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Earlier this year the great state of New York FINALLY welcomed mixed martial arts with open arms after the Empire State became the nation's last state to pass legislation that will allow the sport to operate on both the amateur and professional levels.
After years of back and forth between politicians who opposed sanctioning and fans and officials who were in favor of the combat sport, today, September 1, 2016 history has been written.
There are aspects of the new law that should make combat sports safer in New York. It creates standards for amateur mixed martial arts, which was previously legal but unregulated (in a way).
"Today starts a new day where fighters' safety and regulation will be at the forefront. In New York Aggressive Combat Championships has been and always will be proud to put fighters first," said Tom Kilkenny, one of the promoters for ACC.
The sport is expected to bring $137 million to the state's economy. Both the UFC and World Series of Fighting already have events planned for New York later this year.


Writing my dreams after waking up was once a very difficult task for me and I know many of the lucid dreamers hate doing this because that early morning time is often a busy one that's why I will provide you a few alternatives here that will enable you to have lucid dreams without a need to keep dream journal.
Before looking at the alternative methods allow me to explain it to you why we actually keep record of our dreams..
Usually we only remember dreams that occurred a few minutes before waking up.Sometimes you may remember a little more but, till the time you take bath you probably would have forgotten them all unless you had an interesting dream.
There are people who say that they don't get dreams at all but that's not true, it is not that they are lying as they actually don't know that they had dreams..why?..it is because they forget their dreams even before they are fully awake.
This is why beginners in lucid dreaming are always advised to keep a dream journal beside them before sleeping since even if they had a lucid dream they won't be able to remember it so that will mean that they never had one.
Another reason why keeping a dream journal becomes necessary for lucid dreaming is it sends a message to a person's subconscious mind that he is interested in his dreams world which will lead to more vivid dream experiences hence it increases the probability of a conscious dream..
Experienced lucid dreamers keep a dream journal to relive their dream memories because like real life events it is not possible to recall dream memories that easily and sometimes they have very long lucid dreams so it becomes quite necessary.
Writing in a paper just after waking up could be a tedious job and for busy people it becomes something that will eat up their early morning time so you can use your mobile's voice recorder to do this.
It is not only an easy thing but also saves your time as you can do this along with the other tasks.
While you brush your teeth or take shower you can choose to recall the dreams that you had last night and gradually this habit will make it easier for you to remember your dreams.
You can also stick a note at your bathroom mirror which reads "What did you dream last night?"..this will powerfully work to bring your recent dreams into you conscious awareness.
I have many friends who like to discuss their dreams with me. You can find someone who is interested in this and share your dreams everyday.
If there are kids in your home then that gives you a very good opportunity to have an interesting talk with them, they love doing this plus it exercises your dream recall ability.
If your mind gets too busy when you get up that it doesn't allow you to think about anything else than your morning tasks then you can take quick short notes about your dreams immediately after you wake up.
In the Oprah Winfrey show…ha ha you won't forget that anyway!
What you can do is take a look at these notes later at your free time and try to recall that dream in detail. The longer the time interval after waking up the lesser you will be able to remember.
A good way to do this will be keeping the note in your pocket and read it when you commute to your workplace or college.
The above 4 techniques will solve two of the purposes for which lucid dreamers keep dream journal that is: A-To remember last night dreams 2-To send the intention of having a conscious dream to the subconscious mind.
However, the third reason that makes experienced lucid dreamers to keep dream journal will not be fulfilled by these four and for that you will have to keep a dream journal.
Okay now don't get mad at me for saying that I do have an advice here- Write your dream in a journal whenever you have a lucid dream..that's it!..this way you won't be missing anything.
If you are struggling to have lucid dreams then you might like to know the technique that I consider best for inducing lucid dreams.
Practicing Yogic Sleep-You Can Meditate Lying Down!


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Fashion Revolution 2017
Posted by Abi Chisman | March 27, 2017 | News & Events | No Comments
24 April 2017 – once again, we will be staging an event to mark the anniversary of the Rana Plaza disaster, the collapse of a clothing factory in Bangladesh which killed 1,130 workers four years ago. The factory was known to be unsafe and still the garment makers were herded in, some never to reemerge. At Designer Jumble, it is my mission to help promote sustainable fashion – fashion that does not harm the planet, and that aims to look after the people who work in the industry. Having recently moved my family out of London to the countryside, and my stock along with us, I will be inviting my new neighbours to my new showroom in the village of Thakeham this year, to introduce them to the concept of Fashion Revolution Day. If you are likely to be in the area (south of Horsham, west of Lewes, north of Worthing, northwest of Brighton), drop me an email at abi@designerjumblesale.com to let me know you would like to come along. We are in the second barn, as seen in the middle of the photo below.
Susie Bubble visits Designer Jumble
Brighton, Baby!
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Christopher Turbill is a researcher in animal physiological ecology at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney. He gained a PhD in 2006 from the University of New England and then conducted postdoctoral fellowships awarded by the Austrian Science Fund and Australian Research Council (DECRA). Christopher's research aims to integrate thermal and metabolic physiology with behavioural ecology to understand how animals interact with their environment. His work has revealed the important ecological consequences of controlled variation in body temperature by mammals and its links with metabolic energy expenditure, activity and the evolution of different life-history strategies.


Oh man is this topic ever close to my heart.
I was a serious reader as a child.
I read to my younger siblings.
When I thought I wanted to be a librarian, my dream job was working in youth services.
I took a lot of classes swirling around that, which means that I've had the pleasure of reading children's books with the eye of an adult.
