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'The Essential Kokolia' by Vladimír Kokolia at Fait Gallery
Vladimír Kokolia, The Essential Kokolia, exhibition view. Photo: Martin Polák
To see nothing
For Vladimír Kokolia painting is an opportunity to reach things that one wouldn't be able to get at well enough in any other way. Kokolia is the type of painter who wants to really see his subject.
It might seem that Kokolia wants to be considered primarily as an impressionist, in the original derogatory sense of the term. He deliberately aims for the impossible: to be, as was quipped about Monet, "only an eye". He does not, however, believe in a prepared innocent gaze — that would be a great affectation — but relies on an acceptance of the full torrent of visual sensations, or direct visual waste, when one doesn't have the tools (and perhaps not even a reason) to distinguish illusion from the "overwhelming disorder of the real world".[1] He quickly discovered that the greatest obstacle to this kind of view of the ordinary world is the knowledge about seen things that one carries in one's head. Even the names of things are disruptive for the naked eye. Kokolia declares that information inhibits the image.
Seeing the seeing
Nonetheless, a painter wants to "see this seeing". When seeing, how does a person notice that they are looking? According to Kokolia, this can happen only when we sacrifice meaning and simply let our view float. "I have the distinct impression that precisely such blank looking is the default setting of our vision. It is the most fundamental state, the 'container', the womb, the landscape, the pilot frequency, the Tao of seeing, only on account of which individual forms arise", adds Kokolia.[2] He believes that a lack of information brings astonishment. Truly, a lack of information? We know, after all, how James Joyce's characters marvel at a sudden recognition of very fragile and evanescent moments, when a character experiences a sudden revelation about the "whatness" of a thing.
Similarly, for the nameless heroes in the hundreds of drawings from Kokolia's Big Cycle, the inescapable mechanism of their actions is suddenly revealed to them at a single moment. Here, the vehicle of wonderment is an unexpected recognition of meaning. However, wonderment that is purely visual in origin is, in contrast to narrative epiphany, lacking in substance. The one who is experiencing wonderment just stares and does not actually know anything. Here, the intensity of not knowing shows the depth of wonder. It is as if the one in wonderment sees only one thing, so emptied that it can be considered null. For Kokolia, an example of such views momentarily without content are the squares and rectangles in Mondrian's paintings. Here, they also have roots in Kokolia's individualistic theory about cubism and in his thinking about the picture plane and "paintings within a painting". For Kokolia, the view gradually became an independent entity in which it is possible to study only the visible content and to eliminate for the given moment both the observer and the observed thing.
Painting seeing
Why would the one in wonderment even paint at all? Isn't it enough just to have the experience? A painter's embodiment of what is seen is a passage from one world to another, and what was true in one world is not necessarily true in the other one. It is a completely new situation that presumes "the picture has the logical form of representation in common with what it pictures".[3] A painting may be able to adapt to the form of depiction, but it also has its own special demands as a physical object covered with paint as well as an object with the aim of controlling how the viewer will see it. It must remain adequate, even if it has done away with the function of depiction. The same brushstroke is both a physical trace and also creates the ideal of an image that arises only with the viewer's gaze.
Kokolia describes the realisation he had in the Hermitage Museum in 1980 while standing before one of Matisse's paintings: "… something tells me that this is the genuine space, not the three dimensions out there; at the same time, it really and truly is on the surface, literally just oil paints on a canvas. I am looking directly at the union of the greatest abstraction and the greatest materiality…"[4] For Kokolia, the idea of transferring images across different worlds might have its origin in printmaking. He has dedicated himself to this medium for almost as long as he has to painting (originally to be able to disseminate his drawings under the previous regime, when copy machines were under supervision). Since 1992 he has led the Studio of Experimental Graphics at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts. The themes of a matrix, an imprint and a reversal of the image appear repeatedly in his written musings. He similarly incorporates his experience with Tai Chi in his painting. Both of his Chinese teachers, Gene Chen and Zhu Jiancai, taught Tai Chi to him in a completely matter-of-fact manner, without a pseudo-spiritual overlay, and Kokolia likewise leads his brushstrokes with a consideration for the precise transfer of strength.
Seeing painting
The concentration on direct, unprejudiced seeing and effort to see seeing was followed by the materialization of seeing in an artefact. Apart from this, Kokolia certainly does not underestimate the special moment when a viewer turns up in front of a picture. This is confirmed by the fact that at his exhibitions he examines in detail the distance between the viewer and the picture, their movement around it, viewing angles and orientation of the view, as well as the time spent before the picture.
For the sake of interaction, Kokolia occasionally resorts to popular or "discredited" forms. He styled one of his shows as a commercial sale in the course of which he lived, cooked and worked in the gallery. Another time he displayed "healing pictures" to which visitors were to "expose themselves".
These and other strategies sought to provide viewers with sufficient time in front of pictures. Kokolia believes that the spent time itself causes that the mode of perception switches from a simple registration of visual information to abidance in a field of vision. The viewer, at least for a while, does not perceive a picture as a separate object, and the distance in the field of vision disappears. This situation can be generated, for example, by the induction of afterimages on the retina or by a view into the visual space of autostereoscopic pictures, as manifested by some of Kokolia's exhibitions.
The image-in-itself
In interviews and texts, Kokolia speaks ironically about such common and seemingly problem-free terms as "communication", "opinion" and "expression". And he doesn't even have the word "art" in his lexicon. So, if he isn't just taking a position, what would he offer instead? I suspect that Kokolia has own sect (of which he is the only member) that believes in the "image-in-itself". Meaning that images exist, even if they are independent of observation. Even if nobody has seen them yet. Perhaps it is this belief that helps him not to be perilously captive to changes in the contemporary context.
[1] Borges, Jorge Luis, The Cambridge Companion to Jorge Luis Borges, p. 209
[2] Kokolia Vladimír, Úžas, habilitační přednáška, 1996, Akademie výtvarných umění
[3] Wittgenstein, Ludwig, Tractatus logico-philosophicus 2.2
[4] S.M. Blumfeld, Prozření Vladimíra Kokolii, Vokno monthly, 1993, no. 27
Artist Vladimír Kokolia
Exhibition The Essential Kokolia
Place / venue Fait Gallery, Brno
Dates 17 October 2018 - 12 January 2019
Curated by Miroslav Ambroz
Website www.faitgallery.com/
Index Fait Gallery Miroslav Ambroz Vladimír Kokolia
Eyewitness Czechia 06.01.2021
[EN/CZ] Kurt Gebauer at National Gallery in Prague
Critique Austria Berlin Czechia Estonia Great Britain Hungary Latvia Lithuania Poland Romania Russia Slovakia UK Ukraine 04.01.2021
The Most Memorable Year: Highlights of 2020
Corina Apostol, Kateryna Botanova & Jurriaan Cooiman, Romuald Demidenko, Maja and Reuben Fowkes, Vanessa Gravenor, Indrek Grigor, Santa Hirsch, Anna Karpenko, Valentinas Klimašauskas, Anna Łazar, Gergely Nagy, Michal Novotný, Marina Oprea, Julius Pristauz, Oleksiy Radynski, Anna Remešová, Ivana Rumanova, Sylwia Serafinowicz, Piotr Sikora, Antonina Stebur, Krisztián Gábor Török, Anastasia Vepreva, Joanna Warsza, Mike Watson
Interview Czechia 31.12.2020
The Value of Activism is Elsewhere, in the Natural Presentation of Life
Anna Königová
[EN/CZ] 'Ten Minutes Earlier' by Jiří Kovanda at Fait Gallery
[EN/CZ] 'In case the last thing you ever see is a treetop' by Vladimír Kokolia at FUTURA
Interview Latvia 20.01.2021
'I Remember, Therefore I Am'. Andra Silapētere in Conversation
Eyewitness Poland 19.01.2021
[EN/PL] 'Territory' at Wrocław Contemporary Museum
Interview Lithuania 18.01.2021
New Realities: MO Museum [Vilnius]
Ewa Borysiewicz, Milda Ivanauskienė
Eyewitness Berlin Germany 15.01.2021
'[EN/DE] The Invented History' at KINDL Centre for Contemporary Art
Critique New York Poland 14.01.2021
And Warren Niesłuchowski Was There
Barry Schwabsky, Warren Niesłuchowski


