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One Option Means No Choice
"If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it." ~Nikki Giovanni
Friday, April 24, 2015
An opportunity to be heard
A while ago I asked mothers of adoption loss if they would like to be included in this painting. I added their names and the birthdays of their lost children. Since then I've done a number of other paintings, written narrative poetry to go with the pieces and did a book called Silent Voices.
Now I have a wonderful opportunity to continue this series of work about adoption and share it with the public in an upcoming exhibit at the 567 Center for Renewal art center in Macon GA. The exhibit will be in April 2016. My plan for the exhibit includes 14 large paintings (13 of them are done, the birthday candle painting will be included), a series of collages and a display of boxes. My plan for the collage work is to include handwritten stories from other natural mothers and also have some sheets of paper that are blank so people visiting the exhibit can add their own voices to the display.
My dear mom friends out there.... would you be willing to add your voice to this exhibit? This is a chance to have our voices heard. Showing at an art center with an exhibit that focuses solely on adoption loss from the mother's point of view is a rare thing indeed. I'd love to include as many of you as possible. Let's share our stories. Too many people have no idea what infant adoption does to the original family.
If you would like to participate, let me know in the comments. You can leave your story in the comments too and I'll write it out on paper but I would love to have your hand, your touch on that paper and then I'll make it part of the collage. You don't have to write a long thing- a paragraph or two would be perfect. You could write about any aspect of adoption. How did losing a child to adoption impact your life? How has it affected the rest of your family? What were the circumstances around the adoption? Were you able to hold your baby before relinquishing? Was it a closed or open adoption? Did you have to keep the adoption secret? These are just a few ideas.....
We can get in touch through email or you can message me on FB and thank you, thank you, thank you! I hope you'll consider adding your words. It would make the exhibit so much more powerful!
Posted by Carlynne Hershberger, CPSA at 11:35 AM 8 comments:
Labels: 567 Center for Renewal, adoption, adoption loss, art center, art exhibit, infant adoption, natural mother, opportunity, original family, original mother, painting, Silent Voices, stories
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Hand print ghosts in blue and green
fingers curl around colors
brows furrowed in concentration
making pictures never to be seen
watercolor strokes
tulips and bees
orange suns and lollipop trees
adorn the fridge
footsteps pitter patter
paint splatters
childhood goes on in another universe
locked away from the dreaming heart
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Speaking for us again
You know..... I see articles like this and I go through such a range of emotions. I want to scream, I want to cry, I want to punch somebody, I want to laugh, I just smh. Once again an adopter is speaking for us. Once again an adopter thinks she knows what we think, what we feel and what she thinks we should do - such as "move on" from our grief.
First of all, I wish they would stop calling us "birthmothers". They are mothers, I am a mother. Period. She writes of a mother's experience after giving birth....
"They may feel a surge of connection to him, as well as pride, sadness, and grief."
May feel? Ya think? Yeah, maybe she'll be sad that she's losing her first born child. Maybe, just maybe, she'll feel connected to this little person she just grew in her womb. The child she shares cells with, a child who carries her DNA, a child she's nurtured and loved within her body for the last 9 months. It's utterly baffling to me how people can make such statements.
"Adoptive parents who experienced the grief of infertility may use that experience to empathize with their baby's birth mother. One mother told her child's birth mother at the delivery, "I am sorry you are going through so much pain. I wish I could go through labor for you."
I've talked about this before and some people may not like what I have to say but.... gonna say it anyway. When grieving infertility the grief is real, it hurts, I get that and I'm not trying to minimize it but it's grieving what could have been- what will not happen. It's grieving an imaginary child, the child that will never be. When a mother is grieving the loss of her baby to adoption she is grieving the loss of an actual child- a living, breathing human being. They are both grief, they are both real but they are completely different. I don't know what it feels like to feel the grief of the infertile and I won't pretend to. An adopter who is infertile has no idea the level of grief a mother deals with. She can't grasp what it is to carry a child and feel that child kicking and moving within. She can't grasp the sacred connection a mother has to her own flesh and blood. She can try to empathize but she will never know. I appreciate an effort to empathize but not when she still feels entitled to take the baby from his mother.
"I wish I could go through labor for you"? She says she cares so much about the mother that she wishes she could go through the labor for her. BS! If she cared so much about the mother she would ask that mother what she could do for her to clear whatever obstacles are in the way of that mother taking care of her own baby! But of course that won't happen. That would interfere with her being able to take that child from the mother. She says things like this so she can show concern but still she thinks she's entitled to take the baby home and raise him as her own.
"Following a period of emotional chaos and grief, most birth mothers reach a level of acceptance in their lives. As your child's birth mother becomes more at peace with her decision, she may gain renewed energy for her current life, and more clarity about her role as a birth parent and her relationship to you."
Reach a level of acceptance? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. How does she know what most mothers do? Mothers don't reach acceptance, they learn to hide the grief, they learn to hold in the tears and let them go when no one is watching, they learn to function so they can go to work everyday. In an open adoption they learn to cover up and keep silent so the adopters don't see it and decide she shouldn't have contact with her child anymore. She learns to be the good girl so she can, if she's lucky, stay in the adopters good graces because they hold all the power.
"While each contact may reawaken some of her feelings of loss, most birth mothers report that these contacts help them to move on from the sadness and be more productive in their lives."
The loss isn't reawakened, it's always awake. Every minute of every day for the rest of a mother's life. That doesn't mean a mother doesn't have a productive and fulfilling life, even a happy one. It just means that the loss is always with her. The lost child is not replaced with the birth of more children or a fabulous career or anything else the mother might do. There is no getting around that and reunion doesn't fix it. You don't just "move on" from the loss of a child.
And why do they feel the need to tell us to move on? Did they just move on from the loss of their fertility? Did they say- "well it wasn't meant to be that I have children so maybe I should focus on volunteering or fostering children"? No. They jump through hoops, pay a lot of money to the industry, have business cards made that they can hand out to pregnant women who aren't wearing wedding rings, hire people to design slick full color brochures advertising themselves as better than mothers who are poor, in a bad situation or are just unsure of themselves, place ads on Craigslist and use crowd funding to get other people to help them buy a baby.
Adopters, please stop. Stop telling us to move on. Stop telling other adopters how to help mothers leave their children.
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Am I a hero?
This post got me thinking.... am I a hero?
What does a hero look like? Does it look like a woman who is pregnant, young and not at all sure about what comes next? Does it look like someone who surrendered to pressure because she didn't have the finances or the strength to back her up? Does it look like someone who surrendered to the pressure of family and church because those people believed that having a child outside of "wedlock" was morally wrong and the child is then illegitimate and doesn't deserve to be included in the family? Does it look like someone who didn't have anywhere else to turn? Does that make me a hero?
According to the woman who wrote that post, we- meaning the mothers who bore children and were unable to keep those children-, we are heroes. What's wrong with that picture?
Not having choices does not make anyone a hero. It makes them simply choiceless. It makes them people who are doing what they have to do to survive. It makes them people who have to carry on in the face of grief that they're expected to live with regardless of how other people view the situation or how horrendous that grief is. It makes them people who carry on even though they want to just curl up in a ball and die.
Like the woman who wrote that post, the woman who adopted my daughter thanked me one day for giving her the gift of my daughter. I replied with- "she wasn't a gift, I didn't give her willingly. I was forced" There was silence on the other end of the phone. The subject was quickly changed.
