However, as 2016 quickly approaches, there are certainly signs that the growth in multiples that the most active consolidators have been willing to pay for C&G retail assets are under pressure and may have peaked in 2015. Before we discuss the outlook for 2016 in more detail, let's briefly review some of the largest transactions that were announced or have closed in 2015, and some of the common themes in all of these acquisitions.
Global Partners LP acquired 97 retail gas stations and seven dealer supply-only agreements located in New York and Maryland from the Capitol Petroleum Group for $156 million. This acquisition quickly followed the master limited partnership's (MLP) earlier acquisition of petroleum marketer Warren Equities Inc. for approximately $387 million. The Warren Equities acquisition included 147 company-operated sites, 53 commission agent locations and more than 300 dealer supply-only agreements.
CrossAmerica Partners LP acquired the West Virginia-based One Stop convenience store network. The MLP paid all cash for the assets and the funds were secured from its corporate credit facility.
United Pacific, formerly known as United Oil, purchased 251 gas stations and convenience stores from Pacific Convenience & Fuels. The locations are in the states of California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Colorado. United Pacific is a portfolio company of the Fortress Investment Group LLC, a diversified global investment management firm.
The public announcements and post-closing industry analysis concerning all of these acquisitions clearly indicates MLPs, the publicly traded convenience store companies and buyers backed or controlled by private equity firms are firmly entrenched as the leading M&A players or consolidators in the C&G industry. A motivated seller with attractive C&G assets will continue to seek out these strategic buyers because of the financial resources of the companies and their proven ability to close almost any transaction.
Retail Margin Expansion: The massive decline in crude oil prices that has had a positive impact on retail margins seems to have come to an end. While it is always difficult to predict the movement in worldwide crude oil prices, it seems unlikely a major consolidator is preparing a five-year pro-forma business plan assuming retail margins will continue to expand at a pace equal to the past two years.
Increased Labor Expenses: The recent announcement by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and several other major retail chains that the growth in store labor expenses will have a major negative impact on future profitability was certainly a wakeup call for all investors and retail operators. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's push for the Empire State to become the first state in the country to adopt a $15-per-hour minimum wage for all industries cannot be ignored or considered an isolated event.
As the overall level of retail wages continues to rise throughout the United States in the near future, C&G operators are going to have to pay higher wages to compete for the most talented employees, and these increased labor costs will also directly lead to higher payroll taxes, unemployment insurance and workers compensation expenses. All of these issues will have a negative impact on store-level profitability and the ultimate price or multiple that buyers will be willing to pay for a network of C&G sites.
The Weaker IPO Market: The initial public offering (IPO) market in the United States has suddenly slowed down as the sharp stock-market swings or volatility in the late summer and early fall have trimmed investor appetite for risk and, as a result, numerous companies have delayed or put off plans to go public. The change in the IPO market seems to have impacted several large privately held C&G companies that had been planning to go public by forming new MLPs.
Threat of an Interest Rate Increase: Although no one can know with certainty how quickly interest rates may rise in 2016, it is clear that the discussion of an increase in interest rates by the Fed and the general economic downturn in the exploration and production portion of the petroleum industry has had a negative impact on the unit prices (the MLP equivalent of stock shares) of MLPs. The general reduction in MLP unit prices will eventually result in a market increase in the cost of capital for the industry, place additional pressure on lender credit terms, and create a more challenging environment for raising capital. Any increase in the cost and availability of capital typically has a direct and negative impact on purchase multiples.
Master limited partnerships, the publicly traded convenience store companies and buyers backed or controlled by private equity firms are firmly entrenched as the leading M&A players or consolidators in the C&G industry. A motivated seller with attractive C&G assets will continue to seek out these strategic buyers because of the financial resources of the companies and their proven ability to close almost any transaction.
John C. Flippen Jr and John Sartory are managing directors of PetroCapRE (www.PetroCapRE.com). The firm provides buy-side acquisition, refinancing, capital restructuring and select sell-side advisory services in the convenience and gas station industry. PetroCapRE has assisted clients in completing transactions valued at over $1.3 billion. They can be reached at [email protected] and [email protected].


