Today we will take a "medium-sized" view and see why meat and grog are wimpy. We'll also learn how to speak in tongues.
We are what we eat. This is also true for your fantasy world people. Engage all of your reader's senses in the story. Don't limit yourself to feeding your people the typical fantasy grub of turkey legs and ale. Or roast beast and grog.
To put your reader in your fantasy world, tell them how the food smells and tastes. For example, describe the odors of a restaurant's cooking food as your hero hurries by on his early morning appointment with the wizard's school headmistress. Make him hungry so his mouth waters at the smell of coffee and griddle cakes. Or perhaps he's queasy from last night's hangover and the greasy-food odor nauseated him.
You can also evoke a mood by listing flavor combinations. In Tredan's Bane, I wanted to let the reader know how magic tastes to Lanith. The Enchanter's magical essence has the flavors of chocolate, cinnamon, and a hint of peppery spice. The Church magicians taste like mint, dark chocolate, and rich liquor. The flavor of Lanith's essence kisses aren't too bad, either. Or so the Maji'kers tell me.
What is a Maji'ker, you ask? Ah, let's speak in tongues next.
Your readers love to eavesdrop. Story dialogue is a treat you should give throughout your entire story. How your story people use vocabulary in their thoughts and speech will show whether they are well-spoken or a hack. Is your wizard precise or sloppy in his word choice? It can show your readers how good of a magic worker he really is.
In Wrath, it was necessary to show Tredan as a skilled magic worker who knew the proper names for magical implements and constructs. Magicians (vernacular is Maji'kers) store their magical power in an internal repository called an Essence Cache. Tredan was bewitched by an Enforcer's Compulsion Charm (which is different from the gentler Glamour Charm). Note my use of caps to show proper nouns. In Tredan's world of Sye, magicians refer to their magic craft with precise vocabulary. None of this imprecise "the place where Tredan stores his magical essence" blather. It's his Essence Cache.
Next time, let's talk about the decorative apostrophe, and why it's no fun for wizards to just wave their wands and rule the world.
This entry was posted in Tredan's Bane, Wrath, Writer's Craft and tagged Burke, fantasy, fantasy worlds, Lita Burke, Tredan's Bane, world building, Wrath on December 13, 2011 by Lita Burke.


This review will be brief since I don't recommend this book. Slan won a 2016 Retro Hugo for Best Novel of 1940. Its first book publication didn't come until 1946, but it had been serialized in the September-December 1940 issues of Astounding Science Fiction. Even though I voted in 2016, I cannot remember if I cast a Retro ballot. I did sample each novel on the final ballot, that being my second attempt at reading Slan, but I didn't finish it then either. After its win, I put it on the list of titles I needed to review, and this week I tried again. I did finish it, but it was a struggle. It is a good example that some "classics" from the Golden Age show considerable tarnish.
Jommy Cross is a nine-year-old slan, a race of mutated humans capable of telepathy. They also exhibit superior strength and endurance, although not necessarily super-intelligence. It might be their mind reading ability that gives them an edge in that category. Their distinguishing physical feature is golden-colored tendrils on their head, apparently the organ that enables their telepathy. There had been a war between the slans and humanity hundreds of year's prior to the main action, with slans defeated and forced into hiding. Jommy's knowledge is hampered by years of rumors and propaganda concerning slans. His father had been killed several years before, and when Jommy and his mother are spotted by the state police in Centropolis, his mother is killed but he is able to escape. He knows he must survive in order to continue his father's scientific research, which will hopefully give slans a chance to defend themselves. What he doesn't know is that there is another group of slans, tendrilless and incapable of mind reading, but whom have infiltrated high levels of government and industry. Will they be allies or yet another foe for the "true" slans?
The plot is super-thin, character development negligible, dialog pompous and/or laughable. The science is also preposterous, including what Jommy is able to accomplish while in hiding. For comparison's sake, if this was a movie, it would be like early Buck Rodgers serials compared to 2001: A Space Odyssey. I can only assume that those who did vote for Retros were older readers, relying on nostalgic memory rather than a recent re-read. The Golden Age still has meaning for me since I have read and enjoyed quite a few books and stories from that era. This is not one of them. Do not bother with it.


We are using Cosmos DB Graph and, as recommended by Microsoft, we are using Gremlin.Net NuGet.
We have configured two locations: write - East US, read - East US, North Europe. However North Europe location is never being used. All writes and reads always go to East US even though we are located in Europe.
How can we make it read from nearby read location instead of always accessing write location?
This should address your request.
Can you provide an excerpt from your client code with the connection details, minus the sensitive data. I am looking to see if you are passing region specific property values to indicate which regions are read/write and which are read only.
I am definitely not passing any region specific values. I know I should pass it for Document DB client (or enable automatic discovery) but I have failed to find any similar information in regards to Gremlin/Graph API.
Still looking around for other content.
These articles are for Document DB client. Gremlin.Net client does not have such options.
However I have some questions regarding that. Cosmos DB allows me to write into read-only region and it seems to redirect writes to write region. What is the recommended approach in this case? Should I write directly to write region? Is there any penalty or benefit when writing to read-only / write-only region?
It comes down to latency and provisioned throughput for each region. You should always source the closest region to your endpoint but if you are accessing a read-only region to make writes, there might be latency issues while a consumer of read-only data is waiting or you have a lower RU configuration at the read-only region, and read-write region is set-up to handle both, etc. Although, when you make a write call to a read-only region, the write events travel along the Microsoft network backbone to the write region. This might be faster than making an internet call to the write region. So, there is no hard answer here. Much of this depends on application traffic of your solution.


Premier League giants Chelsea and Manchester City are both keen on signing PSV Eindhoven youngster Mohammed Ihattaren.
Calciomercato reports that the English heavyweights are ready to battle it out for the player of Moroccan descent, but may face further competition from the likes of Internazionale and Barcelona.
The 16-year-old, who was born in Utrecht and featured in the Netherlands' team which won the 2018 UEFA European U-17 Championship, has caught the eye with his performances in the UEFA Youth League.
The Dutchman usually plays in central midfield but can also be deployed down the right flank.
A product of the PSV youth programme, Ihattaren signed his first professional contract with the Eredivisie club in March 2018.
The teenager made his first-team debut in a 2-1 win over Groningen on 26 January this year.
Chelsea have recruited young players from the Netherlands in the past, with Daishawn Redan signing for them from Ajax and currently impressing in their youth squad.
Manchester City have also established a reputation of recruiting the best young talent from across Europe.
The capture of Ihattaren would be a huge deal for either club as he is regarded as one of the best up-and-coming prospects.
PSV will be in Eredivisie action this coming weekend when they play away to Utrecht. The match at the Stadion Galgenwaard will be live on Fox Sports 1 from 17h35 CAT on Sunday 10 February.
Frenkie de Jong: Now I can relax!


