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This detailed reading list started out with a few UK ecopsychologists compiling their five favourite ecopsychology books. It was a difficult task, as you can imagine! Since then new reviews have been added.
If you have a favourite book you would like to add, with a brief review (100 words max please!) do please send it to us. Or if you're a book publisher, please feel free to get in touch if you'd like a book considered for review here.
If you're completely new to ecopsychology this classic book is a useful introduction: Roszak, T et al (eds) Ecopsychology. Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind, 1995 San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. An excellent anthology for anyone wishing to find out more about Ecopsychology.For a very extensive deep ecology and ecopsychology bibliography visit Rainforestinfo. Or Goodreads popular ecopsychology book list.
Allen, Ruth., Grounded: How connection with nature can improve our mental and physical wellbeing. 2021, Welbeck Publishing. 'Grounded' is an exquisitely produced book by psychotherapist Ruth Allen. Ruth begins by sharing the near shattering of her relationship with nature, with the rest of the book being a testament to her 'conscious, systematic reconnection' ever since. 'Grounded' is partly personal, as well as including a richness of exercises, stories, research and reflections. Ruth's desire to understand what it means to be alive is contagious, making for an intelligent, heartfelt introduction to working with the natural world. I can imagine 'Grounded' being particularly inspiring for readers new to 'crafting' their relationship with nature; moving, reconnecting and rewilding.
Abram, D., The spell of the sensuous: perception and language in a more-than-human world. 1996. Pantheon Books, New York. "Starting from the perspective of western magic and indigenous shamanism, this beautifully written text takes you on a journey deep into the nature of experience and the linguistic complexities of our human experience of nature." Review by Dave Key.
Bateson, D., Small Arcs of Larger Circles: Framing through Other Patterns. 2016. Triarchy Press. "A rich weaving of poetry, reflections and longer prose. Bateson introduces the notions of transcontextuality and symmathesy, inviting the reader into systems theory and complex thinking in an expansive and aesthetic way. It's impossible to do justice to the beauty of this book in a short review." Review by Emma Palmer.
Bernstein, Jerome. Living in the Borderland: The Evolution of Consciousness and the Challenge of Healing Trauma. 2006. Routledge. "The author is a Jungian Analyst who writes about the emergence of 'borderland' experiences – a greater openness to transrational reality – as western psyche changes in relation to our current crises. Part One discusses the big picture. Part Two looks at clinical implications. Part Three builds bridges between Navaho and western healing systems; it is very rare to find an author who is so well steeped in both traditions and who is able to find a language to cross cultures.
See www.borderlanders.com." Review by M J Rust.
Berry, Thomas. The Great Work. 2000. Three Rivers Press. "This may be the great summary work of Thomas Berry. It is historically up to date, as befits a great historian of religion, science and the Earth. The assessment of the present is realistic to any who appreciate what we have lost. He projects into the future from the past as far as can be seen and hoped. That is a very long distance indeed on both ends. The next stage is dependent on human choice to a large extent. The assessment of where we are and what we have done/accomplished is rather grim and realistic from a geophysical standpoint but is hopeful in its projections for Earth going forward, according to Thomas. Thank you, Thomas Berry, for this perhaps last published summary work. "Anon, Amazon.
Birkeland, Inger. Making Place, Making Self. 2005. Ashgate Press. This is a remarkable book exploring our relationship to place. As a human geographer from Norway, Birkeland becomes fascinated by what draws people to make a journey to the most northerly point of mainland Europe, the North Cape in Norway. While on the surface it would seem to be yet another tourist destination, she takes a look at the deeper layers of what motivates people to go to the compass point "North". She is first inspired by a Spanish woman, Sofia, who makes the newspaper headlines by walking the 2,100 km from Oslo to the North Cape. Sophia is propelled by the feeling that she is missing something in life and, despite everyone around her believing she is crazy, she gives up everything in her 30's and sets off. Her mother thinks she has 'lost her North', a Spanish saying to describe someone who has lost direction in life and who has decided to do something out of the ordinary. After this, Birkeland interviews a series of people and devotes nine chapters of her book to exploring their very different stories and reasons for making their journeys. She draws on post-lacanian and feminist psychoanalytic thinking, as well as phenomenology and existentialism, to develop themes related to place and space, home and home-coming, sexual difference and subjectivity, travel as rite of passage, chora and the metaphysics of place. Birkeland's capacity to weave together personal accounts with well argued academic theory makes for a compelling read, and a major contribution to the developing theoretical base of ecopsychology. Review by Mary-Jayne Rust.
Bond, D. Stephenson. Living Myth: Personal Meaning as a Way of Life. 1993. Boston. Shambhala. "A Jungian and psychodynamic analysis of the relationship between human emotions, the need for meaningfulness, culture, behaviour and eco-systems; the relationship between 'outer' ecological and 'inner' emotional balance; the centrality of meaning, religion and cultural myth-making in ecological sustainability; how these can be functional in terms of sustaining ecological systems, dysfunctional in terms of the same, and how changes from dysfunctional to functional cultural myths depend on individuals who are bold enough to take the risk to be pioneers of new ways of living." Review by Paul Maiteny.
Boring, F. Mason et al. Returning to Membership in Earth Community: Systemic Constellations with Nature. Human beings are deeply embedded in nature, not separate from it. Systemic Constellations are being used in many different ways to explore both nature within us and our position within nature as we try to find our place in the earth community. This anthology collects reports from both the originators and the latest explorers in this work. The book contains contributions from fourteen individuals working in five different countries in Europe and North American, including Daan van Kampenhout, Victoria Schnabel and Zita Cox, Edited by Francesca Mason-Boring and Kenneth Edwin Sloan. Publication date July 2013, in print and eBook, via Amazon.
Brody, Hugh. The Other Side of Eden. 2001. North Point Press. "Hugh Brody has written a learned, eloquent, and mysteriously moving introduction to the enduring culture of hunter-gatherers. But none of these adjectives does justice to the deeply transformative experience of reading The Other Side of Eden, which led me beyond the limits of familiar mythology, introduced me to people whose lives are radically different from my own, and reminded me, at the same time, that different as they are, hunter-gatherers are an essential piece of my humanity and I cannot truly understand myself without them." Review by Jonathan Rosen.
Brazier, Caroline. Acorns Among the Grass: Adventures in Eco-Therapy. 2011. O Books. This book presents an approach to working with the environment which embraces the therapeutic and the spiritual, offering a model of working which is sympathetic and creative. incorporating both theoretical understanding and vivid description of experiential work, it will appeal to both the professional and the general reader. Connecting with nature, we open to life in new ways.
Brazier, Caroline. Ecotherapy in Practice: A Buddhist Model. 2017. London: Routledge. "Ecotherapy in Practice is a fabulous wide-ranging tool-box for those who are both new to ecotherapy, as well as more seasoned practitioners, and, particularly as a fellow Buddhist, I know I shall be dipping into it again in the months and years to come. It is an invaluable contribution to the body of ecotherapy and ecopsychology books already available". Review by Emma Palmer.
Burns, George. Nature Guided Therapy – Brief Integrative Strategies for Health and Well-Being. 1998. Taylor & Francis. "This book goes beyond a simple symptom-elimination approach to psychotherapy and integrates our interactions with nature to more likely resolve problems by creating a desired positive affective state. Fascinating evidence from cross-cultural sources and experimental evidence of science, are combined to demonstrate a direct nature-mind-body connection that can be utilised both practically and therapeutically. Burns has done therapists a great service, reminding us…that the world is much larger than the room in which we see our clients. This rich and often moving book is about much more than therapy – it is about the quality and course of our existence on many levels. I recommend it highly – and with a sense of urgency." Review by Michael D.Yapko.
Butterfly Hill, Julia. The Legacy of Luna. 2000. San Francisco. Harper. "This accessible book describes a young woman's evolving relationship with a redwood tree, developed over two years of living among her branches to prevent loggers from clear-cutting the redwood forest. Further, it tracks her dialogues with the loggers, rooted in her commitment to loving, non-violent dialogue. Deeply inspiring!" Review by Sandra White.
Buzzell, L., Chalquist, C. Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind. 2009 Sierra Club Books. "This anthology is the follow-up to Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind, edited by Theodore Roszak, Mary Gomes and Allen Kanner, also published by Sierra Club Books (in 1995). It is the first book to take a broad approach to the practice of applied ecopsychology and ecotherapy".
Clayton, S. & Opotow, S. (eds). Identity and the natural environment: the psychological significance of nature. 2003 London: MIT Press. "Identity and the Natural Environment is just the right mix of empirical research, statistics and theory for a student of environmental aesthetics, ethics and social dynamics. The movement between ecological moralism and political activism between essays is actually a useful index of the varied nature of the environmental movement. Focusing on social interaction enables the volume to show the linkage of democratic decision-making, political activism and the environment. An environmental psychology, one concludes, is rarely an individual "condition" – it is social and cultural." Review by Pramod K Nayar, Electronic Green Journal.
