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pierreandaworldofhealthyhair · 7 months ago

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Changes Is Good for the Soul (And the Hair)

Changes Hair Salon is located in a homey farmhouse in Latham New York. This roadside farmhouse was built in the 1990’s and has since been transformed into a wonderful creative space for hairstylists to thrive. They recently renovated a few years ago making the space appear brighter and more open.

Changes Salon is decorated with pictures of hair that the stylists have previously done along with shelves where clients can purchase their hair products. The front of the salon is a small waiting room that is always decorated according to the season or holiday that we’re currently in. There were many seating options while I waited for my stylist to call me in including a couch and two arm chairs by the fireplace and a well decorated table by the window. The table was decorated with a little bird's nest for Easter and Spring. When I was called back for my appointment, I passed through the sink station where three hairsinks are placed along with a bartop style table with stools to sit while my toner or bleach develops. After passing through the hair washing area, I was greeted by the main styling floor. This floor has about 10 stations with a different stylist working at each one. The walls are a nice bright white with huge windows that let in the best natural lighting. The mirrors are floor length and the chairs are the most comfortable salon chairs I've ever been in, which is helpful when you have a long day of bleaching ahead of you.

My experience with Changes has always been delightful and my hair has always turned out wonderful. Their space is always extremely clean and every single person in there will greet you with a smile on their face as you walk in. I have been going to Changes for about three years and have been with the same stylist for all three of them. Alisha Pierre has been doing my hair since I was 10 years old and followed her to Changes from her previous salon, Headgames. It's safe to say Pierre really found herself and became happier when she came to Changes where she now works as an independent hairstylist. Getting my hair done with Pierre has always been incredible, the way she treats her clients and takes her time with the hair really stands out. Whether she's just doing a monthly trim or a crazy hair color transformation, she always makes sure the client is happy and clear about what they want before she starts. Pierre makes the client feel comfortable and sure in their decision and is very meticulous and precise during the service.

My most recent service that I got done with Pierre was a haircut, and it was the easiest time I ever had at a salon. I was in and out in just a few minutes and my hair looked impeccable, and due to the fact that I'm a recurring client, the cut was completely free of charge to me. Along with haircuts, Pierre has also done many of my hair transformations. The most memorable one to me was when I decided to dye my hair bright purple for a play I was in at the time. She got my hair from a deep brown to a vibrant purple/magenta color in only one session. The transformation made my jaw drop, and what surprised me even more was how healthy my hair felt. After all of the bleach and dye that was put in my hair, I fully expected it to be dry or damaged, but it was almost in better condition than when I first came in.

Though these experiences were quick and easy, there have been other times in the salon where the hair takes a little bit longer than expected. Sometimes conversations can get out of hand and the toner that was supposed to be washed out in 15 minutes ends up taking around 30 minutes. It's human nature to want to talk, especially if you have that sense of comfortability with your stylist, but sometimes the talking can get a little bit too much and add on a lot of unnecessary time in the chair. While I understand that I’ve been going to her for a long time and we have a lot to talk about, I feel like the talking can be done while also foiling and working on the hair as opposed to stopping the service while talking.

There are many different services you can book at Changes including bridal events, prom/special events, color/corrective color, cuts, extensions, straightening, runway/editorial looks, and even hair loss solutions. Though their prices do range per hairstylist and per client, the average prices are reasonable and they even do bang trims and regular trims free of charge for returning clients.

Overall the services are always fantastic aside from the time and the salon itself is always impeccable. With warm smiles greeting you as you walk in and the natural light pooling in from each big window, the space gives a homey and friendly atmosphere that makes getting your hair done a pleasant experience. If you're looking for a hair change up and you're in the Latham area, I highly suggest Changes Hair Salon.

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dynamoe · 2 years ago

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Another Storyline from the Conjectural Technologies Lost Years

Conjectural Technologies pitch themselves hot-shot political consultants with super science-backed election strategies to every candidate. They’re hired by an insane Texas millionaire running third party.

As their methods shockingly boost him into the lead, he reveals himself to be, not a harmless eccentric but an evil lunatic bent on world domination. By Super Tuesday, they mutiny and escape to join Deee-Lite on the MTV Rock the Vote! tour.

→ all 2022 Billy & White

Having just turned 18, 1992 is the first presidential election Billy can vote in. Being a huge dork conscientious citizen, he gets way into researching his civic duty— delving into election probability and delegate math. He finds loopholes in the system that would guarantee a statewide win. Pete remains apolitical and indifferent until he realizes they can make money off it.

They’re in a battleground state and they’ve got an angle: Technology-driven micro-polling. Computerized strategies. Neuro-Linguistic Programming Robocalls. They pitch themselves as hot-shot consultants: political wunderkind Bill Whalen and Peter Jefferson Kennedy White, “The Facile Masshole” (who might be a Kennedy cousin).

