I use pop culture to discuss these issues and how they affect my life. I'm not sure I could mentally handle writing about race, politics, and gender directly. Using film, television, and comics as a lens provides a bit of a buffer. But lately I have been fatigued by being so open about my struggles with bipolar disorder and anxiety. Which I used to discuss more openly on social media.
Sometimes I forget that the editors or people who don't know me personally may take things the wrong way. I recently met with a writer/editor I've only known online when he came through Chicago and he said something that really got under my skin. I'm paraphrasing but it was something like, "You're not as sad as I expected." How is someone supposed to take that?
I don't want to downplay the psychological toll that online negativity plays, but at the end of the day I'm thinking about who my writing helps… I'm thinking about who reached out to me to tell me that my writing meant something to them. I'm thinking about the people who let themselves be vulnerable for my consumption, and how their writing inspired me, helped me, made me want to be a better person. That's what keeps me going. Maybe that's what's keeping all four of us going, in the end.
You can read the full roudtable at The Huffington Post.


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Surain Singh Vs. The State of Punjab
Appeal: CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2284 OF 2009
Petitioner: Surain Singh
Respondent: The State of Punjab
Judges: A.K. SIKRI , R.K. AGRAWAL
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 2284 OF 2009
Surain Singh …. Appellant(s)
The State of Punjab …. Respondent(s)
R.K. Agrawal, J. 1) This appeal has been filed against the judgment and order dated 02.09.2008 passed by the High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh in Criminal Appeal No. 209-DB of 1998 whereby the Division Bench of the High Court confirmed the order dated 26.03.1998 passed by the court of Additional Sessions Judge, Faridkot in Sessions Case No. 33 of 1995 wherein the appellant herein was convicted under Sections 302, 307 and 324 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (in short 'the IPC') and sentenced to imprisonment for life along with fine.
2) Brief facts: (a) Prosecution story, in brief, is that there was dispute between one Shri Amrik Singh-the complainant and his relatives on one side and accused persons on the other side regarding their turn of irrigating their fields. On account of this, earlier also there had been incidents of assaulting each other. In the circumstances, both the parties were facing proceedings under Sections 107/151 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in short 'the Code') before the Executive Magistrate, Faridkot. (b) On 17.02.1995, when both the parties had come to the court of Executive Magistrate, Faridkot, the complainant (PW-1) along with his family members, viz., Raj Singh (PW-3), Harbans Singh (since deceased), Sukhchain Singh (PW-2), Mander Singh, Santa Singh (since deceased), Gursewak Singh, Banta Singh and others was present in the court premises whereas from the side of accused Surain Singh (the appellant-accused) along with Jhanda Singh, Jasmail Singh, Darshan Singh, Pal Singh, Boota Singh had also come to the court in order to attend the proceedings. (c) At about 11:00 a.m., both the sides started quarrelling and had a heated exchange of words as Surain Singh (the appellant-accused) objected to the presence of Bhajan Singh, who was relative of Amrik Singh and not a party to the proceedings. Surain Singh-the appellant-accused, took out his Kirpan and gave a blow to Bhajan Singh. When the complainant party tried to stop the appellant-accused, he gave a Kirpan blow to Mander Singh. He also assaulted Harbans Singh (since deceased) with Kirpan. Darshan Singh also took out his Kirpan and started giving blows to Santa Singh (since deceased). The injured were taken to Guru Gobind Singh Medical Hospital Faridkot, where Santa Singh and Harbans Singh succumbed to their injuries. (d) A First Information Report (FIR) being No. 14 dated 17.02.1995 was registered at Police Station, Faridkot by the complainant under Sections 302, 307, 324, 326, 148, 149 of the IPC and the case was committed to the Court of Sessions as Sessions Case No. 33 of 1995. (e) Learned Additional Sessions Judge, vide order dated 26.03.1998, convicted the appellant-accused under Sections 302, 307 and 324 of the IPC and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment (RI) for life along with fine for the murder of Harbans Singh and Santa Singh. The appellant herein was further sentenced to rigorous imprisonment (RI) for 1 (one) year for the offence under Section 324 of the IPC with the direction that all the sentences shall run concurrently. Since we are not concerned with the conviction and sentence passed against the other accused in the present case, we refrain from referring to the same. f) Being aggrieved by the order dated 26.03.1998, the appellant herein preferred an appeal being Criminal Appeal No. 209-DB of 1998 before the High Court. The Division Bench of the High Court, vide order dated 02.09.2008, partly allowed the appeal of the appellant-accused while maintaining the conviction and sentence with regard to murder of Harbans Singh under Section 302 of the IPC, infliction of injury to Sukhchain Singh under Section 307 of the IPC and infliction of injuries on the person of Bhajan Singh and Mander Singh under Section 324 of the IPC and acquitted him of the charge under Section 302 of the IPC for the commission of murder of Santa Singh. g) Aggrieved by the order dated 02.09.2008, the appellant-accused has filed this appeal by way of special leave before this Court. 3) Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material on record. 4) The only point for consideration before this Court is whether the appellant-accused has made out a case for conviction under Section 304 Part II instead of Section 302 of the IPC? 5) Since the point for consideration is very limited in the instant case, there is no need to traverse all the factual details rather those having a bearing on the present appeal. 6) Before proceeding further, it is relevant to produce Section 300 which is as under:- "300.Murder–.Except in the case hereinafter excepted, culpable homicide is murder, if the act by which the death is caused is done with the intention of causing death, or–
Secondly– If it is done with the intention of causing such bodily injury as the offender knows to be likely to cause the death of the person to whom the harm is caused, or–
Thirdly– If it is done with the intention of causing bodily injury to any person and the bodily injury intended to be inflicted is sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death, or""
Fourthly""If the person committing the act knows that it is so imminently dangerous that it must, in all probability, cause death or such bodily injury as is likely to cause death, and commits such act without any excuse for incurring the risk of causing death or such injury as aforesaid.
Exception 1.""When culpable homicide is not murder.""Culpable homicide is not murder if the offender, whilst deprived of the power of self- control by grave and sudden provocation, causes the death of the person who gave the provocation or causes the death of any other person by mistake or accident.
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Exception 4– Culpable homicide is not murder if it is committed without premeditation in a sudden fight in the heat of passion upon a sudden quarrel and without the offender having taken undue advantage or acted in a cruel or unusual manner.
Explanation- It is immaterial in such cases which party offers the provocation or commits the first assault. ."
7) Exception 4 to Section 300 of the IPC applies in the absence of any premeditation. This is very clear from the wordings of the Exception itself. The exception contemplates that the sudden fight shall start upon the heat of passion on a sudden quarrel. The fourth exception to Section 300 IPC covers acts done in a sudden fight. The said Exception deals with a case of provocation not covered by the first exception, after which its place would have been more appropriate. The Exception is founded upon the same principle, for in both there is absence of premeditation. But, while in the case of Exception 1 there is total deprivation of self-control, in case of Exception 4, there is only that heat of passion which clouds men's sober reason and urges them to deeds which they would not otherwise do. There is provocation in Exception 4 as in Exception 1, but the injury done is not the direct consequence of that provocation. In fact, Exception 4 deals with cases in which notwithstanding that a blow may have been struck, or some provocation given in the origin of the dispute or in whatever way the quarrel may have originated, yet the subsequent conduct of both parties puts them in respect of guilt upon an equal footing. A "sudden fight" implies mutual provocation and blows on each side. The homicide committed is then clearly not traceable to unilateral provocation, nor could in such cases the whole blame be placed on one side. For if it were so, the Exception more appropriately applicable would be Exception 1. There is no previous deliberation or determination to fight. A fight suddenly takes place, for which both parties are more or less to be blamed. It may be that one of them starts it, but if the other had not aggravated it by his own conduct it would not have taken the serious turn it did. There is then mutual provocation and aggravation, and it is difficult to apportion the share of blame which attaches to each fighter. The help of Exception 4 can be invoked if death is caused (a) without premeditation, (b) in a sudden fight, (c) without the offenders having taken undue advantage or acted in a cruel or unusual manner, and (d) the fight must have been with the person killed. To bring a case within Exception 4 all the ingredients mentioned in it must be found. It is to be noted that the "fight" occurring in Exception 4 to Section 300 IPC is not defined in IPC. It takes two to make a fight. Heat of passion requires that there must be no time for the passions to cool down and in this case, the parties had worked themselves into a fury on account of the verbal altercation in the beginning. A fight is a combat between two and more persons whether with or without weapons. It is not possible to enunciate any general rule as to what shall be deemed to be a sudden quarrel. It is a question of fact and whether a quarrel is sudden or not must necessarily depend upon the proved facts of each case. For the application of Exception 4, it is not sufficient to show that there was a sudden quarrel and there was no premeditation. It must further be shown that the offender has not taken undue advantage or acted in a cruel or unusual manner. The expression "undue advantage" as used in the provision means "unfair advantage". 8) In State of A.P. vs. Rayavarapu Punnayya and Another (1976) 4 SCC 382, this Court while drawing a distinction between Section 302 and Section 304 held as under:- "12. In the scheme of the Penal Code, "culpable homicide" is genus and "murder" its specie. All "murder" is "culpable homicide" but not vice- versa. Speaking generally, "culpable homicide" sans "special characteristics of murder", is "culpable homicide not amounting to murder". For the purpose of fixing punishment, proportionate to the gravity of this generic offence, the Code practically recognises three degrees of culpable homicide. The first is, what may be called, "culpable homicide of the first degree". This is the greatest form of culpable homicide, which is defined in Section 300 as "murder". The second may be termed as "culpable homicide of the second degree". This is punishable under the first part of Section 304. Then, there is "culpable homicide of the third degree". This is the lowest type of culpable homicide and the punishment provided for it is, also, the lowest among the punishments provided for the three grades. Culpable homicide of this degree is punishable under the second part of Section 304.
