Patricia Ange's Blog, page 10
June 30, 2018
From CNN: Prefab designs: Made in Asia, for Asia
Prefab designs: Made in Asia, for Asia
Whether used for low-cost homes, disaster relief or temporary lodgings, modular homes are being adapted to Asian needs.
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In the 21st century, it is perhaps Asia that will benefit the most from prefabs. The continent is now home to some of the highest rates of population growth and urbanization. The Asia-Pacific region is set to overtake the US as the world’s largest prefabricated building market, with a projected growth rate of almost 6% a year between now and 2023, according to a recent report by Market Research Future.
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https://www.cnn.com/style/article/prefab-designs-in-asia/index.html
A New ‘Lochner’ Era
THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
A return to the serfdom system is upon us. Do not doubt that this is big business and the 1% ultimate plan.
Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45 (1905), was a landmark U.S. labor law case in the US Supreme Court, holding that limits to working time violated the Fourteenth Amendment. This decision has since been overturned.
Lochner is one of the most controversial decisions in the Supreme Court’s history, giving its name to what is known as the Lochner Era. During this time, the Supreme Court issued several decisions invalidating federal and state statutes that sought to regulate working conditions during the Progressive Era and the Great Depression. This period ended with West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish(1937), in which the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of minimum wage legislation enacted by the State of Washington.
June 24, 2018
Marriage health effects: physical and mental changes – Business Insider
Researchers have identified a variety of trends that show how getting married changes people. There has historically been an idea that marriage is good for your physical and mental health, perhaps due to the idea that having a supportive partner can make a person healthier. But more recent research has revealed that the relationship between marriage, health, and well-being is more complicated, with both benefits and drawbacks.
http://www.businessinsider.com/marriage-health-effects-2018-6
June 19, 2018
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June 11, 2018
KKK priest: President Reagan comforted black family who had a cross burned on their lawn – The Washington Post
WHEN PRIESTS SIN
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The Butlers had been newlyweds when they bought the house in 1976. They were the fifth black family to move into the neighborhood. They had lived there for five months when, on Jan. 30, 1977, the Klan burned the cross on their front lawn.
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William Aitcheson, then a University of Maryland student and “exalted cyclops” of a Ku Klux Klan lodge, was charged with burning crosses at the Butlers and five other properties, including a synagogue, and sending a death threat to Coretta Scott King, the widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
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But by the time a federal judge ordered Aitcheson, who had been convicted and sentenced to 90 days of jail, to pay the Butlers $23,000 in civil damages, his whereabouts were unknown, according to the 1982 Post story that President Reagan read. President Reagan was so moved by the story that he and the First Lady went to visit the Butlers at home.
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This week (August 2017), Aitcheson re-emerged in an astonishing way. Now a Catholic priest, he published a personal essay about his involvement with the Klan and the cross burnings, calling his own actions “despicable.”
The Catholic Church stood behind him saying, “There have been no accusations of racism or bigotry against Fr. Aitcheson throughout his time in the Diocese of Arlington.” But they are clear in not reporting, no reports of incidents since he was ordained (December 1988).
According to an investigation by journalist Nate Thayer Aitcheson’s truth and path to redemption isn’t as clean as it’s poytrayed. http://www.nate-thayer.com/kkk-terrorist-turned-priest-now-using-pulpit-political-extremism/
Thayer reports; Aitcheson and the Catholic Diocese of Arlington, Virginia tried to craft a public relations portrait of a low profile pastor who had experienced a conversion after his youthful indiscretions in the KKK who had left his bigotry and political extremism in his past when he was welcomed into the priesthood.
But a closer examination of Aitcheson’s 29 years as a priest tells a different story–a story of a still high-profile priest-activist.
Diocesan and other records show that after his ordination as a priest, William “Father Bill”” Aitcheson remained an outspoken political activist on issues of abortion, homosexuality, and racial issues and has continued to promote the just cause of the confederacy during the civil war.
In May of 1992, when Los Angeles police officers were acquitted of the beating of Rodney King sparking widespread rioting, Aitcheson told his parishioners at St. Therese the Little Flower Church, according to the Reno Gazette Journal, “I can’t help think that the Rodney King verdict was motivated in some part because of the rise in crime, and most people want to see the police get tough.”
While a priest in Nevada Aitcheson was also on the board of and a spokesman for the Northern Nevada chapter of the Christian Action Council, a pro-life group then known for confrontational public demonstrations in front of clinics.
Records also show a string of incendiary letters from “Father Bill” Aitcheson to the editor published in the Reno Gazette Journal newspaper in 1992 and 1993 while he served as associate pastor at the St Therese Church of the Little Flower in Reno.
Aitcheson wrote that “the so-called ‘pro choice advocates’” were “callously forsaking human life” to “build their political power base on the corpses of America’s future,” adding to “kill one’s own pre born child by abortion is a political act…”
Also during 1992-93, that five year period after Aitcheson was ordained a catholic priest, he was accused of assault and battery charged and convicted of trespassing in Nevada while protesting at medical clinics that provide abortion services.
