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You may have seen the guest blogger post from Shelly at Glam Natural Life…if you didn't click here! Well, I loved her hair and story, so I asked her to share it with my readers!
Share about your hair/style journey over the years and how it has evolved to the point you're at now.
I have always been a devoted Remi weave wearer. Going natural was not for me girl! Lol! However after my last extension removal I struggled with detangling the two textures. At the time I did not know much about 'transitioning' so I chopped after a month or two. The two textures were driving me mad along with me being a little anxious to know what my hair looked like. So, Aug 6th, 2011 I did the big chop. Having no memory of what my natural hair looked like, I was clearly unsure of what my expectations should be. All the permed hair was now gone, leaving just enough to barely twirl around my finger – a true TWA. I loved it. Yes, I looked like I was 12 years old but it was all good. Instantly I started adding up all the dollars I was saving. $70 for a perm and DC, $25 to wash every 2 weeks – it all adds up. More importantly my natural journey had begun and I was very ready and excited for the ride.
Ooooh and can I tell you the compliments were coming in from left and right, up and down. Lol! Yea I love attention; so you know I loved it. Lol! All fear and worry went away. My weaves never got that much compliments.
I experimented a lot with styles and product. When I had a TWA I just wore it as is. As it grew I started wearing Fro Hawks and then moved to twist outs. About a year ago I discovered the stretch that braid-outs gave my hair and now that is my signature hair style.
Do you have hair goals? What about a regimen?
Healthy hair is my optimal goal. I would love to have bra strap length hair then that's it!
My favorite hair product line is Shea Moisture. You just can't go wrong with it. It's organic and good to my hair and pocket. However I also love a few other brands that are a bit pricier.
As I continued on my natural hair journey I was fascinated with all that I was learning and started to make little notes on my iPad. Then one day I was like 'why don't I get a blog and write about my experiences?' Then I wondered if people would even read it. I knew nothing, but I created glamnaturallife.blogspot.com. After a month or two I saw that people actually look at it and it made me want to take it seriously. So, I bought the domain and www.glamnaturallife.com was born and the research addiction began. I decided to be here for girls who are natural, transitioning or thinking about going natural and need support in whatever way shape of form; and I still pride myself in that. My blog is not huge but one day it will get there. But if at least one person visits the site per day I am happy.
How do you manage it with your other priorities?
Girrrl, it's hard. I have a very demanding job as a Marketing Analyst and a man at home to cook for and I have to find time for myself and him. Lol! Trying to post at least once a week is every bloggers dream but it's hard sometimes. When I get home from work all I want to do really is jump in my bed and say 'don't wake me'. However if you want something really bad you have to work at it. I mean sometimes weeks will past and I don't get to write anything but I never stay away for too long. It's hard but nothing good don't come easy right? I try to write on my phone on the train and weekends I can find more time.


Today in African American history: Cassius Clay the champ!
Today in African American history: Muhammad Ali the champ!
On this date in 1964, the 22-year-old, Louisville, Ky.-born Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, became world heavyweight boxing champion by defeating Sonny Liston in a stunning upset. At the height of his athletic career Ali was well known for both his fighting ability and personal style. His most famous saying was "I am the greatest!" Ali is the only fighter to win the heavyweight fighting title three separate times – 1964, 1974, and 1978. He defended his title nine times.
Among the most recognized athletes of all time, Muhammad Ali was crowned "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated magazine, and "Sports Personality of the Century" by the BBC. He explained his boxing style in a phrase that has caught on and found use in many parallel situations: "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." He was known not only for his skills in the ring: He also triumphantly proclaimed transcendent values of religious freedom, racial justice, and principle over expedience.
The U.S. government declined to recognize him as a conscientious objector, however, because he declared that he would fight in a war if directed to do so by Allah or his messenger (Elijah Muhammad). He was arrested and found guilty by an all-white jury on draft evasion charges and stripped of his boxing title. He did not fight again for nearly four years, losing a time of peak performance in an athlete's career. But on appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned his conviction in 1971. As an objector to the war Ali became an icon for the antiwar movement and the counterculture generation of the 1960s and 70s.
Diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1984, Ali has been in gradually declining health ever since. Eager to seek out the company of a world-class athlete and hero to billions of people around the world, U.S. presidents invited him to the White House. On November 9, 2005, President George W. Bush presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Forcing a Positive Attitude Can Backfire
A new series of studies suggests ignoring negative emotions to remain optimistic may not be the best approach in the long run.
University of California, Berkeley researchers discovered embracing your darker moods can actually make you feel better as the pressure to feel upbeat can make you feel downbeat.
"We found that people who habitually accept their negative emotions experience fewer negative emotions, which adds up to better psychological health," said study senior author Iris Mauss, an associate professor of psychology.
Researchers are unsure why accepting joyless emotions helps to defuse the mood.
"Maybe if you have an accepting attitude toward negative emotions, you're not giving them as much attention," Mauss said. "And perhaps, if you're constantly judging your emotions, the negativity can pile up."
Researchers tested the link between emotional acceptance and psychological health in more than 1,300 adults in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Denver, Co., metropolitan area.
The results, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, suggest that people who commonly resist acknowledging their darkest emotions, or judge them harshly, can end up feeling more psychologically stressed.
By contrast, those who generally allow such bleak feelings as sadness, disappointment, and resentment to run their course reported fewer mood disorder symptoms than those who critique them or push them away, even after six months.
"It turns out that how we approach our own negative emotional reactions is really important for our overall well-being," said study lead author Brett Ford, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. "People who accept these emotions without judging or trying to change them are able to cope with their stress more successfully."
Three separate studies were conducted on various groups both in the lab and online, and factored in age, gender, socio-economic status, and other demographic variables.
"It's easier to have an accepting attitude if you lead a pampered life, which is why we ruled out socio-economic status and major life stressors that could bias the results," Mauss said.
In the first study, more than 1,000 participants filled out surveys rating how strongly they agreed with such statements as "I tell myself I shouldn't be feeling the way that I'm feeling." Those who, as a rule, did not feel bad about feeling bad showed higher levels of well-being than their less accepting peers.
A second study, delivered in a laboratory setting to more than 150 participants challenged the participants to deliver a three-minute videotaped speech to a panel of judges. The speech was designed as part of a mock job application, and a way in which to showcase their communication skills and other relevant qualifications. They were given two minutes to prepare.
After completing the task, participants rated their emotions about the ordeal. As expected, the group that typically avoids negative feelings reported more distress than their more accepting peers.
In the final study, more than 200 people completed a journal on their most taxing experiences over a two-week period. When surveyed about their psychological health six months later, the diarists who typically avoided negative emotions reported more mood disorder symptoms than their nonjudgmental peers.
Researchers plan to expand the study by reviewing the influence of such factors as culture and upbringing to better understand why some people are more accepting of emotional ups and downs than others.
"By asking parents about their attitudes about their children's emotions, we may be able to predict how their children feel about their emotions, and how that might affect their children's mental health," Mauss said.
Source: University of California, Berkeley
Nauert PhD, R. (2018). Forcing a Positive Attitude Can Backfire. Psych Central. Retrieved on January 23, 2020, from https://psychcentral.com/news/2017/08/11/forcing-a-positive-attitude-can-backfire/124520.html
Last updated: 8 Aug 2018 (Originally: 11 Aug 2017)

