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Feminist mothers heartbroken and panicked as teen daughters demand to transition to male
Posted on January 14, 2019 by Jonathon Van Maren
By Jonathon Van Maren
Kudos to the Wall Street Journal for publishing one of the most comprehensive critiques of the transgender phenomenon and the horrible situation many families have found themselves in. The article, which can be found here, is behind a paywall, so here it is in full:
A reader contacted me under a pseudonym a few months ago. She turned out to be a prominent Southern lawyer with a problem she hoped I'd write about. Her college-age daughter had always been a "girly girl" and intellectually precocious, but had struggled with anxiety and depression. She liked boys and had boyfriends in high school, but also faced social challenges and often found herself on the outs with cliques.
The young woman went off to college—which began, as it often does these days, with an invitation to state her name, sexual orientation and "pronouns." When her anxiety flared during her first semester, she and several of her friends decided their angst had a fashionable cause: "gender dysphoria." Within a year, the lawyer's daughter had begun a course of testosterone. Her real drug—the one that hooked her—was the promise of a new identity. A shaved head, boys' clothes and a new name formed the baptismal waters of a female-to-male rebirth.
This is the phenomenon Brown University public-health researcher Lisa Littman has identified as "rapid onset gender dysphoria." ROGD differs from traditional gender dysphoria, a psychological affliction that begins in early childhood and is characterized by a severe and persistent feeling that one was born the wrong sex. ROGD is a social contagion that comes on suddenly in adolescence, afflicting teens who'd never exhibited any confusion about their sex.
Like other social contagions, such as cutting and bulimia, ROGD overwhelmingly afflicts girls. But unlike other conditions, this one—though not necessarily its sufferers—gets full support from the medical community. The standard for dealing with teens who assert they are transgender is "affirmative care"—immediately granting the patient's stated identity. There are, to be sure, a few dissenters. "This idea that what we're supposed to do as therapists is to 'affirm'? That's not my job," said psychotherapist Lisa Marchiano. "If I work with someone who's really suicidal because his wife left him, I don't call his wife up and say, 'Hey, you've got to come back.' . . . We don't treat suicide by giving people exactly what they want."
But giving in to patients' demands is exactly what most medical professionals do when faced with ROGD. Like fashionable and tragic misdiagnoses of the past, this one comes with irreversible physical trauma. "Top surgery," a euphemism for double mastectomies. Infertility. Permanent rounding of facial features or squaring of the jawline. Bodily and facial hair that never goes away.
Planned Parenthood furnishes testosterone to young women on an "informed consent" basis, without requiring any psychological evaluation. Student health plans at 86 colleges—including those of nearly every Ivy League school—cover not only cross-sex hormones but surgery as well.
ROGD-afflicted adolescents typically suffer anxiety and depression at a difficult stage of life, when confusion is at least as pervasive as fun, and there is everywhere the sense that they ought to be having the times of their lives. I spoke with 18 parents, 14 of them mothers—all articulate, intellectual, educated and feminist. They burst with pride in daughters who, until the ROGD spell hit, were highly accomplished, usually bound for top universities. Except for two mothers whose daughters have desisted, all insisted on anonymity. They are terrified their daughters will discover the depth of their dissent and cut them off. They are determined to use whatever influence they have left to halt their daughters' next voluntary disfigurement.
Nearly every force in society is aligned against these parents: Churches scramble to rewrite their liturgies for greater "inclusiveness." Therapists and psychiatrists undermine parental authority with immediate affirmation of teens' self-diagnoses. Campus counselors happily refer students to clinics that dispense hormones on the first visit. Laws against "conversion therapy," which purports to cure homosexuality, are on the books in 14 states and the District of Columbia. These statutes also prohibit "efforts to change a patient's . . . gender identity," in the words of the New Jersey law—effectively threatening counselors who might otherwise dissuade teens from proceeding with hormone treatment or surgery.
Reddit, Tumblr, Instagram and YouTube host an endless supply of mentors, who cheerfully document their own physical transitions, omitting mention of dangerous side effects and offering tips on how to pass as a man and how to break away from unsupportive parents. For anxious teens who tend toward obsession, these videos can be mesmerizing. Though the stars are typically pictured alone in a bedroom, they project exuberance and social élan. As one female-to-male YouTube guru who goes by "Alex Bertie" puts it: "Taking testosterone is the best decision I've ever made. I'm so happy within myself. It did not solve all of my problems, but it's given me the strength to make the most out of life and to battle my other demons like my social issues."
Brie Jontry, a spokeswoman for Fourth Wave Now, an international support network for these families, is one of the two mothers who spoke on the record. She tells me ROGD teens often come from politically progressive families. Many of the mothers I spoke with say they enthusiastically supported same-sex marriage long before it was legal anywhere. Some of them describe welcoming the news when their daughters came out as lesbians. But when their daughters suddenly decided that they were actually men and started clamoring for hormones and surgery, the mothers begged them to reconsider, or at least slow down.
