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What do the numbers written on Arnold Friend's car (33, 19, and 17) signify in "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"?
The numbers written on Arnold Friend's car in "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" possibly refer to Jesus, perhaps signifying that Friend is a sort of Antichrist.
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The way Friend leers at Connie, you might think these numbers are a woman's measurements: bust 33, waist 19, hips 17; but that would make an unusual looking woman.
Perhaps he is referring to John 19:17: "So they took Jesus,...
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Something I don't think people are thinking about is the X Arnold made. Sure you argue about him being the antichrist because you can do a little math, but don't forget about what language the New Testament was written in. In was written in Greek by the way. Anyways, 666 written in Greek starts with an X and 666 is used to show who the Beast aka AntiChrist is.
If you add those three numbers together you get 69, a sexual position.
The author was asked about the numbers and she said that they were just random numbers.
This is exaclty while Joyce Carol Oates but the numbers in the story. She wanted people to talk about it! And it is OBVIOUSLY a biblical verse, she got the title for the story from it! Where else did she get that title? Writers write to put a vast array of images in your head, whether their biblical, perverted, or imaginative, she got you thinking about it!
If the devil speaks backwards wouldn't he continue with the rest of the numbers?
On many acccounts, the devil has been known to speak backward. If you count backwards 33, you reach the book of judges. Chapter 19 verse 17 talks of an old man that approaches Jesus and asks him where he is going and where he came from, more or less the title of the book.
Preforming random acts of arithmetic to the numbers 33, 19, and 17 is obviously an incorrect approach because there is no rhyme or reason to their application other than to produce a desired result (i.e. 666, 69..).
As far as the Bible verse is concerned, it does seem odd to count the books in reverse (an idea I would have never thought up alone). However, the fact that the title of Oates' story exists almost verbatim in the verse and that the following the lines depict a story of girl who is raped and abused after being sent out of a house (the most probable fate of Connie), it is much to similar to be coincidental.
I believe Oates vagueness toward the question of the numbers is intentional because it is obvious she places them in the story purposefully and has the numbers referred to as "a secret code." The true intention of the numbers is most definitely to allude to Connie's fate for those unfilled with Oates' story ending and need more closer.
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Atheist or not, Oates is trying to evoke emotion responses and uses many methods. Just because she writes about something doesn't mean she believes in it. I'm sure you wouldn't think she is an advocate of abduction just because she wrote it.
The "An Old Fiend" idea is an interesting theory but seems to be more of the conjuring of a wanted conclusion to the problem and using using number play to obtain it.
Hope this helps.
I am currently working on an essay about this story, and am not yet convinced of any of the answers given. The bible verse answer is confused some say john some say otherwise. I have a hard time buying it given JCO is an atheist, it seems to me she is also far more creative than as to make it that simple. I am spending countless hrs on this and am starting to belive it must have more to do with who the story is loosely based on charles schmidt, the pided piper of tuscon. anything i uncover i will post and would love to hear more theories if anyone has more to offer
it is indeed from Judges 19:17 the verse gives the title of the story: "When he looked and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, "Where are you going? Where did you come from?""...Where are you going, Where have you been? = the title of the story
You're an idiot if you believe that those numbers are random. Remember, authors don't put things like that in books if they don't have a meaning. If the numbers TRULY are random, then they serve no purpose, and therefore they is ZERO point for them to be in the story.
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add them together you get 69.
Judges*** 19:17 (NIV)
"When he looked and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, "Where are you going? Where did you come from?"""
***Judges is the 33rd book of the Old Testament if you count backwards. Sound like a stretch??? Well if you add 7+19+17, you don't get 69. That's why she used 33...
Something a little different to add...
33 19 17 can be numerologically written as: Genesis, the first book of the bible... where it states: "As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, 'Flee for your lives! Don't look back, and don't stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!'" This is refering to the parable of Lot, when he's fleeing the distruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. His wife does look back though, and she's turned to salt.
One could assume that this is refering to when Connie looks back at Arnold in the dinner before she leaves.
Another representation of 33 19 17 is the word Consumed, as Lot's wife was, and as Connie would be by Arnold Friend.
The numbers are also the ages of the victims that the criminal raped and murdered that Oates based Friend off of: 33, 19 and then 17.
Some more interesting numbers in the novel:
Connie Arnold Friend = 6 6 6
June is the sixth month of the year.
Connie Mother Father: 6 6 6
and then of course:
A N OLD FIEND which is what you get when you take out the letter 18, R, from Arnold's name, which coincidently is 6+6+6
And then Friend's age, which he says is 18.
Cracking the 33, 19, 17 Mystery:
3+3=6....... 9 upside-down is 6.... 7-1=6
you end up getting "666," the sign of the Devil, in which Arnold represents. But what of the "1" in the 19, you may ask? Well in earlier manuscripts of Revelation, the number was 616 rather than 666, so it works out either way.
Now in addition to that, there's more symbolism in the story. Connie's family leaving could represent the rapture. They left but Connie stayed behind at the house. Arnold (satan) comes for her. Ellie is with him and he under Arnold's complete control? Why? Because of the music. Throughout the story, music controls and possesses both Connie at times as well as Ellie.