Cooper Marcus, Clare and Barnes, Marni. Healing Gardens; Therapeutic Benefits and Design Recommendations. 1998. Wiley and Sons. "Unique and comprehensive, Healing Gardens provides up-to-date coverage of research findings, relevant design principles and approaches, and best practice examples. For more and more people, the shortest road to recovery is the one that leads through a healing garden. Combining up-to-date information on the therapeutic benefits of healing gardens with practical design guidance from leading experts in the field, Healing Gardens is an invaluable guide for landscape architects and others involved in creating and maintaining medical facilities as well as an extremely useful reference for those responsible for patient care. With the help of site plans, photographs, and more, the editors present design guidelines and case studies for outdoor spaces in a range of medical settings." Review by Publisher.
Cullinan, Cormac. Wild Law: A Manifesto for Earth Justice. 2003. Green Books. Totnes. "This book of Cormac Cullinan explains with great clarity how we can change our entire approach to governance so that we can continue life on a liveable planet. In its basic outlines this book is one of the finest contributions to the entire field of jurisprudence in recent times." Review by Thomas Berry, author of 'The Dream of the Earth'.
Duncan, Roger. Nature in Mind: Systemic Thinking and Imagination in Ecopsychology and Mental Health. 2018. London: Routledge. "In this remarkable book Roger Duncan presents a merging of his life experiences teaching adolescents, vision-questing, and practicing psychotherapy together with theories ranging from language studies, Rudolf Steiner´s educational ideas, and indigenous holism. In the process, he gives us a glimpse of the relationship between human psychological development and nature--and offers a means toward healing ourselves and our deteriorating world". Review by Chellis Glendinning.
Eisenberg, Evan. The Ecology of Eden: Humans, Nature and Human Nature. 1998. Picador. London. "An amazing historical account of ecological themes, starting before humans and coming up to the present, with a lot of attention to ancient Middle Eastern culture and its lasting effects. He identifies what he calls the Tower and the Mountain as two ancient approaches to the nature/culture divide, and traces them down to the current opposition in the green scene between 'planet managers' and 'planet fetishers'. Full of amazing scholarship and ideas." Review by Nick Totton.
Fisher, Andy. Radical Ecopsychology: Psychology in the Service of Life. 2001 State University of New York Press. "Personal in its style yet radical in its vision, Radical Ecopsychology offers an original introduction to ecopsychology–an emerging field that ties the human mind to the natural world. In order for ecopsychology to be a force for social change, Andy Fisher insists it must become a more comprehensive and critical undertaking. Drawing masterfully from humanistic psychology, hermeneutics, henomenology, radical ecology, nature writing, and critical theory, he develops a compelling account of how the human psyche still belongs to nature. This daring and innovative book proposes a psychology that will serve all life, providing a solid base not only for ecopsychological practice, but also for a critical theory of modern society".
Frater, A., Waking dreams: Imagination in psychotherapy and everyday life. 2021, Transpersonal Press. A thoroughly helpful introduction to working with imagination and waking dreams. I felt invited into a realm in which I could move seamlessly between the personal, theoretical and practical ('entering', 'exploring', 'dialoguing', 'shapeshifting', 'emerging' and 'patterning'). Ecopsychology readers may be particularly interested in chapter 9: 'Ecological Imagination'. Frater's quiet passion for and engagement with the imaginal is palpable, as is his care in crafting this book. A gem of a read at a time when we need, perhaps more than ever, to re-member the vitality of imagination in therapy and everyday life. Review by Emma Palmer.
Fromm, Erich. To Have or To Be? London: Jonathan Cape. 1978. "Explains how humans are motivated by two basic orientations in seeking satisfaction – Having mode and Being mode. Explains the behavioural impacts of each and implications for relationship with self, others, and societal and ecological contexts. Includes section on 13th century mystic Meister Eckhart as early pioneer of the Being mode of life."
Harding, Stephen. Animate Earth. 2006. Green Books. "A delightful and stimulating take on Deep Ecology and the Earth/Gaia being truly a living being, with all of nature invested with an aliveness of which we are part. Also, rock-solid science. Harding has worked with the Schumacher College since it began, and knits together as well as anyone the science and the mystery of how our planet works." Review by Mark Brayne.
Hathaway, M and Boff, L. The Tao of Liberation: Exploring the Ecology of Transformation (Ecology and Justice) 2009. The book includes a chapter on the psychological dimensions of global transformation, much of it drawing from ecopsychology. It also contains several chapters on cosmological perspectives.
Henderson, R., In: Miles, J., and Priest, S., (Eds.). The Place of Deep Ecology and Ecopsychology in Adventure Education, 1999. Adventure Programming. Venture Publications, PA. "This chapter, in what is a seminal text in outdoor education, introduces the outdoor education sector to deep ecology and ecopsychology in a direct and engaging way. It places these perspectives squarely into the often relatively technocratic outdoor education literature." Review by Dave Key.
Huxley, Sir Julian. New Bottles for New Wine. London: Harper and Row. 1957. "A compilation of Huxley's prescient essays on the role of the human and our emergent capacities in future, psycho-social evolution. Includes the essay Transhumanism." Review by Paul Maiteny.
Johnstone, Chris. The Lens of Deep Ecology. Pain for the World, Systems Theory, and finding our Power to Make a Difference. 1994. Institute of Deep Ecology UK. "This booklet introducing systems thinking and the Deep Ecology approach was published by the Institute for Deep Ecology (UK) in 1994, and revised in 1997. It has been used as a core text on university courses in several countries. It is currently out of print, though extracts from it are still used on several distance-learning packages".
Kahn, P.H. The human relationship with nature: development and culture. 1999. Cambridge MA. MIT Press. "Urgent environmental problems call for vigorous research and theory on how humans develop a relationship with nature. For eight years, UW psychologist Peter Kahn studied children, young adults, and parents in diverse geographical locations, ranging from an economically impoverished black community in Houston to a remote village in the Brazilian Amazon. In these studies Kahn sought answers to the following questions: How do people value nature, and how do they reason morally about environmental degradation? Do children have a deep connection to the natural world that gets severed by modern society? Or do such connections emerge, if at all, later in life, with increased cognitive and moral maturity? Are there universal features in the human relationship with nature? Kahn's empirical and theoretical findings draw on current work in psychology, biology, environmental behavior, education, policy, and moral development".
Kahn, P.H. & Kellert, S.R. (eds). Children and nature: psychological, sociocultural and evolutionary investigations. 2002. London. MIT Press. "Nothing is more important to us than our children, and nothing is more important to our children than maintaining a high quality environment. If they are to have a benign and nurturing environment, much will depend on the ideas and surroundings they are exposed to today. The authors in "Children and Nature" discuss a fascinating and diverse range of topics related to these critical issues. Everyone with an interest in the human future could profit from reading it". Review by Paul R. Ehrlich.
Kamalamani. Other than Mother: choosing childlessness with life in mind. 2016. Earth Books. "What a truly beautiful book. Touching on issues close to the heart - stewardship, legacy and interconnectedness - Kamalamani talks of birthing of another kind. Having children can be a choice. Or more specifically, choosing not to have children - often a far less spoken about subject. Kamalamani faces this shadow and explores it deeply, compassionately and lovingly". Review by Polly Higgins, International Ecocide law advocate, CEO of Earth Community Trust. Author of 'Eradicating Ecocide and Earth is our Business'.
Kamalamani. Bodywise: weaving somatic psychotherapy, ecodharma and the Buddha in everyday life. Somatic Psychotherapy Today. "It's so good to have these pieces collected in one place, so that we can clearly see their value, and feel gratitude for Kamalamani's wisdom, wit, common sense, deep knowledge of Buddhism, and enormous generosity of spirit. This book will be of great help to anyone interested in body psychotherapy, in Buddhism, and in ecopsychology, or in the relationship between the three." Review by Nick Totton.
Kidner, D. Nature and Psyche. 2001. State University of New York Press. "Why has psychology had so little to say about the destruction of nature; and what sort of psychological understanding might help us to regenerate our relation to the natural world? In this groundbreaking book, David Kidner outlines a radically new form of social science that moves beyond the sterile separations between sociology, psychology, anthropology, and politics, and sets the agenda for the sort of understanding that is necessary if we are to successfully address environmental issues".
Laszlo, Ervin. The Inner Limits of Mankind: Heretical Reflections on Today's Values, Culture and Politics. Oxford: One World. 1989. "Explains how the key limits and constraints on sustainability are cultural, political and psycho-emotional (ie 'within' humans), not bio-physical (or 'outside' humans) as generally emphasised. Bio-physical 'environmental problems' are symptomatic of behaviour rooted in cultural priorities. It is these which are the cause and, therefore, the real underlying problem. The book contains materials that can be used for self-reflective educational activities." Review by Paul Maiteny.
