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Even though he spends a good 90% of the album boasting about his skills and abilities on the microphone, and cutting those of other MCs, Big Daddy Kane consistently proves himself a thrilling artist on his debut album, Long Live the Kane, one of the most appealing creations from the original new school of rap. This debut captures the Big Daddy Kane who rocked the house at hip-hop clubs and verbally cut up any and all comers in the late '80s with his articulate precision and locomotive power — the Big Daddy Kane who became an underground legend, the Big Daddy Kane who had the sheer verbalmore… facility and razor-clean dexterity to ambush any MC and exhilarate anyone who witnessed or heard him perform. There are missteps here, to be sure — especially "The Day You're Mine," on which Kane casts himself as a loverman over a stilted drum machine and lackluster, cheesily seductive singing (offering a glimpse of the particular corner into which he would eventually paint himself). But there are also plenty of legitimate early hip-hop classics, none of which have lost an ounce of their power, and all of which serve as reminders of a time and era when hip-hop felt immediate, exciting, fresh, and a little bit dangerous (in the figurative, rather than literal, sense), and when hip-hop spawned commercial tastes of the moment rather than surrendering to them. Although his next album would be nearly the artistic equal of the debut — and, in many ways, even bettered it — Big Daddy Kane would never sound as compelling or as fresh as on this first effort.
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This was lovely. I have given the same advice, which of course made reading this particularly delightful. It's a rare pleasure to be poetically validated. Once I was chirping away about what I call "active gratitude" as oppose to "passive gratitude" and my friend said that her gratitude journal saved her life. Ah, humble moments. I think the one does not substitute the other but that they serve different purposes. The writing exercises can be grounding, clarifying and generative of positive feelings especially when one is feeling down. While in the moment appreciation can be a way to be more fully present with coffee and other miracles.
Yes. And there are so many objects of gratitude that are almost impossible to describe. Just a feeling of abundance at the end of the day, a certain mood, the way a certain color makes you feel. It's limitless, unlike the number of gratitude objects we can list when we sit down to think about it.
Beautifully put, David. Just the reminder I needed. Thank you.
Thank you David,
It is quite uncanny how often, as I become aware of certain lessons life is teaching me, you confirm them by your writings.
In Cape Town, we are currently experiencing a devastating drought, with the real risk of taps running dry by May this year. This would result in 3 million people having to que for 25 liters of water every day. Right now we are capped at 50 liters per person per day.
This might sound like a very negative experience, but it has resulted in a complete mind switch in our home.
We have come to the realisation that we have been taking so many things for granted. Our relationship with water has become one of constant gratitude. Every drop is recycled, re-used and carefully measured. Our mindset has changed from fear of the unknown to gratitutude of having water in the taps today. We celebrate the weather, regardless of whether it is blistering hot or blisfully overcast. On sunny days, we soak up the sun, drink some wine and enjoy the company of friends around a fire. On days where the is a possiblility of rain, we carry out buckets, connect flow tanks to our gutters and dance in the rain when it arrives. We have become aware of the needs of our neighbours, as not everybody has the bodily strenght or means to collect and carry 25 liters of water from the collection points. We notice our abundance in all aspects of our lives, a full tank of fuel, fruit in the bowl, the sound of the kids laughing as they bathe in a bucket. Life has become an adventure, and a grateful one at it. We could have succumbed to fear and doubt if we chose to. We decided that it takes up too much energy. No amount of fear is going to change the reality of what is right now. A sense of adventure and gratitude, however, keeps us in the moment and allows us to stay focused on what is really real. This moment. This lesson. This growth experience that nothing can ever take away from us.
Thanks for this anecdote. One time we do really notice the value of our real-time conditions is when they change. When something value appears or leaves, we can more easily see its value. But everything that's always there is easy to overlook.
Two years ago my city had a very minor E.Coli scare in our water supply, for about 24 hours. By afternoon store shelves were emptied of bottled water. It doesn't take very much of an upset to the status quo to put our blessings in perspective.
"The pleasure of these sights is already mine; I don't need to convince myself that they constitute a good reason to be grateful, and certainly no one else needs to understand."
One of many great statements in this excellent post, David.
It's all too easy to live the majority of our waking hours in the meandering tunnels and elaborate structures of our own thoughts, sucking up our attention and blinding us to the multidimensionally creative moment continuously presenting itself to us – as you describe so beautifully.
Our thoughts are so much less interesting than the actual experiences we think about. And of course they are — we can't even come close to getting our words and concepts around the richness of experiences. Try describing a sunset for example, or a scent, or the feeling of being in a room with a particular person. We can't even scratch the surface of it with thoughts and words, but we can very easily experience it.
Gratitude is the first step to happiness and yes, it should be a feeling of gratefulness rather than a thought. It has such a liberating quality!
However, you may have a memory of something that has made you feel happy in the past and that you may want to replicate, such as swimming in the sea. The feel-good thought would remind you how good it feels when you immerse yourself in the ocean. Now, you are grateful that you live on the coast and that you can swim in the sea. From thought to reality.
In addition to asking yourself, "What am I grateful for in my life, right now?", Tara Brach suggests that you also ask yourself the following question: "Please tell me, what do you love?".
I find the latter very helpful because it may be difficult to know what we are grateful for but it is easier to know what we love, what gives us pleasure.
The happy memory is a trigger for something that you have experienced and if you can bring the experience back into your reality, that is something else to be grateful about.
I totally agree that gratitude can only be experienced in the "now", this moment which is the only reality in your life. The past is just a thought and your future may or may not happen the way that you imagine.
Thank you for the great post.
There's certainly nothing wrong with fond memories. But they are limited in their ability to generate gratitude compared to noticing blessings in real time. But when you're far from the ocean your options are limited if you're looking for a particular feeling.
