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hecksinductionhour	in academics, obscurantism, putinism, regime, regions, rights, society, zeitgeist	 September 18, 2019 September 18, 2019 856 Words
The Real State of Russia Today
Russia is a great place for pipelines, dirt, weeds, and skyscrapers, but it is hell on its people. Photo by the Russian Reader
Natalia Vvedenskaya
Some of my friends say the regime will collapse soon, while others argue it is only picking up a head of steam. It occurred to me yesterday that we mistakenly use the word "regime" when talking about the processes taking place in our midst. A regime can last a very long time, and crackdowns, no matter how ridiculous or chaotic, are not symptoms of its demise.
Since ancient times, the state has had only two fundamental functions: defending borders and administering justice (making laws). Everything else—medical care, education, pensions, and bike lanes—is a recent superstructure. Political regimes can be different, from totalitarian to democratic, and they can forego treating people when they are ill, teaching them, and paying them pensions while still maintaining stability. But it must perform the basic functions; otherwise, it stops being a state.
In Russia, on the contrary, one of these foundations has been completely destroyed over the past decades. I am not talking about crackdowns. There has never been any justice either for so-called dissidents or people who randomly fall victim to the state apparatus. People understood this in the Soviet Union, and they understand it now: you fight the law, and the law whacks you upside the head. The majority of Russians do not dispute the state's right to crack down on the opposition or meddle in the affairs of other countries.
I am talking, instead, about ordinary life and everyday justice, about what we find in the Code of Hammurabi, the Law of the Twelve Tables, and Yaroslav's Law—about the promises the state makes to citizens, about the fact that you cannot just be beaten, robbed, and wrongfully accused for no reason at all.
And what about Russia? What should we think when, for example, as a friend told me, a youth gang orders food deliveries and then beats up and robs the delivery people, and they have been running this scam for nearly a year, but the police simply refuse to do anything about it? When a person cannot find protection from his bully of neighbor, who shoots at his windows? When you go to court because traffic cops confiscated your driving license for no reason and then solicited a bribe to give it back to you, and the trial drags on for a year and a half? When you even win the case but the time you spent on it was worth much more in monetary terms than the bribe itself?
I made a point of giving more or less innocuous examples. Any of us knows several such stories. What is the point of doing public opinion polls and asking people whether they trust Putin? Ask people whether they trust the Russian courts and Russian law enforcement agencies. Their answer will show you the depths of the disaster. The Russian state has forfeited its basic function, and so we are slowly returning to the state of nature. Scattered tribes roam the landscape, and whether you are safe or not depends on the biceps of your fellow tribesmen. Strong communities can defend their members, while loners and weaklings die off.
The current outrage at the prison sentence handed down to an actor is not about crackdowns, but about the degradation of the state's basic functions. This protest will only grow because the state has been vanishing before our eyes. All that remains are armed men who have monopolized power. What will be next? No one knows.
Andrey Tchabovsky
Our Motherland
We returned from a conference in Kyzyl (Tuva).
Two Germans, a respected professor, and his wife and colleague, had supplied the event with its international credentials. For over twenty years, they have invested both their money and their labor in research in Tuva. They had become fans of the place. They had made friends. They were friends to numerous local zoologists and zoologists from other parts of Russia. The professor is an honorary member of the Russian Theriological Society, an affiliate of the Russian Academy of Sciences. For the conference, they minted very nice commemorative medals, paying for them with their own money, to present to their respected Russian colleagues.
Local officials of the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education did not let them into the conference at the university and deleted their papers from the conference program. They were not even allowed into the building, all because of Kotyukov's decree about interactions with foreign scientists. It is clear the decree can and should be roundly ignored regardless of whether it is legitimate or not. It is equally clear that many people will not ignore it because of the stupid need to stay on the safe side and, so, the decree will do what it was meant to do.
It is an utterly shameful disgrace.
