In most MMOs your predisposition to certain classes or occupations, starting village, physical appearance, and set of racial and regional traits are all determined by a single value – your character's race. Furthermore, those values are all static and identical for every member of the race. In Chronicles of Elyria those values are dynamic and are determined by your choice of family.
As discussed in last week's design journal your predisposition for certain occupations is based on the occupations of your parents. Intuitively that makes sense. If you grow up in the household of a blacksmith and a carpenter, you'll be handier with a hammer and chisel than say someone who grew up with two tailors. This predisposition manifests itself in-game as a set of starting skills.
At the same time, your starting village is determined by where your family chooses to settle, not where your ancestors originated. So while travel is difficult, and many families will stay close to home, others may choose to branch out and explore, finally settling in far-off, distant lands. The combination of your parents' occupations, your starting location, and your past life memories all work together to determine your character's starting skills and early development. But your choice of family doesn't just affect things generally associated with nurture - there's plenty of nature in there as well!
In this week's design journal, we're going to take a look at the final screen of character creation: "Character Customization" and talk about how your family selection impacts your physical appearance, inherited attributes, regional skills, and surnames. We'll conclude this week's journal by looking at how CoE enables character customization to extend beyond the character creation screen.
Chronicles of Elyria uses a system of genetics that allows traits to be passed on from one generation to another. Like in our world, all living things have two sets of DNA, which are randomly sampled and used to determine the characteristics of their offspring. When talking about plants and animals, this allows players to create selective breeding programs, cross-pollinating and breeding until they get the outcome they're looking for. When talking about player customization there's a bit more flexibility, but the idea is the same.
As seen in Figures 1 and 3 there's a collection of physical attributes that get passed on from parents to children that include hair, eye, and skin color, different facial features, height, and a range of other body attributes. On the left side of Figure 1 you can see values for "Mother" and "Father" which are randomly sampled from their genetic code. The right hand side of Figure 1 shows your ability to select specific values for your character's traits. As indicated by the slider, you're constrained by the values passed on from both parents, along with some slight variation on the outer edge of some attributes.
The constraints placed on a child's physical appearance guarantees that family members closely resemble one another. This makes it so characters who hail from one region of the world will be easily identifiable by others. At the same time, noble Houses can become well-known for a specific set of physical traits, such as auburn hair and green eyes.
Those traits initially proposed during character customization are randomly sampled from your character's parents - however they can include mutations. This gives us a chance to introduce new attributes, colors, etc. into the gene pool and can result in unique combinations such red eyes and white hair (albinism). We understand that sometimes people don't want the random mutations (though they can be cool), and sometimes they don't like the initial set of values they were provided for their physical appearance.
For that reason, players are given one re-roll to use during character customization. Rerolling your attributes takes another random sample from the parents in order to create a second set of constraints. Like it or not, if you re-roll, you're stuck with the second set of values.
As Elyrians spread out across the map and settled in different locations they began to develop adaptations that made them more suited for their current environments. Those that settled in the dense forests were sheltered from the harsh rays of the sun. The constant climbing and the relentless noise of the jungle forced the inhabitants to become both strong and alert.
In contrast, those that settled in the open deserts were frequently exposed to the harsh, unforgiving sun and had to survive long periods of time with little water. Large birds of prey didn't differentiate between Mann and other food, and occupants of the world's deserts were required to travel in and out of the open quickly.
The slow process of evolution and the need to survive has created several different races across Elyria, each with their own set of resistances and starting attributes. Families whose ancestors were forest dwellers will begin the game with higher than average strength and intuition, while desert dwellers will begin with increased agility and stamina. With more than a dozen biomes in Elyria there's a wide variety of starting attributes. And, unlike other MMOs, these racial differences are dynamic and will evolve as new families are created with parents from different bloodlines.
You begin the game with a set of passive bonuses and skills that come from being raised in your specific environment. Grow up in the frozen north, the burning desert, a subterranean grotto, or in a bustling city and your character will start with a set of skills they've learned in order to survive. It should be noted that racial traits and regional traits are two sides of a coin. One dictates starting attributes, while the other dictates starting skills. Nature… and nurture.
It should also be pointed out that family, racial bloodlines, and regional traits are the three important variables that represent what is generally referred to as "Race" in most MMOs. Together they define your predisposed occupations, starting attributes, and starting skills. And, aside from siblings, no other characters will come from the same family, in the same location, from the same bloodline as you, creating an unlimited number of starting combinations.
When selecting a family you take over the life of one of their children. In order to maintain continuity, the lore establishes what's called a "Naming Day". That's the day a character less than 18 years old chooses their new name - one that more closely describes who they are than the one they were born with. A player always takes over on their character's Naming Day.
While you can give yourself a new "given name" you are, for the time being, stuck with the Surname of your family. The family name indicates which House you're from and which dynasty you're a part of. This is what affects your reputation and fame. At server launch there will be dozens of Surnames used across the map, so there will be plenty of variety to choose from.
Don't like the Surname you start with? That's ok too. As you play the game and complete achievements you'll unlock new Surnames. Surnames can be changed in some cases when developing a new village and in most cases when you've completed a server first or server-once achievement. For example, be the first person to slay a Daemon and henceforth your line may be known as House Daemonbane. There will be a complete set of crafting, adventuring, and humorous achievements solely for the purpose of allowing you to take on new Surnames. One other thing to note though, while your Surname may change, your Dynasty does not. Once a part of a Dynasty, always a part of that Dynasty.
As we talked about in the last article, "Families & Family Selection", Wards of the state are given more character customization in exchange for the benefits that come with being part of a family. As a result, their process of family selection and character customization is a bit different.
First, after selecting the path of a Ward, you'll be given the option to select which orphanage you'd like to join. Not all villages or towns have orphanages and the number of residents supported is based on the orphanages size. When selecting an orphanage you'll have the ability to filter based on location, as well as which apprenticeships are available in that town. Your choice of orphanage will determine your starting location.
Wards begin character customization by identifying which race or bloodline they're a part of. This sets the basic parameters for physical appearance, as well as their starting attributes. While a ward isn't constrained by any particular parents, they're still constrained by the wider features of their race.
Next, wards are able to use a point-buy system to set the skills they earned from birth to age 12. It's as if, in the absence of parents, they followed their heart and learned whatever skills interested them. As with characters who are part of a family, wards receive the usual regional skills associated with growing up in their selected environment.
When looking at the character customization screens you may notice that aside from the fairly detailed facial features, we're providing significantly fewer options for character customization than other MMOs. That's because we feel character customization should be dynamic and be as much a function of how characters spend their time as what players select during character creation.
As a result, additional customization such as your character's girth or how muscular or frail looking they are is a function of how you play your character and will change over time.
So if you play a warrior character, constantly out adventuring for long periods of time while facing dangerous enemies in physical combat, your character will look both lean and strong. On the other hand, if your character is a blacksmith, spending the majority of the day hammering at an anvil but otherwise stationary, they may look both strong and a bit on the portly side. Play a book worm, wandering bard, bartender or innkeeper and your character's appearance will match their occupations as well.
Back in Design Journal #1 we saw a quote from character of lore, Anara Starsong that read: "… every soul is born with a purpose. That they choose the precise time and place in which to be born so they can learn the lessons needed to attain enlightenment."
By selecting the combination of soul, birth date, and parents the player has fully laid out the type of character they're creating, and set themselves on a path of discovery, exploration, and story-telling that will last them the next 10-16 months. This design journal on character customization concludes our coverage on pre-game meta. In future design journals we'll begin focusing on what happens once your character enters the world!
I don't know how well these threads here are being watched nowadays; Most of us are posting using the forum tab of this site.
I find people there are usually pretty nice, maybe ask a question there?
I don't know how well these threads here are being watched nowadays; Most of us are posting using the forum tab of this site. I find people there are usually pretty nice, maybe ask a question there?
Can you help me put with a question?
As you can see by my Forum name, Talvard Turnbull I'd hope that I can at some point use "Turnbull" as my surname. This is because I am ambitious, but I don't know how motivated I would be fighting for say the "Baker" family or "House Mavrick"
At some point in time I'd like to have/hear "House Turnbull" and a House Crest. Is there any options of obtaining such a thing?
If you could reply in a PM I would be most greatful!
Wonderful game your working on!
Hello Caspian! Can you help me put with a question? As you can see by my Forum name, Talvard Turnbull I'd hope that I can at some point use "Turnbull" as my surname. This is because I am ambitious, but I don't know how motivated I would be fighting for say the "Baker" family or "House Mavrick" At some point in time I'd like to have/hear "House Turnbull" and a House Crest. Is there any options of obtaining such a thing? If you could reply in a PM I would be most greatful! Thankyou so much! P.S Wonderful game your working on!
As you can see by my Forum name, Talvard Turnbull I'd hope that I can at some point use "Turnbull" as my surname.
As long as you are at least Bloodline tier you will be able to choose the surname of yourself and your house. I'm sure as long as it isn't an offensive name it will be approved.
Posted By **TarvaldTurnbull** at 07:37 AM - Wed Sep 28 2016 > > As you can see by my Forum name, Talvard Turnbull I'd hope that I can at some point use "Turnbull" as my surname. As long as you are at least Bloodline tier you will be able to choose the surname of yourself and your house. I'm sure as long as it isn't an offensive name it will be approved.
I see you said there would be selective breeding. what would be the benefits of it be? Does different types of the same animal have different stats?
Character creation was always one of the more intriguing aspects of yes to me....and now it's more interesting!!!
The vast amount of content this game is offering is truly fantastic! I can certainly see why you will need to get the community involved for testing and I can't wait to get involved.
Will it tell you before you confirm your selection what professions the family had?
Random mutations!?! Someone was listening in biology class! I'm looking forward to immense surprises Elyria has in store.
I got here through Facebook is this going to be playable through the app store or only through Facebook?
I think all this customization will instantly make you immersed in the game and I'm just excited for everything to come, I think all this customization will be fun and extremely innovative. A sign of good to come!
This looks so fantastic. Every new journal impresses me. I truly hope they keep it up.
I've wanted so much more than what the other games have been offering. Something of more substance. I'm thinking, this just may be it. Thank you, for such an over all in depth creation of this game.
Only just come across this and it is already ticking many boxes that I never knew I was waiting for!!
Ok, I have one big question, which can be a big problem for me. I always use the surname of "ThunderStorm". How would I be able to do this in game? I am thinking via starting as a Ward of the state, but it is not clear from the above that this is the case.
Caspian, if you read this, could you elaborate please? Thanks mate!
Ok, I have one big question, which can be a big problem for me. I always use the surname of "ThunderStorm". How would I be able to do this in game? I am thinking via starting as a Ward of the state, but it is not clear from the above that this is the case. Caspian, if you read this, could you elaborate please? Thanks mate!
Your best bet with a Surname like that is to earn some Influence before the game launches and then purchase a custom Surname. Beyond that, Surnames in-game are limited to Surnames we create and introduce into the world. There may be a few other options for creating custom surnames after launch, but in general... not so much.
Hey Mate, Your best bet with a Surname like that is to earn some Influence before the game launches and then purchase a custom Surname. Beyond that, Surnames in-game are limited to Surnames we create and introduce into the world. There may be a few other options for creating custom surnames after launch, but in general... not so much.
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"...additional customization such as your character's girth or how muscular or frail looking they are is a function of how you play your character and will change over time."
What a seemingly obvious yet apparently unprecedented device for creating truly unique characters. I'm so stoked.
"...additional customization such as your character's girth or how muscular or frail looking they are is a function of how you play your character and will change over time." What a seemingly obvious yet apparently unprecedented device for creating truly unique characters. I'm so stoked.


