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M. A. Orthofer on Wittgenstein Jr at the Complete Review.
August 31, 2014 | Permalink
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Dogma now out in Turkish translation.
August 13, 2014 | Permalink
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New interview with me by David Lea at the London Review of Books blog.
August 06, 2014 | Permalink
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Wittgenstein Jr is not out until 4th September, but it's available now from Melville House.
Starred review for Wittgenstein Jr at Publishers Weekly.
July 31, 2014 | Permalink
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First review of Wittgenstein Jr, at Kirkus Reviews.
July 25, 2014 | Permalink
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London launch for Wittgenstein Jr, with Ray Monk, London Review Bookshop, 28th August, 7PM. Book tickets and more details here.
Wittgenstein Jr on The Millions' Most Anticipated list.
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New interview with me at The Honest Ulsterman.
May 27, 2014 | Permalink
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... despite antennae exceedingly alert to the changing 'spirit of the age', I apprehended too late certain key shifts. Aware, early on, of the widening authority of the mathematical and experimental sciences, intensely involved in the 'language-revolution' and the coming of the new media of meaning, I none the less did not identify rigorously the underlying tectonic drift. Educated in a hypertrophied reverence for the classics, in that near-worship of the 'titans' of thought, music, literature and the arts, so characteristic of emancipated central European Judaism, I felt committed to the canonic, the confirmed and the 'immortal' (those immortels mummified in the French Academy!). It took too long before I understood that the ephemeral, the fragmentary, the derisive, the self-ironising are the key modes of modernity; before I realised that the interactions between high and popular culture, notably via the film and television - now the commanding instruments of general sensibility and, it may be, of invention - had largely replaced the monumental pantheon. Influential as they are, deconstruction and postmodernism are themselves only symptoms, bright bubbles at the surface of a much deeper mutation. It is, as I have suggested, of the related classical impulse in art and poetry to endure, to achieve timelessness which are, today, in radical question. It is the transformation of these ontological-historical categories, in Kant's sense of the word, it is the ebbing of ideals and performative hierarchies instrumental since the pre-Socratics, which define what I have called 'the epilogue' but which others acclaim as 'the new age'. There is too much I have grasped too late in the day. Too often my activity as a writer and teacher, as a critic and scholar, has been, consciously or not, an in memoriam, a curatorship of remembrance. But could it be otherwise after the Shoah.
George Steiner, Errata
April 23, 2014 | Permalink
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If I were to resume in a single phrase the difference between messianic time and apocalyptic time, I would say that the messianic is not the end of time but the time of the end. What is messianic is not the end of time but the relation of every moment, every kairos, to the end of time and to eternity.
[…] In the Judaic tradition there is a distinction between two times and two worlds: the olam hazzeh, the time stretching from the creation of the world to its end, and the olam habba, the time that begins after the end of time. Both terms are present, in their Greek translations, in Paul's Letters. Messianic time, however – the time in which the apostle lives and the only one that interests him – is neither that of the olam hazzeh nor that of the olam habba. It is, instead, the time between those two times, when time is divided by the messianic event (which is for Paul the Resurrection).
… what is at issue is a time that pulses and moves within chronological time, that transforms chronological time from within. On the one hand it is the time that time takes to end. But on the other hand it is the time that remains, the time which we need to end time, to confront our customary image of time and to liberate ourselves from it. In the one case, the time in which we believe we live separates us from what we are and transforms us into powerless spectators of our own lives. In the other case, however, the time of the messiah is the time that we ourselves are, the dynamic time where, for the first time, we grasp time, we grasp the time that is ours, grasp that we are nothing but that time. This time is not some other time located in an improbably present or future time. On the contrary, it is the only real time, the only time we will ever have.
Agamben, The Church and the Kingdom
April 17, 2014 | Permalink
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Once, the poet knew how to account for his poetry ('To open it through prose', as Dante puts it), and the critic was also a poet. Now, the critic has lost access to the work of creation and thus gets revenge by presuming to judge it, while the poet no longer knows how to save his own work and thus discounts this incapacity by blindly consigning himself to the frivolity of an angel.
Agamben, Nudities
One day humanity will play with law just as children play with disused objects, not in order to restore them to their canonical use but to free them from it for good. What is found after the law is not a more proper and original use value that precedes the law, but a new use that is born only after it. And use, which has been contaminated by law, must also be freed from its own value. This liberation is the task of study, or play. And this studious play is the passage that allows us to arrive at that justice that one of Benjamin's posthumous fragments defines as a state of the world in which the world appears as a good that absolutely cannot be appropriated or made juridical.
Agamben, State of Exception
What had happened [with the appearance of consciousness - LI]? A breach in the very unity of life, a biological paradox, an abomination, an absurdity, an exaggeration of disastrous nature. Life had overshot its target, blowing itself apart. A species had been armed too heavily - by spirit made almighty without, but equally menace to its own well-being. Its weapon was like a sword without hilt or plate, a two-edged weapon cleaving everything; but he who is to wield it must grasp the blade and turn one edge toward himself.
Despite his new eyes, man was still rooted in matter, his soul spun into it and subordinated to its blind laws. And yet he could see matter as a stranger, compare himself to all phenomena, see through and locate his votal processes. He comes to nature as an unbidden guest, in vain extending his arms to beg conciliation with his maker: Nature answers no more; it performed a miracle with man, but later did not know him. He has lost his right of residence in the universe, has eaten from the Tree of Knowledge and been expelled from Paradise. He is mighty in the near world, but curses his might as purchased with his harmony of soul, his innocence, his inner peace in life's embrace.
Peter Zappfe, from 'The Last Messiah'
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Whether we are sovereign or enslaved in our being, what of it? Our species will still look to the future and see no need to abdicate its puppet dance of replication in a puppet universe where the strings pull themselves. What a laugh that we would do anything else, or could do anything else. That our lives might be a paradox and a horror would not really be a secret too terrible to know for minds that know only what they want to know. The hell of human consciousness is only a philosopher's bedtime story we can hear each night and forget each morning when we awake to go to school or to work or wherever we may go day after day after day. What do we care about the horror of being insufferably aware we are alive and will die ... the horror of shadows without selves enshrouding the earth ... ort he horror of puppet-heads bobbing in the wind and disappearing into a dark sky like lost balloons?
[...] Almost nobody declares that an ancestral curse contaminates us in utero and pollutes our very existence. Doctors do not weep in the delivery room, or not often. They do not lower their heads and say, 'The stopwatch has started'. The infant may cry, if things went right. But time will dry its eyes; time will take care of it. Time will take care of everyone until there are none of to take care of.
from Thomas Ligotti, The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
While consciousness brought us out of our coma in the antural, we still like to think that, however aloof we are from other living things, we are not in essence wholly alienated from them. We do try and fit in with the rest of creation, living and breeding like any other animal or vegetable. It is no fault of ours that we were made as we were made - experiments in a parallel being. This was not our choice. We did not volunteer to be as we are.