It seems like a weird coincidence to see this email today. I have been deeply frustrated lately by my own inability to rationalize happiness and the disappointment it brings others. I think what bothers me is that it requires this huge leap – from one's dark corner to a vista of grand perspective. And this article explains how to build the bridge – how to at least shape the first step, and bricolage from there. Just before I read this, I was sort of replaying the song Future Starts Slow by The Kills in my head and I had a fuzzy sense that it held a gem of advice for me, but the thought floated away as I weighed the options of opening this email vs. continuing to work. I think it's like that… feeling better is a process, and no one ever tells you how to start. Thank you.
I don't know if it takes a grand leap in perspective. I think feeling better is a matter of gradually learning better and better ways to relate to your experience in life, and all of that happens now. We talk about the present moment as though it's a sliver of our lives, but it's the whole thing. Nothing happens that isn't in the present moment, even our memories and expectations. In my experience perspective comes in bits and pieces and it can take a while to internalize any given insight.
To me, practicing gratitude exercises (listing 5 things blah blah blah) was always frustrating – rather than feeling grateful I felt frustrated that despite having all the things to be happy, I was still miserable. That was depressing. Your method seems to be what I need. Thanks David.
I was just going to write the same – this "think of 5 things to be grateful for" felt so "fake" all the time. Yes, it made me acknowledge the fact that I am/we are living a very privileged life, but it felt so forced and contrary to my intention of generating the sensation of gratitude inside. I've always been "the weird one" in our family, the one who notices the wonderful shade of the sky or the funny shape of the clouds, or ask other people around whether they are also enjoying the delightful bird-songs (which they haven't even noticed at that point) – I've been the butt of good-natured jokes since I was kid, but I never did mind: I enjoyed noticing these things. And that usually leads to "genuine", organic gratitude. Thank you for the wonderful article!
Thank you for the reminder. I kept my daily meditation up for a solid month after Camp Calm ended and I didn't realize it until now, but the mindfulness and gratitude of what's in my present moment went with it. I'm looking forward to re-starting both. The nice thing about the present-moment awareness is that I can start again right here and now (which is the whole point), from the warmth of this cozy bed while the winds whip down off the mountains outside my door. Thank you.
It's interesting how this happens. Mindfulness builds up gradually as we practice, and it stays with us for a while even after you slip away from it. But at a certain point you realize "Wow, I have certainly lost something since I stopped meditating." Peace and gratitude don't announce their exit, they just kind of slip away quietly. I wrote a called "When peace goes away it doesn't make a sound" to describe that phenomenon.
I awoke feeling pretty well rested. Grateful to see your beautiful art in my inbox. Many thanks David !
David, This. My god you've put my thoughts into the most eloquently worded post. Something I just could not do. I almost feel like crying from relief. Thank you, thank you. Cheers
David, this is one of your all-time greats. Beautifully put.
Thanks for this, David. You have such a way with words. I could never imagine describing those small moments of peace, appreciation and joy as well as you did in this post.
And also, thank you for a tangible reminder why I should keep sticking with my daily meditation habit :) "Small" benefits like those mentioned in the article are so beautiful, and can only be experienced, like you said.
Right, and meditation allows this to happen automatically, because you're conditioning yourself to keep returning to present moment experience. As far as I'm concerned, it's the only way to do it consistently. Otherwise we so easily get swept away by the mental narrative from moment to moment, and only notice our experience openly when something right there and then reminds us, and that doesn't happen often enough to create a habit.
Epiphany! As I read this article, I experienced one of those shifts in perspective and experience, similar to a tumbler sliding when a key is turning in a lock. As I've practiced daily gratitude writings, there has always been a hollowness or unease…almost a sense of hypocrisy. This aspect of mindful attentiveness in gratitude you have written of just shifted my universe. Thank you.
I actually think there's some value to practicing gratitude in an "analytic" way. When I started writing in my gratitute journal I was kind of feeling down in the dumps, so I needed that momentum to turn my life around and prime my brain to look for things in my life that actually make it worth living (I was not suicidal or anything, I was just going through a difficult moment). I wrote in my journal every day for about a year until I started noticing something: more and more often I'd feel appreciative of something/someone around me in the present moment and it felt really good. Now I only write in my journal once a week, just to keep the momentum going, but I do agree with you that I tend to be more present and, as a result of it, more appreciative of what's happening around me right here, right now.
There's certainly room for logical assessments of our position in life, and in fact I don't think we can avoid doing that, such as when we're doing some life planning or strategizing. But as you said yourself, one of the great benefits of listing reasons to be grateful is that it makes you more likely to notice objects of gratitude in your experience as they happen. We can cultivate that habit directly, whether or not there are additional benefits from doing it analytically.
I found the daily gratitude journal exercise to be the first step in living a more grateful life. After a while when I became aware of a great moment during the day I would think, "I'll be writing this down!". I no longer keep the journal, but think the initial exercise was instrumental in my living more in the present. Now I just say a thank you to the universe and take a moment to feel the gratitude.
Yes, Pietro. I agree the author missed the point of gratitude journals. Recording what we're grateful for helps us to see more instances in each day (changes our brain and the lens through which we see the world), eliciting more of the experiential gratitude that author advocates. Having a written record also helps when a person cannot seem to drum up positive thoughts — just leaf through the journal to remember all the wonderful moments. Finally, the 2 can go hand in hand: feel gratitude throughout the day, all the special moments, and then savor them each night by writing them down.
I kept a 5 Things gratitude journal for a while, but it became repetitive. I was always grateful for the same things, every day! I didn't need to remind myself.
Good post.
