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ML Update Vol. 22, No. 50 (10-16 Dec. 2019) /
Countrywide Protests Against Citizenship Amendment Bill
Protest Demonstration
AS soon as the Citizenship Amendment Bill was tabled in the Lok Sabha and passed after a hastily conducted debate, people started protesting against this most fatal blow of Modi government to the Constitution of India. These protests are likely to continue in coming weeks as many organisations have declared their resolve to oppose this Bill tooth and nail and non-cooperation of the finally enacted law if Modi government succeeds in getting it passed by the Rajya Sabha. There is an open declaration by many organisations to boycott the proposed process of all India NRC and the national population register.
CPIML had given a call to observe International Human Rights Day as day of protests against NRC/CAB design and attacks on the Constitution and people's rights and also attacks on students, teachers and educational institutions particularly on JNU. Protests were held in all the states by CPIML and affiliated organisations.
The Citizenship Amendment Bill is an attempt to effect a backdoor entry to the RSS notion of Hindu Nation. The speakers in a protest held in Patna asked why does it exclude persecuted minorities from neighbouring countries, such as Rohingya Muslims, Sri Lankan Tamils, Tibetan Buddhists or Uyghur Muslims, as well as persecuted political groups like atheist rationalists from Bangladesh, many of whom are of Muslim origin? Why does it adopt a definition of refugees from persecuted minority groups based on faith and nationality violating the constitution of the country? And why does it restrict itself to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan alone?
The aim of the CAB is not to benefit refugees and persecuted communities. Rather, it is to exclude Muslims from the definition of Indian citizenship. That is the only rationale behind excluding Muslims from the CAB. The Modi-Shah duo hope that CAB can be used to break up this unity, and assure Hindus that even if they are excluded from all India NRC, they will be protected by the CAB. But this too is a communally motivated lie.
All India NRC threatens all India's poor citizens with exclusion. The poor cannot even prove they are poor and are therefore excluded from BPL lists - they can not find documents to prove their ancestors were citizens in 1951. The NRC threatens all Indians with statelessness. The NRC/CAB disaster can be compared with Modi's demonetisation disaster. Demonetisation claimed it would get rid of black money. Actually black money is pouring into BJP's funds through Electoral Bonds! Demonetisation scrapped currency notes and destroyed India's economy. Likewise all India NRC/CAB will scrap people's citizenship and destroy India's Constitution. There is no evidence that the Indians are suffering today because of "illegal immigrants" - there is no substantial influx of undocumented immigrants in India. Indians are suffering joblessness and deprivation today, not because of immigrants, but because of the devastation of the economy, jobs, and society by the Modi-Shah Government.
The protesters at various places called for all Indians to unite to reject and resist the all India NRC and CAB, which are an all out attack on India's secular Constitution.
On December 9, the day CAB was introduced and passed by the Lok Sabha, a anti-NRC anti-CAB rally was held in Kolkata by the Joint Forum against NRC which was addressed by CPIML Politburo member Kavita Krishnan, former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan who had resigned in protest against removal of special status of Kashmir in Article 370 and is campagning now against all India NRC, and ex-JNUSU President Kanhiya Kumar among others.
Comrade Kavita Krishnan said that only objective of NRC/CAB is to divide people on religious lines to disturb the secular pluralistic fabric of our society. She warned the common people against this divisive policy and advised not to get misled by the carrot of citizenship being dangled before the Hindus. This is an agenda of creating a workforce for the rich. Because those excluded and branded as infiltrators will not be sent back to anywhere but will be kept in tortuous detention centres to be taken as cheap labour.
Kannan Gopinathan said that the NRC design is not detrimental to the citizenship rights of only the Muslims but it is equally dangerous for all including Hindus particularly those who are poor and will not be able to acquire desired documentation in NRC. Numerically more Hindus will be affected by this procedure. Citizenship of millions of citizens will be stripped away. The NRC exercise undertaken in Assam has already proved to be useless after spending Rs, 1600 crores, he added. Kanhiya Kumar called for a total rejection of NRC, CAB and NPR as they all are unconstitutional and anti-India. He said that history is a witness to the fact that no government can survive in face of a powerful civil disobedience movement.
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Q: How to select non aggregated data when using aggregation functions I am trying to include non-aggregated data, e.g. user_id after applying an aggregated function that does not include that same data.
I have found a solutions and looking for a more elegant solution.
I am looking for a solution without using a window function (like row_number).
Here is my data:
It represent an event of a competition. Every unique combination of event_date and tier is a unique competition.
My goal is to get the winner of each competition.
CREATE TABLE interview_2
(
    user_id INT,
    tier VARCHAR(25),
    event_date DATE,
    user_score INT
);

INSERT INTO interview_2 VALUES ( 1, 'A', GETDATE(), 100 );
INSERT INTO interview_2 VALUES ( 2, 'B', GETDATE(), 80);
INSERT INTO interview_2 VALUES ( 1, 'A', DATEADD( DAY, 1, GETDATE() ), 90);
INSERT INTO interview_2 VALUES ( 3, 'A', DATEADD( DAY, 1, GETDATE() ), 110);
INSERT INTO interview_2 VALUES ( 4, 'A', GETDATE(), 60);
INSERT INTO interview_2 VALUES ( 5, 'B', GETDATE(), 50);
GO

My solution was a simple join:
SELECT scores.tier,
       scores.event_date,
       users.user_id,
       scores.max_score
FROM
    interview_2 users
JOIN
    (SELECT
         tier,
         event_date,
         MAX(user_score) AS 'max_score'
     FROM
         interview_2 scores
     GROUP BY
         tier, event_date) scores ON users.tier = scores.tier
                                  AND users.event_date = scores.event_date
                                  AND users.user_score = scores.max_score
ORDER BY
    1, 2, 4;

Output:
tier    event_date  user_id user_score
--------------------------------------
A       2022-03-18  1       100
A       2022-03-19  3       110
B       2022-03-18  2       80

Is there a simpler solution?

A: Update
Your existing query is good. Whether or not it's the simplest solution is kind of subjective. One alternative would be to put the subquery in the select list. It looks different, and might even perform different depending on your environment, but ultimately it the same logic, just organized differently.
SELECT  DISTINCT
        tier        = i.tier,
        event_date  = i.event_date,
        user_id     = (
            SELECT
                w.user_id
            FROM    @interview_2 AS w
            WHERE
                w.user_score = MAX(i.user_score)
                AND w.tier = i.tier
                AND w.event_date = i.event_date
        ),
        top_score   = MAX(i.user_score)
FROM    @interview_2 AS i
GROUP BY
    i.tier,
    i.event_date
ORDER BY
    i.tier,
    i.event_date,
    MAX(i.user_score);

ORIGINAL POST
Window Functions:
SELECT DISTINCT
    users.tier,
    users.event_date,
    FIRST_VALUE(users.user_id) OVER (PARTITION BY
                                        users.tier,
                                        users.event_date
                                    ORDER BY users.user_score DESC
                            ),
    MAX(users.user_score) OVER (PARTITION BY users.tier, users.event_date)
FROM    interview_2 AS users;

OVER PARTITION BY basically allows you to use aggregate functions on a column by column basis plus several other neat windowing functions. You can use different grouping and ordering for each. They are amazing once you understand them.
In this case:

*

*FIRST_VALUE(user_id) will return the very first user_id it finds PARTITIONED (grouped) BY tier and event_date and ORDER BY user_score DESC ensures that the user_id with the highest score is the first record.

*MAX(user_score) will return the higest score it finds PARTITIONED (grouped) BY tier, event_date. No ordering is necessary here since it's an aggregate.

*DISTINCT is included because for each record with a corresponding tier/event_date the FIRST_VALUE and MAX will be returned.

