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7 Reasons Why Nice Guys Finish First
There's always been a debate between "nice guys" and "bad boys." For some reason women feel a sense of thrill of the unknown when it comes to instability of a bad boy. On the other side, nice guys often get the reputation as a floor mat, with a weak backbone. So in the long-term, after the drama of high school, hierarchy of college, and politics of the work world, which guys "win?" Explore this question by taking a look at 7 reasons nice guys actually end up the champion.
1. The bad burns out
Accomplishing short-term goals often involves using people and discarding them just as fast. But long-term goals require sustained effort. Long-term relationships require a level of trust beyond what's naturally extended to a stranger. The "bad boy," aka jerk, can pick up a lot more dates than the nice guy because they're typically unpredictable and dominant, which girls are initially intrigued by. However, this is only an initial attraction. If you don't become the nice guy fairly quickly, your long-term odds of success are pretty limited. Bad boys are only fun for so long, and it's up to the guy to make a move to Niceville before the woman grows tired of waiting for maturity, true confidence and sustainability in her man.
2. Muscles fade
Sure, when you see a good-looking, toned guy walk into the room, you might catch yourself staring in awe. However, a recent study at UCLA found that women really are drawn to muscles, at least in the short term. The idea is that muscles in human males are similar to the elaborate tail feathers of male peacocks that are used to impress the females. The study found that muscular men also tend to have more sexual partners, due to the fact that women tend to choose buff guys as their one night stands and short term flings. When it comes to relationships, women prefer the less-brawny dudes to the super-buff ones. Of course there are certain exceptions to this rule and yes, some nice guys are buff too, but guys who spend more time at the gym, staring that themselves sweating in the mirror, instead of at home with their wife, could be considered less of a "nice guy" and more, let's say, "conceited."
3. Nice does not equal pushover
The definition of nice guy might not be what you'd expect. A nice guy does not mean he's a pushover, doormat, or weak person. A nice guy simply means he doesn't play games, he's confident and consistent with himself, and he has strong core values and morals. Since when did "nice" get such a bad rap? And when did "bad" become the desired quality of a mate? Listen to your intuition and then ask yourself if "bad" is really the right choice.
4. Successful future
A nice guy can be described as a "people person" and often is a skilled communicator. This skill should not be overlooked and will help in job interviews and workplace meetings. Therefore, people are attracted to nice guys and are more likely to assist and help them succeed. Bad guys don't last long in the corporate world and, like the point mentioned before, any success will most likely be short lived. A foundation built on sand will eventually crumble, but a foundation built on cement with last forever.
5. Nice guys are attracted to nice women
Typically, the girls that go for bad guys have their own issues to begin with. Women who end up with cheaters, more likely than not have a history of such relationships. Therefore the issue lies within the woman as well. In the same way, confident and independent women are more likely to pick the "nice guy" and look over the bad guy facade and unreliability. Nice guys win in this scenario because they waste less time with girls looking for materialistic things and short-lived satisfaction found in bad boys. Nice guys give security, which can be sniffed out by a confident, stable, and goal-oriented woman. However, girls seeking bad boys are often looking for lust over love, and therefore blinding themselves from obvious warning signs and negative values.
6. They're there to pick up the pieces
Once a bad relationship goes sour, which it always does, women often seek out a partner with opposite qualities of their ex. Learning from their mistakes, women will use the "nice guy" friend as a shoulder to cry on and he will most likely reaps the benefits of her broken past. Even a new man can come into her life and shine, compared to her rusty, cheating ex. Nice guys are involved in less drama and usually have thought about their future, what they look for in a woman, and all around possess the purest motives.
7. Bad boys= bad relationships
Bad boys might have more relationships, but they certainly will not have better, stronger relationships. Just like the saying goes, "quality over quantity." Bad boys might be flocked by women in college, and desired in the work world, but few settle down before their "nice guy" counterpart. The whole time bad boys are dealing with woman after woman, nice guys sideswipe the drama and cruise down the road of success, keeping their eye on the prize of fulfilling relationships and finding quality partners.
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- Reality
Well with so many women that are very Greedy And Selfish sure explains it.
- Vladislavs Antoņuks
Nice guys finish with damaged goods with one or two breatsuckers. Bad guys always get fresh product.
- Michael Thompson
Eff that
I don't pick up any pieces
That's gross cause that means I'm a scavenger for sloppy seconds - nick
Where can I find a quality woman? I'm from NJ. Most people from NJ are bad/toxic and online dating has the worst people who are so hurtful.
- David43515
Sorry but as a "nice guy" I`ve gotta say #6 is a royal pain. Yes, I may be there to comfort you and show you the respect you really deserve, but it gets old really fast when I realize that 3/4 of the greif you`re giving me isn`t because of anything I`ve done. It`s because you had lousy taste in men before and assume we`re all the same. And I won`t stop calling because I "wasn`t ready to commit". I`ll stop because I`m tired of cleaning up the mess your ex left behind.
- nick
Well said
- Melanie
The drug dealer should never be an option unless you truly view yourself as a "hoodrat itch". I rather a man to be interesting and responsible with an aggressive streak. Not mean but knows how to get things done. The whole nice guy is financially stable is not so true. You have to base it on the field he works in. And right now the market is not stable for anyone, no matter how "nice" you are. Also I've meet guys and girls that are just nice to get what they want but have a real hate towards the people they deal with. Everything needs a balance. You don't ever want the nice guy thats doormat.
- Sumishzone
you are fucked up s**t no guys ever want you.. every guys has to raised by their fathers not by mother. nice guy is been too nice cos he is been raised by his mother. its not the women's way guy should be grown up if he raised by women he would be same like her. raise every sons by their fathers till he grown up. nice guys will be vanished if every guys would raised by their fathers
- mr human
melanie you suc…
- superguy
A nice guy does not mean he's a pushover, doormat, or weak person. A nice guy simply means he doesn't play games, he's confident and consistent with himself melanie you been feeded by your past ancestors calling him nothing melanie he has more value than your what you call balance women think of that
- SayWhat?
I'm sorry, but what planet are these "good guys" on?
I don't do thugs, but to date —- whether he's educated or not, they all seem to be real losers. And I'm not interested in carpet munchers.
Please provide a map or atleast a 3000 mile radius as to where these men are……….
- T_beauty100
It's all about maturity. I'm blk 25 professional & has never been pregnant. Ppl tend to get caught up in certain "types" or trends instead of showing interest in someone that treats them with respect. I find all types of men handsome &they tend to compliment me as well but just because someone shows me attention or is nice doesn't mean he is my husband. Women or becoming desperate & are tolerating anything. I want to marry 1 man &share my life forever with him & will not settle until he finds me. My grandma told me a man finds his wife so a woman should never search for a man. Good & bad men recognize good women so choose wisely. I have faith in God so I trust my man will be worth the wait. Ladies step your game up on these "bad boys" they're not so bad anyways cowards! Lol teamniceguys
- ruggedly handsome
That is the dumbest thing I ever heard and most women say that nonesense just because he is a good man doesn't mean he is the right man for me.