Twenty minutes with a round hairbrush and a blow dryer and half a can of ozone-murdering hairspray White had pouffed his hair into a perfect power helmet with side-wings. He spritzed gray toner on the temples and edges to sell “prematurely gray” over “translucent from birth.” He shot finger guns at his reflection, “Mature Credibility!” then immediately undercut it by making a retching noise.White cracked open his make-up Caboodle on the kitchen table and began laying out pots of Ben Nye pancake. “We’re a center-right conservative district remember,” Billy stated, tapping the palette of foundations, “Think ‘Ballet Rose’ not ‘Ebony Rosewood.’” “That’s so cynical, pally.” “No one ever went broke underestimating the bigotry of the American voter," Billy sniped as he stared through a magnifier on a brochure for Harvard, picking out the arrangement of stripes on the school tie. He grabbed the closest match among his 10-ties-for-a-buck thrift store ties, before augmenting the pattern with blue Sharpie.

1992 was a weird election, with the third party candidate throwing a monkey wrench into the proceedings. It was also a heavily "youth" oriented election with Bill Clinton playing sax on The Arsenio Hall Show and doing Q&As on MTV about his underwear preference. Clinton was hailed as the first "Boomer" candidate at a time that "Boomer" meant "young" (at least young for a presidential candidate)

The episode could be done "faux documentary style, to make it even closer mirror the '92 Clinton campaign documentary The War Room (previously parodied by Documentary Now! as "The Bunker") "Political" humor bits in VB are usually the worst of the worst, but with the benefit of 30 years of hindsight we could pull this off and make this funny.

If this was a real show, I would hire Dana Carvey to play all political figures in this episode (as he did on his entire SNL tenure), most prominently the Ross Perot-inspired lunatic Texas millionaire candidate. His 1992 impression deserves another airing. (Hell, if I could, I probably would have Dana Carvey play every character in every episode. The dude WAS comedy in the 1990s. He's goddamned Garth from Wayne's World)

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royalpain16 · 3 years ago

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Calling all punks, emos and acid ravers! Royal Family is seeking volunteer performers to represent subcultures from the Queen's 70-year reign in Platinum Jubilee Pageant

Applications are open for performers at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant

All types of performers welcome from dancers to hula hoopers and rollerbladers

Participants should represent a social group throughout the monarch's reign

Subcultures represented include Mods, Punks, Goths, Acid ravers and Indie Kids

The Royal Family is looking for performers to represent subcultures which have emerged throughout Her Majesty's 70-year reign at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant.

The Platinum Pageant, which will take place on June 5th, will see a host of volunteer performers parade through the streets of central London in honour of the Queen's history.

The second half of the parade will tell the story of Her Majesty's reign through famous subcultures throughout the years - from Hippies to Glam Rockers and Britpop.

From dancers to hula-hoopers and rollerbladers - all types of street performers or cast members are welcome to volunteer and applications will close on May 1st.

But most importantly, each participant should represent a group which has emerged during the monarch's seven decade reign, with categories including Mods, Punks and Indie Kids

Victoria & Albert Museum chairman Nicholas Coleridge, who is co-chairing the pageant, previously said 6,500 performers would take part in the entire celebration.

The spectacular parade will take place on the final day of a series of festivities over the extended June Bank Holiday weekend to celebrate Her Majesty's impressive reign.

The second half of the pageant will tell the story of 'our transforming society' and organisers are determined to cast performers who 'live and breathe these eras and fashions'.

Successful applicants will have to wear original and authentic clothing, hairstyles and make-up and volunteers can only apply to represent one subculture from one decade.

The second half of the parade will tell the story of Her Majesty's reign through famous subcultures throughout the years - including the Mods of the 1960s

Each participant should represent a group which has emerged during the monarch's seven decade reign. Pictured, hippies at the Isle of Wight festival in 1970

To apply volunteers must supply personal details along with a headshot and photograph of themselves wearing their favourite outfit from the era.

Recruiters are particularly keen to cast performers who have personal stories linking to the Queen, which may be told on the live-broadcast of the event.

Organisers are also seeking anyone with vintage vehicles including classic British motorbikes, Vespa Scooters, ice cream vans and retro bicycles to take part in the celebration

Which subcultures will be represented in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant

1950s: Lambeth Walkers/Jivers

1960s: Mods/Hippies/Rude Boys/Girls

1970s: Two Toners/Disco Roller Skaters/Hula Hoopers/Glam Rockers/Punks/Northern Soul

1980s: Goths/New Romantics/Electro Boys/Girls

1990s: Acid Ravers/Britpoppers/ Girl Power/ Garage Heads/ Indie Kids

2000s: Festival Goers/ Garage/Emos/Metalheads/ Notting Hill Carnival/Indie Kids

2010s: Boy Blue Collaboration. The award winning UK hip-hop dance company previously participated in the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony.

Applicants must be 16 years old or above at the time of the pageant and any cast under the age of 18 will require guardian consent to participate in the event

Central London will come to life with colour, street theatre and dance in honour of the monarch's long reign in what has been described as 'something of a reopening ceremony for the United Kingdom'.

