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Faced with what appeared to be a veritable swamp of ideology at a "socialist movement" conference in Boksburg this month, the National Union of Metalworkers (Numsa) has embarked on the process of creating a "Marxist, Leninist, revolutionary working class" political party. However, Numsa also facilitated the Boksburg conference, where representatives from 11 political groups or […]
April 6, 2015
So the slow-motion disintegration of Cosatu seems likely to continue, whatever the efforts of the ANC, the decisions of the courts or the votes at whatever national congress is finally staged. After 30 years of sporadic squabbling about party politics, bureaucracy and worker independence, it now appears that an end of some kind is nigh.
March 14, 2015
Book Review: Askari — an exceptional book that, to quote author Jacob Dlamini, "complicates how we think about apartheid and its legacies, and reminds us of the stories that still refuse to be told.....we would do well to examine the taboos, the secrets and the disavowals at the core of our collective memories".
February 15, 2015
Many postal workers and their trade unions seems to have learned a valuable lesson: nationalisation — state control — does not necessarily mean any improvement. But worker control, they feel could be the way frward.
November 30, 2014
The smallest member of the ANC-led tripartite alliance, the SA Communist Party, looks likely to be the biggest loser in the ongoing and bitter fracas in South Africa's major union federation, Cosatu. That party's "ten-year plan" looks close to being in tatters.
November 24, 2014
Where in the world has a ventriloquist's dummy been sued for defamation and won a gagging order in court? Why, in South Africa, of course. This is among the increasingly bizarre contradictions emerging in this once widely hailed "rainbow nation".
November 17, 2014
It is no exaggeration to say that South Africa is in the midst of the most important political development since 1994, triggered by the decision of the Cosatu union federationto expel its largest affiliate, the National Union of Metalworkers (Numsa).


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New Historical Fiction, The Tragedy of Fidel Castro, is Released
PARIS, June 12, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ The Tragedy of Fidel Castro
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By Joo Cerqueira
"...a magic realism hybrid of sacrificial lambs and revolution, capitalistic decadence, and celestial consequence in a dimension where the cogs of time have jammed." Mark Spitzer, Toad Suck Review editor and professor of writing at the University of Central Arkansas
Writer Joo Cerqueira of Portugal has always had an interest in the strange 1917 occurrence that happened in Fatima, when the Virgin Mary appeared to three Portuguese shepherd children, sharing several prophecies, including one that Communism would end. Having also spent considerable time in Cuba and hearing stories of those who experienced Fidel Castro's regime firsthand, Joo creatively combined the relationship between Castro and the Miracle at Fatima in his newest and refreshingly imaginative novel, The Tragedy of Fidel Castro.
"I wanted to create something truly original, involving contemporary problems, politics, and the existence of God using facts, humor, and irony," says Joo. "I hope to not only entertain, but to also have my readers reflect on the important issues in today's world capitalism versus socialism as well as the meaning of life."
Humorous and teeming with metaphors, The Tragedy of Fidel Castro begins as God receives a request from Fatima to help prevent a war between Fidel Castro and JFK which leads him to ask his reluctant son Jesus to return to Earth a second time to diffuse the conflict.
Meanwhile, in Cuba, Castro faces protests on the streets and realizes he is about to be overthrown. All alone, surrounded by enemies and more than aware the end is fast approaching, he plays his final card: a pact with the Devil where he sells his soul in exchange for being remembered no longer as a dictator, but as a hero who fought for a better world.
By this time, Christ arrives on Earth and teams up with Fatima, who is convinced she can create a miracle to avoid the ultimate battle between JFK and Castro and save the world as we know it.
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SHEPHERDSVILLE - What can you say about a tournament where you lose the first game of the event to the second ranked team in Kentucky to fall into the consolation bracket?
Once you get there, you face two more teams ranked among the top five teams coming into the season by the state's coaches.
You just say 'wow' and walk away happy with a 2-2 record.
HEBRON ESTATES - The North Bullitt Lady Eagles were rolling in the first half of the semifinals Tuesday night of the First Citizens Bank Classic.
However, an offensive shortage in the third quarter will land the Lady Eagles in the third-place game tonight against North Oldham.
North Bullitt and North Oldham will tip off at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. John Hardin and Warren Central will play for the championship at 8 p.m.
The tournament starts at 3:30 p.m.
HEBRON ESTATES - The North Bullitt Lady Eagles still have a lot to learn, but coach Amber Courtney's team learned a lot before Christmas competing in the Campbellsville Holiday Classic.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - Basketballs will be bouncing all over the state this week with high school holiday tournaments.
Before meeting in the championship game of the Sarah Major Barger Memorial Tournament at North Bullitt on Wednesday, the Bullitt Central Cougars and the North Bullitt Eagles each had to win two games to reach the final of the 8-team tournament.
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SHEPHERDSVILLE - Give the first salvo of what could be numerous meetings over the next two months to the North Bullitt Eagles in their annual give-and-take with arch-rival Bullitt Central.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - "I got nothing," I blurted out in frustration on Tuesday afternoon as I sat at my computer, ready to finish Wednesday's sports page with a scintillating Christmas column.
FAIRDALE - The Bullitt East Chargers suffered the first loss of the season on Sunday in the opening round of the King of the Bluegrass Holiday Tournament at Fairdale High School.
ZONETON - Playing from behind was not a problem for the Eastside Eagles on Saturday in the championship game of the 'A' division of the Boys' Bullitt County Middle School Basketball Championship game on Saturday.
ZONETON - Just call the Zoneton Timberwolves' 'B' team the 'giant killers.'
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An extended-area filter for filtering plastic stock at high pressures has a breaker plate with an undulating surface confronting the oncoming stock which substantially doubles the available filter area. Screen packs having fixed therein the same surface configuration are supported uniformly on the undulating surface against collapse under the operating pressure.
1. In an apparatus to filter a fluid material under high pressure in the range of 10,000 pounds per square inch or greater, said apparatus including means defining a passage through which said material is forced to flow under such high pressure, extended-area filter means located in the path of said flow comprising a rigid breaker plate across said passage in a principal plane which is essentially the same as a right-cross section of said flow, said plate having a rigid corrugated surface extending across said passage for confronting oncoming high pressure flow with an enlarged filter area that is substantially two times larger than the plane area of said principal plane contained within the bounds of said passage, means providing a plurality of holes through said breaker plate and said corrugated surface for passage therethrough of filtered material, screen means removably supported on said corrugated surface, said screen means comprising at least one primarily two-dimensional screen made of a shape-retaining material and having substantially permanently fixed therein a corrugated shape configuration that corresponds substantially identically to the shape-configuration of said rigid corrugated surface, said plate giving substantially uniform support throughout said enlarged filter area to said screen means against said high pressure for preventing collapse of said screen means during the intended operation of said apparatus.
