#then I studied in the UK and now I essentially have both

[katzenkarussell]

When Ingo comes back to his time he occasionally has a thick Galarian accent break through due to his time spent around Professor Laventon. Certain words tip it off and suddenly the Unovan is gone and it’s galarian is there.

#Ingo #submas ingo #listen I’m bilingual and this happens to me all the time #Professor Laventon not knowing the influence of accents he is a Pokémon professor after all #I learned to speak fluently in America so I had the American accent first #then I studied in the UK and now I essentially have both #usually I speak more with the remnants of the American but some words make me go British (derogatory) #or when I get too excited about being right with my partner #yes I get bullied for this no dear reader you may not #if you hang around enough accents your accents turned into something interesting #or as my colleagues called it the international accent #I think Emmet would not appreciate the new accent #applying experience to the blorbo #and the cats go round and round

[utopians]

I don't want to be that guy but that's not pseudoscience? The prefrontal cortex isn't fully developed until around the mid to late twenties bc the synaptic connections between neurons in that part of the brain are the last to develop. Source: https:// doi.org /10.1038/ s41386-021-01137-9

I think there might be a miscommunication happening here -- the pseudoscience isn't the assertion that synaptic development continues into adulthood, it's the assertion that synaptic development defines adulthood.

I have now read this whole article and the only assertion that it makes that's relevant to this discussion is that synaptic development continues "into the 3rd decade of life". this doesn't -- at least in my opinion -- give any meaningful credence to the idea that the brain isn't fully 'mature' until this point, bc this idea relies on the assumption that 'maturity' is a static biochemical state that the brain organically reaches and not a complex interplay of life experience, societal conceptions of 'maturity' and 'adulthood', and individual variations in development/cognition in addition to the broader process of brain development. additionally, 'brain development' is far more complicated than just the synapses of the prefrontal cortex finishing development, and is a process that continues throughout one's life.

CONTINUED below the cut bc I don't want to annihilate everyone's dash with this but I have a lot more to say

continuing the previous thought: if we're measuring maturity strictly by brain development, then things get extremely dicey, because the brain continues changing beyond your twenties and throughout adulthood! consider this study, which finds that the age of peak performance for different cognitive abilities varies widely, with some peaking around 20 and others closer to 50. the brain doesn't reach a state of 'maturity' in its cognitive functions at age 25 that it then maintains consistently through adulthood, it's far more complicated than that.

essentially, while synapses in the prefrontal cortex keep developing into your 20s (curious as to where you got 'mid to late twenties' from as well; the study only references 'the third decade of life', which could mean anything from 20 to 30), the idea that this development means anything particularly concrete about maturity or adulthood is based on (imo) a faulty and oversimplified understanding of both the brain and what 'maturity' actually means in the context of society. if your conception of 'maturity' asserts that adulthood begins in the late twenties, this conception may be due for a serious reevaluation.

and the reason I'm concerned about all this isn't because I'm a pedant -- it's because this matters in our current political climate. conservative politicians in the UK are currently trying to raise the legal age at which one can transition to 25 based on exactly this faulty conception of maturity, which argues that trans people can't make 'adult' decisions about their own bodies until this point. this is wildly infantilizing and patronizing, and I imagine I don't have to explain why it's a problem, but to elaborate: adulthood and maturity aren't apolitical concepts, and the assertion that adults don't have the right to bodily autonomy because they have been deemed medically incompetent by a truly arbitrary metric is an act of political violence.

I highly recommend this slate article: it goes into this topic in a lot more depth than I do, and features commentary from a lot of neuroscientists who know a lot more about this than me.

#asked and answered

[grandhotelabyss]

Any thoughts on nick land / mark fisher?

I've encountered both of them essentially as bloggers—I don't think I've ever read a word of either on paper—so I can't say I've studied them formally or mastered their thinking.

Land's concept of capital as autonomous alien intelligence assembling itself through retroaction on human agents—do I have this right?—is fun science fiction. I accept that as a theory of cultural temporality in general but not necessarily as a theory of technology or capitalism in particular. As for his more (shall we say) "ethnic" idea about "exit" and the Anglo character—maybe there's something to that. Modern history as the struggle between decentralized commercial sea empires (UK, US) and despotic communist land empires (Germany, Russia, China). And his new thing about Anglo-Zionism—I believe he's read Milton deeply—is right on time. All his Compact pieces on the English canon are paywalled, so I haven't read them, but it seems like he's approaching the idea that the God of the Bible is the force he previously identified as capital. (I think this is similar to what Mitchell Heisman outlined in his Suicide Note, but I only read some of that, and only once, on one sleepless night over 10 years ago, and doubt I'll revisit it. Does Heisman cite Land? I don't recall.) Hyperstition is real, as any manifestation girl on here or on TikTok or on YouTube will tell you.

Now Fisher was a sad case. I think all that anti-humanist theory did him no favors, personally. I'm not sure he could stand in that desolate place, the way Land could. I don't believe I ever directly interacted with him online when we both were bloggers in the same milieu circa 2005 or so. Maybe once or twice. He had a positive Marxist take on Batman Begins, and I had a negative one, and I think somebody sent him mine when he had comments open. (He had a whole thing, which anticipated the "vampire's castle" image, about "gray vampires" who stalk the comments section and suck the life out of your imaginative assertions with their point-missing nitpickery. He wasn't wrong!) I'm sure he thought I was hideously naive if he ever thought about me at all, and I was naive, I was essentially a Stalinist, an obvious example of humanist theory gone wrong, but there are limits, too, to that gothic style he picked up from Land and the CCRU.

I think he said Kafka was his first major author. There's a case to be made that you should read Kafka only after Dickens. (I don't mean literally but metonymically. Nor do I mean the 19th century vs. the 20th or even realism vs. modernism. Replace Kafka with Baudelaire and Dickens with Joyce and it'll mean the same.) And I'm not talking about politics here or even ethics. No panacea for politics and ethics can be found in books. Kafka, for that matter, was probably a nicer guy qua guy than Dickens was. But, just as someone who has to live in the world in your skin, it can't hurt to read a non-anti-humanist book from time to time if you're a bookish person. To not always try to conceptually outflank as a ruse of power every obvious humane sentiment. And to try not to need your humane sentiments to be conveyed only by the most alienating stimulus, to need them to come in the form of their opposite. I never got over his review of The Passion of the Christ:

What, from one perspective, is the utter humiliation and degradation of Jesus's body is on the other a coldly ruthless vision of the body liberated from the 'wisdom and limits of the organism'.

Masochristianity.

Christ's Example is simply this: it is better to die than to pass on abuse virus or to in any way vindicate the idiot vacuity and stupidity of the World of authority.

Power depends upon the weakness of the organism. When authority is seriously challenged, when its tolerance is tested to the limit, it has the ultimate recourse of torture. The slow, graphic scenes of mindless physical degradation in The Passion of the Christ are necessary for revealing the horrors to which Jesus' organism was subject. It is made clear that he could have escaped the excruciating agony simply by renouncing his Truth and by assenting to the Authority of the World. Christ's Example insists: better to let the organism be tortured to death ('If thine own eye offend thee, pluck it out') than to bow, bent-headed, to Authority.