Details of the pageant were revealed at were revealed at the official launch in London's Victoria and Albert Museum in June last year.

Organisers, including Pageant Master Adrian Evans said the event, with a budget of between £10 and £15 million and involving participants from across the UK and parts of the Commonwealth, is expected to be one of the biggest celebratory events held on home soil for decades.

Throughout the year, the Queen and members of the royal family will travel around the country attending a range of events to mark the milestone, culminating with the Platinum Jubilee Weekend.

Buckingham Palace said 2022's extended break will run from Thursday, June 2 to Sunday, June 5 after the May bank holiday - which would have been on Monday, May 30 - was pushed back.

The four-day weekend will begin on the Thursday with Trooping the Colour, which will be staged in full for the first time since the pandemic, and a service of thanksgiving for the Queen's reign will be held at St Paul's Cathedral on the Saturday.

Sunday's pageant will comprise of three acts, with the first seeing both serving troops and veterans take part in a march along The Mall in front of Buckingham Palace.

The second act will also feature a puppet dragon larger than a double-decker bus with a wingspan the width of The Mall.

Others taking part will include a trapeze artist suspended underneath a huge balloon printed with an image of the Queen, as well as acrobats and other performers.

The specially-written fairy story There Once Is A Queen by renowned author Sir Michael Morpurgo will be brought to life through artists on the day

Successful applicants will have original and authentic clothing, hairstyles and makeup and volunteers can only apply to represent one subculture from one decade. Subcultures featured in the parade include the New Romantics of the 1980s.

Rick Witter (left) and drummer Alan Leach (right) of Britpop group Shed Seven, backstage with Suede bassist Mat Osman (centre) at the Tower Ballroom in the 1990s.

Nicholas Coleridge, co-chairman of the pageant, said: 'The Platinum Jubilee weekend is an opportunity for the country to emerge re-energised and renewed, expressing optimism and confidence.

'It will be something of a reopening ceremony for the United Kingdom, following a period of uncertainty and hardship, a catalysing moment of unity and fun.

'Through the fusion of ceremonial and pageantry with razzmatazz and festival, we intend to create a spectacle that is at once energising and memorable and a fitting tribute to the Queen.'

Details of the pageant's third act, the finale, are being kept secret for now.

#queen elizabeth ii #platinum jubilee #jubilee parade #jubilee pagent

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aswiya · 3 years ago

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How Saudi Arabian-South Korean Entrepreneur Zainab Alblushi Nurtures Her Dual Heritage

by HAYA MAHFOUZ

Back to her Roots

Zainab Alblushi was born in Scotland, and went to school in Saudi Arabia, where she also completed a degree in information technology. She then decided to become closer to her Korean roots through learning the language and doing her graduate studies in South Korea, where she now lives. An early riser who begins her day at 7am, she ensures 10 minutes of playtime with her two cats, rescues Kiwi and Sangeo. Next is a bike ride to gym, before another productive day at a nearby library or café. “Where I work influences my energy and productivity,” she says. Captivated with the contrasting aesthetics of her two favorite places, Alblushi appreciates Seoul’s fast, high-tech, and easily accessible lifestyle, while she finds balance on the peaceful and serene Jeju Island to the south of the country, which is celebrated for its untouched nature.

Finding her Niche

Favoring a soothing aesthetic of neutral hues and a minimalist aura, Alblushi takes her audience on a daily journey of her life in Seoul via her vlogs. The 30-year-old left a career in information technology to mark her presence as an influencer, with an unfiltered approach that captivates her audience of 264,000 YouTube subscribers. With her relaxed composure, Alblushi offers calm and inspiring content with a focus on fashion and beauty. “My approach is basically being me and showing my daily life,” she explains. “It’s always interesting to see how people view me and my content. It makes me learn more about myself.”

Art of Expression

Alblushi’s style is inspired by accents of her mother’s style in the 1990s and actors playing wealthy characters in Korean dramas. Emphasizing the importance of comfort, she avoids layering and likes to keep it simple through consistent colors and fabrics. That is why she appreciates dresses and matching co-ords, which are uplifted with simple twists and folds. A go-to shopping stop is Cos. “My current daily look is wide cotton pants and a long sleeve cardigan,” she says of her winter wardrobe dressing. Avoiding tedious accessorizing, she wears a pair of simple earrings, an essential to her everyday look. “I have been wearing the same gold earrings since I was six,” she shares. Alblushi also still holds on to some of her mother’s long coats from the 90s as wintertime staples she likes to pair with long boots.

K-Beauty Days and Nights

Newly influenced by the South Korean half of her identity, Alblushi has practised a strict skincare regimen ever since she was young. She doesn’t start the day without cleansing her face and applying toner, eye cream, an under-eye patch, sunscreen, and facial mist. “My night routine is pretty much the same, but I use a sheet mask instead of suncreen,” she shares, before teasing a skincare project she’s been formulating, to be shared as soon as it is ready.

