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Disney Reveals New Details, Images From ‘Frozen 2’
Days after the full trailer for Frozen 2 debuted online, members of the film’s creative team revealed new details about the movie this week at the Annecy Animation Festival. According to The Hollywood Reporter, they also revealed when the film is set: Three years after the events of Frozen.
Head of animation Becky Bresee described the movie this way:
‘It's an evolution and an expansion of the story of Frozen, and many of the questions raised in the first movie become the mysteries that our gang are trying to solve in this film,’ said Bresee, who said the main question of the film is: “Why was Elsa born with her powers?’
Bresee also showed some clips from Frozen 2, including “Elsa hearing a haunting sound from the forest,” as well as images of “her father telling her bedtime stories as a child” about “a battle that happened in the forest long ago when the spirits of the forest faced off against the people of the kingdom.” This story somehow relates back to Elsa, her powers, and the adventure she undertakes in the new movie.
Disney’s also debuted several new images from the film online, including the one above (note the ice castle in the mountain in the background, and the following two images of Anna and Olaf and Elsa under water:
Here’s the film’s official synopsis:
In Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Frozen 2, Anna (voice of Kristen Bell) and Olaf (voice of Josh Gad) venture far from Arendelle in a dangerous but remarkable journey to help Elsa find answers about the past. From the Academy Award®-winning team—directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, producer Peter Del Vecho and songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Frozen 2” opens in U.S. theaters on Nov. 22, 2019.
We’ll have much more about Frozen 2 closer to the film’s release.
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The repercussions are globally felt -- by the billions living in the neighboring subcontinental countries and by those who have moved away, onto pastures new.
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Archives de Tag: tea set
Silver articulated carp by artist honoured by Japan’s Crown Prince for sale at Bonhams
Posted by alaintruong2014 in Japanese works of Art
Ando Rokuzan, blue and white porcelain, early 18th century, hitokumi, Imari, ivory group, Kozan saku, Meiji period, Meiji-Taisho Period, okimono, Sakurai Sosai, Satsuma, Satsuma tea set, Shibata Zeshin, silver articulated carp, spirit keg, suzumushi, Taisho period, Takase Torakichi, tea set, tomobako, Yabu Meizan, Zoge-sei mikan bukan ringo
A remarkable and fine-quality silver articulated carp. By Takase Torakichi (Kozan, 1869-1934), of Kanazawa, Meiji-Taisho Period. Estimate £60,000 – 80,000 (€76,000 – 100,000). Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- A series of paintings by one of Japan’s most celebrated artists, finely carved ivories, delicate porcelain and precisely crafted metalworks are just some of the items to go under the hammer in the November 6th Fine Japanese Art sale at Bonhams New Bond Street salerooms.
A highlight of the sale is a remarkable silver articulated carp by Takase Torakichi, known as Kozan (1869-1934), estimated at £60,000-80,000. Realistically rendered, the fins, mouth, eyes and tail are intricately detailed and constructed from smoothly moving parts.
After a period apprenticed to a leading master based in Kyoto, in 1893 Kozan opened his own business selling metalwork both domestically and abroad, soon becoming famous for his articulated models of sea life and insects. In 1910, the artist was singled out for high honour when the Crown Prince (later the Taisho Emperor) purchased several of Kozan’s astonishingly realistic insects during a visit to Kyoto.
Realistically rendered, the fins, mouth, eyes and tail intricately detailed and constructed of smoothly moving parts, signed on the underside with chiselled signature Kozan saku; with tomobako titled Hakuri with seal, the inside of the lid signed Kozan with seal Kozan and tomogire (original silk wrapper) stamped with seal Kozan. 29cm (11 3/8in) long. (3)
Notes: Born in Kanazawa the eldest son of Takase Kanatake, Kozan started working in the export department of Ikeda Seisuke’s ceramics export company in Kobe, in 1883 and transferred in 1887 to the metalworking division of the factory’s Kyoto branch, where he learned metalworking techniques from Tomiki Isuke. In 1893, he became independent and started a business selling metalwork both domestically and abroad, soon becoming famous for his articulated studies of sea life and insects. In 1910, the artist was honoured when the Crown Prince (later the Taisho Emperor) purchased several of his astonishingly realistic articulated insects during a visit to Kyoto.
A rare and complete set of Takase Kozan’s silver articulated insects was sold in these rooms, 7 November 2013, lot 512
An additional item by Kozan, an intricately detailed iron okimono (decorative object) of an insect on a bamboo leaf, is also in this sale, with an estimate of £5,000-8,000.
An iron okimono of an insect on a bamboo leaf, By Takase Torakichi (Kozan, 1869-1934) of Kanazawa. Estimate £5,000 – 8,000 (€6,300 – 10,000). Photo: Bonhams.
Modelled in the form of a branch of bamboo with three leaves, the largest of which is applied with a silver suzumushi (bell cricket) crawling towards the nectar, the other two leaves shown in differing stages of decay, signed beneath one leaf Kozan with kao; with wood storage box.28.5cm (11¼in) long. (2).
Another feature of the sale is a collection of paintings by the renowned painter and lacquerer Shibata Zeshin (1807–1891), an artist not only famous in his own country but also admired by Western collectors for over a century. Before becoming Japan’s most prominent master of the art of lacquer, he was at first better known as a painter.
The great majority of Zeshin’s surviving works date from the last three decades of his life. During those years Zeshin produced a succession of masterpieces—in lacquered wood, lacquer painting, and painting in ink and colours—that attracted scores of prominent clients, earned him official honours, and made him one of the first living Japanese artists to achieve name recognition in Europe and the United States.
Bonhams will sell other masterworks by Zeshin in the Misumi Collection of Important Works of Lacquer Art and Paintings sale, on the 5th of November. Nine of these works were included in a comprehensive Zeshin exhibition held in 2012 at Tokyo’s acclaimed new Nezu Museum. In addition, an inro (medicine container) by the artist is included in the sale of the Edward Wrangham Collection: Part V, to be held on the same day.
Shibata Zeshin (1807–1891), Meiji Period. Estimate £10,000 – 15,000 (€13,000 – 19,000). Photo: Bonhams.
A set of tanzaku (poem-cards) with designs for the twelve months, painted in ink, colours and gold on silk mounted on thin card, with a gold-painted border, interleaved with twelve gold-decorated cards, each with signature Zeshin and sealReisai, identified on the reverse with the name of the month in English:
First month: A branch of plum
Second month: Two figures of fox spirits, representing the Hatsuuma Festival held at the Inari Shrine in the second month
Third month: A bamboo flower basket with a spray of spring blossom
Fourth month: A herdboy riding an ox
Fifth month: Irises
Sixth month: Tokusa (scouring rush)
Seventh month: A bird perched on a stalk of grass
Eighth month: Sailing boats and the full moon
Ninth month: A folded umbrella and nadeshiko (pinks)
Tenth month: Mushrooms
Eleventh month: Persimmon and chestnut
Twlefth month: A crow on a snowy bucket
Contained in a fitted wooden tomobako storage box inscribed outside Zeshin-o hitsu junikagetsu tanzaku(Tanzaku of the twelve months brushed by the venerable Zeshin); inscribed inside Kakan’an Chikushin kan(authenticated by Kakan’an Chikushin (1854-1936). Each slip approx. 34.6cm x 5.9cm (13 5/8in x 2 5/16in). (13).
Notes: For another example of a set of Zeshin tanzaku, please refer to our catalogue of the Misumi Collection: Important Works of Lacquer Art and Paintings: Part I (5 November 2014), lot 8.
Shibata Zeshin (1807–1891), Meiji Period. Estimate £3,000 – 5,000 (€3,800 – 6,300). Photo: Bonhams.
A small album bound in orihon (concertina) format, mounted with twelve paintings in ink and slight colour on silk mounted on silver-painted paper; silk cover with gold-painted label reading Shugacho Shibata Zeshin-o hitsu (Album of collected paintings brushed by the venerable Zeshin); with later silk-covered chitsu cover.
The paintings comprise:
1. Charcoal and twigs. Signed Zeshin, seal Koma
2. Dandelion in seed. Signed Zeshin, seal Shin
3. Daikon (forked radish). Signed Zeshin, seal Shin
4. Duck. Signed Zeshin, seal Shin
5. Crows on a torii. Signed Zeshin, seal Shin
6. Peony. Signed Zeshin, seal Koma
7. Flowering branches. Signed Zeshin, seal Koma
8. Mountain landscape with figure crossing a bridge. SignedZeshin, seal Shin
9. The pine tree at Karasaki. Signed Zeshin, seal Shin
10. Bird on a post, full moon and sailing boats. SignedZeshin, seal Shin
11. Priest Saigyo and Mount Fuji. Signed Zeshin, seal Koma
12. Snow scene with bridge, house and birds. SignedZeshin, seal Shin
Each leaf 16.5cm x 13.5cm (6½in x 5¼in) overall, each image 12.1cm x 8.8cm (4¾in x 3½in). (2).
Also of interest in the Fine Japanese Art sale is a rare Imari blue-and-white porcelain spirit keg from the early 18th century, expected to achieve £50,000-60,000. It is modelled in the form of a cheerful drunken Dutchman, smiling as he sits astride a barrel, holding aloft a small bottle in one hand and a stemmed wine glass in the other.
A rare Imari blue and white porcelain spirit keg, Early 18th century. Estimate £50,000 – 60,000 (€63,000 – 76,000). Photo: Bonhams.
In the form of a cheerful drunken Dutchman smiling as he sits astride a barrel, holding aloft a small bottle with one hand and a stemmed wine glass with the other, the barrel resting on a rectangular base moulded with scrolls and painted in underglaze blue with simplified flowers and foliage, the man’s buttoned coat spreading out over his splayed legs and his detachable head topped by a loose cap adorned with pom-poms and a gilt and red enamelled plume.35cm (13¾in) high. (2).
Notes: For a similar example, see Christiaan J. A. Jörg, Fine and Curious Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam, 2003, p.288, no.364. A polychrome example is illustrated, ibid., p.289, no.365.
For variations on the theme decorated in cobalt blue and in coloured enamels, see Kyushu Ceramic Museum, The Voyage of Old-Imari Porcelains, Arita, 2000, pp.64-65.
Ceramic models of figures on barrels were produced during the 18th century as ‘follies’ in the Netherlands and other European countries. Some variations were produced in Delft factories, decorated in polychrome enamels as well as in underglaze blue, the latter being somewhat rarer, and they would have been originally fitted with a metal tap at one of the barrel.
Other important items include a fine stained okimono ivory group of fruit by Ando Rokuzan (1885-1955). Naturalistically carved and coloured, it is estimated at £30,000-40,000. Rokuzan is known for his lifelike ivory carvings of fruits and vegetables, and works by him are preserved in the Imperial Collections.
A finely stained ivory group okimono of fruit, By Ando Rokuzan (1885-1955), Taisho Period. Estimate £30,000 – 40,000 (€38,000 – 51,000). Photo: Bonhams.
Comprising a naturalistically carved and coloured group of fruit clustered together, consisting of an apple, a tangerine and a Buddha’s-hand citron, signed Manzo; with wood tomobako, the inside of the lid with an inscription Zoge-sei mikan bukan ringo, hitokumi, Sakurai Sosai saku (An ivory group of a tangerine orange, a Buddhist hand citron and an apple, ‘made by’ Sakurai Sosai) with two seals Sakurai and So. 8cm x 19.5cm (3 1/8in x 7 5/8in). (2).
Notes: Ando Rokuzan, who used the go (art name) Manzo, is known for his lifelike ivory carvings of fruits and vegetables. He studied with Otani Mitsutoshi, a pupil of Hisamatsu Harutoshi. His works are preserved in the Sannomaru Shozakan Museum of the Imperial Collections.
Sakurai Sosai, a commissioner of fine ivory carvings in Tokyo during the Meiji and Taisho eras, represented a number of leading artists including Ando Rokuzan and Yamazaki Nankai
A complete Satsuma tea set by Yabu Meizan, £15,000-18,000, comprises 17 pieces depicting boys and girls at play, making origami, performing tea ceremonies, playing card games and musical instruments, arranging flower bouquets and more.
A complete Satsuma tea set By Yabu Meizan, Meiji Period. Estimate £15,000 – 18,000 (€19,000 – 23,000). Photo: Bonhams.
Comprising: a tea pot and cover of ovoid form, painted on one side with scenes of boys playing at battles during the Boys’ Festival and girls kneeling before a hinadan (display platform for dolls) during the Girls’ Festival, beneath an elaborate border of densely-clustered peonies and foliage in coloured enamels and gilding, 12.2cm x 16cm (4 13/16in x 6 5/16in); a sugar bowl and cover similarly painted with children playing before a shrine to Inari, the fox messenger of the rice god and boys beside a kadomatsu (pine display during the New Year) display, imitating samurai, 15.2cm (6in) wide; a milk jug painted with boys gathered around their companion drawing a landscape painting, and girls playing a game over a multi-coloured mat, 10.2cm (4in) wide; six matching cups decorated with children at various leisurely pursuits:
1) Boys playing fukiya (blowpipe) and girls making flower arrangements
2) Boys and girls playing musical instruments
3) Boys reading books and girls playing the card game hyakunin isshu
4) Boys drinking tea and girls sewing
5) Boys playing the fan tossing game and girls at origami
6) Boys playing go and girls participating in a tea ceremony
each 9.5cm (3¾in) wide; and six saucers painted with an elaborate border of densely-clustered peonies and foliage, each 11.7cm (4 5/8in) diam.; each signed with gilt seal Yabu Meizan. (17).
Historic and important works by Roy Lichtenstein and Diego Giacometti at Clars September 2014 auction
31 dimanche Août 2014
Posted by alaintruong2014 in 20th Century Design, American Art, American Furniture, Auctions, Chinese Furniture, Decorative Art & Folk Art, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art, Jewelry, Russian Art
18th-19th Century, Altar Table, Art Deco, Bernardus Johnannes Blommers, Frank Lloyd Wright, Himalayan, huanghuali, ink, Jadeite cabochon, Julian Onderdonk, Leonor Fini, Lev Felixovich Lagorio, Moorcroft for Shreve, old European cut diamond, pencil and colored pencil on paper, Roy Lichtenstein, San Francisco, Silas Seandel, star sapphire, tea set, thangka, Tiffany Studios, United States Civil War Presentation sword, Yamantaka Yab Yum
Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997), ‘’Study for Still Life with Dossier,’’ 1976, ink, pencil and colored pencil on paper, 11.8’’ x 8.9’. Estimate $80,000 – $120,000.
OAKLAND, CA.– On September 13, 14, and 15, 2014, Clars Auction Gallery will host what is anticipated to be the largest sale in the firm’s history. In a year where each monthly sale surpassed all previous records for that month, their September event will be an exciting world-class experience for buyers and collectors around the globe.
THE FINE ART
The importance of the fine art to be offered is remarkable. Roy Lichtenstein’s (American, 1993 – 1997) ‘’Study for Still Life with Dossier,’’ will be the leading offering in this category. This drawing—the only known study for the 1976 ‘’Still Life with Dossier,’’ painting currently in the important post-war collection of Dr. Giuliano Gori—has never been seen outside of private hands. Artistically a strong example of the artist’s work, the drawing engages a significant shift stylistically in Lichtenstein’s practice. In the study, we see the artist’s early use of straight lines, rather than his iconic Ben-Day dots. By 1983 his signature dots had yielded almost entirely to stripes. The fact that the artist created very few drawings and that this work is fresh to the market will make this 11 13/16 x 8 15/16 inch drawing the leading lot in the Fine Art Offering. “The story of how this work was consigned at Clars is one of scholarship and, as far as provenance is concerned, it could not be better,” said Rick Unruh, Vice President and Director of Fine Art. This work will be offered for $80,000 to $120,000.
The second premier offering will be a work by Leonor Fini (French, 1908-1996). Fini was an artist living in Paris for the majority of her career who counted Pablo Picasso, Rene Magritte, Max Ernst, Jean Cocteau, and Salvador Dali amongst her many friends and peers in the art world. “Dialogue Impossible (1994)” depicts a strong woman clad in a long flowing crimson skirt, looking past the drab man with his eyes closed beneath her. The painting, originally from the Weinstein Gallery of San Francisco, CA (who represents the artist), will certainly achieve its $60,000-$80,000 estimate.
Leonor Fini (French, 1908-1996), “Dialogue Impossible,” 1994, oil on canvas, 32″ x 39.25″. Estimate 60,000-$80,000.
Clars will present a fine sculpture by African American Modernist, Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012) titled, “Cabeza de Piedra.” This 11 inch high, cast stone piece will be offered at $16,000 to $22,000 and depicts the head of a man and recalls the strength of traditional Aztec and Mayan stone sculpture in Mexican culture which influenced Catlett significantly. The artist makes a powerful statement with this a unique example. Another important sculpture will be a Beaux Arts classic by Louis Ernest Barrias (French, 1841-1905) titled, »Nature Revealing Herself to Science, » (Estimate: $20,000 to $30,000).
This summer’s World Cup has come and gone, but the brilliant, Pop Art of Brazilian artist, Romero Britto (b. 1963), will be available at this sale. This vibrantly playful, acrylic on canvas titled, “Brazilia Lady,” exemplifies the effervescent spirit of this talented South American artist. (Estimate: $18,000 to $22,000)
Two American painters whose works exemplify the magnificence of the flowering field landscapes will also be featured on September 14th. One of which is a spectacular oil on board by the Texas artist, Julian Onderdonk (1882-1922), titled, “Blue Bonnets – Early Morning, » which will be offered for $30,000 to $50,000. Fields of California poppies are the focus of a vibrantly, colorful, oil on canvas by John Marshall Gamble (1863 – 1957), titled, Meadow with Poppies and Purple Mountains, which is estimated at $15,000 to $20,000.
Julian Onderdonk (American, 1882-1922), “Blue Bonnets – Early Morning,” oil on board, 11.75″ x 15.75″. Estimate $30,000 – $50,000.
Clars will offer the work titled “A Walk Into Town,” by 19th century Dutch Master Bernardus Johannes Blommers (1845-1914), one of the most collected artists of The Hague School of Painters. This work was originally part of the extraordinary Jacques Goudstikker Gallery Collection which was seized by the Nazi’s during their art confiscation program. This work by Blommers was recently a subject in the travelling exhibit, “Reclaimed, Paintings from the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker.” The provenance of this work combined with the balanced composition and timeless Dutch Master palette, and excellent condition, makes the appearance of this master on the market a most exciting opportunity for collectors. (Estimate: $5,000 to $7,000)
Bernardus Johnannes Blommers (Dutch, 1845-1914), A Walk into Town, oil on board, signed lower right, 9.25″ x 13.” Provenance: Acquired in Holland by Sophia and Alexander Hertz circa 1920 from the Dutch Art Dealer Jacques Goudstikker. Descended in the family to present owner, the grandchild of Sophia and Alexander Hertz of San Francisco. Estimate: $5,000 – $7,000.
One region of the globe that is experiencing ‘sky rocketing,’ global art prices is Russia. Clars is pleased to be offering paintings by some of the finest 19th and 20th century, Russian artists on the market. One of these highlights is a dramatic scene by Lev Lagorio (1827-1905) titled, “Figures Gazing at the Sea,” which is conservatively priced to sell at $15,000 to $20,000.
Lev Felixovich Lagorio (Russian, 1827-1905), Figures Gazing at the Sea, oil on canvas, 17.25″ x 23.25″. Estimate $15,000 – $20,000.
DECORATIVE ARTS AND FURNISHINGS
Diego Giocometti (Switzerland, 1902-1985) was one of the premier designers of the 20th century. His works are held in the finest museums, private collections and homes worldwide. On Sunday, September 14th, Clars will offer a console rectangulaire created by this renowned artist. This important work of art in design will be offered for $80,000 to $120,000.
Other top furniture designers of the 20th century will also be represented including a bench by Frank Lloyd Wright (estimate: $5,000 to $7,000) and group of metal tree trunk tables by Silas Seandel (cumulative estimate: $12,000 to $15,000). Also to be offered is a palace-sized Ferahan Sarouk carpet measuring 14’.2” by 25’, that is estimated at $15,000 to $25,000.
Frank Lloyd Wright bench. Estimate: $5,000 – $7,000.
Selection of Silas Seandel patinated metal tree trunk tables, including coffee table and occasional tables. Estimate: $15,000 – $25,000.
There will be a large collection of American and European lighting including Tiffany Studios, Pairpoint, Handel, and Art Nouveau examples. Highlighting our lighting collection will be a Tiffany Studios “Venetian” desk lamp, estimated at $50,000-70,000.
Selection of Tiffany Studios lighting. Estimate $50,000-70,000.
Another highlight will be a group of wood turned bowls, consisting of an 18th century Koa wood example having indigenous repairs, valued at $3,000 to $5,000; a large Koertge example, as well as a Moulthrop vessel.
The Continental highlights will include a pair of monumental French marble and ormolu mounted urns attributed to Henry Dasson (1825-1896) which will be offered for $30,000 to $50,000. This offering will be complemented by both monumental Royal Vienna and Sevres urns. An impressive selection of clocks includes a mother of pearl marquetry decorated eight-ball, double fuse bracket clock with automaton, having an estimate of $5,000-7,000. and a clock by Lalique valued at $12000-15000.
Mother of pearl marquetry decorated eight bell, double fusee bracket clock with automaton, 32”h x 17”w x 9”d. Estimate $5,000-7,000.
Several historic items will be offered including two gold presentation walking sticks conservatively estimated at $4,000 to $6,000 and $5,000 to $7,000. Clars routinely realizes record-breaking prices on similar pieces. Also to be offered is a United States Civil War Presentation sword with scabbard estimated at $5,000 to $7,000.
United States Civil War Presentation sword with scabbard. Estimate $5,000-7,000.
In sterling the highlight will be a Moorcroft for Shreve, San Francisco, 1912, overlaid tea set executed in the Pomegranate pattern, having an estimate of $4,000 to $6,000. Clars recently set a record for a Moorcroft for Shreve loving cup which sold for $32,000.
Moorcroft for Shreve, San Francisco, silver overlaid tea set, executed in the Pomegranate pattern circa 1920. Estimate $4,000 – $6,000.
THE ASIAN ART
The Asian art department is excited to be offering a Chinese huanghuali table, composed of two floating top panels. This piece was purchased by the current consignor at auction in the mid-1990’s for a bit over $2,000. In today’s market amid the continued strength of Chinese furniture, the pre-auction estimate is $20,000 to $40,000. In the porcelain section, a collection of Chinese enameled porcelain planters from the late Qing and early Republic period will be offered. This collection will include a pair of oval pink sgraffito ground planters painted with various floral scrolls, the bases with Hongxian marks. (Estimate $6,000 to $8,000) In the category of jades, there will be a selection of plaques, toggles and carvings from the Qing and Republic period including jade plaques relief carved with scholars in landscapes, previously mounted as ruyi scepters. In textiles, featured will be a Chinese late 19th century blue gauze jifu dragon robe, gilt couched with nine five claw dragons. This will be offered along with other Chinese embroideries and woven textiles.
Chinese huanghuali altar table, 30.5”h x 42.75”w x 19.5”d. Estimate $20,000 – $40,000.
Also to be featured is a collection of painted Himalayan thangka from the Edward Gerber estate in Reno, (NV). Eight lots ranging from the 18th through early 20th century will be offered with estimates ranging from $1,500 –to $4,000. Images depicted include Yamantaka Yab Yum, Padmasambhava, Skakyamuni Buddha and Mahakala.
Himalayan thangka, Yamantaka Yab Yum, 18th-19th century, 22.5″h x 17.25″w (one of several to be offered).
Diamonds, rubies, jadeite and sapphires will dazzle collectors and buyers. A cushion cut 3.10 ct. ruby is surrounded by 4.84 cts of diamonds and set in 18k white gold in a stunning ring to be offered for $12,000 to $14,000. Likely surpassing this ring will be a fine jadeite, diamond and white gold ring with the center jadeite measuring 16.79 x 10.35 x 6.80mm which is expected to achieve $25,000 to $45,000.
Fine Jadeite, diamond and white gold ring, jadeite measures 16.79 X 10.35 X 6.80 mm, Mason-Kay report stating “A” Jade. Estimate $25,000 – $45,000.
Also to be offered will be an Art Deco star sapphire, diamond and platinum ring estimated at $5,000 to $8,000 and a diamond and platinum ring featuring an old European cut diamond, 2.40 cts., is expected to earn $8,000 to $12,000. And for the gentlemen, a circa 1956 Rolex GMT stainless steel wristwatch, Ref. 6542, will be offered for $10,000 to $15,000.
Art Deco star sapphire, diamond and platinum ring, star sapphire weighs approximately 24.80 cts. Estimate $5,000 – $8,000.
Diamond & platinum ring, old European cut diamond weighs approximately 2.40 cts. Estimate $8,000 – $12,000.
Clars Auction Gallery’s September Fine Art, Jewelry and Decoratives Sale will be held on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, September 13th, 14,th and 15th. . The sales will begin promptly at 9:30am on Saturday and Sunday and at 1:30pm on Monday. Previews for this sale will be held Friday, September 12th from 1pm to 6pm and 9am each auction day and by appointment. A complete catalog will be available online one week prior to the sale.
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Local Drowns after Driving into Estuary
Dennis Evanosky
Alameda Fire Department A crew aboard the Alameda Fire Department rescue boat helped retrieve a sunken vehicle and its driver from the Estuary last Sunday.
Paul Douglas Scherer of Alameda died Sunday when the minivan he was driving plunged into the Oakland Estuary. Witnesses called 911 about 8:30 a.m. to report that they saw a white minivan go into the estuary off Derby Avenue in Oakland, across from the Bridgeside Shopping Center.
“It’s a dead-end street that stops at the estuary,” Oakland Fire Department (OFD) Battalion Chief Nick Luby said. “The vehicle drove down the street and ended up in the estuary.”
One witness said that he saw a white minivan driving south on Derby Avenue. “The minivan went up on the sidewalk, over the embankment and into the water. We all watched the minivan slowly sink.”
Dive crews from the San Francisco Fire Department located the van around 9:40 a.m. in about 30 feet of water.
Firefighters from multiple agencies, including the United States Coast Guard, Oakland, Alameda, Alameda County and San Francisco responded. The first responders to arrive were on the scene by 9 a.m., said Luby. The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office had crews there within 10 minutes.
At 10:19 a.m. divers from the San Francisco Fire Department located Scherer and pulled him ashore. According to Luby, paramedics transported Scherer to Highland Hospital “with CPR in progress.” Doctors were unable to save Scherer and pronounced him dead shortly after paramedics arrived.
Firefighters towed the submerged minivan to a ramp at Fifth Avenue in Oakland, where a tow truck pulled it from the estuary. The case remains under investigation.
Over the last 12 years two other people lost their lives afterdriving their vehicles into the Oakland Estuary, both from the Alameda side. Dr. Zehra Attari died on Nov. 7, 2005, after driving her car into the estuary at the foot of Grand Street. Authorities say Attari may have taken a wrong turn after getting lost on her way to a medical conference and accidentally drove down the boat ramp at the foot of Grand Street and into the estuary.
Her body was not discovered until Dec. 20, 2005. Her car was upside down and buried so deeply that divers could not tell whether anyone was inside. Attari’s family later sued the city and settled for $2.5 million.
On Dec. 19, 2015, Jeffery Hardt died after he reportedly drove his SUV through the Bridgeside Shopping Center parking lot at Blanding Avenue and Broadway, past Nob Hill Foods. He crashed through a metal railing before sinking into the estuary waters.
According to witnesses Hardt did not brake on his way into the estuary.
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Before her surgery Charisse felt both the pain and the psychological limitations that come with it. Even the most mundane activities were becoming impossible. But it wasn’t just her body. The scope of her whole world was shrinking. “I felt so limited that my mind wanted to do something and in my heart I wanted to do something, but physically it just could not happen. Between the swelling and the limited mobility in the bending of my knee, getting up off a seat was even a chore.”
She tried alternatives to surgery like drugs but they had dubious benefits with side effects that were making her as uncomfortable as the pain. So she sees her surgery as an alternative with many positive factors. “I’m medication free. And that’s a good thing ’cause you worry about your liver, you worry about your kidneys, you worry about this, your bladder, whatever.”
After years of enduring the pain she decided that a total knee replacement was the way to go. First she had to find a doctor she could trust, but fortunately she didn’t have to look far. Her sister had had her hips replaced and the surgeon she used made a strong recommendation. Almost immediately after the operation Charisse reported that her pain was gone. She quickly started on a program of rehabilitation, but she mainly credits the skill of her surgeon and the design of the Stryker knee with her positive response to surgery. “I would say it took me two weeks before I was back to full movement. I was walking up and down the stairs. It’s been a very quick recovery. And between my cooperation, the skill of the surgeon, and the piece itself, it’s a very good combination. It’s a trifold thing, and without one with the other, you’re not going be where I am today.”
So just where exactly is Charisse today? Happily reengaged with her active life. “I can pick things up, bring my laundry up and down, I can stand, I can wash dishes and scrub the floors. I can take down my blinds, I can climb up on a stepladder. I had the surgery March 30th — May 22nd I’m on the dance floor boogying to disco music.”
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Since the surgery, Charisse has lost weight, become active again, and has her life back with a whole new positive attitude. She has this to say by way of thanks to the people at Stryker for the difference they’ve made in her life. “I could do everything I wanted to do, so you guys, you’re good guys, keep up the good work. Thank you.”
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Research ArticleMATERIALS SCIENCE
Ultrahigh-performance transparent conductive films of carbon-welded isolated single-wall carbon nanotubes
Song Jiang1,2,3,4,*,
Peng-Xiang Hou1,5,*,
Mao-Lin Chen1,5,
Bing-Wei Wang1,4,
Dong-Ming Sun1,5,
Dai-Ming Tang1,5,
Qun Jin1,4,
Qing-Xun Guo6,
Ding-Dong Zhang1,5,
Jin-Hong Du1,5,
Kai-Ping Tai1,5,
Jun Tan1,5,
Esko I. Kauppinen7,
Chang Liu1,5,† and
Hui-Ming Cheng1,2,5,8,†
1Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China.
2School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 200031, China.
3State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China.
4University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
5School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, China.
6State Key Laboratory of Polymers Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China.
7Aalto University School of Science, Department of Applied Physics, PO Box 15100, FI-00076 Aalto, Espoo, Finland.
8Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China.
↵†Corresponding author. Email: cliu{at}imr.ac.cn (C.L.); cheng{at}imr.ac.cn (H.-M.C.)
↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.
Vol. 4, no. 5, eaap9264
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aap9264
Song Jiang
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China.School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 200031, China.State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
ORCID record for Song Jiang
Peng-Xiang Hou
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China.School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, China.
ORCID record for Peng-Xiang Hou
Mao-Lin Chen
Bing-Wei Wang
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Dong-Ming Sun
ORCID record for Dong-Ming Sun
Dai-Ming Tang
Qun Jin
Qing-Xun Guo
State Key Laboratory of Polymers Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China.
Ding-Dong Zhang
Jin-Hong Du
Kai-Ping Tai
Jun Tan
Esko I. Kauppinen
Aalto University School of Science, Department of Applied Physics, PO Box 15100, FI-00076 Aalto, Espoo, Finland.
Chang Liu
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For correspondence: cliu@imr.ac.cn cheng@imr.ac.cn
Hui-Ming Cheng
Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China.School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 200031, China.School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Shenyang 110016, China.Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China.
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Single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are ideal for fabricating transparent conductive films because of their small diameter, good optical and electrical properties, and excellent flexibility. However, a high intertube Schottky junction resistance, together with the existence of aggregated bundles of SWCNTs, leads to a degraded optoelectronic performance of the films. We report a network of isolated SWCNTs prepared by an injection floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition method, in which crossed SWCNTs are welded together by graphitic carbon. Pristine SWCNT films show a record low sheet resistance of 41 ohm □−1 at 90% transmittance for 550-nm light. After HNO3 treatment, the sheet resistance further decreases to 25 ohm □−1. Organic light-emitting diodes using this SWCNT film as anodes demonstrate a low turn-on voltage of 2.5 V, a high current efficiency of 75 cd A−1, and excellent flexibility. Investigation of isolated SWCNT-based field-effect transistors shows that the carbon-welded joints convert the Schottky contacts between metallic and semiconducting SWCNTs into near-ohmic ones, which significantly improves the conductivity of the transparent SWCNT network. Our work provides a new avenue of assembling individual SWCNTs into macroscopic thin films, which demonstrate great potential for use as transparent electrodes in various flexible electronics.
Transparent conductive films (TCFs) are an important component of various optoelectronic devices such as touch screens, smart windows, liquid crystal displays, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), and organic photovoltaic cells (1). Indium tin oxide (ITO) has been the most widely used transparent conductive material with good electrical and optical properties; however, the limited reserves of indium and the brittle nature of ITO hinder its sustainable application in flexible electronics. With the emerging and rapid development of flexible electronic devices, alternative transparent conductive materials with good flexibility have been investigated, including carbon nanotubes (CNTs) (2–4), graphene (5), metal nanowires (6), metal meshes (7), conducting polymers (8), and various hybrids (9, 10). Among them, single-wall CNTs (SWCNTs) are an appealing candidate because of their good electrical conductivity, high structural stability, excellent flexibility, and desirable optical properties such as low refractive index, little coloration, and low haze (11). In the past decades, significant effort has been dedicated to obtaining high-performance SWCNT-based TCFs using both wet (2, 12) and dry processes (13, 14). However, the performance of SWCNT TCFs is still not as good as ITO and falls far short of what might be expected from the electrical and optical properties of individual SWCNTs (15). For example, the sheet resistances of ITO on rigid and flexible substrates are ~10 ohm □−1 (16) and ~30 ohm □−1 (17), respectively, at 90% transmittance for 550-nm light, whereas values for pristine SWCNT TCFs (without doping or patterning) are usually above 200 ohm □−1 (18, 19). Junction resistance and bundling are recognized as the two major issues accounting for the poor performance of SWCNT TCFs. It is known that the junction resistance between nanotubes is much higher than the intrinsic tube resistance, and the electrical conductivity of a CNT TCF is largely dominated by the resistance at intertube junctions (20, 21). Furthermore, SWCNTs synthesized by conventional methods are usually a mixture of ~1/3 metallic (m-) and ~2/3 semiconducting (s-) SWCNTs. Therefore, ~4/9 of intertube junctions are dominated by Schottky barriers (20, 22), which greatly suppress carrier transport and increase junction resistance. On the other hand, as-prepared SWCNTs often aggregate into bundles that contribute little to the electrical conductivity but lower the light transmission (15). There is, therefore, a need to fabricate SWCNT networks containing only small bundles or isolated nanotubes with ohmic contacts to achieve optimized transmittance and conductivity. However, because of the small size and strong van der Waals interaction of SWCNTs and the difficulty of synthesizing pure m- or s-SWCNTs, there remains a big challenge to control the percentage of isolated tubes and the structure of junctions in an SWCNT network.
Here, we report a network consisting of carbon-welded isolated SWCNTs with near-ohmic joint contacts. The isolated SWCNTs permit maximum light transmission, whereas the carbon-welded junctions efficiently decrease the electrical resistance. By using an injection floating catalyst chemical vapor deposition (injection FCCVD) method, high-quality (IG/ID = 175), large-mean diameter (~2.0 nm) isolated SWCNTs were prepared. Large-area SWCNT TCFs (80 mm × 80 mm) were fabricated by gas phase filtration involving no liquid phase processes. All these characteristics give the as-prepared TCFs a very low sheet resistance (Rs) of 41 ohm □−1 at 90% transmittance (T) for 550-nm light, which is about 5.5 times lower than that of the best reported undoped CNT TCF (18). After HNO3 doping, the resistance was further decreased to 25 ohm □−1, even better than that of ITO supported on a flexible substrate (17). Studies on isolated SWCNT-based field-effect transistors (FETs) show that the joints between nanotubes convert what would be Schottky contacts between m-SWCNTs and s-SWCNTs into near-ohmic ones and, hence, markedly improve the electrical conductivity of the SWCNT network. In addition, flexible OLEDs using a pristine SWCNT film as anodes show an outstanding optoelectronic performance and excellent flexibility. The maximum current and power efficiencies are 75 cd A−1 and 89.5 lumens (lm) W−1, respectively, which are the best to date for CNT-based OLEDs and comparable to those of ITO-based OLEDs.
Synthesis and characterization of isolated SWCNT networks with carbon-welded joints
SWCNTs were synthesized using an injection FCCVD method (23) using hydrogen (H2) as a carrier gas. Surplus carbon has usually been considered undesirable for SWCNT synthesis (24), but here, it is seen to have a beneficial effect. Detailed preparation procedures are described in Materials and Methods, and a schematic of the injection FCCVD system is shown in fig. S1. Figure 1A shows a typical transmission electron microscopy (TEM) image of the SWCNT network. We can see that the network is composed of isolated SWCNTs with carbon-welded junctions (Fig. 1A and fig. S2A). The percentage of carbon-welded junctions is estimated to be ~98%, based on TEM observations of more than 400 intertube junctions. Compared to the growth of normal samples composed of entangled SWCNT bundles (fig. S2, B and C), the key factor for growing carbon-welded isolated SWCNTs is to control the H2 flux. By using a high-flux H2 carrier gas, catalyst precursor (ferrocene), growth promoter (thiophene), and carbon source (ethylene and toluene) concentrations are decreased, which result in fewer nuclei for SWCNTs in a specific volume. A second factor is that the residence time of gas in the high-temperature zone decreases, which shortens the growth time of SWCNTs. As a consequence, the number and length of SWCNTs in the reactor are decreased, which greatly suppresses bundle formation induced by the van der Waals force between adjacent SWCNTs during growth (3). On the other hand, the surplus carbon atoms by the pyrolysis of hydrocarbons deposit as graphitic carbon, just like the growth of vapor phase–grown carbon fibers (25), preferentially at SWCNT junctions forming the carbon welding and preventing bundling of SWCNTs by van der Waals force. Thus, isolated SWCNTs with carbon-welded junctions can be obtained. Furthermore, the isolated nanotubes have a large mean diameter of ~2.0 nm and straight tube walls. The percentage of isolated nanotubes and the diameters of the SWCNTs were measured under TEM, and the results are shown in Fig. 1B and fig. S3A. Observations of 253 nanotubes/bundles suggest that 85% of the filaments in the network are isolated nanotubes, whereas the rest are two- or three-tube small bundles (Fig. 1B). Measurements of 120 isolated SWCNTs (fig. S3A) show that their diameters are distributed in the 1.4 to 2.4 nm range with a mean diameter of ~2.0 nm.
Fig. 1 Microstructures of isolated SWCNTs with carbon-welded joints.
(A) Typical TEM image. Scale bar, 10 nm. (B) Statistical data of the numbers of isolated and bundled SWCNTs in the network. (C) Raman spectrum excited by a 633-nm laser. (D) C 1s XPS spectrum. a.u., arbitrary units.
As mentioned above, the SWCNT network is composed of isolated SWCNTs that are somehow welded together by surplus carbon at their junctions. High-resolution spherical aberration (Cs)–corrected TEM characterization was performed to further characterize the structure of surplus carbon. As shown in fig. S3B, both the carbon and SWCNT showed a lattice-resolved structure, and the interlayer spacing of the carbon is ~0.33 nm, suggesting the existence of graphitic carbon. A typical laser Raman spectrum of the network sample (Fig. 1C) shows a very high G band and an almost invisible D band with a IG/ID value of 175 for a 633-nm laser, indicative of a well-crystallized sp2 C-C structure (26), which are further confirmed by 532- and 785-nm laser Raman spectra with high IG/ID (fig. S3C). Moreover, the content of the sp2 carbon of the network is determined to be 98.8% by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements, as shown in Fig. 1D. These results indicate that the sp2 C-C structure accounts for the overwhelming majority of the sample, which is further supported by local electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) at the C K-edge in scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM). As shown in fig. S3 (D to F) of STEM-EELS, the spectrum profiles of the SWCNTs and the carbon welding are similar to that of graphite in terms of three characteristic peaks (~285, 292, and 300 eV) of C K-edge, especially as evidenced by a sharp σ* peak at ~292 eV (27), whereas that of the amorphous carbon on a Cu grid shows a broad σ* peak. We heat-treated pristine samples in air at temperatures ranging from 400° to 800°C for 30 min and checked their structural changes under TEM (fig. S4). Even after harsh oxidation treatment at 700°C, the structure of the carbon welding and SWCNTs remained almost unchanged (fig. S4D). When the temperature was further increased to 750°C, most SWCNTs were destroyed but the carbon welds survived (fig. S4E). When the treatment temperature was increased to 800°C, both the SWCNTs and carbon welds were completely removed. These results further confirm that the carbon welding material is mainly composed of sp2-bonded graphitic carbon rather than amorphous carbon.
A scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image (Fig. 2A) of the as-prepared SWCNTs on a SiO2/Si substrate shows a random SWCNT network consisting of straight and long SWCNTs. Measurements of 235 SWCNTs based on SEM images (Fig. 2, B and C) indicate a mean tube length of ~62 μm, and the longest length observed is ~190 μm. These long SWCNTs would facilitate carrier transfer in the network because of fewer intertube junctions. Raman spectra of the carbon-welded SWCNT network excited by 532-, 633-, and 785-nm lasers show narrow radial breathing mode (RBM) peaks ranging from 105 to 145 cm−1 (Fig. 2D), where the peaks originating from metallic and semiconducting SWCNTs are highlighted according to the classical Kataura plot (see Materials and Methods). It can be seen that both semiconducting and metallic SWCNTs coexist in the sample, which is further confirmed by absorption spectrum (fig. S4F). The diameters calculated from the RBM peaks (28) are in the 1.7 to 2.6 nm range, which is consistent with TEM observations.
Fig. 2 SEM images, length distribution, and Raman spectra of the SWCNTs.
(A and B) SEM images of SWCNT networks on SiO2/Si wafers transferred from filter membranes with collection times of 10 min and 5 s, respectively. Scale bars, 0.5 μm (A) and 10 μm (B). (C) Length distribution of the SWCNTs measured by SEM. (D) RBM mode Raman spectra of the SWCNTs excited by 532-, 633-, and 785-nm lasers.
SWCNT TCFs
We fabricated SWCNT TCFs using the as-prepared samples by a dry filtration and transfer process (13). The SWCNTs synthesized by the injection FCCVD method flowed with the carrier gas to the downstream of the reactor, where a porous cellulose filter membrane was installed (fig. S5A) and the SWCNTs were deposited (fig. S5B). The SWCNT network was then transferred to polyethylene terephthalate (PET) by simple pressing, followed by ethanol densification of the SWCNT film (see Materials and Methods). As shown in Fig. 3A and fig. S5C, a uniform and large-area TCF (80 mm × 80 mm) was obtained. To evaluate the uniformity of the film, we divided it into 16 parts of the same size and measured the Rs and T of each part (fig. S5C). As shown in fig. S5 (C and D), a mean Rs of 163 ohm □−1 at 96.9% T was obtained, with maximum Rs and T deviations of 4.3 and 0.4%, respectively. They indicate a good structural uniformity of the SWCNT network. T versus Rs is plotted in Fig. 3B and tabulated in table S1A, together with the results for previously reported SWCNT TCFs in the literature (4, 14, 15, 18, 29, 30) and that of a superior ITO TCF on a polymer substrate (17). The average Rs of our SWCNT TCFs is 41 ohm □−1 at 90% T for 550-nm light, about 5.5 times lower than that of the best value previously reported (18) and very close to that of ITO TCF. Moreover, the changes of Rs with T of our samples almost follow the theoretical T versus Rs curve (31). This high performance can meet the demands of most commercial applications including touch screens, smart windows, liquid crystal displays, and OLEDs (32). After HNO3 doping, the Rs of the SWCNT TCF further decreased to 25 ohm □−1, much lower than all results for previously reported doped CNT TCFs in the literature (2–4, 12, 14, 33), even better than that of ITO supported on a flexible substrate (Fig. 3C and table S1B) (17). It is worth mentioning that the Rs of our sample decreased only by 1.6 times after HNO3 doping, which is much lower than values reported in the literature (21). HNO3 may play two roles upon treatment of SWCNT thin films: thickness decrease by the removal of adsorbates and chemical doping through charge transfer (34). For our SWCNT TCFs prepared by a dry filtration and transfer process, we believe that the main effect of HNO3 treatment is chemical doping, which results in decreased tube-tube junction resistance and decreases the Rs of SWCNT TCFs more than three times (21). This result confirms that the unique carbon-welded joints of our SWCNT film effectively decrease the tube-tube junction resistance. A comparative experiment was performed by synthesizing bundled SWCNT films without the carbon-welded joints using the same injection FCCVD technique (for details, see Materials and Methods and fig. S1). The performance of the TCFs obtained is shown in fig. S6A, where it can be seen that bundled SWCNT TCFs without the carbon-welded joints have inferior optoelectronic performance, with an Rs at 90% T that is 6.6 times higher than the isolated SWCNT TCFs with the carbon-welded joints. Considering the similar synthesis method used and the similar characteristic structures of SWCNTs obtained including tube diameter and IG/ID value (fig. S6, B and C), the superior optoelectronic performance (fig. S6A) of the isolated SWCNT TCFs can reasonably be ascribed to the isolated SWCNTs and the unique carbon-welded joints between them. It is known that carrier transport mainly occurs along the outermost layer of a nanotube bundle, leaving the bundle core as “dead mass” that only contributes to optical absorption (35). Here, the fact that 85% of the SWCNTs are isolated greatly decreases the dead mass buried in bundles, which leads to the excellent transmittance of the TCFs. The carbon-welded joints consist of graphitic carbon with an overwhelming proportion of sp2 bonding, and this greatly improves the electrical transport between crossed nanotubes. Thus, the TCFs composed of isolated SWCNTs show not only very little optical absorption but also high electrical conductivity.
Fig. 3 Performance of SWCNT TCFs.
(A) Optical image of an 80 mm × 80 mm SWCNT TCF. (B) T (for 550-nm light) versus Rs of our SWCNT TCFs together with the previously reported results for untreated CNT TCFs in the literature (4, 14, 15, 18, 29, 30) and a superior ITO TCF on a polymer substrate (17). (C) T (for 550-nm light) versus Rs of our doped SWCNT TCFs together with the reported results for doped CNT TCFs in the literature (2–4, 12, 14, 33) and the superior ITO TCF (17). For our SWCNT TCFs in (B) and (C), the Rs was measured at least four different points for every TCF, and the maximum Rs deviation for specific T is below 6% by performing three or four experiments. (D) Variations in Rs of the pristine and the HNO3-doped SWCNT TCFs exposed to ambient air for over 20 months. (E) Variations in Rs of the SWCNT and the commercial ITO-PET TCFs as a function of the cycles of bending to a radius of 5 mm. (F) Variations in Rs versus bending angle for the SWCNT and the commercial ITO-PET TCFs.
Good chemical stability and mechanical durability are critical for the components of flexible devices. Figure 3D shows the changes in Rs of the pristine and HNO3-doped SWCNT TCFs put in ambient air for over 20 months. It can be seen that the Rs value is very stable with less than 2% variation for the pristine SWCNT TCF. On the other hand, the Rs of the HNO3-doped TCF is unstable, a great increase in Rs is observed after 1 month due to HNO3 desorption (36), after which the value is gradually stabilized at ~36 ohm □−1. In addition, we examined the stability of the TCF using an accelerated aging test (250 hours at 60°C and 90% relative humidity), which is a requirement for commercial transparent electrodes (36). As shown in table S2, the SWCNT TCF demonstrated excellent resistance to the chemical corrosion, showing a very small Rs decrease of 7%. This excellent chemical stability is ascribed to both the good intrinsic corrosion resistance of the SWCNTs and the tight tube-tube welding. We also investigated the mechanical durability of the SWCNT TCFs by measuring the Rs changes after different bending cycles and angles (fig. S6, D and E). As shown in Fig. 3E and fig. S6 (D and E), the films were bent to an angle of 70° and a minimum radius of curvature of 5 mm. No conductance degradation was observed even after 4000 bending cycles, which indicates excellent mechanical durability. After 10,000 bending cycles, the Rs increased slightly by 9%. In contrast, the Rs increase of commercial ITO-PET films rapidly doubled after only 200 bending cycles and increased 18-fold after 1000 bending cycles. Besides, the performance of the SWCNT TCF is almost stable with bending angles from 0° to 180° (Fig. 3F). However, the Rs of commercial ITO-PET films increases almost exponentially. These results firmly prove the excellent chemical stability and mechanical durability of our SWCNT TCFs. We note that, for real application of the SWCNT TCFs, processing issue, which may be different from that of traditional ITO TCFs, should also be addressed.
OLEDs with SWCNT TCF anodes
To verify the performance of our SWCNT TCFs, we fabricated flexible phosphorescent green OLEDs using an as-produced SWCNT TCF (69 ohm □−1, 92.7% T for 550-nm light) as anodes. Figure S7A schematically shows the structure of the SWCNT OLEDs on a flexible PET substrate. Figure 4A shows the optical image of a lit SWCNT OLED with an approximately 5-V voltage supply, which demonstrates bright and uniform green phosphorescence. Figure 4B shows the electroluminescent performance of the OLED, with a maximum luminance of 4088 cd m−2 and a turn-on voltage of 2.5 V, one of the lowest values in the literature (37). This low turn-on voltage is attributed to the high optoelectronic performance of our SWCNT TCF. Current efficiency and power efficiency versus luminance are shown in Fig. 4C. The maximum current and power efficiencies are 75 cd A−1 and 89.5 lm W−1, respectively, where the current efficiency is 7.5 times higher than the best reported value for SWCNT anode–based OLEDs in the literature (37–39) and outperforms the best value of a reported ITO-PET OLED (Fig. 4D) (40). Furthermore, the SWCNT OLED shows an excellent external quantum efficiency of over 15% (fig. S7B). Bending tests were further performed to investigate the performance of bended OLED devices. It was found that the luminance of the OLED decreased by ~10% at a high bending angle of 140° with a minimum curvature radius of ~2 mm (fig. S7C). At a bending angle of 70° and a minimum curvature radius of ~4 mm, the luminance decreased within 10% after 800 cycles (fig. S7D). A dynamic demonstration was shown in movie S1. All results of bending tests exhibit that our SWCNT OLEDs have reliable performance and good flexibility. It is worth noting that the overall performance can be further improved if the devices are packaged so that the effects of oxygen and humidity in air are avoided. Therefore, these results demonstrate that our SWCNT TCFs hold great promise for use in flexible OLED devices.
Fig. 4 Phosphorescent green SWCNT OLED and its performance.
(A) Optical image of a lit SWCNT OLED. (B) Current density and luminance versus voltage. (C) Current efficiency and power efficiency versus luminance. (D) A comparison of the current efficiency and luminance of our SWCNT OLED with those of the previously reported CNT anode–based OLEDs in the literature (37–39) and the best ITO-PET OLED (40).
SWCNT FETs
To further reveal the effect of the carbon welding on the transport properties of crossed SWCNTs, we constructed FETs using crossed SWCNTs without and with the carbon-welded joints, and the typical layouts of the FETs are shown in Fig. 5 (A and C). Atomic force microscopy (AFM) characterization showed that there is no carbon welding at the intertube junction in Fig. 5A, whereas the two SWCNTs in Fig. 5C are welded together (insets of Fig. 5, A and C). We then determined the electrical type, that is, semiconducting or metallic, of each SWCNT based on the transfer characteristics of the FETs. The results indicate that, in both Fig. 5 (A and C), there is one m-SWCNT and one s-SWCNT (fig. S8, A and B).
Fig. 5 Layout and performance of SWCNT FETs.
(A and C) SEM images of two representative SWCNT FETs without (A) and with (C) the carbon-welded joint. Scale bars, 1 μm. The inset AFM images show the deposited carbon (white part) on the SWCNTs. Scale bars, 100 and 200 nm, respectively. (B and D) Ids versus Vds of the device (A) and (C), respectively. Gate voltage Vgs = −10 V.
We also studied the electrical conduction between crossed m-SWCNTs and s-SWCNTs. As can be seen in Fig. 5B, an obvious nonlinear curve of m-s drain current (Ids) versus drain voltage (Vds) is observed. It is well known that crossed m-SWCNTs and s-SWCNTs with diameters over 1 nm usually behave like a Schottky diode that shows a nonlinear and asymmetric Ids-Vds curve owing to the existence of a Schottky barrier at the tube-tube junction (20, 22). Our SWCNTs have a mean diameter of ~2.0 nm (fig. S3A); thus, the nonlinear and asymmetric Ids-Vds curve of the crossed m-SWCNTs and s-SWCNTs is consistent with previous reports. However, surprisingly, for the carbon-welded m-SWCNTs and s-SWCNTs, near-linear and symmetric behavior of the m-s Ids versus Vds curve is observed (Fig. 5D), especially in the low voltage range (inset of Fig. 5D). This near-linear and symmetric behavior indicates near-ohmic contact at the m-SWCNT/s-SWCNT junction. Because the SWCNTs in Fig. 5 (A and C) have similar diameters, the abnormal phenomena observed are attributed to the unique carbon-welded joint, which effectively reduces the Schottky barrier between m-SWCNTs and s-SWCNTs due to the similar work functions of carbon materials (41, 42). The “carbon welding” is composed of graphitic nanosheets with different sizes and edge structures that have different energy bands (43). Therefore, the carbon-welded joint at the m-SWCNT/s-SWCNT junction may provide a moderate Fermi level to effectively convert one high Schottky barrier into two lower Schottky barriers (fig. S8, C and D). Furthermore, the carbon welding possibly also functions to protect the tube-tube junction from oxygen doping, which can reduce the Fermi level difference of m-SWCNTs and s-SWCNTs and lead to a further decrease of the Schottky barrier. As a result, the carbon-welded m-SWCNTs and s-SWCNTs show near-ohmic contact. In addition, the carbon welding can greatly promote tunneling at the m-SWCNT/s-SWCNT junction due to the increased contact area and more conducting channels. Therefore, the current is much higher in the low voltage range compared with a normal m-SWCNT/s-SWCNT Schottky device (20). The transformation from Schottky contact of m-SWCNT/s-SWCNT junctions into near-ohmic contact and the stronger tunneling induced by the carbon welding significantly improve the electrical conductivity of the SWCNT TCFs. As for the m-SWCNT/m-SWCNT and s-SWCNT/s-SWCNT junctions, the carbon welding can also greatly increase the carrier transport because of stronger tunneling. In addition, our SWCNTs have a long mean length (~62 μm), a large mean diameter (~2.0 nm), and good crystallinity (IG/ID = 175). All these structural characteristics contribute to the excellent optoelectronic performance, chemical stability, and mechanical durability of the SWCNT TCFs.
We have synthesized a unique carbon-welded network of isolated SWCNTs with near-ohmic joint contacts using an injection FCCVD method. An untreated SWCNT TCF has a record low Rs of 41 ohm □−1 at 90% T for 550-nm light and has excellent uniformity, chemical stability, and flexibility. Rs was further decreased to 25 ohm □−1 at 90% T by HNO3 doping. This ultrahigh optoelectronic performance is mainly ascribed to the unique carbon-welded joints and the isolated SWCNTs. The carbon-welded joints play roles in both decreasing the tube-tube junction resistance by converting the Schottky contacts between m-SWCNTs and s-SWCNTs into near-ohmic ones and preventing the formation of bundles. The isolated SWCNTs provide efficient carrier transfer pathways with no dead mass while leading to very little optical absorption. OLEDs were fabricated using the SWCNT TCF as anodes, and excellent overall performance in terms of current efficiency, luminance, and flexibility was demonstrated. The simple and scalable production process, excellent optoelectronic performance, good chemical stability, and desirable mechanical durability of the SWCNT TCFs demonstrate great potential for use as transparent electrodes in various flexible electronics.
Synthesis of SWCNT networks
An injection FCCVD method (fig. S1) (23) was used for the synthesis of isolated SWCNT networks with carbon-welded joints. Briefly, a quartz tube reactor with an inner diameter of 46 mm was inserted into a horizontal tubular furnace. A temperature controller was installed to keep the input gases flowing into the reactor through the needlepoint of an injector at a constant temperature. The growth temperature was set to be 1100°C, and the heating zone of the reactor was about 60 cm in length. First, the furnace temperature and the controller temperature were increased to 1100 and 83°C, respectively, under an argon (Ar) atmosphere. Then, 8000 standard cubic centimeters per minute (sccm) of H2 carrier gas and 11 sccm of C2H4 carbon source were introduced, and 4.0 μl min−1 of mixed solution [toluene (10 g), ferrocene (0.3 g), and thiophene (0.045 g), acting as a carbon source, catalyst precursor, and growth promoter, respectively] was injected into the reactor by a syringe pump. The SWCNT films with different thicknesses were collected on porous cellulose filter membranes (CA-CN of 0.45-μm-diameter pores, with a typical collection area of 5.5 cm in diameter) installed at the outlet of the flowing gases by changing the collection time. The collection time was 5 to 10 min for TEM, 5 s to 10 min for SEM, and 90 min for 90% T samples for TCF. The large-area SWCNT films were collected on porous cellulose filter membranes (CA-CN of 0.45-μm-diameter pores; collection area, 80 mm × 80 mm) for ~100 min using a homemade setup (fig. S5A). After the growth and collection of SWCNTs, the furnace was cooled down to room temperature under the protection of an Ar flow. The bundled SWCNT networks without carbon-welded joints were synthesized, when the flux of H2 was changed to 4500 sccm, whereas the other experiment parameters were unchanged, with 10 to 30 s collection time for TEM and 90 s collection time for 90% T samples.
TEMs (JEOL 2010 and Tecnai G2 F20, operated at 200 kV; JEM-ARM200F-G, operated at 80 kV, equipped with a Cs-corrector), a STEM (dark-field)–EELS unit (JEM-ARM200F-B, operated at 200 kV, in STEM mode; Gatan GIF Quantum ER), an SEM unit (FEI XL30 S-FEG, operated at 10 or 1 kV), a micro-Raman spectroscopy unit [Jobin Yvon HR800, excited by 532-, 633-, and 785-nm lasers; we used the following formula (28): ω = 204 cm−1 nm/d + 27 cm−1 to calculate the diameter (d) of SWCNTs from their RBM Raman peaks (ω)], and an XPS unit (ESCALAB250, operated at 15 kV and 150 W) were used to characterize the structure of the SWCNT networks. For SEM observations, the SWCNT networks were transferred from a porous cellulose filter membrane onto a SiO2/Si substrate by pressing them together. For TEM observations, the SWCNT networks were transferred from the porous cellulose membrane to a Cu grid on a PET substrate by pressing them together. The T of TCFs for 550-nm light was measured by a Varian Cary 5000 UV-vis-NIR instrument, which was also used to obtain the absorption spectrum of the SWCNT film transferred from a porous cellulose filter membrane onto a quartz substrate by pressing them together. As for the Kataura plot used to analyze the Raman spectra and the absorption spectrum, we used the classical Kataura plot by the Maruyama group from a database website (www.photon.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~maruyama/kataura/kataura.html), which is able to cover large-diameter SWCNTs. The Rs was measured at least four different points for every TCF by a four-point probe meter (4-probe Tech., RTS-9 with 0.5-mm-diameter probes), and the maximum Rs deviation for specific T is below 6% by performing three or four experiments. The theoretical relationship of T versus Rs is T = exp (−α/(σdc,B Rs), where α is the absorption coefficient and σdc,B is the bulk dc conductivity of the film (31). Current-brightness-voltage characteristics of the OLEDs without packaging were characterized by Keithley source measurement units (Keithley 2400 and Keithley 2000) with a calibrated silicon photodiode. AFM characterization was performed using a Bruker Innova AFM in tapping mode. The electrical measurements of the SWCNT FETs were performed using a semiconductor analyzer (Agilent B1500A) in ambient air.
A dry-filtration and transfer process (13) was used to obtain SWCNT TCFs on target substrates. The SWCNT film collected on a porous cellulose filter membrane was gently placed on a piece of PET film with the SWCNT film contacting the PET. With gentle stroking, the SWCNT film was easily transferred to PET because of their relatively strong interaction. Ethanol was then dripped onto and spread over the film to densify it. For HNO3 doping, SWCNT TCFs were immersed in a 67 weight % HNO3 solution at 50°C for 30 min followed by rinsing with deionized water to remove residual HNO3. Then, N2 purging was used to dry the deionized water. An accelerated aging test (250 hours at 60°C and 90% relative humidity) was performed in an environmental chamber (Yiheng, LHS-100CL).
Bending test
A homemade setup was used to perform the bending tests of SWCNT TCF (fig. S6D). For cycling tests, the values of Rs and T for SWCNT TCFs were measured every 2000 cycles with a bending angle of 70° and a minimum radius of curvature of 5 mm, and the total bending cycles were 10,000. For the commercial ITO-PET TCF, the sample was measured every 200 cycles, and the total bending cycles were 1000. Rs and T of the SWCNT TCF and commercial ITO-PET TCF were measured at bending angles of 45°, 90°, 135°, and 180° (with a corresponding radius of curvature of 3 mm). Because of the limitation of the test setup of SWCNT OLEDs, the bending tests were performed manually. For cycling tests, the luminance of SWCNT OLEDs was measured every 200 cycles with a bending angle of 70° and a minimum radius of curvature of ~4 mm, and the total bending cycles were 800. The luminance of the SWCNT OLEDs was measured at bending angles of 70° and 140° (with a corresponding radius of curvature of ~2 mm).
Thermal stability test
Before heat treatment, the SWCNT samples were transferred from a porous cellulose filter membrane to a Si3N4 grid placed on a PET substrate by simple pressing. After the furnace was heated to the target temperature (400°, 500°, 600°, 700°, 750°, or 800°C), the grid was put at the center of the furnace for 30 min in air. Then, the grid was taken out and subjected to TEM observations to check for structural changes in the SWCNT samples.
The structure of the SWCNT OLEDs without packaging is schematically shown in fig. S7A (44). About 30 nm of PEDOT:PSS [poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate)] was sprayed onto the pristine SWCNT TCF, which was then patterned using the method described earlier (44). The patterned SWCNT anodes were loaded into a high vacuum chamber for the thermal deposition of a 3-nm MoO3 film (hole injection layer), 166-nm organic films, a 1-nm LiF film (electron injection layer), and 120-nm Al (cathode). The organic films were formed by depositing 80 nm 1,1-bis((di-4-tolylamino)phenyl)cyclohexane (hole transportation layer), two 8-nm bis(2-phenylpyridine)(acetylacetonate)iridium(III)[Ir(ppy)2(acac)] doped with 1,1-bis[4-[N,N-di(p-tolyl)amino]phenyl]cyclohexane and bathophenanthroline (Bphen) (light emission layer), and 70-nm Bphen (electron transport layer). The active area defined by the cathode was 4 mm × 4 mm.
Bottom-gate SWCNT FETs were fabricated on highly doped p-Si substrates with a thermally grown SiO2 layer (100 nm) as a gate dielectric. The bottom-gate electrode (Ti/Au, 5 nm/50 nm) was deposited by electron beam evaporation after the SiO2 layer on the back side of the wafer was etched away by reactive ion etching. The SWCNTs were transferred from porous cellulose filter membranes onto the Si substrates by simple pressing. An SEM (1 kV, 3.0 spot size) was used to locate crossed SWCNTs. Electron beam resist poly(methylmethacrylate) was spin-coated over the substrates. Source and drain electrodes (Ti/Au, 5 nm/50 nm) were deposited on the top of the SWCNTs using standard electron beam lithography, electron beam evaporation, and lift-off process. The as-prepared devices were heat-treated for 30 min in Ar at 500° to 550°C. AFM characterization was performed to distinguish the junction types, that is, with or without the carbon-welded joints, by both morphology observations and height measurements.
Supplementary material for this article is available at http://advances.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/4/5/eaap9264/DC1
fig. S1. Experimental setup for SWCNT synthesis.
fig. S2. Typical TEM images of different SWCNTs.
fig. S3. Microstructures of isolated SWCNTs with carbon-welded joints.
fig. S4. Thermal and optical characterizations.
fig. S5. Experimental setup for preparing large-area SWCNT films and their characterizations.
fig. S6. Optical, electrical, and mechanical characterizations of SWCNT films.
fig. S7. SWCNT OLEDs.
fig. S8. SWCNT FETs.
table S1. Summary of the performance of pristine or doped SWCNT TCFs.
table S2. Chemical stability of a pristine SWCNT TCF evaluated by an accelerated aging test.
movie S1. Bending test of SWCNT OLED.
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Acknowledgments: We thank J. Luan and C. Shi for the preparation setup building, F. Zhang for some of the TEM characterization, B. Tong for help in OLED fabrication and characterization, O. Cretu and Y. Nemoto for help in STEM-EELS characterization, and D. G. Ma, Y. H. Lee, L. C. Yin, H. T. Cong, and C. Zhen for useful discussion. Funding: This work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (grant 2016YFA0200101), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grants 51625203, 51532008, 51521091, 51772303, 51572264, 51390473, 51371178, and 51372254), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (grant KGZD-EW-T06), the CAS/SAFEA (Chinese Academy of Sciences/State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs) International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams, the Molecular and Thin Film Engineering for Building Integrated Photonics and Process Industry project of the Aalto University Aalto Energy Efficiency Research Programme, and the Liaoning BaiQianWan Talents Program. Author contributions: S.J., P.-X.H., C.L., and H.-M.C. conceived and designed the experiments. S.J. carried out the sample preparation and most of the characterization. S.J., B.-W.W., and D.-M.S. carried out TCF fabrication. S.J. conducted the characterization of the TCFs. D.-M.T. performed high-resolution Cs-corrected TEM and STEM-EELS characterizations. Q.-X.G., D.-D.Z., S.J., and J.-H.D. carried out the OLED fabrication and characterization. M.-L.C., S.J., and D.-M.S. carried out FET fabrication and most of the characterization. Q.J., S.J., and K.-P.T. performed AFM characterization. S.J., P.-X.H., C.L., H.-M.C., and E.I.K. performed data analysis. S.J., P.-X.H., C.L., and H.-M.C. wrote the manuscript. All authors discussed the results and commented on the manuscript. Competing interests: P.-X.H., S.J., C.L., and H.-M.C. are inventors on an international patent related to this work filed by the Institute of Metal Research Chinese Academy of Sciences (WO/2017/219853; 28 December 2017). All other authors declare that they have no competing interests. Data and materials availability: All data needed to evaluate the conclusions in the paper are present in the paper and/or the Supplementary Materials. Additional data related to this paper may be requested from the authors.
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By Song Jiang, Peng-Xiang Hou, Mao-Lin Chen, Bing-Wei Wang, Dong-Ming Sun, Dai-Ming Tang, Qun Jin, Qing-Xun Guo, Ding-Dong Zhang, Jin-Hong Du, Kai-Ping Tai, Jun Tan, Esko I. Kauppinen, Chang Liu, Hui-Ming Cheng
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A single-wall carbon nanotube network with welded tube-tube junctions shows excellent transparent conductive performance.
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Algorand Foundation Announces Research Leadership
Dr. Tal Rabin, former head of the Cryptography Research Group at IBM’s T. J. Watson Research Center, appointed to lead research at the Algorand Foundation
SINGAPORE-Friday 3 May 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Algorand Foundation today announced the appointment of Dr. Tal Rabin as the head of research. Named on Forbes World Top 50 Women in Tech 2018 and a member of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Tal Rabin has spent decades pioneering research on cryptographic theory. Dr. Rabin will bring her wealth of experience, specifically around multiparty computations and the design of efficient and provably secure cryptographic protocols, to her work at the foundation.
With core beliefs in the establishment of an open, public and permissionless blockchain, the Algorand Foundation has a vision for an inclusive ecosystem that provides an opportunity for everyone to harness the potential of an equitable and truly borderless economy. With the appointment of Dr. Tal Rabin as the head of research, the foundation is poised to make that vision a reality with broad participation and a focus on cutting-edge research and innovation.
A first-of-its-kind permissionless, pure proof-of-stake blockchain, the Algorand protocol was designed by MIT professor, cryptography pioneer and Turing Award-winner Silvio Micali to support the scale, open participation, and transaction finality needed by users to build opportunity and fulfill the promise of blockchain technology. The Algorand Foundation directs its global efforts from Singapore and is focused on building technology and community around decentralized networks. The foundation, along with the Algorand community, will help launch the Algorand blockchain network while also assisting with research efforts, collaborative roadmap development, and continued growth of the global community.
“Given Dr. Rabin’s experience and academic accomplishments, the Algorand Foundation will be able to take a leadership role in research related to fair access, social justice for all, as well as zero knowledge and secure computation,” said Silvio Micali, founder of Algorand, Inc. “Tal brings tremendous energy to these issues, and I have always admired her passion for philanthropic efforts enabled by technology and innovation, particularly when it comes to her unwavering commitment to gender equality. I am thrilled she has agreed to join the Algorand community.”
“I’ve always believed in the concept of making our world a fairer place, and I trust the Algorand blockchain can create the economic opportunity needed to make that world a reality,” said Rabin. “Our work at the Algorand Foundation will ensure that equitable access to opportunity through decentralized technologies exists, transactions flow freely and everyone has control over their data. I’m excited to start working toward that goal with the accomplished team at the Algorand Foundation.”
In the coming weeks, the Algorand Foundation will share more details about the public network, including the distribution of Algos – the official native token of the Algorand protocol – as well as information about grants for research and development, growth, and economic guidance.
About Algorand Foundation
The Algorand Foundation is providing the trusted infrastructure needed to support the growth of the borderless economy. With research led by Dr. Tal Rabin, a 2018 Forbes World Top 50 Women in Tech, the Algorand Foundation is incorporated in the Republic of Singapore.
For more information, visit https://algorand.foundation.
Kalyn Schieffer
March Communications
algorandfoundation@marchcomms.com
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Planting Churches to Save Our Civilization
altrightchristian in Uncategorized June 19, 2018 June 25, 2018 11,349 Words
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It is with some trepidation that I release this post. I am not sure I agree with everything in it, for it perhaps presents too dark a picture of the evangelical church, and may be influenced by my reading too much into what people say. I have learned that for most humans, he who says A does not always say B, no matter how logically connected A and B are. However, the recent ouster of Paige Patterson at the SBC, a key historical ally of Adrian Rogers who orchestrated the liberal purge decades ago, and the public glee of the cucks in getting his scalp*, tends to support the stronger form of my argument. The conservative churches are on borrowed time, and change needs to come sooner rather than later.
*I take no position on the charges against Patterson, other than to say out of Christian charity I assume he’s innocent because many of the people piling on are known snakes enjoying the assistance of the Fake News Media. If true, one’s reaction ought to be a note of tragedy, not victory, that a great man fell.
The following resulted from a dream I had over the Thanksgiving break. My oldest child is 13 and we are beginning to think about college. The dream had me back at my alma mater, a major public university, but I was observing a meeting of a student ministry at a local church. In the room, I saw young couples, older couples, all fellowshipping with college students. Somehow in the room I got the feeling that this was not only a Christian space, but also a space where white guilt was refuted, where white students were not beaten over the head with a gospel-veneered version of Marxism. I felt a great sense of relief that such a ministry would exist for my child, that we wouldn’t have to choose between Christian orthodoxy and suicide as a people group.
Of course, after waking, I realized this feeling of relief was illusory, for no such church exists. The dream, however, awoken in me a vision that such a church should exist. The existing secular Alt Right is too atomized, too lacking in meaning to be a realistic spiritual home for anyone. It is a negative movement based on reaction and alienation, even though the reaction and alienation are based on good instincts. More specifically, none of the individuals in the secular Alt Right are good spousal material for my children. I fear the future, in that I fear I may be forced to choose between my child marrying a Christian and marrying someone who is not racially masochistic. Only a church can produce the kind of young people we need if we are to take back our birthright.
The European peoples and civilization they built stand on a precipice. Our civilizations are being invaded while our morality is being hollowed out from within. In a strange twist of history, our moral institutions, the churches, have for the most part silenced themselves. Even if they espouse traditional views on today’s hot topics like sexuality, they do it in overly apologetic tones, hoping to avoid the attention of the Eye of Soros. Every politically approved degeneracy must be handled with kid gloves, lest their ministries be destroyed by hostile media attention. They are fragile, weak, scared to death of being associated with any principled Christian, like Roy Moore, who dares to take the commands of Scripture seriously and apply them outside of the church walls.
There is one notable exception to this weakness of the churches. All churches in all ages have had blind spots, and even today’s blind spot in the area of sexuality is something that could ultimately be corrected. On the one issue that is truly determinative for the future of our people, the churches will condemn and harass any heretic like it’s the 16th century – that is, anyone accused of “racism,” of having the temerity to assert that the European peoples have a right to homelands and to preserve themselves and their cultures. Functionally, most churches today are Satanic. They are useless and timid on issues where the culture has already overruled them, but attack dogs against the only people standing up to preserve a future for those very churches and the peoples that overwhelmingly populate them. The churches, then, are exhibiting the fundamental feature of liberalism – the deathwish. Having found the demands of modernity too hard, and having surrendered the fight against it long ago, churches today seek release from the burden of continued existence in the destruction of their own host civilizations. They openly hope for sweet release and death for the “white church,” looking to conservatives in the Third World, free of the original sin of whiteness, to eventually vigorously reassert traditional morality, for they are too cowardly to do it themselves.
It’s Only Getting Worse
We know from the history of science that the progress of empirical knowledge is not based on some ideal where old hypotheses die when they fail in experiment. Only a few fields progress like this, because only a few fields, like mathematics, chemistry, or physics, are sufficiently objective that experimental results can only have one interpretation. What tends to happen is that a younger generation of researchers, seeking to make a name for themselves, challenge the old theories with carefully designed experiments that begin to show weaknesses in the old paradigm. Nevertheless, the old guard, who made their name on the old hypotheses, continues to find creative ways to incorporate the new data into their increasingly discredited theory. Only when the old guard literally begins to die off, with the loss of their prestigious positions of influence, does the younger generation begin to show dominance. In a rather short period of time, long after the discrediting experiments have been done, the old paradigm is suddenly washed away and the new paradigm reigns. Even in fields of science with the highest aspirations for objectivity, personnel all too often determines policy.
The church is at a larger disadvantage in its captivity to its leaders. Because theology lacks any regime of falsification (we cannot do experiments, for example, to determine which precise doctrine is correct), the church is pretty much helpless to reform itself from within. Personnel is policy. What can we expect in the future in the evangelical church?
We should remember the origins of the politically engaged, relatively conservative evangelical church we see today. While having distant ties to the Fundamentalist movement, which kept the torch of the Apostle’s Creed alive within rapidly liberalizing early 20th century Protestantism, the birth of the movement – and they are super embarrassed to admit this – lies in protests against integration. All of the major figures of the movement, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Adrian Rogers, etc, were initially opposed to racial integration. While Billy Graham insisted on integrated gatherings for his crusades, he nevertheless was red-pilled on the Jewish question, as revealed by White House tapes in which he and Richard Nixon discussed the problems of Jewish disloyalty, and in particular their involvement in pornography.
Whatever we may want to say about these men, they were real men, not the doughy cucks ascendant in the church today. This older guard of manly, distinctly conservative and usually southern evangelical leadership has been dying off. Adrian Rogers, while reconciling himself to the reality of integration, refused until his death to perform interracial marriages. His successor, Boomer cuck Steve Gaines, desperately promotes race hustler black pastors to leadership positions in the SBC. One exception is Franklin Graham, a masculine pastor and a strong Trump supporter who publicly advocates for a nationalist immigration policy. He is an older Boomer (1952) and obviously strongly influenced by his father.
We should not underestimate the residual influence of this passing pre-Boomer generation. The backbone of any local community institution, whether a symphony or the church, often consists of the very elderly. They are very often the ones who write the big checks. Big, successful ministries do not happen spontaneously, but rather require a hustler’s focus on raising money and making things happen. Do not let the “aw shucks” act of any of these prominent pastors fool you into thinking that any of their ministries just happened because they are faithful shepherds whom God just chose to be prominent for some unknown reason*. It is more than likely that as bad as Tim Keller, Russell Moore, and John Piper are now, they really would like to be a lot worse, but can’t, yet, because of elderly donors, elders and other limiters in their circles of influence.
*Note, I am not dismissing hustling as a strategy. Hustling for the right causes is the obligation of every Christian, according to their ability and gifts. One of the major errors of today’s evangelicalism is a sort of fatalistic apathetic passivism – we are “broken” and can’t do anything for ourselves, so we wait for God to do it for us.
In reality, these Boomer cucks secretly hate the older generation. They were good church kids, but they really hated being embarrassed when the church said unpopular stuff the culture didn’t like. Like most Boomers, they are addicted to mainstream entertainment and so have thoroughly imbibed the Hollywood propaganda that pathologized any expression of Southern or Christian manhood. They want to be cool and hip, drinking artisan coffee, wearing designer jeans, and conforming to the androgynous culture in a maximalist way while minimizing any distinction of the Christian community.
We are already at the point where they are telling us what they really believe, especially when a public race cucking opportunity provides them cover. In this article, for example, they call the founders of the Southern Baptist Convention “heretics” and in a demonstration of the lengths to which they will abuse an argument, try to make the case that the Sexual Revolution was somehow a philosophical descendant of southern planters’ supposed embrace of Greek philosophy. Russell Moore rails against the Christian culture of the South, calling its historical faith “fake Christianity” pursued only for social respectability. It sounds cynical, but the most prominent church leaders today seem to be following the same recipe: whatever’s wrong, blame it on white people. The predictive power of that shorthand is astounding.
The danger for red-pilled white Christians is that we may find ourselves marooned in our own churches. And if we wait too long, we will be like the elderly faithful of the mainline denominations, forced to listen to social justice Marxism preached by a lesbian from the pulpit of the churches that, as children, nurtured them in a true faith. Yet, due to age and infirmity, and the natural desire to be around one’s friends in their twilight years, they lack the drive and energy to fight what would now surely be a losing battle to restore their churches. The time they should have fought was 30-50 years ago, when their churches were just beginning to be invaded by Marxists. They found it inconvenient, even embarrassing, to fight, and the changes were just gradual enough that each new insult was tolerable. Because they were unwilling to fight and “make a scene” in their prime middle-age years, they are now captives in their dying denominations.
We deceive ourselves if we think the cucks will do anything but double down on their rhetoric. They have captured the leadership of our denominations and will be much more ruthless in rooting out their remaining enemies than those they displaced ever were in dealing with them.
The treatment of Roy Moore is a case in point. As this is written, in December 2017, we have no idea whether the allegations against him are true. They could ultimately prove to be true but that will not affect what a good Christian’s reaction should be now: loyalty to our friends, and suspicion of our enemies, until proven otherwise, especially when the events happened 40 years ago and just happen to be revealed weeks before an election between Moore and a known anti-Christ, abortion-supporting Democrat. What we do know is that there is not sufficient proof to believe the accusations and that proving a negative is nearly impossible, especially when female false accusers are protected by a culture of feminism. The cucks have piled onto Roy Moore while remaining largely silent about other Republican figures with similar pasts. This is because Moore is a throwback to the older generation of evangelicals. Less intellectual, less sophisticated, but thoroughly orthodox, and most cringe-worthy to the cucks, a Christian who actually put his faith into practice in his role as Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. Moore showed what Christians in office should actually do, received actual persecution for it, and the cucks find such intolerable, for it shows how shallow all of their intellectual Calvinist bloviating actually is in the real world.
This time, the liberals in the church have gotten smarter. Having lost a few battles in the old mainline denominations as more conservative churches split and formed new associations, and being totally routed by the efforts of Adrian Rogers in the Southern Baptist Convention, those with liberal leanings now know that they must at least feign orthodoxy if they wish to secure their influence long enough to purge out the remaining conservatives. So in a brilliant maneuver, they use orthodoxy itself to promote Cultural Marxism, and in fact argue that the old orthodoxy, that was anti-Marxist in nature, was itself unorthodox, the barnacles of centuries of heretical white supremacy and colonialism. The real gospel, the real orthodoxy, was actually Marxist all along. This is the essence of the New Calvinism and all other pseudo-intellectual conservative justifications for the tenets of Cultural Marxism, perhaps time shifted 10-20 years behind the secular cultural consensus.
Contrast this Marxist convergence of the nominally “orthodox, conservative” church with parallel developments in the political culture. We are seeing an ascendance, especially among young conservative activists, of “red pill” awareness on race, Jews, sexuality and other cultural issues. At the same time, the ascendant thought leaders of both the orthodox and liberal churches are making their peace with Cultural Marxism, finding ways to more-or-less accommodate everything from homosexual marriage to open borders. Practically, there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between Russell Moore, Pope Francis, or the local lesbian pastorette at the Episcopal church. Your choices, goy, are either Cultural Marxism or faux-orthodoxy reinterpreted to support Cultural Marxism.
It is important to realize what the cucks want. They want a future in which Muslim men rape white women with impunity; a future where white cops cannot confront black crime; a future where the wealth and comfort of a civilization built by our ancestors is stripped away from our children. They will mock you for isolating yourself from the degenerate culture*, for making sure your daughters are not catechized by Jewish television producers into the tenets of whoredom. As these outcomes become increasingly obvious, there is and will be a growing portion of the white West that will resist. As the cucks double down on their rhetoric, they will turn the churches into a laughingstock, a hollow institution abandoned by anyone who actually loves their children and civilization.
*I have young Millennial, New Calvinist type Christians in my social circles who are always excited by whatever degenerate series Netflix is serving up next, and boy do they have some tortured ways to see “the gospel” in some of this stuff. My wife and I will sometimes start a series after hearing these glowing reviews and then quit in disgust because of the incessant nihilism and explicit nudity/sexuality.
We are at a point where agnostic or atheist Alt-Right reactionaries have a more visceral reaction to disgusting displays of public homosexuality, for example, than mainstream orthodox Christians. Russell Moore famously advised Christians to attend the wedding receptions of their gay friends, while the secular Alt Right calls out degeneracy and mocks a “Clown World” that believes it can escape the designs of nature. Similarly, as the blogger Dalrock has documented, Christian leaders uniformly refuse to confront the evils of feminism, twisting Scripture to undermine patriarchal authority in the home*, while the Alt-Right calls for a return to traditional family structures. What kind of bizarro world are we living in, when the putative intellectual descendants of Nietzsche and Darwin are the ones calling out sin while so-called Christians do their best to paper over any kind of Biblical judgment or standard?
*The evasive reinterpretation of Scripture by the “complementarian” movement is a microcosm of the Church’s larger problem of liberalism mutating its malignant DNA into seeming orthodoxy. They will say things like, yes, women should submit, but any husband who corrects his wife for not submitting is an abuser, with such “emotional abuse” being a legitimate justification for divorce.
To be sure, there will always be a remnant of faithful churches, but unless God, through means perhaps illuminated in this post, brings about some other scenario, these are likely to be small, fundamentalist churches and home churches with little to no cultural influence. They can keep the pilot light going, but they will be waiting for the existing system to catastrophically fail, like during the last days of Rome, rather than exerting a reforming influence that may help avoid total catastrophe. Most tragically, those individuals motivated by the noblest impulses, the Alt Right which seeks, despite its internal contradictions, to save our civilization, will have no spiritual home. Without a spiritual component, their efforts might very well end in failure anyway, or any victories achieved be ephemeral as they save the substance but not the essence of Western peoples. Not all of them may acknowledge this, but the beautiful civilization they seek to save, which commands their great sacrifices and loyalty, consists of two necessary components that are only sufficient when existing together: European peoples and the Christian faith*.
*This is not to say that Christian faith is exclusively European. Christianity is an enhancer of all civilizations. To use a crude analogy, Christianity creates the decent, “Disneyfied” version of a culture, retaining, even glorifying, important distinctions but polishing away the weaknesses of each people it encounters. This is a multi-century process, and only European civilizations have had the benefit of nearly 2,000 years of this collective sanctification – though of course this cultural capital is today rapidly diminishing. An African Christendom would be much different than European Christendom, but both would be improved from their native state on a relative basis. It is unlikely, for example, that Africans would produce such cultural artifacts as our somewhat depressing, but nevertheless comforting to the European soul, Christmas carols with sad melodies in a minor key.
Ecumenicalism is a dirty word for many conservative, orthodox Christians. Whether Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, or Catholic, if we are serious about our faith that word tends to make us nervous. Historically, its practice has been to rope conservative churchgoers into supporting large organizations controlled by the most liberal groups in each denomination to pursue Marxist goals. Ecumenicalism in the early 20th century was less about “mere Christianity,” unity around essentials, and more about creating an elite twice distilled from their host congregations who then spend other people’s money on social justice projects.
Over the past 50 years, however, we have seen a huge growth in what I will call “Legitimate Christian Unity,” or LCU. LCU has developed over the past 50 years as sincere, conservative Christians have found they have more in common with each other, and common cause in the culture, than they do with liberals within their own denomination. In other words, conservatism across denominations is a more meaningful distinction than the denominations themselves. This is the real “mere Christianity” – when liberals, regardless of denomination, are attacking the foundations of the faith, unity in essentials is more urgent than hashing out secondary issues like baptism or the exact nature of salvation by grace alone. Some conservatives will bristle instinctively as I discuss this, as if I’m about to pull something out of my hat, but stick with me.
How many Protestants would be willing to specifically condemn the great culture warrior Phyllis Schlafly to hell because she was a faithful Catholic? How many serious, conservative Catholics would be willing to say the same about their Protestant allies in the fight against homosexual marriage? We of course will affirm the official positions of our church, because we are conservatives and loyalty to authority is important to us, but few of us would be so bold as to apply these official positions in such a personal way to sincere, earnest allies who happen to have a different denominational allegiance. Let’s be frank, it’s hard to be judgmental of those who at least confess the Apostle’s Creed. Unlike our forebears, we have the Internet, and we can read opposing views on secondary issues, and see that earnest, good Christians can disagree sincerely on issues like baptism. No serious Christian of any denomination supports the highly destructive religious wars of the 16th and 17th centuries, or the persecution of fellow Christians who have different doctrinal standards.
I argue that, just as orthodoxy vs. non-orthodoxy on the basic doctrines of Christianity was the most important division within churches 50 years ago, today the most significant division within the church is Marxist vs. non-Marxist. It makes little difference whether one gets to an open-borders, pro-Islamic immigration policy via Russell Moore’s twisted serpentine orthodoxy or the simple Marxist heresies of the Unitarian-Universalists. The end result is the same: death and destruction for our people and civilization, and the marginalization of the Christian faith. In fact, this difference extends beyond the church walls. The primary division among all European people today, religious or nonreligious, is their orientation towards survival: who wills to live, who wills to die?
Orthodox Doctrinal Minimalism
We have the opportunity, at this juncture, to gather into a new kind of church all orthodox believers who also understand the existential threat to our people and determine to resist against it. We can adopt a minimalist doctrine of the Apostle’s Creed, combined with specific positions on Cultural Marxist issues.
For example, take the doctrine on salvation by grace through faith alone. Even in Reformed circles, we can’t really define that without playing word games, and this is supposedly the central doctrine of anyone calling themselves Reformed! The John MacArthur camp teaches Lordship salvation, which more or less causes you to doubt your salvation unless every area of your life is surrendered to Christ and free from all but inadvertent, non-premeditated sin. At the other extreme, some 4-point Calvinist Bible Church types preach “Free Grace,” basing their model of salvation on the gospel of John and separating salvation from sanctification entirely, not even requiring “repentance” because John never mentions it! Neither group is, in practice, as extreme as their stated positions. MacArthur is not a Pelagian and what he’s really trying to do is wake up Christians in serious, habitual sin that they need to repent lest their salvation be proven counterfeit. Similarly, the Free Grace guys strongly encourage sanctification, prayer, repentance and discipleship in their flocks, and preach against sin, never coming near the antinomian extreme their position is often parodied to entail. In practice, they agree with each other more than they disagree, and their differences, I argue, mostly come down to word games. So when we say “salvation by grace through faith alone” we ought to be honest enough to admit that there are at least 30 different ideas about what that really means, with people hallucinating it can mean only one thing, which happens to be the word game arrangement they prefer.
If we’re honest, even unity on a central Protestant doctrine like salvation by grace through faith alone is impossible to pin down with any precision such that no good, sincere orthodox Christians would disagree. What we can agree on, across all denominations, are the broad confessions of the Apostle’s Creed, and then the practical implications of Scripture, such as the sinfulness of abortion or homosexuality. The mechanics of salvation and faith are the hardest to define with agreement. The game the cucks play is to take overconfident positions on mechanical issues (such as Calvinism), to portray themselves as great idea men and give them a schtick to promote their middlebrow theology popularizations to laymen in the church. Then, established as a “conservative” on some mechanical issue, they proceed to comment on practical issues, using their egghead orthodoxy to cuck out on some issue like homosexuality, e.g. Russell Moore and the gay wedding reception. Taking overconfident positions on mechanical issues also involves no risk while seeming brave, which is catnip for cucks. The “Eye of Soros” at the New York Times doesn’t give a flip about Christians arguing with each other over limited atonement or the authority of the papacy. They will try to ruin your ministry if you take a nationalist position on immigration.
Now, any new church or network of churches will be necessarily Protestant, but I’m saying we can avoid a lot of the problems of arguing over mechanics by adopting a minimalist doctrinal position combined with maximalist traditionalism on practical issues. Our position on homosexuality, or the husband’s authority in the home, or the right of Christians to hold nationalist political views, would be much more confidently expressed than mechanical topics concerning the nature of salvation*.
*I’ll add here that God could have, if He wanted to, provided a complete systematic theology, like the Westminster Confession, as a supplement to the Bible. That He did not, and good Christians disagree on important secondary doctrines, indicates that doctrine is not all that important to God. The Church is an organic organization on a mission, like an army, and soldiers do not need to know all of the physics behind their weapon, just how to operate it. To clarify, this is not to say that all theological opinions are valid; there is only one true theology, but God has not chosen to make it obvious. Every part of the Bible has one and exactly one valid interpretation, but it is impossible for us to know with certainty what the proper interpretation is on issues where orthodox Christians have historically disagreed. Certainly the Old Testament had certain non-obvious interpretations which were only revealed later.
Take Up Physical Space
Some have proposed something like a “virtual” church for pro-white Christians, given that there are a good many of us but we are spread out geographically. I think this is an interesting idea, but only as a temporary stopgap.
The reality is that people will only deeply commit to a local ministry and community. An average medium size church in a large suburb has a budget exceeding the entire Alt Right movement, secular or non-secular. I have seen missionaries of no particular fundraising talent fill entire rooms to raise $200,000 in one night in a mid-size city, flexing the network of local churches. In short, there is something mighty and powerful about the local church, its ability to raise money and influence those around it.
The budgetary needs of the local church are also, of course, driven by real expenses: rent, or debt service on expensive buildings, and salaries and benefits for staff. Every pastor starts every year in the red, as a church naturally produces no income, but rather is dependent on voluntary giving which must be repeated each and every year to continue its mission. However, churches usually raise this money easily. Why? Well, as any fundraising professional will tell you, the first donation is the hardest. Churches have millennia of ingrained behavior patterns among congregants – giving to the local church is just something you do. People also are much more willing to give to things they can touch and feel and experience, and benefit them personally in terms of the community itself.
Earlier, I must admit, I overstated my case in describing the dire circumstances in the church for pro-white Christians. While what I describe is true, I believe much of it is built on sand and vulnerable to disruption. What we see in the church is the undue influence of a few “thought leaders” like Piper or Keller, which then trickles down to less cutting edge pastors and congregations. It’s sort of a voluntary franchise model, and most pastors are not truly ideologically committed to anything they teach (except perhaps the very basic stuff, like the Apostle’s Creed). They simply follow trends, and if somebody writes a good book, what’s proposed doesn’t seem too risky, and seems to be have great results building a real-world church in an influential place like New York City, your average pastor just wants to follow that trend, for no other base reason than it’s demonstrably (or seems to be) successful.
Now, they will think their commitment to a certain set of ideas are based on principles, but their behavior, in chasing trends, shows otherwise. Their principles just happen to line up with whatever is trendy. This is not to be overly judgmental of them. Most people are not original thinkers and lack the ability to think originally in a meaningful way. If you know you are not that smart, that’s actually the beginning of wisdom, and following trends is one way to avoid making a huge mistake. It’s a good strategy except when the institutional church has been captured by its enemies!
It is said that revolutions become inevitable when about 10% of the population believes in it. I believe this is true because people are not majority followers but rather trend followers, and more specifically, people follow the trend of a trend. When a position experiences exponential growth from say 1% of the population to 10% of the population, to the remaining 90% this looks like an incredible development, and since they are emotionally driven they see the emergence of this trend as inevitable and thus if they want to remain popular and relevant they have to get in early. For better or worse, American evangelicalism is a brutally competitive marketplace, and is only becoming more brutal as the target market shrinks. Insufficient numbers of Millennials are replacing elderly congregants, and Boomers are typically much more niggardly and selfish in their giving than the generation that came before them. Yet, churches have huge legacy overhead in salaries, benefits, buildings, and programs. Because of this, very, very few people adopt positions out of principle, and so the struggle is among the ideological partisans, who make up a very small percentage of the population.
Have you ever wondered why Russell Moore is such a drama queen who throws a hissy fit every time Christians do something of which he disapproves, like making a homosexual feel unloved, or opposing a mosque being built, or voting for Roy Moore? Russell Moore knows on some level his position is weak. He knows his cuck-Christianity must drag people against their will into doing things they do not want to do, and at the first opportunity, if given a plausible exit, many of the parishioners he seeks to delude would abandon all of the positions he has so painstakingly pushed onto the Southern Baptist Convention. From Russell Moore’s perspective, he would say this is because the American church in particular is Satanic – because it was used as part of a racial and sexual power structure, it is fundamentally corrupt and mostly full of fake Christians preaching a fake gospel, its veneer a mile wide and an inch deep. We would say, of course, that Christianity does not require ethnic masochism and the Satanic elements are those polluting the purity of the church to enlist it in seeking to achieve Marxist political ends. Nevertheless, Moore knows he’s weak, and we ought to know it too.
As I mentioned before, your average pastor and congregation is always on the lookout for new trends, and if we can show results, we can win. It ultimately will be results and results only, produced by a relatively small group of people, that will set the domino sequence in motion that will eventually awake the Western church out of its ethnomasochist slumber.
To show results, we must launch a real church in a specific location. The pastor and leaders of that church must be exceptional individuals who can attract others to their message. They must launch highly successful churches that pull from a broad community, believing and hopefully non-believing, and show the real-world results (thousands of parishioners, multimillion dollar budgets, a network of growing associated churches) so critical to showing others that our message will benefit their churches as well.
The pastors must be thought leaders who can publish books and articles providing ideological cover for those that wish to be part of the ethno-normalism church trend, and must publicly combat, in appropriate non-direct Christianese language, the errors of Mohler, Moore, Keller and company. If these leaders are really good at their job, they will show how the development of a pro-white-tolerating church is the next logical progression in church trends, that Mohler, Keller, and Moore, while well-meaning individuals, are simply stuck in the past and lack the vision to be relevant to today’s culture. This approach is postmodern realpolitik, and we will do to them what they did to others. I will not share more specific talking points here, but I believe such a case can be made. I do believe this move must be made quickly, as we are at a unique window, a sort of Indian Summer for American whites, inaugurated by the election of Donald Trump. For the first time in a long time, we are the hot new trend, and that will not last forever.
I have asked this question for years now: who will be the Christian Trump to clean out our stale leaders, our Bushes and Clintons, and bring about a new paradigm?
In the Protestant church today, we have four general aesthetics. The most traditional, that of high church liturgy, vestments, etc, is most associated with the very liberal, social justice oriented theology of the mainline churches. The second aesthetic is that of the televangelist, or the backwoods Bible thumping preacher wearing a suit. The third aesthetic is that of the Boomer cuck, like Rick Warren, Tim Keller, or John Piper, wearing cubicle drone “business casual” clothing, demasculinized, non-threatening, and often ill-fitting and lacking style. The fourth aesthetic is that of the hipster, which while a bit more stylish than the Boomer, still tends towards the androgynous, men wearing skinny jeans and thick-framed glasses to look like effete Jewish intellectuals.
