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paulacoomer November 24, 2015 finding love at mid-life, Gluten-Free, Homelife, life philosophy, relationships, Vegan, Vegetarians, writing life, WRITING RETREATS AND WORKSHOPS
On my mind tonight is my dear friend Ed McClanahan, much-beloved Kentucky author of such well-regarded books as The Natural Man and O The Clear Moment, also recognizable as one of the Merry Pranksters, a cluster of boisterously titillating 1960s counter-culture heroes famous for their cross-country, purply-hazed travails in a bus called Furthur. Other members included a handful of future Pulitzer Prize winners. Novelists in dreamtime. The 1960s. LSD and electric Kool-aid. Ed and his bunch were the center of what mainstream America considered to be an irrational and irresponsible movement designed to upset the U.S. status-quo mommy-daddy post-war American apple cart.
Which is exactly what it was.
I might have only been eight years old when that bus made its well-intended trip, but as a rural kid in southern Indiana, I rode a school bus, I knew the drill, so right away kinship was established. I watched hippies dancing in the Pacific ocean on the nightly news and pored over pictures of their San Francisco bohemian invasion in Life magazine. It was pretty clear in my country girl mind that these people had more going for them than the neighbors up the road with their vagrant cows that regularly head-butted loose our fence or the people at Mt. Zion Methodist with their Jesus fans and dollars for the offering plate or my impoverished grandparents who scraped out their existences in the hollers of Adair County, Kentucky. I belonged in love beads and hippie headbands and fringed jackets and and those big, round Janis Joplin sunglasses. I was pretty sure I mattered in the same way those psychedelic bus riders mattered.
What this has to do with Thanksgiving is that I just finished a long overdue note to Ed, and was remembering an essay in his book O the Clear Moment titled "The Imp of Writing," in which he explains how several years back he received an invitation to speak to a group in Kentucky about the importance of writing. What he wrote on his calendar to remind himself was "the imp. of writing." Of course his essay goes on to verify the imp-ness—the derelict and imp-like nature of the writing force, that dark trickster, which leads us adherents to vacillate between redemption and self-destruction. I'm reminded of Poe's "Imp of the Perverse," in which Poe explores the notion that we all carry an inclination toward self-destruction. For whatever reason, as I sat down to think of a title for this post (all my writing begins with titles; that's how I see my job as a writer—to unravel the meaning of titles), Ed's essay came to mind, so the next logical step was to plagiarize it, and so we arrive at "The Imp of Thanksgiving."
We now know that the traditional explanation of the origins of the Thanksgiving holiday is a great big over-exaggeration aimed at the imaginations of school-children. Imp-lured European malcontents came by the shipload to this continent and killed its inhabitants. Plenty of malcontents died, too. The Pilgrims nearly starved to death and maybe or maybe not did the east coast aboriginals share a spot of food with them. Puritans had a habit of alternating days of thanksgiving with days of fasting. Days of fasting had to do with appeasing their bearded god after bad things happened. So, no, at no time were there big, white linen-clothed tables full of horns-of-plenty and buckets of cranberries and great-breasted turkeys (really—have you ever seen a wild turkey? a naked wild turkey does not look like a supermarket turkey, nor does one look like what we see depicted in those melodramatic "first Thanksgiving" paintings) shared by black-coated Europeans (did you ever think about just how hard it would have been to keep those starched bib collars white?) and bead-draped natives. Just bloodshed. It was all just bloodshed. Why is Thanksgiving Day not a day of mourning? No wonder they call the day after Black Friday. If we are thankful and gluttonous on Thursday, greedy and gluttonous for material goods on Friday, where is the balance? Who is helped? Who is saved? We owe it to the Imp of Thanksgiving, that little varmint who has taken up residence in our American brains, made us think genocide is cause to celebrate, is sacred when it should be cause celebre, as genocide remains our national pastime today.
Which is why, of course, we won't be doing any of that. Oh, we'll cook dinner. Just like we do every day. Morning will be newspaper and tea at the breakfast table. Phil will have toast and I'll have rice cakes with a smear of sunflower butter and a dash of Creole spice. The sound of football will predominate. I'll do some work on writing, talk to my parents and brother on the phone. Hope my sons call from their various points of gatherings, conservative and traditional-minded beings that they are, so I can hear the sweet voices of my grandchildren. Maybe get the leaves mulched. I will think about this all day, about how cynical I've become about American traditions. About how, the older I get, the more I feel the pain and anger of the brown side of my heritage, have less and less tolerance for the white side, feeling that, like the murderer who luxuriates in the bounty gained from his gruesome deed in Poe's "Imp of the Perverse," what whiteness brings to an American life is somehow vaguely evil, the privilege it lends, as if whiteness is superior—not the skin color but the attitude, the bigotry some people possess—that it will eventually fold back on itself, and that we will pay and pay heavily and mightily for what our predecessors did to the people of this continent. I'll think about how bad it all is, because I always do these days. More and more it seems like we are on the verge of world war. Our frolicking free ride is up. Other people on this planet have come to collect. People who think the way we westerners live is wrong. People who think we are devils, the imps who lure the entire planet toward self-destruction. People who obviously also are misguided, but I'm not so certain they're wrong about us. I'm not so sure those who hate us have ever been wrong about us. How deep their pain must be if they must exact its equal from us in such brutal ways—the 21st century equivalent of what sojourners did on this soil in the name of religious freedom. I wonder if our enemies would despise us so badly if we had remained hippies, if our true goals were reverse immigration, moving eastward across the country the way the Merry Pranksters and their bus Furthur did. Going back to where we came from. (Is this why the white races are so obsessed with space travel? Are we trying to get back to where we came from? Is this why it has been so easy for us to recklessly and without guilt exploit this planet to near depletion?)
If you think about it, we are a culture without a true country. This place is not ours. Our imps led us here. It is where we will eventually de-materialize and return to dust as we project our self-destruction on the very earth beneath our feet. We deserve no less, really.
So what I'm going to share here is not what I plan to cook on Thanksgiving Day, but some new recipes I want to try on Thursday, which is the day after I return from my most recent Clearwater Writers retreat where this past week I've been mentoring a writer through the final paces of a first novel draft. Since Phil does most of the cooking now that he's retired, and as Thursday is a big football day, I'd like to give him the day off to watch beefy men chase their imps in the form of a pigskin ball (sorry, vegan readers, for the word choice, but I couldn't help myself). It's been a long time since I cooked exclusively from someone else's recipes, but I feel inclined to try these, and to see what it takes to make them my own. It started when my daughter-in-law Katie forwarded me this one for Vegducken, and I realized what I was missing by not exploring the vast land of Internet recipe bloggers.
My Thursday-in-the-kitchen menu will look like this:
vegducken—I'll make this into veganducken by switching out the mushrooms (I'm allergic) for ground tempeh, chia seed for the eggs, use my own blend of olive oil, toasted sesame oil, and coconut oil to replace the butter, and a mix of tahini, nutritional yeast, and miso for the Parmesan. If it turns out, I'll share the recipes with my subscribers, so that's one more good reason to click the Subscribe button!
lentil bread—November marks the beginning of baking season for me. As soon as the thermometer drops, rather than upping the thermostat, I like to find reasons to use the oven. I've been experimenting with fermented breads this year, and I love them. This savory lentil bread will up the meal's protein ante.
cranberry spread—Why cranberries got relegated to November and December, I have no idea, unless it's because their massive dose of Vitamin C helps us get through cold and flu season, but I do have a hunch that the tangy flavors in this hot-pepper-spiked cranberry spread will go great with the cumin in the lentil bread.
raw lemon-lime cheesecake—And because I haven't had cheesecake in almost 6 years, I hope this is as good as it looks. If it is, I expect I'll start morphing it and passing it onto my subscribers (yes, that was hint #2).
Whatever you do Thursday, do it with the best of intentions and with an eye toward what matters most in the world right now. Put your imp in his crate and keep him there. Make your day about preparing yourself for the harder roads ahead—roads that are going to require us to make tough choices. Light a candle for all who've been sacrificed to let us live as we live, and cherish the privileges and comfort that have been bought with so much blood. Let Black Friday just be another Friday. Think about spending it creating your own metaphoric version of a psychedelic bus. What would that be for you? What, using the most vivid corners of your imagination, is the counter-culture of your current life?
Photo credit: Jmabel [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons
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Юрій Іванович Горожанкін ( 22 січня 1938) — радянський футболіст та тренер, виступав на позиції захисника та півзахисника.