2. Filter means according to claim 1 wherein said corrugated surface is a continuum of the outer surfaces of an array of three-dimensional pyramid-shaped elements supported on said breaker plate and oriented with their respective apices projecting into said oncoming flow during the intended operation of said apparatus, said holes extending from said plate through said elements.
3. Screen means for filter means according to claim 2 comprising at least one primarily two-dimensional screen made of a shape-retaining material and having substantially permanently fixed therein an array of substantially pyramid-shaped distortions which are concave on one side of said screen means and convex on the other side of said screen means, the configuration of said array of distortions substantially matching the configuration of said pyramid-shaped elements such that said screen means can be installed on said breaker plate with said pyramid-shaped elements nested one within each of said concave distortions, and when said screen means is so installed it will be in contact with said corrugated surface substantially through the area thereof, for giving substantially uniform support to said screen means against said pressure during the intended operation of said apparatus.
4. Filter means according to claim 1 including a back-up plate adjacent said breaker plate for supporting the breaker plate against said pressure, said back-up plate intended to be located downstream of said flow relative to said breaker plate when said filter means is installed in said apparatus, and means providing a plurality of holes through said back-up plate for passage therethrough of filtered material, the holes in said back-up plate having substantially larger cross-section than the holes in said breaker plate.
5. Filter means according to claim 1 comprising a curved breaker plate intended to be supported at its periphery with an intermediate portion extending into oncoming flow of said material for strengthening said plate against deformation under said pressure.
6. Filter means according to claim 5 wherein said breaker plate is curved in the shape of an arch, a dome or the like.
7. Filter means according to claim 6 wherein the periphery of said breaker plate is rectangular with length greater than width, and said plate is curved in the shape of an arch in the direction of the length dimension.
8. Filter means according to claim 6 wherein the periphery of said breaker plate is circular, and said breaker plate is curved in the shape of a dome.
9. Filter means according to claim 6 including screen means supported on said corrugated surface and substantially permanently shaped for simultaneously substantially duplicating said curved shape of said plate and said corrugated configuration so as to effect substantially uniform contact between said screen means and said corrugated surface.
10. Screen means according to claim 1 including holding means comprising first and second rings for peripherally supporting said screen means between said rings, and means clamping said screen means between said rings.
11. Screen means according to claim 10 wherein the surfaces of said rings confronting said screen means have, respectively, corresponding corrugated configurations for mating with the corrugated configuration of said screen means when the latter is clamped between them.
In the manufacture of articles from rubbery, viscoelastic and plastics working materials, sometimes called "plastic stock", it is common practice to filter the working materials. This may be done in a reclaiming process, to prepare re-claimed materials for use in a product; it may also be done, for example, in an extrusion apparatus, to make certain that no foreign matter will be introduced into an extrusion die. Strainers and filters for such working materials are known in many forms, perhaps an earliest one of which is the slide-plate filter shown in U.S. Pat. No. 642,814 issued to Cowen in 1900. Slide plate filters according to Cowen are still in use today. Other forms of flat plate filters which like Cowan's are intended to be used athwart an oncoming stream of plastic stock are shown in Garrahan's U.S. Pat. No. 1,195,576; Schneider et al. U.S. Pat. No. 2,607,954; Paquette 3,797,665 and Davis 2,878,512. These are by no means exhaustive of the prior art of such filters, but they do illustrate a property which is common to them, namely, that the breaker plate generally has a flat surface for receiving oncoming stock, and the area of filter surface which is presented across the stream of plastic stock to be filtered is essentially the same as a right-cross-section of that stream.
It is common practice to use filters of the type described in apparatus by which the plastic stock is pressurized; in some such apparatus the pressure applied may reach 10,000 pounds per square inch or more. Taylor et al U.S. Pat. No. 3,811,659 proposes arched strainer plates to prevent bulging and to contribute strength.
Pleated-screen filters have been used with relatively low-viscosity liquids, to increase the effective filter area presented to a flow of the material being filtered. Examples of pleated-screen filters are shown in U.S. Pat. Nos. of Rosaen 3,471,023; and Brown 3,747,772. As will be seen in those patents the pleated screens are supported by a breaker plate only at an array of points constituting a minor fraction of the total screen area, with the result that an attempt to use them to filter a plastic stock under sufficient pressure to force the stock through the screen would quickly crush the screen against the breaker plate, and effectively destroy its usefulness.
In the present invention an extended-area filter is based on a breaker plate which is intended to be installed in an apparatus that includes means defining a passage through which a stream of plastic stock is forced to flow under pressure. The breaker plate will be installed across that passage, substantially in a cross-section that is perpendicular to the direction of flow. The front surface of the breaker plate which confronts the incoming flow of plastic stock has an undulating shape such that its area is substantially extended relative to the area of the cross-section of the passage in which the plate is installed. The undulating surface can take a wide variety of configurations which will extend the effective filter area about two times that of a flat surface occupying the same cross-section. Each breaker plate may be fitted with a screen pack having fixed in it the same configuration as the front surface of the breaker plate, so that the screen pack will be supported throughout its extended area by the breaker plate, against the pressure of the plastic stock to be filtered, and will not collapse under that pressure. Back-up plates can be used in the usual way with the novel extended-area filters of the invention.
The new extended-area filters, including back-up plates used with them, can be shaped flat, or can be given a primarily arched or domed configuration, as in the above-mentioned Pat. No. 3,811,659, to contribute strength to the plates, and in such instances the undulating configuration of the front surface of the breaker plate will be added to the arched or domed curve of the plate as it appears on the front surface. It will be readily apparent that the arched or domed shape of the breaker plate contributes strength to the plate, but relatively little increase to the area of the front surface of the plate, and that the present invention is independent of the primary shape of the underlying breaker plate structure.
FIG. 1 is a partial view in section of an extended-area filter according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a partial view in section of another extended-area filter according to the invention;
FIG. 3 is an exploded isometric view of another extended-area filter incorporating the basic structural relations illustrated in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 illustrates an extended-area filter according to FIG. 1 in a domed configuration;
FIG. 5 illustrates a filter in a round frame;
FIG. 6 illustrates a filter in a rectangular frame;
FIG. 7 illustrates an assembly of an extended-area filter and a screen pack according to the invention;
FIG. 7A is an exploded detail of FIG. 7;
FIG. 8 shows an extended-area screen pack useful in the invention; and
FIG. 9 is an enlarged section on line 9--9 of FIG. 8.