This is what is perhaps most astonishing about Gibson's film. Far from being a statement of Catholic bigotry, it can only be read as an anti-authoritarian AND THEREFORE anti-Catholic film. For the Pharisees of two millennia ago, puffed up in their absurd finery, substitute the child-abuser apologists of today's gilt-laden, guilt-ridden Vatican. Against all the odds, against two thousand years of cover-ups and dissimulation, The Passion of the Christ recovers the original Christ, the anti-Wordly but not otherwordly Christ of Liberation Theology: the Gnostic herald of Apocalypse Now.

This is why I found him frustrating when I read him as a daily blogger almost 20 years ago. Plus the over-solemnity about pop-culture ephemera. I found him a bit naive, too, in the end, though he was almost 15 years my senior. I also sometimes just didn't and don't know what he was talking about, because I sort of hated and hate theory.

In his purely political commentary, he was right, however, to focus on bureaucratization as an effect of neoliberalism—the way capitalism and communism converge in the present for the worst of both worlds, everything is at once a competition and frozen in a statist hierarchy. I'm not sure I'm persuaded by the "hauntology" thesis. I've thought through that issue in a different way and am not convinced the end of the myth of the revolution or the myth of the avant-garde has to mean that we have no future. In fact it might mean the opposite. But good for him for putting into public consciousness an interesting and melancholically beautiful idea that would otherwise have remained confined to smug Derrida-readers.

He is fun to read. That's the highest compliment I can pay. I'm sure the big K-Punk book is a wonderful thing to own and to browse through: to watch a movie or read a book or listen to an album and then see what he had to say about it. He was one model of the blogger as true essayist.

#nick land #mark fisher

[ladymunson]

Hello all, welcome to my blog. I’m Sam (she/her) I’m an aspiring writer, based in London, UK 🇬🇧

I also have my own baking business called Bee’s Treats, follow @beestreatsldn on Instagram for details.

I write about; Eddie Munson, Bucky Barnes, Joel Miller, Steve Harrington and Andy Barber. I’m willing to try for other characters if requested.

Feel free to send me a DM or ask if you have any requests or comments, or even just for a chat. I’m always open to making new friends

I am neurodivergent and sometimes it’s a while between my posts as I can’t always focus to write; but I promise I will finish stories once my mean mean brain allows me to.

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Minors be gone! My fics are 18+

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Love Ain’t No Stranger - (complete)

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You and your friends spend most of your days, with everything nerdy. You’re the only girl in the group, but they never treat you differently. That is until prom comes around and Eddie starts feeling strange when you’re asked to prom by someone that isn’t him. Could Eddie be jealous?

Long Way Home- (Ongoing)🥀 💀

After Eddie’s battle with the demobats, his injuries are severe and the gang needs help. As Dustin’s ex-babysitter, and a studying nurse they bring him to you. Can you save him? And will Eddie escape Henry’s grasp and find his way back to you?

In My Dreams- (complete)🥀💀💕🔥

Your parents have an issue with you dating the town “freak” Eddie Munson, so they force you apart but you and Eddie can’t stop thinking about each other. You’re invading each others dreams so maybe it’s not just a “silly crush” like your parents think.

One Shots

Is This Love?- (complete)🔥 💕

Eddie’s band Corroded Coffin is playing a gig at the Metro Club in Chicago, Illinois. You’ve been a fan since you saw them perform at your middle school talent show, around that time you’d developed your crush on Eddie. Unbeknownst to you, Eddie had also been harbouring a secret crush on you for years. Will he finally shoot his shot?

Tragic Comic- (complete)🥀 🔥 💕

You and Eddie have been best friends for years, lately you feel like something is bothering him. When an unexpected visitor arrives in Hawkins to take advantage of Eddie, he finds out you’ve got his back after you stand up for him.

You - (coming soon)🥀 🔥 💕

You and Eddie have been friends for years, both being outcasts and neither having much family, you instantly clicked. Now however, feelings have developed, on your part anyway. When Eddie leaves you alone in his trailer to make a deal, you grab ahold of his guitar and pour your feelings out in a song.

Drabbles/Blurbs/Imagines/HCs

Sleeping Trouble- (posted)💕

You get awoken in the middle of the night by your silly affection starved boyfriend.

This is Halloween- (posted)💕

It’s almost your favourite time of year, which also happens to be your birthday. Eddie wants to know… trick or treat?

Foreclosure- (coming soon)

One shots

The Secret (posted)🔥

You’re having a nice summer’s day relaxing in the park with your friends; Nancy, Robin, Steve, Jonathan and Argyle. And there’s some sexual tension between you and Steve. Especially after he sees you in that sundress.

The Boss- (Complete)🔥💕

Mile High- (complete)🔥

The Assistant (On hiatus)🔥🎭

You move into a new neighbourhood to discover you have a very hot guy next door; some innocent watching turns into something more, then you discover something about him that could put your new job in jeopardy.

One 🥀 🔥

Bucky struggles with his feelings toward you, which he hides by pretending he doesn’t trust you. You get placed on a mission together where trust is essential.

Perfect- (posted)🔥💕

Reader and Joel Miller have been friends for quite a long time, but been apart due to moving away. They finally reconnect after a year apart when one surprises the other with a unscheduled visit. Their reunion goes way different than either of them anticipated.

The Train- (posted)

Blind Date -(cancelled)

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[brightgnosis]

"Learn Your History" Is Not A Battle Cry To "Abandon Your Practice"

The point of older and / or better researched, more historically oriented practitioners (often Reconstructionists who get demonized for doing so) pointing out the historical inaccuracies in modern lay information, and pressuring people to learn the legitimate academic history of their religion and its traditions? Is not meant to say “you can’t practice them because they’re not ancient; you’re just a pretender if you’re not celebrating the real ancient stuff”.

It’s to say that you don’t need to manufacture fake histories for your holidays, your traditions, and your Spirits in order for them to be considered valid in the first place; the main point is that you don’t have to continue believing (for example) the historical lie that Eostre is an ancient Goddess in order to continue celebrating Ostara, or for that celebration to be perfectly valid in its own right ... The false myth of Eostre doesn't have to factor into it at all.

It's to say that whether it's a genuine 2,000 year old tradition (incredibly rare by the way), a 300 year old one (much more common), 50, 10, or even just a 1 year old tradition that you just started ... They can all be as equally valid and spiritually fulfilling as one another. It ultimately doesn’t matter if it has significant meaning to you.

What does matter, however, is that we’re always transparent about the truth of things: Where what we practice comes from, how old it is, what its origins are, and how we came about this information (personal creation, gnosis, or historical record; etc). And more importantly: That we make concentrated efforts to continuously do better; that we continue to try and right the wrongs of our predecessors and Elders- especially when those wrongs are still causing blatant and provable damage both inside of, and outside of, our communities (and to the cultures from whom many of these vestiges originate or are pinned to in some form).