Listen to the logic that means if you end up with someone who mistreats you that person is the right person for you just because you end up with that person.
The reality is most men and women both make this mistake you will only get one maybe two people in your life that God might bless you with that truly cares about you that's it. I think people must think that their 100s of people out there that will care about not so. If you let that person go then you won't get them back and then people ask ok why is it seem as if I am 40 or 50 and I won't end up someone and regret leaving a good person it is because of their arrogrance.
You know sometimes God brings people in our lives because they are the right one we just to blind to see it. Also that is another problem see most women think that they don't have to do anything it is all the man this that and the other he never created relationships to be one sided and then when relationships fall a part then who is the blame ?
- nick
You're wonderful!
Married Mr. Nice Guy…and he is everything I want and need…oh, and he gets to brag that he married the Cheerleader-girl that his nice-guy friends never thought he could catch.
- nick
Where are the mrs.w's in this world? There are none in NJ
- casey
me and my brother was raised by god loving nice single black man my mom just left and never look back cause she liked the dope dealer bad boy
- MissBloggerville
Where are all the articles about good girls finishing last? It is assumed that women make mistakes while dating, but not men. Surely, there are men who date women who are "bad girls" until they realize that they need to grow up and start dating better women. Why are women constantly held to a higher standard than men?
Good girls don't finish last…..they just laugh at good men who marry t.r.i.c.k.s…..and wait for them to come back after the divorce.
- MissBloggerville
They needn't return……
- ruggedly handsome
I don't think women have signs on their heads good girl bad girl signs most men just happen to mess with a woman who turns out to be a woman that ain't right a lot of women claim to be good women really wanting a good man but when put to the test he gets dismissed. Women it comes to women a man that is a bad guy she already knows in fact most women admit that they want a bad man so they are conscience of what they do. When men say they want a good woman they mean they want a good woman. Don't get me wrong their probably are a few men like that who want bad girls but the majority of men when they want someone good they want someone good that's the difference.
I don't just say that I want a good woman and turn around and dismiss her I would be stupid and crazy at that because I would defeat my purpose the problem is most women act good even if they are not so it's hard to tell with them.
- MissBloggerville
I disagree. I say this to you with the lightest of hearts, but you sound like one of those men who feels that men shouldn't be responsible for their bad choices, and women should. NOBODY has a sign on their heads which indicates mood/temperament. That has to be established while dating.. Is your argument that women can pick up on bad vibes immediately and men cannot? I also disagree that women in general dismiss "good"men a label that is completely subjective. But I WILL give you THIS. A woman is more, IMO, likely to try and nurture a man into realizing his full potential. Women will put time and energy into a man expecting to see positive results. On the other hand men "run for the hills" (or sometimes TAKE and run) when they come across broken women.
Sounds, to me, like you are posting from a bad place, and I'm not talking about your domicile.
- Black Rob
no what ruggedly was referring to was that with bad boys most times when they will date a man and be into him if they already know he is a bad boy. Alot of women are turned on by bad boys especially in their younger days. Most men when looking for a mate are not looking for a bad girl, most times they want the known bad girls for fun only. The problem is with the women that portray the wifey material and turn out to be different, which is how those men end up with that long term. There are circumstances where this happens to women as well but most won't run away from the situation with the bad boy…..They hear it all of the time all of the pros of a bad boy so thats what they are intrigued about
i'm not excusing any person's behavior but these behavior traits are relevant given it's become very prevalent in today's society
- MissBloggerville
"no what ruggedly was referring to was
that with bad boys most times when they will date a man and be into
him if they already know he is a bad boy."What do you consider a "bad boy"?
You have to be more clear. I am assuming you mean a young man who
exhibits a great deal of machismo. Which, he's learned along the
way, gets him girls."Alot of women are turned on by bad
boys especially in their younger days."Young women should be given the same
room to grow (and make mistakes) as young men. A young woman of
15-25 is very different when she reaches 26-35. When a womans
needs start to change her choices will adjust accordingly."Most men when looking for a mate are
not looking for a bad girl, most times they want the known bad girls
for fun only. The problem is with the women that portray the wifey
material and turn out to be different, which is how those men end up
with that long term. There are circumstances where this happens to
women as well but most won't run away from the situation with the
bad boy…..They hear it all of the time all of the pros of a bad
boy so thats what they are intrigued about" You must
understand that when men settle down they are settling down with
some other mans former "good time girl". Unless you are dating
a virgin, I don't understand how most men don't realize that the
woman they are settling down with was a young woman who's had some
"fun". Also, what is "wifey" material? Men need to check
their standards pre monogamy. Why do they settle down with certain
women in the first place? People just don't do 360's. They don't
become a completely different person without outside stimulus. Why
is the woman a man is dating/married to CHANGING so much from the
gem he married?-
But you just explained it yourself right here…
"Unless you are dating
a virgin, I don't understand how most men don't realize that the
woman they are settling down with was a young woman who's had some "fun"."Pookey and Ray-Ray are a whole lot of "fun." They're a six pack full of drama and you really don't have to care about their feelings, because Lawd knows they don't care about yours. You know they'll hit it right, because they already had half your friends in the (block, school, gym, church, work…etc) and sistas talk. So it makes sense that many sistas want dudes like that if they want to scratch an itch.
" The problem is with the women that portray the wifey
material and turn out to be different, which is how those men end up with that long term."Of course they do. In order to be a wife, you have to agree to marry somebody. That means you have to say yes at some point to a dude who asks you questions over sometime. The nice guy, especially the nice BLACK guy, doesn't get told "yes" a whole lot, and dating is a numbers game. That's how women with issues, baggage, baby daddies, etc. get over on the same kind of guys they put on blast ten years ago.
"Young women should be given the same
room to grow (and make mistakes) as young men. A young woman of 15-25 is very different when she reaches 26-35. When a womans needs start to change her choices will adjust accordingly."Yeah, but for many women it's too late. White, Asian and Latina Women have more marriage opportunities than Black women, so the odds would suggest sisters sew those oats a lot sooner than their peers. That pool of "husband material" Black men isn't gonna wait for them to come visit if there are other options on the table.
- ???
Nice guys finish first because we stop dating Black AMERICAN women early.
You are just stupid….my husband is black..so are the husbands of every black friend I have that is married. Shut up please.
- ruggedly handsome
Thank you Black Unity, Black Love is a Beautiful Thing God created Black Men and Women for each other because we meet each others needs. It's just Blacks finding the right Black Person instead of blaming on our own race. When other races do dirt to each other just as much or more so then Black folks do but they will struggle to make stuff work in their race.
- ruggedly handsome
that's the same this Black Women are saying but I wonder when it comes to other races of people who really gain Blacks or them my take is them so who's getting played blacks of course by other races. I can understand that blacks want to be appreciated and that is the core reason they go outside their race. Also why other races try to play on them and of course nothing stops Blacks from understanding other races mistreat each other probably more so then us. You can work on appreciation in the Black race if Blacks take the time to teach it to all Blacks.
