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Anyway, the fallout of this is that I had a choice between the season four (and series) finale of The O.C. (which I converted to a video format that makes it viewable on my iPod and so have seen many times already; nice as it is to see Seth and Summer getting married in the future, and Ryan happy without Marissa, it gets a little old) or the season three finale of The O.C. in which everyone graduates and is all set for their awesome new lives - except Marissa who dies. She ends up in an awful car crash after her crazy, stalky, dangerous, toxic, criminal but hot ex ends up chasing her car off the road, and although Ryan carries her out of the wreckage in time to stop her getting blown up, she dies a spluttering, panting, bloody death in his arms and - controversially but probably appropriately - dares not to say, "I love you."
As she's dying, Imogen Heap's instrument-free version of Hallelujah sounds out Ryan's little flashbacks of all the times he's picked her up and saved her previously (and did she learn? Was she grateful? Not even!). I was very excited when I heard that Imogen Heap was going to be covering Hallelujah in the finale given that I discovered IH through the show and really got into Jeff Buckley's version of Hallelujah thanks to the show and I do quite like the cover, even though I don't like it as much as other IH songs or as much as other versions of Hallelujah. To me, it's quite haunting, though that's probably just because I associate it with Marissa's Tradgick Deth.
Coincidentally, directly after watching M's demise, I came across a weekly feature on the Paper Cuts blog on NYT, in which writers and other literary folk choose their own playlist of songs, and this week, someone called A.M. Homes is featured whom I don't know but who selected Hallelujah (five versions thereof) as one of her choons. On the song she sez:
On my I-pod I have five versions I listen to them in no particular order, one after the other - k.d. lang, Jeff Buckley, Bono, Brandi Carlisle and Leonard Cohen live. Each version turns out the song in a different way, Bono's version kicks off with a low electronic beat that bangs through your body competing with your heart in a way that is primitive, tribal, like an induction, an indoctrination. Jeff Buckley rhapsodizes with a plucked electronic string, stinging like the burning of an injection, of something being shot through you. Buckley's voice is both delicate and male and sings as if reaching upward toward the heaven. His "Hallelujah" is out there before a single word is sung. "Now I've heard there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord, but you don't really care for music do ya" (as an aside - damning the person for their lack of love). Bono offers it, almost as an aside, like he's telling you something off the record, a whispered rushed confession with wobbly electronic bubbling in the background that cracks open into a glorious, ecstatic, high pitched hallelujah. k.d. lang plunges right in with a haunting rolling piano intro, her voice is like liquid velvet pouring it out, rising to the "Hallelujah" managing to be simultaneously mournful and sexy: "Well your faith was strong but you needed proof you saw her bathing on the roof, her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya." She breathes it out, like it's life itself: "Well it goes like this the 4th, the 5th, the minor fall the major lift, the baffled king composing Hallelujah."
A bit Pseuds' Corner-ish but as I can't write about music, I can't really talk. "Oh, what a world," sang Rufus Wainwright, but in this case, what a word would perhaps be more appropriate, as faithful hallelujah gets whipped out time and time again. I'm not a massive fan of the Leonard Cohen original, I only recently heard k.d. lang's version and much as I like Shrek, Rufus Wainwright's doesn't really do it for me. I'm not really sure what it is about Jeff Buckley's cover that really does it for me. According to Rolling Stone, he called it an homage to "the hallelujah of the orgasm." I suppose Delilah's quite a femme fatale, as Biblical characters go, what with making you fantasise about her lips after she's destroyed you and Bathsheba had rather cuisses légères and all - if Elizabeth Wurtzel is to be believed, anyway.
It's the Hallelujah Verse that begins, "Baby, I've been here before..." that tends to reverberate in my mind, often without me even intending to, although perhaps this is just because I have listened to it so many times that it has just got stuck. Definitely the verses rather than the Hallelujah Chorus, anyway. Anything even vaguely deja-vu-esque sets me rolling, as does going to the London pad, which is near Marble Arch (maybe it's the fact it evokes the marble arches of London, New York and Paris...). Perhaps it's the emo-ness of, "but love is not a victory march / it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah" that triggers my lyrics-o-meter in a big way.
Alternatively, I could just like it because I can actually hold the tune reasonably well. Indeed, Maman even caught me singing it while we were in France and remarked that she was surprised to hear I'd learnt some pitch or something; sadly, it only applies to one song, though I'm sure that with months of absent-minded and stolen practice, I could probably add another to my repertoire. I'm far too embarrassed to get singing lessons. Anyway, if I wanted to have music lessons, I'd learn to play the guitar - something that is on my long-term to-do list - just because I love the sound of a twangy guitar, like Jeff's tortured pluckings in the song in question. Yes, it would definitely be cool to be able to play Hallelujah on a guitar - that and Wonderwall; even though the latter doesn't even make my top 50 most played in iTunes any more, it's still a cool song to play on the guitar.


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Flora and fauna of the Dolomites
The Dolomites are rich in vegetation and animal species, a natural environment to explore and discover during your holiday in Alta Badia.
Thanks to its position and geological conformation Alta Badia boasts an extremely rich and characteristic flora. In the valleys it is possible to find the most beautiful species of meadow flowers, whilst in the rocky zones and on the glaciers alpine flowers of vivid and delicate colours grow.
At the beginning of spring, when the meadows are not yet green, they are covered by a blanket of white crocus, which are then replaced by bright yellow stretches of dandelion.
The spring gentian, the primrose, the buttercup and the mountain soldanella can be found in the more humid meadows. The anemone is found in the high meadows whilst the anemone hepatica grows in the woods.
However, the most beautiful season as far as plant wildlife is concerned is from June until late August. During this time the auricula, various species of gentian, the nigritella, the daphnia, the saxifrage, the colombine, the campanula and various species of lily come into flower. The mountain slopes are made even more beautiful by the evocative red rhododendrons.
The mountains and the woods of Alta Badia offer a unique attraction for those who love the animal world. The rustling of wings, the running of a roe-deer, the cheerful scurrying of a squirrel, the singing of birds and the perfect flight of an eagle help to animate the different aspects of this world which surrounds us.
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CIA Director's Remarks at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Remarks of Director of the Central Intelligence Agency,
Gen. Michael V. Hayden
at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs,
(as prepared for delivery)
October 30, 2007
Before I begin, I want to thank the Council for all you do to contribute to a better public understanding of issues affecting national security. I also want to thank you for giving me the opportunity tonight to talk about my Agency's work, and to answer your questions.
Last month marked a big anniversary for any student of world affairs. It was the 60th anniversary of the National Security Act of 1947, a defining moment in American foreign policy. From that point on, America committed itself to project our strength in the world not just as a last resort, but consistently and as a matter of doctrine, to contain a predatory ideology that was a dire threat to our interests and an affront to our founding principles. We no longer merely supported the cause of freedom—we championed it.
As my Agency was created by the National Security Act, September also marked CIA's 60th birthday. It was a great way of giving all our new officers who have entered on duty since 9/11 a better understanding of our history and tradition—and a better sense of CIA's unique spirit.
We celebrated the achievements of some of our greatest officers. Our historians gave detailed case studies of analysis, operations, and covert action. We opened a new exhibit in our museum on the extraordinary Afghan campaign, and we brought an actual A-12 OXCART reconnaissance aircraft to Headquarters for permanent display—you might be more familiar with the Air Force version, the SR-71 Blackbird.
