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10 trends for 2010: Nonstop networking
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This interactive operations manual for wastewater treatment plants run on Apple's iPad and iPhone.: Photo: ECO:LOGIC Engineering-Stantec
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Hong Liu and Frank Chaplan, Oregon State University
Pedro Alvarez and Jaesung Lee, Rice University
From left: Lawyer Shawn Hagerty and Stormwater Managers Drew Kleis, Kris McFadden, and Jon VanRhyn.
Smartphone applications and social media
Whether through Apple Inc.'s iPhone or iPad; Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry; or Google's Android operating system, you're communicating with residents and each other anytime, anywhere.
Connecticut's South Windsor Public Works was trying to find an inexpensive and easy way to track assets in real time and enter condition data into the city's geographic information system (GIS) from the field. Director Michael Gantick, PE, and Information Technology Director Scott Roberts, GISP, decided the BlackBerry was the most flexible device that was least likely to intimidate employees.
Their marriage of the two technologies is saving time and money on street sweeping, catch-basin cleaning, manhole inspection, and zoning enforcement. The department loans devices to service contractors, such as snow-plowing companies, who in turn send drivers into the field with the unit so public works can confirm routes are followed properly.
Columbus, Ohio, and Chicago are texting residents the night before their streets are swept (http://antitow.com) to remind them to move their cars.
Vendors are getting in on the action as well.
Customers of asset management software provider Cartegraph Systems Inc. use YourGov so iPhone owners can report and track (nonemergency) requests.
Want to fuse some HDPE pipe in the field? Download McElroy Manufacturing's "pressure calculator" to your Apple Inc. device of choice.
But Apple's iPad has the greatest potential for operations and maintenance, if only because it's easier to make out what's on a 9.7-inch screen than on the typical smartphone's 3.5-inch screen.
San Andreas (Calif.) District Manager Steve Schimp is testing an Interactive Operations Manual (IOM), developed by ECO:LOGIC Engineering-Stantec, that provide provides access to every single document — ph photos, schematics, Web links, and maintenance schedules — for the 31-mgd Nor-Cal wastewater treatment plant.
For example, operators add notes or photographs describing the tools needed to adjust a valve or the finicky details of a critical piece of equipment. "This is just what we needed," Schimp reports. "If we discover that a piece of equipment needs an oil change every two months instead of four, we can log that here and turn it into a work order."
Which brings us to nonstop networking, which wouldn't be possible without the hardware described above.
About a year ago — roughly an eon in technology time — the Public Technology Institute found that Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube were the social media of choice for local governments.
With Twitter's immediacy and limited space for users to get straight to the point, public agencies are "tweeting" updates on road closures, upcoming construction, weather, and events. Residents even "tweet" their departments to call attention to local issues and concerns.
The institute didn't repeat the survey this year. But it did find that most cities and counties aren't capturing information, such as number of followers or most-viewed videos, that could help in deciding which medium to use depending on the communication goal.
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Colorado's Canyons of the Ancients National Monument protects an archaeologically-rich landscape of primarily Ancestral Puebloan ruins, as well as natural and geological resources.
Western states are faced with multiple challenges this summer. As temperatures continue to rise, communities may be forced to choose between their dwindling water supply and their profitable oil and gas resources.
Parnell has submitted a plan for oil and gas exploration on the coastal plain of the Arctic Refuge where caribou and polar bears live.
Data released in June has shown that violence against public rangers is rising.
Washington state celebrated a huge victory in early July as the state legislature passed into law a bill that will conserve 50,000 acres of land in the picturesque Teanaway River Valley, east of Seattle.
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What if it was possible to protect wild places by protecting a single family of animals? As wilderness ambassadors, bears are a barometer for the health of North American forests and ecosystems.
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Lester William Polfuss – a.k.a. Les Paul – is born in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Les Paul begins performing country music as "Rhubarb Red" at the age of 13.
Les Paul's jazz trio performs at the White House at the request of President Roosevelt.
Les Paul invents the first solidbody electric guitar.
Les Paul temporarily drops out of music to work on a new guitar sound and recording style.
The technique of multitracking is introduced to the world when Les Paul releases his first eight-track recordings.
Les Paul nearly dies when his car skids off a bridge in a snowstorm.
Les Paul marries singer Mary Ford, with whom he forms a highly successful musical duo.
The Les Paul Show, featuring Paul, Ford and rhythm guitarist Eddie Stapleton, debuts on NBC Radio.
"How High the Moon," by Les Paul and Mary Ford, becomes a #1 single.
The Les Paul gold-top solidbody electric guitar is brought to the market by Gibson Guitars.
"Vaya Con Dios," by Les Paul and Mary Ford, becomes a #1 single. The song's title translates as "May God Be With You."
Les Paul commissions Ampex to build the first eight-track tape recorder. It features a head, designed by Paul, that can record or play back tracks. Paul's "Sel-Sync" (Selective Synchronization) design becomes the industry standard for 30 years.
Gibson introduces the new Les Paul model, which has design changes made without Paul's knowledge. At his request, it is renamed the Gibson SG, and the guitarist temporarily drops his endorsement contract with the guitar maker.
Les Paul Now!, which features updated version of the guitarist's earlier hits, is released on London Records.
Chester and Lester, and album of guitar duets by Les Paul and Chet Atkins, is released on RCA. It will win a Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance.
Les Paul and Mary Ford are inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Les Paul receives the Trustees Award from the Recording Academy in recognition of his "significant contributions to the field of reocrding."
Les Paul begins a Monday-evening residency at a Greenwich Village club called Fat Tuesday, which will continue until 1995.
Les Paul is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the 3rd annual induction dinner. Jeff Beck is his presenter.
Les Paul is inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
American Made/World Played, credited to Les Paul & Friends, is released on Capitol Records. It includes appearances by Eric Clapton, Joe Perry, Jeff Beck, Keith Richards and Buddy Guy.
Les Paul is honored as the 2008 American Music Master, part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's annual series.
At age 94, Les Paul died of complications from pneumonia at White Plains Hospital.


