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Lead Toxicity and Chelation Treatment
Inorganic lead is undoubtedly one of the oldest occupational toxins and evidence of lead poisoning can be found dating back to Roman times. It is a contaminating metal that has received much attention as the causative agent of one of the significant silent types of poisoning in the modern world. Industrial lead production started at least 5000 years ago. The evidence of lead poisoning is not limited to lead workers rather the general population is also significantly exposed owing to poorly glazed ceramic ware, the use of lead solder in the food canning industry, high levels of lead in drinking water, use of lead compounds in paint and cosmetics and by deposition on crops and dust from industrial and motor vehicle sources.
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If it's synergy you're looking for, you have a lot of groups to choose from. Some homebased business owners have turned to "professional" networking organizations as lead-generating and problem-solving teams. Business Network International in San Dimas, California, is a business referral and networking organization. Its members pay an annual membership fee, then "market" each other by carrying other members' business cards and making referrals when the appropriate requests for service comes up.
New York City-based Let's Talk Business Network is similar to BNI in that it offers support, camaraderie, networking and coaching. While the $1,995 annual membership fee might be a bit steep for start-up enterprises, in April, LTBN will launch a new community for homebased entrepreneurs, starting at $240 per year.
As "free agency" becomes more common in the marketplace, former corporate citizens are finding comfort and camaraderie in small peer groups, says Dan Pink, a writer on free-agency employment in the new economy.
Whether they're monthly groups or online clutches that share ideas via e-mail or chat rooms, these teams brainstorm together and meet the need for kinship. "These 'free agent nation' clubs function as part board of directors, part group therapy," Pink says.
Miki Saxon confesses to using networking as group therapy, as much for herself as for the small-business professionals around her. As CEO and founder of RampUp, an employee-retention and staffing consulting firm for young companies, Saxon relies on the constant flow of e-mail from her four virtual employees, her virtual chairman and a list of clients to keep her in touch with the world outside her home office.
Saxon also belongs to the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE), a group of about 450 women with whom Saxon can share leads, concerns and questions online, via phone or in person at group meetings.
Whether it's through FWE or her other e-mail channels, Saxon says people write or call with questions they wouldn't share in the company of family or other professionals. "Without that network, all of us would go crazy," she says, admitting that networking often moves into her personal life. "To keep our sanity, we all need somebody to commiserate with."


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The easiest way to find software development jobs is to search freelance jobs websites. Most of the major job boards include a category for software development that you should bookmark and check every day. Some websites that list software development jobs include:
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Bidding on projects is a strategy that you can use to find freelance software development jobs, but you should be aware of the dangers. The primary one is that the pay is lower than what you would get from a freelance job. Members often underbid one another, and other developers may bid extremely low because their cost of living is many times lower than yours. It also takes a lot of time to find bids, and write, review and submit proposals. You have to submit many proposals to get hired for one, and you don't make money on proposals. That time could be better spent on contacting companies and making a pitch to them about hiring you as a freelancer.
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Make and establish contacts at large corporations, and ask for work. It's easier said than done, but there are ways to accomplish this:
- Use social media to engage in conversations with those who outsource work
- Attend a local seminar or lecture put on by the corporation and network with employers
- Send a letter of introduction and a business card and ask for a telephone meeting
Don't expect them to give you work the first time you ask, but you'll be top of mind if you stay in contact, when there's a need for your skills.
Use all of these approaches to finding freelance software development jobs, but make applying for freelance jobs your highest priority.
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We are currently updating our Collective Membership scheme. The updates and changes will be announced Jan 12 2015. Check back then!
Yorkshire Dance invites you to join a thriving new network of dance practitioners, The Collective. For a small annual fee, Professionals, Students and Recent Graduates will receive a huge range of invaluable benefits.
Professionals: £40 per year (buy here)
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Professionals include: anyone who earns – or aims to earn – all or part of their income through working in dance. This may include dancers, choreographers, dance practitioners, facilitators or dance teachers.
Student & Recent Graduates include: anyone studying full time at FE/HE level as well as graduates who sign up within two years of completing training. Evidence will be required (eg. student card or graduation certificate).
Simple! You can buy online, call 0113 243 8765 or call in to Yorkshire Dance and speak to Lauren Clarke, Assistant Studio Operations Manager.
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All four programs offered by PIBC are designed to fulfill the goals and objectives of PIU as described on pages 2-4 in the PIU catalog. The individual programs differ in the number of credits required for completion. The CBS, DipBS, and AA degree programs require two English classes and the BA degree requires three English classes. Both the AA and BA degrees have additional general education requirements. General Education courses may be completed at PIBC or transferred to PIBC from any accredited institution, including the University of Guam, Guam Community College, College of Micronesia, and Palau Community College. Students who have earned an AA or AS degree from a community college have usually fulfilled all of the general education requirements for the BA in biblical studies.
Students will be assisted in selecting the program that best meets their needs. Transfer from one program to another is possible at any time. A student shall complete a minimum of 60 credits toward their BA degree or Diploma or 36 credits toward their AA or Certificate in Biblical Studies through classes offered by PIU.
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Pacific Islands Christian College is the newest school within PIU. It is the home for our AA and BA in liberal studies program as well as the home base for our Certificate in Dive Instruction, Certificate in Basic English and the Community English classes.
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The goal of the PIES graduate-level seminary is to produce biblically-formed servant leaders equipped to serve the churches and communities of the Pacific. This advanced level of training builds on the student's undergraduate education to sharpen their understanding of God and His Word, the cultural context in which we serve, and the student's ability to effectively communicate the good news of Christ Jesus.