And the kickoff came on Family Day, our annual birthday celebration that's always held on a Saturday. More than 20,000 people—CIA officers and family members—attended this year. That's a record, almost doubling last year's turnout. And no—attendance was not mandatory.
For me, the retrospective brought out some fundamental truths about CIA and the Intelligence Community, and reinforced other ideas I've held for some time. Tonight, I'd like to share them with you in the form of five propositions on the state of CIA and American intelligence at large. Some of the things I'm about to tell you are virtually secret—not because they're classified, but because they don't get nearly as much public attention as they should.
So let's open up with my first point: Today, intelligence is more crucial to the security of our nation than it's ever been.
That's a pretty sweeping assertion, so let me back it up with a historical analogy.
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union's most deadly forces—its ICBMs and tank armies—were relatively easy to find, but hard to kill. Intelligence was important, but overshadowed by the need for sheer firepower.
Today, the situation is reversed. We are now in an age in which our primary adversary is easy to kill, but hard to find. So you can understand why so much emphasis in the last six years has been on intelligence.
Moreover, the moment of our enemy's attack may be just that—a moment, a split-second—the time it takes for an airliner to crash or a bomb to detonate. There can be little or no time to defeat him on the battlefield he's chosen.
But behind that point of attack is a trail of planning, travel, communication, training, and all the other elements that go into a large-scale terrorist operation. This is where there are secrets we can steal, operatives we can capture and interrogate, plots we can and must disrupt.
We know al-Qa'ida is as determined as ever to strike our homeland. Its aim is to execute a spectacular attack that would cause mass casualties, massive destruction, and economic harm. In recent years, it has protected or regenerated key elements of its attack capability: safehaven in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan, operational lieutenants, and a leadership engaged in plotting attacks.
The Intelligence Community made each of those assessments with high confidence in a National Intelligence Estimate released three months ago. The Estimate was less certain about one crucial element in al-Qa'ida's plotting—the presence of operatives inside the United States.
Countering this threat—targeting those overseas who plan and prepare for attack—is the unique domain of a clandestine intelligence service. This is where the American people expect us to fight.
That raises an important fact, and my second point: The war on terrorism is an intelligence war as much as a military one—maybe even more so. CIA's core strengths—the tradecraft we use to collect human intelligence and our concentration of analytic expertise—are integral to this conflict. And it's a form of warfare unlike any other in our country's history.
CIA is charged with prosecuting an expeditionary campaign to help capture or kill al-Qa'ida operatives and their affiliates. The American people rightfully expect us to use all our authorities and capabilities to protect our Republic. It's a responsibility we feel acutely each and every day.
When I spoke at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York last month, I said that my Agency operates only within the space given to us by the American people. That is how we want it to be, and that is how it should be.
That space is defined by the policymakers we elect and the laws our representatives pass. But once the laws are passed and the boundaries set, the American people expect CIA to use every inch we're given to protect our fellow citizens. When all is said and done, that is our overriding mission.
The last six years have shown us that the best sources of information on terrorists and their plans are the terrorists themselves. That intelligence has been simply irreplaceable. And if CIA, with all our expertise as the nation's human intelligence service, failed to take every lawful measure we could to gain those secrets, the American people would be right to ask why.
The irreplaceable nature of that intelligence is the sole reason we have rendition, detention, and interrogation programs. They are small, carefully run operations. Fewer than 100 hardened terrorists have gone through the interrogation program since it began in 2002 with the capture of Abu Zubaidah. Of those, less than a third have required any special methods of questioning.
Nonetheless, the fewer than 100 detainees have generated thousands of intelligence reports. We've shared that information not only with our colleagues in other national security agencies, but with foreign partners as well. More than 70 percent of the human intelligence reporting used in the National Intelligence Estimate I mentioned earlier is based on detainee information.
Our programs are as lawful as they are valuable. They have been subject to multiple legal and policy reviews inside and outside CIA, which brings me to my third proposition: CIA is an instrument of national security policy, subject—and responsive—to Congressional oversight.
In CIA's early years, the concept of oversight was more or less a work in progress. Today, it's central to everything we do—but that fact tends to get inexplicably lost in the public debate.
Our Congressional oversight committees have been fully and repeatedly briefed on all our activities. They know what these programs are, and what they aren't.
I'll give you some statistics—all of them are for calendar year 2007—that underscore our vigorous support of the oversight process:
- CIA officers have testified in 62 congressional hearings and are responding to 30 congressionally-legislated requests for information.
- We have answered 1,177 QFRs—that's "questions for the record"—as well as 297 other letters, questions, and requests.
- Our experts have given more than 600 briefings to congressional members and staffs.
- And we have issued 121 congressional notifications on our sensitive programs.
Everything is on the table. I personally have briefed the Hill nine times on renditions, detentions, and interrogations, pointing out the great value of these programs to the war on terrorism.
But as I said, the programs themselves are a small part of our overall operations and hardly the centerpiece of our counterterrorism effort. In fact, they tend to overshadow what may be the most important dynamic behind some of our recent successes, which is my fourth point: America's intelligence officers have internalized the decisive value of integration and are putting it to use, with outstanding results for our national security.
Remember all the commissions established in the aftermath of 9/11? If there was one recommendation whose value and necessity was universally endorsed, it was the need for greater cohesion and unity across not only the Intelligence Community, but the entire national security and law enforcement sector. Information most definitely needed to be shared, but the problem went deeper than that: our mission had to be shared.
I readily admit there's still plenty of work to be done, and DNI McConnell has made closer integration our Community's top priority. But I can tell you there's already been a sea change in both attitude and practice. And that goes for collaboration at all levels, whether it's within an agency, between agencies, between communities—such as intelligence and law enforcement—or with allied governments.
The cooperative spirit is strongest in the field, especially in the war zones. I've been to Iraq and Afghanistan several times, and there is little if any partitioning or sense of turf—everything is subordinated to the shared mission at hand. At any one of our Stations or forward bases there, you not only find CIA analysts working closely with CIA case officers, but both serve alongside Intelligence Community colleagues and uniformed military.
Not surprisingly, Iraq and Afghanistan are also where you'll find the best examples of how integrated ops can have a devastating effect on the enemy. You need look no further than the operation last year that eliminated Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, the former head of al-Qa'ida in Iraq. It was the merging of many sensitive data streams—from human sources, technical ops, intercepts, and more—that culminated in two smart bombs gliding toward their target.
It takes the precision intelligence you get from bringing together the expertise of different agencies to be able to act precisely. And operations like the one that took out Zarqawi aren't limited to well-known, high-value targets. They are used to kill and capture terrorists at all levels with growing frequency—it's just that the results don't always make it into print or the nightly news. And that's by design, because it allows us to exploit leads and gather information for the next strike.
I should add that the value of integration extends well beyond kinetic strikes and capture missions. CIA analysts serving in Iraq alongside the military played a key role in one of the most promising recent developments in that country: finding common cause against al-Qa'ida with Sunni tribal leaders in Anbar Province.
The full potential of integrated ops is realized when we conduct them with our foreign partners, extending our reach and effectiveness. My deputy Steve Kappes and I have gone to dozens of countries to strengthen our liaison relationships—many have been visited more than once. I really can't overstate how vital our allies are to the overall effort.
The UK airliner plot and the takedowns of Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, Mullah Dadullah, and many, many others show what can be accomplished by close teamwork among allies. We've used that teamwork and every lawful tactic at our disposal to protect our citizens from terrorist brutality. And it continues 24/7, with the most recent and significant example being the CT arrests in Germany and Denmark last month. From the start, our officers were part of the process that took terrorists off the streets and saved lives.
