ized, experience has become an important economic offering that represents a progression of economic value. the idea is that competitive differentiation can no longer be found by making goods or delivering services; staging experiences has become the best way to differentiate a brand from its competitors.

But not all experiences are created equal. the Anthropology of Experience tells us that we create our identities through performances where we tell stories about ourselves to each other. if brands want to stage powerful experiences that resonate, these experiences must allow for the creation of meaning on a personal level. Experiences cannot be mass-produced; they must allow for the expression and projection of personal identity. not unlike the difference between watching a baseball game and playing one, brand experiences that allow us to project our beliefs, values, desires, abilities, and motivations to ourselves and each other will have the most power and resonance.

Signals of performance +brand:

Twitch: twitch is a live video streaming platform that turns video games into spectator sports. Recently purchased by Amazon for $1.1 billion, it boasts 100 million visitors a month, including 1.7 million gamers who broadcast themselves playing. By broadcasting their live games, gamers are given the opportunity to perform and enact their identities online.

IfOnly: ifOnly is a San Francisco-based startup that uses a technology platform to create a marketplace for one-of-a-kind experiences. its rapid growth is a testament to the growing market for experiences over things. ifOnly is betting that there are enough people who would rather pay for fabulous experiences than fabulous things.

Nike x Monocle Running Guide: this magazine insert, created in partnership by nike and Monocle, presents a curated set of experiences for runners, customized by city. Each city guide includes maps and places of interest, and serves as a stage for nike to deliver an immersive experience.
By participating in these experiences, runners are creating stories about themselves, enacting their identities as cosmopolitan athletes, and are using the stage that nike built to mount their productions.

What if…

As experience becomes the standard currency for brands and businesses, how will they continue to differentiate their offerings? How well prepared is your business or brand in the experience game?

  1. What new kinds of categories are born when identity performance is positioned as a business goal or value proposition?
  2. How might open production (such as 3D printing) be leveraged in the creation of experience as value?
  3. What role could supply chain innovation play in the staging of more mobile, malleable, or modular experiences?
  4. What does your brand’s partner- ship ecosystem look like, and how might these relationships be used to cultivate identity-building experiences for your customers?

the author

Dr. Emma Aiken-Klar

Dr. Emma Aiken-Klar is VP, human insights at Idea Couture. See her full bio here.<|endoftext|>Discovered: praise for old football helmets, the latest way to search for alien civilizations, why potential scientists don't pursue science careers, and more good news for Weight Watchers.

  • In praise of leather football helmets. A new study to be published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spineis touting itself with a pretty eyebrow-raising claim: vintage football helmets from a century ago are "are often as effective as – and sometimes better than" modern football helmets. Although USA Today notes that they "conceded that modern helmets in many instances provided better protection from skull fracture and brain bleeds." After a series of literally head-to-head crash tests of the ancient helmets and modern ones, the Cleveland Clinic researchers came to the conclusion that the old helmets offered good  protection. "The point of this study is not to advocate for a return to leather helmets but, rather, to test the notion that modern helmets must be more protective than older helmets simply because 'newer must be better,'" said the lead researcher, Adam Bartsch, in a release that will certainly get attention for the message that more helmet safety reforms are needed. [Cleveland Clinic, USA Today]
  • New theory for how to best find aliens requires aliens to behave like humans.  This is no knock on those scientists doing their best to figure out if there's anyone else out there, but the latest theory from researchers affiliated with Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is much more practical than imaginative. From their release, it appears to boil down to this: if aliens are building light polluting metropolitan areas just like earthlings, maybe we can see them with powerful telescopes. "It's very unlikely that there are alien cities on the edge of our solar system, but the principle of science is to find a method to check," said one of the researchers who proposed the theory, tempering alien-searchers optimism. [Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics]
  • One sensible, possibly obvious, reason why potential scientists, researchers and doctors get scared off. It isn't news to note that plenty of undergraduates interested in pursuing STEM careers end up not pursuing them. But why? The New York Times tried to answer that question today by turning to a few studies, which found one unsurprising reason why future scientists go elsewhere: "The latest research also suggests that there could be more subtle problems at work, like the proliferation of grade inflation in the humanities and social sciences, which provides another incentive for students to leave STEM majors. It is no surprise that grades are lower in math and science, where the answers are clear-cut and there are no bonus points for flair." In other words, math is hard. [The New York Times]
  • Weight Watchers gets more good news from research.  A study published in the British Medical Journal found that "weight-loss programs such as Weight Watchers and Slimming World are more effective and cheaper than family doctor-based services led by specially trained staff," Reuters informs us. It doesn't say in the Reuters write-up who funded the latest research, but that "results suggest that while commercial schemes generally help people to lose weight, doctor-led programs do not." Reuters does point back to another randomized-controlled trial that found a favorable result for Weight Watchers last month. That one was funded by Weight Watchers International, but conducted by an independent research team. [Reuters and Reuters<|endoftext|>Hudson was born in Houston, attended the Worthing High School in Houston, Texas and played high school football for the Worthing Colts.<|endoftext|>vyhledat jakékoliv slovo, například yeet:
Its when a guys penis goes through the hole in their boxers and hits the zipper of his jeans or when a guys ballsack sticks to his leg
Guy1-oh man my dick is being nameeped right now. Guy2-yeah dude I hate getting a nameep it hurts my penis
od uživatele codythegreek 28. Leden 2011<|endoftext|>Ain’t no punctuation, baby!

For the Huangling Bei text, sentences are marked through rhymes, and also (usually) through character counting.  Most of the 90-plus lines are eight characters long.  All lines of the essay (after the introduction) uniformly end with a word using the final sound of “ang.”  For example, in the first 5 lines, the endings are:

方 fang, place

徨 huang,  worried

殃 yang, disaster

亡 wang, died

喪 sang, mourning

Zhu Yuanzhang does use “ang” endings within a phrase (for example in Line 4, “皇考終於六十有四,皇妣五十有九而亡,” each phrase starts with 皇 or “huang,” which means “imperial), but it’s usually obvious when such a word is not meant to end a phrase.  When a line goes past the normal length of eight characters, you can find the ending point when you reach the character with an “ang” sound.

Because I am a native English speaker, I cannot function without punctuation, so in this blog I have relied on the commas and periods that were kindly supplied by the scholar Wang Jianying in his careful annotation of this text, completed in 1988.

In my English translation, I was not able to make the lines rhyme.  My apologies.  I did try, but it sounded stilted.  Also, it is my humble opinion that some of Zhu Yuanzhang’s rhymes sound a bit stilted too.  For example, in line 17 (乃與兄計,如何是常 therefore I made plans with my second brother about what would make sense), I envision the emperor pacing his study, trying to come up with a good way to say, “we didn’t know what to do next,” and then clapping his hands in joy when he came up with “what would make sense.”

In his case, this adds to the authenticity of the text, as the heartfelt words of a filial son.

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Connecting to %s<|endoftext|>Believe in the Flowers.

Carol of the Zombie Jesus!

Our weather has gone back to nasty - in fact, it has been this way since Col's parents arrived from up

 of economic value creation. they argued that, since goods and services have become highly commoditized, experience has become an important economic offering that represents a progression of economic value. the idea is that competitive differentiation can no longer be found by making goods or delivering services; staging experiences has become the best way to differentiate a brand from its competitors.

But not all experiences are created equal. the Anthropology of Experience tells us that we create our identities through performances where we tell stories about ourselves to each other. if brands want to stage powerful experiences that resonate, these experiences must allow for the creation of meaning on a personal level. Experiences cannot be mass-produced; they must allow for the expression and projection of personal identity. not unlike the difference between watching a baseball game and playing one, brand experiences that allow us to project our beliefs, values, desires, abilities, and motivations to ourselves and each other will have the most power and resonance.

Signals of performance +brand:

Twitch: twitch is a live video streaming platform that turns video games into spectator sports. Recently purchased by Amazon for $1.1 billion, it boasts 100 million visitors a month, including 1.7 million gamers who broadcast themselves playing. By broadcasting their live games, gamers are given the opportunity to perform and enact their identities online.