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Osteochondral defects are limited areas of damage to the lining of a joint. These defects involve the joint surface (chondral) and also the bone underneath the surface (osteo). The ankle is composed of three bones named the tibia (shin bone), fibula (the other lower leg bone) and talus (ankle bone). This review just looks osteochondral defects in the talus. Such defects occur mainly after trauma. They are rare but can result in pain and significant disability.
Treatment can be either by non-surgical or surgical means. Non-surgical interventions include activity restriction, physiotherapy and supplementation of the synovial fluid (the lubricating fluid within a joint). Surgical interventions by keyhole or open surgery aim to regenerate or replace the articular surface of the joint. This review included only one very small randomised trial with 15 participants, all of whom had chronic pain from osteochondral defects in the ankle bone. This trial looked at the effect of injecting hyaluronic acid, a lubricant, into the joint three weeks after surgical repair. However, there was only a brief report of this small and probably biased trial. There were no numerical data to draw conclusions on the effects of the intervention.
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With many of the details of both consoles being well known now, we asked our staff writers which of the two they were favoring for their gaming console choice later this year...
Steve McPherson: Based only on what I saw from the Xbox One reveal and what I know about the Xbox 360 (and the PS3 and PS4), I'm leaning towards the Xbox One, primarily for reasons related to the TV watching, which is maybe weird.
Right now, I use my Xbox 360 more than my PS3 for non-game entertainment options because of the Xbox having HBO GO, ESPN and NBA GameTime. If Xbox One is adding the ability to simply watch cable channels like TNT and NBA TV in real time via the console, then I think it might be my future one-stop shop for games and everything else.
Ben Vollmer: It's not exactly a surprise that in today's Xbox One reveal, Microsoft talked almost exclusively about the things that were unique to its console. In a way, it's as if they wanted to let the audience assume that everything game related on Sony's PS4 would also be available on the Xbox One. Frankly, I'm not sold on that just yet.
Microsoft showed off a lot of new interesting tech, but it was clear that their focus was never on games. Whether it was their intention or not, they have to be aware that everyone who is watching this kind of reveal is watching for one reason and one reason only: video games. Which makes the decision to dominate the reveal with talk of a new kind of interactive television all the more baffling. Why not cater to your audience? Sony showed off a plethora of new games, and even when they weren't talking about those games, they were talking about how the system's interface would impact the player's gaming experience. Certainly, it's an interesting tactic on Microsoft's part, but I'm guessing they did it for a reason. The true winner won't be known for another couple of weeks at E3, but for now Sony holds a substantial lead in terms of my interest.
Matthew Coe: My initial reaction is that Xbox One did a good job of selling the "uniqueness" of the system. They showed off the new ways to interact with your TV, sports and movies. There were a few game reveals, but nothing earth shattering; no real footage.
At this point I still feel like the Playstation 4 is more of a "games machine" while the XBox One is admittedly trying to be your all-in-one entertainment device. I'm not sure how I feel about this. I was a Playstation One and Playstation 2 guy until switching midstream to the original XBox and then going with XBox 360. After today's reveal, I'm still on the fence; it didn't do a whole lot to get my blood pumping. I'd call round one a draw.
Robert Kollars: I was completely set on the PS4 at launch, and Xbox One becoming a purchase down the line. After watching the Microsoft presentation, I feel like it will be the launch day purchase now, and the PS4 will be come into play later. There is no denying that I was impressed with what I saw, but I still feel like it will come down to how many friends jump on each system, and right now the majority seem to be favoring the "One." (Can I cheat and say I am actually probably getting both at launch?)
If we are being honest here, I still need more information and I may change my mind eight times before each system drops. I love the tech side of what Microsoft introduced today, and if (and that's a big if) it works as seamlessly as they showed on screen, that's a pretty big selling point. E3 will play a huge factor though, but I am not ashamed to say that both consoles look really good so far, and I feel like the gamer is the big winner.
Glenn Wigmore: When you get down to it, the initial reveal of the Xbox One was to convince a wide swath of people that this is an all-encompassing entertainment device. If you're into connected experiences, multitasking and enhanced TV watching, Microsoft has you covered.
At the same time, MS has offloaded a lot of their games talk to E3. Sony has already planted its flag in the "games" camp, and Microsoft seems to be relying on key demographics to brute force the games side of the equation (EA exclusive deals, Call of Duty exclusive content, Halo, Forza). Microsoft said they had 15 first-party games coming in the first year for the system, including eight new franchises, but its easy to say something like that without showing it.
What's telling is that the games MS showed were heavily guarded and safe. Sony didn't exactly blow the doors off with their games, but they showed more varied content, and the promise of unique games and game experiences seemed more evident. Personally, I think the system features of the Xbox One sound really impressive, but the lack of promise on the games front, compared to the PS4, is very troubling.
Bishop Tart: Although it is still way too early for me to predict, I'll go ahead and say I will be getting both. But if I had to choose one, it would be the Xbox One purely because that is where all of my friends are going. Now if that was not an issue, the PlayStation 4 would be my choice because Sony seems to care about the games more than Microsoft. Now come E3, Microsoft could win me back over, so that's why I say it's way too early.
When it comes down to it, I am a sucker for new hardware. Heck, I even own a Wii U. Both will be in house once they release and I am just really excited for the next six months to see what these two systems can really do.
Caley Roark: This is a tough one for me. I really liked what Microsoft showed off, from an entertainment stand point. The TV integration is very interesting, especially since it seems (from various articles) that it may work with satellite packages, not just Comcast and FIOS. I really like the idea of not having to switch between various components connected to my TV.
I'm also curious about the new Kinect, and whether or not it will live up to the hype that surrounded the first one. I've had some good experiences with the Kinect, but I can't say it was the revolutionary product Microsoft was hoping for. In fact, long term, if this new version isn't functional, I'd guess the entire movement-based gaming may be deemed a failure.
