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March 23, 93
Vol. 08 , No. 07
A Call for Ethics
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1993 12:15 p.m.
Dr. George C.S. Benson, CMC's founding president, believes that in today's world we forget some of life's most important aspects. For him, it is important to cultivate a habit of ethical consideration for other human beings.
Dr. Benson expresses dismay with educational institutions, particularly liberal arts colleges like CMC, that do not make a concerted effort to teach practical ethics. He assumes that a strong correlation exists between the violence in our society and the lack of ethical and moral training found in America's schools.
Dr. Benson earned his bachelor's degree from Pomona College, his master's from the University of Illinois, and a Ph.D. in government from Harvard University. He taught at Harvard, the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan, and Northwestern University. In 1940, he went to work for the Office of Price Administration and in 1941 he entered the army. In 1946, he founded Claremont Men's College, and in 1969, Dr. Benson resigned from the presidency at CMC to accept an appointment by President Richard Nixon to serve as deputy assistant secretary of defense. He returned to CMC in 1972 as director of the Henry Salvatori Center for the Study of Individual Freedom in the Modern World.
Lunch is served at 11:45 a.m. Dr. Benson speaks at 12:15.
Malcolm X Speaks
With the release of Spike Lee's movie, the interest in Malcolm X continues to increase. Tonight's speaker, Charles Pace, will provide us with an entertaining and educational look into the life of Malcolm X.
Charles Pace's "Malcolm X Speaks" covers the three major phases in the historical and psychological evolution of Malcolm X: the apolitical Malcolm Little; Malcolm X, the national minister of the Nation of Islam; and El-Hajj Malik EI-Shabazz. Pace has toured Africa with this presentation twice. The tours were sponsored by the United States Information Agency and the State Department as part of a cultural exchange program with Africa. Pace presents Malcolm's views on African-American history and culture, the role of Africa and slavery in the African psychosocial consciousness, and his vision for the future of Africans in American society. After the performance, questions may be asked of the character. Next, Pace will answer questions as himself.
Charles Pace received his B.A. in biology from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. in American studies and history from Purdue, where he is working on his Ph.D. in American studies and anthropology.
KRAVIS/DeROULET LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
Claremont McKenna College
Fifth Annual
The Kravis/deRoulet CMC Leadership Conference addresses the characteristics of sucessful entrepreneurs, the creators of new business ventures, and of successful intrapreneurs, the creators of new ideas, products, or services within existing companies. Henry Kravis will offer a practitioner's perspective on entrepreneurship, and Professor Vijay Sathe will discuss his research on intrapreneurship
This year's conference will adopt a new format. THE PRESENTERS WILL SPEAK AT 5:30 p.m., BEFORE DINNER. During dinner, facilitators at each table will lead discussions related to the speakers' remarks. Following dinner, the speakers will return to the podium to field questions arising from the discussions. Facilitators for Mr. Kravis' talk will be successful entrepreneurs, and CMC professors will lead discussions for Dr. Sathe's presentation.
The conference is open only to students and faculty at Claremont McKenna College.
The Entrepreneurial Style
The vitality of the American economy depends to a considerable extent on the creation of new business ventures and the products and services that these ventures supply. Entrepreneurship entails considerable financial risk and the success rate of new ventures is intimidatingly low. What influences a person's willingness to take the risk, and what determines which of today's new businesses are likely to be the success stories of tomorrow? From personal experience and professional knowledge, Henry Kravis will provide his perspective on these questions.
Mr. Kravis is one of the founding partners of Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co., a leading investment banking firm. A 1967 graduate of CMC, Kravis earned his MBA from Columbia University. His firm has organized the leveraged buyouts of RJR Nabisco, Beatrice Companies, Safeway Stores, Owens-Illinois, and other major corporations. Kravis lives and works in New York City.
Entrepreneurship in Large Companies: Rhetoric and Reality
There is a great deal of talk about entrepreneurship in large companies, but does the rhetoric match the reality? What must established firms do to promote real rather than "fake" entrepreneurship? What can individuals in such firms do if they are to become successful entrepreneurs? Drawing on years of experience as a "corporate anthropologist" (researcher) and "corporate gypsy" (consultant), Vijay Sathe will answer these questions and show that to become entrepreneurially successful, companies and individuals must think and act in ways that fly in the face of conventional wisdom.
Vijay Sathe came to the Claremont Graduate School in 1986 as professor of management in The Peter F. Drucker Graduate Management Center. Prior to that, he was on the faculty of the Harvard Business School. Professor Sathe's current work is in the implementation of global strategies, fast-cycle new product creation, marketing innovation, building winning executive teams, leadership, and managing cultural change.
The Meaning of the Turnover from Republicans to Democrats
What is the heuristic value of the 1992 election? Find out in an evening spent with a distinguished political scientist, Seymour Martin Lipset.
Dr. Lipset is the Hazel Professor of Public Policy at the Public Policy Institute at George Mason University and is also senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He has authored or co-authored twenty-one books or monographs and is said to be the most cited living political scientist. Most recently, Dr. Upset wrote the introduction for the Progressive Policy Institute's Mandate for Change (1992), the book now deemed as the blueprint for the Clinton administration.
His work centers around the fields of political sociology, social stratification, public opinion, and the sociology of intellectual life. He has also written extensively about the conditions for democracy, North American societies, and the Jewish community. His recent work includes "hot" topics such as affirmative action and political correctness.
Currently, Dr. Lipset is president of the American Sociological Association. In the past, he served as president of the American Political Science Association.
Professor Lipset holds degrees from City College of New York and Columbia University. His visit to the Athenaeum is sponsored by the Salvatori Center.
From Montreal to Rio: The New Global Diplomacy
Confronting environmental threats challenges policy makers the 1990s like never before. Richard Elliot Benedick warns of the risks involved in our present experiment on the atmosphere. "The very existence of scientific uncertainty about global warming should lead us to action rather than delay," he says. He raises the concern that current economic analysis too frequently ignores the externalities of environmental damage. Dr. Benedick points to examples of harnessing free market forces to work for sustainable growth, taking environmental factors into account.