- L-Boogie
Girls, like good guys with an edge. Meaning a guy that will protect you from harm yet treat you kindly.
- Hmmmmm
Im going to push back L. I have heard many women I know talk about men having an "edge."
Good has no edges.
Being willing to protect someone does not require edges. "Good men" AND "Nice Guys" have gone to war for centuries. And "edge" is not required to love a woman, support a woman, protect a woman, lead/ follow a woman.What is the "edge?"
- L-Boogie
Okay, HMMMMM. An edge is doing something out of the ordinary. I do not mean you to go upside my head or shake the ish out of me. I can do without that. Just someone willing to try something new and not be so quick to dismiss it. Sometimes "nice guys" play things too safe. I am not asking you to rob a bank or commit murder just try something out of your comfort zone.
"Edge" means different things to different people, IMHO. It's as though many women want to have two men at the same time…one for the sex, drama and entertainment, and another to handle the routine responsibilities of life.
- Sugar/Spice
Couldn't agree with you more
- L-Boogie
- Po3ticsutra
L-boogie why do some women feel like they have to be protected all the time? What is there to be afraid of? That is something that I don't get. I get the what you are saying about edge basically you want a nice guy but he can be a little rough at times.
- L-Boogie
I cannot speak for every woman. But I can say this. No, girl wants to be roughed up. Well, not the way I think you mean it. Look when ish hits the fan, it is important that someone has your back. Point Blank! POW!
- Hmmmmm
understand what the author is trying to do and why the ladies keep
pushing back on the nice guys finish first stuff (it is admirable)
but it is not true….in dating, sexing, office politics, and so on.The declaration that nice guys win is self-preservative for women and
nice guys. I understand why women sell it….but I know – and most
men know – it is not true….and it's cool really. We can stop
fronting. Most men accept it. Some try to buck it and do succeed. But most
just play by the rules.There is no flip side to this by the way. Men
don't usually seek out women with " a little bad in them." At
least not to settle down with. Not even Bad Boys.Nice
is static, boring. It is not exciting and most women I know like
excitement in men…..even if they themselves are not exciting. Nice
guys can end up married to the girl. But even with everything in
place she will fantasize about the bad boy. And truth be told the bad
boy with the right combination CAN have her when the the nice guy is
not around or the nice gets boring. Of course this not true in all
cases but if we are being real about men and women most of us have
more than a few examples to prove this point. Like I said it's coolI
by the way am not a nice guy. I am a good man but nice is not my
thing….and it works more often than not in every area that matters.
After all, this is not a nice world.- Brian K
I agree with what you are saying, and i would consider myself to be a nice guy too. Most of the attractive women want a bad guy when they are young. Not necessarily a guy who deals drugs etc but one who is a player, slacks in life because they don't care and has some street credibility. They mature after they have been hurt or treated badly, or they want to lead a lifestle that leaves them open to potentially date a nice guy, but the problem is they are damaged after relationships with such guys. And a lot of these same women think that men are in a race to get them and that life is actually about them just deciding what they want; bad boys when they are young and then a nice guy to get married. But life doesn't work like that.
However there are lots of good girls out there, raised by two parents with fathers that put good values in them. Some are dimes, a lot are not but you have to compromise some things for a good personality and loyalty. The problem is all women honestly believe they are good, innocent and are entilted to a nice guy. But they are just like men, some are good and some are not.
- Why Me?
By the time black women want nice guys they have two or three kids already. As a guy in my mid-thirties with no children: NO THANKS.
- Guest
I want a nice guy and Im 23 with no kids.
- Darkman
Nice guys finish dead last!!!
After the the bad boys are finished destroyed the pretty ones (babies, bad habits), pretty one finally take a look at Mr. Nice.
Too late, baby mamas!!! Mr Nice is married with that ordinary girl, bad didn't want to play with. He's a happy husband and dad.But Mr Nice and Ordinary Girl have the last laugh at the school reunion where Bad boy and Pretty girl are No show…
- cutily
If you are happy with the ordinary girl, that's good for you!
- Darkman
Yes, and it's better for the kids to have 2 responsible parents than a single struggling mother: I spend part of my time playing th substitue dad for my kids friends….
- cutily
I've been raised by a strong single mother she is a doctor so I had it easy. She never let any other man in our lives (in fact we rejected her husband almost instantly, they only took things serious when my sis and I moved out).
I now have a masters degree in business and tax law, I'm 25 and doing pretty good. I won't have kids if I'm not married and have good moral values I think. I'm responsible.
But I'm not ordinary, I've been raised to know what I want and to fight for it. Not to be a nice and empty sweet girl.
- Darkman
No offense: I didn't mean single mothers are all victims of bad boys, some might have encounter Mr. Wrong, the twin of Mr. Nice. It just sad to see so many kids without father anound…
- Offthepink
That's usually the case in the black community, though. No need to apologize for someone else's bad choice in a mate. She didn't know what a good man was, got with some irresponsible BOY, and now that he's gone (jail or some girlfriend he was seeing on the side while he was with gf #1), she's stuck raising his brat.
- Cmiles683
I totally agree nice guys finish last. They are left with the sour taste of bitterness the results of mistreatment by the bad guys.
- ruggedly handsome
I think it works itself out if you think about you know a woman is then trapped so she may act arrogrant and yet a good woman is humble knowing that she as a good woman will appreciate a good man so she is not going to let him go and he is not going to let them go but trust those messed up women or the ones who act good believe that it balances itself out.
- Michael Thompson
But it bothers me they expect us to pick up them up after they have been used up
- cutily
Are you saying that we have to date ugly guys because they will be quiet and nice?!
So called "nice guys" cannot handle me I'm too blunt and honest for that, but it doesn't mean I like bad boys. It just means that I like regular guys who will be able to tame me sometimes when I'm going over the top and also be good to me in my normal days.
A lot of nice guys just worship us, and that's not attractive at all.
wow….have fun with ray ray and pookie…i hope you live happily every after :3
"Tame" you…w.t.f. does that mean?
- cutily
It means when you are feeling yourself a little too much he will be the one to tell you to go down to earth. Just like I will do the same for him.
- ruggedly handsome
so you want someone to treat you like a dog are you listening to yourself
"I like regular guys who wiIl like regular guys who will be able to tame me sometimes"you are suppose to have self control over yourself someone taming you sometimes means you have no self control what kind of nonesense is that seriously. You get marriage you are suppose be submissive to your husband in other words you are suppose to trust his leadership and he is supposet to look out for our best interest not train you. Then people ask why relationships have such disfunction.
girls like bad boys. when you are mature then you go for nice guys. i say mature because i'm 19 and mature, and i don't go for bad boys. and you still have grown woman acting like they are in highschool.
It doesnt matter if you're a nice guy or bad boy, it matters if thats what the woman wants, heck women in the 30s who are professional still date drug dealers.