Et Cultura, a five-day cultural event held annual in St. Petersburg, Florida, held its second annual event last November 2017. A multi-day "Festival of Creative Culture," the event invited not just artists, musicians, and various creatives from all over the world, but also some of the best innovators, businesspersons, and community leaders with bold ideas through an innovation expo.
In partnership with the St. Pete Innovation District and the Salvador Dalí Museum, the collaborative event featured four curated branches: Art, Film, Interactive, and Music. Each features some of the best talent in tech, music, film, and art, helping inspire and unite a like-minded community. Among those who joined Et Cultura 2017 were the Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Tilys Biotech, and Startups.co.
Malizia, along with his four co-founders Dave Allison, Lea Umberger, Jim Aresty, and Colin Lyman, patterned Et Cultura from the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference and festival held annually in Austin, Texas. However, Et Cultura is nowhere near being a copycat – rather, they were inspired by the thought that both local and international talent can be brought together in one location to interact, network, and get inspired.
It only made sense they chose to collaborate with the Innovation District, a group of institutions focused on media, healthcare, business incubation, higher education, and marine science. Located just south of St. Pete's downtown, the Innovation District is dedicated to creating and maintaining a high-quality, dynamic environment for the internationally known Tampa Bay region.
In addition, the choice to collaborate with the Dalí Museum showcases the blending of the artistic and the business side of things. The museum is famous for housing the biggest collection of the Spanish surrealist's paintings outside of Europe. This interesting partnership sheds a light on St. Pete's brightest minds in a setting that nurtures creativity.
Some of the most notable names present at the Et Cultura event sat down for interviews with Bold Business, elaborating their bold ideas and how they may impact the future of St. Pete and possibly the rest of the world.
These are just three of the many astounding ideas present during the most recent Et Cultura festival. They, along with many current and future attendees, will be present at the next Et Cultura event, to be held on November 14 to 18, 2018. They are sure to create even bolder impacts that help inspire people to bank on their ideas, enabling people to create and collaborate for many more years to come.
Learn more about Et Cultura here.


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PRAYER BLUNDERS & FEMALE PREACHERS.
My brother man and sister woman, a noble deed is prayer. The truest prayer takes place in the innermost recesses of your of heart, in your thoughts and not your verbal utterances. Most Nigerians derive immense pleasure using words, popularly termed prayer as the only means of communicating with God. Obviously most praying individuals learn from each other. Overt prayer is very easy, that's why countless Nigerians embrace it, but they fail to realize anything worthwhile in life is not easy of attainment.
The path to God is very arduous. If you want God to attend to your prayers, you must be willing to let go of your lower self, your lower ambitions and allow the will of God to be done in your life. How many of us can do such a thing? Few Nigerians I presume! My brother man and sister woman must bear in mind, the truest prayer can only take place in your heart, in your thoughts and not the overt insanity taking place in countless Nigeria churches and homes.
Always bear in mind, you are not praying if you are yelling at God. Also when will most of you realize, the Almighty God is not a politician that can be procured by eulogies. You cannot eulogies the Almighty God into becoming Aladdin, genii in the lamp, to carry out all your wishes. The Almighty God is not a politician that can be bought up by eulogy. It is wrong of you, during prayer to remind the Almighty God how strong he is, how great he is, how sympathetic he is etc. In summation, it is only through purification of thoughts and good deeds can any soul attain spiritual elevation and attract the divine blessings of God. Aside that, your prayers and confessions are, nothing but a waste of breath. In the same vein, I am of the opinion, female preachers should be left alone, for all times are not alike. Brother men preachers might be great gospel teachers today, tomorrow, sister women might teaches best. It is the will of God that brother men and sister women are created to complement each other. In the light of what I have said I want to make clearer, preacher brother men and preacher sister women should work hand in hand, for each has a work to do. Plain and simple.


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New Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship Undergoes Sea Trials
New Royal Caribbean cruise ship Odyssey of the Seas undergoes important sea trials in the North Sea before delivery.
By Robert McGillivray
Modified Date: Mar 15, 2021
Photo Courtesy: Royal Caribbean
Odyssey of the Seas, Royal Caribbean's newest and fifth Quantum Ultra class, has reached another major milestone as she set off on her sea trials on March 14. It is another step towards Odyssey of the Seas, being one of the few ships in the world sailing this May as she heads off to Israel for her maiden voyage.
What's Included and Where is she?
Sea trials are always one of the last items to tick off the list for the shipyard before a vessel is officially handed over to the cruise line. A variety of sea trials will take place under the close watch of both Royal Caribbean and Meyer Werft. Both technical and nautical tests will be performed.
Sea trials give the shipyard an idea of how the vessel will perform and if she performs within limits outlined in the build. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of tests that are performed during a sea trial. For example, these include main engine endurance testing, steering gear tests, and crash stop tests.
The tests can take anywhere between a few days to a few weeks, depending on the vessel's performance during testing. Currently, Odyssey of the Seas can be tracked on our Cruise Ship Tracker as she sails the North Sea between Denmark, Germany, and Sweden.
Once the tests are complete, the vessel is expected to return to her berth in Bremerhaven, Germany. The work onboard is ongoing as hundreds of people are on board to complete the final interior fittings.
The shipyard has said the work is going well, while the atmosphere onboard is positive. The shipyard expects the vessel to be delivered in the next few weeks:
"The mood on board is good and the teams from the shipyard, suppliers as well as the shipping company and the classification society are working hand in hand to ensure the successful completion of the ship."
What's Next for Odyssey of the Seas?
It will only be a few weeks between the completion and the vessel's handover to Royal Caribbean from Meyer Werft which will happen towards the end of March 2021. This followed major delays due to the pandemic as she was originally scheduled to join the fleet in 2020.
Also Read: 15 Best New Cruise Ships to Begin Sailing in 2021
The cruise line will be pleased to have picked one of the shipyards that haven't suffered too many delays throughout the pandemic. Something the yard themselves also realize, according to Thomas Weigend, Managing Director of Meyer Werft:
"Odyssey of the Seas will be the third cruise ship we deliver during the pandemic. This is a tremendous achievement that is only possible due to the far-sighted and responsible actions of all people at the shipyard and on board."
Photo Courtesy: Meyer Werft Shipyard
Once Odyssey of the Seas is delivered, she will be sailing an entire season in the Mediterranean, between Israel, the Greek Isles, and Cyprus, starting this May. The cruises will be 2-3, and 4-day cruises for Israeli guests only.
Royal Caribbean will be the first to offer fully vaccinated sailings, where both crew and guests above the age of 16 will be vaccinated against COVID-19. Details on the other health and safety measures implemented by Israel and Royal Caribbean will be announced later.
As it looks, Odyssey of the Seas is off to a great start. She will be one of the few ships worldwide that will sail on regular sailings, together with her sister ship, Quantum of the Seas, sailing in Singapore.