Dr. Benedick, formerly deputy assistant secretary of state for environmental matters, is a senior fellow at the World Wildlife Fund, where he lectures and publishes widely on the environment, population issues, and development. He is also senior counselor to the East-West Academy for Economic Cooperation in Berlin and was special advisor to the United Nations secretary general for the Conference on Environment and Development. He has held diplomatic positions in Athens, Bonn, Paris, Karachi, and Tehran. Benedick was also the chief U.S. negotiator for the Montreal Protocol in 1987.
Dr. Benedick received his bachelor's from Columbia, a master's from Yale, and his doctorate from Harvard. He was the Evans Fellow in metaphysical poetry at Oxford. His awards include the two highest presidential career public service honors, the 1988 Distinguished Service Award and the 1983 and 1990 Meritorious Service Awards. In 1991 Dr. Benedick was elected to the World Academy of Arts and Sciences.
A Question of Choice
In 1973, at age twenty-seven, Sarah Weddington found herself arguing the landmark decision over a woman's right to privacy, Roe v. Wade.
"They never planned to make history," she says of the small group of women in Texas who organized a referral project to provide information on birth control and abortion. The group felt it was simply responding to a need, providing a place for desperate young women to find the "good places" to terminate an unwanted pregnancy without risking their lives. Ms. Weddington, who graduated at the top quarter of her class at the University of Texas School of Law, says she "couldn't find a job with a law firm because no one seemed willing to hire a woman." She was asked to do legal research for the referral project. When her colleagues decided to file a lawsuit, she was the only attorney who would do the case for free. A Question of Choice (1992) is Ms. Weddington's first-hand account of this landmark Supreme Court decision.
After the case, Sarah Weddington went on to serve as a member of the Texas House of Representatives. She later served as general counsel to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and as an assistant to President Jimmy Carter. She is a past president of the National Abortion Rights Action League, and she has served on the boards of several non-profit foundations. She is currently writing, lecturing around the country, and teaching at the University of Texas.
Dinner reservations are limited to members of the CMC campus only; however, the lecture will be held at 6:45 p.m. in McKenna Auditorium and is open to all.
The Mismeasure of Woman
Are women and men finally being judged equally, or does sexism still prevail? In her landmark book The Mismeasure of Woman (1992), Carol Tavris examines the false assumptions that govern how we think about women and men.
Dr. Tavris's work has received praise across the board., the Los Angeles Times described her work as "thoughtful and entertaining" writing that Tavris "hasn't gotten mad, she has gotten even." The New York Times said it was written, "with wit, erudition, and moderation .... The great virtue of this book is that its author never confuses the very real differences in women's and men's experiences with the cultural artifacts."
The Mismeasure of Woman (1992) won the 1992 Distinguished Media Contribution Award from the American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology and the Heritage Publications Award. Dr. Tavris's other works include Anger: The Misunderstood Emotion (1989) and The Longest War: Sex Differences in Perspective (1984), an interdisciplinary approach to the study of gender. Her syndicated columns have appeared in newspapers across the country.
Tavris earned her doctorate in social psychology at the University of Michigan. She has taught at the Human Relations Center of the New School for Social Research in New York and in the psychology department at UCLA. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal.
Splendid Misery: Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam
Lyndon Baines Johnson, a complex and elusive figure to historians, played a colossal role during the period surrounding the Vietnam War. He is often characterized as a figure in folklore. Robert Dallek's book, Lone Star Rising: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1908-1960 (1991) is the first book to get to the heart of the man.
Dr. Dallek, a professor at UCLA, specializes in 20th century American history, the American presidency, and American foreign policy. His book on Johnson is the first of a two-volume biography based on seven years of research. Dr. Dallek has also written books on Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan, as well as the cultural politics of foreign affairs.
Dr. Dallek has received numerous international awards and honors for his research, including the presentation of University College London's Commonwealth Fund Lecture in American History. He has been appointed the visiting Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford for 1994-95. Join us for a peek behind the elusive facade of Lyndon Johnson in this second lecture of the series on the Vietnam War.
Different Voices: Women and the Holocaust
TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1993 12:15 p.m.
Athenaeum is proud to continue its faculty lunch series with a discussion by Professor John K. Roth. Neither before, during, not after the Holocaust have women been silent about the experiences that left them forever marked by the "Final Solution." Drawing on survivors such as Charlotte Delbo and Isabella Leitner, scholars such as Claudia Koonz and Joan Ringelheim, and reflective writers such as Ida Fink and Gitta Sereny, Different Voices: Women and the Holocaust (1993) intensifies an awareness of the depths of the Holocaust's tragedy and encourages a determination to prevent such destruction in the future.
Professor Roth graduated from Pomona College, where he first decided to become a teacher. He earned his doctorate in philosophy at Yale University and has been teaching at Claremont McKenna College ever since. He was selected as the 1988 Professor of the Year for the United States and Canada by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He has written more than 15 books and dozens of articles.
Lunch is served at 11:45 a.m. Professor Roth will speak at 12:15.
The '92 Election and Beyond
Sign up for an evening with William Kristol, former chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle. Mr. Kristol is credited for positioning former Vice President Quayle as the leading spokesperson for the conservative branch of the Republican Party.
Before his promotion to chief of staff in June 1989, Mr. Kristol served as Quayle's assistant for domestic policy, starting in January 1989. From December 1985 to July 1988, he was chief of staff to education secretary William Bennet, leaving that position to run Alan Keyes' U.S. Senate campaign in Maryland. From 1983 to 1985, Mr. Kristol was assistant professor of public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Prior to joining the Kennedy School, Mr. Kristol taught in the political science department of the University of Pennsylvania. He received his A.B. and Ph.D. degrees in government from Harvard.
The Salvatori Center is sponsoring Mr. Kristol's visit as part of its series, "Social Science and Public Policy."
The American Wilderness: Past, Present and Future
What is the state of America's wilderness? For an answer to this question and many others, please join us for what will prove to be a very informative speech on America's wilderness.