Thanks to Natalia Vvedenskaya for her permission to translate and publish her remarks. Thanks to Victoria Andreyeva for bringing Andrey Tchabovsky's remarks to my attention. Translated by the Russian Reader
basic functions of the state
failed state
foreign scientists
legal anarchism
Mikhail Kotyukov
Pavel Ustinov (actor)
Russian police
Russian police state
Russian Science and Higher Education Ministry
Russian Theriological Society
scientific conference
Victoria Andreyeva
Hand It Over
Spooky Knowledge and the Russian Police State


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Rikugien is a daimyo teien, or feudal lord's garden, which was created by Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, who was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate of the Edo period and is said to have been the favorite of the fifth shogun, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi.
On this extensive site, which is as large as 87,800 square meters in size, this beautiful garden was originally constructed as a kaiyushiki-tein, or promenade garden, in which the lord can stroll around, or otherwise practice horse-riding and archery. Total of seven years were spent on construction of this garden and it is not difficult to see years of effort that were put in to this magnificent garden.
The name, Rikugien, stems from waka, or a type of classical Japanese poetry.
It is a word derived from the Kokin Wakashu, or an early anthology of waka, dating from the Heian period, and believed to have been completed in the year 920. The garden is a result of an attempt to reflect the world of waka into real life.
The garden, which is said to have been loved by the shogun, Tsunayoshi, was donated to the Tokyo prefecture in 1938 and had been made open to the public ever since. The garden fortunately remained undamaged from the Kanto earthquake or the war, and still to this day, retains the same magnificence as when it was first constructed.
The highlight of the garden is certainly the azalea trees.
Azalea trees, as does cherry and plum trees, blossom in the spring, and they are an important part of the spring scenery in Japan.
Weeping cherry trees blossom towards the end of March and the leaves of the maple trees colors the garden with red and yellow through November and December. During these periods, there will be lights to beautifully illuminate the trees during night-time, which is bound create quite a special experience of the garden.
There are four places at Rikugien which you can visit to take a little break. There are Suijyo-chaya and Shinsen-tei, which are open all year, a rest area, and also Sakura-chaya, which is only open during the spring season in which cherry blossoms are in bloom.
The set of a cup of matcha green tea and a plate of Japanese sweets shaped of seasonal flowers is provided at Suijyo-chaya. Give it a try!
At Sakura-chaya, which is only open during the spring season, you will be able to have dango, or Japanese dumplings and sweets, freshly cooked on charcoal grill. Two flavors of dango are available; miso with walnuts flavor and soy sauce flavor. Grab a glass of beer and enjoy the dango while looking over the beautiful garden!
In addition, there are also tonjiru, or Japanese soup with a miso base made with pork and vegetables, and chimaki, or Japanese dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaf.
The interior of Tokyo Somei Onsen "Sakura" is reminiscent of a high-end "ryokan", a Japanese style hotel, with its serene and relaxing atmosphere.


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The Iran nuclear deal portend much for the Mideast. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks in 2014 during a press conference in Tehran, Iran.
The framework agreement over Iran's nuclear program dramatically changes the Middle East. Hard-liners and hawks may complain all they want, but things will never go back to the way they were.
The change is clearly — perhaps historically — for the better. In that part of the world, however, there is always the possibility that things will get worse. What is certain is that the post-1979 status quo of deaf, dumb and blind hostility between Iran and the West has ended. At President Obama's initiative, a new phase of the relationship has begun.
The deal appears to place considerably tougher restrictions on Iranian nuclear activities than skeptics had expected. Iran would have fewer uranium enrichment centrifuges and more years of comprehensive restrictions and monitoring than anticipated.
Here I must add the important caveat that many technical issues remain to be worked out — and, since a nuclear program is by definition technical, these unknowns are no mere details. Here is the biggest unanswered question: What happens if international inspectors come to suspect the existence of an undeclared nuclear facility somewhere in the Iranian hinterland? Do they have the right to go anywhere in the country and look at anything they want?
Translation: Um, we're still working on that.
But think for a second. What ability do we have right now to even identify potentially suspect nuclear facilities in Iran, let alone inspect them? Not much. We know what our satellites and spies tell us, but Iran is a huge country — and we've been surprised in the past to learn of nuclear sites we'd previously known nothing about.
The restrictions are intended to ensure that the "breakout" time for Iran to produce enough fuel for a nuclear weapon, should it decide to do so, would be at least a year. At present, the necessary fissile material could be produced in two or three months.