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I like this week's Tip.
So maximum impact for minimum effort. Always good.
Always have an engaging title and introductory 1-2 sentences. Win your audience then, and they tend to stay 'won'. Lose them then, and you might never get them back.
Wherever possible, when preparing a communication for someone, agree with them what content they want you to include. That way, you write less. It's all relevant. You both like it more. It's miles quicker to prepare. Most importantly: it tends to work.
Remember that people hate clutter. And they love white space. So remove as many words as possible from your slides. Shorten paragraphs. Things like that.
Wherever possible, shorten your comms. Remove anything that isn't core. If it's background, bang it in an appendix.
So they're the six. I know you know all/most of them.
But do you do them?
Review your most recent communication – the one you've just done. Check you nailed each of the six.
If any could have been better, in your next communication… make them better!


The team consisting of 14 students left the school around 1.30 pm on Friday for the practice journey. The first leg took them from the Arusha airport area all the way round to the A to Z factory and back to school. They walked in three groups. In the evening, the crew underwent training sessions beginning with first aid, followed by camp craft/tents management, map reading/navigation and finally route planning. They also covered observation and reporting skills as well as team building before preparing their own dinner.
Saturday trekking was long and demanding requiring map reading and navigation skills. It was out in the field where bonding and team building skills were put to the test. Students recognised in one another skills and abilities they had not known before as they encouraged one another and pushed themselves to complete the training. Niamh Baker and Brendalisa Karoki proved to be able team leaders who did not disappoint their teams having been elected durinhg the early part of planning. Congratulations to every member of the team for being positive throughout the session despite the challenges they experienced. Well done!!
Swim term is in full flow and our fantastic Junior and Senior swim teams took on the St Constantine's International School Swim Gala last weekend.
BISA swim team members train before school and at lunchtimes throughout the week and all their hours of training were put on display at the gala. Many BISA students won medals or placed within the top three and, with team spirits high, our well-established Senior team took second place overall.
With many of the Junior team building in their skills and confidence, Coach Anze is excited to see what is to come in the future for these talented young swimmers!
Thursday 7th March was one of our favourite events in the school calendar - World Book Day!
This year everyone from our Njiro and Kisongo campuses joined together for a celebration of all things literary - and what a celebration it was!
In Primary, the day kicked off with our traditional World Book Day breakfast, followed by the grand opening of our new Primary library, complete with Maasai dancers. This was also a special moment for our very own Atharv where he revealed his own published book to the delighted crowd of parents, teachers and students.
Early Years to Year 5 then went on to celebrate books on the theme of 'African Tales' while Year 6 joined Secondary in their 'Elizabethan' day. All the children in EYFS and Primary took part in activities designed around some favourite African themed stories, as well as receiving visits from our specialist teachers to bring an extra touch of variety. For the older Primary students this also included a visit from Ethan Kinsey, co-author of 'Juma the Giraffe'. Meanwhile, Secondary took a step back to Elizabethan times with many different activities around the theme.
As always, it was a wonderful day and we can't wait for next year!
On 2nd March, an event like no other took place at Braeburn: the Sisterhood, a Girl's Empowerment Workshop. As we approached International Women's Day, some students in sixth form began thinking of ways to empower women in the Kisongo community. Through this concept, sisterhood was born.
The event was created to inspire girls to be more and give them to tools to do so, the team specifically chose the Form III class from various schools in Kisongo as a starting point.The students hosted girls for a whole day of discussions such as; future career goals, leadership, reproductive health and self image.
Throughout the day, there were a series of thought-provoking discussions which were improved with activities. Instead of lectures, an atmosphere of open conversations was created. It was a forum of women, young and old, having insightful conversations. At the end, both sides gained an understanding of each others backgrounds and learned from each other.
What we wished for most of all is to empower these Form III girls to be equipped with the tools to go into further education in their lives. At the end, we gave them sanitary pads and certificates to commemorate the day they just had.
This event was created by Nicole Kombe, and was only came to be due to the support of Josephine Kiaga, Ttanya Sachdev, Mona Sentabyo, Brenda Karoki, Patricia John and Ruth Ngaave. Furthermore, the facilitators that were there to provide wise words of wisdom included: Mama Riverson, Ms. Diana, Agatha Bernard and Gloria Ngowi.
Our students performed admirably at the 37th East African Model United Nations Conference hosted at the UNON building in Nairobi last week. Our delegates represented Belarus, Eritrea and Pakistan across four committees; Economic, Political, Human Rights and Special Summit.