When she wants to pick up the phone, she cannot, because of Arnold's (satan) threats. The Bible notes that after the rapture, the Holy Spirit will no longer empower new believers. Likewise, Connie is too weak to pick up the phone and eventually gives in to Arnold (satan). In addition, in leaving the security of the house and going to Arnold's car (the 666 car, remember), she "takes on" the 666 number, which the Bible states is an unforgivable sin.
Just some stuff my friend and I came up with purely on our own. It may or may not be right, but that's the fun in reading into symbolism.
The author claims they are random--but little is random about Oates' story design. The Biblical theories seem too valid to be coincidental, especially the one that ties the title of the story to a Bibical passage mentioning the title! Some of my students have another theory. Friend is obviously a pervert: just add'em up.
The numbers can represent the ages of Arnold Friend's victims. Notice that the numbers are descending which could correspond with the first victim that is mentioned, who can be considered old to a teenager. Since Connie is 15, it also follows the pattern.
It also could represent the Bible verse in Judges. It is the 33rd book in the Old Testament if you count backwards.
the hoofs for feet thing is just to sway you. so is the disguies of the wig and what appears to be a mask. the actual killer who the story is loosly based on use to put things in his boots to make him taller. he also use to dye his hair raven black and where makeup and mascara to enhance his appearence it's all in a time magazine article i'll put the link in. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,834699,00.html
If you add 33 + 19 + 17, you will see the sexual reference.
As mentioned in previous posts, the numbers 33, 19, 17 do in fact refer to the biblical reference. It may seem tenuous at first because one is required to run the first number from the end of the Protestant Old Testament; however, such a tension is alleviated when one looks at the verse in question, namely Chapter 19 vs 17: "When he saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, "Where are you going? Where did you come from?". The fact that such a statement is not only directly related to the story in name and in context; but has the prominent place of the title of the story suggests that the allusion to the biblical narrative is intended. Further, because the intentionality of the allusion is made clear, other seemingly ambiguous aspects of the story are evinced. For example, Oates leaves the events which transpire after Connie is taken out of the narrative. If one looks at the conclusions of the biblical narrative – in which a virgin daughter is taken by evil men of a city and raped and abused – one sees that the Oates narrative likely has the same conclusions. Thus, through the numbers on Arnold's car, one is given insight into the full conclusion of the story of Connie. Further still, one is put on the path of understanding the criticism of modern society that Oates is intending to bring about through her story.
Actually you guys are all half right. we did a 3 day critical analysis of this piece. You're right that the bible verse is Judges 19:17 which has the title of the book but the crazy math thing to equal 666 is totally wrong. He is the devil though becuase of the following clues:
1. ARNOLD FRIEND: they constantly listed to Rock and Roll. Take out the two R's is ARNOLD FRIEND and you get AN OLD FIEND. The oldest fiend through time has been the devil.
2. A myth states that the devil is not alowed to enter a house un-invited. Hense the reason he never enters.
3. Also, it is believed that the devil has hooves for feet which is why his feel were at odd angles and he kept tripping.
4. He was also able to know about her family that way and lure her to him
Ok we where trying to think of what the numbers ment in class and i think all the bible terms are good because Arnold Friend is shown as an anti-christ.But it turns out that they dont mean anything.
The numbers means the book, chapter, and verse in the bible and it is also the devil's number: 3+3=6, 17+19=36/ square root the 36=6,6. Put that together and you get 666. Or if you add up all of the numbers it will equal 69. It could mean what most poeple think 69 means (adult rated). But it is also goes with connie About being two-sided since you canflip both #'s to make each other. Also the number 69 if you put the #'s close and connect the line it will make the ying and yang symbol(which is also an two-sided thing).
No insult to lisalit.
Ms. Oates has always "remained silent" on the "real meaning" behind clues in a story that allow readers to puzzle over interpretation.
lindsay413 is more than half-way home but not quite there.
33 is the age of Christ at crucifixion.
The missing number in the "17, 19" sequence is, obviously 18.
As was previously noted the 18th letter of the alphabet is "R" and striking the "R's" from Arnold Friend yields "An Old Fiend,"
Don't just add 33+17+19=69, that gets you half-way home. (And suggests a more sexually mutually consensual act).
Add 10x(33+17+19) which yields 690. Now subtract the sum of the digits (3+3+1+7+1+9) to derive "24." Subtract that 24 from the previously known 690 and you get "666" -- the "sign" of the Devil.
These can be seen as arbitrary moves involving "18" and the letter "R," but for this: in the time of Constantine, he converted to Christianity after believing his success was from God. To "baptize" his troops before an important battle he had them paint the letter of Christ (P) on their shields and marched them through a river. That letter in classical Greek and old Roman (the languages known to Constantine) occupied the 18th place in the alphabet. But as the alphabet changed slightly "P" moved back 2 places and was replaced with "R," which is not an arbitrary act: you are striking Christ from the story.
I hate to burst everyone's bubble on this, but when I was in college I had the delightful opportunity to meet and interview the author, Joyce Carol Oates. I specifically asked her about the meaning of the numbers on Arnold's car and she said they were random and didn't know why everyone was so intrigued with them. So there you have it.