If I understand correctly, higher the recoil of a gun, more should be the recoil recovery time, since it is the time taken by the gun to come back to its original position after firing a single shot.
Then how does the Light Grip, if it increases both vertical and horizontal recoil, gives a reduced recoil recovery rate? Is there a gap in my understanding of the two terms?
Recoil determines the amount of kick your crosshairs move by with each shot. Thus, if you have more vertical than horizontal recoil, this means when you fire one shot your crosshair will gain more vertical distance than horizontal.
Recoil recovery rate is how fast the gun settles to perfect accuracy after you fire a shot. If you tap fire shots, and manually wait for the recoil to settle off, you'll retain near-perfect accuracy. If you hold down fire, generally the recoil distance will outpace the recoil recovery rate, causing your aim to kick upwards.
Think of your aim as a diamond centered around your crosshair. Each weapon has a different sized diamond based on the recoil and type of weapon -- smgs and assault rifles with higher rates of fire will have a larger initial diamond. When you fire a weapon, your shot will always be fired at somewhere in this diamond. However, each shot you take will expand the diamond further, both horizontally and vertically, based on the recoil of the weapon. The time it takes for the diamond to reset back into its starting shape is the the recoil recovery rate.
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Reintroducing sea eagles to Ireland promises to be one of the most challenging and exciting conservation projects ever undertaken. As Sea Eagles take some 5-6 years to mature and breed we expect the first breeding attempts by 2012-2013. Because these birds, like other large, long-lived birds such as albatrosses and penguins, have very low breeding rates (see Breeding), establishing a viable population is dependent on low adult mortality. Ultimately, the long-term success of this programme will depend on the goodwill and support of the people of Kerry and West Cork, especially the farming and fishing communities of the Dingle, Iveragh, and Beara peninsulas, where most Sea Eagles are likely to settle to breed. The Golden Eagle Trust, in collaboration with its partners, will endeavor to work with these communities and others to make the project a success.
The white-tailed sea eagles nest in Ireland for the first time in over 100 years.
The Irish white-tailed sea eagle was driven to extinction in the early 20th century. But thanks to the White-Tailed Sea Eagle Reintroduction Project the eagles face a new spring in Ireland with the first documented nesting attempt in more than a century.
They were released in Killarney National Park in 2008 and 2009, respectively. Last year they each found their way to Co. Clare and paired up, and this spring they nested on a small island on Lough Derg, one of Ireland's biggest lakes, close to the village of Mountshannon.
"This is a truly momentous event," says Dr. Allan Mee, project manager for the Golden Eagle Trust. "Seeing them nesting in the wild in Ireland is the day we have all been waiting for".
First-time breeders lack experience, and breeding success depends on getting everything right. But Dr. Mee is impressed by the young couple.
He says that once the birds settled down to incubate the clutch of eggs both parents were very diligent. The nest has only very rarely been left unattended and birds have been quick to spot potential dangers such as the presence of hooded crows which might predate the eggs.
"Since the eggs take some six weeks to hatch they still have a long way to go. But so far so good," says Mee.
And according to Dr. Duncan Halley, the eagles have chosen a good spot for their first attempt.
White-tailed sea eagles usually begin to breed at five years of age. But in this case the lake is shallow and productive, ensuring a good food supply. In addition, there is no competition from other breeders.
"This combination may explain breeding at this young age," Halley states.
Together with Dr. Torgeir Nygård he is responsible for the NINA part of the programme.
The sea-eagle population was also threatened at one time in Norway, but increased as a direct result of legal protection in 1968.
Today Norway has the largest breeding population in Western-Europe.
In total one hundred Norwegian white-tailed eagles were released between 2007 and 2011 in Killarney National Park, Co. Kerry.
These birds have dispersed throughout Ireland and beyond. To date 21 birds are known to have died.
All birds were collected in the Trøndelag area in Norway, one bird only from nests with more than one chick. A time-consuming task, as only 20 percent of the nests have two chicks, or, very rarely, three.
"The contribution from the many local volunteer bird enthusiasts has been crucial for the project's success," says Halley.
In May he and Nygård are flying to Ireland together with some of the volunteers, and with a lot of luck, to observe the hatching.
The birds are very sensitive to disturbance, and the brooding period is a critical time. The Golden Eagle Trust have constructed a viewing area onshore with a telescope for close viewing. Information on the birds, their ecology and conservation is also available.
Whatever the outcome of this nesting attempt, the signs are good for future breeding in the area.
Sea-eagles can live up to 30 years and generally mate for life with adult pairs remaining within their home range throughout the year.


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Sandra Sutter is a Calgary-based singer songwriter. She serves as executive director of the Circle for Aboriginal Relations Society. Sandra is inspired by her Indigenous Cree-Metis heritage.
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"We are all leaders in our own way. We all have people that we follow. We all have people that follow us. So my Elders have taught me to recognize the balance of male and female in all of our activities. We see it in nature, and we see it more and more coming back to Indigenous communities.
"It was always part of who we were, and it is part of who we are. And more and more we are reclaiming that way of living as we evolve in our own lives and in our participation on Turtle Island."
There are sacrifices that come with leadership, and that means having less time for family and friends. And it also means having little time for things other than the passions that she has—"creating opportunity for our people."
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Les Céryces () sont une famille d'eupatrides aristocratique sacerdotale descendante de Cécrops par Pandrose, et de Céryx, fils d'Hermès.

Histoire
À l'époque d'Homère, un céryx était un héraut de confiance qui portait des messages inviolables entre cités. Son rôle s'est étendu à la proclamation des réunions d'assemblées, à la récitation des prières publiques, immoler les victimes, de les arranger, de les couper par morceaux, et de verser le vin. Hermès, messager des dieux, était le patron protecteur des céryx, qui portaient le caducée, comme lui. Au , les familles des Philaïdes et des Alcméonides sont en concurrence avec les autres familles eupatrides de la cité, comme les Céryces ou les Eumolpides. Ces familles nouent parfois des alliances matrimoniales, mais elles se livrent également à de féroces luttes politiques pour le pouvoir et le prestige, luttes qui eurent une grande importance sur la vie et la carrière de Périclès.

Politique
Leur rôle de héraut est bien défini, mais leur connait des archontes.

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Leur symbole est appelé le . Les Céryces faisaient la cuisine et immolaient les victimes lors des sacrifices ; ils sont attachés aux forces armées et au culte des Mystères d'Éleusis en tant que dadouques ; c'était l'un d'eux qui officiait en tant qu'épimélète depuis Solon.

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As a young man he served as a captain in the Continental Army, and saw action in several battles, including Brandywine and Monmouth. While still serving in the military he studied law part-time at William and Mary College. The course of lectures he attended would be his only formal legal education. He was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1780, and entered political life a few years later, winning election to the Virginia Legislature in 1782.
Marshall earned a reputation as a very good lawyer who could think on his feet. And he also became known for arguing forcefully that Virginia should ratify the Constitution. At the 1788 Constitutional Convention in Virginia he defended Article III, which deals with the judiciary.
Marshall contemplated several offers to serve in the Washington and Adams administrations. He declined service as Attorney General for Washington; he declined positions on the Supreme Court and as Secretary of War under Adams. At Washington's direction, Marshall ran successfully for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives but his tenure there was brief. Adams offered Marshall the position of Secretary of State, which Marshall accepted. When Oliver Ellsworth resigned as Chief Justice in 1800, Adams turned to the first Chief Justice, John Jay, who declined. Federalists urged Adams to promote Associate Justice William Paterson to the spot; Adams opted for Marshall.
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Burnum was a Roman Legion camp and town. It is located 2.5 km north of Kistanje. The remains include a praetorium, the foundations of several rooms, the amphitheatre and the aqueduct.
It is assumed that Burnum originates from the year 33 BC, but it is more likely that it was established a few decades later. Several Roman legions were located there in succession, and the first one was Legio XX Valeria Victrix from the beginning of the Pannonian uprising (Bellum Batonianum) in AD 6-9. The reason for its location was the need for the control of traffic around the Krka River. Building was initiated by the Roman governor for Dalmatia Publius Cornelius Dolabella and continued by the Emperor Claudius.
The camp gained its final shape during the reign of Claudius around 50 AD. Legio XI Claudia Pia Fidelis left the camp some time between AD 42 and 67, probably AD 56-57 and was succeeded by Legio IIII Flavia Felix.
According to some sources, a rebellion of Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus against the emperor Claudius in AD 42 was started at this camp as well. After the last Roman legions had left the camp, it developed into an urban settlement.
The camp was completely destroyed when the emperor Justinian attempted to take it back from the Ostrogoths in the 6th century.
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Krka monastery (6,7 km)
Nečven Castle (4,8 km)
Sibenik Cathedral (33,2 km)
St. Michael's Fortress (32,9 km)
Salona Amphitheatre (64,8 km)
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Cippico Castle (58,4 km)
St. Nicholas Fortress (35,6 km)
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Not much to see and no guide to tell you historical information. Waste of money.
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For 30 kuna you get to see a modern working site where the amphitheater is restored without much love. No information about the history. Were disappointed :(
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Great historical place to see!
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The arches are easily to miss and are restored in the 70's. It was part of a large main office building for the Romans. 73 by 100 meters. It's just these 2 arches, nothing more. Impressive.
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It's Friday, and once again we celebrate with a fry-up of useful links.
Pinterest is the hot new social network of the moment, and in If You Like It Then You Shoulda Put a Pin On It Tasmanian writer Tansy Rayner Roberts starts looking for ways it can be used as a promotional vehicles for writers. If you're feeling a little more old-school, this list of 40 Twitter Hashtags for Writers may come in handy.
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Need some help getting into the habit of writing every day? It may be time to sign up to 750words.com, a free website that exists solely to encourage people to write 750 words every day. Once you set up your account you can set automated reminder emails, earn badges for writing streaks, and get detailed feedback on how long it takes you to reach your word-count (and how many breaks you take along the way).
The link to James Scott Campbell's Listen to the Book appeared on our AWM twitter feed (thanks to @porteranderson). It's a short post, but a useful one. And Speakeasy reader Bonnee recommended the Writer Unboxed blog in the comments last week (being a fan of food and fiction, I was naturally drawn to their post about Treating Readers Like Fine Diners).