Dr. Roderick Nash completed his B.A. at Harvard University in history and literature and his M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin in 1964, specializing in American intellectual history. He taught briefly at Dartmouth College before coming to the University of California, Santa Barbara. Among his ten books, Professor Nash is best known for Wilderness and the American Mind, first published in 1967 and now in its third edition. His most recent monograph is The Rights of Nature: A History of Environmental Ethics (1989), Dr. Nash founded the multidisciplinary major in environmental studies at UCSB. Through his career Dr. Nash has received many awards; he was named a Lindbergh Fellow, delivered the keynote address at the fourth World Wilderness Conference, and was voted UCSB's professor of the year in 1990.
We hope you will join us for Professor Nash's important address.
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Brad Thorn has penned a deal to play for the Highlanders in Super Rugby.
Days after announcing the signing of midfielder Ma'a Nonu, the Dunedin franchise named the 37-year-old Thorn as their latest recruit. He moved to Japan after the All Blacks won the World Cup then signed a short-term contract at the conclusion of the Japanese season with Irish side Leinster.
'Brad brings a great deal of professionalism to any team he plays for,' Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph said. 'His work ethic, experience and leadership will add a great deal to our team and have a very positive influence on the younger players. Brad is a very competitive athlete and from what I saw in Japan recently he is still playing rugby at an international standard.'
The Landers will also sign All Blacks prop Tony Woodcock, who already boast internationals Hosea Gear, Andrew Hore, Aaron Smith, Ben Smith and Tamati Ellison.

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Like so many others who launched their careers via Myspace, Kate Nash managed to set herself apart thanks to piano-propelled pop that caught the ears of thousands of fans. Of course, it helped that she also had the support of superstar Lily Allen, and that the constant praise from one to the other would ultimately help launch Nash's career.
Though Nash grew up in North West London and had dreams of an acting career, she was rejected by the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. It turned out that their loss was music's gain. An injury that left her homebound helped shift her focus to songwriting, and those songs later became home recordings uploaded into the social media sphere.
Imagine being an emerging artist at a time when the popularity of the Internet was exploding. Nash had such a fortune, and her early tracks like "Caroline's a Victim" and "Birds" led to a major-label deal on Fiction, an offshoot of Polydor Records (home to mainstream band Snow Patrol). Her debut single, "Foundations," reached number two on the UK charts and held for five weeks during the summer of 2007. Before long she was on stage at major festivals and making scores of television appearances, and by the time her debut album, "Made of Bricks," was released it entered the U.K. charts at the very top.
Nash began working on her second album in 2009 and continued to reach out to her online fans by posting demo recordings on MySpace. "My Best Friend Is You" was released the following year, followed by "Girl Talk" in 2013.
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Though UK-based pop band Metronomy just wrapped up their latest United States tour, it seems as though they can't get enough. Following a variety of European festival tour dates this summer, the band has just announced plans to return Stateside in the fall, all in support of Metronomy's latest release, Love Letters. The 21-date tour…Read more
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Happy Valentine's to everyone!
TF Tobacco Vanille. True winter love for today
Happy Valentine's to everyone!
TF Tobacco Vanille. True winter love for today
Happy Valentine's Day, all! To love and to be loved is a gift beyond compare.
SOTD is Parfums de Marly Safanad: "...According to legend, the Queen of Sheba gave the wise King Solomon a thoroughbred mare named Safanad, whose name means 'the pure one'."
This a beautiful, sweet orange blossom scent, voluptuous and rich.
Notes include pear, orange, ylang ylang, iris, orange blossom, amber, sandalwood, vanilla
Best to all.
"I felt something so intense, I could only express it in a perfume." - Jacques Guerlain
Happy Valentine's Day
Have I told you about the scent of jasmine? Have I spoken about the smell of the sea? The earth is scented. And I perfume myself to enhance what I am. That's why I can not wear a perfume that bothers me. Perfuming is an instinctive wisdom. And like all art, it requires some knowledge of yourself..."
Clarice Lispector ( 1920-1977) - Perfumes da Terra / Earth Perfumes
Jean Marc Sinan Sinan, Happy Valentine's Day to everybody.
Happy Valentines Day to all! SotD is Aqua Allegoria Lilia Bella.
Join us in discussing Penhaligon's newest feminine, Ostara, a daffodil soliflore by Bertrand Duchafour
We also still have room in our Penhaligon's Trade Routes Sample Pass--sign up now!
Afternoon All,
Lucas - I'm not much of a Valentine's Day guy, either. Too cynical (too single, more like !). For those with romantic designs on the day, enjoy !
Ungaro II for me.
Quick story: I recently acquired a new pen pal in Scandinavia who, as chance would have it, is a BNer ! Or rather, she was active here a couple of years ago, but seems to now frequent another site. I won't say who it is, but on the off-chance she sees this, . Small world.
Best to all.
Science is not only compatible with spirituality, it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual. ..Carl Sagan
Happy Valentine's Day! I'll be wearing By Kilian Rose Oud today. It is both rosy and sweet
Encre Noire
Science is not only compatible with spirituality, it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual. ..Carl Sagan
Well I was going to wear my Citizen Queen today in honor of Valentine's day, but my decant of Chergui arrived yesterday and I just HAD to try it.
Ok, verdict, it's not the mystery sample that I'm trying to figure out from the other day, but it is indeed wonderful and warming. Just what I needed after a restless night of trying to sleep. I'm leaving on vacation in 2 days and my mind won't shut up with all that has to be done before then. Since I'm driving straight through, 16hours, I really need it to shut up and sleep. Maybe tonight.
I do need your help though, my lovely BNers. If the sample is not Chergui, it's a chance it could be Memoir Woman. I compared the two and the Mystery Sample is much sweeter. I'm SO not good with notes or maybe I could figure it out. It is also more of a rosy dark color than the Chergui. Anyone familiar with Memoir? My decant of Lyric is coming today I think, but I'm pretty sure based on feed back that it's not Lyric.
Have a Happy V-Day everyone!
Oh, and after catching up on yesterdays thread, I have to say ... I love your husband Twolf! Don't anyone lose any of your voluptuousness, whether it be in spirit, in mind or in body! ... or in scent!
I don't care about that "I'm not a Valentine's Day kind of guy/girl" nonsense. You're all sweethearts and I love you all.
I have no idea what fragrance I'm going to wear today. It's very foggy this morning but it looks like the sun is trying to burn through it. I don't know what that has to do with it, other than framing my mood. I'll be back later after I've made up my mind. Love to everybody. xoxo
Dr. G, I think that's cool.
