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Unconstructive comments in reply to young muslim!!
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Submitted by Trevor Stanley (Australia), Mar 15, 2003 at 17:11
I was just reading some of the comments in response to the "Young American Muslim Adolescent".
The muslim world is currently facing a crisis in parallel with the crisis faced by the west. The west's crisis is that a disciplined, ruthless, multinational terrorist organisation, which has spent the past decade infiltrating networks into our communities, is trying to kill us, and there is very little we can do about it which will bring immediate results. Many people are trying to find easy ways out.
Many on the left say that if we only stop doing all the terrible things we've supposedly been doing, or perhaps redistribute the world's wealth, everything will be ok again. In Australia, leftists have claimed that the Bali bombings were retribution for Australia's alliance with America against Iraq. These commentators have made no attempt to explain why a French tanker was bombed by al Qaeda, or why the 11th September agents were not impoverished by the west, but on the contrary enriched by it. On the other hand, many in the west seem to think that concluding that Islam itself is the enemy, is the answer. I must say I have at times been surprised at the number of muslim 'intellectuals' who have followed the same pattern of the western left-intellectuals - they have denounced the terrorist attacks in a short paragraph then spent the rest of their article or sermon railing against the west. However, I have a number of muslim friends and acquaintances whom I know are shocked by the actions of al Qaeda, and ashamed that these actions are being associated with their religion. None of them has in any way indicated that they thought the US 'had it coming'.
This brings me to the crisis for muslims. Unbeknownst to many in the west, the muslim world is engaged in a protracted struggle between moderates and radical islamists. As the islamists are religious fanatics, they tend to 'punch above their weight'. The moderates are like you and me - they vote the way they believe, but most are not actively involved in politics. The radicals, on the other hand, believe that they must struggle relentlessly for sharia law, that every moment of idleness is a sin against Allah. Is it any wonder that their voices are heard more often than those of the moderates? For most people in the muslim world, this is like being a German in 1935. There's this crowd of belligerant fanatics committing the most atrocious acts in your name - and there is nothing much you can do about it. Keep in mind that the militant islamists often attack their fellow muslims for being 'apostates' (ie straying from the path). This is a very old battle which we in the west have only just woken up to, despite the fact that Osama bin Laden has been trying to pick a fight with us since 1991. Most Australians are still unaware that in the weeks before and after the Bali bombings, there was also a string of about a dozen terrorist bombings in the Philippines.
Essentially, this division in the muslim world is a huge advantage for us in the west. Great news: we are not alone against a billion muslims. In fact, we are helping the muslim world to clean up its extremists. So where are all the moderate muslims? They do exist. In fact, Salih bin Muhammad al-Luheidan, Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council of Saudi Arabia, issued a sharia ruling on the 14th of September 2001 in which he unequivocally condemned the 11th September attacks. An excerpt: "Viewing what happened to the Twin Towers was like watching Doomsday. Those who commit such crimes are the worst of people. Anyone who thinks that any Islamic scholar will condone such acts is totally wrong. Aggression, injustice and gloating over the kind of crime that we have seen are totally unacceptable and forbidden in Islam." I have other examples, but do not have time to find them and type them in at present. Many of them are directed at the muslim community, where they will do the most good. You should also remember that unlike, say, the Catholic Church, the Muslim faith does not have a single, universally recognised hierarchy. There are quite a number of maverick 'religious scholars' out there who are about as representative of Islam as the guy standing on the corner shouting "The world will end on tuesday unless you embrace Christ" is of Christianity.
The media also plays a role here. The headline "Sheikh declares US Satan Reaping Wrath of Allah" sells a lot more papers than "Recognised Saudi scholars reiterate that killing civilians is wrong". It doesn't matter whether the papers point out that various councils of islamic law have declared that the Nutty Sheikh has no actual standing or authority to make such claims, because that qualification doesn't really register in the same way as the 'seas of blood' rhetoric does. Keep in mind that in Indonesia, which is often touted as "The biggest muslim country in the world", Sharia-Islamist parties struggle to retain 4% of the vote. Most of the unrest in that country is the product of the tension between moderates and militants described above.
The last thing I want to comment on is the claim that Islam is a violent religion. Yes, people like the Ayatollah Khomeini said that the Koran commands muslims to be violent. In much the same way, the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan says the Bible commands us to incinerate people who are 'the wrong colour' - most unchristian! On the other hand, the standard muslim greeting, Salaam Aleikum, means "peace be upon you". And in case you hadn't noticed, the Iranian Republic is not too popular with its people these days! The argument about whether the Koran tells people to be violent has been played out time and again, pointlessly. I just opened up the King James Bible. The first thing I saw was "The punishments upon disobedience", in Deuteronomy 28 - my eyes came to rest on the words "Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, on all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me." (It continues in this way for another three pages). What a charming fellow the Lord is, eh? Hmm... on that topic, "the law of blasphemy" is listed under Leviticus 24. It involves "the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian", so the naive reader could conclude that this passage is directed at jews and/or modern-day Egyptians. "And The Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp, and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. [...] And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him [...] And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death [...mandatory capital punishment for manslaughter? ...] And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses."
So there we have it. A spot of Christian sharia law, straight from the Old Testament, which Christianity inherited from the Jews. I'm glad I'm typing this over the internet, rather than saying it face-to-face, because I'd have been stoned halfway through the previous paragraph, right?
Any book of divine writing, be it the Bible, the Koran, or whatever, can be read a number of different ways. If you want to read it as a justification for acts which can only be reasonably construed as evil, you can do that with any such book. If you are a decent person, you can find ample inspiration for moral development from the same book. How do you expect a moderate muslim to describe the Koran? "Oh, well, yes, it does have some bits about stoning people, but most muslims ignore those bits"...? The only reasonable alternatives are (a) state that the Koran is a book of peace (which for moderate muslims it is), or (b) renounce one's faith.
Grabbing a copy of the Koran and rifling through it for juicy jihad bits will not help you understand Islam!
If you're not sure how to bolster moderate muslims, I think it's fair to say that telling someone that they are wrong to believe their religion is peaceful, and that you think it should be 'straightened out' by the application of external force is probably not the way to go about it.
I'm not just saying this to be argumentative. I really do want this problem sorted out in the shortest time possible (which is probably at least 20 years) because I don't like people being blown to bits, especially when those people could include me and my loved ones! The only way we can do this is if moderate muslims and the west work together against militant islamists, rather than playing into Osama's hands by denying moderates the opportunity to work with us.
Yes, there are major barriers between muslim and non-muslim cultures. It will take a lot of time for mutual understanding to develop. I've certainly done a lot of reading, discussing and thinking over the past two years. I think it's worth the effort though.
Trevor Stanley.
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[The quotes from the Saudi Supreme Judicial Council Chairman come from Rubin and Rubin, "Anti-American Terrorism and the Middle East: A Documentary Reader", page 305. That section, "Middle East Reaction to September 11", contains unqualified condemnation of the terrorists from pages 301-315. Some of it is highly critical of many in the muslim world. It's definitely worth a read.]
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Die Baldegger Schwestern (seit 1901: Schwestern von der Göttlichen Vorsehung) in Baldegg bei Hochdorf in der Schweiz sind ein 1830 gegründeter franziskanischer Frauenorden mit dem Sigel: OSF (Ordo Sancti Francisci).