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using CSF.ORM;
using CSF.Entities;
using System.Linq;
using log4net;

namespace Agiil.Domain.Tickets.RelationshipValidation
{
  public class TheoreticalRelationshipProvider : IGetsTheoreticalTicketRelationships
  {
    readonly IEntityData data;
    readonly IGetsTicketByReference ticketProvider;
    readonly ILog logger;

    public IReadOnlyCollection<TheoreticalRelationship> GetTheoreticalTicketRelationships(IIdentity<Ticket> ticketIdentity = null,
                                                                                IEnumerable<AddRelationshipRequest> added = null,
                                                                                IEnumerable<DeleteRelationshipRequest> removed = null)
    {
      var existingRelationships = GetExistingRelationships(ticketIdentity);

      if(logger.IsDebugEnabled)
      {
        logger.Debug($"Existing relationships: {String.Join(", ", existingRelationships.Select(x => x.TicketRelationship))}");
      }

      MarkupRemovedRelationships(existingRelationships, removed);
      var addedRelationships = GetAddedRelationships(ticketIdentity, added);

      return existingRelationships.Union(addedRelationships).ToArray();
    }

    List<TheoreticalRelationship> GetExistingRelationships(IIdentity<Ticket> ticketIdentity)
    {
      if(ReferenceEquals(ticketIdentity, null)) return new List<TheoreticalRelationship>();

      var ticket = data.Theorise(ticketIdentity);
      return (from rel in data.Query<TicketRelationship>()
              where
                rel.PrimaryTicket == ticket
                || rel.SecondaryTicket == ticket
              select rel)
        .FetchChild(x => x.Relationship)
        .AsEnumerable()
        .Select(MapToTheoreticalRelationship)
        .ToList();
    }

    void MarkupRemovedRelationships(List<TheoreticalRelationship> existing,
                                    IEnumerable<DeleteRelationshipRequest> toDelete)
    {
      if(toDelete == null || !toDelete.Any()) return;

      foreach(var removed in existing.Where(x => toDelete.Any(d => Equals(d.TicketRelationshipId, x.TicketRelationship))))
      {
        removed.Type = TheoreticalRelationshipType.Removed;
      }
    }

    List<TheoreticalRelationship> GetAddedRelationships(IIdentity<Ticket> editedTicketIdentity, IEnumerable<AddRelationshipRequest> added)
    {
      if(added == null || !added.Any()) return new List<TheoreticalRelationship>();

      return added
        .Where(x => !ReferenceEquals(x.RelationshipId, null))
        .Select(add => new {
          relatedTicket = ticketProvider.GetTicketByReference(add.RelatedTicketReference),
          relatedIsPrimary = add.ParticipationType == RelationshipParticipant.Secondary,
          relationshipType = data.Get(add.RelationshipId)
        })
        .Where(x => x.relatedTicket != null)
        .Select(x => {
          logger.Debug($"{nameof(GetAddedRelationships)} found added relationship {x.relationshipType}");

          return new TheoreticalRelationship {
            Relationship = x.relationshipType,
            PrimaryTicket = x.relatedIsPrimary? x.relatedTicket.GetIdentity() : editedTicketIdentity,
            SecondaryTicket = x.relatedIsPrimary ? editedTicketIdentity : x.relatedTicket.GetIdentity(),
            Type = TheoreticalRelationshipType.Added,
          };
        })
        .ToList();
    }

    TheoreticalRelationship MapToTheoreticalRelationship(TicketRelationship tr)
    {
      return new TheoreticalRelationship {
        PrimaryTicket = tr.PrimaryTicket.GetIdentity(),
        SecondaryTicket = tr.SecondaryTicket.GetIdentity(),
        TicketRelationship = tr.GetIdentity(),
        Relationship = tr.Relationship,
        Type = TheoreticalRelationshipType.Existing,
      };
    }

    public TheoreticalRelationshipProvider(IEntityData data, IGetsTicketByReference ticketProvider, ILog logger)
    {
      this.data = data ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(data));
      this.ticketProvider = ticketProvider ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(ticketProvider));
      this.logger = logger ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(logger));
    }
  }
}

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In dieser Liste werden Techniken der Bildenden Kunst in sinnvollen Gruppen zusammengefasst. Eine alphabetische Sammlung künstlerischer Techniken wird über die :Kategorie:Künstlerische Technik erschlossen.

Neben den Techniken im engeren Sinn finden sich auch kunsthistorische Fachbegriffe, die diesen zugeordnet werden können (z. B. ist Tafelbild keine Technik, sondern eine der Malerei zuordenbare Repräsentationsform des Bildes).

