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remember Your purity

The rain shall fall forth and quench my thirst for that what this planet may give me – feed me your knowledge, doused in love of the eternal, energy flooding into every part of my core, making my being divine – malice is only what We think ourselves for chances and grace gives forth the beauty and majesty of serenity.

Lose control and live in this – let no rules bog You down for the Master of creation is You – let the gift, the amazing energy flow through every particle of Your sentient being.  Love shall break free, again, over every corner of this world and beyond.  Light that doesn’t shine but bathes and floods all of existence.  Shed the fear, shed no longer tears, the world is at peace – so should You be – human.

Letting go might be the hardest thing You will ever do but only through that – only when You truly freely embrace it, shall You gain Mastery.  For control can only be gained once You have let go of the mortal restrains that You cling to and breathe in the air of the enchanted world around You that you refuse to acknowledge – beauty fathomless, energy boundless – You are Master there, as are we All.

We ask of You, walk with Us, let Us guide You to become the brilliance that You truly are – let the light emanate forth from Your body and set alight the world.

In majesty, and magnificence, Your own immense divine being, You are pure – just remember that You are.

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Arte Laine
Elaine L Hughes - Fine Art

(posted on 26 Apr 2020)

Well Covid-19 has certainly disrupted galleries, workshops, openings, shows, studios, exhibits and artists practices and sales. Thankfully, with modern technology a lot of shows are being mounted online and even workshops are going virtual!

For teaching or taking workshops, one option is to offer classes online. Not just doing videos, but actually live, interactive sessions with students. I just took a class on Zoom and it was really good. The instructor hadn't done it before but she was really happy with it, and has already scheduled more. All the students really liked it too. We had two, three hour sessions. The instructor had a camera on her face (smartphone) and one on her palette/paper (webcam I think). There was a moderator who set up the sessions and sat in so she could keep track of time (eg, for a bathroom break in the middle), switch views from the palette to students (eg, so we could hold up our work in progress for the instructor to comment), deal with technical problems (eg, muting mics). I think this was vital. There were 15 students, and a supporting Facebook page for people to post their finished work and get critiques from the instructor.

This is the gallery view of the session. From here, the moderator can get everyone to switch to a closeup view, either of the instructor (Keiko Tanabe, up top) or to her palette (top left) or to an individual student who has a question or wants a critique. Here we were all holding up our pieces for a group shot :) The moderator (Jackie) at the bottom was hosting the session and did all the organizing and technical work for the instructor. Students need a camera and mic on a phone, tablet, laptop or PC.

Here is what the session looks like when everyone switches to the alternative view. The moderator then picks which frame shows as the enlarged part of the view. Here the instructor's palette and paper is shown, together with the drawing that she is working on. Remember this is all live so she is talking and explaining as she demos. Here she has inserted a colour chart into our view in order to explain her palette.

The instructor also had various "slides" or diagrams that she used, similar to having a power point or whiteboard available, that she could simply put into view when she wanted to explain something. Here is her process shot.

On a reasonably sized screen, the zoomed in view of her palette and paper allowed us to clearly see what she was doing, possibly better than one can usually see at a demo. Her own tablet with her reference photo was just to the left but she brought it into the view when she wanted to point out something to us. Up top you get the view from the students' cameras and the moderator can bring up into the main screen the camera and sound of anyone who wants to hold up their work for the instructor, which we did in turns a couple of times each session for feedback. The instructor would demo a bit, we'd work a bit, then she'd demo some more. She worked fast and we did two paintings. Our work was finished outside class and posted on a private FB group for critique.

For this session both the Zoom session and the FB group were super well organized by French Escapades. Check out their website for more virtual art workshops, and Keiko's webpage for more of her virtual workshops, both with them and other organizations.

Here is one of the paintings that I did during the session:

Oh Deer! Where Have All The People Gone?

Elaine Hughes

Watercolour on paper, 15 x 11


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Monday`s Style Cure Assignment

Today`s assignment was an easy one – plan your get together… Get together in January? no, no, no – NO WAY 🙂 So many excuses for this one – no time, no money, no need, no want…and so on. But … Continue reading

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Move More, Eat Well Jumpstart 2015 – week 2

So…how did I do this second week? The daily habit card from week 2… I want to use my exercise bike for at least 20 min every day. My program says 70 min every other day but no way am … Continue reading

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Holiday programs assist hundreds of individuals and families, and include Thanksgiving Baskets, Operation Christmas and the White Christmas Drive.

Elk Grove Township provides a wide range of services and programs throughout the year, in keeping with their motto, ‘Empowering People through Community’. This fall and winter, three major outreach programs will kick off, so ‘save the date’ and consider donating to the Thanksgiving Basket, Operation Christmas, and/or White Christmas programs. Donation applications are now open and can be mailed, completed online at or called into the Township at 847-437-0300 to register your donation.

“Last year our holiday programs assisted more than 300 households, totaling more than 600 individuals who were in need,” said Elk Grove Township Supervisor Mike Sweeney. “Please consider joining us to help make this holiday season a bit brighter for our neighbors experiencing  financial hardships.”

See below for more information about each of these programs and how to get involved:

Thanksgiving Baskets: Donors for this program can register to bring non-perishable foods in a laundry basket, cardboard box, or a container of their choosing, along with a $10 – $25 gift card from a local grocery store. These items will be distributed to qualifying Township families for the Thanksgiving holiday. Online donor registration must be completed by Friday, October 16, 2020, and Thanksgiving baskets should be dropped off at the Township office (west entrance) no later than Monday, November 16 by 3:30 p.m.

Operation Christmas: Participants for Operation Christmas are asked to donate $50 gift cards from local retailers for low-income families and seniors to help them celebrate Christmas. The gift card will enable parents to get desired items for their children, as well as gifts from Santa under their tree.  Seniors can purchase items they may not normally be able to afford, such as household items or new clothing. Donor registrations for this program must be completed by Friday, October 16 and donations must be turned into the Township no later than Friday, December 4 by 3:30 p.m.

White Christmas Drive: The number of food pantry users increases during the winter months and over the holidays. Federal food stamps (SNAP money) cannot be used to purchase cleaning or paper supplies, as well as personal hygiene products. The White Christmas Drive relies on community donations to provide dry goods to food pantry users. Donations for this drive will be accepted throughout the winter months and can be dropped off at the Township office.

Elk Grove Township Center is located at 600 Landmeier Road in Elk Grove Village. For more information about these giving programs, please call the Township at 847-437-0300.


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He’s the Boss: Chapter 2 – The Interview

Brooke Masters does not match the mental image I conjured of her a few days ago. When Jemma told me about her friend – an accountant who’d never stepped foot inside a club before – the picture I got in my head was of someone a lot less…sexy. Brooke is hands down the sexiest woman I’ve seen in the club tonight. The small amount of make-up she’s wearing highlights her hazel eyes, high cheekbones, and voluptuous mouth.

