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Camden broke its homicide record a month before the end of the year.
At Sacred Heart Church in South Camden, that meant reading the names of the dead one by one at the annual Murder Victims Mass took even longer than usual.
While some offer prayers, others offer the reasons that they stick by the city now best known for its deadly crime problem.
Feeling safe in the company of good people
Jean Kehner has a message for people who haven't been to her city. "Come to Camden." she says. "There's a lot of good people here, really. The ones who are causing problems are in the minority."
The 84-year-old stands in the doorway of her North Camden home, tucked in the middle of an intact block of two-story row houses. Kehner, who lives her by herself, has two locks on her front door. She also wedges a bar under the door handle.
During her childhood, little girls played jacks and jumped rope on Camden streets. Kehner says she feels safe now even though it's a very different city. She belongs to more community improvement groups than she can remember. Despite failing eyesight, she gets to meetings with the help of her walker.
"I have people today who feel as though I don't know where I'm going and what I'm doing. And they come running up to me and they want to know where I'm going, what am I doing at Fourth and Erie," she says.
"Well, I've got a meeting. They probably think, 'She's so damn old! What's she doing alone?'"
Kehner says she's not alone -- there are others in Camden who remain dedicated to this city.
"I'm involved with people who are interested in the city," she says. "They're interested in seeing improvements."
It's been years since crime has touched Kehner directly. Once, when her daughter was young, a burglar stole her family's Christmas presents. Another time, Kehner struggled to keep thieves from stealing her purse.
She says the bag held only an apple core and her glasses, but she didn't want to lose it to thieves.
"I'm not somebody who's going to give up anything," she declares.
That includes her home city.
Dependable hardware and neighborhood
A 10-minute drive away, longtime Camden resident David Garrison is at work at his hardware store in East Camden. He says the place is a bit of a fixture in this city,
"Carton Hardware, it's been at this location in Camden since 1913. So we will be 100 years old next year," Garrison said. "It's an old-time, inner city hardware store. A lot of parts and repair parts so you don't have to purchase a brand new faucet, you can purchase parts for an existing faucet."
Garrison grew up in the Cramer Hill neighborhood. He moved out of the city but still runs the business. When he bought the store in 1979, Garrison says he knew Camden was on a downward slide. But he anticipated being a part of the city's revitalization. Decades later, he's still here.
He has a close relationship with the police and says his business hasn't suffered the much from crime.
"I've been here my whole life, so it's the normal for me. But when you go outside the area and you tell someone you're from Camden they look at you like, 'Are you crazy? Why do you stay?'
"But we know the customers, we know the neighborhood and we don't have any problems." he says.
Garrison says being in this poor city has molded his business. In more affluent areas, homeowners might call a plumber or an electrician. His customers can't afford to. They walk in, explain their problems and look for guidance on making their own repairs.
'Truly blessed to still be here'
Nearby, another tough and dedicated Camden lover is standing her ground even as she heads into old age.
Constance "Connie" Williams says everybody calls her Miss Connie. She's lived in Camden her entire life. At 72 and on oxygen for her emphysema, she stays active -- going for walks and heading out to community meetings.
She says she feels safe here.
"Everybody knows who I am and I do a lot of things in the community and everybody knows who I am and I'm very friendly with the police," she says. "Not ashamed to say it!"
"If you mess with Miss Connie, then you have a whole lot of other people to mess with," she warns.
Through the East Side Civic Association, Williams helps organize community activities. That includes events in the park across the street.
Asked if she anticipated living in Camden for her entire life, Williams laughs.
"Yes, because I didn't have no money to go nowhere else! Yes! But I'm truly blessed to still be here," she says. "I've been to different states and different cities but, to me, there's no place like East Camden. East Camden. This is East Side. I know all the neighbors! Everybody knows Miss Connie."
While everybody knows Miss Connie, not everyone backs her efforts to keep the neighborhood clean and safe.
Her 52-year-old son Aaron Williams says some people pushed the family to leave.
"We've had situations where people try to scare us -- throw threats out to try to get us to move out on account of some of the things that we do around here," he says.
Williams steps outside into the chilly air and surveys the sprawling park across the street. He's proud of what he sees.
"We got the double basketball courts," he points out. "We got the tennis court but right now the net is down. We have a spray pool and then we have the pavilion."
The civic organization's name is painted on a building next to the park and Williams says the group's trying to raise money to set up a community learning center.
He moved out of the city for awhile but came back.
Camden is home, he says.
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About Patient Zero.
About Patient Zero.
Damn he was a sexy cub.
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I am heartsick. Regan did nothing while our people were dying by the thousands year after year. Yes the guy with the beard was nice looking. If that's all you got from that video then I think you need to get your history and priorities straight.
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I thought the Patient Zero theory had been thoroughly debunked. Is that wrong?
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I love how they keep referring to gay men as "the gays." I forgot they used to do that.
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Patient zero theory was debunked and the first inklings of AIDS in the US was traced back as far as 1966 - In St.Louis I believe - although they had no idea what they were dealing with.
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Wow R1. Can I have a copy of your book "How to Be a Complete Cunt in 30 Seconds or Less?"
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Randy was cute. Reagan was a cunt
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I imagine there were many Patient Zeroes. But like the report says, I definitely think it started with the Bicentennial celebrations, when all them foreigners came over here and fucked around.
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So insulting, that report.
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"Patient Zero" was not "thoroughly debunked." The sociopathic Gaetan Dugas was instrumental in spreading AIDS across America. Dozens of cases in New York were traced back to him. He was quite the AIDS Typhoid Mary; he was told that AIDS could be contracted through unprotected sex, and yet he continued to haunt the bathhouses and gay clubs in order to pick up anonymous men to fuck without condoms. His excuse was "it's their duty to protect themselves." He figures if a guy got AIDS from him, hey, it wasn't HIS fault, it was the guy's fault for having unprotected sex with him. He was quoted as saying in anger "I've got it...they can get it, too!"
