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CURTAINS COMING DOWN ON ARTICLE 370
In 1967, Organiser, a publication of Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh, published in its October issue an interview of Madhava Sadashiva Golwalkar, the second Sar Sangh Chalak of RSS, who served this hard core right wing organisation for 33 years from 1940 to 1973.
In reply to a question, Golwalkar said that time : "There is only one way to keep Kashmir – and that is by complete integration. Article 370 must go; the separate flag and the separate constitution must go too. If it is necessary to have, President's Rule is a temporary thing. Within a year or two there will have to be fresh elections. And the new Vidhan Sabha may be more rabidly communal than the present one. But as I see it, the basic question is whether we want to keep Kashmir or not. Since it is decided that we must keep Kashmir, all necessary steps must be taken to implement that decision. If the border area of NEFA can be centrally administered through the Army, why can't the border area of Kashmir be administered the same way for the same strategic reasons?"
The interviewer asked him, 'what the world will say?' Replied Golwalkar, "We must decide what are our vital national interests and then proceed to safeguard them. We must not bother too much about so-called world opinion. Do you think it is favourable to you even now? Did this 'world opinion' favour you over Junagadh or Hyderabad or Goa? Bharat must be governed by Bharat's interest and not at the bidding of foreign opinion, which is only a reflection of foreign interests." Then he added, "I say if we don't integrate Kashmir, and lose it, this very world opinion will call us fools. To formulate policies on the basis of the world opinion will be like repeating the story of the old man, his son and his donkey."
For all these years, RSS and its sister organisations and its political masks Jan Sangh and Bhartiya Janta Party have been singing a chorus against Article 370 and telling the nation and the world about how big a foolishness it was that the leaders of the time inserted such a provision in our constitution. BJP was vouching to remove the Article the day it will come to power. Cursing Congress for the 'Himalayan Blunder' has been the most favourite every day discourse of Sangh-Mandli after independence.
But now life seems to be coming to full circle for RSS-Kutumb. During the election campaign for 2014 Loksabha elections, the then prime ministerial candidate and now the prime minister of a government with clear majority Narendra Modi, called for a debate on Article 370 which defines the provisions of Indian Constitution with respect to Jammu & Kashmir. Now, amidst the campaign for the assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir, his Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said in a public rally at Kishtwad that the issue of Article 370 should not be raked up in these elections as it is a national issue that needs a serious debate.
BJP does not know what to do with Article 370 now? It is difficult to chew its own words. To remove the Article from the constitution is not easy. To hope that it will die it's natural death one day is an indefinite hope. To keep mum on 370 is not possible for BJP in a long run. Therefore, keeping in mind the electoral contingencies BJP is now saying that the final decision it takes on Article 370 will be on the basis of the concurrence of J&K Assembly. It was never that difficult for BJP to contest a election in J&K and raise the issue of Article 370 till it was not enjoying absolute power in centre. It was easy for BJP to play the blame game over this issue to defame the opponents and make a promise to please the vote bank it has created by spreading divisive politics. But what now when several of BJP candidates are freely expressing their views against the abolition of the Article and some of them have even went to the extent of making statements that they might pick up the guns if anything is done to abolish the Article?
I don't think Narendra Modi is unaware of the fact that at the time when Article 370 was being included in the constitution, even Shyama Prasad Mukharjee initially supported it. It is only after the intervention of RSS that Mukharjee backtracked. One does not realise the nitty-gritty of things when does not have the actual responsibility of managing a complex nation as India is. Article 370 has its history and is an unbreakable link to J&K. The deliberately delayed realisation of this fact by RSS and BJP is now compelling them to start a national debate on the issue to gain time in a hope that they will be able to create some face saving formula in time to come. But, then, let us all wait to see the outcome when curtains of India's biggest political controversy come down.
Any meaningful debate on Article 370 is bound to separate myth from reality and fact from fiction. BJP's suggestion for such a debate is in itself an indication of its change of position on the issue and like an acceptance of the fact that RSS and its affiliates were making an unnecessary hue and cry over this issue for last six decades. Sangh Parivar tried to create an impression that Jawahar Lal Nehru and Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel had different views about Article 370. But it is other way round and the synergy between Nehru and Patel on the matters of governing India is evident in the negotiations on 370. During the drafting stage the Article was known as 306-A. It was in October 1949 when Sheikh Abdullah turned his foot down on certain clauses of the Article and tried to create a serious crisis. Nehru was away on a visit to America. Gopalswamy Ayangar was negotiating with Sheikh and felt very disturbed. He was a minister without portfolio in Nehru's cabinet and was a former Diwan of Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir. In Nehru's absence, Ayangar immediately went to Sardar Patel and briefed him about how frequently Sheikh changing course. Patel finally managed the crisis and navigated the amendments. It was Patel who ensured that Article 370 become the part of Indian Constitution.
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Apple prides itself upon innovative modern design, so it's no wonder they've chosen a world-renowned architect to design their new headquarters in Cupertino, California. The company just announced that Inhabitat favorite Norman Foster will design a brand new eco-campus on 90 acres of land purchased from HP last month.
Dubbed the "City of Apple", the new campus will span 148 acres (including 50 acres purchased in 2006), making it the future headquarters of the industry giant. The project will feature a strong focus on creating a sustainable environment, and much of the development's infrastructure will be built around renewable energy.
While no renderings have been revealed, it has been reported that Apple's new headquarters will include a network of tunnels that joins the buildings together while maintaining green surface areas. It has also been reported that new city will be modeled after Foster + Partners' carbon-neutral Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, which is currently under construction.
So it will be modelled after Masdar City? Only one building completed at a totally exhorbitant cost without any of the quality to match and a masterplan redone countless times but still in tatters. Good luck Apple !! PS... don't go for the podium and PRT option LOL.


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A series set in the "Alien" universe from Noah Hawley is officially set up at FX, Variety has learned.
The announcement was made Thursday by FX chief John Landgraf as part of the Disney Investor Day presentation. Hawley will write and executive produce the series under his 26 Keys banner, with "Alien" mastermind Ridley Scott in advanced talks to executive produce via Scott Free. FX Productions will produce. Per Landgraf, the show is "Set not too far into our future, it's the first 'Alien' story set on Earth."
