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Reading, Short And Deep #199 – The Eyes Of The Panther by Ambrose Bierce
Wednesday, November 27, 2019 Jesse Willis	Leave a comment
Reading, Short And Deep #199
Eric S. Rabkin and Jesse Willis discuss The Eyes Of The Panther by Ambrose Bierce
The Eyes Of The Panther was first published in the San Francisco Examiner, October 17, 1897.
Here's a link to the PDF of the story.
Podcast feed https://sffaudio.herokuapp.com/rsd/rss
Posted by Scott D. Danielson
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The SFFaudio Podcast #553 – AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: The Elf-Trap by Francis Stevens
Monday, November 25, 2019 Jesse Willis	Leave a comment
The SFFaudio Podcast #543 – The Elf Trap by Francis Stevens; read by Josh Roseman.
This unabridged reading of the story (51 minutes) comes to us from the Protecting Project Pulp podcast is followed by a discussion of it.
Participants in the discussion include Jesse, Paul Weimer, Marissa VU, Terence Blake and Fred Heimbaugh
Argosy, July 5, 1919, Fantastic Novels, Virgil Finlay, elvish or trappy, a fizzy wine, the colour of the wine is golden, yellow, gold, fin de sicile, The King In Yellow, the 1890s is yellow, the Yellow Peril, Yellow Journalism, the Gilded Age, yellow road, yellow mud, white robe, honeysuckle, very image based, the blue of her scarf, her brother is Elfo?, the invitation, white and silver, signifies for the opening and the closing scenes, the effect of the nested narratives, an outer outer outer narrator (Francis Stevens), old wives' tales, recrudescence, related by a well known specialist in nervous diseases, the doubling or tripling, Dr. Locke?, prescription for me?, Wharton is the inner narrator, Theron Tademus, a listener, a comedy?, why don't you read this to me?, Locke is a fool!, I don't need to hear any more of this, the best part is coming up, a sex story, pretty chaste, two roads diverged, the negro caretaker, a yellow track and the other goes to Carcassonne, a Carolina mountain road, a confusion in his own mind, the gypsy camp vs. the artist's camp, a tripling of reality, two Reading, Short And Deep podcast, The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, The Rutted Road by H.P. Lovecraft, a very sly and sneaking poem, written for a friend, walking tours of England, the power of a poem, everybody has Fred's take, everybody else doesn't understand it, being playful, close to the message of The Elf Trap, he met death (or something), his physical form is destroyed, very Lovecraftian in the non-tentacled way, Celephaïs, The White Ship, happy or sad ending?, happy in the way people joining a cult are happy, evil or good or other, categories that can truly escape the good evil polarities, a valedictorian speech, I took the harder path, me looking down my nose at the snobs, career choices, very meta, more gloomy, Terence has heard the podcast on it, La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats, 1820, Marissa is excluded, a gender queer fluid, they're elves, that line from Aliens (1986) about Arcturian poontang, John Waterhouse, an interesting name, the best social interaction he's ever had, so striking how, racist sounding, a bit of a dick, ripe for the picking, science vs. romanticism, he's a microscopist (a cytologist), setting you up, life and feeling and warmth, science is basically a dead bug pinned to a card with a latin inscription underneath it, the limitations and the ugliness, the blindness of his scientific vision, the simplest interpretation, there's a trap, the iron trap vs. the silver trap, it can re-get ya, a community, crafts (vs arts), a bit of fun, bringing an easel on a manhunt, hilarious, he could have been taken away by either group, the "rural ruins" kick (#ruralruins on Twitter), old wooden barns, collapsing barns, the appeal of melancholy ruins, now is the time to start photographing them, Southern Michigan, ex-urban, cornfield, the southern exposure, Minnesota, a going native story?, if Evan were here…, Typee by Herman Melville, beautiful clean, the white ivory flute, tending his disgusting grandmother, clean beautiful people, pretty colours, he needs somebody to break him out of his crabbed world of scientific examination, his passion for science, a tension, a fit of pique, she's racist, terrible relationship, you've got to stay with me forever, that yellow dog, cur, mutt, mongrel, wearing the elf-glasses, a silver bell, everything that's inviting him in is yellow, everything turns to gold instead of yellow, honey wild and manna dew, roots aren't sweet, root beer tastes like medicine, it tastes like Chinese medicine, the etymology of drug, Buckley's Mixture, relish sweet, this switch, everything that's horrible becomes wonderful, he doesn't have thought in his head, uh huh, and how much can you sell it for?, there's something fundamentally wrong in his life, his Doctor's name, how important names are, John Locke has the most beautiful signature, freshwater goldfish, dysteria, out of the loop, he almost escapes, his racism, their skin is whiter, he sees them in this white way, science sobers him, he's very unwell, there's something unwell in science at this time, mongrelizing, everybody's suffering from Russia-gate-ism, how many rubles did you get paid?, here's Nazism in 1919, racial theories and breeding programs, it was in the water and everybody was drinking the Kool-Aid, Irish travelers, the black servant, the airy fairy artist community, the sheriff with a posse, if Mr Jim Moon was here, midsummer, a nightwalk, a misreading, a morning walk, up all night, instead of through telescopes he's looking through microscopes, Ambrose Bierce, Edgar Allan Poe, Pygmalion's Spectacles by Stanley G. Weinbaum, Wonder Stories, June 1935, Galatea, The King In Yellow story that's the opposite, Robert W. Chambers, The Elf King, belle epoch Paris, Virgil Finlay, he put on the glasses and fell in love with a dream, A Martian Odyssey, Fitz James O'Brien, The Diamond Lens, super-racism, The Atlantic (1858), the best microscope ever, falls in love with a little tiny lady, SCIENCE!, "Dysteria ciliata. Dysterius giganticus", his love for the microscopic world, what the painter sees, seeing things as generalities on the surface vs. details in the lens, clumsiness, largeness, the anvil, Tolkien elves, frills and paisley, the blending of crafts and arts, William Morris, The King Of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany, a reaction against science, poems about butterflies, you can love science AND poetry, William Blake, double vision, Auguries Of Innocence by William Blake, behind that is a veil, a hidden life of their own, Theron learns double vision, the elves inside the gypsies, a whole world, there Elva is blind, twofold vision, monsters that want eat him and liberators who want to free him, what does he bring to the table?, culture and community, 37 year old professor, infertility, outsiders, his charismatic attitude?, he brings novelty, something fresh and different, an Elva shaped hole, time is different for her, telepathically grooming Wharton, soulless, he's lost his soul, big clumsy hulking brutes, an outsider without a soul, indeterminate, maybe they trapped him because he was trappable, is she a Scientologist, Projecting Project Pulp, Mech Muse, too early in podcasting?, more audiobooks, if Fred follows through, Unseen, Unfeared by Francis Stevens, spiritual themes, blogs are good but suppressed by Google, Tellers Of Weird Tales, Terence E. Hanley, death dealing shells, light over darkness, dark fantasy, a 21st century and academic conceit, one of the simplest of Stevens stories, built like a puzzle box, relativity, analytic cubism, where lies reality, a happy ending?, a pleasant reading experience, could have been written only by a woman, a deeper meaning in the man's name, Jesse's theory, Theron Tademus, tall?, hunter?, animal, tadpole, mouse, tall tailed mouse, mousetrap, she's playing with it, pointing, the hunter and the hunted, not necessarily a happy ending, we praise thee oh god, he trusts science, he trusts her, he loses his last name in her world, they need some tall genes, one good name was good enough for one good person, a coordinate system, binomial nomenclature, Carcosa?, fantasy engaging with science fiction, Brigadoon, he has never danced or loved, beyond the veil, the deeper reality of the spirit, love and art triumph over materialism, the sky blue scarf, you're all alike, you love is for gold (or freedom), she enslaves people, saved from science, his red notebook, looking at flowers in the forest with your girlfriend, beckoning him, driving Jesse mad, Carcassonne is a famous tourist trap, a medieval walled town, the tabletop game, it's a trap, traps can be beautiful, a Florida based Star Wars Disney park, $40 light-saber, the rural ruins of Star Wars, tourist ruins, dinosaur ruins, South Dakota, Rapid City, north of Mount Rushmore, the Blue Ridge Mountains, there is in Kentucky, about as rural-ruiny as it can get, did she go there?, is this a true story, Carcassonne post office, a train stop maybe, America is filled with failed towns, Carcassonne Road, Carcassonne Community center, trampoline and a pool, an unincorporated village, if you squint and take off your classes, once every hundred years, if you're Blakeian enough you can see it, there's a guy who saw things differently, angels in the fields with the workers, something pagan about Elva, the Cathars, Kingsport, took the train into Asheville, something happened, I want to believe, Thousand Sticks, Mount Blackmore, American flag, Google Maps was magic, guess where in the world, the signage is in Spanish, we have magical powers our parents didn't have, in the per-internet age, the state library in the capital of West Virginia, wait for the internet, lost and suppressed by google, if you know the address (the magic word) you can find it on the WayBackmachine, Protecting Project Pulp, Friend Island, a male reporter, women control the world, the grim and gritty sea-side tea house, an old sailoress, the only ships are trading ships or peace ships, shipwrecked on a man on