Louv, R. Last child in the woods: saving our children from nature-deficit disorder. 2005. Chapel Hill, NC. Algonquin Books. "In this influential work about the staggering divide between children and the outdoors, child advocacy expert Richard Louv directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today's wired generation—he calls it nature-deficit—to some of the most disturbing childhood trends, such as the rises in obesity, attention disorders, and depression. Last Child in the Woods is the first book to bring together a new and growing body of research indicating that direct exposure to nature is essential for healthy childhood development and for the physical and emotional health of children and adults. More than just raising an alarm, Louv offers practical solutions and simple ways to heal the broken bond—and many are right in our own backyard".
Macy, Joanna. & Young-Brown, Molly. Coming Back to Life: Practices to Re-Connect our Lives, our World. 1998. New Society Publishers. "An excellent book full of practices for experiential workshops, as well as concise overviews of the terrain of what Joanna Macy calls "The Work that Reconnects". Review by M J Rust.
Macy, Joanna. World As Lover, World As Self. 1991. Berkeley. Parallax Press. "An extremely eloquent and beautiful account of early Buddhism, especially the concept of dependent co-arising (mutual causality), as the ground for an ecopsychology and an eco-politics." Review by Nick Totton.
Metzner, R. Green Psychology: Transforming our Relationship to the Earth. 1999. Park Street Press. "Building on the work of Mircea Eliade, Marija Gimbutas and others, Metzner traces our dissociation from Mother Earth some 6000 years back, when invading Indo-European tribes conquered the relatively peaceful, matriarchal cultures of Old Europe. In later epochs, he maintains, as Christian monotheism and mechanistic science stamped out polytheistic animism, the Western psyche was increasingly marked by a "human superiority complex," along with a presumed right to dominate and exploit nature, animals and other societies. Metzner seeks the basis for an ecological ethic, not always convincingly, in shamanistic interaction with nature, alchemy, yoga and mind-expanding plants used sacramentally by indigenous cultures".
Norberg-Hodge, Helena. Ancient Futures. 1992. San Francisco. Sierra Club Books. "When the author went to Ladakh as a linguist in the late 1970's she witnessed the abrupt transition within this traditional culture as they opened their borders to western tourists. The book is full of stories about lifestyle changes and the psychological effects that accompany them. Inspiration comes from some of the Ladakhi people who are choosing a different way forward, perhaps one of the first communities to leapfrog industrial growth culture into a more modern sustainable living. Here you will find great insight and inspiration for our present predicament, reminding us of what we have lost, as well as where we might be headed."Review by M J Rust.
Plotkin, B. Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche. 2003. Soulcraft describes in detail over two dozen practices, including soul-centered dreamwork, deep imagery, council work, dialogues with nature, self-designed ceremony, and the contemporary vision fast. The book is filled with absorbing, evocative stories from the author's life and from many others who he has guided. In the well-crafted words of Frank MacEowen, author of The Mist-Filled Path, "Every now and then a book is birthed into the world that is destined to irrevocably alter the spiritual face of modern culture. Bill Plotkin's Soulcraft is just such a book. Charting a course through the underworld pathways with the heart of a shaman, mapping the powers of myth and psyche with all the soul and interpretive skill of Jung or Campbell, Plotkin's guide to the journey of initiation is to nature-based soulwork what Huxley's Doors of Perception was to consciousness studies. This book is an immense treasure that will provide wisdomseekers, psychologists, and seasoned wilderness guides alike with a fresh heart-opening soul language, a new mythos for fathoming the depths of change, as well as time-tested practical methods for navigating the landscape of authentic transformation….Plotkin shows the way." Review by Hilary Leighton.
Ploktin, B. Nature and the Human Soul – Cultivating Community in a Fragmented World (2008) by psychologist and wilderness guide Bill Plotkin, offers an engaging map to the paths and pitfalls of the lifelong journey to wholeness and maturity. Nature & the Human Soul introduces an innovative developmental psychology that shows how fully and creatively we can mature when we allow soul and wild nature to guide us. Plotkin presents a model for a human life span rooted in the patterns and rhythms of wild nature, a template for individual development that ultimately yields a strategy for cultural transformation. (from www.animas.org) Review by Hilary Leighton.
Rappaport, Roy A. Ecology, Meaning and Religion Berkeley: North Atlantic Books. 1979."An anthropological analysis of the evolutionary and adaptive significance of numinous experience, religious meaningfulness and their distortions up to the present and into the future. The latter chapters explains how and why currently prevalent belief systems are undermining of human/ecological sustainability." Review by Paul Maiteny.
Rust, MJ. Towards an ecopsychotherapy. 2020. CONFER, London. "In her characteristic style, Mary-Jayne presents ecopsychotherapy in an incisive way, with her richness of experience bringing the subject to life. This thought-provoking book touches on the heart of controversies in this field - our need to grow new terminology - and to actively ensure our spaces are inclusive. This is an invaluable introduction to ecopsychotherapy and is also sure to deepen the work of more seasoned practitioners". Review by Emma Palmer.
Rust, MJ & Totton, N. (Eds) Vital Signs: Psychological Responses to Ecological Crisis. 2011. Karnac, London. "Vital Signs is a thoughtful and thought-provoking anthology. It reflects - rather beautifully - the diversity of responses from the psychological world to the ecological crises we face as a species. The 23 different voices of the book explore responses to these crises from a psychological point of view. The contributors consist of ecopsychology practitioners and Jungian analysts, psychotherapists and psychologists working in private therapy practice, those involved in Transition Towns work, psychotherapy lecturers and trainers, through to ceremony makers, a kindergarten teacher and a professor of geography. Many, but not all of the contributors are UK-based". Review by Kamalamani.
Ryley, Nancy. The Forsaken Garden. Four Conversations on the deep meaning of environmental illness. 1998 (with Laurens van der Post, Marion Woodman, Ross Woodman, and Thomas Berry) Quest Books.
Sabini, M (ed). The Earth Has a Soul – The Nature Writings of C.G. Jung. 2002. Stringing together a series of writings from conversations, letters, lectures, and essay fragments, this book reveals a lesser known side of the man, Carl Jung and gives us a sense of the wild call he answered in his nature-loving life. He writes of the original unity of Nature and spirit – of the primordial, original or natural mind as a source of collective wisdom, a wellspring, source of the evolutionary experience. His references to archaic clearly did not mean ancient as Joseph Henderson writes in the foreword, rather he was speaking to the original in the sense of the archetype – an everliving presence. His own journey into a more emotional and mythic relationship with Nature (the book includes photos of him playing with his grandchildren at the beach, with sticks creating streams, hand-building the "tower" at Bollingen, etc) suggests a healing connection that contributes to the whole and helps to illuminate the path he made by walking in this world. "Natural life is nourishing soil of the soul", p.120. Review by Hilary Leighton.
Seed, J.; Macy, J; Fleming, P; Naess, A. Thinking Like a Mountain. Towards a Council of All Beings. 1988. New Society Publishers. "This is a collection of readings, meditations, poems, guided fantasies, workshop notes – and exquisite drawings of the Tasmanian forest – designed by experienced workshop leaders and activists to help us move beyond the sense of alienation from the living earth that most of us feel." Review from back cover of book.
Shepard, Paul. The Others: How Animals Made Us Human. 1996. Washington DC. Island Press. "The human mind is the result of a long series of interactions with other animals." This book traces some of them, from Pooh, Paddington and Smokey the Bear to dragons, dinosaurs and other mythical beasts. The title says it all, and the book makes it clear that without animals we can't be human." Review by Nick Totton.
Shogan, D. The Paradox of Physical Activity in the Wilderness. 1988. World Leisure Congress, Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. "If the whole of a nation's population decide to head out into the wilds in search of ecological healing, what will happen to the Earth's wild places? This paper, although it doesn't even mention ecopsychology, overlays Garret Harding's seminal text on the 'Tragedy of the Commons' onto contemporary wilderness 'use'". Review by Dave Key.
Snyder, Gary. The Practice of the Wild. 1990. San Francisco. North Point Press. "Wilderness may temporarily dwindle, but wild won't go away. A ghost wilderness hovers around the entire planet: the millions of tiny seeds of the original vegetation are hiding in the mud on the foot of an arctic tern, in the dry desert sands, or in the wind. These seeds are each uniquely adapted to a specific soil or circumstance, each with its own little form and fluff, ready to float, freeze, or be swallowed, always preserving the germ. … Do you really believe you are an animal? We are now taught this in school. It is a wonderful piece of information: I have been enjoying it all my life." Review by Dave Key.
Soper, Kate. What Is Nature? Culture, Politics and the Non-Human. 1995. Oxford. Blackwell. "A crucial deconstruction of 'nature' and an unpacking of the political implications of distinct uses of the word. Soper focuses especially on 'ecological' and 'post-modernist' approaches. She makes it clear that we need to raise our game if we are to talk intelligibly and usefully about the human/non-human". Review by Nick Totton.
