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Ashbrook comes up short in state title game
Phillip Gardner
CHAPEL HILL — Down nine at halftime, Ashbrook coach Chad Duncan had to admit he was a little worried.
"But this group that we have is a very strong group, shows a lot of character and they've done it all year," Duncan said.
It just wasn't enough this time.
The Green Wave came all the way back to take a pair of early fourth-quarter leads but ran out of steam after that, falling to Fayetteville Terry Sanford 67-60 in the 3A boys basketball state championship game Saturday at Carmichael Arena.
Ashbrook ended its season at 23-4 after coming up short in a bid for the school's first basketball state championship.
Mark Gilbert scored 31 points and recorded two steals on his way to most valuable player honors to lead Terry Sanford (27-3) to its first state championship. The Bulldogs previous finished runner-up in 2009 and 2010 and won titles under the Fayetteville High School name in 1965 and 1966.
Ashbrook rode strong defense to the state championship game but couldn't slow down the high-scoring Gilbert, who made nine of his 18 shots, including one of his four 3-pointers and 12 of 16 free throws.
"You kind of hope when you go into a different venue and the backgrounds are a little bit different that shooters might not shoot as well, and he proved that obviously it doesn't matter what gym he's in," Duncan said.
Ashbrook had a balanced effort with four players scoring in double figures but none of them seemed to put together a consistent game throughout the night.
Isaiah Whaley finished with 14 points, nine rebounds and two blocks and was voted Ashbrook's most outstanding player, but the 6-foot-9 junior fouled out with 1:02 remaining on a three-point play by Joseph Riddle that put Sanford ahead 62-58.
Ashbrook junior Z'Andre Givens also scored 14 points, dished three assists and made both of his 3-point attempts after entering with a 26.8-percent shooting percentage from long range.
Green Wave junior Malik Gingles scored 13 points, pulled down six rebounds and made back-to-back plays early in the fourth to give Ashbrook a short-lived lead. Austin Mitchell was Ashbrook's fourth player in double figures with 10 points to go with three rebounds.
They left the floor kicking themselves over a lost opportunity.
"We went over our game plan all week and we didn't stick to it like we were supposed to," said Ashbrook's Jeff Glenn, who had eight points, four rebounds and two assists. "Backdoor cuts, the lobs, taking away No. 3 (Gilbert)'s left hand."
Ashbrook had double the turnovers as Sanford (12 to six) while the shooting percentages were similar: 46.7 percent for Ashbrook and 44.4 percent for Sanford.
Ashbrook trailed from midway in the first quarter and dug itself as deep as a 12-point hole late in the second quarter. The Green Wave fought back to take a 49-48 lead on Gingles' two free throws with exactly seven minutes remaining.
"Our guards really settled down after the first half and led us back, did a great job of penetration, did a great job of dishing to their teammates," Duncan said.
Ashbrook moments later led 52-50 on Givens' 3-pointer before Gilbert quickly answered with a pair of free throws to pull Sanford back into a tie. Another two free throws by Gilbert put Sanford up 54-52 and the lead grew to 56-52 on Shamon Elliot's layup with 5:19 left.
The Green Wave got as close to one down the stretch but couldn't get over the hump against a determined Terry Sanford team that finished the season with a 14-game winning streak.
"We were getting beat off the dribble, we didn't rebound as well in the third quarter," Sanford coach Bill Boyette said. "But when the game was on the line, we had some huge plays and got some defensive stops."
Ashbrook's loss wasn't for a lack for a lack of hometown support. Ashbrook brought four charter buses full of students — that's more than 200 loud, energetic students who stood behind Ashbrook's second-half goal.
Ashbrook was making its second title game appearance. The Green Wave previously lost to Hunter Huss 60-59 in the 1977 Class 4A title game that featured eventual NBA players James Worthy of Ashbrook and Eric "Sleepy" Floyd of Hunter Huss.
Gastonia's old Ashley High School won the state title in 1967 after defeating New Hanover 51-44 at what was then called Carmichael Auditorium — the same site as Saturday's game.
Some figure the Green Wave will have a chance again next season as Mitchell was Ashbrook's only senior starter Saturday. Juniors Gingles, Glenn, Givens and Whaley will be expected to return next year under a new coach as Duncan has accepted the job as Gaston County Schools athletic director.
"I'm very proud of these guys," Duncan said. "They played hard for me all year. They know I love them."
Phillip Gardner: 704-869-1843; twitter.com/gazettephil


