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package com.azilen.spring.common.configure.condition;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.DisposableBean;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.ListableBeanFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
import org.springframework.context.EnvironmentAware;
import org.springframework.context.ResourceLoaderAware;
import org.springframework.context.event.ContextRefreshedEvent;
import org.springframework.context.support.PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer;
import org.springframework.core.PriorityOrdered;
import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
import org.springframework.core.convert.support.DefaultConversionService;
import org.springframework.core.env.ConfigurableEnvironment;
import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
import org.springframework.core.env.MutablePropertySources;
import org.springframework.core.env.PropertySource;
import org.springframework.core.env.PropertySources;
import org.springframework.core.env.StandardEnvironment;
import org.springframework.core.io.DefaultResourceLoader;
import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
import org.springframework.util.Assert;
import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
import org.springframework.validation.Errors;
import org.springframework.validation.Validator;
import org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean;

public class ConfigurationPropertiesBindingPostProcessor implements
BeanPostProcessor, BeanFactoryAware, ResourceLoaderAware,
EnvironmentAware, ApplicationContextAware, InitializingBean,
DisposableBean, ApplicationListener<ContextRefreshedEvent>,
PriorityOrdered{
	public static final String VALIDATOR_BEAN_NAME = "configurationPropertiesValidator";
	private static final String[] VALIDATOR_CLASSES = new String[] {
			"javax.validation.Validator", "javax.validation.ValidatorFactory" };
	private static final Log logger = LogFactory
			.getLog(ConfigurationPropertiesBindingPostProcessor.class);
	private ConfigurationBeanFactoryMetaData beans = new ConfigurationBeanFactoryMetaData();
	private PropertySources propertySources;
	private Validator validator;
	private volatile Validator localValidator;
	private ConversionService conversionService;
	private DefaultConversionService defaultConversionService;
	private BeanFactory beanFactory;
	private ResourceLoader resourceLoader = new DefaultResourceLoader();
	private Environment environment = new StandardEnvironment();
	private ApplicationContext applicationContext;
	private List<Converter<?, ?>> converters = Collections.emptyList();
	private List<GenericConverter> genericConverters = Collections.emptyList();
	private int order = -2147483647;

	@Autowired(required = false)
	@ConfigurationPropertiesBinding
	public void setConverters(List<Converter<?, ?>> converters) {
		this.converters = converters;
	}

	@Autowired(required = false)
	@ConfigurationPropertiesBinding
	public void setGenericConverters(List<GenericConverter> converters) {
		this.genericConverters = converters;
	}

	public void setOrder(int order) {
		this.order = order;
	}

	public int getOrder() {
		return this.order;
	}

	public void setPropertySources(PropertySources propertySources) {
		this.propertySources = propertySources;
	}

	public void setValidator(Validator validator) {
		this.validator = validator;
	}

	public void setConversionService(ConversionService conversionService) {
		this.conversionService = conversionService;
	}

	public void setBeanMetaDataStore(ConfigurationBeanFactoryMetaData beans) {
		this.beans = beans;
	}

	public void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) throws BeansException {
		this.beanFactory = beanFactory;
	}

	public void setResourceLoader(ResourceLoader resourceLoader) {
		this.resourceLoader = resourceLoader;
	}

	public void setEnvironment(Environment environment) {
		this.environment = environment;
	}

	public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext) {
		this.applicationContext = applicationContext;
	}

	public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {
		if (this.propertySources == null) {
			this.propertySources = this.deducePropertySources();
		}

		if (this.validator == null) {
			this.validator = (Validator) this.getOptionalBean(
					"configurationPropertiesValidator", Validator.class);
		}

		if (this.conversionService == null) {
			this.conversionService = (ConversionService) this.getOptionalBean(
					"conversionService", ConversionService.class);
		}

	}

	public void onApplicationEvent(ContextRefreshedEvent event) {
		this.freeLocalValidator();
	}

	public void destroy() throws Exception {
		this.freeLocalValidator();
	}

	private void freeLocalValidator() {
		try {
			Validator ex = this.localValidator;
			this.localValidator = null;
			if (ex != null) {
				((DisposableBean) ex).destroy();
			}

		} catch (Exception arg1) {
			throw new IllegalStateException(arg1);
		}
	}

	private PropertySources deducePropertySources() {
		PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer configurer = this
				.getSinglePropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer();
		if (configurer != null) {
			return new ConfigurationPropertiesBindingPostProcessor.FlatPropertySources(
					configurer.getAppliedPropertySources());
		} else if (this.environment instanceof ConfigurableEnvironment) {
			MutablePropertySources propertySources = ((ConfigurableEnvironment) this.environment)
					.getPropertySources();
			return new ConfigurationPropertiesBindingPostProcessor.FlatPropertySources(
					propertySources);
		} else {
			logger.warn("Unable to obtain PropertySources from PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer or Environment");
			return new MutablePropertySources();
		}
	}

	private PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer getSinglePropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer() {
		if (this.beanFactory instanceof ListableBeanFactory) {
			ListableBeanFactory listableBeanFactory = (ListableBeanFactory) this.beanFactory;
			Map beans = listableBeanFactory.getBeansOfType(
					PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer.class, false, false);
			if (beans.size() == 1) {
				return (PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer) beans.values()
						.iterator().next();
			}

			if (beans.size() > 1 && logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
				logger.warn("Multiple PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer beans registered "
						+ beans.keySet() + ", falling back to Environment");
			}
		}

		return null;
	}

	private <T> T getOptionalBean(String name, Class<T> type) {
		try {
			return this.beanFactory.getBean(name, type);
		} catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException arg3) {
			return null;
		}
	}

	public Object postProcessBeforeInitialization(Object bean, String beanName)
			throws BeansException {
		ConfigurationProperties annotation = (ConfigurationProperties) AnnotationUtils
				.findAnnotation(bean.getClass(), ConfigurationProperties.class);
		if (annotation != null) {
			this.postProcessBeforeInitialization(bean, beanName, annotation);
		}

		annotation = (ConfigurationProperties) this.beans
				.findFactoryAnnotation(beanName, ConfigurationProperties.class);
		if (annotation != null) {
			this.postProcessBeforeInitialization(bean, beanName, annotation);
		}

		return bean;
	}

	public Object postProcessAfterInitialization(Object bean, String beanName)
			throws BeansException {
		return bean;
	}

	private void postProcessBeforeInitialization(Object bean, String beanName,
			ConfigurationProperties annotation) {
		PropertiesConfigurationFactory factory = new PropertiesConfigurationFactory(
				bean);
		if (annotation != null && annotation.locations().length != 0) {
			factory.setPropertySources(this.loadPropertySources(
					annotation.locations(), annotation.merge()));
		} else {
			factory.setPropertySources(this.propertySources);
		}

		factory.setValidator(this.determineValidator(bean));
		factory.setConversionService(this.conversionService == null ? this
				.getDefaultConversionService() : this.conversionService);
		if (annotation != null) {
			factory.setIgnoreInvalidFields(annotation.ignoreInvalidFields());
			factory.setIgnoreUnknownFields(annotation.ignoreUnknownFields());
			factory.setExceptionIfInvalid(annotation.exceptionIfInvalid());
			factory.setIgnoreNestedProperties(annotation
					.ignoreNestedProperties());
			if (StringUtils.hasLength(annotation.prefix())) {
				factory.setTargetName(annotation.prefix());
			}
		}

		try {
			factory.bindPropertiesToTarget();
		} catch (Exception arg7) {
			String targetClass = ClassUtils.getShortName(bean.getClass());
			throw new BeanCreationException(beanName,
					"Could not bind properties to " + targetClass + " ("
							+ this.getAnnotationDetails(annotation) + ")", arg7);
		}
	}

	private String getAnnotationDetails(ConfigurationProperties annotation) {
		if (annotation == null) {
			return "";
		} else {
			StringBuilder details = new StringBuilder();
			details.append("prefix=").append(annotation.prefix());
			details.append(", ignoreInvalidFields=").append(
					annotation.ignoreInvalidFields());
			details.append(", ignoreUnknownFields=").append(
					annotation.ignoreUnknownFields());
			details.append(", ignoreNestedProperties=").append(
					annotation.ignoreNestedProperties());
			return details.toString();
		}
	}

