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Twitter for Small Business - Download the PDF Guide/
If you're a small business just getting the hang of this Twitter thing I suggest you check out the Twitter for Business resource centre. This pdf best practice guide highlights plenty of good examples, tactics and ideas to help you tweet more effectively
Twitter Small Business Guide - Download here - or from the Twitter for Business resource centre
It's packed full of good tips and different types of posts that will help you meet, connect and engage more people interested in your products, services or topics of conversation.
I really liked this graphic too, suggesting a few ideas of how, where to promote your Twitter handle. Not quite sure about seeing @justinflitter on my shoes though!
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I’m writing this post in as a reference for the Perl 6 lecture I’m giving today at Penguicon, but of course it may prove generally useful as well.
Official Perl 6 website
#perl6 IRC
STD.pm6 (official Perl 6 grammar)
Perl 6 Spec
Rakudo website
Rakudo repository on github
masak’s History of Perl 6 (Only up to mid-2010, but still very interesting.)
ABC module (used as an example, interesting real-world grammar usage)
jnthn’s Perl 6 talks
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Wyoming News Briefs, planting ponderosa seedlings and building erosion barriers.
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) —. He hopes to be able to come back to Jackson Hole someday.
RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — The city of Rawlins has been down to one doctor certified in obstetrics. Carbon County Memorial Hospital officials say they are working on recruiting OB doctors to the area. Hospital CEO Ned Hill maintains there is no emergency situation with just one OB doctor. The only other option for patients is driving to Laramie or Casper.
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Brett Smith passed for four touchdowns and ran for another in leading Wyoming past Colorado State 45-31 on Saturday. It is the Cowboys’ longest win streak in the more than 100-game series between the two schools since they won seven in a row from 1967-73. It also marked the return of Wyoming coach Dave Christensen, who was suspended for the previous game against Boise State after a loss to Air Force on Oct. 13 when he berated Falcons coach Troy Calhoun.
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In 2009 I bought a G1, back when it was the only Android phone available. Immediately I became frustrated because none of the available music players were capable of recognizing my music because I didn’t have perfect track information embedded on my files. They all gave me one pool with hundreds of songs named track1, track2, track3… Or they would have multiple different entries for the same band. For example: AC/DC, AC_DC, AC DC and ACDC.
To solve this, I developed KalinPlayer, which I used every day for a year and a half as my music player. I never got all the kinks worked out to the point where I felt comfortable releasing it to the public, but it worked for me and that’s what was important.
I did intend to finish and release it, so I built a screenshots and instructions page to show the different features and an explanation page, where I gripe about how other music players just don’t stack up.
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Utley awarded fourth Silver Slugger
Second baseman has held grip on honor for past four years
PHILADELPHIA -- Phillies second baseman Chase Utley continues to be recognized as the best second baseman in the National League.
It was announced on Thursday that he won his fourth consecutive Silver Slugger Award.
Utley hit .282 with 28 doubles, four triples, 31 home runs and 93 RBIs this season, helping the Phillies make the World Series for the second successive year.
Utley leads Major League second basemen in runs (456), hits (711), RBIs (400), on-base percentage (.392) and slugging percentage (.535) over the past four seasons. He also ranks second in home runs (121), third in doubles (156) and walks (262), fourth in triples (17) and fifth in average (.304).
He also has been hit by a pitch 90 times, which leads the Majors. The next closest player is San Francisco Giants center fielder Aaron Rowand, who has been hit 65 times.
"Sometimes I don't even like to talk about him, because he doesn't want me to," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said about Utley during the World Series. "Actually, he doesn't like for you to say a whole lot of things about him. But he's one of the most prepared, one of the most dedicated -- he has the most desire and passion to play the game of any player that I've ever been around.
NL SILVER SLUGGER AWARDS
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"But Chase Utley is one of the most ... he's a pleasure to be around and he's a pleasure to manage. I mean that, and I could not say enough about him because that's what I think about him. I don't want to embarrass him or nothing like that, but sometimes I tell our players, 'Just play with Chase,' because if you play with Chase, you've got a chance to be a pretty good player."
Since 1980, winners of the Silver Slugger Award have been chosen by votes of Major League managers and coaches, prohibited from selecting players from their own teams.
Mike Schmidt holds the franchise record with six Silver Sluggers (1980-84, '86).
Todd Zolecki is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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trusts,
always hopes,
always perseveres.
Love never fails.
1 Cor. 13:4-8
Happy birthday to the man who lives this out
every day in our family.
Rob, you're an incredible husband and father,
provider, encourager, and friend.
Happy Birthday!
I love you!
Always and forever!
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Aw happy birthday to him! What a cute picture of the two of you!
Busch Gardens, the only cold day all year I think! :)
I love that verse - we had it read at our wedding, but I'm sure many people have it read at their weddings... Sounds like a wonderful husband with a sweet wife to write him such a post for his birthday.
Awww, thanks. He's definitely the better one of the two of us. I married up as they say :)
My advice to all the girls who want a husband like Rob... DON'T SETTLE FOR LESS THAN THE BEST!!!!
Happy Birthday to your wonderful husband Karen! Romantic post, how lucky he is to have a wife like you :)
Karen,
Happy Birthday to your forever love...We also read 1 Corinthians 13 at our wedding....it always makes me smile (you know that deep inside kind of smile...)
Happy Valentine's Day to you both.
Peace and good.
Very sweet!! Happy Birthday to your husband!
It's always so wonderful to see women posting positives about their husbands. In this day and age, it is not as common as it probably should be!
Love that passage...it was a reading at my wedding! Happy Bday to him!
Happy birthday (hugs) to Rob! The love verses are among my favorite in all of scripture. How to act in love, in a nutshell.
Barb,
It wouldn't be Rob's birthday without your hug :)
Love you,
me :)
Awww, How sweet! Happy Birthday Rob! Hope he had a great day. I'm sure you made it extra special!!
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Follow Mark Perry on Twitter
Shifting to a Vehicle Miles Traveled tax system serves neither the interests of good government nor the interests of personal privacy.
The Obamas and the Bidens released their 2012 tax returns on the White House blog today.Now that.
To grasp the importance of the revolutionary change in oil and gas drilling sweeping across the United States -- and its significance for our economy -- just consider how far behind the rest of the world is lagging..
A favorite "progressive" trope is that America's middle class has stagnated economically since the 1970s.
Among all the problems that have surfaced as a result of using ethanol as an alternative to gasoline, one is especially troubling. It can damage automobile engines and fuel systems.
In the mid-1980s, racial segregation in South Africa became one of the most heated issues on American college campuses.?
Recent advances in drilling technologies have unleashed a boom in domestic natural gas production. The United States may have more than 100 years' worth of gas reserves, and perhaps much more, including large untapped resources in Michigan.
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As both a nurse, and a supporter of our troops, this story touched my heart.
RCN pays tribute to bravery of defence nurses
and be sure to check out the Home page of the Royal College of Nursing , to see the video interview with Ethel Lote, a nurse who served in WW II.
God bless Dr. Yvonne McEwen , an "historian and former nurse" for spending over 10 years completing the lists........
and God Bless my fellow nurses who've served in wartime over the years.
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I just this minute finished red pen revisions of my latest manuscript. Long-time readers of this blog will remember ZF-360, my retelling of Mozart's Magic Flute, set in modern-day Manhattan and Kashkawan among the Irish Travellers.
Well, I've entirely rewritten it, and I'm very happy with it now. Irish folk music figures heavily in the story; my male lead plays in a Celtic fusion band and receives an Abell ZF-360 pennywhistle as a gift.
As I went through the printed manuscript today, catching tiny errors on virtually every page, I also made a list of all the songs I mention in the story. Most are Irish folk songs, but some are not. Here's the playlist, with links where available:
"Katie Campbell's Rambles"
"The Green Gates"
"Bold Doherty"
"Summer is Coming"
"The Water is Wide"
"My Funny Valentine"
"Clohinne Winds"
"As I Roved Out"
"Strange Fruit"
"Body and Soul"
"Stella By Starlight"
"Ships Are Sailing"
"The Lakes of Coolfin"
"Horo Johnny"
"I's the B'y"
"The Creggan White Hare"
"The Dawning of the Day"
"The Flower of Magherally"
"Green Grow the Rushes"
"An Paistin Fionn"
"Rant and Roar"
"Blackbirds and Thrushes"
"The Waxies' Dargle"
"The Wind that Shakes the Barley"
"The Lark Ascending"
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I wrote a post about writing and the loss of my father at Mommy Authors. I'd love to know what you think.]]>
Michael Stanley Tanner
11 August 1946 - 3 March
I'll miss you, Dad.]]>
I originally wrote this post almost five years ago, but I felt like reposting it today. I'm off to LTUE tomorrow, and I'll report in when I get back. In the meantime, enjoy!
I've been pondering all things meta this week.
Well, not all things. But definitely many things meta-related-to-the-arts.
I've been playing a game inside my head as I've done the dishes or driven people to sports practices or tried to get back to sleep in the middle of the night after going to the bathroom for the fourteenth time.
(It's just one of the many crazy games I play all alone in this head o' mine, another being "List all the adjectives with the suffix '-id.'")
The game is this: list all the films about film. Now all the songs about songs. Now all the poems about poetry. Now all the theater about theater. And now (my favorite part) all the fiction about fiction.*
Ready? Go.
Films About Film
(or TV About TV)
The Player
Singin' in the Rain
The Truman Show
30 Rock
Studio 60
The Simpsons
Stranger than Fiction (borderline: a film about fiction writing)
Songs About Songs, Singers, and/or Singing
"Hey, Mister Tambourine Man" (The Byrds)
"Thank You for the Music" (ABBA)
"Sing a Song" (Earth, Wind, and Fire)
"I Write the Songs" (Barry Manilow)
"If Music Be the Food of Love" (Shakespeare/Purcell)
"Piano Man" (Billy Joel)
"Rock and Roll Band" (Boston)
"Killing Me Softly" (Roberta Flack)
"The Day the Music Died" (Don McLean)
"This is Not a Love Song" (Public Image, Ltd.)
Poems About Poetry
"Essay on Criticism" (Alexander Pope)
"Don Juan" (parts of it; Lord Byron)
"Ars Poetica" (Archibald MacLeish)
"The Uses of Poetry" (William Carlos Williams)
"There is no frigate like a book" (Emily Dickinson)
"The High-Toned Old Christian Woman" (Wallace Stevens)
Theater About Theater
All That Jazz (Well, okay. It's a film about theater.)
Kiss Me, Kate
The Taming of the Shrew
The Producers
A Chorus Line
42nd Street
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hamlet
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
The Mousetrap
Fiction About Fiction (and this would be my wheelhouse, people)
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Little, Big (John Crowley)
Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Decameron (Giovanni Boccaccio)
Don Quixote (Miguel de Cervantes)
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Italo Calvino)
Anything written by Jasper Fforde
The Neverending Story (Michael Ende)
English Music (Peter Ackroyd)
The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
An awful lot of Kurt Vonnegut
And a whole bunch of that Pratchett genius
Leaf by Niggle (J.R.R. Tolkien)
A Series of Unfortunate Events (Lemony Snicket)
Atonement (Ian MacEwan)
The Dark Tower, etc. (Stephen King)
Possession (A.S. Byatt)
The Book of Three (Lloyd Alexander)
A Princess of Roumania, etc. (Paul Park)
What about you? Can you add to the lists?
*LDS readers, here's a fun study topic: revelation about revelation. And extra credit: revelation about Revelation.]]>
My author copies of The Book of Jer3miah: Premonition arrived late yesterday. What a thrill! I am delighted with how it turned out. The official publication date is March 4th, but apparently it's in stock and available right here. Treat yourself to a copy, and the next time I see you, I'll sign it!
Intrigued by the cover, but want to know more about the story? Watch this:
Last bit of fun for today: the winner of the free e-copy of Michelle Muto's Don't Fear the Reaper is Rhi R.! Congratulations! PM me your email address, and I will make sure you get the download code as soon as possible.]]>
What inspires you?]]>.
I do love stories about the afterlife, and Michelle Muto has written a good one. This novel is just how I like them--dark, but with the promise of redemption. Plus, the title rocks--Blue Öyster Cult's single is one of my favorite songs from my youth. (I'm also excited to read her latest book, The Haunting Season. I just downloaded it, and it is creepyyyyyy!)
Would you like a free e-copy of Don't Fear the Reaper? Leave me a comment, and on Wednesday, February 6, I'll choose one winner via random number generator.]]>
I'm pleased to announce three awards for which Dispirited has been nominated:
1) Best Adult Speculative Novel -- Whitney Awards -- Finalists will be announced February 7th!
2) Dispirited's cover is a finalist for LDS Publisher's annual Best Cover Award -- go vote now! The deadline is midnight on January 30th and the winner will be announced on January 31st.
3) Best YA Fiction -- AML's annual awards -- The winner will be announced at AML's banquet sometime in March!
Keep your fingers crossed!]]>
I know a few people who seem addicted to chaos. They appear to be drama magnets, emotional "black holes," if you will. It seems like something is always going wrong for them, and then those of us around them get to hear all about the crisis-of-the-moment at length. Again and again.
There's a fine line between expressing frustration and chronic complaining. I'm not judging these acquaintances. I try to offer help and support, or just a listening ear, depending on what's needed and/or requested.
Here's the thing. I'm sure that what I see in these perceived drama addicts is much more about me than it is about them. Indeed, my observations direct me inward and remind me of what I need to change and repair in my own life and psyche.
I'm grateful for opportunities to practice compassion and empathy. I treasure the luxury of feeling understood and loved despite my many faults, and so I attempt to communicate my understanding and love of others and their difficulties whenever possible.
But I am often struck by how exhausting and contagious negativity can be. For someone like me, who already struggles with depression and anxiety, that negativity is as dangerous as a riptide. I find it's better just to stay out of the water and hold out a helping hand from the safety of the shore.
One of my long-term goals is to be drama-free. Of course, bad things happen to us all. But when trials come my way, I hope to be able to take them in stride. I'm fine with grieving, or even ranting and moping--privately, to those I trust--when appropriate. But if I am to live in a world that is less chaotic, the calm amidst the storm needs to start with me.]]>
I spent last Friday and Saturday in a Huntington Beach condo that was four blocks from the ocean. I did not surf; I did not sunbathe, even though the weather was sunny and warm. Nope--I sat in a quiet, empty room, all alone, and wrote like a madwoman.
How does a madwoman write, you ask?
Impossible? Not when you've trained for it. It was the equivalent of competing in an Ironman: death and despair for a newbie, but totally doable for someone who has conditioned and worked consistently over a considerable amount of time.
I couldn't have done it without Rachel Aaron's help. Over a year ago, I read her blog posts that led to her ebook on writing faster and more efficiently, and I've been working ever since to improve both the quality and quantity of my writing. (Get the book! It's worth way more than the 99 cents you'll spend. Get Rachel's other books, too.)
I don't write this to brag; I write this to tell you what's possible when you do the daily work that Steven Pressfield and so many other pros prescribe.
And now? I had thought I'd jump into revisions right after the holiday weekend, but, like a post-Ironman athlete, I found I've needed a couple of extra days off to recover. But today, a week after my marathon, I'm ready to tackle the rewrites to make the story I love much, much better.
Last weekend was my first Writers' Retreat. Would I do another? Absolutely. But I'm glad I was prepared to make it worth every minute away from my family. All the writing I do when I'm at home in the thick of my life--that's where I make the real advances.]]>
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{sneak peek} eagle river engagement | sarah & aaron
We LOVE Wisconsin. And after last weekend’s session, we know that we love us some Aaron and Sarah. This is just a peek at their amazing, cozy, adorable Northwoods engagement session! The best part? This was almost all shot out on Sarah’s parent’s land, near the home they built on the cutest little lake. It was like a dream, and we probably said that eighteen times while exploring the property with them! Congratulations to Aaron and Sarah, and more on the way soon…
Love,
Kate & Sam
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In this post, I’m going to show you how to further reinforce (and cover) the cut edges of your steek using a techique that I’ve called “the steek sandwich.” There are many other methods of binding / covering steek edges – but this one works well, I think, for a steeked cardigan. The front edges of a cardigan generally see a lot of strain because of the opening / closing action of buttons and button holes – and this method provides a strong facing as well as a stable edge where the garment needs it most.
Above, you can see the wrong side of the swatch where we left it yesterday, with the steek cut, and the crocheted reinforcement holding the cut edge. In the steps that follow, I’m just going to describe exactly what I’m doing, and provide a little more explanation at the end.
First, with the right side of the swatch facing, pick up and knit 3 stitches for every 4 rows, plus an extra 1 stitch each for the top and bottom edges. (I’m using yarn in a contrasting colour so you can see what I’m doing).
For the edging to sit flush against the main pattern, you should pick up your stitches in the gap between the outermost steek stitch and the first stitch of the pattern. In the diagram below, there are two pattern stitches on either side, and five steek stitches in the middle. The pink lines show you where you should be picking up your stitches.
When picking up your stitches, make sure you push your needle all the way through to the back of the work, and draw the yarn through from the wrong side (this may sound obvious, but people do pick up stitches in quite different ways . . . ) So, when you have finished, you should be able to see the backs of your picked up stitches on the reverse of the fabric.
The backs of your stitches should resemble a line of sewn running stitch. And just as a running stitch would, these stitches are further securing and holding the cut edge of your steek. That steek is going nowhere!
Now, beginning with a purl row, work in stockinette for four rows.
Keep these stitches live on the needle: don’t break yarn.
Here are these four rows from the right side.
And here they are from the wrong side, with stitches 1 and 2 of the steek, and the chain of the crocheted reinforcement visible behind them.
Sitting underneath the steek, you’ll see the back loops of your previously picked up stitches.
Now without knitting, pick up each of these loops and place them on a second needle:
Bring the working yarn round from the right side, and work in stockinette for 3 rows, beginning with a knit row.
Keep these stitches live on your needle: don’t break yarn.
The sandwich is now forming: four rows of stockinette on the right side, three on the wrong side, and, in the middle, the steek stitches and their crocheted reinforcement.
This next step is a bit fiddly, so take your time.
Turn the work to the right side.
You have two sets of stitches running parallel to one another: one set on the front, and one on the back needle.
Bring the working yarn around from the back and, with a third needle, knit one stitch from the front needle together with one stitch from the back needle, covering and containing the steek stitches and the crochet chain. When you have knitted each front-needle stitch together with its corresponding back-needle stitch, you end up with this.
A neat stockinette facing!
And here’s what it looks like from the wrong side:
All that remains is to bind off the live stitches. Here, I’ve used an i-cord bind-off (knit 2; knit 2 together through-the-back-loops) (particularly useful if you are working a button / buttonhole band).
Here’s the finished sandwich from the right side . . .
. . . and the wrong side.
Voila! the steek sandwich.
I particularly like the fact that:
1) if you work an even number of rows from the right side, and an odd number from the wrong side, you never have to break yarn
2) Because you just pick up the reverse loops from the right-side stitches, you end up with two perfectly aligned stockinette flaps that can neatly be knitted together.
3) No need to worry about whether you’ve picked up the right number of stitches on either side: the number of stitches is always, inevitably the same!
4) You can weave in your ends by pulling them inside the sandwich.
Points of note:
:: You can of course, work more rows to create a deeper facing. I’ve worked the minimum here: just enough to fit the steek and and its reinforcement inside.
:: I worked the i-cord bind-off from the wrong side. Personally, I like the way this looks.
:: The ‘sandwich’ is formed from three layers of fabric and, as you’d imagine, has a solid, almost quilted appearance. I think this is great for the front openings of a cardigan, where a facing is often necessary anyway. It also works well as a blanket edging, but because it adds bulk, would probably not work so well elsewhere.
If this rain ever stops, I’ll soon be able to show you how the sandwich looks on a finished garment!
Also, I noticed that there were some good questions on my previous couple of posts. I thought I’d answer a few of these (those that I can!) in a final installment of this steek series tomorrow, so if there is anything you want to know that I’ve not covered, or that seems unclear, please say something below.
When you knit one stich from the front and one stitch from the back together, could you also knit the ending loop from the crochet chain or would that pull on the chain and make it less stable? Also you say you use this technique for button-bands, is the whole facing the button band or do you then pick up stitches from the facing to create the button band?
Thank you for the clear images. I think I will have to finally try steeks soon!
Laurence B’s second question is just what I was going to ask. So that makes two of us who want to know how to go from sandwich to button band. The buttonhole band is even more finicky – or do you always use snaps for closure and buttons for ornament?
Kate:
That’s beautiful and neat.
Gives me confidence to try a steek. I’m going to do a swatch as you have shown and give ‘er a whirl.
Excellent , clear directions and photos
Thank you
Donna
This is all really wonderful… thanks so much for your quite clear explanations. Will you also show how this relates to a button band?
Thank you!
This is a fabulous way to finish the front of a cardign………my question is, why do you have to initially finish your ends by weaving them into the fabric of the body.
When yarns are stopped and started in the middle of the steek……all of these ends are trimmed off when the steek is cut, in whatever steek treatment used, eliminating the need for them to be woven in.
I look forward to your new pattern using this technique.
Your explanations have been great & have gotten me over my fear of steeks & actually eager to start my first Fair Isle project & first steeking. One question, instead of using an I-cord bind-off, could you close the steek sandwich with a 3-needle bind-off instead? Thank you, Kate, for being so generous as to share your expertise.
Thanks Kate! I love your designs and will be getting your lovely sheepy blanket kit soon (I hope). This will be a great way to finish it.
Best wishes!
-Alice
Thank you so much for this; I’m inspired!
Thanks for this – sorted out my issues with picking up stitches. Brilliant, clear tutorial, thank you.
this set of tutorials is so clear, you’ve inspired me to try and steek! I really appreciate the time that’s obviously gone into them, thank you :)
As I anticipated, a beautiful, robust cardigan facing! Be still my heart! I am now looking forward to this pattern even more:-B
Such a neat solution!Look forward to learning more!
Okay, that is officially the smartest thing I’ve ever seen. Thank you so much for sharing this whole series!
Hear, hear!
That is just so cool! I’ve actually never really heard of steeks before so this has been very eye opening. Thanks for the time you spent on this, I’m now excited to give it a try!
Thanks so much for the wonderful steek tutorials, with so many detailed directions and excellent photos. For me it is perfect timing, as I am just about ready to do my “Rams and Yowes” steek. I appreciate how much time and effort you have put into this!
This series is the first thing I’ve read about steeks that has not been terrifying. Something very bracing about your tone, Kate. Thank you for all the reassurance in the first part. Without that I wouldn’t have been able to move on to the subsequent parts. It doesn’t really make me want to run out and steek something, but I’ll be much less likely to dismiss a pattern immediately upon seeing the word “steek” as I have been wont to do.
What a great,beautiful, wonderful finishing technique – bravo, Kate!!! Just to clarify, when picking up the original 3 stitches out of every 4 rows, it looks like you picked them up one column outside of the 5 steek stitches you numbered in part 1, i.e. what would have been the original edge of a traditionally knit front? Thanks soooooooo much for all this :) :)
Really clear directions; I’m ten times more confident about steeking than before. Might even try it one day!
Thank you for your patient explanation, now I can consider doing the Sheep & Yows blanket (I’ve done the tam – so that’s one mountain climbed!) Can I show my total ignorance and ask you to clarify the i-cord bind off…now that’s scary!!
Thank you Kate for this very clear explanation and very clear pictures. You rock!!!
This is so fantastic! Thank you so much for taking the time to create this tutorial!
Fabulous tutorial, thank you so much!
I expect this way of finishing would work just as well for an “ordinary” cardigan edge… wouldn’t it?
Just got back from yoga feeling blissfully happy and thought hey lets have my dinner and check out the traffic on the blogosphere. Yippee there’s a post from Kate about steaks – what is the history of this word I’m wondering – anything to do with steaks – is it pronouced completely differently. I’m not really a knitter but love the blog. Anna x, ps its raining here too in Devon, still – the ducks are happy but the lambs have had enough.
Love it !!! I’m on the edge of my seat !
Wow! What a super cool method, and you make it look so easy! I can’t wait to try.
You. are. a. genius.
That’s all. I’m in awe!
Thanks so much Kate for your time doing this. My question is would you be able to show on swatch where you picked up the (3 sts into 4 rows) stitches.
Yes, I’d also like to know how far in from the edge of the steek to pick up and knit the first layer of the sandwich.
Also, I’m wondering: you said that the number of picked up stitches always should equal exactly the number of loops showing on the back of the fabric (those that are used to create the last layer of the sandwich). But, according to the “fence post rule,” there is almost one more post than section of fence, so shouldn’t there be one fewer stitches on the back side than on the front, leaving you with one extra stitch on the front side when you are knitting the sandwich together? I also could state my question this way: if one were to pick up and knit stitches using yarn that wasn’t attached to anything first, then the yarn would come up from the back side of the fabric to the front create a stitch over the needle, and descend again to the back side. The actual “loops” on the back side are created BETWEEN the new stitches that are being picked up on the front side, so wouldn’t there be one fewer loops on the back than there are new stitches on the front?
Finally, for those of us who are not familiar with the i-cord bind off especially in this setting, would you please demonstrate this in a photo tutorial? Thank you. That was the only place in your absolutely magnificent post that I felt as if a step got skipped over a bit too quickly.
I have to say: I have always believed that I couldn’t steek anything because I don’t own a sewing machine. I am very comfortable crocheting and thrilled that I could actually make a steek without the benefit of sewing.
Great tutorial, thanks!
The closest I’ve ever come to steeking was with a stockinette cardigan knit in a worsted weight wool. In the end, I wimped out because it seemed as though the button band would be too bulky. Any words of wisdom about steeking with heavier-weight wools?
Beautiful! I love it. Just one question: Which column of stitches do you pick up your “sandwich” stitches from? From the last column of the steek? Or the first pattern column? Or something else altogether?
I’m not afraid of steeks, but I’ve never tried them. This tutorial serie is the best : so clear and well explained.
That last part on the sandwich is just brilliant ! Thank you so much for writing this, Kate.
Ok, now I find the urge to knit the Rams and Yowes blanket even stronger !
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I have always been afraid of steeks. Now I can’t wait to give it a try.
I do have one question about the crocheting bit. Does the weight of the yarn used make a difference? Should it be the same or lesser weight than the garment?
Thanks a bunch.
Quick question – have you ever just picked up on one side (the front) and then knitted for say 8 rows and then did a 3 needle bind off using the backs of the initial knitted up stitches? I know Dale patterns from Norway use this method a lot for facings and I must admit its beautiful. You could then do a picot edge if you want half way – is that possible do you think with the steek – any problems you would anticipate – I am truly in awe of your work – thats so much. I recently got my scottish citizenship by ancestry and I madly knit J&S and Kate Davies patterns!! I am a very happy knitter. :)
How nice and kneat!
My question relates to this instruction “When picking up your stitches, make sure you push your needle all the way through to the back of the work, and draw the yarn through from the wrong side”. So are you creating new stitches thru the knitting rather than picking up stitch from the front ie the already knitted stitches?
Thank you so much Kate, this has to be the best explanation of steeking that I’ve ever seen and I am not going to let the tag “steek” put me off patterns again.
Thank you, Kate; I have the Rams & Yowes kit from J&S – knew it was going to be a learning curve with steeks, but this explanation is so clear. Looking forward to making a start!
Thank you for the lovely tutorial. It’s very thorough and clear.
I LOVE your steek series!!!
Instead of the I-cord bind off, could the front and back “facings” be kitchenered?
That produces such a lovely clean finish. Thanks for those 3 posts, I really enjoy cutting up my knitting, I’ll be able to do it so much neater now!
Steek sandwich… Mmm…
Thank you so much for this steek series. I was just considering cutting my first steek and your tutorials are exactly what I need!
waouuuu ! These techniques seem so clear : I’m looking forward a peerie flower cardigan for a looong time…I just try to finish all my knitting affairs to be ready to start your new creation !
Thanks a lot for the precious tutorial and the time you take for explanations !
Cathy
Another fabulous explanation. However, my steeks are rather thick already as I have finished all my ends within the steek – all done before I read your instructions. I will try the steek sandwich on my next steeking adventure…. Onwards with the other armhole today!
I really wish I could have read this post before I spent £40 plus travel on a steeking class where the teacher announced there wouldn’t be anything much about finishing (in a 3-hour class!!). Excellent, thank you.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise with us. That is an absolutely gorgeous finish.
Wow! Thank you SO much for explaining steeks in so much detail. Your posts actually make me want to cut up my knitting. I will be using this.
You, madame, are a GENIUS! These posts are going to my bookmarks and my printer, I’ll be doing this soon! THANK YOU!
Second the genius part :-).
I’m thinking also that instead of knitting the edges together a nice 3-needle bind-off would be perfect for a strong, stable edge such as a neckline. Wow, I can feel a steek coming on :-).
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Hi Everyone,
I've been away from the blog because I don't have much quilting progress to report. Except that I'm still on Easy Street, have all my patches done and finished sewing all my "B" blocks together. I still have to make 7 "A" blocks, and 3 set-in triangles. Sigh... I'll get it done eventually. Right now I decided to take a short break.
This weekend while we had Winter Storm Nemo howling through dumping 15 inches of snow on us I finished basting my Baby Boy Blue quilt tops. Yes, both of them! I only have phone pictures, but they'll have to do for now. By the time I was finished I ran out of safety pins. I'm not gonna say I had just enough because I could've used a few more for safety, but it's alright.
