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We have business CEOs, lobbyists, activists, immigration groups, and clever politicians who demand that we have to have even more workers brought into America even when we have a decline in wages and a decline in jobs. But what does the president do? His administration issues an executive order to provide foreign spouses — the citizens of other countries, not American citizens — with 100,000 jobs in the United States, precious jobs that many Americans would love to have. How many American spouses struggling to support their families would benefit from one of those jobs? How many single moms would benefit from a chance to earn a better paycheck? Our Senate Democratic friends talk about paycheck fairness repeatedly. Yet they are supporting policies that take jobs and wages directly from American women by the millions. — Jeff Sessions


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Return of the Eastern Cougar?
July 11, 2007 Welland TribuneFuture Access
With my sturdy walking stick in hand, I wandered alone through a labyrinth of lush foliage, inhabited by venomous snakes, prowling panthers, and blood-sucking insects.
The heat and humidity felt suffocating.
Was I in the South American jungle? No, that trip of mine, alas, lies further down the road.
I was in fact, still right here in the Niagara Peninsula, somewhere deep in the Wainfleet bog: the largest protected area in the peninsula. It consists of 801 hectares of land owned by the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Auhtority, as well as a smaller tract belonging to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR).
I am familiar with the Wainfleet Bog, having worked one summer for the MNR during which I spent several weeks conducting soil sampling in the bog.
The Wainfleet Bog is the largest remaining bog in all of southern Ontario and constitutes the greatest stretch of unbroken greenery within the confines of Niagara. It contains an astonishing diversity of flora, including 350 different species of bog plants.
The bog is home to the eastern Massassuga rattlesnake, an endangered species and the only venomous snake native to Ontario.
However, rattlesnakes, while fascinating in their own right, were not the object of my visit to the bog on this occasion.
I ventured into the deciduous forests of the bog to seek out evidence of the elusive eastern cougar, which officially has been extirpated from this province for nearly a century. Cougars, also variously known as panthers, mountain lions or pumas, once inhabited virtually the whole of this continent, save for the far north.
An adult male cougar can weigh up to 90 kilograms (200 pounds), and in western North America, where cougars remain relatively widespread, cougar attacks on humans occur periodically, sometimes resulting in death.
Increasing human populations, expanding farmlands, and above all rampant hunting of these big cats resulted in the general belief that they had been extirpated from not only Ontario, but the whole of the northeastern portion of North America.
The last known shooting of an indigenous cougar in Ontario took place in 1884, in Creemore. In 1908, the naturalist C.W. Nash's book, Manual of Vertebrates in Ontario, was published, in which he asserted that the cougar had been extirpated from Ontario.
That has remained the MNR's official position on cougars. For decades many experts even believed the eastern cougar was extinct.
However, today some MNR biologists and many others firmly believe cougars still exist in the wilds of Ontario.
The evidence to support this belief is quite convincing and manifold. In 1995 scat discovered in northwestern Ontario was identified by a DNA analysis as cougar scat, and only a few weeks ago the MNR confirmed that scat discovered in the Wainfleet Bog was positively identified as cougar scat.
Hence the reason I set out alone into the bog, hoping to uncover further evidence of these magnificent predators, or perhaps even catch a glimpse of one.
While I was unsuccessful in my quest on this particular day, in Ontario more than 500 people have reported cougar sightings since 2002.
The Niagara Peninsula, while hardly a wilderness, is surprisingly a hotspot for these sightings. The cougar's primary prey is whitetail deer and the explosion of the deer population in southern Ontario, including Niagara, might be responsible for the resurgence of the cougar.
Some sceptics have argued that recent cougar sightings in eastern North America are not of wild, indigenous cougars, but in fact are only escaped or released animals from private owners or zoos.
This conjecture though seems rather dubious. Firstly, cougar sightings are scattered all across the province and are quite numerous, which casts considerable doubt on the notion that all of these pumas are merely escaped pets.
The eastern cougar is in fact listed as an endangered species in Canada, and local lore as related by old timers holds that remnant cougar populations have long existed in the remote interior regions of New Brunswick, as well as the Appalachian Mountains.
Bruce S. Cartwright, a naturalist and conservationist, argued in his 1972 book, The Eastern Panther: A Question of Survival, that the elusive cat had not been entirely extirpated. right detailed extensive eyewitness accounts of cougars, photogaphed cougar tracks and found other evidence of wild cougars, such as dens.
More recently, a story by Bob Reguly in the sportsman magazine Outdoor Canada discussed the discovery of cougar's tracks and dens in southern Ontario (one such site was in Niagara), and quoted several MNR officials as saying they believe some wild cougars still exist in Ontario.
As for myself, I want to believe in this wildlife success story, and intend to continue my solitary wanderings through the woods until I see one of these magnificent animals with my own eyes.
The Gem of Pelham: the Short Hills
July 4, 2007 Reflections of a NaturalistFuture Access
To be forthright, Pelham is not exactly a nature lover's paradise—at least not anymore. There is nothing resembling wilderness left in the town, and residential expansion persists at an alarming rate.
As far as waterways go, Pelham can boast a few nice creeks, yet its only river, the Welland River, leaves a lot to be desired.
I have canoed the river on numerous occasions, and can tesitfy that it requires a rather vivid imagination to mistake it for something like the French or even Grand River.
In boyhood days I endeavoured my best to imagine it as the mighty Mississippi (and myself as Huckleberry Finn) but with somewhat limited success.
Fortunately, Pelham does have at least one redeeming natural gem: the Short Hills. And best of all no imagining and romanticizing is even required to spice up the natural beauty of the Short Hills.
Located in North Pelham, the Short Hills constitute an oasis of natural splendour in our densely populated Niagara Region.
The rolling hills, Carolinian forests, deep ravines with gentle streams running through them, and magnificent waterfalls nearly seem like a world away from the hustle and bustle of the city, rather than a ten minute drive from downtown St. Catharines.
Short Hills Provincial Park protects 735 hectares of this area, making it the second largest protected space in the Niagara Peninsula. (The Wainfleet Bog Conservation Area ranks first, at 801 hectares.)
While the park is not pristine—transmission lines cut across the southern portion of the park like a scar, subdivisions encroach just beyond the north boundary, and a scouts camp with mown lawns and several buildings is contained by the park—it is still a remarkable place.
I personally have experienced many memorable walks through the Short Hills, and never fail to encounter some form of wildlife. Wild Turkeys are prevalent in the park, as are whitetail deer and coyotes. It is also an excellent locale for bird watching.
Perhaps the park's most notable feature is Swayze Falls, a waterfall of impressive height that plunges into a deep gorge. In the spring at high water Swayze Falls is truly an awe-inspiring sight, and for the more imaginative visitors, they can picture it as the scene of Sherlock Holmes supposed death in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Final Problem." At least I like to do so.
The park also offers trails for horseback riding and mountain biking. While I have not as of yet ridden a horse in Short Hills, I have on several occasions exhausted myself along the winding paths and steep hills on my mountain bike.
As far as mountain biking in Niagara, the trails of Short Hills Procincial Park are unsurpassed.
All motorized vechiles are thankfully prohibited within the park, as is camping and campfires. These measures help preserve the park's ecological integrity and keep the human impact on the park's flora and fauna to a minimum.
A dedicated group of volunteers, the Friends of Short Hills Park, works to preserve the park. For more information on their projects and the park itself visit their website at www.friendsofshorthillspark.ca.
Although Pelham may not be a nature lover's paradise anymore, the Short Hills is the best vestige of what must have been at one time a true paradise of natural wonder.