21. From the above conspectus, it emerges that whenever a court is confronted with the question whether the offence is "murder" or "culpable homicide not amounting to murder", on the facts of a case, it will be convenient for it to approach the problem in three stages. The question to be considered at the first stage would be, whether the accused has done an act by doing which he has caused the death of another. Proof of such causal connection between the act of the accused and the death, leads to the second stage for considering whether that act of the accused amounts to "culpable homicide" as defined in Section 299. If the answer to this question is prima facie found in the affirmative, the stage for considering the operation of Section 300 of the Penal Code, is reached. This is the stage at which the court should determine whether the facts proved by the prosecution bring the case within the ambit of any of the four clauses of the definition of "murder" contained in Section 300. If the answer to this question is in the negative the offence would be "culpable homicide not amounting to murder", punishable under the first or the second part of Section 304, depending, respectively, on whether the second or the third clause of Section 299 is applicable. If this question is found in the positive, but the case comes within any of the exceptions enumerated in Section 300, the offence would still be "culpable homicide not amounting to murder", punishable under the first part of Section 304, of the Penal Code."
9) In Budhi Singh vs. State of Himachal Pradesh (2012) 13 SCC 663 this Court has held as under:-
18. The doctrine of sudden and grave provocation is incapable of rigid construction leading to or stating any principle of universal application. This will always have to depend on the facts of a given case. While applying this principle, the primary obligation of the court is to examine from the point of view of a person of reasonable prudence if there was such grave and sudden provocation so as to reasonably conclude that it was possible to commit the offence of culpable homicide, and as per the facts, was not a culpable homicide amounting to murder. An offence resulting from grave and sudden provocation would normally mean that a person placed in such circumstances could lose self-control but only temporarily and that too, in proximity to the time of provocation. The provocation could be an act or series of acts done by the deceased to the accused resulting in inflicting of injury. 19. Another test that is applied more often than not is that the behaviour of the assailant was that of a reasonable person. A fine distinction has to be kept in mind between sudden and grave provocation resulting in sudden and temporary loss of self-control and the one which inspires an actual intention to kill. Such act should have been done during the continuation of the state of mind and the time for such person to kill and reasons to regain the dominion over the mind. Once there is premeditated act with the intention to kill, it will obviously fall beyond the scope of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.."
10) In Kikar Singh vs. State of Rajasthan (1993) 4 SCC 238, this Court held as under:-
"8. The counsel attempted to bring the case within Exception 4. For its application all the conditions enumerated therein must be satisfied. The act must be committed without premeditation in a sudden fight in the heat of passion; (2) upon a sudden quarrel; (3) without the offender's having taken undue advantage; (4) and the accused had not acted in a cruel or unusual manner. Therefore, there must be a mutual combat or exchanging blows on each other. And however slight the first blow, or provocation, every fresh blow becomes a fresh provocation. The blood is already heated or warms up at every subsequent stroke. The voice of reason is heard on neither side in the heat of passion. Therefore, it is difficult to apportion between them respective degrees of blame with reference to the state of things at the commencement of the fray but it must occur as a consequence of a sudden fight i.e. mutual combat and not one side track. It matters not what the cause of the quarrel is, whether real or imaginary, or who draws or strikes first. The strike of the blow must be without any intention to kill or seriously injure the other. If two men start fighting and one of them is unarmed while the other uses a deadly weapon, the one who uses such weapon must be held to have taken an undue advantage denying him the entitlement to Exception 4. True the number of wounds is not the criterion, but the position of the accused and the deceased with regard to their arms used, the manner of combat must be kept in mind when applying Exception 4. When the deceased was not armed but the accused was and caused injuries to the deceased with fatal results, the Exception 4 engrafted to Section 300 is excepted and the offences committed would be one of murder. 9. The occasion for sudden quarrel must not only be sudden but the party assaulted must be on an equal footing in point of defence, at least at the onset. This is specially so where the attack is made with dangerous weapons. Where the deceased was unarmed and did not cause any injury to the accused even following a sudden quarrel if the accused has inflicted fatal blows on the deceased, Exception 4 is not attracted and commission must be one of murder punishable under Section 302. Equally for attracting Exception 4 it is necessary that blows should be exchanged even if they do not all find their target. Even if the fight is unpremeditated and sudden, yet if the instrument or manner of retaliation be greatly disproportionate to the offence given, and cruel and dangerous in its nature, the accused cannot be protected under Exception 4."
11) Now, we have to consider the facts of this case on the touchstone of Section 300 Exception 4 in order to find out whether the case falls under the same or not. During the course of hearing, learned counsel for the appellant-accused strenuously contended before this Court that the High Court recorded a categorical finding that "an inescapable conclusion that can be drawn is that it was a case of sudden fight where the attack was without pre-meditation." He further contended that despite holding so, the High Court erroneously convicted the appellant-accused under Section 302 of the IPC instead of Section 304 Part II on the ground that the appellant- accused had acted in cruel manner and had caused injuries to six persons and a death. 12) The appellant-accused, at the relevant time, was wearing Kirpan and he took out the same and gave 3 or 4 blows on the left side of the chest of Bhajan Singh. When the other side came to his rescue, the appellant- accused gave a blow on the back side of the waist of Mander Singh. The appellant-accused was further found to have given a blow on the backside of the left shoulder of Amrik Singh-the complainant and also two blows each using Kirpan on the right flank of Sukhchain Singh and Harbans Singh. 13) In view of the above, it is relevant to quote the statement of Dr. Sarabjit Singh Sandhu (PW-4), who conducted the autopsy on the body of Harbans Singh, which is as under:- "On the same day, at 4.50 p.m. I also conducted the post mortem examination on the dead body of Harbans Singh S/o Mandir Singh R/o Pakhi Khurd 27 years age, male brought by ASI Sukhdev Singh and HC Parson Singh No. 1432 of P.S. City Faridkot. Body was identified by Bohar Singh S/o Ajmer Singh and Tej Singh S/o Kartar Singh. Length of the body was 5'9″. It was dead body of moderately built and moderately nourished young man wearing Sweater, Shirt, Jarsi, Paint, Kachha, Turban, Short Kirpan with black thread, White metallic kara in right forearm. P.M. staining as present series of marked patches at the back of trunk and lower limbs. Rigor mortis was present in the neck muscles and upper limbs. Absent in lower limbs (developing stage) clothes were blood stained and corresponding holes were present with clothes. I found the following injuries on his person:-
1. An onlique stab wound 3 x 0.5 cm was present on the lateral side of right side of chest in mid Axiliary line 22 cm below the Axillary apax. C.B.P. it was bone deep.
2. A transverse stab wound 2.0 x 5 cm was presentation the right side back of abdomen, 8 cms below and lateral of injury no. 1 on exploring, it was going medially and in words cutting subcutaneous tissue, muscles, right kidney. Peritoneum and large intestine. Peritoneum cavity contained above 1000 C.C. of fluid and clotted blood. Stomach contained about 150 C.C. of semi digested food. All other organs were healthy.
All the injuries were anti mortem in nature. The cause of death in this case in my opinion was due to right kidney (hemorrhage and shock) and large intestine, as a result of injury no. 2 which was sufficient to cause death in ordinary course of nature."
14) In the instant case, it is evident from the materials on record that there was bitter hostility between the warring factions to which the accused and the deceased belonged. Criminal litigation was going on between these factions. It is also proved from the material on record that the attack was not premeditated and preplanned. Both the parties were present in the Court of Executive Magistrate, Faridkot at the relevant time with regard to the proceedings under Section 107/151 of the Code. When the appellant-accused objected the presence of a member of the opposite side, the scuffle started between the parties which resulted into death of two persons. The conduct of the appellant-accused that he at once took out his Kirpan and started giving blows to the opposite party proves that the attack was not premeditated and it was because of the spur of the moment and without any intention to cause death. The occasion for sudden fight must not only be sudden but the party assaulted must be on an equal footing in point of defence, at least at the onset. 15) The weapon used in the fight between the parties is 'Kirpan' which is used by 'Amritdhari Sikhs' as a spiritual tool. In the present case, the Kirpan used by the appellant-accused was a small Kirpan. In order to find out whether the instrument or manner of retaliation was cruel and dangerous in its nature, it is clear from the deposition of the Doctor who conducted autopsy on the body of the deceased that stab wounds were present on the right side of the chest and of the back of abdomen which implies that in the spur of the moment, the appellant-accused inflicted injuries using Kirpan though not on the vital organs of the body of the deceased but he stabbed the deceased which proved fatal. The injury intended by the accused and actually inflicted by him is sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death or not, must be determined in each case on the basis of the facts and circumstances. In the instant case, the injuries caused were the result of blow with a small Kirpan and it cannot be presumed that the accused had intended to cause the inflicted injuries. The number of wounds caused during the occurrence is not a decisive factor but what is important is that the occurrence must have been sudden and unpremeditated and the offender must have acted in a fit of anger. Of course, the offender must not have taken any undue advantage or acted in a cruel manner. It is clear from the materials on record that the incident was in a sudden fight and we are of the opinion that the appellant-accused had not taken any undue advantage or acted in a cruel manner. Where, on a sudden quarrel, a person in the heat of the moment picks up a weapon which is handy and causes injuries, one of which proves fatal, he would be entitled to the benefit of this Exception provided he has not acted cruelly. 16) Thus, if there is intent and knowledge then the same would be a case of Section 304 Part I and if it is only a case of knowledge and not intention to cause murder and bodily injury then the same would fall under Section 304 Part II. We are inclined to the view that in the facts and circumstances of the present case, it cannot be said that the appellant- accused had any intention of causing the death of the deceased when he committed the act in question. The incident took place out of grave and sudden provocation and hence the accused is entitled to the benefit of Section 300 Exception 4 of the IPC. 17) Thus, in entirety, considering the factual scenario of the case on hand, the legal evidence on record and in the background of legal principles laid down by this Court in the cases referred to supra, the inevitable conclusion is that the act of the appellant-accused was not a cruel act and the accused did not take undue advantage of the deceased. The scuffle took place in the heat of passion and all the requirements under Section 300 Exception 4 of the IPC have been satisfied. Therefore, the benefit of Exception 4 under Section 300 IPC is attracted to the fact situations and the appellant-accused is entitled to this benefit. 18) Thus, considering the factual background and the legal position set out above, the inevitable conclusion is that the appropriate conviction of the appellant-accused would be under Section 304 Part II IPC instead of Section 302 IPC. Hence, the sentence of imprisonment for 10 years would meet the ends of justice. 19) The appeal is disposed of in the abovesaid terms.