Життєпис
Вихованець кіровоградського футболу, перший тренер — Я. С. Глузгал. Розпочав кар'єру гравця в місцевих командах «Будівельник» та «Урожай», у 1956 році став гравцем кіровоградського «Торпедо». Всього в складі кіровоградської команди (яка в 1958 році змінила назву на «Зірка») протягом 12 сезонів провів понад 400 матчів у всіх турнірах, був капітаном команди. У 1968 році завершив виступи.

Після закінчення кар'єри гравця став тренером. У 1970-х працював у «Зірці» на посадах тренера й начальника команди, проте через конфлікти з керівництвом декілька разів звільнявся з команди. На час його роботи в кіровоградському клубі припали перемоги «Зірки» в кубку УРСР, 1973 і 1975 роках.

У 1984 році призначений головним тренером «Зірки». Перебував на цій посаді до липня 1986 року. На початку 1991 року знову став начальником кіровоградської команди, а в травні, після відставки Миколи Латиша, зайняв пост старшого тренера, пропрацювавши на ньому до кінця сезону. Пізніше працював тренером у кіровоградській СДЮШОР та директором стадіону «Зірка». У 2003 році, маючи єврейське походження, іммігрував до Ізраїлю, де продовжив працювати тренером у дитячо-юнацькому футболі.

Сім'я
Син — Ігор Горожанкін — також став футболістом, а по завершенні кар'єри гравця — футбольним арбітром. Обслуговував матчі вищої ліги чемпіонату України, мав категорію арбітра ФІФА.

Примітки

Посилання

 Профіль гравця  на сайті «Український футбол»
 Профіль тренера на сайті «Український футбол»
 Профіль на сайті footbook.ru
 Сторінки історії «Зірки»: Кубок України 1975 року (частина 4)

Радянські футболісти
Футболісти «Зірки» (Кропивницький)
Футбольні тренери СРСР
Тренери ФК «Зірка» Кропивницький
Українські емігранти до Ізраїлю

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Q: Selenium import error when running test case with RobotFramework I'm getting the below error when I'm trying to run a test case in RobotFramework. I installed Selenium2Library but it looks like RF can't find it. Everything works fine with SeleniumLibrary.
Selenium2Library is installed in C:\Python27\lib\site-packages. I uninstalled and installed it a few times to make sure the installation is correct. There were no errors during the installations.
Any ideas where to look for the problem?
Here is the error:
c:\testing>pybot testone.txt
[ ERROR ] Error in file 'c:\testing\testone.txt' in table 'Settings': Importing test library 'Selenium2Library' failed: ImportError: No module named selenium
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\Selenium2Library\__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
    from keywords import *
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\Selenium2Library\keywords\__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
    from _browsermanagement import _BrowserManagementKeywords
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\Selenium2Library\keywords\_browsermanagement.py", line 4, in <module>
    from selenium import webdriver
PYTHONPATH:
  C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\robot\libraries
  C:\Python27\lib\site-packages
  C:\Windows\system32\python27.zip
  C:\Python27\DLLs
  C:\Python27\lib
  C:\Python27\lib\plat-win
  C:\Python27\lib\lib-tk
  C:\Python27
  C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\wx-2.8-msw-unicode

A: Resolved the problem by removing Selenium2Library folder and reinstalling it with pip command (which installs all necessary packages).
pip install robotframework-selenium2library

A: I also had a similar problem. I'm running both Python 3.7 and 3.8 because RIDE does not work with 3.8.
I had installed robot framework for Python 3.8 before, and after that I installed everything on 3.7. The problem was fixed when I uninstalled robot framework (and every package related to it) from 3.8 and installed every package on Python 3.7 only.

