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Darwinism Refuted
Distinguishing Between Science and Materialism
Karl Marx
The information we have considered throughout this book has shown us that the theory of evolution has no scientific basis, and that, on the contrary, evolutionist claims conflict with scientific facts. In other words, the force that keeps evolution alive is not science. Evolution may be maintained by some "scientists," but behind it there is another influence at work.
This other influence is materialist philosophy. The theory of evolution is simply materialist philosophy applied to nature, and those who support that philosophy do so despite the scientific evidence.
This relationship between materialism and the theory of evolution is accepted by "authorities" on these concepts. For example, the discovery of Darwin was described by Leon Trotsky as "the highest triumph of the dialectic in the whole field of organic matter."382
The evolutionary biologist Douglas Futuyma writes, "Together with Marx's materialist theory of history and society…. Darwin hewed the final planks of the platform of mechanism and materialism."383 And the evolutionary paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould says, "Darwin applied a consistent philosophy of materialism to his interpretation of nature."384
Materialist philosophy is one of the oldest beliefs in the world, and assumes the absolute and exclusive existence of matter as its basic principle. According to this view, matter has always existed, and everything that exists consists of matter. Materialism denies the evident existence of a Creator.
So the question becomes one of why the materialist point of view is false. One method of testing whether a philosophy is true or false is to investigate the claims it makes about science by using scientific methods. For instance, a philosopher in the tenth century could have claimed that there was a divine tree on the surface of the moon and that all living things actually grew on the branches of this huge tree like fruit, and then fell off onto the earth. Some people might have found this philosophy attractive and believed in it. But in the twentyfirst century, at a time when man has managed to walk on the moon, it is no longer possible to seriously hold such a belief. Whether such a tree exists there or not can be determined by scientific methods, that is, by observation and experiment.
We can therefore investigate by means of scientific methods the materialist claim that matter has existed for all eternity and that this matter can organize itself without a supramaterial Creator and cause life to begin. When we do this, we see that materialism has already collapsed, because the idea that matter has existed since the beginning of time has been overthrown by the Big Bang theory which shows that the universe was created from nothingness. The claim that matter organized itself and created life is the claim that we call the theory of evolution—which this book has been examining—and which has been shown to have collapsed.
However, if someone is determined to believe in materialism and puts his devotion to materialist philosophy before everything else, then he will act differently. If he is a materialist first and a scientist second, he will not abandon materialism when he sees that evolution is disproved by science. On the contrary, he will attempt to uphold and defend materialism by trying to support evolution, no matter what. This is exactly the predicament that evolutionists defending the theory of evolution find themselves in today.
Interestingly enough, they also confess this fact from time to time. A well-known geneticist and outspoken evolutionist, Richard C. Lewontin from Harvard University, confesses that he is "a materialist first and a scientist second" in these words:
The term "a priori" that Lewontin uses here is quite important. This philosophical term refers to a presupposition not based on any experimental knowledge. A thought is "a priori" when you consider it to be correct and accept it as so even if there is no information available to confirm it. As the evolutionist Lewontin frankly states, materialism is an "a priori" commitment for evolutionists, who then try to adapt science to this preconception. Since materialism definitely necessitates denying the existence of a Creator, they embrace the only alternative they have to hand, which is the theory of evolution. It does not matter to such scientists that evolution has been belied by scientific facts, because they have accepted it "a priori" as true.
This prejudiced behavior leads evolutionists to a belief that "unconscious matter composed itself," which is contrary not only to science, but also to reason. The concept of "the self-organization of matter," which we examined in an earlier chapter, is an expression of this.
Evolutionist propaganda, which we constantly come across in the Western media and in well-known and "esteemed" science magazines, is the outcome of this ideological necessity. Since evolution is considered to be indispensable, it has been turned into a taboo subject by the circles that set the standards of science.
Some scientists find themselves in a position where they are forced to defend this far-fetched theory, or at least avoid uttering any word against it, in order to maintain their reputations. Academics in Western countries have to have articles published in certain scientific journals in order to attain and hold onto their professorships. All of the journals dealing with biology are under the control of evolutionists, and they do not allow any anti-evolutionist article to appear in them. Biologists, therefore, have to conduct their research under the domination of this theory. They, too, are part of the materialist order, which regards evolution as an ideological necessity, which is why they blindly defend all the "impossible coincidences" we have been examining in this book.
The Definition of the "Scientific Cause"
The German biologist Hoimar von Ditfurth, a prominent evolutionist, is a good example of this bigoted materialist understanding. After Ditfurth cites an example of the extremely complex composition of life, this is what he says concerning the question of whether it could have emerged by chance or not:
There is no doubt that to accept such a possibility is actually to reject the basic principles of reason and common sense. Even one single correctly formed letter written on a page makes it certain that it was written by a person. When one sees a book of world history, it becomes even more certain that the book has been written by an author. No logical person would agree that the letters in such a huge book could have been put together "by chance."
However, it is very interesting to see that the evolutionist scientist Professor Ali Demirsoy accepts this sort of irrational proposition:
Demirsoy writes that he prefers the impossible, in order not to have to accept supernatural forces—in other words, the existence of a Creator. However, the aim of science is not to avoid accepting the existence of supernatural forces. Science can get nowhere with such an aim. It should simply observe nature, free of all prejudices, and draw conclusions from these observations. If these results indicate that there is planning by a supernatural intelligence, which is the case in every corner of the universe, then science must accept the fact.
Under close examination, what they call the "scientific cause" is actually the materialist dogma that only matter exists and that all of nature can be explained by material processes. This is not a "scientific cause," or anything like it; it is just materialist philosophy. This philosophy hides behind such superficial words as "scientific cause" and obliges scientists to accept quite unscientific conclusions. Not surprisingly, when Demirsoy cites another subject—the origins of the mitochondria in the cell—he openly accepts chance as an explanation, even though it is "quite contrary to scientific thought":
The conclusion to be drawn from such pronouncements is that evolution is not a theory arrived at through scientific investigation. On the contrary, the form and substance of this theory were dictated by the requirements of materialistic philosophy. It then turned into a belief or dogma in spite of concrete scientific facts. Again, from evolutionist literature, we can clearly see that all of this effort has a "purpose"—a purpose that requires maintaining, at no matter what cost, that living things were not created.
