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Author Tags: Environment, Outdoors
Forget Leftist politics or uber-synthetic intelligence. The real vanguard is rewilding. After a decade of foraging, hunting, gardening and gathering for his survival in a forested area near Courtenay, Miles Olson has written a radical manual for self-reliance in harmony with nature, Unlearn, Rewild: Earth Skills, Ideas and Inspiration for the Future Primitive (New Society 2012, $15.95), possibly the most radical B.C. book of the year.
According to his publisher in 2012: "Miles Olson has spent the past decade deeply immersed in learning and practicing earth skills; living intimately with the land on the forested edge of a sprawling city. While foraging, hunting, gardening, and gathering for his livelihood, his life has been shaped profoundly by a desire to nurture healthy relationships with humans and the non-human world. Miles' experiences have put him at the forefront of the rewilding movement, radical self-reliance, and the impact of civilization on the natural world."
His first book Unlearn, Rewild: Earth Skills, Ideas and Inspiration for the Future Primitive (New Society $15.95) is the result. According to the publisher: "Part philosophical treatise, part hard-core survival guide, this unique and thoroughly unconventional manual blends philosophy with a detailed introduction to a rich assortment of endangered traditional living skills, including: Harvesting and preparing unconventional proteins, Feral food preservation, Dealing responsibly with waste, Natural methods of birth control & Tanning and processing animal skins.
According to promotional materials, "Lyrical, humorous, surprising, enlightening and thought-provoking by turns, Unlearn, Rewild is essential reading for those who wish to heal themselves and the earth, live gracefully into the future primitive and experience their wildest dreams."
As a sequel to his radical guide to living off the land, Unlearn, Rewild: Earth Skills, Ideas and Inspiration for the Future Primitive, the Courtenay-based forager and hunter Miles Olson offers The Compassionate Hunter's Guidebook: Hunting from the Heart (New Society $19.95) which goes beyond "how-to" advice about hunting for food. It asks why one would choose to hunt, and "delves into the profound, humbling and serious reality of death, killing and the transformation that hunting brings one in to contact with."
The Thoughtful Killer. Killing for Precious Meat. It's easy to think of lots of provocative titles they could have chosen. How bizarre, if one stops to think about it, that a book about hunting should seem extraordinary. Surely there have been many books on hunting within the last century or two, just like there were many books on goldpanning, but we are collectively so divorced from the reality of the slaughterhouse that a book about acquiring one's own meat seems like it's something new--when it's old, old, old.
Unlearn, Rewild: Earth Skills, Ideas and Inspiration for the Future Primitive (New Society 2012) $15.95 9780865717213
The Compassionate Hunter's Guidebook: Hunting from the Heart (New Society 2014) $19.95 9780865717701
The Compassionate Hunter's Guidebook: Hunting from the Heart
Review (2014)
The Compassionate Hunter's Guidebook: Hunting from the Heart by Miles Olson (New Society Publishers $19.95)
Recently someone paid $350,000 to kill a rare black rhino in Namibia. Reviewer Giles Slade views trophy-hunting as a perverted act by fools too dumb to operate a camera. But he recognizes that many Canadians can't get to a supermarket easily, and the tradition of finding and killing one's own food runs very deep in rural Canada. Here he responds to Miles Olson's "New Age" manual for conscious living, The Compassionate Hunter's Guidebook.
The extermination of the American Bison was made possible by an unholy trinity after the Civil War: the monomania of American greed, Spencer's flawless repeating rifles, and the miracle of transcontinental rail travel.
No one owned the limitless buffalo herds of the Great Plains. At the railhead, the bison's carcass was worth $3. The single shell to kill one American Bison cost only 25 cents. This 11-fold profit abruptly ended all empathy for the beasts sparking a bloody gold rush that lasted until the plains were completely emptied.
At almost the same moment, owners of American slaughterhouses invented assembly lines to kill and butcher cattle in technologically efficient factories of death. It was the assembly line of the abattoir that Henry Ford copied when he first began to manufacture his model T.
So now, if we want to kill for food, can we step outside of the tyranny of our own history and economic structures long enough to experience real life and real living without falling into the Freemen's stereotype of a redneck man-of-the-woods?
Miles Olson thinks so. He knows so. Having learned to hunt for game on Vancouver Island, as well as forage for other food, Olson has evolved a deeply felt "back-to-the-land" philosophy and practice, first explored in his groundbreaking Unlearn, Rewild: Earth Skills, Ideas and Inspiration for the Future Primitive (New Society 2012).
Now his The Compassionate Hunter's Guidebook takes us back to the connectedness of the craft of individualized hunting when it was still a vital nutritional strategy; it takes us back to the craft of hunting as it was before technologized, industrial slaughter.
In doing so, Olson doesn't pretend to be DeNiro in The Deerhunter. This book is not a nostalgic, romantic fantasy by Fenimore Cooper, or a terse ideology of masculinity by Hemingway. Olson is connected to his practice. He understands its meaningfulness and fulfillment. He knows why we need it, and he brings it to our attention with humility.
miles olson was initially going to call this book The Ethical Hunter's Guidebook, "an exploration of and guide to hunting from a conscious, ethical perspective," but he changed his mind and altered the adjective. "Ethics are by definition products of the rational mind," he writes, "logical conclusions about the nature of reality from which we build our sense of right and wrong. They are matters of the intellect…"
What Olson is seeking in the woods in the vicinity of his home in Courtenay has little to do with intellect. It's more like Zen. He asks us to watch and engage with our emotions and spirit:
"To adequately address the depth of the subject, [my manuscript] had to become a guidebook for compassionate hunting," he writes, "for those who hunt for any or all of the above ethical and economic reasons, but who also feel a sense of deep respect and reverence toward their prey, who are interested in approaching hunting (and all of life) as something sacred."
The Compassionate Hunter's Guidebook is a book about the ideology, empathy and spirituality of craft, and craft is what technology replaces. According to Richard Sennet's wonderful book, The Craftsman, it is the one dimension of our modern world that is ignored and under-nourished. Its absence leaves us considerably poorer than our predecessors. In Shop Class as Soul Craft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work, Matthew Crawford has explained why we become depressed without the demands of an interesting task. Unlike all other creatures, we are creatures of craft and culture. Craft is how hominids adapt to nature.
Olson understands such things, inherently, but he does not proselytize or preach. Instead he reports that to kill for one's own meat, consciously, can be a spiritual process by which we can "[get] to something … through connecting with … food. [You might understand] our separation from the living world.
"When you kill and eat a creature, you are very literally integrating its body into yours. You are also integrating the land … [the] creature came from into your body, since their body was entirely a manifestation of that land. This is an amazing, dynamic that … lies at the … heart of … people's desire to connect to the land … through gardening, hiking, foraging, crafting or hunting:
"[It shatters] the boundary between self and other, human and nature; [and pierces] the illusion of separation that … defines our culture."
Reading this passage we can see the how and the why of our autochthonous connection to nature. We can see the obstructions to it that intrude from every aspect of contemporary urban life. We can see the long line of evolutionary and historical connection to our human past.
We can see that first starving herbivorous hominid desperately sampling carrion on the African Savanna. We can see his or her descendants accumulating an ever-expanding array of strategies connected to the stunning new ability to make-things-dead.
We can see how the craft of making-things-dead evolves into ritualized genres of public art whose controversial remnants are still among us in the forms of bullfighting and fox hunting.
And so some things that were obscene to us can now be viewed with new eyes.
An encounter with death is a very rare thing in our society. Some claim it is the constant reminder of mortality that enriches life and makes it poignant. This certainly seems to be the case in the developing countries in which I've lived. You are surrounded by death and people seem more alive.
Here, in North America's sterile absence of death, we use recreational drugs or the empty thrill-experiences of extreme sports to remind us that we are vibrant, mortal creatures, not replaceable cogs in an economic matrix. Nowadays children's burning ambition to live full-tilt lives is somehow quickly displaced into online avatars. No one actually runs away to join the Foreign Legion any more. Instead, they buy Halo.
Like an antidote, Miles Olson reminds us that even now… "Bucks are roaming the woods chasing the scent of fertile does with little regard for anything other than sex and establishing dominance. Does, likewise, are less cautious as they start to ovulate… their bodies fill with excitement… Their changing scent… bring[s]… potential lovers.
"For a time this annual dance of courtship… eclipses all else… [and] the deer are possessed by an insatiable urge. As I sit shiftlessly in the woods, the feeling is palpable… there is an overwhelming sense of activity, electricity and excitement… Even if I don't see any deer today, I'll still have harvested a deep feeling of groundedness."
The Compassionate Hunter's Guidebook does what any good book should do. It takes you into another world and makes you understand new people.
I am a writer, not a hunter. I enjoyed the book immensely. I did not think I would. 978-0865717701
Giles Slade's most recent book is American Exodus (New Society 2013)


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By Joelle Tessler, Associated Press
WASHINGTON The U.S. still faces a significant gap in residential broadband use that breaks down along incomes, education levels and other socio-economic factors, even as subscriptions among American households overall grew sevenfold from 2001 to 2009.
What's more, even when controlling for key socio-economic characteristics, the U.S. continues to confront a racial gap in residential broadband use, with non-Hispanic white Americans and Asian-Americans more likely to go online using a high-speed connection than African-Americans and Hispanics.
Those are some of the key conclusions of a new analysis of Census data released Monday by the Commerce Department.
It found that the percentage of households that connect to the Internet using broadband grew to 63.5% in 2009 from 9.2% in 2001, reflecting increases across nearly all demographics.
The report — prepared by the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Economics and Statistics Administration — is based on a Census survey of about 54,000 households conducted in October 2009.
The new study provides some of the deepest analysis yet of broadband usage trends in the United States. And it is likely to help guide Congress and the Federal Communications Commission as they develop policies to ensure that all Americans have access to affordable high-speed Internet service.
The analysis, said Lawrence Strickling, head of the NTIA, shows that "there is no single solution" to make this happen.
Among the major findings:
• 94.1% of households with income exceeding $100,000 subscribed to broadband in 2009, compared with 35.8% of households with income of less than $25,000.
• 84.5% of households with at least one college degree subscribed to broadband last year, compared with 28.8% of households without a high school degree.
• 77.3% of Asian-American households and 68% of non-Hispanic white households subscribed to broadband last year, compared with 49.4% of African-American households and 47.9% of Hispanic households.
• 65.9% of urban households subscribed to broadband in 2009, compared with 51% of rural households.
One surprising finding of the new Commerce Department report is that African-Americans and Hispanics lag behind in broadband adoption even when controlling for factors such as income and education. The data show a gap of 10 percentage points in broadband use between whites and blacks and a gap of 14 percentage points between whites and Hispanics even after controlling for socio-economic factors.
Although the data do not provide an explanation for these numbers, Rebecca Blank, under secretary for Economic Affairs, believes it could reflect limited exposure to the Internet among certain racial groups.
"Internet usage relies on networks," she said. "If the people around you don't use the Internet, you will be less likely to use the Internet, too."
The margin of sampling error for the aggregate 2009 data is plus or minus 0.3 percentage points, with higher or lower sampling errors for questions involving subgroups.
Closing gaps in broadband use is a top priority for the FCC, which released a sweeping national broadband plan filled with policy proposals in March. The agency's top recommendations include tapping the federal program that subsidizes telephone service for poor and rural Americans to pay for broadband, and unleashing more airwaves for wireless connections. Wireless broadband is seen as a particularly attractive option for bringing high-speed service to rural areas that may be too sparsely populated to justify costly landline networks.
"The digital divide is an opportunity divide — if you can't get online, you can't compete in the digital economy," FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said in a statement reacting to the new Commerce Department report. "Connecting America to fast, affordable Internet will create 21st Century jobs that grow our economy and secure our global leadership."
At the same time, the NTIA and the Rural Utilities Service, part of the Agriculture Department, have been handing out roughly $7 billion in stimulus money to pay for new broadband networks and programs to get more Americans online.