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Meet Demi Anter. Demi is from La Quinta. She first heard about The CVAS five years ago when she was a senior at La Quinta High School and interviewed us for her High School newspaper (which she was co-editor of). A couple months ago she graduated from college at University of California, Santa Barbara with a Bachelors of Art degree in Studio Art. As soon as she was out of school Demi walked right into The Coachella Valley Art Scene. In tow with her were fresh art works from her senior show, in hopes that the CVAS could feature some in the gallery. And we did.
Stories like Demi's are what The CVAS aspires to. We want to meet the aspiring artists in the desert at a young age and help them develop…with an end goal of helping them sell their work to support their dreams.
Demi Anter's soft sculptures / art merchandise are currently for sale at The Coachella Valley Art Scene Gallery and online in our Etsy shop. They are fun, fresh and hand-made by a local artist. And this artist, is an interesting one. Read her interview with The Coachella Valley Art Scene to learn more about her and her vision.
Where are you from and how you did you get into art?
I was born on an island in Washington State (Whidbey) and my parents moved down the coast because my mom found the small town and weather to be too depressing. Eventually we ended up in a house in the La Quinta Cove, so I've lived most of my life in the desert.
In addition to getting us out of Washington, my mom was also responsible for me getting into art. She's also very artistic, but didn't get a lot of opportunities to do creative things as a kid, so she made sure that we went to plays, musicals, museums, book stores — all that stuff — when I was younger. We did a lot of crafts together, everything from painting rocks to look like animals to creating our own story books.
Eventually I started getting more into writing and I took some poetry workshops in 7th grade with local poet Dessa Byrd Reed. When I got into high school, Dessa connected me with a woman who was my mentor up until she passed away a little over a year ago. Her name was Patricia D'Alessandro and she was a wonderful poet and friend.
I still did art as a student at LQHS but I became way more serious about writing largely because of Patricia. So I enrolled at UCSB in the College of Creative Studies as a Literature major. Then I became a double major in Art. Then I dropped literature altogether. I still love to write, but art was pulling at me more strongly. Plus, art totally encompasses creative writing as well.
Do you have any artistic muses? Who (or what) feeds your creative inspiration?
Actually, a lot of the people on the pillows are muses of mine. David Bowie was the earliest. When I started listening to his music in middle school, I decided I had to be truly extraordinary if I was ever going to meet him. I was obsessed with him. It made me want to do something great with my life.
I also love Bowie because he encompasses this idea of weird being cool. I always think of glam rock as being about letting your freak flag fly, not letting conventions weigh you down, not answering to others' expectations. You have to be pretty sure of yourself and okay with disappointment if you're going to be an artist. Also, whatever is unique and weird about you — if you can channel that — that's what will make your art interesting, alongside the level of craft, of course. So I love him, for embracing the weird.
I also love costuming and all the theatrics, too. And gold. I am a sucker for gold.
And of course there are countless other artists who I admire! But I could never list them all, plus I feel like I'm already said way too much. At the moment, a few of the important ones are: the poet Charles Bukowski, Cher, spoken word artists like Beau Sia and Kanye West, fine artists like Andrea Zittel and Richard Serra, comedian and interviewer Marc Maron ("WTF"), RuPaul and Lena Dunham.
As an art student at UC Santa Barbara, you were required to complete a senior thesis exhibition. Typically, most students would choose to mix older works with newer works to embody the overall theme to showcase artistic evolution; however, you did things a little different. Can you explain to us the creation of "Demopolis: Space//Magic//Art" and the concept for the show?
It's been a vitally important aspect of my art education at UCSB to challenge myself. I have had some magnificent teachers who believed that I could do great work and who were not satisfied with anything less. My senior show wasn't any different. I wanted to show the faculty, my peers and – most importantly – myself that I could put together "the best senior show ever" and to me, that meant everything had to be new, over the top, plus visually as well as conceptually engaging. That's a tall order, and though the show wasn't perfect by any means, I was really happy with the result. I've never worked so hard on anything, or been so exhausted for so long, as when I was installing that show. I am proud of that.
As far as where it originated: I knew I wanted it to be something interactive — I wanted to totally change the gallery space. An initial idea was to make a playground for adults — I love games and have made a couple of art games.
Then, last December, I had to teach myself to sew in order to make this surprise for my best friend, Elizabeth. Long story short, we took this picture at Smoke Tree Stables together when we were 7 and we had always wanted to recreate it, so I had to remake her outfit.
It was a great experience — surprisingly, given my lack of sewing skills — and I wanted to do more sewing. So Demopolis became heavily textile-based. I came up with the idea of housing everything in big, fabric tents to tie together the smaller individual pieces (like my pillows!). That evolved into one BIG tent that encompassed a bunch of smaller works. Most of them were projects I had always wanted to make but never had the time, money and/or confidence to pursue. So the show was a lot about creating without fear of failure. It was also about embracing the things that make you tick, however weird they are — coming back to the David Bowie thing.
Now that Demopolis is done and you're a college graduate, what project(s) are you currently working on?
After Demopolis and graduation, I took a lot of time to recover and reenergize. I am still getting Kickstarter rewards fulfilled, which means a bunch of mugs, some bandanas and a few, very special Kanye West-themed onesies to sew and ship out. I have also finally had time to get my Etsy store properly started. "Proxy Shop" began because friends of mine liked the pillows I had made for the show so much that they wanted to buy them. Doing a Kickstarter to help fund the show was also a really valuable experience that taught me the reward of creating small, functional items, like coffee mugs and clothing.
Your art merchandise is flying off of the shelves, both at The Coachella Valley Art Scene gallery and on Etsy through your store ProxyShop. Why do you make these wonderful coffee mugs, pillows, and temporary tattoos instead of trying to sell paintings, photographs, etc.?
That's really nice of you to say! It has been going pretty well. In fact, when I started the online shop, I did not expect to sell this many items right away. It's definitely not enough to live off of, but I know it's a gradual process. I am just happy that people enjoy the things I make enough to want them in their homes! It's a really cool feeling sending work out to people, even complete strangers, in a variety of places all over the country.
There are a few different answers to that question. I'm not a painter or a photographer. But even if I were more of a 2D artist, functional household items and accessories tend to be much easier to sell. I look at my Etsy items and the items at CVAS as a business pursuit. I enjoy making them — they are part of my artistic process and tie into other bigger ideas I'm interested in — but they aren't emotionally rich in the way my other artwork is, in the way I think truly good art ought to be. Unfortunately, my other work has largely been large installation pieces, interactive pieces and performances, and until an artist is fairly well-known and highly regarded, it's difficult to make money from any of those things. That's why I had to come up with a Kickstarter and separate items to fund my senior show. I couldn't count on selling the work in it, unfortunately.
We're quite happy for you here at the gallery; in fact, you've been acquainted with us for a while. In high school, you interviewed the CVAS founder Sarah Scheideman about the Coachella Valley Art Scene when it was in its early stages. What are your thoughts on this full circle moment of your growth as an artist now being featured by our organization?
I think it was actually one my writers who interviewed Sarah and introduced me to the CVAS blog. I remember he had an older brother who went to the shows and turned him on to it. He came back after the interview and raved about her. I finally got to meet her and have of course attended a bunch of CVAS events over the last 6 years. I've followed the progress of the blog — and now the gallery — closely, since I thought Sarah's goal was worthwhile and admirable, and I liked her a lot as a person when we did have the chance to speak. It's so cool to see CVAS come so far.
On a personal note, having the opportunity to finally show here is spectacular. I think my 17-year-old self would be proud, and my 22-year-old self is thrilled as well. It's a homecoming for me. It's also a way to honor the artist I was 6 years ago and recognize what I've learned since then. "Growth" hits the nail on the head.
We wanted to thank you for "Chering" the love. As we close the interview, I must ask: What is in the future for Demi Anter?
Well, here are some things I'd really like to do: Make Proxy Shop into a viable business, get work into some more gallery spaces in other cities, focus in on some big, new projects, make another book, teach my cat to walk on a leash, take classes at the UCB in L.A., make some short films, and maybe write a T.V. show.
After another year in Santa Barbara, I hope to move to Berlin for a year or so. I'll probably take art classes there, or do some kind of internship or fellowship that is arts-related, and work on my German (my mom and her family are Austrian).
For now, I have to wrap up the Kickstarter, edit some Demopolis photos, fulfill a couple pillow orders, clean our apartment, and find a real-person job. Ugh. Not so glamorous but actually, it's been nice to be out of school and do something different. I now have time to reflect on what's important to me and where I want to go.
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Authors: Raz-Yaseef, N.; Koteen, L.; Baldocchi, D. D.
The binary nature of Northern California's ecohydrology, in which water is either abundantly available or scarce, should be reflected in the root architecture of the native blue oak. Our objective was to quantify carbon storage and understand how the form of the root system facilitates ecosystem functioning despite the asynchrony between winter water availability, spring leaf growth, and dry-summer canopy maintenance. To do this, we surveyed coarse root distribution with a ground penetrating radar (GPR), due to its advantages in covering large areas rapidly and non-destructively. We calibrated root biomass detected by GPR against roots excavated from a number of small pits. Based on a survey of six tree configurations (varying in age, size, and clumping), we found that coarse roots occupy the full soil profile and that coarse root biomass of old large trees reached a peak directly above the bedrock. As opposed to other semi-arid regions, where trees often develop extensive shallow lateral coarse roots to exploit the entire wet-soil medium, we found that root density decreased with distance from the bole, and dropped sharply beyond a distance of 2 m. We upscaled tree root biomass to stand scale (2.8 ± 0.4 kg m−2) based on lidar analysis of the relative abundance of each tree configuration. We argue that this deep and narrow root structure reflects the ecohydrology of oaks in this ecosystem. An extensive lateral root system would not be beneficial during the growing season, when water is sufficiently abundant, nor during summer, when soil water is highly limited.