She’s smoking hot, which is the last thing I need her to be. I have plans for her – plans that don’t involve making her blush simply because she looks so good with colour in her cheeks. Plans that don’t involve fantasising about her kneeling naked in front of me, my hands tangled in her hair and her mouth wrapped around my dick as her glorious hazel eyes look up at me.

I shake my head, trying to clear out the far too exciting images dancing through my head. My blood feels too hot and pulses thickly low in my belly. This is exactly what I don’t need. I have too much at stake for any kind of distraction. I can’t afford to screw the staff. More importantly, I can’t afford to screw Brooke. Not when I need her help.

Not when the future of my club is at stake.

A quick glance over my shoulder confirms Brooke is following me. I lead her down a series of hallways until we reach my office. After opening the door, I step out of the way and let her through. Her obvious nervousness is replaced by surprise as she takes in the utilitarian furniture that fills the space. There wasn’t a whole lot of money left in the budget by the time I’d finished outfitting the club – not for the nice, luxurious office everyone expects me to have. About the only thing state-of-the-art in here is my computer.

Normally, I don’t conduct interviews in here, and Kane, my bar manager, could have easily interviewed Brooke. However I want to get a feel for this woman, get to know her a little. I need to know if everything Jemma told me about her is true. Is Brooke really the good and decent person Jemma promised me she is? More importantly, can I trust her with the financial situation of my club?

I shut the door behind us and motion to one of the empty metallic chairs Brooke is eyeing curiously. “Have a seat, Brooke.”

The moment she sits down her nervousness appears to return; her hands smooth her skirt down her thighs before she folds them in her lap. Her gaze darts around the room before landing on her resume which is sitting on my desk. Jemma passed it on a few days ago and I’ve already given it a thorough look through. Just as Jemma promised, Brooke is more than qualified to work the bar. But it’s her accounting experience I’m more interested in. The accounting firm she worked at is reputable, and the fact they offered her a job straight out of university speaks volumes about her abilities.

“You’re an accountant,” I state. “I guess that means I don’t have to test your basic maths.”

Her smile is the epitome of polite. “No. I passed maths with flying colours.”

“That’s a relief. You have no idea how many beautiful girls walk through the doors of this club not knowing how to add a few numbers together.”

Colour sweeps up her cheeks, and again I find myself admiring how gorgeous she looks like with a flush on her high cheekbones.

“Addition and subtraction aren’t problems for me,” she assures me.

“Want to tell me about what happened at S.T Meeks & Associates?”

Her smile slips a little. “It was a case of last one on, first one off. I have a letter of recommendation from my boss. He was more than satisfied with my performance. He simply didn’t feel right firing some of the people who had been with him for twenty years or more when I’d been with them for less than eighteen months.”

“That sucks.”

She shrugs. “I understand his thinking. Unfortunately, it doesn’t change the fact I’m now jobless.”

I lean back in my chair. “And now you want to work behind the bar here at Midnight Frenzy?”

She squirms in her chair. Jemma filled me in on Brooke’s background and I’m fairly confident I know the answer to this question already, but I want to hear what she says. I need to know whether or not she can be honest.

“I worked hard for my degree in accounting,” she starts cautiously. “And then I worked hard at Meeks & Associates. I did all that so I could put together the most stable and secure life possible for my sister. Working behind the bar lends itself to late nights, occasionally unpredictable clientele, and a rotating roster. So, if I had a choice between an accounting job and working behind the bar, I’d choose the accounting job. But right now I don’t have the luxury of choice. That said, I don’t think you should let my answer deter you from hiring me. I’ll work hard for you – as hard, if not harder, than any other bartender.”

She breathes out a large sigh and looks almost apologetic for her impassioned speech. If only she knew how much she just impressed me. There’s no doubt in my mind she means what she said about working hard. Plus, she was honest – a necessity if we’re going to be working together. Right now, I’m positive Jemma hasn’t exaggerated Brooke’s good points. Brooke Masters may just be the answer to all my prayers.

See, I really need a new accountant. Technically, the money that went into this place is my parents’, not mine. They’re the millionaires – billionaires if you want to be technical – not me. To get this place off the ground I had to borrow from them, and the strings that came with that transaction would shock the general public. Never borrow from friends or family; a great rule to follow if possible. Unfortunately, I didn’t exactly have another option.

Now my folks are waiting for me to fail so that I’ll take my place beside my father at Rivers’ Diversified Financials. That’s clearly stated in the contract. What else is stated in the contract? I have to marry Claudia Henley, the daughter of long-term family friends, if my club doesn’t succeed. Forget the fact I actually did date Claudia for a while, and forget the fact I never loved her. I give up my right to be a bachelor if my club doesn’t start making some serious coin.

The price of failure is too high. Signing a contract with my parents was a mistake, but every bank I visited looked at me like I was a rich playboy who’d never had a real job. I only had one choice. It wasn’t even a choice, really. I would have sold my soul to the devil for this dream. And now that I’m living my dream I can’t let it go. I won’t. I have to make my club a success.

“What did Jemma tell you about the position?” I ask.

“Just that I’d be working nights and that I’d be behind the bar.”

Jemma doesn’t know that I want Brooke for her accounting skills. It was simply fortunate Jemma told me she knows a bartender who lost her job as an accountant and desperately needs a job to keep a roof over her sister’s head. It’s a win-win scenario as far as I’m concerned. Brooke is desperate to find employment so she can continue supporting her younger sister, and I’m desperate for someone to have another look at the numbers the accountant keeps throwing me.

I was so sure when I did the projections for Midnight Frenzy that I’d be able to start paying my parents back within the year. Now the club is more popular than I expected it to be, yet my accountant keeps telling me we’re “haemorrhaging money.” Of course, I don’t believe him. I don’t trust him. But the contract I signed stipulates that my parents get to choose the accountant and they have full access to the books upon request.

Stupidly, I can’t straight up hire Brooke as my accountant because it goes against the contract, but there’s nothing that says I can’t hire a bartender with a background in accounting. I want Brooke to work for me behind the bar while I get to know her. If, after a few weeks, I’m still convinced I like her and trust her, I’ll ask her to look over the books. I’m so desperate, I’d like to ask her now, but since I’ll be relying on Brooke to keep the details of my family dynamics and contract confidential, as well as asking her to accept money on the down low, I have to be sure this girl can keep a secret. I need a few weeks just to be sure.

“How do you feel about leaving your sister alone four nights a week, Brooke?”

“I don’t like it, but I have a neighbour who will look after her. Still, I’d like to keep my phone on me during my shifts.”

“That’s not a problem.”

“Great. Thank you,” she says, rewarding me with a smile.

“Well, you’re more than qualified for the job. So, it’s yours if you want it.”

“You have no idea how happy I am to hear that.”

I can only imagine how stressed she’s been about not having a job. As part of my staff, I’ll make sure she’s well looked after.

“Does Wednesday through Saturday work for you shift wise?” I ask.

“You don’t have a rotating roster?”

“No, I think stability helps keep my employees happy.”

Her smile is so brilliant I can’t help but return it.

“Wednesday to Saturday suits me,” she replies. “When can I start?”