Kunstgeschichtliche Epochen und Stilrichtungen werden dagegen inhaltlich im Portal:Kunst aufgeschlüsselt und in der :Kategorie:Kunststil alphabetisch sortiert.

Malerei

Materialien
 Acrylfarbe
 Bindemittel
 Bolus
 Firnis
 Grundierung
 Kaseinfarbe
 Leinöl
 Leinwand
 Malmittel
 Ölfarbe
 Pigment
 Sprühfarbe
 Tempera
 Terpentin
 Wachs

Werkzeug
 Pinsel
 Spachtel
 Sprühdose

Techniken
 Action Painting
 Airbrush
 Aquarell
 Buchmalerei
 Collage
 Enkaustik
 Freskomalerei
 Frottage
 Glasmalerei
 Gouache
 Graffiti
 Grattage
 Grisaille
 Lüftlmalerei
 Miniaturmalerei
 Ölmalerei
 Pastellmalerei
 Seccomalerei
 Stencil
 Street-Art
 Tempera
 Tuschemalerei
 Verwischung

Fachbegriffe
 Akkumulationen
 Combine Painting
 Monochromie
 Selbstorganisierende Malerei
 Tafelbild
 Trompe-l'œil
 Sfumato

Skulptur, Plastik

Materialien
 Alabaster
 Bronze
 Beton
 Edelstein
 Edelstahl rostfrei
 Email
 Gips
 Glas
 Gold
 Gummi
 Holz
 Keramik
 Kunstharz
 Kupfer
 Marmor
 Porzellan, siehe: Liste mit Fachausdrücken zu Porzellan
 Silber
 Stahl
 Naturstein
 Pappmaché
 Stuckmarmor
 Terrakotta
 Ton

Werkzeuge
 verschiedene Eisen zur Steinbearbeitung (Fäustel, Bildhauerklöpfel, Stockhammer, Riffelhammer, Prelleisen, Spitzeisen, Zahneisen, Scharriereisen, Fläche, Schlageisen, Zweizahn, Vierteleisen u. a.), (das Werkzeug des Steinbildhauers), aber auch Presslufthammer, Bohrwerkzeuge, Hebewerkzeuge
 unterschiedliche Eisen zur Holzbearbeitung, u. a. Schnitzmesser, aber auch Kettensäge und weitere elektrische Geräte, alles ähnlich wie in einer Holz-bzw. Tischlerwerkstatt
 Hammer
 Meißel
 Punze
 Schleifstein
 Beitel
 Stichel
 zur Tonbearbeitung verschiedene Hölzer zum Modellieren
 Spachtel
 Raspeln für Marmor, Gips und Holz
 Polierwerkzeuge

Fachbegriffe
 Bozzetto
 Büste
 Patina
 Polychromie
 Relief
 Standbild
 Verlorene Form

Grafik und Zeichnung

Materialien

Papier/Trägermaterial
 Aquarellpapier
 Büttenpapier
 Karton
 Transparentpapier
 Pergament
 Velinpapier

Pigment/Zeichenmaterial
 Bister
 Sepia
 Pastellkreide
 Rötel
 Tinte
 Tusche
 Wachskreide
 Zeichenkohle

Werkzeuge

Druckgrafik
 Geißfuß und andere Eisen zum Holzschnitt
 Grabstichel
 Moulette
 Polierstahl
 Radiernadel
 Rakel
 Roulette
 Schaber
 Wiegemesser

Zeichnung
 Bleistift
 Buntstift
 Feder
 Griffel
 Silberstift

Techniken

Zeichnung
 Kohlezeichnung
 Rötelzeichnung
 Bleistiftzeichnung
 Silberstiftzeichnung
 Tuschezeichnung

Hochdruck
 Holzschnitt
 Holzstich
 Linolschnitt

Tiefdruck
 Aquatinta
 Crayonmanier
 Heliogravüre
 Kaltnadelradierung
 Kupferstich
 Mezzotinto
 Prägedruck
 Radierung
 Stahlstich
 Vernis mou

Flachdruck
 Lithografie
 Offset-Lithografie / Zinkografie
 Siebdruck

Andere
 Edeldruckverfahren
 Frottage (Durchdruck)
 Gaufrieren (Blinddruck)
 Scherenschnitt

Fachbegriffe
 Illustration
 Künstlerbuch

Kunsthandwerkliche Techniken

Material
 Edelsteine
 Edelmetalle
 Holz
 Keramik
 Leder
 Textilien

Werkzeuge
 Töpferscheibe
 Webstuhl

Technik
 Batik
 Fassmalerei
 Flechtkunst
 Intarsien
 Möbeldesign
 Mosaik
 Porzellanmalerei
 Schmiedekunst
 Tapisserie
 Vasenmalerei
 Vergolden

Fotografie
 Daguerreotypie
 Digitalfotografie
 Edeldruckverfahren
 Farbfotografie
 Fotogramm
 Großformatfotografie
 Holografie
 Kirlianfotografie
 Kleinbildfotografie
 Lochkamera
 Lomographie
 Mittelformatfotografie
 Panoramafotografie
 Schwarzweißfotografie
 Verwischung

Neue Medien
 Computerkunst oder Digitale Kunst
 Faxkunst oder Copy Art
 Medienkunst
 Multimedia
 Netzkunst
 Videokunst

Begriffliche Überschneidungen und Mehrfachnennungen
Überschneidungen in der Zuordnung der Oberbegriffe sind in dieser Auflistung unvermeidlich. Die Aquarellmalerei z. B. wird wegen des Trägermaterials (Papier) und der häufig bewusst eingesetzten Bleistift-Vorlage oft auch der Zeichnung zugeordnet. Im Bereich der künstlerischen Studien gibt es neben gezeichneten Skizzen auch malerisch (mit dem Pinsel ausgeführte) Ölskizzen auf Karton oder neben der Tuschmalerei auch (mit Stiften ausgeführte) Tuschzeichnungen auf Papier. Vor allem wird mit dem Begriff Mischtechnik – ursprünglich als Variante der Ölmalerei aufgefasst – seit der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts eher auf eine Vielzahl von unterschiedlichen, zusammengesetzten oder nacheinander ausgeführten Techniken verwiesen (Öllasuren über Acryl, übermalte Fotografien oder Collagen, Assemblagen u. a. m.). Ein typisches Beispiel für das Problem einer nicht eindeutigen technischen Zuordnung bildet die Installation (Kunst), die sich sowohl aus der Malerei, als auch aus der Bildhauerei kommend entwickeln kann.

