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KALININGRAD, Russia — Russia activated Tuesday a radar warning system in its Baltic region of Kaliningrad, amid growing tensions with the West over a planned US missile system.
President Dmitry Medvedev, who last week threatened to deploy ballistic missiles on the borders of the European Union, attended the inauguration ceremony during a visit to Kaliningrad, an area of Russian territory outside its main borders that sits next to EU members Poland and Lithuania.
"I expect that this step will be seen by our partners as the first signal of the readiness of our country to make an adequate response to the threats which the Western missile shield poses for our strategic nuclear forces," Medvedev said.
He added, "If this signal is not heard, we will deploy other methods of protection, including the taking of tough countermeasures and the deployment of strike forces."
The radar will go on "combat duty" from Dec. 1, the state-run Ria Novosti news agency reported.
The dispute over the missile shield highlights growing tensions between Moscow and Washington, which has been struggling to defend the benefits of a so-called reset in relations with Russia.
The US says the missile system in Europe is aimed at thwarting an attack from rogue states such as Iran.
Moscow argues that the shield will denude its own strike capabilities and has called for the US to deploy a shield with Russia or abolish the plan altogether.


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This fish is also known as the Sohal Surgeonfish and Red Sea Clown Surgeon, and less commonly the Zebra Surgeon, Majestic Tang, Majestic Surgeon, Zebra Tang, and Arabian Tang. It is found in the Red Sea, to the Persian Gulf, and the Arabian Sea, sometimes in large aggregations, but usually in solitude. These fish commonly inhabit the reef plateau just before the slope, and are generally found in depths of less than 20 meters (65'). Wild Sohal Tang specimens can grow to 16 inches; in an aquarium the adults will normally grow from 7 to 10 inches.
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The Sohal Tangs are among the most prized fish for the aquarium hobby. The blue outline on the fins and the horizontal body striping render them quite striking. Because of its aggression factor and size, this fish should only be kept by an experienced aquarist with a large reef tank.
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· Does it look like anything of value is being done to deal with any issues?
Of course not. How could it? The obvious, however, is usually considered normal. Whether it's unacceptable, or as in this case, blatantly insane, is rarely even discussed effectively.
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What's wrong with doing things properly? What's wrong with efficiency? What's wrong with ensuring basic survival mechanisms work?
The Great Unthinking
Here's a classic example of human observational powers at work. In every generation, a very few will achieve their potentials. As a percentage, it may or may not approach 1% of that generation. Nobody sees anything wrong with the fact that most people never achieve their potentials or even come close. The massive contributions which could be made by an entire generation are lost.
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It's possible. Thanks to communications and access to better training and education, it's now theoretically possible to have a world full of PhDs. Every single human being on Earth could contribute something new.
It's not likely, though. Humanity is lugging around the baggage of 5000 years like a dilapidated old teddy bear. If there are no practical objections to success, the next level is moral objection. How dare anyone be happy, prosperous or worse, actually achieving anything? There's no precedent, therefore it must be wrong, because there's therefore also no nice smug dogma to go with it.
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The next level is ideology. What ideology supports human achievement? All of them in theory, but obviously none of them in fact. If these ideologies were practical, the world would already be a Utopia. There would be no poverty, no crime, no disease, no hunger and no maladministration. No ideology in history has ever survived these criteria, but they're all still there, festering away.
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Wonderful picture, isn't it? The Great Unthinking is the comatose state of humanity's pitiful knowledge of itself. There are no forward moving dynamics, just dribbling clichés and sophistries which if ever challenged couldn't endure a ten word conversation without falling to bits as ridiculous nonsense.
One idea for discussion
OK, here's an idea which might illustrate Homo Sap's ability to deal with a few issues-
What if humans started using specially adapted chloroplasts in their tissues?
Chloroplasts are the things plants use to obtain energy, generate sugars, etc. They're passive mechanisms. They just sit there and soak up sunlight. The chloroplasts for humans are keyed to the metabolism and provide energy which the body uses as it needs. You go out in the morning, absorb a healthy supply of energy, drink some water and you can recharge anytime you like.
In humans, chloroplasts might act as sugar regulators, too. Perhaps diabetes could be wiped out in passing, and the demand for food would be reduced. You might need a little more water, but most people don't drink enough anyway. The chloroplasts are in effect built-in energy sources, not dependent on food supplies.
So what are the objections? As you might expect-
It's "playing God". No it damn well isn't. This is a built in energy source for people, better than batteries can ever be and more efficient than most existing energy technology. The chloroplasts are like mitochondria (aka "cell batteries"), just with different uses.
It's unnatural. ….And the wheel, fire, mechanics, the laws of physics, etc. aren't? These things are derived from natural things, and there's not much more natural than chloroplasts. The only difference is the usage.
It's likely to be costly. No it isn't. As a matter of fact, it can't be. Basic natural chloroplasts are actually an evolved form of blue green algae. They can be cultured in thousands of tons. They're lying around polluting waterways. The adapted chloroplasts could be produced at a fraction of a cent per kilo and that's far more than you'd need to supply one human. They're simply grown and harvested.
As you can see, the "arguments" are more rhetorical than factual.
Now the real objection-
What do we do with them when we install them? Obviously, you watch sports and try as hard as possible to get a liver disease while "looking busy" in your ultra-inefficient global slum.
This is the same question humanity has been too lazy to answer since the beginning of recorded history.
Imagine a species that can't even find a use for itself or a reason for its own existence. There are actual philosophies based on the pointlessness of life. Hardly good enough, is it? You couldn't call that the result of productive reasoning. Laziness on a colossal scale, yes, and shameless evasion of practically every possible higher issue for a sentient being, but it's not useful thinking.
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It's way too early to panic over reports showing that the new Horseshoe Casino in downtown Baltimore is taking in about a third less money than consultants had projected. It takes time for new casinos to develop, and this one has only been in operation since August. But even if the trends hold, there are some significant silver linings for the state in the data that have come in so far, particularly as we look ahead to the opening of a near billion-dollar casino in the National Harbor development in Prince George's County.
In 2013, two separate consultants ran estimates of the Horseshoe Baltimore's revenue potential and its projected impact on Maryland's other casinos. One projected revenue for the Horseshoe's first fiscal year of operation to be $354.1 million, and the other estimated it at $328.2 million, assuming in both cases that the casino would only be open 10 1/2 months. So far, it's on track to generate about $274 million for that period. That means less for Maryland's Education Trust Fund, less for horse racing subsidies and less for local impact grants.
Still, there are a few reasons not to read too much into this just yet. Generally, a new casino gets an initial boost of revenue as people check it out followed by a period of lower revenues that eventually rise again as the casino finds its niche, builds customer loyalty and develops its marketing. As both consultants noted, Caesar's, which owns the Horseshoe, is known for aggressive and effective use of customer loyalty programs. Also, casino revenues are somewhat cyclical, so the period we have to measure from at this point may not be indicative of overall, annualized performance.
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There's one other interesting tid-bit in the data so far that counts as good news on a number of levels. At least in the early going, the Horseshoe's revenue is tilted more heavily toward table games than the consultants had expected, whereas Maryland Live remains more slots-focused than its new competitor. Under Maryland law, casinos keep 80 percent of the revenues from table games but just 33 percent from slots. All things considered, it's better for the state if the casino that's overperforming expectations is the one that is getting a larger share of its revenue from slots. It's also better that the casino that is geographically closest to areas of high poverty is the one that is more table game-focused, as blackjack, craps and the like tend to draw those with more disposable income because of table minimum bets and other factors.
It's understandable that Baltimore neighborhoods that were counting on the local impact grants the Horseshoe is required to provide would be nervous to see the casino get off to a slower than expected start. But in the big picture, things look more encouraging. The massive revenue drops at the Hollywood Casino in Perryville after Maryland Live opened suggested that Maryland's gambling market was fairly inelastic, but Maryland Live's resilience in the face of the Horseshoe argues for the opposite.
That's important in light of the MGM casino now under development in Prince George's County. The law authorizing the Prince George's casino stipulates that when it opens, the Horseshoe will get to keep an additional 7 percent of its slots revenues, and Maryland Live an additional 8 percent, for promotions, marketing and capital improvements. The state's gaming commission then has the discretion to grant another 3 percent to the Horseshoe and 2 percent to Maryland Live. The fact that Maryland Live is so easily handling its new competition in Baltimore suggests that might not prove necessary.