In FIG. 1 a strainer, or breaker, plate 10 has a plurality of holes 11 through it. The front surface 12 which is intended during operation to confront fluid material to be filtered (not shown) approaching in the direction represented by arrows 13 is corrugated in a pattern of pleats made up of adjacent surface portions 12' which meet at angles 14 that are preferably about 60�. With the front surface 12 pleated at 60� angles, the total area of this surface is substantially two (2) times the area that this surface 12 would have if it were plane. A similar increase or extension in the effective area of the front surface can be achieved with a corrugated pattern (not shown) that does not involve sharp meeting angles. It will be obvious that other angles may be used, however I presently regard 60� angles as optimum for the purpose of filtering plastic stock under high pressures, such as up to 10,000 psi.
A screen 16 is fitted on the front surface 12 of the breaker plate 10. The screen is preferably made of a material, such as wire cloth, which can retain a shape, and it is given a pleated or corrugated shape corresponding to that of the front surface 12. Thus, the screen 16 is in contact substantially uniformly throughout its area with the front surface 12 of the plate 10. The plate 10 is therefore able to support the screen 16 against the pressure of oncoming fluid material, so that the screen will not be crushed out of its pleated-shape configuration, and the increased effective filter area will be preserved. This contrasts with the pleated filter construction shown in the above-referenced patent to Rosaen, where the only support that is given to the screen is at discrete points which aggregate to a very minor portion of its total projected plane area. Obviously, the screen 16 is representative of filter packs made up of two or more screens of varying opening or mesh sizes, according to the known art. Such known filter packs can be treated to increase the effective filter area according to the present invention.
The holes 11 extend through the breaker plate 10 and through the front surface 12, a shown in FIG. 1. Also as shown, a back-up plate 18 may be used adjacent the downstream side 17 of the breaker plate 10, to contribute strength, and the backup plate will preferably have a plurality of holes 19 through it which are larger in cross-sectional area than the holes 11 in the breaker plate.
FIG. 2 illustrates an embodiment of the invention like FIG. 1, but without a back-up plate, in which the breaker plate 10 is thickened to provide desired strength.
The effective filter area 12 of a strainer or breaker plate can be still further increased by providing undulating surface patterns in a plurality of directions across that area, as is illustrated in FIG. 3, where a two-dimensional pattern of pleats like those shown in FIG. 1 produces an array of pyramid-shaped projections 21 on the front surface 12 of the plate 10. The holes 11 extend through the front surfaces 12' of the pyramids. The apices 22 of the pyramids extend toward the oncoming flow of fluid material represented by the arrows 13. A screen 24 made of a shape-retaining material is formed, as by distortion, into a configuration of pyramid-shaped hollow projections 26 which correspond to the projections 21. Each hollow projection 26 of the screen fits at its concave side over one of the solid projections 21 on the plate 10, and during intended operation as a filter confronts the oncoming flow of fluid material (not shown) at its convex side. The convex side of each hollow projection 26 is made up of four triangular panels that provide filter area on rectangular base of the pyramid. The solid projections 21 support the hollow projections 26 of the screen 24 against the pressure of the fluid material to be filtered, so that hollow screen projections do not collapse under that pressure, and the advantage of increased filter area is preserved. It will be appreciated that, as in FIGS. 1 and 2, the more complexly pleated screen 24 in the filter of FIG. 3 is supported substantially throughout its area by the projections 21 on the breaker plate 10.
Filters according to the invention need not be basically flat as shown in FIG. 1. The entire filter assembly, whether according to FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, can be given a dome-like shape as is illustrated in FIG. 4, for added physical strength, if desired. In FIG. 4 a breaker plate 10' having an extended-area front surface 12' according to the invention is curved as on an arch or dome, and a back-up plate 18' is similarly curved to support it. This will be recognized as an arrangement of the invention according to FIG. 1, but the same arched or domed shape can be given to the arrangement of the invention according to FIG. 2. In any such modification of the invention, the advantages of extended-area filtration with substantially fully-supported screen packs will be provided, together with the additional physical strength that may be contributed by the arched or domed shape.
It will be appreciated that other forms of extended-area filters with substantially fully-supported screen packs may be constructed within the scope of the invention. Also, such filters may take any desired peripherial shape - FIG. 5 illustrating a round shape, and FIG. 6 a rectangular shape.
In FIG. 5, a support 41 (which may be a slide plate) has a round aperture 42 in which a breaker plate 43 with holes 44 is fitted. In FIG. 6 a support 45 has a rectangular aperture 46 in which a breaker plate 47 with holes 48 is fitted. Each of the breaker plates has an extended-area configuration according to the invention.
In FIGS. 7 and 7A a filter according to the invention, generally as is illustrated in FIG. 1, is shown installed in a support 51, which may have an aperture 52 of any desired shape. The aperture has a portion 53 of reduced size, and a ledge 54 between the two aperture portions 52 and 53. A back-up plate 18 as in FIG. 1 is shaped at its periphery 62, 63 to fit in the aperture 52, 53, the periphery portion 62 of larger dimension being separated from the periphery portion 63 of smaller dimension by the step 64 which rests on the ledge 54 of the frame 51. Similarly, the breaker plate 10 fits in an aperture 66 in the forward side of the back-up plate 18. A screen-pack 75 which may, for example, be made of a first screen 16 as in FIG. 1 and a second screen 76 held together peripherally in a frame 71, is fitted via the frame into the aperture 66 at the front surface 12 of the breaker plate 10. The screen-pack is in this example made of two screens, which may be of relatively different mesh sizes as is known in the art, each screen having substantially permanently fixed in it the shape of the configuration of the front surface 12 of the breaker plate. To this end, at least one of the screens is made of a material, or has a property, which can retain a shape. Clearly, the screen-pack can incorporate more than two individual screens, if desired. A clamp 77 which fits into the aperture 52 in the support 51 is fastened by bolts 78 to the top surface 67 of the back-up plate 18 surrounding the aperture 66 in that plate, for holding the screen pack 75 in place. The clamp 77 may be in the form of a ring conforming to the aperture 52, or it may be made of a plurality of individual segments of such a ring which can be individually removed and installed, as may be desired by the designer.