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2ND ROUND (RD. of 64)
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Jordan Adams had 21 points and eight rebounds, and Norman Powell scored 15 points in his hometown to lead fourth-seeded UCLA to a 76-59 victory over 13th-seeded Tulsa on Friday night at Viejas Arena in San Diego, Calif. UCLA (27-8) advances to Sunday's third round in the South region against 12th-seeded Stephen F. Austin, which upset No. 5 VCU 77-75 in overtime. The game will tip off a 4:10 pm and will be televised on TBS. In his first year at Westwood, Steve Alford coached the Bruins to just their third win in the NCAA tournament since 2009. It came in the city where John Wooden won the last of his 10 national championships, in 1975. Full Recap | Box Score (PDF)
3RD ROUND (RD. of 32)
3rd Rd.
(4) UCLA vs. (12) Stephen F. Austin
San Diego, Calif. (Viejas Arena)
Jordan Adams scored 19 points and UCLA beat Stephen F. Austin 77-60 on Sunday to reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2008. The fourth-seeded Bruins (28-8) will play Florida, the tournament's overall top seed, in the South Regional semifinals on Thursday in Memphis. First-year coach Steve Alford has won as many NCAA tournament games in three days as the Bruins had in the previous five seasons combined. Stephen F. Austin (32-3), the No. 12 seed, had its 29-game winning streak snapped. The Lumberjacks hadn't lost in exactly four months.
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Florida advanced to this year's Sweet Sixteen following a pair of double-digit victories over Albany and Pittsburgh in the NCAA first and second rounds, respectively. In the team's 67-55 win over Albany, senior forward Casey Prather and backup forward Dorian Finney-Smith each scored 16 points. Senior center Patric Young had his first double-double of the season, scoring 10 points and grabbing 10 rebounds (Albany Recap). Florida came back on Saturday to down Pittsburgh, 61-45. Scottie Wilbekin poured in a game-high 21 points, 13 coming in the second half, including eight straight inside the final five minutes (Pittsburgh Recap).
The fourth-seeded UCLA men's basketball team downed 13th-seeded Tulsa, 76-59 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on March 21 at Viejas Arena in San Diego, Calif. The Bruins followed that up with a 77-60 win over No. 12 Stephen F. Austin on March 23, setting up a Sweet Sixteen showdown with top-seeded Florida on March 27 at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn. Tipoff is scheduled for 8:45 p.m.(CT). The game will be televised live by CBS. (Note: Due to a conflict with the Dodgers, the UCLA-Florida game will air on the radio on AM1150 and NOT on AM570 Fox Sports Los Angeles).


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This must-have collection features 10 specially selected nature and wildlife specials from National Geographic's award-winning programming. From powerful stories of life-and-death struggles in the wild to intimate glimpses of rarely seen animal behavior, National Geographic journeys across land and sea to cover an impressive array of creatures in their natural habitats.
The collection contains The Rise of Black Wolf, American Serengeti, Big Sur: Wild California, Climbing Redwood Giants, Great White Odyssey, Superpride, Rhino Rescue, Return of the Clouded Leopards, Eden at the End of the World, and Giant Bears of Kodiak Island. See the Title List tab for more information.
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The Rise of Black Wolf
Follow the journey of a rebel named Black Wolf who breaks from his pack and survives to be one of the oldest wolves in Yellowstone. He'll travel paved roads that most wolves avoid at all costs as he ventures out to mate with a rival pack's females. At nearly twice the age that most wolves reach, Black Wolf has more pupsthanks to his unorthodox lifestylethan any wolf in Yellowstone.
50 minutes. © 2010
American Serengeti
America's Great Plains were once a vibrant grassland ecosystem, home to herds of bison, packs of wolves, grizzly bears, prairie dogs, and more. Since Lewis and Clark's time, many of these iconic prairie creatures have all but disappeared. Filmed over two years in stunning high definition, American Serengeti chronicles the massive restoration project and through CGI, fast-forwards to the future when vast herds of American wildlife will roam the plains once again.
50 minutes. © 2010
Big Sur: Wild California
National Geographic presents a comprehensive view of the spectacular California coastal area known as Big Surthrough the eyes of three intrinsically connected native creatures. Fly with the California condors and capture the panoramic view of Big Sur's many topside layers, and dive with California's sea otters to investigate life below the waves. Then, follow the stealthy mountain lions and see how the scavengers, the keystone species, and this top predator are all critical contributors to Big Sur's unique habitat.
50 minutes. © 2010
Climbing Redwood Giants
They are giantsstretching more than 300 feet above the ground, with hidden gardens and mysterious predators thriving within their canopy. National Geographic reveals the unexplored environment of redwoods by using high-tech aerial laser surveys and breathtaking imagery. Obsessive redwood climber Steve Sillett of Humboldt State University investigates their monster crowns, tallying biological material and discovering new record-breaking trees, while escaping falling branches and crashing trees in the process. Down below, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Mike Fay charts the redwood range. It is an epic yearlong exploration to size up the past and future of this primeval tree threatened in 21st-century California.
50 minutes. © 2009
Great White Odyssey
National Geographic takes us on on a deep-sea expedition with world-renowned shark experts Michael Scholl and Ramon Bonfil as they tag a 12-foot great white they call Nicole, a lone female who takes them on an epic journey across an ocean seething with threats to her survival. Driven by overpowering natural instincts, Nicole navigates icy cold waters, dives to unfathomable depths, battles hunger and fatigue, outsmarts some of the ocean's most lethal inhabitants, and ultimately travels 6,000 nautical miles in 99 days, the fastest transoceanic migration recorded for any fish. Experience her world up close, through her eyes and sensesa world full of wonder, mystery, and danger.
50 minutes. © 2009
The Serengeti in northern Tanzania is one of the world's last great wildlife refuges, teeming with crocs, leopards, cheetahsand one of the biggest lion populations in Africa, with approximately 3,500 lions in 300 prides. But one pride looms large in the Serengeti kingdom: a single dynasty ruling the plains to which hundreds of lions trace their roots. Experience the Serengeti through their eyes, and discover how this great pride is exploding in size.
50 minutes. © 2009
Rhino Rescue
From award-winning filmmakers Beverly and Dereck Joubert comes the unbelievable story of the black rhino and those who are fighting to save the last of these amazing creatures. Infuriated and desperate after witnessing poachers kill the last black rhino in Botswana, the Jouberts enlisted the help of the Botswana Defense Force and began a massive relocation effort. After years of hard work, a small population of black rhinos is now thriving in Botswana.