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In other industries, consumers build mutually beneficial relationships with providers of goods and services. Wal-Mart shoppers won't shop anywhere else, just as BMW owners won't let anyone else service their $70,000 vehicles. These consumers are fiercely loyal, no matter their income bracket.
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In my opinion, it's un-American.
Whenever travelers fly a low-cost carrier, they disrespect the contributions that the major carriers have made to the United States of America. Failing to repay the debt of gratitude we owe the major U.S. airlines is unpatriotic.
Why should we reward the major U.S. airlines?
Without the major U.S. airlines, my neighbor would not be able to visit her brother twice a year in Israel; she would not have been able to explore Central and South America, taking time to become fluent in Spanish. Without the major airlines, many Americans would be unable to share Thanksgiving and Christmas with their families.
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During such difficult times, major airlines also waive their usual change fees, rebooking rules, and refund policies. Unlike other businesses, the big airlines typically forgo opportunistic practices in order to serve their customers' needs.
Think about it. At a time when gas prices make it more expensive to drive than to fly, airlines have done their best to maintain low fares (and they have high fuel costs, too). In fact, today you can fly from coast to coast and stay in a five-star hotel for less than it costs to drive the same distance.
The major airlines are big contributors to charity, too -- and not just in times of national tragedy. In fact, they routinely donate miles and services to such causes as the Make-a-Wish Foundation, the American Red Cross, cancer victims and their families, and many other worthy causes.
What is the problem here?
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The striking mechanics did not have an opportunity to vote on Northwest's final offer before union officials called the strike. Their union has no strike fund, and the workers' last paychecks were paid weeks ago. Currently, workers are without health benefits, and these hard-working Americans are now struggling to make ends meet because the egoistical union leaders cannot see through their own foggy thought.
Forcing airlines into bankruptcy in order to renegotiate an antiquated labor contract is un-American. Relying on the courts to handle a company's labor woes is bad business. Supporting this type of behavior is clearly not in the best interests of a free capitalist marketplace economy.
I say to the labor union: Remember the Reagan years and the air traffic controllers' strike.
Where is this all going?
To those who think that the new low-cost carriers like Southwest and JetBlue are the future of the U.S. airline industry, I say: Think again. Will they get you to Des Moines to see Grandma at Christmas? I think not.
But Delta will.
In fact, the major airlines have maintained many unprofitable routes to responsibly serve their customers. Southwest and JetBlue cherry-picked their routes, offering limited service and poaching customers from the big carriers. With the major U.S. airlines, you can fly anywhere in the world. Southwest and JetBlue take you only where they want to go. Is that the kind of company you want to do business with?
The reality of the current U.S. airline industry is that the big airlines are shrinking their operating costs while the so-called low-budget carriers are increasing theirs. David Neeleman, CEO of JetBlue, expects JetBlue to operate more than 275 planes by 2010; those planes will include many new Embraer 190s to go with JetBlue's current fleet of Airbus A-320s (the company doesn't even buy American!). This plan will more than triple JetBlue's fleet and workforce. Sounds like a lot of added costs to me.
I fear for Northwest and for the economy. Losing yet another major airline will hurt our transportation industry badly. It is time to reward airlines that have graciously withstood economic recessions, terrorism, high oil prices and labor disputes.
Showing support for the backbone of the U.S. airline industry shows support for the ideals of America. Don't let labor unions rob the United States of well-paying jobs with their inflated demands. Instead, fly an airline faced with a labor dispute, and keep flying even when the carrier faces bankruptcy.
My advice? Commit to one major airline and let their planes fly you anywhere you need to go. You'll be better off for it, and so will America.


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The Celluloid Pantry: American Moonshine, Independence Day, and The Great Escape (1963)
"That explains what happened to the potatoes."
American moonshine, recycled tea leaves, black market chocolate, and a tunnel under the stove. In The Great Escape (1963), British and American WWII POWs work together to approximate the little luxuries in life and collaborate to keep their German captors on their toes.
According to military protocol, it's the sworn duty of all officers to: 1) try to escape; 2) to cause the enemy to use an inordinate number of troops to guard them; and 3) to harass the enemy to the best of their ability. In honor of Independence Day, the American officers try a little of all three.
Tired from hours of surreptitious digging and scheming, the prisoners all need a break. After distilling some jet-fuel liquor from of every last one of the camp's potatoes, Captain Hilts (Steve McQueen, above right) and Flight Lt. Hendley (James Garner, above left) decide to throw a little Fourth of July celebration and invite their British camp-mates:
"Gentlemen…free drinks…. A little present from the colonials."
As a thirsty crowd gathers around the wicker-covered vats of alcohol, every tin cup gets filled, and everybody has an opinion:
"American moonshine. Don't smoke while you drink it."
"No taxation without representation."
"Don't get any on your clothes, Sir."
"Up the rebels!"
"Down the British!"
"You know what that is?"
"I'll tell you what it isn't. It isn't Napoleon brandy."
"How do you like it, sir?"
"Well, it's…To the colonies."
For more Fourth of July food in film see The Celluloid Pantry: Fourth of July Heritage Loaf and The Groove Tube (1974)
– Nora


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Let me guess, you have been playing The Guardian Cryptic crossword and got stuck on the clue Number of England supporters, faction involved in leisurely fighting over sugary tea? (5,3,5,7). Well, you have come to the right place to find the answer to this clue.
While some crosswords are much simpler than others, most require that players have a vast knowledge of the language and possibly even various topics. So while crossword puzzles are seen as a more intelligent game, they can be very frustrating for players to complete and even experienced crossword players need some help occasionally.
When finding the answers to the clues becomes too difficult, there's no shame in looking for them online.
Now you have the answer to your clue. Its time to move on to the next clue. You can browse through the list with all the answers to the The Guardian Cryptic crossword of June 14th, 2018. Or you can use the search form below to find the answer (no matter if its The Guardian Cryptic Crossword or any other crossword).
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Breakfast means, "to break the fast". After a restful seven to nine hours of sleep, our blood sugar is low.
Eating breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It provides energy to your body to begin your day.
Studies show that people who eat breakfast are less likely to over-eat and make poor food choices, at the end of the day.
After looking at food journals of my new clients, since the early 90s, I can say that the people who have coffee and little else in the morning really are setting themselves up for consuming more calories in their day, by heavily loading the end of their day.
Here is a strategy that can help . By eating a healthy, sweet food in the morning, like fruit or yogurt, you can stimulate your appetite earlier in the day. At the same time, focus on taking some food off of your evening meal and snacks. Slowly build up the volume of food at your breakfast while keeping your evening quantities moderate. Go to bed digested and wake up ready to "Break the fast", as we are meant to! This process takes 7-14 days to do.