Adopters are saviors and first mothers are heroes. This is what the adoption industry would have us believe. This is what they bank on. This is what keeps the bottom line healthy.
What does a hero look like? Does it look like a woman who is pregnant, young and not at all sure about what comes next? Does it look like someone who surrendered to pressure because she didn't have the finances or the strength to back her up? Does it look like someone who surrendered to the pressure of family and church because those people believed that having a child outside of "wedlock" was morally wrong and the child is then illegitimate and doesn't deserve to be included in the family? Does it look like someone who didn't have anywhere else to turn? Does that make me a hero?
According to the woman who wrote that post, we- meaning the mothers who bore children and were unable to keep those children-, we are heroes. What's wrong with that picture?
Not having choices does not make anyone a hero. It makes them simply choiceless. It makes them people who are doing what they have to do to survive. It makes them people who have to carry on in the face of grief that they're expected to live with regardless of how other people view the situation or how horrendous that grief is. It makes them people who carry on even though they want to just curl up in a ball and die.
Like the woman who wrote that post, the woman who adopted my daughter thanked me one day for giving her the gift of my daughter. I replied with- "she wasn't a gift, I didn't give her willingly. I was forced" There was silence on the other end of the phone. The subject was quickly changed.
Adopters are saviors and first mothers are heroes. This is what the adoption industry would have us believe. This is what they bank on. This is what keeps the bottom line healthy.
Sunday, December 7, 2014
This means war?!
Imbalance of Power
I haven't been here in a while. You know how it is.... life gets in the way. There are things like survival- trying to make ends meet as a self-employed artist. It's more than a full time job. Sometimes when in survival mode that's all you can deal with. That doesn't mean I don't think about adoption and how things are going in the adoption reform movement. Oh how I wish I could be more involved. I still share articles on Facebook and comment when I can. I still read and follow what's happening. Of course there's been much more of that recently because of National Adoption Awareness Month- that dreaded month that we write about, focus on and try to use to make a difference.
If you've read here before you may know that I'm not only a first mother who lost a daughter to the adoption machine but I'm also a late discovery step-parent adoptee and I'm very proud to be associated with the Lost Daughters. Although I think and write more from the first mother perspective, my sisters there have welcomed me with open arms. I'm so very proud of my adoptee sisters and the #flipthescript campaign and the Flip the Script video that has been the talk of #NAAM. If you haven't seen it yet you must check it out.
So what got me fired up and back on the blog? The push back on #flipthescript. I just read a gem of a post by an adoptive mother. To begin, she calls the post "the war on National Adoption Month". Really? We're at war? If an adoptee talks about her experience as an adult adoptee and it doesn't conform to the industry standard of adoption propaganda, apparently thems' fightin' words. If a person who was/is adopted, talks about what it was like for her to be adopted and how complex that experience is and was for her, she's waging a war. The simple act of telling her story means she's at war? That's a bit extreme isn't it? According to the industry and it's proponents- adoption is beautiful and don't you dare say anything to the contrary. Don't you know that? Because apparently, if you talk about your own personal experience, you're making some other folks mighty uncomfortable. So uncomfortable in fact that they see it as an attack.
Her first paragraph.... and I'll answer her here since it's not likely that my comments will make it past moderation on her blog.
"Adoptees are "flipping the script" during National Adoption Month, sharing the other, unattractive side of adoption. It's their right. I'm not an adoptee and can't speak for them, but part of me doesn't like seeing this opportunity of beauty turned into something that's looked down upon."
"I'm not an adoptee and can't speak for them" Isn't that the point of flipping the damned script?? Adoptive parents and the industry professionals have had the floor for decades. It's about time the other people who live and breath adoption- the adoptees and the natural mothers- have a say. No, you're not an adoptee so you have no idea what an adoptee feels about adoption. You have hearsay, you have anecdotes by others, you have stories you've heard, you have your experience with your child who is not yet an adult with adult views. There is no triad in adoption. There are 4 sides and only 2 of them have had the country's ear until now- the adoption industry and the adoptive parents.
"Why is it beautiful? Because I can separate what my children went through, their abuse, neglect, and trauma, from their adoption. What they went through before foster care, I would compare with hell, what they went through while visiting their bio parents while in foster care wasn't much better, but now we see new lives, new people emerging. Beauty."What you see as beauty, your adopted child may see differently. This is beautiful for you. Maybe you can separate it but can your child? This is your child's history. For one thing... why are you sharing such personal details of your child's history with the world? This is his story, his to share when he is ready. If he's ready at all, ever. It's not up to you. It's not your life. When he is an adult, his view of adoption may be vastly different than yours and that's ok.
"That's why "flipping the script" on adoption day is so painful. The world is taking what is often a positive event and turning the tables, focusing on those who don't feel it was a good thing for them."
No, they're focusing on the voices of adopted people, period. That's the point. Whether that person's story is happy, sad, angry, or a mix of all of those, the point of flip the script is to give them the opportunity to use their voice and be heard- be heard without being interrupted by the people in the equation who are the beneficiaries of a corrupt and unethical system.
No, they're focusing on the voices of adopted people, period. That's the point. Whether that person's story is happy, sad, angry, or a mix of all of those, the point of flip the script is to give them the opportunity to use their voice and be heard- be heard without being interrupted by the people in the equation who are the beneficiaries of a corrupt and unethical system.
"Those who are "flipping the script" aren't adoptees who are happy and content with their adoption experience, they're the ones who are angered, feel like something was done to them. The ones who feel they were ripped from their first family, from their country, are hurt by positive adoption language."
Every adoption begins with loss and pain no matter how you slice it or how much positive adoption language you want to throw at it. That PAL was developed by the adoption industry and put into place for a reason- to separate mothers from their babies. That is the sole function of the new words - to describe what is a tragedy in more palatable terms.
The "angry adoptee". This is the most common argument thrown at adoptees (and mothers of loss). "You're just angry and bitter". Damn straight I'm angry. Does that mean I'm an angry person? No. My life is just fine but that doesn't mean I shouldn't talk about the experiences I've had and how they've affected me. And, under the circumstances, anger is a perfectly normal reaction to experiences that were beyond our control. We take back our control now by using that anger in a positive and constructive way.
ALL adoptees have been taken from their original families in one way or another, whether taken forcefully because of abuse or taken from a new mother through coercion or by the courts legally severing all connection with the family through sealed birth records. As an adoptive parent you feel adoption is beautiful. That's great for you but don't diminish or dismiss what adopted people have to say about their life experience.
"The adoptees who aren't speaking out (and far outnumber those who are calling out adoption) are the ones who are satisfied in life, the ones who accept their adoptive family as their own, ones who've found their birth family and either have a good relationship with them or have decided to let it be."
And here I just have to say- IMO- you're wrong. The vast majority of adoptees I know who are speaking out, are simply trying to make a difference for future adoptees. They ARE satisfied in life. They just want people to understand that adoption is far more complex than what the industry wants the public to believe. They're trying to balance out the narrative so it can be understood that there is more to the story than the story of the happy adoptive parents and the well payed adoption professionals.
"I don't want to belittle anyones experience, after all, it's their own. I can't speak as an adoptee. Maybe there should be separate months, one for National Adoption Month and a month for adoptees to share their feelings, like an Adoptee Awareness Month."