"FX is moving quickly to bring audiences the first television series based on one of the greatest science- fiction horror classics ever made: 'Alien,'" Landgraf said. "'Alien' will be helmed by 'Fargo' and 'Legion's' Noah Hawley stepping into the creator/executive producer chair, and FX is in advanced negotiations with Academy Award winner, Sir Ridley Scott—director of the first 'Alien' film and the sequel, 'Alien: Covenant'—to join the project as an Executive Producer. Set not too far into our future, it's the first 'Alien' story set on Earth—and by blending both the timeless horror of the first 'Alien' film with the non-stop action of the second, it's going to be a scary thrill ride that will blow people back in their seats."
To date, there have been six "Alien" feature films, with the most recent being the prequel "Alien: Covenant" in 2017. There have also been two "Alien vs. Predator" films, which were both set on Earth and saw the two iconic sci-fi creatures square off against each other.
Hawley is an institution at FX, having created and served as showrunner on the Emmy-winning FX series "Fargo." That show recently wrapped up its fourth season, which starred Chris Rock. He also previously developed the series "Legion" for the cabler, which was based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.
Hawley's "Alien" series has been rumored for some time, with reports surfacing in 2019 that Fox film executives had rejected Hawley and FX's pitch to develop a series within the sci-fi world established by the films.
But the 21st Century Fox-Disney merger has been completed since then and the media landscape has changed substantially. More and more, massive media companies like Disney are focusing their efforts on building out their streaming offerings, in particular by offering subscribers shows built around well known IP like "Aliens."
Disney Plus, for example, scored a massive early win when they offered "The Mandalorian" at launch last year, with that show being set in the "Star Wars" universe. The show quickly became a cultural phenomenon, with Season 2 currently airing and Season 3 already in the works.
Disney Plus is also preparing to release multiple shows set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with "WandaVision" due for release in January and "Falcon and Winter Soldier," "Loki," and "Hawkeye" on deck for later in 2021. Other Disney-owned properties getting the series treatment include "The Mighty Ducks," "Turner and Hooch," and "Willow."
To that end, FX shows began airing on Hulu, with some premiering directly on Hulu rather than the cable network while others launched on FX with episodes becoming available on Hulu the next day.
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'Spotlight' director Tom McCarthy and screenwriter Josh Singer also took part.
Hours before the 88th Oscars were set to start on Sunday, the Spotlight team of actor Mark Ruffalo, director/co-writer Tom McCarthy and co-writer Josh Singer joined a protest outside the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles. They stood with members of SNAP, the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, calling for the names of pedophile priests to be released.
Ruffalo confirmed on Twitter that he participated in the protest, tweeting, "Standing with the survivors of Priest sexual abuse!"
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Spotlight follows the Boston Globe investigative journalists who uncovered the Catholic church scandal of priests involved with child molestation. The film has earned Ruffalo an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor as well as five other mentions, including for best picture, best director and best original screenplay. On Saturday, it took home five trophies at Film Independent's Spirit Awards, including best feature.
SNAP is also hosting a viewing party for the Oscars at the Next Door Lounge, located at 1154 North Highland Ave. in Hollywood.
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WRWR Final Update: Wrapping Up in London
The relay comes to an end, but the impact is just getting started
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The Women Riders World Relay is an incredible group of women that participated in a year-long ride across the globe. Their mission is to "coordinate women motorcycle riders across the world to participate in the relay, bringing fun, experience, confidence, and a sense of unity to women riders globally."
As 2020 begins, the year-long Women Riders World Relay (WRWR) comes to an end. It was a truly inspirational year for female motorcyclists, and it was amazing to see women across the globe come together in a big way for this historic event! More than 3,500 women from 79 countries across 5 continents took part in the rally with some women joining for a day, and some joining for weeks or months.
Attendees of the WRWR Grand Finale celebration were greeted by this sign leading them into The Bike Shed in London, England.
WRWR founder, and our personal hero, Hayley Bell was along for much of the ride. She began the year in her home country of England with a couple weeks worth of clothes and a wooden baton packed on her bike. The momentum this ride has gained over the course of the year has been amazing. The relay has garnered coverage from news organizations world-wide, doing great things in bringing female ridership into the conversation. Hayley has also been recognized within the motorcycling community with the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) naming her "2019 Motorcyclist of the Year," and, most recently, Motorcycle News has recognized her with the "Best of British" award.
How many WRWR women can you fit in an Indian Motorcycles showroom? These women made a big splash to wrap up the final leg of the relay before it returned to the UK for the finale celebration.
WRWR founder, Hayley Bell (top right), celebrates the end of the relay with fellow riders, including veteran WRWR rider Liza Miller, at the Ace Cafe in London.
It's incredible to see what this ride became, not only for Hayley and her team, but also for countless communities of women riders who rode with WRWR. Most impressive was not the 63,000 collective miles that it spanned (although we are in awe of that figure), but the incredible community that has grown out of it. Women who sometimes did not even share a language were brought together through a shared passion and formed bonds that will last a lifetime.
The WRWR wrapped up February 15th in London, where Hayley Bell (far right) celebrated with fellow riders from around the world.
Women Riders Now's Leadership Board Co-Chair Erin Sills and Member Porsche Taylor both rode with the WRWR from Salt Lake City to the Bonneville Salt Flats, through Nevada and Northern California, then on to Los Angeles. WRN contributor Brittany Morrow joined many of the WRWR participants at the closing ceremonies in London, England, earlier this month. This served as a real celebration for the women who participated in the rally, both personally and in spirit.
WRWR women (and their admirers) from around the world gathering for the Grand Finale celebration at The Bike Shed in London. It was an emotional event full of memories, thanks, and congratulations for this remarkable achievement.
WRWR is sure to make the history books as a major milestone in female ridership, and we can't wait to see what these ladies do next. Did you participate in the relay? We'd love to see your photos, so please use the comments section below or tag us @womenridersnow on Instagram and Facebook.
January in South America
It's now officially 2020, and the Women Riders World Relay has already taken the new year by storm. The women spent December traversing South America where they visited Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and finished out the year (and the decade) in Brazil. It was an epic month for the ride, which saw nearly 5,000 miles of South American roads, and clocked a number of 8+ hour days.
This photo comes from Claudia Goulart (pictured in the pink headband), who rode on the Brazilian leg of the relay. Claudia rode with her friends and fellow members of the South American all-female moto-group, Ladies of the Road.
South African rider, Diane Jean, holds the WRWR baton during a meetup for female riders. The group joined WRWR on the Karoo Highlands route in the country's Northern Cape region.
This leg of the South American tour lasted more than two weeks as the women riders travelled from the southern border of Brazil, looping around the country and ending in São Paulo on day 299 of the year-long ride.