I read to my son.
I'm into children's books, is what I'm trying to say.
Here are my favorites for Gabriel's current age/book range (I'll call it 3.5-5.5ish?). I've managed to get most of my childhood favorites into our collection, so it's for both of us.
Higgelty Piggelty Pop by Maurice Sendak - I have a seriously serious love affair with this book, and not just cuz the dog's name is Jenny.
Eloise by Kay Thompson (and curiously hard to find on Amazon)- I love this book. Like, really LOVE it. There are all these nuances to Eloise's home life and backstory and stuff. And Gabriel adores it too. He has good taste.
Ping by Marjorie Flack - This books is fabulous and everyone should read it and love it. I'm a big Marjorie Flack fan, you should also check out Angus and the Ducks. GENIUS.
Just Grandma and Me by Mercer Mayer - My grandma gave me this book, and my mom got it for Gabriel, and it just hits an absolutely perfect soft spot about kids and their grandparents.
Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban - We used to have this one as a read-aloud tape that I kept in my TMNT lunchbox. Gabey loves it too.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst - sometimes it feels like this is every day every in our house.
I Can Fly by Ruth Krauss - OMG this is the BEST book EVER. I sometimes think.
Humphrey the Lost Whale by Wendy Tokuda - My grandpa got me this book for Christmas one year. It's the same copy that I read to Gabriel.
A House Is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman - This book is awesome. And it rhymes, but not in an annoying way. In a fun way.
The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear - There's nothing like falling in love with classic poetry via children's books.
Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges - This book is actually insanely long and complex and I would THINK it would be a little much for Gabey, but it's by far one of his top picks.
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig - Y'know, donkeys and wishing stones, etc.
The Napping House by Audrey Wood - FAVORITE jump up from rest book.
The Little Mermaid and Other Tales by Hans Christian Andersen - I linked to the very specific copy that I grew up with, that I then happened to find in a thrift center as an adult. The illustrations are gorgeous, and I love it. It also includes The Emperor's New Clothes, Simple Simon and It's Absolutely True.
Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall - This book isn't from my childhood, it's from my brothers'.
I really wanted to tell you about my very favorite children's book in the ENTIRE WORLD, which is The Wonderful Tree by Ulf Löfgren. It was published in 1970ish, and we inherited it from my aunt Rebecca. And apparently now it's a rare collector's item. I found a copy on eBay, damaged library copy, for $200, but it sold before I could finish writing this post. And I found a facebook fanpage. What I can't find? Any copies of the book itself, or even a picture, so that I might show you the magical illustrations. Our copy still exists, in tatters, reclaimed by my aunt when she started having kids. It really is THE BEST book. SIGH.
There are many MANY MANY more, but I have to stop somewhere, right?
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UPDATE: I found The Wonderful Tree via interlibrary loan, and I am SO TOTALLY checking it out. I'll share pictures and stuff when I get it.


Teaching English as a Second Language is the greatest job in the world; each class is like being at the United Nations. It is exciting to be your teacher!
I have a Master's Degree in Teaching English as a Second Language. I began teaching here at North Seattle Community College way back in 1991. Before that, I lived and taught in San Francisco.
To use this website, please look for your class number on the blue sidebar to the left. Click on it to discover copies of our syllabus, handouts, links to reference sites, and other useful information. Let me know what you find helpful.


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"Unswerving Integrity": The Radical Friendship of Eugene V. Debs and Robert Ingersoll
This post is dedicated to Tom Flynn—freethinker, friend, and keeper of the Ingersoll flame.
On July 22, 1899, Hoosier Eugene Victor Debs, a radical labor organizer and the future socialist party candidate for president, published a tribute to one of his biggest influences and close friends—the orator and freethinker Robert Green Ingersoll. Known as the "Great Agnostic" for his decades-long public critique of organized religion, Ingersoll became the leader of the "Golden Age of Freethought" in the United States, a movement dedicated to secularism that began after the Civil War and ended around World War I. His death on July 21, 1899, at the age of 65, left an irreplaceable void in the hearts of many who saw Ingersoll as the leader of a new rationalist awakening in America.
Eugene V. Debs, 1897. Library of Congress.
In his tribute to Ingersoll, printed in the Terre Haute Gazette and later in the Social Democratic Herald, Debs reflected on their decades-long friendship and the lasting impact the freethinker had on his life. He wrote:
For 23 years it has been my privilege to know Colonel Ingersoll, and the announcement of his sudden death is so touching and shocking to me that I can hardly bring myself to realize the awful calamity. Like thousands of others who personally knew Colonel Ingersoll, I loved him as if he had been my elder brother. He was, without doubt, the most lovable character, the tenderest and greatest soul I have ever known.
He also noted the amount of charity work Ingersoll did, both for organizations and for individuals, such as a woman he aided after the financial collapse of her father and abandonment by her church. "Such incidents of kindness to the distressed and help to the needy," Debs observed, "might be multiplied indefinitely, for Colonel Ingersoll's whole life was replete with them and they constitute a religion compared with which all creeds and dogmas become meaningless and empty phrases."
Robert Ingersoll portraits. Library of Congress.