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125: Penny Kelly - Death, Lies and Loss
Penny's book "Consciousness and Energy, Vol. 3" is comprehensive. It is really too much for just one interview. The chapter on just the analysis of Genesis in the Bible is enough food for hours of discussion, so we've decided to have Penny on for a series of interviews. We start today by recalling the fact that my mother died at the end of March this year. Inviting Penny to speak about death, it was no surprise she had insights that were deeper than most. Here is what she said to me:
"Ahonu, I know just how you feel about being without any parents. It is a strange and disturbing feeling. That was a big part of how my newest book got written. I was looking for something to anchor me after the death of my mother, which left me without any parents. Here is the copy from the back on the book:
"When a series of deaths, shocking revelations about conventional religion, and the collapse of a key metaphysical hero topple the main pillars of support in her life, author Penny Kelly embarks on a search for replacements that will steady and comfort her. Her search lead unexpectedly into a world of tangled information about the history of humanity that takes her back through thousands of years of civilization. As she works her way through one set of shocks, lies, and disappointments after another, Kelly begins to see the threads of connection to an ancient civilization that has been both recognized and well-documented—and well hidden.
"As these threads begin to weave themselves into a completely new view of reality, she realizes exactly why this history has been hidden. Gradually she sees that 2,000 years ago there was a massive effort on the part of churches to sell religion to the masses. What was lost in this effort was humanity's bond with Nature, the truth about human potential and higher consciousness, the rights of women, and ancient techniques for advancing consciousness. Because these techniques were often sexual, there was a deliberate effort to limit sexuality by loading it with shame and guilt.
"The result has been a tragic loss of personal power, the loss of our goals as a civilization, and the ongoing suppression of our true history, which is the foundation of our future… This is a no-holds-barred book about religion, sex, power, and consciousness…"
We discuss this and the true history of our planet, and how "in the beginning" the world was run by the matriarchy and that it was a peaceful civilization for thousands of years.
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There are often stories in the news about food safety. New York residents want the food that they eat to be safe and healthy; nor do they want to get sick by eating food that hasn't been prepared correctly. However, very few people likely think about the safety of the workers that help in making that food. In today's world, many foods are processed in factories that are run by workers — many of whom are at risk for workplace injuries.
Recently, nationally known Schwan's Global Supply Chain has been fined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for workplace safety violations. According to OSHA, these violations put workers at risk of workplace injuries. Schwan's products include desserts sold under the name Mrs. Smith's and Red Baron Pizza. The company employees 14,000 people nationwide.
In this case, OSHA fined the company $185,700 for violations at one manufacturing plant in another state. At this plant, 494 workers were employed — many through temporary staffing agencies. According to investigators, employees were subjected to excessive noise levels which could be damaging to the workers. Furthermore, OSHA says that some of the machines were unguarded and employees did not receive training on how to work with ammonia — a chemical used in refrigeration.
The temporary staffing agencies involved in sending employees to this plant were also fined — $58,500 and $20,160 respectively.
Workers that are exposed to dangerous situations are likely to be involved in life changing workplace accidents. These accidents can lead to injuries that leave workers severely injured. These injuries can take years away from the person's life and reduce the person's quality of life. Compensation may be available to help the worker, but this money can never replace what the worker has lost.
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "OSHA fines frozen foods firm $185,700 for violations at Atlanta facility," Fran Jeffries, March 12, 2014
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On this blog, I have repeatedly tried to explain why integrative (or integrated) medicine is such a deceptive nonsense; see for instance here, here and here. Today, I have reason to make another attempt: The International Congress on Integrative Medicine & Health.
In 2012, I published an analysis of the '3rd European Congress of Integrated Medicine' which had taken place in December 2010 in Berlin (in Europe they call it 'integrated' and in the US 'integrative' medicine). For this purpose, I simply read all the 222 abstracts and labelled them according to their contents. The results showed that the vast majority were on unproven alternative therapies and none on conventional treatments.
The abstracts from the International Congress on Integrative Medicine & Health (ICIMH, Green Valley Ranch Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, May 17–20, 2016) which were just published provide me with the opportunity to check whether this situation has changed. There were around 400 abstracts, and I did essentially the same type of analysis (attributing one subject area to each abstract). And what a tedious task this was! I spotted just two articles of interest, and will report about them shortly.
This time I also assessed whether the conclusions of each paper were positive (expressing something favourable about the subject at hand), negative (expressing something negative about the subject at hand) or neither of the two (surveys, for instance, rarely show positive or negative results).
Here are the results: mind-body therapies were the top subject with 49 papers, followed by acupuncture (44), herbal medicine (37), integrative medicine (36), chiropractic and other manual therapies (26), TCM (19), methodological issues (16), animal and other pre-clinical investigations (15) and Tai Chi (5). The rest of the abstracts were on a diverse array of other subjects. There was not a single paper on a conventional therapy and only 4 focussed on risk assessments.
The 36 articles on integrative medicine deserve perhaps a special mention. The majority of these papers were about using alternative therapies as an add-on to conventional care. They focussed on the alternative therapies used and usually concluded that this 'integration' was followed by good results. None of these papers discussed integrative medicine and its assumptions critically, and none of these investigations cast any doubt about the assumption that integrative medicine is a positive thing.
I should also mention that my attributions of the subject areas were not always straight forward. I allowed myself only one subject per paper, but there were, of course, many that could be categorised in more than one subject area ( for instance, a paper on an herbal medicine might be in that category, or in TCM or in pre-clinical). So I tried to attribute the subject that seemed to dominate the abstract in question.
My analysis according to the direction of the conclusions was equally revealing: I categorised 260 papers as positive, 5 as negative and 116 as neither of the two. That means for every negative result there were 52 positive ones. I find this most remarkable.
Essentially, my two analyses of conference abstracts published 6 years apart show the same phenomenon: on the 'scientific level', integrative medicine is not about the 'best of both worlds' (i. e. the best alternative medicine has to offer integrated with the best conventional medicine offers) – the slogan by which advocates of integrative medicine usually try to 'sell' their dubious approach to us. It is almost exclusively about alternative therapies which advocates of integrative medicine aim to smuggle into mainstream healthcare. Critical analysis seems to be unwelcome in this area, and – perhaps worse of all – in the last 6 years, there does not seem to have been any improvement.
And that's just on the 'scientific level', as I said. If you wonder what is happening on the 'practical level', you will find that, in the realm of integrative medicine, every quackery under the sun is being promoted at often exorbitant prices to the often gullible and always unsuspecting public. If you don't believe me, search for 'integrative medicine clinic' on the Internet; I promise, you will be surprised!
Why are we allowing quackery to make such a spectacular come-back?
Why is hardly anyone voicing strong objections?
Is it not our ethical duty to do something about it and try to prevent the worse?
It isn't even alternative, one of the main marketing articles of this fraud is their almost hysterical condemnation of medicine. Their ranks are filled with anti Vaxxers. They claim that oncology is ineffective. They exaggerate iatrogenic harm.
In effect, they are anti medicine so they can sell their quackery. How on earth can anyone accept their claims of wanting to integrate with healthcare?
good point, I think. it is, of course, difficult to generalise but, for large proportions of 'integrativists', this seems to be true.
The answer as to why quackery is making a comeback lies with the very significant benefits it brings to camists (who practice camistry – CAM), manufacturers, course organisers and sundry others who are desperate not to lose market share, and seem oblivious to how they secure their advantage in the crowded healthcare market place. Marketing of quackery has got better (in its own terms).
