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Hi everyone,
Whether you are a local or a tourist, thinking of where to go on weekend can be a headache especially at the hazy condition of Singapore right now.
In my opinion 🙂 ,
Uniquely as a Singaporean, one of the best thing that is we are more and more fashionable with good influence through fashion events and fashion label. I love dressing up and shopping is one of the favourite thing i love to do.
Uniquely as a Singaporean, one of the best thing that is we are more and more fashionable with good influence through fashion events and fashion label. I love dressing up and shopping is one of the favourite thing i love to do.
Looking good and making sure that i am well-dressed before heading out is important. Before go on, let me show my outfit of the day :
Let's take a look at the beautiful range of fashion pieces. This is the rack with alot of my favourite items from Sonia Rykiel. So beautiful
TYAN Fashions Group specialises in the retail of women's apparel, accessories and shoes. Besides its multi-label TYAN Boutiques, the Group also operates the franchise stores for Vivienne Westwood, Paule Ka, Vivienne Tam and Betty Barclay in Singapore. The Group recently partnered with popular Japanese handbag label Samantha Thavasa to open its stores in Singapore.
Inspired by a love for fashion and style, founder Mrs Tan Beng Yan started the first TYAN Boutique in 1986. Today, the company has close to a dozen stores under the TYAN umbrella of brands. Curated with the modern woman in mind, TYAN Fashions Group provides a wide range of quality picks, from classic-chic French fashion to unpretentiously casual-cool collections. TYAN (#02-11/12)
Textured pieces. Beautiful orange
Fashion is a reflection of your personality, a simple medium to show the world who you are. Fashion is the freedom to think and to express, to interest and inspire, to dress and impress.
Second stop , Touche Elite (#03-04) , Award winning Spa
We are greeted with 3 types of tea for our liking and our choice.
There is different types of services for the skin and at Touche, they believe every one has a unique skin type
Skin analysis is done
There is also the jacuzzi area and hydro bath for ladies who want to pamper themselves to the fullest.
After the pampering session, one can start their signature facial treatment
And they use a very good product that help to whiten the skin.
And before we go, we are given each a surprise from Rosesonly.com.sg
Good quality roses that can last for more than a week.
Feel free to order because Same-Day Delivery : Order Before 12pm and we guarantee same day local delivery!
Third stop that is a must because i guess it is always good to accessorize with good quality jewellery or to look out for something and give yourself some motivation to aim for something you like. i tried myself and find that the quality of diamonds and jewellery pieces are really good.
Defred is located at 01-02 🙂
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Time to feed my hungry stomach at Jing Hua Xiao Chi (#B1-04)
starting with the Zha Jiang Mian
Desserts time! I must say that this is really good. it is crispy on the outside and the sweetness of the red bean is just nice.
Last but not least, before i sign off,
Stay happy always


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Discussion in 'Technology' started by Hardysplicer, Mar 19, 2018.
Anyone using new version that can be linked to Farmflo Agronomist?
I signed up for version two and I am not happy with it as I cannot enter details from a phone app and have to use browser . I do not think you can batch plant or spray with it either . I was talking to Carlows second best tillage farmer and he was going to version 2 but I think he will be disappointed . Also if you use Agronomist he has to fill in fields so you can use it . There were a few flaws in version one such as occasionally spraying a field twice and the inventory was hard to manage but the field reports were excellent as was the phone app .
I've started using agronomist and farm at same time and I'm disappointed by its functionality and lack of app for operators to use smart phone
It's got a long way to go, the simple things don't work yet
How does it compare to Gatekeeper. What's the annual charge?
Annual charge depends on acerage
Its a while since I used gatekeeper
Spent few hours updating records
slow a laborious to be honest
Re-input far too much of same information over and over
I am using agronomist and farm at same time
I am constantly feeding back info to them but changes are slow to happen
If @Bog Man has thoughts on what hes doing?
If I write a recommendation for a crop for 4 fields and send it to farmer
on farmer side you have to go into each field indivually and enter the the details ie sprayer, operator, water rate etc 4 times even though you might spray it as one tank
Are Farmflo at the ploughing this year and how are people getting on with it .

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5 Stars
A deeply emotional and intense tale which is based around a unique situation Xander's little nephew Loukas is in. Reunited but not by choice Elizabeth has been summoned back to her ex husband, mortified that their marriage was not annulled as she thought Xander needs her help and offers to pay her a sum of money for her to temporarily remain married.
When Elizabeth tells Xander she would have done as he requested to help the situation for nothing it's a clear sign Elizabeth is kind hearted and although her heart was broken she's more than happy to help. Thrust back into Xander's cold world in Greece Elizabeth brings with her the sun, slowly melting hearts.
Book four of a fantastic series which also features past heroes
I really enjoyed this read for the second chance aspect, I really enjoyed the emotional and intense journey and I thought the unique storyline was a real highlight. It captured Xander's and Elizabeth's personalities perfectly and with backstories designed to tug at the heat I am heavy heartedly drawing to the end of another winning tale by the amazing Michelle Smart who has once again nailed it!