Later, on January 17, 1900, Debs wrote to Ingersoll's publisher C.P. Farrell that "I have never loved another mortal as I have loved Robert Ingersoll, and I never shall another." While this language may seem a bit saccharine for us today, Debs meant every word of it. From his initial meetings with Ingersoll as a young man in Terre Haute, Indiana to the Great Agnostic's defense of him during the Pullman railroad workers strike of 1894, Eugene Debs always felt a deep kinship with the heretical orator. While they took different spiritual tracks—with Ingersoll a dedicated agnostic and Debs a social-gospel Christian—both saw the importance of caring for others in this life, despite what might come after, and believed in the power of human reason as a vehicle for transcending outmoded superstitions. Debs learned the power of effective oratory from Ingersoll, routinely citing him as one of his biggest rhetorical influences. Ingersoll also had views on labor and capital that went far beyond the traditional liberalism of his day, something that likely played a role in the radicalization of Debs. As such, their unique friendship left a lasting imprint on American life during the turn of the twentieth century.
They first met in the spring of 1878, after Debs invited Ingersoll to give a lecture to the Occidental Literary Club in Terre Haute, an organization that the former helped organize. The Terre Haute Weekly Gazette reported on May 2, 1878 that Ingersoll's oration the previous evening was on the "religion of the past, present, and future" and noted that "Mr. Ingersoll was introduced by Mr. E. V. Debs, in well chosen and well delivered words." Years later, in his "Recollections on Ingersoll" (1917), Debs reflected on his first encounter with the legendary orator. In fact, the lecture that Ingersoll gave that evening, according to Debs, was one of his most important, "The Liberty of Man, Woman, and Child." In it, Ingersoll excoriates those who held humanity in the bondage of superstition and called for freedom of intellectual development. As he declared, "This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself. Keep your mind open to the influences of nature. Receive new thoughts with hospitality. Let us advance." Debs was amazed by this speech. Writing decades later, "Never until that night had I heard real oratory; never before had I listened enthralled to such a flow of genuine eloquence." Ingersoll's words, which "pleaded for every right and protested against every wrong," galvanized the budding orator and political activist.
Robert Ingersoll addressing an audience. Peoria Magazine.
Also in 1878, Ingersoll used his considerable speaking talents towards another issue of grave importance: the condition of labor. While it would be too much to say that Ingersoll was a socialist like Debs, he was nevertheless a socially-conscious liberal Republican who understood the inequities between workers and owners in a capitalist society. In a speech entitled "Hard Times and the Way Out," delivered in Boston, Massachusetts on October 20, 1878, Ingersoll laid out his views on the subject. While he reiterated his belief that "there is no conflict, and can be no conflict, in the United States between capital and labor," he nevertheless chastised the capitalists who would impugn the dignity and quality of life of their laborers. "The man who wants others to work to such an extent that their lives are burdens, is utterly heartless," he bellowed to the crowd in Boston. He also called for the use of improved technology to lower the overall workday. Additionally, in a passage that could've been composed by Eugene V. Debs decades later, Ingersoll declared:
I sympathize with every honest effort made by the children of labor to improve their condition. That is a poorly governed country in which those who do the most have the least. There is something wrong when men are obliged to beg for leave to toil. We are not yet a civilized people; when we are, pauperism and crime will vanish from our land.
This speech left a lasting impression on Debs, so much so that he quoted it at length in an 1886 article in the Locomotive Firemen's Magazine calling for the eight-hour workday. It is safe to say that Ingersoll's own progressive views on labor influenced Debs's own labor advocacy, especially during his time leading the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and co-founding the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W).
Eugene V. Debs, 1897. Indiana Memory.
Years later, in 1894, Eugene V. Debs and the American Railway Union (ARU) led a massive labor strike against the Pullman Palace Car Company in the outskirts of Chicago. Approximately 2,000 employees walked off the job in May, demanding an end to the 33 1/3% pay cut they took the year prior. When the strikes escalated into violence, largely due to the aggressive tactics of the Chicago police, the United States Court in Chicago filed an injunction against Debs and the ARU. The injunction claimed that Debs, as head of the ARU, violated federal law by "block[ing] the progress of the United States mails," the Indianapolis Journal reported. Debs was later arrested for his actions, using legendary civil rights attorney Clarence Darrow for his defense. Some speculated at the time that Robert Ingersoll, himself a lawyer, would defend Debs in court, but that never came to pass. Instead, Ingersoll defended Debs in the court of public opinion, when the press reported his previous treatment for alcoholism in an effort to discredit his cause.
Workers leaving the Pullman Palace Car Works, 1893. Wikimedia Commons.
An article in the July 9, 1894 issue of the Jersey City News reported that Dr. Thomas S. Robertson treated Debs in 1892 for "neurasthenia" and "dipsomania," terms used in the era to describe anxiety due to spinal cord injury and alcoholism, respectively. To help his friend, Ingersoll had written a letter of introduction for Debs to Dr. Robertson, as he had used the physician's services before. The article quotes Dr. Robertson at length, who claimed that Debs suffered from exhaustion, which had been exacerbated by drinking, but he had improved in the two years since. When asked if Debs was of sound mind, Dr. Robertson said, "in ordinary times, yes, but he is likely to be carried away by excitement and enthusiasm." In essence, Debs suffered from what today we might call stress-induced anxiety, which became more pronounced by substance abuse. However, it is important to note that charges of alcoholism were common in this era, and Debs might have exhibited symptoms of it without ever being intoxicated.
Sensing the intention of the press with this story, Ingersoll released a statement to the Philadelphia Observer, later reprinted in the Unionville, Nevada Silver State on August 27, 1894. In it, he stood up for his friend and the causes he fought for. "I have known Mr. Debs for about twelve years," Ingersoll said, and "I believe, [he] is a perfectly sincere man—very enthusiastic in the cause of labor—and his sympathies are all with the workingman." When asked about Debs's drinking, Ingersoll pushed back on the claims, saying "I never met him when he appeared to be under the influence of stimulants. He was always in good health and in full possession of his faculties." He also commented on the attempts at scandal in the newspapers, adding that his "testimony is important in view of gossip and denunciation that everywhere attend the public mention of the strike leader." In one of Debs' darkest hours, when his character and cause came under fire, Ingersoll publicly defended his friend and challenged the claims made against him. Such was the nature of their bond.