However, the sticking point lies around the game of baseball. We know that the PS4 will offer an improved MLB: The Show, hopefully one that builds on the legacy of success already established by the franchise. At this point, though, I'm not sure the Xbox One will even have a baseball game year one. If it does, it will most likely be either a new developer or another iteration of MLB 2K. Either way, I'm not filled with confidence.
Is one game enough to sell a franchise? For me -- unless Xbox One really wows me with more gameplay stuff -- the answer is yes.
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I (wrongly) assumed that September was the best time of year to plant winter squash here in Tucson, then slacked off and didn't even plant them in September. Is it just too late now to try? Could I maybe mulch with black plastic or something to keep the soil warm, or would I just be wasting seeds? |
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"Winter squash" - a misnomer for sure. I understand it because lazygardens explained it (the squash can be *stored* for the winter) but it's confusing for sure. |
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It's amusing the way that Ibrahim Guvendikler has taken the simple concept of a wedge and imagined it into something with far more character. The Nuclear Door Holder acts as both a door stopper and a "keep out" sign, sticking to a more dramatic tactic than usual for a comical effect.
The general chock shape was maintained in order for this nerdy knickknack to function but its form was manipulated into the body of a squeezed plastic tube. Rendered without a cap, the container was made to seemingly squirt out a snake-like line of neon green or blue paste. The suggestion here is that this is highly poisonous and radioactive material.
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The National Trust is a beloved institution in the UK, bringing to mind beautiful coastlines, historic stately homes and gift shops full of shortbread and tablemats. It's not known for being edgy.
So a new YouTube video claiming to be a "leaked advert" for the charity, during which viewers are shouted at to "GET OUT MORE", asked if they want to "get as high as a kite" and told "we've got weed" – would certainly represent a new direction.
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7th Mar 2005, 03:33 PM | #1 |
Mutator: item quantities limitation in loadouts
Mutator Name: INF_LoadLim
Version 1.1 - 09.03.2005 This mutator allow server admins to limit the number of copies of a specific item a player can have at anytime. This is done in two ways: - Check the player loadout for limited items and correct the quantities when limits exceeded. - Check, at time of pickup, if the player has already too many copies of the item. Why this mutator? Id answer why not?. The reasons behind this mutator are the recent episodes of server crashing using claymore and other abuses of the same type. Limiting the numbers of claymores to a reasonable number is highly recommended. Installation and configuration: Running the mutator as a server-side mutator should do the trick. The INF_LoadLim.ini configuration file contains one variable and one array. The array setting the limitations has the following format: LC[*]=(ClassName="somePackage.someClass",LimNum="integer",LimPickNum="integer") ClassName should contain the name of the class of the item you want to limit. When a value is put in LimNum, it will limit the number of copies of the class item that can be held in the initial loadout (at spawn). If left blank, considered as zero (0). When an integer value is put, for an item, in LimPickNum, this value will be used as the maximum number of items that can be picked up and held in the inventory. This is regardless of the value set in LimNum. If LimPickNum is left blank, pickup will not be limited for the item unless the variable bForceLimitPickup is set to true, in which case the value set in LimNum will be used to limit the number of pickup. Note that if a value is set the in LimPickNum, even if bForceLimitPickup is set to true, the value from LimPickNum will be used to limit pickup (priority over LimNum). Leaving LimNum blank Will still be considered as zero and remove the item from the initial loadout. If you want to limit pickup without limiting the numbers of item in the initial loadout (would be weird but who knows what some might want to do), set LimNum to -1. For example, the .ini included with the packages reads: In this example: - The max number of Claymores in a loadout is 4 and a player cannot pick up more that 4. - The max number of 40mm smoke grenades in a loadout is 8 and pickup is not limited, unless bForceLimitPickup is true, where the pickup will be limited to 8. - Same for the 40mm HE grenades as for the 40mm smoke grenades - Same for the M67 but with a limit of 4 - The ACOG attachement for the M16 will be totally removed form a loadout (but only for the M16A2... no other ACOG, on other weapons, will be affected) - The Reflex Sight on the M4A1 will be removed from a loadout - The number of M16 Mag (should affect all weapons that use this type of mag - FAMAS and cie.) will not be limited in the intial loadout, but will be limited to 15 pickup, regardless of bForceLimitPickup. Note that all children of a given limited class will also be limited accordingly. So, for example, limiting something like INF_Core.INFc_Ammo should impose the limit to ALL ammo types. [UNTESTED] Attachements and Destructible ammo fully supported since version 1.1. Known Issues - The player is not informed when his loadout is modified at spawn time, but he is informed when not allowed to pickup an item. This is my first attempt working with loadout mutators, so if you find any major issues, please report them. Ill fix them as soon as possible. Acknowlegements A very big Thank You to Beppo for his suggestions and thoughts. Turns out the pseudo code you sent me was pretty much what I had done -------------------------------------------------- | INF_LoadLim_v1.1_09.03.2005.zip(version 1.1) (09.03.2005 13:07 EST) [CAN] | -------------------------------------------------- | INF_LoadLim_07.03.2005.zip(version 1.0) (07.03.2005 15:30 EST) [CAN] | Readme: INF_LoadLim_Readme_07.03.2005.rtf | -------------------------------------------------- Last edited by geogob; 9th Mar 2005 at 01:10 PM. |
7th Mar 2005, 04:13 PM | #2 |
Running on GD EAS, Odie's DTAS and Public Training server.
Limited Clays and WS Smokes...
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7th Mar 2005, 04:18 PM | #3 |
Nice "fix" Geogob! Hope it's bugfree!
