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Negligence (Lat. negligentia, from neglegere, to neglect, literally "not to pick up something") is a failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in like circumstances.[1] The area of tort law known as negligence involves harm caused by carelessness, not intentional harm.
According to Jay M. Feinman of the Rutgers University School of Law;
The core idea of negligence is that people should exercise reasonable care when they act by taking account of the potential harm that they might foreseeably cause to other people."[2]
"Those who go personally or bring property where they know that they or it may come into collision with the persons or property of others have by law a duty cast upon them to use reasonable care and skill to avoid such a collision."— per Lord Blackburn in The Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford Railway Company v Slattery[3]
Through civil litigation, if an injured person proves that another person acted negligently to cause their injury, they can recover damages to compensate for their harm. Proving a case for negligence can potentially entitle the injured plaintiff to compensation for harm to their body, property, mental well-being, financial status, or intimate relationships. However, because negligence cases are very fact-specific, this general definition does not fully explain the concept of when the law will require one person to compensate another for losses caused by accidental injury. Further, the law of negligence at common law is only one aspect of the law of liability. Although resulting damages must be proven in order to recover compensation in a negligence action, the nature and extent of those damages are not the primary focus of negligence cases.[citation needed]
Elements of negligence claims
Negligence suits have historically been analyzed in stages, called elements, similar to the analysis of crimes (see Element (criminal law)). An important concept related to elements is that if a plaintiff fails to prove any one element of his claim, he loses on the entire tort claim. For example, assume that a particular tort has five elements. Each element must be proven. If the plaintiff proves only four of the five elements, the plaintiff has not succeeded in making out his claim.[citation needed]
Common law jurisdictions may differ slightly in the exact classification of the elements of negligence, but the elements that must be established in every negligence case are: duty, breach, causation, and damages. Each is defined and explained in greater detail in the paragraphs below. Negligence can be conceived of as having just three elements - conduct, causation and damages. More often, it is said to have four (duty, breach, causation and punitive damages) or five (duty, breach, actual cause, proximate cause, and damages). Each would be correct, depending on how much specificity someone is seeking. "The broad agreement on the conceptual model", writes Professor Robertson of the University of Texas at Austin, "entails recognition that the five elements are best defined with care and kept separate. But in practice", he goes on to warn, "several varieties of confusion or conceptual mistakes have sometimes occurred."[4]
Duty of care
The case of Donoghue v. Stevenson[5] [1932] illustrates the law of negligence, laying the foundations of the fault principle around the Commonwealth. The Pursuer, May Donoghue, drank ginger beer given to her by a friend, who bought it from a shop. The beer was supplied by a manufacturer, a certain David Stevenson in Scotland. While drinking the drink, Donoghue discovered the remains of an allegedly decomposed snail. She then sued Stevenson, though there was no relationship of contract, as the friend had made the payment. As there was no contract the doctrine of privity prevented a direct action against Stevenson.
In his ruling, justice Lord MacMillan defined a new category of delict (the Scots law nearest equivalent of tort), (which is really not based on negligence but on what is now known as the "implied warranty of fitness of a product" in a completely different category of tort--"products liability") because it was analogous to previous cases about people hurting each other. Lord Atkin interpreted the biblical passages to 'love thy neighbour,' as the legal requirement to 'not harm thy neighbour.' He then went on to define neighbour as "persons who are so closely and directly affected by my act that I ought reasonably to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions that are called in question." Reasonably foreseeable harm must be compensated. This is the first principle of negligence.
In England the more recent case of 'Caparo Industries Plc v. Dickman' [1990] introduced a 'threefold test' for a duty of care. Harm must be (1) reasonably foreseeable (2) there must be a relationship of proximity between the plaintiff and defendant and (3) it must be 'fair, just and reasonable' to impose liability. However, these act as guidelines for the courts in establishing a duty of care; much of the principle is still at the discretion of judges.
In Australia, Donoghue v Stevenson was used as a persuasive precedent in the case of Grant v Australian Knitting Mills (AKR) (1936).[6] This was a landmark case in the development of negligence law in Australia.[7]
Breach of duty
Once it is established that the defendant owed a duty to the plaintiff/claimant, the matter of whether or not that duty was breached must be settled. The test is both subjective and objective. The defendant who knowingly (subjective) exposes the plaintiff/claimant to a substantial risk of loss, breaches that duty. The defendant who fails to realize the substantial risk of loss to the plaintiff/claimant, which any reasonable person [objective] in the same situation would clearly have realized, also breaches that duty.[8][9]
Breach of duty is not limited to professionals or persons under written or oral contract; all members of society have a duty to exercise reasonable care toward others and their property. A person who engages in activities that pose an unreasonable risk toward others and their property that actually results in harm, breaches their duty of reasonable care. An example is shown in the facts of Bolton v. Stone,[10] a 1951 legal case decided by the House of Lords which established that a defendant is not negligent if the damage to the plaintiff was not a reasonably foreseeable consequence of his conduct. In the case, a Miss Stone was struck on the head by a cricket ball while standing outside her house. Cricket balls were not normally hit a far enough distance to pose a danger to people standing as far away as was Miss Stone. Although she was injured, the court held that she did not have a legitimate claim because the danger was not sufficiently foreseeable. As stated in the opinion, 'Reasonable risk' cannot be judged with the benefit of hindsight. As Lord Denning said in Roe v. Minister of Health,[11] the past should not be viewed through rose coloured spectacles. Therefore, there was no negligence on the part of the medical professionals in a case faulting them for using contaminated medical jars because the scientific standards of the time indicated a low possibility of medical jar contamination. Even if some were harmed, the professionals took reasonable care for risk to their patients.
- United States v. Carroll Towing Co. 159 F.2d 169 (2d. Cir. 1947)
For the rule in the U.S., see: Calculus of negligence
Factual causation (Direct Cause)
For a defendant to be held liable, it must be shown that the particular acts or omissions were the cause of the loss or damage sustained. Although the notion sounds simple, the causation between one's breach of duty and the harm that results to another can at times be very complicated. The basic test is to ask whether the injury would have occurred 'but for', or without, the accused party's breach of the duty owed to the injured party.[12] Even more precisely, if a breaching party materially increases the risk of harm to another, then the breaching party can be sued to the value of harm that he caused.
Asbestos litigations which have been ongoing for decades revolve around the issue of causation. Interwoven with the simple idea of a party causing harm to another are issues on insurance bills and compensations, which sometimes drove compensating companies out of business.
Legal causation or remoteness
Sometimes factual causation is distinguished from 'legal causation' to avert the danger of defendants being exposed to, in the words of Cardozo, J., "liability in an indeterminate amount for an indeterminate time to an indeterminate class."[13] It is said a new question arises of how remote a consequence a person's harm is from another's negligence. We say that one's negligence is 'too remote' (in England) or not a 'proximate cause' (in the U.S.) of another's harm if one would 'never' reasonably foresee it happening. Note that a 'proximate cause' in U.S. terminology (to do with the chain of events between the action and the injury) should not be confused with the 'proximity test' under the English duty of care (to do with closeness of relationship). The idea of legal causation is that if no one can foresee something bad happening, and therefore take care to avoid it, how could anyone be responsible? For instance, in Palsgraf v. Long Island Rail Road Co.[14] the judge decided that the defendant, a railway, was not liable for an injury suffered by a distant bystander. The plaintiff, Palsgraf, was hit by scales that fell on her as she waited on a train platform. The scales fell because of a far-away commotion. A train conductor had run to help a man into a departing train. The man was carrying a package as he jogged to jump in the train door. The package had fireworks in it. The conductor mishandled the passenger or his package, causing the package to fall. The fireworks slipped and exploded on the ground causing shockwaves to travel through the platform. As a consequence, the scales fell.[15] Because Palsgraf was hurt by the falling scales, she sued the train company who employed the conductor for negligence.[16]
The defendant train company argued it should not be liable as a matter of law, because despite the fact that they employed the employee, who was negligent, his negligence was too remote from the plaintiff's injury. On appeal, the majority of the court agreed, with four judges adopting the reasons, written by Judge Cardozo, that the defendant owed no duty of care to the plaintiff, because a duty was owed only to foreseeable plaintiffs. Three judges dissented, arguing, as written by Judge Andrews, that the defendant owed a duty to the plaintiff, regardless of foreseeability, because all men owe one another a duty not to act negligently.