Harper's Weekly, July 14, 1894. Library of Congress.
While Robert Ingersoll certainly influenced Debs on the importance of oratory and the cause of labor, he also left a profound intellectual influence on the future socialist. Early in his life, Debs developed an iconoclastic view of religion, which primed him for a rewarding relationship with Ingersoll. In conversations with Larry Karsner, published in book form in 1922, Debs reflected on the event that made him weary of organized religion. At the age of 15, Debs attended a sermon at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Terre Haute. The priest's vivid descriptions of hell, with a "thousand demons and devils with horns and bristling tails, clutching pitchforks, steeped in brimstone," completely soured him on institutionalized Christianity. "I left that church with rich and royal hatred of the priest as a person, and a loathing for the church as an institution," Debs said, "and I vowed that I would never go inside a church again." Furthermore, when asked by Karsner if he was a disbeliever at that time, Debs replied, "Oh yes, a strong one."
He furthered his views on hell in a February 19, 1880 article in the Terre Haute Weekly Gazette. "I do not believe in hell as a place of torment or punishment after death," he wrote, ". . . the hell of popular conception exists solely in the imagination." He further argues that while the idea of hell may have served a beneficial function in the past, "as soon, however, as people become good enough to be just and honorable for the simple satisfaction it affords them, and avoid evil for the same reason, then there is no further necessity of hell." With these words, Debs actually echoed much of what Ingersoll said on the subject in an 1878 lecture. "The idea of a hell," Ingersoll noted, "was born of revenge and brutality on the one side, and cowardice on the other. In my judgment the American people are too brave, too charitable, too generous, too magnanimous, to believe in the infamous dogma of an eternal hell."
Robert Ingersoll pamphlet on Hell, 1882. Google Books.
While the doctrine of hell and the strictures of the church left Debs cold, he nevertheless adopted a liberal, nondenominational form of Christianity later in his life, one molded by his exposure to Ingersoll and freethought. In a 1917 article entitled "Jesus the Supreme Leader," published in the Call Magazine and later reprinted in pamphlet form, Debs shared his thoughts on the prophet from Nazareth. Debs saw Christ not as a distant, ethereal presence, but rather as a revolutionary figure whose own humanity made him divine. "Jesus was not divine because he was less human than his fellow-men," he wrote, "but for the opposite reason, that he was supremely human, and it is this of which his divinity consists, the fullness and perfection of him as an intellectual, moral and spiritual human being." He placed Jesus in the same pantheon of transformative figures as abolitionist John Brown, President Abraham Lincoln, and philosopher Karl Marx.
For Debs, Christ's appeal to "love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another" was the same in spirit as Marx's famous dictum in the Communist Manifesto: "Workers of all countries unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains. You have a world to win." Both statements are about solidarity—of people coming together, helping one another, and fighting for a better world. In this sense, Debs interpreted Christ like many humanists and non-sectarian Christians do today—as a deeply human figure that preached love, peace, and harmony with others.
Eugene V. Debs and Jesus of Nazareth pamphlet. Internet Archive.
While Debs and Ingersoll did not share the exact same views on Christianity, they did share a commitment to secularism, tolerance, freethought, and social justice. Debs would parlay his knowledge from Ingersoll and others into a successful political career, running five times on the socialist party ticket and earning nearly a million votes in 1920 while imprisoned for speaking out against America's involvement in WWI. As Ingersoll was the leader of the "Golden Age of Freethought," Debs was the leader of the "Golden Age of American Socialism," with thousands attending his speeches and joining socialist organizations. Despite their friendship being tragically cut short by Robert Ingersoll's death in 1899, Debs honored the legacy of the Great Agnostic for the rest of his life. Writing in his "Recollections of Ingersoll" in 1917, Debs said:
He was absolutely true to the highest principles of his exalted character and to the loftiest aspirations of his own unfettered soul. He bore the crudest misrepresentation, the foulest abuse, the vilest calumny, and the most heartless persecution without resentment or complaint. He measured up to his true stature in every hour of trial, he served with fidelity and without compromise to the last hour of his noble life, he paid in full the price of his unswerving integrity to his own soul, and each passing century to come will add fresh luster to his immortal fame.
In studying their lives and their friendship, one might say these words for Robert Green Ingersoll could equally apply to Eugene Victor Debs.
Eugene V. Debs standing by pillar. Indiana Memory.
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Tom Fisher is a born and bred musician. His father Jim is a legend in Fremantle and all across the many miles he travelled as a musician around the country.
The younger Fisher has carved his own history as a musician, taking the family tradition around the world playing with bands and solo, as well as establishing the much-loved Tom Fisher & The Layabouts. Constant touring can be wearying, however, and upon returning home some year ago Fisher found himself a little out of sorts with his band and music. He credits Blues at Bridgetown with giving him clarity when he needed it most.
"After I'd moved back from Melbourne touring with an act over there for a few years, I was hesitant to revive the Layabouts after a few shows," he recalls. "I wasn't really feeling it. Then we got booked for Blues at Bridgetown and had two absolute cracking shows. It really reassured me this band was a great act and a fun festival act."
