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The Internets. Time of Trouble: Knocking on the Door of the Jehovah's Witnesses. It's really too bad that in all the vastness of the internet Gawker couldn't come up with any actual former-Jehovah's Witnesses (like me) to submit real-life experiences for them about the realities of being a Jehovah's Witness. If Gawker had done so, this article would look less like an armseat Karl Lagerfeld's take on the "unfortunate aesthetics" of being part of a cult-like religious sect and more like a presentation of its difficult reality. The least of which, I guarantee you, are home-laundered suits with pilling, a makeup-free face daring to accost your blushed face on a Saturday morning, or "mauve wainscoting. " This bullshit essay has put me in the awkward position of feeling defensive of a religion that ruined my life well into my teens.

Why? I was a Jehovah's Witness from age 8 - 16, when I had a mental breakdown (complete with the first in a series of four stays in an adolescent mental health facility) trying to leave the organization. 7 Degrees of Wiki. Argo (2012) Canadian Caper. Sanctuary[edit] Movie poster created by the CIA as part of the cover story The operation itself was initiated at great personal risk by the Canadian ambassador to Iran, Ken Taylor, and Canadian immigration officer John Sheardown who provided sanctuary in their own private residences for the six endangered American diplomats. Two "friendly-country" embassy officials assisted as well, and an unoccupied diplomatic residence was used for several weeks. A mistake was made in dating the visas. Whoever prepared them was unaware that the Iranian year begins at the spring equinox.

One of the Canadian embassy officers spotted the mistake while checking the documents. Fortunately, extra passports had been included, so Mendez was able to insert new visa stamps with dates based on the Iranian calendar.[11] As the weeks passed, the Americans read and played games, mainly cards and Scrabble, while Taylor made efforts to fly out non-essential personnel. Rescue[edit] The six rescued American diplomats: Kenneth D. Taylor. Kenneth Douglas "Ken" Taylor, OC (born October 5, 1934) is a Canadian diplomat, educator and businessman, best known for his role in the 1979 covert operation called the "Canadian Caper" when he was the Canadian ambassador to Iran.

With the cooperation of the American Central Intelligence Agency, Taylor helped six Americans escape from Iran during the Iranian hostage crisis by procuring Canadian passports for the Americans to get past the Iranian Revolutionary guard, posing as a Canadian film crew scouting locations for a film. Before the escape, the six Americans spent several weeks hiding in sanctuary in the homes of Taylor and another Canadian diplomat, John Sheardown.[1] Early life and education[edit] Taylor was born in Calgary, Alberta.

He completed his BA at Victoria College of the University of Toronto and his MBA at the University of California, Berkeley. Iran hostage crisis[edit] Iranian students invaded the United States embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979. Personal life[edit] Argo (2012 film) The film stars Affleck as Mendez with Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, and John Goodman in supporting roles, and was released in North America to critical and commercial success on October 12, 2012. The film was produced by Affleck, Grant Heslov and George Clooney. The story of this rescue was also told in the 1981 television movie Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper, directed by Lamont Johnson.[5][6] Argo has been criticized for its portrayal of events; especially for minimizing the role of the Canadian embassy in the rescue, for falsely claiming that the Americans were turned away by the British and New Zealand embassies, and for exaggerating the danger that the group faced during events preceding their escape from the country.

Posing as a producer for Argo, Mendez enters Iran and links up with the six escapees. Mendez is told that the operation has been cancelled to avoid conflicting with a planned military rescue of the hostages. Actor, producer, and director Ben Affleck. John Chambers (make-up artist) Born in Chicago, Illinois in an Irish-American family, Chambers trained as a commercial artist and started his career designing jewelry and carpets.[2] Following service as a medical technician during World War II, Chambers found employment repairing faces[3] and making prosthetic limbs for wounded veterans at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Hines, Illinois.[4] He also trained under Ben Nye, then head of make-up at 20th-century Fox.[5] Movie poster of fake sci-fi film Argo, created as part of the cover story for Canadian Caper In the late 1970s, Chambers worked as a contractor for the CIA, creating “disguise kits” for CIA personnel stationed in other countries.[9][10] Some of his work can be seen at the International Spy Museum in Washington D.C..