Geschichte

Weil im ländlichen Luzerner Seetal der Mädchenbildung wenig Beachtung geschenkt wurde, wurde auf Initiative des Kaplans Josef Leonz Blum von Hochdorf im alten Schloss Baldegg eine Schule errichtet. Neben dem Unterricht für junge Frauen vom Land, sollten auch Lehrerinnen für Mädchenschulen ausgebildet und Schwestern befähigt werden, Armen- und Waisenhäuser zu führen.

Sieben leibliche Schwestern der Familie Hartmann aus dem Bauerngut Hilty bei Hohenrain stellten sich für diese Aufgabe zur Verfügung und begaben sich am 2. Februar 1830 unter der Leitung des Kaplans Josef Leonz Blum ins Schloss Baldegg. Dies war die Keimzelle der Ordensgemeinschaft der Baldegger Schwestern. Es kamen bald weitere junge Bauerntöchter dazu und es entstand so die «Genossenschaft armer Mägde bei St. Jost zu Baldegg». 1844 wurde die Kongregation vom Bischof von Basel anerkannt.

Die junge Schwesterngemeinschaft hatte es in der damaligen, politisch schwierigen Zeit nicht einfach und wurde in den Wirren des Sonderbundskrieges dreimal aufgehoben und die Schwestern wurden an verschiedene Orte vertrieben. Einige Schwestern wichen nach Cham ZG aus, wo sie eine Mädchenschule gründeten. 1859 übernahm Gemeinschaft die Regel des regulierten dritten Ordens des heiligen Franziskus von Assisi und 1863 wurde sie von der Luzerner Regierung anerkannt. 1866 legten sieben Novizinnen in Baldegg ihre Profess ab. Sie arbeiteten in Dorfschulen und Bürgerheimen.

In den 1920er Jahren vervierfachte sich die Zahl der Schwestern auf 500, 1940 waren es über 900. 1921 reisten die ersten sechs Schwestern mit sechs Kapuzinern in ein von Papst Benedikt XV. übertragenes Missionsgebiet in Tanganjika (später Tansania). Die Möglichkeit in die Mission zu gehen, machte die Gemeinschaft für viele junge Frauen attraktiv. Zeitweise waren über 100 Baldegger Schwestern in Afrika.

Aus Platzmangel musste das Schloss 1939 mit der Institutskirche erweitert werden. Mit der grösseren Mitgliederzahl konnten neue Aufgaben übernommen werden: 1940 wurde die interne Pflegerinnenschule nach Sursee verlegt und in Baldegg eine Real- und Sekundarschule sowie ein Lehrerinnenseminar betrieben.

Das 1961 von der Kirche ausgerufene Missionsjahr bildete den Höhepunkt der Missionsbewegung. 1964 gehörten 1018 Ordensfrauen zur Gemeinschaft. Der Eintritt ins Kloster ermöglichte den Frauen oft selbstbestimmter zu leben und selbstständiger zu arbeiten, als dies damals ausserhalb möglich war.

Aus den Dienst- und Lehrschwestern wurde im Laufe der Zeit ein internationaler Orden mit klösterlichen Betrieben in Amden, Baldegg, Bourguillon, Hertenstein und Crans-Montana sowie ausländischen Gemeinschaften in Tansania (seit 1921), Äthiopien, Papua-Neuguinea (seit 1969) und Bosnien.

Das Zweite Vatikanische Konzil löste grundsätzliche Diskussionen über das Ordensleben und den Einsatz in anderen Missionsgebieten aus und führte zu Spannungen in der Gemeinschaft und zum Rückgang von Klostereintritten. Manche Dienste (Pflegebereich, Schulen), die früher von Klosterfrauen erbracht wurden, übernahm nun die öffentliche Hand.

2020 lebten noch rund 220 Baldegger Schwestern, davon etwa 200 in Baldegg und sechs in Missionsstationen.

Papua-Neuguinea

Trotz Rückgang der Klostereintritte suchten die Verantwortlichen ein neues Missionsgebiet und fanden es in dem von Papst Johannes XXIII. neu gegründeten Bistum in Mendi, der Provinzhauptstadt des Südlichen Hochlandes von Papua-Neuguinea (PNG). Im Hochland ist das Klima weniger heiss als in Tansania. 1969 reisten die ersten fünf Schwestern (Krankenpflegerinnen, Hebamme, Handarbeitslehrerinnen, später Primarlehrerinnen) in das unwegsame Hochland, wo sie im tropischen Regenwald im abgelegenen Dorf «Det» die Kultur kennenlernen und das Vertrauen der Bevölkerung gewinnen mussten, um eine Missionsstation (Gesundheitszentrum, Ambulatorium, Gebärabteilung, Schule für einheimische Pflegeschüler, HIV-Abteilung) aufbauen zu können.

1970 begleitete eine Schwester unter erschwerten Bedingungen die erste Geburt als Hebamme. Mit der Zeit wurden jeden Monat etwa 2000 Kinder in den abgelegenen Dörfern auf ihre Gesundheit untersucht und geimpft sowie die Mütter beraten. Die Schwestern nahmen auch kleinere Operationen vor, wenn der Transport in den Spital in Mendi nicht möglich war. 1987 trat in Papua-Neuguinea erstmals Aids auf und verbreitete sich rasch. Die Schwestern entwickelten ein international beachtetes Präventions- und Pflegeprogramm (Ausbildung einheimischer Aidsberater, Abgabe von Kondomen, Aufbau von Aidsstationen, Abgabe von HIV-Medikamenten, Verhinderung der Übertragung von der Mutter auf den Säugling).
Wegen Stammeskämpfen musste die Station 1998 von Det nach Mendi verlegt werden. Dort entstand im Rahmen des Catholic Health Service eine Strategie, um die Gesundheit von Müttern und Kindern zu verbessern sowie Gesundheitspersonal über HIV/Aids weiterzubilden und die Öffentlichkeit zu sensibilisieren. Um 2000 betrieb die Kirche in der Region zwölf Gesundheitszentren mit HIV-Abteilungen, drei Aidszentren (als grösstes 2005 die «Epeanda Klinik» in Mendi).