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The Anti-Cruelty Society's Working Through Pet Loss support group will meet fro 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the ACS at 169 W. Grand Avenue. This is an open educational group that deals with the emotional toll people feel when losing a pet and works on the healing process. Register at tbouschor@anticruelty.org.
Support Lulu's Locker at their first "Paint Your Pet" event at the Bottle & Bottega in Lakeview from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The $45 ticket includes all art supplies (so you can paint a canvas of your pet) appetizers, desert and wine. You may also bring your own wine. Sign-up early since space is limited.
PAWS Chicago will hold it's Eleventh Annual Fur Ball starting at 6 p.m. at the Drake Hotel at 140 East Walton in Chicago. Tickets are $400 per person and $100 per pet. Learn more online.
The Chicago Cat Rescue will hold a thank you party and fundraiser from 8 to 11 p.m. at The Store at 2002 North Halsted in Chicago. The event is to toast the help the rescue has received from Mid-North Animal Hospital. Tickets are $20 and include appetizers and drink specials with proceeds benefiting CCR's medical fund.
Heartland Animal Shelter will host its Sixth Annual Golden Paw Gala starting at 7 p.m. at Crowne Plaza at 2875 North Milwaukee Avenue in Northbrook. Advance tickets are $75 per person and $25 per dog and will increase $25 each at the door. There will be a doggy spa, fabulous prizes and auction items and more.
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Military risking another debacle like East Pakistan
Sunday, May 26, can be termed another dark day in the history of Pakistan. Pashtun Tahafuz Movement PTM activists were shot by the military in North Waziristan. According to recent reports, three activists died on the spot while dozens suffered gunshot injuries. PTM leader Ali Wazir, who is also a member of parliament, was arrested.
PTM a peaceful movement that has been demanding the fundamental rights of Pashtuns and insisting that the powerful military return to its constitutional role instead of dictating the policies of the state.
There were already signs that an incident like the one on Sunday was coming. A few weeks earlier, Major-General Asif Ghafoor, the director general of inter-services public relations (DG ISPR), warned the PTM that the military would take stern action against it. In that press conference, Ghafoor called PTM members traitors and accused the movement of conspiracy against the state.
On Sunday the PTM was protesting against enforced disappearances in the tribal area when gunfire erupted. The military immediately spread propaganda through the electronic media that PTM activists led by Ali Wazir and Mohsin Dawar had attacked a military check-post and in retaliation, the military opened fire on the protesters. Since the electronic media in Pakistan always sides with the military establishment, the TV channels repeated this propaganda around the clock. In order to silence the PTM activists and to suppress the truth, the military also imposed a curfew in North Waziristan, while cellular and Internet services were also blocked. However, a few of the PTM activists who recorded the event and managed to flee the area uploaded pictures of the injured people.
Soon after that, social-media platforms were used by the PTM and civil society to bust the propaganda of the military establishment and the electronic media. Such was the pressure of the civil campaign that the chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, had to issue a statement calling for an inquiry into why guns were fired at political activists.
Maryam Nawaz, vice-president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), also condemned the incident but in a soft manner. She did not name anyone but showed her concern about the incident and said in a tweet that these matters can never be solved with the might of gun.
he military establishment, as always, is trying to hide the truth, and through the media it is posing the PTM as a terrorist organization that attacked a military checkpoint. On the contrary, since its birth, the PTM has been a very law-abiding human-rights movement and has never adopted the path of violence. In fact, it is the resistance of PTM against retaliating against the establishment in anger that has earned it a good name in civil society. So the question arises, why would the PTM at this juncture, just when it is gaining popularity across the country, attack a military check post?
Then the other question that comes to mind is why teargas or the firing in the air was not used to disperse the protesters. Is it that the military establishment has lost its patience and wants to teach the PTM a lesson? Ali Wazir has been arrested and Mohsin Dawar's whereabouts are still not known at this writing, while it seems that soon PTM chairman Manzoor Pashteen too will be taken under custody by the military establishment on charges of treason.
It seems that the military establishment has not learned any lessons from history, that a movement stripped of its top leadership can prove very dangerous as protests then even go beyond the control of the leaders who have been arrested. The East Pakistan debacle is an example. After freedom fighter Sheikh Mujeeb Rahman was put behind bars, even he was not able to control the outcome, and East Pakistan finally separated and became independent Bangladesh.
The use of force on a human-rights movement that is popular in the Pashtun belts and in parts of Balochistan is unwise, and it shows that the military establishment is feeling the heat. After all, the demands of the PTM are very legitimate and according to the constitution of Pakistan. It demands the arrest of the former police official Raw Anwar who killed Naqeebullah Masood in a fake encounter, and everyone knows that Anwar was a hitman of the powers that be. The PTM demands about producing missing persons in courts is legitimate, and so is the demand for respect and clearing their areas of military checkpoints and landmines. In so doing, the group is actually raising the voice of the helpless in the Pashtun belt.
The military establishment has no answer for the missing-persons issue as anyone who shows dissent can go missing at any time. Such is the state of fear that many of my colleagues, whether they work for TV channels, print media or radio, are happy to spread the one-sided narrative of the establishment as are afraid that speaking or writing the truth could cost them a job, or they they could even join the ranks of the "missing persons." They are right – even while writing this piece I have a fear that I could go missing at any time while showing dissent, which has already cost me invisible restrictions in the media.
Perhaps my fellow journalists in Pakistan need to understand that this noble profession needs sacrifices, and there is no place in it for the faint of heart and opportunists.
Sadly, greedy and opportunistic people in the guise of journalism are siding with the establishment, and as a result becoming party to the conflict. Three innocent citizens lost their lives and dozens were injured, but for the establishment and the greedy opportunistic journalists, it is business as usual. What they have failed to understand is that the PTM mostly consists of Pashtun youth and they are not doing power politics, so they have nothing to lose – it is the state that has everything at stake.
