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Naked Ride tidbits: Poster and shirt sales, thank yous, and Guinness World Record?
Naked Ride participants assemble at SE Water and Salmon.
People from all over the world and still buzzing about Portland's World Naked Bike Ride that happened Saturday night. By nearly all accounts it was a another solid success.
Before this one becomes history, there are a few things I wanted to share.
First, please take a moment to appreciate the amazing volunteers who gave hundreds of hours to make it happen. Coordinated through grassroots bike fun group Shift, they spent months figuring out all the details so thousands of people could ride bikes naked and take part in this amazing community event unlike any other.
One of those volunteers, Chris "Fool" McCraw reckons he spent about 150 hours planning the event. Not looking for any accolades himself (his friend told me that figure), Chris wants to give thanks to others.
$10 and proceeds benefit the ride.
They will be sold for $10 at the Multnomah County Bike Fair on Saturday, June 25th.
They'll be available for purchase at Bikeasaurus (1337 SE MLK Jr. Blvd) soon.
To get one of the official t-shirts that were sold at the event, you can also email wnbr2011 [at] shift2bikes [dot] org.
In our final bit of Naked Bike Ride news bits, Meghan told us this morning that local filmmaker Joe Biel filmed the entire ride last night. He'll work with volunteers to count every person in hopes of making an official application to the Guinness Book of World Records.
I'm looking forward to the official tally after last year's 13,000 estimate was questioned by many. My guess is that there were 8-9,000 people on the ride Saturday night.
Thanks again to everyone that helps make this ride possible. I just write about it and show up with my camera, but I know how hard they work. I also know that we shouldn't take for granted how lucky we are to have a city that lets this happen so smoothly.
As the person who put together last year's attempt at a head count, I am looking forward to the video count for this year's ride.
Last year's head count was supposed to use clickers and a video but the film crew had technical problems… and the clickers were later found to "skip" when used rapidly.
Marcus your counts from 2010 are suspect. You claimed that there were more people in the meetup space than the space could physically fit (less than 4 sq ft per person including their bicycle).
No one seems to recollect seeing anyone counting last year. Further more, no one's come forward to say "I was a counter". You've chosen to remain silent when asked to identify your counters, or when your methods were questioned.
I don't know what you really did last year. I fear that you might have not actually counted, and then bandied about an estimate which was a bit high.
That could put the event at risk. If the count comes back considerably lower this year and it fosters a perception that the ride is becoming less popular then it would be more difficult to get support from the variety of factions that are necessary to pull this event off.
The weather was WAY better last year and there was palpable bike fever in the air. Not so much this year.
Last year, I stood in the street along with at least several hundred others waiting to leave. Did you factor that into your square footage calculation?
Thanks to the volunteers, the sponsors, and everyone that came out. What an amazing night! again!
As for using *our* bodies on *our* streets, we don't need permission, and no thanks are in order for "letting" us exercise our rights.
That said, thank you to the officers on duty for protecting us from cars, looking the other way while we peed, de-escalating potential conflict with spectators, and generally bringing courtesy and professionalism.
We had such a blast on Saturday and big thanks to everyone at SHIFT for putting on such a seamless event. Completely agree with Bhance – lucky we live in such a great city. On the down side, we need your help recovering four dance lights that were swiped from the DJ area Sat. night. They are Astera AL-7 spots and they belong to one of our wonderful vendors that worked so hard to throw such an awesome party. These lights are useless without their proprietary recharging system and remote programming system so there should be no reason to hang on to them.
If you or someone you know might have one of them, PLEASE get it returned as soon as possible, absolutely no questions asked. Return the fixtures to the offices of R-West at 1430 SE 3rd Ave., on the 3rd floor.
Also – if anyone lost anything at the after party – please feel free to email mollyg@r-west.com and we can take a look to get it back to you ASAP.
Thats a classy poster. Nice artwork. Need to get one.
Excellent work by the organizers – congratulations, folks on another fantastic event!
Great route this year! I didn't have to walk once, and it felt a lot less packed in. It was also great going over the Hawthorne Bridge to the westside rather than the Burnside, because it bottlenecked there last year, which got a little awkward. Awesome planning and overall another great WNBR!
naked bike ride shirt sales? that's funny.
As stated last year, last year's attempt was a first attempt and far from rigorous.
The issues with the counters "skipping" when used rapidly was noted and made public. The preferred camera method had technical issues and was not used, as discussed last year.
No one has ever asked me to "identify" the counters. In addition, anyone leaving the north gate who saw a large man in a black jacket with a media pass and yellow "asbestos" volunteer sash… well that was me. I also stayed way into the morning doing clean up and sorting recycling that was tossed into the trash cans (a very messy job).
Additionally, this year's ride was moved from the kick off position of Pedalplooza and held on a day that included rain in the morning and afternoon–those factors undoubtedly affected turnout.
Marcus, who were your counters in 2010?
