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Percy Turner
There’s a little butcher’s shop down a narrow street in the South Yorkshire village of Jump. You could drive past that little shop and never even notice it, except on a Tuesday* and Saturday when the customers are queuing right out onto the pavement. These are the days when the locally renowned butcher, Percy Turner, makes his much sought after, to die for pork pies.
* it could be Thursday and Saturday
* it could be Thursday and Saturday
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Feminism
Feminism is a range of social movements, political movements, and ideologies that share a common goal: to define, establish, and achieve the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that societies prioritize the male point of view, and that women are treated unfairly within those societies. Efforts to change that include fighting gender stereotypes and seeking to establish educational and professional opportunities for women that are equal to those for men.
Throughout most of Western history, women were confined to the domestic sphere, while public life was reserved for men. In medieval Europe, women were denied the right to own property, to study, or to participate in public life. At the end of the 19th century in France, they were still compelled to cover their heads in public, and, in parts of Germany, a husband still had the right to sell his wife. Even as late as the early 20th century, women could neither vote nor hold elective office in Europe and in most of the United States (where several territories and states granted women’s suffrage long before the federal government did so). Women were prevented from conducting business without a male representative, be it father, brother, husband, legal agent, or even son. Married women could not exercise control over their own children without the permission of their husbands. Moreover, women had little or no access to education and were barred from most professions. In some parts of the world, such restrictions on women continue today.
Why do so many hate the term feminism and the feminist movement?
I believe there are five critical reasons behind this:
1. Feminism has been associated with strong, forceful and angry women, and our society continues to punishes forceful women. (So much recent data and research has proved this.)
2. Many people fear that feminism will mean that men will eventually lose out – of power, influence, impact, authority, and control, and economic opportunities.
3. Many people believe that feminists want to control the world and put men down.
4. Many people fear that feminism will overturn time-honored traditions, religious beliefs and established gender roles, and that feels scary and wrong.
5. Many people fear that feminism will bring about negative shifts in relationships, marriage, society, culture, power and authority dynamics, and in business, job and economic opportunities if and when women are on an equal footing with men.
What are your views on Feminism?
Open discussion welcome!
Throughout most of Western history, women were confined to the domestic sphere, while public life was reserved for men. In medieval Europe, women were denied the right to own property, to study, or to participate in public life. At the end of the 19th century in France, they were still compelled to cover their heads in public, and, in parts of Germany, a husband still had the right to sell his wife. Even as late as the early 20th century, women could neither vote nor hold elective office in Europe and in most of the United States (where several territories and states granted women’s suffrage long before the federal government did so). Women were prevented from conducting business without a male representative, be it father, brother, husband, legal agent, or even son. Married women could not exercise control over their own children without the permission of their husbands. Moreover, women had little or no access to education and were barred from most professions. In some parts of the world, such restrictions on women continue today.
Why do so many hate the term feminism and the feminist movement?
I believe there are five critical reasons behind this:
1. Feminism has been associated with strong, forceful and angry women, and our society continues to punishes forceful women. (So much recent data and research has proved this.)
2. Many people fear that feminism will mean that men will eventually lose out – of power, influence, impact, authority, and control, and economic opportunities.
3. Many people believe that feminists want to control the world and put men down.
4. Many people fear that feminism will overturn time-honored traditions, religious beliefs and established gender roles, and that feels scary and wrong.
5. Many people fear that feminism will bring about negative shifts in relationships, marriage, society, culture, power and authority dynamics, and in business, job and economic opportunities if and when women are on an equal footing with men.
What are your views on Feminism?
Open discussion welcome!
Circular Alliances in CS Blogland
It's a well-known fact that people whose names start with A-M are the smartest and I can retrieve dozens of YouTube videos to back my claim--and those whose names start with N-Z are not only stupid, but smell like feet.
Does anyone see the problem here? If you do, you must be one of the stinky retards whose name starts with N-Z.
Does anyone see the problem here? If you do, you must be one of the stinky retards whose name starts with N-Z.
Has the Creator abandoned us?
