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The shots from the field weren’t falling as well as they did Thursday night for the Mocs, but UTC took advantage of its many trips to the free throw line Saturday in a 72-58 win over Western Carolina in Southern Conference women’s basketball action at the Roundhouse.

UTC moves into a tie with Wofford for third at 7-4 in league play and improves to 12-8 overall while Western Carolina drops to 5-14 on the year and 2-7 in league play.

Chattanooga was 30-of-38 from the charity stripe, fourth best on its all-time list and the first time UTC has made that many since 2004. Bria Dial and Dena Jarrells each set career-bests with eight and Eboni Williams tied her season-high with six.

“Thirty-eight free throws. We were just really aggressive,” Mocs head coach Katie Burrows said. “They had a hard time with us in that respect. For the most part, we shot them well. I felt like we could have even done a little better in that respect. Obviously, you want to make them all.”

Chattanooga shot 58.3 percent from the field in the fourth quarter and was 19-of-45 overall (42.2%) and 4-of-13 from the 3-point line. The Catamounts edge the Mocs on field goal percentage making 22-of-51 (43.1%) and had seven 3-pointers, but were only able to get to the line 11 times for seven free throws.

The teams traded the lead early in the first quarter with UTC getting three points from Williams when she drew a foul on a layup. WCU’s Lauren LaPlant made the first of her two long range shots to tie it up. Williams again with the layup gave UTC a 5-3 lead, but Zonoria Cruz’ 3-pointer gave the Cats their only lead of the game at 6-5. The game tied up three times before UTC took the lead for good on a 3-pointer from Dial at the 2:32 mark of the opening frame.

Heading into the fourth quarter, the Mocs led 45-37. After Western Carolina cut it to five points twice at the start the period, UTC went on a 9-0 run to push the margin into double digits and would lead by as much as 18 with 3:06 to play.

The Catamounts’ Kyla Allison hit a layup to cut the Mocs’ lead to 47-42 with 8:24 in the final quarter. Jarrells stepped into a 3-pointer to put UTC up by eight just 20 seconds later. After a timeout, Cornelius entered double figures with a layup to give the Mocs’ a 10-point lead, 52-42, with 6:47 remaining. Jarrells and Dial combined for four straight free throws and UTC’s lead was 14, at 56-42 with 5:20 remaining.

Allison made a mid-range jumper to make it 56-44, but Williams connected on another 3-point play to give UTC a 59-44 lead at the 4:51 mark.

WCU put together a 5-0 run behind a pair of free throws from LaPlant and a 3-pointer from Cruz after an Allison steal to make it 59-49 with 4:09 remaining.

Chattanooga responded with an 8-0 run that started with a layup from Williams. Jarrells stole the inbounds pass and was fouled on her layup attempt. WCU’s head coach Kiley Hill was upset that a call may have been missed on the previous play and his arguing led to a technical.

Jarrells made both of her shots on the foul call then made both free throws for the technical. Western Carolina turned the ball over and Sigrun Olafsdottir darted down the lane to cap off the run and give UTC a 67-49 lead, its largest, with 3:06 on the clock.

Allison made seven of the Cats’ final nine points, but it would be enough as the Mocs held on to claim their first series win this season.

Williams led Chattanooga with 22 points and nine rebounds and made three swipes. Bria Dial, with three from the 3-point line, added 17 points. She had a career-high four blocked shots on the night and moved ahead of Taylor Hall for seventh all-time at UTC with 80 over her four years.

Abbey Cornelius also moved up the list, adding two more blocked shots for 88 all-time. She is tied with Keiana Gilbert for fifth at Chattanooga. Cornelius chipped in 12 points for the Mocs with six rebounds and three assists.

The fourth player in double digits for UTC was Jarrells who scored 11 of her 13 points in the fourth quarter.

Allison led all scorers with 23 points for the Catamounts and four assists and three steals. Joining her in double digits was LaPlant with 13. Cruz added eight with five rebounds, three assists and two steals while Tembre Moates, with six points, and Joi Reid each had a team-best six rebounds.

The Mocs converted 23 Catamount miscues into 17 points and gave up 13 on their own 15 turnovers. Western Carolina edged UTC on rebounds 29-27 but were able to score just three points on nine offensive boards. UTC had nine on seven offensive rebounds.

The Mocs remain home to host UNCG next weekend with a Friday night matchup and a Sunday afternoon tilt.


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Hello! It's crazy to think that it's almost August and that fall is slowly encroaching on us. Which means lots of back to school shopping! Today, I whipped up my fall 2014 wishlist.

1. Black high-waisted jeans. Such a versatile piece that can be styled so many different ways.
2. Printed dresses. Ideal for layering on chilly fall days or pairing with simple boots on warmer days.
3. Neutral crossbody bag. Grab this bag to hold your cell phone and keys for a night on the town.
4. Dark statement sunglasses. Add an instant dose of style to your look.
5. Classic tote bag. Perfect for toting books to class.
6. Deep shade of lipstick. One of my favorite things about fall is the return of deep lipstick shades. Hello burgundys and deep reds!
7. Oversized sweater in a fall tone. Perfect for throwing on over a breezy dress or with simple leggings and boots.
8. Neutral ankle boots. The perfect shoes for so many different looks!
9. Gold statement necklace. You can never go wrong with a gold statement necklace.
10. Cut-out boots. I've been lusting after a pair for a while now and I'm determined to add a pair to my fall wardrobe!

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Barbie: the bane of feminists, and why she is preferred

Barbara Millicent Roberts; Barbie

Whereas one could survey the literature on feminists’ reactions to the physical appearance of Barbie (Barbara Millicent Roberts), the following example makes unnecessary searching for other responses.

Feminists Jacqueline Urla and Alan C. Swedlund complained about Barbie’s unrealistic proportions.(1)  They could have compared her to real women in her genre, namely glamour or fashion models, but they decided to compare her to the average proportions of women in the U.S. military.  Hallelujah!  The Army recruits’ measurements averaged 35.7 – 31 – 38.1 at 5-foot-4.  This made me an 8-inch taller male, my waist circumference is 30 inches...the feminist reaction becomes clearer...have the Gods forsaken feminists?

Whereas Barbie’s hourglass proportions have been toned down since 1998, it would be unnecessary to describe how much feminists still appreciate Barbie’s looks.  Some feminists have appreciated Barbie being a career woman that remains single and has no children, but it is likely easier to ski in Hell than to find a feminist who likes Barbie’s unadulterated looks.

