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Historic Cebu and Heritage Walk
Type: Tours in Cebu City
Departs From: Cebu City
Meeting Point: Hotel pick-up from central Cebu and Mactan city hotels
Duration: 3 hours
Available Languages:
Available: daily at 09:00; 13:00
Product Code: 1048
The tour begins at the Independence Park, an old Spanish settlement, and a fort that symbolizes Spain's military presence and conquest - Fort San Pedro. From here, take a "calesa" (horse drawn carriage) ride to Plaza Sugbu fronting the Cebu City Hall.
Continue the tour on foot around "Old Cebu," visiting the Magellan's Cross - planted by Ferdinand Magellan in 1521, the Basilica Minore of the Child Jesus and Museum, the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral - the seat of the Archdiocese of Cebu; and the Museum of Sacred Treasures.
Take another short "calesa" ride to Plaza Parian to see the elegant ancestral homes of Spanish and Chinese Filipinos. Walk about the Heritage Monument, a bronze sculpture by the great Filipino artist Eduardo Castillo, depicting different eras of Cebu's history. Thereafter, feel the elegance of 19th century lifestyle in a short stop at the Yap-Sandiego home or at the Casa Gorordo.
The tour winds up with a final drive down to Colon Street. - the country's oldest avenue, before heading back to your hotel.
- Hotel pick-up
- Airconditioned transport
- Services of an English-speaking tour guide
- All entrance fees
- Calesa ride (horse-drawn carriage)
- Meals and drinks
- Tips and gratuities
- Personal expenses
- Optional activity costs
Please Note
- Children below 2 years old are free of charge.
- Children must be accompanied by at least two adults.
- Hotel pick-up may be up to an hour before departure time.
Option From 2 and more pers
Price per adult $109.00
Price per child $66.00
Departs daily at 09:00; 13:00
Check Availability
- Prices are per person
- Child prices are valid for children ages 11 and below.


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Do you want to let this group to continue as it is? Any other changes? Let it run freestyle where the Founder doesn't annoy you with your support to submit your work to the gallery. Or do you want a Founder who is more active? (which this might be hard because I can't be active if the majority of the members aren't').
You tell me how you want this club to be run after all we don't revolve around deviantart, we have busy lives. So just tell me all your opinions don't worry if you have something negative to say I'm not going to be angry at you. I'm an open person and I love all types of feedback.
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On The Pulse
Does this name make me look fat? (Why "fatgirlism" needs to stop.)
Date: January 27, 2014 | Posted By: ElizabethAt Thanksgiving this year, my aunt said I shouldn't go by "Beth" because it's "a fat girl's name". And before that, when a family friend named his kid Maddie, my brother cringed and said, "I can't believe he named her that—it just sounds like a fat-girl name!" If you're appalled and confused by these judgments, Continue reading
Powerful Pantene commercial sheds light on sexist labels
Date: | Posted By: Allie"Don't let labels hold you back." This is the slogan of a new Pantene campaign that encourages women to disregard negative sexist stereotypes and live their lives with confidence — and, if you'd prefer, awesome hair. However, "Be Strong and Shine" is no longer just an ode to Pantene hair products. The message is powerfully Continue reading
If they can see it, they can be it
Date: January 24, 2014 | Posted By: SashaGeena Davis is fed up with the way women and girls are portrayed in movies. Outraged at the lack of female characters in the kids' movies she watched with her young daughter – and worried that her daughter would grow to have limited aspirations from a lack of on-screen role models – Davis founded the Continue reading
Did the Media Fail Women in 2013? Ask The Representation Project
Date: January 16, 2014 | Posted By: TessaThe newest viral video making its way around my Facebook feed is, "How the Media Failed Women in 2013," a sobering three-and-a-half-minute compilation of media moments that drive one point home: the representation of women in the media isn't changing fast enough. "How the Media Failed Women in 2013" recaps the highlights and lowlights of Continue reading
Disney is brave, but frozen
Date: December 19, 2013 | Posted By: AnikaI was convinced Brave was Disney's reinvention. Merida was spunky, independent, and *gasp* looked like a normal girl. Yes, many of those qualities carry over to Princess Anna in Frozen, but Princess Elsa, her sister, is unfortunately a nod back to the quintessential dainty blondes such as Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. Her hair is too perfectly Continue reading
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It was a natural evolution. Early in the 1990s, a Michigan plantsman with an abiding love of trees and the environment established the non-profit Michigan Champion Tree Project. Determined to save the state's unique and "champion" trees - the largest of their species - David Milarch and his sons set out to collect germplasm and to archive the genetics of long-lived specimens.
It was a big job. But it soon became bigger, when word got out and Milarch's passion took him across the country and around the world in search of champions. The Michigan organization morphed into the Champion Tree Project International, whose mission was familiar but whose scope was expanded. Milarch, along with his son, Jared, and a small crew continued to seek, identify and preserve the world's outstanding trees.
Today, the "next generation" of the non-profit is known as Archangel Ancient Tree Archive, co-founded by Leslie Lee and David Milarch. What began in Michigan evolved in 2008 into a global organization that preserves, propagates and restores arboreal treasures, and educates citizens around the globe. Archangel's mission is clear:
Armed with solid research, state-of-the-art propagation facilities and the proper tree-climbing equipment, the organization is already making significant contributions to ecological restoration and green industry promotion.
With the help of Archangel's Senior Science Advisor, Diana Beresford-Kroeger, the group has developed a list of 100 "important" species (see sidebar, "Ten iconic trees"). Archangel identifies and selects valuable, individual trees based on a number of criteria, but often it's word of mouth that assists them in locating these important trees. Local landowners and expert arborists alike may recommend trees, and once the group receives a reference and permission to enter the property, the tree is evaluated, measured and cuttings are obtained.
According to Beresford-Kroeger, the tree species selected by Archangel and intended for use in reforestation "have unaltered native, wild DNA. They bank carbon as they grow. ... Some are drought-resistant and help maintain fresh water aquifers. Many reflect infrared light back into space, curbing an increase of atmospheric temperature. ... Most help scrub the atmosphere clean of 2.5-micron particulate contamination. ... Finally, they all pump oxygen into the atmosphere to maintain all life on this planet."
Those valuable trees selected for Archangel's mission, then, will be preserved through clonal propagation, and in turn will help to benefit the environment.
A tree to be archived may be easily approached - say, in someone's back yard - or it may be deep in forested areas where access is limited and challenging. In either case, the practice of gathering material requires no small measure of athleticism.
One of Archangel's ongoing programs is the preservation of old-growth redwoods. Sequoia sempervirens, coast redwood, was selected as a premier candidate for archiving. This giant can reach more than 375 feet tall with a diameter at breast height of 20 feet or more, so to say it requires skill to scale is an understatement. They are the world's tallest living organisms. Archangel has a team of experienced climbers, trained by Rip Tompkins of Arbormaster, who tackle the project of collecting material. Under extremely challenging physical circumstances, the climbers must be adept at handling ropes and other technical climbing equipment - not to mention having no fear of heights - as well as be able to select and gather the most promising cuttings for propagation. Once they've collected these samples and returned safely to Earth, the material is packed in coolers and sent to one of Archangel's propagation facilities.
