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More Than a Misanthrope: Johnathan Swift's Philosophies
September 17, 2019 by htomara21
From its onset, Johnathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels has a misanthropic tone. A reader can reason that Swift is a misanthrope and that he holds nothing but hate for humanity. However, "It is true that Swift proclaimed himself a misanthrope in a letter to Alexander Pope, declaring that, though he loved individuals, he hated 'that animal called man' in general" (The Norton Anthology of English Literature 1056). Swift goes on in this letter to say that man is not a rational animal but an animal capable of reason. "This he declared, is the 'great foundation' on which his 'misanthropy' was erected" (The Norton Anthology of English Literature 1056). It is wrong to simply declare Swift a misanthrope when there is so much more to his ideologies.
We can see in his reasoning that Swift does not really hate man but man's nature. It is important in understanding Swift's work to comprehend his philosophy and where it originates.
In his article "The Pride of Lemuel Gulliver" Samuel Monk takes a look at these same letters that give so much insight into how Swift actually thought. "Swift's life and letters support his assertion that he could and did love individuals. His hatred was directed against abstract man. Against men existing and acting within semi-human or dehumanized racial or professional groups. Apparently, he felt that when men submerge their individual judgments and moral beings in such groups, they necessarily further corrupt their already corrupted natures" (Monk 52). The corruptibility of man is not an idea of Swift's own. Alexander Pope was also well aware of man's delicate position in the world order. This world order was known in the enlightenment as the "chain of being." Monk details this idea. "The whole of living creation was conceived to be carefully ordered and subtly graded in one vast 'chain of being,' descending from God, through an almost infinite number of pure intelligences, to man, and thence through the lower animals to microscopic forms of life, which finally end in nothing" (Monk 55). Man's position in this chain is a tragic one. On one end we are linked to animals who are driven purely by the sensual and are limited to the physical. On the other end, we are connected to God who is omnipotent and omnipresent, not bounded by physical limitations. Man can either fall and become more like an animal, a slave to the sensual, or man can transcend the physical and become closer to God. Swift believes man exists further down the chain and rejects the notion that man is capable of exceeding its place on this chain. This is the root of his misanthropy.
The Great Chain of Being
Man's precarious place on the chain is best revealed in the juxtaposition of the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos. The horses represent what man should strive to immolate though he will never achieve it and the Yahoos are what man should fear becoming. Swift hates no individual but loathes man's tendency to stray more toward the Yahoo side of the chain.
"As a clergyman, a spirited controversialist, and a devoted supporter of the Anglican Church, he was hostile to all who seemed to threaten it" (The Norton Anthology of English Literature 1055). Swift was always writing to oppose the ideas that he thought to be misinformed by these concepts of transcendence. Gulliver's Travels was written at the height of the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment is defined by Britannica as "a European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries in which ideas concerning God, reason, nature, and humanity were synthesized into a worldview that gained wide assent in the West and that instigated revolutionary developments in art, philosophy, and politics" (Duignan). Swift detested the consequences of many of these so-called great advances. Some of these grand ideas such as
Rationalism and theoretical science were in direct misalignment with Swift's ideas. "He detected with uncanny prescience the implications of such characteristic ideas as the following: Rationalism, especially Cartesianism, with its radical tendency to abstract truth into purely intellectual concepts, and its bold rejection of the experience and wisdom of the past. Swift doubted the capacity of human reason to attain metaphysical and theological truth. A safer guide in this life seemed to him to be what he called "common forms," the time-approved wisdom of the race" (Monk 50). Furthermore, Swift found controversy with theoretical science that was propagated by the Royal Society. "Science gave sanction to the idea of progress, deluding men with the promise of an ever-expanding and improving future, which to Swift seemed necessarily chimerical, man being limited as he is. And finally, science unwittingly fostered the secularization of society and of human values, promising men mastery of nature and the abolition of all mysteries, and, by implication at least, of religion" (Monk 51).
Both of these disagreements with popular thought can be seen in part three of Gulliver's Travels in Gulliver's journey to Laputa when he visits their grand academy. This academy is home to many supposedly learned men who are essentially wasting their time in the pursuit of some outrageous experiment. This is all time that could have been spent actually helping the people, but the scientists are perhaps too vain to notice their folly. This should resonate as similar with Swift's own problems with modern science.
Johnathan Swift has an incontestable place among the great satirists writers. However, to say that his work boils down to mere misanthropy is plainly wrong. Swift showed love in his letters to friends such as Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, John Arbuthnot and many more. He also had a couple of quasi-romantic relationships with women in which he exchanged letters and poetry as well as genuine care. Swift was motivated by a devotion to the Anglican church and strict interpretation of man's place in the world. He saw real problems in society and offered criticism to help shape what should be done next. Johnathan Swift's misanthropy recognized that man held an unfortunate place in the world. Swift wrote Gulliver's Travels about that very position. In an article referencing John Stubbs' biography about Swift, Washington Post writer Matthew Adams writes that Swift is portrayed as "not the gloomy ogre described by the likes of Thackeray and Orwell. Nor is he sanitized or over-celebrated. Rather, he appears as the darkly complicated figure he was: endearing, repellent, amusing, formidable and always full of the characteristics one would expect of a man who — as he once put it to Alexander Pope — considered it his duty 'to vex the world rather than divert it'" (Adams).
Monk, Samuel H. "The Pride of Lemuel Gulliver." The Sewanee Review, vol. 63, no. 1, 1955, pp. 48–71. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27538407.
Lipking, Lawrence, and Noggle, James, editors. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, W. W. Norton & Company, 2013, 1055 – 1056.
Swift, Johnathan. Gulliver's Travels. The Longman Anthology of British Literature, edited by Darmosch, David and Dettmar, Kevin J. H., Pearson, 2012, 2371 – 2380
Adams, Matthew. "Jonathan Swift: Not (entirely) the misanthrope you thought you knew" The Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/jonathan-swift-not-entirely-the-misanthrope-you-thought-you-knew/2017/02/27/5b0554b0-fd00-11e6-8f41-ea6ed597e4ca_story.html?noredirect=on. Accessed September 2019
de Valadés, Diego. The Great Chain of Being. 1579, Rhetorica Christiana. The Empire of Films. Word Press. https://theempireoffilms.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/the-great-chain-of-being/
Jervas, Charles. Johnathan Swift. 1718, National Portrait Gallery, St. Martin's Place, London. National Portrait Gallery, https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw06171/Jonathan-Swift
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Non-Affiliated Patron Access Policies, Procedures, and Inclinations : Results of a Survey of Oregon University System, Orbis-Cascade, and Greater Western Library Alliance Libraries Public Deposited
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In the summer of 2008, the Valley Library of Oregon State University was faced with a need to re-evaluate its access policies and decide whether to maintain the current policies or change the policies to address existing and potential issues. As part of this process, the Valley Library surveyed the libraries of three consortia. Surveying 63 libraries, the total membership of the Oregon University System, Orbis-Cascade Alliance, and Greater Western Library Alliance, produced 32 results. A majority of responses indicated that the libraries surveyed provided both library access and Internet access for nonaffiliated patrons (persons who are not university students, staff or faculty). Libraries surveyed generally indicated an interest in providing as much access as possible for non-affiliated patrons while balancing their duties to affiliated patrons. Limiting factors on libraries' ability to provide access to non-affiliated patrons included the need to ensure students and other university-affiliated patrons access to computing resources, comply with legal constraints such as CALEA and licensing agreements, and comply with network policies set outside the library. With regard to Internet access, libraries varied in the permissions and restrictions applied. A majority of libraries offered access to regular computers with unrestricted wired access to the Internet, sometimes with a time limitation, and did not offer access to kiosk (short term use) computers or limited kiosk computer use to only library catalog and resource access. Libraries tended not to require staff interaction or identification for non-affiliated patrons to obtain access. Less than half of libraries surveyed provided wireless Internet access for non-affiliated patrons. The Valley Library's current policies serve the library, affiliated patrons and non-affiliated patrons well. If changes are made they should be minor, such as more narrowly focusing the websites accessible from regular computers while maintaining kiosks with unrestricted access. The Valley Library should continue not to provide wireless access to non-affiliated patrons.
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Indiana (WTIU/WFIU News) – Here's an interesting report we found about the root causes and proposed measures to solve the so-called 'driver shortage.' A news program called Indiana Newsdesk took on this issue and filed a pretty good report. As the report points out, many trucking companies are asking Congress to get involved and support "The Drive Safe Act" which would allow certain drivers under the age of 21-years-old the opportunity to operate a commercial big rig from coast-to-coast. Trucking groups like OOIDA oppose the measure and have long argued the 'driver shortage' is a myth. The real problem, they say, is a driver pay and fair treatment shortage. Check out this report and please sound off in the comments section below. If you like this video please give it a thumb's up. Thank you!
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UNITED NATIONS: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who rescheduled his meeting with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, urged Pakistan on Wednesday to hold a state to state dialogue with Afghanistan.
In his address to the UN General Assembly in New York, President Ghani described the Trump administration's new strategy for South Asia, which requires Pakistan to eliminate all alleged terrorist safe havens inside its territory to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan, as an opportunity for reviving bilateral talks with Islamabad.
"We now also have an opportunity for a dialogue with our neighbours on how we can work together earnestly to eliminate terrorism and contain extremism," he said.
President Ghani had earlier scheduled a meeting with the prime minister on Tuesday but Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua later told journalists that the meeting had to be rescheduled because of US President Donald Trump's address to the UN General Assembly.
She explained that since Mr Trump's speech ran into the time set for the Abbasi-Ghani meeting — and both Pakistani and Afghan leaders were inside the General Assembly for the speech — Afghan officials requested a rescheduling.
"The meeting was scheduled on their request and has also been rescheduled on their request," said Ms Janjua but did not explain when would the two leaders now meet.
The explanation, however, did not end speculations about why the meeting had to be rescheduled. But President Ghani's offer for re-engaging Pakistan, indicates a desire to continue the engagement despite whatever caused the meeting to be postponed.
"The Afghan government has proven that we are committed to peace through our own internal processes, as demonstrated by the peace agreement with Hizb-i-Islami," said Mr Ghani who has included Hizb leader Gulbadin Hekmatyar in his government.
"Now, we call on all our neighbours, near and far, to join us through the Kabul process in our comprehensive quest for peace and regional stability," he said.
Unlike his previous statements, Mr Ghani did not urge Pakistan to bring Taliban leaders to future negotiations on Afghanistan, a change evident in the new US strategy as well, which also does not ask Pakistan to play this role.
Instead, he asked Afghanistan's neighbours and international partners to change their perspective of the country, which seems stuck in a fratricidal war.
"For too long, the conflict in Afghanistan has been viewed through the prism of civil war. But this war is not within our soil, it is over our soil," said the Afghan president while voicing Afghanistan's old campaign that its neighbours — particularly India and Pakistan — fight their wars on the Afghan territory.
"Though we may be on the frontlines, the threat knows no boundaries," said Mr Ghani while telling the international community why they need to continue to support the Afghan government's war against terrorism.
"For terrorist groups who are harbourage in the region, an attack in Kabul and an attack in Brussels, Paris, Barcelona, London or anywhere else are equal victories," said the Afghan president, repeating an old Kabul claim — also endorsed by Washington — that terrorists were hiding in and nurtured by Pakistan.


