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3 - Why Psi?
In addition to the pride we each feel in our membership with Chi Omega, we may be equally as proud of our specific chapter. Our chapter’s name inevitably represents our story as a Chi Omega. It takes us back to our years spent in school and to the friendships that were made to last long after those years had passed.
Do you ever wonder how our chapter names came to be?
As many know, Psi was Chi Omega’s first chapter at the University of Arkansas. Although we don’t have record of exactly why our Founders chose to start with Psi instead of “Alpha” like many other fraternities and sororities did, the meeting minutes from April 6, 1895 state, “The name Psi was chosen as the name of the Mother Chapter.”
After naming the first chapter Psi our Sisters worked backward through the Greek Alphabet naming the next chapters Chi, Phi, Upsilon, Tau, etc. When the first letter of the Greek alphabet was reached, Alpha, Chi Omega began a double nomenclature system, continuing to circle backward through the alphabet for the chapter’s “first name” and adding a “last name,” beginning with the Alpha series, then continuing with a Beta series, and so forth. For example: Psi Alpha, Chi Alpha, Phi Alpha, etc. until reaching Alpha Alpha. Then, the next chapters restarted with Psi Beta, Chi Beta, Phi Beta, etc.
Greek alphabet used in naming chapters
The last letter in the Greek alphabet, Omega, is not used as a part of any chapter name because the Omega Chapter is reserved only for deceased members of Chi Omega. This Greek letter is skipped over entirely when moving through the chapter naming format.
Although this naming structure remains true for most of our chapters there are aberrations when looking at the chapter roll in its entirety. One of several examples would be Phi Alpha at The George Washington University. This chapter was installed in 1903, meaning they should have been named with a single letter, but they were allowed to keep “Phi Alpha,” as it was the name of their local group.
In addition to Phi Alpha, Epsilon Alpha is another example of an anomaly in our chapter roll. The original date of the installation for Epsilon Alpha was scheduled to take place March 1919, but the installation officer was unable to make the trip. Therefore, the chapter was not installed until November 13, 1919 but had already been issued their chapter name of “Epsilon Alpha.” Between the originally planned and the actual installation date other chapters were installed, causing Epsilon Alpha to appear out of order in the chapter roll.
Our Sisters have followed the naming format through the Alphas with Psi Alpha, Chi Alpha, Phi Alpha, etc. and did the same with the Betas, Gammas, Deltas, Epsilons, and Zetas. But in the 1960’s, with no explanation as to why this was done, the Etas were skipped , and chapters were named with Theta. Next, the Iotas were skipped, and Chi Omega resumed with the Kappas, Lambdas, and Mus, which is where we currently stand in naming chapters. Our most recently chartered chapter is Gamma Mu at Coastal Carolina University in 2017.
Although done in the past several times, reusing names of chapters that have been closed is no longer in practice. Lyn Harris, National Archivist, believes that former S.H. Mary Love Collins repurposed chapter names so it would not be as obvious that Chi Omega closed a chapter.
Each chapter has a history volume showcased in the Executive Headquarters museum with their chapter name displayed on the binding.
Each Sister’s story is commonly reflective of her time within her individual chapter, representing its own distinct piece of our Chi Omega Sisterhood, influenced by geographical regions, varying campus cultures, and the unique Sisters that are recruited there.
These names take us back to reminiscent times with our pledge Sisters, Initiation, gaining our Bigs and Littles, and eventually graduating from our school and donning our alumnae status. These chapter names hold our memories from our first days as Chi Omegas, and are carried with us as a point of pride for years to follow.
Next time you’re asked your collegiate chapter, you can share it proudly while knowing more about how your name came to be!
2 Chi Omega by the Numbers
4 Sweet Home, Chi Omega
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Where the Dead Talk
KenDavis
KenDavis Jul 18, 2019 - 13:35 PM 217
Title: Where the Dead Talk
Author: KenDavis
Where the Dead Talk Out past the towns and villages of Colonial Massachusetts lies a lake black and icy and deep When night settles on the deep woods when the wind sings a mournful song through the trees voices can so
Out past the towns and villages of Colonial Massachusetts lies a lake, black and icy and deep.When night settles on the deep woods, when the wind sings a mournful song through the trees, voices can sometimes be heard, rising from its still surface voices of the lost, voices of the damned, voices of the dead.When tragedy unlocks the terrifying secret of the lake, when revoOut past the towns and villages of Colonial Massachusetts lies a lake, black and icy and deep.When night settles on the deep woods, when the wind sings a mournful song through the trees, voices can sometimes be heard, rising from its still surface voices of the lost, voices of the damned, voices of the dead.When tragedy unlocks the terrifying secret of the lake, when revolution explodes across the countryside, the doorway to Hell opens a crack and the dead begin to rise.
☆ Where the Dead Talk || ↠ PDF Read by ↠ KenDavis
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Title: ☆ Where the Dead Talk || ↠ PDF Read by ↠ KenDavis
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About KenDavis
Ken Davis writes dark fiction a blend of supernatural horror, gritty fantasy, alternate history.
ᴥ Irena ᴥ
I didn't expect to like this story as much as I did. I didn't expect to love one of its characters either. It is a combination of horror and historical fiction. It takes place in a small hamlet West Bradhill in colonial Massachusetts. The villagers are preparing for rebellion and a small group of British soldiers led by Major William Pomeroy ends up in the middle of a mess made by one of the villagers.The story is well written: a very selfish man does something unforgivable and forbidden and unl [...]
P. Christopher Colter
Where the Dead Talk by Ken Davis is a gripping tale of the undead which takes place in a rural part of the Massachusetts colony on the very eve of the American Revolution.As a mix of horror and historical fiction, well-researched and skillfully written with an intriguing plot, this novel would have likely earned five stars from me anyway. However, the character of Major William Pomeroy, "one of the finest officers of the King's Own Regiment" (in his own words), pushed Where the Dead Talk over th [...]
Grammar*Kitten
I wasn't too impressed with this book; I blame it a little on the reviews I read before picking it up.'A zombie story where they're made by and must be destroyed by magic' - yet, strangely like modern zombies, removing the head works well enough too.The historical aspect of it appealed to me from the word go - only to find that the author used a lot of contractions within the dialogue. I'm no expert, but I wouldn't have expected an abundance of contractions during this time period!!I did enjoy t [...]
March Shoggoth Madness The Haunted Reading Room
Review of Where the Dead Talk by Ken Davis5 starsA riveting and terrifying horror novel, “Where the Dead Talk” kept my attention and interest from beginning to end as I raced through it. Mr. Davis’ horrors are different, and very horrifying. It all revolves around the lake near the village of West Bradhill in pre-Revolutionary New England, a lake which is more than just “haunted.” Whatever rests beneath that lake surely is older than even the indigenous tribes formerly of the area. I a [...]
Mia Darien
Note: On my review blog, I gave it a 4.5 since I can't quite say a 5. As GoodReads doesn't allow half stars, this brings me down to a 4.* * *This is my second experience with Davis' work. I have also read his Array'd in Flames. I liked it, but I did have some issues with it. I'm happy to say that I did not have the same issues with this one. I felt for the characters and cared what happened to them all. Between both books, Davis has a real gift for creating atmosphere of the setting. He certainl [...]
Rachel Bullock
I enjoyed this book. I found it an easy and interesting read. I thought it was well written with lots of great descriptions that really made the characters and situations easy to imagine. Yes, it is a horror story but you can also take this from it: sometimes secrets are better shared than hidden in the dark.
Robert Williamson
Really good read. Started off a little slow for me, but I'm glad I kept reading. Interesting story and great characters. The major is a hoot.Very impressed with the book as a whole and enjoyed it very much.
I loved the first half of this book. The second half was ok. I got it for free on Bookbubs and was interested because I love historical fiction. The book was basically about a zombie attack during revolutionary times in Massachusetts. The first half was scary! Excellent building of scenes where people encounter the "dead". The whole scene with the group in the pub fending off the "dead" was rockin'!! The descriptions of the dead were gross but awesome. Enjoyed the banter between Pomeroy and Caro [...]
This was a fun, quick read. The story begins around the time of Colonial independence. The British are fighting those colonialists who wish to separate themselves from royal rule. Little do they know the bigger threat lies in their village, a threat they have helped feed. The story is not overly frightening. There are adult issues that are raised, which would have me making sure a young adult understands them prior to reading. However, I think it would make a good young adult read. I tend to fee [...]
The first part of the book was pretty scary, I'll admit. But the parts that weren't scary were boring, and even the scary parts got boring about halfway through. The characters were shallow and predictable, and I didn't appreciate the huge stereotypes in the book. The book pretty much follows the cliche of bad stuff happen to white people and the token black guy. Only person who knows what's going on is a native american man and his nephew, who no one listens to until it's too late, in which the [...]
This book was a bit out of my comfort zone, but the summary definitely pushed me to read it. The fact that Halloween is quickly approaching, probably helped a little too. Though I did enjoy "Where the Dead Talk" it seemed like it took FOREVER to read. I was honestly shocked to find out that it only had 249 pages. I guess when you read intermittently on the bus on your phone, you don't make as much progress as you think you do. The storyline seemed to build a little slow, so I guess that didn't h [...]
Ms. Nikki
Best line in the book: "Please, Carolyn. I need your skin.Started off disjointed to me; like the author wanted me to guess what was going on and what it was all about, to keep me in suspense, but instead I was confused and felt like giving up. However, I pressed on and the revealing process started oh so slowly. This is a character driven story of men at war who happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time when a 'curse' brings out the undead who know your secrets and like to spread their e [...]
A zombie apocalypse at the start of the American revolution?I don't even know how to classify this one . . . a story of a small village in Massachusetts at the outbreak of the American Revolution, with a nearby cursed lake that brings back the dead (rather like "Pet Semetary"), and the outbreak of a zombie uprising . . . the writing of individual scenes is really good, although I found the overall flow a little disjointed at times. Anyway, it's a nifty story, and made me a bit homesick for New E [...]
Samantha Oglesby
This book is fairly good. Slow at first, but gets better. It is about a young boy named Thomas, who lost his hearing at a young age due to illness and a curse upon the family. His cousin dies in a tragic accident, and his father, uncle and he put the body into the lake. His uncle is later attacked, his brother runs away, and his dad seemingly disappears due to a mysterious force. British calvary men arrive at Thomas's uncle's house and find blood leading to the basement. Some die, others escape [...]
This book confused me. I understood what the curse was, but it wasn't clear how the curse worked. From what I understood, some Indian people were burned in a house and set a curse on the land, but what confused me is that the purpose of the curse was to destroy all the Indians in that tribe? Maybe I didn't understand it properly, but I really just didn't get this book, hence why I took off so many stars.There were some pretty suspenseful parts in this book but it took me a very long time to warm [...]
Shawn Manning
What a great book! I had tried to read it a while back but wound up pulling the plug after about 15 pages. I decided to give it another shot and am glad that I did. Setting a zombie story during the American Revolution was a brilliant idea. The fact the the author creates characters that are fully developed and plot that gallops along just makes for a complete package. I will be seeking out more by Mr. Davis.
Valery Lucien
I wasn't too thrilled by this novel. The pacing staggered a bit and though one might consider this apropos since it did have shambling undead in it, I just found it unnerving. It also took a while to really start to develop the characters so that I would care about what happened to them. I felt as though the author himself was trying to discover which character he wanted to concentrate on.
M Werber
I love books about colonial America as well as books about the dead coming back to the land of the living. Ken Davis has put the two of them together, in an absolutely unputdownable book. It's a cracking good read & Mr Davis has down the near impossible by making us believe in every character he created. If this type of book is your genre, do yourselves a favor and get your hands on a copy.
Crystal w
ok when I first started reading it I didn't think I was going to finish it let alone like it. I was wrong I loved it. I think this would make an awesome movie with great effects. I could see it playing in my head. it does start out slow but it is worth it to finish it. I like the unique spin on the walkers.
Wow what can i say? This book was awesome. It had almost everything in that you could hope for in a book, the american revolution, Native Americans, a evil lake, demon possession and even zombies in a way though not the flesh eating kind. Very well written with characters that come to life in your mind. I would recommend this book to anyone.
Brandi Jones
I was a little bored at first, because I don't typically read books dealing with the Revolutionary War time period. However, I quickly became intrigued and a little bit creeped out by this new take on zombies or "the walking dead" if you will. Great book!
I really liked the concept but I think it could use a bit more editing. Tightened up a bit more as a shorter story. Period pieces can be a bit tricky and one also had to suspend belief with some of the characters.I'll be keeping my out on this writer.
BJ Haun
I'd give it a 3.5/5.It's a nice little twist on the zombie genre because of the setting, and it starts out good, but kinda runs out of steam towards the end.
Creepy and fast paced. Some of the characters weren't terribly smart or believable but it's a good read for Halloween.
Good bookI found myself slightly confused off and on throughout this book. Definitely wonderful plot but I think it could have been fleshed out more.
Timothy Haas
Zombie based book based in colonial times.
Good page turner. Storyline riveting. Interesting characters. I quite enjoyed the sarcasm from Pomeroy. A little too much description at times.
Jenny Price
The end was predictable but I was surprised how much I actually enjoyed this book.
Janene
I must admite cover drew me in.
Sonja Bristow
No words can describe my annoyance.
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2027 – A Look To The Future On Expertise in Grant Making
By Hannah Paterson19th July 2018Comment
The Big Lottery Fund, the UK’s largest funder of community activity across the UK, has today announced a grant of more than £500k of National Lottery funding to support 2027’s work to bring new experts into the grant making sector.
The Big Lottery Fund’s grant to 2027 will last over ten years and seeks to achieve long-term lasting change by diversifying the voices, expertise and experience in a field that was last week revealed to be 99% white, 68% male and 74% above median income at trustee level.
The Big Lottery Fund’s ambition is to support people to have the confidence and power to influence decisions that affect their life and their community. What better place to start than ensuring those involved in funding decisions are reflective of the communities funders seek to support.
Most people know little about the world of grant making and wouldn’t see themselves as working for a trust or foundation. People who are frontline workers themselves from working class communities are likely to feel that such careers simply ‘aren’t for them’ even though the value they can bring to us as grant makers is vast.