At the flagship location in Copemish, Mich., the production activity focuses on propagation from old growth, native tree species collected in the wild. The process involves asexual propagation, or cloning, using traditional nursery techniques to create mother plants as the source for broad scale production. Led by Bruce Hammersmith, a 25-year horticulture industry veteran, the production team is divided into two units: inside and outside growing. While the inside team concentrates on rooting clones of collected trees, the outside team cares for the trees in the outdoor archive as well as participates in collections and grafting. The Michigan production team also works closely with California-based propagator for Archangel, Bill Werner, in developing propagation programs.
Executive director Ben Walraven outlines the program: "Archangel's propagation program is directed toward production research," he states. "Trees that first meet Archangel's collection criteria are then selected for product development.
"Step one in the process is to add the newly collected tree to the Archangel archive of trees derived from old growth trees. The collected material may be directly rooted into growing media, grafted onto rootstock or introduced into micropropagation (tissue culture).
"After viable clones of the collected material are safely established in the archive, they are evaluated for the targeted markets Archangel serves. Marketing approaches are concurrently developed in conjunction with customer's needs. Since Archangel is a production research and technology licensing company, its products must be suitable for production in nuseries all around the world."
Archangel intends to partially support its environmental cause through the sale of trees made from their collection. So who will purchase the trees?
Customers may include governments, businesses and people who desire trees derived from old growth genetics. Archangel's trees are targeted for urban and traditional reforestation, environmental restoration, commercial and residential landscapes.
Walraven explains, "Our production research facility in Michigan has the ability to test our trees for successful propagation. This means trees selected to fill a marketing need can be multiplied in great numbers and stay true to type. Archangel also provides technological support through our production research function. This allows licensees to succesfully produce and supply old growth genetics to the markets served."
Branding and marketing in the green industry long have been challenges, especially for those who wish to promote their products and services as environmentally responsible. Consumers are savvier than ever before, and they demand solid science to support the claims. But Archangel Ancient Tree Archive may have an answer.
The organization's WaterWay™ Trees program is targeted at improving watersheds through the use of the proper trees for the proper location in a watershed. So far, two species have been introduced: Prima-Nygra™ Willows (Salix nigra or black willow) and Prima-Cornus™ Dogwoods (Cornus sericea or red osier dogwood).
According to Archangel, both species are known to have shallow and extensive root systems that are ideal for holding soil in place on river and stream edges and other areas prone to soil erosion from runoff. Prima-Nygra Willows are ideal streamside trees, and when coupled with Prima-Cornus Dogwoods provide not only outstanding soil erosion abatement, but high-quality habitats for beneficial insects, animals and fish. Both species are strong on improving the quality of the soil through phytoremediation.
Because these plants have been cloned from "ancient" parent trees found in their native stands, restoration contractors, environmental landscape operations, even garden centers may be confident in promoting them as eco-friendly.
More species are anticipated to join the brand program, but each must prove its value in providing a specific environmental contribution to improving a watershed. And each must prove it can be successfully - and economically - propagated in sufficient numbers to serve the market.
Addressing environmental challenges is a big task. And Archangel Ancient Tree Archive is willing to take it on, one tree at a time.
Sally Benson is editorial director of American Nurseryman. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
For more information on Archangel Ancient Tree Archive, visit www.ancienttreearchive.org.


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The Lakers will be leaning on Luke Walton again Wednesday night.
Neither Troy Murphy (gastroenteritis) nor Jason Kapono (birth of twins) joined the Lakers in Salt Lake City in advance of their game against the Jazz. With Josh McRoberts (toe) and Derrick Caracter (knee) out, Walton will be in line to play again as the backup power forward behind Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol. Metta World Peace and Devin Ebanks will be additional options despite being undersized.
Walton logged 26 minutes Tuesday night in the victory over Phoenix despite playing just 10 minutes in the first 10 games.
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By Joseph Napora, PhD
"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine, but a broken spirit drieth the bones." Proverbs 17:22
It has been said that laughter is the best medicine, but please do not stop taking your medication under any circumstances. However, there are times when a bit of humor can be a healthy boost.
Humor Has Many Benefits
Research indicates that humor and laughter enhance immune system functioning and cause rapid relaxation including the release of muscular tension. A humorous experience decreases pain (attention sufferers of neuropathy) by releasing the body's natural pain killers and by creating a distraction from physical discomfort. And there are indications that mirth and laughter can have a positive effect on healing. After all, a pleasant state of mind is more beneficial than a sense of despair.
Humor is an instant mental lift that can counter sadness, anger and other distressing emotions. Laughter eases emotional tension and may prevent us from acting-out inappropriately. Also, sharing funny experiences enables us to connect with others.
There are countless stories of individuals who survived incredible hardship and who found humor was a mainstay in easing their burden. Arnold Beiser, who became quadriplegic in his early twenties, wrote in his inspiring book Flying Without Wings (1990), "I still feel relief, and my sense of well-being is restored whenever I laugh or find something to smile about. It gives me a new perspective on life; what an instant before seemed insurmountable and tragic becomes quite acceptable."
A humorous spirit along with frequent, hearty laughter helps ease the burden of diabetes as well as enriching the quality of life in general. A college student with Type 1 diabetes told me how her friends use humor to help her deal with the disease. Becoming aware that her blood sugar level is low, they playfully say something like, "Uh oh, girlfriend is going low on us," which creates a shared amusement and appropriate action. Imagine what her reaction might be if they sternly told her what she had to do.
The Myth About Sense Of Humor
Many believe that we are either born with a sense of humor or not, that if it isn't in our genes then it is out of reach. Surely, early experiences influence our ability to experience humor; but developing an appreciation for humor is always a possibility regardless of early learning. To believe otherwise is a myth.
Broaden Your Sense of Humor
As is true for learning anything new, the journey begins with wanting to change and committing to making it happen. The goal is to develop or enhance your sense of humor. Make mirth and laughter a priority, finding ways to be amused, to laugh or smile, and even to create humorous experiences. Humor and laughter are essential to a joyful, quality lifestyle. With practice, you can develop the ability to see humor even in some difficult situations, which is a strength worth developing.
Listen for self-defeating messages playing in your head like "Grow up and stop acting like a child," which can hinder your effort. Actually, we might do well to act like a child more often. Children are not burdened with taking themselves too seriously.
Here are some ways to develop your sense of humor. Practice them with enthusiasm and optimism.
Ways to Develop A Sense Of Humor
Make humor and laughter a priority every day.
Smile often. Even forcing a smile can change your mood for the better.
Create opportunities for fun and laughter
• Choose television shows, movies and books that are comical; choose light over heavy.
• Have social gatherings that focus on fun and games rather than on food. Instead of a "bring a dish" gathering, how about a "bring something to make us laugh" get together.
• Read the comics in your newspaper. It's a lot better way to start the day than reading the first page.
• Use the Internet as an endless source of amusement.
Develop a silly routine or mantra to draw on for an uplift in an uncomfortable moment. Try this one: "I may not be perfect, but some of my parts are beautiful." I'll bet that made you smile.
Hang out with people who have a humorous spirit. It is contagious.
Use exaggeration to put difficult situations into perspective. Here is an example for when you are struggling to stop eating: "This dessert is delicious, but if I eat one more bite my blood sugar level will be two thousand and that would not be good."