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In panoramic position and with sea view – Il Villino
In panoramic position and with sea view – Il Villino
In the east of Elba, between the towns of Rio nell'Elba and Ortano, lies the charming holiday house Il Villino in green, absolutely quiet surroundings. Consisting of a comfortably furnished living-dining room with integrated, functionally equipped kitchenette, 2 bedrooms (one with double bed, one with bunk bed) and a bathroom, the holiday home offers space for 4 persons. The highlight is the spacious outdoor area, which invites with a lovingly laid out, shared garden, a covered, furnished pergola with outdoor kitchen and grill as well as fantastic views over the hilly surroundings and the sea, to relaxed evenings with the whole family. Despite the secluded location, shopping facilities as well as restaurants and bars in Rio nell'Elba are only a 5-minute drive away. The nearest beach, Spiaggia d'Ortano, is 2.5 km or 6 minutes by car.
Bed linen and towels are not available.
Parking spaces are available on the property.
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Recently, Joel Houston, arguably the most influential Christian singer-songwriter in the world, tweeted that:
"Evolution is undeniable—created by God as a reflective means of displaying nature's pattern of renewal in pursuance of God's Word—an ode to the nature of the creative God it reflects—and only ever in part—not the SOURCE! Science and faith aren't at odds. God created the Big-Bang."
Following Houston's tweet came a myriad response, some positive, others predictably calling him a heretic, and others seemingly confused as to why the discussion was being brought up, Houston should just stick to his songwriting after all, right?
We can be pretty quick to forget; however, that this discussion is nothing new.
Back in 2014, a showdown was brewing that would make every Christian millennial conflicted. The person heralded as the hero of young Earth creationism, Ken Ham, was to debate every child of the '90s science hero, Bill Nye the Science Guy (who is making a comeback with his new Netflix series Bill Nye Saves the World). I was asked to write a piece dissecting the debate, understanding the arguments and explaining them to those who may have missed the debate or found the discussion to esoteric.
The result?
The debate was pretty terrible by all accounts, and just like so many of the tweets that were being fired back at Houston recently, pretty pointless. (A previous post I wrote for RELEVANT on moving beyond the debate of evolution and creationism, discussing the idea of believing in evolution and being Christian—spoiler, you can—can be found here.)
So where does this get us?
I appreciate Houston's tweets. As an assistant professor of theology, I am thankful for a few reasons:
- While Christian theologians and biblical scholars have discussed this for some time, it can often seem that mainstream Christianity easily misses these conversations. Houston's tweets help mainstream Christianity recognize that, yes, theology and biblical scholarship is important and does have an impact within the world we live!
- Houston tweets show us that, as the Church, there is a struggle, not between Christians and Evolutionists, but between Christians who hold to various opinions on this matter. Before we can really engage with those who believe in evolution without God, we have to be better at understanding the issue.
Picking and Choosing
Rather than attempt to dissect Houston's tweets for "correctness" or "proper doctrine," as that would be antithetical to this post, I just want to attempt to point out one of the main reasons this topic can be so vitriolic. The struggle Christians have with evolution has less to do with the concept of evolution itself and more to do with how one approaches the Bible. You would be hard-pressed to find a Christian who would deny that God could have used evolution if He wanted to (even if He didn't).
There are those who attempt to read the Bible in a purely literal way: Those who might say "The Bible says it, God did it, it is plain and clear, and that is good enough for me!" The problem here is that Christians who employ this literal approach to the Bible often pick and choose what they believe is literal. Genesis 1 and 2? Literal. Parts of Revelation with a woman riding a dragon and multi-headed monsters, horsemen bearing plagues? Well, those can be metaphorical.
There are those who attempt to read the Bible to understand it within more of its literary complexities: recognizing poetry, metaphor, narrative and the like. For many here the slogan has often been, "taking the Bible seriously, but not always literally." The problem here? Christians often pick and choose what they believe is metaphorical.
Scott McKnight helpfully reminds readers of his incredible book on reading the Bible well, The Blue Parakeet, that all Christians pick and choose. Don't believe me (or McKnight)? Read Leviticus 19. It is a list of rules and laws. Do a little experiment. After each law prescribed by God, answer honestly, would you follow that law? After you are done, pay special attention to verse 37. You may realize you pick and choose more than you first thought.
So where do we go from here?
Common Ground
Both types of readers of the text have something in common, they believe the Bible is true and inspired by God, authoritative and useful for teaching, correcting. Christians who hold to theistic views on evolution (meaning God-directed and initiated) and those who hold to young Earth creationism can take the Bible and their faith very seriously.
Both types of readers can look at the text and recognize something: Genesis 1 and 2 is really important to our understanding of humanity, our purpose, why God created everything (whichever way God chose to)—and, as we move on through the narrative in Genesis, the plight that all humanity finds itself in with relation to God. How we approach the text can differ, but this is why we need to have good discussions on them, not just ignore the complexity of theology and biblical scholarship.
Science vs. Religion: A False Choice
Though Houston's tweets went through quite a few different concepts all connected to the idea of God using theistic evolution, the most important outcome came within his claim that faith and science are not at odds.
If God used evolution to get us here, then even if we cannot understand how that connects with our reading of the Bible, it is still God's truth. If God used six literal days to create the world, then, likewise, it is God's truth. No true and authentic scientific finding is a threat to God. He created science, after all. It is only an opportunity for us to learn more about Him.
My hope is that as Christians we can embody what the world needs: the love of Christ even amid differences. It could be that in reality, it is not the biblical text that has a problem, but the problem lies in how we actually attempt to read it.
I hope more popular Christian figures within mainstream Christianity take the time to understand some of these concepts well and theologically discuss them further. I hope that in a world where many concepts, thoughts and ideas divide people, Christians overcome with unity in the Spirit.
Thank you, Joel.


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Sandeep Saib, QMentor (pictured right)
During the six month mentoring process, both my mentee, Iqra Bari, and I have had a fantastic journey, which has indeed gone by so quick! I would only love to have more meet-ups and continue this relationship for years to come, come rain or shine!
Overall, my main motive for undertaking and participating in my University's mentoring scheme is to give something back and teach the QMUL students that there is definitely more to life than just education, it is you and your life. However, to really know yourself and understand your needs and requirements, mentoring provides that necessary reflective time and space to work on yourself as much as possible, to be listened to and respected, and for that to be reciprocated.
It was also great going back to my educational roots, reminiscing of the good times at QMUL, and lovely hearing and learning from current students. Therefore, it was key for me to listen to Iqra and the meeting was really all about her needs, goals and aspirations in life, and how I can do anything in my power to help and support her and be there for her.
Being a good role model, an important figure and leaving a positive QMUL legacy was key for me, as I want to be remembered for the great work accomplished for years to come and for generations to follow. With this, my aim was to also expand on doing more philanthropic work with QMUL as an educational institution, as well as immersing myself in directly supporting my fellow QMUL students and staff members. I wanted to go out there and proactively make a change in other people's lives for the better. If I could pass on any part of knowledge and understanding of mine as possible and share it out to others for the greater good, then only greatness can come out of it all. This is what I believe and will always believe.
Iqra (pictured left) stated "When I initially applied for the QMentoring Scheme, I had hoped for guidance and advice from a professional standpoint to direct me towards my chosen career path whilst still at university. This experience exceeded my expectations and helped me in many more ways than I had anticipated. Alongside guidance on application processes and CVs, I was introduced to methods of networking and voluntary opportunities which has heightened my professional development. My mentor, Sandeep, really went above and beyond in terms of making me feel at ease and confident in asking for help. By tailoring our meetings and discussions to my individual needs, Sandeep really encouraged me to explore new and exciting opportunities. We have built a strong rapport and formed a friendship, which I hope will continue to last. Overall, this experience has significantly aided me in my personal and professional development and the lessons I have learnt will stay with me even after university".
I would like to thank Iqra Bari for being such a fantastic and lovely individual, you have become a dear friend of mine and also to Louisa Chastney, for your ongoing help and support in organising the mentoring and making it happen for us. We both had an exciting journey and thank you very much.


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Lost in Time, Love on the Road...
And still this rag-tag, and somewhat elderly band of ex-CIA agents find within themselves the fortitude to turn back the hands of time to fend off a corruptible rogue arm of their former agency bent on their destruction. The simple foil to this premise is: These retired CIA agents aren't ready to die quite yet.
That simple premise is the foundation of "RED," which, in Central Intelligence Agency jargon stands for Retired Extremely Dangerous, keeps the film's protagonist Frank Moses, played by Bruce Willis, entirely occupied. The film, like the retired Mr. Moses, does not slow down from the moment you take your seat till the moment you collect your belongings to leave the theater. It is a film with a purpose, and that purpose is to keep you entertained with constant action and copious quantities of comedic relief, while Frank and his eclectic group of retired agents ever endeavor to remain viable as life forms.
As one sits in the extra-comfortable, rocker command chair in the stadium seating theater, swept-up into Frank Moses's hectic and very dangerous environment, one contemplates the plausibility of his extra-explosive, ear-shattering swirl of a situation, and you realize: It doesn't really matter, because you, like his hapless contemporaries, are irreconcilably involved and there is no turning back until the story's conclusion. And unlike the audience, who willingly forked over the price of admission, Frank's retired comrades are unwillingly drawn into the fray because of who they are and what they have done.
Each of Frank's contemparies are still alive because they excelled at what did - kill people and remain alive during the process. As we meet them, we find that the synergies of their being are the vital components that are indispensable to achieve their objective to stay alive this time. The first of Frank's retired work-mates, that we meet, is the affable Joe Matheson, who is portrayed by screen legend Morgan Freeman. He is steady as a rock, and a deep well of past and new essential information. Frank's second peer brought into the mix is the paranoid Marvin Boggs, perfectly cast in the person of John Malkovich. Marvin's talent: Shoot straight and see them coming. It helps to be a probable paranoid schizophrenic. The third compatriot to join this diverse band is Victoria, played by the venerable Helen Mirren. She is so charming and equally as deadly on the business end of a .50 caliber sniper's rifle. To accentuate the fact that Ms. Mirren was cast against type, in the fundraiser ballroom scene, she parked herself behind a .50 caliber machine gun wrapped in her gown and combat boots.
Toss into this eclectic mix, Frank's ex-adversary in the person of Ian Simanov, a former KGB agent played by the great character actor Brian Cox, and Frank's team is loaded, and primed to fire. Victoria and Ian have romantic past, but now they are hunted, and the crux of this timeless fable is kill or be killed.
High action films, such as "RED," are always at risk of becoming a boring exercise unless they can involve a credible story and interesting dialogue. While "RED's" incredible, incessant action sequences pushes this cinematic vehicle to the threshold of a live action 'toon, its excellent comedic dialogue keeps the audience in tune with some semblance of reality, and keeps us well engaged. Bruce Willis, who cut both his initial comedic and acting teeth in the ABC television classic "Moonlighting" in the mid 1980's, has never shrunk from playing some of his characters as over-the-top regular guys. Similar to "Moonlighting" series', with its strained romantic relationship between Bruce and Cybil Shepherd, "RED" uses the even more incredible relationship between Frank and Sarah Ross, played by Southern bred actress Mary-Lousie Parker. They meet under impossible circumstances, and the situation incredibly becomes even more strained to the point of improbability; however, the comedic script keeps the mood light enough to provide an audience sympathy to their situation, which keeps us somehow engaged. Bruce Willis is especially gifted in this medium at accomplishing this Herculean task.
Similarly, Bruce Willis's Frank Moses is the more intellectual, more reserved, but just as bold version of his John McClane character from the Die Hard series. Bruce Willis is the adhesive that holds this venerable ensemble cast intact, and keeps relentless action from becoming a overwhelming ingredient in what is surprisingly a very fine film, reminiscent, in some small way but more 'toon-like, of the classic "Pulp Fiction." Bruce Willis also had a small, but important role in "Pulp Fiction" as the broken-down fighter, Butch.
Bruce Willis performs this one scene with the great character actor Ernest Borgnine. Ernest turned 91 last year: Above. Bruce and Karl Urban have an earnest discussion: Below.
Like "Pulp Fiction," the dialogue is important, but also unlike the Quentin Tarrantino Classic, this Jon Hoeber / Erich Hoebe screenplay, based on the graphic novel by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner, depends on a broader mix of the action to convey this fantastic story. In "Pulp Fiction," there were a plethora of antagonists to the point where one might consider there were almost none. In "RED," there is but one, and this rogue element with the CIA uses ambitious special agent William Cooper, played with resilient authority by New Zealander Karl Urban as the inflexible foil to project their separate ambitions to remain alive.
Director Robert Schwentke uses well all this incredible talent to build a fine film that is entertaining, fun, and pushes forward through a very fast 111 minutes that almost leaves one breathless. But not me. I'm in pretty good shape. Like Bruce Willis's Frank Moses, I'm not ready to die yet either.
Rated PG-13. Released in theaters October 15, 2010.