Such disparity of views on the element of remoteness continues to trouble the judiciary. Courts that follow Cardozo's view have greater control in negligence cases. If the court can find that, as a matter of law, the defendant owed no duty of care to the plaintiff, the plaintiff will lose his case for negligence before having a chance to present to the jury. Cardozo's view is the majority view. However, some courts follow the position put forth by Judge Andrews. In jurisdictions following the minority rule, defendants must phrase their remoteness arguments in terms of proximate cause if they wish the court to take the case away from the jury.
Remoteness takes another form, seen in The Wagon Mound (No. 1).[17] The Wagon Mound was a ship in Sydney harbour. The ship leaked oil creating a slick in part of the harbour. The wharf owner asked the ship owner about the danger and was told he could continue his work because the slick would not burn. The wharf owner allowed work to continue on the wharf, which sent sparks onto a rag in the water which ignited and created a fire which burnt down the wharf. The UK House of Lords determined that the wharf owner 'intervened' in the causal chain, creating a responsibility for the fire which canceled out the liability of the ship owner.
In Australia the concept of remoteness, or proximity, was tested with the case of Jaensch v. Coffey.[18] The wife of a policeman, Mrs Coffey suffered a nervous shock injury from the aftermath of a motor vehicle collision although she was not actually at the scene at the time of the collision. The court upheld that, in addition to it being reasonably foreseeable that his wife might suffer such an injury, it required that there be sufficient proximity between the plaintiff and the defendant who caused the collision. Here there was sufficient causal proximity. Also see the case of Kavanagh v Akhtar[19][20] and Tame v. NSW.[21]
Even though there is breach of duty, and the cause of some injury to the defendant, a plaintiff may not recover unless he can prove that the defendant's breach caused a pecuniary injury. This should not be mistaken with the requirements that a plaintiff prove harm to recover. As a general rule, a plaintiff can only rely on a legal remedy to the point that he proves that he suffered a loss; it was reasonably foreseeable. It means something more than pecuniary loss is a necessary element of the plaintiff's case in negligence. When damages are not a necessary element, a plaintiff can win his case without showing that he suffered any loss; he would be entitled to nominal damages and any other damages according to proof. (See Constantine v Imperial Hotels Ltd [1944] KB]).
Negligence is different in that the plaintiff must prove his loss, and a particular kind of loss, to recover. In some cases, a defendant may not dispute the loss, but the requirement is significant in cases where a defendant cannot deny his negligence, but the plaintiff suffered no loss as a result. If the plaintiff can prove pecuniary loss, then he can also obtain damages for non-pecuniary injuries, such as emotional distress.
The requirement of pecuniary loss can be shown in a number of ways. A plaintiff who is physically injured by allegedly negligent conduct may show that he had to pay a medical bill. If his property is damaged, he could show the income lost because he could not use it, the cost to repair it, although he could only recover for one of these things.
The damage may be physical, purely economic, both physical and economic (loss of earnings following a personal injury), or reputational (in a defamation case).
In English law, the right to claim for purely economic loss is limited to a number of 'special' and clearly defined circumstances, often related to the nature of the duty to the plaintiff as between clients and lawyers, financial advisers, and other professions where money is central to the consultative services.
Emotional distress has been recognized as an actionable tort. Generally, emotional distress damages had to be parasitic. That is, the plaintiff could recover for emotional distress caused by injury, but only if it accompanied a physical or pecuniary injury.
A claimant who has suffered only emotional distress and no pecuniary loss would not recover for negligence. However, courts have recently allowed recovery for a plaintiff to recover for purely emotional distress under certain circumstances. The state courts of California allowed recovery for emotional distress alone – even in the absence of any physical injury, when the defendant physically injures a relative of the plaintiff, and the plaintiff witnesses it.[22]
Damages place a monetary value on the harm done, following the principle of restitutio in integrum (Latin for "restoration to the original condition"). Thus, for most purposes connected with the quantification of damages, the degree of culpability in the breach of the duty of care is irrelevant. Once the breach of the duty is established, the only requirement is to compensate the victim.
One of the main tests that is posed when deliberating whether a claimant is entitled to compensation for a tort, is the "reasonable person". The test is self-explanatory: would a reasonable person (as determined by a judge or jury), under the given circumstances, have done what the defendant did to cause the injury in question; or, in other words, would a reasonable person, acting reasonably, have engaged in similar conduct when compared to the one whose actions caused the injury in question? Simple as the "reasonable person" test sounds, it is very complicated. It is a risky test because it involves the opinion of either the judge or the jury that can be based on limited facts. However, as vague as the "reasonable person" test seems, it is extremely important in deciding whether or not a plaintiff is entitled to compensation for a negligence tort.
Damages are compensatory in nature. Compensatory damages addresses a plaintiff/claimant's losses (in cases involving physical or mental injury the amount awarded also compensates for pain and suffering). The award should make the plaintiff whole, sufficient to put the plaintiff back in the position he or she was before Defendant's negligent act. Anything more would unlawfully permit a plaintiff to profit from the tort.
- Types of damage
- Special damages - quantifiable dollar losses suffered from the date of defendant's negligent act (the tort) up to a specified time (proven at trial). Special damage examples include lost wages, medical bills, and damage to property such as one's car.
- General damages - these are damages that are not quantified in monetary terms (e.g., there's no invoice or receipt as there would be to prove special damages). A general damage example is an amount for the pain and suffering one experiences from a car collision. Lastly, where the plaintiff proves only minimal loss or damage, or the court or jury is unable to quantify the losses, the court or jury may award nominal damages.
- Punitive damages - Punitive damages are to punish a defendant, rather than to compensate plaintiffs, in negligence cases. In most jurisdictions punitive damages are recoverable in a negligence action, but only if the plaintiff shows that the defendant's conduct was more than ordinary negligence (i.e., wanton and willful or reckless).
Procedure in the United States
The plaintiff must prove each element to win his case. Therefore, if it is highly unlikely that the plaintiff can prove one of the elements, the defendant may request judicial resolution early on, to prevent the case from going to a jury. This can be by way of a demurrer, motion to dismiss, or motion for summary judgment. The ability to resolve a negligence case without trial is very important to defendants. Without the specific limits provided by the four elements, any plaintiff could claim any defendant was responsible for any loss, and subject him to a costly trial.[23]
The elements allow a defendant to test a plaintiff's accusations before trial, as well as providing a guide to the "finder of fact" (jury) to decide whether the defendant is or is not liable, after the trial. Whether the case is resolved with or without trial again depends heavily on the particular facts of the case, and the ability of the parties to frame the issues to the court. The duty and causation elements in particular give the court the greatest opportunity to take the case from the jury, because they directly involve questions of policy. The court can find that regardless of the disputed facts, if any, the case can be resolved as a matter of law from undisputed facts, because two people in the position of the plaintiff and defendant simply cannot be legally responsible to one another for negligent injury.
On appeal, the court reviewing a decision in a negligence case will analyze in terms of at least one of these elements, depending on the disposition of the case and the question on appeal. For example, if it is an appeal from a final judgment after a jury verdict, the reviewing court will look to see that the jury was properly instructed on each contested element, and that the record shows sufficient evidence for the jury's findings. On an appeal from a dismissal or judgment against the plaintiff without trial, the court will review de novo whether the court below properly found that the plaintiff could not prove any or all of his case.
See also
- Carelessness
- Criminal negligence
- Gross negligence
- Intentionality
- Malpractice
- Medical negligence
- Mens rea
- Neglect
- Negligence in English Law
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- ↑ per Lord Blackburn(1878) 3 App. Cas. 1155 at 1206.
- ↑ Deakin, Tort Law, 218
- ↑ Donoghue v. Stevenson [1932] AC 532
- ↑ 'Grant v Australian Knitting Mills LTD' [1936] AC 85. See http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/1933/35.html
- ↑ See: http://www.law.uwa.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/1838186/Example_Development-of-law-negligence.pdf
- ↑ Wyong Shire Council v Shirt [1980] HCA 12; (1980) 146 CLR 40 (1 May 1980) AustLII
- ↑ Doubleday & v Kelly [2005] NSWCA 151 AustLii; see also Drinkwater v Howart[2006] NSWCA 222"AustLii". AustLii.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Bolton v. Stone, [1951] A.C. 850 see also Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW v Dederer [2007] HCA 42
- ↑ Roe v Minister of Health (1954) 2 AER 131; see also Glasgow Corporation v Muir (1943) 2 AER 44
- ↑ Adeels Palace Pty Ltd v Moubarak; Adeels Palace Pty Ltd v Bou Najem [2009] HCA 48 AustLII;Strong v Woolworths (2012) 285 ALR 420 AustLII; March v Stramare [1991] HCA 12 AustLII
- ↑ Ultramares Corp. v. Touche(1931) 255 N.Y. 170, 174 N.E. 441
- ↑ Palsgraf v. Long Island Rail Road Co. (1928) 162 N.E. 99
- ↑ Interestingly, the plaintiff's physical injuries were minor and more likely caused by a stampede of travelers on the platform rather than the concussion of the exploding fireworks. These details have not, however, stopped the case from becoming the source of extensive debate in American tort law.