"If your kid went off and joined the Moonies, people would feel sorry for you, and they would understand that this is a bad thing and that your kid shouldn't be in the Moonies," one mother, a former leader of the pro-gay organization Pflag, said. "With this, I can't even tell anybody. I talk to my husband, that's it." The couple have faithfully covered their daughter's tuition, health-care and cellphone bills—even though she refuses to speak to them.
Under the influence of testosterone and the spell of transgression, ROGD daughters grow churlish and aggressive. Under the banner of civil rights, they assume the moral high ground. Their mothers take cover behind pseudonyms. As ROGD daughters rage against the biology they hope to defy, their mothers bear its burden, evincing its maternal instinct—the stubborn refusal to abandon their young.
In today's media landscape, it constitutes a genuine risk to pen a column like that, despite the fact that these horror stories can be found everywhere by anyone who is willing to do a bit of digging. Jesse Singal of The Atlantic has been attacked nearly incessantly since he published a long-form essay examining the transgender movement and questioned the practice of "affirmative care" (even though he is largely in favor of the LGBT movement's goals.) Lisa Littman, the academic mentioned above, had her study pulled offline by Brown University under pressure from trans activists.
Abigail Shrier, the author of the column, is already under fire from the trans activists who brook no dissent. I'm grateful that there are still a few writers willing to stick their necks out.
For anyone interested, my book on The Culture War, which analyzes the journey our culture has taken from the way it was to the way it is and examines the Sexual Revolution, hook-up culture, the rise of the porn plague, abortion, commodity culture, euthanasia, and the gay rights movement, is available for sale here.
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Ruth Lipsy says:
Thank you for posting this and sharing the good news of those willing to stick their necks out to speak logic amidst the chaos. This gives great pause to pray for desparate hurting parents. We need gospel truth more than ever!
Michael Szilagyi says:
Event many times I think children see their sibling being treated more favorably by the parent and decide that maybe Mom wants to another girl or another boy and so they want to transition so that Mom will love them


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Road to Recovery – a hard fought battle for mana whenua
After the 2016 earthquake, restoring and reopening the highway into Kaikōura was crucial. Resources to make some areas safe were mobilised quickly, but the initial road reopening still meant multiple delays for travellers. Today, the journey to Kaikōura is almost uninterrupted by roadworks, with the exception of one final piece – the installation of a rock canopy. The stop gives travellers the chance to stretch their legs and enjoy the sea view.
The serene coastal landscape, and the smoothness of the new road, gives no indication of the struggle faced by Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura as once again they fought to defend their whenua, and their tīpuna buried beneath it. Kaituhi Tamara Bisseker reports.
In late 2017, while Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura had positive post-earthquake milestones to focus on – such as re-opening Whalewatch Kaikōura – ever-increasing tension around the reconstruction of State Highway 1 loomed. The project was continuing at pace, and the rūnanga – while understanding the importance of this mahi – were tiring of the pressure to continually compromise. After their manaaki in the immediate earthquake response and significantly contributing to the recovery phase, Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura executive chairperson Hariata Kahu says it felt like the rūnanga was pushed aside when the rebuild reached a critical point.
The rūnanga felt it was being pushed to accept a design that threatened to disturb sacred burial sites and severely restrict, or in some locations completely cut-off, access to mahika kai sites.
"There were a lot of things that happened in terms of tikanga and customary practices that we disagreed with, but we gave them the leeway because we knew the road had to be opened," Hariata says.
Some of that involved practices around kōiwi tangata. Normally, within 24 to 48 hours of remains being discovered, whānau would decide to either re-intern on site or elsewhere. But during this time, kōiwi tangata discovered after falling from the mountainside or in digging the carriageway were simply picked up and put into containers on-site.
Being hosted by mana whenua at Takahanga Marae marked a positive turning point for the NCTIR teams, and their understanding of the whenua they were working on.
Whānau still wanted to pay their respects, even if their ancestors could not be properly laid to rest for some time. However, they were told that because of health and safety regulations, these locations were under the authority of the North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery (NCTIR) – so the process around how and when was up to them.
Hariata explains this was hard for many of their people: it was seen as a challenge to their status as mana whenua. "This was a process that didn't gel with Māori. Ultimately, we just wanted the respect of our kōiwi tangata."
Looking back now, Hariata acknowledges aspects of this process had to happen. Literal mountains had been shaken by the quakes and there were genuine safety concerns, but at the time it was yet another thing the rūnanga had to give up. "At the time I was thinking how much of our tikanga and kawa are we having to give up again, to enable this to happen?"
To Hariata and the rūnanga it felt like they had lost control and decisions were being made around them. Mahaanui Kurataiao (MKT) had been working with the rūnanga throughout this time and were also struggling to have their voices heard. This was the final straw for them to dig deeper and to advocate for the perspective that, even in the name of engineering and health and safety, mana whenua had the right to be heard. This led to the formation of the Cultural Advisory Group (CAG).
A shared use cycling and walking path (SUP) was part of the initial plan for the rebuilt highway from Clarence to Kaikōura. Of the original 22 kilometres planned, only three were constructed. Work was scrapped after it was accepted that NCTIR and their Crown partner agencies were never going to have the blessing of mana whenua.