Happy Valentines Day!!!!
We're recovering from "THE" cold of the season in our household, so nobody feels very kissy-face.
SOTD is the only tuberose I love RP's FRACAS parfum.
This notorious heavy hitter is a demure posey on my skin. Weird, but true.
And for your enjoyment.......
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Hello all. A sample of Sienna L'Hiver.
Evangeline, absolutely
Elizrj, Amouage Memoir is fairly dry, strongly based on incense, and only slightly sweet. The color doesn't seem rosy dark to me; Chergui looks more like that. Memoir looks more dark yellow to me.
I ♥ Valentine's Day!
Science is not only compatible with spirituality, it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual. ..Carl Sagan
Because I haven't received any roses from my sweetie yet, and based on Perfumed Lady's impression of it as "Rose Bathroom Spray" it should be a decent stand-in.
Imprevisible: unpredictable
That doesn't help?
(Evangeline, I love your slug!)
Science is not only compatible with spirituality, it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual. ..Carl Sagan
Evangeline, I denied the little fellow of his best quality!
(At least I didn't say escargot.)
^ Hah !
Lol! Touché ...hee!
Science is not only compatible with spirituality, it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual. ..Carl Sagan
Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!
Happy Birthday, Turquoisewater, I hope you have a lovely day!
SotD is Dior Hypnotic Poison.
The restaurant is booked, and we will be dining Italian this evening though she doesn't know it yet. Old romantic at heart ? - maybe, or maybe in fear of repercussions should I forget. I'll let others be the judge .
Special Valentine hugs for voluptuous Wolfie - relieved and delighted that things are slowly improving.
Enjoy your special day today, turquoisewater.
SotD is Dzongkha.
Miles by Detaille
Good morning all my Valentine's I'm a little synical about this day, having very recently been through a split up, but I do love each and every one of you and our time here together.
Cuir de Lancome today. A not so tough leather
Happy Birthday, turquoisewater I hope you have something doubly lovely planned for today.
((Twolf)), I'm glad things are looking up. May spring bring its joy to you and Mr. Twolf. It seems long overdue.
lillybelle, I'm with Evangeline -- I *adore* those sweet, old-fashioned Valentine's Day cards. I remember how much I loved Valentine's Day as a kid, decorating the shoebox with the slit in the top for all those wonderful cards (and awesome heart candies!) Thank you for bringing back that rush of memory ((Hugs))
I'm starting my annual florals quest by going back through the samples I already have. Today is Parfumerie Generale Drama Nuui, with notes of petit grain, absinthe, jasmine, spices, guaiac wood, sandalwood, musk. It's not a loud or lush jasmine at all. It's more airy, a little green, and a little sharp -- a different approach to florals for me. It's nice, but it's not going to be a love-match.
Happy Valentine's Day to all, with an excerpt from my favorite love poem of all time:
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken ...
--Shakespeare, Sonnet 116
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((((cello))) I know that feeling all too well. It gets better. As Quarry said, we cry together. I'll add, we love together, too.
Thank you all!
RHM, same here -- a demure posey on my skin too and I do not do heavy stuff at all!
Another excellent thread today we are having.
Good afternoon.
SotD is Etro Patchouly.
Have a nice day
"Your fragrance with a fume of iodine" L. Cohen
Sampling Carner Barcelona ~ D600. Warmest wishes to all.
Happy Valentines Day everyone, & Happy Birthday turquoisewater!
Thanks again to all for your kind thoughts & hugs yesterday, l am certainly feeling the love around here.
SOTD was Ghost, on an unexpectedly sunny & mild day, which gave me a lift. l've been busy teaching a student all day at work which kept me distracted, but mentally l'm pretty tired again now. My bf & l don't really make a fuss about Valentines Day, although we always give each other a card. l'm a little cynical about it myself, probably because l never really got any cards when l was at school! So this evening will be spent simply relaxing, & we'll go out at the weekend.
Evangeline, l love that kitty pic!
"What is this secret connection between the soul, and sea, clouds and perfumes? The soul itself appears to be sea, cloud and perfume..." - from Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis.
Teardrop, my husband and I don't celebrate Valentine's Day in any big way. And we don't make a big deal about our anniversary (which is two days before Valentine's Day), although I did receive a heart shaped box of Russell Stover chocolates and a card from Walgreens! I had to hide the chocolates because I've given up sugar for Lent. I haven't bought him a card yet, but I will: one from the dog. Daddy is her boyfriend. It's all just silliness. I liked Valentine's Day in school, and I remember those sweet cards, too, Evangeline, although I don't have any of mine. I think everybody just gave them to everybody else in the class. I don't recall it being a popularity contest. When I was single and boyfriendless/dateless on Valentine's Day I used to watch other young women getting these enormous bouquets or engagement rings or whatever on Valentine's Day, and I remember feeling a little smug, like "how corny!", but at the same time I was envious, lol! At least somebody loved and wanted them! My mother's husband was sweet, he always bought me a little something nice for Valentine's Day so I wouldn't feel left out...back in the ancient days. Sniff.
SotE - L'Occitane Eau des Baux.
Happy V-day! Chocolates are in order!
Sotd, Hypnotic Poison Elixir.
Happy Valentine's Day!
Wearing Parfum Sacre.
Evening All,
Dior Homme tonight.
Happy Birthday, turquoisewater!
Twolf, it's so good to hear of Mr. T starting to get out & about, and that his sense of humor remains healthy as ever. Lots of love to both of you.
And Happy Valentine's Day! You're all my sweeties! I have to admit, never cared much about the day when I was young & single! But now I do take it as a day to celebrate all my loved ones, this includes all of you.
In Tabac Blond extrait today. Hugs & kisses to each one of you!
The nose wants what it wants!
Musc Ravageur this evening. More hugs & kisses from me!
"What is this secret connection between the soul, and sea, clouds and perfumes? The soul itself appears to be sea, cloud and perfume..." - from Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis.
Happy Valentine's Day! I'm wearing By Kilian Love today ... because a day honoring love should have plenty of Love. It's always low key for us. No cards, but I baked my boys (2 sons + hubby) some cookies and decorated them with pink and red sugar.
