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Greetings and
Happy New Year and congrats on taking the first step to reaching a healthier you! I used to have the same problem, needing to gain weight - as some people told me then, 'be careful what you ask for because you might get it' and they were right - I did gain but once it started, it didn't stop!!
I agree with previous poster who suggested you might benefit from seeing a doctor in case there is something wrong. But whether wanting to gain or lose weight, or simply maintain, this is a good place for information!!
So I'm glad you're getting active with SparkPeople - it's a great community, wonderful resources and fantastic support.
Please check out the SparkTeams - I think you will find a lot of others 'just like you' there. You can choose SparkTeams by age group, lifestyle or interests, geographic location or several other ways - in fact, I suggest joining more than one group, post your intro there and write blogs as often as you can - you will find tons of friends and support that way, I promise!!
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Has a physician told you that you need to gain?
There are a few medical problems that can be related to being under-weight, including diabetes and some thyroid issues.
What do your relatives look like? You may have inherited an extremely lean body.
By tracking your food, you will be able to determine how many calories you are eating.
One of my relatives kept track of this info and the amount of exercise to give to the doctor to help evaluate an obesity issue.
What ever your issues, you need to eat healthy nutritious food. I have known some very lean people who had problems with their cholesterol and high blood pressure as they got older.
Doing some strength training and building endurance will help with your overall health.
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"Bontempo, Daniel E" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
RE: st: ST: postestimation test
Fri, 6 Aug 2010 16:55:04 -0500
Thanks Maarten this reply was helpful. I am now acquainted with "margins, post" and the subsequent use of test, as well as example #10, testing Margins, in the user guide entry for margins.
I have two followup questions.
First, if I understand the point about "test" only being available for model coefficients (or combinations), I am unsure what it was doing when I specified some combinations that were not estimated coefficients. For example:
. test 0.condition#0.ageGrp = 1.condition#1.ageGrp
( 1) [condCorr_pct]0b.condition#0b.ageGrp - [condCorr_pct]1.condition#1.ageGrp = 0
chi2( 1) = 1.38
Prob > chi2 = 0.2402
. test 0.condition#1.ageGrp = 1.condition#1.ageGrp
( 1) [condCorr_pct]0b.condition#1o.ageGrp - [condCorr_pct]1.condition#1.ageGrp = 0
chi2( 1) = 1.38
Prob > chi2 = 0.2402
In the 1st test, I compare the 11 interaction (which was a coefficient) to the 00 reference condition. Butin the 2nd test I tried to specify the 10 group to the 00 reference, and this was not a coefficient - yet it appeared to do something. Further what it did is identical to the result of the 1st test. What was Stata doing here?
Second, I am doing analyses for a colleague who writes for a literature where reporting mean differences, SDs, t/F stats, and p-values is the accepted practice. Is there some way to translate into t or F metric the chisq from the Wald test performed by the test command after I post the margins?
Also, can SE be sample size adjusted to yield SD with multilevel models? Would the number of level-2 groups be used as the sample size?
I know this is getting complex, but any further discussion or reference would be appreciated.
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--- On Fri, 6/8/10, Bontempo, Daniel E wrote:
> The model showed the interaction of two factors was
> significant, and I thought I could use "test" to probe
> which pairs of means were actually different. But some
> comparisons involving the reference condition do not
> work, and I am not sure why the test is giving chisq.
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> . margins condition#ageGrp
> . test 0.condition#1.ageGrp=1.condition#1.ageGrp
this test refers to the parameters in your model, not
to the table you get from margins. To test the differences
in predicted outcomes, you must first specify the -post-
option in -margins-.
-test- gives you a Chi square statistic because it
produces a Wald test of possibly multiple constraints, in
which case it cannot use the normal distribution as the
sampling distribution of the test statistic.
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In Reply to: RE: No, they are obsolete posted by Analog Scott on April 19, 2017 at 09:17:25
adjective: obsolete
no longer produced or used; out of date.
Clearly LPs and analog and the other examples you gave are produced and are used as soon as they are made. So at least as far as the dictionary is concerned, the word does not apply in this case.
'older tech' seems more apropos...
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(of a linguistic form) no longer in use, especially, out of use for at least the past century.
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Lot's of uses for the word
unless there is an alternate definition of which most of us were previously unaware :)
then we are talking about different things.
So the best I can make out is you have an alternative definition.
How about you define what you mean by 'obsolete'.
"no longer in general use"
"no longer produced or used"
Interesting because I see a huge difference between "no longer in **GENERAL** use. and "no longer produced or used"
Every example I gave is no longer in "general" use but still is produced or used. You don't see a big difference between those two definitions?
When you can find LPs at Target, its general use.
Keep in mind its kids, not audiophiles, the fuel LP sales.
I understand that. But it was my other examples that you claim supported your argument that I was really thinking of here. Niche markets for older technology does not point to a failure of the newer technology to deliver on the promise of improved performance. It's a non sequitur argument. There are too many examples of it not being true.
The continued production of prop planes does not prove a failure of jet planes to deliver superior performance.
The continued production of sail boats does not prove a failure of motorized ocean vessels to deliver superior performance.
The revival of polaroid cameras does not prove a failure of digital photography to deliver superior performance to that of polaroid photography.