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Who is Randy Shits?
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Randy Shilts was an asshole. I went to school with him at UofO and he was widely known to be an arrogant, pretentious prick.
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Patient Zero is just another phrase for Index Patient, which is an epidemiological term. There is nothing to be "debunked"; it simply IS a fact of public health and disease.
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Who did Gaetan get it from, is what I've always wondered.
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Who does op think was sexy? Randy or Patient Zero?
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"Who did Gaetan get it from, is what I've always wondered."
Considering he had hundreds of sexual encounters, that will never be known. From the way he was described in that 60 Minutes interview he sounds like he was a real bastard. And he wasn't that great-looking, either.
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Does anybody remember Kimberly Bergalis, the supposed virgin girl who supposedly contracted HIV from her gay HIV poz dentist in the early 90s/late 80s? 5 other patients of his also had HIV. But didn't they find out that she was essentially a lying slut who had genital warts and a wide vagine? I've always wondered what the real deal was in that story (w/ the other HIV patients).
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"Who did Gaetan get it from, is what I've always wondered."
Infected monkey brains?
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Any shirtless photo shoots of Shilts?
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Patient Zero was debunked. No there was no HIV in St. Louis in 1966. It began in the US in 1978, almost certainly spread deliberately by the USG. What there was in St. Louis in the 1960s was health affects of a secret army medical experiment to expose the residents of St. Louis' housing projects to radiation. That was the likely cause of the death falsely blamed on HIV.
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Shilts was a Republican and likely outlet for propaganda.
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effects obviously
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The St. Louis connection is to Robert Rayford, a 16 year old prostitute believed to have been one of the first infected persons in the States.
"Rayford had never traveled outside the Midwestern United States, and had told doctors that he never received a blood transfusion. Since Rayford's AIDS infection was almost certainly through sexual contact and he had never left the country, researchers presume that AIDS may have been present in North America before Rayford began showing symptoms in 1966.[2] Moreover, Rayford also never ventured into cosmopolitan cities such as New York, Los Angeles, or San Francisco, where the HIV-AIDS epidemic was first observed in the United States."
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#22, if that were the case why didn't it rage through the U.S. during the Free Love, condomless '60's? As soon as AIDS was released in the states it spread like wildfire, killing all it touched til the causes and preventions were reinforced.
It still spreads if you're barebacking, etc.
It has to be the late '70's.
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Rayford lived one block from where the U.S. army sprayed chemicals that could have caused his condition R22.
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[quote]I am heartsick. Regan did nothing while our people were dying by the thousands year after year.
To be fair, she did spin her head around a few times in blasphemous rage.
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The real reason they tore down Pruitt-Igoe. And a compelling answer to those who think the U.S. government would never have deliberately infected gays with AIDS.
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R15, you do realize that "hundreds of sexual encounters" was thousands less than was typical of most sexually active gay men of the time, don't you?
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Over 3500? Damn...
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The young ones here,are living in a dream world. How is it that ANY gay man does not know our history? I can not believe the guy that called [R1] a cunt! I wish I could spit in your stupid face! Everything a young gay man needs to know about the plague can be found in Randy Shilts' book "And The Band Played On". Larry Kramer is,and has always been right about the bareback generation. A generation of fools. Exact replicas of each other squirting poison loads in each others bleached holes. My (mostly dead) friends and I protested (at great peril) to gain what you take for granted. Maybe your page in our history has yet to be written,but I think you've made all the impression you ever will? An entitled,bored,jaded,mean-spirited,self-seeking,vapid and worst of all DULL DULL ,UNIMAGINATIVE NOBODY'S.
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Full of yourself much, R29?
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R29 is the real fool.
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Karposi sarcoma weeping lesions BUMP!
Viral neuropathy with seizures BUMP!
Blood fungus BUMP!
Pneumocystis with chronic diarrhea BUMP!
bareback sad bump.
covered in bumps & bruises, but totally worth it!
The "fool" on the hill.
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Back hump bump,HA HA!
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On Wikipedia it says there were already three confirmed cases among gay men in 1978, in California.
There was also a bisexual German concert violinist who died from AIDS in 1979.
After Robert Rayford, who we can assume never travelled outside of his home state, these may be the earliest cases amongst gay or bisexual men.
It's possible Rayford was infected by someone from California, or gave the virus to someone from there. Perhaps the reason the virus didn't spread sooner is because the bathhouse / sex lib culture didn't really hit its stride until the mid-1970s?
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r24 is a nut. Unless, of course, it provides something like a link to a non-wingnut source of information.
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#34, then how did it miss the drug culture of the '60's/'70's?
Why do people NEED to believe this thing started long before it did? Is it because of the link to Africa?
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I thought Patient Zero was an Air Canada flight attendant...
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He was an Air France flight attendant.
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They don't "need" to believe it started earlier. Only the government needs people to believe that, so as to divert attention from themselves.
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Any more into on Robert R. grandfather? On Wiki 'talk' section there is a mention.
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"Our" own govt. funded a "hepatitis B" vaccination " program in 1975-7, in the West Village,in NYC. There has never been a vaccine for Hep.B. At that time the biggest health concern for gay men was hepatitis. So there were no shortage of takers for what was being touted as protection from it. There were identical programs in Houston,L.A.,S.F.,and Chicago. Not one patient who received the shot survived. My friend Jay is in his late seventies now,remembers this happening,and how excited everyone was about getting "immunized". The man who was in charge of all this was Wolf Szmuness. The best book about AIDS is QUEER BLOOD, THE SECRET AIDS GENOCIDE PLOT, by Alan Cantwell Jr.,MD.