Strickling stressed that one key challenge for policymakers lies in convincing Americans who are not online of the benefits of broadband.
The Census data found that 38% of Americans who don't have broadband at home say they don't subscribe because they don't need it, while 26% say it's too expensive and only 4% say it's not available where they live.
A survey conducted by the FCC last year reached many of the same conclusions.
To try to change such attitudes, the stimulus program includes $250 million for projects to teach digital literacy skills and encourage broadband adoption, plus another $200 million for public computer centers.
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A similar battle continues in the Sports Restricted with 'Auckland District Collections 1' and 'Marineworkz' racing for the title. Mikey Knight of 'Auckland District Collections 1' continues to lead the class with two wins. Racing over the last two events has however been close and Jono Hanley of 'Marineworkz' will be keen to get his share of the wins over the season.
In the Super 60 Colin and Glenn Powell of 'Back2Bay6' have exploded into the class with two fast and convincing wins after their move from Hondas last season. The 2010 champions in 'Espresso Engineers' have been hard pressed to get the boat speed they need to close the gap, and will no doubt have been working hard to further refine their setup and regain control of the class.
We hope to see the return of 'Topaz' in the classic class after their dramatic smoke display at Taupo when problems with their turbo prevented them from finishing. 'Konica Minolta' will be looking to cruise to their third victory, while Haaka Le Seur and Gavin McGrath in 'Gull Force 10' may have to wait to show what their Scarab can do in really heavy sea conditions.
Forecasts for the area indicate a fairly brisk nor easterly breeze of 16 knots with gusts up to 25. This combined with an incoming tide could see a short but choppy sea state with a north east swell of .3 metres and 3 second wave interval predicted. This could make the run from C to D interesting as the boats will be running against both wind and tide which should provide plenty of lift and spray.
The race can be viewed best from the foreshore at Maraetai Beach. The race usually takes one hour and starts at 1.00pm.
The NZOPA would like to thank the Maraetai Beach Boating Club, Maraetai Coastguard, Pine Harbour Marina, Energizer, AB Marine, Marine Paramedical Services and MarineWorkz for their support in making the Maraetai Race possible.
They also acknowledge the ongoing support of the series sponsors Rayglass.
More information and updated championship points table can be found on the New Zealand Offshore Powerboat Association website www.nzoffshore.co.nz.


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Mewtwo (ミュウツー)
Height: 6'07" (2m)
Weight: 269.0 lbs (122.0kg)
Mewtwo (ミュウツー), known as the "Genetic" species of Pokémon, is a Pokémon cloned from Mew that exists quietly in an undiscovered cave. It was created by scientists through genetic manipulation of Mew's DNA involving repeated recombination, gene splicing, and other DNA experiments over many years. While its DNA is mostly similar to the original Mew DNA, Mewtwo is very different in both its body size and personality. Its creators did not imbue him with compassion, making it one of the most savage Pokémon, able to strike fear into its enemies with its cold, glowing eyes. Being made for battle, its combat abilities and psychic powers were developed to be of the highest level, and it always thinks of defeating its opponents. In order to always fight at full power, it remains motionless to conserve energy.
In the events of the Pokémon: The First Movie, Mewtwo awakens, destroys the laboratory where it is created and being kept, and works under Giovanni, who had originally ordered Mewtwo's creation, until realizing it is just being used. After escaping, it tries to destroy the humans that 'enslave' Pokémon and start a new world. During Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns, it seeks complete solitude and chooses to live without fighting. Giovanni tries to recapture Mewtwo, but it is ultimately saved by Ash. Mewtwo chooses not to confine himself to the world and roams the earth. In the "Mastermind of the Mirage Pokémon" a mirage copy of Mewtwo is seen furiously battling Ash and its friends.
In Pokémon special, Mewtwo was created by Blaine based on Mew's DNA with some human cells from himself, during which an accident occurred and some of Mewtwo's cells backflowed into his arm, which responds every time Mewtwo uses its power, making it unable to fight for more than 3 minutes.
During the RGB series, Mewtwo made its first appearance in Team Rocket's laboratory under the Celadon Game Corner.
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