Klosteranlage

Als Mitbesitzer des spätmittelalterlichen Schlosses Baldegg (jüngere Burg) ermöglichte der Hochdorfer Kaplan Josef Leonz Blum durch Gründung eines Hilfsvereins den Erwerb und die Finanzierung der Gebäude. Hier begründete er die erste schweizerische Schulschwesternkongregation zur Erziehung der ländlichen weiblichen Jugend.

Die jüngere Burg wurde nach der Gründung des katholischen Töchterinstitutes 1830 nach und nach bis auf einen kleinen Mauerrest abgetragen. 1903 wurde das grosse Institutsgebäude im Jugendstil für das Lehrerinnenseminar gebaut, das seit 2006 die Kantonsschule Seetal beherbergt.

Die neugotische Kapelle von 1865 wurde 1939 durch die heutige grosse Institutskirche ersetzt. Sie wurde im Stil der frühen Moderne mit traditioneller Ausstattung durch die Architekten Alois Stadler und Gisbert Meyer erstellt. Die Wandmalereien stammen von Fritz Kunz. Schutzpatrone sind die Heiligen Jost, Luzia und Ottilia.

Das von 1968 bis 1972 gebaute Mutterhaus bildet das neue Zentrum der Gemeinschaft. Hier beginnen junge Frauen ihr Ordensleben und kehren im Alter zurück. Das ordenseigene Pflegeheim Sonnhalde Baldegg bildet einen Teil der klösterlichen Anlage. Das Mutterhaus wurde von den renommierten Architekten Marcel Breuer und Robert F. Gatje aus New York entworfen.

Aus den umgebauten Gebäuden des alten Klosters und des Schloss Baldegg ist die heutige Klosterherberge entstanden. Zum Kloster Baldegg gehört ein grosser Landwirtschaftsbetrieb und eine Gärtnerei. Der Klosterhof und die Klostergärtnerei sind verpachtet.

Anerkennung
 2008 wurde mit dem Anerkennungspreises der Alois und Jeanne Jurt-Stiftung der jahrzehntelange Einsatz der Baldegger Schwestern in Papua Neuguinea geehrt.

Literatur
 Helene Arnet: Mit Gottvertrauen im Gepäck. Die Baldegger Schwester Gaudentia in Papua-Neuguinea. Hier und Jetzt, Verlag für Kultur und Geschichte, Zürich 2020, ISBN 978-3-03919-515-2.

Weblinks

 Website des Klosters Baldegg

 Aargauer Zeitung vom 2. Dezember 2020: Fast 50 Jahre war sie in Papua-Neuguinea tätig: Was diese Missionarin bewogen hat, ins Kloster zu gehen

Einzelnachweise

Frauenorden
Franziskanerinnengemeinschaft
Religion (Kanton Luzern)
Römisch-katholische Organisation (Schweiz)
Gegründet 1830

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This past weekend was our HOA sponsored Community Yard Sale. We decided this year not to have our own yard sale but to drive the neighborhoods to see what treasures we might find. Between us we had about $40. We just couldn't find much that interested us. I think we ended up spending about $16 or so and half of that at an estate sale for a baby walker for a grandson. The one place I did find beautiful cigar boxes I'd been looking for the prices were too high and she wasn't interested in lowering the price. I did score a small Fiskars photo trimmer that cut really nice for a dollar. The one thing that we saw and I fell in love with this suit of armour display. It wasn't authentic.. maybe a store display and light enough to lift with ine hand.. but very cool. I kept think this would be an amazing steampunk project. But the price of $125 was too high. Even if he came down half price it was still out of my price ranged.