The formerly voiceless Pashtuns have put their weight behind the PTM, especially youth. It is time that the state stop using force, as movements like the PTM can never be eliminated by violence. Pakistan has already seen the fall of East Pakistan in 1971 when the military dictator General Yahya Khan used force against the popular movement of Bengalis. It is time that the political leadership of the country comes forward and starts a dialogue with the PTM regarding their demands, which are justified and according to the constitution of Pakistan. Otherwise by using these kinds of fascist methods the military establishment will once again push the country into a debacle like 1971.
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A New Media Approach Focused On Individual & Societal Transformation | Research Survey
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Over the last decade, our team has been committed to forging a radically new approach to media and the discussion of society and current events. This new approach was developed by our founder Joe Martino, and collectively refined as years went on. As a media and education company, we feel that humanity can live in a world where we can truly thrive, but there are many barriers in our current worldviews and culture that halt that reality.
With our work, we not only seek to inform people about what is going on in the world around them, but we also invite them to transform their lives personally so they can be a participant in changing society around them.
For this reason, part of our mission is to observe what is happening in our world from a more neutral point of view, asking what about us and our current human story creates our world, society, ideas, day-to-day choices, and policies to be the way they are. Neutrality in media and general conversation seems something that's deeply missing. Often we're politically or emotionally charged, seeking to confirm our own point of view without seeking to understand what is truly going on and why. Because of that, it was important to us to develop a style of informing people that encourages people to be in a state of mind and being where they're more open to exploring new ideas without bias, cognitive distortions, and immediate resistance.
This does not mean negating emotions and suppressing them, but instead learning how to sit with emotions we might experience while we navigate and observe current events and situations.
Given the current state of both mainstream and alternative media — mostly politically biased, focused on placating corporate owners (in the case of mainstream media), and delivered in a style that doesn't necessarily focus on asking how viewers emotional well-being and resilience is being affected — we felt there was a big changed needed. We set out to create media that can look at any subject and invite deeper, solution-oriented inquiry and yet still consider the emotional well-being of viewers.
We felt this was worthy task, as most people will tell you news is often negative, draining or driving people into political divisions. Since most platforms either focus on simple "feel good" or well-being-based content, or on news from a purely journalistic sense, often with a political bias, we felt it was useful to see how we could explore important subjects in our world that do need to be talked about but aren't necessarily good news — and yet do so in a way that helps us process reality in a healthy manner. This will in turn help us, as a society, create change from actions that come from a different way of thinking and being, one more focused on emotional regulation and expanded awareness.
Our content focus is thus on both personal transformation and news/current events from a new approach. After 14 years of experience, we have chosen to measure whether or not people are having a more positive experience consuming current event information.
To create that meaningful change in our world, perhaps a world where humans can truly thrive, we feel it's important to expose people to new ideas and new ways of thinking that are based on possibility vs. just maintaining our existing paradigms. Humans are typically only going to imagine what is possible in our world, from our individual lives to how society functions, based on what we're exposed to consistently.
If our mainstream and alternative media is only focused on telling stories that feature making slight alterations in our existing culture or society, without exploring what else might be possible, the average person will not think outside of their current way of seeing the world, as they are simply not given the information. So we don't hear about new energy solutions that could transform the way humanity uses energy, for example. Or we don't get to explore ideas surrounding the creation of new or different economic systems. Instead, we continually hold our perception of the world in place and continue to create the world we see today.
One way of thinking about this is to imagine a carpenter who has a limited set of tools. They know what they can do based on the tools they currently have. They imagine the shapes they can cut and the projects they can build with the tools they know. Then someone comes along and provides a brand-new tool that brings the capability to do something different. This new tool can fashion completely new shapes out of wood — creating things that were not possible before because the carpenter could not imagine how a shape like that could be created. With this expanded consciousness, the carpenter becomes aware of what they are capable of creating, and they can take the steps towards doing this. The key takeaway here is that the carpenter's awareness and creativity expanded once they were given the idea of what else could be possible.
In our world today, our technology and tools expand much like in the example above, but because we don't talk about it, our culture around what is possible for society and human community does not. Instead of telling humanity's current story over and over again, our work seeks not only to show us what else is possible but also to invite the viewer to engage their imagination to envision what else is possible. The inspiration behind this came from asking thousands of people over the years: "What type of world would you truly want to live in if there were no limits?"
Most people respond the same way — seeing abundance and peace. It's a world without scarcity, where people care about each other and do what they love. Since virtually every aspect of scarcity in our society is 100% man-made, we are living in a human-created society that welcomes scarcity, although most people don't actually want this. If this is what we have but we don't want it, why are we doing it?
In February 2021, we ran a preliminary research survey that received over 1,500 responses. Since our first question was how has our audience been affected by our work, we focused on audience members from our Telegram channel and email list. Participants were asked a series of 15 questions about their experience with our work and were given the opportunity to respond to Likert scale questions. Answer options included strongly agree, agree, neither agree nor disagree, disagree, and strongly disagree.