	private Validator determineValidator(Object bean) {
		Validator validator = this.getValidator();
		boolean supportsBean = validator != null
				&& validator.supports(bean.getClass());
		return (Validator) (ClassUtils.isAssignable(Validator.class,
				bean.getClass()) ? (supportsBean ? new ConfigurationPropertiesBindingPostProcessor.ChainingValidator(
				new Validator[] { validator, (Validator) bean })
				: (Validator) bean)
				: (supportsBean ? validator : null));
	}

	private Validator getValidator() {
		if (this.validator != null) {
			return this.validator;
		} else {
			if (this.localValidator == null && this.isJsr303Present()) {
				this.localValidator = (new ConfigurationPropertiesBindingPostProcessor.LocalValidatorFactory())
						.run(this.applicationContext);
			}

			return this.localValidator;
		}
	}

	private boolean isJsr303Present() {
		String[] arg0 = VALIDATOR_CLASSES;
		int arg1 = arg0.length;

		for (int arg2 = 0; arg2 < arg1; ++arg2) {
			String validatorClass = arg0[arg2];
			if (!ClassUtils.isPresent(validatorClass,
					this.applicationContext.getClassLoader())) {
				return false;
			}
		}

		return true;
	}

	private PropertySources loadPropertySources(String[] locations,
			boolean mergeDefaultSources) {
		try {
			PropertySourcesLoader ex = new PropertySourcesLoader();
			String[] loaded = locations;
			int arg4 = locations.length;

			for (int propertySource = 0; propertySource < arg4; ++propertySource) {
				String location = loaded[propertySource];
				Resource resource = this.resourceLoader
						.getResource(this.environment
								.resolvePlaceholders(location));
				String[] profiles = this.environment.getActiveProfiles();
				int i = profiles.length;

				while (i-- > 0) {
					String profile = profiles[i];
					ex.load(resource, profile);
				}

				ex.load(resource);
			}

			MutablePropertySources arg12 = ex.getPropertySources();
			if (mergeDefaultSources) {
				Iterator arg13 = this.propertySources.iterator();

				while (arg13.hasNext()) {
					PropertySource arg14 = (PropertySource) arg13.next();
					arg12.addLast(arg14);
				}
			}

			return arg12;
		} catch (IOException arg11) {
			throw new IllegalStateException(arg11);
		}
	}

	private ConversionService getDefaultConversionService() {
		if (this.defaultConversionService == null) {
			DefaultConversionService conversionService = new DefaultConversionService();
			this.applicationContext.getAutowireCapableBeanFactory()
					.autowireBean(this);
			Iterator arg1 = this.converters.iterator();

			while (arg1.hasNext()) {
				Converter genericConverter = (Converter) arg1.next();
				conversionService.addConverter(genericConverter);
			}

			arg1 = this.genericConverters.iterator();

			while (arg1.hasNext()) {
				GenericConverter genericConverter1 = (GenericConverter) arg1
						.next();
				conversionService.addConverter(genericConverter1);
			}

			this.defaultConversionService = conversionService;
		}

		return this.defaultConversionService;
	}

	private static class FlatPropertySources implements PropertySources {
		private PropertySources propertySources;

		FlatPropertySources(PropertySources propertySources) {
			this.propertySources = propertySources;
		}

		public Iterator<PropertySource<?>> iterator() {
			MutablePropertySources result = this.getFlattened();
			return result.iterator();
		}

		public boolean contains(String name) {
			return this.get(name) != null;
		}

		public PropertySource<?> get(String name) {
			return this.getFlattened().get(name);
		}

		private MutablePropertySources getFlattened() {
			MutablePropertySources result = new MutablePropertySources();
			Iterator arg1 = this.propertySources.iterator();

			while (arg1.hasNext()) {
				PropertySource propertySource = (PropertySource) arg1.next();
				this.flattenPropertySources(propertySource, result);
			}

			return result;
		}

		private void flattenPropertySources(PropertySource<?> propertySource,
				MutablePropertySources result) {
			Object source = propertySource.getSource();
			if (source instanceof ConfigurableEnvironment) {
				ConfigurableEnvironment environment = (ConfigurableEnvironment) source;
				Iterator arg4 = environment.getPropertySources().iterator();

				while (arg4.hasNext()) {
					PropertySource childSource = (PropertySource) arg4.next();
					this.flattenPropertySources(childSource, result);
				}
			} else {
				result.addLast(propertySource);
			}

		}
	}

	private static class ChainingValidator implements Validator {
		private Validator[] validators;

		ChainingValidator(Validator... validators) {
			Assert.notNull(validators, "Validators must not be null");
			this.validators = validators;
		}

		public boolean supports(Class<?> clazz) {
			Validator[] arg1 = this.validators;
			int arg2 = arg1.length;

			for (int arg3 = 0; arg3 < arg2; ++arg3) {
				Validator validator = arg1[arg3];
				if (validator.supports(clazz)) {
					return true;
				}
			}

			return false;
		}

		public void validate(Object target, Errors errors) {
			Validator[] arg2 = this.validators;
			int arg3 = arg2.length;

			for (int arg4 = 0; arg4 < arg3; ++arg4) {
				Validator validator = arg2[arg4];
				if (validator.supports(target.getClass())) {
					validator.validate(target, errors);
				}
			}

		}
	}

	private static class LocalValidatorFactory {
		private LocalValidatorFactory() {
		}

		public Validator run(ApplicationContext applicationContext) {
			LocalValidatorFactoryBean validator = new LocalValidatorFactoryBean();
			validator.setApplicationContext(applicationContext);
			validator.afterPropertiesSet();
			return validator;
		}
	}

}

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Q: Argument of type 'string | VNode' is not assignable to parameter of type 'VNode & string' Ok, i can be very wrong but help me out here,
I am getting this error

Argument of type 'string | VNode' is not assignable to parameter of type 'VNode & string'.
    Type 'string' is not assignable to type 'VNode & string'.
      Type 'string' is not assignable to type 'VNode'.

When i try to do this
addChild(child: VNode | string) {
    this._children.push(child);
    return 1
}

VNode Interface is like this
interface VNode {
readonly _tagName: string;
_attrs: {};
_children: VNode[] | string[];
 }

I recently shifted to TS, i can be very much wrong but help me out here....

A: You type for the _children property seems wrong, you want it to be an Array OF VNode OR string instead of Array OF string OR Array OF VNode:
interface VNode {
  readonly _tagName: string;
  _attrs: {};
  _children: Array<VNode | string>;
}

