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Germ theory denialist, spammer and homeopathy shill Ellen Kramer (@EllenKramer), proprietor of the College of Practical Homeopathy (FSVO practical) is fond of spamming her take on "Homeopathy & the Skeptics; a fight for our health freedom and the choice to choose our own healthcare" – or rather, a fight for her freedom to make money from credulous people and the choice to choose her own laws of physics.
It's clearly spam, the "choice to choose" is a grammatical error faithfully repeated time after time, and the contents of the majority of her tweets is similar copy and paste nonsense.
But what of the article in question, entitled "Homeopathy And The Skeptics"?
Homeopathy And The Skeptics
So the wibble goes:
I am deeply concerned by the current orchestrated campaign against homeopathy, which is led by a self-appointed pressure group, Sense about Science, and a number of bloggers.
We're delighted to hear that you're deeply concerned, it means that something is going right, but you are wrong (amazing! a homeopath, wrong!) in your attribution. Skeptical criticism of homeopathy is almost as old as homeopathy itself. The skeptical community is a diverse group encompassing everything from ghost busters to moon landing hoax debunkers, and virtually every skeptic I have ever encountered has commented somewhere on homeopathy.
The reason, Ellen, is that homeopathy is so self-evidently wrong, so trivially disproved by common and well-understood concepts, that it is a useful teaching tool for critical thinking.
There is no conspiracy, just a large number of people who have all spotted that the Emperor is parading naked and who choose to use this example as a lesson in the folly of self-delusion.
These people are funded by the drug companies, so surely their PR science makes them unfit to comment objectively on homeopathy in the national press. With the strong PR campaign by BigPharma to discredit homeopathy, all homeopaths must now, more than ever, unite in their resolve to give patients a truly alternative choice in Medicine.
This is a bald-faced lie. Homeopathy is self-discrediting, and no skeptic I know receives a penny from "big pharma" to engage in skepticism. One of the best known critics of homeopathy is Ben Goldacre, and I suspect Big Pharma rather wish he'd go away.
We are not a complementary medicine, which is trying to be tagged onto allopathy, we offer a genuine alternative to modern chemical therapy.
Half right. Homeopathy is indeed not a complementary therapy, it's not a therapy at all. It is an alternative to "modern chemical therapy", or medicine to give a less misleading name, in exactly the same way that flying carpets are an alternative to airliners.
Most Sceptics do not understand how homeopathic remedies work, they exaggerate and misconstrue what homeopathic remedies are and ironically see themselves as the defenders of medical science, but in truth they have an embarrassingly poor scientific attitude when evaluating homeopathy and the remedies. Homeopathy – comes from the place that the power of healing lies within the patient & the remedies stimulate the body to do its own healing – they have no power beyond stimulating self healing and they must be individualised to suite the needs of the patient.
Not only is this a bald-faced lie, it is actually the precise opposite of the truth. Most skeptics know precisely how homeopathic remedies "work" – placebo effects, expectation effects, cognitive biases etc. – whereas homeopaths don't. At least I'm assuming they don't, as the alternative is that they are deliberately deceiving people.
This is what makes it difficult to do clinical trials using conventional scientific methods and why sometimes remedies work and sometimes they don't – this is because the remedies have to be individualised to the patient. They will work if the prescriber understands why the symptoms are there – Cause → effects → and obstacles to cure.
Ah, the good old "we're special, don't test us with your science". No credible reason has ever been advanced why homeopathy, unlike individualised cancer therapy, cannot be tested scientifically, and the objection appears to rest on the fact that the results are not to homeopaths' liking.
It's not that difficult to work out a way to test individualised homeopathy. You can even design one the homeopaths might like (the weasel word pragmatic is a litmus test). For example, you can do a three-arm trial, one arm receiving the individualised remedies as prescribed, one arm receiving placebo and one arm receiving a randomly selected remedy, with blinding of all parties through numerical coding. No homeopath is known to have shown any willingness to try such a test.
Without understanding the cause in the long run, you will not be able to remove the effects (symptoms) – the obstacles to self healing need to be addressed if the body is to self heal. So from this place, how can homeopaths discuss health with a lobby group whose main aim is to subvert any real discussion on health and take away people's rights to health freedom choices?
This is the fallacy of begging the question. Homeopathy is based on refuted doctrines, there is no reason to suppose that it can remove any effects.
And nothing here prevents a randomised test as described above. Nobody's saying homeopaths have to discuss it only with skeptics, whether or not they are part of a lobby group. They could go to George Lewith, for example.
They need to explain what they base their science on? Medicine or rather Scientism has no principals for healing, no observational tools, no understanding of the evolution from constitutional health to suppression and then pathology. They have done a fine job in mapping the human body, but remain ignorant about how to support self-healing. This is like having a leaking roof – a homeopath would get on the roof and find out where the leak originated and sort it out from there.
Eh? We base our science on empirically verifiable fact. You base your pseudoscience on empirically refuted hypothesis. That's an end of it.
The term "scientism", much beloved of those whose beliefs are contradicted by science, seems to have gained its currency in the intelligent design creationism movement. The only belief required in science is that the scientific method is the best way of telling truth from falsehood. So far this has given us electric light, the internet, the internal combustion engine, and the crowning achievement of mankind, the bicycle. The record of homeopathy is less glorious. To date it has given us precisely nothing. It has zero explanatory power. It reveals nothing about the world, provides no predictions that are clinically or physically useful.
Whilst an allopath would simply keep painting over the water stains in the ceiling, as the hole on the roof grows bigger and bigger until the ceiling eventually falls down.
Homeopathy focuses on the patient, because the answer for health lies there; allopaths focus on the symptoms, develop drugs for that symptom and forget that health is more than just symptoms.
This is ridiculous. See my holistic healer for an explanation of why the claim of quacks to be uniquely holistic and "patient-focused" is purest arse gravy. Fraudsters are victim-focused in a way the police aren't, I suppose, and that's the limit of it.
