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Defenders Of The Nation State Are Not The Authoritarians Here – That Would Be The Unrepentant Globalists
December 17, 2016 December 18, 2016 Samuel Hooper2 Comments
One does not need to be a snarling authoritarian to reject the anti nation state, globalist worldview – and if being wary about the survival of our rights and liberties in a post-patriotic world makes one a populist then so be it
During his recent Intelligence Squared debate/discussion with Nick Clegg on the causes of the populist backlash currently roiling British, European and American politics, Jonathan Haidt makes an interesting observation:
Once you have these incredibly prosperous, peaceful, progressive societies, they people there begin to do a few things. First off, not everybody has those values. Everybody in the capital city and the university towns, they have these values. So if you look at our countries, in America we're pretty retrograde in some ways, but if you look at our bubble places they're just like Sweden. And that means that these people now think that, you know, nation states, they're so arbitrary. And just imagine if there were no countries, it isn't hard to do. Imagine if there was nothing to kill or die for, and no religion too! So this is the way the values shift, and this is what I and others are calling – the new left/right is the globalists versus the nationalists.
And so the globalist ethos is "tear down the walls, tear down the borders, nation states are arbitrary, why should my government privilege the people who happen to be born here rather than people who are much poorer elsewhere?" And so you get this globalist idea, you begin to get even a denial of patriotism, the claim – there are some pictures going around right wing media now in the United States of anti-Trump protesters holding signs that say "patriotism is racism". So you get people acting in this globalist way, inviting immigration, spitting on the nation state, spitting on the country and people who are patriotic, and very opposed to assimilation when there is integration because that, as people on the Left in America would say that's cultural genocide.
So you get wealthy, wonderful, successful societies that are so attractive to poor people around the world you get a flood of immigration, and they are met by the globalists who say "welcome welcome welcome, don't assimilate because we don't want to deny you your culture". And this triggers an incredible emotional reaction in people who have the psychological type known as authoritarianism.
Now it's a very negative term, but there's a lot of psychological diversity in this world; there are some people who are attracted to the Lennonist vision, the John Lennon vision and there are other people who are more parochial – I don't mean that in a bad way, I mean there are people who really care about hearth and home and God and country, and they are actually friends of order and stability, and they are friends of many good things about civic life.
But when they perceive that everybody is coming apart, that the moral world is coming apart, that's when they get really racist, homophobic, they want to clamp down, they want to restore moral order, and if anybody here saw Donald Trump's acceptance speech at the Republican National Committee that's exactly what he said, he modelled himself after Richard Nixon's 1968 speech, a time when cities are burning, there are riots, and Nixon came in – law and order will be restored, and that's basically what Trump's whole speech was.
So what I'm saying is successful democratic capitalist societies create – they change values, they generate wealth, they invite people in and then they make some of the people act in ways that trigger the other people to be furious, and those other people actually have a point because you have to have trust and social capital to have a redistributive welfare state. My point is that yes the economy matters and economic changes matter, but they matter in ways which always run through psychology.
I follow Haidt's argument, but I do not see myself or many others of my acquaintance in the binary model he describes. For a start, I see nothing particularly liberal about the starry-eyed EU-supporting globalists, particularly when one examines the full palette of their typical political opinions. And there is certainly nothing inherently authoritarian about being a small-c conservative and fearing the jettisoning of the nation state in favour of an ill-defined globalism built upon the foundation of supranational institutions which are flawed, remote from the people and totally lacking in democratic legitimacy.
I and this blog are about as far from authoritarianism as it is possible to get, despite being staunchly pro-Brexit and anti-elite. I alternately use the labels conservatarian and libertarian to describe this blog's desire for a much smaller state and greatly enhanced personal liberty – give me classical liberalism or give me death! The difference is that I see a strong and healthy nation state as being essential to the defence of these personal liberties, while the globalists (as described by Haidt) seem to lazily imagine that these liberties will automatically continue to endure beyond the era of the nation state.
Our experience with supranational governance – whether the United Nations or, more viscerally, the European Union, has not been a pleasant one in terms of democracy, accountability or the amount of control that ordinary people feel they have over their lives. Perhaps there are ways to reform those institutions in theory, but in practice they are loath to change and almost allergic to close scrutiny. Recall, even the prospect of losing its second largest economy and most powerful military member could not persuade the EU to consider the smallest of meaningful reforms.
Thus the European Union plods blindly onward towards a federal destination set decades ago by grey old men who presumed to decide for us how we ought to govern ourselves in the years following the Second World War, but who never thought to ask our permission. And the result is a remote and unloved supranational government whose "founding fathers" are unheralded and whose true leaders lack all accountability.
More worryingly, the ability of organic popular movements to influence the direction of supranational juggernauts like the EU is almost non-existent. Whether it is anti-austerity movements in Greece or the need for domestic industries to influence vital global trading rules in forums at which the EU speaks for all of us while really representing none of us, it is almost impossible to get the attention of EU leaders or encourage them to change direction. Just ask Greece's Alexis Tsipras, or anybody who used to work in Britain's beleaguered fishing industry.
I am patriotic because I love my country and consider it special and exceptional, yes. But I am also patriotic because I believe that the basic unit of the nation state remains a crucial building block in the world order, essential to the defence of our rights and liberties, and will remain so until humanity finds a way to make the various supranational institutions now undermining nation states more democratically legitimate and more responsive to popular opinion.
And so when confronted with a movement full of people who talk eagerly about being post-patriotic, who revel in being "more European than British" and who want to dissolve our democracy into a remote and dysfunctional supranational government of Europe without a second thought for our own distinct history and culture, I oppose them. Because however well-intentioned they may be, they are actively undermining the one institution (imperfect though it may be) which has thus far kept us relatively free and prosperous for centuries – our own nation state, the United Kingdom.
Does this make me an "authoritarian"? I hardly see how. While Britain has its share of authoritarian tendencies (which I despise and frequently campaign against), these tend to be even stronger on the continent. If hate speech laws seem draconian here, they would only become stricter if we were to harmonise our laws with those of much of mainland Europe. Want the police to regularly use water cannon to break up public protests? Again, look to Europe, not Britain. Much of Europe is ambivalent about property rights, to the extent that no watertight right to property is truly enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights.
And putting all that aside, the vast majority of people in this and other European countries, when asked, do not want their countries to become dissolved into a federal European government and assume the subordinate rank of American states. Maybe rejecting this Utopian vision is backward and foolish, but a fully federal Europe is not what people want (which is why the EU has been forced to move in this direction by unapologetic stealth and deception for over half a century). So since the majority of people in the countries of Europe are not yet post-patriotic, how does opposing an institution which seeks to covertly undermine their wishes make me an authoritarian? And how does it make the people who know the truth but still support this vision enlightened "liberals"?
So much as I admire Jonathan Haidt, hail his work in exposing the Cult of Social Justice and Identity Politics and agree with most of his diagnosis of the reasons behind the current populist backlash, I cannot support his conclusion because it totally fails to take into account people like me and other liberal Leavers and Brexiteers.
Indeed, Haidt's usual perceptiveness appears to desert him when he suggests that something simply snaps and makes people "get really racist, homophobic" when confronted with pro-globalism policies and sentiments. That is simply not how it works. All racists may be anti-globalist almost by definition, but that does not mean that everybody with reservations about globalism (as it currently exists) is remotely prone to racism.
Clearly there are other reasons for opposing globalist projects (or the current state of globalism, at least) that have nothing to do with authoritarianism, including those I have outlined here, which Haidt fails to take into consideration.
The full picture behind 2016's populist backlash has yet to be fully understood.
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Nick Clegg, Defiler Of Liberalism, Has Something To Say About Populism
December 16, 2016 November 23, 2017 Samuel Hooper3 Comments
Populism is bad, mmkaaay?
"I think it's important to remember populism can be a very positive, can be – I mean, Gandhi was a kind of populist. If populism is about challenging a complacent elite, challenging an established order, speaking for people who are not spoken for, populism is a really really important antidote for complacency in politics" – Nick Clegg
The only way that one can hold this seemingly benign attitude toward populism while deploring Brexit and the vote to leave the European Union is either to misunderstand the true nature and purpose of the EU, or to be engaging in deliberate deception.
Nick Clegg is not an uneducated man. With his career, he knows better than most precisely what the EU is, how it operates and where it is heading. He knows that the European Union is more than the "friendship 'n co-operation", humble free trade club portrayed by deceitful Remainers during the referendum campaign. In other words, the ignorance excuse is not available to Nick Clegg.
That leaves only the conclusion that Nick Clegg is a liar. A very affable and eloquent liar, certainly, but a liar all the same, and a particularly dangerous one for his gifts.
Nick Clegg would seriously have us believe that the European Union has nothing to do with a "complacent elite", an "established order" or "complacency in politics", and that therefore Britain voting to liberate ourselves from the EU is therefore the "bad kind" of populism as opposed to the virtuous kind, which he happily supports. How anybody could sit and listen to him advance this view without either laughing or heckling is completely beyond me.
What nonsense; Nick Clegg has no time for populism of any kind, because it inevitably threatens the rule and routines of the elite in which he is so personally ensconced. Besides the archetypal High Tory, it is hard to imagine a senior British politician with less affinity for anyone who supports any populism movement. At his core, Nick Clegg believes that politics is something to be done to the people by enlightened, "liberal" elites like himself, not something for the masses to influence, with their base prejudices and uncomfortable opinions.