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It's been a week of lots of ups and downs and highs and lows. I managed to spend some time with my Stunt Guy, but it, of course, wasn't enough. I've got some other projects that I'm working on that are taking more time than I thought, so I'm in one of those places where I have so much to do that I find myself not wanting to do anything. I'm going to kick myself in the butt right now and get going.
I've got a nice list of recipes to play with this coming weekend, and a lot of great inspiration from around the blogosphere. Here are some great recent recipes from my fellow food bloggers:
Macaron Cake from Sprinkle Bakes
Oatmeal Sourdough Rolls from The Sweets Life
White Chocolate Raspberry Tart from Have Cake Will Travel
Creamy Lemon Potato Salad from The Pioneer Woman
Ginger Walnut Chocolate Blondies from Joy the Baker
Wow. I guess I'm secretly in a baking mood today.
Whilst I'm Not Cooking #8 Made 0/5
Whilst I'm Not Cooking #7 Made 1/5
Whilst I'm Not Cooking #6 Made 0/5
Whilst I'm Not Cooking #5 Made 1/5
Whilst I'm Not Cooking #4 Made 1/5
Whilst I'm Not Cooking #3 Made 1/2
Whilst I'm Not Cooking #2 Made 0/5
Whilst I'm Not Cooking #1 Made 2/5
What are you baking these days?
Sunday, June 10, 2012
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How were the Blondies? I'm loving crystalised ginger at the moment. Seriously. I made this Dutch Ginger Cake- kinda cake, kinda biscuit, kinda slice- that is so buttery and delicious, and when it was gone, I made it again.
I did this four times before I realized we'd consumed a kilo of butter. Helloooo, heart attack :-o
I'd be willing to risk it if you said those Blondies are worth a crack?
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Born | 26 Juin 1952 Aldershot, Ingland, UK |
Allegiance | Unitit Kinrick |
Service/branch | Scots Guards SAS |
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1991 Guwf War Bougainville Uprisin Sierra Leone Ceevil War Failed coup d'état in Equatorial Guinea |
Relations | George Mann (faither) Frank Mann (grandfaither) |
Ither wirk | wirkit for a number o private militar corporations includin Sandline International |
Simon Francis Mann (born 26 Juin 1952) is a Breetish mercenary an umwhile Breetish Airmy officer. He haed been servin a 34-year preeson sentence in Equatorial Guinea for his role in a failed coup d'état in 2004, afore receivin a presidential pardon on humanitarian grunds on 2 November 2009.[1]
Mann wis extraditit (his wird "kidnapped" acause o there being nae extradition treaty) frae Zimbabwe tae Equatorial Guinea on 1 Februar 2008,[2] haein been accused o plannin a coup d'état tae owerthrow the govrenment bi leadin a mercenary force intae the caipital Malabo in an effort tae kidnap or kill Preses Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. Chairges in Sooth Africae o aidin a coup in a foreign kintra wur dropped on 23 Februar 2007,[3] but the chairges remained in Equatorial Guinea, whare he haed been convictit in absentia in November 2004. He lost an extradition hearin tae Equatorial Guinea efter servin three years o a fower-year preeson sentence in Zimbabwe for the same creemes an being released early on guid behaviour.[4] On the arrival o Mann in Equatorial Guinea for his trial in Malabo, public Prosecutor Jose Olo Obono said that Mann wad face three chairges – creemes against the heid o state, creemes against the govrenment, an creemes against the peace an unthirldom o the state.[5] On 7 Julie 2008, Mann wis sentencit tae 34 years an fower months in preeson bi a court in Equatorial Guinea.[6] He wis released on 2 November 2009, on humanitarian grunds.[7][8]
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Early life[eedit | eedit soorce]
Simon Mann's faither, George Mann, captained the Ingland cricket team in the late 1940s an wis an heir tae a stake in the Watney Mann brewin empire that closed in 1979, haeing been acquired bi Grand Metropolitan (which, in 1997, became Diageo plc on its merger wi Guinness). His mither is Sooth African.
Militar career[eedit | eedit soorce]
Efter leavin Eton College, Mann trained tae be an officer at Sandhurst an wis commissioned intae the Scots Guards on 16 December 1972.[9] By 1976 he held the rank of Lieutenant.[10] He later became a member o the SAS an servit in Cyprus, Germany, Norawa an Northren Ireland afore leavin the forces in 1985. He wis re-cawed tae action frae the reserves for the Guwf War.
Post-militar career[eedit | eedit soorce]
Mann then entered the field o computer security; housomeivver, his interest in this industry lapsed when he returned frae his service in the Guwf an he entered the ile industry tae wirk wi Tony Buckingham. Buckingham haed a militar backgrund anaw an haed been a diver in the North Sea ile industry afore joinin a Canadian ile firm.
In 1993 UNITA rebels in Angolae seizit the port o Soyo, an closed its ile installations. The Angolan govrenment unner Jose Eduardo dos Santos socht mercenaries tae seize back the port an asked for assistance frae Buckingham who haed bi nou formit his awn company. Buckingham hired a Sooth African organisation cried Executive Outcomes, in which Mann an Buckingham wur involvit.
Sandline International[eedit | eedit soorce]
Mann went on tae establish Sandline International wi fellow ex-Scots Guards Colonel Tim Spicer in 1996. The company operatit maistly in Angolae an Sierra Leone, but in 1997 Sandline receivit a commission frae the govrenment o Papua New Guinea tae suppress a rebellion on the island o Bougainville an the company came tae internaitional prominence, but receivit hintle negative publicity follaein the Sandline affair. Sandline International annooncit the closur o the company's operations on 16 Aprile 2004. In an interview on the Today Programme Simon Mann indicatit that the operations in Angolae haed nettit mair than £10M.[11]
Equatorial Guinea coup attempt[eedit | eedit soorce]
On 7 Mairch 2004 Simon Mann an 69 ithers wur arrestit in Zimbabwe when their Boeing 727 wis seizit bi security forces durin a stop-aff at Harare airport whare the aircraft wis due tae be loadit wi £100,000 wirth o weapons an equipment. The men wur chairgit wi violatin the kintra's immigration, fireairms an security laws an later accused o engagin in an attempt tae stage a coup d'état in Equatorial Guinea. Meanwhile aicht suspectit mercenaries, ane o whom later dee'd in preeson, wur detained in Equatorial Guinea in connection wi the allegit plot.
Mann an the ithers claimit that they wur no on their wa tae Equatorial Guinea but wur in fact flyin tae the Democratic Republic o Congo in order tae provide security for diamond mines awned bi JFPI Corporation. Mann an his colleagues wur put on trial in Zimbabwe, an, on 27 August, Mann wis foond guilty o attemptin tae buy airms for an allegit coup plot an sentencit tae 7 years impreesonment.[12] 66 o the ithers wur acquittit.[13]
On 25 August 2004, Sir Mark Thatcher, son o umwhile Breetish Prime Meenister Margaret Thatcher, wis arrestit at his hame in Cape Toun, Sooth Africae. He eventually pleadit guilty (unner a plea bargain) tae negligently supplyin financial assistance for the plot.[14] The 14 men in the mercenary advance guard that wur caught in Equatorial Guinea wur sentencit tae jail for 34 years.[15] Amang the advance guard wis Nick du Toit who claimit that he haed been introducit tae Thatcher bi Mann.