Homeopathic remedies are gentle, non toxic and non addictive – if skeptics do not have the science to understand how remedies stimulate self healing, then surely it is up to allopaths to prove that the body cannot heal itself, and that only drugs can do that.
But we do understand, it's you who doesn't. The reversal of the burden of proof is noted, but even if it was up to us to disprove honeopathy, we've already done it. The doctrines are refuted. The claims conflict with basic physics. Trials ultimately confirm the null hypothesis. We don't need to prove that a form of energy never observed by science does not affect a vital force never detected by science and with no empirically verifiable basis in fact, to effect a cure that somehow consistently fails to provide a single unambiguous and objectively testable result. We don't have to prove that unicorn tears don't cure or that carpets can't fly. These claims are sufficiently outlandish that if they were true, the world would be fundamentally different.
Allopathy – comes from the place that healing lies outside the patient and all you have to do is find a pill that fixes the symptoms.
False. Medicine recognises many possible causes of disease, a large number of which have no origin outside the body, most autoimmune diseases for example (homeopathy has only vague arm-waving references to imbalance, basically the four humours). Medicine has a range of treatments including surgery, physiotherapy, psychotherapy, genetic therapies and drug therapies (homeopathy has only magic water). Medicine does not claim to be able to treat or cure every condition, because it tries to be honest (homeopathy has no such scruples).
If that doesn't work, then they must cut, burn, or poison; to make the symptoms go away. They do so-called clinical trials, yet they ignore the feedback from the body and call it a side effect – when it is really a direct affect of the drug. Surely this is bad science, ignoring the evidence!!! .
This is so completely wrong that there's really no point of contact. I have osteoarthritis. Nobody is offering to cut, poison or burn my knee. It is managed through exercise, and monitored by MRI.
So despite all the clinical trials to make chemical therapy safe up to 40,000 people a year die from adverse drug events in the UK alone – the BMJ Clinical evidence makes very interesting reading? In fact, there are many clinical trials done by homeopaths. The evidence can be found there, as to whether homeopathy works or not.
Really? I don't accept the figure, but there are a lot of things going on here, for example:
- Some drugs reduce a large risk from one cause of mortality at the cost of a minor increase in another
- Some adverse events are not causal (see "gold mine or dumpster dive")
- Some people would die without treatment, so higher risk treatments are used
Homeopathy claims it has on adverse events. This is, of course, based on a false premise.
Do remedies work like drugs – no they don't? It would be like me asking a doctor to prove that drugs stimulate the body to heal itself? When we all know they are designed to override natural bodily processes and the side effects in the clinical trials tell you that, this is what they do.
Or rather: Do remedies, like drugs, work? No they don't. I am on Adcal, calcium and vitamin D, for osteoporosis consequent for coeliac. This is "designed to override natural bodily processes"? Bullshit. My gluten free diet isn't designed to do that, the natural bodily process of attacking my own intestines is idiosyncratic not "natural" and there's nothing wrong with subverting it, but the Adcal is doing the exact opposite of what Ellen claims all medicine does. Same is true for the iron tablets I was on when I had anaemia. No, Ellen, your model of what medicine does is as benightedly ill-informed as everything else you say.
Here's a curious thing: I am unable to find any significant debate about whether giving a measurable amount of a pharmacologically active compound could cause an objective effect in the human body. Nobody seems to dispute this. Any dispute is over whether specific therapies work as claimed. With homeopathy, the entire field is unproven (read: disproven).
Hence, most patients end up on long term drugs, adding more and more new ones to cover up the side effects of the original drug, and unless you keep taking the drug, the symptoms keep coming back. In the meantime, all the feedback from the body (side effects) are ignored; so from this perspective, the only real science in modern medicine is the chemical cocktails they create and re-create in the laboratory.
Most people end up on long term drugs because as the body decays we have two choices: patch it up or die. Your choice, Ellen, if you want to die as your body ages then be my guest.
This is not health or healing from a homeopathic paradigm of health. Therefore any discussion about how homeopathic remedies work; their effectiveness; and how they should be labelled – means they need to be placed in the context to which they are used and prescribed.
Well, yes, but only because the "homeopathic paradigm of health" is a fairy story.
The sceptics are looking at remedies as if they are drugs, which they are not and they seem to think that homeopathy is summed up by its remedies – when in fact the remedies are merely the tools homeopaths use to stimulate the body, to do what it does best – which is to heal itself. We need to be clear that the purpose and use of remedies comes from a very different health paradigm to allopathy and pharmaceutical drugs.
Bzzzt! I spotted your error. We don't look at remedies as if they are drugs. We look at homeopathy to see if it can support the claims made to cure. We accept that, for example, gentle exercise increases mobility in the elderly. No drugs involved, the test methodology is the same. Medical science has tested arthroscopy versus sham surgery for arthritis (arthroscopy turns out not to work). George Lewith took part i a test that included the consultation, and found (unsurprisingly) that the consultation was what had an effect. There's a systematic review of the effects of consultation variation in clinical practice.
So, Ellen, you accuse us of not understanding homeopathy when we plainly do, but then you demonstrate a total lack of any understanding of medicine, medical science, or the scientific method in general.
In a democracy in which the West prides itself on it is a fundamental right of any citizen living in it, to have ready access to the healthcare options of their choice. It is up to us, as homeopaths, to campaign for the health freedom choices that many patients are seeking; especially when chemical therapy doesn't work for them.
I see your error. Homeopathy is not a healthcare option, it's a religion. We do guarantee freedom of religion, but we do not guarantee the freedom of religion to masquerade as medicine.
People find homeopathy in their own way, and we must make sure it is always available to them in the future. People must continue to have the right to the freedom and the availability of health choices; so that they can choose natural alternatives if they wish to – especially when it comes to taking care of their own health.
Substitute $DEITY for homeopathy and faith for health in the above phrase. Its meaning remains identical.
