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Review of
"Evaluation of the Structure and Performance of the Brazilian Tax System
White Paper on Taxation in Brazil"
Discussion Paper: No. IDB-DP-265 August 2013
Published by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
and written by:
José Roberto Rodrigues
Afonso Julia Morais Soares
Kleber Pacheco Castro
This White Paper is essential reading on the distinct policy dimensions of Brazilian Tax Policy and provides a critical assessment of the redistributive effects of current tax policies. This short review outlines the key points and propositions advanced by the IDB,
"The problems include complexity, the heavy burden for the tax administration, the latent cumulativeness, the indirect burden on exports and productive investments, and even tax competition between states to an extent not seen in other federations, referred to by Brazilians as a "fiscal war (2013:6)."
In short, Rodriques, Soares and Castro argue that the Brazilian tax system is inefficient and unjust, and thereby undermines both the economic development of the country and amplifies the income inequality that continues to plague Brazil in the twenty-first century.
"In 2010, the overall gross tax burden reached 34.19 percent of GDP—the fifth highest in the country's history, second only to the tax burden during the 2005–08 period. The tax burden totaled R$1,289 billion. In per capita terms, this level of taxation represented a burden of R$7,022.30 for every Brazilian. On average, every Brazilian resident had to work about 125 days a year (365 days) just to pay taxes (2013:12)."
It is an appropriate policy moment to discuss Brazil's tax system, the historically high "take" coupled with the global and national economic slowdown raises the question of whether the current tax policies are sufficient, or worse, an obstacle to future economic growth and current social equity. As the White Paper and its authors point out, the Brazilian state collects a large proportion of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in taxes, now well above 30%, but has not yet achieved a satisfactory level of quality public services, at least comparable to those developed nations that "take" a third of the economy in taxes. The spat of protests in June illustrate the growing public concern over the relationships between income, taxation and public services. Moreover, the authors of the paper point to the glaring weight of the levy of the ICMS, Brazil's tax on merchandise, services and goods which amounted to 45% of all taxes collected and represented some 15.4% of the GDP in 2010 (2013:22). The ICMS is an indirect tax levied on common purchases of wage goods and services, and is therefore highly regressive especially in the context of high-income inequality. More than any other aspect of Brazil's complex tax code, the ICMS contributes the most to the inefficiency and income concentrating effects.
With respect to Payroll Taxes, the paper criticizes the high levels of employer contributions to the overall weight of these deductions and transfers and suggests that reforming these taxes to reduce employer contributions could lead to great job creation and efficiency, thereby triggering greater productive investment. While such outcomes might be expected given significant reductions for employers, there may be alternative fiscal and regulatory policies that could also achieve such ends. While Payroll tax reforms might be warranted, they certainly are not priority at this time.
However, income and capital gains taxation in Brazil remain relatively low due to the over-reliance on the ICMS as the major source of government revenue in recent decades. In 2010 income and capital gains taxation represented 18.6% of all taxes collected and some 6.4% of GDP. In comparison with the ICMS, as well as the structure of taxation of more developed nations, Brazil's income and capital gains taxation is too low, but cannot be reformed without a concurrent reform of the ICMS, namely the latter's reduction as a source of government revenue.
The white paper treats other critical issues in Brazilian taxation, including inter-governmental transfers, but the core critique of this publication points to the growing need to integrate tax policy into a broader policy framework designed to advance equitable economic development. Indeed, the authors spell out a short list of policy reform areas for consideration, including:
1) Alleviating the fiscal war created by the ICMS and inter-governmental transfers;
2) Fixing the tax credit problem that undermines the country's export led development dynamic;
3) Reducing "cumulative taxes" that distort the efficient allocation of productive resources;
4) The overall need to achieve greater tax equity and justice by lessening regressive taxation, namely the ICMS.
Overall, the IDB and the authors offer a compelling, well-researched policy framework for advancing greater research of Brazilian taxation and guiding policy discussion in an era of growing public and political concern over the gap between taxation and public services in Brazil. The paper offers thoughtful policy analysis that identifies the need for reform and the opportunity to transform taxation to achieve multiple ends; government revenues, increased firm competitiveness and productive investment, and increased social equity. While the private sector has always clamored about the need to reduce payroll and capital gains taxation, it is now time for civil society to understand taxation as a policy area that transcends the state's "take" to finance public services. Rather, and as the authors suggest, citizens and civil society need to advance a tax reform agenda that is compatible with Brazil's need to grow through more equitable public policies.
Read the entire IDB White Paper here:


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Mustard Seeds
There are over forty different varieties of mustard plants, but three are the most popular for culinary use. All mustard seeds have Jekyll and Hyde characteristics. When crushed, they are nose-tinglingly pungent. However, if they are roasted they turn quite nutty and sweet.
There are four colours and three main varieties of mustard seeds. They can be yellow or white, black or brown. True black is rare and brown tends to be used whenever black or brown mustard seed is required in a recipe. Likewise, yellow and white are often used interchangeably. Black and brown seeds have greater potency of flavours than the lighter mustard seeds.
An archaic name for the seed is eye of newt. Often misunderstood for an actual eye of a newt, this name has been popularly associated with witchcraft ever since it was mentioned as an ingredient to a witch's brew in Shakespeare's famous play Macbeth.
Mustard seeds can be traced to different areas of Europe and Asia with the white variety originating in the eastern Mediterranean regions, the brown from the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains, and the black from the Middle East. At one time in Britain, whole swathes of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire grew black mustard seeds, and acres of Cambridge and Essex grew yellow. Major producers today include Hungary, Britain, India, Canada (90%) and the United States.
Mustard is anti-microbial, so it is often included in pickles, chutneys and other preserved foods from a range of countries.
Mustard seeds are mentioned in ancient Sanskrit writings dating back about 5,000 years ago.
Brown Mustard Seeds
The reddish-brown Brown Mustard Seed has also been grown and used in India since ancient times. Although these are often referred to as Black Mustard Seeds, but are a different variety. Brown mustard seeds are similar in size to the black variety and can vary in colour from light to dark brown. They are more pungent than the white, less than the black. Brown mustard is often favoured over black mustard in European production due to the ability to mechanise harvesting.
It is grown widely in India and is particularly suited to spice mixes. In India it is very common to temper mustard seeds in hot oil to bring out their nutty flavour. They are sauteed in hot ghee or oil until they pop and release their flavours – about 30 seconds, depending on the temperature of the oil. They are also planted to grow saag (greens) which are stir-fried and eaten in vegetable preparations.
In China, the brown mustard plant is used as a vegetable. The plant has swollen, fleshy stems and leaf bases, and it is cured with salt and chilli paste and left to ferment.
Black Mustard Seeds
Black mustard seed is a round, hard seed, slightly larger and slightly stronger in flavour than the Brown Mustard Seeds, with a brownish-black colour. The black mustard seed has been replaced for most purposes by the brown species because the latter can be grown and harvested more economically.
They have little fragrance, but have a pungent taste after chewing and a nutty odour after roasting. They are native to Southern Europe and western Asia. It is endemic in the Southern Mediterranean, India and Middle East. It is little planted in Europe anymore.
Bengali's use black mustard seeds in panch phoron, and in South India it is used in cambaar podi. In South India the seeds are fried or roasted until grey before use and this changes their character to a nutty taste. As black mustard seeds pungency is destroyed by other methods of cooking, it is added as late as possible to any dishes.
A mustard paste was made from black mustard, vinegar and wine by the Romans and introduced to central and Northern Europe. These days, white mustard is more commonly used due to its increased stability as a product.
In most recipes, black and brown mustard seeds are interchangeable.
Yellow Mustard Seeds and White Mustard Seeds
Yellow mustard seeds, sometimes called White Mustard Seeds are much larger than the brown variety, but a lot less pungent. Its light outer skin is removed before sale. It has a milder flavour and good preservative qualities. They are the European mustard seed, and grown across much of Europe and North America. This is the mustard seed mostly used in European cooking.
They are also grown in India and used in Indian cuisine when a milder flavour is desired.
Mustard Oil
This oil has the same characteristics as the seeds it comes from. When raw, it smells hot and pungent. When heated, the pungency goes into the air (you can smell it!) and it turns sweet. It is used in Bengali and Kashmiri cookery, and in most oil pickles. Drizzle it on salads, on top of soups, and over steamed vegetables. It is also good for a massage! It is often used for the relief of muscular pain and even sore throats because of its heat. External application in these cases.
Mustard oil is popular over Northern India and indispensable in Bengali cuisine. But it contains toxic isothiocyanates, and so must be strongly heated until smoking immediately before frying any food in it. It is best not to use it raw.
Make Your Own Mustard Seed Paste/Sauce
It is easy to make your own mustard once you have mustard seeds. For instructions, see our recipe here.
Explore our Indian Recipes – many of them will use Mustard Seeds. Feel free to also browse recipes from our Retro Recipes series – vegetarian recipes from our first blog from 1995 – 2006. You might also like our Spice information, or to browse our Indian Essentials series. Take some time to explore our Mid Autumn recipes.