Investigations would later reveal in the financial records of Mann's holdings that large transfers of money were made to Nick du Toit, as well as approximately US$2 million coming in from an untraceable and unknown source. On 10 September Mann was sentenced to seven years in jail. His compatriots received one-year sentences for violating immigration laws and their two pilots got 16 months. The group's Boeing 727 was seized, as well as the US$180,000 that was found on board the plane.
Chairges dropped an extradition[eedit | eedit soorce]
On 23 February 2007, the charges were dropped against Mann and the other alleged conspirators in South Africa. Mann remained in Zimbabwe, where he was convicted of charges from the same incident.[3] On 2 May 2007 a Zimbabwe court ruled that Mann should be extradited to Equatorial Guinea to face charges. The Zimbabwean judge ruled that he should be extradited to Equatorial Guinea, although the Zimbabweans promised that he would not be faced with the death penalty. His extradition was described as the "oil for Mann" deal, in reference to the large amounts of oil that Mugabe has managed to secure from Equatorial Guinea. The Black Beach prison in Equatorial Guinea, where Mann was sent, is notorious for its bad conditions. Mann lost his last appeal against the decision to extradite him.[5][16] In a last-ditch effort on 30 January 2008, Mann tried to appeal the judgment to the Zimbabwean Supreme Court.[17]
The next day Mann was deported to Equatorial Guinea in secret, leading to claims by his lawyers that the extradition was hastened to defeat the possibility of appeal to the Supreme Court.[18][19]
Response bi UK Parliamentarians[eedit | eedit soorce]
Concern for Simon Mann's plight was raised in the UK Parliament in the year of his arrest in Zimbabwe by three Conservative Members of Parliament.[20][21][22] In the two years after government of Equatorial Guinea applied for his extradition, three further Conservative Party MPs submitted written questions.[23][24][25]
However, it was the sudden extradition which drew the greatest response. Julian Lewis said in Parliament:
" | My constituent, Mr. Simon Mann, has completed his jail sentence in Zimbabwe but has been transferred by the Mugabe regime to a potentially terrible fate in Equatorial Guinea, despite the fact that his appeals processes have not been completed and despite the assurances given to the British ambassador to Zimbabwe that that would not happen. May we have a statement as soon as possible on the Floor of the House from the Foreign Secretary about what action is going to be taken? Quiet diplomacy has failed and we now have to save Mr. Mann, whatever he has or has not done, from torture and a horrible death in a terrible situation.[26] | " |
His position was supported by three other Conservative MPs during the debate.[27][28][29] Written questions were submitted by a fourth.[30] There was a request that the United States administration, who had access to Simon Mann in Black Beach Prison on 6 February 2008, exert its influence "to secure [his] safe return".[31]
UK officials were granted access to him on 12 February.[32] The only non-Conservative Party MP to submit a question in Parliament about him was Vince Cable,[33] although an Early Day Motion about his treatment in prison received some cross-party support.[34]
On 8 March 2008, Channel 4 in the UK won a legal battle to broadcast an interview with Mann in which he named British political figures, including Ministers, alleged to have given tacit approval to the coup plot.[35] In testimony he spoke frankly about the events leading to the botched attempt to topple Equatorial Guinea's president.[35]
Despite their charges being unrelated, Mann was tried alongside six Progress Party of Equatorial Guinea activists being held on weapons charges, including opposition leader Severo Moto's former secretary Gerardo Angüe Mangue.[36] On 7 July 2008, Mann was sentenced by the Equatorial Guinea court to more than 34 years in jail.[6]
Release[eedit | eedit soorce]
On 2 November 2009 he wis given "a complete pardon on humanitarian grunds" bi Preses Teodoro Obiang Nguema.[7] He wis back in Ingland bi 6 November.[8]
Mann in popular media[eedit | eedit soorce]
- In 2002 Mann played Colonel Derek Wilford o the Parachute Regiment for Granada Television's Bloody Sunday, a dramatisation bi Paul Greengrass o the events o Bloody Sunday.[37]
- The alleged coup planned for Equatorial Guinea is the subject of the film Coup!, written by John Fortune. Simon Mann is played bi Jared Harris, wi Robert Bathurst as Mark Thatcher. (The film takes care no tae suggest that Thatcher knew aboot the coup plot.) It wis broadcast on BBC 2 on 30 Juin 2006 an on ABC (Australie) on 21 Januar 2008.[38]
- Simon Mann wis interviewed frae preeson in the documentary Once Upon A Coup, which aired on PBS's Wide Angle in August 2009.
Writins[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Cry Havoc, Bi Simon Mann. John Blake; 351 pages
See an aw[eedit | eedit soorce]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Haroon Siddique and Giles Tremlett (2 November 2009). "British coup plot mercenary Simon Mann has been pardoned". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
- ↑ Andy McSmith (2 February 2008). "Zimbabwe sends British mercenary to face the despot he plotted to overthrow". The Independent. London. Archived frae the original on 30 June 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "SA court drops coup plot charges". BBC News. 23 February 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
- ↑ Kim Sengupta (11 May 2007). "Coup plotter faces life in Africa's most notorious jail". London: pub. Archived frae the original on 11 June 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "UK mercenary on trial in Equitorial Guinea". BBC News. 05:34 GMT, Tuesday, 17 June 2008 06:34 UK. Retrieved 17 June 2008. Check date values in:
(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 Mann jailed for Eq. Guinea coup plot, Reuters, 7 July 2008
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 British mercenary Simon Mann receives presidential pardon
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Simon Mann returned to England", 6 November 2009
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 45892. p. 1351. 29 January 1973. Retrieved 1 December 2009. (Inglis)
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 47083. p. 16439. 7 December 1976. Retrieved 1 December 2009. (Inglis)
- ↑ "The Today Programme, BBC Radio 4, 27 October 2011".
- ↑ "'Mercenary leader' found guilty". BBC News. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
- ↑ "Zimbabwe jails UK 'coup plotter'". BBC News. 10 September 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
- ↑ Russell Miller (8 June 2008). "Mark Thatcher: Man on the run". The Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
in January 2005 Thatcher pled guilty in South Africa, after a plea bargain, to "unwittingly" abetting the coup. He was fined 3 million rand (£266,000), given a suspended four-year jail term, and obliged to leave South Africa, his home for a decade.
