I always fear fluent readers when using other languages, as I often resort to Google Translate.
Chapter Thirty-Eight - Resistance is now live! Stuck on Valhalla, about to participate in a mission which could be his death, Dan learns the true reason he was a prisoner of the soulborgs.
Chapter Thirty-Nine - Departure is now live! Dan and his companions finally embark on their quest. New revelations come to light, but will they spell doom for the mission?
Chapter Forty - Horizon is now live, quickly followed by Chapter Forty-One - Caius! Dan and the others fight their first battle, and Laelia confronts the traitor she has sworn to kill. But will she survive?
I'll be gone Thursday through Saturday, so posting will resume on Sunday or Monday. Don't forget to offer criticism/comments!
I am in the process of catching up and will likely have done so by the time you resume posting. I'll leave my thoughts upon completion.
I am once again caught up and am glad to see my favorite character Francois returning for the remake. I am curious to see how the story goes, especially from the shifting balance of having very few characters to having a lot fo them. There are, what, 10 named characters in the party? That's a lot to balance.
I will say one of the qualities of this retelling is that while being very similar to the original, it is also different enough that I have no idea where it is going or how it will end, keeping prior readers invested.
One of my regrets is that I did not include as many of the original companions as I wanted. I started developing side characters, and before I knew it, everyone was a human. Ah well. I'm glad your favorite character found a place in the tale, and I look forward to hearing your thoughts on how the balancing act is going, since this is the first time I've really dealt with side characters on a mentionable level. Things only get thicker from here.
But now, onward with the posting. We have Chapter Forty-Two - Dissension, quickly followed by Chapter Forty-Three - Decision. Not to be confused by the similar titles. Chapter 43 is one I was really looking forward to writing, as it adds even more character development into the already-full mire of private agendas going on.
And now we have Chapter Forty-Four - Attack, one of the longer chapters. After this, we have three chapters left until the fourth and final part of Dan's tale. Get ready!
Chapter Forty-Five - Healing is now live! As the company recovers and prepares to do what they came here for, hope fades quickly, and despair threatens to engulf them all. How will they be able to fight the resistance they are sure to face?
Also, there are several breaks in the chapters, extra lines between paragraphs indicating pauses or passages of time. Unfortunately, these do not get copied over during posting. There isn't much I can do about it, so for now, a few transitions will seem a bit choppy. I'll use other separators in the future.
Chapter Forty-Six - Line is now live! Everything Dan has done and heard in Valhalla has been building towards one point, and that moment is now upon him.
If convenient, I'd like to know how I'm doing. Particularly in chapter forty-three, where I worked hard on making the dialogue natural. I'm aware some of the other dialogue isn't great, but I really narrowed down on certain ones and tried to make them sound natural. I'd like to know how I did.


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gebal

            Prototype

            There is one prototype of gebal
            available, please see below.

gebal( const char job, MatrixA& a, int_t& ilo,
        int_t& ihi, VectorSCALE& scale );

            Description

            gebal (short for $FRIENDLY_NAME)
            provides a C++ interface to LAPACK routines SGEBAL, DGEBAL, CGEBAL, and
            ZGEBAL. gebal balances
            a general complex matrix A. This involves, first, permuting A by a similarity
            transformation to isolate eigenvalues in the first 1 to ILO-1 and last
            IHI+1 to N elements on the diagonal; and second, applying a diagonal
            similarity transformation to rows and columns ILO to IHI to make the
            rows and columns as close in norm as possible. Both steps are optional.

            Balancing may reduce the 1-norm of the matrix, and improve the accuracy
            of the computed eigenvalues and/or eigenvectors.

            The selection of the LAPACK routine is done during compile-time, and
            is determined by the type of values contained in type MatrixA.
            The type of values is obtained through the value_type
            meta-function typename value_type<MatrixA>::type. The dispatching table below illustrates
            to which specific routine the code path will be generated.

Table 1.225. Dispatching of gebal

<colgroup>
<col>
<col>
</colgroup>

                      Value type of MatrixA

                      LAPACK routine

                      float

                      SGEBAL

                      double

                      DGEBAL

                      complex<float>

                      CGEBAL

                      complex<double>

                      ZGEBAL

            Definition

            Defined in header boost/numeric/bindings/lapack/computational/gebal.hpp.

            Parameters
            or Requirements on Types

Parameters

MatrixA

                  The definition of term 1

MatrixB

                  The definition of term 2

MatrixC

                  The definition of term 3.

                  Definitions may contain paragraphs.

            Complexity

            Example

#include <boost/numeric/bindings/lapack/computational/gebal.hpp>
using namespace boost::numeric::bindings;

lapack::gebal( x, y, z );

            this will output

[5] 0 1 2 3 4 5

            Notes

            See
            Also

                Originating Fortran source files sgebal.f,
                dgebal.f,
                cgebal.f,
                and zgebal.f
                at Netlib.