If someone makes you angry, consider putting a curse on him rather than acting in a way you might regret later. Use this "curse" to diffuse rather than to escalate an intense moment. The approach comes from a routine by Johnny Carson, the legendary late night talk show host. Carson would tell a corny joke and the audience would groan with disapproval. First, he would stare at them with grim indignation, and then he would put a curse on them: "May your sister be popular . . . with the police." The point is that whether the curse is spoken or simply a thought, it lightens the situation and does no harm.
When Humor Isn't Funny
Using humor to deny the seriousness of a situation does not work. I am reminded of the patient, whose blood sugar levels were extremely high, laughingly saying, "Hey, you have to die from something." Not funny. Facing his fears rather than trying to mask them with pretense would be much healthier.
It is wrong too, if not cruel, to use humor with hostile intent. Similarly, humor that is offensive to gender, race, faith or ethnicity is inappropriate. A variation of the Golden Rule comes to mind: "Don't do unto others that which you would not want done to you."
The Payoff
Having a humorous spirit means laughing often especially at yourself. It means seeing the absurdity in things that would otherwise tear us apart. Seeing the possibility of amusement in difficult circumstances is a strength that will payoff time and again. The opportunity to find or to create a humorous experience is unlimited. Have doses of humor and laughter often; it will make life's journey with diabetes much easier.
R.I.P. my dear friend Richard R. Rubin
Joseph P. Napora, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist and spent over 38 years in private practice in Baltimore specializing in coping with diabetes and other chronic illnesses. He has been on the staff of the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Diabetes Center, and the Suburban Hospital Diabetes Center in Bethesda, MD. The enthusiasm of participants in these programs led to his writing Stress-Free Diabetes: Your Guide to Health and Happiness, by The American Diabetes Association. The values of living mindfully, and the use of humor in reducing stress and enriching the quality of life have been of special interest in his.
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Digging it!
November 5, 2013
Oh, thank heavens! I've found a new gopher client.
Finally I can upgrade to Firefox 4!
"Hey! Don't you blog here any more?"
October 30, 2012
Really? What do you think I'm doing right now? Huh?
Er, I mean: Thanks for dropping by!
Get off my lawn! (Firefox 4 edition)
July 8, 2010
Erstwhile browser Firefox has had its version 4 out in Beta for a little while, to mostly good reviews, it seems. Haven't tried it yet myself. But in beginning to consider it, today I noticed that this version drops native gopher: support.
Perhaps you are asking, "What the hell is 'gopher: support'??"
Remember that the Internet, and in particular its oft-cited TCP/IP stack, is the medium for a variety of "protocols". Among those are HTTP — the one that may retrieve you a "web page" if you ask your browser to fetch a "resource" with a well-formed URL, like "http://yourmom.org/fetish" .
That "http" bit before the colon is, yup, the name of the protocol. Which, if it were "gopher", well, that would be the Gopher protocol. Or, in the case of Firefox 4, a big ol' WTF.
So perhaps, by now, your question has become, "Okay so what the f'ing hell is the 'Gopher protocol' then??" In which case, you probably didn't follow that link in the previous paragraph. But even if you did, I'll let the Overbite guy put it this way:
"Gopher is a mind-set on making structure out of chaos…. All Gophers organize themselves around similar menus and interface conceits. It is not only easy and fast to create Gopher content in this structured and organized way, it is mandatory by its nature. … As an important consequence, by divorcing interface from information, Gopher sites stand and shine on the strength of their content and not the glitz of their bling."
(That's from an ArsTechnica article last year, btw — picked up under BoingBoing's "OLD SCHOOL" tag, natch.)
Oh I remember, "back in the day," on the SparcStations in the lab, a little script would periodically run which would retrieve via gopher — from a NOAA site, if memory serves — a current satellite image of our part of the globe, and make it my tvtwm background image. I suppose today one would use cURL. Again from the article,
Basically, it's the Web without commercial users, graphic design, Flash video, cookies, and popup windows.
Yeah … not a lot of want ads out for Gophermasters these days, wot. Oh well. At least we have infallible memory allocation. Finally!
2204355 Reconsidered
July 3, 2010
Update: Apparently, that chiptune was the theme from Alf. Like, remember the Eighties?
So, there were absolutely no racist undercurrents involved in this meme.
Which, to paraphrase Dr. Freud, sometimes a black man holding a piece of fried chicken is just a black man holding a piece of fried chicken.
Howbeit, is this an old meme yet? Once again, the Internet is perfectly self-aware. Said one commenter:
At first I lol'd then … later I meh'd.
Somebody give that netizen a watermelon.
Deconstructing 2204355
July 1, 2010
In response to this rather poor parody of the seminal chicken dance piece, un tal "TheKickoff09″ observes
hahahahahhahahaha is it bad that the first thing i thought was what its not as funny bc ur not black…your love of chicken isnt as great! lol not to be racist hahaha my friend laron always says white people cant love chicken as much as him.
well .. [sic], obviously.
However tortured its articulation, the comment is of course basically correct: "kylewuzhur" clearly just doesn't get it. Even the addition of boobs, while effective in improving the overall critical response, still misses the mark.
But what, exactly, is "it"? What is so mesmerizing, so universally transfixing about the 2204355 that it aspires to the pantheon of viral Internet memes without a hint of overt editorial content?
It's really a semiotic quagmire for me … why is it so captivating? Is it racist? Is it captivating because it's racist? Does the patent ridiculousness mitigate or undercut the racism? Or is the patent ridiculousness the primary carrier, with a latent racist message giving it sticking power in the group mind? What is this hold it has on us? (Or is it just me?)
Which, first we should inventory the basic design elements:
- A central dancing figure, male, isolated from any context
- The palette is his two-toned jacket: tan and chocolate, the latter matching the man's skin almost exactly.
- He is obscured: the low contrast of the brown-on-brown, pixelated and posterized.
- Instead of a contextual scene, a hypnotic, horizontally scrolling rainbow of primary colors forms the background.
- A chiptune soundtrack in common time — loud, high-energy, suggestive of an eight-bit videogame animation.
The basic plot points:
- The dancer: a black man, holding a piece of fried chicken in each hand,
- chewing as the scene opens.
- The camera pushes in, as our protagonist
- bites the drumstick in his right hand. Still chewing,
- he inclines toward us first his left shoulder (2 beats),
- then his right (2 beats).
- He chews and jives for another bar or so, then
- flashes a white-toothed grin as
- he thrusts toward us first the right-hand drumstick (2 beats),
- then the left (2 beats). Finally,
- we are looped back to the beginning of the clip,
- the chicken-dancer having receded to his original position
- as the soundtrack continues, to loop later in its own time.
Is that all there is? And how many times through have you watched it?
How may times through which loop? The dance? The tune? The color scroll? Each is hypnotic in its own way, but taken together, the superposition of frequencies is its own mesmerizing effect.
Then there's the elephant in the room, or rather: the black man holding fried chicken on the twenty-first century Internet.