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Laboratory sites are re-inventing journalism on the run
For the past fifteen years, an argument has been reverberating in and around journalism. The digital era, argued one school of thought, is a total re-set: nothing will – or can – survive of the old news media dominated by print and terrestrial broadcast. Rubbish, argued the other school: digital journalism can't do original reporting and when the world clocks that fraud, mainstream media will revive.
I parody the opposing positions, but not by much. The quarrel was static and often sterile. I've argued (here and here) that the task of journalists in the digital era is to adapt old values and ideals to new circumstances and possibilities. In other words, a lot needs to change to renew an old ideal: telling people useful truth.
This stale dispute from the past is now being rendered irrelevant by new online news businesses which have the experimental drive, technological confidence and resources to try new ways of doing things – and which have already won a sizeable audience to try them on.
Experiments small and large with everything from how long the ideal list should be to the ideal width for pictures to the right tone for longform reporting are conducted one the run, at speed and with a wealth of data about what is shared and how much. Failed experiments are dumped and forgotten. Online sites are not inhibited by caution about their reputation; they have won millions of users but not yet prestige and respect. Such sites are run as laboratories for the next news.
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Arthur, hiring more engineers would not have saved newspapers
Arthur Sulzberger, the conscientious family boss of the New York Times, was asked the other day what was the biggest mistake that brought down newspapers. One stood out, he said: not hiring enough engineers.
It's not so daft an answer: Sulzberger meant that newspapers hampered their entry into the digital era by distributing their material through software engineered by newly-minted companies like Google. The new publishing system for news wasn't shaped in the interests of the people who report the news and couldn't capture the advertising revenue to pay for that reporting. But this diagnosis of what happened is wrong – and a revealing mistake.
The very best riposte to the idea that the root of the problem lies in engineering was written by the great media scholar Anthony Smith back in 1980 in his book Goodbye Gutenberg:
"It is the imagination, ultimately, and not mathematical calculation that creates media; it is the fresh perception of how to fit a potential machine into an actual way of life that really constitutes the act of 'invention'."
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James Harding departs The Times: follow the money
I'm sorry to see James Harding shoved out of the editor's chair at The Times. He had made mistakes, but he had also done the paper (for which I worked) a lot of good.
The instant speculation about why he was dumped tells you a good deal about the way journalists think about their business. Some, noting rightly that coverage of News International and phone-hacking had been good after an initial stumble, thought that this robust editing had annoyed News Corporation's boss Rupert Murdoch. If this was any problem at all, it would have rated as an irritant. Likewise I can't think that Harding's failure to buy the CD containing details of MPs' expenses, when offered it before the Daily Telegraph, would have done for him.
Journalists find it hard to confront the unpalatable truth that the present and the future cannot resemble the past. The reasons are economics and nothing to do with politics or proprietorial power. In a phase of rapid change driven by technology and money, a large part of an editor's job now is to help to find a business model. The Times hasn't got one.
In this, The Times is not alone: the Guardian searches for the same thing. When the Sunday Times made profits which covered the losses of The Times, the weak market position of the latter title didn't matter much to a company making plenty of money from three of its (then) four papers. Around ten years ago, The Sunday Times stopped covering the losses of The Times. These financial agonies lie at the root of all that is happening.
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Leveson: the third, better way between statute and self-regulation
With Lord Leveson's inquiry into the British press now due to report on November 29th, Press Gazette has kindly posted a version of an argument I made to the inquiry and wherever else I've been able to find an outlet for it since.
If Leveson proposes a new form of independent regulation for the press founded in statute (something which all previous versions of self-regulation have avoided), there will be an almighty fuss. But the proposal is liable to founder not because of the volume of complaint but because of the problems intrinsic to the plan: issues of definition, compulsion and funding.
There's a better way. Use law as an incentive towards transparency and self-regulation. Strengthen and clarify privacy law, build strong and consistent public interest defences into laws which impact journalism and allow courts to take editorial integrity and standards into account when cases come to court. Within that framework, self-regulation would be worth doing and worth doing well.
That's a bald summary. I saw an ad in the Daily Mail today from the Free Speech Network objecting to the possibility of the press being "shackled", showing six newspaper front pages and asking if these stories would have appeared under "state regulation". (The stories shown are the Mail's front pages on the men alleged to have killed Stephen Lawrence, A Telegraph splash on MPs' expenses, The Sun front page on Andrew Mitchell calling policemen "plebs", a Times investigation on celebrity tax avoiders, the Daily Mirror on John Prescott's affair with his secretary and a Guardian front page on phone-hacking.)
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Funding journalism: not before a sharp, painful squeeze
Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, sinking in the polls and suffering the media persecution which goes with that, thinks that newspapers won't be around when his children are grown up. He implies that because printed papers might vanish, journalists of the future won't pick apart the performance of politicians. Or at least they'll be nicer when doing it.
Less naive, but nevertheless mistaken is the idea floated by David Leigh of The Guardian (declaration: he's also a colleague at City University) that the financial problems of newspapers could be solved by a £2 a month levy taken from internet service providers (ISPs). Journalism has always been cross-subsidised, so it's the right question. But the wrong answer.
Taken together these fragments of the debate about what's happening to journalism show that a stark idea, long discussed by those who study this stuff, has now gone mainstream. Change in newspapers will be transformative and not just adaptive. And it's coming very soon.
Take a quick look at the recent print circulation figures of the five serious national dailies (FT, Times, Guardian, Telegraph, Independent). Taking the figures from June 2011 to June 2012 (i.e. excluding Olympic effects) year-on-year falls range between 8.52% (Telegraph) and 44.62% (Independent). Take the Independent out of the equation on the assumption that the figure is distorted by some statistical manoevre and the bracket is from 8.52% to 17.75% (Guardian). Now imagine the effect of those numbers on print advertisers (still probably at least two thirds of the income of these papers) and speculate about the tone and type of discussions that are going on inside the offices.
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Small Google News blogpost: big development
This post on the Google News blog has not had the attention I think it deserves. It's a small item with large implications.
At first sight the note simply sets down an announcement that a Google team made at the recent Online News Association conference. News publishers can now "tag" (or flag) journalism which they think is particularly special or "standout". There's limit to the number of times they can do this with their own content (seven times in a week) but no limit to the frequency with they can bestow the accolade on someone else's content.
Google News has been wrestling for years with a dilemma which gets worse as the mountain of unsorted online information grows higher and higher. How do you find the information which is of the highest value to you? Google's most basic algorithm, the foundation of the firm's fortune, ranks links by the number of connections any given item has. The more links, the higher the place in the list Google returns. But that is a crude sorting mechanism which has long been open to gaming and manipulation.
Google News is plainly very keen to avoid any suggestion that they are choosing between news outlets, despite the fact that its engineers have been tinkering for years with ideas about ranking and sorting journalism for "quality". It's a minefield, for obvious reasons. But news is increasingly swapped in social networks. Can Google get involved (especially to help their own new Google+) while staying out of the judgement business? This commentator from TechCrunch thinks not (but note the disagreements in the comments).


