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Imperial Benevolence U.S. Foreign Policy and American Popular Culture since 9/11
by Scott Laderman (Editor), Tim Gruenewald (Editor)
Ahmanson Foundation Endowment Fund in Humanities
Illustrations: 17 bw figures, 1 chart, 1 table
This is a necessary and urgent read for anyone concerned about the United States' endless wars. Investigating multiple genres of popular culture alongside contemporary U.S. foreign policy and political economy, Imperial Benevolence shows that American popular culture continuously suppresses awareness of U.S. imperialism while assuming American exceptionalism and innocence. This is despite the fact that it is rarely a product of the state. Expertly coordinated essays by prominent historians and media scholars address the ways that movies and television series such as Zero Dark Thirty, The Avengers, and even The Walking Dead, as well as video games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops, have largely presented the United States as a global force for good. Popular culture, with few exceptions, has depicted the U.S. as a reluctant hegemon fiercely defending human rights and protecting or expanding democracy from the barbarians determined to destroy it.
Scott Laderman is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.
Tim Gruenewald is Assistant Professor and Program Director of American Studies at the University of Hong Kong.
"These are nuanced, detailed accounts of the complex work of popular media, written by some of the finest scholars of U.S. imperial culture. The fundamental argument here—that U.S. culture has imagined America as a reluctant and moral hegemon—is compelling and more important than ever. There are excellent studies of gender, with analysis of everything from female tears in films about the war on terror to masculine toughness in video games. The accounts of violent images go far beyond the expected, looking at narratives that embrace violence-as-healing as well as those that promise healing-from-violence-done. This book should be widely read, and taught—in classes on U.S. cultural history, the United States in the world, imperialism and culture, as well as classes on race, gender, and media. A truly outstanding collection."—Melani McAlister, Professor of American Studies and International Affairs, George Washington University "This is an exceptionally valuable and truly terrifying anthology. As a model of American Studies scholarship, its tapestry—woven of multiple genres of popular culture, contemporary U.S. foreign policy, political figures, and economic forces—reveals how profoundly and thoroughly the ethos of empire has come to shape the life and thought of twenty-first-century America."—H. Bruce Franklin, author of Crash Course: From the Good War to the Forever War "Imperial Benevolence is a smart and compelling set of essays on how post-9/11 popular culture has enabled a disavowal of U.S. empire. These authors demonstrate with sharp insight that, when U.S. foreign policy has been at its most globally unpopular, popular culture has sold American audiences on narratives of benevolence and innocence that recast the devastating effects of U.S. imperial aggression in Iraq and Afghanistan, and on U.S. veterans, into fantasies of sniper heroes, just wars, first person shooter invulnerability, and super hero saviors."—Marita Sturken, author of Tourists of History: Memory, Kitsch, and Consumerism from Oklahoma City to Ground Zero
A Brief Note on Terminology
Introduction • Camouflaging Empire: Imperial Benevolence in American Popular Culture
Scott Laderman
1 • Imperial Cry Faces: Women Lamenting the War on Terror
Rebecca A. Adelman
2 • "Prowarrior, But Not Necessarily Prowar": American Sniper, Sheep, and Sheepdogs
Edwin A. Martini
3 • "The First Step toward Curing the Postwar Blues Is a Return to Nature": Veterans' Outdoor Rehabilitation Programs and the Normalization of Empire
David Kieran
4 • Exceptional Soldiers: Imagining the Privatized Military on U.S. Television
Stacy Takacs
5 • Obama's "Just War": Th e American Hero and Just Violence in Popular Television Series
Min Kyung (Mia) Yoo
6 • Superhero Films after 9/11: Mitigating "Collateral Damage" in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Tim Gruenewald
7 • Humanity's Greatest Hope: The American Ideal in Marvel's The Avengers
Ross Griffin
8 • The Perfect Cold War Movie for Today? Smoke and Mirrors in Steven Spielberg's Vision of the Cold War
Tony Shaw
9 • Disfiguring the Americas: Representing Drugs, Violence, and Immigration in the Age of Trump
Patrick William Kelly
10 • Black Ops Diplomacy and the Foreign Policy of Popular Culture
Penny M. Von Eschen
Eccentric Modernisms
Tirza True Latimer
Consuming Stories
Rebecca Peabody
Houston Bound
Tyina L. Steptoe
Cultivating Citizens
Lauren Kroiz
The Labor of Lunch
Jennifer E. Gaddis
Christina Bryan Rosenberger
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Author(s): Michel Houellebecq
In a near-future France, Fran ois, a middle-aged academic, is watching his life slowly dwindle to nothing. His sex drive is diminished, his parents are dead, and his lifelong obsession - the ideas and works of the nineteenth-century novelist Joris-Karl Huysmans - has led him nowhere. In a late-capitalist society where consumerism has become the new religion, Fran ois is spiritually barren, but seeking to fill the vacuum of his existence.
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Submissionis both a devastating satire and a profound meditation on isolation, faith and love. It is a startling new work by one of the most provocative and prescient novelists of today.
Submission is the highly-anticipated new novel from the internationally bestselling French writer Michel Houellebecq.
"A work of real literary distinction...[Houellebecq] has been the novelist who has most fearlessly and presciently tackled the rise of Islamic extremism in recent years...He is a writer with a gift for telling the truth, unlike any other in our time - I've been consistently saying he is the writer who matters most to me for many years now. I've read Submission twice in the last week with ever growing admiration and enjoyment. There's been no English-language novel this good lately. With Submission Houellebecq has inserted himself right into the centre of the intellectual debate that was already raging in France about Islam and identity politics...There is nobody else writing now more worth reading." -- David Sexton Evening Standard "The narration is enjoyably sardonic, a pungent mixture of deadpan jokes about sexual politics and close reading...Darkly clever and funny." Guardian "A fine, deeply literary work...It is genuinely more admiring than critical of Islam...It's electrifying; no recent English-language novel compares." Spectator "Houellebecq's placid dystopias have been among the only contemporary novels worth dropping things for - and this is arguably the best of the lot...a bleakly funny satire on submission and salvation...I can't think of another contemporary writer who bares their soul so fearlessly - or with such rewards." Evening Standard "Witty and deft...The polemical power of his imagination...approaches that of two 20th-century masterpieces, Nineteen Eighty Four and Brave New World...This is an important novel...It's worth remembering that Houellebecq has form in demonstrating that life sometimes imitates art." Financial Times
A poet, essayist and novelist, Michel Houellebecq is the author of several novels including The Map and the Territory, Atomised, Platform and Whatever.
Publisher : Vintage Publishing
Imprint : Vintage
Publication date : September 2016
Availability date : June 2016
Dewey classification : 843/.914
Author : Michel Houellebecq