This area is rich in wāhi tapu and wāhi taonga sites, to the point that it would be practically impossible for earthworks without disturbing them. It was an emotionally-fuelled time, one that required persistence. Throughout consecutive generations, despite their pleading, Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura has seen its wāhi tapu sites desecrated without thought or care. It was tired of replaying the same fight; with similar, recent stand-offs still in living memory this added to the resolve not to give up.
Around this time of the highway rebuild, NCTIR had recently welcomed their fifth project director. Scotsman Tony Gallagher was quickly given the nickname 'Number Five'. His tenure was expected to be as short-lived as that of his predecessors.
Hariata Kahu, Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura Executive Chairperson, proud of the relationships and friendships that were eventually formed.
Hariata laughs as she remembers thinking 'where have you been?' when Tony came on board.
For Tony the answer was simple. If mana whenua didn't want the work to happen, then it wouldn't happen. With a mandate from the-then Minister for Transport, Phil Twyford, all works on the SUP halted.
On paper the design of the SUP was something that would provide great value. It was a dual-purpose utility that served as a safe, scenic transport route as well as a sea wall defence. But Tony rapidly saw there were more important things happening and realised at some point, it was either the SUP or a relationship with the rūnanga that had to give.
When he took up the position as project director, Tony felt it was a natural time of change: not just for the construction, but for the entire Kaikōura rebuild. The road reconstruction was heading into the final stages, but there was still a large amount of work to complete. Re-setting the team culture to focus on finishing the job was important for Tony. He wanted his team to realise the reputation of the work and the people that carried it out was the legacy, rather than the physical end result.
But this process required time and understanding, and Tony knew a big part of understanding required listening.
Tony Gallagher, NCTIR Project Director, aka 'Number 5', oversaw the highway rebuild through the final stages.
Working together over five days, Tony and Hariata brought together more than 500 NCTIR staff with Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura whānau through a pōwhiri at Takahanga Marae in 2019. They shared kai and kōrero, with rūnanga members telling stories of their whare, their whakapapa, and how these related back to the narrative of the whenua.
This was something Hariata and Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura had sought with NCTIR since 2017.
"For a lot of the workers, coming to the marae was an emotional time," Hariata says. "I think there was a lot of regret that this didn't happen in the early stages of the project. For many of the workers, they came to an understanding that we weren't trying to hold work up, but instead saw why these places were so precious to us.
"Once they realised that significance, it just made them work even more carefully and for a lot of them, when the SUP work stopped, some of their contracts ended early, but they got it. They got why," she says.
When the NCTIR teams officially decamped at the end of 2020, the send-off was one of comradery and restoration. There was a real sense of pride in the navigation of an honest and true iwi-Crown relationship, one with authentic conversations that acknowledged struggles, but ultimately celebrated the connections made.
The natural beauty of the Kaikōura coastline has been retained, and a gentle, calm spirit welcomes visitors to the rohe. There is a sense of peaceful approval from the spirits of tīpuna, finally allowed to remain at rest, undisturbed and protected by their descendants.

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Kalamkari fabric is a type of cloth painted with mythological figures and stories. Natural dye is used to colour the fabric. Sarees, salwar kameez, dresses and other garments are made out of these fabrics. Kalamkari fabric is still produced in few districts of Andhra Pradesh.
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Zvi has had great grandparents, grandparents, parents and children on tours that managed to keep everyone interested and happy.
there are a host of sites that connect to the Mishnaic and Talmudic texts, as well as to later Jewish texts, such as Medieval Jewish travelers such as Rav Eshtori HaFarhi and Benjamin of Tudela.
My van is a Mercedes Sprinter. It can accommodate 11 passengers plus me. The van has separate front and rear air conditioning units, a DVD player, and an electric step for easier access.
Buses generally come in 3 sizes; 20 seats, 35 seats, and 50 seats. I work directly with some of the best drivers and companies in the field.
older folks involved is very talented indeed.
While I know that we only had a limited time, you were able to capture for us the essence of Israel and its history.
Zvi, I just wanted to thank you for a wonderful tour. My parents really enjoyed the trip. It was the perfect combination of touring the land, background and current events, good humor, and great company. My parents felt that they were able to experience the land without too much walking which was important to them. Thank you again for a most wonderful trip. I would gladly serve as a reference for the future if needed.
Zvi, Thanks for the great Zaidy/baby trip to Masada. It was such a memorable event for Zaidy (age 95) that he never stopped talking about it. You were terrific!


Read about the amazing Whatsapp Feature some Facebook users are getting right now!
Social media giant Facebook has brought out a controversial new feature in a continuous attempt to smudge the gap between its social media platform and it's WhatsApp messaging service.
The messaging service Whatsapp was bought over by Facebook in 2014 for a whopping sum of $19billion, since then they have been making an incessant effort looking for ways to generate revenue off the platform by monetizing it.
The new feature will enable Facebook users to share information across to WhatsApp from the social media platform straight away.
The feature currently has been made available to most facebook app beta users as a way of test running it, as at this time there has been no official date of a general release of the feature.