Barbie was derived from another very similar and popular doll, the Bild Lilli doll, which was meant for adults.  Some have tried to come up with more anatomically correct dolls for educating children, but they have nowhere been as successful as Barbie and dolls similar to her.  Some examples are shown below, including dolls that are abominable in my opinion.

Amamanta dolls

“Anatomically correct” Amamanta dolls: a teenage girl, a pregnant woman and a woman giving birth.

The depraved minds behind the Amamanta dolls have no problems with exposing children to imagery of childbirth or recommending that children as young as 3-years-old be told that a woman gets pregnant when...

“dad's penis gets into mom's vagina. Then a liquid that dad makes that is called the sperm goes from dad’s penis into mom’s vagina. The sperm reaches the egg and it becomes fertilized, or ready to become a baby.”

Children shouldn’t be dealt with in such a straightforward manner.  I recall babysitting a friend’s kid (4- or 5-years-old) who was asking pesky questions.  So I showed him a gorilla and pointed out the gorilla's flat nose.  Then I pointed out my pointy nose and the boy’s flattened nose.  So where did he get his flattened nose from?  I told him he was picked up from the jungle and was born to gorillas; a disease had turned his skin white.  He didn’t want to believe this, but he did ask his mother whether he had a skin disease.  The important point is that he stopped asking me pesky questions.

Anyway, what explains the popularity of Barbie?  Albert Magro had drawings of parts of the human body in two formats, one slightly closer to the apes’ form and the other showing the more derived form, judged for attractiveness by 495 individuals.(2, pdf)  Most judges preferred the drawing depicting the more derived form.

Contrast an ape female with Barbie.  Barbie has many features that exaggerate the derived features of humans, and this is the reason behind her appeal.

bonobo female; Barbie

The ape female, even though posing in a seductive manner, looks very unattractive from a human perspective.

O feminist, may thee see the light.  Amen.

  1. Jacqueline Urla, Alan C. Swedlund. The Anthropometry of Barbie: Unsettling the Ideals of the Feminine Body in Popular Culture. In: Deviant Bodies: Critical Perspectives on Difference in Science and Popular Culture (Jennifer Terry, Jacqueline Urla, Eds.). Indiana University Press, 1995.
  2. Magro, A. M., Why Barbie is perceived as beautiful, Percept Mot Skills, 85, 363 (1997).

Yeah Barbie makes me seeth, cause my boyfriend looks just like GI Joe. Get real. I played with all sorts of dolls and none of them gave me any complexes. My mother was my role model in life and she always ensured I healthy body image. How? By never even mentioning the words body image.

HAHAHAHAHA!!! I would have done something similar if that little boy had been asking me questions. By the way, are you married with kids by any chance?

The Slutz - sorry - Bratz dolls seem to be preferred over Barbie, the bridge of the nose looks like the opposite of derived to to me.
The abominable dolls will be pushed onto kids ostensibly for health education- social engineering is what they are really about. The justification for exposing toddlers to sex education dolls is tarty-Bratz-Doll.html another doll

GI Joe looks like a juiced-up bouncer. That could be having an effect on body image irrespective of being mentioned.

On the other hand sometimes feminists are not alone in their concerns.
Gorillas are interesting they are polygamous, the biggest and strongest is the Mountain Gorilla - it also has the blackest face...

When I was about 4 or 5 I asked my Mother where I come from she told me the truth...

I think that I'm happy she told me the truth and none of that stork (or for you Gorilla) rubbish. Lying is not the answer, this little boy who you told that too went on thinking things that are not true.

Personally I would have just said, as I have to my younger sister, "ask mum"... it wasn't your right as a babysitter to decided what that little boy thought.

People complain about what children are being taught, maybe children need to be taught the correct thing and not lies. Parents wonder why children don't ask them about the world, well, if you lied to them when they were little then when they get older and find out the truth they are not going to want to come and ask you because they will think you will most likely lie to them like you have in the past.

You teach your children not to lie by telling them that "lying is wrong" and "the truth is always better" or "You'll get into less trouble for telling me the truth then lying and I find out". You say this, but you lie. You can't complain about Dolls being bad role models when really your just as bad. Children learn mostly from thier parents... teach them properally.

Dolls are just dolls, they don't cause bad behaviour... they are TOYS!!! FAKE!!! UNREALISTIC!!! just like a teddy bear, I don't see people complaining about them!

Roy: The popularity of the Bratz girls is not merely a function of their looks, and they have many of the same physical features as Barbie. So Magro’s argument still applies. The nose bridge doesn’t look very derived, but Barbie’s a doll and there is bound to be some cartoonish elements in her. Look at the overall appearance.

----------------Lying to children----------------

I don’t believe truth is always better and neither would I teach this to children. I believe that truth is preferable to falsehood and that lying is wrong. However, what if there is a scenario where the outcome of telling the truth leads to a wrong that is worse than the wrong of lying? In this case, my attitude is that the lesser of the two wrongs is preferable and hence I don’t believe that the truth is always better.

I also believe that the truth is bound to win in the long run and that the truth shall make us free. And if the truth is bound to win in the long run, then this goal cannot be thwarted by traversing the path of falsehood; nothing prevents one from ultimately making the truth obvious by using falsehood.

In my interactions with children, I have often caught them lying about silly matters, but my response has been “A-ha, caught you lying!” in an amused manner, which has prompted a response along the lines of “bummer!” on the part of children. It is normal for children to lie, just to experiment with what they can get away with, and my kind of attitude will prompt them to come up with more sophisticated lies, i.e., lies that they are more likely to get away with, which will come in handy in the real world when they face a scenario where the wrong of lying is preferable to the wrong resulting from telling the truth. One may argue that my parenting or child mentoring attitude may result in children developing into pathological liars, but I believe that whereas my attitude can help those toward social pathology inclined to get away with lies, it cannot orient one toward social pathology.

Children often live in a fantasy world of super heroes, fairies, gnomes and supernatural forces. They are interested in the language of fantasy, not the far duller reality of adults’ lives. My bringing in gorillas is speaking to them in a language they enjoy even though the context they find very distasteful. Why use a clinical description of how babies come about? When the time comes, they shall learn. They shall know that I lied to them and learn to not trust me blindly. This is important. Children tend to be naïve. They need to learn not to blindly believe everything they are told. They also shouldn’t be skeptical of every claim and hence end up believing hardly anything. They need to develop the ability to make a reasonable guess as to which claim is probably correct, which claim is probably false and which issues are worth spending time on doing an independent investigation because there are too many claims, too much information, but very little time. This ability takes time to develop and they had best start young. What better way to set children on this path than by using non-malicious lies like the gorilla example?