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Q: Get actual DateTime of a device in Offline Mode I am developing an android application.  I need to solve the below mentioned issue in my application:
1) The application can work in online as well as offline.  The app has a feature to create and save the NOTES inside the application.  Also, When the app gets internet connection, I need to send the NOTES to backend server.  I have a field called 'DATECREATED' in each NOTE (the datetime where the actual NOTE was created)
ISSUE:
If the User has set the DateTime wrongly in the device, My application sends the incorrect DATETIME to server.  I am wondering how could I solve the issue?
Any Ideas would be appreciable.

A: When you eventually post to your server, just add that specific time as well. new Date().getTime() will give you a value that you can use to compare with the datetime of your server. If it's for example 2 hours later, then just set the time of the post 2 hours back.
So send both the time when the post was submitted by the user and the time when it was actually sent.

A: You can get current date and time by using network time.
LocationManager locManager = (LocationManager) mContext
            .getSystemService(mContext.LOCATION_SERVICE);
    long lastSyncTime = locManager.getLastKnownLocation(
            LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER).getTime();

I have used it to get time, based on location in my application.
I think it will work in online and offline mode as well.

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Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi (review copy) - WORLDS KEPT THEM APART. DESTINY BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER.
After hearing all the hype over Under the Never Sky, I decided it was about time I gave it a go. Surely something that is being raved about left, right and center has got to be amazing! As it turns out, I really enjoyed it!
Yes, I really enjoyed it, but I wasn't blown away by it. There was something missing for me to make it a wow-some book. What this missing thing is, I don't know, it just wasn't there. But as I said, I did really enjoy it!
What I loved about this book is, once Aria is no longer in Reverie, it feels very much like a high fantasy! If you take out the futuristic techy side of life in the Pods, and the items that can crop up from way back that we will recognise, it feels completely made up, and I loved it! Especially as, as he story goes on, a few other people are picked up along the way to join the quest - see, doesn't "quest" make it sound all high fantasy-esque (though that word is never used in the book). I loooved it! It was almost like coming home, as high fantasy is the genre that made me a reader.
But it is a dystopia. Life is not how it used to be, and I can't exactly tell you why, because I'm not sure myself. I don't know if I missed something vital along the way or if it's simply not explained. All I know is something called Unity happened, there is now something similar to the Northern Light in the sky that's called Aether, except Aether can rain down and set things on fire, and certain people are now physically incapable of living outside the domes. But why this all is, I don't know. And as with most dystopias, we do find out a few things that turn out people are being lied to; the way they live that seems so safe and right is actually not right at all.
I loved all the characters in this book. Aria and Perry's reaction to each other when they first meet seems very right and believable. They hate each other, even fear each other. There is no insta-love here. The romance is a very slow burner, but one that works because it's so believable. They were just so cute! I loved it! Perry is super awesome, but I think I prefer Roar, Perry's best friend. Yes, his name is Roar. And he is smooth, and flirty, and just damn cool! He is so funny, I cracked many a smile when he was around. Then there's Cinder, a 12-year-old boy who is just so intriguing! I want to adopt him. Yes, I do. Despite him being a little bit of a pain at times. I think the boy is in need of love and cuddles.
Overall, a really great story! I am so looking forward to the sequel and seeing where Aria and Perry's story takes them next!
Sounds pretty good despite the "missing" link. Curious change in cover though....both are vibrant but in different ways. May have to check it out for myself. Thanks for sharing!
Oh, it's a shame that UTNS was a bit lacking for you! It's one of my all-time favourites! But I'm glad you did enjoy it :) Great review!
Roooooooooooooooaaaarrrr! Hehe. I loved Roar. I am SO demanding a spin-off, I'm happy to read lots more books with him as the central character! But oh, did I love Perry too and the relationship with Aria <3 All the character were amazing, I can't wait to see where Veronica takes them next.
Shame it didn't blow you away like anticipated, but wee! Still glad you loved it :D Hopefully the sequel can maybe provide that missing 'something' for you. Anyway, I LOVE YOUR REVIEW!
Brodie - So blogger is being annoying and won't let me reply directly to your comment. Pfft. Roar is awesome! He is just the coolest! A spin-off with him would be awesome! :D But yes, Perry and Aria's relationship was just so sweet, I loved it!
Yeah, it was still really awesome! It wasn't a huge thing that was missing, but it was missing the "OMG, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NOW!" element that I'm feeling with Divergent. Really looking forward to the sequel! :D Thanks, sweetie!


A few days ago I rode the horses past a willow stand that was golden, and any as-yet-uncut hay fields left in the Valley wave in the late summer breeze with shades of rust, orange, yellow, and bronze sprinkled amid the green.
September is a month of vast change. The autumnal equinox won't occur for a few weeks yet, but in the high country fall has already begun. The tundra on the peaks has started to change from deep emerald to rust and gold and it won't be long before snow starts to fly again in these high places. Very soon an early-changing stand of aspen or oak on the flanks of the Sangres will catch our eye, suddenly bright gold against the homogenous green of the surrounding forest.
We haven't heard the distinctive sound of the nighthawks flying over the meadows for a few days now. Nighthawks are one of the very earliest of the migrating birds, and are presumably well on their way back to Mexico or South America – soon to be followed by the tiny hummingbirds who are still drinking their fill at feeders across the Valley. Geese have been flying over in formation, on their way elsewhere, and we heard the rattling call of a group of sandhill cranes in the dark wee hours a few mornings ago. Mule deer bucks and bull elk are in full antler again - muscled, primed and ready to fight when the rut begins.
Monsoon season has been winding down with only a few sprinkles here and there in the afternoons. Ditches are dry, and creeks are down to a mellow babble. The late afternoon angle of the sun has just begun to produce that certain lush quality of light that occurs only in autumn, and will soon be lighting up the changing aspen, willow, oak, and cottonwood with a breathtaking fiery glow.
On the human side of things, harvest is in full swing with an abundance of Palisade peaches and Olathe sweet corn and Rocky Ford melons. Zucchini appear mysteriously on neighbor's porches and canning fever has begun as gardens produce prolifically before the first frost marks the end of the growing season. Vast acres of Valley floor hay fields are in varying stages of being cut, some with neat rows of loose hay drying in the warm sun, some with bales of all sizes ready to be hauled to local barns or Front Range buyers. Tourists try to fit in one last vacation, one last weekend, one last camping trip, and orange hats and vests have been sighted as archery season starts off the round of fall hunting.
Here in our new home we're busy too. We're harvesting chokecherries alongside robins and magpies, gleaning the last of the tomatoes, squash, and melons from our own garden and putting up some of the bounty for winter use. Beautiful local hay bales are stacked in the barn, fragrant and ready for our horses to eat during the long snowy winter ahead.
The days are still so warm it's easy to forget the exuberance of summer is winding down and the introspective winter season is almost upon us. From inside the frenzy of summer fun and harvest time, it's almost a relief to think about cozy, quiet afternoons in front of the wood stove. But we're not there yet. In the meantime we'll glean every last bit of warmth from the sun, and look forward to that most glorious of seasons in the Colorado high country – Fall.