(A.K. SIKRI)
(R.K. AGRAWAL)
NEW DELHI; APRIL 10, 2017.
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life as a lobster
Posted on September 19, 2018 by logicalincrementalism
Jordan Peterson is a controversial figure. He's made some provocative statements in interviews and discussions. And inconsistent ones. One inconsistency was in his (in)famous interview with Cathy Newman of Channel 4 news https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcjxSThD54, on the subject of the gender pay gap. Peterson says it doesn't exist (5m45s). Later, when Newman refers to his comment, he denies that's what he said. He should, of course, have said that's not what he meant. But then he adds "Because I'm very, very, very careful with my words" (8m27s). Verbal slips are easy to make. I guessed Peterson might be more careful in his writing, and might present a clearer picture of his worldview. So I read 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote to Chaos.
The rules emerged from Peterson's experience as a clinical psychologist and had proved popular on the Quora website. Each rule gets a chapter in the book, explaining its rationale. Peterson's worldview is grounded in ancient myths that have stood the test of time and resonate with us today. Fundamental, for him, is the yin-yang principle; the interdependence of two opposite forces, notably order/chaos and masculine/feminine. He's also intrigued by the account in the book of Genesis of chaos, order, man, woman and the consequences of sin.
lobster life
Peterson draws further support for his philosophical framework from comparative zoology – in the form of lobsters. Lobsters are crustaceans, an ancient sub-phylum believed to have arisen around 350m years ago. Male lobsters compete for territory using aggressive displays and sometimes fights, resulting in a social dominance hierarchy. Female lobsters choose dominant male lobsters to mate with, so high status lobsters get the best territory and "all the girls". A lobster's social status is mediated by serotonin, a neurotransmitter with a role in the human nervous system. In lobsters and humans, social status correlates positively with serotonin levels.
What this means for Peterson, is that biology determines culture. "…the dominance hierarchy, however social or cultural it might appear, has been around for some half a billion years. It's permanent. It's real. The dominance hierarchy is not capitalism…communism…the military-industrial complex. It's not the patriarchy – that disposable, malleable, arbitrary cultural artefact. It's not even a human creation; not in the most profound sense. It is instead a near-eternal aspect of the environment, and much of what is blamed on these more ephemeral manifestations is a consequence of its unchanging existence…There is little more natural than culture. Dominance hierarchies are older than trees." (p.14)
If lobsters and humans exhibit dominance hierarchies mediated by serotonin, Peterson reasons, the dominance hierarchy must be what drives their behaviour and its outcomes. "There is an unspeakably primordial calculator, deep within you, at the very foundation of your brain… It monitors exactly where you are positioned in society… If you're number one… you're an overwhelming success. If you're male, you have preferential access to the best places to live and highest-quality food. People compete to do you favours. You have limitless opportunity for romantic and sexual contact. You are a successful lobster and the most desirable females line up and vie for your attention." (p.15)
Note that Peterson is not talking to lobsters here – in the next paragraph he refers to the "verbal tricks and strategies" available to high status females. But in Peterson's model serotonin doesn't result in the disorder of unfettered competition; it leads to order because high status humans in whom "the serotonin flows freely", are "confident and calm, standing tall and straight. You can delay gratification, without forgoing it forever. You can afford to be a reliable and thoughtful citizen." (p.17)
The passages I've quoted are in the chapter about Rule 1: Stand up Straight with Your Shoulders Back. Peterson's argument is essentially that Nature is Nature and the sooner we come to terms with that, the better. The argument is a persuasive one. But the evidence Peterson marshals for it is highly selective. What he doesn't say is as important as what he does say. Let's start with serotonin.
Serotonin is far more ancient than lobsters. It's made by all bilateral animals, which first appeared around 550m years ago. It's also found in many plants and some species of amoeba. Most of those organisms don't have dominance hierarchies. That's because serotonin's role is primarily to mediate the perception of resources – usually food. It's no accident that most human serotonin is produced in the gut, where it regulates intestinal movement. In the brain, the serotonin pathway works in concert with dopamine pathway that mediates reward. It's only a couple of short steps in neurological terms, to associate food with territory, then territory with social dominance signals. So it's not surprising that neurologically more complex animals have made that connection.
Then there's male and female. Peterson claims "when we first began to perceive the unknown, chaotic, non-animal world, we used categories that had originally evolved to represent the pre-human animal social world. …Our most basic category – as old, in some sense as the sexual act itself – appears to be that of sex, make and female. We appear to have taken that primordial knowledge of structured, creative opposition and begun to interpret everything through its lens." (p.40, Peterson's emphasis.)
Peterson assumes that if a category distinction is used by an entire species, or by several species, it must be 'inbuilt'. This is a risky assumption. It was what zoologists assumed about imprinting (newly hatched birds following their mother/other conspecific/primary carer) until Konrad Lorenz discovered they would follow his wading boots if they were the first thing the hatchlings saw. And there's been a heated dispute for decades over whether the structure of language is hardwired or constructed or both, but you'd never know from Peterson's account that there is any biological evidence suggesting that the male/female categories, (as opposed to male/female biological characteristics) might be constructed rather than inbuilt.
He overlooks research showing that infants construct categories from the features of things in their environment such as sounds (e.g. Kuhn, 2004) or objects (e.g. Rakison & Oakes, 2008). The research shows that categories develop as the children's knowledge of the environment increases. This suggests that if young animals are surrounded by conspecifics that generally show sexual dimorphism, they will start to form the categories male/female. It doesn't follow that there are no alternatives. On the contrary, some crustaceans are hermaphrodites and parthenogenesis (producing viable, but unfertilised eggs) is not uncommon. Similarly, although sexual dimorphism is typical of human beings, there's a range of biological variations on that theme in homo sapiens.
Peterson also conflates sex with gender. Sex is a set of biological characteristics. Gender is a social construct. Biology largely determines sex. It plays an important role in determining gender, but many other factors come into play. Peterson doesn't have much time for social constructs, which is odd, because that's what myths are.
Peterson's focus is on order/chaos and masculine/feminine; order is inherently masculine ("the primary hierarchical structure of human society is masculine" p.40) and chaos, presumably, inherently feminine. There are many other opposites in life of course; pleasure/pain, loss/gain, activity/rest etc. But pleasure, gain and rest don't feature much in Peterson's world. We're told "life is suffering" (pp.161, 227) and reminded that it's "nasty, brutish and short" (p.177). There are many references to the fall of Adam and Eve, Cain's resentment and murder of his brother, and the suffering of Jesus on the Cross.
Peterson says myths are "moral in their intent, rather than descriptive" (p.xxvii). For him "the great stories of the past" have "more to do with developing character in the face of suffering than with happiness" (p.xxvii). He can't seem to decide whether his worldview is prescriptive or descriptive; whether it's about what life should be like, or what it is like. On the one hand, he can't emphasise enough the grim factual realities of life – "life is suffering" and "dominance hierarchies are older than trees". On the other hand, he blithely ignores facts about serotonin, crustacean reproduction, and human cognition that don't support his model.
And despite citing considerable evidence showing that lobster dominance hierarchies hinge on whichever lobsters are more physically powerful, he denies Jacques Derrida's claim that power is a prime determinant of human social status on the grounds that … it shouldn't be. "In well-functioning societies, competence, not power is a prime determiner of status" (p.313). Wasn't that Derrida's point – that few societies are well-functioning?
For Peterson, "life is suffering" and the way to deal with that is "to stand up straight with your shoulders back is to accept the terrible responsibility of life, with eyes wide open" (p.27). I understand why he wouldn't advocate untrammelled hedonism as a guiding principle, but in reality life is more of a mixed bag. Once our basic needs are met we don't spend all our time fighting over who gets first dibs on resources or mates; we sing, dance, tell stories, play games, solve problems and make stuff. We often do those things very well, to our enjoyment and the benefit of others.
Nor do people usually select mates by behaving like lobsters. It might feel like women get to do all the choosing if you're a young man with low social status living in North America, but for much of human history, women have rarely had much choice about anything. One mate selection strategy popular with top human lobsters was droit du seigneur. Not popular with anyone else, however, so most communities make other arrangements.
Much of what Peterson says is true, and most of his 12 rules are sensible, in principle at least. His arguments are plausible and convincingly made. But although his worldview is based on evidence, it's based on only some evidence. He doesn't consider evidence that doesn't support his hypotheses.
He plays to the disappointment, resentment and fears of young white, North American males. Their feelings might be real, and might need attending to, but that doesn't make them normative. Peterson's entire worldview appears to be constructed around how tough it is to be one of them.
His worldview is also internally contradictory. He points out "Here's the fundamental problem: group identity can be fractionated right down to the level of the individual. That sentence should be written in capital letters. Every person is unique – and not just in a trivial manner: importantly, significantly, meaningfully unique. Group membership cannot capture that variability. Period." (p.316)
Absolutely. So where does that leave Peterson's sweeping generalisations? Maybe he needs to be more careful with his words.
Kuhl, P. (2004). Early language acquisition: Cracking the speech code. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 5, 831-843.
Rakison DH & Oakes, LM (eds) (2003). Early category and concept development: Making sense of the blooming, buzzing confusion. Oxford University Press.
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La République populaire de Chine mise sur le tourisme pour développer la région autonome du Tibet, l'une des subdivisions administratives les plus pauvres de la Chine.