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Revenge is Sweeter
Barbarians of the Beyond
By Matthew Hughes
Space Opera That Doesn't Suck
Matthew Hughes' 2021 Barbarians of the Beyond is an authorized sequel to Jack Vance's Demon Princes quintet.
A generation earlier, raiders commanded by the Demon Princes raided Mount Pleasant. The majority of the population was carried off as slaves, leaving only a small number of corpses to prove that the town was ever occupied.
The raid had consequences for the five Demon Princes, consequences unrolling off-stage. The novel follows events in Mount Pleasant. The raid left a serviceable town empty. A religious community nicknamed Dispers soon installed themselves there.
Dispers keep themselves to themselves. Thus, the stranger who comes calling is not entirely welcome.
Bow to the Here and Now
What the Wind Brings
Matthew Hughes' 2019 What the Wind Brings is a standalone historical fantasy novel.
Dispatched by his master Don Alvaro to escort living cargo — slaves and farm animals — to Lima, Alonso Illescas instead finds himself marooned near the Rio Esmeraldas, in what is now northern Ecuador, in company with all the now-free slaves.
Although Alonso is, like them, a dark-skinned servant to white masters, the Africans' leader, Anton, would just as soon see Alonso dead; he's a proxy for his despised master. Alonso's greatest skill is being useful to those more powerful than he. It's enough to buy his life, at least for the moment.
A Criminal Mind
9 Tales of Raffalon
A Year of Waterloo Region Speculative Fiction
Matthew Hughes' 9 Tales of Raffalon is a collection of short stories, all featuring professional thief Raffalon. Raffalon lives in a time and place not unlike Jack Vance's Dying Earth . Magic is commonplace, as are ways for a man of flexible ethics to enrich himself. Or, as Raffalon so often discovers, ways to get himself into trouble.
Visited By A Majestic Hymn
A Wizard's Henchman (Kaslo Chronicles, volume 1)
British-born Canadian Matthew Hughes has lived in many places. One of them was Kitchener-Waterloo, which earns him a spot in A Year of Waterloo Region Speculative Fiction. Hughes writes in a wide range of genres, both non-fiction and fiction. To quote from his site, he has been employed as
a journalist, then as a staff speechwriter to the Canadian Ministers of Justice and Environment, and — from 1979 until a few years back — as a freelance corporate and political speechwriter in British Columbia.
He also writes science fiction and fantasy, as well as mystery. He has won the
Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award and has been shortlisted for the Aurora, Nebula, Philip K. Dick, Endeavour, A. E. Van Vogt, and Derringer Awards.
Despite these accolades, Hughes is often overlooked. It's inexplicable, although his tendency towards humour may explain some of it. Humorous F&SF, save of the broadest, least subtle sort, is generally not popular in North America. Perhaps this work, which is more apocalyptic than funny, will appeal to a broader range of readers.
2016's A Wizard's Henchman is the first volume in Matthew Hughes' Kaslo Chronicles.
There are ten thousand inhabited worlds in the Spray and none of them are utopias. Problems abound. Erm Kaslo has made a very nice living for himself as an all-round troubleshooter for rich men who are able to pay well for services rendered. The rich and powerful don't get that way by being ethical or trustworthy—but even the most ruthless learn that it's never a good idea to disappoint Erm Kaslo.
Sixteen by Hughes
Devil or Angel & Other Stories
I've reviewed Hughes here before and I will review him again in the future.
Although he is perhaps best known for his Vancian Archonate stories, those do not make up the entirety of his work. Devil or Angel & Other Stories collects sixteen of his non-Archonate stories [1], written deliberately in what the cover calls "old-style." Which is to say that it would not come as a surprise to find that these stories had been published in such magazines of yore as Unknown, Galaxy, or even the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Except that they weren't [2].
A Tales of the Commons, Part Two
Black Brillion (Commons, volume 2)
Rediscovery Tuesday
Black Brillion is one of those books I would never have thought to read if Science Fiction Book Club Senior Editor Andrew Wheeler hadn't assigned it to me for review. I greatly enjoyed it, as did Andrew (if I am remembering correctly). Various other figures in the publishing industry loved it too, Alas, the readers, those bastards, ignored it.
It is a dismal fact that the set of the books I enjoy and the set of books that the great masses of SF readers favor do not have much overlap. [Imagine a Venn diagram where the circles do not overlap.] At times it seems like me as if me enthusing about a book is the kiss of death [1]. Surely hundreds of thousands of strangers across the world don't buy the books they do (or rather, don't buy the books I like) purely to piss me off?
A Tale of the Commons, Part One
The Compleat Guth Bandar (Commons, volume 1)
This week I planned a Rediscovery review of Black Brillion, a novel by self-confessed Canadian Matthew Hughes.You may notice that this is not a review of Black Brillion after all, but a review of The Compleat Guth Bandar.
This is because when I contacted Hughes, he said (in part)

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Presented in honor of her 75th birthday, this exhibition celebrates Billie Jean King through more than 75 photographs depicting her remarkable life and career. A sports icon as well as a lifelong advocate for gender equality and social justice, King lobbied for and obtained equal prize money for women at the US Open in 1973. She is renowned for her celebrated win over Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes" match on September 20, 1973, and has won an incredible 39 Grand Slams. Co-curated by Helen R. Russell, researcher, Billie Jean King Enterprises, and Marilyn Satin Kushner, curator and head, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, New-York Historical Society.
In 2016, Billie Jean King donated her archive to the Museum, including her shoes, racket, and other items from her illustrious career. Learn more about the Billie Jean King Archive.
The New-York Historical Society is grateful for the partnership of the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative in the realization of this exhibition. Exhibitions at New-York Historical are made possible by Dr. Agnes Hsu-Tang and Oscar Tang, the Saunders Trust for American History, the Seymour Neuman Endowed Fund, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. WNET is the media sponsor.