The continued interest in equestrian sports is not proof that the automobile has failed to deliver a superior means of transportation.
regardless of any subjective opinions about the relative aesthetic merits of vinyl v. digital media your argument in and of itself fails. The vinyl revival is not proof of a failure in digital technology delivering on performance.
My company is very engaged in the local music scene, so we get a lot of contact with kids (20-30 somethings) and like myself they say the reason they buy LPs is because they sound better. Mind you, from what I can tell most of them have pretty inexpensive systems but they still say that.
That is what has led me to my initial assertion as I very much doubt this is a local phenomenon.
IME when all else is equal vinyl sounds better than digital on my system with my vinyl playback rig. But rarely is all else equal. We have few examples of recordings that were transfered both to the cutting lathe and the A/D converter off the exact same feed. I find that one has to take it on a title by title basis when looking for the best sounding versions of a given recording and often there is no definitive winner with tradeoffs ruling the day.
Are the reason why most CDs are compressed more than LPs. For this reason when cutting a project we always ask for the original files rather than those used to master the CD. There's no expectation the LP will be played in a car.
LPs also have more bandwidth in record and playback; 35khz is no worries. This helps to reduce phase shift, essential to proper soundstage reproduction.
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Germany, International, Conferences, Meetings, Training
Date: August 24, 2017 - September 1, 2017
Young professionals involved in the protection and defence of artists whose human rights may be violated, and those seeking to share expertise and gain knowledge in fields of censorship, freedom of expression in the arts are invited to apply for the first Arts Rights Justice Academy, a one week advanced training course at the University of […] More
Asia, China, Germany, International, Conferences
Date: May 31, 2017 - June 1, 2017
StoryDrive is an all-media platform in Asia dedicated to exploring new forms of collaboration and business models across media boundaries. StoryDrive conference takes place 31 May – 1 June. It was initiated in 2012 and 2013 by Frankfurt Book Fair and German Book Information Center (Beijing) at Beijing CIFTIS Fair. In 2014 the conference has been […] More
Europe, International, Italy, Meetings, Training
Date: April 24, 2017 - November 24, 2017
UNIDEE – University of Ideas is a multifaceted platform offering an educational programme of residential modules – taking place both at Cittadellarte, Italy and at partners' sites internationally – alongside a series of artists' residency projects. The 2017 programme of residential workshops, courses and activities is published (most are around 4-10 days duration), with different application […] More
Asia, Singapore, Conferences, Exhibitions, Festivals
Date: May 17, 2017 - May 21, 2017
The Asian Festival of Children's Content (AFCC) is an annual festival in Singapore that celebrates and promotes the creation and appreciation of children's books and content, with a focus on Asian themes. Indonesia is the country of focus for this year, with AFCC running 17-21 May 2017. Read more about Indonesia as Country of Focus and download the […] More
Denmark, International, Exhibitions
Date: April 21, 2017 - August 27, 2017
The 2017 Socle du Monde Biennale – to challenge the Earth, the Moon, the Sun & the Stars opens at HEART and other venues in Herning, mid-Denmark (21 April – 27 August) and is the 7th edition of the biennale, presenting works by 62 artists from all over the world. Socle du Monde 2017 presents a wide […] More
Europe, Italy, Culture News, Festivals, Festivals, Film, Film Events, Film News
To commemorate its 20th anniversary, ASEF has recently launched Mobility First! – ASEF Cultural Mobility Initiative, a new fund that supports the movement of artists & cultural professionals to be able to participate in key cross-border activities in Asia & Europe. The 19th edition of Far East Film Festival (FEFF) (20-30 April, Udine, Italy) is […] More
Cyprus, Europe, International, Conferences, Meetings
Date: June 9, 2017 - June 11, 2017
The 7th European Forum on Music takes place 9-11 June in Pafos, Cyprus, on the theme 'Music and Cultural Diplomacy: Linking Continents – Bridging Cultures'. Registration is open to music practitioners, networks, organisations, teachers and other music enthusiasts and professionals to exchange, learn and network on culture and music as soft powers. 7th European Forum […] More
International, Spain, Conferences, Meetings
Date: May 11, 2017 - May 12, 2017
The best Art + Science + Technology projects around the world will meet again in Bilbao for Technarte 2017 on 11-12 May 2017. Registration is open. Interaction Design, Human Computer Interaction, Big Data Art, Interactive Interfaces, Digital Design, Art and Robotics or Alive Architecture among other innovative disciplines. And a full conference day focused in IoT and […] More
Asia, China, France, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Festivals
Date: April 19, 2017 - April 29, 2017
Made in Asia 2017 festival takes place in Toulouse from 19-29 April. For this 10th edition, the annual Made in Asia Festival presents artists from various different Asian countries, including China, Korea, Japan and Singapore. The artists invited to this event, which is unique in France, take the audience on a journey and through their artistic […] More
Germany, Greece, International, Exhibitions
Date: April 8, 2017 - July 16, 2017
On April 8, documenta 14 opens its exhibition in Athens. Extending over the city in more than 40 different public institutions, squares, cinemas, university locations, and libraries, over 160 international artists will show works newly conceived for documenta 14. The Inauguration Week Program is here On April 8-9, artist Nikhil Chopra from India will be Drawing […] More
International, Japan, Exhibitions, Festivals
Date: April 15, 2017 - May 14, 2017