There's no getting around the fact that this taps into a racial stereotype that can almost pass for a cultural commonplace. But dim the lights just a bit, and the ramifications into a shared subconscious encoding a centuries-old narrative of pain and guilt become clear. There it is: the patent hilarity shot through with a thread of guilt at our own amusement — secret shame as we continue to enjoy the performers we brought in through the back entrance.
"Bite and Smile!" meets "Dance, boy!" And so another ephemeral Internets star is born.
Personally, semiotics aside, I'm intensely curious as to the mind of the creator/perpetrator here. Not to mention the vector of the virus. But both, I'm afraid, will have to wait until the watermelon-flavored sequel to this adventure.
I love you, Internets — you sprawling, demented palimpsest of our imploding attention and shards of relevance you. There'll be plenty more time to get your google on come morning; now go to bed.
the Coxinha Roll
June 30, 2010
I suppose by now you've seen the 2204355 ….
My favorite quote so far just scratches the surface what is uniquely Internet about this:
Ironically the "I'm Feeling Lucky" no longer really works since the articles about it are outranking the page itself.
- Jamie Dubs on knowyourmeme
I think this goes much deeper than anyone suspects.
Except maybe Time … and, well, those guys are idiots.
"Were You Aware?" – linguistic ingredient fetish edition
June 29, 2010
Some allegedly noteworthy tidbits from the recent infotrawl …
- Science, prescience, nescience, conscience … The Latin stem for knowing — scire ('to know') — ultimately derives from the Indo-European root skei- ('to cut or split'), which has also yielded schism, ski, shin, and even nice. So an incisive remark, cutting deep enough, may lead to knowledge: cleaving the false from the true.
- Chicken McNuggets contain petroleum products and an "anti-foaming agent" found in Silly Putty. You know, for safety.
- So, it seems there's been some innovation in the way English speakers begin sentences. Specifically, with "So, …". Which, I think, my daughter and I are trying to jack around into the next evolutionary step: "Which, …".
- There's been a lot of truck lately with the vuvuzela. Which, for example, you can add its sound to any YouTube video now I think. World Cup gone Abo? So, lutely! (Which, that's not really meant to make sense.) Frankly, the word itself bothers me — it suggests a synthesis of "vulva" and "uvula", with some "zazz"-like tmesis slipped in. Though -zela, I think, is actually a delightful little bit of Nguni participial morphology, which could conceivably add said zazz to practically any verbal. Howbeit, the overall effect here is still markedly Disturbing. Which, then you put it in context…
That's all for tonight, Internets. You're welcome.
I open up my glacier, and it's full of blood
May 29, 2010
Well, not really blood per se. Just a form of involuntary self-expression – an outpouring of ferrous crimson from a loosely coordinated colony of extremophiles, cloistered for a couple of millennia in a buried, anachronistic body of brine.
Six months and one week, this time. But change is afoot … slow but perhaps striking.
Also, it might interest you to know that Amazon.com will ship you a $2,000 toilet … but only in the "contiguous United States."
The noise of long silences
November 21, 2009
Well, it's been a year less one day since my last post. A whole year. Yup.
Why the long silence, you ask? (You don't really ask.) Is my life so devoid of noteworthiness, my perceptions so dull and unremarkable, my mind so feebly febrile, or do I simply lack the resolve to piss my stream of consciousness out into the Internets and allow it to puddle in some dark corner of some hard drive platter?
Perhaps I'm just "going green"…. after all, that's no mere hard drive platter. Surely, it's a distributed, redundant cluster of storage hardware, geographically scattered across colocation facilities spanning the globe — a fault-tolerant SOA, spinning and chilled and served and ECN-delivered into your eager browser, should it ever visit? You gotta know there's a carbon footprint for each of these bits! I'd hate to scribble away the ecological future of my hypothetical grandchildren!
Or I've been busy. So busy. Working for a living. Raising a family. Watching television. "Sleeping." Yes.
Or I'm afraid. What if you find out what I think? What if I sound like an idiot? What if I give away a Valuable Secret? What if the employer finds out, takes objection, fires my ass? Will the NSA/FBI/CIA/TSA/ETC take an interest, make my life inconvenient, constitutionally or otherwise? Am I paranoid enough?
Or I'm indecisive. There is so much material! So much to say! Where shall I put it all?! How to organize it? What to focus on?
How will I come off? How will it all end? "Will your heart ever reap what your head, it sows?"
Well, remember this: we were all connected long before we were all "connected". We are the instruments of the universe's self-contemplation. Love thy neighbor as you love thyself; do not be a willing part of Creation's more self-mutilating tendencies. Open up and share. Make the fuzz warm and the warm, fuzzy. Be the better impulse you would push into the world.
What was that noise? More later.
Where's the content?
November 22, 2008
Continuing the thought: what does one do with a "blog," anyway?
For one thing, stop putting quotes around "blog", I imagine. That's probably something only an old, unhip, crusty type character would do. While you're at it, stop the ironic pluralization of "Internets". It is still acceptable, however, to refer snidely to "tubes" in the appropriate context.
Some people seem to start a blog as an instrument of a particular mission: an enabler, a voice, an organ, a repository of evidentiary gatherings — clippings and ruminations. That's what Jon Taplin did, once he decided Obama was the horse to back as we raced into a big pit of financial poop leading up to the 2008 election.
Most blogs seem to talk about the Internet.
At its best, this involves timely citation and evolution of emerging memes: a relevant news item, new evidence to support an argument, a fresh angle on a topic. The CPI numbers today explain why the DJIA will end the year below 7,000; Geraldo thinks that swelling ranks of dog lovers may not be priced into Palin's poll numbers; Larry Lessig never argued that access to a Gift Economy was a constitutional guarantee, but he should.
Or it's a way to follow someone's footsteps (or record your own) through the Labyrinth that has found its way online. Spelunking the tubes. I got off the Information Superhighway to take an info leak, and ended up wandering deep into the cryptozoological forests, where I tripped over some monaural recordings from a blues bar in 1963. Later, I unearthed these knitted items in a nearby location. Then, kittens with captions!
This genre runs the gamut from delight to debasement. As does its cousin: the narcissist obsessed with self-documentation. Well, that's the darker end. At the better we find the competent writer, whose soul is perhaps actually interesting as well as artfully shared. Yes, it entertains; but shouldn't she be writing her next book or magazine article?
Is this one of the ways the internet connects us, then? We all sit here writing about what we've seen on the Internet, which largely consists of the lot of us writing about what we've seen on the Internet? How long until this begins to warp the psychological fabric of an increasingly online society — souls connected constantly, though they seldom venture out into the street? (Do we still have streets? Someone should check. Does Google have a satellite fleet for that yet? Or, their having had one, has it already been retired — cutting costs by delegating to programmatic generation of topography that might-as-well-be?)
I'm all about making a scrapbook of what fruits life has dropped today, or stones it's left for me to stub my toe on as I journey along the various paths the day sets for me. Real or virtual, original or recycled, add your voice to the chorus — after all, that's where all the "content" comes from. Perhaps the agenda comes — open coding — from the clustering of this outpouring, these isolated or intertwined (by turns) narratives for and from we thousands of hitherto unconsulted nobodies. After all, isn't that who "everyone" is?