I made no claims about dolls being bad role models. I made a point about inappropriate language and a stupid tool for educating children.

I find the ape more attractive honestly. haha nah jk. Barbie has a really wide face that still seems to stay oval which is what I like. I don't like her nose though. She has no nose bridge! I dont like her small waist. I like small waists but her waist is too small.

HAHAHAHAHAAHAHA this is the funniest one of all. Everything about "Barbie" except her basketball boobs refutes everything else you wrote on your website! She has a flat face, tiny ass, long skinny legs, she is skinny and she looks like she has basketballs attached to her chest, her shoulders are extremely wide? Much wider than her hips! Take the hair away and her jawline would be what you would call "masculine" and, she has extremely high cheekbones, I mean extremely! She looks like a super skinny Heidi Klum with basketball boobs! oh, and why does she have that angry look in her eyes?

Erik, you dealt with your friend's child very inappropriately. Children should be encouraged to ask questions, not told lies to discourage a child's natural curiousity. And don't come back with some story stating that children lie too so it's okay to lie to them, and that it teaches them to be better liars themselves for certain situations. You said it yourself that "The important point is that he stopped asking me pesky questions".

Parents, should be teaching children who they can trust and who they cannot. Parents are supposed to be on the 'trust' list, as most parents intentions for their children are good, and children need to understand that any limits they place on them is for their wellbeing, and not just more 'lie games'. Parents should also be encouraging critical thinking, not by lying, but by asking their children questions about their beliefs. If they find their children are too naive, then they should address that with them is a serious and HONEST matter so that their children understand the implications of being too naive.

Being honest with a child asking serious questions about life prevents any confusion and future unlearning of false facts and relearning of the real facts. A child as young as three may not fully comprehend a realistic description of where babies come from, but they will retain some of the building blocks for future better understanding.

Tara: In the pictures, Barbie doesn’t have basketball breasts. She could be designed with more anatomically correct prominent breasts, thereby having to rely less on an expanded ribcage to present an appearance of a prominent bust, but this isn’t the point of the doll or something of much relevance to the girls to which the doll is marketed to.

Barbie does have broad shoulders, but the presumable reason is to make posing her easy. With narrower shoulders, her hips would push her hands to the side. There are many dresses for Barbie which make her hips look wider, and the broad shoulders are then in comparison hardly noticeable. The overall look is feminine. There have been many versions of Barbie. Barbie in recent years has been a teenage girl, more slender, whereas in the past Barbie was a young adult.

Barbie’s jawline isn’t masculine, she doesn’t have an angry look in her eyes and she doesn’t have high cheekbones. High cheekbones are stacked vertically high on the face, not cheekbones that are more sideways prominent. Her mid-face is flattened, but she is a doll, not a high-fidelity plastic replica of a feminine and attractive woman. There are bound to be cartoonish elements to her.

Jules: There is something known as age-appropriate knowledge. Small children should be taught in a language suited to them, and a clinical description of how babies come about isn’t it. Discouraging children from asking a few pesky questions isn’t the same as stifling their curiosity. Children ask lots of questions and I typically answer them to the best of my ability and give them more knowledge than what they expected. So my attitude encourages them to ask all sorts of questions, minus a handful of pesky ones, the answers to which they will eventually find out.

Regarding teaching children who they can trust, I will briefly state my own experiences. English is not my native language, and when I was a kid, my parents, knowing many languages, decided that it was best for them to talk in English if they wanted to hide something from me. Little did they realize that I had picked up enough English to figure out what they were saying, and boy were they saying some neat things! A few years later, when I was old enough to be taught about more serious matters, I noticed a curious phenomenon. Often I would be asked to believe in some beliefs strongly cherished by others. The confidence and tenacity with which they held these beliefs were no less remarkable than the nature of the beliefs themselves, but they refused to entertain any questioning. Very strange. A little investigation, none aided by those who would have me accept their beliefs, revealed nearly all such beliefs to be wishful thinking, malicious lies or delusions.

If I hadn’t developed healthy skepticism at an early age this site would not exist or perhaps wouldn’t appear until years from now when I am middle-aged and wiser. This site is full of items that you will not be taught about by your parents, school teachers, college professors, newspapers, television or magazines. I had to learn it on my own, and I know lots of interesting things about matters that do not concern this site.

If there are children under my care, I would want them to grow up with healthy skepticism. Most of the time I will be telling them the truth and they would know that they can generally trust me, but what is the big deal if I occasionally tell them a non-malicious lie so that they don’t blindly trust me or anyone else? I don’t have to keep telling lies. Sow the seeds of skepticism at a very early age and it will endure. After the seeds have been sown, I can tell them only the truth without the risk that they will turn into gullible individuals as adults. Some level of skepticism is healthy. It reduces the likelihood of being duped by the mass of nonsense that the mainstream media are filled with, thanks to the malicious individuals in charge.

I will provide some other examples of non-malicious lies that I have used and you tell me if they are harmful.

Boy aged two and a half years - I told him I would give him some yummy chocolate and he eagerly followed me. Then I opened a can of red kidney beans and gave him a bean to chew. He eagerly started to chew it, then spit it out. I had no luck trying to get him to chew a bean after that. On a separate occasion, I was cleaning out my shirt pocket when out popped a piece of chocolate wrapped in aluminum foil. He made a grab for it, but I got it first. I told him that it was nasty, filthy doggy poo, meant to chase the cats away, but he wanted it. I had no choice but to give it to him or he would scream. I kept saying, “Ewwwww…..doogy poo, ewwwww,” and he was a little confused. He somewhat hesitantly popped it in his mouth, and was confused that it tasted good but was it poo? He had to ask his mother, “mom, doggy poo?” His mother was not pleased. Anyway, this kid really liked me, and I wasn’t messing with him most of the time.