This great shot was taken by rider Ilja Lerm, and shows the fun-loving spirit of the women who met to embark on the ride through South Africa's Northern Cape region and sign the WRWR banner (pictured), as per tradition. The baton was in good hands on its journey across the nation!
After ringing in the new year, the riders were on the road again, carrying the baton to South Africa, thus beginning the last leg of the journey around the world. Riders will spend January visiting a number of African nations including Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique-Malawi, Tanzania, and Kenya. After this final leg of the journey, riders will finally bring the baton back to its home in London, England, where they will celebrate this massive achievement with a WRWR finale event on February 15th.
If you're in England in February, you won't want to miss it. You can purchase tickets here.
Make sure to check this page again next month for our final update on this incredible adventure and how it has impacted industries and individuals all over the globe.
December Update
December was a BIG month for the Women Riders World Relay. The relay is fast-approaching the 300th day of their year-long journey across the globe and WRWR founder, Hayley Bell, was just named the AMA's Motorcyclist of the Year for 2019!
"For her efforts to promote the motorcycle lifestyle around the world and bring together riders from all nations and backgrounds, conveying the positive aspects of motorcycling and drawing attention to the market potential of female riders, Hayley Bell is the 2019 AMA Motorcyclist of the Year," said Maggie McNally-Bradshaw, chair of the AMA Board of Directors.
The AMA Motorcyclist of the Year designation recognizes the individual or group that had the most profound impact on the world of motorcycling in the previous 12 months. We are so excited that the industry is recognizing her achievements. Congratulations, Hayley!
The relay is about more than getting attention from the motorcycling industry; it's about giving women a way to connect with their moto-sisters and encourage each other to think big. So far, WRWR has traversed Europe, Asia, North and, now, South America. Just this month the baton has been carried across Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and has just arrived in Brazil, where they will finish out the year. Be sure to check in with us in the new year for another update, as these incredible women take their journey to the roads of Africa!
November Update: Central and South America
The well-traveled Women Riders World Relay baton left the custody of its proud US guardians on October 12th as it was carried across the border of Laredo, Texas, to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, for a Saturday evening celebratory motorcycle ride through the city.
WRWR Founder, Hayley Bell (third from the left) and WRWR US Ambassador, Liza Miller (in back, holding the baton) pose with the US and Mexican riders as they celebrate another successful border crossing and international baton hand-off.
Riders enjoying the camaraderie of riding through the streets of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, together.
The baton then traveled for 20 days, covering almost 4,000 miles (6,400 kilometers) through the beautiful countries of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama via the trusted hands of hundreds of Central American female riders. Each rider who accompanies the baton is invited to sign the scroll which now contains thousands of signatures gathered from around the globe.
Johanna Padgett adds her signature to the scroll that is then housed safely within the baton and carrying case.
The scrolls now include thousands of women riders' names from all over the world!
The amazing colors and tastes of Central America. The scrolls are protected by the handmade weatherproof carrying case on the left. Now an invaluable piece of women in motorcycling history, they need to be carefully preserved.
The relay's Central American journey ended with a tour of Panama City before it entered Colombia—country #65 on the year-long excursion.
As it says on the WRWR website, "This is no easy riding." Riders are often faced with long days and inclement weather, yet they continue forward on the global mission to show the strength of female motorcyclists.
Karlitta Mora, a proud member of the Asphalt Angels Costa Rican chapter, displays her riding tribe's patches, again showing that what draws us to the motorcycle community truly knows no boundaries.
WRWR Central American riders are all smiles as they prepare to greet their South American colleagues.
American rider, Michelle Lamphere (right), passes the baton to Laura Fernandez as she prepares to carry it from Central to South America for the next leg of the relay.
WomenRidersNow.com will continue to share a few of the highlights here as we follow this incredible relay and watch it demonstrate the power of the female motorcyclist community worldwide. Come back here for updates, and share your own relay photos—just tag @womenridersnow. Let's raise the voice of the community and lend our support to these incredible women who are showing the world the power of the female motorcyclist community!
Next up…South America, where the baton will spend 50 days traveling through nine countries.
The Women Riders World Relay (WRWR) Hits the American Road
An epic year-long women's motorcycle ride across the globe comes stateside, and WRN is here for it!
Women Riders World Relay (WRWR) Founder Hayley Bell perches on Liza Miller's shoulders as the group makes a stop at the 2019 AIMExpo in Columbus, Ohio, in September. Liza is the US ride leader, leading the relay from Calais, Maine, to Laredo, Texas, over the course of 18 days.
Women Riders Now welcomes the amazing women participating in the Women Riders World Relay (WRWR) as the ride comes to America. Founded by Hayley Bell from the UK, the WRWR's mission is to "coordinate women motorcycle riders across the world to participate in the relay, bringing fun, experience, confidence, and a sense of unity to women riders globally." Consequently, the ride is raising awareness in the motorcycling industry of the importance of the female market, one of the fastest growing segments of riders.
The ride began in February in the UK, and has already crossed Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. It arrived in the United States, the 53rd country in the relay, in September on the 210th day of the epic year-long journey around the world. WRN raised a glass with the riders, led by Liza Miller, creator of the Re-Cycle Garage in Santa Cruz and Motorcycles & Misfits podcast, at the AIMExpo (American International Motorcycle Expo) to celebrate inspirational female riders at one of the biggest motorcycle enthusiast events in the USA. The group explored the Expo for the afternoon, then got a special tour of the American Motorcyclist Association Hall of Fame that evening.
Hayley and "JoJo" stop by the Women Riders Now booth at AIMExpo to meet WRN's Erin Sills. Erin joined the ride in Wyoming a few days later and rode 2,300 miles over the span of five days with the group.
This is the baton that's carried by designated riders along the journey and being passed from state to state, country to country. Inside is a scroll that is signed by the riders. It is much like passing the Olympic torch.
Maggie McNally, the first woman to chair the AMA Board of Directors, holds the baton as the group poses outside the AMA Hall of Fame Museum in Pickerington, Ohio. Getting a private tour, making special stops at all the women's exhibits inside was a special outing the WRWR riders got to partake in.
The WRWR journeyed on from Ohio, covering 400 to 500 miles per day through Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas before the baton was handed to the next group of women riders south of the border in Mexico. The global ride will continue until January, so there is lots more in store for these ladies!