Totton, Nick. Wild Therapy: Undomesticating Inner and Outer Worlds. 2011. PCSS Books. "Therapy is by nature wild; but a lot of it at the moment is rather tame. This book tries to help shift the balance back towards wildness by showing how therapy can connect with ecological thinking, seeing each species, each being, each person inherently and profoundly linked to each other. Hence we develop a sense of the endless complexity of existence; and realise that wildness, a state where things are allowed to happen of their own accord, is far more deeply complex than domesticated civilisation, just as a jungle - or even a piece of wasteland - is more complex than a garden. Psychotherapy has often opposed the cultural message 'Be in control of yourself and your environment': it has tried to help people tolerate the anxiety of not being in control - of our feelings, our thoughts, our body, our future. But the struggle over control has now reached inside the field of therapy itself: the push for management, measurement and regulation is getting stronger. On a larger scale it seems that our efforts to control the world are well on the way to wrecking it through environmental collapse: the more we try to control things, the further out of balance we push them.." Info from publishers.
Vickers, Sir Geoffrey. Value Systems and Social Process. London: Tavistock. 1968. "A collection of writings by this prescient pioneer in psycho-social evolution, systems thinking and human ecology, exploring the process by which humans develop and change the values we live by, and the impacts we have on our societal and eco-systemic sustainability. Includes the essay Ecology, Planning and the American Dream quoted in this article. See www.open2.net for video of Vickers explaining his ideas." Review by Paul Maiteny.
Watkins, M & Schulman, Helene. Toward Psychologies of Liberation. 2008. Palgrave Macmillan. "This landmark book takes us on an unforgettable journey across disciplines, countries, spiritualities, and techniques to teach us twenty-first century psychologies of liberation. Authors Watkins and Shulman transform the discipline of psychology, showing us its connections to all disciplines concerned with liberating the imagination. Across international fields of difference, these authors never give up the prize: social and psychic emancipation. In doing so, they define what "decoloniality" means for the twenty-first century". Chela Sandoval, Associate Professor of Liberation Philosophy Chair, Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Watts, A. The Way of Zen.1990. Arkana/Penguin, New York. "Although perhaps relevant only in generic terms, this text has deeply influenced my own practice and research in facilitating therapeutic experiences outdoors. Alan Watts is the master of translating complex (yet simple!) Zen concepts into modern English. The essence of working with nature can be found here". Review by Dave Key.
Weber Nicholsen, Shierry. The Love of Nature and the End of the World. The Unspoken Dimensions of Environmental Concern. 2001. MIT Press. "A very sensitively written and in-depth book on ecospychology written by a psychoanalytic psychotherapist. Nicholsen draws on the thinking of Wilfred Bion, Robert Jay Lifton, Susan Griffin, James Hillman, and others, to reflect on the state we are in and the silence that surrounds it; the relationship between trauma, apathy and destructiveness; and "what beauty can tell us: the face of nature". Review by M J Rust.
Wahl, D. C. Designing Regenerative Cultures. 2016. Triarchy Press. "An excellent, thoroughly-researched and incredibly detailed book for re-framing the inter-related crises we currently face. Wahl brings in transformative innovation, biologically inspired design, resilience and health, and systems thinking. He offers a solid theoretical grounding and practical applications - it's about three books in one!" Review by Emma Palmer.
Winter, Deborah DuNann & Koger, Sue. The Psychology of Environmental Problems. 2003. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. "A revision of Winter's Ecological Psychology (1996), this book applies psychological theory and research to environmental problems. After outlining current environmental difficulties, the authors demonstrate how 6 major approaches in psychology (social psychological, psychoanalytic, behavioral, physiological, cognitive, and holistic) can be applied to environmental problems. The authors demonstrate why it is critical to address environmental threats now, and offer ideas on how psychological principles can contribute to building a sustainable culture. Personal examples engage the reader and provide suggestions for changing behavior and political structures. Reorganized and updated throughout, the second edition features a new chapter on neuropsychological and health issues and a list of key concepts in each chapter.
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IRGC terror designation: Trump's election gift to Netanyahu
Meir Javedanfar April 12, 2019
The US president's decision to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization could allow Israel to better justify action against the group in Syria.
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Members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps march during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88), in Tehran, Iran, Sept. 22, 2011.
President Donald Trump's decision to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organization was not just an election gift to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it was a boon for all Israelis.
The IRGC is and has been, without doubt, Israel's sworn enemy. It has been indirectly responsible for numerous terror attacks against Israeli citizens in Argentina and Bulgaria through Hezbollah. Two of the institutions that were in charge of arranging Iran's 2016 Holocaust cartoon competition were directly related to the IRGC. As if that's not bad enough, the IRGC has been planning to create a base in Syria from which to terrorize Israel's citizens. Now, with the designation by the Trump administration, the IRGC will have to be more careful about how it threatens Israeli citizens around the world and from Syria, as its designation as a terrorist organization will make Israeli retaliation more justifiable.
It's not just Israeli supporters of Trump's decision to leave the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) who will back his recent decision regarding the IRGC. Israeli supporters of the Iran nuclear deal are also likely to back it, as they witnessed how the IRGC terrorized the post-nuclear deal atmosphere during the term of President Barack Obama. Many backers of the Iran deal in Israel were hoping that after the deal, the IRGC would allow Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to reduce tensions with Israel and the West. The IRGC did the opposite: Soon after the deal went into effect, it tested a missile with a Hebrew banner on it that called for the elimination of the State of Israel. It boosted its Shiite militia forces under its command in Syria, while Iran's supreme leader and the IRGC's ultimate commander called for the elimination of Israel. Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, soon after Iran's frozen assets abroad were released in 2016 as part of the JCPOA, boasted that "Hezbollah's budget, its income, its expenses, everything it eats and drinks, its weapons and rockets, come from the Islamic Republic of Iran."
In the long run, Trump's decision is unlikely to create lasting cohesion among opposing factions inside Iran, something that would have been of concern to Israel. Yes, the Rouhani government issued a statement of support for the IRGC and condemned Trump. And to show solidarity, members of the Iranian parliament turned up in IRGC uniforms after the designation. However, underlying such statements and photo-ops are fundamental differences of views and interests between the IRGC and the moderate faction headed by Rouhani. To name a few of the differences: Iran's foreign policy in general and its involvement in Syria in particular, as well as management and control of the country's economy and economic resources. Therefore, the apparent cohesion created by Trump's decision is unlikely to last in the long term.
On April 7, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted that supporters of Netanyahu, by having called for the designation of the IRGC as a terrorist organization, want to "to drag US into a quagmire on [Netanyahu's] behalf." What Zarif does not and would not mention is that without Israel's initiative or support, the IRGC was already risking war with the United States even before Trump entered office.
During the heyday of US-Iran nuclear negotiations and soon after, and despite Obama writing three letters to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei between 2015 and 2016, on a total of 58 occasions the IRGC undertook activities that could have led to war. This was through the IRGC's armed boats and drones' unprofessional and provocative behavior toward US ships in the international waters of the Persian Gulf. In 2015 and 2016 there were 23 and 35 such incidents, respectively. In 2017, when Trump entered office, there were 14 such incidents. Then, the incidents ended in August same year. Iran claims that such incidents are down due to a change in US behavior. However, the United States denied any such changes. It cannot be ruled out that Iran became concerned that Trump, as he promised during his election campaign, would not be so tolerant of the IRGC's provocative behavior in the Persian Gulf. It's unlikely that the IRGC, just because it was labeled a terrorist organization, would now want to enter a new conflict with the United States, especially since such a designation is mostly symbolic and does not add much to the existing heavy US sanctions against the organization.
It's important to remember that the IRGC, now more than ever, is unpopular inside Iran. As well as being deterred by America's stronger firepower and Trump's tougher approach, the IRGC is also likely to be deterred by a lack of support at home. Trump is unpopular in Iran because of sanctions, but the IRGC is also unpopular. Trump (wrongfully) walked out of the Iran deal and imposed tough sanctions on Iran's economy in May 2018, while the IRGC has been pillaging Iran's economy since the end of the Iran-Iraq War through its corrupt business interests. The IRGC in Iran is synonymous not only with corruption, but also with violence against the citizens of Iran and their arrest and torture, either directly or indirectly through its Basij militia. Whatever sympathies and support it had garnered among Iran's population for having contributed to the war against Saddam Hussein's invading army have since mostly disappeared due to its own actions.
The IRGC, despite boastful threats, has come to realize the limits of its own capabilities, as Israel has witnessed in Syria. The same is likely to apply to the threats of its supporters: After its designation as a terrorist organization, they said the United States "should order coffins for its soldiers in West Asia."
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where is the depth of the potential well and is the (finite) distance at which the interparticle potential is zero.