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folk/roots, single releases 3 November 2020 3 November 2020
Commonwealth Connections: Jasmine Rodgers Releases New Single, "Flies"
And just like that, November is here already. Having enjoyed some brisk and misty mornings, and watching the leaves starting to turn and tumble from the trees, the colder half of the calendar year is definitely upon us. While I am thankful to bid farewell to the scorching temperatures and high humidity here on the US East coast, many friends are happier still to be rid of annoying wasps, larger-than-life fire ants, and pesky mosquitos. Yeah, I get that – as I glance outside and see swarms of midges loitering out in the yard. There seems to be no escape from flies right now – something I discovered just a few days ago when I found "Flies" in my GDW email inbox (but not a real fly, per se – please, read on).
"Flies" is the latest single from London, UK artist Jasmine Rodgers, released independently across all major digital download and streaming platforms, and her first solo endeavor (Jasmine also fronts the UK rock band Boa) following her acclaimed "Blood Red Sun" album back in 2016. Teaming up once again with co-producer Sean Genockey (Tom McRae, Joel Harries), Rodgers also announces that "Flies" is the first track from an upcoming EP. "I have been thinking about how big life is and it makes my problems feel smaller," Jasmine shares. "It's like when you look at an image of the planet as a speck of dust in the universe. My latest song is about being stuck in situations that you feel helpless to remove yourself from, yet finding a way to be free. Flies was a healing song for me and singing it makes me feel better."
Rodgers has earned a growing reputation for fusing many musical influences to create her own sound, weaving rock, blues, soul, folk, and country into lush musical textures layered with poetic lyrics. "Flies" is a lyrical study of mortality, and once again showcases the ethereal beauty of her vocals, whilst driven by her folky finger-picking guitar technique. "This song is about survival, from heartache to healed. We can go through the absolute worst times, but we can also get through them," Jasmine explains. "The humble fly was my inspiration … its little life is beautiful in its own way. To me, there is beauty in everything."
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Ex-Jammat member killed in Diego home
A policeman at the scene where Salim Abdullah Muwakil was found shot dead in his home at Green Drive, Diego Martin. – ANGELO MARCELLE
Businessman Salim Abdullah Muwakil, 66, was shot and killed in his Diego Martin home on Friday night.
The 2013 report of the Commission of Inquiry into the 1990 attempted coup described Muwakil as being "actively involved" in a plot to assassinate prime minister ANR Robinson, and identifies him as one of the Jamaat Al Muslimeen responsible for organising explosives to destroy the old police headquarters on St Vincent Street, Port of Spain.
The father of 21 was also the former head of the WASA workers section of the National Union of Government and Federated Workers.
According to the police, around 11.40 pm, residents of Green Drive, Diego Martin heard gunshots and called the police. Officers found Muwakil in a pool of blood in the middle of his bedroom. He had several gunshot wounds.
Several spent shells were recovered on the scene and investigations are continuing.
His son, Muhammad Muwakil, actor, musician and founding member of Freetown Collective, described his father as generous leader and a staunch Muslim who felt it was people's duty to help those who were weaker or who had less.
"Anyone who knows my father, the one word they would use to describe him was generous, to a fault sometimes. He was somebody that chose to stand up for what is right and do his best to be that person within the community. He was someone people knew they could come to for help at any point in time."
He said the example of his father, and the people he grew up around, made him who he was. As a result, he did not "have a moment of hate" for the person who committed the act.
Friend Abasie Jawwad described Muwakil as a caring man, so he did not appreciate how the media was covering his death.
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"They are trying to paint him as a criminal so people would judge him based on 1990, over 30 years ago. But people are supposed to judge you for who you are now. So if somebody kill him in this present time, the public would say he deserved it, that he paid for what he did in 1990? That is wrong!"
He said Muwakil was an exemplary person in the community who helped those in need. He was an older man who focused on his family and businesses so he could not understand why someone would want him dead.
He recalled when, as a young man, he was "under pressure" and Muwakil helped him find a job, and he did the same for many others.
"If he was in his young days you could say they have reason to kill Salim but Salim retire from WASA and he just home seeing about his business, community and children. The person who killed Salim, maybe they know why they did it, but it's sad to see something like this happen to him."
Muwakil was one of more than 600 people murdered in 2022.


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Court freezes Biden's COVID-19 mandate
FILE – In this Tuesday, July 9, 2019 file photo, People wait in line to enter the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to sit in overflow rooms to hear arguments in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
NEW ORLEANS, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has granted an Emergency Stay on the enforcement of President Biden's federal vaccine mandate after Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry on Friday filed a lawsuit to stop the mandate.
The Biden Administration mandated all employees of businesses that employ 100 or more workers be vaccinated. They believe increasing the amount of the population vaccinated would be the quickest way to end the pandemic. More than 750,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the United States.
The Petition for Review of Occupational Safety and Health Administration Emergency Temporary Standard went before U.S. Fifth Circuit Judges Jones, Duncan, and Engelhardt, who issued the emergency order "pending expedited judicial review."
Filed Friday by Louisiana Secretary of State Jeff Landry, the lawsuit claims the mandate exceeds the administration's legal authority and conflicts with the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and with the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
"Because the petitions give cause to believe there are grave statutory and constitutional issues with the Mandate, the Mandate is hereby STAYED pending further action by this court."
27 states have filed lawsuits in several circuits to challenge the rule. However, the Biden administration asserts that safety rules take precedence over state laws and it will withstand any challenges brought against it in court. Violations include penalties of nearly $14,000.
The Court, however, did not publish today's opinion, and the order addressed only the emergency order.
The order requires the federal government to respond to the lawsuit by 5 p.m. Monday, and that Landry file any reply by 5 p.m. Tuesday.
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The Chaplain's role in VOS is as a listener and non-judgemental friend to those who visit the Drop-In.
We help Veterans and their immediate families in and around Hampshire.
Currently funded by the Armed Forces Community Covenant Fund to deliver a programme of free workshops and Portsmouth Clinical Commissioning Group to conduct our Veterans' Healthcare Survey.
Craniosacral Therapy (CST) is a complementary therapy that concentrates on the body's response to the environment, be that emotional or physical. It is a light touch therapy, during which people usually lie fully clothed on a couch. In partnership with VOS, CST is provided in hourly sessions to help improve quality of life, concentrating on supporting the processes in the body that aid relaxation and can help with sleep, anxiety, pain, anger and stress.
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Production Co: Bronson Club
Director: A J Annila
Writer: Iiro Küttner
A foreign language film set on the swampy border between Russia and Sweden at the end of the 1500s with no blood and only a few scares will always be a hard sell to audiences, but Sauna is worth your time for very slick production values and an intriguing idea.
After a bitter war between the two countries, two Finnish brothers join a contingent of Russian soldiers to map out the new border agreed upon by the peace accords. The eldest, a brutal soldier not proud of his deeds, mistreats a farming family who offers them lodgings when he suspects the man was an enemy sympathiser. After killing him the brothers lock his young daughter in a dark underground cellar and leave her.
The younger of the two is torn up with guilt at abandoning the innocent girl to die trapped and keeps seeing her, believing she's following them even though his brother does his best to convince him she's a casualty of war.
When the line goes straight through a forbidding swamp the party assume is uninhabited, they find a small village at the centre where the people are timid and guarded. Not far away is the sauna of the title, a low, squat building the size of a shipping container in the middle of a freezing pond, and records found in the village tell the men it's a magical place that will cleanse them of their sins.
But they have to face them first, and after several of their party go inside and disappear without a trace, the younger brother follows them to absolve his guilt about the girl, only to find a grotesque version of her inside, her face gone and pouring black oil, hell bent on avenging herself.
The elder brother tries to hold onto reason to work out what's gone so wrong and what the villagers are hiding, but he knows he's going to have to step inside and face his transgressions sooner or later.
The story mostly makes sense although some of the best sequences - particularly the climatic one - will have you scratching your head even while you pick your jaw up off the floor. The picture is extremely high quality, every snowdrift and brooding tree rendered in vivid detail. You can almost feel the freezing crispness of the dirty water and hard-bitten ground, and while it won't compete with far flashier horror efforts, The Sauna is something you've never seen before.


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Would Guile "spoil" a new-ish player?
Classic Fighting Games Ultra Street Fighter IV
slickhare August 11, 2010, 11:57am #1
So I've been trying to find a solid main after a stint with Cody, hopping from character to character for weeks now. But after a bit in the lab with Guile I find myself really clicking, which is funny because when I first picked up SF I couldn't play charge chars worth a damn.
My question is, seeing as how Guile is high-tier, to the point that there is a "band-wagon" surrounding him, am I spoiling myself as a player by starting out playing Guile? I.e. Will I develop bad habits, not learn how to "really" play the game due to unfair advantage, or otherwise inhibit my long-term progression?
kraal August 11, 2010, 12:06pm #2
First, there is no such thing as unfair advantage. Everyone can pickup Guile or one of his bad matchups.
Then, no, really no. Guile has a very specific gameplay, and some difficult matchups like everyone, just a little less (well played vortex chars will make you cry).
With him, you will learn solid zoning, poking and normals usage. Execution is not among the most difficult, but who cares ?
Bastard_Wolf August 11, 2010, 5:27pm #3
You're def. going to learn the basics and fundementals with Guile, so go for it. He doesn't have a whole lot of silly stuff, it's all about spacing, zoning and knowing what button works best in which situation. So he's going to improve your overall game too.
Morm August 11, 2010, 8:28pm #4
SSF4 is a very balanced game with only a few sub-par characters ; the power difference between the best character and say, the 20th character is small enough not to compensate any skill gap.
Guile is a character who requires good reactions, good fundamentals (like advanced normal moves knowledge) and a lot of composure, so you'll learn a lot from him. Besides, with his lack of moves like shoryu to ultra or Honda's EX Headbutt the US officer can't win out of luck.
He's a very turtly character though, get prepared to receive tons of hatemail from scrubby players.