Happy birthday, turquoisewater!
I've trademarked the color bleu
I'm twins with Shades in BK Love..Don't Be Shy.
Happy Birthday, Turquoisewater!
Enjoy the evening, everybody.
It's still Valentine's day in the UK, but 5 am the next day here in Saigon. I was (am?) wearing Chanel Coromandel.
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happy day to you all...
i did not win my ebay valentines present to myself, was at work and the boss came in 10 mins before the close so i lost my present.....
but i am sooooooooo pleasently surprised....that Pear &Olive from Slumberhouse is an amaaaaaaaazing scent!! this is totaly modern frag, in composition, but doesnt smell synthetic at all, i thought at first its overly simplistic one of the many simple, one note frags....for mass market taste...but this is an amazing thing! it is so loooooooong lasting, has perfect amount of sillage....never overpowering, not cloying....smells like ice cream, we call it punch here...you know when frozen icecream radiates the smell when you take it out of the deep freezing in the summer...that type of smell....and like a touch of pear from all that, nothing sweet, so 3D and is never ending story...how they combined this longevity with this type of lightness i dont understand...there are all new notes for me! nothing familiar....
Happy Valentine's Day!
La Fille de Berlin for me today.
SotA - Millesime Imperial by Creed (from a sample)
My recent ebay victory, vintage Caron infini parfume. Aldehydes and tuberose, oh, my.
What do insomniac perfumers do to fall asleep? They count chypres!
My SO can't stand most fragrances...
I chose Serge Lutens Un Lys as my V-day scent. Hopefully it's natural enough :P
Puro Lino tonight
These things cannot be long hidden: the Sun, the Moon, the Truth--Buddha
Happening Extreme EDT
I'm not OLD...I'm VINTAGE!
Well, it's been a long day and I'm FINALLY logging into BN. Whew!
Happy Birthday to turquoisewater - I forgot your B'day was on 2/14. ((BIG bear hugs)) to you. If I had realized it was your birthday this morning I would have worn Chergui because when I think of meeting you for the 1st time at Scent Bar, it was when I first smelled that scent and it was Instant Love and I remember you were standing right next to me at the time. Nice memory.
Momma Quarry - hope you & Papa Quarry had a nice V-day. By the way, I thought of you when I heard that Miss Piggy is getting married! Link here: http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00057874.html
This morning I woke up wanting to wear something with aldehydes, after reading the Sample Pass thread all in one sitting last night. I thought I had a sample of Iris Poudre but I couldn't find it in The Pile That Groweth Every Day this morning, so I reached for some vintage decants that Lilybelle sent me ages ago when we first met online. I haven't really delved into them a lot but today, when I had a craving for aldehydes & they did the trick. Plus it just felt like Lilybelle was with me, this morning, and that felt good. The scent that won out was:
Ma Griffe (vintage Eau de Parfum) by Carven
Nice and fizzy/floral when I sprayed it on this morning, it put a nice Spring in my step. Faded a bit quickly, so next time I'm going to really douse myself in it. I don't know much about Ma Griffe (notes, etc) but I managed to not swoop onto the 'net and research it to death, I just enjoyed it. I got a whiff of something in it from my L' Air du Temps but not carnation...some other floral (?)
This afternoon (after a lunchtime workout @ the gym) it was:
No. 19 (vintage Eau de Cologne) by Chanel
Ah, perfect. Iris, aldehydes, razor sharp green notes. Zing!!
Tonight, it will be lot's of Shalimar 'new' parfum. I need olfactory comfort before bed.
Happy Valentine's Day ladies & gents. I, as some of you know, are going through some tough personal issues these days and so today was especially bittersweet for me. That's all I'm going to say for now - but those of you who know me and about my life will probably understand what's going on. Sorry to sound so cryptic. It's just that Valentine's Day is one of my FAVORITE holidays, seriously. I loved celebrating it, in the past. Yet, today, it was a bit different.
And I'll leave you with a poem that I absolutely LOVE, from e.e. cummings that holds a very special place in my heart (it was a poem that was woven into the ceremony when my husband and I had our commitment ceremony since we could not legally marry in Florida):
The Elephant & The Butterfly by e. e. cummings
Once upon a time there was an elephant who did nothing all day.
He lived by himself in a little house away at the very top of a curling road.
From the elephant's house,this curling road went twisting away down until it found itself in a green valley where there was another little house,in which a butterfly lived.
One day the elephant was sitting in his little house and looking out of his window doing nothing(and feeling very happy because that was what he liked most to do)when along this curling road he saw somebody coming up and up toward his little house;and he opened his eyes wide,and felt very much surprised. "Whoever is that person who's coming up along and along the curling road toward my little house?" the elephant said to himself.
And pretty soon he saw that it was a butterfly who was fluttering along the curling road ever so happily;and the elephant said: "My goodness, I wonder if he's coming to call on me?" As the butterfly came nearer and nearer,the elephant felt more and more excited inside of himself. Up the steps of the little house came the butterfly and he knocked very gently on the door with his wing. "Is anyone inside?" he asked.
The elephant was ever so pleased,but he waited.
Then the butterfly knocked again with his wing,a little louder but still very gently,and said: "Does anyone live here,please?"
Still the elephant never said anything because he was too happy to speak.
A third time the butterfly knocked,this time quite loudly,and aksed: "Is anyone at home?" And this time the elephant said in a trembling voice: "I am." The butterfly peeped in at the door and said: "Who are you,that live in this little house?" And the elephant peeped out at him and answered: "I'm the elephant who does nothing all day." "Oh," said the butterfly, "and may I come in?" "Please do," the elephant said with a smile,because he was very happy. So the butterfly just pushed the little door open with his wing and came in.
Once upon a time there were seven trees which lived beside the curling road. And when the butterfly pushed the door with his wing and came into the elephant's little house,one of the trees said to one of the trees: "I think it's going to rain soon."
"The curling road will be all wet and will smell beautifully," said another tree to another tree.
Then a different tree said to a different tree: "How lucky for the butterfly that he's safely inside the elephant's little house,because he won't mind the rain."
