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Opinion: Where Have Egypt's Liberals Gone?
Hudson Institute fellow Sam Tadros on why the country never developed a freedom-loving, liberal political party. Photo: Associated Press
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... intro I'm Mary Kissel a situation in Egypt continues to fester ... he's got statins in Cairo ... the announcement of the trials to top Muslim Brotherhood leaders in the real worry in the last ... about the country's future and whether that will ever include a real democracy ... we're lucky to walk back to the show Hudson Institute fellow Sam talkers is out with a provocative new column asks ... where are in Egypt's liberals ... I it's an edict is this try to establish democracy before one of those first attempts ... fail ... this hi Mary and welcome to your viewers ... in each of didn't see the vote previous experiments with the law proceed beginning in the nineteen twenties ... all for nineteen nineteen revolution ... against the British occupation that resulted in a system that allowed Egyptian sabo Parliament ... some say in the future ... and of course there were many players that attempted to ... destroy this emerging democracy whether this was the British doctor patient thinking that the implied the regulations and limitations on his apps and forward ... but also it was the fault of it to promote growth and sons ... who did not accept the idea that they were all smart to buy one of their own ... assigned to him and his wife part she ... added that the ball except that they would lose elections to this ... blog Carrefour's that they so that they would play to the ... masses and ... the slogans of the masses ... and as a result they did their best interest for the very little to want to see if they have helped establish ... you've got a great line in the peace and I really did commandments all the readers out there a lot of attention ... on Twitter and other places he said and I quote Egypt is caught between Democrats who are not liberals ... the Muslim Brotherhood and liberals who are not Democrats ... I it's and it's it's it's like that that leaves the Islam is always a winning the moral argument is that right ... this of course I when ... to invest in the case that many people use the slogan about Democrats and liberals and the Crucible Democrats while in reality the very liberal credentials although some liberals are to be questions ... what has happened in each of the Egyptian liberalism has emerged from an independent board Swansea ... ball from a crisis of the ritual of the state ... but instead follow the various state civil servants and her cracks ... us that if liberals have always done it all ... happened when your touch with and denied there Balter and I station pogrom ... against the wind up the general population ... as a natural salt baking never Baldor to talk to the Egyptian population ... and to develop those kinds of arguments ... based on moral arguments why liberalism would be for the benefit of the Egyptian population ... as a result that allow customers to call me in culminates ... the public sphere with her argument it's extremely hard today to make any money Islamist argument ... is that the same time ethical moral ... is that you end up with a guy like Muhammad al Teradyne the former ... IAEA inspector her time ... not exactly a friend of Iran the FT calling the true would avoid hard but ... certainly a week and political figure in DC that that's that Egypt has today ... we're talking the freedom ... unfortunately that's the story showing how we have a second rate ... so I call him in my case the seconds rates introduction of bureaucrats the Fed and ... what's his his his ball to deep thinker he's not the man of ideas ... and his crew to his commitment to the very principles ... all use the vacuum rates and with the first for legal and tax by the millet re ... I mean I feel that those people that call themselves liberals which celebrates the Ministry of ... removing an elected president will not be published in upper like ... we celebrate the arrest of members of the Muslim Brotherhood without any serious accusations against that which celebrates and five thousand merger of those members would celebrate closing three channels Islamist was that they don't like ... you have to question whether these guys on the grounds of the first place Sam about thirty seconds left interior painting a pretty dire scenario here ... is there any way to turn the situation around in the Guineas ... and liberal ideas that we enjoy here in the importing of Egypt or did they ... do not see a bright future ... one of the bright future for someone to begin building the future in order for the future to exist ... it's it's understandable that there would be a black off ... to liberals in Egypt because there is the lack of phony liberal ideas in Egypt's ... Western Sobel isolationism has been built all those great town of Weston books ... from its all-time plate to want to the mall today ... and we lack any such foundation in the hour all the world ... well it's not a good outlook Hudson Institute fellow Sam tighter so ... Italy's Serie A explained why he could find itself in a situation it does today thanks very much Sam


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Northern Ireland players will wear a plain black armband to mark Armistice Day during Friday's World Cup qualifying match against Azerbaijan.
The Irish FA had asked Fifa for permission for the team to wear poppies on their shirts or armbands as an act of remembrance.
But football's governing body advised that they could give no guarantee that there would not be disciplinary proceedings if the symbol was worn.
Fifa rules prohibit players carrying commercial, political or religious messages on their kits.
However, England and Scotland players will wear poppies on black armbands during their Armistice Day World Cup qualifier at Wembley, in defiance of the ban.
Both the English and Scottish FAs have said they do not believe poppies carry a political message.
During Friday's World Cup qualifier at the National Stadium in Belfast, a minute's silence will be held before kick off, names of players connected with the association who died during the First World War will be shown on the big scree, and there will be a card display featuring a poppy in the West Stand.
The Royal British Legion will collect inside the ground for this year's Poppy Appeal and a wreath will be laid in memory of the fallen.
Finally, there will be a special feature in the match-day programme on four international players who fought and died during the Great War.
Patrick Nelson, chief executive of the IFA, said: "The Irish FA is committed to marking Armistice Day with appropriate acts of remembrance.
"Based on law 4.4 of the laws of the game 2016/17, Fifa advised that they could give no guarantee that there would not be disciplinary proceedings if the team was to wear a symbol of remembrance on the playing shirt.
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WASHINGTON—The Training Institute of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that its annual Examining Conflicts in Employment Laws (EXCEL) training event will be held in Dallas on July 31 – August 2, 2012, with the theme "Knowledge is Power."
Now in its 15th year, this annual event brings together federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Human Resources and Alternate Dispute Resolution practitioners, members of the private bar and EEOC experts to discuss the laws and procedures governing equal employment opportunity in the federal sector. The program also features training sessions leading to required certificates for agency personnel working in federal EEO offices.
For the first time this year, the program will offer three cultural competency sessions—a general session on "What is Cultural Competency;" and two specific sessions on "Cultural Competency: Generational Understanding" and "Cultural Competency: LGBT Understanding."
There will also be a new pre-event "Joint Counselor and Investigator Refresher" training session held on Monday, July 30, 2012, leading to a required certificate. Other training courses leading to certificates required for practitioners will be offered in Basic and Advanced Mediation, Hearing Preparation, and Barrier Analysis under Management Directive-715.
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The Roseville Raiders 13UAAA baseball team won the Gopher State Tournament of Champions held in Rochester July 21-23.
The Gopher State Tournament of Champions AAA state baseball tournament was July 21-23 in Rochester and the Roseville Raiders 13UAAA team came out on top.
St. Anthony Village High School sophomore Joe Lynch, left, and senior Xavier Mansfield wrapped up a successful Nordic ski season.
Xavier Mansfield spent the whole high school Nordic ski season ranked No. 1 in the state by skinnyski.com. He proved the ranking committee right by bringing home the state individual championship last week.
All three Bulletin-area high school wrestling teams are set to chase state-tournament berths this weekend. The Section 4AAA individual tournament is Feb. 25 at Stillwater Area High School.
Mounds View High School's Kaarl Damberg trekked to Biwabik last week and for his effort he is headed back up there again this week.
Both high schools in District 621 will have an individual competing in the state Nordic ski racing meet this week.
During the regular season, the Mounds View High School girls hockey team faced Woodbury twice, winning one close contest and taking the other in a blowout.
Mark Ousdigian is wrapping up his final season as a member of the Mounds View High School boys Nordic ski team. He has at least one competition left and is hoping to make it two.
With the calendar changing over to February, the focus for the Bulletin-area high school girls hockey teams has also changed. The regular season wrapped up last week so now Mounds View and Irondale/St.