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We're celebrating Meatless Mondays with balanced, delicious meal plans. We hope you'll join us -- whether you're vegetarian all the time or just here and there.
Today: Pappardelle is so fancy (you already know).
Papparadelle is sumptuous; it just lounges and flops on your plate as if it were reclining on a chaise lounge in an evening gown. And when you eat pappardelle, even if it's a weeknight, you'll feel luxurious, too (especially if you make a slightly crunchy, very tomato-y chickpea bolognese to top it). If you have any leftover sauce, save it for later in the week -- it's a great topping for polenta, rice, or cooked vegetables.
You'll start by steeping dried mushrooms in boiling water; let them soak while you start on the sauce. Process roughly chopped onion, celery, carrots, and garlic in a food processor until you have a chunky mash. Sauté canned chickpeas on the stove, add the processed vegetables, some herbs, and the rehydrated mushrooms (chop them and reserve their soaking liquid).
Next, add in crushed tomatoes, wine, and the reserved mushroom liquid. Bring the sauce to a simmer, partially cover the pot, and leave it alone for an hour.
While the sauce cooks, clean up the kitchen, set the table, and start on your green salad. Wash and dry your greens of choice, make a quick vinaigrette, and chop any vegetables that won't be sad sitting out for a bit.
When the sauce is almost finished, cook a pound of pasta until al dente. Meanwhile, blend about half of the sauce in a blender or food processor until it's broken down. Add it back to the pot, along with some cream or half and half, and return it to a simmer. Season and stir in fresh herbs.
Toss the salad and plate the pasta, ladling sauce over top.
Take advantage of our handy grocery list and click the recipe photos or titles to see (and save and print) the full recipes.
We're omitting the pancetta to make this dish vegetarian.
Salad add-ins: additional vegetables, cheeses, herbs, nuts, etc.
We assume you have garlic, extra-virgin olive oil, dried oregano, crushed red pepper flakes, salt and pepper, 1 pound of dried pasta, and ingredients for a simple vinaigrette. If not, add those to the list.
Huh. I'd never considered chickpeas in bolognese before, but thinking about it, it sounds awesome. Also, you're right. Pappardelle is like instant luxury.


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European Energy and EIG raise EUR 130 million for green energy construction
European Energy and EIG Global Energy Partners (EIG) have closed a facility of EUR 130 million for green energy construction.
The Portfolio Construction Facility will start financing wind projects in European Energy's rapidly growing renewables business in Lithuania. European Energy has started the construction of more than 300 MW in Lithuania in 2021 and has a development pipeline exceeding one GW in the country. The facility is multijurisdictional, meaning it may later be applied to finance projects in other countries and markets.
– This financing is a milestone for European Energy and it is an essential step towards having the freedom to choose the right and value optimized solutions for renewable energy solutions across the markets that we operate, said Knud Erik Andersen, CEO of European Energy.
European Energy has initiated construction of more than one GW renewable energy projects in various markets during 2021.
– EIG is delighted to provide this flexible form of construction financing to support European Energy's global growth plans in renewables, said Simon Hayden, Managing Director of EIG.
About EIG
EIG is a leading institutional investor to the global energy sector with $22.5 billion under management as of June 30, 2021. EIG specializes in private investments in energy and energy-related infrastructure on a global basis. During its 39-year history, EIG has committed over $38.0 billion to the energy sector through more than 373 projects or companies in 38 countries on six continents. EIG's clients include many of the leading pension plans, insurance companies, endowments, foundations and sovereign wealth funds in the U.S., Asia and Europe. EIG is headquartered in Washington, D.C. with offices in Houston, London, Sydney, Rio de Janeiro, Hong Kong and Seoul. For additional information, please visit EIG's website at www.eigpartners.com.
About European Energy
European Energy develops, finances, constructs and operates wind and solar farms as well as large-scale PtX plants. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, the company has a strong track record as a renewable energy operator across its 18 countries of operation. European Energy expects to grid-connect more than 750 MW in 2021 with another +1 GW in 2022.
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Keeping in touch along with your favorite psychic is made easy by Oranum's free mobile app that alerts you when your psychic comes online. The first several years of Nostradamus's career as a physician were spent traveling in France. Many towns and villages were being destroyed by the bubonic plague (a common harmful sickness). It was called "Le Charbon" ("coal" or "carbon") on account of the black sores it left on its victim's body. The epidemic (a ailment that affects a huge number of folk or regions) had no cure. Doctors commonly "bled" (letting blood out) their patients, considering it will take the disorder with it. It can also result in reversal effect of a private growth of the therapist. People would call up mostly with relationship questions which at the time I found complex for some reason. I was a lot more attuned to questions on life and spiritual questions. I came to be able to field these questions but originally I wasn't wonderful with them. I can get solutions to relationship questions at once now. In fact studying strangers at a distance is now one of my strengths. What she says makes no sense at the time, but in hindsight, most of it has come true by the tale's "existing". The Tarot deck is made of 78 Tarot cards, each with its own unique Tarot card which means. There are 22 Major Arcana cards and 56 Minor Arcana cards across four suits (Cups, Pentacles, Swords and Wands). Consulting the cards again and again a day, each day, is completely self defeating, as repeating a studying too soon for an identical query will customarily create more confusion, no more readability. Below you'll find every thing you want to find out about how a psychic phone reading works, adding how to organize yourself before the call and where I have had the most achievement with cellphone psychics. Psychic phone readings are a spiritual procedure of self-knowing and self-healing. When you're decoding the runes and what they might mean, make good use of your instinct. This is one ruin casting where there aren't hard and fast rules and it is very much all the way down to your personal interpretation. Taromancy : by a type of cartomancy using tarot cards. I've talked to her before on Oranum. She's very nice but I wasn't sure if I should deepest chat along with her. The way you begin your day sets the tone for the reviews that can follow and the way you'll react to them.