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Obama, Romney, the One Percent. What's the Difference Anyway?
Do you think if I sent Obama an invitation to come over to my house for dinner he would? Like he did with Sarah Jessica Parker, George Clooney, Steven Spielberg and the countless other 1%ers?
Amidst all the discussions about what a terrible person Mitt Romney is (which he is) who is out of touch with how most human beings on this planet live their lives and the challenges they face and amidst all the talks about how Obama is not such a person – since he clearly is the "man of the people" – a self made man and community organizer who did not grow up with a silver spoon in his mouth – I noted that while that may have been true about Obama a long time ago, that person no longer is.
The tragedy is that Obama and co are claiming to fight the good fight: "For hard working Americans" while Mitt Romney is seen as that greedy asshole who could not care less about such hard working people. Yet, in essence, Obama is not all that different from Mitt Romney when it comes to the privileges they enjoy.
Michelle Obama in Vogue trying to inspire Americans since clearly this is exactly how most Americans look like at home
Having a spread in Vogue magazine depicting a lavish 1% er setting and stating how the Obamas inspire America – shortly after the sequester, no less, where millions of people – most of whom are poor and vulnerable – have seen the kind of cuts that make the difference between employed or not/roof over your head or not/food on your table or not/able to afford medication or not etc – also doesn't help and make you a man of the people.
When Clooney threw a fundraising soiree for Obama last year, it cost $40,000 a plate to attend. In other words, these Hollywood high rollers at Clooney's house were paying more for two hours with the president than they pay their nannies, housekeepers and gardeners in a year. Just like Romney. And they call themselves the good guys. The ones working for you and I instead of the lifestyle of the rich and famous.
Let us backtrack.
Scott Prouty, the man who shot the infamous 47% video of Mitt Romney where he is seen talking, in horrid yet very detached detail, about the slave labor conditions in Chinese factories and trashing everyone in this country who isn't a member of the social register, sat down for an interview with MSNBC's Ed Schultz a couple of weeks ago to not only reveal his identity but to mainly talk about the video and what inspired his decision to release the footage.
I highly recommend watching the video (a transcript to follow later) as it – more than anything else – is a shining example of how a man, a seemingly ordinary citizen who remained invisible to Romney even as he was serving him his $50,000 plate of food, made the courageous decision to record and release a video of a candidate running on the platform of patriotism and love for all of America, when in reality the only people he was going to represent were the kind of people he was having that $50,000 a plate dinner with.
Prouty explained that one should not pay $50,000 to hear what a candidate has to say – as if that kind of fundraising was confined to Romney and his kind only. The evidence above with respect to Obama and his late night soirees with Hollywood -listers shows that paying tens of thousands of dollars to hear a candidate speak is not something solely confined to Romney.
Income Gain Disparity 1966 to 2011
Syracuse University professor and Pulitzer Prize winner David Cay Johnston analyzed the disparity between the gains in incomes of the average taxpayers and those in the top 10 percent and the results are shocking but not surprising.
Incomes for the bottom 90 percent of Americans only grew by $59 on average between 1966 and 2011 (adjusted for inflation), according to Johnston's analysis. During the same period, the average income for the top 10 percent of Americans rose by $116,071, Johnston found.
Income Growth, 1966 to 2011
To put that into perspective: if you say the $59 boost is equivalent to one inch, then the incomes of the top 10 percent of Americans rose by 168 feet, Johnston explained to Alternet last week.
Incomes for the bottom fifth of Americans, for instance, grew about 20 percent between 1979 and 2007, according to a 2011 study from the Congressional Budget Office. During the same period, members of the top 1 percent saw their incomes grow by 275 percent.
Another way to illustrate the huge disparity: the six heirs to the Walmart fortune had a net worth equivalent to the bottom 41.5 percent of Americans combined in 2010, according to an analysis from Josh Bivens at the Economic Policy Institute.
While income inequality may be great for those reaping the big bucks at the top, it's likely hurting Americans overall. Greater income equality is correlated with stronger economic growth, according to a 2011 IMF report and in fact one of the hallmarks of poor, developing nations is the income gap: the poorer and more economically unstable a nation is, the bigger the income gap – with a lot of poor people (one of the hallmarks of poor nations) and a few very wealthy people and no one in between.
The American Dream hard at work
We, sadly, live in a culture of get-rich-or-die-trying. Where average, middle class (I am not even talking about the poor) is considered a one way ticket to loser-town; a failure of some sort. As John Steinbeck once said "socialism never took root in America, because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires."
Everybody is being manipulated in one way or another to want be a millionaire. People watch the movies and TV shows, ads and magazine spreads depicting the high life and they want be part of it too. After all, why be a community organizer when you can take group pictures clenching money between your teeth.
Obama Just Another 1%er
Even our President is part of the one percent now. Make no mistake about it.
Hanging out at lavish dinner parties and soirees in the homes of celebs and fellow 1%ers, such as Sarah Jessica Parker, George Clooney and Will Smith. Going to fundraisers at $40,000 a plate with other Hollywood hot shots.
In fact, last year Clooney himself held such a lavish soiree for Obama, inviting 150 of Hollywood's richest for $40,000 a head to raise a meager $15 million dollars (compared to SuperPac monies, $15 million is drop in the bucket). This party was held in Los Angeles, a city plagued by chronic lack of funding where school libraries are being shut down, teachers laid off firehouses shut down. And VIPs were paying $40,000 for a Wolfgang Puck hors d'oeuvre and a silly photo with a president who only now has come to think it might be OK for gay people to have the same rights as straight people.
Democracy hard at work. As Steve Lopez wrote in the L.A. Times "Yeah, sure, Obama's got to raise all he can to fend off Mitt Romney and hold on to his seat. But is that a race to the top or a race to the bottom? If money buys victory and access, what about the masses who can't afford a $40 fundraiser, let alone a $40,000 party? When do they get the president's ear?"
Do you think if I sent Obama an invitation to come over to my house for dinner he would? Like he did with SJP and George Clooney? The tragedy is that Obama and Co are claiming to fight the good fight: "For hard working Americans" while Mitt Romney is seen is that greedy asshole who could not care less about such hard working people. Yet these high rollers at Clooney's house were paying more for two hours with the president than they pay their nannies, housekeepers and gardeners in a year. Just like Romney.
Scott Prouty. 47% videographer
As Scott Prouty said in his interview with Ed Schulz about the Romney speech and fundraiser and thus his motive for taking the video "You shouldn't have to be able to afford $50,000 to hear what the candidate actually thinks", as if that was something solely confined to Mitt Romney and rich, greedy Republicans while Democrats and the wealthy liberals who support them would clearly not ever do such a thing.
The above evidence begs to differ.
$40,000 a Plate Fundraiser for Obama = $50,000 a Plate Fundraiser for Romney
I am sure people like Clooney and co are acting in good faith, hoping to do something so the worst man in the world in the form of Mitt Romney does not get to run this country. But if they're so desperate to celebrate their wonderful ways and important causes, why not a Hollywood fundraising party to save the libraries, schools, rec centers or parks? Why not start paying the people who clean your house and tend to the garden and take care of your privileged kids decent salary and health coverage?
I tell you why: because George Clooney, much like Obama, much like Steven Spielberg, much like Nancy Pelosi, much like Mitt Romney are part of the 1% and throwing soirees for the President is much more about the soirees and meeting the president than about giving a damn about the 99% and hard working Americans you claim to fight for.
Whether Obama earned it or not, he is up there now, living the good life. Sequester or not, he won't have to worry about whether he can send his kids to college, if he will one day be without health care or lose his house and retirement and be destitute and all the other myriad of things 99% of the people in this country have to worry about. In fact, none of the policies coming from D.C. and our legislators will ever actually affect them personally. And that is a huge deal, namely that those making the laws are not affected by them. There is a reason half of Congress are millionaires.
And the thing with being part of the 1% ultimately is that more often than not it gives you amnesia. You forget. Obama had no problem letting the payroll tax-break expire, thus making almost everyone making $ 113,000 or less pay more each month, but he did increase the 3% tax increase income threshold from $250,000 to $400,000 because god knows people making 250k a year need consideration and a break. How so 99% of him.
No Soirees for the 99%
When was the last time any representative of the middle class had a candidate throw dinners and soirees for them? And not just a candidate but the President.
When was the last time the White House threw a dinner or a black and white ball for employees of NGOs, charities, volunteers and other public service jobs?
When was the last time the White House threw a dinner in honor of hard working folks, inviting them over for a night filled with Jimmy Kimmels and hanging out with the President and celebs? Sure, you can win a dinner with the President and first lady at Sarah Jessica Parker's 10 million Borwnstone in Manhattan's Upper East Side, if you donate money and are automatically entered into a pool, much like a lottery, with thousands of others. But when was the last time, or ever, anyone of these people have actually done something in that regard for us hard working middle or working class – heck even unemployed and poor – folks who aren't members of the social register? Even the White House Correspondents' Dinners that are supposed to be about journalists, have become just another 1%er event for celebrities transplanted from Hollywood to DC – but only A-listers mind you since most regular actors and SAG members are not part of the 1% – which seems to be the only requirement to attend the Dinner.
So when I heard Prouty say that one should not have to be able to pay $50,000 a plate to hear what a candidate has to say it made me wonder if Obama is any better. Of course, Obama hanging out at the White House Correspondents' Dinner and mingling with other rich people is not the same thing as Romney's 47% speech where he is exposed as an insincere hypocrite and the fact that he thought he could and should talk like this behind closed curtains.
But there is a broader canvas here to consider because Romney or Obama – the common theme here is that those with big bucks are being invited to the discussion table and getting parties thrown for them while most people – i.e. those who make up the majority of the voter base and also carry the economic burden of the nation – since rich people clearly aren't – never see any of that.
The fact that those with money and the power that comes with it run the world is nothing new. However, if you are a country (or claim to be a country) that was founded on principles diametrically opposed to such a paradigm, then that is a problem. Yes, we could be just like any other third-country oppressive shithole with an income gap the size of Mount Everest, but this is not what this country is about or should be about. Back in the day, only landowners were allowed to vote and thus have their voice heard. How is that different from today where the wealthy asset holders get invited to the table and private meetings with the President and this are made part of the debate, while you and I are lucky if the White House ever returns any of our letters on a pre-written template designed for concerned citizens?
How Can You Inspire People, Barry
As to the Obamas: How can you inspire people? You inspire people by being one of them. Not by living the kind of lifestyle you just criticized your opponents for five minutes ago and which almost none of the people you are addressing can ever afford.
Yes they worked hard but what use is all that hard work and social upward mobility and thus power that comes with wealth if you are just going to behave like any other wealthy, 1%er? You have to be the change you want to see and when you say you stand for the causes of the 99% while living the life of a 1%er, that makes you not only a hypocrite but also a large part of the problem.
I understand that he is the POTUS ans as such he has a standard of living. But I am not talking about his salary. That isn't, after all, the source of his wealth. It's his privilege that detaches him and just makes him part of the problem.
The gross inequalities described above with respect to stagnant income growth for most Americans go far deeper than people like Boehner, Romney or the robber barons of Wall Street. Half of Congress, i.e. our lawmakers, are millionaires and in fact D.C. is the one city where one is more likely to run into a millionaire than anywhere else.
And these are law makers and legislators. The people that run this country but who are clearly beholden to the interests of the 1% – mainly because they themselves are one of them – while trying to appeal to the 99% on the surface to get their votes. And who knows, with all the voter suppression efforts by Republicans soon they may be able to even skip that and just directly work for the 1%.
The Futility of Politely Asking the 1% To Come to the Aide of the 99%
It is quite ironic and futile that we are looking to them – the 1% – to please change things in favor of the 99%. What incentive do any of these people have to change the status quo in our favor? Congress just got a pay raise – signed by our man of the people, Obama. It was no coincident that there was no student loan bailouts. Students don't have lobbyists stationed in DC 24/7 – unlike Wall Street and thus the members of the one percent.
Yes President Obama, I appreciate your tough upbringing and that you can somehow vaguely apparently remember what it is like to "have a rough time" as you once told a crowd of supporters. The only difference between you and everyone else, however, is that you are a millionaire who wines and dines with celebrities and goes to $40,000 a plate soirees – money than can be used right here and then to help out someone rather than falling into this bottomless pit of your campaign fund that just sucks up money and produces little results for the people you claim to stand for; your children don't have to worry about racking up student loan debt at high interest rates to get an education, because you have the money to pay for it.
In fact, you are part of the 1% and as such you are not only part of the problem, you are just another out-of-touch wealthy rich puke condescending and making casual life and death decisions (and yes, these are life and death decisions you are making, believe it or not) because they won't affect your family. Your multi million dollar retirement is secure, your pension is fat, much like you assets.