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Depressed Adolescents
The most common psychiatric diagnoses to emerge during adolescence are depressive disorders.[1] These disorders have a profound effect on developmental tasks, including educational achievement and social functioning.1 Adolescent depression is also known to affect health outcomes during young adulthood; however, few studies have tracked the outcomes into this stage.1 Glenn A. Melvin, Ph.D. and colleagues recently completed and published a study that looked into the longer-term clinical and psychosocial outcomes of depressive disorders in early adulthood.1
Melvin and colleagues assessed 111 individuals, aged 17 to 24, who had received a diagnosis of a depressive disorder during their adolescence.1 The participants were assessed an average of 5.7 years after onset and were interviewed using a structured clinical interview.1 Participants also completed several self-report measures.1 All participants were formerly offered psychosocial and/or antidepressant medicine treatment.1
Approximately 93 percent of participants experienced full remission of their initial depressive disorder; however, one or more recurrences of unipolar depressive disorder occurred in 52.4 percent, approximately after 2.9 years.1 The severity of the mental illness was reflected in the high rate of suicide attempts during the follow-up period.1
A diagnosis of a non-mood disorder during the follow-up period was more common (79 percent) than a diagnosis of a depressive disorder.1 In fact, anxiety disorders were the most common diagnosis at 50.5 percent.1 The rates of alcohol use disorder (28.7 percent) and eating disorder (14.9 percent) were notable, as well.1
At the time of the follow-up assessment, many were found to have difficulty in social, occupational, or school functioning.1 Only 58 percent completed high school; however, 77 percent had pursued further studies or vocational training.1 Periods of unemployment were common, and additional treatment for mental health problems were sought by 71 percent.1 More than half were treated with an antidepressant medicine, and 13 percent received an inpatient admission.1
According to Melvin, the high rate of recurrence of depressive symptoms, emergence of non-depressive disorders, and ongoing psychosocial challenges point to the need for more longer-term studies on the management of adolescents with depressive disorders.1 Detecting adolescents who may be at risk for relapse and recurrence is important, as is more effective treatment strategies that reduce the risk of recurrence.1
[1] Melvin GA, Dudley AL, Gordon MS, et al. What happens to depressed adolescents? A follow-up study into early adulthood. J Affect Disord. 2013;151:298-305. – See more at: http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/child-adolescent-psychiatry/what-happens-depressed-adolescents#sthash.vQXCyYPX.dpuf


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Hi Carson Ward Family, Family and Friends,
How prepared is your children's local school in case of a disaster?
With school starting soon we need to make sure our children and grandchildren are protected in case of a disaster or emergency situation. How prepared is your child's school for an emergency disaster? Do they have an emergency preparedness plan?
While our daughter was living in Torrance, California, USA I was very impressed with their school emergency preparedness plan. Each class room has a large trash can with wheels where at the beginning of each school year the parents are responsible for putting together a 72 Hour Emergency Preparedness Individual Kit for their child. If they had a previous kit from the year before they replace the food/water and clothing (children grow). In the child's kit they have food and water for 3 days (3 meals, juice drinks, water and snacks), a warm sweater, a photo of their family, and an activity book with a pen or pencil (and sharpener). Everything is placed in an extra large plastic zip lock bag with their name on it and place in the large trash can which is kept in each classroom. If there is an emergency and they need to evacuate the teacher can roll the classroom emergency trash can with them. At the end of the school year the parents collect their child's kit and return it the next year with the replaced items. I love this idea!!!
Some schools have large metal containers they store emergency food, water and medical supplies in for the school. This container brings me some concerns. I do not think the food and water is replaced every year, you might want to check on this with your school, and being in a metal container with the hot sun beating on it everyday will cause the food to not last as long. But, it is better than nothing!
Check with your children and grandchildren's local school and school district to see what precautions they are taking to protect your children in a disaster or emergency situation.
Great New Find...
There is a great website where those with special needs during a disaster or emergency situation can register and receive the help they will need. Go to SNAP and read all about it and register. "Should a disaster strike in your area, this registry will be used to enhance the
efficiency of those agencies called upon to respond." (snap.lacounty.org) This is for people who live in the Los Angeles County, USA. There may be volunteer groups in your county or area that may do the same thing. Check with your local county or area.
Weekly Assignment: 72 Hour Individual Emergency
Stressor Kit
What is a Stressor Kit? A Stressor Kit is a kit that will help
you and your family members during a disaster or stressful situation. If
provides things to do. There are 10 items in this kit. We will add one or two
items each week.
This week add the following:
1) A family photo to each family member's Stressor Kit
2) An activity book (age appropriate) to each family member's Stressor Kit
Blessings of a Vegetable Garden...
I have talked about this before. Let me share one of the blessings we have received this year from our vegetable garden. As you remember from my last blog posting, while our grandchildren were here visiting from Missouri they helped me harvest and clean our carrots. There were large bowls of carrot everywhere in our kitchen. I blanched and froze 86 cups of carrots. Our freezer is full of carrots, zucchini and tomatoes. I figured out how much we have saved by growing and harvesting our own carrots. Yes, it is a little bit of work, but I love the results and it is worth it. I can purchase a package of frozen carrots at our local grocery store, about a cup and half, $1.00 for each package. That is a little over $57 dollars. I purchased two packages of organic carrot seeds for about $5. I saved $52 by growing my own carrots. I can also purchase a pound of fresh carrots (2 cups) for $1.00, still saving $38.00. Wow! I love it! Not only have we saved money, but we have carrots in our food storage.
Emergency Preparedness Ideas:
Emergency Preparedness: It's Not All About Food...
Click here for great ideas from Meridian Magazine (LDS magazine) on non food storage ideas to store and why. Three pages of great ideas. Print this one out. Share with family, friends and neighbors.
Comments: All your comments, ideas, suggestions and experiences
are welcome! We all learn from each other. Thank you for your comments.