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Le Art of Living
I love taking ordinary moments and making them special. Like taking the time to buy fresh baguette on a Saturday morning to serve yourself a delicious breakfast for one. Or getting all dressed up to go to a museum, an occasion that perhaps merits it more than others since you are showing respect to the artist who spent all that time and turmoil on the pieces you will see. Or like the scene in Sideways where he finally drinks his special bottle of wine in a fast food restaurant, taking the present moment and turning it into perfection rather than waiting for the perfect moment.
There are few, if any, that speak of the art of living. There is living for material items, for the next thrill in life, for work, for love, for addictions and for other people. But the art of living, like other art forms, seeks to create perfection and expression; but rather than tell a story, you live it, like the main character in your own movie. I guess some people would call this performance art, but it's not quite the same thing. While performance art is created in a specific setting and on certain occasions, the art of living is about creating perfection, balance and beauty out of ordinary life. It is wearing an outfit that perfectly expresses the mood of the weather and the people around you. It is celebrating your first laptop with a lovely dinner, than just waiting for another birthday to come around. It's finding 20 dollars on the street and buying a book and hot and sour soup. It is listening to Inna City Mama while riding the subway in New York. It is street jazz performed in Paris on a hot sticky day.
I wish all you budding artists a beautiful Tuesday evening.


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It's tempting. Google Analytics is free and it looks so easy to get started. Just install a java tag on your website pages and start start collecting data. You can use Google's standard reports to very quickly look at who visits your site and what they do.
But it leads to a dead end. Those standard reports by themselves are too generic. They won't reveal the insights you are looking for.
You risk more than your time. The real risk is that you may give up in frustration and never find out what you need to know. You continue to fly blind, never knowing which marketing investments are working and which ones are not.
Experienced web analysts know that when they plan their analytics more systematically they receive rich dividends.
Whitmore's Web Analytics Process
Caleb Whitmore at Analytics Pros has described his web analytics planning process. He is an authority on the subject from the many Google Analytics implementations he has done for his clients.
- Business goals: Why does this website exist? You are making a significant investment in your online presence. What business goals does your investment support? An increase in sales and revenue? Higher quality marketing leads?
- Supporting questions: With goals in hand, you can start to ask questions about how your website can help you to reach your goals. Everyone involved should participate in this brainstorming exercise.
- Data requirements for answering questions: Assign KPIs and metrics that will answer your supporting questions.
- Implementation: With a clear set of data requirements, you can meet with your developers to plan the implementation. Your implementation will collect the data that will be relevant to your analysis and reporting.
- Report configuration and access: Finally you can start giving your stakeholders the information they want. This work includes assembling the various profiles, reports, and dashboards that people will need.
- Analysis and answers: Time to dig into the information you are getting and look for the insights that will tell you what changes to make on your site.
Kaushik's Marketing and Measurement Model
Here's a thought. Use Avinash Kaushik's Digital Marketing and Measurement Model to both expand and simplify Whitmore's web analytics process.
Kaushik's model starts where Whitmore does, with agreement on business objectives. It then transitions from the business to the website by specifying goals, selecting KPIs, setting target for your KPIs, and singling out important segments.
The marketing and measurement model could replace the first three steps in Whitmore's process. It would also clarify the types of questions to ask and the data requirements to answer them.
The hybrid of Whitmore's and Kaushik's models for a web analtyics process has four steps. The first one includes the five actions to develop a marketing and measurement model.
Many companies don't implement a web analytics process. By following this hybrid process you will be ahead of most of your competitors. Before you start your analytics implementation, you'll have a clear picture of what you want to measure, why you want the data, and how it will improve your business.


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Is it possible to create an indicator as follows?
Using the Zig Zag indicator to determine the Average then Standard Deviation for 1) N amount of days (or any other time frame) of a hi/low - where N is a user input number - and 2) the number of pips gained over that same period.
Once you have a the time (days) and distance (pips). . . use the average and standard deviation to create a probability bubble on the screen.
I've added a picture of what I imagine the final result would look like. The bubble would only need to include 3 standard deviation spheres.


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Artist LeRoy Neiman dies at 91
New York --
LeRoy Neiman, the painter and sketch artist best known for evoking the kinetic energy of the world's biggest sporting and leisure events with bright quick strokes, died Wednesday in Manhattan at 91.
Mr. Neiman also was a contributing artist at Playboy magazine - he was discovered by publisher Hugh Hefner - for many years and official painter of five Olympiads, beginning with the Squaw Valley Winter Games of 1960.
Mr. Neiman was a media-savvy artist who knew how to enthrall audiences with instant renditions. In 1972, he sketched the chess tournament between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer in Reykjavik, Iceland, for live television.
He also produced live drawings of the Olympics for TV and was the official computer artist of the Super Bowl for CBS.
Mr. Neiman's "reportage of history and the passing scene ... revived an almost lost and time-honored art form," according to a 1972 exhibit catalog of the artist's Olympics sketches at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
"It's been fun. I've had a lucky life," Mr. Neiman said in a June 2008 interview. "I've zeroed in on what you would call action and excellence. ... Everybody who does anything to try to succeed has to give the best of themselves, and art has made me pull the best out of myself."
Mr. Neiman's paintings, many executed in household enamel paints that allowed his fast-moving strokes, are an explosion in reds, blues, pinks, greens and yellows of pure kinetic energy.
He has been described as an American impressionist, but the St. Paul, Minn., native thought of himself simply as an American artist.
Mr. Neiman is survived by his wife of 55 years, Janet Byrne Neiman.