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From greater wildlife protection to a swifter energy transition, Eco-Business rounds up how the pandemic changed sustainability, for better and for worse, in 2020.
Waste plastic collectors in Cambodia. Plastic recycling has become less viable due to the drop in prices of virgin plastic. Image: Jonathan Stening via Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0
What started as a public health concern in late 2019 blew up into a global pandemic that has claimed over a million lives and affected almost every aspect of life this year.
Over the course of the year, media coverage of Covid-19 has run the gamut: From China's handling of the outbreak and the role of the wildlife trade, to supply chains, the uneven impacts on different income groups and communities worldwide, the tension between personal freedom and social responsibility, and the role of businesses and governments in building greater resilience to future shocks.
Eco-Business rounds up the key ways in which the pandemic changed sustainability, for better and for worse, in 2020.
We shouldn't be focusing on dates 10, 20 or even 30 years in the future. If we don't reduce our emissions now, then those distant targets won't mean anything because our carbon budgets will be long gone.
Greta Thunberg, climate activist, on net zero pledges by countries
Spotlight on the wildlife trade
Covid-19 cast the spotlight on the wildlife trade due to the virus' links to a wholesale market in Wuhan, China that sold wild and live animals.
Environmentalists highlighted the risk of zoonotic disease outbreaks in places where different animal species are packed together in stressful and unhygienic conditions. They called for better protection of wildlife habitats and a halt to human encroachment.
Leading scientific experts have proposed transformative measures such as reducing or removing species from the wildlife trade that have been identified as having high risk of disease emergence.
There has been some progress. In February, the Chinese government announced a ban on the trade and consumption of wild animals as food. It will also revise its Wildlife Protection Law. And in June, China removed pangolin scales from the official list of approved ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine, which could reduce poaching of the mammal.
In July, Vietnam, a major destination for wildlife trafficking, announced an immediate ban on the wildlife trade to reduce the risk of new pandemics. It banned imports of live wild animals and wildlife products, eliminated wildlife markets, and will enforce the ban on illegal hunting and trading of wild animals, including online.
Meat industry and animal welfare standards found lacking
Animal farming and meat production also came under greater scrutiny. Although it was not the case for Covid-19, scientists said the "vast majority" of animals involved in past zoonotic outbreaks have been domestic livestock or pets. More measures are needed to enhance the safety of food systems, they said.
Meat processing plants were also hotbeds of Covid-19 infection in North America and parts of Europe, as animal protein producers failed to protect their factory employees.
According to environmental, social and governance experts, to prevent future zoonotic pandemics, animal protein companies must improve in areas such as worker safety, food safety, deforestation and biodiversity management, animal welfare and antibiotic use. On their part, investors can avoid overly consolidated companies and actively engage with companies to improve practices.
Concerns over meat production are also expected to drive more consumers towards plant-based protein, which has a much smaller environmental footprint.
Setback in labour and human rights
Garment workers in Pakistan. The economic crisis has hit women and lower-paid workers harder. Image: ILO Asia-Pacific via Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Meat plant workers in North America likened themselves to modern-day slaves for having to show up for work at facilities that lacked safe-distancing measures and protective equipment. They risked being penalised by employers if they felt unsafe and chose to stay away.
But they were not the only ones who found themselves in an impossible situation. Garment workers, glove makers and other vulnerable workers faced similar conditions elsewhere.
Unionised garment workers in Asia, for instance, were targeted for dismissal by factories that supply to major fashion brands, according to a report in August by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre. The factories allegedly used the slump in orders due to Covid-19 as a pretext for their dismissal.
The International Labour Organisation noted that the economic crisis has disproportionately affected women and lower-paid workers. Together with real minimum wages decreasing in some countries, including parts of the Asia Pacific, this will increase poverty and set back sustainable development.
Big struggle for plastic recyclers
The battle against plastic pollution became even more daunting this year.
The pandemic has cut demand for oil and caused the price of virgin plastic, which is derived from fossil fuels, to drop. Recycled plastic is now less economically viable, putting in limbo efforts to divert plastic waste from landfills.
The oil and gas industry plans to spend US$400 billion on infrastructure to make more new plastic, while spending less than US$2 billion to reduce plastic waste, according to a Reuters report in October. Recyclers in Asia, Europe and the US told Reuters that business is down by 20 to 60 per cent.
More than 40 per cent of recyclers in South and Southeast Asia face permanent closure or bankruptcy, a study by circular economy consultancy GA Circular found.
Meanwhile, demand for single-use plastics shot up with greater use of healthcare services, and more takeaway food orders and online purchases made during lockdowns. Major plastic polluters such as Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestle have failed to meet their own commitments on recycling and use of recycled plastic, a report in September by campaign group Changing Markets Foundation found.
Some countries such as Singapore are exploring ways to turn plastic waste into a resource through chemical recycling. Is there hope for struggling recyclers?
Journey to net zero
Now, for some good news. More countries and companies pledged this year to achieve net zero carbon emissions, including the world's largest emitter, China, which wants to be carbon neutral by 2060.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change noted a three-fold increase among companies—1,541 have made net zero pledges this year, from around 500 recorded in 2019, according to the research group Data-Driven EnviroLab and the non-profit NewClimate Institute. Companies that joined this year include Asian agri-food giant CP Group, Facebook and automaker Ford. It remains to be seen how exactly they will achieve net zero.
Pledges by countries have not impressed activists such as Greta Thunberg.
The Swedish teenager, who skipped school to call attention to the climate crisis, told news outlet The Guardian recently: "(The pledges) mean something symbolically, but if you look at what they actually include, or more importantly exclude, there are so many loopholes. We shouldn't be focusing on dates 10, 20 or even 30 years in the future. If we don't reduce our emissions now, then those distant targets won't mean anything because our carbon budgets will be long gone."
If we are serious about truly accelerating the pace, we urgently need higher carbon pricing, renewable technology rapidly deployed at scale, expanded digitalised global grid infrastructure, and greater energy-efficiency measures.
Ditlev Engel, chief executive, DNV GL - Energy
Peak emissions reached, peak oil in sight
Oil demand collapsed amid travel restrictions to contain the spread of Covid-19, causing crude oil prices to dip below zero in April for the first time in history.
Renewable energy has proven to be less volatile than fossil fuels during the pandemic, and energy experts predict the pandemic will hasten peak demand for oil. Global oil demand could peak in 2028, two years earlier than the pre-Covid prediction of 2030, said research and business intelligence firm Rystad Energy in November.
Experts also reckon the world's carbon emissions peaked in 2019. Even so, risk management firm DNV GL warned that this is not enough to cap global warming at 2 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, let alone 1.5 degrees Celsius. The energy transition must happen more quickly, said Ditlev Engel, chief executive of DNV GL – Energy.
"If we are serious about truly accelerating the pace, we urgently need higher carbon pricing, renewable technology rapidly deployed at scale, expanded digitalised global grid infrastructure, and greater energy-efficiency measures," he said.