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[quote]Does anybody remember Kimberly Bergalis, the supposed virgin girl who supposedly contracted HIV from her gay HIV poz dentist in the early 90s/late 80s? 5 other patients of his also had HIV. But didn't they find out that she was essentially a lying slut who had genital warts and a wide vagine? I've always wondered what the real deal was in that story (w/ the other HIV patients).
I just stumbled on this thread. I recently read And The Band Played On. Yeah, I remember Kimberly Bergalis and the other patients and HIV poz dentist. I was in college and living in Floria when that story broke. Kim and two other infected patients talked the press quite a bit before they died. According to articles and stuff on wikipedia, Kimberely said she only had sex with two men who both tested negative. The whole story on Dr. David Acer was never really known. There were rumors that he was deliberately infecting people and some of his friends and staff members defended him.
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Coleraine's Jordan Dallas admits it took a gigantic effort to win the IBA Senior Cup last season, but it's going to require a herculean effort to retain the trophy this time around.
The Bannsiders defied all the odds to defeat Provincial rivals Ballymoney in an epic final last August to parade the famous old piece of silverware for only the second time since 1921!
It was an extra special occasion for Dallas as that little piece of history coincided with his 27th birthday. The Coleraine club was also celebrating it's 110th anniversary, so it was genuine end of season fairytale stuff.
But the Provincial boys were brought down to earth with a severe jolt when they were drawn against three-time cup winners Dunbarton for their opening defence at Lodge Road on Saturday.
"They don't come much more difficult," said Dallas.
"The celebrations went on for quite some time last season, and rightly so. We were involved in a little piece of club history.
"It was quite a job to get our hands on the trophy after such a long period of time, but now we face a new challenge and this first game will be a massive test."
Dallas agreed that it is the stand-out tie of the round.
"It's the biggest game of the day, there is no question about that. The 2013 winners hosting the 2012 winners. I don't think we could have asked for a more difficult tie in our defence of the trophy," he added.
"They have a great cup pedigree and won all their league matches to date. I've already been in touch with Dunbarton's Andy Hughes and Chris Mulholland about the game, so I'm sure it'll be a great match and a good battle between two very good sides."
The Bannsiders are boosted by the return of former Ireland international Russell Miller, who is back in the game after a long absence.
"He'll prove to be a great asset for the club," added Dallas.
"Russell hasn't been involved for a few years, but he's got the appetite back again. We've also brought in a young lad, Matthew Steen, from our B team."
Coleraine are still currently unbeaten in the Provincial Senior Lewague and Dallas is hoping to keep the run intact.
He went on: "Our league form has been pretty good so far, we are three points behind Ballymoney having won all four matches, including a home win against Portrush and a difficult away game against Portglenone.
"However, we face a tough one away to Cookstown on Monday night, so we have two massive games coming up.
"Once again, we've a great team spirit about the place, the lads are all brilliant together and they're a credit to the club."
IBA Senior Cup, second round: Aer Lingus v Rathfriland, Ballycastle v Knock, Ballymena v Ballywalter, Ballymena Park v Old Bleach, Belmont v Dun Laogharie, CYM v Saintfield, Castleton v Bangor, Coleraine v Dunbarton, Cookstown v Comber, Crumlin v Belfast, Divis v City of Derry, Donaghadee v Ballymoney, Dromore v Kilrea, Ewarts v Sydenham, Falls v Lisnagarvey, Forth River v Banbridge, Kenilworrth v Bray, Leinster v Balmoral, Letterkenny v Meath, Lurgan v Cavehill, Musgrave v Dungannon, NICS v Hilden, North Belfast v Portglenone, Pickie v Belmont Park, Potadown v Castle, Portrush v Shorts, Salisbury v Carrickfergus, Shaftesbury v Malone, St James's Gate v Blackrock, Ulster Transport v Mossley, Whitehead v Larne, Willowfield v Dundonald.
IBA Junior Cup, second round: Antrim v Comber, BETS v ICICYMA, Bnallycastle v Donaghadee, Belmont v Ierne, Blackrock/Railway Union v Shankill, Bray v St James's Gate, Brooke Park v Clontarf, Carrickfergus v Greystones, Castle v CYM, Castleton v Pickie, Cloughey v City of Derry, Coleraine v Cavehill, Divis v Belmont Park, Downpatrick v Ballymoney, Dromore v Falls, Dunbarton v Willowfield, Dungiven v Crumlin, Holywood v Whithead, Larne v Brookgreen, Limavady v Bessbrook, Lurgan v Letterkenny, Mossley v Newcastle, Musgrave v Portadown, North Down v Banbridge, Old Bleach v Dunluce, Ormeau v Ballymena, Portstearrt v Castlerock, Rathfrriland v Lisnagarvey, Ulster Transport v Cookstown, Warrenpoint v Ards, Westmanstown v Portrush.
Northern Ireland Women's Bowling Association Senior League: Banbridge 5.5 Divis 1.5, Ballyholme 6 Donaghadee 1, Ward Park 0.5 Dungannon 6.5, Holywood v Portadown postponed, Newcastle 3.5 Lisnagarvey 3.5, Whitehead 7 Lurgan 0.
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Pandora opens its gates for advertisers
Internet radio service Pandora has developed a large enough following in New Zealand, a year after its local launch, to start selling advertising to Kiwi businesses, founder Tim Westergren says.
"A year on, it feels we have the critical mass to reach out to the advertising industry."
The Californian company entered the New Zealand and Australian markets last December and they remain the only countries outside the US where the service is available. People can listen free of charge to music from 100,000 artists through advertising-supported adaptive "radio channels" that learn their listeners' tastes, or pay a $4.84 monthly subscription to skip the ads.