- ↑ "Coup plotters jailed in Equitorial Guinea". BBC News. 26 November 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
- ↑ Mann in the middle of two African dictators Hugh Russell, The First Post, 2 May 2007
- ↑ BBC NEWS, Mann loses extradition appeal
- ↑ "Zimbabwe deports Mann to Eq. Guinea". BBC News. 1 February 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
- ↑ David Pallister (5 February 2008). "Zimbabwe accused as Briton sent to Equatorial Guinea jail". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
- ↑ Henry Bellingham Debates, 18 March 2004 col. 449 Business of the House
- ↑ Peter Bottomley Written answers, 20 May 2004 col. 1168W Foreign and Commonwealth affairs – Simon Mann
- ↑ Hugo Swire Written answers, 9 December 2004 col. 730W Foreign and Commonwealth affairs – Simon Mann
- ↑ Ben Wallace Written answers, 5 June 2006 col. 317W Foreign and Commonwealth affairs – Equatorial Guinea
- ↑ James Arbuthnot Written answers, 14 December 2006 col. 1302W Foreign and Commonwealth affairs – Simon Mann
- ↑ Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Written answers, 7 July 2007 col. 1005W Foreign and Commonwealth affairs – Simon Mann
- ↑ Julian Lewis Debates, 7 February 2008 col. 1134 Business of the House
- ↑ John Whittingdale Debates, 7 February 2008 col. 1137 Business of the House
- ↑ Richard Benyon Debates, 7 February 2008 col. 1138 Business of the House
- ↑ Mark Harper Debates, 7 February 2008 col. 1139 Business of the House
- ↑ Iain Duncan Smith Written answers, 18 February 2008 col. 181W Foreign and Commonwealth affairs – Simon Mann
- ↑ Julian Lewis Written answers, 18 February 2008 col. 180W Foreign and Commonwealth affairs – Simon Mann
- ↑ Earl Cathcart Lords Written answers, 20 February 2008 col. WA66 House of Lords – Equatorial Guinea: Simon Mann
- ↑ Vince Cable Written answers, 21 February 2008 col. 180W Foreign and Commonwealth affairs – Equatorial Guinea: Prisoners
- ↑ "EDM: Conduct of Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea towards Simon Mann". UK Parliament. 6 May 2008.
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 "I was not the main man", Jonathan Miller, Channel 4, 11 March 2008
- ↑ "Equatorial Guinea". Amnesty International. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- ↑ IMDb entry
- ↑ "BBC Drama – Coup!". BBC. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
Further readin[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Robert Young Pelton. Licensed to Kill, Hired Guns in the War on Terror (Reprint edition (28 August 2007) ed.). Three Rivers Press. p. 368. ISBN 1-4000-9782-7. – covers the coup attempt and aftermath by Nick du Toit and Simon Mann
- Robert Young Pelton. Three Worlds Gone Mad: Dangerous Journeys through the War Zones of Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific (First edition (1 December 2003) ed.). The Lyons Press. p. 320. ISBN 1-59228-100-1. – covers the birth and rise of Executive Outcomes and Sandline as well as the events in Sierra Leone and Bougainville
- Roberts, Adam (2006). The Wonga Coup, Guns, Thugs and a Ruthless Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-Rich Corner of Africa. Public Affairs. ISBN 978-1-58648-371-5.
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Profile: Simon Mann, BBC News, 10 September 2004
- Simon Mann Dossier, by Journalismus Nachrichten von Heute
- Q&A: Equatorial Guinea coup plot, BBC World News
- "A Coup for a Mountain of Wonga"
- "British Mercenary Simon Mann's last Journey?"
- "The trial of Simon Mann"
- Simon Mann at the Internet Movie Database
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- Graduates o the Ryal Militar Academy Sandhurst
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- Preesoners an detainees o Zimbabwe
- Inglis fowk impreesoned abroad
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This will invoke question & offers answers. If wondering if you are a Lightworker. ..this has the information to make that determination and get you stsrtrd on your path.
"A great introduction to role of lightworker"
As an introduction, I would have preferred some more time spent on how ordinary people fulfill their role as lightworkers
Unnatural inflections, sentences with inappropriate pauses, and mispronounced words (for example "ethereal" is mispronounced 3 different ways)
There were many insights and explanations that were news to me
It was hard for me to respect the content of the writing due to the distraction of the bad narration. The book itself was so interesting, I pushed through the narration so I could finish the whole story.
"Healing and necessity"
Awesome and helpdul book. I was bummed when it was ending but the numerous lightworker affirmations at the end were the best grand finale and will become my new 20 minute daily meditation :)
Loved the material. I had to get used to the narration, it was very stuff at first.
"It was okay"
The writing is good. The author seems to know what she's talking about and comes off very natural. I did think there was more (example) stories than actual information. I suppose that's not terrible, as many of us learn better with examples, but I was left a bit hungry for more information.
It wasn't so much about "Understand Your Sacred Role as Healer, Guide, and Being of Light" but more like "Examples of Psychic encounters for me and my family." To be fair, she does explain many things at first, but again, most of the book was about examples and stories from her life.
I did not love the narrator. Is the second time I'm not happy with her reading. No offense to the narrator at all. I just didn't think her narrating matches the book. It got old quick. It was too bad, because I was interested in listening to the end.
The way the author communicates to her audience
There wasn't many "characters" but she wasn't my favorite narrator ever.
I don't think you can make a movie for this book. Unless it was a documentary...I guess the title of the book would work.
I don't know exactly what makes the narration annoying. Again, is too bad, because I will listen to one more book by Sahvanna, and I saw it has the same narrator... :/Hope it has less examples and less exaggerated narration


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I felt that Romney suffered unfairly for that comment. I think that he meant it in the same sense that churches are people, gov'ts are people, etc. Without people there are no human institutions.
OTOH, granting rights to corporations because they are people does not follow, but Romney is not known for his logic. ;)Oh I KNOW GUYS. I actually agree with what Mitt Romney was saying (although wouldn't agree with every comment he has on corporate America). So in that sense, PrometheeFeu, it is a compliment for me to credit it with him!
I just thought it was funny.
Everyone knows what the 13th amendment is? This did not fall flat because I have foreign readers or something like that?RepliesIt is a good joke. I just got sick and tired during the campaign of hearing that line with the media apparently under the impression that Romney invented corporate personhood. Also, pretty tired of arguing with the slew of liberals who repeatedly talk about Citizens United as establishing corporate personhood. Let's just say misconceptions and simplistic arguments about corporate personhood are starting to be a bit triggering. Maybe I should talk to my therapist. ;)
For what it's worth, I originally tried to make a follow-up joke about Mitt Romney not being the first *person* in support corporate personhood and that the honor might go to Southern Pacific Railway Company. (It's funny because Southern Pacific Railway Company is a corporation and we are talking about corporate personhood) But well, couldn't make it not sound lame.
Well, you misrepresented what he said (and yes, acknowledge it in the comments), but Romney's point *wasn't* what the other commenters claim. In the context of the actual remark, he was refuting someone who thought we could lift taxes off people and make corporations pay them all. In this context, the remark was shorthand for "[tax] burdens on corporations ultimately fall on people".