- ↑ She could have sued the man or the conductor himself, but they did not have as much money as the company. Often, in litigation, where two defendants are equally liable but one is more able to satisfy a judgment, he will be the preferred defendant and is referred to as the "deep pocket."
- ↑ Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd v Miller Steamship Co Pty [1966] 2 All E.R. 709
- ↑ Jaensch v. Coffey (1984) 155 CLR 578
- ↑ Kavanagh v Akhtar [1998] 40492/97 NSWSC 779 Austlii
- ↑ Also see the case of Imbree v McNeilly [2008] HCA 40 http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/cases/cth/HCA/2008/40.html?stem=0&synonyms=0&query=title(imbree%20and%20mcneilly%20)
- ↑ Tame v. NSW (2002) 211 CLR 317
- ↑ See Dillon v. Legg, 68 Cal. 2d 728 (1968) and Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, 27 Cal. 3d 916 (1980).
- ↑ The breadth of negligence is often associated with an "in terrorem effect"
- Deakin, Simon; Angus Johnston; Basil Markesinis (2003). Markesinis and Deakin's Tort Law. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-925711-6.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>789018279[0009]AB001
External links
- Britannica 1911's account of negligence: an interesting historical read, preceding the era of Buick Motor and Donoghue v. Stevenson.


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Buttons from centuries past illuminate our lives with their beauty, historical context, and cultural reference. This month we celebrate the "LIGHT" of buttons, from the 18th Century steel sparkles and glowing pearl, to the early 19th C. Georgian jewels with brilliant faceted settings, to the large and showy Gay 90s, and beyond. Be sure to register for our Armchair Auction closing on February 13. It's aglow with a kaleidoscopic array of dazzling buttons!
Archive for January, 2016
The Darkness of Earlier Times
Darkness was such an integral aspect of daily life in earlier times. Today we live with light proliferation. Take yourself back to the darkness prior to electric lights, prior to 19th C. gas lighting, and all the way back to the 18th C. with only candlelight, torchlight, and fireplaces. Above is a scene from Barry Lyndon, a period drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick. To recreate the feel of the 18th century, Kubrick used natural lighting, candlelight, and special lenses from NASA used in the Apollo moon landings.
Reflective Properties
Buttons of the 18th C. made use of light properties with faceted steel, brilliants, metallic foil and thread.
18th C. Jasperware in Steel
Sold in our Winter 2015 Armchair Auction for $1350.
Early Faceted Jewel
A deluxe late 18th C. jewel button set in silver. Grain-set faceted turquoise teardrop glass and crystal pastes. Sold in our Spring 2012 Armchair Auction for $377.
Picture the steel buttons on a gentleman's coat reflecting the available candlelight at an evening affair. Enough steel facets on his jacket would make a gentleman a veritable night sparkler!
Jewels and Steel
Cut steel in half moon and teardrop shapes surrounded by blue and green paste jewels from the last half of the 19th Century. Sold at Winter 2014 Armchair Auction for $70.
The Color of Light
The end of the 19th Century showcased the full spectrum of color with gorgeous and big buttons centered with cabochons of every hue, fancy metalwork, and brilliant pastes. Kaleidoscopic color is displayed in this large foil embedded Gay 90s jewel, sold in our Winter 2014 Armchair Auction for $73.
Metallic Illumination
An 18th C. fabric passementerie button with fuchsia and green foil, gold embroidery thread, and sequins sewn on linen over a wooden mold. Sold in our Summer 2011 Armchair Auction for $245.
A Fashion for Buttons
In the course of a century, the art of buttons went from the realm of men to the colorful world of women. And by the 1930s – into the light of the collecting world!

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Monday, January 25, 2016
The Girl Who Fell To Earth + BornPretty
______BornPretty sent me some stellar jewelry recently: this cutout star ring, an adjustable double terminated bracelet, and a crescent moon necklace. All out of this world.
______I have worked with BornPretty before and have always been satisfied with their products; though cheap in cost, the production of these items is comparable to what you'd find in stores here for $10-$15 more. The metal is actually metal, opposed to that peculiar lightweight plastic that some overseas companies use, and this metal doesn't leave green marks on your skin or become tainted over time. I still have the rings and earrings from them that are just the same as the day I received them years ago.
______So if you want 10% off your next order at BornPretty, just use the code ALT10 during checkout.
______David Bowie's passing made me one sad little nugget. Though I didn't become a huge fan of his music until college, he's been my favorite musical artist since as I listen to him daily. I'm one who is always plugged in to tunes, digging and unearthing new, off-beat artists, as well as relying on the well-known classics. Bowie has managed his way into every single one of my playlists, and I've always admired his creation of so many eclectic personalities, creative songs, and unyielding ability to be himself no matter what.
______He's adaptable as those wiggly pancake fish that blend into their backgrounds. You know the ones. Always the same, but always changing from one persona to the next with a natural ease.
______Alas. His passing was one that hit the world hard, but I know he's out there somewhere being spaceman and watching over us. He has done his duty here on planet earth. Besides, a new planet was discovered a week after his so-called passing, which many Bowie fanatics (along with myself) have reasoned that he's inhabiting.
______Coincidence? I think not.
Star ring: c/o BornPretty
Adjustable rock bracelet: c/o BornPretty
Crescent moon necklace: c/o BornPretty
Blazer: Charlotte Russe
Dress: LoveCulture
Monkstrap heels: Jeffrey Campbell
Rocketship necklace: ??
11 comments:
- LoveT. said...
Beautiful! i love the gorgeous Necklaces :)
Happy Monday
- January 25, 2016 at 2:20 AM
- Lorna Sharp said...
Very cute colours for a post
- January 25, 2016 at 10:28 AM
- Frannie Pantz said...
David Bowie was one of those artists that I really didn't realize how much I liked and appreciated his music until he was gone. So sad. But on the bright side--this pale pink is the perfect color on you! I love it with the white tights!
- January 25, 2016 at 10:34 AM
- Sarah Albertson said...
SO pretty! And yes, I definitely think David Bowie has a nice new home on his very own planet :)
- January 25, 2016 at 1:58 PM
- Shyscout said...
Love this look and the jewelry. The spaceship is just too cute! I hope Bowie is inhabiting the new planet, I hadn't heard that yet, but pretty awesome.
- January 25, 2016 at 8:31 PM
- LyddieGal said...
Your new celestial pieces are quite stunning! I love the crescent moon necklace, and your soft pink dress is as pretty as ever.
Chic on the Cheap
- January 25, 2016 at 9:38 PM
- jess said...
I love the rock bracelet. I didn't know they discovered a new planet. I like the idea that David Bowie is there.
- January 26, 2016 at 9:47 AM
- Kristian said...
What a fantastic necklace! Also- digging the all-blush palette.
- January 26, 2016 at 8:29 PM
- Sybil said...
lovely!!! i adore your shoes!! :D
Have a great day!
Animated Confessions
- January 26, 2016 at 10:25 PM
- The Dragonfruit said...
Bowie inhabiting another planet...I really like this idea. Sounds plausible too - he had to go spread his creativity to other beings, plain and simple!
I think I'll have to detour over to Born Pretty because that necklace is just so cute! Also, really love the light and romantic vibe of this outfit. That dress is gorgeous and then paired with a structured blazer and KICKASS OXFORDS!? <333
This is why you're a GRILL too Ali! ;) too hot to handle hehehe
The Dragonfruit Diaries
- January 29, 2016 at 10:53 AM
- E said...
What a wonderful tribute to Bowie. This look definitely has that spacey, Legend-like woodland fairy vibe about it and it's beautiful.
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Book Review by Alan Gomberg
At one time the husband-and-wife design team of William and Jean Eckart were celebrities, at least among New York theatregoers. Reviewing Once Upon a Mattress, for which they designed the sets and costumes, the critic for Cue magazine suggested that "a growing number of theatre buffs ... go to musicals primarily to see the Eckarts' sets." In Dressed to the Nines, a Julius Monk revue, a song titled "The Hate Song" included the lyric: "I hate Eileen Heckart / Jean and William Eckart / I hate Gregory Peck-art, too." And yet the Eckarts seem a bit forgotten today in comparison with some other great set designers of Broadway's Golden Age. Perhaps Andrew B. Harris's lovely new book, The Performing Set: The Broadway Designs of William and Jean Eckart, will change that.