IfOnly: ifOnly is a San Francisco-based startup that uses a technology platform to create a marketplace for one-of-a-kind experiences. its rapid growth is a testament to the growing market for experiences over things. ifOnly is betting that there are enough people who would rather pay for fabulous experiences than fabulous things.

Nike x Monocle Running Guide: this magazine insert, created in partnership by nike and Monocle, presents a curated set of experiences for runners, customized by city. Each city guide includes maps and places of interest, and serves as a stage for nike to deliver an immersive experience.
By participating in these experiences, runners are creating stories about themselves, enacting their identities as cosmopolitan athletes, and are using the stage that nike built to mount their productions.

What if…

As experience becomes the standard currency for brands and businesses, how will they continue to differentiate their offerings? How well prepared is your business or brand in the experience game?

  1. What new kinds of categories are born when identity performance is positioned as a business goal or value proposition?
  2. How might open production (such as 3D printing) be leveraged in the creation of experience as value?
  3. What role could supply chain innovation play in the staging of more mobile, malleable, or modular experiences?
  4. What does your brand’s partner- ship ecosystem look like, and how might these relationships be used to cultivate identity-building experiences for your customers?

the author

Dr. Emma Aiken-Klar

Dr. Emma Aiken-Klar is VP, human insights at Idea Couture. See her full bio here.<|endoftext|>Discovered: praise for old football helmets, the latest way to search for alien civilizations, why potential scientists don't pursue science careers, and more good news for Weight Watchers.

  • In praise of leather football helmets. A new study to be published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spineis touting itself with a pretty eyebrow-raising claim: vintage football helmets from a century ago are "are often as effective as – and sometimes better than" modern football helmets. Although USA Today notes that they "conceded that modern helmets in many instances provided better protection from skull fracture and brain bleeds." After a series of literally head-to-head crash tests of the ancient helmets and modern ones, the Cleveland Clinic researchers came to the conclusion that the old helmets offered good  protection. "The point of this study is not to advocate for a return to leather helmets but, rather, to test the notion that modern helmets must be more protective than older helmets simply because 'newer must be better,'" said the lead researcher, Adam Bartsch, in a release that will certainly get attention for the message that more helmet safety reforms are needed. [Cleveland Clinic, USA Today]
  • New theory for how to best find aliens requires aliens to behave like humans.  This is no knock on those scientists doing their best to figure out if there's anyone else out there, but the latest theory from researchers affiliated with Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics is much more practical than imaginative. From their release, it appears to boil down to this: if aliens are building light polluting metropolitan areas just like earthlings, maybe we can see them with powerful telescopes. "It's very unlikely that there are alien cities on the edge of our solar system, but the principle of science is to find a method to check," said one of the researchers who proposed the theory, tempering alien-searchers optimism. [Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics]
  • One sensible, possibly obvious, reason why potential scientists, researchers and doctors get scared off. It isn't news to note that plenty of undergraduates interested in pursuing STEM careers end up not pursuing them. But why? The New York Times tried to answer that question today by turning to a few studies, which found one unsurprising reason why future scientists go elsewhere: "The latest research also suggests that there could be more subtle problems at work, like the proliferation of grade inflation in the humanities and social sciences, which provides another incentive for students to leave STEM majors. It is no surprise that grades are lower in math and science, where the answers are clear-cut and there are no bonus points for flair." In other words, math is hard. [The New York Times]
  • Weight Watchers gets more good news from research.  A study published in the British Medical Journal found that "weight-loss programs such as Weight Watchers and Slimming World are more effective and cheaper than family doctor-based services led by specially trained staff," Reuters informs us. It doesn't say in the Reuters write-up who funded the latest research, but that "results suggest that while commercial schemes generally help people to lose weight, doctor-led programs do not." Reuters does point back to another randomized-controlled trial that found a favorable result for Weight Watchers last month. That one was funded by Weight Watchers International, but conducted by an independent research team. [Reuters and Reuters<|endoftext|>vyhledat jakékoliv slovo, například yeet:
Its when a guys penis goes through the hole in their boxers and hits the zipper of his jeans or when a guys ballsack sticks to his leg
Guy1-oh man my dick is being nameeped right now. Guy2-yeah dude I hate getting a nameep it hurts my penis
od uživatele codythegreek 28. Leden 2011<|endoftext|>Ain’t no punctuation, baby!

For the Huangling Bei text, sentences are marked through rhymes, and also (usually) through character counting.  Most of the 90-plus lines are eight characters long.  All lines of the essay (after the introduction) uniformly end with a word using the final sound of “ang.”  For example, in the first 5 lines, the endings are:

方 fang, place

徨 huang,  worried

殃 yang, disaster

亡 wang, died

喪 sang, mourning

Zhu Yuanzhang does use “ang” endings within a phrase (for example in Line 4, “皇考終於六十有四,皇妣五十有九而亡,” each phrase starts with 皇 or “huang,” which means “imperial), but it’s usually obvious when such a word is not meant to end a phrase.  When a line goes past the normal length of eight characters, you can find the ending point when you reach the character with an “ang” sound.

Because I am a native English speaker, I cannot function without punctuation, so in this blog I have relied on the commas and periods that were kindly supplied by the scholar Wang Jianying in his careful annotation of this text, completed in 1988.

In my English translation, I was not able to make the lines rhyme.  My apologies.  I did try, but it sounded stilted.  Also, it is my humble opinion that some of Zhu Yuanzhang’s rhymes sound a bit stilted too.  For example, in line 17 (乃與兄計,如何是常 therefore I made plans with my second brother about what would make sense), I envision the emperor pacing his study, trying to come up with a good way to say, “we didn’t know what to do next,” and then clapping his hands in joy when he came up with “what would make sense.”

In his case, this adds to the authenticity of the text, as the heartfelt words of a filial son.

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Google photo

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Connecting to %s<|endoftext|>Believe in the Flowers.

Carol of the Zombie Jesus!

Our weather has gone back to nasty - in fact, it has been this way since Col's parents arrived from up north (east?). It's cold, rainy, and dre


This song was written and composed by the gala produced by Filippo Andrea Carmeni and Maurizio Molella.<|endoftext|>, sick, and immature - but usually it's based on a very real premise of disappointment. Jeremy is perpetually discovering that the dream world in his head doesn't quite match reality, while Mark (the more tragic and believable character) compromises so much of himself and what he wants and then he can't even make the compromises work. Mark works for JLB Credit as a boring office drone, pines after women he can't have, and gets stuck with women he doesn't love.

The second best thing about the series is how the best episodes are structured so beautifully that slightly absurd things build into REALLY absurd things until they boil over hilariously. It's hard to pick just one scene from Peep Show to show how funny it is, because every episode is like one long joke and the last few minutes are the punchline. But here's a good clip where Jeremy wants to have a magic mushroom party in the flat but Mark has the flu:

In the first few seasons the plots are mostly just about two bumbling men in their late 20s as they try to land girls, gigs, or promotions - but as the events pile up and Mark and Jeremy slowly reach their mid-30s (they're about to film the 7th season this year) with failed marriages, relationships, and careers behind them things begin to take on urgency. Will they ever be happy?

Although Mark and Jeremy often do rather despicable things - they are more or less decent deep down and you can't help really liking them and wishing that these two idiots would find happiness somehow. Peep Show may be deeply odd and sometimes disturbing - but mostly it's a skewed take on what life is like for the losers (i.e. most of us).

Jan. 9th, 2010

An Angel at My Table (1990)

Jane Campion directed this film, originally intended as a tv movie for New Zealand television, about author Janet Frame.

Janet, born in 1924 in rural New Zealand, grows up in poverty, and suffers from severe shyness. She has a supportive family, but sadly, her adolescence is marked by two tragic deaths. The closer she gets to adulthood, the less able she is to deal with the world. Janet is so shy that she keeps almost totally to herself when she goes college - refusing any offer to go out or even share tea with people. What she does have, though, is her writing. From a very young age she loves to write and she knows she's good at it. Throughout the movie, even during some periods of severe stress, words keep her going. Janet spends years of her twenties in mental institutions (and I'm continuously amazed by how awful those places were in the 40s and 50s) and her writing literally saves her.