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There is more to the South Carolina State-Hillcrest connection, though, than convenience of location. The school and the golf course are joined by history, both good and bad.
In 1968, Orangeburg and its historically black college made national headlines with the deaths of three S.C. State students during a civil rights demonstration, forever after known as the Orangeburg Massacre. Then, later that year, school president M. Maceo Nance took the first steps to creating a public golf course that would serve both blacks and whites.
Nance that fall visited Elizabeth City (North Carolina) State, where he saw a golf driving range built on school property. Nance didn't play golf - he would later become an avid player - but he knew that S.C. State students and other blacks in the community had to drive to Columbia or Charleston to find a place to play then (these days, the city's private Orangeburg Country Club accepts members of all races).
"The more I thought about it, the more I thought (a public course) was an excellent idea," Nance, now deceased, said in 2000. "I was interested in ways to improve the community (and) that wasn't easy then for South Carolina State to do."
Nance approached Orangeburg's city manager, Bob Stephenson, about creating a recreation facility that would help bring together and heal the racially divided town. He offered to lease S.C. State's 150-acre dairy farm to the city for 50 years at $1 a year and turn the land into a joint city-school complex, with tennis courts, baseball and softball fields - and a golf course.
"The property still belongs to the school," says Jake Fogle, an Orangeburg native and head professional since 2003. "The women's golf team practices here and they host a tournament here each year."
Fogle has been on the Hillcrest staff for 16 years and is only its fourth head professional. In fact, he says, "This is the only (golf course) I've ever worked." His best round there is a 7-under 65 - "many, many years ago when I played much golf," he says with a laugh.
Now in its 40th year - the course opened in 1973, with Gov. John West hitting the ceremonial first shot - Hillcrest was designed and built by popular architect Russell Breeden. Besides local players, the 6,722-yard, par-72 course lures travelers with billboards along nearby Interstate 26.
Interestingly, the course opened the same year that South Carolina State alumnus Willie Jeffries arrived, taking over a struggling Bulldogs football program and making it a small-college powerhouse. In two stints (1973-78 and 1989-2001), Jeffries compiled a 179-132-6 record and was voted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010.
Jeffries, now retired from coaching, serves on the course's golf commission, as does his successor at South Carolina State, Buddy Pough, an Orangeburg native and avid golfer.
With a front nine that winds through pine forests and a more-open back nine, Hillcrest features rolling terrain, a number of elevated greens, and water on five holes. The signature hole is the par-5 15th, which requires two solid shots to reach the dogleg right, then a precise approach to a mounded green with water left, right and long.
"It's a risk-reward hole, where you can take a chance (of reaching the green in two shots) at a birdie, or you can make bogey or much worse," Fogle says. The par-4 17th also is a gambler's hole, allowing players to play safe off the tee or try to drive over as much of the lake as they dare to set up a shorter approach.
Hillcrest bills itself as one of the state's top municipal courses, but it is more than that: over four decades it has become a gathering place for families and youngsters playing baseball, softball and tennis as well as golf. With attractive rates ($25 weekdays, $29 Saturday-Sunday, including cart) and room to miss on many fairways, Hillcrest is a favorite of vacationers to the nearby Santee Cooper area.
And during football season, especially since Pough's teams have won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) two of the past three seasons, Bulldogs fans consider it the perfect ending to a memorable weekend. "A lot (of fans) stay over and play (Sunday) before they head back home," Fogle says.
For South Carolina State alumni with long memories, Hillcrest is not just part of a return to their alma mater. It's also part of their school's history - a golf course to call their own.
For information and/or tee times, call (803) 533-6040 or click here.


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LaFayette shares message of nonviolence
with CCRI audience
Feb. 25, 2014
CCRI students, faculty and staff had the opportunity to hear a different kind of history lesson when they gathered to listen to celebrated civil rights activist Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr. on Monday, Feb. 24, in the auditorium at the Flanagan Campus in Lincoln.
LaFayette spoke to a full house about his experiences on the front line of the civil rights movement, giving the audience an insight into his work as a Freedom Rider, as the national coordinator of the Poor People's Campaign, and as the co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, among other monumental efforts.
He also spoke at length about one of his close colleagues, Martin Luther King Jr., offering humorous anecdotes about the late King alongside inspirational moments from his teachings. "He was a pool shark," LaFayette remembered, chuckling, how King approached his negotiations on common ground – even if that ground was a smoky pool hall.
LaFayette is known primarily in Rhode Island as one of the founders of the University of Rhode Island's Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies. Though he first put his own college education on hiatus to join the Nashville Student Movement to protest segregated lunch-counters – eventually being arrested for the first of 27 times for this and other causes – LaFayette spoke of the academic environment as the "perfect place" to talk about the issue of change through nonviolence.
"From my own experiences, and having had the opportunity to learn from Martin Luther King Jr., we're in the right place here. Our academic studies must be related to practical problems, and our study has to be focused on practical solutions. When we talk about science, most of you think about technical science – but social science is also a science," he said.
He spoke about the importance of education, particularly reaching across boundaries and comfort zones to find inspiration in unlikely places. When he was studying for his doctorate in education at Harvard University, for example, LaFayette said he learned much about the concept of reconciliation in the nonviolence movement via courses on Japanese management techniques.
It's this kind of valuable cross-pollination that underscores the need to function as a community, just as it underscores the fact that problems exist on a systemic, connected level, and must be addressed as such. "We're not born alone, we don't live alone, and we're not going to die alone, either," he said.
This thread of togetherness – and of recognizing that "differences exist, but differences don't matter" – ran through the entirety of LaFayette's lecture as he traced the path of the nonviolence movement. He spoke of King's improbable attraction to Gandhi, noting with characteristic humor that this was further evidence that King didn't embrace the norm.
"A Baptist preacher who embraced Gandhi? People didn't know who Gandhi was. But he saw the relationship between Gandhi and social movements and nonviolence. He embraced and appreciated people from other cultures and philosophies," LaFayette said.
"It's wrong to say he had a dream," said LaFayette of King. "He has a dream."
LaFayette's own career as a practicant and advocate of nonviolence had followed a similar path to King's. As Richard Tarlaian, social sciences instructor and Nonviolence Club adviser, pointed out in his introduction to the lecture, "Although Dr. King has died, the dream hasn't. It's been carried on by people like Dr. LaFayette."
It was the hope of continuing that dream that influenced Tarlaian, who first worked with LaFayette when the latter was training the former in nonviolence studies while Tarlaian was working on the Providence Police force, the first group of people LaFayette trained in the state. And it was the hope of continuing that dream that brought LaFayette to campus, where he attended classes in addition to the lecture.
Moramya Ortiz, a student studying social work and a member of the Nonviolence Club in Lincoln, said she was inspired to join the club to learn more about the nonviolence movement after her cousins were violently murdered in Puerto Rico. "There's more to nonviolence studies than just not fighting," she said. "It's about learning how to handle your internal violence, too."
After the lecture, Ortiz said that "it was amazing" to hear LaFayette speak, noting that the lecture "opened her eyes to the value of overcoming differences in a respectful way." Indeed, much of LaFayette's talk centered around the practical advice that differences are inevitable, but should not be viewed as insurmountable – nor should they be ignored. Rather, they should be used as opportunities for leverage through learning.