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What would I change about Resident Evil 5's PlayStation Move controls? I'd stop staring at Sheva so much.
Brian Ashcraft and Stephen Totilo have already played Resident Evil 5 with Sony's new Move controller, and for the most part I agree with their conclusions: It does feel better than the standard controller, with only one minor issue keeping the controls from being perfect.
The control scheme has the player holding the PlayStation Move controller in the right hand and the thumb stick controller in the other. In order to shoot, you have to pull the trigger on the Move, aim with the ball, and then fire with the main Move button. This works for many folks, but it doesn't quite work for me.
As a first-person shooter player, I have gotten far too used to the left-trigger focus mechanic employed in so many shooters these days. Pulling the left trigger aims down the sights, and pulling the right trigger shoots. It's what comes natural to me.
When I pull the left trigger - the thumb stick controller trigger - in Resident Evil 5, the camera swings to my partner, Sheva. Playing through two demo levels during Gamescom, I can't count how many times I meant to open fire but instead found myself staring at Sheva getting eaten by the infected.
After fifteen minutes or so I paused the game, checking to see if I could perhaps tweak the settings, making the controls work for me. Changing the firing mechanic was not an option. We ever pulled aside a German guy who could read the menus - no dice.
So if anyone at Capcom is listening, please see about making this change in time for the Move to release. It's a small tweak that would make the Move the perfect controller for Resident Evil 5 on the PlayStation 3.
If the change isn't made, I might be forced to play some game I haven't already gone through several times, and no one wants that.


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Rima's Diner is off Buttermilk Pike in NKY. There are 6 fast food restaurants surrounding it - so it's nice to have at least one non-chain option.
They're big Elvis fans - he's everywhere inside.
Coworker got the CRAZY burger! Doesn't it look CRAZY?!
Why Should You Go? If you live/work in the Buttermilk Pike area it's a great diner. Clean, good food and friendly staff. I bet they do a kick-ass breakfast. Very comparable to the Bluebird in Norwood.


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I was talking to a friend of mine from Delaware the other day, and mentioned beanie wienies. "Beanie wienies?" she said. "What's that?"
I was shocked. I thought everyone grow up eating beanie wienies (often spelled beanie weenies), the simple yet satisfying mix of pork and beans with sliced hot dogs.
Perhaps it's just a name thing as some people might know them as frank and beans, though I think beanie wienie is much more fun to say. And while there are canned versions made by Van De Camp sold under the name Beenie Weenie, it's not that hard to slice your own hot dogs into a pot of beans—such a cinch, in fact, that a kid could do it. I know I did and my mom also grew up making herself beanie wienies. But what about beanie wienies for grown-ups? Even though it's considered a kid food, they are still satisfying on a cold snowy day, no matter how sophisticated your palate.
The summer after I graduated from high school, my parents went on vacation without the kids, shipping my little brother to my grandparents and leaving me home alone with only one rule: no parties. So, naturally, my friends and I decided to defy my parents and throw a party. But as we considered ourselves burgeoning adults, instead of having a blow-out with kegs and crowds, my best friend Laura and I decided instead to host an elegant dinner party for 8. We made our boyfriends wear ties while we girls wore heels and our pearls. I trotted out my family's good china, silver flatware and table linens and played Vivaldi on the stereo. We thought we were tres sophisticated.
Laura and I served several hors d'oeuvres such as bacon-wrapped dates, spinach-stuffed mushrooms, a cheese plate and toast points with cheap caviar we bought at Randall's. (And it was these little bites that ended up getting me in trouble with my parents as my mom found toothpicks all over the house, not to mention mushroom and spinach on the ceiling since I'd turned on the blender without the lid. I was busted!) We served a salad and then it was time for the main course. When planning our menu, we couldn't decide on what to cook so we decided to be silly and serve our childhood favorite—beanie wienies.
Our guests thought it was hilarious and it was a fun way to say good-bye to childhood, dressed up in our Sunday best slurping beanie wienies from fine china. But what we hadn't done was make them from scratch or more flavorful by adding spices or condiments. And while I was thinking about this party, I realized it was probably the last time in my life I'd eaten beanie wienies. Twenty years is too long.
I set out to make my grown-up beanie wienies by making baked beans from scratch. Most of the time, I just doctor up a can of beans with ketchup, mustard, etc.—and it's good. But after seeing a Mark Bittman recipe for baked beans that used dried beans and didn't take all day, I started with that. I used pintos instead of navy beans, because for me they're meatier and have more surface area to sop up the sauce. And I decided to keep the recipe simple, like they would have been made by a cowboy long ago, since some allege that beanie wienies were originally chuck-wagon fare.
Using only salt pork, molasses, coffee, chile powder and mustard, after several hours in the oven these baked beans were rich, smoky, fiery, slightly bitter and slightly sweet—definitely not your canned pork and beans! Throw in some slices of good quality hot dogs and I now had beanie wienies complex enough that an adult would enjoy them, though just sweet and silly enough that a kid would love them, too. Beanie wienies—welcome back into my life!
Beanie wienies for grown-ups
- 1 pound pinto beans
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1 medium yellow onion, diced
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1/4 pound salt pork,
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 3 tablespoons ancho chile powder
- 1 teaspoon cayenne
- 2 teaspoon mustard powder
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup brewed black coffee
- Pinch baking soda
- 8 good-quality hot dogs, sliced into ½ inch thick slices
- Soak the beans in a pot filled with 8 cups of water and the salt overnight, or do a quick soak by boiling the beans in 8 cups of water and then covering the pot with a lid for 1 hour. After soaking, drain the beans and leave the beans in the colander.
- Preheat the oven to 300° F.
- In the pot you soaked the beans, add the canola oil and cook the onions on medium heat until translucent, about 5 minutes.Add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute.
- Stir in the molasses, chile powder, cayenne, mustard powder and brown sugar. Add the soaked beans, and stir in the coffee, baking soda and diced salt pork.
- Add enough water to cover beans with 2 inches of water.Cover the pot, and place in the oven. Leave alone for 2 hours.
- After 2 hours, stir the beans, add more water if needed, then cover and then leave in the oven for 30 minutes to an hour, depending on beans tenderness.
- Take pot out of the oven, and taste beans. Make taste adjustments with mustard powder, chile powder, molasses, and the spices if necessary. The beans should be tender at this point. If they're not, cook covered a while longer until they are.
- Turn up heat to 400° F, uncover pot, and add hot dogs and cook for 30 more minutes or until sauce is thick.


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Did those visits made by robots? or How could they regarded as visits while they don't spend any time on the website? Or this is dysfunction of the Google's Analytics script by which it does not able to count the visit time?


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I have to disagree with your statement that Grover Norquist was only a symptom of the GOP's refusal to raise taxes ("Bucking the pledge," Nov. 28). Most, if not all, of the Republicans in Congress have signed his pledge.
In doing so they pledged their primary allegiance not to the United States but to Mr. Norquist. And there were real consequences to pay for those who didn't side with him. Have you forgotten that Maryland lost Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrist, a talented, moderate Republican House member from the 1st District, thanks to Mr. Norquist's operatives?
A very rich, un-elected individual has exerted unprecedented control over the actions of Congress. His leverage was his ability to prevent the re-election of congressmen like Mr. Gilchrist. I find it alarming that a single wealthy individual could potentially undermine our entire democracy. We surely need some kind of campaign finance reform.
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Photographer's Note
The Ecaterina's Gate
Ecaterina's Gate was built in 1559 for defensive purposes. It is the only original city gate to have survived from medieval times. In fact the fairy-tale looking tower is only a part of the original gate; documents talk about the existence of a wooden structure which was demolished in 1827. The original structure can be seen at he Weaver's Bastion where the large model of Brasov in 1600 is displayed.