You want to give adoptees a month to speak? How generous. Why should we separated? Haven't we had enough separation as it is??? Hasn't the mic been monopolized by the most powerful voices already? I also deal with this idea as a mother of loss. We have "Birthmother's Day" which I refuse to acknowledge. I celebrate my motherhood on Mother's Day along with all the other mothers. I was still a mother after my daughter was taken from me and I'm still an adoptee the other 11 months of the year. Don't tell me when I can speak.
Posted by Carlynne Hershberger, CPSA at 10:08 AM 13 comments:
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Saturday, May 3, 2014
Savior Complex
Savior Complex
Today I finished this latest piece in the Silent Voices series. Only a handful of people have seen it as I was working on it. I was told it was - creepy but effective and potentially offensive. I guess they're both right. I don't think I could've painted an image like this years ago. We all go through stages of development and healing when dealing with issues about adoption. At the beginning of the series I was painting as a catharsis. It was my own personal therapy. As the series progressed it became more about a statement on infant adoption in general.
When I started sketching for this piece I think I had Kathryn Joyce's book The Child Catchers in the back of my head. If you haven't read it, it's an important read. I highly recommend it.
Infant adoption is seen as such an idyllic institution. People love the idea of saving babies. Who wouldn't? And it gets better.... not only do they see adoption as saving little babies, they see it as saving the baby's mother from a life of shame and drudgery, limited opportunities and poverty. Of course religious folk are gonna jump all over that. They're encouraged by their pastors and consider it a mission. Some focus their mission here in the United States and some go overseas to bring babies back to what they consider to be a much superior country.
What does that say to the international adoptees when they grow up? Do they consider their lost culture to be inferior? And what are they saving the domestic adoptees from? In days past children of single mothers were considered bastards. People truly thought they were saving a child from the stigma of being illegitimate. That's not the case anymore so what is it? Some claim it's from a life of abuse or neglect. And they would know that how? Maybe if she had some support and the opportunity to raise her child she could be an excellent mother.
Being young does not equal bad. Unmarried does not equal bad. Young and unmarried does not automatically equal abusive and neglectful.
The comments I see from people are the typical..... "well it's better than the baby ending up in a dumpster". If they take the baby away from his mother right away, they can save the child from certain death. Why is this the view? Is this a hold over from the old days of unwed pregnant girls being considered mentally unstable and neurotic? Exactly how does putting a ring on a finger suddenly make a woman mentally stable and capable of mothering?
So, in the process of saving the baby, the baby is traumatized. The baby grows up with a feeling of abandonment and no knowledge of her beginnings - in the case of closed adoption. And in the case of open adoption (we know that 80% of those close in the first couple of years) she has knowledge of her history but is still left with the feeling of abandonment. In both cases, in the majority of states, her birth records are sealed, hidden from her and she's treated as a second class citizen.
Now what happens to the mother who is saved from this burdened life of motherhood? She is left with a lifetime of grieving that can in some cases become debilitating. It can lead to a life of depression, anxiety and sometimes even suicide.
The two people who are supposedly saved don't seem to be faring all that well. But... the infant adoption industry seems to do just fine when all this saving is going on. They're making some good money. The adoptive parents seem to be doing just fine. They're growing their family and scoring some religious points in the process. The industry loves to encourage this, it's good for their bottom line and the churches love to encourage this because it brings more followers which is good for their collection plate.
In the meantime, the babies and mothers are the ones sacrificed at the altar of greed.
Friday, April 18, 2014
I Could Breathe Again
I Could Breathe Again
Today is my daughter's 34th birthday and yesterday was the 11th anniversary of the first time we met face to face. We first reunited in 2002 but we didn't actually meet until 2003. It's hard to believe it's been so long. The memory of seeing her for the first time is so permanently etched in my brain. I think I held my breath for the entire flight to Ohio.
first hug
That night I wrote in my journal....
Well today has been many years in the making. I met my daughter for the first time. What a long day. I'ts been - up at 4:30 to get ready for the airport, 2 hour flight leaving at noon. Nothing can compare to the feeling of putting my arms around her for the first time. The relief was amazing - I could breathe again. When I got off the plane and made my way through the airport I thought I would faint! I couldn't breathe. I could hardly walk. I didn't see them up by the gates so I made it down to baggage claim. I spotted Josh first, then Cindy - oh my gosh - what a hug, and there were many more to come. Then I turned around and there she was - my Liz. She was just standing there smiling. I ran to her and then I just couldn't let go. We stood there for the longest time hugging and crying while Cindy ran around in circles shooting pictures and Sam handed us tissues. When I finally let go I couldn't take my eyes off her. Cindy was amazed at how much alike we look. She said we look like we belong together. Amy said we have some very similar expressions and mannerisms.
So from the airport we went to get food. By this point the nerves had settled and we all got very hungry. Without knowing it I ordered Liz's favorite meal - meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans. She said she had Cindy make it for her every birthday. Cindy cracked up when she heard my order.
The day we met really did feel like the first day I took a breath. It wasn't just the anxiety sitting on my chest and crushing me that day at the airport. When I finally put my arms around her it felt like I had been holding my breath for decades and at that moment I could finally take in air - as much as I wanted, expanding my lungs fully. I had been shallow breathing all that time and now I can take a deep, deep breath.
Easter Sunday 2003
Do you remember the feeling when giving birth? - the hours of contractions, unrelenting pain and pressure, pushing and sweating, crowning, head pushes out and then shoulder and then finally the small body slips out and suddenly there's such a rush of relief. The agony is released and you go limp. The experience of meeting her was like birthing her a second time. The pressure had been building for decades, the emotion of waiting and wondering was constantly flowing in waves like the pain. The grief hitting like the tears released between contractions. And then all of a sudden - it's over. I could relax and look at her, touch her, talk to her.
It was the end of a phase and the beginning of a new one. It was the end of the unknown and the joyful beginning of a relationship. It was also the beginning of a new understanding of what was lost to both of us. Reunion brings with it a new set of bags to carry. They're still the adoption bags but the weight has shifted a little. I could breathe again but the grief is still there. I don't think that ever goes away. Then there is the learning curve of how to fit into each other's lives. I think we've done pretty well. There are ups and downs, quiet times to get through, distance to deal with but I'm grateful.
I'm grateful I get to say Happy Birthday to her.
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Gnocchi Verdi:
- 12 ounces spinach, cooked, drained, and chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 8 ounces ricotta cheese
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 ounces Parmesan cheese, grated
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
This recipe contains: Dairy, Eggs
Gnocchi Verdi
James Beard
Author and Educator
"These are sometimes called malfatti, which means "badly made," because they are so delicate that when they are cooked they are quite uneven in shape. You have to skim them out of the water very, very carefully because of their fragility, but they well repay the care: they just melt on your tongue when you eat them."
–James Beard
Yield: 6 servings
Put the spinach in a saucepan with the salt, pepper, nutmeg, butter, and ricotta. Stir it over low heat for about 5 minutes to dry it out. Remove from heat and beat in the eggs, Parmesan cheese, and flour. Set mixture aside to cool for 2 hours.
Dust a wooden board and your hands with flour. Pull off walnut-sized pieces of the spinach mixture, and form croquettes the shape of a cork. Roll them in the flour and, when they are all ready, drop them carefully into a large pot of very gently simmering water. Don't let the water boil, the action may cause the gnocchi to disintegrate. If the mixture seems too soft, don't worry, because the eggs and flour will hold the gnocchi together when they come in contact with the simmering water.
Preheat oven to 350ºF.