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7th Mar 2005, 04:24 PM | #4 |
*me points to the 'Know issues' section*
Well it's nice... as well as being a fix, it's also a new feature at the same time. I've tryed it out pretty extensively to make sure it works as advertised. The only time it might go wrong (and by go wrong I mean allow a player to pickup an item even if he should not be allowed to) is when Destructible ammo is enabled. I have yet to see a server with this configuration. |
7th Mar 2005, 04:56 PM | #5 |
What settings are you using for the WS odie ? I also suggest limiting the at4 to 0 .
7th Mar 2005, 05:00 PM | #6 |
Well AT4 = 0 already.
WS Limit = 8 [however IMO I am being nice with that setting].
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7th Mar 2005, 08:02 PM | #7 |
Hehe. It's too bad I told you how to actually crash the servers. Meh, not that I wnt to do it anymore. Good Job. Set the M4 limit to 0 please
Or not. Last edited by Mercie; 12th Mar 2005 at 10:47 PM. |
7th Mar 2005, 08:48 PM | #8 |
Hey now, a limit of eight? Thats just silly, I have a loadout with 20 smokes and I always know how to use each of them to my own tactical advantage.
7th Mar 2005, 11:15 PM | #9 |
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20 smokes? Wow. I have a hard time finding use for one, especially the 40mm WS (but I'm not very imaginative).
8th Mar 2005, 03:24 AM | #10 |
Smokes? Hell i carry a couple of 40mm smokes for when i ever might have to lay a smoke screen, and when i run out of ammo, i just stoot them at the bad guys, it does some damage, and puts up a smoke screen so the enemy thinks WTF when they see a smoke in the middle of nowhere (psych warfare)
As for the hand tossed smokes, their pretty useless ATM cus u can't throw them very far, if/when duke does a mutie so they appear in your loadout like frags and you can throw them a decent distance... then things will change.
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8th Mar 2005, 04:29 AM | #11 | |
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8th Mar 2005, 07:21 AM | #12 | |
I've used all 20 strategically on maps like Skopje, Bordertown, RTK, Jerusalem, the big ones. |
9th Mar 2005, 12:04 AM | #13 |
If you are getting a lot of Failed to load 'Class Package.Class': Failed to find object 'Class Package.Class', you probably have a wrong class name or made a typo. LoadLim: Error - item <name> - no associated class found... is a warning telling you that LoadLim did not find a class name associated with a loadout item. At the moment, all attachement will generate this warning (attachements are not supported by LoadLim at this time). In the next release of the mutator, this will be fixed. |
9th Mar 2005, 11:08 AM | #14 | |
I gotta back Darlin' on this one. While it does slow things down a bit, they're damn useful for creating smokescreens. You get 40 nades between 2 guys and you can make a sparse field a CQB paradise.
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9th Mar 2005, 01:13 PM | #15 |
INF_LoadLim version 1.1 released
(see first post for link and new instruction on configuration). New in this release: - Attachements are now fully supported - New pickup limit system that can be set for each items (see Above Instruction) - Destructable ammo fully supported Note that the configuration changed quite a bit to be able to limit the number of pickup for each individual items. Thanks to Derelan for the inspiration. *wink* |
9th Mar 2005, 02:10 PM | #16 |
Notice how all the people fighting to NOT limit claymores and smokes are all members or were members of DBD... the same group harrm just cried about finding all these abusive bugs in another thread.
Jesus christ guys....
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10th Mar 2005, 09:40 AM | #17 |
Quick Note. Odie report possible problem with INF_LoadLim and NoSomething mutators (NoACOG, etc.) or with CheckLoadout. Although surprising, I checked it extensively and found no issues.
10th Mar 2005, 09:57 AM | #18 |
darn it, you posted that stupid issue from me before I could tell you the real issue.
Remember our match with N1? I enabled the Acogs/Sniper stuff for that map. I forgot to un-comment them out so check load out would have those lines active again [;;; thingys]. It also corrected my texture import error too. Very sorry...
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10th Mar 2005, 10:11 AM | #19 |
That's good... anyway, now I know for sure that there are no issues there |
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Does Australia need a national identity? For various reasons, a national identity has become a problematic subject for most western countries. One reason is that an influx of migrants has caused citizens to question the appropriateness of asserting a national character that migrants are not in comformity with. A second reason is that the internet has facilitated the flow of ideas so that likeminded subcultures based on music, religions, TV shows, cooking, and politics now operate in various countries around the world. These subcultures provide a more meaningful sense of belonging than that provided by vague concepts of a national character. Furthermore, many citizens realise they often share more in common with some people from different countries than they do with their own. For the west, the erosion of national identities has not come without cost. Specifically, a national identity influences the motivation of individuals to support the ambitions of their compatriots. For example, most sports-loving Australians have a strong desire to see their compatriots achieve. Consequently, they support their tax dollars being spent to fund training programs. Furthermore, they pay money to enter stadiums where they can cheer encouragement. If individuals lacked affinity with other people from their country, then they would not have any desire to support anyone except themselves. Aside from decreasing the motivation to help each other, the lack of an identity potentially contributes to alienation and poor psychological health. According to John Ralston Saul, If individuals can not conceive of a community identity, then they cannot conceive of a role to play in a community. The outcome may be depression or suicide. Admittedly, minority or subcultural identities provide a subsitute for a national identity, but these identities are not always accessible to every individual. Finally, a strong national identity can facilitate fast social evolution in order to adapt to social problems that may arise. This was recognised by author Donald Horne in 1964, who wrote: Ironically, one of the biggest problems of western countries lacking a national identity is that their social policy is usually written on the basis that an identity exists. Specifically, almost all social policy in the western world is written on the basis that there is a majority culture in which there are minorities that need to be accommodated. Although the writers of the policy rarely define the values, racial makeup, traditions, and customs of the majority culture, the majority culture is still referred to and policy made on the basis that it is influential. Unfortunately, the policy documents become useless in areas of the country where a national identity is almost completely absent from the identity of the people of the region. For example, in many areas of Sydney and Melbourne, there are almost no individuals who identify as Australian. In these areas, a Korean kid may sit in a class surrounded by Vietnamese, Sudanese, Italian, Afghani or Lebonese kids. The Korean kid may be in fear that a gang of these kids will beat him up on the way home. The kid's only real hope of protection is to join a Korean gang. When the kid is mixed race, or no gang is available, he or she is particularly vulnerable. Teachers are ill