Homeopathy is a health choice in the same way that magic carpets are a transport choice. Your failure to grasp this simple fact is your problem, not that of some shadowy cabal paid by "big pharma". Though the money would be welcome.
17 Responses to "Homeopathy And The Skeptics"
Just because skeptics don't understand homeopathy mechanism doesn't negate its effectiveness. Are skeptics part of TED's anonymous scientific advisory board? Robert Sweeney, "Burden of proof has shifted those who question..have more to explain if they disagree with conclusions"
Nancy, there is no "effectiveness" to negate it just doesn't work.
Your friend in delusion Sandra thinks homeopathy can cure a broken bone, you have stated it can't. Who is correct and on what evidence do you base your conclusions?
Nancy: as I think I showed rather well, skeptics understand homeopathy better than homeopaths do! We understand why it seems to work even though there is no remotely plausible reason to expect it to, and no way it can.
TED's scientific advisory board has scientists on it. Unsurprisingly, they support the scientific consensus view that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. I believe the comment you note is the result of external criticism of some TEDx events where people with views that are not supported by good science, were given a platform. Rupert Sheldrake springs to mind. Here's a non-anonymous comment: http://www.ted.com/conversations/16894/rupert_sheldrake_s_tedx_talk.html
It's normal in science to place a higher burden on those who argue against the consensus, because the consensus is generally based on a lot of evidence. People can and do successfully challenge consensus, for example when peptic ulcers were shown to be caused by h. pylori.
Have you read 10 science dogmas/delusions by Dr. Rupert Shedrake
The truth is that there's a medicine other than conventional medicine
Be educated about homeopathic Sympytum (link below) and its ability to hasten the healing of broken bones. Two family members were facing surgery to place screws in fractures (i.e., broken bones). Two casts over an 8 week period, and x-rays showed non-healing with casting alone. Surgery was recommended. Both family members were prescribed Symphytum. Surgery was avoided in both cases. Before and after x-rays confirmed the adequate healing with homeopathy alone. To be fair (which you may find repulsive), you might want to stop misrepresenting what I have posted in the past. [spam link elided]
And as you could clearly read if you could be bothered, Nancy says homeopathy can't cure broken bones.
Who is correct, you or Nancy, and based on what evidence?
Researchers have confirmed homeopathy's effectiveness in speeding up the healing of bone fractures. In a DBRCT of 67 patients, they found that healing was accelerated significantly through individualized homeopathic treatment.
Nonsense of course but you are now changing your opinion you clearly expressed elsewhere: "Yes homeopathy can't cure broken bones"
You really are completely deluded.
Science is ever changing. Sticking to fixed notions is like clinging to a past. Let it be any branch of science, we have to be open minded to analyze the evidence and accept the good things in it and discard the illogical things from it.
Research has now shown that homeopathy plays an important role in orthopaedic care.
Your comment has helped me to find out this study. I will add it to my database. Thank You.
Ha ha ha
Science indeed moves forward. Do you really think a single poor quality oral report is good evidence?
" The treatment group received homoeopathic medicine on the basis of totality of symptoms and individualisation"
That's not science it's mystical gibberish.
Even if you believed it, which would be insane, it doesn't prove homeopathy cures broken bones, conventional treatment was used. Taking things out of context, exaggerating, all the usual blatant errors I expect from you.
"Research has now shown that homeopathy plays an important role in orthopaedic care"
What research? Sugar pills play no part in orthopaedic care.
Be educated about the atomic nature of matter, the laws of thermodynamics, the nature of the null hypothesis in hoemopathy, and the fact that no observation has ever refuted this.
No cases over 200+ years show any unambiguous objective proof of a cure by homeopathy. If any such case existed, the debate would be over.
As to misrepresenting what you have said, feel free to point out any case where I have done this. I have, of course, interpreted what you have said, in the light of the reality you so steadfastly deny.
"To be fair (which you may find repulsive), you might want to stop misrepresenting what I have posted in the past."
Sandra, from someone who spams blogs and insults people, while denying them the right to reply on you own blog, that's pretty bloody rich. Especially as you deliberately misrepresent replies as " offensive personal comments directed toward (you)". Misrepresent much?
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Patriots: The Patriots give up a whopping number of yards per game (366.8), so as long as the Broncos can play smart football, they'll get their points. The Pats are giving up just 85.3 yards per game on the ground which is slightly better than Denver' run defense. Jerod Mayo is leading the team in tackles with 39, Devin McCourty and Tavon Wilson have 2 interceptions a piece on the season, and Chandler Jones leads the team in sacks with 3 on the year. The Patriots defense can be worked (the Ravens put up 31 points and the Bills put up 28 points). It's more about the Broncos' defense working the Patriots' offense.
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Broncos: Any big special teams play in this game will go a long ways. Whether it's a punt pinned back at the 4-yard line, a 30+ yard punt return, or a long field goal, special teams means a lot in these kinds of games. David Bruton got the taste of a deflected punt last week. You know he's sniffing for more.
Patriots: Stephen Gostkowski missed back-to-back field goals from 49 yards and 42 yards out against the Bills last week. He also missed a 42-yard attempt that would have won the game for the Pats in week two against the Arizona Cardinals. Put the game on the line, and this kicker could be a head case.
Broncos: Don't expect any fake field-goals or trick plays from John Fox this week. Some coaches have the sleight of hand, others don't. This game will be in Manning's hands if all goes according to Fox's plan.
Patriots: Bill Belichick had Manning's number early in his career, but the quarterback has gotten the best of the Belichick lately. The hooded-one always puts together great game plans though. It will be all about if his defense can execute.
Prediction: Patriots – 31 Broncos- 28 in overtime (Here's hoping I'm wrong!)
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The Unity Council of Miami -- what a wonderful concept! Especially for Darryl Reaves, who collected most of the taxpayers' money that funded it.
