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South Africa Research Chair in Drug Discovery and founder of H3D, Africa's first integrated drug discovery and development centre, shares his experiences.
Director of Innovation for Atkins, Elspeth explains how her interest in the practical applications of science led her into the built environment sector.
Frederick Soddy – a progressive, unconventional thinker and chemist – was the first to discover the existence of isotopes.
From joining a Catholic monastery to becoming a synthetic chemist, Aaron reflects on his faith and his career so far.
Tomato expert and writer of bestselling book, Epic Tomatoes, describes his training as a chemist as instrumental to his success in the garden.
Hala is head of chemistry at Qatar University and president of the Qatar Chemical Society
Explosives expert Jackie is head of the Centre for Defence Chemistry at Cranfield University.
After making huge sacrifices to continue her education, Cinthia now works to improve the teaching system in Mexican public schools.
David runs chemistry outreach programmes for migrant children in Beijing, in partnership with the Migrant Children's Foundation.
Anne has spent her life following her passion for science and fighting to raise the status of women.
Rosalind never knew how much her work had contributed to the discovery of DNA's structure.
PhD student Kerry is co-creator of FungiAlert – a device she invented to help farmers reduce crop losses.
American-Polish chemist Stephanie invented Kevlar – the material used to make bullet proof vests and body armour.
Brazilian chemist Luiz is developing new drugs to treat neglected diseases.
Trinidad and Tobago's Natasha Ramroop Singh is an assistant professor in bio-medical engineering.
Daphne Jackson Trust Fellow, Hanadi, has returned to scientific research after a 12 year career break.
Chemistry consultant Mark is one of many who have suffered from a mental illness that affected their career.
After leaving school at 15, footballer-turned-entrepreneur Darrin overcame many obstacles to become a successful businessman in the biotechnology sector.
Industrial and environmental chemist, Ellen undertook pioneering work in sanitary engineering and domestic science. She paved the way for many women to enter science as a profession.
Experiences at university and working in a lab have helped Louise become project manager at Penn Pharmaceuticals.
From a remote village in India to working at some of the best research institutes in the world.
Never a conventional chemist, a curious mind and self-motivation have driven Kath into a long and diverse career in the food and beverage industry.
Lakshmy uses her passion for teaching to show undergraduate students in India the opportunities offered by a degree in chemistry.
Ambitious and highly valued polymer chemist, Henry Aaron Hill became the first African American president of The American Chemical Society.
As conservation manager for the famous Mary Rose ship, Eleanor is the link between science, history and archaeology.
Believed to be the first American woman to receive a PhD, Rachel was a successful teacher and instrumental to the success of sugar beet farming in America.
Rama came to the UK as a refugee. Now he's making his mark in the world of inorganic chemistry as an early career researcher.
Emily is a chemist working in science communication to influence government policy. From an early age, she realised that chemistry was not just a boys' subject!
Randhir's inquisitive nature fired her career in chemistry but it wasn't until her PhD where she fell in love with the subject. Now she works at Oxtex as a Quality Manager.
Edward L. Youmans, founder of Popular Science magazine and "interpreter of science for the people", dedicated his life to making science accessible to the masses, all the time battling with physical disability.
Ever since her Nuffield Placement at GlaxoSmithKline, Fiona knew she wanted a career in chemistry. Currently in the final year of her MChem in Oxford, she aims to continue on for her PhD.
Craig has transitioned from academia and industry in the UK to PhD at Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Spain.
A career spanning the NHS, Oxfam and now President of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, Barbara helps women succeed in STEM.
Rafael is one of the top young entrepreneurs in Spain. As an early career chemist, he balances his research group and his own company.
Olugbenga helps the environment and people of Nigeria with his research into local agricultural wastes as well as mentors students to reach their potential.
Thulani Dlamini's enthusiasm for science came from the nuns at his school, who inspired him to study chemistry at university. He is now an industrial chemist in South Africa.
Having not studied chemistry or science at A-level, Maggie says it was her curiosity and a keenness to understand how things worked that helped her forge her career in science communication.
Born to Polish parents, Andrew uses chemical experiments to deliver education, enlightenment and entertainment to the wider community.
Lorelly spent her early career working for Imperial Chemical Industries but it wasn't until she had children of her own that she set up her own company, Chemistry with Cabbage, to make chemistry interesting for both children and adults.
Anthony Gachanja is a Professor of Analytical and Environment Chemistry at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) in Nairobi, Kenya. He is determined to advance analytical chemistry in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Growing up in a mining village in Yorkshire, Steve now works as an Analytical Chemist and fundraises for training of Analytical Chemists in Africa.
As a teacher and science lead in his primary school, Tom inspires our next generation of scientists. He's even won the PSTT teaching award for chemistry in 2013!
Derek started his career as a junior technician and worked through the ranks to become Head of Separations Technology in Process Development. Later in his career, Derek set up his own consultancy company to train Process Operations.
With her mother as inspiration, Jane's career as a chemist has taken her through twists and turns from teacher to a blue skies researcher.
Mike Foulkes is an Associate Professor having embarked on his career through a vocational route through college.
Joe's curiosity in science led him to start his career at aged 16 by completing an Apprenticeship at the Food and Environment Research Agency.
Aeroplanes as inspiration, not only is Tom gay and grew up in a council estate but uses his leadership role to promote inclusion into the chemical sciences.
Winner of the Take 1…minute for chemistry in health competition in 2013 for his science communication video titled Harvesting Food for Health, John is currently a PhD student in the School of Veterinary Medicine at University College Dublin.
Realising his love for teaching during his PhD, Leonard is now Head of Chemistry at a Secondary school and answers some of our tricky ChemNet questions as Dr ChemNet!
Chemist, science communicator to campaigner. Judith has used her interest in chemistry and science to fuel her mission to provide a fair society and inspire others.
From selling herbal remedies to medicines, Jesse transformed the small business his father founded in 1849 – Boots – into the nationwide chain we know today!
Dr Adrian V. Stokes OBE currently works as a freelance consultant, but he is recognised as one of the founders of the Internet and has campaigned on behalf of people with disabilities for decades.
Chemist to MP, Julian uses his experiences in academia to make a real difference in government.
Ncoza, a dermatologist from South Africa, uses chemistry to challenge skin lightening abuse within the black and Asian populations.