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Often we do not understand the real meaning of the actions that we are developing, and this can lead to fatal problems (at least we get "unwanted results" that are often the opposite of what we wanted to achieve).
The problem is basically the inability to understand the essence of the principles applied to our strategies: in this case it is not possible to make the system work as it should. And the system, in fact, ends up ending up producing "unexpected results" (which often lead to a failure of the strategies).
In the specific case of Disruptive innovation strategies, this misunderstanding has led to the failure of most of the actions implemented so far by the players of the market.
1) First of all by the lack of understanding of the fact that Disruptive innovation is a "revolution" of the context in which it operates. And Revolution means "radical change" (from the roots): a radical change of culture, of the mindset used up to that point (change of operating principles, of conception of values, of a design approach, of types of communication, etc.).
This means that the great players of the moment, very well structured (but in a very rigid way) to operate in the current context are not able to adapt to market changes (such as dinosaurs, they do not have the ability to adapt to changing conditions the environment in which they operate).
2) Dirsuptive innovation involves a fresh start, ie it involves starting something absolutely new (a real new thing).
Disruptive innovation can not come from an evolution of something that operated with the previous model (cultural, market).
For this reason it is a non-sense to expect Disruptive innovation from the great Players of the Market: they are however destined to leave the Market to new emerging players.
It is not an ideological consideration: this is a consideration that derives simply from the analysis of History.
a. through the ideation of change by people deeply linked to the absolute Monarchy regime (ie the stakeholders of this regime: even if a "illumination" would bring them to desire change, they would not be able, because of their mindset, to operate in the direction of real change).
b. the change, even if designed by a group of people of profoundly democratic culture, can not be carried out by officials and politicians belonging to the previous phase of the Absolute Monarchy (the latter still lack the ability to operate in a substantially new condition).
That is, the major players insist on forcing the Demand to emotional purchases, and then use innovation as a sales argument: thus creating a bubble that is destined to burst.
And of course the information channels are brought to adhere to that kind of culture (in order not to lose the support in advertising of the great Firms).
But history goes on following its trends, it does not look at anyone.
But they are afflicted by the serious problem of not being able to understand the real need to substantially change their way of thinking.
Trying to see the positive aspect of the issue, from the point of view of the social system this attitude can perhaps be considered a good, since it makes the change less dramatic for society (more gradual).
Substantially the current players have the possibility to innovate, for example, by transferring a part of their production to the sector; or creating spin-offs.
Basically then there is a tendency to develop a convenient culture Disruptive innovation.
This does not happen for a pure bad faith, but because those who produce "Culture" of innovation (both as corporate strategies and as information) do not know at all the issue of radical innovation that is slowly changing the market.
In other words it can be said that those who deal with the issues of Disruptive Innovation are literally not able to understand what they are talking about.
One of the consequences of this situation is that those who today talk about Disruptive Innovation do so by focusing on the negative factors related to it. This happens because, not knowing the matter thoroughly, they are not able to describe the positive aspects of the phenomenon.
Obviously those who do not know the process of restructuring a house, and see the initial stages of the process, will talk about it by describing negative aspects (such as destruction, loss of elements to which you were attached, etc …).
But they will not be able to conceive (and therefore to describe) the positive, "constructive" aspects of the reconstruction phase.
"In retrospect, I made a poor choice when I used "disruption" to describe the phenomena that transformation so frequently stems from simple, cheap solutions. The word can confuse those who mistake my definition with the dictionary definition of "disruption." In fact, in 1997, when I was at Intel summarizing my research, my friend Andy Grove said, "If you call it disruption, you will mislead the world." Unfortunately, The Innovator's Dilemma was already being printed, so it was too late.
← Disruptive innovation: religion, scam or necessity for those who want to stay in the market?


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Jan 12 was officially the 90th day for me. To be honest, I didn't follow first 90 days to the extent I imagined – with a timeline etc. But certainly there were some key things that I leveraged which proved useful.
Build network – understand people as much as the new processes and tools.
Build learning agenda/plan – I think this is one area which has helped me immensely. In what could have been a case of drinking from a fire-hose, I now feel very comfortable with the new setup.
Securing early wins – not necessarily a big win – but what I like to describe as "moments of truth". In a relationship role this would be credibility building. Performing value-creation activities and communicating an image consistently. If the image involves few values – these moments of truths should highlight them.
I will leave you all with a final insight – Shut the doors!
Shut the doors on other options – the biggest deterrent to success is doubts, allowing buyer's remorse to build and loosing focus on job-at-hand. It is related to what Watkins says as "promoting yourself". I will say after 'promoting yourself', stay there. Especially for next 30 days, do not keep "testing" – any testing on whether it is the right job/role should be before joining! You will give yourself a best chance to succeed if you "accept" the change completely and put your wholehearted effort. You will find a similar point in "trust your boss".
I can describe what I am saying above in an "emotions" curve.
This is so true for first job after MBA. The problem with the first cycle is that you will never know if the job was alright or not. This is no survey of all MBA pass-outs. Just, my honest observation from people I have interacted with. Please note the y-axis is not "success scale". It's an engagement scale. Staying involved doesn't mean success and vice versa too. Also, engagement depends on multiple factors – some of which you can, and some of which you can not, influence. Going through emotions curve-2 is one of the things you can control.
The First 90 Days and the series end here! A lot of you, my friends, followers and mentors, have been encouraging me consistently and have liked/followed this series. My sincere thanks to all of you – only because of you I feel a lot energized everyday I write about this series.
(1) First 90 days – prelude; This is about strategies for leaders in new roles/jobs.
(5) First 90 Days Insight-4: Where to?
(6) First 90 Days Insight-5: Shut the doors & Conclusion.
The First 90 Days book elaborates a lot about matching strategy to situation. But really where to?
Don't take it to where you WANT it to go! Don't take it to where it WILL go!
Take it to where it CAN go!
The "It" above can refer to organization or a team depending on if you are a CEO or a team leader. For now, I come somewhere in between :) and I have found it true till now. There are two aspects to "Where to" – First, to know where to; next, to take it there. To be aware of the difference between these destinations (WANT TO, WILL, CAN) is, in a lot of ways, a gift. The next takes skill. Successful people have both or do both well. Time will tell, if we can do both well!
I wrote about this in the first insight itself that you can't really postpone decisions in first 30 days. In the next 30 days, the problem is different. You know stuff but you don't know enough probably. You could fall into the trap of indecisiveness and/or less communication.
The thumb rule is – you will never know enough. Especially, so, if you continue in this state. From whatever you know you will have an opinion. State it openly and confidently if in a brainstorming session or act on it if in a decision making situation. The catch is, be open to be corrected. But demand enough information before being corrected.
How many of us believe that Decisiveness and Flexibility do not go together? I believe they are a strong combination.
I must share (without specificity for obvious confidentiality reasons) an experience recently about how people reacted to such decisive remark in a brainstorming session. Few reacted with disdain and dismissed it. The official discussion took a more objective and constructive approach and I felt it led to meaningful dismantling of few myths. During the lunch/coffee people had thought about it and gave some excellent counter-arguments which I agreed on.
Overall, the discussions certainly made me wiser. I believe vice versa is true too, but I can't be the judge. For me, I understood about some nuances of the business I was getting into and got closer to few people.
First 90 Days Insight-2: Be Sympathetic.
Hmm… makes a lot of sense! Anyone who has gone through all of this will be a lot wiser!
By the way, the insight I wanted to register was related to STaRS – Keeping my promise that you don't have to read the book, I wrote a bit about it.
Unless you are in a turnaround situation, you are likely to encounter pockets of excellence in your new organization or group especially in a realignment or sustaining success situations. Consciously look out for these islands! General tendency is to be skeptical or create a completely fresh setup. More often than not, if you are sympathetic to what is being said – you will realize there are interesting stuff that exists which can be leveraged or built upon. Some of this holds good for a new bride or groom – you enter a new system which needs to be respected. Understand first. Later, tweaking can be done for peaceful co-existence.
So, be sympathetic – this will help you spot more of those pockets of excellence!