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A curious deep dive into the Instagram of Dr Alex off of 'Love Island' and his quest to reinvent banter
The man's herculean commitment to anti-patter is changing the face of social media
By Tristan Cross
Take a moment to look upon the two posts below. Really take them all in. What do you see?
A surface level reading: These are two posts from Dr Alex George off of Love Island's Instagram Stories. In the first, he is listening to a tune and he knows it, in the second he is recommending trying an iced latte.
Delving deeper: These are two of the most laughably uninteresting posts to ever exist. The fact that anyone, let alone a mild celebrity, thought either were worth the ceremony of sending into the ether is a complete insult to people's data packages everywhere.
Deeper still: A standard 'that feeling when' (aka 'tfw') post is a simple composition of two constituent elements. The 'feeling' in relation to the 'when'. Typically, the feeling is expressed theatrically, an exaggerated display of emotion - be it joy, or despair, or laughter, or disgust, or something. The 'when' is either a bit of relatable observational humour (being hungover in work, being left on read by bae, waiting forever for a bus), though it can also work as a hyper-specific anecdote (being so hungover and devastated that bae hasn't replied that you're unable to drive your bus).
Dr Alex's 'when' is - listening to a tune, and knowing it. And 'his' feeling, as far as is perceptible to the naked eye, is - blank indifference. A generous reading might suggest 'vague contentment', but if we're being completely honest his neutral expression conveys a complete absence of feeling. He tried to relate one of the most universally shared experiences known to man - listening to tunes - and managed to get it, somehow, wrong.
He was listening to a tune, knowing it, and felt so moved as to take his phone out and record himself in the act. He reviewed his footage, thought "this is what listening to tunes looks like!" and sent it to his 1.3 million followers. He saw the popularity of tfw posts, didn't quite understand them, but tried to join in on the act. It's almost endearingly inept.
Keep digging: I'm not telling tall tales when I say that Love Island is an incredibly popular show. As such, the majority of its contestants parlay their appearances on the show into lucrative partnership deals, hawking club nights and charcoal toothpaste in sponsored posts across their social media. With only one year until the next batch of contestants come along and consign you to the Wikipedia footnotes of history, you'd be a total fool not to maximise your earning power while you can by turning your Instagram into a billboard of wall-to-wall #spon'd posts.
For his part, Dr Alex has got in the act, for example driving a BMW around with the glowing recommendation that it didn't cripple his back, but this iced latte post… It's not sponsored. There isn't even a label on the cup or a location tag that might serve as a subtle under-the-table paid promotion. He's not recommending that you try a specific coffee shop's iced latte, but iced latte in general, the single most Instagrammed drink in existence.
This belies a sweet naivety, perhaps. Let's say Dr Alex wasn't a big Insta guy before Love Island, and had never encountered let alone tried an iced latte before, and the taste blew his mind and changed his game. He thought he'd stumbled upon a secret that he couldn't keep from his 1.3 million followers. He wanted to change 1.3 million people's lives. That's beautiful.
We're below sea level now: Dr Alex joined Instagram in February, 2014. He's been on the platform four years. His first post was of a Nespresso. He knows iced lattes exist. He observed a competent 'tfw' before.
To most, listening to tunes is an activity that often moves you one way or another. Be it pleasure or revulsion, it should make you feel. To Dr Alex, listening to tunes empties you of emotion. His response to music is: nothing. He's playing with the form of the tfw meme to express his anhedonia. His post is a howl of anguish into the void. If you yanked his headphones out, you'd hear this.
Dr Alex is ridiculing the conventions of Instagram. He's subverting the cheap relatability of tfw. He's sending up the naked cravenness of sponsored posts, and the tone in which influencers pretend to be your dear friend making a recommendation, and not someone cynically exploiting your consumer suggestibility. We think we're laughing at him, but he knows. He's laughing at us.
It's getting hot now: Does he know, though? He might do? But there's a good chance he might not? I keep tearing at layer after layer, and still the package refuses to reveal its contents to me.
We're at the Earth's core. We are ash and soil. We are at one with everything: Dr Alex is the most essential follow on Instagram. I live for his posts. I have retreated from my normal life. My loved ones are concerned. I cannot sleep. I know only the glow of my phone screen and the downwards movement you have to make with your thumb to refresh someone's Insta page. I do this for hours and hours until I see his profile picture illuminated in a pink circle once again. There is a new post. I am temporarily sated, and then I go again.
Doctor Alex George should not have been on Love Island.
Love Island is a show where the country's foremost masters of the chirpse get detained in a villa for two months to play a game which ends when they're all coupled up, or ejected for not coupling up. I don't understand how - after presumably quite an extensive screening process, given the sheer Oxbridge-shaming volume of applicants - how the producers did not pick up that Alex absolutely should not have been on Love Island. There should be an Ofcom investigation into how Dr Alex was let on Love Island.
He was meant to be a Hugh Grant-esque adorably awkward posho, but cracked on like he was struggling on a foundation level Duolingo course "Do you like cars?" "I like Youtube. Do you go on YouTube?" "Do you support football?"
He was on a show called 'Love Island', but was so singularly bereft of game that the rest of the villa had to effectively teach him where the lips go when you kiss someone. He was, apparently, a qualified doctor who seemingly didn't know how to apply suncream - or else deliberately didn't because on day one Hayley told him she preferred men who could tan and he said he thought he could, despite being ginger, and so potentially gave himself skin cancer trying to prove the medically impossible. That last one might be besides the point, but still, he shouldn't have been sent to Spain for two months to compete in a show which mostly takes place outside, under the Balearic sun, especially when that show is Love Island.