This is exactly the challenge that the 2027 coalition is helping us and other funders to overcome – they are running a leadership programme for brilliant frontline workers from diverse, working class communities to help them take placements (and later careers) in the world of grant-making.
This is a really exciting opportunity for the foundation and grant-making sector to reap the benefits of having diversity in our staff teams. We can become more knowledgeable, innovative and well-rounded – making better decisions about the issues impacting on communities. Momentum is building and 2027 provide reason for optimism!
For cited data on foundation diversity see https://www.acf.org.uk/downloads/member-briefings/ACF_CASS_trusteedata_2018.pdf.
Hannah Paterson
Hannah Paterson is the UK Portfolio Manager for Big Lottery Fund. The Big Lottery Fund distributes 40% of the National Lottery Good Causes funding across the UK, around £650-700 million per annum, as well as making grants on behalf of others.
Big Lottery Fund is the largest UK grant-maker in our field. We operate a blended funding model – part responsive funding, part strategic interventions – across social change, the environment, health and education.
Bringing lived experiences into grant making
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About Adasa
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Supporting public administration to control industry environmental impact on air quality
Adasa has been once more chosen to provide the operation and maintenance services of the Spanish national air quality monitoring network, as an extension of the work that Adasa has been developing since 2011, and granted with a budget of 1.3 million euros.
With this contract Adasa consolidates its position as one of the references in the supply and operation of environmental monitoring networks, especially in air monitoring, where Adasa also provides installation and maintenance services of tailor-made solutions, such as the mobile stations supplied to PEMEX (Petróleos Mexicanos, which translates to Mexican Petroleums, Latin America’s second largest enterprise) that were equipped with Ecotech integrated solutions.
The project includes the preventive and corrective maintenance for the proper operation of the meteorological and atmospheric pollution analysers installed in the air monitoring stations, and the data acquisition and transmission systems to ensure that the data captured in the stations is properly transferred and integrated into the public administration data centres. This acquisition system is based on Adasa’s Ecodata software.
The analysers included in these stations measure sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, ozone, carbon monoxide and suspended particulate matter, among others. The stations also monitor wind speed and direction, temperature and relative humidity, solar radiation, precipitation and atmospheric pressure.
Adasa has completed the supply of weather and hydrological stations system in São Tomé and Príncipe
Leveraging water reuse technology
Meet us at Meteorological Technology World Expo
It is time for a Smart Agriculture! WEAM4i Final Workshop
Success participation of Adasa in the WssTP Brokerage (Belgium)
Don’t miss the workshop on ‘Innovations for water reuse, valuables recovery and resource efficiency’ at Iwater in Barcelona
Adasa fosters its commitment to environment protection
About 300 attendees joined WEAM4i Meeting
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The exotic flora and fauna of North East India, incredibly sets it apart from the other geographical contours of the country. With the majestic Himalayas at the backdrop, innumerable tribal groups in its lap, lip-smacking cuisines and distinct ethnicities, the ‘Seven Sisters’ create their own identity, culture and reality. These North Eastern States include Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur and Tripura. This North-eastern area of rolling forested hills and lush green lowlands also nestles the snow-capped peaks of eastern Himalayas, with its feet washed by the waters of the Bay of Bengal.
Explore the majestic features of North East India with Adventure Tour India, The Kingdoms, Wild East India Tour, Classical Sikkim Tour, Angami Nagas, alpine North Eastern Tour, on Natures Trail and others. North East India is also called as the ‘unexplored paradise.’ So, tourists from all over the world, who are searching for something unique, striking and never explored, gear on with these tours.
Following are the main attractions of North East India.
Thronged with the Himalayas and the green Barak valley, Assam is known for its silk, petroleum and tea. The historical places include Talatal Ghar, Rang Ghar, Kamakhya Temple and Basistha. Endi, pat and Muga silk varities are sought after by shopaholics. The three Bihu festivals are celebrated with a lot of pomp and show in Assam.
The Borjhar Airport, located 25 km from Guwahati provides easy accessibility.
Lauded as the ‘land of dawn lit mountains,’ this territory is interspersed with glaciers, pine trees, cascading waterfalls and lush green landscapes. The sightseeing tour at Tawang and Bomdila are a larger than life experience. The wildlife sanctuary at Namdapha is a must visit place. Shopping in Arunachal Pradesh includes woven grass necklaces, bamboo head-gears and handicrafts. The important festivals include Boori-Boot of the Hill Miris, Si-donyi of the Tagins, Lossor of the Monpas and others.
There are no flight services in Arunachal Pradesh. The nearest railhead is at Harmuty, 35 km away from Itanagar.
Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya is known as the ‘Scotland of East.‘This abode of clouds is definitely breathtakingly beautiful. Its an ideal place to simply unwind. Cane work articles, handicrafts, bamboo articles and bead works are the shopping attractions here. The main festivals include Wangala and Nongkrem Dance.
The Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport is the easiest way to reach Meghalaya.
Known as the ‘land of the hill people,’ Mizoram is known for idyllic surroundings, mist filled skies, whispering pine trees, serene lakes and gurgling waterfalls. The sightseeing includes Aizawl, Phawangpui, Durtlang Hills and Ruantlang. The main festival of Mizoram is Kut Festival.
Domestic flights connect the capital Aizawl with other cities of India.
The beauty, mystical value and life changing aspects of Nagaland tourism cannot be revealed in words. Its an experience in itself. The tribal culture, mouth-watering cuisines, ethnic dances, cultural traditions and captivating landscapes make Nagaland feel like a backpacker’s paradise. The main festivals of Nagaland include Sekrenyie, Tsungrem Mong and Tuluni. Hand-made shawls, bags and necklaces are the main shopping attractions in Nagaland.
The Dipamur airport helps in connecting the domestic flights with Nagaland. Guwahati and Imphal are well connected with Kohima, the capital of Nagaland.
Lauded for the brilliant mixture of the old and the new, Tripura is quite different from the other North-Eastern states. The main tourism options include Ujjayanta Palace, Tripura Sundari Museum, Neermahal and Sipahijala. The main festivals include Durga Puja, Pous Sankranti, Dol Jatara, Diwali and many others. The shopping attractions include tribal jewellery, panels, floor mats and handicrafts.
Now its easier to reach Tripura with the domestic airport at Agartala. The state tourism buses connect it with the capitals of other near-by states.
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A Wilder in the West
Eliza Jane's story. Paperback.
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Sotheby's Sales of Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings Totals US$13.8 Million
Numerous Artist Records Set Including Andres Barrioquinto, Samsul Arifin, Nguyen Gia Tri and Indieguerillas. Photo: Sotheby's.
HONG KONG.- Sothebys Spring 2011 sale of Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings today fetched a stunning total of HK$108 million / US$13.8 million, tripling pre-sale estimate (HK$36 million / US$4.6 million*). The sale set the world record for any Contemporary Southeast Asian Painting at auction and for the artist, when the thought-provoking piece Grayground by Filipino artist Ronald Ventura sold for HK$8.4 million / US$1.1 million. There was strong interest in important and top quality artworks, proved by active participation in the room and over the phone throughout the sale, which led to numerous artist records, including Hendra Gunawan, Andres Barrioquinto, Samsul Arifin, Nguyen Gia Tri and Indieguerillas.
MOK Kim Chuan, Sothebys Head of Southeast Asian Paintings said, Todays total of HK$108 million set a record for a sale of Southeast Asian Paintings at Sothebys, established numerous artist records, and proves that quality pieces fresh to the market continue to be coveted. Our strong results both for established names and for younger artists making their first appearance at auction demonstrate a market in a healthy state of expansion. The top price of HK$16,340,000 paid for Indonesian artist Hendra Gunawans Penari Ular (Snake Dancer) came after an extended bidding battle and was many multiples of the pre-sale estimate, setting a record for the artist. The most extraordinary bidding competition of the day was for Filipino artist Ronald Venturas Grayground, a tour de force of hyperrealism and graffiti, was competed for by at least 15 bidders before selling for HK$8,420,000, over 24 times its high estimate, setting a record for the artist and for any Contemporary Southeast Asian Painting at auction. These prices and others, such as the HK$275,000 paid for A Song for Alice by Jon Jaylo (est. HK$60,000) who was making his first appearance at auction, show the value of auction for top pieces. Our debut photography/new media session was well received, and our collecting base is growing with younger collectors entering and competing for new media pieces.
Bidding opened at HK$300,000 and after around 50 furious bids, Grayground eventually sold at an astonishing price at HK$8.4 million / US$1.1 million, which is over 24 times its high estimate to a phone bidder. (The previous record for Contemporary Southeast Asian Painting was achieved by Sothebys Hong Kong when I Nyoman Masriadis The Man from Bantul (The Final Round) sold for HK$7,820,000 / US$1,000,725 in October 2008).
Top lot of the sale, Hendra Gunawans Snake Dancer (Penari Ular), sold for HK$16.3 million / US$2.1 million (high est. HK$2.2 / US$283,000), setting world record for the artist at auction. The price leaped from a starting offer of HK$800,000 to HK$7 million in the first minute and eventually fetched HK$16.3 million after intense bidding, over seven times its high estimate (HK$2.2 million / US$283,000).
The sale of Fine Chinese Paintings will continue tomorrow at 10am at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
* Estimates do not include buyers premium
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Kim Kardashian Urges Fans to Support Syrian Armenian Relief Fund
LOS ANGELES—Kim Kardashian posted a message on her blog about the plight of the Syrian Armenian community, and the role the Syrian Armenian Relief Fund is playing to improve their situation.
Below is Kardashian’s message:
I just wanted to share something that’s very important to me, and it’s something than many of you may not be aware of. Syria is now home to over 100,000 Armenians, most of whom fled during the Armenian Genocide. But in recent years, fighting between the Syrian army and rebels started and thousands of Armenians in Syria have been affected. Armenian churches have been destroyed, homes have been burned down or looted and thousands of Armenians are unemployed and in need. Thousands of Armenians have evacuated their homes, dozens of innocent civilians have been killed and tens of thousands are struggling just to eat or find shelter.
The Syrian Armenian Relief Fund was set up to raise money to distribute food and water and provide medicine, medical care, housing and even classes for children whose schools have been closed.
My Armenian heritage is incredibly important to me and I think it’s important to raise awareness of this.
To donate to the Fund, go to: http://www.syrianarmenianrelieffund.org/
basil - November 12, 2012 said:
I would prefer Ms Kardashian to refrain from making political statements, seeing as how she is
a. not an expert, and
b. justly shunned by the public.
Shahe - November 13, 2012 said:
I prefer if anyone has anything negative to say about helping others that they keep it to themselves.
Catherine - November 13, 2012 said:
Making comments is our RIGHT. I love the publicity we get through our Kimmy. don’t you? Thanks Asbarez for posting her comment.
No, I actually don’t like the publicity. I can’t see how anyone could.
And Gooby, pls. So you don’t care who helps, only that there is (allegedly) help? Wow, that is a very… simple way of thinking.
Kevork - November 12, 2012 said:
Asbarez,
Because I think that you and the ArmenianWeekly have degenerated to the bottom of the pits by mentioning this h***er over and over… guess what. I AM NOT GOING TO SUPPORT OR DONATE TO ANYTHING THAT YOU CONNECT TO HER NAME.
This phony is no Armenian, and she doesn’t represent Armenians. She has caused more damage than good and she can take her 10 grand she previously gave for a publicity stunt and shove it. You people in the Armenian news world have really become pathetic. I will join my enemy before I give in to this immorality that you are pushing on your sites.
Your words are so unpleasant. You don’t have to support or donate anything. If you have something distasteful to say, it’s better not saying anything at all.
Sevag - November 13, 2012 said:
Then go and join the enemy kheeyar! We dont need your negative BS. Save your money and donate elsewhere. I am not a fan of her but we dont need you spewing your hatred in a time of need. Grow up!
Tsoghig - November 13, 2012 said:
Judge not lest ye be judged. Asbarez and the Weekly are merely the messenger. There are far more people who like and follow Kim than hate her, like yourself. Please do not punish our wonderful news agencies for conveying a message. They did not write the message, they did nothing other than report that the most famous Armenian celebrity, with millions of followers, has advocated for a cause that is above and beyond herself. Why get upset about this?
Sargis - November 13, 2012 said:
I agree with you 100% Kevork jan, and I’ve been saying the same things over and over again. This tramp has become the unofficial representative of Armenians in the Western Hemisphere. It’s a real shame, because she doesn’t have anything to do with Armenians, but we, with such a rich culture and nation, have her represent us. This needs to be fixed! And media like Asbarez that promote her are just helping our enemies that enjoy Armenians being represented by a tramp.
Gary@S - November 13, 2012 said:
Know of any other famous Armenian speaking up about this? Shame on them. At least she’s the ONLY one. I don’t look up to her either, but she is the only one. Bravo.
maria - November 21, 2012 said:
Gary, what about Armenians living in Lebanon. Lebanon has been in war for more than 30 years. Did she ever think about them back then. Hell No, because she is famous now, and she cares for people to like her. It is all about appearances.
Hratch - November 13, 2012 said:
Your ‘holier than thou’ attitude is not helping anyone. If all races and cultures had your attitude, there would not be anyone left to represent anyone else. Image if the Jews or the French or the English or whomever else had your logic. Is there anyone group of people that can say they are perfect? Should the American people deny anyone from Hollywood from representing or talking on behalf of the US? Ignorance such as yours is perhaps a more threat to our nation.
I don’t see Paris Hilton representing a country. Its bad enough that the Kardashians decided to become a public figure, now they start addressing Armenian issues, having their brand closely associated with Armenia. I don’t think that’s the best representative. Not sure though about whether its worth than none at all.
George - November 14, 2012 said:
Idiotic comment, any help from any source to the people who are dying in Syria are welcome, it is easy to sit in the comfort of your house on the sofa and ignore the need of the Armenians in Syria, Thank you KIM.
People you just care about Armenians. What about Arab people, they are also human beings? Everybody cares about Syria what about people living in Lebanon. Lebanese people suffered more than Syrians during war more than 30 years.