The L-J potential is approximate. The form of the repulsion term has no theoretical justification; the repulsion force should depend exponentially on the distance, but the repulsion term of the L-J formula is more convenient due to the ease and efficiency of computing r12 as the square of r6. The attractive long-range potential, however, is derived from dispersion interactions. The L-J potential is a relatively good approximation and due to its simplicity is often used to describe the properties of gases, and to model dispersion and overlap interactions in molecular models. It is particularly accurate for noble gas atoms and is a good approximation at long and short distances for neutral atoms and molecules. On the graph, Lennard-Jones potential for argon dimer is shown. Small deviation from the accurate empirical potential due to incorrect short range part of the repulsion term can be seen.
The lowest energy arrangement of an infinite number of atoms described by a Lennard-Jones potential is a hexagonal close-packing. On raising temperature, the lowest free energy arrangement becomes cubic close packing and then liquid. Under pressure the lowest energy structure switches between cubic and hexagonal close packing.
Other more recent methods, such as the Stockmayer equation and the so-called multi equation, describe the interaction of molecules more accurately. Quantum chemistry methods, Møller-Plesset perturbation theory, coupled cluster method or full configuration interaction can give extremely accurate results, but require large computational cost.
= is the distance at the minimum of the potential.
i.e., at , the LJ potential is about 1/60th of its minimum value (depth of potential well). Beyond , the computational potential is set to zero. On the other hand, to avoid a jump discontinuity at , as shown in Eq.(1), the LJ potential is shifted upward a little so that the computational potential would be zero exactly at the cut-off distance .
It can be easily verified that , thus eliminating the jump discontinuity at .
^ Lennard-Jones, J. E. Cohesion. Proceedings of the Physical Society 1931, 43, 461-482.
^ Baron, T. H. K., Domb, C. On the Cubic and Hexagonal Close-Packed Lattices. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences 1955, 227, 447-465.
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Lennard-Jones_potential". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.


What is the bug: For some reason it does not sell all possible items when you click sell all. I have emeralds, diamonds, coal and gold, it sold the emeralds separately, then the diamonds separately, and then sold the gold and coal together, the third time I clicked the sell all.
This was done intentionally due to preventing custom items for being sold. Not sure if they will make a change to this though.


The term soundtrack now most commonly refers to the music used in a movie (or television show), and/or to an album sold containing that music. Sometimes, the music has been recorded just for the film or album (e.g. Saturday Night Fever). Often, but not always, and depending on the type of movie, the soundtrack album will contain portions of the score, music composed for dramatic effect as the movie's plot occurs. By convention, a soundtrack record can contain all kinds of music including music "inspired by" but not actually appearing in the movie; the score contains only music by the original film's composer(s). Many Christian artists have appeared on soundtrack albums of both Christian and mainstream movies and television shows.


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Sunrise and sunset times, civil twilight start and end times as well as solar noon, and day length for every day of February in Pontywaun.
In Pontywaun, Wales, the first day of February is 9 hours, 13 minutes long. The last day of the month is 10 hours, 53 minutes, so the length of the days gets 1 hour, 39 minutes longer in February 2023.
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We've received great feedback on our new calendar views! As a follow-up, we will be working on adding back categories to the "This Week" page, along with more info like descriptions and price!
This week is a big one! With Memorial Day Weekend coming up, there are a lot of HUGE events that we're going to be featuring. In fact, we'll shortly be posting a sneak preview post with all the Featured Events for this Memorial Day Weekend! Just to name a few we have Orpheus's four year anniversary, Brew at the Zoo, Star Bar's Bubbapalooza, and the Atlanta Jazz Festival!
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Come to Science on Tap at the Georgia Aquarium! Science on Tap is the Georgia Aquarium's adults-only science lecture series. This event will feature Dr. J. Mashall Shepherd, leading international expert in weather and climate. Dr. Shepherd is a Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences at UGA and serves as Director of UGA's Atmospheric Sciences Program. He hosts The Weather Channel's Award-Winning talk show Weather Geeks. There will be a lecture in the Aquarium's 4D theater space, followed by Q&A and time to mingle. The event will run from 6-9pm.
Whole World Improv has its Improv 201 Student Showcase from 8-9pm! Come see the stunning cast of Whole World Imrov 201 graduates! See what they've learned and get inspired to take classes yourself. The show is free to the public!
Ponce City Market's Bellina Alimentari will be holding a fun and interactive pizza cooking class! Learn how to make Aperol Spritz and authentic Italian pizza from scratch, then enjoy drinking and eating your creations! The class runs from 6:30-8pm and costs $62.
Come out to Bark n' Brew at Monday Night Garage! Grab a beer from the bar, enjoy some great eats from local restaurants, and mingle with great people and dogs. They will have Jurassic-themed activities including a dino-themed dog costume contest and more! tickets include food and two drink tickets for $25. All dogs in attendance get an exclusive bandana! Support the Atlanta Humane Society and head on over to Monday Night Garage from 6-9pm!
Come to Dad's Garage to see the Hamilton-inspired show, Benjamin Franklin: American Gigolo. This will surely be the next great Founding Father story. Benjamin Franklin may have never been President of the United States, but his tale as King of the Players Club is a story worth telling! The show runs from 8-10pm and tickets are $12.50.
Bubbapalooza 2018 is here to bring you 4 big days of music at the Star Bar! Headliners include Roadkill Debutante, Ghost Riders Car Club, Anna Kramer & the Lost Cause, and Mark "Porkchop" Holder. Price depends on day, and ranges from free on Thursday to $15 for your ticket.
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Plantronics sent me this headphone to review, and it's a stunning value.
It's not perfect, especially if you're sensitive to strong treble, and it's pretty bulky for the category. But it's the first Bluetooth headphone I've found that offers a great overall package — great sound, great comfort, and pretty good physical controls — for less than $400.
Quitter automatically hides or quits distracting apps after periods of inactivity. I've found it tremendously helpful to my work efficiency to hide Slack and quit Tweetbot after 10 minutes.
Quitter is available right here, for free and will likely never be in the Mac App Store due to, among other reasons, its inability to be sandboxed. (Believe me, I tried.) So in addition to the utility it provides, it's also a learning experience for me to dip my toe into both Mac development and distributing software directly.
In the last few Overcast releases, I've been optimizing the sync protocol and decreasing the burden of each sync to both sides (my servers and your iPhones). In 2.5.2, we'll reap some of the benefits with the first version of what I've been informally calling "quicksync".
In short, syncing Overcast between multiple devices — say, an iPhone and an iPad — is now much faster and more accurate, making multi-device usage much more practical and compelling.
Lots of Overcast customers (including me) often play through their iPhone's built-in speaker (hence the iPhone-speaker optimization in 2.5). With quicksync, I'm now using an old iPad as a semi-stationary Overcast speaker in the kitchen without any issues,1 saving a lot of my phone's battery and producing much higher maximum volumes.
I'm controlling some of the timing server-side, and can increase or decrease the sync frequencies and coalescing delays dynamically without issuing an app update. I've started out the parameters somewhat conservatively, and if everyone's devices and the servers hold up well to it (which I expect), I'll slowly ramp up the speeds over the next few weeks.
If I did everything right, you shouldn't even notice quicksync — multi-device use will just work better.
The new Apple TV is decent, but not great — exactly what I'd say about the Apple Watch, the other new Apple platform launched last year. Both are far better than last year's high-profile service launch, Apple Music, and not nearly as good as the revisions to core hardware lines, like the iPad Pro and iPhone 6S.
Visual design taking too much priority over working well.
Ship dates seeming more important than shipped product quality.
Insufficient resources as Apple spreads itself very thinly, leading to important feature omissions, quality problems, and neglect.
Increased difficulty for developers to succeed, resulting in stagnation of existing platforms and low adoption of new ones.
To summarize it in one word: hubris.
Server days from hell, Apple as a services company, my new Mac app, and multiplying Casey Lisses.
Experimenting with Mac development and considering its future potential.
This New York Times article gets a lot wrong, and both podcast listeners and podcast producers should be clear on Apple's actual role in podcasting today and what, exactly, big producers are asking for.
Podcasts work nothing like the App Store, and we're all better off making sure they never head down that road.
Each podcast can be hosted anywhere and completely owned and controlled by its producer.
Podcast-player apps periodically check each subscribed podcast's RSS feed, and when a new episode is published, they fetch the audio file directly from the producer's site or host.
Monetization and analytics are completely up to the podcasters.
Some podcasts have their own custom listening apps that provide their creators with more data and monetization opportunities.
The biggest player app: Apple's built-in iOS Podcasts app is the biggest podcast player in the world by a wide margin, holding roughly 60–70% marketshare.
The biggest podcast directory: The iTunes Store's Podcasts directory is the only one that matters, and being listed there is essential for podcasts to be easily found when searching in most apps.
Critically, despite having these large roles, Apple never locked out other players, dictated almost any terms to podcasters,2 or inserted themselves as an intermediary beyond the directory stage.