His stint as Britain's most sexless lothario resulted in him becoming a national laughing stock. But not before he immolated pretty much all his remaining goodwill as the Frank Spencer of shagging when, after being rejected twelve times (every original girl in the first coupling, then Original Laura again, Samira, Megan, Ellie, Grace, New Laura), he inexplicably binned off Alexandra. A girl who could not only stand his interminable chat, but found it actively attractive - twice, the second time mere days before Love Island's finale. Before revealing that the slightest potential of leaving the show in a relationship (a show specifically about singles getting into a relationship) was taking things "too fast" for his liking.
In an electrifying scene, Alexandra dismissed him as "pathetic", and the nation's luminaries, from Paul Chuckle to Stacey Solomon and Claude off The Apprentice, queued up to stick the boot in. He didn't just embarrass himself, he disgraced himself.
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And now, via his Instagram account, he may have redeemed himself.
If I was Dr Alex, and I spent two months on Love Island assuming the general public loved my "oh hell" boy-child-meets-Victorian-dandy schtick, only to be greeted by the avalanche of jeering that was blanket across all media, I'd do this: I'd look up feared mob bosses, march straight to the police station and testify against the biggest kingpin going, send them down for life, and then the police would have to erase me completely, providing me a new identity and a new life. I'd leave the extremely public-facing profession of 'being a doctor' and hole down in Nicaragua or somewhere.
But Dr Alex didn't do that. He did the opposite.
Here's Dr Alex in a car telling fellow contestants Jack and Josh that he's on his way for a beer. People like, nay respect, Jack and Josh, so publicising that he's going for a beer with the pair bolsters Dr Alex's credentials as 'one of the boys;' and as a boozing legend. It's nearly a well crafted post.
And then he goes: "oiiii!"
Dr Alex listened to himself going "oiiii!", heard his own voice trail off timidly as if worried his parents might overhear and send him to bed, and he still posted this video. It's an "oiii!" that sounds like it's being yelled by someone as they get booted beyond the horizon. Nobody has ever committed to yelling "oiiii!' less than Dr Alex does here, in his own car, on the internet, in front of millions of people.
My theory here regarding "oiii!" are "ahahahoi!" is that they were evidently catchphrases that Dr Alex came up with while still on Love Island, and ones that he doesn't realise the editors completely omitted from broadcast. It's a trademark that never existed.
It's his personal 'fetch' and he's valiantly trying to make it happen. The most crucial thing Dr Alex seems to have failed to realise about "ahahahoi!" is that: it sounds… rubbish.
A well delivered "oiiii!" is a primal sensation, it's a release of the uncontainable energy that burns within all of us in the throes of a great night out, it's a conch that draws our fellow revellers to us. "Ahahahoi" sounds like something a tricksy jester in a cheap medieval RPG would exclaim after jumping out from underneath a bridge and asking you to solve a riddle.
It's not even fun to say. As undoubtedly annoying phrases go, saying "yaaaas" and "wazzaaaap" are like nicotine. You can't help yourself. It's impulsive. By way of comparison, "ahahahoi" is like a vape filled with dog faeces.
And yet, for some reason, Josh (who had, for my money, the best banter during the series) has allowed himself to be dragged into Alex's schtick.
Look: he's gone for dinner as a fifth wheel to Josh, Kaz, Charlie and Ellie, and they're all doing it. And he's even got them clapping along to whatever this "beerio" shtick is - presumably another bit from inside the villa thankfully left on the cutting room floor.
Imagine going on a nice double date and tolerating a weird tagalong guy doing his primary school teacher routines. And yet, there's no reluctance in their faces. They're loving it. And, even stranger still, I think I'm loving it.
I think they all know it's a sphincter-curlingly embarrassing bit, and that is the bit.
I don't even know where to start with this one. Again, if we were to read it generously, this is Dr Alex not-so-subtly attempting to wield his influence into getting a car manufacturer to gift him whatever model car this is. But it's so odd.
Which manufacturer would align themselves with a 27-year-old man affecting the manner of a doe-eyed toddler tugging on the hem of their mum's sleeve? He barely even gets a good shot of the whole car. Whizzes his camera around for all of a second before whipping it back to himself for his Bambi-ish "please." I know nothing about cars, but you'd have to be a serious petrolhead to identify it as being anything other than a maybe purple(?) nondescript car.
So is he talking to someone in particular? We know he doesn't have a significant other, so maybe his own actual parents? Does he really use his 1.3 million follower platform to ask his parents to buy him a car? No.
"I've been a really good boy this year…" This is a knowing wink. I'm convinced of it. We all watched him on Love Island, and we know Dr Alex hasn't been a really good boy this year, and he knows that we know.
He's alluding to an inherently unfair reward system of television villainy, whereby you become marketable the worse you behave. He's playing with the trope of an entitled man who doesn't believe he's a bad guy because he makes a belligerent point of being supposedly 'nice'. He must be. I want to believe.
If you go through Dr Alex's timeline pre-Love Island, it's… normal. It's boring, but in an entirely normal way. He, like many people, took a lot of often badly-composed snaps of things it wouldn't be unreasonable for most non-photographers to think were moments worth taking pictures of. Meals with friends, views across the Thames, (several) meals with his mum up the Shard (like, five), holiday sunsets, embracing his colleagues in A&E. The only hint of his current ~weird~ incarnation is his last post before actually going in the villa, which is, inexplicably of him posing in front of Kingdom of Sweets in (I think) Victoria Coach Station.
During Love Island, his account was managed on his behalf, and was virtually indistinguishable from the other contestants' output.
Post-Love Island is a completely different ball game.
Dr Alex is active on his own Instagram account. We know this. He has a Twitter, too. He's been online. He knows what people are saying about him, how they react to him. One sensible social media strategy would be to attempt to mitigate his patter-less persona by posting legitimately funny or interesting things, perhaps with the help of a team. Or just not posting at all. But Dr Alex has stoically committed to his unique brand of anti-patter to a degree that is, frankly, admirable.
Think about it. He must get thousands of notifications a day from strangers telling him that "ahahahoi" is terrible banter and that he's a boring weirdo, and so what does he do?
He does a poll on whether he should get a meal deal.
He absolutely, 100% knows what he is doing.
He sees what his former villamates are doing, he gives their orthodox postings his blessing, and then goes his own merry way. He laughs in the face of expectation and annihilates genre convention.