This is so on point, and such a joy for me to read. I try to do this every day and try to explain to others how doing it makes me content and at peace with myself and the world… it's difficult. But thanks for the post, which for me was in itself the thing is spoke about – I experienced a conscious few minutes of gratitude, possibly most of all for being able to feel gratitude :)
Explaining isn't always possible. I have struggled for years to communicate that I absolutely love the sensation of noticing the change in the feel of the air as I pass through a door, and I have no idea if anyone ever got it. But it is so clear to me whenever I do it, and maybe I'll never get anyone else to appreciate it :)
lovely writtings, sitting here so happy and blessed. (not my usual state of being). thank you
Thank you for this, David. Perfect for first thing this morning. A few weeks ago I was washing out a bottle (big deal, right?) but the soap suds made bubbles inside and some were pointy and beautiful shapes – it was an intricate universe right there. I had to tell a neighbour about it and show her, it was so exciting. It's right on….the list of five things never worked and felt contrived. Also got to say you have some pretty great folks who are responding to your posts here….what they say makes a difference to me as well.
I looked up after reading this and spied my cat – asleep on the couch. He rose, stretched grandly, and then lazily curled back into a ball for the rest of his nap. It was glorious to watch and I probably would have missed it if I hadn't just read this. Thank you.
Dear David,
I loved this post, as usual!
The gratitude journal has been used for a couple of years within our family and it's been transformative. Really! my kids started expressing gratitude for things I do, which they never did before.
Recently though, just like you, I came to the realization that we need something to help us feel grateful more in the moment to moment, so the gratitude is not relegated to be just another bed time ritual. I came up with a technique, which I illustrated with cartoons here, in case you wanna take a look:
I love when I see you're thinking about things I was thinking about as well. For some reason I feel validated!
Thank you and all my best David,
Beautiful. I so often struggle with the "abstract" gratitude when things feel hard. Then I beat myself up because I "ought" to be grateful for all the blessings in my life, even if, at this moment I feel lonely or sad or whatever. Much more helpful to stay in the present moment and notice, say, the glorious daffodils in the vase in front of me. Thankyou.
Thank you David so much for articulating this beautifully. Settling my mind (enough to notice the moments in front of me) is the source of my every waking moment these days along with switching out of my mind into more of a feeling type of awareness. It's beyond humbling to accept that I'm miserable at it despite years of walking this path.
This is really an interesting way to look at it. The other way, i.e. essentially forcing myself to feel gratitude, makes me feel guilty that I didn't feel it already.
I haven't had a lot of success writing a gratitude journal. It can help in the moment, but the effect is not as pronounced, as say when something real is felt. Loving attention on the moment is an irreplaceable practice. A lot of rephrasing that we all promote by sharing our little insights, are more real when they come from within. My ego is what it is. Fighting it, by attempting to rephrase can only work so much. But holding it with loving attention, and allowing moments to pass through, reality shows and rephrasing is spontaneous (often in ways I hadn't predicted).
Ah, so that explains it!…I do that, but hadn't put it together with the explanation. I am alone a lot and friends wonder why I am not lonely or depressed. Sure, I get down a bit sometimes, but I see that bit of sun through the trees and how it shines in my window or how the energy is so softly peaceful and quiet as my dog snores, I watch how the fire in the stove burns, and how the lights turn on when I simply flip a switch. I live this and I am fullfilled. face palm moment. thanks!
Aw, David — how lovely, how true! Spiritual practice as instead just living naturally, the way we yearn to. Taking a single step in that direction, coming closer to the way we know we are. You speak it so well, inspiring that attainable one step at a time. Thank you, thank you!
hmmmm, if I didnt know better…. I might think you are simply trying to trick us into…..being …. happy ??? lol… LOVE this post and am living it!
I've done the gratitude exercise you describe, writing down thoughts and found it actually decreased my well-being and state of mind.
But once I was far less prescriptive and free, I became more naturally grateful. I went for a long run on Sunday, and found so many things that sparked joy….crocuses coming up, the water against the rocks, birds wading in the sand, and I was grateful that I am able bodied and could actually run.
Love it, so true, thanks for the beautiful reminder that made me notice the warm sunlight that enters my window at this exact moment.
David, this was so life-affirming for me to read this today! I am not someone who is comfortable writing things down in a Gratitude Journal. It always felt fake and forced to me and after a short while, I have difficulty thinking of things to write down. I DO though very often notice little things like others have described, the play of light and shadow as the sun hits the curtains in late afternoon, the peacefulness of my sleeping cat, the warmth of the covers when having a lie-in bed to read a book…. but I always thought this was not enough! I am glad to see that you and others are like-minded and it gives me permission to enjoy my life like this without the pressure of feeling I am not grateful enough. I do keep a daily journal and am thinking of adding something to it called "What I Learned Today" (WILT) to just jot down new things that I learned that day – it might be fun to look back and see what I made note of.
Love this article, David and somehow perfectly timed as I've been realizing the exact same sentiment these days. I even wrote a post about it here in my personal journal that I started recently. http://embersofjoy.com/2018/02/03/full-of-gratitude/#more-326
Simple things like the sun on my face and hot water magically appearing with the turn of a faucet makes me feel so immensely grateful these days. I find along with this feeling of noticing life and being thankful brings along more empathy for others than I ever felt before too. Do you notice that? It's both beautiful and heartbreaking sometimes.
I related to every word in this post, often reading some sentences twice over because this article in itself was one of those exact moments. Thank you David.
I do this daily as well. I call it looking for small signs of beauty. After doing the gratitude journal, I, too, find this form of daily meditation on small beauty and small daily things to be thankful for much more life changing.
This post resonates with me 100%, i always felt so but could never decipher so beautifully! The magic truly lies in the small details.
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For many years, I have been writing 3 things that have happened in the last 24 hours, that I am grateful for. Though I do find that I am repeating myself, I also realise that there are so many nice things that are happening to me/around me. When I am writing this, I feel grateful to my family members, friends, external circumstances, etc. on a regular basis and, it really makes me feel nice.
Hey David!! I'm pretty late to mention about your post- "If It's Important, Learn It Repeatedly", it was great!! And, off course this one is also good. Actually, Gratitude from heart or mind, have a pure beauty. We should exercise this behavior more more to make our mind broader…..
This may be your best post ever! Hyperbolically speaking.
