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Facebook Thinks I'm a Pornographer!
by Pierre Le Roux
Oops I did it again. This week Facebook blocked me for 24 hours. This is their version of sending you to the corner for being a very naughty boy. Apparently, some fucktard reported a certain photo which I uploaded to my fan page resulting in the gods at Facebook thinking that I am a "pornographer". Don't get me wrong, I love my porn just as much as the next fag, but there's a time and a place for porn and Facebook is not the place for it. Besides who goes onto Facebook armed with lube and tissues ready to molest themselves? Not me, that's why we have Tumblr. But I digress…
As you know I have made some enemies through the couple of years that I have been blogging (3 years to be exact). Having enemies and people who hate you isn't necessarily a bad thing. I take it as a sign that I am doing something right and sometimes their hate mails are seriously funny, especially the ones that like quoting Leviticus. But every so often one of those people does something that seriously inconveniences me. Sometimes they report me to Facebook and on occasion I am punished for it like the dirty bad boy that I am. In the last 3 years I have been banned from Facebook twice, have been blocked 7 times and even received an email from Facebook accusing me of Hate Speech.
Now we all know there are some seriously fucked up people on Facebook and I have blogged about this before. Those folks who are offended by the world, lives in a bubble of ignorance and waves around their intolerance as if it is an Olympic event. It really is a pity that their profiles don't come with a mandatory idiot warning and that there isn't a Facebook app that can block them outright. But the world needs idiots and whether we like it or not – they are here to stay. Besides if there weren't any idiots who would we laugh at?
With my latest incident on Facebook I have come to the conclusion that maybe some folks need to download themselves a sense of humor. Because whoever got offended by a naked man's butt cheeks and is incapable of thinking that the "offensive" picture is funny needs to go on some strong medication. Have these people not seen some of the really nasty shit other people upload to Facebook?
I have blocked and banned so many people from my one Facebook group because of the stuff they post there. I have had to report and delete hundreds of pictures of cocks, cum, fisting, water sports, vaginas, and stuff people like to shove up their assholes. I didn't see those people get blocked or banned from Facebook. Could it be that Facebook have a problem with pictures that are not hardcore enough? If the man had a dildo hanging from his rectum would that have been ok? One can only wonder.
The previous time Facebook gave me a timeout was because of a picture I uploaded of nuns painting a naked man. Again the only thing you could see was his very nice and tight ass. That too "offended" someone so much that they just could help themselves but to report it. I wonder whether that person did it before or after they masturbated. It seems that Facebook has double standards and that some on Facebook, especially heterosexuals Christians, are more equal than others. Since I created my Fan page I have encountered numerous problems due to people reporting my page. The culprits were mostly the fanatical religious far right. The same people who also have fan pages devoted to their anti-gay rhetoric and dire tripe. The same people who propose that all homosexuals should be killed and that we are abominations. Yet these people are allowed to preach their hate on Facebook and that seems to be ok.
The world seems to be filled with double standards especially when it comes to gay people, so why should Facebook be any different? With over 8000 likes on my fan page and with over 700 people having shared the picture that got me blocked for 24 hours, I couldn't help but wonder whether we are being picked on. It's not my fault the photo went viral. It's not my fault it was fucking funny. Did the person at Facebook who ultimately decided to block me not use his/her discretion and realize this was a malicious report? Could that person not see the humor in it or was the decision to block me based on my fan page's name and the fact that it is dedicated to LGBT news and issues. Was that person homophobic? Who knows…
One thing is for sure – I will not lose sleep over this. This queer has more important things to worry about other than scared little homophobes trolling Facebook trying to take out one homosexual at a time by maliciously reporting them. If that is the only thing that gives them pleasure in their sad little lives then who am I to take it away from them. I will much rather focus my attention on what is really important: Recruiting homosexuals to ensure that Queer HQ is prepared and well resourced for our end game – Taking Over The World! Suck on that Homophobes!
So Facebook thinks I am a pornographer, who the fuck cares. I don't know what type of porn they are watching or downloading but something gives me the idea that they are doing it wrong. At least my 24 hour ban is over and all is back to normal. As for the person who reported me, I have three words for you: Go. Fuck. Yourself. Just try not to do it in front of a mirror; we don't want you to offend yourself now do we.
Till next time.


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Sources: The Society for the History of Germans in Maryland, Charles Francis Stein; http://www.emmitsburg.net/cgi-bin/pf/ha/pf.cgi The Emmitsburg Area Historical Society.; Journal & Correspondence of the State Council of Maryland, 1779-1780-Bernard Christian Steiner, Editor. Maryland Historical Society 1924.;
1776-Congress authorized the establishment of a number of additional regiments. One was a German Battalion comprised of officers and men selected from among the German settlers of Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Resolution: Continental Congress, May 25, 1776
"Resolved that one Battalion of Germans be raised for the Service of the United Colonies"
Resolution: Continental Congress, June 27, 1776
"Resolved that four companies of Germans be raised in Pennsylvania and four companies in Maryland to compose said regiment.
Resolution of the Maryland convention, July 6, 1776:
"Resolved that this Province will raise four companies and that two companies of Germans be raised in Baltimore County and two in Frederick County.
Each company consisted of ninety enlisted men and the following officers: a Captain, a 1st Lieutenant, 2nd Lieutenant, Ensign and non-commissioned officers: 4 Sergeants, 4 Corporals, 2 Drummers or one Fifer and one Drummer and 80 privates.
The German Regiment was organized under the command of Colonel Nicholas Haussegger of Pennsylvania. Next in rank was Lieutenant-Colonel George Stricker of Frederick. His commission was dated July 17, 1776. He resigned his commission April 29, 1777. George Stricker was born in Frederick Maryland in 1732. His parents were Swiss and settled in North Carolina before coming to Maryland. He served as an officer in the French and Indian War in 1755 and took part in the defense of Western Maryland against the Indians. He was commissioned as a Captain January 14, 1776 and was stationed near Annapolis for several months. When the German Regiment was organized, he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel on July 17, 1776 and was its highest ranking officer. He was a member of the German Reformed church in Frederick. He fought with the German Battalion in battles around New York City and New Jersey. He became the field commander when Colonel Haussegger was taken prisoner by the Hessians in Trenton. He led the Battalion at the Battle of Princeton on January 3, 1777. His oldest son was General John Stricker. He died on November 29, 1810.
He was succeeded by Major Ludwig Weltner of Maryland. Ludwig Weltner was an officer in the Frederick County Militia during the French and Indian War and also took part in the defense of the western frontier. He was born in Germany. When the German Battalion was organized, he was commissioned as a Major. He too took part in the battles in New York and New Jersey. He was raised to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel on April 29, 1777. In that position he was in charge of what was left of the German Battalion at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-1778. When the Battalion was reorganized in the spring, he became the field commander, serving as such at the Battle of Monmouth. He was an outstanding officer. He continued to serve until he retired when the Battalion was retired on February 19, 1781. General Washington wrote to the Board of War commending Weltner's leadership and urging them to give him the retirement of a full Colonel. Colonel Weltner was also active in the Lutheran Church in Frederick County.
The Chaplain of the unit was Rev. James Francis Armstrong of Maryland (appointed December 3, 1777). He resigned on February 1, 1778. Dr. Charles Ritter served as the unit Surgeon from September 1, 1776 to August 1778. He was succeeded by Pennsylvania Dr. Peter Peres. The Surgeon's Mate was Alexander Smith of Maryland, who served from August 1778 to January 1, 1781. The Ensign Jacob Raybold was the Maryland born Quartermaster.
The two Baltimore County Maryland companies of the German Battalion had the following officers in July, 1776:
Captain Henry Fister's Company
Captain George Keeport's Company
The two Frederick County Maryland companies of the German Battalion had the following officers in July, 1776:
Captain Philip Graybill's Company
Captain William Heyser's Company
The call to arms was well heeded by the German immigrant community and the completion of the unit was complete by the summer of 1776. The original enlistment period was for three years. There were some accommodations made for those serving from the rural/agricultural areas. It was very difficult on the families and the farms when the head of the family was absent over three harvest periods.
January 3-4, 1777 General Washington crossed the Delaware and attacked the British camp at Princeton. The German Battalion fought under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Stricker.
Late spring-the Continental army was reorganized and the Maryland forces were consolidated into two regiments. Five additional Maryland regiments were added. These regiments, with the German Battalion wee organized into the 'Maryland Line'.
August 1777-the German Battalion was involved in the night raid on Staten Island. The raid proved to be a disaster and the German Battalion suffered severe losses. The German Battalion's original nine companies had been reduced to two companies and spent the winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge.
Winter 1777-1778-General von Stueben developed a manual of arms, instructed the men and trained them to become an effective fighting unit. The German Battalion was reorganized with several officer changes, many retired or resigned in the spring of 1778.
February 26, 1778-the German Battalion officially made part of the Maryland's quota and was numbered as the Eighth Maryland.
Fall 1778-the German Battalion participated in operations at Rhode Island and were later stationed at White Plains, New York.
1779-the German Battalion was active in the raids on the Iroquois Indians. The Indian warfare was successfully concluded in September 1779. The German Battalion, under the command of Colonel Ludwig Weltner continued its assignment of guarding the frontier.
1780-the German Battalion was sent to Pennsylvania to guard the frontier.
January 1, 1781-General Washington ordered the army reformed and the Maryland forces were consolidated into five regiments serving in the Southern campaign. The German Battalion was officially disbanded.
The Men of the German Battalion
Notes on Names:
Some names may appear more than once in the above table. This is due to men moving from unit to unit and to replacements in regiments through loss, injury or retirement.
The names in the list for the most part have been anglicized. At least in the early recruitment stages, it was required that the enlistee be 'German-speaking'. There has been confirmation that one enlistee (James Fox) was removed to another unit due to the fact that he "not being a German or the son of a German could not serve in that Regiment".
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To give you a taste of just exactly how awful this thing is, I present Prosecution Exhibit 1: the paper is just over 38 full pages of text, and it cites Ralph Peters 14 separate times and Victor Davis Hanson eight. There are no references to primary-source historical documents, and Alach's limning of the history of warfare -- sort of important context for a study of "primitive" restraint in warfighting versus the allegedly modern trend towards total war -- is cribbed almost entirely from Hanson and John Keegan.
Now for Prosecution Exhibit 2, which pretty much just speaks for itself:
It pays to consider the Aztecs. At the time of the Flower Wars, the Aztecs were hegemonic in Central America. They could fight in a ritualized way because they had no true rival. When a rival did appear -- a rival named Cortes, who fought in an amoral, instrumental, rational, unrestrained, and nonritualized manner -- the Aztecs were defeated. Cortes fought to kill. He fought to win.
Is there a Cortes awaiting the West today? Will we, the contemporary Flower Warriors, face a foe who, to be defeated, requires our willingness to kill, be killed, and fight to the bitter end? Is the current style of Western warfare but a mere historical blip, a momentary anomaly that will disappear when the world changes again? History cannot answer that question, but we had better be prepared to answer it ourselves.To answer it with lead and steel and metal and brawn, because brown people haven't mastered those things yet! If only those flower-fucking Aztecs had taken the gloves off and fought unrestricted, total warfare, they surely could've defeated Cortes' vastly superior tactics and materiel! It was those pathetic, primitive, and obviously homosexual Aztec ROEs that doomed them to defeat!
These freakin' people, man.
Now seriously for a second: how does the U.S. Army War College publish something like this?