The Kyotographie International Photography Festival is held annually over four weeks during the height of the spring tourist season in Kyoto, in a style that is unique in Asia. 2017 Kyotographie festival on the theme of LOVE is held 15 April – 14 May. Exhibitions are spread across the city, staged creatively in various traditional […] More
Belgium, Europe, Germany, Meetings
Date: May 2, 2017
In 2017, ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) is celebrating its hundredth anniversary. A public conversation will be held in Brussels: Beyond Us versus Them – The Role of Culture in a Divided Europe on 2 May 2017 at 6.30 pm. Registration is open. Populism, extremism and Euroscepticism: To what extent can the cultural sector counteract these increasing divisions, which can […] More
Date: February 9, 2017 - December 31, 2017
Australia now is a year-long program to showcase Australian culture in Germany in 2017, to highlight new collaborations and deepen networks across a variety of fields. Through music, circus, visual arts, dance, theatre, cinema, photography, sport, science and technology – we invite you to experience the vitality and diversity of Australian culture. Come, see and […] More
China, Netherlands, Exhibitions
Date: March 24, 2017 - April 23, 2017
From 24 March until 23 April, Maastricht-based interdisciplinary platform Fashionclash, jointly with Chinese partners Punch Me, Cross Lab and Dutch-Chinese organization About Asia will introduce Fashionclash 2017: Future of Fashion in Chengdu, China. After a successful first exhibition of Fashionclash in China in 2015, as part of an exchange programme between the sister-cities of Maastricht […] More
Asia, Korea, United Kingdom, Conferences
Date: April 4, 2017 - April 5, 2017
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul (MMCA, Seoul) is pleased to present Territories Disrupted: Asian Art after 1989, an international symposium on 4-5 April 2017 co-organized with the Tate Research Center: Asia. The symposium consists of lectures and discussions of professionals in the art field, placing the historical fall of the Berlin […] More
Australia, Philippines, Exhibitions
Date: March 16, 2017 - April 30, 2017
Mutable Truths: Perspectives on Philippine Contemporary Art Practice exhibition is on from 16 March to 30 April at the La Trobe Art Institute in Bendigo, Victoria State, Australia. Contemporary Philippine Art is presented in partnership with the Ateneo Art Gallery, Ateneo de Manila University. La Trobe University and Ateneo de Manila University celebrate their Artist in Residence […] More
China, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Festivals
Date: March 17, 2017 - March 26, 2017
Together with the Nordic Embassies and the Nordic Film Institutes, Danish Cultural Center is proud to present the first Nordic Film Festival in Beijing from the 17th to 26th of March 2017. The program is diverse and made up of significant and carefully selected films from Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Together with the 12 feature films […] More
Asia, Australia, Germany, Indonesia, New Zealand, Exhibitions, Meetings
Date: March 1, 2017 - April 30, 2017
The IKAT / eCUT is a Goethe-Institut project exploring the past, present and future of textiles in Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand. A range of activities are taking place during March and April 2017. Southeast Asia is a region in which textiles play a hugely important role. Not only are textiles produced in many countries, […] More
Date: March 31, 2017 - June 4, 2017
In Wrocław, Poland, the exhibition 'Everything and Nothing' by Japanese media artist Norimichi Hirakawa runs 31 March – 4 June. The show is developed as part of the forthcoming 17th WRO Media Art Biennale, which will open on 17 May. Norimichi Hirakawa came on a study visit to Wrocław in March 2016, and is developing a new […] More
Date: May 18, 2017 - May 19, 2017
The international conference 'Perspectives of national cultural policy development in the EU context: critical dialogues' will take place in Zagreb on 18-19 May 2017. The conference is organised within the framework of activities of the Jean Monnet project 'EU Competences and National Cultural Policies: Critical Dialogues' and it intends to contribute to enhancing the knowledge […] More
Croatia, International, Open Calls, Training
Deadline: May 31, 2017
Unicult2020 – The International Arts & Cultural Management and Policy Programme takes place July 3rd – 16th 2017 at the University of Rijeka, Croatia. Applications open. Unicult2020 is the International Arts & Cultural Management and Policy Programme held at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences – University of Rijeka. It is in conformity with Bologna Process […] More
Europe, France, Netherlands, Exhibitions
Date: March 31, 2017 - April 2, 2017
The European Artistic Crafts Days – Journees Europeennes des Metiers d'Art – take place in numerous European countries for three days (March 31 – April 2). It will be organised around the theme 'Forging Links'. These links are cultural, social, and economic. The idea is to promote the diversity of crafts and the connections […] More
Europe, International, Portugal, Conferences, Festivals, Meetings
Date: May 24, 2017 - May 26, 2017
Register now for FRESH STREET#2 – International Seminar for the Development of Street Arts which takes place in Portugal May 24-26, in partnership with Imaginarius International Street Theatre Festival in Santa Maria da Feira. 50 speakers from 25 countries | 3 Plenary Sessions | 1 Professional Marketplace | 3 Overview Sessions | 1 Welcome Party | […] More
Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, Training
Date: June 9, 2017 - December 15, 2017
The 2017 Designing for Social Innovation and Leadership courses are available, with options online and in the field (in Indonesia, Thailand and Cambodia). Join DSIL Course starting this June, August or September for a globally certified professional development experience – designed for individuals from all sectors who are ready to expand their leadership skills through […] More
Date: March 23, 2017 - March 26, 2017
ICONBAS-MASEC 2017, the 2nd International Conference on Bajau/Sama Diaspora & Maritime Southeast Asian Cultures takes place in Semporna, Sabah (Borneo, Malaysia) 23-26 March 2017. The conference will run for a total of 4 days: A half-day registration and welcome ceremony on the first day, followed by three consecutive days of papers/workshops/performances from 9:00 am – […] More