As far as I am concerned you, Mr. President, are about only "better" than Romney in so far as Romney is truly nothing but a wolf in sheep's clothing with a horrifying track record and agenda for America. But don't come here insulting mine and the intelligence of your supporters struggling every day at the hands of your bipartisan, failed policies – not the least of which is the gamble you took with the Sequester, purposely making it draconian, hoping that it would deter Republicans even though your gazillion years of experience working with them and common sense, if nothing at all, should have told you that these are not the kind of people who mind draconian cuts – by claiming that you are on our side and are fighting on our behalf. if you actually do come to my house for dinner one day, maybe I believe you. Until then, you are just another rich asshole fighting to make sure you and your kind remain where you at: at the top of the food chain.
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This week I chatted with Darius Fleming about the NFL Anthem demonstrations and all that has gone along with that. Darius Fleming is a Chicago native and graduate of the university of Notre Dame. He was drafted by the 49ers in the 2012 draft and later went to win super bowl 49 with the patriots in 2014.
It was really interesting to hear Darius' perspective as a player, and one who was there on Colin's team when it all started. Darius cut to the core of what these demonstrations are about and why they matter.
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Today I sat down with author, liturgist and pastor Aaron Niequist to talk about Evangelicalism.
After leading worship at Mars Hill Church (Grand Rapids, MI) and Willow Creek Church (Barrington, IL), Aaron created A New Liturgy - a collection of modern liturgical worship recordings. He then curated a discipleship-focused, formational, ecumenical, practice-based community at Willow Creek called "The Practice". Aaron recently finished a book called The Eternal Current: How a Practice-based Faith can Save us from Drowning, and continues to create resources to help others flesh it out. But that's just job stuff. The best part of his life is his wife Shauna, and their sons Henry and Mac.
In this conversation we discuss Evangelicalism, its problematic connection to politics and power, the good stuff, the baggage and everything in between. Aaron and I are both deeply connected to Evangelical culture and this topic is both personal and tender. Aaron was both prophetically honest and lovingly graceful with this expression of Christianity and our conversation impacted me in many ways.
Find more information about Aaron at his website. Follow him on twitter, instagram and Facebook. And buy his book! The Eternal Current: How a Practice-based Faith can Save us from Drowning is out now and available where ever books are sold! You can meet Aaron this Sunday (August 12) at The Practice at Willow Creek church.
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This week I sat down with professor, author, speaker and pro-life activist Karen Swallow Prior to talk about abortion. This issue is complex, nuanced and emotional and Karen and I worked hard to be respectful and thoughtful throughout the discussion. There are no easy answers with this topic and Karen's beliefs are compassionate and consistent.
This was another conversation that was at times almost more about how we have this conversation than it was about the conversation itself. I appreciated Karen's respect and conviction and she gave me a lot to think about.
Here are some articles to read with regard to this topic. Check out Karen's beliefs on the issue in her own words. This is Lisa Sharon Harper's call to Evangelicals to hit pause on the culture war and the greater implications that will come with our supreme court nominations, which I found very interesting.
It's time for part two of our local politics series! This week Marty Keller was in the hot seat. Marty is a lifelong republican who was elected and served his township as an elected trustee. Marty and Colleen talked about why Marty is a republican, some ways the party has changed and what serving at the local level has looked like for him.
Marty is currently the executive director of Milton Township's CERT program, a program designed to help prepare the community to respond in emergency situations. He also serves as the vice president of DuPage County's historical museum foundation and as a board member of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce. Up until recently Marty was elected to and served on our township's trustee board.
We're tackling the most contentions of issues- politics. In part one I sat down with Walt Zlotow, the chairman of my township's democratic party. We talked about the Democratic party, why Walt's identified with this party and what it looks like to serve in politics at the local level.
You can find more of Walt's thoughts on politics and progressive issues over on his blog Heartland Progressive. Check it out!
We're talking about diversity in Children's lit this week! Joining me is author Tayyaba Syed. Tayyaba is a writer, wife, mother and Muslim woman who is on a mission to give her children and other Muslim kids mirrors in the books they read. We chatted about why this is important, what she's found as she started exploring how Muslim's were represented in literature and the way things are changing.
Connect with Tayyaba! Find more info about her on her website, or follow her on instagram or facebook! And be sure to check out her books, particularly The Blessed Bananas.
We're back!! Today's episode has been a long time coming! This week I sat down with Tim Race. Tim is a former editor of the New York Times, among other things and we discussed fake news, the media and how to be a responsible consumer of news in today's society. This is a topic that comes up again and again as people grapple with the polarization of our society and how it's stoked and played out in our news media. I was thankful for Tim's thoughtful perspective.
Hey there! So you may have noticed that this week's episode is a much shorter than normal. Last week I presented another recap episode where I sat down with a few friends and discussed what we'd learned from listening to episodes 12-20, the second set of conversations. A Year of Listening will be taking a short break for the next few weeks so I can gather my thoughts, find great guests and continue to have quality, civil conversations about hot button issues.
I will be active on our social media pages and would love for you all to join the fun. If you don't follow A Year of Listening on Instagram and Twitter can I make a request for you to consider doing so? I'll be posting book recommendations, article suggestions and soliciting feedback for future topics. You can find us on Instagram and Twitter @yearoflistening. Additionally, I've started a closed facebook group for the show. Anyone is welcome to join, but I've chosen to make the space closed so that people can honestly post their thoughts and questions about these conversations. A closed group just means that you have to join in order to post and see what others have posted. My hope is that this becomes a virtual community where people can wrestle with hard issues, listen to opposing viewpoints and dialogue respectfully. I have been hesitant to dive into the Facebook world with the show because, well frankly, Facebook has been a frustrating space for these conversations. BUT I've come to see some real value in closed groups and I want to see if this could be a good community building space for the show. So if you are a regular listener to the show, or you want a safe place to practice civil dialogue and good listening, come on over. Search for the A Year of Listening Podcast group on facebook (or just click right on that link!), request to join and I'll be sure to include you.
Also, I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to hear from you! I want to hear your ideas, your questions, your suggestions, your pushback, all of it. I'd love to get guest recommendations. Or maybe you feel passionate about something you'd like to discuss with me. You don't have to be an expert about the topic, you just have to be willing to have a thoughtful, nuanced conversation. So, get in touch, slide into my DM's or email the show at ayearoflistening@gmail.com.
So, I'll be back on June 28 with a new conversation and in the meantime, catch up on old episodes you may have missed, read something that challenges you, follow a new voice that's different from your own. And, if you feel so inclined, give the show a positive rating or review on iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts. Whatever you do, keep listening to others. I'll be back soon!
Time for another recap episode! Every 9-10 episodes I'll pause and sit down with some listeners to discuss what they (and I) learned from listening to others through these conversations. This time I'm talking with my sister, Ryann Kehoe and long-time friend Sarah Ruger to discuss the conversations in episodes 12-20. We discuss what they learned from listening to these conversations, common themes that emerged and things that challenged us. Ryann and Sarah are thoughtful, insightful women and it was really neat to see what emerged from their reflections on the conversations!
This week I'm sitting down with teacher, coach and all around amazing woman, Ashley Frasier. Ashley is one of my oldest and dearest friends. She's been in education for more than 15 years and has worked in both public and charter schools. We sit down this week to discuss school choice.
School choice has been a hot button issue lately with the idea of vouchers being a polarizing topic in education. Ashley and I break down the different choices in school and talk about what school choice does and could look like in communities who don't currently have many options.
This week I sit down with author and ministry worker Caryn Rivandeneira to talk about what happens when sexual harassment happens in church. Do we treat it the same as when it happens in secular workplaces? Is there room for grace and redemption for the perpetrator? What is the best way for churches to support victims? Caryn and I delve into all of this and more on this week's episode.
The #MeToo movement has opened our eyes to the prevalence of harassment in the workplace, and #ChurchToo helped us see that it wasn't just a problem for the secular world. It seems that in the church the problem has both greater capacity to harm and also a greater call to respond in a way that loves and protects the victim first and foremost but also loves appropriately the perpetrator. It's messy, challenging work, but Caryn and I explore what that might look like this week.
Connect with Caryn! You can find her information at her website or follow her on Twitter and FaceBook.
This week's guest is Jennifer Iannolo, a speaker, entrepreneur, and all around go-getter who sat down with me to discuss empowerment, equality and equity. Jennifer is the founder of the Concordia Project, a non-profit designed to disrupt the conversation about empowerment through think tanks, salon dinners and global studies. Jennifer has a new way of thinking about empowerment that focuses on self-direction and empowerment for everyone freely. There isn't a limited amount of power that we're passing off between each other. What I appreciated most about this conversation was that it addressed the growing concern I have about the effect our current dialogue about empowerment is effecting young boys. In man ways this conversation furthers the one that Melissa Agnes and I had a few months ago.
Find out more about Jennifer on her website. And check out The Concordia Project and consider how you might get involved with this incredible work! You can find Jennifer on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.
This week we brought back episode thirteen's guest, Boone Cutler. You'll remember Boone as a veteran, radio host, author, and creator of the Spartan Pledge, a pledge for Warfighters designed to combat the epidemic of veteran suicide. Boone is also a long time supporter of President Trump. He and I sit down to chat about President Trump. Ultimately this conversation had less to do with Trump and more to do with how we talk about this polarizing figure, the assumptions we make about people who disagree with us, and how we can move forward as a country.
I'll be very honest, I'm nervous to put this episode out into the world. From every side, this conversation leaves room for someone to be angry, disappointed, frustrated or unhappy. There are plenty of people who will hope this conversation is a winner take all situation, with one person laying out the exact perfect argument that will leave the other side speechless, defeated.
But that's not real life. And that wasn't the point of this conversation. Neither one of us was ever going to convince the other person of our "rightness." The point of this conversation was to listen. To speak our truth and viewpoint as kindly as we know how. To stay in even if there's tension or disagreement. To learn something from the other person.
This conversation was two humans trying to do just that. We didn't do it perfectly. I'm sure there are a million things people wish both of us said differently. But this was the very real conversation we had. And I think it was a worthwhile one. Because we left it well. We found some middle ground. We held the tension and sought peace.
And for me, I had some big takeaways. First and foremost, I've got to stop dehumanizing people with whom I disagree. I have to be able to believe the best about them. Even if I don't want to. Listen, it would have been much easier to just assume the worst about Boone and try to argue my way through that conversation. Hell, it would have been easiest to just avoid the conversation and Boone all together. I can live in peace and harmony with every one who agrees with me all the live long day. But I don't think that's the way forward and I don't think that's helpful for the bigger picture. There is a tension that needs to be held in these conversations. I can absolutely believe that President Trump has used racism and bigotry to gain power, but I don't have to believe that Boone is racist because he doesn't see it that way. Calling him a racist doesn't get us anywhere. Believing the worst about him doesn't continue the conversation.
Another takeaway is listening respectfully to what someone says doesn't mean I agree with them. There was plenty of stuff I said that I'm sure Boone vehemently disagrees with. But he listened respectfully. And that matters. If we can continue showing up to conversations like these without shutting down stuff we don't agree with, we can continue having the conversations. These are conversations that happen over time, with thoughtful dialogue. No one is persuaded away from their beliefs by bullying or 140 characters.
And, Boone made a comment towards the end of our conversation that stuck with me. He said something to the effect that if we start our conversation around the polarizing thing we're going to get stuck. We should approach these kinds of issues around where we agree. I loved his idea of listing what is important to us for our country. I think he's right that our priorities around these lists will be different, but there will be agreement and that's a good place to start.
I am very thankful to Boone for being willing to have the conversation. I hope and trust that my listeners will be respectful and appreciative as well. It is no small thing to put oneself out there like he did. It was risky and vulnerable and I'm thankful he showed up to the conversation.
Find information about Boone on his website. Connect with him on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.