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The politics of homicide
MICHAEL GERSON
Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau;
Mock on, mock on; 'tis all in vain!
You throw the sand against the wind,
And the wind blows it back again.
William Blake expressed the proper attitude of religious people toward satirical blasphemy. Those who believe they hold an eternal truth about the nature and destiny of the universe cannot find a cartoon or novel to be genuinely threatening. The Parthenon or the Great Pyramid is not destroyed by some graffiti scrawled on its base. Equanimity is one manifestation of mature faith.
The discrediting of religion is usually an inside job — often by religious people who allow their faith to be exploited in pursuit of someone else's ideological agenda. Think of the "German Christians" who applauded Adolf Hitler's rise in the 1930s. ""Our Protestant churches have welcomed the turning point of 1933," said one Lutheran theologian, "as a gift and miracle of God." What vulgar anti-religious satire, what urine-soaked crucifix, could possibly be more damaging than this?
The murders at Rue Nicolas-Appert are part of a similar story: the exploitation of religious passions for political ends. This is what separates Islam from violent Islamism (or whatever term one applies to the political ideology that inspires the killing of cartoonists and the Islamic State's reign of terror). Some Islamists have a history of using blasphemy — real or imagined — to cultivate grievances and motivate political violence. "The phenomenon of outrage over insults to Islam and its final prophet is a function of modern-era politics," Husain Haqqani, Pakistan's former ambassador to the U.S., has explained. "It started during Western colonial rule, with Muslim politicians seeking issues to mobilize their constituents. Secular leaders focused on opposing foreign domination, and Islamists emerged to claim that Islam is not merely a religion but also a political ideology. Threats to the faith became a rallying cry for the Islamists, who sought wedge issues to define their political agenda."
The appeal of homicidal wedge politics is small in comparison with Islam, but large enough to result in a serious global challenge. People who are weary of security measures, government surveillance, drone strikes and proxy wars sometimes complain of "overreaction" to this danger. Until the next attack comes. Free nations face a long-term threat that gathers in jihadist hot spots, targets global capitals, inspires sympathetic murder and uses all the tools of modernity to attack modernity. Murders in the London subway, or on commuter trains in Madrid, or at a French satirical newspaper are shared losses. They cause shared mourning.
In this very real war, America, France and other great democracies stand for a set of values, including a commitment to free expression that covers blasphemy. This principle, unlike rules relating to obscenity or incitement to violence, is unqualified. Government cannot be granted the right to restrict blasphemy because it should not be granted the right to define orthodoxy. Permitting legal space for blasphemy is inherent to free expression, and to freedom of religion, which also means freedom for the rudely irreligious.
In this case, there is no "but." There is an "and." While the protection of blasphemy is required by democratic values, it does not exhaust those values. Civility is also an important democratic virtue. Our ideal of democracy is not an endless cable television shouting match. It is a free society in which citizens have a decent regard for the rights and views of others. This requires a measure of self-restraint; something we teach to our children as tolerance and manners. And such self-restraint is not self-censorship; it is respect. A free country should unapologetically defend the right to jeer and taunt. This does not require everyone in a free country to find jeering and taunting admirable.
These distinctions are relevant to the broader fight against Islamism. It is important, first, to separate this violent political ideology from the faith of Islam, which an overwhelming majority of adherents find to be a source of comfort and compassion. It is also important to clarify the contending alternatives in a great struggle. It is not Islamism against the Christian West. And it is not Islamism against the secular West. America is animated by a vision of democratic pluralism that is fully compatible with strong religious belief, fully committed to free expression — and fully prepared to defend its ideals against fanatics.
Email the writer at michaelgerson@washpost.com.