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Slate's Dahlia Lithwick confesses that she's been disgusted by federal Judge Alex Kozinski for decades, ever since she clerked for a different jurist on the 9th Circuit and experienced his highly inappropriate Cheap Hockey Jerseys Youth behavior first-hand. "But it was 1996": There was nothing obvious to do about it. Now a Washington Post report citing several other Cheap Flag Football Jerseys ex-clerks, two on the record, has prompted Lithwick to speak out.
Her experiences weren't as bad as theirs, but: "In so many of his interactions with me, and conversations around me, Judge Kozinski has always gone one step over the line of appropriate sexual discourse." And "because he is powerful .?.?. those in his circle got dragged along into a world that diminishes and belittles women." She realizes that staying silent all these years made her complicit, and concludes, "Somewhere along the way I managed to create a career for myself. In part, I did it by keeping secrets. I'd like to be done with that now."
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He was hurting inside, but King did his best not to show it. Instead, he was there for his teammates, serving as a counselor of sorts, consoling them in difficult times, Monken remembered. He served as the team's spokesman during the tragedy, writing a heartfelt first-person account for The Players' Tribune.
It was hardly a surprise to those close to him. In addition to being a captain on the football team, he was a battalion commander at Army, responsible for 400 cadets. King was often the last player off the team bus or out of the locker room or to leave the field. He was making sure a mess wasn't left.
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I was waiting until it really felt like spring before writing the Spring 2018 newsletter, but it seems like I'll be waiting forever, so here it is, better late than never.
Welcome to the 9th CT Asset Building Collaborative (CABC) newsletter. Read on to find out more about local events and news, as well as key research findings and national news that affects us and our work. Don't forget to follow us on facebook and twitter for all the latest news and events!
People returning to the community after incarceration often face financial difficulties related to overwhelming debt/arrears, low credit scores/identify theft, and problems with banks and money management. The United Way is offering a FREE one-day Your Money Your Goals training for people working with the re-entry population. The day-long training will be held on Tuesday 22nd May at the New Haven Opportunity Center at 316 Dixwell Avenue. Each trainee will receive a free Your Money Your Goals manual, with a companion guide specifically focused on reentry issues. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Please register here uwgnh.org/money, or contact Ellie Meise-Munns, 203-691-4205, or Joy Duva at Jduva@owgnh.org.
Andrea Levere speaking at CAHS event on "Building Inclusive Pathways to Prosperity"
The Connecticut Association for Human Services is hosting a fundraising event Monday, May 14, 5:00-7:30 pm at West Hartford Town Hall, with good food and drink, compelling speakers, including Andrea Levere of Prosperity Now and worthy honorees. The funds raised will support CAHS's work across the state helping move children and families out of poverty and toward financial stability. For further details contact Jim Horan at jhoran@cahs.org, or purchase tickets here.
The Credit Union League of Connecticut organizes financial reality fairs for high school students. Students choose a career, research the schooling required and the starting salary. They are given a budget sheet, randomized credit score, student loan debt and credit card debt, and they go through the simulation from there, acquiring items like food, clothing, transportation, housing, cell phones, internet, night life and more! See this video for more information. If you're interested in learning more, observing or volunteering for a morning, please contact Dave Hinchey at dhinchey@culct.coop. Upcoming dates are April 25th in Torrington and April 27th in Hartford.
The ABC Peer Learning Event focusing on Savings was held at the CT Food Bank on February 21st. The presentations were very informative, and there was great discussion about how to use the EARN Saver Life savings program to integrate savings strategies with other services. A number of the attendees signed up to continue to be involved in taking the work beyond discussion to actions and results. Please contact Michelle McCabe MichelleMcCabe@ccgb.org or Dave Hinchey at dhinchey@culct.coop if you are interested in getting involved!
Take a look at the latest Prosperity Now scorecard, and download information from where you live about financial assets, income, businesses and jobs, homeownerships and housing and more. Also take a look at their important article showing how the tax code continues to benefit the wealthy, with families of color falling further behind; this related working families article documents the continued growth in inequality in the United States.
Many Americans struggle to afford rent. The results are clear in this amazing new resource just released by Princeton University's Eviction Lab, showing eviction data for the entire nation; you can search your own region, town, and even census tract. Waterbury, Hartford and Bridgeport are in the top 50 evicting towns in the nation, with New Haven not far behind at #69. This report documents the nationwide housing affordability crisis experienced by people with disabilities, particularly those who rely on Supplemental Security Income (SSI); in many states, the average monthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment is more than the entire monthly income of a person on SSI.
Truly disturbing research by the National Fair Housing Alliance found that the Auto-loan industry systemically discriminates against consumers of color, just as the House of Representatives gets ready to vote on a bill weakening regulation of this sector. Non-Whites seeking auto-loans are routinely offered worse terms than Whites, regardless of credit scores.The research confirms similar findings from a study carried out a few years ago by the National Consumer Law Center; that study found that Black borrowers in Connecticut were routinely charged markups on auto loan rates 279% higher than whites.
I wrote in the last newsletter about ways in which Fintech could be used to serve low-income people. However good these tools are, they require access to the internet, and usually a smartphone. But a new study finds a surprisingly high lack of access to either – in the average community, 67% of adults have high-speed internet access at home and only 40% own a smartphone. Clearly much more needs to be done to ensure that everyone has access to the financial technology that is becoming the norm in banking and financial management.
One in three Americans has a debt that has been turned over to a private collections agency. For some, this can end in jail time, when collection agencies ask judges to issue arrest warrants for people who fail to appear in court to deal with unpaid civil debt judgments. The ACLU, who produced a recent report on the subject, recommends limiting the ability of courts to issue arrest warrants in debt cases, and creating rules to prevent debt collectors from seeking the arrest of debtors.
In the last newsletter I drew your attention to the problems faced by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and the risk that the new Director, Mick Mulvaney may take it in a very different direction. Unfortunately, over the past few months, that predication has begun to be realized. One particularly alarming development is the pulling back by the CFPB of crucial regulations on payday lenders.
While payday lenders are getting some slack, banks will also now find it easier to get into the short-term, small loan market. In the past, some banks offered deposit-advance products, which, like payday loans, had payments taken automatically from the borrower's next paycheck. Though interest rates were lower than payday loans, they were still around 200-300% APR, much higher than the commonly accepted maximum APR of 36% for consumer loans. During the Obama administration, limits were put on banks' ability to offer advance-deposit loans, but now things are moving in the opposite direction, with a bill passed exempting banks from rules that apply to payday lenders. See here for a discussion of the risks associated with allowing banks to offer these costly products.
The state of Kentucky is considering requiring people who lose Medicaid due to the new work requirements to take financial literacy training to get back on Medicaid more quickly. Financial literacy training can certainly be useful for many people, regardless of their income levels. But it is no panacea and requiring it may simply add a burden to people who are mostly likely already extremely stressed. As this NPR story explains, the main reason why poor people do badly with their finances, is because it is really, really difficult to manage on too few resources!
In March, the "Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act," also known as H.R. 4547 was passed, which will strengthen the Social Security Administration's Representative Payee program, which assigns payees to recipients of Social Security Disability beneficiaries – Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) – who are determined incapable of managing their funds, to ensure their basic needs are met. HR 4547 will improve oversight and monitoring of the approximately 5 million payees in the country, in order to decrease instances of financial exploitation and abuse.
I'm writing this from Washington DC, where I'm attending the 5th National Age-Friendly Banking Convening. Older adults, particularly those with low incomes, are often vulnerable to financial abuse and fraud, and often don't have their needs met by traditional banking products. Age-Friendly banking includes having mechanisms in place to protect seniors from fraud, and customizing financial products to meet their needs, such as allowing a third party to view, but not make transactions. A toolkit has been developed to help banks and communities do the right thing for older adults.


A little past the quarter-mark of the year, time for a check-in on reading challenges. I'm being more laid-back this year and trying something different. Just two challenges this year, the Reread Challenge and the…well, it doesn't have a name, but there is a scorecard below.
For the Reread Challenge, I've been diving into lots of beloved rereads (21, in fact), so I'll just remark on some of the more notable ones. I reread (almost) the entire Tillerman Cycle (so good), The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Good Omens, Hatchet and its sequel, Golden and Grey, the first three books of the Little House on the Prairie series, and Jane of Lantern Hill, the very last L. M. Montgomery novel I ever read and which I had previously only read once. So far, I'm having a lot of fun revisiting old friends, and definitely plan to continue.
A Book by a Female Author: Loads of them, but Phoenix Island by Charlotte Paul was the first of the year.
And that is…a lot! 17, in fact, putting me well on track to hit 50 by the end of the year, just mathematically. But I think I've accounted for the easy ones, and it's going to be harder to do many of the rest… For now I've made it only new reads (except "book from my childhood") and haven't put any book in multiple categories. I'd like to stick to that, but I'll see how strict I feel as the year goes on.
And…that's all for now, folks! 🙂 Did you have any reading challenges or goals this year? How are they going for you?
My only reading goal is to try to read a book for a little while each day. My demanding job makes more extensive reading challenges out of reach for now. I am reading, though, so that's enough for me at this point.


