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Ask those who don the mantle of victimhood and you are immediately portrayed as some kind of aggressive and ruthless oppressor. In order to be elusive and long-lasting, the oppressor learned to kill men while their bodies remain alive. There is not yet a uniform and widely accepted definition of social oppression, although there are similarities. Taylor (2016)[14] defined (social) oppression as follows: The many, many people who think that racism is outdated or exaggerated, or that its dominant historical forms have been overthrown and oppressors have become oppressed, will not take his book. Many of you are men, but you have been trapped by the oppressor. If you have one thing, the best way to express yourself artistically," he says, is against "the scissors of the oppressor. The impossibility of escaping the hand of the oppressor. This man, your oppressor, is automatically morally defeated, and if he has a conscience, he is ashamed. He was forced to bow to fortune and once again swear allegiance to what he thought was the oppressor.
The second category of oppression, exploitation, has been observed in many different forms around the world with regard to religion. The definition of exploitation is the act or act of treating someone unfairly in order to profit from their work. [31] For example, during and especially after the American Civil War, white Americans used Chinese immigrants to build transcontinental railroads. During this period, it was common for Chinese immigrants to follow the religions of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism, which is why the Chinese were considered different and therefore not equal to white Americans. Because of this view, Chinese workers were denied equal pay and they also suffered many hardships during their time on the railway. [32] Although you may complain about your oppressor, the teacher who forces you to stay late to make up for homework you missed, a true oppressor denies basic human rights to those who live under his control. Before partition in 1947, Indians mainly regarded their British rulers as oppressors – in some cases, Indian farmers were forced by the British to grow non-food crops, starving thousands. The Latin root is oppress, "to crush or subjugate." Forty years will have passed this spring since the Christian peasants of Bulgaria rose up against the Turkish oppressor.
Anyone who felt the boot of the oppressor realized that he was walking in the face of it. You are either on the side of the oppressed or on the side of the oppressor. An oppressor is any authority (group or person) that unfairly uses its power to keep people under control. Many rebellious teenagers see their parents as oppressors, but the word is usually used to refer to dictators. A Western hero, Indiana Jones, came to their aid to teach their oppressors a lesson based on texts. They alone were ready to stand between the oppressors and the oppressed. In the latter case, the prince-bishop was the disgusting oppressor. 3. difficult to sit or lie down; How an excess of good removes the stomach. Institutionalized oppression allows governments, religious and economic organizations and their employees to systematically favor certain groups of people on the basis of group identity.
Since colonization, the United States has exterminated Native Americans from lands who wanted Euro-Americans and tolerated the institution of slavery, in which Africans were brought to the "New World" to be a source of free labor to develop the cotton and tobacco industries. [36] The U.S. government`s implementation of these systems was justified on religious grounds where "servants were purchased and established as hereditary property." [36] It is even more difficult to become aware of what I call "civilized oppression," which involves neither physical force nor law enforcement. But these subtle forms are by far the most prevalent in Western industrial societies. This work will focus on issues common to such subtle oppression in different contexts (such as racism, classism, and sexism). The analysis of what has to do with civilized oppression involves the analysis of the types of mechanisms, the power relations at work, the systems that control perceptions and information, the type of harm inflicted on victims, and why this oppression is so difficult to detect, even by contributing actors. Although the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments liberated African Americans, gave them citizenship, and granted them the right to vote, institutions such as some law enforcement agencies continue to employ oppressive systems against minorities. They train their officers to profile individuals based on their racial heritage and use excessive force to restrain them. Racial profiling and police brutality are "used to control a population deemed undesirable, unworthy and sub-punishable by applicable law." [37] In both cases, the police "rely on legal authority to alleviate their extrajudicial use of force; Both respond to perceived threats and fears posed by external groups, particularly – but not exclusively – racial minorities. [37] For example: "Black people are: about four times more likely to be the target of police violence than their white counterparts; arrested and convicted of drug-related criminal activity at rates higher than their overall representation in the U.S. population; and are more likely to fear unlawful and harsh treatment by law enforcement officials." [36] The International Association of Chiefs of Police collected data from police services between 1995 and 2000 and found that 83% of incidents involving violence against people of different races as an executive officer involved a White officer and a Black subject. [36] The concept of economic oppression changes its meaning and meaning over time, depending on its contextual application.