I actually had to do a research paper on this, and a lot of people did think it was a biblical meaning but it really is not. If you add up all the numbers 33,17,19 it equal 69 which if you don't know is a "sexual expression". Which if you really think about it, it is not surprising at all.
Why would you count the books backwards? Thats ridiculous
Add the numbers up. It's a story meant for adults.
they do indeed refer to a bible verse.
Judges 19:17
*count the books backwards.
someone said that 33,19,17 signifies a verse in the bible. However, judges is not the 33rd book of the old testament as they stated, rather it is the 7th book of the old testament.
Those are a Bible verse, which is not very suprising if you except the interpretation that Arnold Friend is Satan. The33rd book of the Old Testament (King James Version and Most Other Forms) is Judges. 19:17 is the passage:
And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, "Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?"
The text in quotes is basically Old English for the title of this short story: "Where are you going, Where have you been?"
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Once I understood this concept, I changed the way I approached paranormal claims. I began looking deeper at the people promoting the claims, the details they were sharing, attributes of places where experiences took place. I also changed my perspective concerning the information that caused doubt; I quit ignoring it and embraced it. Once I did, I finally began solving mysteries.
The first major paranormal case I took a closer look at was a well-known haunted house called Whispers Estate, located in Mitchell, Indiana. For many years ghost hunters claimed they could hear a little girl named Rachael singing "Ring around the Rosie" in the front parlor. Rachael had died of injuries in the house from a fire she accidently started in the front parlor sometime in the early 1900s. What was unusual about this particular claim was one could hear the singing without any recording devices; you just needed your own ears. This is uncommon, since most ghostly voices come from EVP (electronic voice phenomenon) sessions, a method of recording oneself asking questions with short pauses between each, then looking for anomalous noises on the playback.
In July of 2010, I was able to spend a weekend at the house, along with a several ghost hunters who had experienced the singing phenomenon for themselves. I questioned the ghost hunters, asking for specifics of the "who, what, where, how, and why" of the claim. They clarified the singing could only be heard from the front parlor, specifically in the hallway between the parlor and the main staircase. The sound had a metallic echo to it, as if it was being sung through a metal tube. I had also learned the singing had stopped abruptly when the new owner had taken over. Although I had been hopeful to hear the ghostly tunes, I suspected a there was a more natural—and shady—explanation for the experience. It was time to take a closer look.
Figure 1 – Checking under the main staircase. Note the grate in the floor.
I started by simply standing in the hallway between the staircase and parlor, just looking at every detail in view and thinking about what wasn't in view (a trick learned from Sherlock Holmes). I noticed an air vent grate in the floor and when I pointed a flashlight down into it I saw the crawl space under the house. There was no shaft connected to the grate; it was an open hole. I also noted one of the panels that enclosed the area under the staircase was different from the rest of the décor and was held in place with simple screws (which also didn't match). I voiced my interest in taking a peek behind the panel but was hesitant in taking it apart. Luckily for me, the other ghost hunters had no such reservations and had removed the panel the next morning.
We found a large hole in the floor under the stairs, which was fitted with an aluminum shaft and open to the crawl space under the house. I made my way to the cellar, which was a single, small room with access to the crawl spaces. I climbed up the wall and crawled over to the hole, popping my head up through the opening. As I spoke with the other ghost hunters, I noticed a metallic echo from my own voice. With this detail and knowing there were two openings directly to the area where the singing was heard, I was becoming more convinced this spirit singing phenomenon was staged. I just needed one more piece of evidence: a mechanism that produced a ghostly voice.
And then I found it. Actually, I kicked it. As I crawled around, looking for more clues, I kicked something that was propped up against the support column next to where I was kneeling. It was covered in dust and dirt, which made it blend in with the brick column. Once I picked it up, I knew I solved the case: it was a Pioneer Bookshelf 25 watt speaker (Item Number 66698, Biddle 2010). The speaker was positioned between the big hole under the stairs and the smaller vent in the hallway. I found the speaker wires were laid against the columns and led straight back to the cellar room, where a bin of audio equipment was left behind by the previous owner (including the speaker's mate). This wasn't a discarded piece of trash thrown into a junk pile; it was deliberately placed there with the intention of being used.
Figure 2 – The speaker I found in the basement under the staircase and vent.
This case showed me the importance of taking a closer look at the details. For many years, ghost hunters had visited the house and heard the singing, convinced they were hearing the disembodied voice of a genuine ghost. They believed it was true, partly because they already believed ghosts existed and could talk to us and partly because they just didn't take a closer look. The claim was accepted at face value, and thus no further investigation was warranted: You don't need to prove what you (think) you already know. Mysteries don't get solved this way; instead they get perpetuated ad nauseam. Incidentally, the specific claim about the singing was removed from the Whispers Estate website soon after I posted my report (Whispers 2012).