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Магнар Сольберг (; 4 февраля 1937, Сокнедаль) — норвежский биатлонист, двукратный олимпийский чемпион, многократный призёр чемпионатов мира.

Биография
Магнар Сольберг родился 4 февраля 1937 года в деревне Сокнедаль, в провинции Сёр-Трёнделаг Норвегии. В 1968 году выиграл первую золотую медаль в биатлоне в истории Норвегии на зимних Олимпийских играх в дисциплине индивидуальной гонки. Он является единственным спортсменом, кому удавалось победить дважды в индивидуальной гонке — на Олимпиадах 1968 и 1972 годов, причём по итогам Игр-1968 в Гренобле он включен (третьим по счёту) в символический элитный клуб «Зеро», куда входят биатлонисты, выигравшие олимпийское золото в личных гонках с нулевым (без единого промаха) результатом в стрельбе. На ОИ-1972 года Сольберг был знаменосцем норвежской команды.

Кроме того, Сольберг завоевал пять медалей чемпионата мира по биатлону — три серебряных и две бронзовых. Выступал на чемпионатах Северной Европы по биатлону. В 1982 году стал чемпионом Норвегии.

После завершения спортивной карьеры Сольберг работал в норвежской полиции. Был одним из двух офицеров полиции, ответственных за судебное разбирательство над Фрицем Моеном. Позже признался в правонарушениях, совершённых им во время ведения дела, уволился из полиции и работал в сфере страхования.