If you want academically aligned proof of this, one should really look no further than Ronald Hutton himself for validation; according to Wikia alone:

Interviewing Ronald Hutton for an article in The Independent, journalist Gary Lachman commented that Hutton had “a very pragmatic, creative attitude, recognizing that factual error can still produce beneficial results”- for instance noting that even though their theories about the Early Modern Witch-Cult were erroneous, Margaret Murray and Gerald Gardner would help lay the foundations for the creation of the new religious movement of Wicca.

If you somehow have no clue who Ronald Hutton is, and have never heard his name before: He’s a Professor of History at the University of Bristol and is considered one of the leading experts on Pagan studies in the world, with a specialization in Early Modern Britain (which extends into some Celtic* areas of the UK by proxy). You’d probably better know him as the author of works such as Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft, Blood and Mistletoe: The History of the Druids in Britain, and Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain- absolutely all of which you’ve seen me either directly source quote from, or reference, over the course of my existence (especially when I was actually a Reconstructionist, if you've been around that long).

Unfortunately the Independent article referenced on Wiki (titled “Ronald Hutton: Wicca and other invented traditions”) seems to have been removed from the site at some point. As of now, I’ve been unable to track down a working and fully archived copy. Still, several other (far more questionably sourced) articles I’ve stumbled across- including some interviews- in looking for an archived copy, have likewise referenced Professor Hutton’s seemingly enthusiastic views about, essentially, just making things up yourself without the need to pass it off falsely as being ‘ancient’ in order for the practices to be spiritually or otherwise “valid”.

So truly: If one of the leading experts on Paganism in the world is telling you to make things up all you like, but just don’t make things up about history? Then I think it’s pretty safe to say that us more historically oriented practitioners on Tumblr (of all places), correcting you about said historical fallacies genuinely shouldn’t rock your spiritual boat too badly. Honestly, if anything, learning the true history of things and correcting any misinformation you were given at any point in time (wherever it came from) should further deepen your ability to connect with and celebrate these things- not destroy them.

If your knee jerk reaction to finding out that you’re wrong is ever “now I have to completely abandon everything I hold dear, and give everything up”, you have a lot of internal work you desperately need to do. Because that’s neither healthy, nor appropriate, and it signifies a lot of personal problems in relation to your beliefs and practices and how you (subconsciously or not) incorrectly moralize the entire concept of "being wrong".

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[spiritfeelingspiritfelt]

Queer / neurodivergent soft SOFT friendships pls

Cis hets DNI pls thx

Hi you can call me by the first letter of my name ‘T’, I’m in my late 20’s, soft butch, trans masc, enby, stone butch, gender blind (in all respects tbh), vegan, artist, writer, researcher, outdoors fanatic, lover of all things nonhuman

My special interests: philosophy specifically/particularly metaphysics, biocentrism and ecosophy aka anything to do with the study of the matter of our universe and all it contains, the absurdity of how matter is essentially based on illusions and tricks, everything non-human , all the connections/symbiotic relationships of natural relationships in the natural world and also spirituality / faith systems and the law of assumption

My social battery and social ways tend to mean I can be amazing socially socially for a select time but then I crash out and disappear to hermit land (depending on how social I was being this could literally mean no internet interaction for months let alone in person) I’m working on this

I go through phases (years/months) of having great genuine soft friendships to absolutely zero and I want to work on this also, currently and perhaps obvious to this post Im in the latter phase. Which means my social skills are probably poor again. One brilliant thing about adhd though is regardless of all the above as soon as I’m vining with someone I’m the joker of the moment bound to make you smile.

Neurodivergent friends: this is actually a category that can be a loophole on my dni aka men as my issues with men I’ve found can sometimes be not a thing at all with someone neurodivergent, I myself have autism, adhd and cptsd. I’ve had close friendships with I swear like every known diagnostic out there haha so don’t feel you have to be apprehensive about this I know how it is and I’m really chill honestly, they are just descriptions to better establish our ep connections right. Also agere in this context is a vibe and we connect on this.

Im really looking to connect with queer poc, queer women, butches, dykes, masculine presenting women, trans lesbians, transmascs

I have a lot of trust issues right now but specifically around men/cis hets,

For in person friendships:

I’m based in the uk, I’m very loyal but to the point I do need to work on it as not to be taken advantage of, I can be quite tactile after trust is established, I, the friend that will always (consensually) pick you up play with your hair give you a back rub or vice versa i love being picked up having hair played with, I also love nature walks, going to queer/poc events, making art/getting crafty, reading (also isn’t it special when you can read in silence with a person or group of persons), friends you can stargaze with or go wild camping are especially close to my heart, despite this post I’m the banter loving playful puppy sort could literally have a conversation that makes zero sense due to its randomness and still have a blast whilst equally get deep on conspiracies and philisophical theories. Also like to binge shows that tend to be, fantasy, lgbt, anime, cartoons, documentaries, crime based, conspiracy based etc

For long distance/online friendships: It could be that we live far apart or you aren’t good with being in person in which case as long as you are the creative writing or rpg sort this could still work, I’ve had friendships that were mainly lived out through back and forth writing creating story experiences to share in worlds we create, or if you are into RPG as this can be similar as long as you are down to teach me the ropes of your game(s) of interest I, down for this, also down to do video calls when we both feel

I will probably end up drawing for you or write you poems lol

Things I think worth noting about me: my literal communication style benefits from CLOSED questions I hate open ended questions as my brain will scan through too many possibilities and uncertainties which can lead to me saying what I think I’m meant to not what I mean, clear and concise communication is great else I overthink or project or misunderstand or get paranoid and probably won’t express this. I sometimes need persistence, like being called, texted a lot in order to start re engaging this actually also helps wit my trust.

I love comics and sorta live off WEBTOON because comics/graphic novels are expensive for how fast you get through them:( particularly obsessed with fantasy stories that entail queer dynamics

I’m happily taken in a relationship so queer couple friendships, friendships with queer families/parents is also great=)

Feel free to message things about you or just message in short as a response or repost if you are looking for similar things and want more people to see/interact all is cool

#uk lgbt #uk transmasculine #uk dykes #uk butches #uk queer women #uk lesbians #uk black lesbians #uk poc queers #uk queers #uk mtf #uk transwomen #uk dyke #uk stone butches #uk butch #uk soft butch #uk autistics #uk neurodivergent #autistic friendships #looking for friends #adult friendships #me #about me #rpg #creative writing #writers #fantasy #nature lovers #wild camping #wild camping uk #autistic agere

[concerningwolves]

hello! i was wondering how you learned about editing and proofreading. was it a program you did or a course in school? i've always considered, but never knew how to go about it.

Disclaimer that I'm in the UK, so the majority of my advice is UK-oriented, but I've included what I know for other places as well. Hopefully this will give you enough information as a starting point ^-^

University was out of the question for me at the time due to mental and physical health stuff, but I know that getting a degree in publishing or media, or following an advanced apprenticeship with a publisher, are also other ways to enter the profession. I went through a fully independent study route, though.