The alternative to this deal, critics say, is a better deal. But how would that be achieved? Most hawks advocate more sanctions — which haven't stopped Iran from building a vast nuclear infrastructure. A few bellicose voices call for military action — which would set back the Iranian nuclear program by a few years, but likely make the government irrevocably determined to build a bomb.
What the negotiators achieved in Lausanne, Switzerland, will be difficult to complete but even harder to undo.
Hardly mentioned in the debate is the fact that the United States was joined in the talks by Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany. If the Senate decides the deal is no good and there should be draconian new sanctions, that's all well and good. The idea might sell in Paris, where the government has been notably hawkish. But it probably won't in London or Berlin, and definitely won't in Moscow or Beijing.
The regime in Tehran is an odious theocracy, but like most governments it displays an interest in self-perpetuation. With its size, population and oil wealth, Iran does not need nuclear weapons to be a regional superpower. What it needs is the economic development that will come as sanctions are lifted.
The Iranians have decided that for now, at least, it makes sense to mothball the nuclear program and build a greater nation. Obama and the allies are gambling that after a decade or so of growing prosperity, Iran's influence in the region will become less malign. That's not a sure bet, but there's no real alternative to taking it.
Amid all the historic upheavals we're seeing in the Middle East, this is one of the biggest.


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The Halifax County Home and Tubercular Hospital is a historic hospital complex and national historic district located near Halifax, Halifax County, North Carolina.   The listing included nine contributing buildings, two contributing sites and one contributing structure including the site of the first (ca. 1845) Halifax County home and cemetery, the 1923 county home, and its neighbor, the county tubercular hospital, completed in 1925.  Other contributing resources are domestic and agricultural outbuildings. The county home was designed by architects Benton & Benton and is a Neoclassical brick building composed of a two-story central pavilion with one-story hyphenated wings.  The tubercular hospital is a one-story brick building with a gable roof.  The hospital closed in 1973. The tubercular hospital has been destroyed.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

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It's great to be back. I hope you're as excited as I am about what's in store for the Ditty of the Month Club in 2016, including interviews with some fabulous authors and editors (Douglas Florian is in the house!) and reviews of new children's poetry collections, rhyming picture books, and verse novels. Thanks for coming along for the ride!
Last month, Old Man Winter's frosty fingerprints were nowhere in sight. Now it appears he's taken up residence in a certain Manhattan studio. Believe it or not, Douglas Florian has been without heat for several weeks. (42 degrees at last check.) Fortunately, this endearing and enduring author/artist persists despite all obstacles, much as he has throughout his nearly 40 years of illustrating and writing for children. In lieu of a heat lamp, it's my pleasure to offer Douglas our first TLD spotlight of 2016.
Douglas Florian was born and now works in New York City. He has written and illustrated more than 50 children's books. These include beast feast, winner of the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, insectlopedia, a national bestseller featured on National Public Radio and The Today Show, Dinothesaurus, which was a Bank Street Best Book of the Year, and Poetrees, which School Library Journal called an "exquisite collection." He has recited his poetry at Carnegie Hall, The Museum of Modern Art of New York, and The White House, and he has visited more than 700 schools as an author/artist.
More on Douglas's art and poetry can be found at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast, at his website, and at his blog, Florian Café: A Poetry Commotion.
Grab some hot cocoa, a slice of warm ginger cake, and your coziest quilt, because there's no better recipe for winter bliss than snuggling up with Douglas' newest picture book with illustrator Sonia Sánchez: THE WONDERFUL HABITS OF RABBITS (little bee books, 2016).
Your mission, should you choose to accept, is to find a favorite young child to share it with. Shouldn't be hard to do, but choose one that appreciates the finer qualities of bunnies. Not just their cuddly exteriors, but their exuberant, fun-loving personalities. The joy they take in leaping and creeping, exploring and lazing, chewing and thumping, giggling and playing. Not that there's anything wrong with being cuddly, mind you. This book is the ultimate in warm and fuzzy!
In this title, Florian creates a rhythmic and rhyming tribute to rabbits. Unlike the bees in his UnBEElievables: Honeybee Poems and Paintings (S. & S., 2012), the habits in this title are imaginary, though Sánchez's layered paintings create a world so well matched to the poetry that readers probably won't notice…. Perfect for a lap-sit, this title works well for preschool and primary-aged storytimes and, with every rabbit different from the next, provides plenty of details for kids to pore over. VERDICT: A playful and appealing choice.