an island and the island is female, Mother Nature is angry, funny on purpose, we need a president, Margaret Thatcher wasn't that good, Hillary Clinton, policies and intentions matter, what is he basing that on?, hello Keats, much more arguable, male gazing, if you read it as a subversive ending, femme fatale, Black Widow (1987), Bound (1996), if it were written by, squamous squalid, not enough degeneration, love of place, very subtle, entertaining, so well put together, this story is cool, all that nesting of reality, it doesn't tell you this is what happened, something artificial about the outer narrator, why do you need these characters, Edith Wharton, to make it seem more journalistic, framing stuff, The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe, about 60% is framing (and its all front framed), a turreted room, armorial trophies and portraits, falling in love with a portrait, there's no outer frame, all set-up, Jesse cant remember the name of Henry James, The Others (2001), The Turn Of The Screw, take it as journals like Lovecraft, My name is Jervas Dudley, framing as throat clearing, imagine this was true, we've been trained, The House On the Borderlands by William Hope Hodgson, Rene Girard, triangular desire, scapegoats, mimetic desire, taking on the object of desire of someone else, aggression, Trump, Peter Thiel, advertising and Facebook, this is how their manipulating, writing about advertising, they use it all day long, I wanna be like them, BMW ads, projecting yourself into the vehicle, "ultimate driving machine", the object of desire, we keep changing sympathies, I have a story to tell, he had a story to tell, he tells it to another guy, lampshading, who are we sympathizing with, that complication, perspectivizing through, filtering through, Rashomon effect, three visions of the dog, The Blair Witch Project, Scooby Doo, the whole point is the Gothic explique, gothic time!,
THE chateau into which my valet had ventured to make forcible entrance, rather than permit me, in my desperately wounded condition, to pass a night in the open air, was one of those piles of commingled gloom and grandeur which have so long frowned among the Appennines, not less in fact than in the fancy of Mrs. Radcliffe.
Jesse's amazing news, The Garden Of Forking Paths by Jorge Luis Borges, change the trend, if they're so impatient, if you don't hook them in the first paragraph they're going to walk, the perception in publishing, a whole bunch of readers who liove the slow build, the publishers are enforcing that rule, its anti-science fiction, Inconstant Moon a line only written by Larry Niven (or Jerry Pournelle), that ending line, Footfall, the humans are more conquery and tankie, giant elephants, The Tower Of The Elephant by Robert E. Howard, an adulteration, why are we being told this, changing microscope magnifications, micrometer, a blurry chaos becomes crystal clear, The Outer Limits, Fitz James O'Brien's The Wondersmith, How I Overcame My Gravity, What Was It?, a haunted boarding house, smoking opium in the backyard, an invisible creature, plaster of Paris, The Horla by Guy de Maupassant.
The SFFaudio Podcast #553 - AUDIOBOOK/READALONG: The Elf-Trap by Francis Stevens [ 3:21:24 | 155.59 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
The SFFaudio Podcast #527 – READALONG: Herbert West: Reanimator by H.P. Lovecraft
Monday, May 27, 2019 Jesse Willis	Leave a comment
The SFFaudio Podcast #527 – Jesse, Paul Weimer, Marissa Vu, Mr Jim Moon, and Evan Lampe talk about Herbert West: Reanimator by H.P. Lovecraft
Gruesome Tales, Home Brew Magazine, The Lurking Fear, Clark Ashton Smith, the Weird Tales serial, Damon Knight illustrated, Reanimator, assembly, twenty years later, serialized, reading it as a serial, internal summaries, "previously on Re-Animator", Jeffrey Coombs, Mr Jim Moon's tin-foil hat theory, the unwilling hero, he hates everybody, Hypnos, no trace of Herbert West, was there ever really a Herbert West?, unlike the movie, sociopathic in his regard for other people, no descent into corruption, the charnel horror, The Hound, aren't we terrible?, it's awful, awful really, he never ages, interaction between West and the rest of the world, in an asylum, it makes things fit, he liked the idea so much he wanted to save it for a good story, not junk, only options, changes in Astounding and Amazing, cheap storytelling, pretty amazing, S.T. Joshi, secretly enjoyed writing it, it is fun, progress gone off the rails, its all his fault, the animals, worse and worse, larger transgressions, killing someone, a lizard from New Zealand, indescribable reptile, scientific progression, Frankenstein's mom died, Star Wars prequels, Darth Vader wants to conquer death, the soul is a myth, no other motivation, a better story about science,
Age has more charity for these incomplete yet high-souled characters, whose worst real vice is timidity, and who are ultimately punished by general ridicule for their intellectual sins—sins like Ptolemaism, Calvinism, anti-Darwinism, anti-Nietzscheism, and every sort of Sabbatarianism and sumptuary legislation.
rub his face in it, thinking of Lovecraft as all the characters, childhood illustrations by Lovecraft, "anglo puritanism", a war within his own mind, writing as getting out your demons, the solution (vs. the reagent),
It had at first been his hope to find a reagent which would restore vitality before the actual advent of death, and only repeated failures on animals had shewn him…
the Harlem Smoke has forelegs instead of arms, the reagent isnt racist, the character is racist, reality isn't racist, objects and things, the more you look into it, things to play with, Lovecraft's racism, pathologizing his writing, secret autobiography, trying to explain away creativity, what if it was this, really interesting, the war in his own mind, going to a play with black actors, C.M. Eddy Jr. Dead Dumb And Blind,
A little after noon on the twenty-eighth day of June, 1924, Dr. Morehouse stopped his machine before the Tanner place and four men alighted.
June 28th 1924, the Democrats not denouncing the KKK, Richard Wagner, race is central to Lovecraft, if you read his letters, to understand lovecraft we have to understand his racism and his racial, black characters in Edgar Allan Poe, The Gold Bug, he's not interested in race, race is central to everything except for his dream stories, Re-Animator and Bride Of Re-Animator, adding the love element, all the bodies are male, the Dark Adventure Radio Theatre adaption, Dr Gordon Stuart, showing how racist both of the characters are, they lean into it, the factory town part, we're not supposed to sympathize with these guys, Dan (the narrator character), student loans, Bryan Alexander, they revoke his student loans, the wild monster, straight up murdering a dude, so as I could be witness, 'you towheaded freak don't inject me with that needle', for perverse reasons, a Peruvian civil war, looking at the two films together, quite faithful to the original serial, the women, the love interest, the plagiarist professor, in the Canadian army, what's in the box?, isn't he directing the army of the dead?, why would he deliver his own head, the man on the inside
As I have told the police, there was no wagon in the street; but only a group of strange-looking figures bearing a large square box which they deposited in the hallway after one of them had grunted in a highly unnatural voice, "Express—prepaid." They filed out of the house with a jerky tread, and as I watched them go I had an odd idea that they were turning toward the ancient cemetery on which the back of the house abutted.
Arthur Jermyn, they are always living together, a touch of homo-eroticism, the same streak in Hypnos, the dissociated self, I don't like the way he's looking at me, part six is so preposterous,
When I slammed the door after them West came downstairs and looked at the box. It was about two feet square, and bore West's correct name and present address. It also bore the inscription, "From Eric Moreland Clapham-Lee, St. Eloi, Flanders".
a Thing On The Doorstep moment, a ghoulish wind of ice, the charnel bowels of a putrescent earth, a horde of silent toiling things, The Black Cat, a set of fingers and an eye, the shout-out to The Rats In The Walls, like an army, a beautiful head made of wax, a mad eyed monstrosity, fabulous abominations, they have servants?, unidentifiable ashes, the Sefton Tragedy, those accursed tomb-legions had not been so silent, the framing story, testimony in exchange for immunity, The Tell-Tale Heart, talking to his own defense attorney, a psychotic break, Guy de Maupassant, Philip K. Dick, Herbert West will hold him, controlled by West, The Statement Of Randolph Carter, a reluctant fascination, if these were case notes, it would be so clear, suicide, at the end of the PDF, BUY WAR BONDS, an unconscious joke by the publisher, who watched the 2017 Italian film?, Jesse's review: "It has a lot of Italian cafes, some yellow liquid, Italian ladies and men, violins, chain, lots of darkness, a shoutout to Frankenstein, dripping liquids, blood. Waiting for improv class to end and the script to begin.", 100% accurate, they never read the original story and only ever saw the trailer for Stuart Gordon's movie, what the fuck is going on, you have never seen three more confused people, what is beyond death, was it a chamber?, was it a non-continuous experience, screaming in rebirth, birth is always painful, Lovecraft is a materialist, they just keep shooting and stabbing each other, death is horrific, limbo, stop motion and black and white, the makeup was good, the film was terrible, death is just the beginning, blame Jesse, Beyond Reanimator, having a female in the story, the Tyler Durden Fight Club story, a love story to the original Re-Animator and Frankenstein and Bride Of Frankenstein, the parts, lobotomies to make the dead controllable, the original film is very interested in Lovecraft's story, a horror comedy and so is the original, The Loved Dead, he wants to make it with them, Lovecraft had a sense of humour, a very pathologized view of the man, if you read his letters, surprisingly