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Letter written by Henry Welch, corporal in the 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, to his father from Camp at Elk River, Tennessee, April 10, 1863
Welch, Henry, Welch, Luther
Date created: April 10, 1863, Date created: April 10, 1863
Letter writer: Henry Welch; Letter recipient: Luther Welch
Elk River (Tenn.), Tennessee
Welch, Luther, Welch, Luther, Durham (Mr.), Richard, Richard, Welch, Henry
Civil War Letters and Diaries, Civil War Collection, Letters of Henry Welch
Letter written by Henry Welch, corporal in the 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, to his father, Luther Welch, from General Hospital No. 1, Chattanooga, Tennessee, July 29, 1864: a machine readable transcription
Date created: July 29, 1864, Date created: July 29, 1864
Chattanooga (Tenn.), Hamilton County (Tenn.), Tennessee
Welch, Luther, Welch, Luther, Welch, Henry
Letter written by Henry Welch, corporal in the 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, from Camped in the woods, on March 25, 1864, to his father, Luther Welch of North Hebron, New York: a machine readable transcription
Date created: March 25, 1864, Date created: March 25, 1864
Welch, Luther, Welch, Luther, Welch, Henry, Rogers, Dave, Wood, Ely, Buchanan, James (President of the United States), Tanner, Franklin, Tanner, Franklin (Mrs., Polly C.), Tanner, Polly C. (Mrs. Franklin Tanner), Welch, Henry
Letter written by Henry Welch, corporal in the 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, to his mother, Phebe Welch, from Camped in the field near Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, July 2, 1864: a machine readable transcription
Welch, Henry, Welch, Phebe
Date created: July 2, 1864, Date created: July 2, 1864
Letter writer: Henry Welch; Letter recipient: Phebe Welch
Kennesaw Mountain (Ga.), Cobb County (Ga.), Georgia
Welch, Luther (Mrs., Phebe), Welch, Luther (Mrs., Phebe), John, Philo, Welch, Luther (Mrs., Phebe), Grant, Ulysses S. (General), Welch, Henry
Letter written by Henry Welch, corporal in the 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, from Camp near Elk River, Tennessee, April 17, 1864 to his uncle and aunt, Franklin and Polly Tanner of South Granville, New York: a machine readable transcription
Welch, Henry, Tanner, Franklin
Letter writer: Henry Welch; Letter recipient: Franklin Tanner
Tanner, Franklin, Tanner, Franklin, Tanner, Franklin (Mrs., Polly C.), Tanner, Polly C. (Mrs. Franklin Tanner), Philo, Philo, Philo, Isaac, Isaac, Bumps, John, Barnard, Leroy, Tanner, Franklin (Mrs., Polly C.), Tanner, Polly C. (Mrs. Franklin Tanner), Tanner, Franklin, Acley (Miss.), Harris, Andrew, Taylor (Mrs.), Welch, Henry
Letter written by Henry Welch, corporal in the 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, from Camp near Kelly's Ford, Virginia, on August 3, 1863, to his mother, Phebe Welch (Mrs. Luther Welch), of North Hebron, New York: a machine readable transcription
Date created: August 3, 1863, Date created: August 3, 1863
Kelly's Ford (Va.), Culpeper County (Va.), Virginia
Welch, Luther (Mrs., Phebe), Welch, Phebe (Mrs. Luther Welch), Baker, Abel, Philo, Welch, Henry
Letter written by Henry Welch, corporal in the 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, from Nashville, Tennessee, April 13, 1865, to his father, Luther Welch of North Hebron, New York: a machine readable transcription
Nashville (Tenn.), Davidson (Tenn.), Tennessee
Welch, Luther, Welch, Luther, Welch, Luther (Mrs., Phebe), Truman, Philo, Lee, Robert E. (General), Welch, Henry
Letter written by Henry Welch, corporal in the 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, from Camp near Staffords court house, Virginia, February 7, 1863 to his uncle and aunt, Franklin and Polly C. Tanner: a machine readable transcription
Date created: February 7, 1863, Date created: February 7, 1863
Stafford (Va.), Virginia
Tanner, Franklin, Tanner, Franklin, Tanner, Franklin (Mrs., Polly C.), Tanner, Polly C. (Mrs. Franklin Tanner), Adams, Sam, Welch, Luther, Tanner, Franklin, Welch, Henry, Warnner, Billy, Warnner, Ed, Woods, Alba
Letter written by Henry Welch, corporal in the 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, from Camp near Stafford Courthouse, Virginia, on February 23, 1863, to his uncle and aunt, Franklin and Polly Tanner of South Granville, New York: a machine readable transcription
Date created: February 23, 1863, Date created: February 23, 1863
Tanner, Franklin, Tanner, Franklin, Tanner, Franklin (Mrs., Polly C.), Tanner, Polly C. (Mrs. Franklin Tanner), Tanner, Franklin, Isaac, Tanner, Franklin, Welch, Henry
Letter written by Henry Welch, corporal in the 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, to his uncle and aunt from Bridgeport, Alabama, October 29, 1863
Date created: October 29, 1863, Date created: October 29, 1863
Bridgeport (Ala.), Jackson County (Ala.), Alabama
Tanner, Franklin, Tanner, Franklin, Tanner, Franklin (Mrs., Polly C.), Tanner, Polly C. (Mrs. Franklin Tanner), Bragg, Braxton (General), Bragg, Braxton (General), Grant, Ulysses S. (General), Pemberton, John C. (General), Tanner, Franklin, Dowd, Horace, Donahue, Mike, Harris, Andrew, Harris, Andrew, Louisa, Tanner, Franklin (Mrs., Polly C.), Tanner, Polly C. (Mrs. Franklin Tanner), Welch, Luther (Mrs., Phebe), Tanner, Franklin, Gilmore, Welch, Henry
Letter written by Henry Welch, corporal in the 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, from Camp near Kelly's Ford, Virginia, August 16, 1863, to his uncle and aunt, Franklin and Polly C. Tanner, of South Granville, Washington County, New York: a machine readable transcription
Date created: August 16, 1863, Date created: August 16, 1863
Tanner, Franklin, Tanner, Franklin, Tanner, Franklin (Mrs., Polly C.), Tanner, Polly C. (Mrs. Franklin Tanner), Gillmore, Quincy Adams (General), Gillmore, Quincy Adams (General), Welch, Henry
Letter written by Henry Welch, corporal in the 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, from Camp near Kelly's Ford, Virginia, on August 27, 1863, to his father, Luther Welch, of North Hebron, New York: a machine readable transcription
Welch, Luther, Welch, Luther, Gilmore, Philo, Welch, Henry
Letter written by Henry Welch, corporal in the 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, to his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Welch, and his sisters and brother from Camp near Fairfax Station, Virginia, December 29, 1862: a machine readable transcription
Welch, Henry, Welch, Luther, Welch, Phebe
Date created: December 29, 1862, Date created: December 29, 1862
Letter writer: Henry Welch; Letter recipient: Luther Welch and Phebe Welch
Fairfax County (Va.), Virginia
Welch, Luther, Welch, Luther, Welch, Luther (Mrs., Phebe), Williams, Alpheus Starkey? (General), Philo, Smith, Smith, Stuart, James Ewell Brown (Major General), Welch, Henry
Letter written by Henry Welch, corporal in the 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, from Camp near Fairfax Station, Virginia, on December 24, 1862, to his uncle and aunt, Franklin and Polly Tanner, of South Granville, New York: a machine readable transcription
Tanner, Franklin, Tanner, Franklin, Tanner, Franklin (Mrs., Polly C.), Tanner, Polly C. (Mrs. Franklin Tanner), Cory (Lieutenant), Hewitt, Smith, Welch, Henry
Letter written by Henry Welch, corporal in the 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, to his uncle and aunt from Camp on the Rappahannock Shore, Virginia, August 2, 1863: a machine readable transcription
Rappahannock (Va.), Virginia
Tanner, Franklin, Tanner, Franklin, Tanner, Franklin (Mrs., Polly C.), Tanner, Polly C. (Mrs. Franklin Tanner), Horace, Francis, Tanner, Franklin (Mrs., Polly C.), Tanner, Polly C. (Mrs. Franklin Tanner), Osborne, Craude, Norten (Colonel), Tanner, Franklin, Welch, Henry
Letter written by Henry Welch, corporal in the 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, to his uncle and aunt from Near Chattahoochee River, Georgia, July 11, 1864