equipped to deal with the conflicts because their training is on how to protect minorities from the racist majority. As a result, they may get the kids to make posters denouncing Adolph Hitler in order to teach the kids that it is wrong for majorities to repress minorities. While it is a nice message, it fails to deal with the racial conflict that is most relevant to the kid's daily world. Like teachers, police are also ill equipped to deal with the conflict between minorities. A kid may be beaten to a bloodied pulp by a racial gang but if the kid's parents ask the police for help, the police are wary about any minority groups being over-represented in crime statistics, which would make it seem that the police are racist. As a result, they prefer to turn a blind eye or suggest a course of action that doesn't involve the police. Because social policy is ill-equipped to deal with conflict between minorities, many areas of the western world are almost like scenes out of Mad Max. Individuals join gangs for protection, there is little affinity between people, and there is an almost complete absence of social policy designed to deal with the conflicts. Governments of the western world are increasingly realising that their policies are not able to deal with the racial conflicts in their countries that do not involve the "majority" culture. Either the governments need to be more assertive in defining an identity or accept that no national identity exists in many areas of their country and write policy accordingly. The later option probably would never occur because it would necessitate that politicians give up some of their reverent power with voters and devalue the significance of their office. European approaches Different countries have reacted to the erosion of national identities in different ways. France has taken an assimilationist position towards migrants. For example, Muslim veils have been banned in schools, and the burqa (complete face covering) has been banned outright. Furthermore, to prevent any linking between race and culture, the French census does not ask citizens to declare their race - the implication being that all citizens are French. Despite its noble intentions, France has suffered significant ethnic riots as well as race-based nationalistic movements wanting to rid France of its ethnics. In other words, despite the public declarations that everyone is French and equal, different groups see their role in French society in very different ways. Some non-whites see themselves as outsiders while some whites see themselves as the true French. Unlike the French, the British have taken the post-modernist approach to a national identity. In short, they promote the idea that all cultures are different but equal. While nice in spirit, in practice, the theory advocates apathy in the face of offensive conduct. For British literary theorist Terry Eagleton, post-modernist theory is defective because it basically proposes that intolerant cultures must be tolerated. Similar ideas have been argued by Gunther Kress, a professor at the University of London. In Reimagining English: Curriculum, Identity and Productive Futures, Kress wrote: Both men have rejected post-modernism because it has denied them the right to speak while defending the right of those they oppose to speak. Religious minorities in Britain have linked the rise in extremism to a lack of a national identity to hold onto, or to bind different cultures together. For example, Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, wrote: Sweden, often seen as a model of democractic consensus culture, has also found some difficulties in reconciling the need for a national identity with the identities of subcultures that do not think the same way. This has seen the rise of the term "unSwedish", which is used to represent social conduct that is not deemed to be Swedish and therefore not belonging in Sweden. While some Swedes use the term as an insult, others have embraced the insult as a term of endearment and a mark of their cosmopolitan personality. According to Daniel Lampien, a Swedish blogger: The German government has tried to integrate migrants by working hard to ensure that the German people do not have supremacist attitudes towards the migrants. Mindful of what happened in World War 2, the German government has refrained from supporting displays of nationalism that could cause history to repeat. According to Oliver Marc Hartwich, a research fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies, Ironically, the lack of national pride might be replicating the conditions in Germany after World War 1, where low national esteem fuelled movements in favour of Hitler. Additionally, migrants have found little reason to embrace anything but the welfare system of their new homeland because there have been few positive stories being told about Germany. According to Hartwich, American approach The American approach to identity seems to have been born in the revolution against British rule. It revolves around an ambiguously defined notion of freedom that all Americans must ironically conform to by saluting the flag and singing the National Anthem. Although there seems to have been an attempt to specifically define the identity via a Bill of Rights and symbols such as the Statue of Liberty, on the whole, there isn't total agreement about what America is actually about. This lack of agreement can be partly attributed to the American Presidential system that compels each candidate to create a vision of America based on their personal story. For example, in the rein of Abraham Lincoln, America was about going to war against the south to ensure the doctrine of equality included black Americans. In the rein of George Bush Jr, America was about going to war in Iraq and Afghanistan to liberate the oppressed in Islamic countries. In the rein of Barrack Obama, America was about all races having equality of opportunity. Ironically, America's democratic system doesn't really allow diverse conceptions of the American to go unchallenged. To gain power, presidential candidates must keep promoting their own conception of America, and undermining alternatives. Admittedly, each presidential candidate needs to kept anchoring his or her personal story in the stories of the founding fathers, which ensures all presidential candidates need to champion some kind of battle, overcoming individual hardships, believe in god, and demonstrate their hopes for the future prosperity of America. In that regard, aspects of a unified American identity based on history are re-imagined by each generation. Aside from the presidential system necessitating that the American identity keep being re-imagined, Americans have struggled with identity because the core values of the past are not so easy to uphold across time when circumstances are vastly different. For example, America is in the habit of leading interventions into foreign wars that doesn't necessarily leave the foreign people better off. Likewise, ideals about lifting a lamp to the homeless and tempest-tossed were much easier to celebrate when the country still wanted migrants and wasn't suffering a huge strain on its resources. Finally, the right to bear firearms often infringes on the rights of innocent people not to be killed by those firearms. Australian approach Although Australia's identity struggle shares some commonalities with those Europe and America, it has some significant differences. Specifically, European countries have defined identities. Their chief dilemma is whether they should assert them. For example, it is possible to define the character of a refined Brit, refined German, refined Italian or refined Frenchman. It is basically a person from the country who exhibits the "typical" traits in a manner that commands the respect of others. Unlike in the European