Given our sample size, we calculate a 99% confidence level at plus or minus 3 for the results provided. Below are a summary of the results and some important discussion around what we felt the results indicated. (In simple terms, this means our results might be off by 3% in either direction.)
The majority of those who responded were female, which corresponds to Facebook analytics of our demographic, and the largest chunk of our audience is over 55. The assumption has always been that our audience is primarily millennials; however, this has never been the case. Our respondents have been consuming our content for anywhere from 6 months to way back in 2009 when we started.
Results & Discussion
When thinking about the general purpose of news and current event reporting, people typically turn on media to find out what is happening in the world around them. While some stories can be seen as not useful to the average person, others are, and it can be argued that it's important to know what's happening around us so that we can make effective decisions in our lives.
We asked whether or not our audience feels that our work helps them with the basic tactic of making sense of our world and what's going on around them, especially in a larger-scale sense, as we focus more on reporting on bigger events and general culture.
84% feel that our work helps them make sense of what's happening in the world.
One of the things we notice in general mainstream media is that it's often focused on stories that invite people to feel charged, down or drained. This is likely due to the fact that drama and bad news sells the best, so media, by nature, will reinforce that culture as it aligns with their profit and popularity. On the alternative media side, it's common that this is the same approach. Alternative media might explore different narratives or more controversial subjects and, when doing so, tend to bring a focus of blame, judgment, and anger against those involved in something people generally don't like.
While we feel it's important to express and note emotional reactions to things, it's not healthy to maintain a constant state of draining emotions over time, as it has a big effect on our physiology, well-being and ability to think clearly. Thus, we aim to be open to exploring controversial subjects but without the focus on eliciting emotion and judgment, or we spend the time to invite a processing of an emotion that may arise.
We feel it is useful to explore something like corruption in an area of society, as it brings into question whether we should continue to support what happens in our world the way we do. The focus on the existence of a level of corruption is therefore useful up to the point of understanding that it's happening and that it's now up to us to decide how we want to deal with it as a community.
A couple of key emotions or states of being we recognized as being useful in exploring when it comes whether or not we're informing, helping maintain physiological regulation (leading to better emotional state) and offering a solution-oriented approach was to find out if people felt generally grounded and empowered when consuming our content.
87% of our audience say they feel grounded consuming our content, and 77% feel empowered.
We decided to take this questioning to another level and begin comparing how people feel when it comes to feeling "inspired" and "grounded" when consuming our media in comparison to consuming mainstream media.
93% said they feel more grounded consuming our content than when consuming MSM.
95% feel more inspired consuming our content than when they consume MSM.
We were not all that surprised by these numbers, as our audience, by nature of their current lifestyle and general outlook, likely does not have a favorable opinion about mainstream media. Further, mainstream media was one of the key inspirations for us to create our work to begin with, as it leaves a lot untold, its narratives are corporate-driven, and it really displays the "if it bleeds, it leads" mindset.
We compared our audiences' experience with other alternative media outlets. Compared to when they consume other alternative media outlets:
73% said they feel more grounded consuming our content
73% said they feel more inspired consuming our content
We were not all that surprised with the results, as we have received a great deal of feedback over the years from viewers that specifically indicated this. We were quite pleased nonetheless, as this shows that our intention to create this experience is indeed occurring within people. This was a key indicator that our mission to provide a model of how media can evolve to better impact viewers and yet still inform them may be working.
Part of our vision is to create media that doesn't simply report but also invites inquiry. Some of us have a natural inclination to hear something and inquire further, go down other pathways of thinking. Others don't, as they either don't have the time, interest, or natural inclination. That said, we feel it is important to exercise our mind and imagination by posing questions within our work whenever possible. These questions might be about the complete facts of a topi, the human condition behind something that happened, or even how the reader might feel about something we're reporting on. In any case, the idea here is we want to encourage a habit of asking questions — as opposed to solely being focused on jumping to conclusions, especially ones that don't necessarily move humanity towards a more thriving world.
We asked our audience whether or not our work encourages them to ask questions vs. simply being told what answers are.
94% feel they are being invited to ask questions vs. just being told answers.
We clearly see here that the style is working, and while the question of whether it's the best approach may be up for debate, our general sense is that it helps people to steer clear of bias a little better and perhaps be more open to uncertainty, which can help maintain a state of play and curiosity to explore further.
We cover more controversial subjects at times. For example, in the advent of new scientific findings surrounding the collapse of WTC Building 7 on 9/11, we learn that Building 7 could not have fallen from fires alone on 9/11, as the official explanation states. In fact, computer models show that only a controlled demolition could have taken Building 7 down in the way it came down. This subject invites a viewer to re-examine what happened on 9/11. While we may not know all the answers, grounded exploration lets us ask bigger questions. For example, why were we told a story that wasn't true, and why is inquiry into this shut down even with scientific evidence showing the need to re-ask these questions?
These questions have huge implications, as they lead toward a larger conversation around the role of government, mainstream media and whether either are truly serving humanity to thrive. In our everyday society, we often believe we are all doing our best to help make the world a better place, but what if we aren't taking the most effective actions because we are unaware of what's actually going on and how things truly work? Do we not need to know where we are really at before choosing actions?
Subjects like that of Building 7 are often explored in alternative media, and it's very common that writers, show hosts or analysts exhibit a great deal of judgment and anger while delivering the content. Typically, we might see a lot of hate directed towards government, or hate and judgment towards other people who simply believe the official story because that's what is commonly accepted.