[...] No other life forms know they are alive, and neither do they know they will die. This is our curse alone. Without this hex upon our heads, we would never have withdrawn as far as we have from the natural [...] Everywhere around us are natural habitats, but within us is the shiver of startling and dreadful things. Simply put: We are not from here. If we vanished tomorrow, no organism on this planet would miss us. Nothing in nature needs us.
[...] We are aberrations - beings born undead, neither one thing nor another, or two things at once ... uncanny things that poison the world by sowing our madness everywhere we go, glutting daylight and darkness with incorporeal obscenities. From across an immeasurable divide, we brought the supernatural into all that is manifest. Like a faint haze it floats around us. We keep company with ghosts.
Death - do we really believe it is part of the order of our lives? We say that we do. But when it becomes lucent to our imagination, how natural does it feel? W. A. Mozart's attributed last words are apropros here: 'The taste of death is on my tongue. I feel something which is not of this world'. Death is not like survival and procreation. it is more like a visitation from a foreign and engimatic sphere, one to which we are connected by our consciousness. No consciousness, no death. No death, no stories with a beginning, middle and an end.
from Thomas Ligotti, The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the mdist of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
H.P. Lovecraft, opening paragraph of 'Call of Cthulhu'
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Fairly new interview with me at Biblioklept.
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For some time now, one of the most successful tactics of the ruling class has been responsibilisation. Each individual member of the subordinate class is encouraged into feeling that their poverty, lack of opportunities, or unemployment, is their fault and their fault alone. Individuals will blame themselves rather than social structures, which in any case they have been induced into believing do not really exist (they are just excuses, called upon by the weak).What Smail calls 'magical voluntarism' – the belief that it is within every individual's power to make themselves whatever they want to be – is the dominant ideology and unofficial religion of contemporary capitalist society, pushed by reality TV 'experts' and business gurus as much as by politicians. Magical voluntarism is both an effect and a cause of the currently historically low level of class consciousness. It is the flipside of depression – whose underlying conviction is that we are all uniquely responsible for our own misery and therefore deserve it. A particularly vicious double bind is imposed on the long-term unemployed in the UK now: a population that has all its life been sent the message that it is good for nothing is simultaneously told that it can do anything it wants to do.
Mark Fisher, 'Good for Nothing', at Occupied Times
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[...] I confess that more and more suicide loses its sinfulness to me. Killing oneself can be courageous; not killing oneself, because you wish to lose nothing, even the worst that life has to off, can also be courageous. Since I live near the Seine, I have seen many people jump into the river in front of my windows.
[...] the more life is what it is - ordinary, simple - without pronouncing the word 'God', the more I see the presence of God in that. I don't know how to explain that.
[...] For myself, there is something which makes suicide possible - not even possible but absolutely necessary: it is the vision of void, the feeling of void which is impossible to bear. You want anything to stop your life. [...] But this way of wanting to die is many things: it is a disgust with life, with people around you, with living only for money. To see everything which is good to lvie for disappear, when you see that you cannot fall into love with people, not only with a woman, but all the people around you, you find yourself alone with people. I can imagine living in disgust with so many things which are against you around you, and then you feel like suicide.
[...] I think in the whole world things are going very badly. People are becoming more and more materialistic and cruel, but cruel in another way than in the Middle Ages. Cruel by laziness, by indifference, egotism, because they think only about themselves and not at all about what is happening around them, so that they let everything grow ugly, stupid. They are all interested in money only. Money is becoming their God. God doesn't exist anymore for many. Money is becoming something you must live for. You know, even your astronauts, the first one who put his foot on the moon, said that when he saw our earth, he said it is something so miraculous, so marvellous, don't spoil it, don't touch it. More deeply I feel the rotten way they are spoiling the earth. All the countries. Silence doesn't exist any more; you can't find it. That, for me, would make it impossible to live. The way this young person [in The Devil, Probably] wants to die - he doesn't kill himself, himself - he makes himself be killed. The old Robin Hood people used to commit suicide with the help of friends. He kills himself for a big purpose.
[...] Vigour comes from precision. Precision is vigorous. When I am working poorly, I am imprecise. Precision is another form of poetry.
Robert Bresson, interviewed [He's speaking in English, except in the last paragraph.]
Were I to choose an auspicious image for the new millennium, I would choose [a thoughtful lightness]: the sudden agile leap of the poet-philosopher who raises himself above the weight of the world, showing that with all his gravity he has the secret of lightness, and that what many consider to be the vitality of the times - noisy, agressive revving and roaring - belongs to the realm of death, like a cemetery for rusty cars.
Italo Calvino, On Lightness, Six Essays for the Millennium
... a line of flight is an immobile movement in situ, which must be internal to the very life that one lives at this place and time, as long as one manages to be and not to be in the here and now, to be absent while present, to be perceptible and imperceptible at the same time. At its best, philosophy functions as a perfect manifestion of this impalpable form of life (maybe this is the reason that venues like the classroom and the conference rarely produce philosophy worthy of its name). [...]
Philosophy is, above all, a way of life in its own right. Until this elemental fact (which, as Pierre Hadot has shown, was an obvious one for the ancient Greeks) returns to inform current philosophical practice, it has no chance of getting out of the inconsequential mess in which it finds itself today. Luckily, when philosophy as a form of life devolves into philosophy as a profession, when friends degenerate into peers, the unique power that inheres in this strange mode of being does not become yet another one of those powers that dominate life (aside from the occasional stray student). Kierkegaard probably said it best: Instead of having any power whatsoever, today's philosophers seem to cheerfully 'speculate themselves out of their own skin'.
David Kishik, The Power of Life. Agamben and the Coming Politics
The magnificent, liquid word 'suicide' emerged in the heart of the baroque world. Up to that point, French legal scholars and priests with their Latin employed circumlocution. They spoke of 'self-inflicted' or 'impetuous' death. Religion and superstitution no doubt didn't wishthis decisive act to become a common noun. By denying it a place in the dictionary, they hoped, perhaps, to drive the sun out of reality. But what was Lancelot doing when, believing Guinevere to be dead, he tied a rope to the pommel of his saddle? What was Roland doing in the rocky recess at Roncevaux, renouncing flight and refusing surrender? In order to designate the 'homocide of someone who is not a third party', the theologians of the Church of Rome formed a Laton word by adding sui and caedes together. Literally: of oneself the murder. In 1652 Caramuel entitled a chapter of his Theologia moralis fundamentalis 'De suicidio' - on suicide. The word was employed first in England, then in France and Italy, before reaching Spain.
Pascal Quignard, The Silent Crossing
Venomously malignant. Noxious. Blasphemous. Grotesque. Disgusting. Repulsive. Entirely bestial. Indecent. Being among the critical greetings for Leaves of Grass. Not to omit ithyphallic audacity. Plus garbage.
Profound stupidity. Maniacal raving. Pure nonsense. Among some for the best of Shelley. Which was also called abominable.