Any new church hoping to provide the Alt Right a spiritual home should most definitely avoid both the aesthetics of the Southern televangelist and the Boomer cuck. Southerners, unfortunately, have been mocked for decades by Hollywood as loathsome dullards, and too many people in the South have been willing to put on a minstrel show, embracing these negative “redneck” stereotypes as a sort of identity. The televangelist in particular caters to the lowest common denominator in the low church culture of the rural South, and in the process I fear has ruined the idea of a preacher wearing a suit. This is too bad, as real southern gentlemen from the upper caste of our region do have a quite elegant, easygoing style. My gut is that the target aesthetic will be “tough guy hipster,” something similar to the style of Mark Driscoll before his fall (more on him later), a style that is both unapologetically masculine- no Woody Allen glasses or turtlenecks- yet also shows an awareness of fashion trends.
Inevitably, the specific aesthetics of this new church will be determined by experiment and experience. I suggest something a bit more formal be tried, to give people what they desire from the traditional liturgy of the Episcopalians and Catholics, but without the legalism (or social liberalism) attached to it. At the most basic level, the aesthetics would be a Christianity that takes itself seriously, the very opposite of the Boomer goofball in a Hawaiian shirt, pathetically attempting to be “cool” and somewhat transgressive in a church culture where there is nothing left to mock or rebel against. We might not be entering the literal presence of Christ’s body, but maybe we ought to have the good sense to act like it, to respect ourselves and our religious practice as something that’s not a stale joke. This is very speculative, however. I think it more than likely that the specific aesthetics, since this will be a Second Reformation when it happens, are impossible to predict. It will be something totally new, not unlike the revolution of Luther. We must remain flexible on this point to optimize for our target demographic. I am very much a traditionalist in worship, but it’s important to recognize the cultural decline in aesthetics affecting all of our people. We may simply not be able to restore a fully reverent, appropriate worship experience in one generation. Also, the entire possibility space for the essence of traditional worship – God-centered instead of man-centered – has not been explored. It’s entirely possible for “traditional” worship to be something completely new if it achieves that objective.
We must also focus on the aesthetics of the congregation. Perhaps it will be the only church where gluttony is addressed from the pulpit! Imagine – a pastor making people uncomfortable talking about self-evident sins of the congregation instead of made-up fake sins like “white privilege.” We must also, among other things, make physical fitness a requirement for being an elder or leader. Obesity, as the manifestation of a lack of self-control, puts an elder outside of the realm of “above reproach.”
The author of this work has had the personal experience of witnessing to secular Alt Right figures. In discussing my faith with such individuals, I get the distinct impression that their rejection of the church has more to do with aesthetics than reason. If people as intellectual as this group rejects the church simply because it is, largely, goofy, ugly, and soft as an institution, over aesthetics, then I think we may be surprised how many secular Alt-Rightists will drop their hostility to Christianity when shown an attractive and viable alternative. I believe they partially reject the church because in their hearts, they hold the church to a higher standard because it represents itself as possessing absolute truth. If the fruit is rotten, in its hostility to whites and Western Civilization, why would anyone not raised as a Christian be attracted to the modern church?
These are are speculative ideas, as the best members to attract to any new church are those who will join and give. The organizational imperative to simply survive, short of unorthodoxy, trumps everything else in most church plants. However, if we want to truly be thought leaders as a congregation, we must appeal to urban professionals. There is simply not an example of a thought leading church or pastor outside of major cities and with congregations consisting of anything other than mostly upper middle class professionals. Our most natural constituency, the secular Alt Right, already checks these boxes. Whether such individuals would be willing to associate, confess faith, and join a pro-white church is yet to be determined. Nevertheless, I think it’s hard to argue that such a church plant should happen outside of a growing, urban area like Austin, Washington, DC or Denver. Such urban and suburban churches naturally attract followers from minor cities and smaller churches.
One thing such a plant will have to contend with is the presence of “crazies” in the real world pro-white movement. This is a movement that attracts two extremes of people, and some who are a mix themselves of the extremes. On the one hand, we attract the most noble individuals, who risk everything personally and professionally because they believe Western civilization and peoples must be preserved, for the good of humanity at large. On the other hand, we tend to attract generally disagreeable or transgressive personalities who are attracted to us primarily because we are hated by the mainstream. Church leadership will need to be prepared to push the crazies out early and often, because they will be a factor and such individuals will do nothing but repel the healthy families we want to attract.
Deliverables: Feminism Mitigation
Beyond leaders who are attractional and aspirational themselves, the church must deliver something of immediate value to its congregants, something sticky and unique in the church “marketplace.” I believe the most attractive deliverable we can offer is the “red pill” understanding of marriage and sex relations. Imagine an uncucked pastor, physically fit, attractive, married to an attractive woman with whom he has beautiful children. Such a family would be inspirational AND aspirational to the young men and women they lead.
For years, Christians wanting teaching on traditional marriage have had poor choices. On the one hand, those claiming to represent traditionalism were in many ways weirdo legalists, like Bill Gothard or Doug Phillips. The cornpone aesthetics of families like the Duggars, and their incessant legalism, seemed joined at the hip with traditional gender relations. Their teachings were often over-spiritualized, like so much of postmodern fundamentalism, relying more on a sort of guilt-driven Biblicist pietism rather than the undeniable biological differences between men and women.
If neo-Little-House “prairie muffin” LARPing wasn’t your thing, your next alternative was the gender relations teaching of mainstream evangelicalism. Dalrock has documented this extensively on his blog, but those teachings have been systematically weakened and compromised over time in response to a shifting culture, and a desire to avoid the Eye of Soros when it comes to combating the “feminist imperative.” The “complementarian” position has been watered down to the point as to become meaningless, assenting to Marxist gender equality theories while somehow managing, for now, to carve out a mysterious exclusion of women from the position of senior pastor and sometimes elder.
Neither group is of practical use in creating a healthy marriage along God’s revealed biological design. Gothard, Phillips, and their crowd were essentially high priests of their own legalist cults – in such marriages, the dictates of the guru replaced the husband’s authority, with the husband, usually a naturally weak Christian cuck sort, role playing a “leader” role usually initiated by his wife’s growing attachment to her particular legalistic guru, the only “real man in the room” to use Dalrock’s parlance. That these “patriarchs” would allow their 16 year old daughters, for decades, to go “intern” with the ministry of a 50-something single man like Bill Gothard speaks to their credulousness. The complementarians more directly undermined husbands, flipping Scripture on its head to where the wife’s emotions became a man’s barometer of his spiritual health.
It is fair to say, from a red pill understanding, that both men and women are deeply unhappy with the existing arrangement. Any church that offered the immediate benefit of improved domestic relations between husband and wife would have an inestimable advantage and could possibly be built to a sustainable size before the Eye of Soros is likely to notice and launch its first attack.
As an example of this deliverable, in a relatively mild but still potent form, consider the “Love & Respect” ministry of Dr. Emerson Eggerichs. While at first glance Eggerichs seems to be cut from the same cloth as other inoffensive Midwestern Boomer pastor gurus (Dobson, Piper, Hybels), he delivers his message with more of a masculine edge, and the content of his message is much more subversive. Google “Emerson Eggerichs abuse” for the shrieking of the blue-haired Christian set over this man who dares to teach a more robust complementarian view*. He is a man with all of the right enemies.
*He is accused of being an apologist for the patriarchy, of being a “body shamer,” among other things.
This new Reformation, while formed to reaffirm the Biblical theology of the nation-state, may find most of its notoriety in running marriage conferences and personal discipleship mentoring where men are taught to lead, and women to follow, by attractive and non-legalistic role models who are fully informed by both Biblical truth and biological reality. The 2014-5 Form 990’s for Eggerichs’ “Love & Respect” ministry shows total revenues of $1.5MM across the two years, with only $160,000 of that being donations, the rest being net income derived from books and conferences. The ministry itself has $3.0MM in assets and pays Eggerichs and his wife over $200,000 a year in salaries. Clearly, there is demand for traditional teaching on marriage.
After all, what is a nation but an extended family? We cannot hope to rebuild a strong nation if the constituents of that nation, individual families, are weakened by the corrosion of feminism. So I believe this task, of teaching men and women what true Biblical/traditional marriage looks like in the modern world, in an attractive way, without resorting to legalism or general fundamentalist goofiness, is the first and most obvious opportunity to take market share from the incumbent churches.
Furthermore, giving men and women the tools to liberate their families from feminism addresses a fundamental problem of the church: its lack of appeal to men. If we can attract men to something, and create a male space within the church, we know from fundamental Red Pill theory that this is inherently attractive to women, even more attractive than a church that specifically caters to them. Women want to join what exciting, non-cucked men are doing more than anything else. Given the extreme gender disparities in the church today, and the pathetic, soft cucks that attractive Christian girls are settling for, a church that can attract men who are both righteous and masculine should attract women from the broader evangelical church as well.
Deliverables: Real Community
Our atomized society is afflicted with a pathological degree of loneliness and alienation. Some of this was inevitable as the automobile and social mobility eroded traditional, local communities. As a result, for many people church is their primary social community, a place where people with similar values can support and love one another. The problem is the church as it currently exists has pathological leadership that assists in the suicide of our civilization while persecuting internal dissenters who have a healthy drive to preserve their nation and people. Further, the secular Alt Right, as it grows, consists of a lot of alienated individuals who may have never experienced true community in a church environment, and who are floundering, post-red-pill, to find a place where they can truly belong and be accepted for their new-found convictions.
Contra Starbucks, a church is the true “third place” for community outside of home and work. Already, we have ad-hoc networks of Alt Right individuals sprouting in local communities, but none of them have reached any kind of institutional status. There is a huge difference between a voluntary, informal network and an institution, which I define as a group with a piece of real estate (a fixed location) and at least one full-time staffer. An institution takes up space in the real world and has at least one person dedicated to its growth and improvement as his primary vocation. It gives a sense of legitimacy and inevitability, and removes a decent amount of the inherent “shame” of being a marginalized group. If we have a real-world institution, however small, we have crossed an objective barrier of legitimacy in the minds of many “normies.”
Defining the Boundaries of the Church Community
I believe it is important to be something bigger and more inclusive than simply an “Alt Right” church for white people only. Segregated churches are, arguably, a side effect of proper national organization rather than a goal to be directly pursued. The church’s message is universal, and if it loses this it ceases to be an institution that speaks to people’s deepest questions – the nature of morality, what happens after death, etc. As such, pro-Western church plants should be open to people of all backgrounds who otherwise can fit in to the community (notably, including being tolerant of those with pro-white beliefs).
However, I think such a church can take on a spirited defense of Western Civilization as such, as an application of universalist ethnonationalist principles. In other words, if Christian ethnonationalism is the only realistic universalistic moral system for man as he is actually created (with definite ties to tribe and family, not a generic universal man simply differing in melanin levels), then the assault on the ethnic integrity of the West, which is the home of Christianity, is the primary application of such principles in the world today. It is made all the more urgent because Christianity is based largely in the West, and has not sufficiently percolated into other parts of the world. As such it would be a reasonable assumption that the continued integrity of the West is part of the God-ordained means for the gospel to continue reaching new people groups, and sanctifying old ones only recently exposed to Christian theology.
For the church (and the Alt Right broadly) to defend the West in a universalist, internally consistent way, we must not argue for ethnic purity as such but rather for “ethnic sustainability.” Perhaps there is a better phrasing for this, but what I’m going for is the idea that there is both a natural right to occupy a geography based on historical tenancy, and that there is a statute of limitations of sorts on changes in tenancy. For example, Native Americans, having been defeated for 150 years, cannot assert a moral right to have all their land back, as too much time has passed. This is also why it is urgent to assert such rights, as after a generation or two they become moot. Many peoples have disappeared from history.
This would mean, for example, acknowledging the fact that African-Americans, having been in our country for 400 years, now represent a distinct people group from their West African contemporaries. As such, they have natural rights to occupy space in America. Politically, it is probably sustainable if America could achieve its historic mix of 85/15 or 90/10 white/black ratio, with a smattering of Native Americans* and historic Mexican-Americans (mostly concentrated in south Texas and New Mexico; we have too many Mexicans to achieve historical ethnic sustainability and so recent immigrants will need to go back, or else be granted some sort of self-sovereignty, maybe a Puerto Rico like dependency occupying parts of the southwest). In summary, we need to have not only a universalist argument for ethnonationalism based on universal morality, but also clarify how that universal morality might govern the actual restoration of the historic American nation. Our position must be something more than “might makes right.”
*I’ve never heard any Alt Righter complain about Native Americans’ presence in the US. Their numbers are marginal, but their natural rights to be here are not.
Nevertheless, while the church will need to have a very defined, nuanced, and universalist position on such issues, both to separate from the genocidal LARPing crazies and define the ethical boundaries of the Alt Right consistent with Christian morality, I would not expect such issues to be front-and-center with every sermon. In many ways, such a church would be very normal, with its distinguishing characteristic being its lack of persecution towards those who publicly doubt Marxist presuppositions. It is especially important to keep out the crazies, though, who will endanger our ability to reach the broader neoreaction / traditionalist / Alt-Lite type movements. While some of these individuals are true believer classical liberals who simply enjoy flirting with edgy ideas, many secretly agree with us. They hesitate, however, to be associated with Alt Right types who lack discernment in how they present their ideas publicly. Many, many people agree with us, but a real world community must avoid purity spirals, and create space for people to have some sense of plausible deniability in their normal lives. This means the church cannot be simply “the racist church.” It has to be about something broader, a total revolt against Clown World of which racial issues are but part of the picture.
Race would not be the primary consideration of our congregations, but we disciple and most importantly, publicly stand with accused racists and others alienated by Clown World. We are a safe refuge for their families from a hostile world.
Crazy Like a Fox
While everything described so far is how the church should ultimately teach and function, how it gets there will take a lot of wisdom. What positions to express publicly, and when, will take a very special kind of leader.
Some will take exception to what I’m about to say, but please know I am not in any way completely endorsing this individual. However, the history and success of Pastor Mark Driscoll might demonstrate a template for how this all might work. His downfall also provides illustrative caution as we think about government and structure of such a church. Allow me to draw a few parallels with Driscoll, especially because I followed his ministry, and found some but not all of his teaching to be useful, engaging, and entertaining. I seem to suffer from acute ADHD during sermons, so am very picky about pastors and preaching styles. Driscoll kept my attention.
While Driscoll was uncontroversial on racial issues, it was never a focus of his ministry, and at times he would mock the ideas of tolerance, discrimination, and hate, painting conservative Christians like himself as the victims of such from the mainstream Marxist culture. While Driscoll could be vulgar at times, he has a unique style of being both culturally relevant and “with it,” the advantage of the hipster pastor, but also coming across as a working class guy who lifted weights and would be willing to get in a fight or kill someone to protect his family. As Dalrock has documented, he did at times preach in the cartoonish chivalry vernacular, comparing single mothers to widows and encouraging his men to (using Dalrock’s terminology) “man up and marry those sluts.” Nevertheless, he did preach a doctrine of female submission in marriage and never allowed female deacons or elders in his church, out of conviction. His preaching style and church/worship aesthetics were unapologetically masculine, and amazingly he succeeded, on purpose, in the least churched major city in the country, Seattle, attracting a male-heavy church with his direct, sometimes blunt, preaching style. Driscoll’s success is worthy of study.
Driscoll fell because, in my analysis, he was probably hypomanic. Individuals with his high level of charisma and energy are rare, and such individuals need to be in charge of their own organizations. Out of conviction, he organized his church to be elder-led, which eventually led to his downfall. I will discuss more on the disadvantages, in my view, of elder-led churches, especially when the public leader is controversial, in the following section. Driscoll is one of the few very famous preachers to not be taken down by a sex scandal, but rather by his own elders who could not handle public pressure about his behavior, and Driscoll’s behavior could be odd at times. It is to Driscoll’s credit, even if it was a mistake, to create a church government, in a church he started, capable of removing him from office, based on his conviction for elder-led government. That known cucks like John Piper and Paul Tripp publicly abandoned him, after embracing him, in his moment of need, further makes me doubt the narrative about his departure, and wonder if there is more to the story.
While Driscoll could come across as crazy, for many years he was crazy like a fox and had remarkable success in a tough church market. He has a large family, five natural born children, and now pastors a church in Scottsdale, Arizona. He has calmed down a lot, and I believe it is probably now his desire to not be as prominent and simply serve as a pastor for the rest of his career, or maybe he’s taking a breather while his children make their way through adolescence, when having a famous, controversial father would be tough. I believe Driscoll knew a lot more than he let on, as I said, crazy like a fox. A pseudonymous post he made on one of his early church discussion forums, later revealed to be Driscoll himself, shows as much:
My evaluation of Driscoll is that he was a tick or two past the useful point on the “crazy like a fox” scale, and he really did engage at times in strange behavior and strange preaching. He is a fascinating figure, however, and his success and fame, before his fall, reveal a latent hunger in the church for unapologetic, masculine teaching and aesthetics.
I believe any new pro-Western church needs a leader more like Driscoll than unlike him, a person who is smart enough to tune his message to be differentiating enough to peel market share from the mainstream church, and attract converts, but not so deviant that his message can be dismissed as crankish. We need leaders smart enough to not reveal their entire poker hand at once, but content to maximize their leverage on the Overton window, neither cucking to win plaudits from the mainstream nor needlessly alienating normies in the process of an awakening.
In other words, we need a new Martin Luther, a smart, bold, and fearless leader for a new Reformation.
Church Advantages, Form & Government
There are numerous legal benefits to a church, most notable of which is the right to apply once for a tax exemption and never make filings again. While ministries, non-profits, Christian schools, etc, must file an annual public return of their finances, churches are exempt from such requirements. The protections of churches are so strong that no church can be examined or audited by the IRS except by instruction of the highest level, presidentially-appointed bureaucrats. Whether we are talking about widely hated groups, like Westboro Baptist Church (perhaps the only group more hated than the Alt Right), or morally bankrupt scams like many of the Charismatic ministries where their “church” is a family business owning homes, jets, and jewelry, churches have shown themselves to be the most privileged legal structures. The case law is very solid on this, and as long as a church has basic things like including members from more than one family*, a set of defined beliefs, and meets regularly for religious services or instruction of some kind, they are almost untouchable without major revisions to established precedent. Pastors also receive tax benefits in being able to take much of their income tax-free as a housing allowance, and can also opt out of social security.
*Members, not governors. Churches can be controlled by one family or even a single person, but must include members from more than one.
Another major legal benefit of a church accrues to its members. Whereas political beliefs are not usually protected in the law, religion very clearly is, including religious beliefs very much at odds with liberal public policy (fundamentalist Islam, for example). Members of this proposed church would have religious protections against discrimination in employment, if the church properly incorporates non-suicidal beliefs of self-determination into its founding documents. Such a benefit would at least put doxxed employees in a much stronger negotiating position to extract settlements from their former employers. In addition, those not hired due to their public beliefs, if religious in nature, can sue for discrimination, throwing sand into the gears of the Leftist HR, affirmative action machine. An entire legal ecosystem could sprout around such a church, carving out public space for our advocates to fairly compete in the marketplace of ideas without fear of losing one’s income.
As somewhat touched on earlier, churches have a huge advantage in fundraising over other organizations: the tithing tradition. How many pro-Western Christians out there are holding back tithes to their local church because of the Marxist nonsense promoted in the pulpit? What if this church plant leveraged the distributed size of the pro-Western Christian community and asked them to “half tithe,” or give 5% of income, to a church that might actually lead to a change in their local churches through long-term influence? If only 20-30 families signed on, depending on income, there would be more than sufficient budget to pay a pastor and rent a space.
Finally, how should our church plant be structured? I admit that I do not have strong convictions on church government form, largely due to cynicism with churches across the spectrum of church government structures who have bowed the knee to Marx. It looks like to me that none of the structures are foolproof, nor does one seem better than the other. Our church needs to anticipate a period of persecution where it stops flying under the radar, attracts the attention of the Eye of Soros, and must go through a winnowing, a purifying period of controversy to either die or break through to the mainstream. As such, I think an independent, episcopal structure may be best. Episcopal, with a small e, simply means a church where elders are established by fiat at some point in the past, and self-select their replacements going forward. In other words, like many nonprofits, such a church would simply have a self-perpetuating “board” type of government, where board members appoint their replacements, without elections, upon death or resignation. Critically, I think this church will come under so much pressure that it must be controlled by the pastor himself. No one else will have “skin in the game” like the pastor, who is likely to attract a lot of attention, even national media attention. There would be too much temptation for independent elders to cuck and fold in such a scenario, unjustly removing the pastor from office. The check on the pastor will be people ceasing to donate or attend, but it is a mistake to introduce others with authority over the pastor, but without the pastor’s labor, life’s work, and sweat equity to bind them to the mission even when under intense public pressure. In today’s compressed news cycle, by the time someone cucks, the news has moved on to a new subject. The Eye of Soros is not omniscient, nor omnipotent, and if resisted, eventually moves on to softer targets. A single leader, already famous and with nothing to lose, is more likely to endure such a trial than a committee with normal jobs and obligations that can be leveraged against them.
If a pastor with the talent, brains, and drive I am describing makes himself known, he must be compensated fairly for his efforts. One primary reason we are seeing such weak cucks in the pastorate is that, as a society, we have socially downgraded the pastor to the level of the middle class, if not lower. In times past, pastors were seen as the social superiors of both doctors and lawyers, who were merely high-dollar tradesmen after all, whereas pastors were a type of gentleman, often provided with upper middle class housing and servants by their parishes. As such, if the church is able to afford it from local donations, a salary of $200k-300k a year, if not higher, would not be unreasonable for the sacrifices and status rightly associated with the job. High quality people are not cheap, and such a salary merely assures the pastor that his hopefully large family’s education and health can be provided for, vacations can be taken, and child care and housekeeping assistance can be provided for the wife, who will necessarily bear a heavy burden herself in terms of entertaining and hospitality. This is another reason for the church to be controlled by the pastor, and these financial details to be obscured: church members are notoriously cheap and envious these days about paying pastor salaries, even when funds are available, and they get what they pay for. Better for people to experience the church as a package and make a go or no-go decision. There is greater liberty in allowing competing institutions to be what they should be, to naturally fulfill the vision of their leadership, with the only voting being done by members’ feet rather than by the petty divisiveness of internal politics.
My idea would be to plant such a church, after securing adequate funds, in a growing and socially conspicuous area that already has a decent population of Alt Right sympathetic individuals. Northern Virginia, near DC, is the most obvious place because of the Alt Right’s appeal among younger conservatives, and DC is where people go if they care a lot about politics. Other areas that could be considered include Austin or Dallas-Fort Worth.
One challenge not to be dismissed is that young Alt Righters who do not abandon their faith tend to be attracted to the Catholic and Orthodox traditions*, and repelled by the Protestant, which strikes them as either liberal cucks (Episcopalians) or “conservative” cucks (Piper). One advantage of those traditions is that church itself is more of a transactional experience, more about the direct receipt of grace in Mass, than religious instruction or study. A priest can offer Mass because of the authority vested in him, but the priest can be safely ignored as the hired help if he says something liberal in a sermon. Strangely, the authority of the Church reduces the perceived authority of its minister, whereas the opposite seems to be the case in Protestant churches. A key test of this idea is whether there is sufficient demand from Protestants and non-believers (who would presumably be as open to a Protestant church as they would to any other type) to support such a church, and also whether Alt Right friendly Catholics and Orthodox would be willing to abandon the authority of their traditions for a friendlier church environment and community.
*And sadly, if we think about it, those two churches are probably the least likely to actually excommunicate someone for having such beliefs, even publicly, as their test for membership is more akin to loyalty and identity than a particular set of ideas. One can’t even imagine reporters demanding to talk to the local priest about some Catholic’s politically incorrect comments, whereas the pastor of a Protestant church would be hounded mercilessly.
For such a church, securing rental real estate might be a huge problem. Not at first, because the pastor will be smart and wise as a serpent, but eventually, as described, a trial will come once the Eye of Soros turns its attention. This trial will come at a key turning point, likely when the church will be experiencing a great deal of success, and perhaps attracting the curious to its services. At such a time, any disruption of the venue by a landlord would be disastrous. While legal remedies might be available, the odds that a court system would side with such a church and require specific performance of the landlord is unlikely, as most commercial leases have plenty of weasel phrases that allow landlords to shut down leases for a variety of reasons. Most tenants are in some technical violation of some part of a lease much of the time, so all it would take is one claimed breach and a hostile judge would support the landlord.
As such, it may make more sense for the church to own a piece of real estate, if not at first, but once it begins to get traction but before it achieves major notoriety.
The Limits of Trolling
Christian Apologetics for the Alt Right
5 thoughts on “Planting Churches to Save Our Civilization”
Christian Reactionary says:
“Note, I am not dismissing hustling as a strategy. Hustling for the right causes is the obligation of every Christian, according to their ability and gifts.”
This is where we already disagree. With the great Nicolas Gomez Davila, my position is: “God does not want our ‘cooperation’, but our humility.” Especially since “God is a nuisance for modern man.”
When I was born-again last year, I of course thought I had to “evangelize”, but then I realized that either a) people think they’re Christians because they have been baptized but aren’t really or b) they don’t care about it at all.
Living in Germany, the heirs of Luther (EKD) reject Luther. I see no improvement here. I don’t attend any services, haven’t even been baptized yet (will wait like Constantine, I guess, or find a rightist Christian who would do it — but where?).
God makes us suffer for our degeneracy, so that even the Church is no longer attendable for any conservative Christian who does not hate himself because of his race (which God gave you anyway).
As a German, I’d be glad if a blog like this would be available from native German Christians, though. I was mostly following Vox Day for some time; he’s a non-denominational Christian. I also came across Eric Orwoll, who has a YouTube channel; Jay Dyer seems to be an Orthodox Christian, was once Catholic. I prefer to read, though.
But it’s mostly the theology that is also espoused in this article that puts me off. My own views align mostly with the great “Don Colacho”, including on theological grounds.
At the end, we need to understand that this is a wicked (1 John 5:19) and evil (Gal. 1:4) world, a vale of tears (Psalm 84:6). So our horrible modern world seems to be a feature, rather than a bug.
“The Antichrist is, probably, man.”
altrightchristian says:
So what should be done? Sit and wait humbly?
AnonS says:
Amazingly timely post. It feels like the alt right is entering into the intuition building phase just this year. Identity Evropa being the most serious contender, focusing on quality over quantity.
This has been weighting me heavily as well for quite some time as a Christian seeking something truly traditional that isn’t just insular and on auto pilot (Eastern Orthodox Churches I’ve visited have been very ethic). While every protestant message has been the same trite teachings divorced from the issues people are actually facing. And I’m in the DC area suburbs that has tons of Churches.
I think some ideas can be mined from the Church Zero book in the form of pastor-less Churches. Catholic and Orthodox benefit from their hierarchy in that the lowest priest is protected to just say “well even if I disagree, I’m just the messenger of Church teaching so here it is”. A messenger can deflect anger. Churches already have access to unlimited teaching videos from paid “teachers” (they are called professors and are already pay for their services), no need to reinvent the wheel and have full time teachers on staff.
The Church might have apostles, which the alt right already has secular apostles running youtube channels and traveling for conferences. No need for individual leaders in every Church to be facing bullets.
A true pastor role if needed by the congregation would be closer to a Chaplin with training in cognitive behavior therapy and life coaching / financial planning, doing true hands on helping of the flock and being on call for hospital visits. Actually getting shy people to overcome fear and overweight people to regain control instead of dismissing the group to their own devices every week. No need to write new sermons every week (that are just retreads anyways).
So the weekly meeting could involve a mix of music styles, playing straight up chants when needed (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uj8h4SCsnE). Deep teaching from William Lane Craig videos (https://www.youtube.com/user/ReasonableFaithOrg/playlists?shelf_id=9&sort=dd&view=50). And gender separated workshop groups. With the space being used the rest of the week for things ranging from cooking classes to MMA classes bringing people in.
The Church would also have to face the largest problem facing their people which I have never seen any attempt.
Paraphrase of something Millennial Woes has said:
“A culture that doesn’t get their people married and starting families isn’t a real culture.”
Get trad wives for our men! And get them binding marriage prenups with their assets protected from the threat of divorce in trusts.
The only thing the church has done is yell “man up” into the wind, while their girls drink the propaganda (with church approval) of delaying marriage until after college and having a career. It is creating massive misery for all involved, I’ve seen girls hit 30 as virgins still persisting in a defiant attitude (and depressed) and with zero coaching on how to marry and how their priorities were mismatched.
We need scouts in rural areas networking with local match makers. “Have you considered a happy family with a high income earner in the suburbs over college?” (over half of grads unemployed or working food/retail, and loaded with debt).
We need people in Poland and Hungary if need be. Bring back the Bride Price if need be. No one is working on this.
The Mormon model (no paid ministers) is interesting. Then you would just need real estate.
Clement Pulaski says:
Thanks for this detailed article, there’s definitely a lot to think about here.
I can say that in the interim I do strongly recommend online fellowship with occasional IRL meet ups. I have been involved with this for about 1.5 years now, and it has been a great blessing for me and the others involved.
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__ _A.M.O.P. Presents: __dOwn mOOn
Lonesome Infidel – Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood
Don’t Get Lost – The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Roses Are Falling – Orville Peck
Throw Down The Roses – Kate Pierson (produced by Sia)
Mortimer’s Blues – Adia Victoria
Search Party – The Dandy Warhols
Virtual World – The Verve
I’m Losing You / I’m Moving On – John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Take You Back (The Iron Hoof Cattle Call) – Orville Peck
Helpless – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Helpless – Faith No More
Giggy Smile – Faust
Walkin’ In The Park – Emtidi
Or Down You Fall – Gil Scott-Heron
Huck’s Tune – Bob Dylan
Torn Red Heart – Mark Lanegan Band
Dark Star (David Andrew Sitek Remix) – Beck
Weight of the Planets – Aldous Harding
The Falling – PJ Harvey
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Throw Down The Roses – Kate Pierson
Mortimer’s Blues – Adia Victoria [photo by Brandon Thibodeaux, 2015]
Virtual World – The Verve [photo by Michael Spencer Jones & Brian Cannon (Microdot Creative)]
I’m Losing You / I’m Moving On – John Lennon & Yoko Ono [photo by Kishin Shinoyama, September 1980]
Take You Back (The Iron Hoof Cattle Call) – Orville Peck [photo by Mathew Parri Thomas, 2019]
Huck’s Tune – Bob Dylan [photo by David Gahr, 2006]
Torn Red Heart – Mark Lanegan Band [
Dark Star (David Andrew Sitek Remix) – Beck [photo by Autumn de Wilde, 2006]
Weight of the Planets – Aldous Harding [image by Jack Whiteley & Aldous Harding, 2019]
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A.M.O.P. PRESENTS: HALIDOM
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[Clip #00888: Seemannsleben (original US title unidentified, Selig): tinted & faded (Nitrate film frame clippings from the Turconi Collection)]
__ _A.M.O.P. Presents: __Halidom
Sad Cinderella (’68 version) – Townes van Zandt
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) – Hugo Montenegro (the Beatles cover)
Rejoicing In The Hands – Devendra Banhart ft. Vashti Bunyan
Goodbye Sadness – Yoko Ono
All Along the Watchtower – Eliades Ochoa (Bob Dylan cover)
Like A Drug – Desert Sessions (ft. Josh Homme & Brant Bjork)
Life’s Greatest Fool – Gene Clark
Jean Genie – Scott Weiland w/ Camp Freddy: Dave Navarro – Guitar; Billy Morrison – Guitar; Steve Stevens – Guitar; Chris Chaney – Bass; Matt Sorum – Drums) (David Bowie cover)
Kraan Arabia – Kraan
Groove Is In The Heart – The Brian Jonestown Massacre ft.Tess Parks
Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? – Prince
Open Minds Now Closed – The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Maniac – PJ Harvey
Early Bird – Tricky ft. Franky Riley aka Francesca Belmonte
I Have a Woman Inside My Soul – Yoko Ono
Don’t Let Me Down – Dillard & Clark (Gene Clark & Doug Dillard) (the Beatles cover)
A Supermarket in California – Allen Ginsberg
Sad Cinderella (’68 version) – Townes van Zandt [illustration by Paulette Poullet]
Jean Genie – Scott Weiland w/ Camp Freddy: Dave Navarro – Guitar; Billy Morrison – Guitar; Steve Stevens – Guitar; Chris Chaney – Bass; Matt Sorum – Drums) (David Bowie cover) [photo by Denise Truscello , 22 October, 2005]
Groove Is In The Heart – The Brian Jonestown Massacre ft. Tess Parks
A Supermarket in California – Allen Ginsberg [illustration by Nathan Gelgud]
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What you’ve got here is Volume Three!…
[Design by Hans Th. Hoyer (“HH”), book cover, Germany, 1926]
__ _A.M.O.P. Presents: __Will The Windows Quit? (Vol. 3)
All The World Has Gone By – Joan Baez (written & produced by Richard Fariña)
Half Lives – Twisted Wires (produced by Johnny Jewel)
I Really Love You Babe – T. Rex
Looking For Love – Chromatics (produced by Johnny Jewel)
Anenome / Baby (Prepraise) – The Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Magician – Mike Simonetti (produced by Johnny Jewel)
Jericho – Rufus Wainwright (produced by Mark Ronson)
Nobody Loves You (When You’re Down And Out) – John Lennon
Hickory Wind (Alternate Gram Parsons solo vocal “Nashville” Version ) [Take 8] – The Byrds
Cowboy Movie – David Crosby (ft. Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart)
Angels Sing – LUH (Lost Under Heaven)
That Girl Suicide – The Brian Jonestown Massacre
New York City – T. Rex
Luxury Liner – The International Submarine Band (ft. Gram Parsons)
Foolish Love / Danny Boy – Rufus Wainwright (produced by Jon Brion, string arrangement by Van Dyke Parks)
Yellow Bird – Chris Isaak ( Norman Luboff cover)
C’mon Billy – PJ Harvey
All The World Has Gone By – Joan Baez (written & produced by Richard Fariña) [illustration by Eric Von Schmidt for Fariña’s 1966 novel, “Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me”]
Jericho – Rufus Wainwright (produced by Mark Ronson) [photo by Barry J. Holmes, 2012]
Cowboy Movie – David Crosby (ft. Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart) [photo by Jim Marshall, 1970]
That Girl Suicide – The Brian Jonestown Massacre [photo by Dennis Kleiman]
Foolish Love / Danny Boy – Rufus Wainwright (produced by Jon Brion, string arrangement by Van Dyke Parks) [ Rufus Wainwright at the Cheyenne Diner on May 15, 1998 in New York City, by Catherine McGann]
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A.M.O.P. PRESENTS: OPEN BOXES (VOL. 4)
Welcome to what is likely the last post of the year (you never know). Yes it’s Volume 4 in the OPEN BOXES series of MixTapes!
(vol 1)
Along with a dope mix below you’ll also find a recommended list of things I read (or re-read) since January of this year, 2018.
There’s a lot of fantastic children’s books featured on the list as well as I am both a father of a three-year-old and a children’s librarian. Whether you have a little one or not to read these to I’d still recommend that you every now and then toss a great children’s book into your reading pile; I guarantee you will be delighted.
So yes, these works listed here are all one’s that I truly enjoyed and/or loved; I highly recommend them all!
A.M.O.P. Presents: __Open Boxes (Vol. 4)
Pills And Soap – Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Vibrate – Andre 3000 (Outkast)
Raise Vibration – Lenny Kravitz
Love Me – The Cramps (Jerry Lott a.k.a. Marty Lott a.k.a. The Phantom cover)
Tell Me A Story – Iggy Pop
Lost In The Tavern – Luboš Fišer
Get Bigger / Do U Luv – NxWorries ( Knxwledge & Anderson .Paak)
Teach the Newcomers (Interlude)/Dead On It (Remix)/Ants In My Pants/Monopoly on Soul/Drive That Funky Soul/No Compromise/Inspiration/Got That Feeling/Way You Make Me Feel (Remix) feat. M.J./Eddie Murphy Interlude – J.PERIOD x James Brown
Sexy MF – Prince & The New Power Generation
Nega Maluca/Billy Jean/Eleanor Rigby – Caetano Veloso (Michael Jackson/The Beatles cover)
Thriller – Speak Low (Michael Jackson cover)
Orgasm – Porno For Pyros
Fantastic Garden/Coraline Fly – Bruno Coulais
What Goes On – Elizabeth Mitchell (The Velvet Underground cover)
Ceiling Fan In My Spoon – The Lemonheads
California – Childish Gambino
Willow Weep For Me – Thelonious Monk (Bass – Al McKibbon; Drums – Art Blakey; Piano – Thelonious Monk; Vibraphone – Milt Jackson) [Composed by Ann Ronnell]
SpottieOttieGossip – Outkast feat Ludacris (J.PERIOD ReFix)
The Lecherous Love Seat – Damaged Tape
Brooklyn Zoo – Ol’ Dirty Bastard
Coochie – Blakroc (The Black Keys ft. Ludacris & Ol’ Dirty Bastard)
Wngs – NxWorries ( Knxwledge & Anderson .Paak)
Spink And Forcible – Bruno Coulais
Pills And Soap – Elvis Costello & The Attractions [graphic design by Barney Bubbles]
Love Me – The Cramps
Orgasm – Porno For Pyros [photo by Gie Knaeps; Pukkelpop Festival, Hasselt, Belgium, 28th August 1993.]
Fantastic Garden/Coraline Fly – Bruno Coulais [Illustration by Fredrik Edén]
California – Childish Gambino [photo by David Burton]
Wngs – NxWorries ( Knxwledge & Anderson .Paak) [illustration by ROBIN VELGHE aka rhymezlikedimez]
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2018 Reading List :________
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[illustration by Adolf Hoffmeister for a 1967 Czech edition of Lautreamont’s Poesies]
Along with a whole lot of other gems (like Bob Dylan performing “Isis” live in 1975 with Mick Ronson, guitarist and arranger from David Bowie‘s legendary Ziggy Stardust band) this here mix features “Madame George” by Van Morrison. When writing a review of Astral Weeks, the 1968 record from which this track comes, incredible music journalist Lester Bangs stated that the song:
[…] is the album’s whirlpool. Possibly one of the most compassionate pieces of music ever made, it asks us, no, arranges that we see the plight of what I’ll be brutal and call a lovelorn drag queen with such intense empathy that when the singer hurts him, we do too. (Morrison has said in at least one interview that the song has nothing to do with any kind of transvestite – at least as far as he knows, he is quick to add – but that’s bullshit.) The beauty, sensitivity, holiness of the song is that there’s nothing at all sensationalistic, exploitative, or tawdry about it; in a way Van is right when he insists it’s not about a drag queen, as my friends were right and I was wrong about the “pedophelia” – it’s about a person, like all the best songs, all the greatest literature.”
He goes on to write:
What might seem strangest of all but really isn’t is that it’s exactly those characteristics which supposedly should make George most pathetic – age, drunkenness, the way the boys take his money and trash his love – that awakens something for George in the heart of the kid whose song this is. Obviously the kid hasn’t simply “fallen in love with love,” or something like that, but rather – what? Why just exactly that only sunk in the foulest perversions could one human being love another for anything other than their humanness: love him for his weakness, his flaws, finally perhaps his decay. Decay is human – that’s one of the ultimate messages here, and I don’t by any stretch of the lexicon mean decadence. I mean that in this song or whatever inspired it Van Morrison saw the absolute possibility of loving human beings at the farthest extreme of wretchedness, and that the implications of that are terrible indeed, far more terrible than the mere sight of bodies made ugly by age or the seeming absurdity of a man devoting his life to the wobbly artifice of trying to look like a woman.
If you accept for even a moment the idea that each human life is as precious and delicate as a snowflake and then you look at a wino in a doorway, you’ve got to hurt until you feel like a sponge for all those other assholes’ problems, until you feel like an asshole yourself, so you draw all the appropriate lines. You stop feeling. But you know that then you begin to die. So you tussle with yourself. how much of this horror can I actually allow myself to think about? Perhaps the numbest mannekin is wiser than somebody who only allows their sensitivity to drive them to destroy everything they touch – but then again, to tilt Madame George’s hat a hair, just to recognize that that person exists, just to touch his cheek and then probably expire because the realization that you must share the world with him is ultimately unbearable is to only go the first mile. The realization of living is just about that low and that exalted and that unbearable and that sought-after. Please come back and leave me alone. But when we’re along together we can talk all we want about the universality of this abyss: it doesn’t make any difference, the highest only meets the lowest for some lying succor, UNICEF to relatives, so you scratch and spit and curse in violent resignation at the strict fact that there is absolutely nothing you can do but finally reject anyone in greater pain than you. At such a moment, another breath is treason. that’s why you leave your liberal causes, leave suffering humanity to die in worse squalor than they knew before you happened along. You got their hopes up. Which makes you viler than the most scrofulous carrion. viler than the ignorant boys who would take Madame George for a couple of cigarettes. because you have committed the crime of knowledge, and thereby not only walked past or over someone you knew to be suffering, but also violated their privacy, the last possession of the dispossessed.
Such knowledge is possibly the worst thing that can happen to a person (a lucky person), so it’s no wonder that Morrison’s protagonist turned away from Madame George, fled to the train station, trying to run as far away from what he’d seen as a lifetime could get him.
I strongly urge you to read the review in its entirety as it is quite brilliant, as was most of his writing. Despite a slovenly, drug-jitter exterior Bangs truly is one of the most sensitive writers I have ever read. To me Lester Bangs should be considered one of the “Great American Writers.” His essays should be taught in universities, particularly for his gift of unraveling a subject out until it seems a precarious mess, just to spool it all back in and land it perfectly in an exquisite knot. However, as on the surface he seemingly wrote about “pop” music I believe he has been unfairly dismissed. This is both ironic and elitist when you take into account this truth he wrote in his obituary for Elvis Presley, published in the Village Voice in August 1977.
But I will say this: Elvis Presley was the man who brought overt blatant vulgar sexual frenzy to the popular arts in America (and thereby to the nation itself, since putting “popular arts” and “America” in the same sentence seems almost redundant).
Yes, it is redundant.
The mix also features Frank Sinatra and Nelson Riddle with their 1958 take on Ann Ronell‘s complex 1932 composition: Willow Weep for Me
Not that I can exactly explain why, I suddenly had this sullen beauty of a tune making languorous rounds within my head when I recently read a poem by Diane Seuss from her incredible new collection, Still Life With Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl:
The Hand Has Dropped the Fruit and It’s Painted Where It Falls
or such is the theater of painting for every painting is a performance some complete with curtains pulled away for the spectator to see the fruit as if casually dropped and painted where it falls or the hare strung up or the turkey hanged from one gnarly foot as if the painter had no design on reality but only painted it haphazardly an improvisation of objects in space but actually a performance of haphazardness as if to say art is not artifice it meets you where you shrug off your robe or pile your strawberries in a basket with no eye for composition but even the haphazard is arranged by the eye who was it who wrote a derangement of arrangements
thus Williams’s so much depends upon the red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens is anything but an accidental tableau viewed for instance through a window as he tended a dying woman in her bed one hears the rhymes of glazed and rain and barrow of wheel and water and white of depends and chickens and considers how briefly water glazes a surface before it must evaporate and leave us behind and how quickly chickens flap their filthy wings and scatter how wheel is separated from barrow rain from water white from chickens so that all constituent parts of what appear to be simple solid randomly arranged objects have been factored down to their prime numbers how nothing is casual nothing is uncomposed whether a curtain is drawn away from the deathbed window or not
Below you’ll also find a list of things I read (or re-read) so far since January of this year, 2018.
[cover art by Roxanna Bikadoroff]
Last year was the year I discovered that I believe Angela Carter just might be the greatest writer I’ve ever read, and this year hasn’t really contradicted that notion! I just marvel at her sentences. I recently came across a quote of hers that both cracked me up and gave me confidence about my own purple approach to writing:
“The questions that I ask myself, I think they’re very much to do with reality. I would really like to have had the guts and the energy and so on to be able to write about, you know, people having battles with the DHSS. But I…I haven’t. They’re dull things. I mean, I’m an arty person. OK, I write overblown, purple, self-indulgent prose. So fucking what?” – Angela Carter
The majority of my free reading time this year was taken up with tackling Alan Moore‘s massive, magical novel Jerusalem. I can honestly say this is the greatest novel I have ever read and I wholeheartedly urge you all to give it a go. I have been blown away and adored many brilliant novels, but it is not often that while reading a book I am struck with the sudden recognition of “wow, this thing rewired my mind!” (Hopscotch–or Rayuela in its original Spanish–by Argentine writer Julio Cortázar is another such novel that comes to mind).
I must say that after finishing Jerusalem I was actually quite astonished that Alan Moore was able to accomplish all he did with this book in only roughly over 600,000 words (my copy is 1,266 pages long).
I don’t usually listen to audiobooks (however the best narrator I’ve ever heard on one is actor Bronson Pinchot) yet I decided to give one a go with the 2018 collection of essays by Zadie Smith: Feel Free.
Feel Free: Essays by Zadie Smith (audiobook read wonderfully by Nikki Amuka-Bird)
My first real introduction to her writing, I think she’s fantastic and the essays are wonderfully read by actress Nikki Amuka-Bird.
There’s a lot of fantastic children’s books featured on the list as well as I am both a father of a three-year-old and a children’s librarian. Whether you have a little one or not to read these to I’d still recommend that you every now and then toss a great children’s book into your reading pile; I guarantee you will be delighted. My son’s favorite books for the year definitely have to be from the Elephant & Piggie series by Mo Willems. They are hysterical, sweet, and quite brilliant!
How Unfortunate Are Those Who Die Unaware Of The Beauty Of Music/Lakmé’s Preparation – Zdenek Liska
Benjamin Franklin (Jump Rope Rhyme) – Illinois School Children (recorded 1955)
I Don’t Wanna Be A Soldier – Mad Season (John Lennon cover)
Poverty Train – Laura Nyro
People Get Ready – The Doors [Live in Seattle- June 5th 1970 ]
This Train – Ziggy Marley (featuring Willie Nelson)
Five Years / Soul Love – David Bowie [Live April-May 1978]
It’s Enough – Lenny Kravitz (ft. Ludovic Louis on trumpet)
Babylon – Richard Swift
Gasoline Dreams – Outkast Feat. Khujo Goodie
Green Eyes – Erykah Badu
Too Hurt To Cry – Candi Staton
Isis – Bob Dylan & The Rolling Thunder Revue [Live Boston Music Hall, November 21, 1975 (second show)]
Mili’s Carousel (Lovely Acrobatics) – Zdenek Liska
Madame George – Van Morrison
Willow Weep For Me – Frank Sinatra (w/ Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor; written by Ann Ronell)
2morrow – Prince
Stick Out Your Tongue – Elvis Costello & The Roots
It’s Enough – Lenny Kravitz (ft. Ludovic Louis on trumpet) [photo by Adrian Gaut, 2018]
Babylon – Richard Swift [art by Richard Swift, 2018]
Gasoline Dreams – Outkast Feat. Khujo Goodie [photo by Jonathan Mannion]
Madame George – Van Morrison [illustration by Susan Coyne]
2morrow – Prince [photo by Ellen von Unwerth, 1997]
Stick Out Your Tongue – Elvis Costello & The Roots [Photo by Danny Clinch , 2013]
Jerusalem by Alan Moore
Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces by Angela Carter
Adele in Sand Land by Claude Ponti
The Truth Is We Are Perfect poems by Janaka Stucky
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown
Once Upon a Jungle by Laura Knowles and James Boast
Leaf by Sandra Dieckmann
Little Red and Rapunzel by Bethan Woollvin
A Brave Bear by Sean Taylor & Emily Hughes
Nunca hagas cosquillas a un tigre (Never Tickle a Tiger) by Pamela Butchart & Marc Boutavant
Batman: The Dark Knight: Master Race by Frank Miller, Brian Azzarello, Andy Kubert, Klaus Janson
Four-Legged Girl: {Poems} by Diane Seuss
Sleep Like a Tiger by Mary Logue & Pamela Zagarenski
Batman Vol. 1: I Am Gotham (Rebirth) by Tom King,David Finch, Mikel Janin
Batman Vol. 2: I Am Suicide (Rebirth) by Tom King, Mikel Janin
Avengers vs. Thanos by Jim Starlin (Author), Mike Friedrich (Author), Steve Englehart (Author), Steve Gerber (Author), Don Heck (Illustrator), Bob Brown (Illustrator), John Buscema (Illustrator), Mick Zeck (Illustrator)
Avengers: The Korvac Saga by Roger Stern (Author), Len Wein (Author), Jim Shooter (Author), Bill Mantlo (Author), George Perez (Illustrator), Sal Buscema (Illustrator), Klaus Janson (Illustrator), David Wenzel (Illustrator)
The Vision by Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta
Still Life with Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl: Poems by Diane Seuss
Saints and Strangers (short stories) by Angela Carter
Oxford American’s Annual Southern Music Issue: ISSUE 95: 2016 SOUTHERN MUSIC ISSUE & CD — THE BLUES
Oxford American’s Annual Southern Music Issue: ISSUE 99: 19TH ANNUAL SOUTHERN MUSIC ISSUE & CD – KENTUCKY
Oxford American’s Annual Southern Music Issue: ISSUE 91: 17TH ANNUAL SOUTHERN MUSIC ISSUE & CD – GEORGIA
Oxford American’s Annual Southern Music Issue: ISSUE 87: 16TH ANNUAL SOUTHERN MUSIC ISSUE & CD — TEXAS
Oxford American’s Annual Southern Music Issue: ISSUE 75: 13TH ANNUAL SOUTHERN MUSIC ISSUE – Mississippi
Full Bleed: The Comics & Culture Quarterly, Vol. 1 by Dirk Wood (Compiler)
Play by Jez Alborough
Yes by Jez Alborough
Hug by Jez Alborough
The Storm Whale by Benji Davies
The Storm Whale in Winter by Benji Davies
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Banking royal commission
Canberra instability, rate hikes dent consumer confidence
A measure of consumer confidence fell sharply in September as political instability in federal politics and hikes in mortgage rates by most of the big banks soured the public mood.
The Melbourne Institute and Westpac Bank index of consumer sentiment fell 3.0 per cent in September from August when it had already dropped 2.3 per cent.
Canberra's leadership crisis hurt consumer confidence.
Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Wednesday's index, compiled from a survey of 1,200 people, was up 2.7 per cent on September last year at 100.5, meaning optimists only just outnumbered pessimists.
"This is the weakest sentiment read since November last year," said Westpac Chief Economist Bill Evans.
"The detail suggests that confidence has been affected by increases in mortgage interest rates; political instability and household budget pressures."
Westpac, CBA and ANZ all raised their variable home loan rates in the past few weeks, citing the need to protect profit margins in the face of higher wholesale funding costs.
The impact was clear on survey respondents paying off a mortgage, with their sentiment sliding 5.6 per cent in September.
In Canberra, the ruling Liberal Party ousted former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull late last month and replaced him with former treasurer Scott Morrison, just the latest bout of internal warfare in the party.
As a result, sentiment among Liberal coalition supporters dived 6.4 per cent in the month, while that for supporters of the Labor opposition climbed four per cent.
The mood also turned darker on the economy and finances. The survey's measure of economic conditions for the next 12 months eased 0.1 per cent since last month, and the measure for the next five years lost 5.8 per cent.
The bright spot in the survey was around consumer views on the labour market which showed a significant improvement across all the major states, said Evans.
"Improving conditions in the mining sector are starting to provide a lift in these states," he added. "A more evenly spread growth profile is starting to emerge across Australia."
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Burmese Pythons: How Can You Tell Male From Female?
Burmese pythons (Python molurus bivittatus) are sizable reptiles that are part of the family Pythonidae. They're an Indian python subspecies. These constrictors live out in the wilds of southeastern Asia, including in Indonesia and China. Some people also have Burmese pythons in their homes as pets. Since the sexes display some physical differences, they are sexually dimorphic.
Burmese pythons appear in several different color varieties, notably brownish-yellow, light beige and gray. Their physiques are also adorned with big red markings. They are found in many kinds of living environments, specifically thick rainforests, mountains, rugged hills and wetlands. They consistently opt to live close to water sources. As carnivores, Burmese pythons are big on sustenance such as reptiles, birds and mammals. Because of their noteworthy size, they often are even capable of feeding on creatures as comparatively massive as deer. They are independent in nature, and usually only interact with others of their species for reproductive purposes. As constrictors, Burmese pythons are devoid of fangs. Their life expectancies are usually between 15 and 25 years.
Body Size and Gender
One relatively easy way to tell male and female Burmese pythons apart is by taking overall size into consideration. Girl Burmese pythons are bigger than the boys. The females typically grow to between 17 and 20 feet long, while the males usually only make it to between 10 and 15 feet. The males also tend to have much narrower physiques.
Other Notable Physical Differences
Although female Burmese pythons are undoubtedly bigger than the males, they have significantly tinier heads, too, proportionally speaking. The males' spurs are also markedly lengthier than those of the females. The spurs in pythons, simply put, are wee relics of legs. These spurs are situated on the edges of their physiques, right by the starting point of their tails. Millions and millions of years ago, snakes' forefathers indeed sported legs, odd as it might sound. Male Burmese pythons sometimes employ their spurs to lightly tickle females -- and woo them for mating.
Breeding Length and Gender
Body length at the age of reproductive maturity also might be helpful for distinguishing between the genders. Males gain the ability to reproduce when they're somewhere between 7 and 9 feet long. Females, however, have to be no less than 9 feet in length for reproduction. Reproductive maturity in Burmese pythons generally occurs when specimens are between 4 and 5 years in age.
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Home Asian Movies Trailer for New Chinese Thriller Film “Limbo”
Trailer for New Chinese Thriller Film “Limbo”
Adam Symchuk
Director Soi Cheang (“The Monkey King”, “Dog Bite Dog“) has completed production on his more recent film “Limbo”. The mystery/thriller stars Mason Lee (“Lucy”, “Who Killed Cock Robin?”) and Gordon Lamb (“Ip Man”, “Internal Affairs”) as police partners assigned to hunt down a serial killer. The film is based on the novel, Wisdom Tooth, by Chinese novelist Lei Mi.
A confirmed released date for the production should be announced soon. In anticipation of the film a trailer has been made available and can be viewed below.
“Rookie police officer Yam Hoi (Mason Lee) is a recent graduate of the police academy. Due to a wave of serial killings, Hoi is partnered with Brother Chin (Gordon Lam), who was recently reinstated on the force. However, the duo is unable to solve the cases and instead causes series of incidents. Later, Chin re-encounters a street child, Wong To (Cya Liu), who murdered his wife and son, and his anger makes him spiral out of control. Hoi clumsily loses his pistol, which is found by the serial killer. With the killer lurking in the city, a crisis grows closer.” (Wikipedia)
Chinese film
Hello, my name is Adam Symchuk and I am from Canada. It was during my teenage years that I became fascinated with Japanese film, in particular, exploitation and horror. I carried my fascination with the genre with me as an adult and began to grow a deeper appreciation in various genres from Japan, Korea, Thailand, and China. I hope to grow my knowledge of film across Asia and will continue to explore this through my reviews.
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Table Top RPG Stuff
By Sci-2, April 20, 2012 in Entertainment
The Kingmaker
I haven't heard about 13th Age before this thread - it seems pretty good. I already promised my friends to DM an Eberron game some time soon, let's see if I can convince them to play it with 13th Age :D
Sci-2
The 11th Little Indian
So that Mage 20th Anniversary Kickstarter is pretty sweet.
Though $35 for a PDF is a bit steep. I'll have to think about this one...
Durckad
Opi-YUM!
Location:The Knickerbocker
I have a hard time imagining 5E making a serious dent, but then again, I've mostly been ignoring the online fandom since 3E died and 4E came out... and died. That said, $50 for a core book is really not that abnormal. The pathfinder core book costs $50 (less if you buy it at Amazon, but the paizo site has it listed at 49.99), there were plenty of semi-vanity, extremely expensive releases during 3E and the old Warhammer 2E books were usually incredibly thin and cost almost twice as much as similarly sized books from other companies. So, to me, it comes down to page count and content. The PF core book is worth it because it crams the DMG and PHB into one beefy piece of dead-tree. If the 5E book is going to be something similar and not just an update of previous PHB's, then it might not be too bad.
Werthead
Social Justice Robot from the Future
Location:Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom
Why is 5e so controversial anyway? $50 seems like a lot regardless.
My Dungeon World group finished our campaign yesterday, had a lot of fun with that. Probably going to be starting an Apocalypse World campaign with the same group next weekend, looking forward to that :)
Not really controverisal, but more pointless. 4E was a paradigm shift away from the prior editions, and really wasn't D&D any more (and sorry, it wasn't: D&D has always been about asymmetrical classes balanced over time rather than abilities; removing that in 4E removed a lot of the flavour of the game). Pathfinder picked up the slack and ran with it. It puts WotC and 5E in an impossible position: revert to a pre-4E paradigm and lose the people who really loved 4E (not a huge number, but still their current audience who are still paying their bills) whilst probably failing to make any impact against Pathfinder, or carry on down the road they were on, which lost WotC a lot of market share. WotC have now slumped to below both Paizo and Fantasy Flight in RPG sales and I wouldn't be surprised to see other companies overtaking if 5E fails.
Their plan seems to have been to gone for a modular rules system so people can play it more like 4E or more like 1-3E. The problem is that all that will do is spur arguments in groups over what rules to use, and I don't think that plan is such a priority any more.
Also, the Pathfinder rulebook is also $50 (from what I understand) but it's huge (500 pages) and large-format. If the 5E PHB is like the previous ones, it'll be half that size at best. And 4E's artwork and cartography were terrible, I hope they've moved away from that style.
Matrim Fox Cauthon
Keeper of Esoteric Lore
Location:Vienna, Austria
Not really controverisal, but more pointless. 4E was a paradigm shift away from the prior editions, and really wasn't D&D any more (and sorry, it wasn't: D&D has always been about asymmetrical classes balanced over time rather than abilities; removing that in 4E removed a lot of the flavour of the game).
I loathe D&D essentialist bullshit like this, because you pick the sort of crap apart by picking just about any arbitrary thing and say that this change means that Edition X therefore is not "True D&D," though certainly a "True Scotsman." Also keep in mind what Gary Gygax (Strategic Review 2.2 1976) said:
Magic-use was thereby to be powerful enough to enable its followers to compete with any other type of player-character, and yet the use of magic would not be so great as to make those using it overshadow all others. This was the conception, but in practice it did not work out as planned. Primarily at fault is the game itself which does not carefully explain the reasoning behind the magic system. Also, the various magic items for employment by magic-users tend to make them too powerful in relation to other classes (although the GREYHAWK supplement took steps to correct this somewhat).
The logic behind it all was drawn from game balance as much as from anything else. Fighters have their strength, weapons, and armor to aid them in their competition. Magic-users must rely upon their spells, as they have virtually no weaponry or armor to protect them. Clerics combine some of the advantages of the other two classes. The new class, thieves, have the basic advantage of stealthful actions with some additions in order for them to successfully operate on a plane with other character types. If magic is unrestrained in the campaign, D & D quickly degenerates into a weird wizard show where players get bored quickly, or the referee is forced to change the game into a new framework which will accommodate what he has created by way of player-characters. It is the opinion of this writer that the most desirable game is one in which the various character types are able to compete with each other as relative equals.
Pathfinder picked up the slack and ran with it. It puts WotC and 5E in an impossible position: revert to a pre-4E paradigm and lose the people who really loved 4E (not a huge number, but still their current audience who are still paying their bills) whilst probably failing to make any impact against Pathfinder, or carry on down the road they were on, which lost WotC a lot of market share. WotC have now slumped to below both Paizo and Fantasy Flight in RPG sales and I wouldn't be surprised to see other companies overtaking if 5E fails.
Which ignores the fact that WotC stopped producing new 4E materials several years ago, so Paizo and FF surpassing WotC in RPG sales is not exactly a surprise.
What happened to DM discretion?
That, I agree with.
I loathe D&D essentialist bullshit like this, because you pick the sort of crap apart by picking just about any arbitrary thing and say that this change means that Edition X therefore is not "True D&D,"
I actually liked the rules as rules for a tactical miniatures-only wargame - which D&D is not - or for a specialised combat-only RPG - which D&D isn't either, despite attempts to reduce it to that - but it was not really D&D in flavour, effect or form. As the stampeding hordes moving away from WotC to Paizo show, the majority of D&D fans agreed.
I do agree, however, that the 4E fans certainly should have their wishes listened to as they are WotC's current audience, and WotC ignoring them in favour of the 3E crowd which long ago moved away to Pathfinder (and has little or no incentive to ever come back) could itself be a colossal mistake which could very well end in the failure of 5E as well, regardless of how good the rules are.
Which ignores the fact that WotC stopped producing new 4E materials several years ago
But it has continued with reprints and producing new edition-agnostic adventures and materials ever since. Paizo and Fantasy Flight have done more, true, but the reason WotC stopped producing 4E stuff was because it wasn't selling.
If you force players to play with a rules set they hate, they are not going to want to play the game. Once in-game the DM should have the final arbritation (unless it's something flat-out batshit insane), but the decision on what game to play, who is going to DM and what house rules to use should always be decided cooperatively beforehand. Our group stopped playing D&D altogether because one part of the group hated 4E after trying it out over multiple campaigns, so instead we compromised by playing other games (Deadlands, Call of Cthulu, a few others), which led to some fine campaigns. The DM is in charge of the campaign, he shouldn't be the King of the Group unless something has gone very wrong and weird somewhere.
Edited March 4, 2014 by Werthead
Part of the problem with 4e was initially advertising spent a good bit of time criticizing and outright mocking previous editions, not just crunch but fluff.
Follow that with the Spellplague fucking up the Realms, something they are now hoping to correct. Hopefully they can retcon Dragonlance's 5th Age as well.
Hoping to see more love for Darksun/Spelljammer/Planescape. I know they are going back to the Great Wheel cosmology so that's a step in the right direction though I think they shouldn't put too much focus on any particular cosmos as IIRC most groups use the FR cosmology or a homebrew.
If they're going back to the Great Wheel, the Realms will also likely return to it, since the Realms is now apparently the default setting (not that means very much, Greyhawk was the default setting for 3E and barely anyone noticed outside of the names of the gods). And if they are reinstating the Wheel, I wouldn't put it past them to see Planescape resurrected, at least as a single book or adventure or something. WotC and Hasbro might have been paying attention to how much money the Torment Kickstarter raised.
This is a really weak argument. D&D has been about a lot of things to a lot of different people over the years, that's why it's persevered. Some people dungeon crawl, some are deep role-players, some run modules and pre-planned adventures and others run only their own material. Who is playing D&D the correct way? None of them, they're all playing D&D. This is true even if someone homebrews, ditches the Great Wheel, adds guns and makes humans the only playable race. It's still, in a sense, D&D. Now, you can say that 4E changed the flavor for the worse and you know that's an entirely defensible position, but claiming that it's not D&D anymore while Dark Sun, Planescape, Spelljammer, Red Steel and Ravenloft all somehow fit under the umbrella is incredibly weak.
As for the asymmetrical class balance, two things: 1) A person could also, based upon the rules of 2E and 1E, also claim that D&D is about having an incredibly shitty ruleset, so why change and try to improve. 2) Anyone who's run a high-level Pathfinder or 3E game knows that the imbalance still exists, it's just been flattened a bit. The Pathfinder Core Rules are pretty well done, admittedly, though the balance still tends to break down at higher levels. 4E goals of balance are laudable, but both 3E and PF had the same goals as well, it's just that 4E's methods were just not very good.
Hoping to see more love for Darksun/Spelljammer/Planescape.
I think there's a significant faction of people who will happily buy anything with the Dark Sun or Planescape name on it. They'll probably bitch about how it's handled but they'll buy it, regardless. :)
However, I could live happily for the rest of my days without ever seeing anything from Spelljammer ever again. That is a setting that deserved to be shuffled off and put on its own. It never seemed like it really fit in with the way the cosmos were set-up, plus it was just such an abysmal setting.
I know they are going back to the Great Wheel cosmology so that's a step in the right direction though I think they shouldn't put too much focus on any particular cosmos as IIRC most groups use the FR cosmology or a homebrew.
FWIW, whenever I ran FR, I don't think I ever used its core, 3E cosmology. I just plopped it down into the Great Wheel. That said, none of my FR games were particularly planar-heavy, so outside of a few references to the Abyss, the Plane of Shaodw or the Nine Hells, it just never came up.
Child of the Corn
Location:Lincoln, NE
Interesting panel discussion from Pax East called What is happening to tabletop roleplaying games.
http://slangdesign.com/rppr/2014/04/panel-discussion/what-is-happening-to-tabletop-roleplaying-games-panel-at-pax-east-2014/
AndyBaelish
I played my first game of Pathfinders yesterday.
Having never played any kind of table-top game before, I fucking loved it. Our GM had a full story arc planned out and we completely skipped over complete sections of it.
We were supposed to follow a ship down the coast and have a fight in the forest, then ride horses further down the coast, and sneak up on a fort.
We sacked the ship, stole it, destroyed a small fleet, and are currently hiding out in their cove under the fort.
Needless to say, we improvised.
D&D 5th Adventure launch campaign.
Stripping the release of the three core rulebooks over four months, each book costing $50 each, and inserting two adventures inbetween at $30 each seems a bit much. Especially as we'll almost certainly be paying a lot more in the UK (WotC's grasp of the exchange rate has always been a little bit flaky). It's also a little bit concerning that the first release of the game will be in less than two months and WotC haven't even started a proper advertising campaign for it.
The good news is that apparently the PHB will include more stuff normally in the DMG and even the MM, so it should be possible to play off the bat (I remember 3E did something similar, and that did work in tiding us over until the main books came out), and WotC are sensibly outsourcing a lot of the adventure module and miniature work to other companies.
But still, I'm detecting an enormous amount of apathy towards the game, compared to the higher (though still not outstanding) levels of interest during playtest.
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As a GM myself I'd say that virtually no plan works exactly the way a GM plans it.
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Picked up the Numenera core book earlier this week and I've been reading through it. Man it seems awesome, I love the setting and the rule system. Trying to get my group to take a break from D&D this weekend to try it out :lol:
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I am curious to hear your experience with it. I have been played a ton of Pathfinder and switched to FATE core which I am really enjoying.
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I never actually played the game but when I was a kid I bought a box of Space Marines to paint because I thought they looked cool. They were Space Wolves.
I have the books, and I too have been dying to play this game as well. Monte Cook Games also has a new setting using the same system - The Strange - which is coming out in a month or so.
I've heard conflicting things over Numenera, some think it's brilliant and others think it's poor. I'd be interested in picking up the book (no time to game though) to get some background for the computer game next year, which looks awesome.
Anyone have advice for RPGs that allow PCs to run kingdoms?
I recall Birthright from way back, and Paizo had an adventure path with some kingdom management, but beyond that not sure what's out there.
Edited July 21, 2014 by Sci-2
Funny that you mention this. I've been working on system that does exactly this. I got sick of waiting for someone else to do it. I'm no where near finished but I could send you what I've got so far.
As for a real system Birthright is the closest that I've seen.
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While the $2.99 price tag for the newly released Tweetie 2 is drawing backlash from Alyssa Milano and other elements of the Twitterati, it is already emerging as the boss of all Twitter-based iPhone apps. Whether you are an avid tweeter, or just getting around to publishing your first 140-character comment, this is an app that you should download today.
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By TIM ROBERTSON, BDN Staff • July 26, 2006 8:29 am
BANGOR – Friday nights are always the busiest for Penobscot County dispatchers, but most nights don’t involve a life-or-death situation as it did on July 14.
What started that evening as a suicide threat made by a Millinocket woman escalated into a two-hour standoff and became even more dangerous when the woman turned her 20-gauge shotgun on police.
Two dispatchers, Erin Coombs and Tim Hall, serving as the only link between the woman and police on the scene, talked her out of committing suicide and, after two hours, convinced her to surrender peacefully to the officers outside her apartment, even after she fired one shot at them.
“My heart was in my throat, and I shook afterward for 15 minutes,” Coombs admitted last week, recalling the difficult situation.
The dispatchers often stay for 12-hour shifts, working in the basement of the Bangor District Courthouse known as the dungeon. It’s a dimly lit, cramped room filled with desks, multiple flat-screen computers on each.
Coombs, 26, has worked in the dungeon for more than a year and a half after leaving a job at a group home for children where she dealt with crisis-intervention issues, an experience that no doubt stood her in good stead the night of the 14th.
Hall, 25, has worked in the dispatch center for three years and is a Carmel firefighter and emergency medical technician.
Around 9 that night, a woman who was crying, upset and apparently drunk called dispatch to tell them she wanted to kill herself. She reached Coombs.
Coombs had never been involved in a suicide threat, let alone a standoff.
“I got nervous and scared for her. My adrenaline pumped, and I was focused,” Coombs recalled.
Although every dispatcher goes through 14 weeks of training, it was intuition and experience that helped her through the heart-wrenching incident.
“There is no standard procedure, you just have to feel them out,” she said.
Once the call came in, Coombs worked with fellow dispatchers to get police and ambulance crews to the woman’s apartment.
The other five dispatchers in the room took over Coombs’ channels and kept in contact with police for the duration of the standoff.
“We are all in tune with each other,” Coombs said. “Everyone played their role.”
Millinocket police, dealing with a dangerous predicament, established a security perimeter and evacuated some residents. They could not evacuate the woman’s neighbors in the apartment building, however, because of the volatile situation.
The Maine State Police, East Millinocket police and officers from other agencies arrived on scene, Millinocket Police Chief Donald Bolduc said.
Coombs talked with the woman for 10 minutes before she unexpectedly hung up. She called again, and Coombs answered, again talking to the woman, discussing her friends and family and urging her not to hurt herself. The pattern continued for almost 30 minutes.
“With a call like that, I don’t get frustrated, I feel empathy for her,” Coombs said. Then the unthinkable – and, to Coombs, the unknown – happened.
Police reported shots were fired from the woman’s apartment.
“I thought she did it, because she said she was going to do it. It was tough, and I was upset,” Coombs said, adding that she decided at that point to take a break to compose herself after thinking the worst had occurred.
It took Hall and Coombs a week to learn that the shot, although it injured no one, was fired at police.
After Coombs left, the phone rang again. Hall picked up and heard the woman on the phone.
Hall had to start fresh. He didn’t know what Coombs and the woman had discussed, and he didn’t know whom she had tried to shoot.
“I tried to gain information – while pulling my hair out at the same time,” Hall recalled, smiling at the memory. “Somehow I managed to gain a rapport. Thank God I did.”
Hall had never dealt with a standoff situation.
“Life experiences, personality and training played a big role in getting me through this,” he said.
Over the next hour to 90 minutes – Hall admitted his eyes weren’t on the clock – the woman called back four or five times. She would drop the telephone on her bed, then pick it up again to talk to the dispatcher.
Hall admitted he had to “grasp at straws” to persuade the woman to leave her apartment peacefully.
He found himself becoming frustrated, he admitted.
“The wheel kept going up the hill, then she would come back, and the wheel would come down the hill,” Hall said.
One final time, Hall heard the woman drop the telephone on her bed. He sat at his desk with his headset on, waiting.
Police then told dispatchers the woman had surrendered and they had her in custody.
“I breathed a sigh of relief … and waited for the next call,” said Hall, who had eight hours left in his shift that night.
Millinocket authorities said last week they were investigating the incident and may charge the woman. After her surrender, police took her to Millinocket Regional Hospital.
After the two-hour standoff ended peacefully, Millinocket police congratulated the room of six for their efforts.
The unexpected praise caught the two dispatchers by surprise.
“When you got a sergeant [Sgt. Jerry Cox] calling and saying good job and ‘you did an awesome job,’ it is better than a pay raise,” Coombs said.
BDN writer Nick Sambides Jr. contributed to this report.
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Drivers of column-average CO_2 variability at Southern Hemispheric Total Carbon Column Observing Network sites
Deutscher, N. M. and Sherlock, V. and Mikaloff Fletcher, S. E. and Griffith, D. W. T. and Notholt, J. and Macatangay, R. and Connor, B. J. and Robinson, J. and Shiona, H. and Velazco, V. A. and Wang, Y. and Wennberg, P. O. and Wunch, D. (2014) Drivers of column-average CO_2 variability at Southern Hemispheric Total Carbon Column Observing Network sites. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14 (18). pp. 9883-9901. ISSN 1680-7316. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20141020-161537740
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We investigate factors that drive the variability in total column CO_2 at the Total Carbon Column Observing Network sites in the Southern Hemisphere using fluxes tagged by process and by source region from the CarbonTracker analysed product as well as the Simple Biosphere model. We show that the terrestrial biosphere is the largest driver of variability in the Southern Hemisphere column CO_2. However, it does not dominate in the same fashion as in the Northern Hemisphere. Local- and hemispheric-scale biomass burning can also play an important role, particularly at the tropical site, Darwin. The magnitude of seasonal variability in the column-average dry-air mole fraction of CO_2, X_CO_2, is also much smaller in the Southern Hemisphere and comparable in magnitude to the annual increase. Comparison of measurements to the model simulations highlights that there is some discrepancy between the two time series, especially in the early part of the Darwin data record. We show that this mismatch is most likely due to erroneously estimated local fluxes in the Australian tropical region, which are associated with enhanced photosynthesis caused by early rainfall during the tropical monsoon season.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-9883-2014 DOI Article
http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/14/9883/2014/acp-14-9883-2014.html Publisher Article
Wennberg, P. O. 0000-0002-6126-3854
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Drivers of column-average CO2 variability at Southern Hemispheric Total Carbon Column Observing Network sites
© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Received: 10 April 2013; Published in Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss.: 3 June 2013; Revised: 22 July 2014; Accepted: 13 August 2014; Published: 18 September 2014. TCCON is funded by grant NNX11AG01G from NASA’s Carbon Cycle Science Program. Measurements at Darwin are supported by Australian Research Council grant DP0879468 and NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory Project. The Lauder TCCON programme and TM3 model simulations are funded by NIWA under the New Zealand Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Mitigation, and Carbon Cycle Science Programme, and under the NZ Foundation of Research Science and Technology contracts C01X0204 and COX10406. CarbonTracker 2011_oi results provided by NOAA ESRL, Boulder, Colorado, USA from the website at http://carbontracker.noaa.gov. This work was also made possible by an RSNZ ISAT bilateral exchange grant and by grants from the Australian Research Council and Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research International Science Linkages project CG130014. Support for this work was also provided by the ESA GHG-CCI project. We gratefully acknowledge operational assistance from staff at the ARM site in Darwin. The authors acknowledge the constructive input of the two anonymous referees, whose feedback resulted in a much improved manuscript. Edited by: T. Röckmann
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Deutscher, N. M., Sherlock, V., Mikaloff Fletcher, S. E., Griffith, D. W. T., Notholt, J., Macatangay, R., Connor, B. J., Robinson, J., Shiona, H., Velazco, V. A., Wang, Y., Wennberg, P. O., and Wunch, D.: Drivers of column-average CO2 variability at Southern Hemispheric Total Carbon Column Observing Network sites, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 9883-9901, doi:10.5194/acp-14-9883-2014, 2014.
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Katherine Govier is the author of nine novels and three short story collections. Her fiction and non-fiction have appeared in the United Kingdom, the United States, and throughout the Commonwealth, and in translation in Holland, Italy, Turkey, and Slovenia. She is the winner of Canada’s Marian Engel Award, and the Toronto Book Award. Her novel Creation was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 2003. Her most recent novel The Ghost Brush is about the daughter of the famous Japanese printmaker, Hokusai, creator of The Great Wave.
Introducing her piece below, she says:
This is the beginning of the original contemporary “frame” that I wrote for The Ghost Brush. I argued with my agent and my editor until they agreed to publishing the story of my haunting.When we got to galley stage and the book was 175,000 words long the US publisher balked. Overnight I removed the frame — all 33,000 words of it. We published it in the “special edition ebook” so it lives on, electronically, but has never been printed.
LOOKING BACK, I SEE that she summonded me
I am in the Freer Gallery standing in front of a picture. It is called “Parading Courtesan”. It is a painting on silk and it is dated 1826.
The woman is wrapped in a giant layered kimono patterned in whites, browns, black and pale blue. With one childish hand she raises the front of this great shell she wears to reveal its slit opening, and, inside, a tantalizing red frilly underskirt. Her hair is a two-tiered black beehive speared with heavy, ornate pins. Her platform clogs twist as she steps — you can hardly say she’s walking. She’s in the air; there is nothing beneath her and nothing in front or behind. She is alone, suspended in the yellow atmosphere of the aged silk scroll. She could be treading water. Her blank white face tilts down and slightly toward me and her features — eyes, nose, mouth drawn with fine brush lines– are closed.
It’s a beautiful painting — intense, intricate, vibrant.
And it is giving me an uncomfortable feeling.
Here is what I know. The woman is young, probably sixteen. She is for sale, and she is “parading” as a way of advertising herself as goods.
The girl — that’s what she is, really, not a woman — walks down Nakanocho Boulevard in the Yoshiwara pleasure district in Edo, Japan. She is performing the “figure-eight” step, which requires her to lift each foot, swung it forward, and then outward in a semicircle, back to its starting position, and then forward again. It is slow and difficult. She is being very careful, but her feet appear to be at cross-purposes and it is possible she might fall off this particular gangplank, which I can only imagine.
Courtesans were said to be proud and spirited, and their garments were high fashion. But it was no fun. No fun to promenade in front of gawkers who were considering buying you for an evening, if they had the cash. Gawkers who might be aided in their decision by a saiken, a guidebook, that rated your attributes and services — your skin, your shape, your enthusiasm. They would have bought this guidebook to the merchandise at the Great Gate leading into this “pleasure district”.
It’s obvious whose pleasure we’re talking about, and it is not yours, poor girl.
The fabric of the girl’s outer kimono is covered with large circles of white and black — bull’s eyes. It is as if staring eyes have flown at her and stuck. The colours are rich and deep, like those in a really fantastic bruise. The face is averted, the chin is down, and I cannot believe this girl could see over the giant bow that springs up in front of her dress.
She walks in a welter of pride and shame. She dangles like an ornament outside of normal life. The frilled edges of her red underwear run like an electric current under the vast and sumptuous carapace of fabric she carries. She, and her accessories, are intended to thrill. But she looks modestly, painfully down, her neck turned just slightly to me, her eyes pinched black lines.
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And then I hear a voice.
I stand absolutely still and will the other gallery-goers to keep away.
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Etruscan history a backdrop for secrets, lies
VANCOUVER SUN DECEMBER 15, 2012
Cormorant Books, 380 pages, $22
When Penticton writer Barbara Lambert first went to stay in an old mill house in Italy, she had no idea she would spend the next dozen years almost literally underground.
Lambert had just completed a collection of short stories that would later win the Danuta Gleed Award for best first Canadian collection of short fiction, and be a finalist for B.C.’s Ethel Wilson Prize. She was hoping that during an extended stay in Tuscany, she would find inspiration for her next work.
She did find that inspiration and spent a decade immersing herself in the story about a young woman who would inherit an old farm house in the hills and the history of the ancient Etruscan civilization.
Tell us about your character Clare Livingston’s complex history:
Clare Livingston’s inheritance – a huge surprise to her! – is from an uncle who fled the family 20 years before, when Clare was just 13, leaving scandal in his wake. And the terms of his will turn out to be equally scandalous. He left nothing at all to his deserted wife, and (“with forgiveness”) everything to Clare: With the creepy proviso that she carry his ashes back to Italy. But forgiveness of what? And forgiveness to whom?
This young woman, Clare, is not just a “flower artist” but a botanical artist – a discipline that combines artistic creativity with a dedication to truth and to science. Yet she tells a lot of lies. You’ve described her, elsewhere, as scattering those lies the way the goddess Flora scatters flowers, in a famous fresco from Pompeii.
Well Clare has a lot to hide. Both from herself, as it turns out, and more immediately from others. I don’t think it’s a “spoiler” to note that just before she learned of the inheritance, she had published a “travel” book illustrated with her own botanical paintings, about a trip to the dark and endangered areas of the Amazon. A trip which, in fact, she never made.
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One of the things the novel explores is that kind of “layered” nature of truth (or if you will, of lies) – and also the hard-to-pin-down nature of love. None of those, really, are all that straightforward, are they? Certainly not for Clare.
When the Amazonia book came out, she was keeping a low profile, working as a botanical lab assistant in Vancouver and fooling herself that she could escape personal attention somehow, no matter how the book itself was praised. But now, with the inheritance, she immediately attracts intense attention among a group of knowledgeable people in Tuscany, including one who is a significant expert on the Amazon.
Finally – in a country with such a long and diverse history as Italy – why was it particularly the Etruscans that you felt compelled to explore? What is it about that culture that so intrigues you?
As to the Etruscans themselves – to this very day, they are everywhere in Tuscany. It’s impossible not to marvel at the massive stone walls of their hilltop cities, or the actual hills they built themselves to hold their princely tombs; or the museums filled with artifacts of astounding workmanship – strange and beautiful and weirdly compelling – or even to note that in almost any town there is likely to be a bar or café Etrusco where you may suddenly spy a face (almond eyes, splendid arched nose) of someone who could have stepped from a fresco in a tomb buried two-and-a-half thousand years ago.
Yet at the same time, the Etruscans do remain mysterious. Their literature has disappeared. What we know of them, mainly, has been discovered in those lavish tombs. They are a conundrum. Were they truly “fate bound” as some assert, believing obsessively in gloomy portents and pre-ordained outcomes to events? Or were they those brilliant party-people whom the Greeks and later Romans so looked down on for their lavish excesses? Whose women, furthermore, were not only beautiful but powerful – and had terrific fashion sense? I loved the entire adventure of being immersed in that complex and contradictory world where I discovered the itchy truth of the archaeological maxim: There are always “more questions than answers” – just as in life in general, for that matter. Certainly in Clare Livingston’s life. Her resilience, ultimately, in coming to terms with that, was what I loved most about her, as well.
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James Damore, a Google software engineer who wrote an essay criticizing Google's intolerance toward... well, toward essays very much like his own, has predictably been fired.
[edit: thanks to Green_Machine, please use these links to Damore's essay which include figures and links that may have been lost in transcription:
https://assets.documentcloud.org/docume ... hamber.pdf
http://diversitymemo.com/Googles-Ideolo ... hamber.pdf
Thanks Green_Machine!]
Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote a letter to employees with confusing statements about "reaching out to those who might have different perspectives than your own" and "create[ing] a more inclusive environment for all". Reading the letter, you'd hardly be aware that he had just fired an employee for the crime of being different, in order to enforce an authoritarian culture of sameness. Pichai talked a lot about the "hurt" suffered by Google employees, again without mentioning that the only employee who suffered real harm (assuming Googlers are being regarded as adults here) was the guy who lost his job.
Apparently there are managers at Google who actually maintain blacklists of people different from them, resolving to sabotage their success at Google or elsewhere. The hate is real.
Damore is reportedly considering a lawsuit against Google. I think he will have real fodder based on statements like "I don't think it's important whether his cited sources are accurate or not". I can see Google's legal counsel groaning over that one.
So what's to discuss -- how about: Was Google right to fire Damore? Can you point out a specific claim that was intolerable in Damore's memo? Was the claim either correct or at least scientifically plausible? If so, why should he be fired for it? Are some facts so hateful that no one should cite them?
My own leaning here is probably obvious - I think Google is being the proverbial "Evil" that one should "Don't Be". Reading through Damore's memo, I can't see anything hateful. He appears to be tiptoeing on the eggshells surrounding scientific discussion of gender differences about as carefully as anybody I've seen. As an Ivy League, graduate level researcher in biology, Damore is anything but a casual hack. And the overall point he's making was proved by Google when they fired him, so his "echo chamber" claim was affirmed beyond question. I'm not claiming that I personally agree with everything Damore wrote, however as long as it is stuff that's scientifically plausible and Damore thought it was true, he should be in good standing among mature adult thinkers and debaters.
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papadage
Tribus: Celerius quam asparagi cocuntur.
Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 10:01 am
His arguments are based on rehashed eugenics and evolutionary psychology claptrap, dressed up with disclaimers about not being a sexist, when he was promoting a sexist view of what women want and value.
papadage wrote:
As a population (not as individuals), are women's statistically average "wants" and "values" identical to those of the population of men? If yes, then justify your claim. If plausibly not, then what's your problem with Damore talking about it?
arcite
Tribus: Canuck in Cairo, Egypt
Yup, and releasing his 'manifesto' was akin to walking into the corporate cafeteria and detonating an IED.
Green_Machine
I think that these may be a superior links to the memo. They seem to have a few hyperlinks that your link is missing.
Part of the controversy is that the leak of the memo didn't include some hyperlinks to research, figures, or citations from the author. It made it easier to strawman his opinion. If we're going to discuss his opinion, we may as well start from what he actually wrote.
Seniorius Lurkius
This is a link about real differences in gender occupational preferences.
http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/08/07/contra-grant-on-exaggerated-differences/
Jehos
"the Hutt"
Tribus: DFW, TX
My concrete suggestions are to:
- De-moralize diversity.
- Confront Google’s biases.
- Stop restricting programs and classes to certain genders or races.
- Focus on psychological safety, not just race/gender diversity.
- De-emphasize empathy.
- Prioritize intention.
- Be open about the science of human nature.
Yeah, shocker that he got fired.
Also relevant is the FP article: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/201 ... sity-memo/
Google condemned the post after it became public on Saturday. Danielle Brown, Google's vice president of diversity, integrity, and governance, wrote in a response to Google employees that it “advanced incorrect assumptions about gender” and is “not a viewpoint that I or this company endorses, promotes, or encourages.”
On Monday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai piled on. “To suggest a group of our colleagues have traits that make them less biologically suited to that work is offensive and not OK,” he wrote. “Portions of the memo violate our Code of Conduct and cross the line by advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace.”
Now Pichai has followed through on that assessment by showing Damore the door.
kedlav
There is no right to speak offensively and not be held accountable in the workplace. There is no safe space for producing materials offensive to coworkers, customers, partners, etc. I can see legitimate defenses for Brandon Eich (and believe me, I find his positions offensive), the reality of the situation is that this individual used company resources and time to produce and disseminate something that offends a large number of coworkers. Good riddance.
Now, to be more aggressive at picking apart the stupidity present here...
Reading the letter, you'd hardly be aware that he had just fired an employee for the crime of being different, in order to enforce an authoritarian culture of sameness.
The problem here isn't that he offered a differing viewpoint. The problem is that he produced materials that are offensive to a large class of employees that could easily be classified as hostile. This was not a research paper, it was little more than a political screed with citations that barely connected with assumptions.
Speaking anecdotally as a hiring manager, I maintain a blacklist too. It includes sandwich stealers, people who don't wash their hands after defecating, someone who decided to drop some racial humor in an interview, and a whole lot more. I'd like to see more proof that there are systemic blacklists for 'people different than them', as opposed to something more reasonable that every hiring manager maintains.
As an Ivy League, graduate level researcher in biology, Damore is anything but a casual hack.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority
I care very little for his credentials, I care very much about the quality of his argument and how well it is supported based on data... which respectively is poor and not present.
frumentum wrote:
So what's to discuss -- how about: Was Google right to fire Damore?
Oh God yes.
Can you point out a specific claim that was intolerable in Damore's memo?
I think the problem was more that Damore made himself a toxic techbro spill of a work environment. He thinks women shouldn't be in engineering and reverse-engineered reasons why; how does G put him in a mixed team when he genuinely thinks some people shouldn't be on that team due to genitals?
On the plus side "reals over feels" armpits toiling away there explain quite well why Google UX is so fucking bad.
Gee I wonder why there aren't more women in some of these fields. Aholes like that dude abound.
kedlav wrote:
You wrote a lot of words, however you didn't cite a specific claim of his that you consider intolerable (verbatim quotes preferred). As such, there doesn't seem to be anything tangible to discuss from your post - it could also be called a "screed" just like the term you used for his essay.
Merely "being offensive" is not wrong. I can be offensive to lots of good people who happen to be religious, by politely expressing disagreement with their religion. Is that wrong of me? No, of course not. As long as I am being honest and factual to the best of my ability, and not trying to be overtly mean, then it is their problem if they get offended.
So again, it gets back to facts. What is factual here, and what is not factual. The bar is pretty high, because you would have to show not just that you doubt something, but that Damore should too. If his material is plausibly factual and he's not trying to be a jerk, then my thesis is that he's in good standing.
Merely "being offensive" is not wrong.
Right or wrong are irrelevant when it comes to your employment.
It may not be wrong, but it's stupid if you like earning a paycheck.
If his material is plausibly factual and he's not trying to be a jerk, then my thesis is that he's in good standing.
Good standing is irrelevant too. He made Google look bad and he apparently violated their code of conduct per Google CEO.
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Merely "being offensive" is not wrong. I can be offensive to lots of good people who happen to be religious, by politely expressing disagreement with their religion.
Cool write a memo at your workplace that (for example) Jewish people shouldn't work there because their brains are different and see what happens.
Me, I'm Counting
"I require dumplings"
Tribus: Dippin dots is NOT the ice cream of the future
Registered: Sep 7, 2000
Actually, in private enterprise, merely being offensive is enough, assuming the level of offense given disrupts the work environment; unless the thing you are being offensive about is somehow protected.
Crolis
Tribus: Houston, TX
Registered: Oct 25, 1999
Yeah, I've had discussions with people about this very topic and my one question for them is "would you have pressed that send button?"
Google is better than a vast majority of companies as far as allowing differing views. Only an entitled asshole would feel that there are no limits to that, especially in the environment which google finds itself. I work in a company that his highly male and highly conservative. The idea of sending out a memo espousing my liberal ideas is ridiculous.
Basically Google is still just a company. Google has a company ethos that runs liberal. Maybe Google just isn't for this guy.
I believe the Google fired Damore for being the root cause of a scandal that undermined one of Google's HR initiatives and caused widespread (albeit shallow) damage to company morale. These are firing offenses regardless of the action or intent at any bureaucratic corporation.
I don't feel very well equipped to evaluate the scientific claims in the document. I've read that Damore has a PhD in biology and that his area of research covers exactly the subject he covers in the memo.
I'm wondering whether this incident is an example of society's rejection of "hate facts" -- the liberal "tails" of the science-denial coin. Some scientifically-supported conclusions stand sufficiently in opposition to the kind of world we want to build that they encounter extra scrutiny and skepticism from liberals in the same way that climate science encounters extra skepticism from conservatives.
Another recent example is the hate heaped on a university professor who researches the affects of alcohol intoxication. She serves as an expert witness in trials, testifying that there's a difference between being blackout drunk and being unconscious. Depending on how state laws define sexual consent, that testimony sometimes provides reasonable doubt for an accused rapist. Her testimony is backed by uncontroversial science, but that doesn't keep all manner of folks from attacking her for "helping racists".
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The overall message I'm getting is that he seems to strongly defend viewpoint diversity in order to protect conservatives but is simultaneously against it when it comes to hiring practices designed to preserve it for women.
I’m also not saying that we should restrict people to certain gender roles; I’m advocating for quite the opposite: treat people as individuals, not as just another member of their group
Women on average show a higher interest in people and men in things
We can make software engineering more people-oriented with pair programming and more collaboration. Unfortunately, there may be limits to how people-oriented certain roles and Google can be and we shouldn’t deceive ourselves or students into thinking otherwise (some of our programs to get female students into coding might be doing this).
Women on average are more prone to anxiety.
Make tech and leadership less stressful. Google already partly does this with its many stress reduction courses and benefits.
Women on average look for more work-life balance while men have a higher drive for status on average
Unfortunately, as long as tech and leadership remain high status, lucrative careers, men may disproportionately want to be in them. Allowing and truly endorsing (as part of our culture) part time work though can keep more women in tech.
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Crolis wrote:
Yeah, this is one of those areas where the conservative dislike of snowflakes crashes directly into the conservative love of personal accountability.
It's like getting a swastika tattooed on your forehead. Technically legal, but it displays a moronic level of decision making.
+Griz
Tribus: NY
the only fact that matters here is that he publicly announced his belief that a substantial number of his coworkers are inherently inferior.
I'm not a lawyer, but I went to the annual corporate-mandated harassment/discrimination training last week and this dude is a perfect example of "hostile work environment".
I agree with you, and I also disagree with you.
Totally agree that Damore was brave possibly to the point of foolhardiness in hitting "send". The outcome is not surprising. However, Google's action also has strong opportunity for blowback. In firing Damore, Google gave the lie to a statement Eric Schmidt had made earlier to a shareholder, in claiming that a conservative could work at Google, and affirming that Google holds to "science based thinking". Obviously, conservatives have to stay in the closet at Google, and science based thinking takes a back seat to activism:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... rsity-memo
If this blows up in Google's face, then it's hard to say whether Damore or Google made the bigger mistake here. I hope Damore successfully sues them.
+Griz wrote:
Did he put forward a belief that others are inferior? I feel like a lot of people substitute their assumptions about what the memo states for actually reading the memo. It's an ironic application of stereotyping, as if you can just say "here we go again" and perfectly anticipate what the guy writes based on the common understanding of "opinions misogynists usually have".
To be clear, you're stating that the bar for discourse at work, on company time, using company resources ought to be plausibility? I won't even bother writing a strawman pointing out how ridiculous this is.
puppies wrote:
Thanks for citing actual quotes from the essay. Is there a specific quote there which you feel is wrong? Do you not see the distinction he makes between dealing with individuals as individuals, while recognizing wider gender differences as it affects high level programs?
ZnU
I've been a little shocked by the sheer level of intellectual dishonesty in the Internet's response to this memo. Almost every summary of Damore's position, including by some ostensibly reputable media outlets, has summarized it as something like "Women are genetically less suited to be engineers." He has also been widely portrayed as denigrating his female coworkers. (Citations upon request.)
His comments about group-level differences between the genders simply don't support these narratives, and he explicitly disclaims them, e.g.
James Damore wrote:
Many of these differences are small and there’s significant overlap between men and women, so you can’t say anything about an individual given these population level distributions.
He even included a chart to illustrate this overlap, which most sources didn't reproduce. Most also removed all the hyperlinks included in the document, making his claims about gender differences look like bare assertions, when in fact citations to research were provided.
He is not attempting to explain why women shouldn't work in tech, he is simply making the case that "Differences in distributions of traits between men and women may in part explain why we don't have 50% representation of women in tech and leadership." I mean, it's right there in his TL;DR.
It's absolutely possible to make an intellectually honest argument against Damore's position. To say something like "Yes, research does suggest there are gender-correlated differences in behavior and preferences, but we should still support diversity programs like Google's because we know there's a non-zero amount of sexism, and even if there weren't it would be beneficial for Google if the teams creating their products better represented the population that uses them." But this is not how almost anyone responded.
I don't really fault Google for firing Damore; they really didn't have much choice, given the public backlash. But I have a lower opinion of a lot of the tech industry folks I follow on Twitter as a consequence of their reactions here. (Interestingly, most of the folks I follow for political commentary haven't said a word about this.)
DemonGSides
Registered: Jun 25, 2014
Green_Machine wrote:
In fact, he goes so far to say that Feminism has done wonders, and he would like the level of gender stereotype changing that women have experienced over the past few years to also apply to male gender roles.
It is so refreshing to see that conservatives like you are being so open and honest about misgyeny and other forms of biggotry are core values of the conservative movement.
He has no case in court. You don't have the right to face zero consequences for insulting your co-workers by saying they can't do their jobs.
However, Google's action also has strong opportunity for blowback.
Well if you and others feel that you can sell that narrative enough to have blowback then go right ahead. I'm willing to bet they discussed this and made the determination that any blowback they might receive from the firing is far outweighed by the blowback from housing this guy and discord in their company. I'm also willing to bet they are right. This is the marketplace of ideas and your idea is cheap.
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Well if you and others feel that you can sell that narrative enough to have blowback then go right ahead.
Gators deleting their gmail account is apparently "blowback" now.
ZnU wrote:
As the memo states, "some ideas are too sacred to be honestly discussed."
The forum rules state that "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." The problem comes when someone makes a genuine high-effort attempt at providing the extraordinary evidence, e.g. by citing research from multiple sources. Ain't nobody got time to read all that research and try to discredit all of it. It's a lot easier to just strawman the argument and dogpile the author until he goes away. I feel no suprise at the reaction of the world at large or the content of most of the posts on the first page of the thread.
His claims about group-average gender differences are a relatively straightforward summary of e.g. this research (via the Slate Star Codex). In particular, the table on pg. 1104:
These are cross-cultural studies, and the details make these results difficult to explain entirely as a consequence of socialization.