Après s'être ouverte aux touristes étrangers en 1979, la région autonome du Tibet en reçut 300 en 1980,  en 1984 et  en 1994. En 2004, le chiffre grimpa à 1,1 million de visiteurs, en 2005 à 1,6 million et en 2007 à 4 millions. Cette expansion du tourisme a toutefois connu un premier recul à la suite des troubles de la fin des années 1980 – le chiffre des touristes retombant de  en 1987 à  en 1989 – puis, selon l'agence Chine nouvelle, une régression du fait des émeutes de Lhassa et des troubles au Tibet en 2008 et de leurs effets (seulement  visiteurs), le Tibet ayant été fermé en particulier aux touristes de mars à juin cette année‑là.

Entre janvier et , plus de 2,7 millions de touristes ont visité la région, soit trois fois plus que durant la même période de 2008, a indiqué le Quotidien du Tibet, pour un revenu de 2,29 milliards de yuans.

En 2010, la région a accueilli 6,85 millions de touristes chinois et étrangers, dégageant des revenus de 7,14 milliards de yuan (11 milliards de dollars), soit 14 % de son produit intérieur brut.

Pour l'année 2012, à la date du , la région autonome du Tibet a reçu 10,34 millions de visiteurs venant d'autres régions de Chine ou de l'étranger, contre 8,69 millions en 2011. Près de  personnes sont employées dans le secteur touristique régional.