Ararat - November 14, 2012 said:
The right message but the wrong messenger. Asbarez is free to choose who to put on as spokesperson for the Armenian sufferings in Syria but its poor judgment will have a negative effect on its readership.
What’s truly insulting is for this unscrupulous gold digger to claim her Armenian heritage is very important to her. When someone claims her heritage is very important to her, doesn’t that imply she conducts herself and lives her life according to her heritage? Honestly people, can anyone of you out there who not only feel but actually live their lives according to their Armenian heritage even remotely relate to this imbecile and her dysfunctional family? I don’t see anything Armenian in her character. Her sincerity is as fake as her career. What do you expect? She is the product of this morally bankrupt American culture who gives Armenians a bad name by equating herself with the rest of us. Those among us who praise her for her robotic message can choose to do so but those who praise her as an icon of some sort and put her on a pedestal should have their heads examined. If you want respect in this world you must live according to what you preach and never compromise your values. Let’s be honest folks, no decent Armenian would consider her as one of us no matter what she says she feels. She should do herself a favor and drop the “ian” at the end of her last name because she neither qualifies nor deserves to call herself an Armenian.
anonymous - November 14, 2012 said:
kevork:
you are a typical armenian, and as an armenian myself your comment re-enforces my thoughts about how ignorant we really are. You calling kim a hooker i am assuming, but go into any major armenian community in the US in this case, and you can “not phony” armenian woman who would make kim kardashian look like mother theresa, so dont act as if the real armenian woman are any better than kim, so what if she represents armenians?, are other representative saints?, are we armenians saints? we are not, this hollier than thou attitude is the biggest reason why we are were we are, our narcissism is the reason why we are where we are and your comments represent just that. I may or may not like Kim but i would not sit there and insult her like you have. We are a very small nation, we have a very small homeland so the more we realize that we are not a mighty empire we can start to move on and not live in such a narcisistic reality, and if kim wants to use her celebrity to get the word out about our causes, i take that.
Alright Kim! Coming through for the greater good yet again!
Can someone tell me why Asbarez is publishing a story involving Kim Kardashian? It’s quite a shame.
Maral - November 13, 2012 said:
Shame on you for putting down her effort! What have you done for Armenians in Syria or anyone else for that matter??? Shame on you for sitting there and criticizing, where is you one once of Armenian blood and or honor???
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Peter Sirian - November 13, 2012 said:
Brave Girl.
How is making that statement brave? Mind to explain?
bigmoustache - November 13, 2012 said:
what are you idiots complaining about? how ungrateful can some people be.
shes famous and shes using her star power to help our cause. this kind of publicity is priceless.
now we might have odars pouring money to help OUR PEOPLE.
im very proud of her for doing this, and disgusted by some peoples comments here. shes helping our people you tavajans why would you oppose that? youre an embarrasment to the nation and are making us look ungrateful to odars. thanks kim and asbarez
I’m echoing BIGMOUSTACHE. Aren’t we lucky to have Kim.
I Totally agree with you, bigmoustache
Michael - November 13, 2012 said:
Kevork, Your comment seems pretty clear, but I hope I’m somehow misunderstanding you. First let me say, I’m no fan of Kim Kardashian. Your comment though implies that you would have supported the Syrian Armenian Relief Fund, but because Kim is supporting it, they’re no longer worthy of support from you. You know that the money goes to Armenians in Syria and not into Kim’s pockets, right? If I’m reading you right, your comment is one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever heard. You won’t have to “join the enemy”…..you already are the enemy. You’re just using her as an excuse.
ARA - November 14, 2012 said:
WELL SAID HERE Mike
jack - November 13, 2012 said:
I DONT GET IT .WHY EVERYONE IS SO NEGATIVE ABOUT HER SHE IS WHO SHE IS TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT ,
Clever, except there is no option of leaving it here.
Paul - November 13, 2012 said:
Good job Kim.
Hrant - November 13, 2012 said:
Bravo Kim, as all should step up to the plate, no matter what their viewpoints, or biases.
Humans are humans, and although Kim might not fit the “stereotype” of an typical Armenian, I am very proud of her getting involved, and standing up for what’s right!
Hey, I don’t see many others doing the same, although exceptions are appreciated, and should be honored.
Go Kim go!!! Bravo Asbarez for following the story, and disseminating it.
Thank you Kim. Keep up the great work & exposing the truth.
We are all very proud of you:)
Obviously the last sentence is not true. You should specify “all”.
At this point I wish we had a million more “KIM”s .. Armenians in Syria will be sooooo grateful.
Let us stick together once in our lifetime and make it “Armenians in Syria” issue and not a “kim” issue…
Like it or not she has the power to spread the word. MORE POWER TO HER…
THANK YOU KIM. JAGADET HAMPOUREM.
Maral,
If as a humanitarian gesture and as a concerned individual, with a large fan base, she wants to bring attention to the desperate situation in the Armenian communities in Syria and help alleviate the dire condition there that’s one thing. But when she claims her heritage is incredibly important to her when her life style and value system speaks volumes contrary to her empty and fake statement then it is insulting to the Armenians.
In the former case, your statement “JAGADET HAMPOUREM” to her is well-deserving. In the latter case, however, I would rephrase the statement as YERESIT TKEM.
First of all all you people trash talking against me are a bunch of HYPOCRITES. Here is why… “I’m not a fan of her, I don’t like her but…” Yeah, you might as well all put a “For Sale” sign on your heads because you are all phonies too and no better than she is.
I support all Armenians and all Armenian causes… but if you slap this Kim business like a bunch of bottom feeders and promoters of all things that are wrong with society today, then I will not for one second support you and take you seriously. Kardashian tweeted about supporting Syrian Armenians? Good let her, but that has no business being promoted in this kind of news source. If I want to read about Kim Kardashian, I can go to any smut site, I don’t need it when I am seeking out Armenian news. Maybe the likes of Kardashian is your “hero” – to me she represent everything an Armenian should NOT be.
As far as “don’t judge”, “holier than thou” etc nonsense, this has nothing to do with what I’m saying. I never claim to be perfect, or better than anyone… I am only interested in my culture, something you Kim supporters obviously don’t know the value of. And if you “proud Armenians” here have no clue where we draw the line, then you are all hopeless… and your so-called ‘concern’ for our culture is empty and headed to nowhere.
And Sargis and basil, thank you for having the courage to openly reject being herded like sheep into this immoral and decadent mindset of supporting something that stands against Armenian decency and honor.
As for that clown telling me to join my enemy, let me explain something very important to you sir: you wouldn’t want me to join my enemy.
We are at the end of our existence. Any help is better than nothing. The world has evolved and does not judge anything as indecent or immoral anymore. Yes, we can cling to our “honorable” belief system, but I got news for you…NO BODY GIVES A DAMN ANYMORE!…..doing the right thing does not cut anymore. Only religious zealots will claim that you will be rewarded in the afterlife for your good deeds. The here and know knows no such thing. This world is all about survival of the fittest…otherwise you will find the way of the dinosaur.
We are at the end of our existence. Any help is better than nothing. The world has evolved and does not judge anything as indecent or immoral anymore. Yes, we can cling to our “honorable” belief system, but I got news for you…NO BODY GIVES A DAMN ANYMORE!…..doing the right thing does not cut it anymore. Only religious zealots will claim that you will be rewarded in the afterlife for your good deeds. The here and now knows no such thing. This world is all about knowledge, power and survival of the fittest…otherwise we will find ourselves going in way of the dinosaur.
She is Armenian-an American Armenian with a hugh following of people- she is beautiful and loved by many- many will donate by the mere mention of her name and picture-hopefully she donated some of her wealth- whoever has a problem with this-look in the mirror- One does not have to worship stars or evil lawyers or people like her-she is beautiful and proud of her Armenian heritage-u do NOT KNOW THIS cuz u must be confined to some muslim type of belief i bet
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK Kim- we need ur help
DOES ANYONE REMEMBER SO CALLED SUPPER CLEAN ARMENIAN STAR ANDRE AGASSI WHO HASNT DONE A THING FOR ARMENIANS
If Kim kardashian really cares, she can donate some $$$$$$$$$$
Arto - November 14, 2012 said:
Kim, don’t listen to the morons who criticize you. You may or may not know it, Armenians begrudge the success of other Armenians. That’s one of the unfortunate character flaws of our people that has held us back and been the cause of some of the tragedies in our history. Keep on speaking your mind and supporting Armenian causes. God bless you.
But leave that Kanye and marry an Armenian for pet’s sake!
Alex Postallian - November 14, 2012 said:
Why are Armenians,quick to judge,help each other less,for a common goal of getting our people into politics,so we can develop clout,like the jews,to combat jerky turkey our common nemesis,perpetuating the Armenian Genocide Lie. Or really forget it.. Please civil answers of repute.
Kim kardashian is all about appearances. How about Armenians in Lebanon. Lebanon has been in war for more than 30 years. Did she ever care about them?. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. If she really cares, she can donate $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
I don’t think she can find Lebanon on the map. Ask her directions to clubs and such and she will give you directions better than a GPS.
I agree with you Ararat.
art - November 29, 2012 said:
The issue of lebanon war is irrelevent to Kim. She must have been a 5-10 years old in the 1975-1991 period. Wake up for heaven’s sake!.
Also I do not like as an armenian her “non armenian” public persona but this is America . American armenians should be familiar (I am Canadian) with your media focus. O.J. in 1995 is a good example of U.S. media priorities when Rwanda had a genocide and Balkans were in War.
Abe - March 24, 2013 said:
You wanna save your people in Syria? Then tell Obama and his government to stop supporting the terrorists rebels in Syria, the American government is supporting and training terrorists that they lied to American people about and said they’re fighting them in Iraq and Afghanistan but supporting the same terrorists in Lybia and Syria. That’s who is attacking the Christians in the Middle East , the American backed terrorists with help from Qatar and turkey
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GM Foundation Campaign to Prevent Distracted Among Latino Youth
Introduction to ASPIRA’s Campaign to Prevent Distracted Driving Among Latino Youth
Car crashes are the leading cause of death and injury among teens in the Unites States, including among Latino teens. Distracted driving, especially cell phone use and texting while driving, is a major contributor to teen car crashes and deaths, and increasingly a danger for Latino youth. (NHTSA, CDC, Center for Automobile Medicine, NIH, National Center for Health Statistics) Preventing teen deaths from distracted driving will take many approaches: targeted laws, public policies and advocacy at the state level; effective prevention programs in communities; and national and local education campaign targeting youth, parents and communities.
What ASPIRA can do: As a national youth organization, ASPIRA has engaged in a host of initiatives to ensure the well-being of Latino youth, especially to ensure they have a quality education. However, we recognize that external factors impact the positive development of Latino youth and their education prospects – poverty; physical and mental health and wellness; and violence and overall safety. ASPIRA believes that these “external” factors must be addressed. Therefore, ASPIRA has embarked in a host of programs and campaigns over the past two decades to tackle these issues. Specifically, ASPIRA has developed national communications campaigns to inform youth and communities on some of the major issues they are facing, and on strategies and programs that can help resolve or at least ameliorate the negative effects these factors.
Over the years, with support from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the General Motors Foundation, and in collaboration with organizations such as the National Organization for Youth Safety (NOYS), ASPIRA has developed a Campaign on Traffic Safety because of the disproportionate impact car crashes have on Latino teens in our communities, which are the fastest growing in the country. This campaign has included: seat-belt use, child car seats, pedestrian safety, and impaired driving. The Campaign to Prevent Distracted Driving Among Latino Youth has been a long-standing part of this campaign, and now has become more important than ever, especially because of the explosion in the use of electronic devices among Latino youth in recent years, and the potential for distracted driving (cell-phone use, texting while driving) and car crashes and death as a result of distracted driving.
ASPIRA has divided its Campaign to Prevent Distracting Driving Among Latino Youth into the following components:
Research and Data: To inform communities and policy-makers on the research and data on the impact of distracted driving, and potential causes of distracted driving;
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xname’s Dusty Mariee, is our second Digital Duchamp commission with Queen Mary, University of London, a work that injects Duchamp’s groundbreaking ‘readymade’ approach to creating art to the council estates of East London and the Brutalist architecture of the Balfron Tower with a live stream from the nineteenth floor.
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The stream represents the large glass that separates my personal space from the external world, that is to say: private and public life. The camera focuses on the dust stratifying on the surface of the glass, while London and the artist inhabiting the flat appear as projections, phantom shadows over the much more stable, yet ever-changing, image of the dust. Contact microphones on the surface of the window transform the glass into a very powerful long distance zoom: at random, the construction captures and reproduces the sounds that the city of London emits through the internet, transforming the glass into a gigantic microphone.
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This piece is a ready-made – a window becomes the subject of artistic inspection. The image that the camera reproduces is intrinsically different when focussing on the dust stratifying over the glass, as the picture of the city becomes bleared, surreal, pictorial, as if coming from another world or a different time and dimension. When the night comes, or the lights are turned on in the room, the dust becomes more visible, and the reflection of the internal space of the house overlays and mixes with that of London, offering a glimpse of Duchamp’s strongest obsession, the fourth dimension, the projection of a three dimensional reality over another three dimensional space, as seen in Duchamp’s Large Glass.
Dusty Mariee is part of Digital Duchamp, a collaboration with PhD students on the Media and Arts Technology Programme at Queen Mary, University of London as part of our Dancing around Duchamp season. Find out more about the artist, Eleonora Oreggia on her website: http://xname.cc
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In the initial ten years of your civil war, the finance sector of Lebanon’s financial system, such as banking and insurance plan, showed a formidable growth, and also the monetary reserves of Lebanon continued to increase In spite of political uncertainties. The toughness of the Lebanese pound and of your balance-of-payments situation reflected big inflows of funds, mostly from Lebanese dwelling overseas (whose numbers rose considerably during and after the civil war) and through the significant volume of liquidity of business financial institutions.
The tip of your civil war observed the revival of Lebanon’s trade union movement, which grew to become an Energetic participant in Lebanon’s postwar civil society and shown towards the growing price of living in the country and the rise in oblique taxes on these kinds of things as gasoline and oil. Lebanon’s trade unions are structured into confederations, such as the Normal Confederation of Lebanese Staff (Confédération Générale des Travailleurs au Liban).