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It wouldn't be a stretch to assume that the secret to beautiful hair and nails is to visit the salon regularly.
But experts have revealed that you can eat yourself beautiful if you include certain foods in your diet.
From Greek yoghurt for preventing wrinkles to cheese for a glossy mane, these are the foods we should all be eating to look our best. Read more
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Some everyday foods have amazing beauty benefits, including cheese for long, glossy hair and yogurt to stop wrinkles.
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LOL!Surely it can't be that simple of an explanation!
I'm pretty sure they're anointing the cross with oil. I saw this once at Holy Virgin cathedral in SF.
It appears that they are watering the flowers...
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27 January 2010
4 comments:
- sun. said...
wow, it makes pokemon a lot cooler, they should try to make a game with this kind of style, like ookami.
i will play it instead of studying, hahaha ;-p
- 11:53 PM, January 27, 2010
- hiki said...
- 6:38 AM, January 28, 2010
- Leslie said...
I was looking at these the other day! The traditional depiction is simply amazing. Gengar looks... quite scary though, haha.
I love the music on your blog, by the way! This song is one of my absolute favorites :)
- 3:28 PM, January 28, 2010
- Claudia said...
Oh wow, these are splendid. I'll have to pass them onto my roommate, who loves to draw her own style of Pokemon as well. (Side story: she used to sell stickers and magnets of her art on Etsy, until one day she got an email from someone at pokemon.com and they had removed several of her listings!)
On an unrelated note, I love the music you play on your blog. Normally autoplay music bothers me (because I have a terrible habit of having 9823452 tabs open at once, and it can be frustrating trying to track down from where it's coming!) but when it's this good, I can't complain :)
- 6:42 AM, January 30, 2010


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Could it be that Harry Styles has a body odor problem that has been going on for years?
The most recent news is that Kendall Jenner talked about Harry Styles on Keeping Up With the Kardashians and said he had bad body odor, according to the Daily Mail. However, this is not the first time that Harry Styles has had negative reviews on his body odor.
In fact, it seems like One Direction are frequently dissed about their hygiene and appearances in general as was highlighted by a "Mean Tweets" sketch on Jimmy Kimmel's late night show. In the sketch, it was said that Harry Styles and One Direction had "gross hair and skinny jeans," according to MTV.
Sadly, comments about how stinky Harry Styles is started appearing almost as soon as One Direction became a band. SugarScape writes on June 9, 2012 that Louis Tomlinson said about Harry Styles on Chicago's B6 Radio that "I dislike it when Harry farts and then pretends it's not him for literally 10 minutes."
The fan-authored website One Direction quoted Zayn Malik in September 2013 stating "I don't think there's enough money on this earth that would make me sniff Harry's socks!"
In addition to his stinky feet and rancid farts, on September 7, 2014, SugarScape reports a fan stated that Harry Styles' breathe smelled like "fried onions and ketchup."
At that time, fans were talking about Harry Styles' breathe because they had stepped up to support Harry Styles, according to the Daily Star, because Taylor Swift said "he had the worst breath, like coffee, cigarettes and booze".
Interestingly, Harry Styles fans have known what his hair smells like for several years. On October 9, 2013, PopCrush reports his stylist, Lou Teasdale, said, "Actually, it smells of a combination of the One Direction perfume, some Fudge Urban Raspberry [hair product], and Vanilla Hair Spray and tour catering."
Adding to this, J-14 reported on August 5, 2013, that Kesha said Harry Styles smelled like "like roses and tropical lotions mixed with butterflies."
In 2012, Hollywood Life quoted Jack Whitehall describing Harry Styles' smell at James Cordon's wedding. Jack Whitehall caught a whiff of Harry Styles at the wedding and described the scent interaction in the following.
"What actually happened when I 'met' Harry Styles was that I was a bit drunk and I grabbed him and I sort of hugged him, smelled his hair and then one of his management ushered me away. But I got a picture and that's all that counted. His hair smells like the first leaves of autumn, that really fresh smell. And sex."
In the end, Harry Styles may endlessly smell like his tour bus.
On August 26, 2013, Metro reported that when talking about how their new One Direction fragrance, Our Moment, smelled like, Harry Styles and his bandmates said (perhaps in jest) that the smell of the fragrance was meant to imitate the smell of their tour bus that "sometimes smells of crisps," and "might smell damp because we always play football … it's got a musky smell."
At that time, One Direction might have also agreed that "there is a definite 'man' scent to the bus in general" — and Kendall Jenner might have named Harry Styles as the culprit… but Niall Horan might have called Louis Tomlinson "the stinkiest."
While he has had some criticisms in the past of Harry Styles and his odors, on June 26, 2015, Liam Payne said that Harry Styles smelled like deodorant, according to Bustle.
In fact, all of One Direction share the same deodorant because it is a game for them on tour to hide it from each other and Liam explains why Harry Styles might have body odor in the following.
"In the morning, the first thing everyone asks for is deodorant, but deodorant is the one thing you always forget, especially when you're traveling…It's all about rubbing everyone else's deodorant on, and then trying to hold on to it as long as you can without them taking it back. When they ask if you borrowed it, you have to say, 'Oh, I gave it to so-and-so.'"
On September 9, 2015, Niall Horan said he was surprised that One Direction was making fragrances because of Harry Styles. In particular, UnReality TV quotes Niall Horan saying the following about Harry Styles' hygiene habits.
"I don't think [the rest of the band] is into aftershave. I don't even think Harry wears it!"
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Around a tennis-ball-size dimon has been discovered in Botswana which is now considered as the second-largest diamond ever unearthed.
What the reality is?
Lucara Diamond Corp has found out a 1,111-carat gem-quality diamond at the Karowe Mine in Botswana. This huge diamond was lay among the other cache of huge white diamonds including a 374-carat gem and an 813-carat gem. The discovered diamond is smaller only than a precious stone carved up to adorn the British crown jewels. The largest diamond ever discovered was a 3,106-carat Cullinan stone found in South Africa in 1905.
Lucara's shares went 28% up after the discovery of the 1,111-carat stone, whose value could run into the tens of millions of dollars.


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One of the main challenges I wanted to join in 2010 was the GLBT Challenge, or the Challenge That Dare Not Speak It's Name. For some reason, I actually didn't get around to signing up.
So...this post is not only my sign-up. My initial post. My list of books I'd love to read. But it's also my chance to the do the first Mini-Challenge!! See? I really can multitask! Which is what I will do first. The point of the mini-challenge is "to write a paragraph or two on why this challenge and/or this issue is important to you."
Goodness. Seems like it would be easy. It should be. But like everything in life, there is always a little more to it than just black and white.
I grew up in a small farming community here in Illinois. And when I say small, I mean "TINY". My hometown has a population of about 520. My high school, when it existed (it has since consolidated with other schools and was actually leveled!) never topped 80 for all 4 grades. Life was simple and everyone came from the exact cookie cutter family. Differences weren't really tolerated. In fact, they were bad. Being gay was against everything that was taught to us. Hell, the bible said it was wrong...so it must have been.
Fast-forward a few years, and I went to college. Differences were not only common; they were celebrated. I now had friends from different races, nationalities, religions, and dare I say, sexual orientations. Amazingly enough, I embraced all that was different in the world around me and just accepted. I've seen first-hand what hate can do. During my years at Bradley, I had the unfortunate opportunity to take classes with a guy named Matt Hale. If you are from the area, or even Illinois, you probably will know who he is. If not, I'll explain. Mr. Hale was a local area boy that became the leader of the World Church of the Creator. A White Supremacist. A particular nasty one at time. I even had a class with Hale, and if I say he was an ignorant, redneck pig, that's being way more generous than he deserves. He led a KKK group onto MY campus, reeking all sorts of havoc. It was a really scary time, and it brought out a lot of hate, the likes of which I had never seen face to face before. And which I never want to see again.
After I graduated, I met a guy that turned out to be my best friend. To this day, I can call him that. He's the sweetest, kindest person I know. He's my children's godfather. He is mine and Mike's closest friend. He loves me and my family unconditionally. And he's gay. He has experienced the bigotry of the uninformed. I would love to shield him from that if I could. But that is the way of the world, as much as I hate it. So, in my own little way, I'm working to change it. I had a friend one time comment on a BBQ we had at our house. She said coming to our house was like going to a meeting of the Rainbow Coalition. I looked around and realized it was true. We have friends that are black, Native American, Chinese, Spanish, gay, straight, white....and just about any mixture you can imagine. I want my children to grow up in a world where THAT is normal. Where being different isn't a bad thing. Where there is no such thing as different. A world where people just are. A place where every person is free to love whoever they choose, no matter what gender. That is what I believe in, and it is what my children are going to believe.
As far as the reading challenge, I have a few books that I want to read. I'll do my best to hit the Rainbow level. But I know how well I usually do on challenges, so we'll see in the end what I can accomplish. I know that I will pick up huge amounts of titles for my TBR, as well. So this list is just a start!!
- Dangerous Angels by Francesca Lia Block
- Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
- Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
- Normal by Amy Bloom
- Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
- The House you Pass on the Way by Jacqueline Woodson
- Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford
- Sex Talks to Girls: A Memoir by Maureen Seaton
- Sugar Rush by Julie Burchill
- My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger
Hopefully, this will be a wonderfully enlightening challenge. Many thanks to Amanda for hosting!