50 minutes. © 2009
Return of the Clouded Leopards
Return of the Clouded Leopards follows the work of wildlife photographer Sandesh Kadur and Wild Life Trust of India vet Dr. Bhaskar Choudhury as they undergo the unique rehabilitation of two orphaned clouded leopard cubs to their natural jungle habitat. The cubs are hand reared, and taught to live independently before being released back to the jungle. A year later, the team unites to search for the cubs they set free. Even cat specialists know little about the clouded leopard's habits. Shy and elusive, can these cats be taught to live in the wild again?
45 minutes. © 2011
Eden at the End of the World
At the bottom of South America, where the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans collide, is Patagonia, one of the last great wild Edens on Earth. Join National Geographic on a journey to this breathtaking subantarctic region and its crowned jewelTierra del Fuegoa beautifully desolate island at its most southern tip. Home to Magellanic penguins, elephant seals, right whales, and guanacos, this stark, wind-whipped wilderness now faces its greatest challenge: recovering from the misguided actions of man.
50 minutes. © 2008
Giant Bears of Kodiak Island
Follow the largest carnivore that walks the Earth, the great Kodiak bear, down ancient feeding trails, up salmon-rich riverseven into a den where a mother nurses her newborn cubs. You'll watch cubs learning to fish, bears gorging in berry-laden fields, and a remarkable scene of bears consuming a beached whale carcass. The setting is Alaska's Kodiak Island, where 4,000-foot mountains rise from hundreds of miles of jagged coastline. Today about 2,700 of these larger cousins of the well-known grizzly bear still thrive there. But change looms on the horizon. Portions of the island are open to development. Dramatic home videos of dangerous tourist/bear encounters capture the uneasy clashes of Kodiak's modern and natural worlds. Enjoy this rare look into the lives of the giant bears of Kodiak Island, produced and photographed by renowned wildlife filmmaker Wolfgang Bayer.
57 minutes. © 1994
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Published: Monday, March 25, 2013 at 10:31 a.m.
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TALLAHASSEE — Florida Democrats are handing out checks to veteran groups as part of the fallout over a gambling ring scandal.
Top Democrats in the Florida Legislature will distribute checks Monday to veteran groups based in Broward and Palm Beach counties.
The move comes after Allied Veterans of the World was accused of running a $290 million illegal gambling business that directed most proceeds into its owners' pockets.
Democrats say that they've identified that Allied and its associates donated $272,000 to Democratic campaigns.
Sen. Chris Smith, D-Fort Lauderdale, called the allegations "infuriating" and said Democrats would not have not accepted any money if they had known about Allied activities.
Democrats plan to give checks to two American Legion posts, two Veterans of Foreign Wars posts and a Jewish War Veterans post.
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Crimes Against Nature follows an international taskforce of cops and environmental activists from the U.S., Thailand, and Australia on a mission to investigate and bust into the illegal animal trade. The hotspots for wildlife trafficking are at the center of a perfect storm of pervasive corruption and huge demand for ivory, prized animal parts and pets.
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The really gets to the bottom of some of the problems threatening wild animals today, and gives hope for some solutions. An action packed look into the fight against Wildlife Trafficking. I recommend it to those who care about animals or are interested in the fight against organized crime.
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One of the earliest mentions of chess in Italy is the story of an 11th-century Florentine clergyman who was reprimanded for staying up late playing the game in a "house of entertainment." Today, chess sets are among the many crafts for which Florentine artisans are known. This set features hand-carved wooden pieces and a faux-leather board. Reverses to a backgammon board with resin pieces.
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The Tuscan city of Florence is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, attracting millions of tourists each year with its top notch art and architecture. World-renowned as the birthplace of the Renaissance, home to Brunelleschi's dome, Giotto's Campanile, and the Uffizi Gallery, founded by members of the Medici dynasty.
When the Arno River flooded in 1966, many art treasures were damaged. National Geographic sent researchers, journalists, and photographers to document the damage and the remarkable clean-up and restoration efforts. "Firenza bella. Beautiful Florence, the mother country of Western man," wrote Joseph Judge in the July 1967 issue. "It is fair to say that much of what we know today of painting and sculpture, or architecture and political science, of scientific method and economic theory, we owe to the artists, politicians, statesmen, bankers, and merchants of the Renaissancethat explosion of intellectual and artistic energy in Italy between 1300 and 1600. And Florentines stood at the turbulent center of the Renaissance."


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Things to see and do - Cape Town
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Cape Town, the parliamentary capital of South Africa, lies at the foot of Table Mountain in the southwestern tip of Africa, sheltered by a bay with long sandy beaches. About 3.5 million inhabitants live in its neighbourhoods, still organised in a way that is very similar to how it was during apartheid (over half the population lives in townships), but the mix of cultures has begun to change the face of this multifaceted town.
Tourist attractions Cape Town : Things to see and do
Castle Quarter
Grand Parade ZA - Cape Town
The castle quarter was once on the ocean, but has gradually been assimilated into the city as the sea has encroached on the land. The Castle of Good Hope and Grand Parade stand in the centre of the quarter. This was where Nelson Mandela gave his famo..
Whale Route
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Rest areas along the whale route in the Overberg, between the Cape and Hermanus, offer a chance to watch the whales that come here to give birth. The string of sandy coves, beaches and seaside resorts is set against a backdrop of magnificent untamed ..
South African National Gallery
Government Avenue ZA - Cape Town
The South African National Gallery collection features a wide range of African, French, English and Flemish works of art. Since 1990 the gallery has acquired a fine collection of contemporary South African art, to which it adds on a regular basis.
Hotels Cape Town
aha Adderley Hotel
Adderley Street ZA - Cape Town 8001
Situated in a combination of renovated historic buildings and a modern tower, this hotel features a rooftop plunge pool and a sun deck with views of Lion's Head and Cape Town's rooftops. Including a modern décor with natural textures, all studios an..
Cape Diamond Boutique Hotel
Corner of Longmarket and Parliament Street ZA - Cape Town 8001
This historical hotel offers boutique-style accommodation in a trendy part of Cape Town, close to Greenmarket Square, the Company Gardens, and Castle of Good Hope. City Sightseeing bus stops are 200 metres away from the hotel. Cape Diamond Hotel pro..
