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Elsa Andersson: Sweden's flying farm-girl
"Our times may not understand the work you've now completed"
This line was spoken at the funeral of Elsa Andersson, who died at the age of twenty five. These words share something of the enigmatic quality that Elsa had, both in life and in death. Her gravestone read 'First and only female aviator in Scandinavia'.
A slender boy-girl Icarus, a Puck, an adventuress; a fatalist, a yearning, a sign of modernity…one can easily get lost in the mythology. To find the real girl I had to peel away all these veils, added by writers, artists and gender theorists. Here I will add my own sketch of her- as a young woman fascinated by technology, an adrenalin junkie and a true artist, proud and dedicated to her craft.
On a cold January day in 1922, 4000 people gathered to watch an aerial show. This was a popular family entertainment, where all ages and social classes mixed. Picnic baskets were packed and Sunday best put on; it was an event to see and be seen at. It was a spectacular show, demonstrating the success of man in conquering the sky.
A yellow Albatros sails up to 2000 feet, a small figure climbs out onto the lower port wing and waves to the crowds below.
This is the highlight of the show, the famous girl who jumps.
Here she goes head first.
I know something about the capturing horizon of Skane, South Sweden. Like Elsa, I too grew up in this topsy-turvy medley of yellow fields, hills and a sky constantly changing like the sea. There's a struggle between ground and heaven here. I know something about the longing it can instil in an impressionable child.
Growing up on a farm as the eldest child, Elsa became motherless at the age of six. She grew very close to her dad and his work with the land. It is a time where new technology is revolutionising the farming industry. From an early age Elsa studies the new equipment and techniques that her progressive father invests in. He takes her shooting with the boys and she develops a taste for physical activity, innovation and adventures, preferably all together.
She learns how to drive, and must have cut the image of a pioneering flapper girl in her car, sailing through the Swedish landscape as a teenage girl…
Her brother is smitten by the America bug and leaves for an adventure overseas. Elsa too dreams of America, but when she is 16 her life changes course. She is taken to an aerial exhibition created by Enoch Thulin.
Thulin was an early pioneer of flying in Sweden. He owned the Thulin Aeroplane Factory which was not too far from Elsa's childhood home. This was a visit that seemed to distil Elsa's passions. Like a 1970s touring groupie, she chased Swedish air shows around the country, hungry for the thrill that aviation gave her.
It seems almost morbid that families would gather to watch such dangerous shows. The flying machines were rickety wooden structures, held together by little more than piano wires, sailing cloth, spit and hope.
Despite and (partly because) of the dangers involved, Elsa was determined to fly and her father supported her ambition.
At the age of 24, when most other girls were safely married off and busy breeding, Elsa got accepted into Thulin´s flying school. It was an expensive venture, until then only accessible to well-to-do and middle-class men. The fee, roughly equivalent to £200 (and a further £200 deposit for possible repairs of equipment) was paid by her father.
She did not let anyone down. Elsa was an embodiment of her own motto that 'courage and determination are the best qualities in a human being'. She passed theoretical and technical tests with distinction and also found a social scene where she felt at home amongst the other (all male) aviators.
Elsa was to be Thulin´s last student when he died in a flying accident only a few months after enrolling her. Elsa was given her aviator diploma (now Flying Certificate).
An article from this time, describes how a group of young aviators from Thulin's School take a journalist with them on a flight excursion up to Gothenburg. They set off on a warm and clear summer's day and navigate by tracking the railway line. After a while, encounter strong turbulence and the reporter fights a violent nausea and feels how his ears block. Lifting his gaze he describes the sight of Elsa seemingly in her own world engrossed in a book- "Such a curious woman; silent, serene and completely lacking of nerves!" – An interesting observation in a time where nerves and women were more or less synonymous.
Whether Elsa's next decision is based on a career strategy or a craving for adventure we will never know. What were the prospects for a female pilot in 1921… in Sweden? It seemed like there were none. So what's a girl with an flying certificate to do? Adventure over, point proven; back to conformity? Not Elsa.
She decides to become a parachutist.
The only parachute expert in Sweden, Raoul Thornblad, is of the popular opinion that jumping is a man's territory and he refuses to take on a female student. Therefore Elsa packs her bags and sets off to the wild excitement of Weimar Berlin to train under Otto Heinecke, parachuting instructor. Parachuting from aeroplanes was in its infancy, and fatal jumps were far from rare.–
The course only lasted a few weeks. In September 1921 Elsa had her parachuting certificate, despite not having actually done a real jump from an aeroplane. However, in typically dauntless act, she had already enrolled her virgin jump. The jump was to be mere days later during an aerial exhibition in South of Sweden. Elsa was far and away the most novel and titillating act on the bill.
It's a glorious autumn day and 2000 spectators watch Elsa throw herself out head first (as one should at the height of 2000 feet). It's a perfect jump and she lands gently amongst the lake grass, a bit wet, but one can assume pretty jubilant.
Perhaps still elated from her first success she returned the following Sunday to do it again. Before her jump, she meets a fellow Swedish aviator, senior in both years and experience along with a German ex-fighter pilot. The men make fun of her choice of parachute, referring to it as a 'Heinecke sack'.
" You'd never get me in one of those… not for a million kronor!" exclaims the German.
The Swedish man said he would only use one of those in the face of imminent danger.
"It's a piece of cake" Elsa cuts back with a smile.
However just before jumping she gives instruction to return her bag to her father "Should I come down quicker than I ought to"
She does get to carry her own bag home, albeit with a twisted ankle that forces her into a short period of rest.
By now Elsa was living like a traveling circus artist. Far from sailing smoothly on her novelty status as Sweden's only female aviator, not to mention show parachutist, she relentlessly pushed herself and her shows forward. Her performances become increasingly dare-devil. One can understand why many people ascribe her with a taste for self-destruction.
Many have questioned her motives, was it an eagerness to appease a sensation-hungry audience? Or was it, as many continue to speculate today, that she nursed a growing taste for danger, a heightened sense of life when faced with the very real possibility of sudden death?
Was she making a political act for gender equality?
Maybe the girl just liked to feel the wind in her hair…
She got signed up as a parachute performer with a new aerial company in Orebro, Sweden. Amongst fellow aviators she is known and appreciated for her sprightly and courageous nature and the passion that she invested in her art.
Cold Sunday in January 1922, 2000 feet in the air.
4000 people below, her biggest crowd yet. The jump she has planned is a new style, that she has never done before. She has planned her boldest and most showy jump yet. She's going to jump standing from the wing, rather than from the cockpit.
She is upbeat, excited and focused. Left hand holding onto a rail on the lower port wing. Wave to the crowd. Jump, head first.
A few somersaults, a black speck in the air. A figure that is meant to change shape into that of a jellyfish as the parachute folds out…
but doesn't.
Those with binoculars have witnessed the struggle she had with a cord, that was stuck under her arm. Elsa is a heartbeat over the tree tops when the parachute finally begins to unfold.
And she crashes. But she will forever keep falling and flying in the imagination of the masses. With all the ballads, stories and films she continuously inspires, her story is more that of a momentarily arrested movement than a work completed.
By Cecilia Lundqvist artist and mask maker (currently learning the aerial hoop)
If you enjoyed this, you may get a thrill from this love letter to Swedish aeroplanes or this Viggen tribute.
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Thursday hot tip!
We're fortunate enough to have a number of iPads, which are centrally managed by our IT department. That's great, except for when we have special projects that require the students to access specific websites. It's too time consuming to have our IT department add web links for a short project (and, let's face it, it's entirely likely that we need those links available pretty quickly – too quickly to go through IT). Rather than worry about getting the web links on the iPads, we just generate QR codes for them and have the kids use the QR code reader on the iPad to get to the site. It seems obvious, now that I've written it out, but it, um, took us a while to figure that out.

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Here is my post from November 2011 about Occupy. I'm not religious and I don't want to suggest to Christians that they should run down to an Occupy site to hand out tracts and convert people. What I am saying is that Christianity started as an Occupy movement.
Here it is: Two Thousand Year Old Mystery Solved
I'm not religious, as anyone who has ever read my blog knows. But that doesn't mean I'm not astonished by the power of Christianity. And by power I mean that after 2000 years, a poor peasant from Gallilee was able to transform the world. How the heck did he do it?
The historians have looked at the archaeology and the limited historical records and the culture of the time and proposed some interesting facts about Jesus. They fill in a lot of the missing gaps that the religious leave out, like the details of the social class that Jesus was from and the Israel he lived in and the reign of Herod. But the facts were missing something intangible. They were missing a narrative that would explain why the movement became so popular. It had to be more than the Roman roads.
