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Little has happened at Sol y Nieve over the summer due to personal reasons, but this fall and winter will hold many new things. Here are a few of them:
- Multiple new Monument recordings including an EP, a split (with who will be a surprise), a full length, and a POSSIBLE repressing of 'I'.
- A new full length from Teeth Engraved With the Names of the Dead. Expect something familiar but on a completely different level.
- New material from two new signees: Oyarsa, a blackened doom duo from Chicago and Dead Dragon Mountain, an industrial/experimental/black/doom duo, also out of Chicago. Oyarsa shares a member with Monument, and Dead Dragon Mountain is 2/3 of Land of Decay alumni Sun Splitter.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
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Monday, July 4, 2011
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If you still want a copy of 'Monument: I', someone is selling a copy on ebay for 10 dollars. Ha ha ha!
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My father, normally a very gregarious man, was staying quiet and attentive. He's always been an attentive person, too, but this was a more vigilant type of silent awareness. I suspect it was because he was trying to take in as much as possible, paying close attention to everything he saw and listening intently to everything said.
We were at Augusta National Golf Club for the Masters. So there's that. You're supposed to be quiet when golf is being played. But even when we were away from the golfing action, he was more taciturn than usual. I'm sure he was trying to pace himself since we were going to be out on the course all day, and, at 85 years old, this was a major bucket-list item for him.
For as long as I could remember, Dad had watched the Masters on TV every year. He said he knew the course so well he couldn't believe he'd never been there before. It's a hard ticket to get. Augusta National offers only a limited number of tickets to the public. The bulk of tickets go to members of this private and prestigious club and the people and companies they do business with. Many of the companies rent out "hospitality houses" for Masters Week, the first full week of each April, to host their clients and other assorted guests lucky enough to get an invite. This was how Dad and I got our tickets to the Friday round of the 2017 tournament.
It was all very last-minute. I received a phone call from a friend late Wednesday saying she had two tickets for Friday. The people who were coming couldn't make it because of bad weather and canceled flights. Since I lived an hour away from the club, she offered the tickets to me, as well as a night in a hospitality house. The first thing I did after saying yes was call my father, who immediately canceled his weekend plans and met me the next day in Augusta.
We bedded down on Thursday night in the master bedroom of Jasmine Cottage, a private, historic home near the club that the homeowners had rented out for the week. Masters Week coincides with spring break week in Augusta so this is how many families fund their vacations, by renting out their houses and getting away from the Masters. I heard tales of others who rent out their homes and use the money to stay in town with a friend and purchase expensive VIP package deals to attend the tournament.
It was unseasonably chilly on Friday morning when we arrived at the gate at 9:00 am. The security line was akin to going through a TSA checkpoint at the airport. Unlike on an airplane, though, cellphones and cameras are forbidden at Augusta National during the tournament, so you can't take any pictures to prove you were there or share anything on social media. At one point, as we marched from hole to hole, we discovered a bank of landline courtesy phones provided by the club so patrons could connect with the outside world. Dad stopped and called Mom to check in, and for the sheer novelty of calling from inside a famous place so disconnected from the modern world. "I'm calling from inside Augusta National!" was a common refrain I overheard from many patrons while standing next to the phone bank.
Augusta National reveres tradition above all and proudly resists such modern encroachments as digital devices (even the scores on the main leaderboard are still turned by hand), gratuitous corporate branding (you won't find any here) and, it seems, inflation. The concessions are delightfully inexpensive — only a buck fifty for the traditional egg salad and pimento cheese sandwiches and four bucks for import beer (the most expensive item on the menu). The club could easily get away with charging triple that.
My father was amazed by these details as much as he was by watching the world's best golfers play through only a few feet away from us. Being a retired mechanical engineer, he marveled at the efficiency of everything, from how quickly the lines for the restrooms moved to the flawlessness of the landscaping and drainage systems. He investigated the grounds for signs of weeds and improper edging and reported that he found none.
We left the tournament around 5 p.m. and kicked our feet up in a hospitality tent to rest before the drive home. My father remained quieter than usual, but I knew he was thrilled, still taking in the environment of a place he had long dreamed of visiting.
On Sunday, during the final round, I called home. Dad was watching the tournament on TV and we reminisced about our one day at Augusta National two days earlier. Mom said he had an eager audience with the after-church crowd who wanted to know all the details about his experience.
"He's telling everyone all about it," said my mother about my father, who was apparently now back to his old talkative self.
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- How to use these difficult times as a springboard for churches to rebound and renew,
- With greater long-term health and more powerful Good News impact.
- Click on the pictures (below) to access the articles published by Outreach Magazine and Biblical Leadership Magazine.
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Now that banning gatherings is becoming commonplace, the faith community will be temporarily forced to morph into something new (or maybe something old, read on). During this time and afterward some churches will thrive, but others may struggle. Having coached churches for 30 years, trained hundreds of church leaders and earned two doctorates in the field, here is my forecast with survival options for those churches at risk.


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Problems in Education
I would most like the future president to address the education of all students, standardize testing, and teachers' pay.
Dear future president,
I believe that a quality education should be a right for all children, despite state, city, district, or even teacher. I also believe that the United States should by made of intellectual citizens and voters, and only an educated country can become a fair and equal country. The fact that a student in one state can receive a higher education then one in another extremely aggravates me. I would like America to have an equality educated public, so I would like the next president to address the quality of education and teachers.
