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Former Trans Teen to Sue Kaiser Permanente Over Gender Transition as Minor
Chloe Cole tearfully shares her detransition journey in Anaheim, Calif., on Oct. 8, 2022. (Brad Jones/The Epoch Times)
By Brad Jones
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Brad Jones is an award-winning journalist based in Southern California.
November 11, 2022Updated: November 20, 2022
Chloe Cole, who was prescribed puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and had her breasts removed when she was 15, says she will sue the medical group and hospital that facilitated the gender transition she underwent as a minor that she now deeply regrets.
"The adults who were supposed to take care of and guide me as a child failed to do so and they will take responsibility for it," Cole told The Epoch Times on Nov. 11. "My parents were sold a lie just like I was."
Cole and her legal team, composed of Dhillon Law Group and LiMandri & Jonna LLP in conjunction with the Center for American Liberty, issued a letter of intent to sue the Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals on Nov. 9.
Chloe Cole, 15, wakes up from her mastectomy operation. (Courtesy of Chloe Cole)
The letter accuses the medical groups that "performed, supervised, and/or advised transgender hormone therapy and surgical intervention" for Cole when she was between 13 and 17 years old of gross negligence.
"They were supposed to help me," Cole said.
"They put me on this really harmful path, and now I'm stunted developmentally—not only my body but my brain. It's very likely that my brain development was affected by the [puberty] blockers and testosterone, and I don't know if I'll be able to have children because I started taking it so young."
Cole's mother signed the consent forms for her surgery, and her father went along with the decision, she said. They didn't have to pay anything out-of-pocket except for minimal co-pays for appointments.
"Everything was covered by insurance," Cole said. "It's required by law."
'Gender-Affirming Health Care'
Cole recently testified against "gender-affirming health care" legislation that made California a transgender sanctuary state. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 107, authored by Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat, into law last month.
Widely protested by parental rights groups, the legislation encourages out-of-state parents of transgender youth to bring their children to California for gender-affirming care and shelters them from prosecution for child abuse in other states.
President Joe Biden and his administration have also promoted the "gender-affirming" model of care, which prevents medical professionals from questioning a child's self-reported transgender identity and exploring other possible causes of their unease.
To urge support for proposed legislation that would ban gender-transition surgeries on minors, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and 10 other Republicans held a press conference with Cole outside the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 20.
The Protect Children's Innocence Act, if enacted, would make it a felony to perform "gender-affirming care" with penalties of up to 25 years in prison or a maximum $250,000 fine. The legislation, which Greene introduced on Aug. 19, would also prohibit the use of any federal funds or facilities for "gender-affirming care."
Chloe Cole, an ex-transgender teen, speaks in support of the Protect Children's Innocence Act as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) looks on outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sept. 20, 2022. (Terri Wu/The Epoch Times)
Another measure, introduced by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) in June, would allow adults such as Cole to sue medical practitioners for gender transition treatment performed on them as minors up to 30 years after they turn 18. The Protecting Minors from Medical Malpractice Act would make doctors liable for any injury, including physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological harm, due to the treatment or aftereffects of the treatment.
In Florida, state health officials voted on Nov. 5 to prohibit doctors from providing "gender-affirming care." The Florida Board of Medicine and state Board of Osteopathic Medicine voted 6–3, with five members absent, to forbid doctors from prescribing puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones and performing gender-transition surgery on children.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, has denounced "gender-affirming care" for children and encouraged lawsuits against doctors who perform transgender surgeries on youth.
In March, the largest children's hospital in the country, in Houston, announced that it would no longer offer "gender-affirming" treatment for youth after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state agencies to investigate whether such care constitutes child abuse.
Chloe Cole takes part in a demonstration in Anaheim, Calif., on Oct. 8, 2022. (Brad Jones/The Epoch Times)
Detrans United
Cole recently formed a group called Detrans United, in support of "detransitioners" who seek to reverse their medical transitions, and sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland denouncing the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, and the Children's Hospital Association for endorsing "gender-affirming care."
Although reluctant at first, Cole's parents are "supportive" of her public efforts to expose how minors and youth younger than 25 are being fast-tracked toward gender transition surgery, she said.
"I know there are so many other people who are in this situation, but they don't really have the strength to be able speak out. It's not necessarily something that I want to do, but it's something that I feel like I need to do. I feel called to do this," she said. "I believe it's a spiritual battle, but it's not necessarily something that has to be fought in the name of religion. People from all walks of life are coming together on this one issue—conservatives, radical feminists, and people in between."
The Center for American Liberty alleges that Kaiser never informed Cole's parents of psychiatric treatment options or any approach that would attempt to treat her underlying psychological conditions "to bring about a mental state congruent with Chloe's biological sex."
Medical professionals informed Cole's parents that she was "at a high risk for suicide, unless she socially and medically transitioned to appear more like a male," according to the letter. Allegedly, they were asked, "Would you rather have a dead daughter or a live son?"
Chloe Cole in her pre-teens, prior to her transition. (Courtesy of Chloe Cole)
Cole alleges that she was told by medical professionals that the distress she was experiencing was because of gender dysphoria and would resolve as she transitioned. But, after undergoing several phases of transition over multiple years, her mental health deteriorated, and she became more suicidal following the double mastectomy, according to the letter.
"Eventually, Chloe realized that the answer to her struggle was not surgery and hormones, as she had been advised, but a shift in her mental perspective. She realized that the only way she would be happy is if she mentally accepted her biological sex and chose to live a life that aligned with her natural sex," the letter reads.
Harmeet Dhillon, CEO of the Center for American Liberty, said in a statement that the medical system shouldn't dictate the future of children's lives.
"Through this legal action, the 'professionals' involved will be held accountable for their despicable plot to mutilate children and financially benefit from it," Dhillon said. "We will break the cycle of them breaking our children before it's too late."
Cole is seeking "punitive damages based on the evidence of malice, oppression and fraud," according to the letter.
"My teenage life has been the culmination of excruciating pain, regret, and, most importantly, injustice," Cole said on Nov. 10 in a statement. "What is worse is that I am not alone in my pain. I will see to the fact that the blood and tears of detransitioners like myself will not lay waste. It is impossible for me to recoup what I have lost, but I will [ensure] no children will be harmed at the hands of these liars and mutilators."
Chloe Cole tearfully shares her detransition journey in Anaheim, Calif., on Oct. 8, 2022. (John Fredricks/The Epoch Times)
Kaiser Permanente has 90 days to settle the case or respond to the letter of intent to sue before a lawsuit will be filed.
But Cole is expecting a court battle.
"I'm hoping that in doing this, I can encourage other people, especially other people who medically transitioned as minors, to be able to come forward and seek justice for themselves," she said.
Kaiser Permanente officials haven't responded to multiple requests for comment since Nov. 11.
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The Hisar () is a  hill near the town of Leskovac in southern Serbia. A town's symbol, the hill is known for the remains of the large, fortified Bronze Age settlement and has been declared a nature park. The evidence confirm the almost continuous habitation from the Neolithic to the Ottoman period, and as the town of Leskovac engulfs the hill, until today.