In choosing Rev. Richard Dunn to fill in for Miller Dawkins, commissioners saved Miami's citywide election soul -- for now
Everybody heard about the tussle between white cops and black students but the discord at Coral Gables High goes far deeper than that
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From an island in the sea to an island in the heart of Miami
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FHA Moves to Accept E-Signatures
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The Irish band Dan comes all the way from County Waterford in Ireland to the Castle Theater stage on Thursday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m. to help us celebrate St. Patrick's month. Expect "a spirit-raising concoction," according to The Irish Times (and who would know better?)
Dan, named after the Celtic moon goddess, is one of the leading traditional Irish ensembles of today, featuring virtuosic players on flute, tin whistle, fiddle, button accordion, bouzouki, and vocals in both Irish and English.
The members of Dan first met up at a music festival in County Waterford in late 1994. Benny McCarthy, Donal Clancy, Donnchadh Gough and Daire Bracken played at the renowned Festival Interceltique de Lorient in France--to immediate success. Two brothers from Dublin, Tom and Eamonn Doorley, joined the group in 1996.
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Danú comes all the way from Ireland to the Castle Theater stage to help Maui celebrate St. Patrick.
The band's high-energy performance quickly became much sought after on the music festival circuit, and in 1997, the band released their debut album to coincide with a debut tour in the U.S. Their second album, "Think Before You Think" (2000) was voted Best Overall Traditional Act by Irish Music magazine in Dublin. Their other four releases have enjoyed similar critical and popular acclaim.
The first female member of the band, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh from County Kerry, joined up with the fourth CD.
Dan is the only band to have been voted Best Traditional Group twice in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
"A vibrant mix of virtuosity, energy and empathy."--The Washington Post
"Fierce fiddle reels to pensive ballads."--The New York Times
Tickets for both shows are available at The MACC Box Office by calling 242-SHOW (7469) to charge by phone, or at www.mauiarts.org.


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Philips EnduraLED A21 bulb offers bright light for big bucks0
If the expected price tag for Philips' latest LED light bulb is any indication, a brighter tomorrow won't come cheap. The "75W replacement," known as the EnudraLED A21, apparently reduces energy by 80 percent, lasts 25 percent longer than its conventional counterpart, and is expected to cost between $40 and $45. Given that's significantly less expensive than the outfit's 60W equivalent, but for us regular folks, that's not exactly a drop in the bucket. However, if you're picking up what Philips is laying down, the bulb — which uses a mere 17 watts of electricity to beam 1,100 lumens — could save the US 5,220 megawatts of electricity and $630,000,000 annually (if we all switch over tomorrow). That certainly sounds good, but somehow we doubt a $45 light bulb is going to be the incandescent killer. Full PR after the break.
Philips SA054 MP4 Player with 2.8 inch LCD and TV-output Function- 4GB3
Philips SA054 MP4 Player with 2.8 inch LCD and TV-output Function- 4GB
The Philips SA054 comes with 2.8 inch QVGA LCD, 320×240 pixels. Adopts FullSound and SuperScroll technology, Plays MP3, AAC, WMA and FLAC file formats, support ID3 mark, and LRC show; Compatible with RMVB, MPEG4 and WMV video files. With 880mAh li-ion battery, music playback for 22 hours or 4.55 hours video playback. Comes with TV output interface. Others include pictures browse, FM radio, E-book and voice record.
Product page:http://www.ownta.com/philips-sa054-mp4-player-with-2.8-inch-lcd-and-tv-output-function-4gb.html
Philips SA29 MP3 Player – 2GB0
The Philips SA29 supports the Rhapsody digital music service, giving you access to millions of songs in a variety of genres. Listen to your favorite tunes and discover new music with the exhilarating Rhapsody channels that will keep you tuned in to what you enjoy. The SA29 includes an FM radio so that you never run out of music. RDS functionality shows the name of the radio station and the details of the song you are listening to (for radio stations that support this feature). The voice recording function is great for making quick memos or recording someone's voice.
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Philips SA065 PMP with 3.5 inch Touch Screen and CMMB TV Function- 4GB
Philips GoGear SA065 has brings a 3.5-inch screen, tuner CMMB TV (China mobile TV standard), DAB radio, a capacity of 4GB, two speakers and an SD slot. This Philips PMP has support for RMVB/AVI/WMV and also several music files including FLAC and APE lossless. Its battery provides enough juice for 30 hours of music playback, 6 hours of video playback, or 4 hours of TV.
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Philips CAM MP6 Player with 2.0MP Camera and TV-output Function – 4GB
During the year of 2009, Apple launched iPod Nano 5th with camera. Philips also produces this player with camera – CAM. Better than iPod Nano 5th, Philips CAM support longer time to record with 4GB memory onboard and MicroSD memory card. 2x zoom and 2.0MP camera, support 1600×1200 pictures shots and 640×480@30fps video recording with sound. Philips CAM also follows Philips GoGear series MP4 players, adopts FullSound technology, provides enhanced MP3 sound quality. Other features include TV-output, FM radio and FM voice record, picture browse etc.
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Philips breathes new life into home stereos with SoundSphere0
Philips has been on somewhat of a roll with new releases overseas, and the outfit's new SoundSphere might just be the most intriguing yet. Generally speaking, home stereos don't do much for us, but the minty fresh MCi900 and MCD900 definitely add a fresh touch on an age-old concept. Both systems are equipped with a pair of speakers, 100 watts of amplification and "free floating" tweeters that are outside of the enclosure. The shells themselves are molded from a single piece of aluminum, and there's also an integrated CD player and USB socket on the both of 'em. The former gets a Streamium logo and a 160GB hard drive, support for internet radio and wireless streaming with networked PCs or Macs. There's no mention of a price just yet, and potentially more disheartening, no indication that we unimportant Americans will ever see it on our soil.