We know this because immediately prior to praising populism, Nick Clegg also said this:
"Populism is redolent with kind of uncontrollable rages and angers and passions, whereas liberalism – at least the liberalism I believe in – is about reason, rationality and evidence, and so on and so forth."
No. The "liberalism" that Nick Clegg believes in consists of insulating oneself inside an hermetically sealed, epistemically closed information loop, listening only to those "experts" or paying heed to those "facts" which are conveniently in line with one's own globalist, anti-nation state worldview to the complete exclusion of all other parameters, angles and viewpoints, before applying "reason" to that desperately narrow window on reality and pronouncing verdicts which always comfort and never challenge the metropolitan Regressive Left mindset.
Nick Clegg is perfectly entitled to hold and profess those seethingly anti-democratic, elitist positions. But he should not be allowed to get away with calling himself a liberal while he does so.
Watch this fascinating Intelligence Squared debate/discussion between the excellent social psychologist Jonathan Haidt and the sneering, unrepentantly euro-elitist Nick Clegg, on the subject of populism.
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The Cult Of Social Justice: Many Students Do Not Want To Be Coddled, But Universities Give Them No Choice
August 31, 2016 Samuel Hooper4 Comments
Would you rather your child went to a university which promotes rigorous debate and the search for truth, or a coddling daycare centre which seeks to shelter young adults from contradictory opinions and unpleasant facts while enthusiastically validating their every life choice?
In this short, entertaining lecture delivered to American high school seniors preparing for college, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt (and co-author of "The Coddling Of The American Mind") switches between characters to portray two different university recruitment speakers, one representing Strengthen University and the other attempting to attract students to Coddle University.
Strengthen U. is described in these terms:
We are kind of a cult. We worship truth – this is our sacred value. We will throw anything overboard if it conflicts with this sacred value. In fact, the one act of sacrilege in our school is dishonesty.
Our motto actually comes more recently, from Thomas Jefferson: "For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it."
[..] So at Strengthen University, we offer hard classes. Everybody doesn't get an A. You might even get some Ds, you might even fail a course. At Strengthen, we will not do anything to bolster your self esteem. We will teach you skills, we will give you opportunities to succeed, and if you do, you will feel very proud of yourself, you will deserve your self esteem. But we will not build it for you.
We will give you no safe spaces. We do not buy Play Doh and put it in safe spaces for students who feel "threatened". We will never give you a trigger warning. When you are in a course, if the professor assigns a book we expect that you will not be destroyed by reading the book. If it has ideas you don't like, we hope you'll object.
At Strengthen, our sacred value is truth. And what that means is that we are very vigilant – that we never allow a climate in which our students feel they are walking on eggshells. If everybody is afraid of saying something, afraid that if they open their mouth and say what they think they'll get pulled over by PC Principal [..] that is just death for free inquiry. So we will not allow that to happen.
So here's the most dangerous thing you need to know about Strengthen University. Adults will not get involved in your relationships. Now think about this: what are you gonna do if somebody insults you? What are you gonna do if somebody uses a racial slur? What are you going to do if someone uses the N-word?
Now, for thousands of years – up until the 1990s – students dealt with this on their own. They might fight back, they might shame the person, they might talk to the person. Since the 1990s there have been speech codes that give adults authority to punish people who commit hate crimes or who use hate speech. What I'm telling you is that we are currently fighting the Department of Education on this, and we expect to win [..] and we expect that we will be legally allowed to stay out of your relationships. We expect you to handle it yourself.
While Coddle U. is pitched to the students in this way:
It's a wonderful school, a very safe school, supportive school, I urge you to come. We were founded in 1965 based on the ideas of Herbert Marcuse, who was a German sociologist and political philosopher. He came to America – fleed the Nazis, did much of his work at Brandeis and many other schools.
At Coddle, our sacred value is Inclusion. We create a safe, welcoming space for all students. Any colour, any gender, any gender identity, whatever it is, we want to include you. Our sacrilege – the worst thing you can do at Coddle – is blame victims. We will not allow this, that is a violation of our sacred value. We don't want anyone to feel excluded.
We have very good justification for this policy because the works of our founder, Dr. Marcuse. He wrote this wonderful essay in 1965, it was published in a book "A Critique of Pure Tolerance", in which Marcuse explained why it is that things should not be tolerated if they impede "the chances of creating an existence without fear and misery". Of course that's our goal – don't we all want the world to be free of fear and misery? So if certain kinds of actions and speech impede the creation of that world, why should we tolerate them?
[..] He goes on to describe what he calls "liberating tolerance", which would mean intolerance against movements from the Right – because they are intolerant – and toleration of movements from the Left. We will make space for any movement from the Left, but we will not allow movements from the Right at Coddle University.
[..] We are based on a very simple psychology which is that people are fragile. People are so easily hurt. Anything that upsets you could trigger trauma, repressed trauma, unrepressed trauma, trauma that you somehow put up there in the closet and forgot to take – there's trauma all over your mind and your memory. And we don't want to trigger your trauma. That could damage you.
And this is especially true for members of the six protected classes [women, African Americans, Latinos, LGBTQ, differently abled, and Native Americans]. If you are a member of one of the six marginalised and oppressed groups you are especially vulnerable. You've been traumatised and oppressed your whole lives. Microaggression theory teaches us that when people repeatedly cut these little nicks, these little insults, these little exclusions, they don't develop calluses, they bleed to death. And so we will not let you be cut while you are at Coddle. We will protect you. Now don't try to do it yourself, that's very dangerous. WE will protect YOU from aggression.
At Coddle University we offer access to therapists 24/7. Just dial 811 from any phone, or we have this new feature – just raise three fingers, go like this [he gestures] and we have sensors all around campus, go like this and a therapist will be airlifted right into you. We are a campus-wide safe space, there is no risk of exposure to non-progressive ideas. You will not find it in our curriculum, that would be triggering.
Watch the whole thing when you have a chance.
As amusing as this short video is, it is remarkable how little Jonathan Haidt had to exaggerate his pastiche of a modern liberal university campus. Save for the drones buzzing around, ready to winch fully-trained therapists down to soothe your emotional crisis at a moment's notice, everything which Haidt talks about is already the norm on many campuses.
Non-progressive groups are banned or their speakers disinvited from campus.
The curriculum is mutilated in an attempt to replace the western canon with "marginalised voices" of dubious lasting value.
Those who do not go along with the progressive orthodoxy are subject to violence and intimidation.
However, there are just a few encouraging signs that we might finally be approaching Peak SJW, that the sheer intolerance of academic freedom and debate shown by the Cult of Social Justice and Identity Politics is becoming untenable within an academic environment. At the University of Missouri, scene of campus protests, sit-ins and hunger strikes in sympathy with the Black Lives Matter movement, new student enrolment is significantly down and financial crisis beckons. Turns out, many parents have qualms about sending their kids off to shrill social justice indoctrination factories when they could be getting a rigorous education elsewhere.
Jonathan Haidt's presentation distils the issue neatly, and asks a group of young school-leavers what kind of institution they think will best serve their future interests – the overbearing, 24/7 watchfulness of Coddle U or the resilience and antifragility-building environment of Strengthen U.
It is a question which needs to be put to more school leavers as they make their decisions over which universities to apply to. Though the Cult of Social Justice and Identity Politics is hard at work subverting secondary/high schools, for now it remains the case that most school leavers will not yet have been indoctrinated into the cult. There is a narrow, precious window to reach these young people to emphasise the importance of academic freedom, and Jonathan Haidt's lecture should be required watching for all school-leavers.
In fact, combining thought-provoking talks like this with better information as to the state of academic freedom at different institutions (as with Spiked's Free Speech University Rankings) could help many students make better, more informed choices about which institution they choose to spend the next three or four years of their lives.
And while a pervasive hostility to conservative ideas and contempt for free speech may matter less to most students than a lively social scene and the prospect of cheap beer, those students who value academic freedom and robust debate should be given the information to vote with their feet.
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Jonathan Haidt On The Social Justice Self-Destruction Of Our Universities
June 6, 2016 June 6, 2016 Samuel Hooper5 Comments
Jonathan Haidt discusses the madness which has taken hold of our colleges and universities
Social psychologist and author Jonathan Haidt has an excellent interview on The Rubin Report, talking about the takeover of universities in the English-speaking Western world by the Cult of Social Justice and Identity Politics.
The full 30 minute video is well worth a watch, but these selected observations in particular stand out.
On the cult-like nature of the new PC movement:
We love to identify something as a sacred object, like a rock or a tree. Traditional religions would make a person or a river, something as sacred. And then we circle around it, we worship it, we make sacrifices to it. And that's the way religions have always worked.
Well, now that formal religions are fading out, we have these new moralistic religions. So – "fighting racism". You know, very good cause. But when fighting racism becomes the centre of a religious cult, you get all these extreme policies. And this is what universities have been for several decades – they have been basically been cults devoted to fighting racism. Again, a good aim. But it has been warping research.
And as it applies to racism, so it applies to today's transgender bathrooms furore in North Carolina and across the United States:
Everybody at university is totally in favour of gay rights, gay marriage, that's been true for decades. And it's the most amazing thing that American society just in that twenty years we go from like "no way, never!" to "wow, okay, I guess that's the law of the land" and most people accept it. So twenty years, that's amazing.