Taking a closer look is at the core of what I do; it's at the core of what skeptical and science writers do all over the world. It's a basic idea that helps us learn, helps us understand—and in my experience, solves mysteries. When I was asked to write a column for the Center for Inquiry (CFI) website, I was beyond excited. It had been a goal of mine to write for CFI since picking up my first issue of Skeptical Inquirer. I was also perplexed for a bit; columns usually have a name. What would I call this? I wanted the title to reflect what I do but not be standoffish to those who hold paranormal beliefs close to their hearts. So, naturally I did what I always do; I took a closer look at the question.
Boom! "A Closer Look" sums up what I do, what all of the writers who contribute to the CFI website do; from seasoned investigators such as Joe Nickell and Ben Radford, to new contributors such as Mick West and Rob Palmer (both of whom you should follow). In future columns, I'll be taking a closer look at a variety of strange claims; photos and videos of weird anomalies, gadgets that proclaim to detect or communicate with ghosts or aliens, and even cursed and haunted objects. I'll take you along with me as I join ghost investigations, Bigfoot hunts, attend conferences and lectures about all things strange. You'll be by my side as I conduct simple experiments that test those testable claims that come my way. We'll take a closer look at the people, places, and experiences behind extraordinary claims and maybe we'll solve some mysteries along the way.
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- Biddle, Kenny. 2010. Whispers Estate Investigation. Available online at https://www.facebook.com/notes/kenny-biddle/whipsers-estate-investigation/419134122777/.
- Heshmat, Shahram, PhD. 2015. What Is Confirmation Bias? Wishful thinking. Available online at https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/science-choice/201504/what-is-confirmation-bias.
- Whispers Estate. 2012. About the House. Available online at http://whispersestate.com/about/.


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Participating schools will be divided in two categories: Category 1 Schools with enrollment up to 600 students are eligible to win a cash prize of $2,000, while Category 2 Schools with enrollment of 601+ students are eligible to win a cash prize of $3,000. A Category 1 School and a Category 2 School from each county with the highest percentage of students that turn in their registration forms and have completed their reading log will win the cash prizes of $2,000 and $3,000 respectively.
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I've always been an exploratory gamer both inside the games themselves and outside as I try to find new gaming experiences as often as possible. That's why this generation of games has been so exciting. Thanks to digital distribution and an increase in gaming platforms there are more games readily available than ever before. Of course this presents the inevitable problem of having too many options even when bargain hunting. There is stiff competition among lower priced games from new releases, retro games, and price drops on last year's major releases, but when given the choice I find myself investing more of my time in indie games. The indie game movement is exploding and while it can even be a bit tiring to comb through, the rewards of unique and focused gaming experiences have been incredibly satisfying. Recently, I've even found myself exploring genres that I had either passed up or been too intimidated to try previously thanks to the accessibility of indie games.
Throughout May, Horrible Night will be Going Indie and featuring indie game related articles in support of the Indie Game: The Movie screening in Indianapolis on May 23.
I'll never catch up, but can I still have fun?
While I may have finally accepted that I will never pursue competitive gaming in any serious manner, that doesn't mean that I'm not up for learning a few new tricks. It has been fascinating to watch the professional growth of the Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) games. Spawning from the old school way of doing indie games, a mod, Defense of the Ancients (DotA) could not have been further off of my radar. DotA's success in the Warcraft III community led to the formation of the independent development studio, Riot Games, who has since gone on to create the massively successful League of Legends. League's second season currently has a $3 Million prize pool, so let's just say I've been a bit intimidated to jump into MOBA's because of how serious the level of competition actually is in the genre. However, the great thing about indie games is they iterate on each other so even if you don't get in on the originals, just be patient as your particularly flavor may be next.
I'm happy to say that I finally broke into MOBA's my way thanks to two unique takes on the genre. Monday Night Combat and its free-to-play sequel Super MNC had me playing a MOBA before I knew what I was doing. You see, I thought I was just playing a third person shooter with a cool game show gimmick with my friends. After a few horrendous (but fun) losses it turns out that there was a bit of strategy to these games. I started to notice "the lanes" and all of the non-playable robots in the arena that actually helped out if I kept them alive instead of spending all of my time running off to shoot, die, repeat directly with the other players. I started leveling up my character in ways that benefited the robots on my team and our team started doing better. We started winning, I was having fun, and the game was nothing like I expected but had all of the hallmarks of great cooperative and competitive games that I love. Although, I still didn't know what I was doing until…
Awesomenauts. Again I had a broad misconception. I thought I was just signing up for a competitive 2D shooter that had a ton of Saturday morning cartoon nostalgia. It didn't take long for me to draw similarities to MNC and therefore to League, but Awesomenauts is where MOBA's finally clicked for me. Awesomenauts, like MNC before it, hooked me in with familiar gameplay. The difference here was that not only did the 2D action platforming feel comfortable to me, I naturally felt good at the game because the playing field felt much more level with the other new players. The 2D level design also distilled down the basic layout of MOBA arenas in a way that made a hell of a lot more sense. Sure it isn't the deepest MOBA out there, and it took a handful of different games to get me here, but Awesomenauts finally opened a door to a genre that I never thought I'd walk through. While indie games may have created the MOBA genre it is far from the only genre that they have taken me to recently.