Like most of the iTunes Store, the podcast functionality has been almost completely unchanged since its introduction over a decade ago. And unlike the rest of the Store, we're all better off if it stays this way.
Apple's directory gives podcast players the direct RSS feed of podcasts found there, and then the players just fetch directly from the publisher's feeds from that point forward. Apple is no longer a party to any activity after the search unless you're using Apple's player app.
There's nothing stopping anyone else from making their own directory (a few have), and any good podcast player will let users bypass directories and subscribe to any podcast in the world by pasting in its URL.
Apple's editorial features are unparalleled in the industry. I don't know of anyone who applies more human curation to podcasts than Apple.
The algorithmic "top" charts, as far as podcasters have been able to piece together, are based primarily (or solely) on the rate of new subscriptions to a podcast in Apple Podcasts for iOS and iTunes for Mac.
Subscriptions happening in other apps have no effect on Apple's promotional charts because, as long as this remains decentralized and open, Apple has no way of knowing about them.
Apple's app has only a few integrations and privileges that third-party apps can't match, and they're of ever-decreasing relevance. They haven't locked down the player market at all.
So let's get back to that misguided New York Times article.
Big podcasters also apparently want Apple to insert itself as a financial intermediary to allow payment for podcasts within Apple's app. We've seen how that goes. Trust me, podcasters, you don't want that.
It would not only add rules, restrictions, delays, and big commissions, but it would increase Apple's dominant role in podcasts, push out diversity, give Apple far more control than before, and potentially destroy one of the web's last open media ecosystems.
Apple has only ever used its dominant position benevolently and benignly so far, and as the medium has diversified, Apple's role has shrunk. The last thing podcasters need is for Apple to increase its role and dominance.
Great piece on this weekend's podcast discussion by Federico Viticci.
Public-only repository plans are still free.
For private use, you no longer pay based on how many private repositories you need — you can use as many as you want for the lowest previous plan's price ($7/month), and business users pay more for other abilities that individuals aren't likely to need.
Some businesses will presumably need to pay more now, but it's perfect for me, an individual with a bunch of private repositories, some public ones, and some with contributors (both public and private). I'm now saving $5/month with no more repository limit.
Credit to GitHub for the smoothest transition I've ever seen, too: I went in to enroll myself on the new plan, and not only had they already updated me to it, but I'd also been credited for the price difference from my last annual prepayment.
This is a good one, especially the latter half.
Layers runs parallel to the first few days of WWDC in San Francisco with a focus on design and tech culture instead of code. It has a very similar vibe and size to the now-defunct Çingleton conference, much like a smaller Úll: a well-run, single-track conference with short, interesting talks that's small enough that everyone can socialize.
I went last year and greatly enjoyed it — it's run by people who go to a lot of conferences and know what makes a good one. The only reason I'm not going again this year is that I got a WWDC ticket.
If you'll be in San Francisco that week without a WWDC ticket, I highly suggest you consider this. They gave me a discount code you can use for $50 off a ticket: use code MOSCONEBOXLUNCH to be reminded of what you're missing as you eat the far better food at Layers.
Being the U.S. President is a multifaceted, incredibly important, unimaginably difficult job that places huge demands on temperament, judgment, foresight, resiliency, and diplomacy (both domestically and internationally). Politics aside, that's the real job. All day, every day.
I don't agree with all of Barack Obama's politics, words, or decisions, but he has performed extremely well at actually doing the job every day for nearly eight years.
That's far more important than minor political differences. Given the choice between someone who can actually do the everyday job well whose politics I don't agree with, or a complete buffoon who tells me what I want to hear, I'm better off with the former, whether I know it or not.
And this is why I'm voting for Hillary Clinton this fall. I'm not her biggest fan, but she's the only major candidate this year who I believe will do the actual job well — and probably very well.
Tim Cook has been under a lot of scrutiny and received a lot of criticism recently, much of which is warranted.
Being the CEO of one of the world's biggest, highest profile, most scrutinized, and most important publicly-traded companies is a multifaceted, incredibly important, unimaginably difficult job that places huge demands on temperament, judgment, foresight, resiliency, and diplomacy (both publicly and privately).
Cook excels at doing the job. And while he's not always doing everything exactly the way I'd like, I can't help but agree with Apple's former CEO, who also wasn't perfect, that Cook is the best person for the job today.
Friend of the show John Voorhees made a new app to quickly generate Amazon affiliate links from anywhere on iOS, either as raw URLs or Markdown links.
There aren't a ton of people who need this, but those who do really need it.
In less than 30 minutes: How indie developers can become more comfortable with self-promotion in the right contexts.
Also, as an experiment, David had a complete transcript made if you'd rather read it.
Love how these turned out, thanks to Cotton Bureau's excellent designer, Jay Fanelli.
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We ranked our favorite pizza toppings, interviewed a pizza expert, and taste-tested the new topping sensation that's sweeping across Relay FM.
Special thanks to Slices Pizza in Hastings on Hudson, NY, our favorite pizza place.
I have very few complaints about my Model S, but this is one.
Beginning with the iPhone 6, using an iPad's 10/12W power brick can now charge your iPhone more quickly than the little 5W brick it comes with in North America.
Ryan Jones shows the gains here on the notoriously-slow-to-charge Plus. In short, it's a wash going from 90–100%, but the iPad brick is significantly faster going from 0–90%.
A lot of things become clearer if we decide to talk the truth, and not pretend this is a normal election. No matter how hard you try, you can't make Donald Trump into Mitt Romney.
Wise words. Read the whole thing.
The BlackBerry's success came to an end not because RIM started releasing worse smartphones, but because the new job of the smartphone shifted almost entirely outside of their capabilities, and it was too late to catch up. RIM hadn't spent years building a world-class operating system, or a staff full of great designers, or expertise in mass production of luxury-quality consumer electronics, or amazing APIs and developer tools, or an app store with millions of users with credit cards already on file, or all of the other major assets that Apple had developed over a decade (or longer) that enabled the iPhone.
No new initiative, management change, or acquisition in 2007 could've saved the BlackBerry. It was too late, and the gulf was too wide.
Amazon, Facebook, and Google — especially Google — have all invested heavily in big-data web services and AI for many years, prioritizing them highly, iterating and advancing them constantly, accumulating relevant data, developing effective algorithms, and attracting, developing, and retaining tons of specialized talent.
Saying Apple is "bad at services" in general isn't accurate — they're very good at services that move data around in relatively straightforward ways at a very large scale, such as iMessage, push notifications, and the majority of iCloud.
Where Apple suffers is big-data services and AI, such as search, relevance, classification, and complex natural-language queries.1 Apple can do rudimentary versions of all of those, but their competitors — again, especially Google — are far ahead of them, and the gap is only widening.
And Apple is showing worryingly few signs of meaningful improvement or investment in these areas. Apple's apparent inaction shows that they're content with their services' quality, management, performance, advancement, and talent acquisition and retention. And they may be right — they may be fine.
But if Google's right, there's no quick fix. It won't be enough to buy Siri's creators again or partner with Yelp for another few years. If Apple needs strong AI and big-data services in the next decade to remain competitive, they need to have already been developing that talent and those assets, in-house, extensively, for years. They need to be a big-data-services company. Their big-data AI services need to be far better, smarter, and more reliable than they are.
And I just don't see that happening. Becoming a major big-data AI services company doesn't happen completely in secret and suddenly get released to the world, completed, in a keynote. It's a massive undertaking, spanning many years, many people, and a lot of noticeable interaction with the world. It's easier to conceal the development of an entire car than a major presence in AI and services.
Normal people wear hats displaying the logos of the sports teams or companies or places they care about. But I don't care about sports, I don't feel that strongly about New York, and I don't like most companies enough to be a billboard for them on my head.
So I had to ask myself: What do I really, truly care about that would be appropriate on a hat?
Apple? Sure. But I've already gone through two Apple hats.
The internet? Well, we have a love/hate relationship.
Using data, market research, and analytics to improve your apps and better allocate your time, so you can have more time to listen to podcasts like this one. Under 30 minutes, as always.
Back problems were making it hard for me to use my nice messenger bags, but I rarely find backpacks attractive. The Staad is one of the few I've found that's so nice that I no longer even consider a messenger bag.
My Staad is over two years old now — Chocolate Leather on Black Ballistic in the larger "Stout" size, which I'd still call a small backpack — and I still love it.


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Ingersoll Theatre owner faces deadline for improvements
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Plywood boards cover windows at the Ingersoll Theatre. Weeds are growing from the side of the building. Paint is peeling on the original art-deco marquee.
Owners of the closed, 75-year-old theater could face fines for contempt of court if they don't bring the property up to code by the end of the month, according to city officials.
The threat of legal action is just the latest move in a years-long tussle in which neighbors and city leaders have urged the owners of the theater at 3711 Ingersoll Ave. to clean up the property or sell it to someone who will. The owners, though, have shown no intention to sell.