Boy aged eight – I was writing something on homosexuals. He asked me what I was writing, and I couldn’t really tell him. So I told him that I was writing an essay on how to deal with naughty children. He wanted to read it, and I made him read a passage on the mechanism underlying a form of brain damage that is much more prevalent among lesbians (the passage was safe because it didn’t mention lesbians). He could barely read it, but he quickly said that the passage was not about naughty children. I told him that it was but in adult language, and translated for children, it read that the best way to deal with naughty children is to spank them, and I recommend that all children should be spanked twice a day to keep them well behaving. Then I told him that this reminded me that he needs a spanking, and I made a motion to grab him, whereupon he scooted and I didn’t see him for long enough to finish the writing. That took care of the problem.

I don’t think these kinds of lies are bad. If there are children under my care, they will acquire plenty of critical thinking skills, and I will try to minimize the extent to which they acquire these skills by being spoon fed. Nothing beats figuring it out yourself.

"There is something known as age-appropriate knowledge. Small children should be taught in a language suited to them, and a clinical description of how babies come about isn’t it."

According to who? You? Children develop at different rates. If a clinical description of where babies come from is beyond their understanding, what harm will it do to them? By the age of seven, I already knew what sperm and eggs were, would recognize each in a photograph, and knew that a sperm cell fertilizes the egg to later form an embryo. Did it do me any harm to know this? Not at all. Would I have benefited from hearing a stork story instead? Of course not, it is completely useless to be taught that storks bring babies to mommies and daddies that want them.

The way you treat children is absolutely disgusting.

Jules: I don’t believe that a clinical description of how babies come about will harm children, except perhaps for the possibility that children may be prompted to think prematurely of matters pertaining to human sexuality, but why talk in such dull language to them? Make their lives a little more exciting via fantastic language. I don’t think talking about storks is harmful either. One doesn’t have to mess around with children as in some of the examples that I have provided, but it is all in jest, and the children know it.

"I don’t believe that a clinical description of how babies come about will harm children, except perhaps for the possibility that children may be prompted to think prematurely of matters pertaining to human sexuality, but why talk in such dull language to them?"

The language doesn't need to be dull, and neither should we assume that the children would find such language dull, especially if they show an interest in science as I did as a child. Besides, if the kids are asking questions it's because they want to know. If the answer is too dull for them, they will lose interest and find something else to occupy their minds.

Also, the younger children learn about sexuality the more likely they will be responsible about their own sexuality when the time comes for their bodies to be prepared for reproduction. Once a child reaches puberty (which is starting at a younger and younger age) and begins to feel sexual urges, the more likely they will give in to their urges if they do not understand why those urges are there.

lol Barbie's face shape appears to be quite broad. I believe she would look better with a less broad face? I understand that a slightly wider face can enhance one's beauty, but barbie's face would be even MORE attractive if it were a bit more delicate and less broad. It is interesting that square shoulders are attractive, because they suggest athleticism and not femininity. Also, Barbie's shoulder's are a tiny bit on the wide side relative to her hips. Wouldn't more rounded shoulders be more feminine and thus more attractive? The truth is Barbie has an hourglass shape with subtle athletic features as well. This makes her appear physically fit but still feminine. Barbie is not EXTREMELY feminine when you take all these things into consideration. Barbie's legs and breasts are most attractive on her, as well as her small waist and tiny rib cage.

I understand that certain features of Barbie are exaggarted to appear more cartoonish, however it is these exaggarations that make her more appealing as well.

Actually, Barbie is the bane of feminists because her dimensions are simply impossible for a human to have without causing severe damage to themselves :,21985,22475156-5000117,00.html

Jules: Formal education in schools about sexuality can only be presented in a neutral manner, which would be dull to pre-pubescent children.

Besides, the younger children learn about sexuality the more responsible they will be doesn’t hold. There is plenty of literature on drug abuse prevention education that has shown no benefit or enhanced drug use. When you tell people about some allegedly pleasure-inducing activities that they are not aware of, some of them will be tempted to try it. Similar literature on sexual behavior will be difficult to cite because there are too many malicious individuals in the sex education field.

Britain introduced comprehensive sex education in schools in the 1990s. Ten years after, most indices of risky sexual behaviors, STDs and teenage pregnancy increased. There could be any of a number of reasons behind the correlation, but the malicious sex educators will not consider the possibility that sex education prompted some individuals to engage in sexual practices before they would have otherwise or that sex education made them engage in practices that they would not have without hearing them talked about.

I will give you an anecdote. Once a 9-year-old girl developed a crush on me; I was 25. One day when I was in bed in shorts only, she jumped into bed with the text book that was given to her in sex education class. She opened the page that depicted a penis getting erect and started going over the explicit details, edging closer to me and giving me the look. There was no one else in the house. I made her close the book and shifted to a different topic. What if I were interested in girls her age? I could have easily taken advantage of the situation and she happened to be a good looking girl.

If you saw her you would guess she is between 8 and 11 and pre-pubescent. I doubt precocious puberty was at play. Whereas it is not unusual for 9- or 10-year-old girls to develop a crush on an adult man, it was the sex education class that provided her with the explicit book, the explicit knowledge and a means to convey her sexual interest to an adult man in a blatantly obvious manner. I fail to see any good purpose in giving such explicit sex education to pre-pubescents. If you as a parent want to provide explicit sex education to your own pre-pubescent children, you can go ahead; I have no objections. But I am not in favor of such education as part of the school curriculum.

Hotsauce: The impossibility of the dimensions is the wrong issue. What if Barbie looked like an ogre, the equivalent of a 4,000-pound human or like an ape-woman? All of these dimensions would be impossible also, but would feminists object similarly? The feminist objections are to exaggerations of some features widely considered to be attractive.

I agree, Barbie dolls are popular because they exagerate our cultural notions of feminine beauty.
While the example of the doll here does too,due to its age is more crudely made ,Barbie dolls made today are even MORE feminine ,clearly proving that most people consider femininity an ideal.
New ones have narrower rounded shoulders, small rib cage, small waist,and wide hips.

I think this Barbie looks better. I think Barbies are great and if I had daughters, they'd have tons of them. Barbie's don't give little girl complexes. Skeletal looking "supermodels" do. Long live the great and wonderful Barbie!! And Erik, I think it's perfectly ok to let kids figure things out for themselves.

And also, Erik, to your previous comment about sex-ed, when it was first introduced in the public school where I went, I was shaken and overwhelmed. Pre-pubescent sex ed is inappropriate. However, at puberty it is necessary if to teach nothing else but biological changes that take place at puberty. It's sad how many 12 year old girls had no idea of what menstruation was. Needless to say I can recall the hysteria of these girs when they did start their period, and were totally unprepared for it.