The Basic Principles Of Lebanon
Whilst Lebanon’s diverse and ample plant and animal lifestyle endured a major toll through the nation’s lengthy civil war and subsequent conflicts, the article-civil war period was marked via the increase of fledgling environmental groups and movements that worked toward the development of protected regions and parks in Lebanon’s sensitive ecological regions.
Notice: several Christian Lebanese do not recognize by themselves as Arab but instead as descendants of The traditional Canaanites and choose to be called Phoenicians
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Bharat Movie Review: A Perfect Emotional Drama With the Dose of Entertainment!
Cast- Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Tabu, Disha Patani, Jackie Shroff, Sunil Grover, Aasif Sheikh and Nora Fatehi.
Director- Ali Abbas Zafar
Genre- Action Drama
Certification- U/A
Rating- 4/5 Stars
Salman Khan is back on the big screen this Eid with the Ali Abbas Zafar directed Bharat. A day before of the release of Salman Khan-Katrina Kaif-starrer Bharat on Eid, the makers held a special screening in Mumbai. Many Bollywood stars attended it and came away praising the effort, showering it with their love.
An official adaptation of South Korean drama Ode to my Father (2014), Bharat focuses on the personal and professional choices of its righteous hero, set against the social backdrop of its time.
Plot:- Bharat is about the journey of a man and a nation together. The story begins in 1947 in Mirpur village near Lahore. Bharat (Salman Khan) is a kid and his father Gautam Kumar (Jackie Shroff) dotes on him. This is the time of Partition and Bharat and his family are compelled to leave for India. He washes cars, polishes shoes, joins the circus, goes to the middle east for a job, becomes a Merchant Navy officer with only one thought in mind (he has to keep his family together). In the meantime, he befriends Vilayati (Sunil Grover), falls in love with Radha (Disha Patani) and MadamSir Kumud (Katrina Kaif). What happens next forms the rest of the film.
Performance:- Talking about the performance, Bharat stand on top. Salman Khan as Bharat is fantastic in each fame, Katrina Kaif as Kumud Raina is very good. She is so glamorous. Tabu (Meher) just has one scene, which is good.
Jackie Shroff’s screen time is very limited but he has a crucial part and he makes his presence felt. Disha Patani is sizzling and has a fine screen presence. Nora Fatehi (Sussan) looks quite hot but is wasted. While, Aasif Sheikh (Mehek’s husband) stands out with his characterization and humour.
Direction:- Ali Abbas Zafar’s direction is topnotch. This film is in a different zone but Ali handles it all like a pro.
Music:- Music of Bharat is good but could have been better. It has seven songs composed by Vishal-Shekhar. Slow Motion’ is the top song of the lot followed by ‘Chashni’. ‘Aithey Aa’ is well choreographed. ‘Zinda’ is exhilarating. ‘Tupreya’, ‘Aaya Na Tu’ and ‘Thap Thap’ are okay.
Final Words:- On the whole, Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif’s latest offering is a perfect Emotional Drama With the Dose of Entertainment!
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What are ISAs?
Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) provide a way of holding savings and certain investments so that there's no tax to pay on income or gains. The government offers these tax benefits as an incentive for us all to save and, to a lesser extent, invest in shares.
It's very important to appreciate that an ISA is not a savings account or investment in itself, but simply an advantageous tax 'wrapper' that surrounds savings accounts and/or investments. This means that when you buy an ISA, you really need to consider whether the savings account or investment(s) held within are right for you. Tax benefits are pointless if you end up owning an investment you didn't want!
If you were planning to save or invest anyway, then using an ISA could potentially provide worthwhile tax savings.
Who can buy an ISA?
You can buy a ISA provided you are:
Tax resident in the UK.
Aged 16 or over (for a cash ISA).
Aged 18 or over (for a shares ISA).
If you move abroad you can keep your existing ISA(s) but cannot contribute any more money.
What types of ISA are there?
There are two types of ISA:
Cash ISAShares ISA
Cash ISAs are just like a normal savings account, but with tax-free interest.
There's a wide range available, including easy access, notice and fixed rate accounts. The rates on offer tend to be more attractive than conventional savings accounts, but watch out for those that include an 'introductory bonus', as the rate will become less attractive in future.
Shares ISAs allow you to hold many types of investments within the wrapper, as follows:
Shares and corporate bonds listed on a recognised stock exchange anywhere in the world (includes the Alternative Investment Market (AiM) since 5 August 2013.)
Gilts and similar securities issued by other governments in the European Economic Area (EEA).
Unit trusts and oeics authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Investment trusts.
UCITS and non-UCITS funds authorised by the FCA (this more or less means European unit trust type funds).
Shares transferred from a HMRC approved employee share scheme.
Life insurance policies.
How much can I invest in an ISA?
You can invest up to the annual allowance in an ISA each tax year (i.e. 6 April to the following 5 April). Of this, you can invest up to the full annual allowance in either a cash ISA, shares ISA or split between the two.
Overall Annual Allowance
You may only use one ISA provider per component (i.e. one for cash and another for shares) each tax year.
If you accidently invest more than the allowance then the excess becomes void and the money returned to you with no tax benefit.
What are the ISA tax savings?
This is a key question, as saving tax is generally the only reason for using a ISA wrapper.
Changes to interest and dividend taxation outside of ISAs from 6 April 2016 means it's less likely most of us will save tax by using an ISA in the shorter term.
Basic rate taxpayers can earn up to £1,000 of interest each year without having to pay tax, while higher rate taxpayers can earn up to £500. And for all individuals there is now no further tax to pay on the first £2,000 of dividends received each year.
Add in that we all have annual capital gains tax allowances to shield gains from tax and the case for ISAs looks weaker than in the past.
However, ISA income does not count towards your overall income for tax purposes, unlike savings interest and dividends outside of ISAs. This could be a valuable benefit if your overall income is close to the higher or top rate thresholds.
On balance, provided you are not paying extra to hold savings or investments within an ISA then it still makes sense to use them where appropriate, since you may benefit from the tax benefits in future if not now.
Gains are tax free, which could prove a valuable benefit if you invest in a shares ISA long term. In the short term you're unlikely to benefit if you're not already using your annual capital gains allowance, currently £12,000.
ISA income does not need to be entered on your tax return.
Pensions provide a tax benefit on your contributions but your eventual pension income is taxable, whereas ISA tax benefits are on income and not your contributions.
Let's see how this works in practice:
Non Taxpayer
£1,000 Contribution £1,000 £1,000 £1,000
Value after 20 years at 6% annual growth £3,207 £3,207 £3,207
Annual income (assume 5%) - no tax £160 £160 £160
£1,000 Contribution with tax benefit £1,250 £1,250 £1,667
Annual income (assume 5%) £200 £200 £267
Annual income after tax £200 £160 £160
Figures based on current tax rates, these could change in future.
As you can, assuming tax rates don't change and you're in the same tax band when you take income as when you initially contributed, the tax benefits are the same (except for non-taxpayers, who benefit from the pension tax relief on their contribution).
However, this ignores the ability to take 25% of your pension fund as tax-free cash at retirement, giving pensions the slight upper hand.
In practice tax rates are likely to vary over time and you may well change tax bands between now and retirement, making an accurate comparison impractical. Both ISAs and pensions offer potentially valuable tax benefits and using a mix of both is sensible for many.
How quickly can I get my money back?
This depends on the underlying savings account or investment, but is normally straightforward and you could get your money within a few days.
However, when you take money out of a ISA you lose that part of your allowance forever unless its a current tax year contrubution that you pay back in the same year. It's usually better to take the money from other savings or investments you might own if practical.
Can I move my ISA?
Yes, if you're unhappy with your existing ISA you have several options:
Cash ISAShares ISA - SwitchShares ISA - Transfer
If the interest rate on your cash ISA looks uncompetitive then don't worry, it's very easy to transfer to a better rate with another bank or building society. You simply need to complete an ISA transfer form with the provider you wish to move to. They'll contact your current ISA provider and arrange for the monies to be transferred, which should be complete within a cxouple of weeks. Don't withdraw the money yourself, else you'll lose the tax benefits!
You also have the option to transfer your cash ISA into a shares ISA using a similar process to above.
If you hold investment funds within your ISA you can easily switch to different funds with the same ISA provider. The switch should be complete within a few days.
If your ISA provider is the unit trust manager you'll likely be restricted to their range of funds. However, if your ISA provider is a fund platform then you should be able to switch into almost any fund on the market, regardless of manager - a far preferable option.
If you want to switch from one ISA provider to another, you'll need to transfer your ISA rather than simply switch funds. This means completing a ISA transfer form with the new provider and they'll organise the rest. Your existing funds will either be be sold and the monies sent to the new provider, or transferred across 'as is' (called 'in-specie). The whole process typically takes several weeks, although in-specie transfers can sometimes drag on for months.
When switching or transferring your ISA always check whether there's a penalty for doing so.
What happens when I die?
If you own an ISA(s) when you die then your spouse can inherit your ISA allowance allowing them to retain the tax benefits. Otherwise, the tax benefits will die with you and the underlying investments will be passed into your estate, either 'as is' or having been sold and turned into cash.
How can I buy an ISA?
If you wish to buy a cash ISA you'll invariably need to so from a bank, building society or National Savings. Once you've decided on the features you want (e.g. variable or fixed rate) it's a case of shopping around for a good deal.
If you're looking for a shares ISA you've several options:
Fund ManagerFund PlatformFinancial AdviserDiscount Broker
Buying your ISA directly from a fund manager is normally the worst of all routes. Although the ISA wrapper will probably be free, you may pay an initial charge and relatively high annual charges with no advice or guidance.
There's normally no benefit in taking this route, so avoid.
Fund platforms are a good idea, you can combine funds from different managers (and often shares too) within your ISA. This provides much greater flexibility than a fund manager ISA, cuts down on paperwork and means you can view your shares ISA investments in one place, making it easy to keep track of your portfolio. They usually have a range of useful online investment tools and switching funds is quick and easy.
Platforms offer lower cost 'clean' fund versions (without sales commisiosns built in) but you'll have to pay an annual fee to teh platform for their services. Nevertheless, costs are still likely to be lower overall in most cases than buying from a fund manager.
Buying funds within an ISA through a financial adviser usually means paying feesfor advice on top of any fund or platform charges. While it can be beneifial if you need help, bear in mind that a fair proportion of financial advisers are not investment experts, so they may recommend inappropriate funds or push funds of funds (which are expensive but make their life easier). There are good ones out there, don't be afraid to shop around until you find one you can trust - and make sure they're independent.
Financial advisers tend to use fund platforms these days, so you'll pat the 'clean' fund charge, platform fee and the adviser's fee.
Discount brokers traditionally refunded some sales commission to reduce costs, as they do not provide advice. Given commissions are no longer paid, discount brokers are largely redundant unless they offer their own low cost fund platform or can negotiate discounts from other fund platforms. Most discount brokers will provide a fair amount of fund and investment information, ranging from thinly disguised sales material to genuinely useful comment and research.
What are PEPs and TESSAs?
Personal Equity Plans (PEPs) and Tax Exempt Special Savings Accounts (TESSAs) were the forerunners to shares ISAs and cash ISAs respectively.
To find out more about TESSAs, visit the cash ISA page in the savings section here.
PEPs were introduced by the Conservative government in 1987 and ran until April 1999, when the Labour government replaced them with ISAs (although existing PEPs could remain invested). PEPs comprised two allowances, 'general' and 'single company'. The general allowance was very similar to the current stocks & shares ISA while the single company allowance restricted investment to the shares of just one company.
On 6 April 2008 PEPs were merged with ISAs, meaning any PEPs you did have now simply form part of your ISA portfolio.
Historical PEP, ISA & ISA Allowances
General PEP
Single Company
1987 £2,400 - -
1989* £3,000 - -
1989/90* £4,800 - -
1990/91 £6,000 - -
1991/92 - 1998/99 £6,000 £3,000 -
1999/00 - 2007/08 - - £7,000
2008/09 - - £7,200
2010/11 - - £10,200
2015/16 - 2016/17 - - £15,240
* PEP allowance moved from calendar year to tax year, allowing some investors to benefit from a 'double' allowance.
Here's some of the more common ISA jargon you might come across:
Cash ISA Annual allowance that offers long term tax-free interest on your savings.
ISA Individual Savings Account. An annual allowance that offers long term tax benefits on savings and investments.
Maxi ISA A type of ISA most commonly used for investing in shares. Scrapped in April 2008 in favour of simpler rules.
Mini ISA A type of ISA most commonly used for cash savings accounts. Scrapped in April 2008 in favour of simpler rules.
PEP Personal equity plan, a forerunner to stocks & shares ISAs.
Stocks & Shares ISA Annual allowance that offers long term tax-free growth and interest on investments, plus no further tax on dividends.
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Preserve Chester endorses Schmitt for State Assembly!
New Windsor, NY -- (9/12/18) Preserve Chester, a prominent local grassroots community organization, has endorsed Colin Schmitt for the 99th State Assembly District.
Schmitt endorsed by LiUNA!
New Windsor, NY -- (9/10/18) Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA) today endorsed Colin Schmitt for the 99th NYS Assembly District.
Laborers’ Local 17 Endorses Schmitt
New Windsor, NY -- (9/5/18) Laborers' Local 17 today endorsed Colin Schmitt for the 99th NYS Assembly District.
Hudson Valley Building and Construction Trades Council Endorses Schmitt
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Colin Schmitt hosts grand opening of Campaign HQ
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Sheriff Carl DuBois endorses Colin Schmitt
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Colin Schmitt statement on new petitioned for village in the Town of Monroe
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Colin Schmitt endorsed by Orange County Deputy Sheriffs PBA
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Colin's announcement for State Assembly
Friends: After much thought and with the kind words and support of so many people living in our community, I have decided to run for the New York State Assembly. Over the last several weeks, I have received the advice and support of many friends, neighbors and community leaders and I’m proud to have earned the unanimous nomination from both the Orange County Republican Committee and the Stony Point Republican Committee. This November, our Assembly district will elect a new representative. I believe we deserve a strong voice, someone who will put our communities’ issues and values at the forefront. I will work day in and day out to earn your support and I will be ready on Day One to serve our community. As many of you know, my fiancée Nikki and I live in New Windsor, where I serve as Chief of Staff to the town government. I am a member of the Army National Guard and I previously served as Director of Operations for the New Yor ...