Erin and Hayley are all grins as they share a moment with the WRWR baton at the entrance to the iconic Bonneville Salt Flats.
The WRWR riders stopped to learn about land speed racing and the history of the Bonneville Salt Flats as they traveled from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Reno, Nevada, on day nine of the US relay. Big shout out to Indian Motorcycles, who came out in support of women in motorcycling by sponsoring the ride and providing the US leaders with some gorgeous Indian baggers to use.
Porsche Taylor, Founder of Black Girls Ride magazine (and WRN Leadership Board member), poses with Erin and the well-traveled WRWR baton at the entrance of the Bonneville Salt Flats.
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I saw Kelly's reply to your post about the WRWR event and thought I would send in some of my pictures from Canada as well.
Andrea Kutney
AB, Canada
I participated in the Leamington Spa to Ace Cafe London leg, but to be able to watch the baton travel has made me still feel a part of this. It's amazing, the friends I have met and how big the WRWR has become! Me and four friends even had WRWR logo tattoos done to celebrate.
Tata Fulford
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I was so proud to be a part of this when the baton came through Texas. Windsisters Julie, Amy, Sheila and I carried the baton from San Antonio to Seminole Canyon National State Park north of Del Rio, Texas. There, we met up with Voni who carried the baton back to the area of Big Bend National Park. This was an adventure I'll never forget!
Are you familiar with the Colorado Women's 2019 World Record attempt? We tried to have more women riders in the same place than the UK record of 1132.
We did break a record with most women bikers in a ride!
It was so cool to ride with ALL women for a first-ever record attempt!
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The Sixth Form Lecture Programme has become a firm favourite amongst the students as the breadth of speakers has continued to grow. The 2017-18 Programme included some outstanding speakers and, once again, encouraged the students to think outside of their academic curriculum.
The programme kicked off with Richard McCann, the son of the first victim of the Yorkshire Ripper. Richard is always a popular visitor to Hymers and inspired the students to aim high and adopt an "I can" attitude. Richard tells his moving personal story, starting with how at the age of six he woke up one morning to discover his mum was not at home and later learnt that she had been murdered.
is Patrick McGee, the Brighton Bomber, who speaks at Hymers with the daughter of one of his victims, Jo Berry. The students were especially challenging in their questions to Patrick this year, asking if he regretted his actions. Patrick explains how he believes the Brighton bomb was the action that initiated the peace negotiations between the British Government and the IRA. In a challenging lecture, the students are invited to think of the potential power of forgiveness and whether they could forgive a man responsible for killing their parent. Jo Berry is an inspirational lady who has done exactly that and has taken time to get to know Patrick. They now travel around the world lecturing together on the subject of peace and reconciliation.
only public transport. Ian's talk shatters the students' preconceptions of Africa, as nothing dangerous happened to him at all during his journey. He does speak of the friendliness of the people he met and of their diets and how the continent changes from country to country.
as he speaks about his new book, Al Britannia – A Journey Round Muslim Britain. James explains how his preconceptions have been shattered by his experience of interviewing Muslims across the length and breadth of the country. He also visited a Sharia Court and met people who had been accused of fundamentalism. The students were astonished at his findings and were encouraged to consider what life is like as a Muslim in modern day Britain.
Ian Hoskison's story is quite shocking. He describes how, when enjoying life as a successful professional golfer he drove home from a meeting with his sponsor whilst drunk and killed a young cyclist. Sentenced to serve three years in prison, Ian shocked the Sixth Form with some brutal and horrific stories of life in prison and how he managed to get through his sentence.
a lecture on her experiences as an artist who works with inmates. She encourages the students to consider whether prison works and poses the question as to whether more money should be spent on educational programmes.
an Oscar ceremony. Paul Robbens also works in the film industry, in this case as a prop maker. In an especially popular lecture Paul brought a variety of iconic props from some blockbuster movies including Harry Potter, Indiana Jones and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Mountaineer, Simon Yates, speaks of his career and of the expedition with Touching the Void which was immortalised in the film, Touching the Void. Simon is the man who cut the rope in order to give himself a chance to survive, in the belief he could not save his partner and he explains how he had been left with no other option. Nevertheless there was a collective intake of breadth from the students, as he described the circumstances that had led him to that decision.
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Korn's guitarist says fans will be "pleasantly surprised" with the new album
Brian "Head" Welch recently detailed the group's new album, and we can't wait!
Korn fans have been waiting for quite some time on the band's new album, and while there's been no shortage of information regarding the new release, we're still waiting to get our first glimpse of what that music will sound like.
While we're not entirely sure what to expect from the band's thirteenth studio album, one thing is certain: they've got some pretty interesting tricks up their sleeves.
Read more: Korn working with blink-182's Travis Barker on new music
In a new interview with Consequence Of Sound, Korn's guitarist Brian "Head" Welch sat down with the source to share some details of their follow-up to 2016's the Serenity Of Suffering.
According to the interview, the band still has a ways to go when talking about the completion of the album, where he explained that they still have a lot of the instrumentals left to finish:
"At this time, guitars aren't finished, and I don't know if we're done writing. We've written a lot, but I'm not sure if we're done writing yet. Bass is not done. Most of the drums are done on the songs we have, and a little bit of vocals have been worked on."
While they still have a fair amount of work to be done, he then continued on to say that this album will seemingly be full of surprises, as the group has some "amazing tricks" that should come as a surprise for fans, saying:
"We've got some amazing tricks up our sleeves that we haven't done before, some fun things that the fans are going to be pleasantly surprised by. I know that for a fact."
Korn's new album, what we know so far:
It was recently reported that the band has worked with Goldfinger's John Feldmann and blink-182's drummer Travis Barker on some new material. According to an interview with Revolver, Welch shared that Korn has been working with the two musicians on some new songs.
"We're doing it all over. We've been to Nashville a few times, we've done a lot in L.A. We actually wrote with John Feldmann, too, for the demos. Travis Barker laid the temporary drums for some, and that was cool. We've known John Feldmann since '87 — he was in Electric Love Hogs. So we're writing with different people. We grabbed [producer] Nick Raskulinecz, and he's very hands-on and such a fan of music. It's not a job or a gig to him."
Korn's frontman Jonathon Davis recently sat with DOMkast, where he talked about the band's forthcoming album.
"It's going great. We're recording in Nashville, and I'm gonna start working on some stuff when I get home. And when it's done, it's done," Davis said. "It's not like records in the past. We're taking our time on this one. And the stuff that I've heard that we're recording is very groove-oriented, it's very intense. It's gonna be a good record. I'm really excited to get home and start singing on it."