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"It's very sad," said Kimberly Patterson, looking at the marquee during an architecture tour of the Ingersoll area Saturday morning. Patterson lives nearby and her brother worked as an usher at the theater in the 1960s. "I'd like to see it restored, maybe like the Fleur (Cinema) in the art house style. I think that would do very well."
(Editors note: This story was originally published Oct. 12 and was updated Oct. 13 to correct the decade in which Patterson's brother worked at the theater.)
The city has given the owners, Lee Family Properties LLC, until Oct. 31 to comply with a plan for several properties near 37th Street and Ingersoll Avenue. The site plan deals exclusively with the exterior of the properties, requiring the owners to pave a parking lot, change some curbs and sidewalks, and add streetscaping similar to other parts of Ingersoll Avenue.
If Lee Family Properties doesn't comply, the city could ask a judge to hold the owner in contempt of court, which could result in fines, said SuAnn Donovan, neighborhood inspection zoning administrator.
Andy Lee, who has represented the family at city meetings, did not return a message requesting an interview. Another member of the family who declined to give her name when reached by phone last week said the family plans to make the required improvements in the spring. The family does not want to sell the property, she said.
The Des Moines Rehabbers Club, a group of preservation advocates, named the Ingersoll Theatre one of the "most endangered" buildings in the city. The list, published Monday, aims to draw attention to neglected buildings with historical value.
Built in 1939 by Des Moines businessman and theater operator A.H. Blank, the Ingersoll is a rare local example of a Depression-era movie theater. It was one of the first in central Iowa built for movies with sound rather than silent films, said Mark Heggen, who is producing a documentary called Lost Cinemas of Greater Des Moines.
"For me, it's very sad because the lack of care suggests we are in danger of losing it," he said. "This is really the last cinema of that style we can realistically rescue and I'd like to see that happen before it's too late."
The single-screen theater showed movies until 1977. It later became a playhouse known as the Ingersoll Dinner Theater.
In recent years, the building was home to several failed restaurants and music venues. It has been empty for more than a year.
If these walls could talk: Historic restaurants in D.M.
Neighbors say it has been frustrating to see the property become more blighted. They want to see it used as a restaurant, movie theater or public venue like the Des Moines Social Club.
"It could just shine with the right development," said Colleen Kinney, North of Grand neighborhood president. "I think it's really worth saving. I think people want to save it."
INGERSOLL THEATRE TIMELINE
1939: Built by local movie theater businessman A.H. Blank, the single-screen theater was among the first in the area designed for movies with sound.
1971: Blank died at the age of 92, putting the future of the theater into question.
1972: Dubinsky Bothers Theaters, a Lincoln, Neb.-based business, purchased the Ingersoll Theatre business.
1976: The building owners considered leasing the property to a pornographic theater operator, but scrapped the plans due to strong opposition from neighbors.
June, 1977: The movie theater closed when the Dubinksy Brothers' lease ended.
Late 1977: Light House, a Christian dinner theater opened, bringing live theater to the building for the first time.
1978: The Ingersoll Dinner Theater opened.
2004: The Ingersoll Dinner Theater closed, due to what the owner said was heavy debt.
2006: Plans emerged for turning the theater into a multi-use venue called the Des Moines Metroplex, but the plans ultimately fell apart.
2010: Copa Cavana, a Caribbean-themed restaurant and dance lounge, opened in the building.
2011: After a short-lived run by Copa Cavana, a new restaurant called the Ingersoll opened.
2012: A music venue called the Marquee opened in the building.
2013: The city sued building owner Lee Family Properties, asking a judge to find the owner in contempt of court for failing to bring the property into compliance with a site plan for the area.
Oct. 31, 2015: Deadline for Lee Family Properties LLC to bring the property into compliance or face other enforcement actions from the city.
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Sombrun is een gemeente in het Franse departement Hautes-Pyrénées (regio Occitanie) en telt 237 inwoners (1999). De plaats maakt deel uit van het arrondissement Tarbes.

Geografie
De oppervlakte van Sombrun bedraagt 9,5 km², de bevolkingsdichtheid is 24,9 inwoners per km².

Demografie
Onderstaande figuur toont het verloop van het inwonertal (bron: INSEE-tellingen).

Gemeente in Hautes-Pyrénées


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Frank Quinn is a member of Windels Marx's transactional group and frequently represents commercial lending institutions in their national and regional lending activities, as well as local lenders who are active in both the New Jersey and New York markets.
Lending, Finance and the Banking Industry
Mr. Quinn's practice includes a broad spectrum of sophisticated commercial/corporate lending transactions with a primary focus of transactions emanating from the New York and New Jersey middle-market (mid-cap and small-cap borrowers). In that connection, Mr. Quinn is well experienced in:
merger/acquisition and recapitalization financings,
capital asset acquisition facilities,
working capital facilities,
asset-based lending facilities,
commercial mortgage transactions, and
tax-exempt structured finance matters.
His transactions include single bank deals, club-bank deals, as well as nationally syndicated transactions. His practice with respect to syndicated transactions includes representation of lead lenders, administrative agents, arranger/bookrunners and other capacities involved in the syndication process, as well as co-lenders and other B-loan participants.
Within this transactional practice, Mr. Quinn has developed a particular specialization in the integration of various bank credit products and treasury management services into bilateral and multilateral credit facilities. Mr. Quinn also has extensive experience in the negotiation and documentation of various intercreditor arrangements, including as required in asset-based facilities, related equipment finance transactions, mezzanine structured finance matters, and uni-tranche and multi-tranche capital restructuring transactions. Mr. Quinn also provides advice on general banking law and the regulation of banks on issues arising from this transactional practice.
As a former in-house counsel to First Fidelity Bancorporation (Newark, NJ), Mr. Quinn is adept at understanding the transactional, regulatory and market-related pressures facing today's lenders.
Public, Not-For-Profit and Healthcare Finance
Mr. Quinn has also developed a particular skill in public finance, not-for-profit finance and healthcare finance for his institutional lending clients, including:
liquidity and credit enhancement facilities,
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direct purchases of tax-exempt bonds.
Workouts and Restructurings
Mr. Quinn's practice also includes loan work-out, restructuring transactions and other loan asset recovery assignment for his national and regional banking clientele. Within this practice, Mr. Quinn has developed a specific expertise in loan asset sale transactions, both single asset or bulk portfolio sales transactions.
Among his many notable engagements, Mr. Quinn has been lead counsel on the following matters:
Representation of a prominent national bank as administrative agent, lead lender, lead arranger and sole bookrunner in a $275 million "amend and extend" asset-based lite syndicated credit facility for major wholesaler of women's apparel.
Representation of a prominent national bank as agent and lead lender in a $300 million senior secured syndicated loan to finance the acquisition by a heavy/construction equipment dealer of a competitor in a contiguous market, creating one of the largest heavy equipment dealers in the Northeast. The deal was structured as an asset-based lite transaction secured by heavy equipment lease receivables, among other collateral.
Represented the senior lender on a $70 million multi-currency, multi-rate senior secured credit facility, which included the refinancing of an agented multi-bank credit facility in favor of a single bank structure, all in anticipation of an IPO of a portion of the company's ownership held by its founders and equity sponsors.
Representation of lead lender and administrative agent in connection with a $50 million senior syndicated credit facility, as well as lead arranger in connection with the loan syndication effort for a world renowned trade organization and accrediting body for the electrical engineering profession.
Representation of a lead lender and administrative agent in connection with a $200 million senior asset-based lite syndicated credit facility, and the lead arranger and bookrunner in connection with the loan syndication effort for a major wholesaler of women's sleeping apparel.
Representation of an agent bank, lead syndicator and collateral agent in connection with a transaction to provide credit enhancement for a $145 million in first mortgage bonds and $65 million in second mortgage bonds issued to finance the encapsulation and remediation of environmentally sensitive areas in preparation for further mixed use redevelopment.
Representation of lead lender and administrative agent on a $150 million syndicated senior secured revolving credit facility for a major supermarket cooperative to support its warehouse facility expansion programs and other working capital needs. This transaction entailed negotiation and documentation of intricate intercreditor terms between the working capital lenders and the institutional holders of privately placed senior secured long-term notes.
Representation of a major national bank in a $150 million bi-lateral revolving credit facility to support the working capital and acquisition activity of a major developer/designer of software products to governmental entities and financial institutions. The transaction involved negotiation and documentation of intercreditor terms with a major supplier of software products and the integration of ancillary supply chain settlement financing.
Representation of a major national banking institution in connection with a $50 million credit facility to finance various marine facility improvements and vessel construction and acquisition projects for a major marine construction and dredging operation and to support its working capital needs.
Representation of a major regional bank in its direct-purchase of certain tax-exempt bonds issued by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority to finance the expansion of a CCRC/nursing home facility in central New Jersey.