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Q: runtime failure see code, question after.
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>

bool prime(unsigned long long num);

int main(){
unsigned long long temp;
unsigned long long max = 600851475143;
FILE * fptr;

try{
fptr = fopen("primes.txt","w");

#pragma omp parallel for
for(unsigned long long i = 2; i<max;i++){
    if(prime(i)){
        temp = i;
        fputs(i + ",",fptr);
        //int percent = (int)((float)i)/((float)max);
        //if(percent > 1 && (percent % 10 == 0)){
        //  std::cout << "Percent Complete: " << percent << std::endl;
        //}
    }
}
std::cout << temp << std::endl;
fclose(fptr);
}catch(...){
    std::cout << "Exception!" << std::endl;
}
return 0;
}

bool prime(unsigned long long num){
for(unsigned long long i = 2;i<num;i++){
    if(num%i == 0)
        return false;
}
return true;
}

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time failure:
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Why is this runtime failure happening? I'm guessing it has something to do with unsigned long long but I have no idea. Also tried without the omp directive and still same problem.

A: You made a mistake here:
fputs(i + ",",fptr);

fputs gets const char* as a first argument. You add integer value 'i' to a const char* "," value. This expression i+"," will point to an invalid memory block as soon as 'i' becomes larger then 0 since there is no overloaded operator '+' in C++ which concatenates an integer with a const pointer to a char buffer
You may use the sprintf function instead:
char buf[256] = {0};
sprintf(buf, "%d, ", i);

or, simply fprintf which will put write the string directly to the file
Also, I suggest you to close the file handle outside of the try{ .. }catch block. Otherwise, in case of exception, your file will not be closed at all


As the age old saying goes: men are from Mars, women are from Venus. The male-female dynamic, and the challenge of representing relationships through a medium such as photography, are issues that Tuscan-born photography critic and curator Federica Chiocchetti hopes to tackle with her new exhibition for Photo50 at London Art Fair 2016 – 'Feminine Masculine'.
Chiocchetti, founding director of photo-literary platform Photocaptionist, selected 16 artists who work with photography to take part in the annual guest-curated exhibition. Within the show they explore the complex relationship between a man and a woman, which can often be incomprehensible, ineffable and immaterial; or a combination of all three.
Inspiration came in the form of the Jean-Luc Godard's 1966 classic Masculin Féminin, which the exhibition is loosely based on. "I was interested in the male/female discrepancy between speech, thought and reciprocal understanding that emerges in all its restlessness in the film," she says.
Divided into five sections: "He loves me, He loves me not", "Till Death Do Us Apart", "Ennui and Obsession", "Carrying-On without Them" and "Wrap Thee with Fluctuant Winds", the exhibition is told largely through the female perspective – "because I believe it's more honest to talk about what one knows more directly," Chiocchetti explains. However, the show also includes work from five male artists.
Photo50 is known for its emphasis on well-established and emerging voices; something which Chiocchetti considered carefully when curating the exhibition. "Some artists were a natural choice as they focus their practice specifically on the theme, like Natasha Caruana, who has been developing a consistent body of work over the years, articulated in different series around the themes of love, relationships, adultery and marriage," she says.
Others, such as Paul Schneggenburger, are emerging on the international scene. His photodynamic series 'The Sleep of the Beloved' features captivating photos of lovers asleep, taken with a six-hour exposure from midnight to 6am.


i.At the end of October, the total payroll employees was 7,701 thousand, increased by 13 thousand (or 0.16%) from last month.
ii.In October, the average regular earnings of full-time employees with Taiwan nationality (excluding foreigners and part-time employees) was NT$43,528, 2.73% increased than last October. After plus onto by irregular earnings such as bonuses and overtime pay, the total earnings came to NT$48,077, 2.57% increased than last October.
iii.The average regular earnings of all employees (including full-time or part-time employees with Taiwan nationality or foreigners) in October was NT$41,228, 2.56% increased than last October. If plus onto by the irregular earnings such as bonuses and overtime pay, the total earnings came to NT$45,632, increased by 2.50% than last October. The average regular earnings of all employees since January 2018 was NT$40,906, 2.61% increased than the same period of last year. The total earnings increased by 4.08% over the past year.
iv.The average total working hour of all employees in October was 177.1 hours, 16.1 hours more than last October. Mainly affected by the Mid-Autumn vacations occurred in October of last year and took more days-off.


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Be careful what you ask of Fate - sometimes she gives it to you.
When we last saw our heroine, she'd watched her faithful pet rip off her new best friend's head to save her son's life and Atlantis was rising from the depths. Now, Grace Murphy is back in the third installment of the Huntress series, but this time she's facing an all-out war. It's critical that Nyx (and Atlantis) stay buried, but her psychotic brats will do most anything to get her back.
You didn't think that was all, did you? Of course there's more!
With Hypnos invading her dreams, Dylan caught up in the throes of his "change" and juggling her relationships with two hunky Gods, Drew and Heph, to say Grace's hands are full would be an understatement.
Grace wished her life would just go back to the way it was before, and that she wouldn't have her powers or responsibilities anymore. Unfortunately, it looks like Fate answered this time. The results aren't pretty.
"Nicole Hamlett is a single mother from Colorado Springs, living in Los Angeles, California. When she's not writing books she enjoys reading, cooking and video games and can often be caught enjoying indie alternative music."
Hi, Thank you for the giveaway.