You are so right David "The experience not the idea" When I read that I could only thought about how grateful you feel to find a bathroom (or get home to yours) when you need one badly….sorry that's not as romantic or poetic as other comments but it's so tangible to women, especially the ones who had been pregnant at some point of their lives.
This reminded me a little of how small children see the world. They may not be feeling the gratitude we feel as they are not yet old enough to understand the concept perhaps, but the wonder and awe they get from the every day minutia…is that something that gets lost as we grow into adults? We have to work to keep it. It's like "play" – not many adults have "play" in their lives anymore…
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The word enthusiasm is derived from the Greek word, , which means to be . Enthusiasm is an incredibly powerful tool to create momentum. Enthusiasm can also be used to combat fear and nervousness and it can even create temporary energy and willpower. Being enthusiastic also creates an overall feeling of happiness and well-being that makes it worthwhile regardless of its positive side-effects.
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Enthusiasm is like any other skill. If it is continually practiced and exercised, it gets better. If it is not, then it will degrade. Enthusiasm rarely comes naturally and it must be the result of conscious effort. Practicing the ability to use enthusiasm can keep you excited and driven even in horrible circumstances. Without this ability even great circumstances are viewed through the lens of sarcasm and cynicism. So how can we harness our own?
Genuine enthusiasm can only be sustained about something you are truly passionate about. Anyone can get themselves hyped up over a boring situation for the moment, but sustained enthusiasm can only come when you deeply care about something. If you aren't that interested in the outcome of something, you won't be able to create enthusiasm.
Don't spend your time pursuing things that you aren't passionate about. If you aren't passionate about something, try to minimize or remove the time it is taking from your life. Nobody is going to applaud you for working at a boring job, having boring hobbies or staying in a dead relationship when you are dead. We are ultimately responsible for the amount of passion we experience in our lives.
If you look at really successful people, all of them having something they are very passionate about. These people have a drive that compels them to give 110%. Nothing is more motivating than an obsessive passion. As a self-proclaimed obsessive about personal growth, I can attest to that.
Passion provides the fuel, without it and their can be no fire of enthusiasm.
Being enthusiastic requires a lot more energy. If you feeling like passing out from exhaustion at the end of the day, chances are you aren't brimming with excitement. Enthusiasm and energy are very closely linked. Being energetic makes it far more likely for you to be enthusiastic and enthusiasm can literally create the energy you need to get going. This may sound like a catch-22, but it isn't.
Energy comes mostly from a healthy lifestyle. Exercise, eat right and get plenty of rest and water is the first step. Many people like to debate minutia about whether or not to eat xyz or whether they should be taking a vitamin zyx supplement. These little differences are only going to make the difference if you've already mastered the basics of a healthy lifestyle.
Temporary enthusiasm can actually be created relatively easily simply by acting more enthusiastic. Simply by acting more enthusiastic then you feel, you can literally create the same level of enthusiasm inside. I use this technique whenever I am in a social situation where I need some added confidence or energy.
Think about how you act when you are enthusiastic. Smiling, moving around more and having more expressive body language are likely key characteristics. By making the conscious effort to behave more enthusiastically, you will start to feel more enthusiastic. After a few minutes you will probably create the kind of enthusiasm that your body language suggests.
Our body language commands a lot more of our internal behaviors then we think. Most of us believe that it is our internal emotions that create our body language. The situation, however, actually works in reverse as well. Body language itself can create the emotions it represents. I wrote about this more .
Now that you have some ideas on how you can create enthusiasm, both temporary and long-term, what are some possible uses for this new skill?
What do most people do to try to get rid of nervousness. They try to calm themselves down. Maybe take a few deep breaths or a drink of water. Unfortunately, this is probably one of the worst ways to counter it. Trying to calm yourself down only strengthens the nervousness until you are completely paralyzed.
Using enthusiasm takes the opposite approach. Acting incredibly enthusiastic will start by masking any nervousness in your body language and speaking. Once you've started to create that enthusiasm within yourself, fear and nervousness will be blocked out of your mind. The next time you are in a situation where you think you might be nervous, try to counter with enthusiasm.
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Action of course! As soon as you start taking action, thoughts of procrastinating are blown away. Unfortunately this is a catch-22. You can't act because of the procrastination and you need the action to get rid of the procrastination! At this point we can usually adopt numerous behaviors and techniques to try and convince us to do just enough action to break the threshold.
How about another approach. Enthusiasm. Enthusiastic people don't procrastinate what they are enthusiastic about. If at all possible, create some enthusiasm in yourself. You can use the physiology technique to create some quick enthusiasm. By leveraging this small amount of enthusiasm you can create the momentum you need to stop procrastinating.
This can also apply on a long-term basis as well. Although the physiology technique generally only works in short periods, utilizing passion and energy can help us create long-term momentum. By investing our time in our passions and taking steps to improve our energy we can create the kind of enthusiasm that will be with us when we need it for a longer period of time.
Enthusiasm is a great communication tool. Enthusiasm grants you licence to a lot more confidence than you might otherwise have without appearing arrogant or boastful. By leveraging enthusiasm it is far easier to communicate with others and the quality of that communication is greatly improved.
If you've ever found yourself in a situation where you wanted to be more outgoing and extroverted, enthusiasm can be one of the best tools at your disposal. Enthusiasm centers your focus outside of your own ego which separates you from your need to protect it. When you don't need to protect your ego, you can enter any communication situation without fear or worry.
The benefits of enthusiasm are vast. From improving productivity, social skills, and confidence to reducing fears and nervousness, enthusiasm is an incredibly powerful tool. Remember that long-term enthusiasm is a skill that needs to be developed. Focusing on your passions and working on your own personal energy will give you the base you need for enthusiasm. Like a spark, guiding your physiology can create a fiery enthusiasm for anything you do. Utilize that enthusiasm and you can get the most out of your life!
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Vatican officials on Wednesday told cardinals gathered for the election of the next pope to stop speaking to the media, as further indications emerged that a conclave would not start early next week as had been expected.