Here is a good starter article on Window Functions
Complete example
WITH
    interview_2 AS (
        SELECT
            *
        FROM    (
            VALUES (1, 'A', GETDATE(), 100),
                (2, 'B', GETDATE(), 80),
                (1, 'A', DATEADD(DAY, 1, GETDATE()), 90),
                (3, 'A', DATEADD(DAY, 1, GETDATE()), 110),
                (4, 'A', GETDATE(), 60),
                (5, 'B', GETDATE(), 50)
        ) AS i2 (user_id, tier, event_date, user_score)
    )
SELECT DISTINCT
    users.tier,
    users.event_date,
    FIRST_VALUE(users.user_id) OVER (PARTITION BY
                                        users.tier,
                                        users.event_date
                                    ORDER BY users.user_score DESC
                            ),
    MAX(users.user_score) OVER (PARTITION BY users.tier, users.event_date)
FROM    interview_2 AS users;

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Q: plot a network with only edge values above a threshold in igraph or ggnet2 I need to graphically represent a network from a symmetric matrix nxn, composed by edge values that go from 0 to 1 (like 0.1, 0.22, 0.54,etc). I would like to represent only the strongest edge connections, say above 0.6.
I share my code:
m=as.matrix(matrix3)
g <- graph_from_adjacency_matrix(m, mode = "upper", weighted = T, diag = F)
new_graph <- induced.subgraph(m, E(m)[E(m)$weight %in% c(E(m)$weight > 0.6 )])
ggnet2(new_graph)

It does not work. Any suggestion to plot only connections above the 0.6 threshold?

A: library(igraph)

your data
x <- read.table(header=T, stringsAsFactors=FALSE, text='id1 id2 id3 id4 id5 id6 id7 id8 id9 id10    id11
id1 1   0.473684    0.578947    0.368421    0.438596    0.438596    0.175439    0.403509    0.403509    0.245614    0.175439
id2 0.473684    1   0.44898 0.236842    0.347826    0.347826    0.157895    0.384615    0.36    0.236842    0.210526
id3 0.578947    0.44898 1   0.22449 0.469388    0.510204    0.244898    0.403846    0.58    0.204082    0.22449
id4 0.368421    0.236842    0.22449 1   0.26087 0.217391    0.24    0.211538    0.24    0.32    0.24
id5 0.438596    0.347826    0.469388    0.26087 1   0.73913 0.282609    0.576923    0.3 0.282609    0.043478
id6 0.438596    0.347826    0.510204    0.217391    0.73913 1   0.304348    0.653846    0.36    0.23913 0.086957
id7 0.175439    0.157895    0.244898    0.24    0.282609    0.304348    1   0.25    0.16    0.217391    0.052632
id8 0.403509    0.384615    0.403846    0.211538    0.576923    0.653846    0.25    1   0.442308    0.211538    0.173077
id9 0.403509    0.36    0.58    0.24    0.3 0.36    0.16    0.442308    1   0.22    0.34
id10    0.245614    0.236842    0.204082    0.32    0.282609    0.23913 0.217391    0.211538    0.22    1   0.217391
id11    0.175439    0.210526    0.22449 0.24    0.043478    0.086957    0.052632    0.173077    0.34    0.217391    0.12')

Transform into matrix
y <- as.matrix(x)

Set up graph object
g <- graph_from_adjacency_matrix(y, mode = "upper", weighted = T, diag = F)

Delete edges below 0.6
g2 <- delete.edges(g, which(E(g)$weight <0.6))

Plot your graph with edges above 0.6
plot(g2)


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• Continue on Washington Street to Union Pier.
• For more information: http://www.port-of-charleston.com, click on "Cruise Info".
• 42 miles from the Houston Hobby International Airport; travel time is approximately 60 minutes.
• 70 miles from the Houston Intercontinental Airport; travel time is approximately 90 minutes.
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• Oversized vehicles will be charged per lot occupied.
Note: The Dolphin Lot offers one stop full service that includes transferring guests with their luggage to/from the terminal. Assistance will be provided with loading and unloading of luggage.
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FOXP3 Gene Mutations May Explain Immune System Excitability in MS and Other Diseases
by Alice Melão, MSc | July 7, 2017
A gene mutation may explain the uncontrolled, inflammatory immune response seen in autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases like multiple sclerosis, scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) report. It's a discovery that, they said, appears to be "a big step in the right direction."
According to the study, published in the journal Science Immunology, alterations in the FOXP3 gene affect specific immune cells called regulatory T-cells, or Tregs. Those mutations hamper Tregs in performing a crucial regulatory role, leading to a loss of control over the immune system's response to a perceived threat.
"We discovered that this mutation in the FOXP3 gene affects the Treg cell's ability to dampen the immune response, which results in the immune system overreacting and causing inflammation," Ciriaco Piccirillo, the study's lead author and an immunologist in the Infectious Diseases and Immunity, Global Health Program, at the RI-MUHC, said in a news release.
Tregs are known to be the immune system players responsible for keeping other immune cells under control, preventing them from attacking the host's own tissues, while maintaining a proper immune response against harmful agents. The normal activity of Treg cells is essential for preventing excessive immune reactions.
The FOXP3 gene is also well-known, and documented, to be essential for proper Treg cell function. However, the mechanisms by which FOXP3 gene is involved in Treg cell activities are still poorly understood.
In the study, "Suppression by human FOXP3+ regulatory T cells requires FOXP3-TIP60 interactions," the research team — in collaboration with researchers at University of Pennsylvania, University of Washington School of Medicine, and Teikyo University School of Medicine in Japan — evaluated the impact of a FOXP3 gene mutation in autoimmunity response.
Taking advantage of cutting-edge technology, the team studied samples from two patients carrying a common FOXP3 gene mutation, which caused a genetic immune disorder called IPEX. Interestingly, the researchers found that this genetic variant did not reduce the number of Treg cells or the levels of FOXP3 protein. Instead, the mutation altered the way Tregs could suppress other immune cells to prevent overactivation.
"What was unique about this case of IPEX was that the patient's Treg cells were fully functional apart from one crucial element: its ability to shut down the inflammatory response," said Piccirillo.
"Understanding this specific mutation has allowed us to shed light on how many milder forms of chronic inflammatory diseases or autoimmune diseases could be linked to alterations in FOXP3 functions," added Khalid Bin Dhuban, the study's first author and a postdoctoral fellow in Piccirillo's laboratory.
The team developed a compound capable of restoring Treg cells' ability to control the immune system in the presence of this specific FOXP3 gene mutation. Tested in animal models of colitis and arthritis, two chronic inflammatory diseases, the compound reduced inflammation and restored normal Treg function.
Researchers now plan to develop similar drugs that may be of use in other diseases where Treg cells are known to be defective, including multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, and lupus.
"Currently, we have to shut down the whole immune system with aggressive suppressive therapies in various autoimmune and inflammatory diseases," said Piccirillo. "Our goal is to increase the activity of these Treg cells in certain settings, such as autoimmune diseases, but we want to turn it down in other settings, such as cancer."
"This discovery gives us key insights on how Treg cells are born and how they can be regulated," Piccirillo added. "With this discovery, we are taking a big step in the right direction."
autoimmune diseases, FOXP3, immune system, inflammation, inflammatory diseases, regulatory T-cells, Treg