Bliss Plaza, the first of two new public plazas coming to Sunnyside, Queens opened today in a ceremony attended by several local elected officials, including Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, NYC DOT Queens Borough Commissioner Dalila Hall, and Queens Community Board 2 Chairman Joe Conley. Bliss Plaza, located at the intersection of 46th Street and Queens Boulevard, under the elevated 7 train, has been transformed from an underutilized underpass into a vibrant public space with seating and colorful planters. The plaza is a part of the New York City Department of Transportation's NYC Plaza Program and will be managed by the Sunnyside Shines Business Improvement District.
In the summer of 2013, the Sunnyside Shines BID submitted an application to the NYC Plaza Program. Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer supported the application, along with other local elected officials and community stakeholders. In early April 2014, they were notified that the application was accepted. The program commenced with a community outreach meeting on April 30 and was approved by Queens Community Board 2 in June. Construction on the Bliss Plaza, which included leveling out the former roadway to form one level pedestrian space, was completed by NYC DOT in early July.
By this fall, the Lowery Plaza at 40th Street and Queens Boulevard, also under the elevated 7 train, is expected to open as well, which will also include tables, chairs and decorative planters. Both plazas will be open year-round, from approximately 9am until dusk. The names of the plazas are derived from the original street names for 40th Street (Lowery Street) and 46th Street (Bliss Street). Both areas were already closed to traffic prior to their designations under the NYC Plaza Program.
Sunnyside Shines BID has contracted with the Neighborhood Plaza Partnership (NPP) for partial maintenance of the plazas and the plantings. NPP is a project of the Horticultural Society offering horticulture and maintenance services utilizing workforce training programs that provide training and jobs to formerly incarcerated and homeless populations.
Sunnyside's application to the NYC Plaza Program had broad community support with over a dozen letters of support from community stakeholders, including elected officials, business owners, property owners, residents and community organizations.


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Stephen H. Gerstacker
Approximate Speed
Formula Control
Stack's Score Card
Category: Formula Control
Development Formula Control
Formula Control 2.1 Release
Post author By Stack
Post date 2019/09/19
Formula Control 2.1 has been released, with support for iOS 13 and Dark Mode. Under the hood, it has transitioned to using Swift Package Manager for it its third-party dependencies.
Formula Control 2.0 Has Been Released
My friends and I have been playing Formula Dé for quite a while. We play it so much, we have a yearly league. We even attempted to bring the game in to the infield of the Indy 500. It was so hot, we never played, but attempting to playing in the IMS infield required some ingenuity. This resulted in me obsession for years over an app to control your Formula Dé drivers without having to worry about the multi-piece control panel.
Hence, Formula Control was born. It's definitely over engineered, but that's how I like to do things. Beyond the simple things, like controlling all of the aspects of the game and ensuring every rule is considered, it also uses new parts of the iOS operating system that I had never considered before. The app works well on the iPad, utilizing keyboard shortcuts and Split View. It also has been audited for accessibility features like VoiceOver and Inverted Colors. I even learned SpriteKit to make a subtle flag waving animation.
Check it out on the App Store, and make sure to review it if you happen to be on of the few people to still play this board game.
© 2022	Stephen H. Gerstacker

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Entertainment Calendar : March 11-19
Art Exhibits: Character in Light: Creating the Memorable from the Mundane by Chuck Almarez, Lobby Gallery; Image/Text by David Underwood, Museum Gallery; Creative Youth Art Exhibit, Old Stone Gallery; Carnegie Hall, March 3-April 28
MET Live in HD: La Traviata, GVT, 12:55 p.m.
Polar Bear Plunge, Island Park, 1 p.m.
Patrick O'Flaherty, Irish Pub, 5 p.m.
Eades Mountain Boys, Sweet Springs Rescue Squad Bldg., 7 p.m.
Trillium's Breaking Boundaries, Lewis Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
Boatmen, Asylum, 9 p.m.
The Commonheart, Hill & Holler, 9 p.m.
DJ Night w/Sid, Sweet Shoppe, 9:30 p.m.
Trillium's Breaking Boundaries, Lewis Theatre, 3 p.m.
DJ/Karaoke, 50 East, 10 p.m.
Jam Session, American Heritage Music Hall, 7 p.m.
A Little Dancing, St. James Episcopal Church, 7 p.m.
Strum Sum Band, Hill & Holler, 6 p.m.
"Beauty & the Beast Jr." dress rehearsal pay-what-you-can, GVT, 7 p.m.
Whiskey Wednesday w/ Jeanne & Jim, Irish Pub, 8 p.m.
Brendan Sheridan, Irish Pub, 5 p.m.
Corned beef & cabbage dinner, St. Catherine of Siena, 5 p.m.
"Beauty & the Beast Jr." GVT, 7 p.m.
Pub Quiz, Irish Pub, 8 p.m.
Karaoke w/ Swerv'n Irvin, Sweet Shoppe, 9 p.m.
Fireside Friday w/ Jim Snyder, Hill & Holler, 6 p.m.
St. Patrick's Day parade, 6 p.m., celebration follows
St. Patty's Day Trudge, Spare Time, 7 p.m.
St. Patrick's Day party, The Asylum, 10 p.m.
WV Ski Free Day, Snowshoe, all day
Celtic Knot race, downtown Lewisburg, 10 a.m.
Belt sander racing, Stuart's, 1 p.m.
Carnegie Hall Gala, The Greenbrier, 7 p.m.
Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller, Pocahontas Co. Opera House
Emmalea Deal, Asylum, 9 p.m.
To submit information to Mountain Messenger's Entertainment Calendar, email Sarah Mansheim at news@mountainmessenger.com. Information should be submitted two weeks in advance.
WIC program encourages healthy lifestyle changes during National Nutrition Month
Annual FFA Auction returns to Fairgrounds


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Сильвестр III (; ? — 1 січня 1060; Сабіна) — сто сорок сьомий папа Римський (20 січня 1045 — 10 березня 1045), народився у Римі.

Єпископ Сабіни, обраний папою після вигнання з Рима папи Бенедикта IX. Пізніше його звинуватили в підкупі під час виборів, хоча він ніколи цього не визнав. Невдовзі Бенедикт IX повернувся до Рима й змістив Сильвестра III, який повернувся до виконання своїх обов'язків єпископа Сабіни.