While I was basting the boyz were hanging out on the futon next to me. Guess what were they doing...
As some of you know yesterday we went for a hike in the afternoon with a goal of taking some pictures of the sunset from the top of a hill that's about 3 miles from our house. It never occurred to me that the snow will be knee deep (we got 15 inches of it, hello?) and only had sweat pants and an ankle high pair of boots on with ankle socks. Clever, isn't it? By the time we got half way up the hill my ankle was frozen from all the snow and so was my shin. I just couldn't feel my legs! So we turned back and marched home defeated. I have to mention that it was almost 5:30 and we were late for the 5:23 sunset anyway. I saw no point of continuing.
We took the kitties outside this morning and have some pictures of them enjoying the snow too :)
Looking for trouble!
He's a nice size kitty and the snow is still above him
His Royalness is so serious!
Notice that he's sitting on TOP of the snow!
The 3 brothers from left to right: Grumpy, Gandalf, and Furry. They have the same mother as Sleepy.
Attention, the snowball is in the air! :)
In the afternoon we went out to the park to look around and decided to take the hike again with the modification of taking the car up to the park and just climb the hill which was about half a mile long. I was still sore from yesterday and was really glad Fiance decided to drive there this time. I was still having a hard time trying to balance to step into his footsteps to get the least amount of snow in my boots as possible. It was fascinating that no one, but us were there since last night.
The ducks were having a blast at the park:
Someone went cross-country skiing:
The view from top of the hill:
Cool ripples made by the wind:
Love the way the sky looks!
Now I think I'm done for the day :)
I'll be back with the questions answered part 2, but right now I can't even think straight.
'Til we blog again!
Oh how I envy you all the lovely snow ;)! It looks so beautiful, doesn't it? And your Kitties are enjoying it too it seems.
I love both your Baby Boy Blue tops. How are you going to quilt them? By machine or hand?
Love the quilt, love your photos and loooovvvveee your cats x
I love the color combination that you used:)))
I just love your quilts. Great pictures of your snow storm.
I just love your quilts. Great pictures of your snow storm.
Your cats "weather" the snow a lot better than my cats! My cats are strictly indoor and we had a couple of inches, and when they ran out the door, they ran right back in and were licking their paws until they were satisfied all the offensive cold, wet snow was off of their paws! LOL I loved your pictures!
Thank you for sharing these beautiful photos! You have very attractive cats!
The quilts are beautiful! .....and so are the cats :) Glad you survived the storm!
Great job on getting both quilts all basted,they look beautiful already! Also thank you for sharing all the lovely snow photos,they take the breath away :0) Sorry to hear about your not so fun hike,but glad that you were able to get to the top of the hill anyway! The kitties look to have had a great time playing in the snow!
So beautiful quilts. And your cats are so lovely and cute.
Grit from Germany
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T-ara’s first official album Jewelry Box will hit the shelves on June 6.
As soon as the subscription sale began on April 19, the album was placed the top and third on a daily subscription sales chart of Tower Record, the biggest online music market in Japan.
Some representatives of big recording companies say, “T-ara’s first official album is receiving explosive reactions from fans and is ranked at the top of a daily chart. We’re expecting it to be sold over 300,000 to 400,000 copies.”
T-ara’s agency in Japan, Core Contents Media Japan, says, “If the group’s album sells over 500,000 copies, we will hold a free guerrilla concert in main streets of Korea and Tokyo.”
Jewelry Box includes Japanese version of “Bo Peep Bo Peep,” “Yayaya,” “Roly Poly,” “Lovey Dovey,” and some new songs that are yet to be revealed.
Currently, T-ara is preparing for its concert in Japan which will be held next month and an inauguration ceremony of its fan club on July 14. The group will be meeting their fans with a new album this summer.
Source: TV Report
English version: Korea.com
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The Aberdeen Timberland Library will reopen on Monday, August 13 as planned. The library has been closed since July 30 for a facility improvement project.
“All of the high traffic area improvements to the restrooms, carpets, and walls have been completed,” wrote Aberdeen Timberland Library Manager Christine Peck in an email. Additional work will be completed during regular hours including some carpet work, parking lot improvements, and installation of new HVAC controls said Peck. Library lounge furniture will be reupholstered later this fall.
Patrons’ hold items—books, DVDs, CDs, magazines and other items—listed as available for pickup at the Aberdeen Timberland Library have been at the Hoquiam Timberland Library during the closure. After Friday, August 10 those items will be sent back to the Aberdeen library and will be available from Monday, August 13 through Saturday, August 18.
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Lee-similar story. About a year ago I played a down under round with a large group and then got engaged in some enthralling conversation with two people the entire walk back to my car in the main lot. I got in and started to drive off. I got to the Rosedale exit and was waiting to make the right turn onto mission when the alarm went off in my head. Where the F*CK is Sophie?! As I frantically turned around Brian Palmer called my cell and was like "um dude, are you stlll here your dog is wandering around with a bunch of us up top on #7". Having walked up from down under I would have had no idea where to start looking for her had BP not called me, despite the fact I only abandoned her for about 10 minutes. I had no idea if she followed me partially to the car or not at all-she is usually at my heels or nearby. I felt awful. Needless to say everytime I leave the course now I look back in my backseat like three times to make sure she is there. I'm glad this story ended happily, and big props to Jose and BJ for lovin' that cooter! And a big thanks to BP for calling me that day-I'm sure I thanked you but I don't think I expressed how grateful I was/am!
Everyone else who moves the baskets apparently only know how to move them shorter, so I only move them long. Good night for league. Shannon Carson hit an ace then won in a one-hole playoff on the hole he had aced. Pretty sweet.Scores and details later.
Palmer, you could have had a chance to show off all that new found distance you've been talking about!
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My Squirrelly View of Education
Trying to Integrate Technology into HS English & Special Education
Thing 4
Adequate Yearly Progress, Education, Education in the United States, FlintMichigan, GeneralMotors, GM, High school, Michigan, NCLB, No Child Left Behind Act November 10, 2008
How has learning changed? In some ways, a lot. In others, not so much.
A couple of quotes form the Time Magazine article really struck me..
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These skills have always been necessary and have been developed in High Schools pre-NCLB. I learned these things in my High School Debate and Forensics program at Kearsley High School in Flint, MI. Unfortunately, few students took advantage of the opportunities these programs provided. In the 70′s my blue-collar high school was a “prep school” for the GM factories ran the city. Less than 3% of my class went to college. Those that did, did not return to Flint. As we graduated from college we witnessed the first round of GM’s downsizing that would turn downtown Flint into a relative ghost town. At my 5-year class reunion in 1980, there were classmates who had been laid off from GM never to return. For many of my classmates lacked the ability to adapt to change, to think outside the box, and to see opportunities in the future. The few who did, got retraining and left.
I think that if we are to serve our students, we must stress these same skills, so that they can meat the challenges our changing economy brings. Right know I have a since of deja vu. I feel that I am watching Monroe struggle with the same problems that Flint has and still is facing.
I fear that Michigan’s new graduation requirements, while admirable, when combined with the high stakes test, the Michigan Merit exam and NCLB’s AYP requirements will force schools to teach to the test rather than allow students the chance to create and explore this new world.
The appropriate use of web2.0 collaborative learning is a step in the right direction, but it is only a step. We need to get our students ask the “Why and How” questions when confronted an issue just like I was trained to do in Mrs. Turner’s Debate Class. The question “Why is this happening?” can lead to powerful critical thinking. It can challenge our beliefs, our thought processes. It can lead to creative solutions to complex problems. Likewise, the question “How can this be changed?” can lead all of us to create new answers.
This weekend I watched my 18 year son, a UofM-Dearborn freshman struggle with an argumentative essay for his composition class. He knows how to structure and write a competent paper, but he is lacking the ability to develop a complete, persuasive argument. He can use the web, but he lacks the facility to use any search engine other than the basic Google search. This kid is a math major (“Mom, calculus is fun. Get over it!”). He graduated with honors from a great high school that regularly turns out Merit Scholars. He took computer software classes, yet he was never taught basic web skills. I fear that we are and will continue to turn out students like him who look good on paper, but lack the skills and the thought processes to handle this complex world.
In one of my presentations on Web 2.0 and 21st century teaching and learning, I show a picture of my dad and my 2 sons. My dad never graduated from high school. He served in WWII, and when he came home he got a job with GM and worked there for 30 years. We weren’t rich, but he earned enough to buy a car and a home. Contrast that with my sons’ generation. Even with a college degree, they will have a hard time keeping the same job for 30 years.
I know the new HS graduation requirements are good for the colleges and universities, but I also worry that with such an emphasis on core subjects and high stakes tests, we will see an increasing percentage of students (those who aren’t good at playing school) become even more frustrated and likely to drop out.
I have the same fears that you do about the new HS requirements. Heck, I couldn’t have passed Algebra II when I was in HS. I’m doing just find in this new age.
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Video: Police leave woman topless, toothless in holding cell
(CNN/WESH) – An Ocala woman is suing the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and the Leesburg Police Department over what she calls inhumane treatment.
Ashleigh Davis was arrested at the Leesburg Bikefest in April 2011. She admits she was drunk, disorderly and probably deserved to be arrested, but she said it’s what happened after the arrest that prompted her to file a lawsuit.
Davis said her bikini top came off during the arrest and was left off for hours.
She was carted through the crowd, her hands and feet tied behind her back, while she was topless, Davis said. She said she was placed in a holding cell and left there shirtless.
Davis said a handful of male deputies and officers laughed at her and made no attempt to ever cover her up. The incident was caught on surveillance video from inside the holding cell, WESH 2 reported.
Davis said when one of the law enforcement officers put his hand over her mouth to quiet her from shouting, she bit the officer’s hand, and that’s when he threw her to the ground, shattering three of her front teeth.
Davis’ attorney, Stan Plappert, said his client was never a threat to the officers and said they should have never thrown her to the ground.
Plappert is hoping the lawsuit will encourage the LCSO and LPD to better train their officers on the street.
“I think they should have sensitivity training,” Plappert said. “You would think they would know that, ‘Hey, I have a topless woman or a nearly naked person, I need to do something to cover them up, to give them some dignity.’”
Attorneys for both departments refused to comment on the case. They have 30 days to respond to the lawsuit.
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Little Miss loves Silly Monkey sandwiches and requested some in her Goodbyn Bynto for Thursday:
Her Silly Monkey sandwich is on Udi's Cinnamon Raisin bread, with SunButter, bananas, and honey. I decided to use my little round cutter to make them into cute sandwich bites.
Little Miss was the clever one that said the sandwiches looked like wheels... so the pinwheel picks were the perfect choice!
To quote her: "Wheels... pinwheels... get it, Mom?"
Got it! :)
Little Miss also has Chobani Champions Mixed Berry Greek Yogurt, a silicone cup of peach dices with a pink puppy fork pick.
In the top she has fresh cut carrot sticks and two of her Lucy's Maple Bliss cookies from our August Savorfull Box. Yum!
This is too weird! I made Monkey Bites today with crackers pb and bananas! haha Even used the "dirty monkey" picks :) I love how you did yours with bread! I think the girls would like that better than the crackers :)
LOL that's so funny! I make her a silly monkey sandwich every other week now haha it's her absolute favorite - always on cinnamon raisin bread now with sunbutter, banana, & honey. I just like to mix up the shapes/ style. ;)
And... I love eating the cinnamon raisin bread scraps. LOL
Beautifully simple! Bread scraps make for a happy mom 'round here, too! : ) Take care, Keeley!
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SUMMERFIELD, FL- Joseph P. “Joe” Oliver, 73, formerly of Delmar, passed away on July 6, 2012 in Summerfield, Florida after a short illness.
A devoted husband and father, Joe was born in Albany to the late Vincent and Margaret (Cahill) Oliver. Joe graduated from the Christian Brothers Academy and served in the United States Coast Guard. Upon leaving the service, he graduated from Russell Sage College and Siena College. In 1962, Joe married his wife of 50 years, Carol Burns Oliver, and started their family.
Joe enjoyed a very successful career in both the public and private sector. Joe worked in various capacities in the State of New York in the emerging information technology field between 1976 and 1995. His accomplishments included development and acquisition of the world’s largest computer of its time for the Department of Social Services (DSS) in 1977, and oversaw the design, development and maintenance of the State’s welfare management systems for both New York City and the rest of the State. He retired as Director of Project Support for the DSS Office of Technology in 1995. After leaving public service, Joe began a second career as a private sector consultant providing IT services to a broad range of commercial, industrial and governmental clients for the past 16 years. In the 1970s and 1980s, Joe was also active as coach and manager in the Tri Village Little League in Delmar. Joe was an avid golfer, and a loyal fan of the New York Giants and the Siena Saints basketball team.
Joe is survived by his wife, Carol Burns Oliver; his sister Marcia Oliver Carswell of Honeyoe Falls, NY; five children: Maureen Farrar (Kevin Farrar) of Waterford; Nancy Oliver of Delmar; Timothy Oliver of Lincoln, Nebraska, Jeffery Oliver (Kelly Oliver) of Rotterdam, and Kevin Michael Oliver of Albany, as well as his grandchildren Colleen Farrar and John Farrar of Waterford and numerous nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 9:30 am in St. Francis of Assisi Parish, 391 Delaware Ave. Albany. Relatives and friends are invited and may also call at the Daniel Keenan Funeral Home, Inc., 490 Delaware Ave. Friday, July 13, 2012 from 4-8 pm. Interment will follow the Mass in Calvary Cemetery, Glenmont.
Contributions may be made to St. Margaret’s Center, 27 Hackett Blvd. Albany, NY 12208.
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Books
Flynn is the author of five collections of poetry: The Talking Drum, The Book of Monsters, The Lost Sea, The Golden Ratio, and Colony Collapse Disorder, and one collection of essays, The Rhythm Method, Razzmatazz and Memory: How To Make Your Poetry Swing.
Colony Collapse Disorder
Wings Press, 2013/ ISBN: 978-1-60940-294-5 Paperback $16
“The poems of Colony Collapse Disorder form a geopolitical abcedarium that lives up to Keith Flynn’s reputation as a seminal force in poetry . . . a voice for the dispossessed . . . with rock-gospel charisma and riddle-like revelations.” (Choice)
Praise for Colony Collapse Disorder
“Keith Flynn’s lyrical travelogue, a revolution of sound and story, celebrates the reader as witness. Not only are we transported to gorgeously-crafted locales, but we are rooted there by the poet’s unerring narrative, transforming each poem is a facet of light, an illuminative hallelujah. Scan the poetic landscape all you want–but you won’t find anything like this.”
—Patricia Smith, author of Blood Dazzler
and today’s violent and chaotic news. Like the best music, Flynn’s poems bind us together with a shared sense of failure, challenge, joy and love.”
—Robert Morgan, author of Terrior
Links to Reviews of Colony Collapse Disorder:
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The Rhythm Method, Razzmatazz and Memory: How To
Make Your Poetry Swing
Published by Writer’s Digest Books, 2007
ISBN: 978-1-58297-404-0 Paperback $16.99
Poetry.
The Golden Ratio
Published by Iris Press, 2007 ‘Chang ‘flying barefoot through the lion’s gate,’ you might even imagine you are being dazzled not by the poet, but by the world itself.”
- William Pitt Root, White Boots: New and Collected Poems of the West
The Lost Sea
Published by Iris Press, 2000
ISBN: 0-916078-51-5 Paperback $13.00
Keith Flynn’s third collection of poems uses spectacular and musical language to address a wide range of crucial social, political and moral issues. These poems honor the visceral connection of the body and the physical world.. In The Lost Sea, language is cleansed of second-hand representations and once again acquires, like Henry Thoreau’s Concord bells, sacred presence to one and to any one inclined by soul to hear.”
Praise for The Lost Sea
“Full to brimming,” the poems of Keith Flynn’s dazzling new collection, The Lost Sea, give no quarter. The ebullient range of unruly references and the fabulously rich lexicon combine to stretch the limits of coherence into a compelling, original style, Here, “flesh and mud meditations,” narratives unfolding like petals, dramatic monologues and surreal juxtapositions run together just ahead of an exclamation mark. The poems are politically incisive and emotionally dramatic. They careen toward the reader with unlikely energy, with the music of a mind awake.”
- Forrest Gander
“Keith Flynn’s wide-ranging poetic vision often takes him beyond the pale of much contemporary American verse. The poems in The Lost Sea can take on such far-flung topics as surrealism, cinema, music, politics, and post-modernism and make them spin with energy and wit. There is humor and history and a large helping of erudition in these poems. Flynn is a provocateur with a tender heart who possesses the scholar’s respect for tradition and the artist’s hunger for innovation. His world is large and always interesting, and he journeys through it with great elan.”
- Kathryn Stripling Byer
The Book of Monsters
Published by Urthona Press, 1994
Second Edition by Animal Sounds Press, 1996
ISBN: 1-889276-01-4 Paperback $12.00
“We expect our poets to go on dangerous missions,” says Rob Neufeld, describing The Book of Monsters, “into realms of personal psychology and social reality, and return changed, bearing new music. The motive for the journey is the sense that something is terribly wrong in our lives. This is no easy task because there are plenty of folk who can advocate temperance and condemn the malcontent. The poet’s return to society, therefore, better bring with it something that glows with renewed faith or smacks of truth. In this amazing collection, Flynn finds redemption for a mad clatter of castaways, villains, lost lovers, and forgotten heroes.”
Praise for The Book of Monsters
“These poems remember, as Heidegger said, “the oldest of the old follows behind us in our thinking, and yet it comes to meet us.” Keith Flynn writes raging visceral poems, searching out the dark corners of feeling, of need and surrender, so as to make the heart and body one. He is an American Rimbaud, whose morality is stronger than the Academy’s or of the institutions which claim to govern us.”
- Jeffery Beam, author of The Fountain and Visions of Dame Kind
“Keith Flynn is dungareed griot, hinge-hipped healer, a world rover with a heart where his pen should be. He’s a blues growler, a soul surgeon, a lover of momentum, a hundred kiss for the ears. He is deft and delicate, fiery and unerring. In these pages, he sees through to the bones of lovers and warriors, strangers and fools. According to his gritty gospel, we are all the monsters. And with this book, he has given us language–jolting, tender, as dependable as pulse.”
- Patricia Smith, The Boston Globe
“In The Book of Monsters, Keith Flynn rides the wave of a ‘fearful equilibrium,’ celebrating all that is vivid, tender, and mysterious in our lives. He knows the “bright rainbow landscapes of the damned”–where the mind and spirit compete for dominion and where the wrenching potencies of contemporary life deepen their hold over selfhood. In these beautiful and often startling poems, Flynn brings us nearer to ourselves.”
- Charles Fishman, author of The Death Mazurka and The Firewalkers
The Talking Drum
Published by Metropolis Communications, 1991
Second Edition by Animal Sounds Press, 1996
ISBN: 1-889276-00-6 Paperback $12.00
Flynn’s first collection, published in Nashville, Tennessee in 1991, gathers poems from the first ten years of his literary career. From long poems to smaller bursts of lively and lyrical language, The Talking Drum foreshadows the stunning imagery and unique voice that are hallmarks of Keith Flynn’s later work. “Those who know contemporary poetry,” writes David Brendan Hopes, “will be amazed to find intelligence and passion in a rare conjunction. These poems attempt so much, so many points of view, so many outcroppings of verbal pyrotechnics, so many moments of hardwon empathy. These will be the very virtues cited by its admirers: inclusiveness, abundance, splendor of expression, understanding almost wholly without judgment, judgment almost wholly without malice. There is learning and immersion in the great tradition of American letters, but Flynn’s poems actually transform the world and its objects into personalities that are graceful, fallible, feminine, and most importantly, saved. It is a lucky break to have Flynn and his many talents among us.”
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New Tam pattern is out for testing.For this hat, I used some of the gorgeous Black Trillium Lilt Sock that I picked up at our Pints and Purls gathering (see previous post).. Amazing color and gorgeous shine--I couldn't wait to get it onto my needles!
This is a great all-season, lightweight tam that comes together quickly and you can easily get two made from one skein. It might also be fun to incorporate a second color (any excuse to use more of Black Trillium's lovely yarn)!
Look for Black Trillium at Apples to Oranges Fine Yarn and Gifts, opening in June.
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When people ask me why I became an atheist, the answer is always the same - I was born that way. The truth is I've never believed in a god, and it's only through television, my peers and the oddly cultural-relativistic public school system in Australia that I even came to know god. When I was 9 I changed schools where I was asked what religion I was, I said Christian because I went to scripture at my old school. At further pressing they asked me if I was catholic or Anglican, I didn't know the difference and said catholic. Needless to say my Mother got me out of that nutty cult room pretty quickly. When I was 12 and finally old enough to understand the question, I rejected the concept of God and have since been an outspoken atheist. So why am I mentioning this? Because my background matters when reviewing John W. Loftus' book Why I Became An Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity.
It matters for me to make the case for my atheism because unlike a lot of people in western society, I was not brought up Christian. In scripture at school, we weren't taught from the bible, but were taught of the nature of God and the power of faith through parables. It wasn't a literal reading, it was very liberal, very much about selling a personal relationship with Jesus. So to read a book criticising fundamentalism is not even attacking the Christianity I know, to me it's attacking the extreme right who have no basis in reality to begin with.
To me, a criticism of biblical literacy should begin and end with science. We know the world is more than 6000 years old, we know that life evolved - both these facts have been known for more than 100 years now. Yet there are still those who take mythic storytelling and think of it as history? No wonder my scripture teachers focused on the power of belief instead of trying to warn me of the dangers of talking snakes. That to want a personal relationship with Christ is better than selling children on the dangers of Hell.
I have been an avid reader of Loftus' blog, Debunking Christianity, for some time now and find him to be a reasonable and level-headed man. Which is why the first thing that shocked me about the book was the way he would talk about what he used to believe, that it is so obviously absurd. And as I went on through the book, what stood out was how poor the intellectual reconciliation between the modern understanding of the world and the bible actually is. The reconciliations take an absurdity and make it sound even more absurd. To preserve the notion that the bible is the word (in some sense) of an omniscient deity, the most asinine explanations are presented. The book didn't even need Loftus' debunking those claims - they could not stand up on their own.
This is not to say I hated the book, Loftus is an excellent writer and wrote a mostly engaging argument. I say mostly engaging because I found the excessive quoting of scripture to be tedious. But then again, I keep getting scripture quoted at me so it must mean something to somebody - I'm really not the target audience for this. There were some parts that made the book worth getting - the outsider test for faith is possibly the best argument against religion, and that goes for all religion. The philosophy and explanation of the control beliefs was also really thorough and well presented. And finally at the end, the way he tackled the idea of ultimate meaning was done very well.
I was asked if I were to recommend an atheist book to theists, would it be this or Dawkins' book The God Delusion. I answered this book, and I do thoroughly recommend it. But at the same time I found Dawkins' book to be a lot more intellectually satisfying. It gave reasons to do away with superstition, this book attacked what is in my mind a straw-man of Christianity. But what I've fast come to realise over the last 5 years or so, what I perceive as a straw-man is the intellectual and moral foundations for hundreds of millions of people. Apparently some people still believe we are magic dirt who ate some bad fruit on the advice of a talking snake. Thankfully it's now the 21st century and J.K. Rowling has written a much better tale warning of the dangers of listening to talking snakes, and we don't even have to believe that there's a platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross station to heed this advice.
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I always chuckle at positive reviews for gibberish. I'm sorry to have to say that but, Dawkins was intellectually satisfying? Even Atheists who know a thing or two about the topic know his book to be rather poor. despite its reputation, it snot a Scientific condemnation of Religion, its just Dawkins making a fool of himself with ridiculous arguments that make no sense.
As to Loftus, his arguments are not really any better. Am I saying that all Christians make good and decent cases for heir beliefs? No. But neither do most Atheists I know. However, this doesn't mean Loftus's work really is that grand, and as you said its often an attack on Strawmen.
Lets look at the argument you found to be the most powerful, and inf act a good case against all Religion. The Outsiders test of Faith.
The trouble with the Outsiders Test is that it can be applied to Johns current religion as well as his past one. I realsie he's now an Atheist and the old clam that Ahtiests aren't' religious will come up, but I'll address that momentarily.
The Outsiders Test of Faith assumes that Atheists, like you and Loftus, do not have a Religion. Christians, like me, do. Our religion is silly and absurd but we stupid Christan don't relaise it. Meanwhile, we stupid Christians think Islam, and Hinduism, and Buddhism are silly. We hear what they believe, apply critical thinking and logic, and dismiss their claims of miracles and gods and demons. We simply refuse to look at our own Religion with the same critical eye.
Thus, Loftus's argument is that if we looked at our Religion as we do other peoples, n my case if I looked at Christianity form an outsiders perspective, I'd see it as just as silly as I see Buddhism or Hinduism or Islam.
then I'd be forced to conclude that all Religions are ultimately silly, and then I'd give up Religion and become an Atheist.
The main problems with this are in the fact that not all people form one religion see all other religions as utterly absurd. I know that, as a Christian, I don't find Islam completely absurd. I disagree with some of its tenets, but find it overall Reasonable in many of its theological aspects. (this is not to get into the strict adherence to certain forms of Islam, as that'd take too long.)
I also don't find Buddhism absolutely absurd, and find no real difficulty in seeing it as rational. Again, I disagree with pats of Buddhism, but I don't think Buddhism is in and of itself something silly. I have no difficulties in understanding why people believe in it.
And there is the first problem I have with his "Outsiders Test of Faith". It rests entirely upon the idea that I should find everyone else's Religion as silly and absurd and should laugh that people believe that nonsense. As I don't find every Religion on earth except mine as nonsense, though, I have to wonder why John would assume I'd find my own absurd and silly and unbelievable should I look at it form the outside.
In fact, I have looked are it from the outside and still find it reasonable. To John, this means I didn't really set aside my Christianity and look at it because, as with Dawkins, he assumes that if one doesn't arrive at the "Correct" conclusion, the one he has set out for us to arrive at, then we must not have properly examined our Religion critically.
Which brings me to the next spot of trouble i see in Loftus's idea. What about his Religion?
Despite claiming to be Non-Religious, Loftus does have a system of beliefs that one can say are analogous to Religion. He isn't JUST an Atheist, he has beliefs about the origin and nature of our world, and how that world operates. he has a systematic belief about how we exist and why, and where moral codes come from. He has a basic system of beliefs that enable him to relate to his world, and to interpret it in a way he can understand it.
And this is all Religion actually is. Religion isn't about belief in gods, if it where then Atheistic Religions like Zen Buddhism wouldn't be Religions. Religion isn't always about a higher power, or involve Supernatural events. All Religion is, in the end, is a Philosophical outlook on life. A Religion is just a worldview.
Everyone has a Religion, and this includes John Loftus, and you.
I realise those who are Atheistic these days do not like me saying this and will disagree vehemently, as The word has been given a lot of Negative Baggage by those who have dedicated their lives to criticism of Christianity, and belief in God generally, but its still true.
One shoudln't confuse "Religion" with "Theism", nor shoudl we assume Religion is a seperate thing that operates fundamentlaly differently than other forms of thought. Dawkins Mind Virus idiocy is just that, idiocy. All a Religion is is the way peopel see the world.
And this brigns me to my point. Wy can't we apply the Outsiders Test of Faith to John Loftus's claims?
Are we really to beleive that if we apply te Outsiders Test of Faith, we will all be atheists becaus we relaise all Relgiiosn are silly andhtus be exactly like John? Why can't we see Johns Ideas form the outside and fidn them absurd and ridiculous?
The claim that they can't be seen that way because he's not advocating anything, as he has no Religion to offer, is just foolish. Its clear he wants us to take on certain positive beliefs about things, and from an outsiders perspective those things should look just as silly and absurd as anything else in any other Religion.
Of course you can also fall back on the idea that Johns beliefs are rooted in Logic and Reason, whereas Religion is rooted in Faith, which by definition is believing something even though you have no evidence.
Which is precisely why the New Atheism increases intellectual malaise.
Faith isn't actually belief without evidence. The word Faith actually means that one has confidence in a proposition, or loyalty to it. It is a synonym for trust.
Faith can actually emerge from knoweldge, and knowledge can increase Faith. Even though Jesse "The Body" Ventura said that if you knew you'd not need faith, and despite the "Brilliant" ,men like Harris and Dawkins et all saying Faith is beleif without evidence and hrus irrarional, its simply not true to see Faith as beleif without evidence. Certainly none of he Christian Thinkers odf old who are welle steemed did. Nor did the Jewish Rabbinical Tradition hold this position. I can find nothign in Ha-Islam that does.
Its eally just a Caracature.
Its also silly to beleive Reason leads automaticlaly to Atheism, and that Atheism is always linked ot a certian view on the owrd thats in line with modern Humanism.
One can be reaosnable and arrive at THeism. One can be an outsder and ocnvert to Christianity, as many have. One can apply the Outsiders Test of Faith and still end up beleivign what oen did before. And One canbe an Athiest and belifve radiclaly differenlty than John Loftus.
I can't fathom why peopel think this is a grand arugment. It sliek the Ultimate 747 of Dawkns, or the endless misquotation of the US Fnding Fathers, its a sueless argument.