countries, in Australia, the identity is not defined and it certainly isn't possible to speak of a refined Australian. A "stereotypical" Australian is possible, but not an Australian that could be defined as aspirational for the majority of the population. Each year, the government tries to create the aspirational model with the Australian-of-the-Year award, but their winners usually have far more critics than supporters. Australia is also different from America because Australia lacks a presidential system in which a conception of a national identity can be promoted. Even if there were presidential elections, Australia doesn't have the glorious founding event, such as a rebellion against the British or protest tea party, to anchor the personal story around. In the absence of any historical or presidential-led role models, the Australian identity has evolved into two distinct forms; neither of which have been conciously designed. One form is typically referred to as boganism. It is often expressed by putting Australian flags on the car, sporting bumper stickers like "real Australians drive utes" or getting a South Cross tattoo. The identity tends to also have elements of defiance because the inhabitants of the identity feel they are breaking taboos by identifying themselves as Australian. This was evident after the 2003 Cronulla Riots that involved bogan and Lebonese gangs coming to blows on Sydney's southern beaches. The bogans involved saw themselves as "fighting back" and asserting the pride that others wanted to deny from them. Much of the bogans' identity flowed from a perception that they were fair game for commentators to belittle. It also flowed from a perception that the police were not protecting their rights against infringement from other social groups. If allowed to fester, it would eventually create a very large pool of individuals with great hostility to the justice system and lacking all faith in the legitimacy of government.
The other form of the Australian identity tends to be formed in opposition to the bogans. It is basically any Australian of Anglo-Celtic heritage that has no identification with that heritage, but derives status from insulting those Anglo Australians (bogans) that do. It is Australians with an anti-bogan identity that chiefly write and comment on Australian social policy. On the basis of their commentary, they clearly believe that Australia has a majority identity which the majority of Australians identify with. However, exactly what that identity is and how they personally fit into it is somewhat ambiguous. Their behaviour seems to indicate that they see themselves as prison wardens who need to protect minorities from the bogans, (who are deemed to be the dominant social group in Australia.) As prison wardens, they don't really see themselves as part of the prison landscape or the prison community; they are just the managers of it. Examples of the identity at work include Anglo commentator Catherine Deveny, who said It also includes the authors of the book, Things Bogans Like, politicians like Paul Keating, historians like Henry Reynolds and journalists like Kerry O'Brien. Unlike the bogans, the anti-bogans have significant cultural and legal power. To retain this power, it is in the anti-bogans' interests to convey the message that the majority culture is fundamentally flawed, has "popularism" as its vice and is not worth identifying with. As long as there is widespread belief that the majority culture is flawed, the anti-bogans have legitimacy to protect minorities from it. It would be fair to say that the bogans and anti-bogans who comprise the social grouping referred to in policy documents as "dominant Australian culture" really don't have much of an affinity for one another. In that regard, the concept of a dominant Australian culture is somewhat obsolete and detached from reality. Benefits of a weak national identity Australia as a whole suffers from a lack of an Australian identity; however, there are some benefits for individuals who appreciate freedom from conformity pressures. Arguably, Australians are the most free people on earth. While the rest of the world wallows in fear of cultural loss as a result of globalisation, Australians are assimilating foreign ideas and becoming stronger in the process. Such behaviour makes it easy to be optimistic about Australia's future. As Charles Darwin once noted: Aside from being free to able to adapt to new ideas, Australians are free to criticise their government without being accused of shitting on the flag. Likewise, they are free to wave the flag however they want. Not only does this mean they can let the flag's corners touch the ground, the entire flag may even be used as a blanket to sit on at the cricket. Australians can relax. "No worries" is Australia's mantra because on the whole, Australia's lack of assertive culture, and the conformity pressures associated with culture, frees it of the worries of other nations. The Challenge Even though a lack of a defined culture gives individuals greater freedom, individualism has some downsides. For example, even though individuals may want to be defined by their own individual actions, they tend to be defined by the actions of those who conform to group identities. Internationally, Australians tend to be defined by boganism because bogans are among the few people who want to define themselves as Australian. Just as a molehill is a king on a flat landscape, in the absence of alternative Australian identities, the bogans have a monopoly on what it means to be an Australian. In short, social policy has been written on the basis that the Australian identity exists and bogans simply filled the empty void. They might only comprise 10% of the population, but they perhaps comprise 90% of the imagery used to describe the Australian stereotype. There are definitely some positive attributes in the bogan identity, but there are also some limitations. These limitations affect how other Australians are viewed when they try to engage with the international community. They also affect the motivations of migrants to engage with their new homeland. The challenge for Australia is to create a national identity that is adaptable to change, inclusive of new migrants, not based on race and encourages individuals to identify with it by choice. Most importantly, it needs to be defined and be accorded some legal protection. At present, it seems to consist in two distinct forms. Firstly, there are the bogans who see it as a celebration of driving utes or drinking beer. Secondly, there are the anti-bogans who don't identify as Australian or ethnic, but see their social role as one that involves acting as a prison warden protecting ethnics against bogans. The later identity is arguably the most problematic because it is ill-equipped to deal with the reality of Australia. It is a nothing identity that inspires little community spirit and has virtually no conception of the areas of Australia in which people like themselves or bogans do not exist and even if they did, would be obstacles in the way of solving very severe social problems. Does Australia need a national identity?Consider how perceptions of an Australian identity may be influential in the following circumstances
What is the dominant culture?Anglo social commentator Catherine Deveny stated:
of the Australian identity
tribal identities were based around an animal or plant totem. Each Aboriginal
person believed they had three forms which gave them a continuous life form. The
totem was the form after human and then to spirit. As the cycle continued, so
did the Aboriginal cultures.
was no concept of an Aboriginal identity or Australia as one land. Each tribe
was very much its own unit and reserved hostility to other tribes. This hostility
to an outgroup helped maintain a strong ingroup identity.