Marcus's "methodology" is posted. He's upfront with the using four unpaid PSU students, problems in getting an "accurate" count and identifies several stumbling blocks his group struggled with, including huge issues with the counters they used.
It was a solid effort that others could build off of in getting a formal, prefect count. So why are you upset?
I'm upset because we're going to go from "13,000" to perhaps 7,000 in one year and that's going to potentially ruin the party.
To continue the dialogue on this topic, you may email me at: Marcus.Griffith@gmail.com or we can discuss the complications of trying to ascertain an accurate WNBR count over coffee. Back and forth with an anonymous party is not effective communication to address your concerns.
To all the volunteers that put this on: THANK YOU!!! This year's ride was a lot less chaotic than last year's. The crowd felt smaller this year but it was still thousands of people showing up to protest cars. I hope next year's ride is moved back to the Saturday of Pedalplooza.
WNBR posters are now officially available at BIKEASAURUS! We are located at 1337 SE MLK, at Madison (under the Hawthorne Bridge.) Hours are Wed-Fri 11-7, Sat-Sun 11-5.


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Jacqueline Woodson's Upcoming Book is a Moving Letter to Kids Who Feel Alone by M.J. Franklin from Mashable. Peek:
"My mom used to tell us there'd be moments when we walked into a room and no one there was like us.
"I've walked into those rooms many times during my childhood and beyond so I had the sense that this was true of most people and began writing the story."
Kathi Appelt & The Underneath: "Terrifying Beauty" by Kathi Appelt from Janet Fox. Peek:
"One of the higher purposes of fiction is to allow us to discover how seemingly random elements can combine to create that instance of bravery in exactly the moment that it is called for."
Kelly Loy Gilbert Talks About Representation, "Picture Us in the Light," & More by Shelley Diaz from School Library Journal. Peek:
"My stories always take their real shape in revision, and usually there's a point I finally hit in every project where I feel like I've found my way into the center of the story at last…"
Video: Things We Haven't Said: Sexual Violence Survivors Speak Out from Strand Bookstore. Peek:
"Contributors discuss Things We Haven't Said, [edited by Erin E. Moulton (Zest 2018)] a powerful new anthology of writing by survivors of sexual violence."
Hitting the Road with Sheba Karim: The YA Author Talks Islamophobia, Identity, & Family by Mahnaz Dar from School Library Journal. Peek:
"…if you are writing characters who exist as brown-skinned Muslims in the contemporary United States, they will be conscious of their identity.
"They don't have a choice, or the ability to pretend. In the role of writer, you must consciously think about it because your characters are thinking about it."
Culturally Responsive Teaching in the Season of Mother's Day and Father's Day by Lindsay Barrett from Lee & Low. Peek:
"The intent of both Mother's Day and Father's Day is to celebrate the love and care of family members. A broader celebration of families is a natural option that encompasses more students' actual experiences."
Q & A with Ebony Elizabeth Thomas: Why Children Need More Diverse Books from Penn GSE. Peek:
"Unless everybody in your story is from the same culture, they are going to encounter the Other eventually. How you write that Other is going to depend on your perspective…we can do better at representing each other humanely…."
Top Ten LGBTQ+ YA Novels For All Tastes by Haylee Geisthardt from Nerdy Book Club. Peek:
"…if you know where to look in YA lit, you can find characters all over the LGBTQ+ spectrum traversing many genres and having their experiences represented in a lot of ways."
On Writing About Race and Racism by Irene Latham from Smack Dab in the Middle. Peek:
"So right away we knew we just had to be ourselves and be willing to make mistakes. Our goal was to bring to kids a way to talk about race and racism in an open, accepting way."
20 Books for Young Readers to Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month & Year-Round by Shelley Diaz from School Library Journal. Peek:
"Looking for titles to highlight in May for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month?
"These 20 works, from recent award winners to debut middle grade outings, cover a diverse array of genres, time periods, and formats."
Writing Craft
Writers Write, Right? By Jo Eberhardt from Writer Unboxed. Peek:
"…there's a certain level of privilege underlying the idea that if people just prioritized better, they'd be able to find time to devote to their writing, or their art, or whatever their passion may be."
One Space Between Each Sentence, they said. Science Just Proved Them Wrong by Avi Selk from The Washington Post. Peek:
"Some insisted on keeping the two-space rule…. Some said this was blasphemy… And so the rules of typography fell into chaos."
Plot Problem? Fix It Fast with a Retcon by Laurence MacNaughton from Fiction University. Peek:
"Stopping in the middle and going back to fix things tends to have a cascading effect. Before you know what's happening, you'll find 20 more things to fix, and suddenly you'll feel overwhelmed…So what do you do instead? It's time you met a handy little trick called the retcon."
Think Your Writing Is Brilliant One Day and Horrible the Next? Here's Why. by Therese Walsh from Writer Unboxed.
"But, if you continue through all of your shades-of-self work—the crossing off and rewriting and doubt and angst—you'll find it: the center of that thought you'd been trying to capture, smooth and vibrant and true from all angles."