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Conker's Pocket Taleson May 25, 2016 at 12:01 am
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As jarring as the change from the cute and cuddly Conker in Conker's Pocket Tales to Conker's Bad Fur Day, the latest iteration of the character is even more of a shock. But what do I know about bringing classic platform heroes back?
I liked this game back in the day of me playing too many Game Boy games all the time, and it was pretty good! I mean, playing platformers on the original Game Boy was never that much fun to begin with, thanks to that horrid screen, but Rare delivered the goods as per usual.


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From publisher blurb:
As night falls and the moon's pale light begins to shine, an aging knight takes up watch on the walls of a humble fort. Silver figures drift through the clearing below, shining brightly amidst shadow and vanishing in the moonlight. The waters of the nearby lake turn black as the darkened sky, but the stars on its surface are not the same as the ones above: these stars are a path of shimmering dust, and a woman shrouded in grey walks them, emerging from the lake to extend her hand to the vigilant knight far above.
This is the true nature of Fort Vigil, humble as it seems by day. The small fort is only manned by a token force and seen as a soft retirement for the honourable Sir Arnhelm, but it is far more than that. Ghosts haunt the fort and its woods, some clinging to purpose and duty, others mad and unable to rest. With the guidance of the oldest ghost of them all, the Medium of the Lake, Sir Arnhelm speaks to each ghost in turn to give them what peace he can. But the Medium struggles to maintain her humanity, and the number of restless spirits only seems to grow.


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That explains why our current clients continue to renew their HealthPro contracts. You can trust us to always say what we mean and to do what we say.
You specialize in pathology, we specialize in pathology billing.


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25 Jan 2012
Pretty & Pink
15 comments:
- Sue said...
Hi ya hun
aww adorable card, super cute image, awesome colouring, luv the sentiment, beautiful embelies, luv to you both, sue,x
- 25 January 2012 at 17:24
- Anne said...
A proper little cutie Susie. Hope you've settled into your new house now and are enjoying it. Hugs x
- 25 January 2012 at 17:36
- Victoria said...
It's pink and gorgeous and I lurve those flowers
- 25 January 2012 at 17:53
- Jane said...
OOoooooo I love it Susie....fab sentiment too!!
Thanks for joining us at Saturated Canary Challenges! xx
- 25 January 2012 at 18:02
- Exclusively by Mel said...
Great card Susie,
Love your design! She's wonderful.
Love,melly xxx
- 25 January 2012 at 18:33
- Pinkllilac said...
Wow I just adore this card Suzie the colours are stunning and love your design and added details.
Hugs Linda
- 25 January 2012 at 19:10
- Lynne said...
Awh Susie... just fab!!! love that image ... might just have to get me some of those :) fab layout too :)
Lynne xxx
- 25 January 2012 at 19:17
- Christine said...
Awww Susie stunning PINK creation think I need this image for my GD
smiles mummy x
- 25 January 2012 at 19:28
- Vicky said...
I love it hun...great image and layout too...
big hugs Vicky xx
- 25 January 2012 at 19:59
- pinky said...
Ah thats so so gorgeous Susie. Love all the pinks.
- 25 January 2012 at 20:46
- Loopylou. said...
awwwwwwww susie this is adorable and so sweet, love the added extras too, the bling is yummo!!
thankyou so much for popping over to share it with us on the saturated canary challenge blog
hugs Lou xx
- 25 January 2012 at 20:46
- Nicola said...
ooh how gorgeous Susie, loving the pink, this beautifully coloured image and your fabulous floral array.
Nicola -x-
- 25 January 2012 at 23:11
- Christine L said...
Gorgeous card Susie.... so pink, so gorgeous!
Christine x
- 26 January 2012 at 09:14
- Mau xx said...
Gorgeous Girly pink, I love it and such a cutie image. xxxxx
- 27 January 2012 at 13:42
- Liz's creative corner said...
On lemsip to make my head work and popped acrsoss to see your tilda and was met with this gorgeous creation, wow hun this is gorgeous, think I need to get some of these beautys too, hugs Liz xx
- 29 January 2012 at 11:48


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The governor of Homs announced Thursday that the humanitarian ceasefire will continue for three more days to evacuate civilians from the besieged city.
"The ceasefire has been extended for an additional three days, starting from today, to allow the evacuation of the remaining civilians," said Homs governor Talal al-Barazi.
The United Nations-backed agreement comes after 1,400 people, nearly half of the Old City's population, had left the innermost part of the rebel-controlled city since last Friday. The three day extension to the ceasefire will allow more civilians to evacuate Homs, where residents have been caught in the crossfire between rebel fighters who control the Old City and Syrian Army troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad since the summer of 2012. As part of the agreement, all women and children will be allowed to evacuate, but men between 15 and 55 years old could be fighters and are not allowed to evacuate.
While Homs was called the "capital of the revolution" after rebels took arms in early 2011 to overthrow the Syrian government of President Assad, news reports say there is no electricity, food or running water in the Old Town and that only one hospital is in working order. Repeated bombing and airstrikes have trapped up to 3,000 people in the city center for almost two years.
According the BBC, civilians have had to live on boiled grass and some have eaten stray cats to survive. Aid workers from the Red Cross and Red Crescent have tried to deliver supplies, but some have been wounded during attempts to provide humanitarian relief.
However, buses evacuating citizens of Homs are expected to continue to run until Sunday, when the extended ceasefire expires.
Chronicling the rapidly deteriorating conditions of the western Syrian city over the past two years, the film "Return to Homs" premiered in the U.S. last month at the Sundance Film Festival. It documents the life of rebel fighters living amid mortar fire and gunshots on the streets.