Westergren said Pandora had attracted 3 million paying subscribers and 200 million registered users in the US. Revenues jumped 56 per cent this year to US$427m and the company has seen its stock market valuation soar to US$5.7 billion. Twenty per cent of its US revenues come from subscriptions and the remainder from advertisements.
Unlike streaming music services Rdio and Spotify, Pandora does not let internet users listen to specific tracks on demand. It has been able to pay lower royalties to record labels, as it is therefore less likely to cannibalise their other sales. But Westergren said it was, nevertheless, finding it hard to strike licensing deals covering new overseas markets.
"Our hope is as we demonstrate the consumer enthusiasm and the benefits to the artistic community in New Zealand and Australia, where rights holders were progressive, it will validate their decision and persuade rights holders in other territories to do the same."
Some artists have complained that online music streaming services pay only peanuts in royalties to musicians. But Westergren said Pandora paid out 55 per cent of its revenues last year, and much of that income came from people who would not otherwise spend it on music.
Westergren said Pandora considered launching an on-demand service on "an ongoing basis", as it was "an adjacent capability" and people had requested that. But it had decided for now that its value lay in helping people discover new music.
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Jessie J 'an impossible diva'
Jessie J is reportedly "getting far too big for her boots."
The 24-year-old singer acts as a judge on the UK version of talent show The Voice.
BBC1 Controller Danny Cohen stopped by the set of the show recently and Jessie is said to have snubbed him while he stood outside her dressing room.
"Jessie is getting far too big for her boots. Nobody can believe what an impossible diva she has become," an eyewitness told British newspaper the Mirror.
"It was extraordinary, Danny is the most senior man at BBC1 and The Voice is his baby. He's the man who flew over to Holland personally to sign a huge deal and buy the show, and he's invested an enormous amount of his own time and energy in the format because he knows a lot rides on it."
"More importantly he was the man who gave Jessie J a job and turned her into a household name, so nobody could believe it when she left him standing outside in the corridor like a lemon."
Jessie recently appeared on the Graham Norton Show where she called parts of the singing competition show "lame."
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Must See: Senator Sanders once again calls out Congress and the Koch Brothers
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Quoted this NY Times Article from Yesterday
A Federal Budget Crisis Months in the Planning
The billionaire Koch brothers, Charles and David, have been deeply involved with financing the overall effort. A group linked to the Kochs, Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, disbursed more than $200 million last year to nonprofit organizations involved in the fight. Included was $5 million to Generation Opportunity, which created a buzz last month with an Internet advertisement showing a menacing Uncle Sam figure popping up between a womans legs during a gynecological exam.
The groups have also sought to pressure vulnerable Republican members of Congress with scorecards keeping track of their health care votes; have burned faux Obamacare cards on college campuses; and have distributed scripts for phone calls to Congressional offices, sample letters to editors and Twitter and Facebook offerings for followers to present as their own.
Bernie asked that the
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Right wing movement funded by the Koch brothers,their agenda, end medicare, massive cuts in medicaid
VERY Clear in ENDING SS
They have the best housing, health care, in the world but OBSESSED that the americans have no insurance at all! Billionaires going to war against working people is just Obscene
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Mon Oct 7, 2013, 06:25 PM
underthematrix (3,759 posts)
1. It's K*KOCK brothers!!
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Mon Oct 7, 2013, 08:02 PM
meow2u3 (21,770 posts)
3. No. It's COKE Brothers
Coke, as in the proverbial cocaine. Those addicted to Koch money might as well be coke addicts.
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Mon Oct 7, 2013, 07:28 PM
The Wielding Truth (9,985 posts)
2. Gee. So this is the USA where each person's vote is equal? Except if you have enough money to buy
the candidate who will make the decisions for millions of single voters.
Corporations are not even part of decision making of a democracy. Under our constitution, they are to be regulated by a democracy and it's people. The Koch brothers are subverting the principle of a free and equal majority rule of a true democracy. The unfettered influence of the uber-wealthy Koch brothers and other very very wealthy people in our country and across the world have no right to force their will on a voting majority. You and I, as single voters with no money to own or threaten the nations law makers are being oppressed by the power taken by these subversive brothers and their ilk. It is corruption, and it must be stopped in our country.
Do you agree? Then...
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Tadaka no Oni was the oni summoned during the Clan War by four of the Elemental Masters, Isawa Kaede not participating.