In 1980, he was enlisted by CIA officer Tony Mendez to work on the Canadian Caper—the rescue of six American embassy personnel who hid at the residence of the Canadian ambassador during the Iran hostage crisis. Intelligence Star. The Intelligence Star is an award given by the Central Intelligence Agency for a "voluntary act or acts of courage performed under hazardous conditions or for outstanding achievements or services rendered with distinction under conditions of grave risk".[1] The award citation is from the Director of Central Intelligence and specifically cites actions of "extraordinary heroism".

This is the second highest award for valor in the Central Intelligence Agency after only the Distinguished Intelligence Cross. It is analogous to the Silver Star, the U.S. military award for extraordinary heroism in combat.[2] Recipients[edit] Douglas Seymour MacKiernan[edit] In 1949, Douglas Seymour Mackiernan was a CIA officer in China. MacKiernan volunteered to stay behind while every other U.S. official fled the country, in order to provide the only intelligence available to the President of the United States about the takeover of the Communist forces of Mao Zedong. Francis Gary Powers[edit] Grayston L. Maclean's. "Macleans" redirects here. For the toothpaste, see GlaxoSmithKline.

Maclean's is a Canadian weekly news magazine, reporting on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, and current events. History[edit] The Business Magazine was founded on October 1905 by 43-year-old publisher and entrepreneur Lt. -Col. In 1919, the magazine moved from monthly to fortnightly publication and ran an exposé of the drug trade by Emily Murphy. After Mackenzie, H. During the Second World War, Maclean's ran an overseas edition for Canadian troops serving abroad. Maclean's published an editorial the day after the 1957 federal election announcing the predictable re-election of the St. The magazine struggled to compete with television in the 1960s by increasing its international coverage and attempting to keep up with the sexual revolution through a succession of editors including Gzowski and Charles Templeton.

Current[edit] In 2001, Anthony Wilson-Smith became the fifteenth editor in the magazine's history. Tony Mendez. Antonio Joseph "Tony" Mendez (born 1940) is an American CIA technical operations officer, now retired, who specialized in support of clandestine and covert CIA operations. He has written three memoirs about his CIA experiences. Early life and education[edit] Career[edit] Mendez continued to work as an artist after college. He supported himself by working as an illustrator and tool designer for Martin Marietta.[10] In 1965 Mendez answered a blind advertisement for a graphic artist.

He was hired by the Central Intelligence Agency in 1965, becoming an espionage artist for the Technical Services Division.[8][10] Mendez worked as a CIA officer in South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Marriage and family[edit] Mendez and his first wife, Karen, had three children, including a son Ian who died in 2010, and sculptor Antonio Tobias Mendez. In the mid-1980s, Mendez worked with Jonna Goeser, also a CIA officer, on rebuilding the US security organization in the Soviet Union and later Russia. Best Veterinary Medicine Programs | Top Veterinary Schools. Ranked in 2011 | Veterinary Medicine Rankings Methodology In addition to getting a broad education in animal science, veterinary medicine students can specialize in areas such as small animal surgery, environmental toxicology and aquatic medicine.

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In veterinary medicine programs, students take courses on normal animal anatomy and physiology, as well as disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations Training Other Experience Important Qualities Compassion. NYTimes. Kevin Brady - Pen-Making Tutorial. Pen-turning is one of those activities that is easy to learn -- but more challenging to do well. This makes the learning curve all the more fun, and it's easy to obtain success the first time. With practice, you can quickly advance to more creative and sophisticated pen designs. For under $500, you can start creating hand-made pens in your shop or a spare room.

Unlike many other woodworking projects, it doesn't require an expansive shop or a huge time commitment to create a pen. Pens can be turned from many kinds of materials: exotic woods, burls, laminates, composites, polymers, metals, even old bowling balls. Below is my chronicle of how to create a basic pen. Before beginning, it is imperative that you fully understand the hazards that are associated with using a lathe. First of all you are going to need some tools and supplies.

Now, let's make a pen... Some Selected Sources of Pen-Making Tools and Supplies: