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Carlos S. Alvarado, PhD, Research Fellow, Parapsychology Foundation
The Parapsychology Foundation has released information about their second Book Expo (the first was held on November 14, 2015; click here).
Here are the details.
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Course Description
The live sessions of the PF Book Expo 2016 will take place on the afternoons of Saturday, April 23rd, 2016 and Sunday, April 24th, 2016. Five authors will talk about their recent books, including the content, the goals, why they got involved in the process, what they learned along the way, and more, followed by a question and answer session involving the registrants. Two of the books are aimed at serious researchers in and students of parapsychology and anomalistic psychology who are interested in the methodology, theory and the various phenomena under study. Two bridge the gap between the interests of serious researchers and field investigators and the intelligent general reader. The fifth book is one that would be called a popular book, but as a very high quality representative of that genre, is written clearly and flows from the investigative point of view of a well-trained and open-minded journalist.
Guest lecturers at the Parapsychology Foundation Book Expo 2016 will be:
Dr. Jim Carpenter is a board certified clinical psychologist who formerly taught at the University of North Carolina and who remains in private practice. He received the 2012 Charles Honorton Integrative Contributions Award from the Parapsychological Association for his work over the years in the field and on his innovative First Sight theory and is a past-President of that same organization. Carpenter will talk about his recent bookFirst Sight: ESP and Parapsychology in Everyday Life;
Dr. Zofia Weaver is a linguist who is a past editor of the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, the co-author (with Mary Rose Barrington and Dr. Ian Stevenson) ofA World in a Grain of Sand: The Clairvoyance of Stefan Ossowieckipublished in 2005. She will talk about her book,Other Realities? The Enigma of Franek Kluski's Mediumship;
Patricia Pearson, an investigative journalist who has written for The New Yorker, theNew York Times, theGuardian and the Daily Telegraph, among other publications, will discuss her most recent book,Opening Heaven's Door: What the Dying are Trying to Say about Where They're Going;
Dr. Stephen E. Braude, an emeritus Professor of Philosophy from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, past-President of the Parapsychological Association, author of six previous books, and the editor of the Journal of Scientific Exploration, will discuss his most recent book, Crimes of Reason: On Mind, Nature and the Paranormal; and
Callum E. Cooper, a doctoral student and instructor at the University of Northampton, co-author of two previous books, a recipient of both the Alex B. Tanous Scholarship Award from the Alex Tanous Foundation for Scientific Research, and the Eileen J. Garrett Scholarship from the Parapsychology Foundation, will cover his recent book, Telephone Calls from the Dead that provides a new case collection of after death communication experiences.
The course is aimed at people interested in scientific parapsychology, in its theory, and phenomena, in mediumship and the experiences that both the dying and bereaved people encounter. You don't need any particular level of education to enjoy the Expo, just curiosity about the topics.
The Parapsychology Foundation Book Expo series is the only place on the internet where you can get a "meet the author" experience for recommended academic and popular books on the topics of scientific parapsychology. So if you're a student hoping to do research, a new researcher with an interest in the theory and the problems in persuading your colleagues, a field investigator interested in the phenomena of mediumship, death-bed experiences or after death communications, then the PF Book Expo 2016 is for you.
Each individual will have a PowerPoint that will be uploaded as a tutorial in WizIQ. Each live lecture will also be recorded and besides being available on WizIQ, will be edited and uploaded to the PF's YouTube Channel.
By attending you will meet the authors of books we think are among the best published in recent years on their topics.
While the course doesn't prepare registrants for any certification or exams, if you're seriously interested in these topics, the PF Book Expo 2016 will point you towards some really good books that can help you in your quest to learn more!
And the PF?
The Parapsychology Foundation, located in New York City, is a not for profit organization that is celebrating its 65th year in operation this year, 2016. For the last 65 years the PF has provided a worldwide forum supporting the scientific exploration of psychic phenomena. The PF also maintains the Eileen J. Garrett Research Library in Greenport on Long Island. The PF's online events on WizIQ, which include conferences like this one and the PF Forum: Advances in UK Parapsychology which was offered last May, are designed to further the education of individuals who are working in or interested in learning more about the scientific side of the field.
Lisette Coly, who will guide the proceedings on April 23rd and 24th, is the President of the Parapsychology Foundation, daughter of the previous President, Mrs. Eileen Coly, and granddaughter of PF Founder Irish American intellectual, entrepeneur, author and medium, Eileen J. Garrett. Dr. Carlos S. Alvarado and Dr. Nancy L. Zingrone, who will co-moderate the day's events, are not only Research Fellows of the Parapsychology Foundation, but both two-time past Presidents of the Parapsychological Association, the international society for scientists and scholars who investigate what seem to be psychic phenomena from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
To register (free): http://pflyceum.wiziq.com/course/151412-parapsychology-foundation-book-expo-2016
Course Schedule:
April 23
2:15-3:00pm Eastern time Opening
3:00-4:00pm Eastern time Jim Carpenter: First Sight
4:00-5:00pm Eastern time Zofia Weaver: Other Realities
5:00-6:00pm Eastern time Patricia Pearson: Opening Heaven's Door
6:00 Closing
April 24
1:15-1:30pm Eastern time Opening
1:45-2:30pm Eastern time Steve Braude: Crimes of Reason
3:00-4:00pm Eastern time Cal Cooper: Telephone Calls from the Dead
4:00pm Eastern time Closing
In the article commented here Nancy L. Zingrone and I focus on the reception of Swiss psychologist Théodore Flournoy's most important work,Des Indes à la Planète Mars: "Note on the Reception of Théodore Flournoy's Des Indes à la Planète Mars" (Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, 2015,79, 156-164).
As stated in the introduction:
"The book is generally considered a classic of mediumship literature, and was devoted to the mediumship of Hélène Smith, the pseudonym of Catherine Élise Müller (1861–1929). Those who are familiar with the book . . . will be aware that Flournoy presented psychological analyses of the medium's phenomena. These included her control Leopold, as well as communications about her presumed previous lives in India as a princess and in France as Marie Antoinette, and her travels to and descriptions of Mars, including the development of a Martian language. At the end of his book Flournoy refers to various psychological processes that he believed explained the manifestations, such as the effect of early traumatic events on dissociation, latent emotional tendencies, the suggestibility and auto-suggestibility surrounding mediums in general, and cryptomnesia."
Des Indes made an impact soon after it was published. Flournoy's case 'became a key addition to the other paradigm cases of mediumship and multiple personality that defined the era' (Taylor, 2009, p. 41). For those convinced of Flournoy's arguments, the book soon became an exemplar of psychological explanations of mediumship. But for others Des Indes represented an unwarranted and hostile analysis of mediumship."
Some comments about the book, which was translated into English, appeared in popular publications, such as newspapers and magazines. An example was an article in the North American Review by American philosopher and psychical researcher James H. Hyslop (1900). Who wrote: "Leopold, Marie Antoinette, and the Martian inhabitant ought to have given us some evidence of personal identity, as in the 'communicators' of the Piper case, if Mlle. Smith expects us to believe in spirits, and it is their absolute failure to satisfy this demand that justifies M. Flournoy's sceptical position" (p. 745).
Many others praised the book in scholarly publications. As we wrote:
"Des Indes, wrote anthropologist Giuseppe Serge (1841-1936) in his book Animismo e Spiritismo, should be seen as a model of research about phenomena supporting the belief of spiritists (Sergi, 1903, p. 54). In this author's view, while Flournoy had not explained everything, he had explained much, and his approach provided a 'starting point for research and analysis' (p. 55)."
Praise also came from Frederic W.H. Myers. First in a review of the book published in the Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, which was later incorporated in his Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death. "In his view Flournoy had confirmed his (Myers's) belief that the action of the subliminal was a continuous process and not a mere sporadic action. Myers argued that it was to be expected that the subliminal mind presented such cases of 'pseudo-possession,' cases similar to the action of discarnate spirits. Most of his review of Des Indeswas incorporated later into his last work (Myers, 1903), in which it provided support for his conception of the subliminal mind. Here Myers referred to the case as his 'culminant example of the free scope and dominant activity of the unassisted subliminal self' " (Myers, 1903, Vol. 2, p. 144)."
Finally, we mentioned the critiques of spiritists, among them French engineer Gabriel Delanne. He was "sceptical of the capabilities of the subconscious mind and considered Flournoy an 'adversary of spiritism' (Delanne, 1902, p. 463).
In the Revue Spirite another critic stated: "More changing that Proteus, more subtle than X-rays, more learned that a psychologist, the 'Subconscious' of M. Flournoy has all the skills, all the faculties, all knowledge. A child of the scientific imagination, gifted at birth with all talents by the wand of the 'Glossolalia' fairy, it has been created to respond to all the spiritist objections, and you can be assured that it will not abandon its mission" (Conscient, 1902, p. 187).
Overall the reception to Des Indes reflected the multiple conception of the mind existing at the time. For some psychologists it was an affirmation of the powers of non-conscious levels of the mind, and an incredible argument for spiritists, who felt threatened by Flournoy's use of psychological ideas.
"Paying attention to the reception of Flournoy's work both adds to our understanding of his research, and allows us to situate him in a wider historical context. By illustrating the complex way in which philosophers, physicians, and psychologists—from those skeptical of the notion of spirit agency and those who defended it—thought about mediumship and the subconscious mind, we can better understand the competing interests and theoretical views that were prevalent in the era . . . Knowledge of these issues may be useful to students of intellectual history and the history of science and medicine, as well as to current students of mediumship in their attempts to evaluate the reception of modern claims about the source of such 'communications.' "
Conscient, H. (1902). La Société d'Études Psychiques de Genève. Revue Spirite: Journal d'Études Psychologiques, 45, 187.
Delanne, G. (1902). Recherches sur la Médiumnité. Paris: Librairie des Science Psychiques.
Hyslop, J.H. (1900). "From India to the Planet Mars." North American Review, 171, 734–747.
Myers, F.W.H. (1903). Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death (2 vols). London: Longmans, Green.
Sergi, G. (1903). Animismo e Spiritismo. Turin: Fratelli Bocca.
Taylor, E. (2009). The Mystery of Personality: A History of Psychodynamic Theories. New York: Springer.
We are glad to see that the Society for Psychical Research, founded in London on February 20, 1882, is still around after 134 years. The SPR, I am happy to say, is still very useful to workers in psychical research providing publications, conferences and funding.
Below you will find a short bibliography of works about the early period of the Society that I hope will help readers to obtain information about this important organization.
Alvarado, C. S. (2002). Dissociation in Britain during the late nineteenth century: The Society for Psychical Research, 1882-1900.Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 3, 9-33.
Bennett, E. T. (1903).The Society for Psychical Research: Its Rise & Progress & a Sketch of its Work. London: R. Brimley Johnson.
Cerullo, J. J. (1982). The Secularization of the Soul: Psychical Research in Modern Britain. Philadelphia: Institute for the Study of Human Issues.
Gauld, A. (1968). The Founders of Psychical Research. London: Routledge & Paul.
Haynes, R. (1982). The Society for Psychical Research, 1882-1982: A History. London: Macdonald.
Nicol, F. (1972). The founders of the S.P.R. Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, 55, 341-367.
Rogo, D. S. (1987). The founders of the Society for Psychical Research: A retrospective look.Parapsychology Review, 18(4), 5-9.
Salter, W. H. (1948). The Society for Psychical Research: An Outline of its History. London: Society for Psychical Research.
Carlos S. Alvarado, PhD, Research Fellow, Parapsychology Foundation
The Parapsychology Foundation http://www.parapsychology.org (PF) announces a new online conference featuring five presentations about parapsychology in various countries. It will take place in January 23-24, 2016. For a more detailed schedule and to register (for free) go here.
If you can't join the conference on the 23rd or 24th, not to worry; all presentations will be recorded and if you register, you will be able to revisit the presentations at your leisure.
The PF has released the following information about the event:
The Parapsychology Foundation is celebrating its 65th year in operation this year. Dedicated to providing support for students and researchers in the field of scientific and academic parapsychology, the PF decided to launch the Parapsychology Foundation Online Academy on WizIQ with its first online International Affiliates Conference. For unprecedented access to this elite group of scientists and researchers, join us for this conference by clicking the link above!
The Parapsychology Foundation International Affiliates program was inaugurated in 2000 and includes 27 extraordinary individuals from 26 different countries around the world. For this inaugural event, five international affiliates will talk about institutional, educational and research developments in their own countries over the last 40 years.
Here are the International Affiliates who will be speaking at the conference:
• Dr. Alejandro Parra, the PF International Affiliate for Argentina, is a clinical psychologist in Buenos Aires, the director of the Instituto de Psicología Paranormal, and a past President of the Parapsychological Association.
• Hideyuki Kokubo, the PF International Affiliate for Japan, is the editor and director of the Journal of the International Society for Life Information, the Journal of the Japanese Society for Parapsychology, and the Journal of Mind-Body Science, as well as the director of the International Research Institute in Chiba, and a researcher at the Bio-Emission Laboratory of Meiji University.
• Dr. Chris Roe, the PF International Affiliate for England, is Professor of Research at the University of Nottingham and the Director of its Centre for the Study of Anomalous Psychological Processes, past and current President of the Parapsychological Association, and the editor of the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research.
• Dr. Mario Varvoglis is the PF International Affiliate for France, the Director of the Institut Métapsychique International in Paris, a past-President of the Parapsychological Association and the author of La Rationalité de l'Irrationnel, an analysis of contemporary psi research and its social and theoretical implications.
• Dr. Wellington Zangari and Dr. Fátima Regina Machado are joint PF International Affiliates for Brazil. Dr. Zangari is Professor of the Social Psychology of Religion at the University of São Paulo, Dr. Machado is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology at the Pontifical Catholic University also in São Paulo, and both are founders of Interpsi: Laboratory of Anomalistic Psychology and Psychosocial Processes at the University of São Paulo.
In addition, Lisette Coly, the President of the Parapsychology Foundation, and PF Research Fellows Dr. Carlos S. Alvarado and Dr. Nancy L. Zingrone will conduct the opening and closing sessions for the conference, focusing on the breadth of the PF International Affiliate program, its goals and accomplishments, and, in the closing session, on such upcoming activities as the Parapsychology Foundation Online Academy that will debut later in the spring of 2016 on WizIQ.
To register for free go here (click enroll now).
Those of you who have followed this blog may be aware of the parapsychology MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) Nancy L. Zingrone and I organized in 2015 (click here). We are now organizing the ParaMOOC2016. This is the joint effort of our organization The AZIRE and the Parapsychology Foundation (PF), which is well-known in the field for its long history of supporting parapsychology via conferences, grants, and in other ways (click here for information about the PF).
The 2016 MOOC is being organized following our previous thinking, that, in addition to the few currently available introductory and popular information offerings about parapsychology on the Web, there is a need to present high level scientific and scholarly discussions of parapsychological topics to inform the general public and interested others. These discussions are presented by individuals with recognized academic credentials (doctoral degrees), and with research experience.
The ParaMooc2016 was approved by the administration of the WizIQ learning platform this morning and Nancy has been uploading the schedule as we know it at the moment, as well as welcoming the dozen students who have already signed up. WizIQ is the social media teaching platform that we and the Parapsychology Foundation are using in our online teaching/online conference activities. The benefit of getting approval is that the course is marketed by WizIQ to it's 500,000 or so teachers, and 4.5 million students already using the system worldwide. Because of the system's reach we are hoping to get the word out about the scientific side of the field to as many newcomers as we did in last year's MOOC.
Registration is definitely open. Just create a free account by using your Facebook log-in or creating a new one that's just for the WizIQ system, then click this link: http://the-azire.wiziq.com/course/139659-parapsychology-research-and-education-paramooc2016. The MOOC is free and live presentations are scheduled at 2:00pm Eastern time for the majority of the speakers. The presentations will be recorded and available soon after (usually within 24 hours). Later on, as we finish uploading the edited versions of the lectures from last year's MOOC on our YouTube Channel, Parapsychology Online, we will start editing and loading up the lectures from this year.
While the ParaMOOC2016 schedule may still change, we have received confirmation for the participation of such persons as Drs. Bernard Carr, Arnaud Delorme, William Everist, Renaud Evrard, Erlendur Haraldsson, Janice Holden, David Luke, Antonia Mills, Ginette Nachman, Serena Roney-Dougal, Stefan Schmidt, and Patrizio Tressoldi. A few others may join us soon.
Some of the topics discussed include hyperdimensional and quantum theory ideas related to psychic phenomena, clinical perspectives of psychic experiences, and studies of recollections of previous lives, near-death experiences, mind-body medicine, distant intentions, the psychophysiology of mediumship, meditation and psi, and apparitions.
The complete (so far) information on the course is available on the enrollment link, so feel free to click just to check out the information at this link: http://the-azire.wiziq.com/course/139659-parapsychology-research-and-education-paramooc2016
Several laboratory experiments have presented evidence to the effect that changes in some physiological measure correspond to a remote stimuli, suggesting ESP may manifest physiologically while the person is not aware of the process. In an article I published recently I discussed a generally forgotten nineteenth-century example of this.
Here is the reference and the abstract:
Carlos S. Alvarado (2015). Note on an Early Physiological Index of ESP: John E. Purdon's Observations of Synchronous Pulse Rates.Journal of Scientific Exploration, 29, 109–123. (Available on request from the author:firstname.lastname@example.com)
The purpose of this Note is to rescue from oblivion the nineteenth-century researches of physician John E. Purdon with measures of pulse rate synchrony between two persons. This was done using a sphygmograph, an instrument that measured pulse and provided graphic tracings on paper. According to Purdon, he found some persons reproduced the tracings of others in conditions that he considered to imply a telepathic transfer. Purdon speculated that one person produced emissions of nervous force that were propagated to others via the ether. While this research may be criticized from the point of view of modern research standards, it is presented here as an interesting and generally unknown early instrumental study of the concept of the detection of ESP via a physiological response.
"John Edward Blakeney Purdon was a physician who was born in Dublin in 1839. He was educated and trained in medicine at Trinity College, Dublin . . . Purdon lived in India serving as a surgeon in the British Army starting in 1865 . . . In 1881, when he made his first observations of synchronous pulse rates, he was in charge of a military hospital in Guernsey, the Channel Islands. After retiring from the Army in 1883, Purdon lived in the United States."
The observations were done in informal ways. The first one took place in a hospital between a soldier and a woman separated by a wall. "During the ten days that my observations continued, I took many scores of traces with the sphygmograph finding the likenesses between the curve of Private W . . . and the young woman next door to be often remarkable. On one occasion I found that Private W . . . Private L . . . and myself were showing the same pattern almost exactly. That night our neighbour was eliminated as a disturbing cause, for she was laid up with a very bad sick headache . . ."
In another instance recorded in 1881: "I was taking the tracing of a young lady who was lying down with a menstrual headache, her hand being held by an older lady, her first cousin, when I suddenly saw the pulse curve change to that of the other, which I had more than once taken that morning. There could be no mistake about the resemblance, for the tracing of the other person was very characteristic and so familiar to me that such would have been a moral impossibility under the circumstances."
Another example: "I was taking the tracing of a young lady who was lying down with a menstrual headache, her hand being held by an older lady, her first cousin, when I suddenly saw the pulse curve change to that of the other, which I had more than once taken that morning . . . I repeated the observation, taking the tracings of each woman repeatedly, and found more or less resemblance between the tracings of the elder and one side of the younger. . . . This relation had to do in my mind with the state of susceptibility to change, disturbance, or irritation of the nervous system of the younger, as depending upon the presence of the catamenia."
I concluded the paper pointing out some problems with Purdon's research when seen from the point of view of modern standards: "The evaluation of the results depended on visual inspection of the tracings, something that does not seem to have been done blindly. Furthermore, the reports lack information about checks on the proper functioning of the sphygmograph, potential artifacts related to how the instrument was attached to the arm, the position of the arm and its movements, and environmental stimuli that could have affected the tracings of both subjects."
However, my interest to write this paper was not to present evidence for ESP via pulse rate change, but to acknowledge the pioneering efforts of Purdon.
I recently published a review of the first volumes of three journals that were historically important in the study of psychic phenomena. The review article is entitled "On First Volumes and Beginnings in the Study of Psychic Phenomena: Varieties of Investigative Approaches" (Journal of Scientific Exploration, 2015, 29, 131-153; if you want a copy write to me at: firstname.lastname@example.com). The journals in question were:Revue Spirite: Journal d'Études Psychologiques, 1858, Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, 1882–1883, and theJournal of Parapsychology, 1937.
In my introduction I mentioned different research styles in the history of psychology, including, for example case studies and experiments. "A similar situation and the topic of this Essay Review is the different approaches in the study of psychic phenomena over time. The purpose of this Essay Review is to introduce to modern readers some of these approaches in the forms of summaries of the contents of three different journals from the past. These are comments about the first volumes of influential publications concerned with the study of psychic phenomena that are probably not familiar to current students of psychic phenomena."
The Revue Spirite, produced by Allan Kardec, was an important resource in the spreading of Spiritism in France, and elsewhere. Most of the content of the Revue was devoted to mediumistic communications that were seen as authoritative as regards moral, philosophical and scientific issues. There was no attempt at external verification and many of the communications were not verifiable in principle. "In a two-page paper entitled 'Utilité de Certaines Évocations Particulières' (Utility of Some Particular Evocations . . .), it was stated that these messages were valuable because the spirits in question 'have acquired a high degree of perfection' . . . that allowed them to 'penetrate the mysteries that exceed the vulgar reach of humanity. . .' "
The cases described in this volume were not original investigations, but accounts reprinted from popular sources. "Examples include 'Visions' . . . , 'Le Revenant de Mademoiselle Clairon' (The Ghost of Miss Clairon . . .), 'L'Esprit Frappeur de Dibbelsdorf—Basse-Saxe' (The Rapping Spirit of Dibbelsdorf—Lower Saxony), . . .), and 'Phénomène d'Apparition' (Apparition Phenomena, . . .)."
I argued, "to consider the content of the Revue, and Kardec's work, as a scientific research program . . . begs the question of what science is. It is one thing to observe nature and develop hypotheses based on observed patterns, or to be tested by further observations or actual experimentation, and another thing to use communications through seances, which source is uncertain, as shown in this volume of theRevue, to get teachings and answers to questions about the nature of topics such as the workings of psychic phenomena and a variety of moral and philosophical issues. Similarly, it is one thing to report on non-evidential spirit communications and on cases of apparitions and other phenomena discussed in the press and other sources, and it is another to study these phenomena with attention to evidence."