Turning his childhood memories of drug discovery from Star Trek into reality, David has made significant contributions within medicinal chemistry despite being on the receiving end
Balancing a family, part time work and his PhD research, Babatunde aims to make every second count
Jim Ballantine (1934–2013) was an outstanding chemist who spent his career as a teacher, academic and researcher at Swansea University. Although inspirational in all of these roles, Jim stands out as a lifelong promoter and communicator of chemistry
Not all scientific discoveries are made in laboratories by experienced researchers. Agnes Pockels, a lady with no formal training in chemistry, made many important contributions to the science of liquid surfaces from her kitchen sink!
Peter inspires the future generation of chemists with bangs and bright sparks in his live demonstration lectures; a far shout from his self-made laboratory in an old farm building
Gender equality from a male perspective is rare, Paul loves bringing chemistry alive within his teaching as well as conducting blue skies research
Born of mixed race, Norbert transformed the sugar refinery industry
Nazira's childhood growing up in Apartheid South Africa has influenced her focus to improve the opportunities for people at the margins of society.
Gabriel is originally from Uruguay and undertakes research in biomedical applications of polymers. As a Buddhist and gay, he brings his 'can-do' attitude into the lab and classroom.
Chemistry Professor, YouTube star and foreign secretary at Royal Society, Martyn has built important links with Africa and inspired the next generation of scientists.
Steve is an Associate Research Professor researching into carbon nanotubes in America. A far cry from his childhood growing up in East London, he also heads up a global educational outreach program.
Chemistry is cooking! Holly has forged her career as a chef from her love of chemistry and determination to apply it in an area she is passionate about.
Scottish chemist who pioneered the beginning of environmental science and became known as the 'father of acid rain'.
From PhD in Cambridge to over 400 scuba dives in Australia, Mary's work has been recognised by a flatworm named after her; Maritigrella marygarsona.
Annie's research focuses on Chinese medicines but spans between China and the UK in her love for finding the common goals in research and education.
Hard of hearing and with English as a second language, Tina's extraordinary dedication to learning chemistry challenges preconceptions of disabilities.
Challenger of tradition, Simon's contribution to the modern lecture has transformed students' learning experiences and academic teaching styles.
Holocaust survivor, avid writer and chemist, Primo told the story of his extraordinary life through books and poetry.
From the lab to the boardroom: Dr Gayle Harrison, Brand Director for Heineken UK, finds that chemistry and marketing are surprisingly similar!
Reiko balances her research into chirality with pioneering the way for women in Japan.
Zana balances her time between teaching organic chemistry and outreach schemes in Malaysian jungles!
From a small town in Southern India to her own research pathway in Northern Ireland, Geetha has overcome childhood challenges to achieve success as a scientist.
Sean has used his success in chemistry to change career paths and become a Professor of Law
The quintessential chemist amassed a fortune during his lifetime from his many hundreds of patents. His true legacy however is his commitment to the recognition of those who have "conferred the greatest benefit to mankind."
Ellen has combined a love for geoscience and Lego bricks to send a message out to girls and boys
Jean-René, a coordination chemist, suffered a laboratory accident leaving him visually impaired but still continues with his research.
Glenn's vast achievements spanned from helping to win the Second World War to having element 106 named after him- Seaborgium
Sean is probably the only person in the world who has burned a diamond, made caesium fluoride, and exploded a kilometre-long pipe of hydrogen and oxygen.
Jessica, a chemist at the beginning of her career, applies her love for chemistry in an apprenticeship at SI Group-UK.
Marjory, forced to sign letters as 'M.S' not disclosing her gender, ended up as one of the first of two women accepted as fellows at the Royal Society.
An Oxford don and chemistry researcher in peacetime, Angel put his scientific skills to work during World War I in a munitions factory. When this exploded in 1917, Angel's heroic efforts to save the factory workers cost him his life.
After a childhood of poverty and hunger, Ada Yonath was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work on the structure of the ribosome in 2009. She is only the fourth women to receive the prize.
Briony Marshall is a biochemist-turned-sculptor based in London.
Katriona Methven works for cosmetics company L'Oréal, and is an active advocate for women in science.
Although deaf for most of his life, John Cornforth, the only Australian to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, was not held back by his disability.
Crippled by polio as a young boy, Peter Gallant not only went on to have a fulfilling career in chemistry but also to return his services to inner-city groups, for which he was awarded an MBE.
From the football pitch to the chemistry lab and on to the oil fields of Saudi Arabia; Charles West's unusual background shows Chemistry is open to all.
An eccentric balloonist, an encouraging bookbinder, a well-educated lady, a reflective hymn writer and an unknown customer all contributed to Michael Faraday's start in science.
Karen Field transitioned to a female gender expression 28 years ago, at the start of her teaching career. Now she is Head of Science at a London secondary school.
From an interested child to an interesting adult Jeremy Sanders has always broken through boundaries to find game changing discoveries and alter common perceptions.
At a time when women in science were scarce, Rachel Fuller Brown and a female colleague discovered the world's first antifungal medicine, which is still used today.
Jane Marcet, author of one of the first elementary science textbooks, not only inspired Faraday but aimed to inspire female scientists-to-be and will continue to inspire the public through thespians at the Edinburgh Fringe.
By placing experimentation at the heart of research, 8th Century alchemist Jābir ibn Hayyān is often credited as one of the fathers of modern chemistry.
James Lovelock has been fascinated by chemistry ever since his boyhood in interwar Brixton, after which he forged a scientific career unlike any other.
Santiago Schnell learnt to love chemistry as a child in Venezuela. Now as faculty member at the University of Michigan Medical School, he is an active campaigner for inclusion and diversity in science.
Inspired by the chemistry of distillation and the drink of Scotland, Masataka Taketsuru and his wife, Rita, brought the art of whisky to Japan. Today they are revered as 'The Mother and Father of Japanese Whisky'.
Amy King's disability hasn't prevented her from studying chemistry at university, writing a blog, and setting up her own charity.
George Okafo is a director at the pharmaceutical company GSK, where he is involved in the progression of new science. He also advises GSK's external collaborators on drug discovery and development.
Professor Dave Smith is an out gay chemist and Professor of Nanochemistry at the University of York.
As senior vice president of product development at GSK, Annette combines her love of chemistry with her interest in pharmacy.
Owen Priest teaches Organic Chemistry at Northwestern University, Illinois, and is a prominent role model for his LGBT students.
Stephen Preece started his career in chemistry as an eighteen-year-old apprentice and is now Chief Chemist at EDF Energy, working to improve fifteen nuclear power stations in the UK.
Rachel O'Reilly was 34 when she became Professor of Chemistry at the University of Warwick. Her research focusses on the synthesis and applications of new nanomaterials.