En 2017, le Tibet a reçu plus de 25 millions de touristes.

Les touristes souhaitant visiter le Tibet doivent voyager dans un groupe organisé par une agence de voyages, avec un visa touristique.

L'expansion touristique

Années 1980
Au milieu des années 1980, le Tibet s'ouvre au tourisme, les voyageurs peuvent entrer en Chine en franchissant la frontière népalaise en de nombreux points, il n'y a plus de contrôle du gouvernement central ni d'obligation de passer par Pékin. Cette ouverture, inégalée presque partout dans les régions himalayennes si l'on excepte certaines parties du Népal, s'arrête temporairement du fait des émeutes d' à Lhassa.

Selon Vegard Iversen, le développement de l'industrie du tourisme a été freiné par la présence de l'État chinois au Tibet. Alors qu'au Népal, les revenus de ce secteur atteignaient plus de 24 % des revenus des échanges extérieurs en 1985-1990, le  nombre de touriste étrangers ayant visité le Tibet entre 1985 et 1989 était de  contre  en 1991 au Népal, où les revenus de cette industrie étaient de 73 millions de dollar US.

Années 1990

Dans l'ouvrage Le Tibet est-il chinois ?, publié en 2002, il est suggéré que le faible pourcentage d'étrangers (10 %) serait dû aux prix élevés demandés et au niveau médiocre des hébergements de la région.

Années 2000

En 2002, Robert Barnett considère : « dire que le Tibet est ouvert aux touristes est fallacieux ». Les accès sont limités à Lhassa, Shigatsé et aux voies d'accès au Népal et au Qinghai.

Selon le gouvernement de la région autonome, près de 3 millions de touristes, chinois à 90 %, devaient visiter le Tibet en 2007, grâce notamment à l'ouverture de la ligne ferroviaire Qing-Zang reliant les villes de Golmud et de Lhassa.

Toujours d'après le gouvernement régional, la région autonome devait accueillir 6 millions de touristes du monde entier, d'ici 2010, ce qui devait rapporter au moins 6 milliards de yuans (770  millions de dollars) de revenus, au moins 12 % du produit intérieur brut de la région.

Années 2010
En 2010, la région a accueilli 6,85 millions de touristes chinois et étrangers, dégageant des revenus de 7,14 milliards de yuan (11 milliards de dollars), soit 14 % de son produit intérieur brut.

L'année 2011 a vu la réalisation du premier office de tourisme à Lhassa. Le ¨coût du projet est de 15,7 millions de yuans (2,29 millions de dollars) pris en charge par les autorités centrales. L'office est situé sur la place de la gare, dans le centre-ville de Lhassa.

Pour l'année 2013, la région autonome a accueilli 12,91 millions de toursites, contre 10,34 millions en 2012 et 8,69 millions en 2011. Près de  personnes sont employées dans le secteur touristique régional.

Une chambre de tourisme a été créée à Lhassa en 2014 à l'initiative de 30 sociétés touristiques privées, afin de promouvoir le tourisme dans la région.

En 2014, le Tibet a enregistré 15,53 millions d'entrées touristiques (+ 23,5 % par rapport à 2013), dont 15,29 millions de l'intérieur du territoire national (+20,5 %) et 244 400 de l'étranger (+9,5%).

Dans un souci de développement du tourisme, près de 4 milliards d'euros sont investis dans la construction d'un énorme parc touristique dans les alentours de Lhassa, qui permettra d'accueillir cinq millions de visiteurs supplémentaires en 2015. Le parc sera construit autour du personnage historique de Wencheng, une princesse chinoise du , qui avait épousé le roi tibétain de l'époque.

En 2017, le Tibet a reçu plus de 25 millions de touristes. Leur séjour a rapporté 37,9 milliards de yuan (soit environ 6 milliards de dollars américains).

Les transports

Mise en service du chemin de fer Qinghai-Tibet

La nouvelle ligne ferroviaire Qinghai-Tibet, dite « le Train du Toit du monde », est l'instrument principal du tourisme tibétain. Grâce à elle et en quarante-huit heures,  km sont franchis pour environ 80 Euros. Ainsi les portes du Tibet sont ouvertes à l'immense classe moyenne chinoise. Pour faire connaître cette destination, le gouvernement chinois a engagé des campagnes de communication. Les Chinois ont rapidement adopté cette nouvelle destination et le Tibet est devenu à la mode. 90 % des touristes sont des Hans.

Au , la ligne Qinghai-Tibet a transporté 52,76 millions de voyageurs depuis son entrée en service le . En 2011, le nombre de voyageurs a atteint les 10,6 millions.

Mise en service d'un vol direct Beijing-Lhassa
Depuis le , un vol direct quotidien Beijing-Lhassa est assuré par le transporteur aérien Air China sur des Airbus A320. Le trajet prend 3 h 50 min, soit un gain de 2 heures par rapport à l'ancien vol qui nécessitait une correspondance à Chengdu, la capitale de la province du Sichuan.

Aspects économiques

Selon Anne-Marie Blondeau et Katia Buffetrille (2002), les bénéfices du tourisme vont essentiellement aux tour-opérateurs et peu aux Tibétains. Ainsi, pour les guides tibétains, la concurrence des Han est pénalisante : , déclare une guide française de trekking. Certains guides chinois se feraient passer pour des Tibétains . Commentant le remplacement d'un guide tibétain par un guide han, l'écrivain canadien Lisa Carducci signale que « le guide travaillait illégalement, tandis que le Han avait suivi un cours, réussi les examens de rigueur (anglais, histoire, etc.), et obtenu son certificat de guide ».

Selon le site Tibet-Info.net, les Tibétains, favorables au tourisme, expriment toutefois certaines inquiétudes vis-à-vis de ce tourisme de masse, qui menace les équilibres écologiques et culturels de la région. L'ouverture du Tibet au tourisme est devenue un enjeu dépassant les simples considérations économiques.

L'essor économique de la région autonome permet de faire revivre l'artisanat traditionnel. Selon l'enseignant et écrivain australien Mark Anthony Jones, nombre de Tibétains trouvent désormais, dans la vente d'objets artisanaux et de produits culturels aux touristes, un revenu non négligeable. Ces divers produits rencontrent même le succès auprès des Tibétains eux-mêmes.

L'industrie chinoise profite de cet afflux de touristes chinois pour fabriquer et vendre des produits dont l'origine se retrouve dans l'artisanat tibétain. Selon Claire Goubier et Virginie Morel, deux journalistes de l'hebdomadaire Marianne, les touristes achètent des souvenirs d'ordre religieux mais « peuvent acheter des bouddhas dorés sous film plastique, des faux blousons de grandes marques internationales ou des copies de DVD. Les Chinois reconnus pour la qualité de leurs contrefaçons ne s'arrêtent pas là. L'artisanat tibétain est lui aussi fabriqué en série ! Les Chinois se sont mis à produire des objets tibétains. Sur le marché, il est difficile de reconnaître les produits authentiques ». Par ailleurs les Chinois profitent des coûts de main-d'œuvre très bas pour acquérir cet artisanat et l'exporter vers les grandes villes chinoises où l'art tibétain est devenu à la mode.

Aspects culturels
En 2006, avec  visiteurs par jour lors des périodes de forte affluence, Lhassa est devenu un haut lieu touristique. L'été 2009 a vu arriver à Lhassa plus de  touristes par jour.

Depuis l'arrivée de la ligne de chemin de fer, le quota des entrées de visiteurs au palais du Potala, a été porté de  à  par jour de mi-avril à novembre, les billets étant réservables à l'avance et d'un prix élevé. Construit en bois, le palais est particulièrement fragile. Une régulation du nombre de visiteurs est nécessaire afin de sauvegarder le site. La prise de photos est proscrite et toutes les salles sont équipées de détecteurs de mouvement et de caméras vidéo.