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Ion Mobility Spectrometry-Mass Spectrometry of Intrinsically Unfolded Proteins: Trying to Put Order into Disorder.
Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.
Molecular Mass Characterization of Glycosaminoglycans with Different Degrees of Sulfation in Bioengineered Heparin Process by Size Exclusion Chromatography.
Department of Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA ; Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA.
Sequence Analysis of Native Oligosaccharides Using Negative ESI Tandem MS.
Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180, USA.
Recent Advances in Anthocyanin Analysis and Characterization.
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What is a contract if it's not a contract, Part 2
NOTE: I was doing a little housekeeping and found this piece written a while ago (as a companion piece to this one) that, for whatever reason, I never published. The election to recall Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin took place on June 5, 2012, so it's old news now that Walker survived, but the effort to kill public unions goes on. I hate to waste a rant against the pols and the pundits trying to destroy unions of any kind, so here it is:
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After Scott Walker survived a massive recall attempt in Wisconsin--an effort based largely on his threats against public employees--Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan rejoiced at the union-backed failure.
The vote was a blow to the power and prestige not only of the unions but of the blue-state budgetary model, which for two generations has been: Public-employee unions with their manpower, money and clout, get what they want. If you move against them, you will be crushed.
Mr. Walker was not crushed. He was buoyed, winning by a solid seven points in a high-turnout race.
Governors and local leaders will now have help in controlling budgets. Down the road there will be fewer contracts in which you work for, say, 23 years for a city, then retire with full salary and free health care for the rest of your life—paid for by taxpayers who cannot afford such plans for themselves, and who sometimes have no pension at all. The big meaning of Wisconsin is that a public injustice is in the process of being righted because a public mood is changing.
(H/T to Cracker Squire for WSJ article.)
Wild-eyed notion as this may be, I'll throw it out there, anyway: Peggy Noonan doesn't get it. She talks about someone working for the city for nearly a quarter of a century and then expecting a full pension with medical benefits as if that's a bad thing. What she doesn't get is that 23 years earlier that employee and that employer entered into a contract specifying the particulars--the starting wages, the bump-ups along the way, and future compensation to any loyal employee who stays on the job for a couple of decades or more. The promise of a decent pension with benefits is more than just implied, it is discussed, with both parties understanding that that kind of loyalty pays off for everybody.
If as Noonan says, those benefits are being paid for by taxpayers who cannot afford such plans for themselves and sometimes have no pension at all, then shame on the system that allows those inequities to happen. Anybody who works for 23 years of their lives at the same job deserves, at the very least, a decent benefit and retirement package.
Notice, too, that the Noonans and the Krauthammers (see below) never talk about the taxpayer-paid packages public officials receive. Only the lowly employees--the union folks. Those who do the actual work and expect to be well compensated for it, just as anyone with a lick of sense would expect. (I've written about taxpayer-paid packages for public officials before. See the whole revolting compensation story here.)
Washington Post columnist and Fox contributor Charles Krauthammer on the Wisconsin recall:
Tuesday, June 5, 2012, will be remembered as the beginning of the long decline of the public-sector union. It will follow, and parallel, the shrinking of private-sector unions, now down to less than 7 percent of American workers. The abject failure of the unions to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) — the first such failure in U.S. history — marks the Icarus moment of government-union power. Wax wings melted, there's nowhere to go but down.
There is much glee in those circles, and why not? It's how these opinionators make their living. We know for a fact that famous opinion-makers like Noonan and Krauthammer are well-compensated for their views. And if they should work for the same company for, okay, 23 years, one would only hope they were smart enough to negotiate a contract that would provide them some damn fine recompense down the road.
Because that's how it should work in a fair world--for everybody. That it doesn't isn't the fault of the worker, it's the fault of the people in power who see value in devaluing the laborers and try their damnedest to convince those laborers that cutting off their noses to spite their faces is way better than any old benefit package.
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Colton Haynes Covers Out Magazine
by Sydney Sadick August 10, 2016
written by Sydney Sadick August 10, 2016
Newly out actor Colton Haynes is making us swoon—literally—on the cover of Out magazine's September issue. It's no news that Haynes is a favorite among many—he has an Instagram following of 4.9 million—but in the magazine's latest issue, we get to learn about the actor beyond what we see on social media. Blair Getz Mezibov photographed the very fall-esque cover, while Grant Woolhead was on styling duty. Inside, the 28-year-old, who grew up in a small town in Kansas (population under 1,000), gets candid about what life has been like since moving to Hollywood at 17, his personal journey with his sexuality, and what his future holds. If you're wondering who his ideal man is, he breaks that down, too. Hint: one of his top three crushes is married to a Lively woman.
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On the heavy anxiety he suffered from shielding his sexual orientation…
"I feel really bad that I had to lie for so long. But I was told that was the only way I was going to be successful. When you're young in this industry, people take advantage of you, and they literally tell you that your dreams are going to come true. If you believe that, you'll do anything. And you do believe it, especially if you're from Kansas."
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"I looked like I was fucking gay-bashing. Like I hated myself or I hated the gays, which was never the intention at all. I was just young and trying to make it in this town and doing what these people were telling me to do."
On blaming himself for his father's suicide…
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On learning gay actor Noah Galvin of ABC's The Real O'Neals slammed his coming out confession…
"When I came out, Noah tweeted, 'Welcome to the family,' and 'So proud of you.' I have the tweets saved on my phone. Then, all of a sudden, I'm the worst, I'm a terrible person, and I'm a shame of the gay community. I think just having enough nerve and guts to come out in any way is a lot. It was really an emotional thing for me. And for that to be discredited by someone who has never met me was upsetting. He has no idea what I've been through. And I can't sit here and have a conversation about Noah because I don't know him either."
On his love life and ideal man…
"I haven't had sex in – I couldn't tell you how long. I wish I had more to tell you, but it just doesn't happen." Hayes says he'd want some combination of his three celebrity crushes: John Cena, Idris Elba, and Ryan Reynolds. "Someone who just descended from a mountain and said, 'I don't have any friends. Would you like to come live with me?' I'd love that. I want to somehow have a happy ending. Or a happy beginning."
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Even the greenest of architects and builders seldom give much consideration to wiring in buildings. Sure, we'd like to use products with minimal environmental and health impacts, but how significant can wiring be? We don't really install that much wiring, relative to other materials. And there isn't much choice anyway, is there? Don't fire codes pretty much dictate what we have to use?
Calgary, Alberta-based Critical Mass uses miles of data cables for its Web design and Internet consulting business. Cables are run in a Haworth/SMED access floor.
Before we started investigating this topic, our primary concern was a vague one concerning the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sheathing used on many wires. A presentation at the Pittsburgh Greenbuild conference by researcher Gail Vittori of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems opened our eyes to a number of additional issues with wiring.
Hundreds of Internet searches, weeks of reading everything we could get our hands on, and dozens of conversations later, we have learned, first of all, just how complex the issue of wiring is. More important, we have become concerned about conventional practice today—especially regarding communications and data cabling and the rapidly growing use of fluoropolymer insulation and jacketing. And we have become alarmed about the growing risk of lead dust accumulation in the ceiling and floor plenums of commercial buildings from the 11 million miles (18 million km) of existing data cabling, most of which contains PVC that is heat-stabilized with lead.
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$40m Labor election promise in limbo
A KEY Labor election commitment to roll out $40 million in community grants across NSW has been delayed by excessive red tape with numerous projects facing cost blow-outs.
Promises made by Labor candidates to upgrade Blue Mountains facilities, river walks around Sydney and surf life saving clubs remain in limbo - 16 months after Julia Gillard's narrow win.
Many of the projects now face cost blow-outs after their initial plans were rejected or held up by the responsible federal agency.
Frustrated local residents are still waiting for a promised $1.6 million upgrade of the Roselea Community Centre in the marginal seat of Bennelong, won by former tennis star and Liberal MP John Alexander. A promised $1.2 million "revitalisation" of the Dubbo Regional Theatre is yet to receive funding approval while a $140,000 "feasibility study" into the Wallsend Sporting Fields near Newcastle is also in limbo.
About two-thirds of the projects promised under the Community Infrastructure Grants Program are yet to receive funding.
A number of community leaders have privately expressed fears the money "will be lost for all time".
Among a lengthy list of projects yet to see any federal money is a $9.5 million "revitalisation" of Springwood's city centre while a planned upgrade of the Ettalong Beach foreshore - in the marginal electorate of Robertson - is waiting for funds.
A promised $1.1 million riverwalk in Ryde, also in Bennelong, is yet to be ticked off as is the Burdekin Rd upgrade in Quakers Hill - earmarked for $4.55 million in federal cash.
Barnaby Joyce, the Coalition's regional development spokesman, attacked the government for the funding delays - contrasting this with the hundreds of millions of dollars wasted in the pink batts and school halls debacles."Labor seems to be able to spend money on waste upon waste but can't seem to meet the simple commitments it made to local areas to get local votes at the last election," Senator Joyce said. "How can anyone believe Labor's promises at the next election?"
Simon Crean, the Minister for Regional Australia, has assured local councils the government will be "honouring" election commitments.
And he is unapologetic about the delay.
"I have always sought value for money, and will continue to do so," Mr Crean said.