Chattahoochee River (Ga.), Georgia
Tanner, Franklin, Tanner, Franklin, Tanner, Franklin (Mrs., Polly C.), Tanner, Polly C. (Mrs. Franklin Tanner), Welch, Luther, Welch, Luther (Mrs., Phebe), Welch, Phebe (Mrs. Luther Welch), Welch, John, Welch, Henry
Letter written by Henry Welch, corporal in the 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, from Camp near the Rapidan River, Virginia, on September 22, 1863, to his father, Luther Welch, of New Hebron, New York: a machine readable transcription
Date created: September 22, 1863, Date created: September 22, 1863
Rapidan River (Va.), Virginia
Welch, Luther, Welch, Luther, Philo, Welch, John, Welch, Henry
Letter written by Henry Welch, corporal in the 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, to his mother from Camp near Kelly's Ford, Virginia, September 10, 1863: a machine readable transcription
Welch, Luther, Welch, Luther, Welch, Luther, Osborne, George, Lane, Osborne, George, Wiley, Welch, Henry
Letter written by Henry Welch, corporal in the 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, from Near Chattahoochee River, Georgia, on July 6, 1864, to his father, Luther Welch, of North Hebron, New York: a machine readable transcription
Welch, Luther, Welch, Luther, Philo, Durham, Richard, Welch, Luther, Seeley, Daniel, Rogers, James C. (Colonel), Welch, Luther (Mrs., Phebe), Welch, Phebe (Mrs. Luther Welch), Welch, John, Welch, Henry
Letter written by Henry Welch, corporal in the 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company K, to his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Welch, sisters, and brother from Camp near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, November 16, 1862: a machine readable transcription
Date created: November 16, 1862, Date created: November 16, 1862
Harpers Ferry (W.Va.), Jefferson County (W.Va.), West Virginia
Welch, Luther, Welch, Luther, Welch, Luther (Mrs., Phebe), Welch, Luther, David, Barnard, Tooley, Horace, Dowd, Welch, David, Barnard, Tooley, Dowd, Jackson, Stonewall (General), Burnside, Ambrose Everett (General), McClellan, George Brinton (General), Burnside, Ambrose Everett (General), Sarah, Susan, Welch, Henry
Correspondence (41) + -
Welch, Henry (41) + -
Tanner, Franklin (20) + -
Welch, Luther (15) + -
Welch, Phebe (7) + -
Welch, John (1) + -
New York (State), History, Civil War, 1861-1865 (41) + -
Soldiers, New York (State) -- Correspondence (41) + -
United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 123rd (1862-1865) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 (41) + -
Virginia (16) + -
Tennessee (14) + -
Nashville (Tenn.) (7) + -
Culpeper County (Va.) (6) + -
Davidson (Tenn.) (6) + -
Kelly's Ford (Va.) (6) + -
Elk River (Tenn.) (5) + -
Stafford (Va.) (4) + -
Fairfax County (Va.) (3) + -
Georgia (3) + -
Maryland (3) + -
Chattahoochee River (Ga.) (2) + -
Alabama (1) + -
Bridgeport (Ala.) (1) + -
Chattanooga (Tenn.) (1) + -
Cobb County (Ga.) (1) + -
Davidson County (Tenn.) (1) + -
Forest Mills (Tenn.) (1) + -
Hamilton County (Tenn.) (1) + -
Harpers Ferry (W.Va.) (1) + -
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Once you put a bobby pin in your hair it's lost forever.
1. You can't just brush your hair when it's dry without it tripling in size.
2. You can't use a brush without it breaking.
3. And you can't use hair clips without them disintegrating.
4. For some reason you also can't have bobbles that stay intact.
5. You can't lose a few strands of hair like a normal person, instead you moult a ridiculous amount.
6. You can't get a cute pixie cut.
7. And dying your hair can't just be a one person job.
8. You can't have these cute romantic moments.
9. You can't quickly wash your hair on a whim, it's a real process.
10. And you can't wash your hair before you go out because it takes a whole day to dry.
11. You can't just use a little bit of conditioner, you have to use half the bottle.
12. And you shed so much in the shower that your walls can't stay clean.
13. You can't use bobby pins and expect to see them again.
14. Your hair can't deal with humidity and you become a lioness whenever you're on holiday.
15. You can't just not cry when someone else brushes your hair.
16. Your hair can't just stay as you styled it.
17. You can't just casually put your hair up.
18. And your buns can't be cute a petite, they must be huge.
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This case can be divided into two halves. The first half is where the informant talks about family secrets, why it is a topic for her, and how she was frustrated upon discovering some of her family's own secrets. It is here that the listener learns a lot about how family secrets negatively impact future generations.
In the the second half, the informant goes inward and checks herself about her capacity, or not, to disclose some of her own secrets for her children and their future children and grandchildren.
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Architecture creates wealth, not for many architects it seems, but certainly for the property sector. Buildings crystallise property assets, with their location and quality determining value. Half of all fixed capital formation annually is in buildings and it is written down only slowly compared to plant and machinery. The end result is a national capital base which is predominantly in the built environment.
The Office of National Statistics recently quoted the capital base as £5,000 billion, about five times the current GDP (£1,043 billion in 2002). Of that amount, over half is in our beloved houses, at £2,744 billion; all other buildings are worth £565 billion with infrastructure at a similar level. That's a total of 77% in built environment and only 23% in plant and machinery.
Historically the property industry invests in the private sector's non-residential stock and creates assets we buy to fund our pensions. Performance has been good and safer than equities over time. We hold most of our housing property assets directly, purchased from housebuilder developers. Now public buildings and infrastructure are entering the world of property through PFI. Securities backed by the income streams of hospitals, schools and roads will soon be in the market.
It has been a specialised business to invest in property up to now, limiting the accessibility of this type of asset other than in housing. This month however the chancellor is expected to approve the launch of a UK equivalent to the US tax-transparent Real Estate Investment Trust or REIT. This creates a far more liquid form of property investment. REITs in the US have attracted massive funds into property and in an equity-wary Britain this could happen too. The funds available to build both public and private facilities will swell, meeting financial demand in more economic ways and allowing the state to pay for services and space delivered rather than to finance buildings itself.
There is some evidence that it is wiser for companies to use commercially developed space than to build for themselves. The British Property Federation reckons that UK companies spend £18 billion more than they need to each year through undermanaging corporate real estate.
Architects have always valued the owner-occupier client, knowing that they usually require more interesting, higher quality buildings. However, developers will only build once they have a pre-let and that letting allows the tenant to modify the base building to suit their needs better. The developer's architects and the tenant's architect collaborate to get a result for both their clients.
So property can only increase as our customer in the years ahead. The emphasis may change, with offices in decline and public buildings in the ascendant. The property company may change a lot. But there is a wall of money coming and no shortage of good investments for it. It only remains for architects to develop ways to be paid for the value they add rather than only the costs they create for this trend to benefit the profession.