The Eckarts may have been somewhat underappreciated even in their heyday. While their designs often inspired encomiums from the critics, they were nominated for Tonys only twice, for Fiorello! and Mame. Were they taken for granted in comparison with other designers? Did they make it look too easy?
Harris's illuminating discussion of the Eckarts' work on The Golden Apple might have been even more interesting if he had placed it in the historical context of other Broadway designers who had earlier attempted to achieve greater fluidity and theatricality in scene changes, such as Jo Mielziner, Albert R. Johnson, and Harry Horner.
Another early show on which the Eckarts did innovative work was a play, Mister Johnson, Leo Rosten's adaptation of a Joyce Cary novel set in Africa. Rosten's episodic script required 40 set changes. The Eckarts' solution was to cover the stage with a deck and use winches to move set pieces on and off. They'd had problems on previous shows with stagehands placing scenery in slightly different positions at each performance, affecting both lighting and sightlines. In addition to making the set changes fast and smooth, winches ensured that the set pieces would be in exactly the same position at each performance. (Harris says that the use of a deck and winches was virtually unknown on Broadway at the time.) I wish that the book had more photos of Mister Johnson. There are three, but they don't really illustrate what was so special about the sets.
Visually, as you might expect, the book is often captivating. Each of the hit musicals designed by the Eckarts gets its own chapter. Those chapters are illustrated not only with sketches but also with photographs, many in color. (Some of the earlier color photographs appear faded, as is often the case with color photographs of Broadway productions before the 1960s.) Even the flops (two or more to a chapter) are covered in some detail, though they tend to be illustrated with few or no photographs, only sketches. This is a bit disappointing, as it is often especially interesting to compare a rendering with the finished product. Perhaps few good photographs exist for some of the shows or perhaps there were rights problems in some cases. Whatever the reason, it's somewhat frustrating.
I also wonder if Harris might have found some photographs that would have better illustrated the things that were special about the Eckarts' sets for Mame. There are some attractive photographs here, but they give little sense of how the sets really looked. And with two pages devoted to sketches and descriptions of Mame's living room as it changes over the years, it would have been helpful to have at least one photograph of that set.
Speaking of Mame, the biggest hit designed by the Eckarts, it was after that show that their Broadway career went downhill. Not that they weren't designing Broadway shows. In fact, they were extraordinarily busy some of the time - designing flop after flop. And then the offers stopped. The Eckarts would later wonder if they hadn't finally fallen into the trap of repeating their own clichés. When an offer to teach at Southern Methodist University came along, they took it. They came back to Broadway just once, for the 1974 production of Of Mice and Men.
Though the book doesn't go into great detail about their post-Broadway career, at the back we get either a sketch or photograph illustrating every show they designed from 1951 till William's final set, for a production of Macbeth in 2000. (Jean had died in 1993.)
Harris's writing is a bit awkward at times. There are occasional loose ends, a few repetitive passages, and some factual errors, along with some misspellings of names and other typos. Also, the notes at the back sometimes fail to clarify sources for quotations.
Though The Performing Set might have been a better book, it's still a good one. Indeed, I imagine that many people will find it fascinating, even if they might wish that it sometimes delivered a bit more. The Performing Set gives us a chance to revisit the design esthetics of an earlier time on Broadway and it is a delightful trip.
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Coming up on April 3-4: conference on Children's Culture arranged by the Swedish Arts Council and centres for children's culture in Sweden. For two days discussions on topics on children's and youth culture of today are highlighted. Is the greatness of children's culture a myth? What does it mean working strategically with children's culture?
Among the speakers are Patrice Baldwin, former Director of the International Drama Theatre and Education Association, IDEA, Prof. Johan Söderman from Malmö University and Prof. Karin Helander, Director of the Center of the Studies for Children's Culture at Stockholm University.
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An Act to enable certain special powers to be conferred upon members of the armed forces in the disturbed areas in the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
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STORRS - All of the players on the UConn football team have some incentive help the Huskies upset Boston College, chief among those the fact that the current Huskies have suffered through three straight blowouts and the fact that UConn as a program has never defeated the Eagles.
But Tyler Coyle, UConn's redshirt freshman defensive back from Windsor, has even more reason to wish the Eagles the worst of luck.
"Definitely it's a statement game for me," Coyle said this week as the Huskies prepared for Saturday's game at Fenway Park. "Coming out of high school they were recruiting me heavy and they never really pulled the trigger (with a scholarship offer). I came to UConn and I definitely want to prove something to them."
In addition to a twinge of bad blood for the Eagles, Coyle has another reason to try even harder to shine this weekend.
"I'm a Yankee fan playing in the Red Sox stadium. I feel like I have a lot to prove," Coyle said with a smile.
It's a sentiment likely shared by many of his teammates.
The 6-foot-1, 202-pound Coyle is one of five freshmen expected to start Saturday against BC, and is one of dozen who have already started at least one game this season - including fellow defensive backs Jordan Swann, Omar Fortt, Ian Swenson, and Brayden Brown.
The team's youth movement hasn't always produced the results UConn had desired this season, but the future seems relatively bright given the experience many of its young players are getting.
Coyle is seeing even more reps than many of his classmates.
On top of his work on defense, the Huskies have made Coyle a key figure on special teams, and he produced as the team's gunner on punts during last week's game against Central Florida.
"He did a great job on punt coverage. That returner, we were concerned about him," Edsall said. "Tyler beat the guy off the line and made two great open-field tackles."
Those are plays the former mutli-sport star with the Warriors might not have been able to make earlier this season at UConn.
"I feel like I've stepped it up a lot. I've put a lot more effort into it," Coyle said of special teams. "I'm getting down the field a lot faster and I'm making plays."
He's also doing plenty of that in the Huskies' defensive backfield.
Coyle is currently fifth on the team in tackles with 45 has two of the Huskies' five interceptions this season. But more than his numbers, UConn head coach Randy Edsall says it's Coyle's confidence that his improved the most since the season began.
"Seems to me that he's playing a little bit more confidently than he was earlier in the year," Edsall said.
Coyle agrees with that assessment.
"I'm recognizing a lot more formations. My confidence is way up. I'm reacting a lot faster to things. I feel like I'm flowing out there," Coyle said.
Not all is working optimally on the UConn defense at this point, and that is highlighted by the number of big plays it has allowed. Last week against UCF, 10 of the plays the host Knights ran accounted for 320 yards. The other 63 plays covered just 199.
It's a tall task, but the coaching staff simply wants to wipe out those 10.
"If we can eliminate those 10 plays - and all those 10 plays there was somebody who made a mistake that allowed that to happen; one or two guys - it would be big," Edsall said.
UConn's defense may have been exceedingly porous this season but there are a handful of bright spots. Coyle is seemingly one of them.
"If he wants to work and really wants to be a good player, he has the ability to do that," Edsall said. "You're seeing some good things out of him now."


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Menology of England and Wales – Blessed John Houghton, Martyr
John Houghton, a native of Essex, after serving God devoutly as a secular priest for four years, at the age of twenty-eight entered the Carthusian Order. Both during his novitiate and afterwards he was considered a model of obedience, humility, mortification, and every religious Reynolds virtue. After filling various important offices, he was at length made Prior of the Charter-House in London, and held this influential position, when he was required, according to the recent Act of Parliament, to renounce, without reserve, the spiritual jurisdiction of the Pope.
The three holy Priors, Blessed Augustine Webster, Blessed Robert Lawrence and Blessed John Houghton held a conference as to what was best to be done at so critical a moment, and resolved to go together to Cromwell, the King's Vicar-General, to represent their sincere loyalty, but to petition to be exempted from an exaction which their conscience could not bear. They were received by this man with the greatest harshness. He would hear of no exemption, no alteration in the terms of the oath. "What do I care for the Church?" he said. "Will you take the oath or not?" On their refusal, they were straightway committed to a severe imprisonment in the Tower, and brought to trial on the 29th April.