As a student in the Clark County School District and the daughter of a teacher, education is very high on my priorities. I would like the next president to re-evaluate the amount of standardize testing done in this country. I have herd and seen many valid criticisms of the amount standardize tests. I personally feel it takes away from my learning. Last year, after only about two weeks in class, we started preparing for the SBAC. Students in my class and I were pressured about this test all year, instead of focusing on what we needed to learn. I personally feel I learned hardly anything expect what might be on the SBAC. Testing also requires a lot of class time. I remember constantly being pulled out of class to take a all day test . Teachers often feel annoyed by the lack of time they have with their students. I understand that testing is used to evaluate one school to another, but I think the need for schools to do well takes away the actual learning of a student.
I would also like the next president to look at teachers' pay. I must admit as the daughter of an educator I am bias on this particular subject, but I have other reasons for my opinion on this matter. I feel higher quality teachers would work for the public school system for better pay. Theses are the people educating the future citizens, voters, and leaders of this country. If they don't correctly do their jobs the future of the United States is doomed. As I mentioned earlier I believe an educated country is the only country that can become a desired or equal and fair country. Theses are all matters in education I would like the future president to address in his/her time in office.
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Dr. Garrison grew up in the area of Mt. Vernon and Lancaster. He graduated from Lancaster High School and then attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. After graduating from OU, he entered The Ohio State Dental School and finished in three years. He graduated in 1980 and went back to southeast Ohio to work for two years. At that time he moved back to Columbus and opened his office in October 1982. He has been here ever since.
Dr. Garrison has strived to provide excellent general and preventive dentistry for families, and he continues to stress this as a basic part of his practice. With a combination of orthodontic and aesthetic services, he can make significant improvements in how people look. He also currently offers treatment for TMJ pain and discomfort as well as Sleep Apnea problems people may have.
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So what is the best way to keep a track of your competition? Keep visiting their site, keep a track of what analysts are saying about them? And you end up with bookmarks and pdfs that you may never get time to read later.
Competitio.us – to a certain extent simplifies this issue.
Here is how Competitio.us works:
- Once registered, you can list your competition websites and compare a feature-wise analysis offered by your competition.
- If you have found some useful news/report about any competitor, you can clip the news
- Get a Feed of the Latest Clippings
- Access Competitor Traffic Data (thru' Alexa)
- Compare Traffic Between Competitors (Alexa traffic data).
In general, Competitio.us is relying on free piece of data (alexa/blogs etc) and I believe that is one of the hindrances in its usage. Data from Alexa isn't what I am interested in, but as part of my analysis I need more than what is available in the public domain. (A simple competition based alert-like feature would be a great thing to implement?)
Competitio.us does solve a unique problem in the current marketplace. Though it's a bit slow to use and is definitely not fully functional (relatively newer sites take a lot of time to get added in their system), I am hoping that they resolve these issues and steer ahead of *their competition*.
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Psychische Probleme aufgrund männlicher Beschneidung
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Male circumcision is a surgical amputation of the foreskin, which contains more than one-half of the erogenous epithelium of the penis. The amputation most frequently carried out on infants and small boys who cannot and do not give consent for the loss of so much of their penis. There are many psychological issues of male circumcision that arise from the painful, traumatic involuntary loss of the part of the penis with the erogenous tissue that provides much sexual sensation.
- 1 Geschichte
- 2 Profound lack of understanding of psychological issues
- 3 Steigendes Bewusstsein
- 4 Behavioral effects of unanesthetized infant circumcision
- 5 Trauma of circumcision
- 6 Circumcision trauma in adults
- 7 Depression, Wut und Trauer bei beschnittenen Männern
- 8 Sources of help
- 9 More research needed
- 10 Siehe auch
- 11 Video
- 12 Weblinks
- 13 Einzelnachweise
Moses Maimonides wrote in the 12th century:
Similarly with regard to circumcision, one of the reasons for it is, in my opinion, the wish to bring about a decrease in sexual intercourse and a weakening of the organ in question, so that this activity be diminished and the organ be in as quiet a state as possible. … In fact this commandment has not been prescribed with a view to perfecting what is defective congenitally, but to perfecting what is defective morally. The bodily pain caused to that member is the real purpose of circumcision. … For if at birth this member has been made to bleed and has had its covering taken away from it, it must indubitably be weakened.[1]
So we see that circumcision has long been used to effect behavior change.
Profound lack of understanding of psychological issues
There was little awareness of emotional and psychological issues when child circumcision was being promoted in the late 19th century and early 20th century. For example, Douglas Gairdner made no mention at all of pain, behavior changes, or psychological issues in his landmark 1949 paper.[2]
Steigendes Bewusstsein
David Levy (1945) reported on abnormal behavior in children who had undergone surgical operations, including circumcision, among other operations. Levy reported such emotional sequelae as:
- Conditioned fear
- Dependency fears and regressions.
- Latent fear.
- Phobias.
- Anxiety states.
- Hostility reactions.
- Obsessions.
- Hysteria.