I did my training with the Publishing Training Centre for copy-editing and the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading for proofreading, both of which are UK-based. The courses aren't cheap, but they are extensive; the PTC's Essential Copy-Editing course covers everything you might need for all branches of copy-editing, and there are more courses available for specifics. It took me about two years to complete the Essential Copy-Editing course, although a lot of that was to do with the whole messy home situation and moving house thing, and less to do with the course itself. I think the average completion time is a year. I much preferred the PTC's courses, but the CIEP has gone through a lot of changes in the past few years, and I think their courses are better designed now.

As far as I know, the CIEP are open to international members, but all countries have their own editing bodies and standards. You don't need a CIEP membership to take their courses, but members get a discount. Memberships in the CIEP are tiered, and you can advance through the tiers as you do training and gain hours of practical experience. Once you're at a high enough standard, you can publically advertise in their Members Directory (which is where I'm currently working towards). The Publishing Training Centre's courses are open to all, and once you complete a course, you can become part of their Freelance Finder list. They don't require a membership.

In the US and Canada, there's the Editorial Freelance Society – they provide training courses to members and non-members (again, members get a discount), and members get access to multiple perks such as the Jobs List, the members directory and free resources. I'm currently trying out a year's membership with the EFA, which is certainly a far less soul-crushing option than trawling freelance websites for jobs (namely because the advertising clients are actually willing to pay freelancers at industry rates for their time and expertise). The EFA Job List gets a mix of everything, some of which is aimed for proofreaders or copy-editors with general expertise, and some of which is after people who specialise in certain fields. I haven't tried out any of the EFA's courses or webinars (yet), so I can't speak from experience on those.

Speaking of freelance websites (Upwork, Freelancer and Fiverr are the main ones for editing work), these are.. well. They're an option. I use them because it's another avenue for work, but I don't recommend only touting your services there. (My dream is to not have to use them at all, tbh). All three are good places to start as a beginner in the field, but the major drawback – particularly with Upwork – is that it's hard to transfer success outside of the site, and hard to use your success or experience elsewhere to advertise on there. The other thing to keep in mind is that you cannot go onto these sites expecting to be paid decent wages. Clients who actually understand the work involved and are willing to pay for it are few and far between, and there's a higher risk of scam jobs there.

Outside of memberships and classes, there are books, blogs and free resources online. I'll leave you with the Editorial Freelance Society's "So You Want to Be an Editor?" page, which can point you in the direction of a few more resources that I haven't mentioned.

#editing stuff

[clueingforbeggs]

On the topic of humanists UK and them basically being evangelical atheists:

This is their 2008 bus ad campaign, which several people reported as it's 'probably offensive to the religious'.

And I mean, yeah. I don't think atheists and agnostic people should be shoving their beliefs in front of people like this. I feel like this is the same as if someone ran a bus ad campaign saying 'Jesus loves you, now stop worrying and join our religion'.

And on the subject of Jesus, Humanism UK has a very... Christian understanding of Religion. That religion is about worrying what your god(s) think of you and your actions, and is holding you back from enjoying your life. This is not how many religious, non-Christian people think about their god(s) and beliefs.

Also, whilst I think they have some good aims (The promotion of equality and non-discrimination and the protection of human rights as defined in international instruments to which the United Kingdom is party, in each case in particular as relates to religion and belief and the promotion of understanding between people holding religious and non-religious beliefs so as to advance harmonious cooperation in society.), those aren't their first two aims. Their first aims are the advancement of Humanism, namely a non-religious ethical lifestance, the essential elements of which are a commitment to human wellbeing and a reliance on reason, experience and a naturalistic view of the world, which is... Conversion. Their first aim is to convert people to humanism, and the advancement of education and in particular the study of and the dissemination of knowledge about Humanism and about the arts and science as they relate to Humanism. Which... Alright. Education about your belief system is cool with me. However, I do have to wonder what with the 'convert to our belief system' aim beforehand, what... Exactly do they mean by that? It sounds to me like it could easily be the humanist version of 'Have you heard of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ?'

In 1977 they phrased this differently, saying they aimed to 'make humanism available and meaningful to the millions who have no alternative belief.' Which is... Still conversion, actually, just aimed specifically at atheists, which their current first aim is not. A church could say the exact same shit. And people do have alternative beliefs. Firstly, atheism is not antithetical to religion. There's quite a large overlap between atheists and Jewish people, for example (see above comment on the understanding of gods not being the same in Christianity as other religions) Heck, some Jewish converts converted as atheists.

Also, after the above pictured ad campaign, they actually tried another one in 2011, where they hoped to put up posters saying 'If you're not religious, for God's sake say so' in the lead up to the census. The ASA advised companies that there was a great chance for offence, and, yeah. As I mentioned in the previous paragraph, there are people who identify as both atheist and a religion. And it should be up to them to decide which box they tick.

Like, yes, there are points on which I agree with them, like not liking that our head of state is also the head of the Church of England, and the society did conduct (non legal) same-sex marriage ceremonies before they were allowed by law, and in making things like school assemblies and the scouts less focused on Christianity, but I don't think the way to go about it is to do so by promoting atheism, but by spreading awareness that there are people who follow other religions, and areligious people, who do not want to engage in Christianity.

They're also affiliated with EHF-FHE (European Humanist Federation - Fédération Humaniste Européenne), which I believe is... Better. I don't know that much about them, but I don't see anything about promoting the spread of humanism.

You can educate people on your beliefs without aiming to convert them to them. And also, maybe two sentences on the side of a bus isn't the right place to do so.

[ukrfeminism]

5 minute read

A heavily pregnant woman sits in the corner of the Little Village baby bank in Tooting, south London, carefully folding a pile of baby clothes she’s been given.

She is one of thousands of mothers who will rely on charity this year to give their babies the start to life they deserve.

Like food banks, baby banks provide essential items for parents of young children aged 0-5 years old. Nappies, clothes, pushchairs, cots, breastfeeding equipment and toys fill every bit of floor space at the Little Village HQ.

Since launching in 2016, the charity has helped some 17,000 children. However as more and more people fall on harder times, it is noticing a huge increase in demand.

Tawakalitu Idris, 41, is almost nine months pregnant and visiting the baby bank with her husband and daughter in the hope it will provide her with much-needed supplies for her impending arrival.

It’s quiet when I walk in and Idris is sitting calmly in a chair while a volunteer rushes to and fro collecting items for her – there are the essentials like clothes and nappies, but also a breastfeeding pillow, baby bath, bottle steriliser, cot and pushchair.

Her little girl is choosing some school shoes with her father, and – pleased as punch – promptly bounds over to her mum to show them off. The shoes are secondhand, but in as good as new condition. This is something that really matters to the charity, says a spokesperson. They want those receiving the items to feel like they are gifts, rather than hand-me-downs. 

While Idris and her husband both work in NHS hospitals, bringing home roughly £2,700 a month, they simply cannot afford the supplies they need for their new baby on top of mounting living costs.