Für die syntaktischen Unterbegriffe Materialien oder Werkzeuge sind oft Mehrfachnennungen möglich: Spachtel z. B. können von Malern, Grafikern und Bildhauern unterschiedlich verwendet, Glas kann von Glaskünstlern geformt oder von Glasmalern bemalt werden.

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Techniken der Bildenden Kunst


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We provide anesthesia for pediatric dental cases. We are wondering how other groups handle this kind of billing. A lot of our patients have dental insurance and medical insurance. It is not primary/secondary, just 2 kinds of coverage. We are wondering if we can bill both insurance companies the same charge? Or is that considered double billing?
How do other offices handle this when a patient has 2 kinds of insurance? Any suggestions?
You would bill the patient's medical/health insurance. Dental insurance companies can only process dental codes and dental insurance is only for the dentist to bill his portion. If you call a dental insurance company and ask them if they process CPT codes, they will say no.
We would bill dental codes to the dental insurance, and ASA codes to the medical insurance. Our qestion is can we do this king of "shotgun" billing?
00170 with total minutes w/ appropriate modifiers for the professional portion for the anesthesiologist and/or CRNA. Typically primary Dx is 521.00 unspecified dental carries and then secondaries conditions that desribe the medical necesscity of performing the procedure under general anesthesia such as the patient has mentally retardartion, has autusim, or history of other combative/disorders of conduct during previous dental encounter in dental offices.
If you are also billing for the hospital. The facility is billing Unlisted CPT 41899 under 360 revenue code. They are also billing for drugs, supplies, and recovery room under revenue codes. This is considered a medical claim and is billed to the health insurance.
The dentist would bill his portion with the dental codes (non CPT codes) to the patient dental insurance. Even if the commercial carrier request your facility to use a D code to represent the facility fee portion instead of 41899 which would be a rare instance, you would still bill the patient medical/health insurance plan with that single code for facility fee not the dental plan.
Can a medical anesthesiologist bill dental cdt anesthesia codes for GA or can they only bill the 00170 to the medical insurance?
Here above is the CDT code, but if the insurance carrier is ok with 00170 I would stick with that.
Anesthesia consults for dental surgery, can they get paid?


Rapid growth in data intensive appilications continues to fuel the demand for raw data storage capacity .Applications such as data warehousing, data mining, online trasaction processing and multimedia internet internet browsing have led to a near doubling of the total storage capacity being shipped globally on an annual basis.
And analysts predict that the numbers of network connections for server-storage subsystems will exceed the number of client connections are further fuelling the demand for network storage.
Limitations loom over surge of data.
With the rise of client networking, data centric computing applications, virtually all Networked-stored data has become mission critical in nature. This increasing reliance on the access to enterprise data is challenging the limitations of traditional server storage solutions. As a result, the on going need to add more storage, service more users and backup more data has become a monumental task. Having endured for nearly two decades , parallel Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) Bus that has facilitated server-storage connectivity for Local Area Network (LAN) servers , is imposing server limitations on network storage.
Compounding these limitations is the traditional use of LAN connections for server storage backup , which detracts from usable client bandwidth . To contend with these limitations , network managers are often force to compromise on critical aspects of system availability , reliability and efficiency . To address the debilitating and potentially costly effects of these constraints , an infrastructure for server-storage connectivity , which can support current and future demands is badly needed..
The Storage Area Network (SAN) is an emerging data communication platform , which interconnects servers and storage at giga baud speeds. By combining LAN networking with core building blocks of server performance and mass storage capacity, SAN eliminates the bandwidth bottlenecks and scalability limitations imposed by previous SCSI bus-based architectures.
In addition to the fundamental connectivity benefits of SAN , the new capabilities , facilitated by its networking approach , enhance its value as a long term infrastructure.
These capabilities, which include compute clustering, topological flexibility, fault tolerance, high availability, and remote management, further elevate SAN's ability to address the growing challenges of data intensive, mission-critical applications. From a client network perspective, the SAN environment complements the ongoing advancements in LAN and WAN technologies by extending the benefits of improved performance and capabilities all the way from the client and backbone through to servers and storage.
Fiber Channel : The Open SAN Solution.
Over the past year, Fiber Channel-Arbitrated Loop (FCAL) has emerged as the high-speed, serial technology of choice for server-storage connectivity. Most organizations prefer this solution because of the widely endorsed open standards. This broad acceptance is attributed not only to FC-AL's high bandwidth and high scalability but also to its unique ability to support multiple protocols, such as SCSI and IP, over a single physical connection. This enables the SAN infrastructure to serve as both a server-interconnect and as a direct interface to storage devices and storage arrays.