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Stepping up with other families to build a better future for education in Shen Community Schools
By CHUCK OFFENBURGER
The three surviving Offenburger siblings back home in the summer of 2022.
The idea is so simple: Find 100 families who, over a decade, can give $10,000 each to the Shenandoah Iowa Education Foundation, and you'll raise $1 million to secure the quality of education the Shenandoah Community Schools will provide for decades to come.
As we start into the autumn of the Challenge's third year, 39 families have said yes.
Think of it this way – it's like we're at the start of the fourth quarter in a Shenandoah High game against Clarinda or Red Oak. And we need to rally!
We SHS fans of an earlier era are chanting, "We go!" Fans of more recent vintage are answering with their newer cheer, "Horsepower!"
And this is clearly going to take all of us.
Let me make it plain here. We Offenburgers are doing this Family Challenge. It makes my sisters Sue Polk, Chris Werner and me proud as heck to represent our family on this. And if ragamuffins like us can make this work, then there's a whole lot more of you out there who ought to step up, too.
"I have always been a bit on the extravagant side of things when an adventure presents itself," said Chris Werner (SHS '69), retired from a long career as a middle school teacher in Cedar Rapids. "My years growing up in Shenandoah provide wonderful memories – some of which I am sure my mother could have done without!
"But when I graduated, I was gifted with the 'Lake Gidley Scholarship,' which made it possible for me to attend Creighton University. I once asked Mrs. Lake if my over-the-top fun seeker attitude ever made her nervous. She said she never doubted me because I seemed to never waste a minute looking for my next adventure.
"Now looking back, I see this trait served me well," Chris continued. "Over the years, I taught hundreds of students to be adventurous and enjoy life to the fullest, and filled them all in on Shenandoah and all its magic. And every year on my mother's birthday, I write a check for my portion of our Offenburger gift to the education foundation and think of our mom Anna Offenburger, Clara Jane Lake, and Mary Gidley, and think, 'I did it, ladies! And I'm STILL having fun!' That's always a feel-good moment for me, and thanks to the foundation for the opportunity."
Nine Offenburgers have earned SHS diplomas. Our string started with our mom Anna Sims Offenburger (SHS '24). Eventually came the seven of us kids – Bill and Bev (both '50), Tom ('52), Dan ('54), Sue ('56), me ('65) and Chris. Later yet came nephew John Offenburger ('90).
When I think of how we have all benefitted from our education and experiences in the Shenandoah schools, I am absolutely humbled.
Of course I will serve on the education foundation's board of directors, I said. Of course my sisters and I will cover our family's part of the Family Challenge. Of course we still want to beat Clarinda and Red Oak, in whatever activity is on the schedule.
We all owe the Shenandoah schools and the larger community, too.
I love how the Family Challenge started.
It was launched in late 2019 by the family of Bob and Kathy Sweeney, now of Atlantic. During his long career in public education, Bob had two hitches in Shenandoah as a teacher, coach and administrator. Kathy had a long career in banking.
They said their time and experiences in Shenandoah were so good and so meaningful, they wanted to contribute in a special way. And they were joined in starting the Family Challenge by their three grown children -- Kari Sweeney Schwind, a nurse and former U.S. Air Force captain, living in Warrenton, Va., and twins Kevin Sweeney, one of the top umpires in NCAA baseball and also an employee in guest services and security for Hyatt Hotels Corp., now living in Gainesville, Va., and Kristi Sweeney, a professor in sport management at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville.
"It was so neat to get such quick email replies from all three of our kids about being part of the 'investment' in the foundation," Bob Sweeney said back in 2019. "We sent them the idea about midnight, and all had replied by 9 a.m. the next morning."
Of special note about the Sweeneys having started the Family Challenge: None of them – parents or children – are SHS graduates.
So here we are, starting the fourth quarter against Clarinda or Red Oak – your choice of opponents. And here's the current line-up of our 39 Family Challenge team members:
Sweeney family: Bob & Kathy Sweeney, Kari & Michael Schwind, Kevin & Vanessa Sweeney, Kristi Sweeney.
Corby and Jean Fichter family.
John and Gayle Teget.
Pat and Julie O'Hara family.
Zac and Amy Zwickel.
Bruce and Kent Foster.
Joe and Clesteele Anderson family.
Ratfliff family: Terry & Deborah Ratliff, Ty & Kerra Ratliff, Dustin & Toni Comstock.
Rick and Patsy Cogdill family.
Tom and Pat Beavers family.
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Ed and Star Ann Kloberdanz.
Judy Bengston family.
Ed May.
Bill and Jolie LeVere.
Dustin and Haley Christiansen.
Jeff and Amy Miller.
Ken and Lois De Baere.
Cheri Kenyon.
McCall family: Richard and Pamela McCall, Kathryn and Ronald Barker.
Scott and Mary Ann Keep.
Ginger Family: Scott & Sandra Ginger, Tracey & Sharon Ginger.
Joel and Marlene Bashaw.
Craig and Kathy Harris.
Dan and Jenni Hansen.
Chris and Julie Willeman.
Jean Debban and Shawn Aquino.
Offenburger family: Chuck Offenburger, Chris Werner, Sue Polk
C.E. and Carol Hornbuckle.
Bosley family: Gary and Barb Bosley, Nick and Jessica Bosley, Brianne and Ryan Capps, James and Karen Butler, June McClintock
Robert Cochrane.
Margot Gee and Jeff Subko.
Jerry Morhain.
The Family of John and Eldora Gowing: Jane Gowing, Janet England, JoAnn (Gowing) Weir, Mary Beth Gowing.
In memory of Maury & Vesta Reavis: Dr. Denis and Jean Reavis, Danette and Rex Castle
Irvin family: J.C. & Mary Irvin, Andy & Stacey Irvin, Jill Irvin
Lance and Ashlee Cornelius.
It's time for a whole bunch more of you to check into the Family Challenge line-up.
If you'd like to join the Shenandoah Iowa Education Foundation's "Family Challenge," you can reach out to the foundation's President Corby Fichter at 712-621-2386 or Executive Director Jamie Burdorf at j_burdorf@yahoo.com or 515-520-7641.
The author of this story, Chuck Offenburger, is a 1965 graduate of Shenandoah High School who has had a long career as an Iowa journalist. He writes now for his own website www.Offenburger.com from his homes in Jefferson and Des Moines. He is a member of the board of directors of the Shenandoah Iowa Education Foundation. You can email him at chuck@offenburger.com.
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Not sure if this is even worth posting or if anyone would really care. Just started getting back into dabbling in Fusion with a new SMB engine. Not sure how long I'll keep the 8-bit look, but I guess it stays for the time being.
I've quit this thing so many times but I've promised myself this time it's going further than just koopas and goombas lol.
Anyhow, this was some new stuff I picked up on from the clickteam forums for keeping the engine on one single frame and loading the levels from external files. Works awesome for warping in and out of bonus rooms and stay all on one frame.
Just some crappy GIFs since I can't figure out for the life of me how to do smoother GIF captures.
Then just some random not so exciting running around and testing stuff.
I second LICECap. This may be the best Mario engine on Fusion to date! Are you planning on making this into an open source engine like Hello Engine, or is it for a personal project?
Awesome. Thanks for the tip. Right now I'm using some random program I found online called GIFCam, which is how I did these GIFs but it's a bit hassle on getting it to work and the results are kind of unpredictable. To be honest, I've always admired your animated GIFs since the're so smooth. Do you render your GIFs at 30 FPS or 60 because so far any method I found only allows up to 30. Again, I'm completely new to GIF rendering.
(12-02-2017, 05:43 PM)Willsaber I second LICECap. This may be the best Mario engine on Fusion to date! Are you planning on making this into an open source engine like Hello Engine, or is it for a personal project?
Thanks so much. As far as going open source I really never restarted this project with user friendliness in mind. I kind of program things in the way that makes sense to me so I'm sure if someone were to look at this internally they would scratch their head lol. I do comment constantly and use groups for damn near everything, but it's definitely not made with the idea of just being a premade, ready to go engine. So as far as making it the next Hello open source kind of thing, I figure in best case scenario, I may just release the MFA when I'm ready to throw in the towel and just let people pick it apart and do as they wish since I'm not doing this for the popularity of having the next greatest SMB engine. For now, it''s just a personal project though.
This is just a test, I will use it on my indie games later on.
Just some fun with......glitches? I just found this kind of entertaining for a minute lol.
Is it a good idea to make a souls-like game with cute animals?
@Benstar: Looking okay so far; sorry to hear that you've run into a setback thanks to a software update/change. Trying to recall, is this the "Colors of Creation" fan installment you were talking about on the previous forums?
And I gotta see about getting my materials together thanks to two "Paper Mario" like game concepts I have (can't say much, but they wouldn't be like even the "official" installments, but one would use some operations like the original PM and PM: TTYD).
Anyone know some cool gadget/weapon I can attach to the arm? I wanna have some grappling hook thingy.
And the pushable stone is new. The pushable object uses tiles rather than sprites so that'll save a bit of time and resources.
My next game, The Shroom Project, will be releasing before the end of this year!