Because Aboriginal identities were not defined along racial lines, there was more hostility between different Aboriginal tribes that there was towards the colonists that arrived in 1788. Furthermore, the prestige of the tribe was not defined according to land ownership, but according to the number of people in a tribe. For this reason, the tribe was both open to new inductees, but also intent on destroying all rivals. Expression
-Paintings, customs, songs, myths, stories
gaining their ticket of leave, Convicts started referring to themselves as Legitimates.
Their thinking was that since they had been "chosen" by the finest judges in England,
they were of the few Europeans with a legitimate reason to be in Australia. Later
they referred to themselves as Emancipists because it implied they had attained liberty
and strove for the liberty of others.
Expression - Songs, flash language, tattoos, convict women mooning wowsers or 'exposing her person.' W.B Gould The Landlord Note - Identity not defined along racial lines. As a consequence, hostility to Exclusives was far greater than any hostility to Aboriginal tribes. The Exclusives The Exclusives were free British settlers, or military officers who had left the service. The Exclusives advocated confining all offices and civic honours to Emigrants with the total exclusion of Emancipists and their offspring. The Exclusives were extremely pro-British and maintained their identity with a strong hostility to the Legitimates/Emancipists. Expression - English flag, English clothes, formal English speech Note - The Exclusives saw the Aborigines as 'noble savages.' Their thinking was that Aborigines were without sin as they have never learnt it. For this reason, they wanted to prevent Aborigines mixing with Convicts. 1800 – 1850 – Convicts have childrenThe Native Born - Currency lads and lasses The first native born in Australia were taunted as the 'wretched' and the lowest class because their parents had been Convicts. This discrimination was institutionalised when it came to the distribution of land grants. Whereas free immigrants were frequently given grants running in thousands of acres, the native born of Convict stock were only allowed sixty acres. The bush pioneer became the icon for the native born. Out in the bush, no laws ran and people were free to sing folk songs or live in equality. There was no room for elitism because people on the land needed to rely upon one another in the tough conditions. The identity was maintained with hostility to English immigrants and authority figures. Expression - Bushranger songs, bush poetry Ballad of Ben Hall Aboriginal identities As the colony expanded out from Sydney, the Europeans came into conflict with Aborigines over land. Although tribal identities remained, the Europeans started to take the place of rival tribes as the principle enemy. Although there was hostility, there was also friendship. Some Aborigines left their tribes and formed good relations with the native born. They worked as droving hands and sang songs with the other drovers. Aside from being admired for their lyrical ability, they were admired for their bush skills. In a sense, their knowledge of the land had them admired as the protypical bushman. Reflecting the admiration for the Aborigines is the use of Aboriginal place names for rural Australia. 1850 - 1900 The gold rush yearsThe Digger (Miner) In 1853, the discovery of gold sparked massive waves of immigration. Miners from all over the world descended upon Australia and brought with them ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity. Although they valued self-reliance, independence and resourcefulness, they were also fiercely loyal to their mates. Egalitarian sentiments were solidified with a dislike of the ruling colonial authorities that were deemed to be corrupt and elitist. This gave rise to a union movement. As the authorities tried to break unions via the importation of Chinese labour, the Chinese became another enemy to solidify the Digger's identity. Expression - Eureka Stockade Flag. No songs were written to glorify the Eureka Stockade. The Chinese At the height of the gold rush, there were up to 100,000 Chinese people in Australia. Chinese newspapers of the time depicted the Chinese as hardworking and the other miners as lazy. Although such stories may have indeed been a reflection upon how the Chinese saw themselves, they may have also been a form of propaganda designed to persuade the Chinese not to complain about being exploited by mining companies. When the Chinese weren't working for a company, they worked together in teams. It was said that they were very efficient at extracting gold and often went to the mine sites deserted by other Diggers, and found gold that had been missed. This was said to have infuriated the other miners. Although most of the Chinese returned to China, some stayed and established businesses. Unlike most expat Chinese populations around the world, these Chinese seem to have integrated into the other emerging Australian identities. Expression - Newspaper articles calling other miners lazy. The Wowser (activist) By the turn of the century, the anti-transportation activists of the 1850s had evolved into anti-Chinese activists. The wowsers were very loyal to the English empire and saw themselves as British rather than Australians. Expression - Protest marches and posters likening the 'yellow peril' with Convicts. Capitalist and outcasts Words of racial superiority probably did not wash with any Australian of mixed blood or those descedended from Convicts. To the contrary, the stigmisation of the Chinese probably fostered a sense of empathy. The Kelly Gang seemed to be one such group that had time for the Chinese. They were rumoured to have been helped by Chinese (although this might have been propaganda to win the public relations war against the gang.) One member of the gang, Joe Byrne, definately was on good terms because he could speak fluent Cantonese. Some sections of the business community could also see the positive side of the Chinese. Perhaps due to the language barrier, they were less likely to join the union movement, and so allowed businesses to pay low wages. Federated nation – 1900- 1950Arthur Streeton