American cardinals who had been scheduled to hold their third media briefing in as many days cancelled it less than an hour before it was to have started at Rome's North American College, where they are residing.
A spokeswoman for the American cardinals said "concern" was expressed at Wednesday's closed-door meeting "about leaks of confidential proceedings reported in Italian newspapers".
More than 150 cardinals attended the third day of the preliminary meetings to sketch a profile for the next pope following the shock abdication of Pope Benedict last month. All but two of the 115 "cardinal electors" aged under 80 have arrived for the meetings, the Vatican said.
In their briefings, the American cardinals did not disclose specifics but spoke generally about the proceedings as well as of their hopes and concerns about the state of the Catholic Church at a crucial time in its history.
The preliminary meetings are taking place as the crisis involving sexual abuse of children by priests and inappropriate behaviour among adult clerics continues to haunt the Church and has rarely been out of the headlines.
Asked about the cancellation of the U.S. briefing, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said the pre-conclave meetings, known as general congregations, had to take place in a "climate of confidentiality".
Lombardi said the preparation by the cardinals towards the conclave "is a path in which the college of cardinals reflects in order to reach a decision, in conscience, of each of the members for the election of the Roman Pontiff".
Cardinals from other countries have also been speaking to the media informally on the streets near the Vatican but the Americans were the only group holding daily formal briefings.
The cancellation of the briefing means the only official source of information would come from a daily briefing by the Vatican spokesman.
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Under Church law the cardinals have until March 20 to start a conclave to choose a new pope to lead the 1.2 billion-member Church.
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One cardinal leaving the meeting said there had been no formal discussion on Wednesday of the so-called "Vatileaks" scandal, which led to the arrest of Paolo Gabriele, the pope's butler, further besmirching the Church's reputation.
Gabriele was convicted of stealing personal papal documents and leaking them to the media. The documents alleged corruption and infighting over the running of its bank.
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I think there is definitely an argument that some of the imagery is loaded. But I don't sense any malice from the developers. So racism? No.
Note, you haven't played the game. It's not an "American and his buddies". In fact, make it clear that they don't like him because he's American. It's an American special op and his partner - an African woman! On top of it, when they call in for back up the main guys who show up are usually of various ethnicities. Again, people are trying to make some drama out of this game. Everyone just needs to CTFO and enjoy! There is nothing racist about it. Now put down the QQ factory and kill some damn wormies, soldier!
in an ideal world, yes.
in a post-colonial, post-slavery, post-civil rights world, no.
you have to approach everything in context.
When it comes to the Zombie Apocalypse there are only two groups. Zombies and humans. Sure RE 4&5 does not have the "traditional" zombie but they are still mind controlled, ruthless killers who will stop at nothing from spreading the disease.
Besides if your main concern about racism is having a video game character kill a bunch of other video game characters because of race I think the dreams of MLK jr. is coming true. You don't have to worry about full-blown racism in real life. The good guys are winning on this and let me ask you this final question.
If you have no problem with sex, violence, drugs, and other immoral concepts being put in video games...why do you get upset about the subject of racism in a video game?
Nope not really, but the japs are well known xenophobes (oops I just made a generalised racist remark myself)
and RE5 isn't as racist as RE4, its why RE4 is the more awesome game, for the hilarious racism and for Leon "white as the driven snow" Kennedy killing all those pitch fork wielding Spanish "peasants"/farmers.
I actually lived in those sort of rural areas, and its a pretty spot on view if you was to sit on the hillside and look from afar, without interacting with the locals.
Does that make me racist?. No. Does it make a game racism?, NO ITS FUCKING GAME. games are fucking shit at portraying the source material, even down to hairstyle. They are inherently shit at just about everything they do.
Doesn't RE5 take place in Africa? If so then it certainly isn't racist to have the majority or the zombies be african.
You are damn right I don't see any problem with it. If Chris and his buddies were black it would be OK according to the arguement. If they use the N word or one of the white folks says something like "who cares if they are infected, they are black so kill'em all and let God sort them out" then I would be the first one calling for a boycott. Or if there is a KKK robe for an unlockable costume.
Is it just me or does everyone come in here not reading the posts and stating the same fucking things over and over and over?
not all racism is blatantly obvious. in this case it's all about parallels. white hero vs. black "savages" is just too imperialist for my tastes.
Africa! Africa! as if Africa is one country.
I thought RE5 was a modern game in Modern times
Racist i dunno, stupid yeh!
There was a reason they are depicted as subhuman... And that reason happens to be the point of the game entirely. They have been mutated mentally and whatnot. It's not their factual depiction of black people at all...
Of course they do, they're infected with a mind mutating virus. What do you want them to look like, Michelle Obama?! (In context he was acting like this depiction of them was insulting, yet when it was the white people mutated last time, all was fine)
So let me get this straight. He's just rambled on about how the infected are all cracked and bloodshot, and now he says the biggest physical contrast is the skin colour? Hypocrite. Of course there will be contrast between hero and villain. Look at Super Mario, his enemy is a giant lizard.
Actually throwing spears you say? Africans are a proud people, who respect their heritage. They still do the whole tribal thing, out of respect for their past. And the Zulu's etc. still live like that. Like the Aborigines, and the Amish people. What's the difference? Just because we adopted science and abandoned everything our ancestors created, doesn't mean they have. If you're living in Africa, tribal people will be there.
He used this as a picture caption for Chris. This is where I stopped reading...
harhol - you are not reading what anyone is saying. It's not white against black! The main character has a partner (right next to him) who is a black woman. He is killing all races... to the point of it being a bit silly. I killed more hispanic and white people than I did black. Sure, their leaders are black but come ON!! It's Africa!!!