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Various Types of Persuasion
There are several principles, or types, of persuasion. Various types of persuasion have the ability to convince people in different ways. If you have someone who is grounded in fact and only accepts what they can see and hear, then you will have to use the appeal-to-reason method, while someone who has a bit more faith will respond to the appeal-to-emotion method.
This article will go over all of these methods to help you better understand the various types of persuasion that you can write, and how each will work on different types of people.
The first type of persuasion is the appeal to reason. The appeal-to-reason method uses a logical argument, with everything about the persuasion centered in logic and in the scientific method. This method will work best with the types of people who need proof of something and don't accept arguments that are based more on faith than on fact. If you are trying to convince a group of scientists to follow your belief that the earth revolves around the moon, then you need to have a lot of proof to back it up, otherwise you will not persuade them to your argument. Simply saying that it looks like it revolves around the Moon is an argument that is too centered in faith, and that won't work for the appeal-to-reason method.
The second type of persuasion is the appeal to emotion. The appeal-to-emotion is not based on proof, but on the emotions that a person feels. Often this can be a more effective approach for the population as a whole, because people can often be governed by their emotions more than by their minds. There are several examples throughout history that show this to be true. With the appeal-to-emotion method, you will be using a person's faith and imagination to appeal to them, and to get them over to your own argument. You may also use seduction, tradition, or even pity to get them to agree with you. Sales people use this method quite well. They will appeal to your imagination by giving you a presentation of a test drive of a vehicle so that you can see yourself in the vehicle. Then, they will sometimes use pity to tell you how they may need this sale as it has been a slow month. Some even use seduction to appeal to you. Advertising and propaganda are two other methods of using this form of persuasion. Appealing to emotions also uses tradition as a means to get someone to your side. By saying, "This is the way we have always done it, so we should continue to do it this way," is often very effective, even if there are many other methods available that are more effective than what you are trying to get people to agree to.
With persuasion, there are four aids that can help to persuade someone toward your opinion or idea. Not all of these can be used in written persuasion, but the better you understand persuasion, the better you will be at it, both verbally and through the written word. These aids are:
Body Language. Roughly two-thirds of our communication is based on our body language. For example, when you want to have someone open to your ideas, you should stand with your hands at your side, palms out as a symbolic gesture of peace. If you stand with your arms crossed, you are blocking yourself from the recipient and they will unconsciously not want to deal with you or listen to you.
Communication Skills. The better you are at speaking and writing out what you want to say, the more open people will be to what you want to say. If you write, "I would like to offer you the chance to 'bye' my product," the person may not be willing to buy because of the poor spelling and wording. However if you say, "I would like to offer you a once-in-a-lifetime chance to experience what it truly means to have free time with this amazing product!" -- here you are appealing to the person on many fronts. Look at various Internet ads to really see how this is done effectively.
Sales Techniques. This method uses the ingrained sales techniques that people can learn over time. Learning to highlight only good points, appealing to a person's needs, and more, all work in sales techniques.
Personality Tests. With personality tests you can devise a strategy that is based on an individual's style of interaction. Some people prefer the phone or e-mail to face-to-face speaking. Others prefer to buy items based on what they see on television, while others buy products only when they need them. Knowing how to sell a product or idea to someone comes from that person's personality.
There are four other techniques that are often used, though not always as much, or as ethically, are the following:
Deception. If you fool someone into believing your idea is the best option, you can get them to go for it. Many financial gurus have done this to get investors' money by faking how profitable the company or their investments are.
Hypnosis. Under hypnosis, people can be convinced to do a wide variety of things. However this does not help with written persuasion.
Subliminal Advertising. Movies use this effectively by putting products in the background to help appeal to someone watching the movie. The movie Cast Away has been described as one long FedEx commercial, because of its use of FedEx products in the background.
Power. People respond favorably to those they think are in power. By faking power, or giving the image of power, it is much easier to get someone to follow what you want. A mail clerk sending out a memo to the building asking people to stop taking coffee without paying for it will be meaningless. However, the CEO doing it will have an immediate impact.
Understanding Reason and Emotion
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In order to understand how to write good persuasion, we need to understand the concepts of reason and emotion much better. As we begin this process, we will also look briefly at the third appeal of persuasion, which is the persuasive appeal of one's character.
Throughout history, great philosophers have studied the concepts of truth, logic, reason, and persuasion. Aristotle felt that there were three kinds of persuasion appeals: the appeal to reason, the appeal to emotion, and the appeal to one's character. These were identified by him as logos, pathos, and ethos.
Logos is a Greek term that means many things, including reason, which is why it is associated with the appeal to reason. Aristotle felt that all communication must be done through this appeal because this was the most logical form of persuasion that there was. With this type of persuasion, there are no lies and no deceptions. Everything comes from proof, the scientific method, and logic. One of the most famous arguments done with the appeal to reason for the existence of ourselves comes from Descartes, who said "I think, therefore I am". We know that we are alive; we know that we think and therefore, we know that we exist. There is proof in that and there is no way to lie. By saying, "I think, therefore I fly." does not apply. It could be construed that thinking leads to science, which leads to flying, but that falls more into the grounds of appeal to emotion, because the links between are so vague.
The appeal to reason is appealing to the inner reason of an individual. There is no violent fight or disagreement with this. Everything within the appeal to reason is measured and presented in a logical way.
The reasoning method has two processes within it: deduction and induction.
Here is an example of an appeal to reason:
The issue is whether or not nuclear weapons are dangerous and should be banned. Your position is, yes, they should be banned. Therefore, you should ask yourself the following four questions to determine if you can make a good appeal to reason and present a persuasive essay regarding this concept:
Do you have the evidence to support your claim?
Will your audience believe the evidence that you present to them?
What assumptions will be part of your argument and are they logical and fair?
Is the conclusion you come to in line with the claims that you make?
This brings us to your deduction, which is the general principle that you will draw the conclusion from. Your deduction would be split into two premises and one conclusion.
The major premise of your argument is that nuclear weapons are dangerous due to the threat of mutually assured destruction. The minor premise is that volatile countries have nuclear weapons. Therefore, nuclear weapons will destroy the planet. That is your conclusion.
Now you need to ask yourself if that is a strong enough argument. Does it support your claims? Is there a cause-effect link between nuclear weapons being dangerous and nuclear weapons destroying the planet?
This now brings us to the induction, which is the general conclusion based on facts and cases.
These facts would be the following:
The nuclear weapons dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed tens of thousands of people due to the blast and the radioactive fallout.
Nuclear weapons today are much more powerful.
Countries like North Korea, Iran, Pakistan, Israel, and India have nuclear weapons and are located in volatile regions.
One nuclear war between Pakistan and India could cause a nuclear winter around the globe.
With these facts, your deduction, and other pieces of logic, you will have made an effective argument that, in fact, nuclear weapons are dangerous and should be banned. You have not lied and you have appealed to the reason of those who are listening to you.
The appeal to emotion will work differently. Identified as pathos, the philosopher Cicero was well known for his encouragement of ending any argument or oration with an appeal to emotion to get those listening to agree with your point of view. While it would be great if everyone only listened to appeals to reason, the truth is that the appeal to emotion is extremely effective, because humans are greatly influenced by their emotions.
One method that is used extensively with the appeal to emotions is images. A good example of this is Drivers Education. Explaining the danger of drinking and driving in an appeal to reason may not be as effective as an appeal-to-emotion argument that shows the car crash victims who were in drunk driving accidents.
Concerning our example above, we could use the following examples as to why nuclear weapons are dangerous.
You could show pictures of radiation burn victims from Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
You could show the destruction caused by small nuclear weapons in those cities.
You could show videos of nuclear weapons exploding around the planet and the damage that they cause.
You could show the video of Robert Oppenheimer, the creator of the nuclear bomb, where he states with remorse that he has become the god Shiva, Destroyer of Worlds.
You could also appeal to the emotions of the audience by talking of the pain of radiation, and how people literally had their skin falling off due to the extreme radiation burns that they suffered in the nuclear blast.
The third appeal of persuasion is the appeal to one's character, often called ethos. This method of persuasion is established through speech and discourse. According to Aristotle, the persuader desires to appear knowledgeable and benevolent to the person they are trying to persuade in order to make the appeal of one's character work. Cicero felt the initial portion of a speech needed to be the establishment of one's character to the audience.
With the appeal to a person's ethics, one of the following has to be achieved in a given argument:
1. Are you a reasonable person?
2. Are you an authority figure?
3. Are you ethical?
4. Are you concerned with the well-being of the audience?
With the appeal to a person's character, the audience must trust the person that is talking to them, otherwise this will fail.
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after watching the documentary, FOOD Inc. which if you haven't watched, you should. If you have refused to watch in the past, you should be made to sit and watch it. The horrible treatment of the animals in these factory farms is deplorable. And we wonder why our fellow Americans have cancer, diabetes, food poisonings, and the list goes on. Monsanto, and others like them ARE KILLING US, Yes I said it. And I will say it again and again. It behooves me that the American people have in effect, elected officials that confirm by appointment, all these top level officials to the FDA, USDA, and other government agricultural agencies from companies like Smithfield, Monsanto, and others. THE CORPORATIONS ARE RUNNING OUR GOVERNMENT! WE THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE DOING THAT! I certainly hope that your ears are open to hear this and I believe that the laws should be overturned letting corporations get away with murdering us slowly over time with their chemicals and genetic modifications. Bring back funding to the local farmers. They are saving our lives and the lives of generations to come.
If we must continue manufacturing genetically modified foods, it is imperative that those foods be labeled as such.