funny, self-deprecating, naughty risque humour, hysterically funny, Barry Norman, this is hilarious, once you start seeing the humour, M.R. James' jokes, very uptight and very straight-laced, reading Lovecraft, so engaged, engaged with other fiction, One Summer Night by Ambrose Bierce, McCall's, The Body Snatchers by Robert Louis Stevenson, very very ill, no philosopher was he, pathological indifference, a gigantic negro named Jess, not so populace as its register had shown it to be, pallid and haggard, all eyes and teeth, a missing adventure, working class bodies, Monsters Of The Market: Zombies, Vampires And Global Capitalism by David McNally, capital punishment, Burke and Hare, a Burke-skin book, experimentation on working class people The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward, Curwen's dungeon, they haven't eaten in hundreds of years, once you're a reanimated zombie, another Frankenstein reference, James Whale's Frankenstein, the first of a new race, man becomes god, man should not meddle, remaking James Whale's Frankenstein, working class victims, a sound animal, more asleep than dead, class anxieties, the silent working class, the first illustration, we laid the specimen on the improvised dissecting table, alien autopsy, the cloaked figure may be the narrator, up is down and black is white, an unreliable narrator in his own testimony, the last sentence, their silent because its an hallucination, for the years that followed, literally the narrator, the patient whose banging his head against the wall, age 12 H.P. Lovecraft illustration [I may have been conflating the source, not even sure it is by Lovecraft or even age 12, here's the source], sword of puritan ethics, the narrator is not as sure about the afterlife as Herbert West, its in his head, being a gentleman, Randolph Carter, The Hound, not as equally as bad as the other, a bust, Who Knows? by Guy de Maupassant, The Horla, all his furniture is leaving his house, it all mysteriously reappeared, the furniture of his mind, if there's any pattern to H.P. Lovecraft its ending up in an insane asylum, poor H.P. Lovecraft, mom and dad, a common trope, the last confession, "there are demons, honest", losing your reason, losing who you are, the quality of mental health care, gone to the asylum, not a big fan of doctors, their ethics are somewhat questionable,trust and paranoia, second opinions, the hierarchies in asylums and hospitals, The Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar, bad science, parallels, gruesomeness, is the M. in M. Valdemar a missing word?, a hoax, a japer, The Man Who Japed, a comedy magazine, Grewsome is a pun on Home Brew, getting intoxicated, a magazine of entertainment, a low brow version of The Smart Set, anarchist cookbook territory, charging 25 cents, the slickest fanzine Jesse's ever seen (if it is a fanzine), a prozine, their version of the internet, homepages vs. letters, a parallel to a slow version of the internet, fan forums, a lot of it is preserved, Stuart Gordon, Robert E. Howard, in the late 60s and early 70s, when Lovecraft hit paperback, beatnik and hippies, fandom/cult, the trailer for the musical theater version of Re-Animator, just as horrific, the sets, the security guard, Boudoir magazine, so distracted with his pornography, in keeping with the serialization, its good comedy.
The SFFaudio Podcast #527 - READALONG: Herbert West: Reanimator by H.P. Lovecraft [ 1:38:57 | 58.26 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Reading, Short And Deep #142 – War by Jack London
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 Jesse Willis	Leave a comment
Eric S. Rabkin and Jesse Willis discuss War by Jack London
Here's a link to a PDF of the story.
War was first published in The Nation, July 29, 1911.
Reading, Short and Deep Podcast #142 - War by Jack London [ 0:34:03 | 33 MB ] Hide Player | Play in Popup | Download
The SFFaudio Podcast #480 – READALONG: Jack London: An American Life by Earle Labor
Monday, July 2, 2018 Jesse Willis	Leave a comment
The SFFaudio Podcast #480 – Jesse, Paul, Bryan Alexander, and Evan Lampe talk about the audiobook of Jack London: An American Life by Earle Labor.
Tantor Media, 2013, dynamo, biography, H.P. Lovecraft, non-fiction, after 1899, as a kid, the future, the turn of the 20th century, Evan's 100 Pages podcast, black writers, important fin de sicle, Victorian to Edwardian, a time of massive change, his parents and his quasi-parents, to see where London came from, looking at the past, don't watch the news, William the Conqueror, seances and spiritualism, 30 years into spiritualism, morphing into other practices, the Chinese believe in ghosts, Americans believe in all kinds of things, UFOs, angels, credulous, Warren Chase, Wisconsin, utopian socialism, the Civil War, free labour, free soil, the connection between all these ideas, pamphlets, autobiographies, the rise of science and capitalism, Marx and Darwin, what are the laws?, utopians, the Horatio Alger story, I'm gonna make my fortune–and I can, coming from poverty and misfortune, complaining and bragging, Martin Eden's problem, when Jack London was in Australia, died at 40, debilitated vs. lively and fierce, the noseless stranger, John Barleycorn, a novel to take as truth, alcohol, alcoholism, whiskey, a philosophical tangent, white logic, pink elephant, fatalism, existentialism, filling Nietzschean logic with religion, Steen Hansen, when still a teenager, delivering newspapers, teeth knocked out, hoboing around the United States, sheer physical movement, London's connection to socialism, child labour, incredibly hard and varied work, the family economy, supporting his parents, travel, love of literature, the London epic, blown away, London's Klondike experience, perfidy by Canadians, how many stories, the blood brain barrier between life and fiction, frequent life raiding, worship and fascination, The Call Of The Wild, Buck is sitting by the campfire, seeing a caveman, a race memory, a kind of brilliant thinker, hackwork, this is horror, enjoin, The Red One by Jack London, ancient astronauts, a dark and twisted story, Jung, symbol laden, lying sick and unable to move, astounding to see, Philip K. Dick, neighbours and wives, reworking his own thoughts as fiction, he interviews himself, thinking aloud on paper, how close Earle Labor got to understanding Jack London, more accurate, defining my position, the rent man, hope, the half-baked economist, the stout gentlemen, they wouldn't be socialists they'd be beer sodden wrecks, scabs, full fledged graduates in anarchy, he's a firecracker, George Sterling, the Weird Tales circle, Clark Ashton Smith, tilting the whole continent towards San Fransisco, Ambrose Bierce, the giantness of London, London's mother was 4 and half-feet tall, punching Japanese officer in the face, not like another writers, J.R.R. Tolkien, going for walks and smoking pipes, Charmian and he were restless, Jack London couldn't stay still, England, People Of The Abyss, on Jack London time, smoking and drinking, not sleeping enough, The Shadow Out Of Time, a Yithian takes over Jack London, conflicted about the work ethic, The Sea Wolf, Brisenden = Sterling, he didn't have the spark, Weird Al, is Jack London still in school libraries?, White Fang, The Iron Heel, older dystopia, It Can't Happen Here, London's engagement with racism, the mestizos of Mexican Revolution, so many of London's stories are skewering stupid racism, the white race lives on the destruction and putrefaction of the societies they're crushing, The Wisdom Of The Trail, adopting the white man's mentality, white men's burdens are to be carried by red men, surrounded by racism, everyone around him people are using race as an excuse to do things, a whole critique of social Darwinism, the peak of European imperialism, it doesn't get you anywhere, loneliness and despair, To Build A Fire, China, British literature, committed to teaching, he still glowed and grinned like a madman, bonding over Melville, War by Jack London, mad mythic, Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian, living in extreme cold (in Vermont), "the cold of space smote the unprotected tip of the planet", science fiction, looking at reality, not about the relationships between people, look at this fascinating phenomenon, psychology or economics, The Cold Equations, a hard Science Fiction story, muscles in motion, when he does it it becomes, man against nature in the extremis, a story about spacesuits, Thomas Huxley, a literary critique of race in London's work, Jack London's Racial Lives: A Critical Biography, Campbell, the state of nature and the state of art, Herbert Spenser, The Shadow And The Flash, sibling rivalry, the mind at work, The Scarlet Plague, a social Darwinian document, the Chauffeur tribe, old idiots are interested in book reading, The Strength Of The Strong, Moon-Face: A Story Of Moral Antipathy, The Cask Of Amontillado, Guy de Maupassant, seeing into the mind of the other, empathy, "my-culture-is-not-your-prom-dress-ism", cultural appropriation, dogs, Wolf Larsen is an odious character, academic arguments, Wolf Larsen is like Tony Soprano, Edward G. Robinson, a weird disease, was Jack London a precog?, seeing the psychology at work, Jack London (1943), A Thousand Deaths, a deserter, torture, wow!, almost everything in this story happened, I am not your father because I was impotent at that time, six marriages, fewer divorces, a hard mother, a family curse?, the seven year itch, looking for father figures, the man of action in the salon, Everhardt, Doctor Who, worshiping the man, Irving Stone's Sailor On Horseback, the dream sandwich, The Star Rover, everybody should read Jack London, mapping reality.
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Reading, Short And Deep #096 – Moxon's Master by Ambrose Bierce
Wednesday, December 6, 2017 Jesse Willis	Leave a comment
Eric S. Rabkin and Jesse Willis discuss Moxon's Master by Ambrose Bierce
Moxon's Master was first published in the San Francisco Examiner, April 16, 1899.
Reading, Short and Deep Podcast #096 - Moxon's Master by Ambrose Bierce [ 0:33:54 | 33 MB ] Hide Player | Play in Popup | Download