“This Wednesday, if that works for you. I know it’s fast, but-“

“It’s fine. Really,” she assures me. “Wednesday is great.”

It’s a relief she can start so quickly. I’ve been stepping up to tend bar, intent on keeping an eye on the casual staff I’ve been forced to use recently. I was planning to stop once I hired more permanent staff, but working the bar with Brooke could be the perfect chance for me to get to know her a little better. Not to mention, I like to be across all parts of my business. Even with Brooke working the bar, we’re still understaffed. No one will question me alongside her.

“Welcome to Midnight Frenzy, then,” I say. “Be here at six-thirty for your first shift so you can fill out the paperwork we need from you. Kane will take you through things.”

I stand up and she follows suit. As I open the door, she looks at me with a soft expression that makes my heart skip a beat. “Thank you, Linc. For everything.”

“You’re welcome. Jemma’s down that way I’m guessing.” I point towards the end of the hallway. “I can hear her laughing. See you next week, Brooke.”

I fail at not watching the sexy sway of her hips as she walks away from me. I have to admit I’m a little concerned over how attractive I find her. I never flirt with the staff. Never. True, I didn’t realise she was Jemma’s friend at the time, but I should have known something was up because she was backstage. Living like a monk these past few weeks has clearly done my head in. Dancing and making sure my club survives have been my top priorities, but after spending ten minutes with Brooke, I have some extra energy to dispose of.

Inspiration for Brooke: Lily Collins/Photo from alphacoders

Walking back to my desk, I pick up my phone and dial a number.

“Hey, baby,” Destiny’s voice croons down the line. “It’s been a while.”

“Too long,” I agree. “Are you free tonight?”

“You know I’m always free for you. Do you want me to come down to the club or do you want to come over?”

“I’ll come to you.”

“I’ll leave the door open,” she says happily. “See you later.”

I hang up the phone and stand up, ready to get back to work.

There are hundreds of women in my club tonight that would be willing to come home with me, but I don’t need or want more than a few hours of fun. The girls in my address book know the score. They don’t want anything from me that I can’t give them. I don’t need to pick up a woman here and have her stalk me later, hoping for some kind of commitment.

Since it’s in the contract I have with my parents that I must marry Claudia if my club fails, I have to be discreet. But even if I didn’t have to keep every hook-up on the down low, I wouldn’t pick up here. I refuse to do anything that puts my club in jeopardy, and that includes leaving a woman feeling scorned or slighted. My club comes first. Always. And nothing and no one will ever change that.

My thoughts drift back to Brooke. I hope to God she doesn’t take me up on the offer I extended to her before I found out who she is. I can’t think of anything more torturous than having her turn up to the dance studio I teach at on Tuesdays and watching her dance in front of me.

Well, other than giving her hands-on guidance, of course.

After quizzing me about my interview with Linc, Jemma drops me home. I walk up the driveway and knock on the door of Patricia’s unit before letting myself into her place with the key she gave me.

Patricia is sitting in her living room in a dressing gown, her long salt and pepper hair down instead of up in its usual bun.

She stubs out her cigarette in the ashtray beside her and says, “How was your evening, love?”

“Good. I got the job.”

“Of course you did. You’re beautiful and clever. Anyone not interested in hiring you needs their head checked. Your old boss certainly needs his head read.”

Patricia’s loyal words make me smile. In the two years after Mum passed away, Belle and I lived with my uncle, and he helped out where he could. As a bachelor, he didn’t know much about raising girls, but he was there to supervise Belle while I worked in the busy pub his friend owned. He met a woman through the internet a few years back, however, and moved to Queensland. Now Patricia is the closest thing we have to family in the state. There are two units on the block. We rent one and Patricia rents the other. Ever since we moved in, she’s always put her hand up to help.

“How was Belle tonight?”

“Fine. At ten o’clock she was passed out in front of the TV. Just as well, really. She had Sex and the City on and Samantha was talking about some man’s awful tasting ‘spunk.'”

Patricia sees me grimace and chuckles throatily.

“I’m glad she missed that.”

It had fallen on my shoulders to educate Belle about the birds and the bees. My sister was only nine when Mum died, and Mum had been too sick before then to explain anything about sex to her. Now I’m constantly challenged by how much to share with Belle, and how much she should know. I feel so lost sometimes. She’s fourteen. Hardly a baby or young girl, as Jemma keeps pointing out. I know she’s probably heard much worse at school, but I still want to protect her. She’s still my baby sister.

“So, when do you start?” Patricia asks.

“Next Wednesday. Are you sure you don’t mind keeping an eye on Belle four nights a week? It’s not going to be too much?”

“Of course I don’t mind, love. God knows what kind of neighbours I’ll wind up with if you girls have to move out. The young man who lived there before you two had parties until all hours of the night and a car that woke me up all the bloody time.”

I grin. She makes it sound like she only likes us because we’re quiet, but her son left home a few years ago and I know she likes having us to fuss over.

“Well, I should probably go check on Belle, make sure she’s gone to bed.”

“Of course. Night, love. Talk to you tomorrow.”

When I walk through the door of the unit I share with my sister, I can hear the television still going. Belle is passed out on the couch in the lounge room. She moans the moment I turn the lights on.

“I thought you’d be in bed, Belle,” I say quietly, using the dimmer switch to turn the lights down.

“Wanted to wait up for you.” She gives me a sleepy smile and then stretches. “I want to hear all about Midnight Frenzy. Ash is going to go mental when I tell her you met Lincoln Rivers.”

I sigh and she wriggles over so I can sit on the couch with her.

It’s a school night and it’s well after midnight, but I don’t mention this. I’m muddling through raising Belle the best way I know how to. Believe it or not, they don’t write books on how to raise your sister. I’ve had to make do with reading every parenting book I can get my hands on and adapting the information to fit my situation. I’m constantly trying to find the balance between being a friend, a sister and her guardian.

I’m just grateful Belle seems happy. She studies hard and gets good grades, and she doesn’t go out without telling me where she’s going. I’m going to call that a win. Of course, she’s only fourteen and we’ve got a long way to go, but I have to have faith in the relationship I’ve built with her. We’re close. We talk. And even though we’re a tiny family unit of two, we have our own traditions that mean a lot to both of us – like our Friday movie night and our Sunday chili night. I hate the fact that those traditions will be a thing of the past while I’m working at Midnight Frenzy, but we’ll make new traditions. We Masters sisters can be adaptable when we have to be.

“So,” Belle prompts. “What’s he like? What’s the club like?”

“Well,” I start, smiling as mysteriously as I can. “The club is amazing. I don’t know what I was expecting, but Midnight Frenzy is…I don’t know how to describe it. Everything is big and bold. The staff dance-“

“Oh my God, I bet you love that,” Belle squeals.

I nod. “Their routines are choreographed, and the dancing is really good – like the group numbers you’d see on So You Think You Can Dance.”

Except sexier.

Way, way, way sexier.

“And Linc? Ash will kill me if I don’t tell her what you thought of him. She thinks he’s like…” Belle changes her voice and mannerisms to copy her friend’s over the top girly ones. “So dreamy.”