Appearence and Abilities Edit
Tadaka no Oni had large green slugs with tentacles and sharp fang, floating lazily in the air. [1] These repulsive creatures had small, ineffective legs and pincers line the length of its body. An aura of unease radiated from the oni; shugenja were especially affected by the agitation. The creature did not like expending energy to attack its opponents, taking great pains to avoid combat. [2]
Captive Oni Edit
Ruins of Yanubei Edit
During the Clan War Asako Yasu and the Master of Earth Isawa Tadaka left for the Ruins of Yanubei, an early stronghold of the Isawa, destroyed by Shadowlands creatures in the War Against Fu Leng. There they found the knowledge to Summon Oni. [3]
Seeking Knowledge Edit
In the Month of the Boar of 1127 [4] Tadaka nominated himself to be the one who gave his name to the oni, as he believed he would be strongest in resisting its will. The other masters consented. [5]
Named Oni Edit
Yasu and Tadaka began the ritual, but the Oni's will was overwhelming elder Yasu. Tadaka's sister, Isawa Kaede, joined them and with her support the resistance of the demon was broken. Tadaka bargained with the oni, which sank its teeth into Tadaka's right shoulder, drawing away blood, flesh and bone. Tadaka no Oni had been created. [3] With the powers drawn from the Black Wind From the Soul, Tadaka tortured the oni, [6] who was a source of information on the Shadowlands and boosted the magical power of the Elemental Masters, but this increase of power came at a price. [1]
Anvil of Despair Location Edit
Tadaka no Oni revealed the location of the Anvil of Despair, a powerful nemuranai sought by the Shadowlands. A band of Inquisitor were immediately dispatched to take custody of the anvil. [7]
Tadaka's Name Redeemed Edit
In the early winter of 1128, Shiba Tsukune became frustrated with the corruption of Tadaka. She barged through the guards protecting the oni for study and killed the beast with one blow, releasing part of Tadaka's soul. Isawa Uona confronted Tsukune, but Tsukune condemned the Elemental Masters for their descent into corruption, regardless of the reward. [8]
Rebirth Edit
In 1169 Daigotsu summoned Tadaka under his will from the Jigoku during the Time of Demons. He unleashed Tadaka no Oni against its kin. [9]
See also Edit
External Links Edit
- Oni no Tadaka (Anvil of Despair)
- Tadaka no Oni Exp (The Truest Test)
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Creatures of Rokugan, p. 69
- ↑ Creatures of Rokugan: Third Edition, p. 172
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Necessary Evil, by Ken Carpenter
- ↑ Time of the Void, p. 51
- ↑ Clan Letter to the Phoenix #4 (Imperial Herald v1 #4)
- ↑ Black Wind From the Soul (Siege: Clan War flavor)
- ↑ Time of the Void, p. 53
- ↑ Time of the Void, p. 100
- ↑ Tadaka no Oni (The Truest Test flavor)
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The No. 22 Auburn gymnastics team (7-11, 2-4 SEC) finished sixth with a score of 195.325 at the 2011 SEC Gymnastics Championship Saturday night in Birmingham, Ala., at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex. Attendance was 8,025.
The Tigers finished behind No. 2 Alabama, top-ranked Florida, No. 8 Georgia, 11th-ranked Arkansas and No. 19 LSU, but defeated Kentucky.
"We did as good as we have done all year," Auburn head coach Jeff Graba said. "It was our fourth highest score of the year at our toughest meet of the year. This is tougher than regionals. This is tougher than nationals and a longer meet than nationals. Basically you are in similar competition to what you would see at nationals. Four or five of these teams will go onto nationals. I couldn't be happier with how the girls did."
Auburn began the meet with a bye in the opening rotation before moving to vault for the second rotation. Sophomore all-arounder Toi Garcia led the Tigers with a 9.800, while junior all-arounder Kylie Shields and junior Justine Foster each posted scores of 9.750. Sophomore Petrina Yokay and junior Allyson Sandusky each added a 9.700, and senior Lauren Brzostowski scored a 9.675. Auburn finished with a 48.700 on the event, and took a third rotation bye.
The Tigers went to uneven bars on the fourth rotation. Shields and Yokay led for Auburn, each with a score of 9.800. Sandusky followed with a 9.775, while Garcia and senior Leah Vining each added a 9.725. Freshman Abbey Habicht rounded out the event for the Tigers with a 9.700, as they finished their second event with a 48.825.
Auburn proceeded to beam for the fifth rotation. Habicht tied her career high with a 9.825 to lead the Tigers. Sandusky posted a 9.775, while Garcia added a 9.750. Brzostowski and Shields each posted scores of 9.700, and senior Rachel Inniss scored a 9.200. Auburn posted a 48.750 on beam.
After a sixth-rotation bye, the Tigers moved to their last event on floor for the seventh and final rotation. Inniss led Auburn with a 9.875, and Garcia followed with a 9.850. Shields added a 9.800, and Foster posted a 9.775. Brzostowski earned a 9.750, and junior Laura Lane scored a 9.725.
Garcia posted a career-high 39.125 in the all-around to finish ninth.
"I was really excited," Garcia said. "I actually did what I practiced, and I think that is what I am most excited about. Mainly I focused on really having fun, and I think that is what really got me through. The crowd was really helpful too. I think we handled the pressure really well because the SEC is the biggest and the best. I think we did a really good job."
Shields finished with a 39.050 to tie for 10th in the all-around with LSU's Kaleigh Dickson.
"Overall I think I did pretty well," Shields said. "There were no big mistakes, just little things here and there so then we weren't getting the bigger scores. We didn't really show it how we wanted it to be, but overall I think we were all really consistent. We all did our jobs. It's a fun meet and high energy. The podiums are awesome. It's an amazing conference to be in."
Laura Lane was selected in a three-way tie for SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year. A junior in applied mathematics, Lane holds a 3.96 cumulative grade point average and has made the dean's list every semester. She joins Arkansas's Michelle Stout and Alabama's Kayla Hoffman in receiving the award.
"It felt amazing," Lane said. "We come to school, and our first job is academics, then athletics. To be recognized for a scholar-athlete award is incredible. That's what we work for. It takes a lot of discipline, and you have to be able to manage your time between practice and still doing your work. You just have to dedicate yourself and all your time to focus on your schoolwork when you are not focusing in the gym."
Kylie Shields was selected as a member of the 2011 SEC Gymnastics Community Service Team. The Gymnastics Community Service Team represents seven SEC gymnasts, one from each competing institution. The team looks to highlight an athlete from each school who gives back to their community in superior service efforts.
Selections for the 2011 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships will be announced Monday, March 21.