It doenst even ask if these beleifs are true, it just asks us to ebelvie all Relgiiosu epoepl see all other relogiosn as silly but their ownand asusmes they'd see their own as silly if they saw it omr the outside, and asusmes Johns Ateism is not a Religion in and of itself and is the natural conclusion to rejectign the silliness of Religion.
COme now, thats not trelaly intellectually developed thinking.
And sorry fo the multiple posts, but I didnt realsie the world limit until after Id written this, and didnt wantot just erare the whoel thing.
I'm also Dysleic, and dint spell check the full of this.
Thanks for the multitude of comments, I'll try over time to respond to them all.
Dawkins book is a good polemic against superstitious thought, against a liberal point of view that religion is something that deserves protection. In that he achieved success, it was similar to what Sam Harris wrote in The End OF Faith. If anyone was looking for a sophisticated argument against religion, then reading the likes of Dawkins, Harris or Hitchens is not the way to go. Like I said, I wouldn't recommend Dawkins' book to theists.
Whether atheists can make a decent case for their beliefs (well lack of belief which is all atheism is - just like someone who doesn't believe that the stars carry celestial messages for our species) is irrelevant. Atheism is the position that there isn't enough evidence to believe in a higher power, the burden is on any religious person to demonstrate their beliefs. If there's no credible evidence for believing in a higher power, then why believe at all?
As for the Outsider Test For Faith, just look at Christianity. The core of the Christian doctrine for over 1600 years has involved the trinity. That God is simultaenously one form and three forms. It is logically impossible. 1 + 1 + 1 = 1 is absurd. The whole concept of Jesus being God-incarnate is absurd. And this is just one example. If you think that Christianity passes the outsider test for faith, please demonstrate so.
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Kel, your makign the same errors I noted before. You make this a debate between Religious people and Atheists. Actually, though, one can be religious and an Atheist. And I've said before, I've never met a Non-Religious person. Religion isn't beleif int he SUpernatural (As John now wants us to beelive, and has posted on over at DC) its simply a Phiilosophy one beelives in.
That said, Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens et all don't make a good case agaisnt Superstition beignprotected. For one thing,the very fact that you employ the word Superstition to apply to Religion, and seem to limit Religion to Theism, indicates that it actulaly does the oposite.
Dawkins basically advvocates that we unthinkignly reject Religion, which he also narrowly defines, and attack it mercilessly. Rather than simply arguing that we should allow critisism of Religion, he aruges that it ought ot be mocked until it becoems socially unacceptable and everyone becoems sensable and logical, which in Dawkisn mind means that everyone shoudl think just like him. You se, one cannot be intelegent and rational and disagree with Dawkins...
Its that sort of arrogance that prevents me from taking his words seriosuly and that are rather obviously employed by his Drones, and htis seems to include you, sadly.
Considering that Religious beleifs, particulalry Christianity, have already been subject to endless critisism over the last 200 years, Dawkins isn't even saying anythign new or bold. He just oretnds that soemhow he's breakign a Taboo, and that he's challenign society to finally look at Religion criticlaly. He's hwoever writtign in a time when Athiests have high level jobs in Parliment (We'll see hw many remain after the current scandal ends) have no toruble findign work in Universities and seem to not be bothere din life. He live sin a time when the BBC mocks Christianty in telvision comedies and in which Documentaries are released about "The real origins of CHristianity" in even America.
Yet you want to sit here with a straight face tellign me his messaege is that we shoudln't make religion soemthign hat can't be critisised? Thats nonsense, its already critiissed. Dawkisn is a moral and intllectual coward who simply sees it as a weakenign force and wants to pounce while its down.
As to the Outsiders Test of Faith, I fear you havent rea dmy words on it, but as I've said, I don't actually find all Religious beelifs form every other Religion in th world ridiculous, so I dont think Johns logic is solid. I also don't think I shoudl accept his Religion just because he says it snot a Relgiion. Why shoudl I asusme that Atheism is true because all the worlds religiosn are silly? WHy shoudkl we asusme that Johns beleifs are osmehow soimplety a "Lack of beelifs" and tht I'd be just liek him if I follow htis test? Are you really goign to tell me that his views aren't really vieews and cant be critisised?
Also, do learn soething about the Trinity. When you say its been in Christendom for 1600 years, you seem to beleive the runnish that it was cfreated at Nicea. Dan Brown history is not real History. And the Trinity actulaly does make sense. Its not 1+1+1=1, and no matte rhow cute the sterotype, usign a catchprhase wont do.
The Trinity actulaly teaches they are three persons withone essence, not three distinct and compeltley seperate beigns who if you add them up equel one being.
Its rathe rlike a Science Ficiton show in which three bodies ar eoperated by a single mind.
Thats an analogy and not perfect, btu it gives you a better idea. Rather than the Trinity beign undertsood as three seperat ebeigns but oen God, its understood as one beign divided into three parts.
And I have given it thought, which is another sterotype we can do without.
What a broad definition of religion, so broad that the term becomes absolutely useless.
From wikipedia:
A religion is an organized approach to human spirituality which usually encompasses a set of narratives, symbols, beliefs and practices, often with a supernatural or transcendent quality, that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to a higher power or truth.From the dictionary:
a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.If you are going to define religion is such nebulous terms, then there is no point in using the word. It means nothing and distracts from actually having a point. So please, use a definition of religion that is at least allows for one to make a point.
Oh, and atheism is not a religion. It's simply the lack of belief in God. It's like calling not collecting stamps a hobby. Like calling starvation a meal. Like calling bald a hair colour. Again, please work in terms that actually are useful and relevant, otherwise you can't properly communicate.
Also, if you have some problem with John W Loftus' philosophical position, please take it up with him. I'm not here to defend anyone's philosophical position but my own. This blog is called Kelosophy for a reason - it's about how I see the world. If you have problems with my arguments, bring them up. But I'm not here to defend Loftus, Hitchens, Dawkins, Harris or anyone else for that matter.
So if you have a problem with arguments I've presented, go ahead and argue against them. I ask that you do so in a constructive manner, that is communicate in such a way that will allow for the facilitation of information exchange. i.e. use terms as close as possible to definitions that are part of the lexicon, it's important for communication.
As for your outsider test for faith, remember what the challenge is calling for - an outsider perspective. What does your religion look like to an outsider? It's not whether you can justify the beliefs as an insider, but what they would look like if you were explaining them to an alien who had never come across religion before. How would you explain your beliefs to someone who is well educated on how the universe works? How would you explain your beliefs to someone who doesn't know how the universe works, but has at his disposal a baloney detection kit? Does Christianity pass this test? I would say not anymore than any other world religion.
Kel, your not really reaidng what I said, so Ill put it in Bullet format.
1: If you dont want me to make commentary on Dawkins, then downt mention him yourself. If your goign to prais ehim and his views, then you invite critiissm of the same. The same holds for Loftus and anyoen else you think had ideas that are good and want to present.
2: I get a lot of the itme that peoel say my deifnition is so broad it includes anythign and the deifnition is worhtless. However, my deifnition of Religion isnt that broad, it just doens't preclude Athwistic Philosophies. My deifnition is also what Socilogists see Religion as. Even Wikipedia, which is a bad soruce, mentions Religion as notoriosuly difficult to define.
Religion is just how youy see the world, a Philosophicla framework, and you certianly have htis.
3: Theism isn't a Religion.
I didnt say Ahtiesm was a Relgiion, but neither is THeism. Beleiving a god exists is not a Relgiion, but beleif in a gods existance can be a part of, even central to, a Religion. Atheism, in the same ay, cna be a part of, even central to, a Relgion.
As much as Athiesm is not a Religion in and of itself, it is still a part of a religious suystem when incoeproated into a Philosophy about how life works, which is all Religion is.
4: You also misse dmy point. The POutsiders Test of Faith doens't work because I have looked at it form the outsiders point of view and dotn find Christaintiy that unreasonable.
Just like I dont find all other Religiosn to be unreasonable either.
The "Baloney Detection Kit" may be a relalyneat thign picke dup from Sagan, but it doens't really work in this instance since you cna't relaly sow why I woudl think Christainity is Baloney if I was an outsider.
Many peopel dont think its all that irrational to be a Christian, even if they themselves aren't.
1. Have you even asked me what I liked about Dawkins book? No, I just mentioned the name so you went off on a tangent.
2. Pray-tell, what are atheist philosophies? Atheism is the not-theism. It is nothing more than the lack of belief in god. What that includes, it could be anything but using a supernatural explantion. See my most recent post non-astrologer if you disagree.
Wikipedia is a fine source for most things, I wouldn't use it as a source when doing a university paper but for general knowledge it represents a good starting point. I used it out of convenience..
4. If you think many religions pass the outsider test for faith, then so be it. Again, I do not think it passes the outsider test for faith, that there are too many things in the religion that make no sense at all. Start with the concept of God and then stem to pretty much everything that makes Christianity Christianity.
You've made 8 posts on here now, but have you even once asked what my philosophy is? You said earlier:
"Everyone has a Religion, and this includes John Loftus, and you."
So what is my religion? Come on, please tell me what religion I am. I'd be curious to know. But please pull a definition of religon that makes it distinguishable from worldview and from individual beliefs. Otherwise if religion is going to be synonymous with worldview, why use the word at all?
Also, is it too much to ask for a spell checker? Firefox has one built in.
Kel, I never said I coudl tell you what your Religion was, only htat you have one. Thats because Religion isn't beleif in gods, or supernaturlaism. Religion is just a worldview one holds to, that tells one how the world works and oens role in it.
Everyone has that.
Now to the rest.
1. Have you even asked me what I liked about Dawkins book? No, I just mentioned the name so you went off on a tangent.My Tanent ties into the reat of the asusptions, such as Faith beign beleif without evidence or Atheists lacjing Religion, and yoyur praise of Dawkisn book was more than enough to tell me that you tacetly agreed with most of his premise.
Are you to tell me Im fully wrong here?
2. Pray-tell, what are atheist philosophies? Philosophies that are inheranlty Athistic, and that describe the state of the universe in terms of Ateism.
Exampels include all forms of Secular Humanism, which itsel fincludes SOviet OCmmunism.
Neitche was also foudner of an Athiestic Philosophy, so was Sartre.
So don't pretend this is impossible.
Atheism is the not-theism. It is nothing more than the lack of belief in god.But just saying thats what Atheism is doens't preclude the existance of Philosophies that incrproate Ateism, or ar ebased aroudn it, does it? You ac as if Atheistic Philosophies ar eipossible simply because Atiesm is a rejection fo theism.
If thats so, then Theistic Philosophies are equelly imposisble, and CHristainiy isnt theistic.
Its just daft.
What that includes, it could be anything but using a supernatural explantion. See my most recent post non-astrologer if you disagree.Your post abotu "Non-Astrolegers" doens't relaly addres shwat Im dsaying. Im not saygn Athiem is in and of itself a Philosophy any mro ehtan Im sayign its in and of itself a Religion. Im sayign that Relgiion is philosophy and there are Philosophies rooted in Ahtism.
There is a signifigant difference.
I dont knwo why you find this IMPOSISBLE to fathom,. but there are Philosophies whose core assumptiosn include Atheism.
They are Athisgic Philosophies.
As much as Ahtiesm alone isnt a Philosophy, it still serves as a componant of,and often the core componnat of, many Philosophies ont he market.
Wikipedia is a fine source for most things, I wouldn't use it as a source when doing a university paper but for general knowledge it represents a good starting point. I used it out of convenience.no, Wikipedia oftnegets its facts wrong. But Im not here ot discuss it. It doesnt matter as Wikipedia agreed wiht me that Relgion is not limited to Theistic beelifs or SUpernaturlaism.
It just proved my point. I just dotn use it out of principle..Which is the same for Athisstic Philosophies. Spare me the tommyrot that Ahtiesm is just non-theism and the bit abotu non-astrologiers, you know full well by now I mean Philosophies groudned in Atheism as a foundatiinal assumption.
Those Philosopheius are themselves Relgiions, which in turn demonstrate why I say Atheistss have a Religion even if atheism itslef is not a Religion.
Its not that complicaed.
4. If you think many religions pass the outsider test for faith, then so be it. Again, I do not think it passes the outsider test for faith, that there are too many things in the religion that make no sense at all.But this may be because of where you are strgin from.? Hiding behidn the dodge that yours is rellay nonbeleif wont work.
Start with the concept of God and then stem to pretty much everything that makes Christianity Christianity.I have, but non of its irraitonal nonsense. Thats the point. Have you never read Des Carte?)?
Anyone relying on this book is going to have a superficial view of the arguments no matter which side you are on.
I am suprised at all the praise and recommendations heaped on it by people like Geisler...it may be that he is actually setting Loftus up.
Thats because Religion isn't beleif in gods, or supernaturlaism. Religion is just a worldview one holds to, that tells one how the world works and oens role in it.And I still contend that if religion and worldview are synonymous then there is no point in having two words. That religion is distinguished from worldview by many factors and this can be seen in the way the media, the general population and in academic circles the world is used. Everyone has a worldview, not everyone has a religion.
Are you to tell me Im fully wrong here?
I'm telling you that your criticisms of Dawkins were completely misguided. As you probably have established by now, I don't care about religion. I know, there's the r word again that you are so desperately trying to say "is just a worldview." When there is debate within academic circles about whether Buddhism is a religion, why aren't you there to solve the problem? After all, being a Democrat or an Environmentalist is a religion by your definition. You don't know what I got out of that book and why I liked it, and the criticisms you made of the book suggest that you don't have psychic powers or access to an omniscient deity because you got it completely wrong.
So don't pretend this is impossible.Are there philosophies that have non-belief in them? Of course. But again, I feel you are defining terms here. Communism and humanism are inherently atheistic, but I would argue that there are not atheist philosophies. If you are going to call communism an atheist philosophy, why not capitalism? After all, the only god in capitalism is money. It says nothing of the supernatural - it only dictates behaviour between natural agents.
Spare me the tommyrot that Ahtiesm is just non-theism and the bit abotu non-astrologiers, you know full well by now I mean Philosophies groudned in Atheism as a foundatiinal assumption.I disagree. Atheism is non-theism, that's all atheism is. This is why Sam Harris argues that the word shouldn't exist.?Again, please stop using the word religion that way. I don't come from a preconception that there is no higher power. I just haven't seen anything that actually demonstrates that there is a higher power. Again, I refer to the non-astrologer post. How I came to be an atheist was I was born. I didn't have any beliefs then (as beliefs are acquired) and I now have beliefs that say that God is a silly concept, all supernatural is. So why do I say this?.
So would I call my belief in science a faith? I would not for two reasons. Science works in uncertainty, seeks to improve and change where it is lacking in explanation. Secondly, we can see that science works every second of every hour of every day. This computer I'm sitting on can do more calculations per second than the entire human population combined. Recently I flew halfway around the world on a small piece of flying metal. I have meat sitting in a deep freezer that I bought months ago.
I don't have to pray to the god of electromagnetism in order for my computer to turn on. When there is a source of electricity coming into my house, then the computer will turn on at the touch of a button. When I turn on a tap and have running water, I know that if it comes out at water then it will stay as water, no matter how much I wish it would turn to wine.
My worldview is that the universe is governed by a series of forces, blind forces that have all permutations of mankind in the universe. Radioactive substances will decay at a constant rate, non-radioactive substances will hold their form unless subject to nucleosysthesis like that in a star. The mind is a product of the body, that one needs a body in order to have a mind.
Of course, all these points can be falsified. If my water were to miraculously turn into vodka, or that the lead in the house were miraculously able to turn into gold, or even if we could show that the mind and body are separate, I would say that my worldview is falsified. And given that every religion (in the classical use of the word) has these kinds of miracles in them - it is only in our knowledge of how the world actually works that such challenges may seem unfair. But hey, if God can cook a sacrificial bull through the power of prayer...)?Yeah, it's superficial. It has to be, you aren't going to get a book like that which tries to tackle everything and not have it be somewhat abbreviated.
Where I found it lacking was when he was trying to describe the age of the universe. To me fundamental christianity is falsified the minute they talk about creationism or a young earth / universe. Why? because the plethora of evidence suggests that live evolved, the earth is around 4.55 billion years old and the universe is somewhere between 13 and 15 billion years old. It doesn't matter what the bible says because the bible is so obviously wrong when it comes to describing our "creation."
Though when he was covering the different points of view, what stood out for me was how absurd the arguments were. The arguments trying to reconcile genesis with modern scientific findings were especially absurd. It may be superficial, but just look at the arguments that are being presented as reconciliation. So many have a very superficial understanding of science or the natural world at their core - if it had any grounding in reality at all. It was absurdity after absurdity, which to me suggested that Christianity should just cut it's losses and focus on the J-man instead of arguing by genesis..
Yo u think that through Sicnece we have ganed an undertsndign of Reality and made God obsolete, so thus Sicnece has killed Religion. But as I noted elsewhere, Religion is not the same hting as theism, nor does one have to be THeistic to be Religious.
This is the toruble iwht Athiest sliek you. You soemhow conflate terms, and htink you are intellegent for doing so.
In fact, you now want to claim that there is a debate in Academia over rather or not Buddhism is a Religion. There isn't. Everyoen agrees that it is. Buddhists even admit Buddhism is a Religion. If you study Buddhism in Univesity they will tell you its a Religion. The only lace I've seen Buddhism described as not a Reliigion is on the Internet, where the previalign attitude is that Buddhism is this cool philosohy abotu us gettign alogn and stuff, and thus is way better thsn CHristianity, and becauase we odnt have a problem with it it must not really be a Religion.
But most of the peopel who think that way also have littel to no undertsnaing of Buddhism.
Those wo do undertsand it know it is a Religion. Rather or not you wan tto admit this painful reality is irrelevant. Buddhism is a Religion and there really is no debat eon it.
Just liek Religion isnt theism, despite your unnessisary and erroneous claims.
By the way, many Sicnetists are Theistic, so if THeism has been discredite dby Sicnece, how do you explain them? If you borrow the Dawkisn or Harris modle and saythe are ocmpartmentalising, then I'd ask you the samehtign I ask all Dawkisn CDrones, how do you know?
You seem to be parrotign another Religiosu tenet, that beleif in God existed onky to epxplain the unknowable and we dont need God ow because of Sicnece. But, since many peopel beliv in Both Sicnece and Gods existance, your enture premise is false.
Especially since God sint used in most gheologies to elain rianstorms or grass growing.
By the way, thats only one of the irraitonal things you've said.
Heres another.
"And I still contend that if religion and worldview are synonymous then there is no point in having two words."
Is this even an argument? There are pelnty of word sin English that are identical in meanign to other words. Take a look at the English word "Sea", for example.
Di you knwo that the word "Sea" and the word "Ocean" mean the same thing?
Well, what if I told you they didnt mean the same thing, and contended the Ocean andthe Sea where different? Woudl you beleiv me? Woudl you beleive me if I used the same logic you used on why a Religion and a worldview aren the same? Woudl you beleive me if I said that we'd not need two words for the same hting, so thus the Ocean and the Sea cant be the same?
Of coruse you lciam that Religion and Worldview are sperate dby "Many factors" , but so far, you havent listed any. THeoly thing you seem to have done is to conflate Religion wth THeism when you said Sicnece had kileld Religion ebcause God is obsolete nwo that we have explanatiosn fofor Natural Phoenomenon, which prive snly that you have a poor grasp of what Religion is, and try to force it to mean Theism.
You also use the tired old bro,mide that my deifnition of Relgiion (WHich someone peopel think actulaly is mien as if I invented it) means that beign a Democrat or an Environe,mntalist is a Religion. Actually, no they arne't. The reaosn is because they dont invovle any real metaphysical assessemnt about how the world works. BEign a Democrat is beign afifliated with a Political party, which thus has a platofrm for social order, unelss by Democrat you mean "One who advocates Democracy', and even then you are confornted wiht the fac thtat this is soley political. Its not a worldview ina nd of itself, as it foesnt tell you hwo the world works and yor relationship to it.
Beign an NEnvironemtnalist is also not a Religion becuase it snot a worldview inand of itself for the sme reaosns. Beign an environemtnalist means only that you htink we shoudl protect the Environmnt, it doesnt supply meanign and value to the Environemnt, or determien your rolwe in it, or relationship to it. \
Both Environmentalism and Democratic leanings are contengent on worldivew, but are nto themselves worldviews.
So, no, they arne't Religiosn acpcrdign to what Ive said Religiosn are.
But Humanism is, becaue unlike Environemtnalism or beign a Democrat, Humanism includes a dicussion about the role of Humanity in their environemnt and provides a way to unerstand hwo the world came abotu and works,a nd as a basis for unerstandign our relationship to the rest of the world arudn us.
Im sorry that you dont see the difference, btu then you htink sagn things like "Non-Astorlogiers " makes sense.
Also, COmmunism, as understood by the Marxist varitety, acutlaly shoudln't be distinguished form Hmansim liek you did, when you said "Communism and Humanism". THe COmmunists actulaly viewed hemselves as Hmanists,a nd if you read SOviet Literature, its cler they acutlly where Humanists.
But to go furhter and clai Capitolism an Ahtisstic Philosophy you make yourself sound even more out of touch with what Im saying. Communism is an Ahttsoc Philosohy because it makes a positive assertion that no god exists. Read Marx. Read Lennin. Read Stalin. They go out of their ay to make this painfully obvious. The way the Soviet is to udnertand the word is by following Hmanist and naturlaistic principles. The SOviet Union, in fact, had soemthign called Ideological correctness, in which all idea had to conform to the Ideology of IDialetic Mateiralism.
Communism wa sinherantly Ahtistic, and htis cant be reaosnabley argued.
But to argue that capitalism is an Ahtistic philosophy, even though no Capitolist writer links Capitolism with Ahtiesm, which includes an Atheist like Ayn Rand who was herslef a Capitolist, then you have no basis for the claim.
Unless Capitolism explicirly denies the eixstance of a god, or unless you have to be Athistic in order to follwo Capitolism, it snot an Ahtitsic Philsophy. TO be a Soviet you had to be an Athiest. To be a Captilosy you simply have to say that the aquisition of profit form a free maket economy is the best way to run an economy.
As to your claim of beign Born an Ahtisst and how all supernaturalclaism are islly, you seem to havenot rlaly studied the topic. Not everyoeneven sees God as Supernatural.
And no oen is Born an Athist, this much is priven, btu veen if you whre, it means nothing ot what Im sayignhre Given that your Non-Astorlager post misses what we've been sayign who disagree, Ill repeat it.
I nevr said Atheism ina nd of itself was a Relgiion, but no Ahtist is just an Ahtiest, and their Atheism is simply a componant of the overall worldivew they hodl to. The worldivewin totlal is a Religion.
Its not that difficult.
And this is why I cant stop usign the word Relgiion the way I do. Yoru Religious beelfis tell you no god exists, which is a positive assertion, even if you dney it. Your Religion also informs your views on everyhtign else,beign a naturlaist, for example.
This sint limied ot just the proposition of a gods existance, btu everythgin else thta connects to that.
Butthen, how edicsted can you be when you write htis...
."I know it spopular to think of God as a Placeholder like you did, as an explanaiton for those unknowns that SIcnece nwo tels us ar enatural phoenomenon, but consierign that an awful lot of THeology agrees that htose are Nstural Phoenomenon, and thta thelogy gos back much farthet than Sicnece tellign us this, your case is base don an ignorant preusmptin that God was created to epxlzin the unknown. You have no acutal proof that God was cfeate dby primitive tribes to explain earthwuakes and thunderstorms, do you?
COnsiderign that Modern Sicnece emrged from Christianity, because CHristaisn thoguth that the Natual world ioperate don natural laws established by Gid, your case is moot. THe Early Christaisn didnt think God direclty caused thunderstorms until they discovered the truth. THeydidnt htink Gay se xin Egypt caused Earhtwuakes. They always beleived those thign shad natural epxlanations..
But the Irony is, by claimign Gid was just a palceholder invented by tribes to explain pheoneomenon, you move beyidn "Non-Theism" in that you siply se no evidence to makign a positive assertion thatGod doesnt actually exist, and was just invente dby Primitive man to epxlain the unknown. How is htis reconcilable to your ealrier claims of it jus being "I see no evidence"? You lcelary have a positive view htat God doest exist, and a positive viw to accoutn for why peepl beeliv ein GOd, which invaidates your other cliams that you dont have such.
Incidentllay yournot bign very Sicnetific sicne youbeleive God was just a palceholder for htos htings, and say this as if its a proven fact.
You dotn beeliv ein Sicnece, you be,eive in the Religion of Humanism, which you beleiv ein withotu any evidence at all. You just hide behidn Sicnece..
Its not a worldview ina nd of itself, as it foesnt tell you hwo the world works and yor relationship to?
In fact, you now want to claim that there is a debate in Academia over rather or not Buddhism is a Religion. There isn't. Everyoen agrees that it is.Everyone? That's being a bit presumptuous. I've had a student studying religion chastise me for me calling Buddhism a religion.
While I appreciate your input, it's really hard to read your posts when there are so many spelling errors. I'm having to put more effort into decoding you than what you write. Please get a spell checker, I understand that you are dyslexic but surely you can appreciate the value of proper communication and having a little red line highlighting mistakes surely could aid you towards that..Sure I do. Read Genesis, tell me that the creation story was anything more than a tribe who didn't understand trying to make sense of the world.
It's not comforting for me to say that, it's what I've derived from reading holy books and talking to believers. God is a god of the gaps, if you think this is incorrect then demonstrate that God exists through experiment rather than as an explanation for the unknown. Come on, show that God is anything more than a placeholder for the absence of information. Surely you can demonstrate this.
It's got to the stage now where I think this is as far as we can go. I'm not going to accept your definition for religion - it seems that you are calling religion a worldview and I don't even know why. Why do you need to say I have a religion? What does it do? Does it make any of my arguments any more or less valid? I think not, it's a label and nothing more.
What interests me is whether you can demonstrate God's existence. If you can't then I have no reason for believing and will remain an atheist. If you can, then great. But please don't try to play a game of trip up the atheist, I'm not interesting in playing wordgames - especially when you are defining words for your own convenience.
If you want to argue against any point I made, I have over 100 posts on here on various topics. If you can show me where my logic is wrong, then go ahead. But trying to play wordgames is not going to get you anywhere, especially when I have to decode your dyslexic output. The fact is, while you give definitions that are contrary to how I see the words used, then you aren't going to change my mind. Argue the core of the argument, don't get hung up on whether God can be supernatural or not. Don't get hung up on whether I have a religion or not. Argue the points, not the semantics.
kEL-.except I didnt equicvocate Science with religion, you did.
THink about it for a minuet.
You have claimed here that Religion came into existance because we needed an explanation for natural phoenomenon. Humanity seeks ot have an undertanding of why things work, and Religion was created t fill the gap. If this is true, and if you are correct, then Science must be a Religion as it too exosts to fill in our understanding of hwo the world works.
If all Religion existed for was to tell us how natural phoenomenon arose and how our world functioned, and if our old Religious beelifs have been superceded by Science, which offers us a better, mroe elaborate undersxtanding based on the Scientific Method, then Science has simply served as our new Religion, because it fulfills the same function that Religion serves.
That is, if Religion relaly is all about tellign us why THunderstorms happen and why Earthquakes occur.
In what way is Science not a Religion, under this claim?
You may say it snto a Religion becuae its not theistic, but I'll remidn you that Theism is not a synonym for Religion, even though you seem to think it is. Religion is also not "Faith based" as Harris and Dakins misdefine the word. And accordign to you, its all abotu explainign our world.
So, since Science explains our world, it is a Religion.
Incidentlaly, my actual point was that you made a Religiosu statement about Religion when you claimed it was obsolete, and thenprocceeded to claim that we can know htings through sicnece. THis is ultimaltey a Philosophical ideology, and thus a Religious stat?I didn't take individuality away, nor do I even udnerstand how defining Religion as worldview acutlaly removed Individuality.
Incidentllay, you haven't hsown how my deifnition of Relgiion Fails by sayign your worldview is shaped by many thigns and incliding Secular Ethics and politics and suchlike.
Since Religion is actually just how we see the world aroudn us, and since you certianly have a philosophical framework form which you interpet the world, you are Religious. THis doens't impede your individuality, it merley means that your philosophical framework which defines the way you understand your world funcitons int he same way my Religion does to me, and thus I see no real difference in the Mechanism, andno need ot make a distinction.
It doenst prevent us form seeign the world differnetly or possessing radiclaly different personalities, it just means mine isnt "Religion' while yours is "NonReligion". They ar eboth the same thing, as they are both Philosophical modles we use to understand the world aroudn us.
In what way are they different outside of spacific teachings?
Everyone? That's being a bit presumptuous. I've had a student studying religion chastise me for me calling Buddhism a religion.I feel sorry for said student then.
It is a Religion.
Sure I do. Read Genesis, tell me that the creation story was anything more than a tribe who didn't understand trying to make sense of the world.You mean, read the openign two chapters of Genesis. I doubt you mean read the ortiosn about Abraham.
And, I dont get that at all from Genesis.
Much less do I get it for the enture concept of God in total.
Why shoudl I htink God was create dby primitive tribes as a catchall explanation for all phoenomenon? What actual proof do you have of that spacific claim?
Last night th log woudlnt allow me to post.
But I did want to say that Im not surprised that you dont understand why I'd see you as Religious. I wlltell you its not because I think it invalidates your arguments. In fact, since I am religious, how would you beong religious make your cliams less true. However, it wouldprevent you from seeing my claims as untrue because they are religious.