We have never felt that it was a worthwhile exercise to divide one another by those who believe and don't, nor by judging others who have different perspectives, whatever these may be. Not only have we observed this as a tool that divides, but we know from basic psychology that this type of behaviour will create a loss in connection with people who disagree with each other. So we consistently asked ourselves: can we talk about these subjects and yet provide the tools and inquiry to invite people to not only emotionally process their response to tough information but also help them be respectful and connected to their fellow community?
We don't feel our survey can answer how effective our style has been at doing all of that just yet, but we were able to get a few promising signs that this might be the case.
72% of our audience stated that our work generally helps them feel better emotionally.
We feel a lot of this has to do with the emotional state of our team as we produce content, which in turn naturally produces messaging, inquiry, and text that won't trigger draining emotional responses so easily. Also, we feel that reading something that brings a sense of peace regarding tough subjects invites the reader to realize that others were able to see these events in a way that is more regulated, inspiring them to want to also feel this way yet still take meaningful action to create change.
78% of our audience feel we don't try to make them feel angry or upset at all as they consume our content.
This might be in comparison to other show hosts or journalists who overtly try to make people angry or tell them they should feel angry.
In our work we encourage people to note avoid nor emotions and, but instead learn how to sit with emotions we might experience while we navigate and observe current events and situations. That said, we're not going to go out of our way to encourage people and coax them into anger or riled emotional states.
Perhaps our most meaningful metric related to these big questions above, especially given our audience is naturally more attracted to alternative media as opposed to mainstream, is this:
63% said that we cover tough or controversial events better, keeping them more emotionally calm and regulated, in comparison to those same events being covered by mainstream media or alternative media.
Again, we felt this was important, as we don't find it useful to avoid these conversations. In fact, we feel that avoiding them or not having talking about them honestly has a detrimental effect on society as a whole, as one of two things can often happen.
The first is that people feel they can't get an honest discussion around these events via mainstream media, so they are pushed to the fringes of culture where perhaps they enter an echo chamber and deeper methods of thinking are not applied to all topics. (We note this echo chamber very much exists in mainstream conversations, as well, given that either side seems to want to divide themselves.)
The other possibility is that not focusing on having open an honest conversation further erodes community and trust in any societal infrastructure, because quite frankly, many things that are denied in mainstream and pushed to the fringes are, in fact, real or based on evidence. So why not discuss them? One could argue that this loss in trust is exactly what's needed at this point to bring into question whether these institutions are working towards serving humanity.
One of the final key questions we asked was more specific to transformation. It focused on whether or not people have experienced some level of noticeable change in their life as a result of our work.
54% of people felt that they have transformed their life as a result of our work, whereas 41% said they neither agreed or disagreed that a change had occurred.
We'd be curious to go deeper with the 41% that neither agreed or disagreed, as this metric might suggest the question was not specific enough, given we had such a large portion in this middle ground. We also wondered if so many felt unsure because lasting change is often subtle and happens over time. We do not want to speculate too much, however, as this preliminary question is just that — preliminary.
This final question is related to one of the main areas of focus for us. We had hoped to have more courses and education-related content developed at this point in our journey but have encountered a number of challenges. Our focus on courses was greater from 2012 to 2016, slowing a lot between 2017 and 2019 due to a massive shift in online censorship that created many business-related challenges and a loss of 80% of our staff. As of 2020, we began focusing on education again, and 2021 is showing an uptick in course consumption. We feel that by the end of 2021, this number will rise significantly.
One of the big challenges we have wanted to solve is the synthesis of conflicting information amongst the collective. There are many differing views out there on many subjects, and sometimes ostensibly sound science supports opposite views on a subject. One side claims the other side is false and unscientific, yet both have validity and expert perspectives. So how do we synthesize this information and come to agree? One thing we know for sure is that we can't do it by calling the other side names, acting angrily toward them, labelling them conspiracy theorists or claiming everything they do is fake news. This only creates further divide and greater echo chambers. Maturity is key here, and there appears to be a general lack of it in our current culture, across the board. We hope to shift this culture with our work and style.
Active Actions Being Taken to Expand This Message & Culture
Through the Collective Evolution Institute (website coming soon), we are working to create more content that helps to bring greater learning on how to implement these strategies in the experience of both journalists and everyday citizens. These skills and improvements in self-awareness are valuable regardless of profession.
The CE Institute aims to explore new and emerging ideas that help us shift towards a societal paradigm where humanity can truly thrive. This involves both personal transformation and the awareness of solutions that can be implemented when we reframe the possibilities for how society can function. The institute is a collaborative engine designed to explore many verticals that make up the human experience, the through-line being that we can create a thriving world once we are willing to holistically re-question our existing worldviews.
Our new course, Overcoming Bias & Improving Critical Thinking vol 1 & 2, looks at some of the first stages of developing self-awareness, some basic self-regulation techniques, and learning to become aware of bias. In 2021, we will be releasing a few more courses on further self regulation techniques and improving communication around new and emerging ideas as we observe there is a huge crisis of effective communication in society today.
We also recommend further reading of a 2020 essay written by Joe Martino called 'Conspireality: Time For A Serious Conversation? ' as it covers some of the specific nuances around why meaningful, yet grounded, conversation needs to happen about the existence of conspiracy in today's society.
We also have a few more courses being prepared that are specific to journalists.