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The 2016 edition of the Hong Kong art fair saw the city come alive as gallerists, collectors and art lovers flocked in for a jam-packed week filled with big-name and emerging artists, events, discussions and much more.
The fourth edition of Art Basel in Hong Kong felt fresh and more approachable than it had in other years. The fair, which ran from 24 to 26 March 2016 at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, had a new floorplan, which saw the 239 galleries from 35 different countries intermingling more, so that visitors didn't feel like similar works were repeated one after another.
As with other years, there were the usual Picasso pieces, the Joan Miró prints, the flower-power paintings by Takashi Murakami. But there was also an interesting mix of Asian artists, with striking pieces by the likes of Jumaldi Alfi – co-founder of Indonesian art collective Jendela Art Group – at Jakarta's Nadi Gallery, and works by young Shenzhen artist Xu Zhen Bang at Pékin Fine Arts.
Works by Tracey Emin made an appearance, as usual – but a lot of what was presented this year was quite different from the neon we have seen in recent years. Lehmann Maupin showed one of her neon pieces, I Fell in Love Here, but the New York-Hong Kong gallery also showed a sculpture she did in 2015, The Heart Has its Reasons, and Xavier Hufkens showed several of her paintings.
Above: Hiromi Tango
John McCormack, Director of Auckland gallery Starkwhite, said that many galleries had been asked to give their works context, in order to make it easier for visitors to understand them. They did this by presenting works that, together, acted as a summary of modern New Zealand art. First there were the totems – pou whenua – by Arnold Manaaki-Wilson, who is regarded as the godfather of Maori art. They also presented several abstract pieces by Gordon Walters, a key New Zealand figure in modernism, and photography by contemporary photographer Fiona Pardington.
Above: Xu Zhenbang
The show was divided into Galleries, Insights, Encounters and Discoveries. Encounters was about installations and large-scale sculptures, with designer-artist Arik Levy presenting his faceted rock sculptures for Pékin Fine Arts, collective Tromarama's Private Works for Edouard Malingue Gallery, and Pae White's golden screens for Galerie neugerriemschneider among those on show.
Above: Arik Levy
Discoveries focused on emerging artists, such as Jess Johnson at Darren Knight Gallery, and Yukihiro Taguchi at Mujin-to Production. Insights, meanwhile, was all about galleries from the Asia-Pacific region. This is No Fantasy + Dianne Tanzer Gallery showed Michael Cook's nostalgic and slightly eerie series, Mother, while Galerie du Monde showed Stella Zhang's all-black sculptural paintings.
Above: Michael Cook
Also at Art Basel in Hong Kong was a Film sector, showing over 70 films, and Conversations and Salon, which included a range of talks and panels with artists, curators, and more. Asia Art Archive held a series of discussions at Open Platform, its booth designed by Hong Kong design and architecture studio COLLECTIVE. Meanwhile Art Basel in Hong Kong's Lead Partner, UBS, presented an exhibition in its UBS Lounge, showcasing works from the UBS Art Collection by the likes of Cindy Sherman and Anthony Gormley.
While a record-breaking number of people attended the fair – 70,000 visitors in total – sales were reportedly slow. Gallerists speculated that this was due in part to China's economic downturn, and the fact that the global art market contracted by 7 percent in 2015, according to the annual TEFAF Report.
Despite this, it was probably Hong Kong's busiest Art Week yet, with a range of different satellite events happening around the city, including Art Central 2016, exhibitions, installations such as Tatsuo Miyajima's Time Waterfall on the International Commerce Centre, and plenty of parties.
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EU warned: biofuels will drive biodiversity loss
Brussels, November 17, 2011 – Increasing the use of biofuels in Europe will have devastating impacts on wildlife a new scientific assessment has shown. [1]
The report by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) estimates that 85 percent of biodiversity will be damaged across 17,000 square kilometres of natural habitats that risks being converted to farmland as a result of EU biofuel targets. None of this will be protected under current EU legislation for biofuels.
Stronger political focus needed for future of farming
European agriculture ministers met today to discuss the draft plans for the future of farming in Europe, but let competitiveness debates get in the way of essential discussions about measures that could protect farmers and the environment, according to Friends of the Earth Europe.
CAP reform: too little to protect environment and greener farming
Proposed reforms to the future of farming in Europe, announced today, are insufficient to protect the environment and the majority of farmers, according to Friends of the Earth Europe [1].
Hopes fading for greener and fairer farming proposals
Brussels, October 11, 2011 – Proposed reforms to the future of farming in Europe are unlikely to be sufficient to protect the environment and the majority of farmers, or curtail corporate control of the food chain, Friends of the Earth Europe says today on the eve of the publication of a new draft Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
The reforms to be proposed by the European Commission tomorrow (October 12) are an historic opportunity to shake-up European agriculture but leaked drafts suggest proposals have already been drastically watered-down. [1]
Beware vested interests: listen to science on biofuels, not industry lobbyists
European biofuels policies contribute to food insecurity and land grabs. Moreover, the true impacts of expanding biofuels production on deforestation and the climate are ignored in the EU policy. Vested corporate interests want to keep it that way. This press briefing explains the problems, myths and solutions.
European Commission expected to approve seven certification schemes for biofuels without public scrutiny
Brussels, July 18, 2011– The European Commission is expected to release the names of seven voluntary certification schemes tomorrow, approved to certify biofuels according to the 'sustainability criteria' set out in the Renewable Energy Directive. This follows a lawsuit filed by environmental law organisation ClientEarth, Friends of the Earth Europe (FOEE), FERN and Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) against the Commission's refusal to provide access to information regarding the approval of such schemes.
NGOs welcome Parliament vote as a first step to tackle excessive food speculation
Members of the European Parliament voted today on the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), the first ever legislative proposal put forward by the European Commission to regulate 'Over-The-Counter' (OTC) derivatives markets. NGOs welcome the agreed text as a first step to tackle excessive speculation in agriculture commodities by providing for transparency in completely opaque trillion Euro trade fuelling food price volatility and endangering the food security of millions in developing countries.
No guarantees of greener spending in EU budget
Brussels, June 30, 2011 – The next long-term budget for the European Union offers ways to fight climate change and to move Europe's economies to a sustainable development path but still leaves the door open for harmful spending, according to Friends of the Earth Europe and CEE Bankwatch. The analysis comes after the proposal for the EU budget post-2013 was presented in Brussels last night. [1]
European Parliament votes for greener and fairer farming
Brussels, June 23, 2011 – Friends of the Earth Europe welcomes the European Parliament's steps towards more people and planet-friendly agriculture, including support for a fairer distribution of subsidies amongst farmers. The European Commission must now introduce bold and effective policies pushing for sustainable and fair European agriculture.
NEW BRIEFING: Flying in the face of the facts
Brussels/Paris, June 20, 2011 – European airlines fuelling aeroplanes with biofuels is greenwashing, and flies in the face of recommendations from major international institutions, Friends of the Earth Europe said today on the opening day of the Paris air show, Le Bourget.