Home-schooled for much of his early life, Richard Maling Barrer grew up on a remote sheep farm in New Zealand and later transformed the field of zeolite chemistry from an intellectual curiosity to a cornerstone of industry.
Frank Greenaway was a prominent figure in the Science Museum for over 30 years, where he became the Keeper of the Chemistry Department.
Asel Sartbaeva grew up in Kyrgyzstan in the shadow of the Soviet Union, and is now a Research Fellow at the University of Bath.
Irène Joliot-Curie is best known for the discovery, jointly with her husband, Frédéric, of artificial radioactivity, which paved the way for the development of many aspects of biomedical research, medical treatments and nuclear fission.
Thea van Wezel is a senior scientist at Dow Chemical, having overcome an eye condition which left her with just 5% vision.
Some people know that they want to work in science right away; others go on a journey. Abigail Storey's career is an interesting journey with an unconventional route. Abigail is Chief Scientific Glass Blower at the University of York.
Although she made profound contributions to many fields during her lifetime it is Menten's work on enzyme kinetics that is best remembered today, thanks in no small part to the Michaelis-Menten equation which bears her name.
Ghanaian chemist Dr Sylvia Anie has worked on everything from MRI scanning to HIV, and now uses her expertise to advise international organisations.
Dr Edwyn Anderton turned his early fascination with fire into a passion for chemistry. Now he passes that on to a new generation of scientists as a teacher of teachers!
Overcoming the racial prejudices of turn-of-the-century Alabama where he was born, Percy Lavon Julian's pioneering work on steroid chemistry transformed both hormonal medicine and our understanding of plant chemistry.
Dorothy Hodgkin is widely regarded as a pioneer in the field of X-ray crystallography, for which she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964. She remains the only British woman to have received the award.
Rachel Carson was an author and a researcher whose work on artificial pesticides, made famous by her book, Silent Spring, would change the landscape for chemical industry forever.
Bill Williams started as a trainer of RAF pilots, a researcher at a cider factory, and a lecturer at Aberystwyth University but his renowned lecture series, given to over 80,000 schoolchildren, has made him recognisable to students across the country
After an education spanning three countries and many different subjects, Dr Rajitha Hanarasinghe reflects on her life in chemistry so far.
Joseph Priestley is mostly known for his discovery of oxygen, but he was also a premier science communicator and his role in the development of science as part of public culture has been fundamental.
Leaving formal education early didn't stop Jacob Cox following his childhood passion for chemistry. Now a qualified environmental chemist after overcoming family and health problems, he reflects on his unusual path to a chemistry career.
In a chemistry career spanning academia and industry across three continents, Ellen Mwenesongole has become a role model for others from her background, while harnessing skills learnt in the fast-paced chemical industry to succeed in her PhD.
After failing chemistry at high school, Neelum discovered a love of organic chemistry at university and now has a successful career with VWR as Chemicals and Chromatography Sales manager for North East England and Scotland.
Is your chili legal? Liz Moran is one of the public analysts who protect us from banned substances in food, and was recently listed as one of the Science Council's top 100 leading practising scientists.
From lecturing in the middle of a war zone, to making anti-inflammatories from the secretions of parasitic worms, Abedawn Khalaf's career path has been difficult and dangerous, but ultimately rewarding.
Cheryl Alexander completed her chemistry degree despite mobility problems. She now teaches chemistry in a secondary school, with the help of her assistance dog, Orca.
Leslie Bretherick suffered from poor sight, eventually becoming virtually blind. He was also a stammerer and an active member of the British Stammering Association.
Kylie is an Associate Professor in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Oxford. Her research group has pioneered a new method of using enzymes bound on carbon beads to catalyse reactions and new ways to probe redox reactions in enzymes.
Dr Hilary Hamnett found her calling in life through chemistry and it was a passion that she pursued literally half way around the world.
Chasity describes herself as "a triple minority". Despite the associated problems she discusses, she has worked for a successful career, and helped others along the way.
Sason Shaik's first memories are of living in a transit camp.
Pratibha developed a new microscope that enables scientists to see single atoms as they react. She is Co-director at, and co-creator of, the York JEOL Nanocentre.
Tara O'Neill was one of the first Royal Society of Chemistry members to obtain a Registered Scientist (RSci) award, one of the new Science Council professional registers, through the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Kevin Theisen developed his flagship chemistry software, ChemDoodle, while he was still an undergraduate at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Researcher, communicator, entertainer and dad – Andrew Holding works for Cancer Research UK, blogs for the Guardian, founded Cambridge's BrightClub, has tea parties, reads stories and does kitchen science.
Professor Sue Gibson is Professor of Chemistry at Imperial College London, and is part of the Royal Society of Chemistry's diversity working group.
Jean has worked for many years to fund chemistry courses for Ugandan teachers and school children.
Chemist, composer, physician and advocate of women's rights.
Dame Kathleen Lonsdale played a fundamental role in establishing the science of crystallography and blazed a trail that many women scientists have since followed.
The first female member of the Chemical Society and a vocal campaigner for equality, Ida Smedley is most renowned for her scientific discovery of the essential linoleic, linolenic and arachidonic omega fatty acids.
Known as the "Queen Bee" of Imperial College, Martha Annie Whiteley studied chemistry at a pivotal time for women in science, playing a crucial role in campaigning for women to be admitted to the Chemical Society.
Winner of the Bill Bryson Prize for Science Communication in 2012 for her comic chemistry cartoons, Jess is a current chemistry undergraduate at Oxford University
Famous for the discovery of radium and polonium, Marie Curie was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize and first person to receive two Nobel Prizes in different scientific fields
Scientist, engineer, science communicator, salsa teacher and part-time comic
Overcoming the hurdles of gender and racial bias, Marie Maynard Daly was the first African American woman to be awarded a PhD in Chemistry in the United States, in 1947
Ida Freund was the first woman to become a university chemistry lecturer in the UK and an active feminist and supporter of women's suffrage
Romeela Mohee is the first woman in Mauritius to hold the position of Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, at the University of Mauritius
Karl Plagge is chemistry's equivalent of Oskar Schindler. He used his scientific insights and position as a staff officer in the German Army to protect more than one thousand Lithuanian Jews during World War II
Working as Vice-President of Research and Development for Procter and Gamble in Germany, Helen applies chemistry to everyday household products
Ronald Lancaster shares how his interest in Chemistry led him down an unconventional path, from chemistry teacher to the founder of one of the UK's leading fireworks companies.