When the gnocchi rise to the surface of the water, they are finished cooking. Skim them off with a slotted spoon, drain them well, and place them in an ovenproof baking dish lightly coated with butter. Pour the melted butter over them, sprinkle with the remaining Parmesan cheese, and heat the oven for 20 to 30 minutes.
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Superwoman made a curious appearance this weekend, gracing the program cover of the National Organization for Women (NOW) National Conference, which was themed, "No Capes, No Masks, No Boundaries: Feminist Super-Women Unite!"
"The concept of feminist superheroes is not much of a stretch," Kim Gandy, President of NOW, said. "Both feminists and superheroes are dedicated to fighting injustice, while facing off against corrupt, malicious villains out to dominate the world (Bush and Cheney, anyone?). What makes feminists special is that they do this without superhuman powers-just a lot of pride, passion and patience."
Besides revealing an inflated view of their own organization, the superhero analogy demonstrates the destructive attitude dominating feminism today. It is the attitude that everyone is against women, out to get them. To feminists, women must take on the entire world. They must save everyone, even sometimes from themselves. Like Superwoman, these feminists are constantly fearful that they will find an enemy, like sexism, around every corner. The media: Sexist. Fewer women in math and sciences: Sexism. Fewer female elected officials: Sexism.
Rather than fighting for one cause for women, NOW is focused on fighting for the sake of fighting. They see anyone and everyone as enemies out to oppress women, and this attitude was prevalent throughout the Conference. While attending the Conference, participants were pressured to sign a multitude of petitions. The Alliance of Faith & Feminism encouraged women to sign a petition to, "fight the patriarchy in the Church." The American Anti-Vivisection Society sought signatures on a petition to fight animal testing. The Women's Environmental and Development Organization sought signatures to petition NOW to take a position on climate change because of the way it negatively impacts women. One woman sought signatures on a letter written to Condoleezza Rice to remove the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) from the American terrorist organization list. Carol Jenkins, President of the Women's Media Center and a panelist, proudly encouraged women to "pitch a fit" when they are upset.
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Closing Time: Red Sox lineup comes up empty against another little-known foe
|07.07.14 at 10:44 pm ET
If Monday night's 4-0 loss at the hands of Scott Carroll and White Sox proved anything, it's this: The Red Sox are really good at being really bad at hitting mediocre starting pitchers.
The Red Sox consistently have made back-of-the-rotation starters look like bona fide aces, going into Monday's game hitting .245 with a .322 OBP and .369 slugging mark while ranked second to last in the American League with 3.8 runs per game.
Here are some of the pitchers the Red Sox have faced since their seven-game winning streak concluded on June 2:
Edwin Jackson (Cubs): 5.05 ERA, 1.52 WHIP, .281 opponent batting average, 5-8 record in 18 starts
Kyle Gibson (Twins): 4.17 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, .249 opponent batting average, 7-7 record in 17 starts
Vidal Nuno (Yankees): 5.42 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, .282 opponent batting average, 2-5 record in 14 starts
Kevin Correia (Twins): 4.95 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, .298 opponent batting average, 4-10 record in 17 starts
T.J. House (Indians): 4.24 ERA, 1.46 WHIP, .307 opponent batting average, 1-2 in seven starts
Drew Smyly (Tigers): 3.89 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, .267 opponent batting average, 4-8 record in 14 starts
Scott Carroll (White Sox): 4.57 ERA, 1.52 WHIP, .298 opponent batting average, 2-5 record in eight starts
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Flam4 now works on OpenCL!!
Well, kinda…
There are still a great many limitations to the OpenCL version (see the readme) not existant in the Cuda version, and let's not even mention that OpenCL is slower and rather unstable currently.
Still, the OpenCL version adds the ability to define custom variations, as well as rendering 3D flames! If you're feeling adventurous, and don't mind the command line interface, give it a shot and see what you can come up with!
Get it from Files, in the Flam4OCL folder.
I forgot to mention, you'll need up to date drivers, .NET 3.5, and the F# CTP to run flam4OCL.
Agustín Dall'Alba
I can't make it run on Linux. Some help? I don't know anything about mono and .net.
It is complaining about a missing FSharp.Core assembly. A quick Google seach turned out that I need the packages libmono-winforms2.0-cil libmono-system-runtime2.0-cil and libmono-tools-*, I installed them but no joy. Here the full output:
agustin@DosPunto0:~/bin/src/flam4OCL10$ ./flam4OCL_Frontend.exe ** (./flam4OCL_Frontend.exe:3385): WARNING **: The following assembly referenced from /home/agustin/bin/src/flam4OCL10/flam4OCL_Frontend.exe could not be loaded: Assembly: FSharp.Core (assemblyref_index=1) Version: 188.8.131.52 Public Key: b03f5f7f11d50a3a The assembly was not found in the Global Assembly Cache, a path listed in the MONO_PATH environment variable, or in the location of the executing assembly (/home/agustin/bin/src/flam4OCL10/). ** (./flam4OCL_Frontend.exe:3385): WARNING **: Could not load file or assembly 'FSharp.Core, Version=220.127.116.11, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. ** (./flam4OCL_Frontend.exe:3385): WARNING **: Missing method .ctor in assembly /home/agustin/bin/src/flam4OCL10/flam4OCL_Frontend.exe, type Microsoft.FSharp.Core.EntryPointAttribute ** (./flam4OCL_Frontend.exe:3385): WARNING **: Can't find custom attr constructor image: /home/agustin/bin/src/flam4OCL10/flam4OCL_Frontend.exe mtoken: 0x0a000043 Unhandled Exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'FSharp.Core, Version=22.214.171.124, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. File name: 'FSharp.Core, Version=18.104.22.168, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'
What am I missing?
Keep up the great job on flam4!
Thanks, Agustín Dall'Alba
PS: Please include a readme or install instructions with the linux package.
You need to install the F# runtime, here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ba52e650-4e77-4b0b-b987-9f9ecd3bab3b&displaylang=en
The zip file should include instructions for how to install it on crossplatform/mono systems, such as Linux. Basically it amounts to running a setup script. After that, you'll probably have to track down libopencl.so (or something similar - don't remember the exact name) and either copy it to the flam4 directory, or else edit Cloo.dll.config to point to it in whatever the system path is. On Windows at least, OpenCL is included with the display drivers, so start there…
I don't have a Linux system to test on, so you're more or less on your own for the specifics of getting it to work, but I have gotten it to run with Mono under OSX, so it Really Should Work(TM) on a Linux system once everything is configured properly.
Agustín Dall'Alba
It was easy. All I had to do is to put the zip's bin folder in my MONO_PATH variable and export it. It also works when the contents of .zip/bin/gac folder are alongside flam4OCL.exe. You should include that it you don't have space (15MiB uncompressed, 3MiB with 7z) or legal problems.
Unfortunately I couldn't render the three electric sheep I tried. Also when trying to render the sheep #11146 ( http://v2d7c.sheepserver.net/cgi/node?id=11146 ) it gives me all this output: http://pastie.org/895690 . In all the sheep it keeps doing nothing. gdb (a debugger) gives me "0x00007f94b6238b50 in sem_wait () from /lib/libpthread.so.0"
May I file this as a bug, or it's my fault?
Thank you again,
- Agustín Dall'Alba
That's a known bug - apparently naming a var "cross" collides with some OpenCL builtin function, resulting in it failing to compile.
Anyhow, I've fixed it for the next release, which I intend to release once I've tested all 97 or whatever flam3 variations. :-)
What happens when you try to render the other two sheep?