The movie could be depressing - but it never really is. I knew that Janet would survive her troubles - not only because I knew she had to eventually become a famous author - but also because even though she's awkward and hesitant - she's not weak. Kerry Fox plays Janet beautifully as a sweet, shy girl who couldn't say 'boo' to a goose but who also always knows she's a smart person and a damn good writer.

Jane Campion crafted the film wonderfully. There's very little exposition and none of that annoying "and then this happened and then that happened" that most biopics unconsciously fall into. As I watched I felt like Janet because I didn't know what was going to happen next in her life. Campion also puts in a great sense of physicality - she includes the bodily functions and dirtiness and unkempt-ness of the world.

Ultimately, the movie is almost triumphant because Janet Frame creates the life she wants for herself, in spite of all the ways the world claims she's deficient. I personally found it inspiring because while I'm not as shy as Janet was - for most of my childhood I came close. There are several experiences that Janet has that are eerily similar to things that have happened to me. But I think that's because a lot of her experiences probably happen to a lot of women. In that way, this is a film for every woman who doesn't fit in - which is probably how 95% of us feel.

Sep. 26th, 2009

Lynn Hanson artist

Bright Star (2009)

When I was in college I had not one, but two, English professors who were in love with Keats. And they quickly inspired me to fall under his spell, too. His poetry is fantastic (my favorite poem is probably "Ode to a Nightingale") and his letters are even better. He's one of the few really famous authors who seems like a genuinely great guy. Funny, brilliant, and kind - you just wish you could hang out with him - but in a way you can by reading his letters which are so wonderful. I often think if I had a religion it might be some combination of William Blake's grandiose and Keats' quieter philosophy. Wordsworth was a bit of a prick. Shelley was a bit of a prick. But Keats actually lived his beliefs.

Last night I went to see Bright Star, Jane Campion's telling of the love story between John Keats and Fanny Brawne. I was a little worried because I have an idea in my head of what Keats was like and I thought for sure the film would disappoint. Well, it was fantastic. Ben Whishaw, who plays Keats, of course played him differently than I imagined him, but still portrayed a man who is funny and sweet and brilliant even though he's surrounded by death. And Abbie Cornish who played Fanny Brawne was just as good, if not better. For me, Fanny Brawne was always kind of a shadowy figure - I haven't read her letters and a lot of scholars over the years portrayed her as a woman who never loved Keats as much as he loved her (when in reality - who could know that?) But in this film, Fanny is every bit as smart as the writers she meets (often smarter), has her own point of view on the world, and loves Keats from the moment she meets him.

The genius of this movie is that it's told almost entirely from Fanny's perspective. We see her world. Her home with her mother and younger sister and brother. Her passion for designing clothes. Her determination in loving a man who has absolutely no money and very little prospects. Her efforts to be taken seriously by his friends. And her grief as Keats becomes sick and dies of tuberculosis. There are so, so few movies or tv shows these days that have a women as protagonists - it's wonderful to see this story told from a point of view I hadn't considered.

And it feels real. So many period films seem so removed - like a doll house version of reality - it's refreshing to watch a movie where stepping into a different time period is like traveling to a foreign country - the people are still recognizable as people - they just live a little differently.

Bright Star is, like the real-life love story, beautiful and heartbreaking. I didn't cry only because I don't seem to be able to cry at movies anymore - but I could hear quite a few people sniffling around me. The movie, like the actual love story, ends tragically but not hopelessly. I'm glad that Jane Campion made this film.

Photo I took of Keats' house in Hampstead on my wonderful UK trip earlier this year.

Aug. 24th, 2009

(no subject)

My Mom's in town so today we went on the Warner Bros. studio tour. I've never been on any studio tour, even though I've lived in LA for three years - so it was really fun to go. It's kind of expensive ($45) and most of the time they don't let you take pictures - but it's thorough. It's 2 hours long and you ride a tram all over the lot, stopping at several sound stages, sets, and the studio museum. Most of it is pointing out where the recent crap has been made (Two and a Half Men, The Last Samurai and other god awfulness), but some of it was pretty neat. I never knew before that the Gilmore Girls' Stars Hollow was also River City in The Music Man! That was probably the coolest moment for me - standing where they sang "Trouble". They also pointed out the cafe where Rick and Ilsa spent their time in Paris and the entire floor of a building that Bette Davis demanded for her "dressing room".

I sort of wish there could be an Old Hollywood tour and a new Hollywood tour and you could chose between them, because the old Hollywood lore kind of got short shrift.

Aug. 23rd, 2009

The Blue Castle - L.M. Montgomery

When I was 11 and 12 I became hugely obsessed with L.M. Montgomery and all of her books. It started with the Anne of Green Gables stories, of course, and soon moved on to other things. Luckily around this time Montgomery's complete catalog of novels and short stories was being republished. I made my way through all of her books, every one, except for Magic for Marigold. I even read the first two volumes of Montgomery's journals, which had a big impact on me. For a woman who wrote such charming stories, she had a very depressing life. There is one point in her journals, after Anne of Green Gables has been published (her first novel) and it's become a

, sick, and immature - but usually it's based on a very real premise of disappointment. Jeremy is perpetually discovering that the dream world in his head doesn't quite match reality, while Mark (the more tragic and believable character) compromises so much of himself and what he wants and then he can't even make the compromises work. Mark works for JLB Credit as a boring office drone, pines after women he can't have, and gets stuck with women he doesn't love.

The second best thing about the series is how the best episodes are structured so beautifully that slightly absurd things build into REALLY absurd things until they boil over hilariously. It's hard to pick just one scene from Peep Show to show how funny it is, because every episode is like one long joke and the last few minutes are the punchline. But here's a good clip where Jeremy wants to have a magic mushroom party in the flat but Mark has the flu:

In the first few seasons the plots are mostly just about two bumbling men in their late 20s as they try to land girls, gigs, or promotions - but as the events pile up and Mark and Jeremy slowly reach their mid-30s (they're about to film the 7th season this year) with failed marriages, relationships, and careers behind them things begin to take on urgency. Will they ever be happy?

Although Mark and Jeremy often do rather despicable things - they are more or less decent deep down and you can't help really liking them and wishing that these two idiots would find happiness somehow. Peep Show may be deeply odd and sometimes disturbing - but mostly it's a skewed take on what life is like for the losers (i.e. most of us).

Jan. 9th, 2010

An Angel at My Table (1990)

Jane Campion directed this film, originally intended as a tv movie for New Zealand television, about author Janet Frame.

Janet, born in 1924 in rural New Zealand, grows up in poverty, and suffers from severe shyness. She has a supportive family, but sadly, her adolescence is marked by two tragic deaths. The closer she gets to adulthood, the less able she is to deal with the world. Janet is so shy that she keeps almost totally to herself when she goes college - refusing any offer to go out or even share tea with people. What she does have, though, is her writing. From a very young age she loves to write and she knows she's good at it. Throughout the movie, even during some periods of severe stress, words keep her going. Janet spends years of her twenties in mental institutions (and I'm continuously amazed by how awful those places were in the 40s and 50s) and her writing literally saves her.

The movie could be depressing - but it never really is. I knew that Janet would survive her troubles - not only because I knew she had to eventually become a famous author - but also because even though she's awkward and hesitant - she's not weak. Kerry Fox plays Janet beautifully as a sweet, shy girl who couldn't say 'boo' to a goose but who also always knows she's a smart person and a damn good writer.

Jane Campion crafted the film wonderfully. There's very little exposition and none of that annoying "and then this happened and then that happened" that most biopics unconsciously fall into. As I watched I felt like Janet because I didn't know what was going to happen next in her life. Campion also puts in a great sense of physicality - she includes the bodily functions and dirtiness and unkempt-ness of the world.