One more point on the theme of integration—it improves how we accomplish our entire global mission, not just counterterrorism. My Agency covers a list of issues as long as the world is wide: nuclear proliferation, emerging security threats, the rise of new economic centers, the scramble for natural resources, and every other foreign challenge or opportunity America faces, whether current or potential.
Under my Agency's Strategic Intent, our roadmap for the next decade or so, we've launched a series of initiatives to enhance our core capabilities and integration in everything we do. For example, in the past year we've begun to set up our Forward Deployed Analytic Cells, one in East Asia and one in Africa. A third, in Latin America, will be up and running soon, and we plan on having many more. These cells allow analysts in the field to draft assessments with complete connectivity back to Langley. They already are improving analytic collaboration between the field and Headquarters, creating a more effective partnership between our analysts and collectors.
Another critical program will revamp how data is stored at CIA. The basic idea is to put it on one system, instead of scattered around our Directorates and offices. We're removing unnecessary barriers to information that might restrict our officers' ability to provide complete, accurate intelligence.
The fact is, CIA has been transformed since 9/11 in terms of breaking down internal barriers, moving our center of gravity out to the field, and maintaining a fierce operational tempo. Under our Strategic Intent, the rate of change should keep rising.
At the same time, the core traits that CIA inherited from our forerunners in the Office of Strategic Services—America's espionage and commando service during the Second World War—have not only endured, but grown stronger. And that leads to my final point: The qualities of our OSS founders—that unique combination of capability, dedication, and spirit—are embodied by the latest generation of CIA officers.
We call the prevailing attitude an "expeditionary mentality"—going wherever the mission takes us, embracing smart risk, and making a real difference in defending the American people. Our new officers draw their resolve from 9/11, just as our founders drew theirs from Pearl Harbor.
At about 130,000 applications a year, we've had the opportunity to pick some exceptionally intelligent, creative officers. Many of the men and women who have joined CIA in the last six years have had formative experiences out in the war zones and elsewhere in the field—and they've had steep learning curves. That goes for all four of our Directorates—clandestine officers, technical specialists, support officers, and analysts.
The graduates of each new class of case officers are conducting their first assignments under increasingly creative forms of cover tailored for today's high priority targets. Our Directorate of Science and Technology sends its experts into the field to find technical solutions to some very daunting operational challenges. Support officers—commo, security, and logistics people—enable us to fulfill our mission anywhere on the globe. And, as I mentioned earlier, being an analyst no longer implies sitting at a desk in Langley.
I'll offer a few examples of what some of our new officers have achieved very early in their careers:
Within a few months of graduating from training, one of our analysts went to Iraq for a 90-day tour, which he extended to six months. He was assigned to a CIA base outside Baghdad, where he supported the effort to target Zarqawi—whose demise I mentioned earlier. Our Chief of Base was so impressed with the analyst's skill and natural sense of leadership that he made him acting Chief for several weeks while away at another assignment.
Another officer identified agents of a rival nation who had penetrated the intelligence services of some of our allies. Those findings led to a series of joint operations with our foreign partners that defused the threat.
And one young man served as deputy team leader for paramilitary operations out of one of our bases in Afghanistan. He developed agent networks that gathered intelligence on high-value targets and anti-Coalition forces.
OK—I won't say these experiences are typical. But the opportunity to make a real difference early on—whether it's in counterterrorism or any of our other missions—is definitely out there. And our newest officers are rising to the challenge.
Very briefly, let me give you some stats on who they are. Many are recent college graduates, but many others have years of experience in the private sector, the military, or other government agencies. About 40 percent have advanced degrees. Our recruits are entering the Agency at all levels and all ages—including some who are a decade or less from retirement. I've worked with a lot of them, and it's clear that some of our nation's best and brightest are coming to CIA.
In fact, Chicagoland is a fertile recruiting ground for us—we have strong relationships with more than a dozen schools in the area and have one of our field recruiters stationed here. Hundreds of our officers hired within the last five years are from the area.
Recruiting a diverse workforce is a priority. I'm proud to tell you that for fiscal year 2007, 26 percent of CIA's new hires were from ethnic minorities. Moreover, 20 percent claim at least some proficiency in a foreign language, including a good number with Arabic, Chinese, or Korean—all mission-critical languages.
We're putting a lot of time and effort into education, training, development, and retention. Our attrition rate has dropped to less than five percent. It's even lower—less than three percent—for our newest employees. Those figures tell me the vast majority of our new officers are happy with their jobs and their expectations are being met.
And that's critical to my Agency, not only because we have a large cohort of new officers, but because 20 percent of our workforce will be eligible to retire in the next five years. The most important thing our leadership team can do is hire, train, and retain a strong workforce, and prepare our new officers for leadership roles years from now.
I spent a little extra time talking about them because they're the future of CIA. And you should know about the kind of men and women who will be standing watch on an enemy we can weaken and disrupt, but whose threat we cannot completely eliminate—at least not for many years to come.
As I said last month in New York, we haven't just been lucky, and it isn't as if the terrorists have been lazy. Those notions fail to explain the lack of an attack inside the United States since 9/11.
What it comes down to is the quality of our people—experts at CIA, the National Counterterrorism Center, and across the Intelligence Community. It comes down to their skill and expertise, certainly, but also to an exceptional level of dedication and lots of hard work—something that's well understood in this city.
Thank you all very much.


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Again a welcome back goes out to vidicon, shrijani, mightyafrodite, metaphorge & gentlemaitresse.
And someone is curious about my friends list still, 'cuz again today, someone beat me to the punch. So if I missed you I'll get you Monday.
Why am I posting on a Saturday?
Normally, I'm not one for weekend posts. I spend so much of my weekend at the restaurant or sleeping. Well, apparently there is a large group of people that are behind because of the holidays. So they decreed manditory overtime. And I'll admit, I am behind, but that's because they've slowly shifted my job into something that should be done by two people instead of one. But that's a different story. I'm always of mixed feelings about overtime. Extra money is a good thing. But getting up and going to work on the only day of the week I don't have to be at work in the morning, is not so good. And of course, today happened to be the only Saturday I could have gone and signed up for classes, (I missed the register by phone period.) so I'm ending up taking a semester off again. Hopefully it won't last as long as my last semester off, which ran from Jan 2000 - Sept 2004.
Weekend Plans
Finish here, go to the Star, work on teaching the managers how the office work, works. (I need to make a long post on the why of that later.) Wait tables until close. Go home, go to sleep, then bartend all day tommorow. Oh, I know, how do I handle all of the excitement.


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The most prestigious race in the country is also Boston's most popular event. Crowds turn out by the thousands to cheer on the runners of the Boston Marathon. The day had always brought the city together, until the one year two suspects tried to tear it apart. When the Tsarnaev brothers planted bombs at the 2013 race, their horrific act killed three people, and maimed many more. Hear from one of the wounded, an on-scene medic, a trauma surgeon, and law enforcement officers who experienced the sudden terror of this cold-blooded act, and the pursuit of justice that followed.


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This week we are joined by Michael Shermer, the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the Executive Director of the Skeptics Society.
He a monthly columnist for Scientific American, the host of the The Skeptics Society's Distinguished Science Lecture Series, author of several books, including; The Believing Brain, The Mind of the Market, and Why Darwin Matters: Evolution and the Case Against Intelligent Design.