School Visits Survey Part 2: Pricing by Michelle Cusolito from her blog. Peek:
"Pricing transparency helps us all.
"Knowing the going rate in your region, your genre, and your career stage, is key to pricing your services to maximize your ability to book school visits at a price that is fair and respects your time and expertise."
Want to Support an Author's or Illustrator's New Book But Can't Afford to Buy It? Here's What You Can Do. By Debbie Ridpath Ohi from Inkygirl. Peek:
"The quandary: You want to support someone's new book and as much as you'd like to buy it, you can't.
"Here are some other ways you can show support for an author's book:"
The Perks and Perils of Being a Ghostwriter by Cathy Yardley from Writer Unboxed. Peek:
"If you're on the fence about pursuing ghostwriting, here are some pros and cons to help you decide if might work for you."
Gina Gagliano to Head New RHCB Graphic Novel Imprint by Calvin Reid from Publishers Weekly. Peek:
"(Gagliano) emphasized that the imprint will hire 'editors, designers, and publicists,' and will focus on 'all genres and all age categories.
"Kids need to grow up with graphic novels and publishers need to provide a complete reading experience.'"
Why Are Women Authors' Books Cheaper Than Men's'? By Aimee Picchi from CBS News. Peek:
"…even after adjusting for genre, the researchers found that books penned by women sell for 9 percent less than those by men."
Visit Lee & Low.
How to Write A Nonfiction Book Proposal by Nathan Bransford from his blog. Peek:
"The art of writing a nonfiction book proposal is sort of like cooking lasagna.
"There are a thousand ways of making it, everyone has their own recipe, but most every lasagna will have a few basic ingredients and chances are it's going to taste good in the end."
The Diversity Gap in Children's Book Publishing, 2017 from Lee & Low. Peek:
"Even as the number of diverse books increases substantially, the number of books written by people of color still has not kept pace.
"Not much has changed since last year when Black, Latinx, and Native authors combined wrote just 6% of new children's books published.
"This year the number is only 7%."
Children's & Teen Choice Book Awards from Every Child a Reader. Peek:
"Voting is now open! Click on a circle above to begin!"
Announcing the Jane Addams Children's Book Awards 2018 Honored Titles from The Jane Addams Peace Association. Peek:
"Congratulations to the 66th Jane Addams Children's Book Awardees Malala Yousafzai, Kerascoët, Sara Holbrook, Lesa Cline-Ransome, James Ransome, Laura Atkins, Stan Yogi, Yutaka Houlette, Renée Watson, and Linda Williams Jackson!"
This Week at Cynsations
Bookseller Interview: Nicoletta "Nico" Maldini of Libreria Trame Bookstore in Bologna, Italy.
Full Cover & Author Quotes (Blurbs)for Hearts Unbroken by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Pura Belpré Award Winner & New Voice: Juan Martinez-Neal on Alma and How She Got Her Name
Survivors: Carolyn Crimi on Thriving as a Long-Time, Actively Publishing Children's Author
New Voice: Cate Berry on Penguin & Tiny Shrimp Don't Do Bedtime!
New Voices: The Inside Scoop on Author Debut Groups with J.H. Diehl, Lauren Abbey Greenberg, Jonathan Roth and Deborah Schaumberg
More Personally – Cynthia
Huzzah! Congratulations to Varian Johnson, winner of the Austin Book Award, given by the Austin Public Library Friends Foundation!
It was a thrill to be at the new Central Library on Friday night, along with YA author April Lurie and author-illustrator Don Tate.
I had the honor of introducing Varian and presenting him with the award. His acceptance speech was timely and moving. He's such an excellent author-speaker.
In other news… Wow! Congratulations to Kim Rogers on signing with agent Tricia Lawrence of Erin Murphy Literary Agency and to Tricia for signing Kim!
She's an absolute gem and the latest Native children's writer to sign with a major literary agency.
What else? In case you missed it, last Sunday on Cynsations, I shared the full (front and back) cover for my upcoming realistic contemporary YA novel, Hearts Unbroken (Candlewick, Oct. 9, 2018).
This also included sharing the supporting quotes about the book from fellow authors, An Na, Joseph Bruchac, and Guadalupe Garcia McCall.
In 1995, as a new fiction writer, I walked into the Barnes & Noble on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago and took the escalator downstairs to the Children's Section. I distinctly recall finding a copies of Heart of a Chief and Eagle Song (both published by Dial in the late 1990s) on the shelf. I marveled at the fact that they were contemporary stories written by a Native author. All these years later, it feels like coming full circle to have Joe blurb my upcoming book.
I'm hugely grateful to him, Na, and Guadalupe for their support and enthusiasm.
Books by An Na, Guadalupe Garcia McCall & Joseph Bruchac
And what did they say?