Selon Anne-Marie Blondeau et Katia Buffetrille (2002), les Han, qui forment 90 % des touristes, sont attirés par la curiosité à l'égard d'une culture exotique mise en avant par la publicité, le Tibet y est « présenté peu ou prou comme une réserve d'Indiens, avec ses beautés naturelles et ses vestiges archéologiques et non comme un pays vivant ». Le phénomène de folklorisation de la culture tibétaine est ainsi accentué. La culture tibétaine avec l'industrie du tourisme, devrait devenir « une marchandise adaptée aux besoins de l'économie socialiste de marché ».

Restrictions pour les touristes étrangers
Le Tibet est périodiquement fermé aux touristes étrangers. Quand les étrangers souhaitent s'y rendre, ils ont besoin de permis spéciaux et doivent obligatoirement voyager en groupe selon un itinéraire autorisé préalablement.

Impact des troubles de la fin des années 1980
En 1987, on dénombra  touristes. Les troubles d', de  et de mars 1989 entraînèrent un arrêt du tourisme individuel et une importante diminution du nombre de touristes. Le nombre de touristes en 1989 fut inférieur à .

En particulier, en 1989, la loi martiale décrétée le  fut maintenue 13 mois, et les journalistes et les étrangers furent expulsés.

Robert Barnett indique que la police a fait preuve d'une « violence considérable pour expulser ou menacer les étrangers », ainsi une Hollandaise a reçu une balle dans l'épaule en .

Impact des troubles de mars 2008
Après les troubles au Tibet en 2008, le Tibet a été fermé aux touristes et journalistes étrangers du  au . Toutefois, en , il était encore interdit aux journalistes du Monde et à d'autres médias basés en Chine.

L'économie locale, dont le moteur est le tourisme, a été gravement affectée par les émeutes de , déclare Doje Cezhug, le maire de Lhassa. La ville a reçu  touristes en 2008, soit moitié moins qu'en 2007, et les revenus engendrés par le tourisme ont baissé de 58,6 %. Les recettes des agences de tourisme n'atteignant que 12 % de celles de 2007. Pour l'ensemble de la région autonome, le nombre de touristes en 2008 s'est élevé à 2,25 millions, soit une baisse de 44 %, tandis que les recettes chutaient de plus de moitié.

Fin , à l'approche de la nouvelle année tibétaine, les autorités ont fait annuler tout voyage de touristes dans les zones tibétaines pour plusieurs semaines. Cependant la Chine a autorisé à nouveau la venue des touristes étrangers à compter du  mais ces derniers doivent solliciter et obtenir une autorisation spéciale en plus du visa habituel.

En , le Tibet est de nouveau fermé aux touristes étrangers. Zhang Qingli le chef du comité du parti communiste chinois a déclaré que cette interdiction d'accès était due principalement à l'actuel climat froid de l'hiver, qui présente des risques pour la sécurité, mais aussi à la commémoration du  de la libération pacifique du Tibet, qui accentue les pressions sur le nombre limité d'hôtels de la région.

Fermeture aux touristes étrangers (2012)
Alors que plusieurs Tibétains se sont immolés depuis mars 2011, la Chine a décidé de fermer la région autonome aux touristes étrangers en . Cependant, les touristes en région autonome étant principalement chinois, la mesure n'a pas de grandes  répercussions sur l'industrie touristique. Par ailleurs, les touristes occidentaux peuvent encore aller dans les autres territoires autonomes tibétains de la Chine, par exemple dans la préfecture autonome tibétaine dans la province du Sichuan.

Principaux points d'intérêt

L'industrie touristique tibétaine tire parti de l'attrait exercé par le bouddhisme tibétain et ses édifices religieux, les paysages spectaculaires de l'Himalaya et la flore et la faune propres aux hautes montagnes de l'Asie centrale.

Lhassa, capitale de la région autonome du Tibet, présente des monuments inscrits sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO. En 1994 a été inscrit sur cette liste le palais du Potala. Ce palais a été construit par le cinquième dalaï-lama, Lobsang Gyatso (1617-1682), il fut notamment le lieu de résidence principal des dalaï-lamas qui lui succédèrent, jusqu'à la fuite de quatorzième dalaï-lama en Inde après l'échec du soulèvement tibétain de 1959. La place de la libération pacifique du Tibet où se dresse le Monument de la libération pacifique du Tibet se situe au pied du Potala, dont l'accès piéton est aujourd'hui possible grâce à un passage souterrain décoré à la tibétaine. la place de la libération pacifique est le théâtre de fréquentes cérémonies et festivals comme la cérémonie de hissage du drapeau national et la célébration de la Journée d'émancipation des serfs au Tibet. En 2000 et 2001, le Temple de Jokhang et le Norbulingka ont été admis en extension du Potala sur cette liste du patrimoine mondial.

Dans le cadre de la promotion par le gouvernement autonome du  au Tibet, d'autres sites d'intérêts ont été restaurés. Le Cimetière des martyrs de Lhassa et la résidence temporaire de Zhang Guohua, le commandant de la section 18 de l'Armée Populaire de Libération, construite dans le comté de Bomi alors que les troupes marchaient vers Lhassa en 1951, font partie de ces sites et permettent au visiteur de ressentir l'expérience des temps durs que leurs aïeux ont traversés et les sacrifices consentis afin que l'on puisse chérir la paix et la prospérité actuelles.

Malgré ces protections les autorités ont procédé à la destruction des anciens quartiers situés à proximité de ces monuments. Ces démolitions se sont effectuées rapidement et cela « en dépit de la convention signée avec l'Unesco qui cherche à respecter l'intégrité du cadre historique d'un lieu », et ont suscité critiques et oppositions en Chine comme à l'étranger.

Mettant en avant la nature des matériaux (pierre, bois et terre) de construction, l'insalubrité des maisons (basses, obscures et humides), l'absence de tout-à-l'égout et l'entassement des ordures, les risques sanitaires et d'incendie liés à l'exiguïté des ruelles, le gouvernement régional dit avoir pris des mesures pour réhabiliter le vieux quartier de Lhassa. Ainsi, de 2001 à 2004, 68 cours intérieures ont été restaurées.

Les principales villes :Lhassa, Shigatsé (avec le monastère de Tashilhunpo), Tsedang, Chamdo, Bayi, Shiquanhe, .

Les sites : le lac Namtso qui culmine à  au-dessus du niveau de la mer, il est le plus haut lac salé du monde, le Yumbulhakang qui est le plus ancien palais royal du Tibet.

Les sommets : L'Everest, le Makalu, le mont Kailash et le Lhotse.