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Repealed. Pub. L. 93–259, § 23(a)(1), Apr. 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 69.
Repealed. Pub. L. 93–259, § 10(a), Apr. 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 63.
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Repealed. Pub. L. 93–259, § 11(c), Apr. 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 64.
Repealed. Pub. L. 93–259, § 21(b)(3), Apr. 8, 1974, 88 Stat. 68.
Repealed. Pub. L. 95–151, § 14(b), Nov. 1, 1977, 91 Stat. 1252.
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The provisions of section 212 of this title relating to child labor shall not apply to any child employed as an actor or performer in motion pictures or theatrical productions, or in radio or television productions.
the industry of such employer or group of employers has traditionally and substantially employed individuals under twelve years of age without displacing substantial job opportunities for individuals over sixteen years of age.
such individuals be employed under such waiver (I) for not more than eight weeks between June 1 and October 15 of any calendar year, and (II) in accordance with such other terms and conditions as the Secretary shall prescribe for such individuals' protection.
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any employee under the age of 18 may not operate or unload the scrap paper balers and paper box compactors.
on any fatality of an employee under the age of 18 resulting from the employee's contact with a scrap paper baler or paper box compactor during the loading, operation, or unloading of the baler or compactor.
The reports described in clause (i) shall be used by the Secretary to determine whether or not the implementation of subparagraph (A) has had any effect on the safety of children.
the name of the manufacturer and the model number of the scrap paper baler or paper box compactor involved in the incident.
The reports described in clause (i) shall be submitted to the Secretary promptly, but not later than 10 days after the date on which an incident relating to an injury or death occurred.
The Secretary may not rely solely on the reports described in clause (i) as the basis for making a determination that any of the employers described in clause (i) has violated a provision of section 212 of this title relating to oppressive child labor or a regulation or order issued pursuant to section 212 of this title. The Secretary shall, prior to making such a determination, conduct an investigation and inspection in accordance with section 212(b) of this title.
The reporting requirements of this subparagraph shall expire 2 years after August 6, 1996.
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Subject to subparagraph (B), in the administration and enforcement of the child labor provisions of this chapter, it shall not be considered oppressive child labor for a new entrant into the workforce to be employed inside or outside places of business where machinery is used to process wood products.
by statute or judicial order is exempt from compulsory school attendance beyond the eighth grade.
if the entrant is required to use personal protective equipment to prevent exposure to excessive levels of noise and saw dust.
The provisions of section 207 of this title shall not apply with respect to employees for whom the Secretary of Labor is authorized to establish minimum wage rates as provided in section 206(a)(3) 1 of this title, except with respect to employees for whom such rates are in effect; and with respect to such employees the Secretary may make rules and regulations providing reasonable limitations and allowing reasonable variations, tolerances, and exemptions to and from any or all of the provisions of section 207 of this title if he shall find, after a public hearing on the matter, and taking into account the factors set forth in section 206(a)(3) 1 of this title, that economic conditions warrant such action.


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Before we start with creating our diet for ulcerative colitis we must understand what exactly is ulcerative colitis? Colitis is an unceasing inflammation on our colon (the large intestine). The inner and upper lining of the colon are usually damaged from colitis that caused the inflammation.
When there is an infection in any part of the body that means inflammation can occur. During the process of inflammation, the cells are secreted and they can fight any infection that can damage the colon. This is the cause of why the colon is emptying constantly and why the patient has diarrhea. The ulcer is formed at the exact place where the inflammation has destroyed the colon lining. It can be accompanied with mucus or pus and bleeding from the sores. The symptoms are rectal bleeding, diarrhea and loss of appetite.
How can you create your own diet for ulcerative colitis?
Avoid Diary products: The start is very simple, check out if the dairy products are ones to blame. This group of food can cause gas which is very painful for those people that are dealing with ulcerative colitis. You have to find out if you are lactose intolerant. Lactose intolerant people have symptoms that include diarrhea, gas and abdominal pain.
Say "no" to greasy food: Greasy food includes fried food and everything with a high fat content. This can trigger our ulcerative colitis symptoms such as abdominal cramping, diarrhea and gas. People that suffer after eating fried foods it is possible that they are suffering from malabsorption as well. It is a condition in which the fats are not easily absorbed and they can just pass quickly through the intestine.
Soluble and insoluble: try to make a little experiment with fiber. Let me make this clearer of why this is so much important for your diet for ulcerative colitis. There are two types of fiber: soluble and insoluble. That is why there are people who believe that soluble fibers help their symptoms while insoluble fiber exasperates them. Fresh food such as fruits and vegetables contain a very large amount of insoluble fiber. Different people with ulcerative colitis can handle different amounts of fiber. It is possible that your body can handle a very small amount. This diet for ulcerative colitis is important for you to find out your own personal quota.
For some people dry food is good, but for most of us isn't. You should write down everything you eat in your journal as well as any flare-ups you have. This is a great way for you to find out which food you will eliminate from your diet.