Ultimately, the movie is almost triumphant because Janet Frame creates the life she wants for herself, in spite of all the ways the world claims she's deficient. I personally found it inspiring because while I'm not as shy as Janet was - for most of my childhood I came close. There are several experiences that Janet has that are eerily similar to things that have happened to me. But I think that's because a lot of her experiences probably happen to a lot of women. In that way, this is a film for every woman who doesn't fit in - which is probably how 95% of us feel.

Sep. 26th, 2009

Lynn Hanson artist

Bright Star (2009)

When I was in college I had not one, but two, English professors who were in love with Keats. And they quickly inspired me to fall under his spell, too. His poetry is fantastic (my favorite poem is probably "Ode to a Nightingale") and his letters are even better. He's one of the few really famous authors who seems like a genuinely great guy. Funny, brilliant, and kind - you just wish you could hang out with him - but in a way you can by reading his letters which are so wonderful. I often think if I had a religion it might be some combination of William Blake's grandiose and Keats' quieter philosophy. Wordsworth was a bit of a prick. Shelley was a bit of a prick. But Keats actually lived his beliefs.

Last night I went to see Bright Star, Jane Campion's telling of the love story between John Keats and Fanny Brawne. I was a little worried because I have an idea in my head of what Keats was like and I thought for sure the film would disappoint. Well, it was fantastic. Ben Whishaw, who plays Keats, of course played him differently than I imagined him, but still portrayed a man who is funny and sweet and brilliant even though he's surrounded by death. And Abbie Cornish who played Fanny Brawne was just as good, if not better. For me, Fanny Brawne was always kind of a shadowy figure - I haven't read her letters and a lot of scholars over the years portrayed her as a woman who never loved Keats as much as he loved her (when in reality - who could know that?) But in this film, Fanny is every bit as smart as the writers she meets (often smarter), has her own point of view on the world, and loves Keats from the moment she meets him.

The genius of this movie is that it's told almost entirely from Fanny's perspective. We see her world. Her home with her mother and younger sister and brother. Her passion for designing clothes. Her determination in loving a man who has absolutely no money and very little prospects. Her efforts to be taken seriously by his friends. And her grief as Keats becomes sick and dies of tuberculosis. There are so, so few movies or tv shows these days that have a women as protagonists - it's wonderful to see this story told from a point of view I hadn't considered.

And it feels real. So many period films seem so removed - like a doll house version of reality - it's refreshing to watch a movie where stepping into a different time period is like traveling to a foreign country - the people are still recognizable as people - they just live a little differently.

Bright Star is, like the real-life love story, beautiful and heartbreaking. I didn't cry only because I don't seem to be able to cry at movies anymore - but I could hear quite a few people sniffling around me. The movie, like the actual love story, ends tragically but not hopelessly. I'm glad that Jane Campion made this film.

Photo I took of Keats' house in Hampstead on my wonderful UK trip earlier this year.

Aug. 24th, 2009

(no subject)

My Mom's in town so today we went on the Warner Bros. studio tour. I've never been on any studio tour, even though I've lived in LA for three years - so it was really fun to go. It's kind of expensive ($45) and most of the time they don't let you take pictures - but it's thorough. It's 2 hours long and you ride a tram all over the lot, stopping at several sound stages, sets, and the studio museum. Most of it is pointing out where the recent crap has been made (Two and a Half Men, The Last Samurai and other god awfulness), but some of it was pretty neat. I never knew before that the Gilmore Girls' Stars Hollow was also River City in The Music Man! That was probably the coolest moment for me - standing where they sang "Trouble". They also pointed out the cafe where Rick and Ilsa spent their time in Paris and the entire floor of a building that Bette Davis demanded for her "dressing room".

I sort of wish there could be an Old Hollywood tour and a new Hollywood tour and you could chose between them, because the old Hollywood lore kind of got short shrift.

Aug. 23rd, 2009

The Blue Castle - L.M. Montgomery

When I was 11 and 12 I became hugely obsessed with L.M. Montgomery and all of her books. It started with the Anne of Green Gables stories, of course, and soon moved on to other things. Luckily around this time Montgomery's complete catalog of novels and short stories was being republished. I made my way through all of her books, every one, except for Magic for Marigold. I even read the first two volumes of Montgomery's journals, which had a big impact on me. For a woman who wrote such charming stories, she had a very depressing life. There is one point in her journals, after Anne of Green Gables has been published (her first novel) and it's become a hit, that she writes how glad she is that her unhappiness didn't seep into the book - she wasn't sure until


 time that should be devoted to their learning.

They're a crutch to learning.

Another major drawback of technology in educational settings is the ease of finding answers online instead of thinking on your own: “Technology has opened up many doors for finding resources and tools in the classroom,” said a classmate of mine, “but it has also, unfortunately, created the pattern of using those resources just to find the answer – the process to how that answer was solved is often lost and so is the learning that goes along with it.”

When students in chemistry class are assigned problems out of the textbook, everyone knows that pulling up Yahoo! Answers will help complete the assignment in no time during class; however, this prevents students from thinking out problems on their own like they should.

They present obstacles in early childhood education.

Some say technology in elementary classrooms is also posing a threat to learning: as students become accustomed to online learning and interactions, they lose out on social interactions and how to interact effectively with others. Furthermore, as most of their writing is done on a keyboard (rather than on paper), they become used to online chatting and shortcuts. They don't learn spelling and grammar quite as efficiently, and their penmanship suffers, argues the writer in this Edudemic article.

Final Thoughts on BYOD

Overall, my opinion is that having personal technology in the classroom and the workplace presents both benefits and drawbacks. It's not a black-and-white issue, but a gray area. There are many positives in that it can enhance productivity and efficiency, which is great for both settings. However, schools that allow it run the risk of pandering to “slacker” students, and companies that allow it run the risk of data security breaches and other potentially damaging outcomes.

We want your feedback! Do you think BYOD is a problem or a positive?

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Reflect & Improve!

Shian e Ali

Self development is an important practice. It helps you to understand yourself better and create balance in your life.

Self development is same as trying to clean a messy room after a month! To do so, you must start small and progress further, but how?

When you're new to something, you're told you "Observe and Report!". Same works for self development. You're supposed to reflect and improve what you find messed up about/within yourself. If you can't find the problem, you can't come up with a solution.

There's a hadith that states,
An hour of reflection is better than an entire year's worship

Before you go to sleep, think of all the things that you did that day, like replaying a movie of the entire day in your mind. What wrongs did you do and what rights did you do? Were you rude to someone or let out your anger on someone? Did you miss prayers? Were you selfish? Did you insult someone? Did you get into a fight? Perhaps someone got hurt because of you? You get the point.

Pick one and decide not to do it for one day. You could start with, I'll not be angry with anyone for the entire day. Go through it for one day and then increase the number of days to three and so on. Once you go through it for a month, move to the next bad habit.

It'll take time but it'll be worth it. One year and you'll be a completely different person; a person with a balanced and sound mind. (Unless your list is too long :3 )

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15 hours ago, Last Hope said:

Salam, wonderful article, but who is it that doesn't have a long list XD.

Wa alaykom asalam. Thanks!

True that! But there are some bad habits which are the root cause for the other ones. Like, anger and lying are the two major ones which, if avoided, can correct your other bad habits as well. :)

1 hour ago, Ali al-Abdullah said:

My list is probably very long.

Pretty sure most of us do, but changing 12 bad habits into good ones, in one year, is more than enough!

"A little of something done regularly is better than a lot done in a long time."