The charge against the five Martyrs, Blessed John Houghton, Blessed Robert Lawrence, Blessed Augustine Webster, Blessed Richard Reynolds and Blessed John Haile, was one and the same, and was clearly expressed "that they had said the King, our sovereign lord, is not supreme head on earth of the Church of England". The jury showed great reluctance to convict these holy men of such a crime as high treason, but at last yielded to threats of Cromwell, who told them that if they refused they should themselves suffer the death of traitors. On the 4th May, the Martyrs were dragged on hurdles from the Tower to Tyburn, and persevered to the end with admirable constancy. Prior Houghton called God to witness that it was purely for conscience that he had to suffer, and with most pious sentiments resigned his soul to God. Lawrence showed equal firmness, and expressly refused a pardon, offered on condition of his taking the oath. Their example was faithfully followed by their brother in Religion, Augustine Webster. In the case of Reynolds, great efforts were made at the trial to seduce him from his Faith; but all were in vain, and he appealed to the doctrine of the Church in all ages, in refutation of the new teaching established by Act of Parliament. The particulars of the case of John Haile are not known, but his glorious death proves that he, too, was faithful to the end.
The sentence for high treason was executed with all its horrors, the butchery and the quartering being commenced before the holy Martyrs had expired. Thus began that long series of persecutions for the Faith of Christ, even unto death, which was to be continued, with little intermission, during the space of 150 years.
- Father Richard Stanton. "Blessed John Houghton, Martyr". , 1887. CatholicSaints.Info. 23 April 2015. Web. 19 February 2019. <>


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January 24, 1937 – December 23, 2014
Like all of us, Grandma Carolyn had a dash between two dates. Today as we place her body in the ground I am so glad she chose to use her dash for Christ.
My friend, you too have a dash. You are spending it with every breath you take. Please, spend it wisely!
I have heard it said: "No one has made progress in the school of Christ who does not joyfully await the day of death and final resurrection." That is why one of our Christmas presents this year was learning that my Grandma had gone home to be with Christ! Psalm 116:15.
We drove up on Friday and I have been enjoying a wonderful time of fellowship and memories as we celebrate with family the life of a wonderful servant of Christ who is now home to be with Him for eternity. Thank you Grandma for living your life as an example to all of us.
For Christians, death really is something to celebrate! All death can do to the believer is deliver him to Jesus. It brings us into the eternal presence of our Savior.
John MacArthur once said:
Where sin has been removed death can only interrupt the earthly life and usher in the heavenly.
Obituary for Barbara Carolyn McGinnis
On December 23, 2014, Barbara Carolyn McGinnis of Imboden, Arkansas graduated to Heaven, having finished her course as set by her Savior, Jesus Christ. As a family, we are grateful that she has been reunited with her husband, Walton McGinnis, her parents KD and Myrtle McLeod, her great grandchild Annie Grace Lange and many, many other friends and loved ones.
Carolyn's surviving family members include daughter, Jo Hovind of Pensacola, Florida; son, Michael McGinnis of Imboden; brother and wife, Billy Gene and Margot McLeod of Clarksville, Arkansas; brother and wife, Larry and Mary Lea McLeod of Imboden; son-in-law, Kent Hovind of Pensacola, Florida; daughter-in-law, Stacey McGinnis of Peoria, Illinois; grandchildren include: Kent Andrew Hovind and wife Danielle, Eric Hovind and wife Tanya, Marlissa Dublin and husband Paul, Terra Lange and husband Aaron, Stephanie McGinnis, and Tammie Flores and husband Thomas; great-grandchildren include: Stephanie Hovind, Angie Hovind, Jordan Hovind, Kailey Hovind, Matthew Hovind, Weston Lange, Kyler Lange, Dean Walton Lange and Victor Flores.
Carolyn McGinnis served the Imboden Community in many ways since returning to her hometown in 1981. As an employee in McLeod's General Store, her abilities in accounting were invaluable, as well as her helpful smile and spirit to customers during her ten years serving beside her brother, Larry McLeod.
As a tax preparer for over 30 years, Carolyn worked tirelessly to help individuals with the task of preparing their annual tax returns. Many elderly and others having fallen on hard times experienced no charge for her services. As organist for the Imboden Baptist Church for 35 years, and the Imboden Methodist Church for five years, hours of preparing music to enhance the worship services were her joyful contribution.
As host and contributing cook for many family and community events, her welcoming home and delicious dishes blessed untold numbers of people. Carolyn's often silent witness for her Savior included helping hands and a prayerful heart for many.
Visitation will be at the First Baptist Church of Imboden, 405 U.S. 63, Imboden, Arkansas on Sunday, December 28, 2014 from 1:00 to 3:00 with the funeral service celebrating Carolyn's life immediately following at 3:00pm. Pastor Michael Freeman will be officiating the service.
McNabb Funeral Home, 2129 North Park St, Pocahontus, AR 72455, will be handling the funeral arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Cedar Glade Camp, 5671 U.S. 63, Imboden, AR 72434.
The Dash Between
by Ron Tranmer
I knelt there at the headstone
of one I love and cried.
Name, with dates of birth and death
were perfectly inscribed.
I pondered these two dates
and how little they both mean
when compared to the tiny dash
that lies there in between.
The dash serves as an emblem
of our time here on the earth,
and although small, it stands for all
our years of life, and worth.
And our worth will be determined
by how we live each day.
We can fill our dash with goodness,
or waste our life away.
To ourselves, as well as others,
let's be honest, kind and true,
and every day, live the way
we know God wants us to.
May we look for opportunities
to do a worthy deed,
and reach out with compassion
to those who are in need.
For If our hearts are full of love
throughout our journey here,
we'll be loved by all who knew us
and our memory they'll hold dear.
And when we die, these memories
will bring grateful, loving tears,
to all whose lives were touched
by the dash between our years.
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James Paul Gee is a "gaming expert" who talks about how games can teach concepts that other media cannot.
One example is World of Warcraft, where players need to learn how games players learn about "cross functional teams".
In the world of work, people are tending to specialise more. The work we do is dependent on the work of other experts in order to deliver what we do.
James Gee goes on to talk about how games such as Portal provide a sophisticated physics model. He explains that "When human beings understand anything…. Either images or text…they understand..not by abstract generalities by running a simulation that the words refer to". Video games can provide these kind of simulations.
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The Product: Benefit Cosmetics Stay Don't Stray
The Review: Benefit markets their Stay Don't Stray as an eyeshadow and concealer primer. They claim that it fights the signs of aging with sodium hyaluronate and vitamins A and C, minimizes fine lines, brightens the eye area, comes in a universally flattering nude shade and blends seamlessly into your skin. If you don't believe me, you can check out its Sephora page. To me, this primer is like a bad boyfriend- sooooo many promises, getting your hopes up, and then very little follow-through, leading you to bouts of drinking and self-loathing... Ok. So this primer isn't that bad, but I like to err on the side of the melodramatic. What do you expect of a girl who went to school for opera? See? All my ridiculousness makes much more sense now.
Anyway, I like some things about this primer. When I wear it, my eyeshadow doesn't crease and I think it makes the colors a little more intense. Also, it conceals the crap out of my undereye circles when I blend it correctly. On the other hand, there are a lot of things I dislike. First off, the dispenser pump dispenses WAAAAAAY too much. With this product, you need only a tiny little bit for both eyes. The bottle dispenses enough for, like, 5 people's eyes. I wish I was exaggerating on this one, but I'm not. Even when I'm careful, I still wind up with way more product than I can use, and I hate how much gets wasted. I heard that Benefit might be changing the packaging so that it'll have a doe foot applicator. We shall see...
Second off, this is a very high maintenance primer. The primer itself goes on tacky and pretty damn opaque, so you have to be very careful, go slowly, and blend the shit out of it to keep it from looking like a bad concealer accident (I call this the "reverse raccoon eye." Also, based on this pic, I wonder if this isn't the favorite product of Eva Longoria). I like to call it my eye spackle. Oh, and you also have to let it dry a minute or 2 before applying your eyeshadow. Oh! And make sure your face is well moisturized beforehand or it will highlight every little minute line and look cakey. Basically, if you like to throw on your makeup and run, this is not the primer for you.
Lastly, all these damn claims. Like I said, if you're not well moisturized beforehand, it will NOT "minimize the appearance of fine lines." The product is heavy and opaque and definitely not "lightweight," although I suppose it will eventually "blend seamlessly onto skin" if you work on it long enough. The "universally flattering nude shade" is only flattering if you're a universal shade of pale. I could barely make this work on me when I had a tan, so I can't imagine anyone of Indian or African descent getting this to work for them. I also have yet to see any anti-aging benefits. Maybe you have to use it for years? Eh. I never trust anti-aging claims. Also, word of warning. Other reviewers have mentioned that the product sometimes separates after a couple months, deeming it useless.