Okay, but now what's weird is three years ago nobody knew a transgender person, nobody thought about it – it wasn't on anybody's radar. So to make it in three years from that to "You must do this!" – this, I think, is a bridge too far. And this, I think, Obama is going to be remembered for this, I think it's gonna cause a lot of reaction, because the country was not ready for this and it's not appropriate for the federal government – I can see why the supreme court would way in on marriage rights because marriage has to be coordinated among the states, I get that – bathrooms? The federal government, bathrooms? Did nobody read The Federalist Papers? Has nobody read the Constitution? This is nuts.
And once this battle has been won by the Social Justice Warriors, new demands will be made:
As certain elements of the social justice Left have been victorious on certain fronts, this is the newest battleground. And so this becomes an object of sort of sacredness and extreme devotion. So the way to understand all these moral movements is as a kind of a crusade that binds people together.
[..] A good moral and political movement needs a good clear enemy. So you must, you must believe that the other side is really strong and is adamant against you, and racism is everywhere, sexism is everywhere, transphobia is everywhere, homophobia is everywhere. So you need a good solid enemy. And even though universities are the most anti-racist, anti-sexist places in the country, but it's an article of faith that they are institutionally racist, institutionally sexist.
So it's an incoherent movement if you look at it from the outside, but psychologically it's very standard sort of Manichean, Us versus Them religion.
And on victimhood culture, and the hierarchy of the oppressed:
What's happening is kind of a moral movement on campus, where the sort of social justice Left – and you find this on every campus, you find a group, they'll meet, they'll often take gender studies courses and intersectionality stuff, all that stuff – so you'll have a group which is very much in an Us versus Them mindset. And everybody on every side thinks they're the victim, that's what's so interesting here.
[..] So there's seven. So there's the big three, which is where almost all the controversy, almost all the stuff on campus is about, so it's African Americans, women and LGBTs. That's what almost everything is on campus. Then there's what you might call the little three – not that they're small, just less prominent – and that is Latino, handicapped of any kind, and Native Americans. Those are the six that have been around for decades. Just in the last year it's Muslims. So the Left – and this is very alarming to me, I'm Jewish, and suddenly to say, you know, Jews are oppressors, Jews are evil, so there's a lot of sympathy on the Left.
Also fascinating is the breakdown by subject – the illiberal, regressive Left has utterly captured some sections of the university while others are holding out far better:
The illiberal Left is a small portion, and then the liberal left – because liberals traditionally believed in freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of thought – so the illiberal Left has everybody else scared. It's the students overwhelmingly. Because the students – everyone is afraid of the students. Students are afraid of the students, professors are afraid of the students. So the illiberal Left make these demands, they march into the president's office, they demand this and that, they accuse everybody of racism and sexism, and because everybody is on the Left and everybody is afraid of the students, nobody stands up.
So when the Christakis at Yale [see here for more on the Yale Halloween Costume Drama of 2015] so within three days there was a giant petition, five hundred Yale professors backing the students. Well, I had one of my research assistants find out what departments they're all in, it was gender studies, film studies, English, it was that stuff. So the humanities, they're totally onboard with this. The humanities are full of illiberal leftists.
Four weeks later, a small petition, forty names, mostly STEM – mostly scientists. So the natural scientists are still liberals, they believe in openness, they believe in debate. So that's what you have to keep in mind. The problem comes out of the humanities, the social sciences are in the middle, and the question is where does the illiberal Left have such dominance that the professors are afraid to speak?
And finally, on the nascent fightback:
The methods that the students have demanded – more social justice training, more bias reporting systems, anonymous reporting systems, diversity training – these are going to make things so much worse.
And what I'm really encouraged by is this: outside the university, everyone thinks they're crazy. And so the first university presidents who just caved in – so Peter Salovey at Yale, Christina Paxson at Brown, the first university presidents who were faced with a mob of angry students just said "woah, you're right! We're so racist! Brown is racist, Brown is racist, oh my god! Here's fifty million dollars!", Peter Salovey said. A hundred million dollars for diversity! So the first presidents did that.
What happens? The alumni are like, "what are you doing?! What are you doing to our – no. We're not giving to you any more". And Missouri, things are way down in Missouri, they're in big trouble. The first presidents all caved in. But then they started hearing from alumni, they were laughing stocks, everyone was making fun of them, and so now we're seeing some presidents willing to stand up because they know that if they cave in they are going to be made fun of forever and they care about their legacy.
The same situation has been observed in Britain, with leaders of Oriel College at Oxford University scrambling to backtrack on lavish concessions granted to angry "Rhodes Must Fall" students after being contacted by furious alumni and finding major pledged donations suddenly in calamitous jeopardy.
Haidt's conclusion:
So I think we have turned a corner. Presidents aren't just going to lie down and give in any more, that's one. Alumni are mad as hell, they're saying "we're not giving if you do this because we believe in free speech and we don't want to turn it into a left wing propaganda factory". And I think we're gonna see more students rising up, we're not that yet. I mean, there are conservative groups on each campus but even they are often afraid to speak up. But I think next year we are going to see a lot more students standing up, alumni standing up, so I think the tide is turning.
I hope and pray that this is the case. But as Britain lags a couple of years behind the United States in the progression of the disease, it could well be that remission is similarly further away.
So I think things are going to change when the younger – when the high school kids now, kids who are in high school now, when they join in laughing at these silly campus snowflakes, at students who are afraid to see a photograph or hear a word – so I think mockery and humour is actually the way that honour revolutions happen. So keep up the mockery and humour, I say, good work.
That certainly chimes with the message of this blog – see here and here.
Haidt himself admits to having been pushed from being first left-wing to centrist, and then again to a sometimes libertarian stance by these developments. And one suspects that Haidt is far from alone in this – that many people with absolutely no racist or homophobic tendencies are nonetheless being alienated by a social justice movement which preaches collective guilt and brings shrill charges of heresy against anybody who does not instantly conform 100% to the latest Newspeak.
This relates to the remarkable lack of magnanimity shown by the victors of the culture wars towards those whose only crime was not to be in the vanguard of change, loudly cheering from the front – something picked up on by Andrew Sullivan, among others.
But then Jonathan Haidt and Andrew Sullivan are just middle-aged white males, so what would they know about anything?
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Tales From The Safe Space, Part 35 – Conservative Professors In The Closet
April 30, 2016 Samuel Hooper2 Comments
Conservative students and professors have long felt the need to downplay, disguise or hide their true political leanings
We have long known that the university campus and large parts of the academy are a hostile environment – an unsafe space, if you will – for those of a conservative mindset, student and professor alike.
One recent study identified just eight right-leaning academics in the field of social psychology and a ratio of 36 liberal to 1 conservative-leaning professors.
Emma Green at The Atlantic introduces an interesting conversation with the authors of "Passing On The Right", a book about the difficulties faced by conservative university professors who find themselves very much in the minority on campus:
The assumption that most college campuses lean left is so widespread in American culture that it has almost become a caricature: intellectuals in thick-rimmed glasses preaching Marxism on idyllic grassy quads; students protesting minor infractions against political correctness; raging professors trying to prove that God is, in fact, dead. Studies about professors' political beliefs and voting behavior suggest this assumption is at least somewhat correct. But Shields and Dunn set out to investigate a more nuanced question: For the minority of professors who are cultural and political conservatives, what's life actually like?
Finding out wasn't easy, in part because so many conservative professors are—as they put it—closeted. Some of the people they interviewed explicitly said they identify with the experience of gays and lesbians in having to hide who they are. One tenure-track sociology professor even asked to meet Shields and Dunn in a park a mile away from his university. "When the sound of footsteps intruded on our sanctuary, he stopped talking altogether, his eyes darting about," they write. "Given the drama of this encounter, one might think that he is concealing something scandalous. In truth, this professor is hiding the fact that he is a Republican."
These professors – the vanishingly small number of conservatives who even bother pursuing careers in the social sciences – are not only scared of their students. That much is a relatively new development. They are also scared of their peers in academia, and their bosses in university leadership roles.
A historian at an elite research university, for example, said he was initially denied tenure on account of his political views. He discovered that a colleague had in a letter referred to him as an "appalling Eurocentric conservative" for suggesting to students that North Korea should be blamed for the Korean War. Another extremely productive sociologist was voted down for tenure by his colleagues and dean, only to have the vote reversed by a provost — due in part to some liberal colleagues who cried foul at the process. One such colleague reportedly told the sociologist in question, "Your religion, your politics, entered into the discussion for tenure and basically a lot of extraneous things were not relevant to [your] performance were questioned." That professor and others with similar experiences said they initially — and perhaps naïvely — thought that their research, teaching and service records would speak for themselves come tenure time, and that writing occasional essays for conservative publications or otherwise "showing" their views wouldn't matter.
So this is the famous liberal tolerance. And now, compounding this hostile environment, we have the Cult of Social Justice and Identity Politics to contend with.
The Right cannot afford to continue surrendering the academy to their opponents. Neither it is in the interests of the Left to wield such dominance, for their ability to debate and innovate sensible new policy is already starting to atrophy through lack of a conservative counterpoint.
It's time for a fightback.
More Tales From The Safe Space here.
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Q: Firebase incorrect login swift I'm setting up a firebase auth in my app. The error I'm running into is that for every time login is tapped with incorrect login credentials, the block that is run when auth is correct is called. So lets say I try to log in incorrectly, 3 times, when I finally log in correctly(on the fourth attempt), my segue is performed 4 times.
@IBAction func signInTapped(sender: UIButton) {