So, let's just give it a start. :)

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      Original source: http://www.iqraonline.net/allamah-tabatabai-treatment-different-readings-quran/
      One of the most extensive and important discussions within Qurānic studies is regarding its variant readings (qirā’āt). The readings are generally discussed within commentaries themselves and even within historical discussions regarding the collection and transmission of the Qurān. Utilizing a 25-page research paper titled Rawish Shināsi Ruyikard ‘Allāmeh Ṭabāṭabā’ī Dar Ikhtilāf Qirā’āt by Muḥamad Khāmehgar of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, we will look at how ‘Allāmah Ṭabāṭabā’ī treats these different readings in his seminal work Tafsīr al-Mīzān.
      ‘Allāmah discusses or points out differences in readings in around 160 places. These remarks include the following:
      Differences in vowels and diacritics on words: 72 times Differences in the type of letters or their quantity: 42 times Differences in the formation of a word, or in its root-word, or in it being singular or plural, or in it being in passive or active voice, or which paradigm from thulāthī mazīd the word is from: 36 times Differences in one or more words being extra: 4 times Differences in a word present in a place of another word: 6 times Differences in a word missing: 0 times Differences in words being moved around: 0 times Differences in a sentence being added or removed: 0 times In the first 3 cases, there is no discrepency between the text of the codex and its recitation. However, in the fourth case when there is an extra word in one of the recitations, ‘Allāmah either rejects it – like in the case of (8:1) يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْأَنفَالِ which has also been recited as يَسْأَلُونَكَ الْأَنفَال, or he considers it to be an exegesis done in the middle of the verse like in the case of:
      (20:15) إِنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا لِتُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا تَسْعَىٰ It has been reported that Ibn ‘Abbās and Imām al-Ṣādiq (a) recited the verse as follows: أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا عن نفسي. ‘Allāmah considers this addition to be a commentary.
      In the fifth case where a word is present in place of another word, ‘Allāmah considers five of those instances to be commentaries. One of those instances is a recitation attributed to Ibn ‘Umar, which ‘Allāmah considers to be made up by Ibn ‘Umar himself. The verse is:
      (65:1) يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ لِعِدَّتِهِنَّ where Ibn ‘Umar replaced the preposition li on ‘iddatihinna and replaced it with a fi qabl:
      يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ

 class aren't making good use of valuable time that should be devoted to their learning.

They're a crutch to learning.

Another major drawback of technology in educational settings is the ease of finding answers online instead of thinking on your own: “Technology has opened up many doors for finding resources and tools in the classroom,” said a classmate of mine, “but it has also, unfortunately, created the pattern of using those resources just to find the answer – the process to how that answer was solved is often lost and so is the learning that goes along with it.”

When students in chemistry class are assigned problems out of the textbook, everyone knows that pulling up Yahoo! Answers will help complete the assignment in no time during class; however, this prevents students from thinking out problems on their own like they should.

They present obstacles in early childhood education.

Some say technology in elementary classrooms is also posing a threat to learning: as students become accustomed to online learning and interactions, they lose out on social interactions and how to interact effectively with others. Furthermore, as most of their writing is done on a keyboard (rather than on paper), they become used to online chatting and shortcuts. They don't learn spelling and grammar quite as efficiently, and their penmanship suffers, argues the writer in this Edudemic article.

Final Thoughts on BYOD

Overall, my opinion is that having personal technology in the classroom and the workplace presents both benefits and drawbacks. It's not a black-and-white issue, but a gray area. There are many positives in that it can enhance productivity and efficiency, which is great for both settings. However, schools that allow it run the risk of pandering to “slacker” students, and companies that allow it run the risk of data security breaches and other potentially damaging outcomes.

We want your feedback! Do you think BYOD is a problem or a positive?

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Shian e Ali

Self development is an important practice. It helps you to understand yourself better and create balance in your life.

Self development is same as trying to clean a messy room after a month! To do so, you must start small and progress further, but how?

When you're new to something, you're told you "Observe and Report!". Same works for self development. You're supposed to reflect and improve what you find messed up about/within yourself. If you can't find the problem, you can't come up with a solution.

There's a hadith that states,
An hour of reflection is better than an entire year's worship

Before you go to sleep, think of all the things that you did that day, like replaying a movie of the entire day in your mind. What wrongs did you do and what rights did you do? Were you rude to someone or let out your anger on someone? Did you miss prayers? Were you selfish? Did you insult someone? Did you get into a fight? Perhaps someone got hurt because of you? You get the point.

Pick one and decide not to do it for one day. You could start with, I'll not be angry with anyone for the entire day. Go through it for one day and then increase the number of days to three and so on. Once you go through it for a month, move to the next bad habit.

It'll take time but it'll be worth it. One year and you'll be a completely different person; a person with a balanced and sound mind. (Unless your list is too long :3 )

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15 hours ago, Last Hope said:

Salam, wonderful article, but who is it that doesn't have a long list XD.

Wa alaykom asalam. Thanks!

True that! But there are some bad habits which are the root cause for the other ones. Like, anger and lying are the two major ones which, if avoided, can correct your other bad habits as well. :)

1 hour ago, Ali al-Abdullah said:

My list is probably very long.

Pretty sure most of us do, but changing 12 bad habits into good ones, in one year, is more than enough!

"A little of something done regularly is better than a lot done in a long time."

So, let's just give it a start. :)

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    • By Ibn al-Hussain in Just Another Muslim Blogger
      Original source: http://www.iqraonline.net/allamah-tabatabai-treatment-different-readings-quran/
      One of the most extensive and important discussions within Qurānic studies is regarding its variant readings (qirā’āt). The readings are generally discussed within commentaries themselves and even within historical discussions regarding the collection and transmission of the Qurān. Utilizing a 25-page research paper titled Rawish Shināsi Ruyikard ‘Allāmeh Ṭabāṭabā’ī Dar Ikhtilāf Qirā’āt by Muḥamad Khāmehgar of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, we will look at how ‘Allāmah Ṭabāṭabā’ī treats these different readings in his seminal work Tafsīr al-Mīzān.
      ‘Allāmah discusses or points out differences in readings in around 160 places. These remarks include the following:
      Differences in vowels and diacritics on words: 72 times Differences in the type of letters or their quantity: 42 times Differences in the formation of a word, or in its root-word, or in it being singular or plural, or in it being in passive or active voice, or which paradigm from thulāthī mazīd the word is from: 36 times Differences in one or more words being extra: 4 times Differences in a word present in a place of another word: 6 times Differences in a word missing: 0 times Differences in words being moved around: 0 times Differences in a sentence being added or removed: 0 times In the first 3 cases, there is no discrepency between the text of the codex and its recitation. However, in the fourth case when there is an extra word in one of the recitations, ‘Allāmah either rejects it – like in the case of (8:1) يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْأَنفَالِ which has also been recited as يَسْأَلُونَكَ الْأَنفَال, or he considers it to be an exegesis done in the middle of the verse like in the case of:
      (20:15) إِنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا لِتُجْزَىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا تَسْعَىٰ It has been reported that Ibn ‘Abbās and Imām al-Ṣādiq (a) recited the verse as follows: أَكَادُ أُخْفِيهَا عن نفسي. ‘Allāmah considers this addition to be a commentary.
      In the fifth case where a word is present in place of another word, ‘Allāmah considers five of those instances to be commentaries. One of those instances is a recitation attributed to Ibn ‘Umar, which ‘Allāmah considers to be made up by Ibn ‘Umar himself. The verse is:
      (65:1) يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ لِعِدَّتِهِنَّ where Ibn ‘Umar replaced the preposition li on ‘iddatihinna and replaced it with a fi qabl:
      يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ فَطَلِّقُوهُنَّ في


 vision", She saw Sunwoo barging into Oh AhRa's house.

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Still thinking that he is a thief, Sera immediately reported it to the police.

Inside Oh AhRa's house, Sunwoo noticed that everything was messed up.  There was also a lot of blood inside her room, and as the police arrive, that's what they saw too.  Now, their prime suspect is no other than Sunwoo.

Sunwoo came to the police station but he was eventually released as they don't have clear evidence that he was the one who did it.

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At her home, Sera finally discovered that Sunwoo is the chairman of Eunkang Group while watching the news about Oh AhRa.

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Back at Nahee's bakery, Sera contemplates on whether she should go to the police and confess what she saw.

While at it, Sera also learned that the people at the second floor of the building, Jinmo and Sunwoo, are trying to kick Nahee out of the building.  Upon hearing this, Sera immediately rushed to second floor to confront them.

 Yuri 'Good Job' Episode 2 Recap

They had no choice but to let Sera in.  She hated the fact that they are trying to kick out her friend that's why she said no even they offered a large sum of money.   Sera even threatened Sunwoo that she will tell the media that he is living a double life.