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It is time to broaden the national dialogue about educational opportunity for incarcerated students. At a recent event at the Center for American Progress, Secretary of Education John B. King, Jr. spotlighted the administration's Second Chance Pell initiative, a program that will allow eligible prisoners to receive Pell Grants to pursue higher education opportunities at one of 67 two- or four-year institutions nationwide. Touted as a strategy for reducing recidivism, facilitating re-entry, and rebuilding communities affected by incarceration, the program represents an evidence-based approach to securing public safety and promoting social mobility.
Second Chance Pell is technically an experimental initiative of the Department of Education, and as such, the scope of the program is relatively limited. The Department of Education estimates it will affect roughly 12,000 incarcerated individuals—just about 1 percent of the estimated 1.5 million individuals incarcerated at the state and federal levels. Rather than stating concrete policy goals, the initiative poses a set of research questions: to "test" whether participation in high-quality educational opportunities increases after access to financial aid for incarcerated adults is expanded and to "examine" the impact of waiving the restriction on providing Pell Grants to incarcerated individuals on academic and life outcomes.
The administration's actions are limited because the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act expressly prohibits individuals incarcerated in federal or state prison from receiving Pell grants. Although the act passed with broad bi-partisan support in 1994, the peak of the tough-on-crime era, it has since become the subject of scrutiny and criticism from reformers on the left and right.
In an attempt to improve criminal justice reform with evidence-based policy, Congress created the bi-partisan Charles Colson Task Force (CCTF) in 2014. After two years of research and inquiry, the CCTF issued a report that urged Congress to repeal all "federal collateral consequence laws, regulations, and practices that, without a public safety basis, bar civic participation and access to programs." The task force specifically identified a repeal of the prohibition on Pell grants for incarcerated students.
Expanding educational opportunity to incarcerated students is just as much a matter of rehabilitating individuals as it is a matter of fostering safe communities. Current rates of recidivism in the United States stand at over 75 percent after five years of release. As we've discussed elsewhere, given that the majority of incarcerated individuals will one day be released, high recidivism rates pose a substantial risk to public safety.
The twin goals of reducing recidivism and securing public safety with evidence-based policy should unite Republicans and Democrats. Although available evidence indicates the value of expanding educational opportunities to incarcerated students from a public safety perspective, implementation of the Second Chance Pell program will provide additional data that inform an evidence-based approach to criminal justice reform.


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Prosecutor Generals Office reported to the Council of Federation of the arrest of expensive real estate in France, owned by fugitive Russian politician and businessman Boris Berezovsky. However, on the background of other arrests of their own success of the Russian authorities in the prosecution of disgraced tycoon drab.
As the report of the Prosecutor General, transmitted to the upper house of the Russian parliament, in France arrested Berezovsky property worth around 13 million euros. A total amount of seized property abroad at the request of the Prosecutor General over $ 300 million, reports "Interfax".
So, to Switzerland seized on cash of $ 300 million, owned by businessman Yuri Nikitin. He was accused of embezzling funds from the companies "SCF" and "Novoship".
In Ukraine, the property arrested Mikhailov more than $ 8 million dollars, and in Monaco – over $ 1 million dollars in cash in the case of "Volgotanker." This previously owned Oil Shipping executives "YUKOS", particularly on controversial charges sentenced Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
equipment on board the total cost of 1 billion 200 million U.S. dollars.
Note that the major successes of the Prosecutor Generals Office in the years of persecution of Boris Berezovskys too early to speak. In September 2010, the Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika said that overseas found Berezovsky owned assets at 358 million euros. These assets are planned to seize and sell, achieving redress "AvtoVAZ" at least some of the damage automaker Berezovsky for a total of 60 billion rubles.
In 2011, also reported the arrest of "yacht Berezovsky" worth 20 million dollars.
More close cooperation with the law enforcement agencies of the CIS countries, such as Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Belarus. Russian investigators are actively interacting with colleagues from Germany, Spain, France and Switzerland.
Minister of Foreign States "distant" countries.
The geography of cooperation in the field of extradition. For example, the extradition of persons in remote Russia to countries like Morocco and Thailand.
In December 2010, the Russian Prosecutor Generals Office reported on the decision of the British court to recover $ 60 million from the businessman Yuri Nikitin, in favor of "SCF" and JSC "Novoship".
to recover $ 60 million from Yuri Nikitin ", – the report of the supervisory authority.
million dollars, the total amount of compensation could reach $ 150 million "- note the prosecutors office.
active position taken by the Russian Prosecutor Generals Office to protect the rights of victims.
claims for damages to companies in the group of "SCF".
foreign companies, brokers, bankers and lawyers.
the Prosecutor of the Russian Federation.
"SCF" and JSC "Novoship". The composition of this gang of swindlers also included Dmitry Skarga, Tahir Izmailov, Vladimir Mikhailyuk and Yuri Privalov.
brokerage firms ordering the construction and sale of vessels. "The damage from this activity exceeded 110 million U.S. dollars.
Perpetrators of criminal transactions were announced in the Prosecutor Generals international wanted list. It later emerged that the defendants in the case are hiding in the UK.
legal assistance, provided the basis for the adoption of a British court decision to extradite.
evidence of fraud in actions Yuri Nikitin "breaks" version of the defendants lawyers, according to which their clients persecuted for political reasons.


The Priory celebrate second place in the Merton in Bloom Award.
Green-fingered youngsters at a Wimbledon school are celebrating yet another horticultural win.
Mayor of Merton Councillor Mary Curtin visited The Priory to congratulate us on taking second place in the schools category of Merton in Bloom. Thank you Mrs Vallejo, parents, staff and pupils, including gardening club, who have all contributed to this award.