    if let email = self.usernameTextField.text {

        if let password = self.passwordTextField.text {

            FIRAuth.auth()?.signInWithEmail(email, password: password) { (user, error) in

                FIRAuth.auth()?.addAuthStateDidChangeListener { auth, user in

                    if user != nil {

                        self.performSegueWithIdentifier("loggedInSegue", sender: self)
                        NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().setValue(true, forKey: "loggedIn")
                        NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().setValue(email, forKey: "email")
                        NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().setValue(password, forKey: "password")

                    } else {

                        self.incorrectLoginAnimation(self.passwordTextField)
                        self.incorrectLoginAnimation(self.usernameTextField)

                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Am I using the sighInWithEmail function incorrectly? Is there a better way to verify whether or not the correct credentials have been entered?

A: Try this:
FIRAuth.auth()?.signInWithEmail(email, password: password) { (user, error) in

    if user != nil {

                    self.performSegueWithIdentifier("loggedInSegue", sender: self)
                    NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().setValue(true, forKey: "loggedIn")
                    NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().setValue(email, forKey: "email")
                    NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults().setValue(password, forKey: "password")

                } else {

                    self.incorrectLoginAnimation(self.passwordTextField)
                    self.incorrectLoginAnimation(self.usernameTextField)

                }
}

It's your same code, but I've removed the addAuthStateDidChangeListener. You don't need it there when you sign in.

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Definition of EpiPen
Medical Author: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology.
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Epipen®: a brand name for an epinephrine auto-injector device used to manage potentially life-threatening anaphylactic reactions to allergens. Epinephrine is the first-line treatment for life-threatening allergic reactions. Patients are recommended to have an epinephrine auto-injector immediately available if they have a history of life-threatening allergic reactions (anaphylaxis) to things like bee stings, peanuts or seafood, or are at increased risk for a severe allergic reaction. Those at high risk are recommended to have two sources of epinephrine available at all times. Epipens contain a single dose of epinephrine that is injected into the outer thigh if signs of a serious allergic reaction are present.
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package legends.model.collections;

import java.util.List;

import legends.model.World;
import legends.model.collections.basic.EventCollection;
import legends.model.events.AddHfEntityLinkEvent;
import legends.model.events.AddHfSiteLinkEvent;
import legends.model.events.NewSiteLeaderEvent;
import legends.model.events.basic.Event;
import legends.xml.annotation.Xml;
import legends.xml.annotation.XmlSubtype;

@XmlSubtype("site conquered")
public class SiteConqueredCollection extends EventCollection {
	@Xml("attacking_enid")
	private int attackingEnId = -1;
	@Xml("defending_enid")
	private int defendingEnId = -1;
	@Xml("site_id")
	private int siteId = -1;
	@Xml("war_eventcol")
	private int warEventCol = -1;

	public int getAttackingEnId() {
		return attackingEnId;
	}

	public void setAttackingEnId(int attackingEnId) {
		this.attackingEnId = attackingEnId;
	}

	public int getDefendingEnId() {
		return defendingEnId;
	}

	public void setDefendingEnId(int defendingEnId) {
		this.defendingEnId = defendingEnId;
	}

	public int getSiteId() {
		return siteId;
	}

	public void setSiteId(int siteId) {
		this.siteId = siteId;
	}

	public int getWarEventCol() {
		return warEventCol;
	}

	public void setWarEventCol(int warEventCol) {
		this.warEventCol = warEventCol;
	}

	@Override
	public void process() {
		super.process();