An added benefit is that children will see themselves in these rabbits, so expect to have a discussion about all of their wonderful habits too!
If you're familiar with what I would call Douglas' signature poetry—characterized by inventive language, freedom of form, and clever humor—you'll find the playfulness of THE WONDERFUL HABITS OF RABBITS quite different. It leans more toward sweet and charming, than mind-bending and witty. What does carry over, however, is Douglas' inclination toward a fresh approach, a unique perspective, and lighthearted sense of whimsy.
You can't make somebody an artist or writer. They have to catch it themselves, like the flu. I can only take them interesting places and encourage them to be observant and open-minded.
While I doubt the reason there's no heat in Douglas' studio is so that visitors can catch creative influenza, it's true that Douglas creates settings for children to play in their own imaginations. He inspires them, in words and pictures, to pick up their own pens and brushes.
Douglas Florian, outside his studio on West 52nd Street.
children of PS 111 playing in their schoolyard." –D.F.
What drives you to create books for children and what aspect(s) of your career do you enjoy the most?
In children's books today there is an enormous amount of freedom for both authors and illustrators. The only limit is one's own imagination and business restrictions of the marketplace. I always strive to create something new in a personal and heart-felt way. To do something no one else could have done.
...be dissatisfied and keep growing as a writer and an artist. When Hokusai was already 80 he said, "I hope to live to 90 so I can start to do something good." Also, keep your eyes open, your ears open and your mind open.
You began your publishing career as a cartoonist and illustrator, eventually embracing poetry and self-identifying as an "Authorstrator" with numerous collections of your own poetry and paintings. More recently, with the publication of I LOVE MY HAT (Two Lions, 2014) and three works to be published by Little Bee Books this year: THE WONDERFUL HABITS OF RABBITS, ONCE I WAS A POLLYWOG, and LEAP, FROG, LEAP, you've handed the paintbrush over to other illustrators. You're writing picture books, board books, and even chapter books. Is this all part of your personal development plan?
When I was working on my book HOW TO DRAW A DRAGON (Beach Lane Books, 2015) I had to pass my other books off to other illustrators. My dragon book took close to 2 years to finish, on and off. I'm doing chapter books as well because there is much more demand for them in schools today. It was a new and very involved experience to create two chapter books.
Are there practices from your discipline as an artist that you bring to your writing?
I get to my studio very early, about 7AM and leave rather late, usually 7 PM. Both as an artist and writer I try to be observant and open to things I see and hear, both new things and old. I also try to have something new or unique in each book.
What inspired you to write THE WONDERFUL HABITS OF RABBITS?
I took that as a dare to write something enchanting and fascinating about the habits of rabbits. That and the 77 rabbits in my home who kept nudging me.
Would you share a favorite selection from THE WONDERFUL HABITS OF RABBITS and tell us why it's a favorite?
There's playing with leaves when the autumn winds blow. In winter there's building a rabbit of snow.
I think it's funny that rabbits would not only play with leaves but build a rabbit of snow.
You must have had vivid pictures in your mind as you wrote the story. Does giving up the illustrator's hat feel like a loss of control, or is it freeing somehow? Can you give us an example of something Sonia Sánchez brings to the illustrations for THE WONDERFUL HABITS OF RABBITS that you admire?
I did indeed have pictures in my mind and I wanted the illustrator to be on the same wavelength as those pictures. When Jenna Pocius of Little Bee Books showed me the art of Sonia Sánchez from Spain I knew she was the one to do that, and then some! I'm thrilled with the job she has done, so imaginative, and with so much variety. She has such a beautiful line, her characters are so expressive, and I love her rich textures.
What are a few of your most wonderful habits?
Almost every morning I take the same train to work, sitting in the same seat. When I get to my studio I eat the same breakfast: a Chobani strawberry yogurt and a mocha frappuccino. I check my email. Read the NY Times online, call my old college buddy, and then get down to work.
Can you give us a hint about what's coming up next for you?