Hotel on St Georges
Corner Riebeek & St Georges Mall ZA - Cape Town
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Located a 5-minute walk from the International Convention Centre, the Hotel on St Georges is centrally located on Cape Town's foreshore and offers scenic views of Table Mountain. The St Georges Hotel has spacious rooms which include free Wi-Fi, sate..
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Take a relaxing journey to the Cape Peninsula, an area of wild natural beauty with breathtaking scenery, wildlife and vegetation around every corner. You'll see glorious Hout Bay and have the option of taki..
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Joined: 20 Feb 2011
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:18 pm
Post subject: how do you keep track of your romance reading?
I read a lot and often don't remember what I've read. Let's face it, if you read certain types of books/tropes, they all begin to run together.
I've tried cards and dedicated notebooks - didn't work for when I'm buying books in Target, etc. Now I have an iPhone. Is is possible I can keep track there with one of the many thousand apps available?
I just spent $8 at the grocery store today on a book I had already bought in e-book form. I don't mind trying one more time to find a system that works. Who has one?
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:30 pm
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Well, if you have an iPhone, you could record all your books on Goodreads and then look them up as needed.
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:41 pm
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My first method is to record the books I have read, with appropriate info and comments in a notebook. Then I added a notebook for books to "Look For" or To Be Bought/Borrowed. I keep the category romances [Harlequin, Silhouette, Loveswept, Candlelight, etc.] in those too.
Once I became more skillful on the Internet, I subscribed to Fiction DataBase, which has a system to keep track of books wanted, books available at home to read, and books read. I went through all my lists and entered my books there. One of my long range plans is to print out copies of my FictionDB records.
One of my nieces told me about Goodreads. I joined it. It is more of a community that shares info about books read.
I still use my notebooks. I am a firm believer in pen and paper.
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 10:43 pm
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Goodreads.com is what saved the day for me. You also get to meet others in forums that appeal specifically to you as to genre, etc. Until I joined, I, too, discovered unhappily that I had bought several books twice. Of course, you must meticulously enter your books in order to make it work. They offer "Books Read", Books-To-Read", and "Currently Reading." You can add a review if you like to help you remember what the book was about; read reviews by others to determine whether you'd be interested in a particular book; all that, plus it counts all your books, too. I love it.
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 2:45 am
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Keeping records and being organized is a true passion for me and so I love this question. I use Goodreads too and once you enter your information, which can take some time if you are an avid reader with a long history, updating your information is quick and easy. You can link the various categories you set up and so searching categories and data is easy. In addition to the Currently Reading category, I have a number of categories including my favorite, which is "Soon to Be Read." I shuffle books around in here frequently, which is almost as much fun as actually reading them
I also though keep a short version of "books read" through an Excel spreadsheet in which I create columns for author name, book title, character names, grade book received from me, date started, and date ended. I like having this spreadsheet so that I can do a quick check, especially for AAR best-of lists. Happy organizing!
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Besides Shelfari, I keep track of my books on Word. I have a Dropbox acount and have the word document on there so if I can't remember what I read I just open the document. I have kept track of my books on Word docs from 2009 with each year being a different document.
So many books, so little time
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 8:30 am
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Goodreads has an iphone app with a bar code scanner - scan the book, you can tell if it's already on your GR shelf.
Binocular vision, no need to hop, and an ever-so-much easier time of it climbing ladders.
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OMG, I am just amazed at the level you all are organized. I am deeply bowing toward you all and your Black Belt level of devotion to reading.
I just looked at this thread thinking Goodreads. I just started using it a few weeks ago and I can see it is going to be wonderful. But now my eyes have been opened to the fact that it is so much more than I have used or thought I would use. Wow, I am glad HEAreader asked the question that I didn't realize I was in need of an answer too.
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 4:26 pm
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Forgot to mention in earlier post:
I divide my notebooks into pages for letters of the alphabet; then I list books according to the authors' surnames. For category romances, I have a page dedicated to each "line" [Harlequin Presents, Intrigue, Blaze, etc]; then I list books by the number in the line.
Once a page fills in front and back, I go to the first blank page and designate it for the alphabet or category that needs a new page. I keep a table of contents in the front of the notebook. I use the "marble" covered ones that have a hardback cover with an inside front cover on which I can write.
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 10:27 pm
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I keep track of book buying in three documents: one for nonfiction, one for F&SF & one for Romances (with small sections for other genres). I catalogue new purchases in these documents right away. When I used to have a regular circuit of physical bookstores, I kept reasonably current printouts in the tote bag I use to carry empty tote bags. Now that with rare exceptions I only buy ebooks, I check the documents on my computer before buying any ebooks.
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I used to use Byron when I was reading MMP, and still enter books there when I read a paper copy. But since my reading is almost exclusively ebook now, I use Calibre. I highly recommend this free software, I can't imagine what a disaster my digital library would be if I didn't have it.
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:31 am
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I use LibraryThing to catalog books I own. I use GoodReads for keeping track of Romance novels that I read. I found I got better recommendations if I kept Romance separate from everything else. I also keep a running spreadsheet. I can access my online accounts via my iPhone. If I need to remember what I've bought, etc., I just look it up from my phone. I don't do much updating via my phone. I use my iPad or laptop for that.
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I've not ventured into the world of online sites for my reading database. I use Calibre. For audio or 'real' books I create a blank entry, and create a catalog in EPUB that I refer to from my phone.
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Thanks to all of you for taking the time to help. Here is my progress so far:
1. Bought Book Crawler but had a lot of trouble with scanning in the books I own. Love the features and flexibility but the entry is a big problem for me. (Note: tried 2 different scanners w/ little difference).
2. Found the Goodreads App (not readily apparent on their website, for some reason, or maybe it's just me
. Scanned in about half of the books I have on my shelves. Easy-peasy. The only bad thing is that I have to go through all the "read" shelves and add them individually to my "owned" shelf. If there is a better way to do this, please let me know. I don't intuitively pick up the short cuts. I'm considering just using GR for owned books.
3. For those who recommended Calibre for e-books, it looks amazing. I do have a question re Calibre and nook. Will Calibre pick up the books on my nook that I have downloaded from other sites? They are listed in "My Documents" as opposed to "My Library" which holds the B&N books - all on the nook but not integrated.
Again, I really appreciate the help. To those of you devoted to your pen/paper way, I just got too far behind for me to ever catch up. I applaud you for your diligence but am looking for a quicker way out.