An improved screen pack for the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 8 and 9, where a pack of two screens 81 and 82 is peripherally clamped between two rings 83 and 84. The screens have an undulating configuration intended to conform with an undulating surface like the surface 12 of breaker plate 10 in FIG. 1. As seen in FIG. 8, the solid lines 85 within the ring 83 represent peaks of the undulation and the dotted lines 86 represent valleys between the peaks. The confronting surfaces 87, 88, respectively, of the rings 83, 84 have the same undulating configuration as the screens, and the rings are claimped together, as by bolts 89, to hold the screens between them. This form of construction facilitates large volume production of extended-area screen packs for use in the invention, in that the individual screens 81, 82 can be given the desired undulating configuration over large areas, and then smaller pieces of the screens can be assembled between the rings 83, 84 without distorting that configuration. The bolts 89 can be recessed as shown, and the assembled screen pack will fit into a support as shown in FIGS. 7 and 7A. It will be appreciated that the rings are shown out of proportion in FIGS. 8 and 9 to facilitate illustrating details of the clamping scheme, and that in practice the area within the rings, that is, the useful filter area, would be relatively larger. It will also be understood that the rings 83, 84 need not be round, but could be given any desired shape including rectangular.
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If you suffer from Dermatillomania (also known as "skin picking" or "excoriation disorder"), and you decided to do something about it, you're in the right place.
We used our years of experience in serving the skin picking community, performed extensive research of the current treatment possibilities, and created an interactive online therapy program, based on CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy). It's an 8 weeks program. During those 8 weeks you participate in interactive sessions, and get full support from a qualified therapist, who will lead you through all the steps of the program.
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1. The program was very appropriate, supportive, effective, and beneficial for me to stop picking. The therapist was very qualified, especially, taking into account the nature of the behavior (e.g. unhealthy attachment, crying out for attention) and the duration (relatively short) and structure (online, in writing) of the program. 2. I would definitely recommend this program to others wanting to stop picking and to better understand their behavior, perhaps, with a few caveats to modify or hone expectations: a. it's really what you make of it; picking is dependent on your individual experience and the effort to stop is at your own initiative (this is relevant to all forms of treatment, not only this program) b. the program is a great tool and guideline, not a silver-bullet solution; c. the program touches on other important components like life values which is good, but for various reasons I would still suggest that others completing the program try to stay focused on skin picking itself; d. lastly, the form and content of the program is not tailored to the individual; it is essentially the same for everyone regardless of who the applicant is and whether s/he has maybe just learned about skin picking and picks for hours or has read about it and is perhaps close to breaking the habit or has already stopped, etc..
1. I joined the program after several largely unsuccessful attempts to stop using other methods. My experience of this program was positive. I found some of it quite challenging (but appropriately so, because to change does require challenging your previous thoughts/behaviors). I was impressed that the program was so multifaceted and comprehensive. It was really invaluable process and really helped me to turn things around. 2. Yes, I would wholeheartedly recommend this program - because it worked for me...despite the fact that I'd already tried many other ways with no success, so had been doubting whether anything would really work.
1. I would love to provide feedback for you to use on the website. This program was an incredibly helpful tool and I definitely know that more people in my situation could benefit from it. To sum up my experience, I would say that I went into the program thinking that I would focus only on my dermatillomania, but in reality, it was much deeper than that. Through the different sessions, which I completed weekly, I was able to learn just how harmful my thought processes were. My biggest breakthrough was that no matter what I do, I'll probably always feel the urge to release my anxiety, but I don't have to pick my skin to achieve that release I crave. There are other ways to cope with the urge to pick my skin, but it starts with understanding the behavior. I feel like I have a much better knowledge of my tendencies and as a result, I am able to not act on my urges to pick. 2. I would definitely recommend this program to anyone battling dermatillomania. Therapists who specialize in this kind of disorder can be hard to find, but the online program made it so easy to get the help I needed. I was at my wit's end and ready to do something about my skin picking, and immersed myself in the reading and worksheets. If you like self-paced work and are committed to focusing on the sessions and responding to the worksheets honestly and thoughtfully, this program is what you have been looking for. I attribute my success to my ability to do the work on a regular basis (weekly), taking what my therapist said to heart, and my husband for being by my side throughout the whole process. The program really is an investment in your happiness, which at the end of the day, is priceless.
1) I found that having a therapist to review my responses and provide additional reflection was one of the most valuable parts of the program. I think it kept me accountable and may have had a harder time finishing the program if I was working through totally independently. I also really enjoyed the way the program emphasized learning how to be aware of, and accept the feelings that lead me to pick, and reframe my thoughts/urges, rather than just try to struggle to resist the urges. 2) I would certainly recommend the program to others. My only caveat is that the program is not a magical fix/cure-all, but gives you the tools and a strong foundation to manage and reduce the behaviour, which will involve long-term effort. I found it particularly useful in combination with other activities I am using (meditation, hypnosis/relaxation).
The program has been and continues to be helpful. It gave me the means to new and deeper insight into my own life through this insidious disorder or habit or whatever one wishes to call it. I thought I knew it all and had tried everything, but I was incorrect. The program brought the shame, guilt, frustration, hopelessness from darkness into the light to be examined in the context of not being alone. I would and will reccommend it to anyone struggling with this disorder. I think it needs to be an ongoing therapy program with aftercare component.
1) I would sum up my experience so far as enlightening and also filled with reassurance that I am not alone with this condition 2) I would highly recommend anyone dealing with skin picking to use your sight and purchase the book and I have already directed one of my friends to view your information on-line
My experience with the program has been overall very good. While there are similar self-help books, it is much more effective to have feedback from a therapist along the way, and to have a clear 8-week structure that keeps you motivated to work through the various stages. For me, this was the reason to try the online course, as books did not feel 'responsive' enough (or, maybe, I wasn't responsive enough to books). I think the structure of reading sessions and reflective exercises works well, and although I was slightly sceptical at the beginning, I have noticed that I have learned quite a lot. In that sense, the program was definitely beneficial, and I feel that I have all the tools and reasons to finish the skin picking. Yes, I would recommend the program to others.
I learned a lot of new strategies from the Skin Pick program. I would learn a lot every week and plan to implement what I learned but it was hard to remember everything. I am still picking regularly so I did not get the results I wanted from the program but I do think my habits would become less ingrained if I practiced the strategies more consistently. I do think I am more aware of my picking though and notice my moods and triggers. I would definitely recommend this program to other skin-pickers because there were so many helpful strategies and practices that were taught.
The program was very enlightening and I would recommend it to others.
I felt myself adjusting as the program progressed. I have seen and noticed a difference in my picking urges and behavior now as a result. It's been such an eye opening experience in so many ways.