The Prince of Wales's Foundation for Integrated Health issued a report on the consumer perspective of CAM in 2001. In its forward, David Peters suggested the findings 'are of particular interest to anyone concerned with developing integrated health care.' He did not mean the integration of medical, social, mental and environmental health care (principles which are supported by most conventional healthcare institutions such as the Royal Colleges and BMA), but rather an insurgency so that CAM becomes incorporated with conventional medicine. Pseudo-science with science. He started from the premise that such integration is 'a good thing' rather than setting out to discover whether it is. This report failed to distinguish between the therapist and the therapy, practitioner and practice, style and substance.
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines complementary or alternative medicine as 'a broad set of health care practices that are not part of that country's own tradition and are not integrated into the dominant health care system.' This is why many CAM practitioners and supporters are currently keen to use the term 'integrated'. If CAMs were to be integrated, by definition, they would cease to be complementary or alternative.
"Prince Charles' Editorial is helpful in furthering our understanding of his advocacy, but more clarification is necessary if his wise words are not to result in the antipathy which greeted his speech to the BMA in 1982, and to which he makes reference. He tells us "For many years I have advocated an integrated approach to medicine and health. By integrated medicine, I mean the kind of care that integrates the best of new technology and current knowledge with ancient wisdom. More specifically, perhaps, it is an approach to care of the patient which includes mind, body and spirit and which maximizes the potential of conventional, lifestyle and complementary approaches in the process of healing." The Prince should be invited to clarify to which 'ancient wisdom' he refers. That the sun goes round the earth? That illness is due to imbalance of four humours?
No member of the RSM responded to my letter, or to Nick Ross's. As a magician I know how to deceive and create illusions, but it sticks in my craw that those who promote camistry cannot be more honest, and that they seek to fool patients and the public alike that their ministrations may usefully be integrated with conventional care. Modern scientific medicine has moved away from superstition and metaphysics and should not be dragged back by the devious marketing strategies and glib words of the greedy who prey on the needy.
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Edzard's question, "Why is hardly anyone voicing strong objections?" gets to the heart of the problem and should be answered by the Royal Colleges, RSM, RCN, BMA and other conventional medical institutions. All such institutions should be sent a copy of this posting, and asked what their approach to 'integrated medicine' is. Urgently. Patients deserve nothing less.
At least part of the success of SCAM is, ironically, down tot he very real success of medicine. Back when you were likely to die in childbirth, and if you did survive infancy then you'd likely die of infectious disease or accident by middle age, there was no incentive to look for alternatives – people wanted genuine life-saving treatment. And now ewe have it, so the largest single group of health consumers is probably the worried well.
Excellent and accurate comments. This posting and Dr. Rawlins comments should be available to everyone, including all medical institutions, students, physicians and patients. Snake oil salesmen and women are everywhere disguised as Alternative health care. They have even infiltrated respected medical institutions with the assistance of greedy and ignorant law makers as well as influential royals.
Yes, it is a complete con. It "integrates" a mix of things that were already integrated, and things which were rejected or discarded as worthless, and claims the former as validation for the latter. The technically correct term is SCAM, in my view, and we should use it.
"-Why is hardly anyone voicing strong objections?
-Job security, promotions, fame and fortune etc. Why involve yourself with the problems in a different field than your own and risk your career? Most, if not all, CAM researchers fully support CAM unconditionally so any objections will have to come from people outside of the CAM field. Catch 22?
-Most definitely but there is no global initiative, that I know of, to tackle this growing problem. Everyone, or the few who does, is approaching it on their own which is not necessarily a bad thing, but I sometimes feel that it might be a waste of time. In comparison these CAM guys are well organised and speak with a unified voice. What they say is usually crap but apparently good enough to mislead a lot of people. My situation: I am up against a whole University, on my own, which makes me an ankle-biter of sorts. I do enjoy it but I don't think that my actions will have the desired impact. For example: I did add some factually correct information on their Wikipedia site recently by adding a paragraph to explain their involvement with the CAM industry – industry funding in exchange for the full university support of pseudosciences – and the paragraph is still there even after two weeks! I know it is only biting at their ankles but at least it makes me feel a bit better and you never know what something so small as this might achieve.
What a sham. Allowing animal and in vitro studies to be presented is inappropriate. The only studies that have any bearing on the topic are human clinical trials, but even those beg the question of what is meant by integrative. Saw palmetto for BPH? OK. But then, that positions the substance as a drug which should therefore be regulated accordingly.
Wow! It's a substantial read, but it sparkles from start to finish with Chad Hayes's light touch and wit. Like you say: a first-class article. An ironical tribute to the desperately batty people who genuinely imagine they are working for the benefit of mankind (and who often charge a high fee for doing so, of course).
Not for the first time, I found myself slack-jawed at the extent to which even people with MD qualifications seem to have learned absolutely nothing about the way the body works in health and disease. I recommend everyone to follow the link and choose their own candidate for the prize of the most ridiculous parody of biomedical science.
My personal award goes to Jerry Tennant, because he's found a previously ignored association (to my knowledge) of links between a small, countable part of the body and other organs, viz. the teeth! Dr. Tennant told the audience: "The teeth enable one's emotions to directly affect organ function and health because "emotions are stored in magnetic fields. Magnetic fields like to reside in crystals. Teeth are the body's crystals."" Those last two sentences are a masterpiece of novel discovery.
I came here because I have recently begun working with an FNP-C at an integrative medicine practice in an effort to lose weight. I am morbidly obese and I feel like I need as much help as I can get. All my spidey senses are on full alert though. The FNP seems competent, but she has put me on what I would consider a crazy amount of supplements after getting blood and stool samples. According to the blood work, I am deficient in Potassium, Vitamin D, and Vitamin B6. So I am taking all those along with a multivitamin, blood pressure pills, allergy pills, two kinds of digestive/probiotic pills, and three different kinds of powder: Inulin and Inflammacore for gut health and Inositol to help keep me from becoming diabetic. Oh, and I'm supposed to be taking iron too. I also supposedly have sleep apnea, but I hate the CPAP and almost never use it.
I asked the FNP straight up if she felt like all this was crazy. I didn't really expect her to be honest, of course. I just felt like I needed to clear the air a bit. Man, I truly don't know where to go from here. I do feel like I am being scammed, but blood work doesn't lie either. I am not sure what to think!
Thank you for sharing your story. I have extended professional experience with this problem but I am NOT giving you individualised advice here, just offering my opinion on the advice you have been given and some general information based on your story.
It sounds like you need to find a less gullible health care worker to mentor you in your efforts. This one seems to have swallowed the integrative bait, hook, line and sinker.
Morbid obesity calls for an enormous efforts from the patient if conservative measures are to have lasting results. Proper coaching and guidance are a key to success, which is unfortunately rare with conservative measures alone, only around 5% can maintain a clinically significant weight loss for more than 5 years. But there are those who succeed and it is very important to make an extended and genuine effort before deciding on surgery.
Paradoxically, many obese suffer from micronutrient malnutrition. Poor food choices and constant "dieting" are to blame. B12, Iron and vitD are the most common problems needing substitution. It is sensible to take multivitamins with minerals as well but you can chuck the other nonsense you mention (Inulin, Inflammacore and Inositol) they re useless and will certainly not prevent diabetes. There is no medicine or herb or remedy that will independently help with weight loss, apart from dangerous substances that are of course banned.
My opinion on the gut flora issue is that it is most probably a secondary phenomenon. The differnce in gut flora is caused by the dietary habits, not vice versa. Theories about microbe transplant causing weight loss are just that, unproven and unlikely theories so far.
Staying away from carbs and loosing weight are the keys to DM prevention and many cases of type 2 DM will remit to proper dietary management.
Sleep apnoe will in most cases improve and even disappear with weight loss. Iron substitution is commonly needed in menstruating women and is a must after bypass surgery.
Surgery is very popular for a very good reason, it helps those who can manage the permanent life style change necessary. Those who are not prepared to make radical, permanent changes in your diet and lifestyle are usually better off without surgery.
The most important preparation for surgery is to find a surgeon who has a lot of experience and does a lot of such cases with a good track record.