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Posted by Christopher Spicer May 03, 2019
Ever since the release of the epic Avengers: Endgame, most film writers have been ranking the 22 Marvel Cinematic Universe movies. I totally understand the reason since the most recent movie was a conclusion to a massive 10 year-plus series. It all started with Iron Man, an at the time surprise box office mega-hit. Even then, Marvel Studios was planting the seeds for an ambitious collection of movies, but we didn't know then how it would reshape cinema. I'm intrigued to find out how far ahead plans were for the future when they started filming that movie and if Endgame was a realization of the original vision.
I love the idea of raking each of the movies, but to be honest, some I haven't seen for almost 10 years. I don't feel like a ranking right now would be honest without revisiting each of the movies and see how they resonate with me now. What I'm going to do over the next several months (probably over the remaining year), is in order of release review each picture from this sweeping series (Spider-Man Far From Home will be out of order due to being released while I'm doing this series but will also be the 23rd).
The plan will be to review each as a separate movie, but also analyze their contribution to the bigger picture of the universe. I think, it would be really cool to track how the movies evolved over time and where the shift in potential plans or creative ideas occurred. This is without a doubt the biggest series of movies in modern pop culture, and so my hope is to dive deep into how this happened. Then after I finish this ambitious project, I will rank the movies.
I only think, there were maybe two movies that I didn't ever recommend in the series the first time I saw them. I also have very little memory of Iron Man 2, Thor: Dark World and The Incredible Hulk, so I am excited to revisit those. I'm interested to see if movies I was a bit flatter on like Thor, Iron Man 3 and Avengers: Age of Ultron have improved with age.
The goal is to kick it off with Iron Man in the coming weeks. Let me know if you want these to be spoiler-free or for me to talk in-depth about major plot points.
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The Breakdown of 'Hotel Transylvania: Transformania', 'Brazen', 'The Wasteland' and 'Four to Dinner'
One of the fun things about returning to the multiple review format is the diversity of movies we get to discuss. We have a big budget animated family adventure from a popular series in Hotel Transylvania: Tranformania. We also have a sexualized thriller starring Alyssa Milano, who was many boys from the 1980s first crush, in Brazen . Then it is off to Spain for a psychological supernatural horror in The Wasteland . We continue travelling the world by dropping into Italy for the romantic dramedy, Four to Dinner. We have even more movie talk after the reviews, as we look at the huge box office success of Spider-Man: No Way Home . We discuss the huge shocker that it became one of the highest grossing movies despite being in a pandemic and what this means for the future of movies. We also discuss what we think studios will learn from this, and what we think this will do for original movie ideas. As always, we loved recording the episode, and we really hope you love it too. And if you do,
Top Secret UFO Projects Declassified: Perhaps as Stupid as I Could Ever Get
There are a lot of things that I do that I don't quite understand. Once I kind of accidentally farted on my cat. My wife didn't like that. Little John McClane didn't seem to mind. Why did I do that? I have no clue. But, that incident of foul blowing winds was a much better decision than it was to watch Top Secret UFO Projects Declassified on Netflix. I will state right away that my issue isn't with the subject matter. I don't believe in extra terrestrials, but I'm willing to have my mind blown by irrefutable facts. No amount of tin foil hats will bring this change about, but rather well crafted arguments and evidence. Top Secret UFO Projects Declassified brought neither of those to the table. This isn't a review of the entire series. Such a review won't be happening. I've watched just the first episode, and that's where this stops. While I am a person that has no problem watching garbage, this is an insult to the evolution of huma
REVIEW: Bird Box
Yesterday I reviewed The Silence , a movie that at first appeared to be a copy of A Quiet Place . Now, it is time to double down and review Bird Box , which also seemed to be inspired by A Quiet Place . The truth is, all three of these films were shooting in 2017, and, regardless of similarities, none were copying the other. However, I do think that it was the success of A Quiet Place that helped the Netflix viewership of the other two films. Bird Box stars Sandra Bullock as Malorie, a pregnant woman who really has no desire to be a mother. Creatures suddenly start sweeping across the globe, and almost everyone who sees them goes mad and commits suicide. Malorie finds a house to take refuge in with some strangers, taking on a tone from Stephen King's The Mist . This is a problem for Bird Box , as it never really feels like a film that has its own identity. This was the first film from director Susanne Bier that I have seen, so I cannot comment on her filmography. The screen