URI freshman Jose Terrazo, who learned about the lecture through his African-American history class, echoed Ortiz's statements. "I enjoyed it and learned a lot. It's always good to learn about history," said Terrazo, who was one of many students waiting to talk to LaFayette after the presentation, and to get his signature on copies of his new book, "In Peace and Freedom: My Journey in Selma."
The Office of Student Life, Flanagan Student Government and Nonviolence Club sponsored the event.
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Italy Writers 5 – 0 Scotland Writers
Stadio Johnny Moscardini, Barga, Saturday 3rd September, 2016
Report by Doug Johnstone
So you travel all the way to Tuscany and find yourself in an Irish pub called The Shamrock. It's Scottish Weekend in Barga. And to celebrate, the deep fat fryer in The Shamrock is broken. Nae chips? That's NOT a Scottish Weekend.
Fourteen intrepid souls had travelled to Barga to play Italy Writers and to take part in the town's annual festivities. Barga is known as The Most Scottish Place in Italy, and in fact it's more Scottish than a lot of places in Scotland, with kilts, tartan tat shops, pipe bands and saltires around every corner.
One thing that isn't very Scottish is the 30 degree heat. Or the amazing Tuscan scenery. Or the relaxed Italian vibe. But the rest, aye, pure Scotch. Especially the sausage dog in a kilt.
So we had the usual Friday night fun of trying not to get too pished before match day. Made even more precarious by the fact that kick-off time was 10am on Saturday to avoid the worst of the heat. And for the most part we did OK. Folk drank a bit, then went to bed. Mostly. Some folk stayed up a bit later. More of which in a moment.
Next morning. We were bunking in Villa Gherardi, a beautiful hostel where the lovely owner Adele, a native of Bearsden, was in charge.
Over breakfast Ciaran casually said: 'So, have you seen Cammy?'
Me: 'Ha ha, nice wind up.'
Ciaran: 'Seriously, he never came home last night.'
Me: 'Aw fuck. Not again.'
This set the tone for the next few hours. Greg had brought him home. His phone was in his room, out of charge. His camera was found on a neighbour's patio. Francesco had seen him enter, then leave, his room around 4am.
Good fun!
Meantime we nashed down to the Johnny Moscardini Stadium for the match. It was already proper fucking hot, and the pitch was a bumpy desert, but the view, like everywhere in Barga, was amazing.
Still no Cammy.
Warm up.
Still no Cammy.
Speeches from the mayor and members of the Pro Loco Barga, a volunteer tourist organization. Thomas Clark read a frankly awesome poem he'd written about Johnny Moscardini, the only male Scottish player to play for Italy. It had the Scots in stitches, and the Italians amused and confused. We took to the pitch with mascots and sang the national anthems. With a piper, for Christ's sake. I mean, this was legit.
The Scots were lined up with new boy Martin Stewart in goal, Danny Stewart and debutant Stan Stanton as centre backs. Out wide were Neil Williamson on the left and Thomas Clark on the right. Centre midfield was the domain of Doug Johnstone and Peter Mackay, while out wide were Emily Dodd on the left and Matthew Fitt out right. Up front, Ciaran Mackie and Greg Eden. Refusing to play defensive, we went 4-4-2, hoping to match the Italians in the middle of the park.
I had been sad, on the Friday night, to see in the Shamrock that the opposition had brought their A-team. Francesco Trento up front, Carlo Grande Sr and Jr, and the absolute class of Gianluca Lombardi in the Pirlo role. Elsewhere, Dino Giarusso and Stefano Lazzarini were always going to be dangerous. Damn it.
The match started pretty even, early tussles in the midfield balancing out. The Italians gradually had more pressure and after around 20 mins that paid off, with some nice interchange out wide putting Zannoni through on goal.
The Italians were piling on the pressure and it came good, something of a penalty box stramash resulting in the ball bobbling up into the air for Lombardi to score with the sclaffiest bicycle kick I have ever seen. Honestly, if he had connected properly, Stewart would've saved it, easy. But as it was, it trundled into the bottom corner.
After the first water break, Fitt did his hammy, which was all we needed. With Cammy still AWOL we were down to 12 fit bodies. But Scotland had a decent spell, a couple of shots from Johnstone at least testing Ferrario in the Italian goal.
But then the classic 'caught on the break'. A clever through ball split the defence and Grande Jr was there to lob the onrushing Stewart.
3-0 half-time.
Fuck's sake.
29 degree heat was taking its toll, but it honestly didn't feel like we should've been three down. Slumped in the little shade we could find, drinking water like it was cheap lager, the talk was all of getting back into it.
And it felt like we could, despite everything.
Until the first minute of the second half, when Grande Jr added to his earlier goal with an absolute peach into the bottom corner from the right hand edge of the box.
But much like in the game in Rome, we dug in to fuck, and absolutely had the better of the match from then on.
Suddenly, the Scots were on fire. Almost literally, with the factor 50 slapped on. The midfield started pushing on, Mackay and Johnstone digging in when necessary, making runs into dangerous areas when possible. Adrian Searle and Craig Robertson had shored up the defence, leaving Clark in a more attacking role wide right.
And the chances came. A couple of through balls from Johnstone and Mackay gave Mackie one-on-ones with the keeper, admittedly from tight angles. Good interplay with Dodd out wide gave another break for Mackie, while Eden also had a good chance, and Clark blasted past the post from wide right. And a quick throw from Clark and lob from Johnstone gave Mackie a difficult header which he directed brilliantly, only for Ferrario to make a great save.
And then, just as all this pressure was surely going to bring a goal, the classic sucker punch. A Scottish corner, well collected by their keeper, quickly released out wide right. A touch, a pass, a touch, a pass, and Trento was through on goal. A sublime finish made it 5-0.
Aw, come on tae fuck.
Dig in, dig in.
And we did. More chances, more tackles, more runs, great defending from Stewart and Stanton and Robertson, and everyone really.
But that was it.
Full time.
Christ, the heat.
The sweat.
I. Have. Never. Been. So. Fucking. Knackered.
Still no Cammy.
We might actually have to call the police and hospitals for this one.
Game over, a rousing round of applause from the sizeable crowd, many of whom were clearly rooting for Scotland. Much back slapping and good feeling, despite the defeat.
And so to the pub!
We somehow ended up having a beer somewhere outside the Shamrock again.
Still no Cammy.
I phoned Adele at the hostel, who had spoken to a guy who was cleaning a swimming pool at another hotel and said a scruffy, dusty fud had been asleep in a hammock there early in the morning.
And reader, we found him.
Outside a fucking pub, drinking a beer, smoking a tab, and reading the Gazetta dello Sport.
Like a cunt.
And clearly still drunk.
So anyway, relieved that we didn't have to file a missing persons report, we nashed on to the antipasto lunch. Raw sausage, weird quiche, ham-fat on toast – all of it gorgeous.
Then we went and had a formal reception with the vice-mayor, like you do. I got to sit on a throne and shake hands with her and give a speech I wasn't expecting, then I gave the Johnny Moscardini trophy that Simon had made up to the Italian captain Giampaolo Simi, much to his surprise and delight. Presents were exchanged and we all went out and hung about on the mayor's balcony, like you do.
A few hours later we were back in the main piazza, many beers to the good, eating unbelievable amounts of free and amazing food, talking nonsense about sport and literature, and then some readings.
Adrian, Emily, Francesco and Peter all gave terrific readings in difficult, drunken, outdoor circumstances, then Steffano and Giampaolo played an Italian football song, before me and Giampaolo played Ally's Tartan Army and Mull of Kintyre in front of an utterly bemused local population.
By now we had clearly won the drinking, but we were going for the kill. Sleeping is for gimps. Especially if you have to get up at 3.30 am anyway to go to the airport and fly home. Which we did. Sitting drinking in the dark outside the Villa Gherardi with most of the team, I honestly laughed so hard at all the bullshit nonsense that I thought I might puke.
An absolutely HUGE thanks to everyone who came and played and drank and read and sang their hearts out, everyone who made us feel so welcome, and the Italian team, who are the most gracious winners I have ever met.
Even though we got beat, and it was now four days ago, I'm still buzzing. I thought our team performance was absolutely terrific, every single player, honestly.
This is a good thing we're doing, people.
Let's keep on keeping on.
Forza Scozia!