China, Europe, International, Training
Date: October 17, 2017 - October 23, 2017
The Festival Academy (an initiative of the European Festivals Association) is delighted to launch the call for applications for a new programme, the first Atelier for Young Festival and Cultural Managers Shanghai 2017. This programme is set up and developed by The Festival Academy and the China Shanghai International Arts Festival. DEADLINE EXTENDED! Apply by […] More
International, Singapore, Festivals
Date: March 10, 2017 - March 25, 2017
The 2017 NUS Arts Festival, at National University of Singapore, takes the theme Brave New Worlds and runs 10-25 March. The festival focuses on collaborative works. Each piece is thematically linked, yet is developed by a combination of world leading academics, students and globally recognised artists. There are also various performances by student ensembles from NUS. […] More
China, Spain, Festivals, Meetings
Date: April 1, 2017
On 1st April, join the 1st Hong Kong edition of Sónar, the pioneering festival from Barcelona celebrating music, creativity and technology. Alongside the festival is the Sónar +D – Congress of creative technology including Workshops, Talks, an Expo, Virtual Reality and New Media for creative communities. Respected by music fans the world over for its eclectic lineup, […] More
Cambodia, International, Thailand, Festivals
Date: March 8, 2017 - March 15, 2017
Timed with International Women's Day and synchronized with other similar events in main capitals of the World – London, New York, Mexico, Panama, Paris, Reykjavik, Sao Paulo – the week-long event#HeForShe #ArtsWeekBangkok takes place from 8th to 15th March 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand. The event is organised by UN Women and aims to raise public […] More
Date: March 2, 2017 - March 4, 2017
The 13th IAWRT Asian Women's Film Festival will take place in New Delhi from 2-4 March, 2017 at the India International Centre. The festival will showcase the works of Asian women Directors living in any part of the world in different genres – animation, non-fiction, short fiction/feature fiction, experimental and student films. The festival was launched in 2005 and has grown in strength and popularity with film […] More
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Robert Pattinson Gossip
Robert Pattinson gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Twigs and Pattinson are back…but where's Charlie?
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FKA twigs and Robert Pattinson were in London on Tuesday, photographed at an event. I know he didn't feel like doing his hair that night but that beanie is taking away from how attractive he is right now. Remember those photos last week Full Story
FKA twigs & Robert Pattinson at the MOBO Awards
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FKA twigs performed last night at the MOBO Awards and she won the award for Best Video for Pendulum. For several weeks now there's been speculation about her relationship, whether or not she and Robert Pattinson are still engaged. They didn't walk the carpet at the event but she was wearing her engagement ring. Full Story
Charlie's moustache
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The other day I posted photos of Charlie Hunnam on the set of The Lost City Of Z. Some of you weren't happy with this because of his moustache. So I'm giving you some new angles, clearer shots. Better? I don't mind it. I love his hair right now too. Full Story
"The way you dismiss me will turn into missing me"
FKA twigs released her third EP yesterday called M3LL155X along with a short film that includes four of the five songs. It's 17 mesmerising minutes that don't feel like a commitment at all because, well, she's not James Franco. twigs directed the film herself to illustrate what she calls "process of feeling pregnant with pain, birthing creativity and liberation". Full Story
FKA twigs & Robert Pattinson's wedding push
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PEOPLE posted a story late yesterday afternoon about FKA twigs and Robert Pattinson's upcoming wedding. They've been engaged a few months. And apparently the wedding has been pushed back, not because they're unsure but because, at least according to PEOPLE's sources, twigs can't decide what kind of wedding she wants. Full Story
Robert Pattinson is cold porridge
A while back a request came in for a career prospectus on Robert Pattinson, which was completely baffling because, despite being the human equivalent of a bowl of cold porridge—the English dude version of Oatmeal Amanda Seyfried, if you will—he's working consistently and with very good filmmakers. Full Story
FKA twigs & "Melissa"
You remember when there was a Beyonce and a Sasha Fierce? FKA twigs has one too. Only, hilariously, hers is called "Melissa". I don't know why that's so funny to me. And she claims it's not a "weird alter ego" which is maybe why it's "Melissa". Full Story
FKA twigs and the Pattison girlfriend treatment
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I've had several requests to cover the NYT profile on FKA twigs. You can read the piece here, published in advance of twigs's Congregata performances in Brooklyn – 3 shows beginning Sunday, tonight's the last one. The NYT review of Sunday's performance is here Full Story
Martin Lawrence: "happier than ever"
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Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Martin were at a benefit for Nepal together last night in Hollywood, leaving through separate doors. A few hours earlier, PEOPLE reported that the two are "happier than ever" now that she has some down time. Full Story
FKA twigs & Robert Pattinson: Penis & Tea Hands at the MET
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What did I say yesterday when I wrote about FKA twigs and Robert Pattinson making their red carpet debut at the MET Gala? I said I wanted her to go rogue. Well, she wore a Christopher Kane dress with a dick at the slit. That'll do. When I was in London a couple of weeks ago, Lorella and I went to the Victoria and Albert Museum for the Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty exhibit. Full Story
Twigs & Pattinson's first carpet?