Levy saw a relationships to what was then called combat neurosis and now known as postraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).[3]
Anna Freud, daughter of Sigmund Freud, and a pioneer child psychologist read Levy's paper. She wrote (1952):
Ever since the discovery of the castration complex analysts have had ample opportunity in their therapeutic work to study the impact of surgical operations. on normal and abnormal development. By now it is common knowledge that surgical interference with the child's body may serve as the focal point for the activation, reactivation, grouping and rationalization of ideas of being attacked, overwhelmed and (or) castrated. … Ever since the discovery of the castration complex analysts have had ample opportunity in their therapeutic work to study the impact of surgical operations. on normal and abnormal development. By now it is common knowledge that surgical interference with the child's body may serve as the focal point for the activation, reactivation, grouping and rationalization of ideas of being attacked, overwhelmed and (or) castrated.[4]
British child psychologist Gocke Cansever tested twelve Turkish boys before and after circumcision. Cansever (1965) confirmed the conclusions of Anna Freud (1952) and reported:
The results of the tests showed that circumcision, performed around the phallic stage is perceived by the child as an act of aggression and castration. It has detrimental effects on the child's functioning and adaptation, particularly on his ego strength. By weakening the controlling and defensive mechanisms of the ego, and initiating regression, it loosens the previously hidden fears, anxieties, and instinctual impulses, and renders a feeling of reality to them. What is expressed following the operation is primitive, archaic and unsocialized in character. As a defensive control and protection against the surge of the instinctual forces coming from within and the threats coming from outside, the ego of the child seeks safety in total withdrawal, this isolates and insulates itself from disturbing stimuli.[5]
Emde et al. (1971) being curious about changes in infant behavior after painful heel sticking, decided to test baby boys before and after routine (non-therapeutic) circumcision performed without anesthesia. Not surprisingly, they found that circumcision changed behavior. They concluded:
Routine hospital circumcision, done without anesthesia, was chosen as a potential stressor which might be expected to produce prolonged bombardment of pain pathways. Two studies, one without polygraphic manipulation and one with EEG and polygraphic manipulation and one with EEG and polygraphic recording, resulted in similar findings. Circumcision was usually followed by prolonged, non-REM sleep. Effects of circumcision were demonstrable in terms of an increase in the amount of non-REM sleep (p<0.01) and a decrease in latency to the onset of non-REM sleep (P<0.05). Infants were used as their own controls and were compared with non-circumcised males for statistical analysis. Postcircumcision increase in non-REM sleep was also reflected in an increased total number of non-REM sleep periods and an increased number of extremely long non-REM sleep periods.[6]
Researchers in Britain and America noticed that male infants in America, where most males were circumcised in the 1970s behave differently from female infants, while male infants in Britain do not behave differently from female infants. Richards, Bernal, & Brackbill (1976) said:
The extent to which circumcision does contribute to gender differences in behavior during the neonatal period, or subsequently, obviously demands detailed and focused study. Most certainly, the published description of any sample using male neonates should indicate circumcision status. At present, with rare exception, this information does not appear in any account of subject characteristics.[7]
Grimes (1978) also expressed concern, writing:
In contrast to the sometimes dramatic somatic responses of the neonate to operation without anesthesia, the psychological consequences of this trauma are conjectural. Psychoanalyst Erik Erickson has described the first of eight stages of man as the development of basic trust versus basic mistrust. For the baby to be plucked from his bed, strapped in a spread eagle position, and doused with chilling antiseptic is perhaps consistent with other new-found discomforts of extrauterine existence. The application of crushing clamps and excision of penile tissue, however, probably do little to engender a trusting, congenial, relationship with the infants new surroundings.[8]
Behavioral effects of unanesthetized infant circumcision
The focus then turned to investigation of the effects of unanesthetized infant circumcision. Doctors then falsely believed that newborn infants could not feel pain,[9] so they blamed the observed effects on "stress", not pain.
Luther, Kraybill & Potter (1976) tested cortisol and cortisone in the blood of newborn infants before and after circumcision. Dramatic increases in cortisol and a lesser increase in cortisone was recorded.[10]
Rawlins, Miller & Engel (1980) investigated the blood oxygen content after unanesthetized non-therapeutic circumcision. They reported that blood oxygen content decreased during non-therapeutic neonatal circumcision, although it returned to baseline or above later.[11]
Marshall et al. (1980) tested newborn boys before and after plastibel circumcision. They reported that boys have a greater capacity for memory than previously believed, that infants behave differently after circumcision, that future researchers must consider and record the circumcision status of their subjects, and that boys might actually be feeling pain. They suggested that anesthesia by dorsal penile nerve block might be appropriate.[12]
Gunnar et al. (1981) studied the effect of circumcision of male infants on serum cortisol and behavior. The authors identified circumcision as "a potential traumatic event experienced by the majority of newborn males in this country (United States)." The authors reported that serum cortisol during unanesthetized circumcision rose to about four times the pre-circumcision level. Behavior paralleled the increase in cortisol. They reported that "neonatal circumcision is performed without anesthesia and it is clearly stressful for the infant.[13]
Marshall et al. (1982) studied the effect of circumcision on mother-child interaction (primarily breastmilk substitute feeding behavior) in a hospital setting. They reported: "The experimental group exhibited fewer intervals of uninterrupted feeding than did the control group."[14]
Gunnar et al. (1984) tested the effects of a pacifier during circumcision. They reported:
The results showed that stimulating the newborn with the pacifier reduced crying by about 40%. Reducing crying, however, had no significant effect on adrenocortical response. Elevations of serum cortisol predicted average behavioral state following circumcision, whereas crying during circumcision did not. Furthermore, there was evidence that the neonatal adrenocortical system was sensitive in variations in surgical procedures. The results indicate the importance of obtaining data on both behavioral and hormonal systems in studies of stress and coping in human newborns.[15]
Porter et al. (1986) recorded the pain cries of boys undergoing circumcision. They reported that "Subjective judgments and objective quantitative data converge to demonstrate that infants' cries are perceived as varying and objectively, do systematically vary with respect to the the intensity of the painful stimuli."[16]
Porter et al. (1988) recorded the cries of boys undergoing non-therapeutic child circumcision. They found that the pitch of the cries increased as stress (euphemism for pain) increases.[17]
The research reported in this section clearly establish the the distress shown by male infants during unanesthetized circumcision does not come from being restrained, that infants feel extreme pain, that sucking on a pacifier does not reduce pain, although it may reduce crying, and that neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision is traumatic for the child.