		List<Event> events = getAllHistoricalEvents();
		for (int i = 1; i < events.size(); i++) {
			if (events.get(i) instanceof AddHfEntityLinkEvent && events.get(i - 1) instanceof NewSiteLeaderEvent) {
				AddHfEntityLinkEvent e1 = (AddHfEntityLinkEvent) events.get(i);
				NewSiteLeaderEvent e2 = (NewSiteLeaderEvent) events.get(i - 1);
				if (e1.getCalcHfId() == -1)
					e1.setCalcHfId(e2.getNewLeaderHfId());
				if (e1.getCalcLinkType().equals(""))
					e1.setCalcLinkType("ruler");
			}
		}
		for (int i = 2; i < events.size(); i++) {
			if (events.get(i) instanceof AddHfSiteLinkEvent && events.get(i - 2) instanceof AddHfEntityLinkEvent) {
				AddHfSiteLinkEvent e1 = (AddHfSiteLinkEvent) events.get(i);
				AddHfEntityLinkEvent e2 = (AddHfEntityLinkEvent) events.get(i - 2);
				if (e1.getHfId() == -1)
					e1.setHfId(e2.getCalcHfId());
				if (e1.getLinkType().equals(""))
					e1.setLinkType(e2.getCalcLinkType());
			}
		}
	}

	@Override
	public String getLink() {
		String site = World.getSite(siteId).getLink();
		return "the " + getOrdinalString()
				+ "Pillaging of " + site;
	}

	@Override
	public String getShortDescription() {
		return getLink() + " occurred";
	}

	public String getName() {
		String site = World.getSite(siteId).getName();
		return "The " + getOrdinalString() + "Pillaging of " + site;
	}

}

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In this tutorial we'll look at how you can create a replica 35mm transparency slide frame to add as a border around a photo. The process is pretty much the same in Photoshop CC, CS, or Photoshop Elements. I'll also cover how to add text to the frame, which allows you to add branding or information to the image without covering up any of the actual photo.
For the tutorial I'll be using Photoshop CC, but I've noted in the text where commands are slightly different for Photoshop Elements. I've also included screenshots from PSE where the process differs more significantly from PSCC / CS.
For a video version of the tutorial I've recorded separate versions for Photoshop Elements and Photoshop CC / CS.
Open an image you want to add the frame to in Photoshop. Resize the photo down to the final output size you want (PSCC: Image > Image Size; PSE: Image > Resize > Image Size...). Ensure Resample is ticked, otherwise the image is not actually made any smaller. You want to start by resizing the image down as working with an original full size image just creates a bigger file and slows you down if the final output is only for web.
Bear in mind the image size you choose here is the size the photo will appear in the final image - with the slide frame added, the final image size will be quite a bit larger. Of course, you can always resize the image down again when you've finished if it ends up too large.
Now we'll make the image the same 'size' as a 35mm film of frame. Go to Image Size again. Untick the Resample option. Set the width to 36 Millimeters (for an image in landscape orientation, set the height if working with an image in portrait orientation). Then press OK.
Next, make sure that your photo layer is a standard layer and not a background layer. In the layer palette, if the photo layer's name is Background, then double-click it. Name the new layer (e.g. Photo), then click OK. If you're using PSCC and have opened your photo as a Smart Object (as I have), then you don't need to worry about this.
Now we want to expand the Canvas size (PSCC: Image > Canvas Size; PSE: Image > Resize > Canvas Size). Set the Width and Height to 2 Inches each - this is the size of a standard 35mm slide. Anchor should be left at the center, so the canvas is expanded equally on all sides of the image.
Hit Ctrl / Cmd + 0 to zoom the image so it fits on screen. You should have your image at the center, surrounded by transparent checkerboard pattern.
Choose the rounded rectangle shape tool, and set the fill to white and stroke to none. The radius setting adjusts how rounded the corners are, the value needed will depend on how large your image is. I started off with a 1080px image (before expanding the canvas), so I've chosen a radius of 25px. Then draw a square, dragging from the top left corner of the document to the bottom right corner.
We now have our slide frame, but we can't see the actual photo. Reduce the opacity of the shape layer in the layer palette, so you can see through partly to the image layer below.
Now select the shape tool again, but choose a rectangle shape. In the Path operations setting, ensure it is set to Exclude Overlapping Shapes.
With the shape layer still selected in the layer palette, draw a rectangle from the top left corner of the photo to the bottom right corner of the photo.
This cuts a hole in the middle of our slide shape for the photo to show through. You can now set the opacity of the shape layer back to 100%.
The next step is to add some speckles to our white plastic, to give it a more realistic look. We can't do this with a shape layer however. If you're using Photoshop CC, you can right-click on the shape layer and choose Convert to Smart Object from the context menu that pops up.
Alternatively, you can Rasterize the layer. Again, right-click on the shape layer, then choose Rasterize Layer from the context menu that pops up.
In PSE you can only rasterize the layer, however, the option doesn't come up when right-clicking on the shape layer. Instead you'll automatically be prompted to rasterize the layer when it comes to adding the noise filter in the next step.
The benefit of converting the shape layer into a smart object means that if we later want to up-rez the file, we don't loose any quality. Whereas a rasterized layer will become blocky around the edges. However, we want to apply a noise filter to the layer, and filters don't resize automatically.
So I don't think there is much point in using a smart object in this instance. I'll duplicate the shape layer (Ctrl / Cmd + J while it is selected in the layer palette), then hide it. The duplicate shape layer I'll then rasterize. This way I still have my original shape layer if I ever want to go back to it and enlarge the image.
With your converted shape layer selected in the layer palette, go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise. The Distribution should be Gaussian and Monochromatic should be ticked. The Amount setting depends on how large your image is. You only want a light speckling. I think 7.65% works well for my image size.
To see the slide better, it works well to expand our canvas a little (PSCC: Image > Canvas Size; PSE: Image > Resize > Canvas Size). I'm expanding my canvas size to 3 inches square, and then adding a white fill layer (Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color...) to the bottom of the layer stack to act as a background.
You'll want to play around with the shadow settings depending on how large your image is. For mine I've chosen an Opacity of 48%, Angle of 126°, Distance of 11px, Spread of 8%, and Size of 18px. The other settings I've left at default.
You might want to add some text to your slide frame, either to act as branding, or just to label what the photo was of, as you may have done with a real 35mm film slide. I recommend using a handwriting font, just put handwriting fonts into a search engine and you'll get lots of results, most of which are free for personal use, and some that allow free commercial use as well.
Then use the text tool to write your description / copyright notice over the slide. (I rotated my text slightly).
With that done, you may want to crop the image so that it doesn't have so much spare white space around it. You might also want to get rid of the white background layer, but if you want a transparent background you'll need to save in a format that supports transparency (such as PNG24).