To resolve the situation, Jinmo then gave in and said that they won't force them to move out anymore.  Sera was happy about it that's why when she was about to leave, she told them that she also saw someone outside Oh AhRa's house that night.

They then went back to Oh AhRa's house where Sera told them what she saw and where the man carrying a luggage went after leaving the house.  They didn't want to believe her at first but Sera was able to prove that she's telling the truth when they saw a CCTV and reviewed its recordings.

After meeting with Sunwoo and Jinwoo, Sera also called the police and told them about the CCTV and the man with suitcase.  This time, she tried to change her voice so that the detective won't recognize here.

On their way out, Sunwoo and Jinwoo saw Sera again.  They asked her to come with them thinking that she could help them recognize the man in the CCTV footage.  Sunwoo also offered Sera to be his assistant, not as a Chairman but as a Detective's assistant.  Without hesitation, Sera quickly agreed.

They began their investigation, and here, Oh AhRa's manager recognized the man in the CCTV and said that he is Oh AhRa's stalker.

They went on and talked to the CEO of AhRa's agency.  Sunwoo took the chance to ask about the diamond necklace but the CEO said that he never saw AhRa wearing them.  Jinmo tried to threaten him a bit and finally, they got some more info.  He said that he thinks the necklace could be from a man whom AhRa frequently met at Club Alien.

The three then went to the said club and here, we see Sera's gorgeous transformation.  Their goal was to make her stand out while wearing the diamond necklace so that they can find the man who gave it to AhRa.

Nobody was coming so Sera and Sunwoo's friend then went inside the VIP room.

Inside the room, Sera witnessed that TaeJoon, who is also working at Eunkang Group, was about to hit her friend with a broken bottle of glass.  She immediately disregarded her mission and tried to stop him.

Sera managed to stop TaeJoon but now, she's the one who is in danger.  Thankfully, Sunwoo came just in time to save her.

Sunwoo checked if Sera was hurt but as they were having a conversation, Sera suddenly stared into Sunwoo's eyes.  It turns out that through his eyes, she noticed the man at the back and he has a hidden camera inside his shirt.

Sunwoo confronted the man, and they found out that it was AhRa's manager.  They also found out that the CEO is also in it, and they are using the videos to blackmail their artists.

To help their investigation, the three then went straight to the CEO to retrieve the flash drive containing the other videos.

Sera called it a day and went home, but Sunwoo and Jinmo have started to notice her ability.

The next day, Sera received a call from Sunwoo.  He said that he'll give her a present if she passes his test.  He told her to come out and look at the rooftop of their headquarters.  Sunwoo asked "What does it say?".

Sera read the note saying "I found out your secret." but she tried to feint it by saying "How should I know what you're holding?".  But Sunwoo was one step ahead as he replied with, "I never said I was holding anything."

Sunwoo's claim became even clearer when he pretended to fall and saw Sera's reaction through the binoculars.  The episode then ended with Sera left speechless.

**What will happen now that they know each other's secrets?  Stay tuned for Good Job's episodes next Wednesday and Thursday to find out.

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Our comprehensive strategy raises the awareness, commitment, and capacity of national governments and their militaries, and regional coalitions such as the G5 Sahel Joint Force to further the protection of civilians. We engage with civilians in their communities to support their efforts to protect themselves from all manners of violence. We also engage external actors directly or indirectly involved in military operations, such as France, the UK, the United States, the United Nations (through close collaboration with our Peacekeeping Program), partner international human rights and humanitarian organizations.<|endoftext|>Herbert London: The Second Law of Thermodynamics and The Body Politic

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 her "super vision", She saw Sunwoo barging into Oh AhRa's house.

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Still thinking that he is a thief, Sera immediately reported it to the police.

Inside Oh AhRa's house, Sunwoo noticed that everything was messed up.  There was also a lot of blood inside her room, and as the police arrive, that's what they saw too.  Now, their prime suspect is no other than Sunwoo.

Sunwoo came to the police station but he was eventually released as they don't have clear evidence that he was the one who did it.

Yuri 'Good Job' Episode 2 Recap

At her home, Sera finally discovered that Sunwoo is the chairman of Eunkang Group while watching the news about Oh AhRa.

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Back at Nahee's bakery, Sera contemplates on whether she should go to the police and confess what she saw.

While at it, Sera also learned that the people at the second floor of the building, Jinmo and Sunwoo, are trying to kick Nahee out of the building.  Upon hearing this, Sera immediately rushed to second floor to confront them.

 Yuri 'Good Job' Episode 2 Recap

They had no choice but to let Sera in.  She hated the fact that they are trying to kick out her friend that's why she said no even they offered a large sum of money.   Sera even threatened Sunwoo that she will tell the media that he is living a double life.

To resolve the situation, Jinmo then gave in and said that they won't force them to move out anymore.  Sera was happy about it that's why when she was about to leave, she told them that she also saw someone outside Oh AhRa's house that night.

They then went back to Oh AhRa's house where Sera told them what she saw and where the man carrying a luggage went after leaving the house.  They didn't want to believe her at first but Sera was able to prove that she's telling the truth when they saw a CCTV and reviewed its recordings.

After meeting with Sunwoo and Jinwoo, Sera also called the police and told them about the CCTV and the man with suitcase.  This time, she tried to change her voice so that the detective won't recognize here.

On their way out, Sunwoo and Jinwoo saw Sera again.  They asked her to come with them thinking that she could help them recognize the man in the CCTV footage.  Sunwoo also offered Sera to be his assistant, not as a Chairman but as a Detective's assistant.  Without hesitation, Sera quickly agreed.

They began their investigation, and here, Oh AhRa's manager recognized the man in the CCTV and said that he is Oh AhRa's stalker.

They went on and talked to the CEO of AhRa's agency.  Sunwoo took the chance to ask about the diamond necklace but the CEO said that he never saw AhRa wearing them.  Jinmo tried to threaten him a bit and finally, they got some more info.  He said that he thinks the necklace could be from a man whom AhRa frequently met at Club Alien.

The three then went to the said club and here, we see Sera's gorgeous transformation.  Their goal was to make her stand out while wearing the diamond necklace so that they can find the man who gave it to AhRa.

Nobody was coming so Sera and Sunwoo's friend then went inside the VIP room.

Inside the room, Sera witnessed that TaeJoon, who is also working at Eunkang Group, was about to hit her friend with a broken bottle of glass.  She immediately disregarded her mission and tried to stop him.

Sera managed to stop TaeJoon but now, she's the one who is in danger.  Thankfully, Sunwoo came just in time to save her.

Sunwoo checked if Sera was hurt but as they were having a conversation, Sera suddenly stared into Sunwoo's eyes.  It turns out that through his eyes, she noticed the man at the back and he has a hidden camera inside his shirt.

Sunwoo confronted the man, and they found out that it was AhRa's manager.  They also found out that the CEO is also in it, and they are using the videos to blackmail their artists.

To help their investigation, the three then went straight to the CEO to retrieve the flash drive containing the other videos.

Sera called it a day and went home, but Sunwoo and Jinmo have started to notice her ability.

The next day, Sera received a call from Sunwoo.  He said that he'll give her a present if she passes his test.  He told her to come out and look at the rooftop of their headquarters.  Sunwoo asked "What does it say?".

Sera read the note saying "I found out your secret." but she tried to feint it by saying "How should I know what you're holding?".  But Sunwoo was one step ahead as he replied with, "I never said I was holding anything."

Sunwoo's claim became even clearer when he pretended to fall and saw Sera's reaction through the binoculars.  The episode then ended with Sera left speechless.

**What will happen now that they know each other's secrets?  Stay tuned for Good Job's episodes next Wednesday and Thursday to find out.

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"Tami Oldham: 'You've been to so many places. What's it like sailing out there all alone?'
Richard Sharp: 'Miserable. You’re either sun burnt, sleep deprived, or seasick and after a few days there's hallucinations.'
Tami Oldham: 'Why do you do it?'
Richard Sharp: 'It's a feeling, it's intense. It's just you and the infinite horizon.'"