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'Have sex, make babies': Russian MP tells nation to welcome foreign fans
Comments come after another MP warned Russian women against sex with fans, especially those 'of a different race'
Shaun Walker in Moscow
Thu 14 Jun 2018 10.57 EDT Last modified on Thu 14 Jun 2018 11.20 EDT
Fans kissing outside Luzhniki Stadium ahead of the first match of the World Cup. Photograph: Denis Tyrin/TASS
A Russian MP has encouraged Russians to have sex with visiting foreign football fans, a day after Russian authorities were embarrassed when one of his fellow parliamentarians warned against World Cup sexual liaisons.
"The more love stories we have connected to the World Cup, the more people from different countries fall in love, the more children are born, the better," MP Mikhail Degtyaryov said on Thursday, Tass reported.
"Many years from now these children will remember that their parents' love story began during the World Cup in Russia in 2018."
His comments come after MP Tamara Pletnyova, head of the Russian parliament's committee for families, women and children, said on Wednesday that Russians should avoid sexual relations with foreigners, particularly if they were "of a different race".
"We must give birth to our own children. These [mixed-race] kids suffer and have suffered since Soviet times," Pletnyova told Govorit Moskva radio station.
She was responding to a question about children born after relationships between Russian women and men from Africa, Latin America or Asia formed during the Moscow Olympics in 1980.
"It's one thing if they're of the same race but quite another if they're of a different race. I'm not a nationalist, but nevertheless I know that children suffer," she said.
The comments are an embarrassment for Russian authorities, who are trying to present a welcoming and tolerant face to the world as hundreds of thousands of fans descend on the country for the tournament.
President Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, distanced the Kremlin from the comments on Thursday. "As for our Russian women, they will make their own judgment," he said. "They are the best women in the world."
Piara Powar, the head of Fare, an anti-discrimination and social inclusion network, said Pletnyova's comments were an example of an "arrogant clumsiness" among Russian officials on matters of race and discrimination. Powar said the World Cup could be an opportunity for Russia to become more open to the world.
The Russian Football Union's anti-racism inspector, Alexei Smertin, refused to comment on Pletnyova's comments, simply saying "No, no, no" and walking away when asked.
Smertin, a former player for Chelsea and the Russian national side, was present at the opening of Diversity House, an initiative by Fare to promote diversity in football.
"Fans who come here once come back again because they know there is no trouble," said Smertin.
Thousands of fans from across the globe have already arrived in Moscow, chanting and singing in national colours in the city's central squares ahead of the opening ceremony and first game between Russia and Saudi Arabia. So far the atmosphere has been positive, with no violent incidents reported.
Earlier on Thursday, the British rights campaigner Peter Tatchell was detained by police after launching a one-man protest outside Red Square. Tatchell, who was beaten up at a gay pride event in Moscow in 2007, held a placard saying "Putin fails to act against Chechnya torture of gay people."
He was approached by police, who escorted him to a nearby police car and said he was being taken to the nearest police station.
"I'm here to protest against the persecution of LGBT people in Russia and also to protest against Fifa for awarding the World Cup to rights abusing countries like Russia and Qatar," said Tatchell.


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I'm fighting insomnia by plugging away at an old GameBoy Advance cartridge—some Minish Cap Zelda game where you can shrink down to like 5 pixels. It's reminiscent of the 16 bit Nintendo classic, with some different moves and lots of running around.
And even though there is only one screen of action – I don't see how these games are playable without guides. I pine for simple games.
So I pretty much do the running around, get stuck, search through a PDF walkthrough, and I (as Tim Gunn would say) carry on.
Tomorrow I have to get up early for my six month appointment with the oncologist. We'll do blood work and then, hopefully, I'll go on my merry way. Like anytime, it's the waiting beforehand that makes having a little diversion like a handheld game all the better.
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Kevin Finlayson says:
Hey Chris
Yeah, I'm embarassed to say it but I resorted to guides with the wind waker. I just got bored of not even being able to comprehend the puzzles. Did you ever finish it?
I use Animal Crossing DS to battle insomnia, although lately it seems to be causing it (hunting the coelcanth).
chris glass says:
I've no idea where I am in the scheme of things Kevin, but I do have three elements out of four, and I'm on page 31 out of 44 in the guidebook.
If I make it to the end of this game, it would mark the first Zelda game I've completed.
Chances are slim, but I'm keeping hopeful. Having it on the go makes a big difference. The "sleep" feature is nice too.
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Jenson takes handicap down in preparation for first race of the Grand Prix
News March 2013
The first race of the Grand Prix takes place on 17th March for runners in Great Britain but there's one runbritain handicap scorer who can't make it because he will be competing in a different opening Grand Prix race in Australia on the same day.
That runner is Jenson Button, British Formula One (F1) driver, who has been driving his runbritain handicap score down during his pre-season training. On his own website he talks about enjoying his 'break' during the F1 off-season by 'relaxing' in Hawaii. What he doesn't say is that he actually ran a sub-3-hour marathon whilst he was there and since then he has run a sub-80 minute half marathon at the Semi Marathon de Cannes in between testing sessions in Barcelona!
Jenson went in on the runbritain handicap scoring system at an impressive 7.4 through his 2:58:34 time in the Honolulu Marathon. He then lowered it by a full 2 points to 5.4 in the half marathon in Cannes.
We wish him the very best of luck in Melbourne on 17th March and look forward to seeing how many runners we can get under his handicap score at the Mizuno Reading Half Marathon here in the UK on the same day!