"I loved her irreverent, hilarious, and subversive dismantling of stereotypes. Cyn's trademark, spot-on dialogue captures the teen spirit perfectly. I want Lou to be my best friend!" —An Na, author of A Step from Heaven, winner of the Michael L. Printz Award and a National Book Award finalist
"Hearts Unbroken is a rare blend of teenage romance and social consciousness that never insults the intelligence of its readers. Truly shows what life is like for a contemporary American Indian teeenager trying to fit into the larger context of American society." —Joseph Bruchac (Abenaki), author of Code Talker
"Smart, quirky, and slightly flawed, Louise Wolfe is like a lot of teenage girls in America. Cynthia Leitich Smith has crafted a heartfelt book with an important message about loyalty, intepersonal connections, and the power of love to tear down barriers. This story will dissolve boundaries and knock down walls." —Guadalupe Garcia McCall, Pura Belpré Author Award Winner for Under the Mesquite
Learn more about Hearts Unbroken, and pre-order today!
More Personally – Robin
I got my hands on a copy of J.H. Diehl's Tiny Infinities (Chronicle, 2018) at her book signing at Politics and Prose. Her middle grade characters are so true to my neighborhood in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D. C. Can't wait to read this one!
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La Barre ist der Name folgender Gemeinden in Frankreich:
 La Barre (Haute-Saône), Département Haute-Saône
 La Barre (Jura), Département Jura
 La Barre-de-Monts, Département Vendée
 La Barre-de-Semilly, Département Manche
 La Barre-en-Ouche, Département Eure

La Barre ist der Familienname folgender Personen:
 François Poullain de La Barre (1647–1723), französischer Philosoph
 Jean de La Barre († 1534), französischer Adliger, Gouverneur von Paris, Prévôt de Paris
 Michel de La Barre (vor 1675–1745), französischer Flötist und Dirigent
 Weston La Barre (1911–1996), US-amerikanischer Anthropologe
 Jean-François Lefèbvre, chevalier de la Barre, französisches Opfer eines religiös motivierten Justizmordes (1745–1766)

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Safety – With strong opinions on both sides having now reached a boiling point and more protests continuing to brew, we do not have confidence that our community will remain peaceful. Worse, we have reasonable concerns that what happened in Charlottesville could easily happen in Chapel Hill. When there's fire, remove the fuel.
Business impact – The Chapel Hill downtown business community is made up mostly of small businesses with local owners who are deeply invested in their business and our community. When local government, in the name of safety, must shut down the downtown district for protests, our local businesses suffer dearly. We estimate the loss of more than $189,000 in retail sales and more than $10,000 in lost wages per event. This financial impact is far more painful when the protests coincide with peak business days such as back-to-school weekends or Thursday evenings, on which downtown business depends. Bottom line: When customers are concerned about their safety downtown, our local businesses feel the consequences.
Community Reputation – Charming Chapel Hill was recognized just last year by the Guardian as one of the best small towns in the U.S. Now, sadly, we are generating unflattering and unsavory local, regional, and national media attention. A reputation takes a lifetime to build and five minutes to ruin. We are one dangerous protest away from destroying our community's reputation and becoming known more for this controversy than all our exceptional attributes.
A year ago, the Chamber called for the relocation of Silent Sam to a more appropriate place where both the Civil War, and the Jim Crow Era of its installation, can be appropriately remembered. We felt then, and even more so today, that this prominently placed statue threatens our community's safety, is bad for business, and undermines our well-earned reputation that successfully attracts business, talent, and investment in our community.
We believe the points we raise through this letter, coupled with the statement from our mayor about concerns for public safety, meets the exception clause of the 2015 state law and provides sufficient grounds for the lawful and lasting relocation of Silent Sam.
Thank you for considering our perspective and request. Our hope is that, with your leadership, we will soon return to a safe and productive campus with a thriving and vibrant downtown.
Aaron Nelson is the president & CEO of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce. Elinor Landess is the interim executive director of the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership.


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AUDITOR GENERAL (NAO) RESPONDS TO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
posted 10 Mar 2014, 08:31 by Peter Webb [ updated 17 Mar 2014, 02:56 ]
Adding that "the comments you have raised are very helpful"
Early shock and disbelief at the state of UK governance compounded by the later explosion of public deficit and debt prompted a line of campaigning centred on management and financial control at the top of government including correspondence with this independent official. The NAO watchword is "Helping the nation spend wisely" with a plan to "increase our influence".