Before meeting Linc, I would have rolled my eyes. Now I just look at Belle and whisper, “I think he’s probably the hottest guy I’ve ever laid eyes on.”

Belle’s eyes are huge now and I can’t help but laugh. “Shut up! Is he really that good looking?” she asks. “Ugh, Ash is going to be so jealous.”

Linc Rivers isn’t at all the person I thought he’d be. He’s better looking than I’d ever imagined. He can dance well enough to be a professional. He teaches. He cares about his employees, and he doesn’t try to screw them over, or just plain screw them. The moment he knew I was going to be employed by him, he stopped flirting with me immediately.

And the surprises didn’t stop there, either. If I hadn’t seen it for myself, I never would have believed Linc’s office looked like that – a room devoid of the luxurious furnishings I would have expected a millionaire to have. No expense seems to have been spared when it comes to the rest of the club, but when it comes to his own personal space, he’s made do. As an accountant, I appreciate that. As his newest employee, I’m not sure what to make of it.

“Did you study for your maths test?” I ask Belle.

She groans at my question. “Yes, I studied and then watched TV.”

“What did you watch?”

“I flicked between channels. Caught the last half of Aliens.” She sits up and grins at me, clearly more awake now. “Tell me more about Linc.”

I sigh and look put out, but I’m anything but. Jemma already quizzed me about my first impressions, and I was careful with how I answered those questions because Linc is Jemma’s boss too. With Belle, however, I don’t need to be as guarded. After all, it’s doubtful the two will ever meet. So, I give into her blatant curiosity and spill all the details. She’s hysterical when I tell her I forgot my name while talking to him. After we’re done giggling and gossiping, I send her off to bed. I can’t deny I’m nervous about how my being away four nights a week might change things between the two of us, but I have to trust we can make this work, at least for a short time. If things become too much to handle, I’ll just have to leave Midnight Frenzy. This – what I have here with Belle – is all that matters. And nothing and no one will ever change that.

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Musical tourism

A friend’s wedding in Austria gave me the excuse to spend a day in Vienna, the ‘City of Music’. It was the end of the concert season, pouring with rain, all the Lipizzaner horses were on holiday, and I only had a few hours, so it was a concise tour…

Nestled on the eastern side of Vienna, quite close to the airport, the Zentralfriedhof (cemetery) is enormous. Visiting the graves of composers is perhaps a dark tourist desire, but it was a really moving experience. Brahms, Beethoven, Wolff, Schubert, and several Strausses are all buried within 20 metres of each other. The hundreds of years of history between their lives and ours seemed to melt as I stood next to the graves. The gravestones are all markedly different too – the style of carving strangely reflective of the composers’ differing musical styles.


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The 27th United States Colored Troops (USCT), composed largely of free black Ohio men, served in the Union army from April 1864 to September 1865 in Virginia and North Carolina. It was the first time most members of the unit had traveled so far from home. The men faced daily battles against racism and against inferior treatment, training, and supplies. They suffered from the physical difficulties of military life, the horrors of warfare, and homesickness and worried about loved ones left at home without financial support. Yet their contributions provided a tool that allowed blacks with little military experience, and their families, to demand social acceptance and acknowledgment of their citizenship.

The men’s service did not end when their enlistment was over. After the men of the 27th returned to Ohio, they and their families sought full access to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and compensatory citizenship rights for their collective sacrifice. Despite their constant battle against racism, this public behavior benefited the men and their families. It also meant that the African American role in the Union victory remained part of local community remembrance and commemoration. As a result, the experiences of these men from the 27th USCT gave the late-nineteenth-century Ohio black community legitimate hopes for access to equal civil and social rights for all.

According to the press, For Their Own Cause is the first comprehensive history of the 27th USCT. By including rich details culled from private letters and pension files, Mezurek provides more than a typical regimental study; she demonstrates that the lives of the men of the 27th USCT help to explain why in the wars that followed, despite the disappointments and increasingly difficult struggle for African American equality that continued for far too many decades after the promise of the three Civil War–era constitutional amendments, blacks in the United States continued to offer their martial support in the front lines and the back.

Kelly is an associate professor at Walsh University, where she teaches United States history and is the Secondary Education Social Studies Content Coordinator. She is also a member of the Ohio Civil War 150 Advisory Committee and a speaker for the Ohio Humanities Council Speakers Bureau. Kelly also serves on the editorial board for ECW’s “Engaging the Civil War” Series, published through Southern Illinois University Press.

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Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!”
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We often see, hear or feel nothing of Jesus’ presence. We only know He is there. But sometimes He meets us directly. We see Him in a dream, hear His voice or feel His presence very strongly. These are experiences that shape us.
After Jesus’ death His disciples went back to their homes in Galilee to the lake: for they were fishers. They needed time to process all the experiences with Jesus. And He wanted to help them drawing the right conclusions. He was waiting for them! He had made a small campfire and stood on the shore. Because the disciples had caught nothing, He told them where they should cast their net. Since they really caught so many fish that the net almost tore. John, the disciple who was very close to Jesus heart, recognized Him. He knew: This can be no other than his beloved Lord Jesus! Since all hurried to come to the shore, for they loved Jesus very much and longed for Him.
Sometimes Jesus wants to meet us so badly. He is waiting for us! He meets us in the morning, after getting up, and gives us courage for the day. He meets us in fellowship with our brothers and fills our hearts with His joy. He meets us outside in the nature and teaches us how big the Creator is. And sometimes He meets very simple, fills us with His presence and takes us in His arms. He is waiting for us; – We seek Him, we will keep our eyes open where He is, we expect an encounter with Jesus and get overwhelmed by His Person.
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Turkish coffee beginning to boil. Decoction compares to brewing coffee through percolation.

Decoction is also the name for the resulting liquid. Although this method of extraction differs from infusion and percolation, the resultant liquids can sometimes be similar in their effects, or general appearance and taste.

The term dates back to 1350–1400[3] from present participle stem of Latin decoquere (meaning to boil down), de "from" + coquere "to cook".[4]

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Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of the Azerbaijani capital to call for the release of a jailed anticorruption blogger and other people they consider political prisoners.

The protesters taking part in the sanctioned rally in Baku on January 19 demanded President Ilham Aliyev’s government release Mehman Huseynov and other political prisoners.

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The National Council for Democratic Forces, an umbrella group of opposition parties, organized the rally.

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The West Memphis Three are Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley Jr., who—as teenagers—were convicted in 1994 of triple murder in West Memphis (Crittenden County). Echols, Baldwin, and Misskelley were accused of killing three eight-year-old boys: Chris Byers, Stevie Branch, and Michael Moore. Their trial, which included assertions that the killings were part of a cultic ritual, and subsequent conviction set off a firestorm around the nation and world, inspired books and movies, and led to a movement to re-try or free the three men, believed by many to have been wrongly convicted.