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Are You Depressed or Just Toxic?
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In 2017 University of Oxford economist Max Rosen released a study on global living conditions. Rosen's research explored five key factors related to human well-being: poverty, literacy, health, freedom and education. His conclusions were surprising, at least to some. In every category, humanity is substantially better off than we ever have been.
So why, according to the World Health Organization, is the United States the most depressed country in the world, followed by Colombia, Ukraine, the Netherlands and France? And why did an international survey in which people were asked, 'All things considered, do you think the world is getting better or worse?' yield such dismal results, with just 10% of Swedes, 6% of Americans and 4% of Germans responding 'better'?
The reason may have less to do with our circumstances than our environment. From heavy metals and pesticides to phthalates and BPA, we are inundated with toxic chemicals even before we're born. "There isn't a person on this planet that can make an argument that they're not toxic," says Clayton Thomas, an industry expert in the toxicology field and one of the minds behind Vitality Detox Drops, a soluble zeolite solution for safely removing toxins. "Thirty percent of the mercury in a woman is passed on to her fetus. We're polluted from conception."
What does this have to do with depression? Take the case of mercury. It's one of the worst neurotoxins known to man, and also one of the most common. We're exposed to it through the water we drink, fish we eat, dental fillings, vaccines containing thimerosal or, as Thomas notes, the placenta when we're in utero.
Once mercury enters the body, it gets into the bloodstream and heads for the brain where it blocks binding sites and causes the degradation of neuroreceptors and motor neurons. "It not only blocks things, it starts to destroy them," says Thomas. Exposure to high levels of mercury creates changes in the central nervous system, resulting in irritability, fatigue, behavioral changes, tremors, headaches, hearing and cognitive loss, dysarthria (slurred speech) lack of coordination, hallucinations, and death.
Historically, the Mad Hatter character of Alice in Wonderland fame had its roots in an actual condition. Erethism mercurialis or 'Mad Hatter Syndrome' is a neurological disorder impacting the entire central nervous system as the result of mercury poisoning. Hatmakers who began using mercury during the felting process in the late 1700s were consistently exposed to high levels of the toxin, with tragic results. In the United States, mercury was still used in hat making until 1941 and mercury poisoning was common.
Most people in the modern world are not exposed to such high levels of mercury. However, even lower doses over time can interfere with the proper function of the central nervous system, creating symptoms that look and feel like the clinical definition of depression. Further, mercury is just one example; lead, arsenic, cadmium, and bromine are also commonly found in everyday products within our environment.
Given that, an understandable reaction may be a desire to detox the body. However, how you go about it matters, says Thomas. "What's most important when it comes to systemic detoxification are three simple terms: safe, simple, slow," he explains. "You cannot be aggressive about it. Older methods of detoxification would mobilize a lot of metals and then force your body to try to flush them out. Our bodies don't have the proper detoxification pathways to remove this stuff."
It's important to detox over time and in a passive manner that doesn't stress the body's elimination systems, he notes. That's why Vitality Detox Drops are so effective due to their structure, size and magnetic charge. "In zeolite, you have this very well-proven volcanic crystal that's been used for millennia to bind heavy metals and environmental toxins," says Thomas. "It's known to be this beautiful molecular sieve with a honey-combed, negatively charged cage structure that naturally will trap all of these toxins."
The process used to create Vitality Detox Drops renders the soluble zeolite particles even smaller, meaning they can permeate cellular membranes and in some cases cross the blood-brain barrier and bind any neurotoxins. Once bound, the particles are eliminated naturally through urine or sweat.
"It's a matter of taking off layers of these toxins," says Thomas. "Sometimes you'll see people have significant changes in days. For others, it takes a few weeks, and for some it takes a couple of months to really get through the process. It's just a matter of cleaning house."
He likens the process to clearing out the home of a hoarder, one with refrigerators and car parts littering the yard and junk everywhere. "If you start to remove some of the big stuff from the yard, it's going to make a huge difference," he says. "You have all this crap that you've accumulated, and it's stored in your house. We've got to clean that up."
'Cleaning house' through safely and slowly detoxifying over time will allow people to understand the difference between the effects of toxins and any underlying mental issue that exists. "You are not your label or your diagnosis," says Thomas. "You're polluted. There are environmental factors that are taking place in your body. If you can address that, then you have the ability to really start making some changes."
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Eight Oh Two Marketing is one of the fastest-growing digital marketing agencies in New England. This is an exciting time to be a part of the company as we grow into a nationally-recognized business with clients around the globe.
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2020 Mercedes-Benz GLB-Class First Look: Splitting the Segment
Slotted between GLA and GLC
We get it. When SUVs are popular, automakers respond by offering more SUVs. And brands like Mercedes-Benz, which has a big utility lineup, are starting to split up the segment in order to give the people what they want: more SUVs. But you gotta be smart—offering more of the same old utilitarian vehicles won't do the job, but positioning SUVs as different players will attract more buyers. That's exactly what's happening with the 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLB-Class, which will slot between the GLA and the GLC. It will offer a 5+2 cabin and is being positioned as a trail ranger.
The GLB's wheelbase is 111.4 inches, making it 5.1 inches longer than the GLA and 1.7 inches shorter than the GLC. With a spacious cabin, the new Mercedes SUV can comfortably seat five people; the second row reclines, and if you need more room in the cargo area, it also can slide forward. A third row with two seats is optional, but it's short on head- and legroom and can only fit young children. The second row splits in a 40/20/40 configuration, the third row 40/60. Mercedes says families can install up to four child seats in the rear.
Design wise, the new GLB has a distinct look, with a boxier shape than its siblings. With short front and rear overhangs, it looks adventurous, and the front underride guard and raised beltline give it a robust stance. Because it has been designed for younger families, the GLB is available with cool details like an orange surround on the rims and black mirror caps, depending on the version you choose. The taillights are borrowed from the GLE and GLS, and the GLB's D-pillar is upright to provide a bit more headroom for those seated in the third row. Mercedes says the GLB was designed with an off-road character in mind.
Enter the cabin, and the first thing you notice is the MBUX infotainment system. The instrument panel is all digital with modern graphics. The rest of the interior has plenty of character. Beefy horizontal door handles and big circular air vents provide a distinct, rugged look, while the aluminum trim on the air vents, door handles, dash, and other surfaces offers a touch of refinement. It's a different take from what we've seen in other Mercedes vehicles, and the interior varies depending on the trim you choose. We prefer the brown and black leather with red stitching over the all-black interior, as it provides a lively atmosphere. And once the sun sets, you'll also enjoy the ambient lighting, with colors you can program to suit your mood. The ambient lighting has been expanded around the air vents, giving the cabin a young vibe.
In terms of power, the 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLB 250 will carry the GLA's engine, but it's been updated to increase power, improve efficiency, and lower emissions. Coupled to an eight-speed dual-clutch automatic (instead of the GLA's seven-speed dual clutch), the 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine sends 221 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque to the front wheels, while Mercedes' 4Matic AWD system is available as an option. The German brand says that the GLB can get from 0 to 60 mph in 6.9 seconds, but we'll verify that once we get a chance to test it on our home turf. If you choose the 4Matic system, you'll get the Off-Road Engineering package as standard; according to Mercedes, this adapts the engine power delivery and ABS control for easy handling of off-road terrain. The package adds an animation on the infotainment screen indicating the incline angle and technical settings, and a downhill assist helps drivers down a steep trail by selecting a speed between 1 and 11 mph. The all-wheel-drive system provides different driving modes depending on conditions. Eco/Comfort sends 80 percent of the power to the front wheels, and Sport mode sends 30 percent to the rear axle. In Off-Road mode, the all-wheel-drive clutch acts as an interaxle diff lock, splitting the power delivery 50:50.