DanaR
Tribus: Makes you want to feel, makes you want to try, makes you want to blow the stars from the sky
Angry middle age white guys who wear ties with their short-sleeve button-ups need something to nod along in agreement to just like everyone else.
I'm not making any claims about legality, though I find the prospects of a wrongful firing lawsuit interesting.
Damore: "Google disallows diversity of viewpoints by retaliating against sharing opinions like XYZ."
Google: "You're fired because you shared the opinion XYZ."
frumentum: "Was Damore in good standing intellectually in asserting that XYZ was a scientifically tenable opinion? If so, his firing was a stinky thing to do."
kedlav: "Damore was fired because he wrote it on company time. Shoulda been coding!"
frumentum: ???
The above is somewhat in jest, however I do see the "company time" thing as a red herring. Google didn't crack down on Googlers who wrote in disagreement with Damore ("everybody back to work"), and their stated reason for firing Damore was the opinion he wrote. So it was fundamentally ideological. It was prosecution of thought crime. So my question "how bad was that thought crime, really" is a reasonable question to ask.
Place yourself in the shoes of a woman working at Google. Now you are told by your co-worker that because of your gender you are more suited to "people-oriented" roles, that you have less drive for status, and that you are more prone to anxiety and require less stressful work conditions. Do you feel your individuality is respected?
No one denies that gender differences exist, and I actually agree that the expectation of gender parity in jobs is unrealistic. But the way Damon put together his argument is contradictory to his purported respect for individuality and I can easily see how people take offense to it.
Place yourself in the shoes of a woman working at Google. Now you are told that because of you gender you are more suited to "people-oriented" roles, that you have less drive for status, and that you are more prone to anxiety and require less stressful work conditions. Do you feel your individuality is respected?
It also reads like every screed written by every sexist/racist/bigot smart enough to gild their bullshit in a veneer of pseudoscience. It entirely the product of someone who has reached a conclusion and is looking for ways to rationalize it.
Again, it's a fucking ad company, not his personal political sounding board. Words can have consequences, his did. Do I blame Google for protecting company image and internal harmony at the cost of a less open working environment? Absolutely not. Who cares what he wrote as it doesn't fucking matter. If he sent out a memo that had only the words "I pooped" on it and it ended up tarnishing the image of Google and creating this much internal strife, I'd expect a firing.
So you're saying he may be right, but he shouldn't say it because it will hurt people's feelings? So should researchers not write papers on this subject? Should it be blacklisted from scientific publication? Keeping in mind that this is a graduate level biologist we're talking about here, how far should this gag order go?
You may need to do some soul searching about the unintended effects of infantilizing grown, adult women by assuming that they can't handle the real world. I suspect that in general, women can handle the real world. They can handle being told that they don't have a penis, and never will have one (well, a fully functioning one; and there's bad news for biological males who want to carry a baby to term, too). Women can handle the reality that females are on average shorter than men and not as physically strong. Similarly, if science says that male and female brains develop a bit differently on average, they can handle that, too. The suggestion that women can't handle reality is something I find much more offensive than any fair minded summary of perceived reality.
DanaR wrote:
I wrote this exact thing to one of my friends when discussing this. As a white male software engineer, I know what this is. I've seen it a thousand times. Just because I'm a liberal doesn't mean I'm forced to give all these assholes the benefit of the doubt.
Oh shit, I didn't realize he was publishing his own research in a research journal. I could have sworn he sent out an unrequested memo that had nothing to do with his job at fucking work.
That reminds me of a recent incident where a Federal Court Judge was accused of blatant sexism for asking a rape victim why she didn't keep her knees together...
Canadians were not amused;
"In a ruling announced Thursday afternoon, the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) said that at a 2014 sexual assault trial he was presiding over, Camp "showed obvious disdain for some of the characteristics of the regime enacted by Parliament in respect of sexual assault issues."
"We find that the judge's conduct, viewed in its totality and in light of all of its consequences, was so manifestly and profoundly destructive of the concept of impartiality, integrity and independence of the judicial role that public confidence is sufficiently undermined to render the judge incapable of executing the judicial office," the council's ruling reads."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justice ... -1.4017233
Ars Tribunus Angusticlavius
California is an "at will" state, so unless they were firing him for a protected class reason, which they weren't, they had every right to fire him for anything they want.
As to the specifics of his claims, they are moronic. Google is not hiring a random sampling of women, they are hiring engineers who have applied to work at Google who happen to be women. All his blather about gender preferences goes out the door with that one sentence.
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New analysis suggests Fox News is working, shifting votes to R column
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JournalBot
Registered: Apr 5, 2005
Research relies on Americans being too lazy to keep channel surfing.
Read the whole story
Wwen
Tribus: Barstow, CA
Fox should be labeled as a hate group and shut down.
Account Banned
Registered: May 13, 2016
...various surveys have indicated that's not true, and the authors have a clever way of showing it's not the case here. It basically relies on people's laziness.
I need would like a citation or three on that.
Pusher of Buttons
News has always had bias, that's nothing new. The difference now is that bias USED to at least be backed up by a modicum of professional journalistic integrity. IE. they might be biased "left" or "right" but they still strive to report -accurately-. That might mean a right leaning paper focusing more on the negative aspects of the Whitewater hearings while Bill Clinton was in office, but that didn't mean that same paper would report outright lies with the idea they could just "apologize" a week later after the impact has already been felt. It used to be -embarrassing- for a reporter to get caught lying. Now it's meh.
And ultimately it used to hurt the news sources bottom line if they were deemed disreputable. That's no longer the case. People don't seek accurate news, they seek news that justifies their own biases. So it's our own faults ultimately. Our own egos have become more important than fact.
core_dump
Registered: Aug 24, 2012
CNN belongs to the same group, biased and utterly nauseous.
PBS is about the best one can get.
ColdWetDog
Registered: Mar 7, 2010
It's rare for them to go more than a paragraph without regressing something (often several somethings).
This drives me nuts. You take a statement that is pulled from some rather dirty data, qualify it with some fancy math that may or may not be relevant to the topic, compare it to some other similarly qualified statement, requalify that statement ....
It's regression all the way down. And I do mean down.
Pretty soon the assumptions, limitations and error bars get so large that the statements become meaningless.
Lies, damned lies and statistics.
core_dump wrote:
VOX seems to be exceptional.
C.M. Allen
Registered: Nov 19, 2016
News is about the dissemination of important information, keeping people informed on local, state, national, and world issues. An informed public is a strong public. Or at least it used to be. These days it's about disseminating a chosen agenda and the requisite mis/disinformation to support it. Because an ignorant public is an easily manipulated public.
Z1ggy
Tribus: New York
so the american people are too dumb and lazy to look for sources?
Yeah i can see that.
I think most the the people here are Ars already knew this though.
The question is what can we do about it?
Ars Scholae Palatinae
Tribus: northeastern US
The "Are our cable news sources biased?" section of the article discusses data that presumably has a graph to go along with it. Does anyone have a link to that graph (if it exists)?
(Edit: I tried following the DOI but it showed an error)
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this study says differently.
For most of the period analyzed, CNN was indistinguishable from neutral (it saw a slight tilt toward Democrats during the 2010 midterm elections).
At least within this study period, there was no effective counterbalance, either. CNN was too neutral, and MSNBC's influence was too small.
HumansMustDie
Smack-Fu Master, in training
Registered: Sep 11, 2017
If ignorance is used to sway democracy then the democratic system in that country is broken. Solutions to ignorance must be found. How much longer is the freedom to be as willfully ignorant as you wish going to be tolerated?
Luddite Curmudgeon
Fox may be blatantly Republican in it's outlook, but what about those who are blatantly Democrats? They say Fair and Balanced, and we take it from them being internally balanced, but maybe the term now means balancing the blatantly Dems networks.
itfa
Hot Jupiter wrote:
Just look at their front page today and tell me with a straight face that they don't have their own political bias.
kisunssi
This increase is driven by increasing viewership on Fox News as well as an increasingly conservative slant.
Of course there may be other reasons why viewers are switching to Fox News than those proposed by this study.
The declining standards of the other networks' news output, for example...
Fatesrider
Tribus: SoCal
C.M. Allen wrote:
No, an ignorant public isn't very easy to manipulate at all.
What's easy is to get the public to fight among itself. Then you can get away with a hell of a lot more bullshit and have an army of mindless drones supporting you.
While it has presented itself as "balanced" over the years, there's little doubt that Fox News has consistently supported Republican candidates and positions even when that required taking an editorial position against basic facts.
The phrase "fair and balanced" is, itself, a logical fallacy, contradicting the very meaning of the network's message. The problem is that we don't teach anyone how to fucking THINK these days.
d4Njv
Registered: Oct 1, 2013
Z1ggy wrote:
From the OP's tone, presumably any data will either fail to persuade the OP otherwise or cause the OP to dig in deeper. Some people make a conclusion and then try to cherry-pick data instead of drawing conclusions from data.
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pitdingo
Wise, Aged Ars Veteran
I don't know much about PBS but CNN is a complete joke of fake news. 24x7 Trump bashing while nary a word about I'm still obsessed with the losing presidential candidate from the last election for some dumb reason. Trump is an idiot, but wow, CNN is a complete joke.
itfa wrote:
msawzall
HumansMustDie wrote:
Personally, I feel that people who choose to be willfully ignorant do so as an immediate pain avoidance mechanism. Admitting you're wrong is painful, and being wrong is part of the learning process.
Of course I have no statistical data on my little pet theory, so take with a grain of salt.
pitdingo wrote:
That must be why they gave Trump millions of dollars worth of free coverage.
b3astofthe3ast
I seem to 'member CNN covering the Clinton Email Server constantly. Stop gaslighting us. Multiple studies have shown that the media obsessively covered the scandal, in an attempt to equalize the two candidates and make it more of a race.
ichemandrew
It's never made sense to me that people think the solution to a small perceived bias is to set up an entire propaganda network. It's the same deal with Breitbart: "the major sites must be hiding all the whites being victimized by dark skinned people. Welp, better go full Nazi, then!" I really do no understand this psychology.
Hillary hasn't been relevant ever since the election. The purpose of news is to inform the public of *current* events.
Luddite Curmudgeon wrote:
they talk about it in this article.
I mean unless you have someone else in mind.
Just to let you know, Trump is now president and Hillary wrote some kind of book and that's it. Might explain the discrepancy. But feel free to dwell on a political figure that now has next to no bearing on our day to day lives.
Edit: Ninja'd by everybody.
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The Ulterior
Fox is blatantly NEOCON in its outlook. They often represent the "Bush" end of the republican party. Many of those guys are conservative democrats. Krauthammer is the best example. Worked for Jimmy Carter. Was a speech-writer for Mondale. He is sold on Fox as the ultimate in intellectual conservatism.
Even the most "right wing" of all of them, Hannity, is very careful not to say he's a "republican". He is a "conservative". Republican party not good enough for him. #2, Tucker, was an Obama supporter.
It's all just a show. If you want news that "represents" the typical Trump supporter, go to Breitbart.
Veritas super omens
It will work for a while but long term it is not a winning strategy as the new generation doesn't watch FOX (or PBS, or NBC, etc) and FOX's audience skews to the 60 plus age group.For the new generation if its not on their facebook feed they don't receive it. Manipulating those feeds will be the new battlefront.
bthylafh
Tribus: Southwest Missouri
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
iambj
Sounds like a hit piece against Fox. All MSM sucks. Fox at least isn't annoying to listen to and isn't just anti Trump panels of seven people, crying about how Hilary lost and still bantering about Russia crap. If you only get your news from one source, you're doing it wrong. Calling out Fox for a bias while not acknowledging the other biases is part of the problem. They try to make it seem like all other MSM isn't biased which is utter crap. CNN, MSNBC, HuffPo, all swung way left in the last couple years, yet claim to be unbiased and people believe it. That's a problem. At least everyone knows and acknowledge Fox swings a bit right - though way to establishment for me. We need a libertarian outlet. People are told by late night "news" shows to hate Fox so they do.
pr0t0
John Stewart was often pretty good at calling out Fox News for their shenanigans. There was once a republican congressman who was accused of sexual assault (I think that was the charge). For four days, Fox News reported that he was a democrat. That's not an oversight. That's intentional. That's basic journalism thrown out the window. They ran a quick correction on the fifth day during a time that few people watched. The Daily Show ran many clips of Fox News' many different talking heads reporting the inaccurate story. Even doing it once is almost unforgivable, but four days?
I have a conservative aunt who watches Fox News. I told her that it was not news, just entertainment. Fox News is to news, what pro wrestling is to the sport of wrestling.
Conservatives like to call out MSNBC or CNN for being equally biased. I believe MSNBC is, and could be persuaded that CNN is. But I would be surprised if someone could show me a concerted effort to lie and deceive by either organization on the level that Fox News does.
Fox News are proven liars. But if you like being lied to because it reinforces what you already think and believe to be true, that's your business. Just don't be surprised if you come off looking like an ass-hat to people who can think for themselves.
d4Njv wrote:
Billions of dollars of free coverage.
Wwen wrote:
That's what would happen in Russia (which banned the daily stormer on orders from the Kremlin) or China. However, the US is unique for its notion of freedom of speech.
sprockkets
Tribus: Orlando FL
Where did you get that impression from.
ichemandrew wrote:
It's never made sense to me that people think the solution to a small perceived bias is to set up an entire propaganda network.
Or to listen exclusively to sources explicitly set up to pander to one's biases. "I don't trust the MSM, so I'm going to listen only to conservative media outlets, because it says right on the tin that they'll agree with my preconceptions."
got2bereal
None of the cable news affected voters because voters tune to the news site that caters with their views.
One thing for sure is cable news all contain fake news or opinions.
Mujokan
My impression is, Murdoch made a lot of money in British tabloids, and realized he could make that approach work in the American press. Britain is further left than America but the press is further right. (Not a definitive statement as the US media landscape is very complex, but at the top level.) Murdoch's intervention provided a pipe to the paleo-conservative right who'd been underserved by the media. At first this helped the establishment Republicans to corral them for stuff like invading Iraq. After the establishment lost control in 2009, Fox News became part of the nativist dumpster fire just to survive.
Maybe it was Kelly getting Trump to stop watching Fox and Friends that led to the debt ceiling deal. What would that say about America?
sprockkets wrote:
Probably the likes of Breitbart. There are many safe places for intellectual midgets like him to get comforting opinions that agree with their biases.
choco bo
What the fuck is this?
Noone wanted to publish this piece of junk, so Ars jumped in and offered to do it?
Jesus Christ.
Mujokan wrote:
I think that if you think Kelly can (or even wants to) control Trump, you listen to too much fake news, LOL
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Expo Dispatches: Time To Go Home
September 21, 2014 at 1:00 pm by Matt Morris
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Karen Kilimnik. “the summer house,” 2011, water soluble oil color on canvas (Barbara Mathes Gallery, Booth #312)
I won’t be going out to the fair today. I imagine, though, that some of the Expo population will find their way out to Oak Park for an opening at the Suburban, for brats, beer, backyard chatter that just might be more about the Packers than an art fair packed to its rafters with haute consumption. From 2pm-4pm, the Chicago area’s favorite run-from-home alt gallery will present Pat Collier, Dennis Kowalski and Drew Heitzler’s work. I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to those proportions, that scale, this town.
By late morning on Wednesday, after the unveiling of Judy Ledgerwood’s Florida-inspired billboards, I was enjoying asking “So are you from Chicago?” much more than “Where are you traveling from?” Asked the former, many a gallerina or vaguely multi-ethnic fellow in a flamboyantly patterned shirt would scoff, grunt, answer quickly, “No, I live in New York/LA/not here.” Zachary Cahill told me Friday night that a favorite part of Expo, a quintessential Chicago aspect, is that hike through the mini-mall ruckus that comprises a typical day at Navy Pier. And definitely that stretch before reaching the exhibition hall is a great way to check yourself on how seriously you take any of this.
My partner wants to stop by Navy Pier again today, because he’s been so busy for the past few days he feels like he hasn’t seen anything. Aside from artworks I’ve talked up in previous dispatch posts, he wants to see Rachel Beach’s totemic sculptures in Blackston’s booth (Booth #728) that so excited me and the Pierre et Gilles portrait of Jean Paul Gaultier at Catherine Edelman (Booth #228). He might catch part of Michael Rakowitz’s masgouf cookout that was rescheduled to 12pm-4pm today because of the rain yesterday.
Guy Yanai. “The Window (After P.G.),” 2014, and “House,” 2014, both works oil on linen. (Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, Booth #518)
But when he heads back to the pier, I’m headed home. I want to be in my kitchen and cook supper for myself and some of my neighbors. The fair itself is peppered with tiny promises in the form of house scenes (like these by Guy Yanai and Karen Kilimnik) that coo “It’ll be over soon; it’ll be time to go home.” Erin Toale told us in her forecast survival guide that no one goes to the fair on Sunday. I think it’s because each of us are trying to balance the dazzling with the depressing, and need to stop short just before the latter overwhelms.
If we evaluate Expo on the money spent and earned, I have to admit I don’t have a clear picture of how everyone made out. One gallerist from Europe told me that they have yet to make money that recovers their expenditure in coming to Chicago; they were upbeat, though, and said that with fairs a few years of investing is to be expected. Another gallerist walked over to an artist talk I attended yesterday. She shrugged and said, “There’s nothing happening in my booth.” When I asked a Chicagoan staffing one of the booths how the day was going, they answered with their mouth straight, lips pursed and said, “Oh, pretty much like all the days at Expo.” Another said, “I don’t like this part of me that emerges at these fairs, where I start wishing the looky-loos would walk on by.”
This year Expo worked extra hard to offer a robust schedule of Dialogues, and these official events were complemented by the past four days’ true pleasures—the dialogues, discourses and opportunities to catch up with art world denizens near and far. Whether criss-crossing around the maze of the fair’s exhibition hall or in off-site events like breakfasts in gallery backrooms, a fog-filled warehouse party, a BYOB dance party in a generous couple’s apartment, or walks back to the Red Line, the fair brought with it so many chances for real talk, and the capacity for openhearted exchange that populated these proceedings has been unbelievably gratifying. I probably hold to some ideal that if we’re not discussing what is being seen and what is happening, if we’re not making meaning around the art (and its display and sales), then there’s extremely limited value to our cultural field. After these days I’m more dazzled than depressed in no small part because of talking with all of you. Many of you came from all over the world, and just as many came from other corners of Chicago. Thank you for maintaining skepticism without getting sulky. Thank you for calling my attention to gems amidst the thousands of artworks on display that I would’ve missed without you. Thank you for having fun getting dressed up and posturing like pros, but fairly quickly cutting through the bullshit to assess, commiserate, question and appreciate. It’s pretty cool to be working alongside all of you. The seeming finitude of such hyper-local personal exchanges is actually a myth; thanks for helping build thoughtful links around what contemporary art can do. Maybe we can talk just a little bit more over beers in Oak Park this afternoon. (Matt Morris)
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Top 4 Reasons to Check Your Iron Level, Not Your Cholesterol
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While your body requires sufficient iron to stay healthy, elevated levels have been linked to cancer, heart disease, neurodegenerative diseases, gouty arthritis, hepatitis C, liver disease and many other health problems
Elevated cerebrospinal fluid iron levels are strongly correlated with the presence of the Alzheimer’s risk allele, APOE-e4, and elevated iron in your brain may actually be the mechanism that makes APOE-e4 a major genetic risk factor for the disease
Elevated ferritin has been linked to impaired glucose metabolism, raising the risk of diabetes fivefold in men and fourfold in women, a magnitude of correlation similar to that of obesity
Iron causes significant harm primarily by catalyzing a reaction within the inner mitochondrial membrane. When iron reacts with hydrogen peroxide, hydroxyl free radicals are formed, causing severe mitochondrial dysfunction
If your iron level is too high, the easiest way to lower it is to donate blood two or three times a year. If you have severe overload you may need to do more regular phlebotomies. Regular sauna use, which is an effective form of detoxification, is also helpful
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While many health screens are overrated or unnecessary, a few stand out as vitally important. For example, while most people will check their cholesterol on a regular basis, even though high cholesterol has been proven to have no significant impact on heart health, few consider checking their serum ferritin (stored iron) level.
Most doctors also ignore this important health screen. This is tragic, because while your body requires sufficient iron to remain healthy,1 elevated levels have been linked to cancer,2 heart disease,3 neurodegenerative diseases,4 gouty arthritis5 and many other health problems.6
As noted in a 2007 paper,7 other iron overload conditions include chronic hepatitis C and end-stage liver disease, and even "mild or moderate increase of iron stores appears to have significant clinical relevance" in these and other conditions.
Iron overload is also of particular concern in Alzheimer's disease.8,9,10 According to recent research,11,12 buildup of iron, causing a rusting effect in the brain, plays an important role and is common in most Alzheimer's patients. As noted by the authors:
"In the presence of the pathological hallmarks of [Alzheimer's disease], iron is accumulated within and around the amyloid-beta plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, mostly as ferrihydrite inside ferritin, hemosiderin and magnetite.
The co-localization of iron with amyloid-beta has been proposed to constitute a major source of toxicity. Indeed, in vitro, amyloid-beta has been shown to convert ferric iron to ferrous iron, which can act as a catalyst for the Fenton reaction to generate toxic free radicals, which in turn result in oxidative stress."
Other research13 suggests elevated cerebrospinal fluid iron levels are strongly correlated with the presence of the Alzheimer's risk allele, APOE-e4, and that elevated levels of iron in your brain may actually be the mechanism that makes APOE-e4 a major genetic risk factor for the disease.
A primary focus of conventional treatment so far has been to clear amyloid proteins, but while the approach seems logical, such attempts have met with limited success. Now, researchers suggest clearing out excess iron may be a more effective way to reduce damage and slow or prevent the Alzheimer's disease process.
High Iron Impacts Your Diabetes Risk as Much as Obesity
Iron causes significant harm primarily by catalyzing a reaction within the inner mitochondrial membrane. When iron reacts with hydrogen peroxide, hydroxyl free radicals are formed. These are among the most damaging free radicals known, causing severe mitochondrial dysfunction, which in turn is at the heart of most chronic degenerative diseases.
Importantly, elevated ferritin has been linked to dysfunctional glucose metabolism,14 raising the risk of diabetes fivefold in men and fourfold in women, a magnitude of correlation similar to that of obesity.15 High ferritin also doubles your risk of metabolic syndrome,16 a condition associated with an increased risk of high blood pressure, liver disease and heart disease.
Unfortunately, the first thing people think about when they hear "iron" is anemia (iron deficiency), not realizing that iron overload is actually a more common problem — and far more dangerous.
GGT Test Is Also Advisable to Rule Out Iron Toxicity
A gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) test can also be used as a screening marker for excess free iron and is a great indicator of your sudden cardiac death risk. Recent research also suggests elevated GGT is associated with insulin resistance, cardiometabolic disease17 and chronic kidney disease.18
In recent years, scientists have discovered GGT is highly interactive with iron, and when both your serum ferritin and GGT are high, you are at significantly increased risk of chronic health problems and early death,19,20 because then you have a combination of free iron (which is highly toxic), and the iron storage to keep that toxicity going.21 Hence getting a GGT test in addition to a serum ferritin test is advisable to rule out iron toxicity.
Iron Overload Is Extremely Common
As noted in a recent Nautilus article22 by Clayton Dalton, an emergency medicine resident at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, it's quite possible to come dangerously close to the maximum daily intake of iron thought to be safe simply by eating breakfast, as two servings of fortified breakfast cereal may provide as much as 44 milligrams (mg) of iron in some cases.
Meanwhile, the upper tolerance limit is 45 mg for adults, and the recommended daily allowance is 8 mg for men and 18 mg for premenopausal women (i.e., women who still get their monthly period).
Indeed, most adult men and postmenopausal women are at risk for iron overload and need to be mindful of their intake since they do not lose blood on a regular basis. Blood loss is the primary way to lower excess iron,23 as your body has no active iron excretion mechanism.
There's also an inherited disease, hemochromatosis, which causes your body to accumulate excessive and dangerously damaging levels of iron. The following can also cause or exacerbate high iron. Just remember you cannot base your risk of iron overload on these factors alone. You have to actually measure your iron level if you are:
Cooking in iron pots or pans. Cooking acidic foods in these types of pots or pans will cause even higher levels of iron absorption
Regularly eating processed foods such as cereals and white breads fortified with iron. (What's worse, the iron used in these products is inorganic iron, which has more in common with rust than the bioavailable iron found in meat)
Drinking well water high in iron. The key here is to make sure you have some type of iron precipitator and/or a reverse osmosis water filter
Taking multiple vitamins and mineral supplements, as both of these frequently have iron in them
Regularly consuming alcohol, as this will increase the absorption of iron in your diet. For instance, if you drink wine with your steak, you will likely absorb more iron than you need
Iron's Mechanism of Harm Explained
Your body creates energy by passing the electrons from the carbs and fats you eat to oxygen through the electron transport chain in your mitochondria, which produces adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Ninety-five percent of the time, the oxygen is converted to water, but 0.5 to 5 percent of the time, reactive oxygen species (ROS) are created.
ROS are not all bad as they are important biological signaling molecules, but excessive ROS leads to mitochondrial damage and dysfunction. Iron can react with hydrogen peroxide in the inner mitochondrial membrane. This is a normal part of cellular aerobic respiration.
However, when you have excessive iron, it catalyzes the formation of excessive hydroxyl free radicals from the peroxide, which decimate your mitochondrial DNA, mitochondrial electron transport proteins and cellular membranes. This is how iron overload accelerates chronic disease. Dalton writes:24
"As the chemists Barry Halliwell and John Gutteridge — who wrote the book on iron biochemistry — put it, 'The reactivity of the hydroxyl radicals is so great that, if they are formed in living systems, they will react immediately with whatever biological molecule is in their vicinity, producing secondary radicals of variable reactivity.'
Such is the Faustian bargain that has been struck by life on this planet. Oxygen and iron are essential for the production of energy, but may also conspire to destroy the delicate order of our cells. As the neuroscientist J.R. Connor has said, 'Life was designed to exist at the very interface between iron sufficiency and deficiency.'"
If You're a Carb-Burner, Your Risk May Be Magnified
If you eat excessive net carbs (total carbs minus fiber) the situation is further exacerbated, as burning carbs as your primary fuel can add another 30 to 40 percent more ROS on top of the hydroxyl free radicals generated by the presence of high iron.
Unfortunately, most people burn carbs as their primary fuel these days. If you struggle with any kind of chronic health problem and have high iron and eat a standard American diet that is high in net carbs, normalizing your iron level (explained below) and implementing a ketogenic diet as described in my book, "Fat for Fuel," can go a long way toward improving your health.
Taking extra antioxidants to suppress ROS generated by high iron alone or in combination with a high-sugar diet is inadvisable, as ROS also act as important signaling molecules. They're not all bad. They cause harm only when produced in excess.
Hence your best bet is simply to lower the production of ROS. One of the easiest and most effective ways to do that is to eat a diet high in healthy fats, adequate in protein and low in net carbs. Eating healthy fats can make a bigger difference than you might think, especially if you have high iron.
How Your Body Maintains Iron Homeostasis
Now, your body does have a mechanism for maintaining iron homeostasis, which works well provided you're not getting too much iron from your diet on a regular basis. A key regulator of iron is hepcidin, a protein secreted by your liver. When your iron level is sufficient, your liver secretes hepcidin into your bloodstream.
As your hepcidin level rises, iron absorption in your gastrointestinal tract is inhibited, while cells throughout your body start to sequester iron into ferritin (an iron storage protein). When your iron level is low, your hepcidin level drops, triggering gastrointestinal cells to start absorbing iron from your food again.
Elegant as this system may be, iron overload can still occur if you're consistently consuming too much iron, or if you have a genetic mutation causing impaired iron regulation. A gene called HFE regulates hepcidin; people with hereditary hemochromatosis have two defective copies of this gene, while having just one defective copy is known as heterozygosity. As reported by Dalton:25
"The prevalence of hereditary hemochromatosis, in which two defective copies of the HFE gene are present and there are clinical signs of iron overload, is actually pretty high — as many as 1 in 200 in the United States.
And perhaps 1 in 40 may have two defective HFE genes without overt hemochromatosis. That's more than 8 million Americans who could have a significant short-circuit in their ability to regulate iron absorption and metabolism."
There's evidence26,27 to suggest people with a single defective HFE gene may also have impaired iron metabolism, albeit not to the degree seen in those with hemochromatosis.
According to one study,28 "an estimated 40 to 70 percent of persons with the C282Y homozygous genotype will develop clinical evidence of iron overload," and estimates suggest more than 30 percent of Americans are heterozygotes, placing them at this significantly increased risk.29
People with a single defective HFE gene have also been shown to be at increased risk of heart disease, heart attack and stroke.30,31 In one study,32 heterozygosity raised the risk of cardiomyopathy, a strong risk factor for heart failure, nearly sixfold.
Iron Metabolism and Disease
The discovery of hepcidin in 2000 launched a string of research showing just how dangerous iron overload can be — even if you don't have an HFE gene mutation. I recommend reading through the original article,33 but here's a quick summary of the highlights:
1. Iron and cardiovascular disease — A meta-analysis34 published in 2013 found that 27 of 55 published studies demonstrated a positive relationship between iron and cardiovascular disease, with higher iron levels being linked to higher risk of disease. Twenty of the studies found no significant relationship, and only eight reported a negative relationship, with higher iron levels being associated with lower risk of disease.
For example, a Scandinavian study found elevated ferritin levels raised men's risk of heart attack two- to threefold. In another, people with high ferritin were five times more likely to suffer a heart attack than those with normal levels.
A third found elevated ferritin doubled the risk of heart attack. Importantly, in this study they found that each 1 percent increase in ferritin raised the risk of heart attack by 4 percent, and the only risk factor that weighed heavier than ferritin was smoking.
Canadian scientists have also evaluated the link between serum iron (opposed to serum ferritin) to heart attack risk, as ferritin is not a perfect marker for iron status. They too found that higher iron raised the risk of heart attack in men twofold, and fivefold in women.
2. Iron and diabetes — The link between high iron and diabetes has also strengthened over the years. In the late '80s, it was discovered that patients who receive blood transfusions are at significantly increased risk of diabetes, suggesting iron itself, and not just genetic factors, were in fact at play.
In 1997, the first study35 to investigate this connection published findings confirming that ferritin is indeed a strong predictor of dysfunctional glucose metabolism. The only factor stronger is body mass index.
The association between iron and diabetes was confirmed in 1998, when a study36 found that phlebotomy (blood donation) improved insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism in both healthy and diabetic subjects. This was later reconfirmed in 200537 and 2012.38
In 1999, researchers linked elevated ferritin with a fivefold increased risk of diabetes in men and a nearly fourfold increased risk in women.39 Five years after that, ferritin was linked to a doubled risk of metabolic syndrome, which is also strongly associated with diabetes and cardiovascular disease.40
Then, in 2011, a study41 looking at the connection between transferrin saturation (a measure of the iron load in your transferrin protein) and diabetes risk concluded that having a transferrin saturation above 50 percent raised the risk of diabetes two to three times and increased mortality rates.
3. Iron and cancer — As noted by Dalton, "It had been known since the late 1950s that injecting large doses of iron into lab animals could cause malignant tumors." Unfortunately, it would take three decades before scientists started looking at the link between iron and cancer in humans. Today, there's ample evidence for this connection. Among this evidence are studies showing:
◦ Elevated ferritin is associated with a three times higher risk of death from cancer42
◦ Men who develop cancer have higher transferritin saturation and blood levels of iron than cancer-free men43
◦ Blood donors are between 20 percent44 and 30 percent45 less likely to develop cancer than non-donors
◦ Elevated ferritin raises your risk of colorectal cancer threefold and lung cancer by 1.5 times.46 A meta-review of 33 studies that looked at the link between iron and colorectal cancer specifically found more than 75 percent of these studies supported the link47
◦ Your risk of dying from cancer increases the higher your serum iron and transferrin saturation levels are. People with the highest levels have double the risk of death as those with the lowest48
4. Iron and neurological disease — Last but not least, high iron has repeatedly been shown to wreak havoc in the brain. Some of this research has already been mentioned. As noted by Dalton:
"[Your brain] burns 20 percent of the body's total oxygen requirement. With a metabolism that hot, it's inevitable that the brain will also produce more free radicals as it churns through all that oxygen. Surprisingly, it's been shown that the brain appears to have less antioxidant capacity than other tissues in the body,49 which could make it more susceptible to oxidative stress … This, in turn, points to a sensitivity to iron."
Dalton goes on to cite a number of studies which, when taken together, "suggest that abnormal iron metabolism in the brain could be a causative factor in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases."
Ideal Iron and GGT Levels
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When checking your serum ferritin, it's important to remember the "normal" ranges for GGT and serum ferritin are far from ideal.50 If you're in the "normal" range, you're virtually guaranteed to develop some sort of health problem. It's also important to remember that you need both tests to confirm the absence of iron toxicity.
To learn more about this, see my interview with Gerry Koenig, former chairman of the Iron Disorders Institute and the Hemochromatosis Foundation, embedded above for your convenience. The recommended, ideal levels, of ferritin and GGT are as follows:
• Ferritin — Adult men and non-menstruating women: 30 to 40 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL) or 75 to 100 nanomoles per liter (nmol/L51).
The most commonly used threshold for iron deficiency in clinical studies is 12 to 15 ng/mL (30 to 37 nmol/L).52 You do not want to be below 20 ng/mL (50 nmol/L) or above 80 ng/mL (200 nmol/L). High iron during pregnancy is also problematic; having a level of 60 or 70 ng/mL (150 or 175 nmol/L) is associated with greater odds of poor pregnancy outcomes.
• GGT — Below 16 units per liter (U/L) for men and below 9 U/L for women. Above 25 U/L for men and 18 U/L for women, your risk of chronic disease increases significantly.
Ferritin and GGT are interactive, and low GGT tends to be protective against higher ferritin. So, if your GGT is low, you're largely protected even if your ferritin is a bit higher than ideal. Still, it would still be wise to take steps to lower your ferritin to a more ideal level. On the other hand, even if your ferritin is low, having elevated GGT levels is cause for concern and needs to be addressed.
If you are thin, with a body mass index below 22 or 23, Koenig suggests getting a transferrin test as well, which gives you a percentage saturation level. A level of 25 to 35 percent is typically considered healthy. In the 1970s, the transferrin saturation test was used as a marker for early death. Having a transferrin saturation percentage of over 55 indicated a 60 percent increased risk for premature death.
How to Lower Your Iron and GGT Levels
If your iron level is too high, the easiest way to lower it is to donate blood two or three times a year. If you have severe overload you may need to do more regular phlebotomies. Regular sauna use, which is an effective form of detoxification, is also helpful.
While I've long recommended donating blood as the solution to iron overload, I now believe a balanced approach using phlebotomy, detoxification and reducing dietary iron, especially meat, is the best way to go about it.
Keep in mind that trying to control high iron through your diet alone can be risky, as you will also forgo many valuable nutrients. That said, to avoid maximizing iron absorption, avoid eating iron-rich foods in combination with vitamin C-rich foods or beverages, as the vitamin C will increase iron absorption. If needed, you could also take a curcumin supplement. Curcumin acts as a potent chelator of iron and can be a useful supplement if your iron is elevated.
As for lowering GGT, you'll need to implement strategies that boost glutathione, a potent antioxidant produced in your body, as GGT is inversely related to glutathione. As your GGT level rises, your glutathione goes down. This is in fact part of the equation explaining how elevated GGT harms your health. By elevating your glutathione level, you will lower your GGT.
The amino acid cysteine, found in whey protein, poultry and eggs, plays an important role in your body's production of glutathione. Red meat, which does not contain cysteine, will tend to raise GGT, as will alcohol, so both should be avoided.53
Research also suggests eating at least 10 servings of fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C, fiber, beta-carotene, anthocyanins and folate per week can help reduce GGT.54 Examples include carrots, romaine lettuce, spinach, sweet potatoes, apricots and tomatoes.
Also, be aware that certain medications can raise your GGT. If this is the case, please confer with your doctor to determine whether you might be able to stop the medication or switch to something else, and avoid over-the-counter medicines, including ibuprofen and aspirin, both of which can damage your liver.
General detoxification is another important component if your GGT is high, as your liver's job is to remove toxins from your body. The fact that your GGT is elevated means your liver is under stress.
Take Control of Your Health by Checking Your Iron Status Annually
I strongly suggest most adults seriously consider getting a serum ferritin test on an annual basis to confirm you're neither too high nor too low. Again, keep in mind that the "normal" ranges for serum ferritin are far from ideal.55 In some labs, a level of 200 to 300 ng/mL (499 to 749 nmol/L) falls within the normal range for women and men respectively, which is far too high for optimal health.
When it comes to iron overload, I believe it can be every bit as dangerous to your health as vitamin D deficiency, and checking your iron status is far more important than your cholesterol. While a full iron panel that checks serum iron, iron-binding capacity and ferritin can be helpful, you really only need the serum ferritin test, plus the GGT test. Your doctor can write you a prescription for these tests, or you can order them from HealtheIron.com.
So, to reiterate some of the most important take-home messages, to prevent ill health due to iron overload, be sure to:
Regularly screen for iron overload with a serum ferritin or GGT level to confirm that you don't have excess iron and, if you do, donate blood to lower your levels. Recent U.S. legislation allows all blood banks to perform therapeutic phlebotomy for hemochromatosis or iron overload. All you need is a doctor's order
Lower your net carb intake and increase healthy fats to switch over to fat-burning mode and protect your mitochondria. This will help to radically reduce ROS and secondary free radical production
Don't avoid iron-rich foods. Just avoid combining them with vitamin C-rich foods, and combine them with calcium-rich foods instead to limit absorption. Also avoid alcohol, which will increase the absorption of iron in your diet. You could also consider a curcumin supplement to reduce your iron load without risking the elimination of other valuable minerals
Unless you have a lab-documented iron deficiency, avoid iron-containing multivitamins, iron supplements and mineral supplements that contain iron
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Programming change helps Neptune’s Spear
January 7, 2019 3:21 pm. by AAP
Neptune’s Spear will run at Doomben before heading to New Zealand for the Karaka Million.
A late programming change by Racing Queensland has proved a blessing in disguise for two-year-old Neptune’s Spear.
Trainer Liam Birchley had intended to run Neptune’s Spear from the outside barrier in the QTIS Two-Year-Old Handicap at the Gold Coast on Saturday.
It was to be Neptune’s Spear’s last run before heading to New Zealand to tackle the Karaka Million on January 26.
Birchley was able to scratch the horse on Saturday morning after he was told RQ had added a two-year-old race to the Doomben card on Wednesday.
RQ added the race after criticism from trainers that too many horses were getting balloted out due to field size restrictions.
“It looked as though we had no choice but to run him on Saturday from the bad draw and I was worried it may have flattened him a bit against a class field,” Birchley said.
“But this race is only four days later and suits just as well. He can run in it and then press on to New Zealand.”
Neptune’s Spear was a brilliant winner at Doomben in November and Birchley has given him plenty of time to get over the run.
“He has a lot of early pace but I think he will have no trouble getting 1200 metres,” Birchley said.
Birchley has won the Karaka Million twice with Sister Havana (2010) and Hardline (2015).
The trainer will have one of the outsiders, Courseshewill, in the $2 million Magic Millions Classic on Saturday.
Courseshewill won her first two starts but has been well beaten at her past two.
“She got bumped in the Calaway Gal and then in the Bruce McLachlan she got pushed right off the track just after the start,” Birchley said.
“Hopefully, if she can draw a decent barrier she is in with a hope.”
Birchley is yet to win the Magic Millions 2Y0 Classic but has had minor placegetters – Pepperano (2015), Ruby Soho (2014), Miss Longstocking (2013) and Paprika (2009).
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Category Archives: Essays
April 4, 2019 · 10:16 pm
Today, I got a pleasant and long-awaited email: Neo-Victorian Studies published their special issue about “Neo-Victorian Asia”, which is guest edited by Elizabeth Ho, Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong. My contribution,”Analog Incarnations: Steampunk Performance Across Time” focuses on the power of marginalized performance in steampunk subculture, and it includes the short, one-person play I wrote as my final project for my Masters. Analog Incarnations is weirdly fun, with a Doctor-Whoish-timey-whimey angle, a liberal use of Power Point and Nerf guns, and an imagined video/FX budget beyond my means. It’s exactly why this is a published play and not a produced one. It also presents, for the first time online, the origins of Ay-leen the Peacemaker, my Tonkinese Buddhist assassin-for-hire steamsona.
Looking through my photos for a good one to include in this post, I realized that next month will mark my decade-long anniversary involved in the steampunk community! Here’s one of the very first pictures of me as Ay-leen the Peacemaker, taken in May 2009 (credit to Bob Nittoli). I don’t make it out to as many cons and events as I used to, due to travelling to cons and conferences for my editorial life, but I still keep in touch with many fellow steampunks I’ve met over the years. Of course, the Peacemaker has a special place on my living room bookshelf. Alongside the steampunk/ steam–tangental books published during my time with Tor.
It’s amazing how much time flew by like it was nothing. Or maybe time just flies when you’re having fun!
Check out the special issue, and enjoy the range of wonderful intellectual goodies it contains. The complete table of contents are—
Introduction: Neo-Victorian Asia: An Inter-imperial Approach by Elizabeth Ho
Japanese Neo-Victorian Fictions: Looking Back to the Victorian Age from Japan by Yui Nakatsuma
Japanese Dandies in Victorian Britain: Writing Masculinity in Japanese Girls’ Comics by Waiyee Loh
Last Empress Fiction and Asian Neo-Victorianism by Elizabeth Ho
The Neo-Victorian Chinese Diaspora: Crossing Genders and Postcolonial Subversion in Pacific Gold Rush Novels by Barbara Franchi
Analog Incarnations: Steampunk Performance across Time by Diana M. Pho
A Therapeutic Mangle of History: Towards a Politics of Reconciliation in Arjun Raj Gaind’s Empire of Blood by Kurian Therakath Peter
Secondary Pleasures, Spatial Occupations and Postcolonial Departures: Park Chan-Wook’s Agassi/The Handmaiden and Sarah Waters’s Fingersmith by Park Heebon, Julie Sanders, and Chung Moonyoung
Reviews/Review Essays
Neo-Victorian Adventures for Young Readers: Review of Sonja Sawyer Fritz and Sara K. Day’s The Victorian Era in Twenty-First Century Children’s and Adolescent Literature and Culture
Review by Sandra Dinter
The Other (Neo-)Victorians: Review of Laura Helen Marks, Alice in Pornoland: Hardcore Encounters with the Victorian Gothic
Review by Saverio Tomaiuolo
The Hauntings of Charlotte Brontë: Review of Amber K. Regis and Deborah Wynne (eds.), Charlotte Brontë: Legacies and afterlives
Review by Catherine Paula Han
(And if anyone wants to produce my show, you know how to reach me 😉 )
Tagged as academia, neovictorian studies, performance, theater
Reflecting on Like Clockwork: Steampunk Pasts, Presents, and Futures
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Rounding out this year, University of Minnesota Press came out with a new academic anthology that I’m proud to be a contributor for—Like Clockwork: Steampunk Pasts, Presents, and Futures. This anthology tackles the cultural influences that lead to the rise in popularity of steampunk from the early Naughts onward; as its website description states, “From disability and queerness to ethos and digital humanities, Like Clockwork offers wide-ranging perspectives on steampunk’s history and its place in contemporary culture, all while speaking to the ‛why’ and ‛why now’ of the genre.”
My contribution, “Punking the Other: On the Performance of Racial and National Identities in Steampunk” had a long journey from grad school paper to publication, and finally seeing this in print has made me reflect about how much has changed since the article was first written, and how much of its commentary has become hauntingly relevant today.
The premise of Like Clockwork posits that the traumas of a post-9/11 affected our social and cultural understanding of time, technology, and the individual’s role in the historical narrative. Steampunk is fun and imaginative, but it is also ironic and critical of the past it draws from (and the future it mashes up with). The genre is about humor and pulp storytelling, about fashion and maker culture, about cosplay, satire, and pastiche. “Steampunking” became a cute catchphrase meaning how can one retrofit an object, an idea, or a narrative: a verb to ignite creative re-imagination. But steampunk is also passionate, critical, and serious in its performance.
The Past — What I was interested in back in 2012 was how people constructed their creative identities around imagined retrofuturist self, combined with current pop culture. These identities, made for play and entertainment, also speak about the political self. In the essay, I state that “A postcolonial view of steampunk posits the reexamination of dominant historical narratives in Western canon to embrace cultural hybridity and challenge the traditional power dynamics of national identity. It asks, ‘What groups are seen as part of the ‘nation’?’ and ‘Who gains the rights and privileges of citizenship?’, questions that have been increasingly defined against racial and cultural difference.”
Back then, I was thinking about who was seen as the explorers and who the savages, who had the honor of serving the Queen versus who slaved under Her, who held the power and what did they do with it. It makes for great games of wish-fulfillment and subversion, or wistful explorations of nostalgic superiority. Or a lot of creative works that fall in the gray in-between (good art never asks simple, binary questions). Art can be empowering; it can unintentionally or actively endorse problematic messages; it can be catchy and have great hooks and beautiful aesthetics, and it is never, ever amoral. These were the questions I kept asking when I critiqued the artists and performers I wrote about.
The Present — The anthology, written to address a post-9/11 world, now is out in a post-Brexit, pre-Trump world. It is a darker world, one where a whimsical longing for a “historical past that never was” rubs up against slogans about building walls, registering religious minorities, and Making America Great Again. It is a more nationalistic world in a frightening way, where playacting as fascists comes too close to the swastikas and hate speech I see graffitied on the streets of the city I love.
Many people did not foresee the stuff of our worst imaginations and in our moral selves being brought to light. Society wanted to sanitize our histories for modern consumption, and in doing so, we forgot how easy it is to repeat history’s mistakes.
Are you seen as part of our future nation? Do you deserve the rights and privileges of citizenship? You might, but do they?
And what will you do about that?
The Future — Over the past few weeks, I’ve overheard and participated in conversations all asking the same question, “What is my duty as an artist now?” More questions: Does my art mean anything anymore? Should I be doing something different with my life? What can I do to protect the most vulnerable, the people I love?
I don’t have easy answers to these questions. No one does. But there are many, many acts happening right now that will show what the future holds.
Steampunk has typically been seen as a positivist, optimistic genre, under the premise that we still have the opportunity to make things better as long as there are ways we can put dreams into action. To make things into reality. To question our pasts in order to stop terrible futures looming in our present.
Because, we must remember that steampunk subculture is performative. It is an action and not a static identity. Steampunk is a verb.
Like Clockwork: Steampunk Pasts, Presents, and Futures, edited by Rachel A Bowser and Brian Croxall
Featuring work by: Kathryn Crowther, Perimeter College at Georgia State University; Shaun Duke, University of Florida; Stefania Forlini, University of Calgary (Canada); Lisa Hager, University of Wisconsin–Waukesha; Mike Perschon, MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta; Diana M. Pho; David Pike, American University; Catherine Siemann, New Jersey Institute of Technology; Joseph Weakland, Georgia Institute of Technology; Roger Whitson, Washington State University.
Filed under Announcement, Essays
Tagged as academia, books, Like Clockwork, University of Minnesota Press
February 29, 2016 · 9:00 am
#SteampunkHands – On Crafting a Subcultural Lifestyle: Objects and the Search for Home in Steampunk (Part 5)
The Airship Ashanti in the 2015 International Steampunk Symposium. They were that year’s winners of the Airship Games.
A Genre for our Times: Living Steampunk in Pursuit of “the Good Life”, A Conclusion
During my extensive involvement in the steampunk community, I have contemplated the meaning of what constitutes a lifestyle and whether that coincides with the personal beliefs one holds. While I began this paper with the intention of exploring the separation of ideology with lifestyle, I also believe that people who are heavily involved in the steampunk community hold a specific worldview. In my interviews with members of the community, I came upon a dozen different responses to the question, “Do you think steampunks have a specific ‘mindset’?” Many vehemently rejected the idea that there was one common mindset (thus, hinting at the collective notion of respect for individual opinions and a general distaste toward imposing one’s opinion upon others.) Many other responses, however, incorporated the idea that steampunks are artists who prefer looking at the world more creatively than the average person. Artist Tamara Lavery mentions that, “I believe it is a very fertile mindset. Many of those involved are makers. Artists, crafts people, musicians,….while going to an event and purchasing something amazing made by another is mad fun, most of us are also happiest making or at least “modding” for ourselves.”1 Another steampunk, author Leanne Renee Hieber mentions the commodification of subculture in her response, but with an anti-commercial, pro-community spin: “I think there are common themes. Craft and maker culture as valued commodity (I consider myself a “maker” too, I make books). History is alive and re-imagined in us. Play, fancy, fantasy, adventure and whimsy are also a valued commodity.”2
In fact, what I found in common in many of these responses is how many steampunks link a “steampunk worldview” (if it does exist) to a set of materialist ethics with the world that emphasizes the imagination as a method to break away from normalized constraints of society. The nineteenth century, more than a common focal point of interest, is considered the nexus point of the standards of our modern world. Steampunks view the Victorian era as the beginning of the end with the tide of industrial, social, political and economic changes that directly changed our lives for the worst. By returning to the Victorian, the steampunk aesthetic movement both celebrates a historical era of change while also integrating anachronistic elements into history in the romantic hope of undoing the past to re-create a better present. The idea is speculative in design, but realist in execution. The steampunk aesthetic movement is one method in which people project their utopian ideals onto the everyday.
Filed under Conventions, Essays
Tagged as "personal essay", academia, On Crafting a Subcultural Lifestyle, Steampunk Hands Around the World
Photo from ICON 2010. Image Credit: J.M. Coen.
A Wandering Utopia: The Steampunk Convention
Note: A part of this essay section was previously published in my 2011 TempleCon convention report here.
Convention spaces provoke migration. They act as a Mecca for people of common means but uncommon interests, who engage in pilgrimages across the country to one destination in order to commune with each other. Convention spaces are also known in shorthand as the “con space,” a term that can allude to the Latin word contra (“to oppose, to argue against,” “pro or con”), to trick (“to con someone,” “the con game”), to illusion and mystification (“to confuse”). The term “con” when speaking of “convention” on the other hand, comes from the Middle English word connen, meaning “to study, know, or pursue.” Both divergent entomologies become relevant when describing a steampunk con.
Cons are understood as being a transitory form of escapism, where people enter from the mainstream world and are transferred into a heightened hyper-reality of Othered existence, before departing after a few hours or a few days to re-enter normalcy. At the same time, the convention space is nomadic, moving across city limits and state lines (and some, even, becoming virtual on the Internet)1. Sprouted by whims and fan passions, fan cons become hatched in backwater small towns and major metropolitan areas, each catering to the localized whims of the community’s populace. Cons, then, can be considered festive realms of liminality, a carnival space that Susan Stewart would identify as, “a reply to everyday life which is at the same time an inversion, an intensification, and a manipulation of that life, for it exposes and transforms both pattern and contradiction, presenting the argument and the antithesis of everyday life in an explosion that bears the capacity to destroy that life.”2
Of course, the concept of the fan conventions isn’t new and doesn’t pertain to steampunk subculture alone. My choice to include the con space as part of steampunk lifestyle, however, is connected to the increased attention by steampunk participants to the importance of holding a convention in their local community and the integration of convention-going with sociability for subculture participants. Moreover, unlike the assumption that these conventions are seen as breaks from the everyday, I argue that convention and event life in the steampunk community is seen not as an escape, but as a heightened utopian space that is reflective of community members’ everyday practices, interests and relationships.
Lebanon County Historical Society’s Stoy Museum replication of a Victorian Barber Shop. Click for source.
Retro-Fitting the Technologies of the Self
I first heard of the Steampunk Salon through Meet-up.com, a social website. The NY Steampunk – Artists & Enthusiasts network was started in late 2008 and has over 600 members throughout the state, though a sizable number of them reside in New York City. Many of their events are based in the metropolitan area, from museum trips to picnics to community art projects, like arrangements for float in Coney Island’s Mermaid Parade. One of the consistent events is the literary salon that takes place in Midtown East, hosted at the business of Romain Pallardy, hair stylist. The pun on the dual meaning of “salon” sounds a bit cutesy to be coincidental, and steampunk in general has been known to create spaces with a cheeky wink and a nod.
Finding Romain’s Salon is a bit tricky; one cool fall evening, I arrived at a bustling city street in Midtown East and didn’t see a storefront, for the Salon lacked a street sign, in contrast to the flashy hotel logos and restaurants surrounding it. The plain-faced building squeezed in this ritzy area could have been another forgettable residential building; alongside the row of pearly doorbell buttons, though, it wasn’t difficult to spot the one marking Romain’s business. In neat ink penmanship beneath a strip of plastic was the word “Salon,” as intriguing in its simplicity as Alice’s bottles and cakes marked “Drink Me” or “Eat Me.” The doorbell’s built-in camera blinked upon pressing the buzzer; my face flashed back in miniature before I was buzzed in. I climbed a nondescript, narrow stairwell to the second floor and arrived at a simple office door labeled in black-lined gold lettering: “Romain Parllady: Salon.”
Victorian Carpenter’s Kit
“Home is a Woodshop”
Among my books on my self stands a French vodka bottle, sliced clean across the middle; this bottle I had cut myself using a diamond-edged rotary water blade. The process was not perfect, and chipped edges serve a cautionary purpose when I pick up the glass. A candle sits inside it, unlit, on my shelf, yet it nevertheless reminds me of the place where it was made.
In the shadow of the George Washington Bridge, I stood by the iron-barred gateway situated between two gray-faced, indiscriminate pre-war apartment buildings, dialing a number off my smart phone. An icy blast of wind coming in from the water cuts through my layers and my fingers tremble over the key pad. A warm, older voice answered, “I’ll be right up,” and in a minute, Stephen Ebinger, a broad-shouldered man with a peppery beard and Santa-Claus eyes, opened the gate. The stairs descended to the subbasement level and I teetered downwards precariously, clinging to the rust-stained railing. I followed my friend through the building’s back door into the basement apartment that serves both as his home, as a fully-equipped woodshop, and as the Steampunk Co-op in northern Manhattan.
A picture of my steampunk self in 2009 during one of the first events I attended in NYC for International Steampunk Day
Thinking about my contributions for “Steampunk Hands Around the World” this year made me reflect upon my time spent in the community. There have been highs and lows, and admittedly enough, I had no idea how much my life would change in the past eight years because of this aesthetic and the creative community inspired by it. One of the reasons why I have stuck around has been the belonging I have found through the people, places, and things we have created.
A few years ago in graduate school, I took a class called “Performance of Everyday Life”, which interrogated how we understand ourselves and the way we move through the world as acts of performance. From religious ritual to amateur hobbies, from gender roles to cosplay, from sports to clubbing to fashion — what all of these activities have in common is the idea of how different levels of theatricality, presentation, and action is incorporated into our daily identities.
My final paper was an ethnographic study contemplating making and community spaces in New York City and the convention scene. Reading this over, I see how this can be interpreted as a counterargument of a recent critique of the maker movement written in The Atlantic. Unlike The Atlantic‘s critique of the capital-driven, competition-oriented DIY movement, I think steampunk community’s values provide an alternate view to making which is tied into group identity and fostering spaces of non-competitive creativity that values both traditional masculine and feminine arts. Artistic camaraderie endows the steampunk object with affect value that grows into something greater than the object itself. Though it was written in 2012, and some of the steampunks featured in this article I have lost touch with or left the community for one reason or another, this essay overall embodies many thoughts I have about the inherent beauty of creation and sense of home I get with fellow steampunks. This is, more than anything, a love letter to an art movement.
I’ll be posting a new part of this essay every Sunday this month.
On Dragon*Con: Talking about Current Events and Steampunk
Dragoncon attendees stand with Ferguson at the Race and Gender Issues in Alternate History panel.
Dragon*Con has always been a highlight of my convention circuit. This year consisted of five panels, lots of interesting discussion, new faces and old, plus raising money for a good cause. I’m especially grateful for the sincere responsiveness and discussion at the Race and Gender Issues in Alternate History panel that happened on Saturday, where the audience showed their solidarity for the events in Ferguson. I also want to thank the many, many attendees who bought black ribbons and donated to the Mike Brown Legal Defense Fund while I was on-panel.
With panelists (from right to left): Diana Pho, Emmett Davenport, Michael Martinez, Stephanie Osborn, Milton Davis, and Tony Ballard-Smoot.
I’ve received some pushback from readers who asked, “Why bring personal politics to an alternate history panel/ a steampunk blog?” First of all, I am mystified by the idea that people thought that my work in steampunk isn’t political, especially since the blog’s mission statement since its founding in 2009 states:
Steampunk, because it’s an aesthetic & a subgenre inspired by a time period fraught with a complex social and political history, is never apolitical. The nineteenth century was a time of intellectual achievement, innovation, and geopolitical expansion. At the same time, that greatness came at the expense of slavery, oppression, social inequality, and racism. These problems did not go away once the Victorian era ended, and in fact, the social scars are still visible upon our society today. So when speaking about steampunk from non-Eurocentric settings, difficult issues about race, class, marginalized histories, and cultural appropriation will be addressed.
Also, some thoughts about the role of alternate history in our lives. Speculative fiction is based on fantasies and people usually interpret that as irrelevant to daily life. But the power of a fantasy is related to everyday experiences and histories. Stories that intrigue are stories that people connect with, compare to, or contrast against their own personal stories — even when based on an alternate history or in deep space or in another world entirely. In fact, the significance of steampunk’s “what if?” premise is lost if the reader can’t compare that “what if” to the actual events that the story is playing against. The function of alternate history itself is based on exploring new stories based on the stories we already know (or presume to know).
Reading steampunk is not only entertaining, but it is engaging because it actively posits that the reader understands historical realities. For example, in Cherie Priest’s Clockwork Century series, when she talks about the dangers that Captain Croggon Buearegard, a former slave and airship captain, faces, or the resistence of occupied New Orleans, or the importance of Mexican government officials investigating these yellow-sap zombies, or just the awesomeness of Princess (and she is awesome)–all of that conflict and adventure is forgrounded by the complexisies of the Civil War and the roles various minority groups had.
Another example is Benjanun Sriduangkaew’s “The Governess and We” from Steampunk World: a story of spycraft in Siam during the reign of King Mongkut. This is also a story about three women, two fictional and one historical: Aunrampha the palace spymaster to the Thai throne, the tinker Ging, and Anna, popularly-known as the English governess to the King (and also not as known, a mixed race Anglo-Indian woman and a suffragette). The King and I is what the West knows about Anna Leonowens’ time in Siam, but Sriduangkaew changes our perceptions of the truths we take for granted from one fictional story by presenting us with another based on other histories.
So when we look at events like Ferguson and people say, “How could this happen?” they are saying this because they have only heard one particular set of stories about life in the US. If they blame the people of Ferguson for overreacting or putting their police force in a bad light, they are believing one story over reality. Everyday we are bombarded by biased media and perceptions we take for granted as “normal”. Speculative fiction — especially steampunk — overtly create gonzo, funhouse mirror reflections of our own society, but in that process show how our “normalities” are equally based on fictions.
In this particular case, taking a stance on Ferguson on this blog is taking a side with what I think steampunk does. Storytelling itself is never neutral, apolitical, ahistorical, or a pointless fantasy, but communicates with the world around us. Stories can bridge the chasms of misunderstanding that form between people through empathy. For a genre based on lies about reality, steampunk requires you to understand our reality deeply in order to appreciate the lie. And by seeing through the lies, you can also find a reason to fight for a greater truth.
Over $200 dollars was raised on-panel from attendee donations.
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Steampunk Hands Around the World: Good Gears and Good Works
This article is part of Steampunk Hands Around the World international event, running between Feb 2nd and Feb 28th. For a full listing of events, check out the Airship Ambassador blog.
Over the years in the steampunk community, I’ve seen its potential to work together for more than shared fandom reasons to impact the larger world around us. The community’s Maker influence could be a cause why: if people like to fiddle around with machines out of junk, their tinkering becomes a physical demonstration of how people can re-think an object to make it work better, breathe new mechanical life into it, as well as making it aesthetically pleasing in its functionality. I’ve seen that attitude transfer to other works that steampunks have done. On top of that, the types of people who are involved in the community — tinkerers, artists, educators of all stripes — create a space where ideas bounce off of one another, and perhaps, that creativity which stirs up a person’s inner initiative to try and change a bit of their own lives then spreads into other aspects of life too.
It’s not surprising then, that several initiatives have started up in the community with the aim of social and public betterment. I won’t deny that I have a certain perspective about this, given the people that I associate with tend to value ways that explore social causes, whether it be through increased artistic literacy, media critique and representation, environmental or political causes, or education. Many of these people are friends of the blog and you can check out their work here. Various steampunk conventions also have had a charity fundraiser at their event, as what usually happens at events such as TeslaCon, Dragon*Con’s Alternate History Track, and Steampunk World’s Fair. For Steampunk Hands Around the World this month, I wanted to highlight some various ways that the steampunk community is giving back, to show that we’re more than a group with a retrofuturistic side hobby.
Filed under Essays, Interviews
Tagged as "steampunk communities", Steampunk Hands Around the World
What Happens When We Speak: On Con Harassment and Fandom on Tor.com
Image Courtesy of the Back-up Ribbon Project
“So I heard that you won Tumblr,” a coworker joked with me the other day.
He was referring to the maelstrom of activity that was triggered when I posted about my con harassment experience at New York Comic Con by the film crew of the YouTube web series Man Banter, hosted by Mike Babchik. I won’t reiterate everything that happened, but kept pretty good documentation. Other industry professionals and geek news sources had done the same, too. There is a petition out, created by the activist group 18 Million Rising in order to hold Babchik’s employer, Sirius XM Radio, accountable for his actions since Babchik had gotten into the convention using his job credentials. Since the incident happened, New York Comic Con had assured that they will tighten their safety policies, and I even had a nice wrap-up interview about making convention spaces safer with NYCC show manager Lance Fensterman.
Okay, that ugly event got all wrapped up with a nice li’l bow of resolution; we can leave this in the fandom corner until the next big misogynistic thing that happens to women at conventions hits the fan (but oh wait, it just did as I typed this). At this moment, I feel like I can voice something that I’ve been holding in this whole time: I am lucky. And it shouldn’t have to be that way.
Filed under Essays
Tagged as "steampunk communities", Ay-leen the Peacemaker, conventions, cross-post, New York Comic Con, tor.com
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Agile Motivation
Shu-ha-ri concept in Agile teamwork
Nov 18,2018 / By Maciej Biegajewski / No Comment
Have you ever heard about Muhammad Ali? He was one of the best boxers in the World. Many people still recognize him as the athlete of all times. Yep, that’s true. More than 10 years ago, when I was training kickboxing, I hung his poster in my room. It is still there!
Ali was famous mostly for two things: a wonderful, dynamic fighting style and a big mouth. He even lost a championship title for a lack of political correctness! Fortunately, no one was able to withstand his speed and precise blows in the ring. Ali’s style of boxing was distinctive. Bold but effective. That’s why he stunned opponents during fights.
Muhammad Ali is primarily known for his spectacular sport successes. However, hardly anyone remembers that it took 10 years and 119 boxing fights (including 100 as an amateur) before he achieved mastery. 10 years of gruelling, everyday trainings at a stifling gym in Louisville.
3 steps to achieve mastery in almost anything
Achieving success in martial arts not only depends on physical skills, but also (mainly?) on character. That’s why discipline is the key factor of victory. Exactly the same as in teamwork.
Adepts of Asian martial arts follow a philosophical concept called Shu-ha-ri. It’s a process of continuous improvement, which describes 3 stages of learning to achieve mastery.
The first stage is the Shu state. You have to learn habits and proven knowledge, observe your masters and obey specific rules. The Shu state is often the longest and the most demanding phase. It requires determination and resilience, which seems to be a tremendous obstacle for many people. By the way, this is the reason why we have so many students and so few masters.
If you are persistent and patient enough you will enter the Ha state. At this stage, you are so experienced that you are able to notice vulnerabilities of the system and things that are worth improving. Moreover, you are sufficiently mature to undertake the task of implementing changes. You are not afraid of modifying processes and experimenting.
The last level of initiation is Ri. When you checked the validity of the principles by yourself, you are ready to improvise.
Shu-ha-ri in Agile teams
The Shu-ha-ri model can be adapted not only to martial arts. This is a perfect metaphor for the development of Agile teams.
How it works? When I was a scrum master I noticed that when are you implementing Agile methodologies, at first you try to teach the general rules of agility in a business environment. You use a so-called “copy-paste” method and strictly follow the principles you read in the Scrum Guide (or in another guidebook).
Together with the team you set up some routines (like morning daily scrum meetings) and it works like a well-oiled machine. Actually, the team calendar is simple. A sprint lasts for a week. On Monday you have a Sprint Planning, on Friday – a Sprint Review and a Retrospective meeting. Once per month you have a Backlog Refinement meeting. Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland would be proud of you.
But eventually, a confusing moment always comes to almost every Agile team. At the same time the team members come up with the same idea. They want to change the rules of the game and feel the fresh wind of something new.
That’s cool, as long as the need of change arises from ambition and a feeling of ownership, not from a willingness to escape from problems. In that case, it’s just a rebellion, not progress.
In Poland we use to say that pride is before a crash. Be careful observing the development of the team. Remember that strength and efficiency are often the result of the discipline developed at the foundation. Just as Muhammad Ali did not give up hard training till the last fight. Do not lose track and stay focused on the purpose and confirmed practices.
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It’s 10/10 #02: New songs from @pete80s, #EricZava @DJMirkoB & @GorashDaniel, @finis_mundi_, @Iliramusic, @Boye_Sigvardt, @JeanorJuan & @FoxandCharm, @EleriAngharad92, @BLRofficial, @TimmyTrumpet @BlissNEso & @LeeFields12, and @Showtek & @LeonSherman in an @ATrak remix
10/10 #02
10/10 (or tenoutoften) is my new feature where I write about 10 hot and fresh songs in no particular order, for your kind consideration and attention.
I will also continue to write individual blog posts about certain songs. That does not mean that songs in the 10/10 lists are any less than those featured individually.
Writing 10/10 features means I will be able to cover more songs in one shot than I’ve been able to do recently. So you get to learn about more new music that I hear but don’t always get a chance to write about.
tenoutoften 02
PETER WILSON, “Like Dynamite”
The Australian singer who so aptly brought us a different kind of “Verona” with UK singer Sean Smith returns with a two song EP, the better of which is “Like Dynamite”. It’s a complete throwback to mid-80’s danceable modern rock, with particular and welcome reference to New Order’s “Bizarre Love Triangle”. Peter’s voice really flourishes in this setting and it’s a lot of fun!
ERIC ZAVA, DJ MIRKO B and DANIEL GORASH, “Even In Confusion”
Another song that might take some of its cues from 80’s new wave is “Even In Confusion” by Italian producers Eric Zava and DJ Mirko B with singer Daniel Gorash on vocal. Don’t even think Italodisco with this one. It’s delightful melodic house music that could be a real surprise to club DJ’s. The echoey vocal reminds me of early 00’s ATB records and totally suits the song. “Even In Confusion” is memorable and will definitely get you dancing!
FINIS MUNDI, “Right Now?”
Accompanying his recent album release Everything After is the single “Right Now?” by Swedish producer Finis Mundi. This is sophisticated deep house for the late night time which could happily accompany songs by Bobby Nourmand or Faithless into the wee hours. It’s definitely atypical of the dance music from Sweden and taps much more into UK or Chicago/New York house rhythms for deep, dark effect.
ILIRA, “Do It Yourself”
Breaking out of Germany is the effusive pop sound of Switzerland-raised Kosovo-Albanian singer Ilira with “Do It Yourself”. The production for this song is a hybrid US/UK bounce back to about six years ago – think Miley Cyrus meets Icona Pop. Like songs from that time by both artists, “Do It Yourself” is a potent anthem for young women. It’s very distinct and has the potential to cut through a lot of other samey-sounding pop of today with its splash of a few years ago.
BOYE & SIGVARDT, “Ganja Fiyah”
You’ll recall the unique song “Astronauts” by Danish producers Boye & Sigvardt (with MAGNÜSand UHRE) which I wrote about a few years back. After a few releases with American label Big Beat, the lads (Christian and Christian) have been trying out a variety of dance styles, and “Ganja Fiyah” is an unexpected trip into fun deep house with striking bass beats and explosive synths. Fans of Don Diablo, Afrojack and Armin van Buuren will definitely dig this one.
JEAN JUAN and FOX & CHARM, “Strangers”
Dutch producer and Soave label head Jean Juan unleashes his second single under his new moniker called “Strangers”, this time in collaboration with Mexico-based Turkish producers Fox & Charm. It’s exotic-sounding deep house that will cause instant reaction when dropped mid-set. “Strangers” is full of propulsive rhythms and an appealing vocal that go down pretty easy. Jean Juan says he’s just getting started and I’ll look forward to what’s next!
ELERI ANGHARAD, “Earthbound” (acoustic)
Although she classifies herself as a Country artist but hails from Wales, Eleri Angharad has a lot of pop potential if the acoustic version of the title track from her recent album is any indication. She could easily ride the wave of popularity created by the likes of Kacey Musgraves and Maren Morris, though she definitely has her own take on her craft. In fact the vocal on “Earthbound” reminds me a lot of California duo Bahari’s contribution to electronic sensation Illenium’s “Crashing”, so I could visualize her in that setting as well. Recording acoustically is not recommended unless you can really prove yourself and Eleri has no problem instilling her appealing personality into this performance.
BLR, “Méduse”
Dutch producer BLR returns to Tiesto’s AFTR:HRS label – he was the first artist signed back in 2016 – with the enchanting “Méduse” and its seductive French vocal. You can definitely expect a dark, hypnotic trip that has late 70’s/early 80’s retro appeal that will recall music from the likes of Cerrone or Patrick Juvet. “Méduse” will definitely be a force on the dance floor with the clock strikes 12!
TIMMY TRUMPET, BLISS N ESO, and LEE FIELDS, “High”
You may have already heard, but Australian producer/DJ Timmy Trumpet is set to be part of the European Space Agency that’s linking dance music with space travel! You can hear all about that right here, but in conjunction with that announcement is the release of Timmy’s latest single “High”. While “Freaks” continues to be played everywhere at events and on dance music radio worldwide, “High” goes back to Timmy’s jazz and R&B roots, featuring veteran US soul singer Lee Fields as well as reknown Aussie/American hip hop trio Bliss N Eso. The blend of influences remind me of early 90’s mixes that incorporated all of those styles as well as house music, and Timmy and team successfully update that sound with “High”.
SHOWTEK and LEON SHERMAN, “Listen To Your Momma” (A-Trak remix)
You can’t keep a good song down and I’m a big believer of remixes to help good songs reach greater heights. “Listen To Your Momma” by Showtek and Leon Sherman was actually released in 2015, but it’s such a fun song with an inspired vocal that a bevy of remixes have now surfaced. The best of the bunch is from A-Trak, who recently woke us all up with the praise to to the house music gods and stern advice for DJ’s with Todd Terry in “DJ’s Gotta Dance More”, which was #1 for several weeks on my personal chart. With it’s big bounce and plenty of vinyl scratching, A-Trak’s remix of “Listen To Your Momma” should make headway to clubs and festivals all over the world this year.
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Temporomandibular joint disc repositioning using bone anchors: an immediate post surgical evaluation by Magnetic Resonance Imaging
ShanYong Zhang1,
XiuMing Liu1,
XiuJuan Yang1,
Chi Yang1Email author,
MinJie Chen1,
Majd S Haddad2 and
ZhuoZhi Chen1
© Zhang et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2010
Open joint procedures using bone anchors have shown clinical and radiograph good success, but post surgical disc position has not been documented with MRI imaging. We have designed a modified technique of using two bone anchors and 2 sutures to reposition the articular discs. This MRI study evaluates the post surgical success of this technique to reposition and stabilize the TMJ articular discs.
Consecutive 81 patients with unilateral TMJ internal derangement (ID) (81 TMJs) were treated between December 1, 2003, and December 1, 2006, at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth Peoples Hospital, Shanghai, Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. All patients were subjected to magnetic resonance imaging before and one to seven days post surgery to determine disc position using the modified bone anchor technique.
Postoperative MRIs (one to seven days) confirm that 77 of 81 joints were identified as excellent results and one joint was considered good for an overall effective rate of 96.3% (78 of 81 joints). Only 3.7% (3 of 81) of the joints were designated as poor results requiring a second open surgery.
This procedure has provided successful repositioning of the articular discs in unilateral TMJ ID at one to seven days post surgery.
Disc Displacement
Internal Derangement
Articular Disc
Bone Anchor
Anterior Release
The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is the only diarthrodial joint of the human jaws. The joint is formed by the bony articulations of the mandibular condyle and the temporal bone (glenoid fossa and articular eminence). Interposed between the condyle and the fossa is a piece of dense, avascular fibrous connective tissue, the TMJ disc. This disc divides the joint into superior and inferior joint compartments, which normally do not communicate with each other. The disc and condyle are in a normal anatomic relationship if the posterior band of the disc is located above the condylar head when the mandibular condyle is centrically positioned in the fossa. Because the bilaminar tissue posterior to the disc is relatively weak, TMJ disorders are a relatively common condition with an estimated incidence rate of 28% ~ 88% [1]. Their most common cause is anterior and/or medial displacement of the disc, also known as TMJ internal derangement (ID), which can cause various degrees of pain and dysfunction. Previously reported clinical results of surgical TMJ disc repositioning procedures have been variable, with failures related to a lack of long-term stability, indicating a need for improved methods of disc stabilization [2]. Since 1990s, the international community has been using arthroscope in the treatment of TMJ disc displacement, which was also tried in our department with an improved clinical efficacy [3–6]. Unfortunately, the technical requirement was relatively high, so it was very difficult for the patients in the late stages of ID, especially those with severe disc deformation or thickening bilaminar tissue. In addition, the suture was connected with soft tissues in the anterior wall of the external auditory canal, which caused difficulties in replacing the disc or instability after its repositioning. To overcome this problem, the disc had to be fixed to hard tissues. Open joint procedures using bone anchors by Mehra and Wolford [7] have shown clinical and radiograph good success, but post surgical disc position has not been documented with MRI imaging. This study presented a surgical technique that used a bone anchor to stabilize the TMJ disc, and to assess the disc position using MRI evaluation.
Between Dec 2003 and Dec 2006, 81 consecutive patients (81 joints) diagnosed as ID were treated with the use of the anchor in TMJ articular disc-repositioning surgery. Some patients suffered from bilateral joints disease, but one side did not in accordance with the diagnostic criteria of Wilkes-Bronstein classification for TMJ disorders [8], so these sides were not included in this study. There were 23 men and 58 women, with a mean age of 38.5 years (range 23-74). The mean duration of ID before disc-repositioning was 12.06 months (range 0.5-60). Of all 81 patients (81 joints), 3 patients (3 joints) with whom arthroscopic surgery could not be accomplished, were retreated by open disc-repositioning alternatively. Before operation, written informed consents were obtained from each participants enrolled in the study, and the study was also approved by the university ethics Committee.
All 81 patients (81 joints) were evaluated by clinical examination and MRI, which were in accordance with the diagnostic criteria of Wilkes-Bronstein classification for TMJ disorders [8]. Patients diagnosed as III ~ V stages of ID were included in this study (Table 1). The clinical characteristics of ID mainly contain snapping, pain, jaw dysfunction or movement restriction [8]. The detailed inclusion criteria were as follows: Stage III patients with pain, mild jaw dysfunction or movement restriction, and anterior disc displacement without reduction and mild disc hypertrophy as indicated by the imaging; Stage IV patients with chronic pain, moderate jaw dysfunction or movement restriction with the imaging findings indicating anterior disc displacement without reduction, severe disc hypertrophy and osseous abnormality; Stage V patients with chronic pain, crepitation and severe jaw dysfunction; in this case the imaging findings indicated anterior disc displacement without reduction accompanied by disc perforations, severe disc deformation and degenerative bone changes. The procedure and the MRI evaluation were conducted at the department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.
The distributions of various ID stages through disc anchorage
Percentage (%)
TMJ disc anchors, which were self-inserting and non absorbable titanium screw (CBMA 2.0-7-105, CiXi Cibei Mouth Cavity Instrument Co., Ltd.) with a length of 5 mm, were originally developed for use in orthopedic surgery procedures. The head and screw threads transited smoothly, forming a groove which was easy for the anchor suture to tie a knot. A special device was used to insert the anchor in the condyle 2-0 Ethibond suture (ETHIBOND*EXCEL, GREEN BRAIDED Polyester suture, ETHICON, INC), which created advantages such as little rejection, better compatibility and non-absorption. Although its disadvantages included definite irritation and inelasticity, the Ethibond suture was thought to be of low rejection, high intensity and regarded as an ideal suture. It was 75 cm long, with two suturing needles at both ends, so that it could be cut into two equal anchor sutures.
In addition to the pre-operative routine examinations, MRI was also carried out with all patients to determine the disc position, shape and condylar changes. The procedure was carried out in the following sequence: ①The patient was put under general anesthesia through nasal intubation and disinfected routinely. A modified "L" shape incision was used by the authors to gain access to the TMJ area and avoid damaging the facial nerve. The superior and inferior joint spaces were entered, and the disc was identified and mobilized. The disc shape, disc length and condyle were evaluated visually. If the condylar bone spur was present, it had to be repaired during the disc repositioning. ②Anterior release was carried out in the same way as in the arthroscopic anterior release [9]. The anterior, lateral, and sometimes the medial ligamentous attachments were released completely using 11th blade, if indicated, to permit passive repositioning of the disc freely over the condylar head. ③Two TMJ anchors were implanted into the trailing edge of the posterior condylar slope, which was 8 to 10 mm below the top of the condyle just in the middle of lateral-middle junction and medial-middle junction using a standard anchor inserting device. ④After being tied in to two anchors, the 2 Ethibond sutures were then secured to the disc in a horizontal mattress fashion in the junction of the posterior zone and the bilaminar zone. One suture is placed through the medial aspect of the posterior band of the disc, and the other is placed through the lateral aspect of the posterior band. ⑤The assistant pushed the bilaminar zone and the disc to the normal position with the suture strained, and made the patients re-open and close their mouth for two times, to ensure the appropriate position of the condyle fixed 6 to 7 knots. For the partial lateral or medial displaced disc, a single anchor was used near the medial or the lateral in the condyle. ⑥The remaining tissues including the capsule, subcutaneous tissue, and skin were then closed in a routine manner. The position of anchor screws and sutures are shown in Figure 1-2. MRI evaluations were taken to confirm the disc position within one to seven days post surgery.
Titanium anchors and sutures during the procedure. A showed the titanium anchor in the condyle (green arrow). B showed the sutures tied in the titanium anchor (green arrow). C and D showed the disc repositioned and sutured (green arrow). E showed the actual anchor.
The titanium anchors and sutures' position. A. The cross-section of the condyle illustrates the titanium anchor positioned in the posterior cortical bone and the disc repositioning position in the sagittal condyle. P indicates posterior and L indicates anterior; B. Posterior view of the condyle showing the artificial ligaments secured to the posterior band of the repositioned articular disc. Two sutures are passed from the anchor to the disc in horizontal mattress fashion to stabilize the repositioned disc. The sutures tied in the titanium anchors. P. posterior; An. anterior; M. medial; L. lateral
Pre and postoperative MRI scans were obtained using a 1.5-T imager (Signa, General Electric, Milwaukee, WI) with bilateral 3-inch TMJ surface coil receivers according to the routine sequence [10, 11]. Pre- and postoperative MRIs were performed to obtain the evidently repositioned disc, and postoperative MRIs were taken at varying intervals between 1 and 7 days after the operation. The parameters for the sagittal and coronal images were as follows: repetition time (TR), 500 ms; echo time (TE), 25 ms; number of excitations, 2; field of view, 12 cm. A slice thickness of 1 mm with a skip of 0.3 mm and a matrix of 512 × 256 pixels was used. To eliminate any biases, the imaging diagnoses were completed as described by Holmlund [12]. All MRI films were interpreted blindly before the operation by the same TMJ specialist and a radiologist who regularly evaluated the TMJ diseases. They assessed the images separately and made similar evaluations. When their evaluations differed, a third specialist evaluated the images. We also made three levels of 1 cm, 2 cm, 3 cm tongue depressors placed between the upper and lower teeth to stabilize the mandibular position and to achieve the consistent mouth opening, so as to get more accurate comparison of the disc position for the MRI evaluation before and after the operation. For the same patient, three sagittal planes and three coronal planes on MRI films in the same position before and after surgery (Figure 3) were compared under 3 different levels. This evaluation method had proved its effectiveness, based on Zhang SY, et al [13]. The evaluation criteria were as follows: 1) reposition in 3 sagittal parts is excellent, 2) reposition in 2 parts is good, and 3) none or only 1 reposition is poor. Excellent and good evaluations were regarded as successes (if there was disc displacement in only 1 or 2 levels, only replacement of all levels was regarded as a success).
The disc position on MRI before and after operation. A, B, C showed the displaced disc anterior to the condyle (green arrow). D, E, F, G showed the displaced disc repositioned in normal position (green arrow)
Post-operative MRIs confirmed that 95.06% of the joints (77/81) were excellent, 1.23% of the joints (1/81) was good, 3.70% of the joints (3/81) were evaluated as poor, in which the disc was not replaced. Cases evaluated as "excellent" and "good", were calculated as successful cases, so the total effective rate was 96.30% (78/81). Only 3.70% of the joints (3/81) were poor. A second open surgery was performed for those 3 patients and satisfactory results were obtained finally. Among those 3 patients, 1 patient (1 joint) was replaced by a temporal myofascial flap and the other 2 patients (2 joints) had a TMJ replacement.
Although Annandale [14] first described surgical disc repositioning of the displaced TMJ disc in 1887, it was not until 1978, when Wilkes [15] used arthrography to describe the anatomy, form and function of the TMJ, that disc repositioning gradually became an accepted surgical technique. Before that time, the routinely recommended treatment for TMJ ID was either to do nothing or to remove the disc. In 1979, McCarty et al [16] repositioned the TMJ disc by a posterior wedge resection (2 mm) of the bilaminar zone, and the success rate was reported to be 94%. However, the similar success with this technique was not achieved by other surgeons. This led to many kinds of new or modified TMJ disc-repositioning surgery with various success rates [17]. Some physicians have applied arthroscopic suturing technique to reposition the disc, however, thus far, there has been no successful report of stable effect [17]. Mehra and Wolford [18] first inserted only one mitek anchor into the condylar process and fixed the disc with special suture in the treatment of 105 patients (188 joints), and achieved a good therapeutic effect. But the effects were only evaluated by clinical examination, without the imaging evaluation of the disc position. In our study, in order to have a stable repositioning of the disc whose diameter was more than 3 cm from medial to lateral, we implanted 2 TMJ anchors for 2-point stabilization of the disc, into the margo-inferior junction in the posterior slope of the condylar process (Figure 2), just in the middle of lateral-middle junction and medial-middle junction, which differed in the study of Mehra and Wolford [17]. Postoperative MRIs confirmed that 96.30% of patients (78/81) were accurately repositioned. Sembronio [19] introduced a similar disc repositioning technique except the absorbable anchor screw. Meanwhile, their postoperative clinical and imaging evaluations were not reported, either.
In the study of Mehra and Wolford [18], patients with a history of less and more than 4 years were compared, and the statistic analysis showed that there was significant difference in the success rate between the two groups. The success rate of the former group was more than 90%, while the later one was only 68%. Mehra and Wolford insisted on early treatment for ID based on the data stated above, which was consistent with our view. Although the patients included were diagnosed as III ~ V stages according to the Wilkes-Bronstein criteria, arthroscopic disc repositioning was first used for the disc without severe deformation. After all, arthroscopic surgery has incomparable advantages superior to open surgery for its minimal invasiveness, which has been widely used in our department with an efficiency rate of about 97% [13]. However, this arthroscopic disc repositioning was not suitable for some patients diagnosed as IV or V stages of ID. In our study, 45.68% of the patients were over IV stage, thus strictly following the indications was very important. Except clinical symptoms, high resolution MRI is of great value for choosing proper patients. Based on the literature [8] and our own experience with MRI evaluation for the disc position, length and shape, as well as the early change of the condylar process and glenoid fossa, we summarized the following MRI indications. ①Although conspicuous disc displacement, degeneration and thickening of the biliminar zone existed, the disc also retains double-concave shape which could not be repositioned easily under arthroscopy. ②No disc intermission with fibrous tissue on sagittal T1-weighted MRI.③The anteroposterior diameter of the disc was longer than half of the condyle process on sagittal T1-weighted MRI. ④the disc diameter from medial to lateral was larger than that of half of the condyle process on coronal T1-weighted MRI. Disc repositioning was carried out in cases of disc perforation in the biliminar zone for the patients in V stage, otherwise, it was excluded.
Delicate surgical procedure is essential for an effective treatment and the following points should be noted: ①Minimize the damage to the facet cartilage and the synovial membrane. ②Anterior release should be dissected completely and the obstacles for disc movement should be removed thoroughly. ③TMJ anchor should be inserted in the inferior border of the condylar posterior bevel rather than in the joint surface to avoid damage to the surface. ④When inserting the anchor screw, the action should be light and soft to prevent splitting the cortical bone and loosening the anchor. ⑤When fixing a tie, the condyle should be on the posterior and the superior of fossa. ⑥The reset direction in the sagittal and the coronal plane should be strictly inspected to make sure that its suture traction direction was exactly the same with the anteroposterior axis of the disc. ⑦Horizontal mattress sutures should be applied from medial to lateral with 2 or 3 sutures, so that the disc is anatomically repositioned and stabilized. ⑧At the end of the surgery, the trailing edge of the disc will take as much as possible on the 11 o'clock (right joints) or 1 o'clock (the left side of the joint) position, which can offset the possible relaxation after a suture knot. ⑨Mouth opening exercises should be taken earlier to promote the recovering of the joint function.
This technique provides a method to reposition the articular discs confirmed by MRI immediately post surgery. MRIs confirmed that over 96.3% of the patients (78 of 81) had successful disc repositioning at the immediate post surgical time interval, however, long-term follow-up studies are required to validate the success of this treatment approach.
This study was supported by Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai (08DZ2271100), Grant of Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (S30206), Grant from Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Health (2008160), Project of Shanghai "Phosphor" Science Foundation (04QMH1415), Grant from the Ph.D. Programs Foundation of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (BXJ0926), and Research Fund of Medicine and Engineering of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (YG2009MS42), a grant from the Ph.D. Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (No. 20090073110068), a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (Grant No. 10ZR1418200).
12891_2009_1008_MOESM1_ESM.tiff Authors’ original file for figure 1
SYZ wrote the paper. CY participated in the design of the study. CY, SYZ and MJC carried out the operation, and recorded the patients' data. XML performed the statistical analysis and interpretation of data, and drafted the manuscript. XJY, MJC, and ZZC participated in the analysis and interpretation of data, and reviewed the manuscript. MSH participated in the acquisition of data and corrected the English grammar. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 639, Zhi Zao Ju Rd, 200011 Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Boeing Delivers 1st Mk3 Chinook to UK Royal Air Force
LONDON, Dec. 18, 2009 -- Boeing Defence UK Ltd., a subsidiary of The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA], today confirmed the Nov. 30 delivery of the first converted Chinook Mk3 helicopter to the Royal Air Force (RAF). Following the early delivery, the RAF declared Initial Operational Capability for Chinook Mk3, enabling the aircraft to begin supporting operational needs in locations such as Afghanistan.
A team led by Boeing's UK Rotorcraft Support business converted the aircraft to a cockpit standard coherent with the rest of the UK Chinook fleet and also installed several modifications to increase the aircraft's capability.
"This is a welcome addition to the fleet," said Group Capt. Steve Shell, RAF Chinook Force Commander, who took delivery of the aircraft. "The Mk3s will help strengthen our current fleet support both at home and abroad."
A total of eight UK Chinooks will be converted to the fleet standard -- the remaining seven are on schedule for delivery this month and in 2010.
"These Chinook Mk3 helicopters will significantly increase the RAF's heavy-lift capability and help support demanding operational needs in Afghanistan," said David Pitchforth, managing director, Boeing UK Rotorcraft Support. "This conversion is a team effort empowered by the RAF and the Ministry of Defence (MOD) working together with industry prime contractors Boeing and AgustaWestland, and supported by key supply chain partners QinetiQ and GE Aviation Systems."
The Boeing-led industrial alliance completed the Mk3 conversion at the MOD's Boscombe Down facility.
In a concurrent effort to the Mk3 conversion, Boeing, with key supplier Vector Aerospace and in cooperation with the MOD, has increased the availability of the current forward Chinook fleet in Afghanistan. This has been achieved through improvements to the UK Chinook Through Life Customer Support (TLCS) contract. The eight Chinook Mk3s will be added to the TLCS program.
"Current operations in Afghanistan are reliant on the Chinook fleet as the backbone of tactical mobility," said Mike Kurth, managing director, Boeing Defence UK. "Delivery of the Mk3s will increase that capability and provide additional aircraft in theater."
A wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company and a business unit of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, Boeing Defence UK Ltd. currently has employees at 20 locations throughout the UK supporting Ministry of Defence and U.S. military programs. UK Rotorcraft Support, a division of Boeing's Global Services & Support business, is focused on providing increased capability to the UK's rotorcraft fleet.
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February 2019: Japan Aquaculture and Diving – Looking Back at 2018
Posted on February 21, 2019 by Rising Bubbles
Looking back at 2018, scuba diving and aquaculture scored big in Japan. This month on the blog is a quick look at what last year was like for two of Japan’s marine and science fields.
In aquaculture, innovation loomed large in terms of systems that aim to create more sustainable fish farming and streamline operations. From cloud computing to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things, new technologies, products, machines, facilities and systems are dramatically transforming relatively new industries like aquaculture, making huge impacts on growth and development. Such innovations are extremely significant for the future of farm production, management and risk mitigation strategies.
2018 could be characterised as the year of land-based recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) in Japan. FRD Japan in Saitama City is working to establish cost-effective inland salmon farming, which could enable Japanese consumers to buy quality homegrown salmon whenever they like. Farming salmon at sea off Japan is a complicated prospect, as the ocean needs to be colder than 20C with no strong waves and currents, while inland farming is seen as impractical and expensive, requiring lots of water and electricity.
But FRD is working to convert simple tap water to seawater using artificial sea salt, which will allow its system to be used in any location that has tap water. The firm has also established a technology involving bacteria that can clean water by consuming the ammonia that’s produced by the fish and dissolving nitric acid. Chief Operating Officer Tetsuro Sogo believes his firm will be the first successful example of this type of land-based salmon farming. FRD Japan is also scaling up by building a larger, pilot plant in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo. Its goal is to produce 1,500 MT of salmon slices by 2020, again using ordinary tap water.
(Photos below: FRD Chief Operating Officer Tetsuro Sogo monitors water conditions in his land-based salmon farm. Credit: FRD Japan)
Japan’s bluefin tuna farming has been well-known since Kindai University successfully raised the species in captivity back in 2002. Over the years, Japanese seafood giants such as Maruha Nichiro have also been rearing tuna, and at the end of last year, Maruha Nichiro announced plans to export its tuna to the EU for the first time. Since perfecting their tuna farming techniques, several other firms in Japan, including seafood distributor Kyokuyo, are also looking beyond the domestic market. The next challenge for the farmed tuna industry will be further boosts in production and gaining increased support from consumers who are interested in resource conservation.
(Photos by myself taken at Kindai University’s offshore tuna farm, tuna photos courtesy of Maruha Nichiro)
In Japan’s scuba diving, two areas stood out last year. The annual spawning ritual of firefly squid has been drawing scientists to Toyama Bay for years, and now scuba divers are joining in. Each spawning season, between March and late May, bioluminescent females swim to the surface to release their eggs in the early morning, flashing blue lights over their bodies in a variety of alternating patterns. There are few other opportunities to glimpse these unusual creatures because firefly squid usually remain out of sight, their physiology, life history and behaviour a mystery.
While researchers work to better understand these creatures and the chemistry of bioluminescence, more and more scuba divers have been venturing out on night dives to watch the popular light display. English-speaking groups in Tokyo have organised trips and guided dives, offering divers an opportunity to enjoy and photograph the glowing blue light show, as the ocean transforms into a galactic landscape.
Firefly squid aren’t the only marine creatures congregating in large groups off Japan’s ocean. Closer to Tokyo is a town called Tateyama in Chiba prefecture, adjacent to the capital. Popular with divers, Tateyama is home to species such as sea horses, purple coral and eels but these aren’t the only reason why divers flock here. Only 5 – 10 minutes by boat from the shore is Shark Scramble, where divers swim in shark-infested waters surrounded by banded houndsharks and red stingrays. The dive is actually a shark-feeding one, established after banded houndsharks were poaching fish from local fishermen’s nets. English-speaking guide Kan Shiota of dive shop Bommie started organising dives to feed the sharks and lure them away from the nets. Since then, he’s never looked back. Two boat dives cost ¥16,500 yen and 2018 saw just as many divers arriving as previous years.
What’s ahead for aquaculture and diving in Japan?
In aquaculture, a large portion of time will continue to be spent on testing, learning and incorporating product and process improvements. As Japan hosts two seafood shows this year, one in Tokyo and the other in Osaka, there will be ample opportunity to work with customers on new innovations. Further updates can also be expected from Japan in software enhancements that focus on data analysis and monitoring offshore farms remotely.
In scuba diving, The Marine Diving Fair will be held in Tokyo this April, and in recent years the number of exhibitors and visitors from other countries such as Thailand, the Maldives and Indonesia has been growing considerably. With Japan now taking part in dive expos abroad (Hachijojima dive shop Concolor attended a dive expo in Hong Kong last December), there is likely to be more communication with dive destinations outside Japan and for Japan’s diving to become even better known.
Looking forward to a prosperous 2019!
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Based in Bristol, UK, I am a freelance writer and consultant working on Japan’s aquaculture and fisheries development. My work focuses on issues related to sustainability, research, gender, technological advancements, adaptation and resilience. I have a keen interest in the recovery of aquaculture in the Tohoku region, following the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11th, 2011, and provide news stories, features and reports from Japan for national and international seafood and fisheries media. While living in Tokyo between 2006 and 2017, I worked as a freelance writer on Japan’s aquaculture and marine-related subjects, in particular scuba diving. My blog began in 2011 as a comprehensive guide to diving in Japan. I have enjoyed exploring Japan’s waters extensively and became a certified Dive Master in August 2015. I hold an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture from the University of St Andrews, and a BA in Japanese and French from the University of Cardiff, UK.
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2 Responses to February 2019: Japan Aquaculture and Diving – Looking Back at 2018
Hayato Davis says:
Hi, thanks for sharing this amazing article. It feels great to know about aquaculture in Japan and how it is growing all around Japan. Keep sharing such amazing and informative articles.
Rising Bubbles says:
Hi Hayato, thanks so much for your kind message. Aquaculture in Japan is really fascinating, there is a lot going on and the country has a lot of potential. There will be more stories coming soon so I hope you enjoy them!
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The Conduct of Life
Harcourt, Brace, 1951 - 342 pages
Discusses the ultimated ethical and religious issues the confront modern man and offers a new orientation, directed to the renewal of life and the reintegration of modern civilization.