Mother’s Daughter

Following developing herself as a social media influencer, Alblushi also recently launched Eleure, an online fashion store that offers Korean style pieces for Saudi women. Her perseverance is fueled by her favorite piece of advice, “Never limit your goal by trying to be realistic,” she says. She explores different corners of creativity, anchored by memories with her mother. She is fascinated with painting, a hobby she picked up from doing it with her mother as a child. She also finds herself compelled to work on her talent in sewing – looking back on the days when her mother used to make all her dresses by hand.

*All pieces pictured are from Alblushi's shop Eleure

#Saudi #Saudi Arabian #south korea #asia #haya mahfouz #fashion #vogue #women #portraits #eleure

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bustedbernie · 5 years ago

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During 28 years as a state and federal prosecutor, I prosecuted a lot of sexual assault cases. The vast majority came early in my career, when I was a young attorney at a prosecutor’s office outside Detroit.

A year ago, Tara Reade accused former Vice President Joe Biden of touching her shoulder and neck in a way that made her uncomfortable, when she worked for him as a staff assistant in 1993. Then last month, Reade told an interviewer that Biden stuck his hand under her skirt and forcibly penetrated her with his fingers. Biden denies the allegation.

When women make allegations of sexual assault, my default response is to believe them. But as the news media have investigated Reade’s allegations, I’ve become increasingly skeptical. Here are some of the reasons why:

►Delayed reporting … twice. Reade waited 27 years to publicly report her allegation that Biden sexually assaulted her. I understand that victims of sexual assault often do not come forward immediately because recounting the most violent and degrading experience of their lives, to a bunch of strangers, is the proverbial insult to injury. That so many women were willing to wait in my dreary government office, as I ran to the restroom to pull myself together after listening to their stories, is a testament to their fortitude.

Even so, it is reasonable to consider a 27-year reporting delay when assessing the believability of any criminal allegation. More significant perhaps, is Reade’s decision to sit down with a newspaper last year and accuse Biden of touching her in a sexual way that made her uncomfortable — but neglect to mention her claim that he forcibly penetrated her with his fingers.

As a lawyer and victims’ rights advocate, Reade was better equipped than most to appreciate that dramatic changes in sexual assault allegations severely undercut an accuser’s credibility — especially when the change is from an uncomfortable shoulder touch to vaginal penetration.

►Implausible explanation for changing story. When Reade went public with her sexual assault allegation in March, she said she wanted to do it in an interview with The Union newspaper in California last April. She said the reporter’s tone made her feel uncomfortable and "I just really got shut down” and didn't tell the whole story.

It is hard to believe a reporter would discourage this kind of scoop. Regardless, it's also hard to accept that it took Reade 12 months to find another reporter eager to break that bombshell story. This unlikely explanation damages her credibility.

►People who contradict Reade’s claim. After the alleged assault, Reade said she complained about Biden's harassment to Marianne Baker, Biden’s executive assistant, as well as to top aides Dennis Toner and Ted Kaufman. All three Biden staffers recently told The New York Times that she made no complaint to them.

And they did not offer the standard, noncommittal “I don’t remember any such complaint.” The denials were firm. “She did not come to me. If she had, I would have remembered her,” Kaufman said. Toner made a similar statement. And from Baker: “I never once witnessed, or heard of, or received, any reports of inappropriate conduct (by Biden), period." Baker said such a complaint, had Reade made it, "would have left a searing impression on me as a woman professional, and as a manager.”

►Missing formal complaint. Reade told The Times she filed a written complaint against Biden with the Senate personnel office. But The Times could not find any complaint. When The Times asked Reade for a copy of the complaint, she said she did not have it. Yet she maintained and provided a copy of her 1993 Senate employment records.

It is odd that Reade kept a copy of her employment records but did not keep a copy of a complaint documenting criminal conduct by a man whose improprieties changed “the trajectory” of her life. It’s equally odd The Times was unable to find a copy of the alleged Senate complaint.

►Memory lapse. Reade has said that she cannot remember the date, time or exact location of the alleged assault, except that it occurred in a “semiprivate” area in corridors connecting Senate buildings. After I left the Justice Department, I was appointed by the federal court in Los Angeles to represent indigent defendants. The first thing that comes to mind from my defense attorney perspective is that Reade’s amnesia about specifics makes it impossible for Biden to go through records and prove he could not have committed the assault, because he was somewhere else at the time.

For instance, if Reade alleged Biden assaulted her on the afternoon of June 3, 1993, Biden might be able to prove he was on the Senate floor or at the dentist. Her memory lapses could easily be perceived as bulletproofing a false allegation.

►The lie about losing her job. Reade told The Union that Biden wanted her to serve drinks at an event. After she refused, "she felt pushed out and left Biden's employ," the newspaper said last April. But Reade claimed this month in her Times interview that after she filed a sexual harassment complaint with the Senate personnel office, she faced retaliation and was fired by Biden’s chief of staff.