Nemo was a special snowflake. Unique just like all the clownfish that had come before him. That is the way evolution works – flawed replication fidelity. Does that make him important? Well, yes to his dad at least. But that is different from the sense of entitlement that comes with being told as a peanut that he was destined to change the world. Not every clown fish can make a dent in the universe. So how did he do it?
Consider again the school of fish. By definition not everyone can be the leader of the pack. If you are a fish that is travelling in the middle of the school it is nigh on impossible for you to go in any direction other than the same one as those around you. If you try to deviate, you'll bump into your neighbour and they are in the same boat as you. You may as well be travelling in a bus that someone else is driving.
To lead the direction of the school, you really need to be on the edge where you are responding to the environment external to your school. And to be a little clearer, its better to be towards the leading edge of the school.
To swim at the leading edge is to be exposed. The risks to your wellbeing are heightened. The protection of the herd is a function of you being the first to fall – like a centurion in the front line of the phalanx, your role is blunt an attack and give those on the inside time to respond. Whether you survive is as much down to luck as it is to good management by you.
And what does management mean in this context? Your options are limited. You make a difference at the edge – literally. You are subject to the same inertia as those in the middle. The difference is that you can try to change direction. Say you are the first to spot a very large set of teeth bearing down on the school. You try to change direction and bump into your neighbor. In a fright, they see what you see and turn the same way you are trying to go. They bump into their neighbor and so on.
You can see where the idea of a tipping point comes from in network effects. A small and determined group of fish can turn the direction of the herd. They must for the survival tactic of herding to work.
Find the front, that is where current trends are taking everyone. From there you can make your move.
The alternative is to swim off by yourself and live in a cave. Nothing wrong with that. Plenty of fish have done it and lived out their days in existential bliss. Just don't expect to impact the herd from the safety of your cave. They are off in the depths doing their own thing.
Ever been culpable of rolling an idea up a hill beyond its use-by date? Even with the benefit of hindsight, it can be kinda difficult to spot the optimal moment when it would have been wise to let go. Which is why this 'fail fast' fad has me flummoxed. I'd hoped that I could apply it to experience and not repeat the mistakes of the past, but I've been struggling to understand what it actually means.
See, I first took it that decisions to abandon a project can be accelerated. The lean model talks about testing your hypotheses and quitting as soon as they fail. So failing fast becomes about setting specific and measurable benchmarks that trigger the escape hatch if they are not met.
A problem with this is that benchmarks may not be simple to define and can be harder to measure – particularly where the concepts are emergent. For example, how do you define a benchmark to filter out the positive responses in market testing that, combined with a little confirmation bias and a dash of inertia, provide more than enough motivation to keep going.
Another assumption is that you can save money, time and effort by stopping out of failures early. But as any trader will tell you, a stop-loss can quickly become a target that simply gets triggered before the bigger trend resumes. The last thing you need if you are committed to a project is to exit just before the opportunity can be made real.
Perhaps the point then is that it is more important to get the big picture right – the big trend that will ultimately underpin the market dynamics that can support success. It's like the difference between losing a battle and a war.
The genius of Winston Churchill was his ability to filter the chaos through the big picture, so that decisions were optimised for the very uncertain circumstances. "There must be that all-embracing view which presents the beginning and the end, the whole and each part, as one instantaneous impression retentively and untiringly held in the mind." He had a framework within which to respond to challenges and take advantage of opportunities as they arose. Individual failures are simply events that help to shape the direction taken to achieve the ultimate objective.
David Einhorn likens the challenge to playing poker – where there are things that you know with certainty (your cards, everyone's wagers), things you can surmise (that fellow's playing style) and things that you don't know except at the limits (the number of cards still to be played). There's a spectrum of uncertainty along which calls are made. The challenge is to identify the key calls, those decisions that will make the biggest difference to the outcome – and tilt the odds in your favour. Again, it's his ability to assess the context and then the circumstances within that determine the appropriate choices. Failing fast may mean folding early on a hand, but in doing so you're more likely to have the resources to bet big when the opportunity arises.
So perhaps failing fast is a really a short-term concept within a long term context. And just as "a plan doesn't survive first contact", it's understanding the potential points of failure and being aware of the contingent paths that will optimise chances of success. If failing fast is a skill, it is referring to the ability to dynamically choose the path not the destination. The objective remains to scale the hill, just that it may require pivoting along a few paths to get there. Even Sysiphus can have his good days when it's as much about the journey as the destination.


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Excursions in the greenery of the nature parks and fishing for those who would like to spend relaxing moments in this area, but there are also opportunities for canoeing, kayaking and rafting along the torrents and in the lakes for those seeking that extra adrenalin rush. Few words can describe the essence of Val di Sole, that stretches from Passo del Tonale to Val di Non including the valleys of Pejo and Rabbi that meet to the north. The area is surrounded by the Brenta, Adamello, Presanella and Ortles-Cevedale mountain ranges, reaching an altitude of 3500 m. on the glaciers. The scenery is unique and the majority is protected by the Adamello Brenta Nature Park and the Stelvio National Park.


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WHAT: During a session titled "The Power of Frozen," at AFFI-CON, IRI's Sally Lyons Wyatt will discuss the why, where and who behind frozen food aisle growth with president and CEO of the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) Alison Bodor, and 210 Analytics, LLC principal Anne-Marie Roerink.
The following day at the NGA Show, Lyons Wyatt's session, "The Snack Category: What's Hot, What's New and the Omnichannel," will examine consumer preferences, growth drivers within various snack categories, and explore what has become known as the retail omnichannel.
WHY: The retail landscape and traditional meal categories are continuing to evolve at a rapid pace. Staying up-to-date with the latest research and tools to most effectively engage consumers is vital for CPGs on the search for opportunities to align innovation, products, merchandising, marketing and branding with how consumers live and shop.


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We have conducted an interview about Design Week Turkey, Turkey's Brand in Design, with Mr. Mehmet Büyükekşi, TIM's President. TIM, carrying out activities to deservedly position the products produced in Turkey in the global markets both in quality and in design requirements as Turkey Exporters Assembly, hosted Finland as Guest Country in Design Week Turkey (DWT) which was organized with the support of our Ministry of Economy. The number of participants in Design Week Turkey (DWT), which has turned into the largest platform of the country in its field in its second year, has increased by 75 percent in one year.
Design Week Turkey, organized by the Ministry of Economy in cooperation with Turkey Exporters Assembly (TIM), has transformed into the 2dn largest platform of Turkey in the second year. Can we listen Design Week, which has a record-breaking 75% of participants in a year, from you?
As Turkey Exporters Assembly, we will be continually carrying out such intensified activities to increase our global competitiveness in export. Our goal is to make make a perfect sense of the products produced in Turkey in the global markets both in quality and in design requirements and make it more preferred and demanded. Global competition is subjected to certain criterias. These are R & D, innovation, entrepreneurship, design and branding. As TIM, we are organizing activities to raise awareness in all sections of the society by centralizing these 5 precepts as the focus of our work. Design Week Turkey (DWT) is also one of our activities. Through this free event organized by the Ministry of Economy, we are aiming to bring together all segments of masses from business world to the academic world, from leading designers in the world to local designers. Our long-term goal is to reflect the economic value that the Turkish design growingly proves to deserve and to raise an awareness among all segments of society in field of design. By merging design together with the whole industry,we have been organizing our activitities for about two years, that is to launched to contribute to the economy of Turkey.
What Kind of Power Does The sense of "Designed in Turkey" Wield Internationally? Could you please tells us about the importance of Design Week in this context?Listen Design Week, which has a record-breaking 75% of participants in a year, from you?
We certainly wintness that the potential of design in global trade has a lucrative counterpart. Up until now, with our "Made in Turkey" products, we have extrapolated greatly in global markets and we have taken the justified pride of our national products. However, in today's conditions of global economy and trade, we know that. Turkish products deserves much better rankings and we would like to fullfill the need. We no longer aim to be a subcontractor country that produces for world famous brands but a country that produces a world-renowned brand. At this point, we have an insatiable desire to exist and dominate the world with "Designed in Turkey". In this context, I believe that Design Week Turkey, as one of the most important platforms for our country, will provide great contributions to the process of obtaining high value-added production.
Design Week opened its doors this year with the theme of "Potential of Design " . What were the activities that were carried out at Design Week Turkey?
At the 32-day conferences and panel in Design Week Turkey, which lasted five days, 103 famous speakers shared their experiences over industrial, fashion, visual communication and architectural design. 17 exhibitions were arranged in many areas ranging from artisanship to artificial intelligence, from manual labour to digitial. Our participants have experienced the design process in 14 workshops that brought designers from disciplines together on a common platform.
In the event that the universities, especially the design departments, showed great interest, our future designers had the opportunity to perform interactive conversations with experts. We also realized the award ceremony of Design Turkey Industrial Design Competition with the sectoral design competitions, organized by our exporters union in Design Week. In Design Turkey competition organized by the Ministry of Economy, TIM and Industrial Designers Society of Turkey (ETMK), we've brought close together Sector's doyens' in leading the Turkey's design.
In line with our targets,what do you think is the Finland's contribution to the export potential of our country in terms of textile and fashion?
At Design Week Turkey, Finland's 100-year history and experiences, ranging from industrial design to architecture, from innovation to branding, were shared with the participants at the "Finnish Day" to enrich the content of the activity where Finland was hosted as a guest country. In addition, more than 50 bilateral business negotiations between Finnish design firms and Turkish firms have also evaluated possible business opportunities. We consider Finnish experiences significant to our country, both in terms of design-based production and acceptance of deisng culture in the wider masses. I believe that our textile and fashion sectors, which we regard design as an indispensable part of our production and marketing processes, will be positively affected by this cooperation developing between the two countries.