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Best Face Photo From 2010
I have been sitting here for a couple of hours now . . . going through each monthly file in 2010 that I have on my computer for files of photos. Do you have any idea how hard it is to choose the 'Best Face Photo From 2010'? I have so many favorites! But I guess the idea is to not pick my favorite, but to pick the "Best Face". Which is subjective, right?
I sit here and reminisce about the past year and how quickly (once again) 2010 has passed me by. How does that happen? Especially when I hear my children tell me how bored they are all the time? What I would give to be bored? Just a couple of times a week, seriously?!
Today is my 10 year wedding anniversary and my husband in in the basement watchign football and I am on the computer. I guess after 10 years if you are comfortable doing what you enjoy, let it be!
My children have grown older, I have grown older . . . my children have grown wiser . . . I think I am wiser. Although I am so busy, I don't know how I gained any more knowledge this year as I flitted from one activity to the next in a blur of chaos!
I do know that I gained 15 pounds this year, lost half my hair, noticed several more lines on my forehead . . . my frown lines are deeper . . . my hair is even more grey (is that possible) . . . all while smiling at my children each morning and each evening to ensure their happiness!
As I toast to 2011, I can only hope for more happiness . . . and bigger dreams coming true!
{and that I really lose some weight}
This little one brings more joy into my life than anyone could possibly know. The miracle baby, my miracle child who healed my wounded heart in so many ways. She is MY "Best Face" each day!


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It is not the gear, it's the programmer, you can do almost anything with a basic set of modules. and a mixer/ splitter. the most tricked out systems used by paid players has little mxers here and there. It is not to say it ain't great. The newer stuff is great mind you and for gigging and signature sounds, you can hit it every time.esp doepfer and analogue solutions stuff. The CGS, Cynthia modules are up there with EMS and Buchla and Serge without the prices and are really exciting. The Mono Evolver is the most excitng of the commercial stuff. I recently did a job with a Adrenalinn and a Farfisa e-piano and with some open minded prep covered a lot of the that boutique territory with the help of a tape delay and a 4 bus mixer. It is a great time and time is probably the only mitigating factor in the diff between a 2600 and that long list of modules. fiveman -- 1. Looking for a Davolisynt !, 2. Glide pedal for Freeman String Symphonizer 3 Tubes, your dad's power and pre


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At eleven, I decided I was going to be a professional surfer. Until that point, I was going to be the first female Major League Baseball player. While, after two seasons in little league, I felt confident I was on my way to the pro's, I was coming to see that the gender barrier was going to be a real challenge. I became increasingly doubtful that I possessed the perseverance needed to start such a revolution. I'd reached the double digits; I had to start thinking more realistically. With newfound maturity, I chose professional surfing.
My plans were launched after my dad signed me up for an all women's longboard contest at Malibu. He was thrilled at the prospect of me surfing the notoriously crowded wave with just a couple other girls. I protested sincerely, as I'd only started standing up on a board a year earlier, but in his excitement he forgot to notice. I lost both heats convincingly but I did snag a couple of set waves during a really fine day at First Point.
Just call me Anne Marie Chadwick.
My brother (far left) in his super grom days.
The contest, and with it the possibility of others like it, had an affect on both of my parents. My dad, a devout surfboard shaper theorist, realized the contests could be his shot at introducing the mainstream surf world to his revolutionary board design. He felt sure his unique fin setup would take the world by storm if only he could get word out. My brother and I, indebted to him for being granted entrance into the world's most coveted subculture, became Wojcik team-riders before we knew what hit us.
My mom, the California Girl, wanted to be sure our small collection of life experiences weren't relegated to the derelict backroads of far northern California. This was a chance for us to see the world. Or at least Southern California.
And so my parents spent money they surely didn't have on schlepping us up and down the state of California competing in a very amateur, family-friendly contest circuit. In the end, I think the people of southern California learned a lot more from us than we did from them. They learned that all surfboards do not look the same, that there's really no limit to the number of boards that can be stacked atop a '89 Buick town car, and that while house cats don't prefer to travel in cars they will if you're persistent enough.
It's safe to say I did not become a professional surfer. While the thought of having a solid career plan does sound novel, appealing even, I can't say the life of a professional athlete was ever for me. After listening to hundreds of inane and tedious interviews with surfing's professionals, I am thankful that during my formative grammar years my brain was not spent, exclusively anyways, baking in the sun.