NEWSFLASH: There are black people in Africa
No, not if the infection controls their mind. For the love of god context
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It's not intentionally racist. I suspect there was some level of racism in RE4 (which coldstorage seems to confirm). Having a setting in Africa with the way this game was made (the spear chuckers do not count) guaranteed there would be racist moments. Why? Because as someone who once practiced bushido and studied Japan as closely as I could without going there I can tell you they are on of the most naturally racist cultures on the planet. It's nothing like it used to be and we could just be glad RE5 wasn't worse i.e. made by skinheads or another intentionally racist group. And no ColdStorage your remark was not generalized racism. Not overly well put but the Japanese have a xenophobic edge to their traditional culture, more so than many others.
You all can read a review of RE5 from some of my friends here (Actual Black people)
I don't find it that racist.
They are not killing some kind of "black savages", they are killing fucking zombies. Zombies are not people. And it's completely true that SOME places in Africa are not quite developed.
its funny that the bad guy in RE5 and just about any RE is Albert Whesker, the whitest white guy on earth, his martial arts style is a cross between Savate and Capeoira, which is French and Brazilian, he's blonde... he wears Ray Bans which is American and made famous by Top gun the most Western film in existence, he has an eighty's hair cute reminiscent of western boy bands. And chances are his suit is made by Hugo Boss, which is a new york based fashion company.
lets recap, the bad guy in RE is
So yes RE5 is racist, its racist against gay western poofs, I for one am appalled at its portayal of big gay western boy band members.
edit; I had a point to make but starting giggling to myself about how gay Whesker looks, then kinda ran with my stupidity, I can't remember my original arguement though.
No not really, I'de say: let it go. Fact: skin color does not matter, it's that simple. Our forefathers may have been idiots, but (hopefully) we're not. History is history, let's grow up. This kind of stuff keeps actual racism alive, instead of growing out of it. Let's stop splitting people up like that, and let's just treat black people the same.
They aren't "infeceted" they're infected. Leon and Claire weren't killing innocent people in Resident Evil 2, Leon wasn't killing innocent people in Resident Evil 4... he was killing basically what equated to a zombie. If an outbreak took place in Africa... they'd go investigate Africa. If it was in an African village.. it would take place in an AFRICAN VILLAGE. How in the name of god do some of you people not get that? They could choose ANYWHERE in the world to place this game and find a reason for it, and it was nice to see something finally happen that I didn't see coming... a setting that I didn't exactly think I would ever see in a Resident Evil game.
If you push, they will shove. That's the law aroud this things and there is nothing you can do about it. For me I was under the impertion that,now a day all humans are equal and that no one gets special treatment of persicuted for who they are and where they come frome. So I think the the racisum in RE5 is simpily silly since when you thing about I, all the story of RE come from a virus found in africa.
There just going back to there roots.
Yes, how dare they portray black zombies as shambling idiots, they should be explaining string theory on a handy projector screen. (Avoided using the word blackboard there, oops!)
For videogames to avoid racism, blacks, gays, disabled people and all other minorities would have to take turns being the bad guy. If we don't do this, the only other option is to set every game in an area where every person is a white able bodied straight male.
I can't help but feel if they'd just set the game in the jungle in the 1920s spear chucking natives with shrunken heads around their neck would be just fine. It'd be seen as 'detached' enough, or just plain ironic.
Surely all we need to do is get Valve to make the Left 4 Dead sequel with only asian zombies? Case solved, we've balanced things.
RE5 is racist in the same way Fat Princess is offensive to fat people.
It may not be intentional, but it's sort of there.
In Fat Princess, a fat chick is being treated like a flag to gain points. It looks like great deals of fun, but depending on what context you use, it would objectify and make women look like trophies and prizes to be won. Sure, it may not mean to show that off, but it's a little bit there.
Same thing with RE5, it's a guy shooting up a bunch of crazy people to keep himself from dieing. Then you look a bit closer, it looks like a white guy shooting up black guys. It just depends on what context you look at it from.
Anyone who moans and groans "IT'S JUST A VIDEO GAME!" and "WTF IT'S NOT RACIST!" are all missing the point entirely (and I would totally go on a rant about that right now) as are people who say "IT'S RACIST!" and "THIS SHOULD BE BANNED!" (though to be fair, I've never seen someone say that so far).
Personally, I'm glad we're having these debates and news stories about how RE5 is "racist". Every medium has this sort of debate, and I'm glad we're getting this out of the way. RE5 may not be "racist", per se, but it sure ain't treating Africans in a mature and thoughtful way.
Video games have a long way to go to be considered "art", anyone who bitches and moans that other people are being insensitive because they see this game as a white guy shooting black guys are acting childish and expect everyone to understand perfectly what this game is.
my problem is not specifically to do with white vs. black but more to do with the obvious colonial overtones.
[there's a reason most films, books & games steer well clear of stories involving white, first-world heroes shooting up Africans.]
it's difficult to pinpoint the exact nature of the prejudice or "racism"... it's just there. i'm not arguing that it's definitely 100% racist, i simply said that to dismiss any suggestion of racism is silly. it's a genuine debate which needs to be approached seriously.
I think white people discussing this is a bit pointless.
again, this is fine in an ideal world. but racial inequality still exists & remains a major issue in all countries of mixed ethnicity. to simply "let it go" would be patronising to not just victims of racism but to all ethnic minorities. there's nothing wrong with talking about it. pretending that it isn't there or that it'll go away isn't helpful. skin colour does matter. it might not matter to you, but it does matter.
They could have just gone the route of the 30days of Night film adaptation which featured no indigenous peoples at all! That would of course court the same level of controversey for being racist for not depicting anyone but white people.
You are only recist if your White
Your only sexist if your Male
Bare that in mind if you are about to say anything at the moment and we will have a much quieter time!
Surely then any images, animated or not, that have a depiction of [Insert Ethnic Group Here] with [A Certain Item Concerning Said Ethnic Group In Past Or Present Tense] is offensive.
Brazil's gay? Your original arguement seems to be that RE stereotypes.
No it's not a major issue. You're exagerating. It's a minor issue that becomes whatever's in between minor and major when people start shouting "racist!!" for no good reason. At least in America. I know nothing of 3rd world country and while I never hear of a lot of it in the UK or Africa I don't really know.