Philips Activa fitness MP3 player reminds you to move0
It's the new year, so what better way for a company to prey upon your insecurities than by offering devices that accessorizes your ambition to really meet your fitness goals this time around. Philips knows this, so it'll be expanding its DirectLife wearable activity monitor to Germany this month and then to the UK a few months later while launching its new Activa personal audio player here at CES. Activa brings along a little trick called TempoMusic; a feature that analyzes your music library to later match songs to your aerobic intensity. That means that Activa can help keep you motivated by shouting out feedback on your progress in addition to words of encouragement while automatically selecting the appropriate music to match the pace of your workout or give you a boost when needed. Later, while cooling down with some cold suds and a delicious slice of warm tobacco pie you can check your progress and caloric burn rate via the bundled PC software. Activa will be available worldwide sometime in April for about $130, suggested.
Philips CushionSpeaker coming to America this April for $800
Hear that? That's the sound of millions of Yanks celebrating in unison. Why the joviality? Because Philips' CushionSpeaker is coming to America, of course! The device — which simultaneously serves as a lap-based laptop cushion / stand and an external speaker system — first made waves last September when it debuted in Europe, but now that USers have evidently proven that they need one too, they're getting exactly what they want. We had a chance to tinker with the device, and largely, we agree with what has already been said. It's a perfectly fine cushion for using your laptop while kicking back on the sofa, but the bass-less speaker leaves a lot to be desired. It's set to ship to sofa sitters this April for $79.99, and if you're interested in the $39.99 to $49.99 Notebook Sleeve, $49.99 Notebook SoundBar and a variety of other peripherals that now have a stateside release in their future, the full details are posted after the break.


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In Cold Blood by Truman Capote – Bookies Book Club Review
This past week, 13 of the 16 Bookies gathered together for fun food, conversation, and a close up look at October Classic read, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote. My full review of the book is here. As I had mentioned in an earlier post, I was curious about how a true crime would go over in this group. We had read an Anne Rule true crime many years ago when we were about 8 or 10 members at that time, but nothing since then.
Our discussion mainly centered around the time and the crime. We agreed that in the small community where the crime took place, you did not worry about your neighbors or what you said in public about what you owned. The results of In Cold Blood, changed this community, and many communities forever. I mentioned to the group that I had recently been speaking to a woman at a dinner I attended about our book club choice. She said at the time of the crime she was a young girl and her parents told her, "you never tell people about what we have in our house… you do not mention the safe, or anything." The crimes of In Cold Blood, put fear in so many.
We also discussed how things randomly happen. If Richard Hickock and Perry Edward Smith had never met, never spoke with the gut who had worked on the Clutter home…. the crime, by circumstance would never have happened. We compared this, on a much lighter note to how we all wound up in book club together. Looking around the room, when book club started I knew only one of the thirteen girls in the room. We all met by circumstance, someone talked about book club and we agreed to go. If not for Bookies and our group talking about it… we would not all have been in that room together this week talking about this book.
I love things like that. :)
Overall, the book was rated mainly average which is actually a good rating for a classic. A few rated it higher, and a couple rated it lower. The overall thought was that most of us do not like to read true crime, but this one worked as it is written in such a fictional way. This was mainly because of the dialogue in the book compared to just straight facts about the crime.
Our food for the night… we themed a lot of foods from the times – Angie even made from a 1959 cook book a Purple Sea Urchin dish – little hot dogs poking out of a cabbage with Sterno in the middle to cook them! I made the cucumber sandwiches… I went with the theme of funeral food.
What makes this a good book club choice?
I think it is good for a book club to shake up genres. A true crime can bring out a different type of discussion, and while it is true crime, In Cold Blood is written in such a way it is not overly horrific, therefore making it a good book club pick – and it is a classic! In Cold Blood is one of the books i like to be able to say I have read due to its classic status and the fact that Truman Capote is an author you will want to read.
When planning food for a book such as this I loved the idea Angie had of making food from the era. She also brought (not pictured) old style potato chips and homemade dip with the Liptons onion soup mix, which apparently became popular in 1959.
While decorating for a true crime, or dressing up is hard to do – we did use a little crime scene tape that I had left over from the banned book window at the library.
For the groups that like to go a step further – In Cold Blood is a movie, as well as Capote (newer). Either of these movies could add to your discussion on book and or author.
Bookies Queen Event 2014
This past Tuesday July 8th was our annual Queen event for 2014. It is always a wonderful time of Food, Fun, and Friends, and of course… off with the old Queens head and on with the new… sorry Angie ;)
The evening was gorgeous, and I was so caught with everyone's conversation and everything that I forgot to take pics of the food!
We started our evening with a "photo shoot" of those of us who dressed for the event:
The speeches were awesome, poems, songs, bribing with candy…..
It was a wonderful night. In the end… we crowned a Queen:
Congratulations Queen Sharon… she was the "Susan Lucci" of our group… runner-up for years, but never Queen! :D
This is our 8th Queen Event. For more Queen Event pictures… see my past links here under Book Clubs.
Morning Meanderings… The BOOK Exchange!
Good morning!
It is the morning of our Bookies Coronation. SQUUUEEEEE!!! I bought the dress on Saturday, I wrote my speech last night, giggling and texting my friend like a school girl about "How's it going are you done? Are you ready?" with her texting back just as excited "just finishing up, now picking out my dress"
It will be great :)
Last month at book club, we had our Annual Book Exchange. This practice started three years ago. Each Bookie is supposed to wrap up in plain brown paper ( we are trying to avoid people picking the *pretty packaging*) a book that they have read in the past year that was a great read. Obviously, not a Bookies Book Club pick.
We all randomly choose a book out of the pile and that will be the book we will each read and discuss in July (tonight) while we enjoy good food and conversation. It is a fun tradition:
I had missed Bookies last month as I was at camp but I still participated. I sent a book into the mix – the center picture above, Delicious by Ruth Reichl (LOVED that one!) and then the group picked a book out for me. So what did I have picked to read this past month?