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I am in favor of the death penalty, but recognize it is often biased in terms of race and income.
Criminals who have committed truly reprehensible crimes do not deserve a second chance. So in those instances, I do believe in the death penalty. But I admit that the manner in which the death penalty is applied is far from perfect.
Here are my primary concerns issues about the death penalty:
Potential Innocence
Poor Defendants
Painful Process
Potential Innocence — There is always the chance that an innocent person was convicted. That is an argument against the death penalty. For this reason, the death penalty should be reserved when guilt is not just beyond a reasonable doubt, but beyond any doubt.
Racist — There is no doubt that more African Americans are sentenced to death than whites. This certainly seems inherently racist. As with any punishment, individual circumstances should be considered during sentencing. I am not sure whether the problem is too many African Americans are wrongly sentenced to death or if simply too many white criminals are wrongly NOT sentenced to death.
I cannot fix the system to ensure more white people are sentenced to death, so I would likely respond to this on a case-by-case basis to ensure the death penalty has been applied fairly and accurately. I am hesitant to take the prospect of the death penalty off the table as a potential punishment because I believe it can be both a crime deterrent and a useful negotiating tool for prosecutors.
Poor — Defendants with less resources to pay for expensive attorneys are more likely to be sentenced to death than wealthier defendants. All defendants are guaranteed the right to adequate counsel. Unfortunately, income also impacts whether they are found guilty in the first place. This is similar to the racist issue in that it is impossible to fix the system to ensure reach people are found guilty and sentenced to death. So again, I believe the solution is to evaluate on a case-by-case basis.
Cost — The costs of the dealth penalty are based on the million-dollar legal fees during the trial (often paid by the State) and the long appeals process before such a punishment can be carried out. These costs make imposing the death penalty significantly more expensive than life in prison. To me, this is perhaps the strongest argument in favor of reserving the death penalty for those cases where it is truly appropriate. The State must weigh the deterrent aspect of the death penalty vs the cost to taxpayers.
Pain — It is quite possible that a criminal who is put to death will feel some pain. But if they are sentenced to the death penalty, it is undoubtedly because their victims felt an even more horrible pain. I could not care less.
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Movie review: 'Aladdin' remake mostly succeeds- except for Will Smith
Disney's re-do of the 1992 animated classic shines in many ways- but Smith's genie is no Robin Williams
By Stephen Silver
Walt Disney Pictures /for PhillyVoice
Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott in the 2019 movie Aladdin
The latest in Disney's seemingly endless series of remakes of its animated classics is a live-action re-imagining of "Aladdin," the beloved film from 1992 that won two Oscars and cemented the studio's return to animation glory.
The new Aladdin, directed by Guy Ritchie, offers enough positive things to justify its existence. These include a beautiful look, outstanding performances from two mostly unknown leads whose chemistry is electric, and well-done recreations of some of the original movie's iconic moments.
Ritchie, who's mostly known for gritty British crime comedies, a couple of very overrated Sherlock Holmes films, and a brief marriage to Madonna, was a highly counterintuitive choice for this material, but he does a more than capable job.
But there's one huge element that doesn't work: West Philadelphia's own Will Smith, who steps into Robin Williams' old part of the Genie and is just wrong in practically every way. With the possible exception of the songs, the Genie was the best thing about the first Aladdin; in the new film, the Genie is the worst part.
Based on the ancient Middle Eastern folk tale, Aladdin tells the tale of the eponymous "street rat" (Egyptian/Canadian actor Mena Massoud), who roams the streets of the fictional land of Agrabah. One day Aladdin meets Princess Jasmine (British actress Naomi Scott), and is instantly smitten. He can't be with her if he's not a prince, so with the help of a blue genie (Smith), he transforms himself. Meanwhile, the characters do battle with Jafar (a terrifying Marwan Kenzari), the Sultan's evil, power-hungry adviser.
Neither Massoud or Scott was particularly known at the time of their casting, but they're both well-chosen, and their chemistry is something to behold, especially in the "A Whole New World" number, which is wonderfully reproduced here. We're going to be hearing a lot more from both of them soon, I suspect.
As for the third major role… now, perhaps it was impossible to replace Robin Williams, or for that matter to fill the role with anyone in human form. But the conception of the character here, and Smith's execution of it, adds up to a list of miscalculations large and small.
Smith, when he's in guise in blue, just looks ridiculous, which was the first impression held by just about everyone who watched the initial trailer for the project a few months ago. He attempts to replicate Williams' motor-mouth delivery, but that sort of free-styling was so unique to Williams that it just sounds wrong coming from Smith.
At times, Smith's genie is a comic relief character, an exposition machine, and even, in one scene, a wingman. He also gets a misbegotten romantic subplot, with ex-SNLer Nasim Pedrad as the princess' handmaiden. And especially disappointing from a pro like Smith, he brings surprisingly low energy to some of the musical numbers, especially the otherwise visually stunning "Prince Ali" sequence.
Unlike Tim Burton's ill-advised remake of "Dumbo" earlier this year, which added about an hour of new material featuring boring human characters, the new "Aladdin" mostly sticks to the structure and plot beats of the original film. The plot, like last year's "Beauty and the Beast" remake, also adds a touch of feminism, in giving Princess Jasmine ambitions to lead the kingdom herself. But this is done in a way that feels organic and not forced.
Also back are the suite of exquisite songs written by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman (Ashman, the lyricist who originally conceived of the idea of an Aladdin movie, died of AIDS-related complications in 1991, and was relieved on some of the songs by Tim Rice.) There are also a couple of new songs, including the Jasmine first-person tune "Speechless," which Menken wrote along with the "La La Land"/"Dear Evan Hanson"/"The Greatest Showman" team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Pasek was born in Philadelphia and raised in Ardmore.
Some of the film's other weaknesses are left over from the original, starting with the haphazardly inconsistent rules of how magic works in this world. For some reason, Gilbert Gottfried- who is still alive and actively working- isn't brought back to voice the parrot Iago. And while the '92 film might have the most perfect final minute of any Disney animated movie, the ending here isn't nearly as well done.
The 2019 "Aladdin" offers plenty to love, and the preview audience I saw it with applauded wildly at the end. The original "Aladdin" is currently in the Disney Vault, but the company will be doing away with that vault later this year when it launches its Disney+ streaming service. Audiences will be able to compare their Aladdins then, and while the new film is far from a failure, the 1992 edition was a better movie, with a much better genie.
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I've learned a few things over 20 years of being an entrepreneur. From working with amazing brands large and small, to giving a winning pitch on Dragons' Den, a lot goes into each and every brand I work on. Here is a collection of questions I've received from you answered to the best of my ability. Hope this helps!
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Writing in Memory of Paulo Freire
Joan Didion, "On Self-Respect"
Posted on 29/11/2010 15/05/2011 by Z
Once, in a dry season, I wrote in large letters across two pages of a notebook that innocence ends when one is stripped of the delusion that one likes oneself. Although now, some years later, I marvel that a mind on the outs with itself should have nonetheless made painstaking record of its every tremor, I recall with embarrassing clarity the flavor of those particular ashes. It was a matter of misplaced self-respect.
I had not been elected to Phi Beta Kappa. This failure could scarcely have been more predictable or less ambiguous (I simply did not have the grades), but I was unnerved by it; I had somehow thought myself a kind of academic Raskolnikov, curiously exempt from the cause-effect relationships which hampered others. Although even the humorless nineteen-year-old that I was must have recognized that the situation lacked real tragic stature, the day that I did not make Phi Beta Kappa nonetheless marked the end of something, and innocence may well be the word for it. I lost the conviction that lights would always turn green for me, the pleasant certainty that those rather passive virtues which had won me approval as a child automatically guaranteed me not only Phi Beta Kappa keys but happiness, honor, and the love of a good man; lost a certain touching faith in the totem power of good manners, clean hair, and proved competence on the Stanford-Binet scale. To such doubtful amulets had my self-respect been pinned, and I faced myself that day with the nonplussed apprehension of someone who has come across a vampire and has no crucifix at hand.
Although to be driven back upon oneself is an uneasy affair at best, rather like trying to cross a border with borrowed credentials, it seems to me now the one condition necessary to the beginnings of real self-respect. Most of our platitudes notwithstanding, self-deception remains the most difficult deception. The tricks that work on others count for nothing in that well-lit back alley where one keeps assignations with oneself; no winning smiles will do here, no prettily drawn lists of good intentions. One shuffles flashily but in vain through ones' marked cards the kindness done for the wrong reason, the apparent triumph which involved no real effort, the seemingly heroic act into which one had been shamed. The dismal fact is that self-respect has nothing to do with the approval of others – who we are, after all, deceived easily enough; has nothing to do with reputation, which, as Rhett Butler told Scarlett O'Hara, is something people with courage can do without.