But the reason is really more simple than this. Its because when you stop and htink about what Religion is, you realise its just what people htink of as true. I don't beleive in God in a mystical sense, but in an actual sense. I think God actually exists, just like rocks, or trees, or other people. When I think of the moral and ethicla onsiderations from Christianity, I think of them in terms of rpactical, livable morls and ethics based upon and applicable to dialy life.
In this way I can see no difference between my approahc ot my religion and yoru approach to what you think is a nonreligious philosophy. I see no difference betwee how my religion functiosn in my life and how your nonreligious philosophy functins.
I see, functionally, no difference between the two, and have to wonder why mine is religious and yirus not.
I'd say yurs is also a religion, as it does the same htigns mien does, and is that really too hard to understand?
Give it up Zarove. I'm not going to suddenly use your definition of religion, I'm not going to respond to straw-man arguments against my position and I'm not going to try to decode your badly-typed English. If you can't type without making spelling mistakes, and if you can't argue without using your own definitions, then don't bother at all. I won't respond.
Kel, Im dyslexicx.
That said, your an intellectual coward. MYou act like my deifnition of Religion is osme unique, private one, when in fact its from Sociology textbooks.
The problem with you is that you want Religion to be a sperrate hting from Athiesm, to the poitn where no Atheist can be undertsood ot be Religious. You thus ignore anythign that contradicts your views.
My "Straw man arugments" arne't straw men at all.
I still say you cna't rellay tell me why a Religion is not the same thing as a worldview. You have decreed that a worldview is not a Religion, but you supplied no reason why its not.
And, from where I sit, there is no difference. Why shoudl I see one set of beelifs about how the word works as a Religion, whislt another set of beelifs bout how the world worlks as not religion?
WHat is the difference, exaclty?
If my arugnenrs are all strawmen, then by all means tell us what make sosmehtign a religion, and why it precludes you, and other Atiests.
I'll wait.
Though I suspect you wont answr this, because its easier to sya my arugments are stramen and filled with logical fallacies and Im just plain wrong wihtitu offeirng any logical reaosn.
After all, you want Relgiion to be SUperstituious myth repsnsible for all the bad in the world, and surly your not Religiosu because your reasonable and intellegent et all.
( And this is meant as an exageration.)
I'm sorry Kel, but just declarign me wrong and logicllay flawed fdoesnt mean I am.
This is the last time...
When I use a word in a context, you respond to MY context - otherwise you build a strawman of your opponents arguments. By using your definition of religion against the usage in which I used the word, you misrepresented what I was saying. Is that so hard to comprehend?
And as for wanting to blame religion for all the evil? Again you are misrepresenting my position and arguments. Hardly surprising after you tried to tie one criticism of religious belief (my usage of the word religion) to an emotional appeal by me. Again you don't argue by misrepresenting your opponent - all you are doing is creating a straw-man by doing so.
The difference between one set of beliefs and another is the way they are transmitted. What we call religion is very much a social construct, the difference is that anyone can be an atheist for whatever reason (see non-astrologer) but to be a Christian it requires memetic transfer. If you think I'm wrong, show me someone who came to believe that Jesus is God without ever hearing the word of the gospels.
I'm sorry Kel, but just declarign me wrong and logicllay flawed fdoesnt mean I am.Do you want me to go through all your posts one by one and show where you
a) used your own definition of a word to call an argument with my definition absurd?
b) where you made an unsupported assertion?
c) where you tried to tie my arguments to a personal belief?
I can do this if you want, show every little logical fallacy and stupid thing you said. If I do this though, you'll be no longer welcome to post on here. I understand you are dyslexic, but this medium is a text-based medium. It pays to be understood. If you were using broken english and being barely comprehensible, having english as your 2nd language is no excuse - it's all about communication.
Anyway, your choice. either walk away now, or I spend a lot of time and effort debunking your nonsense which will mean I have no patience for you in the future.
Kel, I id say I was exagerating.
And, Also,for soemone who continualy blkmes me with misrepresenting you, you misrepresent me a lot.
Ill repeat, I never said Atheism itself was a Religion. But Theism isnt a Religion either.
What I actually argued was that Atheists don't lack religion. All Atheists have a Religion or anther. THis sint the samehtign as sayign "Ahtiesm is a Religion".
However,if you are a Secular Humanist, Secular Humanism is your Religion. The fact that a Secular Humanist is also an Atheist doens't really mean he is not Religious.
The fact that Christianity differs form Athiesm in that Ahtiems is simply lack of beleif in a god and Chistiantiy invovles a good deal more than just beleif about Gods eixstance proves that you dont really repsond to what Im saying.Im acutally saying that your not just an Atheist, and that yor Atheism contians doctriens just as compelxeas Christianity sayign Jesus is God or the Trinity.
So to repeat, ascmuch as Atheism itself is not a Religion, atheists are not non-religious. You are Religious, Kel, because you accept a set of ideas about how the world works. This includes Atheism, but Athiesmis just one idea,not a set.
By the way,Memes themselves are a Religiosu concept,even in your definition fo Religion. Its not like they are proven to exist.In fact,they exist only in the imaginations of Richard Dawkisn and his followrs.
Memetic Transfer is a fantasy, really,its just not how Informaiton really transfers.
Memes themselves dont really exist.
oH AND FOR THE FIRTS TIME, i REMOVED A POST.IT WAS A REPEAT OF THE ONE BELOW. noneed for two.
"You are Religious, Kel, because you accept a set of ideas about how the world works. This includes Atheism, but Athiesmis just one idea,not a set."
I tentatively accept ideas about how the world works.
And I think you are missing the point. Even if I'm religious under your definition, it doesn't matter one little bit to my arguments. I'm not trying to paint all religion as evil, nor am I trying to point to religion as the only evil in the world. If you can find anywhere on my blog where I even suggest such a thing (there are over 100 posts to choose from) then I'll eat my hat.
You are the first person ever to get upset at my use of the word religion - after talking to many theists and many atheists, you are the first one to complain. Why? It's so irrelevant. Worse still is that you are trying to get me to play semantic word-games where you are trying to get me to swap my definitions whereby the meaning is lost. Like saying "some theists think God is natural so supernaturalism doesn't apply." Of course they do, I wasn't denying that. But you were pushing me to use another definition for whatever reason.
I'll say this as clear as fucking possible. No idea should be sacred, every idea should come under scrutiny. Organised religion has a way of protecting itself from criticism which means that when bad things happen within, people are going to be outspoken. Do I want organised religion eradicated? No. I would like to see extremism minimised and that the moderates do a better job marginalising the fundamentalists. I would like to see dogma shunned where it conflicts with secular reasoning, that creationism would go away - it has been demonstrated to be wrong time and time again. But I don't want to take religion as the source of evil, and speaking out on religion doesn't mean I want to eradicate it.
As for memes, they are an analogy - a way of expressing the transfer of cultural information as opposed to genetic information. We are not the only species to pass down information culturally, yet this cultural information is vital for our survival.
Again, I wouldn't say things like:
In fact,they exist only in the imaginations of Richard Dawkisn and his followrs.Why do that again? Why do you argue this way?
Kel, Im not upset, Im making a point.
By defining this as a debate between Religious people and Atheists, it creates a false picture of hje talks. We no longer are talkign abotu sdoacific ideas, we are talking abitu "Religion' and Nonreligiosu peolel dont want or need religion so will just ignroe it merrily... its not abotu scrutiny of ideas, its abotu setitng up batle lines and pintign pretty mental pictures.
After all, I've een Atheists use not only "Non-Religious" as a synonym for themselves, but Freethinker and Rationalist as well.
Being that Im a Rationalist, woudln't it be rather poitnless to have a debate agaisnt the value of intrinsic reason with me? But many Athiests think Religion and reaosn cannto go togather because f how they udnerstand, not Rekigion, but Athiesm.
What you fail to udnerstand is that we are, in the end, relaly just talkign abitu ideas and sets of beleifs and philosophicla modles, and they arne't fundamentlaly different. Your "Nonreligious" beleifs are exacltyt he same as "Religious" ones. In fact, they are Religion in how Religion is actually understood sociologiclaly.
As to your claim that Orignised Relgiions sheild themselves from Critisism and try to prevent quesitoning, and the usual tlak of the need ot let all ideas be callenged, this is just not true.
For one thing, Orginised Religions acutlaly do allow critiissm of their teachings and beleifs by and large. IE, the Presbyterian Church has acadmeics routinely chllenge the general synod based on their intepretation of either the bIble or current events, and the same canbe said of hte United Methodist Church. The United Church of Christ allows comlltye open dialouge aboutthese matters as well.
The claim may be part of the hwole iamge of why Religion is wrong an why we need mroe Atheism, but its not an accurate picture of what happens in Orginised Religions at all.
Worse, the New Athiests, like Dawkins and Harrias, really don't want us to examien all idea sunder scrutiny. They want us ot be Hypersceptical of Religiosu beleifs, and to embrace their spacific brand of Atheism, which goes well beyidn lakc of beelif in a god and includes an enture naturalistic worldview roote din Humanist assumptions.
Humanist asusmptions, I may add, tat they not only never quesiton but refuse to allow others to question.
They wont even allow us to wuestion rather or not their vieews consittute a Relgiion, becaus htey want th term to be used on everyoen elses beleifs to shwo them as evil.
I never said you personally thought all Relgiions where evil, though, and your now misrepresentign me.
However, I do think the idea htta we need ot allow all ideas ot be Scrutinised is a good one, but so long as we make these arificial divisions, we wont.
How often do you scrutinise your "Nonreligious" beleifs anyway, Kel?
By the wya, I know the excuse that Memes ar ejust allegories, but Dawkisn seldom treats them as such, nor do his followrs. That canard is broguth about mainly in order to sheild his idea form Critisism, because he knows it wont stand up.
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Save the Date!
Saturday, April 20th, 2013
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
The Brat Stop
12304 – 75th Street
Kenosha, Wisconsin (at the intersection of Highway 50 and I-94)
Proceeds benefit Boys & Girls Club of Kenosha.
We’re growing in 2013 and taking over the second stage at the Brat Stop!
This fun-filled event includes cheese from around the state of Wisconsin, some of the area’s finest beers and live music. You won’t want to miss it!
Ticket Price: $40 per person in advance, and $45 at the door. All purchases includes beer glass.
For further information please contact 262-654-6200 or email info@bgckenosha.org
Valid Identification Required – 21+ Only – Strictly Enforced.
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Winter Farmer's Market in Kent
Lucky Penny Creamery hosts the winter farmer's market each Saturday morning on Temple Avenue
The Lucky Penny Creamery on Temple Avenue in Kent hosts the Winter Farmer's Market each Saturday. Available you'll find the usual fare you might buy at the summertime Haymaker Farmer's Market, with the exception of a few fruits and vegetables. The market, open each Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon, offers cheese, pierogis, grass-fed beef, winter vegetables, farm-fresh eggs and other products from a variety of vendors. The creamery is located at 632 Temple Ave. off of Lake Street.
Tom Simpson
3:13 pm on Sunday, February 20, 2011
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Psychology Of Voting
September 23, 2008
There are a lot of jokes that start: “There are two kinds of people…” I suppose that when it comes to politics, there are those who vote and those don’t.
Psychology is the study of all kinds of people. It’s about what we do, and why we do it. In our most recent election, some people voted but others who could have did not. Why people choose to do one behavior and not do another is part of what psychology studies.
But psychology isn’t limited to just one perspective. Voting could be explained by decision theory. Some researchers might choose to examine personality traits of the voters, the candidates or both. Other research might look at the media clips, or analyze the influence of positive or negative ads. Still others might use mathematical models to predict voting patterns.
What all approaches in psychology share is an emphasis on systematic observation. Regardless of the research technique, we rely on observations to identify patterns of behavior. We’re not all that interested in a single instance of behavior. Psychology looks for general principles that explain, and hopefully predict, human behavior. One election is interesting but having patterns of behavior is our ultimate goal. We want to know why people do the things they do.
For more on why people are the way they are, check out our free course on Personality. Everything you need to learn about personality is there. We give no college credit because we don’t charge anything.
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This is from a newspaper in New South Wales (Australia). Many Australians disapprove of the close ties between John Howard the prime minister and Bush. The ABC is the Australian Broadcasting System
Iraq heartache is all about oil
“IF Iraq had been exporting cumquats instead of oil this war would not have happened.”
Former United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix made this statement during an interview on ABC Radio National.
It is now well known how intelligence reports were “adjusted” to justify the reasons given for the pre-emptive invasion of Iraq.
Saddam Hussein was eliminated, but the alleged weapons of mass destruction did not exist.
Anarchy and chaos now reign supreme in the rampant power struggle under way.
And yet the three leaders of democratic nations, Bush, Blair and Howard, still insist they are delivering democracy to Iraq.
Instead they have delivered destruction, disruption, death and displacement to hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians.
Our Prime Minister Mr John Howard claimed he was misinformed by the best intelligence available at the time of his decision.
Now he asks for more patience until the job is done.
Does he mean until another despot takes control? Or perhaps until the Iraqi oil wells are corporatised, as it was suggested in a recent forum on the Iraq war.
In four years we have seen this particular corporatised, militarised action as morally bankrupt.
During the past 11 years we have seen an “Honest John” transform to an “artful dodger”, evading accountability.
A re-election of the Howard Government would be construed as an endorsement of John Howard’s policy on Iraq, thus giving permit for a similar debacle to occur again.
Accountability is vital to maintain a healthy and vibrant democracy.
— BEVERLEY WARD,
Albury
Monday, April 9, 2007
A View from New South Wales
Labels: Australia, Iraq war, John Howard, New South Wales
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Every Tuesday & Thrusday morning, KRAM members volunteer an hour of their time to help the WMAA R/C club students learn how to build and fly.
Pictures from Wednesday at the Pattern Worlds in Muncie. The US Team........Dan...notice the Bipe, lots of them. I had "the best seats in the house" Wednesday afternoon, that's me in the center I was able to scribe for one of the judges.
No photos have been added to this gallery.
A great time!
I would like to personally thank all who came out to help & fly.
Sorry about the coffee & donuts!
1 Video.
A great day, perfect weather, lots of cool planes. The folks at CARDS were great hosts also.
Videos for your enjoyment.
Thank you Kent Radio Aero Modelers and everybody who support this event, especially Nikolei Zinsli, Mark Schmaltz and Danny Osborn for a great time at the Air Zoo.
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November 14, 2012
Adam Gorney
Rivals.com Football Recruiting
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On Thu, 20 Nov 2008, Roger Leigh wrote* -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at
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The new grill came with a griddle so we grilled pancakes, sausage and eggs and even ate them out on the deck. They said when I bought this grill that it would change the way I think about grilling and it has. Grilling pancakes was never something I thought I would do but they came out perfect and I will do it again. Saves me from heating up the house during these blistering Kansas days.
Makes me think I need a second griddle as this one had enough room for 6 pancakes but when the kids are back from camp I will want room to cook even more of them. I am sure they will find it funny that daddy can grill pancakes.
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Cold Weather: Protecting Your Pipes
Cold Weather: Protecting Your Pipes owners.
- Cut water off at the property owners cut-off valve.
- Drain all outside water faucets if your house will be unoccupied for several days (leave outside faucets open).
- Or, leave home heating system on at a low setting.
- Open cabinet doors under sinks adjacent to outside walls.
If a water line breaks and the cut off valve does not work or the customer is unable to locate or operate the value, the Austin Water Utility is available to turn off the water. Call the Utilitys 24-Hour Emergency Hotline at 972-1000.
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9/28/2012 Crap From The Past
Playlist Tracks:
Bob McGrath and Friends - Groovin' On The Sunshine
Album: 45; Label: Affinity
Album: 45; Label: Affinity
Stabilizers - One Simple Thing
Album: Tyranny; Label: Columbia
Album: Tyranny; Label: Columbia
Monte Video And The Cassettes - Shoop Shoop
Album: 45; Label: unknown
Album: 45; Label: unknown
ABC - The Look Of Love
Album: 45; Label: Mercury
Album: 45; Label: Mercury
Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good (Simon Boswell Remix)
Album: unknown; Label: unknown
Album: unknown; Label: unknown
Talc - Sandra's Song (I Felt The Care)
Album: Licensed Premises Lifestyle; Label: unknown
Album: Licensed Premises Lifestyle; Label: unknown
Think - Once You Understand
Album: 45; Label: Laurie
Album: 45; Label: Laurie
Jellyfish - That Is Why
Album: Bellybutton; Label: Charisma
Album: Bellybutton; Label: Charisma
Marshall Crenshaw - Brand New Lover (demo)
Album: unreleased; Label: unreleased
Album: unreleased; Label: unreleased
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Air Date:
September 28, 2012.
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8/2/2012 Poquito y Bueno: A Short and Sweet Flamenco Show
Kristina presents an archived show for you to enjoy once again. It features lush coplas sung by rich female voices, and part of a conversation with dancer Sachiko Nishiuchi as well.
Playlist Tracks:
Mayte Martin - Viente Años
Album: Tiempo de Amar; Label: Virgin
Album: Tiempo de Amar; Label: Virgin
Maria Elena La Cordobesa - Los Cuatro Muleros
Album: Añoranza a Mi Cordoba; Label: Fonoruz
Album: Añoranza a Mi Cordoba; Label: Fonoruz
Estrella Morente - Los Cuatro Muleros
Album: Calle del Aire; Label: Virgin
Album: Calle del Aire; Label: Virgin
Niña de La Puebla - Un Velero
Album: Flamenco!; Label: Atoll Music
Album: Flamenco!; Label: Atoll Music
La Marelu - Si Tu Te Vas
Album: Flamenco!; Label: Atoll Music
Album: Flamenco!; Label: Atoll Music
Air Date:
August 2, 2012
Poquito y Bueno: A Short and Sweet Flamenco Show Archives
- May 2012 (5)
- April 2012 (4)
- March 2012 (5)
- February 2012 (4)
- January 2012 .
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Justin Bieber Brings Back His Famous Swoop Hairstyle
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Bieber premiered the familiar look on Thursday (Jan. 12) when he appeared in Las Vegas for the International Consumer Electronics Show to help unveil the TOSY mROBO Robot. But his new look stole the show — and even annoyed a robot creator — as photographers snapped away to deliver the first look at his new ‘do.
So why the sudden change back to his old hairstyle? Could it have something to do with his girlfriend, Selena Gomez, who also debuted blue tips this week?
Whatever the reason for Bieber’s new look, he made plenty of people happy all around the world with just one simple decision to his beloved hair!
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See No Doubt in LA
- Round-trip airfare for winner and a guest from nearest major airport to Los Angeles, CA.
- Two nights lodging (one room; double occupancy) 11/23-11/25/2012
- Ground Transportation provided from airport to hotel, to and from the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk and back to airport
- Two tickets to see No Doubt perform at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk 11/24/2012
- 500 spending cash
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Video: Toby Mac Talks About The Inspiration for "Eye On It" Album
Hot News!
TobyMac made history by releasing the first Christian CD in 15 years to be the top song in the country!
In this exclusive video, he talks about the thinking behind his new album, Eye On It.
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About TobyMac:
With over 11 million units in career sales, TobyMac's first four solo projects are RIAA certified gold. His live DVD, Alive & Transported, is certified platinum by the RIAA and also.” His album Tonight received GRAMMY nods for “Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album" and "Best Contemporary Christian Song" with “City On Our Knees” the RIAA Gold-certified in 2011.
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WASHINGTON STATE -- Local state parks are looking for new ways to generate cash now that Washington is expecting its parks system to be self-sufficient by next year. Birch Bay State Park manager Ted Morris says they haven't received any tax funding as of last July, and in February they had to shed some full-time positions. He says they've dealt with the loss of funding by cutting back on maintenance projects. Morris says this summer will be a test for state parks to see if they can generate enough money from users alone. He says the $10 a day Discover Passes created by the state last year have so far failed to bring in big revenues. If state parks can't pay for themselves, the State Parks Director says some parks might have to be run by private corporations or non-profit groups. Morris says they have one ranger on staff for every 300,000 campers at Birch Bay State Park, and they also utilize a total of 3,000 hours of volunteer work each year.
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It’s the final episode of the Spring 2013 season for the Assignment: Radio team and this week’s theme is “Firsts”. From awkward first kisses, to a first home run, the first can be the worst or something great that stays with you for the rest of your life..
The theme of this episode of Assignment: Radio is “Firsts”. So, what better way to end it than with the first host of the show?."
A number of seismologists have concluded that the 5.7-magnitude earthquake that hit near Prague a year and a half ago was caused by injecting wastewater from oil and gas production deep underground.
Earthquakes in other states have been linked to disposal wells, but Oklahoma’s is the largest. Yet Oklahoma’s regulatory response has been one of the smallest.
Seismologists have linked wastewater disposal wells to earthquakes in at least a half-dozen states. On a geologic scale, the tremors are small. And the quakes — in states like Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, and Ohio — have all been smaller than the November 2011 quake that shook Oklahoma near Prague..
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling against Oklahoma State University's athletic fundraising arm and its top booster, T. Boone Pickens, in their attempt to recover life insurance premiums in a fundraising plan.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans handed down the decision Monday. It involves OSU's ``Gift of a Lifetime'' program, which involved $10 million insurance policies on 27 supporters with the university as beneficiary. OSU believed it would raise millions of dollars through the effort.
The court affirmed a March 2012 decision by U.S. District Judge Jorge A. Solis in Dallas, who ruled that Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. could keep premiums it received from OSU. Lincoln claimed the school waited too long to cancel the policies and was not entitled to refunds.
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The air is stuffy and humid, and the rainy season has made the tin roof leak in the Pattiradjawane home.
''When the roof is leaking, we must put our children on the table," Mei Pattiradjawane, 33, told Khabar Southeast Asia.
The Pattiradjawanes share the building in Passo Village, near Ambon City,Indonesia with eight other families. Each family has about 500 square feet of living space, separated by thin wood boards. It is part of a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs), hastily constructed in the wake of the sectarian violence in Ambon from 1999-2002.
Hundreds of similar camps are spread throughout the province of Maluku.
Ten years later, the Pattiradjawane family and many others still live in such camps, despite heartbreaking conditions – due to security issues, job opportunities and lingering trauma.
Mei and Roy Pattiradjawane fled Kariuw village in Central Maluku and moved into this building in 2002. Later the same year, they received resettlement funds to buy a house – but didn't do so, they acknowledge. Today, Roy is a labourer in Ambon City. Like many people in Passo Village, his family members are no longer registered as IDPs.
"Most of us living here already consider Passo as a home. We do not want to go back to our hometown because there are no jobs. Our nutmeg trees were destroyed during the conflict. We opted to stay in Ambon, hoping we will get better jobs and education for our kids, although there is no more government aid," Roy told Khabar.
"We choose to live in Passo because we are in fear of returning home," added Jersen Marian, 56, another resident of the building.
More than 700,000 people were displaced by violence in Ambon from 1999-2002, and some 30,000 had yet to be resettled by early 2011, according to UNICEF.
"The conflict never ends"
The trauma wrought by the violence has spilled beyond Maluku province, lodged in the hearts and minds of survivors.
Yonara Wedak left Ambon in 2002 with her husband, using resettlement funds to find a new home in East Java. Even there, for her, the conflict lives on.
"Every time I think about what happened in Ambon, it frightens me. The conflict never ends. I never feel safe," she told Khabar in Madiun, where she now lives.
"All the blood and memories are still clear in my head. I still can imagine those suffering refugees, hungry kids, many tears and diseases – truly heartbreaking. I guess this is the price we have to pay for the conflict," she said.
"Most refugees like me will be traumatized hearing guns shootings, the military car sirens, and the crying of a mother losing a child and a child losing everything."
One such child is Manina Pessau, a refugee from Central Maluku, who now lives in Madiun after more than ten years in a refugee camp. She arrived at the camp at the age of nine, on her own.
"As a nine year old girl, not knowing anything – where could I go? And not knowing anybody in the camps was really painful. I think that was the worst pain I could remember. I learned that both my parents were dead a year later."
She seems hesitant to discuss the past, and how she managed to survive on her own so long.
Initially, refugees received funding from the government and national and international relief agencies. "However, it has been awhile, and we have had to struggle on our own," she told Khabar.
Seeds of conflict
The roots of conflict in the "Spice Islands" can be traced to the sixteenth century, when the region's rich supply of nutmeg and cloves brought Dutch colonists and Christianity. Dutch policy provided Christians with better land, security, and education, sowing the seeds for alienation with the Muslim community.
Centuries later, Jihadists from Muslim-dominated areas of Indonesia and even the Philippines travelled to the Maluku islands to "defend" their Muslim brothers, escalating the conflict to its worst ever outbreak from 1999-2002 in which as many as 9,000 may have died.
"The situation in Ambon is one example of a latent conflict in Indonesia. The conflict itself is deeper than just a religious conflict," said Sutoro Eko, a senior researcher at the Institute for Research and Empowerment (IRE) Yogyakarta.
Conflict flared again in September 2011, when rumors that a taxi driver had been tortured to death sparked riots, leading to six deaths, 89 injuries, and another wave of IDPs.
"After the conflict we did a data collection, and we found 278 units of houses were damaged, 195 units were burned by fires, another 30 units were severely damaged and another 53 homes suffered minor damage," Jan Haumasse, the Ambonese chairman for IDPs, told Khabar.
The displaced crowded into mosques, elementary schools, and government buildings, numbering some 8,990 people, local government officials said.
Violence broke out again during a Pattimura Day procession in May 2012, due to a conflict between factions of spectators about who had the right to carry the torch honoring the independence hero. Fifty civilians were injured in the brawl, and three homes were set ablaze.
Protecting one another
In both cases, the central government reacted fast, dispatching riot troops and conducting rigorous community outreach to prevent a repeat of the sectarian warfare of a decade ago.
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono praised growing religious harmony in Ambon when it successfully hosted the 24th National Musabaqah Tilawatil Qur'an, or Qur'an Recital Competition, in June.
Martina de Brito, the wife of an Ambonese pastor, tells how her family was protected by Muslim leaders during the conflict in 2011.
"Our house was among the Muslim community. During the conflict, people were attacking all these places. My family was lucky that the imam in the mosque was helping us to find safe locations until the conflict subsided."
Martina refused to say more, protecting the person who protected her.
"You never know when the conflict is going to happen again in the future. At this point, I want to keep my savior safe. Media spotlights can be dangerous for him," she added.
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Festivities are in the air. The holiday spirit is at the highest level. Goodies & gifts adorn every aisle in the supermarkets. Reindeers are seen in front of almost every house. the lights, trees and decorations are so charming that one falls in love with them instantly.The Color red is so charming that you fall in love with it instantly. Red color is associated with festivities, happiness, love etc. Every culture globally has some specific goodness associated with the color red. In US red marks festivities, holidays and its also one of the colors in their Nation Flag.
Meaning of RED color around the globe.
Most Japanese think that the sun is red. Japanese flag has Red colored circle which signifies "sun's Circle". Since "Nihon (Japan)" basically means, "Land of the rising sun," the red circle represents the sun.
In Greece, Easter eggs are dyed red and the Greek expression "piase kokkino" ("touch red") is said when two people say the same thing at the same time. It is believed that such an occurrence is an omen that the two will have an argument in the future, which can only be broken when the two touch the closest thing that is red.
In India, a red marks good luck, prosperity etc. It also symbolizes joy, life, energy, and creativity. Islamic, Hindu, and Chinese brides traditionally wear red.
In Aztec culture, red was connected with blood.
In Aztec culture, red was connected with blood.
[I googled the info & significance of red color, I cannot remeber the site from where i got this info :( ]
In Singapore, the color red traditionally symbolizes joy.
In Singapore, the color red traditionally symbolizes joy.
There are many more beliefs associated with color red. But One thing which is globally associated with Holidays & Red is Santa Claus. I too wanted to make something special for Christmas but i have been eating too many cookies, chocolates etc and I am sure Santa also might be more than a little bored eating cookies & milk in every house on this planet. I made every cell in my brain work overtime to come up with something festive, easy ( on tummy), something with Desi touch ( was optional). My brain doesn't work as fast as google so i spent more than a hour thinking finally I got the answer. It was Paratha...Yeah yeah its a little off- beat since its BEET paratha. It was delicious, easy to make & festive looking.
Lets chk the recipe.
Lets chk the recipe.
Beet Paratha
Ingredients:
1 cup wheat Flour
1 beet
1 Potato ( small)
1 t spn ginger paste
1 t spn garlic paste
2 t spn cilantro leaves
Little bit of oil to drizzle over the parathas
salt to taste.
Method:
Cook beet and potatoes in pressure cooker till done ( upto 3 whistles is sufficient). Alternatively you can cook them in the microwave. Do not discard the water in which beet was cooked, This has nice red color which will enhance the color of the dough. Peel the outer skin from both, beet & potatos. Mash potatoes and beet together. In case the beet isn't as soft as potatoes, just grate it and mix. Mix all the other ingredients in cooked mixture and knead it till soft. Use the red water for kneading. Roll these like chapatis but a little thicker and cook on the griddle. Serve with chutney, pickles, sabzis, raita etc or anything else of your choice. They are so versatile that they taste nice with everything.
Merry Christmas !
Feliz Novidad !
joyeux Noel !