Combining her experiences of working in academia and industry, Allyson looks at how new scientific discoveries can fuel innovation
Professor of Chemistry Education at the University of Hull and President of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Educational Division
Leaving academia to build a successful entrepreneurial career, Mah has become a pioneer in applying chemistry to the Halal world
Gaining her PhD at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Audrey Cameron became the first deaf doctor in Scotland


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This is one of my periodic postings on governments and civic organizations that have adopted the strategic principles I advocate, and the good results they've had with them. Today's example is the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
The IMA is a regional art museum. While it has many very good collections and a number of very unique features – including ownership of two National Historic Landmark homes – it's not the first museum that comes to mind when you think of major world art museums. It doesn't have a Mona Lisa or uber-famous paints like that. Nor is it located in a city that receives huge hordes of tourists such that the reputation of its collections benefit from the rubbing off effect of the general reputation of the city where it is located. And the Indianapolis community is not so loaded with billionaires that vast sums can be raised with comparative ease like they can elsewhere. So how does an institution like the IMA manage to both showcase what it is, and carve out a niche for itself on the world stage?
I had lunch with Director Max Anderson last fall and asked him the question that I always think is so telling, "What is your ambition for the IMA?" In response, he said, "To be indispensable to the life of the city." I thought this was a pretty good answer. It recognizes the IMA's role as primarily a local and regional institution, and sets an aggressive agenda for how it wants to engage with the community. And how is it doing that? There are a number of ways, but I'll highlight a couple. The first is the The Toby theater. This 600 person or so auditorium is now the premier venue in the city for serious film. A recent screening featured Buster Keaton's The General with a live orchestra, for example. The Toby also features other types of events, such as lectures and performance. The second example is related to the Toby. That is, in a very conservative city and state, what has historically been a traditional and conservative institution is now trying to bring in more edgy programming that expands the horizons of what is on offer locally. Some of this might potentially be controversial. But as Anderson puts it, he wants the IMA to be the "unflinching home of the first amendment in Indiana". The IMA is actually taking institutional risks to try to advance its view of the direction the community as a whole should be going. (Some of this is more planned than actual at this point, so stay tuned).
But beyond that local role, Anderson also highlighted three areas where he thought the IMA could carve out a niche for itself on the world stage. These were the interaction of art and nature, conservation, and museum ethics. To that I would add the use of digital media as a communications channel.
On the first point, the IMA's Art and Nature Park is attempting to redefine what a contemporary scupture park can be – and is attracting significant attention for it. This is a very unique project. On the conservation front, the IMA has recently acquired some rare digital imaging equipment, and started building endowed funding dedicated to conservation thanks to a recent Lilly Foundation grant. And on the museum ethics front, the IMA's recent moves in the de-accessioning space have been landing kudos from around the country. The IMA not only has its de-accessioning policy posted online, it also has a database of objects that are proposed for de-accessioning, where the public can comment before works are disposed of. And it even tracks what the money from any sale was used for. (You can read coverage here and here). On the digital media front, the IMA has gotten national media coverage for its blog, many of its employees are active on Twitter, and it has rolled out a super-cool new high definition art video site called ArtBabble.
All of these inititiaves are far from complete, but they are all underway, and all showing results. I think this goes to show that a regional museum can not only be a major force in its own community, but also can create a national and international role and reputation for itself in multiple areas even without a stock of Russian billionaires on tap.
I think this also goes to show the importance of leadership. Most of this goodness came about after Max Anderson came on board as director. He's brought a lot of new energy and new direction to the organization. I think it is fair to say that if Anderson had been at the IMA when the recent expansion was planned, it wouldn't be possibly the worst major museum expansion architecturally in recent times. You also have to give credit to the IMA board for realizing that they needed a guy like Anderson.
I'm a grass roots guy and think bottoms-up change and activity is absolutely critical to a community. But it isn't a substitute for top-down leadership. Communities that are successful have a winning combination of great leadership from the top and a powerful grass roots movement from the bottom. There is a natural tension and distrust between the top-down and bottom's up folks in many if not most communities. Some of this is healthy tension, but often it is poisonous. I think again successful communities figure out how to bridge the gap between the establishment leadership and the grass roots, to find ways to harness the best of both to move the city forward.
Lest you think the IMA paid me to write this, I have to say that the jury is still out on the Art and Nature Park. I liked the previous iteration of the design better. (I want my Cor-Ten steel bridge back!) And despite their leading use of digital media, the IMA needs a completely new web site in the worst way, with a vastly improved interaction model. So everything isn't perfect. But I think this is clearly an organization that's seen a major uptick in its trendlines and where a lot of positives are happening on many fronts. The economy has hammered their endowment, like most other museums, and funding my limit what they can achieve. So stay tuned. But in my view this is an organization that put together a very strong strategy and is following it up with good execution, and deserves community support, financial and otherwise.


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I get a groupon email in my inbox…selling Pole Dancing Classes. it seems…inappropriate. Tacky. So I mention it to Team elephant and…Alex had done it. She'd loved it.
"It's like Dance Class, only you learn how to Dance on a Pole." ~ Alex
But isn't it kinda…degraded?
"No, we did it to Norah Jones." ~ Alex
Pole Dancing 101…Flirty Girl Fitness…go with your girlfriends…practice your lapdance…it's great exercise.
And, more importantly, it's fun!
Ever wanted to watch a bunch of lady-strangers practice their strip-tease? Half-price, buy today!
Too bad Groupon ain't offering the double-weight Shakeweight…for men.
Or, slightly less hysterically, or perhaps more…for women:
Or, for cartoon children:
Strip Clubbin' for Suburbanites.
I don't approve. I catch my future daughter or hypothetical sisters do this, I say hellll no. But Alex is wholesome, well-adjusted…she loved it…she says it's mostly older ladies in the classes, and assures the curious that you'll never get a better workout while wearing high heels!
Ohhhh, America, land of the ever-relaxing Morality.
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O.k., wait, are you telling me Shake Weights work?
Love the shakeweight SNL commercial
no matter how many times I see the shakeweight commercial, I can't help but laugh. Every time.
Ok that doll is quite disgusting and 100% immoral. I was just pinged this link on Facebook:
The second and third review of the Shake Weight are some what amusing!
Also, it seems like your happy to watch a woman gyrate, but also willing to judge her for it? Slut is an awful, awful word used by others to judge and degrade.
So wait? Women having FUN with exercising through learning pole-dancing are sluts but at the same time Elephant DEFENDS the degrading pics of women in the American Apparel ads?