Coming to Terms with the Shocks
As we recently stressed, materialism is the belief that categorically rejects the existence of the nonmaterial (or the "supernatural"). Science, on the other hand, is under no obligation to accept such a dogma. The duty of science is to observe nature and produce results.
And science does reveal the fact that living things were created. This is something demonstrated by scientific discoveries. When we examine the fantastically complex structures in living things, we see that they possess such extraordinary features that they can never be accounted for by natural processes and coincidences. Every instance of extraordinary feature is evidence for an intelligence that brought it into being; therefore, we must conclude that life, too, was created by a power. This power belongs to a nonmaterial wisdom—the superior wisdom of the All-Powerful Allah, Who rules all of nature… In short, life and all living things were created. This is not a dogmatic belief like materialism, but a plain fact revealed by scientific observation and experiment.
We see that this fact comes as a terrible shock for scientists who are used to believing in materialism, and that materialism is a science. See how this shock is described by Michael Behe, one of the most important scientists to stand against the theory of evolution in the world today:
Mankind has been freed from such dogmas as that the world is flat, or that it is the center of the universe. And it is now being freed from the materialist and evolutionist dogma that life came about by itself.
The duty that befalls a true scientist in this respect, is to do away with materialist dogma and evaluate the origin of life and living things with the honesty and objectivity befitting a real scientist. A real scientist must come to terms with the "shock," and not tie himself to outdated nineteenth-century dogmas and defend impossible scenarios.
382 Alan Woods, Ted Grant. "Marxism and Darwinism," Reason in Revolt: Marxism and Modern Science, London, 1993
383 Douglas Futuyma, Evolutionary Biology, 2. b., MA: Sinauer, Sunderland, 1986, p. 4. (emphasis added)
384 Alan Woods, Ted Grant, "Marxism and Darwinism," Reason in Revolt: Marxism and Modern Science, London, 1993. (emphasis added)
385 Richard Lewontin, "The Demon-Haunted World," The New York Review of Books, January 9, 1997, p. 28. (emphasis added)
386 Hoimar Von Dithfurth, Im Anfang War Der Wasserstoff (Secret Night of the Dinosaurs), vol. 2, p. 64. (emphasis added)
387 Prof. Dr. Ali Demirsoy, Kalitim ve Evrim (Inheritance and Evolution), Meteksan Publishing Co., Ankara, 1984, p. 61. (emphasis added)
388 Ali Demirsoy, Kalitim ve Evrim (Inheritance and Evolution), Meteksan Publishing Co., Ankara, 1984, p. 61. (emphasis added)
389 Ali Demirsoy, Kalitim ve Evrim (Inheritance and Evolution), Meteksan Publishing Co., Ankara, 1984, p. 94-95. (emphasis added)
390 Michael J. Behe, Darwin's Black Box, The Free Press, New York, 1996, pp. 252-53.


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Less than two months after shale minnow Oil Basins Limited claimed to have secured Fortescue as a cornerstone investor and new biggest shareholder, Oil Basins conceded on Tuesday that Fortescue had walked away from the proposal.
Cancellation of the proposed deal does not come as a major surprise, given it was behind schedule and had attracted the attention of Australia's corporate regulator in relation to movements in Oil Basins' share price prior to it being announced.
When announced on November 15 the deal lifted Oil Basins' share price by about 35 per cent, as it appeared to represent a major coup for the tiny company to pair with a big company like Fortescue.
Worth just $4.2 million, the deal was trivial to Fortescue, but loomed as a symbolically significant diversification beyond iron ore.
In the November 15 announcement, Oil Basins said the deal was non-binding but was expected to be finalised within five business days.
''Oil Basins Limited … is pleased to advise the Australian Stock Exchange that it has secured a strategic cornerstone investment in the company by Fortescue Metals Group,'' said the first paragraph of the original statement to the ASX.
Later that day when Fortescue finally commented, the iron ore miner appeared circumspect.
''Fortescue's existing operations use a large amount of energy in the form of diesel and potentially natural gas. It is appropriate that we consider our long-term energy requirements … If we do finalise an agreement with Oil Basins, this modest investment would form part of this strategy,'' said a Fortescue spokeswoman.
Suspicions that the deal may not go ahead started to grow when it was not finalised within five business days as flagged by Oil Basins.
Finally this week, Oil Basins released a statement to the ASX confirming that Fortescue would not become its cornerstone investor.
''OBL advises that on 14 January 2013, discussions on the letter of intent were terminated by Fortescue,'' said a statement from Oil Basins chief executive Neil Doyle.
Oil Basins claimed that Fortescue remained interested in acquiring some acreage in the area - known as Derby Block - should it be awarded to Oil Basins.
Fortescue released its own statement late on Tuesday.
''We have been in discussions with Oil Basins over potential gas resources in the Canning Basin, however we have been unable to agree acceptable terms on which to proceed with a transaction,'' said a spokeswoman.
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According to investigators it happened during an undercover investigation involving a narcotics task force.