To do without self-respect, on the other hand, is to be an unwilling audience of one to an interminable documentary that deals one's failings, both real and imagined, with fresh footage spliced in for every screening. There's the glass you broke in anger, there's the hurt on X's face; watch now, this next scene, the night Y came back from Houston, see how you muff this one. To live without self-respect is to lie awake some night, beyond the reach of warm milk, the Phenobarbital, and the sleeping hand on the coverlet, counting up the sins of commissions and omission, the trusts betrayed, the promises subtly broken, the gifts irrevocably wasted through sloth or cowardice, or carelessness. However long we postpone it, we eventually lie down alone in that notoriously uncomfortable bed, the one we make ourselves. Whether or not we sleep in it depends, of course, on whether or not we respect ourselves.
To protest that some fairly improbably people, some people who could not possibly respect themselves, seem to sleep easily enough is to miss the point entirely, as surely as those people miss it who think that self-respect has necessarily to do with not having safety pins in one's underwear. There is a common superstition that "self-respect" is a kind of charm against snakes, something that keeps those who have it locked in some unblighted Eden, out of strange beds, ambivalent conversations, and trouble in general. It does not at all. It has nothing to do with the face of things, but concerns instead a separate peace, a private reconciliation. Although the careless, suicidal Julian English in Appointment in Samara and the careless, incurably dishonest Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby seem equally improbably candidates for self-respect, Jordan Baker had it, Julian English did not. With that genius for accommodation more often seen in women than men, Jordan took her own measure, made her own peace, avoided threats to that peace: "I hate careless people," she told Nick Carraway. "It takes two to make an accident."
Like Jordan Baker, people with self-respect have the courage of their mistakes. They know the price of things. If they choose to commit adultery, they do not then go running, in an access of bad conscience, to receive absolution from the wronged parties; nor do they complain unduly of the unfairness, the undeserved embarrassment, of being named co-respondent. In brief, people with self-respect exhibit a certain toughness, a kind of mortal nerve; they display what was once called character, a quality which, although approved in the abstract, sometimes loses ground to other, more instantly negotiable virtues. The measure of its slipping prestige is that one tends to think of it only in connection with homely children and United States senators who have been defeated, preferably in the primary, for reelection. Nonetheless, character – the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life – is the source from which self-respect springs.
Self-respect is something that our grandparents, whether or not they had it, knew all about. They had instilled in them, young, a certain discipline, the sense that one lives by doing things one does not particularly want to do, by putting fears and doubts to one side, by weighing immediate comforts against the possibility of larger, even intangible, comforts. It seemed to the nineteenth century admirable, but not remarkable, that Chinese Gordon put on a clean white suit and held Khartoum against the Mahdi; it did not seem unjust that the way to free land in California involved death and difficulty and dirt. In a diary kept during the winter of 1846, an emigrating twelve-yaer-old named Narcissa Cornwall noted coolly: "Father was busy reading and did not notice that the house was being filled with strange Indians until Mother spoke out about it." Even lacking any clue as to what Mother said, one can scarcely fail to be impressed by the entire incident: the father reading, the Indians filing in, the mother choosing the words that would not alarm, the child duly recording the event and noting further that those particular Indians were not, "fortunately for us," hostile. Indians were simply part of the donnee.
In one guise or another, Indians always are. Again, it is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has its price. People who respect themselves are willing to accept the risk that the Indians will be hostile, that the venture will go bankrupt, that the liaison may not turn out to be one in which every day is a holiday because you're married to me. They are willing to invest something of themselves; they may not play at all, but when they do play, they know the odds.
That kind of self-respect is a discipline, a habit of mind that can never be faked but can be developed, trained, coaxed forth. It was once suggested to me that, as an antidote to crying, I put my head in a paper bag. As it happens, there is a sound physiological reason, something to do with oxygen, for doing exactly that, but the psychological effect alone is incalculable: it is difficult bin the extreme to continue fancying oneself Cathy in Wuthering Heights with ones head in a Food Fair bag. There is a similar case for all the small disciplines, unimportant in themselves; imagine maintaining any kind of swoon, commiserative or carnal, in a cold shower.
But those small disciplines are valuable only insofar as they represent larger ones. To say that Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton is not to say that Napoleon might have been saved by a crash program in cricket; to give formal dinners in the rain forest would be pointless did not the candlelight flickering on the liana call forth deeper, stronger disciplines, values instilled long before. It is a kind of ritual, helping us to remember who and what we are. In order to remember it, one must have known it.
To have that sense of one's intrinsic worth which constitutes self-respect is potentially to have everything: the ability to discriminate, to love and to remain indifferent. To lack it is to be locked within oneself, paradoxically incapable of either love or indifference. If we do not respect ourselves, we are the one hand forced to despise those who have so few resources as to consort with us, so little perception as to remain blind to our fatal weaknesses. On the other, we are peculiarly in thrall to everyone we see, curiously determined to live out – since our self-image is untenable – their false notion of us. We flatter ourselves by thinking this compulsion to please others an attractive trait: a gist for imaginative empathy, evidence of our willingness to give. Of course I will play Francesca to your Paolo, Helen Keller to anyone's Annie Sullivan; no expectation is too misplaced, no role too ludicrous. At the mercy of those we cannot but hold in contempt, we play roles doomed to failure before they are begun, each defeat generating fresh despair at the urgency of divining and meeting the next demand made upon us.
It is the phenomenon sometimes called "alienation from self." In its advanced stages, we no longer answer the telephone, because someone might want something; that we could say no without drowning in self-reproach is an idea alien to this game. Every encounter demands too much, tears the nerves, drains the will, and the specter of something as small as an unanswered letter arouses such disproportionate guilt that answering it becomes out of the question. To assign unanswered letters their proper weight, to free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves – there lies the great, the singular power of self-respect. Without it, one eventually discovers the final turn of the screw: one runs away to find oneself, and finds no one at home.
First published 1961 in Vogue; reprinted 1968 in Slouching Toward Bethlehem, included in Didion, Collected Works (Norton, 2006).
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I find this both really compelling and really off-putting. It basically resonates with me, but my insecurities and the degrees to which I've compromised in attaining this state make me feel like she'd despise me. Plus, her casual racism/classism offend. Those last two paragraphs, though – amazing, right at the meat of the issue.
there is no racism/ classism here. Joan is simply expressing her thoughts as sourced at an intimately personal level. While i initially found her argument that those of previous were better at accepting the price of accomplishment, the more i read, the more i agreed with her. Great writing.
JR says:
Has anyone considered Ms. Didion's reference to "Indians" as depicted in old westerns? I agree with James that there is no racism here. We also must consider her familial history – being a descendent of members of the Donner Party. I'd love to be sitting by the fire with her as one reads aloud from ancestral journals recounting such assumed hopelessness.
Yeah, I was with her until the bit about Indians.
Yes, she clearly identifies with whites/colonizers. But:
"People who respect themselves are willing to accept the risk that the Indians will be hostile, that the venture will go bankrupt, that the liaison may not turn out to be one in which every day is a holiday because you're married to me. They are willing to invest something of themselves; they may not play at all, but when they do play, they know the odds."
I am glad to reread this for various reasons — it goes against all the advice I have always gotten about being cautious, which was in fact, as one can see by reading here, advice that did not assume self-respect as feasible or valuable.
hinoema2012 says:
THANK you. You can't preach about self respect and then dehumanize a whole people in a sentence:
"People who respect themselves are willing to accept the risk that the Indians will be hostile…"
'Indians' here is objectified much as ventures and liaisons, and clearly not in the same group as 'people'. It's a bit hard to have self respect when you're dismissed from the human equation so easily.
Yes. The defense is that "it's metaphorical" — I can translate this, for purposes of this blog, to say "the whiteman will be hostile" but her choice of example is very telling. Harder to have self respect when you are in the group that really is dismissed.
Moi says:
The reference to Indians was in reference to another writer's work she quotes and identifies in the preceding paragraphs. …..the Indians themselves were not her example, nor was their 'prediliction for hostility' a point she was implying, nor endorsing. The topic of Indians in this context was taken from another source and the original literary piece from which this metaphor was developed was one she felt exemplified the point she was trying to make. Her piece and message have nothing to do with objectifying Indians. Clearly some of you need to re-read the preceding paragraphs to understand her context, as you cannot logically remove it from the context given it by the other writer's account of the actual events pertaining to the Indians.
Furthermore, challenging rather than endorsing some people's propensity for stereotyping Indians as hostile seems to better explain the point she is making. Namely, those with self-respect can ignore what prejudice and racism dictate, ie: Indians are hostile, and those with self-respect make their decisions on a stronger quality, one of self-determination and courage to see beyond the stereotype and give Indians the benefit of the doubt, even if it may lead them to danger.
Her passage actually endorses looking beyond the stereotypes of labelling Indians. Her original source for the metaphor was indicated….:
In a diary kept during the winter of 1846, an emigrating twelve-yaer-old named Narcissa Cornwall noted coolly: "Father was busy reading and did not notice that the house was being filled with strange Indians until Mother spoke out about it." Even lacking any clue as to what Mother said, one can scarcely fail to be impressed by the entire incident: the father reading, the Indians filing in, the mother choosing the words that would not alarm, the child duly recording the event and noting further that those particular Indians were not, "fortunately for us," hostile. Indians were simply part of the donnee…
Her reference to Indians was taken from another writer's story of Indians and Didion's message ultimately argues that those with self-respect look past the stereotypes of Indians being hostile and have the courage to risk personal danger by ignoring these prejudices. She is challenging people to overlook the stereotype. She is not endorsing it, but quite the opposite.
The piece is so 19th century in tone and style, I find. I also relate and don't. Random, not necessarily nice comments, include:
– I'm glad I was not raised Republican
– I'm glad I don't have her health problems
– It would be a different life to have the cash she seems to have usually had and the kind of support she had from her husband … it's another world.
P.S. I just reread the last two paragraphs, slowly. They really are brilliant.
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How often does true self respect occur? Is it something most people eventually acquire? Or is it a special phenomena reserved for the 10% of leaders (or something like that)?
I am really interested in these questions, though, and I am thinking about them now.
Juliette says:
I believe for some, self respect begins with something else I can't quite identify. However, raised with love and visionary guidance, that person has a good start. On the other hand, if the opposite is the case, it definitely is an acquired process. While a "needy" or less than confident spirit goes through storms of mistakes before they realize that no matter what – regardless of their ever present emotional core, they have to deal with who they are and what their "essence" is. They must do battle with it and make the other agonizing moves to get to the other side.
I believe this only happens to those who realize that the results will always be the same. Digging a deep hole of self hate.
To the first two questions: I do not know. To the third: definitely not!
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Corinne (@Corinne99113096) says:
The last two paragraphs resonated deep,they where amazingly written and I understood where she coming from .Its a thought provoking piece and its amazing even though this was written so long ago, that it can still have an impact and still relate to our times now.
xyetc says:
I suspect some of what Didion terms lack of self-respect is cultural, especially regarding the compulsion to please. Two years ago I immigrated to the Netherlands and started learning Dutch. A large part of the curriculum in my Dutch classes revolves around learning how to share your opinion, particularly if it's something the other party doesn't want to hear. We've had days of instruction on how to say, "no, i don't want to participate in [this leisure activity] with you," hours dedicated to "actually, that dress doesn't look very good on you," and most recently, a three-part lesson revolving around "i think your leadership style is ineffective." I doubt (but would love to be proven wrong!) that immigrants to the U.S. learn how to give their opinions in such straightforward terms.
So in Holland, are you supposed to speak directly or indirectly … if they are straightforward why does it take so long to learn these things (or do I misread)?
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Juliette Rogers says:
Some years ago, I was sitting in a fast food restaurant, waiting for the person I'd made an appointment with for a job interview to arrive back at the office. Stuck in traffic. I'd traveled over an hour to get there. This person had phoned me and gave me an option to wait or make another appointment. I chose to wait and to wait for for the phone call letting me know it was ok to come now. Sitting in this restaurant having a coffee made me feel comfortable and anonymous as I had never been to that particular area and felt kind of vulnerable as I have a lousy sense of direction. It was before GPS's, but not before cell phones. I was afraid of getting lost in the dark while driving on my way back home.
Across the room to my left sat a woman, alone. I believe she was reading, something I always's loved to do when dining alone. I then realized it was Joan Didion . I'd been an avid admirer of hers for years, ever since "Run River" and "Slouching toward Bethlehem." I dared not disturb her or making the move to go ask her " Excuse me, but are you Joan Didion?"
It was then my cell phone rang. It was the call I was expecting. I tried to keep my voice low as the interviewer was giving me directions. I did not state before that we were the only 2 people in this restaurant at probably 4:30 PM. I felt a look of disdain coming from Ms. Didion's direction. Perhaps it was misinterpreted as a gesture of bad taste of self-importance. I quickly left to go to my appointment but have never forgotten that capsule in time.
I've struggled all of my life with decision making in difficult times. I know who I am. I truly accept the consequences of my poor choices. I've always struggled with the issue of self-respect in light of my primal personality traits. I was outspoken before it was considered acceptable for women to be outspoken. In retrospect, I do believe I was strong and persevered through many adversities, losses and deep sadness that only a "sensitive" person could experience.. I didn't talk about it and tried no to discuss my past with anyone. Early in life I learned how short the average attention span was. If I found myself making the mistake of starting off on some "dialogue of depth" with persons I barely knew or thought I knew and their eyes wandered. I stopped, but I felt true shame.
Now in my sixties, I feel I've come to an area of comfortable self-respect. Getting here has cost much in the way of coming to grips with toxicity. It's like cutting off one finger at a time until you can't pinpoint a location any longer. But you stood up. You took your punches but with much criticism and misinterpretation. Explaining myself has become fruitless unless it's the other person who's inquiring. The pain is at times truly intense. The disregard and disrespect come shock waves and why is it happening?
I think of Joan Didion often. The loss of her niece, her husband and her brother in law, Dominic Dunne and how their deaths affected her. Did she know what to do every mini step of the way back to "home plate?" Did she make any mistakes? Does she have any regrets? Have her friends and acquaintances told her she's "too deep" to listen to? Has all of this and more driven her to a place of isolation in the quest for self-respect?
I wonder. I truly wish I knew her.
brianbbaker16 says:
I wish I'd read this sooner.
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I know Joan Didion to be a great writer and to have written some novels or essays that are important such as "Slouching Toward Bethlehem". I appreciate her recognition that Self Respect is a key toward a more settled philosophical state in adults. But, I do not think she has roughed it much in the workplace, where you get kicked around by educated and ambitious others who want to challenge your self worth by proving that they know more than you do. That is very hard on your sense of "self worth". She does not talk about recognition or appreciation of others. That is part of having a sense of self-worth, that you can acknowledge that there are people better at things than you are, but it does not diminish you. In fact, you may choose to grow through them and become humble and once again seeking to learn in the process. She seems hung up on the fact that she wasn't the best since she missed Phi Beta Kappa. Big deal. You were 21 and it didn't work out. Continue to try (as you obviously did) and see that this is just one benchmark you almost made. It isn't do or die.
Self-respect, unless you are just one person that is so exemplary in some way, that you have endless devotees, comes from interacting favorably with a wide cross section of people, and realizing that you are or have been a really positive factor in most interactions. That is different than being better or smarter than most everyone around you.
Hi — these are great points and I was having a really similar conversation in person yesterday. Synchronicity!
Oh my. Yes, it's easy to make a living as a journalist in New York City, then get published as an essayist and become famous. Ha! Clearly, you have no idea what kind of the strength it takes to do that. Writing is an extremely competitive field and a political one, and you are working entirely alone, completely isolated and self-motivated, when not dealing with agents and editors.
Yes, one interesting aspect of the essay is that although it is about the PBK incident it is written by someone who has done and gone through so much more since — and is bringing that perspective to her younger self.
To Dan,
"have been a positive factor in most interactions." Why does it have to be an antonym? Could not self-respect just come from being a good listener and/or an acute observer of details? As long as one does not "take away" anothers sense of self gravity ( or pound out continual opposites playing devil's advocate, just for the fun of it– does not this personal silence/peace, translate to a grounded arrival of "self respect?"
Being a positive factor in most interactions is not for us to have intimate knowledge of. That to me, would be like keeping tabs, self satisfying in that we can put our head on the pillow at night and have a restful nights sleep without regret.
Thanks JR. I see what you are saying. By a positive factor, I mean that you enabled things somehow to work out better. I don't mean you were "the winning quarterback". Maybe the positive part could be because you listened well too, and restrained from passing judgement. I'm sure the author (Didion) s also a great observer of details. In fact she said this: "To have that sense of one's intrinsic worth which constitutes self-respect is potentially to have everything: the ability to discriminate, to love and to remain indifferent." I think it's okay to have no opinion on most things and just be more content. Anyway I appreciate what you said in your response. I think the best thing is to have some happiness, that is independent of any critical judgement/analysis, that you bring to every situation. In terms of what I was trying to say, Self-Respect in the new-age workplace may mean having confidence to be indifferent from time to time to factors or inputs that are just not constructive. That happens a lot and you need to block it out, and being somewhat content with who you are helps with that.
Sorry I haven't responded before this Dan, but am "overwhelmed" with paperwork and feeling truly 'undervalued" at the moment. I am so pleased to be able to have probative communications on this @#$%&*! Thank you for being you! Will respond again when i get caught up.
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I found an enormous amount of food for thought here tonight. Thank you the wonderful friend who sent it to me at just the right time!