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LETTERS: Reid doesn't seem to get the message
November 7, 2014 - 12:01 am
After reading Sen. Harry Reid's post-election quote, "The message from the voters is clear: they want us to work together," I have to say, "No Mr. Reid, that wasn't the message at all" ("GOP groundswell dispatches Reid into minority," Wednesday Review-Journal). What this election is telling you is that our message has been the same all along: We the People are tired of you not representing us.
The message from the people is that we elected a president and representatives, not a dictator and his minions. That's always been the message, but you chose to stop any and all legislation that you and President Obama did not agree with, because you had the power and could do that — it was your way or the highway. And you used that power to the ultimate degree.
Isn't it funny that, now that you are in the minority, your tune is changing? The better question is: Do we believe you? I think the answer to that is "no."
This election is telling you that we want jobs. This election is telling you that we already have a Constitution that regulates immigration into our country, and it doesn't need reforming so that the Democrats can create a whole new group of voters for their party. This election was about the people telling you that we are tired of being ignored, as when Democrats passed Obamacare, even with more than 50 percent of the voters telling you we didn't want it.
This election is telling you that we want tax reform — in other words, tax legislation that will make corporations want to relocate back to the U.S. so that our economy grows. We want a flat tax so that you millionaires in D.C. (and anywhere for that matter) pay the same rate of income tax most of the people do, and not the 15 percent capital gains tax from your investments.
I guess you could say, Sen. Reid, that this election was We the People's version of "We have to pass the bill so you can find out what's in it." You remember that quote made so famous by Rep. Nancy Pelosi — who also landed in the minority party — when your party ignored the people and did what you wanted, don't you? Perhaps now you will listen to the people you were elected to represent. Do I need to remind you that 2016 is just two short years away?
KATHLEEN M. STONE
Republican takeover
I woke up Wednesday morning, looked at the paper and thought I had died and gone to heaven. Now there will be no more Sen. Harry Reid blocking passage of bills sent over by the House. Maybe finally they can get something accomplished in Washington, D.C.
Then to further delight me, no more Rep. Steven Horsford and a lot of the other left-leaning people whose desire is to redistribute the wealth while they reap the benefits. Of course, I hadn't read the comics page yet, but when President Barack Obama said he was looking forward to working with Congress, I knew there was no need to read them, because nothing could top that.
BRYCE LEE
Senate makeover
Sen. Harry Reid is such a hypocrite. For six years, he held Congress hostage and refused to put to a vote hundreds of bills that the House passed and sent to the Senate. More than 350 bills sat on his desk, just to make the House look bad, so that people could term this a do-nothing Congress.
Now, Sen. Reid says the people have spoken and want the two parties to work together. Where was he six years ago? Yes, the people have spoken, and what they have said is we are tired of Sen. Reid and the Democratic Party dragging this wonderful country down.
ESTELLE TERRANOVA
Uber a safe alternative
There's been a lot written about Uber's recent launch in Nevada. I don't have much to add to the debate, but one thing I do have to offer is my story and my experience as a driver-partner with Uber in Las Vegas. I partnered with Uber because I love traveling and I love meeting people; Uber has allowed me to do both.
Since Uber launched in Las Vegas, I've given safe, affordable rides to people all over the city — from Summerlin to the east side of the valley, and almost everywhere in between. It's given me the opportunity to perform a service that makes my community safer. With Uber, my riders have a reliable and responsible alternative to drunk driving, and I am proud to offer them that choice.
Uber's commitment to making our roads safer goes beyond offering safe, reliable rides. It also includes donating $1 of every ride taken this week in Las Vegas to Mothers Against Drunk Driving. That dedication to increasing awareness and reducing drunk driving makes me proud to be a driver-partner.
ALBERT PALACIOS
Obama's rating
I keep reading in the Review-Journal and seeing on TV that President Barack Obama's popularity rating is similar to that of President George W. Bush. What is not reported is that if the media had the same access to President Obama as they had to President Bush, our current president's popularity rating would be in the teens.
JOHN DOOLEY
Posted on: Letters, Opinion
LETTER: Dina Titus to President Donald Trump: No one is above the law
By Jim Welsh, Las Vegas
What about illegal immigrants?
CARTOON: AOC and Pelosi
By Michael Ramirez / RJ
The backseat driver.
EDITORIAL: Nevada Democrats attack Perry for Obama administration error
Shipments of controversial substance began in 2013.
LETTER: Oct. 1 analysis by Metro was necessary
By Leonard Kreisler, Las Vegas
But why has Mandalay Bay escaped accountability?
LETTER: Shining a light on deceptive hotel fees
By Stan Olson, Las Vegas
Friday story highlights this travesty of fairness.
LETTER: Donald Trump's tax reform didn't deliver
Steven J. Gleicher Las Vegas
Trickle-down tax cuts have again failed to produce as promised.
LETTER: Democrats promise that Utopia is only one election away
Vincent J. DeMarco Las Vegas
Why fend for yourself when the government will provide for your every need?
EDITORIAL: Abiding by Open Meeting Law would have prevented CCSD dispute
One of reasons Nevada's Open Meeting Law exists is to prevent the "he said/she said" dispute that's playing out in the Clark County School District.
CARTOON: Epstein and the Labor secretary
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Acosted.
WAYNE ALLYN ROOT: On FreedomFest, Blexit and Jexit
By Wayne Allyn Root / RJ
Candace Owens will also have a high profile at the event. What's so special about Owens? She is the brilliant, beautiful, youthful creator of "Blexit," a movement dedicated to getting black Americans to exit the Democrat Party.


Taipei, Taiwan – July, 27 2013 –Thermaltake, an industry leader in computer chassis, thermal solution, and power supply unit today launched another new member in Chaser Series- Chaser A21 mid-tower gaming chassis. Ever since the introduction of Chaser A31, A41 and A71, Chaser A21 gaming case, continues Thermaltake Chaser spirit designing concept for gamers and enthusiasts which combines maximum performance, cooling and compatibility within a mid-tower package.
Chaser A21 enables user to build up a complete high-end solution with a 240mm radiator liquid cooling system and extra long graphic card with ease which helps to protect user's hardware and increase the CPU's overclocking potential, most importantly while delivering outstanding performance and efficiency from within the case.


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Police on full alert in Metro Manila, military on red alert in Central Mindanao for peace deal signing
Posted by DCY on March 26, 2014
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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police in Metro Manila will be placed on full alert Thursday, March 27, while the Armed Forces of the Philippines is on red alert for the whole of Central Mindanao.
This is in relation to the scheduled signing by the government panel and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front on the Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro or CAB.
Police will particularly be on the look-out in the areas around Malacanang where the signing of the peace deal will take place, as well as the hotel in Pasay City where the delegates to the peace deal signing are staying.
Of the 1,200 expected to attend the historic signing, half or almost 600 are MILF members.
PNP spokesperson police Senior Supt. Wilben Mayor said they hoped that Thursday's event would be a peaceful activity, as the police have not received any threats so far.
Meanwhile, the 6th Infantry Division of the AFP, which is assigned in Central Mindanao has been placed on red alert to prevent any outbreaks of violence in the region.
Central Mindanao covers Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat, North Cotabato and Cotabato which are known territories of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
"It's our way to alert troops to ensure that no untoward incidents will happen," said Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala of the AFP Public Information Office.
The AFP is also hopeful that the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People's Army would not be using the occasion to initiate attacks on government forces.
Instead, Zagala said Thursday's signing ceremonies between the government and the MILF should encourage the CPP-NPA to return to the negotiating table and talk peace once again with the government. (Eagle News Service)


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In this collection three free games are assembled: Road, Flop and Minimum. The games are intended for children from 7 years. They develop memory, and concentration.
The games are desirable for registering, as in this case you can receive news from our site. Nevertheless, games are fully functional without registration.
The Flop game is for those whom like to find precise algorithms of problem solving.
Before the beginning of game all game field is filled in with units. Each unit can be in three states, which can sequentially pass from one in other. Your task to install units on all a field in one state.
The limited number of courses is given. From a level to a level the complexity of game will increase.
This game is a simplified version of game FlopLi.
The game Road is intended for children from 7 years.
Before the beginning of game the game field is partially filled in with units. It is necessary, installing new units so that in any direction was no more than five units, to connect all units in the continuous road.
The limited number of courses and attempts is given. The game has three levels of complexity. From a level to a level the complexity of game will increase.
The game Minimum is intended for children from 5 years.
Before the beginning of game the game field is partially filled in with units. It is necessary, installing new units, to achieve full clearing of a field of units.
The limited number of courses is given. The game has three levels of complexity. Gradually the complexity of game will increase