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|From: Robby Findler (robby at eecs.northwestern.edu)
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On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 7:50 AM, Matthew Flatt <mflatt at cs.utah.edu> wrote: > At Sat, 14 May 2011 20:58:53 -0700, John Clements wrote: >> I've been having trouble with an older PLaneT package, and I've finally >> narrowed it down to a problem with the change in version-numberings. >> >> Specifically, I install Jens Soegaard's gzip.plt package (which installs all >> right), and then I can't use it. The problem turns out to be that planet won't >> let me run it, because it thinks that the required & provided versions of >> racket are >> >> #(struct:mz-version 40000 0) >> #(struct:mz-version 501 1005) >> >> ... so I just need to wait for version 400.00 to come out! >> >> I see how I can hack around this problem by editing the required-version in the >> info.ss file, but if I'm correct, this means that no planet packages that >> precede the version-numbering change can be used. It seems hard to believe >> that this wouldn't have been noticed, though, so perhaps I'm wrong... > > The version number change happened on February 4, but we decided that > it was a bad idea, and it was reverted on March 28. So, the version was > 400 for all releases, and it's still 400. > > It's possible that some planet packages were created with a pre-release > version in between 2/4 and 3/28, in which case those need to be fixed. > I don't think that's the case for "gzip.plt", though. > > It sounds instead like you're using a pre-release version of Racket > from between 2/4 and 3/28. Is that right? If so, the solution would be > to upgrade. One other possible wrinkle here is that planet may be doing its own computation instead of using the version libraries (as the planet version checking mechanism pre-dates the version library, I believe), so there could also be a bug there. Robby
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If you are the kind of person who lives under a pop culture rock, you may still be hearing about the movie Les Miserables from friends, family, coworkers, and commentators. This post IS NOT a spoiler, because I haven't seen it yet. I'm one of those nerdy book worms who has to read the book before I will even think about seeing the movie. So, yes, I did start to read the book—which almost rivals War and Peace in length—and will probably see the movie sometime around next Halloween. I do know that there are lots of folks just gushing about it already. It's not just because they loved the music, or they have a crush on one or two of the leading characters (author may be guilty here too). They're coming back gushing because it's a moving story about social ills.
Two months of reading in my spare time and barely more than 10% through this novel, I came across a statement that resounds with me:
"…it is said that slavery has disappeared from European civilization. This is a mistake. It still exists; but it weighs only upon the woman, and it is called prostitution."
Now take the word "prostitution" and substitute the words "human trafficking." Our language may have changed, our perspectives may have grown, but the sickness is still there. These words, written by Victor Hugo and first published in 1862 still chill me. We are still dealing with the same ugly, unbalanced social issues that plagued a newly industrialized French countryside in the 1800s.
We know now that people of all genders experience human trafficking. We know that even the youngest members of our world are taken into this dark sexual slavery. We also know that social factors like homelessness, mental illness, or poverty can often lead to survival sex when someone has nowhere else to turn. It's really not so different now as it was hundreds of years ago. Why haven't we changed this yet?
I'm going to keep reading my book, and I'll probably see the movie in time. I've been warned that I'll need a bunch of tissues and a caring friend to make it through the whole thing. In the meantime, I'm going to pause tomorrow, on National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, to join the globe in reflecting on the tragedy of this sexually violent institution. If you'll spend January 11 in the same way, consider taking the time to read up on meeting the needs of people surviving human trafficking. From there, join me in changing this world so that 200 years from now, folks aren't looking back and mourning the unchanged status quo.


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Hearty Chili, Lightened Upby Dana Angelo White in Meal Makeovers, January 7, 2009
You just can't go wrong with chili — it's easy, cheap, versatile and, yes, good for you. Toss together a few simple ingredients, and in less than an hour, you can tuck into a big bowl. Make a pot for a crowd (perfect for a football party) or to warm up a winter night.
Of course, it's easy to load up your chili with calories and fat, but here are easy steps to make a pot for under 400 calories per serving.
1) Rethink the star ingredients
Experiment with different types of beans: black, kidney, cannelloni or pinto. They each have unique textures and flavors and are a great way to get some extra fiber. Remember, if using canned beans, always rinse and drain before adding them.
When it comes to vegetables, anything goes. Peppers, onions, mushrooms, whatever you have in the refrigerator. The secret to my chili is potatoes, a clever idea from my mother-in-law. I toss in diced sweet or yukon gold potatoes as a final ingredient, and when they are tender, my chili is done.
If you like meat in your chili, choose ground or diced chicken or turkey breast. For a leaner beef chili, use small amounts of diced lean steak or ground beef that is 90-95% lean. Cubed extra firm tofu or tempeh are great vegetarian options.
To keep the sodium in check, use low sodium chicken or vegetable broth and canned tomatoes without added salt. Tomatoes are also a good source of lycopene, an antioxidant believed to benefit the cardiovascular system and reduce the risk of certain cancers. Not a fan of tomatoes? Try making a white chili. For an extra hearty meal, throw in some whole grains — cooked brown rice, barley or whole wheat couscous — or spoon them into the bowl first and top with the chili.
2) Get spicy
Even if you don't love hot foods, spices add flavor (without the calories). A little bit of chili powder will give you a simple chili without much heat. Spices such as celery salt, cumin and dried tarragon add depth and freshness. If you're in the mood for real fire, add ancho chili powder, cayenne pepper or chipotle powder for some smokiness.
3) Top it off
High-calorie toppings can sabotage a healthy pot of chili, but that doesn't mean you should go without them. Go ahead and enjoy classics such as shredded cheese and sour cream; just add smaller amounts of the low fat versions.
- For some extra freshness and crunch try these:
- 4-5 tortilla chips – crushed, so there is some in every bite
- A dollop of creamy and tangy nonfat Greek-style yogurt
- Sliced black olives
- Chopped chives or scallion
4) Cook, freeze, chill out
Make a 30-minute chili or try a slow cooker recipe. Chili freezes beautifully, so make large batches over the weekend and freeze some for a no-fuss weeknight dinner.
- Healthy chili recipes to try:
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- White Chili
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Mesa, with her lush illustrations, creates a whimsical world for Oliver, an anole lizard. His playful spirit and love of living creatively spreads
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"She ended up in the high dep-endency unit one day when her heart rate dropped dramatically low.
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You can't go anywhere lately without hearing the Korean pop star Psy's big hit Gangnam Style. Not that I'm complaining... at least not yet.
Like the rest of the world, I really like the satirical singer's catchy song. It makes me smile every time I hear it or see the video. And what's not to love about those dance moves? Even my toddler gets in on the action and dances around when she hears Gangnam Style.
Psy may be a big star now, but he's only one of many Korean singers who fall into the genre of Korean pop, which is called K-pop for short. It's pretty great to see modern music in an ethnic language getting such huge attention.
We aboriginal people need to find our own Psy to sing some aboriginal Gangnam Style songs. I'm sure there are lots of aboriginal pop singers out there already.
We also have many singers who sing in their language, but none that I know of sing pop music.