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With the nook and Calibre, as long as the books are not from B&N, you should be able to add them to your library easily. You just have to view the books on your nook in Calibre and send them to your library. (It's really quite easy.)
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This is the Open Forum Coffee Talk. That means ... anything goes. Ask a question, make a suggestion, share a story, offer some advice -- the floor is yours!
I went to my first TLM last Friday. When I shared the news with our Parish Priest he made it know very plainly that he was not a fan, and sort of made fun of me for going. I feel very naive for thinking a Preist would care about my experence. I thought as a shepherd..he would care about his flock. I forget they are human and have their own issues. This convert is praying for him.
unknown, I am sorry for your disheartening experience. Though they are consecrated & set apart by God for His service...like you said...priests are human & have the same weaknesses that we all struggle with. Additionally, the devil likes nothing more than to sow division between a priest & his flock. Your response of prayer is beautiful & charitable. If you find the TLM edifying for your spiritual life, by all means, continue to go if you can! May God bless you on your journey of faith!
I wish the music ministry would get more modern with the music and song arrangements. Electric guitars, bass, drums keyboard. If you want more youth attendance bring in the music of today.
Maybe I should wait for NFP day, but in case I don't get back here tomorrow - how much effect can I expect the weather to have on my temperatures? I've been attributing a string of unusually high temperatures to the fact that it's been in in the 90s for the past 2 weeks (and we don't have air conditioning). Is that valid? My temps have dropped the past 2 days, despite the temperature outside remaining high, so I'm wondering if maybe I was wrong about that? Or could my body just be adjusting to the summer heat?
Kathleen, I think your temp usually drops right before ovulation.
Al, I think it depends on whether you are referring to music during the Liturgy itself, or what we think of as praise & worship music outside of the Liturgy. The Church (her teachings, Liturgy, Sacraments, prayers, etc.) is timeless (existing outside of linear/temporal time as we know it) & needs no modernization. In our culture of rapid modernization (where what is "in" today is "out " tomorrow) & over-stimulation, I think it is important to teach our young people that they can (& should) also experience the presence of God in quiet contemplation (which doesn't always equate total silence). The aim of any type of spiritual music should be to give glory to God, not necessarily to appeal to our sense & exhibit human talent -- as well as to raise our minds & hearts to Him. That being said, I realize that a diversity of musical styles can do that for different people. God bless--
Kathleen, I copied your question over to the NFP forum.
TLM? Never heard of it.
Carolyn A., TLM stands for Traditional Latin Mass. Or, more properly, it is referred to as the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite according to the 1962 Missal. It is the classical Roman Catholic Liturgy in its traditional form according to the liturgical books promulgated in 1962 by Blessed Pope John XXIII. If you are interested in reading more about it, the websites of both Sancta Missa & the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest give a good intro to the TLM. While we usually attend the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, we do on occasion attend the TLM in nearby Pittsburgh. Occasionally, a Benedictine priest/monk from St. Vincent's Archabbey will come & celebrate the TLM in our town. It is a beautiful & ancient liturgy of the Church.
I am not sure the Communion of Saints whose lives revolved around & whose lives were given for the ancient Mass would agree with your take on the Mass being backwards...just a thought... :)
Patricia, your posts always make me smile. Especially your oh so patient responses to Jeanne. I'm probably older than you but I want to be just like you when I grow up! :)
I am sorry to say that I think my time on this forum sis at an end. It seems that now I am being edited in addition to Jeanne, even though I was only warning all of you about what she is truly capable of. I loved this forum back in the F&F days, I am sad to see that one person had the power to shut it down. Prayers for all of you, and maybe one day we can find another online community to share with each other again.
Danielle M., I don't think the editing was personal. My "the sock puppet isn't me" comment was deleted too, but I think they delete those just b/c responses to Jeanne don't make any sense once they delete her comments. But I agree about the extreme trolling making it hardly worth the trouble here. Any time it looks like there's an actual conversation happening, it turns out to be a dozen completely unhinged copy/paste comments from the same person. And it's definitely worse than it used to be at F&F.
Danielle M.: I agree with what (the real) Anna said in regards to the comment being deleted. I do appreciate you sharing your legitimate concerns & I do hope that you will stay! The odd attempt at a take-over here on the F&F message board is pathetic & sad. KMB: Thanks very much for your kind words! PRAYER REQUEST for a friend of my brother…Thomas Peters (he blogs at American Papist & Catholic Vote & is the son of Canonist Dr. Edward Peters) was seriously hurt in a swimming accident yesterday evening. He fractured his 5th cervical vertebrae & is being treated at the U of MD Medical Center in Baltimore. Please pray for Thomas & for his family, thank you!
Patricia, I saw that news. Will definitely be praying for Thomas.
Readers -- especially all you wonderful and super-patient "regulars": I just spent more time than I have to delete 30 deeply weird comments from frequent visitor "Jeanne." I deeply apologize that we've not yet found a way to block this person who is determined to shut down this site and all of our conversations and who generally makes a nice place to chat so deeply unpleasant. I don't myself know what the hold-up is on our site re-vamp and improved blocking ability, so I feel very helpless and frustrated because this is not the experience I want to be hosting for my "guests," and it's outrageous to me that an unhinged person can shut down a business site. Until the solution (possibly even a legal solution, as my folder of screen grabs is burgeoning) is found, Anna & Patricia are quite right -- when I delete the jibberish or hostile comments, I also delete any comment engaging with them, because they no longer make any sense and confuse readers. To reiterate: our policy is to delete out-of-tone comments because we're trying to have a "Coffee Talk" kind of chat here. And I'd further ask our regulars not to engage with Jeanne. Tonight's display -- 30 comments, some in Latin & Greek, some copying and mocking the commenters here, and just plain jibberish taking up the whole page-- should confirm for us all that we are not dealing with a fully well or stable person. She deserves our compassion and prayer and love -- but many years of experience have proven that it is fruitless to engage, and I will wind up deleting the whole conversation anyway. I am sorry it is that way; I deeply wish it weren't! My deepest apologies.
Patricia, thanks for posting that here. Prayers for Thomas Peters and his wife and extended family!