But the littlest tree said: "I feel the rain already," and sure enough,while the butterfly and the elephant were talking in the elephant's little house away at the top of the curling road,the rain simply began falling gently everywhere;and the butterfly and the elephant looked out of the window together and they felt ever so safe and glad,while the curling road became all wet and began to smell beautifully just as the third tree had said.
Pretty soon it stopped raining and the elephant put his arm very gently around the little butterfly and said: "Do you love me a little?"
And the butterfly smiled and said: "No, I love you very much."
Then the elephant said: "I'm so happy,I think we ought to go for a walk together you and I:for now the rain has stopped and the curling road smells beautifully."
The butterfly said: "Yes,but where shall you and I go?"
"Let's go away down and down the curling road where I've never been," the elephant said to the little butterfly. And the butterfly smiled and said: "I'd love to go with you all the way down and down the curling road—let's go out the little door of your house and down the steps together—shall we?"
So they came out together and the elephant's arm was very gently around the butterfly. Then the littlest tree said to his six friends: "I believe the butterfly loves the elephant as much as the elephant loves the butterfly,and that makes me very happy,for they'll love each other always."
Down and down the curling road walked the elephant and the butterfly.
The sun was shining beautifully after the rain.
The curling road smelled beautifully of flowers.
A bird began to sing in a bush,and all the clouds went away out of the sky and it was Spring everywhere.
When they came to the butterfly's house,which was down in the green valley which had never been so green,the elephant said: "Is this where you live?"
And the butterfly said: "Yes,this is where I live."
"May I come into your house?" said the elephant.
"Yes," said the butterfly. So the elephant just pushed the door gently with his trunk and they came into the butterfly's house. And then the elephant kissed the butterfly very gently and the butterfly said: "Why didn't you ever before come down into the valley where I live?" And the elephant answered, "Because I did nothing all day. But now that I know where you live,I'm coming down the curling road to see you every day,if I may—and may I come?" Then the butterfly kissed the elephant and said: "I love you,so please do."
And every day after this the elephant would come down the curling road which smelled so beautifully(past the seven trees and the bird singing in the bush)to visit his little friend the butterfly.
And they loved each other always.
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"All problems are illusions of the mind."
-- Eckhart Tolle
So sorry to hear that a few of our nicest people are down in the dumps this Valentine's Day. Please be assured you are very much loved, you are all important and things will most definitely start looking up for you. Down the curling road or not. And very very soon. Many hugs and kisses to those who need them the mostest.
Roberto Cavalli Oro this almost tomorrow -- thanks to cello who was raving about it two weeks ago and bogsc who sent me a generous decant.
Quelques fleurs Royale by Houbigant was my V-day scent .
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"There are people of spirit and there are people of passion but much less common that one might think. Rarer still are the people of passion and spirit. But rarest of all is a passionate spirit."
-- Martin Buber
Quelques fleurs Royale by Houbigant was my V-day scent .
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The U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on Wednesday visited Camp Lejeune, where he held a closed discussion with female Marines on what their military experience has been like.
Hagel took a tour of an urban warfare training facility aboard Camp Geiger as 183 students from the School of Infantry East demonstrated tactics, techniques and procedures.
After the training, Hagel met with more than a dozen female Marines of various ranks for a closed discussion on the opening of combat roles to women. The group also talked about the sexual assault and sexual harassment problem military branches are facing, said a female Marine who participated. The female Marineswere given anonymity to facilitate an open and honest conversation, according to military officials.
"He wanted to hear exactly what female Marines thought," said the female Marine. "My personal opinion is that (integration) is moving too fast … this is a great opportunity, but a standard must be set that everyone has to meet … moving too quickly is going to cause harm."
On June 18, the individual branches of the armed forces released their implementation plans for integrating females into combat roles that are presently off limits. The Marine Corps has identified 70,000 billets that were closed to the assignment of women due to the 1994 Direct Ground Combat Definition and Assignment Rule. The deadline for implementation is Jan. 1, 2016.
Holly Wingler, a female Marine veteran of Iraq who did not attend Wednesday's discussion, said women in combat is the worst decision the military could make.
"Women can do it, but it doesn't mean they should," said Wingler, a former combat engineer. "Human nature is for a man to protect a female. I see that causing a problem with mission accomplishment."
Besides it being a logistical nightmare, Wingler said that men will slow down and hesitate to make sure a woman is OK before he will do so for a man.
"Hesitation gets people killed in combat," Wingler said. "Some women want to prove they are good enough, but they've already done more than 98-percent of the population just by serving. And for those that forgot — being a female in the military isn't about doing a man's job. It's about serving your country."
Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said Hagel's visit Wednesday was a "listening tour."
"He wants to hear directly from female Marines on what life in the military is like and what the rewards and challenges are," Little said.
Due to time restrictions, Hagel did not talk to media present at the event.
Prior to visiting Camp Geiger, Hagel toured Marine Special Operations Command at Stone Bay during his U.S. tour of military installations.
Hagel returns to Washington D.C. today.
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Getting to the beach early, about an hour before the ocean recedes and usually under a full moon, is where and when it all begins for Andres. He starts with a fine-tip stick, drawing the framework and giving structure for his designs. Once outlined in the sand, he then adjusts his home-made painting utensil to a thicker line (about an 8″ rake) to "fill in" the lines, making the sketch come alive. Once this is complete, he uses an even thicker rake to shade in different areas of the design before seeking higher ground to capture the sand painting on film.
"Sand is wonderful," says Amador, "When I come to the beach it's all ready for me as it's been smoothed flat by the ocean." Much like fellow landscape artist Sonja Hinrichsen's snow drawings, cleanup isn't an issue with Andre's sand painting as nature takes care of this for him. "It's ephemeral," he explains, "It cannot last and it cannot be maintained." That's the beauty of it – but that's also why he and his team have to work fast.
He does preliminary sketches based on the area he'll be working, and gives himself about a two-hour window to complete the painting and capture the image. And painting on a canvas anywhere between a few thousand square feet, to 30,000 square feet, this can often be a race against time. "The perspective is the hardest part." explains Amador, "To be aware of where I am in the image, and what's happening in the image and hold it all together, that's the biggest challenge."
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Andres Amador, un très grand artiste qui dessine sans avoir une vue d'ensemble de son oeuvre avant de la dessine autrement que sur papier, ce qui demande en plus d'une création artistique accrue, des capacités intellectuelles peux communes.