Leaving a job after refusing to serve drinks at a Biden fundraiser is vastly different than being fired as retaliation for filing a sexual harassment complaint with the Senate. The disparity raises questions about Reade’s credibility and account of events.

►Compliments for Biden. In the 1990s, Biden worked to pass the Violence Against Women Act. In 2017, on multiple occasions, Reade retweeted or “liked” praise for Biden and his work combating sexual assault. In the same year, Reade tweeted other compliments of Biden, including: “My old boss speaks truth. Listen.” It is bizarre that Reade would publicly laud Biden for combating the very thing she would later accuse him of doing to her.

►Rejecting Biden, embracing Sanders. By this January, Reade was all in for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Her unwavering support was accompanied by an unbridled attack on Biden. In an article on Medium, Reade referred to Biden as “the blue version of Trump.” Reade also pushed a Sanders/Elizabeth Warren ticket, while complaining that the Democratic National Committee was trying to “shove” Biden “down Democrat voters throats.”

Despite her effusive 2017 praise for Biden’s efforts on behalf of women, after pledging her support to Sanders, Reade turned on Biden and contradicted all she said before. She claimed that her decision to publicly accuse Biden of inappropriately touching her was due to “the hypocrisy that Biden is supposed to be the champion of women’s rights.”

►Love of Russia and Putin. During 2017 when Reade was praising Biden, she was condemning Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s efforts to hijack American democracy in the 2016 election. This changed in November 2018, when Reade trashed the United States as a country of “hypocrisy and imperialism” and “not a democracy at all but a corporate autocracy.”

Reade’s distaste for America closely tracked her new infatuation with Russia and Putin. She referred to Putin as a “genius” with an athletic prowess that “is intoxicating to American women.” Then there’s this gem: “President Putin has an alluring combination of strength with gentleness. His sensuous image projects his love for life, the embodiment of grace while facing adversity.”

In March 2019, Reade essentially dismissed the idea of Russian interference in the 2016 American presidential election as hype. She said she loved Russia and her Russian relatives — and "like most women across the world, I like President Putin … a lot, his shirt on or shirt off.”

Believe all women?Now that Reade has accused Joe Biden of sexual assault, never mind.

Pivoting again this month, Reade said that she “did not support Putin, and that her comments were pulled out of context from a novel she was writing,” according to The Times. The quotations above, however, are from political opinion pieces she published, and she did not offer any other "context" to The Times.

Reade's writings shed light on her political alliance with Sanders, who has a long history of ties to Russia and whose stump speech is focused largely on his position that American inequality is due to a corporate autocracy. But at a very minimum, Reade's wild shifts in political ideology and her sexual infatuation with a brutal dictator of a foreign adversary raise questions about her emotional stability.

►Suspect timing. For 27 years, Reade did not publicly accuse Biden of sexually assaulting her. But then Biden's string of March primary victories threw Sanders off his seemingly unstoppable path to the Democratic nomination. On March 25, as Sanders was pondering his political future, Reade finally went public with her claim. The confluence of Reade’s support of Sanders, distaste for the traditional American democracy epitomized by Biden, and the timing of her allegation should give pause to even the most strident Biden critics.

►The Larry King call. Last week, new "evidence" surfaced: a recorded call by an anonymous woman to CNN's "Larry King Live" show in 1993. Reade says the caller was her mother, who's now deceased. Assuming Reade is correct, her mother said: "I’m wondering what a staffer would do besides go to the press in Washington? My daughter has just left there after working for a prominent senator, and could not get through with her problems at all, and the only thing she could have done was go to the press, and she chose not to do it out of respect for him."

As a prosecutor, this would not make me happy. Given that the call was anonymous, Reade’s mother should have felt comfortable relaying the worst version of events. When trying to obtain someone’s assistance, people typically do not downplay the seriousness of an incident. They exaggerate it. That Reade’s mother said nothing about her daughter being sexually assaulted would lead many reasonable people to conclude that sexual assault was not the problem that prompted the call to King.

Reade’s mother also said her daughter did not go to the press with her problem “out of respect” for the senator. I’ve never met a woman who stayed silent out of “respect” for the man who sexually assaulted her. And it is inconceivable that a mother would learn of her daughter’s sexual assault and suggest that respect for the assailant is what stands between a life of painful silence and justice.

The "out of respect" explanation sounds more like an office squabble with staff that resulted in leaving the job. Indeed, in last year's interview with The Washington Post, Reade laid the blame on Biden’s staff for “bullying” her. She also said, “I want to emphasize: It’s not him. It’s the people around him.”

►Statements to others. Reade’s brother, Collin Moulton, told The Post recently that he remembers Reade telling him Biden inappropriately touched her neck and shoulders. He said nothing about a sexual assault until a few days later, when he texted The Post that he remembered Reade saying Biden put his hand "under her clothes.”

That Reade’s brother neglected to remember the most important part of her allegation initially could lead people to believe he recounted his Post interview to Reade, was told he left out the most important part, and texted it to The Post to avoid a discussion about why he failed to mention it in the first place.