Thanks, Rebecca...& I am sorry that you have to deal with this mess time & again. I find myself thinking, "Perhaps if I reach out just one more time..." when Jeanne posts...but it seems futile. I feel sad for her, something is going on there. Like you said...compassion & prayer & love are the answer...as well as hanging in there & trying to engage in actual posts & online conversations (it can be hard, though, when one suspects the individual posting is using a false name & trying to bait people). That being said, I do appreciate your effort here & enjoy reading the thoughts, comments, questions & answers of other readers. God bless!
Rebecca, I'm sorry you have to keep dealing with this. Thanks for continuing to try to make this a positive community! Patricia, you have been so kind and patient; just so you know, Jeanne does copy all comments to her own blog, so just be aware that anything you post, she keeps (which always weirds me out a bit since in the past I have had occasion to include identifiers like my city).
Heh. And how many times could I use a form of "deep" in my comment last night. I was tired!
I just did a check-in and I'm glad to see some of the great commenters still here! Let's get those blocks going, right Rebecca? Thank you for your extra vigilance and let me know how I can help, besides prayers! I agree that ignoring works better than engaging. It's an unfortunate situation.
Although I don't post much at all, I do enjoy reading the conversations. Thanks Rebecca for keeping the comment board going!
I am away on vacation this week with very limited internet access, so it looks like I missed a lot of weirdness. I will really miss you Danielle M, and I hope you reconsider and decide to stay (although I certainly can't blame you for being discouraged by all the craziness).
Hi Claire! Hope you have had a great vacation! Yes, you did, but you didn't miss much actually! Just silly repetitive jibberish---such as the lead character {Jack Nicholson} typed in The Shining....<snort> A few other amazing posters have decided to stay, and I am glad we are all *here*!
I didn't know Thomas Peters was married. Praying for his recovery.
Have a great vacation, Claire!
Monica (momof2), Thomas Peters is a friend of my younger brother -- he & his wife Natalie were married in April of this year.
Thanks Donna and Monica! The beach was beautiful, but the house we stayed in was un-air conditioned, which was tough because it was very hot and humid (not my favorite weather). I miss the ocean, but it's good to be home!


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There is a new atheism brewing, and it's the rift we need, to cut free the dead weight so we can kick the C.H.U.D.'s back into the sewers and finally disown them, once and for all (I mean people like these and these). I was already mulling a way to do this back in June when discussion in the comments on my post On Sexual Harassment generated an idea (inspired by Anne C. Hanna) to start a blog series building a system of shared values that separates the light side of the force from the dark side within the atheism movement, so we could start marginalizing the evil in our midst, and grooming the next generation more consistently and clearly into a system of more enlightened humanist values. Then I just got overwhelmed with work and kept putting it off on my calendar for when I had a good half a day or so to get started on that project.
Since then I blogged On Sexual Harassment Policies and Why I Am a Feminist (which smoked out a few of the dregs who attempted to defend their anti-humanist atheism), but closer to my growing thoughts on what separates us, and ought to separate us, within the movement was my post on (Not) Our Kind of People, which wasn't really about any moral divide (since lots of people who aren't my kind of people are nevertheless my people as far as basic values go, and I know they would agree; we just enjoy different company), but it paralleled my more private thinking about the evil among us. Then I read Lousy Canuck's account of the whole abuse of Surly Amy at TAM and elsewhere, which enraged me (I had previously only known parts of that story). It shows the dregs will now publicly mock humanist values, and abusively disregard the happiness of their own people. Well, that starts drawing the battle lines pretty clearly then.
So I was chomping at the bit to find time to write something on this, but still not sure what to say or how to say it. It especially bugged me because I couldn't get to it for lack of available time (which reminds me to mention, be warned, I am AFK most of this week and so comment moderation here will be unusually slow).
Then Jen McCreight said it for me, more eloquently and clearly than I could have. This weekend she wrote How I Unwittingly Infiltrated the Boy's Club & Why It's Time for a New Wave of Atheism, which was so well received (and quite rightly) that she wrote a brief follow-up: Atheism +. And Greta Christina and others have taken up the banner: Atheism Plus: The New Wave of Atheism. I am fully on board. I will provide any intellectual artillery they need to expand this cause and make it successful.
Its basic values (and the reason for its moniker) Jen stated thus:
We are…
Atheists plus we care about social justice,
Atheists plus we support women's rights,
Atheists plus we protest racism,
Atheists plus we fight homophobia and transphobia,
Atheists plus we use critical thinking and skepticism.
Amen to all that. But I should add to this a contribution by a reader of my blog, Christine Reece, who back in June sent me a suggestion for my planned post about positive atheism's values, which I filed away for when I finally posted something essentially declaring battle lines the way Jen did. This in turn will lead to what I'd like to add to our discussion of underlying values.
Christine framed her points as rhetorical questions, which I had planned to blog about one at a time to open discussion on each, and I might do that if it's needed, but I'm starting to think it's not. We humanists already know where we stand, and that it's not with the atheists who denounce or reject these values. So I now frame them as declarations (freely adapting and expanding on her own words, I hope she won't mind–she might not agree with all of this):
A. Atheism and skepticism should embrace diversity (and not just be a bunch of white guys reading a bunch of white guys). In fact, we should be really keen on expanding our experience and horizons in that regard, aiming to learn as much as possible, and provide resources to help all our comrades in arms.
B. Atheist and skeptic communities should encourage everyone to apply skeptical analysis not just to religion, pseudoscience, and woo, but to social, moral, and political policies, theories and activists.
C. Considering the history of religion and how it has even warped secular life and thought in countries around the world, atheists and skeptics should spend as much time and energy deconstructing illogical and/or inhumane secular policies and claims as they do actively fighting religiously-based interference. We have to be as critical of ourselves and each other as we would expect anyone to be of religion, so we can be sure we don't make the same mistakes. We must police the rot within, if we are to stand strong against our foes without.
D. In the field of education, atheists and skeptics should help promote courses and curricula that include logic and abstract thought rather than focusing all efforts on science. We need to train kids with a universal toolkit of skeptical and critical thinking about all issues in their lives, not just the scientific, but the social, political, and ideological as well. And we need to take seriously the effort to push for that and make it happen at the fundamental and national level.
As Christine said, "Teaching people how to think for themselves in all areas seems much more practical than providing a first-class science education that they'll wind up ignoring."