This woman, who spends her days caring for the elderly on a hospital ward, is now relying on the kindness of others to make sure her baby has the essentials it needs when it is born.

“In terms of our income and the way things are at the moment, we don’t have enough to purchase good [quality], new baby things,” she tells me. “We have the option where we can get it from Little Village and use it, and then return it back when we’ve finished with it.”

It can cost anywhere upwards of £1,000 to buy new baby supplies, especially bulky and expensive essentials like cots and pushchairs, and this is spare cash that many families just don’t have.

With food shops and energy bills rising, alongside crippling housing and childcare costs, more and more parents are having to make impossible decisions as to where their money goes. 

For some families, that means their babies are sleeping on the floor because they can’t afford a cot. For others, it means not leaving their homes because they have no money for a pushchair.

A study by the University of York estimates 45 million Brits will be forced into fuel poverty and struggle to pay energy bills this winter. Meanwhile two thirds of all UK households – or 18 million families – will be plunged into financial precarity by January due to soaring inflation, which is already at a 40-year record high.

This is the second time Idris has sought support from Little Village. The first time, she says, their family was “destitute” as both she and her husband were out of work. Someone from their local food bank referred them to get help paying for their gas and bills, and because she was pregnant at the time, she was told about Little Village and how they could support her.

Without such services, Idris says it would’ve caused her “a lot of stress, mentally and physically”. 

At 36 weeks pregnant, it’s important for the sake of her health and her baby’s that she doesn’t dwell too much on the rising costs, but worry is still bubbling away in the background. “With the situation with the country at the moment, it’s really challenging and really stressful mentally,” she says, before adding, “but we just need to take it easy.”

She and her husband are always thinking about budgets, she says, with the top priority being able to feed and clothe her family. They’re already had to cut back, for example preserving water when washing up, and they’re teaching their four children that it’s more about “what they need, rather than what they want”.

“Sometimes it’s a struggle but we let them understand why that’s happening,” she says. These can be difficult conversations when they come home from school and reveal their friends are going on holiday. “They ask where are we going for holiday, and we try to let them know that we can’t go because we haven’t got enough money.” 

Coping with the costs of bringing one baby into this world is difficult enough, but when life blesses you with two it can mean double the outlay – and when you have no income at all, things can swiftly become unbearable.  

Diana* and her husband are out of work and living with relatives. They are visiting the baby bank today with their young twins – two beautiful baby girls – who were born prematurely in January this year.

The couple are getting more supplies for their babies, who have grown out of all of the items they were originally gifted from the baby bank back in January.

All four of them are sleeping in the sitting room of a relative’s home in Stockwell, she tells me, because they have no money to be able to afford their own place.

“Life is easy if you’ve got the money, but if you haven’t got the money, life is hard,” she says.

When her babies were born, the pair relied on food banks, however this support has now stopped and they’re relying on their relatives to keep them fed and provide a roof over their heads. “If it wasn’t for the charity, maybe I would’ve died,” says Diana.

Today they are collecting some more clothes for their daughters, as well as a walker, nappies, bottle-feeding equipment, shoes and toys. 

Families are referred to the baby bank for numerous reasons – whether that’s low income, mental health problems, homelessness or fleeing domestic violence. Around 22% of the people helped by Little Village are seeking asylum and 5% are victims of trafficking.

Emma Gibbs, a spokesperson for the charity, says the first five years of a child’s life is the most expensive time for new parents. It’s also the most critical period in a child’s life in terms of development. Baby banks exist to ensure these children get the start in life they deserve.

Many of the families have nothing, she says. “In winter we’ll see children come in who don’t have a coat,” she says. “We see babies who’ve had the feet cut off their sleep suits because their parents can’t afford a new one.”

Some of the families – like Diana’s – are sharing beds to keep warm. Others are rationing nappies down to one or two a day because they can’t afford to use more. “It’s devastating,” says Gibbs.

“Anecdotally we are seeing a lot of families where at least one of the parents is in work and the wages just don’t pay enough to keep up with the cost of living, inflation and childcare costs.”

This year alone, the charity has answered 2,580 requests for support from struggling parents across London – and it predicts this figure is only going to rise come winter, when the worst effects of the cost of living crisis take hold. 

A survey conducted earlier this year in February, way before the latest eye-watering energy bill predictions came out, found 98% of UK baby banks expect 2022 to be their busiest year yet, citing rising living costs as the main reason.

Little Village expects to support 1,000 more children this year as a result of the cost of living crisis. It has already supported 2,586 under-fives this year through its baby banks across London.

The charity is now urging people to support them with donations of high quality (not stained, broken or tatty) baby clothing, but especially “big ticket” items like prams and cots. Monetary donations are also appreciated, as the charity needs to buy packs of nappies and new mattresses for the cots.

Despite facing such hardship, Idris remains quietly positive that they’ll get through whatever hurdles they face in the coming months. “There have been a lot of struggles in the past few months but, as someone who believes in God, we just need to be thankful for where you are and what you have,” she says.

“So irrespective of where you are at the moment, at least when you look back you can say ‘ok I was able to push through these hard times.’ I think that’s the most important thing and that is what will keep us going as a family.”

*Some names have been changed to offer anonymity to interviewees 

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Legal English Lecturer and Co-Founder of M2 Legal Services, Monica Migliarotti Teaches New Ways to Learn, Be Curious, Participate and Create

Monica is a legal English lecturer and has worked at various universities around the world. She has been a lawyer for over twenty years. She is currently working on a new book about her unique approach to teaching Legal English and is also the co-founder of M2 Legal Services, a new concept law firm that also offers linguistic and legal technical training services.

She has a background teaching human rights cases both in the UK and Spain and prioritises teaching cases with strong political and historical contexts to encourage her students to look beyond their national borders, see themselves as world citizens and see the bigger picture in everything they learn. We catch up with her and ask her about her legal background, her unique approach to teaching legal English, international law, the future of humanity and human rights and her exciting new book project.

1) Have you always wanted to be a lawyer?

In truth, my desire was to become a performer. Before enrolling in Law School, I was studying dance professionally and my initial intention was to continue along that path. My other choice was to choose languages, another one of my interests. My father is a lawyer, so eventually he persuaded me that Law school was the best choice. After graduating, I then decided to pursue a career as a lawyer. So summing up, no I haven’t always wanted to be a lawyer. Let’s say I found a compromise between my creative/artistic side and the more “serious” one: I managed to nurture my passion for the arts while practicing as a lawyer since I studied acting in parallel and joined a theatre company in the end. So, I was practicing as a lawyer during the day and performing on stage at night. After, since I had been practicing yoga for many years I studied to become a yoga instructor. Therefore, I replaced the theatre with yoga classes and maintained my double life. I still teach yoga now, but at the moment I have taken up singing and I am really glad I did.

2) How important is it do you think to have a legal background to teach legal English?