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Red and green are the colors to go these days!:D
Looks delicious Pooja, happy holidays!:)
Nice write-up....and nice looking paratha, too.
Perfect for this season Pooja, Merry Christmas to you too :)
wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year.
Lovely deep red colour it looks so tasty. :-)
Asha : Happy Holidays to u too.
Jayashree : I am glad u liked it.
Namratha :I am soooo in this holiday spirit.
bee : To u too :)
Jeena : I am glad you liked it.
You have definitely captured the colour of the season with these parathas.
Happy Holidays!
wow paratha looks so beautifulll nice post pooja
Nice festive color... :) Happy New Year Pooja!
Nutritious and delicious way of getting in your vegetables as well. Nice color the beets give the rotis. Happy New Year Pooja.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Joe Burklund of Des Moines, Iowa, lost his job at the depths of recession in 2009 after 30 years in the advertising and marketing industry, he never imagined another career. He was almost 60 and optimistic he would land another job in his field, where he was earning $65,000 a year. After collecting unemployment checks for a year, Burklund took a part-time job at grocery chain Trader Joe's. As he watched his retirement savings bleed almost dry, he realized his situation would not turn around anytime soon. An acquaintance suggested he train for call center work, servicing banks and insurance companies. "I said, 'Well, I may as well try that because nothing else seems to be working,'" Burklund told Reuters. Thousands of Americans aged 55 and older are going back to school and reinventing themselves to get an edge in a difficult labor market, hoping to rebuild retirement nest eggs that were almost destroyed by the recession. "I went into it thinking 'I am not too sure I am cut out for call center work,' and I never really wanted to sell insurance. But I was willing to try anything to gain full employment," said Burklund, who has set aside hopes to retire at 65. Within two weeks of completing the program, he had three interviews and two job offers. In March, he started working at Marsh Insurance. A similar tale is recounted by Tom Halseth, about 380 miles east in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. Halseth, 60, lost his job in May 2010 after 30 years as store manager with retail chain JC Penny. He spent 16 months unemployed. Today, Halseth is a quality assurance technician with dried fruit packer Mariani Packing Company in Wisconsin Rapids. He landed the job after a rigorous five-month program that included biology, chemistry and math classes and a two-week internship.. TOO YOUNG TO RETIRE Many older workers who lost jobs during the downturn are too young to retire and usually would not be considered ideal for retraining. Independent groups like the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, which is working with local communities and businesses to build skills and careers for workers and job seekers, are working to debunk that myth. In the last four years, the Fund has helped about 1,860 Americans 55 years and older retrain for new jobs. According to data from the Labor Department, 2.65 million people participated in its Workforce Investment Act programs in 2011. Those programs, which are also designed to help people find jobs, are separate from those run by independent groups like the National Fund for Workforce Solutions. About 345,000, or 13 percent of participants in the Workforce Investment Act programs, were 55 years and older. "If they have a 20-year record of being a great worker, companies will take them," said Fred Dedrick, executive director at the National Fund. He said the Fund, which worked with the academy in Iowa that trained Burklund and with the Mid-State Technical College in Wisconsin, where Halseth received his food manufacturing science certificate, has a 60 percent to 70 percent success rate finding jobs for graduates. "It also depends on the labor market. If you have an unemployment rate of 4 or 5 percent they will take them," said Dedrick. "But if you have a high unemployment rate of say 10 percent, and you have the choice of investing in somebody who is 50 or somebody who is 30, of course you will invest in the younger worker because they will be around longer." The unemployment rate for workers 55 years and older edged up to 6.3 percent in April from 6.2 percent in March. This age group accounted for 16 percent of the 12.5 million unemployed Americans last month. While the jobless rate for older Americans is much lower than the 8.1 percent national rate, it is double what it was when the recession started in December 2007, a statistic with which people like Paulette Gordon, 59, are all too familiar. Gordon, from Houston, Texas, lost her job as a technical analyst for energy companies two years ago after three decades structuring acquisitions of oil and gas wells. She brushed up her resume to include administration skills. So far that has not yielded anything and last month she sold her jewelry to pay rent. "I am surviving by the grace of God," Gordon said. Productivity experts like Frank Lonergen say it is a mistake to overlook these so-called baby boomers, given their wealth of experience. Lonergen, whose company Ancile Solutions helps businesses to improve employee productivity through training, argues there is not much difference in terms of performance between a 25-year-old worker and a 55-year-old one if both are afforded the right opportunities. While it is a reasonable expectation that somebody hired at 55 would want to retire at 65, it could also be argued that a 25-year-old would probably not build a career at a single company, he said. "I think a 55-year-old worker who has the opportunity to come in and is given the right framework to help them get on board would have a much longer tenure than a 25-year-old," said Lonergen. "The tendency for 25-year-old workers is to look at accelerating their career after two or three years." MINIMUM WAGE SALARIES Even with new skills, older workers are re-entering the labor market at very low salaries, in most cases just above the minimum wage, which can be as low as $5.15 an hour and no higher than $9.04 an hour, depending on the state. Given the damage inflicted on their savings by the recession, this means many will probably continue to work well past the usual retirement age of 65, a fact acknowledged by both Burklund and Halseth. The share of Americans 55 years and older who are in the work force - which means either working or unemployed but looking for a job - is 1.4 percentage points higher than when the recession started. In contrast, the overall labor force participation rate dropped in April to a 30-year low. Last month, 4.6 percent of workers aged 55 and older held more than one job, according to AARP and government data. Halseth declined to specify his salary, but said it was a third of what he made as a JC Penny store manager. "While what I am making now is well above minimum wage, it would be hard to make a good living out of it," he said. "At least I have a job and the possibility of going up. My 401k (retirement plan) was ravaged by the recession; that's one of the reasons I will keep working," said Halseth. "Before, I could have retired at 62 and retired comfortably, but I can't do that anymore. I want to work until 70, if I could." Similar sentiments were expressed by Burklund. "Right now I am making $32,000 a year and there is a bonus program. I may not retire until my late 60s," said Burklund, who likes to joke that he will retire six months after his death.
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Quick Thoughts On The GETCO – Knight Capital Group Story
- Posted by kid dynamite
- on November 28th, 2012
The headline today is “GETCO offers to buy $KCG for $3.50 per share.” There’s one major problem with this headline: it’s not accurate.
The first thing you need to do if you want to talk about this situation is read the proposal that GETCO made to Knight.
Remember a few months ago when I wrote a post about the Sprint ($S: long) merger with Softbank? This proposal is similar in some ways. Let’s go to the details, emphasis mine:
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Now, when I look at the recently filed KCG 10q, I come up with a current fully diluted share count of about 365MM. If anyone disagrees with my numbers, please do let me know.
So: start with 365MM shares of KCG fully diluted, currently (that assumes the conversion of the Preferred into Class A common).
add: 242MM new shares that GETCO will receive, and subtract the 57MM shares currently owned by GETCO which would be retired* then:
subtract: 154MM shares that GETCO will tender for at $3.50 each and we’re left with:
396MM shares outstanding in the new GETCO/Knight. I completely ignored the warrants described above, which would be further dilutive, because I have no idea how to value GETCO anyway.
What’s my point here?
Well, my point is that this isn’t a $3.50 cash buyout for $KCG shares. It’s a merger PROPOSAL, and it involves a tender for half of the outstanding fully diluted shares that GETCO doesn’t already own. There will be a “back end” company that trades: the combined GETCO/Knight. What is that puppy worth? That’s the billion dollar question. I have no friggin’ idea.
Of course, this is just a proposal from GETCO, and they are not the only suitor looking at Knight.
disclosure: at the time I am hitting “publish” on this post, I have NO POSITIONS in $KCG
EDIT: Here is a much better post than mine, with the math I didn’t do
-KD
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chronically characteristics. the right precautions, kids can safely play in the sun. Here are the most effective strategies:
First, seek shade when the sun is at its highest overhead and therefore strongest increase in the risk of melanoma in people who have used tanning beds before the age of 35.
One of the best ways to protect your family from the sun is to cover up and shield skin from UV rays. Ensure that clothes will screen out harmful UV rays by placing your hand inside the garments and making sure you can't see it vulnerable.
Ask your doctor become more severe several hours after sun exposure. Some also develop become easily infected and can result in scarring.-
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Conj, also called sexually transmitted infections, or STIs).
Pinkeye also can be caused by allergies. These cases tend to happen more frequently among), which usually clears up on its own. Sometimes, though, it can lead to conjunctivitis... mimic conjunctivitis,: Yamini Durani, MD
Date reviewed: May 2012
Note: All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.
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As the United States observes the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, you may be wondering what you can do to mark the occasion.
Lots of people are calling for September 11 to become a national day of volunteering. Why not honor the heroes of 9/11 by becoming a hero to someone else?
Volunteering gives you an opportunity to change lives, including your own. If you're feeling frustrated or overwhelmed by the news of a disaster, volunteering to help can be a great way to cope. If you'd like to support a cause but can't afford to donate money, you can donate your time instead.
Helping others in need is such an important part of the American way of life that many high schools require their students to spend a certain number of hours volunteering in order to graduate.
So how do you go about it?.
Volunteering is a great way to learn new skills — from working as part of a team to setting and reaching goals. It gives you a chance to discover what kinds of things you're best at and enjoy the most. A volunteer job that you love can even help shape your ideas about your career goals.
Volunteering also can provide you with a sense of responsibility because people really depend on you. And it can help you develop a new understanding of people who are different from you — people with disabilities, people in financial distress, sick kids, or the elderly.
Donating your time is a great way to feel like you have the power to change things for the better. When people depend on you, it can change the way you look at yourself. You can feel proud of the goals that you've achieved for an organization — whether it's helping to organize a 10K to raise money for breast cancer or running the race itself.
Volunteering is also a great way to get a perspective on your own life. Sometimes it's easy to get consumed by worries about your grades or the fight you had with your friend or parent. And although these things are very important in their own way, sometimes it can be helpful to get some distance and think about other things. Volunteering allows you to do this. It lets you focus on others and see that your involvement in the world can be meaningful.
Finally, volunteering can help save you from being bored — it gives you a place to be where you can have a good time and keep busy.
When you donate your time to a cause you care about, it looks impressive on college or job applications. That's not the main reason for volunteering, of course — if you do it just to please other people or to look good you may not enjoy it. But volunteering does show others (and yourself!) that you are reliable enough to make a commitment and show up on schedule.
Volunteering also shows employers and colleges that you believe in making the world a better place — and that you're willing to sacrifice your time and energy to do it.
After you've decided what you're interested in and how much time you can devote, it's time to find out where you can volunteer.
You have several choices. You can search the Internet or look in your local phone book under "volunteer." You can call an organization directly and ask if they need volunteers in your area. You can ask friends or relatives for ideas and contacts or look on bulletin boards in your library or in bookstores. It's worth spending the time up front to identify a job that's a good fit for you.
When you're calling an organization to offer your time, it's best to ask for a volunteer coordinator. Be ready to answer some questions, like:
Most places will ask you to come for an interview, which is usually pretty casual. They want to talk to you face to face and if they haven't yet asked the questions above, they will do it at the interview.
Whether your interview is on the phone or in person, don't forget to ask questions of your own.,
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Date reviewed: October 2010
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Want to throw a beautiful party? A flower themed party can be fun, frilly and visually stunning. The amount of frills is up to you, but most flower themed parties can be executed with little more than some craft supplies you probably already have and a flower shaped cookie cutter. Whether you are celebrating a birthday, first communion or springtime holiday, a flower theme is perfect for a backyard that is already in bloom. Spring, however, isn’t the only season to celebrate with a flower party. A combination of artificial flowers and seasonal blooms make the flower party an option for any time of year.
1. Invitations
You can use store bought flower themed invitations or easily create your own. One idea to create a simple flower party invitation.
Additional options for flower themed party invitations:
Additional options for flower themed party invitations:
- Have your child draw and color flowers onto blank notecards.
- Use a rubber stamp to decorate ordinary invitations with a floral design.
- Print the party details on large mailing labels. Stick them to the backs of flower seed packets.
2. Decorations
You can purchase several floral decorations from the craft store, party supply store or even the dollar store. Homemade decorations are also an option, many of which are easy enough to create, such as these tissue paper flowers.
Additional Decorating Ideas.
3. Games and Activities
Keep the floral theme going through a variety of games and activities. Suggestions for flower-themed party games include:
- Musical flowers (cut out large flower shapes and place in a row on floor. Use these as the seats to play musical chairs. Play a flower themed song such as Ring Around the Rosie as the music for this game.
- Play “Diana likes Daisies.” In this game, the players sit in a circle. The first player states her first name and a flower she likes that begins with the same letter as her name. The next player does the same and also repeats the name and flower chosen by the first player. For instance, if player one says “My name is Diana and I like daisies,” player two will say “My name is Lisa and I like lilies and she is Diana who likes daisies.” Play continues around the circle and anyone who forgets a name or flower is out. Keep a list of flower names on hand for players who may have trouble thinking of ones that match their names.
- Have a watering can relay race where players must use a watering can to fill a large bucket with water. If playing this game indoors, use confetti instead of water to save floors and carpets from inevitable spills.
- Paint flower pots or watering cans.
- Make Flower Bracelet Balloon Animals.
- String head bands using silk flower petals.
- Make flower-shaped sugar cookies and have kids decorate them with icing, sprinkles and a variety of small candy pieces.
4. Food
That flower shaped cookie cutter isn’t off duty yet. Put it to work creating some of your flower party menu items. Ideas include:
- Flower shaped sandwiches.
- Flower shaped quesadillas.
- Flower shaped pizza muffins (cut the shapes before topping with sauce and cheese).
- Flower shaped cookies.
- Flower shaped brownies.
- Flower shaped cereal treats.
- Flower cupcakes or a flower themed cake.
- Serve food such as chips, pretzels or pasta from flower pots and pour drinks from watering cans.
5. Favors
Party crafts like the painted flower pots or floral beaded jewelry made at the party can also double as the party favors. Additional suggestions for take home gifts:
- Lollipop flowers
- Flower pot and flower seed packets
- Miniature watering cans
- A box of flower shaped cookies
- A bouquet of fresh flowers
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You can play killer sudoku online, right here! Tap on a cell to move the cursor to that cell. Tap on the keyboard that pops up to enter a value into the cell. If you are not sure of a value, you can enter multiple values in a cell. If you enter a value in a cell that is already there, it will be removed. If you press the shift key, any values entered overwrite all the others in that cell.
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Welcome to Killer Sudoku Online's online killer sudoku game.
You can play killer sudoku online, right here! Move the cursor to a cell and enter the value that the cell should have. If you are not sure of a value, you can enter multiple values in a cell. If you enter a value in a cell that is already there, it will be removed. browser incompatibility problems, please email us. Thank you.
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I'm kind of obsessed with backpacks right now. I came across these old vintage Chanel backpacks that I just think are so chic and are a gorgeous, feminine twist on a masculine item. I remember when I was a kid I used to wear backpacks all the tim... Read more »
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Sunday, April 3rd - - Still heading West, I came across this “tribute” to the Texas Longhorn.
I stopped for the night at Copper Breaks State Park (west of Wichita Falls). Though not far, the drive had been tiring - lots of wind with gusts from 35-50 mph and it was hot! Really hot.
The photo above was taken at 5:24 pm at the campground; the van was in the shade! Yep, it was hot. I did manage to go for a very short walk (about 10 minutes) after driving up to an overlook to get this picture (below) of the lake. The “lower” campground where I stayed was on the left side of the lake. Being lower didn't provide any relief from the wind or the heat.
The sun was completely hidden beneath the hills but for a few brief moments it lit up the clouds like they were on fire, appropriate for such a hot day. The setting of the sun provided little relief from the heat. Even with doors and windows open, it was perhaps one of the most uncomfortable nights spent on the road thus far. Relief did arrive, however, when after midnight a front moved through and the temperature dropped dramatically. When I got up the next morning it was a chilly 48 degrees! And still windy.
And today you are near where I grew up in Texas - Seymour - and Wichita Falls was the "big city" for us!
I've never felt 108 degrees, can't imagine the feeling. Hope you got cooled off, thanks to the car.
I like it hot but not that hot! I wouldn't have been happy with a 60 degree drop either.
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Or should that be house music all weekend long...
Saturday night saw Telford playing with Jeff Mills down at the sub.
If I tell you that Mills's first few tracks included Inner City and Robert Owens, you're right to guess it was no techno set! It was amazing, but I left about half two, to go home and try to get my stuff ready, to fly out to Berlin on Sunday afternoon
We left Glasgow in torrential rain but arrived in Berlin to blue skies and sunshine. Once there, J&T dropped stuff at their hotel and then we headed straight round to Kater Holzig to meet the lovely Tobi Neumann
It was only once we were inside, that it dawned on me, that the cat on the roof was the very same cat, I had kept trying to get a picture of the last time I was here. We passed it on the ubahn every day.
There are scarcely any words for how crazy Kater Holzig are.
It's totally surreal.
It feels like something out of Pirates of the Caribbean but with more colourful characters!
We were met by the charming Nick Slingerland, who smiled sweetly the whole time. He showed us around and told us they would probably go on until Tuesday morning!
I should have realised just how long this party would last when we saw that Tobi had three record bags. "The good thing about playing at home home" he said.
I wish that I could say that I was as hardcore as Telford and Junior.
But truthfully I can't
They played for 10 freakin' hours until 9am.
That might be be pretty par for the course in Berlin, but back home here in Glasgow, that is like the equivilant of 3 Saturday nights. 3 nights in one set!!!!!
When my little paper fan folded in the insane overwhelming heat, so did I...
I had to go back to the hotel and lie on top of the bed for a couple of hours before heading straight back to the airport to fly back home.
They are still in Berlin and flying out to Sonar in the morning.
In the departure lounge I met my dear friend Jonnie Wilkes , he had been playing on Friday and Saturday night.
He and Keith are booked to play The Panorama Bar on October 27th.
So needless to say before I even left the city, I had already agreed to come back for another party!
See you in October Berlin (if not before....)
Queen Marie
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it's up on heidi swapp's blog today with some more info about how i made it if you're interested :)
xo, kinsey
ps. i'm kind of geeking out about it...i have loved heidi swapp since i started scrapbooking so this is pretty wild :)
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Trusted Managers, New Funds
During a 12-year stint at the helm of fbr focus, Chuck Akre compiled a distinguished record as a stock picker. Between 1997 and 2009, his fund posted an annualized return of 13%, better than 90% of its peers. But three years ago, Akre walked away from FBR to launch his own fund, Akre Focus. Though his fund has a new name, Akre says, little else has changed. He follows the same investing mandate he used at FBR: to find well-managed companies of any size with high and sustainable profitability.
SEE ALSO: Our Guide to Mutual Funds
So far, things have worked out well for Akre and his shareholders. Since Akre Focus’s inception in August 2009, the fund, a member of the Kiplinger 25, has gained 15.0% annualized. The fund outpaced Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index in 2010 by four percentage points; in 2011, it beat the index by almost nine points.
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The success of Akre Focus led us to search for other relatively new funds with proven managers behind them. We found several, including DoubleLine Total Return, run by Jeffrey Gundlach and Philip Barach, who broke away from TCW to found DoubleLine in 2010. But not all of the new funds were worth crowing about. Some of the managers, for instance, had great records at their old shops but spotty returns at their new ones—or vice versa. In the end, we found six no-load funds that deserve a closer look. All are run by well-known managers who had stellar records at bigger shops and left to launch their own funds, and all are still going strong.
Seeking Fast Growth
Robert Gardiner and Blake Walker cut their teeth at Wasatch, a firm that specializes in fast-growing small and midsize companies. In 2011, they left to form Grandeur Peak, which, like Wasatch, is based in Salt Lake City.
But a couple of things haven’t changed. The view from their new digs is the same: Both the Wasatch and Grandeur Peak offices look out on the Wasatch Mountain range. The investing strategy is the same, too. “We try to execute the core Wasatch philosophy with precision,” says Walker.
Until recently, the pair ran Wasatch Global Opportunities, a fund that invests in fast-growing companies of all sizes headquartered anywhere in the world. In 2009 and 2010, the fund’s first two years of existence, it gained 61% and 26%, respectively, outpacing 96% of its global fund peers the first year and 95% the second. Before that, Gardiner managed Wasatch Micro Cap Fund, racking up an annualized return of 25% during his tenure, from June 1995 through December 2006.
Last October, Gardiner and Walker launched Grandeur Peak Global Opportunities (symbol GPGOX), which invests all over the world, and Grandeur Peak International Opportunities (GPIOX), which buys only foreign stocks. Like their previous Wasatch funds, the new ones focus on growth stocks. But instead of combing through companies of all sizes, the managers home in on small companies, with market capitalizations from $50 million to $1 billion. “It’s easy to set up a large-cap value fund and buy Samsung,” says Walker. “It’s harder to knock on doors and uncover these little pebbles.”
He and Gardiner look for companies with little debt and hefty profit margins. They carefully analyze those that look most promising, a process that includes making their own earnings forecasts. They visit the firms with the best prospects—those with estimated long-term profit growth of at least 15% a year. In Grandeur’s first six months, the managers traveled to China, Indonesia, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Brazil, South Africa, India, France, Germany and the U.K. “I’m trying to stay married,” says Walker, “but we’re on the road constantly.”
In the end, Walker and Gardiner seek what many other growth-stock managers want: companies with a sustainable competitive edge, a good management team and a strong business model. “And headroom,” adds Walker. “We want the market it operates in to be big enough for these guys to grow a long time.” So far, so good, despite wobbly foreign markets of late. From their inception, the Global and International funds have gained 11.0% and 8.0%, respectively, beating the 7.8% return of the MSCI World index. (All returns are through June 29.)
Global Bargain Hunter
The world’s stock markets have never been more attractive, says David Winters, manager of Wintergreen Investor (WGRNX). “Today, I feel like a kid in a candy store with $100 in my pocket.”
That’s because stocks are depressed all over the world, and Winters loves a good bargain. Not surprising for someone who got his training at Mutual Series under legendary value managers Max Heine and Michael Price (Franklin Templeton bought Mutual Series in 1996). Winters spent almost 30 years at Mutual Series, starting as an analyst and rising to CEO, president and chief investment officer.
But in 2005, Winters left to start his own shop and launch the Wintergreen fund. Over the past five years, the fund returned an annualized 1.5%. That may sound slim, but it beats the MSCI World index by an average of 3.6 percentage points per year.
Wintergreen can invest in companies large or small. But Winters will buy only if a company meets his definition of an investing trifecta: The company must have good or improving economics, be run by a management team that’s working for all shareholders, and trade at a value price. A bargain, in his mind, is a company that’s trading for less than what he thinks it’s worth. Winters uses several methods to arrive at that number, including the “arm’s length test”—what a knowledgeable buyer would pay to buy a company. He keeps tabs on takeovers and mergers to get a sense of the worth of companies in various industries.
Winters has free rein to invest wherever he finds opportunity—in the U.S. and overseas, including emerging markets, and in any asset class, including stocks, corporate bonds and government debt. These days, he’s been eyeing stocks, especially those that trade in Switzerland and the U.K. (“no euro zone” issues, he says) and in Hong Kong and Malaysia. One stock he has held for a long time is the conglomerate Genting Malaysia Berhad. When Winters visited Malaysia six years ago, Genting was a small domestic company with a great balance sheet, able executives and international aspirations. Today it is part of a gambling duopoly in Singapore (Genting and Las Vegas Sands are the only companies with gaming licenses there), and it has a casino in the Philippines, among other international businesses. “We buy companies that we think will do well in the future without paying for that future growth,” says Winters.
Winters typically turns over 11% to 15% of his portfolio annually, suggesting that he holds on to stocks for seven to nine years, on average. “When you trade, you’re making another decision,” says Winters. “We would rather make fewer and better decisions.” Yet Winters makes sure to have plenty of cash on hand (about 14% at last word) so he can be “in a position to accumulate” when the market gets bumpy.
In Sync from a Distance
More than 1,200 miles separate Larry Pitkowsky and Keith Trauner. Pitkowsky lives in New Jersey; Trauner, in Florida. But after working together at Fairholme Fund for close to a decade—at times as co-managers—Trauner says they “don’t have to say a lot” to understand each other.
The proof is in GoodHaven Fund (GOODX), which the pair launched in April 2011. Over the past year, the concentrated portfolio of bargain-priced stocks (the fund holds just 19 companies) returned 6.8%. The S&P 500, meanwhile, returned 5.5%.
Much like Fairholme, GoodHaven can invest in almost anything: stocks in companies of any size the world over and bonds of any type, from U.S. Treasuries to junk bonds and from mortgage securities to bank loans.
The central theme that ties the disparate asset classes together is value. Pitkowsky and Trauner, each of whom has $1 million invested in the fund, find ideas by scanning lists of beaten-down stocks and companies poised for a turnaround. They look at what other sharp value managers are buying, too. The goal: to find good companies trading for less than what they think the firms are worth.
The fund may own both a company’s stock and its bonds. “If we like the stock, we ought to love the bond,” says Trauner. Take Walter Investment Management. The little-known company specializes in servicing mortgages of troubled borrowers—a skill set in high demand these days. Walter does “a good job of keeping people in their homes and paying their mortgages,” says Trauner. Shares in Walter Investment have climbed about 30% since the managers began buying the stock. On the bond side, the fund owns issues in a Walter bank loan due in 2016 with a 12.5% coupon rate.
In Search of Megatrends
Before Mitch Rubin and Morty Schaja left the Baron funds in 2006 to found RiverPark Advisers, they had a string of successes. Rubin had several stints running various Baron funds; at Baron Fifth Avenue Growth from 2004 to 2006, he outpaced the broader stock market and the average large-company growth fund. And during his 15-year tenure at Baron, Schaja held many roles, including chief operating officer and president, and saw the company’s assets under management grow from $40 million to $15 billion.
Now RiverPark is a family of six funds. Schaja serves as CEO, and Rubin manages three of the funds. Two funds caught our eye: RiverPark Large Growth (RPXFX) and RiverPark Long/Short Opportunity (RLSFX).
At RiverPark, Rubin uses the same approach he learned at Baron: He looks for growing, well-managed companies that are poised to benefit from long-term trends, such as aging populations, the move to digital content and information, and growing global consumption of energy and commodities. With the large-company fund, that’s led him to Apple, Monsanto and Google. Over the past year, Large Growth returned 8.9%, outpacing the S&P 500 by 3.4 percentage points.
Long/Short Opportunity’s strategy may seem like a radical departure from that of Large Growth. But Rubin sees Long/Short as the “culmination” of all the experience he has gained over the past 20 years. With Long/Short, he can invest in large and small companies that are growing, have sound management and are in a position to benefit from a megatrend. But the fund also allows Rubin to short stocks that fail miserably at fitting the bill—companies that are in contracting markets, are growing slowly (if at all), have low barriers to entry or are capital-intensive. “The long bets are our highest-conviction ideas,” says Rubin. “And the shorts keep us skeptical.”
Long/Short began in October 2009 as a hedge fund, but RiverPark converted it to a mutual fund in March 2012. Although the record of the fund’s retail shares goes back only to the conversion, regulators are allowing RiverPark to promote the hedge fund’s record going back to 2009 because the fund’s strategy has stayed the same. Since its inception, the hedge-fund-turned-mutual-fund has returned 19.6% annualized.
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Slide Show | July 2006
BACKYARD RENOVATIONS
Jeffrey Carbo Landscape Architects and Site Planners
Backyard renovations aren't cheap, though. For the works, expect to pay six figures. Even a small landscaping project can cost tens of thousands of dollars. So we talked to the pros to find out what features are worth the money and to get their tips on what you should -- and shouldn't -- do when renovating your yard. And we searched the country for incredible yard makeovers in a range of prices. Check out these before and after shots to see how landscape architects and designers turned ordinary properties across the nation into paradises.
By Cameron Huddleston BACKYARD RENOVATIONS
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Our brand new feature wall at the studio. Aubergine! It just went so well with the green that we used for the windows. And I really like it!
The studio office is really starting to come together. This weekend Bianca and I tackled Ikea and came back with a carload of shelves and desks and drawers. Two bruised palms and one purple fingernail later (ahh how ironic) I'd put together the whole lot in an allen key frenzy.
Myself, Bianca and Tegan in our studio office. Plenty more to be done but it's definitely on it's way :)
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It's really starting to take shape isn't it. I'm also not a big fan of purple but this wall looks great. I am soooo envious, and of course I can't wait for you to open your new business :o)
Hee. I just bought that IKEA bin on the weekend too.
I can't believe how quickly you've got all of this together! Love those floors. And the wall. (I'm the same with purple - but I think it's because my sister in law will wear nothing BUT purple. Right down to the eye shadow. Seriously.)
It's gonna be great!!
The studio looks amazing! I would love, love, love to have a workspace like that. My workspace (er dining room) at home is also all IKEA (table, chairs, bookcase, drawers, even the lamp!). Gotta love them. Good luck with the rest of your preparations!
Nice! does this mean there will be a purple fabic collectin coming soon? ;)
Looking good! I love when I get a change of heart. It's like you get to appreciate something for the first time.
I liked the purple feature wall too! I was also impressed how you fitted the all the IKEA stuff in our SAAB - such a clever car with its folding rear seats and big hatchback.
Love, Dad
wow lara!!!things are looking great!!!cant wait for the studio to be up and running...!