Got any Labor Day Weekend Plans? Time to make some.
If you're a New Yorker and you don't head "out East" between Memorial Day and Labor Day, then you've failed your summer. Sure, that area of New York is chock full of stereotypes and clichés, but based on the multiple famous blogger spottings on the 'Gram in various Hamptons hot spots, the Revolve House and the myriad of summer pop-up shops courtesy of all kinds of cool brands, the edge of Long Island is more FOMO-inducing than ever.
In fact, everyone from Aimee Song to Sonya Esman, to the Suarez sisters, to FASHUN people, and don't forget the Australians(!) have been tagging various areas of this holiday region showcasing how much fabulous fun they're all having.
So, what are you waiting for? Time to get in on the action come Labor Day weekend. And (spoiler alert!) since the world revolves around Instagram, we're going to help you choose which area to get your Hampton on according to their Insta popularity, because it's time to crank on your final summer hurrah. Tick tock.
As far as anyone's concerned, the Hamptons start at Southampton. Anything before that is child's play. Being the closest district to the city has its advantages, this summer especially: it's where Revolve rooted its summer party house and hosted the most influential people you follow on Instagram for an entire month. Southampton vacationers and Revolve party guests did not have to drive the extra stretch on Montauk Highway sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic to get to their beach digs. Win!
The Southampton geotag received nearly 66 million organic impressions throughout the summer (that's Memorial Day to date). Popular spot, I'll say.
It doesn't shock us one iota that the summer's most influential Southampton geotagged post came courtesy of Emily Ratajkowski, aka @emrata. It reached over 2 million users and had a 3.97% engagement rate, which is incredibly high. Babes in bikinis on a beach - ba-bam!
The Eastest (new word!) of the Hampton-monikered areas, East Hampton is smaller, which doesn't make it less chic. In fact, it actually makes it more chic. One town further and you reach Amagansett, for the more laid-back (yet just as haute) folk. Understated and megawealthy celebs dwell here.
The East Hampton geotag garnered more than 57.5 million organic impressions throughout the summer, landing as the second most popular, according to almighty Instagram.
East Hampton's most influential Instagram post of the summer based on the geotag comes courtesy of the ultra fashionable and ever so chic Chiara Ferragni, aka the Blonde Salad. Her post reached over 1.9 million users and had a 1.79% engagement rate.
This part of the Hamptons is very niche with the riche, where it's known for horse racing (Hampton Classic, anyone?). Less hype, more calm, just as expensive. Lots of people building homes in these parts thanks to its mostly rural roots. Lotsss of fundraisers to attend around here.
The Bridghampton geotag reached almost 22 million impressions since the start of the summer season, a lot of those posts coming from real estate accounts. Buyers, take heed.
The most influential post tagged in Bridgehampton this summer is one heck of a mansion. No wonder it received almost 350K impressions and had a 1.23% engagement rate.
Sag Harbor is where the cool wealthy people go who don't necessarily associate with all the regular chichi Hamptons fodder. Simply put: it's more laid-back and less of a scene. Sag Harbor folks retreat there because they crave an actual vacation and not New York City: beach edition.
While it's a more recent player on the Hamptons scene, it still received over 18 million impressions from geotags throughout the season.
The most influential post that came from Sag Harbor's geotag location this summer is this sizzler from Elsa Hosk, reaching almost 800k users and engaging 3.5% of her 2.7 million follower audience.
Ok, so not technically a part of the Hamptons proper, but so dang popular with the cool fash crowd that we simply could not leave it off this list. It's no doubt going to reign geotag supreme come that requiem for a summer season, aka Labor Day weekend. If you're trying to escape the hipster fashion crowd, Montauk isn't for you. If you want to learn how to surf, go forth, friend. Just make sure you're Instagram-ready once you hit Ditch Plains.
From the beginning of summer to present day, the Montauk geotag received over 52 million impressions.
The summer's most influential Montauk geo-tagged post is by Lily Aldrige, receiving over 1.2 million impressions and an engagement rate of 1.67%.
And because you have people who don't care to get geographically specific and just tag "The Hamptons" at large, we couldn't overlook the popularity of this more general geotag. This won't help you pick the right area for your big Labor Day extravaganza, but it's sure to solidify why you should be there to throw down one final time before the equinox.
The Hamptons geotag reached almost 100 million users organically throughout the entire summer season, from Memorial Day weekend (the kick-off to Hampton-ing) to the present date. We'll let that sink in for a sec.
We can see in the graph below that there are periods of extreme engagement, which were high Hamptons traffic times for influencer comings and goings.
The most influential post of the entire summer based on The Hamptons geotag is by Camila Coelho, which reached almost 1.4 million users and yielded a 1.96% engagement rate. If you look at the caption, you'll notice that this stemmed from the Revolve Hamptons house. Can you say big marketing win? Hell yeah.
Lady in Red, again!❤ A super tremeu color, and it's the one that makes me feel the most feminine! #revolveinthehamptons ------- De vermelho novamente! Cor super tendência e que mais me faz sentir feminina!❤ Boa noite, amores!
Alright, kids - where you headed? Let us know below!
Looking to monitor a geotag? Look no further and hit us up!


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Choi Min-ho (judoca), judoca sul-coreano.
 Choi Min-ho (cantor), cantor sul-coreano.

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Australia's AVANCE is an artist who should absolutely be on your radar. The Perth producer has been generating major buzz with releases on tastemaker labels, such as Never Say Die Black Label, Bassrush, Kannibalen Records and more. He's played alongside names like TYNAN, CRAZE, UZ, and more, and will be throwing down at Australia's upcoming Origin Fields festival alongside TWERL.
AVANCE has a powerful hybrid trap and dubstep sound has been catching attention down under and beyond, and we are excited to share a monstrous guest mix from the artist today. His 30-minute mix is stocked with originals and includes unreleased music from himself as well as collaborations with Zeke Beats, SIPPY, Jon Casey and more.
Keep your eye on AVANCE because this is about to be his best year yet.


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Paul Schroffenegger: Career Locations 1995-2006 2007-10
Paul Schroffenegger
Birth Date March 30, 1973 (49 years old)
Resides Vienna
International 4th $29,320
FIVB 9th (2 times) $25,638
FIVB C&S 4th $3,683
Overall 4th (2 times) $33,183
Season Assoc Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Money Points Rank 13th 17th 19th 21st 25th 29th 33rd 35th 37th 41st 45th 46th 49th 57th CQ
1995 FIVB 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 3.0 242nd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
1996 FIVB 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 12.0 260th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1997 FIVB 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 88.0 94th 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0
1998 FIVB C&S 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $350.00 9.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 FIVB 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,400.00 62.0 118th 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
1999 FIVB C&S 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 $617.50 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 FIVB 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $750.00 49.0 127th 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
2001 FIVB C&S 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 FIVB 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 77.0 102nd 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 0
2002 FIVB 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 17.0 153rd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
2003 FIVB 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $4,437.50 153.0 89th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
2005 FIVB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 9.0 273rd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2006 FIVB 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0.00 6.0 321st 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2008 FIVB 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $6,250.00 379.0 105th 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
2009 FIVB 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $10,050.00 387.0 88th 0 1 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
(103rd) 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 $29,320.00
(380th) 1,577.0 5 6 0 1 12 0 16 0 8 31 0 1 3 11 0
1998 CEV 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 � 600.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 CEV 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 � 168.75 31.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 CEV 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 � 1,237.50 32.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 CEV C&S 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 � 562.50 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 CEV 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 � 375.00 5.0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 CEV 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 � 0.00 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 CEV 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 � 500.00 135.0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 CEV 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 � 0.00 84.0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2010 CEV C&S 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 � 0.00 10.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(121st) 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 � 3,633.75
(237th) 342.5 1 4 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
(508th) 1,919.5 6 10 1 3 13 3 16 1 8 31 1 1 3 11 1
Partner Played 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th Money Points 13th 17th 19th 21st 25th 29th 33rd 35th 37th 41st 45th 46th 49th 57th CQ
Thomas Schroffenegger 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $7,588 557.0 0 0 0 0 4 0 8 0 8 17 0 1 3 6 0
Daniel Hupfer 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $18,050 920.0 1 3 0 0 7 0 8 0 0 13 0 0 0 5 0
Simon Nausch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 $25,638 1,484.0 1 3 0 0 11 0 16 0 8 31 0 1 3 11 0
Thomas Schroffenegger 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 $2,683 62.0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Hupfer 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 $1,000 31.0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 13 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 $3,683 93.0 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thomas Schroffenegger 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 � 2,881 206.5 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Daniel Hupfer 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 � 0 99.0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Total 16 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 � 2,881 305.5 1 3 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Daniel Hupfer 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 � 190 26.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thomas Schroffenegger 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 � 563 11.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 � 753 37.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thomas Schroffenegger 67 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 $13,863 836.5 4 4 1 0 6 1 8 1 8 17 0 1 3 6 0
Daniel Hupfer 51 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 $19,320 1,076.0 2 6 0 3 7 2 8 0 0 13 1 0 0 5 1
Total 119 0 0 0 2 4 1 3 $33,183 1,919.5 6 10 1 3 13 3 16 1 8 31 1 1 3 11 1