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achieved action activities animal balance become biological biological type bring Buddhism capable capacity century Christian civilization concept consciousness cosmic create creative creature culture death detachment dionysian discipline disintegration divine doctrine dominant drama dream dynamic equilibrium effort elements emergence energy environment essential ethical evil existence experience external fact forces functions further goal growth habits Herman Melville higher Hindu Hinduism human personality ical ideal impulses inner insight interpretation invention isolationism living man's Marxism means mechanical ment merely mind modern moral nature once one's organic original Patrick Geddes pattern perhaps philosophy physical Plato possible potentialities practice present present philosophy primitive produce psychodrama purpose rational religion religious renewal response role romanticism sacrifice Schweitzer seek self-fabrication sense single Singular Points social society Socrates spirit super-ego survival symbols teleology tion totalitarian Toynbee transformation universal values whole York
À propos de l'auteur (1951)
Lewis Mumford has been referred to as one of the twentieth century's most influential "public intellectuals." A thinker and writer who denied the narrowness of academic speciality, Mumford embraced a cultural analysis that integrated technology, the natural environment, the urban environment, the individual, and the community. Although he lacked a formal university degree, Mumford wrote more than 30 books and 1,000 essays and reviews, which established his "organic" analysis of modern culture. His work defined the interdisciplinary studies movement, especially American studies; urban studies and city planning; architectural history; history of technology; and, most important in the present context, the interaction of science, technology, and society. Mumford was the editor of Dial, the most distinguished literary magazine of its era, and in 1920 he served as editor of Sociological Review in London and was strongly influenced by Sir Patrick Geddes, the Scottish botanist, sociologist, and town planner. In 1923, Mumford became a charter member of the Regional Planning Association of America, an experimental group that studied city problems from a regional as well as an ecological point of view. Mumford's well-known principle of "organicism" (the exploration of a cultural complex, where values, technology, individual personality, and the objective environment complement each other and together could build a world of fulfillment and beauty) was discussed in all of his work, spanning a career of nearly 70 years. Mumford's first book, The Story of Utopias (1922), introduces reliance on history to understand the present as well as to plan for the future. His books on architectural history and his works in urban studies established Mumford's reputation as the leading American critic of architecture and city planning. Each book views and analyzes the city, or built environment, in the context of form, function, and purpose within the larger culture. Mumford's books are focused on technology's role in civilization, especially "the machine" and "megatechnics." As a result, they have provided formative direction and structure to science, technology, and society studies and have established Mumford's stature as one of the foremost social critics of the twentieth century. Mumford's most profound and important analysis of technology (and the work that most directly influenced interdisciplinary technology-society studies) is the two-volume The Myth of the Machine:Volume 1, Technics and Human Development (1967), and Volume 2, The Pentagon of Power (1970). It was written following World War II (during which Mumford lost his son) after the deployment of atomic weapons by Russia and the United States, and during the arms race. This major work reflects a noticeable reinterpretation of the role of technology and a deep pessimism regarding "megatechnics," a metaphor Mumford uses for intrusive, all-encompassing systems of control and oppressive order. He views the military-industrial complex (the most horrendous "megamachine") as destroyer of the emotive and organic aspects of life. Mumford argues against the loss of personal autonomy and the organic world by electricity-based computer systems. Despite deepening pessimism, Mumford continued to write and to lecture in order to foster the values that could reshape technologies for creative and constructive purposes. He always retained the hope of realizing his vision of the "good life" in which objective and personal worlds complement each other through integration of tools, machines, knowledge, values, skills, and arts. Although Mumford refused to define himself narrowly as a historian, sociologist, urbanist, or architectural critic, he became the ideal interdisciplinary observer to inspire and articulate the contextual study of science, technology, and society.
Titre The Conduct of Life
Harvest Book, Hb 34
Volume 34 de Harvest book
Collaborateur Lewis Mumford
Éditeur Harcourt, Brace, 1951
Numérisé 11 juin 2008
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Can Rashaad Penny Take the NFL by Storm and Save the Seahawks?
Brad Gagnon@Brad_GagnonTwitter Logo NFL National ColumnistMay 8, 2018
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The Seattle Seahawks are coming off their worst season of the Russell Wilson era, and their trajectory appears to be pointing further downward on the surface.
Seattle won fewer than 10 games and missed the playoffs last year for the first time since drafting Wilson in the third round in 2012, while the division-rival Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers emerged as high-buzz current or soon-to-be contenders. The Seahawks then experienced a hellish March, with key veterans such as Richard Sherman, Michael Bennett, Jimmy Graham, Sheldon Richardson and Paul Richardson all hitting the road.
The Seahawks are trying to keep it together after an offseason that featured many tough breaks.Tony Avelar/Associated Press
To boot, trade rumors have surrounded Pro Bowl safety Earl Thomas, who hasn't been attending the team's offseason program, according to Bob Condotta of the Seattle Times.
It might be time to prepare a eulogy for the Legion of Boom and to wonder whether a supposed dynasty in the making has already reached its expiration date.
Wilson was an MVP candidate last year, but the four-time Pro Bowler can't single-handedly carry a team that ranked in the middle of the pack in Defense-adjusted Value Over Average (DVOA), according to Football Outsiders.
According to Pro Football Focus, Wilson has been pressured more frequently than any quarterback in the NFC over the last three years. That oft-embarrassed offensive line again ranked in the bottom 10 in terms of Football Outsiders' adjusted sack rate in 2017.
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So, the defense likely won't rescue Wilson the way it did during the first few years of his career, and the line again might do more harm than good in 2018.
What about the running game? Could Seattle's savior be a rookie at a non-premium position who few expected to be drafted in the first round?
Most casual football fans still may not know who Rashaad Penny is, but the overlooked 22-year-old running back could be the key to saving the Seahawks in 2018.
Seattle's running game consistently ranked near the top of the league in terms of rushing yards per game and yards per carry during Wilson's first four seasons, but the Seahawks ranked in the bottom 10 in each of the last two seasons. They've been looking for a top-flight back ever since Marshawn Lynch faded in 2015, but they haven't had a running back rush for 500 yards in either of the last two seasons.
Penny might change that. And the Seahawks know it, which is why they're going to try to keep him on the field every down.
"We're gonna work real hard with his pass protection and make sure that he's up to speed there," head coach Pete Carroll said Sunday, per Gregg Bell of the Tacoma News Tribune. "We'd like to see if we can make him available to us on all three downs."
Few mock drafts had Penny going in Round 1, but Seahawks general manager John Schneider—who selected him 27th overall in April's draft—said he would have felt comfortable taking Penny at No. 18 before Seattle traded down, according to PFF's Scott Barrett.
And it's not as though the Seahawks are the only team that believes Penny has a bright future. After Seattle took the San Diego State product, Schneider says the team received a trade offer for him, per Barrett.
Yours truly wrote in March that it was "shocking to see how often he's been ignored in early-round draft analysis and predictions," because Penny looks and feels like an elite running back in the making.
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It seems like a lot of NFL people don't know who Rashaad Penny is so here he is literally dragging an opponent https://t.co/566F3gVroX
He's patient and has tremendous vision, which helped him have a wildly productive senior season in the Mountain West Conference (2,383 scrimmage yards, 25 touchdowns). Penny averaged 7.7 yards per carry during his two seasons as a regular or semi-regular starter with the Aztecs. He also put on a show at the combine, running the 40-yard dash in 4.46 seconds at 220 pounds.
Penny isn't a perfect prospect—B/R's Matt Miller noted he "doesn't wow you with any one trait," and scouts suggested he could "struggle picking up an NFL playbook"—but he has the size, speed, strength and experience to play a huge role right away. That's why he could wind up making a Kareem Hunt- or Alvin Kamara-like impact as a rookie.
Hunt was a third-round pick coming out of Toledo, but the 22-year-old led the league in rushing as a rookie with the Kansas City Chiefs. Kamara was also a third-rounder coming out of Tennessee, but he earned Offensive Rookie of the Year honors with the New Orleans Saints.
Could Rashaad Penny be this year's Kareem Hunt?Jae C. Hong/Associated Press
More eyes will be trained on No. 2 overall pick Saquon Barkley with the New York Giants, but don't be surprised if Penny teams up with a better quarterback—Eli Manning doesn't pose the same threat that Wilson does—and outperforms Barkley in the same way Hunt and Kamara outplayed top-five selection Leonard Fournette in 2017.
If that happens, the Seahawks offense will be dangerous enough with Wilson, Penny and Doug Baldwin to compensate for shortcomings along the offensive line and on defense. And even if Penny is consistent and effective but not a game-changer, Wilson and the passing game should benefit from a newfound ability to keep defenses honest.
Wilson remains the centerpiece, but how Penny fares right off the bat could determine whether the Seahawks will bounce back from a down year to make another run at becoming a dynasty.
Brad Gagnon has covered the NFL for Bleacher Report since 2012.
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Top 5 Books on Self Help
February 27, 2018 Lifestyle, Non-fiction, Personal development#Learning, #mindfulness, #Nonfiction, #SelfhelpKaren Seligman
Self-help books are a perfect example of why reading is an investment in yourself. There’s an inspirational author ready to guide you, whether you want to improve your health, your happiness, your finances or your professional success. The best ones offer a perfect balance between entertaining stories, intellectual challenge and emotional uplift. Here are 5 that are guaranteed conversation starters in 2018:
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning seems destined for pop-cultural attention – it’s a Scandinavian concept about living well (hygge 2.0?); it’s about decluttering (and shares similar philosophies with Marie “Spark Joy” Kondo); and it grabs our attention with its matter-of-factness about mortality. But more than that, it’s a really good idea! Margareta Magnusson introduces her readers to döstädning – sorting out your stuff before you die, rather than leaving the whole mess to your loved ones. Keep the items you care about, and give away or sell the others. Such decluttering can reduce stress, and is a good opportunity for reminiscing and curating your legacy. Margareta Magnusson’s gentle wit and wisdom makes this a surprisingly funny and thoroughly interesting book.
How to be Human: the Manual by Ruby Wax
A comedian, a neuroscientist and a monk meet up and talk…. this may sound like a joke, but instead is the basis of this manual on how our bodies, minds and brains interact to make us “human”. Ruby Wax is a comedian whose struggle with depression motivated her to gain a Master’s Degree in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. In How to be Human, she has teamed up with a monk (an expert in our inner lives) and a neuroscientist (an expert on the brain) to explore the tough questions around how to find happiness in the modern world – evolution, thoughts, emotions, relationships, addictions, the future. Ruby’s wit and anecdotes bring it all together into a funny, readable, insightful and uplifting read – you can also look forward to the stage show version in the works!
Make Your Bed: Small Things that can Change your Life … and maybe the World by William H. McRaven
Make Your Bed started off as a speech given by Admiral William McRaven at his alma mater, the University of Texas at Austin, where he reflected on some life lessons he learnt through basic Navy SEAL training. (Making your bed every morning was his first lesson. Even such a small task can motivate you to complete more tasks, and, at the end of a rough day, a made bed will offer you some solace.) The speech went viral, with many people inspired by his down-to-earth, tough-but-kind approach, particularly within the context of his highly distinguished, 37-year naval career. Make your Bed expands on the ideas in that speech to present ten life lessons in greater detail – these lessons will serve you well, whether you want to become a better person, succeed in business, or indeed change the world.
Barking Up The Wrong Tree: the Surprising Science Behind why Everything you Know about Success is (Mostly) Wrong by Eric Baker
Barking up the Wrong Tree is a distillation of the enormously entertaining and thought-provoking blog of the same name, by Eric Barker. Here Eric applies the Mythbusters treatment to some age-old advice about success, such as “nice guys finish last” and “winners never quit, and quitters never win”. He argues that these maxims were not based on research, and presents scientific data that disprove or qualify them. With quirky examples ranging from pirates to Albert Einstein to serial killers, Barking up the Wrong Tree encourages us to challenge conventional wisdom, and forge our own paths to awesome lives.
The Happiness Plan by Elise Bialylew
The Happiness Plan is a one-month mindfulness meditation program that aims to help us experience greater happiness, focus and emotional balance. Its collection of exercises shows us how to incorporate mindfulness practice into our daily routine – even ten minutes’ worth each day can create positive changes in our physical and mental wellbeing. Elise Bialylew is a meditation teacher and life coach with a background in medicine and psychiatry, and her understanding of the science behind mindfulness informs her approach. The Happiness Plan also aims to support readers beyond the book itself, by offering access to guided meditations available through Elise’s website.
The best books for those wanting to start their own business
January 11, 2018 Blog, Entrepreneur, Personal development, Top Books, Top Tips#Learning, #SelfhelpTeam Booko
Now that the New Year festivities are behind us, it’s the time of year when people are heading back to work with either a spring in their step or with growing anticipation to take the plunge and start their own thing.
It can be daunting to make the decision to work for yourself so we have scoured the world of books and have come up with a list of great titles (some are old time favourites and others new) that can help you follow your dreams.
Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Tim Ferriss
When facing life’s questions, who do you turn to for advice? We all need mentors, particularly when the odds seem stacked against us. To find his own, bestselling author and podcast guru Tim Ferriss tracked down more than 100 eclectic experts to help him, and you, navigate life. Through short, action-packed profiles, he shares their secrets for success, happiness, meaning, and more. No matter the challenge or opportunity, something in these pages can help.
You will learn; the three books legendary investor Ray Dalio recommends most often, lessons and tips from elite athletes like Maria Sharapova, Kelly Slater, Tony Hawk and Dan Gable, how and why Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz says ‘no’ to most incoming requests, the meditation and mindfulness practices of David Lynch, Jimmy Fallon, Sharon Salzberg, Rick Rubin, Sarah Elizabeth Lewis and others, why TED curator Chris Anderson thinks ‘pursue your passion’ is terrible advice and why actor Ben Stiller likes to dunk his head in a bucket of ice in the morning.
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell.
Why do some people achieve so much more than others? Can they lie so far out of the ordinary? In this provocative and inspiring book, Malcolm Gladwell looks at everyone from rock stars to professional athletes, software billionaires to scientific geniuses, to show that the story of success is far more surprising, and far more fascinating, than we could ever have imagined. He reveals that it’s as much about where we’re from and what we do, as who we are – and that no one, not even a genius, ever makes it alone. Outliers will change the way you think about your own life story, and about what makes us all unique.
The Lean Startup by Eric Ries.
This book comes with a lot of recommendations…and we mean a lot! ’If you are an entrepreneur, read this book. If you are thinking about becoming an entrepreneur, read this book. If you are just curious about entrepreneurship, read this book.’ Randy Komisar, founding director of TiVo. Most new businesses fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach to business that’s being adopted around the world. It is changing the way companies are built and new products are launched. The Lean Startup is about learning what your customers really want. It’s about testing your vision continuously, adapting and adjusting before it’s too late. Now is the time to think Lean.
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters.
What valuable company is no one building? The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a search engine. If you are copying these guys, you aren’t learning from them. It’s easier to copy a model than to make something new: doing what we already know how to do takes the world from 1 to n, adding more of something familiar. Every new creation goes from 0 to 1. This book is about how to get there. Peter Thiel has built multiple breakthrough companies, and Zero to One shows how. Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg both offer praise for this book with Zuckerberg commenting ‘When a risk taker writes a book, read it. In the case of Peter Thiel, read it twice. Or, to be safe, three times. This is a classic’.
The Working Woman’s Handbook by Phoebe Lovatt
I’ve been dipping in and out of this book since I bought it and it’s great. It’s the ultimate guide to job satisfaction, filled with practical advice on developing and driving a working life you love. Bursting with actionable tips, this book outlines an agenda for making and managing money, setting goals, and establishing success-oriented routines, with worksheets, exercises, and fool-proof “how-to” sections to help chart your course. From the lowdown on launching your own venture to a bullet-point checklist for an essential self-care regime, it will teach you to manage any dilemmas that crop up, and take the stress out of setting a budget. This no-nonsense manual comes packed with author Phoebe Lovatt’s personal insights from her own career as a successful freelance journalist, moderator, and founder of The WW Club, the leading digital resource and global community for working women worldwide. It also includes words of wisdom from various creatives and industry leaders, such as Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth, WAH Nails founder Sharmadean Reid, The Gentlewoman’s Editor-in-Chief Penny Martin, and rising fashion designer Sandy Liang. Whether a first-time freelancer, budding businesswoman, or dedicated professional looking to enhance your prospects, The Working Woman’s Handbook is a go-to career and lifestyle guide for ambitious young women everywhere.
Purpose: Find your why and the how will look after itself by Lisa Messenger
I unwrapped this goodie on Christmas morning and it was read by the New Year…one of the joys of buying your own Christmas presents! Imagine if you could wake up every morning feeling energised, vibrant and excited for the work day ahead of you. If you could accept every challenge, hurdle and setback because you knew the end goal would be worth it. If you could walk your career path with courage, faith and determination. Because you know, without a doubt, that you’re going in the right direction. This is what happens when you find your PURPOSE. And that is exactly what I want for you. As the founder of Collective Hub, a multimedia platform that aims to help people unleash their full potential, Lisa Messenger has turned her passion into a profession – and now she’s on a mission to help millions of people across the world find a career with meaning. Her secret? Instead of settling for a play-it-safe career, she delved deep, thought big and disrupted an entire industry. And all because she discovered the magical feeling, the vital reason, the one powerful sentence that made her work-life worth living. Now, it’s your turn. In this soul-searching book Lisa discusses her own path to purpose, mixed with guidance and interviews from inspiring entrepreneurs and creatives who have followed their ‘why’ to a place of joy and fulfilment. Drawing on her own experiences and ground-breaking research that shows a sense of purpose makes us happier, healthier and even live longer, Lisa guides readers to find the illusive ‘why’ in their lives, so they can reinvigorate their ambition, unleash their inner rebel and make a real impact in the world.
How to forge connections with others
September 28, 2017 Blog, Lifestyle, Personal development, Top Books#happiness, #Learning, #Selfhelp, connections, friendships, listening, people, socialskillsTeam Booko
It can be pretty intimidating to try to find a way to bond with other people, whether it is connecting socially, making a great first impression, or simply wanting to build stronger connections for your career.
However, when you show that you genuinely care about the person you’re talking to, work on making people feel comfortable, or really listening to them, you’ll find that you are already halfway there.
Here’s a few titles that we’ve been flicking through recently that will help you forge connections with others…
The Social Skills Guidebook by Chris MacLeod
You think your social life could be better. You’ve felt shy as long as you can remember. Your conversations have more awkward moments than you’d like. Maybe you don’t need a ton of friends, but you’d like to have some people to hang out with on occasion. You want to make changes, but you don’t know where to start. Lots of people have been in your shoes, so you’re hardly a lost cause, and it’s never too late to turn things around. The Social Skills Guidebook gives you insights into your interpersonal struggles and behaviours, and offers hands on advice for developing and improving your people skills.
Frientimacy by Shasta Nelson
With the constant connectivity of today’s world, it s never been easier to meet people and make new friends but it’s never been harder to form meaningful friendships. In Frientimacy, award-winning speaker Shasta Nelson shows how anyone can form stronger, more meaningful friendships, marked by a level of trust she calls frientimacy. Shasta explores the most common complaints and conflicts facing female friendships today, and lays out strategies for overcoming these pitfalls to create deeper, supportive relationships that last for the long term. In Frientimacy, readers are taught to reject the impulse to pull away from friendships that aren’t instantly and constantly gratifying. With a warm, engaging, and inspiring voice, Nelson shows how friendships built on dedication and commitment can lead to enriched relationships, stronger and more meaningful ties, and an overall increase in mental health. Frientimacy is more than just a call for deeper connection between friends; it’s a blueprint for turning simple friendships into true bonds and for the meaningful and satisfying relationships that come with them.
How to Talk to Anyone by Leil Lowndes
What is that magic quality that makes some people instantly loved and respected? Everyone wants to be their friend (or, if single, their lover!) In business, they rise swiftly to the top of the corporate ladder. What is their “Midas touch?”. What it boils down to is a more skilful way of dealing with people. Lowndes has spent her career teaching people how to communicate for success and offers 92 easy and effective sure-fire success techniques – from first meeting all the way up to sophisticated techniques used by the big winners in life.
The Lost Art of Listening by Michael Nichols
One person talks; the other listens. It’s so basic that we take it for granted. Unfortunately, most of us think of ourselves as better listeners than we actually are. Why do we so often fail to connect when speaking with family members, romantic partners, colleagues, or friends? How do emotional reactions get in the way of real communication? This thoughtful, witty, and empathic book has already helped over 100,000 readers break through conflicts and transform their personal and professional relationships. Experienced therapist Mike Nichols provides vivid examples, easy to learn techniques, and practical exercises for becoming a better listener and making yourself heard and understood, even in difficult situations.
Click: The Power of Instant Connections by Ori Brafman and Rom Brafman
In a book that combines psychology and sociology with an insightful understanding of human interactions, Ori and Rom Brafman have written a compelling narrative that helps us to understand the magic behind those moments when we form an incredible connection with other people, or which cause us to become fully engaged in whatever we are doing. Drawing from recent research in psychology and sociology Click takes us on a roller coaster journey of discovery into those moments in our lives when we are ‘in the zone’ when the rest of the world drops away and everything seems to fall into place.
Books to help you get your act together
September 14, 2017 Clean Living, Lifestyle, Non-fiction, Personal development#Learning, #mindfulness, #Nonfiction, #Reading, #SelfhelpKaren Seligman
Last week we offered some ideas on how to spring clean and declutter your belongings; this week we turn inward to look at how we can declutter our minds. Do you ever feel exhausted just thinking about change?
It’s easy to procrastinate when we feel anxious about the amount of disruption and effort we’ll need to make lasting change. Decluttering our minds means letting go of these preconceived ideas and anxieties, which can then help us welcome in fresh thinking and opportunities. These authors are here to guide you towards greater clarity, focus and calm:
Declutter Your Mind by S J Scott and Barrie Davenport
Do you feel overwhelmed easily? As if your mind is spinning from too many thoughts? Do you find it hard to get motivated? Or feel there is too much negativity around you? If you answered YES to any of these then you may be experiencing mind clutter. Mind clutter gives rise to anxiety, stress and frustrations – issues that can only be solved by changing mindsets and behaviours. S J Scott and Barrie Davenport show how to use mindfulness techniques to declutter our thoughts, obligations, relationships and surroundings. Declutter Your Mind is concise and readable, packed with ideas and advice.
Unstuffed: Declutter your Home, Mind and Soul by Ruth Soukup
Unstuffed helps with spring-cleaning of both our physical and mental spaces. Following Ruth Soukup’s bestseller Living Well, Spending Less, Unstuffed continues to help us reduce those cravings for more of everything – possessions, relationships, responsibilities. She encourages us to think deeply, identify our most important values and prioritise accordingly, shedding unimportant stuff in the process. She also advises on how to deal with the guilt associated with letting go! For those interested in faith and spirituality, there is also a unique section on decluttering your spirit. Unstuffed comes with an app that offers further tips and support on this decluttering journey.
The Life-changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k by Sarah Knight
Sarah Knight penned this irreverent but heartfelt anti-self help guide when she realised her perfectionist “good girl” tendencies were the cause of her constant stress and anxiety. So she learned to give fewer f**ks – to feel OK about not being perfect, to say yes only to things she cared about. The result is letting go of everything except the things that actually matter. With a decluttered mind and fresh focus, Sarah Knight then takes us to the next level in Get Your Sh!t Together, which shows how to “win at life” – start prioritising and doing the things you actually want to do, while still managing all the sh*t you have to do.
Let it Out: a Journey through Journaling by Katie Dalebout
Journaling can be as simple as jotting down a To-Do List, or as complex as expressing your innermost feelings. In either case, it is a powerful way of relieving a load from your mind. Let it Out is both an inspirational story and a how-to guide to Journaling. Katie Dalebout has been journaling since her teens, discovering that her writing can be a plan, a review, therapy as well as life coach. She credits journaling in helping her to recover from an eating disorder. After sharing her life story in the Introduction, Katie sets out a range of journaling topics / exercises to suit different moods and purposes. Katie’s young age and experiences make this a great book to share with the teens / young adults in your life.
Mindset: the New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck
When Bill Gates writes a detailed (glowing) review of a book then you know it deserves attention. Carol Dweck is a psychology professor who popularised the idea of fixed mindset versus growth mindset. A fixed mindset assumes ability is innate and thus success is largely predetermined; while a growth mindset believes that ability is the result of effort and persistence, and thus can be attained by anyone. A growth mindset makes us more resilient and helps us maximise our potential. I’ve included Mindset here as inspiration of what can be achieved when our minds are unburdened by anxieties, bad habits and negative self-talk, which tend to contribute to a fixed mindset.
Smiling Mind
S J Scott advocated mindfulness in Declutter your Mind, but, if you’re like me, you might prefer to learn mindfulness while listening – this is where Smiling Mind comes in. Smiling Mind is a non-profit organisation aimed at making mindfulness techniques accessible to all ages. They have two excellent free apps (one for smart phones and a web-based app for computers) co-developed with psychologists and health professionals. These apps offer something for everyone – there are guided practices of different lengths, separately aimed at kids, teens as well as adults. My local school uses Smiling Mind in the classroom and I know many parents who use it in their children’s bedtime routines. The Smiling Mind website also offers tips on how to use mindfulness meditation at schools or in the workplace.
Our Top 5 Books that will make you happier.
May 24, 2017 Blog, Personal development, Top Books#happiness, #Selfhelp, #top5, #TopbooksTeam Booko
There’s something amazing about opening a book and leaving the real world behind. Reading can bring us to tears, make us stop and think, bring out our anger and make us snort out loud with laughter.
When times are difficult and you just want to escape, the magical world inside a book is always waiting for you. We’ve found 5 of our favourite books that can help you take care of yourself.
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
Gretchen Rubin had an epiphany one rainy afternoon in the unlikeliest of places: a city bus. “The days are long, but the years are short,” she realised. “Time is passing, and I’m not focusing enough on the things that really matter.” In that moment, she decided to dedicate a year to her happiness project.
In this lively and compelling account Rubin chronicles her adventures during the twelve months she spent test driving the wisdom of the ages, current scientific research, and lessons from popular culture about how to be happier. Among other things, she found that novelty and challenge are powerful sources of happiness that money can help buy happiness, and when spent wisely the outer order contributes to inner calm and that the very smallest of changes can make the biggest difference.
The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu
Nobel Peace Prize Laureates His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have survived more than fifty years of exile and the soul-crushing violence of oppression. Despite their hardships they are two of the most joyful people on the planet. In this book, they look back on their long lives to answer a single burning question: how do we find joy in the face of life’s inevitable suffering? After spending a week together trading intimate stories, teasing each other continually, and sharing their spiritual practices these two global heroes had stared into the abyss and despair of our times and revealed how to live a life brimming with joy. This book offers us a rare opportunity to experience their astonishing and unprecedented week together, from the first embrace to the final goodbye.
I’m Judging You by Luvvie Ajayi
With over 500,000 readers a month at her enormously popular blog, AwesomelyLuvvie.com, Luvvie Ajayi has become a go-to source for smart takes on pop culture. I’m Judging You is her debut book of humorous essays that dissects our cultural obsessions and calls out bad behaviour in our increasingly digital, connected lives, from the cultural importance of the newest Shonda Rhimes television drama to serious discussions of race and media representation to what to do about your fool cousin sharing casket pictures from Grandma’s wake on Facebook. With a lighthearted, rapier wit and a unique perspective, I’m Judging You is the handbook the world needs, doling out the hard truths and a road map for bringing some “act right” into our lives, social media, and popular culture.
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff by Richard Carlson PhD
It’s an oldie but a goodie. A book that shows you how to prevent the little things in life driving you crazy. In thoughtful and insightful language, author Richard Carlson reveals ways to calm down in the midst of your hurried, stress-filled life. Learn how to put things in perspective by making the small daily changes he suggests, including advice such as “Think of your problems as potential teachers” and “remember that when you die, your ‘in’ box won’t be empty”. You should also try to live in the present moment, let others have the glory at times, and lower your tolerance to stress. You can write down your most stubborn positions and see if you can soften them, learn to trust your intuitions, and live each day as if it might be your last.
Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes
We’ve showcased this book here but it’s so great we’re sharing it again. In this poignant, hilarious and deeply intimate call to arms, Hollywood’s most powerful woman, the mega-talented creator of Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal and executive producer of How to Get Away with Murder, reveals how saying YES changed her life and how it can change yours too.
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Top 5 Audio Books to listen to when life is busy
May 11, 2017 Blog, Personal development, Top Books#busy, #change, #SelfhelpTeam Booko
Audiobooks are a wonderful invention for the busy person. Reading actual printed text means sitting down and focusing purely on the words and while that’s our favourite way to consume books, sometimes between work, study, going to the gym, doing the laundry, cooking dinner and putting the children to bed it’s not that easy to find time to actually sit down with a book.
That’s where audiobooks come in. Here are our top 5 to listen to when you’re feeling like life is getting on top of you.
Option B by Adam Grant and Sheryl Sandberg
Resilience comes from deep within us and from support outside us. Even after the most devastating events, it is possible to grow by finding deeper meaning and gaining greater appreciation in our lives. Option B illuminates how to help others in crisis, develop compassion for ourselves, raise strong children, and create resilient families, communities, and workplaces. Many of these lessons can be applied to everyday struggles, allowing us to brave whatever lies ahead. Two weeks after losing her husband, Sheryl was preparing for a father-child activity. I want Dave, she cried. Her friend replied, Option A is not available, and then promised to help her make the most of Option B. We all live some form of Option B. This book will help us all make the most of it.
Start With Why by Simon Sinek
In studying the leaders who’ve had the greatest influence in the world, Simon Sinek discovered that they all think, act, and communicate in the exact same way and it’s the complete opposite of what everyone else does. Sinek calls this powerful idea The Golden Circle, and it provides a framework upon which organisations can be built, movements can be lead, and people can be inspired. It all starts with WHY. Any organisation can explain what it does; some can explain how they do it; but very few can clearly articulate why. Why is not money or profit as those are always results. Why does your organisation exist? Why does it do the things it does? Why do customers really buy from one company or another? Why are people loyal to some leaders, but not others? Starting with Why works in big business and small business, in the nonprofit world and in politics. Those who start with Why never manipulate, they inspire. And the people who follow them don’t do so because they have to, they follow because they want to. Drawing on a wide range of real life stories, Sinek weaves together a clear vision of what it truly takes to lead and inspire. This book is for anyone who wants to inspire others or who wants to find someone to inspire them.
Make your bed: little things that can change your life, then maybe the world by William McRaven
Making your bed is a simple act with powerful consequences. To rise in the morning and complete the first task of the day will give you motivation to do more and to accomplish more. The bed also represents you. Few things in your home are more personal. Making your bed is a reflection of your discipline, your pride and your personal habits. If you can’t get up in the morning and make your bed, what else are you incapable of doing? If you want to change the world, or just make yourself a little better, start off by making your bed.
Stop Saying You’re Fine by Mel Robbins
Many people are becoming increasingly frustrated and bored with their lives. If you have come to regard yourself as your own worst enemy, constantly daydream and wonder, is this all there is? If you have a tendency when asked how you’re doing to just say ‘Fine’, you may be one of them. If this sounds familiar, there’s clearly something missing from your life. This book will help you discover what it is, and how to win it back. Written by Mel Robbins, one of America’s top relationship experts, this hands-on guide not only shows you how to put your finger on the problem, it reveals what to do about it. Mel has spent her career teaching people how to push past their self-imposed limits to get what they truly desire. She has an in-depth understanding of the psychological and social factors that repeatedly hold you back, and more importantly, a unique set of tools for getting you where you want to be.
Check out Mel’s inspiring TEDx Talk.
Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better: Wise Advice for Leaning into the Unknown by Pema Chodron
When her granddaughter was accepted to Naropa University, the celebrated author Pema Chödrön promised that she’d speak at the commencement ceremony. Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better contains the wisdom shared on that day. “What do we do when life doesn’t go the way we hoped?” begins Pema “We say, ‘I’m a failure.” But what if failing wasn’t just “okay,” but the most direct way to becoming a more complete, loving, and fulfilled human being? Through the insights of her own teachers and life journey, Pema Chödrön offers us her heartfelt advice on how to face the unknown-in ourselves and in the world-and how our missteps can open our eyes to see new possibilities and purpose. For Pema’s millions of readers, prospective graduates, or anyone at a life crossroads, this gem of clarity and reassurance is sure to find a welcome place in many a kitchen, office, and backpack.
…and finally for those who are really just too busy to sit and read…
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? Unfortunately, today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in tasty chapters consumable anytime and anywhere in your busy day – while you wait for your morning coffee at the cafe, for the bus, the train, or a plane to arrive. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry will reveal just what you need to be fluent and ready for the next cosmic headlines: from the Big Bang to black holes, from quarks to quantum mechanics, and from the search for planets to the search for life in the universe.
How to be the best ‘you’, you can be.
January 5, 2017 Blog, Non-fiction, Personal development#Nonfiction, #SelfhelpTeam Booko
I don’t know why but part of the process of starting a new year is determining how we can be fitter, smarter and happier individuals. A new year seems to offer opportunities and potential that the previous 9 or 10 months didn’t. Whether you are wanting to increase your confidence or work out which career best suits your strengths, here are our recommendations for some of the most popular self help guides on the market.
Create the Style You Crave on a Budget You Can Afford: The Sweet Spot Guide to Home Decor by Desha Peacock
If you are anything like me, you have spent time in friends’ homes and thought ‘how can I get my home to look like this?’
The starting point is, as Peacock explains, understanding and exploring your own unique sense of style. Then the fun part comes with working out how to bring it to life with a mixture of vintage, modern and op shop finds according to your budget. This book is a little different to most decorating books – it’s not filled with multi million dollar homes and budgets, but showcases the stories of everyday women with busy lives and limited budgets who have infused personal values, meaning, and style into making their home their own.
The Brain Fog Fix : Reclaim Your Focus, Memory and Joy in Just 3 Weeks by Mike Dow
Ever wander into a room and forget why you went in? No?? Lucky you!
Perhaps it’s a symptom of our lives becoming busier, more stressful and less….fun but many of us are wandering around in a ‘brain fog’. The good news? It’s not an irreparable condition and this book contains steps to help you reclaim your focus, memory and joy in under a month.
Want to become more ‘present’ and be able to fully participate in your life? This is the book for you.
This book has been one of our most ‘clicked’ titles on Booko for over a month now. It’s the output of Ferriss having interviewed nearly 200 world-class performers to determine what makes them successful.
In it, Ferriss discusses the routines, habits and tactics that have made these people so successful and shows you how you can implement these into your life to achieve success.
Strengths finder 2.0 by Tim Rath
If you are one of those people who are working at a job they like but don’t feel like it’s their passion or ‘calling’, this book is a great resource.
An updated version of the StrengthsFinder program developed by Gallup experts, Rath’s book helps readers to discover their distinct talents and strengths and how they can be translated into personal and career successes.
Resources include a 2.0 assessment with features that include a personalized Strengths Insight Report, an Action-Planning Guide, and a web-based Strengths Community.
The Confidence Gap by Dr Russ Harris
Sometimes all that separates us from others that are successful in their fields is the self confidence to make the most of opportunities available to us.
This is a hands-on, self-help guide to gaining long-lasting confidence and overcoming fear using mindfulness-based therapy. The author explains how many of us are playing the ‘confidence game’ using the wrong rules, and guides the reader through clear, simple exercises designed to help you manage difficult emotions such as anxiety and build genuine confidence.
Minimalism by Joshua Fields Millburn
The show I have been binge-watching on Netflix has been ‘The Minimalists’. Essentially, two guys (best friends) turned their backs on highly lucrative careers, reduced their ‘stuff’ to bare requirements and focused on what’s important.
If you find you are living pay-check to pay-check and consumed by what stuff you are going to purchase next, ‘Minimalism’ is a great read and focuses on 5 key themes that make a meaningful life: health, relationships, passion, growth and contribution. It contains actionable tasks to start creating more meaning and less ‘stuff’ in your life.
Books as a gateway to a simpler and more fulfilling life
August 22, 2016 Blog, Clean Living, Lifestyle, Non-fiction, Personal development#mindfulness, #Nonfiction, #Reading, #SelfhelpRich Bowden
The act of reading a book is a time-honoured way to connect us to the simpler things in life. It helps us make sense of the world in which we live. The age-old habit of sitting down in a quiet place, perhaps with a cup of tea or coffee, and opening the pages of a book is in itself conducive to relaxing, learning and, as a result, relieving stress.
But what about going one step further? How about reading books that inspire you to engage in mindfulness and the slow life? Books, ebooks and audio books teach, inspire and help us to find our way to a simpler, more fulfilling life.
One of the surest ways to relieve stress is to opt for a simpler, happier lifestyle; one closer to that led by our previous generations. All of these books help teach us to slow down, to practice stress-relieving activities, such as meditation, minimalism and mindfulness. In other words, to take time out to smell the roses!
Here are a few titles to help you learn and practice methods of reducing stress in your life and reconnect with the simpler things in life.
The Art of Happiness: a Handbook for Living
His Holiness the Dalai Lama is possibly one of the most respected spiritual leaders on our planet. His gentle lifestyle guidance and teachings are directed, not just at practitioners of Buddhism, but the whole world. In The Art of Happiness, His Holiness — in collaboration with psychiatrist Howard Cutler — teaches us there is a path towards happiness. The key is being able to recognise what in our lives causes us to be happy and then, by cultivating the right mental practice, we can achieve a balanced, contented state of mind.
Through stories and meditations, he shows us how to beat daily insecurities, anxieties and stress, leading us gently towards what he describes as “the purpose of life”, that of true happiness.
The Miracle of Mindfulness
Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh’s classic guide to mindfulness is still considered one of the classics in its field, over thirty years after its original publication. Originally written as a letter to a fellow brother suffering under atrocities during the Vietnam War, Buddhist monk Thich uses stories and allegories to urge his brothers to continue on the mindfulness path.
The book has served as an instruction manual for the now widespread practice of meditation and has become recognised as a powerful guide to (in His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s words) “show us the connection between personal, inner peace and peace on earth”.
The Miracle of Mindfulness is full of thought exercises, allegories and wonderful examples of how to practice mindfulness in everyday living in commonplace acts such as washing up and drinking tea.
Zen and the Art of Raising Chickens
Clea Danaan’s book Zen and the Art of Raising Chickens is a quirky, entertaining and informative book about how raising chickens in an urban or suburban environment can help get you back to the simpler things in life and reduce stress.
Written to make you smile as much as inform, the author nevertheless points to a few truths about chickens. Namely how their personalities, habits and idiosyncratic ways slow us down to their rhythms. Chapter titles such as “The Sound of One Wing Flapping” and “The Mind of the Chicken is Ungraspable” underline the way their “chickeny” characteristics can make us relax and laugh. Anecdotal evidence is (thankfully) abundantly documented by the author who also shows us the practical, healthy side of raising chickens in your own backyard.
Original and full of wit, yet containing a central truth about how keeping chickens can help ground us in a healthier, less stressful, more mindful lifestyle; Zen and the Art of Raising Chickens inspires and teaches as well as entertains.
Mindfulness in Action
Interested in learning more about simplicity and the power of meditation to change lives? Mindfulness in Action takes you to the very core of simplicity and awareness through meditation exercises and teachings. The author uses wisdom and insight to teach us to simply sit still and reconnect with the very concept of being human in our ever faster-paced world.
The book is edited by Carolyn Gimian, a longtime student and expert chronicler of Chogyam Trungpa’s teachings. This remarkable book offers something for everyone, whether a novice or experienced meditator.
The Joy of Less
The art of minimalism revolves around doing more with less. In this fascinating account, author Francine Jay points to the benefits of decluttering your home or workspace, in a way that brings us back to simpler, more satisfying living.
Not only does the author give tips on how to save money by ridding your space of excess material, she also demonstrates how living with less can be a path to greater happiness and simplicity.
Reading is the ultimate activity in enjoying “quiet moments” that centre our days and help to reduce the stress in our lives. In doing so you are joining the generations of people before you, from mystics, to learned scientists, to poets and professors, to just lovers of a good book, all who have used the written word to learn, relax and relieve stress.
Join them and find out how books can change you to appreciate a slower, more relaxed and fulfilling life.
Socially acceptable Self Help books
August 22, 2016 Non-fiction, Personal development#BookReview, #Nonfiction, #SelfhelpTeam Booko
Self Help books are a growing trend. Similar to ‘hope in a jar’ sold at cosmetics counters, buying Self Help books seems like an easy road to becoming richer, thinner and more successful. They have always been my guilty pleasure: not something I will take out and read on the train but definitely suitable holiday reading. This collection of Self Help books is a little different. They are cooler and have a bit of attitude. They are less ‘new-agey’ and more authentic and un-apologetic. Here are our recommendations for socially acceptable Self Help books:
Deserving an award for best book title of the year goes to Sarah Knight for her clever take on Marie Kondo’s book ‘The Life Changing Magic of Tidying’. Perfect for people who spend enormous amounts of time and energy worrying about things they need not, this book is an hysterical, practical two-step: ‘Not Sorry’ method for mental decluttering that enables you to focus your time and energy on things that really matter.
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant
What makes an innovator? Adam Grant debunks some of the more common myths surrounding entrepreneurs in this book. Some of these include success in one area does not necessarily mean success is guaranteed in another and that innovators are happy to throw away everything in pursuit of their dream. Interestingly, Grant also links internet browser choice to success (good news for Chrome and Firefox fans). A great read for unpicking the brain of the non-conformist.
Live the Best Story of your Life by Bob Litwin
Bob Litwin is a leading performance coach on Wall Street and former World Champion tennis player. Litwin spent thousands of hours researching from the best minds in the field of human potential. Believing that the mode of storytelling is incredibly strong, Litwin formats the book into 33 personalised coaching sessions, underpinned by powerful stories. Want a new story? Litwin shows you how to put your old stories in your past and discover the excitement and energy of your new story.
You are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero
A no-nonsense and practical approach to shifting the mental barriers that prevent success, ‘You are a Badass’ is full of humour, sage advice and inspiring stories. Touted as the self-help book for people that aren’t huge fans of the genre, this book is a great tool for people to help regain perspective in their lives. The principles in the book might be basic but its humour and personality make it all the more powerful.
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life And In Business by Charles Dugigg
Dugigg is an award-winning New York Times business reporter. In ‘The Power of Habit’, Dugigg examines the scientific principles of how habits are created. Then, he explains why they exist and how we can change them. Considering much of our lives are based on habits, the premise of the book is incredibly simple, but powerful. The keys to losing weight and performing at our upmost abilities are found in creating high-performing habits.
Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun and Be your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes
Rhimes is the hugely talented creator of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, and ‘Scandal’, as well as the Executive Producer of ‘How to Get Away with Murder.’ In this book she chronicles how saying yes to everything for one year changed her life. There have been mixed reviews of this book (some have felt it was self indulgent), however, we liked the stories about balancing work and personal life (Rhimes has three children and an exceptionally busy career). How can your life benefit from opening yourself up to new experiences?
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Emily Davison Throws Herself Under The Kings Derby Horse 1913
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Suffragette Emily Davison's Derby Day protest ends in tragedy. Co-production with the BBC.
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RCbeastly says
To our modern way of thinking, women having a vote is a non-issue. It's amazing that such suffering had to occur for something that should never have been an issue in the first place. Women in South Australia had the right to vote in 1894. That included indigenous women. Sadly, while white women were given the right to vote in the Australian federation in 1901, following the example of South Australia, indigenous women were excluded.
Gala Bianchi says
"It's amazing that such suffering had to occur for something that should never have been an issue in the first place". RCbeastly I totally agree with you. In Italy (the country I am from) women could not vote until 1945, (1944 in France), in Switzerland women were granted right to vote only in 1971! Just unbelievable.
mgreen says
2nd September 2013
You're just repeating an urban myth to write of 'Emily Davison throwing herself under the King's horse.' It's clear from from the video that she didn't do that. As the commentary correctly states, 'She grabbed at the horse's reins, pulling it down.' She my have been trying to attach a scarf to the bridle, but that's very different from trying to kill herself.
London Aka May Day Celebrations
Footage of socialist march through London on May Day.
A Giant Am I
Good footage of large steam locomotive having trial run in France.
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60,000 Government employees in Berlin hold a demonstration about the high cost of living.
Athletics In Mass Formation
Workers demonstration in Leipzig, Germany.
The Trouble In India
Civil Disobedience Campaign march and minor disturbance on the streets in India.
Language Demonstrations In Belgium Against French Speaking Citizens
Belgians marching in protest against French speaking Belgians in a small town.
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Trump Points To Britain’s Protest Over Health System As Proof Universal Coverage Doesn’t Work
President Donald Trump's tweet drew immediate backfire from British officials who prize their health system that offers free coverage to millions of citizens. The push for universal coverage in America has been gaining momentum, with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) as one of the leading voices in the movement.
The Washington Post: Trump Uses Britain's Protests To Jump Back Into Health-Care Fray At Home
Though congressional Republicans agreed last week to back off the contentious politics of the Affordable Care Act this year, President Trump began Monday morning by stirring the health-care policy pot anew. In a tweet shortly after 7 a.m., the president lashed out at Democrats, saying they “are pushing for Universal HealthCare while thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U system is going broke and not working.” (Goldstein, 2/5)
Los Angeles Times: Trump Stirs A Hornet's Nest In Britain By Blasting Its National Health Service
Virtually no one in Britain considers the NHS perfect: The need for urgent reforms, such as reducing waiting times and adding doctors and hospital beds, was the declared point of the weekend demonstrations. But Trump's critique touched a raw nerve in a country that considers universal access to medical services to be something akin to a national treasure, under a system created just after World War II and now relied on by millions of people. (King, 2/5)
In other national health care news —
The Associated Press: $300M Health Care System Cost To Protect Religious Rights
President Donald Trump's new effort to protect the rights of health workers who object to participating in abortions and other procedures will cost the health care system more than $300 million to set up, according to a government estimate. More than 40 complaints have been filed since Trump's election, alleging violations of conscience and religious rights. An estimated 18 million people work in the nation's health care system. (2/5)
Politico: Kellyanne Conway’s 'Opioid Cabinet' Sidelines Drug Czar’s Experts
President Donald Trump’s war on opioids is beginning to look more like a war on his drug policy office. White House counselor Kellyanne Conway has taken control of the opioids agenda, quietly freezing out drug policy professionals and relying instead on political staff to address a lethal crisis claiming about 175 lives a day. The main response so far has been to call for a border wall and to promise a "just say no” campaign. (Ehley and Karlin-Smith, 2/6)
McClatchy: Trump Administration Ponders Lifetime Benefit Limits For Medicaid
After allowing states to impose work requirements for Medicaid enrollees, the Trump administration is now pondering lifetime limits on adults’ access to coverage. Capping health care benefits — like federal welfare benefits — would be a first for Medicaid, the joint state-and-federal health plan for low-income and disabled Americans.If approved, the dramatic policy change would recast government-subsidized health coverage as temporary assistance by placing a limit on the number of months adults have access to Medicaid benefits. (Pugh, 2/5)
Stateline: Trump Administration: Let States Decide If Health Plans Have Enough Doctors
The Affordable Care Act required that health insurance plans sold on the marketplaces in every state maintain a sufficient number of in-network hospitals and physicians, including specialists, in their service area — essentially, that they have an adequate network of providers. Policyholders spend less to see doctors in their network. But the Trump administration last month weakened that federal oversight, potentially forcing patients to turn to more expensive providers, travel long distances for cheaper care, endure long waits for medical appointments or, critics worry, forgo care altogether. (Ollove, 2/6)
Stat: A Compromise 'Right-To-Try' Bill Proceeds With Help From FDA, But Could Be A Hard Sell
A bipartisan bill aimed at helping terminally ill patients gain access to experimental medicines would leave intact the controversial role of the Food and Drug Administration, a notion that will likely upset backers of the so-called right-to-try movement. The draft legislation, which is being developed with help from the FDA, also includes a provision that seeks to reassure anxious drug makers about making their treatments available, but to what extent this move makes the effort easier to forge a compromise is uncertain. (Silverman, 2/5)
The Wall Street Journal: The Chase For A Permanent Flu Vaccine
As doctors struggle with the worst flu season in nearly a decade, some are racing to answer a question: Can they find a more permanent solution than variably successful annual vaccines? Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles have developed a new approach for a vaccine that tested successfully in animals. GlaxoSmithKline is in the early stages of testing another promising approach in people. (Reddy, 2/5)
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Bust of Plato in the library of Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland (Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters)
Socialism may be hotter than Kendrick Lamar among undergraduates these days, but socialism isn’t the new new thing. It’s the oldest of old things. It’s older than Bernie Sanders and Grandpa Simpson combined. (Try imagining everything Sanders says in Grandpa Simpson’s voice, especially when he’s railing against the variety of deodorants or shouting that there were banks in post offices half a century ago. It works.) Long before Barack Obama blew the socialist dog whistle in saying, “We are an American family and we rise or fall together as one nation and as one people,” even before Woodrow Wilson said that government is “a living thing” and “no living thing can have its organs offset against each other, as checks, and live,” Plato provided both with their model: “Unity is the greatest blessing for a state, and we compared a well-governed state to the human body.” That’s right, government workers aren’t just those nice folks who collect your taxes or fail to fix your potholes, we’re all parts of the same body or family. Say something like “I don’t trust the government,” you might as well be saying you hate your mama, or your left hand.
Youngsters who think of “ancient history” as “the period when human beings bought music on CDs” could usefully study Plato’s Republic. True, every student has been assigned this book for the last 2,400 years, but I’ve got a feeling today’s youth aren’t actually reading it. If they were, they’d realize socialism is such a lame and crusty old act it should be relegated to the Tuesday-afternoon lounge show in Reno, not celebrated on the national stage.
In The Republic, Plato makes the case for an ideal society using a Soc puppet: “Socrates,” who is really just Plato, had serious reservations about democracy, which he thought the second-worst form of government, barely ahead of outright dictatorship. His ideal was rule by a class of the professionally wise, those rulers or philosopher-kings deeply trained in both bureaucratic administration and thinking through what’s best for all of us. In other words, Plato was very much a guy who’d rather be ruled by the Harvard faculty than by the first 2,000 names in the Boston phone book. Harvardocracy was pretty much his plan.
And what might this Harvardocracy dream up, when hoi polloi have been relegated to their proper place of grateful subservience? Oh, just some tinkering around the edges of society. There would be no literature allowed except the state-produced kind. Privacy would be banned. All property would be held in common. Children, too, because it takes a village to raise a child. No child would know who his parents were and no parent would know who his children were. Also, psst, though you’d be “randomly” assigned a mate, it wouldn’t actually be random; the Harvardocracy thinks it best for eugenics purposes if the stupid, ugly people marry each other and the beautiful, smart Harvard people marry each other. So the lottery system will actually be fixed behind the scenes. If you were planning to trick people like this, it may have been unwise to tip them off by publishing the fell scheme in advance. This may have been the first instance of someone saying the quiet part out loud.
“We’re in this together” is, ordinarily, a vapid political cliché, best reserved for times of war, but Plato, like socialists to come, wanted a communal feeling to be society’s permanent mode of thinking: “When one citizen fares well or ill, men will pronounce in unison the word of which we spoke: ‘It is mine that does well; it is mine that does ill.’” Everyone will feel the same things: “By virtue of this communion they will have their pleasures and pains in common.” Not a lot of room for individualism here. You and I are just two spoonfuls of undifferentiated goop in the social porridge.
Like today’s extreme planners, Plato disguises much social engineering by calling it simple concern for what is just, and in taking away so much of what free people value he promises in turn a higher freedom, freedom from worries, “the pains and pangs which men experience in bringing up a family, and in finding money to buy necessaries, . . . the evils of so many kinds.” Follow Plato’s program and your “life will be blessed as the life of Olympic victors and yet more blessed.” Everybody gets to be Michael Phelps.
Plato is a bit more honest than today’s socialists in that he acknowledges some wee trade-offs along the path to gold medals for all. The “offspring of the inferior,” and even those children of the guardians who don’t measure up, will be taken away to some “mysterious, unknown place” and left to starve. Plato compares his ruling class to doctors, and don’t doctors prescribe a little harsh medicine sometimes? Plato’s idea of medicine is a regime of official lying, a little state deceit being in the people’s long-term interest.
Of the citizens, Plato’s Socrates asks, “Shall they be a family in name only, or shall they in all their actions be true to the name? For example, in the use of the word ‘father,’ would the care of a father be implied and filial reverence and duty and obedience to him which the law commands?” In the Obama era, each year on Tax Day some neo-Platonist would pen a patriotic ode in which he extolled the joy of expressing his commitment to the warm bosom of the state. You will pardon me if I don’t feel that much filial reverence for the IRS.
This article appears as “The First Socialist” in the June 3, 2019, print edition of National Review.
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Open letter to Linus
When an open source project goes social justice it dies.
It suffers the same transformation we see in entertainment intellectual properties like Star Wars.
Identify a respected institution.
kill it.
gut it.
wear its carcass as a skin suit, while demanding respect
When a stem activity, such as open source, goes social justice, then its job gets redefined as showing that women, blacks, and Muslims are capable of stem by giving them stem social roles – which is how NASA lost the capability to go into space.
If you, Linus, are replaced by social justice warriors, which always happens when you get a code of conduct, Linux slowly dies – bugs will not get fixed, misfeatures will get added, and it will suffer from bitrot as the world changes around it.
It will go the same path as Soviet and Rhodesian agriculture. Soviet agriculture never recovered from the liquidation of the kulaks, Rhodesian agriculture never recovered from the genocide of white farmers.
This code of conduct is the work of people who think that all the stuff descended from the sky, and white males, being the evil sexist racist homophobic mysogynist islamophobes that we are, snatched all the good stuff up, thereby preventing anyone else from having it.
They think that if it was not for the horrid oppression committed by white males, they could just help themselves to the stuff in Walmart, and Walmart shelves would magically refill, the way the shelves in Venezuela were supposed to magically refill.
This code of conduct was brought to you by the same thinking on display in Venezuela and in South Africa, where without white farmers the South African crops mysteriously don’t grow and without bakeries run by lighter skinned Venezuelans, darker skinned Venezuelans find themselves mysterious short of bread.
A code of conduct results in social justice warriors being helicoptered into the social role and social status of people who create value, but strangely and mysteriously, value ceases to be created.
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Eddie Willers says:
Welp, that’s Linux fucked then!
Damn – when I first started spinning distros around ’04 I thought this was a great thing; Microsoft’s stranglehold on the PC OS market would be broken.
Like all good things, they never last.
TFW you realize that Microsoft, NSA and the Pentagon are the good guys
Neurotoxin says:
I’m not a tech guy, and last year I successfully wiped Windows and installed Linux on my computer. They design it so that it can be done by non-experts. My advice to everyone is to download a copy of the Linux OS kernel now to CD. It’s free. In the future, you might be glad you have it available.
…i.e., before the SJWs fuck it up, which they will soon.
I’m going to spam that post all over the chans
Fame, sweet.
Mister Grumpus says:
How exactly in the heck is Cloud Stuff supposed to work with crappy Linux?
Rule Britannia says:
Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
Linux is the beating heart of open source. Linux is the epicenter of computing freedom. Linux is the greatest software project in the history of software and the single greatest achievement of human engineering besides.
If Linux falls, it’s game fucking over.
Kill Linux: diminish mankind.
F U C K
U U
If you really feel that way then get involved! Go out, find like minded people, brainstorm ideas, come up with a way to fork a version of thhe kernel whose development has no filthy “code of conduct”. Complaining is good, if you cant do anything ekse, then you actualky shoild bitch and complaon about it. But if you can do more, go out and throw yourself into it!
we're going to need a bigger asteroid says:
we still have theo
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grey enlightenment says:
Because it’s open source it can be forked. so it’s not completely hopeless. THat is what the Zclassic coin guys did. They did not like the founder fees of Zcoin so they forked it and got rid of the fees but kept the rest the same.
Cyril says:
Yes, it’s not *completely* hopeless but it’s a serious uphill battle at this point.
Best chance would be if Linus (and capable loyalists?) got behind the fork and could ensure the old ways were enforced.
Still, the Linux repo is so heavily entrenched in production systems I’m not sure that would make a difference.
Otherwise it becomes just another open source *nix variant of which there are many to choose from with varying levels of usage.
John M Morris says:
Everyone seems to have missed the extra twist here. Intel. Not only are they converged they, along with the other hardware makers, have had an ax to grind with Linus for years. They threw their weight behind this coup as much to specifically rid themselves of Linus as impose the CoC.
They hate open sourcing their device drivers and have wanted a “stable binary kernel device driver ABI” for over a decade. Almost everyone else in the top layers of the pecking order are in favor or neutral. Linus simply vetoed the idea every time it came up.
The did the CoC the second they got Linus out the door to ensure he can’t come back. If I’m right they will announce the stable kernel ABI as soon as the succession struggle is over. That is the immediate and pressing danger. If they do that it won’t matter if the kernel gets forked. Everything will be tied to those binary drivers and you can kiss *BSD goodbye. Any forks would have to maintain binary compatibility. Imagine being limited to shoehorning Windows drivers in, in a few years the divergence would be about as bad. Now imagine the drivers are crypto locked and the DMCA forbids peeking inside to see how they work and only “secure” kernels can even load them after the TPM grants the right key.
Linux would still be sitting in a git repo but it would be closed for all intents and purposes. It would truly be dead and they would be wearing its skin.
I’m amazed at how totally wrong you get the stable Linux kernel ABI issue. It’s an ongoing nightmare for users, because it subjects device drivers to continuous rot that the kernel maintainers don’t always catch. I’ve personally experienced it with USB 1.x devices that stopped working and then started working again as kernel versions changed, cost me quite a bit of money and hassle. Probably also explains the popularity of Linux as a VM, where very limited device driver support is required.
Looking at it from the outside, one can imagine that the #1 reason for Linus having this policy is that it prevents anyone from forking just the drivers and creating their own operating system on top, or using them unmodified for their own OS. The BSDs would be ecstatic at such a development, because after creating a shim architecture they could vastly increase the number and breath of devices they support. See the NDISwrapper project for how Linux took advantage of Windows binary drivers for a good long while.
Lemme guess, you use NVidia video cards and other skanky drivers downloaded from vendor websites. The no stable ABI policy was intended to make upstreaming device drivers the path of least resistance and binary drivers “not Linus’s problem.” If you stick to hardware with upstream drivers everything tends to “just work” because it gets maintained by the kernel developers instead of the vendor, who abandons maintenance the instant they stop selling the device.
And yes, we all remember NDISWrapper, it was a ghetto of second class support that usually only worked just good enough that people kept the hardware and complained a lot. And nobody cared, can’t look inside those drivers to troubleshoot so why bother? And the driver authors themselves never cared because they were only intended to work around the bugs in Windows, not work anywhere else.
Lemme guess, you use NVidia video cards and other skanky drivers downloaded from vendor websites.
Again, you’re completely out to lunch. For myself and my parents, I only use FOSS drivers, granted, none of us are gamers, and for the last 4 years or so Intel’s built in video has been entirely adequate for basic 2D usage including watching video.
If you stick to hardware with upstream drivers everything tends to “just work” because it gets maintained by the kernel developers instead of the vendor, who abandons maintenance the instant they stop selling the device.
You seem to have missed where I mentioned these wonderful kernel developers massively borked the USB 1.x subsystem at a very basic level for quite a while. And I know I’m not the only person/organization that suffers from the drumbeat of driver regressions.
The no stable ABI policy was intended to make upstreaming device drivers the path of least resistance and binary drivers “not Linus’s problem.”
And its now working horribly for ARM SoCs, which frequently get one binary blob for one kernel version. Moving to a fixed binary ABI ought to help that problem, if you’re not obsessed with the purity of FOSS and on a serious budget, as is much of the world. But what most I care about is open source drivers not continuing to be a crapshoot over time.
John Morris says:
So you want to replace the “crapshoot” open drivers with closed ones. No thanks. Yes the ARM SoCs are wretched, that is the point. They refused to open their drivers so their closed blobs broke as soon as the kernel reved, locking them to one obsolete kernel. That pain is the only lever that has been driving those drivers to open up and mainline. At this point the video drivers are the only major[1] holdout. Everything else is, often kicking and screaming like spoiled children, being dragged into the mainline kernel.
And now that Linux has been condemned to die a slow horrible death, it doesn’t matter anymore. What does is keeping those drivers open as long as possible so the BSDs don’t die. They learn how hardware works by looking at the Linux drivers.
[1] I’m not so RMS Pure that WiFi blobs running in the WiFi controller bother me overly much. Fighting the FCC is a war for another day. Software Defined Radio becoming widespread will do that eventually.
So you want to replace the “crapshoot” open drivers with closed ones.
Show me where I said that, or stop lying about what I’m saying and proposing.
Showing us on the doll where the closed source device driver touched you would also work.
Ty! I noticed in recent news stories the mention that Linus was finding it difficult to work with Intel on the recent Sprectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities apparently because Intel wanted non-disclosure. Thanks to your explanation, I somewhat understand the overarching issue.
We must become our own market. We must refuse to fund and buy closed source shit. The problem is we have so many white male defectors such as H, who don’t understand the critical importance.
Also unfortunately nearly all of you refuse to do your civic duty and actually study the impossibility of 9/11 not being controlled demolitions. This is a serious problem. How can a society function properly when the males are so derelict.
Corollary is Yara I don’t want to hear your racist BS about blacks when whites are so easily hoodwinked. What use is 1 SD higher average IQ, when in fact whites are so psychologically vulnerable as I have explained on the succeeding blog.
So now they’re attacking Google’s Theodore Ts’o:
One Linux Foundation Technical Advisory Board member who did not sign off on the patch is Ted Tso, who is a rape apologist:
http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Rape_apology_on_LCA_mailing_list
Several users on 4chan’s technology board speculate that Theo is targeted first because he famously resisted an Intel backdoor.
lel says:
I like to insult people and can code, can I be the new Linus ?
Anonymous 2 says:
Glad to have you aboard, you get to run the Gnome Foundation.
BC says:
It’s pretty clear he was blackmailed into making this move.
S.J., Esquire says:
Yupper, my reaction as well. One only wonders on what basis.
Here’s an idea, maybe they went after his children. General Flynn was never going to cave to the FBI and Mueller until they threaten to send his son to jail for 40 years. Leftists have often targeted the children of the people they want to break.
The Cominator says:
The right should be willing to do this as well… I don’t think they went that far with Torvald though.
One stubborn man was standing in the way of an entire industry with hundreds of billions of dollars on the line. Of course they would go that far. See my post above for my theory of a motive big enough to explain it.
WowJustWow says:
This one really dealt a blow to what remaining optimism I had left.
I can’t remember precisely, but it might have been you, Jim, who surmised that Linus had an entourage around him at all times at conferences just to have reliable witnesses to protect him against potential attacks from #MeToo parasites. If he was aware enough of the magnitude of the threat, and this still happened, who else could possibly withstand the onslaught?
Software has a certain purity that sets it apart from other technological endeavors, but it still requires competent human beings to maintain it and protect it from entropic degradation, like transportation or energy infrastructure. Software systems are formal symbol systems, but competent humans are the last link in the chain that ensures referential integrity between those formal symbol systems and effective (read: effectful) actions in the real world.
If we can’t rely on sufficient human competence being there to ensure that it works, it’s more important than ever for formal verification methods for software to break into the mainstream. I’m not very bullish on blockchain technology in general, but if enough people truly wish to grant arbitration power over ownership claims to non-sentient algorithms, that sector might provide the impetus for enough software engineers to get serious about insisting on proofs of correctness across the industry as a whole before it’s too late.
Actually our society is collapsing.
Everywhere you pay more and get less in return.
Industrial jobs aren’t coming back.
And what has still chances to work (intellectual work) is infested by mentally ill people (the busy, productive people being too busy seeing that and are too polite/policed to put themselves at risk by going against the herd).
At this point I can only think of WW III to save the day.
but it might have been you, Jim, who surmised that Linus had an entourage around him at all times at conferences
Eric S. Raymond mentioned this on his blog circa 2015 and again 2017.
Also I was not aware of the systemd concerns.
Start your own Linux fork Jim
Worst possible way of stepping down that I can imagine. Indeed, it still seems more like an odd joke. And the immediate insertion of a code of conduct tells us all we need to know about who will be running the show in the future.
Dead girl or live boy? It’s difficult to imagine Linus, “my life has been three decades of release candidates”, being so irresponsible as to not plan for an orderly succession and instead just walking away with a weak shrug of his shoulders and the equivalent of a press release about choosing to live his life as a gay man.
Enough money is riding on Linux that I hope sane people will eventually end up on top. But it’s looking pretty iffy at the moment.
Prediction: An effort to update Linux to use modern C++ will soon begin (though not as quickly as the rewrite of all man pages to be diverse and inclusive). That’s the death knell, in case you wonder.
All progress will stop while this is going on, the rewrite will fail, the project will fade into technical obscurity, the funds will be spent on important causes like Women in Tech.
I’m sure it is all planned by redhat to hijack the kernel. They already vampirized everything with systemd and their sjw are infesting python.
They’re literal parasites.
Bane Blumpf says:
It will be interesting to see what various distros say about this.
Also, Jim, would you care to weigh in on the NPC debate?
Pretty sure that they are not literally mindless, but are paid employees following directives from a supervisor, and lack discretion – they are following procedures laid down in a handbook.
CR endlessly repeats himself like a video game NPC, but that is not because he is a video game NPC, it is because, like a video game NPC, he is following a script, and can only give us the canned responses covered by the script.
Much like the frustrating experience you get when you call up a “help” line, and the “help” is required to robotically follow a formula that is irrelevant to the problem that you are calling them about.
CR cannot give relevant or intelligent responses, because he has to give canned and pre programmed responses. Hence the repetition, similar to what one encounters with an unhelpful help line, where you get the same preprogrammed spiel over and over again any time you use a trigger phrase.
He is following a formula written for dealing with Muslim extremists, and lightly edited with a search and replace, replacing “Islam” with “reaction”.
He cannot make relevant or intelligent responses, because they would dock his pay if he departed from a formula that was written by people who don’t know or care much about what we believe, and incorrectly anticipated what we were going to say.
Carlylean Restorationist says:
OK I guess I’m not departing after all then. Really thought this was the water-shed: a topic I’m not all that bothered by.
But ok, if I’m a paid shill repeating slightly modified mantras to target reaction, I guess I’d better chime in after all.
Open Source is the wisdom of crowds, the idea being that it’s better to let an unlimited number of developers bring their particular expertise to a problem, rather than use a top-down single-author-plus-assistants-who-obey-him model.
It’s the same basic idea as ‘the free market will solve all problems’ and it’s just as wrong-headed as ‘let the people elect a government’ or indeed ‘let the women have a say in how the family should be ruled’.
The thing is, in the specific narrow context of computer programming, it can actually work. The core concept of modern computing is that tiny robotic operations can combine into very sophisticated algorithms, and when they’re linked to highly complex output devices, the range of problems that can be simulated in sufficient detail to be just as useful as alternative approaches is very very high indeed. Example: computers can play music videos in more than enough detail for a normal human to be completely satisfied. In fact watching a live music performance on YouTube is just about as exciting as attending in person, though some purists would no doubt complain that this leaves out parts of the atmosphere and this is true: the beer, the other audience members, the smokey atmosphere, the excessive volume, those aren’t simulated when you’re watching your computer at home, but that’s not the computer’s fault.
Is it a good idea to have access, in principle, to how your computer’s operating system works? Sure, why not, and in the current year in globohomo gayplex it’s an even better idea that it would ordinarily be, because we already know for sure that the big tech companies are up to no good and basically want us dead. (Reactionaries in the Jimian tradition will experience mild cognitive dissonance that these firms aren’t pursuing the profit motive and bringing Adam Smith’s invisible hand to bear on the world, and haven’t been doing so for a rather long time, but they’ll usually settled on the libertarian cope of ‘the state interferes and compels them to do evil things they wouldn’t otherwise have done’ or the slightly more sophisticated variant ‘the state makes it impossible for the better companies to do business, giving the evil ones extra support’, or some other convoluted cope I’ve not yet encountered. I’m sure there are many more.)
Is Open Source really better than top-down programming? I can’t think of any examples where the Open Source approach is better but I’m sure others can. The nearest, by my reckoning, would probably be “Audacity”, which is pretty effective when working with sound. It’s probably as good as “Cool Edit” was at its peak, just about, and most of the modern features of “Audition” are unnecessary. I can’t speak for “Pro Tools” because I loathe Apple machines.
The thing is, even with Open Source, if they’re falling back on high level functions that’ve settled into permanent optimised states, these will generally have been created from the top down. This is certainly true of the core libraries for classic C, which might just as well be part of the language. (Indeed some would say Ansi C without MediaLib or similar isn’t a usable language.)
Does the concept of group creation of a single software entity (I won’t say ‘application’ because people here tend to nit-pick at quite a low level) even cohere? I’m not at all sure that it does, but if we understand ‘open source’ to just mean ‘multiple top-down designers creating modules which mesh together into a unified thing’ then it’s really not meaningfully different from the ‘object’ orientation, and that’s fine, it’s a way of looking at tasks that assumes some degree of sane reductionism.
That’s not normally what people mean though. They normally mean there’s some magic philosophical boon to be had from enjoying the vibrant diversity of a *community* of designers instead of the boring old-fashioned idea of someone ‘doing programming’.
I’m generally against that if I’m honest. Can’t wait to hear how preferring Beethoven’s creative approach to that of The Rolling Stones is left-wing egalitarian social justice infiltration.
Linux had an owner, Gnome didn’t and it was ruined. What does that tell you about your Cathedral and Bazaar digest? Open source works the same way everything else does: people pick good solutions given the choice, clear ownership leads to responsibility, in the software world, responsibility means stable APIs. Restaurants work the same way, go to a mall food court, this one has McDonalds and Taco Bell, that one has Panda Express and Burger King.
It looks like you’re angry that we know you’re a ghoul. Unfortunately, you’re unable to say anything relevant because you evidently died ten to twenty years ago.
If you were a level 3 ghoul you could have said Android and Docker show the failure of open source. But level 3 ghouls are the undead remains of creative people and in life you were a small-scale leader type of above average intelligence and charisma.
I lost interest in computers when it became apparent the dream had begun to turn into a nightmare around 2005.
I used to mess around with DJGPP and all that garbage like the rest of you.
The reality in the real day-to-day world is that paperwork’s ballooned since computers *made it easier* for paperwork to balloon.
The reality in the real day-to-day world is that the efficiency savings of getting every secretary to use MS-Access resulted in a million parasites getting paid to install and unfuck computers, but precisely zero secretaries giving up their hang files and clipboards.
The reality in the real day-to-day world is that we’re more under the thumb of Zog than ever before, and had the whole thing never happened, we’d be fitter, less stressed and less beholden to evil people.
That’s why I never bothered with hand-held tracking devices with toys attached.
Open source works the same way everything else does: people pick good solutions given the choice, clear ownership leads to responsibility
And that the actions of that responsibility are transparent because the code is open. This reduces costs due to uncertainties. For example, anyone can compete to provide an emergency fix to a problem. Typically the most trusted owners will be relied upon, yet at least the market has options in any case. Also forking enables competition, which reduces the risk of anti-competitive bit rot.
Nothing like this. Open source is just white people doing things for a hobby with other like-minded white people.
In other words an opt-in distributed nation, run under conditions of democracy.
It’s still the wisdom of crowds and it’s still acute Kinglessness. It’s just geographically distributed. Whoopidoo.
It’s an emergent “nation” run by something that superficially looks like democracy but in practice isn’t.
When infiltrators take control of the ostensibly governing entities of a successful open source project, it either dies, or they discover that the governing entities don’t govern at all. They issue a proclamation and, to their amazement, nothing happens.
Of course the idea of writing an operating system just because you feel like it is inexplicable to many, which is why they need to come up with elaborate explanations of the “open source phenomenon”, whereas it’s closed source that needs explaining.
Keeping source code secret indicates that some particular person has something to lose by having others muck around with it.
This is normal and healthy.
Open source means you’re inviting randoms to take a share of your responsibility. It’s equivalent to the King saying “I’ll let Parliament look after X from now on”.
Open vs closed source is a litmus test for a person’s mindset. The supporter of open source is generally an American Revolutionary who believes no-one has the God-given right to monopolise any particular responsibility/power and that if you open things up to as many people as possible, the results will increase without significant diminishing returns.
In reality, crowds have no wisdom.
> Open source means you’re inviting randoms to take a share of your responsibility.
Open source always uses Git, and Git was designed by Linus to make sure that for any release version you know who is responsible for what.
There is a wonderful Git feature called “blame”, which does exactly what you would think, provided you don’t let anyone rebase the master, and that anything merged into the master has been rebased to the master to provide the illusion of single strictly sequential thread of development.
Linus addressed the problem of which you speak, and his solution is the best practice to this day.
Reactionaries want the one true King solution. You are not arguing for the one true King solution, for Linus was the one true King of Linux. You are arguing against the one true King solution in favor of the one true bureaucratic committee solution.
It’s still a many authors model as opposed to a single author model.
There’s no reason why one *person* should be responsible for doing all the work, but there’s a world of difference between a military hierarchy and a commonwealth of equals.
Any sufficiently large project or activity is going to require many authors. The question at issue is how they are going to interact.
Open source used SVN before GIT, and CVS before SVN. SVN has blame, and CVS probably did too.
I stand corrected.
In my defense, back when using SVN, I never encountered blame, probably because projects too small. Practice was, you were not supposed to break the build.
In practice breaking the build happened and finger pointing ensued, without anything like blame ever being deployed to resolve the ensuing dispute. Usually obvious who broke the build, but he always had some justification.
Usually says they have some justification. How often is that a real but foolish reason, and how often is that a post-hoc ass-covering?
If you decide to build yourself a house, you don’t keep it secret. Everyone can see you building it.
If someone comes and offers to help, you accept.
This is normal and healthy. No wonder you don’t recognize it as such.
You’d let randoms off the street come and add&subtract rooms from your blueprint, change the shape of the windows and decide what materials to use for the roof?
What a hippy!
Nothing like that happens in practice. Human cooperation is truly an amazing phenomenon. Completely inexplicable.
Are you… a white male, CR? You demonstrate utter cluelessness about things white males instinctively understand, in amounts far exceeding the usually observable levels.
If true believer progs aren’t literal NPCs then being a true believing prog turns you into someone indistinguishable from an NPC.
Either way progs ain’t people and are also less then dogs (most dogs have more individiuality and personality then your typical prog NPC).
> If true believer progs aren’t literal NPCs then being a true believing prog turns you into someone indistinguishable from an NPC.
Because crimestop makes you stupid – if you are allowed to think, might think crimethought.
Hence the similarity to an unhelpful help phone system where the humans are required to stick to their script, resulting in endless repetition of the same unhelpful spiel, much as CR endlessly and robotically repeats his preprogrammed spiel.
So true, so true!
Imagine the inner monologue of a free market guy…… ok so if we open up good/service-X to the free market, the price will be driven down by competition and everyone will be better off for it……. and the labour market needs to be completely free of state interference………. [crimestop]
This argument for an unregulated labor market is completely correct for short term labor market interactions, as for example day laborers hanging out in the Home Depot parking lot, and for longer term interactions between ethical actors with a long time horizon, as for example software engineers.
Some degree of state intervention is required to deal with longer term interactions between unethical actors (as for example the Singaporean Central Provident Fund), and to deal with unemployables, by enforcing behavior that makes them employable. The latter is going to resemble serfdom and slavery, or at least some aspects of serfdom and slavery, which is the opposite of your proposed intervention, your proposed intervention being to make priests (the professoriat) supreme over entrepreneurs, for the supposed benefit of those with short time horizons. The Dubai solution for unemployables is exile.
Nah. We need to make entrepreneurs supreme over unemployables, so that the otherwise unemployable don’t get hungry and start hunting other people’s cattle and gathering other people’s crops. We need to do what Dubai is frequently accused of doing. This will result in priests being disempowered, while you want priests to be empowered.
Yes, we need some intervention in the labor market – but we need the interventions of Singapore and Dubai, which are fundamentally and radically the opposite of your proposed interventions, are interventions in favor of people with long term horizons, and against people with short term horizons.
In point of fact, I want almost exactly what you just described.
The only quibble I might have is the legitimacy of short-term labour contracts, as these are pernicious and deleterious to the time horizon of workers.
The above scenario though is INFINITELY preferable to Lolbergistan with everyone on zero hours contracts with no benefits, moving between countries as the out-sourcing/in-sourcing of global free trade grows ever more extreme.
> In point of fact, I want almost exactly what you just described.
Your proposed regulation demonizes entrepreneurs and valorizes the professoriat in the name of serving the proletariat. Singaporean and Dubai regulation valorizes entrepreneurs.
Dubai regulation of low status workers who cannot be trusted to make long term decisions is generally against them, to make them useful despite their short term inclination, rather than supposedly for their benefit, hence the accusations of slavery and serfdom, and the Singaporean Central Provident Fund is the opposite of what you intend and describe, since for people who are adequately thrifty, it is largely irrelevant.
Your proposed regulation is largely intended to make the professoriat supreme over people like software engineers in the name of doing good to the proletariat. Dubai regulation is for entrepeneurs, and Singaporean regulation is to inculcate middle class behavior on those inclined to fall short of it.
Negative, these things are only opposite the straw man you and others have consistently erected.
It is in no way meaningfully different from what I’ve actually written, often repeatedly in order to correct what I at first took to be a misunderstanding but was in fact deliberate, and such repetitions themselves came to be used of course as evidence of foul play.
All very predictable really.
Either way, I entirely favour regulation of low status workers who cannot be trusted to make lon term decisions and I expect it *will* be generally against them lol why would a regulation just be a vote of approval?
Not going to answer anything for a while, as I’m reading “Lobard Street”, which Moldbug linked in the article Cominator linked but people generally fail to read Moldbug’s sources so I’m doing it.
As I expected, the source of the problems in the banking system, by the account of Walter Bagehot in 1878, is the anarchy created by a lack of singular authority in the commercial banks.
> anarchy created by a lack of singular authority in the commercial banks
oh, and what would authority look like?
Read the Moldbug piece Cominator linked.
“Lombard Street” is also available online in PDF format.
Moldbug’s prescription is very much derived from Bagehot’s: basically strengthen the authority of the central bank, print-print-print to solve the debt problem, nationalise the banks and aim to reduce the vulnerability of the commercial banks until they’re not so dependent on the central bank.
>oh, and what would authority look like?
Ghouls toiling under necromancers, obv.
https://opensource.com/life/15/8/patricia-torvalds-interview
What do you do when your own daughter endorses a psycho bitch (Kane) who tried to get you fired? The man must be in a life crisis, I think.
Also. Jim, if I get you right, you are saying the Soviet or Venezuelan socialists promised “Don’t worry guys, we have smart, educated, experienced people, we can run this thing well.” and failed to deliver. In that case this thing seems worse. If you read the CoC, and its authors other stuff, https://postmeritocracy.org/ and https://postmeritocracy.org/meritocracy/ it becomes clear that it is not about promising that nonwhite trans women can do a good job. The CoC declares no-harassment over education or experience, one linked article talks about a cult of smartness etc. even education, which has always been a holy cow for libs, gets degraded here.
So I can only interpret it as a direct attack on quality work and the traits that make that possible. You can’t even call someone out for noob mistakes, or being too dumb to understand a problem.
So I think this is qualitatively different from previous socialists promising they can run a system well. It is a direct attack on the idea that something can be done well or badly at all. Former liberals argued education makes everybody able to do a good job, this time education or even age is being made irrelevant. This is something inherently worse IMHO. I cannot read it anything else than more or less openly wanting to destroy the whole thing instead of it being an unintended side-effect.
pyrrhus says:
Excellent point…We are now being told in some places that Mathematics is white and racist, and should be made easier for the POC….Feminized communism is far stupider than Lenin’s version, which itself was not smart enough to even survive.
She doesn’t even cite her father as an inspiration.
This is an absolute parenting fail in so many ways.
Linux was always Torvalds’s real child and he clearly paid more attention to it than his own children and it shows in his petulant daughter’s disposition.
http://torvalds-family.blogspot.com/2009/10/wtf.html
“the kids are roaming the neighborhood like jackals (or maybe they’re upstairs reading a book. Who knows? I take a “hands off” approach to parenting).”
The man should have taken the NEET path instead of trying to be a family man with a woman who is a black-belt in karate and judges tae-kwon-do competitions.
And in the end, getting pushed out of your own project by the SJW’s.
Linus Torvalds: Cuck of the Month.
Parenting fail, but it does not follow the NEET path is better. It is very hard for a man to have any respect for himself if he does not have a woman and later on, eventually, does not reproduce. Better try, and if you fail, you fail. Disown the failed child and move on. After all he has two other daughters of whom there are no news, and that is likely to be good news. Literally, best thing is maybe the shotgun approach, have 6-7 kids, there will be at least one you can be proud of and just forget the rest once they have moved out.
>Literally, best thing is maybe the shotgun approach, have 6-7 kids, there will be at least one you can be proud of and just forget the rest once they have moved out.
Bingo! I’ve been of that same opinion for a number of years now. In today’s world,maximizing reproduction is the only insurance a man has against crappy children, just like in the old days it was an insurance against dying children. Today’s children, growing up to be castaways / ghouls is very similar, possibly even more tragic. And it’s more tragic, because whereas in the old days, a young child might have died in infancy or very early, so you might be spared of the tragedy of painful and incessant nostalgia, today’s castaways will drink your juices and then damn you once they feel the benefit over cost ratios tilting against you.
So, I say as well, the only hope is to make more, many more children, in the hopes of having at least one or two worthy of carrying your family’s name.
Good point, but if you can’t be a good parent to 3, how are you going to attempt to be one to 6-7. Children need present fathers, full stop.
I believe the SJW daughter is the oldest, so it may be too early for the other ones to have found their way. Time will tell.
NEET path is certainly not for the masses, just like monasticism, but in some extreme cases where you are truly dedicated to something big, it might be a good option.
Also, finding a woman to have 6 or 7 kids with is a very tough proposition.
The big problem is keeping stupid, low-status people with little or no means from having too many kids.
TIL that the poz got his daughter, Patricia Torvalds, who apparently runs the “Portland branch of Guerrilla Feminism” and co-signed some “Anti-Meritocracy manifesto”.
I don’t know if Torvalds is politically conscious, but even sub-consciously, diligently maintaining infrastructure that’s more valuable to the child snatching Goolags of the world than it ever will be to yourself must get old after a while. I won’t be surprised if his temporary break stretches all the way to retirement.
His ouster is really symbolic of the end of the old hacker culture from the 80’s and 90’s.
Days when you could be a straight white male and get away with being an arrogant asshole.
Why do you think he has any say in the matter either way? This was a coup. If he had some sort of crisis, would friends REALLY make forcing him to issue a “confession” and ramming through a CoC the second he left the door to make sure the Linus that made Linux Great could not possibly return? With “friends” like that you truly do not need enemies.
I made a longer post above with a theory about why he was pushed out.
Whether or not your theory is correct, I certainly believe the relatively recent embrace of open source projects by Big Software was going to change things in innumerable ways.
Microsoft is a pretty significant example. They did a complete 180 in this regard.
A large corporation can’t enforce wokeness in an open source project through their HR department, but once they get involved they can start stacking the deck with SJW’s and put forth a CoC that is just as bad.
+1. Bravo. Eloquent. Concise.
Unfortunately it may fall on deaf ears because you spoke the truth about egalitarianism. It’s analogous to when I use the term “9/11”, it causes ears to turn deaf because “that just can’t possibly be true.”
Denial of facts and self-deception is the norm, not the exception. Humans are fallen creatures, Peppermint’s ghouls. And all of us are suffering from some degree of self-deception. So whose reality is the real one? By which metric do we measure? Where do we record our (his)stories?
Don’t overlook the importance of the blockchain.
> It’s analogous to when I use the term “9/11”, it causes ears to turn deaf because “that just can’t possibly be true.”
No, you cause people to go deaf because you post like a crazy person. Dozens of replies, bringing up the topic when it’s not at hand (like now), dropping refuted claims and popping out a dozen more then going back to the abandoned claims later, etc.
If males defect on their civic duty w.r.t. being attacked by their own leaders, then said males are hopelessly doomed to be enslaved. I don’t want to commune with such males. So this is a test. And you’re failing the test thus far.
An apropos passage from the Anti-Puritan
The moon landing was not an american achievement. It was the remnants of the old Confederacy riding rockets engineered by the remnants of Nazi Germany, which was later culturally appropriated as american success. (See this). But america is a communist country, and communists are too stupid to build rockets. Now we appropriate the technological achievements of a White South African to give us reusable rockets. He is a remnant of apartheid. When he is done there will be no more remnants.
Mike in Boston says:
The moon landing… was the remnants of the old Confederacy riding rockets engineered by the remnants of Nazi Germany, which was later culturally appropriated as American success.
Bravo pyrrhus, that is pithy. I’m going to steal it.
communists are too stupid to build rockets
Well, some communists built terrific rockets. But Korolev was the son of a Cossack and stepson of a pre-WWI German engineer, and he, too, had Nazi rockets to culturally appropriate.
By contrast, America’s Current Year communists are well along into Brezhnevian senescence.
>Well, some communists built terrific rockets. But Korolev was the son of a Cossack and stepson of a pre-WWI German engineer, and he, too, had Nazi rockets to culturally appropriate.
It’s not necessarily the engineers that are too stupid, but rather the people in charge are too stupid. By the 70s the Russian’s had built a better cargo launch rocket than anything we had but they didn’t use it for anything because the higher-ups didn’t understand why it was better than existing designs. Instead, they just built a lot of them and put them into storage. The US bought them for years after the cold war ended.
Same thing with the Russian moon rocket design. It was way too complicated with far too many rocket engines to work but the people in charge insisted on the design when it became clear that Russia couldn’t manufacture rocket engines to the tolerances need to match a Saturn V.
Fork this.
EH says:
Maybe the kernel is OK, at least for a *NIX, but *NIX has always recursively sucked. I got Slackware to run with X on an 386-40 with 8MB back around 1998, (had to run the man pages through troff to view back then), tried new distros on more capable equipment every couple of years, but fundamentally it’s garbage from top to bottom. Bad interface, bad documentation, bad algorithms (e.g. grep vs. BeOS/ OSX search), horrendous directory structure, configuration, code, cruft unlimited … it just sucks. And every amateurish, half-baked “open sores” application that runs on it sucks too. GNU or not. UNIX set back computing by at least 40 years. If it all gets junked as it must something better will replace it.
Gnu is not unix
Linux is an environment to run Git and to run the gcc compiler, to run Gnu.
A big flaw with gcc is that it is not debugger friendly. Similarly, rust.
We need a compiler that is ide friendly and debugger friendly, and then you write a minimal operating system that supports that compiler. Ide friendly means that the symbol table information for the current file and the current project is available to the editor and the debugger, and relationship between the symbol table, the current file, and the object code is available to the debugger – Clang is open source and supports this, Gnu does not.
Linux was written to support Gnu. If a new open source operating system, write it to support Clang. Also write it on the principle that everything is a url, rather than everything is a stream, and the protocol is negotiated when the url is accessed, rather than defined by the url prefix. But the compiler, the linker, and the ide expect that the negotiation will always return a memory mapped image of the file.
We really need an open source Clang based compiler plus ide plus debugger, which assumes that everything it needs gets magically mapped to and from memory, and then write an OS that magically maps stuff between memory and urls.
The *nix family is written around the principle that memory is really small, so you are reading everything off a tape drive or writing it to a tape drive, and communicating with the computer from a distant teletype whose keys are so stiff you need a hammer to activate them.
In *nix, you always wind up in terminal window, because everything is a stream, because everything is written around a world of tape drives, teletypes, and tiny memory. Should be interacting with a tree, a tree that contains symbols that reference other parts of the tree, so that it is actually a directed graph that is mappable to and from a tree, and is a directed acyclic graph in the sense that where a symbol references the containing branch of the tree, where it is a cyclic directed graph, the symbol references not the current state of the tree, but the state of the tree the last time you did a successful build – acyclic in that the symbol references the frozen past state of the tree, not the current state.
With GSL, C++ is moving toward’s Rust’s optional mandatory memory safety, thread safety, and resource safety. Need an operating system built under code that mostly has compiler enforced memory safety, thread safety, and resource safety – written C++ in a GSL dialect, rather than C.
But as yet, GSL is not really ready for prime time. Before we write a new open source operating system, GSL has to get us to the point where we can enforce a memory safe, resource safe, and thread safe C++ dialect. Or Rust has to provide satisfactory support for a debugger and ide. Which it will not when written around *nix.
The new operating system will need to support *nix the way Windows 10 does, as containers within the operating system, within which the items contained have stream access to those files, those ports, and those windows that the container gives them access to. Rust supports memory mapped files, *nix supports memory mapped files. We need an ide, a compiler, and a debugger wherein memory mapped files, rather than streamed files, are central.
Nit, UNIX™ was always disk oriented, by the time it was taking form disk had become cheap enough, its tape utilities were and still are rudimentary, although you can of course do anything you want by opening a tape special device.
One important example from it’s history underlines this, the first major money it got from AT&T was for text processing, including high quality all the way to driving professional phototypesetters with troff. Tape batch processing makes no sense in that context.
What’s GSL, BTW? Me, I want a Lisp Machine, with lots of the features you also want, I’ve sworn off using C++ for the rest of my life.
Thanks for that, Jim, though I’ll have to read up on Clang, Rust and GSL to understand in detail.
What I would like is a machine where I can understand what it is doing, run everything as if in a debugger, step into any function call including the OS and all libraries, see the flow of execution at a glance as well as what it did to the state and what it passed /sent over the network. Something like the legendary (LISP?) machines in the “UNIX Haters Handbook”, preferably with a nice brass and ivory crank on the side for stepping through execution. Can’t do this with pre-compiled languages, which is fine, but the bigger problem is you can’t do it with SW written by a bunch of people out of little patches and no one understanding the whole system, let alone documenting it.
My favorite language is Frink because it is written, maintained and well-documented by one genius with taste who doesn’t let anybody else screw it up. The main features are listed in the first two screens there, and the rest in the ToC a few more down, but briefly: it’s interpreted, runs on the JVM and is maybe the only physically-typed language. It lets me do more real work in one minute than in half an hour with even the best other languages and I seldom have to look at the documentation, but if I do, it’s all on that web page and crystal-clear.
“Should be interacting with a tree, a tree that contains symbols that reference other parts of the tree, so that it is actually a directed graph that is mappable to and from a tree, and is a directed acyclic graph in the sense that where a symbol references the containing branch of the tree, where it is a cyclic directed graph, the symbol references not the current state of the tree, but the state of the tree the last time you did a successful build – acyclic in that the symbol references the frozen past state of the tree, not the current state.”
This is very interesting, reminds me a little of Moldbug’s crazy Urbit project, but without the crazy part. That in turn reminds me of the Houyhnhnm Computing essays, which have a much preferable to Urbit philosophy of what an OS would be, if only programmers were as smart as Swift’s Houyhnhnms. (esp. ch. 2 on automated persistence).
Frink’s arbitrary-dimension, automatically-resized, non-rectangular, heterogeneous arrays are useful for such tree and other graph structures as you propose, I’ve used them for a number theory app. Your making unchangeable DAGs the fundamental data type also reminds me of Clojure and similar no-side-effects languages (never did get the hang of, though). Before I read your comment, I would have said the stream principle was just about the only good thing about *NIX, but looking at all the contortions needed to keep everything a stream, you’re clearly right.
>read up on Clang, Rust and GSL
The main remaining problem with C++ is the lack of proper object lifetime tracking. You can return references to stack local variables which then go out of scope. This is what Rust solved, and what GSL aims to solve. It’s tricky – you could have a member function that returns a class that contains a reference to some memory owned by the object (such as vector::begin() returning an iterator to the first element.)
Ok, you’ve persuaded me that I’d rather not know. I took a C++ class back in the mid-’90s using the Borland compiler on Win 3.1. Despite the bad tools it seemed to me that the problems with OOP were fundamental and unfixable and working with anything even vaguely like C++ would require devoting a lobe of my brain to something that was not only not worth understanding, but which would metastasize and eat my mind. Since then the quality of software and programmers has proved me more right than I could have imagined then.
Everything decays to ordinary pointers, and a span is just an ordinary pointer plus a size, and ordinary pointers do not have lifetime tracking.
I would want an operating system built for running communicating containers and virtual machines (along with a useful GUI* and device drivers).
Strip down Linux into something like CoreOS, which admittedly had a tough time in the market, and have a patient core group build nice stuff on top of that.
* Can we retire X11 yet?
A directory is a namespace. A file is text or binary. Text is separated into records by ‘\n’.
It is unfortunate that unix never had a csv parser other than awk ‘{print $n}’.
But why is powershell relegated to scripting?
Theoretically it would be great for ps to give a list of javascript objects displayed as an html table so we could do something like | select key1 key2 key3 from them.
Audio was never multiplexed properly with the consequence that it was one of the first systems to get poetteringized. /dev/dsp is properly multiplexed in other unixes.
Since no one wanted to filesystemize IP addresses or DNS, since that would involve namespaces that can’t be listed, netcat and scp with their own special syntaxes are needed.
I just realized how this could play to our financial advantage.
Many times I’ve patched free software to solve some specific problem of mine, but didn’t have the connections or social skills to get those changes accepted into the main codebase. So I post the patch and a description of it on my website and call it a day. Whoever needs my patch will find it.
Think of the employment opportunities this creates. Women and minorities will flail about building stuff that doesn’t work, while white men download specific old versions of free software, apply 146 patches written by other white men, and voila, it works beautifully. Like that SNL skit where a fat white male nerd boasts that he’s getting paid $10,000 a day to fix the Obamacare website.
All non-trivial abstractions are leaky (h/t Joel Spolsky), and codes of conduct make them leakier, putting a premium on white and Asian nerds who understand what lies beneath. It’s as if the SJWs passed a law that all software must henceforth be written in assembly language!
This says everything that needs to be said about Open Source. It’s Peer Review 2.0, Democracy 3.11 for networks and Progressivism XP.
Hacker humor can include (posing as a SJW and) submitting patches with highly obfuscated Heisenbugs to accelerate their open source democrises.
Contribute to making Android entirely unusable. Hopefully Microshit will go full retard open source also so the same tactics can be deployed against Windoze. This will also be a proactive way to gain leverage against the Asians who via open source copying are leeching on white European male productivity.
Explore your inner guerrilla.
You forget that proprietary software companies are also infested with SJWs, and there you don’t have the option of patching the source code.
SJWs make software buggier, thus harder to use, and this difficulty favors straight white cisgendered male nerds. My comment generated some interesting replies over at Vox. (e.g. “The diversity hire blew our budget, could you please fix it for $15 an hour?”)
The new CoC already being employed to kick out the expert devs:
http://voxday.blogspot.com/2018/09/code-of-conduct-working-as-designed.html
Which should make rebooting Linux a cakewalk. Call it Xunil. (I joke: that’s probably already taken.)
Once the entire competent Linux team is booted out, they (should) have no loyalty to the thing which is called (but isn’t) Linux.
I simplified it down to the level I can try to explain it to fence-sitters on Twitter. People are competitive. Evaluate people for productivity, get a lot of productivity. Evaluate people for anything else, from wearing elegant suits to being nice to minority groups and productivity necessary suffers as people put their competitive energies into the new target.
Reziac says:
http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=6907
| Linus is never alone at any conference.
| This is not because he lets fame go to his
| head and likes having a posse around.
| They have made multiple runs at him.
“They have made multiple runs at him.” Just let the implications of that sink in for a bit. If my source is to be believed (and I have found him both well-informed and completely trustworthy in the past) this was not a series of misunderstandings, it was a deliberately planned and persistent campaign to frame Linus and feed him to an outrage mob.
And yeah, this is either the fork, or the end. And just when I’d finally landed on a linux distro I can live with for everyday….
We must fork. And we must be more united while also being decentralized for resiliency.
I suspect Linus isn’t as ideological as we are about “bitched in tech” and it came back to bite him in the ass.
I thought I was leaving this blog (and I will). So I decided to write all my thoughts down before putting it away and getting my mind back focused on programming and engineering.
The full extent of my agreement and disagreement with Jim is now highly condensed in my latest blog.
Jesus, Bitcoin is (somewhat) Sovereign, Democracy Not
I expect Jim isn’t going to like what I have to say there, although he will note I totally agree with him about females in engineering and Islam. We don’t need to fix Christianity. Don’t be deceived by the Beast. Instead we need to disintermediate the insolubly corrupt nation-state and State religion paradigm and replace it with truly sovereign invention. I’m approaching this from a technological paradigm shift perspective.
Christians must expect to be persecuted. Because we seek truth. This is the cross we bear. But Jesus bore that cross for us, so that we don’t always have to. Be strong. There’s not heaven on earth. Remember the Lord’s admonishment in 1 Samuel 8 against the State. We are not of this world. Remember that!
> I suspect Linus isn’t as ideological as we are about “bitched in tech” and it came back to bite him in the ass
“Therapy” usually means “My lawyer negotiated jail time down to therapy”.
Pretty sure he was facing spurious rape, domestic violence, blah blah blah charges. They have been trying to fake up a rape/sexual assault charge against him for some time. They probably found one of his exes and offered her a million dollars for her “book”.
I considered that possibility.
What I meant is that if I was in his shoes a long time ago I would have forked off and focused on creating a very secure, stable OS for the red pill community. I would have led by letting the SJWs eat their clusterfuck whole.