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I love how Iceage is referred to as straight up "punk" as opposed to "post-punk" in most references. I assume it's due to the rowdiness and wild reputation of its live shows more so than the dark, minimalistic music it produces. But any band that steals its name and sense of sonics from Joy Division's earliest Warsaw days has a de facto soft spot in my heart. The band will follow up its brilliant debut, New Brigade, this coming February via Matador. The new album is called You're Nothing and was recorded in the band's hometown of Copenhagen, Denmark. [via Pitchfork]
Tracklist for You're Nothing:
1. Ecstasy
2. Coalition
3. Interlude
4. Burning Hand
5. In Haze
6. Morals
7. Everything Drifts
8. Wounded Hearts
9. It Might Hit First
10. Rodfæstet
11. Awake
12. You're Nothing
For a taste of the raucous nature of an Iceage show, check out the video below:


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I read about Jimmy Carter's interview where he seems to be back speaking truth to power. In this case, he offers his opinion that much of the vehement opposition to Obama comes from racism. Put simply, some cannot accept a Black president. Seeing and hearing what I have of late, I'm inclined to agree with him, at least this is a factor. I respect libertarianism, philosophical anarchism, free market economics, and traditionalists. However, many protesters strike me as clearly irrational—Obama is not a Nazi, not a Communist, and not a Kenyan, etc. On cannot locate a coherent argument in much of the popular discontent.
Reflecting on the above, I have developed the following hypothesis: Civilization (and its cultural carrier, education) represents the project of overcoming –or fast-forwarding—evolution. Our "gut—most primitive—instincts promote us to distrust the Other. This could be the result of a survival trait. The Other is a competitor in a harsh, Malthusian environment. Thus, in the words of contemporary psychology, we see the difference between System 1(fast, down-and-dirty heuristics) and System 2 (reflective and reasoning). Thus, the Socratic project (Socrates as the proto-type of reasoning man in the West) and his Axial Age counter-parts represent forces working in favor of System 2 (Reason). However, Socrates and his ilk have not triumphed after 2000 plus years. We find that each generation must pass through its own learning sequence; indeed, each individual must do so, and not all make it. Thus, physical and cultural evolution must undergo a constant recapitulation for the Socratic project of reason to succeed. (I would posit Buddha as perhaps the best-known Eastern counter-part of Socrates and the tradition of reason.)
The bloody and genocidal 20th century demonstrates how tenuous the sway of reason and rationality are upon us. A part of the Socratic project must include a measure of liberty and liberality. Plato's mistake—pointed out by the likes of Hayek and Popper—arises from thinking that reason ("Reason") compels a particular answer to any problem—but it doesn't, it can't. An answer cannot be compelled because we don't have the resources of time, computing power, and insight to know for sure the "right" answer to most problems. Freedom to explore and toleration of exploration by others becomes a hallmark of modernity. Liberty and liberalism must include a public space in the sense defined by Hannah Arendt: space to literally and figuratively interact, explore, and create.
So what's all this to do with Obama and the racism manifesting against him? Racism seems to me a cultural artifact of System 1, now deeply ingrained in some sub-cultures. It represents the primitive instinct of distrust and aggression toward the Other. However, while the distrust of the Other comes from the primitive (shall we say reactionary?), racism as a manifestation exists only as a cultural creation. Racial differences that seem so stark to some are in fact trivial biologically. As a social (or cultural) creation, race is huge; as biology, it's next to nothing. However, think of the education (formal and informal), intelligence, and open-mindedness that one needs in order to weigh and judge from such a perspective.
In the end, we will have to battle racism and other forms of prejudice for a long time to come. However, I do believe that the tide continues to turn, and the world changes for the better. But it is all so tenuous!
Addendum with a couple of quick points:
- Jimmy Carter improves with age. I think that he's now 85! Happy birthday, Jimmy!
- Dave Brooks in his NYT article "No, It's Not All About Race" counters the racism argument by saying it's all native populism. Part right, I think (as usual).
- Frank Rich in the NYT "Even Glen Beck Gets It Right Twice a Day" has the most insightful take in my opinion.
- After writing all of the above, Stephen Colbert weighed-in on the issue "The Word: Blackwashing" and skewered it the way only he can. Interestingly, the audience groaned more than laughed at Stephen's extreme take, which tells me that he was hitting some nerves.


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Henrich, J., Bauer, M., Chytilova, J., Cassar, A., and Purzycki, B. G. (2019). War increases religiosity. Nature Human Behavior, 3(2): 129-135.
Purzycki, B. G. and Sosis, R. (2019). Gods, governments, and other strange beings: Cognitive processing speed and the moral relevance of what omniscient agents know. In Slone, D. Jason and McCorkle, W. (eds.). The Cognitive Science of Religion: A Methodological Introduction to Key Empirical Studies. London: Bloomsbury Press, pp. 23-32.
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Purzycki, B. G., and Baimel, A. (2016). Examining the Minds of Gods. MacMillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks on Religion: Mental Religion. Farmington Hills: MacMillan, pp. 45-60.
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Purzycki, B. G., and Willard, A. K. (2016). MCI Theory: A Critical Discussion [Target Article with Commentaries]. Religion, Brain and Behavior, 6(3): 207-248.
Purzycki, B. G., Apicella, C., Atkinson, Q., Cohen, E., McNamara, R. A., Willard, A. K., Norenzayan, A., and Henrich, J. (2016). Cross-cultural dataset for the Evolution of Religion and Morality Project. Scientific Data, 3: 16099. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2016.99.
Purzycki, B. G., Apicella, C., Atkinson, Q., Cohen, E., McNamara, R. A., Willard, A. K., Xygalatas, D., Norenzayan, A., and Henrich, J. (2016). Moralistic Gods, Supernatural Punishment and the Expansion of Human Sociality. Nature, 530(7590): 327-330. [Protocols and methods; R Scripts]
Shaver, J. H., Purzycki, B. G., and Sosis, R. (2016). Evolutionary Theory in the Study of Religion. In Stausberg, Michael and Engler, Steven (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of the Study of Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 124-136.
Purzycki, B. G. (2015). Inside the Mind of God. Aeon Magazine.
Purzycki, B. G., Kiper, J., Shaver, J., Finkel, D. N., and Sosis, R. (2015). Religion. In Scott, Robert A., and Kosslyn, Stephen M. (eds.). Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. New York: Wiley, pp. 1-16.
Nichols, R., Lynn, J., and Purzycki, B. G. (2014). Toward a Science of Science Fiction: Applying Quantitative Methods to Genre Individuation. Scientific Study of Literature, 4(1): 25-45. Please email for electronic copy.
Purzycki, B. G., Haque, O., and Sosis, R. (2014). Extending Evolutionary Accounts of Religion beyond the Mind: Religions as Adaptive Systems. In Watts, Fraser, and Turner, Léon (eds.). Evolution, Religion, and Cognitive Science: Critical and Constructive Essays. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 74-91.
Scott, I. M., Joseph, S. C., Boyette, A., Gibson, M., Hewlett, B., Jamieson, M., Jankowiake, W., Honey, P. L., Huang, Z., Purzycki, B. G., Shaver, J., Sosis, R., Sugiyama, L. S., Swamij, V., Yuk, D. W., Zhao, Yangke, Penton-Voak, I. (2014). Human Preferences for Sexually Dimorphic Faces May Be Evolutionarily Novel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 11(40): 14388-14393.
Shariff, A., Purzycki, B. G., and Sosis, R. (2014). Religions as Cultural Solutions to Social Living. In A.B. Cohen (ed.). Culture Reexamined: Broadening Our Understanding of Social and Evolutionary Influences. Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association, pp. 217-238.
Purzycki, B. G. (2013a). The Minds of Gods: A Comparative Study of Supernatural Agency. Cognition, 129(1): 163-179. Supplementary materials.
Purzycki, B. G. (2013b). Toward a Cognitive Ecology of Religious Concepts: An Example from the Tyva Republic. Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion, 1(1): 99-120.
Purzycki, B. G. (2013c). Tyva Republic (Shamanism, Animism, and Totemism). Database of Religious History. Vancouver: University of British Columbia.
Purzycki, B. G., and Arakchaa, T. (2013). Ritual Behavior and Trust in the Tyva Republic. Current Anthropology, 54(3): 381-388. Supplementary materials.
Purzycki, B. G., and Sosis, R. (2013). The Extended Religious Phenotype and the Adaptive Coupling of Ritual and Belief. Israel Journal for Ecology and Evolution, 59(2): 99-108.
Purzycki, B. G., Finkel, D. N., Shaver, J., Wales, N., Cohen, A. B., and Sosis, R. (2012). What Does God Know? Supernatural Agents' Access to Socially Strategic and Nonstrategic Information. Cognitive Science, 36(5): 846-869. Supplementary materials.
Purzycki, B. G. (2011a). Humor as Violation and Deprecation: A Cognitive Anthropological Account. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 11(1-2): 217-230.
Purzycki, B. G. (2011b). Tyvan Cher Eezi and the Socioecological Constraints of Supernatural Agents' Minds. Religion, Brain and Behavior, 1(1): 31-45.
Purzycki, B. G., & Gibson, K. (2011). Religion and Violence: An Anthropological Study on Religious Belief and Violent Behavior. Skeptic, 16(2): 22-27.
Purzycki, B. G., and Sosis, R. (2011). In Frey, Ulrich (ed.). Our Gods: Variation in Supernatural Minds. Essential Building Blocks of Human Nature. New York: Springer-Verlag, pp. 77-93.
Purzycki, B. G. (2010a). Cognitive Architecture, Humor and Counterintuitiveness: Retention and Recall of MCIs. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 10(1-2): 189-204.
Purzycki, B. G. (2010b). Spirit Masters, Ritual Cairns, and the Adaptive Religious System in Tyva. Sibirica, 9(2): 21-47. Please email for electronic copy.
Purzycki, B. G., and Sosis, R. (2010). Religious Concepts as Necessary Components of the Adaptive Religious System. In Frey, Ulrich (ed.). The Nature of God: Evolution and Religion. Marburg: Tectum Verlag, pp. 37-59.
Purzycki, B. G., and Sosis, R. (2009). The Religious System as Adaptive: Cognitive Flexibility, Public Displays, and Acceptance. In Voland, Eckart & Schiefenhövel, Wulf (eds.). The Biological Evolution of Religious Mind and Behavior. New York: Springer-Verlag, pp. 243-256.
Purzycki, B. G. (2006). Conceptions of Humor: Lakota (Sioux), Koestlerian, and Computational. Nebraska Anthropologist, 21:168-188.
Purzycki, B. G. (2005a). The Degree of Chimpanzee Theory of Mind and the Evolution of Modularity. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, 30:59-67.
Purzycki, B. G. (2005b). Theory of Mind in Chimpanzees: A Rationalist Approach. Nebraska Anthropologist, 20:70-92.
Purzycki, B. G. (2004). Comparison of the Traditional and Contemporary Extended Family Units of the Hopi and Lakota (Sioux): A Study of the Deterioration of Kinship Structures and Functions. Nebraska Anthropologist, 19:16-31.
Commentaries and Book Reviews
Blackwell, A. D., and Purzycki, B. G. (2018). Shamanism and efficacious exceptionalism. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 41: e69.
Shaver, J. H., and Purzycki, B. G. (2018). The evolution of religious diversity. Religion, Brain and Behavior, 8(4): 444-447.
Purzycki, B. G. (2017). Some comments on the alleged innateness of religion. Method and Theory in the Study of Religion, 49(4-5): 411-421.
Purzycki, B. G. (2016). Why Did Supernatural Punishment Arise? Nautilus, 13: 17.
Purzycki, B. G., and Willard, A. K. (2016). Accounting for Variation and Stability in Religious Cognition [Reply to Commentaries]. Religion, Brain and Behavior, 6(3): 266-274.
Purzycki, B. G., and McNamara, R. A. (2015). Ecology, Consensus, and Variation: Issues with Time and Persistence in Religious Systems. Religion, Brain and Behavior, 5(3): 250-253.
Purzycki, B. G. (2014). On the Dark Side of Religion and Other Forms of Impression Management. Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion, 2(1): 29-34. [Republished in: Martin, L. H., and Wiebe, M. (eds.), (2016). Conversations and Controversies in the Scientific Study of Religion: Collaborative and Co-authored Essays by Luther H. Martin and Donald Wiebe. Boston: Brill, pp. 157-162.]
Purzycki, B. G. (2013). A review of Frans de Waal, The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism among the Primates. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 88(4): 342.
Purzycki, B. G., and Sosis, R. (2013). Comment for "Cooperation in Context: Public Goods Games and Post-Soviet Collectives in Kamchatka, Russia". Current Anthropology, 54(2): 166-167.
Purzycki, B. G. (2012). A review of Alan Barnard, Social Anthropology and Human Origins. Anthropos, 107(1): 233-234.
Swartwout, P., Purzycki, B. G., and Sosis, R. (2012). Form and Function in Religious Signaling under Pathogen Stress. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 35(2): 92-93.
Purzycki, B. G., Swartwout, P., and Sosis, R. (2008). Searching for Darwin: Metaphor, Collusion, and Natural Selection. A review of Lyle B. Steadman and Craig T. Palmer, The Supernatural and Natural Selection: Religion and Evolutionary Success. Evolutionary Psychology, 6(4): 628-636.
Purzycki, B. G., Henrich, J. and Norenzayan, A., eds. (2018). The Evolution of Religion and Morality [special issue]. Religion, Brain and Behavior, 8(2): 101-261.
Purzycki, B. G. (2012). Finding Minds in the Natural World: Dynamics of the Religious System in the Tyva Republic. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Connecticut.
Purzycki, B. G. (2006). Myth, Humor, and Ontological Templates: A Study of the Retention and Transmission of Mythical-Religious Ideas. M. A. Thesis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.