And I agree, to have the "author" of this article throwing around the term slut is pretty offensive! Judging a woman's "morality" based on a fitness class and throwing around degrading terms like that do not seem very "enlightened" to me!
I guess this is meant to be humerous, but even if it is it seems rather mean spirited and backward. Slut? Really? Even if these classes were wildly sexual, and I think they probably only are in a juvenile, guilt driven imagination…Sex=shame? Seriously? In 2010? How is this remotely enlightened? I'll begin to pass on this site if this is any indication of things to come.
Proud slut here, I also minored in women's studies so I know that you slut-shame is actually anti-feminist. We took back the word CUNT (mostly) so we have to take back the work SLUT too.
As an exotic dancer I can also say that although it is amusing that pole dancing studios are becoming so popular, don't you dare say the S word in there, because they try REALLY hard (most of them, there are exceptions) to market themselves are erotic-inspired fitness classes. Their moves aren't even very legit, only newbies do body rolls like that !
I have known some strippers who have taken pole dancing classes, but I and most of my co-workers have learned on the job, which keeps the long withstanding tradition of spinning around a pole upside down naked true to its origins.
so yeah…. pole studios annoy me. One even acted like it was classified information and acted offended when I asked if a particular siliconed bleach blonde with great stripper moves used to be a dancer. Whatever. Call it what it is!
Cool fact: Pole dancing originated in gypsy circuses where the women would dance around the center tent pole to entertain.
hi–i don't normally comment, but this really bothered me. the use of the word slut and the overwhelming sense of shaming and judging going on is really gross.
if you actually want to engage with people about your thoughts on female sexuality and "fun subservience", as you say, then do it first in the writing, not in the comments.
i understand now, having read your comments on FB, what you're aiming for, but it is really unclear in the piece. the article reads like a three minutes of thoughtless disapproval. i want more content, less one liners!
apologies if this gets posted like four times, i'm having problems submitting.
It appears that almost everyone has been badly hurt in the area of sex. Sex is not as important as it is made to seem. However, capitalist societies manipulate people to keep them preoccupied with sex, to keep them feeling bad about themselves. It's partly because of sexism, you can be a cute little girl longer than you can be a cute little boy. Boys are supposed to be little men very soon, which means that they don't have much physical contact, so they give up on people close to them. But people actually want to be close forever. It's taken away from us. We don't out grow it. So we become scared and yet fascinated with sex. This frozen fascination makes us unable to think well about sex, or closeness, and some of us get very confused in this area and are not safe to be with. All of us are looking for people to be close to, whom we can relax with, people who are safe enough that we don't have to stand guard but can just relax and lean into them and enjoy being alive together.
so… men in strip clubs is ok isn't immoral but women in an all-female pole dancing class is?
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well, personally, feminism taught me not to slut-shame which is what's going on in this article.


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I have used this site for various tutor training courses I've developed as a means of introduction to learning theory. The comprehensive list is more than students need for an introduction, so I would direct the class to specific theories (usually adult learning, constructivism, and operant conditioning, and have them read the descriptions, and then discuss with one another either in class or on a web board the relevance of the theory to the activity of tutoring. I introduce the discussions from a metacognitive perspective and encourage the peer tutors to begin to be aware of their own thinking processes and consider the implications that this self-awareness has on themselves and the students they assist. I encourage the tutors to actively engage their students with this idea also, and help begin to develop a self-awareness of learning that transcends any direct discipline content. I have not used the Domain or Concepts sections of the site. Content is well-presented and thorough; includes good summaries and appropriated references. Overall, a good introduction to a complex discipline, and one that would probably require some didrection on the part of the instructor, at least when used as a preliminary introduction.Technical Remarks: Direct and well presented; easy to navigate. Direction through the lists would probably be helpful to introductory level students.
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KernowBen Mar 19, 2011 Rating: 0
that was polite. This is why we are starting to get pissed off with blowins. if i surf other places i respect the wave as well as the locals and genrally have a great time. but if i take the piss i expect all hell to brake out wich is what will happen here if the place and the people dont have respect. Thanks for understanding.
KernowBen Mar 19, 2011 Rating: 0
yo any chance you could remove the name please.
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If this is Millook and you surf it, I'd delete your genius comment before the locals see it, muppet!
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this wave is in wales.
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lovely raw pic of the elements
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That is what its all about in england cold perfect waves at this time of year, and what a couple of weeks!!!!!! and for much of europe feb 2011 been special
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spray always makes waves look good!! love this shot
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cold. brrrrrrr
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Great shot!
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Will Tapper using the dark side of the force!
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Love this photo, looks really wild and untamed!
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From a ski Clive?
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Awesome, such a fresh angle on that spot!
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Nope, from about half a mile down the beach, shot with a 600mm lens. Pretty much at sea level though.
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the deeper the better
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looks a bit chilly
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Where's JR?
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deep man...real deep. Great shot.


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- I have just purchased an Irvin RAF sheepskin jacket and it is exactly what I was expecting. This jacket has an authentic nostalgic appearance (even though I chose to have the pockets added) and not only is it an incredibly warm and comfortable coat during extreme cold weather but with proper care and maintenance it can easily become a family air loom which can be passed on to grandchildren. I only wish I could be wearing the same jacket my Father was issued during WWII when he was a pilot in the RCAF.


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Lee FriedlanderAmerican (Aberdeen, Washington, 1934)
In 1970 Friedlander published Self-Portrait, a witty and irreverent book that pokes fun at overly serious art. Taken together, the photographs in the book suggest that Friedlander has no one definitive self â that his identity is, instead, an ever-changing thing. They do not aspire to reveal some inner truth about the artist, or to put him on a pedestal. Most of the photographs, in fact, do quite the opposite.
Few of the portraits are flattering; in this example, Friedlander photographs himself with a harsh flash. He often appears bored, staring blankly into the middle distance, or seems to be recovering from a bad hangover. Sometimes the only evidence of the artist is his reflection, his feet, or the slightly menacing shadow of his head. Many of his photographs look accidental, but all of them are deliberate and carefully composed.


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After multiple investigations concluded that no "stand down" order was given to security personnel responding to the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Fox News alleged that the delay security personnel took to enlist support amounted to a "stand down" order.
On the September 5 edition of Special Report, host Bret Baier once again hyped the asked-and-answered question from his Fox News special, "13 Hours at Benghazi," based on the accounts of three CIA security personnel who alleged they were delayed in responding to the diplomatic facility under attack in Benghazi, Libya. Baier criticized the "semantics" used by deputy State Department spokesperson Marie Harf, who during a press briefing explained that "there was no stand-down order" but there was a short delay "for very good security reasons to get additional backup and additional weapons" for the security personnel before responding to the attack.