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The 500e looks a lot like the 500X and other non-electric versions of this subcompact vehicle. It's got a couple of upgrades for better aerodynamics, including a lower front fascia and a rear spoiler, though. It actually looks more like a sport spec than an EV version.
The 500e was affordable when it went on the market to lessees a few years ago. Now, though, it's really affordable. If you search a little bit, you'll find 3-year-old 500e's with around 30,000 miles on them listed for around $5,000. Now, sure the Fiat brand isn't luxury and it doesn't have the best reliability associated with it but $5,000 for any new-ish car is a really good deal.
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Is that because your wife represents a snack and you an all you can eat buffet?
THAT'S A BUMMER, BUT THE UDDER WAY WOUND FOR ME MY WIFE GETS BITTEN (not bit) and I do not.
I don't know which is worse, to get bit or to get bitten. Either way it itches (or scratches).
You think that's annoying? My wife washes new clothes and bedding.. anything made of cloth.
I keep telling her that if it's new, why bother washing it. That goes for both US and China.
I don't know what's with her.


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Sleep polls indicate that about 1/3 of American adults suffer from acute and chronic insomnia, but let's face it—most of us during our lifetimes experience occasional sleep deprivation and sleep disturbances. But many of these are temporary setbacks—uncomfortable and mildly debilitating, yes—but you WILL sleep again.
For millions sleeplessness is chronic and severely impacts every aspect of their lives.
Insomnia symptoms that last longer than 30 days are usually identified as "chronic" or severe.
In contrast, if you occasionally suffer insomnia from temporary situations or even behaviors like too much caffeine before bed, you are said to suffer acute brief bouts of insomnia that usually go away all on their own. These last for a few weeks at most.
Chronic insomnia sufferers may experience any of the insomnia patterns: sleep onset, middle and terminal. But the occurrences are regular and long-lasting.
Insomnia is a very difficult diagnosis to make simply because in shaping a diagnosis your physician is also decoding other medical issues. See, insomnia is not a medical condition or a disease and not even a sleep disorder—it's a set of symptoms that can become an outgrowth of something else. So you might see how piecing together causes and symptoms becomes a challenging task for sleep specialists.
Over the long haul if you suffer chronic insomnia the root causes become snarled.
What medical or psychological problem prompted the onset of insomnia symptoms in the first place?
Do those root causes still exist?
Has chronic insomnia spawned auxiliary problems, ie anxiety and/or depression?
Root causes of chronic insomnia can include a wide range of physical, situational/environmental, and psychological conditions and events. Even seemingly inconsequential things can severely interrupt your natural sleep rhythms to the point that your pattern becomes chronically disturbed—leading to severe insomnia.
For temporary insomnia pharmacological therapy or prescription sleep aids, often called hypnotics, are commonly prescribed. Doctors may use benzodiazepines or non-benzodiazepines depending upon the patient and the primary and secondary diagnoses. Because benzos can cause confusion and drowsiness they are not well-suited to elderly insomniacs. Taken short-term, benzos and non-benzos, can effectively help your body restore its natural sleep and wake pattern and lets you revitalize. But these are not typically a solution for chronic insomniacs and not effective long-term.
Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, has become widely used to treat many symptoms of insomnia and is especially useful for relieving chronic or severe insomnia symptoms. The therapy is non-pharmacological and combines behavioral, muscular, and psychological therapies into one holistic bundle that together help patients rewire their sleep psychology.
Alternative therapies such as melatonin, valerian, acupuncture and other holistic or compliment treatments are also being used for insomnia.


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On the previous episode of OnePlus Marketing Extravagance, the high-profile smartphone maker unboxed its latest device, the OnePlus 3T, in a fighter jet.
Now, the company is back with a very informative explainer video for its Dash Charge fast charging technology starring actress and model, Emily Ratajkowski.
In just over two minutes, Ratajkowski succinctly explains the advantages of lower-voltage fast charging, which is achieved by using a more robust cable and a higher amperage. Other solutions, such as Qualcomm's Quick Charge, vary the voltage depending on the phone's temperature and battery percentage, which has its own advantages, but can also generate unwanted heat inside the phone.
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In the new album named Skorokruh a singer-songwriter David Vysloužil together with his band Acoustic Irish is singing and playing about his roots and human joy, pride and desire. David's music has always been characterized by the musical nature, sensuality and impressive energy performed not only on concerts – as if he were expressing that life and music are one thing. From the very first tones it is obvious that the band has bet on the sound and colour of acoustic instruments such as violin, double bass, accordion, flutes and whistles, acoustic guitar, bodhran and soft percussions and we must admit that this musical piece is a successful one. The album was recorded in the recording studio of the Czech radio Ostrava (Český rozhlas Ostrava), under the leadership of a sound master Radek Roubal. It contains 11 tracks taking you in their own style on a musical wandering throughout folk, folklore, swing, blues and, last but not least, Irish motives. The songs are based on David's charismatic singing, his genuine and imaginative lyrics, interesting arrangments and distinctive singing art of Tereza Urbánková, who also plays the violin. All this is supported by the great instrumental performances of the band members: Barbora Klihová – accordion, Michaela Caesarová – flutes & whistles, Kamil Tománek – double bass, Robert Rossmann – bodhran & cajon, and of other band guests. Despite the wide range of songs, from the very inner and intimate up to the merry and wild, this album will tune and cheer you up in these hasty times. David Vysloužil is an author, musician, composer and lyricist from Frýdek – Místek, Czech Republic.