Himalayas are mountain ranges in Asia that comprise of 30 mountains and 9 out of 10 of highest peaks in the world (Himalaya, 2001). The Himalayan ranges cover an area of 612, 021sq km and passes through the nations of India, Pakistan, China, Bhutan and Nepal. The Himalayas forms one of the world most important and unique ecosystems. These ranges are renowned for rich and diverse flora and fauna, dense rain forests, large glaciers, placid lake and untamed rivers (Baker, 2010). It also controls the weather pattern of the surrounding areas and form origin of river systems including two important river systems; the Ganga-Brahmaputra basin and Indus basin. Himalayas also form an important cultural resource for community living in and around this ecosystem. Over thousands of years indigenous communities in the Himalayas have developed a peaceful coexistence with the natural forces prevailing in this ecosystem through their ways of lives which were compatible to the ecosystem. However, the coming of the era of industrialization and modernization has threatened this peaceful coexistence between the communities and the Himalayan ecosystem. Rapid increase in human population and need for economic development has led to sustainability challenges in the Himalayas.
Recent times have seen human population living in the Himalaya ecosystem rapidly expand and to respond to these need various economic developments were initiated. Food production, timber harvesting, cash crop production and tourism were some of the economic activities that were introduced in order to improve the livelihoods of communities. However, introduction of these activities did not put into consideration their sustainability aspects leading to the establishment of a sustainability problem. Though these activities were aimed at providing benefits to the local communities, they have turned out to be potential threats to the existence of the rich biodiversity of the Himalayas. The human population inhabiting the Himalayan region has rapidly expanded over the years. Currently over 40 million people inhabit the Himalayas region (Himalaya 2001). This phenomenon has led to increased demand for natural resources such as water, food and building materials leading to overexploitation of such resources. Increased population has also led to increased demand for land leading to further encroachment into the Himalayan ecosystem. One visible effect caused by this increase in human population is deforestation.
Forests in the Himalayas are being cut down unscrupulously in order to meet demand for fuel and building materials for the expanding human population (Roy, 2008). Many communities living in the Himalayan region still depend on fire wood for fuel and in almost all their entire energy needs. Demand for food and space has also contributed to deforestation as people are cutting down tree in order to gain access to more land for growing food crops. The communities' style of cultivation has also aggravated the deforestation problem. This people cultivate a piece of land for several consecutive years until it losses its fertility and then they move on to clear another new patch of forest land. This negative farming system has led loss of thousands of hectors of native forest in the Himalayan ecosystem. Loss of forest cover as a result of deforestation has led to rippling adverse effects such as soil erosion, silting and drying of rivers and changing climatic patterns for the surrounding areas.
Another problem caused by the increased human population in the Himalayan ecosystem is pollution. Increased human activities such as farming in the Himalayan ecosystem have led to pollution (Spaltenberger, 2007). The once clear waters of Himalayan rivers and lake are now polluted with silt and chemicals from farm lands located with the Himalayas. In the effort to meet their basic needs and to earn a living the Himalayan communities have established small cottage industry within the lower levels of the Himalayan ranges which also contribute to pollution of the Himalayan ecosystem. The rapid increase in population has made the Himalayan communities to move away from traditional land use that were compatible to the environment such as herding to environmentally incompatible land use such as cultivation and logging. Changes in economic systems have also presented threats to the existence of the Himalayan ecosystem.
New economic systems have brought about projects that have compromised the sanctity of the Himalayan environment. Huge chunks of the mountain ranges are being blown off and tracks of forest land cleared to give way for the construction of roads (Himalaya, 2001). Intricate networks of roads have been built through the mountain areas not only degrading the environment through their construction but also making the interior parts of the Himalayas easily accessible for development of other human activities. The constructed roads have opened up the remote parts for Himalayas ranges making them accessible to various forms of economic activities. One economic activity that is now thriving in the Himalayas is tourism (Spaltenberger, 2007). Millions of tourists visit the Himalayas mountain region to experience the unique atmosphere provided by the natural and physical landscape of the area. Though it generates revenues to the communities and investors, tourism also presents some ecological challenges in the areas. One of them involves littering of the environment. Tons of garbage and refuse are usually left behind by tourist on adventure and expeditions. This not only degrade the scenic beauty but also posses a threat to wild animals and plant species.
Tourists also interfere with the flora and fauna species in the ecosystem by trampling on plants and disturbing the animals' ways of life. Tourist vehicles also cause air pollution from exhaust fumes and effluent from tourism establishment find way into rivers and streams. Not only has tourism affected the ecology of Himalayas but it has also affected the cultures of the local communities through culture erosion and demonstration effect. Economic drive have also seen the Himalayas region being opened up for cash crop production particularly tea. Large trucks of the native Himalayan forests and other indigenous vegetation have been cleared to allow room for tea production. Currently two countries sharing the Himalayas ranges, India and China, are the world largest tea producers (Roy, 2008). Tea production in these countries especially in India is concentrated in the Himalayan ecosystem. This has had negative environment effects including pollution and deforestations.
Another popular economic driver in the Himalayan ecosystem that has proved to be detrimental to the environment is timber harvesting (Roy, 2008). Trees are cuts down at the foot of the Himalayan ranges in order to meet the demand for timber and to earn profits through the sale of timber and timber products. Harvesting of timber in the Himalayas increases year in year out in order to meet local and international demand for timber.The above economic and social development activities present a sustainability challenge for the Himalaya ecosystem. Sustainable economic development should be able to ensure long term benefits for the community. However, the above discussed activities seem to threaten the existence of the same resources that sustain them. By tea production, timber harvesting and tourism causing deforestation in the Himalaya they put the future of these industry in jeopardy and hence their approach is not sustainable. These economic developments are not only referred to as unsustainable because of threatening the ecological aspect of the Himalayas but for also interfering with the unique culture that existed prior to the onset of these developments.
To manage and reverse this situation, a lot needs to be done. First of all policies need to be put in place that will ensure further development of these economic activities is monitored so as it does not cause more harm to the ecosystem. There also need to be a shift in economic development policies. Instead of encouraging economic activities that are incompatible to the environment, more environmental activities need to be established. A good example is embracing the concept of ecotourism instead of the existing concept of mass tourism. Tea and food production should also be restricted to the areas currently underproduction and further clearing of the forest halted. New sources of energy and timber should be established instead of relying on the natural forest from the Himalayas for the entire energy requirements of the community. If this recommendation are put in place the Indians, Tibet, Nepali and other Himalayan communities will be able to enjoy significant and long term economic benefits that will run down to future generations. The tea factories, tourism establishments and timber processors also stand to benefit from the implementation of these recommendations.


** Oh brother! It's been a very long and adventurous day folks and I am beat!
** Mr Raymille and all you good folks, see you tomorrow!
Jiminy Cricket : "Not so lonely?!" What am I, chopped liver? Oh you're all "Oh, I love you Jiminy, you fill my nights with song and laughter" when there's no toosh to be had! Really Olivia, you have become saaaaarch a prat since you got your new specs! Little Miss Intellect! Well they look silly on you! There, it's said! Stupid idea that Owls run around wearing things meant for humans! I mean reeealy!
Oh, shut up Jiminy!! Nobody's asked for your comments! Go kick a bucket!
Ahem... you really think I look better without them??
"I don't give a HOOT, that you don't care! I'm not rubbing my legs together for you anymore!"
What a nerd! Let's just ignore him and go hunting for some mice... Come on! And, Baby, I love your new specs!
((Puts hands on hips and chants into the night)) "OOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooo Oscar and 'Livier, sittin' in a tree! K I S S I N G! She wasn't so discerning before she had four eyes Oscar! "
With brays they have brayed for a thousand queers!
My heart wants to bray every bray in hears!