Wow it's looking so good! I love the purple wall, I think it's a great colour!
I have been following yr studio progress and its really coming together now
I recently turned a corner with purple too.. Now I am in love with it - but it has to be the right hue! This wall looks great. How exciting.
hahaha, you're classic ;)
What a great colour for a feature wall - it looks terrific.
Your studio looks awesome, and the purple contrasts with the warm wood tones in such a nice way. I've never been a huge fan of purple, but this season it is definitely growing on me :)
Go girls! That looks like a great workspace.
I think the whole purple thing was global (man), so many of us - okay maybe not global - didn't like it, but there was 'the turning', and then people started posting that they liked it after poo pooing the 'chocolate for the eyes' crew as hippies (not that there's anything wrong with that). I like it too, now. It's not purple, it's mulberry! Or something like that.
Crazy enough the EXACT same story for me. I hated purple my whole life - until last year. I tried on a plum colored shirt... and now I love it.
just no lilac. *shudder*
what is the paint color? (brand & #)
Ummm, it was a strange little premixed 2.5 lt bottle by Taubmans called "prince" :)
you were at Ikea on the weekend? I was working both days! I wish I had known you were going to be there, I have a 15% discount you know ;)
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City Council Will Vote on Controversial U-Gas Development Tonight
The gas station and convenience store has drawn opposition from nearby residents concerned about increased traffic and other impacts.
A controversial U-Gas Convenience Store planned for 915 N. Kirkwood Road will be up for its first vote by the Kirkwood City Council at a meeting tonight following a public hearing that drew some adorable, if formidable, opposition.
Residents have expressed concerns about the project’s impact on traffic, property values and the general welfare of the neighborhood and the Kirkwood Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously denied the company’s request for a special use exception permit.
Although the Kirkwood City Council can vote whether to approve the development regardless of the commission’s decision, the move required the company to ask for a public hearing, which was held Feb. 7.
Following the hearing and in light of the concerns raised, councilman Bob Sears moved to postpone a first vote on the project until today’s Kirkwood City Council meeting.
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Pilot in good spirits after emergency landing in Breslau
Published Monday, January 7, 2013 3:53PM EST
Last Updated Monday, January 7, 2013 6:34PM EST
A tense moment in the skies over Waterloo Region ended with sighs of relief as a plane was able to land safely Monday afternoon.
Pascal Gosselin was the pilot and sole occupant of a five-seater Cessna P120 he was flying from Montreal to Breslau.
Up in the air above southern Ontario, Gosselin realized he had a problem – his landing gear refused to release.
“I tried a bunch of maneuvers to get the landing gear out – manually, putting some G-force on it – it wouldn’t come down,” pilot Pascal Gosselin told CTV.
The pilot’s first call was to his mechanic back home in Montreal, who made several suggestions, but not of them resulted in a successful deployment of the landing gear.
After that, Gosselin updated the Region of Waterloo International Airport control tower on the situation. Airport officials provided their own suggestions.
“He stayed in the air for 45 minutes more to try and rattle it down,” said airport manager Chris Wood.
With fire crews from Breslau and Maryhill now on their way to the airport, Gosselin brought the plane down, trying to pull off a controlled landing without his landing gear.
“It didn’t work. Ultimately he ended up putting his nose onto the runway,” said Wood.
It wasn’t a perfect landing, but it did allow Gosselin to get out of the plane safely and without injury.
The same couldn’t be said for the Cessna itself, which will need a new engine and propeller.
Still, Gosselin sees nothing that can’t be fixed.
“It’s just bent metal. She’ll be flying again,” he said.
“That’s what you have insurance for.”
CLARIFICATION: When this story was originally posted, an image of an aircraft not involved in this incident was inadvertently attached to the story. A correction has now been made, and CTV News regrets this error.
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It’s a rarity that I have a whole chicken in the house and after devouring Heston’s perfect roast chicken on Saturday night I figured, waste not want not, I’m making me some stock!
Here is what you will need to make your very own home made chicken stock ice cubes. Recipe is courtesy of BBC Food.
- Bones from a cooked chicken
- 1 Carrot, peeled & chopped
- 1 Onion, peeled & quartered
- 1 Stick of Celery, chopped
- 6 Black Peppercorns
- 1 Dried Bay Leaf
- 1 Sprig Thyme
- 3 Sprigs Parsley
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The shop around the corner from me didn’t have celery or parsley so I made do without but if you can, obviously get them. (Don’t judge me, It was a Sunday & I was being lazy!) I also added the basting juices leftover from cooking the Ultimate Roast Chicken.
First up, throw all the ingredients into a large heavy based pan.
Cover the ingredients with cold water, place on the stove & bring to the boil. Skim off any scum that surfaces.
Cover with a lid, reduce the heat to low and simmer gently for about 3 hours.
Strain the stock through a sieve or some muslin into a large bowl. If you will be using it within three days, allow to cool completely, skim off the fat that surfaces to the top & refrigerate until needed.
If you aren’t, return the stock to a clean pan. Crank up the heat and boil vigorously for about an hour or until reduced by half.
Cool the stock completely then skim off the fat that surfaces. Pour the stock into ice cube trays and freeze. When frozen, put cubes (or sea shell shapes in my case!) into a bag and store in the freezer.
When you want to use one, simply put in a jug and add boiling water to melt the cube. Or just throw into a pan with your ingredients for a more concentrated flavour.
Hope I’ve inspired you to not waste those carcasses!
Go forth and make stock my friends.
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stuffed chicken roasted...make it atleast a couple of times..I do a diff version.. I always end up with leftover stuffings...love ur idea of using a chicken breast...About the incident at B'bay//Like always the blame game is going headstrong....
ichiri pada alle...:-))ennalum looks good...
That is a really cool idea to use the chicken breast.... It looks absolutely delicious, I am bookmarking this to try! BTW, try Cornish game hens for the whole chicken recipes for 2.
my sis in law and i used to stuff chicken whole and cook it in the microwave. the stuffing mainly had tons of onions, tomatoes, bread, potatoes, ginger-garlic and what not. There was no set recipe, we just used to follow some recipe blindly. and each time it rocked. wish we had thought of adding boiled egg at that time. this looks delicious!
It is true Mish, but that stuffing actually came from Arabs.. If u r here, I will have reached there to taste this.. :)
Hi ShnThis simply looks amazing,must try it out soon. I tried your chicken stew, i did not get your white colour but I had sauted the onions till it became a golden brown, maybe that's why.It hurts so much to see our country burning.
I like that brainwave of stuffing breasts instead of a whole chicken! On another note, the terror attacks were scary, like watching a movie tho' this was very real!
One of the best place for kerala dishes is here. This is really awondrufl dish. My mom used to make stiffed roast chicken when we were in holiday in my dads native place. But this one is really yummy looking. I liked the idea of you going them with chicken breast. I am sure bookmarking this recipe.Stuffing goat with chciken that is new to me.Love to hear more about this, when you get mails about this unusual recipe, not that i will make the goat dish, just curious
I haven't heard of a goat stuffed with chicken stuffed with eggs. Must be something like a turducken(turkey stuffed with duck stuffed with chicken!) they make here in the US? Also stuffing with puttu mix is also new to me. I love the malabari stuffed whole chicken, but I don't make it often. Stuffing chicken breast is such a wonderful and smart idea!...and it looks too good.
I have eaten stuff chicken in sis place. Her MIL makes it, the stuffing is simple fried rice and then the whole chicken is fried and has counconut milk gravy kept in side . Its yummy. But chicken, egg, lentil,OMG, you have kicked it up a notch. pakka veg now. will try it soon esp since u have admited it is a awesome dish. My bleed for mumbai
Oh my Mishmash! this one is a killer! I ll defnitely try this someday. and the terror attack is sickening, din kno abt te 75 kg mutton tho, read somewhere that they ordered 10 kilo biriyani :o what is the world coming to!
very impressive...you have put two of my favourite things in there...chicken and eggs..;-DChicken roast used to be my favourite with parotta..long time since I had that as well..Ee recipe would surely be tried out next year..I am too lazy to cook anymore this year....;-P
Yes, you are right about the goat being stuffed with a chicken and the chicken stuffed with eggs. In Northern Kerala, this is a delicacy among the muslims and is done the day after a wedding for the groom, or during a large salkaram(party). Your chicken looks absolutely mouth watering. Got to try it.
wondeful..you are one hardworking person..:)I have heard about this dish in malabar ,in which first chicken is stuffed with some eggs +gravy and then it is filled with tons of onion-tomato-masala gravy in a fried goat..one hell of a dish..served during iftars and all..
Rachel, Thanks for the link...your stuffing is lil different...but thats something you can use in a sandwich too....so it's actually good to have leftovers :DRas, kurachu pani undu..pakshe it's all small scale preps...so wont really feel the effort...but takes time to put everything together :) Thanks!Sig, thanks a lot....you should try.. make the stuffing in advance to save some time....I was having some mind block towards cornish hens...i think i must give a try sometime soon.Nags,boiled egg is common in most places back home for such a dish...i have heard a combo of boiled egg + bread and potatoes....Seena, Thank you very much for confirming ...yeah , even i was thinking it is the arab influence as i have heard about this stuffed camel dish in Saudi..perhaps, when they came here they didnt see any camel, so the next best thing they could think of was stuffing a goat :D i guess there they stuff a baby camel with lamb...btw, veetil varumbo paranjittu varane...eppazhum ethonnum undavilla...njan nalla oru madichiyaa :)Maya, my chicken stew doesn't have white colour either...it has a creamy shade...dont brown the onion..stop at the transparent stage. Also with any meat stews, you wont get the same colour as in potato stew, coz of the stock produced ...beef stew has much a darker shade...Thanks for the feedback...quite glad to know you tried:)Jyothsna, i was impressed too :PHappy Cook, thank you very much...Do try and let me know.. :)well you can feed your curiosity now....some of the responses confirm the existence of such a dish :) I wish I could taste it once....RP, yeah similar to turducken but here they go one step beyond the bird category and use red meat too. From the comments I recieved, such a delicacy exists...part of the arab traditions left behind....in line with their stuffed camel:) if you re using chicken breasts, you can make your fav prep more often,isn;t it? :)Pooja, ayyo enthu pattee veg'n now? noyambu aano? the stuffing u mentioned and the coconut milk gravy is new to me.....so if u have some leftover fried rice u can stuff a chicken right...much easier :)Vidya, thanks:) btw, 10 kg biryani...hmm..so they were really in for a sumptuous meal...read somewhere that they had dry fruits too..!Mathew, porotta and beef fry njangallkku vendi koodi kazhikkane....ho...orthittu vaayil vellam varunnu :( pls cook something and eat,else amma will think u were 'pattini 'there seeing all the aakraantham :DMy comfort food, thanks a bunch for confirming this :) i have heard about the sumptuous feast during salkkaaram......i wish i could be a part of it sometime :)Varsha, haha...thanks :) ho u made me more hungry.....!! now i really want to taste this dish....thanks a lot for dropping by and confirming it :)Shn
stuffing chicken breast is a good idea. Looks so mouth watering...wish i was at that table.
I did read the comments. Aparetnly it is famous dish, i would also like to try once that goat dish. One never knows maybe in a trip to a part of indian and suddenly you see this in a place ;-)
hi mishmash, i read about this stuffed dish in 'balarama' children s mag long ago..they were telling it s an arab preparation.. it doesnt end with the goat.. the goat is then stuffed inside camel and cooked.. hows that?
I would call this innovative cookin.. will def try this sometime and let u know :)
This looks absolutely delicious..even the stuffed chicken breast ,deep pan fried will taste great ...Somewhere I read about stuffing the Cornish Hen cuz they are small and easy to handle..Not so sure about it ..may be you know it already...hugs and smiles
What a gorgeous dish, Shn.And yes, all the craziness breaks one's heart :-(
Just the other day a friend was talking about egg-in-a-chicken-in- a-goat-in-a-camel thing! and there you have written about something similar ofcourse minus the camel and the goat:)!!(also saw the same mentioned in one of the comments-so perhaps he really was not bluffing:)!Interesting recipe Mishmash..Cheers
Awesome and I gonna try this soon. How interesting recipe is this. U have decribed it so well Mishmash.
U ought to publish ur recipes in d newspapers here. Its such a pleasure to read ur recipes after going thro reams of disturbing newsprint. Hope someday all this comes to an end. Ending this note with a prayer that no such incidents occur in any part of my world. Let peace prevail. Btw the pictures are awesome. The recipe surely will be mindblowing.Jisha.
OMG..thats a beautiful picture shn!!!..really very inviting...
hi shn...i had missed out this post..this looks so new to me..have never heard of a naadan style stuffed chicken...
well, don't worry mishmash, your nutcracks hadn't loaded their boat with 75 kg of mutton, they had used that space for much more hot stuff, like ammunition. well, can you imagine gun-trotting guys running into a hotel carrying loads of mutton instead of bullets and grenades ! and, they did get time to sit down and wolf down biriyani and mutton ! beware of the media, that's all i have to say. some later reports were saying the guys were high on stimulative drugs, to keep hunger and sleep at bay, which is more likely. anyway, we all watched the incidents unfold for three days, live. and, yet to get over the whole mental trauma. so, what about those who were at the hotels, the CST and dear old leopold...
I bet this definitely helps with adding flavor to chicken breasts. I do think this sounds much easier than the other dishes you mentioned, very tasty too :). I'd like to share your recipe with our readers! Please let me know if you're interested.Best,Sophie, Key Ingredient Chief Bloggersophie@keyingredient.com
hi ,Actually im a big fan of ur recipes...i used to try almost ur recipes n coming gr8. but Sori to tel u this one was a failure...didnt net ny expectation after the long effort.i have taken the whole chicken stuffed from frnds home it was really heaven...but this stuffing didnt came so good ,just like a north indian dal inside....me really depressed
hi the stuffing was not so good as in traditional style
Yes it was owesome. Your imagination into making this dish tells, you are a cook! Really appreciate what you are doing.Thank you.
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With my partner a whole ocean away from me, I’m not in a very lovey-dovey mood for Valentine’s Day. That leaves plenty of time to think about what allowed Love to sneak out of courtly ballads and Shakespearean plays and into the hearts of average Americans. And no, it’s not chick lit or rom-coms.
The long answer would involve reading Stephanie Coontz’s Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage – the story of how marriage made the historical shift from an economic arrangement to a partnership from which we expect love and companionship.
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Oh, and by now we also expect hot sex for more years than humans used to live, period, from birth to death. Nearly 500 years ago, Martin Luther set us down this road when he rejected the Catholic insistence on procreative sex, and instead embraced pleasure in marriage. Luther liked marriage. He termed it a “hospital for lust.” Bear in mind that in those days, hospitals weren’t in the business of curing; they took the poor and the insane and the unwed-but-pregnant off the streets. They were a way of containing social problems. Bear in mind, too, that Luther thought women’s lot was to be wives and mothers, undoing some of Eve’s screw-up in the garden. Still, there’s a solid though wavy line from Luther to Susie Bright.
The short answer: If we feel free to love today – or to lust outside of of the old “hospital” – we can thank two things: 1) the right to say no to sex, the key prerequisite for sighing a breathy, enthusiastic YES, and 2) reliable birth control with legal abortion as a safe backup. From the Ohio Statehouse to the House of Representatives, these rights are under more ferocious fire than I can recall in the post-Roe era.
But it’s a holiday, and so instead of gloom, let there be satire! It’s the more festive response – and maybe more effective , too. Here’s Kristen Schaal of the Daily Show, mocking the piss out of the “No Taxpayer Money for Abortions” crowd.
I used this in class last week to illuminate rape myths, and students got it like never before. (Does this mean college administrators will one day replace me with a semi-random mix off the tubes?)
And I knew I liked Felicity Huffman anyway (Lynnette is my favorite housewife, of course) but now I’m besotted:
(Via Rachel at Women’s Health News – If you can’t see either clip from your blog reader, click on through and say hey while you’re here.)
Take that to your next Tea Party, and sip it!
Happy Valentine’s Day to all, especially to those of you who are celebrating it alone with chocolate, champagne, or blogging. (I’ve only got two out of three but am wondering why I am too cheap to open the champagne sans partner. Wandering off to the kitchen now to rectify what I can …)
From a crypt in the All Saints Church of Wittenberg, a baffled “WTF?!?” can be heard!
Thanks to the weirdness that is Twitter, Susie Bright actually saw this post and wasn’t sure if she should be flattered or queasy. I told her the former, for sure.
So I guess the “WTF?” resounded at both historical endpoints.
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Early Images of Egypt
Selected Images of Egypt in the Photographic Archive Collection of the Frank H. McClung Museum
The Botanical Photography of Alan S. Heilman
This collection consists of more than 1,100 digitized color-film photographs of flowers, mosses, ferns, and plant anatomy that were taken over the past sixty years by Alan S. Heilman, retired professor of Botany at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Special Collection Online
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Oklahoma Man May Have Spontaneously Combusted, According to Sheriff
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Now, this may seem more ‘X-Files’ than reality, but Lockhart says he can’t rule it out. Spontaneous human combustion—in other words, when a person’s body lights on fire without an external source of ignition—may seem far-fetched, but that hasn’t stopped the sheriff from considering it. “I think there’s only about 200 cases worldwide, and I’m not saying this happened,” said Lockhart. “I’m just saying that we haven’t ruled it out.”
The body was apparently discovered in the kitchen, after having burned for up to 10 hours. None of the furniture or other objects nearby seem to be affected, nor does there appear to have been any kind of struggle, which are key factors in Lockhart’s suspicions. He added, ”There was no damage to the furniture or anything around the fire, so it was a low-heat fire. … The body is burned, incinerated, like I’ve never seen before and it’s some kind of chemical reaction or something.”
Preliminary autopsy results revealed burns on Vanzandt’s trachea, which likely mean death was caused by smoke inhalation. But how did the smoke start? Vanzandt was a heavy smoker, so it’s possible a lit cigarette is involved. The overall condition of the body and the scene, though, is inconsistent with that explanation, according to Lockhart.
“A cigarette burn will not do that,” he said. And the mystery continues …
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Does Your Brain Need a Break?
One of my favorite summertime indulgences is simply doing nothing.
Some people might consider it a waste of a day, but to me, there is nothing better than grabbing a towel/blanket/mat/chair, heading to the park or the beach, and just lounging out in the sun.
Some of my best ideas have surfaced when my mind and body are otherwise disengaged — and according to various psychological studies, there is science behind random “aha” moments like the ones I have experienced.
If you think about it, it makes sense. Our minds are prone to over-thinking things. For example, how many times have you been stuck on a crossword puzzle clue because you keep thinking of the same answers over and over again, even though your mind knows those answers are incorrect? And how many times has the correct word popped into your head after you’ve put the puzzle down for a while?
Researches estimate that about 60 percent of complex problems are solved as the result of the “aha” phenomenon that often follows mental vacations. Giving your brain a break not only halts the cycle of stale ideas, it clears the way for your mind to pick up on subtle signals that it otherwise would have been too distracted to notice — signals that could pave the way to a creative breakthrough.
Allowing yourself some quality R & R also tends to improve your mood, and your brain is better able to think when it is not overloaded with negative thoughts.
So go ahead — lounge in your hammock, catch a few rays by the pool, or just chill on your couch for a bit. Your brain will thank you.<<
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Supposedly nowadays you can play Dwarf Fortress at the console, which is either a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your perspective. The 40d19 version for Linux which was released a few months ago allows you to set some options and send output to the console instead of its conventional SDL “translation,” if I understand it right.
For me it’s kind of a bad thing, since it draws me back toward the game again, and it took weeks for me to break away from it last time. I have gotten tips from people on how to get it working, but my results are not very impressive.
That’s a step forward for me, but there’s something missing.
An email suggested using fbterm — which we all remember as the magic behind the wallpapered console, right? — plus the Terminus font, but to be honest, I don’t know if that’s better.
Maybe a little more readable, but nothing to distinguish between different icons and a lot of screen artifacts, if I can use that word for a console environment.
It does appear to be some sort of font issue though, where the default arrangement is spattering stuff everywhere. Perhaps there is a better font, or some other flag that I should be aware of. I suppose I should mention that starting the same setup under X was more or less the same.
Interesting though, that the music works fine for me at the console, and while it’s visually discombobulated, it’s still playing as it should. I just can’t see what I’m doing.
For future reference, I set this up by installing the dependencies listed for the graphical version of Dwarf Fortress in the Arch Linux repositories, then decompressing the 40d19 version into my home directory.
Inside the data/init/ folder is an init.txt file, and the magic happens by setting the PRINT_MODE variable to TEXT. I would also suggest sifting through some of the other variables, since most of them will be set for a graphical environment, and you will probably want to turn them off.
For fbterm, this is the command that was suggested by Kyle a couple of months ago.
fbterm -n "Terminus" -s "12" --font-width="12" --cursor-shape=1
Kyle also mentioned that sub-1Ghz machines suffer even with the console version, which may or may not be good news to you, depending on your perspective. For me, that would be a good thing … because it means less time lost playing Dwarf Fortress on a leftover Pentium.
In any case, if you’ve had better luck than me, please let me know how you got it going cleanly. I don’t need the distraction, but I do like challenges.
I’ve been looking at DF a couple of times, it is something that looks really interesting about it, it’s just that it looks so complex, so I’m thinking that it is a bit much for me, I mean I still haven’t managed to get deeper than 6 levels in stone soup, and that more or less blows my mind already
that is a lot of fun though
Well. This looks like UTF-8 with the terminal set to something else. I’ve had the same problem back then…
Maybe try the newer 0.31.11 version:
Maybe it’s using xterm’s 256 color extension, fbterm supports it but you have to set TERM to “fbterm”
That’s a good idea. I’ll try that the next time I install it, and see if it has any effect.
I’ve been wondering how long it was until you picked this up
Unfortunately I was hoping you would have clear-cut instructions, as I’ve been having the same issues
I don’t think this could help you in your actual problem, but I’ve found you can play the win version with the linux sh file (wich is nice for all the only-windows-mods of DF)
I notice similar display errors when playing Nethack with DECgraphics option on in fbterm
Slight update – the Terminus font has a few issues. But I made a little tool that will convert DF’s PNG tilemaps to a TTF font for fbterm to use. Naturally, it works best on the “simpler” ASCII-esque tilesets.
More here:
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Search Patterns is not a technical book: it’s about design and user experience. It’s about what people prefer, what people are used to and what people would benefit most from when it comes to searching. And no, it’s not just about searching the web at the desktop: the book also presents some examples of searching on your mobile or even on TV and on kiosks.
The book starts reflecting on how search is so often synonym of “the box”. We are now at a moment in time when we need to question that box and think outside of it.
The anatomy of search, as the authors put it, is made of five elements: users, interface, engine, content and creators. All these elements influence and most support several patterns of behavior.
How can we change design to improve the search experience is a key part of this book. A whole chapter is dedicated to the principles of search design:
- incremental construction
- progressive disclosure
- immediate response
- alternate views
- predictability
- recognition over recall
- minimal disruption
- direct manipulation
- context of use.
And then, we go into the design patterns:
- autocomplete
- best first
- federated search
- faceted navigation
- advanced search
- personalisation
- pagination
- structured results
- actionable results
- unified discovery.
Search Patterns is not the type of book I typically review for KMOL. So, why did I decide to review it? Three reasons.
First, I am unfortunately too aware of how user experience design is so often disregarded. And, yet, it can be a make or break in a project. It is important to help non-designers see the impact it can have and provide guidelines, ideas and examples of how to do it better.
Second, knowledge management is a lot more than the tools and certainly a lot more than data and information. However, finding information, data and knowledge, easily, in the right format and when we most need it is one of the main challenges of organisations today. Looking at this challenge from the “search” perspective is a great complement to the usual KMers perspective: creation and storage.
Third, search is like an octopus that extends its arms in many different directions, feeding from and impacting many different areas. Reflecting about search is reflecting about people, information architecture, taxonomy, context, business strategy, etc.. And these are all core to proper, strategic knowledge management.
I have to say I really enjoyed the book. It’s written in a simple, yet almost poetic, way and includes loads of illustrated examples. It’s a great book for designers and user experience professionals, but also information science professionals, developers and knowledge management professionals.
In the book’s companion site you can find information about the authors and also many of the examples shared in the book – Peter Morville and Jeffery Callender.
Note: Resumo em português disponível aqui.
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Gostei de teu review deste livro.
Como acabei de receber pela Amazon o “Visual Thinking for Design” de Colin Ware, que ainda não li, e que de um certo modo trata do mesmo assunto por outro enfoque.
Nossa percepção é visual por excelência. Há que se entendê-la melhor.
Mãos à luta.
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What is the Give thanks. Walk.?
On Saturday, November 17, 2012, supporters of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in more than 90 communities across the country will join together to participate in the Give thanks. Walk., an exciting family-friendly 5K walk to raise money for the children of St. Jude. Participants are encouraged to form walk teams with their friends, family and co-workers and recruit sponsors to make donations in support of their efforts and the lifesaving work done at St. Jude. is an unprecedented union of celebrities, media, retail and corporate partners that asks consumers to “Give thanks for the healthy kids in your life, and give to those who are not.” Thanks and Giving. For more information about how you can support the Give thanks. Walk., click HERE.
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I’m all out of kilter – I’ve tried somewhat weakly to follow the draft during the offday but.. I don’t know these kids. Someday, one of them will be the next big furor the fans are bashing Gardy (or whoever) for not bringing up because he’s clearly read… I will be able to say “I remember when…” but I’m not sure I really will remember.
Injury updates: Orlando went on the DL today (however belatedly) and he’ll be eligible to return to the lineup on the 15th. Hardy got a cortizone shot in that troublesome wrist and he should be able to return much sooner. But he’s still out tonight so the lineup still looks a little wonky – glad to see Cuddy back out there though!
This was not quite the pitchers duel that I had anticipated… seems like we broke Grienke last year because our guys sure have figured out how to hit him now – at least they could tonight. But for all that, Kevin Slowey held up his side of the duel and pitched his butt off.. great outting. For that, the Chat gave him BOD!! For all that fun hitting, we give pastries to Valencia, Kubel, and Span – he’s so glad to be back home! We also would like to present a Cuban sandwich and our deepest thanks to Joe Nathan for such great fun in the broadcast booth without forgetting that there was a game on the field! Joe, you have a future beyond pitching!
Kevin Slowey pitching for BOD
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A shooting victim is refusing to cooperate with a Kokomo Police Department investigation, leaving detectives to pursue other witnesses.
Darius Liggin, 23, Kokomo, was found shortly before 4:30 p.m. Saturday outside the St. Joseph Hospital Emergency Room. He had a gunshot wound to his left leg and a cut on his left arm.
With Liggin not talking, Detective Mike Banush said the investigation has turned toward the driver of a car caught on the hospital’s surveillance cameras.
“The video shows the victim literally being dumped out of the car,” Banush said.
ABOVE: Video taken from security cameras at St. Joseph Hospital on a man being dropped at the hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg.
The passenger door was not even closed as the driver pulled away, he said.
The video shows Liggin lying on the road near the entrance of the hospital, struggling to pull himself toward the building for 2 minutes before someone entering the hospital notices him. A few moments later, several hospital employees rush to his aid.
Banush is looking for the public’s help in locating the vehicle and, in turn, the driver, whom police believe has information about the shooting.
Police are unsure of the make and model of the car, describing it only as a two-door, light-colored sports car. They have, however, released a photo of the car taken from the surveillance video.
“It’s not a common car,” Banush said.
Banush asks that anyone with information about the vehicle contact him at 765-456-7278 or the Kokomo Police Hotline at 765-456-7017. You may qualify for a cash reward by calling the Central Indiana Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS with your anonymous tip.
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The Rolling Stones Release ‘Grrr!’ Gorillas Worldwide
Many of the world’s most well-known landmarks are being overrun by gorillas! To help promote their new ‘Grrr!’ greatest hits package, the Rolling Stones have unleashed 3,000 of the hairy beasts to top structures like the Empire State Building, Big Ben in London and the Sydney Opera House.
Perhaps the best part is only a small portion of the population will be able to see the animals. It’s another advantage of downloading the band’s uView app. By pointing your smart phone at one of the structures in 50 cities worldwide, the gorilla will come to life. You can then take a picture, and email it in to compete in a contest for prizes. Or you can send it via twitter to @RollingStones including the #GRRR! hashtag.
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I know it's a little early, but I won this Itty Bitty and I had to use it right away!
I used the sketch from My Unity Place's challenge.
The paper is from Making Memories Spellbound and The Girls Paperie Toil and Trouble. The swirls were punched out of some textured paper that was given to me as a gift. The punch is from EK Success.
The die cut was cut using a Nestability. I sponged it with Tim Holtz Distress Ink. The orange is from the ribbon. It was white seam binding that was sprayed with Pumpkin Pie Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. While it was still wet I dabbed it on the die cut. I thought it left some interesting texture.
The stamp is part of the Itty Bitty set, Witching Hour.
I added some black rhinestones for a little pop :)
Thanks for stopping by!
Have a fantastic day!
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Collectible company Hot Toys wasn't going to let an Iron Man 2 license go by without at least one figure based on the film's aesthetic highlight: Scarlett Johansson in a tight, tight jumpsuit.