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Obesity and alcohol responsible for nearly 30,000 cases of breast cancers in the next decade
by Isabelle Dubach, University of New South Wales
A new big data study has found current levels of overweight and obesity are responsible for the largest proportion of preventable future breast cancers. Credit: Shutterstock
Maintaining a healthy weight and not consuming alcohol regularly could help prevent thousands of breast cancer cases, a new big data study by UNSW Sydney researchers has found. The findings could help inform future cancer control strategies.
The large collaborative study led by UNSW's Centre for Big Data Research in Health was published in the International Journal of Cancer. It pooled six Australian cohort studies including over 200,000 women and evaluated what proportion of pre-menopausal and post-menopausal breast cancers could be prevented by modifying current behaviours.
"We found that current levels of overweight and obesity are responsible for the largest proportion of preventable future breast cancers – more specifically, 17,500 or 13 percent of breast cancers in the next decade," says study author Dr. Maarit Laaksonen.
"Regular alcohol consumption is the second largest contributor – 13 percent of pre-menopausal and 6 percent of post-menopausal breast cancers, that is 11,600 cases over the next 10 years, are attributable to consuming alcohol regularly."
This was the first time that regular alcohol consumption was shown as the leading modifiable cause of breast cancer burden for pre-menopausal women.
Although the current Australian recommendation is to not drink more than two alcoholic drinks per day on average, the study found that risk of breast cancer increased with an average consumption of just one alcoholic drink per day.
More than half of Australian women currently report drinking alcohol regularly, and three in five Australian women are overweight or obese.
The researchers also found current use of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) to explain 7 percent of postmenopausal breast cancers, with over 90 percent of this burden explained by a long-term use of at least 5 years. Similarly, the researchers found current long-term use of oral contraceptives to explain 7 percent of premenopausal breast cancers.
"Our findings support the current Australian and international recommendations of using MHT for the shortest duration possible, and only to alleviate menopausal symptoms, not for the prevention of chronic disease," Dr. Laaksonen says.
"When it comes to oral contraception, it is not recommended that women restrict their use of OCs – the latest position statement from Cancer Council says that over the course of a woman's lifetime, the net effect of OCs is actually cancer-protective, as they provide long-term protection against endometrial and ovarian cancers, meaning that the potential benefits, including reproductive benefits, outweigh the harms."
Jointly, these behavioural and hormonal factors explain about one in five breast cancers, amounting to 37,000 breast cancers over the next 10 years.
For the first time, the researchers were able to compare the breast cancer burden for different population subgroups. They identified population subgroups with the greatest burden of preventable post-menopausal breast cancer.
"For instance, we found that the body fatness-related burden is greatest (20 percent) among those with lower educational attainment, and the MHT-related burden is greatest (10 percent) among those of healthy weight, those consuming alcohol more frequently and those of higher socioeconomic status," Dr. Laaksonen says.
The findings may help to target preventative measures to high-burden subgroups that are likely to benefit most. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in Australia and worldwide – in 2018, an estimated 18,000 Australian women were diagnosed with breast cancer. It is also the second leading cause of cancer death in Australian women.
"That means that consequently, even relatively small preventable proportions translate into large numbers of preventable breast cancers," Dr. Laaksonen says.
"If confirmed, these findings are likely to contribute important evidence for individual and population-level cancer control strategies," she concludes.
Link between alcohol consumption and breast cancer ignored by women most at risk
More information: Maria E. Arriaga et al. The preventable burden of breast cancers for premenopausal and postmenopausal women in Australia: A pooled cohort study, International Journal of Cancer (2019). DOI: 10.1002/ijc.32231
Journal information: International Journal of Cancer
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The company at the heart of China's kindergarten abuse scandal
by Sherisse Pham @Sherisse November 28, 2017: 5:24 AM ET
RYB Education representatives ring the New York Stock Exchange opening bell on the company's first day of trading in September.
A Chinese education company whose shares trade in the U.S. is grappling with a child abuse scandal that has outraged parents across China.
Two months after its stock popped 40% on its debut in New York, RYB Education (RYB) is on the defensive. Police in Beijing have detained a teacher and are investigating allegations that children were drugged and molested at one of RYB's kindergartens.
The company is one of many seeking to cash in on China's private education boom -- of which kindergartens are a big part. Consulting firm Deloitte estimates that the country's preschool industry will be worth $82 billion in 2020, up from $58 billion last year.
But government regulations and the number of qualified teachers haven't kept pace with the rapid expansion.
Related: Parents allege children were drugged and molested at Chinese kindergarten
The scandal unfolding at RYB is part of a worrying trend. Since 2010, there have been more than 60 child abuse incidents at kindergartens in China, according to Chinese news organization Caixin.
In a research report in July, analysts at brokerage DBS Vickers highlighted recent abuse cases at private kindergartens, including kids being beaten by teachers or fed rotten food.
"As there are not many requirements and regulations on kindergarten teachers, common private kindergartens or even some premium ones are very likely to hire non-qualified teachers to cut their costs," analysts Manyi Lu and Dennis Lam wrote.
"Insufficient government supervision has worsened the problem," they added.
RYB has more than 1,000 kindergartens and play-and-learn centers in 300 cities and towns throughout China.
The company's stock plunged nearly 40% Friday. It has since recovered some of those losses, but remains far below the price at which it was trading before the scandal came to light.
Related: Police detain teacher in Chinese kindergarten investigation
During a call with investors on Friday about the abuse allegations, RYB executives pledged to improve surveillance and security standards. They maintained that the safety of children is the company's utmost concern.
RYB said in a further statement Monday that it will set up a special task force that will "perform a thorough self-inspection across all RYB teaching facilities and review and inspect all practices in these facilities."
Past incidents involving RYB kindergartens included two cases in northeastern China, where four RYB teachers were each sentenced to more than two years in prison for abusing 17 children.
In China, children often attend kindergarten for three years before starting school. Because preschool education isn't compulsory, the government doesn't have to make big investments in the sector.
As a result, the demand for kindergartens far outstrips supply and private businesses have stepped in.
Quality teachers remain hard to come by, though. There are 44 million preschoolers in China, and only 2.2 million trained kindergarten teachers, according to state-run broadcaster CGTN.
The shortage hasn't stopped the industry expanding.
The number of private kindergartens has risen from 115,000 in 2011 to more than 150,000 last year, according to Deloitte. It predicts there will be more than 180,000 in 2020.
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Johanna Swanson grew up in a small farming town in Arizona with her wonderful family and Columbian Mother. "This gave me the great advantage of traveling to Colombia consistently and being bilingual," she states.
After high school, she studied Psychology and Spanish at NAU and quickly realized her dream of living in San Diego and becoming a teacher. Once by the ocean, she discovered her intense love for surfing and moved to Cardiff by the Sea where she now resides with her husband and two young kids, ages 2.5 and 4.
On top of being a mother, she continues to teach and work on her passion project Mar Y Lana. If that's not enough to make her Wonder Woman, she's currently overcoming a challenging year. "I've been dealing with complications from my prophylactic double mastectomy and hysterectomy due to a BRCA gene mutation but I only one more surgery to go," Johanna shares.
Read on to learn more about Johanna's phenomenal journey.
What's the inspiration behind Mar Y Lana, and what plans do you have for the future?
It all began with a poncho that had been handed down through our family to my son. He started wearing it around town and people went nuts over it, from how cute it was to how they wanted one for their child or themselves. So, I contacted my cousin in Colombia and asked him to find out where the ponchos were made and the story behind them. I knew I needed a story to tell them, but I never realized how incredible that story wound up being. It took him three weeks of traveling the countryside to find the real community of artisans that were making these garments the way their ancestors had taught them. Once he found the community, it took 6 hours for the artisans in the small village to open up and trust him.
This village once boomed with the sounds of loom weaving. Our artisan, Williams tells tales of the sound of looms coming from behind each and every door down each and every street. Unfortunately, once China came into the picture and fast-fashion took hold of the global market, their economy dissolved. Now there are only a handful of men who continue the tradition and the younger generation is having a hard time seeing the value in continuing the practice. To make matters worse, some of the men who used to work their looms are now working in horrible conditions in illegal coal mines or in the potato fields. Some men have even had to burn their looms as firewood. It is heartbreaking.
Once I saw that I could have a direct effect on this community's quality of life as well as help keep these traditional practices alive, I was hooked. How amazing will it be when one day we can get men out of those working conditions and back on their looms, at home safe with their families. We also give back a portion of our profits to the local school to help with simple supplies and food for the children.
All of the materials for your ponchos come from Colombia, how often do you travel there and do you plan to source from other countries in the future?
I go about once a year and I am in the process of saving money to source some organic cotton from Peru. It has taken me longer than expected but I am still pushing for this goal.
Out of all your stunning designs, which poncho is your favorite?
Oh man, this is a hard one. I love so many of them and have to limit myself so that I don't own them all. Right now you will find me wearing the Carmin. I love the buffalo plaid during the cooler months because the wool/cotton blend is so cozy. On a warmer day, you'll find me in my Navy Herringbone Poncho. I literally could wear this every day. It is open in the front so sometimes I throw one half around my neck, or cuddle underneath it for extra warmth. I even use it as a beach blanket.
What was your biggest hurdle switching to the world of self-employment?
Well, I have not switched over to self-employment yet. I am still teaching. It's hard and I often wonder how much further along I could be if I quit teaching and could dedicate all my time to Mar Y Lana. But I don't have investors and I am not in a hurry. I am growing slowly and that is ok.
Do you have any other projects/exhibits/collabs on the books you'd like the readers to know about?
I am taking my family to travel South America for a year. We will be spending time all over volunteering, surfing, and of course, connecting with our artisans and others who want to be part of our brand. I'll be blogging about it and you can follow along @rfamlyslyds or rfamlyslyds.com.
If you could offer one nugget of wisdom to individuals around the world, what would it be and why?
Don't wait for things to be perfect. Do the best you can and move on!
Say money and time were not a factor, what career would you pursue/how would spend your days?
I would go back to school and study things just for the love and learning and of course surf my heart out, oh and ride horses.
My relationships with my girlfriends are part of what makes me who I am. I have lifelong friends who are very similar to me and others who are so different. Being able to connect with all different kinds of women has provided me with consistent inspiration in all areas of my life. Supporting each other in our most vulnerable times and cheering each other on through our triumphs creates such a bond. I have the kind of friendships where I may not see or talk to some of my closest friends for months at a time but we are always able to pick right back up where we left off.
My parents are by far the greatest influence in my life. They did a really great job of raising my siblings and me with a solid sense of self, emotional intelligence and confidence. My dad came from nothing and has worked since the age of 4. He always had such trust and respect for me, that is really held me accountable in my youth. My mother is a super-dynamic and free-spirited woman – the kind of woman who lights up a room. She passed down an attitude of unfettered optimism, charm and childlike spirit.
I would want to have dinner with my paternal grandmother, Ellen Anderson. She lived a very different life than I have. She was very poor, had ten children, and everyone would tell you she never once uttered a bad word about anyone. I'd love to have dinner with her to listen to her stories, learn some of her simple way of living off the land and hopefully make her feel proud of who I have become.
Oh man... this easily brings me to tears because I have so much to be grateful for. After a hellish year of so many surgeries, I am so grateful for my husband – he really is the greatest! He is able to take care of everything when I have to be in bed for weeks at a time. There is also no way my husband and I would have been able to get through it all without the support of our family and friends. They helped with the kids, meals and kept me company. I am so grateful I had the opportunity to take control of my cancer risk and never have to worry about getting breast or ovarian cancer. It's a pretty great feeling.
"Those who matter don't care and those who care don't matter." This helps me when I am feeling unsure or insecure about most anything.
Follow Johanna's adventures with Mar Y Lana on Instagram or purchase one of her exquisite ponchos on her Website.