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Originally called "My Personal Heroes Of Magic And Mentalism", I decided to change the series name in order to give reference to a classic game, "Heroes Of Might And Magic". It does sound catchier, doesn't it?
Last week, I wrote about my favorite duo act, Penn and Teller, and how despite the fact that I disagree with some of their personal views, I still love them as performers, and how they've influenced my concept of "comedy magic" about as much as another guy I know (Whom you guys will hear about in a future installment...).
Now, if Penn and Teller influenced my philosophy of how to entertain people with my performance, this next guy is the man who has certainly influenced me in my foundations in my favorite genre of the art, that is, mentalism.
Richard Osterlind may not ring a bell to the average person, but in the world of mentalism, he is one of the most popular names in the industry to ever hail from America. Carrying himself in a very casual, even fatherly manner, Osterlind's performance style is very natural and relaxed, and unlike most of his contemporaries, he does not seem to make any pretenses to maintaining a "mentalist persona" whenever he performs (For contrast, see Max Maven.). Richard is very straightforward, yet his open-armed sincerity is precisely what keeps his fans coming back for more as he astounds and mystifies them with feats of the human mind we often assume impossible.
As the man behind the groundbreaking "Mind Mysteries" and "Easy To Master Mental Miracles" series for mentalists from all walks of life, Richard Osterlind has influenced an entire generation of mentalists who can only hope to have half of the natural charisma that he oozes with whenever he performs, again, despite the lack of an attempt to maintain a hint of a persona. While Derren Brown may be regarded as the quintessential mentalist of this generation, Osterlind is the man people turn to when they want to learn how to do mentalism, mainly because Derren doesn't really teach his material the way Osterlind does.
Osterlind's website is also very helpful in answering what it means to be a mentalist vis-a-vis being a magician, and he even provides a very helpful FAQ that answers some of the more common questions thrown at mentalists. Few people have helped elevate the art of mentalism the way Osterlind has, from teaching aspiring mentalists the secrets to unlocking the mysteries of the mind, all the way to coming up with new and ingenious items meant to enhance the performance of any mentalist worth his salt.
Richard Osterlind: Mental Magician?
Osterlind's critics tend to disparage him because of his tendency to include magic tricks in his mentalism acts, and unlike Derren Brown, he makes no attempt to mask it as a mentalism feat whatsoever. For instance, in one of his videos, he does the infamous "Paddle move", and feebly passes it off as hypnosis on the audience.
While this is a valid criticism, it cannot be denied that Richard Osterlind is still a genuine mentalist insofar as he knows the ins and outs of the mindset, and in the sheer command he has over his audience, despite the sometimes-ludicrous premise he sets upon his own performances. While he may be guilty of doing mere "mental magic" at times, Osterlind still manages to shine simply because he is so earnest that people can't help but still assume what he is doing is outright mentalism. Purists may understandably cringe, but the man hasn't been in business all over the world for three or so decades already if people didn't appreciate his material.
What He Means To Me
Osterlind will always be one of the first mentalists I have learned from, along with Banachek, Max Maven, and to a limited but important extent, Morgan Strebler (Yet another influence of mine. More on him in the future.). As a performer, I always ask myself, "what would Richard do?" This is because as a veteran mentalist for decades, Osterlind has honed his craft to a point where his material is a fit for nearly any kind of mentalist, no matter what personality or performing style you may choose to employ.
While few people reading this right now would ever get to know the man the way fellow performers already do, I think Richard Osterlind, as one of the men who has inspired this generation of mentalists, deserves a tribute for all his contributions to the art, especially to the significant influence he has exerted on me, including routines I have performed thanks to him, such as the Blindfolded Rubik's Solve, the 20-Card Test, the Acid Test, and 4-Dimensional Telepathy. As a prolific thinker whose ideas know no bounds, Osterlind's massive volume of material on video will never lack an audience of eager learners.


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Timeless Sensibility
Simple architectural details and an elegant materials palette create a timeless, restful space for bathing. White marble tiles, millwork and mosaic insets on the marble floor reflect the natural light. The undressed windows keep the feel unfussy. The arched tub niche emphasizes the whirlpool tub and adds built-in significance to the room.


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Hey, You! Quit Musterbating!
I honestly have to say that I often feel unrested about all I failed to accomplish or all that I have on my plate that NEEDS to get done. I think we ALL musterbate and probably more often than we should.
What is Musterbating exactly? According to the handy Urban Dictionary online, Musterbation is a term coined by Albert Ellis, a behaviorist, to describe the tendency to think that certain things "must" occur or "must" be done. It has got to be absolute, with little or no room for failure.
I must get my book published. I must land an agent. I must wash the car, I must write 4,000 words today.I must get all A's in graduate school. I must make that meeting for PTA. I must have a child of my own to be happy. I must avoid those extra calories today.
As you can see, musterbating can creep into almost any area of our lives! Sadly, I can definitely see how musterbating can creep into the life of a writer!
Don't get me wrong, now. There is great validity in the things we want, the things we desire. Goals are a beautiful thing, especially when they push us in a direction to become better people, stronger people, more fulfilled people. The problem occurs when we can no longer distinguish a goal from an absolute must, when happiness revolves around that "must."
We've got to chill out and give ourselves a little bit of slack. We're only human after all, and humans with several obligations each day. We already must wake up and get the kids ready for school, we must attend that work meeting. We must eat.
And while musterbating is a choice, for example, you really don't have to go to work if you don't want to, but there's a consequence for that. You really don't have to care for your children, but there's a consequence for that. You really don't have to care for your elderly mother, but there's an obligation and a desire to want to do that. In other words, while we don't have to musterbate because technically we DO have choices, we must distinguish the areas where we make choices because it's part of our lives, and the areas where we are just piling on unrealistic and unnecessary absolutes.
I am slowly learning to stop musterbating. Life is too short and too precious to worry over things I cannot control. I cannot tell people what to think or how to behave. I cannot bend myself to an unshapely mess.
One sure way Dr. Ellis says we can fight musterbating: Transform the imperative into a preference.
For example, instead of saying, "I must," you can adopt the attitude of, perhaps, "It would be nice, wonderful amazing, life-changing if I get that job, or land that agent, but I can still live a full life if I don't."
So, my friends, as much as we enjoy musterbating, let's just promise ourselves we'll try to phase it out as much as we can. We'll be happier for it!