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Жан-Сильвен ван де Вейер ( — ) — бельгийский политический деятель, восьмой премьер-министр страны, посол Бельгии в Великобритании.

Ван де Вейер родился в Лёвене, его семья переехала в Амстердам в 1811 году. После завершения учёбы в университете он стал адвокатом в Брюсселе в 1823 году.

Во время Бельгийской революции 1830 года ван де Вейер находился в Лёвене, но уехал в Брюссель, где стал членом центрального комитета временного правительства страны. Позже король Леопольд I назначил ван де Вейера своим «специальным представителем» в Лондоне.

В 1837 году де Веер вел переговоры с лордом Пальмерстоном по поводу возможной уступки испанской королевой-регентшей Марией Кристиной  Кубы под управление Леопольда I в форме личной унии. План остался нереализованным, во многом потому, что состояние экономики и финансов Бельгии не позволяло осуществить крупное приобретение и оплатить часть заявленной цены в 30 миллионов реалов.

Впоследствии ван де Веер стал восьмым премьер-министром Бельгии.

С 1848 года до самой своей смерти в 1874 году он занимал должность вице-президента Лондонской библиотеки.

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Carter McAdams
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a character in "Whispers in the Night", as played by writteninshaddows
Full Name: Carter McAdams
Experiment Number: 0189 A
Personality: Carter has a strong alpha-male type personality. He hardly ever knows when to keep his mouth shut, but he still somehow manages to say the right things when it matters most.
History: Carter spent years in the system, bouncing from family to family. He never stayed in one place for long because somehow something went wrong everywhere he went and he got sent away again. Two days after his 14 birthday he was taken to the lab. They ran test after test, but he knew he would get out eventually. That was how his life worked. He could never stay anywhere for long.
Tests/Mutations: Carter didn't spend long in the lab, but he was subject to some of their more advanced experiments. A few days after his capture, the scientist fused his DNA with avian DNA. Within a month he had grown a pair of dark brown feathered wings. That month was terrible. Everyday he could feel his body changing and the new bones growing. They enhanced his immune system and all of his senses. The most impressive of their changes however happened on accident. In an attempt to increase his flexibility the scientists accidentally gave him the ability to change his appearance. Regardless of how he looks his weight doesn't change, and he can't make his wings go away.
So begins...
Carter McAdams's Story
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# 2012-05-06 04:47:08 , as written by writteninshaddows
Carter groaned as he pushed a heap of rubble off his tattered body. Luckily the explosion had been on the other side of the building. His clothes were torn, and every inch of his body ached, but getting away from the lab was a far more pressing issue than his injuries. As he took to the sky, he saw a few other people. One guy looked pretty banged up, but the others seemed fine. He considered for a minute just flying away. After all, they could be scientists who managed to survive. A brunette with beautiful white wings made him change his mind though. There was no way an experiment could be a scientist.
He landed a few feet away from the group, wanting to take one last look at them all before committing to a decision. The guy looked even worse up close, but a petite looking girl was doing something to help. Or at least he assumed she was helping.
"Don't move." He said, walking up behind the winged brunette. With one swift motion he gave one of the wing a quick, hard, perfectly placed hit, popping it back into place.
# 2012-05-06 05:12:31 , as written by deadaray
Haley watched as Syn knelt down by Dark. She didn't have the slightest clue as to what Syn was doing, but it probably couldn't hurt.
"Do you need any-" Haley started to say before screaming out in pain. She hadn't seen him come up behind her. The only indication that he was there had been his voice as he filled her body with pain. As quickly as it had come though, the pain was gone, replaced by a feeling of relief. The dull ache Haley hadn't even noticed before was now gone.
She turned, only to come face to face with a pair of deep blue eyes. The boy had dark brown wings that matched his hair flawlessly. "Thank you." Haley said, not taking a step away from him. He was just a little too close for comfort, but she wasn't sure just how close behind her Dark and Syn were on the ground.
"My pleasure." he said. Half of Carter's mouth curved up into a smile. In his few years at the lab he had met plenty of strange experiments, but never managed to come across another with wings. Well, not one that looked so normal. There had been one he met while his wings were still growing in, but there was almost nothing human left in that experiment. He wasn't even sure if it was a girl or a boy. There were wings, and a tail, and it had strange color changing camouflage scales. That experiment was the farthest thing from Carter's mind as he stared down into the girl's eyes.
"I'm Carter by the way." he added. He was surprised that she didn't step away, as they were about as close as they could possibly be without actually touching each other. Of course, he wasn't about to move either.
Carter. The name sounded familiar, but Haley couldn't quite remember where she had heard it before. Maybe she had over heard a scientist say it at one point or another. She knew for a fact though that she had never met this boy. It was hard to meet people in the lab though. The only time anyone had contact with other freaks was during experiments, and that wasn't exactly a great time to sit down and chat.
"Haley." she said. His crystal blue eyes didn't move at all. They stayed fixed on her, which somehow made it harder for her to look away, so she didn't.
So this was the infamous Haley? The experiment who had literally spent her entire life in the lab? The one who had made countless escape attempts and finally managed to succeed? He assumed she knew that the majority of the scientist and experiments knew who she was. After all, there were only a handful of truly successful experiments. Even so, it was still difficult to get the scientists to genuinely like you and yet she had pulled it off.
"So," he said, putting and arm around her and turning her to face the pair on the ground. "What happened to your friend?" He recognized the girl instantly. She was the head scientists daughter. This was quite a group to stumble upon at random.
As Haley turned around, she realized she didn't have the slightest clue as to exactly what was wrong with him. It looked like he had a broken leg, but Syn was doing something to his chest. Did he have a heart problem? Was he about to die?
"He blew the building up." she said, staring at Dark. Haley was vaguely aware that Carter's arm was still around her, but she didn't protest. As she watched Syn helping Dark, Haley's mind wandered back to Kato. Were was he? He couldn't have been blown all that far away by the explosion, right? Haley was under the impression that she had been blown the farthest on account of her wings,
Carter smirked. "It looks like he blew himself up." he whispered quietly so only Haley could hear.
The guy looked familiar too. Carter couldn't quite place him at first, but there was no mistaking it once he recognized the man. It had to be Dark. Carter had only seen him a few times in passing, but he had very distinct features. So the head scientists daughter, the cold blooded killer, and the scientist's favorite all teamed up? This was an impressive group, and Carter wanted in. It wasn't in his nature to follow, but if that's what it took to stick with them he would swallow his pride for the time being.
"Woah," Carter said, taking a step towards Dark. He put his hands out in front of him just in case Dark fell. "You don't look too good man, you might want to sit back down." He wasn't sure why Dark was standing in the first place, it didn't seem like a very good idea. Carter was grateful that the explosion had been on the complete opposite side of the building from where he was. Besides, he usually healed pretty fast. In less than an hour every last trace of the explosion would be healed.
Haley looked between Dark and Carter. It seemed like there was some bad blood between them, but she doubted there was. It was pretty difficult to talk to anyone long enough to create bad blood in the lab, and they had barely talked in the past five or so minutes that they were together
It didn't look like they would be going anywhere soon, so Haley took a seat in the dirt. She had never been bothered by things like dirt and mud. Most girls outside the lab had some kind of intense hatred for it. "So, who's hungry?" She asked. Haley was always hungry. Something about near death experiences just made her that much more hungry though.
# 2012-05-07 03:47:35 , as written by Deathsky
Luna picked the small girl up and walked over to the others. Cindy looked pretty bad but not as much as the others. She guessed that someone had shielded the child when the explosion happened. As she walked over, Luna noticed the new person. From the looks of it he had wings. Wow, soon it will be an aiviarian club she thought to herself with a smirk. As she got close Haley said the oddest thing ever in a situation like this "So, who's hungry?". Luna couldent help but smile. Dark was hurt and they didnt know where Kato was. Kato... Oh My Gosh, Kato! Luna almost said it out loud. She surveyed the wreck for any signs that he was even there. "Did anyone see Kato when this place exploded?" she asked frantically. She didnt like the fact that everyone got seperated during that combustion.
Carter actually laughed out loud at Haley's remark about being hungry. Dark was beat up beyond belief, apparently one of their friends was missing in the explosion, and she was thinking about food? Now that he thought about it though, it didn't seem like that strange of a question. Carter was actually pretty hungry himself.
He glanced at the girl who walked over with a small child. It looked like he had been one of the lab's feline experiments. He had come across a few of them in his days at the lab. Most of them were more feline that human though. This girl looked like a much more reasonable mix. "I'm Carter." He said as he took a seat in the dirt. The little girl was absolutely adorable. She didn't look like an experiment at all, but he was sure she had some sort of crazy power. Everybody at the lab could do something. He highly doubted she was an exception.
"The nearest hospital is miles from here." Carter said. The lab guys could just take a van, but the vans were all kept in the garage. Too bad the garage got blown up in explosion. "How are we going to get you there?" He asked. The question was posed less to Dark and more to himself and the rest of the group. There was no way Dark would be walking multiple miles to a hospital. It just wasn't going to happen. This would be a great time for the kid to say she can magically teleport us all there or something Carter thought. Although, he doubted that even the lab had figured that one out yet.
Luna was suprised when Dark got up. He was hurt way too bad for him to move but what was there to do? She set Cindy down and walked over to him. "Dark, d-do you need help?" She asked with her ears flat against her head. She tried to force the up but it was no good, she didn't need to worry about that right now though. Dark looked like he was in serious pain and she coulden't stand by and watch him struggle alone, even if she was still somewhat afraid of him.