Cree singer Carl Quinn had a hit a few years back with his country song, Nipin, which means summer. If you haven't heard him perform, you're missing out. With his synthesized voice and guitar, Quinn is like a cross between a Cree elder, Cher and Billy Rae Cyrus.
Maybe if I find this new talent, I could write the song for him.
I could call it Foxwoods Style, after the First Nation in Connecticut that's struck resort/casino gold. Or closer to home, I could write a song called Osoyoos Style, after the wealthy First Nation community in B.C. that's a winery and resort destination.
Wup, wup, wup, wup, wuppa... Osoyoos style.
That works.
Like the posh neighbourhood of Gangnam, I'm sure Osoyoos has its fair share of sexy ladies to sing about.
Like Psy, I would write the lyrics in Ojibwa, since it only makes sense to sing in your own language, with maybe a sprinkle of English in the chorus.
When Psy was an unknown singer studying music, I'm sure a few people told him that he'd never make it big singing in his native tongue. But he didn't seem to listen, and it paid off.
Making albums in a language other than English takes guts, especially if you want to get rich and famous. Maybe Psy just had a carefree "I don't care, I'm just going to make music I like" attitude. You have to admire that.
If we could find a suitable aboriginal candidate, it could happen. It could even spark an aboriginal revolution.
We could develop our own version of K-pop and call it A-pop or aboriginal pop. All we need is one A-pop hit from an aboriginal singer to pave the way and we'd be golden. We'd have talent scouts going to every rez in Canada.
Maybe even Simon Cowell would show up one day.
We could invent a few new dance moves too, although I don't think a cliché tomahawk chop or war whoop is going to work. But who knows? I always thought some powwow steps like the grass dance could really catch on if we show other people how it's done.
Best of all, our kids could learn to speak their language while getting their grooves on. Is your language at risk of dying? Then write some pop songs and throw in a good beat.
Songs are easy to learn from. It's how I learned my alphabet and my provinces. Now I've learned a few Korean words, thanks to Gangnam Style.
At the very least, pop songs in our languages could make our kids and ourselves proud. It would be a good morale boost. Sometimes I think people think we're just all about the serious stuff and we don't have fun like everyone else.
Who knows what an aboriginal pop star could achieve. Just like Psy, he could probably make other people smile.
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Sunseeker 95 Predator — By Richard Thiel — October 2002
|Part 2: Despite all the engineering brainpower invested in her, nothing compares to the feel behind the wheel.
The second-most impressive aspect of the Predator to me, however, is her engine room. How Sunseeker's design team managed to fit three behemoth diesels, marine gears, and jack shafts for the Arnesons into a space that is also occupied by a sizable separate garage is not what's most remarkable. What is: access to everything, including the two standard 28-kW gensets, is excellent. Part of the reason is that the centerline engine sits well below the outboard engines, but part is also due to just good design work. The space is huge--there's more than 12 feet of headroom in places--yet it's integrated into the design so well that the 95's profile remains low and sleek.
The exhaust system is as beautiful as it is complex. As you can imagine, routing six large manifolds to the outside in an orderly and efficient manner is no small task, but the job is somehow accomplished with minimal intrusion in the engine room. The outboard diesels each exit to their respective side, while the center engine goes out the transom. All three systems have four-inch bypasses that allow the engines to breathe even when the 95 is planing. They also produce a pleasing aggressive rumble.
So what was the most impressive aspect of this yacht? Despite all the engineering brainpower invested in her, nothing compares to the feel behind the wheel. Everything about the 95 is effortless, from throttling her engines to trimming her Arnesons to turning her power-assisted wheel. She planes amazingly quickly--about ten seconds--with little bow rise. While I didn't have an inclinometer on board, I'd guess a maximum of four degrees. Once she's trimmed, it's just point and shoot--she'll do pretty much what you want her to. Crank her wheel all the way over at WOT, and she just leans in and carves--and still makes 38.5 knots. She can cruise sedately, too, if that's your pleasure: Drop the three V-16s to 1500 rpm, and the 95 still does 25 knots.
With performance like this, it's hard to remember you're on a yacht that's 94'4" long by 20'8" wide and fully equipped in the truest sense. Her lower deck is available in a variety of configurations, but all have a midship master with large en suite head and three forward staterooms comprised of a VIP and two guest rooms. Between them is the saloon with port-side galley and dining island (with knee-level microwave oven) and a starboard settee that can easily seat a dozen. A large Panasonic flat-screen TV graces the forward bulkhead, and fixed ports just above the waterline on either side brighten the area. Crew's quarters are aft and to port in two configurations; the two-engine version offers a smaller port-side garage with starboard crew quarters.
The main/bridge deck is eight steps up and includes what Sunseeker calls a second saloon, basically a large enclosed living and eating area capped by a hardtop with four skylights. The area, fully air-conditioned, is so comfortable and well-appointed, you can't help but wonder why anyone would want to be below, unless it's to cook or sleep. For the ultimate in fresh-air fun, the entire front half of the overhead slides open at the touch of a button. The helm offers superb sightlines from four Besenzoni leather pedestal seats, aft of which are a bottle chiller and glass stowage. Port and starboard watertight doors give ready access to generous side decks, and aft, a big, U-shape settee to starboard offers the perfect vantage point from which to view a second large Panasonic flat screen to port, flanked by two occasional chairs. Being a Sunseeker, everything here and below is clad in flawless lacquered cherry and leather.
Abaft an elegantly curved sliding glass door is the alfresco portion, with a curving port-side stairwell leading down to the crew quarters (except for the two-engine version, in which access is from the swim platform), a wet bar with ice maker to starboard, and port and starboard seating aft of this. An awning that electrically extends from the hardtop can protect this entire area. There's yet another large benchseat aft not covered by an awning that electrically retracts into a monster sunpad to provide more space for guests. Stairwells on either side of the sunpad lead past Simpson Lawrence warping winches down to the platform, which has a turntable to ease launch and retrieval of the tender or PWC. All decking here and on the main level is teak.
You can find things like teak decks and a lot of other amenities on this yacht on other yachts. You might even find one with triple engines. But you won't find one that offers the unique combination of luxury, amenities, performance, and sheer pleasurable driving that the Predator 95 has. There is just nothing like her afloat.