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There has been no great re-motivation within our government to track down every lead and there is only the same orientation to systematically go down the list of the missing and find remains to bring back to their final rest at home. And while there are serious questions about the identification process, once remains - or alleged remains - have been recovered, I commend those in the field for a fine job.
I, however, cannot fixate myself on the dead, though I honor their sacrifice. I will remain dedicated to the living! When "there are no longer any reports of living Americans in any category" in Southeast Asia, I will say exactly that. But that day has not yet come! I am not here today to sell you on this idea. I, and those close to me, are dedicated to the living - today and everyday. It is our personal and professional priority, even if it is not truly our nation's highest priority, nor has it ever been.
As we meet once again, American soldiers have been in the hands of a cruel and inhumane enemy in Serbia. Men remain missing in Iraq. I would hope that we pray for them every day. They are ours and we are them. Do not let them be forgotten or bartered over or ignored. They did it to us before. Never again!
Today, Americans are involved in a war in Yugoslavia. I see men who served beside me as young soldiers leading this endeavor. I am proud of each of them and you should be proud of each of them. I was frankly embarrassed by some of the statements from Vietnam veterans, who whined when there were parades for Gulf War veterans. We were not whiners on the battle field and we have no right to whine in our middle age.
These are our sons and daughters. Our mission today is to fulfill the requirement of a patriot of any nation when its young are sent to fight. A requirement that was not met by many in our Government and media - including our current President - when we fought on a foreign shore. But we, like those brave men and women of all military branches today, are better Americans than that.
Behind the scenes, there is an attempt to clone some of our worst collaborators with the Vietnamese enemies into "heroes" and they are now debating honorable people who have tried to reveal the truth about their sorry behavior in the POW camps of Vietnam. They claim they have reputations to protect. I must tell you the reputation some of them have with me is of weakness, cowardice and assistance to the enemy while other men suffered.
Beware of those who accuse a former Private of some of the things they themselves are guilty of! These people should be shunned and anyone who supports them should be shunned. Anyone with the courage to oppose them must be supported. Further, I want to make something absolutely clear: I will stand by and behind, in any forum, those who wish to see the truth made known and justice prevail. No one asks me to say these things or attempts to get me to stand behind a certain side of these issues. Honor dictates my position and there is no equivocation available to me as much as I personally hate to place myself in opposition to my fellow returned POWs. But I am tired of the evolution of these people from much less than stalwart warriors into "Vietnam War heroes", by using a Marine Corps Private as their "whipping boy" and crying when challenged by those who know better.
As I sat chained in a dank underground dungeon in the jungles of Cambodia, I was forced to listen to their girlish whining on Radio Hanoi as Colonel Ted Guy, the Commander of their camp, was beaten and tortured only feet away from them! Do not listen to their excuses! Damn them as the scum they are! The book "Kiss The Boys Goodbye" is being re-released in paperback. It will be up-dated to include a statement from the late Col. Guy, made days before his death, about who these people really were and how they compare to other POWs - including Robert Garwood.
Today, a new law has been passed, sponsored by Sen. John McCain, which seals the record of what happened in the POW camps of Vietnam. We cannot see who my brother POWs really were in those camps. I cannot speak for other POWs, but I feel that you and every other American deserve to know exactly how we really performed in Vietnam, and not how we say we performed.
Many of us returned POWs are asking you to support us in business and politics. You need to know who we are. If we can expose extramarital affairs, financial misdealing - stealing, if you will - in others, then we can expose treason as well. Why should statements some POWs made from Hanoi - and what their treatment was compared to other POWs - be secret? I have no shame in my actions as a POW and believe our records should be an open book for historians and future generations to learn from. No American would hold it against a politician or private person if he was tortured into making propaganda during his time as a POW. But hiding these things should raise questions in our fellow American's minds about all of us who were in the prisons of Southeast Asia. After all, the terrible torture of some POWs, such as Red McDaniels, Colonel Guy and others, may be worn as a badge of honor - but simpering, whimpering fools have no right to wear that badge, for they have no honor!
Like the whining, detested child of our youth, caught with his hand in the cookie jar, these people point at someone else and scream, "He's worse than I am!" Or in this case: "He is a lower rank than I! Let me shift the blame!" True honor allows no finger pointing at the rear rank. It is all about personal responsibility and setting an example for the rear rank. Ted Guy could claim that honor but some of the loudest in condemnation of others have no right to it and never did!
Do not give credence to the waffling, in print, of those who would not eat the food offered and cried of aching feet on the march. Read Dramesi's "Code of Honor" and listen to those who had no food to refuse and those who were shot by the enemy but persevered. So do not listen to those who claim their job in the Army negated their responsibility to lead or rendered them a non-combatant. We had no Chaplains in the POW camps of Vietnam. With rank on your collar and a pistol on your side or a rifle in your hand, you are expected to lead and fight when required. The oath of an Officer makes no exceptions for personal feelings about a given war. It requires you to lead; and there can be no complaint from you later, when it is pointed out that you did not! It's about "Duty, Honor and Country". And there is no middle ground in this short, eloquent sentence.
The people who are pushing to keep these secrets are the same people who have been the most verbose about a Marine Private First Class named Robert Garwood, a man most never met or heard of in the prison camps of Vietnam. Rights and laws are for all people, including Marine Privates. After all, I did not hear Robert Garwood on the Communist's radio every day in my jungle hole - I heard the others! I was not handed writings and interviews given to Communist publications by Robert Garwood - but I was handed theirs! These people were not being tortured in Hanoi when I was in my little hole. They were whining to go home. Shun them! They are lesser men than you will ever be. And do not allow them to hide what they really were and what many remain to this day!
Never forget that some asked to remain in Vietnam but Bobby Garwood got himself out! Some described themselves as Marxists upon their return. Bobby Garwood never did! Who are these people? We are not allowed to know because under the guise of protecting us (while misinforming us) this new law allows these people to hide. Shun them and ignore their vile utterings.
Today in Southeast Asia, what our fellow soldiers bought with their lives and you with your sweat and blood is finally coming to fruition. From China through Laos, Burma, Cambodia and Vietnam, brave men and women are jailed, tortured and murdered but they have not given up the fight. Our Government seems satisfied with capitalism supporting "communism with a human face" - though it mouths concerns over human rights. Refusing to come to terms with the murderous dictatorships they helped into office, those who marched against us, even some of our fellow veterans - made over into Vietnam war "heroes" in the politics of the nineties - once again support the left wing dictators of Southeast Asia! Do not let them get away with it.
Those Asian people demand and in many cases voted to be free and no American investment or pipeline for oil is more important than that is. The candle of freedom, lit by your service in Southeast Asia, is burning bright in the minds of those in Asia who truly knew you. Their sons and their daughters demand what you fought for. Do not allow that flame to be squelched in the halls of the power brokers in Washington D.C. for expedience of business. There is no amount of oil or board feet of tropical hardwoods or tons of gold worth the freedom and liberty of one person on this earth. A job with Union Oil in Burma does not equate in any way to freedom and democracy. Money is not freedom and those who preach that line must be shunned - for they are un-American - even if those preaching this line are former prisoners of war such as Sen. John McCain, or former Naval Officers and anti-war protesters such as Sen. John Kerry. For it would appear that even self-styled Vietnam war "heroes" can be un-American when it suits their own purposes!