Astonished? Well don't, this is just a tip of the iceberg on this amazing feature, it seems to be an app-based feature and may not likely work on browsers but it promises to offer an awesome addition to the wonderful social media experience that Facebook offers.
The feature has the following options; Share Now (Friends), Send as Message, Share on a friend's Timeline and Share to a Page, the new feature added will now appear as Send to Whatsapp.
The link of the particular shared post will be sent to the WhatsApp receiver who will now be able to open it on his or her device, images as well be displayed on WhatsApp when shared.
The general guess is that this is a brilliant effort to get more Whatsapp users to create facebook accounts since each receiver will require a Facebook account in order to view the view sent to him or her, wow!!! Nice move. Through this move, Facebook can now make money from the message service with no need to compromise with adverts, great business strategy.
He also stated categorically clear that over three million people in the last few months are actively using WhatsApp Business. This according to him is growing quickly and it's a sure hit.
Whatsapp is undoubtedly an untapped goldmine for Facebook, boasting over 300 million daily active users it is surely a great move in bringing in ideas like Whatsapp Business, Whatsapp Status and then this super great idea of linking Whatsapp and Facebook, it is surely a super money making move.
However, if this controversial feature will be well received by social media users is what we are yet to know.
Already, a well pronounced online site; metro.co.uk has already erred their fears saying that the feature could indeed be very annoying.
In their article, they feel that users will no longer be retreating to WhatsApp to escape the regular updates from their 'friends' because it will become easier to share posts on the messaging app.
Though technically, this has always been the case. Social media users can decide to 'Copy Link' then paste it into their preferred messenger app. The controversial feature only lessens the number of taps needed.
Facebook did something like this last year, they allowed "Story" on their Facebook app to be connected to Instagram stories to by users. There has been no negative reaction from online users and also has not had any negative repercussion on the company so we do hope this new feature will be different.


I checked on the Functions and Packages folders of MDSYS user and the SPARQL_SERVICE function and the SDO_SEM_HTTP_CTX package aren't found.
I don't know where the problem is. I created the rdfuser user following the steps in Oracle® Spatial and Graph RDF Semantic Graph Developer's Guide.
Are you using 12.1.0.2? Can you please run a desc command as follows?
The installed version of Oracle is 12c, there is the problem.
Did the following command return any errors?
If not, can you run the grant commands in the same SQL*Plus session?
Yes, this command returns error.
sparql_service is not found in MDSYS user.
I will send you the screen-shoots about sequences.
I'm thinking to remove the current Oracle version and to install Oracle 12.1.0.2, available in http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/database12c-win64-download-2297732.html.


Cats can come in a variety of colors and patterns. One of the most striking is the tuxedo cat, a contrast in black and white as well as a contrast in gregariousness and independence. It is not a breed of cat, and yet, cats with this coloration do tend to have a general personality that includes intelligence, charm and playfulness.
The unusual patterns are as striking as the splashy black and white coloration. They have been a popular cat color pattern for millennia and have a reputation for mystery, magic and luck. It's no wonder at all that some of the most famous cats are tuxies.
Tuxedo cats get their name from being mostly black with a white chest and perhaps little white paws, as if they were wearing a little tuxedo. While this pattern is often associated with black and white cats, it can also apply to grey and white felines. There are also ginger colored tuxies and reverse tuxies who are white on top and black on the bottom.
They often have black coloring around the eyes, usually with a white chin or nose that gives them the appearance of wearing a mask, like the Phantom of the Opera or Tuxedo Mask.
This is a pattern color, not a breed. A Persian can have the tuxedo pattern as could an American shorthair, Manx, Scottish Folds, Munchkins, Norwegian forest cats and many others. They can be long haired, short haired, fluffy, shaggy or silky. Nearly any breed that is not defined by coat color can be a tuxedo cat.
Even then, some breeds known for a specific color or pattern may display this pattern. They just won't win any prizes for meeting breed standards.
Bicolor cats can come in differing patterns. Most tuxies are completely black save for the face, paws, throat, chest and perhaps the tail tip. A Van-patterned kitty will be mostly white except for the cap of the head and the tail.
There's also the cap-and-saddle with black on top of the hear or even just the ears and a black patch covering the tail, rump and some of the back. The mask-and-mantle will be black from the top of the head to the tail tip and white everywhere else.
A magpie or harlequin cat will have random patches of black and white. Some of these cats have spots on their throats that almost look like a little bowtie. Some cats have a combination tabby and tuxie pattern, giving them a rather mackerel look.
It was at one time surmised that their unusual coats were the result of inactive genes that did not move quickly enough to cover the coat. The now more commonly accepted hypothesis is inclined toward evidence that two-toned cats are formed in the uterus by a defective version of "kit" genes. They're defective because they do not propagate at a usual speed.
While orange tabbies have a tendency to be male and calicos and torties tend to be female, cats with a tuxedo pattern are just as likely to be male as they are female. Whenever you see a woman in fiction wearing a tux, it signals that she's not an ordinary woman, but someone with a quirky, offbeat attitude and maybe a little star quality. The same could be said of your tuxedoed queen.