No philosopher has ever influenced the attitudes of even the street he lived on. Said Voltaire.
I am not an orphan on the earth, so long as this man lives on it. Said Gorky re Tolstoy.
So difficult and opaque it is, I am not certain what it is I print. Said John Donne's very publisher about the first edition of his verse.
Stories happen only to people who know how to tell them. Said Thucydides.
He never thinks about something; he thinks something. Said Hannah Arendt, re Heidegger.
Realizing that as recently as in the case of Haydn, musicians under the patronage of royalty were still treated as servants - and still wore livery.
He kept bottles of wine at his lodgeing, and many times he would drinke liberally by himselfe to refresh his spirits, and exalt his Muse. Said John Aubrey of Andrew Marvell.
The imagination will not perform until it has been flooded by a vast torrent of reading. Announced Petronius.
The nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later. Said Louis Aragon.
Was he Christian, Jewish or atheist? Samuel Beckett was once asked in a Dublin courtroom. To which: None of the three.
The Shakespeare of the lunatic asylum. An early French critic called Dostoevsky.
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice. Said Cyril Connolly.
Kant's irrationally compulsive 3.30PM walk, which it is said he forswore only once in thirty years - on the day when the post brought him a first copy of Rousseau's Emile.
The sound of Paul Desmond's alto saxophone: Like a dry martini, being what Desmond himself said he wanted.
The sign in the window says Pants Pressed Here. But when you bring in your pants, you discover that it is the sign that is for sale. Being Kierkegaard - on the typical obscurity of what normally passes for philosophy.
If you value my work, please, do not knock. Requested a notice on Hermann Hesse's door in Ticino.
A fiend of a book. The action is laid out in Hell - only it seems places and people have English names there. Said Dante Gabriel Rossetti of Wuthering Heights.
It is never difficult to paint, said Dali. It is either easy or impossible.
Thinking with someone else's brain. Schopenhauer called reading.
You have but two topics, yourself and me, and I'm sick of both. Johnson once told Boswell.
A designated area for booksellers existed in the central market in Athens as far back as in the fifth century BC.
Neither Graham Greene nor Evelyn Waugh ever learned to drive a car.
Chopin was buried in Pere Lachaise in Paris - but with Polish earth later sprinkled on the grave.
The only excuse for the suffering that God allows in the world - is that he does not exist. Stendhal said.
Dostoevsky gave me more than any thinker, more even than Gauss. Einstein said.
'Tis such a task as scarce leaves a man time to be good neighbour, an useful friend, nay, to plant a tree, much less to save his soul. Said Pope, re writing well.
A portable fatherland, Heine called the Torah.
When a head and a book collide, and one sounds hollow - is it always the book? Asked Lichtenberg.
Not to be born is far best. Wrote Sophocles.
Not to be born at all would be the best thing. Wrote Theognis, at least a half a century earlier.
The man who has seen a truly beautiful woman has seen God. Said Rumi.
Morningless sleep. Epicurus called death.
Dr Donne's verses are like the peace of God: they pass all understanding. Said James I.
Reality is under no obligation to be interesting. Said Borges.
Like a vile scum on a pond. Pound viewed G K Chesterton.
Borges' vision of Paradise: A kind of library.
The greatest kindness we can show some of the authors of our youth is not to reread them. Said Francois Mauriac.
I'm a poet, I'm life. You're an editor, you're death. Proclaimed Gregory Corso to someone in the White Horse tavern - who shortly commenced punching him through the door and across the sidewalk.
You can tell from my handwriting that I am in the twenty-fourth hour. Not a single thought is born in me that does not have death graven within. Wrote Michaelangelo at eighty-one - himself with eight years remaining.
I've no more sight, no hand, nor pen, nor inkwell. I lack everything. All I still possess is will. Said Goya - nearing eighty.
It is later than you know. Printed Baudelaire onto the face of his clock - after having broken off its hands.
from David Markson's, The Last Novel
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I don't like realistic and natural descriptions of people, even if they are magisterial like those of the 19th century, in Stendhal and Flaubert, or in a different form, like Tolstoy's and Dostoevsky's. It's alien to me. I like strong outlines, like in Romanesque art. That is to say, the outline gives form, and inside the form, the reader or observer can come to meet the person. I was searching for a different epic, for what I found as a reader of Medieval epic poems; they let me live in the personalities. I intended to contemporize them as well in My Year in the No-Man's-Bay, in Crossing the Sierra de Gredos, and in At Night Over the River Morava. These, at their core, are medieval novels, epic poems more than novels. In this sense, I don't believe as much in the novel as in the epic, the story that comes from afar and is balanced toward the distance. In other words, I am an enemy of psychological writing.
[...] Permeability is what's decisive. What it says is that the writer converts into a figure in transit, through which many things pass. But who has achieved that? I don't know; Homer sometimes, and Georges Simenon (laughs). Sometimes William Faulkner. Literature, in reality, does not progress; it has variants. To write like Simenon now cannot be done. Once I said, a long time ago, "sigh…if only I learned how to write like Chekhov, stories like that, theatrical works like Anton Chekhov's. Then someone said to me, "But that already exists! It's not lacking. Write what Chekhov transmitted to you, about his world, his movement and rhythm, his quality, and above all about his shaking." One time I said a great writer closes his path to his successors, but only so they can find their own.
Peter Handke, interviewed
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Exposed beans in the adjoining great room give it a cozy cabin feel.
But, you won't be roughing it when you turn out a gourmet meal in the kitchen filled with state-of-the-art appliances, including a stainless steel freezer/fridge combo and a double oven that makes cooking a breeze.
The cabinets are exquisite, both pretty and practice.
You can get away from the crowd in a built-in office nook located just off of the kitchen.
After the meal, retire to the great room with a strong mantle and brick fireplace that can adapt to any decor.
You'll be able to express your personality in the built-in cabinets with books, decorative accents, and memories.
For more formal sit-down dinners, there is amazing craftsmanship in the dining room details.
When you're done for the day you can call it a night in the master bedroom on the main level. It is elegant, understated, roomy, and steps away from the salon master bathroom.
The master bathroom in Southern Serenity's dream home each year is always the "wow" factor. Gorgeous granite counter tops and double sinks give you plenty of privacy. There is even a soaker tub, giving the room a vintage feel. Not much of a soaker? The walk-through shower has a dozen shower heads!
Upstairs, the game parlor is a roomy retreat for the entire family to enjoy.
And your guests will be comfortable and cozy in any one of the three upstairs bedrooms. A Jack-and-Jill bathroom offers plenty of space and privacy, too. A second full bathroom is done in luscious neutrals.
Imagine how much stuff you can store in the fully insulated attic space on the second floor.
There is also an unbelievable amount of room in the laundry room, complete with a full working sink, plenty of storage and a built in drying rack for you to hang your wet clothes.
Both the laundry room and a spacious mud room have a separate entrance and are lined with brick flooring.
Inside the triple car garage, you can practically see yourself in the painted floor, which was designed by Epoxy Solutions.