It's usually when a mind is on the outs with itself that one becomes more vulnerable and tends to have a decline in self-image. When I re-read some of the journal entries from my 20's, I'm astonished on the clarity of vision i had at that time. So simple. Had less time to get in my own way. Everything was hopeful, future dreams and possibilities, despite early traumas. Our choices and our evolved perspective that comes with time and age obscure this purity of thought, though self-image may have become stronger due to refusal to "revisit". Rather than looking to the future we look to retrograde and if we have really evolved in light of acceptance and self- forgiveness, we just may be able to feel comfort in our own skins.
Yes — I agree, also about the attitude in 20s. Great comment (useful for me)…
I am truly grateful and deliriously happy at having something to say that may be helpful to another. Carry your dreams in your pocket today and give them a squeeze in idle moments to remind you of your intrinsic value!
Thank you, JR! 😀
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"However long we postpone it, we eventually lie down alone in that notoriously uncomfortable bed, the one we make ourselves. Whether or not we sleep in it depends, of course, on whether or not we respect ourselves."
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This is JR again. Just received and responded to your posts but I don't see it in the cue. Although, Ms. Didion may have never suffered from the consequences of a lack of self respect, she is/was a keen observer of behavior and probative tnto motivations. Many introverts are. It's a way of self protection. The abilities to sift through tone of voice, impulse behaviors, sensing a spirits calm or turnoil, is the excrutiating, lonely life of the writer.
JR again. Have been giving this subject some additional thought. In the end a person has only 2 choices when it comes to evaluating one's own self respect, if it's a goal or quality to be attained. First, objective realization and review of past instances where impulsivity and emotional decisions were made in order to be "pain free". Essentially, I feel, if one is without sufficient self respect, one has a relatively low "emotional pain tolerance." But as most of us should know ourselves well enough to examine the scenario's of our past instances and their outcomes, which not only resulted in the lowering of our own sense of self respect, but also the lowered "respect" one desires from others. That's really the killer, I think.
So in the end, if one chooses to act without discipline and restraint, the results will always be the same. Any immediate attainment of positive results will not be long lasting. One will always come full circle and meet themselves back at that same point – shame. No better time to begin the arduous climb than now.
Interesting. I know a lot of people talk about having been impulsive, or being impulsive, and about making "emotional decisions." It seems to be common, or people seem to think it is common. I don't really relate, although I *think* I can see what you are talking about.
"You have been impulsive" also seems to be a thing conservatives tell each other, and Didion was a Republican … and had money, went to Stanford, seems to have expected privilege / ease in a way not everyone does. (JD freaked out due to not being elected to Phi Beta Kappa; I was elected to it but did not expect it and wouldn't have been upset if not … it seems to be some sort of class thing, and I am not sure how to analyze it.)
I do relate to what it is like to lose self-respect after child abuse, or years in jail in the wrong conditions, years of battering, torture, things like that. It still means shame and climbing out of it, and it does require fortitude. I have seen people resist these things better than I have and I really admire them.
After all of your mentioned emotional and physical tortures, those particular people are truly coming from "behind the starting gate." I would suppose those who have not had similar past experiences, would find that difficult to understand in terms of "gut self" and reactionary decisions stemming from a significant lack of self respect. Observedly, even more disrespect is "paranoidly" felt to be piled on on by others while watching these poor souls continue to make poor decisions due to the extreme need to rid themselves of the invisable yet tortuous pain which I would say permeates the whole of a person. They would want to rid themselves of it ASAP, even though they may not be aware of it's root.
For these people it is an arduous, I would say lonely task to begin the climb, the crawl, the walk – whatever to what it takes to be somewhat proud of themselves. Baby steps. I believe that journey would require a great deal of "alone" time as one would have to remove themselves from all those who have judged them negatively in the past, in order to begin the most difficult task they will ever have to encounter. Likened to substance abuse.
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I suppose I need to think more about poor decisions made due to lack of self respect. I hear so much about "poor decisions" in terms of obvious disaster courses, people who decide to commit crimes, for instance, that I think that is what you are talking about.
My immediate reaction is to think hmmm, I am odd, I have suffered from insufficient self respect yet not made any classic, melodramatic "poor decisions." Yet on second thought, I have made a few, just subtler and not so visible to the naked eye.
Like, I got a PhD because I thought I was unworthy of anything else. That wasn't a poor decision but the decision not to consider anything else was.
"0bvious disaster courses?" As I was completing my masters program, all those in the same graduating class as I were asked ( I forget by whom), "Who here plans to continue on to complete a doctorate degree?" A few hands were raised. I observed and thought these are/were not the shining lights of the program. Their grades reflected that, as graded tests were passed out and their ability to articulate their thoughts was less than articulate. I did not raise my hand. I'd spent the past 2 years and 2 summers working endlessly, without looking up and experiencing anything else. I was stressed, anxious and relieved to be reaching the finish line. It became abundantly clear I would not be able to get employment without the MS.
While I had done tons of research and was always looking for answers to my questions, I just didn't feel the need to go further. Although, continuing education is always a requirement for license renewal.
So in conclusion, yes, I also found that those whose hands were raised seemed less than confident, their communication with professors reflected what the particular professor wanted to hear. They seemed to ploy for their grades.
But that is not the root of my thought process. Think about it. People who commit crimes don't do it weighing good or poor decision making. Motivations could be: the thrill of living on the edge; need of money; something amiss in their genetic code where they can't "feel" empathy or fear of any consequences or more sadly, if they get caught and sent to jail they will have 3 squares and a cot, which they don't have now. They know they will not have to suffer the effects of extreme heat or cold – if they don't have any place to go. I think self respect plays a subordinate role here.
What I am trying to emphasize is the total make-up of an otherwise normally functioning individual. The excruciating, emotional pain that is invisibly physical. There is no will power within to stop self destructive patterns. They want the pain to go away NOW. They want to be valued, loved, to belong.
I don't believe poor decisions are either classic or melodramatic. The personae and rationale are far too intimate to each person. They own it, whatever "it" is.
No such thing as odd, unless it a number. While I don't quite understand your use of the word "subtle", I, in my journey from the starting gate to the visual finish line have been so saddened (not so much with self pity but surprised actually), that there was no fanfare, no pat on the back, no acknowledgement at all really other than You "should" be proud of yourself (in one case). A really healthy person might say that to themselves. I said it but only half believed it. Also, I'm thinking that acquired emotional intelligence will only be partial and one will always be doing battle with their demons on some level.
On your first paragraph, though — you went to a graduate program where there were tests in classes and people were inarticulate? Good grief. Your description of the whole thing sounds like a caricature, this cannot have been anything like a good school.
In my comment, I was not referring to anything like that.
Also — I don't mean I think the PhD was a bad thing to do — it was a good thing to do, and I have never regretted it.
I just mean, I jumped on it because I lacked confidence for anything else. It was what did give me confidence for other things, though, so it worked in that sense. But then, it was also a good programand a good degree, nothing like what you describe.
These are side comments to our general dialogue, I know, but I just had to say them.
This seems really key and very perceptive to me:
"There is no will power within to stop self destructive patterns. They want the pain to go away NOW. They want to be valued, loved, to belong."
"I don't believe poor decisions are either classic or melodramatic." … poor decisions can look totally rational, look like the smartest choice, and so on. In fact, do most often. I get it.
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Watch Jermain Defoe net 12 goals in 10 games for Bournemouth – can he do it again?
JERMAIN Defoe has returned to Bournemouth after 16 years – and fans are hoping he can recreate his record form.
The deadly striker went to the south coast side on loan while on West Ham's books back in 2000.
And he showed why he was such a hot prospect back then when he hit an astonishing 12 goals in 10 games for the Cherries, equalling John Aldridge's and Clarrie Jordan's post-war record of scoring in 10 consecutive games.
Video shows his deadly instincts in the box and his desire to shoot whenever possible.
He'd go on to score 18 goals in 29 appearances in his one season before heading back to Upton Park.
The 34-year-old returns having scored goals for West Ham, Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth, Toronto and Sunderland since.
He has signed on a free transfer and Bournemouth fans will be hoping he can recreate his famous streak all those years ago.
JACK WILSHERE hobbled off the pitch during Bournemouth's clash with Tottenham at White Hart Lane.
Boss Eddie Howe has shown he means business this year in the Premier League after splashing a club record fee of £20m to secure the signing of Chelsea defender Nathan Ake.
The Dutchman impressed on loan at the south coast club last season and Howe will be hoping he brings some defensive solidity to back up Defoe's firepower up front.
Meanwhile England striker Defoe paid tribute to his best mate Bradley Lowery after the young Sunderland fan's parents announced his condition had deteriorated fast.
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