A common way to boost the number of people visiting your online marketplace is to build your brand's presence on social media sites like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter.
But how exactly do you gain a following on social media? What kind of content attracts people? Are there any strategies to this? How do you curate an appealing selection of social media posts to attract followers?
Here are three quick tips to get you started!
Don't just promote what your marketplace is about but seek to actively publicize your merchants' items/service. Use your social media as a means to showcase the treasure trove to be found on your marketplace. This helps merchants generate a greater amount of transactions, which in turn enables your marketplace to grow at a faster rate!
Choose crisp, inviting photos. Our brains process an image much faster than strings of text, and we are naturally drawn to images that provide an irresistible aesthetic pleasure.
As your social media sites become flooded with a myriad of photos and posts, it is easy to simply go with the flow and allow the content to dictate your brand's message. Rather, always attempt to keep your pages "tidy" and thematic, and a simple way to begin is by adhering to a consistent design across your various contents.
Use a colour palette. Colour palettes usually consist of a dominant colour, an accent colour and complimentary neutral colours. It should not have to cost a fortune such as employing a web designer to do this, especially when you are just starting out your online marketplace. Colour scheme generator sites like coolorcan do this for you in minutes, free-of-charge.
Start by deciding on a dominant colour that is most in tune with the purpose of your marketplace. Different colours evoke different responses. Red, for instance, is an intense colour that has high visibility and elicits energy, which is why it is often used in promotional sales placard and fast food restaurant logos.
Remember the class clown who made classes that much more "interesting" by cracking witty jokes and just lightening the entire mood? Humorous posts on social media are the same; they evoke amusement, fun and positive feelings among a slew of posts.
Social media posts do not have to be restricted to promotional materials. Playful posts, inspirational quotes and customer reviews all make it easier for social media users to relate to your proposition. Reviews, especially, are crucial in cultivating trust, and trust is essential in building your online marketplace.
Share positive reviews on your page, along with the satisfied faces of your buyers (if any). But be sure to get their permission first! Faces have the amazing ability of both capturing attention and conveying emotions powerfully. A confident smile alone illustrates far better than any words about the quality of service rendered to him on the marketplace. If you are unable to get hold of a customer's photo, an alternative is to overlay a portion of his testimonial on a relevant, scenic background. Don't forget to leave your marketplace's logo on the post!
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Music Review 6.10.2011: PARTCH @ REDCAT
The obligatory titular capitals of the event's ensemble and venue could not be more appropriate for last night's performance. From beginning to end, PARTCH exclaimed, cursed, laughed, wailed, and cavorted through several varied scores by the "iconoclastic American Maverick" Harry Partch (1901-1974). PARTCH, led by guitarist/composer/singer/radio-personality John Schneider, have been spreading the gospel of Partch since their REDCAT debut in 2004.
The group is playing the same program tonight (Saturday 6/11), so you can still catch it. For tickets to the concert, visit: http://www.redcat.org/event/partch-2
The pre-concert atmosphere in REDCAT was even more casual than usual. Covering the stage were the beautiful replicas of Partch's original, handcrafted instruments and the band was basically just milling around. The lights suddenly dimmed and several audience members quickly dove into their seats as the musicians likewise dove into the rambunctious and engaging Castor & Pollux (1952), a pair of pieces for Kithara, Cloud Chamber Bowls, Harmonic Canon, Bass Marimba, and Diamond Marimba (all shown above). The two pieces are each in four movements with the same titles, "Insemination", "Conception", "Incubation", and "Delivery". Relating to the mythical birth of the Gemini twins, this carnal imagery is even more appropriate to the music itself; the rhythmic and harmonic language of this music is equally intoxicating and sensuous. The programmatic arc of music that followed Castor & Pollux was well-conceived and satisfying, as well as quite informative to the uninitiated Partch-lover or microtonalist – the "informing" mostly due to the short, enjoyable documentary film Music Studio (1958, Madelaine Tourtelot) shown before intermission.
Up until the Partch classic Barstow (1941/3), which ended the program, the other pieces were more intimate. With the geniality and nonchalance of a home concert, John Schneider accompanied himself on Adapted Viola (Partch's first foray into instrument building) while singing excerpts from the early Li Po Lyrics (Partch's first foray into composing). After intermission, we were treated to the chamber-jazz adventure Ulysses Departs from the Edge of the World (1955), which featured Josh Aguiar performing the trumpet part originally written for Chet Baker. Though Chet never performed the piece, Josh convincingly stood in his stead with a sound that was caressingly warm. This was followed by two more works featuring "intoning voice": the mischievous and whimsical Two Settings from Lewis Carroll (1954) and the grotesque Potion Scene from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1931) for voice and Adapted Viola. The latter was definitely the dramatic high-point of the evening, with Argenta Walther and Andrew McIntosh masterfully merging their parts to form the sonic essence of Juliet's doubting, fearful soul which came oozing through the air. As a mitigating factor, Barstow came immediately after, featuring various members of the ensemble singing the texts by hitchhiker graffiti artists, mostly with a comic air.
As my first live PARTCH experience, I found the concert quite fulfilling. After bobbing my head to the infectious rhythms, smiling at the fascinating Chromolodeon harmonies, and laughing along with John Schneider's Adapted Guitar in Barstow, the question posed in the last song fit the evening's free-spirit mood, with a thumb of the nose and a pat on the back: "Why in Hell did you Come, anyway?"
–Richard Valitutto
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Developed By: Irem Software Engineering/Tozai Games, Inc./ESQUANDRA, Inc.
Published By: Tozai Games, Inc.
R-Type Dimensions is a modern collection of the first two classic R-Type games from the late 1980s. As an emulation of those games, it works well. There is also a welcome addition of an HD graphics mode that is a nice touch. But what surprised me was the realization that the classic R-Type games that I played as a kid were not these arcade games – those were the significantly rebalanced console editions. These arcade classics were designed to eat quarters – and they no doubt did that with aplomb.
While I consider my skill at shoot 'em ups to be above average (but by no means high end), it quickly became apparent after about the second level that this game means business. It didn't take long before I started racking up double and then triple-digit deaths on each level.
For those who have never played R-Type, you are trying to save humanity from the Bydo threat. It is a 2D horizontal side-scrolling shoot 'em up. Your ship is equipped with a unique Force Pod, which can take various power-ups. You can also blast it forward in front of you, behind you, or attach it in either place as well. You can also prepare a charged shot for a more powerful blast. R-Type II has a super charged shot, but I find the release window required to be frustrating to pull off consistently.
Most of the time I was playing, I used the new HD mode. The graphics look pretty good here. But there is a button that is all too easy to hit, that switches you between modern and classic on the fly. While that may sound neat, and it was, it can be distracting if you hit it on accident. On PS3, I noticed that the HD graphics mode felt a bit laggy. I did not notice that on the PC version, which was a big complaint I had on the PS3 version. Not that I expected issues, but this game ran just as well on an Intel iGPU on my GPD Win 2 as it did on my higher-end gaming desktop. There are also nice sounding musical upgrades to go along with the graphical improvements. When you press the button to switch between 3D rendered and pixel graphics, the music and sound effects also switch between remixed and classic chiptunes. I like the new music much better.
The new PC/Switch version also adds a few more subtle features to what is otherwise the same game as the PS3 version I reviewed those years ago. The first, and perhaps simplest, is that the game now renders at 1080p rather than 720p. It's a notable improvement, though why it doesn't support 4K (or even better, simply scale to your screen resolution) is a mystery. Also, they made Infinite mode easier by offering the player the choice to press a button to automatically and instantly max out their power-ups. Given how difficult the game is, and how certain bosses are quite difficult to hit without some power-ups, it can help quite a lot. They also added fast-forward and rewind buttons. Finally, you can choose whether or not your co-op partner can be damaged by you in two-player mode or not.
I would say that if you like classic shoot 'em ups, especially ones as important to the genre as R-Type, you really can't go too wrong with this collection. There is also a co-op mode, which is a nice touch. Other than the odd fetus enemies, and blasting aliens to bits, there is not much to complain about morally. Just don't be surprised if you die a whole lot because you did not fly the level in the perfectly prescribed method that you are expected to find by countless repetition. No matter how perfect the port is, nothing can save you from the pitfalls of classic game design.