The ultimate systemic flaw: To re-cap: In 2008 there was a published pan-european letter protesting at the 14 year (now 19) Court of Auditors' inability to pass European accounts. That suggested while sitting with the UK signatory Matthew Elliott of the TaxPayers Alliance that our own government might not have produced proper accounts or passed the audit. This was confirmed by the NAO who reported the intention for WGAs (Whole of Government (consolidated) Accounts) and the still missing budget (WGB?). MEP Ashley Mote's responding published letter cut through the detailed findings to reach the heart of the matter in one sentence with the "little understood" principle of "shared management" with the recipients of voted funds, and in a second sentence that assurance was unlikely – ever. Put another way this means that governments vote money then walk away leaving undone the feedback loop necessary for financial control and formal accountability. Confirmation of this came from the ICAEW (Chartered Accountants) who see the need for a CFO at the cabinet table. "What the government is proposing (under Financial Management in Government – December 2013) seems only to cover one aspect of financial management, the public spending side. To be most effective it should cover overall balance sheet management integrated with performance management – both inputs and outputs of the financial equation." As to management accounting a member of the Efficiency and Reform Board recently said that notwithstanding improvements government's view of its operations "remains clouded".
It is suggested that Running the country, or anything, can be likened to driving a car:
Financial control is about knowing as nearly as possible in real time what is happening and acting on it. But Government has disconnected dashboard instruments and the view through the windscreen hours ago. WGAs which are 50 years late and take 22 months to produce and then are not followed by the intended WGBs (budgets in WGA format) is NOT knowing. The integration and variance analysis of OBR forecasts should also be part of this. If David Cameron and George Osborne, or for that matter Ed Miliband and Ed Balls, have not experienced these things how can they 'drive' manderins ?"
The Comptroller & Auditor General, Anyas Morse, was accordingly asked:
· Will you now see the wood as well as the departmental trees in striving to "increase your influence" up to say, the First Lord of the Treasury? A copy of a letter so addressed WHO WILL MEND UK GOVERNMENT ? of 13th June 2013 was attached.
· Have you submitted your 'heart of the matter' analysis and recommendation and if so to whom and with what result ?
· Where is the reform of governance for the long term ?
· Is the government of the day responsible for the WHOLE of government and public finances, together with operational performance standards, or isn't it ? The second part of the question wasn't answered.
His reply, which is attached, pointed out :
· His responsibility for certifying accounts of government departments and other bodies
· For ensuring efficiency and effectiveness of the use of their resources
· That Finance is to be put at the heart of decision-making
· That the Treasury has said that the debt and deficit level is unsustainable
· That he will be taking an "end-to-end view" of central and local spending: balancing local accountability with need for central funding.
Their work seems to have an exploratory and pragmatic flavour as if with no 'permanent file' of best practice against which to set findings. The Prime Minister and cabinet do not seem to fit in or be addressed as requiring best quality 'levers' for 'running the country' operationally in the domestic sphere.
"Adapted to government" referring to the new Director General and his cv and brief not being a CFO as in the private sector is questioned. What compromise is this ? It defers to Parliament's ultimate authority over spending – and damn the consequences of commitments and debt repayment beyond a parliament. This is rather as if Parliament has god-like power to over-ride the inexorable rules of monetary arithmatic, and not maintain reserves against tax shortages due to down-turns in the economy . Is there a fear of uncomfortable facts and assessments ? The PAC Chairperson's language seems to regard WGA as some wonderful new thing but the 'best practice' convention is long established. WGA/OBR system institution and integration should have been called for many decades ago. This unpardonably late evolution explains much and has cost us dear.
He does not deal with the linking of performance reporting with elections with all connections and terminals clearly known and without strays (such as LEPs). That would combine management systems and democracy in action in a much smaller government. He is referred to Transparency or Accountability ?
I finally asked: "Do you expect some shorter time than 19 years after which UK Accounts will get the 'clean' certificate from you which is unlikely, ever, in Europe ?"
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Protesters arrested for disrupting first Hindu Senate prayer
Watch protesters disrupt this morning's Senate prayer.
WASHINGTON (CNN) - Three people were arrested in the Senate visitor's gallery Thursday for disrupting the chamber's morning prayer, led for the first time by a Hindu clergyman.
As Rajan Zed, director of interfaith relations at a Hindu temple in Nevada, began to lead the brief prayer, two women and one man shouted, "This is an abomination," according to the Associated Press.
Capitol Police Sergeant Kimberly Schneider tells CNN that the three were arrested in the Senate visitors' gallery for "disruption of Congress."
While their religion is not clear, one of the protesters told the Associated Press they were "Christians and patriots."
On their Web site this week, the American Family Association criticized allowing a Hindu clergyman to deliver the prayer and urged supporters to call senators to ask the event be canceled.
But Tim Wildmon, the president of the American Family Association, told CNN he did not know the names of the people arrested, and said, "We didn't organize or encourage anything like that."
"We would not ever encourage shouting in the gallery like that, we asked people to contact their senators to show their disapproval," he added.
Shortly after the incident, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on the floor, "If people have any misunderstanding about Indians and Hindus, all they have to do is think of Gandhi… who gave his life for peace."
- CNN's Evan Glass and Abbi Tatton contributed to this report
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Lindsay, Baltimore, MD
If they were truly "patriots," wouldn't they have figured out, oh I don't know, that FREEDOM OF RELIGION is in the Bill of Rights?