Sunseeker USA Phone: (954) 984-2911. Fax: (954) 984-2913. www.sunseeker.com.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Experts say, despite the stereotypes, domestic violence doesn't discriminate. It affects all socioeconomic levels including the upscale and educated. Experts say affluent victims are often type "A" women who are prone to trying to "fix things" and too often make the mistake of staying in irreparable, destructive and possibly fatal relationships.
Carolyn Cox knows this all too well. By all appearances, Carolyn had it all -- 43 years of marriage, two kids, and a mansion. Carolyn can no longer hide the tears she refused to cry while trying to keep her family, business and social life intact. "I was able to go out with a smile on my face so no one would ever know it," says Carolyn. Then, the abuse nearly killed her. "I remember two of the blows but there were many more." The beatings ended in a garage where Carolyn's husband attempted to end her life with carbon monoxide from two idling vehicles. "I was wanting to sleep and something just kept me saying you can't you can't you can't you're going to die." A family member called 911.
News of the crime made many people question domestic violence stereotypes. "People want to think that it happens to somebody else, that it only happens in the apartment buildings, it only happens in the inner city, it really cuts across all socio economic levels," says psychologist Karen Kuchar.
Experts say upscale abusers are often charming. They can appear confident but are self-absorbed and lack empathy. Their high powered jobs require them to be in control - but they must control every situation and feel entitled. They use money and power to manipulate others and especially after an incident, can be extremely kind. Experts add, many upscale victims seek therapists instead of shelter services that can better detect and help them end abusive situations.
Between 600,000 and six million women are victims of domestic violence each year and between 100,000 and six million men. Domestic violence and abuse can happen to anyone, regardless of size, gender or strength, yet the problem is often overlooked, excused or denied. This is especially true when abuse is psychological, rather than physical. Emotional abuse is often minimized, yet it can leave deep and lasting scars. Domestic abuse is also known as spousal abuse, occurs when one person in an intimate relationship or marriage tries to dominate and control the other person. Domestic abuse that includes violence is called domestic violence. Abusers use fear, guilt, shame and intimidation to control a victim.
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On August 17, 2011, the Gonzales decision was issued to offer advocates the opportunity to contrast existing U.S law and policy in the civil rights arena with international human rights principles. By framing domestic violence as a human rights violation, the case challenges advocates and policymakers to re-think the current approach to domestic violence in the U.S, and asks whether fundamental rights are being respected, protected, and fulfilled. The decision holds the potential to influence domestic violence advocacy in the United States, and more broadly, to help bring human rights home to the U.S. This was decided after a 12 year long process when the three daughters of Jessica Lenahan Gonzales were abducted by her estranged husband and killed after the Castle Rock, Colorado police repeatedly refused to enforce her domestic violence restraining order against him. (www.law.miami.edu)
There are many signs of an abusive relationship. The most telling sign is fear of your partner. If you feel like you have to walk on eggshells around your partner, constantly watching what you say and do in order to avoid a blow up, chances are the relationship is unhealthy and abusive. Other signs may include a partner who belittles you or tries to control you, and feelings of self-loathing, helplessness, and desperation.
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Dave Yoder is a photographer based in Milan, Italy. He first learned about the lost Leonardo mural in 2006 and introduced the story to National Geographic.
How did you first learn about the Lost Leonardo?
I read about the possibility that there was a lost Leonardo painting behind another mural in Florence's Palazzo Vecchio in 2006, and promptly forgot about it for two years. While arranging an assignment in Florence with the New York Times, I remembered the story, and suggested to the reporter that we do a story on Leonardo instead.
What was it specifically that attracted you to this story?
I've always been intrigued by fantastical stories like this, when truth is stranger than fiction. It immediately caught my attention.
How long have you been working on this story?
The story has been through many starts and stops over the span of four years.
Why has it taken so many years to bring it to its conclusion?
Most of the delays were due to local politics, but there were also fundraising issues for technology.
How much time do you spend researching and preparing for a story, versus the time you spend actually taking photos for it?
This was an exceedingly atypical story for me. I became unusually involved with the scientific side of the project while looking for a way to image the painting while it was still behind the wall. Countless hours were invested into finding and developing a gamma ray camera to do that. So in this case, the amount of research greatly outweighed the time I spent shooting. But normally I probably put about a quarter of the time into research that I put into shooting.
Do you have a favorite camera/lens that you like to use?
The Canon 5D MII is the only body I use, and my 24mm f/1.4 and 16mm-35mm lenses are what I use 90 percent of the time. They're just the right tools for how I shoot.
What was the most complicated part of taking photos for this story?
A picture of a painting is pretty boring to begin with, but I didn't even have the painting to work with. The challenge was to find things to photograph about a painting that might or might not be behind a wall. Finding that content was the challenge.
Do you have a favorite photograph you took from this story?
Perhaps it would be a vertical picture of an endoscope in the wall, with a warrior in the Vasari fresco seeming to peer up toward it, and a spear plunging into a body below him. The real human hand reaching for the endoscope has some body language that I'd like to think is Renaissance-esque.
You've been following this story for four years. What was the lowest moment for you in trying to tell this story?
Without question, when my project to image the painting with a gamma camera was shelved for political reasons. Three years of work down the drain. It gutted me.
What was the highest moment?
Working on the scaffold was engrossing and sometimes even fun. It was nice to feel like the project was coming to a conclusion.
As you've learned more about Leonardo da Vinci while searching for this painting, how have your opinions changed about him as a person and as an artist?
He still feels like a complete mystery to me, despite having read a few biographies and studied his surviving paintings, which, as a body of work, seem very incomplete. But he had a certain magic that I think even I can see in his sketches, and paintings, especially of the female face. And I'm not talking about the "Mona Lisa," which really doesn't do that much for me.
What do you think the chances are that Leonardo's painting is still in that room?
I think it is probable that there is at least part of it somewhere in the room. I am less confident, however, in the odds that we'll be able to find it given the technology we are limited to. Limited endoscope-or more properly, videoscope-probes are like playing pin the tail on the donkey. We could easily miss it by a few inches and then the world would never know.