The religious have the Niceaen Creed, that was put together several centuries after Jesus' death. It emerged after a battle between the various sects of Christianity over the divinity of the Christ and how many pieces of God there actually were and other esoterica. But they came to a consensus eventually, after they threw out all of the Gnostics and other heretics. They adopted four gospels and some other books. Why on earth they decided to throw in Revelations we will never really understand. Maybe they thought fear would make Christians behave. But their spin on Christianity never made a lot of sense to me either and I've seen even the most dedicated and eloquent pastors twist themselves into knots over the transubstantiation. And the sacrifice to redeem us for our sins? Ummmm, what? I know a lot of people believe it and if it makes them feel safe, then who am I to argue. I'm not saying the resurrection never happened because anything is possible. But the symbolism just never made much sense to me.
It's not eschatology. Eschatology predated Jesus and existed in other Jewish sects after his death. It wasn't the treatment of the poor. The Buddha understood suffering and ignorance long before Jesus came along. And it wasn't gnosis because the Greeks had that nailed down. So, what was it that made this carpenter so powerful?
It wasn't until this week that I finally got it. When the pieces came together, I had a "oh, Wow!" moment. Suddenly, I saw Christianity in a whole new way, one that even most Christians wouldn't recognize, but would be completely familiar to the original apostles.
Let's start with an empire.
The Romans were wealthy, militaristic and oppressive. They bought up client kings in the provinces they conquered or intended to conquer. Their rule was law. Peasants of client states paid their taxes. They had a limited number of rights because they weren't really citizens. Most people were poor. The fact that John the Baptist, prophet and eschatologist, had such a thriving ministry is a testament to the feeling of hopelessness among the poor. Life in Judea could be nasty, brutish and short if you were born into the wrong class and people were generally unsympathetic to their plight. The lower class, because there was no middle class, put its hopes in divine purification of the evils of the world. The average Jew lived in a country that was not his own and was barely tolerated by the Roman aristocracy and its army. This is the world that Jesus came from.
The story we have is that:
He preached to the poor. He counselled them. He was a great teacher. He told parables and made his listeners think in new ways. He fed them. He celebrated with them. He gave a sermon to end all sermons about peace, mercy, mourning, fulfillment, hunger and persecution. He condemned the rich and arrogant. He pissed a lot of people off. The Pharisees got tired of him making Pharisees out of them. His teachings made him famous. He went to Jerusalem with a following planning an act of civil disobedience. He and his closest friends pooled their money and had one last dinner where he told his friends that the day after next, they probably wouldn't see each other again. He goes to the Temple during a religious holiday where people from all over the country are using the place as a giant bank and he throws out the money changers who are collaborating with the Romans. The Temple priests already overworked on a Jewish holiday and with Rome keeping an eye on them, are worried about this troublemaker his apostles making a ruckus and a mess and disturbing the peace. So, they reported him into the local police. He and his followers made camp in a garden and tried to stay up all night. They were all scared, especially the head troublemaker because he knew he had broken one rule too many. The Romans came in the middle of the night to break up the camp and arrest him. He tells his followers not to resist because they're supposed to be all about peace. His followers scattered. He is thrown into jail, humiliated and beaten.
There's some debate in the accounts of what happens next. Did the Temple priest want him dead or just out of his hair? Well, whoever turned him in probably knew what was going to happen next but if the Temple hadn't turned him in, the money changers would have and business would be satisfied. Better get ahead of the problem. The Roman governor condemned him and nailed him up to be a lesson to all other future troublemakers. He was killed. His followers were disorganized and confused. But got themselves together after some miracles and spread the word.
How strange.
Here we are in the 21st century and what do we see?
An empire, wealthy, militaristic and brutal. It has no problem taking what it wants. The wealthy buy the people they want to do their bidding. The citizens live in a downwardly mobile world. They pay their taxes but are at risk of losing everything in a poor economy. Their votes are meaningless. People who are poor or become poor through no fault of their own are shown no sympathy. Eschatology thrives.
A bunch of people see that what has happened to less fortunate countries at the hands of that empire is starting to happen to them. They decide to take matters into their own hands. They don't have a leader but they have a Jewish prophetess who preaches a Sermon in the Park. But really, anyone could do this. She just happens to be particularly memorable and moderately well known and she's good at it.
They feed the poor, counsel the troubled, comfort the persecuted. They come to the great city and set up their camp near the money changers. They try to turn the money changers out. The money changers appeal to the police. The authorities decide that their behavior is setting a bad example of non-compliance and is disturbing to business people. The police raid their park and arrest them.
They must have seen that coming.
They continue to sacrifice themselves. The number of their followers starts to swell when the people see how much they are willing to give of themselves to uphold a moral movement.
Now there are a probably a lot of people out there who are rolling their eyes and thinking this is a metaphor stretched too far. But for me, the pieces of this puzzle finally fit. The reason why Christianity succeeded was not because Jesus was so important. In fact, he was just there for the beginning of what was a very long struggle. It was so successful because it started off as a moral response to an oligarchical rule and the way it went about its actions affected so many people that by the time Jesus was made a sacrifice and an example by the Romans, his followers had reached a critical mass to keep the movement going. He had laid out a framework of actions and behaviors that anyone could follow. The apostles didn't need a leader anymore because they *were* the leaders. Of course, a miracle story is a good ice breaker but if you are a Christian because of the Christmas story and the Resurrection, you may be missing the point of the movement. It is what the early Christians did in their own communities that made the movement resiliant. For centuries, they practiced civil disobedience, took care of one another, expanded their membership to include the gentiles and Samaritans (the other 99%), travelled from place to place, gave up what they had to minister to the poor, stayed with wealthy widows like Priscilla, and more modest followers like Mary and Martha, and sacrificed themselves over and over again until they were so popular in the empire that the Emperor himself gave in. By that time, the Christians already didn't resemble what they started out as. And that is a danger that a look back through history can help us avoid.
The Jesus movement is the one to emulate, not that it was the original intention of Occupy Wall Street. It may be that successful grassroot movements have the same things in common. Conditions for success have to be present, there has to be a tipping point and some of the other factors may not be easy to copy. Many have tried. But it takes more than a good communication route. It isn't enough to get people together at conferences to discuss politics. It can't be directed by a small group of people with money working behind the scenes. The reason why MoveOn and Netroots Nation and the Tea Party have failed to move the public where Occupy Wall Street has succeeded is that the latter is a moral movement with a simple message and the people in it are willing to make personal sacrifices because they have nothing left to lose. And the recent brutal crackdown by the authorities is a demonstration of the power of that morality.
Today, we have the benefit of hindsight. We also know from our own personal experiences that a moral movement does not need a religion in order to succeed even if the religious decide to join it. A moral movement also knows that it doesn't need to have a political flavor. It's purpose is to lead people to a new way of thinking, new values and set of behaviors, new rules of acceptance and condemnation. When you change the way you think and behave, you become a new person, isn't that right, Christians? And a country full of new people becomes a new country. The closest we have had in this country to such a movement was the Civil Rights movement of the 50's and 60's, lead by Martin Luther King Jr. who also made a personal sacrifice.
The tactics that this movement uses is a mix of the highly technical and the primitive. Anyone with an iphone can record the events, and anyone with a voice can become a leader. Anyone with a clever and amusing idea can capture the attention of thousands. The message and tactics combined make this movement accessible to everyone while the images of sacrifice broadcast on the new Roman road can both anger and inspire.
This week, the current movement made its most significant sacrifice to date. But there will be others. As the prophetess said, we need to show each other kindness and take care of each other because we have chosen to challenge the most powerful forces on the planet. And it will be hard. It will be much easier to conquer each other. Wise words. But in our lifetime, we may see a new generation of that movement from 2000 years ago. That rebirth has happened before. This time, the scale is global and echoes the economic and cultural atmosphere of the originators. But with perseverance, it shouldn't take 400 years to gain the upper hand.
Hold hands, look both ways before you cross the street and watch out for each other.
Look around. You are part of a global uprising. Don't be afraid. Love. We are winning.
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The Sixties
The Sixties (the 1960s) is widely celebrated by leftists and liberals as a decade of progress and freedom. However, it was in reality a decade that saw the origin or the worsening of some of the gravest ills to afflict modern society. Far from being the decade of 'peace and love' it was a period of left-inspired war and terror, including the escalation of the Vietnam War and the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution; the 'events' of 1968 in universities across the western world saw a minority rabble of Trotskyist and Maoist students try to impose their views on society; and the so-called social revolution of the period saw a massive upsurge in sexual immorality and the abuse of illegal drugs. Leftist and other 'trendy' educational theories began their assault upon the education of our children. As history Professor Gerard DeGroot records, "For too long the Sixties has been a sacred zone... Cast aside the rose-tinted spectacles and we see mindless mayhem, shallow commercialism and unbridled cruelty... [While the '60s brought] flowers, music, love and good times... It also brought hatred, murder, greed, dangerous drugs, needless deaths, ethnic cleansing, neo-colonialist exploitation, sound-bite politics, sensationalism, a warped sense of equality, a bizarre notion of freedom, and the end of innocence." [1] Margaret Thatcher noted, "We are reaping what was sown in the sixties... fashionable theories and permissive clap-trap set the scene for a society in which the old virtues of discipline and restraint were denigrated." [2]
Assault upon religion
This might be said to be two-pronged. The Sixties saw moves away from revealed to religion amongst young people in favour of a half-baked and quarter-understood mish-mash of eastern mysticism, sexual hedonism and drug abuse of the kind peddled by The Beatles in their 'Maharishi' phase; John Lennon of The Beatles went on, in his song Imagine, to celebrate and propagandize a nihilistic and atheistic view of human life. Simultaneously, many Christian priests and ministers themselves undermined Christianity by a variety of means: from watering down the required standards of Christian behaviour in a misguided attempt to seem 'trendy' and 'relevant', completely overlooking the relevance of Faith; to harnessing the Bible to Karl Marx, in the form of the so-called Liberation Theology which did much to inspire left-wing terrorism in Latin America.
The 'Permissive Society': license unbridled
Chastity, restraint, and human values of decency were mocked by the 'gurus' of permissiveness. Instead, the increasing availability of artificial contraception in the form of contraceptive pills, fueled a wave of promiscuity and the promotion and practice of all forms of perversity. This was encouraged by the fashion industry: immodest apparel such as mini-skirts were flaunted by females, while androgynous clothing, eroding the masculine role, was marketed to men (The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger notoriously took to a stage in London's Hyde Park wearing a lace dress). Restrictions on pornography were eroded or evaded, a seminal event here being the decision of a UK court in 1963 to allow the publication of an unexpurgated version of D.H. Lawrence's novel Lady Chatterley's Lover despite its overt and explicit sexual content. Legal reforms permitted or loosened restrictions on homosexuality, divorce and abortion, undermining the very fabric of family life. Feminists such as Germaine Greer launched assaults on traditional male-female relationships, while Lesbian separatists argued that women (which they spelled wimmin or womyn) and men should lead entirely separate lives. The use of foul language and displays of nudity became a commonplace on television in many western nations, with the BBC in the van.
'Turn on, tune in, drop out'
This quotation, by 'counter-culture' guru Dr Timothy Leary, epitomizes the attitude of many 1960s nostalgics towards illegal drugs. Drugs have been a perennial problem in societies worldwide, but in the 1960s the problem became much worse. This is because drug-taking, which was previously the covert activity of a tiny minority, perceived as immoral as well as illegal by society, suddenly became portrayed as acceptable in the media. Worse, advocates of 'permissiveness' such as Leary openly recommended the use of mind-altering drugs as a means to access a different, supposedly better, reality. Many, if not most, of these advocates had inadequate personalities which prevented them from participating fully in the richness of real life. However, their pernicious effect upon a generation of impressionable young people has been incalculable.
Drug abuse often went hand in hand with left wing politics, and the 'joint' or 'reefer' became the trademark of the 1960s student leftist plotting world revolution in his bedsit or student dorm.
Music and Literature
The Sixties inspired many modern greats in music and literature which endure cross generationally, despite grave misgivings about their personal morality, drug use, incipient Hollywood values and the messages conveyed:
- The Beatles
- The Rolling Stones
- Led Zeppelin
- The Doors
- Jimi Hendrix
- Pink Floyd
- Jefferson Airplane
- Janis Joplin
- Sergeant Barry Sadler
Successes in the Sixties
The Sixties however did have some good points. The Civil Rights Movement gained momentum during this period, which saw the end of segregation of African Americans. The societal problems caused by the erosion of restraint inspired campaigners such as Mary Whitehouse to take a stand for decency and Christian standards. Also in 1969 the United States scored a remarkable triumph on behalf of the Free World in the Space Race, overcoming a Soviet lead earlier in the decade, with two members of the courageous crew of Apollo 11 becoming the first two humans to step on to the Moon.
Significant Events
- Apollo 11 lands on the Moon
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- Cultural Revolution
- Prague Spring
- Vietnam War
- May 1968 riots
See also
- Hippie
- Assassination of John F. Kennedy
- Assassination of Martin Luther King
- Assassination of Malcolm X
- Attempted assassination of George Wallace
- Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
- Characterization of 1960s student unrest
Further reading
- Leaf, Jonathan. The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Sixties (2009) excerpt and text search conservative interpretation
- Olson, James S. Historical Dictionary of the 1960s. (1999) online edition,


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While vampire rockers make their way to Toronto, two movies from the future warn us that if the world population gets depleted by a plague, it's best to turn that virus on yourself before you end up dating your brother.
Vampires and rock stars together and rocking the stage, what are the odds? The latest whack at the dead horse we call vampire movies, Suck, is on its way to Toronto's Film Festival. But this isn't your average Vampire Rock Star film with actors in fake leather gyrating about on stage with fangs - This movie has leathery old rock stars gyrating with vampires on stage. For instance...
Written and directed by musician/actor Rob Stefaniuk - and featuring acting turns from
the likes of Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Henry Rollins and Moby - SUCK, follows a group of rock 'n' roll wannabes in search of immortality and a record deal. Seemingly doomed to roadtrip doldrums and dives, the band The Winners break their slump when their female bass player disappears one night with a studly, stylin' vampire. She returns charged with sexual charisma that creates audience frenzy and eventually ensnares the rest of the band. Their "hook" launches them to fame. But fame turns out to be a different
kind of Hell than AC/DC promised.
Following an "incident" on a national radio show with "Rockn' Roger" The Winners hit mega-stardom beyond their wildest dreams. But Joey is haunted by an eerie bartender with a dark secret. And legendary vampire hunter, Eddie Van Helsing, is on their tail tracking them down despite his fear of the dark. But when a veteran music producer calls them on becoming a vampire freak show, their rock'n'roll bubble bursts.
Next up are two heavy on the art and emotion films pointed out by the lovely people over at Quiet Earth. First up is Dust: the movie that brings brother and sister together in the biblical sense, after the world had been all-but-destroyed in an outbreak. But what happens when the female half of the twins meets a new man?
DUST Trailer from Dust Trailer on Vimeo.
Here is the official synopsis:
Elodie and Elias are sixteen-year-old twins who live by themselves in the shadow of the dam of a man-made lake. We slowly find out that the world they are living in is depopulated, except for a few scattered survivors with whom they have no contact. Surrounded by this total emptiness, Elodie and Elias have gotten closer to each other than ordinary twins.
One day, on their way home after bathing in the lake, they discover Gabriel. He is a boy slightly older than them who just escaped a vicious attempt on his life. The twins agree to hide him at their place so he can recover from his wounds. This out to be a fateful decision: soon, Gabriel and Elodie fall in love with each other. Although they try to hide it from Elias, he is bound to find out eventually that he has lost his sister to someone else.
The conflict that slowly developes between the three teenagers is amplified by the isolation they find themselves in. Living in this empty world, they have no one else to turn to but themselves. This only serves to complicate an already tense situation which have dire consequences for one of them.
Do you love your significant other so much you'd grow a clone of them inside your womb if they tragically died before their twilight years? I still think that it's awfully creepy, but you be the judge. Also good eye readers that is the new Doctor Matt Smith.
Official Synopsis:
When Rebecca returns to her grandfather's house, she meets her childhood sweetheart Thomas again. Thomas leaves his girlfriend Rose and their love picks up where it left off, until Thomas dies in a car accident. Devastated, the young woman contemplates suicide until she finds consolation in the idea of cloning. Although society does not fully accept it yet, she plans to give birth to Thomas, bringing her lost love to life (again). Living in Rebecca's grandfather's remote old house, Thomas grows up believing his father died in an accident. Rebecca never mentions cloning. In spite of their secret, Rebecca and Thomas lead an almost normal life until Rose finds out about them …


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Quiz: Which Spirit Keeper do You Need?
Native American traditions speak of four powers, or Spirit Keepers, associated with the four directions, animals, colors, and qualities, that may be honored and invoked, celebrated and worked with in order to bring ourselves into better balance with What Is.
Take this simple quiz to see which Native American Spirit Keeper would be most helpful to you now:
Look at the following sets of three statements. Which set of three is most true for you?
1. I long for a sense of renewal and quickening in my life.
2. I desire more clarity.
3. I feel that increased intelligence, intensity, and purity would be helpful to me now.
1. I long for transformation in my life.
2. I desire to be more grounded.
3. I feel that increased endurance, stability, and introspection would be helpful to me now.
1. I long for illumination.
2. I desire a sense of awakening and newness.
3. I feel that increased Light, spirituality, and far-sightedness would be helpful to me now.
1. I long for discovery in my life.
2. I desire a sense of unfolding and organic growth.
3. I feel that increased vitality, intuition and awareness of feelings would be helpful to me now.
If you chose A, you need the Power of the North. Animal: Buffalo Color: White The Power of the North clarifies the mind and purifies our mental being.
If you chose B, you need the Power of the West. Animal: Grizzly Bear Color: Black The Power of the West activates the intelligence of the physical body and enables it to work with the material substances that constitute our flesh, blood and bones.
If you chose C, you need the Power of the East. Animal: Eagle Color: Yellow The Power of the East enables us to be enlightened with sudden flashes of inspiration and understanding through our innermost "self," which is the noblest aspect of our total being.
If you chose D, you need the Power of the South. Animal: Mouse Color: Red The Power of the South empowers and strengthens the intuitive "self."
Spend some time facing or contemplating the direction you chose. Connect with those qualities within you. You may want to petition the power animal of that direction to help and guide you.


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WP 04 Clinical Research Development
This workpackage has two main components:
1) WP04 includes two of the to-date largest and most comprehensively phenotyped patient cohorts (infant-at risk study, Longitudinal European Autism Project (LEAP)) to identify biomarkers that predict the development of ASD and that can be used to stratify patient groups.
EU-AIMS Longitudinal European Autism Project (EU-AIMS LEAP) - protocols and SOPs (download: zip-file):
- Study Protocol: Baseline and Follow-up Phases
- EU_AIMS_LEAP_SOP_clinical_assessments
- EU_AIMS_LEAP_Eye_tracking_SOP
- EU_AIMS_LEAP_hair_sample_collection_SOP
- EU-AIMS_LEAP Cognitive Testing SOP [including New ET Testing]
- EU-AIMS_LEAP_ToM_Narrative_SOP
- EU-AIMS_LEAP_fMRI_SOP
- EU-AIMS_Study_Sample_Collection_SOP
2) WP04 built up the largest network of clinical sites in Europe for ASD: total of 93 sites across 37 European countries. EU-AIMS provides the infrastructure, including instruments, regulatory framework, and network of clinical sites.
The objectives of this workpackage are:
- Identify biomarkers of ASD which precede onset of clinical symptoms
- Validate biomarkers of ASD in children and adults
- Identify molecular-physiologic pathways of drug response
- Develop clinical infrastructure
- Develop new standardized clinical and cognitive assessment methods for use in clinical trials, and regulatory framework
- Assess clinical standards and outcome of ASD individuals in the EU, and develop education programs
WP Leads
Academic Lead: Professor Dr. Jan Buitelaar, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands
EFPIA Lead: Dr. Xavier Liogier d'Ardhuy, F. Hoffmann - La Roche, Switzerland
Workpackage partners
- Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
- F. Hoffmann- La Roche
- King's College London
- Cambridge University
- University Medical Centre
- Karolinska Institutet
- Eli Lilly and Company Ltd.
- Janssen Pharmaceutica
- Vifor Pharma
- Birkbeck, University of London
- University "Campus Bio-Medico"
- Pfizer Limited
- Autism Speaks
Workpackage outcomes
This workpackage
will establish translationally validated, reliable, systems-level biomarkers that can be used across species and in healthy, high-risk and affected human subjects for stratification and characterization, response prediction and early efficacy studies.
will identify molecular biomarkers with an established link to heritable risk for ASD that can be deployed in affected individuals; and for the development and early validation of new compounds.
will yield usable individual mode and multimodal biomarkers for drug development and response prediction.


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Snowe, Brown provide crucial GOP support for Wall Street regulation; bill nears final passage
WASHINGTON – Sens. Olympia Snowe and Scott Brown pushed sweeping financial legislation to the edge of final passage Monday, both announcing they intend to support the regulatory overhaul despite initial misgivings.
Snowe of Maine and Brown of Massachusetts join Susan Collins of Maine as three crucial Republican votes for the legislation.
"While not perfect, the legislation takes necessary steps to implement meaningful regulatory reforms, create strong consumer protections and restore confidence in the American financial system," Snowe said in a statement Monday evening.
In breaking with the rest of the Republican Party, the three lawmakers appeared to give Democratic leaders the 60 votes needed to overcome procedural hurdles facing the legislation.
Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said the legislation would be wrapped up this week.
"We will finish our work on this bill this week to ensure that these critical protections and accountability for Wall Street are in place as soon as possible." Reid said in a statement.
He commended the three Republicans.
"Despite the difficult political climate, these Republicans have joined Democrats to support these common-sense protections for consumers, investors and financial institutions that will help prevent another financial crisis," Reid said.
Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska kept the vote count in limbo Monday, saying he remained undecided on the legislation. Nelson voted for an earlier Senate version of the bill.
"We've got some concerns that some of the banks in Nebraska have raised," Nelson said Monday. "We also have some banks in Nebraska saying vote for it. We're trying to balance out the concerns that have been raised. There's a certain amount of uncertainty. You don't have regulations written. You don't know who's going to be the head of the consumer protection bureau."
A fourth Republican who voted for the Senate version in May, Charles Grassley of Iowa, has indicated he has reservations as well.
The legislation attempts to rein in banks, police previously unregulated markets and provide a new array of consumer protections. It aims to avoid a recurrence of the 2008 financial crisis that helped drive the country into the worst recession since the Great Depression.
Without Nelson, Democrats would have to wait for West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, who is a Democrat, to fill the vacancy created by the death of Sen. Robert Byrd. Manchin said Monday that he would fill the vacancy as early as Friday and no later than Sunday.
Manchin's appointment would be expected to vote for the legislation.
Like Snowe, Brown won concessions in the bill and said Monday that the legislation "is a better bill than it was when this whole process started."
"While it isn't perfect, I expect to support the bill when it comes up for a vote," he said in a statement. "It includes safeguards to help prevent another financial meltdown, ensures that consumers are protected and it is paid for without new taxes."


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Andy McCarthy's Faithless Execution
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My good friend Andy McCarthy has another book out, "Faithless Execution," which couldn't be timelier in view of the deplorable state of current events in America.
Though I have been a consistent critic of President Barack Obama's — decrying his lawlessness and his disastrous and destructive policies — I have always replied in the negative when people have asked me whether Republicans should pursue impeachment against him.
My response has never been based on any doubt that Obama has committed impeachable offenses. Rather, it has been my painful awareness that impeachment is more a political matter than it is a legal one, and enormous political obstacles would surely prevent the successful conclusion of such a pursuit.
Sure, there's a chance a sufficient number of Republican representatives would support such an action, and impeachment, after all, is the prerogative of the House and not the Senate. But impeachment is only the formal charge against the president for the alleged offenses. Impeachment is followed by a trial in the Senate, and Democrats control the Senate. Only upon conviction by the Senate would the president be removed.
Other political considerations are relevant, as well. If Republican politicians and conservative commentators are reflexively accused of racism merely for criticizing Obama, can you imagine what kind of race baiting would ensue if Republicans actually proceeded to impeach the man? Even if race weren't an issue, the sad reality is that the modern Democratic Party is nothing if not partisan, and it would never go along with any effort to bring Obama to account for alleged "high Crimes and Misdemeanors." President Bill Clinton committed felony perjury, and Democrats wouldn't consider turning on him.
Not only that but with the collusion of the liberal media, Democrats have successfully revised history to paint Republicans as the wrongdoers for impeaching Clinton. Any misconduct of Clinton's was sanitized as merely about sex and having nothing to do with dishonoring his office and obstructing justice.
If we've learned anything from the Clinton impeachment ordeal, it is that impeachment is primarily a political matter, in the sense that it simply will not be successful unless the public is behind the effort. That is where Andy's book comes in.
The book's subtitle says it all: "Building the Political Case for Obama's Impeachment." Andy fully recognizes that unless we build the political case, the legal case is pointless, no matter how compelling.
Andy is not saying that we should impeach Obama right now. He understands that you can't effectively impeach (and convict and remove) Obama without the political support of the people but that you are not going to build that political support unless you convince them there is a strong legal case against him that warrants removal. But making the legal case involves demonstrating the broader definition of impeachable offenses, showing how Obama has committed them and then further convincing the people that these offenses constitute an assault on and a grave danger to our constitutional republic.
How does Andy — a lawyer's lawyer and a prosecutor's prosecutor — make his case? Here's where it gets interesting. He first provides us with a tutorial in limited government as crafted by our Constitution's framers and shows how our liberty utterly depends on this brilliant constitutional structure. He also gives us a primer on impeachment and what types of offenses constitute "high Crimes and Misdemeanors." Then he dovetails the two subjects together.