On May 6, 1993, Byers, Branch, and Moore were found in a water-filled ditch in the woods of the Robin Hood Hills subdivision less than twenty-four hours after their parents had reported them missing. The boys were naked, beaten, and hog-tied. Byers had been castrated. Despite the violence of the crime, there was little evidence at the scene of the crime. Police wondered at the peculiar lack of blood or fibers, and also noted that the area looked as though it had been swept clean. The police were faced with a case that immediately gained national attention but that yielded little information with which to find the person or people responsible.

The state of the boys’ bodies quickly inspired rumors that a satanic cult was responsible. The crime scene’s location in the woods, the nudity, the positioning of the boys’ bodies, and especially the castration caused concern about Satanism amongst the locals, and amongst the police as well. Within days of the murders, Gary Gitchell, the chief inspector, informed the public that the police were considering a number of possible explanations for the murders, one of which was cult activity. Throughout the investigation, the cult theory overshadowed more traditional theories, such as the speculation that the murders were committed by someone who knew the boys.

Jerry Driver was a juvenile probation officer for Crittenden County who believed that there was a satanic cult in the area. Much of that belief was a result of his dealings with Damien Echols, a teenager placed under his supervision until age eighteen after having been arrested for burglary and sexual misconduct. The more that Driver interacted with Echols, the more convinced he became that Echols was involved in a satanic cult. Echols denied any connection with Satanism but did admit to believing in and practicing magic. Driver shared his suspicions with the West Memphis police.

Jason Baldwin was friends with Echols, both of them being social outcasts. Baldwin did well in school and did not join in Echols’s experimentation with magic. Despite their many differences, they spent a great deal of time together. The third and final suspect, Jessie Misskelley Jr., had little connection to either Echols or Baldwin. However, he babysat for Vicki Hutcheson, a woman who volunteered to help the police investigate. Hutcheson began to ask Misskelley questions about the case, and he agreed to introduce her to Echols, well-known as a suspect by that point.

Hutcheson told police that she persuaded Echols to take her with him to a witches’ gathering and that Misskelley went with them. As a result, Misskelley was taken to the police station for several hours of questioning, of which just over thirty minutes were recorded. At the end of the questioning, Misskelley confessed, implicating himself, Echols, and Baldwin. Misskelley’s confession, however, was inconsistent with details of the crime of which the police were already aware. While confessing, Misskelley at times contradicted his own story as well. In spite of the potential problems with Misskelley’s confession, the police arrested him, Echols, and Baldwin on June 3, 1993.

Almost immediately after confessing, Misskelley recanted. He stated that he had been confused by the behavior of the police and had attempted to cooperate without realizing the implications of his statements. However, the three boys remained in custody, and both the prosecutor and the defense teams began preparing for trial. During the process of gathering evidence, blood was found on a knife previously owned by John Mark Byers, Chris Byers’s stepfather. Byers had given the knife away shortly after the murders. The blood was determined to be consistent with Chris Byers’s blood as well as with Mark Byers’s blood. However, the police did not pursue this potential lead. The police also failed to pursue a potential lead called in by a local Bojangles restaurant. One of the employees witnessed a disoriented man covered in mud and blood enter the restaurant the night the boys went missing. The man used the restroom, leaving smears of the blood he was covered in on the walls. Though the police took samples of the blood, they never pursued this lead and later lost the evidence.

Because Misskelley had confessed to the police, his trial was severed from Baldwin and Echols’s trial. Prosecutor John Fogleman wanted Misskelley to be able to testify against Baldwin and Echols, but Misskelley refused to repeat the statements that he had previously given and recanted. Misskelley’s trial began on January 26, 1994. Baldwin and Echols were tried a month later, beginning on February 28. Both trials drew much media attention, and there were significant legal complications as Judge David Burnett, Prosecutor Fogleman, and each defendant’s defense team determined what evidence could be submitted before the jury. Evidence the jury was allowed to hear included testimony from a cult expert who indicated that the defendants’ music collections and clothing were key indicators of satanic cult activity. The other evidence presented to the juries was similarly circumstantial. Defense attorneys failed to present more substantial evidence regarding the nature of the police investigation or the retraction of key testimony due to both their trial strategies and the judge’s refusal to allow the evidence to be heard. At both trials, the juries determined that the defendants were guilty of the crimes they were accused of. Misskelley and Baldwin were both sentenced to life in prison, with an additional forty years tacked on for Misskelley. Echols was sentenced to death.

After the initial trials, the West Memphis Three’s defense teams attempted numerous appeals claiming trial misconduct, presented new evidence, and challenged rulings against the inclusion of evidence that defense lawyers felt would be beneficial to their case. Outside of the courts, the case continued to fall apart. Vicki Hutcheson claimed that she had committed perjury when she testified against the three and stated that the police had told her what to say. The foreman of the jury was also accused of misconduct after it came to light that during the trial he had discussed the case at length with his own attorney. The accusation of juror misconduct—combined with new evidence showing that DNA found at the crime scene matched Terry Hobbs, Stevie Branch’s stepfather—was eventually used to secure a new hearing.

The West Memphis Three case has inspired numerous individuals to intervene on their behalf. Bruce Sinofsky and Joe Berlinger created a documentary about the West Memphis Three, Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, and released it in 1996, hoping to encourage the public to remain interested in the fate of the three convicted men. (Sequels to the documentary were released in 2000 and 2012.) Burk Sauls, Kathy Bakken, and Grove Pashley, three friends from Los Angeles, California, traveled to Arkansas to visit Echols, Baldwin, and Misskelley in October 1996. Upon deciding that they believed the West Memphis Three to be innocent, the three friends created a website, “Free the West Memphis Three,” to inform the public about the case as well as to ask for donations to help fund the defense team. Mara Leveritt, an Arkansas reporter, wrote a book titled, Devil’s Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three (2002) in response to a challenge made by state officials that a true, honest examination of the case would prove the guilt of the three defendants. After extensive research, Leveritt concluded that the entire situation was a tragedy and a gross miscarriage of justice. Numerous celebrities agreed with Leveritt. Eddie Vedder of the rock group Pearl Jam visited Echols on death row and used his music and fame to spread the message that Echols and the others were innocent. Actor Johnny Depp and singer Natalie Maines of the group the Dixie Chicks also leant their support.

On November 4, 2010, after numerous failed appeals, the Arkansas Supreme Court ordered that a hearing take place in order to analyze new evidence that had the potential to exonerate the West Memphis Three. Preparations began immediately. Echols hired a new defense team that included Stephen Braga and Patrick Benca. However, as the new lawyers worked to present their case at the hearing, they were dismayed to find that the new evidence did not conclusively point to a different perpetrator. As was typical for this case, the evidence was only circumstantial. Braga and Benca, convinced that the West Memphis Three were innocent and deserved their freedom, decided to take a different approach. Benca had a working relationship with Arkansas attorney general Dustin McDaniel. The two met to discuss the case. During that meeting, Benca asked McDaniel if his team would consider skipping the hearing in order to move straight to new trials. The judge, Benca argued, would certainly grant new trials after considering the jury misconduct discovered years before. McDaniel agreed to discuss the idea with his team.