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There's no denying that playing games is the ultimate enjoyment for anyone who plays sport.
However, preparation through strength and conditioning is a vital key to ensuring professional athletes can get the most out of their performances.
This is where Rugby Victoria and Wallaroos Head of Athletic Performance Brendan Whelan is an expert at conditioning Victoria's elite junior rugby talent and the best female union players in Australia.
Whelan is in charge of ensuring the Melbourne Rebels' Under 16s, Under 18s and Under 20's Academy players, as well as members of the Wallaroos squad, are ready for the rigours of rugby union.
"It's about getting players athletically fit for the rigours of professional footy," Whelan said.
"We have a long-term player pathway to develop them physically to make sure they move right and have flexibility.
While most would think developing athletic performance is only confined to giving players a training program sheet, there's a plethora of other aspects which encompasses the role of a strength and conditioning coach.
Whelan says the key to any good S&C is to not only develop a training program, but to also possess the ability to work with the player and be adaptable to the many variables which can affect an athlete's performance.
"As an S&C Coach, I hate spending time behind computers and being inside, so getting hands on is what I enjoy doing," Whelan said.
"If you want to be there and dictate what they need to do on a piece of paper, you won't get any results. If you want results, you get hands on, eyes on, talk to the player, remembering every day is different.
Whelan has developed this mantra and ethic over a number of years in his role with Rugby Victoria.
The Irish native has previously been a Strength and Conditioning for the Melbourne Rebels Super Rugby side for three years after he was initially at Rugby Victoria for six years in the same position.
Now in his eleventh year in Rebels fraternity, Whelan has been impressed with the drastic levels of improved professionalism across Victorian Rugby when it comes to implementing strong S&C programs.
"It used to be a case where at most places, there was ten minutes of what they called Strength and Conditioning before training, which was pretty much the warm up and then the coaches took the rest," Whelan said.
However, Whelan says the introduction of the Rebels in 2011 proved to be a perfect tonic for local rugby players to transition their approach to playing rugby from an amateur to a professional level.
"The induction of the Melbourne Rebels into Super Rugby has been a big thing for a lot of the Victorian players," he said.
"Because they think, 'ok I want to play Super Rugby and there's an opportunity, there's local boys coming through, so why can't I do it'?
One of the biggest satisfactions for Whelan throughout his tenure in Victoria has been the development of local players graduating into Melbourne's Super Rugby side.
And amongst the group that Whelan has seen develop into Super Rugby athletes, are a string of current Rebels players.
Above all though, whether it be the players he mentors at the Wallaroos or at Rugby Victoria, Whelan says the biggest reward from the job is seeing players achieve their goals of playing elite level rugby.
"It's a joy to see the players succeed," he said.
"When I moved into the Super Rugby side, we had Jordan Uelese, Rob Leota, Fereti Sa'aga, Sione Tuipulotu and Ikapote Tupai all progress into contract positions and that gave me a great sense of pride," Whelan said.
"For the Wallaroos last year, I saw all those girls working in their full-time program sacrificing work and family time just to be a pioneer in their field and to be an inspiration to the next generation coming through.