With numerous remains of the equipment for iron processing (grinders, furnaces, charcoal piles), iron ore itself and high quantities of discovered slag, dated from the 14th to the 11th century BC, indicates that this was the oldest known occurrence of ferrous metallurgy in Europe and one of the oldest in the world. A nicely preserved needle, discovered on the site in 2001, is considered to be one of the oldest surviving metallic objects on the planet.

Location

The hill is located within the urban area of Leskovac, in the valley of the Veternica river, which passes east of the hill. Almost from all sides it is surrounded by the town's urban tissue, with only southwest and, partially, south side remaining unurbanized. On the north, there is a Park "Devet Jugovića".

Characteristics
The hill makes the westernmost extension of the Goljak mountain, sloping into the Morava valley.

Name of the hill comes from the Turkish word hisar, which means citadel. Smaller forts were called hisardžik and fortresses above several cities in southern Serbia were in time named hisar (Leskovac, Prokuplje).

In its itinerary "Serbia - land and population", published in 1904, Austrian traveler Felix Kanitz wrote:

The nature park covers an area of . The Monument to the Unknown Soldier was erected on the hill in 1922, in honor of the anonymous captain who was killed on 26 October 1915 during the Morava Offensive, part of the warfare with the occupational Bulgarian army during World War I. A memorial park was built on the eastern slope in 1971, based on the preliminary design by architect Bogdan Bogdanović. There is also a memorial plaque, commemorating the first gathering of workers in the Leskovac area in 1897.

A transmitter of the local TV Leskovac is situated on the hill.

Archaeology
The archaeological works began in 1999, they have been continuous ever since and until today covered an area of . Head of the excavations is archaeologist Milorad Stojić from the Archaeological Institute in Belgrade. Remains of the multilayered settlement were discovered in 2001.