As you might expect, the new GLB is full of technology. With the new MBUX infotainment system, drivers and passengers can simply say "Hey, Mercedes" to control different parts of the vehicle—from changing the radio station to setting directions in the nav system. The GLB also has plenty of safety technologies. According to Mercedes, the radar and camera systems have been improved for a better experience with semi-autonomous driving. The active distance assist now uses maps and navigation data to adapt the speed before a corner, crossroad, or roundabout. Mercedes also says there's a new active steering assist and active lane change assist. If the GLB is equipped with active parking assist, it will have the capability of driving in stop and go traffic. We look forward to testing these features later in the year.
As the SUV segment continues to get hotter, Mercedes is playing the right cards by offering a new model that's boxier, younger, and more rugged. Although it's essentially splitting up the segment, the German brand wants to give customers different options to choose from. And the new GLB is being positioned for families who spend their weekdays in the city but like to venture into the wild on weekends.
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Please forgive this introduction for being a little broad, and the analysis for being correspondingly narrow. I think that this can be extended into other creative agendae, I'm just starting with Sim because I think it may be the most broadly misunderstood in this context.
So you have a game. Everyone is sitting around a table. They have their characters set, the world in mind, a system in hand, and all that good stuff. And you have a creative agenda -- let's say that we're playing Sim. By which I mean that each player's creative agenda is classified, by GNS, as Sim. Is this game functional at a creative agenda level? I don't think it necessarily is.
What? Creative agenda incoherency when everyone at the table is playing Sim? Yes. Exactly that.
Let's go down to an individual player level.
Adam is a hard-core "realist--" he thinks that the game engine is there to approximate a largely realistic virtual reality of the game world. He likes his magic explained in terms of high school science, and calculates falling damage with critical velocity charts from his physics textbook.
Betty is looking for a thrill. She works hard all day under an obnoxious boss and all she really wants to do is have a fantasy of being a powerful, effective person in a world where good and evil are clearly spelled out and she can bash the bad guys over the head.
Carol is an anime fan, and she likes all things to "feel like anime," so that means lots of suddenly appearing mallets, chibi scenes, and a sort of wacky slapstick invading even more serious scenes, as well as throwing around some entry-level Japanese.
Dan likes the concept of the role-playing game a virtual world -- he wants to explore all the nooks and crannies and just see what's out there. He gets a big kick out of continuity and interactivity with the world -- the most fun he has in the game is when the world is changed because His Guy was there, and he also loves running into old characters -- things that reinforce the unity of the shared imagined space.
Are these people going to play a functional game? No. And, I would argue, the dysfunction exists at a creative agenda -- they could all agree to play "Slayers" but would totally disagree on "how to play Slayers" and (more importantly) "why to play Slayers."
But all their creative agendae are classified, rightly, as Sim. So what's the deal?
It is my proposal that each creative agenda category contains subtypes which are also mutually dysfunctional with each other. I'm going to offer, by way of example, a brief explanation of a few Sim subtypes, based on what they describe. I would love any comment on either my initial premise (from here above) or my outlined structure, including whether such analysis is necessary, what ties into system it might have, etc. I think that the resolution on these examples might not be high enough -- ie there are probably subtypes on subtypes, but that's okay.
A) Virtuality
Virtuality is the quality of unity and robustness of the shared imagined space, manifest in both in John Kim's descriptions of RGFA Sim and in the structures of Universalis.
Virtuality is often assumed to be the priority of all Sim. It ain't.
B) Realism
Totally orthogonal to Virtuality, realist players prize a particular sort of emulation -- often of reality, but it also crops up with particular genres. For the player who prizes Realism, breaking "the laws" of the situation is the worst possible thing, and situations that reinforce those laws are the most ideal. The most extreme cases of this are the people who use bullet impact charts and talk about "their time in the army" where they learned the *real* penetrating power of an M16 or people who go on about how "anime" that action was.
This is the quality that Call of Cthulu and BESM ought to support in the system, but don't. This is the quality that, apparently, Living Steel has in spades.
Note that Realists don't get along with each other very well, unless they are all on the same page about "real."
Note also that there is a subtype of Realists, the Modellers, for whom the joy of building a mechanical model of a imaginary world eclipses the joy of actually playing in it, which exists as a sort of footnote. These players love system conversions, and often have one system (Hero or GURPs are the likely candidates) that they convert everything into. This is sort of an interesting proposition -- Modellers can get along with each other, just dreaming up worlds, but if actual play of any significant amount is taking place, they are already dysfunctional. Universalis and my own Cradle are modeller's dream systems.
C) Fantasy
This needs a better name, since it overlaps with the genre, but these are players who prize the game for the quality of the fantasy. A form of these players are often called "power-gamers" by the unpleasantly condescending, and certainly playing powerful characters is a common form of this. These people are essentially using the game to explore "what would it be like" where that is often, but not necessarily, "what would it be like to be cooler/stronger/meaner/sexier than I really am?"
I am actually tempted to call this an unrecognized form of Narrativism, and I think it is often misdiagnosed as Gamism. Thoughts?
D) Storytelling
These players are getting together to have a story told to them about their characters. (This form is so readily apparent to me that I don't know what to say about it.)
Thanks for reading. I'd be interested in any response -- particularly, does this phenomen exist in your experience? What implications does it have for the GNS classifications of creative agenda?
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Hey Ben.
I'd like to suggest something that'll bump a lot of these concerns, maybe all of them, out of the CA level.
Virtuality, realism (for which I prefer the word "fidelity," as in fidelity to source material be it the real world or what), fantasy (you mean "wish fulfillment," right?), storytelling - they're concerns that cross the three CAs. Saying that a game is "like anime," for instance, says nothing about whether its players address Premise.
For a while I've been thinking about something I'd call "technical approach," that is, approach to Techniques. It's the aesthetic or theory or philosophy by which you choose rules. ("You" either as gamer or as game designer: selecting a ruleset is a lot like building one.)
Think about your own distinction between Natural Law rules and Credibility rules. One technical approach might have a very strict "only Natural Law rules" standard, another might prefer Natural Law rules but be flexible about them, and another might not care about Natural Law rules at all. Each of those might similarly take a position relative to Director Stance, relative to Actor Stance, relative to anime-ness, relative to power levels, relative to how many dice to roll at a time ... and so on.
A technical approach is an agenda, in a big way, but it's not a Creative Agenda. It introduces design constraints (again, whether you're writing a game or setting one up to play) beyond the constraints of the CA. Like say I want a Narrativist game that's like anime: I have to choose rules that both support collaborative Premise-addressal and are like anime.
I don't think you've identified sub-CAs. I think you've identified some technical approaches.
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This is interesting stuff, and certainly resonates with my own feeling that problematic play is possible even when the creative agenda is shared among all participants. Of course, I never took the time to explore why this might be, so I am really grateful to you for trying to clarify what for me was always just a nagging suspicion. I think you have got some good stuff here.
Your initial example of various player preferences raises a few questions however. For example, might Carol's fondness for anime-style events introduce an incoherence into play that proceeds from lack of clarity or agreement about genre expectations rather than from differences within the shared Creative Agenda? If so, then I think you might need to revise the example so that you make it clear how the problem lies within differences within the CA and not differences that might arise from something that might have failed (or failed to have been clarified) at the Social Contract level.
My other question has to do with terminology. You first say that "incoherence" can emerge even when the CA is shared by the participants but then state that "dysfunction" can occur within a shared CA. I think here the terminology needs some precision. Not all dysfunction is a result of CA incoherence. Dysfunction can arise among players with a shared CA because of social contract/social space issues for example. So, I think you need to determine whether what you are tracking is best described as a type of dysfunction or a type of incoherence.