Researchers hope sharing data will lead need better ways to use genomic information for tumors, such as these adenocarcinoma cells in the brain.
It's the latest hope offered to many patients at major cancer research centers: Let us sequence your tumor, and maybe we can match it to a drug that will beat back the malignancy. But the reality is that genomic analysis still only helps a small fraction of cancer patients. "More often than not, we don't know what to do with the information," says Charles Sawyers, a researcher at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City.
Now, several large U.S. and European academic medical centers are hoping to change that by pooling data on patients' tumor genomes and their clinical outcomes. The project, announced today by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) at a meeting in Boston, has a mouthful of an acronym: GENIE, which stands for Genomics, Evidence, Neoplasia, Information, Exchange. It is spearheaded by Sawyers, who helped develop the leukemia drug Gleevec, one of the most successful gene-targeted therapies.
Sawyers says that GENIE grew out of conversations with colleagues at other cancer centers who are amassing tumor genetic data at a "mind boggling" rate. "It dawned on us that despite our history of tending to be silos, we could actually benefit from a pooled data sharing operation," he says. So far, seven research centers have signed on, including MSKCC, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and three organizations in Canada and Europe. AACR has put up $2 million for a 2-year pilot stage to coordinate and store the data.
The centers tend to offer sequencing to late-stage cancer patients whose cancer has spread. Usually they aren't sequencing entire tumor genomes; instead, they sequence a set of known cancer genes, such as BRAF, which is often mutated in melanomas, and EGFR, which drives the growth of many lung tumors. The sequencing report then typically goes to a board of experts who determines whether it points to a specific treatment. But although BRAF and EGFR mutations can be targeted by drugs, often the tumor has only rare mutations whose role in cancer isn't well understood.
GENIE will allow researchers to share these rare treatment cases and reach the numbers they need to draw firm conclusions. The project could also reveal mutations that influence a patient's prognosis.
Working out legal agreements with each center for securely sharing data from medical records wasn't an easy task, Sawyers says. Leaders also decided not to develop a standard gene panel and instead let each center keep using its own, sometimes custom-made set. They vary in size—MSKCC's is one of the biggest with 410 genes—but most lists overlap, Sawyers says. All sequencing data will come from labs that meet quality standards needed to use the data in clinical care.
Another challenge was figuring out how to give researchers who are sharing their hard-earned data a chance to publish any significant discoveries. GENIE members will get 3 months after sequencing a patient's tumor to submit the data to Sage Bionetworks, a nonprofit organization in Seattle, Washington, that is compiling it in a database. For the next 6 months, only the contributing institution can see that individual patient's record within the database. For the subsequent 6 months, it will be open to the full consortium. Finally, the patient's data will be available to broader research community.
So far, the registry has data on 17,000 patients and hopes to reach 100,000 within 5 years. And Sawyers hopes it will only grow. "It's sort of sociology experiment for institutional collaboration," he says.


A BIG thank you to all these people!
Before we get to the rest of the Japan trip and Drift Matsuri pics and such, we wanted give a big thank you to all who supported our semi-last minute Red Cross fundraiser! All said and done, we raised just over 100 dollars ($106 to be exact) that will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross!
A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SUPPORTED THE EFFORT!
How it looked all Matsuri.
Help Japan and Rep at Drift Matsuri!!!