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glimpse of humanity in north korea
Glimpses of Humanity in Choreographed North Korea
In a massive spectacle held in Pyongyang over the weekend, North Korea's new leader, Kim Jong Un, addressed an audience of thousands. His appearance was part of a week-long celebration of the birth of the nation's founder Kim Il Sung. Kim Jong Un, who was recently named "supreme commander," promised to continue a military-first policy, despite chronic economic and food shortages. Foreign photojournalists invited for the celebrations have been sending back hundreds of images -- but viewers back home must work to read between the lines. As you view these images, keep in mind that the photographers are strictly limited, only able to capture pre-approved subjects in sanctioned settings. These shapes, colors, and choreographed formations form the image North Korea wants to project. But even photographs like these can give us glimpses of an individual among the masses, inspiring empathy or curiosity. As we look at these members of a long-impoverished, tightly controlled society, we can only study their faces and imagine what they might truly be thinking.
The 105-story Ryugyong Hotel, the tallest building in North Korea, towers above Pyongyang,
on April 11, 2012. The hotel has been under construction (with numerous lengthy delays)
since 1987. Parts of the pyramid are scheduled to open to the public as part of the
centenary of Kim Il Sung's birth. (Reuters/Bobby Yip)
North Korean performers pause before singing at the Pyongyang indoor gymnasium to commemorate late president Kim Il Sung's 100th birthday in Pyongyang, on April 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Soldiers march past the podium during a military parade to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, on April 15, 2012. (Reuters/Stringer)
North Korean soldiers attend an official ceremony at the Kim Il Sung stadium in Pyongyang, on April 14, 2012.(Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)
Thousands of North Koreans participate in a mass dance performance in Kim Il Sung Square to commemorate 100 years since the birth of the late leader Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang, on April 16, 2012. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
A North Korean woman weeps while singing a song about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the end of a mass dance performance in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, on April 16, 2012. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
Pyongyang's Juche Tower before a fireworks display in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012. The tower rises 170 meters (560 ft) above the River Taedong. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)
North Korean soldiers stand in formation during a military parade in honor of the 100th birthday of Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, on April 15, 2012. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)
Soldiers march in a military parade on the centenary of the birth of Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, on April 15, 2012. (Reuters/KCNA)
Soldiers march in a military parade in Pyongyang, on April 15, 2012. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) #
Members of the North Korean media wait in their position above Kim Il Sung square to cover celebrations of the 100th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, on April 16, 2012. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) #
North Korean soldiers march during a mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square, on Sunday, April 15, 2012.(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) #
Soldiers march in formation during a military parade in Pyongyang, on April 15, 2012. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) #
North Korean military jets take part in a mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square, on Sunday, April 15, 2012.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) #
People watch a fireworks display in Pyongyang, on April 15, 2012. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) #
People wait to see a fireworks display in Pyongyang, on April 15, 2012. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) #
North Korean scientists work as a screen shows the Unha-3 (Milky Way 3) rocket on a launch pad at the West Sea Satellite Launch Site, on April 11, 2012. The rocket was launched shortly after, despite international condemnation -- and broke apart on its ascent. As a result of the launch, the United States canceled a proposed food aid deal with the North Koreans. (Reuters/Bobby Yip) #
A woman sits inside a booth on a street in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) #
Rockets are carried by military vehicles during a military parade in Pyongyang, on April 15, 2012. (Reuters/KCNA) #
Soldiers applaud North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a ceremony in Pyongyang, on April 14, 2012. (Reuters/Bobby Yip) #
Soldiers march in lockstep in a military parade in Pyongyang, on April 15, 2012. (Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images) #
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves during a military parade marking the centenary of the birth of his grandfather and the nation's founder Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang, on April 15, 2012. (Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images) #
Soldiers march in a military parade in Pyongyang, on April 15, 2012. (Reuters/Stringer) #
A soldier decorated with military medals joins thousands of soldiers taking part in a ceremony in Pyongyang, on April 14, 2012.(Reuters/Bobby Yip) #
North Korean students ride down a water slide into a swimming pool at Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang, on April 11, 2012.(Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images) #
Residential blocks in Pyongyang, on April 12, 2012. (Reuters/Bobby Yip) #
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (center) attends the unveiling ceremony of two statues of former leaders Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang, on April 13, 2012. (Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images) #
A North Korean woman looks up at balloons overhead at the end of an unveiling ceremony for statues of the late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, on April 13, 2012. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) #
A conductor waits for a train at Puhung subway station in Pyongyang, on April 14, 2012. Pyongyang's metro network was opened between 1969 and 1972 by former President Kim Il Sung, and is supposedly the deepest in the world with its track some 110 meters underground.(Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) #
Dancers perform during a gala show in Pyongyang, on April 16, 2012. (Reuters/Bobby Yip) #
Dancers stand in formation and sing in a gala show in Pyongyang, on April 16, 2012. The performance was part of the celebration on the centenary of the birth of Kim Il Sung. (Reuters/Bobby Yip) #
North Koreans walking on the street are framed by the windows of a bus in Pyongyang, on April 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) #
A traffic warden is seen from the window of a bus as he stands on an empty street before the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, on April 12, 2012. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) #
North Korean men look up as a plane flies overhead in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 12, 2012. The press bus took a wrong turn this day, and suddenly, everything changed in the official showcase of North Korean achievement. The drivers quickly backed up the three buses in the narrow deeply potholed streets and headed toward the intended destination: a spotlessly clean, brightly-lit, extensively marbled and nearly empty building that preserves digital music recordings and makes DVDs. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) #
A portrait of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung is shown during a concert in Pyongyang, on April 16, 2012. (Reuters/Bobby Yip) #
Soldiers run into a stadium to join a ceremony in Pyongyang, on April 14, 2012. (Reuters/Bobby Yip) #
A North Korean choir sings during a concert in Pyongyang, on April 16, 2012 to commemorate 100 years since the birth of Kim Il Sung.(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) #
A dancer dressed as a soldier takes part in a gala show in Pyongyang, on April 16, 2012. (Reuters/Bobby Yip) #
North Koreans watch a theater performance during celebrations to mark the 100th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang, on April 16, 2012. (Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images) #
North Koreans walk past a light box featuring Kimjongilia, a flower named after the late leader Kim Jong Il, during a flower show in Pyongyang, on April 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) #
A North Korean soldier stands guard at the space center in Pyongyang, on April 11, 2012. (Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images) #
Military members attend a mass meeting called by North Korea's ruling party in a stadium in Pyongyang, on April 14, 2012.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) #
A soldier looks back during a ceremony in Pyongyang, on April 14, 2012, one day before the centenary of the birth of North Korea founder Kim Il-sung on Sunday. (Reuters/Bobby Yip)
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The Tutti Is Frutti In This One =)
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its gotham!!!!
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On my recent trip to Michigan, I was able to visit the friendly capital city of Lansing.
As a native Canadian, I felt incredibly welcome in a state that shares our Great Lakes culture. And, with nearby Michigan State University's diverse campus, Greater Lansing boasts a mixture of International, Midwestern and Canadian influence.
At the Eastwood Towne Center, I explored all the shopping opportunities that this huge outdoor complex has to offer – including the large selection at Schuler Books & Music, where you can grab a book off the shelf and read by the fireplace. The Towne Center also has multiple popular restaurants and a movie theater. Plus, the Center's proximity to my hotel — and a handful of other popular hotels — made this is a great spot to begin and end my day.
Considering the popularity of the sport in this area, I was excited to check out some of Greater Lansing's signature golf courses. The beautifully landscaped Eagle Eye Golf Club is extremely impressive with its links-style courses surrounding a gorgeous blue lake. Its challenging 17th hole is even located on a small island, demanding a very skilled (or very lucky) shot. After a day on the green, the clubhouse offers food and frosty beer with a breathtaking view of its championship course.
Nearby Hawk Hollow Golf Course is equally impressive with its large clubhouse and lush green courses. Right next to the clubhouse is the picturesque but challenging Little Hawk, a miniature golf course with nicely manicured inclines, and tricky obstacles like sand traps and water. The shady trees and landscaping details make this an incredibly pleasant outdoor experience for the whole family. I highly recommend it to beginners and experienced golfers alike.
The highlight of Greater Lansing's nightlife has to be the Makers and Shakers Beer, Wine and Spirits Trail. Downtown Lansing and the surrounding area are home to many of these popular hangouts. There are so many varying tastes to explore, but one stop that I visited considers itself the home of Lansing's quintessential beer. At Lansing Brewing Company, many of the beers are inspired by the city, including their signature IPA, fondly named the Angry Mayor. On the menu they offer a delicious take on poutine, using their Amber Cream Ale.
No more than a 2 minute drive from the brewery, American Fifth Spirits emanates a totally different vibe with its rustic lounge decor and kitschy bar decorated with hundreds of pennies. This cozy space features large windows that peer into the distillery, giving you a glimpse at their unique liquors.
Lansing is a beautiful and friendly city, and features entertainment and outdoor activities for everyone. Not only are the locals welcoming, but the numerous Canadian flags across Lansing make this northern US city even more of a home away from home for a Canadian abroad.


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La cerimònia de lliurament de les medalles del Cercle d'Escriptors Cinematogràfics de 1964 va tenir lloc el 3 de febrer de 1965 al Cinema Rialto de Madrid i va ser presidit per Florentino Soria, subdirector general de Cinematografia. Va ser el vintè lliurament d'aquestes medalles atorgades per primera vegada dinou anys abans pel Cercle d'Escriptors Cinematogràfics (CEC). Els premis tenien per finalitat distingir als professionals del cinema espanyol i estranger pel seu treball durant l'any 1964. Després del repartiment de premis es va projectar el film L'evangeli segons sant Mateu, dirigit per Pier Paolo Pasolini.