The Eld, the glyph symbolizing the Mantle of Responsibility, one of the most common Forerunner glyphs.
The Forerunners used several forms of symbols and glyphs to convey a variety of meanings. These symbols can be found on Forerunner technology and within Forerunner installations, including the Halo Array. The Covenant later adopted these symbols for their writing system as well as religious imagery and as such, they are also commonly seen in Covenant technology and architecture.
While the specifics of Forerunner languages such as Jagon and Digon remain a mystery, with only a handful of words known, the writing system they used to convey meaning is far better understood.
The Forerunners appear to have used two different writing methods; the first was a system of glyphs or logograms, rather than parts of an alphabet, highly contextual in nature, with the meaning of different glyphs altered by order and context, and further meaning could be derived if the reader used more three-dimensional interpretations; when combined with different glyphs, a symbol might have radically different meanings, making individual glyphs pictograms or ideograms.
The second mode seems to be a more conventional writing system, using two-dimensional characters. There appear to be at least two variations of this conventional script. One type, observed in Forerunner relics on Installation 00, either inscribed onto stone relics or in holographic form, involves highly complex characters resembling digital patterns or bar codes written vertically. In the other writing system, the characters are considerably simpler, consisting of a series of dots, squares, bars and triangles. The Covenant script is derived from the latter, although they use highly embellished variations of the original characters used by the Forerunners.
Other symbols found on Forerunner relics and structures are even less obvious in their meanings. They are obviously decorative in nature, but they are often larger and more elaborate in nature than their glyphs, and may depict specific shapes and forms, and may have more in common with petroglyphs than logograms.
The glyph system was also adopted by the Covenant as religious symbols, despite having little idea as to the true meanings of the original symbols; the most notorious example is their mistranslation of the "Reclaimer" glyph as meaning "Reclamation". Forerunner glyphs are found on Covenant Luminaries as indicators of Forerunner relics, as the Reclaimer glyph was seen to represent humans on Harvest. Humans in general have had little success in translating Forerunner texts, with the notable exception of Dr. Catherine Halsey. Indeed, it took nearly five years to decode glyphs recovered during the Battle of New Mombasa.
The glyph representing the Mantle of Responsibility, the main belief system of the Forerunners, is perhaps the most ancient and ubiquitous Forerunner glyph. Known as the Eld or the Tree-mark due to its resemblance to a heavily stylized tree, the symbol appears frequently on Forerunner structures and installations due to the Mantle's all-encompassing nature in Forerunner society.
Among many other sites, this symbol appears inside and outside Installation 04's Silent Cartographer, as well as on Installation 05 in various areas. It also appears on the Ark's surface, if viewed from space. It also makes an appearance in the Terminals throughout the Ark. The symbol also appears on top of a Monitor's "head" and behind the "eye" on the center orb. The surface of Requiem also bears the symbol, and the symbol is found in a wall on Requiem, accompanied by the inscription "Guardianship for all living things lies with those whose evolution is most complete. The Mantle of Responsibility shelters all.". A similar symbol was found on Installation 03 and moved to Ivanoff Station to be studied.
Eld under Installation 04's Cartographer.
The Mantle symbol in the Deep-Space Anomaly #0198.
The Mantle symbol on the Ark's surface.
An engraving of the Mantle symbol on Installation 05.
Eld on one of the "fins" of the Babd Catha Forerunner vessel.
Shield Worlds are represented by a symbol described as a "double-lobed icon". The symbol was described when Dr. Halsey was compiling her data with the AI Endless Summer. While Dr. Halsey was working, CPO Mendez asked her what the symbols on the screen are. Dr. Halsey replied that they are Forerunner symbols from the ruins on Onyx, and their theoretical translations. As she continued to work, Mendez then asked the meaning of a double-lobed glyph. Dr. Halsey replied that the symbol, roughly translated, means Shield World.
The Forerunner glyph representing a Reclaimer is identical to the Marathon symbol, although the same symbol appears to have been in common use in Forerunner constructs, including the "eye" of 343 Guilty Spark, as well as the frontal section of an Enforcer. However, after Halo: Reach, later media featured a more vague appearance of the original symbol.
The original Marathon symbol is also used by humans in various instances, and it is the ship emblem of the UNSC Pillar of Autumn. It is unknown if this is simply a coincidence, or if there is a relation to their status as Reclaimers.
The Reclaimer glyph on a Requiem control panel.
A sigil is a symbol representing a specific Forerunner, ancilla, or any other entity. They were often used to label transmissions, or to indicate affiliation with a given individual; for example, members of Master Builder Faber's personal security carried his sigil.
Forerunners and ancilla have been known to change their sigils on some occasions; for example, the Ur-Didact's sigil being changed to an "unbound" state at some point after his fall from grace, and the Warden Eternal's sigil gaining a second ring.
The second avatar of AdjutantReflex on Bungie.net.
In the Ark's Citadel, where the Prophet of Truth attempted to fire the seven Installations, each Installation is shown in detail. Each Halo has its own hologram showing its structure and status, as well as a holographic symbol identifying each Installation.
If the installation's fail safe protocol is activated, when the installations are all in communication the symbols all come back as white. In the case an installation is destroyed or contact is fully lost with it, the symbol used to describe it is red as shown with Installation 04.
Kappa Halo's communication confirmed symbol.
Alpha Halo's communication failed symbol.
The Forerunners have been currently shown to use 7 different type of writing systems. The following are shown below. These symbols can often be found in hexagons.
The first type is the rectangle ones. The rectangle ones are seen in records the Forerunners have made.
Rectangle type symbols commonly have a bracket round them. Inside the brackets are small boxes. These range from 1-6 small ones, 1 to 4 medium ones, 1 to 3 medium sized ones, 1 to 2 big ones, or none at all. It has been noted that the top bracket is not always there. In that case there is either no boxes at all, or small boxes 1-6 would be inside the bracket.
Forerunner sigils are able to be used as normal characters in this.
A record of Forerunner weaponry, with the rectangle-type symbols making the names of the weapons.
Symbols used during the Halo 4 #EvilAwakens marketing campaign.
Close analysis of the symbols used during the Halo 4 #EvilAwakens marketing campaign.
Expanded analysis of the symbols used during the Halo 4 #EvilAwakens marketing campaign.
The second type is the hexagon type ones. The hexagon ones can appear without a hexagon around them but are more mostly seen with them around. These are seen in Forerunner signals and codes, and also control panels. Images are also known to be inside the hexagon type symbols as images in terminals.
Forerunner symbols that can make an alphabet if used in certain ways. Used in numerous places including control panels on forerunner devices.
Two possible ciphers for the hexagon symbols used in the Section 3 ARG.
A glyph used in Hunt the Signal that was used to find the Signal that led to the discovery of the Guardian sigil.
A glyph used in the Section 3 ARG.
A transmission from the artifact on Sigma Octanus IV with the hexagon symbols in it.
Shield World 0459's Apex Site control panel with the hexagon symbols in it.
X50's control panel with the hexagon symbols in it.
Installation symbol with two hexagon symbols at the top corner of it.
The third type is the circular type. The circular type can be seen with being in a circular pattern and has been seen on their own. These are seen in Forerunner co-ordinates, control panels, and several Forerunner artifacts. These are often circle round a Forerunner sigil. This type was also seen in the Halo 4: Promethean Weapons Trailer, where the Promethean weapons were looked over.