As negotiations between the lawyers continued, Benca and Braga suggested that both sides agree to an Alford plea, with time served, in order to avoid the risk to both sides that a new trial would bring. An Alford plea required the three defendants to plead guilty to a series of lesser charges while at the same time stating for the record that they were innocent and only pleading guilty because it was in their best interest. Both legal teams agreed that the plea would be acceptable provided that all three defendants were willing to cooperate.

Despite this hopeful new development, Benca and Braga were still concerned. Jason Baldwin, by this time in his late thirties, had the most to lose by accepting this plea. Untainted by false confession as Misskelley was and without the threat of death row that Echols faced, Baldwin was unsure that pleading guilty was the answer. However, after considering that Echols’s execution date was quickly approaching, Baldwin agreed to the legal maneuver in order to preserve Echols’s life. On August 19, 2011, Judge Laser approved the Alford plea. Each of the defendants pleaded guilty while maintaining their innocence and were released on time served. After eighteen years, one of Arkansas’s most controversial murder cases came to a strange, semi-permanent close. Benca suggested that the defense team would continue pursuing the West Memphis Three case by petitioning Governor Mike Beebe for pardons. However, Beebe suggested that those petitions would be unsuccessful.

Despite the release of the West Memphis Three, the case remains unresolved, and the legal conduct of both the prosecution and the defense remain relatively unexamined. Prosecutors will not continue to investigate the murders of Stevie Branch, Chris Byers, and Michael Moore. Echols, Misskelley, and Baldwin will not receive compensation for time spent in prison, and they may never be cleared of the crimes to which they pleaded guilty. However, the case continues to inspire media attention. In 2012, the documentary West of Memphis, produced by Peter Jackson and Damien Echols and directed by Amy Berg, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival; a movie adaptation of Devil’s Knot began filming; and Echols published his memoir Life after Death.

For additional information:
Dunning, Eric Moore. “From Courtroom to Chatroom: The Online Social Movement to Free the ‘West Memphis Three.’” PhD diss., University of Alabama, 2012.

Echols, Damien. Life after Death. New York: Blue Rider Press, 2012.

Echols, Damien, and Lorri Davis. Yours for Eternity: A Love Story on Death Row. New York: Blue Rider Press, 2014.

Exonerate the West Memphis Three Support Fund. http://www.wm3.org/ (accessed March 12, 2014).

Koon, David. “Jason’s Choice: Friendship, Freedom, and a Principled Stand.” Arkansas Times. http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/jasons-choice/Content?oid=1888400 (accessed March 12, 2014).

Lancaster, Bob. “The Devil on Trial: Some Concluding Thoughts on the State’s Most Notorious Murder Case.”Arkansas Times. http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/the-devil-on-trial/Content?oid=1886123 (accessed March 12, 2014).

Leveritt, Mara. “Are ‘Voices for Justice’ Heard?: A Star-Studded Rally on Behalf of the West Memphis Three Prompts the Delicate Question.” University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review 33 (Winter 2011): 137–160.

———. “The Big Ask: An Insider’s View of the Legal Maneuvers that Freed the West Memphis Three.” Arkansas Times. http://www.arktimes.com/gyrobase/the-big-ask/Content?oid=1888389 (accessed March 12, 2014).

———. Devil’s Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three. New York: Atria Books, 2002.

Leveritt, Mara, with Jason Baldwin. Dark Spell: Surviving the Sentence. Little Rock: Bird Call Press, 2014.

West Memphis Three Case—Document Archive. http://callahan.8k.com/index.html (accessed March 12, 2014).

“Who Are the West Memphis Three?” Arkansas Times. http://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/who-are-the-west-memphis-three/Content?oid=1886216 (accessed March 12, 2014).

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The Prophet Mohammad's Personality Is the Axis of the Islamic Unity

The outstanding personality of the prophet (peace be upon him and his household) is the main axis that comes around it the Muslims' emotions and beliefs. And it is rarely to find an Islamic vocabulary or an Islamic fact that is a resource of agreement between all Muslims, and is able to attract them and their emotions as the case for the prophet's personality.
I say seriously, the Islamic communities should unite its word and go on in one direction.

The union between the Islamic peoples doesn’t eliminate the difference between the existing and the differences of morals and traditions in the Islamic communities, as it doesn’t eliminate the differences in the jurisprudence. The meaning of "unity between Muslim nations" is to take a common position with regard to happenings and issues of the Islamic world. Also to cooperate with each other, and not to waste their wealth through strives and internal conflicts. From this perspective we can consider the prophet's personality is main axis for unity. Therefore, Muslims, especially intellectuals should come around the character and the teachings of this great symbol and show love and loyalty to him.
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The Content of the Succession of Divine

Allah says, I am going to place in the earth a khalif﴿.

This great content, the content of Qur'anic succession, is of the greatest content of missions. Through it the human in front of Allah turns to hold the responsibility of all legitimate and just issues ,beginning with the protection of the issue of human will that Allah granted to him to decide his fate today and in the hereafter. Throughout history, we find people who wanted to prevail on earth and steal others will in contrary to the Islamic religion that wants to save the grant of God whom you see him in Jihad he made limits that end at the boarders of this case. The Muslim holds his weapon for the sake of Allah and fights the tyrants , oppressors and stealers of people's will and then he says: you, through option decide your fate, and actually who adhere to Islam the relation is organized with him on the basis of Islam and who remains Christian or… the relation is organized with him on the basis of Imam Ali's saying, " for you, either a brother in religion or a brother in creation."
Sayyid Abass Almoussawi.

Al Imam Hasan Askari (A.s)

Al Imam Hasan Askari (A.s) was known in several surnames, including:

Virtuous: because of his worship and piety
Guider: he was a guide for people since his childhood.
Special: because f the specialties, dignities and God response that Allah offered him.
lamp: he (A.S) was a moral light, his oil is being close to Allah

And from the light of this lamp is his will to his followers:

"I recommend you to obey God, and be pious in your religion, and to let the diligence be for God. Be honest in your speeches, trustworthy in performing the consignment for the one who trusted you whether he was pious or dissolute, prolong your prostration while praying, and deal with others with the best behavior, because if the man was pious in his religion, and be sincere in his speeches, and performed the consignment, and treated the people in a good way, then people will say that he is a Shiite, and this will let me be proud of him. Hence, fear God, and be as adornment on behalf of us and be not as shame that defames our name.

Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) and the Establishment of Al-Jihad Community.

The faithful of commander (A.S) described the prophet that,"…never travel unless he is well prepared to his face his enemy." And he (peace be upon him and his household) founded a Jihad community , his steps are:

Al-Jihad Allegiance: In that allegiance, the prophet Mohammad put the foundation stone to build a fighting force assigned to protect religion in front of a great price the tribes requested when they said, "Mohammad (peace be upon him and his household) what will we gain during allegiance?" he(peace be upon him and his household) replied, "paradise, then all of them pledged him".