Further, does the presence of different subsets of Sim priorities among the various participants result in the emergence of incoherent play or does it result in disgruntled and dissatisfied players. In other words, what specifically emerges from these differences? I can imagine play where Adam's and Betty's priorities might converge at times and diverge at others and result in apparently coherent play and yet leave both of them dissatisfied at the end of the day because neither felt as though his or her priorities held sufficient sway during the game. To me this would suggest that subsets of the CA can result in dissatisfying but not incoherent play.
I think this is a very worthy undertaking and I hope you'll get lots of response to it. I agree that within Sim there is a range of player dispositions and desires. The real issue for me is whether the presence of these different dispositions results in play incoherence or simply player dissatisfaction.
Finally, any ideas about whether Narrativist and Gamist play include similar subsets of dispositions?
Ron Edwards
This thread is puzzling me a little, because I've always tried to make clear that each Creative Agenda includes dozens, if not more, "actual goals" of play. So my response to the observation that merely because everyone present has some kind of (for instance) Simulationist priority, they won't necessarily be happy playing with one another, to be ... obvious.
All three of my specialty-essays deal with diversity within the modes. You can see tremendous diversity among Gamist approaches and Narrativist approaches in each one - linked, yes, by a very fundamental "why we play" concept, but diverse in all sorts of ways: demand for effort, confrontation among people, authority over particular aspects of the system, and much more.
So that's why I'm puzzled - what I'm seeing here is a big "yes, that's right." If that's all, then that's great. It also strikes me that we've had many discussions here about this, always with the same conclusion.
Over the last year, with the help of many others, I've managed to put enough ideas together in what I'm calling the Big Model. Creative Agenda plays a special role in the model, but it's important to see that focusing one's (or several people's) Creative Agenda, during play, is fundamental. A group by definition must be using particular techniques, all the way down to fundamental stuff like "is there a GM" and "what is a GM." There is no such thing as playing "generally Narrativist," because the act of play automatically focuses it into a set of techniques - and by definition excludes a lot of others.
Ben, have you seen the three specialty essays, or taken a look at the new glossary? They might clarify the extensive diversity that is consistent (or historically associated) with each of the Creative Agendas.
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I'd just like to say that I agree with Ron. I've always understood it as a simple fact of the matter that there's much variety to the different CAs. On the contrary, I've never seen any claims anywhere that simply being in the same CA would automatically make the game coherent.
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I don't quite this thread. I thought that Simulationism was defined as prioritized exploration which could mean prioritization of the exploration of one or more of the five element s of roleplaying: color, character, setting, system, situation. That seems like a more logical place to begin with this to me.
As far as I'm concerned, yes, it's always been clear that there can be substantial disagreements within the same CA. IIRC Ron said so repeatedly. However, I'm not aware of any "solid" or "generally accepted" part of the theory which states what these within-CA differences might be. "Vanilla" and "pervy" come to mind, but I'm not sure of the current consensus on that distinction and the elements Jack mentioned might be relevant as well, though they don't seem mutually exclusive enough to me.
Perhaps someone with in-depth knowledge of the Big Model could summarise (a) the current status on divisions within the CAs (which is, what IMO Ben was getting at) and (b) how this relates to the concept of "incoherence" and the foundations of the CA concepts (in that CAs are partly defined through the fact, that at critical junctures people with different CAs will disagree on the "right" decision for no readily apparent reason. AFAIK this is what makes CAs special, because, again AFAIK, it's agreed that all roleplaying contains little g, n and s elements. If there is substantial potential for conflicts within-CAs, to a certain extent that IMO calls into question the special role of CAs.)
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Perhaps someone with in-depth knowledge of the Big Model could summarise (a) the current status on divisions within the CAs (which is, what IMO Ben was getting at) and (b) how this relates to the concept of "incoherence" and the foundations of the CA concepts (in that CAs are partly defined through the fact, that at critical junctures people with different CAs will disagree on the "right" decision for no readily apparent reason.
I'm not certain whether it's inappropriate to step forward and claim to be such a person, but I think I'll address this question.
It has always been agreed that there can be disagreement between players holding to the same creative agendum. I don't really see how that's problematic.
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If there is substantial potential for conflicts within-CAs, to a certain extent that IMO calls into question the special role of CAs.
However, a group could have problems over who pays for the pizza, or what toppings to have on it, and this clearly is a problem that could ruin the night without having anything to do with the creative agendum. Similarly, a major argument over whether the rules require the referee to roll non-player character reactions or just role play them as he feels fit the character would be a techniques argument. It might be founded in creative agendum, but it might merely be a problem that one player thinks it should be done one way and another doesn't like it done that way, as a technique. So you can have conflicts over things that are not directly related to the creative agendum that can ruin the game.
Similarly, if we take narrativism for an example, let's set a game in the antebellum southern United States. If one player wants to address the premise of whether having absolute power over the lives of other people necessarily corrupts the one with power by playing the slave owner and another wants the game to examine the morality of the abolitionist movement while yet a third wants to ignore the slavery issue entirely and consider whether states ought to have had the sort of sovereignty which the south claimed before the war--you could wind up with premises that did not easily work together, players trying to get spotlight time for their particular interests, conflict springing from the creative agendum precisely because players who want to address premise through their exploration want to address entirely different and incompatible premises.
Thus with simulationism, that we want to discover, to explore the dream itself, makes us simulationist in our approach to play; but if we want to explore different parts of the dream we can be on pages as different as the players one of whom wants to go into the dungeon to face monsters and find a hidden treasure and another of whom wants to go to the city and try to break into the homes of rich people and steal their belongings. We're both pursuing the same agendum, but we want to do different things with it.
As to incoherence versus dysfunction, a glance at the glossary tells me that incoherence is specifically about game situations in which conflicting agenda are promoted such that players may be encouraged to do things which are in some ways supported and in other ways opposed by the game. Dysfunction on the other hand only means that for some reason the game was not fun--even if that reason is because we had a fight about who pays for the pizza and George stormed off early in a huff over it. Dysfunction thus is entirely social in its application (even when it's disagreement over techniques), and incoherence relates directly to agenda.
I think there is a confusion of language regarding "divisions within the CAs". If we take it to mean that people of a specific creative agendum can be exploring different things in different ways, using various techniques and emphasizing the elements to different degrees, then that's correct, there is variation which divides players within each agendum into subcategories of preferences as to how they prefer to support their agendum. If we mean that there are different kinds of narrativism, simulationism, or gamism, inherently within the core concept, then I think we've gone astray. The definitions are broad.
That is, when we say that gamists are interested in the glory of winning, we recognize that some will like games that are intensely strategic or intensely tactical or both, in which pawn stance is normative and the contest is strongly between the referee and the players--and that others, equally gamist, would hate such a game. This is a disagreement within a creative agendum; but it's not really a subtype--it's the same agendum, expressed in combination with a different set of other issues. All gamists are interested in proving themselves. The differences between how they are proving themselves do not make different agenda, but different methods.
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It is my proposal that each creative agenda category contains subtypes which are also mutually dysfunctional with each other.
Which matches both what Ron & M.J. wrote. If we take "subtype" to mean "subdivision", it's canon gns. No problem.