He has constructed a character that is parts (1) a pensioner gifted their first smartphone and struggling to work out the buttons, (2) a sheltered posh lad trying to ingratiate himself during freshers week by modelling himself on Neil Patrick Harris in How I Met Your Mother, (3) Britain's most relentlessly normal man, (4) an anti-humourist to rival Andy Kaufman and (5) maybe none of these things, maybe just uniquely Dr Alex himself.
During his time on Love Island, Dr Alex made a point of not shagging. Not just by being acutely awful at convincing anyone to smooch him, but swore off doing it on telly. "It's not me," he said - and fine, fair enough, prude - but then he also ended things with the only girl who wanted to see him after the cameras stopped rolling because that was too much. He was neither on the show to do bits, nor to find love, so why was he on it at all?
Truth is, I don't know what the truth is. I don't think anyone does, besides Alex.
I think the most shameful feeling - more than being rejected by the love of your life; or catching a glimpse of your reflection in your laptop screen seconds after a sordid act of self-romance; or receiving the I'm not angry, just disappointed treatment from a beloved relative; or a combination of all three - the most shameful feeling is: realising a stranger has just watched you take a selfie.
In that moment, everything wilts away. They've seen behind the curtain, the framing, the filter, the caption. They see you for all your grubby little engagement intentions. They see exactly how you want to people to see you, and they see you exactly how you didn't want to be seen. Offline.
I think one of my most enjoyable feelings is ruminating on the precise opposite. Seeing some online activity - a comment, an upload, a retweet - and trying to fathom what was going through the person's head irl in the moment they posted it.
Some posts are obvious. A meal in upscale restaurants intended to flaunt how well the taker must be doing to afford such a classy treat. (See also, holiday snaps from non-tourist traps.) A flex in a gym mirror to evidence dedication, and perhaps inspire lust. A deliberately crudely framed shot of a bin-bag or a discarded old boot or a sarcastic selfie-pout or something else knowingly squalid, as an ironic display of misplaced superiority over other users on the platform. Blah blah blah.
Look: you all know the insta tropes, and the intended impressions you're supposed to glean from them, and that feeds are carefully curated facades. After a while, it becomes quite banal and saddening to observe all these things. Even being able to employ the very basic deduction needed to realise the intent behind each post seems dull and trite in of itself. The vanity and vacuity of social media users has been parodied in exactly the same way for the best part of two decades now. We all get it.
But every once in a while, something new comes along. Something different. Something you've never seen before and can't comprehend.
I can't even fathom a guess at what might be going through Dr Alex's mind when he commits his works to online, whether he thinks they're legitimately good posts, whether the intoxicating bathos is all an elaborate satire, whether it's a combination of both, or none of the above. I don't know. And that's exciting.
Dr Alex is taking banter to strange new places, as yet uncharted realms. He marches to the beat of his own drum. I don't know where he's going. All I know is that I have to follow.
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Kapaa boys win opener, beat Kauai in 4
By Nick Celario | Thursday, March 16, 2017, 1 a.m.
KAPAA — The Warriors kicked off the 2017 campaign with a win at home.
Kapaa High School's varsity boys volleyball team defeated Kauai High, 3-1, Tuesday evening at the Bernice Hundley Gym.
"Leading up to this match, I think we were all a little anxious and excited to get the season started," said Kapaa head coach Kapule Kaona. "We've had a few weeks to put things into practice. To apply those things that we've been working on, it's great to come out with a win."
After being edged in the opening set, Kapaa (1-0 KIF) won the following three sets by sizable margins — 25-16, 25-15 and 25-4.
"We've been trying to work on mental toughness throughout the game," Kaona said about recovering after the first set. "I'm not worried so much about the physicality of the game. It was more about their mental toughness."
"So, I think that's where it came. It was the mental toughness. That's what we talked about in the locker room," he continued. "It was what brought us that win tonight — to be able to just roll, keep rolling, staying on top of that game and letting what happened in set one happen in set two, three or four."
Warriors senior outside hitter Carson Schmick sealed the victory with a match-winning ace in the fourth. Schmick was Kapaa's offensive leader with 20 kills and six aces.
"That one felt good," Schmick said of the ace. "I had the moral support of my teammates backing me up on that one, just giving me positive reinforcement. I just went up and swung, and it was fun."
Schmick added of the season-opening win: "We all played well — team volleyball. The first, we had a few mistakes which led to our energy being lower, and our communication (suffered). Kauai High is a great team and they'll capitalize on that. We eventually found it in the second, third and fourth. We had that energy back, that spirit back, and we fought back to win it."
Kauai High (0-1 KIF) won the night's opening set, 25-23.
The Red Raiders rallied from a six-point deficit and tied the game at 20-20 off an ace by senior outside hitter Avery Ramos. Kauai senior middle blocker Tajh Mapuhi got the set-winning kill.
Kauai head coach Enoch Aana was not pleased with his team's performance in the season opener, but is hopeful for better results as the season goes on.
"As a coach, I want to be positive. That's my main thing, but we also got to keep it real," Aana said. "I'm not here to sugar-coat anything. When we don't play well, we can't praise people that don't play well. That's just a fact of life. And I praise Kapaa. They played extremely well tonight, and they were the better team."
Warriors senior setter Jayson Hawthorne got a game-high 31 assists and one kill for Kapaa. Senior middle Saxsen Shiira had 12 kills. Sophomore libero Pomai Rabago-Kaiwi got six digs and four aces.
Red Raiders senior outside hitter Tyron Libarios- Moses had four kills, five assists, two digs and an ace for Kauai High. Senior setter Jhay-Carl Miguel had 12 assists. Sophomore outside hitter Kaimani Tecson had four kills and three digs.
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Kauai High swept Kapaa in the junior varsity contest — winning all three sets, 25-18, 25-20 and 25-19.
In the night's other varsity match, Waimea (1-0 KIF) defeated Island School in straight sets, 25-16, 25-10 and 25-16.
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import org.assertj.core.api.ShortArrayAssert;
import org.assertj.core.api.ShortArrayAssertBaseTest;