July 12, 2007 01:29 pm at 1:29 pm |
Paco the mexican
I actually found it pretty funny. I bet the protesters were the type that voted for David Vitter.
Pete, T.S. FL
We as a "Nation under God" have absolutely no right to infringe upon the rights of another religion. Organizations that use titles such as the AFA are misleading and about as anti American as any one can be.
Jason, Utica, KY
Absolutely disgusting behavior on the part of the protesters. "Christians and patriots," indeed.
TC Plainfield IL
They must also believe that the earth is flat and that Darwin didnt prove anything.
Our Government is a clear example of the apostasy that is spoken of in the Bible. While our men are fighting and dying on the battle fields, our government is allowing false religion to enter the chambers of our government. God views this as worshipping other gods and might turn HIS back on this country because of it. Senate, the blood is on your hands. Gene Mullis, Concord, NC
John, Erie PA
I guess the American "Family" Association will have to figure out what is more horrifying: gays, abortion, or Hindus.
elizabeth, austin, Tx
I am appalled by the behavior of so-called 'Christians and patriots'. I hope they go see Jesus soon. What has happened to our wonderful country when a few crack-pots can highjack a word like 'patriot' and turn it into a dirty word?
Julie-Columbia, South Carolina
I think that since morning prayer is part of the Senate's day-that it should be led by members of different faiths daily. As far as I know – we don't have an Official National Religion.
With regard the the American Family Association: I suppose they do have a representative religion. I have no idea who they are- or what religion purport to represent-butfor the Hindu prayer to have drawn criticism -they must not be for all families, that is families of different faiths. They also seem to be ignorant of the beliefs of other faiths- They must have no idea what followers of the Hindu religion believe. If they didn't encourage a protest- their website's message must not have been clear or they don't have appropriate control over the content of their website.
Anonymous, sterling heights, mi
As we speak our forefathers are rolling over in their graves.
San Jose,CA
These people who protest other religions are so insecure about their own faith. Perhaps soon we will see a war between Catholics and Protestants similar to the Shia-Sunni conflict? Which sect is the one true form of Christianity?
This is from the article on MSNBC :
Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said the protest "shows the intolerance of many religious right activists. They say they want more religion in the public square, but it's clear they mean only their religion."
Nahor, Watertown, MA
Ignorance is one of America's greatest problems to date... Why can't a Hindu man do what a Christian man can? Wasn't this country "dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal"?
Pat, Clayton, NC
We serously need to take a moment and pray for our country! We have completely veered away from the foundation the the forefathers intended for this country to be built upon!
Vinny, Boston, MA
Gene Mullis- who are you to decide the Hinduism is a false religion?
"Senate, the blood is on your hands." Oh please, your willingness to relate the war in Iraq with a Congressional prayer shows a complete lack on intelligence.
Pen, Austin, Tx
Or, we could have no prayers. Then, problems such as these would be mitigated. Plus, it would take care of the BS sense of entitlement maintained by so many fundamentalists in this country...just a thought.
Sarav Chithambaram, Cambridge, MA
I am appalled by this unfortunate incident and equally disturbed by American Family Association. As a HINDU, I am deeply hurt to hear and read such hatred. All I can do is pray to my god to forgive those who are ignorant and forgive their senseless act. This incident sends a very wrong singal across the country and its thousands of US Citizens who happen to he Hindu. At this time when there is a need for peace and tranquility, these absurd acts dont have a place. Shame on the AFA for advocating hatred.
Gene Mullis, Concord, NC
God views this as worshipping other gods and might turn HIS back on this country because of it. Senate, the blood is on your hands.
Gene, I appreciate your religious view and as an AMERICAN it is your right! However, the notion that "God" and I use the term transcending all religions would care more about one country then another is absurd.
It is this type of mindset that causes acts of violence as recorded throughout this planets history.
Lesley Spencer, Tampa, Florida
To Sarav Chithambaram, I'd like to reassure you that most Christians are also appalled by this behavior. I find the actions of the 'protestors' repellant and have found the so-called American Family Association frightening for a long time. This is is pure and simple right-wing reactionism of a sort that is found throughout world cultures and how much happier we would be if humanity could get past it. "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel," indeed.
Nelson, Seattle, WA
This behavior by this so-called family group is appalling. It just shows that in this country, especially for high ranking figures, the First Amendment is not always Freedom of Religion: just practice Judaism and Christianity. Just think: how difficult it is for a faith group that is not Judeo-Christian to procure a site to build a house of worship. There will be so many protests from neighbors saying things like: "this disrupts traffic" or "I worry for the safety of my children".
Mike, HI
The United States is not, has never been, and hopefully never will be a 'Christian nation.' Americans are generally quite religious, but this country does not belong to any religion. Though I don't understand why the Senate opens with a prayer, I also don't really care.
I feel sorry for the ignorance of these protestors. Their zeal is admirable, and I hope they can channel that kind of energy to focus on more pressing matters, but their cries can only hurt the country. The quote from Barry Lynn seems very accurate.