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The meeting was called to order at 6:30pm by Bob Bush. There were 21 attendees, representing 16 organizations, listed below.
The minutes of the December telecon were approved.
Final copies of the Steering Committee Charter were distributed. The charter is also available on the CGNS web site.
Discussion of proposed changes to the Steering Committee.
Bob Bush introduced Steve Legensky of Intelligent Light, and reviewed the request to add Intelligent Light to the Steering Committee. Steve Legensky reviewed what Intelligent Light brings to the Committee. This includes a commitment to implement CGNS in their product, bring a significant customer base and therefore provide user feedback. Intelligent Light also offered to bring technology elements based on previous contracted work which may significantly speed CGNS data access, and committed a one person level of effort in support of the CGNS standard, upgrades and utilities.
Diane Poirier introduced Nouredine Hakimi and Marc Tombroff of NUMECA and reviewed their request that NUMECA becomes a member of the CGNS Steering Committee. The NUMECA representatives relayed their experiences implementing CGNS into their production capability and their extensive European contact, customer base and international collaborations.
The committee agreed to add Intelligent Light and NUMECA to the Steering Committee by unanimous consent.
With these additions the Steering Committee is composed of 14 organizations (up to 15 are allowed by the Charter).
There was some discussion of who the appropriate Air Force representative should be. It used to be Steve Scherr of AFRL in Dayton, but he has a new position and may no longer be the appropriate point of contact. It was noted that there is other potential AF organizations that might be more active in the Committee. No actions were taken at this time.
Theresa Babrauckas displayed several versions of the 'swan' logo for comment and discussion. After some discussion, she agreed to go back to refine and select a small number of candidates for further review. Ed Hall also indicated a willingness to look at meshing and solving 'on' the logo to obtain color contours as a potential logo.
Bob Bush reviewed the material to be proposed at the AIAA CFD Committee on Standards the following evening. The Committee had a final agreement that we would propose becoming a sub-committee of that AIAA committee, establishing an affiliation between the CGNS Steering Committee and the AIAA. The proposal materials are included as attachments. (Bob Bush made the presentation the following evening. After a question and answer period, and some discussion, the AIAA CFD Committee on Standards approved the proposal. Thus, the CGNS Steering Committee is now formally affiliated with the AIAA CFD Committee on Standards as the CGNS Sub-Committee.)
Diane Poirier reviewed the current status of the CGNS software and proposed extensions. There was some discussion about the Chemistry proposal, and the potential need for a more complete definition, and/or a phased implementation of capabilities. Theresa Babrauckas indicated that we should contact the NCC group on their experiences and requirements for chemistry data for aerodynamic modeling, and agreed to make contact with them to get their input. It was also recommended that we look at the CHEMKIN database as it is widely used to define chemistry properties, and the chemistry support in KIVA. Mori Mani agreed to review the CGNS extension proposal and make specific recommendations.
Diane Poirier reviewed the CGNS evaluation report from Aerospatiale. Their conclusion is that CGNS could replace their current file format (DAMAS) once the I/O performance is improved.
There was a brief discussion of the current status of the ISO standard process as it relates to CGNS.
There was a brief discussion on potential future funding sources to support the CGNS standard. A draft Funding Requirements document is attached for comment.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:15.
Bob Bush - Propose AIAA affiliation - completed
Mori Mani - Revisions to Chemistry extension proposal
Theresa Babrauckas - Logo revision
Theresa Babrauckas - Contact NCC for chemistry extension suggestions
All - Contact Cosner with ISO member country reference contacts.
Poirier, Bush - Discuss potential NIST proposal
Bob Bush - Arrange Feb/Mar telecon
Diane Poirier - Start working on performance improvements
Steve Legensky: Identify specific work elements Intelligent Light is interested in contributing to CGNS.
Diane Poirier - Implement in the API the extensions proposed for:
Rigid Grid Motion
Arbitrary Grid Motion
Iterative and Time-Dependant Data
Juan J. Alonso Stanford University
Theresa Babrauckas NASA Glenn Research Center
Bob Bush UTRC
John Chawner Pointwise, Inc.
Roger Davis UTRC, Stanford
Nouredine Hakimi NUMECA
Edward Hall Rolls-Royce-Allison
Chris Hill Fluent
Steve L. Karman Jr. Lockeed Martin
David Kenwright NASA Ames
Steve Legensky Intelligent Light
Drew Lytle Fluent
Mori Mani Boeing St-Louis
Todd Michal Boeing
Scott Ochs ADAPCO
Diane Poirier ICEM CFD Engineering
Greg Power Arnold AF Base
James Reuther NASA Ames
Anthony L. Thornton Lockeed Martin Skunk Works
Marc Tombroff NUMECA
Position Paper - AIAA Committee on Standards
The CGNS Steering Committee has been established to help ensure the continuation of the CFD General Notation System (CGNS). In order to perform this mission most effectively, the Steering Committee would like to affiliate with an established organization that can support the mission of the Committee, and help ensure the establishment and continuation of the Standard.
The CGNS Steering Committee has become aware of the AIAA CFD Committee on Standards, and would like to explore the possibility of becoming a sub-committee of that organization. This affiliation will advance the AIAA mission and the CFD CoS mission to promote the acceptance of standards in a core area if interest to AIAA.
This document summarizes the expectations and anticipated working relationship that the CGNS Steering Committee would like to see materialize.
The AIAA Committee on Standards would create a new sub-committee, called the CGNS sub-committee, which would be the continuation of the existing CGNS Steering Committee.
The CGNS sub-committee would operate autonomously, and would not increase the workload on existing sub-committees.
A member of the CGNS sub-committee (usually the CGNS Steering Committee Chairperson) would represent the sub-committee at AIAA Committee on Standards meetings.
This affiliation does not preclude the CGNS Steering Committee from collaborating with other professional organizations that might also support the continuation of the CGNS Data Standard.
Access to AIAA communications media, technical conferences, committees, etc. will accelerate the process of gaining acceptance for CGNS and ensuring that CGNS meets the needs of the entire aerospace CFD community.
The AIAA would support the CGNS sub-committee by providing a legal entity through which contracts could be negotiated, and funding accumulated and distributed in support of the Standard. (The sub-committee is responsible for raising any funds that are to be disbursed by them.)
The CGNS sub-committee would abide by the CGNS Steering Committee Charter (until such time as the CoS adopts their own by-laws).
Funding Requirements
The CGNS Steering Committee has been established to help ensure the continuation of the CFD General Notation System (CGNS). In order to perform this mission, resources will be required to maintain and further develop the software and documentation, to help propagate the standard, and to ensure a sufficient support to new adepts of CGNS. This document outlines the effort the Steering Committee feels is required to maintain a viable data standard for CFD.
Proposed Tasks
The effort has been broken down into the ten categories summarized in the following table. An estimate in man-year of the level of effort required in each given year is also shown. A brief description of the specific tasks envisioned in each category is also provided.
Estimated effort in man-years required for each task
Extensions 0.5 0.3 0.1
Validation and Performance Reports 0.2 0.1 0.1
Documentation 0.3 0.3 0.3
Training 0.1 0.2 0.1
Web Maintenance 0.1 0.2 0.2
User Support 0.2 0.2 0.1
Utility Development 0.2 0.3 0.5
Platform/OS Upgrade Maintenance 0.2 0.2 0.1
Outreach 0.1 0.1 0.1
Administration 0.1 0.1 0.1
Total 2.0 2.0 1.7
Description of the specific tasks
1. Extensions
The more CGNS is being adopted, the more the users request extensions to the standard to support data types not yet part of the SIDS. The CGNS Steering Committee recognizes that it is not possible to satisfy every individual requirement. However, some requests are general enough to benefit the whole CFD community.
The role of the CGNS Committee would then be to determine which extensions are general enough to be added to the CGNS standard. It would supervise the elaboration of proposals by voluntary sub-committees and post these proposals on the CGNS web site for all users to comment on them. Once approved by the CGNS Steering Committee, these proposals would be implemented in the documentation and software (API).
2. Validation and Performance Reports
2.1 Validation
As the CGNS API extends, and if more and more programmers add their contributions to it, the risk to introduce bugs increases. In addition, the more the user base grows, the more costly problems in the software will be. It is therefore important to establish a test metric that will grow with the API. This test metric should allow testing every function of the API and every node in the CGNS ADF tree. It should also allow testing both the C and FORTRAN interfaces on all supported platforms.
2.2 Verification
Users are questioning the performance of CGNS, and what they can expect in comparison to their existing I/O systems. Preliminary performance tests have shown that it takes more CPU time to create a new CGNS file, or to read an existing one, then to write or read a typical sequencial file. However, once the database is created, interrogating a CGNS file shows much better performance. This is due to the fact that CGNS not only writes long list of data, but also creates an organized database.
The penalty involved with the initial creation of the hierarchical database worries several users. In order to provide potential users with the confidence required to rely on the new standard, a thoroughly performance study on the CGNS I/O should be conducted. Parameters such as operating system, number of blocks and nodes in the mesh, unstructured or structured data, quantity of auxiliary information, etc, should be included in this performance study. The performance of the CGNS I/O in CPU time, wall clock time and memory, should be compared with other I/O systems (FORTRAN read/write, C fread/fwrite, Plot3D, etc... ).
3. Documentation
The CGNS Data Standard (SIDS), and associated software (ADF and API), currently have a substantial body of documentation. This documentation will need to be enhanced, maintained and augmented, as extensions are approved and implemented. The existing documentation, although necessary and useful, is enough to scare away the most devoted CGNS fan... Since one of the main goals of the CGNS Steering committee is to propagate the standard by acquiring more and more users, it is necessary to provide for simpler and more comprehensive documentation, in the form of a User's Guide and Training Manual.
It is envisioned that as CGNS is accepted and adopted by various software organizations, that training will be required to facilitate new users. This effort will develop training materials, and provide training for new users. The aim is to reduce the barriers to full implementation, and to gain wide acceptance of the standard.
5. Web Maintenance
The CGNS web site was originally established as a mean to distribute the CGNS software and documentation. It has grown to be a key element in the propagation of the CGNS standard. In addition to its primary function of distribution, the CGNS web site also allows to recruit new users. It informs users of any pertinent CGNS news and receives user questions and requests. It is also used to post new proposals for extensions to the standard, and any other relevant documentation such as conference papers, presentation viewgraphs, etc. Finally it provides for a "meeting place" for all CGNS users. It can be foreseen that eventually a CGNS News Group could be added to the web site to facilitate exchange between users.
6. User Support
As the user base grows, the number of questions and requests send to the CGNS-Support Team increases accordingly. Timely response to users requests is mandatory in order to maintain users interest. So in the coming years, users support should be a priority. When the user base is large enough, we foresee that a News Group may be sufficient, as users could answer each other questions.
7. Utility Development
Utilities differ from extensions for they do not change the Standard Interface Data Structures (SIDS). They are instead tools facilitating the use of CGNS. For examples, it would be useful to have a utility to compare two CGNS files, or to view the file content graphically. Several proposals for utility development have been submitted to the CGNS Steering Committee. The Steering Committee supports the idea of creating some utilities that would benefit all users.
8. Platform/OS Upgrade, Maintenance & Validation
The CGNS API and ADF Core are distributed on most platforms/operating systems commonly used by the CFD community. Currently, these are SGI/IRIX, SUN/Solaris, HP/UX, IBM/AIX, DEC-Alpha/OSF, CRAY/Unicos and WindowsNT. Although not distributed on the CGNS web site, users have also compiled and ran CGNS successfully on Linux. It is important to continue porting CGNS to a wide range of platforms, and keep updating the compiled libraries as the different operating systems are upgraded. This automatically involves testing the API on all new or upgraded operating system.
9. Outreach
In the early years of CGNS, the outreach effort is crucial in order to inform the CFD community of the existence of CGNS, and convince key organizations to adopt the CGNS standard, and maybe even contribute to its development.
10. Administration
Most administrative efforts are done on a voluntary basis. However some extraordinary administrative costs may arise. For example, the cost related to the user meeting at the Reno conference, or the cost of teleconferences between Steering Committee members. The Steering Committee should be able to cover for such special administrative costs.
Much of the work, to date and anticipated, will be performed as in-kind contributions from CGNS Steering Committee Members and CGNS users at large.
Additional resources will be sought to reimburse the software Focal Point for work performed to maintain the software.
Interested parties may seek resources to fund significant extensions to the standard or software utilities.
Funding/contributions will be sought from industry and government agencies interested in extending and maintaining the CGNS Standard. Support may be provided:
to the CGNS Steering Committee who will contract with interested parties and,
directly to parties interested in working on the CGNS Standard. (It is anticipated that these activities will be coordinated with the Steering Committee.)
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Oklahoma City Interfaith leaders respond to atrocity in New Zealand
Faith leaders in Oklahoma City addressed the atrocity in New Zealand during a press conference at the state Capitol. Photo by Bill O’Brien.
Faith leaders in Oklahoma City addressed the atrocity in New Zealand on Friday (March 15). Speakers at the gathering said they were horrified at events in Christchurch, New Zealand, where two mosques were attacked within an hour’s time, in coordinated assaults.
In all, 49 people were killed. The South Pacific nation’s Prime Minister, Jacinta Ardern, “described the shootings as a terrorist attack that appeared to have been well-planned,” NBC reported.
Oklahoma responses included those expressed at the local office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Journalist and writer Bill O’Brien posted a report on Friday’s press conference.
O’Brien recounted the words of CAIR’s Lani Holbrock, who told reporters that word of the attack came late in the day. Habrock observed that “evil of that type has to be developed,” adding it is misleading to characterize such killers such as these “lone gunmen” because, as the blogger summarized, “they have developed their hatred through interaction with others” who share similar beliefs. Habrock warned there are “pockets of hatred” throughout the world.
CAIR’s Veronica Laizure noted the killer in Christchurch had stated his explicit goal was to create racial divisions, and that those speaking out were committed to healing divisions in our community.