Another thing is that that particular sheep uses post transforms, which I haven't gotten around to handling yet.
Check out version 0.11. It renders that flame correctly.


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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, Vol 7, 2006
Prevention of Skin Tumorigenesis by Tribulus terrestris
Asian Pacific J Cancer Prev, 7, 289-294
Epidemiological studies have indicated that the risk of
cancer may be modified by changes in dietary habits
(Prochaska, 1997). Humans ingest a large number of
naturally occurring antimutagens and anticarcinogens in
food, which may inhibit one or more stages of the
carcinogenesis (Hocman, 1989). Several studies have
indicated that compounds with antioxidant or anti-
inflammatory properties as well as certain phytochemicals
can inhibit tumor initiation, promotion and progression in
experimental animal models (Perchellet and Perchellet,
1989; Chesson and Collins, 1997).
The medicinal herb Tribulus terrestris Linn. (Family :
Zygophillaceae) is native to the mediterranean, tropics,
subtropics and temperate regions of the world has been
subjected to long term clinical trails in "AYURVEDA". The
fruits are credited with aphrodisiac, diuretic, cooling,
demulcent and tonic properties, which are used to treat
kidney stones, painful urination, genito-urinary disorders,
diabetes, piles, rheumatisum, dropsy, breathing difficulties,
heart disease and impotence. The root is considered to have
tonic properties, and is a constitutent of the Ayurvedic
preparation Dasamula (CSIR, 1948-1992; Sivarajan and
Balachandran, 1994). It has been reported that Tribulus
terrestris contains saponins, quercetin, kaempferol and rutin
which are known to have antioxidant and anticancer
Chemopreventive Potential of Tribulus terrestris against 7,12-
Dimethylbenz (a) anthracene Induced Skin Papillomagenesis in
Manish Kumar, Anil Kumar Soni, Shalini Shukla, Ashok Kumar*
Radiation and Cancer Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur-302004, India, E-mail address :
In the present investigation, the chemopreventive potential of aqueous extracts of the root and fruit of Tribulus
terrestris (an Ayurvedic medicinal plant) on 7, 12 - dimethylbenz (a) anthracene (DMBA) induced papillomagenesis
in male Swiss albino mice was studied. A significant reduction in tumor incidence, tumor burden and cumulative
number of papillomas was observed, along with a significant increase in average latent period in mice treated orally
with Tribulus terrestris suspension continuously at pre, peri and post-initiation stages of papillomagenesis as compared
to the control group treated with DMBA and croton oil alone. Treatment with Tribulus terrestris suspension by oral
gavage for 7 days resulted in a significant increase in the reduced glutathione content in the liver (P<0.001 for both
root and fruit extracts). Conversely, lipid peroxidation levels were significantly decreased (P<0.001).
Key Words: Chemoprevention - DMBA- croton oil - Tribulus terrestris - reduced glutathione- lipid peroxidation
properties (Ross, 2001). Two new steroid saponins named
terrestrinins A(1) and B(2), along with furostanol, gigenin,
hecogenin, ruscogenin, gitogenin and tigonenin have been
isolated (Huang et al., 2003; De Combarien et al., 2003)
and anticancer properties of Tribulus terrestris have been
reported on various cell lines i.e. mouse sarcoma 180 (ASC),
Bcap-37 breast cancer cell line, BEL- 7402 liver cancer cell
line, SK- MEL, KB, BT- 549 and SK- OV-3 ( Itokowa, 1998;
Bedir et al., 2002; Sun et al., 2003; Sun et al., 2004). The
purpose of cancer prevention is to cause delay in onset of
cancer, progression from precancerous lesion or recurrence
after treatment, as an alternative to treatment of cancer cases
after clinical symptoms have appeared (Tsuda et al., 2004).
In the present investigation, the chemopreventive
potential of Tribulus terrestris against 7, 12 - dimethyl benz
(a) anthracene (DMBA) induced skin carcinogenesis in
Swiss albino mice has been evaluated.
Materials and Methods
Random bred male Swiss albino mice (7- 8 weeks old),
weighing 24 ± 2 gm were used for the experiments. These
animals were housed in polypropylene cages in the animal
house at temperatures of 24 ± 30
provided with standard mice feed (from Hindustan Lever
Ltd., India) and tap water ad libitum.
oC. The animals were
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7, 12 - Dimethylbenz (a) anthracene (DMBA), croton
oil, reduced glutathione (GSH), 5.5/ - dithio-bis-2-
nitrobenzoic acid (DTNB) and thiobarbituric acid (TBA)
were obtained from Sigma Chemicals Co. (St. Louis, MO.
USA). The other chemicals were obtained from local firms
and were of the highest purity. DMBA was dissolved in
acetone at a concentration of 100 g/50 l and croton oil was
diluted in acetone to give a 1% dilution.
Preparation of Tribulus terrestris extract
Plant material (Tribulus terrestris Linn.) was collected
locally and identified and the specimen was placed at
Herbarium, Department of Botany, University of Rajasthan,
Jaipur. The voucher number is RUBL - 19900. Mature fruits
and roots were washed, air dried, powdered and extracted
seperately, with double distilled water (DDW) by refluxing
for 36 hr (12 x 3) at 400C. Both of the extracts thus obtained
were vacuum evaporated to make it in powder form. These
extracts were redissolved in DDW just before oral
Experimental design
The dorsal skin on the back area of the animals was
shaven 3 days before the commencement of the experiment
and only those animals in the resting phase of the hair cycle,
were chosen for the study. For induction of tumors a two
stage protocol consisting of initiation with a single topical
application of a carcinogen (7, 12 - dimethylbenz (a)
anthracene (DMBA) followed by a promoter (croton oil)
three times in a week were employed as per our previous
modified method of Berenblum (1941), reported elsewhere
(Prashar et al., 1994; Qiblawi and Kumar 1999, Panwar et
al., 2005).
Group I. A group of 10 animals was treated with DMBA
(100 g/50 l acetone per animal) on day 0 and two weeks
later, 0.1 ml croton oil (1% in 100 l acetone) was applied
topically on the shaven area. This treatment was continued
thrice weekly till the termination of the experiment.
Group II. A group of 10 animals was administered root
extract of Tribulus terrestris dissolved in double distilled
water (DDW) (800 mg/kg body weight) from 7 days before
the application of DMBA (100µg/50µl acetone per animal)
followed by application of croton oil (thrice weekly) and
throughout the experiment.
Group III. A group of 10 animals was treated with fruit
extract of Tribulus terrestris dissolved in DDW (800 mg/kg
body weight) from 7 days before the treatment of DMBA
(100µg/50µl acetone per animal) followed by croton oil
(weekly thrice) and till the termination of the experiment.
During the 16 weeks of experiments, mice were observed
weekly and weighed. The mice were carefully examined
once a week for the presence of skin papillomas and the
number of papillomas on each affected mice were recorded.
Papillomas were difined as a lesion with a diameter greater
than 1 mm that persisted for at least two consecutive
Tumor Study
Cumulative number of papillomas. The cumulative
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, Vol 7, 2006
number of papillomas appeared till the termination of the
Tumor incidence. The number of mice carrying atleast
one tumor expressed as percent incidence.
Tumor burden. The average number of tumors per tumor
bearing mouse was measured.
Average latent period. The time lag between the
application of the promoting agent and the appearance of
50% tumors was determined (Prashar et al., 1994). It was
calculated by multiplying the number of tumors appearing
each week by the time in weeks after the application of the
promoting agent and dividing the sum by the total number
of tumors.