A very different approach was that found in the first volume of the Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research. "ThePSPR was the main organ of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR), which was of basic importance for the development of parapsychology. Its work . . . systematized research into psychic phenomena in England, but it was also influential in other countries."
Some of the authors in the first volume of the PSPR were William F. Barrett, Edmund Gurney, Frederic W. H. Myers, and Henry Sidgwick. "The first volume, containing four issues appearing in 1882 and 1883, was formed of papers reporting on the collection and analysis of evidence for psychic phenomena coming from accounts and from experiments. Some of these were . . . Barrett, Gurney, and Myers' 'First Report of the Committee on Thought-Reading' (1882 . . .) . . .Barrett, Keep, Massey, Wedgwood, Podmore, and Pease's 'First Report of the Committee on 'Haunted Houses' ' (1882 . . .), and Barrett, Massey, Moses, Podmore, Gurney, and Myers' 'Report of the Literary Committee' (1882 . . .). These, and other reports such as Barrett's 'On Some Phenomena Associated with Abnormal Conditions of Mind' (1883 . . .) and Malcolm Guthrie and James Birchall's 'Record of Experiments in Thought-Transference, at Liverpool' (1883 . . .), point to the empirical approach prevalent in the SPR even if such attempts seem methodologically crude by modern standards."
Different from the Revue, the SPR had high evidential standards with cases. As stated in the "First Report of the Committee on 'Haunted Houses' ", published in 1882: "In the first place, we . . . begin by tracing every story to the fountain-head. But we do not consider that every first-hand narration of the appearance of a ghost, even from a thoroughly trustworthy narrator, gives us adequate reason for attempting further investigation. On the contrary, our general principle is that the unsupported evidence of a single witness does not constitute sufficient ground for accepting an apparition as having a prima facie claim to objective reality. To distinguish any apparition from an ordinary hallucination . . . it must receive some independent evidence to corroborate it. And this corroboration may be of two kinds; we may have the consentient testimony of several witnesses; or there may be some point of external agreement and coincidence—unknown, as such, to the seer at the time—(e.g., the periodic appearance on a particular anniversary, or the recognition of a peculiar dress), to give to the vision an objective foundation."
The volume also had the beginnings of an experimental tradition in the study of ESP, something that would be developed in later volumes. An example was "Records of Experiments on Thought-Transference, at Liverpool," by Malcolm Guthrie and James Birchall (1883). Furthermore there were instructions about precautions to follow in conducting such experiments.
"While the PSPR included some reports of experiments (and this became more frequent in later volumes), this approach was not the main one taken by SPR researchers. But it was the research style predominant in theJournal of Parapsychology." This is clear in the first volume of this publication, appearing in 1937.
The Journal of Parapsychology (JP) came from Joseph Banks Rhine research group at Duke University and represented an experimental and quantitative research tradition. "According to my count of types of paper in the first volume, excluding correspondence and notes, there were 16 experimental reports, 4 editorials, 3 reviews of specific topics, 3 summaries and reviews of specific experiments, and 3 discussions of statistical issues."
"Examples of experiments include ESP studies such as J. G. Pratt's . . . 'Clairvoyant Blind Matching' . . . , J. L. Woodruff and R. W. George's 'Experiments in Extra-Sensory Perception' . . . , Lucien Warner's 'The Role of Luck in ESP Data' . . . , and Vernon Sharp and C. C. Clark's 'Group Tests for Extra-Sensory Perception' . . . The experimental approach was not limited to proving the existence of ESP. TheJP carried interesting experiments to study ESP in relation to other variables, such as J. B. Rhine's 'The Effect of Distance in ESP Tests' . . . , Margaret H. Pegram's 'Some Psychological Relations of Extra-Sensory Perception' . . . , and Edmond P. Gibson's 'A Study of Comparative Performance in Several ESP Procedures' . . . In addition, several studies were reported about ESP tests with special participants."
In conclusion: "The journals discussed here . . . had to carve out their own territory, so to speak, when they started. TheRevue appeared in a context in which mesmerism was better known, a movement that was not always open to spiritism . . . Similarly, to some extent thePSPR and the JP represented 'new' beginnings in terms of spiritualism and psychical research, respectively. However, it would be wrong to reduce everything to breaks and discontinuities. In fairness, the issue was more one of general trends, and it is important to recognize that there were clear conceptual and methodological connections between the movements."
"While different, the three journals presented in their pages material showing empirical attempts to study psychic phenomena, even though they represent different research styles. Of the three approaches—the teaching of the spirits, the analyses of testimony, and the conducting of experiments—only the last two are still pursued in parapsychology. In fact, I doubt that today many parapsychologists . . . will consider the use of mediumistically obtained teachings as a reliable approach to study psychic phenomena, although one may argue that it may be useful to generate hypotheses that may be put to test by other means. But leaving aside modern standards and practices, we must admit that Kardec saw his work as empirical, different from faith, an attempt to collect information from the natural world, albeit from an unusual source."
"Different from the above, the PSPR and the JP, not to mention other journals . . . , emphasized cases and experiments as the means to generate knowledge for psychical research. Later developments within the SPR and the Duke group, as articulated in the PSPR and the JP, significantly affected the study of psychic phenomena, transforming it into a more systematic endeavor . . ."
Carlos S. Alvarado, PhD, Research Fellow, Parapsycholgy Foundation
One of my last published articles, written with colleagues Michael Nahm and Andreas Sommer, is a historical note about early nineteenth-century examples of explanations of mediumistic phenomena via the psychic powers of the living medium.
Here is the reference and abstract:
Alvarado, C.S., Nahm, M., & Sommer, A. (2012). Notes on early interpretations of mediumship. Journal of Scientific Exploration, 26, 855-865.
The purpose of this note is to dispel the notion that ideas of human agency to account for the veridical mental phenomena of mediums began with persons associated with the Society for Psychical Research (SPR) in England, or with certain later individuals. In fact, the appearance of these ideas preceded the founding of the Society in 1882. Examples of earlier writers who discussed these ideas include Carl Gustav Carus, Edward W. Cox, Justinus Kerner, Asa Mahan, André-Saturnin Morin, Maximilian Perty, B.W. Richmond, and Edward C. Rogers. In contrast to the speculation by later SPR authors and others, the concepts that appeared in the old literature often involved belief in physical forces.
Here is an example of the ideas mentioned in the paper: "The well-known American clairvoyant Andrew Jackson Davis (1826-1910) believed in different agencies . . . In his book The Present Age and Inner Life (1853) Davis wrote that 'owing to the extraordinary attributes of man's mind, many experiences are by some individuals regarded as spiritually originated; which in truth, are only caused by the natural laws of our being . . . .' Davis believed that 40% of the phenomena were due to discarnate spirits. The remaining possibilities included a variety of medical explanations, with 18% being accounted for by what would later be referred to as the psychic powers of the living."
Another example: "The German zoologist Maximilian Perty (1804-1884) was another critic of belief in spirit communication in mediumship . . . Perty argued that the "guides" of somnambulistic mediums, often assuming the appearance of deceased loved ones, were usually dramatized personifications from the somnambulist's own psyche . . . Rather than suggesting evidence of spirit identity, Perty held that supernormal knowledge emerging in "spirit guides" was due to the somnambulist's own unconscious clairvoyance or "magic excitation."
We concluded:
"The material discussed in this note could be extended. It shows that explanations of veridical elements arising from the living medium rather than from discarnate influence preceded the founding of the SPR. . . Nonetheless, the early ideas were often not exactly equivalent to those held by SPR workers and later writers engaged in controversies . . . and discussions of the so-called hypothetical construct referred to as super ESP . . . Instead early ideas were frequently associated with unorthodox concepts of force not discussed by the SPR workers who wrote about mental mediumship . . . In addition, although earlier writers knew about such processes as those akin to unconscious cerebration, the SPR (and later) workers laid more emphasis on less physiological conceptions of subconscious processes that had a wider scope."