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Consumer electronics giant LG Electronics is to make a major improvement to its Google TV selection, initiation seven models in five screen sizes throughout 2013. Even after two years' accessibility, the jury is efficiently still out on the Google TV proposal and the service's history to date has been determined by a general lack of necessary hardware as well as subject concerning forceful content.
A major drive by a CE firm of LG's position will be a enormous stimulus to Google TV and, to be reveal at CES 2013 in Las Vegas, the new line-up will include two model series - GA7900 and GA6400 - designed, claims LG, to deliver "an exceptionally perceptive user experience, different sizes and new design to better meet consumers' expectations."
The sets will also merge Google's latest podium and LG's redesigned Magic Qwerty Remote to augment the efficiency of voice search and the PrimeTime quick guide. A rationalized Home Dashboard offers rationalized access to premium video-on-demand (VOD) satisfied from HBO GO, YouTube and from Google apps. The console now offers 'cards' that act as folders to exhibit apps and other contented.
Connectivity options contain the capability to pair a YouTube app revise for Android, Smartphone and tablets with Google TV over the same home network via Wi-Fi. LG Google TV will also offer the OnLive app pre-installed, which change the TV into a gaming podium without the need for a divide comfort.


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The First Shaman Storyteller
© Paschal Baute, 2008
Once upon a time, a very long time ago, Young Black Elk was sad as he prepared his body for the hunt. It was still winter and food supplies were short. This would be his first hunt without his favorite hunting companion, Big White Hawk. He still found it difficult to believe that Big White Hawk was gone, it had all happened so suddenly.
Big White Hawk was not only among the bravest and most agile and quick in the tribe but he was one of the biggest. Whoever got the final death blow had the right to the choicest of the meat, so he often got the best.
In the last hunt, they were about to deliver the final blow to the wounded tiger. Big White Hawk with his usual daring had approached from the blind side fo the beast within touching distance when the beast turned suddenly and with a slash of his armed had ripped Deer's throat. As he lay beside the wounded animal, the tiger pounced and had him by the throat before Black Elk of one of the other hunters could do anything. By the time they killed the tiger, Brown Noose was gone, no life in him. None of them could believe it. He had been the bravest, the most daring, of all the tribe';s warriors. In one sudden unexpected move of a wounded animal, Big White Hawk, the bravest of the brave was gone.
Since we had no way to bring back his body, he was buried there with a few rocks marking the spot. Now Young Black Elk was preparing for his first hunting without the one whom he admired the most. Perhaps he could take some of that bravery with him, perhaps the bravery could be passed on. He ask the spirit of Big White Hawk to be with him.
The new hunt was successful, and he felt the spirit Brown Moose with him. On the way home, as they passed the place where his friend had been buried, young Black Elk stopped. He would leave a trinket, a warrior bracelet there, and in order that it not be taken by others, he dug a hole and left it beside his friend.
That night he had a dream. Big White Hawk came to him and told him he was in another place, a land of good hunting and thanked him for visiting his grave. As Young Black Elk thought about this dream the next day, he told it in the village gathering. Everyone assented. They had always believed in calling on their ancestors to be with them in any new crisis. The daring and agile spirit of Big White Hawk would be with the young hunters of the tribe to lead them to be successful.
In later gatherings, young Black Elk would recount other hunts in which the bravery of Big White Hawk had been outstanding. These stories pleased the tribe and its elders, so he was increasingly called on for stories. As he grew in his own hunting skill, he was sure that the spirit of Big White Hawk was with him helping him be successful. As the stories grew, the sense of the tribe grew that there was indeed an after life in which their dead lived, and from this other life, these other, now passed on warriors could still be with them to help make them successful. They began increasingly to honor the burial sites, first of the warriors and then later of all tribe members. As this practice seemed to make this tribe more successful in their hunting, the practice spread to other tribes. Before long, all the tribes of the area were honoring the burial graves of their loved ones with trinkets, even tools and weapons for the next life.
Young Black Elk, now no longer so young, was increasingly called on for stories. Like any good story teller, he added detail to spice up the story, and soon Big White Hawk was the most awesome of all the hunters of the tribe. His reputation was recounted by others, and stories about him and his brave exploits became inspirational to all the young hunters.
Young Black Elk, now called simply Black Elk, had become the designated storyteller for his tribe, their first shaman, or medicine man. The tribe with stories soon learned that stories gave them a competitive advantage in survival. If they believed they were the bravest, their stories were their placebo. Before long, each tribe soon had a storyteller, and as the stories grew, so did both the imagination and the success of the hunters. Increasingly they were able to images things not present, like bravery, courage and compassion.
Imagining these qualifies pf courage, agility and ingenuity improved ways to make their weapons better, gave them increased survival power. They became more inventive and more powerful among their peers. We know this process started about 100,000 years ago with the first Neanderthal's ritual graves. Before that time, human bones were found simply scattered.
It was the encounter with death that created the first storytellers. As their art grew, so did their language skills. Storytellers, the initial few with an imagination others did not yet have became the culture creators, bringing more invention and more adaptability to their peoples.
It is proposed here, from the evidence of ritual burial dating to l00,000 years age, that the need to explain death and the challenges of life was the spur for developing language to support the storytelling and therefore narrative intelligence and imagination.
Storytellers today are part of that ancient art, that skill and that primitive profession. They were the early agents of change through their storytelling, opening possibilities and bring to early humans the power of the imagination
Armstrong, Karen, A Brief History of Myth
Campbell, Joseph, The :Power of Myth
Many articles on the Internet about the origins of storytelling.
See also new article by Paschal "Who Were the First Storytellers?"
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Homelessness is a complex and challenging problem to tackle at the best of times, needing coordination between mental health services, addiction, debt, housing, employment, health and a range of other services to find practical and effective solutions that work for individuals and stay the course.
But in the middle of a housing crisis that work is made all the more challenging.
Nicola has in the past spent time with the Gatehouse, Simon House, Crisis and other services working with homelessness. She is also a Patron of both the Ley Community, an abstinence-based residential rehab in Yarnton, and of the Archway Foundation, the charity for loneliness, which both play a role in homelessness pathway in Oxfordshire.
Most recently, Nicola met with Lesley Dewhurst, Chief Executive, of Oxfordshire Homeless Pathways at their project in Abingdon which offers homeless individuals over 22, 13 self contained flats. The project includes one emergency accommodation flat and support staff to help residents get back on their feet.
As well as hearing about the work of OxHOP, Nicola discussed concerns about cuts to Oxfordshire County Council's funding, the effect of the introduction of Universial Credit on private landlords, and the lack of accessible housing with Lesley and her staff.


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The Newest Net Neutrality Squabble May Be Great For Consumers
As part of a recent change in public posture on the issue of Net Neutrality sparked by the White House, the FCC is now gathering public feedback about the idea of regulating all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) under Title II of the Communications Act. While cable companies are vehemently against this new framework of government regulation for obvious economic reasons, there is an even greater danger to their nearly unilateral grip on broadband dollars as Google and other new entrants may be able to turn this change in regulatory structure into a way to gain greater access to existing infrastructure.
Google filed a public comment with the FCC emphasizing the fact that regulation under Title II must also confer the benefits of that Act along with the well-known responsibilities, and that includes full access to utility poles and other existing infrastructure that many industry pundits have long regarded as an artificial barrier of entry preventing new broadband providers from entering the ISP marketplace.
The FCC has already recognized that access to poles, ducts, conduits, and rights-of-way owned or controlled by utilities is essential for broadband deployment according to Austin Schlick, Google's director of communications law who stated "Forbearance from allowing [broadband Internet] providers access to available infrastructure under Section 224 would… maintain a substantial barrier to network deployment by new providers such as Google Fiber."
ARS Technica also reported its findings after speaking with Cable Industry Lobbyists who pointed out many scenarios that would be catastrophic for monopolistic providers, but sound very intriguing to many consumers. Chief among those findings was the admission by Cable Industry insiders that a change to Title II regulation could also lead to "rate setting" requirements being imposed on ISPs, similar to the way other utilities are now managed by governmental standards and practices.
Whether this change is really going to happen or is simply a strong bargaining chip to be used as leverage in the battle to keep the Internet neutral remains to be seen, but everyone will be watching these maneuvers in 2015 and in the run up to the next national elections in 2016.