And for any American Hindus that may be offended: Take comfort in knowing that you are an American, of equal stature, just as much as them. Though chances are you represent American values better than them.
Matthew Combest - Atlanta, GA
Unreal – This type of ignorance is very dangerious – next thing you know we will be trying to convert other countries to Christianity – Oops wait! we already have tried doing that.
What is the matter with people?
Jennifer, Shepherdstown WV
for god's sake. please, everyone, please behave to each other as if we are in a civilized society. and what ever happened to the separation of church and state? i actually do not believe that the senate should display their religion at all, but if they really feel that they must, as a representative body of the united states, which happens to be home to people of many faiths, they should, by all means, encourage persons of varied beliefs to participate. I am deeply saddened by the barbaric display of hatred and intolerance by people who claim to be christians. christianity is, in it's ideal and truest form, a religion of love and tolerance.
Robert, Edwards AFB, CA
Why is there ANY prayer being conducted in a government building?
Vish, Milwaukee
why does the senate do a prayer every day? doesn't that go against separation of church and state? I agree with the guy who said they should represent different faiths every day if their doing prayers.
This is a democracy of hypocrisy
Gary, Denver, Colorado
The only abomination are the Christian Zealots that incite violence and discord with their radical beliefs. Right wing Christians are the single biggest threat to freedom, equality and peace in the world today. Everyone should be aware and guard their loved ones against this poison and infection called evangelism.


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The organisation of mind
Tim Shallice
by Tim Shallice
Published 2011 by Oxford University Press in Oxford, New York .
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [505]-571) and index.
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How Capitalism Survives: Social Theory and Structural Change
by Francesco Boldizzoni*
For as long as neoliberalism – the face that capitalism has assumed since the 1980s – has been showing signs of aging, there has been a tendency to view every crisis as a harbinger of impending epochal change. This is true even for crises that do not originate in the economy or finance, as shown by current debates about the world after Covid-19. The interesting fact is that the sense of doom that surrounds these critical events fuels not only the hope of overcoming the disastrous social model that has dominated these last decades, but capitalism as such, which is hastily defined as "unsustainable" for the inequalities it undeniably produces, the racial injustice it perpetuates, the harm it does to the environment, and so on.
Sometimes, these great expectations are fed by utopian theories that treat capitalism as if it were merely an ideology. Ideologies, as we know, are beliefs spread by the ruling classes to justify their privileges. If capitalism is an ideology, it will be enough to demystify it; once the deception is unveiled, people will see the light, is the reasoning of Thomas Piketty. More often, expectations grow in the wake of fantasies of radical change that are harbored independent of any social theory. In this theoretical vacuum, anything becomes possible: human agency is thought to be all powerful. Capitalism can be overthrown, activists tell us. You just have to want it and persuade other people to want it. In any case, as soon as each crisis is over, these hopeful people are faced with the inertia of history that invariably frustrates their desires. This problem prompted me to write Foretelling the End of Capitalism: Intellectual Misadventures since Karl Marx. The book seeks to explain the persistence of capitalism in the Western world by building a more rigorous theory of its dynamics.
To understand how capitalism is still around, despite all the troubles it has caused, I perform two related operations. The first is to examine the unfulfilled forecasts of its death that have followed one another since the mid-nineteenth century. Contrary to a widespread perception, these did not emerge from left-wing intellectual circles only but from conservative ones too. It is, of course, important to contextualize social forecasting historically, but also to identify its errors. Using this information, I then get to the second step, which is to outline a theory of capitalism. The theory I am going after should clarify what capitalism is made of, what forces have kept it alive, and possibly give us some clue as to where it is or isn't headed.
We can classify forecasts into four types based on the causal chain they assume. First, there are the implosion theories typical of orthodox Marxism, according to which capitalism would implode because of its economic contradictions. A second group includes the exhaustion theories of the likes of John Stuart Mill and John Maynard Keynes. For these thinkers, capital accumulation would stop at some point due to environmental limits, saturation of material needs, moral or civilizational progress. Next come the theories of convergence that were particularly in vogue in the interwar period and the following years of the "end of ideology." These stressed how technological development and the trend toward state planning were making capitalism and socialism increasingly resemble each other. Finally, mention should be made of the cultural involution theories associated with Joseph Schumpeter, Daniel Bell, and to some extent Jürgen Habermas. These pointed to the self-defeating character of bourgeois society, emphasizing how capitalism, by breeding its parasites and critics, was undermining its own values while even the political superstructure erected to save the system from itself was prey to disintegrative tendencies.
Equally varied is the repertoire of forecasting mistakes. They range from cognitive distortions, or biases in thinking due to well-known limitations of human cognition, to more fundamental theoretical flaws that reflect a misapprehension of the relationships between social realms or involve the use of inappropriate explanatory models. However, there is a factor that seems to have operated at a deeper level and this is the irrational faith in progress that has characterized much of modern social science. In fact, many forecasters shared two attitudes that were both legacies of the Enlightenment: an unshakable belief that the future would bring good things and an equally strong confidence in the capacity of reason to detect laws of historical development. Such laws would enable one to anticipate not only what was or wasn't reasonable to expect from the future but actually how the future would look like.