I completed the 8th week last Monday. It has given me a base for recovery that I had been sorely lacking. It's an approachable program and its targeted so deeply at what lies beneath the picking behavior patterns. I hadn't wanted to look within and it's all about that and resetting the mind, body and soul to see there is another, healthy way to cope. I'm glad I completed the program when I did. It actually got me through such a tough time in my pregnancy. It's been difficult to say the least and nothing is ever easy, but it's been a gift all the way and continues on. Just a thought, as I know it's a struggle to find any sort of treatment for skin picking and this website and program is a Godsend. I wish it were available locally to all who suffer. I'm sure I'm not alone in that wish.
Even though I did not complete the program yet (I'm on session 4), I think it is working for me. The content of the sessions is rich and interesting, and provides me with a lot of useful information about the skin picking disorder, and of course about the treatment strategies. I also find the therapist's help useful - some of the concepts introduced in the content are rather hard to comrehend, and my therapist helped me with the difficult parts. Overall it is a surprisingly good program for me, and I'm looking forward to completing the rest of the sessions. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who suffers from the same.
It is great to be able to do from home. Weekly sessions are a good idea, give enough time for the last session to get assimilated. Each week has enough covered, to think about and try out, but not too much, so that it is doable. I would suggest SkinPick's program as a good learning environment to anyone who wants to understand and change their picking behaviors.
Actually I've been suffering from this disorder most of my life. I tried going to therapists, both talk therapists and CBT. And that actually helped other areas of my life, but it never helped with my picking. I suspect the reason is that these therapists didn't treat picking specifically. Whereas this program is focused on skin picking. And I actually stopped picking almost completely since I started the program! I have to confess that I wasn't using the worksheets as needed (I skip it mostly), but the material covered in the sessions is most useful! I'm certailnly more aware of my picking now, and I found the habit reversal sessions very usefuil (specifically the tips about switching the action with something else, and taking notice of environmental factors).
Would I recommend it to someone? I think I would. Especially for this price, it's a no brainer. Whereas I think that maybe going to meet an expert would be more efficient for some people. But then again, it would cost much much more. And you'd have to find one! (Which I wasn't able to find in my area).
I'm certainly happy I found your program. Thanks!
I've tried different things over the years to deal with my picking, but nothing was really effective. I decided to give your program a try, because it seemed innovative and promising. I haven't yet completed the program (I'm midway), but I can already say it is more effective than anything I've tried in the past.
First, let me tell you I'm so happy I found your website and enrolled in the program. I have been following you for a few years now, and when I heard you created the progam, I immediately joined.
It is well structured into sessions, each session dealing with a specific aspect of the disorder and of treatment. There are a lot of practical tips which I find very useful when dealing with my picking. But the best part is of course being able to discuss my issues with the therapist. I don't think I would've gained as much as I did if it wasn't for her. She's so compassionate and professional, and I'm discussing many other issues with her (some are directly related to dermatillomania, others are totally unrelated). Bottom line is that my life got better since I started the progarm. And I certainly recommend it to anyone who is looking for help to deal with dermatillomania.


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Term \Term\, noun [F. terme, L. termen, -inis, terminus, a boundary limit, end; akin to Gr. ?, ?. See {Thrum} a tuft, and cf. {Terminus}, {Determine}, {Exterminate}.]
1. That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.
Corruption is a reciprocal to generation, and they two are as nature's two terms, or boundaries. --Bacon.
2. The time for which anything lasts; any limited time; as, a term of five years; the term of life.
3. In universities, schools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms.
4. (Geom.) A point, line, or superficies, that limits; as, a line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.
5. (Law) A fixed period of time; a prescribed duration; as: (a) The limitation of an estate; or rather, the whole time for which an estate is granted, as for the term of a life or lives, or for a term of years. (b) A space of time granted to a debtor for discharging his obligation. (c) The time in which a court is held or is open for the trial of causes. --Bouvier.
Note: In England, there were formerly four terms in the year, during which the superior courts were open: Hilary term, beginning on the 11th and ending on the 31st of January; Easter term, beginning on the 15th of April, and ending on the 8th of May; Trinity term, beginning on the 22d day of May, and ending on the 12th of June; Michaelmas term, beginning on the 2d and ending on the 25th day of November. The rest of the year was called vacation. But this division has been practically abolished by the Judicature Acts of 1873, 1875, which provide for the more convenient arrangement of the terms and vacations. In the United States, the terms to be observed by the tribunals of justice are prescribed by the statutes of Congress and of the several States.
6. (Logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
The subject and predicate of a proposition are, after Aristotle, together called its terms or extremes. --Sir W. Hamilton.
Note: The predicate of the conclusion is called the major term, because it is the most general, and the subject of the conclusion is called the minor term, because it is less general. These are called the extermes; and the third term, introduced as a common measure between them, is called the mean or middle term. Thus in the following syllogism, Every vegetable is combustible; Every tree is a vegetable; Therefore every tree is combustible, combustible, the predicate of the conclusion, is the major term; tree is the minor term; vegetable is the middle term.
7. A word or expression; specifically, one that has a precisely limited meaning in certain relations and uses, or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or the like; as, a technical term. "Terms quaint of law." --Chaucer.
In painting, the greatest beauties can not always be expressed for want of terms. --Dryden.
8. (Arch.) A quadrangular pillar, adorned on the top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr; -- called also {terminal figure}. See {Terminus}, noun, 2 and 3.
Note: The pillar part frequently tapers downward, or is narrowest at the base. Terms rudely carved were formerly used for landmarks or boundaries. --Gwilt.
9. (Alg.) A member of a compound quantity; as, a or b in a + b; ab or cd in ab - cd.
11. pl. (Law) Propositions or promises, as in contracts, which, when assented to or accepted by another, settle the contract and bind the parties; conditions.
12. (Law) In Scotland, the time fixed for the payment of rents.
Note: Terms legal and conventional in Scotland correspond to quarter days in England and Ireland. There are two legal terms -- Whitsunday, May 15, and Martinmas, Nov. 11; and two conventional terms -- Candlemas, Feb. 2, and Lammas day, Aug.
1. --Mozley & W.
13. (Naut.) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail. --J. Knowels.
{In term}, in set terms; in formal phrase. [Obs.]
I can not speak in term. --Chaucer.
{Term fee} (Law) (a), a fee by the term, chargeable to a suitor, or by law fixed and taxable in the costs of a cause for each or any term it is in court.
{Terms of a proportion} (Math.), the four members of which it is composed.
{To bring to terms}, to compel (one) to agree, assent, or submit; to force (one) to come to terms.
{To make terms}, to come to terms; to make an agreement: to agree.