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...regarding"divisions within the CAs". If we take it to mean that people of a specific creative agendum can be exploring different things in different ways, using various techniques and emphasizing the elements to different degrees, then that's correct, there is variation which divides players within each agendum into subcategories of preferences as to how they prefer to support their agendum.
Ben's describing trends he sees in styles of play that seem to fall under sim. Each of the folks he gives as an example has a social/aesthetic itch that needs scratching. This gives rise the variety of techniques & differing emphases on the elements of exp. that M.J. describes. I think the question here is, does the big model--and how we talk about it to date--adequately describe these trends. And if not, what are useful ways to talk about them, within or without gns et al?
Let's look at Ben's examples:
[*]Adam is a hard-core "realist--" he thinks that the game engine is there to approximate a largely realistic virtual reality of the game world. He likes his magic explained in terms of high school science, and calculates falling damage with critical velocity charts from his physics textbook. [/list:u]Sounds like purist for system, at least as described in the sim essay. I'm with Vincent that a person with these preferences is exhibiting a high desire for verisimilitude (specifically to real world physics). Okay, how's this: this player does have a high focus on system, with the specific aesthetic goal of "simulating reality" (which we all of course recognize as being a representation of "reality" that fits this person's notion of how things work).
[*]Betty is looking for a thrill. She works hard all day under an obnoxious boss and all she really wants to do is have a fantasy of being a powerful, effective person in a world where good and evil are clearly spelled out and she can bash the bad guys over the head. [/list:u]Social "agenda"--perhaps desire or preference would be better--of wish fulfillment. Plain and simple. How is this normally described using the big model? Is it?
[*]Carol is an anime fan, and she likes all things to "feel like anime," so that means lots of suddenly appearing mallets, chibi scenes, and a sort of wacky slapstick invading even more serious scenes, as well as throwing around some entry-level Japanese. [/list:u]High concept with an emphasis on color.
[*]Dan likes the concept of the role-playing game a virtual world -- he wants to explore all the nooks and crannies and just see what's out there. He gets a big kick out of continuity and interactivity with the world -- the most fun he has in the game is when the world is changed because His Guy was there, and he also loves running into old characters -- things that reinforce the unity of the shared imagined space. [/list:u]Exploration of character and setting, especially as they interact. A great deal of satisfaction arising from experience of sis internal continuity (aka Mike Holmes' "fidelity" see Beeg Horseshoe Revisited).
So, I'd say we mostly have terminology to describe them. It may be useful to do so. There is a lot of floaty, nebulous space right now between CA and actual play--the fact that a CA can only be observed over a long period of actual play and cannot be assumed based on techniques employed leaves us in a rather abstract state when we want to just talk about how people are playing. It makes identifying a CA somewhat like Zeno's paradox (well, it drives me batty anyway). We could use some ground on which to discuss the effect of using given techniques and how it may or may not fit with a given agenda. Remembering of course that no technique's absence or presence determines a CA. (whew)
Ron, didn't you call for more discussion of groups of techniques and how they interact with CA's? If so:
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A technical approach is an agenda, in a big way, but it's not a Creative Agenda. It introduces design constraints (again, whether you're writing a game or setting one up to play) beyond the constraints of the CA.
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What makes Lionfish special on my nw20, deep winter complexion, almost 42 yeard old brown eyes is that unlike your typical deep bronze or chocolate with gold shimmer, Lionfish has a burgundy tone to it (reddish brown / burgundy) that makes my eyes look 10 years younger. I have only recently discovered that burgundy shades work so well on my eyes after purchasing the MAC x9 Burgundy Palette. I had already had Lionfish and loved it but never made the distinction of this from similar type shades until I recently noticed that magical burgundy component. My eyes look younger & brighter. Even when my father came to visit me and had not seen me in my Lionfish (I was wearing a thinner dark liquid liner when he had last seen me 9 months ago at the holidays), he said "What did you do...you look 10 years younger?". Trust me there was no other change in life other than this liner from what he saw last time (if anything, I am heavier and more exhausted).
I have traditionally used Lionfish mostly in the summer. I like to do a thinner eye liner and more shadow in the cooler months. But I am begining to question that whole concpet now that I have noticed how sparkly this makes my brown eyes (that do verge on hazel). Will I buy again? Yes, over and over. I am on my third pencil.
Girls with brown eyes pay attention! This adds light to the eyes and brings out the golden flecks in your eyes. I have very dark brown eyes that read as black from a distance and so I have a hard time finding something that compliments the color of my eyes. Lionfish is a great eyeliner that is HG for me. It pushed me into an obsession with brown eyeliner but nothing has really done the same job. It's a warm medium brown on the slightly lighter end with apparent but elegant gold flecks. It's slightly coppery. I wear it as a solid liner which adds a slight sparkle and light to my eyes and I also love it smudged onto my whole lid as an eyeshadow. But my absolute favorite way to wear it is it to apply a thicker layer on my top lash line and my lower lash line and smudge the way up and way down before it sets. Not so far up that its an eyeshadow but enough to create a gradient effect for the next steps. Then I add another regular thickness layer on top and a thinner layer on the bottom and wait before it sets. This helps the concentration of sparkle stay close to the eye. I add a beige-y/pink-y crease. I add a dark and matte brown eyeliner sooooo very close to the lash line just to thicken the appearance of the lashes and finish off with lots of mascara and a good black tightline. This gives the most effortless bedroom eyes ever. It looks simultaneously undone, cool, and sultry. I feel like a total badass with this eyeliner on. I literally have bad people give me the thumbs up sign on the street and my friends die for the look. Lasts most of the day with primer and if it's fading it's not big deal bcus its easy to reapply. I love to couple it with slightly stronger but natural eyebrows and a really defined contour. I never buy the full price because Dermstore, skinstore, etc offer 20-30% deals regularly.
CON: Cap always breaks before it's done and this will dry out within hours.
This is seriously the best shimmery warm brown eyeliner on the planet. I was a MAC Teddy eye kohl user/ lover, but I hated how Teddy wouldn't last all day, and smear and smudge. Yet Teddy was the most beautiful, perfect bronzy brown, so I cut my losses and would carry it around to reapply throughout the day. Lionfish is an extremely similar warm shimmery (not sparkly or glittery) brown, only with a kickass long-lasting waterproof formula. Even though you can't sharpen these pencils, the drier texture makes it very easy to create thin or thick lines that last from AM to PM without touch ups. I'm definitely picking up Black Amethyst next!
I discovered this eye pencil from MUA and bought it because I wanted a long-wear dupe for MAC Teddy eye kohl, which smudges and fades on me not even an hour after application.
Stila Lionfish is a warm, red-toned bronze with tiny flecks of reddish sparkle, those these sparkles are not really noticeable on the eye.
It doesn't smudge on my upper eyelids, which are super oily, even after 16-17 hours of wear.
It also doesn't smudge on my lower outer corner of my eyes which are always watery, because I wear contacts.
It's one of those retractable twist-up pencils that don't need sharpening, so at first I was concerned that I wouldn't be able to get a thin line. I've since learned how to work with this, and can use this for precise eyeliner looks or smudge it out for a waterproof smoky look.
The only complaint I have is that you get a tiny amount of product. I've already run out of my first pencil after only a few months. I've since bought 2 more. I don't think I could live without this eyeliner, and will probably hoard a stockpile of it. Definite recommend!
Lionfish is very very similar in color to Oscar Fish in the same Smudgestick line. However, where Oscar Fish is a glittery dark brown, Lionfish is still glittery but the base color is very slightly more red-brown (but only very slightly, I could only tell the difference in bright sunlight). Staying power is fantastic, these liners are one of the best I have ever found and the pigmentation is excellent.
If I had to choose between the two, I do prefer Oscar Fish as it is more neutral and neutral colors work better with my skin tone. Lionfish is still very pretty though and I will continue to use it up but probably won't purchase it again.
Great eyeliner for everyday! usually I will just do some eye shadow then smudge this along my lashline for my eyes and im good! a really great medium brown that gives just the right amount of definition that isn't too harsh. The only down fall is that you cant really get it sharp but I find if i roll it up a little bit higher than normal I am able to use the side. Love this product and will repurchase when im out!