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Article connexe
 Tourisme au Bhoutan

Tourisme en Chine
Économie dans la région autonome du Tibet

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CQC praises nurse for arranging for patient to visit her horse
Concerned that the emotional impact of the accident was delaying her recovery, Sandhya Blakey, ward sister in surgery at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, arranged for the patient to visit the horse.
"She identified that would be the one the thing that may well be key to the patient's recovery"
Jamie Moore
Ms Blakey safely escorted the patient, who had been in hospital for two to three weeks but was struggling to engage in rehabilitation, in a wheelchair to the stables and also organised for her family to be there to support her.
The experience gave the patient a boost and led to her being discharged a short time later.
The actions of Ms Blakey were highlighted by inspectors from the Care Quality Commission which today rated East Surrey Hospital as "outstanding" following a visit between October and November 2018.
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust (SASH), which runs the hospital, now also has an overall rating of "outstanding" – the highest achievable from the CQC.
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The trust is understood to be one of just nine in England to hold the top rating.
Jamie Moore, divisional chief nurse in surgery at East Surrey Hospital, explained that Ms Blakey took the initiative to organise the trip after she identified that, while the patient did not have extensive spinal injuries, her "fear and anxiety" surrounding the fall was preventing her from getting back on her feet.
He added that being reunited with the horse appeared to have a "real positive impact" on the patient's recovery when she returned to hospital.
"I think the ability to rehab was more evident and the motivation to rehab and to actively participate with care and rehab back on the ward was much more apparent," Mr Moore told Nursing Times.
"This goes back to compassion and care being at the heart of what it is we do"
Jane Dickson
He expressed his pride in Ms Blakey and the other members of the team who supported her to make the trip happen.
"I think it's great that she identified that would be the one the thing that may well be key to the patient's recovery and was able to put that in place," Mr Moore said.
Jane Dickson, chief nurse at SASH, highlighted that this was not a one-off case, but rather a compelling example of the lengths her staff went to day in and day out to look after their patients.
"This goes back to compassion and care being at the heart of what it is we do," she told Nursing Times.
"It goes back to us wanting to be really sure that we don't just keep people safe but we promote their wellbeing, that we see them as individuals and we involve the people that they love in the care they get, and that we are kind to each other as colleagues," she said.
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In fact, the CQC highlighted similar acts of kindness from the nursing staff at the hospital, including arranging for an end-of-life care patient with a passion for steam engines to spend the day at a nearby steam railway.
Ms Dickson said nurses were going the extra the mile, despite being under "huge pressure" from issues facing all trusts across the country, such as staffing shortages and rising demand.
Asked if workforce challenges ever stood in the way of staff being able to provide top care, she said: "One of the things that I think helps us to be successful in what we do and to be outstanding is that Sandhya would have spent a lot of her own time investing in this with colleagues.
"She would have done some of it in work time and some of it over and above that because she felt it was important to do, so I don't think staffing levels prohibit people going over and above but what is really important is that we as an organisation value it, and that we acknowledge it," she added.
Ms Dickson said it was embedded into the culture of the organisation for staff to provide "person-centred care" and to recognise that recovery was "about more than just mending broken bones".
"The hard work makes a real difference to the lives of people using the services"
Overall, SASH was found to have improved since its previous inspection from the CQC in 2014 when it was rated "good".
The trust now has an overall rating of "outstanding" and in the five domains it is considered "outstanding" in care, responsiveness and leadership, and "good" in safety and caring.
Professor Edward Baker, the CQC's chief inspector of hospitals, said: "The trust's determination to develop a culture of continuous improvement has improved services for patients across the board – enough to ensure that the overall rating has moved to 'outstanding'."
He added: "The hard work makes a real difference to the lives of people using the services. Everyone who has played a part in this should be proud of this great achievement."
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In March 2015, SASH was selected by NHS Improvement to participate in a five-year development partnership to improve the quality, financial sustainability and performance of the trust, working in partnership with the Virginia Mason Institute in Seattle.
Anne Eden, South East regional director for NHS Improvement and NHS England, said the trust's success "demonstrates what is possible when the NHS is not afraid to learn from excellence in others".
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She said: "To be rated as 'outstanding' reflects the level of commitment staff at Surrey and Sussex trust invest into their roles to ensure every patient in their care is treated safely and with compassion, kindness and respect."
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Shen Si () (born 1 May 1973 in Shanghai) is a former Chinese international footballer who played as a left midfielder where he gained a reputation for his technical and free kick skills, which saw him become a runner-up in the 2004 Free Kick Masters. After representing Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai International as a player he took up managing Pudong Zobon F.C. before being relieved of his position after it was revealed that he was involved in fixing a game in the 2003 Chinese Jia-A League season while he was a player. On October 15, 2010, he was detained by the police for his involvement in fixing a league game against Tianjin Teda F.C. on November 30, 2003 and was sentenced to six years imprisonment on June 13, 2012.

Playing career
Shen Si would go to several specialist sport schools during his youth before being picked up by Shanghai Shenhua and the Chinese U-23 team. At Shenhua he would start his career at the dawn of China's first fully professional league season in the 1994 league season where he quickly establish himself as a vital player within the squad before going on to win the league title in the 1995 league season. At Shenhua, Shen would add the 1998 Chinese FA Cup medal to his collection and become a regular for the Chinese national team, which saw him included in the 2000 AFC Asian Cup in a tournament that saw China finish fourth. Despite becoming the club's captain at Shenhua by 2001 in 2002 Shen decided to make a big money move to local rivals Shanghai International who were willing to pay 9.4 million Yuan and wages equivalent to 20,000 US dollars per week to make Shen one of the best paid players in Chinese football. His move would eventually see Shanghai International become title contenders and they just missed out of the title at the end of the 2003 league season. The following season saw Shen spend most of the season injured, due to his age and his wages the club would off load him to second tier club Shanghai Zobon where Shen would eventually retire.

International goals

Management career
He became the care-taker manager of Pudong Zobon during the 2009 season and later was offered the position on a permanent basis. Under his stewardship, the team ranked 9th in the China League One at the end of season. In the 2010 season Shen Si led his team to a flying start but experienced a string of mediocre results afterward. Throughout the term Pudong Zobon was fighting against relegation. On October 15, 2010, he was reported to have been detained by the police and was said to be involved in fixing the game during his stint at Shanghai Zhongyuan. He was absent from the subsequent matches of Pudong Zobon.
Shortly afterward the club announced that his place was taken by the assistant manager Huang Zhenhua. At the end of the 2010 season, Pudong Zobon won its battle against relegation and ranked 10th.

Match-fixing

On October 15, 2010, Shen was reported to have been detained by the police and was said to be involved in fixing the November 30, 2003 league game against Tianjin Teda F.C. during his stint as a player at Shanghai International. The allegations suggests that Shen was bribed by former Tianjin Teda general manager Yang Yifeng a total of 12 million Yuan to lose the game and that Shen had asked teammates Qi Hong, Jiang Jin and Li Ming (1975) to help him. After being arrested by the police Qi Hong along with Shen were later released on bail while the police traced back 2 million Yuan from their accounts, after a lengthy wait Shen was found guilty of match-fixing as was sentenced to six years imprisonment on June 13, 2012 and fined 500,000 Yuan while his associates were given five and a half each.

Honours

Player

Shanghai Shenhua
Chinese Jia-A League: 1995
Chinese FA Cup: 1998

References

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1973 births
Living people
Chinese football managers
Chinese footballers
Footballers from Shanghai
China international footballers
2000 AFC Asian Cup players
Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players
Beijing Renhe F.C. players
Pudong Zobon players
Association football midfielders


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The New Adventures of Nanoboy is an animated series produced by Scrawl Studios Pte. Ltd in Singapore, Media Development Authority of Singapore now Infocomm Media Development Authority, and Agogo Entertainment Limited in Hong Kong and distributed by Cookie Jar Entertainment (now owned by WildBrain).

The series follows the adventures of a 9-year-old boy named Oscar, who has faced some issues in his life. By dealing with these issues, he shrinks down to a microscopic superhero as Nanoboy and he'll stop at nothing to save the Microcosmos from the microbe villains.

Characters

Nanosquad
Oscar/Nanoboy - Voiced by Joe Murray https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2579931/. The main hero/character of the series as he is the Team Leader of the Nanosquad. He has the ability to fly and he also has super strength attacks.
Issac Neuron - Voiced by Hillary Blazer-Doyle. The field scientist of the Nanosquad.
Corona Jane (CJ) - Voiced by Christina Sergeant. A reformed flu virus in a shapechanging bodysuit. She can shape shift into almost anything.