Honestly, there are a lot of great eyeshadow primers out there. Smashbox, Urban Decay, and Too Faced all have some decent ones that aren't half as high maintenance and annoying as this one. From what I've read, this primer tends to be favored by pale ladies with extremely oily eyelids, so if that is your situation, maybe you'll like this primer. However, one of my biggest pet peeves is when a company claims a product will do all these wondrous things, even though it's flat-out bullshit. Maybe if they had kept it simple and only claimed that this primer would "make your eyeshadows REALLY stay put", I would have been more lenient.
Rated Beauty Grade: C+
Price: $26
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Another Petition
Here's a petition you can sign opposing Mark Lovelace's appointment to the Coastal Commission.
I'm a Libertarian living in Humboldt County, CA. I've lived here in Eureka since 1973 and joined the Libertarian Party in 1992. This blog will mostly focus on local political issues, but I may stray into state and national issues as well, when I can't help myself. Please post your comments by clicking on the "comments" link at the bottom of each post. Although I do moderate comments, you need not be a registered user to post them.
Here's a petition you can sign opposing Mark Lovelace's appointment to the Coastal Commission.
I signed the one in support of Mark.
Is there one for Virginia as well?
That's funny. there's no mention WHO is behind this slick petition drive.
But these are the SAME words spoken by the Security National (and related Marina Center) rep before the Board of Supervisors against Mr. Lovelace on Tuesday.
The SN folks have their agenda for what they want in this community and it's not in the interest of the Coastal Commission and Californians overall-- it's in THEIR smaller interest.
Fred, is their Marina Center agenda behind these words-- and you? Pretty slick.
Just wonderin'.
I signed the NO Mark petition. He doesn't believe in common ground nor consensus building. I want someone moderate and balanced instead of Lovelace's one track agenda.
I want someone moderate and balanced instead of Lovelace's one track agenda..
Agreed. That's why I signed it.
Mark is immanently qualified to serve on this epitome of a collectivist micro-management tool of progressive policy implementation. Not only that, but he can use the taxpayer supplied emoluments and stipends to support other causes to further kill the productive sector of Kalifornia's economy.
How is Virginia Bass actually qualified for the position, other than the fact that she takes free plane rides on Rob Arkley's private jet?
Who said anything about Virginia Bass?


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Round and round, up and down.
Her tiny feet jumps over the rope in the rythm of her swinging.
Her face is concentrated and focused.
And incredibly happy.
She shines of pride.
She counts.
And she announces how many times she has skipped.
And then she starts again.
She skips in the living room, in the kitchen, outside.
The skipping rope is her most loved toy.
She skips to school.
And I run beside her.
Now she skips on one leg, with wide feet, crossed feet...
She never seem to stop.
I watch her and I think to myself:
"Watch and learn from this determined girl. Never give up. Keep on doing what you love and you will get better and better and better. You will grow with your efforts and be proud of your accomplishment. It will make you smile from head to toe."
When you become a grown up it is easy to forget.
When I watch her I remember...


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Sunday, October 17, 2010
The Programmable Sex.
This conceptulisation does however lend some support to the left wing view that the female sexual identity is a social construct. The problem with the left wing view is that it is an all or nothing model whereas in reality women are a combination of their biological drives and social conditioning. Men are the same, except that in women the social conditioning has a greater control of their being, they are in effect more "programmable" than men. Women are "hard wired" to follow group norms.
I'm not a big fan of evo-biological explanations. If however, one were an evo-biologist, one could argue that this "hard wiring" is a result of evolutionary selection. Women, being physically smaller and weaker than men, would have gained a survival advantage by sticking together as a group rather than being solo. Women who could naturally follow the group would have been most likely to survive. Personally, being Catholic in my beliefs, I feel that God designed women this way. Whatever His reasons, God made women more "social" than men.
I deal with a lot of female anxiety and depression, a lot of it stemming from dysfunctional interpersonal reactions. When it comes to relationships with other women, one of the most distressing things that can happen to a women is for her to be on the outer, or outside the predominant clique. Women who are outside the group generally either try to associate with others or seek entry back into the clique. This isn't rocket science, anyone with a modicum of life experience and female friends will have observed the phenomenon. Behavioural alignment with the group brings some type of psychic benefit, exclusion, psychic pain. This is why "shaming" is such a powerful motivant in female behaviour, group ostracism brings the psychic hurt.
The question is, how do women determine what are group norms?
Clearly direct perception is the mechanism, but perception may be first hand or second hand. Let me give you an example of this second hand effect.
As a family physician I do a fair amount of gynaecological examinations. The trend for "less hair down there" was already evident in the early 90's. With Sex In the City and the popularisation of the "Brazilian", "hair" virtually disappeared down there. The early adopters being the more "trendier" type of girls. It is highly unlikely that women directly observed other women with hairless genitals, rather the knowledge of this behaviour was spread by the media and adopted by the women. The media were setting the standard for group norms subconsciously. No one in on the show, set out to convince women to have Brazilians, rather their positive portrayal of the practice, their association of it with the "alpha females" of the show, led to other women adopting the behaviour.
The Western cultural taboo of directly inquiring about other peoples sex lives means that a lot of information with regard to sexuality is gleaned second hand through the media. A media, which time and time again has shown itself to be unobjective. What the media choose to report and how they portray it will then determine how women will respond to it. If admirable women are presented as being promiscuous, then women will feel influenced to be promiscuous, no matter how "illogical" or "disagreeable" they find the practice. Their brains are wired to pull them into line. If chaste women are presented as "frigid, dysfunctional and asexual", a woman will be strongly influenced not to be chaste. The media then is the "invisible hand" of morality. It is not simply a source of information, but a powerful active shaper of behaviour, operating at a subconscious level. Men on the other hand, being more anti-social and solitary, would be more resistant to this type of influence.
Numerous articles have been written on the danger of porn consumption on men, but the more I've thought about female "behavioural plasticity" the more I'm convinced that porn is more likely to indirectly influence female behaviour more than male. Recently Roissy posted on the increasing incidence of anal sex, a behaviour whose acceptance I believe has been strongly facilitated by the consumption of pornography and its positive depictions of it.
Our society is drenched in porn. It is only a mouse click away. The internet, the perfect media for its distribution, allowing curiosity( or lust) to be satiated in anonymity. Most women do not seek porn like men do, yet they do note what goes on. Mrs Smith may initially be reluctant to engage in anal sex, but several porn videos that she has seen have shown the actress writhing in delight, and Mrs smith thinks, gee that's interesting but not for me. Then an article in Slate magazine reports that the behaviour is increasing in prevalence especially amongst the young (i.e attractive) and is very pleasurable.(Porn also operates on other levels, by using attractive participants, and psychologically linking pleasure to practice) Then it may be mentioned a bit more in the daily newspapers. Suddenly Mrs Smith feels that it is a more common practice than she imagined and she is on the outer. Finally, in a discussion with some close friends, she hears how some of her other friends have tried it with variable results. Finally, even though she is not that keen, she gives into her husband, who has been pestering her, to try it. Whereas previously she would not even have considered it, the idea of being outside the group influenced her to try it. If the experience is positive, it becomes powerfully reinforced, if neutral tolerable, if negative, she may feel guilty because she can't give her partner something other women can give theirs.
Years earlier, there was no porn for her to see, the media would not have mentioned it at all out of considerations for "public morality" and socially she would have been ostracised if anyone found out she practiced it. Mr Smith may have wanted to try it, but there was no way in hell that she was going to do it, all her friends were backing her up.
On a meta level, the question of how much of female behaviour is "endogenous" and how much is "external" is of more than academic interest. How "independent" is a woman in the uninfluenced choice her actions? How free can a woman be if she is endogenously biased against rebelling against the crowd? If women are strongly influenced by their peers, and their peers strongly influenced by the media, how independent of the media are they(NSFW)? The political ramifications are enormous.
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- **** ***** said...
i can only imagine what this means for the 'tweens growing up watching the trainwrecks that are Lindsay Lohan, Key$ha, Teen Mom seasons, and Paris Hilton.....
God, it's frightening.
- 2:52 am
- The Social Pathologist said...
It's the future and it is frightening.
- 9:53 am
The political implications are already plain to see. In the US, single women as an aggregate tend to vote for the more liberal party, the Democrats, while married women as an aggregate tend to vote for the more conservative party, the Republicans.
Hence the celebration of the unmarried woman with one or more bastard children by the media; it enlarges a constituency and creates the next generation of dependents.
It is no accident that Obama carried the vote of single women, either.