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Norman M. Panitch, M.D.,F.A.C.P.
Gastroenterologist, Norman M. Panitch, shares home remedies to cure his own children from common illnesses, including heartburn and indigestion to an upset stomach.
As a gastroenterologist with two children, I obviously have taken care of them myself when they were babies, toddlers and teenagers. Here are some of nonprescription remedies I suggest. I hope some of these remedies that I've used and have come across over 35 years of practice will help you in caring for your young children.
Let us start at the top. Number one would be heartburn and indigestion—or as we call it in the adult world, GERD. This is when acid material comes up from the stomach into the esophagus, causing a feeling of heartburn or indigestion. If it comes up high enough, it can hit the vocal cords and even cause asthma or a chronic cough in a child.
Nonprescription treatment would include:
The next symptom that infants, toddlers and teenagers get is, of course, diarrhea. For this there are many treatments. I like flat 7-Up with saltine crackers. The salt in the crackers is essential. Remember the BRAT diet. That's Bananas,
Apple sauce and
Tea. Most of my colleagues recommend chamomile tea. If diarrhea persists over 24 or 48 hours, you must take the child to an urgent care center or laboratory to get a culture. There is a very viscous strain of E. coli that is prevalent and can be deadly in children. This must be cultured and treated.
The next symptom I'd like to discuss is nausea and vomiting. The first rule is to let them vomit. Most of this is caused by viruses or food poisoning, and you want it out of your child's system. If they're not constantly vomiting, a "flat" Coca-Cola or Pepsi is an excellent treatment for nausea and vomiting. Many of my colleagues use peppermint in sugar-free sticks or candies. If nausea and vomiting persists over twenty-four hours, again, one should go to the urgent care center.
The next symptom I'd like to discuss is constipation. This is extremely common in young children. At times it is a behavioral problem where children are asserting their independence. I will not get into the causes of constipation, but home remedies include:
The next symptom I'd like to discuss is excessive gas. This is quite common in children and in my practice as an adult gastroenterologist is the most common symptom that I see. For children I would recommend yogurt with probiotics. Activia would be an excellent choice, but there are many probiotics that you can buy, such as Phillips' Colon Health, to give your child. In order to avoid gas they must not use straws or chew gum. They must not talk excitedly when they are eating because they will swallow air. Try to lower the sugar in their diet. Try to avoid "white," such as white rice, white bread and white pasta--all of this is extremely high in sugar. This sugar will be metabolized by the bacteria in the colon to gas. Some of my colleagues have used peppermint tea for gas.
The last topic I would discuss is a treatment for babies with an "upset stomach," the babies who cry and hold their stomachs. There's something called "gripe water." This is very good for a bellyache. In many underdeveloped countries this is sold as a product over the counter. In order to make it here, you would combine fennel, ginger and chamomile. Boil them together to make "gripe" tea. Cool it and strain and have the baby or child sip.
As most of you know, as a gastroenterologist I have many prescriptions available in my medicine chest for my children, but these are some easy home remedies that I think will be very helpful for your child.
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Art & Wellbeing, V Inspired, Birmingham, 5th March 2013
Sculpture workshop for young adults to promote ways to improve personal Wellbeing,
(P) Art Start & Gee Whizz projects (2014), through Taking Part, Shrewsbury, From August 2011. Devising and running Art and Craft sessions for teenagers with mental health issues, learning and physical disabilities.
(P) Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, Shrewsbury, May 2011
The Final showcase were hand made Photo montages using photographs the participants had taken in response to the theme of Wellbeing and their favourite pieces in the collection.
Shelton Hospital, (now the Redwoods centre) Shrewsbury, April – June 2011
Contemporary Participatory Art session with adult mental health patients, using the Five Ways to Wellbeing. Work from this project was exhibition in the Telford Art Open 2011.
Wellbeing Festival, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Oct 2010
Drop in Craft workshop, for all ages promoting Arts for Health.
Towers Above; Art for Mental Health & Wellbeing, Telford, July - August 2010
Artist assistant for Towers Above, supporting service users and staff with some of the planning, prep and installation of the 'Nutter, the truth' project, which the projects key aim; challenge the stigma of mental health. Supporting service users on a trip to the Public Art gallery.
Telford Mind, From 2009 - 2013
Collaborative Contemporary Art, textile & Photography projects with adults with mental health issues. Mentor for other Arts for Health Artists at Telford Mind. *
Walsall NHS (Feeling Good project) from October 2009 - April 2010
Using the 5 Ways to Wellbeing, Photography & Craft sessions, for adults, plus curating an exhibition of some of the work created within the project at Walsall Museum.


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Through teaching my wonderful students at Ashton, I've had a few practice epiphanies recently, one of which I would like to share.
Don't Trust Everything You Read On Immigration
This starts from websites. From well-know eTA scams to even more subtle "outdated" information – you have to be careful. Forums, more often than not, are individuals with complicated/negative experiences panicking over their cases. The complexity of some of their fact scenarios and the added discretion added by various overseas processing visa offices makes these cases by no means precedents to follow. There are a lot of unauthorized representatives or even individuals who are authorized but are writing on the basis of "one or two" experiences that purport to be experts. Indeed, one of the reasons I am also being more careful about posting technical/legal blogs until I do my due diligence (and cross reference multiple sources) is I know very well what occurs on paper and in practice can often be very different.
Be Careful About Reading Immigration's Own Website
Even Immigration's own website is not always accurate or up to date. They are doing a much better job of client service and updates but you should be diligent. One of the issues is with updated forms. The website will often indicate the form is from March 2017 for example, but you click a few links and realize the latest version is October 2017.
Another issue is with websites providing generally "ideal" processing advice (purely policy) that is treated by Applicant's as law. For example, the idea that an extension application needs to be extended 30 days before expiry is ideal for IRCC's processing but can be a very poor decision if you are awaiting something (like the basis for your very extension or documents) to come through.
The other one I have a really hard time with is the issue of putting information before the officer in a follow-up after application submission.
There are many times (for example when you notice an uploading or submission mistake) or have an important update/follow-up where you will need to send a new document and hope that it gets to the Officer before they process.
I think Immigration should frankly remove/amend the above two pieces of advice because they do not align with the Act and Regs.
Immigration was quick on updating one issue after realizing a mistake it had made on it's website. Previously, the website has suggested a post-graduate work permit holder lost the ability to work upon return from a trip outside Canada. They made a quick fix after realizing they had the wrong info.
Really important thing to be aware of – R.186(w) IRPR not the same as R.186(u) IRPR [i.e.: implied status] – so regular prohibition on full-time work after return overseas during application processing does not apply. #cdnimm https://t.co/XPsVFBeGOn
— Will Tao🇨🇦 (@TheWillTruth) November 23, 2017
Sometimes the information from immigration is not "wrong" per se but rather can be too broadly interpreted too broadly to the detriment of the Applicant. This is what happened in Zhang v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2016 FC 964 (CanLII), http://canlii.ca/t/h4g53 where the Applicant took a broad interpretation of the ability to study for six months upon authorized entry to cover the period of time that extended beyond the initial six month entry period. By the wording of the website, again without reference to the Act and Regs, this all sounded good and kosher. However, once those definitions were explored, it not only grounded the reasonableness of the Officer's decision but arguably (in my opinion) made it the only reasonable decision.
Where a provision of law or a procedural fairness letter or an obscurely written website instruction causes you some doubt, my recommendation is always to go see someone. I know it's my overused moniker, but it is much easier to prevent a problem than to clean one up.