Fires On The Pioneer The pioneer continued on the bush tradition laid by the previous generations. Expression - Paintings by the likes of Arthur Streeton and Tom Roberts. Poetry by Banjo Pattern and Henry Lawson. Digger (soldier) The Digger had his baptism of fire in the Gallipoli campaign. Rather than hate the enemy, the Diggers seemed to hate the English. The Poms were seen as filthy cowards whose incompetence had resulted in the loss of life of countless Australians. Perhaps the dislike of Poms made the Diggers better soldiers. It seems as if they felt that they had to prove their superiority over the English on the battlefield. Expression - War poetry, Anzac Day, courage on the battlefield The Wowser (Englishman) Once the threat of Convicts and Chinese had ended, the Wowsers found themselves somewhat aimless. Some directed their attention to campaigning against frivolous pastimes like gambling and drinking. Others found it immoral for people to jump into the ocean wearing small bathing suits. With a dislike of these great Australian pastimes, the Wowsers remained obsessive in their support for English values, and moral empowerment. 1950 - 2000- The larrikins, post-modernistsRussell Drysdale
The Ruins The Aboriginal Victim By the end of World War II, Aboriginal tribal identities had eroded to the extent that white people stopped seeing differences between Aboriginal tribes and instead began viewing them as a homogenous out-group. Names for individual tribes faded away and instead Aborigines, the generic word for an indigenous population, came into use by default. Aborigines also stopped thinking in cultural terms and instead began to think of themselves in racial terms. Blacks were part of their in-group while all whites were the out-group invaders. Asians were in an undefined category. Aborigines developed a strong identification with black power movements from America. They assimilated rap music, and the baggy style of clothes. Oddly, many Aborigines became Rastarian; except they dropped the green from the colour coding. (Rastafarism is a pseudo-Christian based religion developed by the descendents of slaves wanting to show pride in their African heritage. Its name comes from Prince Rastafari of Ethiopia. It is not possible to be Rastarian without African heritage.) Perhaps assessments of Aborigines also went downhill in mainstream society. When the bush was held up as the "true Australia", the Aborigines were celebrated as the prototypical bushmen. As the bush lost its iconic status, so too did the Aborigines that lived in it. Expression - Aboriginal flag, protest marches, music, Aboriginal tent embassy, defiance of white authority The Larrikin Although Larrikins have always been popular in Australia, it wasn't until after World War II that larrikins also became national heroes. The likes of Dawn Fraser and John Newcombe commanded respect across the classes, which made their rule indiscretions difficult to criticise. The result was a change in the meaning of the world larrikin. Instead of conjuring images of street criminals, it conjured images of good-hearted risk takers. The larrikin identity was maintained by mocking the wowser and subsequently taking delight in their displeasure. Expression: Praise for icons such as Dawn Fraser, Ned Kelly, John Newcombe. The music of AC/DC and Skyhooks. Post-modernist Wowser After the English identity collapsed, many Wowsers were left without a social conception of themselves. Not wanting to identify with Australia, they instead became post-modern multiculturalists. This identity maintained a dislike of everything and anything Australian. It justified its identity on the grounds that identifying with Australia was an act of racism. Colonisation symbolised racism towards Aborigines. The Eureka rebellion and Ned Kelly symbolised racism towards Chinese. Federation symbolised racism to all non-whites. Gallipoli symbolised sexism and racism on the grounds most of the soldiers were white men and therefore excluded minority groups. Whitlam Minister Al Grassby even said that people who identified themselves as Australians, rather than ethnic, were worse than Hitler's Third Reich. According to the multiculturalists, Australia only became an open-minded country after World War II when it became multicultural for the "first" time. Ironically, multiculturalists ideas have tended to originate from left-wing university departments. These departments are the last bastion of the White Australia Policy. No institution in Australia has a higher concentration of white people. Furthermore, no other institution has such little contact with the outside world. The focus on racial history, combined with their own whiteness, seems to indicate that identifying with the white race is still an integral part of the multiculturalist's identity. In short, a race-based identity, even if it is a self-flagellating one, still excludes others. Expression - Support for an apology, on behalf of the white race, for injustices inflicted upon Aborigines. Support for a republic on the grounds British heritage is irrelevant to non-white migrants. Support for refugees on the grounds that Australians are racist for supporting mandatory detention of illegal immigrants. Expatriate/ global swagman While the multiculturalists tended to avoid new experiences, the expatriate went searching for them. Some went as backpackers to pull beers in a London pub. Others went as actors to America to make their fortune. Some went to Japan to establish television shows. The global swagman's desire for new experiences gave rise to the expression that "there is nothing more Australian than spending time in someone elses' country." Expression - Songs such as Downunder, movies like Crocadile Dundee and iconic expatriates like Nicole Kidman, Russel Crowe, Kylie Minogue, taking a jar of vegemite overseas, Qantas theme: "I Still Call Australia Home." 2000 onwards - Bogans and anti-bogansBogans The word 'bogan' originated in the 1980s in reference to teenagers that listened to heavy metal. Over the following three decades, the category was expanded. The book, "Things Bogans Like" suggests that bogan and Australalian are interchangeable terms. Traditionally, bogan was a term that was negatively applied to people rather than a term people chose to embrace. Expression - Southern Cross Tattoos, bumper stickers, articles that denounce tossers Anti-bogans Anti-bogans are by far the largest social group in Australia and hold most of the power. They do not have a clear idea about what they are, but they know they don't like bogans and are not bogans. Area-7 - Nobody Likes a Bogan Expression - Songs like "Nobody Likes a Bogan", books such as "Things Bogans Like", the "comedy" of the Chaser and Catherine Deveny |


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