Which I'm sure Daniel_Kuehn agrees with, and so shouldn't attributed the literal version to Romney.


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All life is interconnected. Is that so hard to understand? This is also a National Day of Service.
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The thread title is simply MLK Day, and I posted comments regarding that, no particular point, except that it is fitting America made it a National Holiday in his honor.
Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" remains for most American historians as the finest political oration ever made by an American politician. King's "I Have A Dream" speech, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, was very powerful, with his emphasis on the "now" theme. People remember the "I Have A Dream Today" and forget the fierce emphasis he made that day on the "Now" theme. Now was the time for change; Now there was no going back; Now the African-America population had to move forward; Now the government had to take action. That is why I posted the speech usually is misunderstood. The majority of that vast crowd on the Federal Mall that day in 1963 were people who went to Washington via bus, who had suffered jail, beatings, rapes, some recently released from jail. It was an active - committed crowd, and King understood his audience, unlike most whites who witnessed the speech. We admired it, but didn't particularly understand the audience he was speaking to and what they had gone through to get there. Although television showed us the violent confrontation in the Deep South, with the bull sheriff's letting police dogs loose on civil rights activists, police using nightsticks, fire department water canons, and even as the FBI slowly began to investigate the deaths of the Freedom Riders, white college students from the North, joining Black civil right's activists from the South to integrate things like Woolworth lunch counters, water fountains, stores, rest rooms, gas stations, et al. Those were the people on the mall that day, King understood them perfectly and spoke to them eloquently. Why do I have to make a specific point to underscore my admiration for the country that honored Dr. King's memory today, and with a National Holiday in his honor? Does everything posted in here require vast, historical and political explanation? I was in high school, remember watching the speech on B/W television, was a young idealist at the time (like most young people are), politically immature, but did admire the sentiment Dr. King delivered. It was only later in my life, as I learned the historical background of the Civil Right's movement, that I began to understand how misunderstood that particular speech, as excellent as it was, was........Stan |
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
" . . . When You Move, I'll Move; I Will Follow You . . ."
John 6:26-27
Jesus answered, "Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval."
Our "Squirrel-Buster" bird feeder hangs in our front yard for years. We enjoy being able to watch the birds' activity from our living room windows. They are quite the messy eaters, so enough seed drops to the ground to keep the mourning doves, squirrels, and chipmunks happy, too.
Recently, I note, with not a little concern, that the birds seem to be consuming their food at an unusually high rate. I fill the feeder in the morning and, by the next day, the supply is depleted. How can that be?
When I restock the feeder, I spy a thick coat of seed covering the ground.
It's as if someone has come along, picked up the feeder, and given it a hearty shake, allowing the seeds to spill out in a pile. At first, I wonder if this is the doing of bored teenagers, slinking around the neighborhood, looking for pranks to pull.
But, then . . .
Standing in the living room, I glimpse a large shape moving near the feeder. It's a deer.
Just one of many which live in and around our forested neighborhood. Seeing her nuzzling the feeder reminds me of the time we saw a doe sticking her tongue into the apertures to retrieve some seeds.
Could that be it? Are deer coming up and butting the feeder?
"I don't care if it's does or dodos messing with the bird feeder," my husband, Danny, declares. "That food is too expensive to go to waste. I'm moving the squirrel buster to the backyard today."
Using some clothesline, a pulley, hooks, and carabiners, Danny rigs the feeder so it is high enough off the ground to foil the deer, but able to be easily lowered when it's time to fill it.
"Oh, this is the perfect set-up!" I tell him when he shows me what he's done. "I wonder, though, how long it will take the birds to find it?"
"Maybe a day or two," says Danny. "But, they'll find it, guaranteed."
And, they do! Not in a day. Not in two. But, within the very hour of its location change!
I am so relieved. And, gratified to know our feathered friends have faithfully followed and know where to come to be fed.
Are you letting Jesus feed you with spiritual food?
Will you pray with me?
As Jesus told us, Father, we do not live by bread alone, but on every word that comes from You. May we seek You daily for our spiritual nourishment and sustenance. Let us follow Your lead and trust in Your ways. Amen.
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This was a delightful post, Martha. I absolutely admire how you weave your personal stories and the spiritual seamlessly. You are indeed blessed to live in a place with beautiful fauna. I felt bad for the deer. Perhaps he was hungry too.
Blessings and joy for today and always.
Joy always,
SusanLovely thought Martha..
I love the way you share your personal experiences with lovely lessons woven around them.<3This post was awesome. I felt like I am living there in the midst of nature and watching u work it out! Thanks for adding the pics to ake it so real and happening. This post also reminded me of my book which has been shifted from my blog to Amazon. I hope the birds will find it maybe not as fast as it happened for that feeder but yeah sure enough in His Time :)
ReplyDeleteHi Martha, I came across your blog through another blog I follow, Wisdom And Life by Chris J. Penders. I have been going through some of your columns and I have really been enjoying them including this one. Blessings!
ReplyDeleteAwe, that poor deer!!! haha I love that the birds followed. Great pics and a beautiful reminder, of us following Him!
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh! my husband tried the pulleys and string and fishing wire...we lost the battle..the squirrels won.
but life is a constant battle of good and evil...and lucky for us believers we know who wins in the end.I agree with Susan. It's challenging enough to write fresh and lively content but to view in your spirituality with ease is truly a wonder. It's not something I would be enjoy doing myself, but I appreciate your talent. I come here expectant and am never disappointed when I leave.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to this story because the deer in my neighborhood have been quite the thieves in my garden this year. In the beginning I couldn't figure out what was eating the tops off all my tomato, bean and rose plants. I haven't actually seen the deer in action but have caught them in my front yard and it finally dawned on me who the culprits were. Not much I can do about it though and like you I can't figure out why they are after my garden when it is surrounded by a green forest full of plenty to eat... Love your story and pictures.
ReplyDeleteRepliesThanks for coming by, Lynne!
The deer, it seems, have been overly active this year . . . I noticed that the Kennesaw Community Garden is surrounded by extremely tall fences to exclude the deer from dining there. I guess that's what it takes around here to keep them out. Sorry they feasted on your garden!
Glad you enjoyed the post, my friend.
Blessings to you!
As the deer longs for bird feed, so my soul longs for Thee… wait! I mean, as the deer longs for water, so my soul longs for Thee. Psalm ?
That is such a sweet deer!
And the feed, that's for the birds!
Your post reminded me of this song.
Are you familiar with Moya Brennan?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBs7pAm6gkc&feature=relatedRepliesThanks for stopping by, Debra!
Lol! I wrote a post months ago about deer and used the Bible verse about the deer longing for cool water. And, yes, we made sure the seed is now for the birds only. So far, it's working beautifully.
I'm not familiar with Moya Brennan, but I will be sure to check out the link you left here.
Blessings to you, my friend!