The gene connected to the tuxedo pattern seems to also have a connection with eyes in some shade of green. Tuxedo kitties often have eyes that are either bright green, golden green or bluish green. It's quite the stunning look.
Many tuxedo cats have white whiskers standing out against their black faces. While this is true of most felines, it looks especially cute on tuxedo cats.
Like other bicolored cats, they get their coloration from a white spotting gene mixed in with the recessive alleles of the agouti gene. Toms and queen cats alike will both carry the necessary genes for pie-balding. Pie-balding when an animal has spots of unpigmented white fur. If the gene for being piebald is dominant, that means your cat will have a lot more white fur.
Just like James Bond, tuxedo cats look dapper but aren't afraid of a little action. They're lively, energetic and very social compared to most other cats. As soon as you walk in the door, your tuxie will come running up to you with her black tail straight up in the air. They do have some sense of independence and curiosity like any other feline, however, and care must be taken to keep them from wandering off.
They also have a tendency to be very vocal, more like an opera star than the opera attendee they're dressed like.
The tuxedo cat's coloration can act as camouflage just as it does for a penguin. When a penguin is in the water, his white belly blends in with a light colored sky and his black back blends in with the dark colored water. With tuxedo cats, this coloration helps them hide in tall grass. Keep reading for more facts!
Though uniquely beautiful, tuxedo cats are by no means rare. You are sure to find at least one at your local animal shelter. Unfortunately, due to superstitions about black felines, many of them have trouble finding a family to take them in. Tuxedos on average find they have to stay ten days longer in the shelter than cats of other coloring. If you are thinking of adopting a cat, please consider a cuddly little tuxie!
Tuxedo cats are common in every corner of the globe. Both American and British shelters are filled with plenty of tuxedo cats ready for adoption. The Swedish cartoon Pelle Svanslos makes the tuxedo cat popular in that country.
Tuxedo cats are just as healthy as any other felines and their lifespan can be lengthened by the same factors. Isaac Newton was fond of tuxedo kitties and invented the cat flap so they could go in and out without his help. You may want to install a smart cat flap to limit how much outdoor time she has.
Make sure she gets the best food, enough exercise and rest not to mention regular veterinary care and you could have your friend from anywhere from fifteen to twenty years.
A good 70% of the cats illustrated in the ancient tombs and arts from Egypt were tuxedo cats. Perhaps the Egyptians believed they represented the union of Nut the sky goddess and Geb the Earth god. They were popular in Egypt before the word "tuxedo" even meant anything.
If you like a pet with intelligence, tuxies are the way to go! They seem to be twice as smart as the average cat. Kittens with the tuxedo pattern have a tendency to hit developmental milestones earlier than most kittens. Despite their coloration, they're not as likely to be hit by cars as other cats. Could it be that they're smart enough to watch for traffic?
Not only was this type of cat worshipped in Ancient Egypt, but William Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, Ludwig von Beethoven and Roger Daltrey all owned tuxedo cats. It was once believed that they could become invisible on the vernal equinox, giving them a magical reputation.
Today, it's believed that tuxie owners are luckier when playing the lotto. Keep reading to learn about famous tuxedo cats from both history and fictional accounts.
Sylvester The Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes cartoons brings us a few different tuxedo cats. Sylvester is the best known of them. He's best known for chasing after Tweetie Pie the canary, but he has also been an adversary for Speedy Gonzales and a young kangaroo that Sylvester kept mistaking for a giant mouse. He never succeeded, much to the shame of his look-alike son, Junior.
Penelope Her name is almost never mentioned, but she is the love interest in the Pepé Le Pew cartoons. She's a somewhat fluffy feline with tuxedo markings who would somehow or another manages to get a white stripe painted down her back. This would cause Pepé to mistake her for a female skunk and attempt to woo her, much to Penelope's dismay.
Pussyfoot This tiny kitten was only in two Looney Tunes shorts, but her role was nonetheless memorable. She befriended a big bulldog named Marc Anthony who would go to great lengths to protect his little friend. In the first cartoon, he tries to hide her from his mistress and has a breakdown when he (mistakenly) believes Pussyfoot has been turned into cookies. In the other cartoon, he protects her from a bigger, meaner cat.
Mr. Mistofelees The T.S. Eliot poem this showstopper from the musical Cats was named after was described as black "from his ears to the tip of his tail". Lloyd Webber made him a tuxedo cat to look even more like a stage magician. There's a fan theory that he might be related to Bustopher Jones, explaining their similar coloration and why Misto gets away with being so impudent towards him.
The Cat in the Hat He was the eponymous star of a couple of Dr. Seuss books about a mischievous cat who likes to have fun while rhyming. The Mike Myers movie based on the character was something of a bomb, but the educational children's program The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot about That makes up for it by teaching kids about science.
Peter-No-Tail In his native Sweden, he's called Pelle Svanslös. Peter-No-Tail is the star of a series of children's books by Gösta Knutsson and two feature films. He was born not only with tuxedo markings but no tail, a great shame among cats. Despite this shortcoming, his kind and gentle nature manages to win him friends including a cream colored queen named Molly Silknose.