What were your thoughts when you climbed the scaffold for the first time and stood within inches of where the lost Leonardo is thought to be hidden?
Finally, hopefully, we've reached the finale.
Protecting the Vasari
Behind the Vasari
Restorers find existing gaps in the Vasari mural that can be used to search for "The Battle of Anghiari."
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Dietro il Vasari a Firenze
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From the mind of Steve Martin, the renowned comic actor and screenwriter, comes a wild and crazy satire The Underpants is the cheeky tale of Louise, the pretty but neglected wife of a blockheaded bureaucrat, whose bloomers won't stay on. One Sunday morning they fall to her ankles right in the middle of town-a public scandal. Her husband is horrified, fearing scandal and sure enough, two men - a poet and a barber - show up at their door hoping to rent the spare room and woo Louise, and these prospective lodgers have some underlying surprises of their own. Steve Martin brings his comic genius and sophisticated literary style to Carl Sternheim's classic 1910 farce, and has created a gleeful and giddy romp about scandal and celebrity.
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If ever there's a house that epitomizes the strength of a chic, Parisian woman, it's Yves Saint Laurent. In his outgoing collection, Stefano Pilati represented her on his runway, without compromise, as a bold and fearless power-woman—an invulnerable persona in big-shouldered tailoring spiked with leather. Her hair was slicked back into a bun, her lips darkly glossed. It's doing Pilati no disservice to say she was exactly the distantly chilly type who'd have gotten Helmut Newton excited, back in the day.
In a way, Pilati exited on the same note as he began his tenure at YSL: with a vision anchored in his abiding love of the eighties, the decade he's always cited as his formative years. Now that the box shoulder, strong tailoring, and a certain darkly dangerous aesthetic is on the rise again in many quarters, his was the most rigorously concise rendition yet—both fiercely personal, and true to the tradition of the house.
The legacy Pilati leaves for fall consists of clean-lined, high-waisted trouser suits and jumpsuits, leather T-shirts, pencil skirts, and the quintessential black YSL trenchcoat, sleekly realized in laser-cut leather. For dresses, he chose gleaming, erotically charged chain mail, semi-sheer, cutaway, and backless—yet bulletproof. For evening, there were sophisticated long-sleeved columns, minimally decorated with metallic silver chains, snaking asymmetrically around a neckline or circling the torso. Or as an alternative, the YSL Le Smoking, translated as a tuxedo coat and a series of spencer jackets, with the lapels picked out in silver lamé.
When he came out to take his final bow, the massed ranks of editors and retailers stood to applaud. Since he stepped into the shoes of Tom Ford in 2004—amid much drama—Stefano Pilati has returned YSL to profit, an achievement for which he should feel justly proud. Eight years on, he's respected as a designer who has shouldered his responsibilities with grace and resilience through some tough times. As he waved goodbye, it has to be said he looked pretty happy about it. What happens next with YSL, that's for another day. But for now, it behooves fashion to wish Stefano Pilati good cheer for the future.


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Thomas Jefferson's exact cause of death has never been conclusively determined.[1] He wrote in January 1826,
"As to the state of my health...it is now 3. weeks since a re-ascerbation of my painful complaint [a severe attack of diarrhea and difficulty urinating] has confined me to the house and indeed my couch. Required to be constantly recumbent I write slowly and with difficulty. Yesterday for the first time I was able to leave the house and to resume a posture which enables me to begin to answer letters which have been accumulating."[2]
Jefferson lived to the ripe old age of 83, but his health had been declining since 1818, when he visited Warm Springs, Virginia, to find relief for his rheumatism in the mineral baths. By some means, he contracted a nasty infection on his buttocks. This boil on his "seat" was probably more than furunculosis. Dr. Gordon Jones thinks it likely Jefferson developed a true septicemia, which would explain Jefferson's subsequent "prostration."[3] Heavy doses of sulphur and mercury in ointment form helped clear the infection but were debilitating in themselves. Dr. Jones believes the mercury poisoning helped to exacerbate Jefferson's chronic bowel problems in his last years. Other ailments included swollen legs, painful joints, fatigue, a fractured left wrist, a boil on his jaw, increasing deafness, and unspecified illnesses (of two or three weeks' duration) in 1823 and 1824.[4] At the same time, Jefferson's mind remained as agile as always, and he took daily rides on horseback. Visitors were impressed by this physical stamina.
But a serious problem manifested itself in 1825. In a letter of July 21, Jefferson complained to James Madison that he was experiencing "difficulty in making water." Robley Dunglison was called in and discovered Jefferson had "prostatic hypertrophy of enough degree to obstruct the flow of urine and cause great pain from urinary retention."[5] To treat his patient, Dunglison prescribed "bougies," flexible cylinders, made of elastic gum, variable in size, which were introduced through the urethra past the obstruction. Jefferson found relief for his immediate problem. However, in the days before sterile techniques were available, bacteria were invariably introduced. Thus Dr. Jones feels that a pyelitis was bound to occur, damaging the kidneys themselves.[6] From this point, Jefferson gradually grew worse, with only occasional periods of good health.
Though Jefferson's diarrhea abated for a spell early in 1826, it returned in full force later in the spring. By June 26, Jefferson was bed-ridden. From July 2 on, Jefferson was largely stuporous, only occasionally rousing to recognize his physician, Robley Dunglison, and his family.
What finally killed him? It was undoubtedly a combination of ailments: exhaustion from intense diarrhea, toxemia from a kidney infection, uremia from kidney damage, and finally orthostatic old-age pneumonia. He might have lived longer under modern medical care, but likely not much longer if his fundamental problem was a late diagnosed prostatic cancer.[7]
- ↑ This article is based on Russell L. Martin, Monticello Research Report, May 18, 1990.
- ↑ Jefferson to William Gordon, 1 January 1826. Copy at the Library of Congress: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtj1&fileName=mtj1page055.db&recNum=794.
- ↑ Gordon James, M.D., and James A. Bear, Jr., "A Medical History of Thomas Jefferson", [Unpublished manuscript], 119.