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- AmeriCorps Program - This opportunity is for students ages 17+. Students work with the Grand Street Settlement Beacon After School Program by providing tutoring services, administrative and program assistance. Students get a bi-weekly stipend as well as a small college scholarship.
- Open Community Gym - Students are encouraged to attend basketball skills and drills programs on Wednesday evenings from 6pm-8pm and Saturdays from 9am-12:30pm.
- DYCD & Nike Funded Basketball League - Students ages 13-15 with a cumulative grade point average of 75 can become part of the league. Both male and female. Students will compete throughout the city against other DYCD & Nike funded teams for the championship title in their division.
- Gentlemen of Quality - Male students can attend this all-male mentoring program featuring NYU male students giving youth guidance on college, life, finances, and academics. The program mission is to inspire and uplift the gentlemen spirit in male minority youth.
- Volunteer Opportunities - Qualified students can volunteer with the Beacon After School program in order to earn community service hours to help toward their 60 hour goal for graduation.
- SYEP - The Beacon Center can help students apply for the Summer Youth Employment Program in April. This opportunity is afforded by the city and is also awarded to students by lottery. Students can choose the Beacon Center as their host site to do their SYEP term with.
- JUMP - The Juniors Undertaking Manhattan Possibilities program is awarded to qualifying MVHS students who inquire and show interest in September. Students are exposed to different trips -- arts, recreation and sports related in order to expose them to various interests. The trips take place one Saturday a month.
- COMPASS (OST) Program - This program is uniquely designed for 25 incoming freshman. They are awarded a counselor who will follow them throughout their freshman year offering guidance, workshops and tutoring in order to ensure they matriculate to the 10th grade with 10 or more credits. Students can inquire to join in September.
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ProfNet Experts Round-Up: Detention of Terror Suspects
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**1. MICHAEL KELLY, international law professor at CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY: "Taken together, the decisions amount to a hit, a strike and a ball for both sides. The cases acknowledge the president's power to detain people while he is prosecuting America's war on terror. However, this power is not unchecked. The Guantanamo Bay case brings the military installation under U.S. federal court jurisdiction and accords the prisoners their basic human rights recognized by international law. The Padilla case sidestepped by the court on a jurisdictional technicality amounts to an endorsement of forum-shopping by the government."
**2. ROBERT E. PRECHT, assistant dean of public service at the UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Law School, and author of "Defending Mohammad: Justice on Trial, A Defense Lawyer's Account of the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing Trial": "Is the Constitution a tool to help the president fight terrorism, or is it a system of values to give individual justice to those accused of wrongdoing? The bigger the perceived danger of terrorism, the more leeway the Supreme Court will give the president. What the detention cases really boil down to is whether the Supreme Court agrees with the administration's portrayal of terrorism as an unprecedented threat to American security."
**3. CHRISTOPHER H. PYLE, professor of politics at MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE: "I would expect the Supreme Court to uphold the military detention of genuine battlefield detainees from Afghanistan as if they were prisoners of war, extending the Ninth Circuit's decision in Territo to non-POWs with American citizenship. (Territo upheld the indefinite detention, by the Army, of an American citizen who had served in Italy's army during World War II.) Where battlefield detainees are concerned, I would expect the court to defer to the military and its claims of necessity, with a warning that it will reconsider the due process issue (requiring screening) if detentions (without screening) go on much longer."
**4. MICHAEL MELLO, professor at VERMONT LAW SCHOOL and constitutional and criminal law scholar, is an expert regarding Fourth Amendment "search and seizure" and capital punishment, with over 20 years experience as a civil rights litigator: "It's a wide open question as to whether the administration can indefinitely detain suspected terrorists. There is precedent in support of the administration's position arising out of World War II, but since then there has been a revolution in constitutional criminal procedure. Today, there is a powerful argument in support of active judicial involvement in cases like Hamdi and Padilla, and regarding the Guantanamo detainees. This trilogy of cases before the Supreme Court will probably be the most significant separation of powers cases to be decided since World War II, even more so than U.S. vs. Nixon."
**5. DANIEL JOYNER, senior research fellow at the UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA's Center for International Trade and Security: "The U.S. is obligated under the 1949 Geneva Convention III to afford prisoners captured during armed conflict the protections of the treaty even if their identity as POW's is in doubt. The situation is aggravated by the failure of U.S. federal courts to recognize jurisdiction, leaving detainees in de facto U.S. custody, but without the legal protections envisioned by the Constitution. The sum of these instances of violence to both U.S. constitutional law and international law is an unacceptable additive that should be rectified immediately."
**6. MICHAEL P. SCHARF, director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: "The Bush administration argues that the Supreme Court case of Johnson v. Eisentrager has the authority to indefinitely detain so-called enemies at Guantanamo Bay, without charges or access to a lawyer or the opportunity to establish their innocence. Noting in Gherebi v. Bush, the Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals said 'there is no lawful policy or precedent that supports such a counter-intuitive and undemocratic procedure and, contrary to the government's contention, Johnson v. Eisentrager neither requires nor authorizes it.' Congress enacted the 'Non-Detention Act' to avoid a repeat of the widely condemned detention of Japanese Americans during WWII, and it specifically prohibits the detention of any persons of U.S. nationality."
**7. HAROLD J. KRENT, dean and professor at the CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW: "Although the president is commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, the Constitution does not grant him carte blanche to ensure the security of the nation. The president's constitutional authority to protect the nation must be accommodated both with Congressional primacy in policymaking, and with the civil liberties of citizens. At a minimum, the Constitution vests the president with no inherent authority to detain citizens suspected of terrorism indefinitely without recourse to the legal system." A constitutional scholar, Krent has written extensively on executive privilege aspects of individuals' interaction with the government.
**8. TED BOLEMA, assistant professor at CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: "The Fourth Amendment prohibition against 'unreasonable search and seizures' sets forth a balancing test between protecting liberty interests and allowing legitimate government actions. The language recognizes that certain government actions may be considered 'reasonable' during times of war even though those same actions would be unreasonable at other times. But this standard does not give the government a carte blanche for 'any' government action during wartime. Unless new developments occur to create heightened security concerns, these detention measures become less reasonable as more time passes."
**9. SCOTT SILLIMAN, director of the DUKE UNIVERSITY's Center for Law, Ethics and National Security, is a former colonel in the U.S. Air Force who provided legal support to U.S.A.F. commanders during the Persian Gulf War: "The Bush administration has said in both Yaser Hamdi's and Jose Padilla's cases that attorney privilege is being done out of discretion rather than because either domestic or international law compels it. What is striking is that the decision to allow Hamdi and Padilla to interact with their attorneys was not made until the administration was facing a difficult challenge in the U.S. Supreme Court."
**10. JOHN D. HUTSON, dean and president of the FRANKLIN PIERCE LAW CENTER: "The U.S. Constitution clearly does not empower the U.S. to confine detainees indefinitely without representation. Due process requires some sort of process. If the detainees are located in U.S. territory, as I would argue Guantanamo Bay is, then the Constitution provides them with certain protections. If Gitmo is not U.S. territory, then the Geneva Convention kicks in. That also requires some level of due process in the form of a 'competent hearing' to determine their status. If they are determined to be POWs, they may be detained until the 'cessation of hostilities' at which time they may be repatriated. If they are not POWs, we are then in essentially uncharted waters."
**11. EDWARD P. LAZARUS, senior counsel at AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD: "In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals held that the president may not unilaterally arrest a U.S. citizen on American soil and hold him indefinitely in military detention as an 'enemy combatant.' That is, he may not do so without Congress's prior authorization for such detention. Far from being a definitive or radical statement of any kind, the ruling in fact reflects a profoundly restrained approach. The opinion does not prevent military detention of suspected citizen-terrorists. Instead, it merely requires a Specific legislative mandate for such a deep intrusion into the liberties customarily afforded every American."
**12. KIM LANE SCHEPPELE, professor of law at the UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, can discuss terrorism and democracy, and rights in times of national crisis. Scheppele says the government's decision in February to allow Yaser Esam Hamdi to see an attorney for the first time after being detained for more than two years is a significant breakthrough: "It matters that this guy knows he has a case and knows he has legal representation. Even if it was in front of an audience of 10,000 people, it's an improvement over solitary confinement." Scheppeles teaches a course on terrorism and the law.
**13. ROBERT SCOTT, constitutional lawyer and partner at SCOTT & SCOTT, LLP, believes that the United States Supreme Court's upcoming review of the Bush administration's actions will demonstrate that many of the anti-terrorism policies are unconstitutional: "The Constitution prohibits the administration from detaining suspected terrorists indefinitely if they are United States citizens or if they are being detained within the United States."
**14. ROBERT DAVIS, professor at the STETSON UNIVERSITY College of Law in Gulfport, Fla., is an expert on national security issues, the Patriot Act, military intelligence and constitutional law. An officer in the U.S. Naval Reserves, Davis is well versed in military and national security law. He recently served with the Joint Intelligence Directorate in the Operations and Plans division at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa. President George W. Bush has nominated Davis for the position of judge for the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
**15. FRANK RAZZANO, partner at DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO MORIN & OSHINSKY LLP and former U.S. Attorney and SEC trial attorney, has closely been following the Jose Padilla and Yaser Esam Hammdi cases, which involve the rights of U.S. citizens declared unlawful combatants by the president. Razzano teaches classes such as "Business Crimes," "Federal Securities Fraud Litigation," "International Criminal Law" and "Regulation of Securities Markets" at the University of Maryland.
**16. EDWARD F. SHERMAN, professor of military law and former dean of the TULANE UNIVERSITY Law School, served in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corp and has practiced and published in the area of military law. He is available to comment on the detention of suspected terrorists.