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SAFCA'S TECHNICAL REPORT: SOUTH AFRICA's EXQUISITE YOUNG TALENT ALIENATED BY FOREIGN COACHING
In a wake of the increasingly determined call for profound measures to resuscitate the development of South Africa's rich and unique football talent, the football coaches association (SAFCA) is faced with urgent and difficult challenges.
Constitutionally mandated, SAFCA has the crucial responsibility of disseminating technical and coaching knowledge and to update its national constituency with the latest relevant information. This process is being implemented through a series of workshops and technical meetings where local coaches also have the opportunity and responsibility to discuss about their own experiences, to emphasise critical needs or deficiencies and make suggestions.
As identified from countless coaches' inputs there is a long list of requirements and unsolved problems affecting the quality and effectiveness of coaching and training at ALL levels of talent development and competitive football. On these important challenges, SAFCA is still gathering information before compiling a fully comprehensive report.
However, the most disturbing and harmful predicament – as indicated by the vast majority of our coaches – is the conceptual and methodological confusion created by a multitude of contrasting technical influences which have indiscriminately altered coaching in South African football.
The sources of confusion and consequent inefficiency in the current application of coaching objectives and methods have been identified as the following:
Ø The absence of a national football identity – what kind of football is best for South Africa (National Football Playing Philosophy);
Ø Irrelevant and incomplete coaching syllabus – particularly the contrast and discrepancy between mentalities and concepts provided by knowledge/practice copied from the German, Dutch, English and Portuguese schools of coaching;
Ø Erroneous and irrelevant youth coaching content – the YDF manual (a German version of social youth football) that has been used as the syllabus for the SAFA D Licensing courses despite the fact that its content is NOT recognized by the DFB for coaching licensing.
The ever essential observation made by experienced youth coaches indicating that SA talented black children – over 85% of local youth football - do not respond, adapt or progress optimally when exposed to most of the coaching and training solutions offered by foreign – mainly of European sources – must be viewed with great concern.
On the basis of scientific findings and recorded successful experience, it has to be accepted that the biological and cultural characteristics/profile of over 85% of talented black SA youth MUST be strictly considered when the coaching and training content is defined and applied. Some of such natural traits and predispositions that enhance local children's talent/abilities/limitations and potential to reach high level of competitive football refer to:
Ø Significant high level of coordination, agility, balance, timing, rhythm and movement diversity – to support a higher than average mobility and dynamic play;
Ø Faster maturation rate of loco-motor skills – capability to learn more complicated ball skills and related movement at the age of 6-7 years;
Ø Creativity and improvisation surpasses analytical and/or pre-conceived responses in play actions;
Ø Faster than average patellar reflex ('knee-jerk') – a decisive trait for superior dribbling, passing, scoring and foot-work;
Ø Dominant ACTN3 genotype – the 'speed/explosiveness' gene;
Ø A slighter body profile and a larger lung capacity, which translates into greater endurance and quicker recovery;
Ø More energy producing enzymes in the muscles – capacity to sustain higher work rate;
Ø An apparent ability to process oxygen more efficiently, resulting in less susceptibility to fatigue and accelerated effort recovery (ref. Prof. Tim Noakes' research)
Ø Several cultural, social and environmental specific or unique characteristics.
The issue of culture in the context of a player's development and then at the level of high performance needs careful and renewed consideration.
Prof. Andrew M. Guest (Portland University) concludes that "Superficially, it is easy to assume that a sport like football is identical around the world. The rules, the playing field, the objectives, the number of players, the basic skills required for success, all seem to cross national and cultural boundaries.
When moving beyond the superficial, however, differences emerge.
When one plays, coaches, watches, or follows football played in diverse locations by distinct individuals it becomes clear that psychological meanings for sport change with context.
People feel different emotions according to the situation, they define success differently, they bring different expectations, and they are motivated differently.
Most research coheres around agreement that personal meanings for sport performance depend on cultural context".
More evidence:
In his study, "The Cultural Dimensions of the Coaching Session", Kevin Sherry, reviewing his coaching experience in Japan, concluded that advanced Western coaching concepts and methods recommended to other cultures have little or no positive impact on the dynamic of training and match approach if the strengths and mentality of the players from those cultures are not recognized in the contents of the training session".
Confirmation and support of these important specifics that define SA players' nature and local environment have been, many times over, demonstrated in the work of many experienced local coaches but no attention was given to their recommendations even when success was evident.
It is imperative that determining biological, cultural and environmental characteristics of players have to be respected when the coaching syllabus for talent development and competitive football is defined and applied. It is even more so when primarily international standards of high performance are targeted. This leading principle applies in all successful football nations, unconditionally. On this understanding it is only normal that the highly complex profile of SA players would not be known thus considered in the syllabus or practical application of any foreign coaching culture 'imported' to this country. The most advanced and most successful technical expertise in the football world cannot answer the unique specificity of SA football. It is simply not possible!
Following the recent resolution of the SAFA Congress, SAFCA was requested to make a presentation on the National Football Philosophy at the SAFA workshop on 4-5 June, 2015. The information concerning all aspects of bio-cultural and environmental specificity that should govern football in this country as well as additional evidence was incorporated in the SAFCA presentation as a major contribution to the progress of local football.
The outcome of the workshop was highly significant as the findings and recommendations made by SAFCA Technical Group were unanimously endorsed and the process of implementation given the green light.
The realistic base of inputs and evidence led to agreement on proposals regarding the urgent updating or changing of coaching education syllabus, the introduction of talent discovery and development criteria and new effective solutions that can maximize local talent to achieve international success, e.g., 'Vision 2022', etc. The harmful effect of indiscriminately allowing contrasting foreign coaching mentalities and methods to downgrade SA's exceptional young talent was also strongly emphasised at the workshop and generally denounced.