Des oeuvres temporaires puisqu'elles disparaissent avec la marée, plus vite donc encore que les dessinateurs sur asphalte.
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Andres Amador, an exceptional artist who draws without having an overview of its work arts before of draws it than whom on paper, what asks besides a greater artistic creation, intellectual abilities.
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You can't miss these houses along West Blount Street. Sure, they're painted bright colors, but more noticeably they are undergoing earnest renovation in an area where dilapidation is the dominant décor. Kinstonbusiness leaders Stephen Hill and Stuart Lindley purchased five houses on West Blount, just a few blocks from downtown and on the doorstep of the Mitchelltown Historic District, in order to rehab them and spur the creation of a district where artists can live, work and sell their wares. They're just weeks from completing the project.
Drive along West Blount Street, and you'll see one dilapidated house after another, but as you come toward the intersection with College Street, be on the lookout for at least three brightly-painted red, green and yellow houses.
Those houses — and two others — are the seeds of what Kinston business leaders Stephen Hill and Stuart Lindley hope will become a thriving arts district in downtown Kinston.
Hill, the co-founder of Mother Earth Brewing, and Lindley, president of Discovery Insurance, which is owned by Hill, purchased five houses in the block of West Blountbetween Mitchell and College streets earlier this year to revitalize them and make them habitable for artists.
"They can live in their home; they can work out of their home," Hill said of the artists. "People can go into that neighborhood and buy their wares right there."
The houses are about three blocks west of the Kinston Community Council for the Arts at West Blountand Queen streets, and two to three blocks west of the brewery at Herritage and West North streets.
Hill said the colors are inspired by color themes on various brands of Mother Earth beer.
"Those colors are vibrant and bold, and they look artsy," he said.
"I can't stress enough the important of the arts to this area," said Hill, who serves on the N.C. Arts Council. "Our Arts Council here does a tremendous job with all types of art and they're well known all across the state for the work that they do."
He said he had traveled throughout the state, and seen how arts districts had "changed the face" of other communities.
The homes are considered historic properties and are on the edge of the Mitchelltown Historic District. One is in the district.
Rose Clark, president of the Mitchelltown Preservation Society, said the Blount Streetproject "ties in very well" with community efforts to improve Kinston's neighborhoods and promote the arts.
She stated there are grants available, and more private investment is needed, "and then we will see a district that will be talked about as a model for other communities."
"I am so grateful to Stephen for taking the bold steps that he has and for the young people that he has been able to place in the homes," Clarkstated. "To have someone with an appreciation for history and the arts is fantastic."
Hill predicts a variety of artists will be living in the houses, including painters, musicians, even a glass blower. Lindley said several of the artists are also employees of Mother Earth, and they will have the opportunity to walk to work.
The rehabilitation project began in February, and Lindley — who is serving as project manager — expected it to be finished by the end of the year. He said three should be ready to be occupied within two weeks.
Several of the homes had been abandoned.
"You could make a case for them being condemned and torn down," Lindley said.
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A dialogue on free will
Free-willy: I believe in free will because when I consider choices I have made, I can in many cases imagine myself making a different choice.
Deterministo: Your premise seems plausible, but only because of your ability to imagine making a different choice. Then again, I can imagine unicorns. However, I begin my counter-argument by pointing out that, as I'm sure you would agree or will come to agree, each choice you have made has been for a reason, or set of reasons (they may have been good reasons or bad reasons—that's a separate issue). Those reasons in turn determined your choice. Certainly, the final decision may have been reached after a long thought process, wherein you considered reasons for selecting one option, and reasons for selecting another option (perhaps there were some factors you didn't consider, due to time constraints or lack of insight, or lack of information—we could discuss that point a bit later). In the end, one line of reasoning won out over the other, and you made a choice. That choice was determined by a set of reasons and a thought process, which in turn were determined by your desires, "instincts", knowledge from past experience, current mood, beliefs, values, "moral principles", etc. In neurologic terms, a certain complex of neuronal activity in your brain (the "choice") was brought about ("determined"), by a set of other complex neuronal activities ("thought processes"), which in turn were shaped by a baseline set of biases (desires, "instincts", knowledge from past experience, current mood, beliefs, values, "moral principles", etc) encoded in your brain. The number of variables involved in such a decision at the neuronal level is far beyond comprehension, but nevertheless the choice was determined, and you could not have chosen otherwise. The only other alternative would be to say that the choice was random, but there is certainly no free will in random decisions. Of course, choices could be random, if the indeterminism of quantum physics played a major role in decision-making, but there are clearly recognizable patterns of human behavior that tell us that human behavior in general, and decision-making in particular, are certainly not random. Instead, it seems clear that brain activity, at the level of neuron circuits, as opposed to the molecular level, is determined primarily by non-quantum physical laws, and like all non-quantum physical phenomena, brain activity obeys the law of cause and effect.
Free-willy: But I still say that if the same situation came up again, I would be free to make a different choice, and in fact, I might make a different choice.
Deterministo: Ah, but that is a different misconception altogether. You see, because of the vast set of variables involved, in effect, the same situation can never come up again. You will be a different person. You may have learned from past mistakes. You might be in a different (at least slightly different) mood. You may have developed new biases. The environment in which you make the decision will be different. You may have had an extra cup of coffee that morning. Your relationship to the people affected by your decision may have changed. Given a different set of variables, of course the outcome might well be different. But the same situation will never again come up. If it did, you would make the same decision you made the first time around. You might think that everything was exactly the same, and then make a different decision, just to prove me wrong, but then I would point out that, the first time around, before this discussion, the idea of proving me wrong would not have entered your head, so it wasn't the same situation.
Free-willy: You say that there are recognizable patterns of human behavior, but in many instances, even I can't predict what choice I will ultimately make, so in that sense there is an unpredictability that indicates freedom.