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Heard on Chicago Public Radio this morning that the Bush administration doesn't like the 'global war on terrorism' anymore. No no, hang on, wait before you fall off the chair! The administration is quite happy with all the killing in Iraq(yeah yeah, those bastards are terrorists, why would they attack us on 9/11 instead?) and elsewhere. What the administration doesn't like is the tagline 'global war on terrorism' (GWOT). I am sure all the brave, young Americans fighting in Iraq will be very much relieved to hear this. Not to mention the poor Iraqis who are getting killed left, right and center. How heartening it is to know that one is not in the midst of a global war on terrorism anymore.
My spirits went up too - maybe we will not be fighting an abstract noun anymore. Not so fast. The newscaster reported that according to the Bush administration, we are all now involved in a 'global struggle against violent extremism' (GSAVE). Another abstract noun! How do you struggle against abstract nouns? As Terri Jones of the Monty Python fame asks in this beautiful piece written some years ago, how will an abstract noun surrender?
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
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It's funny, the repubs are saying the exact same things they vilified the dems for saying before the elections. But the truth is, whatever they call it now, it doesnt make a bit of a difference, people will still get blown up and terrorist attacks will still increase. The damage has already been done.
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If you live in Simpsonville and are planning to celebrate Independence Day in an explosive way, you have a new schedule to follow.
The Simpsonville City Commission on Tuesday gave final, unanimous approval – Commissioner Vicky Wise was absent – to an ordinance that restricts the use of fireworks in the city to July 3 and July 4.
Those dates could be adjusted if the city determines the legal holiday would be celebrated on July 5, but otherwise residents have a 2-day window.
Crawford leaves newspaper
for new gig at WDRD-Ch. 41
Shelby County native and second-generation journalist Eric Crawford is leaving his role as sports columnist at The Courier-Journalto join the staff of WDRB-Channel 41 in Louisville.
Crawford, whose father, Shelby County resident Byron Crawford, was a news columnist at the paper for 29 years, and fellow sports columnist Rick Bozich announced the stunning move on Monday night.
Shelby County Public Schools added two new principals to the ranks this week, with J.J. Black leaving Painted Stone to take over at Heritage and John Leeper being hired from Carroll County High School lead Collins High School.
As principal at Carroll County, Leeper saw the school become one of 40 Bronze Medal Schools, as recognized in U.S. News and World Reportmagazine.
But he won't stop there with his new school.
Nearly 450 seniors took the first step toward their futures Saturday as Collins, Cornerstone and Shelby County schools held their graduation ceremonies.
But these students seem more than ready to meet the challenges of the world, not to mention college, considering 237 SCHS seniors, 187 Collins seniors and 9 Cornerstone seniors earned about $3 million in scholarships, grants and awards.
Amid the popping flashes, the crying parents and cheering friends and siblings was the admittance, and sometimes reluctance, of the upcoming change for these seniors.
Shelby County Public Schools wrapped up the school year with the controversial last day of school Monday.
The day, which was originally planned to be Friday but was pushed to Monday because of one snow day during the winter, was much maligned, with many believing the district should have cancelled it.
However, that was not an option, but many argued that the last day of school didn't include instruction and often was wasted, and school board member Sam Hinkle also posed that question with the calendar change was proposed in late March.
Fire department officials in Shelby County say they are pleased with the results of this year's Crusade for Children.
The county's donations rose by 3 percent – to $138,560 from $133,927 in 2011 – which was in contrast to the Crusade in general, which saw donations decline by 2 percent, from $5,301,881 to $5,189,348.
Shelby County Fire Chief Bobby Cowherd said he was very satisfied with the collection efforts.
For four Shelby County teens, prom night ended not with a party but with a horrific brush with death and tragedy.
But it's thanks to them that a young woman, the sole survivor of a horrible, multiple-fatality crash, did not have to suffer alone as she lay among three dead and dying members of her family on a lonely stretch of interstate highway during the middle of the night.
McConnell to speak today
at luncheon in Stratton Center
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Senate's majority leader, will be in Shelbyville today to speak at a luncheon at Stratton Center.
The luncheon, which is 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., is open to the public. There has been no announcement if McConnell will take questions from those attending.
Tickets are $20 and are available through the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce.
Portion of Benson Road to be closed
Although Saturday will be filled with graduation parties, gifts and cards, there won't be any graduation ceremonies that day.
Because Shelby County Public Schools still has one more day of school left on Monday, this weekend will be commencement ceremony weekend instead of graduation weekend. Diplomas will have to wait until after Monday.
However, the schools are still abuzz with activity, commencement practices are filling afternoons Thursday and today, and hotels are booked.
The Shelbyville City Council primary election results from May 22 will stand as is.
On the night of the election, Democrat candidate Suzanne White said she was likely to ask for a recount after missing out on making the General Election by 11 votes. Incumbent Shane Suttor topped White, 465 to 454, for the final spot for the Democrats in the General Election. The entire election was very close, with only 99 votes separating White from the top vote-getter, Donna Eaton.
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Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution, by Francis Fukuyama. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 261 pages. $25.
In still another trendy book, Francis Fukuyama, a professor at the Johns Hopkins University and author of the best-selling The End of History and the Last Man, leads the reader through his own confusions about biotechnology.
The book makes hard reading. Again and again, Fukuyama, who is billed by his publisher as "our greatest social philosopher," changes his meaning of concepts, distorts others, takes parts for wholes, and illustrates clearly the lesson of his earlier books -- that he is a moderately assiduous journalist, and an unclear thinker.


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Hey ladies! Where are you guys from & how many babies do y'all have? I'm 18, I'm from North Carolina & pregnant with my first! It's a boy!
Also add me on Snapchat I'd love to see the babies grow! @haley_haley04
Well I don't Snapchat but my ig is @momchoms
What are you nervous about? I had my first at 17, i was terrified, suicidal, and didn't know what to do. I wish I had known then what I know now and that is, it gets better as long as you want it enough.
I am still on this board in hopes to give girls like you hope and encouragement. This is my summed up story.
I finished high school by getting my GED, i used to get awesome grades but i lived in a small town of graduating classes of 30 people and the gossip sucks. So i left school. I really had no hope for my own future and married my boyfriend of since 8th grade (babies father) he joined the military and we moved to England (can you imagine 17, with a baby in a new country!) I had my second baby at 19 and my marriage which I wish had never happened ended. He was abusive and told me daily I should kill myself and cheated on me. Once he left our children on the side of the road in their carseats to hurt me. He has since emotionally hurt our children and has never paid child support. They are now 17&19 one will graduate high school early and the other is a sophomore at WCU.
At 20 I went from married with two kids tow being a single mother and working 2 jobs. It was VERY HARD and sleep was long forgotten. Getting things for myself was long gone. I often didnt eat because i had to feed my girls and somehow i was never eligible for state assistance. It was very hard. But I did it! I joined the Air National guard as an Air Traffic Controller when they were little and when I came back from an Iraq deployment I got out because it was too hard to leave them and I became homeless for a short time because I could not fond a job due to I was over qualified at that point for normal jobs and I did not have a college degree to get a professional job. Plus I had mild PTSD. It took two years of applying to get a job with the FAA as an Air Traffic Controller and that in itself was a struggle with training and rotating shifts. But I did it! My last salary with the FAA was $96,683 per year. I quit that job in January of this year. Now I work for myself and the company has made over $700k this year. I have a 5 yr old now and 2 yr old twins and just got married in May at 36.....
My point of all this is. Don't be afraid. Don't take less then what you know you deserve from any man. Spend every possible moment making wonderful memories with your baby because it really does go by so fast. Even in times of struggle and sleeplessness love your baby, you will forget so much of their childhood when they are grown so take lots of happy pictures.
And don't be afraid, it will be hard no doubt but nothing is impossible you are creating a whole other person, so you have to know that your possibilities are without limit unless you put those limits on yourself. Be patient in life and also with baby. They are all different and learn differently. Do not let any man take your happiness. No matter what. Be strong.
Depend on yourself and build the life you want and be willing to WORK for it.
I love babies and want to adopt because I cannot have more. But I have 5 of my own and 3 step children so thats 8 but only 3 are little.
What part on nj? I'm 25 living
I'm ocean county
You're an inspiration!! It's like you've had two lives in one.. just love your fierce determination. Thanks so much for sharing. I'm going to move forward and make the best of things but I'm going to try even harder now & believe that it really can be done now that I've read your message!


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Most people argue with me when I tell them should have at least one suit in their closet. I am not talking about the polyester suits you find at Younkers (although they have their purpose). I am talking about two-piece suits where you buy the jacket and pants separately (and in different sizes if you need to). Clients have expressed hesitation because a suit feels too structured, too stuffy or too boring. I can see where they get that feelings, especially when suits are presented in catalogs and in stores like the one pictured here from Ann Taylor. You could fall asleep looking at this plain outfit. Thankfully the model is wearing a bright lip color.
But let's take another look at this neutral suit. (Neutral colors are black, white, beige, navy, gray and brown.) It amazes me how many people coordinate their suit with only the top it came with or the one they bought at the same time. Stretch your imagination. Imagine how that suit will look with a simple change of top:
Clockwise from the upper left side we have:
Ann Taylor Diamond Shibori Top. The lines create the hour-glass shape so will be very flattering.
Loft Shirred Top. This top has a lot of texture (see last post) so it will add interest to the "boring" suit.
Ann Taylor Crepe Shell. Simplicity at its finest. Nothing more need be said. Well, okay, I'd probably put a statement necklace with it!
Land's End Ruffle Collar Blouse. If you like a bit of femininity to contrast the masculine pant suit, this is your ticket. Don't both trying to get the ruffles to go over the suit lapels. Just let them lay down flat under the jacket. They will still look frilly.
Notice that all the tops have either bright colors, patterns or texturizing–anything to add interest.
Now that you've experimented a bit with different tops, think of all the possibilities you can do if you just use the jacket with a floral or denim skirt. Pair the jacket with a sundress and you will be comfortable in all the air conditioning. The pants will look great in the early fall with a gorgeous sweater or long-sleeve blouse.
Go find your suit!