Inositol and inulin will simply give you diarrhoea and dehydrate you. You will lose weight by losing water which your body needs to function normally.
There is quite a lot of research into the role of gut bacteria in obesity but it is a long way from producing any sort of useful treatment; perhaps in another decade or two.
I would suggest getting your doctor to refer you to a proper medical specialist. Unfortunately, though, the only way to lose weight effectively is diet, and it takes a long time (though you will start to feel the benefits fairly quickly). Exercise helps to turn fat into muscle but won't get the weight off. Nevertheless it is important for the normal functioning of the body.
Baryatric surgery helps some people (but many cheat – think liquidised Mars bars), but this is very specialist and completely outside my area of expertise.
As a doctor who suffers from sleep apnoea, I can tell you that my life was transformed by CPAP and it is well worth pursuing it. I would contact your local sleep disorder clinic and see if they can find something that suits you better. There are many different designs of mask, some of which suit particular individuals better than others. If you are not a mouth breather, a nasal mask might be much easier. It is important that the pressure settings are right, and personally I find the more sophisticated self-titrating variable-pressure devices don't suit me at all, as they keep turning the pressure up until the mask leaks. I don't know whether you live in a low-humidity area – if so, having a humidifier on your CPAP can prevent the dry throat that some people get; generally in the UK the air is damp enough for it not to be necessary.
My experience of CPAP is that it immediately made me feel fifteen years younger, though in all fairness my sleep apnoea was pretty bad. Think about how your body functions with low oxygen levels all night and no proper sleep ever! There is also evidence that it can help with weight loss.
Finally, if you are a driver with sleep apnoea it is illegal to drive unless you use it for at least four hours every night, and if you are involved in an accident then you will find that your insurance will not be valid unless you can prove that you have been using your CPAP correctly.
A few of thoughts to follow Dr Julian Money-Kyrle's correct comments.
It is true that many patients cheat, or rather, they do not make the permanent adjustments to their diet and lifestyle that are necessary for a durable result. You can "cheat" in the way Julian describes if you have a gastric band or a sleeve but not so easily with a gastric bypass because you will have lots of problems if you drink/eat high carb diet. A bypass is still the gold standard treatment. In the UK, gastric banding has been a very popular, perhaps the best known procedure. It should have been abandoned completely about ten years ago as it did in many other parts of the world where experts realised it is only a good procedure for the surgeon, not the patient.
As to sleep apnoe, most[sic] of our patients were able to return their machine some months after surgery.
A CPAP machine will not cause weight loss on its own but better sleep facilitates life style improvements, whch are always beneficial.
If we get back on this blog's topic, it is a well established fact that no so called alternative medical measures are worthwhile for weight loss. Any results will easily be surpassed by simple lifestyle adjustments and are usually caused by concomitant changes in diet and exercise anyway.
This was quite well substantiated in the congressional hearing where Dr. Mehmet "Dr. Oz" Öz had to admit that none of the wonder-supplements he had promoted for weight loss really worked.
But obese people, just like cancer patients, athletes and new parents are always easy marks for charlatans promising easy results for their goods and services.
Integrative medicine revolves around legitimising factitious health care means and methods by intermixing them with genuine measures and shrouding them in a veil of false significance.
Inulin is a complex carbohydrate not metabolised by us but by gut bacteria so, yes, it does nourish the microbiome but it is also the active ingredient in alliums, pulses and the like which gives them the fearsome reputation they have for making you fart like a herd of buffalo. Inulin supplements may well lead to happy gut bugs but you'd be best advised to leave the windows open.
I share your feelings of rage about this assault on reason and science.
Not too long ago I was speaking to the staff of an NHS department. They were all extremely stressed and openly complained that their department was offering sub-standard services that were not fit for purpose. Some appeared sleep deprived and one was tearful. They also described a frightening situation in which a person could lose their job if they made comment that could be interpreted as offensive or made a complaint against a senior member of staff. They were all very anxious about austerity and job security.
It seemed to me that people were working in a frightening, dysfunctional work environment. They did not feel valued, they did not feel supported and they did not feel able to offer the high quality service that they had been able to offer in the past.
The next time I saw them they all seemed much happier and quite content, however they also seemed uninterested in and disengaged from the concerns they had expressed to me on previous occasions.
I asked what had happened since I had last seen them. They replied that they had received "mindfulness training" and that it helped them to live "in the moment" and to not worry about things they were powerless to change.
One of them told me that it felt very strange initially and that she had to put her trust in the mindfulness trainer, which was not easy, but that once she had "surrendered to the process" that she started to feel much calmer and happier straight away.
I should say at this point that I meditate every day. I do not chant or sit cross legged with my eyes closed, I simply go for a walk in nature and allow myself to replenish my mind and body with calm, deep breathing, an appreciation of nature and gentle exercise. I am not opposed to meditation, on the contrary, I feel that taking time out to rest, reflect and re-boot the mind is essential for everyone.
I am however extremely concerned about the vast amounts of money that are being spend on mindfulness consultants and the effects on NHS staff of mindfulness training.
If one is offering a sub-standard unfit for purpose, service then it seems entirely proper that one should feel enraged and concerned about this.
If one works in an environment where bullying is rampant and whistle-blowers are punished then it is appropriate to feel angry and concerned about this.
I am extremely concerned that some of the senior managers in the NHS and other institutions have embraced mindfulness uncritically and with no proper examination of the qualifications and alliances of the consultants providing such training.
It seems to me that mindfulness can be the thin end of the wedge by which all kinds of quackery and woo are introduced into NHS services.
There is more to write about this and also about leadership coaching within the NHS and other institutions, but this is all I have time for for the moment, except to say that the previously tearful clinician was quite adamant that I should undertake mindfulness training and persisted in her attempts to persuade me to try it despite my repeated statements that I was not interested.
This experience was reminiscent of the film Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Maybe a new film should be made about mindfulness within the NHS? Maybe Invasion of the Bodhi Snatchers?
I have worked in a number of NHS departments, some of them very dysfunctional and indeed some where concerns over losing private patients to other consultants led to open hostility within teams and even attempts to discredit colleagues. I was lucky enough to work as a consultant in a hospital where none of that was the case (not entirely luck as I had had some of my specialist training there and knew what it was like). The ethos was to put the patient above all else, and everybody was very supportive of colleagues at all levels. There were certainly no barriers to speaking out about specific concerns, and there were regular meetings to review deaths and unexpected morbidity so that lessons could be learned from them (although this is a mandatory requirement, I think in some places it can degenerate into a box-ticking exercise).
The oncology department was a particularly special place to work, although we were very busy and the sheer pressure of getting through the number of patients was quite challenging. This regularly meant that staff would have to work late (beyond their paid hours), and although most people weren't happy about this, they did it because they wanted to give the best care they could to the patients.
However, over the years it became apparent just how much the NHS relied on the goodwill of its staff, and demanded more and more from them, giving back less in terms of respect and recognition of their skills. In particular, pay rises never kept up with inflation. Meanwhile, of course, the cost of medical care was steadily rising. Every time there was a new Government, the whole system would be reorganised, and it would take several years to settle back down to something that worked properly. Targets were introduced, which meant that priority was given to what could be easily measured, and creative ways were found of meeting the targets without necessarily improving the service. Certainly there are many things which have improved, and I still believe that as a whole the NHS is able to deliver care which is unmatched elsewhere in the world. However, the goodwill is running out, and knee-jerk Government policies imposed from above don't help.
I don't pretend to know what the answer is, though better funding would help, and policies which involve valuing everybody for their contribution, and listening to what they have to say. I don't think mindfulness training really has a big role here.