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Robert Pattinson and fiancée FKA twigs flew to NYC from LA the other day so now people are assuming they'll be at the MET Gala tonight together to walk their first carpet. Can you see it? I can see it. Not only because of twigs's emerging style status but also because Sienna Miller and Tom Sturridge are also expected. Full Story


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Her "catering business/business incubator," Fiestas del Corazón, Inc. (Fiestas from the Heart), allows members of Allentown's Hispanic Lutheran congregation, Iglesia Evangélica Luterana San Martín de Porres, to share their cooking with the community, run their own business and earn decent wages. As the "frontline person," Sutherland goes to every catering event, pinch-hitting as necessary, whether she is helping cook or "just making sure everything looks fabulous."
Fiestas offers full-service lunch and dinner menus with different themes: Caribbean, Andean, Mexican, Banquetazo, South of the Border. Fiestas began four years ago when Sutherland approached the pastor of the church, looking for service opportunities for her students at Muhlenberg College. Without intending to, she started attending services and became a Lutheran—and an involved parishioner.
Sutherland describes the congregation as extraordinarily diverse. Most families live near poverty, with two-thirds making less than $10,000 a year. "But despite incredible socioeconomic, educational and linguistic handicaps," says Sutherland, "the women are able to keep their families going. Their kids and houses are immaculate, and they can pull things together in a way that many people just can't."
And, they are fantastic cooks. "Whenever there is a celebration, they just whip out these incredible meals on a total shoestring budget. I realized, wow, they really have something here. We could exploit this, get these women into some sort of regular, dignified employment. This can be a channel for them to move up and out of poverty."
Fiestas has 15 employees who work on a job-to-job basis. The women—most of the people involved with Fiestas are women and older girls—cook, serve, clean tables and supervise events, which average one a month, though the fall of 2000 marked an upswing with three to five events a month. The wages are between eight and nine dollars an hour after taxes, considerably more than wages at fast food restaurants. Since most of the employees have had little exposure to regular, paid employment, workers learn basic job skills and habits. The older women gain valuable opportunities to develop and use their English, the first language of the younger generation.
The workers are not the only beneficiaries of Fiestas' mission, says Sutherland. Allentown as a whole benefits from a trained, empowered and well-employed population and from seeing the Latino communities in an active, positive light. "Our customers are progressive groups who want that social commitment, who want to know that they're not just paying for food but helping with something a little bigger."
Though she eventually would like to phase out her leadership role with Fiestas del Corazón, she finds it difficult to train a successor because of the rampant low self-esteem in the economically depressed community. "I try to let them recognize their talents and show them that they are really natural leaders. But forces beyond their control keep telling them that they're idiots, they're stupid, they're no good. I'm here to try to counteract that." Sutherland has hopes for one woman in particular, Magali. At a recent luncheon, Magali served food to outreach workers who had met her years ago when she was homeless and immersed in a drug habit. "They were delighted to see her working," says Sutherland, "looking healthy and straight. Magali said, 'I'm so proud that they were able to see me like this. These people knew me when I was in really bad shape, and look at me now, I'm working. ...' It really seemed to seal for her that this was a stairway up, that things were looking good."
Fiestas del Corazón is incorporated and in the process of getting nonprofit, 501 C3 status. Right now employment is job-by-job, says Sutherland, but "everyone is looking forward to the day when it can become a self-sustaining, fully employing business. My hope is that it will develop into significant part-time jobs and perhaps full-time jobs for some people." Fiestas is looking for a full-time administrator and a corporate board with committed members who have expertise in accounting or the law.
Sutherland's academic career has little to do with food service. Her primary field is contemporary Spanish literature. She trains students to be ESL teachers through a community agency in Allentown, with 40 to 50 students participating each semester. "It is so exciting to see students blossom once Spanish stops being a game to them, and they actually realize that there is a reason you learn a language, that it is a communicative device. Knowing the people, culture and language—these are gifts, useful gifts.
"That is really how I live, with one foot in one culture and one foot in the other."
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December 1995
by William A. Henkin, Ph.D.
Copyright © 1995 by William A. Henkin
<Q>I've been having a discussion with my Mistress in straight time about sexual slavery, property rights, and ownership. I want her to own me completely: to control all the rights in my life about everything where I go, what I do, when I do it and with whom everything. I am extremely committed and eagerly obedient to her: I rarely fuck up, I accept my punishment when I make a mistake, I try hard not to make the same mistake twice, and I would happily die if my Mistress told me to. For all my devotion, however, she thinks it is simply impossible for one person to truly own another. She says that without some form of force to back such ownership up, the person who is property can pull the plug on the agreement any time, just by walking away.