As it has been for Jim Fisher, Blues at Bridgetown is an annual destination for Tom Fisher & The Layabouts and the human connection is a huge part of that. "There's a very loyal kind of tribalism with Bridgetown punters and performers," he notes. "I often get pulled up on the street somewhere in Perth with a 'See ya at Bridgetown, mate'. I love that loyal, inclusive vibe it creates."
Blues at Bridgetown, of course, is founded upon the style of music that gives it its name, whilst covering a feast of other genres – rock, folk, reggae, roots, country, funk soul – all throughout. In another words, it's an entity that is very similar to the DNA of The Layabouts.
"The blues is at the base of everything we do," Fisher reflects. "We touch on country and rock a lot, but it all comes from the blues. I think my singing can really lend itself to the blues. as well as Kils' (Killian Albrecht) guitar playing."
For The Layabouts, 2019 has been about finishing their new album ("we're very close," Fisher notes), and playing shows. Along the way this year they won the WAM Song Of The Year 'Blues' category and have been nominated in the forthcoming WAM Awards for 'Blues & Roots Act Of The Year'.
"2020 will be about pushing the new record, writing and touring," Fisher declares. "And playing Bridgetown, of course!"
Tom Fisher & The Layabouts appear at the Geegelup Stage on Saturday, November 9, from 2-3pm. Tom will also perform a special set on the WAM Stage earlier that day at 11-11.45am.
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Cornucopia of updates #5: Frank Gehry
By James Fallows
In two recent entries, here and here, I mentioned my chagrin at the architect Frank Gehry's haughty dismissal of a persistent questioner at the Aspen Ideas Festival -- and Gehry's subsequent very gracious apology.
Both were about the manner of the event -- not the substance of the disagreement, which concerned whether "iconic" buildings like many of Gehry's famous buildings also succeeded as attractive, accessible public spaces. The questioner said they didn't; Gehry said they did.
I am interested in this question and hope to return to the general topic, in talking about urban design as expressed in many of the new mega-cities I have seen across China. But frankly I don't know enough about the argument as it involves Gehry's buildings to have a view right now. I will say that the "fairly insistent" questioner I described as challenging Gehry has been identified on various web sites as Fred Kent, of the Project for Public Spaces in New York. (I know that's who he is, but I didn't originally use his name.) I heard him speak at the Aspen festival several years ago; he is a known figure in the field. And for a statement of the argument he was making against Gehry, see two posts, here and here, from David Sucher's City Comforts site. More when I know more.


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Expert Opinion Can't Be Trusted if You Consult the Wrong Sort of Expert
"Experts are often having it wrong" is now a acquainted trope. As a historian of science, I disagree: I think heritage exhibits that scientific industry experts generally get matters ideal. But examples in which industry experts have long gone improper give the option to improved have an understanding of the boundaries of expertise. A case in level is the World Overall health Safety Index (GHSI), the result of a undertaking led by the Nuclear Danger Initiative and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health and fitness Stability. It was revealed in Oct 2019, just weeks ahead of the novel coronavirus produced its appearance.
GHSI researchers evaluated worldwide pandemic preparedness in 195 nations around the world, and the U.S. was judged to be the most organized region in the entire world. The U.K. was rated second overall. New Zealand clocked in at 35th. Vietnam was 50th. Very well, those people gurus surely bought that mistaken. Vietnam and New Zealand experienced amid the ideal responses to the COVID-19 pandemic the U.K. and the U.S. had been among the the worst.
In fairness, the study did not conclude that total global preparedness was fantastic or even enough. It warned that global health stability was "fundamentally weak" and that no place was entirely prepared for possibly an epidemic or a pandemic. The COVID pandemic was equivalent to a giant hearth right before which practically no a single had completed a fire drill. But while these experts bought the coarse-grained analysis correct, they had been grossly improper in their country-by-nation evaluation. As we now know, both of those the U.S. and the U.K. have experienced demise rates significantly larger than numerous nations around the world that the GHSI rated as much a lot less ready. The research results ended up so erroneous in this regard that just one article-hoc investigation concluded that it was "not predictive" an additional dryly noticed that it was predictive but in "the reverse course." So what occurred?
The GHSI framework was based mostly heavily on "expert elicitation"—the querying of industry experts to elicit their views. (This method contrasts with consensus experiences these types of as all those manufactured by the U.S. Nationwide Academy of Sciences or the Intergovernmental Panel on Weather Improve, which are generally dependent on a evaluation of present, peer-reviewed publications.) Pro elicitation is often utilised to forecast challenges or or else assess items that are tricky to measure. Numerous contemplate it to be a valid scientific methodology, particularly to set up the range of uncertainty close to a sophisticated concern or, where released science is inadequate, to reply a time-delicate question. But it depends on a critical presumption: that we have acquired the suitable industry experts.
The GHSI panel was understandably major with directors of national and intercontinental health systems, wellbeing departments and well being commissions. But the gurus integrated no skilled political scientist, psychologist, geographer or historian there was very little expertise on the political and cultural dimensions of the difficulty. In hindsight, it is apparent that in numerous nations around the world, political and cultural things turned out to be determinative.
Take into consideration the U.S., a place with some of the most superior scientific infrastructure in the world and a prodigious producing and telecommunications potential. The U.S. failed to mobilize this ability for factors that were mostly political. Originally the president did not acquire the pandemic significantly sufficient to manage a forceful federal reaction, and then, by his individual admission, he played it down. A lot more than a number of politicians and celebrities flouted community overall health advice, appearing in general public with no masks well soon after the proof of their positive aspects had been communicated. Our layered and decentralized procedure of federal government led to diversified procedures, in some circumstances putting state governments in conflict with their own cities. And lots of refused to observe social distancing, interpreting it as an unacceptable infringement on their flexibility.