import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;

/**
 * Tests for <code>{@link ShortArrayAssert#isSorted()}</code>.
 *
 * @author Joel Costigliola
 */
class ShortArrayAssert_isSorted_Test extends ShortArrayAssertBaseTest {

  @Override
  protected ShortArrayAssert invoke_api_method() {
    return assertions.isSorted();
  }

  @Override
  protected void verify_internal_effects() {
    verify(arrays).assertIsSorted(getInfo(assertions), getActual(assertions));
  }
}

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Q: Spring boot Jackson Json Serialization for List implementation class (PagedList) Is there any way to add serialization for list implementing class having custom attributes?
I am working on Rest service using Spring-boot 1.3. I have to return JSON response as Paged-List or Normal-List, depend on request on Controller. So, I have to keep return type of controller method as generic public List<Employee> getEmployees(int departmentId)
I am implementing list as below (using generics to use for different object lists)
public class PagedList<E> implements List<E>  {
  private List<E> list;
  private long totalRecords; //Getter-setters are added

  public PagedList(List<E> list) {
    super();
    this.list = list;
  }

  public PagedList(List<E> list, long totalRecords) {
    super();
    this.list = list;
    this.totalRecords = totalRecords;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean add(E element) {
     return this.list.add(element);
  }
  //All other List abstract methods implemented same as above using this.list
}

Added JsonSerializer for same: public class PagedListSerializer extends JsonSerializer<PagedList> with serialization logic in serialize() method. Which is registered using spring-boot jackson customization :
@Bean
public Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder objectMapperBuilder() {
    Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder builder = new Jackson2ObjectMapperBuilder();
    builder.serializerByType(PagedList.class, new PagedListSerializer());
    return builder;
}

When I try to return PagedList<Employee>(list, 1000), I am not able to get following response. Its returning same as of normal list. Not executing custom serialization. How to get following paged response?
{
  list : [{employeeId: "1", name: "John" }, ... ],
  totalRecords : 1000
}

A: You probably don't need custom deserializer to get this json. Just add @JsonFormat(shape = JsonFormat.Shape.OBJECT) annotation to your class:
@JsonFormat(shape = JsonFormat.Shape.OBJECT)
public static class PagedList<E> implements List<E>  {
    @JsonProperty
    private List<E> list;

    @JsonProperty // no need for this if you have getter-setters
    private long totalRecords;

    @JsonIgnore
    @Override
    public boolean isEmpty() {
        return false;
    }

...

Here is full demo: https://gist.github.com/varren/35c4ede769499b1290f98e39a2f85589
Update after comments:
I think Spring uses Jacksons return mapper.writerFor(List.class).writeValueAsString(new MyList()); Here is demo:
@RestController
@RequestMapping(value="/")
public static class MyRestController  {
    private static final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();

    //returns [] for both 0 and 1
    @RequestMapping(value="test", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public List test(@RequestParam int user) {
        return user == 0 ? new ArrayList(): new MyList();
    }

    //returns [] for 0 and expected custom {"empty": true} for 1
    @RequestMapping(value="testObj", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public Object testObj(@RequestParam int user) {
        return user == 0 ? new ArrayList(): new MyList();
    }

    // returns expected custom {"empty": true}
    @RequestMapping(value="testMyList", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public MyList testMyList() {
        return new MyList();
    }

    // returns expected custom {"empty": true}
    @RequestMapping(value="testMyListMapper", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public String testMyListMapper() throws JsonProcessingException {
        return mapper.writeValueAsString(new MyList());
    }

    // returns []
    @RequestMapping(value="testMyListMapperListWriter", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public String testMyListMapperListWriter() throws JsonProcessingException {
        return mapper.writerFor(List.class).writeValueAsString(new MyList());
    }
}
@JsonFormat(shape = JsonFormat.Shape.OBJECT)
public static class MyList extends ArrayList {}

So you have to Option 1) return Object instead of List or Option 2) register custom serialifer for List (and not for PageList)   builder.serializerByType(List.class, new PagedListSerializer()); like this:
public class PagedListSerializer extends JsonSerializer<List> {
  @Override
  public void serialize(List valueObj, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider serializers) throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
    if (valueObj instanceof PagedList) {
      PagedList value = (PagedList) valueObj;
      gen.writeStartObject();
      gen.writeNumberField("totalRecords", value.getTotalRecords());
      gen.writeObjectField("list", value.getList());
      gen.writeEndObject();
    }else{
      gen.writeStartArray();
      for(Object obj : valueObj)
        gen.writeObject(obj);
      gen.writeEndArray();
    }
  }
}

A: You can Create your customObject Mapper and use your serializer there.
  <mvc:annotation-driven>
    <mvc:message-converters>
        <bean class="org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter">
            <property name="objectMapper">
                <bean class="custom.CustomObjectMapper"/>
            </property>
        </bean>
    </mvc:message-converters>
</mvc:annotation-driven>