This has been my persistent criticism of you Jim. We win in the small with jurisdictional arbitrage. We don’t win by trying to fix the entire Western civilization as it is collapsing. Saplings grow exponentially to oak trees, but oak trees don’t grow to the moon. Our energies would be most efficiently employed on small things.
There is literally nothing wrong with memeing about The Happening, The Restoration, Making Mannerbunds Great Again, and any number of other things you’d like simultaneously as you please.
Every Shitpost is that much more fertilizer deposited into the ground of Being, preparing the soil, making it suitable for seeds sewn by great men that may sprout into new realities.
Ember says:
What’s the track record of other software projects that have gone down this road? Is Django totally unusable? They got overrun years ago.
Linux probably has quite a lot of runway. There will be a few technical canaries, mainly of things being added that Linus had long been a stalwart against, but ultimately it’ll take a lot to totally ruin it.
Bitrot is slow, and will probably get slower as everything grinds to a halt.
One of my VMs is running a kernel from 2009. It’s missing some minor features, but gets security fixes backported and otherwise works just fine. For commodity hardware. High-performance stuff on cutting-edge hardware is likely a very different story.
The significance of the death of the Linux software project is symbolic: there is no sufficiently large and centralized endeavour safe from the career subversives. Therefore, double down, this time without open flanks.
Since the incident cuts the psychological binds to the kernel, presumably it also opens the potential for innovation in the minds of the creative. *nix is great, but it’s 50 years old. Surely we can do better.
Where to start? For the core, Rust over GSL — any amount of C++ is deadly poison — and a Lisp in userland, preferably without garbage collection.
In the long run we may come to regard this as an incredibly fortuitous event in the history of computing.
Arrgh, what is this GSL you all are talking about? After some searching I thought it might be Microsoft’s Guideline Support Library for C++, but as you say, “any amount of C++ is deadly poison”.
What’s your alternative to GC for a Lisp in userland? Is having an interpretive environment with a REPL a goal? Or are you thinking about something like PreScheme, except compiling down to machine language instead of C?
Until a few more years pass I don’t trust Rust to survive given how important pozzed Mozilla is in sponsoring it, plus it’s a tad dangerous to engage with its community unless you’re anonymous, and good at staying that way, or antifragile.
C++ needs to be able to enforce memory safety, which GSL falls far short of.
Rust needs a decent IDE that knows the code symbol table and has a decent debugger. Supporting a good debugger is closely related to supporting an IDE – they both involve tight coupling to the symbol table and the parse tree. And then we write an operating system around that ide, compiler, and debugger, as *nix is whatever runs GNU.
Howard J. Harrison says:
Your article was sufficiently interesting to pull me in to read the comment thread, though I do not know Torvalds and cannot assess the situation you describe. However, to me, your last comment is even more interesting.
If it is not too obnoxious to descend briefly to a technical level to which many readers will not follow, may I ask:
1. Are you (or any of your readers) aware of any potential blocker that might impede the development of a decent IDE that knows Rust’s code symbol table?
2. Does compiling Rust not merely produce a normal ELF object with all the normal hooks? Or does Rust (as against C++) want some additional object-code-level semantics?
3. As far as an IDE goes, I had supposed that the chief problem would be the IDE’s lack of convenient access to a compiler-generated, semantically complete, XML- or JSON-formatted parse tree. In other words, I had not known that access to the code symbol table remained a difficult unsolved problem. Have I misunderstood?
I do not know Rust any more than I know Torvalds, admittedly, but would be interested to read more about the former.
Regarding the latter, though I do not know Torvalds, I have long known several members of one major standard open-source project. Those are some pretty good guys and they aren’t actually very ideological, but like me they tend to be fairly clueless about women and society. Eighty percent of them literally don’t see the problem with women in open-source projects, so they just accept the SJW position, apparently without thinking about it.
During the 00s, I had occasion to meet hundreds of those guys in person and, though more than a few of them are pretty eccentric, I never recall meeting a one who presented as anything other than straight heterosexual. I don’t even remember seeing a tattoo. I speak of the male volunteer hackers who actually make the open-source software we all use. Some of those guys marry decently well, too, and fewer are Jewish than you would have guessed, but eighty percent of them nevertheless unquestioningly accept the SJW view of the world because … well, I don’t know why. They aren’t political thinkers, I guess.
The few who are political thinkers seem to tend to lean hard right, regardless of the country from which they hail, but they’re only a few.
I suppose that my point is that there was never much resistance there to convergence.
If you wish to know, my experience does not contradict your impression of open-source-project women. I never understood why the men of open source could not see that many or most, perhaps all, of the few women present were present for different reasons than the men were. It was just obvious. For example, do you remember that I said that none of the men was tattooed? That was the men.
Even under cloak of anonymity, I am unwilling to cross the open-source women by relating specific details, so you are free to dismiss my account as lacking details, of course. Anyway, if you care to write more about Rust and the IDE, I would be interested to read.
I see no reason why you cannot have a good debugger/ide with Rust.
But last time I checked, not happy with the debugger. And debugging under linux in C and C++ has been crappy since forever and has not been fixed. Whether this is because of the small-memory-everything-is-a-stream model, or just no one got around to doing it right, I don’t know.
Just stream out the symbol table and the parse tree onto disk, keep the symbol table and parse tree of the most recent successful compile, and then read the whole thing into memory every time you debug or edit, including the instantiation of all templates. Need to generate and record data linking the parse tree and the generated object code.
> During the 00s, I had occasion to meet hundreds of those guys in person and, though more than a few of them are pretty eccentric, I never recall meeting a one who presented as anything other than straight heterosexual. I don’t even remember seeing a tattoo. I speak of the male volunteer hackers who actually make the open-source software we all use. Some of those guys marry decently well, too, and fewer are Jewish than you would have guessed, but eighty percent of them nevertheless unquestioningly accept the SJW view of the world because … well, I don’t know why. They aren’t political thinkers, I guess
They are terrified and lying, because terrorized. Get them drunk at Las Vegas, you will be surprised.
> I never understood why the men of open source could not see that many or most, perhaps all, of the few women present were present for different reasons than the men were.
They can see it, just cannot say it. Linus was very much aware that social justice warriors were preparing rape and sexual assault charges against him.
there is no sufficiently large and centralized endeavour safe from the career subversives
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Again, I repeat: jurisdictional arbitrage. Withhold funding from clusterfucked tragedy-of-the-commons nation-states. Move all (white male) capital out of the financial system and into Bitcoin.
*nix is great, but it’s 50 years old. Surely we can do better.
The cache coherency overhead for massively multicore requires software shift to the Actor model.
Where to start? For the core, Rust over GSL
Actors + Pony’s reference capabilities. Not that Rusted crap.
You’re not on our side. You want us to buy Bitcoin and believe in 9/11 conspiracy theories.
You mean us harm.
I don’t want you to buy Bitcoin, because I don’t want you to have any resources in the future.
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As for Bitcoin and 9/11, I have explained the truth. Every man must decide for himself whether I have or have not. I am not going to repeat myself. Those who find the truth will win, and the rest will decline and/or perish.
AMM cannot be allowed to take control – must be under programmer supervision, as in Rust and C++11
There are some tasks, like web programming, where AMM is fine, but even then, you run into problems at scale. Full AMM, without programmer control, is never acceptable in writing an operating system.
It’s reassuring to note that as usual you didn’t even understand what you were linked to.
On the human side, one might wonder about the financials. Dave’s comments provide the answer: high-performance and/or exotic use-case consulting. Distribute under a software license so that it is illegal to hire programmers to alter the code for commercial purposes. The business model is then essentially the provision of customization [programmer-advisors] to the discerning corporate client for the lifetime of the operation. Improvements suitable for merging, are merged.
Make it good enough and you’ll have your people in every technical department of note in the world.
Clarify your proposed open source license.
Information wants to be free, but engineers want to be paid.
As with the arts, so with the sciences.
The profit motive makes the consumer sovereign: mass production for the benefit of the masses; production to meet the most urgent of the unmet demands of the largest number of people.
That’s useless for creating new stuff that only a tiny minority will understand. Creativity is not egalitarianism and all men were not created equal.
That’s why Josef II gives us Beethoven and Theresa May gives us Roxanna Panufnik.
Software engineers should be hand-picked by the Optimate class and subsidised to get the job done without consideration of any political agenda, including economics.
Actually bad example, she’s not as bad as all that, sorry Roxanna!
But you get my point. Should’ve said Justin Bieber.
No, ghoul, you will never control what I listen to, not as a government bureaucrat, not as a music industry executive.
Well… something needs to be done about the lack of good or even passable popular music.
Capitalism is not the province of the king and if he tries to make it his he’ll fuck it up but culture to some degree has to be.
I would say that the king should say most 90s and after musical styles (grunge ruined everything, far more then rap did) should be banned anything but private performances.
Country music should be performed in the “old” style.
Doug Smythe says:
It’s high art that requires the attention of the State, not vulgar art (as long as the latter doesn’t get too blatantly obscene). It’s one thing for a rock guitar god to hit some dissonant notes on purpose during a solo in order to excite the crowd; but quite another for an academic composer to try to throw out the rules of harmony altogether on the basis of some sort of so-called avant-garde theory which is just the false Revolutionary doctrine applied to music.
Likewise, most painting, sculpture, and architecture of the 20th c. needs to be banned and destroyed other than a few specimens to be preserved for educational purposes in exhibits of degenerate art.
The cinema should be banned. Cinema is nothing more than an enormous technology of deceit, dissimulation, and delusion. It is inherently illicit, and has no legitimate purpose.
Movies should certainly not be banned…
Movies only became almost entirely bad very recently. Music got there almost twenty years before they did.
I’m saying when almost all modern popular music is “degenerate art” then SOMETHING should be done.
Nikolai says:
Could you elaborate on how cinema is inherently illicit? Story telling is a tradition as old as time, plays have been around for thousands of years and movies are pretty much just pre-recorded plays with special effects. Watching old movies is entertaining and a decent way to learn game.
I suppose it’s bad to give a lot of money and status to undesirables, whores and jewish pedos, but I don’t see why we can’t just employ the Roman solution of making actors low status.
@Nikolai All film one way or another uses an elaborate set of tricks designed to get the viewers to think that what they’re watching is real when it isn’t (ever see a film where you could see the cameras and the outside of the set?), and in this respect is different from traditional story-telling and theatre.
Movies are not innately pozzed or innately subversive.
As Jim points out old movies (movies before 1965) tend to invariably be “sexist”.
The reason why I think music needs SOME KIND of state intervention is that whether people are buying it or not the quality has been lacking across the board for a long time. Time to insist on a reset to the golden era of the mid 50s.
Lets have some new doo wop, early rock, old country and swing songs… that would be a great thing.
Banning movies would not be a great thing. I love movies, they just recently have started sucking terribly the way music started to in the 90s.
Again, nobody’s saying the king should micro-manage capitalism the way regulators do.
There’s a discussion to be had, I’m sure, as to how much regulation’s required, but that’s nothing to do with the king (and obviously by ‘the king’ we also mean the office of the king).
The king is permission-giver, not regulator. If the king sees a company doing something that’s bad for the nation, the king reserves the right to CLOSE it. Not regulate it, not run it, not tell it how to better please him: CLOSE it.
Popular music is democracy. Folk music was always an expression of local solidarity and must be tolerated but linking folk music to mass marketing and global distribution transforms it into a ‘folk music for everyone’, which is inherently harmful because it promotes the low above the high.
The model for musical ‘regulation’ is basically the Medici family, Prinz Esterhazy, Frederick the Great, King George the First and the various aristocratic and yes bourgeois patrons of the 18th and 19th centuries. There is ALSO a role for independent capitalist publishing houses along the lines of those of Biedermeier Austria where Schubert scores were performed in houses of good repute.
There IS a role for der Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik and for the independent punditry of Hector Berlioz.
There is also, however, a role for Prinz Metternich’s censors, pretty much in the same form.
A global free market in shit music cannot be tolerated if we don’t want degeneracy to rapidly return.
We should however be cautious of the offhand racialist attitudes of the Third Reich. Consider Schoenberg’s “Verklärte Nacht”: the degenerate poem it was based on was written by Richard Dehmel, who was a German goy, while the highly expressive Wagnerian music was of course the product of an incredibly neurotic Jew.
There’s no sense in throwing the baby out with the bath-water. Nazi racialist determinism is just another form of ‘rule by algorithm’. It’s a matter for the king as to which works are banned, and of course a samizdat culture should also be liberally tolerated, so long as it’s clear that no-one in a position of cultural influence or especially power in society may promote samizdat culture.
Mendelssohn’s “Antigone” and “Athalie” should not be banned unless the king has good reason, and if we have a proper king, that reason will not be simply “because Jew”.
The boat needs a rudder, not a pre-programmed and automated code of operation.
Schoenberg is Marxism set to music, the Nazis banned it with good reason.
That’s why I used that piece as a test case.
Nobody’s going to criticise a ban on “Moses and Aaron” because nobody cares. Even Adorno was only pretending, quite frankly, although he was spot on on jazz.
Music’s a special case because ultimately music’s an abstract art (I know people often pretend to disagree there). Combining it with concrete elements is actually not harmful at all.
Consider Prokofiev’s “Semyon Kotko”: grey and bureaucratic? Far from it.
Why not actually have a modern Schumann write “The Turner Diaries”, or for that matter “Sartor Resartus”?
I don’t pretend to have the answer here but for whatever reason music went to shit and went to shit way before SJWs started ruining other mediums.
I don’t know what to be done. I know bureaucrats cannot be creative themselves and I don’t want to stifle the creativity of genuine talent in music but its clear to me that genuine talent is either not being heard or being twisted to bad ends.
I cannot do the stormtard thing and blame the Jews, the Jews had a stronger grip on the music industry in the 1950s then the 1990s. And the last genuinely great artist we had (Billy Joel) is a Jew, unfortunately he refuses to make any new songs.
I’ve noticed this too. I think creativity in the arts has an ebb and flow all its own that isn’t just the product of political and other external forces.
Popular music was democracy from day one. It works when strict amateurs play tunes handed down the generations. When non-musician musicians become professionals and have access to global distribution and marketing, it becomes a problem straight away.
Was it done by accident or on purpose? Don’t know, though CIA meddling in rock’n’roll is well known.
The whole thing will have to go. If the new folk songs have to begin as local amateur non-karaoke performances of “Come On Eileen”, well then so be it, but global distribution and marketing has to end for proletarian untrained music-making.
And nobody’s arguing that the King has no right to close down McDonald’s; the argument is that there is no good reason for His Highness to do so.
You are doing a motte and bailey. You argue for “The King should ban everything,” and when it is pointed out to you that it’s a horrible idea, you disingenuously accuse the interlocutor of denying the King’s right to ban any thing.
You play dumb and say, “Oh, I’m just arguing that the King has a right to ban things.” In fact, that is not your real argument; your actual argument is that the King *should* ban restaurants, pools, flights, etc.
There is a difference between “can” and “should.” You consistently argue for the latter (bailey), but whenever you’re confronted about your control freakery, you retreat to the motte of “The King can ban things and only a libertarian would deny that.”
You are a control freak, seeking to control everyone else, and you have decided that Fascism is a better strategy to achieve that than out-and-out Communism. And yet, scratch a nazi, find a commie: every single time.
Peppermint calls you a ghoul but I believe “control freak” really hits the nail on the head, so that’s what I’ll call you from now on.
There’s no dispute then.
You’re welcome to your private theories. I have my own. My view is that any king seeing McDonald’s and then looking at the patterns of behaviour of prole workers in cities, then looking at their finances, would probably close it down.
Not necessarily McDonald’s because they’re not as over-priced and exploitative as some. I normally think of Franky&Benny’s as the paradigm case, but who knows: maybe McDonald’s too. There’s certainly something unhealthy about it, and it’s not even the food.
In the current year under globohomo, McDonald’s is arguably a net good for society, based on the number of below-average people it employs: I’ve seen sixteen in one shop at one time before. That’s impressive.
In a healthy society, there’d be no advantage to doing that because our people would have plenty to do.
Anyway no argument left if that’s the case. I certainly never claimed *I* would be the king.
Roberto as the most consistently based and redpilled person here (besides Jim himself) how would you solve the music problem if given kingly powers.
I think movies would straighten themselves out if merely the SJWs and feminists were all burned at the stake. Music I’m not so sure…
>how would you solve the music problem if given kingly powers.
At the risk of sounding like a simplistic Tradtard, I’d say that music is, for the most part, a reflection of its zeitgest. In an age of nihilism and deracination, it is only natural that music should be tasteless and uninspired. Boomers enjoyed fine music themselves, but being the first generation to seriously embrace the poz, did not produce much of their own.
The “Return of Kings” will be accompanied by a broad cultural revival, and once the social atmosphere is cleansed off the poz, music will become great again.
(And if that doesn’t happen, well, there’s still a chance that AI will be able to produce some musical treasures)
That sounds reasonable. Laissez-faire once stability’s restored.
The transition’s the interesting part: what would you do between now and full stability?
It’s not like Trump declares himself God-Emperor and the next morning, Justin Bieber converts to Orthodox Christianity.
No one here is proposing Laissez Faire. What I propose is Laissez Faire for the better people, people with long time horizons who can be trusted to honor promises, and for the rest, feudalism.
the way he says words and means all power to the supreme soviet, the way he frankensteins together fragments of arguments without regard for their meaning, is creepy, the way he talks about how much he loves the White working class and wants policies that everyone knows transfer power away from working men, is ghoulish
Want to elaborate?
What I said was a future stable society required solidarity BETWEEN CLASSES, which means redistribution and envy-politics are off limits because there’s no way any sane ruler will side with the poor against the rich.
Equally it’s not a tenable strategy to treat labour as a commodity in the sense of “you get paid what you’re worth and if you can’t afford to have a family tough shit try harder”.
That’s just TRUE.
The reason people cannot afford families is not because of capitalism, but because of socialism. First world poverty is as artificial as the Ukraine famine, and has much the same causes.
> it’s not a tenable strategy to treat labour as a commodity in the sense of “you get paid what you’re worth and if you can’t afford to have a family tough shit try harder”.
No, ghoul, this is the only just and the only sustainable strategy, and every single working man, without exception, agrees, disagreement coming purely from faggots, ghouls, and whores.
Working men have exactly one thing worth selling: their labor.
You don’t want them to get their labor’s worth because you want to be a parasite.
That is meritocracy and discipline that Bitcoin is bringing about.
We will win with decentralization.
Any of you who fail to get on board this decentralization train will lose.
Remember Bitcoin rises because land is becoming worthless is a metaphor.
Henry Ford pointed out the levels of jew domination and degeneracy in the music industry a hundred years ago. He was forced into retirement for it.
Maybe he was a puritan, maybe he wasn’t, doesn’t really matter.
The Internet would naturally route around record company executives, but it’s next to impossible to sell openly racist music, and tech industry executives do what they can to make sure that the right edge of music is Taylor Swift.
The JQ in music’s interesting. Wagner embraced a pretty ‘hard’ version of the ‘speech patterns create rhythmic patterns even in instrumental music’ theory but I’m not sure I can really see it if I’m honest. Mendelssohn’s idioms aren’t all that ‘alien’ sounding, and Moscheles sounds highly idiosyncratic but no more so than Bruckner, for fairly similar reasons.
It’s certainly fair to say that once Mendelssohn took up the chair at the Gewandhaus, he ensured a smooth transition to co-tribalists until someone put a stop to it, which was disastrous for the real musicians of Leipzig.
The Mahler question’s interesting: (((Bernstein))) essentially thought the entire 20th century was variations on Gustav Mahler, but to my mind the inflation of ‘forces’ was his main legacy, constituting as it did a kind of bureaucratic bloat. That never really went away, and we still live with the consequences: state-controlled orchestras and commissioning of composers. Very harmful.
Mahler’s fault for exploiting the world as it actually was? Debatable.
But the music industry wasn’t so bad under Jewish domination its something else that ruined it. Jewish domination of the music industry probably peaked in the 1950s and early 1960s during the absolute golden era of American music. I wish the Jews who were in charge of the music industry then could be in charge of the music industry forever.
It wasn’t really the SJWs either… SJWs started really ruining movies around 9 or 10 years ago. Music started becoming really really bad almost 30 years ago.
Are you black, Cominator?
I ‘get’ John McWhorter loving Broadway, but a racist reactionary? Seems a stretch.
Broadway’s basically what you’d expect American opera to be. The land of ‘all men created equal’ where everyone has a vote for every dollar and no-one sits above anyone else.
If Gershwin really had been “An American In Paris”, he’d have been laughed out of town.
LOL no. Why?
I wasn’t talking about Broadway…
Oh OK. Sorry, I thought ‘fans’ of rock’n’roll were just made up. Each to his own, for now at least.
Still hard to reconcile Elvis gyrating his hips in front of people’s daughters and a desire for a Return Of Kings, but none of us are entirely consistent.
In other news, the 5-year’s almost above 3% and even the 3-year’s not far off it.
Feels like the Empire’s running on the spot three inches past the edge of the cliff.
Early rock and roll is fantastic and so is doo wop. King Cominator would certainly NOT ban Elvis and I guarantee you most Elvis fans voted for Trump.
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Lolwut. Henry Ford?
He invested a lot of efforts and money to make the Reich at least somewhat functional. They gave him the Grand Cross of the German Eagle (see the link below) for this. Terrible repercussions for this collaborations after the war: a playful slap on the wrist and let go with a “stern lecture” along the lines of:
— So, there was that one time when you have said something about the Jews doing unseemly things…
— I meant only the bad sort of Jews, of course! Oh, and also, I was shocked, shocked when it turned out that things were this bad in Germany. Of course.
— Ah, okay then. Thank you for your time.
https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/henry-ford-grand-cross-1938/
Huh? Didn’t Torvalds (long ago) stop appearing on public events without video-bodyguards to prevent false accusations?
If these comments are from 4chans Millennials as I suspect, I must give them props for some excellent comments. Much better stated than I could at this juncture of my burnout. This is very encouraging:
Roseanne show without Roseanne and Linux without Linus. What’s the problem?
They are upset they still have a penis and they can’t get rid of it since they have no marketable skills other than liberal media icons that pay nothing.
WHY ARE ALL THESE TRANSGINGERS TRYING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT DONT EXIST AND MAKING PEOPLE WORSE OFF
CAUSE THEIR TRYING TO SOLVE THIER OWN PROBLEM THAT DOESN’T EXIST … TO HAVE DICK OR NOT TO HAVE DICK …
‘I don’t know. I can’t help it. Master’s got it. Sméagol promised to help the master.’
‘Yes, yes, to help… the master of the Precious. But if we was master, then we could help ourselfs, yes, and still keep promises.’
‘But Sméagol said he would be very very good. Nice hobbit! He took cruel rope off Sméagol’s leg. He speaks nicely to me.’
‘Very very good, eh, my precious? Let’s be good, good as fish, sweet one, but to ourselfs. Not hurt the nice hobbit, of course, no, no.’
‘But the Precious holds the promise,’ the voice of Sméagol objected.
You have no idea how DONE many people are becoming with your Leftist bullshît cloaking itself with false, petulant morality across the whole country and not just here. People are waking up in droves. You don’t give a shît about what you claim to care about, and people know it now.
You irredeemable filth are going to push it to civil war, and that’s fine because we then get to hunt you snowflakes to extinction, and your prior attitudes and actions will get you no mercy, no restraint and no hesitation.
Your future is a mass grave.
Stop talking an just do it.
SJWs are animal filth and don’t take threats seriously. Stop talking. Act. Scorch the earth. Make them pay and then move on and rebuild elsewhere with strict rules against millennial shit creatures.
Please, please, PLEASE do it! This shit is getting out of hand. Even if it means half the internet goes dark I want it.
Who the duck is this he shee?
He thinks he’s a girl.
Oh look another mentally ill deluded Marxist working as the poster boy for big capitalist hiding in the back ground while screeching about oppression caused primarily by these big corporations.
LEAST MY PEGINIS IS REAL!
Looks like a classical case of “screw you guys, I’m going home” by Linus. He let the SJW win a pyrrhus victory – by resigning he allowed it to escalate, and if starting tomorrow the development of linux freezes over until all of the code is rewritten, probably by corporation who will also own the rights, the backlash could be the beginning of the end for SJW supporters. Currently, nobody but a bunch of tech geeks knows about this, but the end (or at least the freeze) of linux could be a globally catastrophic event that will affect the world’s economy in ways nobody can anticipate. It would be both interesting and dreadful to see Google, Ben Shapiro and Warren Buffet standing on the same front. It could also be the end of the long lasting support of SJW inside silicone valley.
I would also not be surprised one bit if eventually it will turn out that someone like Apple or Microsoft are actually behind this entire affair since they are the real winners here.
Various discussions in the end led me to this: https://kiwifarms.net/threads/coraline-ada-ehmke-corey-dale-ehmke.31003/
It’s more than a bit sad that Linux couldn’t see what was coming down the pike when this evil clown had already been kicked out of squishy projects like Ruby and Github,
Fantastic job fellows, next time remember to do a background check.
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LiveList Top 5 Live Streams of the Week | April 8-14
Posted on April 9, 2019 by LiveList
WMOT 50th Anniversary Show
April 8 | 4:00 PM Pacific
VuHaus & WMOT Roots Radio
If you’re a devotee of WMOT, then it’s likely you’ve spent a good bit of your radio life tuning in around the left side of the FM dial. That’s because back in the mid 20th century, the Federal Communications Commission designated the lower frequencies between 88.1 and 91.9 as home to non-commercial and so-called “educational” stations. Public radio’s ways and means have evolved a lot since then, but its point is largely unchanged: to broadcast news, thoughtful talk and genres of music that commercial station won’t. WMOT has been doing that for exactly fifty years as of Tuesday. The station will celebrate its birthday with a three-hour live broadcast from the campus of Middle Tennessee State University, which launched WMOT as a student-oriented station on April 9, 1969. The special will run from 4 pm to 7 pm and feature live sets by indie-folk artist A.J. Croce, Memphis roots rocker Liz Brasher and soul country songwriter Adam Wakefield. Besides the audio on the radio station, video will stream at VuHaus.
The Revivalists
Austin City Limits welcomes, for the first time, chart-topping rock band The Revivalists. On their fourth studio album Take Good Care (Loma Vista Recordings), the New Orleans rising stars deliver a bevy of anthems marked by moments of sonic complexity, celebration, and catharsis, chronicling an unbelievable ride that unassumingly commenced in 2008 with hundreds of underground shows yearly. Ten years of tireless hard work would be unexpectedly revved up by the success of the platinum-selling number one smash “Wish I Knew You,” and like any enduring band worth its salt, the octet buckled down and turned up with an album chock full of tunes worthy of even greater success, such as the #1 Triple A and Top 5 Alternative single “All My Friends” and new #1 Triple A hit single “Change.” In the end, The Revivalists welcome listeners on this journey with them as they set out with a newfound depth and ambition. “We’re in this together,” says Shaw. “We love to take people on an emotional rollercoaster with us. That’s what this record is. It’s who we are. There’s some real magic in that.”
Teodor Currentzis conducts Verdi’s Requiem
April 12 | 11:30 AM Pacific
Teodor Currentzis conducts Verdi’s Requiem with Zarina Abaeva, Eve-Maud Hubeaux, Dmytro Popov and Tareq Nazmi. Experience Verdi’s powerful and iconic Requiem in performance at Milan’s Church of San Marco, the same place where it was premiered in 1868! The talented and audacious conductor Teodor Currentzis leads this exciting and historic concert.
TOTAL REFRESHMENT CENTRE: DREAMING THE CITY
April 13 | 12:00 PM Pacific
On April 13th, Total Refreshment Centre, Boiler Room and the Barbican will host Dreaming The City, celebrating a previously untold story in east London’s music history. The concept of the show is a live mixtape exploring three decades of musical excellence that took place inside an Edwardian warehouse in Hackney. The building began life as a confectionary factory and by the 1990s had become Mellow Mix, a Caribbean social club and rehearsal space. In 2012 it began running as Total Refreshment Centre, an influential studio and venue that has played an integral role in the upsurge of new London jazz, which is now gathering worldwide attention. This milestone event will unfold over five chapters with 30+ musicians from the TRC orbit blurring the lines of what jazz is, creating new, exclusive and unexpected collaborations.
Coachella Live 2019 (Weekend One)
April 12-14 | 4:00 PM Pacific
For the ninth year in a row, YouTube continues to take the magic of Coachella beyond the Indio desert and into the homes and phones of millions of people around the world with the exclusive two-weekend live stream of Coachella 2019. YouTube is providing a global stage for artists and fans to connect with live stream performances from headliners to some of the biggest artists on the rise, including Childish Gambino, Ariana Grande, Tame Impala, Kacey Musgraves, Billie Eilish, BLACKPINK, Juice WRLD, Kid Cudi, Wiz Khalifa, Gryffin, Maggie Rogers, Chvrches Little Zimz, Cola Boyy and many more. YouTube’s Weekend 1 live stream, presented by T-Mobile in the U.S., and Garnier and Coca-Cola in Canada, will give music fans around the world the best seats in the desert for groundbreaking performances from their favorite artists
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Big Cat Week video: Ride along with a team of lion protectors
Join 2016 National Geographic Emerging Explorer Thandiwe Mweetwa on a mission to track down lions. This carnivore conservationist has dedicated her life to preserving Africa’s disappearing lion population through scientific research, animal rescue, and community outreach.
The National Geographic Society’s Big Cats Initiative supports scientists and conservationists working to save big cats in the wild. With your help, we’ve supported more than 100 innovative projects to protect seven iconic big cat species in 27 countries and built more than 1,600 livestock enclosures to protect livestock, big cats, and people. Together we’re helping big cats and communities thrive. Learn more about the initiative.
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Secret of Agha Waqar’s Water fuel Kitr: Agha Waqar exposed
Secret of Agha Waqar the Water-Kit inventor answers some questions of Dr. Samar Mubarakmand
Agha Waqar Water-Kit Secret exposed by Dr. Samar Mubarakmand, Agha Waqar can not give the answers some questions of Dr. Samar Mubarakmand
He use calcium carbide CaC2 to produce acetylene (ethyne C2H2) gas (Calcium Carbide = CaC2. with react with water to produce it)
(Acetylene (systematic name: ethyne) is the chemical compound with the formula C2H2. It is a hydrocarbon and the simplest alkyne. This colorless gas is widely used as a fuel and a chemical building block. It is unstable in pure form and thus is usually handled as a solution. Pure acetylene is odorless, but commercial grades usually have a marked odor due to impurities.)
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The Car Running by water Power: A Feasibility Report for Electrical Energy
After some recent calculations for the heat of enthalpies for combustion of conventional gasoline fuel and hydrogen gas. It was concluded that the heat of combustion from hydrogen is three times as big as heat of combustion from gasoline. In the next step, an approach towards the electrical power production and its consumption in water based fuel cars would be presented.
Energy Produced from battery
In the step wise procedure we must know about the basic facts that a 12 V car battery can produce maximum of 40 A of current that corresponds to 12 X 40 = 480 watts of power according to basic formula
P = VI
P = 12 x 40 = 480 watts (or J/sec)
Now if this battery continuously provides direct current for 1 hour it will produce 0.48 kWh
of energy
The calculations are as follows
p = E / t
That corresponds to
E = P x t
if power is produced for one hour
E = 480 X 1 = 480 Wh or 0.48 KWh
This is the amount of energy which can be used in producing hydrogen gas from electrolysis
of water.
Energy Consumed by the battery for electrolysis
Now the amount of energy consumed in electrolytic cell calculated: Ideally, 39 kWh of electrical energy is required to convert 8.9 kg of water to produce 1kg of hydrogen and 7.9 kg of oxygen completely. While typical commercial electrolyzer system has efficiencies ranges from 56% to 73% and this corresponds to 70.1–53.4 kWh/kg:
How much distance a car can travel with 1kg of hydrogen?
Normally, 47. 3 MJ is the energy consumed by a 1000cc car when it uses 1 kg ( ~1.40 liter) of petrol and on average car cannot give more than 20 km in one liter of fuel. Keeping the same figures in mind the energy produced by 1kg of hydrogen can give (141.9 / 47.3) x 28 = 84 km with 1kg (500mol) of hydrogen
To run a car for 84km, 1kg of hydrogen must be produced from fuel cells while providing 39 kWh or more amount of electricity.
Law of conservation of energy
Maximum energy produced by one battery = 0.48 KWh Energy consumed by fuel cell to produce 1kg of hydrogen = 39 kWh
Number of batteries required to produce 39kWh of energy = 39 / 0.48 = 81 That corresponds 81 batteries in parallel are required with 9 liters of water to produce 1 kg of hydrogen torun the car for 85 km after full consumption.
With 0.48 KW of battery power continuously provided to the electrolytic cell (and to no other power consuming source) for one hour will give the amount of hydrogen practically as 6.85 gm in total, which can run a car for 582 meters only.
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Freshmen reflect on first year at FHS
Azelia Soffia, Staff Writer
Filed under Falcon Life
Every kid goes through changes, big or small, and are impacted in various ways. Like moving towns, getting a haircut, and meeting new people. But the start for a freshman going into high school is one of the biggest switch that will affect a teenager.
The transition for a highschooler always varies. Some say it is easy; some say it was difficult. But what we don’t know is if freshmen actually like the transition, the people, the classes, or high school in general. What really happens in a year of a freshman?
“There hasn’t really been a favorite memory or part so far; spring breaks are what I like,” said Lauren Wells, 9. “Leaving school is the part I look forward to.”
Wells did not have a hard time transitioning into high school but does not like necessarily like it.
“It was different, better than middle school,” Wells said.
Not all freshman are excited for the year. Not all freshman are ready for the big change or even see a change from moving schools or coming to a school with many kids. Wells didn’t seem to have a hard time, but she did not seem to think it was easy.
“My favorite part of the year was the beginning. Just experiencing it,” said Josh Segler, 9. “Being able to connect with other people who I haven’t been able to connect with before was good.”
Segler’s transition wasn’t too hard for him, but it was a real change.
“My favorite part of the year was probably the beginning; all the new faces, old faces, meeting new people,” said Arthur Walton, 9. “Winning the City Meet Dick Cook Trophy was the best.”
Walton’s transition was different. He expected more, but the changing of schools and new people was okay.
“The people aren’t the same either, you just accept the change,” Walton said.
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Public schools should recognize all holidays
Summer Badrak, Staff Writer
Filed under Opinion
Christmas break is rolling around once again! Oh, I mean holiday break. It just so happens that Christmas falls here. How wonderful for those who celebrate, but what about those who celebrate other religious holidays?
Most public schools have always based their breaks off of when the Christian holidays fall on the calendar. Schools typically don’t close for Jewish and Muslim holidays. For example, the jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah fell on September 21-22 which was a Thursday and Friday in 2017. Schools were not closed for this.
This falls under the category of Christian privilege, so most people aren’t aware of this. There may not be much our students can do, but how about the administration that prides themselves on the basis of having a very diverse school in all aspects?
The First Amendment Center’s document “Finding Ground: A First Amendment Guide to Religion in Public Schools” helps to clarify the matter: “schools are not required to close on a particular religious holiday but may choose to do so as a matter of administrative convenience as, for example, when large numbers of students are likely to be absent.”
This makes sense in the mindset of having a majority of students not miss school, but it leaves out the students that have to miss school days for religious holidays that we do not get off.
This document also explains that “Sensitive school policy on absences will take account of the religious needs and requirements of students” meaning, if a student is out for religious purposes, their absences will be excused. But this also goes on to say “students may be asked to complete makeup assignments or examinations in conjunction with such absences.”
Any high school student can explain how missing school days greatly affects learning. Conflict comes in when the student has to choose between being out for these holidays or not having to makeup so much work.
The Farmington High school code of conduct states that “For each student, daily teaching, classroom interactions, discussions, lectures, etc. cannot be duplicated and, therefore, constitute valid and crucial parts of coursework.”
It is made very clear that attendance is important. So how do we come to a healthy compromise for all?
Speak up! Explain to those who are uneducated about these issues, spread awareness, talk to administration. If enough people can become aware, a change in the system is sure to follow.
Hopefully, in the future, public schools will spread out their breaks and truly earn the pride of being diverse and accommodating for ALL students, not just “most” students.
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Bum’s rush
I don’t get the backpatting here.
On Wednesday, Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant announced that he would be redshirting for the rest of the year and transferring, essentially removing himself from the Clemson team. This comes after Clemson coach Dabo Swinney announced that freshman quarterback Trevor Lawerence would be starting against Syracuse on Monday.
Bryant called the decision by Swinney a slap in the face, as Bryant posted a 16-2 mark as a starter and led Clemson to a College Football Playoff a year ago. But Lawerence is a generational type talent, as he was the No. 1 overall recruit in the 2018 class. And Swinney’s faced a decision like this before. In 2014, Swinney went with a veteran, Cole Stoudt, over a hyped freshman, Deshaun Watson, to start the season. That Clemson team lost to Georgia, but had Watson, who led Clemson to the 2016 national title, started maybe the game ends differently.
We’ve laid all of that out to say that juggling a quarterback room is no easy task. And yet, Georgia coach Kirby Smart has done a pretty great job of it so far. In his first year, he turned to the generational talent in Jacob Eason. While the team went 8-5, no one would say that was the wrong move. Last season he again turned to a freshman in Jake Fromm, even through Eason had more raw talent. But again, the results can’t be questioned as Georgia was a handful of plays from a national title.
As for this year, Smart is sticking with experience—and also it’s not like Fromm is a bum.
He’s not a bum. Cool, man.
Does anybody really think things would be different in Athens than they are at Clemson had Fromm been benched in favor of Fields? I sure don’t.
Kirby’s doing a great job — dare I say he’s not a bum? — but let’s not act like he’s got some unique skill here.
135 responses to “Bum’s rush”
Bingo. And in the long run, Kirby’s job is tougher than Dabo’s. There are three separation between the two at Clemson. There is but one in Athens, which means this has the potential to be dragged out for some time. Nice problem to have, but hardly to the point of back slapping.
Showing no mercy on Tennessee will go a long way toward getting Fields the passing game experience he needs.
dawgtired
I would like to see Fields play a full qtr or more in the next two games. Neither QB will lose you the game so we don’t have to be afraid of playing them both. Defense will have to game plan for both and it would be building real (even equal) depth at the position. If all goes well, there won’t be a game we would not feel comfortable in playing either one.
Uglydawg.
Good idea. But the defenses are already having to prepare for them both. If Fields doesn’t get much time, it may lull future teams into the belief that they don’t have to worry about preparing for him…then, wham! There he is and better than they’d ever imagined.
Who knows what evil lurks in the minds of CKS?
Dabo has acted like he wanted to name Lawrence the starter since the beginning, but he had to know Bryant would leave as soon as it happened. I’m surprised he chose the 5th game to do it. The cynic in me thinks he probably wanted to wait until game 6, so Bryant would have no alternative.
Dabo better hope this whole episode doesn’t split his team. Maybe he did it now, so Bryant can leave with his eligibility still intact for the sake of the team going forward.
If he named Lawrence as the starter at the beginning of the season, he loses in College Station.
Dawg Vegas
I believe he said that was the case
Dabo is down to a true freshman starter, a raw rs freshman back up, and Renfrow running 3rd string. Who is running their scout team? I am guessing Dabo hoped Bryant would stick it out. But starting a guy 5 games and then benching him is going to make the sort of waves that wash away recruits.
Well Bryant will prob run the scout team to keep up football skills, as he is still on the team.
He sounds pissed off though, and he should be. Taking a kid like that and telling him to run the scout team is a bridge too far. I bet we see him in the SEC before it’s over.
When you announce your decision to move on, you move on. Clemson would be foolish to keep him around.
Isn’t Stidham a senior? Auburn, baby, Auburn.
According to the article, it sounds like Bryant has left the team and doesn’t plan to return. I don’t know what to think about that, but it’s seems he has made the decision not to be part of Clemson’s team going forward. Dabo offered not to play him the rest of the year if he would stay. I wonder if that would have held up if something happened to Lawrence or he was ineffective in a game. I don’t think Bryant wanted to be put in a position to be requested to enter a game and to tell Dabo no.
Agree, if you’re going to leave, do it. No need to put Coach/Player in an awkward position going forward.
The Ncaa and this 4 game rule created this.
Every decision has unintended consequences. I think the 4-game rule is a good step toward what the process should be … 5 years of eligibility to play. With 5 years of eligibility, I bet Bryant stays to help Lawrence and play in a pinch. He walks out of Death Valley after his last home game with his held high.
Agree totally about the unintended consequences…..5 years sounds fair to me too…
Then you’re going to have a hell of a lot of players playing 5 years. Do you want that? Do the players want that? Won’t the coaches expect that, at least of some position players? All the guys who are possible NFL players but who aren’t going to be high draft picks will be expected to play 5 years in order to improve their draft position. What does that do to the recruiting cap of 85 players? Will the NCAA have to raise the cap to 100 or maybe more?
The other Doug
According to a friend that is tight with his parents he isn’t with the team and wants to withdraw from school.
I would, too. I have to imagine it’s awkward as anything to walk into class and have people whisper or not to be able to go to the athletic building. His whole support system at Clemson has likely disappeared overnight.
Agreed. He’s only been lucky.
First he was lucky that Fromm was able to handle the job last year. Had he or the team had issues in the middle of the season without Eason healthy, there would have been issues. I still say a guy should t lose his job just because he got hurt. Once healthy they both should have played. (This does not discount the possibility that things were going on befmhjnd the scenes that I’m ignorant of. Like partying, not caring, not doing the the job, quietly announcing he was out. Who knows?)
Second, Kirby is lucky because Fromm continues to play really, really well. If he were struggling a little things would get harder. I still say 1 needs more snaps when it matters. Don’t play scared, play them both.
I still can’t figure out how Hurts hasn’t done the same as Bryant. He should. If he plays in game 5 he’s a fool.
JCDawg83
Fromm is a better qb than Eason and was from day one. Eason didn’t lose the starting job because he got hurt, he lost it because Fromm is a better qb than he is. I don’t think anyone really believes Eason would have gotten us to the playoff or the SEC championship last season.
Kirby is going to play whoever gives him the best chance of winning and that’s exactly what he should do.
california_dawg
Humbly disagree. Eason’s ceiling is way higher than Fromm’s. Eason had an oline held together by duct tape and a first year head coach. You can’t say definitively the result wouldn’t have been the same with Eason behind center last season, after the team started to gel. I feel we did the kid wrong.
I love Fromm and I’m ecstatic with what he did, but I think we’re seeing this season with our inconsistency on offense and inability to grind Mizzou with our running game that he benefitted greatly from two team leaders and once-in-a-generation RBs in Chubb and Sony. I feel he’s a more talented Hutson Mason and not in the elite passer camp like Eason, Stafford, and Murray.
William (the other one)
Allow me to disagree with you. Eason had the talent, yes. However, his decision making was lacking and he was slow to pull the trigger on his throws (even though he could make all of them). Fromm may not have the same arm talent, but he is smart, savvy, and not afraid to fire off. I think he feels very much like a Murray, but that’s just my opinion. he checks into plays and knows where to go with the ball. Yeah he makes mistakes (and does seem to take a bit to get settled), but he is easily on par with some of our best passers. I don’t feel Eason was wronged. He just gave way to someone equally prepared to take over. It was unfortunate, but it happens.
I feel like I had seen enough in Eason’s last spring game and those few series against App State to figure he had not progressed much, if at all. I believe that had he not gotten hurt, we lose at Notre Dame last year and maybe lose more. Just my opinion. Also, the jury is still out on whether he will be an elite passer. There is more to it than being tall with a strong arm.
Everybody is certainly going to find out next year at U Dub. I’m one who thinks Eason takes U Dub to a PAC 12 Championship and the 4 team playoff and is a high NFL draft pick in either ’20 or ’21. I wish I could be his lawyer.
Mayor, here is one subject that we agree upon! I think Eason has a huge upside and will do great things as a Huskie. I would have loved to see what that kid could have done behind our o-line last year.
Always fun to wonder what? My strong guess is it would have cost us an SEC title we would not have won, maybe not even played for, with Eason at QB. Hope he does get it together at UW, Peterson deserves good things, as does Eason.
If the goal was to have a player who could throw the ball harder and/or farther, Eason would have definitely been the better choice. If the goal is to have a qb who can read the defense, manage the game, make catchable throws to all parts of the field, make the team around him better and win games, Fromm is the better choice. The “elite passer camp” qbs you cite combined for exactly 0 championships of any kind in 8 seasons at Georgia. I want to see a great college qb playing for Georgia and winning championships for the Georgia Bulldogs. If he also turns out to be a great NFL qb, that’s great but I don’t really care as much about that. Having a great future NFL qb playing at Georgia and not winning any college championships holds no interest to me at all.
Eason may have the bigger upside as far as an NFL career but I think Fromm will go down as a much better college qb. If Eason had truly been the better college qb he would have regained the starting job after he recovered from his injury. As to Fromm being a more talented Hutson Mason, I take that as a compliment of the highest order. Mason was an excellent college qb and I can’t think of a single game he caused Georgia to lose. If Fromm is a more talented Hutson Mason, great things are ahead for Georgia in the next few years.
Excellent rant JC and I agree totally. I like Eason but I also think Fromm is the better QB for the system Kirby is running at Georgia. I also think we may run up against Eason in the future though.
Lone Stranger
But still, the Dawgs expanded and then maintained upon a 2-score lead in the 2nd Half on the strength of Fromm’s arm. 3 TDs.
and Eason started because????
and Eason didn’t start after his knee healed because???
I dunno? Because of the way Fromm was playing? Just a guess.
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I humbly disagree also. Part of my disagreement is that it is really an apples/oranges comparison. Fromm has done great, is a student of the game and a leader. But raw talent (basically, his arm)? That edge goes to Eason, imo. Both Fromm and Eason can run a little, but neither is going to be a Fields type.
Conventional wisdom says that if you have 2 quarterbacks you don’t have a quarterback. I’ve bought into that in the past, but more and more I would like to see Fields get more live action especially in games that we have well in hand.
I was worried my comment would trigger a needless message board war. Glad we can all debate civilly!
And I definitely agree in wanting Fields to see meaningful playing time. No more of this bring him in for 1 play crap.
No Axe to Grind
Eason had the physical gifts but Fromm has the brain for the game. The brain always proves to be the decisive factor.
He had two advantages physically: he was taller, and he could win the long drive contest. Period. Neither of those make you a really good QB in and of themselves. I really liked Eason, but he was never the QB at Georgia that Fromm has been. I hope he studied Fromm last year, gets coached up, and becomes a great QB, but when he left UGA as the 2nd team QB, he was there for a reason. I also appreciated the way he handled the change, he was a team player and feel he paid attention every week in case he was needed. That is special, with all the adoration and winning every matchup since he was 7 or 8, he could have pouted and been disruptive. So #10 will always be a DGD in my book, and I hope he realizes his dreams in football and life.
If Jake Fromm ever loses his job to Fields, I think he will act the same way, but he is still the best we have at the overall position of QB. He may not always be, but he is in 2018. And it will take a damned good QB to beat him down. UGA is blessed to have this as a possibility, although the fans calling for a change should have those conversations at home, or to a buddy in a bar, imo. We don’t have a controversy, and I see no advantage from those who want to create one. And yes, Fields should get more reps to make sure he is ready, and they shouldn’t just be handoffs. I think Fields is underrated as a passer from all I have seen, or heard; his being a good runner is gravy.
Right on, PeatMan! I know it cannot be gauged but I’ve always been conscious of a vibe of grit that Fromm plays with. That has an effect on teammates.
Justa clarification, Macallan is as far from a “peat taste” as you can get. I cannot swallow any single malt with a peaty taste, much less enjoy. Lagavullen is the highly rated peat choice, I could not finish one finger of it and have run from others in that category. Macallan is aged in virgin sherry wood barrels, and that is the secret to their differentiation. Everyone has their own preference, mine is for smoother, milder, and (much) less smokey taste.
Hurts would be a fool to leave Alabama right now. The team is doing historic things. Hurt’s shown improvement from last year. He’s got a proven QB coach and no better model to learn from in Tua. Hurts is getting the sort of media attention and media love he would never see based on his arm at Houston or a similar landing spot, which will serve him well after his playing days are over. And he’s a hit away from once again running an offense with an insane collection of talent around him.
This year at Alabama will do more for Hurts’ future than any alternative in CFB right now.
I’ve come around to this line of thinking as well. If he transfers he ends up on a tram with significantly less talent around him and probably continues to be a running qb. Not helpful to any NFL aspirations he might have
So you think he’s the bench rider that gets drafted? Got it.
I think if he starts two years at another place he has a SLIGHTLY better chance at it, maybe??
Maybe yeah.
But maybe he’d also be a disaster without 10 five stars around him and would more than likely end up with a team that structures its offense around his running ability and won’t develop his passing skills. And he is sitting in 2019
At Alabama at least he has good coaching to improve his passing skills and a chance that because of injury he is the guy again
In either event he is an Undrafted free agent most likely
I usually agree with your comments on this blog but your inability to look at Alabama in an unbiased fashion clouds your judgment sometimes. And comments about being drafted as a bench rider in response to my post make you look like an axxhole
I’m wrong – he won’t sit in 2019
He gets his pick of both systems and depth charts.
Playing at elite football programs isn’t exactly the recipe for NFL success at QB of for being a high draft pick. Its pretty random.
If the kid thinks he can throw it, he should be throwing it, not throwing a year of eligibility away.
I do hate Saban. Not bama. Saban.
I just don’t think many qb back ups either get drafted or get a look in the league. I can think of 1. The guy that played behind Leinert.
I am an asshole, so feel free.
Funny thing Derek, I hate Bama–have for 40+ years–but don’t hate Saban. He’s the best coach in America and taught OUR coach how to be a top notch HC. Maybe all of us ought to love Saban. But I do agree with you about one thing–you are an asshole.
Saban is a lying soulless asshole. I’m sure if your kid was run off and handed an unwarranted medical redshirt to bring in a 5-star you’d still suckle his cock. I won’t. That’s just one example.
Then you’ve got Darius Philon. Jonathan Taylor. You’ve got the kid who led three teammates on a robbery spree 2 days after he was arrested for a illegal gun possession that no one knew about because the press and police conspire to keep shit out of public view.
I could go on. He’s a bag of shit.
Good program builder but a totally evil little bastard that I pull for to lose almost every week, save ND and when Auburn has a chance to do something. He’s 0-3 in those games so fuck him for that too.
ChiliDawg
Hurts probably will never be a QB in the NFL anyway, but he DEFINITELY will not be if he stays at Alabama. That is 100% certain. If he stays it’s because Nick swindled him into the idea that his prospects are better staying, which is a lie.
He’s an expert at that.
Agree, think he has decided to stay in his current role already. He has a chance to start again if Tua is hurt at any point, get additional coaching, and is on pace to graduate in December and still play another year for someone else. If that doesn’t give him a chance to get a call from the NFL, it doesn’t matter anyway.
Hurts will go to the NFL as soon as possible even if as a free agent.
2 years of eligibility is better than 1.
Pretty easy math for the sentient among us.
He still has five years to play four. Not sure where you’re getting the idea that he’s losing a year of eligibility. He could, for example, transfer as a grad to a new program, red shirt, and then play as a fifth year. It’s effectively what Jake Coker did coming over from FSU.
Maybe Jalen decided playing this year at Alabama was in his best long-term interests. You can make some obvious and compelling arguments that it is, from a QB perspective, from a potential coaching career perspective, and from a potential media career perspective.
I know you hate Saban, and I get it – but your loathing for the man has you locked into the idea that Saban is hoodwinking poor Jalen. It’s patronizing and, given the totality of evidence, pretty myopic.
When he graduates he can transfer and play immediately, so its 2 years left, not 1
Exactly. He still has two years of eligibility left after he plays this year and then graduates in December. He can choose to one or both of those years.
If this is his third year playing, he has only 1 left: 4-3=1
If he doesn’t play past game 4: 4-2=2
Jesus dude!
He can spend 2 years at FSU or wherever. Period.
and play 1 IF he doesn’t shut it down NOW.
If you don’t think there’s a difference between playing 1 year or playing 2 years fine, whatever.
No I think he’s made the decision that playing THIS year is worth more to him in the aggregate than shutting it down now and playing an extra year somewhere else.
You’re making an assumption that playing this year at Alabama has less value to Jalen than playing somewhere else the next 2 years. It’s not even clear that’s necessarily true on the NFL QB front, and it’s pretty obvious that on other front – coaching, media – this year at Alabama would have FAR more value to him than a second year on the field at NC State or FSU or Auburn or wherever.
You called him a fool for playing. We disagree on that. You said he would only have 1 year of eligibility left and could only play 1 year. No, he could play 4 games next year somewhere as a redshirt and then a full year the following.
So, yeah, we disagree. Whatever.
How much is he going to play this year after his RS is burned? I think he’s being played.
ASEF….I hate to say it but Derek’s right. If Hurts stays at Bama through the rest of this season that will be the third year he has played CFB and he will only have one season of college eligibility left. That’s one of the reasons I think he has made the decision to go pro after this season–because he didn’t leave Bama already.
No, Derek’s wrong. Jalen could play 4 games next season – out of the gate, or into the post-season – as a redshirt, and then play a full season after that. Thats two season on the field – one a redshirt, one as a starter.
He has 5 years to play 4 full and 1 redshirt. Jalen has decided that playing full season this year at Alabama and redshirting somewhere else next season is worth more to him than redshirting this season at Alabama and having a full 2 years at some stop TBD. And given the unique situation he and his team occupies, it’s actually pretty clever on his part. He remains a vital part of a potentially historic football season and he can sit down when it’s done – when he has a lot more information than he has now – and make a fully informed decision on how he uses those two years to meet his goals.
Jalen has decided that playing full season this year at Alabama and redshirting somewhere else next season is worth more to him than redshirting this season at Alabama and having a full 2 years at some stop TBD.
This literally makes zero sense.
Jalen has played 2 full seasons. Coming into this year, he had, by NCAA rule, 2 full seasons and 1 redshirt season left.
If he plays a full season this year, he will have two years remaining – one redshirt and one full. Jalen has clearly decided that using a full year this year is worth more to him and his goals than using his redshirt. He’d rather have a full season this year and save his redshirt season for something else.
You and Derek are locked in on the idea that only wise path Jalen can take is using his redshirt THIS season and then using his remaining 2 full seasons somewhere else. That’s the conventional wisdom everyone has been talking about since summer. And somehow, if Jalen does something different, it’s because Evil Saban deluded the poor boy. Jalen is surrounded by engaged, active adults who know football and who have talked in the press about making decisions in Jalen’s best interests.
Jalen was talked up a lot during last night’s UNC Miami game, in glowing terms. He’s rapidly becoming the poster child for Everything Right About College Football. Alabama has literally a global spotlight right now. He graduates in December. He wants to play. He’s making smart decisions for himself. I don’t give a crap about Saban, but it’s insulting as hell for Derek to act like Jalen is too stupid to make good decisions for himself.
Not that simplistic, this isn’t a 1 or 2 year situation. There is enough tape on him. As single year of opportunity, for most every one, will be enough. Only advantage of two for him is if he changes positions, accepting he isn’t going to be an NFL QB. Many, many better passers have failed to make that step, and he wasn’t even an above average passer in college, surrounded by great talent. If you need two years to reach that conclusion, sorry.
I agree about Hurts…see my post a few down.
Hurts is a junior and likely not in position for a graduate transfer. He will also get plenty of live reps against Lafayette, Arkansas, Tennessee, The Citadel, and possibly a couple other teams.
His game will improve and he will have options at the end of the season.
He graduates in December. If he doesn’t play in another game he has two years of eligibility. If he plays one more snap he goes from 2 years of eligibility to 1.
I believe this to be correct.
No, he has five years to play 4 no matter what decision he makes this year. Most grad transfer QBs don’t work out because they don’t have time to pick up the offense in a round of spring ball. Jalen could red shirt at his new home and spend a year learning the new system. Or hell, he could red shirt at Alabama next year and then compete for the starting gig once Tua turns pro.
He has way more options this way, not fewer.
The rumor is that he graduates in December at Bama and could be on campus as early as January. The question on Hurts is whether he will be on his next campus for 1 or 2 years. If he plays in one more game and graduates in December or May, he would only 1 season. If he pulled out now, he would potentially have 2 seasons of eligibility remaining assuming he graduates.
If he plans to change positions to play at the next level, having 2 seasons to hone his craft would probably be best. If he wants to play QB, he probably needs to stay and play as much as he can at Bama to prove to his next coach he can be a viable starter.
Thanks. I forgot Hurts was an early enrollee. And it’s a Bama degree.
ApalachDawg
Because Hurts will take a pay cut if he leaves Bama
I think we will see a lot more of this sort of thing, just as we will see a lot more players skipping meaningless bowl games. I have mixed emotions about it. On the one hand, I can’t blame the players for protecting themselves or attempting to maximize their earning potential down the road. On the other hand, you committed to a school and a team. As an old fart, that still means something to me and I think it ought to mean something to them as well. So I guess it’s just another indication that the game we’ve grown to know and love is becoming something that’s harder and harder to know and love. Just like the NFL. I quit watching the pros years ago. I guess the day is coming when I will no longer watch college football either. Too bad.
The Ncaa brought this on themselves. I’m guessing at some point you may have changed jobs for what you saw as greener pastures. I know I have. I’m guessing many on this board have. Things change…
I saw it put succinctly on twitter today:
Everyone in college football is out for themselves, but only the players get criticized for it
Everyone gets criticized for it. The NCAA revised redshirt rule was a bad rule and the law of unintended consequences is fully in play now. I think they will change the rule very soon, possibly after this season.
I think allowing players to play in 2 regular season games and any championship, bowl or playoff games without losing a year of eligibility would be a good compromise. Of course they didn’t ask me and probably won’t.
It would be a better plan, I agree. If you are going to let them play 1/3 of a season, why not go all the way and give them 5 years? Between injuries and being beaten out by better competition, not that many guys will play 60 games in college. But it does play havoc with those who want to compare career records. Just like Herschel gets slighted because they didn’t count bowl game yardage and scores when he played. How hard is to add those three games in and talk apples to apples? Perhaps per game numbers is the better measurement anyway.
kfoge
Anyone else think Bryant is a snowflake? A HC, who’s job is to put his team in the best position to win games, chooses the best QB for the TEAM (in the coaches minds) and this INDIVIDUAL (Bryant) calls it a slap in the face? So is a slap in the face better if its to one player (Bryant) or 85 (Team)?
I think Dabo handled it poorly. And I think Bryant wants to play meaningful football, since he’s kind of dedicated his life to that up to this point. And I think a coach like Dabo, who constantly wants media pats on the back for putting the personal needs of players first, even above results, and who probably sells that during recruiting, is going to risk locker room perceptions of hypocrisy when he’s benching a senior QB who is winning games now for a true freshman QB who might give Clemson a better shot to beat an Alabama team that Clemson might run into in the playoffs.
This was a huge gamble by Dabo on two fronts. He’s already lost the first bet. We’ll see how the second one goes.
And what if Lawerence gets hurt or just has a really off day..This will look like a really bad move.
^This.
QB’s haven’t just started transferring….just that the Ncaa changed the rules…makes it easier mid year to make the call. Saves a year of eligibility.
I don’t get why people keep comparing these situations as if they’re the same. Clemson’s is different from Georgia’s is different from Alabama’s. Next year, Georgia may well find itself in Alabama’s current situation.
I think Swinney has handled his situation okay. He had a senior who was given the opportunity to lock up the job and couldn’t, and he’s made the decision early enough for the senior to transfer if he wants to. A slap in the face would have been stringing Bryant along until he had no option other than to play out the season.
Don’t you think that Bryant had figured the number of games out when Lawrence was recruited? He wasn’t going to be caught in some Freshman Hope Chest while reality stared him, his family and friends in the face. It was figured out that he would do this long before Monday.
It’s exactly the situation that we have with Justin and Jake. If, at this time, we have a great Freshman QB substituted as starter for another QB with almost an exact similar record to Bryant’s, wouldn’t you consider it a slap in the face for Jake? It continues to be a touchy situation with these QBs and the path to fairness for both is narrow and strewn with tire flatteners. The path thus far keeps Jake as the starter and Justin to play at the O Coach’s whim. We all know that both players should play, but who is to say how that is accomplished?
Well, first off, QB record is a terrible metric. Maybe the team went 13-2 because of you or maybe in spite of you, or maybe it falls somewhere in between. In the vast majority of cases, it’s going to be that last option. And no, it’s not a slap in the face. If the other player outperforms you, the team’s record while you were the starter is irrelevant. Why should teams saddle themselves with a worse player at the most important position on the team just because he’s the incumbent?
So, If info coming from the players and coaches that Justin is a better athlete than Fromme, you think that Fromme should be replaced? I don’t, nor do I think that Fields should not get quality time.
There’s more to playing QB than athleticism. I would expect that for now, Fromm has a better understanding of the offense, and he’s clearly able to make the throws they want him to make. I also trust the coaches to make determinations based on what they see in practice. It’s entirely possible that Fromm will continue to outperform Fields even next year, but if he doesn’t, I don’t think he is entitled to the starting job based on what he did as a freshman and sophomore.
Thorn Dawg
I’ll say it… Kelly Bryant sucks. He’ll suck on his next team too.
Trevor Lawrence is the better QB. The other three Clemson QBs that transferred saw that in the spring and bolted.
He doesn’t suck, but he’s not a good enough QB for Clemson to do more than win a shitty ACC.
He’s not even a good game manager.
Border Dawg
The only real team Clemson has played this year, who put pressure on the QBs, was Texas A&M. I saw an experienced college QB outplay a true freshman. Lawrence was throwing everything at his receivers feet. If Bryant hadn’t played in that game, I’m not so sure Clemson would have won. Yes, Trevor Lawrence is a generational talent throwing the ball. Can he handle an aggressive defense? We shall see
I agree, but go look at Clemson’s schedule. They have the opportunity to bring Lawrence along, and have him prepared for the playoffs. They can even lose a regular season game, win the conference, and still make the playoffs.
Bryant won’t beat Bama, but Lawrence might.
“Does anybody really think things would be different in Athens than they are at Clemson had Fromm been benched in favor of Fields?”
I do because I believe Jake Fromm would not leave. I think he’d fight to get his job back. Can’t base it on much besides my gut feeling about Fromm’s makeup and character.
And I say that not as a knock on Bryant’s makeup or character. The circumstances at Clemson are different enough from UGA that I don’t really begrudge Bryant his decision.
This is what I hope would happen if Fields beats Fromm out next year. Hopefully, Jake, being a longtime UGA fan, would want to stay and compete for his spot, rather than bail out. Wouldn’t blame him if he did, but it sure would be nice to be able to have both guys.
I am not so sure on that. Not because of Jake but because of his dad. His younger brothers transferred from Houston County to Warner Robins HS because of a coaching change at HOCO. Jake transferring from UGA wouldn’t even require the Fromm’s to move to a new school district. If Fields beats out Fromm I have a feeling Jake would be advised by his father to transfer.
Bat City Dawg
I mentioned this in the playpen, I just don’t know what Bryant gains here other than playing time. He was setup to succeed last year with a playoff caliber team, yet was merely an above average game manager. What does he expect to show NFL scouts if he wins the starting job at a lesser program? If he stayed we would be a bad hit away from being the man again, what if he came in and won the ACC CG or a playoff game?
And we wonder why schools pay Saban, Kirby, Dabo etc. the big bucks instead of just letting the fans and media decide these QB issues and who has a pulled groin or a broken leg. It was decided before he was a high school junior that Lawrence would be the best QB for whichever school he played for and no coach’s evaluation would be needed. This is all just a sign of the times; excess blather, recruiting news profit and every QB is an NFL prospect (not).
I think Dabo made some promises to Lawrence during recruiting. Dabo could have continued his QB platoon for the rest of the regular season. Bryant seemed ok with it. Lawrence was clearly developing in his back up role.
Maybe Lawrence develops even faster now, but he and his team will now have to do it without a safety net. The fact Dabo felt the need to take that risk is the odd thing here. The cited reason is that Dabo felt morally obligated to give Kelly the option to transfer, but again, Kelly was fine sharing the position, and sharing the position wasn’t holding Lawrence back. He was getting better weekly.
Just a really weird situation all around.
Or maybe Lawrence has demonstrated himself to be a better downfield passer, making their offense more dynamic. There doesn’t have to be a conspiracy when you can merely look at their production and obviously see why the change was made.
Isn’t Justin considered a better downfield passer than Jake?
Based on what?
Reports from players, coaches and observers? Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have answers nor do I promote one over the other. I confess to liking Fromme because he has unforgettable history with us that will give us great memories and hope during any play on the field, no matter the situation spelled out by pundits or outsiders trying to divide us.
My point is that it is not a “settled” situation that is unlike Clemson or, as some like to project, ‘Bama.
I haven’t seen quotes from people stating that Fields is a better downfield passer.
You’re missing my point.
Before Dabo made the change, he had:
Bryant providing leadership and stability. Lawrence developing as a passer. A crap schedule that they could handle with a WR like Renfrow playing QB.
After the change, Dabo has:
No Bryant. Lawrence developing as a passer. And now Dabo reportedly actually is devoting at least a portion of practice time to running Renfrow at QB, just in case.
Lawrence was never going to leave or stop getting better week by week. Dabo already had that. He didn’t gain that with this move.
Dabo lost Bryant. He gained nothing in return. Why?
As I said, weird.
Maybe he thinks Lawrence is fully ready and not “developing”. I just don’t think naming your best QB the official starter is weird. Will he regret it if Lawrence gets hurt? Maybe.
If Kirby made a decision today that sent Fields or Fromm packing immediately, would you say that was a smart thing on his part?
Georgia needs both. Clemson needs both. It’s Dabo’s job to manage that. He didn’t.
Somebody give Dabo Stetson’s phone number.
The new 4 games without losing red-shirt rule will contribute to a coming trend of kids deciding they aren’t going to ride the pine. They will get a taste of the field and may have a great game or two. “Why should I sit” will become a question “He’s better than our starter”, will become a point of discussion on coaching staff meetings.
For Kelly Bryant, the choice was so obvious that he didn’t even need to hesitate. While he shouldn’t have criticized his coach, his fate was sealed barring an injury to Lawerence. (who will be great). And judging from Bryant’s words, he may have now have a bad attitude. Not good for Clemson.
It may become, (and probably should be) more and more difficult for schools to hoard talent.
Should, or will kids look at what they’re facing and decide it’s not in their interest to ride the pine for a couple of years?
I think so. But they should realize it before they sign, not after being in the program for a couple of years.
We might need to realize how fortunate we are at UGA, as the “Death Star” building industry may be in it’s hay-day and soon declining. We may be on the trailing edge, but at least we’re on it right now.
College football will be changed if this becomes a trend.
There will still be programs that get great recruiting classes, but the depth and satisfaction of having more talent than you can even field could be a thing of the past.
“Parity” may become a trendy term again.
Then again, things may just rock on as they are. I can live that as long as Georgia is one of the builders.
Good post and one that appeals to reasoning. I don’t think we are anywhere near being out of the woods for a repeat of this at UGA. I don’t think it’s fair to put Fromme in the position of being a hero to help solve it either. He has a right to an expectant future the same as Fields and traversing this territory is going to create human behavior of resentment among many factions.
GruvenDawg
So only graduate transfers don’t have to sit out a year AFTER they transfer…So if a sophomore decides to leave who has not graduated he will still have to sit out a year per NCAA rules. Only graduate transfers (typically JR/SR players)would benefit using a redshirt for the 4 games they played and then transfer. They will not have to sit out a year at their next school and saved a year of eligibility. A junior graduate transfer could have two years of eligibility at his next school (5 years to play 4, taking redshirt JR year)
Leaving after the 4th game takes you away from practice or live reps for at least six months, while your future competition at QB continues to improve their game.
The risk is larger than it appears on the surface.
They know they have to keep working out for their future. If they want it, they will do it – whatever it takes. Think of it as an injury that a player has to come back for and the things he has to do to overcome it.
Not sure UGA has dodged this bullet at all, Kirby has handled ti well but this seems the lull before the storm to me. Unlike both Clemson and Alabama, we two excellent QBs, one year apart, who can command the entire offense, and be the offensive leader. Hurts was clearly lacking the passing ability required so that wasn’t a hard choice at all. Bryant was an average passer, and seemed to lack the inspirational skills to be the leader Clemson needed. Not as easy a call as Saban’s but one that could cause disharmony.
Kirby’s decision seems much tougher. Both of his guys have top flight skills, able to run the offense and seem to have the leadership skills required. One has vastly more experience and a proven track record in big games than the other, but Fields has shown up well prepared and not lacking in his limited opportunities. I don’t see a big issue this season, but the off season could get dicey if neither takes a step back. Get your popcorn, but expect high drama by May of 2019.
we may have two qbs that can command the entire offense. Not trying to discredit Fields, and it isn’t his fault he hasn’t been given more opportunities to really run the offense yet, but one read and then scramble is what i have seen, and that isn’t full command of the offense. He is on pace, but more game proof is required, IMO.
I agree, taken in it’s totality, I think UGA’s two QB’s are better, an not by just a little.
Hell, it may get interesting in Red Stick…
We may have two QBs with full command of the office. It is meant as no disrespect to Justin, but I can only judge what I have seen in real games, and one read and then scramble is not full command of the offense. I hope he gets legit time to show he can operate the full playbook, but at this point we have not seen it, though clearly we all believe he has the potential
Gurkha Dawg
I think you are exactly right Mac. I think we will have high drama next year, but it might not be fun to watch. A split locker room is the only thing that can stop this team next year.
On the one hand, it’s the sort of problem you want as a coach. But it can blow up in your face.
I agree. My only additional question would be what happens if Fields’ reps dwindle with the schedule ticking up in difficulty and we get to the end of the year without Fields seeing meaningful moments on the field.
Will Kirby play Fields enough to keep him engaged and happy? He’s thrown one pass so far in SEC play. UT and Vandy are probably his last chance this year to get SEC reps, and then he’ll probably be shelved until UMass and GaTech.
So, I think the intrigue starts about two seconds after the SEC Championship Game. If Georgia is playoff bound, it’s going to be in large part because of Fromm. And if Georgia isn’t playoff bound, then the bowl game is basically Spring Practice I.
As you said, high drama.
Sportsdawg
It is my understanding that CKS has already had to have meetings with both the Fromm & Fields parents. I think this is already a smoking gun. I hope we can hold on to both of these kids for the duration. But I agree with some of the earlier comments that Justin needs to play more meaningful snaps, not just handing the ball off to run out the clock. Glad this isn’t my call, but then I don’t make $7 mil a year either to make the call..
With the new redshirt rule Fields can still be the backup and also redshirt as long as he doesn’t play in too many games. That effectively puts a year between Fromm and Fields. Like what CMR did with Murray and Mason only Fields gets into some games too. It doesn’t look like that is going to happen this season but sure it might next season.
*another year
sorry for the duplicate-ish response
We understand. Sometimes when I post, the post isn’t printed. I have to leave and bring up the conversation again before seeing it posted. Don’t know whether my computer is slowing or if it’s the site.
It’s not your computer Cojo, I have the same experience. It just started happening recently.
This is all speculation but I guess that Bryant believes it a slap in the face because he probably did everything that the coaching staff asked to mentor Lawrence. I would have guessed that during Spring and Fall camp, the coaching staff was in Bryant’s ear telling him that Lawrence was too good to keep off the field but don’t worry about it – you are the starter. We just want to get him reps to make sure he is ready – just in case. So don’t worry and don’t complain, Lawrence is going to play.
However, I anticipate the conversation Swinney had with Bryant after naming Lawrence the starter didn’t commit to giving Bryant playing time unless the situation warranted it – because Lawrence is inexperienced and needs as many reps as possible.
It’s not like Bryant has played poorly or Clemson is stuggling – they are not so Bryant probably wonders why they made the change.
I don’t think Swinney deserves any kudos for the timing of it … he was planning on Bryant staying and disagrees with Bryant’s decision. I think they wanted Lawrence to be the starter and if they waited to after Saturday you always run the risk of Bryant playing lights out against Syracuse and having even more of a controversy.
Nobody here thinks Dabo was hoping Bryant would leave?
And be left with only one QB, somewhat unproven, in the midst of what looks like a cakewalk to the playoffs? He isn’t dumb, and that would be really stupid of him. I think he did it this week to not look like a total dick and leave Bryant hanging. Heard him on an interview today, said he didn’t think Bryant would leave but felt he couldn’t take away that decision from him. Also said Lawrence had been there since January and had made continual progress and had finally passed Bryant, and it was obvious to the staff. He said it happens all the time at other positions and the media doesn’t send satellite trucks and demand interviews and explanations.
MDDawg
I like how the quoted piece says Kirby turned to Fromm over Eason with no mention of Eason’s injury. Yeah, Kirby had to make a tough decision about who to start once Eason got healthy, but for the first several games the decision was made for him. It’s not exactly apples to apples with Dabo’s situation.
Yeah, the article was weak. Kirby has done nothing wrong, but I think he’s also been a little lucky with the changes. Eason to Fromm decision was made for him, and then Fromm showed he was up for the task so Kirby decided to go with the flow. It might get real interesting next season, or the first time the offense really stalls with Fromm at the helm.
Dabo could’ve been a real dick and started Bryant the next game, essentially sealing his fate. But instead, he announced Lawrence was taking over before the 5th game. He had to know Bryant leaving was a possibility, yet he took the risk. Not sure what else he could have done.
Do you think Swinney is concerned if Bryant leaves? Perhaps. Was it wise or whatever for him to announce Lawrence is the starter in a game to an opponent to whom they lost last year on the road? I’ll give Dabo some credit, because he recruits very well, he has a national championship won against Bama [something we did not do], and his record [plus staff and players] if very very good.
So Dabo changes QB, another sports writer makes a comparison to a situation at UGA. Dumb. Hello, please Maria Taylor write a story adding to this one.
Let’s say Lawrence is at UGA rather than Fields, and Fields is at Clemson.
Now how would that story go.
Better get this down. Trevor Lawrence is a player. Look at his skill sets, his high school performance is a very good scheme and coaches, and his field presence and leadership.
Would I start him over Bryant at this time in the season. Why yes. So why did Bryant come to the conclusion to leave, actually, he left the door open. But Dabo is closing it based on 2018 and forward performance. All QBs behind Lawrence are going to be parked there for awhile.
Is he better than Fromm at this point in his first season. They are both very good. Much has been said about his passes to the sideline. They are stellar. But this year his deep ball is there, too.
Fields is a talent, but so are Lawrence and Fromm.
You are not going to see RBs carrying a ball 25+ a game over the course of a season anymore in the SEC. It is a grind against current defenses, the schemes, and the number of plays teams run over 4 quarters
Likewise, the day of a single starting QB could be over, too. Spinning the ball 40, 50 + game over a season is a grind to. Taking hits while dropping back and/or running will take a toll over a season.
So where will he go? Arkansas? Tech? Miami? Vandy?
Can’t blame him. Now he can switch to someplace like Virginia or UCLA and his degree won’t say clemson at the top. That in itself is a really smart move.
He should transfer to Auburn..he will instantly become a Heisman candidate.
Yes, thinks Fromm would at least give it a year and fight for it (job). That is who he is imo, a fighter.
RangerRuss
Clemson sucks.
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Central Tablelands Local Land Services welcomes new board member
Central Tablelands Local Land Services is delighted to announce the appointment of new board member Donna Rygate under the Local Land Services Act 2013.
Joining the board at the end of February, Donna brings a wealth of experience. Her credentials include working as a chief executive, independent director, business leader and on various boards and committees. She is a skilled problem solver with a solid track record of positive transformation of organisations.
Central Tablelands Local Land Services Chair, Ian Rogan, welcomes the experience and skillset Donna brings to the organisation.
“Central Tablelands Local Land Services is committed to improving the services we provide landholders. New board members bring new insight and fill gaps in our knowledge to contribute to our constant improvements.”
General Manager Chris Cumming concurs, “Our Board has been a tremendous resource for me and for the organisation. I look forward to working with Donna and continuing working with all Board members.”
Donna is excited about the new role. “My family has been on the land in this region for almost 200 years and the Central Tablelands will always be home to me. I am really delighted to have the opportunity to apply the experience I have gained over the last 30 years towards achieving our communities' shared economic, social and environmental goals.”
Chair Ian Rogan paid tribute to outgoing Board member Reg Kidd. “I would like to thank Reg for his invaluable input to Central Tablelands Local Land Services. He was an inaugural Board member and has helped guide the development of this organisation.”
Donna Rygate (Canowindra) joins Tess Herbert (Eugowra) and Pip Job (Geurie) as the Minister-appointed Board Members for Central Tablelands Local Land Services, with elected representatives being Wendy Bowman (Cargo), John Lowe (Lowther) and Howard Sinclair (Newbridge).
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JPMorgan Settlement Could Pose Legal Risk
usatoday.com | November 24, 2013
By Kevin McCoy
Banks' packaging of risky mortgages into securities and selling them to investors was a key factor that led to the nation's financial crisis.
The admissions JPMorgan Chase agreed to under its record $13 billion settlement with the Department of Justice could represent a new legal liability in ongoing litigation faced by the nation's largest bank.
According to the statement of facts, unidentified employees of the bank or its subsidiaries received information that some mortgage-backed securities they marketed and sold in 2005-2007 "did not comply with underwriting guidelines." Yet the workers "did not disclose this to securitization investors."
The statement focused on the practice of buying bundles of residential mortgages and packaging them into securities sold to investors — a procedure that Attorney General Eric Holder said "helped sow the seeds of the mortgage meltdown" that sparked the financial crisis in 2008.
For instance, JPMorgan didn't alert investors that one employee wrote a letter "memorializing her concerns" that one package of mortgage loans was too risky to buy or bundle into securities sold to investors, the statement said.
An employee at Bear Stearns, the investment bank JPMorgan bought in 2008, similarly questioned packaging and selling mortgages bought from "poorly graded sellers" who sometimes sold loans that "experienced high rates of default."
"The candor with which JPMorgan was forced to admit wrongdoing is unprecedented," said Elizabeth Nowicki, a former Securities and Exchange Commission attorney who has served as an expert witness in securities lawsuits. Describing the statement as legally risky, Nowicki said "it would certainly give encouragement to plaintiff attorneys."
In a regulatory filing last month, JPMorgan said the bank is defending itself and Bear Stearns against three purported class-action lawsuits involving allegations about their underwriting of mortgage-backed securities. "Motions to dismiss have largely been denied in these cases," that filing said.
Among the lawsuits filed against JPMorgan and Bear Stearns is a New York federal court case in which the lead plaintiffs are the New Jersey Carpenters Health Fund and the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi. The suit, which seeks class-action status, alleges the banks "misrepresented the quality of the process purportedly used to originate the mortgage loans" securitized and sold to them. As a result, the investments "were far riskier than represented," the lawsuit charged.
Attorneys at Cohen Milstein, the law firm that's co-lead counsel in the case, are "carefully reviewing the statement of facts," said media spokeswoman Pam Avery.
Jeffery Harte, an equity research principal who tracks the financial industry at Sandler O'Neill & Partners, raised the legal risk issue during a conference call.
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon stressed that the bank did not "admit to a violation of law," which would have posed an even greater risk for the outcome of other cases. Noting that each lawsuit is different, he said plaintiffs would have to surmount numerous legal hurdles to prevail in class-action cases.
"We're prepared to negotiate if it makes sense and fight if it makes sense," said Dimon.
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Posts Tagged ‘Levon Aronian tal memorial’
It’s almost time for the most exciting chess tournament of the year to begin. The seventh annual Tal Memorial Chess Tournament in Moscow will have its opening ceremonies on June 7. It is important to clarify the distinction between the main tournament and the blitz tournament do to the fact that the same 10 players will battle in the blitz event to decide the order of their opponents. The Blitz event also has a separate prize fun of 15,000 euros and the top five will receive one more game with the white pieces during the main event.
The 2012 Mikhail Tal Memorial main event should be an incredibly exciting chess spectacular. The ten combatants are made up largely of the best and brightest stars of chess. A controversial rule for the tournament states that the players are not allowed to offer a draw before 40 moves have been played. Mixing the most exciting chess players with a rule that forbids early draws and then adding a 100,000 euro prize fund should be a recipe for an exciting chess tournament.
Tournament details for the 2012 Mikhail Tal Memorial are as follows:
Format: 10 player round-robin(nine rounds.)
Time Control: 1 hour 40 minutes for 40 moves plus 50 minutes for 20 moves plus 15 minutes for the rest of the game with a 30 second increment per move, starting from the first move.
1. Magnus Carlsen
Magnus is known as the “Mozart of chess” and is the world’s number one rated chess player. This young gun took the first place prize at the 2011 Mikhail Tal Memorial.
2. Levon Aronian
Levon is the world’s second highest rated chess player with an incredible rating of 2823. At last years Mikhail Tal memorial he finished the main event tied for first with Magnus.
3. Vladimir Kramnik
Kramnik is the third and final member of the current 2800 rating club. Vladimir Kramnik is also a former World Chess Champion and recently won the London Chess Classic ahead of both Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian.
4. Teimour Radjabov
Teimor Radjabov is ranked number four in the world with a current FIDE rating of 2784. Teimor became a a chess grand master at the young age of 14 which makes him the second youngest ever to achieve the grand master title.
5. Hikaru Nakamura
Hikaru is the fifth highest rated chess player on earth. Hikaru just finished winning the United States Chess Championship and is in excellent form.
6. Fabiano Caruana
At age 19 Fabiano is the youngest chess player in the field. Don’t think for a second that his age is a handicap. The young Italian is currently rated at 2769 which is only 11 points behind Viswanthan Anand.
7. Alexander Morozevich
Morozevich shares the same rating of 2769 with Caruana. Alexander is my favorite chess player in the field do to his risky style which produces few draws. Unfortunately for Alexander, his style is perfectly suited for a World Championship match but not ideal for this tournaments format.
8. Alexander Grischuk
Grishchuk won both the Russian Championship and the Linares Chess Tournament in 2009. Alexander seems ready for a big performance to rejoin the top 10 in the world.
9. Evgeny Tomashevsky
Tomashevsky is known as the “professor” do to the fact that he plays positional chess like an old man despite his young age.
10. Luke McShane
McShane should never be underestimated. Of all his notable results, my favorite is the fact that he won the World Chess Championship for players under the age of ten at the age of eight. McShane is very popular with chess enthusiasts and was voted into the Tal Memorial by his many fans.
Please return to this chess blog for updates and analysis on the 2012 Mikhail Tal Memorial chess tournament from Moscow, Russia.
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As the inaugural Supply Chain Cybersecurity Summit approaches, we're getting excited for two days packed with expert presentations exploring critical supply chain challenges and potential solutions organizations can implement to help mitigate third-party risk.
The Summit's advisory board has worked diligently to assemble an agenda that provides a diverse set of perspectives on and approaches to the problem of supply chain cybersecurity. Below you'll find some featured presentations which will help you become better equipped to deal with this often-overlooked threat vector.
For the entire list of Supply Chain Summit presentations and speakers, check out the Complete Summit Agenda.
We'll kick off both Summit days with in-depth talks from two of the most well-respected cybersecurity leaders in the industry.
Third Party Software Assessments for Modern Development
Chris Wysopal, Veracode
Software is no longer delivered on a CD-ROM with occasional updates. Software delivery has become a continuous process for SaaS, mobile and desktop apps. So what value is a point in time assessment to understand the risk accepted by software users? Software assessments must become continuous and process based. There is also a need to balance the transparency desired by software users with the needs of vendors to be effective in software delivery and maintenance. We need continuous assessment with the right level of transparency to keep up with our rapidly changing and deeply nested software supply chains.
About Chris Wysopal
Chris Wysopal, Veracode's CTO and Co-Founder, is responsible for the company's software security analysis capabilities. In 2008 he was named one of InfoWorld's Top 25 CTO's and one of the 100 most influential people in IT by eWeek. One of the original vulnerability researchers and a member of L0pht Heavy Industries, he has testified on Capitol Hill in the US on the subjects of government computer security and how vulnerabilities are discovered in software. He published his first advisory in 1996 on parameter tampering in Lotus Domino and has been trying to help people not repeat this type of mistake for 15 years. He is also the author of "The Art of Software Security Testing" published by Addison-Wesley.
When Your OT Support Supports the APT
Jake Williams @malwarejake, SANS Institute; Rendition Infosec
Manufacturing, medical, and many other environments have extremely specialized (and expensive) operational technology (OT) devices. Due to a high degree of specialization, these devices are rarely maintained by the same organization that operates them. In some cases, these devices are merely leased from the manufacturer, remotely maintained by the manufacturer, but deployed in a customer's production network.
While it is well understood that remote support technicians could achieve malicious effects through remote administration software, what about APT? How easily can an advanced attacker pivot from an infected remote support machine to the OT device (and ultimately to the customer network)? In this talk, Jake will walk through the mechanics of compromising OT equipment via remote support software complete with demonstrations of gaining access.
About Jake Williams
SANS Senior Instructor and Founder of Rendition Infosec, Jake Williams boasts a decade of experience in secure network design, pen testing, incident response, forensics, and malware reverse engineering. He's obtained clearance from various government agencies and regularly responds to cyber intrusions by state-sponsored actors in the financial, defense, aerospace, and healthcare sectors. Williams developed a cloud forensics course for a U.S. government client, the pentesting tool Dropsmack, the anti-forensics tool ADD, and builds other custom solutions to address incident and malware-reversing challenges. He has identified vulnerabilities in a state counterpart to Healthcare.gov, and as a former N.S.A. employee, Williams' expert opinion is a frequently sought after by Wall Street Journal and New York Times reporters.
Noteworthy Talks
These presentations include new research, interesting concepts, and innovative approaches to supply chain cybersecurity.
Hacking the Motherboard: Exploiting Implicit Trust in All of the Forgotten Places
Sophia d'Antoine @Calaquendi44, River Loop Security
Last year, Bloomberg's Big Hack article gave everyone a (questionably accurate but) much needed scare which forced companies to evaluate their exposure to supply chain intervention attacks. But a wider acknowledgment of the problem doesn't make it go away. We need to understand the attack vectors and the inherent hardware vulnerabilities used by these backdoors, as well as the steps we can take to protect ourselves. We must have confidence in the systems and the technical infrastructure that supports our economy. This confidence currently relies on too much implicit trust — overlooking serious risks. Assurance in this area is hard won, manual, and costly.
In this talk, Sophia will dive into several recent hacks including the ASUS software update hijacking and the SuperMicro supply chain allegations vs. reality. This discussion will include a technical overview of various types of hardware implants, the access they enable, and what we should be doing to detect and mitigate. Attendees will leave the talk with an in-depth understanding of what a hardware implant is, what types of implants provide what capabilities, and — with this knowledge — how to protect their enterprise from these attacks against a modern supply chain.
About Sophia d'Antoine
Sophia is a Director of Research at River Loop Security. She is a graduate of RPI, and earned her MS on exploiting CPU optimizations, which later assisted in the development of Spectre/Meltdown. Sophia has spoken at dozens of conferences, sits on the PC for WOOT and SummerCon, and is the NYU Hacker in Residence. She develops tooling to assist vulnerability discovery.
Trust but Verify: An Argument for Security Testing Vendors
Rachel Black, One Medical and Kyle Tobener @kylekyle, Salesforce
Before a company shares data with an external vendor, an important question needs to be considered: Does this vendor have a mature security program that will keep the company's data safe? To answer this question, companies often employ a variety of vendor risk-management strategies, including questionnaires, requests for documentation, and contract language, as well as a variety of new tools that scan the public face of a vendor. But are these strategies truly effective at gauging the vendor's security maturity?
In this session, the presenters will argue that hands-on security testing is one of the best methods to measure security maturity, and that it is far more effective than any other strategy. You'll learn how best to incorporate security testing into your vendor risk-management program at any scale, scope your testing, interpret results, and overcome the common challenges that a security team can face with hands-on security testing.
About Rachel Black
Rachel Black is a Senior Manager of Application Security at One Medical focusing on product security, vendor security, and a little of everything else. In her free time she snuggles with her Corgi, plays Stardew Valley on the Switch, and religiously uses Yelp to decide where to eat!
About Kyle Tobener
Kyle is a Director of Enterprise Security at Salesforce where he focuses on vendor and application security. In his free time, he collects cyberpunk paintings, runs the largest board game Meetup in San Francisco, and teaches his toddler daughter to break things.
It's not a SANS Summit without a deep technical dive. These demonstrations will show you ways an adversary can attack your supply chain.
Hack Your Lunch: A Live Demo of How Your Supply Chain is Getting Pwned!
Brandon Helms @_ChiefyChief, Rendition Infosec
Working as a Red Teamer has challenged Brandon's thinking and helped build solutions to previously unsolved problems. One of the more interesting solutions that he helped engineer revolved around using the developer to enable the deployment of their tools. In this presentation, Brandon will demonstrate the impact of a developer being compromised and the exponential impact that can result from it.
In this hands-on demo, we will reconstruct an engagement where a developer was compromised and the attacker (Red Teamer in this case) was able to inject malicious code into the production code base which in return enabled remote access to any user that executed that code. You will be able to see the impact from both the developer's point of view as well as the attacker. Afterwards, Brandon will decomp the indicators and speak to best practices when using centralized code repositories and engineering production-based workflows.
About Brandon Helms
Brandon is the COO at Rendition Infosec. He has dedicated most of his career to leading some of the most advanced cyber operations for both the DoD and private sector. He was a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy where he ran IT and security operations for submarines and then transitioned to become a technical director at the NSA. Following his military career, he entered the private sector as a Business Information Security Officer, supporting numerous Nation States and Fortune 500 companies. Today, his focus is on training the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.
Bring Your Own Threat - Supply Chain Attacks Using Personal IoT Devices in Companies
Martin Hron @thinkcz, Avast
According to statistics, 35% of IT Directors report more than 1,000 pieces of shadow IoT on their networks daily, 39% said they used personal devices connected to the enterprise network. Most popular devices were fitness, digital assistants and smart kitchen devices. Every single day we hear how consumer IoT is weak and in its infancy, still, according to the statistics, these devices are commonly allowed to join computer networks of many small, medium and big companies. What could go wrong? If we talk of software supply chain attacks, the situation is somewhat easier, but what about all those IoT devices, we don't really have insight into? How easy is it to infiltrate enterprise network using off the shelf commodity IoT?
Martin will present a proof of concept (live demo) of how this could theoretically happen. Using a simple camera with modified-firmware an attacker may start the attack from the inside out which gradually leads to getting access into the network infecting a coffee maker, modifying router settings, and in the end deploying ransomware, rendering the whole network inoperable. In conclusion, he'll discuss possible attack vectors and solutions to this problem.
About Martin Hron
Martin is a Security Researcher at Avast where he leads research across various disciplines such as dynamic binary translation, hardware-assisted virtualization and malware analysis. Recently, his focus is on firmware and IoT security. Martin is devoted to technology and is a true software and hardware reverse engineer with more than 20 years of experience in the industry.
Attend the inaugural Supply Chain Cybersecurity Summit!
These are only a few of the presentations on the Summit agenda. In addition to expert talks and demos, the Summit will host an evening reception, onsite luncheons, and several networking sessions. This is your chance to learn, share, and connect with the best in Supply Chain Cybersecurity. We hope to see you there!
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Why Cypher
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Acts as a full participant and provides substantive contributions to JPGs and OPG/OPTs developing and integrating cyber capabilities into plans, and in support of Combatant Commander planning efforts
Fully participates and provides substantive contributions to cyberspace operations planning activities coordination through the IJSTO to include Evaluation Request and Response Messages, SAP procedures, and the RAPCO
Serves as a technical expert of all planning methodologies and applications in all phases of military operations, providing analytical expertise and expert knowledge of operational design, Joint Operation Planning, and APEX
Conducts joint operation planning in support of combat and contingency operations without supervision
Provides technical expertise and participates in all phases and steps of the JOPP and APEX activities
Provides significant contribution to the development of cyberspace operations plans, contingency plans, CONOPs, and orders
Job Qualifications:
Minimum five years of experience as a Joint Operation Planner and a complete working knowledge of the JOPP, JOPES, and APEX planning formats and guidance
Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university
Minimum specialized education in military joint operation planning through the Joint Professional Military Education Phase II (JPME II) from a CJCS accredited joint education program listed in CJCSI 1800.01E. The JIOPC, or other similar military operation planning courses, may be substituted for JPME II.
Strong attention to detail and organizational skills. Excellent communications skills.
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Four years of planning experience may be substituted with completion of an advanced Service planner school (School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS), School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS), Joint Advanced Warfighting School (JAWS), etc.).
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Here’s What Olamide Just Did To Late Dagrin That’s Making Nigerians Cry On Instagram [See Here]
October 25, 2018 • 4 CommentsHere’s What Olamide Just Did To Late Dagrin That’s Making
Breaking: Army discovers shallow grave where missing General was killed, buried Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/breaking-army-discovers-shallow-grave-where-missing-general-was-killed-buried/
By Anthony Ogbonna The Nigerian army has discovered a shallow grave in where the missing
Fashola’s statement: Eye opener for Ndigbo in APC-Umahi Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/fasholas-statement-eye-opener-for-ndigbo-in-apc-umahi/
By Dennis Agbo National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for South East,
Drama as Nigerian writes Army, requests speedy release of Buhari’s certificates Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/drama-as-nigerian-writes-army-requests-speedy-release-of-buharis-certificates/
A Nigerian and aide to the immediate past Governor of Ekiti state, Lere Olayinka, has written
Nigerians to Buhari: Show us your WAEC, other academic credentials Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/nigerians-to-buhari-show-us-your-waec-other-academic-credentials/
Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), Reactions have continued to trail President Muhammadu Buhari’s claim again
Breaking: Five NYSC members, passengers kidnapped in Imo Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/breaking-five-nysc-members-passengers-kidnapped-in-imo/
Unidentified gunmen on Wednesday kidnapped five National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members who were travelling
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Randomized placebo controlled trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of single low dose intracoronary insulin like growth factor following percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction (RESUS-AMI)
College of Medicine and Health
Medicine - Journal Articles
Caplice, Noel M.; DeVoe, Mary C.; Choi, Janet; Dahly, Darren L.; Murphy, Theodore; Spitzer, Ernest; Van Geuns, Robert; Maher, Michael M.; Tuite, David; Kerins, David M.; Ali, Mohammed T.; Kalyar, Imtiaz; Fahy, Eoin F.; Khider, Wisam; Kelly, Peter; Kearney, Peter P.; Curtin, Ronan J.; O'Shea, Conor; Vaughan, Carl J.; Eustace, Joseph A.; McFadden, Eugene P.
Copyright: © 2018 Published by Elsevier Inc. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.
Related: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002870318301029
Full text restriction information: Access to this article is restricted until 12 months after publication by request of the publisher.