In the current context, economic oppression can take various forms, including but not limited to: serfdom, forced labour, low wages, denial of equal opportunity, debt bondage, discrimination in the workplace and economic discrimination based on gender, nationality, race and religion. [40] Social oppression occurs when a single group in society unjustly exploits and exercises power over another group by exercising domination and subordination. [17] This leads to the socially supported abuse and exploitation of a group of individuals by people with relative power. [18] In a social group, oppression can be based on many ideas, such as poverty, gender, class, race, caste or other categories. Institutional oppression or systematic oppression occurs when the laws of a place create unequal treatment of one or more particular groups of social identity. Another example of social oppression is when a particular social group is denied access to education that could hinder their life later in life. [19] Economic oppression is the gap between two classes of society. These were once determined by factors such as slavery, property rights, disenfranchisement and forced displacement of livelihoods.
Each division led to different treatments and attitudes towards each group. 1. The act of oppression; the imposition of unreasonable charges, whether taxes or services; Cruelty; Severity. 1. Unreasonable burden; unfairly strict; as repressive taxes; depressing demands of service. "Institutional oppression occurs when established laws, customs, and practices systematically reflect and produce inequalities based on belonging to specific social identity groups. When oppressive consequences arise for laws, customs, or institutional practices, the institution is oppressive, whether or not the individuals who maintain these practices have oppressive intentions. [35] Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article on oppression Class oppression, sometimes called classism, can be defined as class-based prejudice and discrimination. [26] Class is a system of social ranking based on income, wealth, education, status, and power. A class is a large group of people who occupy similar economic or social positions based on income, wealth, property, employment status, education, skills, and power in the economic and political spheres.
The most commonly used class categories include: upper class, middle class, working class, and poor class. A majority of people in the U.S. identify as middle class in surveys, despite large differences in income and status. The class is also experienced differently based on race, gender, ethnicity, global location, disability, etc.
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Eagle Creek Fire: Frequently Asked Questions
Updates on an evolving situation and ways you can help
Multnomah Falls area seen from the air, surrounded by the mosaic burn left by the Eagle Creek fire. (photographer: Trip Jennings/Balance Media)
Eagle Creek Fire General FAQ & Resources
On Sept. 2, 2017, a fire started along the Eagle Creek trail in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Fueled by vegetation that had not experienced rain in 83 days, the fire quickly took hold and spread to over 48,000 acres—jumping the Columbia River and scorching healthy forests in both Washington and Oregon.
On Nov. 30, 2017 the fire was declared 100 percent contained by the U.S. Forest Service. No lives were lost, just four buildings were destroyed, and the forest now appears to be a mosaic of green and burned landscapes.
We have a long journey ahead, but the Gorge is a resilient place. Communities will recover, wild areas will rebound, and Friends of the Columbia Gorge will be working harder than ever to ensure that community voices and opinions are taken into account when creating the policies and programs needed to help the Gorge thrive.
Eagle Creek Fire General FAQ
How badly was the Gorge burned? Where can I find a map of the burned area? Where can I find more information on the fire's impacts?
The fire jumped around, creating a mosaic pattern with partially burned areas, untouched green areas and areas that were completely burned. More information on the soil burn severity can be found in the U.S. Forest Service's Fall 2017 Burned Area Emergency Response report. The 49,000-acre containment area can be viewed on this U.S Forest Service map. The Forest Service has also launched a page dedicated to ongoing trail damage assessments.
What can be done to help restore trees lost in the fire?
The first step is for scientists and other specialists to properly assess the ecological damage and make recommendations on specific actions that could help the area rebound naturally. Since the fire has burned in a mosaic pattern, there may be very different biodiversity impacts at different locations and elevations.
The Gorge is protected as a federal National Scenic Area, and any post-fire efforts must be conducted in conjunction with the U.S. Forest Service and partner agencies. This includes activities to mitigate the spread of invasive species, plants that could threaten native Gorge fauna.
What has Friends done so far in response to the fire?
Friends' immediate response to the Eagle Creek wildfire focused on three main fronts: assisting partners; helping educate the public; and advocating for the policies and programs needed to aid Gorge communities and begin to address long-term recovery efforts.
Longer term, Friends is calling for a Gorge Resilience initiative to restore, rebuild, and rejuvenate the Columbia Gorge. Gorge Resilience would work to heal the land, rethink the Gorge's trail and transportation systems and support Gorge communities as they recover economically from the fire.
Will post-fire clear-cut logging help the ecosystem recover?
No. Many studies have been conducted on forest fires and logging and there is no strong, scientific evidence of an ecological benefit from clear cut logging in a post-fire environment. In fact, clear cut logging can be highly disruptive to the natural recovery processes because it negatively impacts surviving organisms and structures in disturbed areas and on vegetation that re-establishes naturally following the disturbance. Therefore, clear-cut logging is completely inappropriate for the Columbia River Gorge.