Trauma of circumcision
There is now fairly extensive evidence of the effect of the trauma of non-therapeutic circumcision on behavior later in life.
Glover (1929) reported a case in which the memory of a traumatic circumcision was repressed.[18]
Taddio et al. (1995) (1997) studied the behavior of circumcised boys in comparison to the behavior of intact boys at the time of routine vaccination. Taddio et al. (1995) reported:
Male circumcision is the most common neonatal surgical procedure. It causes intense pain and measurable changes in behaviour that last up to 1 day. We found that circumcision status was associated with increased infant pain response to routine vaccination at 4-6 months. Circumcised boys had significantly longer crying bouts and higher pain scores. That both outcome measures, pain index, and cry duration, were influenced by circumcision lends credibility to our observations. During the second (HIB) vaccination, circumcision status was more clearly associated with the observed pain response than after DPT. The DPT injection might have had a priming effect in circumcised infants which led them to exhibit even more pain after the HIB injection. The effects of memory and reinforcement on later nocioceptive experience in neonates are not known. Because memory of pain is believed to be important in subsequent pain perception, and the main structures for memory are functional in the neonatal period, it is conceivable that pain from circumcision may have long-lasting effects on pain response and/or perception.[19]
Taddio et al. (1997) followed with a larger second study in which circumcised boys were compared with intact boys at time of vaccination four to six months after birth. Three measures to determine pain were used. Once again circumcised boys showed greater response to the pain of vaccination than intact boys.
Taddio et al. reasoned that:
It is, therefore, possible that the greater vaccination response in the infants circumcised without anaesthesia may represent an infant analogue of a post-traumatic stress disorder triggered by a traumatic and painful event and re-experienced under similar circumstances of pain during vaccination.
and concluded:
The results of this study are consistent with studies of pain response in animals and behavioural studies in humans showing that injury and tissue damage sustained in infancy can cause sustained changes in central neural function, which persist after the wound has healed and influence behavioural responses to painful events months later. Pretreatment and postoperative management of neonatal circumcision pain is recommended based on these results. Investigation of the neurological basis of these effects is warranted.[20]
Chamberlain (1989) confirms that babies remember pain.[21]
Male circumcision is part of the culture of the Philippine Islands. Boys usually are not neonatally circumcised. Instead, circumcision is done when they are somewhat older. Some are medically circumcised while others are circumcised in a traditional manner. Ramos & Boyle (2001) studied the psychological effects of circumcision on Philippine boys. They reported that sixty-nine percent of traditionally circumcised boys and fifty-one percent of medically circumcised boys met the criteria for a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).[22]
Boyle et al. (2002) report:
A traumatic experience is defined in DSM-IV as the direct consequence of experiencing or witnessing of serious injury or threat to physical integrity that produces intense fear, helplessness or (in the case of children) agitation (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). The significant pain and distress described earlier is consistent with this definition. Moreover, the disturbance (e.g., physiological arousal, avoidant behaviour) qualifies for a diagnosis of acute stress disorder if it lasts at least two days or even a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) if it lasts more than a month. Circumcision without anaesthesia constitutes a severely traumatic event in a child's life.[23]
Circumcision trauma in adults
Famed trauma expert Bessell van der Kolk, M. D. (1989) reports that traumatized persons tend to repeat the trauma on themselves or others, resulting in harm to others, harm to self, or being re-victimized. He writes:
Some traumatized people remain preoccupied with the trauma at the expense of other life experiences and continue to re-create it in some form for themselves or for others.[24]
Rhinehart (1999) was a practicing psychiatrist who had patients with later life problems stemming from their neonatal circumcision. He listed some possibilities:
- a sense of personal powerlessness
- fears of being overpowered and victimized by others
- lack of trust in others and life
- a sense of vulnerability to violent attack by others
- guardedness in relationships
- reluctance to be in relationships with women
- defensiveness
- diminished sense of maleness
- feeling damaged, especially in the presence of surgical complications such as skin tags, penile curvature due to uneven foreskin removal, partial ablation of edges of the glans and so on
- sense of reduced penile size, a part cut off or amputated
- low self-esteem
- shame about not "measuring up"
- anger and violence toward women
- irrational rage reactions
- addictions and dependencies
- difficulties in establishing intimate relationships
- emotional numbing
- need for more intensity in sexual experience.
- sexual callousness
- decreased tenderness in intimacy
- decreased ability to communicate
- feelings of not being understood
Rhinehart concluded:
In my client population of adult men, serious and sometimes disabling lifelong consequences appear to have resulted from this procedure, and long-term psychotherapy focusing on early trauma resolution appears to be effective in dealing with these consequences. Early prevention by eliminating the practice of routine circumcision is seen as desirable.[25]
Feelings and behavior of circumcised men
Goldman (1999) described the long-term psychological effects of circumcision as "anger, sense of loss, shame, sense of having been victimized and violated, feal, distrust, grief, and jealousy of intact men.[26]
Goldman reported reasons why circumcised man say little about how truly feel:
- Accepting beliefs and cultural assumptions about circumcision prevents men from recognizing and feeling their dissatisfaction; e.g. being told when young that it was necessary for health reasons and not questioning that.