Are u stupid man ? Feminists cater to all the manliness that you are against, independence, courage, strong libido promiscuity and god knows what, it's a matter of time for them to cater for beards and mustaches

Ruth Handler believed that it was important for Barbie to have an adult appearance, and early market research showed that some parents were unhappy about the doll's chest, which had distinct breasts. Barbie's appearance has been changed many times, most notably in 1971 when the doll's eyes were adjusted to look forwards rather than having the demure sideways glance of the original model.

Interesting stuff! Though I don't see Barbie as being the heart of the issue of low self-esteem, anorexia, bulimia, etc., I can definitely understand why some would think so.

I was given a bunch of Barbie dolls when I was a kid. I remember looking at myself in the mirror when I was little and seeing how much was wrong with me. I'm sure just about every female can remember the shock when they looked in the mirror and realized that they didn't look like Barbie. That crushing realization that you are wrong, that you don't look the way you're supposed to. It was different back then, because I thought that I might look like that when I grew up. But then I grew up and I still didn't look the way I'm supposed to.

Feminists need to accept that if you're female and you don't look that way, you are worthless. It's THAT simple. It's nice for a feminist to think she can have career and dreams and things, but what she fails to realize is that you can't have the luxury to pursue a dream when you're not even worth anything. You have to be worth something first, and only then you can think about dreams. And to be worth anything you have to look like this website describes. Achieve perfect beauty, and then you can be worthy to pursue your dreams.

Sure all that happened. If it did, it sounds like you had severe self-esteem issues or perhaps a mental health problem. The idea that a barbie doll will cause all these problems is ludicrous.

Were you crushed when you discovered there is no Santa Claus?

No, being a sentient human being causes that problem. Barbie doesn't make me worthless, it just does the same thing thing as this website - tells exactly how I'm worthless. I don't want to be in denial about that like feminists are.

There is no such thing as self-esteem, at least not for females. Either you're beautiful and you can participate in society or you're worthless and you know it. Where is self-esteem supposed to fit in? Self-esteem is part of the feminist idea that females can go around and live their lives even if they're ugly, which is obviously just denial.

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It’s long been known that correctly timing an embryo transfer is critical to the chance of achieving pregnancy. Identifying the right moment in a woman’s cycle with absolute precision remains a challenge however, contributing to low IVF success rates, which remain on average under 50%.

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Lead researcher Professor Guiying Nie said the team’s discovery changed long-held scientific thinking about embryo implantation. “We’ve been looking for something that helps embryos stick when the vital part of the puzzle turned out to be a slippery molecule that has the opposite effect — it prevents them from sticking,” she said.

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Many of you know that I was raised in a Christian home. People who grew up with me in Rochelle know that my parents were deacons and devoted attendees of our small, Protestant congregation, and that I was pretty much a goody-two-shoes.

There was no question of my ever having smoked, drank or "done it", and yet, I would never have defined myself as a Christian. Sure, if someone asked me, I'd say "Yes, I'm a Christian"- because I believed in God, and chose to believe SOME of the Bible (the parts I believed in were those I was already obeying... everything else I found convenient to chuck as "antiquated" or "unrealistic", because to believe that they were commands from God put me squarely in the wrong and that wasn't where I wanted to put myself).

For many years I was confused. I read my Bible every night before bed, truly pondering its words and wondering what they meant, how I was supposed to live. Living like a Christian according to the Bible seemed so unbelievably difficult and I wondered; who could possibly forgive seventy times seven? Who can go through their life without gossiping? Am I supposed to give all my money to the poor, like Jesus tells the rich young ruler? What do all these stories mean for my life?

And then there was the fact that most of the Christians I met seemed to irritate me. Number one on their list of faults (in my non-Christian mind) was that none of them seemed remotely to have sense of humor, except at the blandest and stupidest jokes. Number two was that none of them ever seemed to struggle with anything. Their husbands seemed so perfect and helpful, them so kind and patient. I never saw the slightest hint of humanity from any of them- no one ever had a bad day with their kids, no one ever struggled with their temper or with an unloving spouse. They were constantly saying things like "God is good", and "Amen" and "God worked", "I'm so blessed"- and I kept wondering what they meant. It sounded like they were using God as a band-aid to delude themselves into the idea that their lives were perfect.

And I really didn't feel I fit anywhere into these perfect lives. I was struggling with a little boy who was two and a half and barely spoke, who would have incredibly difficult, hours-long screaming fits and I was nursing another little one. My husband was disengaged, struggling with his own problems and had little time or sympathy for mine. My own nerves were frazzled and my temper shot. I'd yell at my kids, expect WAY more of them than was possible for toddlers, and shoot bitter and sarcastic barbs at my husband any time I got the chance, hoping to break him down, that his reserve would crumble and I would get through to him in some way- trying desperately to get my message across: I AM SLOWLY DYING.

What could I possibly have in common with Christians? And yet- I couldn't reject Christianity any more than I could embrace it. Life without God seemed a life without hope.

And so I went on.

It wasn't until I moved to Santa Clarita three years ago, and was invited out to the Church of Christ by Ron and Cheryl Hammer that I really "got it."

There I met Christians who were totally committed to following Jesus's example and living according to the words of the Bible. They were kind, loving, forgiving, accepting, merciful, compassionate- to their husbands, their children, their neighbors and even to me, a total stranger. I was cowed by their graciousness, especially as I compared it with my own bitter, cynical attitude.

But this was par for the course as far as my experience with Christianity; it would have been easy to let myself off the hook by branding them as saints and telling myself that "I'm just not that good of a person. It's easy for people like them to be kind."

And I'm sure that's what I would have done had it not been for their total and complete honesty. Not one of them pretended they were perfect or had it all together; actually quite the opposite! They were instead confessing their sins to each other, revealing the imperfect attitudes of their hearts and encouraging each other to change. This was the salt that gave flavor to their conversation, zest to their personalities and attracted me like a moth to a flame.

All of the women I met were trying to be good wives and mothers and none of them pretended it was easy. They never diminished the pain of the struggle; yet they never denied the worth of following Jesus. I listened with relish as they described their efforts to be women of God, and their very human failures and successes.