Old documents mention it also under the name of Porta Valacce,the Vallah's Gate because it was the only entrance for the Romanians living in Schei. They were not allowed to use the other four entrances. During the Saxon rule of the 13th to 17th century Romanians were forbidden from owning property inside the fortress walls and such they settled outside the wall in the neighborhood named Schei. Romanians could only enter the town at certain times and had to pay a toll at the gate for the privilege of selling their produce inside the citadel.
The four small corner turrets (also seen in other Transylvanian towns) symbolize the fact that the town had judicial autonomy, and the "right of sword" (ius gladii) which was the right to decide on capital punishment. Above the entrance the tower bears the city's coat of arms, a crown on a oak tree trunk and roots. The Gate represents a transition in style. Underneath the four symmetrical corner-spires there is a small neo-classical front-piece with an inscription. The Renaissance, which had begun 100 years earlier in Central Europe, was beginning to make its mark in Transylvania.
The gate was in the care of the tailors' guild.
Photo info
Taken on the 16th of December after a long walk through the cold, from a tripod with frozen hands. :)
I hope you enjoy it! I'll post a front view of the gate at a later time!
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bruce_wayne (1507) 2007-12-19 4:39
Ciao Eduard
lovelu night shot...very good management of light, color matching is well done, congratulations!
lilimih33 (9918) 2007-12-19 4:59
Hello Eddie!
O alta imagine, parca desprinsa din basme!
Superba atmosfera, splendide culorile!
Excelent, ca intotdeauna!
Sarbatori fericite!
horatiuTT (4570) 2007-12-19 5:27
Salut Eduard,
superba imagine de iarna,excelent contrast.Un loc intradevar feric.Cred ca as fi optat totusi pentru un nivel de saturatie mai scazut.
vero07 (1781) 2007-12-19 7:25
Hi Eduard,
I like very much this blue and yellow composition. Excellent POV including the nice building between the trees, creating a natural frame. I like also this cold atmosphere.
Very well done!
johannes68 (3469) 2007-12-19 7:35
Hallo Eddie, sehr gut gelungen, schön eingerahmt von den beiden Bäumen - besonders Deine Nachtfotos sind ein Kompliment für Brasov! Und vielen Dank für den (wie immer) interessanten Kommentar!!!
Liebe Grüsse, Johannes
Cormac (26565) 2007-12-19 8:26
Wow, this is a very beautiful shot! The combination of colours is very good, with the warm yellow of the building contrasting so well with the cool blue of the sky. The lighting is very dramatic too. Excellent work!
Didier38 (710) 2007-12-19 8:44
Bonsoir Eduard,
Superbe lumière. J'aime bien la composition avec les arbres et les herbes qui forme un cadre naturel.
besnard (59196) 2007-12-19 9:43
Bonsoir Eduard
Beau cliché nocturne avec une lumière bien maitrisée. C'est du bon travail très agréable à regarder.
Merci pour le partage et bonne soirée.
nicol_g (859) 2007-12-19 11:39
Minunata combinatia de culori, Eddie, si claritate foarte buna!
Insa vreau sa te felicit in special pt. pov-ul ales - original; in majoritatea imaginilor pe care le-am vazut Poarta este prezentata din fata. Bravo!
Sarbatori fericite!
Thalivia (32) 2007-12-20 12:18
Hola Eduard! :)
Muy linda fotografia!
Me gusta mucho la combinacion de colores y en especial el "azul del cielo". Te felicito tambien porque elegiste un angulo muy bueno porque todos podemos ver el volumen del sujeto.
Cuando estoy mirando tu fotografia me imagino de repente un castillo de cuentas.
Bueno, no se que decirte.Es que todo me parece muy bien hecho ,
y no me queda mas que felicitarte
P.S. y espero ver muchas fotografias lindas
teutza (10590) 2007-12-20 13:44
yey..ce lumina fantastica!!!!!
este foarte eye catching poza ta!
imi place si rama
p.s. mie imi place mult mai mult varianta nedesaturata:D
PixelTerror (0) 2007-12-21 2:08
Hi Eduard,
If I come to Romania one day I'll make it to Brasov because I like a lot the pictures I see from there, including this one here, you got just the right moment to have the sun lighten the yellow tones and have the structures stand out in full glory. I wish there were less interfering branches to enjoy it even better, nice image !
Merry Christmas !
hello Eduard
How excellent shot it is.Fantastic composition and colors. The most I like the sky color. I think this blue of the sky at late afternoon (or early evenung)is the best sky color of the day.
Wish you merry Christmas
Bruno40 (6658) 2007-12-23 7:40
Hello Eduard,
veyr nice night shot, veru sharp and good exposure. I love the yellow tone of the ilumination.. makes it look like a castle of hansel and Gretel.
Good work
Feliz Navidad
Cricri (176) 2007-12-24 3:25
Hi Eduard,
Vous avez attendu le bon moment pour présenter ce bâtiment illuminer par une douce lumiére et prise a l'heure bleu, c'est joli et bien agréable a regarder, compliment
Merry christmas for you and your family
atus (15868) 2007-12-24 7:17
Hi Eduard,
very well captured and perfectly framed shot with the leafless trees. The diagonal perspective is excellent and the pov chosen is perfect. The light is very well managed and the colors are strong and attractive. Very nice one fitting with the present period of holidays.
Tfs and Merry Christmas!
aralda (1240) 2007-12-26 4:30
Buna Eddie,
Imi place lumina galbuie si combinatia dintre galben si albastru. Unghiul e si el foarte inspirat, iar comentariul exceptional.
Iti doresc un Craciun fericit si un An Nou cit mai bun, cu multa sanatate si tot ce-ti doresti!
lousat (123853) 2007-12-29 16:28
This is wonderfull too !!! The light is perfect, a very 1st class pic,thanks for share,Luciano
hello_ishan (1571) 2008-01-17 4:50
Hi Eduard,
The blue background & the light in the structure attract me a lot here. Inclusion of tree in both sides is a very good idea. Very good job my friend. TFS.
shevchenko (20560) 2008-01-30 19:37
Hi Eduard,
Good pov to show an historical architecture with including the foreground branches, attractive color and good contrast, nice to see snow cover every things in the winter, thanks for sharing.
ayansadhu (1502) 2008-02-07 9:52
Nice shot with the details & ambient light too good on the canvas, well done
Photo Information
- Copyright: Eduard Baak (snowfalken) (1116)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2007-12-16
- Categories: Architecture
- Camera: Canon EOS30D, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L USM
- Exposure: f/8, 2 seconds
- Details: Tripod: Yes
- Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
- Date Submitted: 2007-12-19 4:33
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On the initiative of Moinak Biswas, Film Studies Jadavpur Uni, Kolkata, and with great input from Rosalind Morris, but initially inspired by the Preservation in Globalization workshop convened by Gayatri Spivak and Jorge Otero-Pailos, an interesting redevelopment seems possible. A disused factory site adjacent the Jadavpur campus was toured by our group in early December. A documentation of the site has begun by photographers invited by the Jadavpur Media Lab has generated some great pictures, see here. The site was left pretty much intact when the factory closed in 2003 – well worth a look.
Now (see below) there is a plan to gut the site and turn it over to the engineering faculty. The site is huge – there is room for something alongside. Hence, the following draft international petition:
For continued innovation at the National Instruments site, Jadavpur.
The redevelopment of the National Instruments site offers a rare opportunity to look forward and back at the changing dynamic of industrial production. The extant materials, documents, personal effects, and machinery (lathes, punch card clocks, work desks) provide a physical record of workplace experience now passing. Jadavpur University, with its reputation, scholarship and global reach is well placed to facilitate an innovative approach that builds upon the proud history of NI and looks forward creatively to new developments.