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Q: Symfony 2.3: can't persuade Capifony to install vendors with Composer I've just completed an upgrade from Symfony2 2.0 to 2.3.4. This is now working on my local dev server and I'm looking to deploy it with Capifony.
A big change with Symfony is away from /bin/vendor toward Composer for managing dependencies.
I've updated Capistrano so that 'cap -V' gives 'Capistrano v2.15.5'
and Capifony so that 'capifony -v' gives 'capifony v2.4.0'
The problem is that
cap deploy

never attempts to run anything to do with Composer. It insists on trying to use /bin/vendor:
* 2013-09-29 23:16:58 executing `symfony:vendors:reinstall'
* executing "cd /vhosts/domains/mysite.com/public/releases/20130929221446 && php bin/vendors install --reinstall"

My 'deploy.rb' has:
set :use_composer, true

Here's my full deploy.rb
set :application, "mysite"
set :domain,      "#{application}.com"
set :deploy_to,   "/vhosts/domains/#{domain}/public"
set :app_path,    "app"

#ssh stuff
ssh_options[:port] = 12345
ssh_options[:username] = "myuser"
ssh_options[:forward_agent] = true

set :scm, :git
set :branch,      "master"
set :deploy_via,  :rsync_with_remote_cache
#set :deploy_via, :remote_cache

set :user, "admin" # SSH login user
set :port, 12345 # For Capistrano
#set :use_sudo, true # admin is sufficiently privileged

# Set logging to max for debugging
#logger.level = Logger::MAX_LEVEL

# Advised to add this to fix an error message
default_run_options[:pty] = true

set :repository, "/vhosts/domains/mysite.com/public/current" # Local means Vagrant

set :model_manager, "doctrine"
# Or: `propel`

# Server roles
role :web,        domain                         # Web server
#role :app,        domain                         # App server (could be different)
#role :db,         domain, :primary => true       # DB server (primary means primary DB)

set :keep_releases,  12

# Added 29Sep13 as advised by current capifony docs
set :shared_files,      ["app/config/parameters.yml"]

# directories that will be shared between all releases
set :shared_children,     [app_path + "/logs", "customer_uploads", "vendor"]

set :use_composer, true
set :update_vendors, true

# Share /vendor between deployments
#set :copy_vendors, true
# Run post-scripts from composer install
#set :composer_options,  "--no-dev --verbose --prefer-dist --optimize-autoloader"

# Below doesn't work with composer, is deprecated as only worked for bin/vendors
#set :vendors_mode, "reinstall"

# Assets install (to web directory as files rather than symlinks). Don't uncomment, set to 'false'.
set :assets_install, false

# Regenerate Assetic assets (JS, CSS). Don't uncomment, set to 'false'.
set :dump_assetic_assets, false

# Whether to run cache warmup. Don't uncomment, set to 'false'.
set :cache_warmup, true

# Note this can fail (e.g. to find and download a necessary Git repo) and deployment still proceeds.

# Change ACL on the app/logs and app/cache directories
# Works without this and when enabled gives error if sudo set to false above.
after 'deploy', 'deploy:update_acl'

# Adam added to try and enforce keep_releases automatically
after "deploy", "deploy:cleanup"

# Custom task to set the ACL on the app/logs and app/cache directories
namespace :deploy do

  task :update_acl, :roles => :app do
    shared_dirs = [
      app_path + "/logs",
      app_path + "/cache"
    ]

    # add group write permissions
    #run "chmod -R g+w #{shared_dirs.join(' ')}"
    # Allow directories to be writable by webserver and this user
    run "cd #{latest_release} && setfacl -R -m u:www-data:rwx -m u:#{user}:rwx #{shared_dirs.join(' ')}"
    run "cd #{latest_release} && setfacl -dR -m u:www-data:rwx -m u:#{user}:rwx #{shared_dirs.join(' ')}"
  end

end

Edit1 30Sep13 14:04 UTC in response to comment
The contents of the Capfile that resides in my project root is
load 'deploy' if respond_to?(:namespace) # cap2 differentiator
Dir['vendor/bundles/*/*/recipes/*.rb'].each { |bundle| load(bundle) }
load Gem.find_files('symfony2.rb').last.to_s
load 'app/config/deploy'

Also, why do other questions e.g. below show prettier printing when using Capifony. The output on mine doesn't look at all like this: no ticks, much messier
Capifony failed reinstalling vendors with Symfony2.1
It's as if either Capistrano or Capifony isn't up-to-date and therefore doesn't recognise the instruction to use Composer - but why would that be?
Thanks in advance,

A: Capifony has support for Symfony v1 (that uses bin/vendors) and Symfony v2 - composer based.
While it should recognise that you are using a Composer-based system, care of the set :use_composer, true line, I've found it's better to explicitly tell it, care of a line in Capfile, in the project root.
require 'capifony_symfony2'

The https://github.com/ruudk/capifony-tools can also be useful, it's got a vendors_speedup.rb task for Capistrano, which copies the entire vendor directory, before the composer install/update action.

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I've been noticing a lot of raw/unfinished or any other kind of wood popping up in the interiorsphere lately so thought I'd do a little roundup of ideas – because we all love a roundup, don't we?
Are you going to jump on this raw wood trend too? If so, let us know how (send us a pic – we'd love to see it!).
Cool! Who could have known that my unfinished room doors (merely because of laziness and busyness) would become an outstanding trendy detail. Definitely taking a fresh look on it.


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For oriental elegance and a seductive blend of Arab-Andalusian architecture and hospitality, the Residence Tunis is an exotic treasure. From the the moment you enter the airy lobby, greeted with the most gracious of welcomes, the atmosphere is pure seduction. LuxePrivé loves this oasis of serenity, with its inviting outdoor pool, glistening courtyard fountains and its soothing scented gardens lined by regal palm trees and cooled by sea breeze from the hotels' own private beach. Golf fans are kept challenged in the Robert Trent Jones II designed course with its magnificent vistas. The Spa is literally stellar, with a stared studded dome diffusing a magical light on to the inviting sea water swimming pool. Offering state of the art Thermes Marins of Carthage, the Thalasso Spa combines the style of Roman baths and Oriental hammams. Excellent treatments include luxurious massages, Endermology, hydrotherapy and heavenly facials using the Darphin range, all administered by an expert team of therapists that will leave you feeling wonderfully pampered. The Moorish theme continues to the flowing public areas, with clean lines of Alicante marble and locally-crafted urns to the comfortable and spacious bedrooms, all with the benefit of their own balconies. The food does not disappoint either; be sure to indulge in the sumptuous buffet breakfast with local specialities and home made Tunisian delicacies or opt for the Dukan diet program. Impressively, this was the first establishment to feature this now super-popular diet, available in all of the four signature restaurants. Whether for a business break, for adventure (being located just 20 minutes away from Carthage, it provides an excellent base to discover local historical villages, sites and mosques), for leisure (the plethora of beach activities will certainly keep the kids busy!) or simply for a relaxing and enchanting break the Residence Tunis certainly ranks as one of our favorite classic retreats.