I had Lethal by Sandra Brown. This was a good one for me as I have tried Sandra Brown before and could not get through it. She seems like an author I would enjoy, so this was a fun attempts again. I finished it last night…. I will review the book later but for now I would describe it as very similar to the book Labor Day…. but a heck of a lot steamier. ;)
Morning Meanderings… Preparing To Meet The Queen!
I know right? As of today we are 6 days out from our annual Queen Event for book club. 6 DAYS!!!
If you are familiar with our book club "happenings" every July since… (hmmm…. I should know this) well, for many years, we dress up in formal wear and have a coronation for Bookies Queen of the year. It comes from the book Same Sweet Girls by Cassandra King. (Yes,worth the read!)
We usually grill, talk books, eat lots of tasty foods… and have a LOT OF FUN! The competition is all in fun. And the girls really get into their speeches…
and I think I mentioned delicious food…
Alright… now I am getting into this… maybe I will save more for Saturday snapshot. And I must prepare my speech…. I think I have an idea…
Book club people – do you do things above and beyond the books? IE. potlucks, dinners out, movies, road trips? I would love to know :)
Post 3000!!! Giveaway and Book Discussion – Does An Online Book Presence Replace Face to Face Book Discussions?
Well holy smokes! This is my 3,000 post. Is that not just crazy? Certainly a monumental post like this can not go by without some sort of hoopla…. you know how I like to celebrate! :)
This post actually falls into a spot I was planning to chat about on-line book relationships vs. face to face (ie. Book Clubs. reading groups, book studies…) and I am going to go ahead with it as I think it is a very worthy discussion for our friend, "Post 3000″.
Credit for the idea behind this post goes to Rita of My Home Of Books. She recently wrote a post about book clubs and within her post she asked the question
If you have a solid on line presence with a large network surrounding your book related topics, do you find it necessary to also be in a book club?
This is the question that started me thinking, as I love my online discussions about books but I also love love my face to face book club and I personally would not want to give either up. Them's fightin' words.
But… that's me.
What started me thinking was if an online presence around books can replace that face to face feeling. I personally would hope that it would not need to, but as I have heard from many of you through the years, finding a face to face book group is not always easy to do.
If you are reading book blogs and reading books suggested, or have already read a book that is being discussed, do you then join in the discussion?
I think if you are participating in active commenting on bookish topics you are simulating a "book discussion" and if that is all that is available to you for numerous reasons -
- no book clubs available
- inability to join a group do to work, kids, family, commitments
- existing book club/group never seems to discuss the book
Then certainly – get your book on that way and YAY that you do! There are a smorgasbord of book sites out there for everyone's tastes and many times you can find your favorite publishing houses on Twitter and FACEBOOK (by all means Friend them – they have great conversations and many times they have giveaways too!)
However…. (and this is where the discussion could get interesting ;) ) I personally feel that face to face book relationships can stimulate a deeper connection to people and to books. Let me explain:
While it can certainly be AWESOME to discuss a book on-line either gush worthy or "hated it!" It is hard to get the real emotion that went into the read to come out in an online discussion. Sure, I can say a book made me cry – but how does that replace sitting in a room together and hearing my voice crack when I say " __________________'s break up with __________________ made my sob as though it was happening to me."
Also, on-line it is hard to keep the conversation flowing at a rate that is satisfying to either party. Sure I (or anyone) can write a review and you can comment. Then at some point later I many read your comment and respond, and sometime later yet you may (or maybe you don't) come back, see my response and then you comment again. It's a bumpy conversation.
Obviously I love on-line book conversations or this post 3,000 (echo when you say it – its cool….. 3,000, 3,000, 3,000…) would not be happening. And I love visiting other blogger book sites and chatting books with them too. I also love face to face book encounters and would like to give suggestions of how you can make that happen or find a fit that works for you:
The one I love the most is join a book club. If you do not know of any, check your local library. They may either know book clubs in the area, or they may be offering them at the library (ours offers children, middle grade, family and adult book clubs). *In the event that you can not find a book club and your library does not know of any groups… start one.
Look for local author events (check book stores, library, newspaper, look on-line). Listening to an author can be a wonderful experience. I love to get to know the person behind the book. Grab a friend… go go go!!!
If there is a great read out and you and a couple of people you know have read it, invite them over to discuss it over drinks on the deck, or meet up at a coffee shop or restaurant. It does not have to be a "book club", but even taking time to talk with others about a book you enjoyed is stimulating conversation.
Please – I would love to hear your thoughts on this subject.
Do you think that on-line book relationships can replace face to face ones?
Do you feel some can effectively do it all – discuss on-line books topics well and face to face encounters too? Should they?
Do you have other suggestions for finding face to face book discussions for people looking?
Is this just a crazy discussion and post #3,000 is a weak attempt to engage people in book chats? ;)
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Moloka'i by Alan Brennert (Bookies Book Club Review)
Small synopsis: Hawaii in the late 1800's was a beautiful place but a potentially frightening one as well. With the outbreak of Leprosy everyone was on the look out for anyone who may have this contagious disease. When little Rachel "Aouli" Kalama found a sore on the back of her leg that would not heal. She is eventually taken away from her family to live in Kaulapapa, an are off the island of Moloka'i for those with Leprosy. Here is where Rachel lives her life.
In May of 2014, 15 of the Bookies Book Club showed up for a review of Moloka'i. We sampled Hawaiian culture foods and discussed this read of a time in Hawaii most of us were unfamiliar with.
Using the questions provided int he back of the book, we discussed Leprosy compared to the AIDS scare if the 80's, and what that must have felt like at the time to those who were in fear for their lives and the lives of their families. As in Rachel's case, being taken away from her family had to be devastating on both sides; and Rachel's diagnosis put a huge label on her family and even though they did not have it themselves they were shunned by their community.
Rachel herself makes for a great protagonist. Learning at a young age that she was pretty much on her own, she has a strong will, but also a sensible one. While she may stretch the boarders, she does have a wonderful sense of right and wrong and it shows throughout the storyline.