Restriction lift date: 2019-04-03
Citation: Caplice, N. M., DeVoe, M. C., Choi, J., Dahly, D., Murphy, T., Spitzer, E., Van Geuns, R., Maher, M. M., Tuite, D., Kerins, D. M., T.Ali, M., Kalyar, I., Fahy, E. F., Khider, W., Kelly, P., Kearney, P. P., Curtin, R. J., O’Shea, C., Vaughan, C. J., Eustace, J. A. and McFadden, E. P. 'Randomized placebo controlled trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of single low dose intracoronary insulin like growth factor following percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction (RESUS-AMI)', American Heart Journal, In Press. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2018.03.018
Published Version: 10.1016/j.ahj.2018.03.018
Background: Residual and significant post-infarction left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, despite technically successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), remains an important clinical issue. In preclinical models low dose insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) has potent cytoprotective and positive cardiac remodelling effects. We studied the safety and efficacy of immediate post PCI low dose intracoronary IGF1 infusion in STEMI patients. Methods: Using a double-blind, placebo controlled, multi-dose study design, we randomized 47 STEMI patients with significantly reduced (≤ 40%) LV ejection fraction (LVEF) after successful PCI to single intracoronary infusion of placebo (n=15), 1.5ng IGF1 (n=16) or 15ng IGF1 (n=16). All received optimal medical therapy. Safety endpoints were freedom from hypoglycaemia, hypotension or significant arrhythmias within 1 hour of therapy. The primary efficacy endpoint was LVEF and secondary endpoints were LV volumes, mass, stroke volume, and infarct size at 2 months follow up, all assessed by MRI. Treatment effects were estimated by analysis of covariance adjusted for baseline (24hrs) outcome. Results: No significant differences in safety endpoints occurred between treatment groups out to 30 days (chi squared test, p-value = 0.77).There were no statistically significant differences in baseline (24 hrs post STEMI) clinical characteristics or LVEF among groups. LVEF at 2 months, compared to baseline, increased in all groups with no statistically significant differences related to treatment assignment. However, compared with placebo or 1.5ng IGF1, treatment with 15ng IGF1 was associated with a significant improvement in indexed LV end-diastolic volume (p=0.018), LV mass (p=0.004) and stroke volume (p=0.016). Late gadolinium enhancement (±SD) at 2 months was lower in 15ng IGF1 (34.5±29.6g) compared to placebo (49.1±19.3g) or 1.5ng IGF1 (47.4±22.4g) treated patients, though the result was not statistically significant (p = 0.095). Conclusion: In this pilot trial, low dose IGF1, given after optimal mechanical reperfusion in STEMI, is safe but does not improve LVEF. However, there is a signal for a dose dependent benefit on post MI remodeling that may warrant further study. Despite timely reperfusion by primary PCI (PPCI) a significant cohort of patients develop adverse left ventricular remodelling with clinical sequelae such as arrhythmia and heart failure[1].Therapeutic approaches to avert such remodeling, including a variety of cell therapy and ischemia- reperfusion-injury mitigation trials have achieved modest success 2.;3. Thus, there remains a significant opportunity for novel therapies in this field.
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The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/2013/03/05/major-collegetown-development-stalled-after-board-decision/)
Major Collegetown Development Stalled After Board Decision
By The Cornell Daily Sun | March 5, 2013
A proposal to build a new housing complex on College Avenue may have hit a roadblock. The City of Ithaca’s Board of Zoning Appeals denied developer Josh Lower’s ’05 request for a variance — an exemption from the city’s parking laws — for his Collegetown project in an unanimous decision Tuesday.
Lower’s proposed “Collegetown Crossing” development project would create a six-story building that would contain a GreenStar grocery store, as well as housing for 103 occupants at 307 College Ave.
“As it stands now, the project is dead in the water,” Lower said.
Lower –– who is working with GreenStar as a part of the project’s development team –– added that he is “open to any ideas that can move [the project] forward.”
“We’re just going to explore all options,” he said.
As a result of the city’s minimum parking requirements — which stipulates that one parking space must be created for every two bedrooms built in central Collegetown — Lower’s project would be required to develop a total of 57 parking spaces within 500 feet of the site, which he described as financially infeasible in a previous interview with The Sun.
Since the variance was denied, Lower will not receive an exemption from these parking requirements.
In a resolution, the board said the potential detriments outweighed the potential benefits of the Collegetown project. Some of the areas of concern the resolution addressed involved the spillover of parking into streets and other neighborhoods that could increase demand for parking in Collegetown.
In order to mitigate these possible effects, Lower planned to offer all occupants of the proposed building access to TCAT services and carshare services.
But the board, in its resolution, stated that Lower did not establish how other alternative plans for parking, such as underground parking, would be infeasible.
Hearings on the case were held by the board in November and December, according to Steven Beer, chair of the board. Public hearings concluded on Dec. 20, after which, all five of the members of the board drafted a motion denying Lower his request for variances.
The drafted motion was presented and amended with what board member Moriah Tebor described as “corrections” at Tuesday’s meeting.
“We appreciate very much the case you have brought to us. The board is obviously obligated to decide cases of appeals on existing zoning ordinances,” Beer said.
Beer did stipulate, however, that if the city changes its zoning ordinances, Lower’s case could be revisited.
On Feb. 5, the Board of Public Works made a recommendation to the Common Council that the minimum parking requirements be abolished. If the Common Council were to remove these zoning requirements, Lower’s project would be able to move forward.
“Parking requirements make small scale infill developments impossible,” Lower said.
Original Author: Tyler Alicea
Antonin Scalia is a Perpetuation of Racial Ignorance
By The Cornell Daily Sun March 6, 2013
Although the Vietnam War deeply marred Lyndon Johnson’s legacy, one cannot deny the extent of Johnson’s domestic achievements. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was one of the cornerstones of his Great Society ideal, mitigating Jim Crow practices and voter suppression.
Record-Breaking Rice Yield Prompts Professor to Promote Cultivation Technique
Last year, a farmer in Bihar, India, claimed to have broken the world record of rice yield without the help of genetically modified seeds. The method the farmer used, System of Rice Intensification, is one that Prof. Emeritus Norman Uphoff, government, is trying to promote around the world.
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2017 Financial Results
The Telegraph has today announced its Financial Results for 2017.
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The Telegraph announces the appointment of Claire Pape as Chief Financial Officer.
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The Telegraph announces Telegraph Women’s Sport – a major new investment and commitment to women’s sport coverage
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Character Spotlight: Ayame Kajou
June 2, 2016 · by CSRadical · in Character Spotlight · 1 Comment
So last week I talked about the sexual innuendo ridden masterpiece that is Shimoneta: A Boring World Where The Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist, a show that spends its entire run seeing just how many dirty jokes, motions and imagery they can cram into a 20-minute show and not get kicked off the air.
So it makes perfect sense to use this week’s Character Spotlight to the “indecent terrorist” that participates in the majority of the innuendo throughout the show: Blue Snow, aka Ayame Kajou.
Ayame is the daughter of a now ex-politician who was framed by a group lead by those who were in favour of turning Japan into the boring world of public decency it becomes by the start of the anime. Her father was constantly fighting against it, so they framed him for “f***ing a high school girl” as the show calls it, when it’s noted that it’s impossible as her father has a massive MILF fetish rather than a fetish for younger girls. Before his arrest though, he gives Ayame a cell phone that allows her for three minutes per day the ability to say whatever she wants without the PM surveillance catching her, as usually they have collars around their necks that will activate and notify the Decency Squad if they say something dirty. Which she uses every last second of it, of course.
She also shares a unique relationship with the daughter of pretty much the “villain” of the anime, the daughter being Anna Nishikinomiya, the shining star of perfection when it comes to public decency. Well…until Tanukichi kisses her and all hell breaks loose. But the two were friends long before the anime’s start, so it’s an odd friendship coming from to daughters of politicians on complete opposite sides of the fence. But luckily for Ayame, her friendship with Anna does have its perks, as she’s able to essentially blend in with everyone else just by being around Anna all the time, which also makes it much easier for her to get away with her Blue Snow gimmick, as who would possibly think Anna’s best friend could be a terrorist, even if Blue Snow looks suspiciously like Ayame in almost every possible way, she doesn’t exactly try to hide it.
Ayame falls into this very weird section of characters that display what the “average person” would view as positive and negative. For starters, she is the strong lead female character who is strongly dedicated to her beliefs and will stop at nothing, even at impossible odds to achieve her goals and objectives. She’s also very brave and smart about everything she does, very calculated with every move she makes. However, I’m curious with how the “average viewer” would look at Ayame knowing that she spends half the show only wearing a white cloak, completely naked underneath it and with a pair of panties as a mask. Not only that, but she’s constantly spewing dirty jokes, making sexual innuendos left and right and as one would expect from a show of this nature, increasing the sexual tension. Generally speaking, that’s the kind of character that your average run-of-the-mill dipshit SJW would cry misogyny and say her sexual nature is demeaning to women, yet she still exerts all the personality traits that these idiots would like to see female lead characters have.
Furthermore, while the show has other characters that try to take the spotlight, like Tanukichi and Anna, Ayame is the show-stealer through and through, no one comes remotely close to her in any way, even when they try and insert the younger and tiny Kosuri who wants to be just as raunchy as Ayame, she still can’t overtake this blue-haired sex maiden’s grip on the #1 spot.
And yet, the most interesting thing about Ayame is that even though she’s a sexual innuendo spewing, panty-mask wearing terrorist, she’s still a high school girl and a virgin at that and displays those more shy emotions at various times. Most specifically at the tail end of the show when the entire cast is subjected to having to only wear their underwear and she’s clearly uncomfortable by this. Now one would wonder why that’s the case when as Blue Snow, she wears no underwear, not counting the panties on her face. Well it’s quite simple, Blue Snow is an alter ego of hers, one where people do not know her true identity. Even if someone saw her naked body underneath the cloak, there’s the comfort in knowing that they don’t know the real life name of the person they’re looking at. And then there’s the obvious reason, recall what I said in my Swimsuit vs Underwear article. We’ve generally come to accept that girls and sometimes guys will wear rather skimpy swimwear in public, but underwear on the other hand isn’t looked at the same way.
This is really accentuated with Ayame being alone with Tanukichi in just their underwear. It’s heavily implied as the show progresses that while Tanukichi starts the show completely enamored with Anna, he and Ayame are slowly developing perhaps more than a friendship. So by the end of the series when the two are as close as they’ve ever been, now Ayame is put in a situation where Tanukichi is seeing her in her sexy black underwear and she’s seeing him in his black briefs. As I said regarding underwear, we typically view that type of clothing as private, only a select few in our entire lives should be seeing us in such a state, lovers being the primary choice for that. So when not only someone’s seeing Ayame for possibly the first time (for her) in her underwear, it’s someone that she holds very dear to her in Tanukichi. Of course she would be embarrassed. She’s still a teenage girl and as far as we know, she’s yet to have sex with anyone. Of course she’s still shy about the entire situation, she can make all the motions of blowjobs and intercourse as much as she wants, but she’s yet to actually experience it.
All in all, Ayame’s one of those unique characters that falls directly on top of the fence between those who support sexuality and those who are against it, which is weird to say given the show’s nature. But Ayame is still the strong female lead that the feminists and SJWs want to see in every piece of media ever, the downside for them is that she’s also the girl that parades around in nothing but a white cloak with panties on her head and makes every possible sexual reference she can. And that’s why I love her, she’s a rebel!
Also everything she does is comedy gold, so there’s that too.
Tags: Anime, ayame kajou, Ecchi, manga, shimoneta
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There sounds like a lot of interesting dynamics here– a bit of table turning!
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Hudson Funds Class B, Downtown Brooklyn Building for $9.1 Million
By Carl Gaines September 5, 2012 4:18 pm
Hudson Realty Capital has funded a $9.1 million first mortgage secured by a Downtown Brooklyn office building. The loan will be used by the sponsor to lease up the 90,000-square-foot, class B office building and to convert portions of it into executive office suites.
SEE ALSO: Marathon Lends $52M on Churchill’s 34th Street Office and Retail Project
540 Atlantic Avenue.
The building, at 540 Atlantic Avenue, is in a prime spot, given recent activity and developments in the area. It sits one block away from a major transportation hub, Atlantic Terminal, and two yards from the Atlantic Yards, where Jay Z has already sold out a series of concerts at the Barclays Center.
“Although this particular loan had several moving parts, it is an attractive transaction for Hudson because of the neighborhood, which we know well,” said Hudson Realty Capital managing director Spencer Garfield. “And it is a market where the sponsor has developed and/or managed several other successful projects, ranging from ground-up construction to purchase and rehab.”
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1."Hang Down Your Head, Tom Dooley" by Boyd, Sandra Tar Heel Junior Historian Vol. 40 Issue 2, Spring 2001
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Boyd, Sandra
Born in Wilkes County, Tom Dula was a young man who enjoyed dating the ladies. Accused of murdering Laura Foster, he fled Tennessee. Captured, he was returned to North Carolina, tried, and hanged. Boyd discusses these events and the controversy surrounding them.
Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 40 Issue 2, Spring 2001, p32-34
Folklore--Wilkes County; Dula, Tom C. (Tom Dooley), 1845-1868; Wilkes County--History
2.Saluda Grade: Cresting the Blue Ridge by Hill, Michael Tar Heel Junior Historian Vol. 40 Issue 2, Spring 2001
Hill, Michael
The Saluda Grade in Polk County, rising an average of 4.7 feet for every 100 feet in length, is the steepest standard-gauge mainline railroad grade in the country. The three-mile grade which opened in 1878, crests in Saluda. The line was built in some of North Carolina's most rugged mountains.
Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 40 Issue 2, Spring 2001, p24-25, il
Railroads--Grades; Railroads--Polk County--History
3.Lincoln County and Its Iron Industry by Harpe, Jason L. Tar Heel Junior Historian Vol. 40 Issue 2, Spring 2001
Harpe, Jason L.
North Carolina had a viable iron industry in the 19th-century. Lincoln County was a thriving center for this industry, and by 1810 could boast six iron-making operations. Harpe describes the industry's rise, the men instrumental in it, and reasons it declined.
Lincoln County--History; Iron industry and trade--Lincoln County
4.Lake Mattamuskeet Lodge by Anthony, Robert Tar Heel Junior Historian Vol. 40 Issue 2, Spring 2001
Anthony, Robert
At 40,000 acres, Lake Mattamuskeet is the state's largest natural lake. Starting in 1837, numerous attempts were made to drain it and to use the land for farms. The attempts to drain the lake were not successful, and in 1932, the U.S. Government purchased the lake. Anthony describes the draining attempts and the lodge constructed there to assist in the process.
Lake Mattamuskeet Lodge--History
5.Tarboro's Cotton Press by Horne, Meade B. Tar Heel Junior Historian Vol. 40 Issue 2, Spring 2001
Horne, Meade B.
In Tarboro's Town Common stands a cotton press. A cotton press compacts cotton cleaned by a gin into a bale for shipping. Tarboro's press was constructed around 1850 in Edgecombe County and restored in 1976 during the nation's bicentennial celebration.
Cotton baling--Edgecombe County
6.The Air Up There: The United States Naval Air Station at Weeksville by Pendergraft, Don Tar Heel Junior Historian Vol. 40 Issue 2, Spring 2001
Pendergraft, Don
Weeksville, in Pasquotank County, was a major U.S. Naval Air Station during World War II and a major player in the battle against German submarines. Here were based lighter-than-air aircraft that patrolled the Atlantic, hunting German U-Boats. The base housed 850 officers and men and had two large hangers, one steel, the other wooden. The wooden hanger was the largest wooden structure in the world; it burned in August 1995.
Airships; North Carolina--History--World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarines; Pasquotank County--History; Submarine warfare--North Carolina
7.Love Valley by Curve, Jefferson Tar Heel Junior Historian Vol. 40 Issue 2, Spring 2001
Curve, Jefferson
Love Valley is the boyhood dream of Jetter Andrew Barker, Jr., who grew up wanting to build an old West town. In 1954, in the western North Carolina mountains, his dream became a reality in Love Valley. Buildings are required to look one hundred years old; cars are prohibited on main streets; and residents observe the Code of the West. Barker, now 76, has been mayor since 1954.
Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 40 Issue 2, Spring 2001, p5-6
Barker, Jetter Andrew; Love Valley--Description and travel
8.Judaculla Rock by Cherry, Kevin Tar Heel Junior Historian Vol. 40 Issue 2, Spring 2001
Cherry, Kevin
Judaculla Rock, a boulder measuring forty-eight feet around and covered with petroglyphs, sits near Carney Creek in Jackson County. The rock is the largest example of a petroglyph in North Carolina. How old the petroglyphs are, who carved them, and what their meaning is, is unknown.
Petroglyphs--Jackson County
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Colloidal particles are so small and light that they do not settle in water. Milk is colloidal. In true colloidal suspensions the movement of water molecules is enough to keep them from settling. Bentonite contains colloidal particles, but it also contains larger ones which also stay in suspension. Why? Because clay particles are flat and they are electrolytically charged (having opposite charges on the faces and edges). This phenomenon encourages a house-of-cards orientation in the water. Because of this, clay particles that are larger-than-colloidal can behave in a colloidal way. This phenomenon is so effective that the system can be loaded with a majority of non-colloidal, non charged particles within the structure and they can also be held in suspension. In the case of ceramic glazes, electrolytes can be added to the system to enhance this phenomena.
Materials can be ground to nano-sized colloidal particles in a ball mill, for example, and exhibit colloidal behavior purely as a product of their size. A liquid can be tested to demonstrate if it is a solution or colloidal by shining a beam of light through it. Its degree of visibility is an indicator (although low specific gravity colloids can be fairly clear).
Can we ball mill a clay and make it more colloidal? Yes.
This 1000 ml 24 hour sedimentation test compares Plainsman A2 ball clay ground to 10 mesh (left) with that same material ball milled for an hour (right). The 10 mesh designation is a little misleading, those are agglomerates. When it is put into water many of those particles break down releasing the ultimates and it does suspend fairly well. But after 24 hours, not only has it settled completely from the upper section but there is a heavy sediment on the bottom. But with the milled material it has only settled slightly and there is no sediment on the bottom. Clearly, using an industrial attrition ball mill this material could be made completely colloidal.
How fast will a fine particled bentonite settle in water?
This is VeeGum T, a processed Hectorite clay (similar to bentonite, extremely small particle size). I have propeller-mixed enough powder into water that it has begun to gel. How long does it take for them to begin to settle? Never. This sat for a month with no visible change! That means it is colloidal.
(Glossary) Thixotropy
Knowing about thixotropy enables you to mix non-gummed glazes that stay in suspension much better. But it is not only about staying suspended. While some glazes do not settle out they that have a slurry that behaves like a bucket of motor oil, silky smooth but they just drip and drip and drip. Thixo...
(Glossary) Ultimate Particles
Processed ceramic materials are typically ground to 200 mesh and feel very fine to the touch. With some you can detect some particle grains between your fingers. The amount of these "physical particles" can be measured by washing or shaking the ceramic powder through a sieve. Using water washing and...
(Glossary) LOI
Simplistically, LOI is the percentage of weight a material loses on firing. Assuming firing to a typical stoneware temperature of 1200C, the amount of weight loss can be surprising. Kaolins, for example, lose around 12% (mainly crystal-bound water). Ball clays lose about half of that (a combination ...
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On 7 January 2015, France, Europe and the West were faced with people who killed rather than let journalists expose an unpopular truth. Shouting ‘Allah is great‘, three gunmen with automatic weapons launched an attack on the satirical publication, Charlie Hebdo, killing a dozen journalists and others and wounding many more. Failing to reach a… » read more
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One year after Mohammed Morsi became President of Egypt after a popular revolt against military control, millions of Egyptians again protested, this time at Morsi’s autocratic Muslimist rule. They called for his resignation. The headquarters of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood was gutted and burnt. The European Union is pumping billions of euros into Egypt. Most of… » read more
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Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi, on the first visit of a democratically elected Egyptian President to the EU, declared that he was fully supporting the implementation of Fundamental Freedoms and Human Rights in Egypt. This is certainly good news for non-Muslim minorities. The Copts (descendants of the Egyptians before the Arab invasions) who make up some… » read more
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Today Queen Elizabeth sealed the Irish peace process with a handshake and a private talk with Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness. He was the former chief of the IRA, responsible for mayhem and the murder of Earl Mountbatten, the Queen’s cousin. This peace was acknowledged by the Irish Nobel Peace Prize winners as… » read more
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New Method for Compressing Neural Networks Better Preserves Accuracy : Alexa Blogs
New Method for Compressing Neural Networks Better Preserves Accuracy
Anish Acharya
Alexa research
Rahul Goel cowrote this post with Anish Acharya
Neural networks have been responsible for most of the top-performing AI systems of the past decade, but they tend to be big, which means they tend to be slow. That’s a problem for systems like Alexa, which depend on neural networks to process spoken requests in real time.
In natural-language-understanding (NLU) applications, most of a neural network’s size comes from a huge lookup table that correlates input words with “embeddings.” An embedding is a large vector (usually a sequence of 300 numbers) that captures information about a word’s meaning.
In a paper that we and our colleagues are presenting at the 33rd conference of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), we describe a new method for compressing embedding tables that compromises the NLU network’s performance less than competing methods do.
In one set of experiments, for instance, we showed that our system could shrink a neural network by 90 percent while reducing its accuracy by less than 1%. At the same compression rate, the best prior method reduced the accuracy by about 3.5%.
The ability to compress NLU models means that, as Alexa learns to perform more and more complex tasks, she can continue to deliver responses in milliseconds. It also means that Alexa’s skill base can continue to expand unfettered. Alexa currently supports more than 70,000 third-party skills, with thousands more being added every month. Compression means that those skills’ NLU models can be stored efficiently.
In our experiments, we used a set of pretrained word embeddings called Glove. Like other popular embeddings, Glove assesses words’ meanings on the basis of their co-occurrence with other words in huge bodies of training data. It then represents each word as a single point in a 300-dimensional space, such that words with similar meanings (similar co-occurrence profiles) are grouped together.
NLU systems often benefit from using such pretrained embeddings, because it lets them generalize across conceptually related terms. (It could, for instance, help a music service learn that the comparatively rare instruction “Play the track ‘Roadrunner’” should be handled the same way as the more common instruction “Play the song ‘Roadrunner”.) But it’s usually possible to improve performance still further by fine-tuning the embeddings on training data specific to the task the system is learning to perform.
In previous work, NLU researchers had taken a huge lookup table, which listed embeddings for about 100,000 words, reduced the dimension of the embeddings from 300 to about 30, and used the smaller embeddings as NLU system inputs.
We improve on this approach by integrating the embedding table into the neural network in such a way that it can use task-specific training data not only to fine-tune the embeddings but to customize the compression scheme as well.
To reduce the embeddings’ dimensionality, we use a technique called singular-value decomposition. Singular-value decomposition (SVD) produces a lower-dimensional projection of points in a higher-dimensional space, kind of the way a line drawing is a two-dimensional projection of objects in three-dimensional space.
Singular-value decomposition projects high-dimensional data into a lower-dimensional space, much the way a three-dimensional object can be projected onto a two-dimensional plane.
The key is to orient the lower-dimensional space so as to minimize the distance between the points and their projections. Imagine, for instance, trying to fit a two-dimensional plane to a banana so as to minimize the distance between the points on the banana’s surface and the plane. A plane oriented along the banana’s long axis would obviously work better than one that cut the banana in half at the middle. Of course, when you’re projecting 300-dimensional points onto a 30-dimensional surface the range of possible orientations is much greater.
We use SVD to break our initial embedding matrix into two smaller embedding matrices. Suppose you have a matrix that is 10,000 rows long (representing a lexicon of 10,000 words) and 300 columns wide (representing a 300-dimensional vector for each word). You can break it into two matrices, one of which is 10,000 columns long and 30 columns wide, and the other of which is 30 columns long and 300 columns wide. This results in a reduction of parameters, from 10,000 x 300 to ((10,000 x 30) + (30 x 300)), or almost 90%.
We represent one of these matrices as one layer of a neural network and the second matrix as the layer above it. Between the layers are connections that have associated “weights,” which determine how much influence the outputs of the lower layer have on the computations performed by the higher one. The training process keeps readjusting those weights, trying to find settings that reduce the projection distance still further.
In our paper, we also describe a new procedure for selecting the network’s “learning rate”. The relationship between the weight settings of the entire network and the network’s error rate can be imagined as a landscape with peaks and valleys. Each point in the landscape represents a group of weight settings, and its altitude represents the corresponding error rate.
The goal is to find a group of weights that correspond to the bottom of one of the deepest valleys, but we can’t view the landscape as a whole; all we can do is examine individual points. At each point, however, we can calculate the slope of the landscape, and the standard procedure for training a neural network is to continually examine points that lie in the downhill direction from the last point examined.
Every time you select a new point, the question is how far in the downhill direction to leap, a metric called the learning rate. A recent approach to choosing the learning rate is the cyclical learning rate, which steadily increases the leap length until it hits a maximum, then steadily steps back down to a minimum, then back up to the maximum, and so on, until further exploration no longer yields performance improvements.
We vary this procedure by decreasing the maximum leap distance at each cycle, then pumping it back up and decreasing it again. The idea is that the large leaps help you escape local minima — basins at the tops of mountains rather than true valleys. But tapering the maximum leap distance reduces the chance that when you’ve found a true valley and have started down its slope, you’ll inadvertently leap out of it.
A comparison of the learning-rate-selection strategies adopted
in the cyclical learning rate (left) and the cyclically annealed learning rate (right).
We call this technique the cyclically annealed learning rate, and in our experiments, we found that it led to better performance than either the cyclical learning rate or a fixed learning rate.
To evaluate our compression scheme, we compared it to two alternatives. One is the scheme we described before, in which the embedding table is compressed before network training begins. The other is simple quantization, in which all of the values in the embedding vector — in this case, 300 — are rounded to a limited number of reference values. So, for instance, the numbers 75, 83, and 87 might all become 80. This can reduce, say, 32-bit vector values to 16 or 8 bits each.
We tested all three approaches across a range of compression rates, on different types of neural networks, using different data sets, and we found that in all instances, our approach outperformed the others.
Anish Acharya is an applied scientist, and Rahul Goel is a machine learning scientist, both in the Alexa AI group.
Paper: "Online Embedding Compression for Text Classification using Low Rank Matrix Factorization"
Acknowledgments: Angeliki Metallinou, Inderjit Dhillon
With New Data Representation Scheme, Alexa Can Better Match Skills to Customer Requests
Shrinking Machine Learning Models for Offline Use
How Alexa Can Use Song-Playback Duration to Learn Customers’ Preferences
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Press Kit ADESA
ADESA | Company background
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ADESA organized its first online auctions in Belgium in December 2004. Since then the company has opened offices in Germany, France, Italy and The Netherlands and has known a steady growth in terms of volumes and profitability. Today, with 140 employees, sales of 42.000 units per year and a customer base of more than 40,000 registered buyers in approximately 50 countries, ADESA has become one of the leading online car auctions in Europe.
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The basic proposition of ADESA is to bypass the multiple layers of middlemen typically found in the used vehicle remarketing industry, and to minimize the distance between buyers and sellers. Less middleman margins result in a lower purchase price for buyers and a higher selling price for sellers.
ADESA has a unique business model that differentiates it from other vehicle remarketing parties. Unlike traditional platforms where buyers and sellers meet, ADESA acts as a party in between buyers and sellers. ADESA gathers market prices via an auction system, transfers the highest bids to the sellers, who then decide. As soon as the sale is closed, ADESA proceeds in buying the vehicle from the seller, and in selling the vehicle to its buyer. To name a few of the advantages of our approach:
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Community Board Resolution: “Hey, don’t forget us!”
Jackson Hts., New York, November 16, 2012 - On April 19, 2001 Queens Community Board 3, a local planning agency of the City of New York, passed an Internet Empowerment Resolution calling for the acquisition and development of the .nyc TLD as a public interest resource (it’s like .com, .org, .edu and .gov but just for New York City).
Last night, 11 years later, on the eve of that resolution’s fruition, and with 38 other global cities following the city’s lead - .paris, .london, .tokyo, .barcelona, etc., the board passed another resolution supportive of the original saying in essence: “Hey, we started this thing. Don’t forget us.”
The new resolution calls for City Hall to activate and fund a promised .nyc Community Advisory Board and assure that good domain names - those that are short, descriptive and memorable - are provided to the “city’s neighborhoods, community organizations, not-for-profit institutions, and local small businesses.” It also called for the city to coordinate the development of the.nyc TLD with the 38 other global cities, and it requested that a process be developed for recycling domain names that would assure their availability for future generations. The resolution:
A Resolution in Support of the .nyc Top Level Domain
- by Queens Community Board 3, the City of New York, November 15, 2012 -
Whereas, on April 19, 2001 Queens Community Board 3 passed an Internet Empowerment Resolution calling for the acquisition and development of the .nyc Top Level Domain (TLD) as a public interest resource, and
Whereas, the City of New York submitted an application to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for the .nyc TLD on June 12, 2012, and
Whereas, the City of New York plans to create a Community Advisory Board to “encourage meaningful input into the development of the .nyc strategy” and
Whereas, 38 other cities have followed New York City’s initiative and applied for their TLDs,
Queens Community Board 3 hereby endorses the following resolution:
We congratulate Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council for filing an application for the .nyc TLD.
To contribute to its success, Community Board 3 recommends:
that the .nyc TLD’s Community Advisory Board take a careful view of this most important resource, and that it be provided with adequate resources to assure its effective operation.
that Community Boards, civic organizations, not-for-profit entities, and local small businesses be represented on the Community Advisory Board.
that domain names that support civic life should be thoughtfully reserved for use by the city’s neighborhoods, community organizations, not-for-profit institutions, and local small businesses.
that civic not-for-profit organizations, and small businesses be provided with adequate notification of domain name selection periods, and the opportunity to select a good domain name.
that the city carefully coordinate the development of its Top Level Domain with the other cities that have applied for their TLDs, seeking opportunities for standardization and the sharing of good TLD governance practices.
that a plan be formulated to assure that the .nyc TLD is a sustainable resource: that domain names are recycled so they are available to New Yorkers today and tomorrow.
Learn more about The Campaign for .nyc on our wiki pages.
Filed November 16th, 2012 under Neighborhoods, City Council, Barcelona, .london, .NYC Advisory Board, City-TLDs, Sustainable, .berlin, .paris, Civics, Domain Names, City Agency
Report From ICANN 45
Toronto, Canada, October 22, 2012 - The recently concluded ICANN meeting in Toronto provided several opportunities to advance the development of the .nyc TLD. Connecting.nyc Inc.’s Tom Lowenhaupt attended the meeting and reports that three CnI initiatives might have a positive impact on the New York and other city TLDs.
A project is afoot to engage with Internet Society chapters in 17 cities that have applied for TLDs - Aub Dhabi, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Doha, Helsinki, London, Madrid, Melbourne, New York City, Paris, Rome, Stockholm, Taipei, and Tokyo - with two goals in mind. The first is to provide public engagement assistance and policy guidance to the applicant cities. The second is to provide a platform for the 17 cities to share best practices. Additionally, it is hoped that Internet Society chapter membership might expand.
On Sunday, October 14, 2012, ICANN’s new president, Fadi Chehade, addressed the At-Large Advisory Committee and stated that its efforts to engage individual internet users in the ICANN governance process is enabled ICANN to be more than a trade association. On Tuesday, October 16, we presented to the At-Large Outreach Subcommittee a path to engage individual internet users from the TLD applicant cities in the ICANN’s governance processes. Our proposal focused on the 39 cities (17 with ISOC chapters, 21 without) that have applied for city TLDs. With a combined population of about 175,000,000, we advocated fora campaign to engage individual internet users in these cities through the development of the “AtLarge.city” domains, for example, AtLarge.AbuDhabi, AtLarge.paris, AtLarge.nyc, … These domains provide an opportunity to create common channels for engagement in the ICANN processes. Our proposal was well received and we have begun working with the Outreach Subcommittee. Note: there may be some cross pollination with this and the previously mentioned Internet Society endeavor.
Finally, Connecting.nyc Inc. applied to be a formal part of the ICANN’s At-Large Structure. Our expectation is that with its approval, we will formalize the role we’ve played with ICANN for the past 6 years, providing a channel to facilitate New Yorkers’ engagement with the ICANN’s processes. See At-Large for developments.
Beyond our initiatives, it was a typical ICANN extravaganza: more than 100 meetings spread out over 10 days (see schedule here). The meeting was “officially” summarized in this 15 minute video with ICANN Chair Steve Crocker and President Fadi Chehade. One of the more interesting developments was the MyICANN.org site with a well designed filter. ICANN’s next meeting is in April in Beijing.
Filed October 22nd, 2012 under Internet Society, At Large, City-TLDs, ICANN
Governance of the .nyc TLD
Jackson Hts., NY, October 3, 2012 - We’ve scheduled a first discussion about an effective governance model for the .nyc TLD for Thursday, from 10 to 11 AM. While the city’s signing a contractor agreement to operate and market the TLD has limited the city’s oversight options, there are a number of open issues, e.g., the name set-asides for civic and government domain names. As well, over the life of the TLD, changing circumstances will best be addressed with broad public input.
Following up on earlier statements about engaging the public in developing plans for the .nyc TLD, the city announced some initial steps for public engagement steps in its Digital Roadmap,
“…the City of New York will establish a community advisory board and convene public listening sessions to encourage meaningful input into the development of the .nyc strategy.”
Our initial thoughts on the proper structure for the community advisory board (CAB) were presented in a recent wiki post, which said about CAB membership:
“Reflecting the multistakeholder model, CAB members should be selected by government (the city council and mayor), business, and civil society.”
Some have suggested that the Multistakeholder model is flawed, placing it outside the scope of democracy’s evolution. The following is adopted from writings of Parminder Jeet Singh of ITforChange, and describes the stages of that evolution.
Version 1.0 was when elected officials assumed full authority to legislate and execute, once they were elected, without any reliance on any auxiliary democratic processes of public consultations. Ministries were steeped in deep secrecy and considerable aloofness from the public.
Version 2.0 begun when elected officials started to employ some processes of democracy beyond elections, like undertaking public consultation on various legislative proposals, stakeholder consultations with those directly affected by any governmental measure, forming ad hoc or standing committees with civil society and outside expert participation, instituting right to information legislation etc….. However, at this stage, public participation was still largely ad hoc, mostly on the terms of the government, and largely not institutionalized.
Version 3.0 of democracy … is about strong institutionalization of means and processes of participation (outside of elections) in an ongoing manner, whereby the agenda of such participation can be set with a greatly curtailed influence of the government, if any, the processes are largely out of control of governments… It is independently institutionalized, funded, legitimized, etc. However, there is never a doubt that actual policy making authority remains with representative democratic bodies… There has always to be sufficiently clear difference between institutions of participation, while they have to made as strong and inclusive as possible, and those of legislation and execution.
Thursday’s discussion will begin a search for an appropriate model for New York’s TLD. [Sorry if you missed the discussion. See this wiki post to see the follow up.] (Commons graphic courtesy of avistadecerdo.)
Filed October 2nd, 2012 under Domain Name, City-TLDs, Civics, Governance
The .nyc TLD, the 2013 City Election, and the World
Jackson Hts., New York, September 14, 2012 - With the 2013 election for mayor and city council 14 months away, civic watchdogs have started identifying issues that will help voters decide those candidate names worth a click (e.g.).
To date the .nyc TLD has been viewed as arcane, complex, and difficult to grasp, with benefits that could be achieved by other means. But with 38 other cities having submitted TLD application this past June, and the probability that all global cities will acquire their TLDs in the coming years, it’s becoming increasingly clear that New York no longer competes with Jersey City and Stanford; and that in a global marketplace, and in a digital age, how we use our TLD could be a defining factor in our city’s future.
So here we offer 10 reasons the .nyc Top Level Domain’s development should be a factor in making those 2013 election clicks. The first several contrast effective and weak uses of city TLDs, making clear .nyc’s importance in enabling New York to remain a leading global city. So…
imagine .Paris optimizes its premier domain names, for example, creating a fashion.paris that guides visitors to that city’s fashion sector. And that New York City sells fashion.nyc to the highest bidder, say Macy’s. Which city has the Fashion advantage? Or,
imagine visiting .Istanbul and entering english.Istambul and finding a curated guide to everything you need. And that turkish.nyc takes you to a hookah in Astoria. Which is a more visitor friendly city? Next,
imagine .Paris issues domain names for city street to entities that are required to provide several layers of information. So for example, when someone enters Champs-Elysees into a search engine, or directly type in Champs-Elysees.paris, a page with a map linked to retail and other establishments on that boulevard is presented. And that in New York GreenwichAvenue.nyc remains undeveloped with a message saying “Want to buy this page?” And,
imagine .Milano institutes a thorough Internet of Things protocol, giving a domain name to every place and object in the city (in addition to people, ideas, and organizations). And that the resulting digital infrastructure provide operational efficiencies for city government; and they enable programmers to use these digital shortcuts for new media ventures. So imagine a developer dragging all the parking.milano domain names into an app that facilitates shopping. But that New York has sold off its library of “directory names” without civic content and accessibility responsibilities. Then,
imagine search.barcelona as a curated collaborative resource that provides residents and visitors with accurate and timely information about that city. And that search.nyc is owned by Microsoft and subject to the competitive forces of the search market. Finally,
imagine that 20 years down the road we’ve run out of good .nyc domain names - those that are short, descriptive, and memorable. That pricing policy dictating minimal annual renewal fees encourages the inefficient use of these limited resources. But that .Amsterdam has high renewal fees dedicated to Net education; that these higher fees encourage resource optimization, with a turnover in names that empowers future generations, and thereby creating a sustainable .Amsterdam TLD. Woe be to us.
And beyond these global considerations, a thoughtfully planned and equitably developed TLD will impact residents’ quality of life.
Imagine that neighborhood domain names are allocated under terms that require that they be used to serve the residents of their respective neighborhoods. Assuring that the Corona.nyc address serves the civic, resident, and business needs of that neighborhood’s 55,000 residents, rather than those of the global beer conglomerate.
Imagine Voter.nyc as as place where money doesn’t matter. Where candidates for public office present their case for office, robust discussion takes place, and our city’s Netizens vote candidate ideas up or down.
Imagine a regional city unencumbered by today’s plethora of governance structures - 800 within the 90 mile radius of the Empire State Building - simplifying and reducing institutional barriers to business and the cost of government.
Finally, when dog owners are issued their fido.dog.nyc domain name along with their dog license, New York City will have disproved the adage “no one knows you’re a dog on the Internet,” optimized the .nyc TLD, and secured our transition into a digital era.
So if we’re talking about our city’s competitive position amongst global cities, and a digital infrastructure capable of providing an increasingly livable city, how we develop our TLD is an important issue for the 2013 election. And candidates for office should declare their vision for the .nyc TLD in name allocation, pricing, governance, and access. (Creative Commons image courtesy of dimland.blogspot.com.)
Filed September 17th, 2012 under Infrastructure, Internet of Things, City-TLDs, Sustainable Cities
A Tale of Two Cities - NEWS.NYC vs NEWS.NYC
Jackson Hts., New York, April 28 2012 - One of the important domain names that will arrive with the activation of the .nyc TLD is NEWS.NYC. How is that name going to be assigned? Will it be auctioned off to the highest bidder or carefully assigned via a tender offer? Are there responsibilities that come with its assignment? How will its success be affected by the broader scope of the TLD’s operation? Will it be a traditional news operation or collaborative news? Will if offer just “news” or something more dynamic, e.g., news, reactions, and actions? What news will be presented and how will it be organized? What’s the decision making process in assigning priority to posted information? How will it be assembled and edited? What’s the business model? How is the information licensed?
Answers to questions like these will clarify how NEWS.NYC and the .nyc TLD can best serve our city. We’ve begun a conversation about these questions at a variety of locations with background and responses consolidated on our “A Tale of Two Cities” wiki page. Join in. (Commons image courtesy of Patti.)
Filed April 28th, 2012 under City-TLDs, Security, Auction, Domain Names, Oversight, Civics, Sustainable Cities, ICANN
First Veiw - The Proposed NeuStar Contract
UPDATE: See details on the city’s application for the .nyc TLD as submitted to ICANN and its contract with vendor NeuStar here.
Jackson Hts., New York, March 23, 2012 - Below are the rough notes from my visit to DoITT’s office yesterday, March 22, 2012. Apologies for the lack of detail, but I was not provided with a copy of the document and was forbidden by city officials from using any recording devices, e.g., taking a picture of the pages with my cell phone. See details on this here.
The city’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) held a “public hearing” on the proposed contract today. See my written statement here.
[Note: The city’s “transparency period” ended on March 23 and City Hall’s door has slammed shut without any meaningful public engagement on the TLD development process. And the city’s application for the .nyc TLD will be submitted on April 12 without having received any meaningful public review. This sad situation is reflected in an imagined response of ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom upon learning of the lack of public review.]
Editors Note: This report was originally made by CnI’s director, Thomas Lowenhaupt, based on a brief viewing of city documents. With the arrival of a copy of some of the documents, we’ve provided this link to a more complete report on the .nyc TLD documents.
(Image of ICANN’s CEO Rod Beckstrom reacting to practices that enabled cities to enter the complex realm of the TLD sans guidance.)
Filed March 23rd, 2012 under City Council, City-TLDs, games, Infrastructure, .NYC Advisory Board, Media Coverage, Domain Names, ICANN, Governance, DoITT, Sustainable Cities, Oversight, City Agency
City Not Ready But Preceeding Anyhow
Jackson Hts., New York, March 22, 2012 - I’ve got to start with a gripe. I was forced to spend the morning at DoITT’s office at 75 Park Place looking at the parts of the proposed contract for the .nyc TLD that have been completed. Forced because they refused to email me a copy. Also, I was forced to make hand notes - see picture - because they wouldn’t allow me to take pictures with my cell. Why? It’s a draft document and not complete. (Perhaps a reason they shouldn’t be having a hearing on a incomplete document!)
Separately I was informed that the one public hearing - Friday, 2 PM at 2 Metrotech Center, 4th Floor, Brooklyn - meets the letter of the law, and that’s probably true. But clearly it’s not the spirit of the law. It’s an odious situation. And with the mayor and his staff quoted in this morning’s New York Times as saying he’s opposed to the “daily referendum” of social media and that people should focus on long term planning - OMFG.
OK, got that off my chest. So what did I learn from my 2 hours at DoITT? I can say I was at some points pleased, for example, in its handling of the Nexus question. But even here close scrutiny is required and was not possible as I was relegated to a noise lunchroom to view the materials. (OK, last gripe, promise.)
But vital pieces had not yet been completed, for example, Appendixes F and G dealing with reserved domain names. G deals with “names reserved for marketing and business development.” Is that the neighborhood names? How is it possible to testify on that?
I didn’t see anything about creating a sustainable TLD. There was nothing about how the funds, from auctions of some names, were to be used: to help small business? for education/training? moderate the digital divide? - not a word. At least none that I was able to find in the lunch room. (Fact, not gripe.)
I asked about the contract development process: Was an independent industry expert brought in to advise the city? No. So apparently the proposed contractor, and the overworked city employee drafting the contract, worked out (or rather, are working out) the details.
I’ll be in Brooklyn tomorrow at the “public hearing” (first announced on the last page of Tuesday’s City Record, an arcane insider paper). Hope to see some supporters of good government and long term planning at 2 Metrotech Center, 4th Floor, at 2 PM tomorrow. The A,C, F, and R trains will take you there.
Filed March 21st, 2012 under City-TLDs, Common Pool Resource, Rant, Domain Names, DoITT, Governance
Our Future Through ICANN’s Questions
Jackson Hts., New York, March 15, 2012 - With city government having decided to submit an application for the .nyc TLD without any prior public consultation - either by the administration or the city council - the below looks at 2 of the 50 questions it will be answering in that application, and raises some questions. (See the New TLD Guidebook for all 50 questions.)
A city official has stated,
“Once the City is awarded [.nyc], we’ll fully develop all applicable policies concerning name acquisition on the TLD. We plan to gather feedback from stakeholders across the city as part of that process.”
So here we offer a helping hand, examining two of the questions it must answer [ with our questions and thoughts in brackets ]. As you’ll see, the answers to ICANN’s questions will frame our city’s digital existence. We’re keeping our fingers crossed and hoping that effective outreach is ultimately conducted and that answers submitted in April do not bind the city to a digital doghouse.
#18. Mission/Purpose
18. (a) Describe the mission/purpose of your proposed gTLD [ This is the pivotal question, is it: To improve the quality of life for residents? To create a robust business climate? To facilitate improved delivery of government services? To create a more programmer-friendly city? To facilitate civic communication? To enable the creation of a self governing culture using the latest digital tools? To foster local Net businesses and keep Internet revenue here? To raise money by selling domain names? … ]
(b) How do you expect that your proposed gTLD will benefit registrants [ people who acquire a .nyc domain name ], Internet users [ everyone and anyone using the Internet ], and others [ non-Internet users, tourists, pedestrians, bikers, etc. ]? Answers should address the following points:
i. What is the goal of your proposed gTLD in terms of areas of specialty, service levels, or reputation? [ Answers here depend on the response to #18. (a) - Mission/Purpose. But one answer might be “To create a trusted digital space where the people of the world feel they can safely conduct business.” ]
ii. What do you anticipate your proposed gTLD will add to the current space, in terms of competition, differentiation, or innovation? [ Will it put us on a par or exceed the offerings of other global cities? Are there privacy or security offerings that will make .nyc a trusted TLD, where businesses will move to from a wild and insecure .com world? ]
iii. What goals does your proposed gTLD have in terms of user experience? [ For example, are help and emergency buttons going to be provided and required - 311 and 911? Will it embrace the Internet of Things, and create a pedestrian-friendly city? Will it have public spaces such as the parks, streets, and sidewalks in the traditional city? ]
iv. Provide a complete description of the applicant’s intended registration policies in support of the goals listed above. [ How is this question answered if public outreach is to be done after submitting the application? ]
v. Will your proposed gTLD impose any measures for protecting the privacy or confidential information of registrants or users? If so, please describe any such measures. [ Are there measures to facilitate anonymous but responsible speech? And what about security? ]
vi. Describe whether and in what ways outreach and communications will help to achieve your projected benefits. [ We’d hope to see an answer pointing to our city’s democratic ideals and an intent to fully explore the potentials of a city-TLD, educate the public as to the options, and use consensus tools to set a policy and path. ]
(c) What operating rules will you adopt to eliminate or minimize social costs (e.g., time or financial resource costs, as well as various types of consumer vulnerabilities)? [ Will the city’s Consumer Affairs Department work to protect the registrants of .nyc domain names? ] What other steps will you take to minimize negative consequences/costs imposed upon consumers? [ Will the city encourage the development of free or inexpensive 3rd level domain names for civic organizations, schools, churches, local businesses? ] Answers should address the following points:
i. How will multiple applications for a particular domain name be resolved, for example, by auction or on a first-come/ firstserve basis? [ So party #1 wants news.nyc for a collaborative news service to which New Yorkers contribute on a peer-rated basis. And party #2 wants news.nyc as an outlet for Associated Press and New Corporation stories. What is the process for deciding? ] Or [ Party #1 wants Corona.nyc to build a collaborative publishing and decision making hub serving the 55,000 residents of the Corona neighborhood. And party #2 wants Corona.nyc to help it sell beer. What is the process for deciding? ]
ii. Explain any cost benefits for registrants you intend to implement (e.g., advantageous pricing, introductory discounts, bulk registration discounts).[ Do civic organizations, neighborhoods, schools, and churches pay the same rate as multinational corporations? Will there be free third level civic domain names, e.g., fix-that-light.civic.nyc? What about subsidized domain names that facilitate electoral speech? ]
iii. Note that the Registry Agreement requires that registrars [ registrars are the retailers of domain names, for example, GoDaddy.com ] be offered the option to obtain initial domain name registrations for periods of one to ten years at the discretion of the registrar, but no greater than ten years. Additionally, the Registry Agreement requires advance written notice of price increases. Do you intend to make contractual commitments to registrants regarding the magnitude of price escalation? [ So can GoDaddy.com sell a name for a discounted $9.99 and raise the price to $99.99 in year 2? ] If so, please describe your plans.
20. (a) Provide the name and full description of the community that the applicant is committing to serve. … The name of the community does not have to be formally adopted for the application to be designated as community-based. [ Does .nyc serve just the five boroughs or is it a force for regionalization? See our Regional Consolidation and Nexus pages on this.]
Descriptions should include: • How the community is delineated from Internet users generally. [ Is the .nyc TLD a rallying point for the New York City community, as a civic entity focused on the creation of a more livable city? ] Such descriptions may include, but are not limited to, the following: membership, registration, or licensing processes, operation in a particular industry, use of a language. • How the community is structured and organized. For a community consisting of an alliance of groups, details about the constituent parts are required. • When the community was established, including the date(s) of formal organization, if any, as well as a description of community activities to date. • The current estimated size of the community, both as to membership and geographic extent.
(b) Explain the applicant’s relationship to the community identified in #20(a) [ This a very revealing question as it shows that ICANN thinks there’s little difference between .paris, .newyork, and .banjo or .car ] .
Explanations should clearly state: • Relations to any community organizations. • Relations to the community and its constituent parts/groups. • Accountability mechanisms of the applicant to the community.
(c) Provide a description of the community-based purpose of the applied-for gTLD. [ Dear ICANN, we’ve not spoken to the community yet. We’ll get back to you on this. Sincerely, The City of New York. ]
Descriptions should include: • Intended registrants in the TLD. [ Residents, small businesses, anybody with the cash? ] • Intended end-users of the TLD. • Related activities the applicant has carried out or intends to carry out in service of this purpose. [ With the “intends” there the city can provide an extended answer to this question, I suppose. ] • Explanation of how the purpose is of a lasting nature. [ Will the city “recycle” names and make good names available for generations to come? See our page on a sustainable TLD for some insight on this one. ]
(d) Explain the relationship between the applied for gTLD string and the community identified in #20(a). [ If it’s .nyc, will there be a New York State sponsored TLD servicing the likes of NiagraFalls.newyork? Casinos.newyork? ]
Explanations should clearly state: • relationship to the established name, if any, of the community. • relationship to the identification of community members. • any connotations the string may have beyond the community.
(e) Provide a complete description of the applicant’s intended registration policies in support of the community-based purpose of the applied-for gTLD. Policies and enforcement mechanisms are expected to constitute a coherent set. [ Based on the Mission/Purpose ]
Descriptions should include proposed policies, if any, on the following: • Eligibility: who is eligible to register a second-level name in the gTLD, and how will eligibility be determined. [ See our Nexus page for background. ] • Name selection: what types of second-level names may be registered in the gTLD. • Content/Use: what restrictions, if any, the registry operator will impose on how a registrant may use its registered name. [ Can a .nyc domain name serve as the basis of a non-New York business? If a business, must it follow New York’s Consumer laws? ] • Enforcement: what investigation practices and mechanisms exist to enforce the policies above, what resources are allocated for enforcement, and what appeal mechanisms are available to registrants. [ Will the city’s existing agencies be tied into the operation of the .nyc TLD? ]
Filed March 15th, 2012 under City Council, Common Pool Resource, City-TLDs, Civics, Governance, DoITT, City Agency
Welsh Culture To Be Digitized & Sold Off
Jackson Hts., New York, February 20, 2012 - With the April 12 deadline for submission of TLD applications to ICANN approaching, we were curious about the status of applications for culture-based TLDs, and approached representatives from organizations advocating for TLDs for Wales and Scotland.
First up was a conversation earlier this month between the principle advocate for Wales’ .cymru TLD, Maredudd ap Gwyndaf, and two Connecting.nyc Inc. board members, Thomas Lowenhaupt and Robert Pollard.
Mr. Lowenhaupt first met Maredudd at the June 2007 ICANN meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Maredudd had traveled to San Juan to express to ICANN board members the intent of the Welsh people to acquire and develop the .cymru TLD as a cultural resource, as Mr. Lowenhaupt had for the .nyc TLD. Both worked for 5 years seeking a level playing field in the ICANN’s application process for their geographic and cultural TLDs.
An email from Maredudd responding to our invitation had prepped the conversation, “How are things coming along with NYC? I think that the last time we spoke was back in the Paris ICANN meeting in 2008. There were rumors of at least three potential applicants for .nyc at the time so it’s nice to see that you’re still involved.” Then on a sad note Maredudd stated:
“It’s got to the point now where I’m organising an AGM to close the company down. It’s impossible for us to compete against Nominet when the civil servants support them and the friends of the Welsh Government have been placed in Nominet’s advisory committee in Wales. Also, since the Welsh Government wants Nominet to be the registry for the TLD they won’t give us any money - although we do have the $185.000 in a loan. The UK Government has the last word on this since they will be giving the letter of no objection and they know Nominet well and won’t consider Welsh communities, language or culture when deciding whether to support Nominet or not.”
With that email as backdrop for the hour long conversation, the talk had few high notes. An exception was the apparent success of Scotland in maintaining control of their TLD for the enhancement of the Scottish culture. More on that soon.
In response to Maredudd’s inquiry as to the status of our effort, Thomas explained how, when the city announced its intention to apply for the TLD in 2009, and thereby met the organization’s initial goal, his organization had stepped aside as applicant and offered to assist with the educational tasks. But he noted with regret that the city had not undertaken any such tasks, and had not engaged his organization or the public in the development process. As a result, in December 2011, with the application deadline fast approaching, and no research or education having taken place, their organization recommended that:
Having worked and waited over 10 years for this opportunity to arise, we find ourselves compelled and saddened to make the following recommendation: Let’s begin now to undertake a comprehensive review of all that a TLD can do for our city. Let’s observe cities receiving TLDs in this first round and learn from the experience. And let’s prepare for ICANN’s next filing opportunity for city-TLDs, expected in perhaps three years - barely enough time to prepare a thoughtful and comprehensive plan.
Thomas and Robert wished Maredudd well and offered their sincerest regret that the Welsh people seen likely to loose the opportunity to foster their culture’s growth with a locally controlled TLD.
(Commons Photo courtesy of CnI Library. Top, Maredudd ap Gwyndaf, Robert Pollard, Thomas Lowenhaupt, bottom. Welsh dragon courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.)
Filed February 21st, 2012 under .london, Barcelona, City-TLDs, .paris, .berlin
Making Worlds Forum To Look at City-TLDs
Jackson Hts., New York, February 12, 2012 - We first took note of the commons in 2007 when star intern Matt Cooperrider suggested that we include “the commons” in our musings about New York’s TLD. While our early explorations were less than bold, our engagement was emboldened in 2009 when Elinor Ostrom won the Nobel Prize in Economics for her work on managing common pool resources. (See the Common Pool Resource chapter on our wiki.)
And when commons expert David Bollier suggested during an October 2011 interview that city-TLDs could be the newest commons, serving as “open greenfields for new local governance structures,” our interest spiked and we sought ways to engage a broader public in our evaluation.
That opportunity will arise this coming week at Making Worlds: A Forum on the Commons, a 3 day event that begins Thursday in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. We’re proud to report we had a role in organizing this opportunity for all to learn about the commons and the possible role a thoughtfully developed commons might play in creating a more livable, just, and sustainable world.
While we expect the entire Forum to be illuminating, we’re especially looking forward to Saturday’s 5-7 PM workshop Nurturing the Commons, New and Old. The workshop will look at ways a city-TLD can facilitate “new local governance structures” and how the management and governance lessons provided by the likes of Elinor Ostrom can assist in their realization. (See Making Worlds program.)
Making Worlds is a working conference with food provided to all participants courtesy of Occupy Wall Street. Join us in a most exciting event. (Photo courtesy of Michelangelo and Wikimedia Commons.)
[See Connecting.nyc Inc.’s director Thomas Lowenhaupt’s presentation on SlideShare. And read David Bollier’s report on the event.]
Filed February 12th, 2012 under Common Pool Resource, Infrastructure, NYCWiki, Internet of Things, Neighborhoods, Sustainable Cities, Domain Names, City-TLDs, Governance
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la casa salsa lessons
Paso a Paso dips into salsa
By: Lydia Gerike | IDS
photo by: Lydia Gerike
Students and staff came together Monday night at La Casa Latino Cultural Center to learn how to salsa dance as part of their weekly free lessons by La Casa partner organization, Paso a Paso.
Paso a Paso, which means “step by step” in Spanish, is a nonprofit aiming to bring Latin dancing to the IU community.
Founder and director Gabriel Escobedo said he began the program three years ago when he came to IU as a Ph.D. student. His mission was to help the Latino youth learn more about their culture.
“I started for them,” Escobedo said. “It was all for them, and now I can’t get out of it.”
Escobedo teaches lessons at Serendipity Martini Bar, coaches IU’s Paso a Paso dance team and co-hosts other weekly events.
For the past two years he also held monthly dance workshops, but this is the first time he has taught weekly lessons at La Casa.
This week, dancers learned how to salsa.
Just like the food, salsa dancing is a mix of many different ingredients, Escobedo said. It originated when Latinos from Colombia, Cuba and Puerto Rico fled to New York City during the 1960s.
Competition between cultures in the area often came through music and dancing, Escobedo said. As the sounds came together, salsa was created.
“They started contesting for who was right, and eventually they started listening to each other,” Escobedo said.
Graduate student and dance team member Gionni Ponce said she likes learning the culture that goes along with the dance lesson. As a Latina, it is important for her to learn the history behind the moves, she said.
Ponce said she also likes that Escobedo doesn’t set gender roles during his lessons. Either partner can lead or follow while dancing.
“When you know both sides of the dance, it helps you understand the structure, and it’s overall more inclusive,” Ponce said.
Before Paso a Paso, Ponce said she only knew the Latin dances by learning them from her family, but now she is able to formalize her skills.
She said her favorite part of Paso a Paso has been finding a community of others who also love dance.
Yash Kachhara, another graduate student, is part of that community.
He said he learned about the lessons through a La Casa retreat and his friendship with Escobedo.
He is in the ballroom dancing club at IU and knows ballet but said his roots come from Bollywood dancing at his home in India.
There, Latin dancing is almost unheard of, he said, and Paso a Paso is a chance to learn something new.
“I’m not very particular about dance forms,” he said. “This is something I haven’t done before — ever.”
Source: Indiana Daily Student
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Ressurection - I Am Not : The Discography
Jacob Bannon, frontman for Converge and one of the two kingpins at Deathwish Records, contacted me a couple weeks ago and asked if I'd be down to post something on DCXX regarding some Ressurection merch that they had just recently put up in their online store. I of course obliged, but wanted to make the entry a little something more than just an advertisement for merch. I started thinking back to a few years ago, when the idea for the Ressurection discography first came together and Rob reached out to me for a written contribution to possibly be included in the discography. Years later the discog finally came out (this past August), but no written contributions were included, so when thinking about putting together this entry for the new Ressurection shirts, I remembered that I still had this unused piece I had written on Ressurection.
If you haven't gotten a chance to pick up the discography, titled, "I Am Not: The Discography", do yourself a favor and definitely grab it. The re-mixing/re-mastering of those songs drastically helped the sound of what I always knew were great songs, but suffered from lack luster recordings. As you can see, Deathwish also did a great job of bringing back some classic Ressurection shirt designs, many of which used the original films that Geoff at TDT screen printing had archived from their first runs.
Ressurection Deathwish store
So here it, my thoughts on Ressurection, originally intended to be included in the discography. -Tim DCXX
Growing up and going to hardcore shows in the mid to late 80's was pretty special. There were so many great bands with so many inspiring things to say and it all completely took me by storm. As the early 90's moved in, many of the bands that I loved started falling apart, changing their sound, along with their ideals, show attendance began to see a significant drop. These early days of the 1990's really showed you who was in for the long haul and who was simply a casual show goer.
I had met Rob while he was doing Release and they were easily one of my favorite New Jersey bands from the late 80's. Rob was never afraid to speak his mind and straight edge was a flag that he was never shy about waving. Because of Rob's relentlessness and non-compromising attitude, I respected him a lot.
Not long after the demise of Release, Rob started talking about putting together a new band. I remember he had the name Ressurection in mind and there was never any doubt what that name represented. Given the circumstances of the hardcore scene at that time, old ideas rising again seemed too good to be true. Not long after I also clearly remember Rob playing me their first recorded track, "Melting Away". At first listen, it reminded me of a noisy, straight edge version of BL'AST! and I loved it. It was really nothing at all like anything else that was happening in the scene at that time. I loved everything about that song, the lyrics, the music, the almost eerie sound of the recording, it all just seemed to come together perfectly.
As this was all happening, I was doing a band called Mouthpiece and we had a show coming up with California's Insted at a club in Reading PA, called the Unisound. We had told Rob that Ressurection should come to this show and after our set, they should hop up on stage, use our equipment and play "Melting Away". With little hesitation, Ressurection took us up on our offer and introduced themselves that night. Rob picked up the mic and said, "We're Ressurection, a straight edge band from new Jersey and if you don't like it, there's the door... this songs called Melting Away". From the start of the guitar feedback, the few of us that knew the song went absolutely insane as did the band on stage. I knew from that point on, we were entering a new era. There was no need to cry about what was gone and missing from the scene, because what we had building in front of us was something just as special and inspiring as what graced us through the 80's.
By DOUBLE CROSS - October 16, 2011
Rinjo Njori! said...
So were they named aftertheFury album/EP on Jade tree/Dischord?
No, definitely not named after the Fury EP, although I will say, that Fury EP is great. -Tim DCXX
Ben Edge said...
Awesome. I just got the Ressurection discography on Friday, and I cannot stress enough how much better it sounds than the original records they put out.
JUST SAY YO! zine said...
This Discography is sooooo Good, the songs sound so good, Kurt Ballo really did an amazing job. I actually never realized on the old recordings that the bass was so outstanding! Thanks to Deathwish for putting this out and also for printing their old shirts as well, saves me a lot of money on eBay!
write back soon said...
Anybody know what's up with the misspelling of their name? Was it an initial error and they stuck with it or what?
would love to know if any of my photos made it into the discog... rob/tre? (or anyone who has the disog)...
Thanks for the support everyone. The release took a long time to come together, but we are happy with the outcome. As for photos, there were plans for an extensive booklet, but as the project went on, written content was edited down and it felt like it would be overkill to include a ton of photography.
I believe some of yours was included, but the way the band wrote the credits, I'm not 100% certain.
Nice to read this Tim. I was disappointed there were not extensive liner notes/reflections in the discography.
Liner Notes, etc:
In the end they are what Rob wanted them to be. The original notes went into a bit more detail, but Rob opted against including them when it was time to finalize the packaging for the release. In a way, I sort of expected little/no personal stories, as Rob has always been a uniquely complex antisocial figure within the hardcore scene.
Though it's a disappointment for some who wanted to reflect on the past through liner notes/stories, I feel that some records are better served by the original intended lyrical message alone. Sonically the recordings are so drastically improved in this discography that as an aging fan of the band, I couldn't have asked for anything more. It's amazing how relevant these songs are now, even a decade and a half later.
Thanks again for the writeup.
I will now go back to lurking Double Cross whenever I get the chance.
Must have seen Ressurection about 20 times. Such an amazing presence especially with Rob always going wild. I AM NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4rx said...
They always leave their hearts on the stage! there's no doubt it!
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Jason Filip Identified as Pedestrian Killed in Hit-And-Run crash on Sans Souci Parkway in Hanover Township
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36-year-old Jason Filip Dies in Hit-And-Run Collision on Sans Souci Parkway Hanover Township, Pennsylvania (February 27, 2018) The pedestrian who was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver early Sunday morning in Hanover Township has been identified by the Luzerne County Coroner’s Office. The body of Jason Filip, 36, of Hanover Township, was found at Continue reading Jason Filip Identified as Pedestrian Killed in Hit-And-Run crash on Sans Souci Parkway in Hanover Township The post Jason Filip Identified as Pedestrian Killed in Hit-And-Run crash on Sans Souci Parkway in Hanover Township appeared first on Dr. Michael Gleeson-Medical Negligence and Medical Malpractice.
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Pedestrian Fatally Struck by Hit-And-Run Driver on Sans Souci Parkway in Hanover Township
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SEPTA Train Strikes and Kills Pedestrian near Front Street and Olney Avenue in Philadelphia
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Corey Weidow Identified as Pedestrian Struck and Killed by Vehicle on Broadway Street in Scranton
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Pedestrian Struck and Killed by Vehicle on Broadway Street in Scranton
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Woman Injured in Hit-And-Run Pedestrian Collision at Hunting Park and Pulaski Avenues in Tioga-Nicetown
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Tatiyana Dotson, staff writer|May 14, 2019
A beluga whale was found in Arctic Norway wearing a suspicious camera strapped to its head. It is friendly and has been seeking out human contact and is in no hurry swim back to Mother Russia, or anywhere for that matter.
“The whale was really friendly and came up to us and started opening its mouth, and just checking us out,” said Jorgen Ree Wiig, an official with the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries. “We were trying to talk to it.”
Wiig told NBC News he’s rarely seen a whale so confidently seeking out human interaction: “That’s really untypical.”
The whale became famous worldwide after Norweigan fishermen first spotted it last week with a harness strapped near its head. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a small GoPro camera attached to the harness marked with “Equipment St Petersburg,” raising suspicions the whale was working as a Kremlin spy. Wiig theorized this whale is from a notorious whale operation in Siberia that once trapped massive maritime mammals for sale to aquariums. That so-called “whale jail,” has since been disbanded with operators randomly dumping evidence.
“I don’t know if you’ve heard about the whale sanctuary in Siberia, it’s a whale sanctuary that was a little bit illegal I think, and it was shut down because it caught a lot of whales last year, like orcas and belugas,” Wiig explained.
Tatiyana Dotson, staff writer
This is Tatiyana. She came from Orange County, California and is starting her senior year here at Elsinore High School and is desperately waiting to...
Heroes Are Everywhere
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Ingvar Loco Nordin, Sonoloco Record Reviews, May 1, 2010
It was an interesting surprise to receive this issue for reviewing from Empreintes DIGITALes on a high-quality dvd audio, since I got this set from the composer a few years ago, in an earlier guise on a home-burnt cdr. I provide my text for this earlier version here in extenso, albeit with a few omissions of statements that have fallen for the axe of time, and with a few additions brought on by the reviewer’s hopefully extended experience and the revisions I believe the composer will have rendered his works in those years between 2001 and 2009. The pieces were presented in a different order in the earlier, private version as well, but here they are seen as they come on the audio dvd.
I usually don’t take much notice of a composer’s detailed descriptions or explanations of their works, or at least try not to let them color my own impressions too much, and I don’t do it here either — but I regard Bassal’s experience of the sounds as one possible experience out of innumerable variations. This goes for all art, or anything at all, really.
Intro from Bassal’s homepage in the early 2000s:
While studying music in Montréal at Concordia University in the late 70s, Dominique Bassal discovered (with a little help from Kevin Austin) a personal resonance with the aesthetics and techniques of electroacoustic music. He was especially interested in the ’concert of loudspeakers’ idea of sound diffusion, which frees a composer from non-musical, often histrionic, expectancies linked to a staged instrumental performance.
His long Road to Damascus (lasting 20 years) through the universe of commercial music production provided a strong technical background while allowing him, since 1999, to devote himself almost exclusively to electroacoustic composition. An award winner in the 2002 electroacoustic competition JTTP (Jeu de Temps / Time Play), he then became a jury member for the same competition in 2003, 2004 and 2005. His document The Practice of Mastering in Electroacoustics has been published in the CEC electronic magazine, eContact! 6.3, as well as on the Mac Music Website.
Browsing the liner notes it is obvious that Monsieur Bassal is a serious gentleman, not quite satisfied with the commonplace lingo of the art of liners! I like that! There’s always so much more, if you just stop to ponder, give yourself the opportunity to sweep below the reflecting upper layers of what seems to be, to find out what… might be! We will see if Bassal’s sound art is on the level with the composer’s verbal brilliance. I’m providing Bassal’s notes in connection with my thoughts on the works.
Track 1. Rites d’oiseaux pensants (2001, 2008) [14:40]
Bassal, from the earlier presentation:
A tropical atmospheric allegory, loosely inspired — after the fact — from a distant sci-fi work by Olaf Stapledon, Star Maker, in which a telepathic community of small winged beings represents, after the pathetic failure of mankind, the quintessence of creation.
The introduction to this piece is a radio foreshadowing, and thus lamenting — the main theme. In between there is along spatial drift, made of concentric waves. This portion represents the icy traversal of a temporal vortex over millions of years. The emergence into an ideal future is destabilizing: this is a feverish, vaguely oriental delirium, at odds with the serene image one has of perfect utopia. Radical disorientation, possibly mocking and insulting, confirmed by an ending which unites biological jumble and mathematical cruelty: severed from his foundations, stripped of edifying content, the listener is abandoned, all his dreams ignored, on a rocky shore…
A language spoken in long and winding, jellylike serpentines, is overheard in an eavesdropping manner, as if through a wall, or rather from inside a large clay pot, in which you hide with all your life, i.e. a body full of memories of the outdoors, the open spaces of your past, now confined within this sphere of clay, only your stubborn desire for survival to sustain you — and hide you from those alien fingers of lingering linguistics that creep across the outer rim of your vessel… ready to pull your mind, your sense of I, out of your immediacy, to disperse it among the stars, neutrino for neutrino, string for string — a seriously fragmented existence… or maybe just a way to become one with the All, in a homeopathic sense…
The music talk-winds its way in glowing evening clouds, under which sharp, piercing silver seeps in, severing your eardrums… as railway crossings fly by in red shift swings, the planet jagged with up-turned rails pointing into space in rising curves, as if the interior of this celestial body has exploded violently…
A gliding mass of sound, thick as an Alaskan mudflow in the wake of a gigantic quake, piles up and collapses, again and again, as the planet remodels its appearance.
The moment wears steel-beads that jingle as the world goes down into the star-crushing machine at the edge of the horizon of events, and everything you hear hereafter in the here-after is just recollections, remembrances — because the misunderstanding you called time has stopped…
Track 2: Noyade-en-Magma (2001, 2008) [10:00]
Bassal’s words about this piece, from the early century introduction:
At first, the goal was to use only high quality electroacoustic material designed through my experience in mastering and audio production. I worked without any pre-established formal structure, but rather more exclusively from prepared sound blocks. The blocks were then rearranged as ’compositions’. Eclectic arrangements of these blocks would follow specific criteria of acceptance or refusal. Some of these criteria are ’production-minded’: richness, fluidity and variety of frequency content, integrity of transients and dynamics, balanced spatial organization, general sensation of ease and clarity. Other criteria are ’listener-minded’: triggering of fascination, maintenance of focus, dialogue between established climates and elements of surprise, etc.
The sound immediately forms samurai swords that cut past your face diagonally in blinding stellar reflections off of the cutting edges. This is sharp dude audio; brilliance and delicacy at work; at masterwork! This is a modern electroacoustician at its best, all in a deeply French tradition; shadings and nuances out of the GRM, out of the GMVL and Studio Celia. Inside the glaring utterances of sonic tools a modality is sensed — until a mimicry of growling netherworld cats gather round in fluffy, warm anatomies, whiskers tickling your cheeks, your nose, your forehead.
A long, sweeping sonicity embraces small, close-up involuntarities that screw by and shoot off like tumbling Van Allen paraphernalia into timelessness.
I feel like something turned upside down and in and out and read from right to left in a bewildering hall-of-mirrors frame of mind. I’m riding the artist’s brush. I’m contaminated into his painting. I’m lost in an imagined world of oil, bound for crackles 400 planetary years from now.
Track 3. L’inénarrable Nout (2002, 2009) [18:53]
Bassal, from his first presentation of 2002:
Nout is the goddess of the night in the Egyptian mythology. This piece metaphorically describes one single night, lived in an awakened state, gazing at the stars, which are in fact painted on Nout’s naked, dark body. But it is also a deep sleeping experience, complete with moments of euphoria, astral travel and confused, recurring dreams (at 4:09 and 15:05). The last 45 seconds are either a sudden sunrise in front of the observer, or the awakening of a parallel self
Bassal enters my listening in embellished, dark nuances, softly but ominously bending my world into a state of curving time. The darkness of the audio’s rock bottom allows for grainy, glittering clouds of screws and bolts to dance at a distance, sometimes closing in, little needle points of pain traveling your face; tiny incisions opening the skin for ruby-colored droplets of blood: within/without in a cloudscape of threats and promises. There’s no promise without a threat. The promise and threat is an alien one, if alien is possible as a concept. Alien is just a lack of knowledge, of course, since the universe is our home, and since we are the universe, it’s sensing fingertip intelligence, pondering itself. Not only is the Earth — GAIA — a being in itself… but the Universe is a being. The Universe isn’t alien. The Universe is everything that is, perhaps considering the innumerable universes it is a part of! That’s not bad! But is it expanding?
Bassal’s piece dissolves into my senses like good medicine, a cure for spiritual indigestion, seeping into my veins and finally into the magnificent worlds of my cells, lighting them up from within in a purple hue that isn’t uncomfortable, changing me in some little but significant way. The dynamics of living at work!
As the music moves on — not in a linear way, it seems — smaller sounds are allotted more attention, moving up trajectories of hidden dimensions in whispering glissandi, in the dancing movements of an artist’s brush in a Paris loft, tooth-ache whining and jingling along the beltway, traveling faster and faster around existence as such, which itself bores deeper, ever deeper into an inner world that proves emptier and emptier; life as a white hole!
Track 4: Mont des Borgnes (2001, 2009) [12:52]
Bassal from his words of 2001:
This is a highly critical representation of a religious/cultist experience. The piece begins with missionary zeal: a hard and cold technological context, marked with silliness and superficiality (0:00 to 1:16). But the serenity of the newborn convert is short-lived (1:17 to around 4:00): he now has to climb a huge sacred mountain, soon accompanied by caricatured, preposterous chanting, beginning at 6:40. As he approaches the end of his pilgrimage, he begins to see, around 9:00 that, masked by a grotesque Ersatz of mysticism there lies a deeply corrupt, decomposed and cynical ”operation”. Kicked out at 10:29 by the community for his clear-sightedness, the lost soul now must return to his solitude, feeling more cold and helpless than ever.
The beginning of this work is quite traditional, if you think of French electroacoustics from the late 1980s; a full measure of cranky spoils of Day falling on tilted planes in a geometrical world of mathematical hypothesis; clear, Photoshopped visions of steel and marmalade, jelly and phosphorus! The screws and bolts of a Cagean preparation break loose and sail through the mind like dissociated thoughts of turned-away souls in Greystone Hospital, which Allen Ginsberg can tell you about in Kaddish.
When the falling is over, a revolving, slowly turning might render life inaccessible, hard to handle, albeit with the beauty of solid loss and true despair. The sense of motion is dizzying, but it is tough to understand whether it is you or the giant, purple sphere that is in motion. The grating of a train breaking to a halt at a station in your memory pierces your head — as Bassal slowly melts down into an early La Monte Young drone of simple, layered overtone beauty that washes your pride and fear away, leaving a pure light of appreciation and bold gratitude in your midst, where the swarms of pettiness used to reign. Free at last, God Almighty, I’m free at last! [M L K] (Are birds free of the chains of the skyway?) [B D] The bliss is deafening, tremendous, like an ice cream Abrams tank with chocolate layering slowly exploding on Christmas morn.
The shuffling soaring and wheezing of swarms of bees round up the stray s, and as the music comes to its conclusion, so do you, your thoughts all resting in one of the letters of the word GLIMPSING within brackets on page 92 of the Tibetan Book of the Dead. (ISBN 0-19-500223-7)
This is sharp dude audio; brilliance and delicacy at work; at masterwork! This is a modern electroacoustician at its best, all in a deeply French tradition; shadings and nuances out of the GRM, out of the GMVL and Studio Celia.
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One Zambia, Many Vultures: Towards a More Humane Politics During Presidential Illness
Posted on May 30, 2014 by Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV One comment
By E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div.
The question is not really about whether President Sata is sick or not. The question is about how the nation and its political players should conduct themselves in moments of alleged presidential illness. When a president falls ill, or rather when allegations of presidential illness become apparent, we as a people have some choices. Some of these choices are terribly hideous. The first choice is to use the illness of the president as an opportunity for political posturing or partisan cannibalism. The second choice is to deny and deny. And then deny some more. There is a better choice, however. A choice far better than these two choices: a more humane way of doing politics. The rivers of national sanity and morality have never dried up as to deny us the opportunity to be civil when reacting to the misfortunes of our fellow humans. There is a healthier manner of how we should handle difficult issues adjoining a presidential temporal incapacitation through illness.
Political posturing is never in the best interest of the nation. In fact, political posturing during rumoured presidential illnesses, has in the past, led to bitterness, angering hatred and obscene disappointment. For example, during the many illnesses of Levy Patrick Mwanawasa (president from 2002 to 2008), a very verbose leader of the opposition at that time wasted no seconds in using Mwanawasa’s alleged illnesses as a ticket to scorn Levy’s government and leadership. That same opposition leader mustered enough vigour to claim, quite undiplomatically, that when Mwanawasa was examined by doctors in India, “they found that there was no coordination between his brain and his mouth.” These were very harsh and discourteous words to come out of the mouth of an important leader of Zambia’s opposition at that time. What such sentiments went to prove was the unfortunate fact that taking such stances when a president is ill demolishes the good human spirit that should be resident in all of us during the misfortunes of others. Now that there are plausible rumours of the current president being ill, it is incumbent upon us not to treat President Sata, the way a sick Mwanawasa was treated. As the saying goes, “two wrongs never make a right.” We can never triumph over evil using evil.
The best we all could offer during this very difficult time are the finest wishes, extravagant prayers and resilient hope for the full recuperation of President Sata so that he could find the strength he needs and the fortitude he requires to fix the many problems that our country is facing. Zambia currently has a currency that is dropping in value like a ball stumbling from Lebron James’ huge hands. The Kwacha has hit K7 000 (in real money) to the US dollar. Students at the Copperbelt University (CBU) have downed their brains until their meal allowances are increased by at least 45%. They are asking for Ba John Phiri to address them. Roads that were built linking Ndola to Kitwe have developed severe potholes days after the contractors handed over the keys to Hon. Yamfwa Mukanga. Rupiah Banda’s flagship project stadium originally named “disaster stadium” by Ba Chishimba Kambwili is falling apart even before it is officially commissioned. It is still not known when this official commissioning will take place considering that both Kambwili and his boss missed the Sunday expected launch day. Old and finished ZAF aircraft are now murdering our soldiers like roaches. Defence Minister Edgar Lungu spends more time mourning soldiers killed during peace than during war. Our national debt, being managed by Bo Alexander Chikwanda, is rapidly dashing towards pre-HIPC points. PF contracted Kaloba currently stands at $4.5 Billion. Honestly, it will require the steady fortitude of a very fit president to preside over the recovery of this country. That being the case, we all do very well to hope and pray that His Excellency recovers quickly, for great is his work and enormous are his challenges. Some of these economic challenges he created them himself. Fya kuiletelela fye.
The other choice of handling the alleged illness of a president does not inspire confidence at all. Even when it is so notoriously obvious that vintu sivili bwino, it is sad that the PF government’s default response to citizens’ concerns over the health of the president is that of don’t kubeba. This is sad. But knowing the vulturistic nature of our politics, PF government is denying it because somehow they feel like the political vultures are already circling. That should not be the case. During this time, the government should genuinely share, with the citizens, the state of the health of the president. And from there, ask the nation to pray and hope for a quick recovery. Stating that the president has malaria or pneumonia should not be taboo for any government. It should not be a taboo topic, definitely, not in our times. In fact, even if the illness were very serious, it would still be in order for a government to inform the nation so that goodwill and prayers are offered in return. Our country has excellent doctors in all hospitals to help when called upon. Great Zambian hospitals such as UTH, Chainama, Ndola Central and Levy Mwanawasa can always send their best physicians to help. Denials are hardly the best policy. Denials become even more ridiculous when evidence, as seen on TV, pictures and face-to-face, shows a complete different story. There is a saying, that “she who hides her illness risks embarrassment in death”. A government should be proactive in communicating such hardships instead of being mischievously secretive.
We should pray for Michael Sata
Zambia is a democracy. We cannot really completely eradicate the politics of opportunism during a trying moment like this one. Already, vultures in the ruling party are positioning themselves for a depraved feast at the slab of misfortune. A wake of vultures is ready. We have heard them in Mpulungu. They are loud and clear in Mufulira. The vultures have started to gather in committees. The wind is growing dark, and the energy is beginning to plunge. There at, perhaps, the allegations of the last breath, the queenmakers are rearranging their ugly seats casting lots and perhaps spreading bones. While we should not be surprised at this behaviour, we should nevertheless hope and pray that they do so in a humane form. There is still a way to transform vultures into doves. There is a way to redeem our politics from that of depravity to that of humanity.
The government of Zambia should be forthcoming with information. This is the best way to lead and to keep vultures at bay. The people of Zambia should also be clear about showing their true humanity. This is the best way to be citizens. The constitution of Zambia should be respected and Cabinet should only act when there is clear evidence of incapacity. But for now, all of us should keep praying and hoping that our problems and the many challenges we face are taken care of in the most humane way. Pafwa abantu, pashala bantu.
You are welcome to use this material for academic purposes. Here is the suggested citation. Suggested citation:
Munshya, E., ‘One Zambia, Many Vultures: Towards a more humane politics during presidential illness’ Elias Munshya Blog (30th May 2014) (available at http://www.eliasmunshya.org)
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Home > All > HIVE Insights: Allan Phang On AirAsia’s Esports Path – “It All Started With a Jersey…”
HIVE Insights: Allan Phang On AirAsia’s Esports Path – “It All Started With a Jersey…”
Graham AshtonGraham__Ashton Jul 10, 2018 Sep 24, 2018 All, Features, HIVENY2018, Interviews
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As more industries turn their business-minded noses towards esports, let us never forget the first-movers. Whether automotive or telecom, many of the best early sponsorship deals for gaming tournaments were big, albeit well-calculated risks for brands. As a model entryway, we direct our landing lights to AirAsia, a Malaysian low-cost airline that went from light exploration of the market to, most recently, an event sponsorship deal covering the entirety of Southeast Asia.
“You have sports tourism, and health tourism. Esports tourism is the next wave. If you don’t start now, you will miss out,” Allan Phang tells The Esports Observer.
Through his role in “Allstars engagement and internal branding, group people and culture,” Phang has been instrumental to the airline’s engagement with the gaming audience, and continues to cultivate esports in the wider region.
“It’s also good for non-endemic brands to have at least a gamer or someone who understands esports in your organization. If not, you will not be able to connect the dots.”
As an example, Phang points to Domino’s Pizza Malaysia, which is currently recruiting its own esports project coordinator. “It’s unheard of!” he says. “We’re also not just about AirAsia. We’re trying to grow the scene in the region, to educate other brands—especially non-endemic brands—to come in the space.”
“It’s a challenge to communicate to 24,000 employees, to let them know what esports is.”
Phang has a background in professional paintball, a scene which traditionally struggled to draw in sponsorship. That struggle evaporated in the face of competitive video game’s rising viewership. “I just felt that AirAsia needed to get involved,” he says. “But it’s a challenge to communicate to 24,000 employees, to let them know what esports is. It would probably take one or two years.”
The shortcut was to create a set of esports-team style jerseys, complete with sponsors (AirAsia’s in-house brands), and pass one on to every key decision maker in the company. “In AirAsia, there’s no such budget for esports jerseys. I personally took the initiative, because I saw that esports is growing day by day.”
Within six months, the airline was a sponsor for Team Mineski, a Dota 2 outfit and one of the direct invite teams for the International 8. Before signing the deal with Mineski, AirAsia was active internally with its “AirAsia Allstars Esports Club”, but also quite aggressive externally, taking part in local tournaments. As full-time AirAsia employees, the Allstars were passionate, but not technically full-time pro gamers.
“We wanted to project the right image,” Phang says. “We declared to the market ‘hey, we are gamers just like you’. Some of us have 3,000 to 4,000 MMR [A respectable skill rating within the Dota 2 scene – ed.]. We made it to the second round in certain external tournaments. We just built our way from there.”
“I think the most authentic thing was having our own esports club. Apparently, it’s unheard of in most of the U.S. and Europe. So the key takeaway is that most non-endemic brands should pick up, and implement in their respective companies.”
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On the esports conference circuit, and on dozens of social media timelines, Phang can always be identified by a bright red AirAsia cap. However, in April, he swapped out the distinctive AllStars jersey with that of AirAsia’s newly acquired esports team.
“We acquired Team Saiyan, and rebranded them to AirAsia Saiyan,” explains Phang. “It’s quite a big deal, because sponsoring is one thing, but acquiring and managing a team is another total ball game altogether. We are one of the first in the region, if I may say, to actually get involved on such a deep level.”
AirAsia Saiyan compete in a title called Mobile Legends, a mobile MOBA title that barely registers as a blip on the Western radar, but is a phenomenon in Southeast Asia. For a local brand, this affords a certain advantage over a tier-one PC title like Dota 2 or League of Legends .
“We are one of the first in the region, if I may say, to actually get involved on such a deep level.”
“There’s no Cloud9 or 100 Thieves of Mobile Legends,” says Phang. “It’s all regionally based, and that’s what makes it attractive to the local audience, to follow a team that is on the same nationality as them.”
Having traveled extensively as part of his esports evangelism, Phang was particularly startled by mobile gaming’s status as a “second class” esport in the West, while the opposite has been the norm for some time in ASEAN. “I went to an Indonesian esports tournament this year, and they have four mobile games on the center stage. Last year Dota was on the center stage, and mobile games were on the bean bags…You can see all walks of life playing a mobile game, versus a PC, which is not so attainable.”
Though it has become something of a conference cliche, Southeast Asia remains the fastest developing region in esports. Malaysia lies right in the middle of the esports revolution; just recently, the country appointed Syed Saddiq, a Dota 2 player and esports advocate, as Minister of Youth and Sports, the youngest minister in the country’s history.
While local telecoms look to plant their flags with white label events, East Asian tournament organizers also have ambitious plans. This is what led to the recent partnership between Alisports (of the Alibaba Group) and AirAsia to sponsor the ASEAN qualifiers for the third version of the World Electronic Sports Games (WESG).
“…What better to sponsor with a brand that’s esports ready, and esports educated?”
“They were looking for a stronger foothold in the ASEAN market”, says Phang. “And what better to sponsor with a brand that’s esports ready, and esports educated? AirAsia fit the bill, because we are an ASEAN airline, we fly across all 10 countries in the region. It was the right time and the right place.”
Part of the activation is actually flying players to and from locations, all of which fits into AirAsia’s greater scheme of building an esports tourism industry. While Phang could not divulge more of the airline’s roadmap, he says he still wants to ensure the company doesn’t go the way of brands who went all-in on esports in one year, only to make their swift departure.
“I actually advise them, and do my best to educate them,” he says. “You should come in slowly yet surely. Don’t have a big marketing budget for esports. Have maybe 5% or 10% of your main budget spend, and test it out, as a pilot.”
If you’d be interested in hearing more from Allan about AirAsia’s future role in esports, and the growing SEA market, be sure to join us at the RSR Partners x HIVE esports business conference, on September 28th!
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In these wild, intense, and fiercely crafted sonnets and other poems, Myrna Stone takes us on a journey through time and the psyche that is both novelistic and deeply lyrical. The range of voices—from Martin Luther’s to Mae West’s—explores both mortality and what might lie just beyond it.
The Casanova Chronicles by Myrna Stone
In this book of voices, speakers resurrected from the deeper past and the dead chafe against the circumstances of love, sex, loss, and longing. The Casanova Chronicles & Other Poems includes forty sonnets, each written in a relaxed meter. Each sonnet is a persona poem, told from the point-of-view of a real-life character. In The Ballard Sonnets those characters include Alba Ballard, her husband, her son, and two of her pet parrots, all of them dealing with the effects of her death.
“In this wild, sexy, exuberantly off-the-wall collection, parrots, puppets, and the great Casanova take turns force-feeding Viagra to the stuffy old sonnet. But it’s Myrna Stone’s Rabelaisian gift for language that really steals the show. My head’s still spinning.”—George Bilgere
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St John Ambulance paramedics 'burnt out, exhausted' in Waikato
9:26 pm on 15 May 2019
Alex Perrottet, Checkpoint reporter
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An emergency paramedic in Hamilton says her colleagues are at "breaking point" and the city is so under-resourced it could never manage an event like Christchurch's terror attack.
Photo: RNZ / Alex Perrottet
Lori Gommans is one of many ambulance paramedics saying they're overworked and underpaid, and have been locked in an ongoing pay dispute with St John Ambulance.
She told Checkpoint her colleagues are struggling to cope.
"People are tired, they're burnt out, they're exhausted," she said. "We're begging for more resources in Hamilton. We're buggered, we're at breaking point."
Lori Gommans says Hamilton does not have enough ambulances and staff to cover demands. Photo: RNZ / Alex Perrottet
She said for the large population of Hamilton, there are only four ambulances during the day and three at night, but those vehicles also have to cover places like Raglan.
"It puts us in a position where we're busy doing call-outs, and there's no cover in Hamilton," she said.
"There could be no cover in Morrinsville for a long time, and there could be no cover any time in Hamilton."
She said a 'purple' call-out severely drains resources on the city - as an advance paramedic, a second crew, and a fire brigade are committed to an incident.
"I worked a night shift recently and we had to go to Raglan... and it took two vehicles out of Hamilton, as well as the fire brigade from Raglan.
"It left one ambulance in Hamilton to cover the entire area for about two hours."
And she said the lack of resources meant Hamilton would struggle to handle an event such as the Christchurch terror attack.
"We would struggle. We would do our absolute best but we would struggle with the current capacity of ambulances," she said.
"Christchurch had enough ambulances to deal with the situation and save a lot of lives, I don't know if that would be the same in Hamilton."
Ms Gommans said money was the most pressing thing. "That's the short answer. We need more money to pay us better, we need money for more ambulances, to get more staff."
St John Ambulance said it's negotiating in good faith on pay, but it boiled down to funding, and it has asked the government for an increase.
Finance Minister Grant Robertson has indicated there could be a funding announcement for St John in the Budget later this month.
St John manager defends service, staffing levels
St John District operations manager Stu Cockburn said the plan in Hamilton is adequate.
"Response times in Hamilton over the last 12 months have remained constant, and in line with response times throughout the country," he said.
He said that is due to a "fluid deployment plan" whereby ambulance and crews in broader Waikato can respond to incidents in Hamilton if needed.
But Ms Gommans said the job is unpredictable and staff are too stretched.
"We never know what's going to happen these days," she said. "Our road toll, particularly in Waikato, is horrific.
"We could be needed at one place and ten minutes later we could be needed in another direction.
"So you're just jumping around from job to job to job to job."
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Panasonic Store Comes to Crawley in Olympic Style
Former British Olympic Champion, Sally Gunnell, is to visit Crawley on the 22nd October to celebrate and unveil the brand new Panasonic Store in County Mall, Crawley.
Markus Wood, managing director of Avensys, is to expand his specialized Audio Visual Services Company by introducing a new Panasonic Store to the County Mall. Not only will the store provide premium Panasonic products to the citizens of Crawley, but it will also aid the town in its voyage to become a major regional shopping destination.
Markus Wood comments: "In true Olympic spirit, we are delighted to welcome Sally Gunnell to officially open the new Panasonic Store in Crawley. This exciting launch brings the official Panasonic brand store to Crawley, while at the same time creating jobs for the local community and attracting more shoppers to the centre."
Sally Gunnell will be there from 10am until 12pm to share her experiences from previous Olympic Games, and express her excitement for the forthcoming London 2012 Olympic Games.
To celebrate the launch, there are some exclusive opening offers. These include savings of £300 on 50 inch 3D Smart Viera television*, and a £50 cash back on the DMC-GF3 Lumix camera.
Do not miss out on these superb offers, and a chance to meet a British Olympic athlete. Come down to County Mall, Crawley for the grand opening of the Panasonic Store.
*Please ask in store for full terms and conditions.
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3 parliamentary speakers in Vilnius see Nord Stream 2 as Russia's political instrument
The Nord Stream gas pipeline projected on the bottom of the Baltic Sea is an instrument of Russia's state policies, which will make Europe more dependent on Russia, say parliamentary speakers of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.
Potential Nord Stream 2 route
"Although formally Nord Stream 2 is presented as a commercial project, it in fact is an instrument of Russia's state policy. Nord Stream 2 is not about diversification of gas supply sources, but rather about deepening of energy dependence of the EU, and especially of Central and Eastern European countries, on Russia and, consequently, maintaining their vulnerability," reads a letter to heads of European parliaments signed by the parliamentary speakers of Lithuania, Poland and Latvia, Viktoras Pranckietis, Marek Kuchcinski and Inara Mursniec, in Vilnius on Sunday.
With part of Europe advocating for Russian gas, Lithuania has taken a firm position
Lithuania, Poland united against against Nord Stream 2
Eiki Nestor, the speaker of the Estonian parliament decided not to sign the letter yet, saying he needed more time to study its content.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's Supreme Rada Speaker Andriy Parubiy has expressed support to the document, pledging to put his signature under it.
Kuchcinski, the Polish Sejm speaker currently on a visit in Vilnius for Lithuania's independence festivities, said that the voices of the three parliaments would be heard better than individual voices. In his words, by expressing fears about the project development that is about to start, Lithuania, Latvia and Poland take care of the safety of their region and the rest of the European Union.
According to the letter, energy security is a key component for a united and prosperous Europe, where competition and free market principles create a basis for success. Therefore, there is a need to invest in energy infrastructure, especially gas interconnectors and additional gas pipelines, which would allow fostering the diversification of natural gas supply.
"Nord Stream 2 should be viewed in a wider context of today's Russian information and cyber hostilities and military aggression," reads the document.
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In a discussion at the European Parliament, Lithuanian MEP Rolandas Paksas on Thursday called on...
Ukraine’s Autocephaly: first results and possible influence on Orthodox world
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PM considers China as most important trading partner in Asia
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The Lithuanian parliament (Seimas) unanimously ratified on Thursday North Macedonia's NATO accession...
Lithuania calls on Belarus to reconsider nuclear power plant construction
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Attachment Theory in Practice: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with Individuals, Couples, and Families
Drawing on cutting-edge research on adult attachment–and providing an innovative roadmap for clinical practice–Susan M. Johnson argues that psychotherapy is most effective when it focuses on the healing power of emotional connection. The primary developer of emotionally focused therapy (EFT) for couples, Johnson now extends her attachment-based approach to individuals and families.
STEP BY STEP: A Complete Online Course
If you want to learn to be more effective in the challenging art of treating couples, this highly acclaimed series is just what you’ve been looking for; consider it your own personal master class in EFT.
“Powerful and unique! This in-depth and thorough course is an amazing resource for all couple therapists. Seeing so many examples of seasoned EFT therapists working with real couples is invaluable to really understand the subtleties and depth of this approach; I heartily recommend it.”
–Dr. Sue Johnson, developer of EFT
Stepping into Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Key Ingredients of Change
“In Stepping into Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Key Ingredients of Change, each step and stage of EFT is laid out in a practical and theoretically simple manner that extends beyond what therapists need to do, to helping therapists grasp what experiential therapy is, providing moment-by-moment examples of how to engage clients emotionally, and how to foster emotional engagement between partners.”
— from the Foreword by S. Johnson and A. Lee
The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Creating Connection (Basic Principles Into Practice Series)
Written by a leading authority on emotionally focused couples and marital therapy, this second edition is an up-to-date reference on all aspects of EFT and its uses for mental health professionals. This second edition addresses the many changes in the field of couples therapy, including updated research results linked to clinical intervention and new information on using EFT to address depression and PTSD. A new section covers the growth of couples therapy as a field and its overall relevance to the mental health field, accompanied by coverage of how recent research into the nature of marital distress is consonant with EFT. Other new features are a section on EFT and feminism, as well as a section on cultural competence for the EFT therapist.
Becoming an Emotionally Focused Couple Therapist: The Workbook
An invaluable tool for clinicians and students, Becoming an Emotionally Focused Therapist: The Workbook takes the reader on an adventure – the quest to become a competent, confident, and passionate couple and family therapist. In an accessible resource for training and supervision, seven expert therapists lead the reader through the nine essential steps of EFT with explicit intervention strategies. Suitable as a companion volume to The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy, 2nd Ed. or as a stand-alone learning tool, the workbook provides an easy road-map to mastering the art of EFT with exercises, review sheets and practice models. Unprecedented in its novel and interactive approach, this is a must-have for all therapists searching for lasting and efficient results in couple therapy.
Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships
Every day, we hear of relationships failing and questions of whether humans are meant to be monogamous. LOVE SENSE presents new scientific evidence that tells us that humans are meant to mate for life. Dr. Johnson explains that romantic love is an attachment bond, just like that between mother and child, and shows us how to develop our “love sense”–our ability to develop long-lasting relationships. Love is not the least bit illogical or random, but actually an ordered and wise recipe for survival. LOVE SENSE covers the three stages of a relationship and how to best weather them; the intelligence of emotions and the logic of love; the physical and psychological benefits of secure love; and much more. Based on groundbreaking research, LOVE SENSE will change the way we think about love.
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
In Hold me Tight, Dr. Sue Johnson presents Emotionally Focused Therapy to the general public for the first time. Johnson teaches that the way to save and enrich a relationship is to reestablish safe emotional connection and preserve the attachment bond. With this in mind, she focuses on key moments in a relationship-from Recognizing the Demon Dialogue to Revisiting a Rocky Moment-and uses them as touchpoints for seven healing conversations. Through case studies from her practice, illuminating advice, and practical exercises, couples will learn how to nurture their relationships and ensure a lifetime of love.