I think it is in fact a plus. In my experience, I have come across several teachers, and to my surprise, none of them were legal practitioners. Let me put it this way: most of the materials and cases I use in my classes are real cases I have worked on in my twenty years as a lawyer. That has proved to be much more effective than using some random article or some remote case from old Law Reviews. Of course, landmark cases and statutes are regularly used in the classes. Now, my perplexity has always been the fact that, to explain these concepts (whether about somebody’s practice or not), somebody without a legal background would certainly have to struggle. Is it then necessary to be a lawyer to teach Legal English? Maybe not, but it would most definitely be preferable. In any case, it is essential to have a solid legal background and I would add: a solid background in both civil and common legal systems.

3) What is the ordinary way to teach Legal English and what is the approach to teaching it in Europe compared to the US? 

Most of the Legal English books used by teachers are written by English or American authors or in any case somebody coming from an English-speaking country where the legal system is based on Common Law. Those types of works then, refer to concepts and terms typical of that system. There are indeed references to corresponding Civil Law concepts when available, which tend to be, as said brief and concise. Now, one of the main problems I have encountered in my own experience is precisely teaching Legal English to civil lawyers (including myself in the learning process) and explaining Civil law concepts to Common Law practitioners using Legal English. Some would say that this is quite an insuperable problem since Legal English is based on common law. But is it? I noticed that most of the time civil lawyers are mainly interested in explaining to their common counterparts what the Civil law system is really about and what they should be aware of when, for example, having clients planning to invest in their country. Can they do that after taking a Legal English course of the ones available now? Not so much in my opinion. In my experience, there isn’t a text where various areas of the law are analysed and compared from both perspectives fulfilling what the needs of the civil lawyers are. After all, common lawyers don’t need to do that since they already study Legal English when they study at U. K, U.S or Australian Universities for example.

4) What ethical issues do you include in your teaching and how do you teach ethical aspects of controversial issues to your students?

Ethics are a very important part of the things I teach.

“I like to awaken young and older students’ consciences and make them face ethical issues.”

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I believe that an important part of studying law is to learn what rights we all have and how to protect them in every field. I don’t think that learning law provisions by heart or seeing this profession as a way to become wealthy and powerful is more valuable than becoming passionate about protecting and advocating people’s rights. Therefore, if one, as a lawyer, does not have it in his/herself this lack of passion will eventually show. The law can be very dry and quite dull, to be honest. It’s mainly in the aspect of protecting people’s rights that it becomes challenging and interesting.

“It is sadly true though, that areas like Criminal law, Human Rights, Public International law, etc, are less remunerative than Company law, Contracts, M&A, Banking and Finance but that is the way the world goes. It makes me think about the Arts too. How badly remunerated are they? Very. In particular when you compare them to other professions. It is indeed funny how the most interesting things are the most neglected ones.”

Going back to my teaching, I usually choose topics related to historical happenings but not only. I’ll give you an example of the topics I dealt with in my last course. As for Masters students I had them deal with ethical issues concerning the treatment of IRA prisoners during “The Troubles”. For the bachelors their first exam was a presentation chosen amongst: 1) Looted art by the Nazis during World War II, 2) Human rights violations related to waiting time for convicted felons on death row, 3) The theory of the innocent bystander. Witnessing bullying, abuse and violence without doing anything. We are indeed bystanders in that case, but are we innocent?

So, as you can see there is a lot of ethics involved.

5) What do you think about the lack of international law present in this humanitarian issue in Gaza right now? Isn’t international law the solution to achieving peace on all sides? Doesn’t the conflict in the Middle East prove yet again that people’s rights correspond to their power and wealth? What is the future for humanity and human rights?

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This is a very interesting yet painful topic. The Israeli-Palestinian situation is an old thorn in the side. At this time, the problem of violation of Human rights has gone beyond all expectations. You would think that all or most countries would get involved to solve this problem but just like the Russian-Ukrainian conflict where diplomacy and action by most States in the world have lacked, we are witnessing a very tepid international reaction to what is happening.

“Power and wealth indeed correspond to people’s rights and people who have less in that respect, are considered to have fewer rights even if not openly. We are now witnessing a situation where human rights violations happen daily in many areas of the world.”

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However, the current pressure and hardship of everyday life have made us turn a blind eye to most of them. The only possible future is to awaken consciences to what is really important, to stimulate people to know, to get interested and passionate, to open their minds. Most minds are too closed on the world right now and open only to volatile and superficial values (if we can even call them that). I am an optimist by nature although I cannot help but be realistic and honestly, the situation does not look good at all.

“However, I think that we can still believe, we can still change but we need to take action even in our small sphere, and we need to step up and do something otherwise we will be the makers of our own destruction.”

6) Congratulations on your new book publishing contract with Cambridge Scholars Publishing. What inspired you to write this book about your different approach to teaching Legal English?

Well, I have been doing this for a long time now and I have seen that in this field there is very little innovation. The methods are very standardized and have been so, for as long as I can think. The approach to this topic has always been very schematic and based on the same texts all along. As I mentioned before, everything connected to the study and teaching of legal subjects is by definition very hard and quite dry (not to mention extreme dullness at times). I have experimented with a new way to learn legal subjects throughout most of my studies in the past and I have decided to put it into practice. We have now a lot of different resources to learn Legal subjects: half of the series on the market deal with legal situations, lawyers, courts, etc, there is a lot in the literature that we can use for these topics and an incredible amount of movies whose plot deals with legal concepts and believe it or not songs’ lyrics (fewer materials there but still there are quite a few examples). That’s what my book is going to be based on. It’s still Legal English but with another approach to legal concepts and terminology.

7) How do you inspire your students and bring to life legal concepts and legal terms in your teaching methods?

I always encourage my students to reflect and reason on legal concepts. There is no point in knowing legal definitions and legal terms if we don’t know what they mean in practice. I prefer to explain with situations and examples. And again, I use the resources above. I show them videos, film clips, literature excerpts, etc. I encourage them to put everything into practice.

8) How important are creativity and innovation in teaching at the moment?

They are both essential.

“The old method is still valid to some extent but without creativity and innovation the new generations in particular are less inclined to learn.”

Again, these resources and encouraging participation, group and individual activities in the classroom is a much more effective and productive method. Seeing is believing. I have used the old method with students who asked me to use it, books, exercises, listening practice, etc, especially lawyers and consultants and I can assure you that that has turned out to be less effective than the innovative and creative method.

Creativity and innovation are, in Monica’s opinion, a very good choice and what we need at the moment.  It is indeed important to have firm beliefs and methods, but at the same time change is necessary in every field and creativity brings that change even in the most traditional and "stiff" areas. 

In celebration of the launch of Monica’s new book ‘The Ultimate Legal English Manual: A Different Approach,’ she will be running a pre-book launch webinar to give a sneak peek into the book. Anyone interested will have to register and they’ll be a recording of the live version. Watch this space.