I just want to say that I mean no offense in the words I write today or I'm just searching for answers to my questions, we are a free people and I think we're still allowed ask questions in this world we live in. And my first question is has the creator of everything abandoned us? Where has he or she gone? Does the creator sit back and watch us destroy ourselves time and time again? Why is it the creator was there and spoke to the people of old times? Some of the people the creator spoke too where! Adam and Eve, Noah and his sons, Job and his friends, Moses, Samuel, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Jacob, David, Solomon, Elijah, Isaiah, Jonah, Hosea, Zechariah, Jesus and his Mother Mary, and many more, and please forgive me on the order I write these names I mean no disrespect, but all these people the creator spoke to over time and as I said many others as well, now fast forward to today and any of these people where here and they said the creator spoke to them what would happen? and that goes for most religions, I'm sure there's a creator in them! So your honest opinion please Lady's and Gentlemen what would happen? Well my opinion is any of those people today would be sent to a mental institution for symptoms of mental health problems, including psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder or severe depression. and pumped full of medication because the Positive Symptoms of Schizophrenia: Things That Might Start Happening, Auditory. The person most often hears voices in their head plus Visual. Someone might see lights, objects, people, or patterns or have visions, sound familiar? Tell me what you think? and please don't take offense to the questions I mean no disrespect I'm just a young man searching for anwers.
What makes something funny?
We know when something is funny, but, if asked to explain exactly why it is funny, we would be hard pressed to put the reason into words. Not everyone finds the same things funny; a state of affairs that makes it even harder to come up with an explanation.
I don’t usually find s*xual innuendo particularly funny, but I often find instances of impropriety funny; thus making the overall funniness of a particular situation dependent on the proportional mix of these two elements. In a Carry On film, for example, s*xual innuendo is not very funny, but in a religious discussion it can be hilarious. Being someone who appreciates things that are funny, I regard this as fortunate; after all, Carry On films have had their day, whereas we are still waiting for Jesus’s second coming.
I don’t usually find s*xual innuendo particularly funny, but I often find instances of impropriety funny; thus making the overall funniness of a particular situation dependent on the proportional mix of these two elements. In a Carry On film, for example, s*xual innuendo is not very funny, but in a religious discussion it can be hilarious. Being someone who appreciates things that are funny, I regard this as fortunate; after all, Carry On films have had their day, whereas we are still waiting for Jesus’s second coming.
The doomsday clock...
... is currently reading 2 minutes to midnight the same time as during the " cold war "
So what better time than now to play this...
So what better time than now to play this...
Monday the 13th & history of Friday the 13th
I notice on the calendar, that tomorrow is Monday, May 13th.
and began to wonder why a Friday the 13th was chosen as the supposed unlucky day.
Seeing how many working people TGIF ! and hate the idea of having to go to work,
it would make more sense that Monday the 13th would be chosen as the unlucky day.
Well, while it is popularly accepted in the USA, other countries have other 'unlucky' days.
From Wikipedia;
So, that leaves one question. Do you feel lucky punk ? Do ya ?
and began to wonder why a Friday the 13th was chosen as the supposed unlucky day.
Seeing how many working people TGIF ! and hate the idea of having to go to work,
it would make more sense that Monday the 13th would be chosen as the unlucky day.
Well, while it is popularly accepted in the USA, other countries have other 'unlucky' days.
From Wikipedia;
In response to:
History
The irrational fear of the number 13 has been given a scientific name: "triskaidekaphobia"; and on analogy to this the fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskevidekatriaphobia, from the Greek words Paraskeví (?a?as?e??, meaning "Friday"), and dekatreís (de?at?e??, meaning "thirteen").
The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci
The superstition surrounding this day may have arisen in the Middle Ages, "originating from the story of Jesus' last supper and crucifixion" in which there were 13 individuals present in the Upper Room on the 13th of Nisan Maundy Thursday, the night before his death on Good Friday. While there is evidence of both Friday and the number 13 being considered unlucky, there is no record of the two items being referred to as especially unlucky in conjunction before the 19th century.
An early documented reference in English occurs in Henry Sutherland Edwards' 1869 biography of Gioachino Rossini, who died on a Friday 13th:
He was surrounded to the last by admiring friends; and if it be true that, like so many Italians, he regarded Fridays as an unlucky day and thirteen as an unlucky number, it is remarkable that on Friday 13th of November he passed away.
Rossini by Henri Grevedon
It is possible that the publication in 1907 of Thomas W. Lawson's popular novel Friday, the Thirteenth, contributed to disseminating the superstition. In the novel, an unscrupulous broker takes advantage of the superstition to create a Wall Street panic on a Friday the 13th.
A suggested origin of the superstition—Friday, 13 October 1307, the date Philip IV of France arrested hundreds of the Knights Templar—may not have been formulated until the 20th century. It is mentioned in the 1955 Maurice Druon historical novel The Iron King (Le Roi de fer), John J. Robinson's 1989 work Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry, Dan Brown's 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code and Steve Berry's The Templar Legacy (2006).
Tuesday the 13th in Hispanic and Greek culture
In Spanish-speaking countries, instead of Friday, Tuesday the 13th (martes trece) is considered a day of bad luck.
The Greeks also consider Tuesday (and especially the 13th) an unlucky day.