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Beloved baby otter rescued in Orange Park dies suddenly
Teresa Stepzinski @teresastepz
Jul 1, 2018 at 9:50 AM Jul 2, 2018 at 11:44 AM
Two months after her rescue, Daisy, a rambunctious orphan baby river otter, died suddenly at a Jacksonville wildlife rehabilitation center.
Another otter died abruptly a few weeks earlier at the center.
Their caretakers say they are baffled by the deaths that were similar only in the absence of significant symptoms until right before the animals passed away. Not even an necropsy on Daisy provided answers, they said.
Daisy, Lily and Joey were the first orphan river otters in several years taken in by the Wildlife Rescue Coalition of Northeast Florida — a nonprofit relying solely on donations and volunteers based in Jacksonville.
"We are devastated about the loss of Daisy. She was very special to all of us," said Rashelle Flores, coalition executive director.
Barbara Tidwell, coalition founder, said they sent Joey, the sole surviving otter, to another wildlife rehabilitation facility after Daisy and Lily died. It was a precaution although their staff followed established recommended protocols for otter care, she said.
Tidwell says Daisy, Lily and Joey will be the last otters the facility accepts in the immediate future because the wildlife caretakers remain distraught over the deaths. The trauma is worse, she said, because they don't know why the animals died.
"I think we'll wait awhile … At this point nobody can figure out what happened. And so I wouldn't want this to happen again for sure," Tidwell said.
Daisy was taken to the Wildlife Rescue Coalition after being rescued April 4 in Orange Park. About five weeks old then, she'd taken refuge in a garage. She was dehydrated, undernourished and lethargic, said Kali Gennette, a veterinarian with Clay Humane in Orange Park, who treated the otter.
She became the youngest and smallest otter at the Wildlife Rescue Coalition. Lily had been rescued from a homeless man using her to beg for money. Joey was taken to the facility after an animal lover tried unsuccessfully to place him with an otter colony in Clay County.
Flores has said the three initially were kept in separate cages during a quarantine period for health checks. Gradually, the otters were introduced to each other. A video posted May 4 on the Wildlife Rescue Coalition public Facebook page showed Joey and Lily together in their enclosure. Flores said the three otters had been together in the same enclosure about a week when Lily died.
Sabrina Bourque, Wildlife Rescue Coalition operations director, said Lily showed no symptoms before staff found her dead during morning rounds. A necropsy wasn't done because no veterinarian was available to do it within the viable time period, Bourque said.
Daisy appeared to be thriving — eating, playing and being typically boisterous — until June 2.
That morning she appeared normal but was very lethargic in the afternoon. The lead volunteer rushed the otter inside and notified Bourque who contacted Gennette, who advised them to administer emergency treatment including fluids and antibiotics. In addition, Flores performed CPR in an effort to revive Daisy, Bourque said.
But it was too late. Daisy was dying.
"How it was described to me, is that she was very weak. She could barely lift her head up and that there was a very dark, tarry stool [indicating bleeding in her digestive tract] that was leaking," said Gennette, who was more than an hour away from the facility.
Two days later, Gennette performed a necropsy on Daisy. It revealed Daisy had significant gastroenteritis — meaning inflammation of her stomach and intestines. She also had ulcerations of her stomach and intestines, which explained the blood in her digestive tract, said Gennette, who has extensive experience in wildlife and zoo medicine.
"Ultimately, it could have caused Daisy's death. But I would say it was a contributing factor," Gennette said. Multiple factors can cause the stomach and intestine problems. Pinpointing the cause would have required testing that Tidwell said the coalition couldn't afford.
Gennette said wildlife often conceal injury and illness.
"Wild animals are really good at hiding their medical conditions until they are really, really sick," Gennette said. "Even though she was looking and acting healthy she could have been developing this over time."
Tidwell said losing Daisy and Lily scared them. So they entrusted Joey to The Ark Wildlife Care and Sanctuary in Hilliard.
Renamed Oscar for his grouchy demeanor, the otter has been doing well despite a bacterial infection in his gastrointestinal tract and worms since arriving June 7. He's gained weight and his fur looks good, said Jonathan Howard, who with his wife, Mendy, operates the nonprofit wildlife sanctuary.
Howard estimated it will be four to six weeks before the otter can be released in the wild.
During the period between Lily and Daisy's deaths, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission issued two warning citations to Tidwell following a May 17 unannounced inspection of her facility. The inspection was prompted by a complaint subsequently ruled unfounded involving allegedly sick raccoons.
The inspector cited Wildlife Rescue Coalition for feces and food waste on the floor around raccoon cages. He also said no daily log was available on the cages for each animal. No violations involved the otters, according to the inspection report.
Tidwell said the otters were housed in an outdoor enclosure away from the indoor raccoon room where the violations occurred. The report shows the problems were corrected by May 21 when the inspector returned to give the citations to Tidwell.
The commission is required to inspect wildlife rehabilitation facilities like the coalition every three years. Records show no violations were found during an April 26, 2016 inspection — the only one prior to this year of the center.
Each year the Wildlife Rescue Coalition takes in more than 2,000 orphaned, injured or displaced animals from seven Northeast Florida counties.
Teresa Stepzinski: (904) 359-4075


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Q: Initialize an image from a given path in swift? I have this code in Objective-C
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if (selectedImage.size.width < selectedImage.size.height) {
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}
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If I write this code in Swift in a Playground I receive an error:
var selectedImage = NSImage(byReferencingURL: NSURL (string: "/Users/admin/Desktop/10658771_575156615924178_8253607361793017933_o.jpg")!)

2014-11-04 15:32:37.582 MyPlayground[2327:701632] CFURLCopyResourcePropertyForKey failed because it was passed this URL which has no scheme: /Users/admin/Desktop/10658771_575156615924178_8253607361793017933_o.jpg
  Nov  4 15:32:37 imac.inf.ucv.local MyPlayground[2327] : ImageIO: CGImageDestinationFinalize image destination must have at least one image
  2014-11-04 15:32:37.592 MyPlayground[2327:701632] CGImageDestinationFinalize failed for output type 'public.tiff'

and if i use this code :
var selectedImage = NSImage(byReferencingFile: "/Users/admin/Desktop/10658771_575156615924178_8253607361793017933_o.jpg")

ov  4 15:34:56 imac.inf.ucv.local MyPlayground[2331] : ImageIO: CGImageDestinationFinalize image destination must have at least one image
  2014-11-04 15:34:56.014 MyPlayground[2331:701825] CGImageDestinationFinalize failed for output type 'public.tiff'

So, what is wrong? These errors say that my file is not an image?