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Website: https://www.M2legalservices.com

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Week 5: "Exploring Race, Segregation, and the Impact of the Black Lives Matter Movement: Lessons from Recent Discussions"

Our discussion in class this week on segregation and race was very interesting as it was partly new for me. As open discussions on race are only starting now in France, I feel that there is a comparatively large emphasis placed on it in the UK (where I have been studying for the past two years) and even larger in the US (where I just started studying since early September). In our class, we discovered that African Americans have faced significant disadvantages in various aspects of life, such as housing, employment, and overall societal inclusion. These disparities have had enduring impacts. Consequently, I am very grateful for this course because it has taught me to view the Black Lives Matter movement within a broader context, rather than solely as a response to a corrupt police force. I was especially taken aback by the government's systematic discriminatory housing policies targeting African Americans. What was even more astonishing was the persistence of residential segregation as a significant contemporary issue, despite the term itself fading from common use. This segregation, as described by Doug Massey in 2020, continues to be a fundamental and unaddressed aspect of modern race relations that both society and institutions seemingly choose to overlook. I gained various insights regarding the societal structure from this discussion, and I made an effort to contemplate its implications.

One aspect is the concept of the "culture of poverty," which suggests that individuals are impoverished due to having a deficient culture. For instance, academic success might not be highly regarded in this context. However, I find myself somewhat skeptical of this notion. My recent research collaboration with the French charity Institut Louis Germain, focusing on the education of underprivileged children in France, has revealed a different perspective. By providing talented high school students from modest backgrounds with the knowledge and skills necessary to enter prestigious university programs, we observed that it not only fostered tolerance and social progress among the participating students but also among their families and friends. However, I am aware that this study took place in France and that the two cultures are very different.

The second point concerns the actions of white society in relation to segregation and, consequently, desegregation. James Baldwin's statement about ghettos being "created and maintained" by white institutions and "condoned" by white society really resonated with me when I watched the video depicting how white parents in Seattle and its suburbs obstructed school integration. These white parents withdrew their children from public schools and enrolled them in private schools when they were assigned to southern, and therefore underfunded, schools. While I can understand this decision on an individual level (as I wouldn't want my child to endure a long bus ride to attend an underprivileged school either), from a structural perspective, their collective actions mirrored the very mechanisms that perpetuate racism. Moreover, the schools with the highest minority populations received the least funding, and this situation worsened when white children were transferred to private schools. Hence, the 2020 data from Logan et al. (2021) aligns with my understanding that there hasn't been a significant breakthrough in desegregating American neighborhoods.

Nevertheless, it's essential to consider the impact of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, which began in 2020. In fact, Bloomberg published an article on September 26th 2023, stating that Corporate America responded to the mass protests ignited by George Floyd's murder by significantly increasing the hiring of people of color, aiming to address the pronounced racial disparities within their workplaces.

The most significant changes in 2021 occurred in lower-paying job categories like sales workers and administrators, but this trend was also observed in well-compensated and influential managerial and professional positions. Remarkably, even at the executive level, over half of the newly added jobs went to workers of color. This demonstrates that when organizations face pressure to recruit and promote diverse, qualified talent, they are able to take action, often by making substantial financial commitments and dedicating resources to initiatives aimed at achieving racial equity. Consequently, I am left pondering whether this could be seen as a step toward desegregation.

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Unveiling the Path to Success: A Comprehensive Guide to PLAB

Introduction

Navigating the world of medicine can be both exciting and daunting. For aspiring medical professionals, the PLAB (Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board) test is a crucial milestone on their journey to practicing medicine in the United Kingdom. In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into the intricacies of PLAB, providing you with everything you need to know to succeed.

What is PLAB?

The PLAB test is a two-part assessment designed to evaluate the knowledge and language proficiency of international medical graduates (IMGs) who wish to work in the UK. This examination is overseen by the General Medical Council (GMC) and consists of PLAB 1 and PLAB 2.

PLAB 1: Mastering the Knowledge

Understanding PLAB 1

PLAB 1 is a written multiple-choice exam that assesses your medical knowledge. It consists of 180 multiple-choice questions covering various medical topics. To excel in PLAB 1, you must prepare meticulously and cover a wide range of subjects, including anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, and ethics.

Preparation Strategies for PLAB 1

Create a Study Plan: Developing a structured study plan is essential. Allocate sufficient time for each subject and practice regularly.

Utilize Resources: Invest in high-quality study materials, such as textbooks and online courses. Make use of GMC-recommended resources.

Practice Time Management: Since time is limited during the exam, practice time management by taking mock tests under timed conditions.

PLAB 2: Mastering the Skills

Understanding PLAB 2

PLAB 2 is an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) that evaluates your clinical skills, communication abilities, and ethical decision-making. It consists of 18 stations, each assessing different aspects of your medical practice.

Preparation Strategies for PLAB 2

Role-Playing: Practice with peers or mentors by simulating real clinical scenarios. This will enhance your communication and clinical skills.

Ethical Scenarios: Familiarize yourself with common ethical dilemmas in healthcare and practice making ethical decisions.

Mock OSCEs: Participate in mock OSCE sessions to get a feel for the exam format and receive feedback on your performance.

Registration and Examination Dates

PLAB 1 and PLAB 2 Registration

To register for PLAB 1 and PLAB 2, visit the official GMC website and follow the registration guidelines. Ensure you meet the eligibility criteria before applying.

Examination Dates

PLAB exams are held throughout the year at various test centers. Be sure to check the GMC website for the latest examination dates and availability.

Success Stories: Realizing Your Dream

Hear from Successful IMGs

Discover inspiring stories of IMGs who have successfully passed the PLAB exams and are now thriving in their medical careers in the UK. Learn from their experiences and gain valuable insights into the journey.

Conclusion

Embarking on a medical career in the UK through PLAB is a challenging but rewarding path. With dedication, thorough preparation, and the right resources, you can overcome the hurdles and achieve your dream of practicing medicine in the UK.

FAQs

1.Is PLAB mandatory for all international medical graduates?

PLAB is required for IMGs who wish to practice medicine in the UK, but there may be exceptions for certain individuals with specific qualifications.

2.How many times can I retake the PLAB exams if I don't pass on my first attempt?

You can attempt each part of the PLAB (PLAB 1 and PLAB 2) a maximum of four times. If you are unsuccessful after four attempts, you may need to seek alternative routes to practice medicine in the UK.

3.What are the fees associated with the PLAB exams?

The fees for PLAB 1 and PLAB 2 are subject to change and can be found on the GMC website. It's essential to check the latest fee structure before registering.

4.Are there any language proficiency requirements for PLAB?

Yes, you must demonstrate English language proficiency by passing an approved English language test, such as IELTS or OET.

5.Can I work in the UK immediately after passing PLAB, or are there additional requirements?

Passing PLAB is a significant step, but you may still need to meet other regulatory and visa requirements to work in the UK. Consult the GMC and UK immigration authorities for detailed information

In this guide, we've unraveled the PLAB journey, from understanding the exams to preparing effectively and achieving success. If you're ready to take the next step towards your dream of practicing medicine in the UK, begin your PLAB preparations today!

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2/27/23

I ordered the above anti-biotics from New dentist and have an appointment in May. 

I'm doing a parasite cleanse for Covid 2 w/ GSE, Aroma Oils, Food Grade Hydrogen Peroxide, Vitamins, Citrus & oils. 