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|Alain Badiou
|Full name
|Alain Badiou
|17 January 1937
Rabat, Morocco
|Contemporary philosophy
|French philosophy
Continental philosophy
|Main interests
|Set Theory, Mathematics, Metapolitics, Ontology, Marxism
|Notable ideas
|Événement (Event), ontologie du multiple (ontology of the multiple & ontology is mathematics),'Un n'est pas ("The One is Not")
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Alain Badiou Pronunciation (help·info) (born 17 January 1937 in Rabat, Morocco) is a prominent French philosopher, formerly chair of philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS). Along with Giorgio Agamben and Slavoj Žižek, Badiou is a prominent figure in an anti-postmodern strand of continental philosophy. Although not a mathematician, through a creative appropriation of some concepts of set theory from his early interest in mathematics, Badiou seeks to recover the concepts of being, truth and the subject in a way that, he claims, is neither postmodern nor simply a repetition of modernity. Politically, Badiou is committed to the far left, and to the Marxist tradition.[2]
Badiou was trained formally as a philosopher as a student at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) from 1956 to 1961, a period during which he took courses at the Sorbonne. He had a lively and constant interest in mathematics. He was politically active very early on, and was one of the founding members of the Unified Socialist Party (PSU). The PSU was particularly active in the struggle for the decolonization of Algeria. He wrote his first novel, Almagestes, in 1964. In 1967 he joined a study group organized by Louis Althusser and grew increasingly influenced by Jacques Lacan.
The student uprisings of May 1968 reinforced Badiou's commitment to the far Left, and he participated in increasingly radical communist and Maoist groups, such as the UCFML. In 1969 he joined the faculty of University of Paris VIII (Vincennes-Saint Denis), which was a bastion of counter-cultural thought. There he engaged in fierce intellectual debates with fellow professors Gilles Deleuze and Jean-François Lyotard, whose philosophical works he considered unhealthy deviations from the Althusserian program of a scientific Marxism.
In the 1980s, as both Althusserian Marxism and Lacanian psychoanalysis went into decline (with Lacan dead and Althusser in an asylum), Badiou published more technical and abstract philosophical works, such as Théorie du sujet (1982), and his magnum opus, Being and Event (1988). Nonetheless, Badiou has never renounced Althusser or Lacan, and sympathetic references to Marxism and psychoanalysis are not uncommon in his more recent works.
He took up his current position at the ENS in 1999. He is also associated with a number of other institutions, such as the Collège International de Philosophie. He is now a member of "L'Organisation Politique" which he founded with some comrades from the Maoist UCFML in 1985. Badiou has also enjoyed success as a dramatist with plays such as Ahmed le Subtil.
In the last decade, an increasing number of Badiou's works have been translated into English, such as Ethics, Deleuze, Manifesto for Philosophy, Metapolitics, and Being and Event. Short pieces by Badiou have likewise appeared in American and English periodicals, such as Lacanian Ink, New Left Review, Radical Philosophy, Cosmos and History [2] and Parrhesia. Unusually for a contemporary European philosopher his work is increasingly being taken up by militants in movements of the poor in countries like India, the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa where he is often read together with Frantz Fanon.
Lately Badiou got into a fierce controversy within the confines of Parisian intellectual life. It started in 2005 with the publication of his "Circonstances 3: Portées du mot 'juif'" - The Uses of the Word "Jew" [3]. This book generated a strong response with calls of Badiou being labelled Anti-Semitic. The wrangling became a cause célèbre with articles going back and forth in the French newspaper Le Monde and in the cultural journal "Les temps modernes." Another philosopher, Jean-Claude Milner, has accused Badiou of Anti-Semitism.[3]
Badiou makes repeated use of several concepts throughout his philosophy. One of the aims of his thought is to show that his categories of truth are useful for any type of philosophical critique. Therefore, he uses them to interrogate art and history as well as ontology and scientific discovery. Johannes Thumfart argues that Badiou's philosophy can be regarded as a contemporary reinterpretation of Platonism.[4]
According to Badiou, philosophy takes place under four conditions (Art, Love, Politics, and Science), which he maintains are truth procedures, in the sense that they can, under the right conditions, produce truths. Badiou consistently maintains throughout his work that philosophy must avoid the temptation to attach its own truth to that of any of the discourses, a process he terms a philosophical "disaster". Badiou often attempts to find 'points of suture', or places of exceptional connection between the truths produced by the various discourses. It should be noted that Badiou's concept of truth procedure does not imply a denial of external reality. Badiou, following Lacan, uses "the real" to designate the space of existing but unsymbolizable reality that can only be thought retroactively through the truth procedures. Thus, while a truth procedure is required to access the real, the real also serves as an external limit on the possibility of its production of truth.
In Handbook of Inaesthetics Badiou coins the phrase "inaesthetic" to refer to a concept of artistic creation that denies "the reflection/object relation". Reacting against the idea of mimesis, or poetic reflection of "nature", Badiou claims that art is "immanent" and "singular". It is immanent in the sense that its truth is given in its immediacy in a given work of art, and singular in that its truth is found in art and art alone. His view of the link between philosophy and art is tied into the motif of pedagogy, which he claims functions so as to "arrange the forms of knowledge in a way that some truth may come to pierce a hole in them". He develops these ideas with examples from the prose of Samuel Beckett and the poetry of Stéphane Mallarmé and Fernando Pessoa (who he argues has developed a body of work that philosophy is currently incapable of incorporating), among others.
The major propositions of Badiou's philosophy all find their basis in Being and Event, in which he continues his attempt (which he began in Théorie du sujet) to reconcile a notion of the subject with ontology, and in particular post-structuralist and constructivist ontologies.[5] A frequent criticism of post-structuralist work is that it prohibits, through its fixation on semiotics and language, any notion of a subject. Badiou's work is, by his own admission,[6] an attempt to break out of contemporary philosophy's fixation upon language, which he sees almost as a straitjacket. This effort leads him, in Being and Event, to combine rigorous mathematical formulae with his readings of poets such as Mallarmé and Hölderlin and religious thinkers such as Pascal. His philosophy draws upon both 'analytical' and 'continental' traditions. In Badiou's own opinion, this combination places him awkwardly relative to his contemporaries, meaning that his work had been only slowly taken up.[7] Being and Event offers an example of this slow uptake, in fact: it was translated into English only in 2005, a full seventeen years after its French publication.
As is implied in the title of the book, two elements mark the thesis of Being and Event: the place of ontology, or 'the science of being qua being' (being in itself), and the place of the event — which is seen as a rupture in being — through which the subject finds realization and reconciliation with truth. This situation of being and the rupture which characterizes the event are thought in terms of set theory, and specifically Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory (with the axiom of choice), to which Badiou accords a fundamental role in a manner quite distinct from the majority of either mathematicians or philosophers.
For Badiou the problem which the Greek tradition of philosophy has faced and never satisfactorily dealt with is the problem that while beings themselves are plural, and thought in terms of multiplicity, being itself is thought to be singular; that is, it is thought in terms of the one. He proposes as the solution to this impasse the following declaration: that the one is not. This is why Badiou accords set theory (the axioms of which he refers to as the Ideas of the multiple) such stature, and refers to mathematics as the very place of ontology: Only set theory allows one to conceive a 'pure doctrine of the multiple'. Set theory does not operate in terms of definite individual elements in groupings but only functions insofar as what belongs to a set is of the same relation as that set (that is, another set too). What separates sets out therefore is not an existential positive proposition, but other multiples whose properties validate its presentation; which is to say their structural relation. The structure of being thus secures the regime of the count-as-one. So if one is to think of a set — for instance, the set of people, or humanity — as counting as one the elements which belong to that set, it can then secure the multiple (the multiplicities of humans) as one consistent concept (humanity), but only in terms of what does not belong to that set. What is, in following, crucial for Badiou is that the structural form of the count-as-one, which makes multiplicities thinkable, implies that the proper name of being does not belong to an element as such (an original 'one'), but rather the void set (written Ø), the set to which nothing (not even the void set itself) belongs. It may help to understand the concept 'count-as-one' if it is associated with the concept of 'terming': a multiple is not one, but it is referred to with 'multiple': one word. To count a set as one is to mention that set. How the being of terms such as 'multiple' does not contradict the non-being of the one can be understood by considering the multiple nature of terminology: for there to be a term without there also being a system of terminology, within which the difference between terms gives context and meaning to any one term, does not coincide with what is understood by 'terminology', which is precisely difference (thus multiplicity) conditioning meaning. Since the idea of conceiving of a term without meaning does not compute, the count-as-one is a structural effect or a situational operation and not an event of truth. Multiples which are 'composed' or 'consistent' are count-effects; inconsistent multiplicity is the presentation of presentation.
Badiou's use of set theory in this manner is not just illustrative or heuristic. Badiou uses the axioms of Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory to identify the relationship of being to history, Nature, the State, and God. Most significantly this use means that (as with set theory) there is a strict prohibition on self-belonging; a set cannot contain or belong to itself. Russell's paradox famously ruled that possibility out of formal logic. (This paradox can be thought through in terms of a 'list of lists that do not contain themselves': if such a list does not write itself on the list the property is incomplete, as there will be one missing; if it does, it is no longer a list that does not contain itself.) So too does the axiom of foundation — or to give an alternative name the axiom of regularity — enact such a prohibition (cf. p. 190 in Being and Event). (This axiom states that all sets contain an element for which only the void [empty] set names what is common to both the set and its element.) Badiou's philosophy draws two major implications from this prohibition. Firstly, it secures the inexistence of the 'one': there cannot be a grand overarching set, and thus it is fallacious to conceive of a grand cosmos, a whole Nature, or a Being of God. Badiou is therefore — against Cantor, from whom he draws heavily — staunchly atheist. However, secondly, this prohibition prompts him to introduce the event. Because, according to Badiou, the axiom of foundation 'founds' all sets in the void, it ties all being to the historico-social situation of the multiplicities of de-centred sets — thereby effacing the positivity of subjective action, or an entirely 'new' occurrence. And whilst this is acceptable ontologically, it is unacceptable, Badiou holds, philosophically. Set theory mathematics has consequently 'pragmatically abandoned' an area which philosophy cannot. And so, Badiou argues, there is therefore only one possibility remaining: that ontology can say nothing about the event.
The principle of the event is where Badiou diverges from the majority of late twentieth century philosophy and social thought, and in particular the likes of Foucault, Butler, Lacan and Deleuze, among others. In short, it represents that which is outside of ontology. Badiou's problem here is, unsurprisingly, the question of how to 'make use' of that which cannot be discerned. But it is a problem he views as vital, because if one constructs the world only from that which can be discerned and therefore given a name, it results in either the destitution of subjectivity and the removal of the subject from ontology (the criticism continually leveled at Foucault's discursive universe), or the Panglossian solution of Leibniz: that God is language in its supposed completion.
Badiou again turns here to mathematics and set theory — Badiou's language of ontology — to study the possibility of an indiscernible element existing extrinsically to the situation of ontology. He employs the strategy of the mathematician Paul J. Cohen, using what are called the conditions of sets. These conditions are thought of in terms of domination, a domination being that which defines a set. (If one takes, in binary language, the set with the condition 'items marked only with ones', any item marked with zero negates the property of the set. The condition which has only ones is thus dominated by any condition which has zeros in it [cf. p. 367-71 in Being and Event].) Badiou reasons using these conditions that every discernible (nameable or constructible) set is dominated by the conditions which don't possess the property that makes it discernible as a set. (The property 'one' is always dominated by 'not one'.) These sets are, in line with constructible ontology, relative to one's being-in-the-world and one's being in language (where sets and concepts, such as the concept 'humanity', get their names). However, he continues, the dominations themselves are, whilst being relative concepts, not necessarily intrinsic to language and constructible thought; rather one can axiomatically define a domination — in the terms of mathematical ontology — as a set of conditions such that any condition outside the domination is dominated by at least one term inside the domination. One does not necessarily need to refer to constructible language to conceive of a 'set of dominations', which he refers to as the indiscernible set, or the generic set. It is therefore, he continues, possible to think beyond the strictures of the relativistic constructible universe of language, by a process Cohen calls forcing. And he concludes in following that while ontology can mark out a space for an inhabitant of the constructible situation to decide upon the indiscernible, it falls to the subject — about which the ontological situation cannot comment — to nominate this indiscernible, this generic point; and thus nominate, and give name to, the undecidable event. Badiou thereby marks out a philosophy by which to refute the apparent relativism or apoliticism in post-structuralist thought.
Badiou's ultimate ethical maxim is therefore one of: 'decide upon the undecidable'. It is to name the indiscernible, the generic set, and thus name the event that re-casts ontology in a new light. He identifies four domains in which a subject (who, it is important to note, becomes a subject through this process) can potentially witness an event: love, science, politics and art. By enacting fidelity to the event within these four domains one performs a 'generic procedure', which in its undecideability is necessarily experimental, and one potentially recasts the situation in which being takes place. Through this maintenance of fidelity, truth has the potentiality to emerge.
In line with his concept of the event, Badiou maintains, politics is not about politicians, but activism based on the present situation and the 'evental' (his translators' neologism) rupture. So too does love have this characteristic of becoming anew. Even in science the guesswork that marks the event is prominent. He vigorously rejects the tag of 'decisionist' (the idea that once something is decided it 'becomes true'), but rather argues that the recasting of a truth comes prior to its veracity or verifiability. As he says of Galileo (p. 401):
Badiou, whilst keen to stress the non-equivalence between politics and philosophy, thus finds his political approach — one of activism, militancy, and scepticism of parliamentary-democratic process — backed up by his philosophy based around singular, situated truths, and potential revolutions.
Alain Badiou is a founding member (along with Natacha Michel and Sylvain Lazarus) of the militant French political organisation L'Organisation Politique[8] which calls itself a post-party organization concerned with direct popular intervention in a wide range of issues (including immigration, labor, and housing). In addition to numerous writings and interventions since the 1980's, L'Organisation Politique has stressed the importance of developing political prescriptions concerning undocumented migrants (les sans papiers) and stresses that they must be conceived primarily as workers and not immigrants. [9]
Alain Badiou (born January 17, 1937) is a French philosopher.