Tom Most tuxedo kitties depicted in fiction are black and white. Tom was the rare grey tuxie. He's also the one with seven Academy Awards! He's best known for chasing a mouse named Jerry and getting into many amusing incidents along the way. In "The Cat Concerto" Tom wears a literal tuxedo (that doesn't survive the picture) as he shows off his skills as a piano virtuoso, waking up a very annoyed Jerry while he's at it.
Figaro In Disney's second feature film Pinocchio, Geppetto has a little black and white cat named Figaro. The same cat can be seen in a few Mickey Mouse cartoons as Minnie's pet. There was a deleted scene where Geppetto had to stop Figaro from eating Cleo the goldfish. A mechanical Figaro can be seen at Fantasy Faire in Disney Land being woken by a singing caged bird.
Kat Kong This humorous children's picture book by Dav Pilkey re-imagines King Kong as a plump tuxedo kitty going on a rampage in Mousopolis. The pictures are an innovative collage of manipulated photos and acrylic paint.
Socks When President Bill Clinton moved into the White House, his teenage daughter Chelsea brought her pet cat Socks with her. Socks would be spoofed by appearances in Mad, Outland and on episodes of Murphy Brown and Eek! The Cat.
Simon This little sea kitty sailed with the British Royal Navy in 1949 during the Chinese civil war. He was awarded the PDSA Dicken medal for protecting the soldiers' rations. Unfortunately, the poor thing died of wounds after an attack.
Trixie They say only dogs are loyal, but this cat could be loyal too. Lots of people try to break out of prison, but Trixie broke in! Trixie somehow or another broke into the Tower of London in 1801 just to be with her owner.
Tuxedo Stan In 2012, Tuxedo Stan was a black and white cat who ran for mayor of Halifax, Canada. While he didn't win, he did inspire the city council to donate a sizable grant to the area in order to build a low-cost spay and neuter clinic.
Palmerston His full title is Chief Mouser of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office at Whitehall in London. His job is to keep the offices at the King Charles Street building free of rodents. He has been known to scrap with Larry, Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office.
Roosevelt Roosevelt was saved as a partially paralyzed four week old kitten by Tenth Life Cat Rescue. Roosevelt pulled through though he was never able to walk or eliminate properly. He now lives at a veterinary clinic where he improves the morale of the patients.
Sparky In 1998, Sparky inherited 6.3 million dollars on the demise of his owner, making him one of the richest cats in the world.
Roderick Cats love to climb! The only cat ever to climb Mount Everest was a tuxedo cat named Roderick.
Felix You can find the image of this smiling tuxedo cat on the package of Purina's Felix line of cat foods. The wonderful, wonderful cat of the old cartoons he was named after is almost entirely black save for his large eyes. This Felix has a white mask to better frame his wide, pink smile.
Professor Meowingtons PhD This highly educated cat belong to electronic artist deadmau5. He has featured his adorable little cat on several album covers.
The tuxedo cat is both beautiful and plentiful. One is sure to make a playful, clever and adoring companion. There are many different types and they come in just about every breed. Consider a dapper little fellow or a dashing little lady for your new furry companion. You will be glad you did!


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Stadium authority rejects alcohol ban | The Honolulu Advertiser | Hawaii's Newspaper
Posted at 11:27 a.m., Thursday, January 26, 2006
Stadium authority rejects alcohol ban
• What are your thoughts on the decision to reject an alcohol ban in the Aloha Stadium parking lot? Join our discussion
By Brandon Masuoka
Advertiser Staff Writer
The Aloha Stadium Authority today voted down a plan that would have banned beer and alcohol consumption in the stadium's 8,000-stall parking lot before, during and after regular-season collegiate sporting events.
Authority chairman Kevin Chong Kee said the board is looking to revisit the issue, which, he said, requires further study. Another task force with more members was set up to investigate the issue further.
Authority members said the ban would hurt tailgating tradition, discriminate against University of Hawai'i fans, was an inconsistent policy and would be difficult to enforce.
Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona spearheaded the alcohol ban in August and called it a "monumental statement" for public safety and curbing underage drinking and alcohol-fueled misbehavior at the stadium.


Former Buffy The Vampire Slayer star Marc Blucas guest-starred in the latest episode of Stalker as a former Nazi sympathiser targeted by a stalker.
Jack (Dylan McDermott) and Beth (Maggie Q) investigated starting with Mark's (Blucas) old gang before turning their attention to his neighbours. It turned out that one of Mark's neighbours was behind the attacks as he himself had been a victim of a racially-motivated hate crime in the past.
Elsewhere in the episode Amanda (Elisabeth Rohm) was challenged by Trent (Warren Kole) who discovered Ethan (Gabriel Bateman) was Jack's son. Ethan overheard the conversation and learned the truth about his father. Beth received a package containing a teddy bear identical to the one that was damaged in the house fire from her past.
The next episode of the season is Crazy For You. Jack and Beth investigate when a psychiatrist believes he's being stalked by his patient. Meanwhile, Beth makes a stunning discovery.