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A History of Nicki Minaj's Beefs: Celebrities Who Have Found Themselves on the Rapper's Bad Side
By Char Adams
JAMIE MCCARTHY/GETTY;JERRITT CLARK/FILMMAGIC
This article was originally published on People.com.
If there's one vital lesson the music world has taught us over the years, it's don't mess with Nicki Minaj.
The 34-year-old rapper has cemented herself as a wig-loving, expletive-laden-lyric-delivering, no-nonsense force to be reckoned with. So, naturally, she's had her fair share of feuds with other celebs.
The "Anaconda" rapper has sparred with the likes of Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Mariah Carey and more.
However, last April, Minaj told Ellen DeGeneres that she regrets her past feuds with fellow stars, saying, "I'm a sweet person, and I don't wanna be mean to people."
Here, a list of stars who've found themselves on the rapper's bad side.
Remy Ma
Minaj and the Terror Squad rapper have been feuding for years — Minaj supposedly dissed Remy Ma on her track "Dirty Money" off a 2007 EP, in which she raps, "Tell that bitch with the crown to run it like Chris Brown" while sampling one of Ma's Terror Squad songs "Yeah Yeah Yeah" — but their rivalry reached another level in February when Ma dropped "ShETHER," a 7-minute long diss track in which she accused Minaj of everything from infidelity to getting plastic surgery, which promptly set the Internet on fire and blew up the charts.
On March 10, Minaj responded by dropping three tracks, including "No Frauds," in which she teamed up with her Young Money label mates Drake and Lil Wayne. "You can't be Pablo if your work ain't sellin' / What the f— is this bitch inhalin'? / Tried to drop 'Another One,' you was itchin' to scrap / You exposed your ghostwriter / Now you wish it was scrapped," Minaj rapped on the track (which alludes to "Another One," Ma's follow-up single, which didn't get the same rapturous reception as "ShETHER"), before issuing a challenge to her rap rival.
"The greats took three months to respond to diss records. Queens don't move on peasant time," Minaj wrote on Instagram, addressing the two weeks that she waited before responding. "Queens shut down Paris, then drop hits on #QueenTime… Been writing my own raps since I was 11. God knows. Next week I'll beat Aretha [Franklin] for the most Hot 100 hits on Billboard by ANY woman in the world EVER in the history of music. Stay in your bum ass place. Jealousy gets you nowhere."
She added a challenge to Remy Ma, too: "Now I got a countdown of my own for Sheneneh. You got 72 hours to drop a hit and I'll give you half a million dollars if you can book ANY show or interview without mentioning the Queen name."
It all started with a tweet. Swift and Minaj had a heated exchange on the social media site after the rapper spoke out about her lack of a nomination for video of the year at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, attributing the snub to racism in the music industry.
Swift, who was nominated, responded to Minaj's tweet, accusing the star of pitting "women against each other."
https://twitter.com/_/status/623616796277506048
Minaj noted that she made no mention of the "Style" singer, and Swift soon called a truce in a follow-up post, writing, "If I win, please come up with me!!" (Swift ended up taking home the award.)
The "Blank Space" singer later tweeted an apology to the rap star, writing that she "missed the point" of Minaj's tweets.
The two put all the "Bad Blood" behind them, and Swift joined Minaj on the VMA stage in a show-stopping performance.
Proving that she is not one to back down, Minaj confronted Cyrus at the VMAs (Cyrus hosted the award show) after the "Wrecking Ball" singer called her "not too kind" while commenting on the Minaj-Swift exchange in an interview with the New York Times.
"Now, back to this b—- that had a lot to say about me the other day in the press," Minaj said after taking to the stage to receive the award for best hip-hop video. "Miley, what's good?!"
Cyrus quickly tried to defend herself, telling Minaj, "We all do interviews. And we all know how they manipulate."
Minaj addressed the still-unresolved feud in her cover story for the New York Times Magazine's Culture issue that October.
"You're in videos with black men, and you're bringing out black women on your stages, but you don't want to know how black women feel about something that's so important?" Minaj said of Cyrus.
During her stint as a judge on American Idol, Minaj warred with fellow panelist Carey – an Idol source told PEOPLE that Carey didn't think Minaj could sing and "doesn't think she should be judging folks."
"Mariah has been saying little things to jab at Nicki from day one of shooting," the source said.
Although other insiders said Carey did not provoke Minaj, a profanity-laced outburst (caught on video and posted by TMZ) suggested that Minaj was fed up.
The once cordial stars, who never patched things up publicly, announced their departure from the show on the same day in 2013.
In 2016, Minaj went head-to-head with Abraham in a NSFW Twitter feud after the "Superbass" rapper criticized the reality TV star's relationship with her mother on Teen Mom OG.
"Farrah is a c— to her mother," Minaj tweeted while apparently watching an episode of the MTV show.
Instead of dragging your mother, learn the difference between "you're" & "your", ding bat
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) January 10, 2016
Abraham hit back at the rapper, writing, "Cause your [sic] a parent right? Your [sic] videos look like porn Horrible good luck being negative #Godbless busy making TV."
To be clear my mom doesn't help me I help her. I love & care for my mom. Stop disgusting talk @NICKIMINAJ 🤐 pic.twitter.com/JOCLch6kko
— Farrah Abraham (@F1abraham) January 10, 2016
The spat continued, with Minaj urging Abraham to treat her mother better: "Be happy she's helping!" Minaj tweeted
Although Minaj seemed to wash her hands of the feud, a Twitter video surfaced in the days following the feud of Abraham's daughter Sophia calling Minaj a "total loser."
The Queen of the Barbs was at odds with the Queen Bee early in her career: Kim told New York radio show The Breakfast Club 105.1 that the rapper stole her sound and her style.
The feud made headlines when Minaj dissed Kim in tracks on her Pink Friday album, and Kim responded with diss tracks on a mixtape pointedly titled Black Friday.
Things died down for some time, but were reignited in 2013 when Kim dissed Minaj again in her own remix to Beyoncé's Minaj-assisted "Flawless" remix (got that?).
Lovato sent a jab the rapper's way after Minaj failed to mention her in a Instagram photo from the 2016 Met Gala.
"When you aren't mentioned in a post but didn't do s— to the person," Lovato wrote on a Snapchat photo, according to E! Online. (Both Lovato and Minaj were dressed in Moschino by Jeremy Scott for the event.)
Lovato took to Instagram, uploading a photo of Minaj seemingly sending her a sharp look on the red carpet.