Your stupid game is stupid, and now I love it
Up until about a year ago, I ignorantly used to get annoyed when anyone mentioned the roguelike genre. I figured if any genre was worth talking about, it would have more than one game to compare it to. (Yes, I assumed the game Rogue was the only example until last year.) This all came to a head around the release of The Binding of Isaac and I gleefully ignored the discussion until after my first completion of the game. I was interested in The Binding of Isaac because it was designed by Edmund McMillen and the level design looked straight out of The Legend of Zelda. The art style, level design, and dark story were enough to sell me on this ridiculously low-priced game. The funny thing is after I finished it, all I could talk about was how refreshing I found the permadeath feature, the random level designs, and the challenge. Guess what? Those are three of the major selling points of roguelikes. I'd never been so happy to be so wrong as I had an entire genre of games to explore.
Diving into roguelikes was still pretty intimidating as a lot of the classics had ASCII graphics or a rough/archaic presentation layer. Not surprisingly, my breakthrough came in the form of a recent indie roguelike, Dungeons of Dredmor. There are so many systems at work in roguelikes that it is easy to get lost, but Dredmor makes it easy for the player to not have to worry about the details at first. The friendly character designs and the whimsical writing presented during the fantastic tutorial hooked me in and had me laughing at my many deaths and failures. I went from thinking that roguelikes are about persistence, practice and a significant time investment to playing Dredmor in quick bursts. Merely besting my previous score or trying out a new set of skills kept me entertained enough to come back for another round.
My time exploring dungeons in new ways didn't end with permadeaths either. While I've been a fan of the isometric action of the Diablo style of dungeon crawling for a long time now, I never saw the appeal of the more methodical first person dungeon crawlers out there. Leave it to another affordable new indie game to open my eyes to the puzzling attractions of this unique perspective in Legend of Grimrock. Grimrock drew me in with its trailer that showed off its surprisingly immersive atmosphere and graphics. I just wanted to dive in and explore and didn't bother to look at the gameplay details as the price was right for experimentation. I was surprised at how the limited grid-based movement options felt so welcoming to me as an explorer. I felt comfortable searching out solutions to puzzles and combat, but was constantly surprised when each challenge opened up new gameplay options. The pacing of Grimrock sucked me in and before I knew it an entire night of gaming had gone by and I didn't want to stop playing. Not bad for a genre that I previously expected to bore me out of my mind.
New to me, but there's more
Groundbreaking experiences are only one of the benefits of indie games. Encountering the fruits of indie games' constant exploration of well-established game features that are more personal to you as a gamer can be even more rewarding. It has renewed my affinity for everything from platforming gameplay to well-told stories, which I will explore in part two next week.
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Aerophobia: A Look at the Causes and Symptoms of a Fear of Flying And Treatment Options
When faced with boarding an aircraft, an aerophobic passenger feels intense anxiety and terror. Some people choose to avoid flying completely which limits how far they can travel and can lead to missed opportunities in life. For example, being too frightened to fly may result in declining a lucrative job offer that requires occasional long-distance travel, or it could lead to a demotion at work. The disruptive consequences of refusing to fly may nevertheless seem more appealing than actually having to board a plane.
What Causes a Fear of Flying?
There is not always a logical explanation or obvious reason for a person's fear of flying, although it may be associated with other fears such as heights, death, losing control or being cramped in a small space. Fear of flying is often attributable to a previous bad experience on an aircraft, such as severe turbulence or a fire in the cabin.
Media reports of plane crashes, emergency landings and terrorism exacerbate people's fears about flying, causing them to believe the risk of flying is far greater than it actually is.
Symptoms of Aerophobia
Symptoms of aerophobia can be physical or psychological, and may begin days or even weeks before an impending flight. Merely thinking about flying can bring on severe anxiety, and over time symptoms may worsen with each successive flight. A passenger who is aerophobic is unable to control the fear even though they know this fear is irrational. Symptoms typically include:
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Adult phobias do not usually go away on their own, but there are a range of treatment options available to help people permanently overcome their fear of flying.
- Systematic desensitization is a type of cognitive-behavioral therapy which enables passengers to lose their anxiety and gain control over their fears. It uses gradual, repeated exposure to the source of the fear alongside relaxation techniques. The first step may involve simply thinking about flying, followed by looking at pictures of aircraft. The next steps will be visiting an airport, sitting on a stationary plane and then boarding a flight.
- Fear of flying courses are offered at many airports. These address issues such as how planes fly and stay in the air, security and safety, weather conditions, turbulence, emergency situations and terrorism. The courses also teach passengers how to deal with stress, anxiety and panic attacks.
- Self-help strategies such as deep breathing exercises, muscle relaxation exercises, meditation and listening to relaxing music are helpful for coping with anxiety and fear. There is a wide range of self-help books, DVDs and CDs available to help passengers conquer their fear of flying.
- Some passengers use medications such as beta blockers, antidepressants or sedatives to temporarily relieve anxiety and calm their nerves when they fly.
Aerophobia is distressing and can interfere with daily life. If a fear of flying is causing work-related disruption or affecting career choices, it might be worth seeking help.