When asked what fans can expect from the new album, whether that be a continuation of Korn's sound or something different, Davis shared that the answer to that will come later:
"We'll see. Sometimes they write it and then I start fucking with shit and it turns into something different. That's when I come in and they get all pissed off or they just get scared. I'm, like, 'See that feeling right there? That's progress. When you're feeling comfortable, no. I want you to be scared.'"
While we're not sure what to expect from the new album just yet, it appears that it might come sometime next year.
Korn's drummer Ray Luzier recently had to clarify past remarks on the album's release, where he had to let fans know that no release date for the album has been set, despite past comments.
"Tracking madness!" The drummer shared in the post. "BTW, disregard what I said in the Sabian interview [where the March release date was originally stated] there's no release date yet kids!"
Korn released their twelfth studio album the Serenity Of Suffering in late 2016.
Are you excited for the band's upcoming release? What do you hope to hear from the band's thirteenth studio album? Let us know by sounding off in the comments below!
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Acting under Uncertainty: Multidisciplinary Conceptions
George M. von Furstenberg
15 Readers
Part of the Theory and Decision Library book series (TDLA, volume 13)
Pages i-xvii
The Evolution of Scientific Conceptions of Uncertainty and Their Social Underpinnings
Coping with Uncertainty in Natural Science: 1200–1700
A. George Molland
Political, Moral, and Economic Decisions and the Origins of the Mathematical Theory of Probability: The Case of Jacob Bernoulli's The Art of Conjecturing
Edith Sylla
The Quantification of Uncertainty after 1700: Statistics Socially Constructed?
Uncertainty and the Conditioning of Beliefs
Henry E. Kyburg Jr.
The Unity of Probability
Glenn Shafer
Necessity, Chance, and Freedom
Gernot M. R. Winkler
Risk Analysis and Social Responsibility
Risk in Cultural Perspective
Steve Rayner
Statistical Hypothesis Tests and Statistical Power in Pure and Applied Science
David F. Parkhurst
Uncertainty in Environmental Risk Assessment
Glenn W. Suter II
Uncertainty in Morals and Politics
Hector-Neri Castañeda
Learning and Acting under Uncertainty
Re-Modeling Risk Aversion: A Comparison of Bernoullian and Rank Dependent Value Approaches
Lola L. Lopes
Neither Gullible Nor Unteachable Be: Signal Extraction and the Optimal Speed of Learning from Uncertain News
Rethinking Rational Expectations
Multiattribute Decision Models: Task Order and Group Effects
N. John Castellan Jr., Teresa A. Sawyer
Coping with Extreme Forms of Uncertainty
Measuring Vague Uncertainties and Understanding Their Use in Decision Making
Thomas S. Wallsten
Quantifying Vagueness and Possibility: New Trends in Knowledge Representation
Didier Dubois, Henri Prade
Chaos and Complexity in Economic and Financial Science
William A. Brock
H. L. Resnikoff, M. L. Puri
Uncertainty could be associated with wisdom, enterprise, and discovery. In ordinary speech, however, it has mostly negative connotations. There is "fear of the unknown" and "ignorance is bliss;" there are maxims to the effect that "what you don't know doesn't hurt you" (or: "bother you") in several languages. This volume suggests that we need be bothered by the excessive confidence with which scientists, particularly social scientists, present some of their conclusions and overstate their range of application. Otherwise many of the questions that should be raised about all the major uncertainties attending a particular issue routinely may continue to be thwarted or suppressed. Down playing uncertainty does not lead to more responsible or surer action, it sidetracks research agendas, and leaves the decision makers exposed to nasty surprise. This volume demonstrates that recognizing the many forms of uncertainty that enter into the development of any particular subject matter is a precondition for more responsible choice and deeper knowledge. Our purpose is to contribute to a broader appreciation of uncertainty than regularly accorded in any of the numerous disciplines represented here. The seventeenth-century French philosopher Descartes, quoted in this volume, wrote that "whoever is searching after truth must, once in his life, doubt all things; insofar as this is possible. " White areas left on maps of the world in past centuries were a much more productive challenge than marking the end of the known world with the pillars of Hercules.
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Child Abuse: Threat or Menace?
Is Shalala right? Is an unheeded child-abuse epidemic raging in America? Or, as I think is more likely, is the methodology behind the study and the interpretation of its numbers flawed? And if Shalala overstated the child-abuse peril, is she undermining public interest in the problem by making it appear too big and difficult to fix at a reasonable cost?
The secretary drew her statistics from the National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect, which was conducted by Westat Inc., a consulting firm that conducted similar studies in 1980 and 1986. In the new study, about 5,600 professionals, a representative sample, were asked by Westat whether the children they had served appeared to have suffered specified harms or to be living under specified conditions. Westat then determined if the reported "harms" and "conditions" met the study's definitions of "abuse" and "neglect," and generated estimates of incidence.
The odd thing about Shalala's claim that the number of children abused and neglected doubled from 1.4 million in 1986 to 2.8 million in 1993 is that no other signs point to such a dramatic increase in child abuse and neglect. Fatalities arising from child abuse have held roughly steady, ranging from 1,014 in 1986 to 1,216 in 1993, according to the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse.
Educational neglect–the chronic failure to send a child to school–added another 8 percent to the total of new cases.
All these cases warrant attention, but the explosion of numbers may be caused by the growing reportorial sensitivity of professionals, that is, "definitional creep." Professionals who become more sensitive to possible abuse, or more adept at noticing it, would make more reports to Westat–even if the actual incidence had not risen. In endangerment cases, at least, the study seems to accept this explanation.
I >n cases labeled as serious physical abuse, the reported injury could be mental or emotional.
Even in these "serious" cases, the study seems affected by definitional creep. For example, in three categories (sexual abuse, physical neglect, and emotional neglect), the number of cases described as "moderate" declined even as the number of "serious" ones increased–strongly suggesting that cases once viewed as only moderately threatening have now been "upgraded" to the most dire category.
The main flaw here is that most educational-neglect cases are handled by the schools; reports are made to protective agencies only when all else fails.
Another 30 percent of uninvestigated cases involved emotional abuse and neglect. But child-protective agencies usually avoid these cases because they tend to involve subjective judgments, and there is little that a quasi-law-enforcement agency can do about them.