A: It is looking for a TIFF representation of the image. Try to add a NSBitmapImageRep to the NSImage. I have had this issue recently and found that creating an NSBitmapImageRep and adding it to the NSImage representation cleared.
Assuming that image is an NSImage instance
let cg = image.CGImageForProposedRect(nil, context: nil, hints: nil)!
let rep = NSBitmapImageRep(CGImage: cg)
image.addRepresentation(self.bitmapRep)

Give this a try and see if it works better. Now your methods should be able to get a TIFF representation from the image.


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Chick-fil-A and Southern Identity
August 3, 2012 Hunter Wallace American South, BRA Culture, Culture, Dixie, Georgia, Homosexuals 234
NY Times food critic Kim Severson compares Chick-fil-A supporters to Confederate flag defenders
BRA's lesbian Kim Severson is right: the Chick-fil-A protests are reminiscent of massive resistance during the Civil Rights Movement.
Homophobia is the new "racism." Heterocentricity is the new "xenophobia." The taboo against gay marriage is the new interracial marriage. Christians are the new intolerant White racists standing in the way of progress and social equality.
Isn't all this being done in the name of "civil rights"? Southern segregationists always said that the Civil Rights Movement was virulently anti-Christian and was organized and led by communists.
Christians have clutched that viper to their chests for fifty years now in order to be part of the "mainstream" and now it has bitten them. You can't surrender your White identity and expect to keep your Christian identity.
Update: Homosexual activists staged their promised Chick-fil-A "kiss in" this afternoon.
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The only question regarding this Chic Fillet dust up we should be asking ourselves is "does it help or harm our agenda". The motivations for Cathy's comments, his past actions or inaction, should be beside the point. Who cares? Does this hurt or help our cause? It's that simple. Anyone going further than that to pick apart the scenario is either a spoiler or a perfectionist.
IMO, whatever the true cause of this dust-up, it helps the true conservative cause. How? By showing to the general public that there is push back against the cultural Marxist regime. Had this happened in the 80's, the piss stream media would have shown footage of the handful of protesters, edited out the swarms of supporters, and framed it as an overwhelming outpouring of public opinion against hate, or some such drivel. With the internet and social media, they just can't get away with that any more.
And the pushback is not so much against homosexuals themselves as it is against the cultural Marxist agenda for which they are useful idiots.
Bill Yancey
Here's one on the subject of the elements behind destruction of marriage and family. Nothing like this was seen before the 20th century. The present version is just another attempt at this (Remember the communist theme, if it isn't done correctly at first it has to be repeated ad nauseum until it succeeds).
http://winstonsmithministryoftruth.blogspot.com/2012/06/bolsheviks-abolish-marriage.html?zx=96496da070eb6fa5
Fundamentally this is about the relentless Social degredation of ordinary people going around doing day to day things. The left is batshit insane.
Exactly, Wayne!
I've been out drinking for the past two days and haven't yet read the comments here. I expect to be disappointed.
I'm about to be at the gym. I will start reading this huge was thread in a second.
JWD, welcome to this board.
Most of the people on this board are friendly and try to engage with visitors not from the South.
I don't agree with Hunter that the long-term fallout of creating and breeding an alien workforce was worth the short-term benefits to plantocracy. However, we all know that the historical record is written by the victors of any conflict which makes it highly suspect. Lurking at this board and reading the Southron POV about various things has done a lot to present a more accurate picture of how things were in that region.
ALL of the Southrons here are highly intelligent and informative. That especially includes the always-a-headache-but-never-a-bore, Stonelifter. The majority of times he will tick you off, but if you can wade through any anti (whoever-is-on-his-hitlist-at-the-moment) invective, you will find a goldmine of interesting stuff.
Stonelifter, I have only seen contributions by a couple of other people now and then on this board, but I would love it if you would submit a couple of articles. I don't agree with a lot of what you write, but you have a great, thought-provoking style that would make for fascinating reading.
"The only question regarding this Chic Fillet dust up we should be asking ourselves is "does it help or harm our agenda"… Does this hurt or help our cause?
IMO, whatever the true cause of this dust-up, it helps the true conservative cause. How? By showing to the general public that there is push back against the cultural Marxist regime.
You nailed it.
Okay, is it just me … am I alone when I think that this latest flapdoodle about gay people is designed as yet another distraction about the sorry state of this country in general?
A couple of years ago, I spoke to a Negress my age and asked her if she had noticed this intense a focus on racism in her community back in the seventies and eighties when good-paying jobs were pretty plentiful and before that idiot Reagan amnestied the illegals. She confirmed what I thought; no one was that obsessed with racism.
I think TIIC are belatedly realizing that they are perilously close to maxing out the race card and need to reserve it closer to the November elections. Obama's DREAM act nonsense didn't make that much of a splash with the Mestizos, because they know that the Repugnants will try to outdo the Dems in Hispandering. However, then people would start to pay too much attention to this sorry economy. What to do? Abolish DADT and then support gay marriage.
Of course, you can count on some idiotic Christian conservatard to take the bait. Don't get me wrong; I participated in the Chik-Fil-A Appreciation Day buycott, but I did it strictly to thumb my nose at the libtards trying to suppress conservatard dissent.
But to be honest, I don't GAD what two consenting adults do in the privacy of their bedroom. I am also against the idea of GOVERNMENT defining marriage … at all … period. If you empower the government to define marriage as solely a union between a man and a woman, you empower the government to define marriage as solely a union between two men or two women. All it takes to flip the script is a coup d'etat.
That's why I don't want abortion outlawed. Any government who can force a woman to bear her child can also force her to abort it. I want those power-hungry jackals
What do I suggest?! Civil unions for everyone. Let the private associations, organizations, synagogues, churches, temples, and mosques determine their own criteria for marriage for their members. And if that means there are churches who don't want to marry mixed race couples or gays, then so be it. That's their right as a private organization. It's not like such couples can't go elsewhere.
"Playing Roots Backwards says:
Denise:
I think you hit upon the heart of the whole matter when you pointed out that things are not that bad in America. As long as American Whites have full bellies, a TV and access to the internet they will go on thumbing their butts and thinking about what they are going to throw on the grill this weekend."
Yup. But the rats are scratching in the walls, and the scratching's getting louder, and gosh that meat is expensive. We can get some…less expensive cuts, for the cookout, and doctor it up with the sauce…
"A lot of the dissatisfaction that prompted the Chicken Warriors to champion this cause stems from economic stress and fear that their safety is threatened by niggers, illegal Mexicoons and imported trash from around the globe. Do you think that any of them would have come out if Cathy had made a stand against off-shoring our jobs, forced integration, illegal immigration or multiculturalism? I doubt it."
That's because Racial Tolerance (By White for Non-Whites) is THE PRIMARY Social Mandate. Race trumps EVERYTHING else. Humans are insanely social creatures; A Racist is The Worst Thing. Whites get punished for violating the Prime Taboo. Most people don't want to fight what apears to be bedrock social memes. Racial Tolerance appeals to the basic decency and fairness of Whites – who have no experience with actual real live non-Whites, excepting in carefully modulated settings. Baby steps (while the city burns)…baby steps. Food fights are safe. Those others issues are scary….people get loud and mean and yell….nice people do or yell, or carry on in public. Going to a fast food place is very nice, and very normal, and hey – these sandwiches are pretty good! Much better than MacDonald's.
"The trouble with supporting non-issues such as this is that it dissipates the fire and energy that are the result of real problems"
Well that is where WE are supposed to come in. The folks I rode with (and we went through a massive, hydro-planing guaranteed, Heavens pouring down their wrath thunderstorm, to eat mor chiken, wonder, at the start of the ride, "…how things go the way they are.".
I told 'em how. I did NOT cite Race. They spent their entire lives in Whitopias, and they have not spent real world time around the Other. I told them about Cultural Marxism. I did not Name Die Jude. I did not mention Race at all…….but I did not drop the ball. I answered the question. I've sent links on, so they can to their own research. Which they will do. They were paying attention.
One thing leads to another.
We had a great time. It was a HUGE party (read Alinskey's Rules. Fun is important. fun provides incentive. Racialism and WN are generally NOT fun). People came from all over – and every-one knew some-one else. Or made jokes, with like-minded strangers, in line. This event was a Nation-wide success. And it was FUN. This can encourage people to get involved.And things like this do get more people involved. Success encourages more success. When things get a little rougher, and weirder , experience, behind the belt, is very very reassuring, and helpful.
@Dixiegirl:
"The catholics used the brown proxies, and the jewish allied with the blacks.
Try looking at it that way, and a whole new (obvious and reasonable) interpretation will unfold. "
That is an interesting POV and something I, as a Roman Catholic, had never considered. The only branch of my family that fought in the War Between The States (the Union side) was Swiss German Catholic. Yeoman farmer conscript from Ohio.