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053  /**
054   * Returns true if the stream is not empty, but provides no guarantee that
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056   */
057  boolean hasNext();
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059  /**
060   * Skip key-value pairs with keys less than or equal to the key provided.
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064  /**
065   * While key-value pairs from this RecordReader match the given key, register
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067   */
068  void accept(CompositeRecordReader.JoinCollector jc, K key) throws IOException;
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=== Proposed Names ===
* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/20/Uma.html Uma]
=== Proposed Names that do not meet the criteria ===
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1 U Release Naming
1.1 Release Name Criteria
1.1.1 Naming Criteria Clarification
1.2 Exact Geographic Region
1.3 Proposed Names
1.4 Proposed Names that do not meet the criteria
U Release Naming
According to the Release Naming Process, this page will contain a list of nominated names for the U release of OpenStack. We will accept nominations until July 21st 2019 (UTC). The upcoming OpenInfra Summit will be held in Shanghai, China.
Release Name Criteria
Each release name must start with the letter of the ISO basic Latin alphabet following the initial letter of the previous release, starting with the initial release of "Austin". After "Z", the next name should start with "A" again.
The name must be composed only of the 26 characters of the ISO basic Latin alphabet. Names which can be transliterated into this character set are also acceptable.
The name must refer to the physical or human geography of the region encompassing the location of the OpenStack design summit for the corresponding release. The exact boundaries of the geographic region under consideration must be declared before the opening of nominations, as part of the initiation of the selection process.
The name must be a single word with a maximum of 10 characters. Words that describe the feature should not be included, so "Foo City" or "Foo Peak" would both be eligible as "Foo".
Names which do not meet these criteria but otherwise sound really cool should be added to a separate section of the wiki page and the TC may make an exception for one or more of them to be considered in the Condorcet poll. The naming official is responsible for presenting the list of exceptional names for consideration to the TC before the poll opens.
Naming Criteria Clarification
Spelling. Currently, the most popular system of romanization of Mandarin is the Hanyu Pinyin. Unfortunately, Hanyu Pinyin does not produce any romanization which begins with the letter U. In order to allow for U names, romanizations produced by other recognized systems shall be admissible. For the sake of precision, the accepted systems shall be Hanyu Pinyin [PY] (official system of China since 1958), Gwoyeu Romatzyh [GR] (official system of China 1929-1958), Wade–Giles romanization, and Yale romanization. In practice, only the Gwoyeu Romatzyh system produces words starting with the letter U. Reference: http://pinyin.info/romanization/compare/gwoyeu_romatzyh.html
In addition to the romanized names produced by one of the recognized romanization systems, traditional and customary spellings of names are also admissible.
Exact Geographic Region
The Geographic Region from where names for the U release will come is Shanghai plus all top level administrative divisions up to two hops from Shanghai.
The municipality of Shanghai. (Note that Shanghai, being a top level administrative division of China, is not part of a province. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-administered_municipalities_of_China#Current_PRC_municipalities)
All top level administrative divisions of China which borders Shanghai. (Jiangsu, Zhejiang)
All All top level administrative divisions of China which borders those in 2 above. (Shandong, Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian)
Proposed Names
Proposed Names that do not meet the criteria
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Bloomberg has reported that the world's wealthiest people are ending 2016 with $237 billion more than they had at the start but Nigeria's Aliko Dangote, the richest person in Africa, lost $4.9 billion of his wealth due to falling oil prices and naira devaluation hence he is now No. 112 with $10.4 billion. Dangote was the world's 46th-richest person in June.
Triggered by disappointing economic data from China at the beginning, the U.K.'s vote to leave the European Union in the middle and the election of billionaire Donald Trump at the end, the biggest fortunes on the planet whipsawed through $4.8 trillion of daily net worth gains and losses during the year, rising 5.7 percent to $4.4 trillion by the close of trading Dec. 27, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
"In general, clients rode through the volatility," said Simon Smiles, chief investment officer for ultra-high-net-worth clients at UBS Wealth Management. "2016 ended up being a spectacular year for risk assets. Pretty remarkable given the start of the year."
The gains were led by Warren Buffett, who added $11.8 billion during the year as his investment firm Berkshire Hathaway Inc. saw its airline and banking holdings soar after Trump's surprise victory on Nov. 8. Buffett, who's pledged to give away most of his fortune to charity, donated Berkshire Hathaway stock valued at $2.6 billion in July.
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A notch higher than the previous Devalaya books, this one also gives you maps of the regions covered and detailing on temple locations and ways and means of reaching each destination. In addition, it also contains a special section on Tenets of Hinduism and another on some fantastic pictures captured enroute. Pictures of Kumbh occupy a place of pride in the collection.
Covering a total of 99 temples, the book, Devalaya, Uttar Pradesh, gives a complete picture of the places of devotional importance in the state. With the focus on historical value, the beliefs and legends associated with each one of them, their unique features, including architecture and general description of the layout and landscape, the book, captures the look and feel from a visitor's point of view too. This has not been achieved through words alone, but also with the help of the meticulous planning of pictorial coverage. Opulent and exotic, it is the judicious selection and placement of pictures that transports one straight to the precincts of the temple one is looking at on the pages.


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Evaluation of Injury Severity Differences in Intoxicated Blunt Trauma
Zachary Brady MS, MD, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of MedicineFollow
Jon Walsh MD, MPH, Bronson Methodist HopsitalFollow
Sheri L. Vandenberg RN, MS, Bronson Methodist HosptialFollow
BACKGROUND: Alcohol use in America is prevalent and is responsible for nearly half of all trauma deaths and nonfatal injuries. Drivers with a blood alcohol level 0.08 g/dL or higher account for 31% of all driving fatalities. There have been previous studies demonstrating a potentially 'protective effect' of alcohol in critically injured patients. OBJECTIVE: Assess the impact of alcohol consumption on injury severity by comparing patients with blunt trauma and positive blood alcohol levels to those without alcohol. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Following IRB approval, patients were identified by trauma registry review between 2014-2016. 1000 patients who met inclusion criteria with complete data elements were included in the study. Charts were retrospectively reviewed and stratified by the presence of alcohol intoxication and Glasgow Coma Score. Data points included age, gender, injury severity score, blood alcohol level (zero, low (0.01-0.100 mg/dl), medium (0.101-0.230 mg/dl), high (>.230 mg/dl), length of stay, mechanism of injury, discharge disposition, and mortality rates. Patient characteristics and related outcomes were summarized using descriptive statistics. RESULTS: 1000 patients were reviewed; 714 males (71.4%), 286 females (28.6%), with age range 16-92 years, mean 41.4, mortality 5.5%. Injury severity score ranged from 1-75, mean 14.16 (SD ± 10.66) with length of stay ranging from 1-75 days, geometric mean 3.37 days (SD ± 10.08). Positive blood alcohol levels were present in 346 (34.6%), ranging 0 – 0.44, mean 0.063. Patients with GCS <=8 had an average BAL of 0.082, GCS >8 0.059. The difference between these groups is significant, p < 0.05. Primary mechanism of injury was MVC (42.1%), fall (18.9%), motorcycle (13.1%), pedestrian (7%), other 18.9%. Patients were discharged to home (58.3%), in-patient rehabilitation (18.6%), other (12.9%), and long term care facility (10.2%). DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION: While other studies have shown a reported protective effect on alcohol in blunt trauma, this study does not show a correlation overall between level of ISS and EtOH level for all 1000 patients (correlation coefficient -0.07). There is a statistically significant increased ISS in the most intoxicated patients (High Group >0.230) compared to the non-intoxicated group (p < 0.05). The low and medium intoxicated groups were not statistically different in ISS compared to the non-intoxicated group.
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PARIS (REUTERS) - The global market for cosmetic procedures grew 10 per cent last year and is set to grow at a similar pace in 2013, according to a report by Imcas, a French-based forum for plastic surgeons and dermatologists.
Surgical procedures such as liposuction and breast augmentations, as well as non-invasive treatments like lasers and anti-wrinkle injections, totalled 4.4 billion euros ($$7 billion) in 2012 and are expected to reach 4.9 billion euros this year, the report said.
Asia is expected to see the strongest growth this year as soaring demand for procedures like eyelid and nose surgery boost the market by 14 per cent.
The European market is forecast to grow 6.6 per cent in 2013 as shrinking discretionary spending among austerity-hit consumers offsets strong demand for anti-ageing treatments from the over-fifties.
A scandal involving faulty implants last year put a damper on breast augmentation procedures, which grew a modest 1.9 per cent worldwide in 2012 and declined 9.2 per cent in Europe, the report found.
The implants, which had been made by French-based Poly Implant Prothese using unauthorised silicone filler, had been widely used by surgeons in Europe and Latin America.
The market for breast augmentations, however, is expected to recover and post an annual growth of 5.2 per cent between 2013 and 2017, the report said.