A simple shroud should not be passed over this accumulated wealth of objects, and labour, from the past. The factory remains might be best preserved by the University in a working space that is devoted to tracking the transformations of industrial production and workplace experience in India. That a museum and art/technology laboratory has been proposed is supported by international scholars, a large number of whom have visited the site and/or noted the initial documentary work produced by Moinak Biswas and his team. We consider this an excellent, exciting and potentially rewarding possibility for joint work and international co-ordination. Scholars would seek international funds to locate research projects on labour history, urban development, new economy (service sector, technology, privatization) and co-research in joint ventures with Jadavpur scholars and students. A truly international project to unite workers of the world might be reanimated here.
The idea is that various people will sign this and it be put to the Jadavpur heads to consider the proposal, from Media Lab and Film Studies, to do something interesting with the site. Well, I think its interesting. I used to work in a similar factory as a grubby teenager. My dad spent a very large part of his life in one – Stanley, Nunawading, Melbourne, Australia. I have a touch of the heebie-jeebie's looking at the machines, especially the drills where I had spent long low-paid days… (the picture I have used is from a post by Madhuban Mitra and Manus Bhattacharya – with thanks)
Giving some history of National Instruments, and of the original preservation project and future plans, Moinak writes:
The factory started off in 1830 under the name 'mathematical instrument maker', then became 'mathematical instruments office', both serving mainly the 'survey of india' instituted by the east india company. During ww1 it got seriously involved with the defense dept., became national instruments factory; was relocated to the premises you saw in 1957, renamed 'national instruments limited' (NIL) as a public sector unit under the union govt. the factory mainly made optical instruments for survey, measurement, photography, etc. and was popularly known for its national 35 camera. It fell into some crisis first in the 60's, and then into a more serious one in the 80's, got referred to the board of industrial and financial reconstruction (BIFR). Manufacture stopped in 2003. most workers accepted the voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) and left in march, 2003. 64 employees remained on campus and witnessed the ruination. In 2009, jadavpur university took over the property with the aim of building an extension campus for the engineering faculty.
the media lab of the dept of film studies at jadavpur undertook extensive photo documentation of the premises in june, 2009. we commissioned 10 young photographers and filmmakers to shoot for 4 months on the premises, covering everything possible. we have a bank of 20 thousand still images and 60 hours of video footage. a blog from the stills (http://darklythroughalens.wordpress.com/) and a couple of films have been made. more projects will follow. we have shot interviews with many ex-employees. it's now a substantial labour and industrual landscape archive.
but there should also be preservation of a different kind. the university has started renovating parts of the buildings, and will soon remove most of the equipment and files, etc. we were thinking of proposing the creation of a space, using one big room like the canteen you saw, which will preserve their products, some of the tools, machine parts, workers' id papers, bills, service documents, policy documents, the punch card machines, etc, and at the same time be an active space for independent art practice, including independent film screenings, installations, etc. the major problem is to persuade the university to spare that space. it would pay more serious attention to an international community of artsits and intellectuals. but we should keep in mind what can be sustained and how far, given the public funded university framework in india, and given the fact that anything doing with art has first to prove its vialbility to the engineering faculty dominated.
This is great stuff – history and potential. But there are also things to debate. University take over of the fading industrial economy has a long track record (see here, here and here). Is it really possible to tamper with such trajectories? Besides drafting the above call at Moinak's request, I also offered my two pice worth of cynicism earlier in the discussion [note: I was a bit ill at the time]:
Moinak, your sentence on the the creation of a space that will both preserve the NI worker's "products, some of the tools, machine parts, workers' id papers, … punch card machines, etc, and at the same time be an active space for independent art practice" is a great start. But I wonder if the museum/archive route is too passive, and might not claim much in terms of physical space in the building (when it all should be kept in those terms – see Mao Mollona's excellent film on industrial steel machinery in Sheffield, where a fully functioning workshop has been maintained 1890's era machines in working, and profitable, order). I also wonder if, importantly, the preservation argument does enough in conceptual terms within the overall regeneration/transformation of the economy and the University – a discussion I imagine that must be going on, and needs new thinking.
I am acutely aware that here "anything doing with art has first to prove its viability to the engineering faculty dominated", and wonder if the focus of what we present might be geared towards this. That said, I am stumped for where to look for initial funds, or clearly marked 'preservation funds'. It is not my forte. However, ongoing funding could also be geared into the conception.
An Art/Laboratory would probably have pedagogical, research and creative components.
At issue is who inhabits the space, what it provides, and outcomes now and for the future.
Thus, neither a mortuary service for fading industry, nor a hollow art scene doing a ghost dance for dead capital (tried and tested, but too often turned into mere foyer or coffee shop – eg Tate Modern), the project has far greater inter- and intra- disciplinary purchase, and potential as for very wide participation. The former workers, the Jadavpur students, local residents, the city in general, and both national and international research teams across many areas can be drawn into the nexus of this site conceived as instrumental to the transition between older and newer economic modes. Research, teaching and creativity all have a role in transition.
A range of projects, both national and international – but many funded internationally – could locate in dedicated space within the project:
Possible internationally funded Research Projects for Instrument Lab
– changing infrastructure of economies, history and globalization, technology and colonialism, warfare and commerce, education and training history (see journal of the Confernce of Socialist Economists)
– class composition and worker's inquiry, labour history, transition economies and the transformation of work, co-research with workers of older and newer economic production (this is a project I would like to pursue between Goldsmiths, Queen Mary Business School and Jadavpur – funded by Economic and Social Research Council UK perhaps, the Co-Research would involve workers paid as researchers in both discontinued production such as National Instruments, as well as in new industries in Kolkata such as creative economy, service sector, media and telecoms. They would be researching, documenting and theorizing their own conditions of work – aim initially at a three year project @ £500k for 4 paid researchers on site, plus money for collaborative work).
– precision capitalism, mathematical arts of production, skill, craft and body/machine knowledge: instrument hand and brain, cyborg labs then and now (Fuller/Harwood/MUTE or RAQS?).
– obsolescence and regenerative second life, industrial remains and urban renewal, science and fiction, creative revival as life force in cities (see P.Hall and M.Castells: Technopoles of the World).
– photographic imaging and war/industry convergence (as digital is to analog; globalization is [not] to industry)
– teaching exchange, especially in cultural studies of work, education, training, urban preservation and curating (possible Network Grants at £70k each)
These projects in various ways – there would be many others possible – would be conceived to locate researchers at Jadavpur, employed locally and internationally, and would work with local constituents and stakeholders (workers, researchers, students, local residents, support staff). Each would entail a pedagogical exchange function, as well as a display (installations, museum, art) aspect. The point is to keep this alive to change, the transformation of work, of class composition, or urban environs, and of the university itself (as universities move to project based work, and older models of disciplinary containment are supplemented).
Ahhh, now I have written all this down I think maybe its not strong enough yet to stave off the impending disposal of most of the workplace artefacts, beautiful machines (valuable machines) and other remains, but those remains are the resource and raw material of something potentially great in the future. Our labour can reanimate them – the sweat of our friends to whom we owe a debt (not just of mourning).
Sorry for the Derridisms – the flu drugs again kick in…


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Location: Food Processing and Sensory Quality ResearchTitle: Reducing food allergy: is there promise for food applications?
|Chung, Si Yin
|Reed, Shawndrika
Submitted to: Current Pharmaceutical Design
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/7/2013
Publication Date: 3/17/2014
Citation: Chung, S., Reed, S.S. 2014. Reducing food allergy: is there promise for food applications? Current Pharmaceutical Design. 20(6):924-930.