Below is a message from my wonderful wife, Polly, which is the lead into my story which I give away on my website. It will give you a small idea of how my obesity impacted the love of my life.
After Michael left his non-profit job, he just sat around getting bigger and bigger and more and more depressed. He was struggling with ending a dream of working with a children's non-profit and it was killing him. He was also struggling with how he would start over as a 360+ pound, 50+ year old man in a society that is so geared to the young and pretty.
He self-medicated with food…all kinds of food: ice cream, candy, chips, soda. And he often ate after eating. Remember the pre-barbecue scene in Gone With the Wind where Scarlett had to eat before the party so she ate like a lady at the party? Well, Michael would leave a family reunion where there was tons of food and he had eaten a huge meal and stop at the convenience store for candy and a coke to make the trip home. And not just one item but several: junior mints, Mike and Ikes, jelly beans, milk duds.
Or he would buy a 100 count box of Freeze Pops and bring 6 or 8 to bed and eat them while we were watching TV. And I would cringe as he ate them and I would feel pissed when I threw the wrappers in the trash. But I never said anything because we didn't discuss the elephant in the room. I remember feeling desperate and angry.
Well, I never wrote the letter or had the conversation, but my vibe must have been strong…because in early March of 2009, Michael started on a health journey that continues to this day.
8 Years on My Journey and still going strong!
8 Years ago today I started my journey from Hopeless to Amazed. I was at the bottom of a very deep hole and could not find my way to climb out of that hole then. And now, well now, I'm amazed!
Prior to March 2, 2009 I had run out of hope that I could change my life. Hope that I could shed the tonnage, improve my health, rid myself of 7 medications and a CPAP machine, feel better, improve my quality of life, and just plain live happier. I was in a very dark place.
What happened? I had that AHA moment where you realize something needs to be done, has to be done to change your course. The main part of the AHA moment was the story my wife told me about the most important person in a burning building. She told me about being asked the question "who is the most important person in the fire?", while she was at a Community Response meeting in February 2009. She came home to tell me the story and what she learned. She learned she was the most important person in the fire because if she could not found her way out of the fire, she could not help anyone else. It was and is that simple.
So what did I learn from the fire story? After 3 weeks of this story bouncing around in my head, I woke up on March 2, 2009 and realized I was in my own personal fire. I could not escape the fire of obesity! If I was ever going to help anyone in my life again, I was going to have to find my way 'Out of the Fire'! That day I realized I had to do something. So I proceeded to start a spreadsheet to develop and track my path 'out of the fire'.
Along the journey I have been able to do things I never thought possible. I have been able to shed 7 medications and a CPAP machine that maintained what I thought was quality of life. I have been able to move more, walk more, exercise more, do 1,000 push-ups, and climb the stands at Stoney Field 150 straight times (17 bleachers up and 34 steps down). And more than special to me, has been the fact that I am able to help others find their way 'out of the fire'!
So now, now I am amazed! I look back now and realize just how bad I felt and just how deep of a hole I was in March 2009. I am amazed I found my way 'out of the fire'! I am also very blessed!
Note to ME and YOU: It's a Journey! Get on your path 'out of the fire' and AMAZE Yourself!
I was struck yesterday by the thought of just how blessed I am in life. I know I am blessed and I thank God daily for my blessings.
What was different about yesterday? Why did it 'strike' me suddenly? I have seen a number of my contemporaries pass over the last few years and in particular this year. Some were friends, some friends of friends, past co-workers, friends of my wife, some family (my brother in-law) and parents of younger friends/relatives. It all seemed to come together as I looked at that old picture of me at 360 pounds (the one I keep to remind me of where I was, and where I will not go back to) and thought of a cousin that lost her dad several years ago.
I don't know why my mind works the way it does, but a wave of thoughts and emotion came across me. I thought about how bad a shape I was in at 53 years old. I thought about how many people I've known in my age range that I/we have lost recently and over the years since finding my journey. I thought about my younger cousin and other younger friends I know that have lost parents that are my age. I thought about life, problems, pettiness, and sadness. We get so caught up in the small things in life that we do not enjoy the people we have when we have them.
The emotion that came crashing down on me was focused around the realization that I could be gone now, that I would be gone now if not for that moment of clarity in 2009, that AHA moment created by the Fire Story my wife told me. How lucky was I? Why me? And then I thought about those younger people that lost their parents much too soon. They were my age and I don't think of my age as old. Why them? Why have we lost them so soon?
I caught my breath, sat there, and thought for a moment. I thought 'I AM BLESSED'. Then I thanked God for my blessings and prayed for those that passed much too soon and those they left behind.
I also thought about how I was on my way out in 2009 and how I am nowhere near that now. I was able to start my journey to healthier happier me. I was able to control my destiny. How many people get that opportunity? How many people think they are done when they may be able to change their present and future? I meet people every day that could gain that control. They feel too far gone or hopeless, but they are not. I pray these people find their moment of clarity and realize they can change and can create a journey to a healthier happier you. I know this is true because I was them in 2009. I was too far gone and hopeless. I AM TRULY BLESSED.
If I can help YOU, let me know.
Note to ME and YOU: Pray for that moment of clarity, that AHA Moment, that gets you to the healthier happier you. I pray daily for this for ME and YOU.
I celebrated at a family reunion on my wife's side of the family last weekend. Enjoying good times with great people is something TheFatGuy loves. But, TheFatGuy loves to eat too much at food events!
Wateris always at the top of TheFatGuy's list: start your day with plenty of water and keep it up. Drink at least a 1/2 ounce per pound of body weight and go up form there if you are out in the heat. Drink a big glass of water before you eat and drink water with your meal. I drank a liter of water pre-reunion and one during the reunion meal this past weekend. And remember, don't drink your calories if you can avoid it!
Bread, Chips, and such– These offer little true satisfaction. Refined carbohydrates will spike your insulin and have lots of calories. Choose to avoid or limit this category at your celebration.
What to eat first– eating salad and veggies first will help you feel full sooner. This is a tough one for TheFatGuy as he loves to go for the ribs, mac & cheese, fried chicken…… first!
Small plates/eat slow– these 2 strategies can help you cut your caloric intake tremendously. Studies have shown that smaller plates and utensils do help cut intake. Taking your plate away from the serving area to eat slow and mingle with family and friends will help you, also. Enjoy the special time sharing stories with family and friends while taking your eye off of the food table!
Desserts/refined sugar– This again is a tough one for TheFatGuy. If at all possible, keep your dessert size small and MOVE AWAY FROM THE DESSERT TABLE! Use moderation here. AND, because TheFatGuy has a lot of problems with moderation, he will may not be eating sugar at all. He gave up sugar the year he lost 150 pounds. His 'all or nothing' thought process does not work well with doing sugar in 'moderation'. Being aware of this is the first step to dealing with a strategy to manage it.
Everything else– Try to get your joy for the day from everything the day has to offer other than food. Enjoy your family, friends, the celebration, the games, the atmosphere and soak it all in without soaking in the calories. We, that have the control issues around food, have a tendency to make the eating the focus! Breathe in everything else and enjoy it!
Basically, it all comes down to choices and knowing yourself. So to make it easier, make a plan now and structure your plan and choices now for that big eating event. Have a great time knowing you have a plan.