Fox contributor Steve Hayes chided Harf, saying that "she admits that there was a delay" which is "the same thing" as a stand down order. Fox's Charles Krauthammer added that "there is no distinction between stand down and don't go."
Conservative media are suggesting that the Obama administration is "working with foreigners to subvert the Constitution" by seeking a climate agreement with other nations without Senate approval, but legal experts agree that because it is not expected to be legally binding, the accord does not require Senate ratification.
Fox News is minimizing the radical nature of the Supreme Court's decision in Hobby Lobby, framing it as narrowly-tailored and claiming that the federal government "will end up paying" for the four contraceptives that the chain store objected to. However, Fox is ignoring the fact that companies are challenging all 20 contraceptives covered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and that one way the conservative majority suggested the government could bridge the gap in coverage -- providing the same opt-out accommodation to for-profits that it provides to religiously-affiliated non-profits -- is already being challenged in the lower courts.
On June 30, the Supreme Court ruled in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, holding that for-profit, secular corporations are exempt from a provision in the ACA that requires employer-sponsored health insurance plans to cover comprehensive preventive health services, including contraception. The religious owners of Hobby Lobby objected to providing coverage for certain forms of birth control, including emergency contraception and intrauterine devices, because they erroneously believe that these medications cause abortions. For the all-male conservative majority on the Court, it was enough that the owners "sincerely believed" this scientifically inaccurate information.
Right-wing media immediately celebrated the Hobby Lobby decision, which adopted many of their favorite myths about religious freedom and contraception. Fox News in particular was supportive of the Court's supposedly "narrow ruling," with contributor Laura Ingraham claiming that women who worked at companies "like Hobby Lobby" who were upset about the decision were overreacting and "had really bad cases of the vapors over this case." A panel discussion on the June 30 edition of Fox's On the Record with Greta Van Susteren also downplayed the significance of the case, with Weekly Standard senior writer Stephen Hayes stating that he didn't think the case would "have a huge impact" because "the Court very carefully narrowed this case to apply basically to the facts presented." A.B. Stoddard, associate editor of The Hill, agreed with Hayes and claimed that the case was "narrowly-tailored," arguing that "the government will end up paying for these [forms of contraception] anyway." Fox News host Megyn Kelly went the furthest on The O'Reilly Factor, claiming reproductive rights advocate Sandra Fluke -- who warned the decision could apply to all contraception -- "doesn't know what she is talking about."
From the June 3 edition of Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier:
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Weekly Standard writer and Fox News contributor Stephen Hayes broke ranks from his fellow conservatives and colleagues at Fox by agreeing with Hillary Clinton's assessment that her critics have mischaracterized her congressional testimony on the Benghazi attacks.
On May 30 Politico published advance excerpts from Clinton's upcoming memoir, Hard Choices, in which she details her time at the State Department during the attacks in Benghazi and criticizes Republican efforts to exploit the tragedy. Writing on her congressional testimony on the attacks, Clinton argued that the controversy surrounding her response to a question from Sen. Ron Johnson is "yet another example of the terrible politicization of this tragedy." Clinton points out that her"what difference at this point does it make" statement did not "mean that I was somehow minimizing the tragedy of Benghazi" and that "many of those trying to make hay of it know that, but don't care."
In a May 30 post at The Weekly Standard, Hayes agreed that Clinton's critics have "badly mischaracterized the now infamous question." Hayes went on to correctly note that Clinton's response was simply "an attempt to redirect the questioning from its focus on the hours before the attacks to preventing similar attacks in the future":
Hillary Clinton is right about Benghazi -- or at least she's right about one thing.
According to a story by Maggie Haberman about the Benghazi chapter in Clinton's forthcoming book Hard Choices, the former secretary of state contends that some of her critics have badly mischaracterized the now infamous question she asked at a January 23, 2012, congressional hearing: "What difference, at this point, does it make?"
She's right, they have. The question, which came in the middle of a heated back-and-forth with U.S. senator Ron Johnson, was not so much a declaration of indifference as it was an attempt to redirect the questioning from its focus on the hours before the attacks to preventing similar attacks in the future.
Hayes has previously defended Clinton from attacks mischarcterizing her exchange. On the April 30 edition of Hannity, Hayes stood up for Clinton against those who labeled her attitude about the attack as indifferent and again corrected the record:
HAYES: Let me start by actually defending Hillary Clinton, which I don't do often in the context of Benghazi. You know, that sound bite has been, I think, misinterpreted by some to be a declaration of her indifference as to what had actually happened on the ground in Benghazi when she says, "What difference, at this point, does it make?" She wasn't saying, basically, I don't care, you know, we're beyond it, it doesn't matter. What she was saying is it doesn't matter how it happened.
Despite Hayes' correction to critics who willfully misinterpreted Clinton's words, conservatives continue to hold up her remarks as a false indication of indifference.
Fox News contributor Stephen Hayes accused President Obama of attacking a "straw man" after the president argued that his foreign policy critics believe "military intervention is the only way to avoid looking weak" -- a somewhat ironic characterization, given that Hayes has loudly accused Obama of being weak and "dithering" in his approach to foreign affairs.
In a May 28 commencement address at West Point, Obama outlined his foreign policy goals and addressed his critics:
And I would betray my duty to you, and to the country we love, if I sent you into harm's way simply because I saw a problem somewhere in the world that needed fixing, or because I was worried about critics who think military intervention is the only way for America to avoid looking weak.
Here's my bottom line: America must always lead on the world stage. If we don't, no one else will. The military that you have joined is, and always will be, the backbone of that leadership. But U.S. military action cannot be the only - or even primary - component of our leadership in every instance. Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail. And because the costs associated with military action are so high, you should expect every civilian leader - and especially your Commander-in-Chief - to be clear about how that awesome power should be used.
Hayes took to Twitter to accuse Obama of attacking a "straw man" and claimed nobody believes that "military intervention is the only way to avoid looking weak":
Within minutes of the tweet, Hayes criticized Obama's lack of leadership on Ukraine, a foreign policy issue Hayes has said demands military action:
Hayes's tweets make for a striking juxtaposition when placed in the context of his recent critiques of Obama's foreign policy. For example, on the April 23 edition of Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier, Hayes accused Obama of "dithering" in his response to Russia's invasion of Crimea and claimed military intervention would have made him appear "resolute" (via Nexis):
HAYES: [If] we had said when Russia first invaded Crimea, if we had sent troops, hopefully more than 150, to our NATO allies at that time, it would have suggested that the president was resolute, that he was determined not to let Russia push our allies around. Instead what he did was dither for weeks and weeks and weeks on end. And now he does it almost grudgingly and because is he being badgered in part by members of Congress suggesting is he not doing enough, that he sends something that everybody recognizes. The United States, the Obama administration basically has to concede, members of Congress are calling him out on this. Our allies are saying this is just a symbol. This is basically just a symbol.