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Jóhann Jóhannsson No Longer Scoring 'Blade Runner 2049'
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Antti Ilmari Hakala (born 1978), professionally known as Nopsajalka, is a Finnish musician and producer. Aside from his solo career, he has been a member of the bands Elokuu,  and Kapteeni Ä-ni. To date, Nopsajalka has released five studio albums.

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Thanks Thej for helping me out in setting up the site. And also thanks everyone for your support & comments. Request everyone who has blog-rolled me to update the URL in your list.
PS: All visitors coming via old url will be redirected to the new one.
cool. Congrats on the new url.
Btw, are you going to continue the other blog, Avlokana at the same site, or move it here too?
but, consider moving to WordPress. It's not only advanced, powerful and convenient, but is also not a part of the empire.
Sanjay, thanks. Link to avalokana is still shown on the page.
Thanks Sigma. Avalokana stays there itself. Not moved here.
CongratS! IT LOOKS GREAT NOW!
Congrats on new url. Waiting for the new blogs.
Congrats on this step forward. But where are the stories? Start travelling soon.


Sleigh-laighe - The Fallen Spear. Sculptural Glass piece inspired by my relationship with my homeland of Scotland.
7 colour overlay with external carving. Each colour layer is made from a blown form, which is then stacked between clear glass to create a solid spear of glass. Production help from Stephen Foster (Stourbridge Glassblowing Studio), and Nick from Redhouse Glass Crafts, Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge.
Displayed in a cherry wood base made by Jamie Hubbard, Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge.


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Novel discovery could lead to stem cell-based treatment for heart failure – News-Medical.Net
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Blocking an enzyme linked with inflammation makes it possible for stem cells to repair damaged heart tissue, new research from UC Davis Health scientists shows.
The enzyme -- soluble epoxide hydrolase, or sEH -- is a known factor in lung and joint disease. Now, it is a focus of heart-disease researchers as well.
The authors expect their work will lead to a new and powerful class of compounds that overcome the cell death and muscle thickening associated with heart failure -- a common outcome of a heart attack or long-term cardiovascular disease.
The study, conducted in mice, is published in Stem Cells Translational Medicine. The work was led by cardiologist Nipavan Chiamvimonvat.
The science of using stem cell treatments for heart disease has been full of promise but little progress. The inflammation that accompanies heart disease is simply not conducive to stem cell survival."
Nipavan Chiamvimonvat, Cardiologist
Prior studies show that stem cells transplanted to the heart experience significant attrition in a very short period of time.
"We think we've found a way to quiet that inflammatory environment, giving stem cells a chance to survive and do the healing work we know they can do," said lead author and cardiovascular medicine researcher Padmini Sirish.
Heart failure occurs when the heart no longer pumps blood efficiently, reducing oxygen throughout the body. Survival is around 45-60% five years after diagnosis. It affects approximately 5.7 million people in the U.S., with annual costs of nearly $30 billion. By 2030, it could affect as many as 9 million people at a cost of nearly $80 billion.
Chiamvimonvat often treats patients with heart failure and has been frustrated by the lack of effective medications for the disease, especially when it progresses to later stages. The best current therapies for end-stage heart failure are surgical -- heart transplants or mechanical heart pumps.
She expects her outcome will lead to a two-part treatment for end-stage heart failure that combines an sEH-blocking compound with stem cell transplantation.
Chiamvimonvat and her team tested that theory in mice using cardiac muscle cells known as cardiomyocytes, which were derived from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). A hiPSC is a cell taken from any human tissue (usually skin or blood) and genetically modified to behave like an embryonic stem cell. They have the ability to form all cell types.
The specific sEH inhibitor used in the study -- TPPU -- was selected based on the work of co-author and cancer researcher Bruce Hammock, whose lab has provided detailed studies of nearly a dozen of the enzyme inhibitors.
The researchers studied six groups of mice with induced heart attacks. A group treated with a combination of the inhibitor and hiPSCs had the best outcomes in terms of increased engraftment and survival of transplanted stem cells. That group also had less heart muscle thickening and improved cardiac function.
"Taken together, our data suggests that conditioning hiPSC cardiomyocytes with sEH inhibitors may help the cells to better survive the harsh conditions in the muscle damaged by a heart attack," Hammock said.
Chiamvimonvat and her team will next test the process in a larger research animal model to provide more insights into the beneficial role of TPPU. She also wants to test the process with additional heart diseases, including atrial fibrillation. Her ultimate goal, in collaboration with Hammock, is to launch human clinical trials to test the safety of the treatment.
"It is my dream as a clinician and scientist to take the problems I see in the clinic to the lab for solutions that benefit our patients," Chiamvimonvat said. "It is only possible because of the incredible strength of our team and the extraordinarily collaborative nature of research at UC Davis."
Sirish, P., et al. (2020) Suppression of inflammation and fibrosis using soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitors enhances cardiac stem cellbased therapy. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. doi.org/10.1002/sctm.20-0143.
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2018 is speeding by and Christmas Day is creeping ever closer on the calendar; which means it's time to start planning your Christmas party 2018.
Here are some suggestions for the type of party you might have.
Here we are talking about Christmas sweaters in horrible shades such as red, green, purple and brown. The one your grandma buys you every year and once Christmas is over you will throw into the wardrobe and forget about it.
Every person is instructed to wear a sweater to the party. If they didn't make it, then give them a sweater you have in your hand, a pair of reindeer ears or embarrassing prop for good measure.
Decorate the room with fun decorations and offer a reward for the most impressive/ugly/offensive sweater.
For those who are born in the southern hemisphere, there's something magical about a white Christmas, where the whole surroundings are covered in snow.
You can enjoy bright scarves, ice skating, hot chocolate and more.
Decorate your party area to look like a wintery one; ice sculptures, glittering snowflakes, fairy lights, and cuddly polar bears all around.
Drinks – serve icy vodka cocktails and delicious, warming mulled wine. Food must be warm and festive.
This wonderland is an interesting theme if you live in the southern hemisphere and the Christmas function occurs over the height of summer.
Guests should dress in their best winter season gear– scarves, gloves, and hats are essential.
Dress up the room with black and white tinsel, skulls and skeletons in Santa hats.
Decorate balloons to look like Jack Skellington.
Play songs from Tim Burton's movies along with Halloween classics such as "Superstitious" and "The Monster Mash".
Get a person in your office to wear a Santa suit, usually, there someone willing.
Everyone gets a picture with Santa – as the night goes on, the images will get sillier and sillier.
It's fun to supply a few props to make photographs even more interesting.
Elf workstations have different activities that should be either aimed at team building or a test of the employee's creativity.
An effective way to know your co-workers better and moreover you will have a few laughs in this process.
Create some funny certificates or awards for everyone in the office.
For example: Give this certificate for the person who made most coffee in the morning or someone who uses up all the printer paper every time they print?
A clever way to have a laugh while recognising hard work.
These parties and games are just a few ideas from e4k Digital Agency to make your Christmas festivities more "interesting".
Share your alternative party ideas with us in the comments section, or maybe tell us how your party went this year or last?


The Global Luxury Jewelry Market 2019 Research Report is a professional and in-depth study on the current state of the Luxury Jewelry Market industry.
The report provides a basic overview of the industry including definitions and classifications. The High-Altitude Platforms Market analysis is provided for the international markets including development trends, competitive landscape analysis, and key regions development status.
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Gucciogucci S.P.A., Harry Winston, Inc., Societe Cartier, Tiffany & Co., Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA, Buccellati Holding Italia SpA, Graff Diamonds Corporation, Bulgari S.p.A, K. Mikimoto & Co., Ltd., and Chopard International SA among others.
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The report includes six parts, dealing with: 1.) basic information; 2.) the Asia Luxury Jewelry Market; 3.) the North American Luxury Jewelry Market; 4.) the European Luxury Jewelry Market; 5.) market entry and investment feasibility; and 6.) the report conclusion.