One of my papers about historical topics, authored with Renaud Evrard, is about discussions of psychic phenomena in nineteenth-century issues of a French journal. It is entitled "Nineteenth Century Psychical Research in Mainstream Journals: TheRevue Philosophique de la France et de l'Étranger" (Journal of Scientific Exploration, 2013, 27, 655-689; for a PDF reprint write to me at: firstname.lastname@example.com). Here is the abstract:
"While there were several psychical research journals during the nineteenth century many interesting discussions about psychic phenomena took place as well in a variety of intellectual reviews and scholarly and scientific journals of various disciplines. One such example was the French journal Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Étranger, founded in 1876 by Théodule Ribot. Reflecting the various interests of psychologists during the nineteenth century, many topics were discussed in the Revue, among them hypnotic phenomena as well as mental suggestion and mediumship. The journal provided an important forum for French discussions in psychology and in the social sciences in general that helped the development of those disciplines. The same may be said about psychic phenomena, which were discussed in the pages of the journal by authors such as Émile Boirac, Victor Egger, Théodore Flournoy, Jules Héricourt, Pierre Janet, Leon Marillier, Julian Ochorowicz, Charles Richet, and Albert Ruault. We present summaries of some of these writings which we hope will bring some of this material to the attention of non-French readers."
As we wrote about the Revue: "The first volume . . . included articles by such noted figures as Paul Janet (1823-1899), George H. Lewes (1817-1878), John Stuart Mill (1806-1873), Herbert Spencer (1820-1903), Hippolyte Taine (1828-1893), Eduard Von Hartmann (1842-1906), and Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920) . . . French historian of psychology Serge Nicolas has argued that . . . the journal was a contributing factor in the development of nineteenth century empirical psychology . . . An important aspect of it was that the Revue was a forum for work on abnormal psychology and hypnotic phenomena that contributed to the development of the concepts of the subconscious mind and of dissociation."
We discussed various topics related to psychic phenomena, among them mental suggestion. This included Charles Richet's classic 1884 paper "La Suggestion Mentale et le Calcul des Probabilités" [Mental Suggestion and the Calculation of Probabilities], as well as Pierre Janet's two papers appearing in 1886 about the induction of trance at a distance with the famous Léonie Leboulanger. We wrote: "Janet's papers were very influential in late nineteenth century psychical research, cited by many inside and outside France . . . This work . . . opened the door to the publication of similar cases in theRevue by other authors . . ."
There were also summaries of articles about mediumship, the effects of drugs and medicine from a distance, panoramic memory, and criticism. TheRevue also brought information about non-French work in the form of book reviews, articles and notes. "Frederic W. H. Myers authored two notes on veridical hallucinations . . . aspects of the work of the Society for Psychical Research were reviewed in a discussion of Gurney, Myers and Podmore'sPhantasms of the Living(1886). . . and in a note about the Society's further work on hallucinations. . .There were also short summaries of the content of the Proceedings of the Society."
We concluded: "Depending on the reader's interest the material reviewed here will have different purposes. Those interested in the reality of psychic phenomena will use these materials to assess the evidential value of the old work. In contrast, those interested in the historical aspects of psychical research will see these papers and book reviews as examples of important primary sources for the study of nineteenth century psychical research. From either perspective—and perhaps from the perspective of those interested in both views—there is no question that the Revue is an important information source for the study of nineteenth century psychical research, particularly in France."
It is well known that many of the early psychologists were negative about the existence of psychic phenomena, preferring to explain them via conventional principles such as fraud, suggestion, hallucination, and other ideas. Individuals such as Alfred Binet, Joseph Jastrow, and Hugo Münsterberg are examples of this tradition. In a paper I recently published I discuss a prominent example of this, namely the work of American psychologist G. Stanley Hall.
G. Stanley Hall
The paper, "G. Stanley Hall on 'Mystic or Borderline Phenomena' "(Journal of Scientific Exploration, 2014, 28, 75–93; available from the author: firstname.lastname@example.com) was not meant to be a detailed overview of Hall's critical work, but an introduction to a little known paper of his about psychic phenomena. Here is the abstract:
"G. Stanley Hall (1844–1924) was one the most prominent of the early American psychologists and an outspoken skeptic about the existence of psychic phenomena. This article presents a reprint of one of his critiques on the topic, a little-known paper entitled 'Mystic or Borderline Phenomena' published in 1909 in the Proceedings of the Southern California Teacher's Association. Hall commented on some phenomena of physical mediumship, as well as on apparitions, telepathy, and mental healing. In his view all could be explained via conventional ways such as trickery and the workings of the unconscious mind. The paper is reprinted with an introduction and annotations providing biographical information about Hall and additional information and clarification of the points he made in the paper. It is argued that Hall's paper represents an instance of boundary-work common at the beginning of organized psychology, representing an attempt to give authority to the discipline over fields such as psychical research."
I argue in the paper: "In addition to Hall's unquestionable importance for the development and history of American psychology, I had several . . . reasons to choose this article. The paper is a good summary of Hall's negative views about psychic phenomena and psychical research and represents the opinion of other psychologists at the time . . . Hall's paper is an example of the attempts of many early psychologists to separate their emerging field from psychical research . . . I am also presenting Hall's paper as a reminder of the importance of remembering critics and criticism in our discussions and understanding of the past developments of psychical research. This is because many historical articles published by workers in the field tend to focus on proponents of, or on defenses of, the 'reality' of psychic phenomena."
Unfortunately Hall misrepresented psychical researchers several times in his paper. For example, he assumed they needed to know something about topics such as hallucinations and hypnotism. But Hall knew better than this, as he had read Gurney, Myers and Podmore's Phantasms of the Living (1886) and he knew about Myers writings which covered much of abnormal psychology. In fact, I believe that Hall could have learned much about these topics from the psychical researchers.
Hall's paper was also not fair to psychical researchers when he wrote: "There is almost nothing tricks cannot do, aided by skill and practice. There are many codes: for instance, reading cards can be done by two confederates, one of whom catches the heart rhythm as the toe or a crossed leg moves, and counts off the suit and the card, marking the beginning of the count by any rustle or noise of the foot, hem, sniffle, or any other sign, which the observers never detect. Probably hundreds of these tricks are well known and are found in the copious literature on this subject . . . My contention is that every investigator should know what are the resources of sleight of hand."
But as I comment in my article: "Here, as in other writings, and in other parts of the article, Hall presents his comments without acknowledging that psychical researchers were aware of the issue of fraud and of techniques of fraud from the beginning of the movement . . . Hall had a tendency to offer advice and issue recommendations under the apparent assumption that his points had not been considered before. While this may have been true among some, such as members of the general public . . . , it did not apply to most psychical researchers."
Consequently Hall's writings need to be critically assessed.
On Hall's contributions to psychology see:
Arnett, J. J. (2006). G. Stanley Hall's Adolescence: Brilliance and nonsense. History of Psychology, 9, 186–197.
Bringmann, W. G. (1992). G. Stanley Hall and the history of psychology. American Psychologist, 47, 281–290.
Hogan, J. D. (2003). G. Stanley Hall: Educator, organizer, and pioneer. In In G. A. Kimble & M. Wertheimer (Eds.),Portraits of Pioneers in Psychology(Volume 5, pp. 19–36), Mahwa, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum; Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Hulse, S. H., & Green, B. F. (Eds.) (1986). One Hundred Years of Psychological Research in America: G. Stanley Hall and the Johns Hopkins Tradition. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University.