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April 23-19, 2010: Twelve hours of birding around San Diego over several days. Most days before noon it was cloudy so sunrise trips to the beaches, before the conference sessions, did not give good pictures. The afternoons however were sunny and unexpectedly the hotel parking and the bordering creek turned out to be a gold mine for birding. I took many pictures from the car – birds seem to not notice the vehicle. Another advantage, passer-bys are not startled by the big lens, which also bothers security guards. I took a trip to the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and Cuyamaca Rancho State Park. It was an unexpectedly chilly (40-50F) and windy day. Sunny, though, and extremely satisfying. More pictures to be added.Read More


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Like a girl.
I have heard this phrase many times. Out of all of those times, I never once heard it said in a positive way. I usually don't say anything because I think, well, it's true. But is it really true? NO! Then why do girls (including me) have this mentality that they look goofy running or throwing a ball? Or that they can't run well or throw a ball well??
There are many reasons why girls feel the way they do. That's not the purpose of this post though. The purpose is to shed light and know that we can change it. Watch this:
This video hit me hard. It reminded me that I have a unique opportunity to make a difference in the future of the girls I teach. Teaching makes an impact and gives me an opportunity to make an impact on boys and girls, but I definitely have a soft spot in my heart for the tenderness and support that girls need. I realized this soft spot when I saw this video:
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Significance Of Science And Technology In Nepal
CCST created a group of 12 excellent Ok-14 science and math classroom academics from all through California to kind CalTAC. As beforehand mentioned the lab is staffed by principally professional researchers with a contingent of postdocs and I became concerned in the Postdoctoral Council advocating for postdoc issues (insurance coverage, maternity leave, professional/career development, etc.) to the administration, the same role I held within the graduate student advisory committee.
Because the indigenous scientific and mathematical tradition had lengthy died out, the science training that was introduced in the twentieth century was necessarily spinoff. The most sensitive parts of expertise are the theoretical or conceptual components and technical elements. I'm not and I can not be. I have been educated in science and it has been the very best a part of my life, but I have to put earlier than you the fact that neither science nor expertise operates in …


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Okay- I am not usually the type of gal who gets into pirates. I bathe regularly. Pillaging really is not my style. I don't even like parrots. Watching Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean is about as involved in piracy as I get.
However, this nail art look is totally bad ass. From Zoya's recent Summertime Collection I am wearing Sooki, which is the most perfect cream red with a jelly finish that makes the polish super shiny. Sooki has a great consistency and applied completely opaque in one coat! For the designs I used a Kiss Nail Artist Paint and Stencil Kit that came with black, white, and silver glitter polishes with thin tipped brushes and 30 stencils. I tried using the stencils with little success, so the crossbones and swords are freehand versions of the stencils I wanted to use.
Pirate Chic Nail Art featuring Zoya Sooki