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Heavy air in a humid rink. HOT ICE!
In the beginning game, the juggernauts that are Mineral Spring Car Care Center faced their nemesis in Roman Law. In the previous two meetings, the Law tied and beat MSCCC. In this meeting, it looked like Roman Law was in the drivers seat most of the game. A hot pass from Scott Reilly to Matt Connell was a split second from being a hot mess. With MSCCC forwards bearing down on Matt Connell at the point, he kept his panic in check, sent the puck to the left of the goal keep right on Rick Votta's tape. The tick tack play ended with a nice pass across the slot to Peter Meegan, who finished and got the Roman on the board. Joe Martin would score a pair of goals in the second to put Roman up 3-1. The reciliant MSCCC would crack the defense and the goal tending of Jay Pires by scoring 3 in the third. 2 of those goals were scored by Nick Miranda with just under 2 minutes to go. One of the hardest fought games by both teams.
In the second game of the night, Vescera Law would face Manny's Hockey Shop. Manny's continues with their winning ways led by there captain, Derek Signoriello, getting 2 goals and 2 assist. He also blocked the a goal with his head with 3 seconds left in a 4-2 game. I think he has done that before, judging from the logic of doing it this time. Eric Cambell would put up 2 goals and an assist to keep his prowess as the league and team leader in points with 14 goals and 15 assists. Vescera Law would not give up and scored early in the 3rd to keep it close. Paul Pradario and Brand Bell would each get a goal and assist to keep the Law in this one. Manny's was just too much for them.
In the final match up of the night, Final Touch would continue on their tail spin to with a single win in their last 5 games, Final touch could not afford this nights loss. It still would not be their night with Manville Pizza Palace shutting them out on a 3-0 contest. Mark Schiavone would be the story keeping the rubber from the back of the net. In the final minute of play, Shannon Cavalry would finally break the egg, getting her first goal of the season. The way she can score, it is amazing we have gotten this far in the season. I have a feeling it will spark a domino affect for her. She would also get an assist in the second goal for Manville. The upstart Manville Pizza will have their hands full next week when they face MSCCC. While, Final Touch will match up against Roman Law.
It was another fun night of hockey. Hope all had fun. See you next Friday.
Live, Breathe, Love.............Hockey!!!!
And now some silliness from my past hobby. enjoy!
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Stats Man
credit: Editor B/Flickr
[CLIP]:
MIKE TIRICO: It's a gain of 13, here at the back end of the quarter. And just a quick mention, Jon, that completion by Tom Brady was his 4,000th of his career, he did 8 passes complete tonight coming in, and another mark for Tom.
BOB GARFIELD: Well, if you were following the Patriots' scoring drive against Carolina on Monday Night Football, that was a useful tidbit. But there's ESPN announcer Mike Tirico calling the action on the field, which is about two-and-a-half tons of high speed hubbub, and he's keeping track of the game stats in progress too? No, the stat was put in front of his face on a little piece of paper, like a clandestine note in seventh grade social studies. Except the passer-alonger, wasn't a tween gossip, it was a very circumspect senior citizen with bad handwriting and white hair, Marty Aronoff, elder statesman of broadcast statisticians.
For the past 30 years full time and eight part-time years before that, Aronoff has been scribbling statistical nuggets for broadcast announcers on all major networks, and plenty of minor ones. Even at the age of 75, he's traveling 200 days a year to do it.
MARTY ARONOFF: Tomorrow, I fly from Washington, my home, to Lincoln, Nebraska. I'm doing Football Saturday, Michigan State and Nebraska. Sunday morning, I will fly back to Washington. I have a college basketball game that evening, Oregon State at Maryland. Monday morning, I will be flying to Charlotte, North Carolina for a Monday Night ESPN NFL appearance, with Mike Tirico and Jon Gruden. The game is New England at Carolina. Then I will be home Tuesday, and those are the next four days.
BOB GARFIELD: And on Wednesday, he rested.
[LAUGHTER]
So those 200 days a year, when you show up in the booth as the statistician, what exactly do you do?
MARTY ARONOFF: I sit right next to the play-by-play announcer, and I supply them information that I observe as the game goes on, trends that are developing. There may be a historical note. It may be something about an individual's recent performance and how he's doing that particular night. I listen very carefully to everything that's being said by the announcers. I'm there to supplement what they're doing. I have to be concise, accurate and timely, very timely. I can't let something happen three plays ago and now suddenly I'm showing them something.
BOB GARFIELD: Many a young man has lay awake at night imagining being on the pitcher's mound for the New York Yankees or being the quarterback for the Chicago Bears. I'm sure many have done voiceovers of games, imagining themselves to be the broadcasters who sit in the booth and bring the game to the viewers and listeners at home. My guess is that there's been hardly a [LAUGHS] little boy or girl who has lay awake at night dreaming of feeding stats. Did you, as a kid, harbor that fantasy of someday telling a play-by-play man how many blown saves Mariano Rivera had recorded to date?
MARTY ARONOFF: Never. I got an undergraduate degree in mathematics at Penn State and an MBA at Northwestern, and I worked for the federal government here in Washington for 17 years. I started doing this as a sideline well into my professional career with the government. It just happened by accident that I had the opportunity to help a friend of mine, Warner Wolf, who got the play-by-play assignment with the then- Washington Bullets in 1975. And I was doing a lot of traveling and I said, Warner, if I'm ever in a city where you're doing a game, why don't I stop by and just help you out, give you some numbers. And he said, great, let's try it.