San Jose, CA - Edesa Bitbadal, a long time resident of San Jose, CA with over fifteen years working effectively in Government and assisting businesses, is a candidate for the city's Council District 10. Bitbadal is one of six candidates running for this office and is considered the front runner in the race. U.S. Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, State Senator Elaine Alquist, San Jose Vice Mayor Madison Nguyen, and San Jose Councilmember Nancy Pyle, are among the many community leaders, public officials, and organizations who have endorsed her campaign.
Born in Abadan, Iran, Bitbadal moved to the United States with her family in 1985. She is a graduate of Leland High School in Almaden Valley and earned a Bachelors Degree in Political Science and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from San Jose State University.
As the current Vice Chair of the San Jose Planning Commission and a former Redevelopment Officer for the city, Bitbadal has worked to develop policies to support San Jose residents and small businesses including fiscal reform policies, women's health education efforts, public safety programs, homework centers, job creation strategies, and environmental protection initiatives.
In terms of fundraising, experience, and background, Bitbadal is the strongest candidate in the race. She has taken the lead in campaign cash among the six candidates hoping to succeed Councilmember Pyle. Since mid March, Bitbadal has raised over $86,000 for her campaign and hopes to raise an additional $35,000 to reach the cap of $121,000 before the June primary election.
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Q: How do developers show progress when it's a "slow week"? I'm working as the web developer with some friends who aren't coders themselves, but understand what goes on in the process. So, if it's been a week where I'm tackling a certain issue that I'm really confused by, I try to stay productive while attempting to piece together the new concepts by refactoring existing code, my friends understand.
At a real company, do other teams only care about pushing out new features, or is most sustainable code equally weighed even though there's less to show off?
My role right now is like a one-man-dev-team so I handle everything and some weeks I'm on a roll, but then others it takes a bit to learn how to implement a feature. In the process though, I take a lot of notes, ask questions that I want answered, and try to gain a strong foundation to build on. In reality, do most dev teams try to promote this approach as well?
Thanks!

A: During a stand-up, you're answering not one, but three questions:

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*What have you done yesterday?

*What's blocking?

*What do you expect to do today?

If you're blocked for the whole week, everybody will know about it, because you will be sharing it five stand-ups in a row.
In this case, the team is not expected to blame you for being slow, but rather to help you to figure out how to solve the issue which prevents you from making progress. This help can take a form of pair programming, or suggestions for a different approach, or advice to contact the persons outside the team who can help you.

A: It really depends on the company and the people checking the progress.
In some companies the managers just want to show what was done, and the best thing for that is releasing new feature (because that is what salesmen and clients see). In other companies they understand that the code need to be maintained and clean to avoid code cluttering (and usually those companies are the ones who were first running for new features).
Personally if I'm in a slow week (stay on a specific bug for a long time), I just write documentations to explain everything I do, every step I take to show that work is not always visible for a non-tech person.

A: ISSUE TRACKING AND ASSUMPTIONS
Most all teams (working proffesionally) have some issue tracking implemented.
They do not track "lines of code out the door" as others have commented on, but the progress on the task itself.
You (and your team) identify the issue and assume how long it's going to take you
The issue could be a bug, refactoring, learning something new, writing documentation or tests. Not all of those produce code or new features.
The time is including self-learning and everything else.
Unless you're experienced with what you're working on, these assumed times change, we try to give ourselves as much time as reasonable (i.e. assume how long it§s going to take and double that).
It's not always possible to have that time and at that point, you either scrap it, change the requirements, move it to some other time (ages and ages hence :)) or pull an allnighter and CRUNCH.
Correct identification of how long something is going to take is a very important skill learned by getting it wrong and learning from it.
Don't be afraid to change the assumption as you learn of new problems/constraints and don't forget to properly communicate with others around you who have an interest in them.
You then work on it and update the issue as needed (update the task in JIRA, tell others during a stand-up, tell your manager on a weekly meeting,...). You COMMUNICATE with people around you as needed.
People who are used to this know that as a junior (assumption on my part since you're asking this) you don't have the knowledge to call the time it's going to take. Even seniors don't know everything beforehand, they do preliminary checks and update/create the assumptions after that.
Tasks are not about how much code you've written. There are a lot of internal tasks (setting up an environment, trying to reproduce a bug, learning something new in order to implement something, refactoring, getting rid of technological debt, writing tests, writing documentation) where you don't write much code at all and instead sink your time to just trying to do something seemingly unproductive.

A: I would say it's okay to be slow. I was thinking like that as well when I have nothing to do that much or when I feel like a little bit slow. However, it's good to think a little bit about that especially during the "learn" phase. Everyone learn at different pace. One person can try a little bit hacky way and make it works, others wants to put an ideal framework and idea before starting to work. Eventually, both will agree in the middle (in your case, you will find the middle ground)

A: First of all, you say that you are a one-man "dev team," which actually means that you are not a "team" at all, but a lone wolf.  So, "team" dynamics really do not apply to you now.
(Please understand that I do not say this "as a judgment." Every situation is different, and all are valid.)
Right now, you're the only one making the decisions, and you're the only one responsible for your progress because you're the only one who's making decisions about "what you'll be doing tomorrow."  This is an acceptable(?) strategy, but only on an extremely small scale. And in any case, it is not a team.  "There is no such thing as a 'team' of 'one.'"
In the classic spectrum of "project-management maturity," you're sitting at zero:  there is no team, and there is no management.  There's just one very-capable wolf.  You.

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#ifndef SYNTHESIS_SIGANAL_H
#define SYNTHESIS_SIGANAL_H

#include <QFileInfo>
#include <QVector>

namespace stand
{

/**
 * @brief The Siganal class represents a signal that means an array of waveform with its sampling frequency.
 * @author Hal@shurabaP
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class Signal : public QVector<float>
{
public:
    /**
     * @brief Signal creates an empty signal.
     * @param samples
     * @param samplingFrequency
     */
    explicit Signal(int samples = 0, int samplingFrequency = 44100);

    /**
     * @brief Signal is a copy constructor.
     * @param other will be copied to this instance.
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    Signal(const Signal &other);

    virtual ~Signal(){ }

    int samplingFrequency() const;
    void setSamplingFrequency(int fs);
    double msLength() const;
    int indexAt(double ms) const;
private:
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};