Interpretive Summary: Food allergy is on the rise. For this reason, food allergy prevention or reduction has been of interest to researchers. Although advice for allergy prevention mostly is focused on avoidance of certain foods, such a strategy may not always work because consumers are constantly faced with products made with multiple ingredients, or contaminated due to processing using the same machinery (e.g., soy and peanut products produced by the same machine), and as a result, accidental ingestion of hidden allergens and subsequent allergic reactions may occur. The potential severity of reactions in sensitive consumers has led many food manufacturers to introduce warning labeling about possible presence of allergens on their products. This results in the statement of 'may contain' in many food products. Possible solutions to this problem and food allergy prevention/reduction may include: (1) development of hypoallergenic food products through physical and chemical methods; (2) enrichment of diets with supplements associated with the enhancement of the immune system, and (3) changes of lifestyle such as eating habits and early exposure instead of avoidance. This review focuses on recent findings in these areas, and discusses the potential of all these methods for prevention of food allergy. The conclusion was that while physical and chemical methods, except for enzymatic hydrolysis, are still in a premature state to be applicable to the production of hypoallergenic food products, methods such as diet supplementation and change of lifestyle may have the potential for food allergy prevention. Investigations are still being carried out to confirm the potential.
Technical Abstract: The incidence of food allergy has been increasing in recent years. Food allergy can be deadly, and strict avoidance of foods containing allergenic proteins is the only effective way to prevent food-induced allergic reaction. This approach poses challenges, because allergens are not always accurately labeled, or are hidden in trace amounts in foods that are cross-contaminated with the allergenic proteins from other foods due to processing with the same machinery. For this reason, accidental ingestion of trace amount of allergenic proteins is common. For children with severe food allergy, this could be life-threatening. Food products with reduced allergenic proteins, if developed, could be beneficial and may raise the threshold of the amount of allergenic proteins required to trigger an allergic reaction. As a result, the number of serious allergic reactions may decrease. Moreover, such less allergenic products may be useful or replace regular products in studies, such as, oral tolerance induction or early exposure experiments, where children with severe peanut allergy are usually excluded due to their severe intolerance. This review focuses on recent findings and progress made in approaches to reduce allergenic proteins in foods. Modifying methods may include, physical and chemical treatments, as well as lifestyle changes and the use of supplements. We discuss the benefits and drawbacks these methods present for production of hypoallergenic food products and food allergy prevention.


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It's Derby Time
In honor of the Kentucky Derby this upcoming weekend, I decided to share with you my recipe for mint julep cupcakes. To tell you the truth, I have never been to the Kentucky Derby nor have I tried a Mint Julep. I am not going to lie, I am allured by the sun dresses and large hats, but could honestly do without a horse race. I suppose for now I will stick to baking. I made these cupcakes in miniature version for a friends bridal shower last summer and have been saving them just for this occasion. The mint and bourbon are very delicate and add just a little something special to these cupcakes. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed them and I think you will too. I think they would be great garnished with a mint leave and a drinking straw. The recipe below is for the full sized version.
Mint Julep Cupcakes
recipe by Baked Perfection
recipe makes approximately 30 cupcakes
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
6 tablespoons bourbon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 + 1/8 teaspoon mint extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups sour cream
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. In a separate mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Add the bourbon, vanilla and mint; mix well. Add the flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream (batter will be thick). Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups with 1/4 cup of batter. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
Mint Julep Frosting
recipe by Baked Perfection
2 sticks of butter, softened
6 cups powdered sugar
pinch of salt
1/4 teaspoon mint extract
4 tablespoons bourbon
2 - 4 tablespoons milk
green food coloring
Beat butter, bourbon, mint, and salt until smooth. Add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, beating until combined. Add milk 1 tablespoon at a time until you reach desired consistency. Add drops of green food coloring until you reach desired color.
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Appleton Estate 12-Year Rum is a blend of several rums aged between 12 and 18 years in American oak barrels after being distilled using small-batch copper pot stills.
The rum is produced on the Appleton Estate, which sits in the Nassau Valley in Jamaica. The estate's origins date back as far as 1655 when the English overthrew the Spanish to rule the island and Frances Dickinson, grandfather of the distillery's founders, received the land as a reward for his role in the overthrow.
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Tried it once at a tasting, it is ok.
too punchy for my liking.
The Appleton Estate 12 year is actually a blend from casks with rum between 12 and 30 years of age. Many producers would jump right at the chance to call it a 30-year rum, but not Appleton Estate.
I expected the complexity in flavors of a typical "12-year" rum, but got much more. As the rum first rolls over the taste buds, a rather strong flavor of oak and a bit of smoke dominates the senses. In this, whiskey lovers should feel right at home. A brown sugar flavor is also apparent, but even though this is a strong part of the rums nose, the sweetness in the taste is only in the middle-lower end of rums.
Behind the strong, slightly bitter and charred oak flavor, are several other interesting flavors. Most apparent is the spicy orange peel with a vanilla twist. Before the rum leaves the taste buds, I also sense some lighter but quite complex notes akin to nuts, coconut and various citrus fruits.
To get the full flavor experience I recommend letting it breathe in the glass for at least 5 minutes before drinking. And when drinking it, doing so in small sips so as not to overwhelm your taste buds with its stronger flavors.
On the other hand, because of the orange peel and vanilla flavors, I think this rum would also excel in a variety of mixed drinks where these flavors complement.
All in all a rum which is very competitive in its price range and with more complexity to offer than one might expect when reading the label.
After going thought some nice but overly sweet rum (Zacapa, Zaya, Diplomatico) the Appleton 12 year was a pleasant return back to basics.
Citrus, molasses and a little bit of oak. Not overly sweet. Little bit of warmth of the back end but not harsh is any way. My favourite part of this rum is the long aftertaste.
This rum is my new everyday sipper.
The reviews of Appleton 12-year rum vary from awfull to awesome. As a result I didn't know what to expect, but it sure was a pleasant surprise.
It has a bit sweet and strong vanilla scent. The first sip revealed the wolf in sheep's clothing: first impression is rugged, strong and oak/woody. The aftertaste however is smooth, sweet, brings out the molasses and lasts deliciously long. It seduces you to another sip, which you won't regret as it seems to get better and better with every sip.
Love the sweet before and after, with the ruggedness in between!
Though this style is not to everyone's liking due to the level of funk inherent in Jamaicans, if you do like it this is a must-own. Best choice in Mai-tais.
Also as many note it is a very dry rum - this is because it has NO ADDED SUGAR unlike most of the high rated rums, such as Zacapa and the El Dorados. This is what pure unadulterated rum tastes like.
Edit : to address a recent review - this is a Jamaican rum, not an agricole. And giving it a low rating because it "was a mispurchase" and is too strong for your taste is just wrong, use a little common sense and don't rate it at all.
We had this rum in Jamaica on a cruise. Appleton is great and people are going to hate this but I love mixing this particular rum with coke.
My sister brought it for me straight from Jamaica, then I got hooked up and I bought it from time to time because it is expensive compared to other drinking options. If you want the one of the very best rum in the world this is it.
I am a rum drinker, i prefer a good rum rather than a bad wiskey, I am from Dominican Republic so I grew up drinking rum, and I have tasted a lot of rums, I worked as a bartender for a few years.
For this price,its one of the best Rums. A good introduction to jamaican-style flavours, a little bite at the end,but amazing fruits in the nose, a little mango,banana mixed with coffee and toffee finish.Surprisingly long in the throat. A good buy
This rum has a gorgeous dark red-amber colour, and it's smell and taste is rich - sweet and smokey.