The hands are still out, for the money some require, to get the POWs home. There is no need for you to fill their coffers. There is no need for you to send those who dabble in POWs on "another trip". The job is being done and if someone cannot afford their own ticket to get there, they have no chance of influencing the action. Public awareness is fine, but it is not required in Southeast Asia. Asian people know we left some of our own behind. Support no one who claims that helping identify graves of Communist soldiers will bring reciprocation from the Communist side. It is baloney. Today, in Vietnam, the graves of your Lao, Vietnamese and Cambodian allies are routinely plowed under by the Communist Governments. Families are denied access to honor their dead in the established cemeteries and they are overgrown with weeds. Shun them and those in this country who advocate the collection of money for such silliness. These Governments know where their soldiers fell and they do not give a damn and your kindness will not make them give a damn!
Do not go back and apologize to your enemy. Go to his prisons and apologize to the Catholic Priests and Buddhist Monks who suffer there because our Government and private businesses do not give a damn.
You have nothing to apologize for and nobody knows that better than the people of Southeast Asia. They hold you in high esteem. It is the attitude of your government toward their freedom that they cannot understand.
Various refugee groups in this country and in Europe regularly collect money to rescue POWs or to support resistance forces. Very little if any of this money ever goes to the places it was intended. I have been down the road with all the big name leaders, but they have left the soldiers to starve and run out of ammunition. If you are approached to support by word, deed or money, any of them - call me. I can tell you exactly whether they truly support those fighting for freedom in their home countries. I can also tell if they have the contacts to do anything about our POWs. Make the call - it will save you money in the long run.
Finally, I feel compelled to say something more about Marine Private Robert Garwood. Down through the years, the POWs returned from Vietnam, various veterans groups and the media have been split over the issue of a Marine PFC being the only person tried for any of the crimes and misdeeds of American POWs in Southeast Asia. It is time to put all this to rest, once and for all. There is only one way to do that - and the way is a true and open trial with the background of those who speak against him open to public scrutiny!
Most who knew Garwood were of a higher rank. Some came home early and some, including officers, lobbied the Communists for that privilege - even though they were expressly forbidden to do so by the Code of Conduct and Military Law - and furthermore, they damn well knew it! Others from the camps asked to remain in Vietnam and declared themselves Marxists. We are Americans. The days of one law for one group or race and another for the rest of us are over - and that's as it should be.
I was trained as Marine LTC Tom McKenny was trained; to lead and take care of the Privates of the rear rank. Who took care of Private Garwood? Who provided the moral leadership? The highest ranking officer - Army Capt., Floyd Kushner? No. He refused to fulfill his obligation as an American Army Officer. The strongest enlisted soldier? No. He took early release from the enemy. Perhaps those who were with him longest and truly knew him? No. They are all dead - though the living, some of whom never met them, quote the dead at will. They do not have the right. They never knew them! It's a time for truth and justice. That is the American Way. No one can collaborate a little bit. You either did or you did not. If you did, you forfeited your right to condemn others - especially lower ranking personnel - to cover your own behinds.
Most American POWs did the best they could under terrible conditions. Recently, I have heard it was only some Army enlisted men who did not. This is incorrect. For example: Though never tortured in the North, Army Officers and the so-called "Peace Committee" were the only POWs in the "Plantation Gardens" who received ice cream. That does not sound like much, here in Washington, today. But it was the ultimate betrayal to those, in Vietnam, who had not had so much as a drink of cold water in years.
They say what was done to Garwood on his return was "a Marine thing". Why is it then, that one of the most famous collaborators in North Vietnam, Marine LTC Edison Miller, received only a letter from the Secretary of the Navy - a letter which could only hurt him if he rolled it up into a point and stuck it in his own eye as he was trying to endorse his rather substantial Marine Corps retirement check? His fellow broadcaster on the "Bob and Ed Show" over Radio Hanoi was a Navy Senior Officer who crossed-back shortly before his return and now has the gall to walk the streets of this nation as an "honorable" POW. The other most notorious collaborator was Captain Wilbur, United States Navy. Like the Marine LTC, he also received a letter from the Secretary of the Navy. They received this "terrible punishment" because, unlike the other Naval collaborator, they refused to cross-back until the very end.
Thus, Garwood's Court Martial was not "a Marine thing". It was a political thing. If it is not a political thing, where did those two Officers, Floyd Kushner and Frank Anton get their ice cream in the middle of a prison camp in North Vietnam? And why did Captain Kushner's daily propaganda radio broadcast go unpunished? And how was it that these two "war heroes" both wrote anti-war propaganda letters from the camps and received not even a slap on the wrist? And, why were these two Army Officers deemed credible to testify against Bobby Garwood at his Courts Martial? The only example set by these two individuals was one of supreme hypocrisy without an ounce of shame. They now author books and try to defend an honor that neither possesses, in my professional opinion.
So, there were a few who disgraced our nation and our military and they were not all Army enlisted men as some have suggested. Some, through their actions, even caused the terrible torture inflicted on the brave and beloved Colonel Ted Guy. Not one of these people was a United States Marine Corps Private First Class named Robert Garwood. In my book, it is they who go by the names traitor, collaborator, weakling, wimp, liar and arrogant ass!
So I ask you and this nation: do you wish truth or must you maintain your preconceived opinions? I am not asking for Garwood to have an amnesty or a pardon or even to replace his punishment with the same letter the Marine Lieutenant Colonel and Navy Captain got. I, Major Mark A. Smith, United States Army Retired, a man who has never broadcast, written, or eaten ice cream in Vietnamese prisons, respectfully ask that this Private be given a new trial by Courts Martial. It would be a trial where all witnesses and the defendant are open to challenge on who they really were. We ask for no amnesty or pardon like those who fled to Canada or those who deserted the military and hid for years. What I ask you to support, with your voices and, frankly with your wallets, is simple justice. The same justice, blind as she is, who sees no difference between a Private and a Lieutenant Colonel.
There are people you trust; Buzz Parish, Artie Mueller, Danny Belcher, Lieutenant Colonel Tom McKenney - a Marine Lieutenant Colonel you never heard making propaganda on Radio Hanoi - who are coordinating this thing. If honor is not worth ten, five or even one dollar to each of you, then we have become what we claimed we always hated; just a bunch of drunken old boys getting together to tell war stories down at the local VFW or Legion Post.
Freedom of all POW/MIAs is being pursued by a small but determined group of men and women in Southeast Asia. They work for me and I speak for them when I say give anything you ever planned to send to us to this cause. Every time I have been in a bind, when guerrillas were wounded, when I had malaria, when I was in Cambodia during the coup, without my asking, you sent the funds to get us through. Now, I am asking you - I am asking you to stand and deliver as you did in war - to see justice done in the case of Private First Class Robert Garwood. There is no need for one man to pay for all the others, including Officers, so we can all be heroes and write books and protect our reputations - such as they are.
It is my honest belief there are those who regularly adorn themselves with the cloak of "Vietnam War Hero" for personal and political advantage; who are lesser men than you or Robert Garwood. You come here every year as the good Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines that you were in war. Most of those I spoke of today would not show their faces here. There is a good reason for that. But, if you are here, I invite you to come forward and rebut one word I have said.