In interviews with The Times, one friend of Reade’s said Reade told her she was sexually assaulted by Biden. Another friend said Reade told her that Biden touched her inappropriately. Both friends insisted that The Times maintain their anonymity.

On Monday, Business Insider published an interview with a friend of Reade’s who said that in 1995 or 1996, Reade told her she was assaulted by Biden. Insider called this friend, Lynda LaCasse, the “first person to independently corroborate, in detail and on the record, that Reade had told others about her assault allegations contemporaneously.”

But Reade alleged she was assaulted in 1993. Telling a friend two or three years later is not contemporaneous. Legal references to a contemporaneous recounting typically refer to hours or days — the point being that facts are still fresh in a person's mind and the statement is more likely to be accurate.

The Insider also quoted a colleague of Reade’s in the mid-1990s, Lorraine Sanchez, who said Reade told her she had been sexually harassed by a former boss. Reade did not mention Biden by name and did not provide details of the alleged harassment.

In prior interviews, Reade gave what appeared be an exhaustive list of people she told of the alleged assault. Neither of the women who talked to Business Insider were on that list.

The problem with statements from friends is that the information they recount is only as good as the information given to them. Let’s say Reade left her job because she was angry about being asked to serve drinks or because she was fired for a legitimate reason. If she tried to save face by telling friends that she left because she was sexually assaulted, that’s all her friends would know and all they could repeat.

Prior statements made by a sexual assault victim can carry some weight, but only if the accuser is credible. In Reade’s case, the statements coming from her friends are only of value if people believe Reade can be relied on to tell the truth, regardless of the light in which it paints her.

►Lack of other sexual assault allegations. Last year, several women claimed that Biden made them uncomfortable with things like a shoulder touch or a hug. (I wrote a column critical of one such allegation by Lucy Flores.) The Times and Post found no allegation of sexual assault against Biden except Reade's.

It is possible that in his 77 years, Biden committed one sexual assault and it was against Reade. But in my experience, men who commit a sexual assault are accused more than once ... like Donald Trump, who has had more than a dozen allegations of sexual assault leveled against him and who was recorded bragging about grabbing women’s genitalia.

►What remains. There are no third-party eyewitnesses or videos to support Tara Reade’s allegation that she was assaulted by Joe Biden. No one but Reade and Biden know whether an assault occurred. This is typical of sexual assault allegations. Jurors, in this case the voting public, have to consider the facts and circumstances to assess whether Reade’s allegation is credible. To do that, they have to determine whether Reade herself is believable.

I’ve dreaded writing this piece because I do not want it to be used as a guidebook to dismantling legitimate allegations of sexual assault. But not every claim of sexual assault is legitimate. During almost three decades as a prosecutor, I can remember dismissing two cases because I felt the defendant had not committed the charged crime. One of those cases was a rape charge.

The facts of that case made me question the credibility of the woman who claimed she was raped. In the end, she acknowledged that she fabricated the allegation after her boyfriend caught her with a man with whom she was having an affair.

I know that “Believe Women” is the mantra of the new decade. It is a response to a century of ignoring and excusing men’s sexual assaults against women. But men and women alike should not be forced to blindly accept every allegation of sexual assault for fear of being labeled a misogynist or enabler.

We can support the #MeToo movement and not support allegations of sexual assault that do not ring true. If these two positions cannot coexist, the movement is no more than a hit squad. That’s not how I see the #MeToo movement. It’s too important, for too many victims of sexual assault and their allies, to be no more than that.

#tarareade #tara reade #joebiden #joe biden #biden #usa today

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biochemistry21 · 4 years ago

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Here Is What You Have to Know About Vaping As a Novice

Recycled printers, inkjets or toner tubes are completely washed, re-conditioned and filled with printer for reuse, and in practically every situation provides prints comparable compared to that from an original.

Not merely could be the performance of these recycled products and services almost similar compared to that from OEMs, however the monetary savings can be as large as 80%.

Why do these recycled products price as little as they do? The answer is uncertain, but suffice it to say that the makers source of optimum profits are their expendible products. Consider the process when printers are purchased. Individuals buying these products are faced with increased expenditures on consumables in the initial weeks compared to printer's initial cost. A good example of this really is Lexmark, whose printer comes with an acutely good deal, however the printer capsule, inkjet and toner necessary for a particular kind of printer is rather costly.

Also, recycled printer products and services can be anticipated to last considerably longer compared to unique gear, since many companies just load the initial container one-third of the way, hence ensuring a new tube is going to be required soon after the obtain of the printer.

You work at your computer and wanting to print out essential papers and all at once you find you're out of ink. Years ago that would have shown a huge problem. Units used ribbons or daisy wheels to print on paper. Let's take a go through the progress of printer printer cartridges.

In 1984 printer plane models and printer capsules were introduced. Making papers was now easier and therefore was changing printer cartridges. After years of adjusting ribbons, putting toner printer to tanks within the computer.