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By Ben Coxworth
First truly synthetic organism...
Mycoplasma mycoides JCVI-syn1.0 - the world's first synthetic organism
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A research team, led by Craig Venter of America's J. Craig Venter Institute (JVCI), has successfully produced the first self-replicating, synthetic bacterial cell. Called Mycoplasma mycoides JCVI-syn1.0 the synthetic cell is the proof of principle that genomes can be designed in the computer, chemically made in the laboratory and transplanted into a recipient cell to produce a new self-replicating cell controlled only by the synthetic genome. The resulting bacterium could be regarded as the first truly synthetic organism. The researchers now hope to be able to explore the machinery of life, and to engineer bacteria designed for specific purposes such as producing drugs, biofuels or other useful chemicals.
"This is the first synthetic cell that's been made, and we call it synthetic because the cell is totally derived from a synthetic chromosome, made with four bottles of chemicals on a chemical synthesizer, starting with information in a computer," said Venter. "This becomes a very powerful tool for trying to design what we want biology to do. We have a wide range of applications [in mind]."
To complete this final stage in the nearly 15 year process to construct and boot up a synthetic cell, JCVI scientists modeled the artificial genome after that of the bacterium M. mycoides. Beginning with the accurate, digitized genome of M. mycoides the team designed 1,078 specific cassettes of DNA that were 1,080 base pairs (bp) long. These cassettes were designed so that the ends of each DNA cassette overlapped each of its neighbors by 80bp.Using the 1,078 cassettes the JCVI team employed a three-stage process to build the genome using a yeast assembly system. The first stage involved taking ten cassettes of DNA at a time to build 110, 10,000 bp segments. In the second stage, these 10,000 bp segments are taken ten at a time to produce eleven, 100,000 bp segments. In the final step, all eleven, 100 kb segments were inserted in yeast cells, the DNA-repair enzymes of which linked the strings together. These medium-sized strings were then transferred into E. coli bacteria, then back into the yeast. After three rounds of this process, they had the complete synthetic genome that was over a million base pairs long.
The complete synthetic M. mycoides genome was isolated from the yeast cell and transplanted into Mycoplasma capricolum recipient cells that have had the genes for its restriction enzyme removed. The synthetic genome DNA was transcribed into messenger RNA, which in turn was translated into new proteins. The M. capricolum genome was either destroyed by M. mycoides restriction enzymes or was lost during cell replication. After two days viable M. mycoides cells, which contained only synthetic DNA, were clearly visible on petri dishes containing bacterial growth medium.
Because the initial synthesis of the synthetic genome did not result in any viable cells the JCVI team developed an error correction method to test that each cassette they constructed was biologically functional. They did this by using a combination of 100 kb natural and synthetic segments of DNA to produce semi-synthetic genomes. This approach allowed for the testing of each synthetic segment in combination with 10 natural segments for their capacity to be transplanted and form new cells. Ten out of 11 synthetic fragments resulted in viable cells; therefore the team narrowed the issue down to a single 100 kb cassette. DNA sequencing revealed that a single base pair deletion in an essential gene was responsible for the unsuccessful transplants. Once this one base pair error was corrected, the first viable synthetic cell was produced.
Dr. Gibson stated, "To produce a synthetic cell, our group had to learn how to sequence, synthesize, and transplant genomes. Many hurdles had to be overcome, but we are now able to combine all of these steps to produce synthetic cells in the laboratory." He added, "We can now begin working on our ultimate objective of synthesizing a minimal cell containing only the genes necessary to sustain life in its simplest form. This will help us better understand how cells work."
According to Dr. Hutchison, "To me the most remarkable thing about our synthetic cell is that its genome was designed in the computer and brought to life through chemical synthesis, without using any pieces of natural DNA."
Genetic Watermark
In 2008 the same team reported on the construction of the first synthetic bacterial genome by assembling DNA fragments made from the four chemicals of life - ACGT. The final assembly of DNA fragments into the whole genome was performed in yeast by making use of the yeast genetic systems. However, when the team attempted to transplant the synthetic bacterial genome out of yeast and into a recipient bacterial cell, viable transplants could not be recovered.For that case the team designed and inserted into the genome what they called watermarks. These are specifically designed segments of DNA that use the "alphabet" of genes and proteins that enable the researcher to spell out words and phrases. The watermarks are an essential means to prove that the genome is synthetic and not native, and to identify the laboratory of origin.
The team used the same process to insert watermarks into Mycoplasma mycoides JCVI-syn1.0. Encoded in the watermarks is a new DNA code for writing words, sentences and numbers. In addition to the new code there is a web address to send emails to for anyone who can successfully decode the new code, the names of 46 authors and other key contributors and three quotations: "TO LIVE, TO ERR, TO FALL, TO TRIUMPH, TO RECREATE LIFE OUT OF LIFE." - JAMES JOYCE; "SEE THINGS NOT AS THEY ARE, BUT AS THEY MIGHT BE." - A quote from the book, "American Prometheus"; "WHAT I CANNOT BUILD, I CANNOT UNDERSTAND." - RICHARD FEYNMAN.
The Ethical ImplicationsThe creation of the world's first truly synthetic organism throws up some serious ethical questions. In designing and creating life, they are "playing God" - something that is sure to concern those that believe such practices should remain the province of their deity of choice. The team's work also challenges the traditional views of what life is and further blurs the line between living things and machines – the synthetic bacterium possesses features of both.
However, from the very beginning of their quest to build a synthetic genome, Dr. Venter and his team say they have been concerned about the societal issues surrounding the work. In 1995 while the team was doing the research on the minimal genome, the work underwent significant ethical review by an independent panel of experts at the University of Pennsylvania who reached a unanimous decision that there were no strong ethical reasons why the work should not continue as long as the scientists involved continued to engage public discussion.
Dr. Venter and the team at JCVI continue to work with bioethicists, outside policy groups, legislative members and staff, and the public to encourage discussion and understanding about the societal implications of their work and the field of synthetic genomics generally. A 20-month study that explored the risks and benefits of this emerging technology, as well as possible safeguards to prevent abuse, including bioterrorism, resulted in a report being published in October 2007 outlining options for the field and its researchers.
Most recently in December of 2008, JCVI received funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to examine ethical and societal concerns that are associated with the developing science of synthetic genomics. The ongoing research is intended to inform the scientific community as well as educate policymakers and journalists so that they may engage in informed discussions on the topic.
The JCVI scientists envision that the knowledge gained by constructing this first self-replicating synthetic cell, coupled with decreasing costs for DNA synthesis, will give rise to wider use of this powerful technology. They now plan on designing algae that can capture CO2 and give off hydrocarbons for use in refineries. They also hope to improve vaccine production, create new chemicals and food ingredients, and clean up polluted water. "This is an important step we think, both scientifically and philosophically. It's certainly changed my views of the definitions of life and how life works," Dr. Venter said. "It's part of an ongoing process that we've been driving, trying to make sure that the science proceeds in an ethical fashion, that we're being thoughtful about what we do and looking forward to the implications to the future."
The team's research appears in the journal Science.
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Ben Coxworth