And on the March 19 edition of the show, Hayes mocked the president for what Hayes perceived to be a reluctance to intervene militarily against Putin in Ukraine.
HAYES: I think the overriding objective for the Obama administration on a number of different fronts, whether you're talking ability Iran, Syria, or Russia, is to avoid military confrontation. We can all understand why he wants to avoid it. Everybody would like to avoid it. But there comes a time where that can't be your leading objective. When you have one of the world's great powers invading other countries or annexing other sovereign states, you have to take that seriously.
The Supreme Court will soon decide Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, a case that could let owners of for-profit, secular corporations ignore the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and provide health insurance that does not cover preventive benefits like contraception. Right-wing media continue to advance multiple myths to support the owners of Hobby Lobby, despite the fact that these arguments have been repeatedly debunked by legal experts, religious scholars, and medical professionals.
Fox News repeatedly spun the words of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to suggest she had finally acknowledged the importance of the select committee on Benghazi, when in fact Pelosi had stressed her objections to the committee and called it an unnecessary "partisan exercise."
Fox News has pushed reset on many of its favorite Benghazi myths that have already been put to rest in the wake of the recently released Rhodes email and the House GOP's announcement of the formation of a Select Committee to investigate the attacks.
Right-wing media personalities continued their tradition of attacking President Obama for filling out NCAA college basketball brackets, this time attacking Obama for filling it out while Russia annexed Crimea.
Fox attempted to revive the lie that the Affordable Care Act contains health care rationing in the form of "death panels" by pushing misleading claims about the law's prescription drug coverage.
On Fox's Special Report, guest host Doug McKelway asked the show's panel about a provision in the ACA that he claimed "is drastically limiting the availability of some drugs." Fox contributor Stephen Hayes claimed "patients with diseases and conditions that require medication not approved by Washington bureaucrats" may "have to go without it with potentially very serious implications." McKelway asked if the prescription drug provisions were "rationing or, as some people have said, the so-called death panels." Fox contributor Charles Krauthammer concluded: "We're learning how much rationing is the essence of Obamacare -- the rationing of doctors, the rationing of hospitals. Here we begin to understand the rationing of drugs. Next, and in the end, will be rationing of care."
Fox's description of the ACA's prescription drug coverage is misleading, and McKelway's "death panel" reference is outright irresponsible. The reality is that the way the ACA treats prescription drug coverage is in line with how private insurance companies have handled coverage for years.
Although Fox omitted it from its coverage, the ACA actually expands prescription drug coverage, including it as one of the 10 essential health benefits that all plans must provide. But just like the vast majority of currently offered health plans, plans offered under the ACA's health care exchanges will not provide full coverage to every prescription drug. These plans will be offered along with what's known as a drug formulary, a guide to what drugs the plan covers and how they cover it. As Think Progress' Igor Volsky pointed out, the use of a drug formulary is standard practice among health care plans:
Under the law, insurers must offer drug benefits as part of 10 essential health care benefits, meaning that millions of uninsured Americans will now have drug coverage for the very first time. But the coverage won't be limitless. Insurers will continue to rely on drug formularies -- as they currently do in the private market and Medicare Part D -- to decide which prescriptions are covered and which are not.
The ACA requires that issuers provide the greater of one drug from each category or class, or offer as many drugs in each category as are covered by a benchmark plan. The law allows states the choice of four different benchmarks, which Gottlieb helpfully lists in his article: 1) One of the three largest small group plans in the state by enrollment; 2) one of the three largest state employee health plans by enrollment; 3) one of the three largest federal employee health plan options by enrollment; or 4) the largest HMO plan offered in the state's commercial market by enrollment.
States -- not the federal government -- select the benchmark and insurers then offer coverage for the drugs listed in those formularies. "What the vast majority of states have chosen is a common small business plan, so you know it's saying what will be available in the exchanges and in the individual market generally is what's popular among small businesses now and that seems like a reasonable place to start," the Kaiser Family Foundation's Larry Levitt explained.
The law also has provisions for people who rely on a drug that isn't covered by their plan's formulary. Patients can apply for exceptions in the case of medical need:
What if a drug I take is not on the list?
Your doctor can ask for an exception for medical need so that the insurer will cover it. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is encouraging insurers to respond to such requests within three days. If your request is denied, you can go through your state's appeals process, which usually is handled by insurance regulators. If you still can't get coverage and need to take the drug, you'll have to bear the full cost out of pocket, as it won't count toward your deductible or your co-insurance maximum.
Fox hosts and commentators have repeatedly attempted to revive the discredited "death panel" myth.
Fox News jumped on newly declassified transcripts from secret congressional hearings on the Benghazi attack, but ignored that the transcripts debunk some of the network's own favorite myths about the attack.
On January 13, the House Armed Services Committee released hundreds of pages of formerly classified transcripts of committee hearings on the September 11, 2012, attacks in Benghazi, Libya. According to the press release, the hearings were conducted over a period of several months by Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL), then-chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
Fox News' Special Report aired several segments on the declassified transcripts but hid the fact that many of the military officers and defense officials who testified during the hearings debunked myths that Fox itself had previously reported.
During the show, Fox national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin explained that the testimony of General Carter Ham, commander of AFRICOM at the time of the Benghazi attack, "debunks widespread speculation he was removed from overseeing the military operation because he wanted to do more militarily that night than he was allowed to by his superiors or the White House."
Griffin did not mention it, but that speculation appeared on Fox News.
Exactly one year after the attack, Sean Hannity hosted Charles Woods, father of one of the Americans killed in Benghazi. Woods explained that he wrote President Obama a letter asking the president to answer several questions, one of which concerned whether Ham was "relieved from duty for refusing to order the order from above not to rescue":
Fox News figures revived the tired falsehood that President Obama and his administration neglected to acknowledge Benghazi as a terrorist attack, this time adding speculation that Hillary Clinton may have played a role in the imaginary omission.