Also speaking at the gathering was Rabbi Abby Jacobson of Oklahoma City’s Emanuel Synagogue. She recounted instances when local Muslims and Jews worked together for shared objectives to assist people in need. Jacobson currently leads the Interfaith Alliance of Oklahoma.
O’Brien reported, “A representative of the Church of Latter Day Saints, Colette Dayton, spoke of her faith’s commitment to protecting people of different faith traditions, and lamented the increase in hate filled rhetoric that is becoming increasingly common.”
Rev. Lori Walke of Mayfair Congregational Church, closing speaker at the event, said her sadness was intensified because said interfaith cooperation with Oklahoma Muslims made the massacre hard to bear.
For O’Brien’s account of the press conference, visit:
CAIR Oklahoma Press Conference On Mosque Shootings in New Zealand
Rev. Shannon Fleck, executive director for the Oklahoma Conference of Churches (OCC), also spoke at the CAIR press conference.
She sent a release to The City Sentinel and other news organizations, saying her organization stood with “our Muslim community here in Oklahoma and around the world. We stand alongside our neighbors sharing in their pain and shock. We will walk side by side as we all journey forward together. Acts of evil and terror will never prevail over unity and love. We will vehemently and unashamedly stand in unity [and] in love with all.”
Addressing concerned Oklahomans, she commented, “Many of you are wondering how we can show solidarity and support for the Muslim community in OKC. We’re coordinating with CAIR Oklahoma and our interfaith partners for something next week. In the meantime, send emails, cards, and prayers #interfaithlove.”
OCC can be contacted at 405-525-2928, sfleck@okchurches.org .
Note: Editor Patrick B. McGuigan contributed to this report.
www.CapitolBeatOK.com
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Look how you have fallen from the sky, O shining one, son of the dawn! 1 You have been cut down to the ground, O conqueror 2 of the nations! 3
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How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!
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"How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations!
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"How you are fallen from heaven, O shining star, son of the morning! You have been thrown down to the earth, you who destroyed the nations of the world.
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What a comedown this, O Babylon! Daystar! Son of Dawn! Flat on your face in the underworld mud, you, famous for flattening nations!
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How great is your fall from heaven, O shining one, son of the morning! How are you cut down to the earth, low among the dead bodies!
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How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low!
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1 tn The Hebrew text has הֵילֵל בֶּן־שָׁחַר (helel ben-shakhar, “Helel son of Shachar”), which is probably a name for the morning star (Venus) or the crescent moon. See HALOT 245 s.v. הֵילֵל.
sn What is the background for the imagery in vv. 12-15? This whole section (vv. 4b-21) is directed to the king of Babylon, who is clearly depicted as a human ruler. Other kings of the earth address him in vv. 9ff., he is called “the man” in v. 16, and, according to vv. 19-20, he possesses a physical body. Nevertheless the language of vv. 12-15 has led some to see a dual referent in the taunt song. These verses, which appear to be spoken by other pagan kings to a pagan king (cf. vv. 9-11), contain several titles and motifs that resemble those of Canaanite mythology, including references to Helel son of Shachar, the stars of El, the mountain of assembly, the recesses of Zaphon, and the divine title Most High. Apparently these verses allude to a mythological story about a minor god (Helel son of Shachar) who tried to take over Zaphon, the mountain of the gods. His attempted coup failed and he was hurled down to the underworld. The king of Babylon is taunted for having similar unrealized delusions of grandeur. Some Christians have seen an allusion to the fall of Satan here, but this seems contextually unwarranted (see J. Martin, “Isaiah,” BKCOT, 1061).
2 tn Some understand the verb to from חָלַשׁ (khalash, “to weaken”), but HALOT 324 s.v. II חלשׁ proposes a homonym here, meaning “to defeat.”
3 sn In this line the taunting kings hint at the literal identity of the king, after likening him to the god Helel and a tree. The verb גָדַע (gada’, “cut down”) is used of chopping down trees in 9:10 and 10:33.
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Goode and hatt. Fact Value and Objectivity 2019-01-14
Goode and hatt Rating: 6,2/10 1590 reviews
Hypothesis: Meaning, Criteria for Formulation and it’s Types
Meaning of Hypothesis: In order to make the problem explicit and in order to focus attention in its solution, it is essential to start with certain known theories. Grounded on old facts and with the help of theoretical framework, new facts are discovered. Oxytocin is also produced in the corpus luteum of the buffalo and cow Wathes et al 1983. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. All together, what seems to be planned as an overview of a comprehensive topic can easily be seen to be overly selective.
William J. Goode's research works in Psychology and Political Science
Within United Kingdom About this Item: London McGraw Hill, 1952. Reasons to use of oxytocin by the owner to the animal Reason Buffalo N-60 Cattle N-60 Increase Milk yield 25 41. Teaching how to conduct ethnographic interviews and how to analyze them, he fleshes out a technique that is pertinent to the qualitative researcher in all the social sciences. Owners of small sized dairy farm did not use oxytocin injection prior to the milking because of their personal use of milk, while 70% of owners of large sized farm used oxytocin injection before milking as they mostly market the milk. Thus, facts are those situations or circumstances concerning which there does not seem to be valid room for disagreement. Metaphysicians may deal with values, but scientists may not, unless they treat the values as facts.
Fifthly, the hypothesis should be related to a body of theory and should possess theoretical relevance. Reporting interview: A code of good practice. It seems to me that he does not always come to pedagogically sound conclusions about what is most important and what are the side issues. Zetterberg has stated three criteria for the acceptance of a working hypothesis: a that the empirical data were found to be arranged in the manner predicted by the working hypothesis, b that we have disproved the null hypothesis with a certain probability, and c that we have disproved alternate hypotheses to the one tested. His attempts to be a Renaissance Man are different from mine, and possibly better, and certainly more responsive to current possibilities. And this cultural framework is a necessary condition for social analysis, therefore, cannot be placed in abeyance.
What is the Participant Observation Method of Anthropology?
A hypothesis is made to examine the correct explanation of a phenomenon through investigation, to observe facts on the basis of collected data. The fat in milk was measured with Galvanometer Shaw 1942. In its particularities, furthermore, the inventory is a sweeping acceptance of interviewing as it has been developed in clinical practice and in diverse disciplines. This field study is done to find out the problems productive and reproductive occurred in buffaloes and cattle after using oxytocin Materials and methods For this study, 120 animals including 60 cattle and 60 buffaloes from twenty commercial and domestic livestock farms and those brought to the civil veterinary hospital for the treatment of reproductive disorders in Muridkey rural area were selected. This gap in the research literature may have some interest and could profitably be cited in a note for the self-confident professional. Goode international fellowship, which is being established in his honor to provide support for graduate students engaged in cross-cultural dissertation research. These farms were divided according to the number of animals kept into small size dairy farms having up to 10 milch animals , medium size dairy farms having 20 to 30 milch animals and large size dairy farms having 40 and above milch animals and information of randomly selected 20 milch lactating animals from each group were collected.
Download PDF by William Goode, Paul Hatt: Methods in social research
Thousand Oaks, London, New Delhi: Sage. Giddings Professor of Sociology at Columbia University in 1975. To illustrate the idea, he discusses a life-story interview that was anal yzed for purposes of one publication from a sociological point of view and, for purposes of another publication, from a psychological—narrational point of view. It is concluded that treatment with oxytocin following parturition did not help in improving the productive and reproductive performances of post-parturient buffaloes and cattle. What is perhaps most important in this connection is the fact that all the examples—published work and illustrations from his own work and from the work of students—are subjected to searching critiques. Buffaloes have been used for milk production for centuries. In the process, certain deductions are formulated which are called hypotheses.
Methods in social research / by William J. Goode and Paul K. Hatt.
Studies in Higher Education, Vol. The gap between these several sciences varies, depending upon the clos~ness of relationship between the frames of references. Reproductive disorders were detected by rectal palpation Baillie et al 2003. If on the basis of verification, the hypothesis is found to be valid, a theory is obtained. They then quote a schematic index of guidelines for how to carry out interviews, and proceed to a generalized overview of the intricacies of qualitative interviewing, the considerations needed in deciding on the type of interview and on planning.
Fact value and objectivity
It is also important to anticipate the verification problem. Both describe their theoretical position as stemming from symbolic interaction. Review Essay: Tom Wengraf 2001. Thus, scientific investigation to be called objective when it is free from the prejudice of race, color, religion, sex or any other ideological biases. It is perhaps a natural outcome of the extraordinary diversity in treating qualitative interviewing that the topic as a single issue all but disappears in many up-to-date texts. No usable hypothesis can embody moral judgments. To clarify this equivocation, I want to point out how the very advantages of the orientation may, for some readers, be drawbacks.
Weber : advocated value free sociology. Objectivity Objectivity is an essential characteristic of scientific investigation. Effect of oxytocin on milk yield and fat percentage in buffalo and cattle. Need of objectivity in social research has been emphasized by all important sociologists. During his years at Columbia, he was an early supporter of the nascent women's movement, both intellectually and personally, working with Betty Friedan when she was writing The Feminine Mystique, and with Cynthia Fuchs Epstein on a jointly edited book The Other Half: Roads to Women's Equality 1971. Theory is initiated by facts and facts lead to the rejection or reformulation of existing theory. Objective study is a study in which mental condition of the researcher has no impact on the study and matter is observed in it correct perspective.
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- The Baby Hotel -
The Beginning - Part I
READERS: If you like this story, please let me know at [email protected] All comments are welcome. And please read and send your comments to my other stories, "THE BABY HOTEL" series and "THE BABYING OF BARBARA LETO". Thank you, Robert
Robert Charleson was an average, middle-class man. He was a manager for an engineering/construction firm in the purchasing department. Very rarely did he purchase State Lottery tickets. But the state's winnings for that week was for 92 million dollars. He decided to take a chance. Going to the food store he bought a ticket. He never really thought of the numbers and just rambled out some.
The next morning at work, he heard that only one person had won the Lottery. He did not even bother looking at his ticket until lunch. Sitting at his desk, Bob opened his paper and looked for the winning numbers. Taking his ticket, he read off the numbers and compared them with his ticket.
He just sat at his desk in shock. His secretary, Stephanie Falborn, came in asking what was the matter.
Looking up from the paper, he stammered, "I...I...I...I just won 92 million dollars."
Bob left work and went to fill out the papers for the money he won. He knew what he was going to do with all of the money he had just won. It was a fantasy come true. He always wanted a facility to turn adult women into thinking that they were babies again. Now he can do it.
With money in hand, he decided to scout the suburban areas. After looking for three weeks, he found what he was looking for, a deserted seven story office building. There was a very small community nearby. A brick wall surrounded the building and ground (10 acres).
Bob convinced his secretary, Stephanie, to quit and work for him at double her present salary with 2% ownership in the company.
After 3 months of remodeling the building, it was ready. It had cost a small fortune, but Bob could afford it. Stephanie was invaluable in her help. She screened the applicants for nurses, candy strippers and administrative personnel. Her word was second only to Bob. Now, to get the patients.
One night Bob was talking to a friend of his, Larry Nelson. Larry had been married for 25 years and his wife was in her middle 40's, but looked ten years younger. She was a good looking woman, with long curly brown hair, tall, and just starting to get that middle age bulge.
Larry started complaining about how bossy his wife. Eileen was getting. He wanted a more submissive wife. When Bob suggest maybe he wanted a more childlike wife, Larry quickly agreed. That was when Bob told him about his clinic. Larry listened and said that he would have to think about it.
Two days later, Larry called stating he would agree to the contract. Bob informed him of the cost, the required amount of time needed and what Larry would have to do. It was agreed that Saturday they would start the treatment on Eileen.
On Saturday morning, a dark sedan entered the Nelson's driveway. Two women, dressed as nurses, exited the sedan and walked up to Eileen's front door. One of the nurses rang the door bell. When Eileen opened the door, a nurse quickly sprayed a mist into her face. Eileen inhaled out of reflex, but she was unconscious within seconds. She slumped into the nurse's arms.
Carefully, the women half-walked, half-carried Eileen to the waiting sedan. They sat Eileen in the back seat. One of the women got into the back with her and secured the seat belt around her. In moments, the sedan was going down the street, fleeing from her house.
Holding onto Eileen, the nurse inserted her thumb into her mouth. She was so groggy, that Eileen just let her thumb stay in her mouth. For an hour they drove. Eileen laid against the nurse's shoulder, half-awake, sucking on her thumb.
Finally they arrived at the facility, surrounded by a tall, brick wall, and locked by an iron gate. The guard allowed the car to pass though. The car drove up the driveway and stopped in front of the facility.
Two more nurses came out of the facility pushing a hospital gurney. Carefully, they removed Eileen from the car and laid her on the gurney and covered her with a sheet. Eileen started to struggle slightly, even though she still had no strength left.
One of the nurses inserted the pacifier into Eileen's mouth.
"There, baby," she cooed, "that will help soothe you.
Mumbling, she said in almost a whisper, "I'mmmm not a ba...babee." Eileen still felt the results of the gas, and was too groggy to resist.
Then she was pushed into the facility and down a long white corridor. They reached a door where the gurney was wheeled into. More women dressed as nurses were there. Without saying a word, they placed Eileen on an examination table and proceeded to undress her. The drugged gas prevent Eileen from reacting, she just laid there limp. Carefully, the nurses removed Eileen's shoes, blouse, skirt, and pantyhose. They were tagged with Eileen's name, folded neatly, and placed into a box. Eileen laid on the table dressed only in her bra and panties.
Eileen had let the pacifier drop from her mouth and it laid on the table. Picking up the baby pacifier off the table, one of he nurses put it back into Eileen's mouth. Without resisting the nurses, Eileen allowed them to continued to remove her clothes, finally leaving her totally naked.
Taking a pair of scissors, a nurse proceeded to clip away her pubic hair, leaving a stubble. Then shaving cream was applied and smeared over the stubble and shaved away, leaving her completely hairless.
The nurses continued working on Eileen. They washed all of her make-up off and clipped her nails short.