Average latent period = SFX/n
Where, F is the number of tumors appearing in each week,
X is the number of weeks and n is the total number of tumors.
Biochemical Study
Experiment was designed to study the reduced
glutathione content and lipid peroxidation level in liver of
Swiss albino mice. Animals were assorted randomly into
the following groups :
Group I (n=10) : Animals were fed a normal diet and
sham - treated with 100 l distilled water by oral gavage daily,
for 7 days; this group of animals served as control.
Group II (n = 10) : Animals were fed a normal diet and
treated with 100 l of root extract of Tribulus terrestris per
animal per day by oral gavage daily, for 7 days.
Group III (n = 10) : Animals were fed a normal diet and
treated with 100 l of fruit extract of Tribulus terrestris per
animal per day by oral gavage daily, for 7 days.
Preparation of Homogenate for Biochemical Studies
Animals were killed by cervical dislocation and the entire
liver was then perfused immediately with cold 0.9% NaCl
and thereafter carefully removed, trimmed free of extraneous
tissue. It was then weighed and blotted dry. For assaying
reduced glutathione it was homogenized in ice-cold Tris-
KCl buffer (pH 7.4) to yield a 10% (w/v) homogenate. A
0.5 ml aliquot of this homogenate was used for assaying
readuced glutathione. For assaying lipid peroxidation this
tissue was homogenized in ice-cold 1.15% KCl to yield a
10% (w/v) homogenate. A 0.8 ml aliquot of this homogenate
was used for assaying lipid peroxidation.
Reduced glutathione
Reduced glutathione was estimated as total nonprotein
sulphydryl group by the method as described by Moron et
al. (1979). Homogenates were immediately precipitated with
0.1 ml of 25% trichloroacetic acid and the precipitate was
removed after centrifugation. Free SH groups were assayed
in a total 3 ml volume by adding 2 ml of 0.6 mM DTNB
prepared in 0.2 M Sodium phosphate buffer (pH8.0), to 0.1
ml of the supernatant and absorbance was read at 412 nm
using a UV-VIS Systronics spectrophotometer. GSH was
used as a standard to calculate n mole of - SH content / gm
Lipid peroxidation
Lipid peroxidation in the liver was estimated
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Prevention of Skin Tumorigenesis by Tribulus terrestris
spectrophotometrically by thiobarbituric acid reactive
substances (TBARS) method, as described by Ohkhawa et
al(1979) and is expressed in terms of malondialdehyde
(MDA) formed per mg tissue. In brief, 0.8 ml of
homogenates was mixed with 0.2 ml of 8.1% Sodium
dodesylsulphate (SDS) to which 1.5 ml of 20% acetic acid
was added. Then 1.5 ml of 0.6% TBA was added and placed
in a water bath for 1 hr at 800C, cooled in ice and mixed
with 5 ml mixture of n-butanol and pyridine (15:1). Then
centrifuged at room temperature for 10 min at 3,000 rpm.
The absorbance of the clear supernatant was measured
against blank of distilled water at 532 nm.
Statistical Analysis
Statistical significance of differences between the groups
was determined by Student's t-test.
risk for colorectal adenoma was performed. The author used
the electronic search engine PubMed (www.pubmed.com)
and Scopus (www.scopus.com) in searching for the
literatures. The available reports were collected and extracted
for the data about the pattern of VDR BsmI polymorphism.
Those primary data were used for further metanalysis study.
Concerning the metanalysis study, the overall prevalence
rate of each VDR BsmI polymorphism among overall cases
and controls was calculated. Also, the association between
prevalence rate and nationality of the populations was
assessed using Chi square test. The SPSS 11.0 for Windows
was used for statistical analysis in this study.
Findings of present investigations are depicted in Figures
1-3.In the control group (Group I), in which a single topical
application of DMBA was followed, 2 weeks later, by
repeated application (three times in a week) of croton oil,
skin papillomas appeared in all the animals (100% tumor
incidence). The cumulative number of papillomas as induced
during the observation period of 16 weeks was 43.00 ± 0.94
(Figure 1). The tumor burden (mean number of tumors per
effective mice) was recorded as 4.75±0.10. (Fig. 2B) The
average latent period was observed as 10.81± 0.10 weeks in
the control group (Figure 2A).
In the treatment groups (Groups II and III, where root
and fruit extract of Tribulus terrestris was given orally), the
animals showed a significant decrease in the cumulative
number of papillomas, tumor burden and tumor incidence
compared with control group (Group I). In animals of the
treatment group, given a continuous treatment at pre, peri
Figure 1. Cumulative number of papillomas recorded after initiation by DMBA followed 2 weeks later by croton
oil treatment (thrice a week) for 14 weeks with and without Tribulus terrestris extract treatment
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Group -II
Group -III
Figure 2. Average latent period, Tumor Burden and Tumor incidence Recorded after Initiation by DMBA Followed
2 Weeks Later by Croton Oil treatment for 14 weeks with and without Tribulus terrestris Extract
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and post-initiational phases, a significant reduction in the
tumor incidence (51.84±3.70% and 58.33±4.16% in Group
II and III, respectively) compared with 100% tumor
incidence in the control group was observed (Fig.2C). The
cumulative number of papillomas during the observation
period was 16±1.15 and 17±0.57 in Group II and III
respectively (Fig.1). The tumor burden was recorded as
3.43±0.12 and 3.66±0.17 in these groups, respectively
(Figure 2B). The average latent period in the treatment group
was respectively, 11.95±0.14 and 11.13±0.37 was
significantly higher than the control group (Figure 2A).
Both the investigated extracts of Tribulus terrestris
significantly increased reduced glutathione level in the liver
of mice over that of sham treated control animals. With root
extract of Tribulus terrestris treatment, the basal reduced
glutathione level was increased 2.15 fold (p<0.001), whereas
the fruit extract induced 2.67 (p<0.001) fold increase in
reduced glutathione concentration (Figure 3A). The
formation of malondialdehyde measured as index of lipid
peroxidation revealed a significant decrease. It was decreased
0.30 fold (p<0.001) with root extract treatment, whereas the
fruit extract induced 0.82 fold (p<0.001) decrease in lipid
peroxidation level (Figure 3B).
The present study demonstrated that the oral
administration of the Tribulus terrestris extract at pre, peri
and post-initiational phases showed a significant reduction
in tumor incidence, tumor burden and cumulative number
of papillomas and a significant increase in the average latent
period. However, it was observed that root extract of Tribulus
terrestris has more chemopreventive potential than fruit
extract at same concentration (800 mg/kg body weight), in
skin papillomagenesis in Swiss albino mice. In root extract
treated group, more reduction in tumor incidence, tumor
burden and cumulative number of papillomas was observed
than fruit extract treated group. The average latent period
was significantly increased by root extract treated group.
Epidemiological evidence suggests that a diet high in
fruits and vegetables is associated with a decrease incidence
of cancer, cardio vascular disease and may be of other
degenerative or age related diseases (Pool-Zobel et al., 1997).
Chemical carcinogenesis in skin as well as in other organs
is a multistep process comprising of initiation, promotion
and progression, that requires both initiating and promoting
substances for development of cancer (Mukhtar et al., 1989).