He is also an Adjunct Professor at Claremont Graduate University and Chapman University.
RDF: Michael, you're one of the most prominent skeptics in the world, but you got your start at Pepperdine University, a Christian College.
Michael Shermer: I wasn't raised in a religious family: I became religious due to peer group influence. That was part of the early 70s Born-Again Evangelical movement that was really taking off, and I just sort of got into it with my friends. But I took it pretty seriously. From high school I went to Pepperdine, which is a Church of Christ school, and I wanted to study theology. What I really wanted to be was a college professor, because that seemed like a great gig. My field would be theology and so, to do that, you have to get a Ph.D. to be a college professor, and to get a Ph.D. in theology you have to master Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, and Latin. And I could barely get through Spanish, so I had to switch fields, because at some point, I knew I had to get a job. I switched majors to psychology, and that has a fairly rigorous scientific methodology to it, especially experimental psychology. So there I learned to think like a scientist, and that changed everything. I discovered that there's a way of thinking in science that's quite different from the way theologians think, and that really turned my head, made me think about how we know that anything is true.
RDF: Your article this month in Scientific American is, "Is God Dying?" That's brave for a science magazine to dip a toe into atheist thought. Are skeptics the audience for your monthly articles in Scientific American, or do you write to reach out to believers in Bigfoot?
Michael Shermer: I'm really teaching people how to think about any claim. So that, even if I tell you how to think about Bigfoot, maybe next week you'll see a show on something else, on the History Channel or something, and instead of Bigfoot it'll be about something else, and you'll believe it because you don't know how to think about claims in general. So the mission of the column is to do two things: to address some particular topic and think about whether the claim is true or not–what we know, but also, how to apply the principles of skepticism to any and all claims. And by "Skepticism" I really just mean science–skepticism is just a scientific way of thinking.
RDF: What's your advice for how to talk with someone who really does believe in Bigfoot?
Michael Shermer: I think the best approach is to try to find out why somebody believes something. Ask, "Oh, that's really interesting, why do you believe that?" They'll usually tell you, "Oh, I saw it on this show". You say, "Really, what did they say?" They say, "A couple guys were out in the middle of the night and they heard spooky things." I find that this method of just asking questions possibly leads people to arrive at their own conclusions. As opposed to just telling them, "You're wrong and here's why". Leading people to figure it out on their own–the Socratic method– is a more permanent way of changing their minds and getting them to think rationally, rather than just telling them, "Here's what you should think: I'm right and you're wrong." Even if that's true — you're right and they're wrong — and even if they accept it, they may not then be able to apply the principle to some other claim, whereas if you teach them how to think about it, they'll hopefully arrive at the same conclusion and be able to apply it to other claims. So, it has that added advantage.
RDF: How do you separate unhealthy beliefs from the necessary shortcuts that help us make decisions in world too complex to analyze completely?
Michael Shermer: Ideally the way to think skeptically and scientifically should apply to any area. Ideally, we'd like to be able to apply science and reason and logic and rationality to all areas of our lives. There really should be no area that is untouched by that. Because what alternative do you have? I mean, people talk about intuition or feelings or "gut feelings" or that kind of thing… But what does that really mean? It's just sort of a fuzzy way of talking about thinking. So the question is, do you wanna use your thinking process in a reasonable way or an unreasonable way? Because, you know, one is a better, superior way of getting at the right answer than another one is. Calling it intuition, or whatever, doesn't really do anything.
RDF: Can you tell us about your book and how beliefs are formed in the brain?
Michael Shermer: My latest book is The Believing Brain, which has to do with how we derive our beliefs first and then we back into them reasons why we believe. This is true for scientists, as well, of course, but science has a different methodology that requires you to look for your biases — like the confirmation bias, for example — and try to work around it before somebody else busts you for it, particularly once you go into print. This is true with not just religious beliefs, but political beliefs and even scientific theories. We're all raised in certain cultures and we go to certain schools and we end up in an graduate program working for a certain professor who already has a research paradigm going and they just plug you into it as a graduate student. So, it's not like you're just walking into a fresh set of data with objective eyes; you're interpreting the data with models that your professor is working from. So it does take some effort to break out of that, but we have some confidence that the system works, because other people who are knowledgeable in that field provide checks and balances to biases that are inherent in it. Even though we're all biased, science is still the best method we have for determining what's true and what's not.
RDF: Is there an academic legacy here from Freud and Marvin Minsky that we have more than one personality in our heads?
Michael Shermer: The science behind the idea comes from evolutionary psychology and that the brain is modular. There're a lot of different known networks operating… and this explains why people can believe conflicting ideas.
Michael Shermer: And what appears as hypocrisy to the rest of us, inside somebody's own head, seems consistent by the use of rationalization. It explains how somebody could, say, be a scientist during the week and go to church on Sunday, like Francis Collins: super smart, totally rational, and then he just dives into the whole Jesus thing and the supernatural and the resurrection and all that. It's the same thing with Ken Miller, who pretty much in every walk of life is as skeptical as they come and as good a scientist as you can get. But he accepts Christ as the savior and that he was resurrected, and all that stuff, because he's Catholic. How do people do that? Well, because of what I call logic-tight compartments. A logic-tight compartment is like a water tight compartment on a ship: it keeps conflicting ideas separate.
RDF: What do people get and help with when they join The Skeptics Society?
Michael Shermer: We are a nonprofit science education organization, devoted to promoting science and critical thinking. What you get when you join is a subscription to Skeptic magazine, and a "Decoder Ring" and all our stuff. It's a good cause, but you actually really do get something, but of course you're also contributing to promoting a rational society. There's also Junior Skeptic. We're reaching now to the next generation, and my editor Daniel Loxton is writing for kids: middle school, high school, and even college. Junior Skeptic is tipped into every issue of Skeptic Magazine.
RDF: What's coming up for The Skeptic Society that people should leap onto before they miss it?
Michael Shermer: First of all, the issue that's out on the stand now is for the 50th Anniversary of JFK. We published what I think is the best piece ever done on JFK Conspiracy Theory: debunking them all in one fell swoop.
Michael Shermer: And then the issue that comes out next week — so the next quarter — is on ancient aliens, and those kinds of theories, which are kind of a conspiracy theory under the same principle that makes people think, "I don't accept the prevailing theory. Therefore my pet theory about what happened must be right." So there's a deeper principle there: the argument from personal incredulity. I believe it was Richard that coined [the phrase that goes], "Because I don't believe in it, it must not be true, or because I can't figure it out it can't be true." And therefore, your pet theory about what is true must be right. Well, not necessarily so. That marvelous article is now up online for free at www.skeptic.com.
For more about The Skeptics Society and Skeptic Magazine, see www.skeptic.com, which you can follow on Facebook and Twitter. Also, see our TAM 2013 interivew with Michael Shermer.


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Dave Coleman is the world's foremost expert on that most misunderstood of sub-genres, the Bigfoot Film. His book, The Bigfoot Filmography, is the last word on these movies – at least until the next edition!
MOVIES and MANIA spoke to him about the book and the films…
Firstly – why Bigfoot? What made you want to write about Bigfoot films?
Mainly I was frustrated that no one else had! I love cinema books and film magazines, but the lack of any proper reference guide to what I honestly considered a "verboten genre" was really annoying me over the years.
I self-published a fanzine called Remote Jockey Digest in the early 1990s and published what I believe was the first attempt to do so in an article called "The Essential Guide to Bigfoot Cinema."