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For the first time in 13 years, women are going to compete in a NJPW ring. Maria Kanellis, Matt Taven, and Mike Bennett (the Kingdom) have been booked to wrestle Amber O'Neal Gallows, Doc Gallows, and Karl Anderson (the Bullet Club) at Wrestling Dontaku 2015 on May 3. This comes after the Bullet Club suffered the devastating loss of their IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships to the Kingdom, due in part to Karl Anderson's obsession with Maria (same, Karl, same) and also Maria's excellent distraction skills.
The last time a woman was featured in NJPW matches was in 2002, when Chyna competed against much of the roster in tag and singles matches.
Sunday's match is described as a "six person tag team match" but I don't know whether it's mixed-tag (the women can only fight each other and a man must tag out to his woman partner if the opposing woman is tagged in) or intergender (men and women can fight each other) rules. We'll find out for sure come Sunday, but as everyone saw at War of the Worlds last year, even NJPW's good guy heartthrob ace once in a century talent and most decorated IWGP champion in history Hiroshi Tanahashi doesn't hesitate to engage Maria in combat if she enters the ring.
This match could either be pretty good and a step toward getting women featured on NJPW programming in a capacity that is more than "look at all the beautiful parts of this very beautiful woman please" or it could be a bunch of Bullet Club shenanigans. I'll check back in afterward and let you know! But I have to say, after all the talk about how the Kingdom's accolades in NJPW are really due to Maria, it's nice to see her getting a chance to compete for some herself.
Maria Kanellis and Amber Gallows now have profiles up on the NJPW roster page.


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UPDATE november 2, 2018:
We will continue to accept proposals until all students have a project in place; however, we highly recommend as soon as possible (ideally by December 1st) in order to maximize the number of students available to apply for your project.
Client-Based Projects
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- Online - Information submitted online will be entered into GSPPjobs, the School's on-line job posting system, then reviewed by staff before students are able to view your proposal
- GSPPjobs - Information is submitted directly to GSPPjobs, the School's on-line job posting system, then reviewed by staff before students are able to view your proposal
Overview for Prospective Clients - What is the CAP (Capstone Analytic Project (CAP)?
In their final (third) semester of study at the Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP), each MPA student, with faculty guidance, conducts an analysis of a significant policy or programmatic challenge or opportunity facing an organization or policy practitioner. In this project, the Capstone Analytic Project (CAP), the student applies the interdisciplinary methods, approaches, and perspectives that comprise the GSPP curriculum.
MPA students spend 10-15 hours per week on their CAP (for a total of 150-250 hours of work), starting over the winter break or in January and finishing by early May. A student's findings and recommendations are most often presented as a professional quality written report, but may take other forms (such as, for example, a reorganization plan) as agreed between student, client and instructor. During the Spring semester students meet weekly with their faculty advisor and MPA peers to discuss their project work. The final product must meet both the academic standards of the School's faculty and the standards and needs of the client.
If you or someone else in your organization would benefit from having a public policy graduate student analyze and develop recommendations regarding a policy problem faced by your organization, we encourage you to consider submitting a proposal. You are more than welcome to forward this information to other organizations who might be interested.
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Rice Rava Kheer / Rava Payasam
Rice - 2 cups
Rice rava-1 cup
Sugar-1 cup
Milk-5 to 6 cups
salt-1/2 tsp
Wash the rice and drain in a colander for 20 minutes.
Heat the pan dry roast the rice till its golden brown color.Stir continuously otherwise it will be burn.
When its golden color.Switch of the flame ,let it cool down.
when its cool down,now smooth coarsely powder the rice in a blander or food processor.Work in batches till the rice resembles bread crumbs and then sieve it, to filter out rava.(For this kheer u need rice like very small pieces of rava).The rave looks should like this way..
In a bowl add 1 cup of rava and 1 cup of sugar,1/2tspof salt mix well keep it aside.
Boil milk in wide pan,when it boiling add the rava and sugar mix to the milk stirring continuously.Stir continuously other wise lumps will form.
Let rava mixture cook in low flame,stir well.Now cook completely for 20 to 25 minutes stirring continuously so that it does not stick to the pan.
when rava cooked it became thick and its done.Switch of the flame.(Add milk according to the thickness you like )
This good for children and the tasty should like a kova /mawa.
Serve hot or cold.


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Today marks a decade since I brought Lola home from the cat rescue. She wasn't a kitten when I got her; she'd already had a litter of kittens, which is how she'd ended up on death row. We're not sure of her actual birthday, so this is her official birthday. In ten years she's gone from being a batshit crazy insane psychopath to a less batshit crazy insane very sweet, utterly contrary, endlessly amusing, incessantly demanding, scrupulously self-cleaning, badass sidekick and snuggling companion. And she's still full of surprises: it took me ten years to realise how much she loves wearing hats (see sombrero).
Happy Birthday Loly!