Resources & Ways to Help
Gorge Trails Recovery Team | Friends has teamed up with Trailkeepers of Oregon, Pacific Crest Trail Association, and Washington Trail Association to roll out a series of trail building and stewardship work parties this spring and summer along with trainings and courses to prepare volunteers. Learn more about the team's work and how you can get involved.
Volunteer to Be a Trailhead Ambassador | Join Friends this spring and summer along with the Mt. Hood and Columbia River Gorge Regional Tourism Alliance and the U.S. Forest Service to educate hikers at popular trailheads throughout the Gorge and Mt. Hood. We're looking for out-going volunteers to answer hiker and Eagle Creek fire related questions, promote responsible hiker ethics like Leave No Trace, and highlight Ready, Set, Gorge.
Hike Responsibly
Favorite Gorge Trail Closed? Find a Different Hike | While 135 miles of trails remain closed to the fire, there are many trails and recreation areas still open to explore within the Gorge and neighboring areas.
Stay out of the Burned Areas | Do your part in letting the burned trails recovery naturally. Please obey all closures as there is a high risk of landslides and rockfall currently. Citations are being issued to tresspassers.
Help Support Gorge Communities
Show the Gorge Some Love | Gorge communities impacted by the fire need our ongoing support. They help make the Gorge a wonderful place to visit. We encourage you to reconnect with the Gorge communities.
Cascade Locks Strong | Businesses in Cascade Locks, OR have been especially hit hard by the fire and its associated evacuations and road closures. Buy gift certificates now and make a commitment to come back to support Gorge communities as they recover from the losses incurred due to the Eagle Creek fire.
Why Clear Cut Logging is Wrong for the Gorge | Learn more about Rep. Greg Walden's pending legislation (H.R. 3715) that could undo over 100 years of conservation protections in the Gorge.
Sixteen Ways to Get Involved | From protecting and enhancing the landscapes and trails of the Gorge to volunteering as first responders when people are in need of help, read local author Laura O. Foster's blog to learn how you can help give back.


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Painting professionally for the past 22 years, Kendall travels the world exhibiting and painting "live on location" for Tourism Australia, the Office of the Australian Consulate General and Department of Foreign Affairs and Austrade. Kendall has previously painted and exhibited in South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Guangzhou, Toronto, Houston Texas, Christchurch, New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Shenzhen, China. Kendall entertains guests as she creates one of her masterpieces in a blaze of "colour and character" right before their eyes! But don't stand too close, things can get messy!


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William Gibson discusses writing plays
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Warren Farrell discusses his book "Beyond Masculinity" and women's liberation
Warren Farrell discusses his book "Beyond Masculinity." He discusses women's liberation and men's liberation. Includes clip of Caroline Bird discussing women's liberation.
Vivian Adams discusses the beliefs of the Mormon Church regarding the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Vivian Adams discusses the reasons behind the Mormon Church's stance against the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The discussion includes the beliefs of the Church regarding the roles of men and women, as well as the history and music of the Mormon Church. Songs include "Oh, Babylon," "Tittery Irie Aye," "Come, Come Ye Saints," and "The Handcart Song."
Viveca Lindfors discusses her roles and the roles of women in society
Viveca Lindfors discusses her roles and the roles of women in society. Includes Viveca Lindfors reciting lines written by Lillian Hellman.
Two students, a Montgomery resident, and host talk with Studs in Montgomery ; part 2
Interviewing in Montgomery, Alabama, with Rachel and Sarah (Chicago-area students), a concerned neighbor lady, and host Cliff (part 2).
Three employees from the Hanes factory in Galax, Virginia discuss their work environment
Dorothy Andrers, Berlene Bernette, and Fay Williams talk about the rapid and repetitive work they do inspecting Hanes tee shirts. Without a union to protect them, the women said they are treated like animals. They all suffer from tendonitis but the company refuses to acknowledge that their suffering is from work on the job.
The Collier Family, Dr. Kawalak, and Augustine Stevens discuss Sierra Leone and the Peace Corps; part 1
Discussing Sierra Leone, the Peace Corps, and interviewing the Collier Family, Dr. Kawalak, and Augustine Stevens. They also discuss the languages, culture, religion, and history of Sierra Leone. Includes clips of African music (from Sierra Leone).