Order of Finish 1. Alabama (197.225) 2. Florida (196.975) 3. Georgia (196.625) 4. Arkansas (195.800) 5. LSU (195.475) 6. Auburn (195.325) 7. Kentucky (193.950)
Vault Petrina Yokay - 9.700 Allyson Sandusky - 9.700 Lauren Brzostowski - 9.675 Kylie Shields - 9.750 Justine Foster - 9.750 Toi Garcia - 9.800 Total: 48.700
Bars Abbey Habicht - 9.700 Toi Garcia - 9.725 Leah Vining - 9.725 Petrina Yokay - 9.800 Allyson Sandusky - 9.775 Kylie Shields - 9.800 Total: 48.825
Beam Lauren Brzostowski - 9.700 Toi Garcia - 9.750 Abbey Habicht - 9.825 (ties career high) Allyson Sandusky - 9.775 Rachel Inniss - 9.200 Kylie Shields - 9.700 Total: 48.750
Floor Lauren Brzostowski - 9.750 Laura Lane - 9.725 Justine Foster - 9.775 Kylie Shields - 9.800 Toi Garcia - 9.850 Rachel Inniss - 9.875 Total: 49.050
Toi Garcia - 39.125
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For exercise (Dance Dance Revolution) and self-tracking, I decided to buy a Wii. My first attempt, I was scammed. It arrived in August. With difficulty, I took it and accessories unopened to China. That was hard. It was even harder — for no obvious reason — to install it in China. The box sat unopened next to my TV, easily visible, for two months.
Finally I opened the box, took out the parts, put them together, added batteries, plugged it into the TV in my apartment. And nothing happened! Was my TV at fault? Or the Wii? Wii's aren't sold in China. I imagined bringing it back to America to get the problem fixed. After a few days, I tested my TV using video output from a neighbor's Apple computer. My TV worked. After the test, my Wii also worked. When I replaced the Apple input with the Wii input I saw the Wii input for the first time. I don't understand it, but that's what happened.
In my experience, this is how science works. It is much harder than expected, then it pays off in ways that defy understanding. The concept of self-experimentation is simple: I will measure X (sleep, productivity) about myself. I will test different ways to improve X, learn what works, and thereby improve X. The reality is different. For years I measured my sleep and tried to improve it. It was hard to deal with the data. Even worse, every idea I had was wrong. That seemed like a huge obstacle — like my Wii needing repair. But I kept plugging away, because it was better than doing nothing, and . . . got somewhere. Out of nowhere and nothing. Not only did I improve my sleep, I arrived at a broader idea about health that turned out to be very helpful (that our bodies are designed for Stone-Age conditions and self-experimentation can help determine those conditions, which aren't obvious). Just as we overvalue big steps (e.g., well-funded prestigious research), we undervalue small ones (e.g., cheap research with no prestige).
Science is basically a bunch of little steps. Many little experiments that explore cause-effect space. If you find a new example of cause and effect, the payoff is unpredictably large. Scientists don't like thinking of themselves as wandering ants. But that's how they are most effective. This goes against human psychology because wandering (Nassim Taleb calls it "tinkering") is low status and lonely. The payoff is too rare and too unclear. It isn't supported by powerful institutions, such as research universities and medical schools. Imagine an ant who says "I know where food is!" This is a way to get many ants to follow him, to feel important, to have high status, to get support from his employer. That's why he does it. But he doesn't know. The effect on the rest of us, the potential beneficiaries of progress, is that instead of having a thousand ants wandering everywhere, we have a thousand ants following one ant who doesn't know what he's doing.


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Everything from alcohol to crystal meth fueling epidemic
We're 26 years into the AIDS epidemic, but there appears to still be no real relief in sight from the spiraling rate of new infections.
Young and old alike continue to become infected with HIV, despite a quarter-century of warnings about the dangers of unprotected sex. It's a bedevilment to HIV service workers, but there's really not that much mystery as to why the rates continue to rise.
The culprits are addiction and abuse of alcohol and other substances, according to Melissa Grove, executive director of Legacy Counseling Center.
"This is a growing trend, and it's been an ongoing problem," Grove said this week. "It contributes greatly to new HIV infections. When people are using and abusing drugs, they are more likely to participate in behaviors that would make them more prone to becoming infected."
Grove said that any mild-altering drug even alcohol can lead to bad judgment when it comes to sexual activity, but the crystal meth epidemic has created a new phenomena. She referred to it as meth-induced "hypersexuality," a condition that often leads to the meth user indulging in hours or even days of sexual activity with multiple partners,
Add that to the false perception that HIV medications represent a "cure-all" today, and the danger of a young person getting infected becomes even more probable.
"Younger people have not seen a lot of HIV and AIDS in the way a lot of us older people have," Grove said. "They're more likely to think it's not going to happen to them."
Grove said multiple studies have shown that the incidence of alcohol and drug abuse is higher among LGBT people than their straight counterparts, and coming out often involves emotional pain. It doesn't take young people long at all to figure out the pain can be numbed with alcohol and drugs.
It all comes together to make young LGBT people particularly vulnerable to addiction and to HIV infections.
Susan Wisneski, a therapist for Legacy Counseling Center, said new infections are more likely than not to have occurred during an intoxicated state caused by alcohol or other drugs.
"They might not even be alcoholics or drug addicts," Wisneski said. "It could be a one-time experience that they have abused a substance, gotten impaired judgment and became infected with HIV. You've got a lot of people who just don't care at the moment because they are high."
Wisneski said the LGBT community is so oriented to the nightclub scene that it is easy for young people to lose their perspective.
"I know people who really don't think it is abnormal to drink to the point of intoxication on a regular basis," Wisneski said. "That is not healthy. The larger percentage of the population does not drink and get drunk on a regular basis."
Wisneski noted that for people who have become infected with HIV the use of alcohol and other drugs presents even greater complications Grove said people should understand the risks of alcohol and drug abuse and be careful not to put themselves at risk by overindulging when they socialize in nightclubs and at other venues.
"There's obviously nothing wrong with people getting together [at nightclubs] to have a good time, but for some people who have addictive personalities, that could feed the problems," Grove said.