- ↑ Ibid, 131.
- ↑ Ibid., 131a.
- ↑ Ibid., 132.
- ↑ Ibid., 133.
Further Sources
- Bear, James A., Jr. "The Last Few Days in the Life of Thomas Jefferson." The Magazine of Albemarle County History. 32 (1974): 63-79.
- Bear, James A., Jr. Medical Chronology: Thomas Jefferson
- Burstein, Andrew. Jefferson's Secrets: Death and Desire at Monticello. New York: Basic Books, 2005.


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* Aaron J. Hubert, 28, of Northeast 5th Street, Williston, was accused of domestic battery and depriving of 911 after an incident at his home.
* Jeffery Deandre Hawkins, 25, of Northeast 11th Street, Williston, was charged with possession of cocaine and resisting without violence, and driving with license suspended or revoked, after being chased by police when he failed to stop for having an inoperative tag light. He was caught at Williston Arms.
The Levy County Sheriff's Office reports the following arrests:
Robert Cherico, 48, of Northeast 109th Street, Bronson, was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after he allegedly hit a motorcycle and its rider with a baseball bat. He reportedly told police he was tired of nothing being done about the boys riding on his street on motorcycles. Bond $15,000.
A Williston woman has been charged with four counts of forgery after she allegedly wrote checks on her son's bank account.
Tina Marie Aldridge, 42, of Northeast 155th Terrace, Williston, was charged with writing checks for varying amounts and cashing them at a local convenience store.
She reportedly told officials she needed the money for Christmas.
Her total bond was $25,000. She was already on probation for grand theft, according to a report from the Levy County Sheriff's Office.
Other arrests reported:
A young man from Williston is on the "most wanted" list after bonding out last week following an arrest and also investigation into two separate incidents.
Decoda Kadarrell King, 21, of Northeast 35th Street, was stopped by Officer James Tegart after not coming to a proper stop at a stop sign. He allegedly gave the officer a false name before his companion in the car told the police his real name. He was charged with driving with a suspended license and giving false information to a law enforcement officer. He bonded out on the same day.
The Levy County Sheriff's Office arrested the following persons. All are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. All information is gathered from Sheriff's Office press releases, arrest reports and court appearance orders.
Paul F. Schott, 21, Nighthawk Terrace, Inglis, violation of probation on burglary. Bail is $10,000.
James Steven Munden, 48, Northeast 87th Avenue, Bronson, violation of probation for battery. No bail.
David Shane Clemons, 31, Southeast 5th Street, Williston, neglect of a child without great harm. Bail is $7,500.
Tommy Glenn Chadwick, 31, of Ocala, was charged with possession of marijuana less than 20 grams after the car in which he was riding was stopped for having no tag lights and a cracked windshield.
Russell Edward Howe Jr., 19, of Southeast 3rd Avenue, Williston, was charged with possession of a prescription drug, Valium, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was the driver of the above vehicle which was stopped for having no tag lights and a cracked windshield.
The Levy County Sheriff's Office has announced the following arrests:
A Trenton man was charged with armed burglary of a dwelling, grand theft and grand theft auto.
Bryant L. Shaw, 42, was arrested after he returned to the scene of a burglary at a hunting cabin near Otter Creek about one mile north of State Road 24 in Gadsbay. He was detained by the victim. The truck he was driving had been stolen out of Dixie County. Total bond was $40,000.
BRONSON — Three people have been charged with mistreatment of a 51-year-old mentally handicapped man who was found malnourished and weighing between 80 to 100 pounds when found by deputies acting on an anonymous tip. One officer who saw the victim said he looked like a prisoner of war.
A Levy County Sheriff's Office press release said the trio, who were his caretakers, has admitted to leaving the man handcuffed in a home on Mashburn Drive for up to four hours while they dined in a restaurant. The man said he was fed rice and beans and was always hungry.
The Williston Police Dept. has announced the following arrests.
Chauncee Meyers, 17, of Southeast 10th Street, Williston was charged with trespass upon school grounds.
According to the report, Meyers was expelled from school but was on the grounds threatening other students. One student reported receiving a text message that said he would be killed.
Meyers was located sitting on a bench near the hospital. He was arrested and taken to the county jail.
The Levy County Sheriff's Office has released information on the following arrests:
A traffic stop at a South Chiefland gas station for no tag light resulted in drug charges against two people.
According to reports, Deputy Willie Barnes arrested Jonathan Clemons, 24, of Northwest 12th Avenue, Chiefland, for possession of marijuana less than 20 grams and tampering with evidence after a search of the car in which he was riding.
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Iraqi Kurdistan: Law Banning FGM Not Being Enforced
(Erbil) – The practice of female genital mutilation continues in the Kurdistan region of Iraq a year after a landmark law banning it went into effect because the Kurdistan Regional Government has not taken steps to implement the law. The Family Violence Law, which went into effect on August 11, 2011, includes several provisions to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM), recognized internationally as a form of violence against women.
The regional government has begun to run awareness campaigns, train judges, and issue orders to police on the articles of the law dealing with domestic violence. But it apparently has not taken similar steps to implement the FGM ban, Human Rights Watch found. Between late May and mid-August, 2012, Human Rights Watch spoke with over 60 villagers, policemen, government officials, lawyers, and human rights workers in the districts of Chamachamal, Choman, Erbil, Penjwin, Pishdar, Rania, Soran, Shaqlawa, and Sulaimaniya about the problem.
"The KRG parliament took a huge step forward when it passed the Family Violence Law," said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. "Authorities now need to begin the difficult process of putting a comprehensive plan in place to implement the law, including informing the public, police, and health professionals about the ban on FGM."
In June 2010, Human Rights Watch issued an 81-page report, "They Took Me and Told Me Nothing: Female Genital Mutilation in Iraqi Kurdistan," which urged the Kurdistan Regional Government, parliament, civil society, and donors to take steps to end the practice. The report described the experiences of young girls and women who undergo FGM and the terrible toll it takes on their physical and mental health. The KRG parliament passed the Family Violence Law in June 2011.