Based out of Edmonton, Canada, Ben Coxworth has been writing for New Atlas since 2009 and is presently Managing Editor for North America. An experienced freelance writer, he previously obtained an English BA from the University of Saskatchewan, then spent over 20 years working in various markets as a television reporter, producer and news videographer. Ben is particularly interested in scientific innovation, human-powered transportation, and the marine environment.
Michael Mantion May 21, 2010 02:47 AM
I think they made a movie about this.. It ended very badly...
PeetEngineer May 21, 2010 02:23 PM
Charles Darwin would be fascinated by this; but conversely the creationist \'intelligent design\' theory is now a valid one except it is we who are now the intelligent designers.
Nick Rowney May 23, 2010 09:30 PM
Mmmm, all very positive, now I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer but lets just ask ourselves what could bad people do with this technology.
I guess they could manufacture a self mutating something that once sent on its merry way would be impossible to stop, (oh I know something like weed resistant roundup) but a zillion times worse.
I have seen what you can achieve with a bit of grass, still very cool if used for the right reasons.
Maybe we can stop torturing animals now.
Charles Clegg June 29, 2010 11:19 PM
Humans created God in their own image so the creation of life is expectable for us .
jaison Sibley November 29, 2010 09:54 AM
The Atomic Bomb Technology was Created with Good Intentions ! Humans always failed to keep their good intentions ..Look at History ....
T-roy February 2, 2012 11:32 PM
This is great and nothing will stop the technology from moving forward. There can be awesome benefits from this technology; however, it is not synthetic or artificial. I can\'t believe they call it that. They take genes from nature and recombine them. Not that its not miraculous, but its not starting from scratch. If they can call this creating life, then so are test tube babies or ligers or nectarines. If they would start with no biological elements and create an oranism, then I\'ll buy into the term \"synthetic/artificial life.\" Until then, its just splicing what has already been created in nature. Good on the science, but I doubt we will ever become worthy of the term \"synthetic life.\"
Nathan Jeffree March 29, 2012 11:16 AM
@ Charles : love your comment.
This technology has infinity more positive applications then negative ones. Could be an answer to many of the worlds problems. Yeah for all of us :-)
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HAMPTON, NH - U.S. Soccer announced the 1st and 2nd round matchups on April 8th for the 2015 Lamar Hunt Open Cup, with competition set to begin April 25th.
The Seacoast United Phantoms (PDL) will make their first Open Cup appearance in club history when they take on Global Premier Soccer (USASA) on Wednesday, May 13th at Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge, MA at 8pm.
The Seacoast United Phantoms (PDL) will make their first Open Cup appearance in club history when they take on Global Premier Soccer (USASA) on Wednesday, May 13th at Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge, MA at 8pm. The winner will then advance to play the Tulsa Roughnecks (USL-PRO) on May 20th, venue TBA. The Phantoms qualified by capturing the Premier Development League's 2014 Northeast Division crown with an 11-1-2 record.
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With things so uncertain surrounding Brexit right now, we had some welcome news for those with concerns over European flights in a 'no-deal' scenario. Following lobbying by ABTA, the association for UK travel agents, the European Commission has extended the deadline to 24th October 2020 for their unilateral contingency legislation, also known as the 'Brexit Buffer'. Importantly, this means that UK airlines will still be able to operate flights between the UK and EU over next summer's peak season.
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As some readers may recall (but most probably don't), I've written a few blog posts on the significance of the history of philosophy for systematic philosophical analysis (here and here, for example). I used the term 'conceptual archeology' to refer to the kind of investigation that seeks to unearth the origins and development of philosophical concepts that are central for contemporary philosophers. I also suggested that this exercise is important in that it highlights the contingent and potentially contentious assumptions that led to the establishment of a given philosophical concept, and the dogmas and truisms surrounding it.
Now, NewAPPS'er Jeff Bell is working on a project for a volume on (if I understood it correctly) establishing fruitful dialogues between continental and analytic philosophers. When he invited me to contribute, I figured this could be the occasion I had been waiting for to finally flesh out these ideas of mine in a more systematic way.
Just to illustrate what I believe to be the usefulness of the genealogical methodology, let me give an example outside my own 'comfort zone'. A few weeks ago, I was in St. Andrews and attended a very interesting talk by Jessica Leech (Sheffield) on the concept of essence. The talk was not intended to be historical; its main goal was to engage critically with the concept of essence as entertained by modern philosophers (e.g. Kit Fine).
At Q&A, the always impressive Sarah Broadie made the remark which I had had in my mind from the start, but which she formulated in a much more elegant way than I could possibly have done myself. She pointed out that the concept of essence that we now entertain is still laden with its Aristotelian historical origins. According to her (I hope I am not mispresenting her views!), while the concept made sense against the background of Aristotle's general project (basically, the biological project of explaining middle-sized living beings such as animals and plants) and the science of the time, it is far from obvious in which ways it can be made to be useful or even compelling against the background of modern science.
This 'genealogical argument' seemed to me to be a very efficient strategy to engage in the project of 'deconstructing' the concept of essence. And yet, many people in the audience disagreed quite strongly with both Sarah and me regarding the relevance of the history of the concept of essence for that particular debate, which suggests that the idea of 'conceptual genealogy' as an important tool for the (analytic) philosopher is far from uncontroversial. And thus, it is well worth writing a paper to defend it!
The significance of the history of philosophy for the systematic investigation of philosophical issues is an important aspect of dissimilarity between the analytic and the continental traditions. Typically, the continental philosopher sees the historical development of a given philosophical issue or concept as an important and perhaps even necessary element for its analysis, whereas the analytic philosopher tends to treat issues and concepts as if they were a-historical entities, thus not requiring such a historical contextualization to be properly grasped.
On the continental side, influential authors such as Nietzsche and Foucault have placed historical analysis at the epicenter of their respective philosophical methodologies, in particular with the concepts of 'genealogy' and 'archeology'. More recently, authors such as Ian Hacking and Alain de Libera have pursued similar lines of investigation. For the most part, however, analytic philosophers remain quite hostile to the idea that a systematic analysis of a given concept or issue has anything to gain by becoming historically informed. In effect, Hacking represents the almost unique occurrence of an analytically trained philosopher who systematically deployed the archeology/genealogy methodology, explicitly under the influence of Foucault.
In this paper, I discuss in detail what I refer to as the methodology of 'conceptual genealogy', which is loosely inspired by (and yet different from) the concept of genealogy as found in Nietzsche and Foucault. This methodology underpins much of my work in the philosophy of logic to date (for example, my work on the concept of logical form), which nevertheless falls squarely within the 'analytic tradition'. I thus argue that analytic philosophy in general has much to gain by incorporating the historicist component of genealogical/archeological investigations. Analytic philosophers too must take seriously the idea that philosophical concepts are historical constructions rather than a-temporal natural kinds or essences, and that they bring along with them traces of their historical development. Indeed, one of the key aspects of the 'conceptual genealogy' approach (as is clear in particular in Nietzsche) is an emphasis on the contingent nature of philosophical concepts as products of long historical traditions. Moreover, conceptual genealogy produces narratives whose protagonists are concepts and issues, not authors; it operates on philosophical texts, but textual authorship is not the main focus.


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