Definitional creep is clearly at play here, too. Professionals who are increasingly willing to identify situations as harmful aren't necessarily ready to equate them with the sort of abuse and neglect they are legally obliged to report. And even if they did report these instances, child-protective agencies would still be expected to screen them out.
Does Shalala Believe Her Own Hype?
Probably not. Radical action would be required if Shalala's figures were even roughly correct. But instead of proposing radical action when she released the report, she outlined modest steps that had long been planned and budgeted.
Having worked in the field for 30 years, I can testify firsthand that the problem of child abuse and neglect is real. But however well meant, exaggerating the severity of abuse endangers children. In the late '80s, for example, the nation was told that 375,000 drug-exposed babies were born each year; Washington policy-makers were immobilized by estimates that tens of billions of dollars were needed to protect these children. In fact, the true number was closer to 35,000, and a decade later, the government has yet to mount a meaningful program for the children of addicts.
Overstatement may also obscure genuinely worrisome findings. Some of the increases in sexual abuse, physical abuse, and physical neglect uncovered by Westat may well reflect a true deterioration of conditions in disorganized, poverty-stricken households. But Shalala paid scant attention to this possibility.
And to claim recklessly that too few cases are investigated is to play with fire. Child-protective agencies are already overwhelmed investigating about 2 million reports a year, two-thirds of which are dismissed as unfounded or inappropriate. For many in the field, the most pressing need is to discourage inappropriate reporting–not to blithely call for more.
Figures for specific types of maltreatment exclude endangerment cases. Percentages total more than 100 because some children counted under more than one type of abuse.
Percentages total more than 100 because some children counted under more than one type of abuse.
These exclude cases of endangerment.


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Fuel efficiency rose in 2017, but shows signs of future decline
2019 Ram 2500 Power Wagon
Andrew Ganz Senior Editor
Fuel efficiency among new cars for 2017 hit a record high but appetites for less-efficient crossover SUVs and pickups among new buyers has slowed recent gains among automakers to increase their fleet averages, the EPA said in a report released Wednesday.
The average fuel efficiency among model-year 2017 new cars climbed from 24.7 mpg in 2016 to 24.9 mpg in 2017. Overall, Honda had the highest average fuel economy at 29.4 mpg. Mazda was second with 29 mpg and Hyundai came in third at 28.6 mpg. With their truck-heavy lineups, American automakers anchored the bottom of the list. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles was last at 21.2 mpg on average, while Ford and General Motors tied at 22.9 mpg.
MORE: GM builds last Chevrolet Cruze, exits compact car market
Since 2016, FCA, Ford, and GM have largely jettisoned passenger cars in the U.S. to focus instead on profitable—and guzzling—crossover SUVs and pickup trucks. On Wednesday, GM built its last Chevrolet Cruze, which effectively pulled Detroit automakers out of the traditional compact sedan market in the U.S. for now.
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler slammed the Obama administration's stringent fuel-economy and emissions standards, which call for about a 5-percent increase in fuel efficiency annually through 2026.
"There are legitimate concerns about the ability to cost-effectively achieve the Obama Administration's standards in the near future," Wheeler said in a statement.
The EPA and the Department of Transportation last year proposed looser fuel-economy regulations as part of the Safe Affordable Fuel Efficient Vehicles Rule that would freeze 2020 standards through the 2026 model year for cars sold in the U.S.
A key component of the Obama-era rules currently in effect are credits that automakers can use, bank for the future, or even sell to one another. FCA was the first automaker to move away from cars when it dropped its compact and mid-size sedans, and it bought the most credits last year. FCA said last month that it paid $77 million in civil penalties for not meeting 2016 model-year requirements.
BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, Volkswagen, and Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler also bought credits while Honda, Nissan, and Tesla sold the most.
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"Lego Castle Product Lines, Part I" by S.M. O'Connor
Well before The LEGO Group sold castle sets, the company depicted a drawing of a castle in the very first LEGO Building Idea Book the company published in 1960. The LEGO Building Idea Book was meant to inspire children with ideas for constructing models with basic sets then available. The castle in the drawing was blue with red rooftops, a symmetrical design with twin towers flanking a central pavilion. [As I explained in reference to Colleen Moore's Fairy Castle at the Museum of Science and Industry, this kind of building would really be a castle keep rather than a complete castle because a complete castle would have a curtain wall.] The first LEGO® castle set one could purchase was a promotional item offered by the British cereal company Weetabix in 1970. It had a rectangular layout with five towers and two turrets, one of which had a hip roof. In 1978, founder Ole Kirk Christian's grandson and Godtfred Kirk Christiansen's son, Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen (who spells the surname differently), introduced a new business model called the System within the System with LEGOLAND® Town, LEGOLAND® Castle, and LEGOLAND® Space. The product line between 1978 and 1983, before a sort of reboot in 1984, is often called Classic Castle.
Figure 1 Credits: Courtesy of The LEGO Group Caption: The LEGO Group depicted a drawing of a castle in the very first LEGO Building Idea Book the company published in 1960. The castle in that drawing was blue with red rooftops, a symmetrical design with twin towers flanking a central pavilion.
Figure 2 Credits: Courtesy of The LEGO Group Caption: The first LEGO® castle set one could purchase was a promotional item offered by the British cereal company Weetabix in 1970.
Part I: LEGO Classic Castle (1978-1983)
What is now called Classic Castle was a subtheme of the Castle theme (1978-2014) and is generally rendered like this "Classic Castle (1978-1979, 1983)" but that does not mean Classic Castle sets disappeared from store shelves between 1980 and '82. The LEGO® Castle subtheme product lines are Classic Castle (1978-1979, 1983); Crusaders (1984-1992); Black Falcons (1984-1992, 2003);[1] Forestmen (1987-1990, 1996); Black Knights (1988-1996); Wolfpack Renegades (1992-1994, 2003); Dragon Masters (1993-1995, 1998); Royal Knights (1995-1997, 2003); Dark Forest (1996); Fright Knights (1997-1998); Knights' Kingdom (2000); Knights' Kingdom II (2004-2006); Castle (2007-2009); Kingdoms (2010-2012); and Castle (2013-2014).
Initially, knights had two-piece helmets with movable visors that had eye slits. Starting with the Yellow Castle, most LEGO® Castle infantrymen have worn a type of helmet with nose guard that flared out at the back to protect the back and sides of the neck. This is Part #3844.[2] Knights and foot soldiers alike wore flat breastplate elements that slipped down the Minifigure's neck to fit between head and torso elements. Each knight or foot soldier had a coat-of-arms on his chest: a pair of stickers on the front and back of his breastplate. As The LEGO Group did not yet manufacture horse elements, children had to build each charger (war horse) with LEGO® bricks as with the Yellow Castle. A sitting knight would snap onto the back of a horse.