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Our comprehensive strategy raises the awareness, commitment, and capacity of national governments and their militaries, and regional coalitions such as the G5 Sahel Joint Force to further the protection of civilians. We engage with civilians in their communities to support their efforts to protect themselves from all manners of violence. We also engage external actors directly or indirectly involved in military operations, such as France, the UK, the United States, the United Nations (through close collaboration with our Peacekeeping Program), partner international human rights and humanitarian organizations.<|endoftext|>Herbert London: The Second Law of Thermodynamics and The Body Politic

The Second Law of Thermodynamics, which suggests that physical forces are gravitating to entropy, is a perfect metaphor for the moment. European economies are cascading into the netherworld of insolvency even as governments deny the reality. President Obama seemingly defies the rule of law by issuing executive orders that bypass the Congress. Unemployment in the U.S. remains over eight percent for the 42nd straight month. And unemployment in Spain for those under 25 is at 50 percent.

That isn’t all. Iran, China and Russia have agreed to joint military maneuvers off the coast of Syria in an effort to bolster the Assad regime. And the U.S. is on the sidelines issuing empty platitudes about the ongoing butchery dictated to from Damascus. Iran is moving closer to refined fissile material for several nuclear weapons as futile talks continue on the disarmament front.

Missiles are being fired from Gaza into Israel on a regular basis with more than 300 launched in the last two weeks. Evidence has been unearthed that Chavez, the president of Venezuela, has been underwriting the activities of narco-terrorists in Colombia and throughout the South American continent.

Extremist parties are gaining traction in Europe, a scenario reminiscent of the 1930’s. The neo-Nazi party garnered 7 percent of the recent Greek vote. The Communist party is gaining adherents in France. Radical Islamists have safe houses all over western Europe from Malmo in Sweden to Hamburg in Germany and Antwerp in Belgium. To the astonishment of those who adhere to Christian traditions, sharia has been gaining ground as a legal defense in many quarters including the office of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Educational attainment has been plummeting throughout the western world, a form of international dumbing down, despite a widespread belief in self esteem. Notwithstanding the economic miracle in China, that nation remains a police state capable of violating human rights routinely and when the government considers it necessary, brutalizing is own people. But since the U.S. position is compromised by the assumption of debt in China, not a cross word about human rights violations is


While the 33d Fighter Group was inactive, it was consolidated as 33d Tactical Fighter Group with the 33d Tactical Group.<|endoftext|>or” was lexically the inverse of “Roma”, and so let us keep that one and you can come up with some other word to talk about natural law if you want. So there 😛

    • michael vassar says:

      I agree with the importance of focusing on virtue over happiness, in some respects, but I don’t buy your theory regarding the nature of virtue-maximal romanto-erotic love. I invoke almost all non-Christian culture against male monogamy, and the old testament, in particular Abraham, against female monogamy (though in that story, male non-monogamy works out badly, but we aren’t lead to believe this is because it’s intrinsically non-virtue-maximal). I doubt anyone has a good idea as to what’s actually optimal. My best guess is that there are LARGE gaps between virtue-optimal romantic love, which would probably be close to fitness maximizing for its participants, and social-welfare-optimal romantic love.

      • Sarah says:

        Hm. From a social welfare perspective, you want children to be cared for, and adults to be sane, productive, and cooperative. That probably points towards young, child-producing marriages.

        Your problem really is Madame Bovary.

        People who can’t really handle idealistic romance or sexual fulfillment but still try to live out the novels. (A cynic would say nobody can handle it.)

        I think in a lot of areas in life, there’s a healthy optimal middle path, best E.V. for most people, and then there’s an “ambitious” way that can be really awesome but also catastrophic if you don’t know what you’re doing. This is how a lot of religions think of contemplative practices, for example. I think that also applies to, say, getting a doctorate or becoming an artist. If you make the “ambitious” path costly and somewhat socially penalized, you have some hope of filtering out those who really shouldn’t be doing it.

        I think there’s an egalitarian-conservative perspective that says “Nope, you can’t *have* a high-variance path, basically nobody can handle it, and even if someone could, they’d set a bad example and ruin society.” Except that doesn’t match the example of history (where there have always been aristocrats, and jesters, and courtesans, and hermit priests, and generally small clearly labeled exceptions to the rules). I think the more stable solution is more like “You can do weird stuff, but you’ll have to join the Weird Club, and it will be difficult, and you’ll be sort of cut off from the normal world” or “You can do weird stuff, but you’ll have to work like hell and wait a long time to prove you’re ready for it.”

        • asdf says:

          Finally, a good comment.

          In many cultures they allow small castes of “experimenters”, but keep them segregated somewhat and make sure that they don’t become two high status (example, in Japan merchants could accumulate much wealth, but were still considered lower caste then farmers).

          The problem with weirdoes is the more they advertise their weirdness and promote it (say, with blog posts) the more of a danger they are to society and the more they have to be overtly repressed.

      • Gilbert says:

        I don’t quite get what you mean with Abraham. The closest thing to female non-monogamy I remember is where he lies about Sara being his sister rather than his wife and the local big shot almost integrates her into his Harem. But a) that is clearly portrayed as a (metaphorical) fuck-up and b) my understanding is that he does so specifically because he expects the local big shot to be more respectful of female monogamy than of his life. That actually speaks to a fairly strong norm of female monogamy.

        As for male non-monogamy, yup, that’s where the whole patriarchy thing starts to be plausible. For most of human history men got what woman owed them in that regard but didn’t reciprocate. They also had slaves. This is one aspect where you see that early Christianity was particularly woman-friendly. (See here for a humorous take on some other ways.)

        • Berry says:

          It actually occurs three times that I know of in the Old Testament (see here), once with Abram and Pharoah, once with Abraham and Avimelech, and once with Isaac and Avimelech.

  20. Mike Blume says:

    Fun fact: Not only are Scott and I living in the same apartment and sharing three partners, Scott also talked me into joining a game of Diplomacy with him. Because apparently we like to live dangerously =P

  21. Nobody says:

    If it works for you, great.

    Having said that, since it’s what you have your brain has a very high drive to make you believe that it works for you, even if it doesn’t really – and I apologise if that comes across as snide, I’m saying that because you’re not impartial we have to take what you say with a grain of salt. People are big on affirming, defending and yes, even proselytising their beliefs, if you get my drift.

    Jealousy and envy are facets of our competitive nature, and monogamy seems to me to dampen the prospect of those getting out of hand. If that’s not a problem for you, again, great, but I strongly doubt it would have worked for me. But maybe that’s a personal flaw and from a future perspective I’m a dinosaur who doesn’t know his time is almost up.

    I do think you’re fortunate if you’ve managed to find stability in such a relationship. Life has a habit of throwing spanners in the works even of monogamous relationships, and given the complexity of people I have a hard time imagining a polyamorous relationship that would be more stable than a monogamous one without some very special people in the mix. I also wonder how children factor into the equation, but it might be a bit early to ask you that.

  22. Sarah says:

    It is unkind to insinuate that people’s personal romantic lives are bad. Still more unkind to insinuate that they or their loved ones are uncool or ugly.
    For myself, I have no interest in justifying how I live and love. Cuts too close to home. Why choose to make strangers a jury over my life?

    • im says:

      Indeed, and still more unkind to claim that their happiness is self-delusion.

    • spandrell says:

      Truth > Kindness.

      If you guys gave a shit about anything but feeling good about yourselves, you would be consumed by curiosity about why your sexual reward circuit is so different from anyone else’s

      • ozymandias42 says:

        who says I’m not?

      • im says:

        O really? And why do you desire truth?

      • michael vassar says:

        In my observations, dominance and coolness are more of a threat to truth than kindness is, though all are threats.

        I think that they have LOTS of things to be consumed by curiosity about. I certainly do, such that their sexual feelings treated as sample anomalies don’t really make the list.

        Actually, if an adult (like Scott) is consumed by curiosity, they should be consumed by curiosity as to why their curiosity is so different from (almost) anyone else’s, as that’s much rarer than the poly stuff and seems potentially more interesting and more useful as well.