TheFatGuy says, DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE! And remember, your alcohol drinks have calories!
Note to ME and YOU: Enjoy your day, family, friends and life with a plan that works for YOU!
I've been blessed to see major transformation in my life, help others to find transformation in their lives, and help organizations transform.
What do all of these transformations have in common? Commitment, vision, knowledge, energy, and a can-do attitude!
Commitment to the transformation is key. In each case people fully committed to make a change, and in some cases a radical change. If you do not commit, then no other steps matter.
Knowledge was gathered along the way to travel the roads toward the vision. Knowledge about self and knowledge about the task at hand were key pieces to each transformation.
Energy is seen in each instance. People develop a certain energy to move toward transformation and they harness that energy to get where they need to go.
A Can-Do attitude is needed to make the transformation happen. Yes a positive Can-Do attitude can get you a long way down the road to transformation! As TheFatGuy says, you choose your attitude each day regardless of your life circumstances. You will make good, sometimes great life choices with a positive attitude.
You should know that YOU can transform your life at anytime! I have been blessed to have it happen in my life and blessed to see it happen in many other lives and situations.
Note to ME and YOU: Transformation can get you from where you don't want to be to where you dream to go!
As I look back, I can see that many days, if not most, were April Fool's Day for me! I fooled myself for many days and many years.
How did I do this? I did this by ignoring me, ignoring my own weight, health, fitness, and life. I was pretty good at helping others and not so good at helping ME. I Fooled myself into ignoring these things. I immersed myself in the needs of others, thinking that if I took time for me I would be taking away from my efforts for others.
While I may have done much good for the youth I served over 3 ½ years, I took major hits in health, fitness, body, mind, and soul. I did nothing to "Take Care of ME". I do not tell you this to feel like I sacrificed so much for others, or for some altruistic feeling this might give me. I like helping others, it's what I am good at in life. I was actually disappointed in me. When I started my journey and looked at what I did, why I did it, and what I wanted to do, I realized just how much I was fooling me.
I was not only fooling me, I was cheating myself of the ability to be the best me for me and others I my life. Ultimately I ended up at a point where I was in such bad shape, I was no longer able to help others the way I wanted and it was not a good place to be. SO on March 2, 2009 I realized that I needed to be the best me for me and to best help others in my life. I know and talk to many people that are great at helping others and not so great at helping themselves. I see it all too often.
I have to remind myself every day that to be the best me for me and everyone else in my life, I have to "Take Care of ME!" It is not a selfish thing, it is the best thing for all.
Note to ME and YOU: Don't be an April Fool and Fool yourself. "Take Care of YOU" so You can be the best YOU for all!
7 Years on My Journey! WOW!
Me at 342 on my weigh to losing 150!
Yep, on March 2, 2009 I officially started my journey! I weighed 351 pounds that day and was over 360 pounds in early February of that year. I was a mess! The weight came with 7 meds, a CPAP machine, multiple ailments, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and so on. Life was not good, not fun, and I was helping no one, most of all myself.
On that date I committed to 'taking care of ME'. In my very first log entry the morning of that day I included this statement: "I need to take care of me so I can best help my family and community." You see, I was not good at 'taking care of ME' so I could not help others the way I wanted to, the way I needed to help them. That is why I wrote "Fat Guy Diary: Out of the Fire!" I was not able to find my way out of my own personal fire, so I could not help anyone else find their way. I could not take care of ME so how was I going to help anyone else. I give my story away because I feel so blessed to have found my journey and see so many that need to start their journeys, that want to start their journeys. .
And more that I can list here…..
It has not always been easy. I have worked hard to establish better lifestyle habits over the past 7 years. BUT, during stressful times the almost 53 years of bad lifestyle habits creep in or other times, come screaming back. The biggest spikes have come when I have lost a loved one from my life. I've lost my father in-law, mother in-law, mom, and last week, my brother in-law. I can deal with most things, but these life events really impact my life. I am all about family so this makes sense. It also makes sense that I need to continue to work on my newer, better habits. This is very important.
It is important because I would have not made it through these times if I was not in shape and healthy. I would have not been able to help my family, if I was not taking care of ME. My family deserves the best ME to be there for them, I deserve the best ME to be there for ME. As I continue to set my habits in 'stone' it will make it much easier and better for me to help my family and others the way I want and need to help them. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE HABITS, THE HEALTHY HABITS.
The more habitual I make healthy choices the better off I am. The more habitual I make eating smart and moving more the better off I will be.
Note to ME and YOU: Good Habits and Good Choices lead to a Good Life, a Better You, a Healthy You!
Moderation was a foreign word to me for a long long time. Actually, several years ago, I told Dr.J of Dr.J & TheFatGuy that I had no idea what the definition of moderation was.
Dr.J and TheFatGuy (ME) have done different TV and radio spots promoting healthy living, making the healthy choice the easy choice, and anything promoting a healthy lifestyle. Dr.J is a wonderful person that works with MUSC and is, what I would call, the queen of moderation. She is in great shape and health, no body fat, and so on. When we started doing our spots together I noticed she always brought up moderation and doing things in moderation. Sounds like a smart thing to do, huh?
Well, we walked out of a session one day and I said, "You know, I have no idea what the definition of moderation is. If I did I would have never reached 360 pounds!" She just laughed, but I was a little serious about it and how moderation pertained to my journey. Moderation is much easier said than done with a person like me. You see I quit drinking in 1984 (recovering alcoholic), quit smoking in 1986 (nicotine addiction, 2 packs a day), and started my wellness journey to losing 150 pounds in 2009. Now does that sound like someone that knows what moderation is?
When I describe myself to people I typically use the phrase "all or nothing kinda guy". I am like a light switch that has no dimmer. I am ON or OFF! It has been this way with alcohol, cigarettes, and sugar. There are probably a few other things I could toss in for good measure.
Picture taken on our anniversary!
Sugar is one great example of all or nothing. No moderation, no dimmer dial. I worked at giving up processed sugar for 363 days while losing 150 pounds. The only processed sugar I knowingly ingested for those 363 days was 2 bites of coconut cake on my wife's birthday in November 2009. It was Peninsula Grill's world famous coconut cake. It is delicious and loaded with calories. Presently one slice has 2,400 calories in it! Yep, about a dozen regular candy bars. But, I had 2 bites and that was it! YEA!
I gave up sugar during this period because I knew I would struggle to lose weight, to stay on the journey if I did try to 'manage' eating any sugar during this period. I still struggle with it, but I do recognize my struggle and my issues with moderation.
That is what I want to share with you today. I know moderation in many things in life is an issue for me. I know I struggle with the idea of replacing an 'ON/OFF' switch with a moderation dimmer dial. Creating honest communication with ME (TheFatGuy) has been a key factor in any success I have seen in my journey. I always go back to honesty, self-honesty. It is the toughest honesty I have ever experienced and many people I know feel the same way. Taking a hard look in the mirror and realizing there are things I cannot control or do well.
SO, I may not be able to master moderation like Dr.J, but I am fully aware of what I do well and not so well.
Note to ME and YOU: You don't have to master everything! Just look in the mirror and master YOU!