Tuesday is considered dominated by the influence of Ares, the god of war (Mars in Roman mythology). The fall of Constantinople to the Fourth Crusade occurred on Tuesday, April 13, 1204, and the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans happened on Tuesday, 29 May 1453, events that strengthen the superstition about Tuesday. In addition, in Greek the name of the day is Triti (???t?) meaning the third (day of the week), adding weight to the superstition, since bad luck is said to "come in threes".
Tuesday the 13th occurs in a month that begins on a Thursday.
Friday the 17th in Italy
In Italian popular culture, Friday the 17th (and not the 13th) is considered a day of bad luck. The origin of this belief could be traced in the writing of number 17, in Roman numerals: XVII. By shuffling the digits of the number one can easily get the word VIXI ("I have lived", implying death in the present), an omen of bad luck. In fact, in Italy, 13 is generally considered a lucky number. However, due to Americanization, young people consider Friday the 13th unlucky as well.
History
The irrational fear of the number 13 has been given a scientific name: "triskaidekaphobia"; and on analogy to this the fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskevidekatriaphobia, from the Greek words Paraskeví (?a?as?e??, meaning "Friday"), and dekatreís (de?at?e??, meaning "thirteen").
The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci
The superstition surrounding this day may have arisen in the Middle Ages, "originating from the story of Jesus' last supper and crucifixion" in which there were 13 individuals present in the Upper Room on the 13th of Nisan Maundy Thursday, the night before his death on Good Friday. While there is evidence of both Friday and the number 13 being considered unlucky, there is no record of the two items being referred to as especially unlucky in conjunction before the 19th century.
An early documented reference in English occurs in Henry Sutherland Edwards' 1869 biography of Gioachino Rossini, who died on a Friday 13th:
He was surrounded to the last by admiring friends; and if it be true that, like so many Italians, he regarded Fridays as an unlucky day and thirteen as an unlucky number, it is remarkable that on Friday 13th of November he passed away.
Rossini by Henri Grevedon
It is possible that the publication in 1907 of Thomas W. Lawson's popular novel Friday, the Thirteenth, contributed to disseminating the superstition. In the novel, an unscrupulous broker takes advantage of the superstition to create a Wall Street panic on a Friday the 13th.
A suggested origin of the superstition—Friday, 13 October 1307, the date Philip IV of France arrested hundreds of the Knights Templar—may not have been formulated until the 20th century. It is mentioned in the 1955 Maurice Druon historical novel The Iron King (Le Roi de fer), John J. Robinson's 1989 work Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry, Dan Brown's 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code and Steve Berry's The Templar Legacy (2006).
Tuesday the 13th in Hispanic and Greek culture
In Spanish-speaking countries, instead of Friday, Tuesday the 13th (martes trece) is considered a day of bad luck.
The Greeks also consider Tuesday (and especially the 13th) an unlucky day.
Tuesday is considered dominated by the influence of Ares, the god of war (Mars in Roman mythology). The fall of Constantinople to the Fourth Crusade occurred on Tuesday, April 13, 1204, and the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans happened on Tuesday, 29 May 1453, events that strengthen the superstition about Tuesday. In addition, in Greek the name of the day is Triti (???t?) meaning the third (day of the week), adding weight to the superstition, since bad luck is said to "come in threes".
Tuesday the 13th occurs in a month that begins on a Thursday.
Friday the 17th in Italy
In Italian popular culture, Friday the 17th (and not the 13th) is considered a day of bad luck. The origin of this belief could be traced in the writing of number 17, in Roman numerals: XVII. By shuffling the digits of the number one can easily get the word VIXI ("I have lived", implying death in the present), an omen of bad luck. In fact, in Italy, 13 is generally considered a lucky number. However, due to Americanization, young people consider Friday the 13th unlucky as well.
So, that leaves one question. Do you feel lucky punk ? Do ya ?
Words I don't like
There are some words I don't like. Sometimes it's because of the meaning of the word, and sometimes it's the sound of the word. It could be a combination of both, or it could be neither. I will now proceed to think of words I don't like, but no justification for my dislike of them will be offered.
I will kick off with:
Copulation
I will kick off with:
Copulation
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To believe Donald or the Ghostwriter...
Earlier in the week a news story hit about Donald's old taxes showing he had lost more than a billion dollars many years ago. That was around the time his book was published describing his savvy on deal making, telling a different story of his then finances. Years later, the ghostwriter of the book explained a different scenario then what the people were lead to believe about this man of extreme wealth.
Today another story hits the internet about the ghostwriter of a second book written by Donald and it too described the inner workings around Donald that differed from his outward facade.