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YA Fiction fans of all ages will have an amazing opportunity to meet and interact with many of their favorite authors at the Fourth Annual YALLFest, coming up this November. The talent and energy at this event is guaranteed to knock your socks off. Perhaps best and most generous of all, the majority of events at YALLFest are completely free. Learn more by reading the press release, below, or by visiting www.yallfest.org.
CHARLESTON, S.C- June 5,2014.-The fourth annual YALLFest, the largest and only author-run Young Adult (YA) book festival in the country, will bring 60 acclaimed authors, including 37 New York Times bestsellers to Charleston on Friday, November 7 and Saturday, November 8, 2014. An expanded format this year includes two days of interactive panels, signings and readings taking place at various venues in historic downtown Charleston.
The line-up at this year's festival includes the best and brightest in the YA world. YA's hottest author, Veronica Roth, whose breakout hit
Divergent just hit the 20 million mark in sales, will return to YALLFest as a panelist. "YALLFest is a fantastic blend of raucous laughter, thoughtful discussions, amazing books, and of course, delicious pie," said Roth.
An opening keynote conversation with internationally bestselling James Dashner (The Maze Runner, and forthcoming feature film adaptation) and friend Sara Zarr (National Book Award-nominated Story of a Girl) will kick things off Saturday, November 8, and a closing keynote will feature the internationally bestselling duo Sarah Dessen (The Moon and More) and Ally Condie (Matched trilogy).
Returning this year is the Middle Grade Storyball, where middle school kids will have the opportunity to write and publish their own story alongside renowned children's authors. The festival concludes with the wildly popular YA Smackdown where all authors compete in storytelling games for the coveted "Golden Pie" trophy and the official YALLFest band, Tiger Beat, headlined by author Libba Bray, performs.
YALLFest was co-founded by Jonathan Sanchez, owner of Charleston's only locally owned and operated bookstore, Blue Bicycle Books, and Margaret Stohl and Kami Garcia (co-authors of the Beautiful Creatures series). Melissa de la Cruz, (author of the Blue Bloods series) is the festival's director of development,supported by fellow executive board members Brendan Reichs (co-author of the Virals series) and Pseudonymous Bosch (author of the Secret series.)
In addition to Roth, Dashner, Zarr, Dessen, Condie, Bray, Stohl, Garcia, de la Cruz, Bosch and Reichs, the festival is proud to welcome a diverse roster of bestselling panelists who include Ann Brashares (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants novels); Kiera Cass (The Selection trilogy); Becca Fitzpatrick (Hush, Hush trilogy); Gayle Forman (If I Stay, and forthcoming feature film adaptation); Marie Lu (Legend trilogy);Lauren Oliver (Delirium trilogy); Kathy Reichs (Virals and Bones television adaptation); Rainbow Rowell (Eleanor & Park); Laini Taylor (Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy); Scott Westerfeld (Uglies novels) and fifteen-year-old Maya Van Wagenen (Popular).
Newberry Award-winning Rita Williams-Garcia is a special guest of the festival, alongside many bestsellers and authors of note including
Kwame Alexander, Jennifer Armentrout, Leigh Bardugo, Alexandra Bracken, Matt de la Pena, Jim di Bartolo, Lauren Billings & Christina Hobbs (as Christina Lauren), Coe Booth, Jocelyn Davies, Susan Ee, Dan Ehrenhaft, Sarah Fine, Adam Gidwitz, Ryan Graudin, Adele Griffin, Nikki Grimes, Lev Grossman, Michelle Hodkin, Ellen Hopkins, Varian Johnson, Michael Johnston, David Levithan, C. Alexander London, E. Lockhart, DJ MacHale, Sarah J Maas, Barnabas Miller, Sarah Mylnowski, Lauren Myracle, Danielle Paige, Stephanie Perkins, Morgan Rhodes, Carrie Ryan & John Parke Davis, Kieran Scott, Jennifer E. Smith, Natalie Standiford and J.E. Thompson.
YALLFest's mission is to improve literacy through great YA literature and it is quickly becoming the most highly anticipated annual event for booklovers of all ages. For more information visit www.yallfest.org.


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Iraq - Block 9
Oil discovery in two targets - the first significant success in Dragon Oil's exploration portfolio
Block 9 is located in the Basra province, onshore Iraq, and covers an area of 866km2.
Kuwait Energy Corporation (KEC) is the operator for Block 9, participating with a 60% contractor share, while Dragon Oil has 30% and Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) has 10%.
In May 2012, a consortium of companies including Dragon Oil was awarded an exploration, development and production contract (EDPSC) for Block 9 in Iraq's fourth bidding round. Block 9 is located in the Basra province.
Dragon Oil jointly bid with Kuwait Energy in respect of Block 9. The contract was initialled by the Iraqi Ministry of Oil and the consortium on 16 July 2012 and the final services contract was signed on 27 January 2013.
The consortium spudded the exporation well in March 2014. On 10 September 2014, we alongside our partner Kuwait Energy announced our first oil discovery at Block 9. The successful discovery was at the consortium's first target, the Mishrif formation at 2,700 meters, in its Block 9 exploration well, 'Faihaa-1', located in Northern Basra, Iraq.
Preliminary tests of the Faihaa-1 Mishrif formation resulted in a flow rate of circa 2,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) and c. 3,400 bopd of 20 API oil on 32"/64" and 64"/64" chokes, respectively.
Later in the year, in December, the partners reported their second oil section discovery in the second target, the Yamama formation, reached at 4,000 meters in the same Faihaa-1 exploration well. Preliminary open hole tests of the Faihaa-1 Yamama formation resulted in oil flow rates of c. 5,000 and 8,000 bopd of 35 API crude oil on 32"/64" and 64"/64" chokes, respectively.
The report from an independent petroleum engineer incorporating the results of testing the Mishrif formation indicated contingent 2C oil resources of 198 million barrels and contingent 2C gas resources of 56 Bscf net to Dragon Oil on a working interest basis.
The consortium commenced oil production from Faihaa-1 well in 2015. Production began from the Faihaa-1 well in the order of 5,000 bopd on 32"/64" choke.


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Gagliardi Unlined Sport Coat Review
About a year ago, we reported about Gagliardi, the Maltese brand run by the Borg family. A few seasons ago, after years of manufacturing clothing for other brands, they decided it was time to create their own label, and Gagliardi was born. With mediterranean cachez their jackets are cut much slimmer than anything you will find off the rack in the U.S. and the fabric selection is traditional with a modern twist. After last year's review of a linen jacket, today's review is about a 68% cotton- 32% wool blend sportcoat in small navy white gingham that was provided to me. During a recent trip to New York, I had ample of opportunity to test this garment on the plane as well as in the rain and hot and humid conditions, and it performed very well. It was lightweight, didn't wrinkle very much and it was comfortable to wear.
Compared to the linen blazer we tested before, this fabric is very soft, and airy. On top of that, it is much lighter making it extremely comfortable to wear, and on top of that, the wool helps the cotton not to wrinkle too heavily. To me this fabric is perfect for warm summers and resort stays alike because the blue white gingham pattern is different from most other sport coat fabrics, yet the color palette is so classic that you can wear it 5 or 10 years down the line. Just like before, the 1/4 lining is made of viscose, an artificial fiber that is made with an infinity thread from natural cellulose. The undercollar has a white band as well as a different small blue and checked fabric for a subtle contrast. Personally, I can't remember when I popped my jacket collar for the last time, but I still think it is a nice detail. The same white and checked fabric is used on the inside of the jacket for the pockets and the lining.
Gagliardi Workmanship
Overall the workmanship of this jacket is identical to the other Gagliardi jacket I reviewed. However, because of the softer fabric, this sport coat feels more like a sweater than jacket. Overall, the quality to price ratio is very good, especially when considering that they provide free shipping worldwide!
The cut and details are mostly like the other Gagliardi jacket I reviewed, just in different colors. However, this sport coat lacks the elbow patches, and I like that because elbow patches should be added when the elbows are worn out, and not when it is new off the rack. The buttons are still made of resin, and the buttonholes are non-functional. For an off the rack garment this is actually advantageous in the sense that shortening the sleeves is not a big deal, as it can be done from the bottom. Only good altertions tailors can shorten sleeves from the shoulder, and it is also more expensive. So, at the end of the day, the Gagliardi jacket will save you money at the alterations tailor and once you have the correct length down, you can always make the buttonholes functional if you wish. By default it comes with 4 cuff buttons, as you can see in the pictures. Since I found the sleeves were a little too long for my taste, I brought it to the alterations tailor and asked to remove two buttons for a more sportive look. If you have functional buttonholes, that's not an option, since you cannot close buttonholes that are already cut.
Another noteworthy detail is the lapel buttonhole. For some reason, it's not all the way open and so you have to use a carpet knife or razor blade and carefully cut it open. It's a matter of two seconds and not a big deal. To my surprise, the jacket featured, two boutonniere stem keepers this time so once the buttonhole is open, you can easily wear a boutonniere!
On the inside, the coat is half lined which makes it particularly comfortable to wear when it is hot, because you can feel every breeze. Most men don't know that but it takes much more time and skill to make an unlined or half lined jacket, because the lining hides all threads, unhemmed edges etc. The inside of the Gagliardi jacket is beautiful. All edges are piped in a contrasting white – very dapper indeed!
Just in line with the current trend towards soft, unstructured jackets, the shoulder padding on the sport coat is minimal.
Fit & Sizing
Although not Made-To-Measure, fit and sizing are two big advantages of Gagliardi. First of all, the sizing is extensive and they carry short, regular and long sizes. So no matter if you need 36 short, a 42 regular or a 48 long, they got you covered! Secondly, Gagliardi offers two different cuts, a slim-cut and a contemporary cut. Since the company is based in Malta, the contemporary cut is more like an American slim cut, and the Gagliardi slim cut is a super slim cut and it fits closer to the body than any slim jacket you find at J. Crew. The slim models are also a bit shorter, which is in line with the current fashion trend. Because of that, I went for the long version which is 3 cm or a little over an inch longer across sizes although I usually wear a regular. After the photo shoot, I had the sleeves shortened, but I think especially for shorter and taller thin men Gagliardi jackets are really great. It's very easy to determine one's size if you know centimeters. For some reason even though the sizes are in inches, the measurements in the table are centimeters. So bear in mind that 1 inch = 2.54 centimeters. Once you have that down, it will be very easy for you to order the right size.
Gagliardi, produces modern jackets in great, lightweight summer fabrics that don't leave much to be desired. Of course the buttonholes are not en par with Isaia, Kiton or Attolini and you can't find any handwork in the jacket but it also costs less than 10% of those brands. As such the quality to price ratio is phenomenal. If you wear garments from L.B.M or Lubiam, you will definitely like Gagliardi. I hope they will also add some double breasted styles in the future but overall, I think they are on a good way.
If you are not in the market for a small gingham checked sport coat, I urge you to browse their shop because they have a number of other interesting garments. One of my personal favorites is the pale lavender windowpane sportcoat in a lightweight linen / wool blend fabric. Best of all, if you use the code gagliardigents you will save 15% of your entire store purchase. So hurry up and take a look at their collection. They also offer colorful chinos with a very slim cut. Unfortunately, my strong thighs are not suited for that but if you are in the market for slim trousers, take a look here. Last but not least, if you want some shirts for your collar pins, then you should take a look at their collar pin shirt, because most "online custom" or made-to-measure shirtmakers don't offer the collar with pin holes for collar bars and pins.