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Date:2nd March 2011 at 6:00pm
Last night's team news was a huge talking point as United named an unchanged side for the first time in 165 games.
More startling was the fact that Hernandez maintained his place in the team. Originally it was thought that Wayne Rooney would be the player to be disappointed if he was to maintain his place but instead it was at the expense of Dimitar Berbatov.
Berbatov's goal tally this season has been his finest return for us since he got here and some feel it is unfair that he always seems to be the one to suffer when we play a big game but last night especially, Sir Alex got it right.
Berbatov is a genius, capable of pulling the proverbial rabbit out of the hat at any moment and that plus his goal scoring this season should have seen him start but I think Sir Alex was right in leaving him on the bench last night.
We have come to expect a certain level of brilliance from Wayne Rooney. As a top player he should be playing at a certain level week in week out and whilst he has failed to reach the heights of last season or even match the performances, last night he was decent and it was a better performance from him than we saw in games we've won ie against Man City.
His goal was a good one and his overall performance was decent but the master stroke from Sir Alex was his inclusion of Hernandez.
Chicharito had said that he had no problem dropping on to the bench for the game, he has a great attitude in accepting his role in the squad and would have made Sir Alex's decision easier had he been swapped with Berbatov or Rooney but how do you drop a player that had just scored two goals in the previous game?
Despite his words, anyone would have been gutted to have been dropped after a goal scoring performance like his on Saturday, so Sir Alex's decision to keep him in the team was one that worked not only to improve his morale but also could have worked well for us in the scheme of things in the game against Chelsea.
One of Berbatov's faults is he lacks mobility, he came in for a lot of stick last season playing up top by himself against Blackburn towards the end of the season and whilst I prefer the term 'languid' others prefer to call him lazy. What ever way you look at it he isn't the most mobile of strikers.
Playing him yesterday would have played into Chelsea's hands as he wouldn't have made their defence work as hard as Hernandez did. Hernandez's pace and movement was dragging their defenders all over the place. The incident where Luiz body checked him off the ball is a perfect example; Hernandez was off and Luiz knew he wasn't going to catch him so the easy option was to just take him out. Shame the ref decided to ignore it!
Against anyone Hernandez provides that kind of threat, last night he allowed Rooney more freedom in the hole as well as Nani and Evra out wide whilst Berbatov's more static play isn't going to provide the same kind of problems for defenders. His movement could even have seen him on the score sheet after Rooney chose to shoot rather than looking for him or Fletcher who were in the middle and open.
When Hernandez came off he looked exhausted but his tiredness wasn't just because he played hard it was because he was coming under heavy fire taking bumps and knocks a plenty from a defence weary of the threat he posed.
Berbatov as I said doesn't provide the same kind of thing but a counter to this is that we were sat so deep, with Berbatov's excellent hold up play he could try and slow down the pace of the game as well as bring other players into attacks. I had previously said I would have sacrificed performance for a decent result and when Hernandez went off bringing an extra man into midfield and going one up top may been the difference. It may not have been pretty but it could have been effective as it was in midfield that we were losing out.
Hernandez has shown he can work well with both Rooney and Berbatov, playing him yesterday was a smart move by Sir Alex and we were unfortunate to have not benefited from it. There is constant talk of Chicharito giving Sir Alex a selection headache in terms of his goal scoring but his pace and effect off the ball is just as important as we saw last night.
He didn't have the best of games but gave Chelsea a lot to think about, so I'll put this as another mark in the positive column for him.
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Research Brief: Law Enforcement Efforts to Counter Violent Extremism
A new START Research Brief features analyses of the effectiveness of law enforcement measures to counter violent extremism in two past cases —efforts to counter eco-terrorists and violent Puerto Rican nationalists. Full story…
Report assesses factors related to violent extremism among Somali-Americans in Minneapolis-St. Paul
A new START report identified three main risk factors that, when combined, increased the potential for violent extremism in Somali-American youth in Minneapolis-St. Paul: youth's unaccountable times and unobserved spaces; the perceived social legitimacy of violent extremism; and contact with recruiters or associates. Full story…
Terrorism: A Self-love story
The same motivational force that drives people to commit acts of terrorism can actually promote pro-social and benevolent behavior, according to a new START study recently accepted for publication by the American Psychologist. Full story…
Database Spotlight: Minorities at Risk Organizational Behavior (MAROB)
START researchers have released a dataset that can help scholars and practitioners better understand how and why some organizations rooted in ethnic groups use violence and terrorism in response to their grievances with local, national or international authority structures. Full story…
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Discussion Point: The end of radicalization?
Written by John Horgan, this is the second in a series of thought pieces authored by members of the START Consortium to foster thoughtful reflection and discussion. In this piece, Horgan proposes that it is time to end our preoccupation with radicalization so that we can effectively regain a focus on terrorist behavior. Full story…
John Cohen delivers keynote address at START Annual Meeting
Acknowledging a room filled with terrorism scholars and distinguished government officials for their steadfast efforts in counterterrorism research and practice, Department of Homeland Security's Principal Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator and Senior Advisor, John Cohen, gave the keynote address at the START Annual Meeting. Full story…
Annual Meeting focuses on maximizing relevance of research
More than 75 of the country's top terrorism scholars gathered this month for the START Annual Meeting. During the two-day meeting, attendees introduced new research, shared findings from current and completed research, and heard from a variety of distinguished government representatives and homeland security practitioners. Full story…
Researcher Spotlight: Monica Schoch-Spana
In September's Researcher Spotlight, Monica Schoch-Spana discusses community resilience, current research projects, her green thumb and her love of fiction. Full story…
CBRN terrorism by non-state actors
At a recent Research Roundtable, START's Lauren Pinson discussed why law enforcement and intelligence agencies should not ignore the possibility of lone actors and autonomous cells using Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) terrorism. Full story…
Remittances and the financing of terrorism in Sub-Saharan Africa
In a recently published article, START visiting scholars and two of Morehouse College's economics professors Juliet Elu and Gregory Price explain how informal and formal remittances have funded incidents of terrorism. Full story…
Gary LaFree selected for World Economic Forum
START Director Gary LaFree has been chosen as a new member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Terrorism. Full story…
START recruiting Spring 2013 interns
Undergraduate and graduate students from all universities are encouraged to apply by Oct. 7 for the START internship program. START is currently offering unpaid internships on several of its research projects. Full story…
SIGNIFICANT TERRORISM EVENTS IN THE NEWS
Canada: Return of Parti Québécois to power marred by possible assassination attempt
Richard Henry Bain entered an election victory celebration for the Parti Québécois Sept. 4 and opened fire near Quebec's new premier-designate, Pauline Marois, who was unharmed. Full story…
International: Brother of Zawahiri proposes peace plan
The brother of al-Qaida leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, offered to mediate a peace deal between al-Qaida and the Western world in an interview with CNN that aired on Sept. 11. Full story…
France: French newspaper publishes cartoon mocking the prophet Muhammad
Just days after the Muslim world erupted in anger over the posting of an American made anti-Islamic video on YouTube, a French paper, Charlie Hebdo, published a cartoon depicting the prophet Muhammad without clothing. Full story…
Nigeria: 48 injured in suicide bomb attack on Catholic Church in Nigeria
Recent reports out of Nigeria claim that 48 people were injured and five were killed on Sept. 23 in the city of Bauchi when a suicide bomber detonated explosives packed inside his car, which was located outside of St. John's Catholic Cathedral Church. Full story…
United States: Terrorist plot discovered in murder investigation
Through the course of an investigation into the murder of a former soldier and his girlfriend, authorities in Georgia uncovered numerous plots to carry out acts of terrorism in the United States by an underground militia. Full story…
Faculty Senior Researcher
The START Consortium and the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) at the University of Maryland is currently seeking to hire a faculty member (rank open) who will be half-time at START and half-time in one of the academic departments within BSOS. This is a tenured or tenure stream position. Priority deadline was Sept. 4 but the position remains open until filled. Application Information…
Black Swans and Burstiness: Oct. 4 Lecture
Join START and the University of Maryland Community at 4 p.m. October 4 for a special lecture by Gary LaFree on "Black Swans and Burstiness: Countering the Myths of Terrorism," as part of the Distinguished Scholar-Teacher program. Full story…
Study Abroad Information Session: Oct. 1
Undergraduate and graduate students can study how terrorism impacts Australia and the Pacific Rim through a study abroad offered by START in Sydney this winter. Full story…
Research Roundtable on conflict management in India: Oct. 18
Bidisha Biswas will present a Research Roundtable on Oct. 18 at 3 p.m. on India's experiences in confronting the insurgencies in Punjab, Kashmir, and the continuing Left-Wing Extremist Movement. Full story…
Research Roundtable on the release of the 2011 GTD data: Nov. 1
START's Erin Miller will give a Research Roundtable on Nov. 1 at 2 p.m. in Symons 3121, to present the release of the 2011 GTD Data, which will be available online next week. Full story…
Terrorism Studies Minor Information Session: Dec. 3, 7
The Terrorism Studies minor is designed to explore the origins and motivations of terrorism and impacts of the threat of terrorism on both individuals and communities. Full story…
Big Picture: Homegrown terrorism
START research is cited in this Yahoo News article about homegrown terrorism. Full story…
FEAR plot to overthrow US government part of rising domestic extremism
START researcher Steven Chermak and the Extremist Crime Database are cited in this Newsweek/Daily Beast article about domestic extremism in the United States. Full story…
Learning from Sri Lanka
The National Interest journal published an op-ed written by START researchers Arie Kruglanski and Michele Gelfand. The piece highlights lessons learned in addressing some of Sri Lanka's terrorism issues, particularly the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Full story…
This is a selection of news clips from the past month.
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