And as I listened to them; I laughed! I actually laughed! They were FUNNY. Funny Christians... I had thought they didn't exist, like ligers and unicorns- but I now realize it's because they were truthful. They had no desire to cover up who they were, to mask their faults and failings. Rather, they were willingly exposing them to each other, not to poke fun at them or just for a laugh but to change, to grow closer to God, to follow Jesus more closely.

I was convicted. I wanted to be different. I studied the Bible with these women and I learned about God in a way I hadn't in years of plodding through chapters and verses on my own, because I understood that I needed to change from the inside out. This wasn't about "being good"- this was a total heart transplant, in which all of my previous attitudes and assumptions about my place in the universe needed to be thrown out and God placed at the center of my life.

It wasn't always easy- I was used to putting myself at the center of my life. My needs. My wants. My notions of justice, fairness, equality. What I think. What I feel. What I deserve. It wasn't natural for me to think about God first. God's mercy. God's justice. God's compassion.

But once my thinking was turned toward God, I found that I didn't have to struggle so hard to "be good" - mercy, love, self-control, patience - all sprang to life in my heart as a natural fruit of turning to God, not as a result of any effort of my own. This was it! This was the secret! This is how these saintly women did it! Stayed patient, stayed loving even in the worst circumstances!

Does this mean I became perfect? Of course not! I struggled daily to turn to God for help, but I became more gentle, patient and kind with my kids, more helpful and forbearing with my husband, more honest about my own shortcomings (before that, my own faults were always the result of something someone else had done to me and no fault of my own, OF COURSE).

I was baptized nearly two years ago, on October 21, 2007 and I am happy to say I am a different person than the one I was. Not perfect. But different.

Why am I sharing all this? Because now that I am a Christian, I want to share some of my struggles to stay faithful and be a Christian woman. It's not going to be the total focus of my blog, but it will necessarily be a part of it, because Christianity is now the lens through which I view the world. I felt like I needed some kind of "statement of faith" on here though, because this blog goes way back to my pre-Christian days and I would never want to confuse anyone who is searching for the truth by writing as a Christian, but having old posts up that reveal all my old sinful attitudes. At the same time, I think it's hypocritical and wrong to remove the old posts; I want to stay in touch with who I was before I was a Christian- to be able to hear the biting, bitter sarcasm in my voice - to remember the lack of mercy with which I treated people, to remember my contemptuousness, my pride, my feelings of desperation- some of which came through in my writing, some of which are just personal recollections connected to the events I've written about.

I know very few people will read this, and some that do will probably say, "Well, I thought you were funnier when you were sarcastic and bitter" or something similar, and you may be right. Maybe I've crossed the line into the world of the UNFUNNY CHRISTIAN and am in it so deep now I can't even see how UNFUNNY I am.

I have one thing to say to you: Poop.

That one goes over pretty well in my house. Not your taste? Butt. Buttcheeks.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

South Philadelphia bookmaker continues to fight federal conviction

Jailed South Philadelphia bookmaker Gary Battaglini will be in town for another month ---as a guest of the federal government.

Battaglini, currently serving a 96-month sentence on racketeering/gambling charges, was in court this morning in an ongoing battle to have his conviction overturned. Dressed in a green prison jumpsuit, his hair a little grayer than when he appeared for sentencing two years ago, the soft-spoken reputed mob associate argued that his trial lawyer had improperly advised him on his appellate rights.

"He told me there was no grounds to file an appeal," Battaglini said during an hour-long hearing before U.S. District court Judge Eduardo Robreno in the same 15th floor courtroom where Battaglini and three others were convicted in February 2013.

His trial lawyer, Lawrence O'Connor, appeared as a government witness and disputed most of what his former client said.

Robreno gave both sides in the case time to file written briefs on the issue and indicated that he would rule in about a month. In the meantime, he ordered that Battaglini should remain at the Federal Detention Center at 6th and Arch Streets until the issue is resolved.

From the witness stand Battaglini, 55, said he had little contact with O'Connor after he and three co-defendants were convicted following a lengthy and convoluted trial that ended in February 2013. In fact, he said, O'Connor did not take his phone calls and came to visit him only after Battaglini wrote to the judge complaining that he could not reach his lawyer.

Mob boss Joseph Ligambi was the lead defendant in the racketeeing case. Ligambi and two other defendants were eventually acquitted.

Battaglini said O'Connor told him there were no issues that could be appealed -- a contention that O'Connor disputed. Battaglini said, "I never was on trial before so I was confused." But he insisted he never told his lawyer not to file an appeal.

He also disputed a prosecution contention that he did not want to appeal the conviction because he preferred to serve time in a federal prison rather than a state prison. Battaglini was facing a cocaine-dealing charge in Common Pleas Court at the time. He eventually was sentenced to a five-year to 10-year term after pleading guilty in November 2013. That sentence, under the terms of a plea deal, was to run concurrently with the federal sentence and would end before or at the same time at his federal  jail time.

"I didn't care either way," Battaglini said. "My time is my time. A prison's a prison."

But O'Connor testified that Battaglini told him serving his term in a federal facility was an important issue. The veteran defense attorney, a former assistant district attorney, also said he would never advise a client that there were no appealable issues.

"I would never do that," he said. "I'm of the opinion you could always find some issues to appeal."

Indeed, he said a motion he filed with Robreno for a post-trial reversal of the conviction contained the same issues that would be filed in an appeal. Robreno rejected those arguments which included charges that the government had improperly introduced evidence and witness testimony.

O'Connor said he had notified Battaglini's wife that the 14-day period for filing a notice of appeal was running out a few days after sentencing was imposed on July 12, 2013.

The government then introduced a series of emails between O'Connor and Battaglini's wife, including a final email, two days before the deadline, in which she wrote, "Thanks, Larry, for everything, but we're not appealing."

Hope Lefeber, Battaglni's court-appointed lawyer for today's hearing, argued that O'Connor represented Battaglini, not his wife, and that only Battaglini could have authorized him not to file an appeal.

Robreno, who said he would take the arguments under advisement, said it appeared the issue on whether to file an appeal "was left open," but that the legal question was whether O'Connor should have done more to obtain a direct order from Battaglini or whether Battaglini, as the government argued, had the obligation to inform his lawyer.

The appeal question is the first prong of a two-pronged legal battle. If Battaglini is denied the right to file an appeal, Robreno will then decide whether to consider a motion Battaglini filed on his own from prison asking to have his conviction vacated and asking that he be given a new trial.