Rosenzwig, S. (1992). Freud, Jung, and Hall the King-Maker: The Historic Expedition to America (1909), with G. Stanley Hall as Host and William James as Guest. St. Louis, MO: Rana House Press.
Ross, D. (1972). G . Stanley Hall: The Psychologist as Prophet. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Sokal, M. M. (1990). G. Stanley Hall and the institutional character of psychology at Clark 1889–1920.Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 26, 114–124.
The Parapsychological Association is an international professional organization of scientists and scholars engaged in the study of psi (or 'psychic') experiences, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, psychic healing, and precognition. The primary objective of the PA is to achieve a scientific understanding of these experiences.
First established in 1957, the PA has been an affiliated organization of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1969. The PA is a non-profit, non-adjudicating organization that endorses no ideologies or beliefs other than the value of rigorous scientific and scholarly inquiry.

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Hello again Yankee fans. 2nd go round of throwing out some quick Yankee hits or thoughts for your rebuttal or agreement. Feel free to respond that I am hitting foul balls, home runs or striking out. Also, this guy Spencer who has been posting lately seems like a nice guy but don't make the Maddogg angry - I should be the one awarded the very prestigious title of nj.com blogger. No more barking, here we go
Team MVP? Granderson keeps on making a solid case for the honor. A definite career year for the Grandy man. Since this is an unofficial award anyway I will offer up Cashman for consideration. Kudos for the pickups of Martin, Garcia, Colon, Chavez and Andrew Jones.
Catchers? Jesus benefits from Francisco being on the shelf temporarily. I think most folks would agree Montero is showing the hype about his bat is warranted. While we will hold off for now in reserving a spot in Cooperstown, it may not be a reach to say a spot on the playoff roster is looking more likely.
Starting Pitchers - The debate about the 2nd and 3rd starter is heating up. Kudos to David Cone for pointing out being home or on the road is a factor. I do like Nova but not sure I want him in game 3 on the road. Although some folks argue Colon should be the #2, if we are on the road for game 3, I vote for Colon in game 3. Hughes' past success in late innings and AJ's mini resurgence makes Phil a near lock for the bullpen.
Key offensive player in the postseason? I previously voted for ARod. I am staying with that and would like to make an additional point. Our bats on the bench might be more important this year. Gardy and the catchers will be guys Girardi may pinch hit for late in games. Thus, Chavez, Montero, Posada & Jones will need to step up. Reminds me of the days when we had Chili Davis, Straw and Fielder on the bench.
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News & Information » Fact Sheets » Global Health Fact Sheet: Ensuring Family Planning Commodity Security (2013)
The overall goal of the Leadership, Management, and Sustainability Program (LMS/Haiti) is to strengthen the leadership and management skills of Haiti's Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) to respond to the challenges of reproductive health commodity security and the delivery of quality family planning and other health services.
USAID's Ensuring Family Planning Commodity Security project aims to: (1) Strengthen local capacity to manage the supply chain of USAID-donated condoms and family planning commodities, and (2) Strengthen the capacity of the MSPP's Direction of Pharmacy and Medicines (DPM) and Family Planning Program to manage commodity logistics in order to facilitate the delivery of quality family planning and other health services at the major public health sector hospitals.
- Strengthen management systems, with continued and reinforced emphasis on reproductive health commodity logistics management
- Facilitate the storage of USAID commodities at the central and health facility level and ensure the distribution of these commodities to service delivery sites supported by U.S. Government projects
- Conduct semiannual forecasting and quantification exercises to establish the current inventory and future needs of condoms and other contraceptives within the country
- Train health care providers in compliance with all USG family planning regulations on family planning service delivery
- Train MSPP staff at the central level of the DPM and the Family Planning Program as well as at the regional health department level in procurement and supply chain management
- Collaborate with the MSPP and the DPM to develop updated national policies and standard tools for pharmaceutical management
- Between October 2010 and December 2011, LMS/Haiti provided 343 family planning sites with condoms and contraceptives, including: 34,926,000 condoms, 1,019,575 Depo Provera, and 674,276 Microgynon/Lofemenal.
- LMS/Haiti distributed an additional 12,010,480 condoms and other commodities through peripheral warehouses.
- LMS/Haiti trained 275 health professionals from MSPP's health institutions in contraceptive technology and 270 service providers from the MSPP Family Planning Program on logistics.
- LMS/Haiti trained and certified 688 health professionals from the public sector and other USG sites on the principles of making informed choices on family planning.
Additional Information
Budget: $11.9 million
Life of Project: March 2010-March 2015
Implementing Partner: Management Sciences for Health
Last updated: August 14, 2015


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Wall Street gave up a big advance and turned lower Monday as investors suffered a renewed case of the jitters ahead of the Federal Reserve's meeting on interest rates later this week.
The stock market, which has seen huge swings in recent weeks, was initially relieved to hear from the National Association of Realtors that existing home sales declined in May by only 0.3 percent to 5.99 million units.
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Oil and gas futures rose Monday as reports of new refinery outages countered news that Nigerian labor unions ended a strike during the weekend.
Oil had started the day dropping more than $1 a barrel and pulling other energy futures lower in response to the strike's end.
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It probably is.. till Mario Kart Wii comes out
I've been told that NFS: Carbon is the better one but haven't had a chance to play it yet. What do you people think?
It probably is.. till Mario Kart Wii comes out
Send PM before addingXD.
Currently Playing: COD4, (Spot Reserved for SSBB)
Recently Beat:
Currently Watching: Naruto, Bleach
NFS: prostreet coming out soon, carbon was ok but I'd wait to see how good prostreet is.
Excite Truck is fun.
or you could do what I did
Wii games: Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, Resident Evil 4, Zelda TP, SSX: Blur, Excite Truck, The Godfather, and Mario Kart Wii
PC games: Call of Duty 4, Halo 1, UT3, F.E.A.R., and The Orange Box.
PS3 games: Ratchet and Clank F.T.O.D., Resistance 2, Wipeout HD, and MGS4.
I enjoy Excite truck very much
Smash Bros. Brawl Code: 4296-2641-1219
Thanks people. I just looked at the Prostreet one and it looks decent. I'll wait to buy that one I guess.
yeah I'm waiting for Pro street too ( i love that name, i've no idea about other countries but here in the UK Pro as well as been a shortened version of professional is also short for prostitue - Prostitue Street there's a few of them around here)
carbon was good, but after beating it i sold it because there was really no point in starting over again..fun times though! pretty good graphics and gameplay for an early wii game
How do you guys play racing games on the wii?
Do you use a classic controller, just the wiimote or do you use the plastic steering wheel config?
And how will you compare the way you are playing it to the steering wheel config on the pc?
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You hold the Wiimote sideways and tilt it left and right to steer.
As for racing games, Excite truck is really fun. Mario Kart Wii looks awsome if you can wait.
If u can wait EH MARIO COM HERE
elswise prostreet is out soon if not allready
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EXHIBITORS: This year, we'll be showcasing works from over 75 exhibitors, so don't forget to bring your money to support these incredible zinesters and independent publishers.
WORKSHOPS: We're excited to offer workshops at this year's zine fest, starting at 10:30am and running until 5:30pm. Please see the descriptions below – you won't want to miss them!
SCREENPRINTING: Create your own commemorative Denver Zine Fest t-shirt at our custom screenprinting station! We will have a limited supply of t-shirts available at the event, but we encourage you to bring a shirt of your own. Dark colored shirts work best. $5 donation encouraged.
DOCUMENTING THE ZINE FEST: There will be multiple disposable cameras floating around throughout the day. Share your perspective of the event through the lens of these cameras.