Then racism will stick with us forever. In any case, political correctness won't help, heck it's making it worse. This is a zombie game set in Africa, a lot of black people live in Africa, so a lot of black people will be zombyfied, and zombies need to die, so they're shot. End of story. You're making MUUUUUCH more out of this then it actually is.
Well excuse me OP,
I honestly cannot see the big deal in this. Looking at the game, I can't deem it racist, and even if you think it is, what's the big deal? Don't play it.
Thats what I meant! yes it totally does, its racist towards Spaniards, Yanks, everyone.
Thank you, thanks your here, otherwise I might come accross as a stupid online prick that doesn't make sense.
RE6 will probably be set in rural France, where the peasants wave stale baguettes at you, and are a parasite to the rest of Europe, and dont make sense and just like in RE4 are controlled by a short prick with an inferiority complex whose name begins with "S". oh look at that.
edit, like in real life! hur hur!
I agree wholeheartedly with you.
Like I said in my original post, RE5 is as racist as you make it out to be, it all depends on the context. If video games are ever to become "art" then debates like racism and sexism should be seriously debated in these games.
It's completely ignorant to completely brush off any slight hint of racism in any game, and saying things like "It's Africa, they have Africans!" is completely missing the point. If this was set in, I don't know, New York or Philadelphia or Chicago instead, would it change anything? Just change the setting, that's all, does it do anything? After all, there are black people in NY/Philly/Chicago, so therefore it's not racist because there are black people there anyway! Hehehe, no.
I'm not saying RE5 is 100% racist, and neither is Harhol. He (or more specifically, we) is just saying that it has racial undertones depending on how you take it in context.
This video compared to this video are both good points. In the second video, just switch out Fat Princess with RE5. I don't like the first one though because of the second one, Moviebob was a complete hypocrite when he made the second one. But they both make good points.
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Feb. 20, 2013
ORLANDO, Fla. (seminoles.com) – Junior Kelly Hensley's three-run home run in the third inning coupled with sophomore Lacey Waldrop's career-high 11 strikeouts highlighted No. 23 Florida State softball's 10-3 victory at UCF on Wednesday evening at the UCF Softball Complex.
Florida State put together six runs scored in a big third inning that ultimately decided the game, as Hensley delivered her second home run of the game off starter Mackenzie Audas (3-3) to break things wide open. The Seminoles (8-2) forced Audas into a career high five walks and recorded four home runs, their most hit under head coach Lonni Alameda's FSU coaching career that began back in 2009.
"What an offensive performance tonight," Alameda said. "We really improved offensively and several of our hitters stepped up and rode the momentum of this game. This is the type of hitting we will need out in California and I'm hoping the plate presence we put forward tonight carries over. It also helped to get another big performance from Lacey. She pitched excellent tonight."
Freshman Victoria East and juniors Celeste Gomez, Courtney Senas and Hensley provided the big blasts as Florida State produced nine base hits. All four round-trippers were seismic shots that landed a good distance out of the UCF ballpark.
Senas and East each finished 2-for-3 while East contributed two RBIs. Gomez and Hensley each led Florida State with three RBIs apiece.
Waldrop (4-0) had a strong pitching performance, allowing two earned runs on four hits with just one walk in six innings pitched. She began the game by extending her retired batters streak to 18 until allowing a walk in the third inning. The Chester, Va. native worked quickly and effectively, spinning several pitches that baffled the Knight (5-6) batters. Her career high 11 strikeouts broke her previous best of 10 last season against Virginia.
The Seminoles tried to get after Audas early when Tiffani Brown drew a walk to open the game and then stole second base. Senas lay down a well-placed sacrifice bunt to the right side to put Brown on third base with just one out. However, a strikeout and groundout to Audas spoiled Florida State's first-inning possibilities and left the game scoreless.
East helped Florida State capitalize in the second inning when she turned on an inside pitch from Audas and hammered her first career home run as a Seminole to left field to give Florida State a 1-0 lead.
A six-running inning in the third extended Florida State's lead to 7-0. Consecutive walks by Brown and Morgan Bullock and an infield single by Senas gave way for Briana Hamilton to step to the plate with no outs. Hamilton drew a bases-loaded walk to bring in a run, and Gomez followed with an RBI groundout to third base. East then hit a high-chopping RBI single to left field to bring the Seminole lead to 4-0.
The big blast of the third inning came off the bat of Hensley, who recorded a three-run home run to right center to extend Florida State's advantage to 7-0. The round-tripper was Hensley's second of the season.
UCF countered with two runs in the bottom of the third, as the Knights had the bases loaded with no outs to mimic Florida State's top half. With two outs, Farrah Sullivan hit an RBI single that was fielded by Brown on the left side of second base with extraordinary effort, but resulted in an infield hit. Kalyn Cenal was then hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to make the score 7-2 before Waldrop forced an inning-ending strikeout to Hayley Barrow.
Senas and Gomez added home runs in the seventh inning, both being tape-measuring blasts to left field to pad the Seminole lead to 10-2.
Florida State travels to Palm Springs, Calif. for one of the nation's most prestigious regular-season tournaments in the Mary Nutter Classic. The Seminoles face No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 17 Stanford, No. 22 Washington, Nebraska and LIU-Brooklyn over the weekend.
Be sure to follow the Seminole softball team on its official Facebook page (Facebook.com/FSUSoftball) as well as on Twitter at @FSU_Softball.


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Although this lush lawn is worthy of a golf course, this barren landscape needs an injection of natural elements and a boost of colours.
The roof, with its various tints of green, is quite recent. The dark brown doors, windows and shutters look harsh upon the white stucco wall. The eventual cosmetic work on the facade will be relatively minimal.