A shock and disbelief wave emerged on 14 July, 2015 when Neil Tovey, the new Technical Director of SAFA officially announced that 'the Association is in a process of forming partnership with the KNVB to conduct D License Coaching Courses'. This surprising new turn is in total disregard and blatant contrast with the resolutions taken on 4-5 July, 2015 at the SAFA/SAFCA workshop that approved, among other requirements, a joint effort to review, change and adopt the coaching education syllabus according to the SA Football Philosophy.
In all recent meetings between SAFA and SAFCA - as the custodian of SA coaches and a recognized technical authority – the possibility of SAFA forming partnerships with foreign coaching education programs was never suggested. The fact that there was understanding and evidence against coaching knowledge and training solutions generated from incompatible foreign sources make the project of using KNVB' syllabus in the D License coaching courses, irrational.
On the part of the Technical Director it is not only his unacceptable disrespect for the agreement reached by SAFA and SAFCA on jointly addressing the challenge of implementing coaching education and talent development difficult challenges but also showing appalling technical ignorance.
Had the Technical Director consulted SAFCA's Technical Task Team would have discovered and learned incontestable facts that classify the Dutch coaching and training philosophy (KNVB) as content deficient, diversity confined thus irrelevant to SA talent development. This was concluded as far back as the early 90's.
In 1993 a year after SAFCA was established, a KNVB delegation of coaching experts came to SA to assess the possibility of a Dutch program of coaching assistance. Before the visit at the Sport School of Excellence they suggested that the KNVB youth coaching materials be reproduced and used in SA youth development. However, after evaluating the type of talent (they called 'natural identity' of children at the SSE, they fully agree with the school's technical team that the coaching and training philosophy applied in the development of young players was absolutely relevant and methodologically highly advanced.
Consequently, an application for sponsoring a SA Coaching Guide comprising the syllabus used at the SSE to be provided to SAFCA members at that time was made to the Royal Netherlands Embassy.
On February 15, 1993, recognizing the pressing need of developing a SA specific youth coaching syllabus, the Dutch Embassy approved a contribution of R14 800.00 for producing the Coaching Guide. The subsequent success of the SSE initial program – producing 46 high quality players for local and foreign professional clubs, youth and senior national teams, including the likes of Steven Pienaar, Old-John Mabizela, etc., was entirely based on the application of coaching/training as reflected by the unique specificity of SA players.
In 2011, after only 18 months of brain-centred, maximized specificity training – an advanced concept and methodology (a modern version of the 1993, SSE coaching syllabus) which was developed according to the Bio-Cultural profile of SA players was responsible for delivering a record of 28 players from the Sundowns elite youth program and PUK Tawana experiment. Six of those players have been selected at different stages in Bafana Bafana while the PSL clubs (14), NFD (12), and other foreign clubs and national teams also benefitted from the success of this SA own concept and methodology. In spite of neglect and isolation those few SA coaches who have been part of the two successful youth projects are still working and producing excellent results by employing a genuine SA coaching philosophy.
If the Technical Director would have shown any consideration for the factual evidence that proves the futility of South African football employing foreign coaching mentalities and solutions, in general, and the KNVB option, in particular, he, most probably, would have found the correct answer to coaching education in SA football.
Furthermore, those who analysed the input made in recent times by the Dutch coaching philosophy in SA, the continent and in international competitions have informed SAFCA of the following:
Ø The involvement of Johann Cruyff Institute – the top of Dutch youth development philosophy – in the Academy of a local professional club at a cost of over R 50 million led to failure as no player of international standard was produced during a three years period of Dutch adopted coaching solutions;
Ø Most recently, SAFCA'S Head of Technical Simon Ngomane, was debating the issue of SA players' biological traits with Vera Pauw the Dutch SA Women national team coach in 'Soccer Zone' on SABC TV show when it was obvious that Vera Pauw wasn't aware of key characteristics of SA players or coaching adaptations to such particularities;
Ø To date, no African players have been produced by Dutch youth philosophy at the level of top African international youth, club and national teams competitions;
Ø Apparently due to less ball skill diversity, confined tactical/positional game approach and insufficient play creativity; the current Dutch concept of a player's development has led to unimpressive international performance of Dutch national youth and senior teams;
Ø The superiority of talent development programs in Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Belgium, Germany, France, etc., has significantly surpassed the quality of young players produce by the conventional Dutch youth coaching.
On this background and evidence, the SA Football Coaches Association remains firmly committed to the implementation of SA football philosophy. This can only become successful if its two pillars - the coaching education and consequently talent development concepts – are governed by the scientific principles of complete and uncompromising recognition of all attributes and limitations reflected in the biological and cultural profile of local talent and the environmental factors and conditions.
The policy, objectives and mandate of SAFCA impose a determined stand for continuously promoting and protecting the rare values and high performance potential of South African football. The imposition of any contrasting foreign coaching or irrelevant technical ideologies will be exposed and decisively opposed. Any international developments or trends that can enhance performance in SA football without altering the unique nature of players and the foundation of nation's playing philosophy will be supported and promoted by SAFCA.
The Technical Director is very new in the job, it is very concerning that such a major technical decision is taken with so much haste, based on the above facts regarding KNVB coaching programmes, SAFCA will be interested in evaluating a Due Diligence Technical Report that informed this decision.
On 16 July 2015 the Department of Sport and Recreation and SASCOC convened workshop with Federations and Coaching Commissions/ Associations. Our understanding is that the National Department of Sport and Recreation through SASCOC is embarking on the completion of the process towards strict policy/regulations, that is, to review the Legislation relating to coaching by 2016.
SAFCA was also part of the workshop procedures and WILL give unreserved support for the enforcement of the proposed Legislation.
The critical and vital role of SAFCA in addressing this challenge of national importance should not be overlooked, undermined or treated with hostility, never!