Of course they need the first-class science education, too. And a model for promoting that is Will.i.am's STEM center project–if you ever thought Will.i.am was lame, think again: see him talk about this on the Graham Norton Show, and note that when the actress beside him says he's amazing, she's reacting to the fact that he had previously on that show talked about how he had also given all his UK profits to a royal educational charity (The Prince's Trust, which he later mentions in the video clip; the dude really is awesome, just read what he's up to as far as promoting STEM education).
But that's not enough. The skill to think critically, skeptically, and rationally in all areas of life must also be promoted and cultivated. In fact, I think it's time we push for communication studies to become one of the standard (and tested) fields in primary and secondary education, right alongside language, literacy, history, math, art, athletics, and science. How communications manipulate people is so fundamental to our lives now, it is a scandal we aren't fully equipping kids for how to approach and deal with it. That field would include logic (especially identifying fallacies and being able to diagram and analyze real-world claims and arguments), defensive rhetoric (how to identify methods of manipulation in communication), and a basic understanding of how advertising, filtering, framing, and statistics can be abused to mislead and misinform in all media.
I mention this last point, even though it is the least controversial thing about Atheism+, because it really does underlie how many atheists lack this understanding in themselves and instead even denigrate its importance to policing racism, sexism, and irrationality in the movement itself. The idea that we should not be criticizing each other when we say illogical or ignorant things is self-defeating and self-destructive, and the very first corrupt value we need to kick to the curb.
Which leads me to the first value we must lay as the foundation of Atheism+:
1. We believe in being reasonable. This means, first, that we believe in being logical and rational in forming beliefs and opinions. Which means anyone who makes a fallacious argument on any matter of real importance and, when shown that they have, does not admit it (when given the chance), might not be one of us, and if they persist in doing that, is definitely not one of us, and is to be marginalized and disowned, as not part of our movement, and not anyone we any longer wish to deal with. This does not mean we must disavow anyone who happens to hold an irrational belief or have reached a conclusion irrationally, but only those atheists who explicitly oppose or reject the very idea of rationality. In other words, any atheist with whom we cannot even have a rational discussion.
Being reasonable also means we believe it is right and good to politely negotiate to find mutually acceptable compromises in matters of policy and coexistence, which includes agreements on the use of resources. But that does not mean capitulation: compromises must be mutually acceptable, and both parties must genuinely aim at that; if there is no such compromise to be had (not even one of mutual acceptance of our differences), then we are in one form or another enemies, and we must admit that.
I do not think it is in our interests any longer to cooperate in silence with irrational people, when it is irrationality that is the fundamental root cause of all human evil. Anyone who disagrees with that is simply not someone we can work with. We need to make the requirement of rationality in all our dealings with anyone fundamental. Even if we cooperate on limited projects with people who will be rational only in that limited sphere of cooperation (for example, interfaith projects for the common good), we still cannot hold our tongue and not continue to denounce their irrationality in any other sphere if we feel we need to, because to do so would be to become a traitor to our own values. Because being rational and reasonable is what we stand for. And it will always be what we stand for. Openly and passionately, and without compromise.
Although we must still give leave to people in political situations who have to hold their tongue, simply for pragmatic reasons and not because they are actively denying or undermining our values in this regard. For example, the NCSE is and has to remain religion-neutral and thus cannot "affiliate" with Atheism at all, much less Atheism+, even if many who work there are atheists or even Atheist+ enthusiasts. As with many other businesses and enterprises, it simply would not be appropriate to their mission. But we aren't all working for the NCSE.
Reasonableness is not enough, however. In my book Sense and Goodness without God, and in my formal demonstration in chapter 14 of The End of Christianity, I lay out the empirical and logical foundations of objective moral facts on atheism. And the three principle values I discover to be fundamental truths about how all humans ought to govern themselves are reasonableness, compassion, and integrity, generally in that order.
So the second value we must lay as the foundation of Atheism+ is:
2. We believe in being compassionate. That means we believe it is important to have empathy for other people (men, women, white people, black people, rich people, poor people, and anyone suffering illness or misfortune or unfair treatment, and so on) and to act in the best interests of human happiness (rather than in the interests of our own vanity, greed, or self-righteousness, for example).
This does not mean we can't be angry or mean or harsh, when it is for the overall good (as when we mock or vilify the town neonazi); ridiculing the ridiculous is often morally appropriate, and insults are also appropriate when they are genuinely appropriate (because, in short, human happiness would be destroyed if we didn't marginalize that which can destroy it). It also doesn't mean that we won't act against evil, ignorance, and all the sins of vanity, greed, or self-righteousness. To the contrary, it is our compassion that compels us to do so. Our compassion entails we will and must always be the enemies of the uncompassionate.
And this is where the biggest divide exists in our movement today. Everyone who attacks feminism, or promotes or defends racism or sexism, or denigrates or maliciously undermines any effort to look after the rights and welfare and happiness of others, is simply not one of us (and if you think it's divisive of me to say that, you simply must read Greta Christina's Atheism Plus, and Some Thoughts on Divisiveness). They have rejected compassion as a fundamental value. Regardless of what they say, that is in actual fact what they have done.
Indeed, as the Surly Amy story shows, there are clearly many of us who disregard the happiness of others just to hurt them, mocking or insulting (or even threatening) them merely to please one's own vanity or self-righteousness, in complete disregard of the pointless misery it causes another human being. That is fucking cruel. And if you are complicit in that, or don't even see what's wrong with it, or worse, plan to engage in Christian-style apologetics for it, defending it with the same bullshit fallacies and tactics the Christians use to defend their own immorality or that of their fictional god, then I don't want anything to do with you. You are despicable. You are an awful person. You disgust me. You are not my people. [And BTW, I no longer include Dr. Harriet Hall in these remarks in any way, as she has made quite clear she had no idea how her own actions in this matter were misconstrued.]
Even the most rudimentary application of The Golden Rule would have caused any of the people who treated Amy as they did, or Rebecca Watson, or any of the many women and men who have been targeted by this shit, to stop themselves well beforehand. "Wait. Would I want people to treat me this way?" No, you fucking wouldn't. So alas, you are a hypocrite.