}

#endif // SYNTHESIS_SIGANAL_H


This year's stageshow also boasts a new host and acts to really wow the crowds.
Gates to the event (sponsored by the Oldham Housing Investment Partnership (OHIP) and the NSL Group) will open with a funfair, street entertainment and food stalls from 5pm.
A carnival of colour and sound with spectacular professional performers then gets underway at 6pm when Elliot Eastwick, Revolution 96.2's popular breakfast show host, makes the short walk from the station's headquarters to get the party started.
"This is a fantastic night for families that is all about fire safety and fun.
"Why bother with the risk and expense of having your own bonfire when you can come along and watch this amazing fireworks display – and our other brilliant entertainment – all for free?
This year The Big Bang has secured a major new attraction in the Gandini Jugglers.
This group brings a magical marriage of virtuoso juggling with some of the most advanced light technology available.
Their unique 'glow' routines feature some of the most difficult juggling patterns on the planet with clubs whose colours are synchronised to music and pulsate, jump and fade in and out of mesmerising colour palettes.
"The Gandini Jugglers have an international reputation. They've performed with Cirque du Soleil and are real crowd-pleasers.
To help cater for parking demand, Oldham Council is offering the use of all its town centre car parks free of charge from 3pm on the day.
The public are advised to wear appropriate footwear, wrap up warm, arrive early and use public transport to avoid high demand on town centre car parking.
Local weather will be closely monitored in the run-up to the event. If conditions are thought to pose any threat to public safety then some aspects could be cancelled.
The following items – alcohol, sparklers, fireworks, gazebos and barbecues will not be permitted on the Oldham Edge site and will be confiscated. Children under 16 years old must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
This event is designed to discourage smaller groups of people from holding unsupervised bonfires which can put extreme pressure on emergency services.
The local authority supports the Greater Manchester-wide Treacle campaign which is designed to prevent, tackle and protect against antisocial behaviour, criminal damage and reduce incidents and injuries during the Hallowe'en and Bonfire period.
Partner agencies involved include Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS), Greater Manchester Police, the Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd, ten local authorities, Trading Standards, Transport for Greater Manchester and the Health and Safety Executive.


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District 99 begins new year with enhanced security measures
Armed lead security officer stationed at both schools
By BOB RAKOWEmailFollow
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Two recently retired police officers will lead the security efforts at Downers Grove North and South high schools when students return to school Aug. 17.
DOWNERS GROVE – Two recently retired police officers will lead the security efforts at Downers Grove North and South high schools when students return to school Aug. 17.
The full-time, armed lead security officers will oversee building security and personnel at both schools, Superintendent Hank Thiele said in an Aug. 6 letter to parents.
"We are introducing several new security enhancements at North High School and South High School in Downers Grove, all of which will be in place when the school year begins," Thiele said.
Russ Rau, a retired Downers Grove police officer with 29 years of service, will be lead security officer at Downers Grove North. Rau previously served as a school resource officer at both District 99 schools.
Dan Niemann, a retired Des Plaines and Vernon Hills police officer with 29 years of service, will be the lead security officer at Downers Grove South. Niemann has served as a commander, sergeant, detective, tactical officer and field training officer.
Rau and Niemann will work alongside the Downers Grove Police Department school resource officers stationed at each school.
"It provides us redundancy," Thiele said. "It gives us our own expert. It's a different relationship when it's our own employee."
Other members of the school security teams include individuals who are former police officers or who have experience as security guards, he said.
The addition of the lead officers is only one element of the district's ongoing security enhancements, Thiele said.
The front entrances at both schools have been reconfigured to include pass-through windows that allow school personnel to screen visitors prior to allowing entrance into the buildings. Permanent secured vestibules will be built as part of the district's master facility plan.
The district also added a new rapid emergency response system that includes blue police alarm pull stations, which are similar to fire alarm pull stations, Thiele said.
When the alarm is activated, police are immediately notified, loudspeakers throughout the buildings broadcast emergency information and strobe lights are activated both inside and outside the building. The system also will be installed at the district's Transition 99 Center.
Additionally, a third-party application, "Crisis Go," will allow staff members to communicate electronically with the internal safety team and local law enforcement during a crisis situation, Thiele said.
The installation of safety and security film is another part of the security measures.
"We are installing a safety and security film to cover select door entryways," Thiele said. "The one-way film will allow students and others who are inside to see outside, but block those outside from seeing into the building."
Downers Grove North celebrates homecoming week
Downers Grove South homecoming parade puts school spirit on display
Downers Grove South honors alumni during homecoming week
Summer ends, class begins for Downers Grove high schoolers


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Crypto Winter Is Here. The Weak Will Die, and the Strong Will Eat Their Bones
Above all, Consensus was a big tent. Huge, in fact, literally and figuratively. We drew 17,000 attendees to the conference itself, and another 3,000 attended satellite events. It was the South by Southwest of crypto, complete with concerts from Disclosure and Big Boi. And it will be next year, too. Source
Above all, Consensus.
It has been a week of whiplash for us here at CoinDesk. On the one hand, we just scored an immense triumph as an organization with Consensus 2022, which wrapped up on Sunday. The conference was a sprawling, frenetic four days that proved how intense and broad the interest in crypto is. It also, if I can pat my fellow CoinDeskers on the back, proved once and for all that we are the media organization at the center of it all.
This article is excerpted from The Node, CoinDesk's daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain and crypto news.
On the other hand, of course, in the mere two days since Consensus ended, we've seen an incredible rout in crypto markets, with bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) both dropping roughly 20%.
There are now signs of a liquidity crunch, and maybe even insolvency, at the centralized lending platform Celsius Network – arguably the "other shoe" dropping after the LUNA/UST unwind. Trouble at Celsius in turn has traders worried about stETH, an important bond-like token related to the Ethereum 2.0 Merge. There are also apparently liquidity issues at Three Arrows Capital, and to top it all off, crypto exchange Coinbase just laid off 1,100 people.
There is so much to say about this moment, and we here at CoinDesk will be saying all of it in the coming weeks and months as we help you navigate the crypto crisis. But before the dominos started toppling at scale, I was planning for this column to be about the amazingness of Consensus. And I still think that's important, because the vision and passion that was on display in Austin, Texas, last weekend is exactly how we find our way out of this mess.
A big tent
Above all, Consensus was a big tent. Huge, in fact, literally and figuratively. We drew 17,000 attendees to the conference itself, and another 3,000 attended satellite events. It was the South by Southwest of crypto, complete with concerts from Disclosure and Big Boi. And it will be next year, too.
More to the point, though, the breadth of programming and perspectives was mind-boggling. For instance, I was on my way to moderate a panel and had a few moments to spare, so I stuck my head in a random auditorium – and there was Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, who has little crypto involvement aside from a shared concern about data harvesting.
I got to see sci-fi author Neal Stephenson and technologist Jaron Lanier in conversation with CoinDesk contributor Leah Callon-Butler. I myself got to interview one of the Baylor University bitcoin researchers, and also had a delightfully unhinged conversation with Chris Gabriel, aka MemeAnalysis, about memetics, Freud, black magic and the CIA.
Crypto, it seems clear, is becoming a Schelling point for various stripes of dissatisfaction with the status quo. A Schelling point is, very loosely, a symbol, site, technology or other focal point that draws people together to collaborate without explicit communication or coordination. Crypto has seized society's imagination and become a site for transformative change – even if we're not clear where it's headed.
Crashdown?
And here we get to the market crash. I feel immense empathy for those who are losing their jobs right now, and for those who will in the coming days and weeks. I've been there – I lost my job as a result of the 2018 crypto crash.
But there are also immense positives to a crypto downturn. The products failing – particularly Luna and Celsius – were substantially illusory all along, driven by inflated, unsustainable returns. It's now becoming clear that the "profits" depositors in these systems received were essentially a game of musical chairs using venture capital money.
Coinbase, meanwhile, has admitted that it made a major strategic mistake by hiring too fast despite, as I pointed out when it went public in 2021, the brutally cyclical nature of the exchange business. And Three Arrows, a highly influential venture firm, appears to have been heavily invested in some of the most speculative and risky projects on the market.
I know it's a terrible cliché, but it's nonetheless true: All of this carnage is, in fact, the good news.
While we'll certainly see more unwinds, withdrawal freezes and mysterious silences over the next few weeks or even months, the market crash will be hardest on companies and investors who have made poor decisions. As crypto expanded and hype built over the past two years, fundamentally worthless projects proliferated, minting their own ephemeral tokens and convincing uninformed retail traders and high-profile veteran hedge fund managers alike that they had value.
This sort of garbage has crept into crypto during every expansion cycle. The current downturn is the holy cleansing flame that will eliminate it, in the same way that an old-growth forest needs a good fire every once in a while to renew itself. Getting rid of fake trash built on hype and a cult of personality means that, while there may be less money sloshing around for the next year or so, a much higher proportion of that will go to credible projects.
Capital is available
Those who are looking to build something based on a solid idea will thrive in this environment – especially because, unlike in 2018, it seems likely there will still be substantial venture capital available. As an example, consider that OpenSea, which generated $20 billion in NFT sales in 2021, was founded in 2017, with a lot of building through 2018 and 2019. That was not just during a fallow period for crypto, it was before most people had heard the term non-fungible token.
There will be other OpenSeas, other Ethereum Name Services (ENS), other genuinely useful and profitable services or technologies developed during the coming bear market (OK, I'm ready to call it a "crypto winter" now). The best way to survive, or thrive, will be to do that building and position yourself to reap the benefits during the next big surge.
And remember that these downturns are always shorter than they seem. Personally, after losing my crypto job in 2018, it was less than two years before I was back in the industry – and having even more fun than before.