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Q: When to call pipe from the controller when there's a change on the input values? I have a table filled out with data like this :

          {{row.date| date:'MM/dd/yy'}}
          {{row.Color}}
          {{row.Name}}

And I have a pipe that filters based on color and date:
  transform(value: any, color: any, currentData: any):any{
      if(color)
            value=value.filter(item=>item.Color==color));
      filter by date
   return value
  }

What I want to do, is invoke the pipe from the controller instead of the html, because I need the to have a variable that will hold the filtered data. Because I need to export the filtered data in csv format. In the controller I have a function that does that : this.allData.forEach((row: MyData) => { csvContent += MyData.toCsv(row) + "\r\n"; });
So in the component ts I was thinking,after importing it to initalize it like this :
    let filterPipe=new FilterPipe();
    this.filteredData=filterPipe.transform(this.allData,this.color,this.currentDate)

And then on the html to have :

But as i have it, whenever color is chosen ( it's a dropdown value from a ngModel) or currentDate, it invokes the pipe.
Where do I call the pipe in the controller, so that it gets invoked the same way ?
except that I really need to have access to the filteredData so that I can export it later on.
Or if there's a way to bind the filtered data after it's returned, to the controller so that I have that as an object in the controller for exporting.
Any guidance is appreciated!
Edit:
Initially I want to have a default filter, that filters data where date=now.
That data will be sliced 10 and added more in scrolling as needed.
Then user can choose to filter based on a color and change the date.
So if I have a function
filterByDate(date:any){
this.filteredData=this.allData.filter... where date=date
}

filterByColor(color:string)
{
this.filteredData=this.allData.filter where color=color;
}

and I bind the ngModel of the dropdown and the input field of both.
How do I manage it without breaking the flow that i had?
How do I make it that what's returned on ngOnInit is first filtered for todays date, then displayed?
When I had it on the html, on the pipe function I had an if(startDate empty) then default filter for moment(). Else filter for startDate.

A: Since Pipes are purely presentational and can not mutate their data source, I would suggest filtering entirely in the Component.
First, implement your filtering function in the Component, like
filterList(color: string) {
  this.filteredData = this.allData.filter(item => item.Color === color);
}

Not forgetting that when you make your service call to get allData the first time, you also set filteredData to the full list.
Then, just bind your filter function to an (ngModelChange) event of your filter dropdown (something like (ngModelChange)="filterList($event.target.value)") so that when you change the drop-down it will run your filter.
Then just always display the filtered data:
 and change detection will update the list for you when filteredData changes.
EDIT
Since you need to show only 10 rows of data, you could write a second utility function, store the cursor position, slice and return the desired window:
cursor: number = 0;

function onScroll(down: boolean) {
  // Slice your array
  this.windowData = this.filteredData.slice(this.cursor,
    down ? this.cursor + 10 : this.cursor - 10);

  // Update the cursor to your new position
  this.cursor = down ? this.cursor + 10 : this.cursor - 10;
}

And instead show windowData in your *ngFor, also remembering to set the first windowData on load.

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Greetings, Groove-ophiles! In the early 1970s, the great Nick Cardy became DC's go-to cover artist in much the same manner as Gil Kane had done over at Marvel. This meant DC had some awesomely classy covers populating the spinner-racks of the day. Some of Young Groove's faves came during a long run on Justice League of America from the end of the twenty-five cent/fifty-two page era to the 100 page/sixty cent era; issues 99-104 and 106-109 (March 1972-October 1973). Tons of heroes handled with grace and power. Yeah, Cardy rocked!
Thanx, Grand Comics Database for the scintillating scans!
p.s.I'm particularly fond of NO 107.
I haven't read the story.Is it as great as the cover promises?
Some of the best ever! Love the Cardy cover era! His work is the very definition of "elegance".
I have to admit that I never gave Nick Cardy the credit that he deserved in those days- I wanted all my DC covers to be by Neal Adams and no one else. But my admiration for his work has continued to grow over the years, especially for his Aquaman covers which are outstanding. The covers above are good, if nowhere near his best, and they're not helped by the heads running down the side - the covers at the bottom are much more effective, with the images given more room to breathe.
Cardy Rock is in the house... tonight?
Great covers,Great memories! I received JLA-# 107+ 108 for Xmas that year,along with dozens of other comics.I read & reread that 2-part JSA,JLA & Freedom Fighters crossover for years.The first intro of Golden Age Heroes for me !!