Terkel comments and presents Susan B. Anthony Anniversary and tribute program
Presenting Susan B. Anthony Anniversary and tribute program with Jessie Binford and Sybil Thorndike discussing Jane Addams and a reading from Emily Balch.
Terkel comments and presents musical performance of Margie Adam and Ginni Clemmens
Presenting music by folk singers and songwriters Margie Adam and Ginni Clemmens who specialize in women's and children's music, respectively.
Sybil Leek discusses witchcraft and her book "The Jackdaw and the Witch: A True Fable"
Sybil Leek discusses the history and beliefs of witchcraft, modern medicine compared to natural medicine, and animal familiars. "The Gloucester Witch" performed by John Allison has been removed.
Susan Brownmiller discusses her book "Waverly Place" and the Lisa Steinberg child abuse case of 1987
Author Susan Brownmiller discusses and reads from her book "Waverly Place", a fictional story heavily inspired by the Lisa Steinberg child abuse case of 1987. Brownmiller discusses the details of the case and how domestic abuse, law enforcement, and the judicial system affected the outcome of this case. Studs plays "She Sits on the Table" - Tom Paxton (1980).
Susan Brownmiller discusses her book "Against Our Will"
In Susan Brownmiller's book, "Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape," Brownmiller shows her audience how and why rape is a crime of one's mind and not one of passion. According to Brownmiller, rape is man's dominance over a woman.
Susan Brownell Anthony discusses her book "The Ghost in My Life"
Ms. Anthony, the grand-niece of Susan B. Anthony, comments on the women's liberation movement, her personal political life and her view of Christian life.
Studs Terkel discusses the book " Daughters and Mothers Mothers and Daughters" with author Signe Hammer
Studs Terkel discusses the changing role of feminism, women and rights with author, Signe Hammer, also a teacher of a Women's School in New York that caters to women aged 24 through 78 that are seeking information on new ideas of identity. Signe Hammer interviewed three generations of women to explore the importance of supporting womanhood and how Mothers must have a strong sense of self in order to see their Daughters as also having value.
Sister Dorothy Gartland in conversation with Studs Terkel
Discussing the arrest and subsequent trial of peace demonstrators at the Great Lakes Naval Base near Waukegan, Illinois with Sister Dorothy Gartland.


Eden Hazard says he will not move to Real Madrid in January, but agrees he might need to leave Chelsea to win the Ballon d'Or.
The 27-year-old attacker said earlier this month that joining Real had been his "dream since I was a kid".
Asked if he needed to play in Spain to win the game's top individual awards, Hazard smilingly replied "that's why I want to go, maybe".
The Belgian denied he would move in the January transfer window, however.
Hazard's contract at Stamford Bridge expires in June 2020 and reports in Spain claim Real Madrid are hopeful that Chelsea may sell at the end of this season for £70m rather than risk losing their star player a year later.
Real signed Thibaut Courtois from Chelsea in August for a reported £35m as the goalkeeper's contract entered its final year.
Hazard is the Premier League's top scorer with seven goals so far this season. That is as many goals as Real Madrid as a whole have scored in La Liga this term, with the European champions apparently struggling to adapt to life under new manager Julen Lopetegui and without forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who moved to Juventus in July.
Hazard, who was shortlisted for the men's award at the recent Fifa Best awards but failed to make the top three, was asked if he was the best player in the world on form. "Yes," he replied.
The forward has been at Chelsea since signing from Lille in 2012, scoring 76 goals in 216 league appearances.
Hazard No no no no no!!


The Space Academy was fortunate to host guest speaker Mark Hyatt at the StudioPlus conference room on the evening of Monday, July 11th. Hyatt received both his bachelor's and master's degree in Ceramic Engineering with a specific emphasis on glass matrix composites. Since starting at GRC over 26 years ago, Hyatt has worked on a variety of diverse projects. He explained that although he started as a project engineer, he then transferred to the aeronautic side of NASA. Hyatt then spent time researching space systems and technology development for space exploration before becoming a project manager for Dust Mitigation. Currently, Hyatt is involved with In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU), which involves using resources on other planets to create things like fuel and oxygen. Hyatt explained the nature of ISRU through the analogy of a covered wagon traveling across the country. Instead of packing all the food necessary for the trip, people can hunt and fish while horses can graze, which minimizes the amount of supplies that must be carried on the wagon. The same principle applies for space travel, as rockets and payloads need to be as light as possible to make missions feasible.