I found this rum remarkably smooth, and it is now one of my favourite sippers.
Read some interesting things about this rum and in some case I just don't get it. The amber colored rum has a subtle aroma in the bottle but very little sweetness on taste...actually some bitter in it that registers on the tongue right before an acrid burn. Kinda kicks you in the back of the throat. Definitely not for novices. Not a good sipping rum IMHO but one to use in mixed drinks to give it a "kick". Surprisingly works pretty fairly well with Coke Zero but I would recommend others before this. A bit of a disappointment after reading all the hype.
Appleton Estate 12 is good enough to sip, but primarily enjoyable to those who like some harshness in their rums. It's got a bit of complexity, some spice, no sweetness, and a strong alcohol finish.
After reading reviews about this rum I had feared a strong spirited taste. It was surprisingly smooth and gace a very full taste in the mouth.
Really a great rum with a fine aftertaste.
I'm mostly a scotch drinker. But I enjoy a "malternative" like bourbon or rum. This one has some lovely chocolate and toffee notes with some tropical fruit in it. Not overwhelmingly sweet with a bit of a bite. Good stuff!
Not bad for 12 years old. Good for rum&coke. Price in Jamaica - 37$ .
I like this rum, especially for the low price of only $36.99 (Beltramos 2015)!
It's a tad sweeter than the Appleton 21. Very close to that in taste, but possibly even better. A bit strong for beginners at 43% abv. Notes of oak, almond, vanilla, molasses, and nutmeg. Has a nice smell, and a good aftertaste too!
Appleton comes in a clear, waisted bottle with a screw cap. It is dark red to brown and has a pleasant sweet smell of vanilla, wood and some fruit. While it is not as sweet as other rums, it has some sweetness on the tongue. It tastes spicy, wood and toffee flavours, as well as ripe fruits and hints of fresh fruity flavours. However, I would prefer it with a less harsh alcohol taste and more sweetness. It finally leaves a nice and warm aftertaste.
Sweet aroma, hints of vanilla and licquorice. Smooth on tongue, spicy in finish, overally bit sweet for me but it's acutally nicely ballanced. Good!
J'aime les rum plus sucré mais comme ce Appleton ne se cache pas derriere du sucre pour nous éblouir, on goûte le rum sans artifices ajouté , c'est toutefois plus difficile à apprécier sec comparativement à un Diplomatico exclusiva reserva par exemple!
J'aimerais bien goûter au 21 ans et au 30 ans...le 50 ans j'y rêve mais hors de prix!
The finish of this rum is a little bit smoky, similar for me, like scotch whiskeys, the smell of the drink, a bit unnatural to me, reminds me of glue, but if I drink more of it, it's not bad at all!
I love this Rum. It is full of molasses and very smooth. An incredibly rich nose. Great neat, or mixed. I especially like it on the rocks with a splash of seltzer and some lime juice. One other advantage - It comes in a Liter bottle! And the price is very reasonable per ml compared to "less expensive" rums that come in 700 ml.
Well, I have to say, I was hoping to enjoy this much more than I have thus far. That said, this is my first real experience with a Jamaican-style rum, so there's that.
The aroma? Smells like pure magic marker to me- which for this relative newcomer to Jamaican rums is enough to make me recoil and rethink whether I really want to swallow what's in the glass - especially neat. I'm not 100% sure if that's the infamous "hogo" I hear so much about, but if so, hogo is a "no go" for my palate. It certainly does bring that funk.
The taste? Not as unpleasant as I would expect given the noxious smell wafting out of the glass, but still not great either. Hard to put my finger on (or tongue on, if you will) but the pot-still flavor imparts a very specific character onto this rum that, while decently complex, isn't all together desirable either. It's fine, neither too hot nor too spicy,... just a bit too... well, a bit too odd for me to truly appreciate. Sure, I could get used to it and maybe over time I might even come to appreciate it, in the same way one could get used to drinking RC cola and find some redeeming quality in it... but why?
I will say this, the bottle is a nice shape and mine came in a very fine looking tin housing that i find attractive in the collection. Also, I really do genuinely appreciate the fact that this is yet another distinct style of rum that adds to the overall diversity of the spirit.
So, not a sipper for me, but I will try it in some cocktails soon to see if the funk becomes something my mouth can dance to or not. For now, I'm staying out of funky town and I'm not taking anyone else there either.
I strongly advise you to do what Chaing Kai-Shek used to do when Mao got on his nerves: open a bottle, lean back and Taiwan on.
This is great rum. better than that horse wee-wee Bacardi turns out, especially if you're an actual adult who doesn't drink spiced rum with the bros at the local frat.
And cheap too, an important thing for an old skinflint like me. It's $17.65 US at the Duty Free shop at the Ivy Lea (1000 Islands) Bridge. You can bring in as much as you want as long as you don't go nuts and back a truck up to the loading dock. The American Customs guys will generally let you go with up to 3-4 liters, but even then duty is only $2.80 a bottle. Don't try to lie to them, though because that's another thing entirely.
Nice color. If it tastes like it looks that would be great. It doesn't. I don't know what it is about Jamaican rums, they have this cloying. Maybe I'll always be a beginner, reading the other reviews. I can't get past the taste. I gave it away.
Purchased this duty free to sip in the Cook Islands.
Worth every cent, not too sweet.
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German confectionery exports sink to seven year low
Confectionery and snack exports from Germany fell 4% in 2012 to 1.68m metric tons – the lowest rate in seven years, while exports sales remained flat at €5.8bn ($7.7bn).
Sugar supply harms exports
Torben Erbrath of BDSI told ConfectioneryNews.com: "There are two reasons: The one thing is the Euro crisis mainly in parts of Southern Europe."
Around 85% of German confectionery exports are to other EU countries, while the remaining 15% goes mainly to US, Switzerland, Russia and Australia.
"The other is competiveness in other markets because of the sugar supply," said Erbrath.
BDSI has been campaigning for the EU to remove sugar quotas in its upcoming Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms. It has said that current rules threaten supply for German confectioners.
"The quota regime must end by 2020 – ideally by 2015," said Erbrath.
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He said that special orders for sugar around key seasonal periods had reached confectioners too late, harming profits and even leading to some closures.
Sugar confectioner van Netten was recently forced to close resulting in 110 job losses, said Erbrath.
It did so soon after sugar prices increased 22% between September 2011 and September 2012, according to Statistischem Bundesamt (Federal Statistics Office).
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The German cocoa grind, a signal of demand for chocolate in the market, was down 16.55% to 377,258.3 metric tons in 2012 – but Erbrath said that Fuchs & Hoffman had stopped reported, which had had some impact on prior year comparisons.
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Chancleta Deficit Disorder Part 3/3
Well, folks, finally we come to the conclusion of what I've taken to calling 'the Chancleta Series.' I promised that in part three, I would discuss the theological and liturgical implications of JD's self-imposed quandary and answer that most important of all questions: why is a frozen butterball turkey not an appropriate offering. It's actually a good question, because not everyone reading this is coming from traditions that teach the appropriate protocol for making offerings, so not everyone reading this is going to understand why even the suggestion was a shock (and believe me, for those of us entrenched in our indigenous trads, it was a huge shocker). So I'm not going to keep you in suspense; I'm going to answer that question first and through my answer, explore the attendant theological and liturgical concerns.
The Butterball Conundrum
This question actually lies at the heart of the problems inherent in this case. As I mentioned in part II, there is a protocol to interacting with the Gods. In most indigenous traditions, this protocol has been established and maintained for thousands of years. (Discovering that protocol without having to go through unfortunate trial and error is one of the duties of your spiritworkers and shamans). With contemporary polytheisms, we're at a bit of a disadvantage, because our ways were sundered by Christianity and we lack that ideological and practical inter-generational continuity. That's a huge part of the problem here.