text: Pituitary Incidentalomas ENDOCRINOLOGY ROUNDS KRISTIN CLEMENS PGY 5 N O V E M B E R 7 TH, 2 0 1 2 Objectives Epidemiology of pituitary incidentalomas Underlying causes Outline understanding of natural history Review recent practice guidelines on pituitary incidentalomas Illustrative cases for work up and management Case – E.A. 70 year old man HTN, hypercholesterolemia Diovan, Crestor No family history Non smoker, rare ETOH, lives independently with wife Acute onset memory impairment – ER Diagnosis of transient global amnesia CT to rule out stroke demonstrated 2 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm pituitary macroadenoma MRI encroachment of left cavernous sinus, touching L optic nerve Pituitary MRI How to assess him at follow-up endocrinology appointment? Pituitary incidentaloma Previously unsuspected pituitary lesion discovered on an imaging study performed for an unrelated reason Increasingly common Prevalence Estimated from pituitary adenomas found at autopsy and from imaging inpatients who underwent CT or MRI Combined autopsy data suggests frequency of 10.6%, distributed equally amongst genders, age range MRI and CT incidence of 4-38% Etiology Rathke cleft cysts Craniopharyngiomas Meningiomas Pituitary hyperplasia Metastases Pituitary adenoma – 10% Macroadenoma >1cm Microadenoma <1 cm, most common Functioning and non-functioning Pituitary Adenomas Variety of subtypes Data from small observational studies Buurman, 2006 Series of 3048 autopsy cases examined to detect incidence of subclinical adenomas in postmortem pituitaries 1991-2004 Buurman et al Found a total of 334 adenomas out of 3048 cases (10.4%) examined 157 males and 159 females Mean age of 73 Size range from 0.1 to 20 mm Only 3 were macroadenomas Some with multiple adenomas Multiple staining techniques 39.5% stained positive for prolactin 31.7% null cell adenoma/oncocytomas 13.8% stained positive for ACTH 7.2% for gonadotropins 1.8% stained positive for GH 0.6% for TSH 3% for multiple hormones Small percentage unclassified Clinical history Clinical significance? 99 patients with HTN, 65 with diabetes No symptoms of adenohypophyseal hormone hypersecretion were reported Rare cases of clinical hypo and hyperthyroidism No clear correlation between clinical data and adenoma type in this sample Natural History? Small observational cohort studies Fernandez-Balsells, 2011 Systematic review of longitudinal observational cohort studies that enrolled patients with: Incidentalomas (asymptomatic lesions) Non-functioning pituitary adenomas (mass effect/hypopituitarism) Followed without any treatment from the time of detection Outcomes of interest including development of visual field defects, neurological defects, alteration in pituitary function, pituitary apoplexy MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane from 1966 through 2009 Abstraction of data in duplicate Event rate per 100 person years and associated 95% confidence interval Subgroup analysis specified a priori according to tumour size at presentation (micro vs. macroadenoma), tumour characteristics (solid vs. cystic lesion), patients age and sex Results 14 publications from 1069 references Small studies Majority single centre studies Limited quality Often >30 % lost to follow up Median follow up of 3.9 years (range 1-15 years) Frequency of PI/NFPA's higher in females Wide age range 5 months to 89 years Among symptomatic patients most common complaint was headache at baseline Most common pituitary dysfunction at baseline was hypogonadism Outcomes Outcomes reported in aggregate as unable to differentiate between incidentalomas and nonfunctioning pituitary macroadenomas Event rate per 100 PY's Tumour growth 5.8 (5-6.5) Pituitary apoplexy 0.2 (0.0-0.2) Worsening of visual field defects 0.7 (0.5-0.8) Overall incidence of new endocrine dysfunction 2.4 (0-6.4) Significant heterogeneity A priori subgroup analysis Greater event rate of growth in size in macroadenomas (12.5) compared with microadenomas (3.3) and cystic lesions (0.1) Pituitary Incidentaloma: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline 2011 Consensus guided by systematic review of evidence and expert opinion Evidence developed using Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system to describe strength of recommendations and quality of evidence +Very low quality ++++ High quality Initial evaluation of a patient with a pituitary incidentaloma? Recommendation 1.1.1 (+++) All patients with a pituitary incidentaloma should undergo complete history and physical and evaluation for hormone hypersecretion What hormones to be assessed? Prolactin Adenoma, stalk compression Recommended as hyperprolactinemia treatable medically Growth hormone Generally recommended as silent growth hormone secretion has been reported Medical comorbidity ACTH Variable recommendations Cushing's with significant morbidity and risk of progression to overt Cushing's One small study noted progression to overt Cushing disease in 4/22 or 18% of cases Focused assessment of gonadotropins High gonadotropins rarely cause clinical symptoms so screening would not necessarily influence therapy Focused assessment of TSH Rare for TSH secreting adenomas If hormonal overproduction treat medically or surgically as per guidelines Recommendation 1.1.2 (+++) We recommend that patients with a pituitary incidentaloma with or without symptoms also undergo clinical and laboratory evaluations for hypopituitarism Systematic review Hypopituitarism in 7/66 (10%) and 19/46 (40%) patients in smaller observational studies Hypogonadism in 30% Hypothyroidism 28% Adrenal insufficiency in 18% Growth hormone insufficiency in 8% Favoured testing in macroadenomas but variable amongst contributors Recommendation 1.1.3 (++++) We recommend that all patients presenting with a pituitary incidentaloma abutting or compressing the optic nerves or chiasm on MRI undergo formal visual field testing Growth may lead to sight loss 5-15% may have unrecognized visual fields at presentation Recommendation 1.1.4 (++++) We recommend that all patients have a MRI scan to better delineate the nature and extent of the incidentaloma Specific pituitary protocol with fine cuts through the sella Follow-up testing of the pituitary incidentaloma? Recommendation 2.1 (++) Patients with incidentalomas who do not meet criteria for surgical removal, should receive non surgical follow-up with: 2.1.1 MRI scan 6 months after initial scan for macroadenoma or 1 year if microadenoma (++) Repeat MRI every year for macroadenoma MRI every 1-2 years for microadenoma for 3 years and then less frequently Systematic review on natural history 2.1.2 (++++) Visual field testing in those with an incidentaloma that enlarges to abut the chiasm or optic nerves 2.1.3 (++) Clinical and biochemical evaluation for hypopituitarism 6 months after the initial testing and 1 year thereafter in macroadenoma Follow up to continue for several years Indications for surgical therapy of the pituitary incidentaloma? Recommendation 3.1 (++++) Refer for surgery if: Evidence of VF defect or other visual field abnormalities Relatively higher value put on prevention of VF abnormalities than on avoiding the morbidity (hypopituitarism) and cost of the surgery Lesion abutting or compressing the optic nerves or chiasm on MRI Pituitary apoplexy Hypersecreting tumours other than prolactinomas Recommendation 3.2 (++) Surgery if: Clinically significant growth of the incidentaloma Loss of endocrine function A lesion close to the chiasm with a plan to become pregnant Unremitting headache Transphenoidal approach favoured Algorithm Although guidelines, variable practice among clinicians Given prevalence of pituitary adenomas, cost concern Randall et al, 2010 Single institution review of patients with pituitary tumour, adenoma, Cushing disease, acromegaly, prolactinoma 2002-2009 Pituitary tumours that were discovered incidentally were about 15% of sample King et al, 1997 Cost effective analysis using Markov modeling to compare strategies for management of asymptomatic patient with incidental pituitary microadenoma Expectant- no management unless symptoms PRL screening with treatment Panel of hormone secreting tests – PRL, IGF 1, cortisol after dexamethasone administration with treatment Follow up MRI screening – 6 and 12 months with hormone testing if size change Incorporated natural history, pharmacological and surgical treatment outcomes Direct medical costs - costs of hormone testing, MRI's, hospitalization for surgery and physician services into analysis Mortality, morbidity from endocrine and neurological dysfunction, anxiety about knowing about the tumour Quality of life (QALY)- measure of quality of life that assigns to each year, a weight of quality of life Results most sensitive to patient anxiety and shifts to endocrine panel Concluded that single PRL may be most cost effective screen for microadenoma Thus…. Some groups suggest only prolactin for hyperfunction and other hormonal work up depending on clinical suspicion No routine visual field testing No routine screening for hormone hypofunction Back to E.A History No headaches, visual impairment, facial weakness or parasthesias No overt symptoms of hormone hyperfunction No symptoms of hypofunction Physical exam No orthostatic change in vitals Normal visual fields to confrontation, normal extraocular movements Clinical euthyroid, no features of acromegaly, Cushing's, well-androgenized Clinical suspicion for hormone dysfunction low Investigations Cortisol 498 nmol/L LH 4.8 IU/L, FSH 12.9 IU/L, total testosterone 14 nmol/L Prolactin 5 ug/L TSH 1.57 mIU/L, free T4 15 pmol/L, free T3 4.4 pmol/L IGF 1 normal Visual fields unreliable with multiple false positives and negatives Repeat examination normal Follow-up Repeat MRI at 6 months stable Repeat MRI at 1 year stable Plan to repeat visual fields and assess for hormone hypofunction Case 2 – Z.K. 78 year old man CVA, HTN "Blood pressure pill" No family history Non smoker, no alcohol, lives independently with wife Presented to ER with history of headache CT showed 3.1 x 2.8 x 3.8 cm macroadenoma MRI demonstrated suprasellar extension and extension into the sphenoid sinus and R cavernous sinus Mild compression of the optic chiasm Pituitary MRI Endocrine follow-up Son translator Headaches improved Denied vision impairment, facial weakness or parasthesia No symptoms of pituitary hyperfunction ?Cold intolerance – multiple layers of clothing around the house Physical exam No orthostatic change in vitals, no lightheadedness Visual fields difficult to assess No features of Cushing's or acromegaly, well androgenized Wearing double layers and hat in summer Investigations AM cortisol 144 nmol/L LH 1 IU/L, FSH 3.1 IU/L, total testosterone <0.1 nmol/L TSH 1.14 mIU/L, free T4 9 pmol/L, free T3 3.5 pmol/L Prolactin 21 ug/L IGF 1 <15 ug/L What next? Started hydrocortisone 20 mg q am and 10 mg q pm Levothyroxine 75 micrograms po daily BMD and consideration of testosterone replacement Growth hormone replacement? Case Visual field examination unreliable as language barrier Suggested ongoing MRI's for follow up Repeat MRI at 6 months stable Plan for 1 year repeat exam Low threshold for surgical management Case #3 – R. J. 50 year old lady Colonic polyps, hypercholesterolemia, thyroid nodule Previous hysterectomy Family history of DMII Previous smoker ENT for feelings of oropharyngeal swelling and shortness of breath Referred for "incidental" 14 x 21 x 21 mm macroadenoma on sinus CT MRI mild stalk deviation, suprasellar extension Encroachment of right optic nerve without compression MRI History Increased shoe size and hand size over last several year 20 lb weight gain Flushing Snoring Voice deepening No galactorrhea No symptoms suggestive of hormone insufficiency Physical Exam No orthostatic change in blood pressure Normal visual fields to confrontation Several clinical manifestations of acromegaly Investigations ACTH, cortisol normal LH 2.2 IU/L, FSH 4.7 IU/L, estradiol 164 pmol/L TSH 0.93 mIU/L, fT4 14 pmol/L, fT3 5.9 pmol/L Prolactin 40 ug/L GH 35 ug/L, IGF 1 711 ug/L Management 75 g OGTT confirmed acromegaly Visual field testing normal Referral for surgical management Take home messages With increased imaging, more pituitary incidentalomas Relatively common endocrinology referral Pituitary adenomas among other etiologies Clinical guidelines helpful but need to consider individual patient Detailed history and physical Screen for hormone hyperfunction – prolactin, IGF 1, others if clinically suspicious Screen for hormone hypofunction – macroadenomas Refer for visual field assessment if close to the optic chiasm Consider medical or surgical management Long term monitoring for clinical changes References Buurman H, Saeger W. Subclinical adenomas in postmortem pituitaries: classification and correlations to clinical data. European Journal of Endocrinology 2006; 154: 753-758. King JT et al. Management of incidental pituitary microadenomas: a cost effectiveness analysis. JCEM 1997; 82: 3625-3632. Pituitary Incidentaloma: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline 2011 Randall BR et al. Cost of evaluation of patients with pituitary incidentaloma. Pituitary 2010; 13: 383-384. Thanks!