The dot matrix process used a ribbon. A found new ways to produce making simpler and more convenient. There is the drop on need strategy where in fact the ink squirts onto the paper through small nozzles. The total amount of printer slipped the site is controlled by the application driver that regulates which nozzle shoots and when.

By 1990 ink jet print capsules was commonly accepted. Printer cartridges is now able to printing in shade along with in dark and bright for document. Inkjet printer capsules can print on more or less any measured report, on cloth and on film. Ink plane units are used in a number of settings worldwide and is a well known selection for printing.

Each model of printer runs on the specific type of cartridge. Printer jet capsules get an identification number and the types that could use this kind of container, is listed. There are a wide selection of tubes available and you ought to check always your printer's information to see precisely what capsules can be found to you.

If you want to conserve money, you can buy refill products that enable you to load the capsules yourself. Not everybody is really a lover of these sets however, the quality of the making isn't as good, and in some cases the capsules when re-installed can neglect to operate.

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aunti-christ-ine · 5 years ago

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As much as I dislike Biden, this guy makes a very good point.

...several of them, in fact.

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Why I'm skeptical about Reade's sexual assault claim against Biden

by Ex-Prosecutor MICHAEL J. STERN

A former staffer to Joe Biden in the early '90s has accused the presidential candidate of sexual assault. Here's everything you need to know about it.

Believe all women? Now that Reade has accused Joe Biden of sexual assault, never mind.

In prior interviews, Reade gave what appeared be an exhaustive list of people she told of the alleged assault. Neither of the women who talked to Business Insider were on that list.

Reopen the Biden campaign: Ramp up social media and name a vice president now.

Michael J. Stern, a member of USA TODAY's Board of Contributors, was a federal prosecutor for 25 years in Detroit and Los Angeles. Follow him on Twitter: @MichaelJStern1

#Joe Biden #tara reade #metoo

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bandcampsnoop · 5 years ago

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2/22/20.

TONER is an Oakland, California sound. “Silk Road” is their 2nd album and is being released by Smoking Room Records. Both Oakland and Smoking Room make me immediately think of Tony Molina. And while “Dark Ecstasy” rocks like Molina, it is (1) longer and (2) darker (The Jesus and Mary Chain crossed with any indie rock band from the early 1990s) than anything Molina has released.

They’re earlier release featured Molina on one song...it doesn’t fit with the rest of the aesthetic created by TONER.

#TONER #Tony Molina #Oakland #California #Smoking Room Records #The Jesus and Mary Chain

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lostinthewoods-kristoff · 5 years ago

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Kristoff Eindride Bjorgman Character Sheet

Birthday — December 31, 1990 Zodiac Sign — Sagittarius MBTI — ISTJ Enneagram — 9 Temperament — Phlegmatic Hogwarts House — Hufflepuff Moral Alignment — Neutral Good Primary Vice — Envy Primary Virtue — Diligence Element — Earth

Overview:

Mother — Anna Bjorgman (née Olsen) Father — Ole Bjorgman Mother’s Occupation — translator, with knowledge of Sàmi, Swedish, Danish and English Father’s Occupation — Park ranger at Hardangervidda National Park Family Finances — comfortable bit not particularly wealthy Birth Order — oldest Brothers - none Sisters — Freya, 12 years younger, and Agnetha, 14 years younger Other Close Family — The Stone trolls! Best Friend — He doesn’t have one :( Other Friends — The Stone trolls! Enemies — All humans Pets — None, but growing up he had a dog called Kipper and the trolls kept bringing him little baby badgers and deer and things and he just kept calling all of them kipper Home Life During Childhood — serene honestly like he grew up in a valley between two mountains, he spent all of his time outdoors playing, he got to spend a lot of time out in nature Town or City Name(s) — he was born in Oslo, but they moved to Odda for his dather’s work when he was very little Any Sports or Clubs — He played ice hockey and his mam was teaching him to play the guitar Favorite Toy or Game — Schooling — he never went to school! He was too little when he went missing Nationality — Norwegian Culture — uhhh Stone Troll? Religion and beliefs — None

Physical Appearance:

Face Claim — Boyd Holbrook Complexion — paler 👏🏻 than 👏🏻 pale 👏🏻 Hair Colour — himbo blonde Eye Colour — listen Boyd’s eyes are blue but kristoff’s brown eyes are so important to me so we aren’t talking about it Height — 6’2 Common Hairstyle — sort of long-ish like longer enough to get into his face and v floppy he only discovered scissors like a decade ago Clothing Style — comfy and warm in the winter, comfy and cool in the summer. Fairly basic boring clothes to be honest Mannerisms — mumbles to himself a lot! has a habit of whistling songs the tolls taught him. Yikes face constantly.