Ah yes, the power of the smile! Thanks for the reminder.
Thank you, Hugh! You've written several posts that I have 'incubating comments' waiting to share! Today I think there will be more people helping, and I should have some quiet time to stay focused on leaving those comments!
Wonderful post Lisa! Love the images you have captured.
thank yo as well, and today i'm going to easily see the two of you standing along a long stretch of empty road – thumbs out and experiencing wonderful moments!
Thanks Lisa. Big hugs to you!
Thank you! Hope it's all smiles where you are this week! Thumbs up!!!!!!
We are in Mendoza and are having a lovely time.
My favorite line is: Smiling is infectious, You catch it like the flu. The photos are intimate and real and their joy is contagious. Keep sharing.
Oh yes! One would much rather catch an infectious smile instead of an infectious virus, and they are indeed both easily passed from one person to another! Thank you so much for your support.
Wondrous…you, them, friends, friends-not-known, us…..each of us every one.
Thank you, dear friend! Your compassion burns through your comments, and give me sweet comfort. Last night we stayed up later than norm, but it was spent with relaxed casualness as we swapped stories about this and that. Many of those stories were about incidents that have happened in this short period – and some of them were stories about things I did or said that made them burst with laughter… ah, even when we think we're doing well with their language, it's never as a native speaker! this is like being in several chapters of a gabriel garcia marquez novel!
I try to give smiles to as many people as possible, even if I'm not feeling like smiling. Often that makes me feel better as well. As I've not been blogging for a few weeks, I missed what's going on with your friend, but pray that he will make a full recovery!! Also prayers for comfort for family and friends.
You surely have a very natural and unforced way of lifting the mood of others around you. You're right, even if we don't feel like smiling, we feel better/lighter if we force it!
One day 'fine' and the next seeking answers for what they think was a stone that triggered pancreatitis. He is in an artificially-induced coma to best help him, and the doctors marvel at his strength and apparent will to live. Thanks for the prayers.
I know you'll keep us updated, so thanks in advance.
sorry to say that he died early this morning.. we're all numb…. that you as well….
I'm so sorry to read this. Prayers for comfort!!
This is lovely, Lisa! What wonderful, friendly faces! I love the rhyme about the contagious smile! Thanks for mentioning me and my post! Best wishes!
Cindy, I loved your post and could so easily picture you as part of the rhythm of those early-morning hours. It's so important to start one's day with a smile in one's heart, and you helped many with your own smile and kindness. You surely do that now at the hardware store – or in a garden center – or while waiting at a corner to cross the street!
Spreading the goodness, Lisa! A good idea in a time of need. You're brightening the day for many people….
Sorry to say that our friend lost his battle with pancreatitis early this morning.
Oh, no! So sorry to hear that, Lisa. My heart goes out to his friends and family.
Beautiful people photos, as always! As for morning coffee, I always feel deprived if my husband doesn't have time for a cuppa (or I don't) as we're off out somewhere. It's a little ritual we have developed. (Does WordPress have themes? I didn't know. I always do the Weekly Photo Challenge).
that's such a lovely comment about your morning cuppa rituals. i usually drink guayusa tea that was made the night before, then the coffee later in the morning.. i like to mix a heaping T of chocolate in there to make it extra special!
Smiles are like gasoline for the spirit!!! Thanks !
Too early in the AM. I usually wait until the sun is warm to comb my hair. Un abrazo. Hope all is well in EC.
jajajajajajaja! there are many many people who love you! if i remember correctly, we had just stopped from a really interesting journey, one that involved most of us walking while you navigated courderouy roads and bridges under construction and waterfalls – no, i think that waterfalll was later in that journey, as was the futbol scrimmage with the young ones!
hola from the flip side of the planet — i hope that you are enjoying your vacation.
The howler Monkey a delight, even if some were grumpy awakenings!
Thank you Lisa for sharing the smiles you came across with us and my thoughts are with your loved one in hospital.
Thank you very much, and my friends managed to find smiles as the vigil continued; unfortunately no one is smiling today, as he lost is battle with pancreatitis around 2 last night.
I'm so sorry for this late reply to your sensitive comment; yes, there's something almost magical about a person with a certain type of twinkle in the eye.. it conveys a happy and accepting type of spirit, and usually is paired with an equally – special smile.
My father also had a great smile and twinkling – sometimes mischievous eyes!
I suspect you have inherited some of his smile and twinkle!
How many cups of freshly brewed coffee does it take to make me smile?
Oh, thank you so much for that fun comment! Thank you for taking the time to brighten my day as well!
Look at your photos — do you see what I see? Everyone is smiling with their eyes, too. Those are the smiles that spread most easily, and that can turn even the grouchiest grouch into a reluctant smiler, ready to move on from pessimism, anxiety, and grudges. Always, there is something to smile about — even if it's "only" the sunrise and the start of a new day!
I scrolled back through just to look through your eyes! Thank you for prompting me to do that!!!!
Thank you, Linda, and you have a gift of warming the hearts of many others!
One of the joys found in many of your posts are the smiles you capture.
Jack, you are too kind! Thank you! yes, a natural smile will be all one needs!


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Michel Kiesgen (born 15 September 1933) is a Luxembourgian gymnast. He competed in eight events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

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1933 births
Living people
Luxembourgian male artistic gymnasts
Olympic gymnasts of Luxembourg
Gymnasts at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Luxembourg City
20th-century Luxembourgian people


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Four Church Leaders respond to political developments in Northern Ireland
03. May, 2007
Following their meeting in Armagh today, the leaders of the four main Churches issued the following statement:
Responding to UVF Statement:
Responding to the UVF Statement, the four Church leaders said: "We welcome today's statement as an important move in the right direction. We applaud the efforts of those involved in moving the organisation into a position where its members can now focus on responsible, constructive participation in civil society.
"We particularly welcome the statement of opposition to all criminality and the instruction to members to co-operate fully with the lawful authorities to end criminal activity in our society.
"There is an urgent need for constructive community leadership to address the serious deprivation that exists in parts of Northern Ireland. We believe there are excellent opportunities for people with concern for their communities to make a contribution to improve the quality of life of those who have for so long been held back.
"However, we express disappointment that weaponry is not being definitively put beyond use. We encourage the organisation to move further and destroy all weapons. We urge others to follow this same path."
On today's meeting of Northern Ireland's political leaders with Chancellor Gordon Brown the Church leaders said:
"The four Church leaders have written today to Chancellor Gordon Brown, supporting the efforts of local politicians to secure a more substantial and comprehensive financial package for Northern Ireland. After years of investment in security, we now call for years of investment in peace."
The Most Reverend Séan Brady, Archbishop of Armagh
The Most Reverend Alan Harper, Archbishop of Armagh
The Reverend Dr David Clarke, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland
The Reverend Ivan McElhinney, President of the Methodist Church in Ireland
Martin Long Director of the Catholic Communications Office (00 353) 86 172 7678
Report on Irish Prisoners Abroad
Writings of Father Jon Sobrino SJ