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May 12th 2015 – How can you take part?
What is May 12th?
Each year on May 12th, the Mass Observation Archive invites people from across the UK to submit a diary account of their day. This event first took place on 12th May 1937, the day of King George VI's coronation, and has now become an annual tradition – providing a snapshot of what is happening in people's everyday lives across the country.
This year, on Tuesday 12th May 2015, the Mass Observation Archive would like to invite children and young people to take part in this event, and to share a day in their life. In the video below, a group of young people and their parents explain why they think you should take record your day on May 12th.
Recording your day
Traditionally the Mass Observation Archive has invited people to record a written diary of their day. On May 12th this year, children and young people are invited to record a day in their life in whatever way they like – using sound, video, photographs, pictures, or even a written diary if you would prefer. Below are a few examples of day diaries in video form recorded by young people for the Mass Observation Archive.
In the diary of your day, you might want to include important things such as: what you do, who you meet, what you talk about, what you eat and drink, the places you visit, the things you read, see and hear around you – and, of course, what you yourself think.
Sharing your diary with the Archive
Diaries should be in electronic form as email attachments (to moa@sussex.ac.uk) or alternatively you can bring them along to a special 'Your Life in a Day' event at the Mass Observation Archive Building – The Keep – on Saturday 23rd May (see below).
In your diary, you should try and avoid having information or images that are too personal or identifying. As part of a new 'Everyday Childhoods' collection at the Mass Observation Archive, these diaries will be read and used for research and teaching, so try to avoid including anything that may identify you or others.
So that your diary can be added to the rest of the Archive for the future, you'll need to include the statement below at the end of your diary. If you don't attach this statement, Mass Observation won't be able to keep your diary or make it part of the Archive:
"I donate my 12th May diary to the Mass Observation Archive. I consent to it being made publicly available as part of the Archive and assign my copyright in the diary to the Mass Observation Archive Trustees so that it can be reproduced in full or in part on websites, in publications and in broadcasts as approved by the Mass Observation Trustees. I agree to the Mass Observation Archive assuming the role of Data Controller and the Archive will be responsible for the collection and processing of personal data and ensuring that such data complies with the DPA."
You can find out more information about submitting your diary at: http://www.massobs.org.uk/12may
Join us on 23rd May for the 'Your Life in a Day' workshop
On Saturday 23rd May (10am-1pm) at the Mass Observation Archive building (The Keep), a free family workshop will be held where you can learn more about recording and archiving a record of your day. The event will include members of the Everyday Childhoods project, sharing examples from our 'day in a life' studies, as well as Cameraheads from the Youth Photography Project.
Visit the Brighton Fringe Festival webpage for more details:
https://boxoffice.brightonfringe.org/kids-and-youth/9318/mass-observation-my-life-in-a-day-family-event
Information on how to find The Keep can be found here: http://www.thekeep.info/visit_us/getting-here/
Information for parents, carers and those working with children and young people
May 12th is a fantastic opportunity for children and young people to document a day in their life and to contribute to a historical record of everyday life dating back to 1937. You can help by encouraging them to take part and by providing opportunities to record different parts of their day. If you work in a school, club or youth organisation, why not make May 12th an activity all of the children and young people you work with can take part in? May 12th is a unique chance for children and young people to show what an ordinary (or extraordinary) day in their life looks like.
Liam Berriman May 3rd, 2015
Day in a Life: Shadowing a Market Researcher
Dr Sara Bragg
A recent University of Brighton initiative, the Research Leadership Programme, involves participants shadowing a 'research leader' from a different institution for a day. I went to meet Matt Arnold, head of research at Face Group in London; its website describes it as 'a global strategic insight agency' delivering 'socially intelligent research by combining qualitative insight, real-time data and smart thinking'.
I expected the Fatboy beanbags in the reception area on my arrival, but I was more surprised to be shown into a starkly-lit basement, where Matt and a colleague were huddled over a conference call with a client. I gained a clear impression of the speed and pace of the corporate world, observing Matt helping colleagues work out the logistics of designing and delivering research in different countries and even continents within the space of a few days. I wondered how compatible such long hours would be with 'work-life balance', and how far this is a young (single/childfree?) person's world…
I was equally fascinated by their research methods, and here there were immediate similarities with 'innovative' social science approaches. For instance, Face Group has developed an app that prompts research participants to generate data such as a diary, photos, film, notes. As in the social sciences, 'traditional' focus groups are increasingly seen as limited, capturing conscious, post-hoc rationalised reconstructions of behaviour rather than contextualised feelings and actions in the moment.
Face Group also has its own 'social media listening' service, distinguished by a sophisticated natural language processing capacity that can help identify different kinds of consumer and what they are 'saying' across social media platforms. Having recently experimented with using free social media analysis packages such as Node XL to understand teachers' professional learning networks, I am only too aware of their limitation and the desirability of more powerful tools such as these.
Similarly, 'co-creation' and 'co-research' are increasingly popular and widespread terms. Face Group can lay claim to some ownership of the concept, having developed specific, multi-layered, recursive research processes under this rubric. For instance, developing new personal care products might bring together the client with the ad agency, design agency, R&D and experts from Face Group's own 'black book' (such as, a hairdresser with their own exclusive product range, fashion specialists, a sous-chef who understands smell and taste). Consumers would be carefully recruited – completing questionnaires, auditions and set tasks – to ensure they were articulate, sociable and represented '100%' of different target audiences. Over the course of an intensive five-day programme, experts would give presentations; consumers provide information about themselves, how they think, what they do, their lifestyle and attitudes; diverse teams would be assembled; new product ideas would be developed with R&D keeping 'in the parameters of what is realistic' and using creative techniques where participants build on each others' ideas; an artist would be on hand to capture the affective texture of the day… culminating in outcomes matching the objectives set out at the beginning.
Or to give another example, a project to develop new smart technologies involved intensive mini-ethnographies, spending a few hours with research participants at work and at home, to understand their needs and technological dilemmas in situ. Diverse findings were then grouped and condensed into vivid 'vignettes' when presenting findings to the client. At a procedural level, again, there are many resonances with social science methods, right down to the presence of visual artists at conferences. Certainly, the Face 2 Face project in which I have been involved has been discussing similar approaches.
Social science is often concerned with marginalized social groups, who (being poorer) are necessarily of less interest from a marketing point of view. Our audiences may also be less keen on our findings, however well-grounded, than a client seeking knowledge of a market: in education, for example, politicians consistently ignore evidence about the negative consequences of ability-labelling and streaming practices. Education researchers often speak in terms of loftier goals such as 'social justice'. Could this be broken down into achievable goals and steps and a programme for delivering it developed through co-research? What is the place of data analysis – would a social scientist make very different use of the kinds of data gathered by market research? At a conference of the Centre for Research into Economic and Social Change (CRESC) I attended some years ago, some fascinating papers were doing just that with survey data from the 1950s. It would be very interesting to develop further dialogues about these issues across sectors, data, and interests.
Liam Berriman February 20th, 2015
Tags: commercial research, day in a life, market research, methods, research, Sara Bragg
Children's Diaries on Display: Some Reflections
Dr Liam Berriman
This summer the Museum of Childhood (MoC) hosted an exhibition on children and teenager's diaries, with examples ranging from a 15-year-old teenage girl writing in 1947 about her turbulent love life, to a teenage colliery apprentice writing in 1838 about the death of a fellow miner. These diaries form part of a larger collection called 'The Great Diary Project' currently housed at the Bishopsgate Institute, incorporating both children's and adults' diaries from across the 19th and 20th centuries. According to The Great Diary Project website, the aim of the collection is to attempt to 'rescue' as many diaries as possible in order to preserve the highly personal accounts of everyday that they contain.
In this short piece I share some reflections on visiting this exhibition by linking together a number of themes I have been thinking through this past year. In particular, the (historical) materiality of children's media practices, and issues around audience, privacy and authorship.
Getting up close and personal
Viewing the diaries arranged in glass cases, it's hard not to be st ruck by their diverse material forms. From pocket-sized, leather-bound journals filled with minute handwriting, to sheets of ruled paper tied together and covered with black biro and carefully glued magazine clippings. The exhibition offered a carefully curated selection of diaries from as far back as 1838 and as recent as the mid-90s. Placed in juxtaposition, the diaries made visible a variety of trends in handwriting, ink and paper qualities, the use of visual images and collaging and, of course, the issues of value and significance in each of the writers' lives.
In a recent article, Liz Moor and Emma Uprichard (2014) describe the significance of the materiality of archival objects. They propose we need to pay attention to, "how the material qualities of paper and type/script make the research process a sensory and emotive experience" (Moor and Uprichard, 2014: 6.1). By narrowly focusing on the 'content' of a diary or archival documents, they suggest we may miss "the sensuous 'cues' and 'hints' offered by the archive's materiality" (2014: 1.2).
In an essay for the London R eview of Books, Mark Ford similarly asserts the importance of experiencing the poems of Emily Dickinson in their original material form. According to Ford, Dickinson regularly wrote on scraps of paper and envelopes, fashioning her poems around their material form. He describes how Dickinson "razored or scissored the envelopes in a deliberative manner" (Ford, 2014) as a way of crafting the poem into a material artefact.
Individually, the diaries exhibited at the MoC offer a fleeting material and biographical trace of their authors, offering just a glimpse of the values, concerns, and aspirations that they chose to inscribe on paper at a particular moment. What remains is a material artefact, now spatially and historically separated from its author, yet still retaining the affective traces of the cares and concerns that they chose to impart on its pages.
"Who else but me is ever going to read these letters?"
All too often we read past media through a contemporary lens, judging their modalities and affordances by our own relationships with digital and online media in the present. The diary, in particular, has been subject to modern comparisons with online blogging and video diaries – both of which have been described as present-day 'confessional' devices. Comparisons between these different forms of cultural practice are, however, highly problematic. Rather than simply seeing them as analogue/digital equivalents, each cultural practice needs to be seen as shaped through a distinct set of values and technological modalities. I briefly focus here on the significance of privacy and audiences for the diarists.