To consider American preparedness properly, the GHSI group needed input from anthropologists, psychologists and historians who understood American politics and society. In simple fact, it would have experienced to grant social scientific abilities primacy since social variables, this kind of as racial inequality, most strongly shaped the American final result. All-around the world, no matter if nations had been capable to mount an productive pandemic reaction depended crucially on governance and the response of their citizens to that governance. The GHSI group obtained it improper since the mistaken experts have been preferred.
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That was charming. It sounded like a thrush (Norwegian version) singing. And that next video Kjellen Løger Samferd - well, even though I couldn't understand the words and before the gulls were seen, I just knew he was talking about birds - I laughed and laughed. Oh, he was so funny.
You can just be glad you didn't understand what "Kjellen" say. He speaks his mind in a very "colourful" language, not suitable for children.
There are many more skits by this fellow, all of which can be found on YouTube. Just look for Kjellen Bigset.
Oh yes! Since I discovered Kjellen Bigset some time ago, I've had many a laugh! And the more "colourful" aspects undoubtedly appeal to my north of England sense of humour - I loved the Christmas Widerøe advert!!!! For those of a more sensitive disposition it may be as well that I am not in an easily link-posting computer state at the moment!
This was intended to be about SPRING!!! but has become a thread about Kjellen Bigset.
Oh, Ombugge, I'll have to stop and go and do something else, video after video, he is so stupidly funny that words don't matter, expressions and actions are enough. I'll be back!
Kjellen - some captain! For our male members I especially would like to point to his advice; always shave on the rising tide!
This thread was started with a video of spring on Hessa in 2014.
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Anyway, bad or nice weather, I like Aalesund.Thanks for your pictures...and I stay tuned for many other ones.
That is a very nice veteran vessel, I can only imagine how magnificent the sound of her engine might be.
Thank heavens we still have people who have interest, time and economy to take care of such beautiful ships.
Your last pictures show how nice can be a landscape when the snow decorates the trees.
Have a hot chocolate (or something strongest...) to get warm Ombugge.
Lite dusting of fresh snow at the top, which disappeared in a few hours.
What a kaleidoscope of weather you show in these images, Ombugge! It may be an obvious choice, but #12.4 appeals very much, taken from above and with that lampost standing straight and solitary amongst the frothy surroundings of the trees. Another beauty is the sunset at #13.2. But also I love the set of three photos at #14. 1, 2 and 3 where the viewer is taken back and back from the initial close-up. There again #14.5 is a gorgeous skyscape, where at first sight the boundary between mountain top and clouds is lost in a swirl of greys.
But they all give a good impression of what you see around your new surroundings.


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Vaelza (3.5e Race)
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1 The Vaelza
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A race of Humanoid Slime Lifeforms from A Super-Earth covered in water, A Planet called Xeqrai
Far away in the vast expanses of space floats the Planet Xeqrai. A Super Earth that is the crown jewel of its solar system. With over 70% of the surface covered in a vast ocean that spans miles deep, there is only one solid yet massive landmass that blemishes the nigh-perfect blue marble of the system. If you were to pass by this planet, on the surface you would not think very much of the place, aside from its beauty and over abundance of resources. Dive beneath the ocean's wave, however, and venture into the deep. There you would find vast underwater city that shine like gemstones against the seafloor. Gleaming with advanced technology and full of life that surrounds them, this is the home of the Vaelza. A race of Amorphous Non-Newtonian Lifeforms that can alter their bodies and will and use their intelligence and natural abilities to live in harmony with the world around them.
The Vaelza are a curious and peaceful lot. They see any problem in life as a puzzle to be solved and a mystery to learn from. They do not shy away from challenges and will openly seek to settle disputes in a calm and logical manner. Their minds are living contradictions, much like water itself. They can be as calm as a still pool or as fierce and unrelenting as a tsunami headed to shore in their convictions. Nothing matters to them more than the pursuit of knowledge and the happiness of thier hearth and home, where loved ones dwell. They are also very curious and appreciative of other cultures, loving to walk in another's shoes using their natural shapeshifting abilities. As such, the Vaelza will very happily learn from another, as variety is the spice of life itself.
Vaelza have a seemingly humanoid body which seems to be made of a Non-Newtonian substance like thick slime or gel with high energy and elasticity. Unlike other slime races or oozes, the Vaelza has a number of Crystal Orbs and Ovals called Heart Crystals adorned in their form. There is the Heart Core in the torso area, with a crown of them above their head, and a ring of them around the wrists and ankles. Vaelza also have a prehensile tail that can pick up objects and manipulate them, with some fine manipulation to their motions. The Males and Females also have distinct and fairly obvious traits, as the females are voluptuous and curvy whereas the males will be less curvy and bulkier than their female counterparts. Do not be surprised if you see a tentacle or two, as how Vaelza are Omnifarious and have a high level shapeshifting ability as a natural trait.
The Vaelza are a Matriarchal Society, where the women are revered and seen as the leaders of their people. The men are not second class citizens, however, and nor are they treated with subservience or cruelty. Children are treasured and nurtured to be the best that they can be. The Vaelzazian people view all of their kind as family, a loving part of the whole. This surprising, seeing as how their population numbers in the Tens of Trillions, and average nuclear family can have hundreds of members. In concerns to other races, the Vaelza are wonderfully curious as said above and they love to learn about other cultures, even going as far to shapeshifting into another race to see what it is like to be them. When on other planets this can be seen as mockery sometimes, however, it is anything but. The stigma of Slime and Goo races hits them hard, but if they stick around and see the compassion and high intelligence that the Vaelzazian people possess naturally, they become amicable to them.