The Bookies overall enjoyed the book. A few found it a bit drug out, certainly not a fast read at almost 400 pages, but filled with deep historical facts that made for a good read.
What makes this a good book club read?
Moloka'i does make a good book group discussion due to it's historical nature. There is plenty to discuss around the subject of Leprosy and what we can compare that to today. The characters of this book and how they respond to Rachel is also discussion-worthy. Once you label a person, how does that change us?
The questions in the back of the book are great for the discussion. There is also a section in the back of more detailed facts behind the fiction that makes for interesting follow up. A group could bring items of Hawaiian culture or information off the websites marked in the back pages to add to this discussion.
The natural deepness of this read also makes you feel like you read something important. Deeper reads deepen your book discussions.
Why Do Some Book Clubs THRIVE and Some Take a Dive?
Recently I was reading an article written by the Huff Post called True Life: I am a Book Club Drop Out. I am always drawn to topics on this as I am actually floored by how many times I head that a book club fails. When I chat about our book club here on-line many of you share with me your desires to be part of a book club but can not find one, or you share a group that you were once in that just could not pull it together. Through the years the main reasons I have heard for book club fail are:
- Not committed to the read (the book is supposed to bring them together but they never read the book)
- No one wants to take the lead and drive the conversation
- The meetings become more of a social time and those that really want to talk about the book fade away
- Too structured, no snacks, no extras, no fun
- personality clashes, you can't agree on how your time should be spent so the group implodes.
- People who do not read the book, had no intention of reading the book, and month after month have nothing to contribute to the discussion. (While one in your group may not be a deal breaker, a few of them could be) *this is taken from a Barnes and Noble Article called why book clubs fail
- Your book choices do not encourage discussion. If you do not strive to pick books that will create conversation beyond "ooh the protagonist was cute!" (not that that is wrong ;) ), your book club will become b-o-r-i-n-g fast.
- One person always chooses what is read so you never branch away from the one persons tastes.
- The group is just not interesting enough for people to fit it into their already busy schedules of work, kids, family, commitments…
- poor location – restaurants can become too loud to talk, home meetings require people willing to open up their home and have an environment that works for discussion
- Not valuing each others opinions on the books. You do not have to always agree, but you do need to respect each others thoughts.
Am I am expert on successful book clubs?
No. I am simply someone who had an idea for a book club and the right people came along to support it. I honestly believe it is our group as a whole that makes us successful. We have had the bumps in the road…we are probably at one time or another guilty of everything I listed above. The difference I believe, is that we adjusted and we moved on.
It was not always easy.
I remember one particularly heated book club meeting from many years ago. The book was My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Piccoult and the discussion became pretty hot at the end of the night about the decisions that were made in the book. We had just went through a growth spurt in our group and I was still learning how to juggle the dynamics of a growing book club. I remember leaving the meeting and calling one of my friends who was also in the book club but was unable to make it that night. "I think we may have just discussed the book that killed book club" I said to her, and I was worried that it was true.
Since then we have had similar discussions over a read where someone may get emotional but the cool thing is, we have learned to grow together and appreciate each others thoughts and opinions more. It's actually a beautiful thing to watch a group discuss a book openly without fear of retaliation or disapproval and some our deep discussions are my favorite memories of book club.
So lets discuss what makes a book club THRIVE. I do have friends on-line and off who are in book clubs and when I hear how they do their groups, I am thrilled to see that they have a plan that can succeed. Here are some thoughts on successful book clubs:
- Have someone in charge of sending out email/Facebook communications to your group regarding the book, the time, the place… these reminders are great!
- If your group is on Facebook – create a group page. This way you can send out reminders as well as discuss bookish things. This is a great way to continue a discussion after a meeting and those that were unable to attend can chime in.
- Don't make it a lot of work for people to attend. If you do food and drinks keep it simple and rotate the people who bring something. Don't give "home work" unless it is optional. If you think it would be fun to dress the decade of the read, put it out there and those who wish to… do it. :)
- Someone needs to lead the discussion. This can be the same person every time, or it can switch off each time you meet up but someone needs to bring discussion questions or topics and direction to your meeting.
- Everyone should have a chance to suggest a book or a turn at choosing a book. However you make that happen. We vote each month on suggestions that members bring to the meeting, other groups rotate who hosts and decides. Whatever works for your group.
- Ask the hard questions. Books bring up topics that are sometimes hard to discuss… for our group, this has led to some of our best discussions. Bring up the questions, if no one shares, move on… but give people an opportunity to share something about how they feel about what they read.
- Do not be afraid to rabbit trail. Books can open up personal stories and that is good. Sometimes I love to just sit back and watch the conversation flow around the book. I have learned so much about those in group when they share how they connect with a book.
- Don't go too long! A good discussion from start to finish is around the 1 1/2 to two-hour mark. Value people time and know that some may need to work in the morning or still do things when they get home. Our group is currently around that two hour mark and that includes time to eat and chat with each other.
- Pick a size that works for your group. (We learned this the hard way.) Agree as a group how many members you will grow to (if you decide to accept new members along the way). This eliminates awkward discussions when you accept one persons cousin into the group but three months later turn down a members sister due to your group becoming too big. If you settle on a number, everyone will know where you are at.
- Its fun to encourage the little extras – looking up author info, having an author SKYPE, eating foods that surround the books culture or foods that are in the book, dressing up, going to a movie that was based on a book you read, occasionally attending a bookish event together that is in the area.
- If you are the discussion leader, think of something extra to add to your discussion – perhaps pictures of the time period, or try a new recipe that was mentioned in the book, artifacts, culture….
One thing that seems to be true, as the article mentioned, we want to be social. We want to bring our friends and hobbies into the same space.
I would love your thoughts on this topic, please add your thoughts on hits and misses for book clubs. How do you feel a good book club sustains life?
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes – Bookies Review
This past Tuesday the Bookies gathered to discuss Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. This is a book that will be hard to discuss here without spoilers so I will keep this light. To see a review with more detail and a spoiler page, see my review of Me Before You here, and for another great review by our Queen (front and center in picture), see it at her blog By Book Or by Crook.