Health:

Overall (do they get sick easily)? — he’s probably had a few colds and sniffles since coming to swynlake tbf Physical Ailments — none Allergies — None Grooming Habits — oh you wanna talk grooming habits with a man who is essentially a yeti? Honestly even tho he probably really enjoys a hot shower after years of bathing in a freezing cold river all that water probably still feels super wasteful so he’s deffo an every few days kinda guy, and yes he is also a seven-in-one conditioner-shampoo-shower gel-lotion-toner-toothpaste-hair removal cream kinda guy why have lots of bottles when you can have one (1) Sleeping Habits — a surprisingly heavy sleeper for someone who lived in the open, but then maybe that’s because he had the trolls to protect him (and also they wouldn’t shut. up.) Eating Habits — eating CONSTANTLY the best thing and one of the only good things about living in town is FOOD what the hell is a cronut and why isn’t there one in his hand right now but honestly lots of fruit and veggies surprisingly healthy Exercise Habits — he treks in the woods like for a living I guess that’s it Body Temperature — warm always big tall radiator Sociability — he’s trying but it’s early days 3/10 Addictions — none Drug Use — what is a drug Alcohol Use — I figure he once found like a bottle of whiskey or smth in a backpack im the woods one day when he was like 11, took a sip and was like ew and that’s been it ever since

Your Character’s Character:

Bad Habits — being moody af, constantly distrustful, and also nail chewing, and whistling too that’s annoying Good Habits — thoughtful!! Fixes things without being asked, helps old ladies cross the street Worst Memory — probably getting dragged out of the woods by the rescue team when he was 16; the trolls were his family by then and had been for longer than he’d known his birth family so he would’ve been traumatised by getting pulled away from them like that Best Memory — I think probably a more bittersweet memory, one he looks on as being positive is the trolls finding him when he’d gotten lost Proud of — himself, for making it this far Embarrassed by — everything and nothing he’s a complex dude Driving Style — awfully good. Not like *posh British accent* “awfully good” like “he’s simultaneously good at this and going to get us all killed”. He was taught by a farmer one summer so whilst he can’t legally drive, he can actually drive pretty well, but he goes very fast and he doesn’t believe in checking mirrors Strong Points — independent but deeply caring about the people he loves, very resourceful Temperament — he can be quite moody at first but he’s very Soft once you get to know him Weakness — again he can be quite moody and he also pushes people away a lot he isolates himself even if he doesnt necessarily want to be isolated!! Fears — being completely on his own Phobias — enclosed spaces Secrets — i guess he doesn’t have any?? He was like Big News at one point so I guess people know his business Regrets — I honestly don’t know? Like maybe sometimes he regrets not being around for his younger sisters but honestly he does Not regret leaving his family sooo Feels Vulnerable When — he’s not in the forest/with the trolls Pet Peeves — People talking loudly in public places/generally being rude in public places Short Term Goals and Hopes — get a job, make sure he can hold a roof over his head Long Term Goals and Hopes — manage to live in town and be less of a strange in between yeti mam Sexuality — he doesn’t know yet!! He’s never really bwen part of society he doesn’t really know what sexuality is!! He’s had a few Experienxes in the past (he has had his first kiss and that is It) but he needs to learn! Day or Night Person — day Introvert or Extrovert — introvert king Optimist or Pessimist — pessimist tbh

Likes and Styles:

Music — he likes cheesy old 80s songs he remembers them from when he was little and he’s been rediscovering it now, loves it Books — he’s a pretty slow reader so he doesn’t really have any favourite books. But he has a lot of favourite stories that the trolls told him! Magazines — again he’s a real slow reader but he loves those magazines you get from the supermarket that are like,, free and have loads of recipes and shit in Foods — all the foods. All the big ones. Loves ‘em. Will put literally anything in a sandwich because society has not taught him what is and is not acceptable to slap between two slices of bread Drinks — he complains that tap water in town tastes wrong but he’s taking a real liking to coffee, love that shit Animals — all of them!!!!! They’re better than people!!! Color — green and/or blue Jewellery — he doesn’t actually have any jewellery but he does have lots of really cool pebbles that his stone troll fam gave him

Where and How Does Your Character Live Now:

Home — he lives in benbow now in one of the ground floor apartments and he’s still getting used to it Household furnishings — minimalist af the only furniture he has is what was in the place when he got it so it isn’t much but there’s lots of decoration!! Lots of trinkets!! Favorite Possession — the aforementioned rock collection Relationship with Family — he’s still very close with the trolls, even though he’s living in town now. He misses them a lot!! As for his biological family he doesn’t ever rlly think about his parents but he does think about his sisters every so often he wishes he knew what was going on with them Car — be doesn’t have one but he would like one! Career — is there a word for someone who goes and gets things from the forest for a Price Dream Career — I think he’d like to do smth in nature he honestly isn’t too sure Dream Life — honestly I don’t know, and I don’t think he knows either!! Love Life — nonexistent lmfaoooo Talents or Skills — survival skills? Puts Bear Grylls to shame. Singing voice of an angel. Intelligence Level — honestly like he’s fairly smart just not Book Smart Finances — get this man a full time job STAT

#( journal. )#it's ma boi!!!#also thank u to mk who i stole this from lmfao

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