Arming and training: the prophet had to oversees the training by himself , calling among the trainees, ﴾and prepare against them what force you can.﴿ , "power is in firing, power is in firing, power is in firing…". Also (peace be upon him and his household) had to encourage people on equestrian saying, "Allah in one arrow will enter three people to paradise: the one who fabricated it for welfare, the proposal and who used the dart".

Supporting the strugglers: Mohammad (peace be upon him and his household) concerned about supporting the strugglers, saying, ""who helped a fighter (mujahed) in the sake of Allah, God shaded him in a day there is no shade except his shade". Also he shed the light on the reward he will get from the impact of holy war (jihad) saying, "Which got dust on his feet in the sake of Allah, God prohibited him from hell".

The Redolence of the Guardianship

Imam Alsadek endured the responsibility to continue the march in difficult and complex circumstances.

Rouh Allah's calling

The work of the teacher is the work of the prophets, then the work of the prophet Mohammad.

You Are In the Sacred Valley

At the edge of Al- Hojair valley, on Friday morning, Hassan went in a short nap; it is a fighter break with the sun sunrise. He walked among the trees and rocks, leant in the bowls of the earth , reading Sayyida Zeinab's visit then prayed two prostrations for the visit and ended with a glorify that turned into a light between the earth and the sky.

Haj Ali focused on the sparkle of his eyes , trying to explore the cause of grief and calmness on his face, asking him?

Where did you reach?

I saw as a person, who is sleeping sees in his dream, I saw sayyida Zienab (A.S) came here to the valley to visit us.

That's perfect, peace be upon our sayyida Zeinab.

She said only one sentence:" hope you were with my brother Hussien in Karbala"

Didn’t you tell her about our thirst in this valley?

I felt afraid to hurt her noble heart, didn’t you know that Zeinab didn’t feel tired of the march to and didn’t feel the pain of the whip…but the voice of Hussien saying: am thirsty, made her sad.

Oh Hussien done for your sake.

Relative calmness… after it the confrontations renewed with Israel, vindictiveness impressed in himself..

And when Hassan threw the last shot before his martyrdom, he called: revenge for Zeinab (A.S).

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Balchik Kaliakra Yailata Tour

Balchik Kaliakra Yailata – to remember your Bulgaria tour

Our offer is for one day Bulgaria tour Balchik. Kaliakra, Yailata and Balchik are not far away from Varna. And they are on the Bulgarian coast as well. As for the capital of Bulgaria, the distance is a little bit too much for one day from Sofia. However, there is a solution. A day in Sofia for sightseeing tour Sofia. Then, from one capital to the other, Varna.

Stone Forest

So, let the tour begin. We are leaving from Varna in the morning to the town of Balchik (Bulgaria tour Balchik). The town is the third in significance Bulgarian port after Varna and Burgas. One of the main tourist attractions in Balchik is the Architectural Park Complex ‘Balchik Palace’. It was built between 1926 and 1937 as a summer residence for the Romanian Queen Maria.

Another interesting place to visit is the Balchik Botanical Garden. Two really beautiful places to visit in Bulgaria. Many places in Bulgaria can attract visitors to the country. Also, carnivals in Bulgaria are interesting and fascinating. One such carnival is Kukeri Carnival. Although I got your interest and made you curious, I am not going to spoil it. I am only going to add that the carnival happens in spring usually.

A palace with gardens

26 centuries ago Greek colonists founded today’s Balchik. And they called it Kruni. Not long after it came the name Dionysopolis (after the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking and wine). The town became an important administrative and seaport centre due to the fact that it was close to Constantinopolis (Istanbul daily tours).

At the end of the XVI century the town got the name of Balchik (Bulgaria tour Balchik). Then, in the beginning of the XX century the biggest mill appeared there. Later, in 1913 Balchik and other Bulgarian towns became part of Romania.

During that period Balchik got its biggest attraction – the Palace. This is the ex summer residence of the Romanian Queen Marie of Romania. It took more than 11 years for the palace to become what it is today. And it is an amazing atmosphere together with divine beauty; and incredible botanical gardens that surround the palace.

Following a lunch we will proceed our Bulgaria tour Balchik to the cape of Kaliakra. Kaliakra is a nature and archaeological reserve. The cape is one of the most beautiful and historic capes in Europe. Many tourists visit Bulgaria to enjoy that place.

Also its nature and history. Its name, Kaliakra, comes from Byzantine Greek and means ‘Beautiful Headland’. One of the legends for the cape says that forty girls, who didn’t want the Ottomans to capture them, tied their plaits and jumped into the Black Sea. So today there is an obelisk ‘The Gate of the 40 Maidens’, placed at the entrance of the cape.

National Archaeological Reserve

Thracian Beglik Tash

The last stop in our Bulgaria tour Balchik will be the National Archaeological Reserve ‘Yailata’. This is a seaside ledge that covers 300 decares. And 50-60 metres high rock masiffs detach it from the sea. There are Necropolises there, caves, a fortress, rocky cemeteries… and beauty, natural beauty.

Going back to Varna in the evening. For this tour and others you can contact us.

  1. I was checking the net for Bulgarian seaside and found many places that can be of interest to me. These three from the article also. I only read a bit about Balchik.

  2. I was just looking at the daily tour Balchik Kaliakra Yailata. Sounds fun for a day. Bulgarian seaside is said to be a good place. May be it’s time to plan a holiday.

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Ayers KL, Glicksberg BS, Garfield AS, Longerich S, White JA, Yang P, Du L, Chittenden TW, Gulcher JR, Roy S, Fiedorek F, Gottesdiener K, Cohen S, North KE, Schadt EE, Li SD, Chen R, Van der Ploeg LHT. 2018. Melanocortin 4 receptor pathway dysfunction in obesity: Patient stratification aimed at MC4R agonist treatment. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 103(7):2601-2612.

The hypothalamic melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) pathway serves a critical role in regulating body weight. Loss of function (LoF) mutations in the MC4R pathway, including mutations in the pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC), prohormone convertase 1 (PCSK1), leptin receptor (LEPR), or MC4R genes, have been shown to cause early-onset severe obesity.

Through a comprehensive epidemiological analysis of known and predicted LoF variants in the POMC, PCSK1, and LEPR genes, we sought to estimate the number of US individuals with biallelic MC4R pathway LoF variants.

We predict ~650 α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH)/POMC, 8500 PCSK1, and 3600 LEPR homozygous and compound heterozygous individuals in the United States, cumulatively enumerating >12,800 MC4R pathway-deficient obese patients. Few of these variants have been genetically diagnosed to date. These estimates increase when we include a small subset of less rare variants: β-MSH/POMC,PCSK1 N221D, and a PCSK1 LoF variant (T640A). To further define the MC4R pathway and its potential impact on obesity, we tested associations between body mass index (BMI) and LoF mutation burden in the POMC, PCSK1, and LEPR genes in various populations. We show that the cumulative allele burden in individuals with two or more LoF alleles in one or more genes in the MC4R pathway are predisposed to a higher BMI than noncarriers or heterozygous LoF carriers with a defect in only one gene.