    • asdf says:

      Modesty is a virtue? You don’t say.

  23. “Be financially supported by your partner” a tenable career plan? I don’t think most people financially supported by their partner planned on it as a career. I think they were forced into it by economic realities.

    Full time infant daycare costs around $27,000 to $30,000 per year in my local community. We’ll save 1-2k with the 5k daycare FSA but other than that, we’re screwed. Maybe you think I’m kidding or exaggerating (I would have thought so myself two years ago), but the reality really sucks.

    This means if your partner makes 70k and you make 40k, you will literally be paying for the privilege of working. (And this is with just one infant — try adding another.) Avoiding one parent becoming financially dependent on their partner is a luxury of the very high earning. When daycare costs this much, the financially wise choice is often for one partner to pursue a “career” of financial dependence. In other words: it’s not a damn career plan, it’s a forced choice for many parents.

    I hope the numbers I’ve linked to come as a reality check regarding child-rearing and stay-at-home-parenting and it changes your dialogue a bit in the future. It’s a sad situation that so many are forced to quit their careers to perform childcare, and surely it’s a waste of human capital to invest a lot into training and education only to have a parent forced

or” was lexically the inverse of “Roma”, and so let us keep that one and you can come up with some other word to talk about natural law if you want. So there 😛

    • michael vassar says:

      I agree with the importance of focusing on virtue over happiness, in some respects, but I don’t buy your theory regarding the nature of virtue-maximal romanto-erotic love. I invoke almost all non-Christian culture against male monogamy, and the old testament, in particular Abraham, against female monogamy (though in that story, male non-monogamy works out badly, but we aren’t lead to believe this is because it’s intrinsically non-virtue-maximal). I doubt anyone has a good idea as to what’s actually optimal. My best guess is that there are LARGE gaps between virtue-optimal romantic love, which would probably be close to fitness maximizing for its participants, and social-welfare-optimal romantic love.

      • Sarah says:

        Hm. From a social welfare perspective, you want children to be cared for, and adults to be sane, productive, and cooperative. That probably points towards young, child-producing marriages.

        Your problem really is Madame Bovary.

        People who can’t really handle idealistic romance or sexual fulfillment but still try to live out the novels. (A cynic would say nobody can handle it.)

        I think in a lot of areas in life, there’s a healthy optimal middle path, best E.V. for most people, and then there’s an “ambitious” way that can be really awesome but also catastrophic if you don’t know what you’re doing. This is how a lot of religions think of contemplative practices, for example. I think that also applies to, say, getting a doctorate or becoming an artist. If you make the “ambitious” path costly and somewhat socially penalized, you have some hope of filtering out those who really shouldn’t be doing it.

        I think there’s an egalitarian-conservative perspective that says “Nope, you can’t *have* a high-variance path, basically nobody can handle it, and even if someone could, they’d set a bad example and ruin society.” Except that doesn’t match the example of history (where there have always been aristocrats, and jesters, and courtesans, and hermit priests, and generally small clearly labeled exceptions to the rules). I think the more stable solution is more like “You can do weird stuff, but you’ll have to join the Weird Club, and it will be difficult, and you’ll be sort of cut off from the normal world” or “You can do weird stuff, but you’ll have to work like hell and wait a long time to prove you’re ready for it.”

        • asdf says:

          Finally, a good comment.

          In many cultures they allow small castes of “experimenters”, but keep them segregated somewhat and make sure that they don’t become two high status (example, in Japan merchants could accumulate much wealth, but were still considered lower caste then farmers).

          The problem with weirdoes is the more they advertise their weirdness and promote it (say, with blog posts) the more of a danger they are to society and the more they have to be overtly repressed.

      • Gilbert says:

        I don’t quite get what you mean with Abraham. The closest thing to female non-monogamy I remember is where he lies about Sara being his sister rather than his wife and the local big shot almost integrates her into his Harem. But a) that is clearly portrayed as a (metaphorical) fuck-up and b) my understanding is that he does so specifically because he expects the local big shot to be more respectful of female monogamy than of his life. That actually speaks to a fairly strong norm of female monogamy.

        As for male non-monogamy, yup, that’s where the whole patriarchy thing starts to be plausible. For most of human history men got what woman owed them in that regard but didn’t reciprocate. They also had slaves. This is one aspect where you see that early Christianity was particularly woman-friendly. (See here for a humorous take on some other ways.)

        • Berry says:

          It actually occurs three times that I know of in the Old Testament (see here), once with Abram and Pharoah, once with Abraham and Avimelech, and once with Isaac and Avimelech.

  20. Mike Blume says:

    Fun fact: Not only are Scott and I living in the same apartment and sharing three partners, Scott also talked me into joining a game of Diplomacy with him. Because apparently we like to live dangerously =P

  21. Nobody says:

    If it works for you, great.

    Having said that, since it’s what you have your brain has a very high drive to make you believe that it works for you, even if it doesn’t really – and I apologise if that comes across as snide, I’m saying that because you’re not impartial we have to take what you say with a grain of salt. People are big on affirming, defending and yes, even proselytising their beliefs, if you get my drift.

    Jealousy and envy are facets of our competitive nature, and monogamy seems to me to dampen the prospect of those getting out of hand. If that’s not a problem for you, again, great, but I strongly doubt it would have worked for me. But maybe that’s a personal flaw and from a future perspective I’m a dinosaur who doesn’t know his time is almost up.

    I do think you’re fortunate if you’ve managed to find stability in such a relationship. Life has a habit of throwing spanners in the works even of monogamous relationships, and given the complexity of people I have a hard time imagining a polyamorous relationship that would be more stable than a monogamous one without some very special people in the mix. I also wonder how children factor into the equation, but it might be a bit early to ask you that.

  22. Sarah says:

    It is unkind to insinuate that people’s personal romantic lives are bad. Still more unkind to insinuate that they or their loved ones are uncool or ugly.
    For myself, I have no interest in justifying how I live and love. Cuts too close to home. Why choose to make strangers a jury over my life?

    • im says:

      Indeed, and still more unkind to claim that their happiness is self-delusion.

    • spandrell says:

      Truth > Kindness.

      If you guys gave a shit about anything but feeling good about yourselves, you would be consumed by curiosity about why your sexual reward circuit is so different from anyone else’s

      • ozymandias42 says:

        who says I’m not?

      • im says:

        O really? And why do you desire truth?

      • michael vassar says:

        In my observations, dominance and coolness are more of a threat to truth than kindness is, though all are threats.

        I think that they have LOTS of things to be consumed by curiosity about. I certainly do, such that their sexual feelings treated as sample anomalies don’t really make the list.

        Actually, if an adult (like Scott) is consumed by curiosity, they should be consumed by curiosity as to why their curiosity is so different from (almost) anyone else’s, as that’s much rarer than the poly stuff and seems potentially more interesting and more useful as well.

    • asdf says:

      Modesty is a virtue? You don’t say.

  23. “Be financially supported by your partner” a tenable career plan? I don’t think most people financially supported by their partner planned on it as a career. I think they were forced into it by economic realities.

    Full time infant daycare costs around $27,000 to $30,000 per year in my local community. We’ll save 1-2k with the 5k daycare FSA but other than that, we’re screwed. Maybe you think I’m kidding or exaggerating (I would have thought so myself two years ago), but the reality really sucks.

    This means if your partner makes 70k and you make 40k, you will literally be paying for the privilege of working. (And this is with just one infant — try adding another.) Avoiding one parent becoming financially dependent on their partner is a luxury of the very high earning. When daycare costs this much, the financially wise choice is often for one partner to pursue a “career” of financial dependence. In other words: it’s not a damn career plan, it’s a forced choice for many parents.

    I hope the numbers I’ve linked to come as a reality check regarding child-rearing and stay-at-home-parenting and it changes your dialogue a bit in the future. It’s a sad situation that so many are forced to quit their careers to perform childcare, and surely it’s a waste of human capital to invest a lot into training and education only to have a parent forced to give up their career. This Op-Ed resonated with many (although it quotes far lower daycare expenses than I’m personally faced with