Deterministo: Well, now you are talking about freedom in a different sense, and again I would like to come back to that when we talk more about how we make decisions. But let's focus on the unpredictability issue for a moment. As I implied earlier, quantum phenomena not only are unpredictable in practice, they are fundamentally unpredictable. That is why quantum physics is so baffling to physicists (To paraphrase one of the great physicists of the 20th century, if you are not baffled by quantum physics, you don't understand its implications; or, if you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't). But brain activity is not primarily a quantum phenomenon, it is rather a chaotic phenomenon. And chaos theory is a means of understanding seemingly random phenomena in deterministic terms. It's just that chaotic phenomena are determined by such a vast array of interacting variables, it is not possible in practice to predict an outcome, but it would be possible in principle if we knew the exact values of each variable and had a perfect model to account for how they interact. As a classic example, the weather is not fundamentally unpredictable, but because there are so many variables involved, it is very difficult to predict the weather, and in practice it is impossible to predict it accurately beyond 10 days.
Free-willy: Well, I agree that when a spider "chooses" a spot to build a web, there is no real freedom of choice. Its behavior is no doubt based on instinct, which in turn is encoded in its genes. But humans are different. Certainly, you would agree that a human has more free will than a spider.
Deterministo: Bravo! You have brought me to the point to which I had hoped to return. Here again, you are now talking about a different sort of freedom. You are no longer talking about free-will as an all-or-nothing phenomenon, and you are not talking about non-deterministic phenomena. You are talking about "degrees of freedom" wherein a choice is not solely determined by genetically-encoded instinct. You are talking about the ability of human beings to reason and reflect, to consider the consequences of their decisions; you are talking about their ability to base decisions on past experience and to consider the impact of their decisions on their long-term well-being and on the well-being of other human beings. Using this definition of "freedom", we can say not only that a human has more degrees of freedom than a spider, we can quickly see that the "same" human being, facing essentially the "same" decision, may have differing degrees of freedom at different points in time. In one instance, she may be under time constraints, or faced with other pressing decisions, that limit her capacity to reason and reflect, whereas in a second instance, she may have the luxury of greater time and mental energy to consider the choice more carefully, and she may also have access to more information (eg, knowledge that will allow her to better predict which choice will bring about a more desirable outcome). This form of freedom is perfectly compatible with a deterministic model of human behavior, but it is not quite what most people mean when they talk of "free will".
Free-willy: But when our daughter makes a choice that I believe is a "bad" choice (ie, non-conducive to her long-term well being or to the well-being of others), I will scold her or punish her, as parents have always done. You seem to be saying that I have no valid reason to hold her accountable for her actions, and that society has no valid reason to hold criminals accountable for their actions.
Deterministo: Not at all. We can hold people accountable for their decisions, to the extent that activity in their brains brought about those decisions. Of course, we can't go back in time and change those decisions. But we can scold and punish (and evolution has shaped human behavior such that scolding and punishing are essentially instinctual), with the "goal" (or in more accurate evolutionary terms, with the propitious "result") of altering similar decisions made by the scoldee in the future, such that subsequent decisions are more pleasing to the scolder. In fact, the idea of free will in a moral sense may be a habit of mind having evolutionary value, because it tends to make us feel like we have a stronger rationale for blaming someone for past behavior, even though the only logical rationale, based on the above discussion, has to do with shaping future behavior. In point of fact, a deterministic model of human behavior is the sine qua non for giving us a valid basis for holding people accountable for their decisions and actions.
Free-willy: But what if a criminal on trial for murder is discovered to have a brain tumor. We have a sense that he is less accountable for his actions, because he has less "free will", because the brain tumor is likely to be at least partly responsible for criminal, or anti-social, behavior.
Deterministo: Well, I agree that you could argue that "he" is less accountable, not because he has less free will, but because the brain tumor is not "him"—it is mutant tissue (and it that sense "foreign" tissue, even though it evolved from his own brain tissue). Alternatively, you could skip the blame game and simply admit that, practically speaking, the presence of the brain tumor makes it less likely that punishment will shape future behavior in a more pro-social direction—the best solution would rather seem to be to cure the brain tumor, if possible.
You might make a stronger case by choosing a criminal with a history of severe head injury resulting in cognitive and personality changes. You might say that he has less "free will", but I would choose to avoid the confusing term "free will" because people seem to have a problem agreeing on what it means. I would instead say that his capacity to make pro-social decisions conducive to his own long-term well being and the well-being of others is severely limited by the prior brain injury—he has lost some of the brain's functionality that creates what I believe to be the illusion of free will. More importantly, the brain damage makes it less likely that punishment will bring about a desirable change in future behavior. Upon reflection, we tend to think him perhaps more worthy of pity than blame. Pity and blame are both basically emotional responses, not logical ones. But pity here is useful, because it will make it more likely that we will search for a solution, other than punishment, that actually might help prevent bad decisions (ie, "bad" in the sense that if he keeps killing people, sooner or later, he's going to get himself in real trouble). So perhaps, we will provide him with medical care, and a safer, more supervised and controlled environment (albeit, one that may restrict his "freedom"), without resorting to frank punishment.
The real question is whether, in regard to criminals without obvious brain injury, we might also get better results by responding with pity rather than blame; and support rather than punishment. It's a question that deserves more investigation, but our habits of mind, including the notion of "free will", often prevent us from keeping an open mind.


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For too long, Kitsy has had to satisfy her dreams of becoming a real artist by giving her friends makeovers before prom. So when her best friend Corrinne's family offers to sponsor her for a summer art course in New York City, Kitsy bids a temporary good-bye to Texas to say hello to the West Village.
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Shipping the Spacecraft
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When preparing the TIMED spacecraft for travel, several precautions are taken to ensure its safety and cleanliness. Before leaving the clean room, the spacecraft is covered with several antistatic bags to maintain its cleanliness. It's then loaded into and sealed within a specially designed shipping container with instrumentation to record humidity, temperature, shock, and pressure. A continuous nitrogen purge is maintained on the spacecraft to keep moisture and contaminants out — keeping the spacecraft's instruments extremely clean. The container is then loaded onto a custom flatbed truck equipped with special shocks to reduce vibration to the spacecraft and its systems during transport. To date, the TIMED spacecraft has traveled to and from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, Md., from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, in Laurel, Md., for environmental testing. On May 30, 2001, it was shipped from APL to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in preparation for launch.
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The 86th Annual Meeting of the Japan Sociological Society (JSS)
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