But I never, when I was growing up, thought of this. It was really fate that put me into this, and by the time I started doing this full time, you know, I was into my forties.
BOB GARFIELD: We are living in the golden age of sports statistics. The digital revolution and fantasy sports have created a huge demand and the tools for meeting the demand. Now, you've spent the lion's share of your career having little at your beck and call than the fact books that the leagues and the teams provided. Now you have access to just all of this extraordinary detail, almost absurd detail. Do you find that it helps or are you like, you know, the former Soviet émigrés in a supermarket –
[ARONOFF LAUGHS]
- who are overwhelmed by [LAUGHS] the choice?
MARTY ARONOFF: [LAUGHING] Well, you're absolutely right. I have so much information available to me, a lot of what I have to do is be very selective. There are people who do what I do, especially younger people who want to make themselves known by the volume of notes they give to the announcer, so they throw things at him or her. And not all of 'em are really that relevant. They're more just to show that the statistician is on the ball and he's got a lot of information. But I'm very selective. I pick my spots.
BOB GARFIELD: And finally, was there one moment in all of the thousands of games that you've done stats for that made you want to just jump up and give yourself a high five, 'cause you had just the thing for just the moment that people would remember beyond the play itself?
MARTY ARONOFF: People remember Bill Mazeroski in 196O for the Pirates.
CHUCK THOMPSON: It is all over. In one of the most dramatic finishes in history, Bill Mazeroski has hit his second World Series homerun over the left field barrier 406 feet away, and the Pirates are the 1960 world champions of baseball!
[END CLIP]
BOB GARFIELD: Joe Carter in 1993 and, of course, Bobby Thomson.
MARTY ARONOFF: Bobby Thomson.
RUSS HODGES: One out, last of the ninth. Branca pitches. Bobby Thomson takes a strike called on the inside corner, Bobby hitting at .292. Branca throws. There's a long drive, it's gonna be, I believe - the Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT!
[SOUNDTRACK UP & UNDER]
MARTY ARONOFF: I remember in 2003, the American League Champion series between the Yankees and the Red Sox. And I had just given the announcer, as we go into the 11th inning in a tie game, "This could be an opportunity for another historic moment. And Aaron Boone comes up and Boone hits a home run, wins the game, and the announcer gives me a big thumbs up, 'cause he had just said that. [LAUGHS]
BOB GARFIELD: Marty, thanks again.
MARTY ARONOFF: Thank you. It's a pleasure.
BOB GARFIELD: Marty Aronoff is a freelance sports statistician for a number of famous name broadcast networks.
CHARLEY STEINER: - leading by three, as Boone hits it to deep left. That might send the Yankees to the World Series.
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As Scotland Votes for Independence, Will the Design of the British Flag Change?
By Rain Noe - September 17, 2014
in Graphic Design | Visual Communication | Branding & Identity
Tomorrow Scotland will hold a historic vote on whether to break away from the United Kingdom or not. Never mind the social, political, economic ramifications of secession—if the Scots bail out, there will be a bit of a graphic design problem to address.
That's because the Union Jack, the flag of the United Kingdom, is in fact a 19th-Century mashup of three different flags: The English's St. George's Cross blazon...
...Northern Ireland's Saint Patrick's Saltire (a "saltire" being a diagonal cross)...
...and Scotland's Saint Andrew's Cross, which is technically a saltire.
Put them all together, and you've got three great tastes that (perhaps used to) taste great together:
You'll notice that the flag of Wales, which is also of course under the UK umbrella, is not included in the Union Jack. Presumably because it's not an easy ingredient to mash up:
That doesn't provide a full excuse as to why Wales hasn't been included, as they do also have the flag of Saint David (Patron Saint of Wales) which is more graphically consistent with the rest:
So what happens if Scotland breaks away? The most obvious choice, as now being presented in British newspapers like The Daily Mail and The Guardian, is to simply ditch the Saint Andrew blue:
Another line of thinking goes that it's time to cut Wales in on the deal, but maybe lose the dragon:
For those not feeling the green, there's also the option to go with a half-assed mash-up with the Saint David that loses the yellow:
Or to give in and go with the yellow:
Of course, maybe Scotland will vote to remain in the union, and it will be a moot point (aside from whatever ill feelings Welshmen might harbor). But one thing seems for sure: If Scotland votes "We're outta here," the blue is most certainly gone. According to The Guardian,
[Should Scotland vote for independence] Lord West, the deputy chairman of the parliamentary flags and heraldry committee, suggested last week that it was "nonsense" to imagine the St Andrew's blue could remain.
See also: The XX Commonwealth Games & Glasgow's Design Scene in Photos
Hector Uvence
It would be a shame to modify the present UK flag but it makes sense to re-design it if Scotland breaks away. Incorporating the black colour of the flag of Saint David would be a good choice and less of a shock visually.
Green would be difficult to make it work.
Let's hope that the flag remains as it is.
KROBUZ
As a Yank in the Heartland, I can't see how this effects me one way or the other. However, I would like to see this happen if only for witnessing something of this much historical importance within my lifetime. Also, as citizen of a former British colony, I can attest to the great time my own country has had since breaking away from those limeys. Good luck, Scotland either way you vote.