Allies

Tim is Oscar's best friend. He can depend on Oscar in an easygoing way.
Prof. David Stein is a professor who is researching the Microcosmos. He is Oscar's father.
Dora is Oscar's mother.
Vicky is a bossy girl in school. She can prove that she is way better than Oscar.
Chuck is Oscar's cousin who likes to mess things up. Eventually Oscar apologizes though he is busy but they still play together.
Commander Flag is a commander who provides mission objectives to the Nanosquad.
Diva Farangitis is a Diva of the Microcosmos.
Colonel Skeeter also called Colonel Perry whom he also helps the Nanosquad on a mission to rescue Commander Flag.

Villains
Czar Zar is a villain of the Microcosmos.
Careena Payne is the evil sidekick to Czar Zar. She is Corona Jane's evil sister.
Ferro is the Pharaoh like person who is the Magnetic Microbe Menace.
Mito is a mad scientist of the Microcosmos. She wants her voice to be like Farangitis.
Count Bacula is a vampire of Ransylvania.
Lacto is a villain of the Microcosmos.
Billy the Spit is the old west germ rides into town with his quick shot saliva.
Tony Verrero is an evil Groovester in Groovy Attraction.

Episodes

Broadcast
In the United States the series aired on Starz Kids & Family from 2008–10  and on Vortexx in 2013. In Israel, the series aired on Arutz HaYeladim.  In the United Kingdom, Pop aired the series between 2008–11. In Asia-Pacific, the series aired on Cartoon Network in 2011.

DVD and VOD releases
On 27 July 2010, First ten episodes of Nanoboy was released on DVD by Mill Creek Entertainment in the US which includes a bonus episode of World of Quest.

On 2 September 2016, The complete series is available for streaming on Amazon Video.

References

External links
Retrojunk: The New Adventures of Nanoboy

MSN TV Episode Gude for The New Adventures of Nanoboy

Canadian children's animated action television series
Canadian children's animated adventure television series
Canadian children's animated comedy television series
Canadian children's animated superhero television series
Singaporean animated television series
Canadian flash animated television series
Television series by Cookie Jar Entertainment
2008 Canadian television series debuts
2013 Canadian television series endings
2008 Singaporean television series debuts
2013 Singaporean television series endings
2000s Canadian animated television series
2010s Canadian animated television series
Animated television series about children
English-language television shows
Television series by DHX Media


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Giancarlo Stanton Sets Sports History With Huge $325 Million Contract
By Kim Brandow
One particular baseball player is waking up a very happy, and rich, man. Miami Marlins right fielder, Giancarlo Stanton, just snagged the largest sports contract in U.S. history. He has agreed to a 13 year, $325 million deal. What this really translates to is that he will end up making $68,000 per day. Not too shabby for a day's worth of work.
The New York Daily News reported that Stanton also has an opt-out clause after six years included in this mega-contract deal. This gives him the decision to escape if he so chooses. In addition, he also is said to have a full no-trade protection, which goes against the Marlins policy. It seems that they are pulling out all the stops for the two-time All-Star player.
Team owner Jeffery Loria called it 'the most lucrative deal for an American athlete.' It is indeed as Stanton will rake in about $25 million per season.
It's a landmark moment for the franchise and Giancarlo," Loria said. "Giancarlo Stanton has come of age, and he's going to be here a long time. It's wonderful to have a young man this caliber, integrity and ability, and I'm very happy.
This partnership between the 25-year-old slugger and the baseball team that has brought so much fame and fortune into his life is expected to be announced at a Miami news conference on Wednesday at 11 a.m. This multi-million deal even exceeds the contracts of both Detroit Tigers player Miguel Cabrera, who has a $292 million, 10-year deal, and Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees who previously had a $275 million deal.
This is considered a big risk for the Marlins who are known for having the smallest payroll in baseball. They have yet to make playoffs since 2003, but you just never know what can happen in the world of pro baseball. Maybe 2015 will be a game changer for the team with Giancarlo Stanton on board for at least six years.
In celebration of his new found success, Stanton is said to have popped open the cork of a $20,000 bottle of champagne at a nightclub in Miami. Yes, this guy is a happy camper. He is the talk of the sports world right now and many are saying that he is worth every penny. He is definitely considered the $325 million man.
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Дравски окръг () е окръг в Западнопоморско войводство, Северозападна Полша. Заема площ от 1764,24 км2. Административен център е град Дравско Поморске.

География

Окръгът се намира в историческия регион Померания. Разположен е в югоизточната част на войводството.

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Населението на окръга възлиза на 58 826 души (2012 г.). Гъстотата е 32,6 души/км2..

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Административно окръга е разделен на 6 общини.

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 Община Дравско Поморске
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Watch Shiza Shahid's talk, "The Malala Fund: Mentoring the Next Generation of Change".


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This morning's tea is a Ceylon black tea from the Deniyaya estate, located in the Ruhuna district in southern Sri Lanka. I've written about another tea grown in this district here.
The plucking is predominantly composed of very fine tip, giving the dry leaf a "salt and pepper" look. The fine, needle-like structure of the leaf reminds me of South African Rooibos.
Because of its fine structure, I steeped the leaf for 3 minutes in boiling point (212F) water. It didn't take up much room in my teapot's infuser at all.
As I poured my first cup, I notice a pronounced, rich molasses aroma wafting up from the dark amber liquor.
I'm enjoying my tea in a new teabowl purchased from Salty Dog Pottery at a recent art show I attended. As I browsed around the show, I was immediately drawn to the soft colors and symbolism on this piece. The shiny glazing is created with salt!
I love the layered complexity of this tea. I taste cocoa, whispers of vanilla, hints of fruitiness and a smoothness that carries into the finish.
Today I am spending the afternoon with my precious 17-month old granddaughter who is here visiting from New Mexico. The day has graced us with warmth and sunshine so we are going to enjoy a trip to the playground and a long walk on the bike trail at a nearby pond. Oh yes, and a trip to the toy store for a Dora the Explorer doll! Ella loves Dora and calls her "Do-ba", "Do-ba".


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China allowed the departure of groups of tourists to a number of countries
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From February 6, the Chinese authorities allow trips for organized tourist groups to Russia and a number of other countries, the Ministry reports culture and tourism of the PRC.
"From February 6, 2023, travel agencies and online companies across the country resume, in an experimental mode, the organization of outbound group tours and the "air ticket + hotel" service for Chinese citizens to the relevant countries," the agency said in a statement
Chinese tourists will be able to freely visit: Argentina, Hungary, Egypt, Indonesia, Cambodia, Kenya, Cuba, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, Fiji, Philippines, Switzerland, Sri Lanka and South Africa .
Chinese tourists are the most likely to leave their country for holidays, and they also spend the most money. In 2019, 155 million Chinese went on holiday abroad. They spent $255 billion, or a quarter of the world's tourism income. By comparison, American tourists, the second largest international contingent, spent nearly half that amount.
Experts believe that, most likely, trips to Russia will begin closer to summer. CEO of China Tour & Business Travel Sergey Jan Sha emphasized that the decision of the Chinese side alone would not be enough: this requires, first of all, the lifting of restrictions on entry into Russia, as well as the full resumption of flights by Chinese carriers. The process of debugging flight programs can take several months.
"In any case, this news is good for us. We are waiting for tourists from China, we are ready for their arrival, and, perhaps, such messages will contribute to the speedy resolution of issues with visas and payments," says Marina Levchenko, general director of the Tari Tour tour operator.
The question of retaliatory measures for Russians who are currently unable to apply for tourist visas remains open.
At the moment, there are no clear instructions from the Russian authorities regarding visa-free entry for citizens China, and it is also unclear how Chinese banks will make payments.
Experts previously assessed the prospects for opening China itself for tourists from Russia in different ways. Some of them think it's too early to talk about it. The head of Yi-Lin Tourism, Konstantin Gromov, notes that it is necessary to wait until the end of the Chinese New Year, which this year will be celebrated until February 5. Only after some time it will become clear whether China is ready to accept tourists from other countries.
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