If possible, I would love to see the top of the windows and the shutters squared off. All the doors and the windows should be a dark green inspired by the tones of the shingles. The white lattices behind the glass didn't match the old colour nor does it match our new choice. If they aren't permanently inserted between the two glasses, they could be removed or painted dark green. In the eventuality that they are sandwiched for life, except for the doors, all the windows should be white. The shutters will adorn a lighter version of green in semi-gloss.
New and bolder glass light fixtures ought to replace the shy ones. The metal trims around these should be of the same finish as the door handle.
Generous, made-to-measure flower boxes will be built as wide as the shutters and window combined. They will be secured under the wood panelling and deep enough without touching the ground. Painted or stained opaque dark green, they will play host to drought tolerant white annuals.
A new, wide, central walkway will merge into a slimmer secondary path leading to the driveway.
Rows of boxwood on each side will introduce timeless elegance to the home. A strip of lawn 50-cm wide will be removed to accommodate these persistent leaf shrubs.
On the outer edge of the smaller walk, near the foundation on the right and all along the boxwood hedges; another 45-cm ribbon of turf will also have to be uprooted to welcome a line of flowering perennials. These borders will charm you with their relentless pink blooms and their green to burgundy altering foliage. They will even keep their looks all winter. In the corners of the quarter round flower beds, a couple of miniature lilac trees will gracefully enhance the entry. At their feet, a white carpet of perennial ground cover will co-exist with a few randomly placed Zebra irises. With their upward blade of light green and cream stripes, they will gladly ornate even after the watery purple blossoms end. These beauties will perform better if the ground is not too dense. If it is, work it while adding good garden soil to lighten the consistency.
Dividers are needed between the grass and the new pink perennial borders. So that the clean lines of these don't become altered, another divider will be needed between the geraniums' edge and the white lamium ground cover.
On the left of the lot, I've added a graceful weeping conifer. On the right side, not seen on the photo, is a white flowering Malus tree. For an interesting and massive visual impact, I suggest to include two more of the same variety. Plant in a triangular formation while respecting the required spacing between them. Evergreen shrubs on the left and right side of the house will help frame its large white surface.
Vegetation (from left to right):
- Chamaecyparis nootkatensis Pendula (weeping conifer tree)
- Calibachoa X hybrida Million Bells (annuals, white flower boxes)
- Bacopa Sutera cordata (annuals, white, medium cascading)
- Geranium sanguineum (perennials, pink, border)
- Iris X Germanica Silver Zebra (perennials, variegated, soft violet)
- Lamium White Nancy (ground cover, white)
- Syringa meyeri Palibin (2, shrub on stem, pink)
- Buxus microphylla koreana (shrubs, persistent, hedges path)
- Malus (owner's tree, white + 2 more)
- Taxus Hicksii (2 evergreens, corners of house)


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Simple, rugged, masculine and awesome – this sometimes-forgotten style of furniture is great for beginning and advanced woodworkers.
By Christopher Schwarz
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Campaign-style furniture is as sturdy and simple as Shaker. It is as masculine as Arts & Crafts. And it is free of adornment, like Bauhaus pieces. Yet many woodworkers are unaware of this furniture style, which was popular for more than 150 years in Great Britain, its colonies and North America.
Perhaps the problem is that campaign furniture goes by many names: military furniture, "patent" furniture or traveling furniture. Perhaps enough original examples of the style haven't survived or been featured at major museums. Or maybe there just aren't enough books written about it. For whatever reason, campaign furniture is rarely discussed or built by modern woodworkers, and I would like to change that.
I grew up surrounded by the style, which has roots in both Great Britain and Asia. My grandparents collected the stuff, and my grandfather built several pieces in the style, including some campaign chests and at least two coaching tables. Coaching tables, by the way, are folding tables with a graceful X-shaped base that were used to serve refreshments at carriage stops in the pre-Industrial world.
After my grandfather died, I inherited a box of his leftover pieces of cast brass campaign hardware. And after stumbling upon this box in 2011 in my basement, I decided to embark on building a number of campaign pieces, including a chest of drawers with a secretary in the top drawer.
A campaign chest is a great project – a classic campaign-style piece. But instead of focusing this article entirely on its straightforward joinery and simple construction, I'd like to introduce you to the campaign style, its history and its important details. Though many joints are similar to those in Shaker pieces, there are many construction points that are unique to campaign furniture. So let's get started in medieval Europe.
Furniture of War – at First
Invading armies have to travel, so it makes sense that they would own furniture that was lightweight, portable and rugged. And indeed there is documentary evidence of special field beds for officers during the Renaissance and even earlier, according to published research by William Rieder, a curator in the Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
But it wasn't until the European wars of the 18th century and early 19th century that we encounter a fully formed and separate style of military furniture. British officers purchased their own furniture, and so an entire industry developed to supply them with beds, fold-up tables, collapsible chairs, campaign chests, writing slopes and commodes.
With such strong demand, many leading furniture designers published their own versions of furniture for the military, including Thomas Chippendale, Thomas Sheraton, André-Jacob Roubo and George Hepplewhite.
Blog: See an array of historical campaign chests with unusual drawer arrangements.
Video: Watch a video of the author installing the L-brackets on this chest.
Blog: The author reviews several brands of campaign hardware here, here and here.
Hardware: The hardware used on this chest is from Horton Brasses. You'll also find a full range of excellent hardware for campaign-style pieces at Londonderry Brasses.
To Read: "British Campaign Furniture" by Nicholas A. Brawer (check at your library).
In Our Store: "The Joiner & Cabinet Maker," a British book that will introduce you to traditional casework techniques.
From the August 2012 issue #198
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Visual Glossary
FoliationFoliation forms when pressure squeezes flat or elongate minerals within a rock so they become aligned. These rocks develop a platy or sheet-like structure that reflects the direction that pressure was applied in. Slate, schist, and gneiss (pronounced 'nice') are all foliated metamorphic rocks.
|Its not hard to see that this metamorphic rock, called gneiss, has been foliated, then intensely folded. Photo by Edward P. Klimasauskas, USGS.


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