Also, this discussion of female plasticity explains the rapid spread of the hookup culture, and also the success of "game".
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- The Social Pathologist said...
I'm not sure how female plasticity explains the success of game.
Could you elaborate?
- 8:41 pm
- Jay M said...
"phenomena" is the plural form of "phenomenon"
- 7:38 am
- The Social Pathologist said...
"phenomena" is the plural form of "phenomenon"
- 9:41 pm
- Jennifer said...
Cool, SP. That's a great example of why women are probably group-oriented.
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My father (56yrs) has been suffering from Fever since 10 days associated with severe PolyArthralgia, Myalgia.
Diagnosed DVT in left calf vein with no pulmonary embolism.
Icterus since 2 days.
No comorbid illness.
Lab Findings:
Thrombocytopenia (platelet 110lac)
Rising WBC Count (from 10000 to 27000 in last 3 days), Neutrophilia
Raised CRP
Normal PCT Level
Serum bilirubin level (5.4 mg%, direct 4.8 mg%)
Normal Liver enzyme
All viral studies (chikungunia, hunta, hepatitis, leptospyra, brucella)
Collagen studies and rheumatic workup normal
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The Wizard of Oz (1939) is everybody's cherished favorite, perennial fantasy film musical from MGM during its golden years.
For many seasons, it was featured regularly on network TV as a prime time event (its first two showings were on CBS television on November 3, 1956 and in December, 1959) and then annually for Thanksgiving, Christmas and/or Easter time.
It soon became a classic institution, and a rite of passage for everyone, and probably has been seen by more people than any other motion picture over multiple decades. Initially, however, the film was not commercially successful (at $3 million), but it was critically acclaimed.
All of its images (the Yellow Brick Road, the Kansas twister), characters (e.g., Auntie Em, Toto, Dorothy, the Wicked Witch), dialogue (e.g., "Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!", "We're not in Kansas anymore," "Follow the Yellow Brick Road," or the film's final line:
"There's no place like home"), and music ("Over the Rainbow") have become indelibly remembered, and the classic film has been honored with dozens of books, TV shows (such as HBO's dramatic prison series Oz), references in other films, and even by pop groups (singer Elton John with his Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road album, or Pink Floyd's 1973 album Dark Side of the Moon).
The film's plot is easily condensed: lonely and sad Kansas farmgirl Dorothy dreams of a better place, without torment against her dog Toto from a hateful neighbor spinster, so she plans to run away.
During a fierce tornado, she is struck on the head and transported to a land 'beyond the rainbow' where she meets magical characters from her Kansas life transformed within her unconscious dream state.
After travels down a Yellow Brick Road to the Land of Oz, and the defeat of the Wicked Witch of the West, Dorothy and her friends are rewarded by the Wizard of Oz with their hearts' desires - and Dorothy is enabled to return home to Kansas.
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Tuesday, 15 December 2009
The Wizard of Oz
Posted by Allison at 15:02
Labels: film, Judy Garland, wizard of Oz
8 comments:
- FEED YOUR MIND said...
i have watched this movie and it's pretty amazing
judy Garland's version of Somewhere over the rainbow is the best for me
- 26 December 2009 at 13:51
- FEED YOUR MIND said...
hi alli
How's your Holiday?
Wish you all the best
have a great day and happy blogging!
Merry Christmas and Happy New year!!
- 26 December 2009 at 13:52
- Danielle said...
Wow, I love this picture so much and simply adore the classics. I have a blog specially dedicated to them too. Take a look at it!! http://www.ofilmequeviontem.blogspot.com/
Have a wonderful 2010!
- 10 January 2010 at 16:39
- Marites said...
Hi there! Hope you will have a great year this 2010.... just dropping by here to greet you... Happy Monday!
From a blogger mom,
- 11 January 2010 at 10:11
- Feed Your Mind said...
Hi there my friend... Happy 2010... Sorry for dropping by here so late ... i just got very busy with my school and work..... but then thank you for your continuous support for my blogs despite of my absences..... i will try my best to balance everything and include my blogging into my daily schedule...
i missed a lot of your entries here... so sorry about that...
thank you my friend and god bless
- 11 January 2010 at 10:12
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- poorprince said...
i love this story
- 9 September 2010 at 18:51
- healthybeautiful said...
I haven't watch this yet. is anyone knows what link to download this movie? Somewhere over the rainbow is a beautiful song. Healthy Beautiful
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Ys Celceta Sea of Trees: Command Party Members with the Touch Screen
Ys Celceta Sea of Trees resurfaced in Famitsu this week following nine months of silence. The magazine delivered a release date and a full preview for Falcom's first PlayStation Vita Ys game.
As detailed earlier, Celceta Sea of Trees is due for release on September 27, priced ¥7,140 at retail. The magazine does not list a price for the download version.
Sokuho's summary of Famitsu's article says that the game's visuals have improved over our previous look from last September. Falcom CEO Toshihiro Kondo did previously promise visual improvements.
The magazine has just a few gameplay details. Making use of a simple control scheme, you'll be able to perform flashy battle actions. In addition to performing skills with button presses, you can tap the touch screen to direct your party members. You can also perform aerial group combos with your party members. As you fight, you'll learn new skills.
The fields of play have details like time shifts, cycling through morning, afternoon and night. The environments make use of positional sound effects to make you feel like you're in the action.
Development on Celceta Sea of Trees is currently at 80%. Kondo promised the ultimate title in the Ys series, with all elements powered up for the new hardware, and Falcom's full effort going into producing the game as a 25th anniversary title.
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F1229: [速報フラゲ(GK)]「イース セルセタの樹海」9/27発売が決定、グラフィックは大幅に進化 / 2012-06-20 / Sokuho @ Houkanko Alt


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Description of problem:
when you first install fedora core 3, the cd recorder has not the
correct permissions. this not only prevents k3b from recording as also
prevents it from even knowing that the ide device is a recorder. Then,
in k3b setup, you cannot even see the device.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
How reproducible:always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.install fedora core in a machine with a ide cd-recorder plugged as
hdc or hdd
2.open k3b
3.open k3bsetup, or try to record a cd.
Actual results:
wrong permissions. K3bsetup tool (that one which would fix permissions
is lacking)
Expected results:
the cd records! What else would we want from k3b? :-)
Additional info:
the lack of k3bsetup could be a good thing if the permissions would be
set correctly for a cd recorder. By now, it is not.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 140718 ***
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.


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August 5, 2010
Posted by beltzner
How to file a bug on a Firefox hang on OS X
When I plugged my Mac into an external monitor yesterday, my nightly build of Firefox "beachballed" and became non-responsive. I was experiencing a browser hang.
I wanted to do what I could to help our engineers understand what caused the problem, and my colleague Jeff Muizelaar showed me what to do. I figured that I'd share that knowledge with you, gentle reader, in case you were also interested in doing what you could to help the Mozilla project with the development of the Firefox browser.
- a Mac running OS X (I'll write another post later on how to do this on Windows, too)
- a nightly Mac build of Firefox (don't worry – they're stable; I use it as my day-to-day browser)
- XCode installed on your computer (this is also included on your OS X DVD)
When Firefox "beachballs":
When you see a colourful spinning disc (also known as a "beachball") instead of a mouse cursor while hovering over a Firefox window, you're experiencing a hang. If this lasts a long time, you'll want to file a bug so that our engineers can investigate the source of the problem. To help them do this, you can collect two sources of information:
- a profile
- a stack trace
Profiling Firefox with Shark:
In the "Developer" folder installed by XCode there's a folder called "Applications", and inside that there's a folder called "Performance Tools" and inside that there's a program called "Shark.app". You should also be able to find it with Spotlight.
- Launch Shark.app
- Select "Time Profile", "Process", "firefox-bin" and set the time limit to 30s
- Press Start
- Stop it anytime after 10 seconds if you're not patient enough to wait the full 30s
Once it's done collecting samples, Shark will analyse them and produce a chart indicating where Firefox was spending it's time. Congratulations! That's the first piece of information which will help the engineering team.
Getting a stack trace with gdb:
The next thing you can collect is a stack trace. Here's how:
- Open a terminal window and type "ps aux | grep firefox-bin | grep -v grep" – this returns a list of running processes that match the name "firefox-bin"
- Make a note of the process number – it's the first number in the line of text, usually three or four digits – let's pretend it was 6115 like in the screenshot below.