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Yoghurt ices
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- Preparation time: 20 minutes
Nothing beats homemade ice cream, or indeed yoghurt! Try out this recipe with your favourite ingredients. Experiment with bananas, strawberries or chopped-up chocolate.
- Carefully chop the fudge and honeycomb into tiny pieces and break the cookies into slightly larger pieces, then leave to one side for use later.
- Pour the cream into the mixing bowl and sieve in the icing sugar. Lightly whip the cream to soft peaks. You could use an electric or hand whisk to make this easier.
- Gently fold the yoghurt, honeycomb, fudge, cookies, and marshmallow pieces into the cream using a plastic spatula or metal spoon.
- Spoon the mixture into a tub, cover, and freeze. Stir the mixture after 2 hours to prevent ice crystals forming, and then freeze for at least 2 more hours. Serve in ice cream cones.
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Brands flourish and proliferate on the high street, where choice increases daily. However, we seem to be faced with dwindling options in politics, where the major political parties are running smug and change-resistant monopolies. Politics seems to have arrived at the point that banking reached a few years ago before the appearance of challenger brands like Metro and Virgin.
In sharp contrast to politics, the fast-paced retail industry welcomes the competition that makes it focus on brand building and customer delivery. The old adage that customers vote with their feet is never far from mind, and every retailer knows their success depends on securing a 'vote' for their brand 365 days a year.
If one compares the general management style of our politicians to the world of retail there are some interesting comparisons to be made. First of all, retailers are campaigning all the time. Their media and marketing machines, design, research and development departments and customer insight experts never stand down or drop their guard. Above all, they know that you are only as good as your last customer interaction.
By comparison, political parties market themselves every few years at local or general elections. Polls happen all the time of course, but they reach their apogee over a few weeks of electioneering. One could argue that the typical voter, who apparently spends just four minutes a week thinking about politics, is most receptive at those moments when they will either 'buy' one political brand or another.
As a consequence politicians know their voters far less than retailers know their customers. The fact that the Parliamentary Labour Party had no faith in Jeremy Corbyn while thousands of party members thought he was the next messiah sums it all up. Last week's election was a sobering moment for many in the world of politics as gross misjudgement ruled the day.
As retail designers we make sure that customer insight lies at the bedrock of a retail brand's existence. If you can't deliver to consumers the products they want, in an environment where they want to shop, with a great customer experience, then you will fail.
Brands have no mandate that will last them until the next election. Their values, their manifesto if you like, are based on an understanding of the desires and needs of customers. I cannot think of an example in the retail industry where a CEO (Theresa May) and two managing directors (personal advisors) have conducted a strategy that ignores the company's entire management team (the cabinet) and ultimately the company's customer base (the electorate).
Somebody pointed out that May had been too 'presidential' in her campaign and insufficiently 'collegiate'. As all those who work in retail know, a 'collegiate' management style - working as a team, and putting the customer at the heart of all you do - is the template for success. I would also like to add the need for honesty and transparency. Both abound in retail but in politics they are sorely lacking.
Over the past few weeks we have seen social media, particularly Facebook, used by the Conservatives and Labour in very different ways.
The Tories ran a campaign where hundreds and possibly thousands of different messages could be delivered at a granular level, targeting people down to their postal code. Campaign content amounted to little more than blunt character assassination. On the other hand, Labour engaged with the battle weary electorate by using positive imagery and messaging.
Of course, the retail industry is no stranger to social media and spends millions on sophisticated personal profiling and targeting, but I cannot imagine a situation where one leading brand would run an ad telling you how bad a competitor's products are. Customers see social media as personal (in a good way), informative and collaborative. There is no place for 'flaming' in the online environment where mudslinging goes against the cultural grain - and here the Tories got it badly wrong.
It would be so nice to see more viable options in British politics, something like the new En Marche party in France. Sadly, in the UK we have almost arrived at a Hobson's Choice and something is needed to sharpen and energise Westminster. Perhaps taking a closer look at the retail sector and how it engages with customers might improve the thinking of parties and what they deliver to all of us?
Nigel Collett is CEO of RPA:Group


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Haha! So simple but so awesome! x3 My best friend commissioned me to make these for a party she was throwing some months back, and it was so simple to put together I just had to share. This is the ubiquitous Triforce from the Legend of Zelda series, and definitely one of my favorite video games as a kid.
I needed a break from making bags! So I dove into my stash of fleece scraps so I could whip up one of these to share with you. It's super simple to put together if you're familiar at all with matching up sharp corners of fabric – like cubes or, in this case, triangles. The goal of course is to make the points of your triangle in the middle line up perfectly sharp and even, but the fleece is very forgiving so if you haven't done it before this is a good place to start!
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Freebie Friday: The Totoro Bag
Ah, yes! Finally I'm getting into some of the things that I love 😀 This, of course, is Totoro, the loveable fuzzy forest creature from the Ghibli children's film, My Neighbor Totoro. It's probably one of my favorite Miyazaki movies, and really epitomizes the fantasy and innocence of childhood I think.