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As part of Lincoln's monthly art walk, the Community Learning Center's Art Walk joins area galleries Friday, May 4 from 6-8pm, at Old City Hall, 9th and O Streets. The exhibit will include more than 300 pieces of art from elementary, middle and high school students at Lincoln Public Schools, displayed on two full floors of the old City Hall building and this year expanding into the adjacent outdoor park area.
The theme of this year's exhibit is the theme of the Community Learning Centers: "Open Doors, Open Minds." In connection with that theme, the event will spotlight eight special doors – created by students from eight CLC sites – that have been decorated to match the styles of different Impressionist artists such as Picasso, Matisse, Monet and O'Keefe. In addition, the artwork exhibit will include a wide variety of mediums, styles and methods.
Student music will be provided by the Lincoln Music Teachers Association.
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GOP calls move to private exchanges #brokenpromises
The Energy and Commerce Committee of the US House of Representatives sends out frequent press releases. Committee Member Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC2) often shares info from the Committee, as she did on the local evening news in Raleigh tonight.
Today the Committee issued a release that implied that the move by Walgreens to change how it provides health benefits to its employees was in response to "Obamacare" implementation. The hashtag #BrokenPromises was included in the release.
While it is still too early to fully evaluate whether the change by Walgreens and other large employers will be positive or negative for employees long-term, it is certain the slant of the Committee's press release stretches the truth. Here is a story from USA Today on the issue.
Walgreens' announcement that it will send its workers to a private health insurance exchange to buy their own plans is a sign of the times that isn't going away.
And that may be good news for consumers, though it's too soon to tell, experts say.
These private exchanges, which have only existed for about a year, are run by outside benefits companies and typically offer more insurance choices than those offered by employers. Employers contribute a set amount and employees choose which plan best suits their needs.
The Walgreens exchange, announced Wednesday with benefits company Aon Hewitt, is similar to the state exchanges required under the Affordable Care Act. In those exchanges or marketplaces, uninsured Americans will buy health insurance plans on their own that are often subsidized by the federal government. In this case, Walgreen provides the financial assistance...
The unanswered question is whether or not the benefits in the private exchange are comparable to or better than what employees had in a private benefit plan. I prefer breaking the link between employment and healthcare that grew out of wage and price controls in the US during WWII. I prefer Medicare for All or another form of single payer, but I also realize that passing that in the US in 2010 was impossible.
It is important that word get out that Walgreens and other large employers are not responding only to the implementation of the ACA and these exchanges are run by private corporations; they are not part of the public exchanges being created under healthcare reform.
Walgreens joins several other large employers in the move toward private insurance exchanges. These include Time Warner, International Business Machines (IBM) and Sears Holdings, which owns Kmart.
"This is an irreversible trend from defined-benefit to defined-contribution employer-based health coverage," says Wendell Potter, a former spokesman for Cigna insurance, who is now an industry watchdog. "It is comparable to the move several years ago from pensions to 401(k)s."
Walgreen said its employees will be given the same amount of money to buy insurance on a private exchange run by benefits company Aon Hewitt as it contributes to their plans now.
It makes sense for companies
It makes sense for companies to shift the responsibility for managing their employees' health insurance onto the employees. Instead of trying to pack the coverage into a kind of one-size-fits-all plan for every employee in every state, and having in-house benefits specialists on their payroll, they can simply give the money they would pay in premiums to the employees and allow the employees to purchase insurance on the Obamacare exchanges.
As Martha said, I prefer single payer along the lines of Medicare for all, but divorcing health insurance coverage from employment is a step in the right direction. Now, to make sure that insurance premiums paid by individuals are tax deductible!!!
The measure of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little. - FDR
Trader Joe's did what you are saying,
Walgreens did not. These are not ACA public exchanges, but instead is a private exchange Walgreens is going to use. That is a major reason I wrote the article. It is confusing, and the Republicans are trying to take advantage of the confusion to discredit the ACA and disrupt its implementation.
The News and Observer has an article about Walgreens and the general move to use of benefits exchanges on today's business page. The Wall Street Journal also had a big article on this trend to use of private insurance benefits exchanges.
Good point about the tax deduction. I had not thought of that issue.
Martha Brock
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Raleigh News and Observer, today
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Protestors cry shame on NC's hands-off policy on Obamacare
With less than two weeks to go before enrollment begins for subsidized insurance, polls continue to show that a significant portion of the nation's population is ignorant about, or confused by the nation's health care law, formally called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
States that are actively promoting the Affordable Care Act received substantial federal grants for outreach and enrollment. North Carolina declined to cooperate and turned away $27.2 million in federal assistance for promotional activities.
"We're concerned that there's a concerted effort to sabotage its implementation," said Candice Davies of Protect Your CareNC.
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Viper Networks, Inc. (Pink Sheets: VPER), announces that the Company expects to conclude their preliminary due diligence on a U.S.-based, profitable LED company that they have been in acquisition talks with (as announced 1/30/12) by March 31st.
As previously announced, the Company has been proactive in their pursuit of well positioned, profitable LED industry acquisition candidates and has earnestly continued merger talks with two U.S.-based firms since early 2012; one of which specifically provides compelling synergy to Viper Networks' emerging business within the LED lighting sector.
Shortly after the conclusion of the Company's due diligence, Viper Networks will release a closing date projection (expected in mid-April) that they expect final negotiation terms and conditions to be consummated by.
Interested parties should note that these are amicable discussions propelled by strong mutual benefits and final acquisition terms are expected to include a combination of cash and stock.
In reviewing Company news during 2012, shareholders and investors will quickly see Viper has been busy establishing solid alliances within the LED industry along with key agreements designed to generate industry-leading margins and facilitate large scale growth initiatives in new global markets.
This major alliance with LEDs America has led to key agreements for Viper Networks in a North American sales and marketing agreement, global exporting arraignments, supplier status and manufacturing rights, and multiple foreign country territorial exclusivity agreements.
Another emerging alliance is Envirolite Corporation and their PowerDisc™product that can extend the life of incandescent and halogen bulbs by up to 10 years. The Company's reseller agreement has already led to Viper Networks initial success (i.e.TBA) with targeting one mass merchant in North America for nationwide sales.
More details about the other potential acquisition, which is in the energy distribution sector, are expected shortly. For additional information, please visit www.vipernetworks.com.
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Latest News: Alert:VPER: Announces New Agricultural Subsidiary to Offer Fast Grow Led Technology For Marijuana rapidly growing Market.Although the Company first began developing their Fast Grow LED technology in Saudi Arabia for creating abundant vegetation for livestock feed throughout the Middle East, global demand for faster vegetation/plant growth from other industry sectors has positioned Viper Networks for greater expansion in multiple areas; including the rapidly developing market of legal marijuana growth and sales throughout the United States. The Company also plans to release more comprehensive technical data along with prudent updates via their corporate website www.vipernetworks.com for the new Fast Grow LED technology.