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Q: How to run fork saga after receiving data from other sagas I've been trying to implement axios interceptor with redux saga. Here is how my interceptor looks like currently
const getLocation = ({user}) => user.locationId;
const getToken = ({auth}) => auth.token;

export function* configInterseptors() {
  const locationId = yield select(getLocation);
  const token = yield select(getToken);

  axiosAPI.interceptors.request.use(
    async (req) => {
      req.headers = {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
        'X-Merchant-Location': `${!!locationId ? locationId : ''}`
      };

      return req;
    },
    (error) => {
      Promise.reject(error);
    }
  );
}

And here is my root saga
export default function* rootSaga() {
  yield fork(configInterseptors);
  yield all([yield takeEvery(getUserData, getUserDataSaga)]); //Gets token
  yield all([yield takeEvery(getLocationData, getUsersLocationsSaga)]); //Gets location ID
}

The problem is that locationId and token is always undefined in the interceptor, even though I receive the data from the server all right. How can I run configInterseptors after I've received locationId and token?

A: Instead of forking, hook up the configureInterseptors saga to the success actions of the token and locationId sagas and if both exist then configure the interceptors:
// in your root saga, with the correct action constants for when data is fetched successfully
yield takeEvery([GET_USER_DATA_SUCCESS, GET_LOCATION_DATA_SUCCESS], configInterseptors);

And then modify configInterseptors to exit early if either the locationId or token is missing so that it doesn't matter which order those sagas run in:
export function* configInterseptors() {
  const locationId = yield select(getLocation);
  const token = yield select(getToken);
  if (!(locationId && token)) {
    return;
  }
  ...

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Aamir Khan's Satyameva Jayate previewed last Sunday
Aamir Khan's "Satyameva Jayate" has for sure been the talk of the town since the first episode aired last week. The show obviously has the heart in the right place. Aamir Khan's show is just trying to create awareness and nothing more than that. There have been various shows in the past on the same lines but this is the first one with a premier star hosting it. Vijay TV (Star TV's Tamil network) had a similar program with actress Lakshmi at the helm. It had the same concept but obviously not as high profile as Satyameva Jayate.
First things first we need to appreciate Aamir for taking such a show to venture into television. At least he has the intention to take the already known problems to the living rooms of the people. At least this will get the people thinking. There have been lots of articles online about the show and there have been criticisms. The criticisms are unwarranted as this is a TV show with a social message. Take what you can from the show and if possible change the way you look at the issue or else just consider it as an awareness show. Don't expect Aamir Khan to be the messiah to save people from their troubles. No TV show or movie can accomplish that. It always lies in the hands of the individuals.
This is the problem with the Indian society, we are extremely defensive. If someone points out an issue in the society we will not believe and if someone points that out with the statistic we expect them to do more than that. It is always someone who has to change things. Life is not a movie where a hero will come in and abolish all the social evils that exist. The TV show is supposed to make people aware and since it is hosted by a celebrity it will grab the attention of the big leaders too which might actually help the people affected. The message will also reach the masses as at least they will watch this to see their star Aamir Khan hosting it.
It is a known fact that India only listens to celebrities. The two journalists who took so much risk in exposing the doctors running these centers did not receive any help from the government. This is absolute appalling and the fact that they are made to run around to different courts in Rajasthan is even more ridiculous. As soon as "Satyameva Jayate" aired on TV Rajasthan chief minister took action on the sonography clinics, shows how even the politicians listen only to movie stars. But we can be happy that something came out of the show.
The only thing I would say that female feticide is a serious issue in India and Satyameva Jayate has just brought it to light and obviously the seriousness of the issue. There are many other social issues which need to be tackled in our country and these sorts of shows are the need of the hour. Instead of criticizing the show I would be happy if the people try embracing such shows by trying to bring some change in the society. We don't need to question the intention of the show but just look at the good things the show might do. It is like this when some celebrity or a millionaire does some charity we don't appreciate them because we think that it is done to save on taxes, but we need to think that at least they did charity and the money went to some good cause. How many of us will even do that?
We think that life around us is rosy and nothing is wrong with the society around us. There is no need to get defensive about our country. Unless we embrace the issues we cannot eradicate them. The country grows and improves only if the issues are tackled. India as a country for ages has always ignored the serious issues and we always want to live in a fantasy land. If we see a video of child labor in India we cry and then complain why that video is even put online instead of thinking of ways to help those children in some way. We only think why someone posted that video to disrupt our great, smooth life. We don't want to even think about issues faced by others nor do we want to help anyone. The only thing we can do is write some articles to criticize someone who is at least doing something. He might not eradicate female feticide, Child labor or various other issues in India but at least he is trying to educate people.
Satyameva Jayate is a show which is the need of the hour. Take the show for what it is. Try to think that the show is to educate people rather than a one which is started to make sweeping changes. There cannot be a Robin Hood who will come in and eradicate all the problems and especially a TV show which will never accomplish that. I like the show and I think it deserves all the accolades it is getting and definitely does not deserve the criticism. I would like to ask all the writers who have questioned the intention or the effect of the show as to what they have done to tackle the social issues in India, have they even written about it before the show was aired? Think about it and you will get the answer. As of now Aamir has done as great job with the first episode and I hope that he continues to tackle more such issues and people living in defensive mindset realize life isn't as rosy as they think. This is not a movie, this shows real life and real people and we need to realize that these people are around us.
Tags: Aamir Khan, India, Postaweek2012, Satyameva jayate, Social Issues, Star TV, Vijay TV
5 Responses to "Satyameva Jayate has its heart in the right place"
1 | Tenzin Kunga
I had a chance to watch one episode on the female child abortionI(Satyamevjayate) and I feel that Amir Khan is doing an exceptional job creating awareness amongst the masses. I hope that people will wake up before it is too late.
Yup, that's exactly what we need to take this show as. There cannot be any sweeping changes in the society by a TV show. People need to wake up to the problems around and face it head on, instead of blaming Aamir for not doing enough.
2 | monal gargote
respected Aamir sir hello sir this is monal gargote . i would also like to tell you how my dad and the whole paternal side has trobled me ,my mother and my sister. sir i am now in final year of my bpharma . these people have not even helped my mother even once for paying fees or not even bothered to turn back to ask our basic needs. we (me ,my mother and my yonger sister is staying with my nana – nani (maternals) since my birth. my mother takes only tutions earn our living . i wanna talk to you in detail there's lot to tell you sir please give me the details where i can contact you .actually i would like to say sorry if i have contacted you in wrong place. also would like to tell u when we asked help from law ,it failed to help us . please help me with your contact details.please please sir please..
This site isn't owned by Aamir Khan. Please post your concern in http://www.satyamevajayate.in .
3 | Bhuvnesh
दाल मेँ जो काला है जी वो गर्म मसाला है जी।
भारत मेँ जो फैला है वो भ्रष्टाचार है जी। आप ने वो काम किया जो सितारो के बीच एक चाँद करता है आप यू ही भारत की जनता का साथ देते रहना । आज दर्द को लफ्जो मेँ बयान करने वाले महान बन गये, जरा उनका साथ दो भारतवासियोँ जो दूसरो के दर्द को अपना कर अपनोँ की मुस्कान बन गये । सत्यमेव जयते आमिर जी brave india save india well india