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tor 2006-12-07 klockan 02:42 +0100 skrev Justin Erenkrantz: > -1 on adding semantic junk to the existing ETag (and keeping it > strong); that's blatantly uncool. Any generated ETag from mod_deflate > should either be the original strong version or a weak version of any > previous etag. mod_deflate by *definition* is just creating a weak > version of the prior entity. You basically only have two choices: a) Make mod_deflate not send an ETag on modified responses. b) Modify the value (within the quotes) of the ETag somehow. And if mod_deflate can not be trusted to always return the same octet representation make sure to use an weak ETag unless the ETag generation is also tightly coupled to the octet representation guaranteing a different ETag should mod_deflate encode slightly different. And to be fully compliant you also need to pay attention to the Content-Location header. Here I don't see much choice but to not send Content-Location in mod_deflate mangled responses (but can be kept on the original response, no problem there). RFC 2616 13.6 Caching Negotiated Responses, last paragraph. > mod_deflate does properly stick in the Vary header, so caches already > have enough knowledge to know what's going on anyway even without a > fix. (This is probably why mod_cache doesn't flag it as an error.) > My opinion is to fix the protocol and move on... -- justin The protocol is quite fine as it is, and not easy to change. As it is now it's mainly a matter of understanding that mod_deflate does create a completely new entity from the original one. To the protocol it's exactly the same as when using mod_negotiate and having both the identity and gzip encoded entities on disk. The fact that you do this encoding on the fly is of no concern to HTTP. Another option is to explore the use gzip transfer encoding instead of content encodin. In transfer encoding none of these problems apply as it's done on the transport level and not entity level, but it's not that well supported in clients unfortunately.. Regards Henrik
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Tributes have been made to former Crawley Rugby Club star Brian York who has died of cancer aged 63.
He played for Crawley, Uckfield and Sussex in the 1960s and 70s as a second row lock and had trials for England.
Crawley president Dave Wilson said: "Brian was a superb rugby and basketball player.
"He was one of the best players ever to have played for Crawley. He was a big lad and his handling skills were very good."
Brian's wife Clair said: "He will be sorely missed after contracting such a devastating cancer which spread so aggressively and rapidly due to asbestos exposure."
Brian also leaves three sons and two grandchildren. His funeral will be held at Kent and Sussex Crematorium on December 29 at 12.15pm.


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Basket of Lilies -
Page 2
Sew the lily diamonds together in
pairs, using as always a 1/4" seam. Press seam to one
side. Sew a Color 5 D triangle to the lower diamond from the
bottom edge to a point 1/4" from the point of the D
triangle. With the needle still down fold the fabric over and align
the un sewn edge of the D triangle with the un sewn edge of the lily
diamond. Sew to the outer edge...Repeat this with all pairs of lily
Now sew two pairs of diamonds
together along their center seam. Sew a Color 5 E square along the
top inner seam as shown at left, sewing from the left to a point
1/4" from the edge of the square. Fold the fabrics down, with
the needle still down to align the adjacent side of the E square
with the remaining inner seam line. Stitch to the bottom edge.
Repeat this with the other pairs of lily units...
Next sew a Color 2 B triangle to
the flat side of each lily...still using that 1/4" seam,
of course...
To one of the lily units, sew a
Color 5 half square triangle along the lower left edge, and another
to the upper right edge. Refer to diagram at left for placement and
orientation. Sew the Color 3 large triangle to this unit...
Sew a Color 5 half square triangle
to a Color 4 half square triangle. Make five of these units,
pressing seam allowances towards the darker fabrics. Sew a Color 5
half square triangle to a Color 3 half square triangle. Make two of
these units, pressing seam allowance towards the darker fabrics...on
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Traditional Block
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I was walking through the old section of Warwick Cemetery when I across this stone. What a frowny face. I wonder if the carver knew the man. Look at the wig, jowls and tie. He looks decidedly unhappy about his fate.
This curly-haired angel on the other hand looks positively rapturous. Or, at least she is smiling.
The same carver did this one and this angel looks worried to me, as if he were not sure of his fate. I wonder if the family had any say in the type of angel that got carved-whether they were smiling or not. I do like these better than the winged skulls though.