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Due to the Company's international presence and extensive commercial and governmental contacts, management and the Board of Directors determined to take advantage of global opportunities recently created and in response to the changes in overall international markets. On November 3, 2008, the Company announced that it was implementing a new corporate strategy expanding operations and investments in key areas, including: technology, real estate and construction and energy. The Company also announced today that it has filed and had accepted an extensive application to gain legal charter for operating in Saudi Arabia, commencing with large-scale real estate and construction projects. This entity operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary. On November 8, 2008, the Company entered into a Letter of Intent with Green Key Environmental Solutions, a Division of RXND LLC, for an exclusive sales and marketing agreement throughout the Middle East and South Asia. The Company, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, will be providing Green Key with an administrative office in Saudi Arabia, as well as sales, marketing and technical support staff. This sales and marketing agreement gives Viper Networks, Inc. the exclusive distribution rights for Green Key's state-of-the-art environmentally conscious products and services in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Green Key's proprietary products include both government, commercial and residential machines that use FDA approved micro-biological ingredients that ferment and digest food matter converting to roughly 95% water and 5% organic and inorganic liquids which go down the drain systems. The result is a significant reduction in the food waste hauling that is overwhelming our landfills and as Green Key Say's "Green Made Simple" creating cost saving, improved sanitation conditions and significant reductions in overall food, waste and the resultant carbon footprints associated with the conventional systems. On January 20, 2009, the Company entered into a Teaming Agreement in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to form a new entity, Saudi Nossan Viper Green Key (SNVG) for the purpose of developing and bringing to market environmentally-friendly products and services. This Agreement was signed by Sheikh Bandar Bin Adel Mohammad Al-Fakir, Sheikh Faisal Bin Mohammad Al-khalil. SNVG will work on comprehensive environmental solutions in the region, including: waste management, sewer treatment, recycling, and environmental awareness programs to direct the general population toward an environmentally friendly way of life - "Circle of Green". On February 9, 2009, Saudi Nossan Viper Green Key (SNVG) executed a Financing Placement Agreement with PRG Realty Advisors, Inc. of Dallas, Texas for the procurement of a $100,000,000 (SR3750,000,000) financing for the construction of the Company's first large-scale Green Key plant installation to be built on 2.000.000m2 of land located in Industrial City in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, pending final license award. This is a project specific financing and will not result any additional issuances of any of the Company's securities. In March of 2009, the Company completed project specific analysis and site selection for a large-scale plant installation in Korea for up to 100 tons per day of new waste and existing waste dump that can relieve the region from several million of metric tons of bio waste to convert to compost. This is second of several planned Green Key projects in the Middle East and Asia. The Company has entered into a Letter of Intent with RXND, LLC for the merger with its subsidiary, Green Key Environmental Solutions, Inc. Viper Networks, Inc., through a wholly-owned subsidiary, has been providing Green Key with an administrative office in Saudi Arabia, as well as sales, marketing and technical support staff as part of an exclusive sales and marketing agreement for the distribution of Green Key's state-of-the-art environmentally-friendly products and services in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Green Key's patented flagship product line includes both government, commercial and residential machines that use FDA approved micro-biological ingredients that ferment and digest food matter converting to roughly 95% water and 5% organic and inorganic liquids which go down the drain systems. The result is a significant reduction in the food waste hauling that is overwhelming our landfills and as Green Key Say's "Green Made Simple" creating cost saving, improved sanitation conditions and significant reductions in overall food, waste and the resultant carbon footprints associated with the conventional systems. In addition to their flagship product line, Green Key has several other products and services in various stages of development in the energy and waste management industries, including its recently released GK Dual Rotor Wind Turbine. The GK Dual Rotor Wind Turbine is a patented, free direction wind turbine that converts wind to electricity in a clean and renewable solution. Green Key has various models capable of .05 to 50 megawatts that are priced from $330,000 to $54,000,000. The Company expects to complete due diligence and close this merger by year end December 31, 2009.
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President Gretchen M. Bataille met with dozens of alumni and friends at a public reception Nov. 20 in Chicago.
UNT President Gretchen M. Bataille kicked off her nationwide inaugural tour Nov. 20 in Chicago, where more than 80 alumni attended a reception at the International Foyer at the Fairmont Hotel.
Bataille's inaugural tour, which is the first of its kind for a UNT president, will take her from New York City to Los Angeles and is key to her aim of increasing alumni involvement with the Denton campus while also putting UNT on a map bigger than North Texas.
President Gretchen M. Bataille launched her nationwide inaugural tour with more than 80 people at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago.
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Blog submitted by Perry Athanason
Perry Athanason is the Communications Manager on the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital and has been a member of the crew since November 2007.
World Sight Day is an international day of recognizing preventable blindness issues worldwide. However, ORBIS has taken this opportunity to promote this event not just for one day, but throughout a 4 week skills exchange campaign through two countries, India and Bangladesh, and going forward in all its program locations in 2010.
In India, we worked with our long-time global sponsor, Alcon, to deliver our Flying Eye Hospital program and to launch the ORBIS EyeReports (www.orbis-eyereport.org). We continued this relationship into Bangladesh as we promoted and raised awareness for World Sight Day. If you have not already, I encourage you to take a look at this new and exciting social networking project. I also encourage you to view the original site, which includes more than one hour of ORBIS EyeReport footage dating back from July 2009 (www.qik.com/orbis-eyereport) and includes EyeReports for all markets.
On the Flying Eye Hospital, our WSD campaign consisted of several components and activities targeting the global, national and community level: ORBIS EyeReports with Alcon from India and Bangladesh, special visit to the Flying Eye Hospital from the Women's Asia University in Chittagong, a rural screening in Bangladesh targeting women and young girls for a comprehensive screening, distributed reading and sunglasses to three urban project partners in Bangladesh and a participated in a summit meeting of policymakers and organizations dedicated to maturing the current system of eye health care in the country.
In Asia, the Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan staff launched similar campaigns utilizing the ORBIS EyeReports made specifically for their markets. Take a look at Taiwan's "Action Blue" (http://www.actionblue.org.tw and Hong Kong's "What's New f or World Sight Day" campaigns (http://www.orbis.org.hk/Default.aspx?cid=8499&lang=1).
ORBIS Canada is also utilizing the EyeReport campaign for its "Canada Week" special, which takes place during week 2 of the Bangladesh Flying Eye Hospital program. You can view these specially promoted Canadian EyeReports on the qik.com site address above.
ORBIS was at the heart of each of these campaigns and continues to inspire the dedication of our partners and our beneficiaries. I hope each of you is as proud as I am to be involved in ORBIS' worldwide impact – together we are ONE ORBIS!