The LEGOLAND® Castle product line began with Set #375 from 1978, known in English as the Yellow Castle. In some ways, this was the most realistic of all the castles The LEGO Group has produced. It had a gatehouse with a working drawbridge and three other towers with a second gate under the tallest tower. The four towers were connected by a chemin de ronde, a second-floor walkway where soldiers protected by battlements stood atop the wall. Arches in the side towers easily allowed a child to maneuver the guards along the chemin de ronde to reach the gatehouse in front or the tallest tower in back. However, the Yellow Castle lacked stairs to reach the chemin de ronde, unlike the Weetabix castle.
Figure 3 Credits: Courtesy of The LEGO Group Caption: Released in 1978, Set #375 (Yellow Castle) was the first LEGOLAND® Castle theme castle. It had four towers, a working drawbridge, a second gate under the tallest tower, and a second-floor walkway. The Yellow Castle could open, as seen here.
The Yellow Castle could open, a feature many, but not all, of the castles to follow would share. One significant difference is that it opened on its left side (from the perspective of someone looking down on it facing the front), while later castles would open at the back so one could expand them through the attachment of modular walls using Technic bricks and pins purchased with other sets.
The biggest difference between the Yellow Castle and the Weetabix castle was that the Yellow Castle came with Minifigures. These fourteen Minifigures were divided into four factions: four knights who led ten foot soldiers. Eight of them – one knight and seven foot soldiers – seemed to compromise the Yellow Castle's garrison. They each had blue torsos and legs bore the same crown symbol that was on the Yellow Castle flag on their breastplates and shields. The other six Minifigures were comprised of three color-coded dyads in black, white, and red: a black knight and foot soldier, a white knight and foot soldier, and a red knight and foot soldier. Each infantrymen had the same symbol as the knight he accompanied on his breastplate and shield.
Figure 4 Credits: Courtesy of The LEGO Group Caption: Eight Minifigures bore the Yellow Castle flag's crown on their breastplates and shields. Later Minifigures had emblems printed directly on their chests. Most infantrymen have a helmet that has a nose guard and flares out to protect the neck.
Figure 5 Credit: The LEGO® Group Caption: The LEGO® Group introduced Minifigures in 1978. These five Minifgures represented three product lines: LEGOLAND® Town, LEGOLAND® Space, and LEGOLAND® Castle. From left to right, we have a Classic Astronaut from LEGOLAND® Space, a policeman and a doctor or nurse from LEGOLAND® Town, a foot soldier from the Yellow Castle in LEGOLAND® Castle, and the Fire Chief from LEGOLAND® Town.
Castle Minifigures (Set #0016) in 1978 consisted of three foot soldiers who each had one sword. These foot soldiers were the first LEGO® Castle Minifigures to have a coat-of-arms emblem printed on their torsos. This set saw the introduction of three new factions. Each had a different shield-shaped coat-of-arms emblem on his chest. One was red-peach checkered, one was tricolored, and one divided vertically in two between red and gray halves.
Issued in 1979, Set #677 (Knight's Procession), called Medieval Knights in the U.K., consisted of six Minifigures™: two axemen who pulled a handcart and four swordsmen who provided additional protection. The LEGO Group introduced conical helmets (Part #3896) for infantrymen when they appeared on the two axemen who came with Knight's Procession.[3]
Also issued in 1979, Set #383 (Knight's Tournament) consisted of two mounted knights, two axemen, a lord and lady, a pavilion with two thrones, and a pine tree. This was to be the first of several tournament sets. All of the Minifigures™ in the LEGOLAND® Castle product line were soldiers, except for the lord and lady who sat in the Knight's Tournament. There was a common assumption they were a king and queen. The lord and their guards had the tri-color emblem printed on their chests. This emblem was also on stickers that went on the two flags that flew over the pavilion. The torso of the lord was unique and had gold trim. The lady had white legs and white torso with gold necklace printed on the chest. He had the standard Male Hair element and she had a Female Hair element with pigtails. The two guards were armed with poleaxes, but wore the helmets with nose guards rather than the conical helmets. The two knights that came with this set had emblems printed on their chests and did not have breastplates. Their emblems were also printed on their triangular shields. One of the knights had a black torso and arms with the red-peach checkered shield emblem on his chest and shield. The other had a blue torso and white arms with red quarters shield printed on his chest and shield. This set was reissued in 1981.
Figure 6 Credits: Courtesy of The LEGO Group Caption: The first LEGO® Castle jousting set was Knight's Tournament (Set #383), released in 1979, consisted of two mounted knights, two brick-built chargers (warhorses), two axemen, a lord and lady, a pavilion with two thrones, and a pine tree.
Castle Minifigures (Set #6002) in 1983 had two black knights with the checkered emblem and two foot soldiers with the half-red, half-gray emblem. The knights did not have chargers. It rather strangely came with three weapons (a poleaxe, a battle axe, and a sword) instead of four and only one shield.
Also issued in 1983, Castle Minifigures (Set #15-1) had four knights and two axemen. There were two knights with black torsos with red arms and black legs. The red-peach checkered emblem was printed on their chests and shields. They had gray helmets with black visors. They were armed with brown lances (representing wooden weapons) rather than gray lances (representing metal weapons). There were two knights with blue torsos with white arms and white legs. They had the red quarters shield printed on their chests and shields. They had gray helmets with red visors. They were armed with swords. None of these knights had chargers. The axemen, had red torsos and legs, gray arms, the half-red, and the half-gray emblem on their chests. They wore conical helmets, and carried poleaxes.
[1] The Black Falcons seemed to have been a favorite faction amongst LEGO Group executives and master model builders. It was manufactured the longest of any subtheme. In 2002, The LEGO Group re-issued the Black Falcon's Fortress as part of the LEGO® Legends product line as Set #10039. The next year, The LEGO Group introduced a Black Falcon memo pad in the Office & School Supplies product line in 2003. Two Black Falcons shields appeared in Set #4768 (The Durmstang Ship) from the defunct LEGO® Harry Potter™ product line in 2005. A Black Falcons foot soldier appeared in Vintage Minifigure Collection, Volume 3 (Set #852697) in 2009.