Do you remember MySpace? Ok – I know I'm a millennial dinosaur as I'm approaching my 30s but back in the day MySpace.com was LIT! Having a huge friend list was pretty much equivalent to having 10K+ Instagram followers today.
As we all know MySpace suddenly went away when the next generation of cool kids aka Facebook and Instagram came along. Now what if that happened to Instagram today? How would you get in touch with your friends or followers? Having your own email list is the answer.
Although IG may not be going away anytime soon it's not uncommon for someone to get hacked and have to start their following over from scratch. Who has time for that? So today I'm breaking it down in 4 easy steps on how to start an email list.
What is the main goal behind the list (build trust, provide info, sell products)?
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Getting clear on the who, what, and how will help you keep your goals and content in perspective as your list begins to grow.
Disclaimer I'm a little biased when it comes to list providers because I absolutely love ConvertKit! It was created for professional content creators and entrepreneurs with all the little niceties included.
The thing with ConvertKit is that it's simple and purposely lacking all the bells and whistles like customizable email templates and salesy-looking emails. The email templates are simple and look as if your friend was sending you an email.
You can create specific sign-up forms with opt-in freebies and content upgrades. Automatically add your subscribers to welcome sequences and sales funnels. Another pro is that no matter how many times a person signs up for a freebie they're only counted once as a subscriber.
The only con with ConvertKit is it doesn't have free version like Mailchimp, but it's just one of those things that are actually worth it. However, they do offer a free 14-day trial so that's plenty of time to test out all of the features without a full-on commitment.
Here's a sneak peek at the backend of my ConvertKit.
If you think someone is signing up to get your weekly sales letter (aka newsletter) as an incentive to join your list, then you're just clearly delusional sis. And I mean that in the nicest way possible!
Seriously, you have to create an irresistible offer that your target audience would love but also one that primes them for your paid products and services. Example your target audience may love a free meal planner printable but that makes zero sense if you're a copywriter that's trying to sell copywriting services.
Instead if you are a web designer like me you can create website planner that helps your target audience create a plan for their website which may lead them to booking a web design project.
I know my last example may not apply to everyone but you can check out another blog post of mine that gives you 10 lead magnet ideas plus a downloadable cheat sheet.
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Their parents may be deadly, but they're just so cute!
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Q: How can I asynchronously monitor a file in Perl? I am wondering if it is possible, and if so how, one could create a perl script that constantly monitors a file/db, and then call a subroutine to perform text processing if the file is changed. I'm pretty sure this would be possible using sockets, but this needs to be used for a webchat application on a site running on a shared host, and I'm not so sure sockets would be allowed on it.
The basic idea is:

*

*create a listener for a chat file/database

*when the file is updated with a new message, call a subroutine

*the called subroutine will send the new message back to the browser to be displayed

Thanks in advance.

A: Many operating systems run a service that allows applications to register a request to be notified when a file or path has been updated.  This is generally called a File Alteration Monitor.  See the linked wikipedia page for some systems available.  Recent linux systems use Inotify, previously Dnotify or gamin were used.  OS X uses FSEvents.  Windows has a similar system.  I don't know of any module or mechanism that works cross platform for all these systems, but there are specific modules available on CPAN, such as SGI::FAM and File::Tail::FAM.

A: I'd do this with a cron job and a Makefile that invoked a Perl script. The handy thing is that you get the Perl script's atime automatically as the timestamp to compare against, since the script's atime is updated when it is invoked.

A: use POE qw(Wheel::FollowTail);
POE::Session->create(
    inline_states => {
      _start => sub {
        $_[HEAP]{tailor} = POE::Wheel::FollowTail->new(
          Filename => "/var/log/thttpd.log",
          InputEvent => "got_log_line",
          ResetEvent => "got_log_rollover",
        );
      },
      got_log_line => sub {
        #print "Log: $_[ARG0]\n";
        parseline($_[ARG0]);
      },
      got_log_rollover => sub {
        #print "Log rolled over.\n";
      },
    }
  );

POE::Kernel->run();
exit;

#parseline()...etc.


The Masters is a tradition unlike any other. We've been hearing CBS say that for years during promotion of the telecast. It's true though. The Masters is steeped in tradition--from green jackets and azaleas to the fact that it's the only major that's played at the same course each year. I have a tradition of my own.
Before moving to Charlotte, I lived in Augusta, Ga. for three years. Augusta, of course, is home to the Augusta National Golf Club, which puts on the famed tournament each year. I never had the opportunity to attend the tournament or visit the very, very private beautiful course while I was living there. But I did pass it each day on my way to work (does that count?), and occasionally the gate would be open providing a glimpse into all of the mystique.
I never really cared to attend the Masters while living in Augusta, but I did become a golf fan during that time. It was largely because the magazine I was working for produced an annual tournament guide so I had no choice but to learn about birdies, bogeys, bunkers, and what up-and-down means (I also learned the names of more golfers than I'd ever care to know). It was great to be living in a city in which for one week out of the year, the entire sports world is watching. Tens of thousands of people visit Augusta during Masters week, including dozens of people from the press, celebrities, top CEOs, and, most importantly, the best golfers in the world. And for my generation, that's meant Tiger Woods.
So my annual tradition with the Masters has been to watch the Saturday and Sunday rounds combining one of my favorite pastimes: napping. Yep, there's nothing quite like lying on the couch, watching Tiger take the lead or try to make a comeback, as I doze in and out of consciousness. It's not that it's boring, it's just because golf is played at a very slow pace. And I like to nap lightly then be awaken by the cheers of some great shot. That's what I did when I was living only five minutes from where the tournament takes place. And that's what I do now.
Tiger didn't win today. Trevor Immelman did. Tiger finished second. And I'm sure that's what will be talked about a lot over the next few days, that Tiger finished second. Sorry Immelman, but no one knows who you are. Though you will now forever be known as a Masters champion. I'll be watching SportsCenter tonight to see you get your props. I'll be up late. I took a nap today.