In the semi-biographical novel The Boy in the Book, Nathan Penlington recounts his attempts to locate the author of a childhood diary he finds amongst a set of second-hand Choose Your Own Adventure books. Penlington feels that he and the diary's author shared a similarly difficult childhood and he feels compelled to discover how the diarist's life has unfolded. During his quest, Penlington is troubled by a number of ethical questions, in particular: how the diarist will feel about the diary being 'discovered' and read by another person, and whether they will want to be re-confronted with the memories it contains.
A point of commonality across the diaries on display at the MoC was their often highly personal disclosure of thoughts and events significant to the writers' lives. Looking through them I often felt an uneasy sense of prying, despite the often substantial 'historical distance'. Occasionally the diaries were written in a way that appeared mindful of potentially uninvited and unwanted audiences. For example, one of the diaries was transcribed in an elaborate code devised by the author as a way of deterring would-be snoopers, whilst another diarist's reference to 'getting rabbit food' was potentially used to hide a smoking habit. In these instances privacy might be seen as a highly localised encounter, with information specifically concealed from inquisitive friends, parents or siblings.
Our contemporary standpoint on privacy positions all forms of content production as potentially highly 'risky', even when not intended for wider audiences. During the recent spate of celebrity photo leaks the EU digital commissioner Günther Oettinger placed part of the blame on the victims for having been 'stupid enough' to create the images. Our contemporary networked world is one in which privacy is positioned as primarily the responsibility of the individual, and where personal content can rapidly circulate through wider audiences without warning or consent. Consequently, contemporary teenagers are increasingly burdened with the fear of spoiling reputations through the content they produce. This is not to say that the diarists displayed at the MoC did not have their own sets of concerns around privacy and audience, but it is nonetheless important to acknowledge the fundamental differences in the way that such concerns are actualised and played out.
Ford, M. (2014). 'Pomenvylopes', The London Review of Books, 36(12), pp. 23-28.
Franks, A. ([1952] 2011). The Diary of a Young Girl. London: Penguin.
Moor, L. & Uprichard, E. (2014). 'The Materiality of Method: The Case of the Mass Observation Archive', Sociological Research Online, 19(3), 10.
Penlington, N. (2014). The Boy in the Book. London: Headline.
Liam Berriman November 19th, 2014
Tags: archive, curation, diaries, everyday, Liam Berriman, materiality, museum of childhood
The Child Internet Safety Conference
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In early July, I attended the Child Internet Safety conference in London. This was the second in what is billed as an annual event, with a strong industry presence in terms of sponsorship, exhibitors and speakers, and a packed audience that included local / central government and education providers (www.childinternetsafety.co.uk). Other contributors included Ofsted and various child protection specialists associated with the UK Council on Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS).
In a recent analysis of UK e-safety policy documents [i], Andrew Hope argues that four main themes undermine critical, informed debate about child e-safety issues: how kids online are discursively constructed (e.g. without differentiating between different kinds and ages of children); the muting of young people's voices; constructing e-safety as the responsibility of individuals; and the 'diagnostic inflation' of risks. I wanted to see how far his arguments would pertain here.
The first speaker was John Carr, billed as a 'UK Government Advisor on Online Child Safety' (and not the only one here with an OBE: there seem to be a fair number of government gongs available for this line of work). He began by stressing that 'children are not a homogenous group', that 17, 11 and 3 year olds should all be carefully distinguished. This seemed promising, almost as if he had read Hope's article himself.
Almost immediately thereafter, however, he went on to argue that 'for some youngsters, the consequences of getting their [global digital] footprint wrong can be long lasting and catastrophic'. This is because employers are 'routinely looking at the internet' before appointing candidates. 'It is unfair but it happens'. Jobs are so hard to find, imagine if you didn't get invited to a job because of something you did online. For instance, he knows a girl who made papier-mache models of human body parts for a school project and was photographed pulling a ghoulish face whilst carrying them. 'You might draw an inappropriate and inaccurate conclusion'. Or what about the 'crime' of 'sexting', for which a young person might get 'five years on the sex offenders' register'? Police in the US, he told us, have prosecuted 'hundreds if not thousands' of young people because of such images. 'A lot of kids don't know that stuff like this is illegal'.
Soon after came a representative from the organization Beat Bullying, who charged 'industry' of 'failing to act' on cyberbullying, which BB is campaigning to make a criminal offence.
It's hard to know where to begin in response to this. How convincing is an appeal to young people as future high-flying employees in a context of recession and rising youth unemployment? – If you are in line for the kind of job envisaged here, you might also have the digital nous to clear up your online reputation first, even if it means paying one of the growing phalanx of companies offering to do just that.
As for Carr's – entirely speculative – example of a problematic image, what conclusions, exactly, might one draw from it? That here was a teenage cannibal or murderer on the loose? Really? At what point might we start to arraign the idiocy of such putative interpretations (or even, the maliciousness of asserting them as viable ones)? Do young people have to carry responsibility not only for whatever they post but for the stupidity of all and any viewers too?
The emphasis on risk is problematic for several reasons. It is inconsistent, as Amy Hasinoff [ii] highlights in a recent article that elegantly contrasts the 'scare' discourse around kids and sexting with many mainstream magazines for adult readerships that advocate it as a positive way to 'spice up your love life'. It is adult-centric, failing to engage with what young people define as risky or why they might even need and enjoy risk (and, for instance, continue sexting even if they know it is illegal).
Despite the expressed desire to protect young people, it shades into something unpleasantly punitive and occasionally lascivious, policing young people's behaviours and – as with Beat Bullying's position – dividing them rather too neatly into victims (to be shielded), and bullies (to be criminalized). In this way it comes across less as an assertion of children's rights than a backlash against them, as Allison and Adrian James have argued [iii].
Finally the 'solutions' to risk are privatized, individualized, and largely adult-led; a matter of understanding and selecting privacy settings, for example, which then makes the parameters of the debate about whether technology companies, schools or parents should take responsibility for leading on them. The conference programme's cover image shows a middle-class white boy playing on a laptop, encircled by shields, suggesting that the best we can manage is to save the world one 'worthy' child at a time. This is misdirected, lacking a nuanced sense of the broader social context. As LSE's Sonia Livingstone pointed out, more privileged kids are generally having more constructive online experiences. In Denmark 75% of children use tablets daily in schools and have no greater incidence of risk. On the other hand, the kids who are at risk online tend also to be at risk offline too; but these are also the very social groups that as a society we seem to find it harder to care about.
Focusing unduly on an abstract figure of the at-risk child is politically toothless, if not an active diversion. It may well prevent us articulating and developing more collective positions and campaigns around, for instance, the way major corporations are mining all our online lives for profitable data.
Equally significantly, however, by not engaging substantively with young people's perspectives we may be missing out on sources of more fundamental challenge to the online safety agenda. In her research[iv], danah boyd argues that many young people consider their online lives as public by default, private by design. In other words, their understanding of the boundaries of public and private appears radically at odds with many adults' – and certainly with the technological 'fixes' promised by companies exhibiting at the conference.
Several contributors referred to children as 'digital natives'. Of course, as others commented, there is a danger in assuming too readily that children know all they need to about the technologies and how they work. Nonetheless, there is surely good reason to think that young people could indeed tell us a lot about how and why they use and manage their online worlds. Instead of positing solutions led exclusively by adults (whether parents, teachers or technology creators), perhaps we could imagine inviting young people to participate in these debates as our collaborators, our guides, even as our teachers?
This post originally appeared on the Education Research in the School of Education, University of Brighton blog and can be accessed here: http://edres.info/2014/09/11/452/
[i] Schoolchildren, governmentality and national e-safety policy discourse, Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2013.871237
[ii] Hasinoff, A. A. (2013). Sexting as media production: Rethinking social media and sexuality. New Media & Society, 15(4), 449-465. doi: 10.1177/1461444812459171
[iii] James, A., & James, A. (2008). Changing childhood in the UK: reconstructing discourses of "risk" and "protection". In A. James & A. James (Eds.), European childhoods: cultures, politics and childhoods in Europe (pp. 105-128). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
[iv] boyd, d. (2014). It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.
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Earmarking unaudited "excess revenues" exposes the government to the risk of "blind spending" that may result in a deficit, Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero said. "Though our administration will work to implement this budget bill, it is important for the legislature to observe sound accounting principles in its appropriations, and to refrain from continuing to appropriate from 'excess revenues' prior to the audit," the governor stated in a letter to Speaker Therese Terlaje after signing the government of Guam's $1 billion budget for fiscal 2023. The budget bill, now Public Law 36-107, carries five separate appropriations totaling $5 million which forms a portion of the remaining "excess revenues" from fiscal 2022. The "excess revenues" tapped by the budget law are allocated as follows: $1.48 million for the increased cost of living adjustments, $2 million for sewer connection assistance, $371,602 for the Office of the Public Auditor, $90,000 for the Guam Ancestral Land Commission, and $962,500 for charter schools. Expressing her exasperation over the legislature's "practice of appropriating so-called excess revenues," the governor explained the "complex accounting and cash management realities" that are factored into government financial management. "This includes the common circumstance wherein payables may not accrue in the year expenses have been incurred, which occurs frequently in the ordinary course of government accounting," Leon Guerrero wrote. "These delayed accruals occur for a variety of reasons and in diverse circumstances – federal fund write-offs, belated payables submitted by agencies over which the administration has no direct authority or oversight, or canceled and reissued solicitations," she added. Besides expenditures for daily obligations, the governor said, the government also covers payables for expenses incurred in prior years. "By the same token, some revenues are received in subsequent years than the fiscal year in which they are reported, resulting in limited cash flow despite reported 'excess' collections," Leon Guerrero said.
The "excess revenues" remain "fluid" until they are completely audited, the governor said.
Responding to Leon Guerrero's letter, Terlaje pointed out that the governor herself has used half of the excess funds reported by the administration for fiscal 2022. The Consolidated Revenue and Expenditure Report for July identified $65.9 million in excess revenues for fiscal 2022 revenues, plus $35.8 million in "net unobligated projected general fund revenue," the speaker said. "Over the course of this legislative term, the administration has previously paid several appropriations utilizing either fiscal year 2021 or fiscal year 2022 excess general fund revenues," Terlaje said. She noted that the administration has implemented programs established by previously enacted appropriation laws that were funded by "unaudited excess general fund revenues."