This pin collection features salutes to Walt Disney World Resort attractions with dangling iconic charms. This limited edition pin features Tinker Bell flying over the beautiful Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom Park. The pin also includes dangling charms of a glass slipper, a firework, a jar of pixie dust, and a carousel horse. There are five pins in this collection. Monty Maldovan from Disney Design Group created the artwork for this pin.


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Psikhologicheskie Issledovaniya • ISSN 2075-7999
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2021 Vol. 14 Issue 80 :: In Press
2021 Vol. 14 Issue 79
2019 Vol. 12 Issue 67–68
2016 Vol. 9 Issue 50
Appendix 6(30) eng
2012 Issue 2(22)
2010 Issue 1(9)
Appendix 1(9) eng
Psikhologicheskie Issledovaniya English version 2017 Vol. 10 Issue 51
Mitina O.V., Pluzhnikov I.V. An Buridan's ass between a rock and a hard place: operationalization and measure of ambivalence in humanities (Part 1)
MITINA O.V., PLUZHNIKOV I.V. BURDIAN'S ASS BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE: OPERATIONALIZATION AND MEASURE OF AMBIVALENCE IN HUMANITIES (PART 1)
Full text in Russian: Митина О.В., Плужников И.В. Буриданов осёл между молотом и наковальней: операционализация и способы измерения амбивалентности в науках о человеке и обществе (Часть 1)
This article is dedicated to the analysis of the operationalization problem and ambivalence estimation ways in quantitative research. Ambivalence is regarded as a general psychological phenomenon, which occurs in many application areas (including clinical psychology, political psychology, psychology of advertising, psychology of individual differences, and others), and is defined as a simultaneous coexistence of polar estimates of a subject with respect to any object or situation. Ambivalence is characterized by estimates intensity (from indifference through dialecticism to pathological ambivalence). The main approaches to the estimation of ambivalence - experienced and potential (objective) – are considered below. In a situation when the emphasis is on the fact that the objective ambivalence is calculated according to a formula based on antonymous relationships, the term 'operational ambivalence' is used. The terms 'positive' and 'negative' attitude are replaced by 'dominant' (maximum from two) and 'conflicting' (minimum from two) relations. In the following, the existing models of operational ambivalence estimation are extensively described and analyzed: the Conflicting reaction model, Similarity Intensity model, Cross-product Model, the positive acceleration model, the negative acceleration model, threshold models. All of them are estimated on the basis of the dominant and conflicting relationship values. It is also proposed an alternative method of ambivalence calculation based on the dominant and conflicting relationships ratio determined by a researcher and recognized as ambivalent (parameterized model). To facilitate the understanding of the article, all the ambivalence estimation models are not only defined in formulas, but also in a tabular form for different values of the dominant and conflicting relationships, and graphically as a surface in three-dimensional space.
Keywords: mathematical psychology, ambivalence, indifference, mathematical data processing, semantic differential
The study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project 14-06-00316 "The problem of measuring the image of the world incoherence in general and clinical psychology" .
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Received 19 August 2016. Date of publication: 28 February 2017.
Mitina Olga V. Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of General Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, ul. Mokhovaya, 11–9, 125009 Moscow, Russia.
Pluzhnikov Ilya V. Ph.D, Senior Researcher, Mental Health Research Center, Kashirskoe sh., 34, 115522 Moscow, Russia.
Mitina O.V., Pluzhnikov I.V. An Buridan's ass between a rock and a hard place: operationalization and measure of ambivalence in humanities (Part 1). Psikhologicheskie Issledovaniya, 2017, Vol. 10, No. 51, p. 11. http://psystudy.ru (in Russian, abstr. in English).
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Mitina O.V., Pluzhnikov I.V. An Buridan's ass between a rock and a hard place: operationalization and measure of ambivalence in humanities. Part 2
Iosifyan M.A., Arina G.A., Nikolaeva V.V. Tasty and nasty: affective and cognitive attitudinal ambivalence towards health among adolescents
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For many clients who are enrolling in multiple programs offered by a Human Services agency, the following scenario might be all too familiar.
Meet Susan—a single mother who wants to register for a training program that will make her more employable. After filling out a lengthy form by hand, Susan meets with one of the agency's employees who asks questions to supplement the information provided. Fast forward three weeks when Susan finds herself evicted from her current rental. She returns to the agency to find out if she is eligible to explore low-income housing services. Susan completes another form—one that is almost identical to the one she completed weeks ago, with the exception of a few extra questions. She then meets a new employee who asks that same questions that were posed during her previous visit.
The pain of this process is palpable on the agency side as well.
John has been working at the agency for almost a decade, during which time new programs have been added, but not much has changed with the client intake process. After a client fills out the required paperwork, John asks follow-up questions to fill in the blanks that the client skipped, and then the intake form is added to the client's paper file, which is kept in the program's department. When the client enters another program, the process is repeated; another paper file is created and housed elsewhere. More paperwork. More files. More data silos. The result is not only a time-consuming process for everyone involved, but also limited visibility into the big picture of the client and the agency.
Fast-forward to reporting time, when John's manager asks him for a report that details the number of clients that the agency has served over the past year. And so it begins: the counting, the manual entry of data into an Excel spreadsheet, the removal of duplicates to get accurate numbers. John spends many hours on these tasks—hours that he would rather spend helping clients. The entire process is not only painful and time-consuming, but it is also ripe for human error.
Susan's and John's experiences are common place among Human Services agencies, especially ones that have under-invested in technology for various reasons–internal funding challenges, resistance to change, lack of internal capacity or alignment.
However, the tides are turning, largely due to increasing pressure from funders, changes in legislation, and the need to do more with less by streamlining processes.
An opportunity to make it easier for a client to gain access to your programs.
An opportunity to streamline the intake process for staff. An opportunity to simplify the report creation process.
An opportunity to spend more time helping people instead of pushing papers.
These opportunities can be seized when an agency implements a universal intake form—a distilled version of multiple intake forms across the agency's programs—that is accessible to staff whenever they have internet access. The online form allows for rapid data capture of the client's basic demographic information, as well as other information that is pertinent across programs, and then stores the data in the different places where it belongs (e.g., contact record, case record, referral, assessment, and/or household). Your agency's universal intake form can be supplemented by additional program-specific forms. By having all of a client's data housed in one system, your agency gains a complete view of the client and avoids the creation of duplicative information.
So, what does a universal intake form mean for clients and staff?
Clients: With universal intake, clients like Susan who use multiple programs within your agency will have a superior enrollment experience—one that is smooth and efficient.
Staff: For employees like John, their jobs will get a lot better, as they can quickly access key data online. They no longer have to gather information from colleagues and paper files, and then enter and manipulate data in a spreadsheet. The time saved can be used to provide more services to a larger number of clients.
Organizationally, an online universal intake form is a game changer in terms of identifying trends and promoting the right programs to the right clients at the right time. Your nonprofit will gain agency-wide reporting capabilities, giving your organization more data and better data, which can translate to improved service delivery and greater impact.
Want to see universal intake in action? Register for an upcoming webinar where we will demonstrate the universal intake process using Exponent Case Management (ECM).