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Women against Slavery
SILLEN, Samuel
New York: Masses & Mainstream, (1955). 102 p. 1st ed. Seidman S195. Fine in lightly worn & chipped. price clipped d.w. [13037]
Contains chapters on Prudence Crandall, Lucretia Mott, Maria Weston Chapman, Sarah and Angelina Grimké, Sojourner Truth, Lydia Maria Child, Harriet Tubman, Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frances E.W. Harper, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Sarah P. Redmond, Ernestine L. Rose and Jane Swisshelm.
- More: Women's Studies
- By This Author: SILLEN, Samuel
- By This Publisher: New York: Masses & Mainstream, (1955)


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'Walking from the Tombigbee' An Introduction to Minnie Bruce PrattBy Kim Whitehead
Vol. 17, No. 1, 1995 pp. 23-27
In the mid-1950s, Minnie Bruce Pratt's mother worked as a social worker and sometimes took her daughter along when she visited the homes of impoverished, mostly African-American, women and children in rural south Alabama just outside Selma. Pratt's father, a sawmill clerk, often spent his evenings reading John Birch news-papers and railing against the Catholic-Communist-Jewish conspiracy he believed was attempting to overthrow segregation. On summer afternoons, the young girl herself rummaged through closets and attics, looking for books that would explain the tangle of freedoms and oppressions she witnessed and experienced in her deeply racist and sexist Southern society. In the end, the best solution seemed to be to get out.
Over the years, however, in her own writing, Minnie Bruce Pratt has always gone back home. Her poetry--the chapbook The Sound of One Fork (1981), and the volumes We Say We Love Each Other (1985) and Crime Against Nature (the Lamont Poetry Selection for 1989)--and her collection of essays Rebellion (1991) serve both as profoundly autobiographical revelations about the life of a self-defining lesbian feminist who defies Southern custom only to have her children taken from her and remark-ably complex forays into the hidden recesses of Southern
Page 24attitudes toward race, gender, and sexuality. She traces her personal transformations through her journey around the South: from the University of Alabama, where she wrote briefly only to give it up when she married a young poet who emulated the Fugitives, to North Carolina, where she received her Ph.D at Chapel Hill, taught at a historically black college, and bore two sons, to Washington, D.C., where she lives after discovering her love for another woman, losing the right to live with her children, and finally claiming her writing self.
Pratt has in many ways found herself exiled as a Southern writer, whether because of fear of the challenges she poses or critics' tendency to assign one label per writer (one may be "lesbian" or "feminist" or even "African-American," but then not also "Southern"). How-ever, while she is clear about the discrimination she has faced as a lesbian mother, she never refuses to deal with her own heritage of racism and the ways that the op-pressed woman can also be an oppressor. She claims as ancestors white Christian-raised feminists like Nelle Morton, Anne Braden, and Lillian Smith, whose Strange Fruit Pratt came across as a child but did not read be-cause she somehow knew "it was too dangerous to pick up and read that book and be the one alone with the secret: that there was another way to live" (Rebellion 155). At the same time, Pratt reveals both the suffering and the blindness of the women in her own family. She both commemorates the work and vision of Ida B. Wells and explores the contradictions inherent in her own relation-ship to the African-American domestic worker who helped raise her. While she reexamines the history of the KKK to discover that its policies of hatred extend to any white women (and especially lesbians) like Pratt who refuse to act the role of obedient, chaste wife and mother, she also deals straightforwardly with the history of her predecessors, who took land from the Creeks and later interacted with African-Americans only across the lines of Jim Crow.
While Pratt is an eloquent essayist, she carries out these cultural explorations most daringly in her poetry, where her concerns with race, gender and sexuality, autobiography and history, and lyric and narrative con-verge. She alternates between long, prosaic lines that indicate her desire to simply get the story told, and more lyrical passages, swollen with her reflections on the powers by which cultural meanings are assigned.
She relentlessly searches through her history--her family's, rooted in pre-Civil War Alabama, and the official history of the South, as well as the bounty of untold stories--in her effort to understand how these heritages have shaped her experience and how she might in turn transform them. In the poem "Reading Maps: Two," Pratt tries to reach back into the past, looking for the buried stories of the women in her family and Native Americans and African-Americans trying to survive in the Southern context. She longs to know what the women in her family thought about the roads leading to and from their houses and the now hidden roads crisscrossing their property, roads that carry the histories of the Native Americans who once occupied the land and the African-Americans who traversed it during slavery and segregation. She remembers that as a child sitting with these women in their communal space on the front porch, she herself did not see
As an adult, Pratt longs to believe these older women had "hidden ways / that they used to change how things were"; she longs to "tell them I want / to alter the pattern we were born into, to ask them / to help me...," but they are all now buried at the end of their own "unwinding grey thread" of a road, unable to divulge their secrets (We Say We Love Each Other 38-39).
the one made
by the feet of Choctaw people walking from the Tombigbee
to the mound of the great mother, walking to the west
with the little cry yaiya ishkitini, with the big cry
yaiya chito, driven out of their woods;
the road
made by the feet of Ibo people stolen
from the land where they hoed their sweet yams, beans,
walking to shop cotton in strange fields at dawn...
Pratt most fruitfully confronts the past by seeking self-understanding, by relentlessly exploring and fearlessly recharting not only the literal and symbolic terrain of her homeland the South, but also the landscapes of her own body and the impact of cultural configurations of gender, sexuality, and the "natural." In her poem "Down the Little Cahaba," images of a river's force, sexual plea-sure, and the sensuality of childbirth merge in the poet's imagination as she and her two young sons float in inner tubes on a hot August day. In this and other poems throughout Crime Against Nature, Pratt furnishes a new map of these landscapes to resist the cultural and legal
Page 25dictum that lesbianism constitutes a crime against nature, and therefore that the "unnatural" expression of lesbian desire cannot coincide with the "natural" expression of maternal love.
Pratt's story resonates with the meanings of woman, wife, and mother that have deeply informed Southern culture. As Pratt maintains, poets and apologists for the Old South "named Woman and the Land as the same" (Rebellion 43). They believed that the land, the slaves who worked it, and Southern women were at base potentially uncivilized, "wild," if not controlled and led toward what landowners and ministers called their higher instincts. Southern women were thought to reach a higher natural state only through serving as obedient wives and focusing all their energies on the maintenance of their husbands' power, the order of the household, and the passing of this order to their children. As the planters understood it, civilization could survive only if women accepted their rightful positions. As Pratt understands it a century later,
I had expected to have that protected circle marked off for me by the men of my kind as my "home." I had expected to have that place with my children. I expected it as my right. I did not understand I had been exchanging the use of my body for that place. (Rebellion 44)
Of course, though patriarchs adopted and enforced this ideology on the Southern woman, and though the wives of wealthy landowners across the region attempted to live up to this "ideal," as the historian Anne Firor Scott has pointed out, the everyday realities of women's lives belied the myth in numerous ways.1 Certainly, African-American women and the wives of yeoman and poor farmers did not even have the opportunity to pursue the myth. But nevertheless, as Pratt asserts, the ideal of the Southern "lady" and her hallowed relationship to the land has persisted. Living under the vestiges of the myth, Pratt recalls, "I...learned that I could be either a lesbian or a mother of my children, either in the wilderness or on holy ground, but not both" (Rebellion 43).
Against this configuration of the land as either sacred or wild and corrupt, Pratt reckons with traditional images of "wild" women and challenges these through her own body and the landscapes of the South itself. But this first involves confronting the images of the lesbian, and especially the lesbian mother, which circulate in Southern culture. After she asserts her lesbianism, her mother refuses to assist her, her ex-husband uses legal statutes against her, and Pratt finds herself cast as the serpent, the unredeembable creature of the earth according to Christian tradition: ". . .a thing, scaly sin, needle teeth / like poison knives, a monster in their lives who'd run / with the children in her mouth, like a snake steals / eggs." She understands that her ex-husband and her mother abhor her, her "inhuman shimmer, the crime of moving back and forth / between more than one self, more than one end to the story." But she also realizes that they are culturally privileged to name her--"the one who tells the tale gets to name the monster..."--and that she really threatens the cultural order by insisting that she does not have to live by the duality that structures gender relations, at least partly through telling her own story (Crime 114-115).
In the poem "No Place," Pratt's husband demands that she choose her family or life as a lesbian:
One night before I left I sat halfway down,
halfway up the stairs, as he reeled at the bottom
shouting Choose, choose. Man or woman, her or him,
me or the children. There was no place to be simultaneous, or between...
(Crime 18)
After her husband discovered her relationship with another woman and threatened to take Pratt to court to gain full custody of their children, a lawyer advised her that under North Carolina sodomy laws she would not stand a chance in court, so she knew leaving her children was actually her only hope for seeing them at all. Nevertheless, neither in "No Place" nor in any other of her poems about her separation from her husband does Pratt succumb to any kind of domestic panic; even though she deals with turbulent feelings of grief and shame that she had to leave her sons behind, she does not mourn losing the privilege of the white heterosexual woman in the South, nor does she posit herself purely as victim or victor. Instead she develops a vocabulary of loss and anger to speak of what she calls the "in-between," the sites from which she can challenge the strict division between the "natural" and the criminal which has seemingly guaranteed stability to the identity of the white, Southern mother. Pratt refuses to be a "mother-woman," the figure Kate Chopin used in her classic novel The Awakening (1895) for Southern women, who are expected to be mothers first and foremost.
Ironically, natural environments serve as these in-
Page 26betweens from which Pratt can question these essentialist positions--not only the equation of maternality with moral virtue enforced in the South, but any complete or valorized version of lesbian identity. In the poem "No Place," Pratt and her sons travel on weekend visits because her husband won't let them stay at her house; they cross creeks and rivers, caught between their old life and an uncertain future (Crime 18). However, they soon identify these natural settings as a kind of free territory where the old definitions no longer apply and Pratt can relate to her sons freely as she attempts to invent a surviving self. For example, while with her sons on the bank of a river, Pratt points out a "...snake, with a silver fish crossways in its mouth, / just another one of the beautiful terrors of nature, / how one thing can turn into another without warning" (Crime 119) . Rather than threatening ordered society with death, the "serpent" here points to the ability to cross and recross patterns of self-definition and to the value of difference. In the in-between of natural environments, Pratt both inscribes the "wilderness," undoing the heterosexual domestic arrangement in order to proclaim her lesbian body, and travels through and exceeds it, so that "lesbian" evades categories of good and evil and "mother" may be heterosexual or lesbian.
Inevitably, this exploration of how "woman" and "mother" may surpass traditional Southern definitions leads Pratt back to the women, the mother figures, in her past. In "The Mother Before Memory," she writes of both her birth mother and the African-American woman who took care of her from infancy through early childhood. In the first section of this poem, she remembers being close to the domestic worker:
No story, no picture of the first memory,
what I'm not supposed to remember: being held
by her, dark in a darkening room, face unseen,
but it is her. I am safe. I never called her my mother...
More than a few writers have tried to describe this kind of memory only to succumb to the temptation to portray the nurturing caretaker without acknowledging the brutal forces of racism that separate woman and child. But Pratt is aware that this is something she is "not supposed to remember": she should hide such a strong attachment to this woman, for in the racist ideology of the South it potentially erases the rightful place of the white mother. In fact, as Pratt reckons with her memories of her birth mother in the poem's second section, she places the two women side by side, undoing the expected separation between tributes to the white mother and recollections of the African-American mother figure.
And in another section of the poem, Pratt recognizes the ways both she and the domestic worker have been abused by their culture--precisely because as women, one African-American, one lesbian, they have been stripped of the right to motherhood. When she and her sons visit the now elderly woman, whose personal narrative and racial history is marred by the loss of children by force,
She inclines her head to signify us two
in the long story of women and children
severed. With a nod she declares us
not guilty, and begins to give advice.
Pratt understands the history they share, and takes words of wisdom and help from the old woman: "Bind them to you, bind them while you can" (Crime 57).
In the whole of Pratt's work, however, she never represents this connection with other oppressed women as an easy affiliation, for indeed she does always again return home. She understands that the in-between that frees her also means she can never finally assert her difference from her white father which, in the words of Biddy Martin and Chandra Mohanty, "would (and in much feminist literature does) exempt the daughter from her implication in the structures of privilege/oppression, structures that operate in ways much more complex than the male/female split itself."2 She always acknowledges her own feelings of loss only within the larger context of racist violence that has pervaded her native region. When one of her sons asks about Southern history, her thoughts immediately go to the lynching of young African-American men in south Alabama, and she says of her son, "I am ready to / tell him all I know" (Crime 75).
Indeed, one of Pratt's chief revisions of Southern motherhood lies in her desire to pass on to her sons a different vision of what it means to be a man or a woman, what it means to be a Southerner. She speaks to them, hoping "..you'll remember / you come from dirt and history; that you'll choose / memory, not anesthesia..." (Crime 14), hoping they will participate in her story of who a Southern woman may be: self-defining, lesbian, unafraid to challenge racism and sexism at every turn. And, as she relates in the poem "Another Question," they do. When her youngest son reads her poems, Pratt writes, he likes "that I get in the middle and tell it all, / grab people and tell them, just say it" (Crime 98). In his tribute to his mother's defiance, Pratt's son himself becomes a sign of the immense possibilities for reconfiguring the mother-child relationship and the place of women in the South.
Kim Whitehead graduated last May from the Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts at Emory University in Women's Studies and American literature.
1. Anne Firor Scott, The Southern Lady: From Pedestal to Politics, 1830-1930 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1970), 16, 27ff. See also Sally G. McMillen, Southern Women: Black and White in the Old South (Arlington Heights, Illinois: Harlan Davidson, 1992).
2. Biddy Martin and Chandra Talpade Mohanty, "Feminist Politics: What's Home Got to Do with It?," in Feminist Studies/ Critical Studies, ed. Teresa de Lauretis (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1986), 191.