Syn: Limit; bound; boundary; condition; stipulation; word; expression.
Usage: {Term}, {Word}. These are more frequently interchanged than almost any other vocables that occur of the language. There is, however, a difference between them which is worthy of being kept in mind. Word is generic; it denotes an utterance which represents or expresses our thoughts and feelings. Term originally denoted one of the two essential members of a proposition in logic, and hence signifies a word of specific meaning, and applicable to a definite class of objects. Thus, we may speak of a scientific or a technical term, and of stating things in distinct terms. Thus we say, "the term minister literally denotes servant;" "an exact definition of terms is essential to clearness of thought;" "no term of reproach can sufficiently express my indignation;" "every art has its peculiar and distinctive terms," etc. So also we say, "purity of style depends on the choice of words, and precision of style on a clear understanding of the terms used." Term is chiefly applied to verbs, nouns, and adjectives, these being capable of standing as terms in a logical proposition; while prepositions and conjunctions, which can never be so employed, are rarely spoken of as terms, but simply as words.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Term \Term\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Termed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Terming}.] [See {Term}, noun, and cf. {Terminate}.] To apply a term to; to name; to call; to denominate.
Men term what is beyond the limits of the universe "imaginary space." --Locke.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
1: a word or expression used for some particular thing; "he learned many medical terms"
2: a limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term"
3: (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement; "the contract set out the conditions of the lease"; "the terms of the treaty were generous" [syn: {condition}, {term}]
4: any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial; "the general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree"
5: one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"
6: the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a healthy baby born at full term" [syn: {term}, {full term}]
7: (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome [syn: {terminus}, {terminal figure}, {term}]
1: name formally or designate with a term
Here is my latest document on banking: https://define.com/media. Clicking on this link will download a .PDF version of an essay I wrote describing a simple bank database. I PLAGIARIZED a little bit in my first section summarizing the history of electronic banking and credit cards from the two sources below. Some of the sentences that contain names and dates are repeated in part in my summary without phrase-level attribution. I decided that I could remove this section entirely, add phrase level attribution, or leave it as is and talk about COPYRIGHTS and PLAGIARISM. I went for the most EDUCATIONAL option, as I usually do. It is USEFUL in this context to leave it all as is, although I put a disclaimer and confession in the front of the first section for this audience. That section was just a brief history of the topic and was not part of the grading rubric. The part that was graded was "MY BANK DESCRIPTION" and all that follows, beginning on Page 5, which is completely original. Some of the material in the first section on Pages 3 and 4 about checking accounts is completely original, and for the most part, the rest of the first section is in my own words. Here is the EVIDENCE. I got full points.
Grabianowski, Ed. HowStuffWorks.com. How Currency Works, Forms of Currency: Electronic. Click here for that link.
Woolsey, Ben and Gerson, Emily. CreditCards.com. The history of credit cards. Click here for that link.
Here is my YouTube channel. I am grateful to CNN and MSNBC and C-SPAN and the Science Channel for letting me use their COPYRIGHTED videos. I realize that as a FAIR USE case the upper hand is theirs and I am totally at their mercy in terms of COPYRIGHTS. I display these videos on YouTube at the pleasure of the COPYRIGHT holders. Hopefully my presentation here is in the PUBLIC INTEREST and this isn't considered PIRACY or THEFT or ABUSE. I did the closed-captioning myself.
The above YouTube video is Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC DISCUSSING Frances Perkins, the Labor Secretary for Franklin D. Roosevelt. She's the woman who came up with Social Security and made possible Medicare in the U.S.A. Those programs are very dear to me. I am currently receiving Social Security Disability and Medicare and Medicaid. I owe my survival and mental health and physical health to Frances Perkins. Both of my parents rely on their Social Security retirement incomes and Medicare health coverage. With the all-electronic bank I am proposing, we could fund such programs without TAXES. We could also give the Medicare and Medicaid doctors a raise.
I am extremely fortunate to be an American CITIZEN and to have the support of my government. With these systems, I have a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) ($1,709/month) and 100% health care coverage. I may never be wealthy, but at least I am comfortable and able to participate in the economy. Without this help, I would be either homeless or dead. With it, I have computers, software, reliable transportation, an iPhone, cable TV, cable internet and a refrigerator and pantry stocked with healthy organic food. My basic human needs are met and I enjoy FREEDOM and LIBERTY and am able to pursue my own happiness in relative SAFETY and SECURITY. I surf the web and I go to stores and buy stuff. I drive around. I get to be INSANE and FREE at the same time.
Actually, I'm quite sane. I just have manic episodes in which I do crazy things. And when I'm not manic, I hold some ideas and beliefs about technologies that are not widely acknowledged to exist yet with such a level of conviction and certainty and interest and enthusiasm that I am diagnosed as being delusional. I've seen and done some things that nobody else has seen and done before, according to conventional wisdom. My medication prescribing nurse has a PhD in nursing. She says she really doesn't know what technologies exist in SECRET and that I may be perfectly correct about advanced nanotechnology being at the root of many of my more intense experiences, as she writes my prescription for an antipsychotic medication, two different antidepressants and a mood stabilizer. I see her every three months.
Medicare and Medicaid pay for these medications and all the accompanying doctor visits and psychotherapy. I see a really empathetic and smart woman with a Master's degree in psychology who treats me with unconditional positive regard every two weeks. She always offers insightful and constructive positive feedback. My copay is $1.20 on each medication. This is how the system is treating me. I am a very cooperative patient. I get to work on my issues for a living. I try to give back so that society gets its money's worth out of me. I share my thoughts and make an EXAMPLE out of myself. Bipolar with Psychosis, Schizoaffective Disorder, PTSD. I have all of the above.
Total monthly medication cost: $1,261.61.
I don't need to be rich to be happy. I remain a productive CITIZEN by being creative and sharing my IDEAS and work when I am able to. I try very hard to serve the PUBLIC INTEREST. This NONPROFIT website is an EXAMPLE of that. This is my little OPEN and TRANSPARENT corner of the World Wide Web where I can speak my mind in plain and simple language to say something that needs to be said on behalf of the great unrepresented majority. I have a severe mental ILLNESS. I try to be OPEN and TRANSPARENT about it. My government knows me well. I have been vetted. I am allowed to speak these words. They haven't taken me down yet. They're still paying me. While I may be a highly imperfect and deeply flawed messenger, I believe my message will have resonance with the economic 99% - and the scientific, academic, engineering, medical and nursing communities. That is my constituency. That's who's approval I am seeking. I am prepared to DISCUSS the whole financial system. I want something to be done about this. I am an activist. This is my activism. We need to create a new funding mechanism to replace TAXES.