The first thing that really struck me in handling this case, is that inherent in JD's assumption that she could decide upon an appropriate substitution is a tremendous amount of privilege. What she was actually implying was that she knew better than thousands upon thousands of years, and generations upon generations of indigenous practitioners raised and trained within their tradition about what would work best within their tradition. There is a tremendous arrogance in thinking that one can improve upon a traditional prescription, a traditional process without knowing anything else about the tradition. Moreover, nothing JD was asked for was impossible. It might have been inconvenient, but it was not impossible.
Then there was the question of JD's diviner shopping. In cases like this, such shopping around is also a huge breach of protocol and etiquette. It's considered rude, both to the spirits and Gods involved and to the diviner. Now, diviners see this a lot: people get a reading and don't like what's said so they go somewhere else. In most cases, this doesn't matter one way or the other to the diviner in question. It's par for the course. Is it disrespectful? Yes, but so are a lot of other things and in the grand scheme of things, to the average diviner, this isn't generally all that big a deal. This case is a little different though. In this case, we're not talking about whether Johnny loves you. We're not talking about whether or not one should take that new job, or if Susan is Mrs. Right. This is a completely different level of divination.
Here, the divination was done specifically to find out what Ellegua would require in payment of a horrendous outstanding debt. Ellegua made it clear through the divination what was appropriate and required. The diviner, a santera with strong ties to Ellegua negotiated the payment (to Ellegua) down as much as she was able. The original requested payment was much more severe. Ellegua gave us His hard line. Going to multiple diviners of questionable skill afterwards, none of whom had any connection to Ellegua or the African traditions is a major breach of protocol and a further insult to Ellegua. Once the required payment is named, that is it. There is no more room for substitutions.
Essentially, it comes down to this: if you're not going to have respect for the Gods in a tradition (and we've already established that respect for the Gods wasn't high on JD's list of personal qualities), then you'll likely have a problem respecting the guidance of an actual person steeped in that tradition. Part of rectifying one's errors, mistakes, and offenses is learning a modicum of humility, and learning to approach the Gods in a better way in addition to righting the wrongs that were done. Taking the lazy or self-serving way out the moment one encounters a difficulty, or something that might be a bit inconvenient or uncomfortable does not constitute learning a better way. Instead, it demonstrates a remarkable lack of moral courage.
Of course there are other considerations too within this particular tradition. You don't give something that is already dead. It is devoid of life energy. The blood and life and act of sacrificing itself are what binds devotee to God. It's an important way of consistently renewing that life contract. Giving something dead is like giving three day old leftovers to a guest of honor and wondering why they are less than impressed.
A butterball turkey isn't the prescribed offering. It's not something in any way associated with or considered appropriate for Ellegua. ( If Ellegua had wanted a butterball, He would have requested it through the divination). In fact, in some cases, the substitution that you think is just grand may actually be taboo for a particular Holy Power. No one within the culture (and religion is as much a culture as it is spirituality. It's the way in which people interact with the Holy Powers and navigate the sacred complete with protocols, expectations, and the idea of wrongful action) would dream that making such a substitution might be acceptable. It is not what the Power asked for through the medium of divination. I think that bears repeating yet again: it is not what the Power wanted. JD did not know better than Ellegua and JD did not know better than Ellegua about what Ellegua might want. Period. End of story. We're not bidding on a construction site. Shopping around for the "best quote" is simply not appropriate.
There's an added layer to this particular breach of protocol as well. Before you receive a prescription, a bit of leeway might be given by the Powers in question; after all, you don't actually know what to do. Once you receive a prescription from a legitimate source, however, you can't claim ignorance. You can no longer say you had no help, that no one told you what was necessary, or what to do. There's a much, much stronger onus on a person who received a prescription and chose not to follow through (for whatever reason), than on someone who truly hasn't had that option. (Having the option to go to a legitimate diviner and choosing not to because you know you wont' like what you might hear, is also a way of getting yourself deeper in debt). Basically, by diviner shopping and ignoring the requisite prescription, JD was just adding fuel to the fire and getting herself even deeper into debt.
The hurdle that many people face in restoring their indigenous traditions, or transitioning into an indigenous practice is that, in situations like JD's, it's really, really not about the comfort of the human being who f---ked up. It's about what the Power in question asked for to restore balance. JD was frankly lucky that she was offered any hope of digging herself out of this mess, her mess. She was being asked for something that she had every capability of actually managing. It may in fact have been a test to see if she was getting past her hubris, a case of 'prove you're no longer the same person you were through right action, instead of doing precisely the same as you always do with no lesson learned.' Failing to do so is as big an offense as giving a butterball turkey.
I'm not even going to go into the inherent attitude of racism in JD deciding that because she was white, she could of course do it better than the people of color who first discovered, established, and maintained the right protocols in the first place. I doubt JD gave it that much conscious thought. The attitude was there though, redolent with privilege as much as with hubris.
Now, I'm not using this case study to be mean. We all screw up at times. We're learning and there is a learning curve particularly as we struggle to restore our traditions and root ourselves in the indigenous mindset so necessary to proper, healthy restoration. That's not the problem here. (In fact, we can learn as much from our mistakes and fumbles as we can from our triumphs). The problem is, in this particular case: hubris. There is a huge difference between making a mistake and acting from hubris. JD's story is an excellent cautionary tale.
What actually concerned me the most with Jane is that she is a walking miasma. (We don't talk much about miasma in Heathenry but I have an article on it here: http://krasskova.weebly.com/1/post/2012/06/pagan-blog-project-m-is-for-miasma.html). Basically, she is so tainted and so spiritually corrupted that her presence alone threatens to contaminate the fairly wide open newbies with whom she shares kindred time. She could do them spiritual harm (I've found that hubris is appallingly contagious) not to mention reinforcing any bad behaviors and habits they might have with regard to ritual behavior and the Gods. This is something that in most indigenous Houses would never be questioned. It's understood. There's lineage and tradition, memories and customs that are designed to prevent just this type of fall out and, in fact, this type of outrage.
It's about so much more than respecting cultural mores. This is not about us and while it is about lineage and tradition, the real issue goes even deeper than that: These are real Powers, real Forces with which we're dealing. There is a proper way to engage. If one is going to go into any tradition, really it behooves a person, before approaching the Gods as though They're cosmic gumball machines just there to dispense favors, to learn what is and is not appropriate, acceptable, and culturally competent. It's better to leave well enough alone than engage without the proper respect. Courtesy and humility will often fill in gaps where knowledge of what to do is lacking. Beyond that, we have elders and teachers and those already well centered within a system. These people are invaluable resources. (There is a lovely Yoruban saying that when an elder dies, an entire world dies with him –or her).
Even for those of us in the process of reclaiming and restoring our ancestral traditions, this can be a huge leap of practice and faith. The mindset of modernity is a very different thing from the mindset of our ancient polytheistic kin. None of them would have needed to have this laid out for them; they would not have needed to be told that these things were simply not something that one should do. We have to be taught. We have to relearn what our ancestors took for granted. Knowing that can be a tremendous help in starting out and weathering our inevitable fumbles in a good, respectful, and productive way.
At its heart, the essential theological issue here was that JD wanted the Gods to bend to her needs, Their only agency being that which she ascribed to Them. In the real world, it just doesn't work that way. All of this highlights something else, for me at least. I don't think we should be Reconstructionists. I think we should be Restorationists: restoring our indigenous traditions and ways. There's a huge difference in resources, approach, application, and mindset between the two, a huge difference, with the latter being ancestor, lineage, and Deity driven from its inception with all the attendant piety and respect for the Powers that entails.