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Fremantle Secures Significant Factual Content Deal With Legend Media In China
Fremantle today announces a new deal for finished content with top content operator Legend Media in China. The deal is Legend Media's first and biggest factual package acquisition so far, comprising of over 100 hours of Fremantle factual content. Legend Media has acquired digital rights for China and will be placing the factual programmes across top VOD platforms.
Legend Media has selected a breadth of programming from Fremantle's growing factual catalogue including the distribution giant's first premium documentary Arctic Drift: A Year In The Ice, produced by UFA Show & Factual and Wild Blue Media and the most comprehensive non-scripted series ever made on the transatlantic slave trade Enslaved: The Lost History of The Transatlantic Slave Trade, fronted by Hollywood Icon Samuel L. Jackson, is also amongst titles. The deal also includes Stonehenge: The Hidden Truth produced by Fremantle-backed label Wild Blue Media, which reveals a pioneering new discovery at the historic site. Other titles acquired by Legend Media include Last of The Giants, Planet Defenders, Expedition Unpacked, Wild Orphan Rescue, Royals: Declassified, The Diana Interview: The Truth Behind The Scandal.
Haryaty Rahman, SVP Distribution Asia, International, who brokered the deal said "This is Legend Media's biggest factual content package deal to date so for Fremantle to be the first company to collaborate with them in this space is a real privilege and we hope to continue this fruitful partnership to support their ambitions to provide the best content for China's TV Industry."
Patrick Peng, Co-Founder of Legend Media said "Fremantle has such a diverse range of content, which helps audiences understand what humans can do for the world. We are honoured to partner with Fremantle on such a big deal and look forward to sharing their premium content with audiences in China."


To be honest, dealing with someone with depression is a hard thing to do. Dealing with suicide attempts are even worse. I went through that with my ex-wife. She too attempted it twice, with the last, she almost succeeded. The fact is that there is really nothing you can do but be there and be supportive. I know that doesn't help much. Prying only makes things worse. The best you can do is be there for her to lean on, give her a shoulder to cry on too, but keep yourself distance. She will open up if she wants too. If you can't handle it, I would suggest you move on because you will have to deal with her issues later.


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Obesity and alcohol 'mar NHS progress'
A study blames Britain's alcohol and junk food culture for undermining 'considerable progress' in the NHS.
The report by the King's Fund thinktank found Labour has improved access to primary care and cut hospital waiting times, but advised an urgent focus on tackling obesity and alcohol abuse.
There has been progress since 1997 in making the NHS more accountable and transparent to government and taxpayers, according to the 108-page report, entitled A High Performing NHS?.
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But the service is still failing to tackle obesity and alcohol effectively.
Consumption of alcohol has increased since 1998, accompanied by a rise in alcohol-related hospital admissions and rates of liver disease, the report said. It concluded "more aggressive, cross-departmental action will be needed in the future".
"The prevalence of obesity is rising in adults and children, despite government targets to halt the increase. There has been improvement in rates of exercise and aspects of healthy eating, but it is too soon to evaluate some of the more recent government initiatives to reduce obesity.
"However, the predictions of significant increases in obesity-related ill health in the future mean that the next government will need to sustain investment in initiatives delivered by the NHS and all other relevant agencies."
The report found the health service had become a priority for voters in the build up to the general election.
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Junk food ads are 'disastrously effective', warns WHO
19 June, 2013The Press Association
Childhood obesity is becoming even more of a widespread problem across the UK, with the marketing of unhealthy food to children and young people contributing to the pandemic.
NHS faces 'overwhelming obesity burden'
Health experts have warned of obesity's "overwhelming" burden on the NHS as figures showed a 785% rise in weight-loss surgery.
Lack of exercise and poor diet identified as 'fatal behaviours'
Four "fatal behaviours" that combine to increase the chances of dying, including a lack of exercise and poor diet, have been identified by scientists.
'Poor' awareness of alcohol's role in breast cancer risk
Women's awareness of alcohol's role in boosting breast cancer risk is poor, according to UK researchers.
Obesity overtakes smoking as lead cause of four cancers
3 July 2019Megan Ford
A leading cancer charity has called for "urgent" action from the government to tackle obesity, as new analysis shows that excess weight is causing more cases of certain cancers than smoking.
NHS must 'accelerate' learning from deaths improvements
19 March 2019Gemma Mitchell
NHS trusts in England must do more to ensure they are properly learning from deaths that occur under their watch, the health watchdog has warned.
Reverse public health budget cuts to stop 'crisis' warns BMA
28 March 2019Megan Ford
Cuts to public health budgets must be reversed to head off a preventative healthcare "crisis", doctors' leaders have warned.
Anonymous12 April, 2010 2:49 pm
Obesity and alcohol will continue to drain NHS resources unless and until proper across-the-board preventative measures are put in place including using pricing mechanisms and, where appropriate, legal "bans".