Among other things, Battaglini has argued that he was improperly tainted with mob associations. He said he was a bookmaker, but insisted that his gambling operation was not tied to the mob.

Battaglini's three convicted co-defendants, mobsters Joseph "Mousie" Massimino, Anthony Staino and Damien Canalichio, have had their appeals denied.

Ligambi and mobsters George Borgesi and Joseph "Scoops" Licata were found not guilty, although the government had two tries to convict Ligambi and Borgesi. The first trial ended with the jury acquitting the two of several charges, but hanging on several others. A second trial ended with Borgesi found not guilty on the one remaining count against him and the jury again split -- some acquittals and some no decisions -- on the charges against Ligambi. The government opted not to try the  mob boss a third time.

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Bitter Gourd And Green Tomato Stir Fry / Pavacka Tomato Thoran

We Keralites use many vegetables in our diet.  We can make a stir-fry or a curry out of any vegetable.  This is an internal joke among Keralites, but it is true.  Bitter gourd is widely used in many preparations in Kerala.  The bitter gourd vines climbing on nearby bushes was a natural trellis of my grandparents' backyard garden.  My mom used to plant bitter gourd all the time in her garden.  I grew up eating this bitter vegetable, so I was okay handling the bitterness.  My grandma used to make stir fry with bitter gourd and she used to add green mango in the stir-fry to reduce the bitterness.  The green mango and the bitter gourd combo worked very well to balance the taste of the stir-fry.  My mom makes an alternative preparation of bitter gourd.  She mixes it with green tomatoes in the stir-fry when they are in abundance during summer.  I started making this for my kids and they started loving it too.

Bitter gourd grows on climbing vines.  They have many health benefits.
- They are excellent source of Vitamins B1, B2, B3, C, magnesium, folate, zinc, phosphorus, and manganese.
- They have plenty of dietary fiber and are rich in iron and beta-carotene.
- They have a protein called polypeptide P that helps to control blood sugar and hence used by diabetic patients in their diets.
- They act as blood purifiers and helps to lose weight.
- Bitter  gourd stimulates digestion

I started growing the bitter gourd in my backyard summer garden for the last few years.  The South Indian variety of bitter gourd is white in color, the North Indian version is darker green.  There are many different varieties available now in Asian markets.  The white bitter gourd is less bitter when compared to the green ones.

Here are some pictures of bitter gourd, green chilies and tomatoes from my garden.

When green tomatoes and bitter gourds are readily available in my garden during summer, I make this stir-fry.  The food made out of the freshly picked organic vegetables is really worth all the effort you put into your backyard garden.  Hope you will try this preparation of bitter gourd and let me know how it turns out for you.

2 - medium sized bitter gourd deseeded and chopped
2 - green tomatoes chopped (slightly lengthwise)
1 - medium size onion chopped
4 - green chilies chopped
2 cups - grated coconut fresh/frozen
1 clove - garlic
1/2 tsp - turmeric powder
1/2 tsp - mustard seeds
1 - 2 tbsp - coconut oil
salt to taste
1 sprig curry leaves

  • Using a mortor and pestle to crush the garlic and process the coconut and turmeric to just mix well.  You could also use a food processor to mix them well.
  • Heat a pan with 2 tbsp of oil.  Add the mustard seeds and wait to splutter.  Add the chopped onions, chilies and salt and saute for a minute.
  • Once the onions are light golden brown, add the chopped green tomatoes to it and saute till the water evaporates.
  • Its time to add the chopped bitter gourd and mix well.  Adjust the salt now.
  • Make a well in the mix of tomato and bitter gourd and add the processed coconut garlic mixture into the middle.  Cover the coconut with tomato, bitter gourd mix and lower the flame.  Cover the lid and cook for another 2 minutes.
  • Open the lid and check if the vegetables are cooked well, if not, cook for another minute.  Make sure its not overcooked.
  • Add the curry leaves to the stir fry and saute till all the moisture is evaporated well.  Turn off the flame.
  • Enjoy the Bitter Gourd Tomato Stir fry with steamed rice, plain yogurt and some mango pickle.
  • Make sure to evaporate all the water from tomatoes before you add the bitter gourd.
  • Chopping the bitter gourd into very small pieces helps to cook it faster.

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A dating site called Maple Match makes it possible for Americans to find a way to leave the States by finding the ideal match in Canada. True, it sounds a bit drastic – but not too much for some people.

Better Together is a dating site that targets Brits after Brexit. Whether you’re celebrating or regretting the result of the vote, Better Together helps bring people together by focusing on getting through the aftermath rather than drowning in the results.

Conservatives Only is a political dating site successful in its own right, especially since the election that put Trump in the White House. The site has existed for quite a while, but has experienced a surge of activity since the presidential election.

Another political dating site that doesn’t simply lean toward one candidate or another is Liberal Hearts. Left-wingers and progressives enjoy getting to know each other in a friendly setting. And, the site sends most of its funds to such organizations as ACLU.

During Bernie Sanders campaign for the presidency, Bernie Singles was launched as a dating site to encourage Bernie supporters to keep campaigning even after the election was over and to inspire others to adopt their vision of the future.

Other political dating sites didn’t start out as political, but developed into them along the way. Bumble is known as a site that’s friendly to women and has recently included a filter to sort members along party lines. It encourages serious or lighthearted comments.

If you’re a passionate Libertarian, look no further than Libertarian Passions to find the perfect partner for your political views. The National Libertarian Party has nothing to do with the dating site, but the site does adhere to their policies.

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I really do love my life in San Francisco, but I always find myself longing for Boston this time of year. During summertime, I miss Yosemite and summer camp with a long, dull pain that stretches from May to September, wherein I daydream about spending the days hiking and swimming, and the nights with friends in flannel shirts, sipping bitter, hoppy IPA's, huddled around exposed wood tables at the only bar for miles and miles. But in the winter, I miss Boston.

I miss the cozy Brookline neighborhood, where I lived with one of my best friends. I miss the funny owner of the little convenience store on the corner near our apartment, who sold my roommate and me coffee and milk and thought we were husband and wife, even though it seemed to be obvious to everyone else that my roommate was, in his words "gayer than Christmas." I miss snow days, where the entire city would shut down and hide under thick blankets, clutching mugs of Irish coffee and watching the news, passing the time until it was safe to venture out again (and, at least in my case, enjoying every second of this forced vacation). I miss waiting for the T in the snow while reading Ezra Dyer's obnoxious, yet hilarious column in the Improper Bostonian.

