. It's even better when there are two of them: perfect synchronization.
The exciting game ended in our favor, tense until the final buzzer sounded. Our boys worked hard to beat Jefferson 61-43 (and also went on to upset the undefeated MHS Bulldogs the following week, an equally thrilling game).
On my way out the door, I saw one of the parents of a Jefferson player, someone I've had the pleasure of knowing for many years. He's always had an encouraging word for my son, especially after some debilitating losses on the court. He smiled, shrugged and said, "Maybe we'll get 'em next time," displaying the epitome of good sportsmanship.
This is good stuff all around: for the schools, players, parents and community. Even if you don't know any of the players, the antics, cheering, intensity and good play - not to mention nostalgia - are worth a lot more than the $5 ticket price.
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SEBRING-Daniel Ludwig Sr., 51, of Sebring, Ohio, passed away Saturday evening at his home.
Born Jan. 12, 1961, he was the youngest child of Dorothy and Joseph Ludwig.
Dan enjoyed playing the organ and harmonica. He was most proud of this two sons, Lucas of Kent and Daniel Jr. of Salem.
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