Older periods
There are remains from the Neolithic and Copper Age. Over 7,000 artifacts from the prehistoric period were discovered.

Bronze Age
Hisar is a multilevel settlement which spawned through several periods, at least from 1350 and 1000 BC, during the Late Bronze Age. It was a large fortified settlement, located on the highest plateau of the hill. It was protected with the defensive, deep moat and surrounded by the wooden piles palisade on the inner side. The fortification extended into the slopes, where the suburbs on the foothills of Hisar were located. The fortification is similar to the one discovered on the Gradac locality in Novo Lanište, in the Velika Morava basin, though Gradac is much younger, originating in the 8th century BC. The settlement belonged to the Brnjica culture.

The settlement occupies the southeast part of the hill. The Brnjica layers are discovered at the depth of , and consist of 4 strata which mark the 4 development phases (Brnjica I-a, I-b, II-a, II-b). Several thousand of objects were discovered, mostly pottery fragments.

People lived in a small houses or in the half-dugouts. Houses were mostly made of wood, so they are not preserved, and the reconstruction was based on the imprints of the wooden piles, remains of the lep, a wall plaster made of mud which contains remains of the paling and woven wattles and remaining parts of the floors made of compacted earth. Underground sections of the half-dugouts had a rectangular base with the floor made of the compacted earth. Section above the ground was made of wattle covered with mud with the tent-like hipped roof covered with the straw or the wood bark.

A furnace was located at the entrance into the house and the discovered pottery includes pots, bowls, cups, etc. House utensils included leverages, weights, flint tools and both parts of millstones: bedstones and runner tones. Even some three-legged wooden stools have been preserved. Next to the furnace there was a piranos, the pot with the firebox and an outer handle, so the food was obviously prepared in the entry section of the house. Several food storages were discovered. Results of the archaeo-botanical researches showed that, concerning grains, the inhabitants cultivated mostly millet, but also barley, rye, oats and some type of today extinct wild wheat. They also cultivated many legumes: peas, lentils, fava beans, bitter vetch and today in Serbia extinct ervil (urov). A diet consisted of barley, millet and, to the lesser extent, wheat. The chaff was separated from the grain seeds by heating the seeds in the piranos until they become brittle so that they would separate easily in the mortar and pestle. The grains ware grinded by hand with the millstones. Due to the predominance of the millet, it is concluded that the most important and everyday meal was a millet porridge. They also made some kind of pogača of wheat and rye, while the legumes were cooked like today. The food was prepared and served in the clay dishes and the numerous complete objects were discovered: pots, jugs, pitchers, cups, etc. Large use of legumes is due to the climate as the Leskovac region is even today known for the production of this type of vegetables.

The inhabitants also grew the wild flax (lanak). The stems were used to make fabric, for which the hand-operated looms were used. The seeds were used for the oil production.

In September 2017, experts from the National Museum in Leskovac reconstructed one Bronze Age house and exhibited it in front of the museum. They also placed a stand where, among other things, visitors can try the meals, which are made in the way it is believed they have been prepared, like the millet porridge. Today, Leskovac is the most famous place in Serbia for the grilled meat and especially, for pljeskavicas, or hamburgers. To add a humorous note, the pljeskavicas are also prepared, but instead of meat, they are made from peas and millet, with added soybeans.

Metallurgy

It is estimated that the metallurgy center in the settlement was operational at least between 1350 BC and 1100 BC and the remains have been found in the layer up to thick. Iron ore, amorphous iron and vast amount of slag were discovered, but also remains of the grinding stones for crushing the ore (pogača), furnaces, charcoal piles, blowers and metal objects.

Archaeo-metallurgy expert Radomir Pleiner pointed out that the Hittite ferrous metallurgy, until recently considered the oldest on the planet, is known exclusively from the archive in the remains of their capital Hattusa, near Boğazkale in Turkey and not from the discovered objects or the smelting equipment. Archives mention iron and gifts made from it, calling it a "royal metal" because only the royal court had rights to produce it. Further importance of iron in that, and later periods, can be seen from Homer's labeling of iron as a "metal, more expensive than gold", because it was harder to find it and process it.

Turović needle
A nicely preserved needle, discovered on the site in 2002, is considered to be one of the oldest surviving metallic objects on the planet.  Amateur archaeologist Šćepan Turović discovered it, so it was named after him, the Turović needle.