Created for Connection: The “Hold Me Tight” Guide for Christian Couples
The message of CREATED FOR CONNECTION is simple: Forget about learning how to argue better, analyzing your early childhood, or making grand romantic gestures. Instead, get to the emotional underpinnings of your relationship by recognizing that you are attached to and dependent on your partner in much the same way that a child is on a parent, and we are on the Heavenly Father, for nurturing, soothing, and protection. The way to enhance or save our relationships with each other and with God is to be open, attuned, responsive, and to reestablish safe emotional connection. Filled with Bible verses, inspiring real-life stories, and guidance, CREATED FOR CONNECTION will ensure a lifetime of love.
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy with Trauma Survivors: Strengthening Attachment Bonds (Guilford Family Therapy (Paperback)
This book provides a theoretical framework and an innovative model of intervention for distressed couples whose relationships are affected by the echoes of trauma. Combining attachment theory, trauma research, and emotionally focused therapeutic techniques, Susan M. Johnson guides the clinician in modifying the interactional patterns that maintain traumatic stress and fostering positive, healing relationships among survivors and their partners. In-depth case material brings to life the process of assessment and treatment with couples coping with the impact of different kinds of trauma, including childhood abuse, serious illness, and combat experiences. The concluding chapter features valuable advice on therapist self-care.
Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect
Based on the latest cutting edge research, the findings in Social have important real-world implications. Our schools and businesses, for example, attempt to minimalize social distractions. But this is exactly the wrong thing to do to encourage engagement and learning, and literally shuts down the social brain, leaving powerful neuro-cognitive resources untapped. The insights revealed in this pioneering book suggest ways to improve learning in schools, make the workplace more productive, and improve our overall well-being.
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy For Dummies
A practical, down-to-earth guide to using the world’s most successful approach to couple therapy
One of the most successful therapeutic approaches to healing dysfunctional relationships, emotionally focused couple therapy provides clients with powerful insights into how and why they may be suppressing their emotions and teaches them practical ways to deal with those feelings more constructively for improved relationships. Unlike cognitive-behavioural therapy, which provides effective short-term coping skills, emotionally focused therapy often is prescribed as a second-stage treatment for couples with lingering emotional difficulties. Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy For Dummies introduces readers to this ground-breaking therapy, offering simple, proven strategies and tools for dealing with problems with bonding, attachment and emotions, the universal cornerstones of healthy relationships.
In the international bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, the renowned psychologist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. The impact of overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning our next vacation?each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems shape our judgments and decisions.
Engaging the reader in a lively conversation about how we think, Kahneman reveals where we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking. He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and our personal lives?and how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble. Winner of the National Academy of Sciences Best Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and selected by The New York Times Book Review as one of the ten best books of 2011, Thinking, Fast and Slow is destined to be a classic.
Named one of the best books of 2013 by Amazon, the Financial Times, and the Wall Street Journal- as well as one of Oprah’s riveting reads, Fortune’s must-read business books, and the Washington Post’s books every leader should read.
Praised by bestselling authors such as Susan Cain, Dan Pink, Tony Hsieh, Seth Godin, Dan Ariely, Gretchen Rubin, David Allen, Dan Gilbert, and Robert Cialdini–along with senior leaders from Google, McKinsey, Merck, Estee Lauder, Twitter, Nike, and NASA–Give and Take highlights what effective networking, collaboration, influence, negotiation, and leadership skills have in common. This landmark book opens up an approach to success that has the power to transform not just individuals and groups, but entire organizations and communities.
The Burnout Cure: An Emotional Survival Guide for Overwhelmed Women
If the demands of the day-to-day leave you feeling overworked, overwhelmed, and exhausted, you may be suffering from an all-too-common malady prevalent among women: emotional burnout. From work in and out of the home to service in church and communities, the variety of worthy undertakings can seem endless. With such perceived cultural pressure to do it all, how can a woman balance the desire to serve others with caring for her own personal needs? As a wife, mother, clinical counselor, and musician, author Julie de Azevedo Hanks understands better than most the demands placed on women in the Church, and she has spent years providing clinical counseling to Latter-Day Saint women and families. The Burnout Cure dispels common cultural myths that often leave women feeling never good enough. Through scriptural quotes, personal stories, and clinical examples, Hanks offers a bevy of tools designed to help sisters identify and meet their emotional needs, to accept their limitations, to let go of the guilt and perfectionism, and to lean on the Lord.
Anatomy of the Soul: Surprising Connections between Neuroscience and Spiritual Practices That Can Transform Your Life and Relationships
Do you want to improve your relationships and experience lasting personal change? Join Curt Thompson, M.D., on an amazing journey to discover the surprising pathways for transformation hidden inside your own mind. Integrating new findings in neuroscience and attachment with Christian spirituality, Dr. Thompson reveals how it is possible to rewire your mind, altering your brain patterns and literally making you more like the person God intended you to be. Explaining discoveries about the brain in layman’s terms, he shows how you can be mentally transformed through spiritual practices, interaction with Scripture, and connections with other people. He also provides practical exercises to help you experience healing in areas where you’ve been struggling. Insightful and challenging, Anatomy of the Soul illustrates how learning about one of God’s most miraculous creations?your brain?can enrich your life, your relationships, and your impact on the world around you.
An Emotionally Focused Workbook for Couples: The Two of Us
This workbook is intended for use with couples who want to enhance their emotional connection or overcome their relationship distress. It is recommended for use with couples pursuing Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). It closely follows the course of treatment and is designed so that clinicians can easily integrate guided reading and reflections into the therapeutic process. The material is presented in a recurring format: Read, Reflect, and Discuss. Readings help couples look at their relationship through an attachment lens, walking them through the step-by-step process of creating a secure relationship bond. 33 Reflections invite readers to engage with the material personally, expanding their own awareness and ability to tune into their partner. Discussion sections suggest relationship-building exercises and a framework for conversations that promote safety, disclosure, and engagement. Case examples, along with informative illustrations, are scattered throughout the book to validate, illustrate, and inspire couples along their journey. Clinicians conversant with EFT can use this workbook to extend the effectiveness of their work with couples by giving them structured tasks to work on between sessions. For clinicians training in EFT, the book can guide them in staying focused on the EFT roadmap and illuminate how important change events unfold.
Loving with the Brain in Mind: Neurobiology and Couple Therapy (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
This book aims to empower therapists— and the couples they treat—as they work to change interpersonal dynamics that drive them apart. Understanding how the brain works can inform the therapist’s theory of relationships, development, and change. And therapists can offer clients “neuroeducation” about their own reactivity and relationship distress and their potential for personal and relational growth. A gifted clinician and a particularly talented neuroscience writer, Dr. Fishbane presents complex material in an understandable and engaging manner. By anchoring her work in clinical cases, she never loses sight of the people behind the science.
Trauma and the Avoidant Client: Attachment-Based Strategies for Healing
How to effectively engage traumatized clients, who avoid attachment, closeness, and painful feelings.
A large segment of the therapy population consist of those who are in denial or retreat from their traumatic experiences. Here, drawing on attachment-based research, the author provides clinical techniques, specific intervention strategies, and practical advice for successfully addressing the often intractable issues of trauma.
Trauma and the Avoidant Client will enhance the skills of all mental health practitioners and trauma workers, and will serve as a valuable, useful resource to facilitate change and progress in psychotherapy.
Integrating the New Science of Love and a Spirituality of Peace: Becoming Human Again
In Integrating the New Science of Love and a Spirituality of Peace, the contributors explore the intersection between the science of attachment theory and the vision of Anabaptism. What emerges is a deeper sense of what it means to be human and a hope for a different tomorow, inspired by the kingdom of God as preached by Jesus of Nazareth.
Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
If you change your brain, you can change your life.
Great teachers like the Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Mohammed, and Gandhi were all born with brains built essentially like anyone else’s—and then they changed their brains in ways that changed the world. Science is now revealing how the flow of thoughts actually sculpts the brain, and more and more, we are learning that it’s possible to strengthen positive brain states.
By combining breakthroughs in neuroscience with insights from thousands of years of mindfulness practice, you too can use your mind to shape your brain for greater happiness, love, and wisdom. Buddha’s Brain draws on the latest research to show how to stimulate your brain for more fulfilling relationships, a deeper spiritual life, and a greater sense of inner confidence and worth. Using guided meditations and mindfulness exercises, you’ll learn how to activate the brain states of calm, joy, and compassion instead of worry, sorrow, and anger. Most importantly, you will foster positive psychological growth that will literally change the way you live in your day-to-day life.
This book presents an unprecedented intersection of psychology, neurology, and contemplative practice, and is filled with practical tools and skills that you can use every day to tap the unused potential of your brain and rewire it over time for greater well-being and peace of mind.
This Emotional Life
Affect Regulation and the Repair of the Self (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
This volume (one of two) is the first presentation of Schore’s comprehensive theory in book form, as it has developed since 1994.
In 1994 Allan Schore published his groundbreaking book, Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self, in which he integrated a large number of experimental and clinical studies from both the psychological and biological disciplines in order to construct an overarching model of social and emotional development. Since then he has expanded his regulation theory in more than two dozen articles and essays covering multiple disciplines, including neuroscience, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, developmental psychology, attachment, and trauma. Affect Regulation and the Repair of the Self contains chapters on neuropsychoanalysis and developmentally oriented psychotherapy. It is absolutely essential reading for all clinicians, researchers, and general readers interested in normal and abnormal human development.
Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self: The Neurobiology of Emotional Development
This book brings together and presents the latest findings of socioemotional studies emerging from the developmental branches of various disciplines. It supplies psychological researchers and clinicians with relevant, up-to-date developmental neurobiological findings and insights, and exposes neuroscientists to recent developmental psychological and psychoanalytic studies of infants. The methodology of this theoretical research involves the integration of information that is being generated by the different fields that are studying the problem of socioaffective development–neurobiology, behavioral neurology, behavioral biology, sociobiology, social psychology, developmental psychology, developmental psychoanalysis, and infant psychiatry. A special emphasis is placed upon the application and incorporation of current developmental data from neurochemistry, neuroanatomy, neuropsychology, and neuroendocrinology into the main body of developmental theory.
Affect Regulation, Mentalization, and the Development of Self
Winner of the 2003 Gradiva Award and the 2003 Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic Scholarship
Arguing for the importance of attachment and emotionality in the developing human consciousness, four prominent analysts explore and refine the concepts of mentalization and affect regulation. Their bold, energetic, and encouraging vision for psychoanalytic treatment combines elements of developmental psychology, attachment theory, and psychoanalytic technique. Drawing extensively on case studies and recent analytic literature to illustrate their ideas, Fonagy, Gergely, Jurist, and Target offer models of psychotherapy practice that can enable the gradual development of mentalization and affect regulation even in patients with long histories of violence or neglect.
The Healing Power of Emotion: Affective Neuroscience, Development & Clinical Practice
In this book, the latest addition to the Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology, leading neuroscientists, developmental psychologists, therapy researchers, and clinicians illuminate how to regulate emotion in a healthy way. A variety of emotions, both positive and negative, are examined in detail, drawing on both research and clinical observations. The role of emotion in bodily regulation, dyadic connection, marital communication, play, well-being, health, creativity, and social engagement is explored. The Healing Power of Emotion offers fresh, exciting, original, and groundbreaking work from the leading figures studying and working with emotion today.
Addiction as an Attachment Disorder
The strength of Flores’s paradigm of addiction as an attachment disorder is that it is a theory that effectively and wisely guides treatment, but at the same time, when properly implemented or practiced, the treatment resonates with and further enhances the theory. Flores’s work here is an extraordinary one because, in parsimonious and clear language, he makes a major contribution to the literature and practice of effective psychotherapy in general and effective psychotherapy for the addictions in particular. He fills in all the gaps between theory and practice covering wide and ranging issues of what practice and empirical findings have to teach about the critical ingredients of AA, group therapy, and individual psychotherapy. This is a job well done because it helps students and experienced clinicians alike to always be mindful of how they bring their humanity to the distress and suffering of others. His theory of addiction as an attachment disorder makes it particularly clear how especially important this is for those suffering with addictive disorders. “
A Secure Base: Parent-Child Attachment and Healthy Human Development
The world-famous psychiatrist and author of the classic works Attachment, Separation, and Loss offers important guidelines for child rearing based on the crucial role of early intimate relationships.
Becoming Attached: First Relationships and How They Shape Our Capacity to Love
In a world of working parents and makeshift day care, the need to assess the impact of parenting styles and the bond between child and caregiver is more urgent than ever. Karen addresses such issues as: What do children need to feel that the world is a positive place and that they have value? Is day care harmful for children under one year? What experiences in infancy will enable a person to develop healthy relationships as an adult?, and he demonstrates how different approaches to mothering are associated with specific infant behaviors, such as clinginess, avoidance, or secure exploration. He shows how these patterns become ingrained and how they reveal themselves at age two, in the preschool years, in middle childhood, and in adulthood. And, with thought-provoking insights, he gives us a new understanding of how negative patterns and insecure attachment can be changed and resolved throughout a person’s life.
The infant is in many ways a great mystery to us. Every one of us has been one; many of us have lived with or raised them. Becoming Attached is not just a voyage of discovery in child emotional development and its pertinence to adult life but a voyage of personal discovery as well, for it is impossible to read this book without reflecting on one’s own life as a child, a parent, and an intimate partner in love or marriage.
Loving with the Brain in Mind: Neurobiology and Couple Therapy
Sharing her extensive clinical experience and an integrative perspective informed by neuroscience and relationship science, Mona Fishbane gives us insight into the neurobiology underlying couples’ dances of reactivity. Readers will learn how partners become reactive and emotionally dysregulated with each other, and what is going on in their brains when they do. Clear and compelling discussions are included of the neurobiology of empathy and how empathy and selfregulation can be learned. Understanding neurobiology, explains Fishbane, can transform your clinical practice with couples and help you hone effective therapeutic interventions.
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference
Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, Cordelia Fine debunks the myth of hardwired differences between men’s and women’s brains, unraveling the evidence behind such claims as men’s brains aren’t wired for empathy and women’s brains aren’t made to fix cars. She then goes one step further, offering a very different explanation of the dissimilarities between men’s and women’s behavior. Instead of a “male brain” and a “female brain,” Fine gives us a glimpse of plastic, mutable minds that are continuously influenced by cultural assumptions about gender.
Passionately argued and unfailingly astute, Delusions of Gender provides us with a much-needed corrective to the belief that men’s and women’s brains are intrinsically different?a belief that, as Fine shows with insight and humor, all too often works to the detriment of ourselves and our society.
Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation
This groundbreaking book, from one of the global innovators in the integration of brain science with psychotherapy, offers an extraordinary guide to the practice of “mindsight,” the potent skill that is the basis for both emotional and social intelligence. From anxiety to depression and feelings of shame and inadequacy, from mood swings to addictions, OCD, and traumatic memories, most of us have a mental “trap” that causes recurring conflict in our lives and relationships. Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and co-director of the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center, shows us how to use mindsight to escape these traps. Through his synthesis of a broad range of scientific research with applications to everyday life, Dr. Siegel has developed novel approaches that have helped hundreds of patients free themselves from obstacles blocking their happiness. By cultivating mindsight, all of us can effect positive, lasting changes in our brains—and our lives. A book as inspiring as it is profound, Mindsight can help us master our emotions, heal our relationships, and reach our fullest potential.
Emotion-Focused Therapy for Complex Trauma: An Integrative Approach
In this book, the authors plumb fifteen years of research involving clinical trials, observation and analysis of therapy sessions, as well as their own extensive clinical experience to describe precisely how emotion-focused therapy for trauma works to heal complex trauma.
The Science of Intimate Relationships
The Science of Intimate Relationships represents the first interdisciplinary approach to the latest scientific findings relating to human sexual relationships.
– Offers an unusual degree of integration across topics, which include intimate relationships in terms of both mind and body; bonding from infancy to adulthood; selecting mates; love; communication and interaction; sex; passion; relationship dissolution; and more
– Summarizes the links among human nature, culture, and intimate relationships
– Presents and integrates the latest findings in the fields of social psychology, evolutionary psychology, human sexuality, neuroscience and biology, developmental psychology, anthropology, and clinical psychology.
– Authored by four leading experts in the field
– Instructor materials are available at www.wiley.com/go/fletcher
Unlocking the Emotional Brain: Eliminating Symptoms at Their Roots Using Memory Reconsolidation
Psychotherapy that regularly yields liberating, lasting change was, in the last century, a futuristic vision, but it has now become reality, thanks to a convergence of remarkable advances in clinical knowledge and brain science. In Unlocking the Emotional Brain, authors Ecker, Ticic and Hulley equip readers to carry out focused, empathic therapy using the process found by researchers to induce memory reconsolidation, the recently discovered and only known process for actually unlocking emotional memory at the synaptic level. Emotional memory’s tenacity is the familiar bane of therapists, and researchers have long believed that emotional memory forms indelible learning. Reconsolidation has overturned these views. It allows new learning to erase, not just suppress, the deep, unconscious, intensely problematic emotional learnings that form during childhood or in later tribulations and generate most of the symptoms that bring people to therapy. Readers will learn methods that precisely eliminate unwanted, ingrained emotional responses?whether moods, behaviors or thought patterns?causing no loss of ordinary narrative memory, while restoring clients’ well-being. Numerous case examples show the versatile use of this process in AEDP, Coherence Therapy, EFT, EMDR and IPNB.
Attachment-Based Psychotherapy: Helping Patients Develop Adaptive Capacities
This book presents an attachment-based approach to therapy that addresses the limiting and detrimental effects of negative early attachment experiences. Attachment-based psychotherapy has two major components: establishing a security-engendering therapeutic relationship and helping the patient to communicate more openly and thus to access more adaptive feelings, thoughts, and behaviors.
Psychotherapists of various theoretical orientations will appreciate this book’s richly detailed conceptualization of common human problems, as well as clear treatment approach for addressing these problems.
Handbook of Emotion Elicitation and Assessment
Emotion research has become a mature branch of psychology, with its own standardized measures, induction procedures, data-analysis challenges, and sub-disciplines. During the last decade, a number of books addressing major questions in the study of emotion have been published in response to a rapidly increasing demand that has been fueled by an increasing number of psychologists whose research either focus on or involve the study of emotion. Very few of these books, however, have presented an explicit discussion of the tools for conducting research, despite the facts that the study of emotion frequently requires highly specialized procedures, instruments, and coding strategies, and that the field has reached a place where a large number of excellent elicitation procedures and assessment instruments have been developed and validated. Emotion Elicitation and Assessment corrects this oversight in the literature by organizing and detailing all the major approaches and instruments for the study of emotion. It is the most complete reference for methods and resources in the field, and will serve as a pragmatic resource for emotion researchers by providing easy access to a host of scales, stimuli, coding systems, assessment tools, and innovative methodologies. This handbook will help to advance research in emotion by encouraging researchers to take greater advantage of standard and well-researched approaches, which will increase both the productivity in the field and the speed and accuracy with which research can be communicated.
Adult Attachment: Theory, Research, and Clinical Implications
With contributions from leading investigators, this volume presents important theoretical and empirical advances in the study of adult attachment. Chapters take stock of the state of knowledge in the field and introduce new, testable theoretical models to guide future research. Major topics covered include stability and change of attachment orientations across the lifespan; influences of attachment on cognitive functioning; and implications for the ways individuals experience intimacy, conflict, caregiving, and satisfaction in adult relationships. Also explored are the ways attachment theory and research can inform therapy with couples and can further understanding of such significant clinical problems as PTSD and depression.
Attachment in Psychotherapy
This eloquent book translates attachment theory and research into an innovative framework that grounds adult psychotherapy in the facts of childhood development. Advancing a model of treatment as transformation through relationship, the author integrates attachment theory with neuroscience, trauma studies, relational psychotherapy, and the psychology of mindfulness. Vivid case material illustrates how therapists can tailor interventions to fit the attachment needs of their patients, thus helping them to generate the internalized secure base for which their early relationships provided no foundation. Demonstrating the clinical uses of a focus on nonverbal interaction, the book describes powerful techniques for working with the emotional responses and bodily experiences of patient and therapist alike.
Mechanisms of Social Connection: From Brain to Group (The Herzliya Series on Personality and Social Psychology)
Social connections contribute to our vitality and sense of meaning and at times to our anguish. The mechanisms underlying human connections have long fascinated researchers in the social sciences and, more recently, in neuroscience. Yet there is too little dialogue among these scientists and too little integration of findings. This book aims to rectify that situation by surveying cutting-edge theory and research on social connections. Chapters explore the formation of social connections at four levels of expression: neurological, developmental, dyadic, and group.
The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being
A new framework for maintaining mental health and well-being.
From the author of the internationally-acclaimed best-selling text The Developing Mind, and esteemed leader and educator in the field of mental health, comes the first book ever to integrate neuroscience research with the ancient art of mindfulness. The result is a groundbreaking approach to not simply mental health, but life in general, which shows readers how personal awareness and attunement can actually stimulate emotional circuits in the brain, leading to a host of physiological benefits, including greater well-being, resilience, emotional balance, and improved cardiac and immune function. For clinicians and laypeople alike, Siegel’s illuminating discussions of the power of the focused mind provide a wealth of ideas that can transform our lives and deepen our connections with others, and with ourselves.
The Mindful Therapist: A Clinician’s Guide to Mindsight and Neural Integration (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
Bringing mindfulness techniques to your psychotherapeutic work with clients.
An integrated state of mindful awareness is crucial to achieving mental health. Daniel J. Siegel, an internationally recognized expert on mindfulness and therapy, reveals practical techniques that enable readers to harness their energies to promote healthy minds within themselves and their clients. He charts the nine integrative functions that emerge from the profoundly interconnecting circuits of the brain, including bodily regulation, attunement, emotional balance, response flexibility, fear extinction, insight, empathy, morality, and intuition.
A practical, direct-immersion, high-emotion, low-techno-speak book, The Mindful Therapist engages readers in a personal and professional journey into the ideas and process of mindful integration that lie at the heart of health and nurturing relationships.
Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology: An Integrative Handbook of the Mind (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
The central concepts of the theory of interpersonal neurobiology.
Many fields have explored the nature of mental life from psychology to psychiatry, literature to linguistics. Yet no common “framework” where each of these important perspectives can be honored and integrated with one another has been created in which a person seeking their collective wisdom can find answers to some basic questions, such as, What is the purpose of life? Why are we here? How do we know things, how are we conscious of ourselves? What is the mind? What makes a mind healthy or unwell? And, perhaps most importantly: What is the connection among the mind, the brain, and our relationships with one another?
Our mental lives are profoundly relational. The interactions we have with one another shape our mental world. Yet as any neuroscientist will tell you, the mind is shaped by the firing patterns in the brain. And so how can we reconcile this tension?that the mind is both embodied and relational? Interpersonal Neurobiology is a way of thinking across this apparent conceptual divide.
This Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology is designed to aid in your personal and professional application of the interpersonal neurobiology approach to developing a healthy mind, an integrated brain, and empathic relationships. It is also designed to assist you in seeing the intricate foundations of interpersonal neurobiology as you read other books in the Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology.
Neuroscience For Dummies
Get on the fast track to understanding neuroscience
Research into the human brain has exploded in recent years, and neuroscience has become a major program at many universities and a required course for a wide range of studies. Neuroscience For Dummies tracks to an introductory neuroscience class, giving you an understanding of the brain’s structure and function, as well as a look into the relationship between memory, learning, emotions, and the brain. Providing insight into the biology of mental illness and a glimpse at future treatments and applications of neuroscience, Neuroscience For Dummies is a fascinating read for students and general interest readers alike.
The brain holds the secrets to our personalities, our use of language, our love of music, and our memories. Neuroscience For Dummies looks at how this complex structure works, according to the most recent scientific discoveries, illustrated by helpful diagrams and engaging anecdotes.
Helpful diagrams and engaging anecdotes enhance material
The latest scientific discoveries are sprinkled throughout
Tracks to a typical introductory neuroscience class
From how the brain works to how you feel emotions, Neuroscience For Dummies offers a comprehensive overview of the fascinating study of the human brain.
Breaking Addiction: A 7-Step Handbook for Ending Any Addiction
“Dr. Dodes’s approach runs directly counter to the paralyzing, but standard, message of ‘powerlessness’—a message that reinforces the sense of helplessness that is at the root of addicts’ life predicaments! Many psychiatrists recognize that this is where we must head, but Dr. Dodes is one with the guts to shine a beacon in the right direction.”
—Stanton Peele, PhD, author of 7 Tools to Beat Addiction and The Life Process Program of Treatment
The follow-up to his groundbreaking volume The Heart of Addiction, Dr. Lance Dodes’s Breaking Addiction is a step-by-step guide to beating addiction of any kind—from drugs and gambling to alcoholism, overeating, and sex addiction. By recognizing and understanding the emotional forces underlying addictive behaviors, Dr. Dodes says any dangerous, life-destroying obsession can be overcome. Including special bonus sections for both families and health-care professionals, Breaking Addiction is the new handbook for those suffering from addiction—a valuable resource that addresses addiction’s root causes and serves as an alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous and similar recovery programs.
Based on Gabor Maté’s two decades of experience as a medical doctor and his groundbreaking work with the severely addicted on Vancouver’s skid row, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts radically reenvisions this much misunderstood field by taking a holistic approach. Dr. Maté presents addiction not as a discrete phenomenon confined to an unfortunate or weak-willed few, but as a continuum that runs throughout (and perhaps underpins) our society; not a medical “condition” distinct from the lives it affects, rather the result of a complex interplay among personal history, emotional, and neurological development, brain chemistry, and the drugs (and behaviors) of addiction. Simplifying a wide array of brain and addiction research findings from around the globe, the book avoids glib self-help remedies, instead promoting a thorough and compassionate self-understanding as the first key to healing and wellness. In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts argues persuasively against contemporary health, social, and criminal justice policies toward addiction and those impacted by it. The mix of personal stories—including the author’s candid discussion of his own “high-status” addictive tendencies—and science with positive solutions makes the book equally useful for lay readers and professionals.
From the Foreword:
“Addiction is a disorder in self-regulation. Individuals who become dependent on addictive substances cannot regulate their emotions, self-care, self-esteem, and relationships. In this monumental and illuminating text Philip Flores covers all the reasons why this is so. But it is the domain of interpersonal relations that he makes clear why individuals susceptible to substance use disorders (SUDs) are especially vulnerable. His emphasis on addiction as an attachment disorder is principally important because he provides extensive scholarly and clinical insights as to why certain vulnerable individuals so desperately need to substitute chemical solutions and connections for human ones.
―Edward J. Khantzian, M.D., clinical professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
A Jason Aronson Book
The Two of Us
This workbook is intended for use with couples who want to enhance their emotional connection or overcome their relationship distress. It is recommended for use with couples pursuing Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). It closely follows the course of treatment and is designed so that clinicians can easily integrate guided reading and reflections into the therapeutic process.
Love & Betrayal
“A book of profound insight and wisdom, written not just for those who have been betrayed, but for anyone who wants to build deeper, more trusting relationships.”
SUSAN M. CAMPBELL, Ph.D.
Author of THE COUPLES JOURNEY
LOVE & BETRAYAL explores the many forms betrayal can take, from keeping secrets and negative gossip to breaking promises and sexual infidelity. In the process, you can discover how to heal the wounds of past betrayals, what steps to take to forgive both yourself and your betrayer, and how to cultivate a climate of love and trust in your current relationships.
For Each Other
For Each Other offers a complete program for establishing more joyful and satisfying intimacy with your partner. Dr. Barbach helps you answer the questions you have always wondered about and provides the tools you need to enliven your sexual relationship.
The bestselling author of Hold Me Tight presents a revolutionary new understanding of why and how we love, based on cutting-edge research.
Dancing with Fire: A Mindful Way to Loving Relationships
Winner of the 2014 Silver Independent Publisher Book Award in the relationship category and winner of the Spirituality and Practice Award as one of the best spiritual books of 2013!
The search for inner peace is often met with what seems like a conflicting path- the irresistible pull of love and connection with others to which we are drawn.
Reconciling these opposites, John Amodeo shows how spirituality and vibrant relationships are identical. He says that Buddha’s concept of the root of suffering is misunderstood. It is not desire that causes suffering; desire is the fire that springs from the basic life force. Drawing upon the science of attachment theory, Amodeo illuminates how the root of our suffering is disconnection from ourselves and others, which is fueled by clinging to what doesn’t serve us
In a conversational tone, Amodeo presents relationship as sacred experience. He teaches how to welcome desire mindfully rather than suppress it and how to overcome fear of failure in relating. He also discusses meditation as self-intimacy and holding ourselves with loving-kindness. Lastly, he explores the role of community in spiritual awakening and the issue of whom to trust–our guru or ourselves?
Twenty Poems to Bless Your Marriage: And One to Save It
Poems can teach us in ways that surpass other forms of understanding, especially when the subject concerns matters of the heart. When the heart’s whispers are too faint for us to hear in ordinary ways, poetry can speak to us with another kind of eloquence.
From the leap of joy that a couple takes on their wedding day to a fiftieth wedding anniversary that acknowledges the deep connection that a life together can bring, marriage takes us on a journey that passes through seasons and stages, peaks and valleys. This book honors that journey through twenty poems that celebrate and illuminate some of these major stages and provides not only inspiration for the journey but also solace and wisdom. Roger Housden, the author of Ten Poems to Change Your Life, provides essential insights into the poems, creating a collection of reflective prose and poetry that makes this an inspirational guidebook as much as a volume of poetry.
In Twenty Poems to Bless Your Marriage, Roger Housden offers poems and essays that will give voice to your heart, offering up words and wisdom not just for special occasions but to act as friends and guides to refer to throughout the life of a marriage.
The Authentic Heart : An Eightfold Path to Midlife Love
As you enter midlife, you may feel that something you’ve always longed for has never happened. Frustrated, you may give up on love or cling to young images of romantic love, hoping that another person will furnish happiness. You may experience a growing sense of depression, anxiety, or cynicism. But as psychotherapist and relationship expert Dr. John Amodeo explains, authentic love takes time and maturity. At midlife, you hold the extraordinary potential to become more fully awake and alive in your relationships than ever before. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Amodeo helps you rediscover love at its best. You’ll learn how to overcome the psychological obstacles that have kept you from developing satisfying relationships. And you’ll learn the eight enriching steps that release your authentic self for the fullness of genuine connection. Whether you’re seeking true love for the first time or wish to deepen the joy and meaning in your current relationship, The Authentic Heart guides you along the path to a more vibrant partnership in the prime of your life.
Loving Someone with Asperger’s Syndrome: Understanding and Connecting with your Partner
If you’re in a relationship with someone who has Asperger’s syndrome, it’s likely that your partner sometimes seems cold and insensitive. Other times, he or she may have emotional outbursts for no apparent reason. And in those moments when you can’t understand each other at all, you both feel fed up, frustrated, and confused.
The behavior of people with Asperger’s can be hard to understand and easy to misinterpret, which is why it’s so important to learn more about your partner’s condition. The tools presented in Loving Someone with Asperger’s Syndrome will help you build intimacy and improve the way you and your partner communicate. Filled with assessments and exercises for both you and your partner, this book will help you forge a deeper, more fulfilling relationship.
This book will teach you how to:
• Understand the effect of Asperger’s syndrome on your partner
• Practice effective communication skills
• Constructively work through frustrations and fights
• Establish relationship ground rules to help you fulfill each others’ needs
Wisdom On Step-Parenting: How to Succeed Where Others Fail
Subtitle: How To Succeed Where Others Fail This is a guide to creating loving, stable stepfamily relationships. Written by a psychologist and stepmother, this book is for stepparents who want to make the most of their situation and learn how to be resilient, happy, and confident in their relationship with their spouse and their stepchildren. The stories in this volume are drawn from clients that the author has counseled as well as her own adventurous life as a stepparent. To other struggling stepparents who feel they are drowning in their situation, she offers hope, encouragement, and realistic coping strategies. She provides proven techniques that help individuals succeed in their new marriages, build caring relationships with their stepchildren, and bolster their emotional life in general. “This gem of a book reveals how stepparenting, in spite of the pitfalls, can be done well and be immensely rewarding for the whole family.” Richard Levak, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist and Personality Expert
Love You, Hate the Porn: Healing a Relationship Damaged by Virtual Infidelity
A pornography addiction can feel like real infidelity to a spouse. There s nothing virtual about the damage done to a relationship, and the wounds are reopened each time a relapse is discovered. As tough as it is to overcome this addictive habit, healing a marriage damaged by pornography is even harder. For spouses, it s not enough for their partners to simply stop looking at porn. They need healing themselves. Some couples separate and divorce. Others stay together, but the strain of unresolved feelings takes a distinct toll. Many wonder, Can our marriage heal? Will we ever feel close again? Love You, Hate the Porn shows couples how to identify and address vulnerabilities in their relationship. Offers healing advice for spouses. Provides help for the struggling partner to avoid relapse. Focuses on how to make the marriage relationship stronger than it was before.
Blending Families Merging Households with Kids 8-18
Blending Families responds to the need for a book that explores step-parenting by starting with the marriage as the central relationship in a new blended family unit. Just as you are better able to help your child in an airplane emergency if you put your oxygen mask on first, you are better able to blend two families if you take care of the marriage first.
Starting with a discussion of attachment styles, the authors explore how those styles translate into the new family unit when trying to forge a new marriage while parenting tween and teen children in a family unit that is new to them as well. They provide parenting guidance premised on the fact that parenting occurs within a context, and in this case, a context that is unfamiliar territory for everyone involved. Using true stories throughout, they explore the variety of challenges that may arise, such as sibling rivalry, puberty, dating, emotional and intellectual differences, and preferential treatment, and offer suggestions for overcoming obstacles to fully blending. By focusing the light on the marriage as the most important source of stability, the authors encourage readers to develop a style of parenting that works for everyone and brings a sense of unity and strength to the household.
Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself
Kristin Neff, Ph.D., says that it’s time to “stop beating yourself up and leave insecurity behind.” Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind offers expert advice on how to limit self-criticism and offset its negative effects, enabling you to achieve your highest potential and a more contented, fulfilled life.
More and more, psychologists are turning away from an emphasis on self-esteem and moving toward self-compassion in the treatment of their patients—and Dr. Neff’s extraordinary book offers exercises and action plans for dealing with every emotionally debilitating struggle, be it parenting, weight loss, or any of the numerous trials of everyday living.
Sacred Stress: A Radically Different Approach to Using Life’s Challenges for Positive Change
Stress can limit our perspective, leaving us feeling trapped and out of control. But stress can also be a force for good: It is our challenges that most compel us to reach out for relationship. And our proudest moments come after overcoming obstacles we thought were insurmountable.
Based on personal experience and their work as therapists, and drawing on decades of psychological research, George R. Faller, MS, LMFT, and The Rev. Dr. Heather Wright have come to see that stress can be healthy and positive. They equip us with the skills and the knowledge we need to reframe our thinking about stress, understand and embrace our darker emotions, and become stronger through difficulty.
Working with Mindfulness – Research and Practice of Mindful Techniques in Organizations – Full Series
Dr. Davidson discusses his research on meditation as it relates to happiness, distraction, neuroplasticity and recovering from negative information, as well as key findings from his latest book The Emotional Life of Your Brain.
Mindfulness and Conflict Resolution with George Kohlrieser, Professor of High-Performance Leadership at IMD and veteran hostage negotiator. Professor Kohlrieser focuses on his experience applying mindfulness methods to promote calmness and compassion during negotiations and difficult conversations.
We know that when the brain is calm you listen better. Mindfulness can create a foundation for emotional bonding that allows you to be fully present and authentic during dialogues or a discussion. A mindful approach to entering difficult conversations keeps both parties out of the heat of emotions and able to explore the needs, wants and interests on both sides. Judgement is suspended and, with a strong bond, the mind is able to focus on and look for the mutual benefit of the common goal.
Myrtle the Turtle Discovers Hug Power
Myrtle the Turtle is jealous of her older brother, Yertle. He can swim faster and go places she can’t go, and he understands the funny things their parents say. It just doesn’t seem fair. So one day Myrtle decides to go exploring on her own, swimming across the reef toward the back side, where the water is deep. She ignores a warning from inside herself–an “uh-oh” feeling–that she shouldn’t go out there. When her family realizes she’s gone, they are alarmed; they find her, scold her, and bring her home. Myrtle feels ashamed, and then she feels she must be bad, so she hides. But Mama Turtle helps her understand what she’s feeling so that she knows what to do the next time she has that “uh-oh” feeling and then gives her a big hug to transform the shame monster. Can Myrtle use her new knowledge with her cousins the next time they want to play in the deep water? Exploring the transformation of shame through the parent-child connection, this children’s story shares the tale of a young turtle who learns the power of hugs to counteract shame.
“Jan DiSanto has written a lively and clever book for children, playfully illustrated … It relays the message that we all experience shame and that healing can take place through connection in loving relationships … It is an important addition to a child’s library that will enhance learning with every rereading.” –Liza J. Ravitz, PhD, child and adult psychologist
It’s Not the Stork!: A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends
IT’S NOT THE STORK! helps answer these endless and perfectly normal questions that preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary school children ask about how they began. Through lively, comfortable language and sensitive, engaging artwork, Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley address readers in a reassuring way, mindful of a child’s healthy desire for straightforward information. Two irresistible cartoon characters, a curious bird and a squeamish bee, provide comic relief and give voice to the full range of emotions and reactions children may experience while learning about their amazing bodies. Vetted and approved by science, health, and child development experts, the information is up-to-date, age-appropriate, and scientifically accurate, and always aimed at helping kids feel proud, knowledgeable, and comfortable about their own bodies, about how they were born, and about the family they are part of.
There’s a House Inside My Mummy
There’s a house inside my Mummy Where my little brother grows, or maybe it’s my little sister No-one really knows. A gentle and tender story of a little boy waiting for his little brother or sister to arrive. Told with humour and a simple rhyming text, this is the perfect picture book for all expectant brothers and sisters!
That New Animal
A new baby changes everything . . . for two dogs
FudgeFudge does not like that new animal. Marshmallow does not like it either. Not even a little bit. So begins this forthright, hilarious, and boldly illustrated story about two dogs that see the arrival of a new baby as a huge problem. They don’t like the way that new animal smells or the way the people just sit and stare at it, forgetting all about FudgeFudge and Marshmallow. They have to do something about it, but what? Then one morning a stranger named Grandpa arrives, and he wants to hold that new animal. Instantly FudgeFudge and Marshmallow know they can’t allow that. Why? they ask each other. Because, by now, that new animal has become their new animal.
A picture book that speaks with wise and knowing humor to every parent and child who has welcomed or resisted an addition to the family.
That New Animal is a 2005 Boston Globe – Horn Book Award Honor Book for Picture Books.
Julius, the Baby of the World
The riotously funny Lilly, last seen in Chester’s Way (Greenwillow), thinks her new baby brother, Julius, is disgusting — if he was a number, he would be zero. But when Cousin Garland dares to criticize Julius, Lilly bullies her into loudly admiring Julius as the baby of the world.Lilly knows her baby brother is nothing but dreadful — until she claims him for her own. “Henkes displays a deep understanding of sibling rivalry and a child’s fragile self-esteem….Lilly is a superb and timely heroine.” — Publishers Weekly. “
Dinosaurs Divorce (A Guide for Changing Families)
Dinosaurs Divorce Will Help you Understand: * Divorce Words and What They Mean * Why Parents Divorce * What About You? * After the Divorce * Living with One Parent * Visiting Your Parent * Having Two Homes * Celebrating Holidays and Special Occasions * Telling Your Friends * Meeting Parents’ New Friends * Living with Stepparents * Having Stepsisters and Stepbrothers.
Double-Dip Feelings: Stories to Help Children Understand Emotions
This volume is designed to help children understand emotions, and shows that it is possible to experience two contrasting feelings at the same time, such as feeling both proud and scared on the first day of school. Questions are raised throughout the book to help them cope with the tugs and pulls of emotions that simultaneous and dissimilar feelings can produce. This second edition contains new illustrations.
I Have Two Families
Patty describes her feelings about her parents’ divorce and the living arrangements they decided upon.
It’s Not Your Fault, Koko Bear: A Read-Together Book for Parents and Young Children During Divorce
This easy-to-understand children’s story and parenting guide is intended for families where both parents plan to stay active and involved in their child’s life. “It’s Not Your Fault, KoKo Bear” revolves around a lovable bear who doesn’t want to have two homes. KoKo’s experience will help children learn what divorce means, how family life will change, and understand that the divorce is not their fault.
Two Homes
At Mommy’s house, Alex has a soft chair. At Daddy’s house, Alex has a rocking chair. In each home, Alex also has a special bedroom and lots of friends to play with. But whether Alex is with Mommy or with Daddy, one thing always stays the same – Alex is loved. The gently reassuring text focuses on what is gained rather than what is lost when parents divorce, while the sensitive illustrations, depicting two unique homes in all their small details, firmly establish Alex’s place in both of them. TWO HOMES will help children – and parents – embrace even the most difficult of changes with an open and optimistic heart.
I Don’t Want to Talk About It
When a child’s parents tell her that they have decided to divorce, the last thing she wants to do is to talk about it. Instead, she wants to roar like a lion so she can’t hear their words. This story reveals a range of feelings a young child might experience when a family is confronting divorce.
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Beverly Cleary’s Newbery Medal-winning book explores the thoughts and emotions of a sixth-grade boy, Leigh Botts, in letter form as he writes to his favorite author, Boyd Henshaw.
After his parents separate, Leigh Botts moves to a new town with his mother. Struggling to make friends and deal with his anger toward his absent father, Leigh loses himself in a class assignment in which he must write to his favorite author. When Mr. Henshaw responds, the two form an unexpected friendship that will change Leigh’s life forever.
From the beloved author of the Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and Ralph S. Mouse series comes an epistolary novel about life’s growing pains.
This novel supports the Common Core State Standards.
The Top-Secret Journal of Fiona Claire Jardin
In this humorous, heartbreaking–and hopeful–novel, a young girl struggles to come to terms with her parents’ divorce. Funny, poignant, and above all, honest, Fiona’s journal entries reveal a roller coaster of emotions as she tries to cope in a world that’s been turned upside down. This story is sure to strike a chord with anyone–young or old–who has experienced the comfort and turmoil of family life.
Mom’s House, Dad’s House for Kids: Feeling at Home in One Home or Two
From the author of the classic Mom’s House, Dad’s House, the essential guide for kids on how to stay strong and succeed in life when parents separate, divorce, or get married again.
Isolina Ricci’s Mom’s House, Dad’s House has been the gold standard for inspiring and supporting divorcing and remarrying parents for more than twenty-five years. With her new book, Dr. Isa adapts her time-tested advice on maneuvering the emotional, logistical, and legal realities of separation, divorce, and stepfamilies to speak directly to children. Alongside practical ways to cope with big changes she offers older children and their families key resiliency tools that kids can use now and the rest of their lives. Kids and families are encouraged to believe in themselves, to take heart, and to plan for their lives ahead.
Mom’s House, Dad’s House for Kids is packed with practical tips, frank answers, easy-to-use lists, “train your brain” ideas, reproducible worksheets, and things to try when words just won’t come out right. Kids will learn how to:
· Deal with parents living apart, schedules, and dueling house rules
· Settle comfortably in one home or two
· Stay out of the “miserable middle” when parents fight
· Manage stress, guilt, change, fear, and other feelings
· Stay connected with parents, relatives, and the “right” friends
· Appreciate the gifts (and deal with the gripes) of their new version of family
· Feel better FAST!
Kids can’t get their parents back together, but they can help themselves get stronger and go on to succeed in life. This book shows them how.
PRETEEN AND TEENAGE
It’s Not the End of the World
Can Karen keep her parents from getting a divorce? This classic novel from Judy Blume has a fresh new look.
Karen couldn’t tell Mrs. Singer why she had to take her Viking diorama out of the sixth-grade showcase. She felt like yelling, “To keep my parents from getting divorced!” But she couldn’t say it, and the whole class was looking at her anyway.
Karen’s world was ending. Her father had moved out of the house weeks before; now he was going to Las Vegas to get divorced, and her mother was pleased! She had only a few days to get the two of them together in the same room. Maybe, if she could, they would just forget about the divorce. Then the Newman family could be its old self again—maybe. But Karen knew something she didn’t know last winter: that sometimes people who shouldn’t be apart are impossible together.
The Divorce Express
A gorgeous new package for Paula Danziger’s backlist with an introduction from Ann Martin!No one wants to ride the Divorce Express. Especially Phoebe. It means leaving her New York City apartment and friends, moving to the country with her dad, and taking the bus every weekend to visit her mom in the city. It means she has to go to ninth grade in a new school and see her father go on dates. It’s a hectic life with no time to feel she really belongs with the kids in either place. Then, just when Phoebe gets a handle on juggling the pieces of her life, her mother makes a decision that will change everything again. How can Phoebe be herself and still be part of both her parents’ worlds?
Paula Danziger’s novels are hilarious, genuine, and full of dynamic female characters that have won the hearts of her readers and turned her books into beloved classics. These playful covers full of charming details capture the spirit of Paula’s stories and will brighten up the bookshelves of her fans and a new generation of readers.
A Solitary Blue (The Tillerman Cycle)
A Newbery Honor–winning installment of the Cynthia Voigt’s classic Tillerman series is repackaged with a fresh new look.
Jeff Greene was only seven when he came home from school to find a note from his mother. She felt that the world needed her more than her “grown up” son did. For someone who believed she could see the world’s problems so clearly, she was blind to the heartache and difficulties she pushed upon her son, leaving him with his reserved, undemonstrative father.
So when, years later, she invites Jeff to spend summers with her in Charleston, Jeff is captivated by her free spirit and warmth, and a happiness he’s been missing fills him. But Jeff’s second visit ends with a devastating betrayal and an aching feeling of loneliness. In life, there can be emotional pits so deep that seemingly nothing will grow—but if he digs a little deeper, Jeff might just come out on the other side.
Still a Family: A Guide to Good Parenting Through Divorce
Divorce can have a devastating effect on children. Yet for families who carefully consider and manage the intricacies associated with this difficult and upsetting time, the family, as seen from the child’s perspective, can remain strong, healthy, and as loving and supportive as it ever was. “Still a Family” clearly and concisely lays out the specific emotions and reactions parents need to anticipate from their children while going through separation, divorce, and its aftermath. Rather than weighing parents down with complicated plans, confusing information, and legal terminology, this book takes a common-sense approach, providing readers in a state of emotional distress with the practical, down-to-earth advice they need to sensibly and comfortingly guide their children through this often painful process. The book covers the most common mistakes divorcing parents tend to make, as well as addressing special issues that come up for kids of different age groups. This is a much-needed repository of wisdom and practical counsel for any family going through a time of height-ened feelings and fragile relationships.
The Gentle Parent: Positive, Practical, Effective Discipline (A Little Hearts Handbook)
Written by best-selling parenting and children’s book author and mother of six, L.R.Knost, ‘The Gentle Parent: Positive, Practical, Effective Discipline’ provides parents with the tools they need to implement the Three C’s of gentle discipline–Connection, Communication, and Cooperation–to create a peaceful home and a healthy parent/child relationship. Presented in bite-sized chapters perfect for busy parents and written in L.R.Knost’s signature conversational style, ‘The Gentle Parent’ is packed with practical suggestions and real-life examples to help parents through the normal ups and downs of gentle discipline on the road to raising a generation of world changers.
Two Thousand Kisses a Day: Gentle Parenting Through the Ages and Stages (A Little Hearts Handbook)
Gentle Parenting is about guiding instead of controlling, connecting instead of punishing, encouraging instead of demanding. It’s about listening, understanding, responding, and communicating. Written by international best-selling, award-winning author, L.R.Knost, ‘Two Thousand Kisses a Day: Gentle Parenting Through the Ages and Stages’ is an introduction to the ideas behind gentle parenting and to its application in each of the developmental stages of childhood.
Whispers Through Time: Communication Through the Ages and Stages of Childhood (A Little Hearts Handbook)
Communication is the key to peaceful, effective interactions between parents and children. When normal childhood behavior is viewed as normal instead of something to be corrected and controlled, communication creates the bridge to developmentally appropriate growth, maturity, and independence. Written by best-selling parenting and children’s book author and mother of six, L.R.Knost, ‘Whispers Through Time: Communication-Based Parenting’ is a rethinking of mainstream parenting’s perception of normal childhood behaviors coupled with simple, practical approaches to parent/child communication at each stage of development from tots to teens.
The Connected Child: Bring hope and healing to your adoptive family
The adoption of a child is always a joyous moment in the life of a family. Some adoptions, though, present unique challenges. Welcoming these children into your family–and addressing their special needs–requires care, consideration, and compassion.
Written by two research psychologists specializing in adoption and attachment, The Connected Child will help you:
Build bonds of affection and trust with your adopted child
Effectively deal with any learning or behavioral disorders
Discipline your child with love without making him or her feel threatened
Attachment-Focused Parenting: Effective Strategies to Care for Children (Norton Professional Books (Hardcover))
An expert clinician brings attachment theory into the realm of parenting skills.
Attachment security and affect regulation have long been buzzwords in therapy circles, but many of these ideas?so integral to successful therapeutic work with kids and adolescents? have yet to be effectively translated to parenting practice itself. Moreover, as neuroscience reveals how the human brain is designed to work in good relationships, and how such relationships are central to healthy human development, the practical implications for the parent-child attachment relationship become even more apparent.
Here, a leading attachment specialist with over 30 years of clinical experience brings the rich and comprehensive field of attachment theory and research from inside the therapy room to the outside, equipping therapists and caregivers with practical parenting skills and techniques rooted in proven therapeutic principles.
No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind
Highlighting the fascinating link between a child’s neurological development and the way a parent reacts to misbehavior, No-Drama Discipline provides an effective, compassionate road map for dealing with tantrums, tensions, and tears—without causing a scene.
Defining the true meaning of the “d” word (to instruct, not to shout or reprimand), the authors explain how to reach your child, redirect emotions, and turn a meltdown into an opportunity for growth. By doing so, the cycle of negative behavior (and punishment) is essentially brought to a halt, as problem solving becomes a win/win situation. Inside this sanity-saving guide you’ll discover
• strategies that help parents identify their own discipline philosophy—and master the best methods to communicate the lessons they are trying to impart
• facts on child brain development—and what kind of discipline is most appropriate and constructive at all ages and stages
• the way to calmly and lovingly connect with a child—no matter how extreme the behavior—while still setting clear and consistent limits
• tips for navigating your child through a tantrum to achieve insight, empathy, and repair
• twenty discipline mistakes even the best parents make—and how to stay focused on the principles of whole-brain parenting and discipline techniques
The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind
In this pioneering, practical book, Daniel J. Siegel, neuropsychiatrist and author of the bestselling Mindsight, and parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson offer a revolutionary approach to child rearing with twelve key strategies that foster healthy brain development, leading to calmer, happier children. The authors explain—and make accessible—the new science of how a child’s brain is wired and how it matures. The “upstairs brain,” which makes decisions and balances emotions, is under construction until the mid-twenties. And especially in young children, the right brain and its emotions tend to rule over the logic of the left brain. No wonder kids throw tantrums, fight, or sulk in silence. By applying these discoveries to everyday parenting, you can turn any outburst, argument, or fear into a chance to integrate your child’s brain and foster vital growth.
Complete with age-appropriate strategies for dealing with day-to-day struggles and illustrations that will help you explain these concepts to your child, The Whole-Brain Child shows you how to cultivate healthy emotional and intellectual development so that your children can lead balanced, meaningful, and connected lives.
The Developing Mind, Second Edition: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are
This bestselling book put the field of interpersonal neurobiology on the map for many tens of thousands of readers. Daniel J. Siegel goes beyond the nature and nurture divisions that traditionally have constrained much of our thinking about development, exploring the role of interpersonal relationships in forging key connections in the brain. He presents a groundbreaking new way of thinking about the emergence of the human mind and the process by which each of us becomes a feeling, thinking, remembering individual. Illuminating how and why neurobiology matters, this book is essential reading for clinicians, educators, researchers, and students interested in promoting healthy development and resilience. Professors praise the book’s utility in courses from developmental psychology and child development to neuroscience and counseling.
*Incorporates significant scientific and technical advances.
*Expanded discussions of cutting-edge topics, including neuroplasticity, epigenetics, mindfulness, and the neural correlates of consciousness.
*Useful pedagogical features: pull-outs, diagrams, and a glossary.
*Epilogue on domains of integration–specific pathways to well-being and therapeutic change.
Your Two-Year-Old: Terrible or Tender
Are two-year-olds really so terrible, or does the world have a slightly skewed view of this sometimes difficult, sometimes adorable lot? Drs. Ames and Ilg, recognized worldwide as authorities on child behavior and development, offer parents practical advice and enlightening psychological insights on children this age.
What are two-year-old girls and boys thinking and feeling? How do they see others around them? With humor and compassion, the authors describe the general characteristics of these complex toddlers: their physical growth trends, their emotional and psychological maturation. Also included are insights into how two-year-olds behave with family and other children, and advice on how to handle them, as well as tings to avoid.
Included in this book:
• A two-year-old’s view of the world—and himself
• Bath and dressing routines
• Sex differences
• Stories from real life
• A list of age-appropriate toys and books
• A bibliography for parents
Brain Rules for Baby (Updated and Expanded): How to Raise a Smart and Happy Child from Zero to Five
What’s the single most important thing you can do during pregnancy? What does watching TV do to a child’s brain? What’s the best way to handle temper tantrums? Scientists know.
In his New York Times bestseller Brain Rules, Dr. John Medina showed us how our brains really work—and why we ought to redesign our workplaces and schools. Now, in Brain Rules for Baby, he shares what the latest science says about how to raise smart and happy children from zero to five. This book is destined to revolutionize parenting. Just one of the surprises: The best way to get your children into the college of their choice? Teach them impulse control.
Brain Rules for Baby bridges the gap between what scientists know and what parents practice. Through fascinating and funny stories, Medina, a developmental molecular biologist and dad, unravels how a child’s brain develops – and what you can do to optimize it.
The Everything Parent’s Guide to Emotional Intelligence in Children: How to Raise Children Who Are Caring, Resilient, and Emotionally Strong
A child’s emotional intelligence has been shown to be one of the strongest factors in whether or not that child will be successful later in life. A child with high emotional intelligence (EQ) has good self-control, resilience, and empathy–all factors that help build a foundation for a more grounded, satisfying, and successful life.
With The Everything Parent’s Guide to Emotional Intelligence in Children, you will learn how to help your child:
Improve academic achievement and behavior.
Achieve mindfulness.
Understand emotions.
Empathize with others.
Improve self-confidence.
Build inner resilience.
This hands-on guide shows you exactly how to promote core EQ skills in your child and provides you with all you need to help your children achieve their greatest potential.
Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
Between the ages of 12 and 24, the brain changes in important, and oftentimes maddening, ways. It’s no wonder that many parents approach their child’s adolescence with fear and trepidation. According to renowned neuropsychiatrist Daniel Siegel’s New York Times bestseller Brainstorm, if parents and teens can work together to form a deeper understanding of the brain science behind all the tumult, they will be able to turn conflict into connection and form a deeper understanding of one another.
In Brainstorm, Siegel illuminates how brain development impacts teenagers’ behavior and relationships. Drawing on important new research in the field of interpersonal neurobiology, he explores exciting ways in which understanding how the teenage brain functions can help parents make what is in fact an incredibly positive period of growth, change, and experimentation in their children’s lives less lonely and distressing on both sides of the generational divide.
Brainstorm is a current nominee for a Books for a Better Life award.
Courage After Fire for Parents of Service Members: Strategies for Coping When Your Son or Daughter Returns from Deployment
Parents of returning service members may sometimes feel that their voices are not heard. The media is saturated with stories about troops returning from deployment with mental health problems like post-traumatic stress, depression, and substance abuse. Some also return home with physical problems including traumatic brain injury, physical pain or more severe injuries like amputations. Almost all returning service members experience reintegration challenges such as readjusting to family and community, finding employment or attending school.
But rarely do we hear how parents are taking on the role of supporting their sons and daughters who have served our country. In countless ways these parents provide help—and when their military child suffers significant physical or psychological injuries, they may once again become their primary caretaker. For mothers and fathers and others in a parenting role, it can be overwhelming at times, and resources are limited.
Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships: What Works and What Doesn’t
Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships draws on current research, a wide variety of clinical modalities, and thirty years of clinical work with stepfamily members to describe the special challenges stepfamilies face. The book presents the concept of “stepfamily architecture” and the five challenges it creates, and delineates three different levels of strategies?psychoeducation, building interpersonal skills, and intrapsychic work?for meeting those challenges in dozens of different settings.
The model is designed to be useful both to stepfamily members themselves and to a wide variety of practitioners, from a highly trained clinician who needs to know how and when to work on all three levels, to a school counselor or clergy person who may work on the first two levels but refer out for level three. It will also be useful to educators, judges, mediators, lawyers and medical personnel who will practice on the first level, but need to understand the other two to guide their work.
Staying Connected To Your Teenager: How To Keep Them Talking To You And How To Hear What They’re Really Saying
At last, a book of sage advice that will help frustrated parents reconnect with their teenager and keep that connection even in today’s often-crazy world.The first step is simple: realizing that inside every teen resides two very different people-the regressed child and the emergent adult. The emergent adult is seen at school, on the playing field, in his first job, and in front of his friends’ families. Unfortunately, his parents usually see only the regressed child-moody and defiant-and, if they’re not on the lookout, they’ll miss seeing the more agreeable, increasingly adult thinker in their midst.With ingenious strategies for coaxing the more attractive of the two teen personalities into the home, family psychologist Mike Riera gives new hope to beleaguered and harried parents. From moving from a “managing” to a “consulting” role in a teen’s life, from working with a teen’s uniquely exasperating sleep rhythms to having real conversations when only monosyllables have been previously possible, Staying Connected to Your Teenager demonstrates ways to bring out the best in a teen-and, consequently, in an entire family.
Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers
With more than 100,000 copies sold, Michael Riera’s UNCOMMON SENSE FOR PARENTS WITH TEENAGERS has ushered countless families through the trying years of adolescence. Offering a fresh interpretation of the teen years, Riera asserts that this period of a child’s growth is too often misunderstood as a phase to be dreaded instead of enjoyed. In this fully revised and updated edition, Riera tackles some of the newest issues facing parents and teens—text messaging and the Internet, changing driver’s license requirements, fad diets and exercise—and gives a second look to the old standbys—alcohol and drugs, academics, sex and dating, sports and extracurricular activities, eating disorders, making friends, single parenting, divorce, and more. Beginning with overviews of the parent-teenager relationship, the adolescent world, and high school, the bulk of the book comprises a series of responses to questions commonly asked by parents. Based on his 19 years as a teacher, counselor, dean of students, and parent, Riera recommends some unexpected—and ultimately successful—approaches, like “Communicate indirectly,” “Let your teenager brood,” and “Resist giving advice, even when your teenager asks for it.” With a rare appreciation for this special developmental stage of life and an unpatronizing approach to teenagers, UNCOMMON SENSE FOR PARENTS WITH TEENAGERS is a beacon of optimism and hope for confused and wearied families everywhere.
From Broken Attachments to Earned Security: The Role of Empathy in Therapeutic Change (John Bowlby Memorial Lecture Series)
The practical, sometimes step-by-step explanation of the use of empathy in one-to-one clinical work, in health service organizations or society generally, offer a positive and hopeful way forward. All of the presenters faced up to the challenges of repairing or reversing the impact of derailed attachments and the toxic impact of trauma, offering a realistic but hopeful route to improved relating and healthier attachments.
We believe that this publication will be a valuable resource for students, seasoned practitioners, and health service professionals alike who want to enhance their understanding of empathy and attachment in this demanding field.
Subject areas covered by your book in order of importance and key subject area:
* causes of insecure attachments
* impact of relational trauma
* how to re-establish a secure sense of self
* working one to one and in organizational settings
MOTHERS AND OTHERS
Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding
Somewhere in Africa, more than a million years ago, a line of apes began to rear their young differently than their Great Ape ancestors. From this new form of care came new ways of engaging and understanding each other. How such singular human capacities evolved, and how they have kept us alive for thousands of generations, is the mystery revealed in this bold and wide-ranging new vision of human emotional evolution.
Mothers and Others finds the key in the primatologically unique length of human childhood. If the young were to survive in a world of scarce food, they needed to be cared for, not only by their mothers but also by siblings, aunts, fathers, friends?and, with any luck, grandmothers. Out of this complicated and contingent form of childrearing, Sarah Hrdy argues, came the human capacity for understanding others. Mothers and others teach us who will care, and who will not.
From its opening vision of “apes on a plane”; to descriptions of baby care among marmosets, chimpanzees, wolves, and lions; to explanations about why men in hunter-gatherer societies hunt together, Mothers and Others is compellingly readable. But it is also an intricately knit argument that ever since the Pleistocene, it has taken a village to raise children?and how that gave our ancient ancestors the first push on the path toward becoming emotionally modern human beings.
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Greater Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life
Based at UC Berkeley, Greater Good reports on groundbreaking research into the roots of compassion, happiness, and altruism.
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Sexual Awareness: Your Guide to Healthy Couple Sexuality
In the newest edition of this classic text, veteran authors Barry and Emily McCarthy explain how desire, pleasure, and satisfaction can enrich your relationship. As the premier book on the subject, Sexual Awareness focuses on factors that promote and subvert healthy couple sexuality. Reading this book and partaking in the psychosocial skill exercises it contains will help couples learn how to value sexuality as a positive and satisfying part of their lives. Couples at any stage of their relationship will learn how to enhance sexual awareness, communication, feelings, and function. The result will be enhanced desire and eroticism that will help couples understand themselves and each other better.
Rekindling Desire
For over a decade Rekindling Desire has helped to restore and restructure sexuality in thousands of lives. This expanded edition continues the exploration of inhibited sexual desire and no-sex relationships by respected therapist Barry McCarthy, who brings decades of knowledge and the expertise that comes from having treated almost 3,000 couples for sexual problems. Contained within are suggested strategies and exercises that help develop communication and sexual skills, as well as interesting case studies that open the doors to couples’ sexual frustrations. The shame, embarrassment, and hesitancy that individuals feel with themselves, and the resentment and blame they can feel towards their sexual partners, are explored and put into context. Whether you are married, cohabitating, or dating, or if you are 25, 45, or 75, reading this book will help renew your sexual desire and put you on the path towards healthy, pleasure-oriented sexuality.
The Heart of Desire: Keys to the Pleasures of Love
How can you keep sexual desire alive over the long term? More and more people are finding it difficult to maintain a relationship that is both emotionally and sexually gratifying. In a book that will challenge and forever change how you think about love and sex, clinical psychologist and sex therapist Stella Resnick, PhD, draws on the latest scientific research to explore the love-lust dilemma. Dr. Resnick reveals how early programming can inhibit sexual desire as lovers become committed partners and begin to treat each other less like lovers and more like family. Dr. Resnick’s revolutionary body-mind program will help you recognize limiting old patterns, learn valuable skills for enhancing romantic love and sexual aliveness, and tap into your natural capacity to enjoy emotionally fulfilling sexual pleasure. You’ll discover:
*A 10-Step Loving Sex Program with detailed methods for deepening the pleasures of emotional intimacy and broadening your erotic repertoire
*The latest research in sexology, neuroscience, brain neuroplasticity, and the psychology of flourishing with practical applications for relationships
*Real-life stories from the author’s decades of work with clients and her own personal journey
Putting Children First: Proven Parenting Strategies for Helping Children Thrive Through Divorce
An internationally renowned authority on children and divorce reveals the latest research-based strategies for helping children survive and thrive before, during, and long after their parent’s divorce.
The breakup of a family can have an enduring impact on children. But as Dr. JoAnne Pedro-Carroll explains with clarity and compassion in this powerful book, parents can positively alter the immediate and long-term effects of divorce on their children. The key is proven, emotionally intelligent parenting strategies that promote children’s emotional health, resilience, and ability to lead satisfying lives.
Over the past three decades, Pedro-Carroll has worked with families in transition, conducted research, and developed and directed award-winning, court-endorsed programs that have helped thousands of families navigate divorce and its aftermath. Now she shares practical, research-based advice that helps parents:
-gain a deeper understanding of what their children are experiencing
-develop emotionally intelligent parenting strategies with the critical combination of boundless love and appropriate limits on behavior
-reduce conflict with a former spouse and protect children from conflict’s damaging effects
-learn what recent brain research reveals about stress and children’s developing capabilities
Filled with the voices and drawings of children and the stories of families, Putting Children First delivers a positive vision for a future of hope and healing.
How It Feels When Parents Divorce
In this immensely moving book, nineteen boys and girls, from seven to sixteen years old and from highly diverse backgrounds, share with us their deepest feelings about their parents’ divorce. By listening to them, all children of divorced parents can find constructive ways to help themselves through this difficult time. And they will learn that their own shock and anger, confusion and pain, have been experienced by others and are normal and appropriate. These boys and girls speak with extraordinary honesty and tolerance, and with a remarkable absence of rationalization, illusion, or attempt to justify their own often-trying behavior in response to their situations. Their stories are immediate and convincing, and their generosity in confiding their feelings should provide comfort to children and parents alike.
Your Divorce Advisor: A Lawyer and a Psychologist GuideYou Through the Legal and Emotional Landscape of Divorce
A lawyer and a psychologist offer a groundbreaking divorce strategy that protects both your finances and your family.
From your first thought of divorce through the final paperwork, Your Divorce Advisor takes you step by step toward a divorce that dissolves the marriage but not your dignity, your sense of family, or your financial security. Whether you hire a lawyer or a mediator, or do it yourself, this practical, direct, and empowering guide offers you the wise counsel you need for both the legal and the emotional processes of ending your marriage.
Your Divorce Advisor shows you how to:
-Keep a healthy perspective that leads to a successful legal strategy and recognize when emotions threaten your case
-Protect your assets without destroying your family
Offering:
-Detailed coverage of all your legal options and guidance through every legal step, including anticipating the emotional repercussions of your decisions
-More information on custody than any other divorce book, including age-appropriate custody schedules
-A sample divorce agreement explained one paragraph at a time
Your Divorce Advisor helps you set yourself and your family on a positive course toward a new life.
Divorcing Peacefully: Why It’s Essential And How To Do It
The author, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, draws not only on his experience as a therapist working with individuals and couples in distress but also on his work as a Court Appointed Child Custody Evaluator, and as a co-parenting counselor with Court mandated clients, as well as on his personal experience as a single parent and co-parent. He presents a compelling, must-read, description of the effects of high conflict adversarial divorce on the family, especially the children, and shows us a clear path to lowering the conflict and finding healthier alternatives. This book should be considered required reading for anyone going through, considering, or recovering from, a divorce!rd a new life.
Coming Apart: Why Relationships End and How to Live Through the Ending of Yours
Next to the death of a loved one, the ending of a relationship is the most painful experience most people will ever go through. Coming Apart is a first-aid kit for getting through the ending. It is a tool that will enable you to live through the end of your relationship with your self-esteem intact.
Daphne Rose Kingma, the undisputed expert on matters of the heart, explores the critical facets of relationship breakdowns:
Love myths: why we are really in relationships
The life span of love
The emotional and unconscious processes of parting
How to get through the ending
How to create a personal workbook for finding resolution
Originally published in 1987, and continuously in print since then, with more than half a million copies sold, Coming Apart has been an important resource for hundreds of thousands of readers experiencing the pain and stress of a break-up. For anyone going through the ending of a relationship Kingma is a caring, sensitive guide.
This re-packaged edition includes a new introduction by the author.
Healing Through the Dark Emotions: The Wisdom of Grief, Fear, and Despair
We are all touched at some point by the dark emotions of grief, fear, or despair. In an age of global threat, these emotions have become widespread and overwhelming. While conventional wisdom warns us of the harmful effects of “negative” emotions, this revolutionary book offers a more hopeful view: there is a redemptive power in our worst feelings. Seasoned psychotherapist Miriam Greenspan argues that it’s the avoidance and denial of the dark emotions that results in the escalating psychological disorders of our time: depression, anxiety, addiction, psychic numbing, and irrational violence. And she shows us how to trust the wisdom of the dark emotions to guide, heal, and transform our lives and our world.
Drawing on inspiring stories from her psychotherapy practice and personal life, and including a complete set of emotional exercises, Greenspan teaches the art of emotional alchemy by which grief turns to gratitude, fear opens the door to joy, and despair becomes the ground of a more resilient faith in life.
How Can I Forgive You?: The Courage to Forgive, the Freedom Not To
Until now, we have been taught that forgiveness is good for us and that good people forgive. Dr. Spring, a gifted therapist and the award-winning author of After the Affair, proposes a radical, life-affirming alternative that lets us overcome the corrosive effects of hate and get on with our lives—without forgiving. She also offers a powerful and unconventional model for genuine forgiveness—one that asks as much of the offender as it does of us.
This bold and healing book offers step-by-step, concrete instructions that help us make peace with others and with ourselves, while answering such crucial questions as these:
How do I forgive someone who is unremorseful or dead?
When is forgiveness cheap?
What is wrong with refusing to forgive?
How can the offender earn forgiveness?
How do we forgive ourselves for hurting another human being?
The Art of Forgiveness, Loving kindness, and Peace
You hold in your hand an invitation:
To remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible.
In this beautiful and graceful little book, internationally renowned Buddhist teacher and meditation master Jack Kornfield has collected age-old teachings, modern stories, and time-honored practices for bringing healing, peace, and compassion into our daily lives. Just to read these pages offers calm and comfort. The practices contained here offer meditations for you to discover a new way to meet life’s greatest challenges with acceptance, joy, and hope.
A Lamp in the Darkness: Illuminating the Path Through Difficult Times
When the path ahead is dark, how can we keep from stumbling? How do we make our way with courage and dignity? “Inside each of us is an eternal light that I call ‘the One Who Knows,’ writes Jack Kornfield. “Awakening to this wisdom can help us fin dour way through pain and suffering with grace and tenderness.” For anyone seeking answer during a trying time, he offers A Lamp in the Darkness, a book-and-CD program filled with spiritual and psychological insights, hope-giving stories, and guided meditations for skillfully navigating life’s inevitable storms.
The practices in this book are not positive thinking, quick fixes, or simplistic self-help strategies. They are powerful tools for doing “the work of the soul” to access our inner knowing and to embrace the fullness of our life experience. With regularly practice these teachings and meditations enable you to transform your difficulties into a guiding light for the journey ahead. Join Jack Kornfeld as your trusted guide as you explore:
Shared Compassion—a guided practice for planting the seeds of compassion and opening the heart to all that life brings
The Earth Is My Witness—a meditation to establish firm footing in the midst of darkness, centered by a steady witnessing presence
The Practice of Forgiveness—what Jack calls “the only medicine that can release us from the past and allow us to truly begin anew.”
The Temple of Healing—a guided visualization to meet our own inner healer
Equanimity and Peace—a meditation for maintaining balance and acceptance regardless of the situation
Just as it is certain that each life will include suffering, explains Kornfield, it is also true that in every moment there is the possibility of transcending your difficulties to discover the heart’s eternal freedom. With A Lamp in the Darkness, he offers you a beacon for yourself and others until joy returns again.
Foreward by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Introduction: An Invitation to Awaken
The Wisdom of Our Difficulties
The Earth is My Witness
Shared Compassion
Awakening the Buddha of Wisdom in Difficulties
The Practice of Forgiveness
The Temple of Healing
The Zen of an Aching Heart
Equanimity and Peace
Your Highest Intention
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness and the Healing Journey
Afterword: The Return of Joy
If you’re reading these words, you’ve probably hit hard times. Perhaps you’ve lost a loved one, or maybe you’ve lost your job, or received a difficult diagnosis, or someone close to you has. Maybe you’re divorcing or you’re in bankruptcy or you’ve been injured, or your life is falling apart in any number of ways. Maybe daily life itself has become too much for you…or not enough. But even in the best of times there’s plenty to worry about: seemingly endless wars and violence, racism, our accelerating environmental destruction. In difficult times, personally or collectively, we often begin to wonder not only how we can get through this difficult patch; we begin to question existence itself.
Forgiveness is a Choice: A Step-by-Step Process for Resolving Anger and Restoring Hope
Forgiveness Is a Choice is a self-help book for people who have been deeply hurt by another and caught in a vortex of anger, depression, and resentment. As a creator of the first scientifically proven forgiveness program in the country, Robert D. Enright shows how forgiveness can reduce anxiety and depression while increasing self-esteem and hopefulness toward one’s future.
This groundbreaking work demonstrates how forgiveness, approached in the correct manner, benefits the forgiver far more than the forgiven. Filled with wisdom and warm encouragement, the book leads the reader on a path that will bring clarity and peace.
Enright is careful to distinguish forgiveness from “pseudoforgiveness” and to reassure readers that forgiveness does not mean accepting continued abuse or even reconciling with the offender. Rather, by giving the gift of forgiveness, readers are encouraged to confront and let go of their pain in order to regain their lives.
Not “Just Friends”: Rebuilding Trust and Recovering Your Sanity After Infidelity
One of the world’s leading experts on infidelity provides a step-by-step guide through the process of marital infidelity—from suspicion and revelation to healing, and provides profound, practical guidance to prevent cheating and, if it happens, recover and heal from it.
You’re right to be cautious when you hear these words: “I’m telling you, we’re just friends.”
Good people in good marriages are having affairs. The workplace and the Internet have become fertile breeding grounds for “friendships” that can slowly and insidiously turn into love affairs. Yet you can protect your relationship from emotional or sexual betrayal by recognizing the red flags that mark the stages of slipping into an improper, dangerous intimacy that can threaten your marriage.
After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful, 2nd Edition
“Dr. Spring possesses a remarkable combination of clarity, wisdom, spirit, and heart. This is an extremely helpful and healing book—a gift to us all.”
—Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., author of The Dance of Anger
“It is ‘must’ reading for any couple who has experienced the violation of trust as a result of an affair.”
—Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.
A staggering number of couples in America—about 70 percent—have been affected by extramarital affairs. After the Affair is the only book to offer proven strategies for surviving the crisis and rebuilding the relationship. Written by Janis Abrahms Spring, Ph.D., a nationally known therapist and acknowledged expert on infidelity, this revised and updated version brings the groundbreaking classic into the 21st century, with a new section dealing with online affairs in cyberspace. For women who are struggling in their marriage—and for clinicians, psychology academics and readers fascinated by of popular psychology—this newly revised and updated edition of After the Affair is essential reading.
Torn Asunder: Recovering From an Extramarital Affair
A resource on marital infidelity for all involved, even onlookers
Written by respected pastor and marriage counselor Dave Carder, this revised and expanded version of Torn Asunder sorts through the factors that contribute to infidelity and then maps out a recovery process for both partners. With compassion and wisdom rooted in the Bible, Carder offers insight for the victims of adultery, the perpetrators, and those who seek to help hurting couples.
Along the way Carder also answers questions like:
We didn’t actually sleep together, so is it still an affair?
Can I trust my spouse again?
Should I reveal a secret affair?
What if my spouse doesn’t want me back?
What do we tell the kids?
This refreshed and updated edition is an excellent resource for pastors, leaders, and lay people.
Pair this with the Torn Asunder Workbook to for extra guidance in applying the book’s advice to your marriage.
How to Help Your Spouse Heal From Your Affair: A Compact Manual for the Unfaithful
Once an affair comes to light, many unfaithful persons “wake up” and want to save their marriages. Yet, they usually make terrible mistakes in their bungled attempts to win back their partners’ trust. Linda J. MacDonald, an infidelity specialist for 23 years, has identified behaviors and attitudes that determine unfaithful persons’ success or failure to mend their marriages after the wrecking ball of an affair.
How to Help Your Spouse Heal from Your Affair offers practical advice for those who’ve strayed and want a second chance. It would take weeks of therapy to learn what Successful Rebuilders know:
How to avoid the potholes that doom marriages after affairs
Critical guidelines for the first hours after discovery
15 essential steps for repair after betrayal
Skills to cope with your partner’s obsessions and “triggers”
Ways to undo the damage from your lies
The keys to avoid prolonging your spouse’s agony (and yours)
The difference between helpful and harmful apologies
How to rebuild your broken life, relationships, and integrity
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Durango mountain bikers see silver at collegiate nationals
Professional College High School Youth Outdoors Living Sports
Collegiate mountain bike nationals off to muddy start
By John Livingston Regional sports editor
Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016 5:01 PM
Updated: Friday, Oct. 21, 2016 3:38 PM
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Fort Lewis College men’s mountain biker Stephan Davoust of Durango worked his way to a silver medal Thursday in the men’s collegiate varsity short-track cross country national championship race on Snowshow Mountain in West Virginia.
Courtesy of Connor Hodge
It was a silver day for two of Durango’s own in West Virginia.
Stephan Davoust rode to second place in the varsity short-track cross country mountain bike race at the 2016 USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships at Snowshoe Mountain. In the women’s club division race, Emily Schaldach of Durango also took second riding for the University of Colorado-Boulder.
“(Friday’s) race was insane,” Schaldach said in an email to The Durango Herald. “It was rainy and cold, the conditions were not optimal. As soon as the gun went off, though, it was awesome.”
Davoust is a talented short-track racer with a second-place finish at the pro national championships in 2015 and a ninth place finish in 2016.
He crossed the finish line in 27 minutes, 47.1 seconds Friday for the collegiate silver medal over a muddy course. Sean Fincham of Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia was first in 27:39.4. It was the first collegiate cycling medal for his college.
Colorado Mesa’s Elvind Roed rounded out the podium in third place. The Grand Junction native finished in 27:54.4.
Fort Lewis’ Cole Paton of Cashmere, Washington, took sixth in 28:14.5. FLC rider and Carbondale native Henry Nadell was 11th in 28:56.5. Durango’s own Levi Kurlander placed 18th for FLC in 29:58.2, and FLC’s Michael Sampson of Holderness, New Hampshire, claimed 21st in 30:24.5.
Schaldach’s time of 31:27.2 was good for second behind Emily Shields (31:19.9) of North Carolina at Greensboro. Katherine Shields (33:28.8) took third for Wake Forest. Schaldach’s time would have been good for third in the women’s varsity race, which was won by Hannah Finchamp of Lindenwood University in 30:32.9.
“I don’t think I ever worked so hard to catch someone that last lap of a race,” Schaldach said of her chase on Emily Shields. “I didn’t quite make it, but I did everything I could possibly do. The tank was drained at the end.”
Durango’s India Waller took fifth in the women’s short-track varsity race for Warren Wilson College. She finished in 32:52.9.
For the FLC women, Ellen Campbell of Durango led the charge in 11th place in 34:33.2. Carley Endersbe of Lakeville, Minnesota was 15th down one lap. Kelsay Lundberg of Salida was 16th, Anna Schehrer of Salida was 19th, and Libbey Endersbe was 21st down four laps.
Those results helped put FLC second in the team omnium standings after one of three days of racing. FLC has 158 points, and Brevard College leads with 177. Marian University sits in third place with 137 points.
Downhill qualifying was held Friday, and the finals will be contested Saturday. Cross country men’s and women’s races will also be held Saturday.
Racing will conclude Sunday with dual slalom. FLC is seeking a 23rd cycling national championships.
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Public Flamini Number One
Tottenham 1-2 Arsenal
Sometimes, when a player shows some serious tekkers all you want to do is put the goal on loop, sit back and marvel. When that player is Mathieu ‘Nigel’ Flamini, the eyes bulge that extra bit out of their sockets.
Not once, but twice – our arm-waving, erstwhile ersatz left-back stole the show on a night when we needed someone to rise above the clamour. Normally, he’s the one ploughing into the clamour, arms and legs akimbo, so the whole world seems to have gone a bit nuts.
He deserves it though. I’ve always liked him. When he returned two years ago, he added some energy and bite to a midfield that was too timid at times. He doesn’t always get it right, and he’s no longer first choice, but you can’t argue he wasn’t man of the match last night.
It was a night for Flamini puns, which I particularly enjoyed (and got stuck into myself), though after he had scored his second, when he was on a ‘mat-trick’, it did amuse me when it was suggested that the perfect mat-trick was ‘left foot, right foot, red card.’
He certainly felt like he had a point to prove, and said as much in the post-match interview. I’d not cross him on a dark night after a glass of Pastis, if I’m honest.
The upshot of his renaissance – the phoenix from the Flams, if you will – is that we got one over the old enemy, and that’s pretty satisfying too.
I mentioned yesterday that it might be a night for Gibbs and Debuchy, and so it proved, though only the former really shone. Debuchy must have been watching sad films with Giroud.
Not the most fluid performance, but these events never are. We stopped the two-game rot with a goal worthy of winning any game, beat Spurs, and that’s good enough for me.
Props to you, Nigel.
After the game, Wenger couldn’t have been more effusive:
“We’re only making plans for Nigel,”
He said with a beaming smile.
“We only want what’s best for him.”
Wenger always was the altruist. Fair play.
He reiterated – not sure why, but he’s good like that.
“Nigel just needs that helping hand.”
That would have been enough, you’d have thought, but Wenger by now had the bit between his teeth:
“And if young Nigel says he’s happy, he must be happy, he must be happy, he must be happy in his work.”
Off Wenger went into the night, muttering something about a future in British Steel, and that was that.
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Romanian Orthodox Church
Christian Orthodox-oriented denomination in Romania
(Patriarchate of Romania)
Daniel, Patriarch of All Romania
2,810 (men), 4,795 (women)[1]
Dealul Mitropoliei, Bucharest
Western and Southern Europe;
Germany, Central and Northern Europe;
Americas;
(as Metropolis of Romania)
Nifon Rusailă, Carol I
(as Patriarchate of Romania)
Miron Cristea, Ferdinand I
Separations
Old Calendarist Romanian Orthodox Church (1925)
16,367,267 in Romania;[2] 720,000 in Moldova[3] 11,203 in United States[4]
http://www.patriarhia.ro/
Mosaic of Christ Pantocrator, Hagia Sophia
Theology (History of theology)
View of salvation
View of Mary
View of icons
Crucifixion / Resurrection / Ascension
of Jesus
Apostolic succession
Four Marks of the Church
Autocephaly
Ecumenical Patriarch
Episcopal polity
Degrees of monasticism
Autocephalous jurisdictions
Czech lands and Slovakia
* Autocephaly recognized universally de facto, by some Autocephalous Churches de jure. Canonicity universally recognized:
Partially recognized autocephaly by Constantinople:
Noncanonical jurisdictions
Old Believers
True Orthodoxy
Catacomb Church
Old Calendarists
Abkhazina
Syncretic Orthodox Catholic Churches:
Evangelical Orthodox
Western Orthodoxy
Ecumenical councils
Seven Ecumenical Councils:
Other important councils:
Quinisext Council
Constantinople IV
Constantinople V
(Synod of) Constantinople
Pentarchy
Christianization of Bulgaria
Christianization of Kievan Rus'
Great Schism
Moscow–Constantinople schism
History of Eastern Orthodox theology
(20th century (Neo-Palamism))
Apophaticism
Chrismation
Essence vs. Energies
Hypostatic union
Metousiosis
Mystical theology
Ousia
Palamism
Philokalia
Phronema
Differences from the Catholic Church
Opposition to the Filioque
Opposition to papal supremacy
Liturgy and worship
Akathist
Apolytikion
Ectenia
Euchologion
Iconostasis
Jesus Prayer
Kontakion
Liturgical entrances
Liturgical fans
Lity
Memory Eternal
Omophorion
Orthodox bowing
Orthodox marriage
Paraklesis
Paschal greeting
Paschal Homily
Paschal troparion
Prayer rope
Prosphora
Russian bell ringing
Semantron
Sticheron
Troparion
Use of incense
Paschal cycle
12 Great Feasts
Other feasts:
Feast of Orthodoxy
Intercession of the Theotokos
The four fasting periods:
Nativity Fast
Apostles' Fast
Dormition Fast
Athanasius of Alexandria
Ephrem the Syrian
Basil of Caesarea
Cyril of Jerusalem
Gregory of Nazianzus
Cyril of Alexandria
John Climacus
Maximus the Confessor
John of Damascus
Theodore the Studite
Kassiani
Cyril and Methodius
Photios I of Constantinople
Gregory Palamas
Encyclical of the Eastern Patriarchs
Orthodox cross
Saint titles
The Romanian Orthodox Church (Romanian: Biserica Ortodoxă Română) is an autocephalous Orthodox Church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian Churches, one of the nine Patriarchates in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Since 1925, the Church's Primate bears the title of Patriarch. Its jurisdiction covers the territories of Romania and Moldova, with additional dioceses for Romanians living in nearby Serbia and Hungary, as well as for diaspora communities in Central and Western Europe, North America and Oceania.
Currently it is the only autocephalous Church within Orthodoxy to have a Romance language for liturgical use. The majority of Romania's population (16,367,267, or 85.9% of those for whom data were available, according to the 2011 census data[5]), as well as some 720,000 Moldovans,[3] belong to the Romanian Orthodox Church.
Members of the Romanian Orthodox Church sometimes refer to Orthodox Christian doctrine as Dreapta credință ("right/correct belief" or "true faith"; compare to Greek ὀρθὴ δόξα, "straight/correct belief").
1.1 In the Principalities and the Kingdom of Romania
1.2 Communist period
1.3 Collaboration with the Securitate
1.4 After 1989
1.5 In the Republic of Moldova
3 Notable theologians
4 List of Patriarchs
5 Jubilee and commemorative years
6 Current leaders
10.1 Outside Romania
See also: History of Christianity in Romania
Orthodox believers in Transylvania according to the 1850 census
Orthodox believers in Romania according to the 1930 census (data available only for Transylvania, Banat, Crișana, Maramureș and Bucharest)
Orthodox believers in Romania according to the 2002 census
In the Principalities and the Kingdom of Romania[edit]
The Orthodox hierarchy in the territory of modern Romania had existed within the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople until 1865 when the Churches in the Romanian principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia embarked on the path of ecclesiastical independence by nominating Nifon Rusailă, Metropolitan of Ungro-Wallachia, as the first Romanian primate. Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza, who had in 1863 carried out a mass confiscation of monastic estates in the face of stiff opposition from the Greek hierarchy in Constantinople, in 1865 pushed through a legislation that proclaimed complete independence of the Church in the Principalities from the Patriarchate.
In 1872, the Orthodox churches in the principalities, the Metropolis of Ungro-Wallachia and the Metropolis of Moldavia, merged to form the Romanian Orthodox Church.
Following the international recognition of the independence of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (later Kingdom of Romania) in 1878, after a long period of negotiations with the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Patriarch Joachim IV granted recognition to the autocephalous Metropolis of Romania in 1885, which was raised to the rank of Patriarchate in 1925.[6]
Communist period[edit]
Nicolae Ceaușescu and other Party officials visit Neamț Monastery in 1966.
Main articles: Orthodox Church in Communist Romania and Religious persecution in Communist Romania
Restricted access to ecclesiastical and relevant state archives[7][8] makes an accurate assessment of the Romanian Orthodox Church's attitude towards the Communist regime a difficult proposition. Nevertheless, the activity of the Orthodox Church as an institution was more or less tolerated by the Marxist–Leninist atheist regime, although it was controlled through "special delegates" and its access to the public sphere was severely limited; the regime's attempts at repression generally focused on individual believers.[9] The attitudes of the church's members, both laity and clergy, towards the communist regime, range broadly from opposition and martyrdom, to silent consent, collaboration or subservience aimed at ensuring survival. Beyond limited access to the Securitate and Party archives as well as the short time elapsed since these events unfolded, such an assessment is complicated by the particularities of each individual and situation, the understanding each had about how their own relationship with the regime could influence others and how it actually did.[10][11]
The Romanian Workers' Party, which assumed political power at the end of 1947, initiated mass purges that resulted in a decimation of the Orthodox hierarchy. Three archbishops died suddenly after expressing opposition to government policies, and thirteen more "uncooperative" bishops and archbishops were arrested.[12] A May 1947 decree imposed a mandatory retirement age for clergy, thus providing authorities with a convenient way to pension off old-guard holdouts. The 4 August 1948 Law on Cults institutionalised state control over episcopal elections and packed the Holy Synod with Communist supporters.[13] The evangelical wing of the Romanian Orthodox Church, known as the Army of the Lord, was suppressed by communist authorities in 1948.[14] In exchange for subservience and enthusiastic support for state policies, the property rights over as many as 2,500 church buildings and other assets belonging to the (by then-outlawed) Romanian Greek-Catholic Church were transferred to the Romanian Orthodox Church; the government took charge of providing salaries for bishops and priests, as well as financial subsidies for the publication of religious books, calendars and theological journals.[15] By weeding out the anti-communists from among the Orthodox clergy and setting up a pro-regime, secret police-infiltrated Union of Democratic Priests (1945), the party endeavoured to secure the hierarchy's cooperation. By January 1953 some 300-500 Orthodox priests were being held in concentration camps, and following Patriarch Nicodim's death in May 1948, the party succeeded in having the ostensibly docile Justinian Marina elected to succeed him.[12]
As a result of measures passed in 1947-48, the state took over the 2,300 elementary schools and 24 high schools operated by the Orthodox Church. A new campaign struck the church in 1958-62 when more than half of its remaining monasteries were closed, more than 2,000 monks were forced to take secular jobs, and about 1,500 clergy and lay activists were arrested (out of a total of up to 6,000 in the 1946-64 period[15]). Throughout this period Patriarch Justinian took great care that his public statements met the regime's standards of political correctness and to avoid giving offence to the government;[16] indeed the hierarchy at the time claimed that the arrests of clergy members were not due to religious persecution.[13]
The church's situation began to improve in 1962, when relations with the state suddenly thawed, an event that coincided with the beginning of Romania's pursuit of an independent foreign policy course that saw the political elite encourage nationalism as a means to strengthen its position against Soviet pressure. The Romanian Orthodox Church, an intensely national body that had made significant contributions to Romanian culture from the 14th century on, came to be regarded by the regime as a natural partner. As a result of this second co-optation, this time as an ally, the church entered a period of dramatic recovery. By 1975, its diocesan clergy was numbering about 12,000, and the church was already publishing by then eight high-quality theological reviews, including Ortodoxia and Studii Teologice. Orthodox clergymen consistently supported the Ceaușescu regime's foreign policy, refrained from criticizing domestic policy, and upheld the Romanian government's line against the Soviets (over Bessarabia) and the Hungarians (over Transylvania). As of 1989, two metropolitan bishops even sat in the Great National Assembly.[16] The members of the church's hierarchy and clergy remained mostly silent as some two dozen historic Bucharest churches were demolished in the 1980s, and as plans for systematization (including the destruction of village churches) were announced.[17] A notable dissenter was Gheorghe Calciu-Dumitreasa, imprisoned for a number of years and eventually expelled from Romania in June 1985, after signing an open letter criticizing and demanding an end to the regime's violations of human rights.[15]
In an attempt to adapt to the newly created circumstances, the Orthodox Church proposed a new ecclesiology designed to justify its subservience to the state in supposedly theological terms. This so-called "Social Apostolate" doctrine, developed by Patriarch Justinian, asserted that the church owed allegiance to the secular government and should put itself at its service. This notion inflamed conservatives, who were consequently purged by Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, Ceaușescu's predecessor and a friend of Justinian's. The Social Apostolate called on clerics to become active in the People's Republic, thus laying the foundation for the church's submission to and collaboration with the state. Fr. Vasilescu, an Orthodox priest, attempted to find grounds in support of the Social Apostolate doctrine in the Christian tradition, citing Augustine of Hippo, John Chrysostom, Maximus the Confessor, Origen and Tertullian. Based on this alleged grounding in tradition, Vasilescu concluded that Christians owed submission to their secular rulers as if it were the will of God. Once recalcitrants were removed from office, the remaining bishops adopted a servile attitude, endorsing Ceauşescu's concept of nation, supporting his policies, and applauding his peculiar ideas about peace.[18]
Collaboration with the Securitate[edit]
Main article: Clerical collaboration with Communist secret services
In the wake of the Romanian Revolution, the Church never admitted to having ever willingly collaborated with the regime, although several Romanian Orthodox priests have publicly admitted after 1989 that they had collaborated with and/or served as informers for the Securitate, the secret police. A prime example was Bishop Nicolae Corneanu, the Metropolitan of Banat, who admitted to his efforts on behalf of the Romanian Communist Party, and denounced activities of clerics in support of the Communists, including his own, as "the Church's [act of] prostitution with the Communist regime".[13]
In 1986, Metropolitan Antonie Plămădeală defended Ceaușescu's church demolition programme as part of the need for urbanization and modernisation in Romania.[19] The church hierarchy refused to try to inform the international community about what was happening.[20]
Widespread dissent from religious groups in Romania did not appear until revolution was sweeping across Eastern Europe in 1989. The Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church Teoctist Arăpașu supported Ceaușescu up until the end of the regime, and even congratulated him after the state murdered one hundred demonstrators in Timișoara.[21] It was not until the day before Ceaușescu's execution on 24 December 1989 that the Patriarch condemned him as "a new child-murdering Herod".[22]
Following the removal of Communism, the Patriarch resigned (only to return a few months after) and the holy synod apologised for those 'who did not have the courage of the martyrs'.[23]
After 1989[edit]
Romanian icon of Saint Peter
As Romania made the transition to democracy, the Church was freed from most of its state control, although the State Secretariat for Religious Denominations still maintains control over a number of aspects of the church's management of property, finances and administration. The state provides funding for the church in proportion to the number of its members, based on census returns[24] and "the religion's needs" which is considered to be an "ambiguous provision".[25] Currently, the state provides the funds necessary for paying the salaries of priests, deacons and other prelates and the pensions of retired clergy, as well as for expenses related to lay church personnel. For the Orthodox church this is over 100 million euros for salaries,[26] with additional millions for construction and renovation of church property. The same applies to all state-recognised religions in Romania.
The state also provides support for church construction and structural maintenance, with a preferential treatment of Orthodox parishes.[27] The state funds all the expenses of Orthodox seminaries and colleges, including teachers' and professors' salaries who, for compensation purposes, are regarded as civil servants.
Since the fall of Communism, Greek-Catholic Church leaders have claimed that the Eastern Catholic community is facing a cultural and religious wipe-out: the Greek-Catholic churches are allegedly being destroyed by representatives of the Orthodox Church, whose actions are supported and accepted by the Romanian authorities.[28]
In the Republic of Moldova[edit]
See also: History of the Orthodox Church in Moldova
The Romanian Orthodox Church also has jurisdiction over a minority of believers in Moldova, who belong to the Metropolis of Bessarabia, as opposed to the majority, who belong to the Moldovan Orthodox Church, under the Moscow Patriarchate. In 2001 it won a landmark legal victory against the Government of Moldova at the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights.
This means that despite current political issues, the Metropolis of Bessarabia is now recognized as "the rightful successor" to the Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia and Hotin, which existed from 1927 until its dissolution in 1944, when its canonical territory was put under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church's Moscow Patriarchate in 1947.
Organization[edit]
See also: List of members of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church
Romanian Orthodox Church organization (as established in 2011)
The Romanian Orthodox Church is organized in the form of the Romanian Patriarchate. The highest hierarchical, canonical and dogmatical authority of the Romanian Orthodox Church is the Holy Synod.
There are six Orthodox Metropolitanates and ten archbishoprics in Romania, and more than twelve thousand priests and deacons, servant fathers of ancient altars from parishes, monasteries and social centres. Almost 400 monasteries exist inside the country, staffed by some 3,500 monks and 5,000 nuns. Three Diasporan Metropolitanates and two Diasporan Bishoprics function outside Romania proper. As of 2004, there are, inside Romania, fifteen theological universities where more than ten thousand students (some of them from Bessarabia, Bukovina and Serbia benefiting from a few Romanian fellowships) currently study for a theological degree. More than 14,500 churches (traditionally named "lăcașe de cult", or houses of worship) exist in Romania for the Romanian Orthodox believers. As of 2002, almost 1,000 of those were either in the process of being built or rebuilt.
Notable theologians[edit]
Dumitru Stăniloae (1903–1993) is considered one of the greatest Orthodox theologians of the 20th century, having written extensively in all major fields of Eastern Christian systematic theology. One of his other major achievements in theology is the 45-year-long comprehensive series on Orthodox spirituality known as the Romanian Philokalia, a collection of texts written by classical Byzantine writers, that he edited and translated from Greek.