For it just so happens that the framers adopted this British historical impeachment standard precisely because they wanted the remedy available for those cases in which the president threatens the very framework of government through his actions.
That is, the framers wanted impeachable offenses to include not only criminal acts or other acts of moral turpitude but also those instances in which the president grossly breaches his fiduciary duty to the people to faithfully execute the laws of the land and to uphold the Constitution.
As Andy demonstrates in meticulous detail, President Obama has systematically undermined our system through his egregious pattern of lawlessness and disregard for the Constitution. Instead of honoring the rule of law, he has become the ruler of law. By usurping and abusing power, he has imperiled our separation of powers and our federalist system and thus our structure of limited government, on which our liberties depend.
As you can see, this is not about judging Obama and punishing him for wrongdoing as you would a criminal. It's about preserving our form of government and thus our liberties from his systematic threats. It is the opposite of how Democrats characterized (read: trivialized) Clinton's offenses, which was that he had just lied about sex. For Obama's offenses couldn't be more serious if we Americans still cherish our Constitution and our liberties.
The persuasiveness of Andy's trenchant and cogent arguments depends on whether we as a people still believe in liberty and limited government or we've become so jaded that we think of government as merely a means to our political ends. Do we want our government to safeguard our liberties or to determine winners and losers? Unless Americans still cherish their liberties and can be convinced that upholding the Constitution and the rule of law is essential to preserving them, any effort to impeach Obama would be pointless.
But if anyone has made the case, it is Andy McCarthy in this excellent book.
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Gov. Brown under pressure to open a trade office
California exported $24B in goods, services last year
Tourism is an important component of Jerry Brown's mission to Mexico, where the California governor is seeking new pathways to enhance commerce.
Watch report: Gov. Brown in Mexico for economic summit
"Hopefully we're going to get a lot of business and trade," Brown said before departing for Mexico's capital.
California exported $24 billion in goods and services to Mexico last year -- and received 7 million tourists in return.
"We expect the mission of the governor's to result in more trade opportunities," said Allan Zaremberg, president of the California Chamber of Commerce.
But there's one important element in this city of 21 million people -- North America's most populated city -- that is missing.
Nearly two dozen American states have trade offices in Mexico, but California is not one of them.
Some of the California delegates on the Mexico City mission are putting pressure on the governor. They want him to open a new trade office by 2016.
"Mexico buys more products from California than any other state in the union," said Sen. Lou Correa, a Democrat from Santa Ana.
Correa is the co-author of SB 928 with Republican Senate Leader Bob Huff, of Diamond Bar. Their bill would help open the doors for a new California mission in Mexico.
"It's a win-win," Correa said. "Let's open those doors. Let's build those relationships."
Meanwhile, Brown is looking for business leaders south of the border who are eager to invest in California.
"I'm going to explore on this trip all the ways we can work with Mexico, including the exchange of energy," Brown said before leaving.
The prospect of more business in Mexico is exactly what the California Chamber of Commerce is banking on.
"Mexico is a growing economic power, not just in the Americas but throughout the world," Zaremberg said.
Brown's office announced late Sunday that the governor will have a private meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Monday.


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NEW! Petrol organic baby child harem sweatpants, baby sweatpants, joggers
We know how difficult it can be to find decent solid colour organic clothing so here's our selection of harem sweatpants in a selection of colours - all GOTS certified. These fab harems come with pockets for your little ones to fill with stones, slugs and twigs (yes we know!)....
These joggers are made from the best quality organic sweatshirt fabric, so are nice and warm for the winter months. They are so comfortable with plenty of room for cloth bums. This listing is for the petrol joggers (yeah!).
- 95% organic cotton (GOTS certified)
- Wash at 40 degrees with similar colours. Turn inside out to wash. Iron on cool. Do not tumble dry.
- All my items are handmade to order- please allow between 1-2 weeks for dispatch.


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Privacy Policy
Last Updated September 27, 2022
The protection of your personal data and your privacy is very important to us. This Privacy Policy applies to personal information that we process according to GDPR regulations from you in order to provide you with our products and services at amateureuro.com.
Here you will find information about who we are and how you can contact us. We also explain how and why we process personal information about you, to whom we transmit it and how long we store it. Finally, we will inform you about the rights that you have regarding the processing of your personal data by us.
1. Who we are and how you can contact us
We, ALL 4 HEALTH Srl, Natiunile Unite Boulevard no 4, Building 107A, 050121 Bucharest, Romania, for the rest of the world and for North America, MIDUS Holdings INC, 5944 Coral Ridge Drive #247, Coral Springs, Florida 33076, USA (hereinafter "AmateurEuro") are responsible for the processing of your personal data in connection with the use of our products and services under amateureuro.com.
We have appointed a Data Protection Officer, whom you can reach at [email protected] or by mail at ALL 4 HEALTH Srl, Natiunile Unite Boulevard no 4, Building 107A, 050121 Bucharest, Romania.
2. How and why we process your personal information
In the following we inform you about which of your personal data we process, when you use our products and services at amateureuro.com. We also explain for what purpose we use this data and on what legal basis we do so.
2.1 Data that we process on the basis of a consent
2.1.1 Newsletter Subscription
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we use and store the e-mail address provided for this purpose to send you our newsletter regularly.
It goes without saying that your subscription to the Newsletter is voluntary and you may revoke your consent to the receipt of the newsletter at any time with future effect by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link contained in each of our newsletters. The lawfulness of the processing on the basis of your consent until the revocation remains unaffected.
2.1.2 Use of messaging services
You can subscribe to news about topics that interest you through various messaging services. For this you need a messaging account of the respective provider. For the use of a messaging service, depending on the messenger, data is transmitted to us. The respective data protection regulations of the messaging service provider apply:
Messaging - Service & Provider Privacy Policy of the provider Data submitted to AmateurEuro Whatsapp, Whats App Inc., 650 Castro Street, Suite 120-219 Mountain View, CA 94041, USA here Telephone number, user name (if necessary first and last name), device of use and all messages sent to the service Facebook Messenger, Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA here Facebook ID, first and last name, profile picture, location, time zone, gender, and all messages sent to the service
2.1.3 Use of fan pages in social networks
If you use social networks, the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the social networks as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for the protection of your privacy are always based on the privacy policy of the respective social network.
Social network & provider Privacy Policy of the provider Facebook, Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA here and here Google+, Google Inc., Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA here Twitter, Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA here Instagram, Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA here
When you visit our Fan Pages on social networks and comment on and / or rate posts, or send us personal messages through these networks, we process the personal information provided in that context as your name to respond to your comments and messages. Of course, you can also visit our fan pages without providing us with personal data.
2.2 Data that we process for the performance of a contract
2.2.1 Contact
If you contact us (for example by email), we will process and store your personal information such as name, e-mail address and, if applicable, customer number in order to process your request.
Providing contact and (if you are a AmateurEuro customer) contract information such as your customer number is required to answer your request. Otherwise we cannot not process your request or not satisfactorily.
2.2.2 Contract with AmateurEuro / Login as a customer
If you conclude a contract with AmateurEuro via our website amateureuro.com, we process and store the contractual data specified in this framework (e.g. purchased object/subscription, name, postal address, e-mail address, payment method) for the purpose of contract execution. As a customer, you can also log into the customer area of the website using your email address and your password.
The provision of the above mentioned personal information is required to comply with the subscription agreement concluded with you. If you do not provide us with this information, we may not be able to complete the subscription agreement or perform it properly.
2.2.3 Payment details and Bank / Creditcard Data
If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, the payment provider stores your credit card information. It is encrypted by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI) DSS. Your purchase transaction data will only be stored for as long as necessary to complete your purchase transaction.
All direct payment gateways comply with PCI-DSS standards, which are managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, a joint initiative of brands such as Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover.
PCI DSS requirements help to ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.
For more information, please read the Terms of Use and / or Payment Provider's Privacy Policy under the links below.
All personal data is collected only within the framework of a legal permit or if you have given us your consent.
Payment Provider Privacy Policy of the provider Centrobill Limited, Karpenisiou, 9, Strovolos, 2021, Nicosia, Cyprus here Epoch EU PO Box 511 Town Mills Rue du Pre St Peter Port Guernsey GY1 6DU here Segregated Payments Limited (Segpay EU) address: No. 9A at Three Kings Meadow, Osney Mead, Oxford, OX2 0DP
Segregated Payments Inc (Segpay US) address: 350 Jim Moran Blvd, Suite 210 Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 Toccata Inc (Parent Company of Segpay EU and Segpay US): 350 Jim Moran Blvd, Suite 210 Deerfield Beach, FL 33442
here Vendo Services GmbH, Dorfstrasse 50, CH-6390 ENGELBERG, Switzerland here CCBill, LLC or CCBillEU, Ltd.