So at 26 years into the epidemic and counting, it seems more important than ever for people to realize that becoming intoxicated puts drinkers and drug takers at risk of a far worse hangover than anything they ever imagined.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition August 10, 2007


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Members of Edinburgh and Glasgow's university boat clubs came face to face at the Riverside Museum to announce the date of this year's Scottish Boat Race which will take place on Saturday, May 24 in the Harbour area of the River Clyde.
Having been running since 1877, the event is the third oldest boat race in the world behind only the famous Oxbridge contest and Harvard-Yale Regatta in America.
Previously starting in the Dalmarnock area of Glasgow, organisers moved last year's event further into the city centre, with the new 2.6km race route running from Broomielaw Quay to a grandstand finish at the Riverside Museum.
Despite being nearly 140 years old, rivalry around the race has not subsided and each year sees two of the country's leading sporting university's vying to take home the prize.
In the men's main event, Glasgow has dominated the last 15 years with 13 wins in a row from 1999. However, Edinburgh stormed to victory in last year's race and will be hoping to build a similar run. Meanwhile, Edinburgh's Women's squad will be looking to extend their own run of wins while their Glasgow counterparts will be desperate to break their duck and claim the title.
There will be seven races in total, incorporating men's and women's events, with each team consisting of eight rowers and a cox.
Throughout the day there will also be a Rowing Awareness Festival at the Riverside Museum, providing opportunities for members of the public to learn more about the sport, as well as other water-based demonstrations from partner organisations.
The overall event will run from 10am until 2pm and is free to attend.
Speaking of this year's race, Ronan Murphy, President of Edinburgh University Boat Club, said: "This is a fantastic time of the year for the club with a full schedule of competitions. However, the Scottish Boat Race has a particular allure to it and last year's victory made our guys hungrier for more success.
"The new route had a really positive affect for last year's event and provided some excellent viewing spots for members of the public to come along and support the competitors. I'm just hoping they'll see another Edinburgh double this year."
Stephen Fisher, Club Captain of Glasgow University Boat Club, added: "The Scottish Boat Race is definitely one of my favourite events of the year and brings an intensity that is hard to match in any other competition. Last year was hard to take as we had enjoyed a long run of success, but I know both our men's and women's squads have been working exceptionally hard for this year's race and we're hoping to keep both titles in Glasgow this time around.
"The day itself continues to get bigger and better and we would encourage members of the public to come along and see some high class racing and help raise the profile of a fantastic event."
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The sounds of Animal Collective return today with an interesting new video for our viewing pleasures. The video is for their track "Apple Sauce" and serves as an intriguing interpretation of the track, which I'm not sure if I get. The clip finds a woman's lower section of her face in silhouette form as she eats a number of different fruits.
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WHITTIER >> As a longtime public transportation advocate, Eddie Solis doesn't have to deal with fluctuating gas prices, insurance premiums and maintenance costs.
Instead, as a working musician, industry professional and Internet host, he spends a lot of his time spreading the word on the advantages — not only for wallets but also the environment — of taking public transportation, bicycles, scooters and even skateboards to travel to and from work and play.
On Saturday, he will be taking over two of Uptown Whittier's most popular hangouts.
Solis, originally of Whittier, will be presenting a show of photos he took on his bus and MTA rides, at The 6740 restaurant, 6740 Greenleaf Ave. He will also perform with his hard-core punk band It's Casual at Fenix 5-4 bar and grill, 6754 Greenleaf Ave.
The photo show starts at 8 p.m. and is free to all ages. The music show starts at 9 p.m., and is free, but only open to ages 21 and over.
Solis has mixed his passion for music with public transportation advocacy since he graduated from Pioneer High School nearly two decades ago.
It was a matter of necessity.
"I got a job at a record company in Santa Monica, and I didn't have a car, or the money to commute back and forth from Whittier every day," he said.
It took about three hours each way.
"That was before the bus line got better," Solis said.
A video for the single, "The Red Line," from the CD "New Los Angeles Part I," was shot and directed by Rick Kosick of "Jackass" fame, and artfully depicts Solis' aggressive pro-public transportation message.
The release, he said, garnered his band a veritable gang of sites racing to feature it, including Huffington Post, the Metro Transit Authority's official blog and more.
Video views initially jumped to 15,340 in the first five days and continue to average 3,000-plus views per week, said Solis, 39.
The song's repetitive chant, "the freeways are not so nice," epitomizes the former marching band member's disdain of the 210, 605, 101 and 5 freeways.
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Mark Wilson, chief executive of the British Business and General Aviation Association (BBGA), plans to leave the organization in mid-October to take a new position as director of regulatory affairs with NetJets Europe. Wilson joined the General Aviation Manufacturers and Traders Association in 2003 and led its merger with the UK's Business Aircraft Users Association to create BBGA. He has been closely involved in key European lobbying issues, including the contentious debate about whether fractional ownership should be regulated under a new set of quasi-private rules similar to the U.S. Part 91K standards. Along with other fractional providers in Europe, NetJets currently has to operate under commercial JAR-OPS 1 rules. European authorities are still trying to agree on the basis for introducing the new operating regime. BBGA hopes to be able to name Wilson's successor by the end of next month.