And then we turn and see it's already happened. The prevalent sensability that nothing is worthwhile — is, in a sense, real — unless it is recorded on line. That's how we know who are friends are .. and where our friends are .. and what their buying habits and/or christmas list might be. I tell the machine what I'm doing right now, and up until that moment had I really been doing it? No one can say.
Almost without our noticing, it has become a fixture of the psychological landscape. And so, when the policeman comes in, abruptly ending a dozen hours of webcast in which the teenager's breathing had slowed and stopped to a silent chorus — typed from how many untraced, uncounted keyboards across logged sockets reported on only in the aggregate — scrolled in counterpoint of ZOMFG and don't-do-it-bro and ROTFL and whatever else one types into this channel at these hours, with this content (is there disbelief? or do we ever escape any more from the sense of "Is that happening now?") — when this happens, we pause and ask ourselves: where's the content? Did I need all the bandwidth I've consumed to achieve this? Could we have achieved more with less?
It's like I'm discovering the internet all over again. It feels like I've told both of us all of this before. Only more of it has happened now. The tools are different, sure. (Can I talk about how this "rich text editor" is still not emacs?) But the narrative spins on — ever faster, ever brighter, more pixels and optimized codecs, leaving reality behind at the speed of light, apotheosizing into our new cybernetic selves in a still barely-articulated, inchoate hope that in shedding the flesh we will not only survive the singularity but bring it about.
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Or maybe it doesn't seem so to you, because you already know what it took me a while to figure out... that despite what our Hahavahd education and consumer culture have taught us, there are a lot of things that can't be put into words. If you showed up in her kitchen you wouldn't have to say anything, except maybe "this looks like it's gonna boil over, want me to stir it for you?"

Actually you wouldn't even hafta say that, you'd just stir.

But what do I know? Silly me, imagining your grandmother for you... Here I am on the other side of the looking glass, just as you said. ;-)birdfarmhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1114615684121569842005-04-27T10:28:00.000-05:002005-04-27T10:28:00.000-05:00Oh, wow. Your grandmother's hands look alot like ...Oh, wow. Your grandmother's hands look alot like my grandmother's hands. I miss my grandmother so much. I know I don't have to tell you this, but cherish yours while you can.Colleenhttp://email@example.com


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Marshall Islands
Region: Oceania-Micronesia
Capital: Majuro
Population: 68,480 (July 2011 CIA est.)
Surface area: 181.3 sq km
Currency: US dollar (USD)
GDP per capita: Purchasing power parity US $2,500 (2008 CIA est.)
After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands hosts the US Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) Reagan Missile Test Site, a key installation in the US missile defense network.
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US Government assistance is the mainstay of this tiny island economy. The Marshall Islands received more than $1 billion in aid from the US from 1986-2002. Agricultural production, primarily subsistence, is concentrated on small farms; the most important commercial crops are coconuts and breadfruit. Small-scale industry is limited to handicrafts, tuna processing, and copra. The tourist industry, now a small source of foreign exchange employing less than 10% of the labor force, remains the best hope for future added income. The islands have few natural resources, and imports far exceed exports. Under the terms of the Amended Compact of Free Association, the US will provide millions of dollars per year to the Marshall Islands (RMI) through 2023, at which time a Trust Fund made up of US and RMI contributions will begin perpetual annual payouts. Government downsizing, drought, a drop in construction, the decline in tourism, and less income from the renewal of fishing vessel licenses have held GDP growth to an average of 1% over the past decade. (CIA, 2012)
Major Export Commodities: copra cake, coconut oil, handicrafts, fish
Remittances: Not Available
Human Development Index 2011 ranking: Not ranked
Official Development Assistance and Major Development Partners: Net ODA US $91 million
Major development partners are: the United States, Japan, and Australia(OECD 2010).
Total External Debt: US $87 million (2008 CIA est.)
Life Expectancy at Birth:72.0 years (UNDP 2011)
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Endangered Species (as a % of all species): 12
Forested Area (percentage of land area): 70.2
CO2 Emissions (tonnes per capita): 1.6
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United Nations Membership date: 17 September 1991
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also makes a hydraulic noise and the brakes dont work, when you push really hard they will work again
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1998 GMC Jimmy Question: What is wrong and what is the fix, sometimes when Im braking the pedal gets hard
Answer #1pushrod November 13, 2012, 21:04Master
Check vacuum at brake booster if ok have booster replaced.
Replygoodguy, November 13, 2012, 22:56Master
I agree with wetry
Replyziptie12, November 15, 2012, 09:12Master
I agree with goodguy.
Replybarry christianson, November 15, 2012, 15:06Rookie
If I pull the abs fuse the brakes work fine, would it still be the brake booster?
Replypushrod, November 15, 2012, 15:16Master
You didn't mention the ABS light was on! Have the system scanned, lots of sensors, the module, valves ect. it could be.
There will be codes if you put the fuse back and drive it then scan. Or leave the fuse out but you will no longer
have anti lock brakes. Most common problem is wheel speed sensor(s) or connections. But not the only one.
Answer #2Greg's Orange Auto (14224 Answers) , Orange, CA - (714) 361-9386globalhelper November 14, 2012, 06:10Master
sounds like power brake booster is bad
Replybarry christianson, November 14, 2012, 14:53Rookie
where is the brake booster located?
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It is the big black round thing behind the master cylinder. Suggest towing to repair shop!
I agree with everybody.
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Our journey into lactation, adult breastfeeding and the joys of milking for your partner
Thursday, 13 September 2012
Are you Stressing about Re-lactation?
On my many hours reading websites, forums and personal blogs that other women have written about their experiences, feelings and hopes on ANR, the subject of lactation (or re-lactation) has come up so often that I feel I need to throw my thoughts into the ring. Let's be clear - we're all different and we all have very different expectations of ANR, so whatever I say, I don't mean to offend anyone, nor am I passing judgements or criticisms.
Re-lactation is a complicated subject, and I am definitely not an expert. All I can say is that re-lactation involves psychological, emotional and physiological issues, and that gets all very complicated.
Like everything in life, some things come easy to some women, and others struggle for years. Whether its finding a partner, having a baby or getting a job, it just feels like some women have it all and others never seem to get it right. And so it is with lactation and re-lactation. Some of us will have milky breasts right from go, and others will take a concotion of hormones and medicines, will pump and massage regularly only to be disappointed over and over.
What I'd like to say to all women out there, and to their partners, is to remember that ANR is a journey of a lifetime, to be enjoyed and cherished. I believe the whole goal of ANR is to bring a husband and wife (or partner) even closer, both physically and emotionally, to build a bridge of intimacy that the stresses of everyday life cannot destroy. The nature of adult breastfeeding, the act of holding your husband to your bare breast, of feeding him your nipple, of submitting yourself to his desires and to your desires - each day, every day, sometimes three times or four times a day - is the journey. Whether your breasts produce milk right away or whether it takes weeks, months or even years for the first drops to flow is irrelevant. It's not the milk that bonds, but the act of nursing. And to those who are struggling to produce milk, all I can say is don't start filling your body with medicines, hormones - take care of your health and your body, eat well, drink lots, exercise often; but also take care of your mind - don't stress, don't panic, just relax - and enjoy.
Here's a quote that speaks to me - I hope it brings all women who are in an ANR some peace.
Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.