Most people who read this blog will agree there is no doubt the stories by the two ghostwriters and the recent facts about Donald's taxes show a higher percentage of showman rather than businessman.
I'm not here to sway any opinion as the group of those who support Donald don't see any of those things. I equate that to a battered woman with 3 kids afraid to speak out... because "He's a good father to my children."
Thanks for reading my blog!
Today another story hits the internet about the ghostwriter of a second book written by Donald and it too described the inner workings around Donald that differed from his outward facade.
Most people who read this blog will agree there is no doubt the stories by the two ghostwriters and the recent facts about Donald's taxes show a higher percentage of showman rather than businessman.
I'm not here to sway any opinion as the group of those who support Donald don't see any of those things. I equate that to a battered woman with 3 kids afraid to speak out... because "He's a good father to my children."
Thanks for reading my blog!
The Park
When I walked through the park the other day I was left wishing I hadn’t. It’s some years since I was last there and its deterioration was depressing. It had the appearance of being given just enough attention to stop nature reclaiming it but not enough to stop it from looking desolate and uncared for. I hear they don’t even bother to close and lock the gates at the end of the day any more; there’s no one there to close them and there’s nothing left in there for the vandals to damage.
There used to be a full time team of keepers at work in that Park. We kids were the bane of their lives; keeping them on their toes when we would climb trees and make dens in the bushes, and play football on the meant to be kept off grass. We had nicknames for some of them, and they had curse words for some of us.
Near the entrance to the park there were facilities: Six tennis courts that were mainly empty for 50 weeks of the year, yet still kept in good order. During Wimbledon fortnight people queued to get onto them. There were four assiduously tended and pampered bowling greens in front of a long, roofed pavilion. They were in constant use. Retired men, mostly old miners, spent their afternoons on them, taking their games very seriously. One old fella used to make us laugh; he would trundle his bowl down the green and then trot along behind it, following it to its destination; watching over it as if to supervise its progress. And, for the duration of the short journey, he would maintain the body position prevailing at the time the bowl left his hand: Bent forward at the waist, in a stoop, and one arm stretched out with an upturned palm of the hand.
I once heard of strange goings on in the toilets; things beyond a child’s understanding, or at least beyond a child’s understanding of the reason for them.
Long gone are the well kept flower beds with paths running through them and a fountain in the centre. They were mostly filled with wall flowers and snapdragons. I remember there were lupins and red hot pokers somewhere; I would never have suspected that I would one day even feel nostalgic about those. There was also a rose garden with heavy wooden trellises between high, brick pillars. There were four benches in the rose garden and four cherry trees, set out in a square. All that’s left now are the cherry trees, looking a bit out of place just standing there on there own.
I wish I hadn’t gone into the park the other day; I wish my memory of it were still the one I had before I did. I don’t think I’ll be going there again. I could say that park is a metaphor for my life but it wouldn’t be true. My life never really had a heyday, and I always ignored the weeds in my flower beds.
There used to be a full time team of keepers at work in that Park. We kids were the bane of their lives; keeping them on their toes when we would climb trees and make dens in the bushes, and play football on the meant to be kept off grass. We had nicknames for some of them, and they had curse words for some of us.
Near the entrance to the park there were facilities: Six tennis courts that were mainly empty for 50 weeks of the year, yet still kept in good order. During Wimbledon fortnight people queued to get onto them. There were four assiduously tended and pampered bowling greens in front of a long, roofed pavilion. They were in constant use. Retired men, mostly old miners, spent their afternoons on them, taking their games very seriously. One old fella used to make us laugh; he would trundle his bowl down the green and then trot along behind it, following it to its destination; watching over it as if to supervise its progress. And, for the duration of the short journey, he would maintain the body position prevailing at the time the bowl left his hand: Bent forward at the waist, in a stoop, and one arm stretched out with an upturned palm of the hand.
I once heard of strange goings on in the toilets; things beyond a child’s understanding, or at least beyond a child’s understanding of the reason for them.
Long gone are the well kept flower beds with paths running through them and a fountain in the centre. They were mostly filled with wall flowers and snapdragons. I remember there were lupins and red hot pokers somewhere; I would never have suspected that I would one day even feel nostalgic about those. There was also a rose garden with heavy wooden trellises between high, brick pillars. There were four benches in the rose garden and four cherry trees, set out in a square. All that’s left now are the cherry trees, looking a bit out of place just standing there on there own.
I wish I hadn’t gone into the park the other day; I wish my memory of it were still the one I had before I did. I don’t think I’ll be going there again. I could say that park is a metaphor for my life but it wouldn’t be true. My life never really had a heyday, and I always ignored the weeds in my flower beds.
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