Helping Those To See Better With the Help of One Young Girl
Megan Day is a 17 year-old girl from Tucson, Arizona who wanted to make a change in the lives of thousands by helping them see much better than before. To tackle the statistics that made Megan hang her head in despair, she created the ICU2 project, which aims to distribute much needed eye wear in emerging nations globally. Megan reached out to the Lions Club in her district with the idea of collecting glasses and shipping them around the world. The ICU2 project has provided glasses to refugees in the Republic of Georgia and the citizens of Egypt and Afghanistan. When hearing about ORBIS and our work, Megan found a new adversary in the fight against avoidable blindness and low vision. She contacted ORBIS and agreed to provide us with 500 reading and sunglasses for distribution to women and young girls in her support of World Sight Day's theme: Gender and Eye care. Those glasses, along with donations from the ORBIS UK office, were equally distributed among three urban project areas managed by the ORBIS Bangladesh team.
A Promise of Advocacy and Community Care for 2010
Once again, the Flying Eye Hospital staff reached out beyond the plane and the local hospital to raise the awareness of avoidable blindness and offer eye care screening to help those who are not able to travel…this time, in support of World Sight Day's theme: Gender and Eye care.
"Please include us in every outreach program you plan from here on out." These words from staff nurse, Jin Sook, as we left this outreach program made my heart grow greater than the Grinch's when hearing the Who's sing in Who-ville after he stole their Christmas. It was the first time the staff nurses from ORBIS joined me in the field for a community outreach program and I could not have imagined the success of the program without them. Together with our two associate ophthalmologists, Drs Vivian Yin and Sylvia Chen, Gavin with his trusty cameras and the ORBIS nurses (Jin Sook, Jackie, Beverly and Rajan – sounds like a family of Whos), we traveled nearly 3 hours to a remote village named, not Who-ville, but Katachara. This small village, approximately 75 kilometers from Chittagong, surrounded by rice-fields, palm trees and swamps is home to hundreds of Bengali people who barely have access to healthcare, much less eye health care. During the screening, we met nearly 150 people all ages and genders that had never received a comprehensive eye examination. As the constant rain pinged the tin roof building, we examined the patients for low vision, eye pressure, cataracts and diabetic retinopathy. Additionally, we distributed sunglasses for protection against the severe elements they face (mostly farmers and field workers who are heavily exposed to the sun and run a greater risk of traumatic injury to their eyes) and gave teddy bears to the children – two things that were definitely not the norm in this tiny village. In partnership with our host hospital, Chittagong Eye Infirmary and Training Complex, I am pleased to say that those patients in dire need of eye care services (the many with cataracts) will receive the needed follow-up treatment gratis.
We have been conducting these outreach programs since the beginning of the year and we have made it a standard segment of the Flying Eye Hospital program – a segment that has my personal promise and dedication to continue throughout the 2010 program year and another way that ORBIS plans to promote World Sight Day, not only for one day out of the year, but carried through and sustained for all programs going forward. Each outreach has the ability to highlight one, or several, common eye diseases, make way for collaboration with other eye care organizations and groups working on the front lines, and garner more attention with the media and local governments as we continue to educate the public and advocate for stronger policies in eye health for the people.
Sustainability is at the heart of what we do and it is no different with promoting Gender and Eye care as the theme for all our community outreach programs in 2010. I hope you will continue to monitor the ORBIS EyeReport website to see clips of all our outreach programs in the coming year and from varying locations.
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Synopis (This is from the novel one on animelist since the anime one is not that detailed) -5 boys and girls full-shuffled! 5-way love pentagon comedy! At clubhouse room 401, there gathers "anything goes" members of the culture study society. Pro-wrestling otaku Taichi Yaegashi, mysterious beauty Iori Nagase, cool Himeko Inaba, the clown Yoshifumi Aoki and fancy-loving Yui Kiriyama found the noisy but calm days suddenly come to a halt. The personality switched among the members--. The unnatural days of changinging into "someone" by getting back to "themselves" by becoming "someone else" has started!
This is suppose to come out on July 8, but a 11 minute teaser of the first episode was recently released. It was an interesting concept of body switching and I have never seen an anime where body switching was the main topic. The 3 girls in the show gave off a K-on vibe to me and that made sense since the artist for the show was also was part of K-on.
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I'm going to wait for the subbed version of this to come out later but so far, it looks ok with some funny moments.
Edit: Just finished watching the extended version and was entertaining. Dat body switch, dat drama, dat questions. Well, let's just say the series has my attention so far.
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|I really enjoyed the 11 min preview of episode 1. All the characters seem likable and had a fun chemistry. I'm looking forward to seeing more of the gender switches. Of course Taichi does what any guy who finds they turned into a woman would do. Also, as an avid wrestling fan, I really got a kick out of the John Cena and Undertaker posters.
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depending on how they play the gender-swapping this could be really funny.
the 11 minutes were alright, kind of funny, characters have potential. it's nothing incredibly special but it managed to stir some interest in me.
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i agree, that shit is awesome! especially the 'Taker.
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Something about the character designs bugs me, there is a feel similar to K-ON, but there is something else that I can not put my finger on. Kind of like if a lot of cgi was used, or they feel rigid. Maybe it is just me over reacting.
The preview does make me look forward to the rest of the show. Perhaps it reminds me a little bit of the soon to be finished Natsuiro Kiseki for the group of friends with slight supernatural setting.
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Just watched the first episode since I had to the first moment it aired. I was so excited about this anime, due to the fact that this is the summer anime I had most been looking forward to.
It was very interesting and it lived up to my expectations for what I can expect for an anime about soul swapping and the first 2 instances of that involving characters swapping spoiler[with someone of the opposite sex.]
When this happens, I always wonder why the boy is always so much more interested in his chest than spoiler[what's between his legs (or not between his legs)], and there always seems to be an underwhelming response from the girl who is experiencing this change.
The body swapping just seems to be happening randomly without explanation. I would have liked some sort of clue as to what's causing this phenomenon, but the preview seems to maybe have hinted at some sort of plant they ate. Perhaps the 5 of them took a trip to a mysterious hot spring a few weeks earlier and all had a rare magical herb in their tea.
The character differences seem natural but the notion that there is a tsundere type girl and 2 kawaii type girls was probably a bit deliberate in order to make funny situations when Inaba switches with either of the other girls.
I expect this will progress to be very entertaining and enjoyable and hopefully prove itself as a top pick for this season.
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|I quite enjoyed the first episode. The characters actually seemed like characters and less cardboard cut-outs that have been copy/pasted like some other shows. The body swapping can be amusing as well. Definitely will check out the second episode.
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I have a theory on this, and it's quite simple: You can see boobs without having to look.
You go anywhere that there are girls (school, stores, home, etc...) and you can see boobs. They taunt you. They mock you. But you can't touch them no matter how badly you want to. So, when a sweet little virgin boy turns into a girl, I can understand why that's his first thought. Those glorious orbs that flaunt themselves in front of you day after day are finally within your grasp, and grasp you do.
However, I have a question myself: Why do it through the shirt? When you do that, you aren't feeling the boobs, you're feeling squishy things through a shirt and bra. So while I get why they always go for the boobs, I don't get why they don't go for the under slide.