Representation of a major regional bank in its direct-purchase of certain tax-exempt bonds issued by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority to refinance a portion of taxable parity obligations issued under a master trust indenture structure for a major not-for-profit nursing home operator.
Representation of a major regional bank in the restructuring of various taxable and tax-exempt direct purchase bonds issued by the New Jersey Health Care Facilities Finance Authority for several major New Jersey-based hospital systems resulting from recent New Jersey to reflect investment grade master trust indenture terms and conditions.
Representation of an agent bank and lead lender on behalf of a syndicate of national and regional banks on an asset recovery matter and bankruptcy involving a failed redevelopment project in the New Jersey Meadowlands District financed through the issuance of tax-exempt and taxable bonds by various governmental agencies. Said recovery actions included successful dismissal of the bankruptcy petition, a Federal District Court action to recapture unexpended bond proceeds from the bond trustee and other project participants alleging claims against said trust funds, State court action to enforce various performance bonds for environmental remediation work, as well as a foreclosure action contested by state redevelopment authorities, performance bond companies, subordinate lenders and other project participants.
Professional Activities, Memberships & Accomplishments
Mr. Quinn is a frequent panelist and speaker on seminars related to various commercial lending matters. He is also a frequent outside contributor/instructor on internal training seminars arranged for the benefit of institutional clientele on various topics germaine to their commercial lending activities.
Mr. Quinn has served on the Executive Committee of the Essex County Bar Association's Banking Committee. He is a member of:
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New York State Bar Association.
Mr. Quinn has published several articles in trade journals, including the International Finance Law Journal and the New Jersey Law Journal, on various topics salient to his practice. While attending St. John's University School of Law, he was an editor of the St. John's Law Review.
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Amir Hossein Khozeimé-Alam (c. 1919 – 2002) was the eldest son of Amir Ma'soum Khan Khozeiméh (Hessamodolleh III), the last ruling Amir of Qaenat and Sistan, in what is now south-eastern Iran. He was a cousin of Amir Asadollah Alam and was married to Fatemé Alam, the eldest daughter of Amir Ebrahim Alam (Shokat ol-molk II), who was also his great-uncle.

Subsequently, he became Under-secretary for Agriculture in Tehran. Hussein and Fateme had two sons and two daughters, of whom the eldest is married to the British politician Lord Temple-Morris. After the Iranian revolution, Khozeimé-Alam fled into exile in London where he was a leading figure in the Iranian community.

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FarmVille maker Zynga made an initial public offering for its company on Dec. 17, selling 100 million shares at $10 each, but its stock has been all over the place since it became available.
According to Business Insider, Zynga stock had fallen 4 percent from its $10 initial price, down to about $9.10, on the second morning of trading; then it closed at $9.05, a dip of nearly 10 percent.
Bloomberg is predicting even more volatility out of the stock. Analyst Paul Kedrosky thinks the stock will bottom out at $6 during the next six months, citing a weak market coupled with "weak fundamentals" from Zynga itself.
It's not all bad news. In fact, Zynga's IPO raised $1 billion, which makes it the biggest tech IPO since Google way back in 2004. Investors and traders might be causing the stock to fluctuate, but at least Zynga has some scratch to do something with. It might be a little too early to start shouting the social game maker's doom.


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TeleMadrid rebrand
Branding, Broadcast, Featured
Evolution or revolution? When Comodo and Mucho got the pitch for TeleMadrid that was the key approach to tackle the project. We strongly believe in building with the heritage when the graphic foundations of a symbol are good.
We quickly realized that the star was the hero of the previous logo and that was the starting point. The star in the logo is the star of the autonomic flag. We wanted to highlight that link and take it one step further. We wanted Madrileños to be the real stars of this new chapter in TeleMadrid. So we placed the star at the center of the graphic language. The challenge was to bring back TeleMadrid as the reference media outlet for everybody in the community. The values TeleMadrid had to embrace should be visible in the Brand communication. It needed to be open, relatable and closer to the audience, interactive and inviting. Besides, it had to evolve into a transmedia Brand. The language needed to be digital and flexible. The final objective was to make Telemadrid the channel where all madileños could relate to.
In the new graphic language, all 3 brands share the star, but everyone has its own personality.
TeleMadrid aims to unite all madileños ( that's why the arrows point at the center). LaOtra has a younger and more dynamic personality. OndaMadrid is expansive as the radio waves.
The way the color is used has also changed. The colors have moved to the background making them more visible. They are also more current and digital. The red, which will be used when no other color is possible, is the same red as of the flag of Madrid.
The new TeleMadrid is rooted in the best journalists values and news ar key to the new direction.
Tiempos typography is one designed for newspapers and gives the brand a sense of purpose.
The visual language grows from the star, The star swirls around its center. The spaces that the vectors generate in addition to the color blocking make for a very simple but powerful code. A very identifiable but almost infinite language.
The Claim, which translates for we are here for you, reflects the mission of the Madrid public broadcaster: To be at the service of the citizens of the Community of Madrid.
It is also very malleable and be used in many different ways and tones.
TeleMadrid is now a single Word but making the M capital M. That makes for a more iconic brand and gives the spotlight to Madrid.
The audio branding created Banjo Music is a very precise sound landscape. It takes inspiration from Madrid's Chotis and street barrel organs. Then translates this world into the 21 first century making it remarkable, contemporary and warm.
That madrileños are the star of the broadcast is not only a strategic idea. The protagonists of the bumpers are real madrileños, real places from all over Madrid, it's dogs, squares, plazas. Madrid is at the center of everything.
This is a project by Comodo Screen and Mucho.
Comodo Screen team:
Project direction and executive production: María Borrás
Creative directors: Abel López and Pep Prior
Animation: Francesc de Riba, Sergi Comabella, Mariane Paoletti
Production: Elena Labandeira
Music: Banjo Music


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BHP (ASX:BHP) has inked a deal with Guyana Goldfields to acquire a 6.1 per cent stake in SolGold, the majority owner and operator of the Cascabel copper-gold project in Equador.
BHP CEO Andrew Mackenzie says the investment will give BHP exposure to a high quality copper exploration project in Equador which is a highly prospective location for BHP.
Under the agreement BHP will acquire 103.1 million shares in SolGold.
The purchase price is 26.592 pence per SolGold share.
Shares in BHP (ASX:BHP) 1.45 per cent lower at $32.60.


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Integrity of Data: Medical Device Cybersecurity Concerns
University of Michigan's Kevin Fu Discusses Emerging Risks Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • December 29, 2017 10 Minutes
Kevin Fu, director, Archimedes Research Center for Medical Device Security, University of Michigan
Ensuring the integrity of data generated and emitted by medical devices is a growing concern as cyber threats advance, says cybersecurity expert Kevin Fu.
"Medical devices contain sensors, and sensors are used to make decisions or provide cognizant support to the clinicians. ... We're finding that many devices do not have controls in place to ensure that they are high integrity and have high availability ... in the presence of some kind of malicious intent, like malware," he says in an interview with Information Security Media Group.
Consumer Device Risks
Similar concerns are evolving as patients seek to share health data generated by consumer-wearable health devices and applications with their physicians and other healthcare providers, Fu adds.
"There's a huge spectrum of different kinds of devices with different levels of risk. At the low end of risk, you have the Fitbits ... and the step-counters that are mostly there for informational purposes," he says. "At the high end, you have things like implantable devices that provide continuous telemetry to the clinicians," allowing device data to be collected and analyzed remotely on an ongoing basis, he adds.
"There are a lot of benefits - there are studies showing that this continuous monitoring can lead to better health outcomes for the patient," Fu notes. "On the risk side, when we start to use some of these consumer devices ... for actual diagnosis or therapy, that starts to get dicey, because the kind of safety controls you'd expect on a regulated medical device are much higher than what you'd find built into consumer devices."
Consumer health devices "were not designed to hit this much higher bar," he notes. "But I would be concerned if we find something that starts dosing drugs or emitting a shock based on the output of a consumer health monitoring sensor that was never designed to be part of something so advanced in the first place."
But even higher-end medical devices that are designed for more advanced healthcare uses raise concerns, Fu contends, because "the sensors are sort of out-of-sight, out-of-mind. ... When an adversary wants to cause harm, we have difficulty finding controls in place to mitigate those risks."
In the interview (see audio link below photo), Fu also discusses:
How to apply cybersecurity findings by medical device researchers in academic settings to real-world environments;
Ransomware and other evolving cyber threats facing medical devices;
Other components, technologies and internet of things devices that pose emerging cybersecurity risks in healthcare.
Fu is associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan, where he directs the Archimedes Research Center for Medical Device Security. Previously, he served as on the faculty at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Fu also has served as a visiting scientist at the Food and Drug Administration, the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Microsoft Research and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab. He's co-founder and chief scientist at healthcare cybersecurity firm Virta Laboratories. Fu was also recently named a fellow by the professional association, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE, for his contributions to the field of embedded and medical device security.
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