I hope you all study Spirochates & take care of it. 

80% of our legal team is mentally incapacitated currently. ): 

Guessing if a virginal prude like me has 10 parasite varieties average court atty, officer & hooker must have billions & it's essential we close courts due to mass parasitic Germ Warfare from Cambridge Analytica.

I need my kids so we can detox them from drug & parent abuse.

Gratzia! 

Courts Failed! 

All my Dr's were 1000's of times better.

Not one judge was sympathetic with a mom nor child in CA courts for 50+ years. 

It's a disgusting model of Schmitz/Bush administrators created & not one governor or Senator managed to enforce constitution since. 

If you can't cancel violent expired orders and stop pigs from harassing my family this week- I'm leaving CA. 

I studied your mental incompetence Gag orders & Trafficking of courts and my vote is to close them all down. 

All 4 of my last landlords were court contentious and tried to drag me into their vanity cases. 

There's one important thing in the world- and my family missing for peace- that's a bond and respect for moms. 

Many Haters judged my mom for how x treated me- and tried to manipulate it into racist terrorism- but I blame our defense team for allowing M15 spies into create domestic terrorism & murder moms through military infectious diseases.

We need peace orders with all attys & Drs on team and full reperations financially credited to our charities. 

Sandiego & Riverside/LA courts all failed to practice ethical law. 

They failed medicine, law, hygeine 101. 

We don't agree to cooperate nor work with these disgusting parasites and need damages for their abhorrent crimes.

IEHP insurance failed & Dr. Cindy couldn't even write a benign prescription for anti biotic or ring worm hand cream- even as she saw them melt out of my hands in her office. 

She said keep doing what you're doing like your courts told me when I last served 18 mo. on Ashby Clark Sorrenson's parasitic sex sting. 

My X is in that group. 

No thankyou attys. 

Flattered. 

Not really. 

Mostly disgusted with so many pandering to limp & eunuched dicks from #PrinceOfPegging 

My next president will rise faster hopefully on global issues. 

VP & Governors are well aware of issues going on 6 years. 

If there hands are tied- then so our ours. None of us will be voting for any of the morons again responsible for Demise of America to 3rd world conditions through a simple divorce. 

It's a gross condonement of greed and sexual exploitation that needs to stop now. 

Do you know how many many men have tried to seduce me since Valentines? 

How many cops have stalked me? 

Knock this shit off & tell IRS we need last 50 years refunded to my family. 

They Terrorized my poor dad and gave both him & his atty heart attacks! 

TG my dad survived.

 I need him now. 

Sunil's "Spirochaete war" needs to super string back to UK where it originated. We're done with his disgusting germs & attacks in my family, communities, college & country thru Cambridge Analytica & Physics Epstein group.

He failed and is as big of a cockroach as his Epstein Boyfriend Parasitic pimp Daniel Smachtenberger.

Please confirm all court dates & insurance from IEHP is cancelled with damages. 

We recorded millions of Grievances like this for negligence and feel many wrongful deaths in community are due to lack of services and bribed in-house. 

Dr. Cindy had an Oath to someone other than hippa laws or me- as her fidicuary duty should be as a "patient."

The IEHP system failed & I've reccomended none of my friends use it. 

Dentist can't get me in until May thru Medical- there are no rentals here. 

I need my kids & assets so we can re-locate to a free state that does respect our founding fathers and mothers constitution.

Godbless,

Thanks!

Nitya Huntley Rawal

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Essential Jazz Standards - Jazz Play Along: Lullaby of Birdland

Jazz Play Along: Essential Jazz Standards: Lullaby of Birdland.

Music by George Shearing, words by George David Weiss (sheet music)

Background track with melody to Play Along: https://dai.ly/x8g1fhx

Lyrics: Oh, lullaby of birdland that's what i Always hear, when you sigh, Never in my wordland could there be ways to reveal In a phrase how i feel. Have you ever heard two turtle doves Bill and coo when they love? That's the kind of magic music we make with our lips When we kiss And there's a weepy old willow He really knows how to cry That's how i'd cry in my pillow If you should tell me farewell and goodbye Lullaby of birdland whisper low Kiss me sweet, and we'll go Flying high in birdland, high in the sky up above All because we're in love Lullaby, lullaby Have you ever heard two turtle doves Bill and coo when they love? That's the kind of magic music we make with our lips When we kiss And there's a weepy old willow He really knows how to cry That's how i'd cry in my pillow If you should tell me farewell and goodbye Lullaby of birdland whisper low Kiss me sweet, and we'll go Flying high in birdland, high in the sky up above All because we're in love

Lullaby of Birdland

Lullaby of Birdland is a jazz standard composed in 1952 by George Shearing, with lyrics by George David Weiss, under the pseudonym 'B. Y. Forster' . The title refers to Bird, the nickname of saxophonist Charlie Parker, and Birdland, the local New York jazz historian. The song, composed by the English pianist and composer George Shearing, who recorded it in the same year (1952) in New York with his quintet, was later taken up by many artists (in recent times also by Amy Winehouse). Other versions include Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Chaka Khan, Mel Tormé, Chris Connor, Quincy Jones, pianist Friedrich Gulda and, in Italy, Mina.

Georges Shearing

GEORGE SHEARING enjoyed an international reputation as a pianist, arranger and composer. Both on the concert stage and in jazz clubs, Shearing was renowned for his inventiveness and jazz orchestration. He wrote more than 300 compositions, including the classic 'Lullaby of Birdland', which has become a jazz standard. Shearing was born in 1919 in the Battersea area of ​​London. Congenitally blind, he was the youngest of nine children. His only formal musical education consisted of four years of study at the Linden Lodge School for the Blind. Although his talent earned him several college scholarships, he was forced to turn them down in favor of a more productive pursuit: playing piano at a neighborhood pub for the attractive salary of five dollars a week! Shearing joined a blind band in the 1930s. At this time, he developed a friendship with noted jazz critic and author Leonard Feather. Through this contact, he made his first appearance on BBC radio. In 1947, Shearing moved to America, where he spent two years establishing his fame on this side of the Atlantic. The sound of shearing attracted national attention when, in 1949, he assembled a quintet to record 'September in the Rain' for MGM. The record was an overnight success, selling 900,000 copies. His reputation in the United States was permanently established when he was booked at Birdland, New York City's legendary jazz venue. In 1982 and 1983, he won Grammy Awards for recordings he made with Mel Tormé. Shearing was the subject of an hour-long television documentary titled The Shearing Touch featured on The Southbank Show with Melvyn Bragg on ITV in the UK, which can now be seen in the US on the Bravo channel. He has received the prestigious Horatio Alger Award for Distinguished Americans in 1978, and a community recreational facility in Battersea, south London, was named the George Shearing Center in his honour. In May 1993, he was awarded the British equivalent of the Grammy—the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement. In June 1996, shearing was inducted into the Queen's Birthday Honors List, and on 26 November he was inducted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his 'service to the music and Anglo-American relations'. Read the full article

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