Evidences have accumulated to suggest that reactive oxygen
species (ROS) play an important role in tumor initiation by
enhancing or faciliatating the metabloic activation and/or
initiating effects of carcinogens (Athar, 2002). Reactive
oxygen and/or nitrogen oxide species-induced stress
(RONOSS) and its downstream events are clearly important
for carcinogenesis. RONOSS can be induced by exposure
of animals and humans to a variety of carcinogenic
xenobiotics and microorganisms (Kohen and Nyska, 2002;
Hussain et al., 2003) and the various cellular alterations
induced by RONOSS play crucial role in carcinogenesis
(Olinski et al., 2002 ; Owuor and Kong, 2002; Ohshima,
2003). The antioxidants are expected to inhibit RONOSS,
because of alteration in relevant enzyme profiles and
quenching ( Nakae et al., 2002; Ohshima, 2003).
Because reactive oxygen species have been implicated
in premature skin aging, carcinogenesis, DNA damage,
activation of signal transduction pathways related to growth
differentiation and cell death, it is assumed that antioxidants
could act as potential anticarcinogens at multiple stages of
skin carcinogenesis ( Gupta and Mukhtar, 2002). Treatment
of Tribulus extracts increase reduced glutathione level and
decrease malondialdehyde formation than sham treated
animals of control group. However, fruit extract of Tribulus
is more effective than root extract to increase reduced
glutathione level. Whereas, root extract of Tribulus is more
potent than fruit extract to decrease lipid peroxidation level.
Antioxidants such as GSH, cysteine and a tocopherol were
shown to prevent the TPA- mediated decrease in the ratios
of reduced to oxidized glutathione in mouse epidermal cells
(Perchellet and Perchellet, 1989). The increased glutathione
Figure 3. Modulatory Influence of Root and Fruit Extracts of Tribulus Terrestris on Reduced Glutathione (GSH)
and Lipid Peroxidation (LPO) in Livers of Mice
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cellular environment, in addition to its conjugating ability
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transfer reactions that protect cell membranes and proteins.
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A Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) to Manish Kumar
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If the Supreme Court Were on Facebook: Evaluating the Reasonable Expectation of Privacy Test from a Social Perspective
Steeves, Valerie, Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail--its roof may shake--the winds may blow through it--the storm may enter--but the King of England cannot enter--all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement. William Pitt, First Earl of Chatham (cited in Fontana and Keeshan 2007)
The individual's right to an autonomous sphere of action protected from state interference is one of the core principles embedded in the criminal law. The Criminal Code of Canada expressly limits the power of police officers to intercept private communications (ss. 183-196), conduct wiretaps (ibid.), search private property (ss. 487, 488), arrest individuals (s. 495) and seize evidence (s. 487.01). The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms similarly constrains police powers by enshrining the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure (s. 8), and the right to life, liberty, and security of the person (s. 7). Moreover, limiting police powers to place citizens under surveillance has long been recognized as one of the hallmarks of a free and democratic society. As Mr Justice La Forest has stated,
[Privacy] is at the heart of liberty in a modern state. Grounded in man's physical and moral autonomy, privacy is essential for the well-being of the individual. For this reason alone, it is worthy of constitutional protection, but it also has profound significance for the public order. The restraints imposed on government to pry into the lives of the citizen go to the essence of a democratic state. (R. v. Dyment at para. 17)
However, the line that defines the citizen's private sphere is often a moving one. It has been especially challenged in the past 100 years with the introduction of new information technologies. When photography was first introduced, for example, American jurists Warren and Brandeis argued that the individual's "right to be let alone" would require special protection, to ensure that technology did not erode a respect for privacy. They wrote,
Recent inventions and business methods call attention to the next step which must be taken for the protection of the person, and for securing to the individual what Judge Cooley calls the right "to be let alone." Instantaneous photographs and newspaper enterprise have invaded the sacred precincts of private and domestic life, and numerous mechanical devices threaten to make good the prediction that "what is whispered in the closet shall be proclaimed from the housetops." For years, there has been a feeling that the law must afford some remedy for the unauthorized circulation of portraits of private persons; and the evil of the invasion of privacy by the newspapers, long keenly felt, has been but recently discussed ... (Warren and Brandeis 1890: 195)
Interestingly, Warren's and Brandeis's interest in privacy was neither legalistic nor theoretical; it reflected their perception that new technologies were changing the modern experience of a private life by enabling others to invade established social boundaries (Steeves 2005a). They argued that these new technologies not only affected society as a whole but had detrimental effects on the individual, as a loss of privacy threatened to diminish the autonomy of an "inviolate personality" (Warren and Brandeis 1890: 205).
Warren and Brandeis's concerns are shared by modern criminologists, and the effect of new technologies on the self and society is a central theme of surveillance studies. Networked environments such as the Internet have attracted special attention, as a growing number of people now carry out what were previously considered private activities on public cables or airwaves. Scholars like Koskela (2004) and Zizek (2002) argue that new technologies are eroding the boundary between the public and the private. …


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While millions of people travel to Italy during the summer months, if they only knew the treasures that would await them by taking a winter break instead and enjoying the magic of Christmas in Italy. Yes, the holiday has become a bit more commercialized here in recent years. Yet, Christmas in Italy is still a holiday of family, spirituality, food, lights, age-old artistry and the wonder of miracles.
From the Christmas markets in Alto-Aldige to a 250-person strong live Nativity pageant in Puglia, there are Christmas enchantments and surprises in every corner of Italy. Whether you're planning a trip to Italy this holiday season or want to gain some Italian Christmas inspiration, come on along on a journey through Christmas in Italy.
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On Christmas Eve, all eyes turn to Vatican City where the Pope says Midnight Mass. St. Peter's Square displays a life-size Nativity scene as well as a 100-foot Christmas tree. While the Vatican is the center of Rome's Christmas celebrations, there are many more ways to enjoy Christmas in Rome including markets, a Nativity museum and special church services.
Milan's cathedral (Duomo) looks magical during the Christmas season. The city of Milan is famous for its shopping and that's no different at holiday time when Christmas markets fill the city. Locations include Castello Sforzesco, Piazza Sant'Ambrogio and the streets leading up to the Duomo.
Each year, at the end of the November and just in time for Christmas the city of Turin presents Luci d'Artista, an installation of art exhibits using light as the medium. The displays transform the streets of the city into a magical, other wordly place.
Italians are crazy for presepi (Nativity scenes) and presepi-central is the street of Via San Gregorio Armeno in Naples where craftsmen use techniques handed down for generations to create the traditional figurines of Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the Wise Men, as well as more contemporary figures like Pope Benedict and Barack Obama.
The zampognari are shepherds from Abruzzo and surrounding regions who play the zampogna, a bagpipe-like instrument. In days gone by, they came down from their work in the hills to entertain their families and others for Christmas. You can still see these shepherds at events throughout Italy, even strolling the streets of Rome during the festive season.
Christmas markets are held throughout Italy but are particularly popular in the northern part of the country which has been influenced by the strong Germanic tradition of holiday markets. Bolzano's Christmas market is the largest in Italy.
Italians enjoy the tradition of reenacting the birth of Jesus through live Nativity scenes. One of the largest takes place in Puglia where 250 residents of Tricase dress in period clothing. This photo captures the live Nativity pageant of Armenzano, near Assisi. (Photo by Roberto Pollastrini)
The Tuscan city of Siena is filled with holiday cheer with Christmas markets in the city's piazzas, Christmas concerts and the famous Christmas tree in the center of Piazza dei Salimbeni.