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Kylee Zempel #wingnut #biphobia #transphobia #homophobia thefederalist.com
Weirdos Who Want To Sexualize Your Children Should Absolutely Be Stigmatized As Groomers
Are we really quibbling over whether 'groomers' is an OK word to refer to people who delight in sexualizing kids and hiding it from parents?
What does it say about the pathetic state of the political right that instead of spending our energy advancing the ideas and institutions that promote human flourishing, we're quibbling over whether "groomers" is the right word to refer to people who delight in sexualizing other people's kids and hiding it from their parents?
The ranks of progressives and unmistakably pro-LGBT media — who spend their days throwing around insulting hyperbole like "Nazi," "fascist," and "silence is violence" — are being joined by so-called conservatives who've taken it upon themselves to lecture those to the right of them that ackshuuully it's not appropriate to call the kids' entertainment creators and state-sanctioned educators who insist on sexually indoctrinating 5-year-olds "groomers."
It's absolutely absurd. Conservatives aren't abandoning their principles by abandoning needless throat-clearing about teachers' alleged good faith and the left's intentions.
We all know the left's intentions because they've made them perfectly clear. The most recent go-around started with them maliciously branding a bill protecting parents' rights — which are an absolutely necessity for societal survival — as a bill that banned mention of the word "gay" in schools. It was a lie; the legislation seeks to keep leftist dogmas about gender identity and sexual orientation away from 5-9-year-old kids.
When the left lost and the bill got signed into law, furious executives at Florida-based Disney began ranting about their quests to inject sexual deviancy into children's entertainment.
In a video call leaked to investigative journalist Christopher Rufo, Disney executive Latoya Raveneau bragged about her "not-at-all-secret gay agenda" and attempts at "adding queerness" wherever she could in kids' shows. Another employee talked openly about his attempts to "explor[e] queer stories" and introduce enough "gender non-conforming characters." There was more where that came from.
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Malingspann 9 months ago #123387
Weirdos Who Want To Sexualize Label Teaching Your Children About The Existence Of LGBT People As Grooming Should Absolutely Be Stigmatized
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fishtank 9 months ago #123397
Grooming is their business so it's a demarkation issue.
jsonitsac 9 months ago #123398
By further stigmatizing LGBTQIness FL's law will probably result in more grooming not less. Kids won't know that their feelings are normal, begin to feel ashamed of it, and won't know whom its safe to share that information with. Perfect breeding ground for child abusers.
Also, sex ed for kids under 10 tends to be things like "here are your parts, you have the right to say "no" even to an adult, and you should feel free to tell a parent, teacher, or principal, if somebody is making you feel uncomfortable."
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Taln_Reich
Weirdos Who Want To Sexualize Your Children
You mean, like, incels and Quiverfull?
You said it...:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2016/oct/13/trump-makes-inappropriate-remarks-about-10-year-old-girl-video
https://www.military.com/video/off-duty/odd/akward-moments-with-vladimir-putin/3129473236001
...we didn't.
The above certainly prove how all you rightists are basically making IMAX obsolete. Especially QTards that claim to 'Protect the Children'...!
The_Dybbuk 9 months ago #123414
Yes, and you *should* be arguing over whether or not it's appropriate to accuse someone of "grooming" children whose job it is to teach age-appropriate lessons in anatomy and personal boundaries. Not all parents are diligent and some parents would prefer to groom their own children without such pesky concepts as consent and autonomy as their kids might otherwise learn at school.
The mischaracterization of elementary school teachers who teach basic anatomy and autonomy as "...people who delight in sexualizing kids..." is so deliberately inflammatory in wouldn't be worth any kind of response at all were it not for how effectively the rightist propagation machine has spread such a malicious lie.
People who live in glass houses...the OP should cut it with the histrionics over epithets used by the left and help the right by developing stronger arguments - if there actually are any - to justify their phobic responses toward human diversity and toward anyone who falls outside their circle of compassion.
The truth, however, is this is scarcely about protecting children at all but rather it's about pandering to the prejudices of their parents.
The OP is trying to convince her readers there's no difference between hyperbole and a lie. She's also showing her true colours:"...the legislation seeks to keep leftist dogmas about gender identity and sexual orientation away from 5-9-year-old kids."
Her main concern seems to be that children be indoctrinated to reject inclusive ideas at a young age.
But children have rights that extend beyond the rights of their parents. Rightists, allegedly being pro-life (as opposed to being merely anti-abortion), should already recognize that.
Aisha 9 months ago #123416
Also the Federalist:
Here is one thing we know and should admit from the start: in his early thirties, Moore had a penchant for dating teenagers. Apparently, this was not an uncommon occurrence during this time. In fact, this practice has a long history and is not without some merit if one wants to raise a large family.
To have a large family, the wife must start having kids when she is young. The husband needs to be well-established and able to support the family, in which case he will typically need to marry when older. Consider Keith Burgess-Jackson's (philosophy professor at UT Arlington) account of his own grandparents:
What's the big deal about a 32-year-old man courting a 14-year-old girl? My maternal grandmother was 15 years old when she married and 16 years old when she conceived her first child. Her husband was 41 and 42. They had 10 children during the next 20 years.
https://thefederalist.com/2017/11/30/alabamians-vote-roy-moore/
Yutolia 9 months ago #123428
The hypocrisy is strong in these ones… it's only sexualization if they think it will make little boys not MANLY MEN like conservatives and other homophobes expect their boys to be from the very beginning. If it involves men targeting young girls, regardless of the age, it's only "natural" and she was tempting him somehow anyway so it's her fault.
Lucilius 9 months ago #123433
The parents who object the loudest to education against sexual abuse are the ones most likely to be molesting their own kids.
I think the same applies here.
Spacewyrm 9 months ago #123466
They've been accusing LGBT++ people of shit like this for a long time, but the way they're pushing it so aggressively lately is very disturbing. This shit needs to stop.
Conscience 9 months ago #123473
Let's start with IBLP and Quiverfull and Josh Duggar. Then move onto churches and the GOP. Or do you not care about children?
Zinnia 9 months ago #123477
There's multiple different things going on which lead to this.
It's always been true that people have the right to raise their children according to their own values (well, to a point anyway, no society is infinitely tolerant), but no one is guaranteed the privilege to raise children free of counterexamples to their values. Some people have always been told, "tough luck there buddy", and that's the non-asshole version (often it was more like "take this as a sign you should abandon your obviously inferior values"). After decades of relative privilege on this matter, the far-right and mid-right are increasing being told "tough luck", and they really don't like it.
Then there's the matter of consent. Not just sexual consent, though sex is very often used as a gateway to a more general understanding of the concept. There are a lot of people who don't understand it and don't want to. The idea, for them, is that you should always just say no (except for the few areas where you should always just say yes) regardless of your desires or the circumstances, but your social superiors can simply override your no/yes. Unless you're at the top of the heap, you decide little or nothing for yourself, you decide for the people below you instead. Outside of isolated cult communities it has never worked completely like that, but the degree to which things work like that has waxed and waned over time; currently it's very much on the wane, and they really don't like this either.
Due to both of the above, they're in danger of losing their kids, whether by having the authorities taking them away (less likely) or their children becoming alienated to them (more likely). This is seen as a fundamental violation, not merely of their right to raise their kids as they see fit, but also of the social contract which they "agreed" to (more likely, were forced to "agree" to) where they give up control over their own lives in exchange for control over certain other people's lives (often just their own children and no one else)… and how is that even fair that they might not even get the benefits which came with their sacrifice?
And of course abuse of any kind is getting harder to hide. For those who engage in it, some distractions are needed. For the non-abusers (and I use the term "non-abuser" generously here) they don't want to confront the idea that the sexualization of children has already been normalized in some respects. And since it isn't going away any time soon, we should prepare children to deal with it. Because it would force them to acknowledge that their worldview has been complicit in creating this situation. So they, too, need some distractions to shut down the conversation.
Titania 9 months ago #123503
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Why? 9 months ago #123570
I agree. Youth pastors should be shunned by society. Oh wait, not like that?
Here's the deal man, there is nothing morally wrong with being gay or trans. It's incredibly obvious, and should be taught in public schools, which should also be equipped with resources to help those kids. Just because your dumbass religion disagrees doesn't mean you get to force your beliefs on the rest of society.
Blackcat 9 months ago #123592
@Aisha #123416
Girls are supposed to be more trainable in their teens. Do all men want large families? Kids are expensive. Classmate of mine was the eldest of six children. Her parents divorced and her father wanted to youngest four to be put up for adoption. Her mother refused and took the four with her to live with her parents. For a while the classmate and her brother, the second oldest, lived with her father and his new wife. The new stepmother was close to her age, so I wonder if this caused problems. She wanted to go live with her mother who now living in a different state. Dad didn't want to pay for her bus ticket, so she lived with some of my cousins who were former neighbors. She lived with until her mom raised enough money for a ticket.


Japanese actor and singer of mixed heritage - his father is Okinawan and his mother is Taiwanese.
He has two brothers (7 years older; 1 year older). In a recent interview in Hong Kong, 23 Dec 2007, Takeshi Kaneshiro mentioned that he has one elder brother. After being bullied at a regular Taiwanese high school, the Gaoxong Preparatory School, over his mixed heritage, he enrolled at English-based Taipei American School, which enabled him to converse in English, making him effectively multi-lingual considering his fluency in Mandarin, Taiwanese (his first-spoken language), and Japanese. As a result of his varied background, Kaneshiro can speak with varying degrees of fluency in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Japanese. It was while he was studying there that he began doing TV commercials, and he decided to quit school in order to pursue a singing and acting career.
Anyone who is multi-lingual has my respect plus he is a talented singer and actor!