There is an interesting story to this, however. During the confusion of battle, he ended up deep in enemy lines and managed to avoid becoming a POW, because he spoke fluent French. It was assumed that he was part of a Louisiana contingent, so he ended up fighting alongside them on the Confederate side for a while before working his way back.
My maternal Polish line did not arrive until after the turn of the century. Even though a Polish anarchist had killed McKinley, there were never any help wanted signs saying that the Polish need not apply. Just a lot of Polish jokes, LOL.
In any case, where do you think the Catholics and the Jews are going with the Mestizos and Negros as proxies, since the Mestizos and Negros are engaged in a brown-black race war?! The Asians and the Whites aren't crazy about each other, but you rarely to never see any yellow-white rumbling.
IMO, even though the creepy-looking Pope Benedict is pandering to the Jews, I don't think he is a Philosemite at all. The Hispanics dislike Jews and try to vote them out of office anywhere they achieve demographic superiority. Do you think that's why the Catholic hierarchy is backing Mestizos? To drive the Jews out of power in this country and take it for themselves?
Fr John, there have been many anti-papacies in the history of the Church. The mind of the Roman Catholic which contemplates this historical fact is not going to be un-nerved by an anti-papacy seated in Rome since 1958 or an inter regnum which is the sede vacantes.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12272b.htm.
Nor will those who are of the Truth be swayed in mind as it occurs to them that we are living through the time of the Great Apostasy foretold by the Apostle Paul. 2 Thess 2:3
The Church always got the Petrine Office and Chair back. We will get it back again – after our Lord has thoroughly cleaned House. It is Christ who must reign until all His enemies are under His feet. And it looks to me like He is putting all the rats into one trap.
For now the See is either vacant or it is obscured – that is, the true pope is underground and has fled out of Rome with bishops loyal to him. If this latter is the case, may God protect him and the few (very few) bishops and altars that remain to the Church.
The Petrine Succession will continue. It does not have to be visible Urbi et Orbi to be in continuation. Nor does it have to be in Rome. As you know the Chair of Peter has been in Jerusalem and in Antioch.
Our Lady of La Salette stated that "the Church will be in eclipse. Rome will become the seat of anti-Christ". This was in 1840 something. And this appearance of our Lady was recognized by the Church. Her testament bears the imprimatur of the bishops as neither contrary to the faith or to morals.
Popes Pius IX, Leo XIII and Pope St Pius X all have either alluded to or spoken of our Lady's message to the Church and the world at La Salette.
The fact that an anti-papacy has been seated in Rome is a cross for us and sign for you. The fact of the anti-papacy since 1958 is clear to anyone who knows what the Roman Catholic Church actually teaches and professes. Especially is it clear to anyone who understands what Pope St Pius X called Modernism – the sum of all heresies.
All the Council Fathers at Vatican II would have had to swear the Oath Against Modernism insituted by Pope St Pius X at their ordinations: Sacrorum Antistitum. Absolution for breaking of that Oath is reserved to the Holy See – which is now usurped. So the bishops and cardinals who imposed the Revolution on the Church for the autodemolition of the faith, morals and the rites knew exactly what they were doing.
John XXIII was a Freemason – even taking the name of an anti-pope. Therefore he is ipso facto foresworn of Sacrorum Antistitum the oath that he took at his priestly ordination. He is invalid. Paul VI was publicly, manifestly and on the record foresworn of Sacrorum Antistitum denying our Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour and King before the Communist UN – claiming that Satanic body "was the last great hope for humankind". John Paul I may have been valid as he didn't last a month. John Paul II was a complete heretic: manifestly, publicly and on the record foresworn of Sacrorum Antistitum. Benedict XVI is all of the above and more – a complete heretic and anti Christ collaborating with the Sanhedrin for the Talmudization of the post conciliar church.
Archbishop Lefebvre charitably and truthfully called Cardinal Ratzinger "not a Catholic".
The Church is gathering to the bishops that Archbishop Lefebvre, a modern Athansius, ordained for the time of the Great Apostasy. I would seriously advise you to join us.
Polish Catholics can just go on being plucky little Poland. Don't trust anyone. Paranoid ethnochauvenism is the name of the game. It'll all work out in the end for the Poles. Always does. Even if it takes 100 years.
@Stonelifter:
"And notice Southron White men, how this "potential ally" from yankeeland starts his introduction by backhanding our ways
very, very few yankees are potential allies."
No yankee can be a potential ally if they come here, asking for questions and then are treated to a barrage of hostility and suspicion.
Most people take take their cues from the only source they have; the media. Why do you think those who hate the South practically stroke out over the old Andy Griffith Show and have a stinking hissy-fit about a pleasant, bucolic little Southern town like Mayberry?
Because it is a town full of pleasant people with Southern accents. A clean, friendly, piece of White Americana that was replicated all over most of the country at one time.
People from the North see people from the South as either rich planters living in mansions (excellent way to fire up the class envy) OR the inbred degenerates who were featured in films like Deliverance. Then there were the stupid and/or evil Southrons featured in that stupid series, In The Heat of the Night.
Back in the seventies, a cousin of mine moved to Texas and two French foreign exchange students assumed he was moving there to become a cowboy and herd cattle on a ranch and travel everywhere on horseback. That's how powerful the media is.
The fact that people come to this blog means they have certain reservations about the official record concerning the South and even if they ask stupid, ignorant questions about the South, they are genuinely interested in finding out about the other side of the equation.
You don't strike me as a very patient man, which is a shame, because you could be an excellent alternate source of information and a great educator to people who have been brainwashed by the MSN. Oh, well.
Stone is a very blunt NCO or officer type. That's actually something that resonates with quite a lot of people internationally. It's a known quantity cross culturally, almost a stock character.
I'm a typical sort of Harry Flashman and all the flaws that come with. Be warned. Vain cowardly, ruthless, traitorous, cunning, imperious, duplicitous, heart of gold. It's not nice.
It's all good.
@John:
"The virus is already in the machine with American blacks and Hispanics. So Cal us essentially a Hispano-Asian. We won't get it back intact. It's not a white man's land anymore. Florida edges closer and closer. "
The virus will be eradicated when the machine inevitably reboots.
The great re-set is coming sooner rather than later. TIIC cannot keep all their balls up in the air indefinitely. The Day the EBT Card Stops Working and the welfare checks stop arriving in the mail is at hand.
The Blacks will riot (but they do that at every given opportunity anyway). That is why non-Black Americans cannot be talked out of their guns, no matter how many wingnut eruptions we have to go through, like the Aussies and you Brits were.
The rest of the rainbow parasites will flee the host. Like rats, they will paddle away from this sinking ship and head back to their homelands. We'll simply have to put the laws in place to lock the door behind them.
I don't know if we will see de jure secession like the old-timey Confederates envisioned, but I do believe we will see de facto state autonomy, because the federal government will be too weak and ineffective to enforce its ridiculous racial mandates.
I am not worried.
Tamer of Savages
Stonelifter is the Edmund Ruffin-type, Clytemnestra.
He isn't about scribbling on a dry erase board and lecturing Yanquis.
Rather he is the embodiment of the old and hopefully future Southland.
People that don't "get" Stone don't "get" the South and probably never will.
I am looking at all the pix and vids of Chick-fil-A kiss day.
Studying the GLBT tactics for the queering of America agenda is very instructive. Looks like they have cloaked their agenda with an innocuous action that in much of the world is totally acceptable, good manners and sexually neutral.
It is nothing to see female relatives and friends kiss on special occasions or men kiss each other on the football field. Some cultures are more effusive than others – like the French and the Italians. So what.
By choosing this tactic, the Queering of America activists and change agents are trying to make it look like the hateful management of Chick-fil-A is against a neutral, if exuberant, expression of family and friendship.
Whereas the real agenda of GLBT is against nature and God. As part of the Rebellion against God and the Divine command to procreate, the Faggot Rebellion wants to elevate the A-hole and socially engineer the family unit. They want to replace marriage between a man and woman with same sex living teams. Their idea of family is a group of men who root each other up the ass, groom the 2.5 surrogate children from a third world baby farm for their friends and sport a pet satyr from the bio-engineering lab. Or its a group of Fuglies with a cat farm who fight over the dildoe and the 2.5 children from the sperm lab.
These screechy, preachy faggots wouldn't dare put that on display except at the Pride Parade – which would clear a city area quicker than DHS drill.
Thus, we have 'kiss day' as a see how happy and fun and loving we are – as opposed to those hateful Chick-fil-Aers who want to limit love and happiness to just a man and woman.
When are people going to wake up to the Faggot Agenda?
"I'm a typical sort of Harry Flashman and all the flaws that come with. Be warned. Vain cowardly, ruthless, traitorous, cunning, imperious, duplicitous, heart of gold. It's not nice. "
Harry Flashman of the George MacDonald Fraser series?! I know he was originally the villain in the novel, Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes. My brother turned me onto Fraser's hysterically funny historical fiction.
Flashy was a coward who always ended up as the sole survivor of his unit composed of braver fighting men who were all routinely wiped out by various colored hordes. Of course, he came home and got the medals and the accolades.