I had some gray twill that I originally used to make another bag. And while I kept making much plainer bags out of my other stashes of gray fabric, it finally clicked in my head that Totoro is gray, and would make for a perfect oval-shaped bag! I thought it was especially kismet when I saw this scrap of green linen and thought it would be perfect for the little leaf on his head. The leaf serves as the bag's closure, which has a metal snap on the inside to keep everything together.
In addition, it's covered in appliqué to give the adorable Totoro face and body, it has handles shaped like his ears, and I even lined the inside with an awesome leaf print fabric. There are quite a few details to get through, but I definitely think it was worth it for this awesome look, so I hope you'll try it!
Freebie Friday: The Gunkan Sushi Bucket Bag
Here's yet another project I whipped up from scraps! It' a really cute bucket bag styled to look like some delicious sushi ^-^ perfect for any sushi lovers out there.
For this project I made use of some leftover green fabric I had from making another bag. This particular shade of hunter green I thought was kind of plain to be honest XD So I had no idea what to make from it. As I thought about it, the only thing I could think of that was this particular color was a sushi roll ^-^
This "gunkan" sushi is the type of sushi you see where a loose filling is piled on top of a shaped piece of rice, then nori is wrapped around the sides to keep the filling on the top from spilling out. You see this style with ikura (salmon roe) or uni (urchin) sushi. So when the bag is complete, your belongings inside look like they're the stuffing of a delicious sushi ^3^
I also had a matching zipper lying around, so I figured now was as good a time as any to make use of it 😀 So I added a zippered pocket on the side so you can stuff little things.


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Kamiah Comes Together for 'Ten Days of Prayer'
Though some of the worst weather conditions of the winter occurred in Kamiah, Idaho, during the Ten Days of Prayer — with record snowfall, subzero temperatures and ice — members of the Kamiah Church came together for prayer each night.
After sundown on the first Sabbath meeting of the Ten Days of Prayer, a light fellowship meal and games had been planned. But during supper, as members shared the spiritual burdens they were wrestling with, they found themselves praying together again for victory over specific struggles instead.
On the final Sabbath members shared highlights of how God had worked during the course of Ten Days of Prayer.
"My husband doesn't even know what I'm going to say," one member smiled mysteriously at the microphone. She described how God had given her victory over certain fears.
One member explained that, as a result of trying to protect himself against hurt, his heart had become cold. But he had claimed the promise in Deut. 30:6: "And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live." The Holy Spirit had warmed his heart again.
Another member described God's protecting mercy. During the week, he had left his aging wife, who has experienced memory loss, on the sofa with specific instructions to "stay right here" while he went to help clear the snow from their friends' driveway. When he had returned, the door to the house had been locked. Knocking on the door, tapping at the window and finally pounding brought no response. He began to panic. Was his wife laying on the floor unconscious? Was she dead?
At that moment, his cellphone rang. It was his neighbor. While the member had been gone, the neighbor's son had come to the house to deliver some home-baked bread. Finding this member's wife outside in the frigid weather, confused and sitting in the snow, the boy had led her back to their home. What a relief to know his dear wife was safe.
Other testimonies of answered prayers included providential guidance, healing and God's intervention in national affairs. It was a joyful ending to 10 special days that reminded of Ps. 133:1: "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity" (KJV).


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What's My Line (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
|"What's My Line"
|Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes
|Episode nos.
|Season 2
Episodes 9 & 10
|Directed by
|David Solomon (Part 1)
David Semel (Part 2)
|Written by
|Marti Noxon (Part 1 and 2)
Howard Gordon (Part 1)
|Production code(s)
|Original air date(s)
|November 17, 1997 (Part 1)
November 24, 1997 (Part 2)
|Guest appearance(s)
"What's My Line" is a two-episode story in season two of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
In part one, Buffy endures Career Week at school while Spike hires assassins to kill her; a fierce fighter who identifies herself as "Kendra the Vampire Slayer" shows up in Sunnydale. In part two, Angel is kidnapped by Spike for a ritual in which Drusilla is restored to health.
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Spike works on a cure for Drusilla. Dalton, a vampire transcriber, is unable to decipher the book stolen from the library which contains a cure. Drusilla informs Spike that they need a key because the book is in code.
Buffy witnesses Dalton stealing an object from a mausoleum, but he escapes when she is distracted by another vampire. She enters her bedroom and finds Angel waiting to warn her of grave danger. Buffy reports to Giles, and he is concerned when she tells him about the theft from the mausoleum.
Spike and Drusilla examine the key stolen by Dalton, a gold cross. Spike decides to call the Order of Taraka, an ancient guild of assassins, to rid himself of Buffy once and for all. Back at school, Willow is taken into a secluded lounge area to be recruited by a leading software company, along with Oz, the boy who has been watching her for weeks. At the mausoleum, Giles realizes that Josephus du Lac, the author of the book stolen from the library, is buried there and that the book's key was taken from the mausoleum.
The assassins begin to arrive. A large, intimidating man exits a bus, and a door-to-door beauty salesman attacks Buffy's next-door neighbor. A young woman attacks an airplane worker in the cargo hold of a plane, escaping with little difficulty.