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First they came for the saucy-sloganed panties…
August 22, 2013 April 25, 2018 Greyhawk GrognardUncategorizedConventions, RPG17 Comments on First they came for the saucy-sloganed panties…
Gen Con: The Best Four Days in Gaming! is dedicated to providing a harassment-free Event experience for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, or affiliation. We do not tolerate harassment of convention participants in any form. – GenCon No Harassment policy
No complaints here. Wait, is that
a whip in her hand?
No sooner do we hear a report of a victory against the PC Police in the Escapist Expo controversy, and now we have had an incident at GenCon, no less. (So much for the commenter in the previous post saying game conventions were mostly unaffected by this trend.)
In this case, it turns out that one of the vendors at GenCon, Belle & Blade, decided to add some women's panties to their usual stock of war movies. What do panties have to do with gaming? Beats the heck out of me, but then again vendors at conventions sell all sorts of things that to my mind have nothing to do with the theme of the convention itself. But sell them they did, and the panties bore slogans like "I could use a little sexual harassment" and "Get me drunk… and we'll see."
According to the vendor, "the response to them was overwhelmingly favorable even at GenCon." Okay. Takes all kinds. Just because it's not my cup of mead doesn't mean that I get to ban it, right?
Wrong. Naturally, someone, in the interests of protecting womynhood disagreed, and complained to the GenCon staff. Certain corners of Twitter went berserk, and certain blogs decided to complain as well (even going so far as to call it "rapey"). The offending garments were moved to a position inside the booth, where they were not visible to casual traffic. Eventually, however, someone still complained, and the according to vendor, after what was apparently a civil conversation with the complainer…
"…after the gentleman and I had discussed everything, I again asked him which ones really bother him, and he pointed out the two I mentioned above. I walked over, took both down and put them in a box. I then said, I am not required to do so, but you made an adult presentation and even though I do not agree, I will respect you feelings and remove those two. I believe we all must play nice." (from a private email, posted with permission)
Now, I am certainly not in favor of harassment, as I have stated clearly on previous occasions. No means no, and if you can't process that, you have no place being out and about in society, let alone in a fandom or gaming covention. Period.
Is she even wearing panties?
If so, do they have any slogans?
The question becomes, however, whether is it "harassment" or "advocating date rape" to sell women's clothing that implies sexual promiscuity on the part of the wearer? I would say it is not, because no one is forcing women to purchase or wear the slogans.
What this is, is another example of slut shaming by the forces of the feminist ultra-left. I remember a time when being a feminist meant being in favor of sex. You know, that whole "sexual revolution" of the 1960's? But now, sex has somehow been twisted into something bad, something that The Patriarchy inflicts on womyn to keep them oppressed. As Camille Paglia recently said in an interview at Salon.com:
"I am of course delighted that the fanatical puritan feminists of the anti-pornography crusade of the 1980s have been forced to eat dirt! Their arrogant success in pushing Playboy and Penthouse out of the convenience stores (a campaign where they allied with conservative Christian groups) evaporated when the Web went big in the '90s. … Their shameless partisanship eventually doomed those Stalinist feminists, who were trampled by the pro-sex feminist stampede of the early '90s (in which I am proud to have played a vocal role). That insurgency began in San Francisco in the mid-'80s and went national throughout the following decade. "
At least she is wearing a veil,
for the sake of modesty.
Alas, those puritan feminists have returned. Now we are to believe that it's "harassment" to sell something to a woman who wants to be flirty, or sexy, or even slutty. No one is forcing them to buy it, wear it, or agree with it. For those who don't want to, they certainly have the option not to. But that's not what this is about. This is about taking away the choice from women who do want to be flirty, or sexy, or, yes, slutty. Even at a gaming convention.
And because that choice bothers a certain Politically Correct segment of the population, they think no one else should make that choice, either. Ironic, isn't it, how today's "feminists" are now on the same side of the fence as the Pat Robertsons of the world?
The photos accompanying this article are from this year's GenCon, by the way. The very same place where this "incident" occurred.
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17 thoughts on "First they came for the saucy-sloganed panties…"
John Matthew Stater says:
It's all about power, and the modern key to power seems to be "I'm Offended".
Stephen Miller says:
Isn't the company in question the same company who sells t-shirts and hats with SS Panzer division logos and their "World Tour" dates? I am not even sure why that sort of thing would be allowed at any convention. While I can understand why some folks may be upset that a controversial article of clothing was banned, I would hope that those same people would see that not every piece of clothing needs to be available at a family-oriented convention.
The Degenerate Elite says:
Freedom of Speech means that you will sometimes get offended. It also means that both sides have a right to express their opinions and ideas, through words, text, or products.
To imply that an inanimate object can "harass" a person is moronic. There are thousands of equally stupid sloganed products out there, and probably plenty at GenCon.
As far as panties go, you can see the same sort of suggestive phrasing, but not exactly the same, on panties at Target. Hell, Target openly displays items that are damn near Lingerie (ie, not for normal day to day wear), and not utilitarian undergarments.
Erik Tenkar says:
Not for nothing, but Gareth should put his energy into finishing his nearly 2 years late Kickstarter before getting his panties in a bunch.
Hey, I made a funny 😉
TheShadowKnows says:
My local Target definitely DOES have lingerie on display. And I live in West Virginia.
Frankly, the sexually-themed panties sound a whole lot less offensive to me than the disgusting Nazi t-shirts and hats Stephen Miller mentions above. The panties are obviously jokes, albeit not especially funny ones. If a woman wants to buy and wear something so idiotic, I think that's her right.
Greyhawk Grognard says:
Youch, Erik. December 2011 is pretty far back in the rear-view mirror, isn't it?
Herb Nowell says:
I was thinking about going to GenCon, finally, next year.
Maybe I won't bother. I get enough of this bs in the work world and the news.
Now I can't even go to a gather of people pretending to be elves and not have to deal with it.
Better to just stay home. Yes, that gives the complainers want they want, ruining my fun (well, they don't want mine personally but that of anyone who might not be 100% like them) but if that makes them happy I can find some other hobby they haven't ruined yet?
@Stephen Miller: Given the number of bumper stickers (among other things) I see I consider offensive every day I have a hard time getting worked up about either.
That said, I agree about the family oriented convention or just a gaming oriented convention that was 18+. I'm not interested in going to GenCon to meet people and have sex. I'm interested in going to meet people and play games.
What happened to the idea of appropriate behavior/attire for a given venue. Oddly, the few groups that still seem to understand that are ones who, in their own venues, are pretty loose. The most concern I saw about some the really obnoxious tween Halloween costumes was on the old Boston Netgoth mailing list. That's a list of people who, when clubbing, considered four pieces of electrical tape, a tong, fishnets, and boots an appropriate outfit but still wore a coat over it going to and from the club.
Still, maybe I should join the Puritans and demand the people who display things offensive to me (who are often those very same Puritans) need to respect my right not to be offended.
Somehow, I doubt my being offended counts.