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after reading your blog and doing research on my own I know that this is something I want for myself. I hope I get to have this experience for my life.ReplyDelete
Thanks for your comment Gregory. I wish you all the luck in finding the right person to have this relationship with!ReplyDelete
I do it and love it! Congrats on your great blog!ReplyDelete
Its a beautiful thing.... I have had a couple of ANR relationships..... they are wonderful...ReplyDelete
My own blog about bonding and loving someone.... great article Nursing Wife
I am a journalist for VICE Magazine FRANCE (www.vice.com/fr). I am very interested in the new sexual phenomenons that conjures up round the world. I have read a lot of informations on several websites related to the Adult Nursing Relation, and I am very glad to have read yours - which is extremely uplifting.
This is the reason why I ask you to know if it was feasible to get in touch with you. Obviously, this is possible to make it anonymous.
If you disagree, I'd like to know if you would be okay with making me get in touch with other people that are close to this kind of relationships.
We could communicate by phone or mail.
Here is my mail adress : email@example.com
Thank you very much for reading my comment.
If a woman after re-lacting does she have the leakage problemDelete
breast feeding her husband as she would when she was breast feeding her children? My wife hasn't breast feed anyone in decades and doesn't want to re-lactate now because of the leakage problem and being wet during the day and possibility of having a wet blouse out in public, especially at her age now, can you help with this or do you have any information on this?
I wish I could find a man as interested in having an ANR as I am.ReplyDeleteReplies
I am in salinas ca. And my wife dose not want to relactate yet i want an anr. She is bi and said i could have a wet nurse. I have a daughter and i want someone who wants to be part of our life.Delete
Im 37 she is 28. We have invited a few girls. (2) into our home as a second wife to me and a wife to my wife.
There are definate sexual posabilitys. email@example.com
Please ... :(Delete
Looking for a woman who is interested in an adult nursing relationship in salinas ca. I am married but my wife is not interested in relactating but has no problem with me having a milk maid.ReplyDelete
My wife is bi and. Could have some fun.....or not. But i am very interested in long term . Would love to have someone who wants to be part of my family , but that will come. I have a child so we would sneek to bedroom for feedings(sexy).
firstname.lastname@example.com im 37 overaverage. Build. 6ft2.
My wife currently breastfeeds our son and I noticed the closeness they have and I kinda feel curious and jealous ibe tried her milk already she doesn't know and it was an instance omg lol any suggestions? I talked about it but she said that's gross but also said she felt unsure what could I do to try and help this? I really want the bondage and closeness our sex life has been decreased drastically since she had our sonReplyDelete
I want anr so bad all my life no one has come forward for me and I feel so isolated into thinking that it's only me that likes it please help me thanksReplyDelete
Hi Nursing Wife, Me and my wife have just started the process and are deeply involved to take our relationship to the next level. please adviseReplyDelete
Hi if there a woman in South East Queensland Australia who would breast feed a 31 male please let me knowReplyDelete
hey nursing wife.. i have never experienced adult breastfeeding and would love to try it.. I am in Glasgow.. would you breastfeed me? :-)ReplyDeleteReplies
I would love to have a man feed from meReplyDelete
If you are in California we can work it iut
Who u referring to? U a guy?ReplyDelete
I'm in the UK and trying to re lactate by myself. I find it such a turn on. I have never found a man who is interested in anrReplyDeleteReplies
U have a pic of you are lactating? ^^Delete
No I'm not doing very well by myselfReplyDelete
But I'm going yo keep at it.Replies
So what u gonna do after this? U have fb?Delete
I'm a 24 year old black/hispanic living in Southern California. If any lady is interested in talking feel free to email me at email@example.com
Cannot wait too nurse.. been lactating forReplyDelete
quite sometime. Looking for ANR in Seattle.
Pre op shemale, 50ish, full C cup.
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AbstractIt is perceived, at first, that the most general typological classification of Heritage is determined on that which composes non-movable space, movable and immaterial assets. In this manner, cities, museums, objects, rites and mental landscapes are part of the most visible collection of national and heritage cultures identity. On the other hand, it is noted that Modernism stimulated and accelerated female workforce in social and public life, for modernist principles and the aims of educative work have matched. In this realm, the narrative that limits the experiences in women's museological area —updated and favored circles creatures that kept common professional ties—, is a proper way to record and understand some of the delimiting aspects of brazilian Modernism. Thus, this communication pins some of the main ideas and realizations of the architects Lina Bo Bard, Gisela Magalhães e Janete Costa. As main agents of execution and consolidation of modernist trends in Brazil, these women stood out in architecture and in the museographical field.
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DETROIT (AP) - Emanuel Steward, the owner of the legendary Kronk Gym and one of boxing's greatest trainers, has died. He was 68.
Victoria Kirton, Steward's executive assistant, says Steward died Thursday in a Chicago hospital. She did not disclose the cause of death.
The International Boxing Hall of Famer made his name training Thomas Hearns at the Kronk Gym in Detroit. That paved the way for Steward to work with a long line of champion boxers such as champion Lennox Lewis, during a big part of his title run, and current heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko as recently as July.
Steward owned the legendary Kronk Gym, where his fighters were clad in red and gold trunks, and worked as an analyst for HBO.
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Prof Gabriel Abend - New York University, USA
The Neuroscience of Morality, Love and Religion: An International Comparison : £93,768 [24 months]
The Neuroscience of Morality, Love and Religion: An International Comparison : £93,768 [24 months]
"The project is an international comparison of neuroscientific research on morality, love and religion in four countries. Specifically, I will examine its production and communication in Britain, France, the US and Argentina. My two research questions are: (1) How do neuroscientists define and conceptualise morality, love and religion? How is biology appealed to for this purpose? How are these concepts rendered amenable to neuroscientific investigation?; (2) Do neuroscientists' conceptualisations of morality, love and religion vary across the four countries? If so, how are experimental measures and stimuli different? How is the public sphere communication of results different? Methodologically, my project has two components: (a) participant observation and interviews in laboratories in the four countries; (b) content analysis of scientific publications and newspaper and magazine articles."
Prof Richard Bellon - Michigan State University, USA
The Virtues of Biological Research: Moral Behavior at the Intersection of Science and Religion, 1830-2014 : £48,424 [12 months]
"The history of Victorian science can help us approach 21st century debates over the use and abuse of biology with more sophistication and sympathy. The Victorians insisted that we cannot separate what we believe from how we come to believe it. They emphasised in particular the need to ground our judgement in patience and humility, whether the judgement applied to religion, politics, morality, or physical science. On norms of behaviour, scientific naturalists like Huxley and Tyndall were in complete agreement with scientific theists like Sedgwick and Whewell. The emphasis on virtuous behaviour has largely disappeared from our current conversation, and this is unfortunate. The cultural dilemmas flowing from modern biology are unnecessarily exacerbated by our tendency to define them as the clash of worldviews."
Dr Berry Billingsley - University of Reading, UK
The Nature-Nurture narrative and other explanatory models of human behaviour in the Humanities curriculum for secondary schools in England : £20,000 [12 months]
Report on 'Robots, God and Free Will' schools event (September 2014) [PDF]
"The aim of the project is to identify opportunities in Humanities lessons to assess and deepen secondary school students' understanding of what biology says about the nature of human behaviour. In this study our question are: (1) What are the messages given to students in secondary schools through their formal studies of English Literature about the factors underpinning human behaviour?; (2) What can be inferred about young people's perceptions of the factors that underpin human behaviour by analysing their responses to the literature they read?; (3) What opportunities exist in Humanities lessons for pupils to explore and critique the explanations of human behaviour that they perceive to come from science?"