In Sense and Goodness without God (V.1.1.1, pp. 295-96) I made the point that all biblical religion is fundamentally fucked because at its root it fails a most fundamental moral test: it valorizes Abraham, who is willing to murder his own son to prove his faith–which means he placed faith above compassion, above even basic human decency. Almost every evil perpetrated by religion today can be traced to that diseased debasement of humanity, in the fundamentally corrupt values represented in that story. Many atheists are building the same corrupt edifice, and instead of "faith in god" trumping human decency, they are placing their own vanity, privilege, and self-righteousness above human decency. Basically, it makes them feel good to hurt people. And that's what makes them evil.
Indeed, "I don't like you, so I am going to make you personally miserable" is their value system, rather than "I don't like you, so I am going to have nothing to do with you" or "I don't like something you said or did, so I will still respect you as a person and look after your basic welfare, but I am also going to explain in a logical and empirical way why I think you are wrong, and what I say might be harsh, but I will take the greatest care to ensure it is, to the best of my knowledge, relevant and true. But I'll hear you out if you think I'm wrong about that." No, that would be reasonable, and reasonably compassionate, behavior. Which these atheists know not of.
(I am by no means talking about respecting actual criminals, however. Their punishment is due. But even them we won't needlessly torment. Their punishment must be productive, and deserved.)
And so I am declaring here and now, that anyone who acts like this, is not one of us, and should be marginalized and disowned, as not part of our movement, and not anyone we any longer wish to deal with. In fact it is especially important on this point that we prove that these vile pissants are a minority in our movement, by making sure our condemnation of them is vocalized and our numbers seen. We must downvote their bullshit, call it out in comments, blog our outrage.
Don't assume that because someone else did that, that it's covered and you can give it a miss. No, we need to show numbers. So speak out wherever you see these two sides at loggerheads, and voice your affiliation, so it's clear how many of us there are, against them. And this very much is an us vs. them situation. The compassionate vs. the vile. You can't sit on the fence on this one. In a free society, apathy is an endorsement of villainy.
This also applies to the sexists and racists and other dirtbags who try to make themselves seem reasonable through the specious tactic of merely not using curse words or insults, as if that is all that it takes to be a reasonable person. No, when you see apologists for sexism and racism and other anti-humanistic views of the world, views that have at their core a fundamental lack of empathy for other human beings and a pathological disinterest in seeing how things look from perspectives not their own, views that place narcissistic self-interest above genuine concern for how other people are doing, even when they try to mimic what they think "sounding reasonable" looks like, you needn't resort to invective or insults, but on the same even keel they are pretending at, simply declare that they are not one of you, but are one of them. The people we want nothing more to do with. Until and unless they realize their own sins and repent of them. Feel free to calmly explain why.
(But be empathic enough to assume at first that someone being an ignorant dufus is really just ignorant and misinformed, and not a douchebag; give them at least one shot at being educable, before kicking them into the sewers to wallow with their peeps.)
And of course the third value we must lay as the foundation of Atheism+ is:
3. We believe in personal integrity. That means we believe in being honest and forthright, and consistent in our values. Hypocrisy to us is among the greatest sins, and we will denounce it everywhere, and purge it whenever we discover it in ourselves.
This may seem uncontroversial, a no brainer, but it really needs special emphasis, it needs to be something we consciously define ourselves by, so that it is ever on our minds when we decide who to be and what to praise or denounce or fight for or against. It must actually shame us when we are discovered to be hypocritical or dishonest in any significant way, and our integrity ought always drive us to correct ourselves when that happens. Our integrity ought to be important to us.
We must integrate this ideal of personal integrity into our very self-identity. Those who don't, those who aren't shamed by being exposed as liars or hypocrits, those who persist in being dishonest or inconsistent even when their dishonesty or inconsistency has been soundly proven, is not one of us, and is to be marginalized and disowned, as not part of our movement, and not anyone we any longer wish to deal with.
The nexus of these three values does entail there can be such things as unreasonable compassion (like destroying your own happiness through excessive giving, or not giving babies vaccinations because needles hurt) or unreasonable honesty (like aiding a murderer by telling them where their target is hiding) or dishonest compassion (like tricking someone into losing a lot, by being generous to them now) or uncompassionate honesty (like being unnecessarily frank about someone's appearance), or even dishonest reasonableness (like merely pretending to be reasonable). These are all moral failures. But there can be honest debate about where the boundaries are drawn when values come into conflict, as long as that debate is always governed by the most fundamental value of being reasonable (as defined above).
There can also be many other uncertainties and disagreements over whether someone or something really fulfills these values, and good people can fall short of their own values from time to time. The only issue at hand is whether we are at least on board with the idea that these are the values we should hold ourselves to, and with doing our best to hold ourselves to them. That is the question of what sort of atheist we are: an atheist who embraces these values, or an atheist who does not. The rest is open to honest and reasonable discussion, disagreement and debate. But we have to draw this line, so we are no longer mixed in with the atheists who refuse either to embrace these values or sincerely work toward embodying them, so we no longer give tacit endorsement to them or their toxic contributions to the atheism movement.
In a future post I might explore further what I think the values of Atheism+ could be, beyond the general principles I have laid out here, unless others cover it better. And I will consider these posts a living document. If from sincere and constructive criticism in comments I am led to alter or revise what I've said above in any way (beyond clarifications that can be well-enough addressed in comments themselves), I will do so, and announce the changes in the comments, so there is a record of them. Because I think the values of Atheism+ are to be built collaboratively, and don't have to be dictated by me alone.
In the meantime, are you an atheist? Do you identify as an atheist? Then I can't insist, but I do ask that you to defend these goals and values (not in comments here, but publicly, via Facebook or other social media): are you with us, or with them; are you with the Atheism+ movement, or do you at least cheer and approve it's values and aims (since you don't have to label yourself), or are you going to stick with Atheism Less and its sexism and cruelty and irrationality?
Then at least we'll know who to work with. And who to avoid.
And on what exactly I mean by that, see Being with or against Atheism+.


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While the Navy-Princeton rivalry has been going on since 1913, there is no collegiate racing trophy older than the Childs Cup, which will be raced for next Saturday morning on the Schuylkill River. Princeton leads the all-time series with 46 wins, while Penn is second with 44 and Columbia has 12.
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Tastings, offers the same Enomatic machines dispensing wine, except there is no card fee and their "full glass" is six-ounces versus The Wine Room's five-ounces which I like. The dress code is a bit more casual than you'll find at The Wine Room as well. I've worn flip-flops in there once and no one batted an eye.
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