I can see her point from a legal or a nonconsensual perspective, but can't one person own another emotionally? And why would someone walk away from an agreement he wanted so sincerely, even if he could? If slave contracts are really worth no more than the paper they're written on, isn't all our community talk about dominance and submission something of a sham? My Mistress has read this letter and though she says she does not agree with all of it, she does approve my sending it to you.
<A> As you are apparently aware, your Mistress is absolutely correct about the illegality of owning human property, which is prohibited by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. No slave contract of any kind can be enforced at law in this country, including a consensual contract: you do not have the right to give yourself away.
Even though a person who is owned in the DS meaning of the term can, technically, pull the plug on the agreement any time just by walking away, however as can his or her owner this sort of abrupt, unilateral change is not likely if the relationship has been well-negotiated at the beginning, and well-executed as it played out. Change within, or termination of, a well-organized relationship between Mistress or Master and property is more likely to be worked out the way any other relationship is altered or concluded: by communication and negotiation that aims at the greatest possible mutual satisfaction.
The fantasy of human ownership extends far beyond the mean history of nonconsensual slavery our species seems to have practiced in most parts of the globe for the past 5,000 - 10,000 years, and far beyond the SM subculture's consensual slavery as well; you can hear echoes of this desire to control and be controlled or to hold and be held in a plethora of popular songs based on the "You belong to me" or "I belong to you" theme.
But as I've written here before, people's fantasies virtually always exceed what they want in reality, and living out a fantasy as complex as one based on owning or being owned by another person is very difficult for both the top and the bottom. You can get some sense of the difficulties reflected both in the fact that the sorts of songs I mentioned are especially popular with adolescents, whose worldviews tend to be more simplistic than those of older people, and in the fact that successful human property relationships are extremely rare. Cynthia Slater, founder of the Society of Janus, used to observe that an SM relationship that lasted was likely to be a relationship that had SM in it, rather than a relationship based on SM. I might build on her observation by noting that while it may be the fetish that attracts us to one another, it is more often the human element that binds us.
For any sort of SM/DS human property relationship to have its best chance of success, whether it's a brief professional scene or a lifetime partnership, the exchange of erotic power should be clearly and consensually negotiated. Because it is negotiated, and because it is consensual, an observer might assert that no one in it really owns or is owned by anyone. So, with regard to the sexual theatre of SM, we might pause to ask what constitutes reality but who could answer such a question?
The 18th century English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge pointed out that in order to enjoy the fantastic qualities of even the most realistic fiction we must exercise what he called "a willing suspension of disbelief": we must agree to pretend that while we're sitting in our easy chair turning a book's paper pages marked with blotches of ink, we're really on a starship long ago in a galaxy far, far away; or running with the bulls in Pamplona before World War II; or falling down a rabbit hole into a world where the moon is the grin of a talking cat and where the queen of hearts of a deck of cards plays croquet using a flamingo for her mallet. If we don't suspend our disbelief, all of fiction all of art is patently absurd; but if we do, it is our willing suspension of disbelief, as much as it is the art we suspend our disbelief for, that allows alternate worlds to open up to us, bringing us insights and wisdom as well as the simple delights of escaping into a well-told yarn.
In the world of consensual slavery we also willingly suspend our disbelief: we pretend that two politically equal human beings are politically unequal; that one has power and authority over the other even if the one in charge is physically weaker, financially poorer, less educated, less sophisticated, and has no line of force to back her up; that the one who is owned cannot simply pull the plug on the agreement any time just by walking away because he has given his freely negotiated word that he will not do so. Leaving apart those people who identify spiritual dimensions in their play to which they pay religious honor, our human honor becomes our reality.
In literature, of course, we don't suspend our disbelief for just any writer: she must have a story to tell that captures our imaginations, and must tell it in a way that keeps us coming back for more. If we are not a good match with some author, or even if we're not a good match at that time, we don't play with that author, or we call our safeword: we don't read his book or we put it down and look for another. Likewise in SM we can't suspend our disbelief for just any top or bottom, even if we want to: he must be a fit with us in some way or ways. And if we have to renegotiate later we can do so with responsibility and integrity.
The human-world reality we live in is, to a large extent, what we agree with each other that it is. Gravity may not care about consent, but the borders of nations, codes of laws, and rules of aesthetics certainly do: that is why they change so readily. I can't own you physically because the law says I can't, and I can't own you emotionally because, as your Mistress observes, one person can never truly own another that way: he who is owned may change his mind as people fall out of love, and anyone can always walk away.
But I can own you as long as we both agree or recognize that I do, and as long as we agree what that ownership means and entails, and as long as we are willing and able to discuss changes of the borders if and when they occur. Whether your Mistress is willing to play this potentially deep, intimate, and serious game with you is part of what constitutes the borders of your relationship, and so it is for the two of you to decide together.
If you enter into a negotiation of this sort you might make a few unsettling questions part of your discussion. When you talk about sexual slavery, ownership, and property rights, for example, are you speaking out of a certain amount of fantasy you have not completely acknowledged even to yourself, perhaps? If not, then why, as you say, could you do something as extreme as to happily die for your Mistress, when you cannot accept her much gentler command that you own yourself? Do you want your Mistress to own you her way, or yours?