[2] Originally, all of them were light gray, but dark gray, black, and silver-colored variants have appeared over the years to match the color schemes of new factions.
[3] Conical helemts have also appeared in various colors over the years, and were later used for archers and crossbowmen. Around the turn of the century, kettle hat-type helmets replaced conical helmets.
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In the Spirit of Independence Day, July 4th: A Brief History of the Pledge of Allegiance
By Larry German
Most historians believe that, in 1954, when "under God" was inserted, the Pledge of Allegiance became, for better or for worse, "both a patriotic oath and a public prayer." President Eisenhower, it was said, reluctantly authorized the change in response to a nationwide campaign led by the Knights of Columbus and privately encouraged by the Reverend Billy Graham, with a desired goal to advance religion, "when the government was publicly inveighing against communism."
Whether the reference is a violation of the Constitutional recognition of the Doctrine of Separation of Church and State seems, at this stage, to be moot.
Many people think or want to believe the Pledge ofAllegiance has the same august status as the Constitution and/or the Declaration of Independence. However, the Pledge was composed and brought to the national conscience by a Baptist minister and notable educator, Francis J. Bellamy, who was an active and proud member of the Socialist Party as well as the Masonic Fraternity in1892.
Most historians believe Bellamy's purpose was to indoctrinate every child, at the earliest age, in the belief that the United States of America was "one Nation, indivisible," thereby banishing any notion that sovereign states had the right of secession. In other words, the United States was a monolith, not a confederation of states. Such belief could help to prevent another Civil War.
Of equal importance, historians agree, Bellamy believed the United States would benefit from a strong Federal Government, by being better able to respond to the collective welfare and by sharing one State's good fortune with another. According to the same historians, it was not Bellamy's intent to inculcate the superiority of the government to the citizen, but to advance three precepts — liberty, equality and justice — as accepted ideals. And to make these ideals an integral part of the Public Schools curriculum, pitting moral purpose against prevailing prejudices and powers of the day.
However, practically coupled with a sincere desire to gain adoption, the Reverend Bellamy was persuaded to delete the word "equality." Indeed, at the time, women were not allowed to vote, Negroes were seen as lesser human beings, Jews were viewed as a threat to Christian domination, and "The only good Indian is a dead Indian" was a common chorus.
Whether some intrepid current-day politician decides to advance the idea of reinserting the word "equality" remains to be seen. But in the Spirit of Independence Day, July 4th, 2020, it seems like a good idea — with liberty, (equality) and justice for all.


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Secret ingredients to a successful career in nutrition
What it's really like to be a psychology researcher
What it's like to work inside a remote community
Jobs in nutrition are in high demand – a point reflected by the Australian Institute of Heath and Welfare's: A picture of overweight and obesity in Australia. The 2017 report stated the amount of overweight or obese people in Australia made up one-quarter of children and two-thirds of adults.
Those rates are still rising, and unsurprisingly, careers in nutrition are expected to rise too, with around 5000 jobs expected to open in the next five years, according to Job Outlook. Yet, it seems that a job in nutrition is not as straightforward as it appears at first glimpse. It's certainly not as simple as telling people what to eat to lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
The science, research and facts which form the basis of a reliable nutritionist's knowledge only make up the skeleton of the job, according to nutritionist, Alison Tehan, who graduated from Deakin University with a Graduate Diploma of Human Nutrition in 2015. The real flesh of the role holds a vast range of skills and tasks, many of which Tehan says she would never have expected before becoming a nutritionist.
Surprising roles in nutrition
Tehan says that there are three particularly surprising aspects of her profession as a nutritionist:
Confidently stepping into each of these roles 'has also required a lot of further research and study to make sure you are delivering the most up-to-date information,' Tehan says. She also uses some unexpected skills: communication, coaching, creativity, and most importantly, 'an understanding of your audience and what level of understanding they have around your topic'.
Common misconceptions around careers in nutrition
Many use the terms 'nutritionist' and 'dietitian' interchangeably, but there are some key differences between the two, albeit related, professions. While a dietitian works mainly in a clinical setting, giving one-on-one advice to individuals, a nutritionist takes a far broader reach in the general population.
This is a misconception that Tehan also held before beginning her Graduate Diploma in Human Nutrition at Deakin. 'I thought I would just be working mainly one-on-one with people and that would happen easily,' she says. 'I felt there was such a demand in society for nutrition guidance and counselling so I assumed people would be lining up for appointments.'
The blatant need for nutrition advice in Australia perpetuates such a presumption, but the fact is that people often don't realise what they don't know until they're told. This places communication at the forefront of this profession.
'I didn't realise that I would need to go out and communicate the importance of eating well to large groups of people in a way that is easy for people,' Tehan says. But since graduating, almost every aspect of her job requires some level of communication, from working one-on-one with individuals, to running workshops and presentations – it's a skill which has proved to be useful in more surprising ways than one might imagine.
It has helped Tehan create her own brand, as well as getting people through her door. 'People love to hear about nutrition but may not necessarily want to make a one-on-one appointment,' she says.
A passion for health isn't enough
A career in nutrition is as much about understanding people as it is about understanding the science behind a balanced diet. Tehan explains, 'once I started working with people one-on-one I realised how much psychology is involved when it comes to eating well. It's not just about lack of education; it's also about motivation and priorities.' She realises that 'as much as you want to just tell people what to eat, the behaviour change needs to come from them for the change to happen.'
A passion for helping people understand themselves plays a large role in nutrition. Simply showering someone with facts and advice isn't enough to create a change. To adopt a human-centred approach, Tehan undertook a coaching course to 'help people tap into their own motivation and develop awareness around their behaviours', like making bad food choices when stressed. Having coaching skills helps Tehan in 'helping people overcome barriers and understanding what helps to motivate people,' she says.
'As much as you want to just tell people what to eat, the behaviour change needs to come from them for the change to happen.'
Alison Tehan,
Deakin alumnus
A spoonful of science and a splash of creativity
As great as the need for nutritionists is in Australia, Tehan says 'there are no jobs advertised so you need to create all of your own work opportunities.' While this can seem like a daunting prospect, Tehan realises 'the opportunities are limitless'. Especially when employing creative ways to 'communicate good nutrition messages to people'.
'It's so great to be able to create your own style of workshop around a topic that you love to talk about, and hopefully that passion inspires others to feel the same,' she concludes.
Keen to take an evidence-based approach to nutrition? Find out more about studying postgraduate human nutrition at Deakin.