I got a lot of email and letters on that article. Later, when I happened to be corresponding with Loren Coleman asking about some Bigfoot film or other, I asked him: do you know of any guides that classify Bigfoot films, per se? He didn't, so I set out to do so. I had no idea — I mean, none! — how many films there were until I began the research process in earnest.
How long did it take to get the book together?
Maybe two and a half years? I am not really sure, looking back. I mean, on the one hand, I spent that amount of time actually researching, emailing, interviewing, watching, critiquing, collecting photos, etc. each and every Bigfoot movie that I hadn't seen before. But on the other hand? I've been a fan of cryptid hominid cinema since childhood, dating back to The Legend of Boggy Creek in 1972. So in one sense? I've been writing it all my life!
And you know, it's still being written! I receive weekly, sometimes daily, updates from filmmakers and fans who alert me to the latest new film I may or may not yet heard about re: Bigfoot via Facebook or my blog for The Bigfoot Filmography. So if and when there is a revised edition, it threatens to be as massive as the first one.
Bigfoot movies don't have the best reputation. Was that something that concerned you when writing the book? That perhaps people might not be responsive the the subject matter?
I actually was slightly intrigued by the gutter-level perception. Not that I was new to it. I had tried and failed to make a low-budget scary Sasquatch movie back in the early 1980s while still in film school. I even had special effects artist Tony Gardner, then just a student like myself at USC's film school, collaborate with me designing a suit, etc.
But I encountered even then a "resistance" to the idea, let alone possibility, of any "good Bigfoot movie" existing. In fact, more folks believed in an actual Bigfoot, I discovered, than do the existence of entertaining Sasquatch movies! I write in my book that it has been, for decades now, a truly "secret cinema" because it has been so verboten to admit one likes it. I equated it with Mexican wrestling movies in my introduction to the book, but I noted even lucha libre has a better rep, is considered legit cult cinema, etc.
To me, it's not whether or not it's "good" or "bad," per se. I like what Tim Burton once said when asked by an interviewer why he liked "bad movies" as opposed to the "good ones." He basically said they're all kind of bad, when you really think about it. That's a sublime answer! I find value as a film lover not only in a film's historical or critical reputation, but simply by what interests and excites me, as viewer, however admittedly peculiar or off-beat my tastes.
I also rather enjoy "shocking" more staid filmic types who believe everything has been discovered and enumerated with footnotes, by now. Hardly! Such persistent attitudes are partially why I believe filmmaking is such an endangered art form in any genre, Bigfoot always included, anyway.
The sad fact is too much of film criticism is academic only in orientation, and not enough is oriented towards critical writings that focus not on box office or paid critical endorsements, but the actual, relevant cultural value of the genre in question. I don't like the kind of writing in which "surface plasticity versus societal prejudices" are more frequent than, say, "director scrambling to find completion funds" and "zero chance of distribution inside the Hollywood system" as signature search phrases. Call it a personal bias against the prevailing critical bias, if you will. 😉
You cover Bigfoot and Yeti films. How do you see the relationship between the two creatures?
Though many will differ — and rightfully so, from their perspective — I consider them basically a holy trinity of same-minded beings, if you will, at least cinematically speaking: Bigfoot, Sasquatch and Yeti. Of course, one could argue: why even differentiate between Bigfoot and Sasquatch, right? My point is, these three names are the three names most often associated with hominid cinema. I speculate that whatever local name derivation, these three names are the most universally understood, and therefore most commercially exploitable, of all the other sub-names: Fouke Monster; Skunk Ape; Grassman; Skookum; etc.
There are many cryptozoological differences between all hominid sightings and reported encounters, of course. As Loren Coleman has pointed out, Yetis are historically reported as being dark-furred in older sightings, not white-furred. He speculates (and I do so, as well, in my book) that such early films as George Pal's The Seven Faces of Doctor Lao and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in the early 1960s may have created a public perception that Yetis are significantly different from Bigfoot, when they vary little in actuality, especially given the enormous cultural differences between, say, a Sherpa guide in the Himalayas and a local fisherman in Alabama, in reporting the incidents.
This raises an interesting question, which I again wrestle in the book: how much do the films influence real-world sightings, and then, vice versa? It's a very fluid line, and it's constantly being crossed. This is actually why the Bigfoot genre is so incredibly resilient, when you think about it. For over 100 years, it has been around, lurking in the backwoods of film studies, and yet, dismissed as unworthy not based on any critical assessment, but sheer prejudice or ignorance, or both.
As a lover of marginal films for my entire life, I have seen this kind of cycle before. Ed Wood goes from The Worst Ever Director to having an Academy Award winning biopic made of his life! That's just one example, of course. I again point this out in my book, recalling that when I was in film school in the 1980s, Sergio Leone's work in westerns was considered too trashy to be even considered by our film studies professor teaching the class! Today, of course, you'd find The Good, the Bad and the Ugly at the top of any required viewing syllabus, in this regards.
I am not equating most Bigfoot films, if any for that fact, with Leone's work! That's not possible, but then again, some major talents to date have worked in the genre, some repeatedly: Steven Spielberg; Rick Baker; John Landis; George Pal; John Chambers; John C. Reilly; and on and on. One has to wonder: if the films are so bad — and many truly are, though not all — what magic makes such a dysfunctional genre that doesn't even officially exist so enduring?
That's what I set out to explore in my book: if they're so bad, then why so many, so often, and why are they so popular? Hopefully I provided some answers, but again, I actually believe as many questions — good, interesting ones, mind you — arise as are explained away by any thesis, mine included! That's the fun aspect of becoming a fan of this genre. It is truly alive and malleable by filmmakers the world over. I find many genres are currently dead; at least Bigfoot filmmakers have a wide-open pathway to truly rewrite and influence an entire output, if they so desire.
Do you have a personal favourite Bigfoot movie? Any that you think are beyond awful? And why?
I really think The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas is a great b-movie that works on many a-levels, if you will. And there's also Half Human, the Toho cut. But if you separate Yeti from Bigfoot – and I don't based on my earlier explanation – there are still many seminal films to consider: The Legend of Boggy Creek and Night of the Demon (1980) are two I recommend for those with open minds and willing patience. Neither are without flaws. Then again, both are measurably better than the average Bigfoot film, by far. They reflect canny attitudes about the subject matter as well as evident talent with the camera, however meagre their respective budgets.
The later entries are often better. Paper Dolls has some really frightening moments, and Nightbeasts provides some pretty effective jumps, as well. Abominable (despite the title, it's Bigfoot) examines the genre through a Rear Window narrative set-up that makes for edgy scenes. If you're not too strict in terms of genre, I also think Skullduggery is a good example of a "little Bigfoot" movie. Many make the mistake of believing Bigfoot has to be, say, six feet or higher to be a Bigfoot movie. Of course, again, size is relative only to die-hards, as many reports of the Orang Pendak and even American Bigfoot encounters mention smaller-sized hominids.
Comedy-wise, you're on much better "footing," so to speak. The Sasquatch Gang and even to some extent Harry and the Hendersons are prime examples of Benign Bigfoot movies, in which the cryptid is typically friendly, a protectorate of the trees, etc. Unintentional comedies are rampant, with The Legend of Bigfoot by Ivan Marx and the The Geek are a particular favourite of mine.
In my opinion, the best of the newest films are the documentaries. They take hard looks often at not only cryptozoology, but sometimes, the skepticism that borderlines on ridicule, and sometimes tips over into hostile dismissal. I think Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie is a really good movie, no matter the subject matter is about two amateur Bigfoot hunters. It has the kind of human interest you find in the better works of Errol Morris and the like.