And bear in mind, of course, that if you want your Mistress to own you as completely as you say and she agrees, what you get may not be what you want. It is surely possible, for example, that your Mistress does not want the very substantial responsibility of owning another person, which is a much harder job than SM porn and weekend scenes make clear. But as she has done to some extent by approving your letter even though she disagrees with parts of it she could also take the rights you offer and then require you to run your own life as you've been doing all along. Obeying such an order would let your Mistress's reality over-rule your fantasy, and that would be an act of true submission.
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Tina Mallone Pregnant at 50(324 Posts)
AIBU to think it is crazy that Tina Malolne (from Shameless) is pregnant at 50 by donor egg?
Congratulations to her I say. I think it's brilliant news. xx
Going public at five weeks?
I was so cautious I didn't announce until after the 20 week scan...
PacificDogwood Here
My mum died at 32 leaving behind a 5yo, 4yo and an 18mnt old. I personally dont agree with having a baby at 50 but if she feels she can cope with it, more power to her
I couldn't!
Ah. Well, this thread went well
not in places .
As I said above, there is NO arguing with biology.
Our bodies age and work less well and we die.
Wanting a child is always selfish - no child has ever asked to be born. There is nothing wrong with wanting children, and I fail to see how age alone makes a difference?
Yes, the risk of illness/dealth gets higher as we age, so it depends what risk you are prepared to take. And that is a personal decision. My decision for me, and your decision for you. And TM's for her.
I fail to see the need for vitriol.
And much as we are ALL guided by our own experiences, the plural of anecdote does not data make .
Feegle, if you are still there, if I ever, ever considered having another baby, it'd be with you
Christ!! 50 isn't nearly dead!!
I lost two friends in their forties, leaving behind young kids. You don't have a crystal ball, you have no idea what the future holds. There are currently many families relying heavilly on the help of grandparents every day.
People may have a valid point if Tina Malone was 70 and in poor health. I have no idea what she's like as a person and what kind of parent she will be but i happen to not write off other women if they are fifty and over.
Shit happens, irrespective of whether mum is 20 or 50.
Do people really live their lives according to statistics, excluding all other factors? I once had a pregnancy scare when I was very young, single, and virtually penniless. There are some pretty sobering statistics about the lives of children in poverty and children raised by single parents. But when I was weighing up my options I didn't spend much time agonizing over potential statistical outcomes. Instead I considered my own individual circumstances WRT family support, educational opportunities, employment possibilities, etc. As it turned out I wasn't pregnant after all, so no decisions were necessary (huge sigh of relief for me).
I would imagine that anyone who chooses to have a child later in life goes through a similar process of weighing options based on their own particular and unique circumstances (general health, financial situation, support network, etc.). Bringing a child into the world should not be undertaken lightly for anyone, regardless of age. But relying solely on some generalized abstract numbers without thinking about the individuals involved strikes me as a very limited view.
You could have a baby at 30 and die from a heart attack or a road accident five years later, leaving your child without a parent very young.
You could have a baby at 40 and die at the average age of death 80.
You could have a baby at 50 and live to be 95.
Whatever age you die, your child will still have the support of their other parent, extended immediate family, siblings, friends, partner or work colleagues if older. Everyone dies, older new parents are the norm now, and very rarely are children left totally orphaned.
If you have the energy and finance to support a child, I don't think your age matters.
This however comes from a 44 year old sometimes broody woman with two healthy young children already (4 and 6) whose new partner adamantly doesn't want children because he is too old at 44, so I'm probably not being rational, given my baby making days are now over!
Definitely feegle, I like a good debate! Funnily enough I asked my DH what he thought when he got in from work and he was on the complete opposite side to me! But I am definitely the worrier in the relationship and he is the live in the moment guy!
I wouldn't choose them for my parents but it's hard because they obviously want it so badly, how can you say they don't deserve it. I wonder what her reasons are, maybe she is desperatley trying to keep hold of her youth or something or maybe she is having a crisis but they must be sure of their decision and are both obviously happy so I won't go all judgy and will just say good luck to them.
Yes, Heff, what you've just said is exactly what I'm asking for people to consider. Your life, your choices. Although, there are many other posters who've very plainly suggested that not everyone (dependant on age) should be afforded the same control over the big choices affecting their lives.
Debate is great though
everlong - no child chooses their family, we can only hope that when people (regardless of age) who are bringing a life into being, accept that they are responsible for considering all of these relative factors and make, or a least discuss in great detail, provision for such an eventuality as their death.
tcd - You paint a very gloomy picture of quality of life for people in their late sixties! I'm 56 and have a number of friends in the 60-70ish age bracket and they tend to be very active and fit, quite a few compete in our local half marathon, most are keen cyclists and they sail, go on walkiing holidays etc. Surely if you have a child at 50 and are reasonably affluent you will not be a couch potato with age related health problems in your 60's
On the contrary, I'm saying this as the daughter of two non-smoking, reasonably active people of 54 and 57 who are now on medication for heart conditions. Mum's also dealing with the hot flushes and mood swings associated with the menopause. Dad had a double heart bypass last month and has also been recently diagnosed with asthma. He's on so many tablets I'm surprised he doesn't rattle as he walks! And they are not unusual or particularly sickly amongst their affluent, middle class circle of friends. I can deal with this, I'm an adult and I understand why Daddy was in hospital with drains coming out of his ribs. Would a 7 year old be able to process that?