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I have a love-hate relationship with Mondays. Sometimes I would like the weekend to stay forever and other times I'm so thankful for a fresh start and new week. After last weeks technical problems (the site and my email crashed), I'm feeling the latter. So sorry if you weren't able to view the oversized hand warmer post or get ahold of me via email because of it! Thankfully things are back up and running now and I have some fun Christmas prints to share. Links for each are below the pictures.
GOLD PAINTED 12/25 ART PRINT, 12×16 PDF (click to download)
The '25' is a light gray and can be painted over using a small brush and gold (or any other festive color) craft paint. The font I used is very forgiving so don't be nervous about messing up! Also, it can easily be sized down to an 8×10… and probably blown up too.
VINTAGE SANTA ART PRINT, 8×10 PDF (click to download)
LUKE 2 ART PRINT, 8×10 PDF (click to download)
A quick FIY, I print some stuff at home (using this printer) but also have a local printer I use and have found Costco to be very good and cost affective too. Hope that info is helpful for someone :) Let me know if you have any other questions.
Cheers to a good Monday and (hopefully) smooth week!
XO, Rae


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Immunohistochemical study on dystrophin expression in CAD-related sudden cardiac death: a marker of early myocardial ischaemia
The aims of this study were to assess if dystrophin can be a tool for the forensic evaluation of sudden cardiac death due to coronary atherosclerotic disease (CAD) and particularly if it can be a marker of early myocardial ischaemia. Then in this investigation, the dystrophin was compared to C5b-9 and fibronectin to analyze if there are some differences in the expression of these proteins. Two groups of CAD-related sudden cardiac death, respectively the group 1 with gross and/or histological evidence and the group 2 with no specific histological signs of myocardial ischaemia were used. A third group formed by cases of acute mechanical asphyxiation was used as a control. The immunohistochemical staining by dystrophin, C5b-9 and fibronectin antibodies was performed. Loss of sarcolemmal dystrophin was observed in different degrees according to more or less significant histological evidence of myocardial ischaemia. Moreover, the comparison between loss of dystrophin expression and fibronectin positivity showed significant differences in group 2. The results suggested that dystrophin can be used in forensic diagnosis of CAD-related sudden cardiac death and as marker of early myocardial ischaemia.
KeywordsDystrophin Myocardial ischaemia Sudden cardiac death Coronary atherosclerotic disease Immunohistochemistry
The authors thank the technical support of Prof. Antonio Micali of the Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging of University of Messina.
Compliance with ethical standards
Conflict of interest
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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23 July 2014
Building Services Engineering students Ewan McLean, Hania Klinge, James Reid, Stuart Anderson and programme leader Mark Phillipson
A team from Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) has travelled to Hong Kong to compete in the finals of the Chartered Institute of Building's (CIOB) Global Student Challenge over the next two days (24-25 July).
Four students from the School of Engineering and Built Environment successfully negotiated the online qualifying heats to claim their place in the finals.
The final will see the best teams in the world meet at the University of Hong Kong, including those from the host university; RMIT University, Australia; and the University of Greenwich and Loughborough University in the UK.
The GCU team travelling to Hong Kong includes Hania Klinge, Ewan McLean, James Reid and Stuart Anderson.
Hania, a fourth-year BEng (hons) Building Services Engineering student, said: "Having secured the place in the finals, we now have this tremendous opportunity to go to Hong Kong to show our potential and what we have learned."
The competition challenges students to manage their own simulated construction-based company. The aim is to develop students' leadership skills.
The software supporting the Challenge is MERIT. Developed at Loughborough University and used to train young professionals since 1988, it has been used as part of in-course modules in degree programmes and simulates the management of a construction company.
Teams of four students acting as a board of directors will manage their own simulated company and be responsible for business decisions such as the staffing of head offices; bidding for work; determining the size of the company by the amount of capital invested; and disbursing the profits to shareholders.
Tony Kilpatrick, Head of Department of Construction and Surveying, said: "GCU is the only Scottish university to have reached the final stages of this competition and to be placed second in the qualifiers is already a great achievement. The competition is an opportunity for students to compete with their peers from around the world and to learn from senior members within industry."
Michael Brown, Deputy Chief Executive at the CIOB, said: "Not only are we offering finalists the opportunity to travel to Hong Kong – funded at the expense of the CIOB, but offering a unique opportunity for the overall winners to engage with some of the world leading experts in construction management."
He added: "Global Student Challenge is a serious step change in the way that we hope to develop talent. With research indicating that there will be 70% more construction work going on around the world by 2025, we believe that we need to take pertinent and innovative steps to nurture the talent to deliver these estimations."