Why do you think Bigfoot became so popular in the 1970s especially? It seems that 'strange mysteries' were all the rage then. Any thoughts on why?
I think it was a confluence of: television (In Search of and The Six Million Dollar Man, et al), as well as movies (The Legend of Boggy Creek and Sasquatch, the Legend of Bigfoot, et al) and the supermarket tabloids and men's adventure mags like the dying Argosy that made the pop phenomena aspect occur. Too, there were many books coming out by writers like Loren Coleman and others who seriously examined cryptozoology in popular library editions as well as more sensationalistic mass market paperbacks covering Bigfoot, as opposed to Yeti.
I speculate in the book that Americans were more fascinated with Bigfoot because, and this is especially true after the Patterson/Gimlin film in 1967, it supposedly existed in their back woods, potentially, rather than the far-off Himalayan Mountains, which were pretty low odds of most Americans ever exploring, let alone having a hominid encounter there! Bigfoot was a monster you could meet if you went camping or even strolling in your rural woodlands. It was more immediate, and thus, more exciting.
What do you think of the famous Bigfoot film footage?
I think the 16mm film exists. And like the movies — fictional and documentary — one can say, at least with certainty, that's about it. One the one hand? You believe it's a hoax. There's lots of convincing evidence for that. On the other hand? You believe it possibly real, or outright real. There's lots of evidence, some more convincing than others, granted, but some evidence therein, as well.
I look at it like the Zapruder film. It's a bit of American consciousness, encoded in film form, that divides as much as it unites. To wit: does the Zapruder film definitively show a multiple assassination in progress? Or is it the actions of a skilled lone gunman? Oliver Stone made a whole feature about the former, as have many writers of books. Likewise, debunkers and skeptics claim the film shows nothing but Kennedy's horrific death at Oswald's hands.
In the end? We have the film. It is what it is, and I see many, many "sides" to it, in short. Like religion and politics, I find that merely stating belief or negation of said belief does little to explore and explain the mystery of "why" some folks are die-hards, and others die-hard disbelievers. But without doubt: it's the most important and famous Bigfoot movie ever made. Whether it's a documentary or a fictional film, I doubt seriously we'll ever know.
Are you a believer or a skeptic? And depending on which what do you think Bigfoot is / the explanation for sightings?
Neither. I neither believe nor disbelieve. I am 'squatch-gnostic' in a way. I see that many hoaxes and reports are clearly faked. Likewise, I've spoken personally with some credible witnesses over the years. I cannot explain it all away as "only lies" because some of the people I discussed their experiences with are quite convinced and not proselytizers out to make a quick buck. Many won't even come forward for fear of understandable ridicule.
I have no credible explanation for any sighting including my own. And that was not a sighting, per se, merely a "hey, that could have been" moment on a lonely mountain road one night. My wife and I are convinced we saw something, but likewise, it could have been a bear, a black cow, etc. Who knows? We saw something, and then, the moment passed. I have no opinion as to what we saw.
I do believe Bigfoot, Sasquatch and Yeti exist as popular cultural icons, of course. That's the real thesis of my book: that whether you believe or not? It doesn't matter in the end. Actually, it does matter, in that there is an inevitable "do you or don't you?" aspect to liking Bigfoot Cinema. But this is equally true (to a lesser extent) for hardcore fans of vampire movies, demon movies, etc. Many believe vampires and demons are quite real and among us; equally, many just enjoy a culture in which the tingle of feint possibility mixes headily with getting to dress up as your favourite monstrous "alter ego."
I like the lifestyle inherent in Bigfoot Cinema, too. Outdoors is a very scary but special setting in our mythologies. We may see that Bigfoot films endure, in part, because they keep us in touch with nature, when too many horror films are simply set in enclosed, confining spaces.
Who would win in a fight – the penis-ripping, entrail swinging Bigfoot of Night of the Demon or the bionic Bigfoot of The Six Million Dollar Man?
Now, there's a great question. Not that the others weren't, mind you! But: obviously, as Bionic Bigfoot rips up trees and is driven by stellar powers Beyond Our Earth, I'd have to wager for Andre the Giant and/or Ted Cassidy. But because the Night of the Demon creature exists in an R-rated, maybe even NC-17, world? I'd also bet a bit on him. Let's face it: Bionic Bigfoot may win, but his victory will be "television friendly" no matter the mayhem. The Demon Bigfoot is just that: a supernatural force of evil, hell-bent on destroying any and all humans foolish enough to venture into his woods. His victory will be bloodier and better, in all entertainment likelihood!
Anything else you care to share about Bigfoot or yourself we should know? Future projects (for you, not the Sasquatch…)
Working on two new books, actually. Just completing one for Scarecrow Press, and another upcoming for McFarland Press down the line. I am rather recalcitrant to talk about their subject matters so far in advance of press times — and the editors are not too keen about me doing so, either! — but suffice to say, they're both film-related, and are both close to my heart, if not cinematic tastes. And both are tomes that address the "hey, why hasn't there been a film book about this?" gaps in publishing (hence my desire to maintain radio silence, so to speak).
I'd encourage anyone who is interested to read the book and contact me with any corrections, updates, etc. No joking: much of the book is owed to the many, many fans who turned me on to movies and shows I'd never even heard of. Some even had rare DVD-Rs of priceless, hard, nay, impossible-to-find movies and TV series they willingly shared with me. So I consider it an "open project" to any and all who might be willing to participate. Unlike some horror and science fiction film genres?
The Bigfoot genre is still in the nascent stages of understanding and delineation. Which is another way of saying: you can make a difference with it if you're intrigued. Nothing against all the other deserving monsters who have endless books about them, but: herein, your input can truly help shape a cinematic lexicon!
Visit Dave's blog here! http://thebigfootfilmography.wordpress.com/
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When I started first year at University I was thrown into the deep end in regards to what my lecturers expected from me and my work. I had only ever written an essay on paper with my name on at school, I had never done referencing, appendices or a bibliography – all of this was like a different language to me. Along with my friends, I had to work out for myself what I needed to do. As the year went on, I started to get the hang of what was required of me and made a list of things I need to ensure are included in my essays. I hope this list helps those who are already at University as well as those who are just starting to not forget any of these in your work!
References are great for backing up your points you make in your essays. It is important you stick to one style throughout your work so the lecturers do not get confused and mark you down for inconsistency! I tend to stick with the author's name,the date and page number inside the bracket. For example "(True, 2017: p.107) states…". I was also notified that instead of always writing "(insert reference here) said that ..", you can change it around and write the quotation first, followed by the reference. If you do this you must put the WHOLE reference in the brackets, including the name. Always make sure any references are put into the bibliography!
Writing my own bibliography of references I've used is still a struggle for me now at the end of first year! I used to do it manually through Word but when I start second year I intend on doing it by myself as some bits were being missed and I lost marks. I'd recommend doing it on your own back and not relying on Word! The bibliography has to be alphabetical and include all of your references you have used in your work. You will need to write this in whatever style of referencing your University requests.
Appendices are great if you have multiple things you want to show the reader such as a newspaper article you have been studying, a questionnaire you've conducted or even an interview. They are like referencing, backing up your point with some evidence you have done. Don't forget to write (See Appendices A) after you mention something that requires you directing your reader to the appendices! The appendix needs to be written alphabetically, so each of the items you're referencing comes under a different letter. For example: an interview would be Appendices A, and a questionnaire Appendices B.