It was made from the stainless iron, without any hollows. It is  long and dated to the 14th century BC (c.1300 BC). It considered a technological wonder even by modern standards as iron of such purity hardly can be produced even today. It is 98,86% pure iron and apparently can't rust. Research labs in Sartid steel factory in Smederevo and the Vinča Nuclear Institute and Institute for physics in Belgrade showed that the needle was not made of pure iron which makes it "globally exquisite". Technologists stated that for such compactness and purity, it will take millions and millions of strokes. It has greater purity than the iron standard forged in space, which was brought from the United States to compare it to the needle.

In 2005, another needle-shaped object was discovered, also dated to the 14th century BC.

Dorian hypothesis
Stojić hypothesizes that the development of metallurgy confirms the theory of the Dorian Invasion from the northern route. The discovery of iron and bronze objects from the 12th century BC, coincides with the invasion. The Dorians lived in the basin of the South Morava and the surrounding Central Balkans regions in the 13th century and, producing the iron weapons, with ease conquered the southern people in Greece.

Iron Age
A later Iron Age settlement existed at Hisar from the 6th to the 4th century BC. Besides Greek fibulae and pottery, in 2005 a rare example of the silver buckle was discovered which, with other discovered artifacts, points to the existence of the necropolis of the old Balkan people, either the Thracian Triballi or the Thraco-Illyrian Dardani.

Later periods
The fortress was active during the later Roman, Byzantine, medieval Serbian and Ottoman periods.

The Roman remains include the parts of a rampart, which was dug into the remains of the old, 14th century BC fortification. The object is decorated with frescoes and a mosaic and probably was port of a sacral complex. An ebony tablet, with the visible inscription reddeta ("return gift"), is also discovered. It is dated to the 4th century.

During the Byzantine period, the hill hosted a crafts and metallurgy center.

The "most beautiful 12th century archaeological findings in Serbia" have also been discovered. It most probably originated from the period of Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja, who included the Dubočica region and the basin of the South Morava in the Serbian state. Artifacts include the complete dishes and vessels and medieval colored glass ornamented in the multi-color technique. Remains of the settlement from c.1400 are also found, and silver coins minted by Stefan Lazarević, before he obtained his title of a despot.

References

External links

Hills of Serbia
Ancient sites in Serbia
Thracian sites

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Deecastle beat has 5.2 kilometres (3.2 miles) of magnificent fishing, from 22 named pools on the south side of the Dee.
There is a bank and ghillie-sharing agreement with the opposite Dinnet beat that allows fishers to enjoy double banked fishing during the Spring season.
The Spring fishing season starts on the 1st of March and runs until the 3rd of July 2021. During the Spring 6 rods can fish the beat except for the month of March when only 4 rods can fish. The services of a shared ghillie are included from the 1st - 27th of March, after which the beat benefits from the services of two ghillies from the 29th of March until the 3rd of July.
During the Summer fishing season, Deecastle beat operates single banked fishing only. The Summer fishing season starts on the 5th July and runs until the 30th September 2021. During the Summer 2 rods can fish Deecastle beat. The beat is offered for let to fishers during the Summer fishing season without the services of a ghillie.
There are 2 fishing huts and shelters on the beat, with more on the Dinnet side. Access to the beat is by car along tracks to most of the beat. However, there are also paths along the riverside on both banks that allows access to all parts of the beat on foot.
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JAMMU, JANUARY 27 – Minister for Youth Services and Sports Molvi Imran Raza Ansari today congratulated the 11 sportspersons who were conferred with State Awards in sports category on the Republic Day.
"It is for the first time that the state government has given a record number of awards in the sports category," he said in a statement.
The award for outstanding sportsperson category was given to Surya Bhanu Singh (Wushu), Tajamul Islam (Kick-Boxing), Hashim Mansoor (Karate), Akbar Khan (Climbing), Ishfaq Hussain (Kayaking and Canoeing), Meenal Gupta (Chess), Nipu Jamwal (Judo), Tsering Angmo (Mountaineering), Tashi Laskit (Mountaineering), Rigzin Dolkar (Mountaineering) and Stanzin Laskit (Mountaineering).
The award carries a cash prize of Rs 51,000, a citation and a Gold Medal.
Speaking on the occasion, Ansari said these sportspersons have made everyone proud and their achievements at the national and international level have inspired many youth in the State to take up sports as career. "It becomes imperative to honor the recent feats achieved by state sportspersons in different sports categories to boost their morale," he added.
Ansari reiterated his unflinching support to state sportspersons and said that he will work to create better sports infrastructure and opportunities for them in State.