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Q: Enumerating singulars mixed with plurals Suppose we have a picture with several objects that we have to enumerate them. First, is this enumeration correct?

There is a little girl, two boys, an old man and a pen.

Second, how would we enumerate them if we have to omit the articles? Can we enumerate them like this:

There are two boys, an old man, little girl and pen.

A: I think in such contexts, determiners (a, an, the, etc.) are similar to quantifiers (two, some, etc.) and standard adjectives (little, old, etc.). Normally, you must use one of those before the first item in such lists, and obviously if you omit a quantifier or adjective this affects the meaning. But omitting other determiners is a bit more vague.

1: He put a bottle, a glass, and a beer mat on the table.
   2: He put a bottle, glass, and beer mat on the table.
   3: ?He put the glass, the beer mat, and the bottle on the table.
   4: ??He put the bottle, glass, and a beer mat on the table.
   5: ??He put a bottle, two glasses, and beer mat on the table.
   6: ??He put a bottle, magazine, and two glasses on the table.

I don't really think there's any "grammatical rule" against the last two there, but they seem at the very least "stylistically awkward" to me. And #3 is slightly odd (you have to imagine a context where the specific bottle, glass, and beer mat have already been identified).
As a rule of thumb, I would suggest it's generally better to include all determiners unless the list consists entirely of short (one or two word) elements, and/or those elements are naturally associated in the current context. But if you do omit articles, you should probably do so consistently, starting with the second element.

Finally, I'll just flag up a peripheral point arising from OP's examples...

7: There are an apple, pear, peach, and banana on the table
   8: ?There is an apple, pear, peach, and banana on the table

I don't know if there's a grammatical rule against using the singular verb form in #8, but it doesn't sound quite right to me (people do use the form, though, so OP's first example isn't all that bad).

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"I feel like I can change the world one conversation at a time…that racial reconciliation is possible." That's what Florida International University student Joely Ramos had to say about her experience at the Converge Retreat held in late fall at Riverside Camp and Retreat Center in Labelle.
Florida International University student Joely Ramos, center, was one of 35 participants in the Converge Retreat held at Riverside Camp in late fall. The event included conversations about racial reconciliation, workshops and worship.
The brainchild of three Wesley Foundation campus ministers, the weekend event brought 35 students together from different races and backgrounds and encouraged them to engage each other through question and answer sessions, workshops, worship and play.
"This retreat was born out of conversations with Latricia and Katie," said Rev. Christy Holden, campus pastor at Gulf Coast Wesley Foundation. Rev. Dr. Latricia Scriven is director of the Wesley Foundation at FAMU, and Rev. Katie Lineberger is campus pastor at United Wesley, serving Florida International University, University of Miami and Miami-Dade College.
"We talked about how we were longing to have honest conversations with each other, and what it's like to talk to people who are different from you," said Holden. She said the fact that "we live in a very polarized time" and that "there is need for movement toward racial reconciliation," played into making this retreat happen.
Holden said despite the current events of the past year, including the racially-charged rally in the college town of Charlottesville, Virginia, in August, she is unaware of a specific polarizing event at a Florida school campus. However, confronting stereotypes and learning about others is all part of the college experience, she said. Giving students tools to help them engage with one another was part of the weekend, with listening skills at the top of the list.
Questions posed by students to each other included: "How do you feel when you see a Confederate flag?" and "How do you feel about football players kneeling during the national anthem?" There were also questions about white privilege. "It may seem rather playful to consider these kinds of interchanges, but it seemed to help students open up and have honest dialogues," said Holden.
She explained that each of the Wesley Foundations is very, very different—with FAMU being almost 99 percent black, Gulf Coast sending Caucasian students and United Wesley sending a cross section of black and Latino and Caucasian students. Conversations held at the retreat were able to be safe conversations in a safe space, she said.
The Converge Retreat attendees also had times when they played together, taking kayak rides, trying archery and enjoying the camp setting. They had worship and meals together.
"It was a pleasant surprise how quickly (the retreat) became a safe space," said Lineberger. "They quickly began to trust and to ask questions of their peers that would be a faux pas to ask in any other setting. We hope that this will open the door to other conversations," she said.
Months later, that seems to be happening. According to Scriven, attendees have formed a "Group Me" messaging system to keep up some form of dialogue on their own.