Before discussing more about ISRU, Hyatt went on an interesting tangent about a project Geoffrey Landis is researching titled Green Aerospace Fuels from Non-Petroleum Sources. This project is being worked on in collaboration with the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The overall goal of the project is to first gain a full understanding of all the standard and alternative types of jet fuels, and then create a set of tools to further develop and enhance the non-petroleum fuels that will be necessary in the future. At GRC, this fuels project is integrated with ISRU to provide a solid budget line in these uncertain times.
Getting back to the main topic of the night, Hyatt emphasized that ISRU is all about production of mission consumable supplies, which includes life support, propellants for landing and assent vehicles, fuel cell reagents, and bio-medical supplies. Furthermore, larger items such as space ports, or even simple things like tables and chairs should be made at least partially from extraterrestrial resources. The processes being analyzed the most right now are capabilities to produce fuel and water specifically from lunar regolith, and use of trash and waste to produce methane and water. ISRU is not a new idea; in fact it has been pursued at GRC for over 20 years. Getting more technical, Hyatt explained intricacies of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, and described the effects of catalysts and their ramifications. Hyatt continued his scientific lecture by talking about the nature of dog feces, which simulates human feces that could potentially be transformed into a propellant. Another method discussed that could use waste for energy both on other planets and here on Earth involves putting plastics through a special reactor to produce power. Hyatt commented that with this technology a ton of plastic will be worth more than a ton of crude oil. This process has the power to turn the world's landfills into energy with very little cost. However, the main problem with this method is that all the impurities associated with trash can produce hazardous and harmful byproducts when put through the reactor. The biggest lesson Hyatt taught the Academy throughout his presentation was that living off the land is the absolute best way to minimize launch mass, which is invaluable when considering that to send something to Mars, an extra kilogram of payload weight requires 100 kilograms in fuel weight.
Before leaving, Hyatt gave the Academy an extra special treat by opening up his personal video collection featuring footage from the six moon landings. The Academy thoroughly enjoyed watching the astronauts walk, work, and stumble as they examined an assortment of lunar features. Hyatt was both a source of information and entertainment, which was greatly appreciated by the Space Academy.


The Glass House is a permanent tenant at Brooke Street Pier.
Meet Miss Fishfingers, though that's not her name. She's taken a liking to The Pier and is setting up a waterfront residence; not a morning person, but she will happily welcome visitors late into the evening. She summons up local treasure from the deep blue and beyond; she revels in the light of her transparent facade. At times cryptic and complex, she is fluent in her ambition and delights in conversation, contemplation, celebration and rumination. Her house is open to all, but please, handle with care.


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Mildred's Thoughts
Music by Peter Hatch (Texts by Gertrude Stein)
Performed by NUMUS. Catalog: ART-011
by Christopher Fox
For the last fifteen years Canadian Composer Peter Hatch has been steadily generating a remarkable body of work, remarkable not only because its good to listen to but also because it's capable of stimulating our intelligence as well as our ears. This is the first disc to be devoted exclusively to this music.
Two things become clear about Peter Hatch from this disc: one is his delight in the very stuff of music, the pleasure he finds, and wants us to share, in listening to sounds rubbing together, or stretching out, or bouncing off one another; the other is his fascination with the words and ideas of Gertrude Stein. Of the five works recorded here, three are specifically connected with Stein: in A Chopsticks Fantasy and Reflections on the Atomic Bomb, texts by Stein are spoken during the music (something Hatch does elsewhere in his When Do They is not the same as Why Do They [1988], one of the most striking recent additions to the solo percussionist's repertoire); in And As He Stein's words are sung. And As He is the middle movement from Hatch's largest work to date, Mounting Picasso (1993), which projects Stein's "If I told him: A Completed Portrait of Picasso" into an evening-long piece of music-theatre.
It's hard to think of a composer (certainly not since John Cage in the 1940s) on whom the writing of Gertrude Stein has had such a profound influence. But Hatch's work was Stein-ish even before it began to make specific reference to her; indeed if Gertrude Stein hadn't existed Peter Hatch would probably have had to invent her eventually.
Blunt Music is an example of Hatch's pre-Stein Stein-ish-ness. In the north of England (my home), the expression 'to put it bluntly' is not so much an apology for a lack of verbal precision as a promise that what is to be said will be said clearly, without affectation. This it seems to me is part of what all Peter Hatch's work (and not just Blunt Music) is about. Hatch is not afraid to appropriate musical figures and forms with which we are already familiar, like the simple tonal harmonies which form the materials of Blunt Music or the folk-clarinet figures ofEurhythmy. What Hatch recognises is that the very familiarity of these sounds breeds the ambiguities on which his music thrives. Again there's a debt to Stein; as in her work the words may be simple, but combined they form complex ideas. Or as she said herself, 'sentences are not emotional and paragraphs are;' in Stein and Hatch's art expression lies not in the formation of bon mot but in the twisting and turning of gathered evidence.