Vaelzazians are very good natured people deep down, but they are also very intelligent and logical. They normally fall in any Good or Neutral Alignment, save for Chaotic Neutral and Neutral Evil. It is not normal for them to be any form of Evil but it has happened in the past.
The Vaelza are very much at home in the oceans in there own world or any other. But they also like submersible caves and underground aquifers. This does not mean that they will not venture onto the land. Quite the opposite. They are a curious lot that will explore any lands with the pursuit of knowledge at the helm. This is especially true for sunny places, as they feed off solar energy for food.
The Vaelza are scientists at heart but they do acknowledge that the Gods are real. For the most part, if a Vaelzazian chooses to follow the works of a Deity, it would be one of Knowledge and Intellect in the pursuit of higher learning. Otherwise, it would one of the Oceans and the Sea, with additions of Gods of Peace and Harmony.
Like most Xenotheric races with decent intelligence, Vaelza are naturally telepathic. This is good for them, seeing as how they do not have lungs. They speak Vaelzalian, which is an assortment of psionic pings between the minds of individuals with different pitches, length of sound and other audio factors to make words and phrases. Thye can easily learn other languages after experiencing them for long periods of time.
The Vaelza don't have a set naming scheme. As they take in the cultures and conventions from the people they learn about, individual families can adopt a naming convention for their family line, be it human or elvish or anything beyond.
-2 Strength, -2 Dexterity, +4 Constitution, +4 Intelligence, +2 Wisdom, +2 Charisma: Due to their Molecular Structure and nature of their development, the Vaelza have a completely alien mind. Their fluid nature has made them more robust yet at the same time hampering their overall dexterity and physical strength, but they make up for this with their mental abilities and nigh infinite flexibility
Ooze: (Shapechanger Xenotheric) : The Vaelza are an amorphous race of sentient and sapient slimes, completely alien to whatever world they end up in and have all the traits of an Alien creature. The do not need to sleep, drink, or breathe, but they do feed on energy and any form of sugar.
Medium: As a Medium creature, a Vaelza has no special bonuses or penalties due to its size.
The Vaelza have both Darkvision and Low-Light Vision of to 60ft in both from living in deep oceans with little light.
Vaelza base land speed is 30 feet. Since their body is highly amorphous swimming is a simple task for them, being an amphibious race. Swim speed is 30 feet.
Racial Hit Dice: A Vaelza begins with six levels of Outsider, which provide 6d8 Hit Dice, a base attack bonus of +3, and base saving throw bonuses of Fortitude +4, Reflex +2, and Will +4.
Racial Skills: A Vaelza's Outsider levels give it skill points equal to 5 x (6 + Int modifier, minimum 1). Its class skills are : bluff, control shape, craft (technology), diplomacy, intimidate, knowledge (technology), listen, gather information, and sense motive.
Racial Feats: A Vaelza's Outsider hit dice give it three feats and may take xenotheric feats
Corrosion Resistant Body (Ex): Due to their already acidic nature they are immune to all but the most potent acids and corrosive agents, granting them 10 resistance to anything that deals acid damage.
Partial Ooze Traits: A Vaelza has many of the same traits as ooze creatures, including immunity to sleep effects. A Vaelza eats but does not need to breathe, being able to survive in both water and the vacuum of space. They do not need to sleep and cannot wear heavy armor. They are also affected by any spell or effect that could target an Ooze.
Energy Devourer (Ex): Vaelza are beings who are powered by pure energy. They feed on it for sustenance and food, typically about an hour of exposure to unfiltered sunlight can feed them for an entire day. Their bio-energy pool cannot recharge unless they are exposed to a source of energy such as the sun or another source of it, even magic. A Vaelza can consume the energy from a Spell or a Psion Power for both sustenance and bio-energy as a reactionary action when it hits them. They will still take the damage of the spell or power, but after making a Fortitude save ( 10 + The Spell or Power's level + Half Their Con Mod ), they get half of their Bio-Energy Charges back as a prize. Finally when a Vaelza's bio-energy pool is empty, they immediately become slowed and exhausted, nearly going inert into their Core with no way of removing those status effects (except recharging the bio-energy pool).
Bio-Energy (Ex): Xenotheric metabolism is capable of yielding large amounts of biological energy that can be used for different purposes. A xenotheric creature's bio-energy pool can hold a maximum amount of charges equal to 3 plus the Xenotheric creature's Constitution modifier (minimum 1), and recharges at a rate of 1 charge per minute. These charges may be expended to facilitate certain special powers. Some of these powers are exclusive to specific Xenotheric species, whereas others can be accessed through various Xenotheric feats.