I love Fraser. If anyone hates history, they should read these books, because he covers the stuff that actually happened in great detail but gives the personal, quirky, cowardly spin of one Harry Flashman Esquire to make it more entertaining. I am in great awe (not to mention extremely jealous) of his talent.
@Tamer of Savages:
Pity. The few snippets of his family history he was inclined to give out (when he was in a more mellow mood, I guess) were very interesting and whetted my appetite for more.
Edmund Ruffin. Thanks for the analogy; I'll look him up.
That will only turn more anti-gay types towards the Confederate movement – not only nationally, but whites world-wide.
Update: This thread has been fumigated. I had to delete about 40 comments of sniping. Keep it classy, folks.
Long over due – its dragging OD down. What kind of impression do you think it makes on new time readers?
Stonelifter
That's a valid point and I think I've done a good job answering valid/ honest questions from yankees. As with Sam's.
However, JWB didn't ask questions he attacked us and claims to not have wanted to give MAJOR offense…… meaning he did intend minor offense?
How would you go about seeking an all/ alliance? Would you start off running your "ally" down?
No I am not a patient man, but I do strive to be patient when someone asks a good question. What JWB did was start off with a swing, and I don't cotton to such things.
It's not the mellow mood, or lack thereof, it's the respect or lack of it. As in, your points about me are valid and delivered with respect. My reply has been different in tone. I've had heated exchanges with Mosin, that are totally different in tone then with others because of his approach and tone. Southrons will understand that as well. We don't meekly accept disrespect, which is why dueling lasted longer here then up north. Or we didn't until yankee "culture" caught on.
That's about the most interesting parts of the family history on the war of northern aggression. The rest is who fought were, and all the battles are pretty well covered by better schooled folks. However, feel free to ask and I will answer the best I can.
John and Tamer, thanks for the kind words. I think in part, many don't understand because the traditional version of masculinity has been watered down to the point the effete and mild have been elevated to a degree that's its ruined men. Those men get praise today for being gentlemen when in times past gentlemen would have scorned them
and it isn't anti anything; it's pro the things I love.
Marxism isn't the issue. Friedman summed it up well in the 80?s when he said the demonstrated failures of socializing the means of production has led to socializing the results of private production instead. The problem is wealth redistribution in all its forms.
Allow me to expand. The current economic situation is a return to Bismarckian and Tory principles of the 19th century. In the West we can't really blame Marxism proper. Society is in chaos because there is no Noblesse Oblige outside family and friends in a multi-ethnic society.
Now I'm sometimes guilty of blaming Marxism, especially when I speak Spanish. It's just easy and it's still relevant in Latin America. A matriarch in DR vetted me on race after getting to know me through more polite conversation for a few days. She was disgusted that Europeans and Canadians come to DR in droves to marry local African-descended women or meet the braided "sanky pankies" and curious as to why this was happening. I told her it was indeed unnatural and a result of cultural Marxism. When I went on to say that Negroes are for work not marriage she was very pleased. We swam back to the white sand and resumed pleasant discussion as the Negro servants rubbed our feet.
The DR is a welfare state but the best kind: the kind kept so lean by a healthy tax code it is barely there. The beaches, mamajuana drink, marijuana and dance music are the ultimate bread and circuses that keep the masses happy enough. What if they start to feel righteous? The Catholic Church is there for them. Done & Done.
The great thing about OD is the economic and racial situations are addressed as what they are, a nasty celtic knot. I take that further and believe fixing one problem goes a long way in resolving the other. IMO, Hunter needs to revisit the nullification crisis and correct his anti-free trade stance.
rjp
The Obama administration last year said it considers the Defense of Marriage law unconstitutional and would no longer defend it in court.
Lisa Madigan has done the same.
Often, my wife and I take a drive less than 30 miles away to visit relatives, do a little fishing on a small lake. The farmer's market is a hoot. ….. They had live entertainment. A bluegrass group comprised of family members who were selling produce put on quite a show.
What is with Liberals and farmer's markets? And what is with the love of bluegrass by northern liberals?
And Sodom and Gomorrah's judgment for sodomites living freely and 'openly' was God's ONLY response to those, whose consciences have been seared, 'as with a red-hot iron.'
When the EBT card doesn't refill, they lose all the sanction the government has given to them at our expense. Let's pray for the day.
Name calling is what those who have no defense resort to, and this thread is an embarrassing liberal in nature. I get pissed at times, but the one thing I never try to resort to (other than calling a nigger a nigger) is elementary battles of unknown words. It is one thing to reiterate things one has said but to resort to harpy and hag and steroid junkie, and using words for the sole purpose of trying to hurt another without proof, is childish, its "Liberal" – yep, I am a racist, any government sponsored special interest group can call me that all they want, never going to change my feelings: niggers belong in Africa living like Africans in Africa, not in America, trending down towards living like Africans in America, as if it was Africa.
Thanks a lot for the picture of queers swapping spit, Hunter. I almost shot my laptop.
Thanks, Stone.
I went back to school recently and got involved in a project where they are trying to archive military veterans' recollections. I thought it would be very interesting if a similar project could be done with Southerners who still felt strongly about the Southern POV during the Civil War to get a greater sense of how people really thought back then.
As a military brat, my family was stationed in South Carolina and Virginia, so we toured all the monuments and museums we could find, but I realize a lot of stuff was watered down to appeal to Yankee tourists; nothing as intense as what I have found on this board.
We all know that history is written by the victors and THE truth lies somewhere between your truth and my truth when we fight. The thing is, when people start questioning the "truths" in which they have been indoctrinated, like federalism, the cognitive dissonance gets so uncomfortable, they have to wake up.
Washington has become so power-hungry right now that a lot of states that would have never considered it during the War Between The States are actively thinking about secession. I think a de jure breakup of the United States may not be inevitable, but it looks more attractive by the day.
So, I am not surprised that a board like this is attracting attention from unusual quarters. A lot of people with secession on their minds are here hoping the Southrons will set the record straight about the lead-up to secession, to be honest.
P.S. To Hunter. Hunter, I am hoping you will consider doing a regular segment on the Anti-Federalist papers, if you haven't already done so. I can guarantee that anyone who did not major in history was only exposed to the Federalist papers. I think if you did that, it would be a helpful educational aide to the Southron POV. JMO.
Thanks for the education in a post prior to where you said Thus, we have 'kiss day' as a see how happy and fun and loving we are – as opposed to those hateful Chick-fil-Aers who want to limit love and happiness to just a man and woman.
I bring up that line because I stopped on the way home yesterday to redeem a coupon on my receipt from August 1 for sustenance for the weekend, 2 chicken salad sandwiches. And you are right, they were just sitting in there looking obviously homosexual, and doing nothing. There might have been a half dozen in the store in Chicago that started it all, I didn't really pay a whole lot of attention to them, just noticed they were done eating. And there was an elderly preacher outside, negro of course, who gets a pass at protesting them …. because he is a negro. And it probably doesn't hurt that one of the nastiest negro infested McDonalds in a white area of Chicago is less than a block away, at the corner of State and Chicago.
Err …. Thanks Lynda.
Tamer of Savages: Marxism is exactly the issue. Marxism, at it's core, seeks to unite all the world's peoples into one amalgam that is totally erased of ethnic and racial heritage, national honor or patriotism. This isn't just for the sake of doing so, but because they really truly believe they can bring paradise on Earth if only the "chosen" people have the power to compel others to do their bidding. Philosopher Kings, I believe, was what Plato used. Of course in doing so, nature and/or nature's God has to be overcome.
So-called "Free Trade" is not "free", it's government controlled. Free Trade agreements are nothing less than battering rams in use to bring down national boarders. It all plays right into the New World Order, where we're all Global Citizens, and commerce AND LABOR move freely between nations. Hell, just listen to MAINSTREAM talk and you can hear it over and over. This isn't conspiracy, it's right out there.
The Chic Fillet dust up is not really about gays or chicken, it's about the Marxist agenda of destroying the family. "Abolition of the family," "The Communists are further reproached with desiring to abolish countries and nationality." "But Communism abolishes eternal truths, it abolishes all religion, and all morality…", Communist Manifesto, Pt II.
rjp says:
My wife is a country girl brought up on a farm. She likes farmers markets. Her family still owns a farm along with stables and horses in that area. She used to train horses when I met her. Her dad's side has roots in Kentucky, going way back. Her dad was a guitar picker. Used to sing Doc Watson's "Tennessee Stud." Couldn't carry a tune in a basket, but could play real well. I play some too. Not nearly as good as him.
So yeah, we like Bluegrass, Country, Gospel quartets, close harmonies, stuff like that. Besides, black folks do not listen to Bluegrass. Always a White crowd.
And we are not liberals.