I should point out that the items themselves are not the harassers, but rather the vendor is (even if unwittingly). The items are the tools of harassment.
I think items like that, offensive as they are, should be allowed to be sold. However, placing them in a publicly visible place on the outside of the vendor stall was problematic, given the potential for offense. I do not think complainants had grounds for complaint once the items were moved to the inside of the booth.
Still, harassment, as a current legal principle, is as much about the perception of the harassee as the intent or perception of the harasser. Because the con and the exhibit hall, despite being restricted to attendees, are largely public spaces, there does have to be some accommodation to others.
This is one of those delicate issues that is hard to suss, and hard to have reasonable conversations about, because for many feelings run high. And feelings run high not because some people are offended, but rather because some people are actually intimidated. For someone who has been personally harassed, or sexually assaulted, or even raped, such things can be emotionally threatening and not simply offensive.
Kevin Weiser says:
Hey, I'm pretty sure I'm the gentleman who complained at the booth about the offending panties. I just wanted to step in and clarify a couple things.
First, the owner of the booth in the private email said: "I walked over, took both down and put them in a box. I then said, I am not required to do so, but you made an adult presentation and even though I do not agree, I will respect you feelings and remove those two."
This absolutely did not happen. He told me he WOULD remove the offending articles, but at no time during our conversation did he make any move away whatsoever. I don't know if he removed the clothes after the fact or not, but I can say for sure he did not remove them in my presence.
Second, I believe you are misunderstanding the complaint about the clothing. There were several pairs there that were very pro-sex. "Must be this long to ride" and other stuff like that. Those were not the problem. The problem with these two articles is they take consent out of the picture. The very definition of harassment is that it happens without the person's consent. Same with the drinking one. Alcohol removes consent. THAT is the problem. It's not about women liking sex. It's about trivializing the idea that consent is needed for sex.
These individual articles in and of themselves are indicative of just how seriously we as a culture take the problem of violence against women. No, they are not a direct cause, they are a symptom of our cultural apathy to the problem. I, for one, complained because I'm tired of jokes about consent being ok when upwards of 20% of women in the US are sexually assaulted in some way. I don't think it's something we should trivialize, so I asked for the articles to be removed.
Phil Broeders says:
If someone is daft enough to wear a pair of panties with a slogan on, then so be it. No-one holds a gun to their head to make them buy it.
alzrius says:
Kudos to Joe for this post, and the previous one on the subject. With "outrage towards anything that could conceivably be taken as offensive towards women" being the zeitgeist of the day, speaking out against that takes courage. Bravo, sir.
While there is something to be said for the idea that people in favor of sexual repression have simply migrated from far-right "enforcing morality" to far-left "protect the most-scandalized among us," I think there's a different explanation.
Feminism, unto itself, is (I think)a good thing. Being in favor of equality generally is.
The problem tends to come when making the shift from confronting sexist policies/actions to trying to root out the causes of sexism. That's when things tend to go off the rails.
The reason for this is, quite simply, that the causes of sexism are exceptionally difficult to definitively identify and/or virtually impossible to address by any sort of government action or societal convention.
Because of this, attempts to root out the causes of sexism tend to focus their efforts on passive elements (usually some sort of creative expression) that has (what they feel are) sexist elements, misidentifying them as causing sexist policies/actions, and then trying to remove/demonize them.
The real loss here is that even if they succeed, they're not addressing the underlying problem, making their efforts not only harmful to the people they're targeting, but ultimately futile with regard to the people they want to protect.
John Ardine says:
Slut shaming, harassment, puritanism, whatever side…how about just some common decency? Or is society beyond that?
There is no need for panties that say "How about some sexual harassment". I am all for free speech, but come on, that is just not in good taste. Yet, there is no need to get in a frenzy and ban them….if we just acted like civilized and respectful people we wouldn't have a problem.
I don't like puritanism nor do I like the whole sexual promiscuity in my face angle either.
I think we as humans should just behave civil, decent, and respectful.
Byteninja says:
And this is why I enjoy the Army. If something like those panties had been sold by AAFES or a vendor, they would taken down as offensive. No rhetoric or diatribes, just gone. Heck, the person saying take them down might even think their funny.
The flip side to that coin, is people like Gareth, have caused the Army to become so frigging PC, we have to spend several hours (almost a full work day) quarterly being trained on variety of topics that all boil down to common sense, respect, and have thick skin.
An aside: when I ran the slogans by my wife, her reaction was "Are you buying those for me?" with a big grin. When told no and why I asked, she said yeah, those are offensive, but she'd still wear them.
And that is exactly the point. What folks like Brandon and Kevin don't understand is that "I am offended" is not the same thing as "I am being harassed."
"Harassment" is only a club that gets used by folks who want to shut down speech or activities that offend them. Since they know they can't silence others by merely being offended, they reach for the only weapon they have, misapplied though it may be.
noisms says:
Nice post. I just wanted to weigh-in on the matter in some small part and say that this idea that there is a legal principle saying "harassment is defined by the victim" is almost certainly nonsense. I'm not an expert on US law but in English law the definition is what a "reasonable person" would consider to be harassment if possessed of all the facts, and I would be astonished if in US jurisdictions the definition was not effectively the same.
Since we're talking about Indiana, here's how the state law defines harassment (from http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/incode/35/45/10/35-45-10-2):
"As used in this chapter, "harassment" means conduct directed toward a victim that includes but is not limited to repeated or continuing impermissible contact that would cause a reasonable person to suffer emotional distress and that actually causes the victim to suffer emotional distress. Harassment does not include statutorily or constitutionally protected activity, such as lawful picketing pursuant to labor disputes or lawful employer-related activities pursuant to labor disputes."


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Port Vale boss Michael Brown says he is hopeful of completing a signing on Monday.
The Valiants are looking to build on today's 3-1 win at Crawley by further strengthening their squad well in advance of the transfer deadline at the end of the month. The club aren't commenting about the identity of their transfer targets but they are being linked with Leeds left back Tyler Denton. The 20 year old has just signed a new three year contract at Elland Road, with the Yorkshire media reporting that is in advance of a loan deal.
Brown said: "We are adding to the squad and hopefully will get another one by Monday which will help us as well. So we are getting a better squad, slowly but surely, and it is going to take time."
Meanwhile, Brown was understandably pleased with his team's performance as they kicked off their League Two campaign with a deserved victory.
Michael Tonge's deflected strike on nine minutes put the Valiants in front before Tonge supplied the free kick for Antony Kay to head them 2-0 up on 26 minutes. Enzio Boldewijn pulled a goal back on 53 minutes before the home side put Vale under sustained pressure.
But Vale defended solidly before substitute Dan Turner headed home the third eight minutes from time with his first goal in the Football League.