In the recent interviews, Human Rights Watch spoke with more than 20 villagers who had daughters in the age range when FGM is traditionally performed – between ages 4 and 12. Some said they were no longer intending to have the procedure performed on their daughters, as a result of awareness campaigns conducted by representatives of nongovernmental organizations who had visited their villages, but a few said they planned to have the procedure done. None had seen any action or awareness efforts by the government.
"Okay, so there's a law now, so people don't talk about it as much now, but if people in my village or another village want to have it done to their girls, they can easily still do it secretly," said a woman from Rania.
Several police officers told Human Rights Watch that their superiors had not given them any instructions or explanation of the ban on FGM. The head of an Interior Ministry directorate tasked with tracking violence against women confirmed to Human Rights Watch that no such instructions or explanation had yet been given.
The highest Muslim authority in Iraqi Kurdistan issued a fatwa in July 2010 saying that Islam does not require female genital mutilation. But after parliament passed the Family Violence Law, Mullah Ismael Sosaae, a religious leader, gave a Friday sermon in Erbil demanding that the KRG president, Massoud Barzani, refuse to sign it into law. Barzani did not sign it, but allowed the law to go into effect when it was published in the government's Official Gazette (#132) on August 11, 2011. Critics in the Kurdish region say that this was an effort by Barzani to avoid confrontation with religious leaders like Sosaae while allowing the bill to become a law, but that this approach sent the message that those against the law could continue to undermine it.
Members of parliament and civil society activists have criticized the government's lack of action, and say the practice remains prevalent, particularly in areas such as Rania, Haji Awa, and Qalat Diza.
"We don't have a problem passing laws here in the KRG, but implementation is another matter entirely, especially when the law is controversial like this one," Kwestan Abdullah, a member of the Women's Affairs Committee in the KRG parliament, told Human Rights Watch. "The Family Violence Law, in almost all its aspects, has not yet begun to support women on the ground, and this is especially true of the FGM issue. Nothing is happening, and no one is even really talking about plans to implement it."
The Kurdistan Regional Government should take concrete steps to enforce the law banning female genital mutilation, Human Rights Watch said. This should include providing training to police, courts, and regional officials to enforce the law.
So-called community midwives, women with no formal medical training but who help with births and also carry out FGM, are not licensed and so fall outside the Health Ministry's purview. Any eradication effort would have to involve community midwives and should include helping them find alternative sources of income, Human Rights Watch said.
The Ministry for Endowments and Religious Affairs should include religious leaders in training and awareness-raising on the imperative to end violence against women and girls, including FGM, Human Rights Watch said. The ministry should include information about the July 2010 fatwa in all information and training sessions. A complaints mechanism should be established for people to inform the ministry when clerics continue to preach that FGM is a religious obligation.
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I decided to join in on the fun with Karen of Did You Make that's pajama sewalong (http://didyoumakethat.wordpress.com/2013/06/23/pyjama-party-launches) – with the Colette Madeleine Bloomers. However, then I had a friend visit and she wanted in on the fun to, so I taught her how to treadle and she made some pajama pants from the Colette Iris shorts pattern. Then we had a silly photoshoot with our mosquito nets, since malaria is rampant where I live and neither of us are keen on becoming deathly ill. The full story is here: http://cathywu.com/journal/treadling/2013/06/23/double-pajama-party-colette-iris-and-colette-madeleine
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Discussion of the nature of Ultimate Reality and the path to Enlightenment
m4tt_666 wrote:to refuse flaw is to refuse life.
prince wrote:You seem very certain about all this.
So what the fuck do you know that I don't, punk?
Carmel wrote:People who think they can know the absolute truth about "reality" with the mere apparatus of an semi evolved monkey brain are deluding themselves. It's somewhat interesting to watch this mentality from a psychological perspective though. This strange and pathetic need the ego has for assurance and false security. kinda cute.
Hi CarmelCarmel wrote: I would liken a mental state that is conducive to "experiencing" "Ultimate Reality" metaphorically to holding sand in one's hand. If one grasps too tightly, the sand falls away, but if the palm is relaxed, neither grasping nor letting go completely, the sand remains.
every idea, no matter how abstract or simple it may seem has been in existence before us. the key is in the frame of time and how one uses any idea he wishes. another variable lies within the probability one will conceive such an idea to manipulate in the first place.
Dennis Mahar wrote:
Sure it's fun trekking about the foothills, using concepts like stepping stones as excitement machines...
just set some trail markers to get back OK.
Dennis Mahar wrote:This is fact.
I KNOW that I exist. I do not KNOW that you exist. This basic 'truth' is the same for everyone – but I cannot prove it. You can prove it for yourself. You do not believe that you exist – You KNOW that you exist. And in that 'small fact' there is everything you need to know.
Jan Madsen says:
December 2, 2010 at 4:51 am
We dance round in a ring and suppose,
But the Secret sits in the middle and knows.
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suki says:
December 2, 2010 at 11:06 am
There is certainty of only 'your' own experience. Everybody else's 'experience', is a subset of your own. It will be only an assumption, to assume that 'everybody' else is also experiencing in the same way. You can never know 'others' experience, only your own experience. Then you must ask how many 'I Am's', are there? And how many Awareness' are there? If you are honest, you will verify or rather self-verify that there is only one. Your own.
Give this careful consideration! As the implications are staggering.....
Carmel wrote:Our sensory and mental perceptions are most definitely relevant.
We can only experience what is within our own consciousness.
I have no intention of worshipping "Ultimate Reality" like a god.
In fact, that was, in part, the point of notion of neither affirming nor rejecting any concept.
I would liken a mental state that is conducive to "experiencing" "Ultimate Reality" metaphorically to holding sand in one's hand. If one grasps too tightly, the sand falls away, but if the palm is relaxed, neither grasping nor letting go completely, the sand remains.
Carmel wrote:You don't get it, you're stuck Kelly. Enlightenment to you is a superficial, logical academic exercise, you grasp too hard, at everything...words, cold logic.
no resonance.
Carmel wrote:whoa! Was that a parody of a misogynist?
cuz, may I call you cuz? You're a bit of a troublemaker, aren't you? ;)
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