Forerunner sigils can be used as normal characters in this writing type.
A complete alphabet of this language.
"Assertion of control" Seen when 343 Guilty Spark contacts the UNSC Pillar of Autumn.
"Bio Scan Begin - End" Seen in a transmission in which 343 Guilty Spark lowered Installation 04's security to let the UNSC Pillar of Autumn though.
"Trespass is doom Reclaimer". Forerunner symbols put on numerous official Facebook pages during Halo 4's marketing.
Eld with the inscription, "Guardianship for all living things lies with those whose evolution is most complete. The Mantle of Responsibility shelters all."
How the Eld says "Guardianship for all living things lies with those whose evolution is most complete. The Mantle of Responsibility shelters all."
The co-ordinates to Requiem that were found on Gamma Halo. That make a almost complete alphabet. Note letters "I", "J", "K", "L" don't appear.
"Techlink Established Forerunner" on one of the Requiem slipspace artifacts.
A symbol on a control panel on Requiem.
A different Control panel on Requiem. The words "Shield", "On", "Off", and "Power" appear on it.
A Forerunner starmap with the circular type symbols near a system.
Binary Rifle zoom symbols. Small hexagon equals medium range zoom. Large hexagon equals long range zoom.
The fourth type is the scripture type. These are found on Forerunner ruins and holograms.
There is three distinct sets: broad glyphs, LED-like glyphs, and circuit board-like glyphs.
Forerunner script engraved onto a stone structure with energy going though it.
The same scripture as the one on the stone, but as a hologram wall.
Forerunner script on a hologram of the Halo rings on Installation 05.
An old analysis of the scripture-type glyphs.
The fifth type is the planet type. These are only found on planet records.
Infestation of a planet with the planet type symbols at the top.
The sixth type is the line type. These are seen on Forerunner control panels and co-ordinate.
"01910876" as seen on Requiem control panels.
"1" used to signify a signal on Requiem.
"117" is seen when Cortana is confused about the Knights appearing for the first time.
The line type symbol 0-9 seen round the co-ordinates to Requiem.
Roland translating the co-ordinates to Genesis.
The seventh type has only appeared in the stone object found at Côte d'Azur Museum of Natural History. This type is known to transmit hexagon type symbols out of it.
Analysis of existing small line type symbols.
Brute wallpaper for Halo 2 with the symbols.
Symbols that appear in Sadie's Story.
A look as the artifact.
Halsey checking to see if there is a link between this and the standard circle glyphs.
The symbols are primarily composed of circles and curves. Each glyph appears to use a circle as a base shape, often combined with either a concentric circle or fragments of one. Another common trait is the presence of one or more circular arcs whose osculating circles' centers lie on the base circle. Non-circular arcs and small non-concentric circles can be seen on some glyphs. The filling in of areas is uncommon but has been seen in Forerunner glyphs.
According to Bungie employee Joseph Staten, the blue and red signs denote the safety of the area — that is, whether or not the Flood are present.[verification needed] However, this has only been noted when there are two red symbols together. As singular red symbols can mean something else as noted by them appearing in numerous locations on Installation 04 not linked to the Flood.
Several of the symbols are variations of each other, or simply rotated versions of one.
Symbols that appear on Installation 04's Cartographer.
These symbols are seen on Installation 04's control room.
Glyph patterns seen in one of Installation 04's Flood containment facilities.
Glyph pairs for all Halo Combat Evolved's maps.
All glyphs seen on Installation 04.
Glyphs that appeared before ships are shot down.
Circle glyphs that appeared in Line Installation 1-4's systems.
More glyphs that appeared in Line Installation 1-4's systems.
In several places linked to the Domain several glyphs appear after Fireteam Osiris activate a console in them. Currently glyphs of this type have appeared on Kamchatka and Genesis. The following glyphs and sigils have appeared.
The Guardian sigil on Kamchatka.
A blue glyph similar to the Warden Eternal's sigil on Kamchatka.
An unknown Forerunner glyph on Kamchatka.
An unknown Forerunner glyph on Genesis that appeared when a auxiliary station was activated.
These Forerunner symbols are featured on some installations, and also used as a key to open doors in Shield World 0459.
The avatar of AdjutantReflex on Bungie.net.
The glyphs discovered in Iris.
The Iris symbol N'chala saw and carved on Earth.
The glyphs used to open the interior doors of Shield World 0459.
A glyph in Cortana's eye.
Iris symbol on Mendicant Bias.
The Iris-like symbols on an Forerunner planet as seen in 343 Guilty Spark's memory before it is wiped.
These are symbols seen throughout Forerunner locations.
Glyphs seen in the Bestiarum and Halo 3 manuals.
Symbols used to open doors on Halo Wars's multiplayer level Release.
Halsey's research into several of the circle glyphs.
Cortana going into several of the circle glyphs.
Unknown glyph located in the room the Monitors met before they left the Ark.
Around several Halo installations and Forerunner relics there are numerous murals and symbols on walls.
An undefined Forerunner symbol on Installation 05.
A mural engraved in a wall on Installation 05. A similar mural was present in Installation 04's Silent Cartographer.
Holographic version of the mural that is engraved on numerous locations on Forerunner relics.
A mural engraved in a wall on Installation 05. This has been seen in red, blue, yellow, green, and without colour.
A circle symbol seen on numerous Forerunner planets and relics.
Murals seen on the Halo 3 map Sandtrap.
In Halo 5: Guardians, numerous Forerunner symbols are applied into REQ card emblems.
The Librarian emblem in its original default colors.
The Reclaimer emblem and banner in Halo 5 in its original default colors.
Unknown symbols on a REQ card called "Glyphs".
Symbols on the emblem called "Glyphs" in a green color.
The Covenant have adapted many Forerunner symbols to their own uses. Some uses include putting the symbols on armor and weaponry.
Covenant Forerunner symbols as seen on Halo2.com.
Small line-type symbols as seen on a Halo 2 marketing poster.
Sangheili speech represented by Forerunner glyphs.
Symbol pattern used by the Covenant for Harvest.
Cyan symbol that appears on a switch in Halo Reach.
The Glyph of Faith carved on the surface of Kholo.
Two Forerunner type glyphs appearing on a Covenant communication node.
A Sangheili interpretation of a Guardian sigil.
The non-glowing cyan symbol is found on the back of Stealth Sangheili and Sangheili Zealots.
Sangheili Minor harnesses emblazoned with Forerunner glyphs.
White symbol that appears on the Sangheili armor in Halo Reach.
White symbol that appears on Grunts in numerous games.
Two symbols painted on Sangheili armor.
Symbol used on the Prophets' anti-gravity chairs.
Green plasma grenade symbol in Halo CE.
Green plasma grenade symbol in Halo 2.
Green plasma grenade symbol in Halo 3.
Energy sword hilt with Forerunner symbols on it.
Green plasma grenade symbol in Halo Reach.
Symbol that appears on the Type-52 Phantom in Halo Reach.
Weapons in Halo Reach with Forerunner symbols on them.
Forerunner mural tattooed on a Brute in Halo Reach.
A symbol that appears in the inner-workings of the Kig-Yar point defense gauntlet that closely resembles that of the Iris artifact glyphs.
Energy sword symbols in Halo 4.
Green plasma grenade symbol projecting the symbol for Installation 04.
Covenant Huragok have during the Battle of Mombasa been noted to use similar glyphs to that of Forerunner Engineers, though there has been some deviation due to time. Many of the symbols depict the New Mombasa Superintendent's avatar, as some of the Huragok deployed to New Mombasa were in contact with the AI.
The following glyphs are used in several locations, but it is unknown who put them there.
Hand-drawn glyphs on the map Warlord.
Cut symbols in the Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary Terminals.
Cut render of the Lightrifle that had the Line type symbols "34-1112" on it.
Forerunner control panel concept art.
Cut Halo 2: Anniversary Terminal symbols.
Forerunner and Sangheili symbols in the Art of Halo 5 book.
The base numerical glyph was used as an avatar by AdjutantReflex.
↑ The Rectangle type symbols in the Halo 3 terminals are all random and do not go towards any specific letter or number. This can be assumed that the terminal is struggling to translate the English words, giving an error with the wrong symbols popping up.