- Type "gdb" to launch the debugger that was installed with XCode
- Type "attach 6115″ where "6115″ is the process number you got from step 1
- Wait a few seconds for the debugger to attach to your Firefox process
- Type "bt"
- Type "detach" to detach from the Firefox process
- Type "quit" to quit the debugger
Congratulations! Now you have a window with a stack trace! You can now force-quit Firefox and restart it, since you'll need it to file the bug.
Now you're ready to file a bug:
Bugzilla isn't a very friendly tool at times, but it's powerful and what we use. Don't worry if your bug is a duplicate, people check for those and duplicate bugs end up being very helpful, so please don't hesitate to file them. When dealing with a hang, it's probably best to file the bug in the Firefox::General component and start the summary with the word "hang". Try to write a summary that represents what you were doing when Firefox hung, like "hang when I plug in an external monitor" or "hang when I click on a link from Tweetie".
- Go to bugzilla.mozilla.org and log in (you may need to create an account)
- Click on File a Bug
- Select Firefox as the product and General as the component unless you suspect it's associated with something in particular based on the Shark analysis or stack trace
- Write a summary that starts with the word "hang" and expresses what you were doing when Firefox hung
- Type a few sentences at the top of the report that describes what you were doing, and what version of Firefox you're using (you can copy the "build identifier" from the page that appears when you type "about:" into the location bar and hit enter)
- Expand all the twisties in the Shark analysis window, select all the rows, then copy them and paste them into the bug report
- Scroll back the Terminal window and copy the stack trace into the bug report
- Submit the bug report
I filed a bug on the hang I was experiencing using these steps, and that information may save our users from experiencing the same hang in the future. This is an important part of the open source process, and using these steps, hopefully you'll also be able to take part in the development of Firefox.


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42 die in road crash in southern France
At least 42 people are dead after a bus collided head-on with a truck near Bordeaux in France. Rough Cut-subtitled (no reporter narration).
ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) Forty-two mostly elderly people died when a bus and a truck collided head-on and caught fire near Bordeaux early on Friday, officials said, in France's worst road crash in decades. Another five people were injured in the collision on a country road near Puisseguin in the Gironde region about 60km (35 miles) east of Bordeaux, an official from the local prefect's office said. A spokesman for the interior ministry said that, as far as he could tell, all the passengers were French and from the region. President Francois Hollande, speaking on a visit to Athens, said he had been "plunged into sadness by the tragedy". The bus was carrying about 50 day-trippers south to the Landes region from their home in the village of Petit Palais just a few kilometers away from the crash side, officials said. Media reports said the accident was the most deadly road accident in France for more than 30 years.


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Saturday, 18 February 2012
We Dressing to the 9
After spending most of the day in bed sick, I had to pop into town for some birthday present shopping. So many birthday's this weekend! (well 3)...Whilst shopping I had a good look round H&M and Zara. I'm loving H&M's new neon and pastel clothes...might have to take another look soon!
Jeans; Primark: Vest top and shirt; Topshop: Jacket; Abercrombie & Fitch; Boots; Hong Kong Market: Sunglasses; shop in Osaka.
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And tonight we will connect the dots.
- From "Connect The Dots" by The Spill Canvas
So, guess where I was last week? Aw, c'mon, guess. Really, just try once? While, alright, if you don't want to guess...I was at Oracle HQ for a three-day workshop on UX ADF Design Patterns! Lots of hands-on work in using design patterns to build wire frames and then implementing those designs in ADF. The workshop was really all about connecting the dots.
Also had the opportunity to see plenty of new product prototypes...none of which I can talk about (inserted frustrated sigh here) other than to say that there is some extremely cool stuff in the pipeline from the Oracle UX team. Seems like this team's innovation engine is really taking their game up another notch.
Back to the workshop. While I can't get into the finer details of the workshop here, I can tell you that everything from the workshop is available on-line. To wit*:
- UX.Direct provides both a design process and a toolkit that you can use today...right now...fully functional...free (and how often do we hear "Oracle" and "free" in the same breath?). You'll want to start by spending some time exploring here.
- ADF Design Patterns are a subset of Fusion Applications Design Patterns. The idea here is to share out the Fusion Apps design patterns so that developers can independently build applications that look, feel and function like Fusion Applications (think partner and customer enablement). Although the OBIEE Design Patterns were not explicitly covered in the workshop, the same concept of consistency and best practices applies.
- My next foray into design patterns will include building some mobile apps. So it was pretty timely for a portion of the workshop to cover Mobile Design Patterns. Definitely worth checking out.
- During the workshop, many of the attendees (including me) discovered that our ADF skills were more than a bit lacking. And it was difficult to implement our designs without those skills. I found myself continually referring to Oracle's basic online JDeveloper and ADF training. If you're not familiar with JDeveloper and ADF, this is a great learning resource...saved my bacon many times, including a few instances last week.
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Rhinos and Elephants and Giraffes, Oh My!
This is a story all about how my sister and I had our plans turned upside down.
Might as well keep going with Disney, so this is a story all about how my sister and I had our plans turned upside down. I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there, I'll tell you all about how we planned to snorkel with manatees but ended up at Animal Kingdom instead.
First, my sister, Jodi aka Judith, came down to Florida for her Spring Break… But it was with her friends and not specifically to see me. So, rude. But I quickly got over it and still decided to steal her away for a day of sister bonding – quite a change from last year when she didn't leave my side for three days. My first intention was for us to cross something off of my Florida To-Do List: snorkeling with manatees, so I found one on Groupon and purchased it for us. Sadly, the day before our adventure was scheduled, I received a call that the boat was down for maintenance, so our tour was cancelled. Again, rude. I mean, it's not like we could reschedule – she was only in Florida for one week. Thankfully, we were both itching to hit up Disney again, and this time we decided to check out Animal Kingdom! It ended up being a super last minute decision, but I was pleased with it. Not a long story, I'll admit.
So I picked Judith up from her friends and we journeyed to the wilds of Orlando. We are both dying to explore Africa for real, but this was a more achievable goal in the short term. Obviously, our first objective was to hit up the Kilimanjaro Safari (with a pit-stop to meet Pocahontas and a short photo-shoot at the Africa entrance). The wait was kind of long, but worth it – we were SO CLOSE to some rhinos at one point. Incredible. One of my favorite parts was when the guide pointed out some of the facilities where they take care of the animals; they were huge and looked state of the art. It eased my mind in terms of animal treatment and based on my simple research afterwards, Disney takes MUCH better care of their animals than many other zoos and parks in America (*cough cough Sea World kills cough cough*). Also, they're not forcing these animals to put on a show, we simply observe them in a natural-style habitat.
Overall, the highlights for me were the Kilimanjaro Safari (obviously), the Maharajah Jungle Trek (tigers what what, Shere-Khan up in this), and meeting Baloo (my new bestie). I think the two longest waits we had all day were for the safari and meeting Baloo – both were 100% worth it. Although, I found King Louie (who hangs with Baloo) kind of creepy. Not the guy inside the costume, but the costume itself and the fact that when you hug him there is that creepy kiss sound. Could have lived without that in my life. It doesn't help that King Louie in any iteration tends to creep me out (can you say "live action nightmare"?)… But The Legend of Tarzan is one of my favorite movies, so riddle me that. Apes, man.
You may assume that we chose Expedition Everest for our FastPass+, and you would be partially correct. While we did choose the one and only roller coaster, we did not actually have the patience to wait until our scheduled time to go on said coaster. Instead, we opted for the Single Rider line… A time-honored tradition between my sister and I, since discovering we could ride much faster and more often if we didn't necessarily care about sitting next to one another.
Neither Judith or I are shy about saying how we do not want kids, and honestly, visiting Disney as 20-somethings only solidifies our decision. And I mean, until the population calms down, it's gonna be pretty tough to successfully save Planet Earth. So it was a true blessing that we happened upon the perfect place to take a picture in front of the Tree of Life. One not crawling with families (I'm sure they're all great people). There was only one couple there, so of course we took photos for one another – and they turned out great!
As a traveler who's favorite activity is to just wander around a new place and absorb what it has to offer, Animal Kingdom was a perfect fit. I'm sure many people are aware that this park is not the place for thrill-seekers (similar to EPCOT, very different atmospheres), but if you enter the park with the right mindset I truly believe you will have a wonderful time.


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The Stones TV show was a 30 minute comedy series on CBS about two people who had been married for 25 years and decided to get a divorce. Even though they were still friends and still living together in the same home, they realized that they no longer loved each other or felt like a couple anymore. The comedy revolved around the fact that their grown children also lived in the home with them and the way the "kids" dealt with their parents unusual relationship.
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