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Global Business and Economics Review
2005 Vol.7 No.2/3
Title: On stability of the demand for money in a developing OECD country: the case of Turkey
Authors: Ferda Halicioglu, Mehmet Ugur
Addresses: Old Royal Naval College, University of Greenwich, Park Row, London SE10 9LS, UK. ' Old Royal Naval College, University of Greenwich, Park Row, London SE10 9LS, UK
Abstract: This paper empirically analyses the stability of the narrow money demand function (M1) in Turkey for the period 1950–2002. As part of the IMF sponsored stabilisation programme, Turkey has been pursuing base money targets. To ascertain whether this policy framework satisfies the necessary condition for effectiveness, we estimate and test for the stability of Turkish M1 by employing a recent single cointegration procedure proposed by Pesaran et al. (2001) along with the CUSUM and CUSUMSQ stability tests. We demonstrate that there is a stable money demand function and it could be used as an intermediate target of monetary policy in Turkey.
Keywords: cointegration; money demand; stability; Turkey; base money targets; monetary policy.
DOI: 10.1504/GBER.2005.007616
Global Business and Economics Review, 2005 Vol.7 No.2/3, pp.203 - 213
Published online: 20 Aug 2005 *


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With a federal election on the horizon, The Coalition for the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples wishes to highlight the commitment of parties and candidates to implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Following the failure of the senate to pass Bill C-262, an act to ensure the laws of Canada are in harmony with the UN Declaration, earlier this summer it is of critical importance that the next session of Parliament prioritize concrete action to move ahead with the full implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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The Next Session of Parliament Must Prioritize Protection and Fulfillment of the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, and numerous reports by international human rights bodies have all documented the profound and tragic harms that have resulted from Canada's colonial laws and policies. Ongoing adverse impacts include denial of Indigenous systems of governance, jurisdiction and laws; dispossession of lands, territories and resources; the ongoing tragedy of Indigenous lives brutally cut short; essential opportunities denied to Indigenous children and youth; and the lack of adequate financial and other assistance to maintain and revitalize Indigenous cultures, traditions and languages in the face of continued threats. Continue Reading…
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The Ba Da Guan (Eight Passes Scenery Spot), a sanatorium area in Qingdao lies in the east of Huiquan Bay. It is well known for its photogenic landscaping and the amalgam of more than 200 western architectures in different styles, and is also called the Architecture Museum.
With its colonial, predominantly German, history Qingdao contains the architecture of many different European styles. Outside of the old German Concession, north of the railway station, most of this history is displayed in Badaguan, also known as the Huiquan area. Badaguan, literally the Eight Passes, is so named because eight of the roads here are named after China's most famous passes. The area features Russian, English, French, German, and Danish constructions which are now mostly either large scale guesthouses or sanitariums. Badaguan is a great area to stroll through, not only interesting for its tree lined avenues and proximity to the Number One Beach, but also for budding botanists; the roads here are also known after the flowers or trees that line them, for example, Shaoguan Lu is also called Green Peach Road, Ningwuguan Lu is called Crabapple Road, Zhengyangguan Lu is called Crab Myrtle Lu. In recent years, a peach forest, flowering in spring, has been planted at the northeast corner of the area. While in the southwest corner lies the "the lovers' paradise", a place favored by lovers where the cypresses line both sides of the road.


WEST BOYLSTON — Coventry Associates Inc. was one of the 17 Massachusetts companies to receive grant funding from the MassVentures START program, which recently announced more than $3 million in awards for a variety of cutting-edge concepts in order to bring them from creative idea to commercial market.
Founder and President Craig Gardner said that the $200,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant will be used to market his patented Eccentric Positioning System (EPS) to end-users and machine builders in order to raise the funds needed to grow the company.
The START Program is a federal program now in its fifth year that funds innovations in small companies, defined as any company with fewer than 500 employees.
The initial $100,000 grant Coventry Associates received in 2015 allowed Mr. Gardner to design, build and test the patented industrial robot, otherwise know as the EPS, by working with German research and development nonprofit Fraunhofer.
To date, he has secured private funding from local companies Timken and Saint-Gobain, in addition to SBIR contracts totaling $1.4 million from the Defense Logistics Agency, which is part for the federal government's Department of Defense.
"It began as an idea," he said of the technology, which allows for precision grinding of machinery used in ball-bearing technology to the millionth of an inch. That idea was actually born in 2003 of a collaboration between Mr. Gardner and his longtime friend and business associate Ed Camp, who upon his death in 2009 had yet to see the concept come to life in the form of the EPS.
Using a pivoting system involving three different axes, the EPS allows for grinding at angles — along with a tool-sharpening mechanism that occurs after each grind — that standard machinery cannot access in one pass, saving time and money.
With more than 20,000 machines in the world devoted to the manufacturing of bearings and 10 percent of those machines wearing out annually, Mr. Gardner said, he expects the EPS to be the wave of the future in this specific domain. He estimates $200 million in sales in the coming years as he grows into full operating potential and hopes to set up factory space in the Central Massachusetts area.
"MassVentures helps companies capitalize on their SBIR funds and arm them with the capital, experience, mentoring and network they need to transition to high-growth companies," said MassVentures President Jerry Bird.