Co-I: Helen Newdick
Prof Ros Edwards - University of Southampton, UK
Brain science and early intervention: tracing the new biologisation of parenting and child care : £63,680 [24 months]
"This study aims to investigate how biologised accounts of the formative impact of early experiences on brain development have come to shape politics, key social policy legislation and early intervention initiatives, as well as the consequences for everyday practices among health care providers and early years educators. The research involves detailed discursive analysis of: (a) political and policy literature; (b) interviews with influential proponents seeking to apply neuroscientific concepts to the area of policy and practice; (c) interviews with early intervention professionals, and (d) neuroscientific expert group evaluation. The implications for parenting and social justice, as well as for scientific policy warrants, will be considered."
Project website: http://www.brainscience.soton.ac.uk/
Co-I: Dr Val Gillies. Researcher: Dr Nicola Horsley
Prof John Evans - University of California at San Diego, USA
An Empirical Study of the Biological Definition of the Human : £87,220 [24 months]
An Empirical Study of the Biological Definition of the Human : £87,220 [24 months]
"A centuries old debate in the West concerns what it means to be human. Humanists have argued that humans are defined by a number of particularly human traits, by their being made in the image of God, or by their uniquely human DNA pattern. A related debate is what ordinary people think it means to be human, which is in turn thought to influence how they will interact with each other. In this project I will empirically investigate the beliefs about what it means to be human held by the general population, and see if these beliefs are associated with different behaviour toward our fellow humans. I will also investigate the specific claim that intensive exposure to biological reasoning leads one to adopt a biological view of the human and discard other notions of the human."
Prof Joan Fujimura - University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Social Psychological Aspects of Societal Resistance to Evolution: An Experimental Investigation : £69,271 [24 months]
Social Psychological Aspects of Societal Resistance to Evolution: An Experimental Investigation : £69,271 [24 months]
"Research in social psychology demonstrates that threats to individuals' identities and values can alter their reasoning processes and hinder their ability to effectively evaluate new information. Recent studies have shown that this phenomenon applies even when people evaluate scientific information. With this study we will experimentally investigate the extent to which this phenomenon may be at work in the context of societal resistance toward evolution. Our results will contribute to social scientific understanding of science and society, and will speak to both science education and science communication."
Researcher: Jordan Colosi
Prof Peter Harrison - University of Queensland, Australia
Evolution, Atheism and Mass Persuasion: The Uses and Abuses of Biology in New Atheist Propaganda : £120,000 [24 months]
Evolution, Atheism and Mass Persuasion: The Uses and Abuses of Biology in New Atheist Propaganda : £120,000 [24 months]
"This project will examine the way in which evolutionary theory is deployed in the propaganda of the New Atheists. It will move beyond an evaluation of the intrinsic merits of New Atheist arguments, to focus instead on the way in which biology, and evolutionary theory in particular, is being employed for the purposes of mass persuasion. The study will thus focus on sets of cues, or cognitive mental shortcuts, that function in communications as subtle but effective methods of influencing public opinion and behaviour. This analysis will reveal how references to natural selection are integrated into effective persuasive strategies, serve to cultivate 'evolution wars' brands, and fortify popular New Atheist constructions of reality."
Co-I: Dr Thomas Aechtner
Prof Sheila Jasanoff - Harvard University, USA
Biology and the Law : £104,588 [24 months]
Biology and the Law : £104,588 [24 months]
"This project compares interactions between biology and the law around stem cell research and synthetic biology in Britain, Germany and the US. Combining expertise in biology, law and political theory, the project will clarify how biology and the law conceptualise each other's roles in regulating new biological entities that disrupt the boundaries between life and non-life, human and non-human, and persons and property. We will study the evolution of explicit and tacit norms via informal lab practices, formal legal decision, and public discourses. By tracing these pathways in three scientific, legal and political cultures, we will refine our understanding of the ways in which biology and the law condition and constrain each other's forms of creativity. The study will produce a repository of materials and generate a web-based platform for research and teaching."
Co-I: Dr Ben Hurlbut and Dr Krishanu Saha. Researcher: Ingrid Metzler
Dr Timothy Jenkins - University of Cambridge, UK
Virtue Engineering, Moral Freedom and Christian Salvation : £91,525 [24 months]
Virtue Engineering, Moral Freedom and Christian Salvation : £91,525 [24 months]
"The field of virtue engineering is one which has drawn deeply from recent developments in synthetic biology. These advances have shaped a range of possibilities through which human moral augmentation might proceed, be that through the use of empathogens such as oxytocin, desire reduction, emotional control, or dopamine 'reward' manipulation through direct stimulation of neural circuitry. The goals of this project are to unpack, explore and contextualise the concepts of virtue employed in the virtue engineering discourse to discuss whether these concepts of virtue are adequately sophisticated for purposes of moral augmentation; and, to explore the ramifications of the possibilities for virtue engineering with respect to the the Christian practices of formation and human moral freedom."
Co-I: Dr Harris Wiseman
Dr Helene Joffe - University College London, UK
The brain in the public sphere: Uses of neuroscience in the media and the consequences for lay thinking : £79,970 [24 months]
The brain in the public sphere: Uses of neuroscience in the media and the consequences for lay thinking : £79,970 [24 months]
"The output of neuroscience has expanded dramatically in recent years, both in the volume of research produced and the range of subjects covered. Public discourse increasingly draws upon it as a point of reference. Since science forms a significant influence on society's conceptual, behavioural and institutional repertoires, it is important to be attuned to how science is mobilised in social contexts beyond the laboratory. As yet, there has been little systematic investigation of how neuroscience manifests in the contemporary public sphere. This project aims to redress this gap. It proposes a mixed-methods approach, involving analysis of manifestations of neuroscience in the mainstream UK media as well as interview-based studies to examine how the public engages with neuroscience. Results will be used to advance understanding of how contemporary biological research instantiates itself in public discourse and lay thinking."
Researcher: Cliodhna O'Conner
Prof Alexei Kojevnikov - University of British Columbia, Canada
Changing biosocial boundaries in history of science: Cross-cultural encounters and their impact : £69,520 [24 months]
Changing biosocial boundaries in history of science: Cross-cultural encounters and their impact : £69,520 [24 months]
"That uses of biology often extend into abuses is predicated on the contested nature of the boundaries between the biological, on the one hand, and the social, cultural, personal, or political, on the other. Though often presumed as a given, the drawing of such boundaries has been historically contingent, with presently held assumptions depending on past experiences and disagreements. This project combines history of science with cultural anthropology to analyse a series of important biological and ideological controversies that took place during the last century. Our focus on encounters between scientific cultures with contrasting perceptions reveals a much wider than anticipated range of options that have been contested, some of which have been rejected, others simply forgotten, and others which reveal the hidden sources of contemporary views on the biosocial divide."