You know how sometimes you listen to sad music in your car to really get in the mood? Except you're at a stoplight thinking about the cords in your living room, and how they made you really sad this morning while you had your morning coffee and then you hear a loud honking noise and you're like "OMG lady it's only been 2 minutes!" And then you drive off, turn up the music and wipe the tears off your face? Hypothetically speaking, I'm not crazy guys.
So it's been a month since I started sharing ideas in this space. And the most popular post has definitely been the 3 Simple Hacks For A Prettier Home. And I thought since many of you are clearly on the same spectrum of psycho that I am, then you probably have nightmares about cords too, right? Great, so here we go, 3 simple hacks to hide those hideous cords and media equipment in your home.
Ok, so I get that most TV stands have a cabinet to put this in and close the door. And, yes, I have that in my living room. However, I'm assuming many of you have TV's that are not in your living room? This DVR and Roku equipment has been sitting on the dresser in my bedroom taunting me for months. It was a huge eye sore, and I hated it. Luckily Covogoods on Etsy sells these custom electronics hider.
So it's basically a bunch of books that are carved out to cover your equipment. It's open from the side and from the back.
And it folds into your equipment like this.
Tada! Yes, folks, all that stuff went inside. The back and side are open. Scroll down to #2 to see how I hid all the cords.
This shop is super responsive, and you get to pick the colors and sizes of the books. Check it out HERE, it's amazing. And no, I did not get paid to share that. One other thing, you can place this vertically to cover those hideous wireless routers you may have exposed in your home for the internet. I'm pretty sure that's why the sides are exposed, I have mine placed horizontally.
So we have a ton of cords from the DVR, to the router, to the Roku, and God knows what else. How do we organize all that? Super cheap zip ties folks.
There would have been no way to hide all these cords if they weren't bunched together. You can get these zip ties HERE. Top off the books with a clock, an extra book I had at home (because it wasn't quite high enough), and bam, no more cords.
Now in the picture below, I also had three different cords that I zip tied together.
Then I placed a large stack of books, and topped it with a super cute set of iron glasses from Pottery Barn to hide it below.
Lastly, sometimes you need something a little bit more dramatic than some simple zip ties and tiny accents.
Every single night we sat down to watch TV, I would complain to my husband about these hideous cords. I zip tied them, started to color one white to blend with the wall (yes, I know), and I was still super annoyed. Like daydreaming at a stoplight annoyed. So I did what any other normal person would do, I went to HomeGoods for some inspiration.
At first I went in looking for a trunk or a bench, but I have one on the other side of my TV stand and I felt like that would be too much. Then I passed by the basket section and a light bulb went off. I grabbed some decorative pillows, got a super cute shawl, and called it a day. No. More. Cords. I was happy people.
In sum? Buy some zip ties, cover that stuff up with some cute decor or furniture, and if you don't have a media stand, buy that super cute electronics hider for your router or DVR equipment And trust me, ignore the lady honking behind you, sometimes we all just need a minute, or two.


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text:
var express = require('express');
var fs      = require('fs');
var request = require('request');
var cheerio = require('cheerio');
var he = require('he');
var app     = express();

var food_truck_json = [];

var new_date = new Date();
var timestamp = new_date.toJSON();

function convertTime(time) {
	// console.log("\n***TIME: ", time);
	var new_time = time;
	var ampm, hour, hour_with_min, min;
	// add : ?
	if (time.indexOf(":") == -1) { // 11a
		ampm = new_time.slice(-1); // a
		hour = new_time.replace(ampm, ""); // 11
		hour_with_min = hour + ":00"; // 11:00
		new_time = hour_with_min + ampm + "m"; // 11:00am
	} else {
		new_time = new_time + "m";
	}
	// am ?
	if (new_time.indexOf("am") != -1) {
		ampm = new_time.slice(-2); // am
		hour_with_min = new_time.replace(ampm, ""); // 11:00
		hour = hour_with_min.split(":")[0]; // 11
		min = hour_with_min.split(":")[1]; // :00
		if (hour == "12") {
			hour = "0";
		}
		new_time = hour + ":" + min;
	}
	// pm ?
	if (new_time.indexOf("pm") != -1) {
		ampm = new_time.slice(-2); // am
		hour_with_min = new_time.replace(ampm, ""); // 11:00
		hour = hour_with_min.split(":")[0]; // 11
		var hour_int = parseInt(hour);
		min = hour_with_min.split(":")[1]; // :00
		if (hour_int < 12) {
			hour_int = hour_int + 12;
		}
		new_time = hour_int + ":" + min;
	}
	return new_time;
}

// var two_trucks = ['http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/314-pie/', 'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/a-fire-inside-wood-fired-pizza/'];

// THIS CURRENTLY WRITES THE OUTPUT FILE HUNDREDS OF TIMES...
// FIX LATER

app.get('/scrape', function(req, res) {
	// url = 'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/314-pie/';
	for (counter = 0; counter < truck_links.length; counter++) {
		var this_truck = truck_links[counter];

	request(this_truck, function(error, response, html) {
		if (error) {
			console.log("\n*** REQUEST ERROR: ", error);
			fs.writeFile('food_trucks_data_' + timestamp + '.json', JSON.stringify(food_truck_json, null, 4), function(err) {
	      if (err) {
	        console.log("Write file error: ", err);
	      }
	        	console.log('Success!');
	        });
		}

		if (!error) {
			var $ = cheerio.load(html);

			// sleep.sleep(1);

			var name, cuisine, payment, description, facebook, twitter, website;
			var stuff;
			var json = {
				name: undefined,
				cuisine: undefined,
				payment: undefined,
				description: undefined,
				schedule:
					{
						monday: {
							address: undefined,
							open: undefined,
							close: undefined
						},
						tuesday: {
							address: undefined,
							open: undefined,
							close: undefined
						},
						wednesday: {
							address: undefined,
							open: undefined,
							close: undefined
						},
						thursday: {
							address: undefined,
							open: undefined,
							close: undefined
						},
						friday: {
							address: undefined,
							open: undefined,
							close: undefined
						},
						saturday: {
							address: undefined,
							open: undefined,
							close: undefined
						},
						sunday: {
							address: undefined,
							open: undefined,
							close: undefined
						}
					},
				contact:
					{
						facebook: undefined,
						twitter_link: undefined,
						twitter_screen_name: undefined,
						website: undefined
					}

			};

			name = $(".entry-title").text();
			// if page is dead, skip
			if (name === "Not found, error 404") {
				return;
			} else {
				json.name = name;
			}

			var cell_pairs = [];
			var cells = $(".entry-content td");
			// console.log("*** CELLS COUNT: ", cells.length);
			cells.each(function(index, value) {
				// console.log("*** CELL[" + index + "]: ", $(this).html());
				var orig_html = $(this).html();
				var cut_hood, scrubbed_html;
				if (orig_html.indexOf("
") != -1) {
					cut_hood = orig_html.split("
")[1]; // chop off neighborhood indicator
					scrubbed_html = cut_hood.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm, "").trim(); // remove new lines, etc
					cell_pairs[index] = scrubbed_html;
				} else {
					scrubbed_html = orig_html.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm, "").trim();
					cell_pairs[index] = scrubbed_html;
				}
			});

			// REMOVE HTML TAGS
			for (i = 0; i < cell_pairs.length; i++) {
				//
				if (cell_pairs[i].indexOf("") != -1) {
					cell_pairs[i] = cell_pairs[i].replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/gm, "");
				}
				//
				if (cell_pairs[i].indexOf("<a href") != -1) {
					cell_pairs[i] = cell_pairs[i].replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/gm, "").trim();
				}

				// replace all else, like & or unicode hex
				cell_pairs[i] = he.decode(cell_pairs[i]);

				// console.log("*** this cell: ", cell_pairs[i]);
			}

			// console.log("\n*** CELL PAIRS: \n", cell_pairs);

			// ASSIGN TO JSON
			var Monday_header_index = cell_pairs.indexOf("Monday:");
			var Tuesday_header_index = cell_pairs.indexOf("Tuesday:");
			var Wednesday_header_index = cell_pairs.indexOf("Wednesday:");
			var Thursday_header_index = cell_pairs.indexOf("Thursday:");
			var Friday_header_index = cell_pairs.indexOf("Friday:");
			var Saturday_header_index = cell_pairs.indexOf("Saturday:");
			var Sunday_header_index = cell_pairs.indexOf("Sunday:");

			if (Monday_header_index == -1 && Tuesday_header_index == -1 && Wednesday_header_index == -1 && Thursday_header_index == -1 && Friday_header_index == -1 && Saturday_header_index == -1 && Sunday_header_index == -1 ) {
				return;
			}

			var header_indices = [Monday_header_index, Tuesday_header_index, Wednesday_header_index, Thursday_header_index, Friday_header_index, Saturday_header_index, Sunday_header_index];
			var header_words = ["Monday:", "Tuesday:", "Wednesday:", "Thursday:", "Friday:", "Saturday:", "Sunday:"];

			for (i = 0; i < header_indices.length; i++) {
				var header_index = header_indices[i];
				var header_word = header_words[i];
				var biz_hours, open, close, biz_hours_splitter;
				if (header_index > -1) {
					switch (header_word) {
						case "Monday:":
							// find out biz hours from address line
							biz_hours = cell_pairs[header_index + 1];
							biz_hours = biz_hours.split(", ");
							biz_hours = biz_hours[biz_hours.length -1]; // 11a - 2p
							// does time actually contain any numbers?
							if (biz_hours.search(/\d/) != -1) {
								open = biz_hours.split(" ")[0]; // 11a
								close = biz_hours.split(" ")[2]; // 2p
								biz_hours_splitter = ", " + biz_hours;