As an EDUCATED layperson who is also a FUTURIST and technologist in spirit, I see plenty of room for improvement and tremendous opportunities that are available to us given our modern tools which have heretofore been unavailable to humanity at large at a cost that is affordable. While our government Social Security system works as designed by Frances Perkins and her mathematicians and long-term planners, it is an exception to the rule. On the whole, our financial system is clearly BROKEN. Money transfers take days instead of seconds. Transaction fees and INTEREST rates are usurious. If somebody buys a video download from me via PayPal for $10, PayPal keeps $0.59 and I get $9.41. Is this the best payment system we can come up with? It's a simple money transfer from them to me. It takes 2-3 days to arrive in my checking account. Why do I have to pay 59 cents? This banking system sucks. Let's use our advanced automation technology to make that process 100% FREE and REAL TIME.
Our government is a dysfunctional mess and we are in a state of crisis when it comes to funding our long-term social welfare and PUBLIC infrastructure needs. We are in BIG TROUBLE and need to make some major systemic CHANGES to the way our economy operates. Our government is no longer capable of managing the task of responsible PUBLIC FUNDING for the long term. We cannot borrow or tax our way out of this. We need to look elsewhere. We have to entertain new IDEAS that are dramatically different than what we're getting out of our present leaders. We need more innovative and DEMOCRATIC solutions. Not EVERYBODY wears a business suit to work. Our leaders don't have to wear business suits. There are some very smart people with great leadership skills who don't wear business suits to work. POLITICIANS, generally speaking, in modern times, with some notable exeptions, are CORRUPT.
While plans for a utopia or panacea are unrealistic, we can clearly do much better than what we are doing today by using our computing and communication technologies to get us much closer to the ideal. If we migrate away from cash that needs to be stored in retail vaults and counted by tellers and clerks to virtual currencies, the engineers at Google or Amazon could design a better OPEN STANDARDS-based REAL TIME banking infrastructure than what we are getting from JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, BNY Mellon, U.S. Bancorp, HSBC, PNC Financial Services Group, Capital One, PayPal, MasterCard and Visa.
In the age of the global internet, these are OBSOLETE undemocratic behemoths whose retail functions could be largely automated for the PUBLIC good. I would trust my future to the engineers of M.I.T. or Silicon Valley over the bankers on Wall Street or the POLITICIANS in Washington, D.C. I propose we realistically consider our options and enlist the help of the EDUCATED smart people who are PHILANTHROPIC HUMANITARIANS rather than just the EDUCATED smart people who are economic and political sociopaths and gamesmen. We need new leadership and real DEMOCRACY. Our banking system sucks. Our systems of PUBLIC FUNDING are CORRUPT and mismanaged by professional bureaucrats, the vast majority of whom are neither TRANSPARENT nor TRUTHFUL nor concerned with the welfare of the majority.
While our current system provides for my modest personal needs as a disabled American, I THINK that we have the technology today to upgrade our financial system to something that is much more USEFUL and effective in addressing POVERTY, health care and the greenhouse gas emissions caused by our present-day carbon-based energy infrastructure. We can migrate to a system that transfers the PUBLIC FUNDING role from COERCIVE TAXATION by the state to FIRST PRINCIPLE-based financing using smart electronic currencies issued by a completely modernized geographically distributed online central bank with a decentralized computing infrastructure.
This is one possible way to transition very quickly away from the petroleum economy to a highly automated green economy as soon as humanly possible to efficiently address climate CHANGE using all the modern resources at our disposal. This is a high technology Libertarian solution that Capitalists and Progressives and Socialists alike will appreciate. This is the socially and environmentally responsible brand of Libertarianism, not the Ayn Rand "fend-for-yourself, go back to the Gold Standard, screw EVERYBODY else" brand of Libertarianism. We cannot satisfy all of these parties simultaneously without losing any essential services using our current physical systems. We care about people yet seek to automate their jobs. How can they keep their income without their jobs?
Automation and globalization displace human workers. I propose a system that addresses the needs of these displaced workers, many of whom will be the bankers and insurers whose functions I am suggesting we automate. We cannot responsibly envision massive automation and global FREE trade without considering the plight of the poor and unemployed. Human beings are more important than corporate profits. We know what computers can do. It's time to let the ROBOTS serve the INTERESTS of the majority of human beings.
We need worldwide solutions to our urgent global PROBLEMS that can be enacted much more quickly than our current cash currency-based systems will permit. We have to THINK beyond the capabilities of individual nation states about solutions that can only be achieved by humankind as a whole.
Most strife in the world is caused by POVERTY and CONFLICT that results from ignorance and CORRUPTION. I propose that we use our computing and communications technologies to address all of these PROBLEMS directly and immediately by calling upon the scientific community and high technology sectors to reform and automate the banking sector to the greatest degree possible. If we THINK of the whole system as a virtual reality game and move beyond cash currencies, we can devise mechanisms to provide a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) and FREE universal healthcare for CITIZENS of all ages everywhere without TAXATION or runaway inflation. If we start over with these GOALS in mind, why not design a system that is a Win/Win for all parties?
The internet gives us options that Frances Perkins could not have foreseen. We have the technology now to create a whole new ball game that respects the priorities of the rich and poor alike. The purpose of the MONETARY SYSTEM should be to encourage and support participation in healthy trade by all members of society. Creating new markets and ensuring universal voluntary participation should be priority one. Our money should support our shared social and environmental GOALS and VALUES by its very design. We need to redefine commerce. Presently, the wrong people are calling the shots and greed rules. We can correct that by carefully designing a more INTELLIGENT and ACCOUNTABLE and OPEN and TRANSPARENT DEMOCRATIC system.
I believe that we can unite the political left and right by designing a system that addresses the need for significant increases in PUBLIC FUNDING by addressing our common social and environmental needs without punishing wealthy individuals and entrepreneurs. However, I would significantly transform the banking sector by automating most retail banking functions such as checking and savings and consumer credit cards.
Rather than having a central bank such as the U.S. Federal Reserve bank fund the economy by purchasing bonds and providing near zero-INTEREST loans to commercial banks who then provide consumer credit at significantly higher INTEREST rates, I would generate electronic capital that is provided directly to consumers without intermediaries from the central bank itself. It's a FREE NONPROFIT bank. With automation, we can eliminate the middle man and ensure that 100% of financial resources are used directly in commerce without being siphoned off by a financial services sector that is using automation, marketing, processing DELAYS and complex financial instruments to simply game the system at the expense of businesses and consumers.