They're grand now like, but if you press "fast forward" ten or fifteen years down they're not going to be running half marathons. Most 70 year olds wouldn't be, especially ones with teenagers.
That's great if you have back up.
Perhaps some of us older mothers have made sure there is a back up plan and lots of support, set out our wills and appointed guardians, while perhaps younger mothers think they will live forever. Sweeping generalisation, but so are yours about age.
Feegle - I completely get what you are saying and the questions I have asked are me trying to understand your side better because we obviously have very different views on this particular subject. I dont feel I have the right to tell anyone what they should or shouldn't do, and there is a huge chance that by having the 'play it safe'/'what if' attitude I could be missing out on some amazing experiences in life. But in this case I feel after looking at the facts, that is still the choice I would make.
But that's my whole point feegle.
A child doesn't choose what sort of family it's dead mother has does it?
It's pot luck for that child if it's a supportive family or not.
Where does the child come into all this?
gordy - depends on the cancer.
Everlong - of course it does and I'm very aware of it, but so do many other, inter-related factors. I am at risk of developing some forms of cancer and heart disease than a woman 10 years my junior who is morbidly obese and smokes. What I am saying is age isn't the only issue.
If you chain smoke and are 5 stone overweight is your cancer risk at 35 lower than a fit, healthy none smoker of 60?
I am sorry for what happened to you everlong, it has clearly had a big impact, but its not everyone's experience. I just wanted to highlight it isn't the definitive way things go for everyone who loses a parent at an early age.
That is why, although being an older mother is not for you, that shouldn't mean other women, with different experiences,
Feegle is spot on (and possibly less emotive than me) in her last post.
Message withdrawn at poster's request.
She'll have a ball ...its the second time she's done it, she was 65 last time
I think people have an odd idea that 60+ is somehow decrepit and helpless!
diplodocus - I couldn't agree more.
Age itself brings health risks. Cancer, heart disease to name two.
There's no getting away from that.
I think it's extremely unfortunate that your personal experiences weren't positive everlong but I think Lamb is a perfect example of how positive family support can be crucial to a child.
I believe positive parenting and the support of extended family is always vital, whether or not a parent dies. It's just not about age for me.
As Kew, quite rightly points out, age is so far down on what makes for a shite parent. It's ridiculous, to me, to say a woman's age should bar her from offering a loving home to a wanted child.
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Few were surprised by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's declaration Friday that he won't seek a third term, but the famously reticent leader's elaborate farewell speech appeared to be part of a Congress party strategy to signal an end to an old – and unpopular – leadership regime and the rise of a new one.
In a rare news conference, Mr. Singh said he would "hand the baton over to a new prime minister" after elections that are likely to be held in April or May.
Mr. Singh's 10 years in office will make him only the third Indian prime minister to complete two full terms – and the first from outside the Nehru-Gandhi family.
His unexpected ascent to power in 2004 came after Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi, who is the widow and daughter-in-law of former prime ministers, refused to take the position herself.
Mr. Singh on Friday passed the baton back to the Gandhi family when he, once again, declared his support for Congress vice president and party heir apparent, Rahul Gandhi, for prime minister.
"Rahul Gandhi has outstanding credentials," Mr. Singh said. "I hope the party will take the decision at the appropriate time."
Over the last year Mr. Gandhi has gradually taken charge of the Congress party from his mother Sonia Gandhi. While many in his party–including Mr. Singh–have urged him to take a cabinet position, Mr. Gandhi has stayed away from positions of power to focus instead on restructuring his party. In recent months, he has grown increasingly vocal on pressing policy questions as he attempts to counter a growing anti-Congress sentiment nationwide.
On Friday, Mr. Singh set out a performance report of his two terms in office.
"Over the past decade we have been through many ups and downs," he said, referring to India's economy.
The same can be said of his political journey.
When he first became prime minister, he was widely regarded as a different breed of leader. A mild mannered and respected economist, Mr. Singh is widely credited as the architect of India's economic reforms in the early 1990s. His squeaky clean image made him an attractive candidate to steer India's growing economy.
But in recent years, he has come to symbolize a weak and ineffectual government. He has been dogged by allegations of corruption and blamed for his government's so-called policy paralysis.
In a recent parliament session, Mr. Singh lashed out against his fellow-legislators who were yelling "The prime minister is a thief!" because of his alleged connections with the misallocation of coal mining rights.
Under his leadership, critics say the government has failed to revive a slowing economy, curb rising prices or reduce corruption. These failures led to embarrassing defeats for Congress in state elections last month.
Mr. Singh on Friday highlighted his government's achievements, including rising rural incomes, new food security and anti-corruption laws, and better education opportunities.
"We should recognize that even if we include the years of slowdown, the rate of growth achieved in the past nine years, is the highest for any nine year period," he said. "It is not just the acceleration of growth that gives me satisfaction. Equally important is the fact that we made the growth process more socially inclusive than it has ever been."
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