If the flaws that plague capitalism have not proved decisive for its demise, then should we conclude that its persistence is due to its virtues? The typical explanation of mainstream economics is that capitalism is sustained by its supposed efficiency, thanks to which it also tends to prevail over other systems. I don't buy this "efficiency view" either. My thesis is that the reasons why capitalism persists have nothing to do with the quality of its fabric but are to be found in the social structure in which it is embedded and that two elements, combined, are involved in its reproduction: hierarchy and individualism.
All complex societies are to some extent hierarchical, but capitalist society has inherited from the feudal society out of which it grew some highly asymmetrical power relations. The same dependence created by need that used to bind serfs to their lords now binds food delivery riders to their billionaire exploiters. Capitalism replaced old hierarchies with new hierarchies. It brought about a new category, namely, class, that is still very central to our societies. While social distinctions in the old world reflected status at birth, in the new world they are based on the ability to accumulate money. In this sense, capital led to a reconfiguration of social stratification. Yet, the true element of novelty that accompanied the rise of capitalism, and the one that distinguishes it most, is individualism. People today feel motivated by their preferences, needs, and rights, rather than by the norms and duties that come from belonging to a community. They have relationships mediated by contracts and mainly resort to the market to meet their needs. Over time, this market logic and the underlying profit motive have become increasingly generalized, even extending to sensitive spheres of human life such as work and health care.
These hierarchical social structures and individualistic values have taken shape over many centuries and can't suddenly disappear. If hierarchy has been with us for almost all time, individualism is intertwined with the particular form taken by modernization in this part of the world. In a way, it was the price to pay to be free from oppressive forms of social control and able to make decisions for oneself. Fortunately, however, not all Western societies are hierarchical and individualistic to the same degree, which explains the existence of more or less tolerable varieties of capitalism.
For the avoidance of doubt, I do not think that capitalism will go on forever. All social systems in human history have had a beginning and, after undergoing a slow yet relentless evolution, they are eventually turned into something else. There is no reason to believe that capitalism will be an exception. But it won't die because of any internal contradictions nor just because we want it to. Moreover, if we try to imagine what kind of system could evolve from capitalism in a few centuries, we might not like it either. As Ralf Dahrendorf once observed, the oppressed of one epoch have never become the rulers of the next. Elites have always been superseded by competing elites. That's why, I think, achieving greater social justice under capitalism should be the highest priority for progressives.
As I mentioned at the outset, I wrote this book with an eye for those who dream about big system change. History shows how difficult it is to achieve even small, incremental changes. While it is always good to aim high, one must put their best energies into battles that can be won. Ending neoliberalism, which is only forty years old after all, looks like a more reasonable bet.
* Francesco Boldizzoni is Professor of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the author of Foretelling the End of Capitalism: Intellectual Misadventures since Karl Marx (Harvard University Press, 2020). His previous publications include The Poverty of Clio: Resurrecting Economic History (Princeton University Press, 2011) and Means and Ends: The Idea of Capital in the West, 1500-1970 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008). (Emphases added by the editor)
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Caroline Larsen is an emerging artist based in Toronto, Ontario.
Her paintings are defined in two senses by her decision to use oil with no added thinner or filler. It lends sculptural elements, but also a powerful aroma that wears off only two to three years after completion.
Her work has been exhibited at Angell Gallery, Toronto, Cambridge Galleries, and The Cheaper Show, Vancouver. She has been mentioned in numerous publications; her Gone with the Ghost exhibition at Artspace Triangle Gallery was rated a Must See Show by Now Magazine.
Dear J. You were rather angry about my comment, this wasn't my intention. Apologies. I try to state that I admire! Miss Larsen for her technique, as far as I know probably unique! in the world. However the 2nd part is about what! she is depicting. No, I'm not! an art expert and do not intend to profile myself as such, but I do know that for me! a piece of art has to do something with me emotionally or intellectually, eventhough I admire her technique, I'm not thrilled about the content. Surely craftsmanship doesn't always equal art?
I would rather see this in needlepoint.
why paint to make it look like tapestry or similar? It's very clever, but I cannot see the point and no, the subject matter is not engaging except to make us look at it more, perhaps, because of the strange technique...I'm not sure. Not inspiring though, alas.
The styles is very interesting, althought the subject matter shown here isn't my cup of tea (or coffee). I'd like to see her work in person. It probably shows better than it does here.
What is most important here in my opinion, is the fact that she makes trompe l'oeil in a photorealistic way, which depicts an Art Naif form (Tapestry) to depict elements our popular culture. I am not particularly moved by it, but I find it interesting to say the least.
Interesting. I thought it was needlepoint at first glance. I would imagine this is very tedious work.