- The emotions connected with circumcision that may surface are very painful; repressing them protects men from this pain. If the feelings become conscious, they can still be suppressed.
- Those who have feelings about their circumcision are generally afraid to express them because their feelings may be dismissed or ridiculed.
- Verbal expression of feelings requires conscious awareness. Because early traumas are generally unconscious, associated feelings are expressed non-verbally through behavioural, emotional, and physiological forms.[26]
Adamant father syndrome
It is now well established that circumcised men who become a father of a boy overwhelmingly want the boy to be circumcumcised.[27] [28] This phenomenon has come to be known as the adamant father syndrome.[29] Such circumcised fathers are driven to repeat the trauma of their own circumcision decades ago on their own son even acting contrary to current medical advice.[26]
However Goldman pointed out several reasons (from the viewpoint of the child) that a father should not insist on circumcising a boy:
- A circumcised boy who matches others may nevertheless have negative feelings about being circumcised. These feelings can last for a lifetime
- It is not possible to predict before circumcision how a boy will feel about it later.
- Even though intact men are in the minority in the USA, there is no evidence that many of them are dissatisfied with being intact.
- An intact male who is unhappy about it can choose to be circumcised, but this is rarely done. The estimated rate of adult circumcision in the USA is 3 in 1000.
- An intact male who is unhappy about his status may feel different after learning more about circumcision and the important functions of the foreskin.
- The social factor is much less of an issue for boys born in the USA today because of the lower circumcision rate (60% nationally, under 40% in some states.[26]
Circumcised medical doctors
Most male doctors in the United States are men who were circumcised as infants. Consequently, despite being medical doctors they have no personal knowledge of the human foreskin. These men share the trauma and attitudes of other circumcised men and are just as likely to want to repeat the trauma. LeBourdais (1995) pointed out that the "age of the attending physician, sex and circumcision status" were important factors in determining the likelyhood of a baby boy being circumcised.[30]
Goldman also points out that, in making the decision regarding circumcision, parents tend to follow the perceived norm.
Mixing religion and medical science
Goldman (1999) points out that some physicians allow their religious views on circumcision to influence the outcomes of scientific paper regarding male circumcision. This has created many scientifically flawed studies that distort, confuse the circumcision issue, and bias the outcome in favor of circumcision.[26] Some examples are Abraham L. Wolbarst, Ernest Hand, Abraham Ravich, Edgar J. Schoen, and Aaron J. Fink.
Circumcised doctors and circumcision policy
Goldman (2005) observes when circumcised doctors are appointed to a committee to develop circumcision policy they bring their cultural and personal biases to the table. Doctors who perform circumcisions need to justify their practice. Circumcised doctors may be under a compulsion to repeat the trauma.[24] Risks and certain injury are likely to be understated, while benefits are exaggerated. Human rights issues may be ignored. The likely result is a policy statement heavily biased in favor of circumcision.[31]
Depression, Wut und Trauer bei beschnittenen Männern
Circumcised men historically have protected their feelings by denying that they have lost anything.
Research done since the 1960's forward to the present day has elucidated the nature, functions, and purpose of the foreskin. Circumcised men are learning what they have lost from the Internet, so they are less able to maintain the ego defense of denial of loss,[32] so they increasingly responding with feelings of anxiety, suicidal thoughts, depression, rage, PTSD and grief.[32] At least one case of suicide has been reported.[33]
Healing requires grieving the loss of a body part.[34] Unfortunately, Watson & Goldman (2017) report:
We found that therapists were reluctant to accept that the grief was real, were unaware of foreskin functions, denied circumcision had physical or psychological sequelae and minimized patient grief using humor, cultural aesthetics, controversial health benefits, sexism and an erroneous understanding of penile anatomy and sexual function. Male therapists were more likely to deny that circumcision is harmful and to be less empathetic than female therapists.[32]
Watson & Goldman recommend that men "embrace the anguish and try to feel it as strongly as they can." They also recommend non-surgical foreskin restoration "since it empowers the patient."[32]
Sources of help
Your Whole Baby maintains a short list of therapists knowledgeable in issues of circumcision grief.[35]
There is a new blog at Reddit, where grieving circumcised men discuss their feelings of grief.[36]
There is another blog at Reddit, where non-surgical foreskin restoration is discussed.[37]
More research needed
Preliminary investigation has established an association between child circumcision and alexithymia and autism spectrum disorder. Association does not establish cause and effect. More investigation and research is needed.
Bollinger and Van Howe (2011) associate alexithymia with the trauma of circumcision.[38]
Morten & Simonsen (2015) associate neonatal non-therapeutic circumcision with autism spectrum disorder.[39]
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- Psychosexual Effects of Circumcision
- Psychiatrist Discusses the Lasting Trauma of Circumcision
- Emotional, psychological, and psychiatric benefits
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Coastal Maine: Route 1 Family Road Trip
Updated: Jun 28, 2019
Kittery to Portland- Part One
Maine is by far one of my favorite destinations to visit in the summertime. This northernmost state in New England has temperate weather, fresh seafood, harbor views, and the most picturesque rocky cliffs. I've been visiting Maine since I was a young girl and it truly is Vacationland. Of course you could take a direct flight into Bangor to reach the ever popular Bar Harbor, ME but I suggest, flying into Boston, MA and experiencing what Mainers say "The Way Life Should Be", day by day, coastal city by coastal city. I've got the Route 1 Coastal Maine itinerary perfect for your summer family road trip! The road trip is broken into two parts, this blog post is part one, all the stops along Route 1 in southern Maine. Subscribe and be on the look out for part two next!