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Preds thump Blackhawks 5-1
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While Blackhawks fans joke that Bridgestone Arena may as well be "United Center South", the boys in gold had different plans last night as they welcomed in fellow Central Division team the Chicago Blackhawks to Nashville last night. The first meeting in Nashville this season, the Predators and Blackhawks' first bout with one another since last season's playoff run was Tuesday in Chicago. Excelling on home ice, the Blackhawks dismantled the Predators 4-1 while extending Patrick Kane's point streak.
While Predators/Blackhawks games aren't exactly the most enjoyable when they come to town for the Nashville fan, it seemed like the building belonged to its home fans well before the hockey teams hit the ice. I'd go as far to say that the Predators fans drowned out the opposing fans quite well, minus the occasional Hawks cheer here and there. While Blackhawks band-wagoners scoff at the fact that Predators fans get run out of the building when they come to town, it's the obvious and overstated reminder that Nashville is still a fairly young team. We don't have to do the math to say that one of the Original Six teams that was established in 1926 has more fans than a team founded in 1998. Who gives a flying you-know-what as to how many Cups you have? You have six and three of those were won within the last decade. It's not that Nashville has a lack of fans; hockey has been around long before the NHL decided to place a national team here. Piss-ass drunk fans that thrive on being an embarrassment to society are what make Predators fans avoid the arena when Blackhawks fans come to town. Congrats on that achievement.
Moving onward, after the loss Tuesday night in Chicago, the Predators didn't have to wait long for a rematch as the Blackhawks would arrive for their first match in Nashville this season last night.
FIRST PERIOD:
James Neal launched the Predators in the right direction at 6:54 for his 11th goal of the season giving Nashville an early 1-0 lead over Chicago. Shea Weber (10) and Mike Ribeiro (13) notched the assists.
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Craig Smith would make his move count at 15:56 for his 6th goal of the season with Viktor Arvidsson picking up his first assist.
Not even a minute later, Filip Forsberg would push Nashville up 3-0 with a power play goal. Heck, Paul didn't even finish saying the word before Forsberg scored. It was pretty fantastic, really. Roman Josi (15) and Calle Jarnkrok (4) would notch the assists on Forsberg's sixth goal of the season.
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There was no denying who dominated the first period, but the question on everyone's mind was would Nashville continue the momentum through the remaining forty minutes? Pekka Rinne looked like him old self despite having a few uncharacteristic games as of late. Though Chicago only managed seven shots on goal in the first period, they were all pretty stout.
SECOND PERIOD:
Though no goals were scored in the second period, what was expected out of Chicago – for the most part – happened. They came out with more flames under their feet than Nashville did, but the Predators didn't make the usual "second period funk" that they usually take. Chicago would out-shoot Nashville 13 to 8 in the second, but Pekka being Pekka and all…
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THIRD PERIOD:
At 5:43, Patrick Kane would "score" to not only put Chicago finally on the board, but extend his point streak to 24. Now, I am not one for conspiracies, but really… this was definitely goaltender interference. Any other time, I am almost willing to bet that goal would've been thrown out, but because Kane's streak is involved… yeah, I do believe it. So sue me. I'm a fan, not a NHL employee.
Neal, on the other hand, extended Nashville lead to 4-1 at 14:55 for his second goal of the night and his 12th of the season. No assistance was needed for his Frosty goal.
And, in a last ditch effort to get Chicago in the game, Scott Darling was pulled to give the Blackhawks the extra man. Unfortunately for them, Eric Nystom has a way of hitting the empty nets (even when down a man on the penalty). Nystrom's empty-netter + shorthanded goal is his fifth of the season. Like Neal's second goal, no assistance was needed.
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While Blackhawks fans filed out of the arena before the final horn could signify the victory in favor of the home team, Nashville was gaining a huge morale boost in this win (along with the points, of course). The players are not immune to the fact that Chicago is notorious for taking over the Bridgestone Arena. They take just as much pride in winning these games as the fans do.
Hands go UP 🙌🏻! #Preds win this one 5-1 and everyone gets a Frosty! Alrighty then. #CHIvsNSH pic.twitter.com/PvfyF1pJoF
— Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) December 11, 2015
With this victory under their belts, the Predators improve their record to 15-9-5 and now sit in third in the Central Division with 35 points (Chicago has 34 and St. Louis -2nd- has 36). Nashville currently sits fourth in the Western Conference.
The Predators welcome in the 12-16-1 Colorado Avalanche on Saturday, but don't let that standing fool you. Just because the Avalanche are last in the Western Conference doesn't mean they won't come out kicking and screaming.
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It's no surprise that the words "Tri-State Crematory" would jump off the page while I was reading the descriptions of the various movies to be screened this coming weekend at the Secret City Film Festival. I have heard Dr. Bill Bass speak about his involvement in the crematory case and I recently read his academic paper on cremation weights that was necessitated by the same case.
"Sahkanaga," directed by John Henry Summerour, will be shown during the festival's 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. block on Sunday, September 23 at Regal Downtown West Cinema 8. The movie is a fictionalized version of the Tri-State Crematory story. It "imagines this event from the perspective of a teenager who stumbles upon the first body." The blurb also says that Sahkanaga means Great Blue Hills of God in Cherokee and is pronounced "sock-uh-nogga." The reviews from previous film festivals have been terrific. The trailer makes me want to see it too.
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