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Q: BloomFilter is at capacity after 10 minutes I'm using Scrapy with a BloomFilter and after 10 minutes I have this error on loop :
2016-10-03 18:03:34 [twisted] CRITICAL:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/internet/task.py", line 517, in _oneWorkUnit
    result = next(self._iterator)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/scrapy/utils/defer.py", line 63, in <genexpr>
    work = (callable(elem, *args, **named) for elem in iterable)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/scrapy/core/scraper.py", line 183, in _process_spidermw_output
    self.crawler.engine.crawl(request=output, spider=spider)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/scrapy/core/engine.py", line 209, in crawl
    self.schedule(request, spider)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/scrapy/core/engine.py", line 215, in schedule
    if not self.slot.scheduler.enqueue_request(request):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/scrapy/core/scheduler.py", line 54, in enqueue_request
    if not request.dont_filter and self.df.request_seen(request):
  File "dirbot/custom_filters.py", line 20, in request_seen
    self.fingerprints.add(fp)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pybloom/pybloom.py", line 182, in add
    raise IndexError("BloomFilter is at capacity")
IndexError: BloomFilter is at capacity

The filter.py :
from pybloom import BloomFilter
from scrapy.utils.job import job_dir
from scrapy.dupefilters import BaseDupeFilter

class BLOOMDupeFilter(BaseDupeFilter):
    """Request Fingerprint duplicates filter"""

    def __init__(self, path=None):
        self.file = None
        self.fingerprints = BloomFilter(2000000, 0.00001)

    @classmethod
    def from_settings(cls, settings):
        return cls(job_dir(settings))

    def request_seen(self, request):
        fp = request.url
        if fp in self.fingerprints:
            return True
        self.fingerprints.add(fp)

    def close(self, reason):
        self.fingerprints = None

I search on Google every possibilities but nothing work.
Thank's for your help.

A: Use pybloom.ScalableBloomFilter instead of BloomFilter.
from pybloom import ScalableBloomFilter
from scrapy.utils.job import job_dir
from scrapy.dupefilters import BaseDupeFilter

class BLOOMDupeFilter(BaseDupeFilter):
    """Request Fingerprint duplicates filter"""

    def __init__(self,
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Q: Is it possible to change Xcode's default location for iOS .xcarchive bundles? Xcode creates its .xcarchive bundles here:  "~/Library/Developer/Xcode/Archives/ProjName MM-DD-YY h.mm AM.xcarchive"
This is fine for an individual developer, but it's not so cool for an automated build in a controlled workspace, one that has to copy every production build's xcarchive(s) to a posting location.
Is it possible, on the xcodebuild command line, to change the target directory for writing the .xcarchive bundle? I've done a lot of searching and nobody else seems to be asking this question. I can find a lot of info that tells me what I've already told you, but nothing about modifying the home of .xcarchive bundles. I have tried changing DSTROOT and SRCROOT.
Thanks.

A: Use Xcode's Location preferences to change the default location for archives.