CONTRIBUTE TO THE DZF ZINE: Stop by the zine-making station to contribute a page to the Denver Zine Fest zine. We'll have materials available at the Denver Zine Library's table and will compile the fabulous contributions collected throughout the day. The zine will then be available at the Denver Zine Library!
ZINE RAFFLE: Attendees will have a chance to win zines donated by the amazing exhibitors. $1 per ticket or 5 for $3. Tickets will be drawn at 12:50pm, 2:50pm and 4:50pm. Must be present to win.
FOOD AND BEVERAGES: While there are some local places you can grab a bite, you won't want to miss La Sirena Gitana's tacos, which will be in the main exhibitor hall (including gluten-free and vegan options). Coffee, soda, and snacks will also be available.
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Workshops at the Denver Zine Fest
Down with the Brown: A Zinester's Guide to Fighting Oppression
Facilitated by: Anna Vo, Anthony Cortes, Nia King, and Olivia Hunte
We will talk about our zine-making, challenges, triumphs, and attempts to visibilize or make space for POC in our work. The second half of the workshop will be an exploration and discussion with those present. We invite only those negatively affected by racism, and ask that the space be POC only.
Zine Making
Facilitated by Taylor and Jazzmyn Barbosa
Twin artists, Taylor and Jazzmyn Barbosa would like to invite you to a workshop exploring the wonderful world of Zine making. Comics like John Porcellino's King Cat, Yumi Sakugawa's There is No Right way to Meditate, and Noah Van Sciver's Blammo originally sparked the twins' interest and passion for zines. When they are not working on their art, they are napping, buying people's used clothes, and watching Adam Sandler cinema. Their zine making workshop will cover mark-making, zine layouts, and various approaches to creating content. Workshoppers will have time to create their very own zine, as well as be provided with our complimentary take-away zine, How to Make a Zine! We look forward to seeing you there!
How To Make a Podcast
Facilitated by Jay Papandreas and Damian Burford
Two dudes from two Westword award winning podcast teach you how to make your own podcast in the spirit of DIY!
Hosted by Damian, Mostly Harmless is a Punk Rock podcast that started off as a zine! It includes In-depth interviews about life the universe and everything with your favorite punk rock musicians, indie artists and Alt-Country Heroes. Not to mention indie filmmakers, comic artists and more!
Jay Papandreas hosts Ask A Punk podcast. It is a show chronicling a scene with growing pains hosted by two guys with the same growing pains. What started as two guys complaining about aging out of punk has become a more critical chat with bands and critics about an expanding genre as it gets out of the basements and meets up with the digital age.
Drawing Mythological & Legendary Creatures
Facilitated by Jeremy Stoll
Participants of any age will learn about and practice the steps for researching and drawing your own take on mythological and legendary creatures from a comics creator and folklorist. Pencils and paper will be provided.
Facilitated by T, Olivia Hunte, and Gillian Brooke Kümm
Intersections, facilitated by the founders of Intersections Zine: Within the 45 min. workshop, we would like to create a space which allows for the examination of intersectionality and how it is reflected/presented within our zine. In addition to this facilitated discussion, individuals in attendance will have the opportunity to create art that reflects their intersecting identities. More specifically, using scraps from old magazines, attendees can create a collage that represents their intersections.
Zine Olympics
Facilitated by Billy the Bunny
- Creative Cover Design: This is an all-day event where zinesters try to come up with the best looking cover for an imaginary zine. Participants will be given a half-size piece of cardstock, will draw two random words out of a hat, and will then create the cover in any style they choose. Votes will be tallied at the end of the day.
- Speed Stapling: Contestants will use a long-arm stapler to staple within numbered circles drawn on three different sheets of paper. The staples must be placed completely within the line of the circle, and they must be stapled IN SEQUENTIAL ORDER. Disobeying this rule will lead to penalties. This is a timed event, the person with the fastest time, wins.
- Tag-Team Zine-Making: Two-person teams will be asked to collate, fold, and staple ten zines. The two people may divide up the work in any way they choose. The zines must have pages in their proper order, be stapled correctly, and appear distro-worthy. Sloppy craftsmanship will result in penalties. This is a timed event, the fastest time wins.
- Postal Scale Challenge: Individuals will take turns holding and feeling five separate packs of zines, then make guesses as to their weight. Once the contestants have been narrowed down to the top three, those three individuals will compete in one final postal scale challenge. The participant most able to accurately guess the weights of postal packages will win.
- Zine Trivia: Each individual competitor will complete a written quiz. Questions on the quiz will cover a variety of zine-related topics. After the quizzes have been collected and scored, the top three will compete in a live, head-to-head-to-head competition of zine trivia madness!
Zine Fest After Party: Saturday, June 25
Saturday, June 25 at 7pm
Ratio Beerworks, 2920 Larimer St, Denver, CO 80205
Can't get enough? Ratio Beerworks is hosting our after-party, starting at 7pm. Grab a drink, bust a move on the dance floor, and tell your favorite zinesters how much you love their work.
Specials that you won't want to miss:
- The Denver Zine Fest will receive $1 for every beer sold between 7-8pm!
- Our brand new pint glasses, unveiled the weekend of the zine fest, will be available for $7!
- Mostly Harmless Podcast will be interviewing zinesters and special guests!
This is a free, 21+ event!
Volunteer at the Denver Zine Fest
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BORGER - For almost 50 years, the mysterious package bundled with catalog pages and aluminum foil sat in the family cedar chest of Borger resident Sandy Troyer with the direction "To be opened January 1, 2000 year."
As a little girl growing up outside Tulsa, Okla., Troyer would peek into the chest and wonder what was in the package addressed to her from her grandfather, Jack Shafer. She calculated that she would be 46 on Jan. 1, 2000, and remembered thinking that was so old.
The little girl grew up.
She opened the package tied with string Saturday and discovered its contents: a Christmas edition of the Tulsa World newspaper, a baby picture of her brother, a bank receipt for $45 and an electric bill for $1.50. All of these things and more were dated circa 1953, Troyer's birth year.
"No money," Troyer said with a laugh. She said she figured the package would have more sentimental than monetary value.
"It's nice that he (her grandfather) thought so far ahead," she said. "The year 2000 was probably unimaginable at that time. He was pretty progressive."
Troyer sat on the couch and sorted through the memorabilia. She fingered pictures of her grandfather and grandmother when they were young and old, looked at the business card of the then-sheriff, and read the scribbled travel notes from a holiday trip in 1953.
Troyer said she was the youngest of 12 grandchildren and thinks that may be the reason her grandfather chose her to receive the makeshift time capsule.
The package attracted a lot of attention in Borger, said Troyer's husband, Larry.
"The whole town was waiting to see what was in that package," he said with a laugh.
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It has been more than two months since Jim Wells chose to step down after 15 seasons as Alabama's baseball coach.
The most successful coach in program history, Wells vanished quickly and quietly, without a formal send-off. He never spoke to reporters and did not address players at the team meeting where assistant Mitch Gaspard was introduced as the new head coach.
Now Wells is settling into a new role -- That of "Mr. Mom."
"I've spent a lot of time with my kids," Wells said with a laugh. "I'm Michael Keaton, I guess, whatever that movie was."
After unsuccessful attempts these past two months, I was able to catch up with Wells this week for a story in Friday's Press-Register.
It's the first public comments Wells has made since stepping down, and he sheds a little light on the decision, saying he essentially had his mind made up before the 2009 season began.
"It seemed abrupt, but it really wasn't," Wells said. "This isn't something I've thought about for a year or two. It's been weighing on me for several years. I could have stayed there and continued on, but I just felt it was best that I make the move."