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ABU ESA AL-HINDI
Dhiren Barot (also known as Billal or Abu Esa al-Britani -from Britain) a British citizen known mainly asAbu Esa al-Hindi, was born in Kenya to a family from INDIAN descent and Hinduist belief. In 1973 his family fled from Kenya to Willesden, North London, U.K.
Abu Esa al-Hindi attended Kingsbury high school in North London and worked on a regular basis from 1991-1995 as an airline ticket and reservations agent for Air Malta. At that time in 1992 Dhiren Barot converted to Islam and got his nickname Abu Esa al-Hindi (al-Hindi means the INDIAN). It is unclear how Abu Esa al-Hindi supported himself at other times.
After living work Abu Esa al-Hindi traveled in 09/1995 to Pakistan to join the Islamic Mujahidin in Kashmir in their fight against INDIAN Army. In 1998 Abu Esa al-Hindi, already a known devoted trusted Islamic activist, joined Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and helped, as a contractor, to build Al Qaeda s' training camps in North East Afghanistan.
In 1998 Yemen Authority suspected that Abu Esa al-Hindi was involved that year in the hostage taking, kidnapping and assassination of 4 Westerners: 3 from Britain and one from Australia, in North Yemen, alongside with Abu Hamza al-Masri and issued an international arrest warrant against him.
In 1999 Abu Esa al-Hindi published a book called "The Army of Madinah in Kashmir" about his experience in Kashmir.
On 01/03/2000 Abu Esa al-Hindi, probably as an Al Qaeda representative, traveled to Malaysia with Tawfiq bin Attash , a former bodyguard of Osama Bin Laden, to attend Kuala Lumpur Convention with some of the people that become later key figures in the Global Jihad and Islamist terror. Among the participants were: Riduan Isamuddin – nickname Hambali, Yazid Sufaat, Ramzi Binalshibh and two of The 9/11 offenders Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar and others. The convention, as well as most of the participants, was under supervision of the local security service and the CIA.
After the convention Osama Bin Laden personally ordered Khalid Shaik Mohammed to dispatch Abu Esa al-Hindi to the US to 'pinpoint potential economic and "Jewish" targets in New York'. Indeed Abu Esa al-Hindi made two reconnaissance trips to the United States in August 2000 and March 2001 to look for possible targets, although there is no proof that he had a prior knowledge on The 9/11. He pretended to be a student based in New Jersey.
Already under surveillance Abu Esa al-Hindi returned to UK but continued to travel all over the world and specially to Pakistan. In his attempt to coordinate a mega plot simultaneously in UK and USA he attend a coordination meeting in 03/2004 in Waziristan, Pakistan. In the meeting attended also Mohammed J. Babar, Adnan El Shukrijumah, one of the most wanted Al Qaeda operatives and other senior operatives of Al Qaeda. That plot was foiled after the arrest of Mohammed J. Babar in New York on 03/30/2004.
On 07/13/2004 ISI arrested in Pakistan a computer engineer and Al Qaeda operative Naeem Noor Khan that was in charge of the connection between Pakistan and Al Qaeda cells in UK. In his computer the investigators found details of the Luton Cell and its' ringleader – Abu Esa al-Hindi. Naeem Noor Khan agreed to cooperate with ISI and his investigators and continued to operate as a communication s' center in order to expose as much as possible from Al Qaeda operating network in the world.
On 08/02/2005 Naeem Noor Khan 's name and the story of his arrest filtered through to the US press and was published all over the world. The publication compelled the British police and MI5 to swoop on Abu Esa al-Hindi in Willesden, London and his Luton Cell members far earlier that they planned – on 08/03/2004. In the computer of Abu Esa al-Hindi MI5 found evidence to connection with the Palestinian El-Akzah Martyrs Brigade, recipes for construction of a low-tech form of nuclear 'dirty bomb' or various chemical bombs containing TNT and Sulphur-acid.
Abu Esa al-Hindi was charged for an attempt to plot a multiple coordinated, simultaneous bomb attacks on selected targets in New York, USA and in London, UK. He pleaded guilty in 06/2006 to conspiring to commit mass murder on both sides of the Atlantic.
"You have chosen to use your life to bring death and destruction to the Western World," said Judge Neil Butterfield as he sentenced Abu Esa al-Hindi, on 11/07/2006, to life imprisonment.
Summary ;
* Abu Esa al-Hindi was, no doubt, one of the most active and dangerous terrorist who ever acted in UK.
* According to MI5 manager Eliza Manningham-Buller, there were now more than 1,600 individuals in Britain who share Barot's (Abu Esa al-Hindi) murderous obsession and were active in at least 30 plots.
06/2008 -U.K, TERROR SUSPECT ON BAIL RECAPTURED
05/2007 -U.K ON THE HUNT
11/2003 – EASTBOURNE ARRESTS
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Pedro Bernardino de Moura (Rio de Janeiro, 1º de agosto de 1828 — Rio Grande, 1º de outubro de 1888) foi um jornalista brasileiro.

Mudou-se para o Rio Grande do Sul, onde fundou diversos jornais: O Artilheiro, em São Gabriel, em junho de 1850; O Jaguariense, publicado em Jaguarão de 7 de setembro de 1855 a janeiro de 1857; Eco do Sul, fundado em Jaguarão, em 12 de fevereiro de 1857, a partir de 10 de outubro de 1857 publicado em Rio Grande.

Teria também fundado o jornal O Carijó, no qual publicava com a alcunha de Moura Carijó.

Foi casado com Benjamina Rosa de Azevedo Moura.

Fontes de Referência

 BLAKE, Augusto Victorino Alves Sacramento. Diccionario Bibliographico Brazileiro. Rio de Janeiro: Imprensa Nacional, 1902. 7 v.

Ver também
 História da imprensa no Rio Grande do Sul

Jornalistas do Rio Grande do Sul
Naturais da cidade do Rio de Janeiro

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Q: SMTP between two linux machines Is there are way to use SMTP to message pass between two linux servers? Even if they are not SMTP servers, I was wondering if I could just use SMTP to communicate between servers.
I have two ubuntu servers: 111.111.111.111 and 222.222.222.222. On each server I have set up user accounts master and node, respectively.
On 111.111.111.111, the file /var/spool/mail/master exists.
On 222.222.222.222, the file /var/spool/mail/node exists.

On 111.111.111.111, /etc/hosts has the line 222.222.222.222 node.us
On 222.222.222.222, /etc/hosts has the line 111.111.111.111 master.us

Assume that sudo iptables --list shows that port 25 is being accepted from all addresses
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:25              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
tcp6       0      0 :::25                   :::*                    LISTEN

Could I get something like this to work from the master (111.111.111.111) server?
sendmail -s "subject" node@node.us < sometextfile.txt

or some equivalent usint sendEmail or mutt, etc?

A: James -
Ideally you should be able to do what you are suggesting. You need to make sure that DNS resolution is working for those hosts files though - i did a quick test of this and I kept getting undeliverable for no AAAA (ipv6) record being found.
Also, the command to send you message should use the mail command instead of the sendmail, like this:
mail -s "subject" node@node.us < sometextfile.txt


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From Avery to Erskine Hawkins: Remembering St. Julian Bennett Dash
(A Program of the Avery Grand Reunion) – July 2, 2004
Avery Research Center, College of Charleston
The program included live music by the Quentin Baxter Jazz Ensemble including"Tuxedo Junction," co-written by Julian Dash, a media display of source material donated by the Dash Family, and Conversations in Jazz with oral history accounts from:
Brothers of Julian Dash — Roger Dash (Palm Desert, CA), Avery graduate, 1945 — John Thompson Dash (Charleston), Avery graduate, 1948 — Ernest Dash (Inglewood, CA), Avery graduate, 1951
Clifton Smalls (Brooklyn, NY), native Charlestonian; pianist and jazz band leader who recorded with Dash; former member of the Carolina Cotton Pickers; relief piano player for Earl "Fatha" Hines;
recorded with, and served as musical director for the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra, Billy Eckstine, Eartha Kitt, Ella Fitzgerald and Sammy Davis, Jr.