Sure, they've done one for Iron Man, and one for War Machine too, but those are dude's in robot suits. That's easy. Having to capture the human form, that's a little harder, and while Black Widow's body looks as it should, the face just looks a little...off. I think it's the open mouth. Like it was the world's tiniest, most intricately-detailed Scarlett Johansson blow-up doll.
If you're not put off by a slack-jawed superhero, this will be out towards the end of year, stand around 28cm tall (1/6 scale) and will cost a lot.
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In the summers of my school years I delivered flowers, taught karate and once had a lemonade stand. But I never had a video game summer job. If I did, maybe I'd have imitated 14-year-old Giovanni Holmes.
Giovanni is running a video game website this summer. He's trying to turn it into a social network. And his dad is paying him nine Canadian dollars an hour to do it, for five hours a day, Monday through Friday.
Why'd he start this gig? "My dad wanted me to get a summer job."
What are his hours? "From when I wake up until five hours later."
Nice!
Away from the shine of the sun, Giovanni Holmes has secured himself one terrific summer job.
He's done better than our own Luke Plunkett, who, in 2003 tolerated a single summer selling games at an Electronics Boutique.
He's got a more lucrative summer gaming gig than our own Brian Crecente did as a precocious kid, who spent the summer of '82 running an Atari arcade, charging other kids 10 cents to play a game, just a nickel if they could beat him (that's crafty of you, boss!).
Giovanni's video game summer job is arguably even healthier than that of our Michael McWhertor, who did a few summers working an arcade in Orlando where he says that in the process of repairing pinball machines he occasionally electrocuted himself.
Giovanni has a friend who is delivering newspapers this summer. Terrible! The friend's uncle is in the newspaper business. He's got friends who do babysitting. "I baby-sat once," Giovanni told me during a phone interview. "I don't hate it. If they're good kids it's not so bad."
Newspaper delivery and babysitting may be nice, but they are not the thing Giovanni describes the building of video game websites as: "a growing market." More people are playing games, he reasons, and more of them are reading about games on the Internet. Because of this, when Giovanni's dad was nudging him to think about a summer job way back in April, Giovanni decided to build on dad's own profession as a website designer and craft a site of his own about video games. Giovanni's a gamer, of course, with his very own Xbox 360 that overheats from time to time.
As spring turned to summer, Giovanni launched MoneyGamerz. He writes video game articles on it, based on news he picks up from sites like this one. He does that to keep people visiting, a necessary task to building a social network. The article writing is the hardest part, he told me. "If I get an idea from IGN or your website I won't copy the article word for word. I'll change the sentences around and make sure the article is my own."
The real purpose of the site, however, isn't to inform but to build a community of gamers. That's where the MoneyGamerz points system kicks in. Refer a friend to the site and get them to register. You wind up with points. Comment. You get points. Do this enough and you can cash those points in for free games or even consoles (you have to comment a lot for that.) This is not an easy plan to execute. Giovanni says his site currently has just 36 members and he hasn't thought through the economics of the points system, whether, should MoneyGamerz be a bigger hit than the average lemonade stand, he and his dad could afford to give everyone the consoles their points would earn them. "I'm not really obsessing over the numbers," he said. "I kind of want it to grow on its own."
Giovanni says he likes his video game summer job better than he thought he would and can see a future that has him working in the gaming market when he gets older. He was expecting this summer work stuff to not be much fun. Now he wants to work extra hours. With a pay scale like he's got, it beats mowing lawns.
Have you ever had a video game summer job? Tell us about it below.
PIC: Five year-old girl runs a lemonade stand in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Bloomsburg Press Enterprise, Bill Hughes)
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S Visceral Games at the helm, the franchise is being fine-tuned with a gold and chrome toolkit.
The Devil's Cartel doesn't remove anything that made Army of Two great, especially Aggro, which determined how enemies decided on which player to attack based on the player's aggressiveness. The more firepower one of two cooperative players lays on the enemy, the more the enemy combatants focus their attention on the rainmaker. Only in The Devil's Cartel, Aggro isn't a visible feature. It happens all in the background. Players don't get a bar that shows who's nearly invisible and who's the wedding singer; they'll just have to figure that out on their own.
In my playtime, that determination was easy to tell. It's common sense when the bad guys are more interested in your partner than you, or vice versa. Not having a gauge to tell players that they have a bigger target painted on their back actually makes the game a more challenging and fun. Of course, it also makes strategic strikes using Aggro more difficult to pull off…but more rewarding when done right.
Every other aspect of the game has undergone significant improvements, from graphics thanks to Frostbite 2 to the friendly AI for solo players actively changing its behavior based on player gameplay. Previously marketed features like gun customization and a wardrobe that would please an 18th century czarina return with little to no change. The biggest difference from switching developers is really the two protagonists, or rather, the toned down testosterone levels. Rookies to Tactical Worldwide Operations (TWO of Army of Two), both are just starting out for the PMC. There's hesitation, discretion, and minimal carefree swagger. That doesn't mean that Salem and Rios are gone for good; Visceral has confirmed that the buddies are still kicking it for TWO, but they aren't playable characters. What their role is has yet to be revealed.
The 10-hour campaign, while seemingly short, will include a number of different game modes beyond the drop-in cooperative play. They will all be cooperative, but Visceral declined to share details about those different modes. And to match with the story, cooperative play will always be two-player. If you're a solo gamer, you may end up enjoying the The Devil's Cartel even more because you don't have to deal with the most heinous of gamer problems: bad teammates. The friendly AI, while not yet fully developed, will be player-commanded via the D-pad, and its play style will be partially determined on the weapons loadout players assign. Give it a sniper rifle and it'll play a support role, or a shotgun to quickly take on Aggro early in a firefight.
Additionally Visceral has introduced a new feature called Overkill, which makes players practically invincible and super-powerful for a few seconds. One or both squad mates can activate it, and when combined they double the strength of firepower again. Destructible environments just turn into mush and enemies…well, into limbless husks.
The cooperative game wouldn't feel right without a lot of cinematic treatment and gusto from heavy action sequences, but it won't ever be just watching. The trailer showed just one aspect of that, where after one rookie catches the other from plummeting to his doom, a helicopter comes out of nowhere and the cinematic turns into a special section of gameplay where both players have to shoot the chopper down…while hanging on to each other. Cinematics will never be about sitting back and watching according to Visceral; if you're watching, you aren't playing.
Maybe the key to making a highly successful Army of Two game lies in the franchise's core concept — cooperation. EA Montreal set the play and passed the ball. Now it's up to Visceral to run with it.
Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel will release in March 2013.
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Super Bowl preview for non-football fans Feb 01 2013
If you don't know anything about football and yet are interested in (or being coerced into) watching the big game this weekend, here are some players' stories that might make it more interesting for you..
I loved this line in reference to Colin Kapernick's replacement of Alex Smith as the 49ers' starting QB:
The deliberate, steady bus was replaced by a flaming Apache helicopter flown by a nude Vladimir Putin.
Bonus: nothing about the Harbaugh brothers.
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Singer Dana reveals her bare forehead and shows off her baby-faced beauty.
On April 9th, Dana wrote a message on her Twitter,
“On my way^^* It’s been a long time since I’ve had regional schedules!”
Together with the message was a set of four selcas, in which Dana is wearing a yellow hooded sweatshirt and making cute expressions towards the camera.
In particular, her hair has been all pulled back and tied up into a bun in the back, revealing her forehead as if she were ready for a sports field. With a forehead larger than people thought, fans were quite shocked, but seeing her well-defined features was enough to divert their attention.
Her tidy hairstyle that did not leave even one hair obscuring her face actually worked to Dana’s advantage and drew even more attention to her slender face and cute charms. The light makeup on her face brings out an innocent and pure beauty that is making male fans exclaim with admiration for the singer.
Netizens complimented and joked about Dana’s photos,
“Perfect baby face”
“How is she so cute”
“I would believe she was a grade school student”
“Her forehead is a sports complex”
“Looks as wide as S.E.S Eugene”
“Daebak”
Sources: Dana’s Twitter, Sports Seoul
Incoming Search Terms:
- beautiful dana
- ses eugene forehead
Love the third one^_
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12:00 pm
Mon February 11, 2013
Toy Fair: Markers That Don't Blot Walls, Sand Without The.
Vast acres of displays baldly appeal to the nostalgia of today's 30-to 40-something parents. Whole city blocks worth of booths are crammed with Mario Bros., Pacman and Star Wars figurines, Hello Kitties, Slinkies, and Big Wheels The main difference between those toys of thirty years ago and today, it seems, is the presence of USB ports.
More than 30,000 people have registered to attend Toy Fair this year.
Actual children are not allowed.
It's all buyers and sellers, makers and takers. The biggest trends besides nostalgia are building toys — the most popular toy segment on the market right now — and toys tapping into design and style, exactly what parents tend to follow on their favorite TV reality shows.
Kids have always enjoyed imitating the ways of grownups in play. And sure enough, my own unofficial survey of the 1,000-plus booths revealed trends in temporary tattoos and extravagant fake mustaches. One booth sold a combination: fake mustache tattoos. Had it also involved a nostalgic nod to ZZ Top, that booth may well have been mobbed.
Some of the biggest purveyors of play — Lego and Crayola, for example — did not have booths at Toy Fair. Instead, they had fortresses: Giant, bright dividers guarded by stern PR types separated casual lookie-loos from the trendiest, most cutting-edge, new toys.
One had to be approved in advance for an appointment. The Crayola people kindly took me around for a private tour. That's where I learned that holiday shopping season starts in late summer for the biggest toy makers. (It takes that long to create buzz.)
Among the Crayola products coming out in July are magic markers that magically only write on proprietary paper developed by the company. That way, when your three-year-old wreaks havoc with a fat red marker and scribbles all over the couch, the walls and herself, the only visible red marks will be seen on that special Crayola paper.
The company's also developed digital graphic design tools allowing young children to play with digital effects with their drawings and photos, including airbrushing — a skill I suppose can't be taught too early these days.
Innovation was hardly lacking outside the corporate compounds. I was fascinated by the "Sand Puff," perhaps best described as high-tech sand. Imagine lighter, fluffier bread dough, but sandy. It's malleable enough to twist and mold into shapes — even castles! — but also fun to stretch, finger and tear. Sand Puff comes from South Korea and it's made, said the booth attendant, from "seashell powder and natural moisturizing oil."
Stuffed animals have somehow gotten even cuter since I was a kid — more cuddly, more personable, more convincing. It's possible my favorite toys at the fair were the plush horses, as large as Newfoundlands, so soft and sensitive you could almost hear them nicker. Best of all, they're outfitted like tricycles, so you could actually ride these giant stuffed animals around.
I mean, you could if you were little.
(Neda Ulaby is a reporter for NPR's Arts Desk.)
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As the last World Cafe before we ring in 2012, today's show looks back at the wonderful year of music that was 2011, and takes a peek at what's ahead.
Heather Browne has been sharing her musical taste and unique ear for discovery on her popular blog I Am Fuel You Are Friends. On today's show, we check in with her about what she loved this year, and hear some of her great finds of 2011. Later, we'll hear from World Cafe Executive Producer Bruce Warren, who also helms his own Some Velvet Blog. As Warren looks forward to musical offerings in 2012, his choice of artists to watch includes the subtle, enigmatic songstress Sharon Van Etten.))
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Therapy, Ethics, Malpractice, Forensics, Critical
Thinking (and a few other topics)
This psychology site was designed to be fully accessible for people with disabilities (see below) and user-friendly to all visitors. For convenience, any of the major sections -- as well as the 3 other web sites (see "Ken's Other Sites") -- can be accessed immediately by using the menu that runs along the left side of each page.
The site provides free access to a variety of articles from journals such as American Psychologist (currently 10 from this source); British Medical Journal; Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology; Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice; Psychology, Public Policy, & Law; Annual Review of Clinical Psychology; American Journal of Psychiatry; International Journal of Law & Psychiatry; and Professional Psychology: Research & Practice -- as well as the complete contents of a book (Children, Ethics, & the Law).
It also provides other free resources such as:
- links to psychology licensing laws and continuing education regulations in Canada and the United States along with contact information and related resources for each psychology licensing board in the two countries
- over 100 ethics codes and practice standards for assessment, therapy, counseling, & forensic practice developed by professional organizations (e.g., of psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, marriage & family counselors)
- therapists' guide to preparing a professional will
- informed consent: professional standards, sample forms, & key references
- a malingering assessment research update providing cites & summaries for malingering assessment studies that have been published in peer-reviewed journals from January, 2001, to the present
- 22 kinds of logical fallacies in psychology
- resources for therapists who are stalked, threatened, or attacked by patients
- ethics in psychology: 7 essentials
- recent Research on Assessing Risk of Violence: Studies Published in 2012 & 2013
- over 100 online resources for torture victims, refugees, detainees, & asylum seekers
- links to resources on boundary issues in psychotherapy: widely-used guides, stats, trends, research, & resources
- links to resources for military personnel, their families, & those who provide services to them
- over 300 cites of articles, books, and chapters on the controversy over psychologists and physicians participating in detainee interrogations
- 8 bogus apologies: ethics, critical thinking, & language
- 21 cognitive strategies to justify any unethical behavior
- resources for finding health insurance and free or low cost medications (listed under "medication help")
- 7 common fallacies and pitfalls that plague psychological testing and assessment
- forensic assessment checklist
- sample agreement between expert witness & attorney
The journal articles and other resources are in this site's 27 major sections: assessment; psychology professor Bev Greene's images of Ground Zero; boundaries in therapy; psychological interventions for people with cancer resources; caregiver resources; Carolyn Payton's bio & a quote about ethics; detainee interrogations, physicians, & psychologists; Psychologists & detainee interrogations; end-of-life resources; over 100 ethics codes & practice guidelines for therapy, counseling, assessment, & forensics; articles on ethics & malpractice; fallacies & pitfalls in psychology; forgiveness resources; psychology laws & licensing boards; falacies & pitfalls in psychology; informed consent; psychology laws & licensing boards in Canada & the United States; resources for U.S. troops, veterans, their families, & those who provide services to them; resources for finding affordable health insurance and medications; memory & abuse; mindfulness resources for clinical training & practice; sexual issues in therapy, counseling, teaching, & the lives of psychologists; resources for therapists who are stalked, threatened, or attacked by patient; suicide; the therapist as a person; resources for torture survivors, refugees, and asylum-seekers; and resources for psychologists, physicians, & other health care professionals wanting to volunteer their services to people in need.
You'll also find various pages with more information about the material on the site (e.g., please see copyright & disclaimers).
Some of the material that was originally on this site has been moved to 3 other sites:
1) Please follow this link to the Accessibility & Disability web site, which provides information and resources on 10 topics: Articles on Accessibility in Psychology Graduate Education & Practice; the American Psychological Association Disability Mentoring Program; Accessibility Laws & Regulations; Court Adjudications, Formal Settlements, and Letters of Agreement: Disability, Accessibility, and Universities; Articles on Accessibility in Higher Education or Professional Licensing; Court Adjudications; Resources for Accessible Books & Articles; Assistive Technology for Computers & Printed Material; Articles on Web Accessibility, the ADA, & Civil Rights; Web Accessibility Verifiers; & 7 Easy Steps Toward Web Site Accessibility.
2) Please follow this link to the site providing information and resources for companion, assistance, and special-needs animals; that site's major topics are: animal emergencies, poison, & first aid; where to look for adoptions, fostering, & placements for companion animals; animal-friendly travel & lodging; finding missing animals; pet bereavement; companion animals and people with HIV or AIDS; health & behavior of companion animals; animal protection & welfare; where to look for special-needs animal adoptions, fostering, & placements; health & behavior information & resources for special-needs animals; equipment for special-needs animals; therapy, guide, hearing, and other assistance animals.
3) Please follow this link to the site providing photographs and stories of a family of special-needs cats & dogs .
As mentioned earlier,.
Although the navigation bar, which appears along the left side of each page, provides access to each section of this web site, below is a sample of some of the full-text articles and related materials available on this site.
Full-text Articles
Published research and other works on the Therapist As Person:
Therapists as Patients, as Abuse Survivors, and as People who Experience Fear, Anger, and Hatred
Therapists as Patients: A National Survey of Psychologists' Experiences, Problems, and Beliefs [Professional Psychology]
Therapists' Anger, Hate, Fear, and Sexual Feelings: National Survey of Therapist Responses, Client Characteristics, Critical Events, Formal Complaints, and Training [Professional Psychology]
National Survey of Psychologists' Sexual and Physical Abuse History and Their Evaluation of Training and Competence in These Areas [Professional Psychology]
The Experience of 'Forgetting' Childhood Abuse: A National Survey of Psychologists [Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology]
Discussing Death With Children [U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Child Development, Children's Bureau]
Therapist's Guide To Preparing a Professional Will [American Psychological Association]
Clinical Practice Strategies Outside The Realm Of Managed Care [annual meeting of the American Psychological Association]
Boundary Issues in Psychotherapy and Counseling
Dual Relationships: Trends, Stats, Guides, & Resources.
A Practical Approach to Boundaries in Psychotherapy: Making Decisions, Bypassing Blunders, and Mending Fences.
Nonsexual Multiple Relationships & Boundaries in Psychotherapy.
An Essential Article on Boundaries: How The Field Began To Focus on Distinguishing Boundary Crossings (Helpful or Neutral) from Boundary Violations (Harmful) in the Early 1990s.
Study Calling for Changes in the APA Ethics Code regarding Dual Relationships, Multiple Relationships, & Boundary Decisions [American Psychologist]
Dual Relationships Between Therapist and Client: A National Study of Psychologists, Psychiatrists, and Social Workers [Professional Psychology]
The Concept of Boundaries in Clinical Practice: Theoretical and Risk-Management Dimensions [American Journal of Psychiatry]
Avoiding Exploitive Dual Relationships: A Decision-making Model [Psychotherapy]
Ethical Decision-making and Dual Relationships [Jeffrey Younggren]
Nonsexual Multiple Relationships: A Practical Decision-Making Model For Clinicians [Janet L. Sonne]
Misuses and Misunderstandings of Boundary Theory in Clinical and Regulatory Settings [American Journal of Psychiatry]
Published Research and Other Works on Ethical & Legal (e.g., Malpractice) Dilemmas of Therapists, Counselors, & Professors
Ethics for Psychologists: 7 Essentials [excerpt from Ethics in Psychotherapy & Counseling, 3rd Edition]
Contrasting Ethical Policies of Physicians & Psychologists Concerning Detainee Interrogations [British Medical Journal]
Psychologists Abandon the Nuremberg Ethic: Concerns for Detainee Interrogations [International Journal of Law & Psychiatry]
Steps in Ethical Decision-Making [excerpt from Ethics in Psychotherapy & Counseling, 3rd Edition]
21 Cognitive Strategies To Justify Any Unethical Behavior [excerpt from What Therapists Don't Talk About and Why: Understanding Taboos That Hurt Us and Our Clients]
Developing & Practicing Ethics [chapter in The Portable Mentor: Expert Guide to a Successful Career in Psychology]
Ethics of Practice: The Beliefs and Behaviors of Psychologists as Therapists [American Psychologist]
Ethics of Teaching: Beliefs and Behaviors of Psychologists as Educators [American Psychologist]
Ethical Dilemmas Encountered by Members of the American Psychological Association [American Psychologist]
Informed Consent: Sample Forms, Standards, Guildelines, & References;
8 Bogus Apologies: Ethics, Critical Thinking, & Language
When Laws and Values Conflict: A Dilemma for Psychologists [American Psychologist]
Malpractice & Licensing Pitfalls for Therapists: A Defense Attorney's List [Innovations in Clinical Practice]
Disability, Accessibility, & Ethics in Psychology: 3 Barriers [Ethics & Behavior]
HIPAA & Forensic Practice [American Psychology Law Society News, American Psychological Association Division 41]
Identifying and Implementing Ethical Standards for Primary Prevention [Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community]
On Violating Ethical Standards: 20 Easy Steps [Ethics in Psychotherapy & Counseling]
When The Therapist Doesn't Know What To Do: Some Steps That May Help [American Psychological Association]
Ethical and Malpractice Issues in Hospital Practice [American Psychologist]
The Ethics of Research Involving Memories of Trauma [General Hospital Psychiatry]
AIDS & HIV Infection Update: New Research, Ethical Responsibilities, Evolving Legal Frameworks, and Useful Resources [Innovations in Clinical Practice]
Psychologists' Use of E-mail with Clients: Some Ethical Considerations [Ohio Psychologist]
Children, Ethics, & the Law [full text of a book originally published by University of Nebraska Press]
Published Research and Other Works on Therapists' Sexual Attraction to Patients, Therapist-Patient Sex, Professor-Student Sex, and Sexual Dilemmas in Therapy & Counseling
Sexual Intimacy in Psychology Training: Results and Implications of a National Survey [American Psychologist]
Sexual Attraction to Clients: The Human Therapist and the (Sometimes) Inhuman Training System [American Psychologist]
Sex Between Therapists and Clients [Academic Press]
Prior Therapist-patient Sexual Involvement Among Patients Seen by Psychologists [Psychotherapy]
Therapist-Patient Sexual Intimacy Involving Children and Adolescents [American Psychologist]
Therapist-patient Sex as Sex Abuse: Six Scientific, Professional, and Practical Dilemmas in Addressing Victimization and Rehabilitation [Professional Psychology]
Testing & Assessment
Deposition and Cross-examination Questions on Psychological Tests & Psychometrics [American Psychological Association]
Responsibilities in Providing Psychological Test Feedback to Clients [Psychological Assessment]
Fallacies & Pitfalls in Psychological Assessment: 7 Examples
HIPAA & Forensic Practice [American Psychology Law Society News, American Psychological Association Division 41]
MMPI-A in Forensic Practice [Oxford University Press]
Forensic Assessment Checklist [American Psychological Association]
Pearson Assessments HIPAA Regulations FAQ [Pearon Assessments]
Torture
Psychological Assessment of Torture Survivors: Essential Steps, Avoidable Errors, and Helpful Resource [International Journal of Law & Psychiatry]
Responding to Victims of Torture: Clinical Issues, Professional Responsibilities, and Useful Resources [Professional Psychology]
Fallacies & Pitfalls in Psychology
Logical Fallacies in Psychology: 22 Types
Fallacies & Pitfalls in Psychological Assessment: 7 Examples
21 Cognitive Strategies To Justify Any Unethical Behavior
8 Bogus Apologies: Ethics, Critical Thinking, & Language
Detainee Interrogations, Psychologists, & Other Health Care Professionals
"Are the American Psychological Association’s Detainee Interrogation Policies Ethical and Effective? Key Claims, Documents, and Results" [Zeitschrift für Psychologie / Journal of Psychology]
"Psychologists and Detainee Interrogations: Key Decisions, Opportunities Lost, and Lessons Learned" [Annual Review of Clinical Psychology]
"Contrasting Ethical Policies of Physicians & Psychologists Concerning Detainee Interrogations" [British Medical Journal]
"Psychologists Abandon the Nuremberg Ethic: Concerns for Detainee Interrogations"[International Journal of Law and Psychiatry]
"American Psychological Association's Post-9-11Ethics for Detainee Interrogations" [Psychiatric Times]
300+ Published Articles on Psychologists' & Physicians' Involvement in Detainee Interrogations
Suicide
Responding To Suicidal Risk
Memory & Abuse: The Recovered Memory Controversy
Pseudoscience, Cross-examination, and Scientific Evidence in the Recovered Memory Controversy [Psychology, Public Policy, and Law]
Memory, Abuse, and Science: Questioning Claims about the False Memory Syndrome Epidemic--Award address for the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Contributions to Public Service [American Psychologist]
Science As Careful Questioning: Are Claims of a False Memory Syndrome Epidemic Based on Empirical Evidence? [American Psychologist]
What Psychologists Better Know About Recovered Memories: Research, Lawsuits, and the Pivotal Experiment [Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice]
The Facade of Scientific Documentation: A Case Study of Richard Ofshe's Analysis of the Paul Ingram Case [Psychology, Public Policy & Law]
The Therapeutic Relationship
As The Foundation for Treatment with Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse [Psychotherapy]
Sample Agreement
Sample Agreement Between Expert Witness & Attorney by Kenneth S. Pope, Ph.D., ABPP, James N. Butcher, Ph.D., & Joyce Seelen, J.D. [American Psychological Association]
Books
Ethics in Psychotherapy and Counseling: A Practical Guide, (Fourth Edition, 2011) by Kenneth S. Pope, Ph.D., ABPP & Melba J. T. Vasquez, Ph.D., ABPP Publisher: Jossey-Bass, an imprint of Wiley).
"A stunningly good book.... If there is only one book you buy on ethics, this is the one."
--David H. Barlow, Ph.D, ABPP; Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Boston University
What Therapists Don't Talk About and Why: Taboos That Hurt Us and Our Clients by Kenneth S. Pope, Ph.D., ABPP, Janet L. Sonne, Ph.D., and Beverly Greene, PhD., ABPP Publisher: American Psychological Association
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Thomas G. Gutheil, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard University
How To Survive and Thrive as a Therapist: Information, Ideas, & Resources for Psychologists by Kenneth S. Pope, Ph.D., ABPP & Melba J. T. Vasquez, Ph.D., ABPP
Publisher: American Psychological Association
"This comprehensive practical guidebook is a must for all new and seasoned clinicians. From attorneys to ethics, from billing to possible errors in logic--it is all here. A remarkable compendium. Kudos to Pope and Vasquez!"
--Donald Meichenbaum, PhD, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
The MMPI, MMPI-2, and MMPI-A in Court: A Practical Guide for Expert Witnesses and Attorneys (3nd Edition) by Kenneth S. Pope, Ph.D., ABPP, James N. Butcher, Ph.D., and Joyce Seelen, Esq., Publisher: American Psychological Association
"A must for every trial lawyer's library."
-- Patricia C. Bobb, Esq., Board of Governors, Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Sexual Feelings In Psychotherapy:Explorations for Therapists and Therapists-in-Training by Kenneth S. Pope, Ph.D., ABPP, Janet Sonne, Ph.D. & Jean Holroyd, Ph.D. Publisher:
Sexual Involvement With Therapists: Patient Assessment, Subsequent Therapy, Forensics by by Kenneth S. Pope, Ph.D., ABPP. Publisher: American Psychological Association
"A landmark contribution. The research, forms, and lists of cross-examination questions will be invaluable to subsequent therapists who appear in court. This unique resource is essential reading for expert witnesses and trial attorneys."
-- Nancy Adel, Esq., Partner, Law Firm of Adel & Pollack
Sexual Intimacy Between Therapists and Patients by Kenneth S. Pope & Jacqueline Bouhoutsos
"A thoroughly unique, impressively comprehensive, and long-awaited contribution. A storehouse of information. Plaintiff and defense lawyers and expert witnesses would be well advised to be aware of its contents."
--Jay Ziskin, Ph.D., LL.B.
Past President, American Psychology-Law
Law and Mental Health Professionals: California by Brandt Caudill & Kenneth S. Pope, Publisher: American Psychological Association
Abstracts
National Survey of Social Workers' Sexual Attraction to their Clients: Results, Implications, and Comparison to Psychologists [Ethics & Behavior]
Licensing Disciplinary Actions for Psychologists Who Have Been Sexually Involved with a Client [Professional Psychology]
The Ethics of Counseling: A National Survey of Certified Counselors [Journal of Counseling & Development]
Are 25% of Clinicians Using Potentially Risky Therapeutic Practices? A Review of the Logic and Methodology of the Poole, Lindsay et al. Study [Journal of Psychiatry & Law]
Therapists' Sexual Feelings and Behaviors: Research, Trends, and Quandaries. [John Wiley and Sons]
A Community Psychology of Ethics [American Journal of Community Psychology]
AIDS and HIV Infection Update: New Research, Ethical Responsibilities, Evolving Legal Frameworks, and Published Resources [Innovations in Clinical Practice]
Sexual Behavior Between Clinical Supervisors and Trainees: Implications for Professional Standards [Professional Psychology]
Seven Issues in Conducting Forensic Assessments: Ethical Responsibilities in Light of New Standards and New Tests [Ethics & Behavior]
Therapist-patient Sexual Involvement: A Review of the Research [Clinical Psychology Review]
Fee assessment and outpatient psychotherapy [Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology]
Other Resources
- Resources for caregivers: websites, books, & articles
- Forgiveness Resources for Therapists & Counselors
- Resources for Those Looking for Nursing Homes or Hospices, Or Who Are Facing End-of-Life Challenges
- Resources for People with Cancer (Breast Cancer; Prostate Cancer; Lung Cancer; Colorectal Cancer; Exercise & Cancer; Psychological Aspects of Cancer)
- Recent Research on Assessing Risk of Violence: Studies Published in 2012 & 2013
- Links to resources for military personnel, their families, & those who provide serves to them
- Links to over 100 resources for refugees, torture victims, & asylum seekers
- Links to Psychological Interventions for People with Cancer: Therapy & Self-Help
- Mindfulness Resources for Clinical Training & Practice
- Links to resources for Informed Consent in Psychotherapy & Counseling: Forms, Standards & Guidelines, & References
- Links to resources for Dual Relationships, Multiple Relationships, & Boundary Decisions
- Resources for Therapists Who Are Stalked, Threatened, or Attacked by Patients
Thanks for Visiting!
Thanks for visiting this site. I hope you find the information helpful. The materials listed above are a small sample of what's available on this site, and more will be added. You can use the navigation bar on the left side of each page to travel to each of the sections. Again: Welcome!