UA deemed Wells' announcement to be a retirement, but Wells, 54, is looking for a job and said that he has not ruled out a return to coaching.
"I'm just kind of putting our feelers now, looking for some employment," Wells said. "Then maybe at the end of the year or so, I'll look to see if I want to get back into coaching at some level."


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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The Huntsville school board would like to retire its federal court order, the one that demands an end to the city's dual school system based on race. The order is 42-years-old, but still in effect. For Huntsville, there are reputational concerns and there are practical concerns.
Superintendent Casey Wardsynki, a former Army colonel hired to right the system, said he was most surprised during his first year when he learned that Huntsville schools still aren't, legally speaking, fully desegregated. That is to say federal court still has not ruled that Huntsville erased all vestiges of the old dual system. It's now one of 46 Alabama systems and over 200 nationwide still under the old civil rights era order.
For decades, the Huntsville board has heard that to end the order would be expensive and noisy and painful. Legal advisors have said the teaching staffs were imbalanced. Teachers could be shuffled between schools, black teachers transferred south, white teachers north. Well, Wardynski's doing that now anyway through principal transfers and through a system that considers race when placing a newly hired teacher.
There were warnings that town meetings about race and education would tear up the community. That conversation also already happened, sparked by the Huntsville Housing Authority's move south and the financial failing of the city school board. Two years ago, speakers filled board meetings and lined the halls for a series of marathon meetings about race and fairness and the fate of former Superintendent Ann Roy Moore.
Then there was the warning that Huntsville, with mostly white schools in one part of town and mostly black schools in another, could still face legal challenges in federal court. The counter argument here has long been 'that's true, but the order is frustrating and embarrassing.'
It's frustrating because Huntsville needs federal approval to build a school or move a zone line, and sometimes the Justice Department simply says no, as with plans long ago to split Grissom High. It's embarrassing because Huntsville prides itself on being a high-tech hub in the south, a progressive oasis that sent state troopers away and peacefully integrated its schools in 1963. But newcomers need look no further than the school's desegregation order for proof that not everything went so smoothly.
For the first time, all five board members agree that it's time to end the order. A couple years ago, Laurie McCaulley, the board president and lone African American member of the board, had doubts. Last week she said she has confidence given changes made Wardynski, saying it's time to end the order. "My ultimate goal is to make sure all of our schools are of a high quality," McCaulley said. "I'm not going to focus on the racial composition of our schools." The board has made shedding the federal order one of Wardynski's performance goals. And he's hired an outside attorney, a specialist from Washington D.C., to guide the process.
Release from such orders may lead to a gradual increase in segregation levels, especially in urban systems in the South, according to a recent study by a team of sociologists at Stanford University. But the order provides just one major tool toward desegregation for Huntsville. Those are the "m&m" transfers, or "minority to majority." Under the desegregation order, a black student can transfer to a majority white school and a white student can switch to a majority black school. This is the trickiest portion of the puzzle for Huntsville, arguably the city's best desegregation tool, but also the most anachronistic.
For two decades, Huntsville has operated a split system, with predominately black schools to the north and predominately white schools to the south. Desegregation levels in Huntsville peaked in the 1980s. The federal court order did not stop resegregation in the last two decades. Each Huntsville school doesn't offer all the same educational opportunities, but the order isn't fixing that either. The order does little to guarantee equity that isn't already covered by federal law. But it has led to some inane battles, such as when the Justice Department tried to stop the board from turning a small tech magnet at Williams into a regular middle school for an expanding neighborhood. The Justice Department lost in court on that one.
Meanwhile, the resulting "black/other" divide in school paperwork is becoming more and more out of step with the rest of the country, as Huntsville schools see more diversity with Latino and Asian populations that weren't considered in 1970.
The main loss will be the race-based transfers. The U.S. Supreme Court in 2007 said all other districts, meaning those not under order, can no longer consider race in student assignment. It's time for Huntsville to join them. The old policies haven't worked. Huntsville may indeed resegregate some, as the Stanford researchers found, without those race-based transfers. That means the board's task will be to work on a replacement option.
A transfer system based on student study interests or aptitudes, instead of a student's race, may fill the void. As the passing decades attest, there is no perfect nor easy solution. But it's equally clear that initial remedies of the 1970 order have run their course and offer diminished remedy. Yet Huntsville remains stuck in the past, forced to tell parents that the schools their child is eligible to attend depends on skin color. Huntsville could benefit from a new perspective on how to improve educational opportunities, one better in step with the rest of the nation.


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Top scientists say they see few scenarios that would meet Paris target to limit temperature rise to 1.5C. https://t.co/CaKkBZdwFM
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TerraPass members are a vocal group, with our past surveys showing that about half of our members have contacted their government on environmental issues.
Recently, I spent some time with some friends who work in environmental NGO circles, and we got to talking about the most effective ways for regular constituents to get attention from their elected representatives. After all, if youre going to go to the effort of getting in touch, you might as well be heard.
As some long time Footprint readers will recall, a couple of years ago in the heat of the Democratic presidential primary battle, we launched a petition against the ridiculously short-sighted and cynical "gas tax holiday" mooted by both Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Though it was, I'll admit, quite satisfying to send off the latest signatures every night or two, I've never been fully convinced it was the most effective way to get our point across.
So what is that most effective way? As it turns out, that's a simple question with a straightforward answer send a letter! Yes, actual snail mail. OK, there's a bit more to it than that, but rather than walking you through it myself, Im going to point you to Omar Ahmad, a member of the City Council for San Carlos, California, and his great short TED talk from 2010.
If you follow his advice, it will cost you the occasional stamp, and take a little more time than a simple email might, but you can be at least reasonably sure that someone will take the time to read it and perhaps even respond.
Because despite all the noise and confusion that characterizes our political system, at the end of the day the only way the politicians know what you want is if you tell them. So if you care about climate change legislation, please pick up that pen.
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FLINT, MI – Students in Flint may experience longer lines when they head back to class next month, if proposed policy changes are approved by the board of education.
When a committee was working on the annual review of the Flint School District's code of student conduct, a member of the American Civil Liberties Union made some suggestions about student searches, interim Superintendent Larry Watkins said.
"The ACLU approached them and expressed some concern about potential constitutional infirmities in current policy," said district attorney Sean Siebigteroth, declining further comment.
The proposed changes were discussed during the board's committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 14.
The new policy would call for students to go through metal detectors before entering the building. If it goes off, the student will be asked to go through the metal detectors again, school officials said.
School safety officers would then use a handheld metal detector to search a student and could search the student's backpack, Watkins said.
"The metal detector goes off every time you go through," said board Vice President Isaiah Oliver. "How do you tell what's reasonable?
Watkins said the ACLU helped Flint make the necessary changes to district policy. If the proposed changes are tweaked, Watkins said the ACLU wants to sign off on it again.
"It was a win-win," Watkins said of working with the ACLU. "It was a situation where we didn't have to be involved in litigation."
Some board members were concerned that changes would result in longer lines to get in to the building at the start of the day or that administrators wouldn't enforce the policies.
"If that metal detector goes off, then we as a staff should pull that student aside and search that student," Watkins said. "With this new search and seizure policy, staff will have to go through many searches."
The current policy does not mention searching backpacks when entering the school, officials said.
"It says we can't search them unless we expect to find something," said board member Roneeka Pleasant-Brown. "If (students) go through the metal detectors and if (safety officers) find something – that sends us to the student code of conduct. We have to find something in order to punish them. We can't punish them for being not-nice."
The board will make a final decision during its regular board meeting on Aug. 21.
Dominic Adams is a reporter for MLive-Flint Journal. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com or 810-241-8803. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.