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I was about to engage further in tKoH's discussion, and then decided against it for legal reasons.
I'm hoping that some of the later episodes introduce a bit of an edge, though for some reason, that is what I'm expecting. I'm not entirely sure why.
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Turns out this season is having more likeable anime than I had expected. I plan to follow this one, unless it gets too repetitive.
My favourite scene was when he started fondling himself. Oh man, I'd have rushed to a mirror straight away.
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A Mystery
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Definitely sticking with this one - the first episode didn't bore me for one moment.
@TKoH: Well, I don't think he had enough time to think clearly and grab the breasts for real. Leaves you wondering: what would most girls do when they find themselves in a guy's body? I think I'd check if I had nice biceps first, then wondering what's between my legs...
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Oh, I can't speak for all males, but I have it all planned out. Just in case.
Just think of it as while most people are preparing for apocalypses, I'm preparing for naughty things.
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Brent Allison
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I think the interaction between Taichi and Himeko contributed to making the characterization seem more genuine and less cookie-cutter. I'll be looking for the 2nd ep as well!
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@egoist I like to be prepared; I've got it worked out so that I know what to do if I'm in a girl's body during an apocalypse.
@A Mystery Biceps? I thought women were more interested in abs? You must be more practical though: My abs aren't nearly as useful as my biceps on a day to day basis.
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We've all had bad days, but former WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown had an absolutely brutal three weeks.
After losing an extremely close split decision to top 10 featherweight Diego Nunes, he took an ill-advised fight on short notice against elite grappler Rani Yahya just 21 days later, losing another decision after being worn down over the course of three rounds.
On top of two straight losses in the UFC, he also suffered a broken hand that would require surgery. His career seemed teetering on the edge.
Now, a little over six months after the tough string of losses, the American Top Team product is 100%, revitalized and ready to take on The Ultimate Fighter season 12 alumni Nam Phan on the UFC 133 undercard which will be streamed for free on Facebook this Saturday night (August 6, 2011).
The ex-champ was a guest on The Verbal Submission this Sunday night and he talked about getting back on track, making changes in his camp and much, much more in this interview with MMAmania.com.
Brown explains how he's feeling physically after the jump:
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): You've got a really important fight for your career coming up against Nam Phan on Saturday. After dealing with so many physical issues recently, how are you feeling now after taking over six months off to prepare for this fight?
Mike Brown: That's what I needed. I needed some time off. You know, regroup, recalibrate, change some things in my camp and heal up some injuries. After the last one I had a surgery on my hand so I took care of that, took some time off, got back to some strength and conditioning, got my size and strength back and I'm feeling good. I'm just ready to go and I'm glad the camp's over with.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): Was there any mental things that you had to get over? I know it must have been an extremely toll to lose two fights in the span of three weeks even if they were to some extremely talented featherweights.
Mike Brown: Yeah, I was bummed to say the least. You've just got to push on. Every fight is equally important and they all go on your permanent record so this one is just like the last one and the one before that. They're all important and I've just got to put those behind me and just focus on the one in front of me. If I can perform like I'm supposed to and compete like I do when I train, I should smash him up and get that 'W.'
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): You said you've changed a few things up in your training camp at ATT. Do you mind talking about any specific changes that you made?
Mike Brown: Yeah, I just started incorporating some strength and conditioning stuff that I wasn't doing for the last like, maybe three or four years I wasn't doing any of that. I was just sparring all the time. I was getting in good shape because I was always putting myself in live situations every day, a couple times a day, but that's a lot of wear and tear on your body. That's a lot of wear and tear on your joints when you're going live and getting hit every day but I liked it. It made me real calm, relaxed because you're so used to the situations but it takes such a toll on the body. It was working in the past and then when I hit a bad skid so you've got to try and make some changes. Some things aren't working and that's one of 'em.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): Do you feel now, with two losses in a row and having lost three of four, do you feel like your back's against the wall with this fight?
Mike Brown: I don't think about that. In reality it probably is, but I don't care about that. I mean, every fight, I've never gone into a fight thinking, "oh, I can afford to lose this," you know? So, you feel like your back is always on the wall because if you lose, it'll always be on your record, it'll always be looked at and it never goes away. I've always put a lot of pressure on myself and each fight kinda stresses me out in that way so it's nothing new in that manner.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): You mentioned that there were things that weren't working for you with your old training habits with all the sparring. What do you think was something that was a big problem when you were losing? Was it a physical thing? Do you really know?
Mike Brown: Yeah, I think I might have lost some of my power, my strength because I stopped lifting weights for so long and I just got away from that and I wasn't doing the conditioning, just sparring. I was getting in shape but it wasn't the same. I thought it was. I was winning so I wasn't gonna change it. I was thinking, "I'll keep doing this now and I'll keep winning and it's still working and I like it." When you're sparring, that's the fun part. Nobody wants to run or lift weights. Playing the game is the fun part. I enjoyed sparring and rolling and stuff like that but I had to make some changes because it was not working for me.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): I know you've talked about overtraining issues and I'm sure you've broached this subject before but I remember you saying that you were having issues with your standing heart rate being an problem and even wanting to see a cardiologist. Did you actually do that? Did you ever find out what was wrong?
Mike Brown: The doctors that I talked to, all signs pointed to overtraining. I wish I knew what I was doing. Everything they looked at, all the symptoms, they said, "oh man, you were just, you're doing too much. You weren't resting." Sometimes you just don't want to believe it because you always think more is better, work harder and you get better results yada, yada, yada old style wrestling mentality but it's really not the case, especially as you get older. When you're 25, you might be able handle it, but when you're 35, your body really can't.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. How much time did you actually rest, just let your body relax, recover and rest before you started the most recent intense training camp for your fight?
Mike Brown: I took some time. I had hand surgery so I was out for a solid like 4-5 weeks after the surgery but I was still lifting weights a bit about three times a week. There's this little place called the Institute of Human Performance and they were strapping straps to my arms so I could still try to lift with a cast on but I wasn't wrestling or sparring on the regular like I always was before. You train hard and tear your muscles up a day and then you do a day of nothing, tear them up again and another day of nothing. You're getting that healing time in between your workouts which is pretty important.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): At 35 years old, what are your goals? Do you want to get that title again? What's really in your mind right now?
Mike Brown: Yeah, I'm going for it. I'd love to make another run at it. I know I can do it. Let's take it one at a time. I'm far from that right now, so one at a time. Just get this fight under my belt, hopefully I'll get a win and then I'll look at my future from there and we'll move on. Until this is over, I can't really do anything about the future.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): You said you're feeling fine physically. How long do you see yourself fighting yet?
Mike Brown: We'll see. As long as my body holds up and I'm doing alright and winning, then I'll continue. If I continue to lose fight and I'm out, or I have another major injury where I've got to have six months off, then it might be time for me to go.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): Understandable. Let's talk about your upcoming fight then. It's a really important fight for you. You're facing Nam Phan, a talented striker. He kind of got screwed against Leonard Garcia in his last fight. How do you feel you match up with Nam?