On January 13 the House Armed Services Committee released declassified transcripts of congressional briefings on the September 11, 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya. One portion of the transcripts detailed Marine Corps Colonel George Bristol, commander of an Africa-based task force during the Benghazi attacks, testifying that at the time of the assault in Benghazi, the military considered the assault to be an attack.
That evening's Special Report presented Bristol's words as groundbreaking, suggesting they indicted both the Obama administration and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The Weekly Standard's Steve Hayes, a Fox contributor called it "a pretty significant development" because "[f]or the president and his advisers to go out and for two weeks pretend that that wasn't the case is quite extraordinary." And NPR's Mara Liasson, also a Fox contributor, took the claims even further, wondering if Clinton "might be tied in some way to ... deciding not to call it a terrorist attack."
From the January 6 edition of Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier:
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Right-wing media have responded to a Supreme Court justice's decision to temporarily block the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) birth control mandate by falsely claiming that abortifacients are included in the coverage required by the health care law.


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©1958 William Faulkner; (P)2005 Random House, Inc.
This is another good book really poorly narrated. The half-enervated singsong of the narrator's voice seems intended to reflect the music of Faulkner's prose, but the effect is like singing Emily Dickinson's poems to the tune of The Yellow Rose of Texas - it just doesn't match the emotional tenor of the content. How do you square singsong with a text filled with words like "vicious" in the first half-hour? The effect is stilted and so distant from the actual content of the text that listening is a process of battling to filter out the narrator's voice. I gave up. This is the second $14.95 I've wasted on unlistenable narration in the last few months.
This narrator is absolutely destroying my love of William Faulkner.
He is possibly the worst narrator I have come across so far.
I am giving this one star because someone needs to tell this guy not to perform any female characters or characters he thinks are slow-witted.
I will be avoiding this narrator at all costs.
May you build a ladder to the stars, and climb on every rung... May your heart always be joyful, and your song always be sung.- RA Zimmerman
"Temple Drake and Faulkner's seediest novel"
A tale revolving around Faulkner's second favorite female character, Temple Drake (after, of course, Caddy Compson), an Ole Miss co-ed cutie thrown into the devil's pit by circumstances. This book is not for the weak of will. It's the only Faulkner novel, I think, that describes in Faulknerese masturB, and centers on rape and murder. Faulkner claims it was a "potboiler" written solely for profit. There is evidence otherwise, though it's not nearly on par with his 3 most famous, "The Sound and the Fury," "Absalom, Absalom!" and As I Lay Dying."
It's a better place to start on Faulkner than the 3 above. I started with The Sound and the Fury 25 years ago, tried twice and quit. If you haven't read it, and you don't have to read it as part of a lit class, you will need a companion book. Believe me. In my own personal Southern Renaissance, I came back with a fury in the past couple of years and have nearly finished them all.
In any case, you might start with this or "Light in August" (which is more accessible and, in my opinion, as outstanding as all but The Sound and the Fury) and go from there. I'll say 4.5 stars, and round up.
"Poorly narrated"
Audible needs to have Joe Barrett re-perform Sanctuary, Absalom and Sound and the Fury. The narration here was ineffective.
"Not interesting"
Too much time spent thinking in the characters' psychology and not enough action across the paper. The narrator is monotone. I found this book boring and didn't finish it and never will. "As I lay Dying" and "Sanctuary" are much better novels by Faulkner.
Artist in Northern Kentucky. Loves listening to books. My likes are history, mystery and some , and mostly writers of the twentieth century
C'mon Faulkner, you are better than this!
"?Evil has its logic too? ? no comfort read"
Approached forward from ?As I Lay Dying? and backward from Cormac McCarthy?s ?No Country For Old Men,? nothing really prepared me for ?Sanctuary.?
Scouring the internet for reviews, the only thing I got was a hysterical liken to Tobe Hooper?s ?Texas Chainsaw Massacre? ? which is plainly nonsense. Be warned, however, there is still an ?if you dare? quality to this book which belies its 1931 publication date.
Sanctuary lies at the fountainhead of the Southern Gothic genre and, had the reviewer seen Tracey Letts? stage play ?Killer Joe? which I saw when it exploded onto London?s West End for a short controversial run in the mid 1990s, then I?m sure I?d have applauded the comparison and somewhat tempered my approach in heeding the warning.
Language and stereotyping are important weapons in a culture and it is important to assert that what passes in ?Sanctuary? reflects rather than endorses that unctuous Southern Aristocracy. The words and descriptions are all here bringing an immediate dissonance that may have you throwing down the book in disgust.
But it is the milieu familiarly of Cormac McCarthy and, perhaps - not so familiarly of John Steinbeck and, I?d suggest, Quentin Tarrantino. In fact, the narrative structure of Sanctuary and the venal central cast seems to perfectly inform Tarrantino?s filmic work.
You have to view the whole from its completion and be prepared to work hard, put your sensitivities to one side and complete the catharsis before coming out of this Grecian tragedy into the bright sunny day of the rainy 6th arrondissement of Temple Drake?s ?Paris with Daddy.?
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Doctrine & Covenants > Section 20 > Verses 38-67
Previous page: Verses 17-37 Next page: Verses 68-84
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Verse 47[edit]
Here a distinction is drawn between vocal prayer and prayer in secret. The distinction, when set against a rather broad survey of the scriptures, seems to be quite fruitful: vocal prayer seems generally to be a question of communal prayer, and hence, of praise; while secret prayer seems generally to be a question of intercessory prayer, and hence, of petition (and most usually, complaint). If this is the distinction being made here, then the constant exhortation of the visiting priest is to praise together as a family in prayer and to counsel with the Lord on an individual basis. Maintaining this distinction perhaps would lead a more genuine verbal relationship with the Lord: together God's people praise, but individually they counsel with God. That these questions are understood here as a question of the family is clear: "and attend to all family duties" does not separate itself from the two exhortations to prayer, since this last phrase picks up on the infinitive "to" of "to pray vocally." In other words, this distinction in prayer is one that is supposed to be present in one's family life, in the family specifically. (For a similar pairing in the context of missionary service, see D&C 84:61.)
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Verse 38[edit]
- Verse 38 seems to have a rather limited scope as regards the priesthood. But the fact is that the priesthood was a series of offices, rather than two priesthoods and the several quorums, in 1830. That the Church seems at first to have been founded on the offices of the elder, priest, and teacher seems to reflect the organization of the churches in the Book of Mormon. What is the significance of the Book of Mormon's sway on the earliest organization of the Latter-day Church?
Verses 47, 53[edit]
- What is the difference between the priest's duty in what is now called home teaching and the teacher's duty (compare verses 47 and 53)?
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