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Beverly Cleary Speaks to Highlights
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Smart Answers to Parents' Toughest Questions
Cleary, who struggled to read as a child, talked to Highlights about children, children's fiction, and reading.
Courtesy of www.beverlycleary.com
Born in 1916, Beverly Clearly spent her early years on a small farm in Yamhill, Oregon. She struggled to learn to read and didn't become a confident reader until third grade. After college and library school, Beverly became a children's librarian in Yakima, Washington. She then married Clarence Cleary and had twins. An astute observer of human nature, Beverly [wrote because she] longed for more honest depictions of characters in children's fiction. Beverly Cleary's first book, Henry Huggins, was published in 1950. Since then, children worldwide have read her stories, including Newbery Award winner Dear Mr. Henshaw and the Ramona series.
Why do you think kids today still relate to your characters, including Henry, Ramona, and Beezus?
I think it's because I describe the inner emotions of the children. I don't just tell what they do. I don't think that the inner emotions of children change. Children still want a home with two parents, a neighborhood in which it is safe to play, and a pet.
Over the years you've received thousands of letters from kids. Have children's hopes and concerns changed?
More children today want to be famous. But they don't seem to recognize that being famous involves hard work.
You set out to write books for "kids like us"—the kids who weren't into reading. What draws those kids to a story?
I think the boy who said that ["kids like us"] meant ordinary American kids. At the time he said it, books for boys were about pirates or pioneers—there weren't contemporary stories. I wrote about the sort of neighborhood in which I grew up.
In the past you've said that wherever your parents lived was home. How did they convey that sense of security?
My mother didn't work outside the home, and I didn't know any mothers who did. I went to school and came home and played in the neighborhood with the other kids. If any of us misbehaved, one of the parents would tell our parents. The community agreed on what was proper for children to do.
The parents in your books face real-life challenges, such as job loss and divorce. How do you go about creating parent characters that are supportive but real?
There was a time when my father lost his job. I drew on that when I wrote Ramona and Her Father. A few boys asked me to write about a child whose parents were divorced. I had no experience with divorce and made up Dear Mr. Henshaw from observations and my imagination.
How can parents encourage kids to read more?
By reading aloud to them. When I was very young, Mother took me to the library once a week. I read to my own children in the evening before they went to bed. Then my husband went down the hall and sang to them.
What other advice can you share with parents?
Set a good example for your children by reading books yourself for pleasure.
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Nathan Delfouneso
Youngster wants to emerge as an Aston Villa regular
UNDERSTUDY striker Nathan Delfouneso has set his sights on stepping out of the shadows to make five Premier League starts for Villa this season.
Sunday Mercury
Delfouneso has yet to be handed his full top-flight debut by manager Martin O'Neill and has been restricted to cameo appearances from the bench.
But, after starting in a string of cup ties last season, the 18-year-old is confident of forcing his way into O'Neill's Premier League XI later this term.
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"I just want to get in the team and play more," said Delfouneso, who agreed a contract extension earlier this month.
"I want to become a regular. That's my next goal.
"It would be my main target to get my first Premier League start and after that it's got to be my aim to try to start at least five Premier League games this season."
O'Neill has underlined how highly he rates Dlfouneso by preferring to send experienced frontman Marlon Harewood out on loan rather than the academy youngster.
And the England Under-19 international is convinced he will continue to progress at Villa Park after pledging his future to the club until the summer of 2012.
"I'm happy to have got a new deal," said Delfouneso, who has made substitute appearances against Wigan and Bolton in the league this season.
"Hopefully it's the start of what I want to be trying to achieve and I can move on from here.
"The gaffer has seen enough in me to offer me a contract and wants to look at it and hopefully put me in the team and take it from there.
"I've learned loads since I was 16 or 17 and I first started to train and to travel with the team. Hopefully I can learn even more as I go along."
Delfouneso believes he and his fellow Bodymoor Heath graduates can follow in the first-team footsteps of his Brummie predecessor Gabby Agbonlahor.
"There's a lot of youngsters in and around the fringes of the team, so it seems like he's looking at everyone," he added.
"Hopefully I can impress more and play more.
"People like Gabby have come through the academy and done well, so it's got to be the aim of all of us young boys to follow what he's done."
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