"This pretty much summed up my first and probably last Met," Lovato captioned the picture. "I'm obviously laughing at the fact that 1. I look incredibly awkward and 2. That the shade being thrown in this picture actually gives me life."
Minaj didn't on Lovato's statements.
Sometimes there's more shit going on than you see. Maybe you DON'T know every aspect of my life so maybe you shouldn't assume you know. 🖕🏻
— Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) May 5, 2016
Days later, Lovato slammed critics in a late-night Twitter rant. "Sometimes there's more to the story" she began.
"Sometimes there's more s— going on than you see," she continued. "Maybe you DON'T know every aspect of my life so maybe you shouldn't assume you know."
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Public protests have always been a symbol of democratic and informed societies that represent people's engagement into affairs that affect their lives. On most part, protests speak volumes of the people's participation in national public affairs. More over, they help enable an environment where accountability and good governance can be promoted thereby allowing rightful spaces for peoples' grievances and dissent. For the marginalized sections of the society, protesting is the only solution that ensures State attention towards mainstreaming their issues. Yet we all know that in reality, there is a high prevalence among government and non-state actors to undermine the culture of protests and treat it as a matter of inconvenient or threat.
Locally, there is an effort by certain sections of the citizens that have demanded the "banning of protests" at the site of Dighali Pukhuri, which is approximately 60 bigha pond and considered one of the most iconic sites of Guwahati. It is no secret that demonstrations or famously known "Dharnas" are viewed with much disdain in conflict-ridden places like Guwahati. Currently there is a struggle between two contrary narratives. The first which deems that cultural and tourist sites should not be used for non tourist like activities like peoples' dharnas and demos. The second narrative recognizes expressing public dissent through protests as democratic right however proposes that it should be carried out at a State owned site.
Such statements raise many concerns particularly if we have to consider the right based perspective. 'Freedom of expression and peaceful assembly' is a constitutional right and any expression is not required to be popular to be promoted or restricted if unpopular. It can only be restricted under conditions prescribed in the Article 19 of the Indian Constitution. The Indian State cites that "reasonable restrictions" includes issues like public order, national security, friendly relations with a foreign country, public morality matters and hate speech. Please note that here even sedition is not a 'reasonable ground' to restrict freedom of expression and for peaceful assembly. The right to freedom of expression and the right to peaceful protest are crucial in a participatory democracy like India to foster a culture of political debate among the common people and are absolutely necessary for the promotion of public accountability as well as transparency in administration. Therefore, this right must be provided safeguards and should definitely be prioritized over the assumed public inconvenience.
In other countries, protests are regulated through advance permission or notice requirements, content restrictions and in certain instances protests of political natures are completely banned.
In countries like USA, excessive noise pollution or disruption, obstructions of sidewalks or doorways, or harassment of unwilling passers-by are the grounds for police to intervene for the event closure. Obviously, any incitement of violence or lawlessness forced an immediate police intervention and police authorities may impose traffic rules, reasonable timing, place and manner restrictions. However, officials should not be directing a route that doesn't reach out to the targeted audience of the protestors. In the UK, no permission or notice is required if the protests are static in nature however, in cases of march and moving demonstrations, notices are required. And extended time frame protests are banned in specific location like the Parliament Square.
The restriction of a public space would definitely violate freedom as alone inconvenience cannot be considered a sensible and reasonable ground. The public inconveniences can be minimised or eliminated through efficient management and enforcement of the local traffic rules. And for that we must learn from some best practices. On 15-16, February, 2003, worldwide protests were organized in 800 cities in the wake of US war on Iraq. In Rome alone there was a protest of three million people on 15th February, 2003 which became a Guinness record. Madrid witnessed a protest of some one and a half million people, while London saw one of its largest protests in face of one million protestors. Not to forget the protests in Istanbul's Taksim Square, the occupation of Zuccotti Park in New York, the Umbrella revolution in the streets of Hong Kong and the Nuit Debout protests in Paris' Place de la République, all examples which paved the path for enriched public opinion and encouragement of informed, engaged and inclusive societies on a global scale.
There is a need for awareness about the dos and the donts for both the protesters and the administrations. Excessive noise pollution, hooliganism, road obstructions, harassment of pedestrians or passersby, property vandalizing and setting people and public sites on fires are all offences that should provide zero grounds for impunity of the violators. Remember that for long Guwahati has been a vibrant and active society where democratic practices such as like protest meetings and dharnas have affirmed its informed citizenry. Let us take immense pride in ourselves for being such a people.
And this ever growing city is lacking in efficient crowd and traffic management strategies. Therefore efforts must be made for improving these issues, rather than resorting to banning protest spaces. The protests against public affairs are carried out with an aim to reach a target audience and Dighali Pukhuri over a period of time has become a strategic space that provides an ambience of concerned people. Having the presence of institutions like the local High Court, Guwahati Press Club, Rabindra Bhavan as well as educational institutions like Cotton College too in the vicinity has added advantage to the protesters.
The key factor is that our local civil society must not be deprived from accessing "Dighali Pukhuri site" whenever needed for registering protests and it must be seen in the light as a matter of right. Transferring the protest site to Dispur Last Gate, in reality, amounts to the restriction of constitutional freedom of expression and right to peaceful assembly.