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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Racism and the Book of Mormon
This year I've gone back to using Terryl Givens' By the Hand of Mormon as a course text (as opposed to Armand Mauss's Angel and the Beehive, which I've used in previous years). I like Mauss because his study provides a snapshot of modern Mormonism, that helps to dispel a lot of the stereotypes non-Mormons have about Mormons. Among other things, Mauss also addresses questions related to racism and the Mormon Church, which makes my job as a teacher a little bit easier. (Among other things, Mauss provides statistical data to show that Mormons were not more racist than the general population prior to 1978, and that Mormon attitudes toward race have become more progressive than attitudes in the general population since 1978.)
The problem with using The Angel and the Beehive is that it doesn't really discuss Mormon belief, and when you're trying to teach non-Mormons about Mormonism, that's a problem. I like Givens' monograph on the Book of Mormon because it offers students an account of Mormon origins focusing on Mormonism's most important book of scripture, which gets right to the heart of Mormon belief. Furthermore, it presents in fairly unflinching fashion all the various challenges related to the Book of Mormon, but from a faithful perspective. It allows non-Mormons to see how and why faithful Mormons accept and believe in the Book of Mormon, despite some of these challenges.
Of course digging into the Book of Mormon means dealing up close and personal with what I consider one of the more troubling problems, the whole dark skin "curse" thing.
At the very least, as a believing Mormon, I have to confess that this aspect of the Book of Mormon is extremely awkward, because I simply don't believe that God "curses" people with dark skin. There is actually solid doctrinal basis from within Mormonism to reject the whole idea of an inherited "dark skin curse": "We believe that men will be punished for their own sins..." (2nd Article of Faith). The idea of dark skin "curses" sort of militates against the whole idea of personal accountability and faith that is implied by the second article of faith.
The Book of Mormon itself presents the history of the Nephites and the Lamanites as if darkness or lightness of skin has nothing to do with either individual or collective righteousness. When Lamanites are described as "wicked," if hereditary causes are offered, "the traditions of their fathers" are invariably blamed, certainly not race or skin color. Anyone familiar with the Book of Mormon narrative knows that at significant points in the story, the dark-skinned Lamanites are described as more righteous than the light-skinned Nephites. In fact, it is only the Nephites who become ultimately so wicked that they are completely wiped off the face of the land. The dark-skinned Lamanites never descend to that level of wickedness.
If anything, the "curse" functions in the Book of Mormon more as a "just-so story," explaining how two groups of people from the same racial stock could end up becoming racially different. (And potentially, for modern readers, explaining how Native Americans could come from Hebrew racial stock.) After all, if God consistently cursed the wicked with dark skin, then Nephites should have lost their light skin color somewhere in the Book of Alma, and for that matter, the human population of the entire world should be dark skinned. So if dark skin is a "curse" in the Book of Mormon, it is a very peculiar curse. It just doesn't really make a lot of sense.
So, as a thoughtful believing Mormon who also abhors racism of any kind -- who regards racism as a blight and a sin and offensive in the eyes of a just and loving God who is "no respecter of persons" (D&C 38:16) -- I just don't know what to do with this aspect of the Book of Mormon. I ultimately do nothing with it. And it's easy to do nothing with it, since, bottom line, it's really not that important a part of the overall Book of Mormon narrative. (Perhaps I simply choose not to see it as important.) Some faithful Mormons who have wrestled with this issue choose to see references to the dark skin curse as the product of bias in the Book of Mormon authors themselves, one of those "faults of a man" (Mormon 8:17) that Mormon asked his readers to overlook in the text.
In class on Tuesday, I did get grilled by a couple of students about this issue. What really broke my heart was when one of my students confessed that when she read about this issue in the Givens' text, it upset her so much that she quit reading Givens and could go no further. I'm not trying to cause my students this kind of distress; I want this class to be an intellectually and spiritually engaging and positive experience, not a "got-so-mad-I-couldn't-read-any-further" kind of experience.
I have no desire to gloss over this issue. I am not much inclined to be an apologist for Mormon racism. Our sins in this arena are many, and frankly confessing and forsaking them is a requirement for us if we are to have any hope of growing into the fullness of righteousness and love God intends for us.
I will also insist it's not entirely fair for folks to suggest that I must be racist for adhering to a faith that believes in a book of scripture that contains racist ideas. That puts me in a particular kind of bind I must reject as unproductive. It insists in essence I must be racist in order to be a Mormon, and I simply refuse to accept that. If I were to reject any faith for having scripture containing offensive ideas or for having offensive traditions, then I'm not sure I could find a religion it would be possible for me to adhere to. If there were any sort of contest of which book of scripture contains the most offensive ideas, I think the Bible wins, and I haven't thrown away any of my bibles yet. In fact, I keep buying new ones. I just recently bought The Jewish Annotated New Testament, and have been using it as a guide in my current study of the four Gospels.
As I've elaborated here in blog posts too numerous to count, I see faith as a process of growth, which implies acceptance of the notion that we are not perfect. Throwing faith away doesn't help us out of this bind, and in fact may do the opposite. My faith offers me powerful tools for understanding the problem of human sinfulness, coming to full terms with it, and finding ways to learn and grow beyond it with a sense of hope. I refuse to abandon those tools because the kit contains a few that seem rusty or unuseful.
My faith also offers me perspectives and understandings that give me a basis for rejecting racism or any kind of "ism" that denigrates anybody. Those aspects of my faith are so much more meaningful to me and powerful to me than the other stuff. And I'm not sure there's any way to make this work that doesn't involve engaging and committing to faith, even when there are ambiguous aspects or offensive aspects that pop up in the warp and woof of our faith. In some sense, I'm not a wise enough judge to completely disentangle the good from the bad, so I have to accept it and trust that the purpose of religion is to create a me that is better and more loving. I think it is doing that, so I remain committed to the process.
4 comments:
- Andy said...
This is what I love about how you write. You can take a controversial issue and deconstruct it so it no longer seems sinister.
- March 14, 2012 at 7:37 PM
- Max Journals said...
Well said. I was a Mormon, until their involvement in California's Prop 8 (fight against gay marriage)made me not want to be associated with such a religion, that I resigned my membership (the only way to legally / officially remove one's name from the Church). I too was able to think as you regarding the Church and racism - it was in the past which I think made it easier. Perhaps when religions accept that people are born gay, that it is not a choice, then maybe I will consider being active again in a specific religion. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
- March 14, 2012 at 7:46 PM
- J G-W said...
Andy, I'm glad this was helpful to you. This is certainly something I've wrestled with over the years.
A lot of things "seem sinister," until we are willing to wrestle with them...
- March 15, 2012 at 8:19 AM
- J G-W said...
Hey Max! That's pretty much my partner's view. He says he'll start going to Church with me when the Church allows me to be baptized.
There's a great book out called Black and Mormon, which discusses the Church's history with African Americans, and some of the continuing challenges of dealing with racism in the LDS Church. There are some fantastic chapters in this book that share the experience of a number of African Americans who were members of the Church before the priesthood ban ended in 1978.
One of my best friends in my ward is in that category... He joined the Church before the ban on ordaining blacks was lifted. He's had his ups and downs with the Church, but today he's a member with a strong testimony.
I have gradually, after studying this issue in depth, come to the conclusion that the ban on the ordination of blacks was the result of human error and sin. It took a revelation to help the Church fix this error and begin to heal the deep, painful wounds that were caused by this sin. The Church is still healing from this.
I think until the Church was willing to fix this and begin to address it, we could not move forward, and many people were lost to the Church.
The Church is still on a journey around the issue of homosexuality. Hopefully, someday we'll arrive at a better place than where we are now.
- March 15, 2012 at 8:28 AM