Our analysis represents a genetically rationalized study of the hypothalamic MC4R pathway aimed at genetic patient stratification to determine which obese subpopulations should be studied to elucidate MC4R agonist (e.g., setmelanotide) treatment responsiveness.


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The Ten Most Iconic Female Movie Characters Blogathon!

bannerfans_12115732The top ten most iconic female characters. Interesting. I love the idea of this blogathon (I’d never heard that word until a week or so ago, but i like it) as it is a good challenge; a good thinker/head scratcher. Dell on movies created this blogathon and its progress can be followed here. I hadn’t come across Dell’s blog before, but at first glance it looks like yet another great movie-blog to follow. I’m finding more and more as the months go by, being relatively new round these parts I haven’t come across a huge amount yet, though I know they are out there!

Many thanks must go to Nat from Writer Loves Movies for the invite, one of the blogs I have come across in my short time on WordPress. It’s a site that I frequent, go check it out if you haven’t! It looks great and reads great too. “Writer Loves Movies” is also a title that seems to describe me perfectly as well, assuring I couldn’t forget the site’s title if you paid me! Additionally I whole-heartedly agree with her addition of The Hunger Games‘ Katniss Everdeen. Sure, I haven’t seen a single Hunger Games flick, in fact I recall making a loud statement of “FUCK THE HUNGER GAMES!” in a previous post… Somewhere. But, the power and influence of her character is not something I have missed, and I imagine for younger audiences Katniss is the epitome of an iconic female character. Nice work Nat!

These are the guidelines to this blogathon (still running strong since June), quoted from Dell’s original post:

A list of 10 iconic female movie characters has been made. That list will be assigned to another blogger who can then change it by removing one character (describing why they think she should not be on the list) and replacing it with another one (also with motivation) and hand over the baton to another blogger. Once assigned, that blogger will have to put his/her post up within a week. If this is not the case the blogger who assigned it has to reassign it to another blogger.

Pretty easy to follow then eh? These are the ten characters as it stands before I spew forth my reasons for removal and replacement:

Ten fantastic, iconic characters. Not the easiest job to get rid of one then!…

… But that is the challenge, and I am up for it! After much internal deliberation, I know which of these iconic figures I shall replace with my own dubious choice. It feels even more dubious given that I am a male… I am curious as to what others think of my choice. It was not an easy decision, that much is certain. First off, I feel I can’t take off Princess Leia simply because I don’t like Star Wars, that would just be silly. I haven’t even seen a single Star Wars movie in its entirety, yet I know that name. Then we have Scarlett O’Hara, and again despite not having seen the movies she is a part of, I have heard of them, I know what they are and their importance to cinema. If that isn’t iconic I don’t know what is, and to take her off simply because i haven’t seen the movies she is a part of again doesn’t feel right at all. Beyond this though, the rest of the list is stellar… As is to be expected. I had a bit of trouble choosing one, changing my mind many a time. The other eight characters are all from films that I love, all characters that belong in such a list. Two Uma Thurman characters in the list works, as both those characters are memorable beyond belief and have true staying power. Those remaining are my real choices, and after some thinkin’… And some more thinkin’, I finally made my decision.

The character I am taking off is Clementine Kruczynski. Now I love Eternal Sunshine… and have seen it many times, it is one of the few romantic films that I really, really like. But, she isn’t a character that stuck with me. She is an interesting and complex character, but in my opinion not as iconic or memorable as my choice, who I feel goes through a massive variety of emotions while developing from almost nothing to a learned, multi-faceted character. She is not as complex a character as Clementine Kruczynski, I don’t think one could doubt that, but in my opinion her journey and development as a character made her my instant choice.

So then… Who the fuck am I talking about?

My choice is Leeloo from The Fifth Element. I can’t say I’ve seen the film recently, it isn’t a favourite of mine, but that character always has stuck in my head as a unique and fascinating female main character; an interesting spin on the femme fatale concept. She goes through a bit of everything throughout her appearance on-screen. When I first got an invitation from Nat, Leeloo was who immediately came to mind. Yes, I had to look up the actress’s name. But this is about characters, not who played them. And if we are talking about iconic female characters, I instantly think of The Bride, already on this mega-list, and Leeloo. In fact, I checked the list immediately, honestly expecting her to be there.

Why do I think she is an iconic character? The development of her character arc covers a lot of ground. First she is the embodiment of innocence and blissful ignorance, speaking gibberish that really does sound like a ‘divine language’, or at least a language of some sort. Then she progressively becomes more human and develops an unforgettable personality. She is the romantic figure in the movie, but this doesn’t dominate her unique character at all. She kicks some ass, but she is not bulletproof either; she is vulnerable. And of course she saves humanity despite learning about our warring ways, finally realising that there are things that make humanity worth saving. She is a surprisingly deep character given the story she is a part of, which isn’t exactly original or complex, but is fun as all hell and Leeloo’s personality makes the movie for me, and is a character I shall never forget. Oh, and she is literally the titular character of the film. She truly is one of the last interesting creations by Luc Besson.

Other characters that were going through my mind was Rosemary from Rosemary’s Baby, the main contender to Leeloo, though like I said, Leeloo was who instantly came to my mind when I first saw the criteria, and I found it hard to find a good reason to replace Clementine with anyone other than Leeloo. Other characters that were floating about my cranium: Carol from Repulsion – the first movie I ever saw that featured a lead character who was not only female but also ruthless and unsettling; The Female (Scarlett Johansson) from Under The Skin, though being such a recent movie I hesitated to add her to this list; and the same applies to Emmanuelle Seigner‘s Vanda from the recent Venus In Fur. Several other female lead characters made quite an impression this year, but I am sticking to my guns – Leeloo is the only choice I can see ranking among the others in that formidable list. Twenty years on and her character still seems fresh and unique.

I am passing the proverbial baton to Geoff from The Telltale Mind, a site filled with interesting and varied posts relating to comics and movies, among other things. Go check it out! In the meantime, I look forward to seeing what Geoff comes up with next.

And please, let me have it! Is my pick moronic? If you think so, tell me why!

written by the epilepticmoondancer

10 Comments on “The Ten Most Iconic Female Movie Characters Blogathon!

  1. Hehe, here’s some advice – don’t leave that part till the last minute like I did!! I look forward to seeing who you add and remove mate. 🙂

  2. Excellent post and great choice! Thanks so much for the shout outs too. Sorry I’ve been away from your blog for so long – I’m back now though and looking forward to catching up with your latest posts 🙂

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    • Too easy Nat, I’ve had a shitty start to the new year, personal bullshit, but now I’m back myself and see I have a few posts to catch up on your site already! Nice work! Now I have to get my backside into gear and start writing again, I haven’t even posted once this month!

  3. thanks for reading mate, and thanks for the kind words. It was such a interesting concept it was an honour to take part… okay that sounded cheesy there hehe 😛

    I’ll check out that link right now. I’m keen! 🙂

    • Its sad but true- I haven’t seen any Indy films, so I can’t really say much! I really should watch them at least once at some point

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