Co-I: Prof Kirill Rossiianov. Researcher: Eric Michael Johnson, Dmitry Mordvinov
Dr Ellie Lee - University of Kent, UK
Biologising parenting: Neuroscience discourse and English social and public health policy : £37,349 [24 months]
'Biologising Parenting' Key Findings report (March 2014) [PDF]
"The proposed project is an analysis of claims-making about the foetal and infant brain in English policy documents published from 1997 onwards. The research will explore the relations between claims privileging the import of findings from brain science, understandings of social problems ('poverty', 'educational attainment' and 'social mobility'), and the challenge made by current policy discourses to the normative assumption that parenting style is a 'private matter'. The work will comprise: (a) a literature review of academic work considering the broad theme of the 'scientisation' of the parent-child relationship, and (b) content analysis of policy documents."
Project website: http://blogs.kent.ac.uk/parentingculturestudies/research-themes/early-intervention/current-projects/
Co-I: Dr Pam Lowe and Dr Jan Macvarish
Prof Daniel McKaughan - Boston College, USA
Voles, Vasopressin and Infidelity: A Molecular Basis for Monogamy, a Platform for Ethics, and More? : £67,163 [12 months]
"Vasopressin and oxytocin research raises questions about how the emerging detailed physical-chemical explanations relate to our ordinary understanding of what it is to be a person. Manipulation of a single gene can make "promiscuous" montane voles start acting like socially monogamous prairie voles. Media reports become stories about the discovery of a gene for "fidelity", convenient excuses for cheating, genetic screening for your fiancé, and pills that could help you fall in love, rekindle a failing marriage, get over the death of your spouse, or serve as pharmacological substitutes for will and character. Some philosophers have attempted to draw upon such research as a way of vindicating reductionism, of proving that we have no free will, or of grounding ethics. My project deflates the hype in search of a reasonable assessment of its implications."
Prof Gregory Radick - University of Leeds, UK
Does the teaching of Mendelian concepts promote genetic determinism? The differential effects of Mendelian and non-Mendelian pedagogies : £119,385 [24 months]
"Biologists increasingly reject genetic determinism; but do their teaching methods nevertheless convey it? This project will investigate whether the standard curriculum, organised around concepts originating with Gregor Mendel, promotes genetic determinism by encouraging students to see gene/environment interactions as secondary and only selectively present, rather than as primary and pervasive. The Mendelian system for tracking inheritance of traits has long been the starting point for teaching genetics. Its simple methods and basic concepts give students immediate satisfaction by enabling them to map inheritance with virtually no knowledge of molecular-level causation. Given the dominance of the Mendelian curriculum, it may appear to be the only option for grounding pedagogy. But episodes in the historical rise of Mendelism tell a different story. The writings of W.F.R Weldon, for instance, reveal a criticism of the Mendelian system as overly deterministic. The roots of this lie in a movement to develop a genetics that better captures the variability and diversity found in living systems - a movement very much alive today in molecular biology. If the history of genetics provides alternatives to Mendelism, an important question is whether these are a better ground for genetics teaching. To address the link between genetics pedagogy and genetic determinism, three related questions will be answered: (1) How are Mendelian concepts integrated into genetics pedagogy and what are their effects?; (2) Can a viable alternative pedagogy be developed?; (3) Will a non-Mendelian pedagogy be more effective at inculcating views about determinism consistent with 21st-century genetics?"
Co-I: Dr Annie Jamieson and Dr Jenny Lewis
Prof Antonio Rangel - Caltech, USA
Uses and abuses of neurobiology in economics analysis and policy : £97,941 [18 months]
Uses and abuses of neurobiology in economics analysis and policy : £97,941 [18 months]
"There is a rapidly growing demand for applying neurobiology to economics and public policy. The demand is particularly high in domains such as obesity or marketing, where more 'standard' economic approaches have a hard time making sense of observed behaviours. Given the importance of the issues, this has the opportunity to lead to superb uses of biology. Unfortunately, in practice, more often than not this approach is leading to abuses of biology. We will write a monograph that lays the neurobiological foundations of economic choice and policy, and provides ample and detailed examples of good uses of this methodology, as well as many examples of its abuses. This monograph will increase the chances that the ever-growing applications of neurobiology in the economic and policy domains entail the use and not the abuse of biology."
Prof Russell Re Manning - University of Aberdeen, UK
Emergence: From Biology to Theology : £112,737 [24 months]
"This project will evaluate the uses and abuses of biological theories of emergence in contemporary theology. The project will consider both the particular understandings of emergence operative within its theological appropriations and the consequence for theology of the 'turn to emergence'. In three phases, the project will conduct theological and philosophical analyses of the uses and abuses of emergence in work of contemporary liberal scientific theologians to develop a constructive theological engagement with biological theories of emergence."
Project website: http://emergentism.wordpress.com/
Co-I: Dr Guy Bennett-Hunter
Prof William Struthers - Wheaton College, USA
The Persuasive Power of Brain Scans: How the use of brain images influences decision making : £6,095 [12 months]
"The presence of brain images in media reports can influence opinion on scientific credibility. In this interdisciplinary project we aim to study the effectiveness of brain imaging technologies and images when used to establish scientific credibility and influence opinion of religious and non-religious topics. This study will: (a) survey the prevalence of brain imaging use in media reports, and (b) conduct an empirical study on the persuasiveness of fictional media reports utilising brain images on religious and non-religious topics. The reports will use either brain images, a bar graph, or no visual aids. Topics explored will include religious visions, criminal standing, and spirituality in healthy adults."
Dr Amy Unsworth - The Faraday Institute, UK
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Intro to Reggio Emilia/
When we stumbled upon this excellent video introduction to the educational philosophy of Reggio Emilia, with Carla Rinaldi, we thought we would take the opportunity to briefly share the history of the Reggio Emilia approach to education.
First, it's important to realize that Reggio Emilia is, foremost, the name of a city in northern Italy. In the aftermath of World War II, amidst destruction and ruination, the parents around the community banded together. They decided that the greatest investment in the future that they could make, was to focus on the needs of their children. Not only that, though, they were "convinced that the best thing was to build a school... A school is a symbol, not only to educating (sic) the children, but to educating themselves." What a beautiful philosophy of life.
Second, we think it's equally important to understand that Reggio Emilia is not necessarily a pedagogy that can be replicated or scaled. It's based on a passionate community, intricately involved and committed to education. It is equally focused on collaboration, self-discovery and the environment. In a way, this is precisely why Reggio Emilia is such an exemplary model, because it highlights that education in the twenty-first century must depart from the factory style of learning.
In so many respects, there are major overlaps between Montessori and Reggio Emilia: architecture, self-education and community, to name a few. In fact, Loris Malaguzzi, the person often credited with founding the Reggio Emilia approach to education, recognized their indebtnedness to Montessori. There are also a number of differences, which we can articulate in another discussion.
We'll leave you with a few thoughts from Carla Rinaldi, from the excellent, and highly recommended, Art and Creativity in Reggio Emilia, by Vea Vecchi. When prompted to comment on inter-disciplinarity, Rinaldi responded: "We consider inter-disciplinarity to be essential for seeking new answers and new questons, which our times call form. Ours is a true 'season of design', when it is indispensable to dare the new and design the future."