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Actress Shailene Woodley, 22, star of the highly anticipated teen adaptation film Divergent has let her feeling be known about another teen adaptation, the Twilight movie per Hello Magazine.
Shailene said, "Twilight, I'm sorry, is about a very unhealthy, toxic relationship."
In the past, Stephanie Meyer's hugely successful vampire novel has seen its share of negativity, but Shailene took it a step further.
She indicated that the story involving Bella Swan and vampire Edward Cullen played by Kristen Steward and Robert Pattinson, would not help the future of the world.
"She falls in love with this guy and the second he leaves her, her life is over and she's going to kill herself? What message are we sending to young people?" asked Shailene, before adding: "That is not going to help this world evolve."
Shailene Woodley's break out role in George Clooney's The Desendants in 2011 won her Best Supporting Actress at the Independent Spirit Awards. She took two years off before filming The Spectacular Now, a teen love story, which was critically acclaimed at the Sundance Film Festival.
In her interview with Teen Vogue, Shailene said: "I didn't do a move for two years because I didn't read anything that was inspiring to me."
"After The Desendants, everybody was like, 'You've got to ride the wave!' And I was like, 'You ride the wave and it eventually crashes on the shore. That doesn't work out! I'm going to just sit here and paddleboard'," she said.
Shailene Woodley's newest film, Divergent, another film adaptation of a best selling young adult novel is set for release on April 4th. She will soon be out promoting John Green's The Fault in Our Stars opposite Ansel Elgort and thriller White Bird in a Blizzard with Eva Green.


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Custom CSS properties in Flex
So as some of you know, I've been knee-deep in Adobe-land lately. I've been working concurrently in Flash CS3 and Flex/AS3 projects. One of the aspects of the Flex framework which I still need to wrap my head around is themes / skins / states / css for Flex. All the samples online usually show sample code, but only for styling/theming built-in Flex Components.
In my case I'm building a custom "Buddy List" item renderer, which extends the TreeItemRenderer class in Flex. Out of the box, Flex UI components support CSS Styles (the base class UIComponent does). Since my BuddyListTreeItemRenderer extends UIComponent, I can assign it a style. However, since if you're writing a custom component, I have to manually load my style values and assign them to my UI children.
Not having wrapped my head around how to define a simple "state" for my component, I decided to try and just create some CSS properties and hope that I can read them as a key-value pair. I know, I know, you l337 CSS and Flex masters might be getting flustered right now, but what I found is that I can pass custom properties in CSS, as long as the 'value' is a String.
So, for example:
BuddyListItem {
myFooTextColor : 0xFF0000;
doesn't work, But this does:
BuddyListItem {
myFooTextColor : "0xFF0000";
All that's left is to pick up the style in my code:
var fooValue:Number = this.getStyle("myFooTextColor");
In most cases, AS3 will cast the value correctly for you.
So I know this is not the ideal solution, and if anyone can provide me a better alternative (please!), I'd really appreciate it!
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Editor's Note: This article proposes several models of community, including a model of "mobile community"—an extension
of physical community merged with online community. The authors also provide examples of how these models have contributed to the development of community applications in their work at Samsung.—Hugh Dubberly
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[ 1] "Uniting
Communitites," a white
paper published as
part of Nokia Siemens
Networks Industry
Themes series, 2007.
November + December 2009
[ 2] Newman, D.
Sociology: Exploring the
Architecture of Everyday
Life. Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage Publications,
For the past decade, mobile phones have been used
primarily to make phone calls. However, with an
increase in the number of mobile phone users and
improvements to mobile phone technology, new
forms of interaction and new kinds of applications
become possible. Now the role of mobile phones
is expanding to support forming and maintaining
"community"—both geographic-based communities and communities based on diverse cultural
interests—creating new ways for people to connect
and communicate.
The rise of online communities is one of the most
exciting commercial and social opportunities of this
decade. Today anyone working in the converging
worlds of communications, media, and technology knows that communities are perhaps the most
influential factor and value-added service in the
emerging market—potentially exceeding games,
voting or polling applications, or music and video
downloads—because of their long-term sustainability. In fact, a public report estimates that the market
value of community will be around €673 billion by
2010 [ 1].
Traditionally, the term "community" defined a
group of people living in a common location [ 2]. But
as the Internet reduced the limitations of distance,
"community" has expanded to include groups organized around common values and common interests. Early Internet community applications limited
online interaction for members—the community
was active only when members were in front of
a personal computer. In contrast, mobile phones
support interaction virtually anywhere, but until
recently mobile phones did a poor job of support-
ing community. A new generation of mobile phone
applications is beginning to support not just one-to-one communications, but also one-to-many, many-to-one, and many-to-many communications—an
essential part of creating, reinforcing, and managing a community (see Figure 1).
Consumers expect mobile devices to support rich
forms of media: audio, text, photo, and video. And
they expect to use rich media to communicate.
Consumers will also expect mobile community
applications to support rich media. And they will
expect applications to be aware of users' context—
both their physical environment as well as their
virtual environment:
their location, •
the tasks in which they are engaged, •
the information they are browsing, •
the people with whom they are interacting, •
and the history of each. •
These contextual elements (location, task,
domain, contacts, and history) may combine to
"trigger" realization of both individual and group
goals. Some goals and activities will already be "in
play," while others will emerge from interaction.
Browsing a library shelf may lead to the discovery
of a new book. Stepping into a cafe may involve running into a friend. Mobile community applications
become especially valuable when they support
serendipity—spontaneous or unplanned events—
and aid the formation of ad hoc communities or
"flash groups" (which may dissolve after the event).
This last feature is a main difference between
mobile communities and communities in the online
and physical worlds.
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