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I have been looking since it was added to the registry set but with no luck. I have asked NGC about who had them graded ( assuming that one of the large dealers had a monster box or more graded) but have not gotten an answer yet. Maybe our inside man, Peter Anthony, can find out for us. I really expected them to show up by now as it has been a while since they were added to the set.Russ
MCM does not miss a trick:) to get the coin for your registry it appears you might have to spend $300 for $120 worth of coins https://www.moderncoinmart.com/2016-china-silver-pandas-set-of-2-coins-ngc-ms70-panda-label.html
Url works for me
Just speculation, but it is possible the Shenyang coins were graded for sets in China and will never be promoted outside.Best wishes,Peter AnthonyChina Pricepediawww.pandacollector.com
Peter, I have asked several dealers in China about this coin in NGC graded slabs and nobody has seen one. I would think that they would still show up in the NGC population report even if they were graded in China, would they not? Russ
Has this maybe to do something with the 2 different sheet styles? That mystery also still unsolved
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Policeman Raped This Girl For A Year… Now She Makes A Documentary!
Sakshi Vidyarthi has decided to make a documentary on the events that followed after she was sexually molested
Rapist Amarjeet Shahi, who was appointed as a DSP in UP Police became friends with Sakshi.
15-year-old Sakshi was unaware of his intentions. Shahi was so clever that he became friends with Sakshi's family and even introduced his wife to them so that nobody would be suspicious of his dirty plans…
He mixed drugs in her tea and took nude pictures of her.
On November 8, 2010, Shahi visited Sakshi who was alone at home in the afternoon. He asked her to make a cup of tea for both of them. When she kept the two cups of tea in front of him, he asked her to bring him a glass of water and mixed something in her tea.
Sakshi had no clue what was going on..
She went unconscious and that's when Shahi started clicking her nude pictures and vulgar videos.
He threatened her later that he would leak her photos on the internet if she doesn't let him have sex with her.
Sakshi was too afraid to think and that's when Shahi kept raping her for about a year without anyone else having a clue.
Sakshi was so emotionally tortured, she decided to end her life on March 13, 2012.
Fortunately, she was saved and that's when she decided to take a revenge from the pervert police officer. Sakshi informed her parents about the incident and they took Shahi to the court.
Shahi was released on bail in June 2013.
He started threatening Sakshi's family after he was released on bail. Sakshi's father who is a government officer stood strong to see the wicked man get severely punished. On May 18, 2015, the court sentenced Shahi for 10 years.
Sakshi Vidyarthi has made a documentary on the emotional, physical and social tortures she faced during the rape and court trial.


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Theater photographer Michael White spent the last half-century rubbing shoulders with Hollywood"s famous faces. Nicknamed "the most famous person you"ve never heard of," White is the subject of an upcoming documentary, The Last Impresario, which focuses on his prolific career.
While promoting the film, he allows the rest of us to take a glimpse at rare photos taken of our favorite celebrities at their most candid. White always brought his camera along to capture important moments. Shot throughout the 90s, the scenery around the stars ranges from elaborate award shows to intimate family vacations. Take a look.
Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Moss
Woody Harrelson
Johnny Depp
Elizabeth Taylor
Naomi Watts
Winona Rider
Drew Barrymore
Uma Thurman
Thandie Newton and Nicole Kidman
Susan Sarandon and Richard Gere
Christopher Reeves
Sharon Stone and Rupert Everett
Salma Hayek
Pierce Brosnan
Al Pacino, Jerry Hall, and Marie Helvin
Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts
Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson
Paul Simon and Lorne Michaels
Liv Tyler
Jude Law
Jessica Lange and Jack Nicholson
Goldie Hawn
Harrison Ford
Carrie Fisher
Brook Shields and Peter Beard
Elle MacPherson and Anthony Hopkins
Demi Moore and Iggy Pop
Dolly Parton
(via Huffington Post.)
You can find more information about the upcoming documentary on the film"s official website, and also find out if there will be a screening near you.


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I approached Sharp Films in early 2017 about creating a promotional film and number of how to films for my car protection film business "Whoosh Group". I was instantly impressed with Chris's enthusiasm for the project and came up with some great idea's on the spot. On the two filming days I was impressed with how much Chris captured but he made sure all the shots were up to his high standard. He kept to my brief and the final film went well beyond expectations. Chris is a very likeable guy and was a real pleasure to work with. I will be working with him more in 2017 to increase brand awareness here at Whoosh Films… Great service!!!
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Sharp Films joined us this year at DWS to produce our event film. They worked with us throughout the event, taking on board our vision for the film and executing it perfectly. Chris was a delight to work with, responded to the brief and worked independently to get the best shots. The turnaround time was brilliant ! We had short cuts very quickly to act as teasers. The final film was produced a few days after the event which meant we could maximise the post event interest.<br /> The film perfectly captured the festival vibe whilst also providing exceptional quality footage of the climbing and the climbers falling into water. Deep Water Solo is a technically difficult event to capture on film with access limited to a barge, fast moving climbing and sudden falls into the water – the quality of the footage was exceptional and up there with the type of work being produced by companies who have been in the extreme sports industry for years.
Sharp films created a fantastic short promotional video for our recording studio based in Exeter. We wanted a short and to the point video, showing the layout of the studio and what kit we have on offer here. I was very impressed with Chris's fast turnaround and quality of work, highly recommend to anyone looking for a promotional video!!
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Just four ukulele chords in this version of the Miley Cyrus song Wrecking Ball. The strumming pattern and chords here are very easy, although she does offer a different strumming pattern for part of the song in the middle of the ukulele tutorial video. Enjoy!
Imagine Dragons Radioactive Ukulele TutorialDecember 23, 2013
Alex starts out this ukulele video tutorial of Imagine Dragons Radioactive with the ukulele chords. His version of the song is in D minor, this is four half steps above the original recording. Done so he can sing the song with his voice. But he is nice enough to present the ukulele chords for both his version and the original version.
She Looks So Perfect Ukulele TutorialDecember 16, 2013
Learn how to play 5 Seconds Of Summer She Looks So Perfect with this ukulele tutorial and ukulele chords. This is one of those ukulele songs where you really do need a capo on the 4th fret. As The Ukulele Teacher says in the video, the chords are a lot easier if you use one. Just four chords in this version of the song. Happy strumming!
Easy Coldplay Viva La Vida Ukulele TutorialDecember 9, 2013
This is a nice Coldplay Viva La Vida ukulele tutorial. The video starts by playing you through the ukulele chords, then one chord at a time. This is an easy version of Viva La Vida without a capo.
A Great Big World Say Something Ukulele TutorialDecember 2, 2013
This is a nice tutorial of A Great Big World Say Something on the ukulele. Ian uses a capo on the first fret which he prefers for playing the song along with his voice. Even though the capo is on the ukulele, he teaches the song chords as if there is no capo being used. So it works with or without the capo on the ukulele for the lessons. There are four chords with the chorus and the song has a nice ukulele strumming pattern. Happy strumming!