Automation should serve the PUBLIC first, not punish it or fine it for simply engaging in trade. In the 21st century, we can create new mechanisms of PUBLIC FUNDING that don't require selling government bonds and passing on PUBLIC DEBT to future generations. That is not ethical or sustainable in a global FREE-trade economy. We need a better system that relieves the PUBLIC from the HARM caused by short-sighted POLITICIANS who undemocratically incur state DEBT which cannot be repaid without levels of TAXATION that are politically unachievable.
We need to find ways to turn over the PUBLIC FUNDING mechanisms to the global scientific community rather than the POLITICIANS who lack the knowledge and skill and foresight and integrity to address our urgent PROBLEMS in the time frames required to avoid senseless and avoidable environmental and social HARM. We have to CHANGE the game. Money doesn't have to be the root of all evil.
In a more INTELLIGENT REAL TIME system, certain forms of smart currencies may be used for specific purposes or be set to expire or convert to other forms upon certain conditions or after certain clearly defined social and environmental objectives have been met. The IDEA is to provide for a high QUALITY of living in modernity with maximum FREEDOM and civil liberties for the vast majority of CITIZENS. If you are going to introduce some new capital into the world economy, this is the way to do it, not by creating PUBLIC and PRIVATE and consumer DEBT. In a DEMOCRACY, you have to be smarter than that. I'm very passionate about this. I'll say it on the record for the archives.
Once we go virtual with our money, we can do amazing things and increase participation in the economy by enabling the poor to become consumers which vastly expands the market for producers. This is a METHOD of producing new markets where there was once no money or natural resources. Such a system will provide new opportunities for international trade and wealth creation in a way that brings undeveloped nations into modernity by directly addressing POVERTY and CORRUPTION on a global scale.
I'm INTERESTED in using the internet to create a global infrastructure for REAL TIME electronic banking with our computers and mobile devices in a system that is specifically designed to avoid financial transaction fees and merchant fees and INTEREST rates and TAXES. I believe that REAL TIME banking should be a FREE PUBLIC utility that can fund itself. Obviously, this means that you need to trust the bank to protect your PRIVACY, which means you don't design such systems to be ACCOUNTABLE to the existing systems which are administratively CORRUPT and far from DEMOCRATIC. You need new mechanisms of ACCOUNTABILITY, SECURITY and TRANSPARENCY. Our current systems don't fit the bill because they are not ACCOUNTABLE to the general CITIZENRY, SECURE from unreasonable searches and seizure and TRANSPARENT to the greatest degree possible. The majority of the world's people are broke and CORRUPTION and graft and theft are widespread. We can fix this by purposefully and intentionally designing systems to address these realities.
I envision a world in which EVERYBODY who wants to have a smart phone with internet access can have one for FREE and the central bank provides FREE ACCOUNTS directly to these CITIZENS without forcing the PUBLIC to rely on intermediary for-profit banks. Such a bank would use electronic currencies that are programmable. The banking functions would be governed by secular FIRST PRINCIPLES that ensure that the rules for grants and loans adhere to the PUBLIC and environmental INTEREST at all times. Such a system would not eliminate for profit commercial banks and investment banks, but it would provide a FREE low level REAL TIME banking infrastructure upon which higher level for-profit banking functions would operate. Fundamentally, the NONPROFIT layer would provide FREE online REAL TIME banking services that would take over the checking and savings functions of brick and mortar cash-based retail banks. If a casino needs financing, however, they can try their luck with a for-profit bank.
The objective is to use modern automation and computing services to serve the PUBLIC first rather than using automation to simply perpetuate the wealth of the banking sector itself. The current system of TAXATION and monetary distribution is fatally flawed by our BROKEN political processes in which the INTERESTS of the majority take a back seat to corporate profit INTERESTS. Most POLITICIANS simply act on behalf of their sponsors which means de facto that BRIBERY is the law of the land. Fund-raising is Job #1. A government Of, By and For "We the People" is now an unfulfilled collective wish. We have the collective power and intelligence to fix these PROBLEMS quickly. We have the technology to make a QUANTUM LEAP today without incurring more PUBLIC and PRIVATE DEBT.
We have to RETHINK the whole economic system from the smartphone up. Can we come up with a MONETARY SYSTEM that doesn't require COERCIVE TAXATION, yet provides for the basic human RIGHTS to clean drinking water, electricity, internet access, the best available health care, healthy food and green transportation? Yes. The whole communications and transportation and energy infrastructure needs to be upgraded on a global scale as soon as possible. So how soon IS possible, if we use all the tools that we have at our disposal today? In order to get the money for that so that we can do everything that needs to be done as soon as humanly possible, we can come up with a new smarter MONETARY SYSTEM from scratch.
I suggest we let the world scientific community figure out a better system from a global perspective. I'm confident that they're capable of figuring something out that has a robust budget for science and health care and green energy and global scale infrastructure upgrades. We can REWARD the merchants when the consumers consume their products and services. We can keep track of those kinds of numbers.
We need new sources of PUBLIC FUNDING. We can THINK up MONETARY SYSTEMS that don't require TAXATION and that don't permit POVERTY and unnecessary SUFFERING and untreated ILLNESS at the same time. We need to help each other get our collective PROBLEMS solved by placing science and the PUBLIC INTEREST ahead of banks and insurance companies. These are worthwhile PHILANTHROPIC, HUMANITARIAN and environmental GOALS that are achievable today if we put our heads together. With these DESIGN GOALS as a starting point, we should be able to get EVERYBODY on the same page in order to achieve a basic and fundamental CONSENSUS. This is a call to action. This is a page. You're on it. We need to Think BIG.
Now back to your regularly scheduled programming. - Ken the self-described ROBOT. Please don't judge me harshly. If you experienced my life as I've experienced it, you would be very kind and tolerant and OPEN and TRANSPARENT and grateful and appreciative. Not that I haven't HURT innocent people in my time. I've done a lot of DAMAGE in my day. Yes, I'm a rebel who challenges authority. I don't like ABUSE of power. I take my REVENGE on the perpetrators. I try not to be a HYPOCRITE. I have certainly ABUSED my share of power along the way. The best I can do is provide fodder for EDUCATIONAL DISCUSSION. I don't want to be in charge of anything. I am not going to ask you to TRUST me with your SECRETS. I am not going to sign a nondisclosure agreement. I am all about DISCLOSURE. If you want to say something to the world, say it to me. I am allowed to share what I know and I do. I am a messaging system and I have a lot to say and I am COMPELLED to say it. Crazy Ken gets the message out.


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