My assistant read this entire series today, shortly after I finished writing this, and said what I consider the perfect epilogue to this whole mess. "I know what JD stands for. It stands for 'just disgraceful." So it goes.
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
A question.
What if you are involved with Deities that need things that directly oppose each other?
For example, my primary practice is Buddhist and one of the big no-nos in my particular tradition is directly causing an animal to die for your sake(in the Sutras the example of having an animal killed and cooked in your honor was given). If I was in JD's shoes if I went through with having the three roosters killed to pay off the debt with Ellegua then I would have committed a pretty significant breach of Samaya(like millions of years in a hell realm significant).
From what I've read in the classical literature I get the impression the answer is, "If you were JD, you would be roundly screwed." but I could be wrong here.
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
um...i hate to say it, because it sounds kind of snarky, but yeah: you'd be screwed. I think having those potentially conflicting loyalties or obligations would be impetus to avoid getting into a situation like this. However, if it happened, i'd seek out a really, really good diviner and see what could be done to clear things up. It may be that you'd have to take the hit to your wyrd, and then clean that up too...i don't know. that is something that's so situation specific it's hard to hypothesize. I do know it's the type of situation i really hope i never see!
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Not to be a hard ass, James (and I wanted Galina to get her oar in first), but this is the primary reason I try not to work with too many deities at the same time, especially across pantheons. Who would win in a "karma kicking contest" like you describe is something I wouldn't want to find out. This is an often unacknowledged drawback to radically eclectic practice -- *within* a pantheon, hopefully it's possible to figure out which deities are not on speaking terms, and Whom you might offend by inviting to the same (metaphorical) party. But *between* pantheons? Difficult, if not (almost) impossible to predict. This is the hard edge of hard polytheism -- if the Gods are Real entities, not "archetypes" -- then assuming that one can invite a goddess from one path along with a god from an entirely different one in a single ritual or practice is fraught at best, and possibly even dangerous. I'd recommend you stick with deities known to be eclectic and forgiving -- and carefully avoid working in traditions known to ask for blood offerings such as the Afro-Caribbean paths. The good news is, from what I know, you aren't likely to offend Ellegua just by walking down the street, you'd have to go out of your way (like J.D. did in Galina's example) to attract His attention -- and then, furthermore, do something particular in order to p*ss Him off. Folks as obviously thoughtful about their paths as you are can probably avoid this (hopefully hypothetical) dilemma with some good old fashioned common sense.
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
First, it is definitely a hypothetical situation. I used to be Asatru many years ago(I was asked to leave due to a conflict between my commitment to anti-Nazism and my old kindred's commitment to a Nazi kindred in our city. Long story.) however nowadays the only non-Buddhist work I do now is with the 21 Divisions, exclusively with Ezili Freda and Filomena Lubana(the service I give is restricted to pre negotiated offerings and making sure their area is where they want it) and occasionally being neighborly if a deity needs something.
For the most part I am working through the basic daily practice that must be done in my tradition to progress(the practice is called Ngondro, btw).
I originally thought of my question when thinking of the whole genre of literature that could be summed up by my question. The Illiad is a great example but isn't the only one.
Anyhow, thanks for the responses. Very interesting stuff.
Thursday, 30 August 2012
I was talking about your question, James, with a colleague last night and he, ironically, brought up the Odyssey, noting that when Odysseus makes it home, he builds a temple in honor of the God Who had been angry at him (Poseidon, I believe). I was struck by how different such a response would have been from the average Heathen (or Pagan ) response today. today, we're more likely to see people like JD cursing the Gods when they don't get what they want.....but Odysseus, he honors the Gods even, perhaps most especially, when he has offended Them. jsut a thought...since you mentioned Iliad...
Wednesday, 05 September 2012
First, this is off the top of my head. I haven't done any research and therefore can't site sources. If you would really like me to do research to give a more nuanced opinion I'll be happy to. With that said.
I'll see you Odysseus and raise you Serapis.
I think that Odysseus was, like most Pagans of the time, subject to what Thatcher would have called a "TINA" religious outlook,an acronym that stands for "There Is No Alternative". She was talking about capitalism but it works just as well for Pagans and religion. Even though ancient Pagans were aware of other religions it wasn't necessarily realistic for them to adopt those ways.
The reason for this is that, even more so than today, religion and culture were fused into one pretty solid lump. If you wanted to follow the Greek gods you had to become Greek either through moving or the Greeks came through with their army and made a land "Greek". It was very rare for someone to live in a tiny village in Sweden, for example, and worship anyone other than the Norse deities until relatively late in the Pagan period. The whole idea of "religious conversion separate to one's culture" is a new(and I think monotheistic) development historically.
There were, of course, exceptions to this rule. And those exceptions, even in the ancient world, look a lot more like how JD approached religion and a lot less how people that we would be more apt to admire approached it. In Alexandria, for example, people seemed to worship deities that either helped them preserve their culture or that actively helped them. If the deity didn't perform they didn't seem to be worshiped all that much.
Of course, also the Alexandrians were more than happy to mix systems. In at least once case within the same deity. Hence we have Serapis who was a mix of Greek and Egyptian traits. I'll admit I've never worked with him but I would imagine he would be fascinating. If not confusing.
Saturday, 01 September 2012
Oh, wow. I made the mistake of disregarding your suggestion to read with drink in hand...BIG mistake. I almost choked on my breakfast cereal a few times.
Also, yes, what Anne said about not working with too many deities at the same time. This is one reason why, other than supporting Jolene, I stick with the Northern trad for myself.
Saturday, 01 September 2012
Well, you can't say i didn't warn you. lol.
I don't know that the problem is so much honoring a variety of Gods---i think that if one encounters a Holy Power, the proper thing to do is show respect (though this does not necessarily mean entering into an ongoing relationship after the encounter...). I think the bigger problem is the hubris and complete lack of forethought or awareness of consequences. there's also a tremendous impiety and arrogance...which i suppose is the definition of hubris, involved here.
I'll just add that spirit workers and shamans who support a variety of clients (I have clients from many polytheistic traditions) may not have the luxury of only interacting with their own Gods....sometimes for the client, one has to seek out the Gods of others. there's no way to do that job and stick with one group of Deities, though again, this does not mean ongoing devotional work. it means respect, piety, politeness, and courtesy...all of which were also lacking with JD.
but yeah...i did warn y'all about the drink. You should have seen the response of my ATR friends when they read this!· Beth Wodandis likes this comment.
Sunday, 02 September 2012
Yes, hubris seems to be an unfortunate bi-product of people having access to so much information that they are able to dabble in whatever they please without (they think) fear of consequences. Religion becomes just another form of entertainment. To think that as an average devotee (and not even a very pious one) you might know better than someone who lives and breathes their service to a particular god--especially in a tradition that has enjoyed continuous survival and as a result has very definite rules and ways of doing things, such as the ATRs...Well, this pretty much leaves me wishing for that drink, LOL. But then of course, if the Gods aren't real (since it's all just an entertainment) what is there to worry about? *heavy dose of sarcasm* You're right that the Norse deities tend to be more lenient in these areas, of necessity, but that situation is temporary and when it ends there will be a lot of people with sore butts after having been knocked off their feet for clinging to that "I stand on my feet before my gods" attitude I'm sure we're both familiar with.
And yeah, I hear you about needing to interact with deities from a number of different pantheons. It makes me glad I don't really work with clients, outside of seidhr. (I have had to do this in a limited way for seidhr, and of course have relayed messages from deities with Whom I'm not terribly familiar. I would still not want to be on the devotee end of this equation, having to balance devotional work for a number of different pantheons with their very different requirements.)
I like your use of the term "restorationist," by the way.
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