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4 Comments to “Parents Say Teacher Forced Son to Eat from Trash — Wendy Burch Reports”
February 6, 2013 at 1:32 PM
Yeah, that boy looks like he doesn't get enough to eat…
February 6, 2013 at 2:30 PM
I am so disappointed that this was chosen as "news" this morning. I applaud the teacher and think the parents need to teach their child not to throw his food away.
February 6, 2013 at 3:28 PM
If he is such a picky eater then why wouldn't this mother be making his lunch for him instead of having him eat the school lunches….. But I do think the child needs to know he needs to eat his lunch when it is time to eat then can play when he is finished since he probably just wanted to go play instead of eat.
February 16, 2013 at 10:33 AM
It was a clean liner and the food was sealed!
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Best pop band, ever?
Who would you say?
First, some guidelines:
- The Beatles are a given, so leave them out.
- It has to be a band with multiple hits. If you want to list your personal favorite that isn’t actually popular (as in, underrated, or enormously influential and critically acclaimed, but never had any hits), go ahead, but also include a band who is actually popular.
- No solo artists.
So who do you think? Jackson Five? Fleetwood Mac? The Police?
(Yeah, yeah, I’m not including a definition of pop. Arguing over it in the comments is half the fun.)
Posted on May 6, 2008, in Music. Bookmark the permalink. 99 Comments.
The thing that puts Fleetwood Mac in the running for me is they have three different singers that all had hits. And each of them were such great song writers. Rumors is as close to a perfect album as you can get, I think.
But the Police…I don’t think they ever wrote a bad song. You listen to their box set and every single song is great. At their peak they were the hugest band in the world.
This is a toughie now that you’ve eliminated the obvious answer.
U2 or REM, I’d say. They are definitely overlapping into the pop world. Fleetwood Mac is a good call, but next people will be mentioning Eurythmics, and we can’t have that. The Pretenders? Lloyd Cole and the Commotions?
OK, U2 might take it.
Yeah, I’d have to say U2. Even if you had asked for best R&B band, I still would have picked U2. I’m consistent that way…
U2?? Seriously?? They’re so much more popular State-side of the Atlantic than here. I don’t get why people like them so much. I like a couple of their songs, but mostly I think they’re overrated.
Them’s fightin’ words, Rebecca…
U2 has been consistently amazing (recorded and live) for over 3 decades. Their lyrics blow me away; their musicality is flawless. Not only do they have the universal appeal, but they connect on an intimate level. They are just fabulous.
well, they’re not THAT good. But best pop band? Sure.
Pop band not the Beatles? Rolling Stones, The Supremes, Beach Boys, the Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Band, the Jam, the Smiths, Van Halen.
U2 is indeed overrated.
First off, “Don’t Stand so Close to Me ’86″ is quite possibly one of the worst songs of the 80s.
Best pop band ever? REM.
Greg, someone’s got to provide fodder for the U2-haters!
But of the ones you list, I’d say only The BB, Supremes and CCR count truly as ‘pop’.
Squeeze?
(Weren’t they billed a The Beatles Lite or something?)
I wouldn’t call CCR pop at all.
CW, there are soooooooo many worse songs from the 80s. In fact there may be more worse songs from the 80s than all worst songs of the other decades, combined.
My vote is for the Police.
The thing that puts Fleetwood Mac in the running for me is they have three different singers that all had hits. And each of them were such great song writers.
You would be referring here to Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, and Peter Green, I hope. (If only I could invoke Danny Kirwan, whose songs, alas, were never hits).
Anyway, I vote for the Mac minus Stevie Nicks.
When I think of “pop” I tend to think of infectious hooks and sublime melody, so it rules out a lot of the bands I love.
I’d vote for Crowded House.
New Order has a strong “pop” record, in my opinon, starting with Ceremony on down to their latest offering a year or so ago.
Though I’m not a big fan, I’d even give pop bands like Erasure and Pet Shop Boys some love. Both bands have a long list of sublime melodys and catchy hooks.
Also, though shortlived (only two albums), the Queen/Beatles-influenced band Jellyfish were pop geniuses.
So if a band becomes immensly popular, doesn’t it automatically become overrated (way too many people liking the same band for those with more eclectic/eccentric tastes).
Anyway…I just live for the moment when I turn on “Clocks” and my three-year-old exclaims “I just love that song!” so I think Coldplay should be listed. Oh and how could you all forget ABBA?
Yes, ABBA deserves consideration. As do the Bee Gees.
Coldplay too, at least for the 00′s.
Both my young boys love “Clocks” too. Hilarious.
New Order wasn’t popular enough. Ditto Crowded House, Erasure, or Pet Shop Boys. I don’t think Coldplay should even register, honestly. Good Brit pop, yeah, but best of all time?
Didn’t Stevie write “Landslide”? And “Edge of Seventeen”? Both awesome, awesome songs.
EmWJ: I’m looking for bands that weren’t overrated in their popularity. Hard to come by, I know.
Speaking of “Clocks,” does the mix with the Buena Vista Social Club get any airplay outside of DC? I like it far better than the original.
I’ll give Stevie “Edge of Seventeen,” but she did not record it with Fleetwood Mac so it doesn’t change my vote.
Jeeze. I’m not sure how to distinguish pop from non-pop. Are Pink Floyd or Led Zepplin pop? They both had pop hits. U2 definitely is although it’s not solely pop.
I think with Floyd there’s enough airplay on radio to count so that would be my choice. I’d put them above the Beatles for sure. Of course I’d put Elvis above the Beatles but he’s a solo act.
That Buena Vista Social Club cover of clocks just made me happy.
Another cover that I love is the String Quartet Tribute to Clocks. And just in case somebody hasn’t heard of the String Quartet Tribute, check them out to see if they have covered your fave pop/rock/other band…awesome sounds!
Ok, if we:
1. Exclude the Beatles and all solo acts (sorry Elvis and Mariah);
2. Give “pop” it’s broadest possible definition; and
3. If “greatest” means:
number of hit songs and albums x influence x longevity
then there’s only one possible answer: U2
It’s not even close. Overrated? I think not.
Spin Doctors
Rebecca, I feel the same way about U2- meh. Always have.
Pop? I mean, don’t the boy bands make pop? What about Genesis? Bee-Gee’s? Rolling Stones??
U2 is consistently very good, over a period of decades. In the age of radio they were played on rock, alternative and pop stations. They deserve to be mentioned as a serious candidate. Besides the fact that they make great music, one has to consider that they still haven’t split up or had a band member die yet. Considering rock history, their longevity is really amazing.
The other interesting thing with U2 is that they’ve had the same lineup for so long. One would have expected at least one band member to walk off at some point or one would have expected Bono to try out a solo career.
Setting aside the Beatles, I’m not sure if anyone else can really compete with U2.
I’ve been a major fan of the Smiths and Pink Floyd – but in regards to the specific question Susan is asking, I don’t think either of these bands comes close to U2.
My odd-ball candidate for a a great pop star that could have been: Edie Brickell. Instead she married Paul Simon and had three kids. I think she probably made the right choice – but I love some of her songs and I think she could have been huge if she had made music her life purpose.
Pink Floyd aren’t pop, are they? They’re acid rock.
Susan, I would have said the same thing. Oddly, I once heard David Gilmour in an interview referring to his music as “pop music.” Wasn’t sure what to make of that – but I decided I wouldn’t argue with him on the subject.
No Beatles? Then it must be Oasis!
[Bull Moose grins slyly, like Kevin on "The Office"]
#20, popular shmopular. Yes, popularity should be a factor, but if it were the overriding factor we could just give the award to U2 and go home. I don’t know, to me the more interesting question is “Who should have been the Best Pop Band Ever?” or who is overlooked as the best pop band ever.
Also, it is ironic to me that U2′s most “pop” album, at least according to the band — 1997′s Pop — was one of it’s biggest commercial and critical flops.
And why no love for Journey?
Susan (#30), that just highlights the problematic nature of ‘pop.’ To me ‘pop’ entails popular with numerous top 20 hits on Billboard. It’s hard to say Pink Floyd isn’t pop by that standard.
I mean I know what I disparagingly call pop music. Sort of the Christina Aguilaras, Britney Spears, or the like. But I’d have a hard time putting U2 or many other bands mentioned in that category.
One of the funniest things about the music industry is the changing and elastic definitions of terms like pop, rock, alternative, etc. There is a band I like that I have seen placed in all of these gengres at least once by various retailers: rock, punk, pop, hard-rock, alternative, pop/punk and emo. I’ll let you guess, if you care to, which band it is.
See here for Wikipedia’s list of genres under the category of “Rock.” It’s interesting to note that the main genres under Rock are:
Alternative rock
Blues rock
C-Rock
Dark cabaret
Desert rock
Garage Rock
Glam rock
Gothic rock
Hard rock
Heavy metal
Indie
Industrial rock
J-Rock
New Wave
Pop
Progressive rock
Psychedelic rock
Punk rock
Rock and roll
Southern rock
Surf rock
And everything else is a sub-genre of one of these main genres. So, according to this list, Pop is a subgenre of Rock, rather than the other way around, as is Rock and roll. Don’t know if I agree with that list, but there you go.
I won’t argue The Police’s influence and critical acclaim, but are we overselling their popularity?
Without question, during the Synchronicity album they were the #1 band (in terms of popularity) in the world from the standpoint of album sales, concert tickets, and general buzz. Prior to that they were a solid band with a respectable level of popularity, but they weren’t a mega-band.
But how many bands can say that? That at a given point in time they were the biggest band in the world? Any of the following bands: Van Halen, Journey, Def Lepard, Hootie, Oasis, Coldplay, even the Backstreet Boys.
Because The Police went out on top, we tend to project their popularity backwards and forwards.
In comparison, U2 reached Synchronicity-level zeniths at least three times — Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby, and All That You Can’t Leave Behind — and maybe four.
I love The Police, but they didn’t achieve crossover mega success until their last album.
The band has acknowledged that the name of that album was not accurate. It was a rock album, although influenced by electronica.
Matt, I’ve got all kinds of love for Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Kansas Boston and Rush. But none of them come close to U2 in terms of the combined factors of widespread popularity, influence and longevity.
Funny, I’m listening to U2 right now (a b-side “Where did it all go Wrong” from Even Better than the Real Thing IIRC)
MCQ, I think the failure of Pop was that they needed about one more month in the studio. There are some great tracks on that album. The problem was that they wanted that media-savvy self-conscious irony that they’d started by Achtung Baby. But it had wore out its welcome. And, say what you will, but both Discoteque and the Popmart tour were very pop-focused. (Starting with the song Pop Music that they covered)
I agree that most of the other tracks were very unlike Discoteque though. And some when done later in stripped down acoustic versions were amazing.
Matt, wasn’t Ghost in the Machine just as big?
I agree though that the Police were very much part of the late 70′s counter-pop/disco movement. We remember them because they remained great more than their success at the time.
“I’d vote for Crowded House.”
Well, that’s definitely where my vote would be as well. Esp. if we realize that the world is much bigger than the U.S.!
If we go by best selling no one comes close to the Beatles. Next up (outside of single acts) is AC/DC, ABBA, Bee Gees, Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, Queen, and the Rolling Stones. The Police are way down the list.
Clark: I understand the ironic media commentary they were going for with Pop, but I think people just didn’t get it. It fell flat. It was too clever by half.
Go back and listen to Discotheque. (OMG, I forgot how bad that video was—-ok maybe don’t click that link). I think Pop is a low point in an otherwise stellar catalogue of amazing, even groundbreaking music. But regardless of what you think of Discotheque, It’s a rock song. Listen to Edge’s guitar. There’s nothing poppy or disco-y about it. The album’s name was intended ironically, not as an accurate label of its contents.
BTW, I was at the PopMart concert in SLC and they did not cover Pop Muzik, (the song by M). They covered the Monkees “Daydream Believer.” They played a recording of a dance remix of Pop Muzik during the introduction to each concert. That remix was later released as the “Pop Mart Mix” on U2′s “Last Night on Earth” single, with new vocals by Bono.
I think your point was that they were trying to make a pop record or create a pop performance with that tour. I disagree. I think they were using a rock album to make a statement about pop music that was largely misunderstood or ignored.
Clark, I wouldn’t take that list as gospel, but even if we accept its accuracy (for the moment), it shows that the Beatles are the only “band” to have sold more than 500 million records.
But the bands you listed are shown as equal to each other in sales because they are listed alphabetically in the 200-500 million category. They could be very close to the Beatles, but just below the 500 million record cutoff; we just don’t know from this chart.
The next box is the 100-200,000 category and its equally ranked bands are: Aerosmith, Backstreet Boys, Beach Boys, Black Sabbath, Bon Jovi, Carpenters, Chicago, Deep Purple, Eagles, ELO, Fleetwood Mac, Genesis, Iron Maiden, KC and the Sunshine Band, Petshop Boys, U2 and The Who.
Those two lists of bands actually make a pretty good list to consider as contenders for greatest pop band ever. I still think U2 is the best on that list, but you could make a case for any of those bands (with the possible exception of the Backstreet Boys and Deep Purple).
Here’s my top 5:
1. The Kinks. I know people want to call them a rock band, but their best stuff has a pop riff that makes it so good. Think David Watts as they do it, not as The Jam do it.
2. The Temptations. OK, you might argue R&B isn’t pop, but you’re wrong. Great range, great songs.
3. The Beach Boys. Underrated as a novelty group, totally influential, so evocative.
4. ABBA. Groovy, singable, dreamy.
5. The Go-Gos. Great voices, sweet hooks, no pretension.
ABBA
Just for context, I really dislike both The Police and U2. I do like Achtung Baby, though. I like nothing by The Police.
Pop was far, far better than the preceding album, Zooropa which really only had one memorable song (Stay). Pop has some good stuff, “Please”, “If God Would Send His Angels”, “Gone”, “Do You Feel Loved”.
Aha. Brian V likes Achtung Baby. My work here is done.
(begin snarkiness)
No mention of Air Supply?
(snarkiness over)
I’m actually suprised that Bon Jovi (meaning the band, not the man) hasn’t gotten more discussion.
Yeah, he’s trailed off a bit, but the man was a huge influence in the 80′s and continued onward (though quality is something that is lacking).
Aerosmith is another that I’m suprised hasn’t gotten mentioned. I guess it does matter what your definition of “pop” is.
I don’t want to create a firestorm, but I’ve never liked U2. Ever. Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby included. I did like “The Wanderer” with Johnny Cash, but that was about it. Is there some U2 101 course I could take to understand this following?
The Carpenters
ABBA
Duran Duran (you know–of a certain era)
I almost feel like U2 should be exempted like The Beatles.
I think U2 should be exempted due to not being very good.
Uno, Dos, Tres, …. Catorce!
U2 could put out an album consisting entirely of burp and fart noises and critics would continue to rave. What an annoying, overrated band.
I have a U2 bias, since the first album I ever bought was WAR, and they were my first true love.
Air Supply was the first single I ever bought, though.
New Year’s Day was the first record I ever bought Susan.
Give a little love for Dave Matthews Band.
In 04, Rolling Stone did a list of the top fifty artists of all time. You can see it here.
Interesting to note that the top 10 “bands” are:
1. The Beatles
4. The Rolling Stones
12. The Beach Boys
14. Led Zeppelin
19. The Velvet Underground
22. U2
26. The Ramones
29. The Who
30. The Clash
32. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
I might argue with the order of those bands a little, but it’s hard to argue with that list as the top ten bands of all time.
I look at DMB more folksy than pop
I don’t even know if I consider U2 to be pop
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks they’re overrated
#52 – My thoughts exactly
Does Elvis Costello and the Attractions count? Because after The Beatles, they just might get my vote.
REM is a great rock band, and some of their stuff is pop, but most of it is not their best stuff.
The Kinks were great, but if you look at their career in total, they put out a lot of bad, bad music in the 1970s and 1980s.
Big Star.
A-ha
Might as well put Husker Du up there, Susan.
Another vote for the Beach Boys – it’s timeless(well, somewhat), catchy, fun.
Duran Duran was my favorite pop band of the 80s, been a while since they released a song I really enjoyed (Electric Barbarella, maybe.)
Modern pop, though… Does Pet Shop Boys count?
To you U2 haters, I think you can argue that U2 isn’t pop (I still don’t know what pop means, so until we define it better, it could mean anything), but anyone who seriously argues that U2 isn’t any good risks losing all credibility. If they’re in the hall of fame, they’re good, even if you don’t like them. Those are the facts, folks.
If they’re in the hall of fame, they’re good, even if you don’t like them.
Are you sure you want to go there?
Sure, Brian, point out all the artists that are in the hall of fame that you don’t think are good. Be exactly that obnoxious, if you wish.
In so doing, however, please be aware that you are failing to recognize that if the overwheming weight of knowledgeable opinion is against you, your continued insistence on your perverse little isolated pont of view makes you appear as something of a moron.
There are just certain points of view that ought to be accepted as a given at some point. Not reasonably contestable. Those points include such things as sunshine being warm, gravity causing objects to fall downward, and U2 being one of the greatest bands of all time. Sorry to break the news to you, but there it is.
Define “good.”
And—Husker Du.
good
–adjective
2. satisfactory in quality, quantity, or degree: a good teacher; good health.
3. of high quality; excellent.
I’m not contesting your opinion, MCQ. However, the whole “if it’s popular that means it’s good” argument is a popular one but also, I feel, a misguided one. If this logic is to be believed, Milli Vanilli and New Kids on the Block are two of the best groups of the 90s, McDonald’s is the best food in the country, Friends is a great show, The Da Vinci Code is a great book, etc etc you get the idea.
There are just certain points of view that ought to be accepted as a given at some point.
Seriously? I couldn’t disagree more. “Good” is about as subjective as anything can get. Madonna’s in the rock & roll hall of fame. I think she’s terrible. If I don’t like something, it’s not good (to me), and I’m not going to force myself to try and like something just because most people do. You disagree with my taste? Great! I won’t try to force you to share my opinion.
I’d argue about that top 10. Seriously. Little Richie is #8 whereas Led Zepplin is #14 and Pink Floyd isn’t even anywhere on the list? Seriously? I mean I can see disputing order and all. But Zepplin at 14 and no Floyd? Note that both Nirvana and the Ramones are on the list. I love both. But no Floyd? I can see maybe not putting them in the top 10. But not even in the top 50? The guys who still outsell most of the rest of the top 50? The guys who had an album that stayed on the Billboard charts for 741 weeks!
Here I thought Brian V would point out that the nomination process for the R’n'R Hall of Fame is controlled by only a few people. (I think of the Hall of Fame as the Establishment. Why should I care what the Establishment thinks is good?)
I love these kinds of conversations even though they end up being futile.
Clark- I’m totally with your on the Floyd. It baffles me. They’re one of the best bands ever.
I can’t see the Ramones being in the Top Ten. Their recordings are fun to listen to on a certain level, but they were a three-chord band and sometimes they didn’t even play those three chords very well.
I saw them live once and was very disappointed.
They weren’t in the top 10. The top 50.
(…)but anyone who seriously argues that U2 isn’t any good risks losing all credibility. If they’re in the hall of fame, they’re good, even if you don’t like them. Those are the facts, folks.
You know how you lose all credibility? When you imply that everyone must accept your subjective tastes as a standard for “good” music, when you equate mass popularity and music industry self congratulatory a** kissing to quality, and when you start calling people morons because they don’t hold a bunch of self-obsessed publicity whore Irishmen in the same esteem as you. MCQ just won the triple crown of fanboy pretentiousness!
Hey, now. Bono is going to save the world, you know.
Clark, I agree with you about Floyd, they should be on that list, that is a glaring omission.
“if it’s popular that means it’s goodâ€Â
No, that isn’t my argument. I’m not equating popularity, by itself, with being good. I’m suggesting that, after a certain amount of time has passed, and knowledgeable people have expressed a certain consistency of opinion, we ought to be able to accept certain points of view as a given.
I think that’s why Susan exempted the Beatles from this thread. It’s a given that they are the at the top of every list. Does that mean you have to like them? Certainly not. Nor do you have to like U2. Wouldn’t dream of forcing them on you. You can certainly say you don’t like them and good luck to you.
But if you are going to say they are “no good,” that’s another thing entirely. There has to be some minimum objective standard of merit, whereby we can agree that certain people or bands have passed the threshold where its reasonable to question whether they are any good. The piles of awards, accolades, top ten or top fifty lists just reach a certain critical mass where you have to just accept that they are good, whether you like them or not. I was using induction into the hall of fame as an example of that threshold, since it generally comes only after the test of time and many other awards and accolades have already been received. Perhaps that’s not a good example, but it’s certainly one possible measure.
So, kwk, I’m not asking you to “accept [my] subjective tastes as a standard for “good†music.” I’m asking you to accept that there is some objective standard, and that the only way to determine whether that objective standard is met, is by accepting that at some point, the weight of knowledgeable (not necessarily popular or public) opinion actually does mean something, and what it means is that at minimum, we accept that the artist is at least “good.” I don’t think that’s an earthshaking statement, nor is it stretching the bounds of credibility. I think it’s far more incredible, at this stage, to make statements about the Beatles or the Stones or yes, even U2, not being “good.” I think it should be accepted that they are good. How good? Well, ok, we can differ about that.
Bitter much? If you read carefully, you will see I didn’t call anyone a moron. I said certain points of view could make you appear to be something of a moron. Your point of view would be a good example of that. Calling U2 publicity whores is like calling George Washington an office seeker. You can’t fault people for playing the hand they are dealt to the best of their ability, especially when they use the benefits of their position to try to benefit others.
Pretty good for a kb thread, morons.
George Washington was a total sellout. His first year in office was his only good year.
Ha! Thanks Greg. How do you feel about baseball, hot dogs and apple pie? Total crap, right?
Well, it seems this argument, as most such arguments do, has become a semantic one. To my way of thinking, if I don’t like something, it’s not good (again, to me – this is subjective stuff). If I’m giving my opinion of something I don’t like, I’m going to express it this way. Why is that such a problem? And why does it matter how many rock critics before me have thought otherwise? I should just accept that my not liking The Band is a personal failing because Jann Wenner likes it? Or I should make some ridiculous clarification like “Oh, I guess it’s really good, it just doesn’t work for me”? I’ve got no time for that.
Plus, your argument raises a whole bunch more questions about these alleged tastemakers. If rock critics en masse are the ultimate judge of what’s good, do we need to examine their resumes before counting their opinion? I mentioned him already, but I’m as inclined to accept Jann Wenner’s opinion of what’s good as I am to jump out of a moving car for fun, and he’s one of folks in charge of the hall.
On a larger level, though, I find your idea that the majority rules (even if we’re talking “knowledgable” opinion (another quagmire, by the way) rather than popular) when it comes to rock & roll simply wrongheaded. Since when has rock & roll been about pleasing the majority of any group? Like Susan said, the establishment’s opinion of the quality of rock music means very little to me.
I’m sensing a lot of anger in the comments. And looking at the time the comments were made, I think some of you need to get some sleep.
Calling U2 publicity whores is like calling George Washington an office seeker.
Are we even talking about the same band here?
No one is going to get me to accept U2 as “good”, just like no one is going to convince me that a stale BigMac or a freezer-burned frozen burrito is good. I don’t like them. In the realm of music, or food, I would rather listen to, or eat, anything else. If you picked four random people off the street, could they make music as well as U2? Probably not. (Though I think it would probably be more interesting.) But in the context of all of the thousands of musical choices out there, U2 is near the bottom of my list.
It’s not that I don’t understand your point about critical acclaim given by those “in the know” establishing roughly defined standards. U2 is not Mozart, or Proust, or Da Vinci. They’re more like Kenny G. They are a mediocre-bad pop-rock act that spends more time hawking ipods and calling press conferences to commemorate their latest charitable donations than they do to making music that’s not derivative crap. They are good at at least one thing – getting aging hipsters with inferiority complexes to fork over money hand over fist.
I guess I’m am a little bitter, yeah. It’s because U2 and the incredibly overrated drivel that they put out finds it’s way into my life way too often. Come to think of it, in that sense it’s a lot like all the internet’s arrogant, self-anointed art authorities.
Well I think you missed my point again Brian, but I sense it’s not worth arguing about further. To clarify one thing though, I don’t think any one person’s opinion counts any more than any other’s. I don’t put any more weight on Jann Wenner’s opinion than yours, for example, nor do I recognize anything called “the establishment” (is that a rock band?).
I do, however, think that at some point you have to recognize that some measure of quality exists if years of accolades from multiple independent sources have shown that to be the consensus of people who should know what they’re talking about (meaning, other artists, among others). It’s very hip and cool to call that “the establishment” and say you don’t care what “they” think, but hundreds of people who have spent their lives playing, recording, and writing about music don’t all reach the same opinion for no reason.
kwk, you’ve convinced me, there’s no way we’re talking about the same band. You obviously have U2 mixed up with some other band. When you figure out who it is you’re really talking about, let us know.
It’s very hip and cool to call that “the establishment†and say you don’t care what “they†think
First of all, I could care less about being cool or hip.
hundreds of people who have spent their lives playing, recording, and writing about music don’t all reach the same opinion for no reason.
I don’t want to belabor my point by continuing to repeat myself, but people don’t all reach the same opinion about anything. That is what I’ve been trying to say, and if I’ve done a poor job of expressing that, I apologize. No band is unanimously loved, not even the Beatles. There are always going to be dissenters no matter what, and to say that they should just accept what the majority thinks is not an opinion I share. That sort of thinking, removed from the rather innocuous arena of pop music, has spawned some pretty ugly things (none of which I am accusing you of, just to be clear).
We’re still talking past each other Brian. I’m not saying that anything is ever unanimous. I’m just asking that people give me the (realitively minor) concession that an avalanche of supporters, accolades, awards and critical acclaim probably means that, at a minimum, something doesn’t totally suck. It might actually have some merit. Even if I don’t particularly care for it personally. You might say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you will join us, and the world will live as one.
LOL.
I think Brian’s point is a good one. For instance outside of a few songs, I don’t like the Beatles. But I’d acknowledge them as the greatest band of all time.
I think it is possible to be able to distinguish between what I enjoy and what is good and probably even enjoyable to most people. This isn’t really a Big Mac like comparison. I think most people would like a well cooked meal by a top chef far more than a Big Mac. The fact that more Big Macs are sold has nothing to do with that. I think the same is true in music. The better analogy might be a perfectly cooked fish by an amazing chef. I may not like fish but I can at least acknowledge that a perfectly cooked fish by an amazing chef is good.
Thank you Clark, you stated that much better than I have.
You obviously have U2 mixed up with some other band. When you figure out who it is you’re really talking about, let us know.
Obviously. Because it’s inconceivable that any opinion that is different from yours can hold any merit whatsoever. Yay for ad hominem attacks!
…but hundreds of people who have spent their lives playing, recording, and writing about music don’t all reach the same opinion for no reason.
That’s why the Grammys are so good at determining the very best music every year. If you want to find all that is worth listening to in popular music, you can start and stop with music that has won Grammys!
Your “hundreds of people who have spent their lives playing, recording, and writing about music” are not the impartial, unbiased judges that you think they are.
kwk, take it easy, I’m just having a little fun with you.
BTW, I never said anything about the grammys. That’s just one award. By itself, it means little or nothing. Any one award or critic or accolade may be biased or flawed, but after 20 years of multiple awards, accolades, acclaim and applause from numerous independent sources, we might have something that is worth paying attention to, no?
I may not like fish but I can at least acknowledge that a perfectly cooked fish by an amazing chef is good.
No. U2 are not master craftsmen. Their music is not a “perfectly cooked fish”, it’s lazy, safe, uninspiring, preachy rock created by mediocre talents that gets polished by millions of dollars of production and hyped by an army of cultural elitists who never got over a pimple-y make out session to “One”.
Don’t hold back, kwk, tell us how you really feel. It must be hard to be constantly fighting that army of cultural elitists out there. How did U2 get that whole army of cultural elitists on their side, anyway? It seems kind of odd that four nobodies from Dublin could have accomplished that so successfully. Must have had an amazing PR man.
I’m obviously coming off like a ranting idiot here. I’m sorry. Like I said, I don’t disagree that certain artists are so talented that it becomes impossible to deny their talent. I just don’t think U2 is anywhere near that level, and it’s kind of irritating when obsessive fans discredit anyone who doesn’t acknowledge their dubious “facts”.
It’s obvious that U2 appeal to a certain aesthetic that I just don’t get. And as far as all their accolades and awards and etc. – I found that when I stopped listening to music that was getting all the major label music industry back-slapping I discovered music that was much more honest, rich, and innovative.
Not meaning to discredit you, just get you to agree with me!
Let’s hear about some of that other music, kwk. What are you listening to lately?
How did U2 get that whole army of cultural elitists on their side, anyway?
The same way that 50 Cent gained an army of urban worshipers and that made Creed the biggest rock band in the US – by filling a niche (a big one) and appealing to certain sensibilities and markets. I won’t argue that it takes a certain level of ability to get popular in the first place, but I think it’s pretty common for bands to ride the wave hype, luck, and a hastily given good reputation all the way to super-stardom.
I’ve just heard far too many rock bands that I think are far superior to U2 to feel OK about calling them “good” for the genre.
What are you listening to lately?
Lately, I’ve been hooked on Porcupine Tree and a band called “3″.
Don’t know those bands, but I’m going to look them up. Thanks!
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