What are the notes F and G when they're sounded together on a piano? Sometimes they're the sound of a piano, sometimes they're a major second, sometimes they're the first two notes of the third inversion of a dominant seventh chord in root position, and sometimes they're the beginning of Chopsticks. In A Chopsticks Fantasy Peter Hatch makes his music in this space between the signifier and the signified and the result is both exciting and witty. (I particularly like the moment where the piano idiom veers sharply towards avant-gardiste chaos, the sort of piano writing of which conservative listeners say, 'A three year old could do better' -- But three year olds like to play Chopsticks too!)
The moment when things turn out not to have been what we thought they were is a moment that Peter Hatch is fond of visiting. On this disc there are at least three examples, none more spine-tingling than that at the end of Reflections on the Atomic Bomb when Stein's chillingly acute observations, not so much about the atomic bomb as about humanity's capacity for disinterest (if it's not The Bomb then it's Bosnia, if it's not Bosnia then it's a bomb in a building full of children) are spoken over music whose components we thought we knew. Until this coda begins , we believe that we are listening to a beautifully crafted piece of ensemble music. There is much to enjoy: the unfolding of long-legged melodic lines, subtly graded harmonies and a sophisticated two movement form which nests disruptive elements of each movement in the heart of the other movement. None of this prepares us for the sting in the tail, but that story is best told by the music itself...
Christopher Fox is a composer/writer who lives in York, England.
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Peter Hatch
News/Muses
History is what it is
Music by Peter Hatch
Performed by the Blue Rider Ensemble
Catalog: CMCCD 18413
This compact disc brings together a diverse group of compositions written over the past dozen or so years. The CD's title History is what it is is taken from a text by Gertrude Stein and used in my piano work One Says. History Is., a work that questions the role of the individual in relation to large historical contexts. The writing of another great 20thc literary genius, Italo Calvino, was the inspiration for Five Memos. The work does not use any of Calvino's texts but is based on a set of lectures he developed outlining his conjectures of the future of literary writing. The remaining two works are more about history-making in the moment: Music is a Beautiful Disease is an exercise in intuitive composing inspired by dream states and Cantabile, with grace is a structured improvisation by the Blue Rider Ensemble based on a simple sketch I generated for them. Both works stress the act of creation, the impulse that generates both art and, perhaps, the making of history as acts of individual decisions and motivations. From Stein again: "They make history. They are in the place of it."
Although two of the works on this CD were commissioned by other ensembles (Vancouver's Standing Wave and Toronto's Continuum), it was a workshop and concert by the Blue Rider Ensemble in Waterloo in 2007 that galvanized this collection. My connection to the Blue Rider Ensemble goes back to 1993, when I collaborated on a full evening instrumental theatre piece called Mounting Picasso that involved the performers not just performing musically, but speaking and moving as well. Our 2007 Blue Memos concert was an "expanded" chamber music evening in which lighting and simple theatrical gestures enhanced the music of the evening - much of it composed, some improvised. Both Five Memos and Music is a Beautiful Disease include directions for simple theatrical movements (to be performed by the instrumentalists) in them - obviously not represented on this disc and intended to supplement the musical material while not supplanting it. The work that ends the disc is a testament to the fine musicianship and improvisational skills of these musicians.
Peter Hatch, November, 2012
Blue Rider Ensemble
Since its inception in 1990, the Blue Rider Ensemble has worked on a project-by-project basis, gathering several times per year for intensive work sessions lasting from one week to one month. Although the ensemble has concertized, the heart of its identity lies in the bigger, long-term projects and in its collaborations with artists from other disciplines.
The first of these projects was centered around Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot lunaire, a staged production that toured internationally and was released on CD (Eclectra & Marquis Classics). In 1993, Blue Rider premiered an instrumental theatre work, a genre championed by composers such as Karlheinz Stockhausen and Mauricio Kagel. Mounting Picasso by Peter Hatch with text by Gertrude Stein, is an 80 minute fully staged work with video and dance where the musicians are also the actors who carry the dramatic action. It premiered at NUMUS (KW) and the DuMaurier Theatre Centre Series (TO). Blue Rider's unique process has drawn other artists to work with them, from Québec poet and playwright Michel Garneau's Blue Rider Marmelade to choreographer David Earle's beautiful staging of Blue Memos, a concert of structured improvisations and works by Peter Hatch, which was the genesis of this CD recording.