2353 West University Drive
Tempe, Arizona 85281USA
here WB Technical Services B.V.
Celsiusweg 32-58, 5928 PR Venlo,The Netherlands
here DaoPay GmbH, Hackhofergasse 5/14, 1190 Vienna, Austria here 2000Charge Inc, 530 S. Lake Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
here RocketGate PR LLC, 425 Carr. 693 #260, Dorado PR 00646, USA here
2.3 Data that we process for the protection of legitimate interests of AmateurEuro
2.3.1 Abuse prevention and recognition at conclusion of contract as well as credit check and address verification
At the conclusion of the contract, with the help of a visitor ID, which may contain anonymous control data of your used device (e.g. screen resolution, browser version or your operating system version) and with which your terminal is likely to be recognized on further visits, as well as with your specified contract data automatically checked for evidence of misuse of our offers. If there is suspicion of abuse, an employee reviews the rating and the underlying clues. If a contract is rejected, we will inform you. Objections to the rejection of a contract can be made at [email protected], whereupon the decision is again reviewed by an employee.
By processing the above mentioned personal data it's aimed to be prevented on the one hand, that users specify wrong data or data from third parties upon conclusion of the contract (abuse prevention and recognition). On the other hand, it should be avoided that AmateurEuro incurs financial default risks in connection with the subscription agreement (credit check). The result of the credit check may possibly lead to restrictions on the method of payment or the rejection of a contract.
2.3.2 Direct Mailing
We want to offer the best deal to our customers and therefore use the address information we received from you in connection with the subscription contract to provide you with information about our AmateurEuro products (direct mail). You may object to the use of your data for the purpose of direct mail at any time at [email protected] without incurring other than the transmission costs according to the basic rates.
For direct mailing we exchange user e-mails to verify the validity of the provided e-mail through
- • Ongage Limited, 575 S. Broadway, 4th floor, White Plains, NY, 10601, USA (Privacy Policy of the Provider click here)
- • Email Oversight, 500 North Brand Blvd Suite 890, Glendale, CA 91203, USA (Privacy Policy of the Provider click here)
To opt-out either send an e-mail to [email protected] or enter your account settings to turn of e-mail related activities.
3. To whom we transfer personal data
In this paragraph, we explain to whom we communicate personal information in connection with the use of our products and services at amateureuro.com and, if we transfer data to a third country or an international organization, how we do that.
3.1 To whom we transmit data in connection with the processing of the subscription contract
Depending on the particular subscription, we will transfer personal data to the following recipients:
Recipient Purpose of transmission Transfer to a third country or an international organization Third Party For the purposes of contract execution, provided that they are concluded with the amateureuro.com subscription direct contractual relationships Cooperation and distribution partners For billing purposes, provided your subscription has been obtained through such a partner See section 2.2.3 AmateurEuro service provider For the purposes of execution of the contract, provided that such service providers provide services on behalf of AmateurEuro necessary for the execution of the subscription relationship; Within the scope of this so-called processing on behalf of us we ensure the protection of your data through strict contractual arrangements, technical and organizational measures as well as additional controls Public Bodies To fulfill priority legal obligations A transfer of your personal data to third countries is currently not carried out and is not planned
All other data regarding amateureuro.com is stored on servers of
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3.2 To whom we transmit data when using webtracking tools
Detailed information on which providers we use when using webtracking tools such. To use cookies and which data is processed in this context, please refer to paragraph 5.
3.3 To whom we transmit data when opting into special offers
When you decide to opt into a special offer of a third party offered on letsdoeit.com, your data is shared with such third party and the consent to the privacy policy of such third party needs to be given by you. Currently our special offers are operated by the following partners:
Bang - SCTR Europe, Kabelweg 37 1014 BA Amsterdam, Netherlands
CherryPimps - BLT Innovations LLC, 800 Stewart St., Seattle, WA 98101, USA
PaolasBox - Xerdiol Limited, Lefkosias 59, Flat/Office 103, Nicosia 2236, Cyprus
4. How long we save your personal information
In the following we would like to inform you about how long we store personal data of you or, if the indication of a specific period is not possible, how the criteria for the determination of the retention period are.
We keep your information for the following periods; after expiration of these periods, the corresponding data will be routinely deleted.
Type of Data Retention Period Contract data (for example, purchase item, name, postal address, e-mail address, delivery address, payment method and bank details) 10 years, starting from the end of the calendar year in which the contract was terminated / the service was last used
Unless this data is affected, the data will be deleted if the purposes for which it was collected cease to exist or if you revoke a consent based on data processing.
In the event that a cancellation for legal, technical or organizational reasons is not possible or only with disproportionate effort, the processing of your data is restricted.
5. What webtracking tools (cookies and other technologies) we use and how you can object to their use
When visiting our website, cookies can be set to make our website offerings more user-friendly for you. Cookies are small text files that are stored on the hard disk of your computer and that allow recognition, but do not allow personal identification of yourself. There are two types of cookies, so-called "session cookies", which remain on your device until you close the browser, and so-called "persistent cookies", which remain stored on your device for a certain period of time, even after you have closed the browser.
Web beacons (or so-called counting pixels) are also used with the same destination. Web beacons are small graphics that allow log file recording and log file analysis and are used for statistical analysis.
Below you will find an overview of the web tracking tools we use, as well as information on the purpose for which we use the web tracking tools and how to deactivate them if you do not want the necessary data processing ("opt-out"). For general information on how to prevent or manage the storage of cookies, please refer to para. 5.2.
5.1 Webtracking-tools we use
Purpose Tool / Provider Description Opt-Out Tracking Google Inc., Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA Google Analytics/Tag Manager are web analytics services offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic and behaviours Deletion of Cookies Tracking Hotjar Ltd, Level 2, St Julians Business Centre 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 3155, Malta Hotjar is a web analytics service which tracks and reports website on-page user interactions. Deletion of cookies Tracking Datability Solutions Inc, 155th Ave SE Bellevue, Seattle, Washington 98006, US Disable notifications in device settings Purpose Cookie Type Description Opt-out User Experience Login related actions. Remember that a user is logged in and redirect to the appropriate section of the site when logging in. This cookie is set for up to 7 days. Deletion of cookies User Experience Video and comment likes Remember the user's "like" selection on a given video. This cookie is set per session. Deletion of cookies User Experience Cookie and age gate acceptance Remember the acceptance of the cookie and/or age gate disclaimer. This cookie is set for up to 90 days. Deletion of cookies User Experience Promotional offers Remember the dismissal of offers. This cookie is set for up to 24 hours. Deletion of cookies User Experience Content carry-over Displaying catered content based on user's clicks. This cookie is set for up to 12 hours. Deletion of cookies User Experience Cross-site requests. Auto-login user on all sites. This cookie is set per session. Deletion of cookies Tracking Browser fingerprinting Track browser agent data and disable offers not available to certain user types. This cookie is set for up to 365 days. Clearing of all site data. Tracking Affiliate Tracking Track affiliate performance. This cookie is set for up to 12 hours. Deletion of cookies
5.2 How to object to the use of webtracking tools
5.2.1 Opposition to the display of personalized advertising
We offer you the possibility to prevent the display of personalized advertising by a single cookie. By clicking on the button below, a cookie is placed on your device that prevents the exploitation of usage-based online advertising on the AmateurEuro website as well as on websites of third parties, if this is based on the setting of third-party cookies on the AmateurEuro website. The cookie does not prevent the display of advertising in general, but prevents the exploitation of advertising tailored to your person. If you use several browsers, you must set this OptOut cookie in every browser.
Usage-based online advertising
[On / off button]
5.2.2 Contradiction over browser settings
Please note that the contradiction of cookies is technically usually solved by setting a contradiction cookie. Thus, another cookie is stored on your device that prevents relevant information from being transmitted to the website operator. So if you delete the cookies stored on your device, you also delete these contradictory cookies. Later, a cookie - e.g. for website optimization - set, so again information is transmitted to the website operator.
In addition to the individual possibilities of objection mentioned in section 4.1, you can generally prevent the storage of cookies by means of the settings of the browser you are using or you must agree that you must agree to the setting of cookies. You can also delete once set cookies at any time. If you use multiple browsers, you must make these settings in each of your browsers. Please note the instructions of your respective browser manufacturer. If you decline cookies altogether, this website may be impaired.