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What's A 'Super-Spreading Event'? And Has It Happened With COVID-19?
By Pien Huang
K.Y. Cheng
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The Metropole Hotel in Hong Kong was ground zero for a super-spreading event during the 2003 SARS outbreak.
Updated Feb. 21, 11:46 a.m. ET
Last month, a British man went to a conference in Singapore, then on a ski trip to the French Alps.
What he didn't know when he arrived in the Alps was that he was infected with the virus behind the COVID-19 outbreak.
During his stay at a ski village, it appears he infected 11 other people, who subsequently traveled on to the U.K. and Spain, the World Health Organization says.
Early estimates for the new coronavirus suggest that the average infected person spreads the disease to two to three other people. But this man's ski trip caused a cluster of cases.
Some have described this cluster as a "super-spreading event" — in which an individual infects an unusually high number of people. Dr. Mike Ryan, WHO's executive director for health emergencies, said last week that it's way "too early" to call it that — and that officials believe they caught the situation before it ignited a chain that could have spread COVID-19 throughout Europe.
WHO doesn't want to use the term "super-spreader" because it stigmatizes individuals.
These types of cases are a concern to global health researchers because they echo a pattern seen in past epidemics. Super-spreading has triggered explosive chains of transmission in other outbreaks such as SARS, MERS and Ebola.
"The poster child for a super-spreading event happened during the SARS outbreak, where a huge proportion of cases was traced back to the Metropole Hotel," says Jessica Metcalf, a demographer at Princeton University. SARS is the acronym for severe acute respiratory syndrome, a disease also caused by a coronavirus.
Back in 2003, a doctor who had treated SARS patients checked into a room on the 9th floor of the Hong Kong hotel. At least 13 other people on his floor got sick, and when his floormates left the country, they spread the disease to Canada, Vietnam and Singapore. A woman returning to Canada then infected her son, leading to more than 100 new cases in the Toronto hospital where he was treated.
In a 2015 outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea, about two-thirds of the transmission came from just two super-spreading events in hospitals, which fast-tracked the spread of the virus, says Adam Kucharski, who researches the dynamics of infectious disease at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
"In that situation, if you [could have] avoid[ed] those two events happening, you've got rid of most of your outbreak," he says.
In diseases driven by super-spreading, a rule of thumb is the "20/80 rule" — around 20% of individuals are responsible for at least 80% of the infections, though the actual numbers vary by disease, Metcalf says. But a pattern in which outbreaks are driven by relatively few cases holds across several diseases, including HIV, tuberculosis and typhoid, according to researchers who study disease patterns.
There's a lot that's still unknown about what causes super-spreading. Researchers who study it say it's a combination of factors that are hard to disentangle.
Max Lau models infectious disease dynamics at Emory University. From his work on Ebola transmission during the 2014-2015 epidemic in West Africa, he thinks that social behavior plays a big part.
Lau found that super-spreading events tended to happen more around people under 15 or over 45. That could be because "the younger ones or the older ones tend to get more people to visit and care for them when they get sick," he says.
He also thinks biology plays a role. Individuals are more likely to infect others when they're carrying and shedding a lot of virus.
New infections among patients and staff often happen in hospitals, where people go because they're really sick. Their immune systems are weakened, and they can carry a greater volume of the virus than other patients might, making them more infectious. They're also getting hospital procedures that might expose others to their blood or lung fluids.
Both biological and behavioral factors contributed to a 2014 Ebola super-spreading event at a funeral in Sierra Leone. A popular healer treated Ebola patients from an outbreak in neighboring Guinea, contracted the disease and died. Hundreds of mourners came to her funeral and burial.
Bodies of people who recently died can still shed the Ebola virus, says Lau. And in many cultures, including Sierra Leone's, it's traditional for mourners to wash, dress and have direct contact with the body. More than 300 Ebola cases were traced to the healer's funeral, which soon exploded into an outbreak that overwhelmed hospitals in southeastern Sierra Leone.
Another contributor to high transmission events is the local environment, such as stale air in enclosed spaces or a lot of people sharing the same space.
The number of people infected in any situation depends on how the risk factors line up, says David Heymann, an epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. It's how infectious a person is, what setting they're in, how they behave around others — and whether the people they're interacting with, including health workers, wash their hands frequently and take other measures to protect themselves from infection.
With COVID-19, there have been fewer reports of super-spreading events so far compared with the early days of SARS, says Jamie Lloyd-Smith of the University of California, Los Angeles who studies how diseases spread. But why? "Is it a biological difference between the two viruses?" he says, "Or [have] we actually learned some things about how to deal with these viruses and infection control?"
It's a question that China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention is pondering, based on early conclusions from a new report from this week: "To date, there is no evidence of a super-spreader event occurring in any of the Chinese health facilities serving COVID-19 patients," the report states. "However, we do not know whether this is due to the nature of the virus itself or whether these events have been successfully prevented."
To try to stop super-spreading events, public health officials say it's important to try to find cases early to figure out who else was exposed and to keep sick people away from those who aren't.
These are strategies that date back to the 1800s, but they have worked to contain past epidemics, including SARS in 2004, says WHO. These common-sense strategies are the best way they know to stop a new disease from spreading.
Pien Huang
Pien Huang is a health reporter on the Science desk. She was NPR's first Reflect America Fellow, working with shows, desks and podcasts to bring more diverse voices to air and online.
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The most popular tourist attractions in Harlingen include the World Birding Center, Iwo Jima Memorial & Museum, Harlingen Arts & Heritage Museum, Hugh Ramsey Nature Park, Rio Grande Valley Museum, Harlingen Performing Arts Theatre, and Harlingen Convention and Visitors Bureau, among the others.
Harlingen is served by Valley International Airport, which is located 4 miles from the city center. Other nearest airports are Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport located 28 miles from Harlingen, McAllen-Miller International Airport located 36 miles from the city, and General Servando Canales International Airport, located 36 miles from the city.
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make money from their work in their lifetime because of the amount of morons in the world.
3: The portraits you posted online looked great. Don't know if the likeness was accurate but I thought it was about how the portraistist interpreted the image of the person.
4: Thought people were happy with the portraits you did of them.
5: Hope you find a way to make money so you can continue to write and draw your comics (if that is what you wish to do).
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The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Obi-Wan Kenobi will be the subject of the next standalone Star Wars film, with The Hours director Stephen Daldry in "early talks" to direct. The movie will follow the lead of last year's Rogue One and the forthcoming, untitled Han Solo film, rather than the main "Saga" films that include The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi.
Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that there is no script for the project, and that talks to bring Daldry on board are "at the earliest of stages." However, if Daldry is brought on, he's reported to help oversee the work developing the film's story and its script. While directing a Star Wars movie is a great film to have on one's resume, Disney has had some considerable troubles trying to mesh its creative vision for the Star Wars franchise, while tapping the abilities of the directors that it hires to carry it out. Rogue One notably required numerous reshoots that changed the film. Directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were fired over their handling of the upcoming Han Solo film and were replaced days later by director Ron Howard. It's not known when Disney is planning to release the film to theaters — if it goes forward.
McGregor portrayed a younger version of the Jedi Master (first portrayed by Sir Alec Guinness in A New Hope) in the franchise's prequel trilogy, mentoring a young Anakin Skywalker, and eventually ending up on Tatooine. The character has also appeared in The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels television shows, voiced by James Arnold Taylor and Stephen Stanton, respectively.
Following the release of Rogue One and The Force Awakens, Disney CEO Bob Iger has noted that the company is looking at what comes after Episode IX when it's released in 2019, saying that it's exploring "what could be another decade and a half of Star Wars stories." It's not known if that future will include more standalone films like Rogue One or the Han Solo film, or additional "saga-style" trilogies that focus on the Skywalker family, as seen with The Force Awakens and this year's The Last Jedi.
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Events; From the web
Europe, 6th International Week of the Basic Income, September 16-22
September 8, 2013 Karl Widerquist	Events, From the web
The Sixth International Week of the Basic Income will take place 16 to 22 September 2013. For its 6th edition, the week of basic income will focus on raising awareness on the European Citizens Initiative for an Unconditional Basic Income. Proponents of Unconditional Basic Income in 22 Member States of the European Union have joined their forces to make this week of basic income a major event.
Web sites organizing a Week of the Basic Income are:
Germany, Switzerland, Austria (German language)
www.woche-des-grundeinkommens.eu
Netherlands, Belgium (Dutch language)
week-van-het-basisinkomen.nl
France, Belgium, Switzerland (French):
semaine.revenudebase.info
About Karl Widerquist
Karl Widerquist has written 974 articles.
Karl Widerquist is an Associate Professor of political philosophy at SFS-Qatar, Georgetown University, specializing in distributive justice—the ethics of who has what. Much of his work involves Universal Basic Income (UBI). He is a co-founder of the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee Network (USBIG). He served as co-chair of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) for 7 years, and now serves as vice-chair. He was the Editor of the USBIG NewsFlash for 15 years and of the BIEN NewsFlash for 4 years. He is a cofounder of BIEN's news website, Basic Income News, the main source of just-the-facts reporting on UBI worldwide. He is a cofounder and editor of the journal Basic Income Studies, the only academic journal devoted to research on UBI. Widerquist has published several books and many articles on UBI both in academic journals and in the popular media. He has appeared on or been quoted by many major media outlets, such as NPR's On Point, NPR's Marketplace, PRI's the World, CNBC, Al-Jazeera, 538, Vice, Dissent, the New York Times, Forbes, the Financial Times, and the Atlantic Monthly, which called him "a leader of the worldwide basic income movement." Widerquist holds two doctorates—one in Political Theory form Oxford University (2006) and one in Economics from the City University of New York (1996). He has published seven books, including Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy (Edinburgh University Press 2017, coauthored by Grant S. McCall) and Independence, Propertylessness, and Basic Income: A Theory of Freedom as the Power to Say No (Palgrave Macmillan 2013). He has published more than a twenty scholarly articles and book chapters. Most Karl Widerquist's writing is available on his "Selected Works" website (works.bepress.com/widerquist/). More information about him is available on his BIEN profile and on Wikipedia. He writes the blog "the Indepentarian" for Basic Income News.
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ATI Physical Therapy Named a Top Workplace in Indianapolis
ATI Physical Therapy is pleased to announce that it has been selected as one of The Indianapolis Star 2013 Top Workplaces. ATI is ranked #12 in the mid-sized business category, jumping up three spots from last year's ranking.
Known for exceptional results and an upbeat atmosphere, ATI is a nationally recognized outpatient orthopedic rehabilitation provider with over 25 locations in the Indianapolis region and new clinics opening soon in Southwest Indy, Martinsville and Columbus.
"ATI's philosophy is to treat our employees the way we want our patients to be treated, with respect and consideration," said Mark Schodrof, Vice President of Operations, ATI Physical Therapy. "We are proud to be recognized for creating a work environment that fosters personal and professional development, as well as being enjoyable and rewarding."
This year 119 companies participated in the annual Top Workplaces survey by WorkplaceDynamics, LLP, a leading research firm on organizational health and employee engagement. Of the 20 questions that WorkplaceDynamics asked nearly 23,000 area workers, the six that deal with connection (employees feeling they are appreciated and doing something meaningful) and direction (employees being emotionally bought into what the organization is striving to achieve) had the highest level of importance.
Here is what ATI employees had to say:
"I get to see people grow and change every day. I love seeing people achieve a better quality of life. "
"I work in a friendly and encouraging environment."
"The people I work with. They are all so full of energy and have such great attitudes. We have a lot of fun together."
"Defined benefits, including continuing education and ensuring that vacation time is being taken. The positiveness of co-workers and willingness to help each other out, working together as a team."
"Everyone in the company lives by the mission statement as well as the values. We all sincerely want to provide all of the values and mission to not only patients, but staff as well."
"The orientation really helped me to learn more about the company and take pride in working for such a tremendous organization."
ATI offers a generous benefits plan, flexible work arrangements, continuing education expenses, and an employee assistance program. It is a priority of the company to promote wellness, and provides employees free work-out facilities, discounts for non-smokers, free health screenings, and numerous healthy activities such as fun-runs, massages and health fairs.
The Indianapolis Star published the complete list of Top Workplaces on April 14. For more information about the Top Workplaces lists and WorkplaceDynamics, please visit www.topworkplaces.com.
Founded in 1996, ATI Physical Therapy is a comprehensive orthopedic rehabilitation provider specializing in physical therapy, work conditioning/hardening, functional capacity evaluations, aquatic therapy, hand therapy, sports medicine, women's health, and on-site injury prevention/symptom intervention. Based in Bolingbrook, Illinois, ATI has over 200 clinics in seven states: Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. ATI has been named "Best Therapy Practice in the Nation" by Advance magazine and has earned Core Standards Accreditation by URAC, a Washington, DC-based healthcare accrediting organization that establishes quality standards for the healthcare industry. For more information, visit www.ATIpt.com.
WorkplaceDynamics conducts regional Top Workplaces programs with 37 major publishing partners and recognizes a list of 150 National Top Workplaces. ATI was listed in the Top 10 in the Healthcare category of the 150 National Top Workplaces this year. Over the past year, more than 5,000 organizations and 1 in every 88 employees in the U.S. have turned to WorkplaceDynamics to better understand what's on the minds of their employees.
CONTACT: Kim Waterman
Kimberly.Waterman@atipt.com