Giles tells Buffy, Xander, and Willow about the "du Lac Cross" which can be used as the key, and he enlists their help with further research. Buffy arrives at the ice skating stadium for a date with Angel. She is attacked, but Angel arrives in time to help her fight off the assassin whom she kills with the blade of her skate. Angel, recognizing the assassin's ring, warns Buffy that she should leave Sunnydale and hide. The female from the plane watches from the shadows.
The assassin next-door to Buffy's house feeds on the neighbor's body by disintegrating into hundreds of writhing mealworms which can reshape themselves into limbs at will. Buffy is paranoid and jittery, suspicious of each person who passes by in the hallways at school, including Oz. Buffy arrives at Angel's empty home and falls asleep in his bed. Angel goes to Willy's bar for information, and Willy finally confirms Angel's suspicions that Spike is behind the assassins. Before Angel can leave, he is attacked by the mysterious female. She locks him in a metal cage in front of an eastern window, with only a few hours until sunrise.
Giles reveals that the missing manuscript contains a ritual to restore a weakened vampire back to health. Xander and Cordelia enter Buffy's house, and Xander searches for her while Cordelia waits downstairs. She hears a knock at the door and lets in the mealworm assassin. In Angel's bedroom, Buffy is attacked by the mysterious woman. They fight, and the woman tells Buffy that her name is Kendra the Vampire Slayer.
Part two[edit]
Realising that they are both slayers, Buffy and Kendra go to Giles for assistance in explaining the situation. They learn that Kendra was called when Buffy temporarily died in her fight with The Master in "Prophecy Girl". Meanwhile, Willy has saved Angel from certain death, but sold him out to Spike. Spike takes Angel back to the warehouse, where he will be held until he can be sacrificed to restore Drusilla to full strength.
Xander and Cordelia run and hide in the basement, although before long they are arguing with each other. After an unexpected kiss, they rush to escape, running past the attacking mealworm assassin. At school, Buffy, whose test results recommend a career in law enforcement, attends a career seminar. The police officer leading the seminar tries to shoot Buffy. Oz is shot and slightly injured as he pushes Willow out of harm's way. Kendra comes to Buffy's rescue, and they fight off the attacker. The Scoobies then gather in the library, where Giles announces that Spike intends for Angel to die in the ritual to restore Drusilla.
Angel is tortured by Drusilla, both emotionally and physically; she pours holy water on him as she reminds him about how he killed her whole family. Angel taunts Spike with insinuations that Spike is unable to satisfy Drusilla, in the hope that Spike will kill him before he can be used to cure Drusilla. Meanwhile, Kendra gains a newfound respect for Buffy's qualities as a slayer. Later, the slayers go after Willy to learn what happened to Angel; they force Willy to take them to the location of Spike and Angel. However, Willy leads them to the assassins, and the ritual has already begun. Buffy attacks Spike to save Angel, and Kendra and the Scooby Gang arrive to back her up. Xander and Cordelia lure the mealworm assassin underneath a door into a liquid glue trap. Willow and Giles stake a vampire while Buffy and Kendra fight several of their own. Spike starts a fire and rushes to rescue the unconscious Drusilla, hoping that the ritual has had time to cure her. Buffy prevents their exit, crushing them in falling rubble. She helps the weakened Angel to exit the building.
With the danger over, it is time for Kendra to leave. Buffy and Kendra discuss their position as slayer. Kendra remarks that Buffy considers slaying to be a job when it is actually a part of who she is. The two, now friends, say their goodbyes and Buffy is left with a new outlook on her position as the slayer, as well as the knowledge that she is no longer alone in her calling.
At the remains of the church, Spike lies seriously injured under the rubble. Drusilla rises, the ritual having worked and restored her to full power. She carries her partner out of the debris, promising to return the favor and make him as powerful as her.
- The hold of the plane in which Kendra arrived in Sunnydale was turned upside down and used as a sewer tunnel in later episodes.[1] The ice rink, called Iceland, is found in Paramount, California, around 25 miles from where Buffy was filmed.[2]
- Sarah Michelle Gellar is a fan of ice skating in real life, and lists ice skating as one of her hobbies,[3] which, according to writer Marti Noxon in the DVD commentary for the episode, is the reason ice skating was incorporated into part one.
- Seth Green mentioned in an Ultimate TV talk that the line "I mock you with my monkey pants" was initially dreamt by Alyson Hannigan. Joss Whedon decided to insert it in the episode. Marti Noxon said in her DVD commentary for the episode that all the lines after Oz's compliment about Willow's smile were ad-libbed by Seth and Alyson.
Part one pulled in 3.5 million households on its original airing, while part two had an audience of 3.9 million households.[4]
- ^ Golden, Christopher; Holder, Nancy, The Watcher's Guide, Volume 1 (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Simon & Schuster, p. 95
- ^ Golden, Christopher; Holder, Nancy, The Watcher's Guide, Volume 1 (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Simon & Schuster, p. 96
- ^ Episode Guide: What's My Line Part One, BBC
- ^ "Nielsen Ratings for Buffy's Second Season Archived 2006-08-23 at the Wayback Machine."
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