'End of the Road' for Trabectedin in Ovarian Cancer?
Trial stopped for futility, but 13-month OS improvement seen in patients with BRCA mutations.
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Sanjay Garg's fashion label Raw Mango unveiled their spring/summer 2021 collection titled 'The Other,' and it astounded all of us.
Our first reaction: this is incredible. If one were to shop these clothes on Raw Mango's official website, one would be able to (thankfully) make practical sense of the clothes, see oneself wearing them, and purchase accordingly; as with all previous Raw Mango collections.
And while all collections til date have had uniquely captivating aesthetics, one could certainly note a difference in the unveiling, and the presentation of the latest collection.
It was not not just the arid land with acidic colors, or the colors, fabrics or designs themselves. The difference was in the vibe: models with stained, colored skin (deep reds and greens), the sound of alarms, the clear evocation of the supernatural; it was the entire package that made Raw Mango's latest collection make people sit up and notice.
It didn't quite matter if someone liked it or disliked it; everyone noticed. Everyone felt the vibe.
We would give points to the team at Raw Mango for being so creative. For weaving a visual story that evoked a range of feelings; this was certainly an eye-catching, memorable presentation that will stay with many of us for a long time.
What intrigued us were the interesting allusions inherent in Sanjay Garg's latest collection: the stained bodies which could have easily been the bodies of women who had just finished celebrating South Asia's biggest spring festival, Holi, (or, indeed, the bodies of Hindu gods themselves); the sound of faint alarms that could have been the sound emanating from countless Hindu temples; the big, bold ceramic eyes placed on the faces of the models which are the exact replica of eyes that Hindus often put on their idols.
And then we thought, was Sanjay Garg on to something?
Spring is a celebratory season around the world, filled with hope and renewal, and here we had a collection presented on arid land with beleaguered, haunted models, half-ghosts, and half-spirits. A celebration of death, lifelessness, tragedy, and horror.
There is a reason why cultures around the world say "Rest in Peace." If a spirit comes back, it must be because of an unhappy, tortured, or unfinished life. An ominous sign. And judging by the mood prevailing during the unveiling of the collection, 'The Other' was a visual ode to the moods of bitterness, unhappiness, and resentment; redolent of unfinished stories; difficult pasts; the unseen; the unsaid. Unforgiving memories. Lingering retaliation. Despair.
It is, of course, fully within the right of artists to introduce and play with contradictions; to present the unexpected as a study of contrasts. It was also great that Sanjay Garg, in continuing with his well-known and well-appreciated style, made use of motifs clearly drawn from India: from the female ghosts akin to those in classic, Aahat-like TV series to the sounds, idols and festivals of Hindus, topped with the hashtag of "#divine" at the end of each Instagram post.
But, then, why call it "The Other?" And why call it "aposematism," which, according to Oxford dictionary, denotes the advertising by *animals* that it is not worth attacking or eating due to its "toxicity, venom, foul taste or smell, sharp spines, or aggressive nature?"
As an artist, Sanjay Garg has consistently outdone himself with his clothes and his ability to craft new, visual stories, and his latest collection clearly set a new record in these two important areas. (No small feat, in itself.) But in terms of his subtle and rather sophisticated messaging that Hindus, and their gods, are venomous, haunted and "The Other," Raw Mango crossed the line- and not in a good way for any artist or label that aspires to cater to a diverse, and liberal global clientele.
Is art by great artists entitled to target and mock communities based on their race, color, gender or religion- just because the couture is exquisite, the lighting unique and the photography excellent? We think not.
No religion in the world deserves to see such a message played out about it; using the aesthetics of their respective, upcoming religious festivals, and their gods, and embedding it within indigenous, tell-tale horror stories; no matter how artistic, skillful or incredible the components of such a message are.
This was the real, unspoken tragedy of The Other: it was great art that made use of excellent techniques with a stellar team, but it was all with a subtle intention to denigrate a religion, and that alone reduced it to distasteful art.
For people who deeply love and appreciate the talent and creativity of the team at Raw Mango, no realization could have been more tragic and painful than this.
Sanjay Garg
Aposematism


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I had a question about how I painted the white cloth on Alice's apron, so I thought it was time to expand on the paint recipes section on the site.
So why don't I use more lighter colours, two reasons: firstly, I don't really have colours to fill the step between the pale blue and white. Secondly, I actually like mixing more as that will make nicer transition.
To achieve a white look to the cloth, instead of grey or lightblue, it is important to keep the midtone area (or basetone) as light as possible. I like to start with a basetone of 1:1 pale blue and white, and a very tiny bit of space wolves grey. To make sure that the cloth becomes white, I think it helps to keep the highlightes areas much larger than the shaded areas. So I cover a large part of the basecoated area, where the highlight should be with 1:2 pale blue and white. In the next steps I keep adding white until the highest highlights which are completely white. These areas are still quite large, not tiny dots. Try to look at Alice for a reference. The top of the breasts is completely white, top of the folds also.
Then of course the shades should cover only a small area. On flat areas (like on the bottom part of the apron) I rarely used shades. In the folds I shaded by using a mix of pale blue and field blue in a 2:1 ratio. I kept adding a little field blue for the darkest shadows, as can be seen in the folds above the belt, and surrounding the sachets.
I think with painting white is is easiest to start with highlighting then the shading. During the painting keep checking from a distance if the tone stays white, otherwise dim the shading with your basecoat.
Here is a picture of Alice (still in WIP), you can see the results of these colours/steps best in the apron.
I hope you liked this post 🙂 If you want to see other colour recipes, please let me know!


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Tolerance of Atmospheric Ammonia by Laboratory Mice
Xin_2006_ToleranceAtmosphericAmmonia.pdf (771.83 KB)
Green, Angela
Xin, Hongwei
Wathes, Christopher
Demmers, Theo
MacArthur-Clark, J.
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
A novel preference chamber with four inter-connected compartments was designed and built to test the tolerance of atmospheric ammonia by laboratory mice. The preference chamber incorporated a novel tracking system using an infra-red sensor at each end of each tunnel, which monitored all journeys through the tunnels and their direction. An experiment was successfully undertaken with four batches, each of four mice. Each batch was housed in the chamber for 4 days and given the choice between ammonia concentrations of nominally 0, 25, 50 and 100 ppm after initial familiarization. The results showed that there were two motivations acting on mouse behavior. The mice made extensive use of the whole chamber once they had been trained to use the tunnels, at least 2000 movements between compartments for each group over 48 h. The mice clearly preferred to be in the upper two compartments of the top tier of the chamber rather than in the lower compartments. The mice did not exhibit a clear preference for or aversion to ammonia, which implies that their short- term tolerance of ammonia at potentially noxious concentrations may not be in their long-term interest.

This is an ASAE Meeting Presentation, Paper No. 064017.