A title is important for your work as you can lose marks on something so small and silly! Title the essay in relation to what the point of what you're writing about, you can even title it the question you are answering.
Usually in the header I include my name and Student ID in the top left corner and in the right corner the module which the work is for and essay title the assignment the lecturer has set. This ensures that the lecturer is aware of whose work they are marking and that it is for the correct module and assignment.
Page numbers are pretty self-explanatory – they make sure the reader does not get confused about which pages goes where when looking at your work. It keeps in tidy and in order!
Different Universities may request different fonts and size of font when submitting an essay as it makes it easier for lecturers to read. Always make sure the font and its size are correct.
Lecturers like having a lot of space around your work to write notes about what you've written. Providing them with as much space as possible is important for the best feedback. I usually put my spacing between 2.5 or 3 to ensure there is enough room.
Some Universities request a cover sheet to be place before an essay as a declaration that the work submitted is your own. This is an important document to include before you've begun your essay, so don't forget it!
If you include all of these in your essays then you wont lose any marks on your work!
What tips do you have for University work?


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Public school employers are seeking an order that would end a B.C. Teachers' Federation (BCTF) protest that has disrupted after-hours activities, including field trips, parent-teacher interviews, end-of-year celebrations and fine arts performances.
On Wednesday, the employers filed an application with the B.C. Labour Relations Board (LRB) asking for a declaration that teachers who have withdrawn from all activities outside instructional hours, in a fight with the Liberal government, are engaged in an illegal strike that must stop.
Those activities include many that are described as extracurricular — coaching, leading school clubs and supervising camping trips. But the protest has also seen teachers refuse tasks such as filing reports, talking to principals, meeting parents, tutoring students and performing administrative duties, said Hugh Finlayson, chief executive officer of the B.C. Public School Employers' Association.
The BCTF insists teachers have the right to quit all voluntary work, which it describes as anything that occurs outside of school bells. The employers say they're not trying to force individual teachers to continue with work that is truly voluntary, but they insist the union has described extracurricular activities too broadly, in a way that encompasses work that is expected of teachers.
Furthermore, Finlayson said the LRB application isn't concerned with any specific task but rather the legality of a coordinated union withdrawal from work done previously, along with threats of union discipline for those who won't take part.
"That's a concerted action and a concerted action is not permitted," he said in an interview.
A day before the application was filed, BCTF president Susan Lambert sent a letter to members appealing for union solidarity with respect to their vote last month to withdraw from extracurricular activities. Their protest has resulted in the rescheduling of many year-end events and cancellation of those that require teacher sponsors, which spells disappointment for students.
"For this part of the action plan to be effective, and to ensure that it can be sustained until the end of June, we need to be united and strong around the province," Lambert wrote. "It takes extraordinary courage for members to make these decisions, and we must support them and each other through this action plan."
In an interview, she acknowledged that some teachers are still volunteering and she's received emails from members complaining about those colleagues. But as of Wednesday, there had been no formal accusations that could lead to union discipline, she added.
"Of course there are going to be differences of opinion [about the action]," she said. "It's not something that we wanted to do."
The BCTF withdrawal from volunteer activities is part of a protest against the government's Bill 22, which ordered a six-month cooling-off period in a bitter contract feud and imposed a mediator to work with both parties on issues described in the legislation. During that time, a strike is illegal and punishable with hefty fines, which Lambert said left the union with few protest options.
The union has not yet decided if the ban on volunteer activities will continue into the 2012-13 school year, Lambert said.
Mediator Charles Jago has been meeting with the BCTF and the employers in an attempt to reach a new contract before his June 30 deadline. While the union is participating in the mediation, it has also launched a court challenge of Jago's appointment based on his inexperience and an apprehension of bias arising from a report he wrote in 2006 and his $1,000 payments to the Liberal party.
In her letter to members, Lambert says the definition of extracurricular activities is simple and straightforward in response to members' concerns that the BCTF's Phase 1 job action — which occurred from September to March — was applied inconsistently around the province.
"There was discussion at the Winter RA (representative assembly) and the AGM (in March) about the need for future action to be tighter and more consistent. That is part of the reason the advice provided on extracurricular/voluntary activities is a cut-and-dried definition," she writes. "There are members around the province who have shifted their evening performances into instructional time, or have cancelled them outright; there are members who have cancelled trips that involved extensive amounts of preparation and commitment of funds. We need to stand in solidarity with members who have already made these sacrifices."
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The castle we see today has little changed since Sir Andrew Kerr completed his repairs and rebuild in 1598, at that time in Scottish history there was still a danger of further trouble and uprisings on the Border. Doors were designed to open outwards and gun holes placed strategically around the building for defence, only later in the 17th century when peace at last came to the Scottish Borderland were the baronial style embellishments added and the old bastle house close by converted to a chapel for family use.
Although the castle walls were undermined and destroyed by a succession of assailents the original 1470 undercrofts survived and can be seen today. Converted for daily use they continue to support the main castle buildings.
The interior consists of the original grand apartments and upstairs rooms in the style of a 17th century Scottish Baronial Laird and boasts a wonderful great hall with a large decorated italianate fireplace and a tiny wood lined turret library with an original carved oak ceiling.
The following pages are extracted from a new guide book produced in 2011, written and illustrated by the Curator at Ferniehirst, Mr Bob Lawson. These guides can be obtained from the Curator, email for details
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Outspoken Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo may have killed off any hopes that Sergio Perez had of moving to Ferrari for the 2013 season.
For well over a year, experts in the paddock and the media have written off Felipe Massa from signing a contract extension with Scuderia.
The Brazilian driver is out-of-contract at the end of the season and Ferrari have been linked with a number of drivers in the paddock.
Both Red Bull drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber have reportedly held talks with Ferrari.
Reports suggest that Vettel may have even signed pre-contract papers with Ferrari, although this has been played down by all parties, while Webber was said to be in advanced talks over a switch before he decided to stay with Red Bull.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton was said to have held brief talks, before Fernando Alonso vetoed any possible switch for the Brit, whilst team-mate Jenson Button was also linked in the media before he signed a contract extension with McLaren.
But the one driver who had constantly remained the favourite for the seat was Sauber driver Sergio Perez.
The 22-year-old Mexican has had an impressive season for Sauber, scoring three podium places and defeating both Alonso and Massa last time out around Monza.
He is also part of the Ferrari young driver programme and a switch appeared to be the most logical step, especially considering Perez visited Maranello on Tuesday as part of a review into his ongoing development, however in what can only be seen as a blow to his chances Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo has publicly stated that it's too soon for Perez to make the move to Ferrari.
'Next season is too early, I'm very pleased for him because first of all it showed that our choice when we picked up him as a young driver was good. Then it is thanks to Sauber, thanks to the Ferrari Academy, he grow up. he told Sky Sports.
'To put a young guy to Ferrari with the pressure of Ferrari, you need more experience.'
So with Perez seemingly out of the picture and with Ferrari only wanting an experienced head, who could Ferrari turn too?
Well options are limited, which could re-open the door for Felipe Massa to perhaps gain an extra 12 months with Ferrari?
'We were really proud of the race [at Monza] of Felipe. Also qualifying was really good, He is a great driver, a professional driver, and that [you] know how personally I'm really behind him. Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali told the press after the race on Sunday.
'He's performing this weekend the way that we wanted and there are no plans to accelerate or decelerate the process [confirming Ferrari's driver line-up]. We are talking together and we will keep you informed of course.'