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1. Kittery, Maine
Welcome to Maine! Kittery is the entry point to Maine from I-95. Take exit 1 and hop onto Route 1, Maine's state coastal road. Stop for breakfast and fuel up on coffee and pastries at Beach Pea Baking or Lil's Cafe, each equally delicious. You guys remember, I'm in love with local coffee shops, so I couldn't choose just one! I'd suggest the famous cruller at Lil's paired with a vanilla latte. Head outdoors to walk off the carbs at Fort McClary State Historic Site. Let your kids run free and explore the ruins. Tag along behind them and learn a bit about the inner workings of a colonial-era fortress. If you'd rather walk off breakfast window shopping, you're in luck! The Kittery Premium Outlets are home to designer, clothing and home stores galore, perfect for stocking up on the latest trends and deals .
After all that shopping, there are two restaurants located right off Route 1 I'd recommend for that "welcome to Maine" meal. There's Bob's Clam Hut , a casual easy-to-order no-fuss long-standing seafood joint. You can't go wrong here. Lobster rolls, fried shrimp, fish sandwiches, whole belly fried clams. They've got it all. And, yes during the summer there will be a line! The other option is a modern twist on the seafood specialties at Robert's Maine Grill. To dine here, you may want to go back to the hotel and freshen up.
If you've stayed the night in Kittery, head to Badger's Island for a gorgeous sunset on the Piscataqua River overlooking Portsmouth, NH. Just find a place to park off Badger's Island West, walk to the water and enjoy the view.
2. York, Maine
We lived here in this little charming Maine town and there is just so much to do. Whether you stop for a few hours or a few days, this little place won't disappoint. I may be biased but Long Sands Beach is one of the best beaches in Maine. It has hard sand perfect for long walks or bike rides and it has a picturesque view of the Nubble Lighthouse. The sunrises and sunsets are just so so perfect! Of course, you can't visit York without a stop at one of the most popular lighthouses in the country, Nubble! Don't forget the camera, this is the quintessential Maine backdrop! Did you know: Maine has over 60 lighthouses! While, you're at the Nubble Light, you've got to get seafood from Fox's Lobster House take-out menu. I hope you're not allergic to seafood, because I have to recommend the freshest juiciest biggest scallops! SO GOOD!
Now, I'm going to give two recommendations for your fam. one for the parents and one for the kids. For the parents, I suggest a stop at Stonewall Kitchen Company Store. It has specialty Maine foodie gifts, home goods, and kitchenware. It's not a great place for toddlers but luckily they have a cafe where daddy and baby can hang out and wait for you! For the kiddos, I'd suggest a stop at Hartley Mason Reserve. It is a grassy hill that overlooks the harbor. My son loved rolling down the hill again and again and again. The view is so spectacular it's really a parent/kid win win!
If you're here for lunch or dinner, there are so many recommendations! But, I'll share our personal favorite (it's NOT seafood!) Stop by the local pizza joint York54 Pizza. Seriously, just go! They have seasonal pizzas made with fresh ingredients paired with local craft brews! Our favorite place! One of our favorite summer pizzas was the Summer Garden, pesto corn tomatoes and ricotta. YUM! Want to know more about York, Maine. I've got a lot more to share. SUBSCRIBE TO MY BLOG so you don't miss a post!
Pictured, left to right: (1) Buoys are a big part of Maine culture, they are on display at The Lobster Pound restaurant in Cape Neddick, Maine (2) Long Sands Beach is a popular surfer's beach but also great for walking, biking, and sunbathing (3) The view from Hartley Mason Reserve is stellar
3. Ogunquit, Maine
Ogunquit Maine is by far the most idyllic town I've ever seen. Less popular than York to the south and Portland to the north, it doesn't get overrun with tourists. But, it's still very popular in the summer. And, rightly so...it's so gorgeous! A family walk along the mile long Marginal Way is a must do! It's partly paved and partly dirt path but easy to maneuver with a jogging stroller. The picturesque views are not to be missed! If you start at the Perkins Cove entrance to The Marginal Way, make sure to meander and stop in the local artisan stores for a vacation keepsake. There's also a tourist shop or two to get that cheesy Maine zip up jacket! Our favorite restaurant in Perkins Cove is Barnacle Billy's a family-friendly seafood place with patio dining.
Pack your beach gear or pull the wagon and end the walk along The Marginal Way at the family-friendly Ogunquit Beach. It has numerous rocky outcrops perfect for kids to climb to their heart's content. This little town is worth a stop on your Maine summer adventure!
Pictured, from left to right: (1) The view of Perkins Cove in Ogunquit Maine (2) A lighthouse along The Marginal Way walk (3) A pebbled entrance to The Marginal Way
4. Portland, Maine
I love this city....the "other" Portland! And yet, it's got major Portland, Oregon vibes! Hipsters, a strong local foodie scene, art-centered community, coffee shops galore and many nature-inspired day excursions. We love this place. It's like Boston but cut in half (or maybe less than half). It's a little city but that's part of the charm. Super walkable, it's easy to stop here for a 1/2 day excursion or a few days of fun.