Oh the poor deer! It must be wondering where that bird feeder went. But your husband did the right thing! That deer was not eating the seeds , just wasting what was rightfully the birds' food. Beautiful post as always, Martha.
ReplyDeleteWhat a delightful story! I didn't think it would take long for your birds to follow their feeder. And Danny was correct, there are many times that I run out of feed just because how much the price has gone up on it...I can't always afford enough for each of the feeders. But, then I also feel bad for the deer. They need to eat too!
ReplyDeleteI loved this post Martha! Who would have thought that a deer would do that! How precious!I am so happy to hear that the birds found their feeder again...poor deer! I am sure there is enough food for him too...our Father will make sure of that! Have a blessed day!
ReplyDeleteI love your posts and have missed coming. I am trying to get caught up again, and with this upper resp infection and the med I have to take it's been keeping me up,so at least I am doing something special with that time! Loved the post! You are in Kinnesaw GA? We recently moved to Albany; below the knat line! BTW, I find that when I am not still enough to be fed, I get taught those lessons in my life experiences, many of them not being very comfortable. Thanks for another thought provoking post and blessings to you!
ReplyDeleteRepliesGlad to see you back here, Kimly, and thanks for stopping by!
Sorry you've been under the weather; hope you get to feeling better real soon.
Yes, we are in the Big K as I like to call it :). Love living here, but not sure if I would enjoy being year round below the gnat line . . . I know exactly what you're referring to!
And, yes, we must learn to be still to be fed. Not always and easy lesson . . .
Blessings right back at you!
I love the birds, I have had to forgo my feeders because of my kitties, quite unfair to the birds. I still see a lot of birds but not nearly so many. Although the humming birds were all over the plum tree a week or so ago. I would love to have a dear in my front yard. I think I would love where you live...Thank you for this post Martha.
ReplyDeleteRepliesThanks so much for visiting today, Jan!
I hear you about the kitties being a problem with attracting birds. Fortunately, our cats are old and don't even bother trying to get near the birds let alone catch one.
I must admit, I do love living where we do, but where you are, as I can tell from your gorgeous photos, is beautiful, too. Hope to see more photos soon! :)
Blessings to you!
lovely story... did you capture the picture of the deer? excellent shot! Danny is quite the problem solver... brilliant idea.
ReplyDeleteOh how intelligent God's creatures are! They find their way by themselves... I wonder if it's the deer that 'butts' the feeder :P...I haven't seen a live deer before.
I love the passage you quoted at the beginning...it makes me reflect on the Sacrament of the Eucharist...
I pray with you...may we go beyond our physical needs and look for the spiritual food God provides...RepliesThanks so much for visiting, Melissa!
Yes, the birds caught on faster than we ever expected them to and our feeder is busier than ever. No deer yet! :)
I like that this passage reminded you of Holy Eucharist - being fed physically to assure us we are being fed spiritually, too.
Thank you for praying with me!
Blessings to you!
When I still lived at home, out in the country with my Mom, we had all manner of critters. Our property is high up on a ridge in East TN, and is surrounded by very large tracts of forest. Foxes, deer, possums, the occasional bear, and when I still living at home...raccoons. They, along with squirrels, are the most clever critters when it comes to foiling the best laid plans of bird feeding humans! No matter what we tried, the raccoons and squirrels always won the day. It became a humorous contest of wits and will, and eventually we had to hire a company to trap the raccoons and take them up to the mountains to release them. They were getting too comfortable and aggressive around our family pets, but oh my goodness, they provided some hilarious moments! :)
- DawnRepliesThanks so much for dropping by, Dawn!
Wow! What a great scenario you have shared here. I have seen the occasional possum here, but never a raccoon; no doubt, though, that we must have some.
So far, we are winning this battle. The bird feeder is aptly named "Squirrel Buster" and does keep them from gorging on the seeds.
But, as you might know, squirrels are some of my favorite animals, so much so, that a squirrel (Grey) is a main character in my novel. :)
Blessings to you!
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How Eating Brains Revealed A Clue Toward Fighting Dementia
Among all the potential things you may guess could reveal resistance to dementia, cannibalism is likely not one of them. Yet by studying a Papua New Guinea tribe called Fore, scientists have hopefully revealed another clue in the development of resistance to a deadly neurological disease called kuru, a very rare form of dementia.
Throughout history humans have developed resistance to a variety of conditions through natural selection. In some ways, this is no different. But what makes this example interesting is specifically the unique aspect of the Fore culture—eating the brains of their dead. While it's not possible for scientists to confirm with certainty that this was responsible for their protective mutation, the research is compelling—shedding new light on how the body insulates itself from disease.
Kuru itself is a prion-based (nervous system) disease, a deadly class of infectious neurological illness that may lead to death, even in otherwise healthy adults. Although prion diseases have a variety of causes, kuru is typically contracted from eating human brains, which was once common amongst certain cannibalistic tribes of Papua New Guinea.
The disease is rare in the developed world and likely poses little direct threat to you. However, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), another prion-based disorder, is much more common. In fact, just recently, 15 patients were exposed to contaminated surgical instruments at a hospital in the northeast.
Prion diseases are associated with the accumulation of an abnormally folded protein, which can either be sporadic, as is the case in some instances of CJD, or acquired, as in kuru. Other more recognizable examples of prion disease include Mad Cow Disease, seen in cattle, and scrapie, seen in sheep.
The term "sporadic" indicates that the patient had no previously known risk factors, and that the disease was caused by a spontaneous event. Of all the reported cases of CJD, 85-95 percent are thought to be sporadic. CJD is the most frequent of the human prion diseases, although it is still rare with approximately one case per 1,000,000 per year worldwide. The average age of onset is between 57 to 62 years of age.
Researchers have identified some of the main risk factors of CJD, including administration of cadaveric hormones, dural graft transplants, and the use of contaminated surgical instruments—the majority of which follow surgery. It is common for hospitals to borrow expensive systems and sterilize them thoroughly, but with CJD, routine sterilization isn't enough. There are special protocols that must be employed to make the operating room safe after a CJD exposure.
So what's the prognosis for patients who may have been unwittingly exposed to this nefarious protein? If by chance CJD was contracted, there is unfortunately no effective treatment, and the disease is considered uniformly fatal. The incubation period for CJD ranges from 5 to 30 years; however, death usually occurs between six months to one year from the onset of symptoms. On the bright side, the odds that the at risk patients contracted CJD are very low.
That brings us back to the people of Papua New Guinea, who are resistant to this class of disease. This discovery may serve as the catalyst that enables scientist to better understand the molecular causes and possible treatments of prion based diseases, such as kuru and CJD. Scientists are on the verge of demonstrating that a single change in DNA may confer complete resistance to a fatal disease.
Better yet, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's are thought to harbor similar mechanisms and what is learned from CJD will almost certainly help other dementia patients.
While it may be too early to call this a breakthrough, these findings have the potential to help us more effectively understand prions, vaccines, immunotherapy, and the underlying cause of a family of deadly diseases. We are closer today than we where yesterday.


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