Ferrari President kills off Perez hopes?
Outspoken Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo may have killed off any hopes that Sergio Perez had of moving to Ferrari for the 2013 season.


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NIOSH issues first report on ergonomics in pharmacies
NIOSH welcomes pharmacists to make needed health hazard evaluation requests
A new report from CDC's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) might be what pharmacists need to get the conversation going about ergonomics—otherwise known as the science of making an environment safe, healthy, and comfortable.
The report is based on an employer representative's request to have NIOSH's Health Hazard Evaluation Program (HHE) examine why pharmacy employees at an Indian Health Service pharmacy were having musculoskeletal disorders. HHE representatives visited the health service clinic in April 2016 and summarized their findings and recommendations in the report, which was published in March of this year.
"This is the first NIOSH health hazard evaluation that we've done on ergonomics in pharmacies," said Jessica Ramsey, MS, CPE, NIOSH musculoskeletal health program coordinator and one of the authors of the report. "When we went back into the literature, we were not able to find a lot of studies looking at ergonomics and musculoskeletal disorders [in pharmacies]."
The workplace environment has been on pharmacists' radars lately and was even a topic presented to the APhA House of Delegates at this year's Annual Meeting & Exposition in Nashville. According to Chelsea Anderson, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, from Purdue University College of Pharmacy, there is a need to increase awareness of how the pharmacy workforce interacts with the work environment and how that might affect the care of patients.
"Ergonomics is an important factor of any work environment and should be carefully considered when planning and designing the pharmacy work space," said Anderson.
Ramsey said the recommendations in the NIOSH report can apply to pharmacists and technicians performing similar tasks in any setting. In particular, the recommendations about workstation features and adjustments are universal (many were obtained from the Handbook of Ergonomic Design Guidelines).
The primary concern at the health service clinic was that up to 200 undistributed prescriptions were returned to stock each week because patients did not pick them up in the designated time frame. Most returns required employees to open the prescription bottle and pour the contents back into the robotic prescription dispensing system. NIOSH investigators found that pharmacy employees at the health service clinic used repetition, forceful movements, and awkward postures during their work. Many employees reported symptoms consistent with work-related musculoskeletal disorders, and repetitive motion injuries were the most common recordable injury among pharmacy employees.
Recommendations in the report include evaluating a way to reduce the number of return-to-stock bottles that need to be opened, removing child-resistant caps from larger quantity medication bottles, and educating employees on musculoskeletal disorders and ergonomics.
As Ramsey noted, many of the recommendations in the report are relatively easy to make because they are small changes: purchasing appropriate quantities of medicine, adjusting workstations for each individual employee, and alternating tasks to help reduce exposures.
Employees also have a responsibility. "We usually recommend that an employee tell their supervisor about any symptoms they believe are work related and, of course, consult a health care provider if the symptoms persist," said NIOSH's Kristin Musolin, DO, MS, coauthor of the report.
Musolin and Ramsey encourage pharmacy staff to reach out to NIOSH with concerns.
"We do welcome additional requests and would be happy to go into other facilities and do similar HHEs, and then that would increase the amount of data and the body of knowledge," said Ramsey.
To request an HHE, visit www.cdc.gov/niosh/hhe/request.html.
For the full article, please visit www.pharmacytoday.org for the July 2018 issue of Pharmacy Today.


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Cooper Cronk showed why he's the best in the business as he orchestrated a stunning Melbourne Storm fight-back to topple Manly 22-19 at AAMI Park.
The Storm looked down and out with less than 10 minutes remaining but the Test halfback scored a brilliant try of his own and then delivered a pin-point kick across field for a flying Kurt Mann to touch down and regain the lead.
Centre Mann, making is NRL debut, was a late substitution for Mahe Fonua.
The victory meant that Melbourne snapped a two-game losing streak and stopped the Sea Eagles going clear on top of the NRL ladder in a match with similarities to their opening round clash in which the Storm scored a dramatic 23-22 win after trailing 20-0.
On the back of much improved defence, the Storm's attack also looked far more dangerous on Saturday night.
Billy Slater scored a try in each half but his game lost some shine when he was put on report early in the second half for a swinging arm with Manly winger David Williams leaving the field with concussion.
Five-eighth Ben Hampton was also put on report for a lifting tackle on Tom Symonds.
The Storm were seething after video referees Ashley Klein and Ben Galea over-ruled referee Shayne Hayne to award a Manly try in the 26th minute.
Williams and Young Tonumaipea leapt high for a Daly Cherry-Evans kick with Williams appearing to knock the ball forward and Slater and Peta Hiku both scrambled to ground the ball.
Despite the footage being inconclusive that Hayne's initial decision was wrong, the video refs gave the green light to Manly.
The Storm hit back soon after when from a set play Ryan Hoffman popped a trademark off-load to Slater to level at 4-4.
They trailed 5-4 at halftime after a last-minute field goal from five-eighth Jack Littlejohn.
But they were first on the scoreboard after Slater ran on to a Hampton pass and beat Brett Stewart to touch down for this second four-pointer.
Just when it appeared the home side was building some momentum Manly hit back with a freaky effort from Jorge Tafua.
The winger somehow managed to plant the ball as he somersaulted over the sideline in a tackle by Sisa Waqa.
Four minutes later the lead was out to 19-10 when Jamie Buhrer caught the Storm napping as he charged from the back of the scrum to touch down and it looked like it would be Manly's game.
But Cronk somehow managed to kick a little grubber around Littlejohn, regathering to score before Mann's effort sealed the win.


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When it comes to keeping a building free of pests, no one has it harder than property managers and landlords. After all, they are the ones all tenants turn to when they need to get rid of pests and rodents. Not only that, but managing pest control in a building is hard work. Firstly, there is prevention. While preventing a pest infestation in your own home might not be so hard, landlords who cannot control what tenants do have a difficult task. If only one tenant brings in pests like bedbugs into a building, the infestation usually spreads like wildfire.
Pest control is extremely important, and there are some common types of pests that can be very hard to rid your property of. Also rodents are a real concern because they carry many diseases which are dangerous to both humans and other animals that may live on your property.
Landlords and property managers have a lot at stake when it comes to keeping their properties free of pests and rodents. After all, consumers depend on property management firms to provide a pest-free environment. It's imperative that they take the proper precautions to keep pests away. For example, if one apartment, hotel room, villa, condo etc has a pest invasion, it's likely that the problem will surface in other living quarters as well. Tenants and customers should always report a pest problem of any type to property management immediately, to protect themselves and the safety of their neighbors.
Commercial properties and apartment complexes not only attract lots of people, but a wide variety of pests, too. For a property manager, the outcome of a pest infestation can be quite defeating. Once a problem is detected, tenants and customers might spread the word – causing lower occupancy rights and hurting the establishment's reputation. One thing property managers can do to take extra precaution is to properly inform customers or tenants on how to reduce the likelihood of encountering a pest problem. Provide an informational packet, schedule a meeting – whatever needs to be done to get the word out. Another way to keep pests out is to have the building professionally inspected at least once a year, if not several times per year.
All in all, property managers and landlords really do have their hands full when it comes to pest control. An infestation can be grueling to deal with, but with the right prevention, done by real professionals, any landlord can be a bit unburdened. Also, if there is a real infestation, professional pest control specialists can take care of the problem with minimal hassle. It is wise to start with a partner and service provider to be prepared for common pest problems before they become grievances.
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