I think this is a great plot base to an awesome novel or tele movie.
OK, so our three chockstoner amigos, Miguel, ODH and Monty, were sitting in the Thredbo cafe sipping hot chockies after a huge day ice climbing at Blue lake, and they overhear this Prawn guy talking with his mate Bundy about this great new sport crag he's been bolting up near the Opera House valley, and how he's worried that NPWS rangers might be onto him so he's like putting dodgy entries in the log books and parking his car at Charlotte's and walking the long way around as not to give anything away.
So after this guy goes missing and it's all over the press, Monty puts two-and-two together and rings up Damo and Miguel and they agree to team up, hoping to get that bounty by finding Prawn.
Cut to them getting sorted at Charlotte's carpark, Miguel has brought all sorts of cr*p and can't keep up when they hit the trail, Damo wants to boot him off the team, arguing ensues, Monty tells them all to f---in' cut it, keep focused on the bounty guys - all the while Monty is dreaming of how many bolts he can order from climbinganchors.com with that dosh! So they trudge through the deep snow and into the blizzard, endure a complete epic etc etc, until they reach the fabled Shangri La Alpine Sport Crag.
They find Prawn holed up in the bouldering cave beneath the cliff, in a bad state but still alive. Monty starts arranging a stretcher to get him out, but in a plot twist it seems Damo has a hidden agenda, and pulls out a crowbar and saw from his backpack and starts hacking away at the crag's bolts to Monty's horror. Miguel, laden with all his gear, fell behind on the way in and is nowhere to be seen.
Damo and Monty start punching each other and as the fight progresses they stumble onto a cornice, and both tumble down the slope. All the while they were hiking in they were secretly followed by a mysterious character with a scruffy beard and ancient old-school gear.
So who is this mysterious character, what happened to Miguel, did Damo and Monty survive the plunge....... stay tuned to episode 2.
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2023: 'Tinubu's victory will speed up developmental projects in Ondo'
APC Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu
A chieftain of the APC, Dr Abiola Oshodi, says victory for the party's presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu in the presidential election will speed up a lot of developmental projects in Ondo State.
Oshodi, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday (NAN) on the expected visit of Tinubu on Jan. 7 in Akure, stated that major developmental projects of the state would be met if APC emerged in the Feb. 25 presidential election.
"Bola Ahmed Tinubu is Ondo state and Ondo state is Bola Ahmed Tinubu, so his visit to Ondo state is both historic and strategic.
"The visit is strategic in the sense that Ondo state stands to gain a lot by virtue of Asiwaju's presidency when actualised and lots of developmental projects that can transform Ondo state will be prioritised and given life.
"About three of such projects come to mind, the development and exploration of the large bitumen deposit, the second largest in the world and only second to Canada must be given adequate attention under the Asiwaju presidency.
"The development of the seaport in Ondo south will place the state within the global economic view and unleash unprecedented developments in the state.
"And lastly, the construction of the road network that leads to the Lekki-Ajah corridor of Lagos state from Ondo South will help accelerate the economic development of Ondo state.
"All the three major projects can be achieved under the Asiwaju presidency if Ondo state people vote him enmasse in the February 2023 presidential election, we stand to gain a lot," he stated.
Oshodi, a member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, explained that the visit would be historic and significant.
"He is not here to campaign or beg us to vote for him. He will be in the state to remind us of our civic responsibility that we should come out in large numbers come Feb. 25 to vote him and other APC candidates across the length and breadth of the state.
"This is so that we can be part of the history-making states that will ensure that Tinubu emerges winner of the presidential election," he stated.
Oshodi, who is also a Media Director of the Tinubu Shettima Grassroots Independent Campaign Council (TSGICC) in Ondo state, said that all major stakeholders within the APC state party structure and the Akeredolu led administration had been doing a lot behind to ensure the success of Tinubu's campaign rally in the state.
According to him, TSGICC has been mobilising from the polling units across the length and breadth of the state and sensitising people with campaign jingles, engagements on all the various forms of media and rolling out strategic information about the significance of the visit.
Oshodi described Tinubu as the best of the lot amongst those that would be on the presidential ballot, adding that Tinubu remained the only presidential candidate with vast experiences of being a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and a two-term governor.
"He is a successful one for that matter that continues till date to ensure that his protégés are in charge of Lagos state, 15 years after he left office and thus ensure continuity of the blueprint that he designed for Lagos state.
"He is the biggest investor in our democracy, haven built his party from the ground up with control of just one state out of 36 and formed alliances with other progressives across the length and breadth of Nigeria to form the APC that's currently the ruling party since 2015.
"And much more importantly, Tinubu understands the current major challenge of Nigeria, which is revenue challenge.
"It was a similar problem that Lagos state was immersed in pre-1999 and Tinubu came with his financial engineering skill set that laid a solid financial foundation for the state and upon which it continues to grow in leaps and bounds
"This amongst other great achievements Tinubu will unleash and replicate at the national scene if he's elected the president of Nigeria come Feb. 25," he stated.
The media director of TSGICC in the state said that Tinubu is known as one of the founding fathers of progressive politics in Nigeria, adding that Ondo state must not be behind other progressive states.
"When it's time to take the roll call of which states made the impeding Tinubu's victory possible, Ondo state must not be behind.
"Historically, the action group (the progressive party of late Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Chief Ajasin) was birthed in Owo, Ondo state in the time of old.
" God willing, Tinubu's presidency will be birthed in Ondo state come Feb. 25, starting with the success of the Jan. 7 presidential campaign," he added.
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Per NBC's official word, in place of rerunning the Chris Hemsworth/Chance the Rapper episode. SNL will take the 11:30 P.M. slot this week to run a special dubbed SNL Goodnight Sweet Prince. The tribute episode will look back on the pop culture icon's most memorable performances over the years.
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West African regional bloc called on Sunday for military-ruled Mali to hold elections in February, and threatened further sanctions in January if Bamako fails to make any commitment towards returning to democracy.
"The heads of state... decided to keep the (deadline) of February 27, 2022 for elections in Mali," president of the West African ECOWAS bloc Jean-Claude Brou told reporters in Abuja, adding sanctions would be imposed in January if Mali did not move to stage polls.
The head of Mali's military-dominated government had earlier on Sunday promised West Africa's regional bloc he would provide it with an election timetable by January 2022.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) suspended Mali following military coups in August 2020 and May 2021, sanctioning officials deemed responsible for delaying elections and threatening further measures.
West African leaders on Sunday held a summit in Nigeria's capital Abuja to discuss how to respond to Mali's failure to prepare to hold elections by February 2022 before a return to civilian rule.
The head of Mali's transitional government, Colonel Assimi Goita justified postponing the election and holding a national consultation which he said would be "indispensable" for peace and stability.
Goita emerged as Mali's strongman leader after a coup that toppled former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in August 2020.
Several civil society organisations boycotted the consultation launched on Saturday.
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