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Is there a universal moral standard?
hamdani yusuf (OP)
Re: Is there a universal moral standard?
« Reply #640 on: 09/11/2020 07:44:58 »
Quote from: alancalverd on 07/11/2020 17:27:03
You missed the point. The statement that the universe was created exactly as it is now is the most accurate and comprehensive model of the universe because it accounts for absolutely every detail of what we observe. But it is also crap.
What's your point, exactly? How can a statement which is accurate and comprehensive can be crap? Don't you think they are contradictory? Are you trying to be sarcastic or trolling?
BTW, here is a presentation about morality by Peter Millican
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvbcgilfTgA
Unexpected results come from false assumptions.
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Quote from: hamdani yusuf on 09/11/2020 07:44:58
How can a statement which is accurate and comprehensive can be crap?
You can't argue with "things are as they are", and philosophically speaking that statement that the universe was created exactly as it is now is entirely valid because you can't prove otherwise except by introducing notions of time and evolution which are not part of the model nor necessary to explain it. But it's pretty obviously crap because it doesn't explain or predict anything else.
Think of a photograph. It shows you exactly where everything was when it was taken, so it's a perfect model of whatever was in front of the camera, and there's nothing in the photograph to indicate that it was ever different. It's selfconsistent and accurate, but to make any use of it you have to add a whole lot of assumptions that are not justified by its content alone.
You must have heard the story of the balloonist who descended through fog and had no idea of his location. He asked a passer-by "Where am I?"
Reply: "You are in a balloon, six feet above the ground"
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I've heard it before. It's about incomplete information. You get least significant bits while the more significant bits are still missing.
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Without properly defining their terminal goals, moral rules offer no real guidance
https://newideal.aynrand.org/why-todays-ethics-offers-no-real-guidance/
Why Today's Ethics Offers No Real Guidance
Philosophy is often thought to be an "ivory tower" pursuit, unconcerned with the practical affairs of everyday life. Philosophers who want to promote the relevance of their field invariably point to one branch of philosophy that seems to have obvious implications for our action in the world: ethics, the study of right and wrong.
But we do not see the masses beating down the doors of university philosophy departments seeking practical advice about important life decisions. Students typically take ethics classes to fulfill a requirement, not to answer burning questions. Few if any books about ethics by philosophers make the best-seller lists. Why have today's academic ethicists failed so miserably to sell the merits of their research?
Until ethicists can agree about how to support ethical principles for navigating an ordinary life, it's unlikely that they can answer questions about extraordinary emergency cases.
Recognizing that a life of conflict with others is not inevitable severely undercuts the assumption that the only viable ethical code is one that calls us to sacrifice our own interests for the sake of the alleged interests of others. As Ayn Rand argued, it is the popularity of the altruistic theory of morality (the theory which equates the subject of morality with choices about sacrifice) that we should hold responsible for the widespread view that morality has no relevance to everyday life:
Altruism declares that any action taken for the benefit of others is good, and any action taken for one's own benefit is evil. Thus the beneficiary of an action is the only criterion of moral value . . . .
Observe what this beneficiary-criterion of morality does to a man's life. The first thing he learns is that morality is his enemy; he has nothing to gain from it, he can only lose; self-inflicted loss, self-inflicted pain and the gray, debilitating pall of an incomprehensible duty is all that he can expect. . . . Apart from such times as he manages to perform some act of self-sacrifice, he possesses no moral significance: morality takes no cognizance of him and has nothing to say to him for guidance in the crucial issues of his life; it is only his own personal, private, "selfish" life and, as such, it is regarded either as evil or, at best, amoral.
The idea that ethics is a code of values one needs to guide one's life as a whole informs Rand's own view of moral virtue, which she develops at length in her essay "The Objectivist Ethics." She was also not the first to see it this way. The whole of ancient Greek ethics, from Socrates through Aristotle to the Stoics had a similar outlook, even as these figures differed in important ways about what a morally virtuous life actually consists in.
If today's ethicists want to offer real guidance for living, they should revisit their assumption that ethics is only about resolving conflicts and that they are its referees. Life is not a zero-sum game and ethics should not be about solving made-up puzzles that are part of such a game.
Wrong from the start. Altruism is an abstract noun that cannot "declare" anything. We ascribe good work with no apparent return to the doer, as altruistic.
It is not in the gift of philosophers to misuse the English language - or any other.
The mistake that you've pointed out can be fixed by simply replacing the word atruism with altruist. Alternatively, the word declares can be replaced by means. It doesn't necessary means that the rest of the argumentation completely false though.
Due to limitations of natural languages, many miscommunications and misunderstanding can occur. Homonyms, homographs, or homophones can cause unnecessary informal fallacies. That's one reason for me to emphasize the importance of building some form of virtual universe in another thread.
Let's make your substitution.
"An altruist is a person who declares that any action taken for the benefit of others is good, and any action taken for one's own benefit is evil."
Have you ever heard a sane individual say that? Laying down your life for another may be the ultimate act of altruism, but not eating when you are hungry, or not avoiding a charging elephant (because that would not benefit anyone else) is the inaction of an idiot.
Everyday altruism includes turning up at first aid or water lifesaving classes. And what is the first lesson they teach you? Don't endanger yourself. One hand for the ship, one for yourself. Make sure your car is between the approaching traffic and the casualty. Switch off at the mains. Wear a mask. And on and on.....
That's called extreme/radical altruism. In practice, it's not sustainable hence not an evolutionary stable strategy.
By maintaining some level of self preservation, one can do more good to others. So there is some sweet spot between extreme altruism and extreme selfishness which produce optimum result.
BTW, the sentence that you quoted was not mine. It didn't even represent the position of the philosopher that I quoted. It was part of his critique to using altruism as fundamental standard of morality. That's why I felt awkward when writing this response.
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How typical of a philosopher, to fill space with pompous drivel that he doesn't even believe.
Why have today's academic ethicists failed so miserably to sell the merits of their research?
Possibly because there are none. When sitting in judgement on an ethics committee, I tend to ask the applicant "would you do this to your wife?" and ask the rest of the committee "what would the man in the street think of us if we agreed to this?". Beats me how anyone can make an academic career out of it.
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Bearing in mind that this is supposed to be a Science Forum, why should it even bother with talk about "moral standards".
What have "moral standards" got to do with Science. Surely Science should be concerned with only one thing - to find out how the Universe operates.
How does "morality" come into it? I mean, you could argue that when a parasitic wasp lays its eggs inside the living body of a fellow insect, such as a caterpillar, so that the wasp's eggs hatch out and eat the caterpillar's intestines, that's not a very friendly or moral act. Not at least, by human standards. We'd judge the wasp as too horrible.
Like happened to Darwin. Didn't the parasitic wasp destroy his belief in a beneficent creator?
But so what? Science is concerned with facts. Even if things like parasitic wasps are by our standards quite deplorable, they do exist as a scientific fact.
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Quote from: charles1948 on 24/11/2020 17:39:41
The word "science" is derived from the Latin "scientia" meaning knowledge.
One way to acquire knowledge is to read stuff.
Did you read the thread before you posted that?
Please disregard all previous signatures.
Ethics is part of social science, which is part of science. Besides, this thread is under Just Chat category, so we are free to choose any topic, even if it's outside of science.
How do you answer following questions:
1. Why should we do science?
2. How to prioritize among scientific researches, when the resources to do those are limited?
There is no theoretical limit to what we might do in the guise of science, but a lot of what Nazi and Japanese scientists did in the 1930s and 40s, and quite a bit of what went on in the civilised world in the 1950s, would not pass either of the moral tests I have set out in this thread:
1. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
2. Would you do this to your wife?
so various august bodies in Geneva, Helsinki and elsewhere tend to exercise themselves with questions of the morality of scientific endeavour.
Science and engineering have come a long way in the last 100 years, to the point that we rarely ask "can we?" and are beginning to ask "should we?" more frequently.
Why "universal"? Because whilst idiots try to divide the world with politics and religion, scientists like collaborating with other enquiring minds, no matter where they live or what their parents did on Sunday.
Can your moral standards pass universality test?
Are they applicable to pre-human society?
Are they applicable to post-human society?
Are they applicable to non-human society?
Let me remind you the common definition of morality according to dictionary:
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principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behaviour.
What makes you think that following your rules are right or good?
What makes ignoring or violating them wrong or bad?
How can someone without a wife follow your second rule, e.g. kids, bachelors? or someone with more than 1 wife?
1. Yes, to the extent that I haven't met anyone who disagrees with them
2, 3, 4. Probably not, but who cares?
I don't need to. And they aren't rules but tests: I ask the question and leave the respondent to decide whether his proposed action is justifiable .
They are tests, not rules, of justification (benefit/cost).
It's never been a problem but the question can be adapted to suit the circumstances. I had an enthusiastic inventor wanting to trial his intravaginal ultrasound probe. I thought the electrical and thermal insulation were inadequate, so rather than argue about it, I said "stick it up your arse and switch it on". We never saw him again.
I think I missed one more question:
Are they applicable to every human society?
Many people have various level of altruism and selfishness. So in any particular case, they can have diverse answers and decisions. Are they equally justifiable?
We can find many people, especially in underdeveloped societies, who are eager to beat their wives. How does it justify them to beat other people?
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Photopigments change shape when they detect light, triggering a series of chemical reactions and sending a signal to the visual cortex of the brain telling it how much light there is at each point on the retina. It is this that creates a picture of the outside world.
Different types of photoreceptor contain different kinds of photopigment. There are two main kinds of photoreceptor cells involved in vision: rods and cones. Rods are used to see when it's dark, and they don't detect colour. They contain the photopigment rhodopsin.
Cones are used to see when there is bright light. There are three different types of cone, each sensitive to different wavelengths of light, which allow us to see colour. The cone photopigment is called iodopsin and comes in three forms: erythrolabe, which is most sensitive to red light, chlorolabe, which is most sensitive to green light, and cyanolabe, which is most sensitive to blue light.
Vertical section through a mammalian eye.
There are some light-sensitive proteins in the eye that are not used for seeing. Some cells in the retina contain the photopigment melanopsin; the signals from these cells don't go to the visual cortex but instead go to areas of the brain that regulate our sleep cycle and pupil size.
Our biological (or circadian) clock determines when we sleep. This is controlled by a brain area called the suprachiasmatic nucleus, or SCN, which is located in the middle of the brain and is the size of a grain of rice.
The cells here undergo a cycle of protein formation and breakdown that lasts around 24 hours, releasing chemicals that make us sleepy at night and awake during the day. This cycle can be modified by input from melanopsin cells, which tell the SCN when it is light (daytime).
One way this is done is through melatonin (not to be confused with melanopsin). Melatonin is a hormone that makes you feel sleepy. It is produced by the pineal gland, connected to the SCN, which receives the light/dark signals from the melanopsin cells in the eye.
So when the melanopsin cells detect light (normally in the daytime), less melatonin is produced, making you feel more awake. When it is dark and melanopsin cells don't detect light, more melatonin is produced, making you feel tired.
Melanopsin is most sensitive to blue light. This is why it's a bad idea to be on your phone or computer late at night: these devices give out a lot of blue light, which the melanopsin detects as bright daylight. This tells your body clock that it is daytime and you should be awake, stopping you from getting to sleep.
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Tompkins: Nationwide Anti-Trump Editorial Blitz Just More Proof Journalists Don't Listen
At the start of the week when we covered The Boston Globe's 'call to action' for the nation's newspapers to collude to fight back against what they called Trump's "dirty war against the free press" the number of publications involved was at around 100, as the Globe's deputy editorial page editor, said at the time, "we have more than 100 publications signed up, and I expect that number to grow in the coming days."
That figure has indeed grown, more than tripling as of Wednesday to 350, according to statements from Boston Globe staff leading the project, and will potentially be even greater by Thursday morning, when the coordinated editorials are set to run nationwide.
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The Globe explains the initiative's purpose as:
The Globe initiative comes amid the president's repeated verbal attacks on journalists, calling mainstream press organizations "fake news" and "the enemy of the American people." Tensions came to a boil in early August when CNN reporter Jim Acosta walked out of a press briefing after White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders refused to refute Trump's "enemy of the people" comments.
Meanwhile, Al Tompkins at The Poynter Institute - a five decade award-winning journalist and producer - has some interesting analysis considering he is a commentator who is opposed to Trump and wishes the president would knock it off with the fake news is the "enemy of the people" nonsense.
Despite saying this right off the top, Tompkins then proceeds to shred the initiative as completely futile while simultaneously a bit hypocritical given an elite press that's perpetually walled itself off from ever having to admit its wrong (for the easiest and most obvious example in most people's recent memory let's simply start with the Iraq war).
Al Tompkins via TV News Storytellers
He brings a surprising admission for which he's likely already received the ire of his many journalism students and fellow professionals, saying, "I really do not believe that President Trump believes the press is the enemy of the people. I believe he is softening the target the way battleships blast away before a boots-on-the-ground invasion."
Tompkins acknowledges the reality that:
We will protest again that we are really good for democracy, that we are vital to the nation... and the people who agree with the president won't give a damn what 200-plus newspaper editorials or a thousand editorials have to say.
Tompkins brings a common-sense perspective, likely echoing what most average Americans might be thinking right now, ultimately concluding of the breathless headlines now promising 350 "pro-journalism editorials" that it'll be little more than the usual self-congratulatory and meaningless noise that many Americans have come to expect from the mainstream press.
He rains on their parade and predicts:
So the editorials Thursday will create a lot of chatter. Trump backers will call journalists whiners and journalists will counter-attack. Twitter and cable news will have a ball with it all.
And Friday morning we will be right where we were this morning.
And crucially Tompkins, himself a prominent longtime educator of journalists across the nation, says that journalists as a collective profession have gotten so much disastrously wrong yet remain intransigent, and the American people understand this well.
Lots of journalists were surprised after the 2016 election. We vowed to listen to the public more, to find out why we were so surprised to hear that the public didn't love journalists and a growing number didn't believe us.
If that point didn't win the relatively establishment commentator Tompkins any more friends among the liberal outrage-fueled mainstream, the following is the money shot:
Before you publish your editorials extolling the virtues of journalism, ask yourself: How are you doing with that listening tour? How have you changed because of what you learned? How willing are you to be changed by discourse?
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