The common thread for the Blue Rider members is a desire to reexamine our approach to music making, interpretation, performance and ensemble. We have learned to use extra-musical and nonmusical tools as an integral part of our process. In the scope of this exploration, we recall the community of artists who formed Der Blaue Reiter in 1911 to promote the cause of Modernism and a synthesis of the arts.
Five Memos
1. In Which an Image Is Formed
2. In Which Things Happen Quickly
3. The Removal of Weight
4. Which Gives Speech to That Which Has No Language
5. Involving a Well Calculated Plan
6. Music is a Beautiful Disease
One Says. History Is.
Blue Rider Ensemble
1. How do you like what you have heard
2. History Leaves No Place
3. Which it is as they do
4. Cantabile, with grace
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Q: Quantum Mechanics Testability Statistics by their very nature are not definitive in their predictions for single events. We can say the probability of getting heads on a coin flip is 1/2, yet we can flip a 1000 coins and they could all come up tails. How many coins would it take to disprove the 1/2 prediction? So isn't QM in the same situation? How can it be accurate if it can't predict with certainty a given event?

A: For many independent measurements we are rescued by the law of large numbers. That is, it becomes exceedingly unlikely to measure such a skewed result as all tails from your example. Note that many phenomena that are described quantum mechanically involve a large number of objects (for example the number of nuclei in a sample in radio-active decay or the number of hydrogen atoms in a gas discharge lamp to measure spectra). So the answer to the question is: We can measure the probabilities of random events with sufficient precision if we do enough measurements.
Further, there are predictions that are not affected by the probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics: We know only with certain probabilities to which state an excited hydrogen atom will decay, but there are only certain discrete energy levels it can decay to, so independently of the relative brightness of the spectral lines, the presence and position of the spectral lines of some atom are prediction precisely by quantum mechanics.

To demonstrate the law of the large numbers specifically for your classical example of a repeated coin flip we can explicitly determine the probabilities of the outcomes. If $n$ is the number of heads that turns up if we throw the coin $N$ times, we get a binomial distribution (with $p = 1/2$):
$$P_N(n) = \binom{N}{n} p^n (1-p)^{N-n} = \binom{N}{n} \left(\frac 1 2\right)^N.$$
As you might know the binomial coefficients have a sharp peak around $n = N/2$, so the most likely results are the ones where the number of heads and tails is almost the same.
So how likely is the result, that $n = 0$ for $N=1000$? It is
$$P_N(0) = \underbrace{\binom{1000}{0}}_{=\,1} \left(\frac 1 2\right)^{1000} = 2^{-1000}.$$
This number is so incredibly small, we cannot even begin to fathom it. If you had made one flip of coins every second since the beginning of the universe about $13 \cdot 10^9$ years ago, you would only have flipped the coins
$$m = 1\,\mathrm{s^{-1}} \cdot 13 \cdot 10^9\,\mathrm{y} \cdot 365.25\,\mathrm{\frac d y} \cdot 24\,\mathrm{\frac h d} \cdot 60 \,\mathrm{\frac{min}{h}} \cdot 60\,\mathrm{\frac{s}{min}} = 4.1 \cdot 10^{17} \approx 2^{58.5}$$
times. That is the probability that in one of those flips the all tails event occurred is still negligible at $mP_N(0) \approx 2^{-941}$.
We can even quantify how probable it is to achieve a result more than a certain amount off the even result. We cite the standard deviation of the binomial probability distribution, that, intuitively, is a measure for the width of the peak of the distribution (again for $p=1/2$):
$$ \sigma = \sqrt{Np(1-p)} = \sqrt{N}/2$$
So when $N$ gets large, the deviation will be of the scale of $\sqrt{N}$, in other words the relative offset from an even result will for the "average measurement" not be larger than $1/\sqrt{N}$, for $N=1000$ this is about $3\%$.

A: There is a category error in your reasoning.
That a theory is probabilistic in the sense that it explicitely uses and produce probabilities, as quantum mechanics does, does not imply that the theory itself is in any way random.
The probabilist predictions of QM are not uncertain: they are very precise probability values. What is uncertain is what you get when using these probabilities to predict a measurement outcome, which of course is what is expected from a probability value. It's kind of the whole point of what a probability is.
So, in short, probabilities are a fine tool; that a theory uses this tool does not make it inaccurate. Statistical mechanics for example works very well.