Turning her onto her stomach, the nurse took a rectal thermonitor, the largest one Eileen ever saw, and inserted it into her bottom, which caused her to let out a yip. After her temperature was taken, Eileen had a white ointment smeared over her hairless pubic area and her bottom. Then a heavy dose of baby powder was applied. Before Eileen knew it, a nurse lifted her bottom up off the table and laid three cloth-like items under her. Then she was laid on it. Spreading her legs apart, the nurse pulled the cloth up and pinned the ends together - they had put Eileen into an adult-size diaper!
Eileen started to cried out, "Don't do this to me" she whimpered.
"I'm not a baby!" as the pacifier fell out of her mouth again.
"Hush now, baby." cooed one of the nurses as she put the pacifier back into Eileen's mouth.
The next thing was a plastic I.D. bracelet was strapped around her right ankle. Eileen could see that her name was printed on the bracelet. It read "BABY GIRL - NELSON". This was used as identification of the "baby", in case she was mis-placed.
A nurse laid a pile of clothing under Eileen's bottom. Straightening the material, Eileen noticed that it was clothing with pant leggings. The nurse lifted one of Eileen's legs and inserted into one of the leggings and then did the same to the other. Sitting Eileen up, the nurse pulled the material up her back and inserted Eileen's arms into the sleeves. Looking down at her hands, Eileen noticed that the sleeves had mittens attached to them, very thick mittens at that. The nurse pulled the zipper from the crotch to her neck up, securing Eileen in an adult size Dr. Dentons.
A nurse entered the room pushing a gurney. Two nurses lifted Eileen off the table and laid her down on the gurney's soft, pink blanket. Conscientiously, the nurses strapped her down, preventing her from moving and falling off the gurney.
Eileen drifted off to sleep, feeling that the entire event was only a dreadful dream or nightmare.
Eileen woke to find herself laying on a soft mattress. There was an long object in her mouth. Spitting it out, Eileen opened her eyes. She had an adult size baby pacifier in her mouth! Turning her head from side to side, she saw that there were horizontal bars on both sides. Eileen was in an adult-size baby's crib. And to make matters worst, she was strapped down and was unable to get up. Lifting her head, Eileen noticed that she was wearing a baby-style sleeper with thick mittens covering her hands.
Eileen could move her arms and feet so she started banging them on the mattress, screaming, but to no avail.
The last thing she remembered was being at home, answering the door bell to find two nurses standing there. Then one of the nurses grabbing her while the other nurse sprayed her in the face with something. Then she blacked out.
Rubbing the sleep from her eyes with her mitten hands, Eileen started looking around the room. From what she could see, there were three other baby cribs, large enough for an adult, in the room with her. And there was a familiar smell in the room. It smelled sweet, like baby powder.
"Why is someone treating me like a baby? I'm a 50 year old woman!" Eileen thought.
Eileen found the room very comfortable and warm. After laying in the crib for 15 minutes, she found herself growing tired. Stretching, she drifted off to sleep in seconds. What Eileen did not know was that a gas was being emitted into the room, enough to make her drowsy.
Eileen woke to the calling of her name. Focusing on the person in front of her, Eileen saw a woman dressed in a nurse's dress, complete with cap, white stockings and white shoes. She was holding a metal rod.
"What's going on?" she stammered.
"Why am I being treated like I was a baby?"
"It's been decide that you are really a baby." answered the woman.
"Now you are going to learn to be a baby again."
Eileen's mouth dropped opened. They wanted her to act like a baby?
"Get me outta here!" Eileen demanded.
All that Eileen got for her defiance was the tip of the metal pole touching her legs. A shot of electricity went up her legs and she quickly found herself in a fetal position. Not only that, Eileen discovered that she had wet herself!
"Babies speak baby-talk." Replied the nurse.
"Say something."
"I'm not a baby!" answered Eileen.
"WRONG!" yelled the nurse.
Once again, she touched the metal rod to Eileen's leg, causing electricity to shot up and down her legs. Again, Eileen felt herself pee and soak her diapers.
"Say something baby." Said the nurse in a commanding voice.
Looking directly into the nurse's eyes, Eileen spat out, "Go to hell."
"WRONG BABY!" yelled the nurse.
Again, she touched the metal rod to Eileen's leg, causing electricity to shot up and down her legs. Again, Eileen felt herself peeing, emptying her bladder into her already soaked diapers.
Looking down at Eileen, the nurse again commanded, "Let's try it again, baby. Speak like the baby you are."
Eileen was about to refuse, but changed her mind. Her legs still felt tingly and she could feel the warmth of her urine that was clinging to her waist in the wet diaper.
With tears in her eyes, Eileen said in a soft voice, "Goo-goo, gaa-gaa."
Smiling, the nurse cooed, "Good baby" as she patted the top of Eileen's head.
"Talk to nursie again, like a good widdle baby." Cooed the nurse.
Tears running down her cheeks, Eileen replied in her earlier talk, "Goo-goo."
"Such a good baby you are." Cooed the nurse, "Yes you are, Baby Eileen."
The nurse inserted the large pacifier into Eileen's mouth.
"Babies love to suck on their binkie's, don't they baby." As she touched the tip of the rod to the crib's rail.
Eileen knew what she meant. If she did not start sucking on the nipple, the nurse was going to touch the rod to her legs again. Closing her eyes, Eileen started doing what she was told to do, she started sucking on the nipple.
Eileen thought that she would be able to get rid of the wet diaper and clean herself up when the nurse announced, "Have a nice sleepy byes, baby. Nursie will be back in two hours to check on you." With that, the nurse left the room leaving Eileen alone. And Eileen was still strapped down unable to move.
As soon as the nurse left, a very soft, soothing voice was emitted from the headboard of the crib.
The voice cooed to Eileen as the disembodied voice said,
"YOU WANT TO BE A BABY. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A GROWN-UP. YOU WANT SOMEONE TO TAKE CARE OF YOU LIKE A BABY. YOU ARE A BABY."
The voice repeated over and over again. Eileen tried not listening, humming, thinking about anything to avoid listening to that hypnotic voice. After awhile, Eileen's eye lids started to droop and she was feeling very tired. Once again, the gas hissed into the nursery room, causing her to get drowsy. Soon, she was fast asleep, listening to the voice tell her how much she wanted to be a baby again.
Two hours later, the nurse was softly calling Eileen wake. Her eye lids fluttered opened and focused on the nurse bending over her. While Eileen slept, her pacifier dropped out of her mouth. When Eileen woke up, and she realized that the pacifier was missing, she quickly looked around, found it laying on the mattress. Using both her mitten hands, Eileen picked it up and shoved it into her mouth. She started sucking on her "binkie", enjoying the sensation. Eileen did not know why she wanted the infantile toy, only that she did.
The nurse smiled at her charge and cooed, "Does baby wike her binkie?"
Through her pacifier, Eileen smiled back. She knew that she was an adult and that she was 50 years old. But she was enjoying being taken care of, being babied.
Then she felt the cold dampness around her waist. It felt so uncomfortable. Her bottom lip started to quiver and Eileen let out a loud "Waaa!". She knew she should do something else, but the only thing she could think of was to cry. For some strange reason, Eileen knew that the nurse would change her and she would not have to do anything. Using her mitten hands as fists, she tried to stop the flow of her tears.
"Ah," cooed the nurse, "does baby havea wet didee? Does baby wantum nursie to change baby's didee?"
Through her tears, Eileen shook her head. She hated wearing those wet diapers and if the nurse was going to change her, she would be grateful.
Lowering the side rail of the crib, the nurse leaned over and pulled the zipper of the Dr. Dentons down. Carefully, she removed Eileen's arms and then her legs. Eileen laid in the crib dressed in a tee shirt, plastic pants and a soaked diaper. Lifting Eileen into a sitting position, the nurse removed the tee shirt. Laying Eileen back down, the nurse lifted her legs up until Eileen's bottom was off the mattress, she pulled the damp plastic pants up off the diaper and down her legs. Finally, the nurse unpinned the diaper pins and pulled the diaper off Eileen. The cool breeze felt good circulating around her waist. She laid in the crib naked.
Without realizing it, when the nurse removed the baby style jammies and her hands were free, Eileen spat the pacifier out and started sucking her thumb.
The nurse took baby wipes and gently wiped Eileen's pubic area and then lifted her bottom and wiped that clean too.
"That feel good, nursie." lisped Eileen. She did not why she spoke babyish, especially when he knew that she could speak as an adult, but again she din not care.
The nurse smiled at Eileen as she started rubbing diaperine all over Eileen's diaper area. Again, lifting Eileen's legs until her bottom was off the mattress, the nurse slid three thick cloth diapers under and gently laid her bottom on the soft material. Spreading Eileen's legs apart, the nurse pulled the material up and pinned the cloth together at the sides. A pair of plastic pants were pulled up her legs and over her thick diapers. Sitting Eileen up, she pulled a white tee shirt down over her head. Eileen continued sucking her thumb and the nurse had to forcibly remove it. Once the shirt was on Eileen, she immediately started sucking her thumb. The nurse went to get the new pair of Dr. Denton's, she found Eileen laying on her side in a fetal position, sucking her thumb.
As Eileen laid on her side, she was thinking to herself, "Why am I sucking my thumb? Why is it giving me so much pleasure? I know that I am not a baby, but I feel like one. I feel so small and helpless. Why?"
The nurse started putting Eileen's legs into the leggings of the pajamas. Sitting her up, Eileen's arms were placed into the sleeves. Then the zipper was pulled up to the neck. Once again, Eileen was secured in her baby style "jammies".
Before the nurse could secure her to the mattress, Eileen started to struggle, her mentality of being an adult slightly restored, crying out, "I'm not a baby! I'm a grown woman!"
Another nurse helped secure Eileen down and shortly she was crib bound once again. Eileen laid there immobilized, sobbing. In the short period of time that she was there, she was reacting like a baby.
The head nurse arrived. Standing by Eileen's crib, she said in a commanding voice, "Still think you are a grown-up, babykins? We'll fix that."
Turning to the nurses, she ordered, "Give her a two quart enema, then plug her. She'll learn that she is nothing but a helpless, little baby and needs her nursie to take care of her." With that, the head nurse left.
The other two nurses started to work. They lowered the side rail and removed the straps holding Eileen down. Quickly, and not to gentle, they remove all of her clothing until she laid there in just her diapers.
Eileen was scared. She did not know hat the nurses were going to do. She cried out, "Please stop. I'll be good. I promise. Please!" she sobbed.
The nurses ignored her pleas and continued their work. Eileen was strapped down again, this time on her stomach. She was helpless again. Removing the diaper pins, the nurse pulled back the diaper exposing Eileen's bottom. Hanging an 2 quart enema bag on an IV pole, the nurse inserted the tube into Eileen's rectum. She let out a cry, begging the nurse to stop. Eileen could feel the solution flowing inside her as her stomach expanded. Finally, the nurse stopped the flow and removed the tube, but quickly inserted a balloon in her rectum and inflated it. The enema solution was "corked" inside of her. Removing the restraints, the nurse turned Eileen over and re-diapered her and pulled the plastic pants over them. She laid there sobbing, as the nurse placed the restraints back on her.
Eileen was getting cramps and started begging the nurse, "Please, let me use the bathroom."
Shaking her finger in Eileen's face, "You're much to young to be potty trained. You'll just have to use your diapers like every other baby does."
Taking a pacifier, the nurse inserted it into Eileen's mouth.
"Nursie will remove the balloon in a little while baby. Now suck your binkie."
Eileen continued her wailing and begging. The cramps were getting worst. After a half hour, the nurse deflate the balloon. Within seconds, Eileen could feel the enema erupt into her waiting diapers. It just kept coming and Eileen thought that it would never stop. Finally, it ended. She smelled horrible and it felt like she was sitting in mud.
Looking up at the nurse, Eileen figured that the nurse would change her. She was wrong. The nurse simply pulled the side rail up and said, "Think about what a little baby you really are." Then she left, leaving Eileen alone.
Eileen laid in her crib, crying, feeling so uncomfortable. She started screaming, demanding the nurse change her. This continued for 2 hours. At last, the nurse returned. And she was not smiling.
"We gave you a chance to return to a baby stage on your own, but you did not take advantage of this." Stated the nurse.
"So you will start from the beginning. Not as an infant, but as a newborn. We'll see how you do there."
Taking a syringe, the nurse gave Eileen a shot in the arm. Things started spinning around and Eileen had trouble staying awake. In less than a minute, she was fast asleep.
Nurses came into the room and proceeded in cleaning Eileen up. Shortly, her messy diapers were removed and Eileen was washed. She laid in her crib naked, as a nurse entered pushing a gurney. Eileen was transferred from the crib to the gurney and wheeled out of the room.
They traveled own the corridor to a examination room. Surrounding the gurney, the nurses started a new procedure. Prying her lids opened, the nurse placed several drops into Eileen's eyes. This would cause her vision to be a complete blur. Then, they sprayed her throat, causing her vocal cords to be semi-paralyzed. Eileen would be unable to speak, just mumble like a baby. Another shot was given to her to make her weak, helpless like a newborn baby. Lastly, she was taken to another room and placed in the fetal position into a small, dark box. Now the nurses had to wait for her to wake up.
Half and hour later, Eileen woke up. She knew she was in a cramp place, very soft, but confining. It was so dark that she could not see her hand in front of her face. She could hear voices, but they were muffled. She tried to speak, but nothing came out. Then it felt as if she was being pushed down and out of a small opening and the muffled voices became clearer.
Eileen heard a woman's voice say, "I can see the head. The baby's coming!" as she heard these word, Eileen's head was emerging from the confining space. Her eyes had trouble adjusting to the bright light and everything was a blur. She heard the female voice say "Push." Eileen could feel her body sliding out of the confined space. Shortly, she was completely out and the same female voice saying "It's a girl. A fine healthy baby girl." Though she was unable to see, the room was a little chilly.