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India Crime 11 Jun 2018 UP doctor held for raping woman for a year, used recorded video to blackmail her
India, Crime
UP doctor held for raping woman for a year, used recorded video to blackmail her
Published : Jun 11, 2018, 6:42 pm IST
Updated : Jun 11, 2018, 6:42 pm IST
The accused was blackmailing the victim, 38, since then by threatening to upload the video on social media, police said.
According to a complaint lodged by the victim, Hasan had raped her a year ago when she had gone for a medical checkup at his clinic, and filmed the act. (Photo: File | Representational)
Muzaffarnagar: A doctor has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman repeatedly for a year in Miranpur town in the district, police said on Monday.
The accused had recorded the act and then used the same to blackmail the victim of Kaithora village, Station House Officer (SHO) of Miranpur police station, Manoj Choudhary said.
Sajid Hasan was arrested on Sunday.
According to a complaint lodged by the victim, Hasan had raped her a year ago when she had gone for a medical checkup at his clinic, and filmed the act.
The accused was blackmailing the victim, 38, since then by threatening to upload the video on social media, it said.
It is the second such case in the district, last week, a doctor was arrested at Budhana town for allegedly sexually harassing an 11-year-old patient at his clinic.
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Location: India, Uttar Pradesh, Muzaffarnagar