I even miss the things I claimed to hate: the slippery, icy sidewalks and cobblestone that made walking to a bar in high heels nearly impossible; the ubiquitous Dunkin' Donuts and their patrons, who would line up in the cold, morning after morning, swearing on their grandmothers' graves that the sugary gutter water DD's calls coffee is the absolute best. I even miss the plethora of necessary layers--the sweaters, winter coats, snow boots, gloves and hats...and the inevitable feeling of needing to pee that immediately followed the application of said layers.

Still, I know with certainty that I wouldn't move back. I am, and have always been, a California girl--I'll take avocados, sunshine and the Pacific ocean over everything aforementioned any day. I think that what I'm truly longing for when I reminisce about Boston is a simpler time in my life, when thanks to my then-tender age and total lack of perspective, I could spend my days oscillating between being a child and a woman...and either was considered developmentally appropriate. My actions felt relatively inconsequential and the opportunities before me seemed never-ending; I could reinvent myself constantly, trying on different personas as easily as I switched between Ann Taylor sweater sets and tight "going out tops."

I wonder sometimes what might have happened if I had never left. Would I be living in Newton, watching my East Coast husband shovel the snow out of our driveway? Would I have my own little Bostonian children, whom I'd spend forty-five minutes wrestling into snow suits on a daily basis, and who, like their mother, would immediately need to pee once they were fully zipped in?

And I know that the answer to those questions is no. Because truly, if by some miracle I had managed to stay put in Boston all those years ago, the only things I would be doing are standing in my little kitchen, freezing my toes off, making guacamole with imported produce and missing the hell out of California.

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This deserves props and completely resonates with me, seriously. Except for the heels. And don't get me started on my 'going-out' tops.


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Today I was able to get in some indexing time.  I did 40 records for Alameda County California.  40 records for De Kalb County Illinois, and 40 records for (I forget which county) Wisconsin.

I'm living in California and helping my local genealogy society; also my father was born in Los Angeles.  My home town is Chicago, Illinois so I always try and do some records for Illinois whenever I sit down for indexing.  My mother is from a little "village" in Wisconsin so I try and do some records for them too.  Earlier in April I was able to include Louisiana while indexing.  My paternal grandfather and paternal grandparents were from there.  Now the whole state is done so onto the others.

Indexing has been quite addicting and fun.  "Only a few more records, then I'll stop."  But then I'll download another batch and won't quit until they're all submitted.  Today I had a really blurry image for the Wisconsin batch.  Whew, glad I pushed through.

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When Language is a Piece of You

There is no time in my life that when I think of myself, I don't do it without hearing the rise and the fall of the Spanish language. It is not a part that is separate from me, but the seed from which I grew.

The Spanish language runs through me like roots that mark a beginning. The sounds of el, la, ina, and ora, circle around me like the rings of a tree.  My family left their country amid words of Spanish and began their new lives in America, arriving with words of Spanish. They were unable to stay under their country's government, no matter how deep their desire to remain, but they were always able to stay in their language.

I have lived in America my entire life. But with the loss of my father, mother, and grandmother, the first generation to be in this country, I feel the slow pull away between me and my first language. I fear this separation and I know that I am a poor cover of the sound that my family brought with them.

My uneasiness comes from knowing that I am adrift without the original sound of my childhood. To hear Spanish, is to hear home. Spanish centers me, it takes me to who I am and without it, I don't see a road ahead of me. If I leave the Spanish language behind, who I am is gone. It is Spanish that binds me to my family's country. Spanish makes the ocean between here and there, disappear.

It will feel like loss to not have the sound of Spanish around me. It will take from my heart the way my father's death, my mother's, and my abuela's, did.

This year, the reaction to the sound of Spanish in this country has turned darker. It has moved in the direction of double takes, disapproval, unasked questions, spoken out loud assumptions. The clear disgust at not hearing English. Some shout out their demand, English! English!

I can't be without determination. I can't feel defeat. I can't feel despair. I can only commit to not be ashamed of speaking Spanish. I won't be made to feel inferior or judged because of it. It is the language that rings truer for me than English.

If I lose my Spanish, I lose my country.

And that may be the goal of the ugliness that is spreading across our nation.

We can't lie about what we feel in our hearts. Our language is more than what we speak with our tongues. It's what we say from our souls. And I will forever have Spanish at the core, as the heat and the spark, as the bridge across the distance of where I came from.

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  1. This is lovely and something I hadn't thought about.
    Sharing now.

  2. **To hear Spanish, is to hear home.**

    You are beautiful. Your words are lush. Your culture and experience makes America richer & fuller & more colorful.

    May your soul sing in Spanish for all of us to hear...

    Loudly, clearly, crisply.

    & without apology.

    Ever. xx

  3. Beautiful. It is how I feel about certain words that I use in Yiddish, or Hebrew blessings, only for me they remain in my heart and mind, only used with family once in a while. But they hold my father and grandparents in them. I love the Spanish language and love hearing it. Please never stop.

    1. You said it, best, our entire family exists in those words.

  4. So glad you wrote this. YES.

  5. My friend, I have saved this post to use--with your permission--with my students. Many who will most definitely relate. Language is a very deep part of our identity--words that our family uses. Even as an English-speaker I feel this. There are Dutch words that are deep parts of who I am, but there are also regional English words that help define me. Love this.

    1. OH, Katie, thank you for getting it. Language is not a threat, right? It's just a part of our being. Thank you. So proud that you will share it.

  6. One of my proudest accomplishments as a parent is that my children are bilingual. Spanish skipped a generation in my family- I was determined to stop it from happening again. I see being bilingual as the greatest gift, and in California my children can use their Spanish every single day. We can't let an ignorant bigot take that away from us.

    1. We should have no shame, nor feel belittled and reduced, by anyone, Jennifer. I'm with you. xo

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In The House of Doctor Dee, Matthew Palmer inherits a house from his father, an ancient place in a hidden part of Clerkenwell, a London with streets and alleys of evocative names that Ackroyd has lovingly detailed in previous novels. When Matthew moves into the house, he begins to suffer visions in an escalating derangement of mind.

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The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee (1842), Dee's personal diary kept from 1527-1608 in the margins of old almanacs. ebook from Project Gutenberg

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