								// remove biz hours from address line
								cell_pairs[header_index + 1] = cell_pairs[header_index + 1].replace(biz_hours_splitter, "");

								// assign open and close times
								json.schedule.monday.open = convertTime(open);
								json.schedule.monday.close = convertTime(close);
							}

							// assign address
							json.schedule.monday.address = cell_pairs[header_index + 1];
							break;
						case "Tuesday:":
							// find out biz hours from address line
							biz_hours = cell_pairs[header_index + 1];
							biz_hours = biz_hours.split(", ");
							biz_hours = biz_hours[biz_hours.length -1];
							// does time actually contain any numbers?
							if (biz_hours.search(/\d/) != -1) {
								open = biz_hours.split(" ")[0];
								close = biz_hours.split(" ")[2];
								biz_hours_splitter = ", " + biz_hours;

								// remove biz hours from address line
								cell_pairs[header_index + 1] = cell_pairs[header_index + 1].replace(biz_hours_splitter, "");

								// assign open and close times
								json.schedule.tuesday.open = convertTime(open);
								json.schedule.tuesday.close = convertTime(close);
							}
							// assign address
							json.schedule.tuesday.address = cell_pairs[header_index + 1];
							break;
						case "Wednesday:":
							// find out biz hours from address line
							biz_hours = cell_pairs[header_index + 1];
							biz_hours = biz_hours.split(", ");
							biz_hours = biz_hours[biz_hours.length -1];
							// does time actually contain any numbers?
							if (biz_hours.search(/\d/) != -1) {
								open = biz_hours.split(" ")[0];
								close = biz_hours.split(" ")[2];
								biz_hours_splitter = ", " + biz_hours;

								// remove biz hours from address line
								cell_pairs[header_index + 1] = cell_pairs[header_index + 1].replace(biz_hours_splitter, "");

								// assign open and close times
								json.schedule.wednesday.open = convertTime(open);
								json.schedule.wednesday.close = convertTime(close);
							}
							// assign address
							json.schedule.wednesday.address = cell_pairs[header_index + 1];
							break;
						case "Thursday:":
							// find out biz hours from address line
							biz_hours = cell_pairs[header_index + 1];
							biz_hours = biz_hours.split(", ");
							biz_hours = biz_hours[biz_hours.length -1];
							// does time actually contain any numbers?
							if (biz_hours.search(/\d/) != -1) {
								open = biz_hours.split(" ")[0];
								close = biz_hours.split(" ")[2];
								biz_hours_splitter = ", " + biz_hours;

								// remove biz hours from address line
								cell_pairs[header_index + 1] = cell_pairs[header_index + 1].replace(biz_hours_splitter, "");

								// assign open and close times
								json.schedule.thursday.open = convertTime(open);
								json.schedule.thursday.close = convertTime(close);
							}
							// assign address
							json.schedule.thursday.address = cell_pairs[header_index + 1];
							break;
						case "Friday:":
							// find out biz hours from address line
							biz_hours = cell_pairs[header_index + 1];
							biz_hours = biz_hours.split(", ");
							biz_hours = biz_hours[biz_hours.length -1];
							// does time actually contain any numbers?
							if (biz_hours.search(/\d/) != -1) {
								open = biz_hours.split(" ")[0];
								close = biz_hours.split(" ")[2];
								biz_hours_splitter = ", " + biz_hours;

								// remove biz hours from address line
								cell_pairs[header_index + 1] = cell_pairs[header_index + 1].replace(biz_hours_splitter, "");

								// assign open and close times
								json.schedule.friday.open = convertTime(open);
								json.schedule.friday.close = convertTime(close);
							}
							// assign address
							json.schedule.friday.address = cell_pairs[header_index + 1];
							break;
						case "Saturday:":
							// find out biz hours from address line
							biz_hours = cell_pairs[header_index + 1];
							biz_hours = biz_hours.split(", ");
							biz_hours = biz_hours[biz_hours.length -1];
							// does time actually contain any numbers?
							if (biz_hours.search(/\d/gmi) != -1) {
								open = biz_hours.split(" ")[0];
								close = biz_hours.split(" ")[2];
								biz_hours_splitter = ", " + biz_hours;

								// remove biz hours from address line
								cell_pairs[header_index + 1] = cell_pairs[header_index + 1].replace(biz_hours_splitter, "");

								// assign open and close times
								json.schedule.saturday.open = convertTime(open);
								json.schedule.saturday.close = convertTime(close);
							}
							// assign address
							json.schedule.saturday.address = cell_pairs[header_index + 1];
							break;
						case "Sunday:":
							// find out biz hours from address line
							biz_hours = cell_pairs[header_index + 1];
							biz_hours = biz_hours.split(", ");
							biz_hours = biz_hours[biz_hours.length -1];
							// does time actually contain any numbers?
							if (biz_hours.search(/\d/) != -1) {
								open = biz_hours.split(" ")[0];
								close = biz_hours.split(" ")[2];
								biz_hours_splitter = ", " + biz_hours;

								// remove biz hours from address line
								cell_pairs[header_index + 1] = cell_pairs[header_index + 1].replace(biz_hours_splitter, "");

								// assign open and close times
								json.schedule.sunday.open = convertTime(open);
								json.schedule.sunday.close = convertTime(close);
							}
							// assign address
							json.schedule.sunday.address = cell_pairs[header_index + 1];
							break;
					}
				}
			}

			var cuisine_index = cell_pairs.indexOf("Food Type:");
			json.cuisine = cell_pairs[cuisine_index + 1];

			var payment_index = cell_pairs.indexOf("Payment:");
			json.payment = cell_pairs[payment_index + 1];

			var description_index = cell_pairs.indexOf("Description:");
			json.description = cell_pairs[description_index + 1];

			var facebook_index = cell_pairs.indexOf("Facebook:");
			json.contact.facebook = cell_pairs[facebook_index + 1];

			var twitter_index = cell_pairs.indexOf("Twitter:");
			json.contact.twitter_link = cell_pairs[twitter_index + 1];

			if (twitter_index != -1) {
				var twitter_screen_name = cell_pairs[twitter_index + 1].split("twitter.com/")[1];
				json.contact.twitter_screen_name = twitter_screen_name;
			}

			var website_index = cell_pairs.indexOf("Website:");
			json.contact.website = cell_pairs[website_index + 1];

      // console.log("\n*** JSON: \n", json);
			food_truck_json.push(json);
		}

		fs.writeFile('food_trucks_data_' + timestamp + '.json', JSON.stringify(food_truck_json, null, 2), function(err){
      if (err) {
        console.log("Write file error: ", err);
      }
        	console.log("***Success!");
        });

        // res.send('Success!');
	// console.log("\n*** FOOD TRUCKS JSON: ", food_truck_json);
}); // END REQUEST

} // end for loop

});

// at script startup
app.listen('8181');
console.log('*** Scraper port open');
exports = module.exports = app;

// list of all food truck urls previously scraped
var truck_links = [ 'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/314-pie/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/a-fire-inside-wood-fired-pizza/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/absolut-hot-dog-and-gyros/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/arnolds-happy-days-food-truck/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/athenas/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/auto-pompa-pizzeria/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/bake-my-day',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/balleywood-creamery',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/the-barking-frog/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/barriga-llena/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/beanfish/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/beezneez-gourmet-sausages',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/beloved-mexico/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/ben-jerrys/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/big-boys-filipino-food-truck/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/big-dogs/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/big-eds-good-eats/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/big-house-bbq/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/big-spoon/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/biscuit-box',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/bite-me-cupcakes/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/bomba-fusion/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/brazil-on-the-road/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/bread-and-butter/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/bread-and-circuses/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/buddha-bruddah',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/budha-bear-bagels/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/bumbu-truck/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/buns/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/cake-mobile/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/campfire-chuck-wagon/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/caravan-crepes/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/carmelitos/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/charlies/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/cheese-wizards/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/chewaya-authen…can-sandwiches/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/chickn-fix/',
  'http://www.seattlefoodtruck.com/index.php/trucks/chopstix/',
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