We'd suggest a morning stop at The Holy Donut. These donuts are Maine famous and have a secret ingredient: mashed potatoes! Yes, you read that right. These donuts are moist and full of so much flavor. Our absolute favorite is the chocolate sea salt...mouth is watering right now! After eating one, two, or three Maine potato donuts, you'll need to get to walking. Walk along Commercial Street in Old Port and revel in the working harbor, bringing in fresh seafood for your enjoyment. Along the harbor you can try to find the Portland Maine love locks and a piece of the Berlin Wall. You can make it a fun scavenger hunt for you and the fam. Your little one can also work on their counting skills, counting how many lobster traps they see. Another beautiful walk is the Eastern Promenade along the water in the East End neighborhood. Or, get a real city vibe with a walk down Congress Street. Pop into art galleries and historical sites, take a pit stop in Monument Square, and end your walk at The Portland Museum of Art. Insider Tip: It's FREE every Friday night!
If you have time, also make a road trip stop at the Portland Head Light located just outside of the city. There's a playground, lots of green space to run around, and miles of rocky coast to enjoy! Pack the camera! And, head back in town to our favorite favorite favorite Flatbread Pizza Company.
Pictured, from left to right: (1) A harbor port view of Portland, Maine from Commercial Street (2) Old Port neighborhood in Portland, Maine has lots of brick and cobblestone streets (3) Portland Head Light has Maine's famous rocky coast
The Long Drive (With Kids): Kittery to Portland Maine
57 miles, 1 hr 20 minutes
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The fellowship trained, board certified surgeons and subspecialty physicians at Texas Orthopedic Specialists approach every patient, from pediatric to geriatric, with respect and compassion. The team of six doctors offers services for hip, knee, shoulder, hand and upper extremity, and foot and ankle, in addition to joint replacement and sports medicine. Texas Orthopedic Specialists works from two state-of-the-art locations in Bedford and Keller/Alliance.
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"Whether you suffer from plantar fasciitis, arthritis, diabetes, or a sports injury, we will work together to get you back to your daily activities," Dr. Suttle said.
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These words – "A novel inspired by Marina Abramovic" – on the cover of "The Museum of Modern Love" were all the reasons I needed to read this book.
Publishers: Allen & Unwin (2016)
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"The Museum of Modern Love" by Heather Rose traces the soul of Arky Levin, a film composer. Arky is separated from his wife, Lydia. She has asked him to keep a promise. And he does. So why is he troubled? In his restlessness, he wanders into the MOMA and sees Marina Abramovic in The Artist Is Present.
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Back in time, companies relied mainly on their internal capabilities to generate innovative ideas and to transform these ideas into real products and services. However, nowadays many innovation leaders are increasingly focusing on "mixed" innovation strategies by combining internal innovation drivers and external partners and thus open up innovation to the outside world.
Having looked more closely at a company's internal innovation sources, we will examine the most important external sources in this article.
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Academic and research institutions that run innovation programs funded by the company
Partnerships between companies and universities are one of the key drivers of the innovation economy. As many companies integrate open innovation approaches to expand their internal R&D efforts, universities have become a vital source of innovation. Companies provide funding for talented faculties and students for industry-relevant research. Meanwhile, universities are including entrepreneurship as part of the academic curriculum to boost innovative thinking among students.
As of 2017, more than 200 colleges and universities have started dedicated innovation or entrepreneurship centers as members of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers. By the end of 2020, Evonik will direct € 100 million worth funding for the topic of digitalization in strategic partnership with IBM and the University of Duisburg-Essen. By investing in development and testing of digital technologies and the development of digital skills, the specialty chemicals company has the vision to push forward digitalization in the chemical industry and strengthen its position in the digital world.
Startups as a source for monitoring the corporate ecosystem of your business and fruitful partnership and investment opportunities
One of the fastest growing sources of innovation for big companies are startups. As the relevance of startups in international economics has increased rapidly in recent years, companies in all industries are more and more concerned with the opportunities and risks that these newcomers provide. Startup monitoring and potential future partnerships, therefore, play an important role in creating disruptive products and business models. Startups aggressively experiment with new technologies; artificial intelligence, robotics, or blockchain to come up with futuristic ways of providing business value. Understanding these insights by larger companies can play an important role in their own innovation strategy, portfolio, and activities. (Read more: Startup Relationship Management Explained)
The white paper by the World Economic Forum on the collaboration between technology startups and corporates published in 2018 states that a large majority of companies today see the importance to digitize and to enter in contact with the startup world in order to foster innovation. However, more than half of the cooperation attempts still fail because of a conflict between aspiring entrepreneurial newcomers and more structured and risk-averse corporations.
So how can large companies move from confrontation to cooperation with these newcomers? DZ Bank, a central banking institution in Germany, was able to create a transparent and company-wide overview of all innovation activities and fintech cooperations on one central innovation platform. Which startups might disrupt the industry or are relevant to the business model? Who is already connected to which startup within the corporation? The new innovation approach facilitated cross-departmental monitoring of the corporate environment and enabled the identification of gaps and opportunities in the innovation portfolio of DZ Bank.