Our final day in Maidenhead started with a walk along the Thames at Boulter's Lock: usual Red Kites and Buzzards, but the most interesting birds were a family group of Ring-necked Parakeets eating 'conkers' high up in a Horse Chestnut tree.
A drive to Savill Gardens (near Windsor) added more RNPs to the trip list, as well as Nuthatch and - best of all - a super Honey Buzzard that drifted over the tree tops at Virginia Water.
Earlier, Mum-in-Law's tiny garden hosted seven species of bird, including juvenile Song Thrushes.
Wow David! Great pic of the HB, congrats!
Best view I've had since the 'good old days' at Swanton Novers!
Taken through my brother-in-law's car window!


There is a way to love that bears little resemblance to the way we define love in our current culture. It is more of a truth than it is a feeling. It has nothing to do with desire, attachment, not even trust. It is not about loving the self. It is about transcendent love for another. When we experience this love it is healing. It breaks open spaces inside of our hearts and it can be painful. If we haven't experienced it before it can be very confusing. We teach each other and ourselves that love is supposed to be accompanied by desire, by attachment, by devotion, by sacrifice, by forsaking all others, by forsaking the self. That it is a state we fall into and out of. Transcendent love is transcendent because it is beyond desire, attachment, loss, devotion, sacrifice, forsaking, and beyond a state of relationship, it simply is.
When I love in this way, I love beyond my relationship to a person. It does not matter whether they are next to me or thousands of miles away or dead. It just is. It does not matter whether they are my lover, my friend, my brother, my enemy. It just is. It does not matter whether they have hurt me, could hurt me, could never hurt me. It is beyond my feelings, beyond fear, frustration, grief. It happens instantly, because it has always been. I recognize it when it happens because it creates in me a feeling of deep calm. I know it because it is not changed or affected by actions or feelings. I give it as freely as a person can who doesn't possess it. I have no ownership over the hearths that others rest by in my heart. They are secondary fires sparked by a source that flows through me, something infinite.
when I am so detached from the way this love manifests that when my ego is emotionally bruised I have difficulty holding the person accountable.
To love someone in this way is to want what is best for them regardless of your hopes, fears, wishes, and attachments. This means that romantic partnerships with people you love transcendently often require intense surrender and this can be painful. I have never personally had a successful long-term romantic partnership with a person I love in this way, though I have seen transcendent love between romantic partners. It requires a lot of effort, sacrifice and choosing. Parents nearly always love their children transcendently. I love my sister transcendently. I have several wonderful friends with whom I share a transcendent love and it has healed, strengthened and provided growth for us no matter the physical distance between us.
Who do you love transcendently? What doors has it pried open inside your heart? What have you found yourself freely giving that you thought impossible to give before?


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Inside The World Of Subliminals, The Social Media Trend That Has Users Convinced They Can Wish Anything Into Existence
Photo: William Farlow / Unsplash
Olivia Jakiel
Entertainment And News
Subliminal messaging has been around for decades, and there have been mixed opinions on whether or not they have an effect on human behavior.
Subliminal messages started gaining traction in the '40s, when they were occasionally inserted in radio, film, and television programs.
Since then, subliminal messaging has been a prominent tactic in advertising, and numerous studies have shown that subliminal messaging subtly influences the human brain.
In the current day and age of technology, though, a new wave of subliminal messaging has been taking over social media, and it has users across platforms — like TikTok, YouTube, and Reddit — under the impression that they can change their lives, appearance, and more by "doing subliminals."
What are subliminals — and do they actually work?
Let's take a look at some examples of subliminals, what social media users are saying about them, and whether or not they really work.
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Subliminals are just a form of subliminal messaging.
And they're more readily available for widespread consumption, thanks to the ever-expanding world of social media and online communities.
Social media users claim that by listening to subliminals, people can change their face shape, lose weight, make money, get clear skin, and more.
For example, a TikTok user uploaded a video, which you can watch below, where she claims that by listening to her video, social media users can willfully clear their skin with no acne products, skincare regimen, etc. The only thing they need to do is listen to her video, and repeat the mantras that appear in the video.
@blissfulxbohemian
Click the link in my bio if you dare#clearskin #cleanskintips #subliminals #affirmations #chakras #chakra #hippie #witchtok #clearskincheck
♬ original sound - Savannah Rae Böhlin
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"Omg my face started tingling," one TikTok user commented — citing a sensation that many other social media users note while doing subliminals.
A Reddit user also claimed that after listening to subliminals for "height gain," their friends and family told them they "looked taller" as a result.
"I'm listening to subliminals for height gain," the Reddit user wrote. "I have those tingling feelings in my legs and back . My friends and family told me that I looked taller after listening to it for 3 days . But it frustrates me when people say it's all fake and it doesn't work."
It's important to note that the user did not provide before/after photos to back up their claims.
Another Reddit user challenged that social media user's results, writing, "Answer honestly, which do you think sounds more likely: that you have trumped all of modern science and grown physically taller after listening to noise. Or you have started standing straighter."
Social media users aren't just using subliminals for physical changes.
The same TikTok user who posted the clear skin subliminal also posted one for "good grades." Some of the phrases she tells her followers to repeat include "I trust myself to perform to the best of my ability," "I am intelligent," and "I feel secure in what I'm learning."
Multiple users alleged that their bodies were tingling after listening to the video and repeating the phrases out loud, but again, there was no concrete evidence that the subliminal actually worked for these people.
Can you really manifest anything into your life with subliminals?
While social media users on multiple platforms claim that by listening to subliminals, you can change just about anything you want to, evidence that you can change things like your physical appearance or your grades just by willing them into existence is scarce.
Think about it: can you really go from failing a class to acing it just by listening to a TikTok star play a Tibetan singing bowl?
Will $5000 suddenly appear in your bank account because you visualized money while listening to new age music on YouTube or TikTok?
Most likely not, but there are positive benefits that come out of reading and repeating positive mantras, which people have done for countless years.
Studies have shown that affirmations and mantras have a positive effect on the human brain, and can "decrease stress, increase well being, improve academic performance and make people more open to behavior change."
That being said, maybe it's not the subliminals in and of themselves that will quickly change the course of one's life, bring them money and success, or suddenly bring them unwavering happiness.
Perhaps it's the consistent positive reassurance social media users are now giving themselves that is altering their thought pattern and perception of everyday life, and in turn, they're finally seeing what they want to see.
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