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By x1023 | July 8, 2021
O-T Fagbenle confirms his 'Black Widow' character Rick Mason doesn't have a "platonic" relationship with Natasha Romanoff
Courtesy of Marvel Studios
Black Widow star O-T Fagbenle admits he took a bit of a crash course in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to channel his character of Rick Mason, an ally from Natasha Romanoff's/Black Widow's S.H.I.E.L.D. past.
"I didn't know anything about the dude," Fagbenle reveals to ABC Audio, before sharing he also had a hand in cultivating his character.
"My Bible for [Rick Mason] was Eric [Pearson]'s script and figuring it out between me, Cate [Shortland], our director, and Scarlett [Johansson] — what our backstory was," he says. "That's really what brought Rick Mason to the screen."
Fagbenle, who calls Mason "Black Widow's Q [from 007 lore], or like what Batman is to Alfred," says his character's connection to Romanoff is bigger than the "covert operations specialist" figure from the comics.
"[He's] the person who like hooks up with all the gadgets and stuff — you need a ship, you need a plane, whatever," Fagbenle says. "But what was interesting to me… is that he's got a relationship with Natasha Romanoff which isn't just platonic — isn't just a work relationship."
"There's a deeper dynamic going on there," he continues. "And I think that's one of the things that's interesting about the movie, is you get to see the 3D view of Black Widow."
While bringing Rick Mason to life could be described as somewhat challenging, Fagbenle says keeping mum on his MCU character for three years, was actually pretty easy.
"It wasn't that hard for me," Fagbenle laughs. "Like on Tuesday, I'm spending time with my mom. And then in the evening, I'm talking to my niece and nephew and I'm doing work… I'm doing other stuff. So when people ask me, I'm like, 'Oh, I can't talk about that.' And then I'm getting on with the rest of my day."
Marvel Studios' Black Widow hits theaters tomorrow.
Ari Lennox releases "Waste My Time" music video


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If you don't bounce back like Princess Kate
The fact that Princess Kate made an appearance a mere seven hours after giving birth looking fabulous and WEARING HEELS has harried mamas chattering today.
"I can never get over how she manages to get up and get in heels hours after birth!" one friend texted me. "And she doesn't waddle. I had the worst time walking afterwards."
"I know!" I texted back. "I was examining her skinny little ankles."
The duchess gives new meaning to the insidious phrase "bouncing back."
I recently read an Instagram post by a mom of four who challenged this notion with a lovely-and-real (a.k.a. no high heels) picture. She shared this quote from an article someone had DMed her:
"We're not meant to 'bounce back' after babies. ...We're meant to step forward into more awakened, more attuned and more powerful versions of ourselves."
The quote, she added, is one "that I remind myself of daily and because it's so uplifting and true and encouraging and all moms need to hear it and know it. Stepping forward aka stop dwelling on who you were before kids because being a mom is really beautiful and really soft and probably the most important job ever. #ownityaknow"
So today, as we make our predictions on the royal baby's name (I'm going with Henry!) and marvel over Charlotte's waves to the crowd (#hairgoals), let's remind each other that if we don't bounce back like Princess Kate, it's OK. It means we're normal.
People's account of Kate's super-human hospital appearance isn't encouraging to the rest of us moms:
Just seven hours after giving birth to her third child, Kate Middleton appeared (in heels!) on the steps of the Lindo Wing at St. Mary's Hospital on Monday evening with Prince William by her side to introduce their new baby boy to the world.
Kate looked stunning in a red dress with a white collar by Jenny Packham...She paired the look with nude suede heels.
I prefer to imagine a more realistic scenario:
Seventy two hours after giving birth to her third child, Kate Middleton was spotted behind the McDonalds on Shaftesbury Avenue with no one by her side.
Kate looked exhausted in an oversized hoodie and yoga pants. She paired the look with tattered Uggs.
With each baby I have been blessed with, I have grown more sensitive to all that the protracted, multi-faceted postpartum stage involves. It is not meant to be raced through. It should not and cannot be rushed.
For me, being postpartum -- feeling that I'm in that stage, giving myself permission to be off and tired and more taxed than usual -- lasts at least as long as a pregnancy. It may extend as long as you're breastfeeding. Or as long as you're wearing larger clothes. Or as long as you're not sleeping through the night. Or as long as you feel necessary.
Take your time. Let yourself be postpartum, with all the permission slips it entails.
Christina Ries is a freelance writer who lives with her husband and three young children in Inver Grove Heights. Write her at christina@mnparent.com.
Photo credit: People magazine and E! News.