Tech and Trend Scouts
External scouts that identify and analyze trends and technologies
Today, the survival of many companies is linked to the continuous and automated recognition and analysis of the opportunities and risks of new technologies and trends. If there is not enough manpower available in your innovation team, it makes sense to get external help. In addition to software that automatically evaluates and clusters all trend and technology information, a dedicated team of external trend and tech scouts can deliver a continuous flood of data.
Time-consuming innovation activities, such as scouting and monitoring startups or new technologies, can be outsourced to third parties. These actors can deal intensively with what is happening in an industry and summarize the results, e.g. trend agencies, technology institutes, market research companies or consulting firms. External trend scouts can identify, describe, and report upcoming trends usually related to certain domains or industries. Technology scouts provide scientists and engineers in R&D divisions with information regarding emerging technologies.
What is already a common approach in the fashion business, also works for all other industries. You can address the most pressing questions and gain authentic insights from around the world. This valuable information and inspiration can be used directly as input for your innovation campaigns. Companies will benefit from collective intelligence and can let potential customers evaluate product and business ideas.
Software and Consulting Companies
Software and consulting companies that provide solutions and services for innovation management
Partnerships with innovation management software and consulting companies represent a vigorous source for building innovation management ecosystems and support companies with tools to purposefully collect and process data on new trends or technologies. It is key to use the services of companies that offer solutions for the entire innovation landscape, not just a system for an idea or trend collection and thus bring a company's innovation approach to a whole new level. By starting with a comprehensive environmental scanning of relevant trends, technologies, and startups and connecting those pieces of information on one platform, companies can detect opportunity spaces to innovate and grow in. The integration of all data collected will give a fairly accurate prediction of whether a detected change is a hype that will quickly disappear or a real trend that will maybe stay with us for many years.
A software-supported innovation process combined with a comprehensive methodology and consulting offers will create the necessary framework to develop and execute a sustainable innovation strategy. It is important to cooperate early with external drivers of innovation in order to continuously develop technology leadership.
External Crowds and Communities
Independent experts, innovators or generally people that are active in crowdsourcing platforms, innovation competitions, or developer networks.
Innovation communities appear to be an attractive approach for many corporations to access the necessary skills for various innovation activities. Competitions and hackathons have contributed quite largely on some company's successes. Fortune 500 corporations such as AT&T and American Express frequently fund online creativity competitions to trigger innovation among their customers and public in general. Kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms let ideas compete for sponsorship. Many more companies started using competitions to foster efforts to innovate more. However, it can also be a very cost-efficient way to source innovation from people with useful skills outside the company. An example of crowdsourcing is P&G's "Connect + Development" platform where P&G shares its present challenges and needs coming from various business units and anyone can submit a proposal to solve this problem.
Company Suppliers
Other firms that fall into the value chain of the company
Among external innovation sources, suppliers have significant innovation potential because they know their customer's business, its potential challenges, and innovation opportunity spaces. Especially, when a long-term cooperation is established among customers and suppliers, the latter are usually more involved in the companies' businesses. As suppliers become more engaged in and informed about companies' plans and strategies, they will be more qualified to contribute to the innovation efforts of the company and strengthen future business relationships with the company.
In the automotive industry, for example, the willingness of suppliers to invest in technology is known to be a key differentiator of successful customer-supplier cooperation. Such innovations can provide customers with the superior manufacturing capacity, improved product performance and adaptability required for long-term market competitiveness. For more insights on this, check out "Increasing Supplier-Driven Innovation" by John W. Henke Jr. and Chun Zhang, published at MIT Sloan Management Review.
External Partners
Other medium and large companies that can be partners through collaboration, licensing, joint venture, etc.
Companies look for strategic partnerships with external companies in order to bring innovation into their ecosystem more efficiently. Such cooperation is often a cornerstone of innovation in a continuously transforming environment. Let's discuss the recent partnership of Airbus and Audi. These two companies have teamed up to develop real, near-term urban mobility solutions. Airbus – with its on-demand helicopter platform Voom – will join forces together with Audi to deliver an end-to-end transportation service, starting in São Paulo and Mexico City. This cooperation will offer high-quality ground transportation provided by Audi vehicles and helicopter transport with Airbus' Voom service, delivering customers a seamless travel experience. This partnership aims to address both current and future challenges of urban mobility, focusing on the world's most densely populated cities.
The Customer
Customers who give feedback and reviews about the company's products and services
Every company strives to offer its customers what they ask for. In recent years, companies have been looking for customer input that focuses on results rather than solutions. By gathering data, they try to find out what the customer is intending to achieve by using a certain product or service. Moreover, due to decreased trust, companies let their customer segment groups test their products or services before purchasing them.
Customer expectations pressure firms to regularly innovate to meet consumer needs. In today's e-commerce, if your online store does not deliver within a day, your business is at risk. Do you know how Amazon got into the cloud computing business? Amazon's retail customers, the thousands of small businesses using Amazon's eCommerce platform, were not mature enough to take advantage of cheap computing and storage in the cloud. This gave Amazon the idea of starting a new company that enabled small retailers to reduce their IT costs with a simple cloud computing service.
Some may rightfully argue that asking customers for solutions might as well limit the innovation process. The reason is that most customers have a quite incomplete scope of reference and knowledge about the business. Thus, some precautions need to be considered when ''listening to your customer''.
The Bottom Line
Building a network of internal and external innovation sources is a necessary approach to overcome challenges such as time and resource bottlenecks in innovation management. However, this can only be achieved through effective corporate innovation management.


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