Santa Claus a.k.a Babbo Natale (Father Christmas) is a relatively new introduction to Christmas in Italy. The character most eagerly anticipated by Italian children is La Befana, a witch who rides around on her broom on the Feast of the Epiphany (January 6th) delivering goodies.
On Christmas Eve, Italian families indulge in the traditional Christmas Eve (la Viglia) "Feast of Seven Fishes." The tradition dates back to the days of Roman Catholic abstinence on holy days. "Seven" may relate to the number of sacraments or the number of days it took God to create the world.
Reportedly, the average Italian family consumes 5.5 pounds of panettone - a cupola-shaped rich, buttery cake - per year and much of this is during the Christmas season. This delectable dessert has its origins in Milan.
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Salisbury City Administrator John Pick answers questions about his tenure with the city as he prepares to retire. Pick has accepted the position of city manager in Northglenn, Colo. / Staff photo by Laura Emmons
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SALISBURY — John Picks two decades as city administrator come to an end today.
Though technically retiring from the city of Salisbury, the 62-year-old public official is heading to Northglenn, Colo., to become its city manager.
In a conversation Thursday with The Daily Times, Pick reflected on everything from surviving 18 years worth of changes in city hall to what he learned from the wastewater treatment plant debacle.
The city has grown 50 percent, from 20,000 to 30,000 people, since 1990. What factors do you think have led to that growth?
Salisbury is a really desirable area to live. A lot of retirees have come here. Weve had a growth of industry. Certainly the university and the hospital have grown, so there are a lot more opportunities here than there were in 1990.
In the 18 years youve been here, a number of manufacturing plants have closed. That seems to contradict that growth in population.
For the people who worked in those industries that closed, it has been traumatic.
But one of things that has struck me is Dave Ryan of (Salisbury Wicomico Economic Development) maintains these lists of the Top 10 employers of 2010 and earlier, and you can see how where some of the large employers in those years (have left), others have come in to take their place.
Theres a shift from manufacturing to more high-tech manufacturing. Theres a constant shift in employment. We dont have a dominant industry that employs thousands and thousands of people, but we do have smaller industries.
Its difficult to gauge the progress the city has made during your 18 years in cleaning up the Wicomico River because of incomplete data. What do you think the city has accomplished and not accomplished in that time?
The mayor has done a really good job of bringing the peoples attention on the fact that we need to continue to work to improve water quality. Its not just a city issue because the river really starts up in Delaware. We need partnerships.
The inlet shields (recently installed on many storm drains) to try to catch and filter pollutants that enter through stormwater have helped. And when we can get our wastewater treatment plant up and running the way its supposed to, that will help as well.
Speaking of the wastewater plant, how much responsibility do you take for the $80 million projects failure?
Thats difficult because it was a collective decision. Its not the kind of thing you can point fingers and say, Its your fault. When the decision was made to follow the path we followed, we collectively did what we thought was in the best interest of the city, and it turned out we were wrong. It was not.
The only thing we can do now is get it done and get it done right.
What lessons did you learn from that?
We tried an experimental technology that we didnt realize wasnt quite as experimental as it was. We were told it was going to save us money. The lesson there is we should have stuck with the tried-and-true (method), even though it was going to cost us more money.
Despite the City Councils ban on more than two unrelated individuals living in a home and Salisbury Universitys expansion of its student housing, rental rates remain about 60 percent of all city housing. Why hasnt the needle moved on that?
Thats a difficult question to answer. I think a lot of it has to do with the economy locally. Were not a high-income community.
Until the economy and the job base changes so that there are more higher-income type jobs available, I think were going to see a high rate of rentals.
Since 2001, the tax base is up 42 percent. In the meantime, the taxes collected against that amount have nearly doubled. Why is the city collecting so much more than it did a decade ago?
The cost of doing business has gone up. The demands that our citizens have for services have increased as well during that time.
Can you provide any examples?
The biggest cost is in the cost of policing. I dont think weve expanded the size of the police force all that much, but one of the biggest cost factors was moving from the old retirement system to the (Law Enforcement Officers Pension System), which has been a major reason why many of the officers have stayed and its a recruitment tool.
But its tremendously more expensive. We pay over 30 percent of an officers salary into that retirement system, where I think before it was like 10 percent.
Another area of increased demand has been in housing. We created the department of neighborhood services and code compliance in response to the expectation and need to more vigorously enforce the property code.
The average tenure of a city administrator nationwide is about seven years. How did you wind up staying in Salisbury so long?
Part of that is I didnt have any desire to leave. The other part is attention to the elected officials. Its not my way. Its their way. I work for them.
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A Splendid, Precarious Victory
Peterson, Dan, The American Spectator
The Supreme Court has incorporated the Second Amendment. But the party of government power will continue its efforts to disarm the American people.
THERE is NOW A CLASS OF PEOPLE in this country who at every turn seek to increase the power of government at the expense of the people's freedom, who in practice have largely inverted the meaning of the Constitution, who hold in contempt the beliefs on which this country was founded and prospered, and who aim to break and retrain American civil society, with themselves in the saddle.
They have rampaged nearly unchecked since the 2008 elections.
It is a thing of beauty, then, when these forces are thrashed and an emphatic victory is won for constitutionalism and the rights of a free and independent people. The case of McDonald v. City of Chicago, decided by the Supreme Court at the end of June, is such a victory.
In McDonald, the Court held that the Second Amendment protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms not only against usurpations by the federal government, hut also against infringement by states and localities. Disarming the American people is, of course, a central goal of the party of boundless government power. An armed people, determined to retain their guns in private hands, is a forbidding obstacle to oppressive government. Aithough this court decision will make it harder for them to disarm us, opponents of our constitutional freedoms will relentlessly continue their efforts to choke off, ban, and criminalize gun ownership,
Throughout most of the history of the republic, the Second Amendment's guarantee of the right to keep and bear arms was considered clear and uncontroversial. We were free American citizens; of course we had the right to own rifles, pistols, and shotguns; and the Constitution confirmed that right.
Then an odd thing happened. Principally in the latter third of the 20th century, Congress and many states and cities began imposing increasingly stringent regulation on firearms ownership and use. Confronted by such restrictions, and even by outright gun bans, the courts proved to be of surprisingly little use in protecting the right to keep and bear arms under the Second Amendment.
There were two main devices by which the courts undermined the Second Amendment's straightforward command that "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." First, the courts sometimes held that the right protected by the Second Amendment was not a right of individuals to own and use firearms. Instead, these courts held it to be an amorphous "collective" right relating to militia service- which in practice meant no right at all. Second, some courts held that the Second Amendment applied only to bar infringements of gun rights by the federal government, and did not prevent similar infringements by states and cities. Tints, the Second Amendment was watered down by many courts to afford little or no protection for gun ownership.
The United States Supreme Court, however, had never squarely addressed either of these theories in recent times. The Supreme Court's decision in the McDonald case and its decision in District ofCnhimhia v. Heller, decided in 2008, together have created a revolution in Second Amendment law. Heller involved a challenge to the nearly total ban on handguns imposed by Lhe District of Columbia in the mid1970s. The District argued thai its ban could not be challenged by a private citizen who wanted to own a handgun, because the Second Amendment embraced only a collective right related to militia service. The Supreme Court disagreed, and held for the first time in its history that individuals have a Second Amendment right to own handguns in their homes for purposes of defense.
Because the District of Columbia is a federal enclave, Heller necessarily did not address whether this individual Second Amendment right protects against infringements by states, count ics, and municipalities. …


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