Omnifarious (Ex): The Vaelza can control every aspect of the cells that make up their outer slime body, making them Omnifarious beings. To be Omnifarious means that Vaelza has complete and absolute control over their own being, allowing them to manipulate their shape, density, or size. Their minds are also partially immune to all external alterations and is as flexible as their body while still remaining whole and fully functional, which gives them a +4 bonus to resisting any mind altering changes. The means the Vaelza are rendered virtually immune to being polymorphed in any way, seeing as how with a simple thought they can revert any changes. This allows them a veritable degree of shapeshifting, as well as making them biologically immortal as their cells are constantly undergoing change and they never suffer the effects of aging. By expending 2 Bio-Energy Charges, The Vaelza can take the form of any creature the same size as them or smaller, with the only limiting factor being that it must be a lifeform they have seen and touched before ( To absorb a sample of its DNA). This is effectively an alter self spell. By expending only 1 charge, a Vaelza can form extra limbs such as arms or even tentacles to help them with multiple tasks at once. These limbs, which can be used as both arms and legs with equal ease. These limbs have the same properties as their prehensile tail, but can only carry and not wield items. Tail and Tentacle form limbs have a -2 penalty on interacting with anything that requires hands. Extra Tails, Tentacles, and Arms can be used to attack with small or medium sized weapons if they possess the multiweapon Fighting feat, using the feats rules to facilitate them.
Heart Crystals (Ex): Vaelza seem like nothing but sentient and sapient oozes but the slime and materials that encompass most of what people see is only one part. If you pay attention to a Vaelza's form you will see that in certain portions of their body, there are floating crystals that glow with energy. These are known as Heart Crystals, which grow over time from the very slime and goo that covers the core as they mature. They are located as a crown on the head, rings of them around the wrists and legs, and a large one in the stomach and torso area. These Crystals, the largest one most of all, is where the Vaelza's mind and soul reside. Everything that makes up what they are lies within. By expending Bio-Energy charges, the Vaelza can send energy through them to accomplish their natural abilities. Since this gives Vaelza a vital point, it makes them vulnerable to critical hits and precision damage. However, it is extremely difficult to hit them, giving them a natural resistance to such attacks in the form of a 75% miss rate for critical hits and precision based damage such as from a sneak attack. This is because in place of normal organs, the core crystal functions in place of such organs acting as single point of origin for their being. Their weak point is instead in the form of their main heart crystal, which functions as a brain for them and which can be moved about their body at will while also blending in making it a very difficult target. However, if the Core Heart Crystal is ever fully destroyed or sundered, they suffer true death no spell can bring them back from the dead or restore the Crystal. Only a Wish, Miracle, or divine intervention can bring them back and restore the core crystal to it's original form. If they are brought to 0 or below 0 hit points, the slime around their body melts away and goes inert. Only by healing the Core with magic can they reform. The abilities of the different Crystal sections take one Bio-Energy Charge to use and have a cooldown of 1d4 rounds after use.
Crown: By spending 1 bio-energy charge, a Vaelza can replicate the effect of telekinesis with a caster level equal to their class levels and racial hit dice with no cap on weight. However, they can only affect objects or creatures that are adjacent to them. Telekinesis is based on the highest mental ability score that they have.
Wrists: By using the Crystals around the wrist, a Vaelza and hurl orbs of pure energy, targeting a creature up to 60ft in range. Crystal Blasts are a standard action and require a successful ranged attack to hit. A creature struck by a Crystal Blast blast take 1d6 damage for every 2 class levels + Half their HD rounded down (starting at 1d6 at class level 1) of pure energy damage that ignores resistances but they can make a reflex save for half damage. The blast also crits on a Natural 20 Ranged Attack. Using a Crystal Blast requires 1 bio-energy charge and it counts as a bio-weapon for the purpose of interacting with xenotheric feats and abilities.
Ankles: By spending 1 bio-energy charge, A Vaelza can boost their movement speed for 1d6 Rounds, gaining and extra 10ft for every two class levels rounded down. While boosted then also gain a +6 Bonus to Jump and Acrobatics Checks, allowing them to jump and vault over obstacles much easier due to their amorphous bodies becoming more elastic and using energy to make their cells bounce around. ( They are basically hyper sentient flubber, in this mode)
Amorphous Body (Ex): A Vaelza can, as a full round action melt into a puddle of goo ( Even temporarily changing the density of their Heart Crystals) to move through Tiny cracks and holes. They begin to enter the crack, hole, or other small entrance way on the next round. Their 60 ft Darkvision is replaced by 30 ft blindsight and they become immune to gaze attacks, visual effects, illusions, and other attack forms that rely on sight. It is immune to poison, sleep effects, paralysis, stunning, and polymorphing. It is not subject to critical hits or flanking. Vaelza are also covered in a slick phlegm of liquid at all times, making them a hard target to grapple or or hold in place. If a grapple is initiated on them they get a +6 to breaking free or resisting the grapple, seeing as how they could simply liquefy to escape.
Bodily Digestion (Ex): Anything a Vaelza touches or holds slowly dissolves as its body feeds on whatever it comes in contact with, dealing 1d4 points of acid damage each round of contact. This is because of the body is flooded with digestive magical enzymes that break down matter on a molecular level. It does harm rock, wood, and glass but not metals. This ability can be repressed with a mental action.
Automatic Languages: Undercommon, Common, and Vaelzalian.
Bonus Languages: Any, except secret languages.
Favored Class: Any
Table: The Vaelza Aging Effects
N/A years N/A years N/A years +N/A years
Table: The Vaelza Random Height and Weight
Male 6' 0" +4d6 295 lb. × (2d4) lb.
Female 5' 0" +4d6 220 lb. × (2d4) lb.
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Author Primordial Elder Dragon +
Racial Ability Adjustments -2 Strength +, -2 Dexterity +, +4 Constitution +, +4 Intelligence +, +2 Wisdom + and +2 Charisma +
Subtype Shapechanger + and Xenotheric +
Summary A race of Humanoid Slime Lifeforms from A Super-Earth covered in water, A Planet called Xeqrai +
Title Vaelza +
Type Ooze +


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