Aitcheson’s conduct at the West End abortion clinic so angered some residents in Reno that they held a highly publicized demonstration in front of his St Theresa of the Little Flower church in November 1992 while Aitcheson was awaiting trial. “It’s a very sad, feeble attempt at attacking the church. The Roman Catholic church supports the sanctity of life at all stages,” Aitcheson told reporters at the time.
Within months of Aitcheson’s conviction in Reno, he quietly was transferred to the Catholic diocese of Arlington Virginia. In August, the Diocese of Reno said it could not confirm whether the incident was why Aitcheson was moved to the Arlington, Va., diocese. “Nothing in his files explains the decision to move,” said Reno diocese spokesperson Rev. Robert W. Chorey. Chorey said in a later interview Aitcheson was transferred “at his request.”
Not surprising Aitcheson continue some of his previous questionable behaviors, sermons and idolatry in Virginia. Also as a footnote it should be mentioned that Aitcheson never apologized or paid restitution to the Butlers. Although payments where sent to the Butlers from the Catholic Diocese of Arlington. Aitcheson took a leave of absence but it is more than probable that he is still with the Catholic Church.
June 7, 2018
Sexual Healing: Inside the World of Medically Assisted Sex – VICE Video: Documentaries, Films, News Videos
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For people with physical disabilities, issues with sexual function, or a total lack of experience, the path to getting off can be isolating and just plain awkward. However, a group of sex surrogates have pioneered a radical hands-on approach called “medically assisted sexuality” to help fulfill the intimacy needs of people with handicaps.
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What can “sex” be?
Masturbation
Kissing or making out
Petting/stroking/sexual massage
Breast or nipple stimulation
Frottage (partners rubbing their bodies against each other – usually with clothes on)
Mutual masturbation (masturbating with a partner)
Manual sex (like handjobs and fingering)
Oral sex
Vaginal sex
Using sex toys
Anal sex
Talking in a sexual way; sharing sexual fantasies; sexual role-playing
Cybersex, text sex, or phone sex (with or without masturbation)
…or something else entirely.
Some of these activities are things people can do alone; others require another person.
Teens Cyberbully Themselves As A New Type Of Self-Harm : Shots – Health News : NPR
In a study of nearly 5,600 U.S. youths ages 12 to 17, about 6 percent say they’ve engaged in some sort of digital self-harm. More than half in that subgroup say they’ve bullied themselves this way more than once.
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Inflicting pain is what millions of Americans – particularly adolescents and young adults – do to themselves when they’re stressed.
This is called nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), and it most commonly takes the form of cutting or burning the skin. Traditionally, many doctors, therapists, and family members have believed that people engage in NSSI primarily to manipulate others. However, recent research has found that such social factors only motivate a minority of cases and usually represent cries for help rather than coldhearted attempts to exploit caretakers. Although there are many reasons why people engage in this kind of self-injury, the most commonly reported reason is simple, if seemingly odd: to feel better. Several studies support the claim that self-inflicted pain can lead to feeling better.
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Recent research and clinical psychologists now suggest that some adolescents are engaging in a newer form of self-aggression — digital self-harm. They’re anonymously posting mean and derogatory comments about themselves on social media.
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Ancient Egyptian Incantations Tell of Biblical Human Sacrifice
Did Abraham murder his son Isaac?
“So Abraham returned unto his young men [waiting at the foot of the mountain], and they rose up and went together to Beersheba,” the text relates.
That strange contradiction, Yoreh says, may be why a few ancient midrashim, or rabbinic homilies, also assumed Isaac had been killed.
In one homily quoted by Rashi, the revered 11th-century French rabbi and commentator, “Isaac’s ashes are said to be suitable for repentance, just like the ashes of an [animal] sacrifice.”
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And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. Then the angel of the Lord called him from heaven- ‘Abraham! Abraham!’ and he answered, ‘Here am I.’ And he said, ‘Do not raise your hand against the boy, or do anything to him’. (Genesis 22-10-12)
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https://www.livescience.com/62324-ancient-egyptian-papyrus-biblical-human-sacrifice.html
The Kanye West Delusion – The Ringer
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Kanye West remained defiant Wednesday amid mounting backlash from fans over the rapper’s positive words about President Donald Trump, tweeting a picture of himself wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat and criticizing former President Barack Obama.
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I don’t really like much rap and never really thought Kanye was top of the pack. My personal opinion was that Kanye’s mother was his sounding board prior to her death and that he would consult her about how he was presenting himself. (The only thing I can liken it to is the way individuals with intellectual disabilities and/or autism didn’t really understand social cues.) Since his mother’s death and as his wife’s upbringing was unconventional I doubt that he currently has anyone to run his thoughts or plans by before speaking.
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“To the media trying to demonize my husband let me just say this… your commentary on Kanye being erratic & his tweets being disturbing is actually scary. So quick to label him as having mental health issues for just being himself when he has always been expressive is not fair,” she said, kicking off a series of tweets.
Kardashian West praised her husband for explaining his business decision to get rid of his manager and some attorneys, and also talked about his politics and further chided the media for questioning his sanity.
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https://www.theringer.com/music/2018/4/25/17282602/kanye-west-donald-trump-twitter