Mike Brown: It's gonna be a good fight. He's exciting, got good stand-up and had some pro boxing fights. He's solid on the ground and does have a black belt in jiu-jitsu. He's been fighting for a while so he's definitely a well-rounded MMA guy. I'm hoping I outpower him and outhustle him, put pressure on him, break him down and get the 'W.' That's my gameplan and it works more often than not so I'm hoping it's gonna work on the sixth.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): You mentioned the loss in power. Do you feel your wrestling could be a big factor in this fight as well?
Mike Brown: Oh yeah, of course. Without a doubt I'm gonna have the wrestling edge in this fight.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): There was a lot of talk at 145 about who fight Jose Aldo for the title. Kenny Florian is gonna fight him now, but Mendes was gonna do it, maybe Hioki. If you could have played matchmaker, who did you feel was the most deserving of facing Aldo next?
Mike Brown: I think Mendes. He's undefeated and he's been in the weight class and worked his way up. I thought he was the guy in line. Florian came down and he won one fight and he got it. It'll probably sell more pay-per-views because he's got the bigger name. This is a business as well and Florian is a very good fighter. Not to say that he's not as capable as Mendes but I think that was probably why the decision was made. If you're going straight by who earned it or who's turn it is, I would say Mendes. I'm sure he'll be around and he'll get his shot.
Brian Hemminger (MMAmania.com): If you had a dream scenario, how would you like to finish the fight against Nam Phan?
Mike Brown: Well, dream scenario would be getting knockout, submission and fight of the night all at once but I don't know if that can happen. I'll take the money. Honestly, I don't care, all I need is the win. (laughs).
Mike would like you to check out his website, MikeBrownMMA.com. Also he'd like to thank his friends at American Top Team, his sponsors Bushmaster Firearms and Headrush.
So what do you think, Maniacs?
So at 35 years old, does Mike Brown still have another run in him? Or is it too little too late for the former world champ?
Sound off!
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Dropped on the Head
Posted by anaglyph under Daft Advertising, Food & Drink, Hokum, ShooTag, Skeptical Thinking, Stupidity, WooWoo
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Faithful Acowlytes! Have you put on a few pounds over the winter?(i) Has your flat stomach been Autocorrected into a flab stomach? Would you like your former Olive Oyl profile back once more? Well then friends, let me tell you all about the miraculous LifeChange Diet, featuring amazing 'bioresonance' drops! Yes, these wondrous drops in conjunction with 'a strict low calorie/low GI diet' just about guarantee that you'll shed those unwanted kilos in no time.
But first, before we get too excited, we might examine the above magazine clipping (thoughtfully sent in by Cissy Strutt) with the TCA Bullshit Magnifier™ to see what it throws up.
First of all, you might be forgiven for thinking that popstar-cum-clotheshorse Carmen Electra has anything at all to do with the LifeChange Diet. She doesn't. Well, not the LifeChange Diet being promoted in the text by Sydney naturopath Danielle Berends, anyway. But maybe that's my mistake. The credit does say Carmel Electra, so perhaps it's Carmen's lesser known twin sister doing the promoting. You might also be forgiven for thinking that the drops Carmel is talking about have anything to do with the drops that Danielle is hawking. They don't. At least, if they are the same product, they don't make a big thing of it on the LifeChange Diet website, and probably for good reason: HCG Platinum Drops are not in the good books of the US Food & Drug Administration, who have found the drops to be in violation of numerous FDA standards and that '…there is no evidence that they are generally recognized as safe and effective for their intended uses.'
But hey, it's not hard to accidentally put the wrong photo and caption on your text, right? Maybe these ones were meant to go on the story 'Bogus Weight Loss Drugs promoted by Idiot Celebrity' and there was a bit of a mixup. It's easy to see how that could happen.
So, what then does the LifeChange Diet website have to say about these awesome homeopathic drops. Let's look at the Bioresonance page (because we just know that's gonna be good):
The LifeChange Diet combines an easy to follow structured diet program with bioresonance technology, in the form of specially formulated bioresonance drops.
But what is bioresonance technology? That's a very common question.
Bioresonance technology was introduced by German scientists in the 1970's. Its foundation is based around the body's energy system.
In bioresonance therapy, the transmission and receipt of electromagnetic frequencies is used to identify and support your energetic status.
All the cells in your body emit and communicate via electromagnetic frequencies. In a healthy body, this communication is free and the body functions as it was designed to do.
Well, I agree that 'What is bioresonance technology?' is probably a common question from those hearing of this scheme. Indeed, I asked it myself, although it was more along the lines of 'Jesus H Christ, what the fuck is bioresonance technology?' But, the internets being right at our fingertips & all, it's only a moment's work to fire up our favourite Search™ engine and plug in 'bioresonance' and 'German scientists'. The very first result we get is this Wikipedia(ii) article on 'bioresonance therapy' which begins with the explanation that 'Bioresonance therapy is a pseudo-scientific medical concept…' I guess that wasn't much of a surprise. Bioresonance was 'discovered' in 1977 by Franz Morell who, after seeing a Scientology E-Meter, created his own version of it, along with a whole heap of baloney to explain its supposed working mechanism. Needless to say this centers principally around the vagueness of concepts like 'electromagnetic frequencies' and 'energy flow' so beloved of woo peddlars across the globe, a club of whom we must consider LifeChange a card-carrying member.
Simply put, the wondrous drops that the LifeChange Diet promotes as part of its weight-loss scheme are nothing more than magic water. Yet again.
I guess you all saw it, right, at the beginning of this post? The diet promoted by this racket – 'a strict low calorie/low GI' food intake – by itself will guarantee that you lose weight. The magic drops are total bullshit, and I say these people know it.
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Caveat emptor, second oldest profession.
Let's see if there is legal way to get these people hooked up with the doubters from the previous post.Stop! I said legal!
I am going to read the new Nobel prize winners research on how cells communicate one of these days, but I don't think it had much to do with electromagnetic frequencies. Libelous! Furthermore, since our bodies are mostly not human cells anyway, I think it us even further a breach of science. Bacteria, at least, communicate via quorum sending (thanks, TED!), and this also has nothing to do with frequencies in the EM field. D-d-d-double fail!
Hey, did you hear the one about the homeopath who died the other day? He overdosed when he forgot to take his daily aspirin… -James Randi
Seems legit to me. Well, OK, not even close to legit. Downright sleazy and wrong, in fact.
But still… maybe it's just that I'm at home with the flu and feverish, but I'd be willing to bet some good money that drinking a zero calorie placebo will, in tests, help you slim faster than not drinking one.
Not only that, but I'd also bet some seen-better-days money that, the more you spend on your placebo, the more reliable your slimming will be.
I'd even bet some probably-needs-a-bit-of-a-spanking money that this will hold true *even if everyone knows it's just a placebo*.
We are just weird like that.


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