Eileen could feel that she was being rushed, a nozzle was shoved up her nose, like it was trying to clean something out of it. The tube was quickly removed and her entire body was vigorously rubbed down with soft towels. Her bottom was lifted and she could feel something placed under, her legs pulled apart and a thing pulled up and taped at her sides. She was placed into a pamper. A tee shirt was put on her, with the sleeves sewed shut, forcing her hands into fists. She could feel the hem of the shirt barely above her navel. A soft cap covered her head. A piece of plastic was wrapped around her right ankle. Then she was lifted and placed on a soft blanket. The blanket was wrapped around her and she was completely secured in it. And she was completely helpless too, for she was unable to move. Once again, she was lifted up and laid in a clear basket type container. Even though her vision was blurred, Eileen could feel the container moving.
Eileen was moved to another room where the lights were subdued. Looking through the sides, Eileen could tell she was put in between two other plastic containers.
"Here's the new baby's chart." Eileen heard a female voice say.
"Did the mother pick out a name for her baby?" another female voice asked.
"Eileen." Replied the first voice.
"Alright," said the second voice, "I'll put that on her card, 'BABY GIRL - EILEEN NELSON'."
Looking at the foot of her container, Eileen could see a blurred figure put a large card attached to the container.
As she laid there, Eileen could hear babies crying. Several of them as a matter of fact. Then it dawned on her, she had just experienced her "birth". And she was in a incubator in the nursery room of a hospital. She was a "newborn baby". And she was with the other newborn babies.
As she laid there, Eileen started to feel very sleepy. Her "birth experience" was so tiresome for her and she fell asleep. When she woke, she could feel that she was being held in giant arms. Everything was still blurred, but her head was being pushed towards a large pinkest object. The object was forced into her mouth, it was soft. Of sudden, warm liquid squirted into her mouth and Eileen found herself swallowing the liquid.
A voice cooed to Eileen, "That's right baby, drink-up all of mommy's milk."
Eileen realized that she was being breastfed! When she tried to pull away, her head was just forced back to the giant nipple. As she laid there drinking the breast milk, Eileen could feel a giant hand patting her bottom. Did they really make her an infant again she wondered.
What Eileen did not know was that she was being held in a replica of a woman, a large mechanical woman. This was used to give the "newborn babies" a feeling of being tiny. It was always a success. This process was tried on several volunteers from their "births" to a total of several days in the nursery room. Afterwards, they all said the same, they felt small and helpless, and felt as if they were newborns.
Eileen fell asleep in her "mommy's" arms, only to wake up in the nursery room.
This continued for the next few days. She would wake up in her mommy's arms, drink the breast milk, fall asleep only to wake up to the crying of the babies in the nursery room. The only feedings Eileen received was from the breast feedings. It was sweet and warm, and it was filling.
Her vision was still blurred and she was unable to speak, except for the gurgles that she emitted like a baby. Her bladder became weaker and she would soak her pamper. Like the other "newborns", Eileen learn to cry when she need a diaper change. Not really learned, but she knew that if she did not cry , she would not be fed or changed. Crying, Eileen figured was more for survival than anything else.
Once a day, as Eileen slept, eye drops were use to ensure her vision continued to be blurred, her throat sprayed to ensure that she could only make gurgling sounds, and a shot to ensure that she was as weak as a newborn. Speakers in the incubator help Eileen except her conditioning.
After a few days, it was decide that Eileen should be moved to a nursery room. Taking her incubator, Eileen was wheeled out and taken to her new nursery room. Lifting her out of the incubator, Eileen was laid in a adult size bassinet, complete with a hood. The blanket was removed, as well as the long sleeve tee shirt. Eileen laid in the bassinet dressed only in her pamper. Feeling the inside of the pamper, the nurse un-taped it and removed that as well. Eileen was completely naked. At first this bothered her, but after a few days of this treatment, it no longer did. She laid there sucking on her "binkie".
Eileen still confused about why she was responding like a baby. She knew that she was an adult, but she enjoyed being babied, enjoyed sucking on her binkie. And she hated being in wet diapers and could not wait until a nurse changed her.
The nurse lifted her bottom up and slid three thick cloth diapers under her and gently laid her bottom on the soft material. Spreading Eileen's legs apart, the nurse pulled the material up and pinned the cloth together at the sides. A pair of plastic pants were pulled up her legs and over her thick diapers. Lifting her legs up, the nurse inserted them into an adult size baby sleeper. Once her legs were in, the nurse sat Eileen up and put her arms into the sleeves. The hands went into thick mittens attached to the ends of the sleeves. The front of the sleep er was zippered shut. Eileen could not get out of it even if she wanted to. A baby bonnet was tied on, making Eileen look quite infantile.
She was strapped down in the bassinet to ensure she was unable to move. Taking a nursing bottle, the nurse bottle-feed Eileen her first bottle in days. Eileen suck hungrily on the nipple. Then the nurse sat Eileen up and started patting her back until she let out a burp - a loud one at that. Milk dribbled from her mouth and the nurse wiped the milk away. Laying Eileen down for her nap, the nurse covered her charge and left the room.
Eileen laid in the bassinet feeling so helpless. She wished she could escape. She was starting to feel as if she could rebel. Fight these nurses against making her more of baby. Noticing that the strap was loose, Eileen was able to lift it and slid under it. She was free. Climbing out of the bassinet was difficult being dressed in a baby gown, but she managed.
Walking in a floor length baby gown was another matter. Eileen found herself falling several times before reaching the door of the nursery. As humiliating as it would be, Eileen figured the best course of action would be to crawl. Getting down on all fours, Eileen crawled on the tile floor towards the elevators. Eileen notice that the hallway was empty of nurses and or personnel. Slowly and carefully, she crawled down the hallway to where the elevators were. Glass doors barred the entrance to the elevator chambers. Looking at the wall, Eileen saw a metal pad that would open the glass doors automatically. Using both of her mitten hands, she pushed with all her might. The glass doors slid apart silently. Eileen quickly crawled into the elevator chamber and look up at the buzzers. Above the up/down buttons there was a sign that read "9th Floor". Kneeling, Eileen pushed the down button. She watched as the floor indicators lite up the floors, "1-2-3-4-5...etc." until it reached 9. When he elevator stopped at the 9th floor, the door panels did not open. Frustrated, Eileen started to bang on the panels.
"You need a combination to opened the doors, baby." Stated a voice behind Eileen.
Eileen turned around and saw 2 nurses standing behind her.
Looking down at the baby-woman, the nurse stated, "Did yiou think you leave so easily? You have always been on a monitor being watched."
Fear consumed her, for she stood up and tried running away from the nurses only to fall on her face due to the baby gown she wore.
"Now Baby Eileen," said one of the nurses, "you're going to be punished. You'll be sorry that you ever tried that."
Eileen started crying profusely as the nurses dragged her back to her nursery room.
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As the triumphant start of a trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring leaves you begging for more. By necessity, Peter Jackson's ambitious epic compresses J.R.R. Tolkien's classic The Lord of the Rings, but this robust adaptation maintains reverent allegiance to Tolkien's creation, instantly qualifying as one of the greatest fantasy films ever made. At 178 minutes, it's long enough to establish the myriad inhabitants of Middle-earth, the legendary Rings of Power, and the fellowship of hobbits, elves, dwarves, and humans--led by the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and the brave hobbit Frodo (Elijah Wood)--who must battle terrifying forces of evil on their perilous journey to destroy the One Ring in the land of Mordor. Superbly paced, the film is both epic and intimate, offering astonishing special effects and production design while emphasizing the emotional intensity of Frodo's adventure, and ends on a perfect note of heroic loyalty and rich anticipation.
After the breaking of the Fellowship, Frodo and Sam journey to Mordor with the creature Gollum as their guide in The Two Towers. Meanwhile, Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Legolas (Orlando Bloom), and Gimli (John Rhys-Davies) join in the defense of the people of Rohan, who are the first target in the eradication of the race of Men by the renegade wizard Saruman (Christopher Lee) and the dark lord Sauron. Fantastic creatures, astounding visual effects, and a climactic battle at the fortress of Helm's Deep make The Two Towers a worthy successor to The Fellowship of the Ring, grander in scale but retaining the story's emotional intimacy.
With The Return of the King, the greatest fantasy epic in film history draws to a grand and glorious conclusion. The trilogy could never fully satisfy those who remain exclusively loyal to Tolkien's expansive literature, but as a showcase for physical and technical craftsmanship it is unsurpassed in pure scale and ambition, setting milestone after cinematic milestone as Frodo and Sam continue their mission to Mordor to destroy the soul-corrupting One Ring. While the heir to the kingdom of Men, Aragorn, endures the massive battle at Minas Tirith with the allegiance of Legolas, Gimli, and Gandalf, Frodo and Sam must survive the schizoid deceptions of Gollum, who remains utterly convincing as a hybrid of performance (by Andy Serkis) and subtly nuanced computer animation. Jackson and cowriters Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens have much ground to cover; that they do so with intense pacing and epic sweep is impressive enough, but by investing greater depth and consequence in the actions of fellow hobbits Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and Pippin (Billy Boyd), they ensure that The Return of the King maintains the trilogy's emphasis on intimate fellowship and remains faithful to Tolkien's overall vision. By ending the LOTR trilogy with noble integrity and faith in the power of imaginative storytelling, The Return of the King, like its predecessors, will stand as an adventure for the ages. --Jeff Shannon and David Horiuchi
Our Review of the Extended Edition on DVD (Dec. 14, 2004):
The extended editions of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings present the greatest trilogy in film history in the most ambitious sets in DVD history. In bringing J.R.R. Tolkien's nearly unfilmable work to the screen, Jackson benefited from extraordinary special effects, evocative New Zealand locales, and an exceptionally well-chosen cast, but most of all from his own adaptation with co-writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, preserving Tolkien's vision and often his very words, but also making logical changes to accommodate the medium of film. While purists complained about these changes and about characters and scenes left out of the films, the almost two additional hours of material in the extended editions (about 11 hours total) help appease them by delving more deeply into Tolkien's music, the characters, and loose ends that enrich the story, such as an explanation of the Faramir-Denethor relationship, and the appearance of the Mouth of Sauron at the gates of Mordor. In addition, the extended editions offer more bridge material between the films, further confirming that the trilogy is really one long film presented in three pieces (which is why it's the greatest trilogy ever--there's no weak link). The scene of Galadriel's gifts to the Fellowship added to the first film proves significant over the course of the story, while the new Faramir scene at the end of the second film helps set up the third and the new Saruman scene at the beginning of the third film helps conclude the plot of the second.
To top it all off, the extended editions offer four discs per film: two for the longer movie, plus four commentary tracks and stupendous DTS 6.1 ES sound; and two for the bonus material, which covers just about everything from script creation to special effects. The argument was that fans would need both versions because the bonus material is completely different, but the features on the theatrical releases are so vastly inferior that the only reason a fan would need them would be if they wanted to watch the shorter versions they saw in theaters (the last of which, The Return of the King, merely won 11 Oscars). The LOTR extended editions without exception have set the DVD standard by providing a richer film experience that pulls the three films together and further embraces Tolkien's world, a reference-quality home theater experience, and generous, intelligent, and engrossing bonus features. --David Horiuchi
Versions of Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy on Blu-ray and DVD
Original Theatrical Edition
Platinum Series Special Extended Edition
Original Theatrical and Extended Limited Edition
Original Theatrical Edition [Blu-ray]
Extended Edition [Blu-ray]
Release Date May 25, 2004 Dec. 14, 2004 Aug. 29, 2006 Apr. 16, 2010 TBA
Format/Disc # Three DVDs 12 DVDs Six DVDs Three Blu-ray Discs, Three DVDs, Three Digital Copies 15 Discs Total: Films are on Blu-ray, with Special Features on DVDs
Digital Copies No No No Yes, on three discs (expired Apr. 4, 2011)
Yes, online (expires Jun. 26, 2012)
Extra footage None 30 minutes added to Return of the King; 43 minutes added to The Two Towers; 50 minutes added to Return of the King For all three films: Both the theatrical and extended edition on one disc None Same as extended-edition DVD
Commentaries None Commentary by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens; Commentary by the design team; Commentary by the production/post-production team; Commentary by the cast, including Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, John Rhys-Davies, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, and Miranda Otto None None Same commentaries as extended-edition DVD
Documentaries Fellowship of the Ring: "Welcome to Middle-earth," "The Quest for the Ring," "A Passage to Middle-earth"; The Two Towers: "On the Set: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"; "Return to Middle- earth"Return of the King: Three documentaries: "The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision," "A Filmmaker's Journey: Making The Return of The King," "National Geographic Special: Beyond the Movie" "From Book to Vision," "From Vision to Reality," "The Journey Continues...," Documentaries on J.R.R. Tolkein, "From Book to Script" documentaries, "Designing and Building Middle-earth," "Home of the Horse Lords," "Gollum," "Filming 'The Two Towers,'" "Visual Effects," "Editorial: Refining the Story," "Music and Sound," "The Battle for Helm's Deep is Over..."; "Filming The Return of the King," "Weta Digital," "Post-Production: Journey's End," "The Passing of an Age," "Cameron Duncan: The Inspiration for 'Into the West'" Three behind-the-scenes documentaries by Costa Botes, the filmmaker director Peter Jackson personally hired Same as theatrical-edition DVD Same as extended-edition DVD, plus Costa Botes documentaries from the Original Theatrical & Extended Limited Edition
Featurettes Fellowship of the Ring: 15 featurettes originally created for lordoftherings.net; The Two Towers: Eight featurettes originally created for lordoftherings.net; Return of the King: Six featurettes None None Same as theatrical-edition DVD None
Other Features Exclusive 10-minute behind-the-scenes previews of The Two Towers and The Fellowship of the Ring; Enya "May It Be" music video; An inside look at the Special Extended DVD Edition of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy; Preview of Electronic Arts' video games; DVD-ROM features: Exclusive online content; Emiliana Torrini "Gollum Song" music video; "The Long and Short of It," a short film by Sean Astin; "The Lord of The Rings" Trilogy Supertrailer Design Galleries; "Middle-earth Atlas: Tracing the Journeys of the Fellowship" interactive map; "New Zealand as Middle-earth" interactive map w/on-location footage; production photos; "The Mumakil Battle" demonstration / multi-angle interactive feature; "DFK6498" short film, "Strike Zone" short film, DVD-ROM access to exclusive online features None Same as theatrical-edition DVD Same as extended edition DVDs; see above for complete special features
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