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Ralph Fiennes - An English Actor, Film Producer, And Director
Quick Facts About Ralph Fiennes
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Interesting Facts About Ralph Fiennes
Net Worth Of Ralph Fiennes
Ralph has a career as an English actor, producer, and director. The theatrical and screen actor Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes is better known by his stage name, Ralph Fiennes. For his love of Shakespearean plays and his portrayals of characters from plays like "Hamlet," "Coriolanus," "Richard II," etc.
He is well-known in the British theater community. He rose to prominence for his portrayal of Lord Voldemort in the film "The Wedding Singer."
Real Name Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
Celebrated Name Ralph Fiennes
Birth Date 22 December 1962
Birth Place Ipswich, United Kingdom
Marital Status Divorced
Wife/Spouse Alex Kingston (m. 1993–1997)
Nationality British
Height 1.8 m
Profession English actor, film producer, and director
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His acting career started on stage, where he gained notoriety as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He then made his cinematic debut in a 1992 adaptation of "Wuthering Heights," starring Juliette Binoche. Fiennes had a breakthrough in 1993 when he was cast in a significant part with Julia Ormond in Peter Greenaway's movie "The Baby of Macon."
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His portrayal of the Goth places him 15th on the AFI's list of the 50 greatest movie villains. He participated in "Quiz Show" in 1994. For the sweeping World War II romance "The English Patient," in which he co-starred with Kristin Scott-Thomas, Fiennes received an Academy Award nomination in 1996.
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Fiennes starred in the 2002 film "Red Dragon," for which he garnered high praise from critics. Fiennes and Rachel Weisz co-starred in "The Constant Gardener" in 2005. He was nominated for a British Academy Film Award for "Best Actor in a Leading Role" and received much praise for his performance.
After making his debut in 2005's "Harry Potter," Fiennes went on to become an international sensation for his depiction of Lord Voldemort in the "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" movie series. He played the same character in three further installments of the series, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" in 2005 and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" in 2010 and 2011.
Throughout this period, despite his fame on the big screen, Fiennes has never been far from the stage. For his work in "The Faith Healer," he won a Tony Award in 2006. He reunited with his Schindler's List co-star Liam Neeson for his next major motion picture, "Clash of the Titans," in which he played Hades, who was battling Neeson's Zeus.
Fiennes was featured in Sam Mendes' "Skyfall," the 23rd James Bond movie, in 2012. Following "Skyfall," Ralph Fiennes took Dame Judi Dench's role as M in the following Bond movies. Fiennes acted as both the director and the star of "The Invisible Woman" in 2013.
He had a comedic comeback in 2014 when he appeared in "The Grand Budapest Hotel." Fiennes received nominations for "Best Actor" at the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs for his performance. He co-starred in "A Bigger Splash" in 2015 with Tilda Swinton and Dakota Johnson.
Fiennes starred in the Coen brothers' "Hail, Caesar!" in 2016, an ensemble movie with a 1950s Hollywood setting. Fiennes performed the voice of Alfred Pennyworth in "The Lego Batman Movie" in 2017 and returned to the role in "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part" in 2019.
Fiennes provided the tiger voice in Robert Downey Jr.'s family adventure movie "Dolittle" in 2020. Alongside Lily James and Carey Mulligan, Fiennes appeared in the 2021 British drama movie "The Dig." His portrayal in particular was appreciated, and the movie got favorable critical accolades and reviews.
In addition to "The King's Men," Fiennes will appear in the newest James Bond movie, "No Time to Die." It's a safe bet that Fiennes will continue to be a mainstay in theater and cinema for years to come because of his talent for screen acting.
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The actor married Alex Kingston, a friend from his time as a student, in 1993. Although they were only legally married for four years, they split up much sooner. After that, Ralph had a romantic relationship with Francesca Annis for approximately ten years, up until 2006. Rumors claim that Fiennes' brief liaison with a Romanian singer was the cause of their breakup.
The Fiennes are distantly linked to the British royal family, but they are nevertheless related. He was granted Serbian citizenship in 2017. Ralph has a number of connections to this nation. He often worked there, traveled there for personal reasons, and even attended Aleksander Vucic's swearing-in as president of the nation.
He is UNICEF's ambassador. He visited Uganda, Romania, and India as part of this organization's project-related travels. He belongs to the Canadian-based group "Against Racism."
His father was a farmer and a photographer.
He had a writer for a mother.
He is Prince Charles' eighth cousin.
This British movie actress has worked in countries including India, Kyrgyzstan, Uganda, and Romania as a "UNICEF" UK ambassador.
On September 7, 2017, Fiennes received citizenship in Serbia.
His five siblings also work in the entertainment business.
Ralph Fiennes has a $50 million fortune. He is likely best known for his roles as notorious villains like Voldemort in the Harry Potter movies and the ruthless Nazi Amon Goth in Schindler's List. The English Patient, Quiz Show, and Schindler's List are some of Fiennes' previous works which helped him to collect a great amount of money.
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Ralph Fiennes was born on December 22nd, 1962.
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He was born in Suffolk, England, in the United Kingdom.
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package monix.execution.misc

import scala.concurrent.{Future, Promise}
import scala.collection.immutable.Queue
import monix.execution.atomic.AtomicAny
import monix.execution.atomic.PaddingStrategy.LeftRight128
import monix.execution.misc.AsyncQueue.State
import scala.annotation.tailrec

/** And asynchronous queue implementation.
  *
  * On `poll`, if there are queued elements, it returns oe
  * immediately, otherwise it returns a `Future`
  */
final class AsyncQueue[A] private (elems: Queue[A]) extends Serializable {
  private[this] val stateRef =
    AtomicAny.withPadding(State(elems, Queue.empty), LeftRight128)

  /** If there are elements in the queue, returns one,
    * otherwise returns a `Future` that waits (asynchronously)
    * until items are offered.
    */
  @tailrec def poll(): Future[A] = stateRef.get match {
    case current @ State(elements, promises) =>
      if (elements.nonEmpty) {
        val (e, newQ) = elements.dequeue
        val update = State(newQ, promises)

        if (stateRef.compareAndSet(current, update))
          Future.successful(e)
        else
          poll()
      }
      else {
        val p = Promise[A]()
        val update = State(elements, promises.enqueue(p))

        if (stateRef.compareAndSet(current, update))
          p.future
        else
          poll()
      }
  }

  /** Enqueues an item in the queue, or feeds it to a waiting
    * consumer if there are such waiting consumers.
    */
  @tailrec def offer(elem: A): Unit = stateRef.get match {
    case current @ State(elements, promises) =>
      if (promises.nonEmpty) {
        val (p, q) = promises.dequeue
        val update = State(elements, q)
        if (stateRef.compareAndSet(current, update))
          p.success(elem)
        else
          offer(elem)
      }
      else {
        val update = State(elements.enqueue(elem), promises)
        if (!stateRef.compareAndSet(current, update))
          offer(elem)
      }
  }

  /** Clears the queue of all offered items or promises. */
  def clear(): Unit =
    stateRef.set(State(Queue.empty, Queue.empty))

  /** Clears the whole queue, then offers one item. */
  def clearAndOffer(elem: A): Unit =
    stateRef.set(State(Queue(elem), Queue.empty))
}

object AsyncQueue {
  /** Builder for an [[AsyncQueue]], given an initial
    * set of `elems`.
    */
  def apply[A](elems: A*): AsyncQueue[A] =
    from(Queue(elems:_*))

  /** Returns an empty [[AsyncQueue]]. */
  def empty[A]: AsyncQueue[A] =
    from(Queue.empty)

  /** Converts an immutable `Queue` to an [[AsyncQueue]]. */
  def from[A](queue: Queue[A]): AsyncQueue[A] =
    new AsyncQueue(queue)

  private final
  case class State[A](elements: Queue[A], promises: Queue[Promise[A]])
}

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