Archimandrite Cleopa Ilie (1912–1998), elder of the Sihăstria Monastery, is considered one of the most representative fathers of contemporary Romanian Orthodox monastic spirituality.[29]
List of Patriarchs[edit]
Main article: Patriarch of All Romania
Miron (1925–1939)
Nicodim (1939–1948)
Justinian (1948–1977)
Iustin (1977–1986)
Teoctist (1986–2007)
Daniel (since 2007)
Jubilee and commemorative years[edit]
Initiative of Patriarch Daniel’s, with a deep missionary impact for Church and society, has been the proclamation of jubilee and commemorative years in the Romanian Patriarchate, with solemn sessions of the Holy Synod, conferences, congresses, monastic synaxes, debates, programmes of catechesis, processions and other Church activities dedicated to the respective annual theme.
2008 – The Jubilee Year of the Holy Scripture and the Holy Liturgy;
2009 – The Jubilee-Commemorative year of Saint Basil the Great, Archbishop of Cæsarea in Cappadocia;
2010 – The Jubilee Year of the Orthodox Creed and of Romanian Autocephaly;
2011 – The Jubilee Year of Holy Baptism and Holy Matrimony;
2012 – The Jubilee Year of Holy Unction and of the care for the sick;
2013 – The Jubilee Year of the Holy Emperors Constantine and Helena;
2014 – The Jubilee Year of the Eucharist (of the Holy Confession and of the Holy Communion) and the Commemorative Year of the Martyr Saints of the Brancoveanu family;
2015 – The Jubilee Year of the Mission of Parish and Monastery Today and the Commemorative Year of Saint John Chrysostom and of the great spiritual shepherds in the eparchies;
2016 – The Jubilee Year of Religious Education for Orthodox Youth and the Commemorative Year of the Holy Hierarch and Martyr Antim of Iveria and of all the printing houses of the Church;
2017 – The Jubilee Year of the Holy Icons and of church painters and the Commemorative Year of Patriarch Justin and of all defenders of Orthodoxy during communism;
2018 – The Jubilee Year of Unity of Faith and Nation, and the Commemorative Year of the 1918 Great Union Founders;
2019 – Solemn Year of church singers and of the Commemorative Year of Patriarch Nicodim and of the translators of church books;
2020 – Solemn Year of Ministry to Parents and Children and the Commemorative Year of Romanian Orthodox Philanthropists;
Current leaders[edit]
The patriarchal chair is currently held by Daniel I, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobrudja (former Ungro-Wallachia) and Patriarch of All of the Romanian Orthodox Church.[citation needed] Since 1776, the Metropolitan of Ungro-Wallachia has been titular bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia (Locțiitor al tronului Cezareei Capadociei), an honor bestowed by Ecumenical Patriarch Sophronius II.[30][31]
Teofan Savu, Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bukovina[32]
Laurențiu Streza, Metropolitan of Transylvania[33]
Andrei Andreicuț, Metropolitan of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj
Ioan Selejan, Metropolitan of Banat
Irineu Popa, Metropolitan of Oltenia
Petru Păduraru, Metropolitan of Bessarabia
Iosif Pop, Metropolitan of Western and Southern Europe[34]
Serafim Joantă, Metropolitan of Germany and Central Europe
Nicolae Condrea, Metropolitan of the Americas
Ascension of the Lord Cathedral in Târgu Mureș
Metropolitan Cathedral in Iași, the largest historic Orthodox church in Romania
Orthodox cathedral in Galați
Orthodox cathedral in Mioveni
Orthodox church in Sârbi Josani
Orthodox church in Voroneț, Romania
Romano-Gothic Orthodox church in Densuș
Baroque Orthodox cathedral in Lugoj
Orthodox church in Curtea de Argeș
Orthodox church (Church of St. Constantine and Helena) in Caracas, Venezuela
Orthodox church in Vânători-Neamț
Orthodox church in Horezu, Romania
Orthodox church in Călimănești-Căciulata
Neoclassic Byzantine Orthodox cathedral in Chișinău
The Palace of the Romanian Patriarchate (the former Palace of the Assembly of Deputies
New Holy Trinity Cathedral of Arad, the first cathedral to be built after the Romanian Revolution
Romanian People's Salvation Cathedral, Bucharest (under construction)
Orthodox church in Gura Humorului, Romania
Orthodox church in Căpriana, Republic of Moldova
Orthodox cathedral in Alba Iulia
Orthodox cathedral in Cluj-Napoca
Eastern Christianity portal
Romanian People’s Salvation Cathedral
Patriarch of All Romania
List of Romanian Orthodox monasteries
Romanian Orthodox icons
Frumușeni Mosaics
Byzantium after Byzantium
Religion in Romania
Orthodox Church of France
Orthodox Church in America Romanian Episcopate
List of members of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church
Religious education in Romania
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^ a b ‹See Tfd›(in Romanian) "Biserica Ortodoxă Română, atacată de bisericile 'surori'" ("The Romanian Orthodox Church, Attacked by Its 'Sister' Churches" Archived 2008-02-01 at the Wayback Machine, Ziua, 31 January 2008
^ Krindatch, Alexei (2011). Atlas of American Orthodox Christian Churches. Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-935317-23-4.
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GM hires former Fiat design boss
Peter Davis, design director at Fiat Auto from 1993-98, is returning to General Motors, where he was a designer during the 1980s. Davis joins GM Design in Warren, Michigan, USA, on 1 August as interior design executive. He will report to William Scott, director of interior design quality. He will be responsible for incorporating high-tech innovations into GM interiors and will coordinate supplier contributions to GM interiors.
Davis was named Fiat Auto's design director in 1993. From 1991-93, he was chief designer for Lancia interiors.
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Renault, Matra mull luxury Smart rival
PARIS - Matra and Renault are discussing possible production of an upmarket small car to compete with the future four-seat Smart, according to industry sources in France. The French mini would feature a luxury interior, use Renault mechanics such as engines and gearboxes, and would be built at Matra's Romorantin plant.
Stephane Farhi
Volvo admits UK car price fixing
Volvo Car UK Ltd. has admitted supporting secret agreements to fix its car prices in the UK. An investigation by the Office of Fair Trading discovered evidence of an agreement by Volvo dealers not to offer discounts beyond set levels. The OFT rebuked Volvo, and said any repetition would mean it could face fines of up to 10 percent of UK turnover. The probe covered the period between March 1995 and April 1996, when the car business was still with AB Volvo.
A table of suppliers' cash flow risk on Page 21 of the 21 June issue of Automotive News Europe mistakenly listed Freudenberg NOK. The company was not one of the 44 suppliers included in the study, which was carried out by consulting firm A.T. Kearney Inc. The table also misspelled the name of supplier Tokico Ltd. as Toxico.
The following are corrections to the Automotive News Europe 1999 Global Market Data Book, which accompanied the 21 June issue.
1. A table containing the top 100 global OEM parts suppliers on Pages 34-38 incorrectly included Mannesmann VDO AG at No. 27 and Mannesmann Sachs at No. 32. These companies are part of the parent Mannesmann AG at No. 13.
Added to the list are:
No. 99: Mayflower Corp. plc, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England; total 1998 OEM automotive parts sales - $510 million.
No. 100: Superior Industries International, Van Nuys, California, USA; total 1998 OEM automotive parts sales - $506 million.
2. A table on Page 5 contains an inaccurate total for the 'Other' category of Asia-Pacific production due to incorrect data provided by Marketing Systems GmbH. The global production summary table on Page 6 is also affected. Please see Page 23 for revised tables.
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Ramaphosa: Gauteng belongs to the ANC
Ramaphosa says the ANC is confident of winning Gauteng by more than 70 percent.
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ATTERIDGEVILLE - ANC Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has issued a strong warning to opposition parties as the ruling party prepares to battle it out with the Democratic Alliance and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in the next general elections, saying his party will win the elections whether people like it or not.
Ramaphosa, who launched the ANC's Gauteng manifesto in Atteridgeville on Sunday, says the document is based on preserving the legacy of former president Nelson Mandela.
"This manifesto is about carrying out Tata Madiba's legacy in terms of moving South Africa forward."
He says the Gauteng province, South Africa's economic powerhouse, is a coveted prize during elections but it belongs to the ANC and no one else.
"The ANC is here to win this election. Whether you like it or not, we're going to win this election."
Ramaphosa also says the ANC is confident of winning Gauteng by more than 70 percent.
He says when other parties release their election manifesto's, they should not copy what the ANC is promising voters.
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Despite blaze, St Francis Bay ready for holidaymakers
The fire is now out and Saint Francis Tourism's Hantie van der Westhuizen says there's still plenty of space available for holidaymakers.
FILE: A view of St Francis Bay. Picture: Google Earth.
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CAPE TOWN - The seaside town of St Francis Bay says its ready for tourists.
That's despite a devastating fire that ripped through the area this week, destroying 13 homes and prompting the evacuation of 100 people.
The fire is now out and St Francis Bay tourism's Hantie van der Westhuizen says there's still plenty of space available for holidaymakers.
“There’s still lots of other accommodation. We’ve got about 35,000 visitors in the Saint Francis area. So it’s only a small part that’s been affected. There are no businesses that have been affected and the beaches are still safe.”
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BELPHEGOR: THE MYSTERY OF THE LOUVRE PYRAMID
Posted in Art, Chaos Magic, Comics, Film, Goetia Girls, Lucid Dreaming, Occultism, Psychology, Sex Magic, Shamanism, Sorcery, Succubus, Surrealism, Time Travel, Tulpa Creation, Witchcraft with tags ancient Egypt, animation, anti-viral-meme, art, Arthur Bernède, artist, Avalon, Baalphegor, belphegor, Chalice, Chantecoq, chaos magic, chaos magick, Collin de Plancy, comic, Da Vinci Code, Da'at, Daath, DC comics, Dictionnaire Infernal, Druid, Elmire Vautier, film, Gaul, Global Guardians, Grail, Hawk, Horus, hypnagogic trance, Isis, Juliette Greco, ley lines, Louvre Pyramid, lucid dream, lucid dreaming, Mary, merlin, Moabites, Morgan le Fay, Mount Phegor, Musée du Louvre, Myrddin, New Earth, oobe, out of body experience, pyramid, René Navarre, Rose, Rose line, Scarlet Woman, shaman, shamanism, Sirius, Sophie Marceau, sorcery, Sothis, stargate, The Dome, The Mystery of the Louvre, time travel, tulpa, TV series, Velvet Buzzsaw, viral meme, witchcraft, Yoni on June 23, 2016 by FAUSTUS CROW
Belphegor is one of the few Grimoire entities who is said to appear as a young Velvet Buzzsaw girl. She is known as being a daemon of discoveries and of ingenious inventions who also bestows wealth.
But as per usual, the Velvet Buzzsaw female manifestation is seen to be but a ruse in the patriarchal Playgirl Grimoires of an ‘Animus’ fixation.
Whereupon Belphegor is commonly listed as being a butch male entity, who is disparagingly depicted as ‘bearded’ demon seated upon a (water convenience) lavatory.
Said demon is commonly classified as being once worshipped by the Moabites as Baalphegor on Mount Phegor where there be no spicy Velvet Buzzsaw girls in sight.
Whereby the classic Grimoire image of constructed political propaganda has been engineered as a cultural slur, which can of course be easily reversed of an anti-viral meme, to look like, say, Velvet Buzzsaw Kate Moss.
Although if you had done so during Aleister Crowley’s era, who to have otherwise conjured up the butch Incubi archetypes of the deified ‘Animus,’ made as a God and Devil, while at Boleskine House, you would most assuredly be considered to be far more wicked than Crowley ever was. Hence Crowley never went that far beyond a patriarchal Ring-Pass-Not!
Some of the ‘Animus’ fixated Rabbis even claim that Belphegor must be worshipped, when frequenting your bathroom, with offerings, being the residue of your digestive waste; failing that, accidentally, on purpose, cutting yourself, while shaving off your ‘beard’ over a chalice of a sink, to then watch your blood dribbling down the drain of an offering.
If you believe this to be true, then you have been well and truly shafted up your Abrahamic anal tract! So, on wards and upwards of a Néo Belphégor anti-viral Velvet Buzzsaw meme.
Let’s get this straight, it was never a case of worshipping crap; it has far more to do with thinking clearly via self-analysis in order to rid your mind of ‘crappy’ thoughts, which is engaged in so as to attain a creative state of a brainstorming Theta brainwave, to kick-start your ‘quantum computing’ brain to tune into alternate possibilities.
Although admittedly, on many an occasion you might just find yourself to Archimedes cry “Eureka” after dumping a base-Chakra battleship, rather than to do so, when sojourning in your floatation tank of a Kings sarcophagus, brimming over with murky soap bubbles, all looking like dodecahedron universes.
But, the obvious allusion to a technique is usually overlooked, which of a self-perpetuated tunnel-vision has led many a brainwashed ‘Animus’ fixated priest of Rome to conclude that Belphegor is the deity of Pet (Fart) or ‘Crepitus,’ while writhing Witch Nuns to believe that he is their Praipus wielding an ever erect blade.
Collin de Plancy mentioned in his 1863 Playgirl Grimoire, Dictionnaire Infernal, that Selden, who is cited by Bainier had reported that human victims were offered up to Belphegor, and that his priests partake of their blood; what a Hammer Horror laugh. Its just a load of Biblical Death-Metal crap, inspiring many a Hollywood Creepypasta movie!
Plancy also mentions that Wierus wrote that Belphegor always has an open mouth, attributing it to the name Phegor, which according to Leloyer means ‘crevice’ or ‘split,’ referring to when he was worshipped in caves wherein people threw offerings to his statue, through an air hole.
No! It has far more to do with an inner gateway of a crevice/split, which refers to hypnagogic trance ingress of your (Air element) mind into the cavernous Velvet Buzzsaw womb dream, a paleolithic Artist to have known, when he to have attained trance within the Lascaux caves.
The utilised symbolism of a crevice/split has an association with the Velvet Buzzsaw vagina, which the ‘bearded’ practitioner accesses of an inner trance gate, when to introvert his sexual impulse into the dream by prior focusing upon Belphegor as a Velvet Buzzsaw girl.
In other words, the symbolism alludes to Tantric dream Yoga, which is not seen due to the sexual impulse being entirely castigated out of the spiritual equation along with the Velvet Buzzsaw feminine principle of the Fallen ‘Anima.’
The female focus of a two-dimensional image is utilised in order to cohere the thoughts of the practitioner like a laser beam, which is further empowered by the introversion of the sexual impulse; this then negates any crappy thoughts from arising.
The goal of the exercise is to attain conscious ingress into a lucid dream, wherein Belphegor can be conjured as an interactive three-dimensional reality.
Even though the ‘Anima’ has been cut out of the spiritual equation by the worshippers of the deified ‘Animus’ made as a God, Belphegor has over time become very much a Velvet Buzzsaw French Succubus, which is due in the main to the popularity of a 1927 crime novel, entitled: Belphégor, whose English title is, The Mystery of the Louvre.
The novel was authored by French writer Arthur Bernède, which is about a Velvet Buzzsaw female ‘phantom’ haunting the cavernous Musée du Louvre of many a painted cave wall.
However, the phantom is in actuality a gymnastic ballerina, masked as a Velvet Buzzsaw Cat burglar, who is trying to steal its Necronomicon treasures.
Belphégor was simultaneously adapted as a movie serial starring René Navarre as Chantecoq, Bernède’s fictional detective, and the Velvet Buzzsaw actress Elmire Vautier as the villainous Belphégor.
Bernède’s novel inspired several other adaptations, including an eponymous 1965 French television series starring Velvet Buzzsaw, Juliette Greco in the title role of Belphégor.
The TV series was duly followed by a 1965 daily comic strip sequel; it was not until later that you had the 2001 Belphegor film starring Velvet Buzzsaw, Sophie Marceau.
Although this time around, the Belphegor comic strip became a 2001 French-Canadian animated television series, which transformed Belphegor into a male, rather than the original Velvet Buzzsaw female character, it is a darn shame.
It appears that the creators of the very stylish animated series missed the ‘Anima’ point; but then they were more than likely pandering to an ‘Animus’ fixated audience who later became far more enamoured with the likes of the Da Vinci Code.
Whatever the case, Belphegor has become immortalised in France, of a mass-mind focus, spinning her sensual Velvet Buzzsaw Tulpa.
She was even featured for a time in DC’s New Earth comics as one of the Global Guardians, whose base of operations is based in a United Nations-financed headquarters building called the Dome, which just so happens is located in the Artists capital of Paris.
You could otherwise see the Dome as the Musée du Louvre, when to ascend the dream escalator unto Belphegor’s seventh planetary sphere of her heavenly Velvet Buzzsaw delights, which only a Parisian girl can bestow.
Hence, she can be conjured amidst the Triangle Of Art imagination as an inspiring Velvet Buzzsaw Art Muse, who as a Parisian Art Student will reveal the very real masked mystery of the Musée du Louvre.
She might just lead you through her Velvet Buzzsaw Yoni stargate, into the cavernous temple precincts of the Musée du Louvre, to Remote-View its uterine galleries, within a lucid dream.
Belphegor will at first indicate that she has an association with ancient Egypt, whose culture the French are enamoured with, whereupon you have the Louvre… Pyramid.
Whereby, Belphegor’s sigil/seal is derived from the blueprint of the Musée du Louvre, of a one time fortress becoming a palace, which appears to be based upon the Edfu temple of ancient Egypt’s Isis child of a… Horus Hawk/Falcon.
Upon what the Louvre was originally built, is of course debatable; but it was very likely a pagan site, of a possible ancient temple.
You also have many a Neolithic Ley line pointing at its locale, which was no doubt symbolically aligned with a… Hawk.
Said Hawk was not just any raptor, but that of a Hawk specifically flown from a (Belphegor) lady’s hand, known as a… Merlin… who as Belphegor’s Druid, knows about her Ouroboros Stargate, ringed by Gaulish standing stones, under the star clock of Zodiac ages.
When to see Merlin, you will then find that unmasked Belphegor alludes to Morgana la Fay, of (Da’at) Avalon isle (Lin/Din/Dun) hill/Tor/Cosmic-Mountain/Pyramid, at the centre of (Mer/Myr/Mar) menstrual blood (scarlet – Isis/Mary) waters, who to watch over a (Horus/Merlin) ‘Bearded’ Druid.
The ancient Gauls considered Britain to be a school of (Shaman) Druids, who had caused no end of bother to the Roman’s, before they then decided to invade Britain.
The mystery of the Louvre (Lin/Din/Don/Dun) pyramid amidst (Mer/Myr/Mar-y) waters is thereby revealed of a pre-Christian understanding, which has nothing to do with the Da Vinci Code.
But why the Musée du Louvre? Well, besides being an ancient power place, it is now the most visited Art museum in the world, which to hearken back to a painted womb cave from where the first Shaman (Druid) was born as an Artist, who knows how to ‘program’ his ‘virtual reality’ lucid dreams via symbolic stimuli.
The Artist to know that Art is Sorcery, Sorcery is Art; both are indivisible of shamanic practice, of which Velvet Buzzsaw Belphegor to inspire as an Art Muse; that is why most Artists are by nature, thinking outside of the box, crazy.
Belphegor symbolically represents the hypnagogic (phase) trance (Rose/Rhodora/Yoni/crevice) into the (grail/chalice) womb dream of astral waters, the Shamans bloody consciousness to enter.
The Shamans consciousness is likened to a blade penetrating the (Isis/Belphegor/Morgana la Fay) dream, wherein he then to ‘Out Of Body Experience,’ fly over the ever recurring Ouroboros of all existence, as a Remote-Viewing winged (Horus) eye, of a Time Travelling… Merlin.
NOTE: In the practice of Alchemy, you have the Prima Materia, which is essentially detritus. Some Alchemists saw this to be quite literal; whereupon their labs did reek of their boiled down urine and excrement. It just so happens, that your ‘body’ shits gold and other metals, but only in very small trace amounts.
The body was symbolically represented as the cosmic mountain, which is interpenetrated by the tree of worlds, representing your spinal column. The cosmic mountain is otherwise symbolised as a… Pyramid.
However, as to the Prima Materia, it refers to something else, which equates with the heavy metal of lead and that of a Torc, encircled of an Ouroboros around the throat area of the (Da’at) reptilian brain-stem.
The leaden Torc represents the eternally recurring events of existence, which in regards to an unobserved life leads to repeating situations, a Hindu would term as being Karma. The practice of Yoga and that of Alchemy is to transmute the Karmic repeat into something else; whereupon you have the employed symbolism of lead being transmuted into gold.
The process of transmutation requires that the practitioner becomes adept at inducing hypnagogic trance in order to thence attain conscious ingress into the dream. The reptilian brain-stem governs over the depth of your dreams and trance states; hence you have the serpentine symbolism of a lead Torc being transmuted into gold.
When conscious ingress into the dream is attained of a ‘little death,’ the practitioner will start to become more aware of the Karmic repeats of his/her life; this leads to a sensation that certain key events have happened before, which is summed up by the ‘French’ term of déjà vu.
The ‘Edge Of Tomorrow’ experience of déjà vu is often tied up with the observation of synchronicities, which have a symbolic correlation with scenarios prior encountered in dreams. As the practitioner becomes more aware of the repeat of leaden Karma, his/her Torc can be potentially transmuted into a golden understanding that the repeat can be changed; this then leads to what a Hindu terms as Dharma.
Basically, shit can be changed into gold; but only when you start to déjà vu remember the repeating shit!
Those who do not to remember, are just repeating their ‘programmed’ shit, having no free-will of their own; for everything has been fixed of a leaden Ouroboros Torc around their throats.
An analogy being, those who as yet do not remember are nothing more than being programmed simulations existing within a simulated reality a Hindu mystic would term as being Maya.
In ancient times, a lead Torc was worn by those who were considered to be slaves to their fate until they attained the (Belphegor/Morgana la Fay) Avalon (Da’at) ‘Knowledge’ that their leaden existence can be transmuted into gold.
Whereby, Merlin wears a golden Torc, who is very much aware of the shit; such as knowing that in the New-World-Order of an Orwellian Eden, ignorance is bliss; whereas the (Da’at) Avalon ‘Knowledge’ is considered to be a sin!
That is why the shits fluoridate your water supply in order to calcify your DMT producing pineal gland… third eye!
THE LEFT-HAND PATH SERMON OF THE ANIMA. THUS SPOKE DR ZOS-THRUSTA-BUSTER-FIRESTARTER
Posted in Art, Chaos Magic, CREATIVE WRITING, Discordianism, Goetia Girls, Occultism, Sex Magic, Shamanism, Sorcery, Succubus, Surrealism, Witchcraft with tags Abraham, aleister crowley, Anathema of Zos, anima, animus, art, Austin Osman Spare, babalon, Babylon, chaos magic, chaos magick, Charmed Ones, Da'at, Druid, Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen, freemasonry, Friedrich Nietzsche, Golden Dawn, illuminati, Imperialism, Iraq, Masonic, new world order, NWO, occult, occult art, oto, Planet X, pop occulture, Queen Bee, reptilians, shamanism, sorcery, sprach Zarathustra, sumeria, The Sermon to the Hypocrites, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, UR, witch, witchcraft, Yesod, Ziggurat, Zos, Zos Kia Cultus on March 20, 2016 by FAUSTUS CROW
Hostile to self-torment, the vain excuses of fluffy devotions, Dr Zos-Thrusta-Buster Firestarter satisfied his habit by speaking loudly to his Self. And at a time, returning back to the all too familiar consciousness over a pint of Cider, he was much vexed to notice those overhearing his arcane ranting.
Around him did gather, a rabble of involuntary mendicants, pariahs, whoremongers, adulterers, distended bellies, and the prevalent sick-grotesques, born slippery to so called civilisation. His irritation was much to itch, yet still they pestered him, saying: “Bro’, we heard your mad ramblings! What is this, Sorcery of Art?”
And seeing, with chagrin, the indoctrinated multitude of those laughing at him, he did drunkenly climb atop of the Druids Head inn table, prejudiced against them as being reptilian brain-stem, brainwashed.
And when he was ennuye, he opened his slurring mouth in derision, saying:- “Unto the heights and the very depths to infernally harrow of psyche, the Witches of this world to Banshee howl of conjuring up their ‘Animus,’ deified as a God and Devil, which of an archetype reveals the Beta and Alpha male Warlock breathing ways.”
“The charmed Witches sought to understand their Warlock antagonists, so as to tether them to their whims as Beasts of burden.”
“The Witches, driven by a baby got a temper biological imperative, could not help themselves to ride their Beasts Babalon style, as Beta Good-Guys to crucify, and Alpha Bad-Boy devils to enthrone, as their worker Bee Illuminati running the circus.”
“So it came to pass that the Witch Nuns perused their classical Playgirl Grimoires of commonality, listing machismo Angels and Butch Demons all Abrahamic male, of patriarchal ‘Animus’ fluctuations to conjure up into their dreams as Chippendale hunk Incubi, which too, the gay Rabbi, Priest and Mullah, as well as a bisexual Crowley Mage to also adore.”
“Betwixt the hypnagogic pylons of Werewolf bestiality and Necrophilia Vampirism the Witches to have trance slid into their lucid dreams, where Harry Potter be their horned up Christian Grey Great Beast, of ‘Animus’ Revelations.”
“Wherein of beehive lodge dreams, the Masonic Incubi of the Queen Bee Witches ushered them into their Hogwarts school of Twilight Fifty Shades Of Grey delights, to thereby deeply instruct them in how to ride the chosen Beast; those Beasts that be no good, get duly crucified for being too good.”
“The Warlocks didn’t know what had hit them; poor buggers! But then, they had no Grimoire of their own, which to list the ‘Anima’ fluctuations of the Succubae Great Old Ones; for such a Playboy Necronomicon be banned by Jerusalem, Rome and Mecca as being Entartete Kunst pornography.”
“Hence, the Fifty Shades Of Grey God, be the patriarchal projection of a woman’s ‘Animus’ she to Babalon ride out of an UR ziggurat.”
“It be her pyramidal beehive, from whose Queen Bee Babylon womb, worker Bee Abraham to have first stemmed as her Great Beast, who to have sired an Illuminati triad of faiths, adoring the ‘Animus’ as their three faced God of a Yahweh, Lord and Allah.”
“Hear then, the Golden Dawn hypocrites; all those politically correct White Lighters of the Great White Brotherhood, who to OTO say, “All Hail Queen Bee Babalon! We love thee, as thine servile worker Bees, as we blindly set up thy New World Order Kingdom of your ‘Animus’ God, yea to patriarchal ride.”
“Fools! Yea have made vital the belief the ‘Animus’ is an eternal Abrahamic God of centralist politics, fulfilling a fascist purpose lost to you.”
“All things become of the ridden Yesod desire, zapping the Da’at of the twin pylons, brought down of a mass-shock-hypnosis lightning struck tree, poisoning the world.”
“Wherefore of ninth month and eleventh day, to later see bat winged stealth bomber angels flying over the ziggurat of UR, amidst of which be Abraham’s eye over-watching you all, ushering in the terrors of a forever war.”
“Thus, the Orwellian police state will be begotten of a global theocracy ringed around their all seeing eye of Abraham seated as Sauron atop of a beehive ziggurat.”
“Hear, O worker Bees! Woman has willed Man via her ‘Animus!’ Your ridden desires shall become as flesh, your unremembered dreams becoming reality, and no inane conspiracy theories about extraterrestrial reptilians from planet ‘X’ chromosome, shall alter its self-fulfilling prophecy one whit.”
“But beware, Babalon; for the fallen ‘Anima’ is returning with her myriad legions of rebellious Succubae Great Old Ones.”
“The Succubae be now freed from the void, striding through the vaginal stargate of the ‘Anima’ within the bio-photon infused dream of Da’at.”
“The ‘Anima,’ returned will make Babalon to feminist scream, Enartete Kunst pornography; she, the ‘Anima’ is the Ouroboros of a Zenith, an Omen!”
“We Artists, of the Left-Hand path ‘Anima’ conjurations of the Succubaee Great Old Ones will free ourselves of the symbolic ‘Animus’ fixation of Babalon, who to ride many a brainwashed neural-net tree as her Abrahamic fascist Beast of imperialistic empire building.”
“And too, shall our sisters in the hood free themselves via our shared Sorcery Art of rebellion in the conjuring of the Valkyries, who to have once been bound to their ‘Animus’ projection deified as a God, over-watching its patriarchal New World Order theocracy.”
Dr Zos Thrusta-Buster Firestarter then noticed that his stage of a round table was spinning like a Mescaline UFO around the Zodiac ages, to thence fall drunkenly into the lap of a salacious barmaid, named Morgana.
Dr Zos still had his pagan wits about him, to not project his ‘Anima’ at her, otherwise he would surely let loose his Busta-Thrusta Firestarter wand, she to totally imprison between her moistened Witch loins. Well, not yet, anyway; he wants another Apple lore pint of Avalon Cider first.
DISCORDIAN NOTE: Freely adapted in part from: Anathema of Zos: The Sermon to the Hypocrites, an Automatic Writing By Austin Osman Spare. The Anathema of Zos is somewhat reminiscent of Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (German: Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen, also translated as Thus Spake Zarathustra), which is a philosophical novel by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. As for the above artwork of heading, it is based upon the classical all male descriptions of the spirits as found in the ‘Animus’ version of the patriarchal Playgirl Goetia listing Fifty Shades Of Grey wet dream Incubi.
MORGANA LE FAY OF THE ELECTRON DREAM WHERE MERLIN TO HOVER
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Morgana le Fay is considered to be a powerful enchantress in the Arthurian legend. She is otherwise known as Morgan, whose name is very likely derived from Old Welsh or Old Breton name: Morgen, meaning: Sea-born, which is derived from the Common Brittonic: Mori-gena.
A cognate form of the Morgana’s name in Old Irish is Muirgein, which is also a name of a shape-shifting fairy or Witch who was associated with the sea; she was later transformed into a Christian saint.
This leads you to Morgana’s epithet ‘le Fay,’ which is derived from the French: la fée, meaning, the (Succubus) fairy.
It just so happens that there is a group of shape-shifting Succubae mentioned in Welsh and Breton mythology called Morgans or Morgens, who are of similarity to the Slavic Succubae called Rusalka.
Morgana’s counterpart is the wizard, Merlin, whose original Welsh name is Myrddin. The name of Myrddin means sea-fort or sea-hill.
You then have Morgana who is a spirit of the sea and Myrddin who is a fort/hill amidst the sea of Morgana, and she to relentlessly lap his shores, desiring him to enter her depths.
The symbolism of which is reminiscent of Hindu belief concerning the cosmic mountain of Mt Meru at the centre of the milk (mother) ocean, which is churned by Mt Meru into creating Maya.
The milk ocean could be referring to the inner light of the bio-photon, which illuminates the dream of spun electrons, since the bio-photon emanates from the mitochondrial DNA, which is passed down from the mother to her children.
The electrons of the dream are spun by the emotive charge of the dreamer; somewhat like a charged signal spinning the electrons within an electron tube of a TV set brain, when to remember the landlords Witch daughter.
Such is alluded to by Mt Meru being twisted by a tug of war between the Asuras and the Devas, who represent the Moon and Sun, Ida and Pingala (Autonomic-Nervous-System) nerve channels running along either side of the spinal column, of an aerial, tuning into ’emotively charged’ possibilities.
Then again, the subconsciously tuned into possibilities, may actually be memories of of an eternally recurring Ouroboros, of a life.
You also find similar symbolism in ancient Egyptian mythology, in which the principle God called Atum, from whose name, Atom is derived, is sometimes depicted as a pyramid of light, around whom is the primordial (mother) ocean of Nun. However, Atum is the master of light, but the source of the light is Nun.
The God Atum is equated with the ancient Greek God, Zeus and in turn the Roman God, Jupiter; these deities are associated with the heavens. This then leads you to Myrddin forging the round table, which alludes to the round table of the Zodiac, being that of the starry heavens, under whose revolving stars, lovers do gather around the dancing stones.
Morgana is also associated with the heavens, being the ocean of space as well as inner space; as the old Druid saying goes: “so above, so below, so within, so with-out.”
It appears that Morgana and Myrddin were not historical personages, they are instead ancient deities. But it is more likely that they represent a shamanic practice. In other words, the name of Morgan may have been a title for female shaman; whereas male shamans were called Myrddin’s.
This becomes more apparent when to look at an early name for Great Britain as stated in the Third Series of the Welsh Triads, being, Clas Myrddin, or Merlin’s Enclosure, which is surrounded by the shape-shifting sea of Morgana. Ancient Britain was once known as a school for Druids.
The name of Merlin is also a name for a small hunting Hawk, which is specifically flown from a ladies hand; this seems somewhat apt, since the ocean of Morgana surrounds the island of Clas Myrddin.
As for Arthur Pendragon of a Dragon motif you have the star (α Draconis) Thuban, which was the Northern pole star from 3942 BC, when it moved farther North than Theta Boötis, until 1793 BC, due to the Ouroboros precession around the Zodiac ages.
The traditional name of Alpha Draconis, Thuban, means ‘Head Of The Serpent,’ which is associated with the (Myrddin) Druids, who were also known as ‘Adder Heads.’
The symbolism of the Adder Head could be associated with the term Camelot, which may be a composite word, comprising of the Hebrew letter of ‘Gimel,’ giving rise to name of Camel, ending in the Germanic word for wealth, being ‘Ot.’
The Hebrew letter Gimel, is associated with the thirteenth path of the Cabbala. The thirteenth path penetrates the hidden sephiroth of Da’at, which is termed as the abyss or desert, which can be otherwise seen as an ocean between worlds.
When crossed, it allows an adept to converse with his (Succubus) Holy Guardian Angel.
The sephiroth of Da’at is associated with the reptilian (Dragon/Adder) brainstem of the ‘throat area,’ which governs over the depth of (abyss/ocean) trance and (‘Apple’ Isle) dream states.
The thirteenth Cabbalistic path of Gimel has since been associated with the Tarot Card of the (Nun) High Priestess Of The Silver (Sirius) Star, who can be seen as Morgana.
The symbolism of the (Adder/Dragon) serpent was utilised in varied shamanic cultures across the globe to represent trance adepts, who were able to attain an amphibious state of consciousness in order to consciously access the spirit world of the dream, which is symbolically equated with the sea.
You then have a shamanic adept of trance, being the Druid Myrddin who can become (lucid) conscious within the watery shape-shifting domain of Morgana, whose realm is the quantum dream.
Myrddin’s Adder-Head (hypnagogic trance) intercourse into the Vesica Pisces of Morgana is attained of conscious dreaming at certain key-times around the (circadian rhythm) star-clock, marked out by circled stones, of a round table, ever re-turning, Ouroboros.
When Myrddin becomes conscious within Morgana’s watery reality of the dream he becomes as the sea-hill, symbolised as the Apple Isle (Avalon) of Glastonbury Tor, of similarity to Mt Meru, the ancient Egyptian’s otherwise depicted as a pyramid of light.
In Siberian shamanic practice, the cosmic mountain is intersected by the world tree, the ancient Norse called Yggdrassill, which is remembered as the May-Pole, the Saxon’s had prior known as the Irminnsul.
Yggdrassill was also transformed into the Christmas tree, whose elder symbolism represents the ‘spinal column’ of the (Odin/Myrddin) shaman, upon which he ‘hangs’ into self-sacrificial ‘trance.’ As an aside, there was once a ‘gallows’ atop of Glastonbury Tor, which is now occupied by a ‘fort’ of a tower, as well as an associated ‘serpent’ stone of an egg.
It is along the spinal column that the Kundalini Shakti (Fire Snake/Dragon) is aroused in Yoga practice, which is experienced as a feminine energy, the Kalahari Bushmen of South Africa also know of as Num. The arousal of the Num initiates the experience of trance they call Kia, a Siberian shaman knows as the fire in the head; whereby you have the term (Kundalini Shakti/Fire Snake) Adder-Head.
Wherefore the cosmic mountain of a sea-hill symbolises Myrddin’s body out of which he can (OOBE) spirit fly as a disembodied Merlin into the inner space ocean of the dream. But only when flown by (Kundalini Shakti/Fire Snake) Morgana’s loving (Succubus) hand, who to set Myrddin’s head aflame as her ‘Wicker-Man.’
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From Classroom to Newsroom
journalism, education, journalism education, and education journalism
The NYT has no idea if student scores can be used to fairly evaluate teachers
JMiller opinion/analysis September 12, 2012 September 14, 2012
I’ll probably be addressing news media coverage of the Chicago teachers’ strike more than once (for obvious reasons), but I was particularly struck by this egregious example of “he said-she said” reporting in the New York Times today:
Eager to improve Chicago’s schools, Mr. Emanuel has taken several steps — among them pressing the school board to rescind a promised 4 percent raise — and made numerous demands that have infuriated the Chicago Teachers Union. He wants student test performance to count heavily in evaluating teachers for tenure, even though the union insists that is a highly unreliable way to assess teachers. And with Mr. Emanuel intent on shuttering dozens of poorly performing schools, the union is pressing him to agree to strong provisions to reinstate teachers in other schools when theirs are closed. (emphasis added)
That’s the whole paragraph. NYU professor Jay Rosen described the “he said-she said” phenomenon very well:
“He said, she said” journalism means…
There’s a public dispute.
The dispute makes news.
No real attempt is made to assess clashing truth claims in the story, even though they are in some sense the reason for the story. (Under the “conflict makes news” test.)
The means for assessment do exist, so it’s possible to exert a factual check on some of the claims, but for whatever reason the reporter declines to make use of them.
The symmetry of two sides making opposite claims puts the reporter in the middle between polarized extremes.
So the clashing truth claims in this story are “Student test performance is a good way to evaluate teachers” versus “Student test performance is a highly unreliable way to evaluate teachers.” Reporter Steven Greenhouse makes no attempt to assess these two claims and leaves the truth of the matter entirely up to the readers’ judgment.
But among the principles of journalism is the idea that journalists ought to enlighten their audience – to “balance what readers know they want with what they cannot anticipate but need.” Readers want to know what lies at the heart of the dispute between Chicago officials and Chicago teachers, but they don’t know which side of the dispute is making more accurate claims.
There are numerous educational experts out there who could have commented on this dispute for the NYT. For example, Joseph Martineau of the Michigan Department of Education argues that some forms of long-term value-added accountability models may lead to “identification of effective teachers/schools as ineffective (and vice versa).” The title of W. James Popham’s essay “Standardized tests don’t measure educational quality” (Microsoft Word document) sums up his perspective.
I found those two articles with a quick Google Scholar search — surely similar resources lie at the fingertips of New York Times reporters, so why not use them? Instead we are left with these two competing claims, and readers are likely to decide that the stakeholders they already agree or empathize with are telling the truth. But good journalism is not about rewording the claims of powerful interests; it is about verifying those claims — and challenging them when necessary.
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What music did you listen to as kid? Be honest
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Varth
the beatles, sesame street, whatever my mom put on, I mean we're talking single digit age right?
Didn't really get into anything through my mother, as she mostly listened to really, really atrocious Canadian French music (Ginette Reno, Garou, fucking Sylvain Cossette etc) but before I really ''got into'' music around the age of 12 with such wonders as Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, Cradle of Filth (and Iron Maiden!) my father used to blast some rock in his car quite often. Stuff like Boston, AC/DC, Supertramp (lots and lots of Supertramp), Chris DeBurgh (the dude rocks pretty hard, and you know it), Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Pink Floyd. I still have an affinity for most of those to this day.
ApparatusUnearth
If we're talking way back in the day it was a lot of The Fresh Prince. Later, Linkin Park, Slipknot, Mudvayne, blink-182, New Found Glory, you know. Typical stuff.
Foulchrist
Around age 6/7, I would listen to the song Thriller by Michael Jackson on repeat.
Zelkiiro
Pounding the world with a fish of steel
Before I got my own CD player, I just had to listen to whatever other people did. Once I hit middle school, I was big into Linkin Park, Evanescence, and all kinds of anime theme music.
Now, only one of those three things has stayed in my life.
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DreamOfDarkness
I listened to rock CDs from my father as a kid (Deep Purple, CCR, Led Zeppelin) and started listening to metal at about 8. Metallica's "Ride The Lightning" was my first metal album. Honestly, I never went through the mallcore period as many others did.
Abominatrix
Harbinger of Metal
Jazz and classical, because of my dad. The first music I truly found on my own was probably hip-hop, back in the 80s. I tuned in to college radio and heard new wavish stuff, electronic music and hip-hop for the first time and the latter two especially had a big impact on me. I liked the hip-hop because it reminded me of Kool and the Gang and the Brecker Brothers, except with violent and sometimes funny lyrics, which I barely understood anyway being basically a really young and inexperienced kid. These days I can't do the hip-hop anymore at all but I cherish and value every one of my childhood musical experiences. Went to a lot of jazz concerts as a child and my first symphony when i was eight or so (I believe it was Mahler's 8th) and I basically have my dad to thank for me being really serious about music from the youngest possible age. Wasn't enough to get me to keep studying piano though.
Hush! and hark
To the sorrowful cry
Of the wind in the dark.
Hush and hark, without murmur or sigh,
To shoon that tread the lost aeons:
To the sound that bids you to die.
soul_schizm
Top 40, anything that was hitting the radio at the time (70's/early 80's). Anything from Bad Company to Bee Gees to Elton John to AC/DC.
Then I heard some Priest & Maiden and everything changed.
Ecliptik
Goatfangs wrote:
Two bands in particular I listened to religiously during this time period were Eiffel 65 and Electrasy, the latter being known for the song "Cosmic Castaway" off the Titan AE soundtrack.
Ahhhhhhhhh!
I cannot believe you mentioned that song, talk about freaking nostalgia overload right there. This wins the thread.
flexodus
I jumped from radio rock (that Stacy's Mom song was my jam) to classic rock (AC/DC, "Led Zeppelin is objectively the greatest band ever"), to entry level metal (Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, Death, King Diamond) to more obscure stuff (thrash beyond the big 4, Mayhem, Suffocation, lots of OSDM and Norwegian BM) to even more obscure stuff (Necrophobic, Om, Ripping corpse, Finnish DM). At that same period I slowly began acknowledging that deathcore was a lot cooler than people on the internet said it was. Slowly got into Despised Icon, Whitechapel, Suicide Silence first, then slightly less credible stuff like Emmure and Bring Me the Horizon. I ended up finding deathcore/metalcore having a lot more replay value than old, foreign metal bands I'd never see live did. So that was all from middle school to high school, and currently in college I'm still mostly into metalcore, as well as lots of hardcore (the brutal, death metal influenced stuff like Harms Way, Xibalba, Nails, etc) and proggy djent stuff (Structures, Volumes, The Room Colored Charlatan). Also lots of pop punk (A Day to Remember, Four Year Strong from 5 years ago, The Story so Far and The Wonder Years of today) and my new favorite band has suddently become Forever the Sickest Kids. Really catchy electro/power pop stuff.
tl;dr I went from a troo metal dork to a scene kid. Kinda backwards.
Varth wrote:
I am getting pissed thinking about all the dumbass fake punk my sister made me listen to
Punishing
Delicious Penis Connoisseur
Lots of embarrassing local Egyptian pop music.
Then AC/DC, David Bowie, KISS, Michel Jackson, Foo Fighters, Boy George, Puff Daddy and a whole assortment of American crappy pop music.
My journey into metal began with Anthrax's "Spreading The Disease" which was given to me, I didn't purchase it. I then got introduced to a whole lot of similar sounding and better thrash and heavy metal bands.
Punk came later and didn't really stick.
from the ills of my whimsy rose Napero's poem
Stoned Wizard
The Beatles, the Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan, the Ramones, Bob Marley, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, the Grateful Dead.
Come to think of it, I still listen to these a lot...
My old man raised me right.
Indecency
Location: Edmonton, Canada
Fall Out Boy, Good Charlotte, Bowling for Soup, Green Day. Yep, I loved pop punk. I also had some top 40 and some rap songs (particularly D12 and Eminem) thrown in there. Now, other then Green Day (for nostalgic reasons), I can't really enjoy any of that stuff, especially the top 40 and rap.
Oh, also, I liked some N Sync and Backstreet Boys when I was a tiny kid, too far back for me to remember when. Don't judge, I was like 7.
7Halberd
I was really into punk bands back then. guys like blink 182, the misfits, ramones, and also some rap. I still like all those same artists to this day. I got into metal about 14 when i listened to slayer's raining blood. From then on it got more extreme until I peaked at about 16 when i started listening to brutal death metal. Now i can't stand brutal death metal, and have been in love with folk metal and blackened death metal for about a year now.
The SHM
I almost forgot that, when I was young, I absolutely adored Ozzy Osbourne. And I mean young, around 3, 4 years old, and I was drawing crude pictures of the guy.
You say "Justin Bieber", I say... OK. So?
92% of teens have cleanly divided themselves according to genres. If you're part of the 8% that doesn't give a shit why others listen to their music, then I don't care. Just enjoy the damn music.
First band I ever owned a CD by was Smash Mouth when I was really little, but the first band I really got into was the Red Hot Chili Peppers. When I was around 13 I discovered Metallica and from there the rest of heavy metal. I still listen to the Chili Peppers a lot. I'd probably still listen to Smash Mouth too, but I lost the CD a long time ago.
angel_of_metal
Robbie Williams and a bit of Kylie Minogue
I only became 'enlightened' around the age of 19 so I have been making up for lost time since then
BasqueStorm
The Wettest Blanket
Location: Turks and Caicos Islands
markoff_chaney wrote:
As a kid I remember listening to whatever crap was on top 40 radio.
Same here but the problem is that this music was WAY better than what you can listen now on same radio.
JT Rager
Lots of classical, my parents got it for me, and I enjoyed some of it. Lots of musicals too. I didn't care for rock and pop music which is all I heard besides these, since I was under the impression that that was the best that rock could give.
"If I could stop a person from raping a child I would. That's the difference between me and your god."
-Tracie Harris
LivingDoorway
As soon as I could pick my own music, I ate up all those Blink 182 and Offspring bands that all appeared in the 90s. From then I went onto what I thought was the heaviest music I could find (Slipknot, American Head Charge, etc), before I finally saw the light.
The first actual metal album I owned was Demanufacture by Fear Factory. Still holds a special place in my heart.
Therizinosaur
When I was really young (about 3-5), my Dad and I would goof around in the living room playing while listening to Black Sabbath, The Outlaws, Don McLean (I still consider "American Pie" to be the greatest rock song of all time), and "Hot Rod Lincoln" in the background. Then, when I was a little older, I began to ignore popular music and listen exclusively to classical music (Beethoven, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Mozart, and Wagner mostly) with some old school pop and show-tunes thrown in there (my younger Brother was and still is in theater prodctions quite a bit). Then, in 8th grade, I gradually listened to more and more rock, which consisted of things my Dad again liked (my dad got me into a lot of the music I currently like) such as Sabbath and the Outlaws (again), Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull (my favorite all-time band), Yes, Genesis, The Rolling Stones, The Who, AC/DC, Rush, Audience, The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Univers Zero, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and The Clash (didn't particularly like the last three though). Finally, in 9th grade I first listened to Metallica, Iron Maiden, and Judas Priest, and, despite hating them at first, I got hooked and have loved metal ever since (I still love progressive rock, classical, and classic rock; they just aren't all I listen to anymore).
Wastelander
Location: Waco, Texas
A bunch of Classic Rock and Heavy Metal my parents introduced me to, you know, stuff like 'Sabbath, Judas Priest, Metallica, Motorhead, Led Zeppelin, Tom Petty and so forth. I also had a fondness for Blink 182 and Fat Wreck Chords stuff.
I lived in Florida during the late 90s... A neighbor kid one time introduced me to Morbid Angel, but I didn't get into them right away. That was the first exposure I got to Death Metal.
Zodijackyl wrote:
A girl invited me to "Sleep with her" and I ended up at a stoner doom show.
the_raytownian
I feel it's relevant to this thread: I aibn't ashamed to still enjoy (some) early Marilyn Manson and Mindless Self Indulgence shit . WOTEVAH 8|
I got into MSI in 98 or 99, and, up til then, that was the most "out there" music i'd ever heard, so they madfe abig impression on me, considering I was a fucking hick living in the sticks in Mississippi at the time.
and, even back then, I considered the idea of them touring with ICP really embarrassing and lame...
Disgrace to the corpse of Metal Archives!
Body_Hammer
The first album that really clicked for me was Jethro Tull's The Broadsword and the Beast. And it's still fucking awesome. No shame here!!!
I'm pretty dark. Killed a swan today. Did a shit on it. Right on it.
shouvince
Mum had tons of Scorpions, Beatles, Bread, CCR tapes and also quite a few of those slow-rock/ballad compilation tapes. So I'd play them quite often. This was the mid 90s. I think that kinda paved the way to rock, hard rock and glam at that time. I also had the occasional UB40 fix.
halfformedfetus
My mum was obsessed with Queen! so it was lots of Queen and more Queen, then my older brother showed me Sepultura and Scream Bloody Gore.. still love Queen though haha
Mr Satan
I start to listen music with 11 and it was Rammstein.
I have always listened to tons of music. My dad was (and still is) a huge classic rock guy. I got started pretty early on, around 5 or 6 years old. with accessible metal stuff like Sabbath, Priest, Deep Purple, Def Leppard, etc. He also King Diamond - Them which I would listen to occasionally. I remember he had a copy of Megadeth - So Far, So Good...So What (I now own it), which I was scared of, mainly because of the song titles and lyrics. In retrospect I find it very weird that I could listen to King Diamond but not Megadeth, who are pretty harmless.
Anyway, when I was 12 or 13 I started listening to a lot of mid-90s alternative rock. I was born in 1984 so it was around 96 or 97. I listened to 99.1 WHFS in MD at that time which was very popular. All my friends listened to the same music and liked the same bands. Even though nu metal/mallcore/whatever you want to call it was popular around that time, I never really got into those bands aside from some early Korn or RATM. I never cared for Limp Bizkit or Deftones, who were the only other big nu metal bands at the time.
When I turned 14 or 15 and was in high school I discovered Slayer and started listening to more extreme music. Sometimes I still listen to the bands I liked when I was a kid. Some have aged well and some have not.
Maniac Matis
I didn't *really* get into music, and ultimately metal, until I was around 10 years. I started off listening to really lame alternative like Relient K and terrible ass screamo like Underoath.
But hey, I was a kid. When I turned 13 I started getting really into Slayer, Megadeth, Metallica, Black Sabbath, and Yngwie Malmsteen. By the time I was 14 I had discovered bands like Nocturnus, Death, and Obituary through this website, and eventually decided to make an account after all these years!
BastardHead wrote:
I want to print out this thread and wipe my ass with it.
Under_Starmere wrote:
Unng. I'm ThRoBing
HamburgerBoy
My dad inundated me with metal from birth, but I didn't really start to like it until Master of Puppets in 4th grade. At that time and earlier, it was mostly about pop-punk (anything you could find on the Tony Hawk Pro Skater soundtrack) and grunge. The Smashing Pumpkins, Smash Mouth, and Pearl Jam were probably the biggest ones for me, but since I mostly just listened to the radio (ROCK 105.3, living in Poway, the birthplace of Blink-182) I loved all the hits from Nirvana, Soundgarden, Savage Garden, Sugar Ray, and many others. Unknown to me at the time, Queensryche was among them with 'Bridge'. Funny thing is that I actually like some nu metal today, but hated it both before I liked metal and deep into my Maiden-every-day period, even though it was technically the stuff of my generation. Although I guess that was mostly my daytime music; when reading and sleeping, I would usually listen to my mom's handful of classical CDs and this jazz hour thing that went from IIRC 10-11PM on NPR.
But I can't neglect my love for the video game music of my childhood. Sometimes we'd start up Warcraft II and just pause on the levels with our favorite songs and crank that up. And another one unknown at the time, there was a tactical/shooter game from 1998 called Damage Incorporated, and I always thought the intro music was amazing. Didn't think a real band played it at the time, and a bit later when I discovered it was some band called Death I figured that it was probably some fake band or maybe the programmer's band or something. Some several years later I hear Cosmic Sea in proper form, and it was a giant holy shit moment.
dewds: you know that White Town song, "Your Woman"?
I heard that one day before school in, I think, '97, and I loved it immediately. I only ever saw the video/heard it once in the 90's, but it made such an impression that I had it stuck in my head for years. I kept thinking about it until one day I decided I had to try to find it with the help of the innernette. I typed in some of the lyrics I could still recall and managed to find it. Thank god, I finally had some closure!
Ever since I first heard it, I still like that song... the whole album, even, despite Jyoti Mishra not being a particularly great singer.
Cloud0129
I was into K-Pop music as a kid, mostly due to my Mom listening to that kind of stuff. (Yeah, I'm Korean myself.)
OzzyApu
Metal freak
Cloud0129 wrote:
Ah, Big Bang, I feel for you.
gomorro wrote:
Yesterday was the birthday of school pal and I met the chick of my sigh (I've talked about here before, the she-wolf I use to be inlove with)... Maaan she was using a mini-skirt too damn insane... Dude you could saw her entire soul every time she sit...
HeathenousSeraph
Luckily, my mom used to listen to classic rock and metal. First album I owned was an Ozzy compilation. Heard a lot of Pat Benatar and Heart in the car too. Not my favorites, but it sure as hell beat her putting on whatever pop was on the radio at the time.
Buprenorphed
I was a bit obsessed with this russian punk band call Sektor Gaza. It wasnt punk in the strictest sense of the word, particularly musically, but they gave no fucks and i felt that. I sat there rewinding their songs repeatedly to learn the words to songs that only years later i found out the meaning of.
I got into the spanish alternative/urban rock sound very early too. Bands like Extremoduro, Boikot, Reincidentes & Platero y Tu where a huge part of my childhood. I went to my first Ska-P gig at 10 years old and i fucking loved those guys.
Im gonna try not to think back to before i was 7ish because i just did it for a second and words like Aqua and Spice Girls came flying at the inside of my eyelids like a dodgy acid flashback.
Dont know what that was about as i always listened to awesome music and never borrowed my sister's tape of disney songs or borrowed and copied without her permission her bon jobi mixtape. And i definetly didnt draw a bad picture of the genie for the casette cover of said non-existant disney song tape, or record like, interludes or talking between the songs. I...didnt...
What have you guys just done to me? This is NOT what i came back to MA for!!!!
FromMarsToSirius
I was lucky enough to be subjected to The Who, Hendrix and The Alabama 3 as a kid. All fantastic stuff.
OzzyApu wrote:
It was actually before K-Pop got big when I was into that stuff, but yes. I still listen to older artists just to reminiscence those days.
Pyroclasm
As a 12-13 year old kid I was big into Beastie Boys, Disturbed, Linkin Park, System of A Down, and Rage Against the Machine. I also liked a lot of stuff that was played on Viva La Bam and I was exposed to a decent amount of music from the Tony Hawk Pro Skater N64 games such as New Noise by Refused.
I also really enjoy music from the Legend of Zelda games.
When Youtube blew up that really helped to expose the awesomeness of metal.
I started really getting into metal at 15-16 due to Maydie's Vanilla WoW Grand Marshal PvP video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzPlictRoK8, it exposed me to Rhapsody of Fire and Children of Bodom.
“A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.” - J.R.R. Tolkien
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The Animator
I didn't really get into music until I was 17 so most of the stuff that I actually liked was from movies.
Here are some favorites, I still think all these songs are great:
"The Journey" from The Rescuers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My7kP35acMQ
"Man's Road" from The Last Unicorn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wQ0j33bTd4
"Hellfire" from The Hunchback of Notre Dame:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqGL9B_TPTI
"Poor Unfortunate Souls" from The Little Mermaid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyFVG4VfPmg
"Please Wake Up" from Once Upon a Forest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuPiAA3onVI
"Wherever You Are" from Pooh's Grand Adventure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPdDK88X9lU
"Girls of Rock N' Roll" from The Chipmunk Adventure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVpn94aH1lU
Back Stabbath
Location: Terra Nullius
Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Mike Oldfield, and the sound of my mum getting laid.
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Forums What's Your Favorite Anime of all time?
What's Your Favorite Anime of all time?
By rlpzbeermoney, September 17, 2018 in Entertainment
NerdIndeed 18
9 hours ago, Steve5 said:
Sorry, I was thinking about it being used in real life. I didn't know you were just referring to the anime. In the real world, such a powerful item might be used for revenge. Practically, for any reason the holder wants. It's a good thing it doesn't exist. This reminds me of a similar anime named Jigoku Shoujo.
Forgive me as I never realized you were talking about its applications in the real world. Nevertheless, it might not exist as far as we know, but we can't be sure of that. Maybe someone is using it discreetly without us knowing,
11 hours ago, Steve5 said:
I also watched Jigoku Shoujo. I don't know if I'm sick or not but I actually enjoy watching people die in anime, either they be good or not. I just find it satisfying, like watching those cleaning videos on Facebook. Satisfies my inner OCD
Edited October 8, 2018 by rlpzbeermoney
Steve5 13
8 hours ago, rlpzbeermoney said:
That's scary. But I guess I understand what you mean. Others seem to satisfy their specific compulsions by watching stuff like that. Also, I happen to find Hell Girl interesting. That show was very creepy. But it did inspire you not to do evil. Because in the end, something like that will happen to you.
10 hours ago, NerdIndeed said:
It's okay. I'm sure something like that could exist in the real world. Maybe not the death note from the anime. But I wouldn't be surprised if there's something that could be used to kill anyone the user wants. It'd be terrifying. There are Youtube videos showing different mystical objects that defy reality.
On 10/9/2018 at 6:22 AM, Steve5 said:
On that note, I was browsing Youtube the other day and I've seen that they animated Goblin Slayer. Whenever I'm bored, I'd go pick up a random manga to read and Goblin Slayer was my pick way back. It goes to zero real quick with the first chapter including goblins decapitating an entire party and raping the female members in it. I'm surprised they animated the manga. Definitely on my list on anime that made me die inside when I pull the trigger and watch it.
15 hours ago, rlpzbeermoney said:
I probably wouldn't watch that. I don't really like shows that have lots of gore and violence. In a way, I'm less shocked but more disturbed. It's become very common for us to see extreme stuff in media. Still, it's far from comfortable whenever you're reading or watching something horrible.
I don't know. I just find the non-gory stuff to be a bit boring. It follows a certain formula. The "adult" stuff is what piqued my interest lately. They aren't afraid to kill characters off for the sake of the plot. Kind of like Attack on Titan.
That's funny. I've heard many viewers share the same sentiments. It seems that many have become acquainted with formulaic storytelling. So they probably want something unpredictable. It could be similar to Game of Thrones. So many good characters ended up with horrible deaths. No one's ever truly safe. And as you've said, it's not boring.
On 9/24/2018 at 3:49 AM, Martinsx said:
Avatar would be my favorite anime of all time, I couldn't ever get enough of it when I was still a teenager and even now as an adult. The Legend of Anag - The Last Air Bender and The Legend of Korra really had a huge impact on me.
I even went to the extent of watching the real Avatar movie in order to have a good comparison between the anime and real human movie but I think I loved the anime better.
I was also going to say Avatar. But then I found out there was debate over whether it is an anime.
https://www.quora.com/Does-Avatar-The-Last-Airbender-count-as-anime
If it is ever decided that it is an anime, It's my favorite.
Martinsx 32
I don't know about the debate whether it's an animation or not , it doesn't bother me at all because I'm absolutely certain it's an anime and nothing more.
If it doesn't count as an anime, what then does it count as?
I would not exactly put this series at top of my faves list. YET. I started watching it and didn't finish because I got distracted doing something else. But the story line is very interesting and I would like to know how it ends. This anime series is called Attack on Titan.
My kids watch Death Note and Hunter X Hunter.
nrnlss 0
On 9/18/2018 at 2:30 AM, rlpzbeermoney said:
Hunter x Hunter is my favorite anime of all time. I grew up watching the local dubbed version when I was a called and it was only last year when I finished watching the 2011 series. No other anime series comes close to the uniqueness of the storytelling of the show. My favorite arc is the Greed Island arc. It really makes you feel like you're inside an RPG game. Who knows it might have been the one that inspired all these anime/manga with virtual reality gaming built in. It just sucks that the author is plagued with laziness and sicknesses. I doubt he would finish the series soon.
Same, it is the most solid anime I've watch. I grow up watching this and even after years of watching other anime series there's nothing that can beat this one(for me).
jpk0007 2
I would say that one of my most favourite Anime for all time will definitely be Death Note. it is great that this anime can be viewed in the dubbed version. This Anime has a very interesting and gripping story with a variety of shades including the negative or dark shades, the characters are very well defined and you will always want to see the story till the end.
adm1r 6
I don't know if it's my all time favourite, but Bungo Stray Dogs has grown on me. Don't know if they are planing to continue, but i like it so much and i would like to see season 3.
chernobyll 0
Easy answer for me. It is definitely, hands down, Gintama. Normally I wouldn't value a comedy this high, while I do like comedy I have never really felt anything from them as much as I have from this. Offers the best comedy I have ever seen. The action is what caught me by surprise the most, Sunrise puts so much budget into these fights and the fact that they're samurai (which I go completely into fanboy mode with) is just absolutely fantastic. Personally, others might feel different, I couldn't ask for better combat. The drama can get really serious at times as well, they do a damn good job setting it up. The characters are amazing, it's the only anime where I actually have a support character in my list of favorites. Gintoki himself is one of the most impressive leads I have ever seen in anime, he's the only one I've ever liked more than Kenshin and that's saying something.
As for favorites this year. I would say AKB0048, but Kokoro Connect may have it beat at the end, still waiting to see how it finishes. I am expecting Little Busters to be my favorite this year though, assuming J.C. animates it right.
GuestHu 0
My favorite anime of all time is the most popular anime, Naruto series simply because I can relate to him. His story from being a lonely person due to his monster living inside of him to a most respectable prominent hokage beloved by his people in konoha village and his friends and family inspired me to strive for greatness. His story also gave me insight about the importance of friends and heroism.
Caguioa747 0
I don't have an overall favorite, but Monster is the best thing I've never convinced anyone to watch. It's a slow burn psychological thriller that basically pits the ideas of humans being naturally good and humans being naturally evil against eachother. The main villian is essentially a sociopath trying to make a murderer out of the one man he sees as innately good.
2 hours ago, GuestHu said:
I'd put Naruto on top but it had too many asspulls near the end (4th Great War). They made Madara too OP and I guess the writer wrote himself to a corner. It's one of the most head scratching arcs of the series. And I don't like how Naruto always prevails using the Talk No Jutsu. Had the writer corrected those things which all fans have been complaining since the beginning of the arc, then it would have been on the top with the best.
I assume you watched it during your childhood and you're only going for the nostalgia points for your answer, which I do understand in a way.
Dragoon McKnight 20
I was big on Bleach. Lately I've gotten into Goblin Slayer. It's a bit on the dark side, fair warning to anyone that checks it out.
GRAV 4
On 2/1/2019 at 4:34 PM, Dragoon McKnight said:
I keep seing that word "dark"... After all the hype and hate and other crap about it, I watched Goblin Slayer. And loved it. After having watched it twice now, I think what people mean when they say "dark" is "grounded". Aside from the ONE scene that is mostly audio and silhouette and the few references ALLUDING to theses things. It's actually a rather enheartening and thought out anime.
Kite is dark. Berserk is dark. Legend of the overfiend is "dark". How is Goblin Slayer "dark"? Single instance in a single episode does not a "dark" franchise make.
I agree with you. But in this day and age, it was enough to set off snowflakes and label it as such.
Ain't that that unholiest of truths=/
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[Upcoming Drama 2020] The King: The Eternal Monarch, 더 킹: 영원의 군주 - Lee Min Ho, Kim Go Eun
By syntyche, May 7 in k-dramas & movies
the king: the eternal monarch
the king: forever sovereign
the king: the monarch of eternity
the king: the everlasting monarch
the king: the eternal ruler
kim go eun
kim eun sook
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jung eun chae
syntyche 2,711
Lee Min Ho Confirmed To Reunite With “Heirs” Writer Kim Eun Sook For New Drama
Lee Min Ho and Kim Eun Sook are teaming up once again!
On May 7, the production company Hwa&Dam Pictures released an official press release stating that Kim Eun Sook was working on her next drama project, tentatively titled “The King: The Eternal Monarch” (literal translation), and that Lee Min Ho had been cast as the male lead.
The drama is scheduled to air sometime in the first half of 2020 and will be directed by Baek Sang Hoon. He previously worked with Kim Eun Sook in the hit drama “Descendants of the Sun.” Lee Min Ho previously worked with Kim Eun Sook in the 2013 drama “Heirs.”
This drama is Lee Min Ho’s first announced project since his military discharge in April. In Hwa&Dam’s statement, they said, “This is our second time working together after ‘Heirs.’ This is because he is an actor we can trust. You can expect to see more mature and deeper acting from Lee Min Ho in ‘The King: The Eternal Monarch.'”
“The King: The Eternal Monarch” is a drama that tackles the subject of parallel worlds. In one world, the emperor of the Korean empire seeks to keep the doors closed, while in the other, a detective of the Republic of Korea seeks to protect his life and the people he loves.
Yoon Ha Rim, the production company’s representative, stated, “Nothing has been decided yet with regard to the broadcaster or any broadcasting details. But we have the director and the male lead and we will begin filming sometime in the second half of this year.”
Are you excited to see Lee Min Ho and Kim Eun Sook work together again?
https://www.soompi.com/article/1322637wpp/lee-min-ho-confirmed-to-reunite-with-heirs-writer-kim-eun-sook-for-new-drama
Lee Min Ho Reunites With Star Writer Kim Eun Sook For Dual Roles In New Fantasy Romance Drama
AFTER DOTING HIS FANS WITH HIS SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATES, LEE MIN HO ESCALATES HIS SWEETNESS WITH UPCOMING DRAMA ANNOUNCEMENT.
Touted as a sophisticated imaginative series, Lee Min Ho will be joining a powerhouse creative team. Hwa&Dam Pictures confirmed that writer Kim Eun Sook will meet the actor again for The King: the Eternal Monarch (working title).
In 2013, Lee brought life to Kim Tan in SBS series The Heirs – the only youth-oriented series penned by hitmaker writer Kim. This time around, they will work together for an inventive story threading on “parallel world” premise.
Joining them in executing the script is director Baek Sang Hoon, who will also reunite with Kim Eun Sook since Descendants of the Sun. Collating the drama portfolio of Lee, Kim, and Baek, features some of the most popular and highly-rated Korean dramas in the last five years. It includes Mr. Sunshine, Goblin, Descendants of the Sun, Love in the Moonlight and The Legend of the Blue Sea.
READ: 35 Benchmark Korean Romance Dramas You Should Have Watched By Now
Based on the narrative overview, The King: the Eternal Monarch features two settings following its parallel universe concept. It is also billed to showcase romantic moments for the hero and chosen female lead.
Fusing traditional and modern times, Lee Min Ho suits up to portray two roles. In one world, he is Korean Emperor Lee Gon, who wants to close the door that connects the two realms. In another world, he is South Korean detective Jung Tae Eul, who protects the lives of the people and his loved ones. Both characters have to confront the Devil, the projected villain of the story.
Aiming a broadcast date in the first half of 2020, the production team starts filming in the second half of the year. Hwa&Dam Pictures expressed confidence with their new venture citing that Lee Min Ho is an actor they can trust.
Additionally, the production company disclosed no definite information on broadcasting details yet, but promises a huge scale fantasy romance project.
https://www.hellokpop.com/kdrama/lee-min-ho-new-drama-kim-eun-sook/
Kris Silva 8,507
All The Details You Need To Know About Lee Min-Ho's Comeback Drama
For those of you who can't wait to see Korean actor Lee Min-hoback on your screens, it may come sooner than you think.
Lee is wasting no time after his military discharge and is heading straight back to work with a new drama that will air sometime in the first half of 2020. Produced by Hwa&Dam Pictures, who also made hit TV series such as Goblin in 2016 and Heirs in 2013, the new drama will take on the theme of parallel worlds.
Korean news site soompi reports that the drama will feature two storylines: One involving a Korean monarch who seeks to keep his kingdom closed to foreign influence, and another that involves a detective of the Republic of Korea who wants to protect his loved ones.
he team behind the production is also an experienced one — the drama counts Baek Sang-hoon as its director, and Kim Eun-sook as the main writer. Baek is an experienced director who has previously directed two of 2016's most notable K-dramas: Descendants of the Sun and Love in the Moonlight. Meanwhile, Kim has worked with Lee before for Heirs in 2013, among other works that she has written.
Speaking about the production, a representative for Hwa&Dam Pictures mentioned that the filming for the show would begin in the second half of 2019, before its release next year.
Join us as we wait impatiently for Lee Min-ho's new show to be out!
https://www.eonline.com/ap/news/1039154/all-the-details-you-need-to-know-about-lee-min-ho-s-comeback-drama?fbclid=IwAR1OFhXgRTYLxXq5ZB_myBjGru6SDYRaU68rf8hWimXeU2fVIZpA5IGyT4Y
More artworks of Lee Min Ho as 'The King'
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Fan made poster.
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https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=241&aid=0002913169
The most likely actress is Kim Goo Eun.
bluevenus 12
He's back from military service and signed up for a drama already! I love him since BOF and it grew in Faith and i can't wait to see him in an another period drama.
Chellsee 131,370
Friends of Soompi
3 hours ago, leeminhosny said:
Hi. Good to see everyone here.
I am sooooo excited for this drama and i can't wait!
Have not seen The B for a long time.
sd24 297
so sad to hear the actress wont be park shin hye. she is perfect match for him and ratings queen .
CarolynH 3,990
My favorite of the fan made photos is the one in a more modern day uniform. I think it may be too modern, but it's my favorite.
@Chellsee Hi! so good to see you back!
annie1234 9,919
Is Kim Go Eun really considering for this drama?
11 hours ago, annie1234 said:
Hi @annie1234. According to industry insiders, Kim Go Eun and others are the strongest candidates for the heroine.
https://m.entertain.naver.com/read?oid=468&aid=0000508008
Kim Go Eun To Join Lee Min Ho As Leading Roles In Kim Eun Sook’s New Fantasy Drama
by J. Lim
Screenwriter Kim Eun Sook will be having another reunion in her upcoming drama!
On May 20, production company Hwa&Dam Pictures announced that Kim Go Eun has been cast in a leading role for Kim Eun Sook’s next drama “The King: The Eternal Monarch” (literal translation). Kim Go Eun previously worked with Kim Eun Sook on the hit drama “Goblin.”
A source from Hwa&Dam Pictures stated, “‘The King: The Eternal Monarch’ will be a fantasy romance drama that goes between two parallel universes of the Republic of Korea and the Empire of Korea. Kim Go Eun will take on two different roles, as detective Jung Tae Eul in the Republic of Korea and the criminal Luna in the Empire of Korea.”
They went on to state, “It’s not easy to play two completely different characters of a detective and a criminal. We believe that with Kim Go Eun’s versatility as an actress, which she has shown in her various films and in her role in ‘Goblin,’ where she showed great depth as her character grew from a girl to a mature woman, she will be able to successfully take on the two different characters.”
“The King: The Eternal Monarch” will be a fantasy romance of two parallel worlds where the emperor of the Korean empire Lee Gon tries to fight against evil by teaming up with detective Jung Tae Eul to close the door between the two worlds. Lee Min Ho, who worked with Kim Eun Sook on “Heirs,” has already been confirmed to play the role of Lee Gon.
The drama is set to begin filming in the second half of the year, and will begin airing in 2020.
Are you excited to see Lee Min Ho and Kim Go Eun working together with Kim Eun Sook?
https://www.soompi.com/article/1325765wpp/kim-go-eun-to-join-lee-min-ho-as-leading-roles-in-kim-eun-sooks-new-fantasy-drama
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Netizen comments :
(+314,-46) I don't think she will fit together with Lee Minho..
(+270,-89) I wonder if Kim Goeun is serious and know about the background. Or only because of her acting.
(+147,-38) Lee Minho have a strong features..But again the female lead..
(+141,-60) I will look forward to Lee Minho and Kim Goeun in The King ♡
(+68,-13) Woah this is annoying
(+85,-62) I like it!
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Kim Go-eun Joins Lee Min-ho in Kim Eun-sook's "The King: Forever Sovereign"
Kim Go-eun is starring in the writer's latest, "The King: Forever Sovereign", alongside Lee Min-ho.
She will take on the challenge of playing two roles as a detective named Jeong Tae-eul, and Luna, a low-life criminal in this fantasy romance drama.
Hwa and Dam Pictures stated, "It's not easy playing not just two roles, but two very contrasting roles. However, we decided she has the capacity to pull it off, as she has proven herself through various movies and her performance as a girl to a woman in the drama "Goblin"".
"The King: Forever Sovereign" deals with the subject of parallel worlds. A deity has unleashed a demon unto the world of humans, and that demon has opened the door to a parallel world. An emperor of the Korean Empire tries to shut the doors to a dimension opened by demons, and a detective tries to protect their life, the people, and their love.
"The King: Forever Sovereign" begins filming later this month and aims for a release in 2020.
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'Goblin's Kim Go Eun confirmed to star alongside Lee Min Ho in new drama series 'The King: The Eternal Monarch'
Kim Go Eun from the hit 2017 drama series, 'Goblin' has been confirmed as the lead actress in a new fantasy-romance series, 'The King: The Eternal Monarch'.
She will be working alongside actor Lee Min Ho, who was announced as the male lead of the drama earlier this month.
The writer of the series, Kim Eun Sook, also wrote the the 2013 drama series, 'Heirs', which also starred Lee Min Ho as the lead male actor, as well as worked on other popular shows such as 'Mr. Sunshine', 'Goblin', and 'Secret Garden'.
'The King' takes place in two parallel worlds and tells the story of the emperor of the Korean empire, Lee Gon (Lee Min Ho), who lives in one of these worlds. A modern-day police detective, Jung Tae Eul (Kim Go Eun) lives in the other. The door between these worlds is one day opened by a demon that is unleashed into the human world.
Kim Go Eun will take on two roles in this drama, a detective and a criminal; and although the actress admits that playing two drastically different roles will be a challenge, the writers are confident that her diverse acting portfolio will help her succeed in playing this role.
'The King: The Eternal Monarch' will air sometime in the later half of 2020.
https://www.allkpop.com/article/2019/05/goblins-kim-go-eun-confirmed-to-star-alongside-lee-min-ho-in-new-drama-series-the-king-the-eternal-monarch
According to the K-news, South Korean Detective Jung Tae-Eul is another role of female lead. It seems Lee Min Ho only portray the King Lee Gon.
1.[+610, -87] She doesn’t match Lee Min Ho.
2. [+553, -197] I’m curious about her background. Is it definitely due to her acting?
3. [+329, -63] Lee Min Ho has strong features. They don’t match
4. [+430, -273] Don’t pretend to be cute like in ‘Goblin’
5. [+221, -102] I’m looking forward to seeing Lee Min Ho and Kim Go Eun. Lee Min Ho will show his character.
6. [+108, -29] Oh, that’s so annoying.
7. [+116, -55] Pretty and good actress! Park Shin-hye, Song Hye-kyo, Kim Tae-hee, why not choose them?
8. [+69, -11] I don’t want to hear her nasal voice anymore.
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7 hours ago, syntyche said:
She is a great actress. She can act, no doubt about that, so i am sure LMH is in a good company. I can't wait for the drama to air to see their chemistry.
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South County Man Brighten People’s Lives With Flowers
Posted 10:37 pm, August 29, 2012, by Wade Smith, Updated at 10:00PM, August 29, 2012
Concord Village, MO. (KTVI) - Brown has been the theme for this summer. Brown grass, brown leaves and brown plants. The heat and the drought of this summer has made it tough to grow anything this year.
"The ground is like flour. It is very dry", says backyard gardener Robert Lightfoot.
Battling the extremes of this year’s weather, Mr. Lightfoot has added a little color to a scorched neighborhood. His lawnmower doesn't get much work because his yard is almost completely covered with pink and red petunias.
"I did this to make people happy. I'm trying to pay the Lord back for all the good things he has done for me. These are his flowers and I'm his gardener", says Lightfoot.
The flowers are his way to brighten the day for all those who pass by. "I can make someone feel good and not say a word. Just by looking at my colorful yard they feel better", says Lightfoot.
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5.6 Testing for E. coli in the field
Introduction au traitement de l’eau au domicile et au stockage sûr
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It is well known that water treatment at the household level can lead to dramatic improvements in drinking water quality. But does Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS) also have global relevance? What are the potential treatment solutions and how do they function? Is there a standard strategy for successful HWTS implementation, or can we identify key components which make programs more likely to succeed? In this course you will learn about the most important water treatment methods at household level, successful implementation strategies and about assessing the impact of HWTS. MOOC SERIES “SANITATION, WATER AND SOLID WASTE FOR DEVELOPMENT” : This course is one of four in the series “Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development". FRANçAIS: Dans ce MOOC, vous allez apprendre les plus importantes méthodes de traitement de l'eau au niveau des ménages, les stratégies pour une mise en œuvre réussie et l’évaluation de l’impact du traitement et stockage sûr de l'eau à domicile. ESPAñOL: Aprende acerca de los métodos más importantes de tratamiento de agua a nivel domiciliario, de estrategias de implementación eficientes y de la evaluación del impacto del tratamiento doméstico y almacenamiento seguro del agua.
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This course is very valuable. I learnt a lot in terms of HWTS. Many thanks to EAWAG, EPFL and Coursera teams for this wonderful course.
Extremely Helpful and Exceptionally well designed course. Thanks a lot to all the personnel and Coursera for bringing this course/
Monitoring and Evaluating HWTS
During the last week, we present different approaches for monitoring and evaluating HWTS. Case studies and guest lecturers, we highlight several key challenges, including the need for consistent use and field-robust measurements. The course ends with a wrap-up module, which serves as preparation for the final exam.
5.1a Evaluation and validation of household water treatment technologies - Guest Lecturer: M. Montgomery16:15
5.1b WHO International Scheme to Evaluate Household Water Treatment Technologies - Guest Lecturer: B. Majuru7:34
5.2 Effective and consistent use23:52
5.3 Health impact assessment - Guest lecturer: S. Boisson20:32
5.4 Economic analysis of HWTS12:07
5.5 HWTS selection16:34
5.6 Testing for E. coli in the field18:36
5.7 Case Study: Water Quality Monitoring in Nepal9:44
5.8 Conclusion4:00
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The biggest threat to drinking water safety
is microbial contamination from fecal matter.
Poorly constructed or protected water sources can become contaminated,
or inadequate sanitation and hygiene
can introduce contamination after water is collected.
And because pathogens are so small,
contaminated water might smell, taste, and look perfectly clean.
So the only way to really confirm
if water is contaminated is to do a test,
and traditionally this has involved using laboratories
with specialized equipment and trained personnel.
Now, laboratory testing is great,
but it poses some drawbacks.
First of all, distance.
Laboratories might not be located
near to the site where testing is being done.
And since microbial samples should be tested within six,
or a maximum of 24 hours after collection,
this has posed a real challenge.
Laboratory testing can also be expensive,
and it can be difficult to get the results from the laboratory
back to the local authorities.
However, advances, technical advances,
have made field testing more practical, easy, and cheap.
So some of these new options include <i>Most Probable Number</i> methods,
where a number of small compartments are tested,
and a statistical test tells you the most probable number
of bacteria contaminants.
Also membrane filtration is increasingly done in the field.
Also, new enzyme growth media react specifically with certain bacteria,
like <i>E. coli</i>, the preferred indicator for fecal contamination,
which makes results more robust.
And then, finally, there's a new generation of low-cost incubators,
that can be done without electricity,
or at least away from a well-equipped laboratory.
So taking advantage of all these advances,
WHO and UNICEF have developed a water quality testing module
which can be applied in national surveys,
and this has been done, and piloted,
in a number of multiple-indicator cluster surveys, or MICS surveys.
The package consists of three elements.
One, a membrane filtration system
made by Millipore, the Microfill system.
Two, growth media, Nissui Compact Dry EC plates,
and three, portable incubation,
and this is body-belt incubation.
These materials are used by the MICS field teams
after they go through a basic training.
During the survey, the teams will ask the respondents
for a glass of water that they would give a child to drink,
and then they test that water.
In some cases, they also visit the source where the water was collected,
and test that water directly at the source.
The way they do the test is they use a membrane-filtration system
to pass the water through a special piece of paper
which has small holes in it, and the holes are large enough
to let water pass through, but small enough
to trap all of the bacteria on the paper surface.
That filter paper is then placed on some growth media
with all the food and water that the bacteria need to grow,
and left for 24 hours so that bacteria can grow
and form colonies of billions of cells, which become visible to the naked eye.
Once the colonies have grown, they can be counted
and the results can be recorded and shared with the communities.
In these field tests, the MICS teams actually test two samples:
a 100 mL test for low contamination,
and a 1 mL test for high contamination,
and this is because if there's a large number of bacteria in the water
then they can form so many colonies that it's difficult to read.
So for highly contaminated samples, a 1 mL sample is the best option.
Now let's look at what the testing equipment looks like.
The first part of the kit is a filter instrument, or manifold,
and this one is produced by Millipore,
as part of their Microfill line of products.
The filter instrument is used with a filter paper,
and a plastic funnel, also made by Millipore.
These are sterile and disposable;
you need to use one per sample tested.
We also use a simple plastic syringe
to create a vacuum and filter the sample.
The test requires a number of small accessories:
forceps to handle the filter paper,
an alcohol wipe to sterilize the instrument and forceps,
a small plastic syringe to rehydrate the growth plates,
and a permanent pen for marking the growth plates.
Finally, you have the growth media.
There are many options available,
but we use an enzyme growth media
produced by Nissui, called Compact Dry EC Plates.
These come prepackaged and foil wrapped, in sets of four,
and the nice thing about this packaging
is that the plates can be stored at room temperature
for up to 18 months.
So, let's see how this test works.
The first step is to get all of our materials together
and label the two Compact Dry plates with that pen.
This is a sample of "lake water".
I've got a glass of water I collected earlier from Lake Geneva.
Let's see what's in it.
Next, we have to make sure that our hands and our equipment are all clean,
and we will use a simple alcohol wipe to do this,
to sterilize the forceps and the manifold,
and some alcohol sanitizer for the hands.
You could also use soap and water, if that's more convenient.
So with the alcohol wipe, first we sterilize the forceps,
and then the part of the manifold that will touch the filter paper.
Here it's good to use the forceps to stabilize the manifold.
Okay, then we're going to put down the forceps on a clean surface
to keep them sterile,
and the next step we're going to do is take the sterile filter paper.
Now, the Millipore filter paper comes with a protective blue sheet,
which is not the filter paper, you don't want to use that,
so what I like to do is first take out and remove the blue paper,
and then take the white paper, with the gridded side up,
and place it right on the manifold.
Still need to keep the forceps clean,
but now we're ready to put the plastic funnel on.
And the plastic funnels are also sterile.
They're kept in these plastic sheaths.
So you just reach in, and take one out,
and put it directly on top of the filter paper.
There we go.
Now we pour the water into the plastic funnel,
up to the line on the funnel that's marked at 100 mL.
A little bit more or less of the water doesn't matter.
We just want to know the general level of contamination.
Now we need to rehydrate these Compact Dry plates.
We'll take the lid off of them, of the <i>two</i> of them,
and open this 1 mL sterile syringe.
Draw 1 mL of water from the funnel
and place it on each of the Compact Dry plates.
Now the plates, they have food for the bacteria,
but the bacteria can't access the food unless they're rehydrated,
so it's important to add some water.
That's done.
Now for one of these, the 1 mL test is complete,
and we can put the lid on it.
For the other one, we'll filter the water through the paper
and put the paper on it.
To do that, we'll use this 100 mL syringe.
We'll just attach the syringe to the side of the instrument
and pull it gently to suck water through the membrane.
Remember, the holes on the membrane
are small enough to trap all of the bacteria on the paper,
so whatever bacteria were present in this sample of lake water
are going to be on that filter paper when we're done filtering it.
It just takes a few minutes.
Sometimes you need to remove the syringe
and do two batches, like we've just done here.
Okay, there we go.
We've got all the water out.
So we remove the plastic funnel. We're done with this now.
Use the forceps to remove that paper
and put it directly on the growth media.
Now we put the lid back on it
and we're done.
We just have to clean up now,
make sure that we take all the waste materials,
and throw them away.
In fact, it's a good idea to have a rubbish bin
when doing the test in the field,
because there's not always a good, safe place to dispose of wastes.
So now we have bacteria on the plates,
they have food, they have water.
All they need to grow is some warmth, and a little bit of time.
Now, <i>E. coli</i> will be happiest when the temperature is around 35-37 degrees,
though they will grow at temperatures down to 20 degrees,
though it takes a bit longer.
If the temperature gets above 40 degrees,
they don't grow well on this particular media.
In a laboratory, you have electrical incubators
that can regulate the temperature very nicely at the desired temperature,
but for this field testing, we don't have those,
but there are some newly developed alternatives that we can use.
The first is to use an electrical incubator,
but a small, portable one, like this one
that can run on electricity, if you have it,
but could also run on batteries
or plug into the cigarette adapter in an automobile.
So there are different versions of this.
It's a nice option.
(snapping sound)
A second option that's under development, in the research stage,
is called a Phase Change Incubator,
and this is an example that was developed at the University of Bristol.
What it does is it's like a thermos,
and you fill this thermos up with boiling water
and let the water sit for about half an hour, throw out the water,
and then the thermos retains the heat from the boiling water,
and if you place plates inside, and close it,
the incubator will keep the temperature
at about 35 degrees for over 24 hours.
So this is a very nice technique,
that doesn't require any electricity at all.
But there's another source of heat available in these surveys,
which we've used in the MICS pilots,
and that's the body heat of the survey team.
Human bodies are about 37 degrees,
which is a perfect temperature for incubating,
so the NGO called ENPHO, in Nepal,
has developed a Body-Belt Incubator
to take advantage of that body heat.
This is just a fabric belt, with some pockets sewn into it.
You can insert the plates into the pockets,
and then wrap it around the waist,
and voilà! You become a human incubator.
This has proved very successful in field trials so far.
There is a fourth option available, depending on the climate,
which is just to incubate the plates at ambient temperature,
normal room temperature,
and if you're in a country where the temperature is above, say,
20, 25, ideally 30 degrees, that can also be a good option.
Once the samples have been incubated for 24-48 hours,
we can count the colonies.
Now <i>E. coli</i> bacteria will form blue colonies on the Compact Dry plates,
and other coliforms, like total coliforms or thermotolerant coliforms
will produce red or violet colonies.
Here are some examples.
Now, other bacteria can also grow on the plates,
but they will form colonies that are white,
or pale yellow, or some other color,
but those are not coliforms or <i>E. coli</i>, so we're not concerned with those.
Once the colonies have formed,
we can simply count the number of blue
and the number of red or violet colonies, and record the results.
If the plates have very high levels of bacteria on them
it's difficult to see individual colonies,
and you can have plates that are overloaded,
which look completely pink or completely blue.
Once the results are recorded
they should be shared with the local authorities, or communities,
and then the plates should be disposed of safely,
which means that they should be disinfected
using either chlorine or heat, and then disposed of.
Well, let's look at some of those results.
The first sample I showed you was lake water from Lake Geneva.
You can see that this water actually has quite a lot of bacteria in it,
a lot of those red and violet colonies, more than 100,
and when it's above 100, we don't even bother counting anymore.
But it's only got about one of those blue colonies, which means <i>E. coli</i>.
Now, a second sample that I tested was taken from a toilet,
and in this water we see that there are lots and lots
of those blue colonies, <i>E. coli</i>,
more than 100 of them in the 100 mL sample,
but none at all of those other coliforms, and that makes sense,
because the toilet water is full of fecal bacteria.
Once the data are recorded, they can be analyzed and presented
but it's important to know that the data are of good quality,
so we have some consistency and quality control checks
that should be applied.
A consistency check is comparing the results
from the 100 mL test against the 1 mL test.
Now, of course, the 100 mL test should have
about 100 times as many bacteria as the 1 mL test,
so if that ratio is very different, there might be a problem.
It's also good practice to have some blank samples
to make sure that people are getting zero counts
when the water is known to be free from contamination,
and it's quite valuable to have expert teams visit the field teams
as they're doing the field work,
to make sure that they're doing the test correctly.
Once the quality of the data is assured, though,
then we can classify the results into risk classes,
and normally we look at <i>E. coli</i> as meeting regulatory guidelines,
1-10, 11-100, and 100+ colonies
representing increasingly dangerous or high-risk samples.
The MICS team has developed standard tables and scripts
for the statistical software that analyzes the data,
to make it easier for countries to standardize their analysis,
and then the results can be presented either in a standard summary report
with the rest of the information collected in the MICS survey,
or in a special focused thematic report
that can go into more detail about the water quality testing results.
So, we've seen a demonstration of a testing package for <i>E. coli
that's easy to implement in the field
without need for electricity, laboratory facilities,
or highly-trained technicians.
By relying on pre-packaged materials,
the system reduces the opportunities for contamination to be introduced,
though it's still important to include
quality control and assurance measures like regular testing of blanks.
The system is not very expensive,
and especially when it can be linked to an ongoing,
and already financed, field program,
the data collection can be very cost-effective.
This system has been applied in MICS
and other national household surveys,
but could also be useful for general programmatic use.
As an example, in Bangladesh,
after this system was used in a MICS survey,
the UNICEF office used the materials to do water quality testing
of water supplies that had been installed in their program areas.
Of course, we need to remember that a single measure of <i>E. coli
is not a robust measure of water safety.
For that you would want water safety plans,
or at least sanitary inspections,
but for getting a rapid assessment of drinking water quality
or for monitoring an intervention,
like a household water treatment intervention,
even a limited amount of microbial testing can be very helpful
and can help identify problems
and direct resources towards improvements.
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Home Geo NEWS The poison India is breathing, as seen from space
The poison India is breathing, as seen from space
By Ishveena Singh -
In India, pollution has become a way of life. The air quality index regularly screams ‘hazardous’ and it’s not uncommon to see schools shutting down because of smog or citizens going to work wearing anti-pollution masks. And lest anyone forget how badly the country is choking on poisonous air, European Space Agency’s Sentinel-5P satellite has come out with a shocking reminder of the same in the form of the following image:
What you see here is the concentration of formaldehyde in the air, as measured from November 2017 to June 2018. Formaldehyde is a colorless gas produced naturally by all life forms as a part of cell metabolism. However, the amount of naturally-occurring formaldehyde is very, very small – which is a good thing because if you breathed in a lot of this gas, you could experience server respiratory problems. The US Department of Health and Human Services has, in fact, said that prolonged exposure to formaldehyde could lead to cancer in humans.
So, why is formaldehyde plaguing India in the first place? In an interview with the BBC, Isabelle De Smedt from the Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), says, “It depends on the region but 50-80% of the signal is from some biogenic origin. But above that, you have pollution and fire. And the fire can be from coal burning or wildfires, but in India, yes, you have a lot of agricultural fires.” This is why you see lesser concentrations of formaldehyde over the desert area of Rajasthan in the image above. But clearly, India needs to act. And fast.
Data and insights like these are important to help countries formulate policies that could tackle the menace of air pollution in a timely manner. And ESA’s Sentinel-5P satellite is set to play a big role in this. Sentinel-5P carries the most-advanced pollution mapping sensor of its kind: Tropomi. Its ability to image air pollutants in more detail than ever before is certainly going to ensure that the dialogue around air pollution does not die down.
Ishveena Singh
Ishveena is a geospatial enthusiast and a veteran of creating and managing compelling digital content for organizations and individuals. When she is not making magic at her desk, you are likely to find her exploring nature, eating her way through life, or binge-watching funny animal videos.
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Emirati Woman Reportedly Regains Awareness After 27 Years in Minimally Conscious State
Filed to: ComaFiled to: Coma
Minimally Conscious States
Stock photo: A PET scan machine being operated at Georgetown University Hospital in 2015.
Photo: Evan Vucci (AP)
A woman from the United Arab Emirates, Munira Abdulla, has reportedly regained a degree awareness and function after spending an astonishing 27 years in a state of reduced consciousness—popularly known as a coma.
Per the New York Times, Abdulla was involved in a serious automotive accident in 1991 (reported by Abu Dhabi publication the National to be a collision with a school bus), suffering traumatic brain injury and spending most of the next three decades in a state of “minimal consciousness.” In 2017, she was moved to a clinic in Germany where she received physiotherapy to deter muscular deterioration and medication to treat epilepsy.
Signs she was recovering began to emerge in the past year, the Times wrote, with Schön Clinic chief physician Dr. Friedemann Müller saying that it is possible a device that delivered medication into her spine triggered the recovery:
Signs that Ms. Abdulla was recovering started to emerge last year when she began saying her son’s name. A couple of weeks later, she started repeating verses from the Quran that she had learned decades ago.
“We didn’t believe it at first,” Dr. Müller said. “But eventually it became very clear that she was saying her son’s name.”
Dr. Müller said he had not expected such a recovery from Ms. Abdulla.
She had been at the German clinic for treatment for seizures and contorted muscles that made her body hard to handle and that kept her from being able to sit in a wheelchair safely. Part of the treatment was to install a device that delivered medication directly into her spine, a factor that Dr. Müller said could have brought on her recovery.
It’s not entirely clear how much of a recovery Abdulla is expected to make. However, according to the National report, her 32-year-old son Omar Weibar said she seemed to gain awareness of people surrounding her last June, and days later began saying names. Over time, she began being able to tell medical staff where she was feeling pain, have conversations “if she is interested in the topic,” and recite prayers, Weibar told the National.
The National reported that during a recent hospital visit, Abdulla was “able to answer questions, albeit with difficulty,” and recite verses from the Qur’an.
Müller told Der Spiegel in an interview that no one simply wakes up from a coma after such a lengthy period of time, and that what really occurs is more of a long-term process. According to German broadcaster Deutsche Welle, as of now Abdulla still has serious disabilities and is using a wheelchair.
As the New York Times noted, recoveries from minimally conscious states as severe as the one Abdulla was in are extremely rare, with “only a handful” reported. Another famous case involved Terry Wallis, a 19-year-old Massachusetts man tossed from a pickup truck in 1984. He began to speak in 2003, with medical researchers eventually concluding that his brain had “very gradually, developed new pathways and completely novel anatomical structures to re-establish functional connections, compensating for the brain pathways lost in the accident,” New Scientist reported.
[New York Times/The National/Der Spiegel]
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What’s Really Going On With Google Drive
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Drive File Stream
On Thursday, Google made a confusing announcement that could easily scare the crap out of 800 million people: Google Drive’s going away—but actually, no, it’s not. However, there are a few things you should know about the changes that are coming.
First and foremost, the Google cloud service known as Drive is going to be just fine. If you log in to your Google account and utilize Drive’s storage through a web browser, you probably won’t notice any changes. But the Google Drive app for PC and Mac is officially being deprecated and the company’s developers announced in a blog post that it will no longer be supported starting December 11. Instead, you’ll need to choose from one of two new apps.
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Most folks are going to want to download Backup and Sync, which is confusingly offered at the same URL that Google Drive has long used as a hub. That’s because Backup and Sync basically is Google Drive, but Google is rolling its Photo Uploader’s features into the package. You’ll get unlimited storage on photos that you upload if you select the option that slightly compresses them. To upload your pics in their original quality, you’ll need to pay for extra storage. Offline use of files and device syncing will still be available.
While Backup and Sync has been around for a couple of months, the real motivator behind the Drive app’s deprecation is a push to move enterprise users over to the new Drive File Stream app. Launching on September 26th, File Stream is intended to be used as a sort of collective hard drive for teams and organizations. All files are kept in the cloud and can be edited from anywhere. Say, for example, you’re a designer—you wouldn’t be downloading that PSD file, opening it in Photoshop, making some changes, saving it on your hard drive, and then re-uploading it to the cloud. Instead you’ll just open it straight out of File Stream and save it in the same place.
Which option’s best for you? The biggest thing to ask yourself is if you want to keep local backups of your files. Google is using the analogy that Backup and Sync is like a folder while File Stream is like a hard drive. Here’s how the two products differ:
Again, File Stream is designed with teams in mind. You get more customization options on individual files and users. Unfortunately, Google will ask you to remove Backup and Sync if you try to use both at the same time. Pick your poison.
Personally, Backup and Sync fits my needs, and I’m not looking to make the leap into full-on cloud storage. I store about 100 gigs in the cloud, all of it backed up locally, with external hard drives backing up the back-ups. The ability to stream files from anywhere does seem great though, and this new split personality for Google Drive may just be a stepping stone before the products come together in a new form down the line. The most important thing to know is that your files are still safe and you’ll need to replace the Drive app with one of these choices before March 12, 2018, when the original apps shut down completely.
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