5.3 Which social media plugins we use
We use so-called "social plugins" of various social networks on our website. When going to a AmateurEuro website that has such a plugin integrated, clicking the plugin will establish a connection between your browser and the social network servers. The information is then automatically transmitted to you about which AmateurEuro websites you have visited. If you are logged into the social network while visiting a AmateurEuro website with an integrated plugin, this information will be assigned to your social network account. If you are logged into a social network account with your browser and click on the plugin, the corresponding content will be shared on your social network account and linked to the account of the social network concerned. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by the social networks, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for the protection of your privacy, are based on the privacy policy of the respective social network:
Social network & providers Feature Privacy Policy of the provider Facebook, Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA Facebook Logo or "Like"-Button here and here Google+, Google Inc., Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA Letter "g" and Plus sign here
6. Your Rights according to GDPR regulations
Following, we would like to inform you about the rights with regard to the processing of your personal data:
- • You have the right to request free information about your personal data stored by us.
- • You have the right to request the correction, deletion ("right to be forgotten") or restriction of the processing of your personal data.
- • You have the right to object to data processing that is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of AmateurEuro or a third party, or that is done for direct marketing purposes.
- • You have the right to receive the data concerning you in a structured, common and machine-readable format (the so-called "right to data portability").
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us as described in Section 1. If you believe that AmateurEuro's processing of your personal information is contrary to applicable law, you may also contact the relevant regulatory authority.


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Prayer request from His Message for You Ministry and the Sanders family for Brandon and the Souza family. Brandon was called Home by our Father on Saturday 8/6/2016.
With broken hearts, but in complete and total faith, we pray with all of our strength, passion, love and Hope for Brandon, his family and many friends.
Father, we have faith Your will shall be done on earth as it is in Heaven. We know Your plan is always for good and we pray You will bless Brandon's family and friends with the understanding and comfort only Your Holy Spirit can provide. We know You will welcome him Home with open arms.
We pray in faith in Your Word:
Ephesians 1:9-11 "God has now revealed to us His mysterious plan regarding Christ, a plan to fulfill His own good pleasure. And this is the plan: At the right time He will bring everything together under the authority of Christ — everything in Heaven and on earth. Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything workout according to his plan."
1 Corinthians 15:51-57 "Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye…we shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed… and this mortal shall have put on immortality… thanks be to God, which giveth us this victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
We join Brandon in his victory song, Amen…
We praise You and thank You Lord that Your blessing of rescue, redemption and victory for Brandon is a blessing You graciously give for all of us!
In Your Name God our Father, Christ and Lord Jesus and Holy Spirit we pray, Amen


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Positive Growth in Tourism for the First Quarter of 2012
Maldives Promotion House – Maldives Marketing & Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) has released the inbound market analysis for this year. According to the report a total of 255,867 tourist arrivals were registered from January to March 2012. This is an increase of 3.3 percent compared to the same period in 2011.
Central and Eastern Europe recorded a growth of 15.7 percent, Western Europe registered 10 percent, East Mediterranean Europe recorded 30.6 percent, North East Asia 12.8 percent, South East Asia 12.1 percent, Oceania 26.2 percent, Americas 8.8 percent, and Middle East 77.8 percent.
However, Southern Europe the centre of European Economic crisis recorded a negative growth of 24.9 percent. Northern Europe also recorded -9.2 percent mainly due to economic recession in the UK.
26,355 arrivals were registered form Germany for the first quarter of 2012. This is a 20.4 percent positive growth compared to the same period in 2011. With these favourable figures, Germany ranks the third largest market to the Maldives with a market share of 10.3 percent. The reasons for the increase in arrivals are the strong economic conditions in Germany together with the increase in frequency of flights between the two countries.
11,803 arrivals were registered form Switzerland in the first quarter of 2012. This is a 24.5 percent growth compared to the same period in 2011. The reasons for increase in arrivals from Switzerland are due to its healthy economy and easy connectivity and direct flights from Zurich.
The total arrival from China market for the period January to March is 46,662 which is a 16.4 percent growth. Although there is a positive growth in the overall arrivals, the number of tourists who visited the Maldives decreased in February and March due to cancellation of charter flights. The Chinese market is expected to perform well in the upcoming months due to resuming of charter airlines with more frequency and flights from additional cities and strong demand for Maldives. The tour operators' forecast indicates a phenomenal growth in June and July. Recent road shows in five major Cities in China have built visitor and investor confidence in the Maldives. Chinese market is expected to remain by far the largest source market for Maldives.
The first quarter of 2012, the Russian Market registered a total of 19,919 arrivals with a positive growth of 19.7 percent contributing to 7.8 percent of the market share. Russian market remains unaffected despite the recession in Europe. Eastern European region remains the most important emerging market for Maldives. Maldives took part in MITT Russia fair in March 2012. Russian Market is expected to perform well in the coming months.
South Korea
The total arrival from South Korea market for the period January to March is 4,329 is a 21.7 percent growth. South Korea Market is expected to perform extremely well this year. There is possibility of direct flights from South Korea to Maldives which would further boost the market. Maldives representation at Korean Expo 2012 to be held in Yeosu and KOTFA Fair to be held in Seoul is likely to energize the Korean market.
For the first quarter of 2012, Maldives had a total of 25,195 arrivals from France, which is a reduction of -1.3 percent compared to the same period in 2011. French market contributes a total of 9.8 percent to the total market share. France is second most important market in Western Europe after Germany. The slight reduction in the French market is due to the European economic crisis and being the presidential election year in France. Despite the slight reduction, the French market is an important market which has the potential to record a positive growth end of the year.
When comparing the arrivals figures for the past five years, UK registered the highest arrival figures in 2008 accounting for 116,821 visitors. In 2009, the figure dropped to 105,950 and in 2010 there was a slight increase to 114,158 again a reduction in 2011 accounting for 104,508 visitors. Due to economic recession in the UK, the total arrivals from UK market for the first quarter of 2012 registered 24,395 which is a 12 percent decrease. The British market will continue to experience declines to 2015 largely because of the economic recession. UK economy enters recession after contracting for second consecutive quarter. GDP fell by 0.2 percent in first quarter of 2012. According to UNWTO, UK (Longhaul) outbound market is expected to contract in 2012.
In the first quarter of 2012 Italy recorded a total of 26,939 visitors to Maldives which accounts for 10.5 percent of market share. The Italian market is the hardest hit market for Maldives due to economic crisis in Italy. The decline in arrival figure is also due to closure of club style resorts in Maldives. It is also linked to bankruptcy of major tour operators in Italy. Italian market is not expected to perform well this year. Strict fiscal policies of Italian government also discourage longhaul outbound tourism.
The total arrivals from Japan for the first quarter of 2012 are 8,114 which is 5 percent decline. Japan market has been a stagnant market for the past 5 years. 2011 earthquake and the tsunami in Japan is a major factor of the decrease in arrivals to Maldives. In order to increase arrivals from Japan it is vital that we re-strategize market segmentation and product adaptation.
During the first quarter of 2012 Maldives recorded a total of 6,179 arrivals from India, which is a10.4 percent decline compared to same period of 2011. India contributes 2.4 percent of the total market share of the Maldives tourism. The reason for the market decline in India is financial difficulties faced by some of the airlines. Limited air connectivity between major Indian cities and Maldives is also hindering factor in growth of Indian market. However, it is expected Indian market will perform favourably in the upcoming months.
7,152 arrivals were registered form Austria from January-March 2012. This is an 11.4 percent growth compared to the same period in 2011. Although Austria is a small market, with its favourable economic conditions and high percentage of the population with disposable income and propensity to travel, the market has maintained a positive growth.
South East Asia
In terms of population the main countries in the region are Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. 4,515 arrivals were registered between January to March 2012. This is a 12.1 percent increase to the same period in 2011. South East Asian market shares 1.8 percent of the total arrivals to the Maldives.
USA is a huge market that needs to be tapped into with the right strategy. Many of the obstacles that have been faced include the distance and lack of direct and convenient routes topped with the lack of marketing budget to launch an aggressive campaign to penetrate to this market. Despite the obstacles, 3,566 arrivals were registered from the USA from January to March. This is a 6.6 percent increase compared to the same period in 2011. Much interest has been generated amongst the Americans with the emerging trend in live aboard cruises in the Maldives.
Middle East
The first quarter of 2012 Maldives attracted a total of 4,344 arrivals from Middle East market which recorded an unparalleled growth of 77.8 percent compared to the same period last year. In particular it is important to note the exceptional growth from the Saudi Arabian market.
The opening of Middle Eastern based hotel chains in Maldives is a contributing factor for the positive growth. Middle East remains as 1.7 percent of the total market share.
Spain and Portugal
The first quarter of 2012 Maldives attracted 1219 and 609 from Spain and Portugal respectively. A decrease in outbound travel from Spain has been observed by 1.33 percent compared to the same period in 2010. Historically these two markets have been relatively small markets for Maldives.