A brief synopsis of Me Before You: (Setting – London village) Louisa Clark has recently lost her day job and at 27, still living at home but trying to get moving on life – this is not cool. She applies for a temporary position at a nearby castle for a rich boy who is not wheelchair bound due to an accident. Extremely unqualified, Louisa is shocked when she is given the job. Will Trainer (ie. "Rich boy") is a bitter 30 something. He once had the world at his finger tips; skiing with friends, trips to beaches and around the world… now confined to the limitations of movement and a chair.
Louisa (probably due to her lack of professional training for this type of work) will have none of Will's attitude. At first she is careful and shy but soon finds she is dealing with a sort of spoiled whiny baby who's toys have been taken away. By Louisa calling Will out on this, Will develops a respect for Louisa and a friendship slowly grows.
Louisa soon discovers why her job taking care of Will is temporary and this knowledge changes everything. Now Louisa's drive is to show Will that this new world of wheelchairs and limited movements is worth living in – and she only has so much time to convince him.
The Bookies rated this one fairly high. We seen "5" ratings out of people who rarely if ever give 5's. (We rate on a scale of 1 – 5, 5 being the best). A book such as this brought out (as I had hoped) some deep discussion. We discussed choices and when do family and friends have a right to step in, and if they do – how much is permissible… how much is too much.
We were surprised to learn that we have a girl in our group who has a relative that has a similar story of living a full vibrant life and then an accident causing her to become a quadriplegic. To actually hear about someone who has gone through this was interesting and brought the book even more fully in focus.
Of course… we had food and wine with our discussion :)
Why is this a great book for book clubs?
There is great discussion points within this book. Hard questions come to the surface that will make for a lively and passionate discussion on both sides. If you like books that can get a rise of emotion out of your group let me say this is a book that will do just that.
What Makes a Good Book – Book Discussion Worthy?
Books. There are great books out there. As readers, we are quite familiar with these books. Perhaps they are beautifully written and each word creates a full picture in your mind of the scene, the scents, the heat (or lack there of) in a room. They can create great emotions – from joy to pain; laughter to anger. (Come on, admit it – haven't you ever thrown a book down on a table or across a room because of the emotion it evoked? No? Just me? Well… this is awkward…. :razz: )
My question I present today is what types of books lead to great book discussions? Not all great reads make for great discussion. I know personally from my own book club experiences, some are really hard to group review other than just opening the room up to discussion. No hot topic questions come to mind… no great emotion. The book may be perfectly fine, there's just really not much to say. :shock:
I love books that stretch us. That make us think differently. They cause a difference in opinions within the group – love or hate the protagonist; lets talk about it. Hot topics of today and/or in the past… lets discuss.
SO I toss this question out to you. Many of us are in book clubs or book discussion groups.
When choosing a book that you think would be great to bring to the group to read, what do you look for within that book?
Do you look for something in the synopsis that you think will work great for a group discussion, or is that not a part of it?
When you select a book for a reading discussion have you already read it?
I am excited to hear what your group does. :)
Bookies Review: Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
In past years I posted my book club book review along with my book club thoughts in one post. Starting this year I will be posting my personal review of the book club books and my book clubs thoughts separately. Click here for my review of Reconstructing Amelia.
This past Tuesday the Bookies Book Club gathered to review our January book, Reconstructing Amelia. As anticipated, the book made for a wonderful discussion.
Reconstructing Amelia is about a 15-year-old girl who joins a coveted undercover group at her Private School called the Maggie's. If you are tapped to be a Maggie, you do not say no. The book centers around coming of age issues such as; parent/child relationships, trust, friendships, sexuality, fitting in, bullying, social media and oddly… adults in high position roles who act in the most inappropriate ways. When Amelia dies early on in the book (not a spoiler, this is part of the books synopsis on the back cover), her mother is left to figure out the pieces as to what happened. Through a series of emails, texts, and Facebook posts, things start to come together to a shocking conclusion.
Reconstructing Amelia is a tangled weave of dishonesty and rabbit trails that cause you to think things one way… only to wonder (even in the end) if it was not something completely different. This sort of writing can be both exciting and frustrating as our book club discussed.
What discussion topics can Book Clubs pull from this read?
There is so much that makes for good group discussion here.
- Peer pressure…. how hard is it at 15 to say no? How important at this age is it to fit in?
- Social media… how much worse can social media make it for teens? Now when friends disagree it can be posted for everyone's eyes.
- In a world where we know everyone's business… how much is too much? Where do we as parents draw the line when it comes to internet, social media, texting, emails, dating….
- Bullying is such a huge topic right now. How can we protect our children – especially when they are at the age where they do not necessarily come to us with problems.
- Single parenting is common. How does a single parent juggle maintaining a job, a home, the bills, and relationships with their children?
- What about these clubs in schools like college? The ones that include hazing. Is it a right of passage? Is there reason for concern?
- How important is it to keep communication with your teen child? Do you have a limit to what you want to know? If you do not, do you give off the impression that you do?
The Bookies had a vibrant discussion over these topics, occasionally even talking over one another. Many of us had stories of our own kids being bullied. Social media is another fire conversation. For a group of women who grew up for the most part without Facebook and cell phones and instant pictures; we are concerned as to the "where does it go from here." So little is considered taboo now, what does the next generation have going on?
Reconstructing Amelia scored well with the Bookies overall. On a scale of 1 -5 (5 the best), Amelia landed at a solid 4 rating out of the 17 of us who rated the book. Over all the bookies found the book to be hard to put down, it kept you guessing as to what actually happened all the way to the end.
Book clubs looking for a fairly quick read (the pages of texting and Facebook posts make for some quick chapters) with great discussion topics are encouraged to choose this book. Reconstructing Amelia will leave you with some questions, and either intentional by the author or not, most of the Bookies were not bothered by this unknowing.