The following programs were funded through excess revenues from fiscal 2022: the Prugråman Ayuda Para I Taotao Ta Energy Credit Program ($26.38 million), Pharmaceutical Fund ($3.19 million), Rainy Day Fund ($15 million), a six-month moratorium on liquid fuel tax ($5 million) and the Local Employers' Assistance Program ($25 million).
Excess revenues from fiscal 2021 have been appropriated as follows: Guam Unique Merchandise and Art ($250,000), Guam Office of Veterans Affairs ($500,000), Guam Preservation Trust for Francisco Q. Sanchez Elementary School, and Guam War Claims Fund ($10 million).
"Even after implementing programs funded with unaudited FY 2021 excess revenues, there was a general fund revenue surplus of $31 million, according to the FY 2021 GovGuam audit," Terlaje said.
She said the remaining balance should be more than enough to cover the appropriations for COLA, sewer connections, OPA, GALC and charter schools.
"I am requesting that there be no delay in implementing these provisions mandated in Public Law 36-107," the speaker added.
"Picking and choosing instead of funding all of these appropriations would be inconsistent with how FY 2021 and FY 2022 unaudited excess revenue appropriations were handled these last two years," she added.
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The Background of the relocation
The PMOI members, residents of Camp Ashraf in Iraq were forced to leave the camp, their home they had built during 26 years, as of February 2012 to Camp Liberty a former deserted US base located at the proximity of Baghdad International Airport.
In the aftermath of April 2011-attack against Camp Ashraf, the then Iraq's prime minister al-Maliki at the behest of the Iranian regime, unilaterally decided that Camp Ashraf has to be shut down at the end of 2011. Then, al-Maliki and the Iranian regime came up with a joint plan for closure of Ashraf and forced eviction of the residents to Camp Liberty.
The MoU and the SRSG's misinformation
The plan was to be advanced by Martin Kobler, the then Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Iraq. At that time, the Iraqi government entered into an agreement with the UN, dubbed Memorandum of Understanding, which put forth several items for which the Iraqi Government would be responsible. These included, inter alia, providing safety and security for the residents and ensuring that Camp Liberty would meet international human rights standards and swift resettlement of the residents in third countries by the UNHCR.
The residents also received reassurances from SGSR Kobler and the US Government. SRSG Kobler reaffirmed the above commitments and stated in writing that the UN would provide 24/7 monitoring of Liberty. For its part the US Government, through Secretary Clinton, stated that, "officials from [the] U.S. Embassy [in] Baghdad will visit regularly and frequently."
Safe haven in Camp Liberty!
However, terrible conditions in Camp Liberty abound. The conditions not only are an ongoing challenge for the residents, they also violate international human-rights standards and provide no safety or security for the residents. Consequently, to date, Camp Liberty has been attacked on three separate occasions by forces affiliated to al-Maliki. These attacks have left 14 residents dead and over hundreds wounded.
The sub-standard infrastructures
The camp's infrastructures do not meet relevant provisions of international law or the requirements set out in the MoU, let alone the expectations of the residents who continue to languish in great danger. Running water was not available at the camp. The residents spent over 2.5 million US dollars to construct water purification and supply system.
Before the residents were moved to Camp Liberty, SRSG Kobler brought a UNHCR expert to certify that the infrastructure of Camp Liberty is in accordance with international humanitarian standards stipulated in MoU. However, the shelter expert from Switzerland did not certify but made an assessment on January 19th, stressing that Camp Liberty lacks proper infrastructure and is not suitable for Ashraf residents. Nevertheless, Martin Kobler misled the international community and silenced that assessment report.
Camp Liberty under siege
All functions of life including cooking, cooling systems, food storage, lighting, water pumps, sewage discharging pumps, bakery etc. are dependent upon electricity power. The electricity power itself is delivered by power generators. Only a limited number of power generators are working. The Iraqi Camp management bars entrance of proper parts for maintenance and repair which has left the generators at stake. Moreover, the power generators function by diesel fuel purchased by the residents. The Iraqi management cuts off the fuel, at its leisure, halting the entire lifecycle at the camp.
The containers and bathroom facilities (ablution units) have already served their life; many of the facilities are broken down and need materials to be rehabilitated. However, the Iraqi Camp Management is constantly denying residents to bring in the needed material. The sewage system requires daily work by the residents as it needs materials. Residents' septic trucks as well as Iraqi contracted septic trucks have to work several hours per day for disposal of sewage. Yet, the Iraqi Camp Management bars entry of material as it deliberately holds septic trucks at the Camp's entrance creating delays, causing overflow of raw sewage near the residential quarters which raises concern about infectious disease to develop.
In Camp Liberty, the terrain is very rocky, making it extremely difficult for even healthy people to move around, not mentioning those who have bone conditions like arthritis. Yet, the residents are not allowed to construct pavements that would accommodate the movement.
The plight of the residents is not finished yet; the Iraqis restrict essential livelihood supports such as cloths, fabrics, computers, cellphones, stationery, materials and supplies for air conditioning and ventilating systems.
Adding to these challenging conditions are serious due process violations. The Iraqi Camp Management has prohibited lawyers of the residents from accessing the Camp. So, they are not able to lodge any type of complaint. The residents are denied the ability to see any outside visitors. They are prohibited from leaving the Camp, thus denying them freedom of movement.
Medical restrictions
The right of free access to healthcare for the residents of Camp Liberty is also violated by the Iraq government. This grave violation of both medical and basic human rights principles has resulted in the rapid deterioration of the health conditions in the camp and even in death of some. In a letter delivered to the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, the World Medical Association wrote, "According to testimonies and reports from human rights organizations the basic rights of the 2700 residents - such as access to physicians and medicine, the confidentiality of physician-patient relationship or the right of patients to have interpreter and accompanying nurses when needed – are frequently violated". "Furthermore, numerous reported cases relate to situations where hospitalization of patients and purchase of medicine have been prevented. Other examples include cancellation of medical appointments, delayed transfers of patients to hospital, or denial of permission to travel outside the Camp to receive treatment."
UN Working Group: Camp Liberty is a detention center
UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention — an independent and impartial body of experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council whose mandate is to investigate detentions imposed arbitrarily or inconsistently with international human rights standards—discussed the case of the residents of Camp Liberty in two separate opinions on May 4 and August 30, 2012. Due to a lack of due process protections and proper living conditions, the Working Group found the Iraqi government to be in breach of its international legal obligations underscoring, "The conditions in Camp Liberty are synonymous with those in a detention center, as residents have no freedom of movement, nor interaction with the outside world, nor do they have freedom of movement and the semblance of a free life within the camp. The situation of the residents of Camp Liberty is tantamount to that of detainees or prisoners."
Camp Liberty designed to break PMOI's members
Many of the observers are unanimous in that Camp Liberty is far from meeting international humanitarian standards; in fact, taking in to account the siege imposed on camp Liberty, logistically and medically, this location is literally a designed and organized prison. The objective of the entire relocation-plot was to break down the members of PMOI. The NCRI unveiled a document by the date of February 21, 2012, from inside the Iranian regime exposing al-Maliki's commitments to the Iranian regime about Ashraf residents. NCRI announced that the mentioned document is ready to be offered to international courts for investigation against al-Maliki. In pertinent part of the document, it says, "relocation of PMOI members to Liberty under direct supervision of Iraqi forces will paralyze this organization. It is not important for the Iraqi government how long they stay at Liberty; the only issue cares us is that they will no longer be able to do anything. At Liberty, the residents are walking dead."
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New York is getting all fired up about wood heating, awarding a total of three million dollars to 18 researchers and businesses throughout the state.
The grants, awarded through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), are part of the Renewable Heat NY program, the purpose of which is to promote expansion of the biomass heating market.
In the Mohawk Valley, Vincent's Heating and Fuel Service - based in Poland - will receive $110,000 to buy an eight-ton capacity wood pellet delivery truck to expand both its territory and the wood pellet market.
Northeast Forests in Thendara will receive $98,000 to research the process of producing low-moisture wood ships. The results of the research will be shared with the forest product community.
Other businesses receiving funding outside of the Mohawk Valley are:
Clarkson University (North Country - Potsdam): $80,000 to study the presence of carbon monoxide in wood pellet storage facilities
Clarkson University (North Country - Saranac Lake): $267,500 to install two high efficiency, low emissions wood pellet boilers used to evaluate the performance, emissions, and efficiency of the units under real-life cold weather conditions of Northern New York
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Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (North Country - Lake Placid): $190,000 to study the winter characteristics of wood smoke particulate concentrations in a rural valley community
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Cornell Cooperative Extension (Southern Tier - Ithaca): $66,000 to replace older wood stoves and wood boilers with wood pellet stoves and boilers
Finger Lakes Research Conservation and Development Council (Southern Tier - Bath): $97,000 to evaluate a commercial biomass boiler designed for grasses
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College of Environmental Science and Forestry (Central New York - Syracuse): $150,000 to evaluate hot water extraction and flue gas drying technology as alternatives to conventional wood chip drying methods
Brookhaven National Lab / The Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (Long Island - Upton): $300,000 to develop a more accurate and realistic test method for biomass heating systems
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A Biomass Heating Roadmap is also being developed for the state, That is expected to be released later in 2014.
In a written statement announcing the initiative Governor Andrew Cuomo said, "Under our Renewable Heat NY initiative, we are supporting projects that phase out old, inefficient, and polluting technologies and helping to grow the biomass clean energy industry."
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Eminem has once again taken the silent approach when it comes to dropping an album, like his prior project "Kamikaze," the Detroit rapper has just dropped yet another album with no prior announcements. The new project is titled "Music To Be Murdered By," which consists of 20 new tracks featuring artists like Juice WRLD, Anderson .Paak, Young M.A, Royce 5'9 and more.
While there have been speculations that he might have had an album on the way, there was still no prior announcements before it actually dropped on Friday (Jan. 17) -- You can listen to the track "Darkness" down below, which dropped with a music video aswell.
Eminem has once again taken the silent approach when it comes to dropping an album, like his prior project "Kamikaze," the Detroit rapper has just dropped yet another album with no prior announcements. The new project is titled "Music To Be Murdered By," which consists of 20 new tracks featuring artists like Juice WRLD, Anderson .Paak, Young M.A, Royce 5'9 and more.
While there have been speculations that he might have had an album on the way, there was still no prior announcements before it actually dropped on Friday (Jan. 17) — You can listen to the track "Darkness" down below, which dropped with a music video aswell.


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