South Africa
The total arrival from South Africa market for the period January to March is 576 is a 21.2 percent decrease. South Africa is a potential market with better air connectivity.
Northern Europe
The total arrival from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden market for the period January to March is 1,237, 596, 800, 1,866 respectively. Denmark and Norway showed a positive growth where as there is decline in Finland and Sweden market. Scandinavian economies are recovering their former level of economic growth and are expected to maintain sound growth in coming years. The main obstacle for the market growth is the limited air connectivity. With better air connectivity these are potential markets to the Maldives.
Easter Mediterranean Europe
The total arrivals from Israel recorded 713 during the first quarter of 2012 which is a growth of 61.7 percent compared to same period last year. Turkey also recorded a positive growth of 20 percent accounting for 1,088 visitors to Maldives. The reason for the growth in Turkish market is the opening of Turkey owned resort in Maldives. Turkey also remains an extremely potential market with better air connectivity. Charter operations are expected from Turkey during the year which would contribute to the positive growth.
Maldives has a target of attracting 1 million tourists during 2012. A strategic digital and social media campaign is in place. Road shows and other strategic marketing activities are been planned for the year ahead. Maldives Marketing & PR Corporation has a policy to carry out joint promotions and marketing campaigns with airlines, tour operators and other stakeholders.


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MyArtClub.Com was delighted in February to announce that each basic site now comes with 20 image spaces, instead of just 10. Each artist, no matter how many art spaces you have currently, now has 10 more spaces absolutely free.
We have studied our traffic results closely and we found something perhaps obvious, but never the less very important! The more pages of art you have on your site, the higher your traffic level.
Think of it this way: if someone is looking through your images, the more you have to show them, the more they are likely to click on and see each visit. This means longer visits on your site, more exposure for you, more listings in search engines, more content online. We want you to have all these advantages, right now.
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Free "Sampler sites" introduced - great way to start on the internet, or to build links
MyArtClub.Com announced in February a new 'sampler' free 3 image website. That's right, absolutely free, we now offer interested new artists a free mini-website.
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New marketing reports for artists each month introduced
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Leading the way with anti-copying at MyArtClub.Com
MyArtClub.Com has taken several measures to counter the copying by unauthorized sites such as the Chinese website we reported on in late December.
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We have added a new feature, which masks your art image. It is automatically added, no special effort by the artist is required. If you try to copy directly from the image, you get nothing.
In effect this new security feature makes it a very manual and tedious job to download images from you website, one by one. In other words your images can no longer be captured by any automated programs and copied into their website.
A trade off to all artists of being on the internet has been that images are available to view, and therefore copy. Some artists add a "watermark" like the word Copyright to their image file. This is some help, but its effectiveness is debatable. Disfiguring your image detracts from legitimate customers seeing your real artistic talent, taking away from the purpose for being on the internet in the first place. However you are free to do so if desired on MyArtClub.Com
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It has said that if you can see an image anywhere, you can copy it. Artists were always in this jeopardy, even before the internet. If your art is published in a book, or magazine, it is open to copying. Even hanging in a gallery or museum, the image can be photographed, or the promotional materials copied and at far higher quality. The internet poses less risk in terms of the quality of the image, and more risk in terms of spreading the image around quickly and cheaply.
In the end showing your art anywhere is a business decision: is the risk worth the advantage? We think showing art online with our new security features is worth the risk. Many artists today are embracing the internet, and using MyArtClub.Com more than ever. In the last month, we have seen 690 new works loaded on our site, and 150 new works in just the last week. Wow!
Bulletins on the latest scams and frauds
MyArtClub.Com now devotes a Bulletin page to keep our MyArtClub.Com artists up to date with the latest scams or frauds. This information page lists all of the scams or frauds that have come to our attention.
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New group site functionality
Webmasters of our many group sites can now add even more options to the way in which they present their group websites. Thanks to suggestions and requests from our active group webmasters, we have modified the group templates to add the following functionality. You can now choose whether to:
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Some of you might already know (from one of my recent Hashtag posts) that I have decided to participate in NaNoWriMo this time around.
What is it? It is an annual event during which writers challenge themselves to write 50,000 words in the month of November.
Fifty thousand.
In 30 days.
I have never heard of this until last year. I was only about 5 months into blogging when suddenly my Reader became covered with NaNoWriMo posts. Everyone was writing a novel. Back then it was too late for me to start, so I figured I would attempt it the following year.
My plan was to spend the entire year on coming up with an idea, drafting, planning, etc. By the time November rolled around, I would be prepared and ready to write my first book, which would turn into a bestseller. Of course.
Once November 2017 ended, and related posts stopped appearing in my Reader, I forgot about NaNoWriMo. Until October of this year. Mid October to be precise. At that time, I found out that there is something called Preptober, which is meant to serve as hardcore prep to November. NOW you tell me? After finding out that some people spent a whole month outlining every character and every scene for their future book, I felt slightly intimidated and disadvantaged.
Was I too late again?
Would I have to wait until next year to do it properly?
After a brief pity party, I decided to go for it anyway. To do NaNoWriMo. I had a chapter, or so already written (years ago), and I could use that to help me jump start the challenge. So I went home and turned it upside down, looking for that manuscript.
I never found it.
What a start…
But then, I said to myself: "If not now, then, when?"
When most people were celebrating Halloween, I was excited for November 1st – the start of NaNoWriMo.
If I want you to know something about me is that I welcome challenges.
Unlike some more experienced writers, I did not prepare for this challenge. I did not take a month off my full-time job. I did not create a bible containing everything about my upcoming book. I did not create a "kit" for my writing times. I did not re-arrange my house to make it more writing friendly. I did not ask my family, or friends to completely write me off for the next month.
It is a bit intimidating and scary, knowing that I signed up for such a steep challenge. Maybe not stretching ahead of time was a bad idea. Now that I think about it, it probably was. However, if I want you to know something else about me is that once I commit to something, I go for it.
The first of November was spent on me frantically putting words down. It took quite a bit of time to hit the daily average, but I did it. That totally empowered me. If I could do it the first day, I could do it for another day. And then hopefully for the next 28 days as well.
There is no telling how this month will end. Whether I will hit the 50k mark, or not. But what I do know is that I will try my hardest to write at least 1,667 words a day until the end of the month. Having to work full-time on top of this, AND having some sort of a life unrelated to the two, I realized that I might have to sacrifice a thing, or two. While I do not want to abandon my blog for all of November, I might have to accept that time will not allow me to be as active as I would like.
What does that mean? I am not sure. I would like to continue with my 2/week posts + Hashtag week at the end of the month, but I cannot predict how I will feel when it is time to post. Also, because writing that novel takes a lot of time, I might not be as involved on your blogs as I would like to be. I would like you to know that is just temporary. Once December rolls over, I will be back full speed ahead.
This does not mean that I will lock myself out of WP. Maybe I will be able to keep it all up irregardless. I just wanted to write this post, so that you knew what was going on, and maybe inspire YOU to part-take in NaNoWriMo. If not this year, then maybe the next.
To those participating – Good luck! May the inspiration be with you.
To those who do not participate – If you see someone feverishly writing, leave them alone. You might be interrupting a best seller in the works. If you see someone blankly staring at their screen, maybe try chatting them up. Maybe you will end up inspiring the next best seller.
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About the year 1770 a man by the name of — Painter brought his small son to a family by the name of Kempthorn who lived in Cornwall, England and left him for them to care for. He went to the continent and sent back money to pay for the child's expenses. Mr. Painter appeared to be well to do. After about 5 years, the money stopped and it was assumed that he had died. The Kempthorn's were evidently poor people and could not afford to keep the child so he was adopted by a man named Davies. This boy's name was probably Jacob, and he married Elizabeth who lived to be about 90 years old.
Tantalizing, isn't it? Who wouldn't want to know more about their family history after reading something like this? So how is it that I completely forgot about a 32-page document regarding the Davis-Blewett family?!
Davis-Blewett Family Info from David Mayo Davis
The fact that I didn't remember I had this information HORRIFIES me. This research was done by David Mayo Davis. My mom and grandmother received it from David's widow Loretta in the early 2000s. At first, it seems overwhelming detailed and confusingly laid out. However, the information contained in the document is extremely valuable, accurate, and helpful.
Anyone searching the Blewett and Davis family from Crowan Parrish in Cornwall, England may find the document helpful. The family starts with Jacob Painter who, after his father died, was adopted by Mr. Davies. After Jacob and Elizabeth (Vivian)'s descendants came to America, the name changed to Davis.
Alvin Davis Jr and my grandfather have passed away, but the research lives on. If you find this information helpful, let me know.