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Latest content added for Digital Library Collection: Texas Fashion Collectionhttps://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/TXFC/browse/?fq=str_location_country:United+States&fq=str_location_state:New+York&fq=untl_decade:1950-19592015-12-21T10:25:28-06:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing Digital Library Collection: Texas Fashion CollectionEvening Gown2015-12-21T10:25:28-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc795287/

Evening gown of black satin. Full length; skirt flares slightly. Fitted bodice with low neckline and 1" shoulder straps. Off-center front closure with six satin covered buttons reinforced with two snaps at the neckline and a hook & eye at the center of the opening; bound buttonholes. . Petersham of black, 1" grosgrain ribbon; unlined. Combined designer/manufacturer/retailer label at center back neckline: "Designed in America by / Jacques Fath / for Joseph Halpert / Neiman-Marcus"
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Trench coat of brown and white tweed wool. Street length, double breasted, with bracelet-length sleeves with wide turned-back cuffs. Secured at front with four large brown faux-tortoiseshell buttons in two pairs, and a fifth inner upper left collar point to secure label/placket. Slit pockets at hips. Lined in brown silk(?) Combined Designer's / Retailer's label at center back inside collar: "Pietro / Neiman-Marcus" [on same line, Pietro in tall thin letters at center, Neiman-Marcus in shorter thick letters extending across. Fabric maker's label at inside right side "Anglo Fabrics / 100%Wool" embroidered "over" a coat of arms design in damask with legend reading "Webster Dudley / Quality and Style". With accompanying belt covered in matching wool tweed, with rectangular buckle covered in same fabric. Backed in dark brown leather. Stamped on reverse: "10"
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Day dress of olive green ground with small floral print in browns and creams. Street-length, with no collar and V-neckline. Slight gathers at sides of neckline. Short dolman sleeves with underarm gussets. Bodice is double-breasted, with self-covered buttons and bound buttonholes. A-line skirt, pleats/gathers at waistline. Lined in gold silk faille. Designer's label at left side seam: "Adele Simpson" Retailer's label at left side seam: "Neiman-Marcus" With matching contour belt of brown leather covered with same silk print. Rectangular buckle covered with same fabric. No labels/marks on belt.
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Day dress of printed cotton, brown on white, with black "spots" in a very tiny geometric pattern. Just below knee length. Double collar and cuffs with white cotton(?) button-in, detachable panels. Short sleeves, pleated into hems. V-neckline below collar, which has lower placket opening with three circular black buttons and bound buttonholes, and one hook-and-loop at waist, inner petersham with hooks and eyes, and series of 4 hidden snaps at center front of skirt. Natural waist, into which bodice and skirt are pleated. Full skirt. Lined in ivory organza/organdy. Designer's label at inside left seam of skirt: "Mollie Parnis / New York" Union label near designer's label. Size label at inside of skirt opening: "Size 10" With accompanying belt of black patent leather; 2" wide with square buckle.
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Pair of pumps of light brown leather. Designed with rounded, slightly pointed toe, the vamp enhanced with band of stitching matching the stitching around throat and upper edge. High stacked heel of darker brown, of modified boulevard style. Designer's label: right shoe: "DeLiso Debs / Designed by / Palter DeLiso" Retailer's label: left shoe: "Neiman-Marcus" Brand: both shoes: "DeLiso Debs / Opera Last" Handwritten notations inside: "5 AA 20149 14 / 4212-2XQ
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Daytime ensemble of khaki green cotton twill consisting of: A) Sun dress. Street-length, sleeveless, with deep rounded neckline. Skirt gathered into natural waist with attached narrow tie belt and bow of matching fabric. Center back zipper with hook & eye at back neckline and inner petersham of white grosgrain ribbon. Unlined. Designer's label at left side seam: "Adele Simpson" B) Cropped, bolero or shrug jacket of matching fabric. Embellished all-over with silver stitching "loops", the center of each loop having a circular paillette of reflective silver material. Single snap closure and single hook &loop at base of center front opening which crosses to fasten. Short sleeves. Deep V neckline in front. Lined in cream net. Designer's label at center back neckline: "Adele Simpson"
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Cocktail dress of red rose and green leaf print cotton. Princess style with flaring full skirt. Sleeveless; bodice with scoop neckline and low cut V in back. Knee length. Bodice draped with flower appliques of same fabric. Center back zipper. Lined in white organdy. Designer's label at seam: "Patullo-Jo Copeland" Retailer's label to right of designer's label: "Neiman-Marcus" With accompanying petticoat of nylon, nylon net and outer flounce of white organdy with red rose appliques.
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Short cocktail or informal dinner ensemble of green silk brocade with woven design in tiny gray/blue floral pattern. The fitted short jacket has a natural waistline slightly gathered at front, princess seams front and back, and cap sleeves. V-back, with open throat neck-line. Round collar trimmed with brown mink fur. 3/4 length dolman sleeves, 5 self-covered buttons at center front. Green faille lining. No labels in jacket. The dress of the same fabric is mid-calf length, and has a square neckline with small V cut in front and tucks at corners of square, back neckline V that matches front V. Short cap sleeves with underarm rectangular gusset. Three small pleats at left and right of natural waistline. Center back zipper with hook and eye closure. Lined as jacket. Retailer's label at left inside seam inside skirt: "Neiman-Marcus" Retailer's label that acts as "modesty weight" at center front inside of neckline, 4 inches long: "Neiman Marcus" The dress has a belt covered in same fabric, lined with leather.
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Ensemble of navy ribbed silk. A) Blouse in New Look style with V-shaped neckline and 1" collar. Elbow length sleeves with 1" folded cuffs. Center front opening with hook & eye closure. Patch pockets at side hips. Unlined; petersham of black grosgrain ribbon with hook & eye. Designer's label at left side seam: "Christian Dior Original / Made In U.S.A. / Christian Dior-New York Inc." B) Skirt of matching silk. Street length, A lined with pleats at 1" waistband. Center back zipper. Unlined.
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Pumps of deep brown alligator leather. The shoes are designed with pointed toes, rounded at tips. The high, modified French heels taper from top to bottom, flaring slightly at base. Designer's stamp in both shoes: "Design par / Evins ... à Paris" Handwritten maker's notation in each: "FR 131A / 7AA" Handwritten notation: "#41821"