Preference test, chamber, aversive, ammonia, behavior, Mus musculus
https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/200


So apparently Blogtober wasn't enough stress for me, as I've decided to take on the challenge of Blogmas. Yep, I'm intending on blogging every day until Christmas. I clearly hate myself, but oh well.
I've decided to do it a little differently from (most) other people though. I'm going to take a month 'off' (absolute lol, when have I had a month 'on'?!) from specific, standalone subjects, and instead I'm using December to post more of a diary. I'm also going to be using Snapchat a lot more, so if you want to add me please do - my username is thebzax on there!
Honestly, I think we've all had a bit of a rubbish year and I wanted to get seriously festive. I have so many plans of what I'm going to get up to this month, and there will hopefully be a lot of things that will cheer me up so I can send 2016 on it's way on somewhat of a high.
Basically, I want a lot of pretty photos and Christmassy things to look back on in the months and years to come.
Having said that, Blogmas didn't get off to a flyer. My brother and I have been desperate for it to finally be December, and therefore totally acceptable to start decorating, so we decided to hire a van, head out to IKEA with our mum, and get us some treeeeees!
It was all a bit stressful in the end though. We spent an hour in traffic trying to pick my brother up. We'd hired a van for two hours, seeing as mum and Jamie live basically the other side of town, and already we were eating into that. Two hours might seem like plenty of time, but my mum is well known for being on the indecisive side, and we aren't any better. Then the van hire company didn't give us the code we needed to actually get the van, and their website was super shady about a contact number (side note: why do companies do that?! No I don't want to submit a message form, I want a number I can call!) so it looked like we'd gone all the way out there for nothing.
I was getting aggravated by this point because nothing annoys me more than wasted time, but thankfully the van situation eventually got sorted. It was then up to mum, Jamie and me to try and find trees. There were loads there, but every time I saw one I liked someone else nabbed it, so if you do go on a tree shopping trip soon get those elbows ready to jab people out of the way!
Have you started decorating yet, or are you holding off till closer to Christmas?


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LCU is a Christian organization that is passionately pursuing student success. Organizations from across the country have recognized Lubbock Christian University's efforts to offer a quality education that goes beyond the classroom, delivered from professors who have real world experience and who care about their students on a personal level.
Website: lcu.edu
CEO/President: Dr. Scott McDowell
Chairman: Terry Creech
Founder: Church of Christ members
Lubbock Christian University will be a leading Christian university, known for its academic excellence and its commitment to faith that seeks understanding, where wisdom is pursued, vocation is discerned, and service is fostered.
Lubbock Christian University is a Christ-Centered, academic community of learners, transforming the hearts, minds, and hands of students for lives of purpose and service.
"Our Heritage of Faith" :
Lubbock Christian University was founded in 1957 by members of the Churches of Christ who came together to establish a Christian university on the South Plains of Texas for the purpose of preparing and equipping students for lives of Christian service. The university is committed to continuing to walk with, to serve, and to be sustained by that fellowship. We welcome and embrace all of our students who come to the university from different faith backgrounds and perspectives, each of them a precious creation of God. As part of a tradition that grew out of a deep commitment to Christian unity and the renewing power of the Word, our hope and prayer is that the university will be a force for reconciliation, consistent with the best instincts of our heritage.
Does the organization have a statement of faith consistent with historic Christian creeds and is that statement of easily found on its website? Yes 4/4
Is the board chair an independent member of the board? Yes 4/4
Does the organization have an overall financial efficiency rating of at least 2 stars? No 0/4
Resource allocation rating 911 of 1025 102 of 118
12% 7% 14% 8% 8% 6%
5% 14% 5% 14% 11% 18%
3% 9% 3% 9% 8% 14%
Receivables, inventories, prepaids $5,156,862 $5,204,105 $5,118,712 $4,729,679 $4,727,631
Short-term investments $9,192,072 $3,896,227 $4,931,397 $4,468,504 $6,546,123
Total current assets $18,103,937 $13,207,392 $16,502,674 $16,988,294 $17,996,101
Long-term investments $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Fixed assets $61,734,578 $60,682,819 $54,060,814 $44,617,575 $42,287,520
Other long-term assets $26,821,407 $25,284,331 $27,385,944 $27,052,821 $24,252,874
Total long-term assets $88,555,985 $85,967,150 $81,446,758 $71,670,396 $66,540,394
Total assets $106,659,922 $99,174,542 $97,949,432 $88,658,690 $84,536,495
Payables and accrued expenses $2,637,620 $2,458,406 $2,676,148 $2,141,736 $2,739,362
Other current liabilities $500,000 $0 $0 $0 $0
Total current liabilities $3,137,620 $2,458,406 $2,676,148 $2,141,736 $2,739,362
Debt $21,485,954 $22,294,929 $23,317,163 $21,260,206 $21,584,895
Other long-term liabilities $262,234 $276,940 $346,383 $380,402 $398,360
Total long-term liabilities $21,748,188 $22,571,869 $23,663,546 $21,640,608 $21,983,255
Total liabilities $24,885,808 $25,030,275 $26,339,694 $23,782,344 $24,722,617
Without donor restrictions $52,916,015 $48,231,646 $42,151,291 $33,162,637 $30,915,415
With donor restrictions $28,858,099 $25,912,621 $29,458,447 $31,713,709 $28,898,463
Net assets $81,774,114 $74,144,267 $71,609,738 $64,876,346 $59,813,878
Total contributions $9,448,088 $5,717,497 $10,057,307 $10,725,614 $12,240,188
Program service revenue $36,803,313 $36,787,785 $36,407,315 $34,208,591 $31,359,178
Investment income $8,487,419 $3,597,853 $3,331,755 $1,416,262 $3,436,953
Other revenue $218,993 $30,716 ($168,224) ($147,150) $1,219,207
Total other revenue $45,509,725 $40,416,354 $39,570,846 $35,477,703 $36,015,338
Total revenue $54,957,813 $46,133,851 $49,628,153 $46,203,317 $48,255,526
Program services $33,767,572 $38,298,937 $37,618,362 $35,666,550 $33,985,648
Management and general $12,871,512 $4,486,963 $4,484,939 $4,667,141 $4,957,944
Fundraising $688,882 $813,422 $791,460 $807,158 $727,836
Total expenses $47,327,966 $43,599,322 $42,894,761 $41,140,849 $39,671,428
Surplus (deficit) $7,629,847 $2,534,529 $6,733,392 $5,062,468 $8,584,098
Total change in net assets $7,629,847 $2,534,529 $6,733,392 $5,062,468 $8,584,098
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Foy Mills Faculty $163,223
Joann Long Faculty $128,835
Stephen Gomez Faculty $127,836
Julie Marshall Faculty $117,850
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Correct baseline bug in DisplayScanner loop: setStopCondition will change destY and must precede lastPos:=destX at destY.
"The call on the primitive (scanCharactersFrom:to:in:rightX:) will be interrupted according to an array of stop conditions passed to the scanner at which time the code to handle the stop condition is run and the call on the primitive continued until a stop condition returns true (which means the line has terminated).  leftInRun is the # of characters left to scan in the current run; when 0, it is time to call setStopConditions."
lineY := line top + offset y.
rightMargin := line rightMargin + offset x.
leftInRun <= 0 ifTrue: [self setStopConditions].
leftMargin := (line leftMarginForAlignment: alignment) + offset x.
lastDisplayableIndex := lastIndex := line first.
destY := lineY + line baseline - font ascent.
runStopIndex := lastIndex + (nowLeftInRun - 1) min: line last.
- 		"remember where this portion of the line starts"
- 		lastPos := destX at destY.
"reset the stopping conditions of this displaying loop, and also the font."
+ 		"remember where this portion of the line starts"
+ 		lastPos := destX at destY.
"find the end of this portion of the line"
"handle the stop condition - this will also set lastDisplayableIndex"
stop := self perform: stopCondition.
"display that portion of the line"
"if the stop condition were true, stop the loop"
^ runStopIndex - lastIndex   "Number of characters remaining in the current run"!