I will have two more board books with Little Bee, and hopefully a sequel to our rabbits book. And I also hope that my agent Rubin sells my two chapter books. That and my retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum (just joking).
I would tell them: My, what a big room this is! Let's sing some songs together!
Douglas Florian with all the world's children... give or take a few.
My ditty challenge is to write a poem about nothing.
Whoa. Talk about starting the year off with a blank slate!
Thanks also to Little Bee Books for generously offering a signed copy of THE WONDERFUL HABITS OF RABBITS for a random giveaway at the end of the month.
You are free to interpret "nothing" however you like, but nothing would please me more than seeing your poem this month!
Throughout the month, send your poems about nothing to TodaysLittleDitty (at) gmail (dot) com or use the contact form in the sidebar to the right.
Some poems may be published on the blog as daily ditties, but all of them will appear in a wrap-up celebration on January 29th, 2016.
Follow the bouncing bunnies over to The Opposite of Indifference where Tabatha Yeatts is hosting today's Poetry Friday roundup.
I love the end papers. I find end papers fascinating and such a great way to extend a story (or in this case, the bunny love).
Excellent post, Michelle and Douglas!
Ha! I subscribe to that exercise plan as well, Diane.
Happy New Year Michelle and Doug Florian. I have a short story...years ago I was a teacher and then a stay at home parent. When my hubs asked me when I was going back to work I panicked. I couldn't leave my babies! I stalled by enrolling in Library School.
Then, I. fell. in. love. with children's literature and library. Doug Florian's books were some of my earliest WOWs as a to-be-school-librarian and they are still wows for me today. Thank you for this wonderful interview. I am feeling the love for kids and words and rhyme and lit.
Thank YOU, Linda, for sharing such a wonderful story! Sounds like stalling worked out for you big time.
Good question, Tabatha... perhaps you can ask Foo Foo?
Foo Foo recommends chewing holes in things until they become nothing. I guess there's a poem in there somewhere.
Oh, yes! Do do that!
Now that's a challenge! I'll be mulling that over all day (week/month) long. I love Doug's books and I look forward to reading this one.
Wonderful interview, Michelle. Interesting challenge! I just read a picture book to my grands over the holidays, called Let's Do Nothing by Tony Fucile. Such a cute book. But a nothing poem. Hmmm. Mulling, me too.
I just took a peek at Let's Do Nothing on Amazon. It does look cute! Thanks for the heads up, Dori.
What a fascinating post. I love that he calls his college friend each morning. Connections matter. I love that he would sing songs with all the children of the world and has his studio where he can feel connected to PS children, looking out on his audience every day. I might write about nothing or I might do nothing. Nothing is as nothing does. :-) Happy New Year!
I was touched by the routine call to his friend as well, Brenda. Most definitely a wonderful habit.
This has to be one of the most awesome interviews of Douglas I've ever read! If it seems like I hang onto every word he says (or types) with stars in my eyes, it is because I'm truly star-struck by his brilliance. And he is a total sweetheart to boot! I can't wait to get my hands on The Habits of Rabbits!
Happy 2016, Michelle and Douglas!
Douglas is always so charming. Great interview -- and a terrific challenge! I think there's a lot to say about nothing. People do it all the time.
Hahaha... what a wit you are, Renée. And ain't it the truth!
Thank you for another great interview. Doug is not only a wondrous wordsmith he is a wondrous individual.
Wondrous, indeed. Takes one to know one, Lee!
I used so many of Douglas Florian's book in my teaching, and although those rabbits' habits of eating car wires has not pleased me, I love the look and rhymes in this new book. The challenge already has my mind whirling, Michelle & Doug. The weekend can be filled with "nothing"! Thanks for all, loved reading every bit.
Ahhhhhh... the dreaded car wire-eating rabbits! We won't talk about that lot. I'm trying to remember how you finally resolved that problem. (I might have to go back and search your blog.) It was quite the soap opera though, I do remember that.
There are many, many wonderful ones to choose from, Jessica. RABBITS won't be out until Feb 2nd, though.
Douglas is one of my most favorite people on the planet. He's super talented and really REALLY nice. Thanks for interviewing this awesome human.
And he's getting awesome-er by the comment! :) Looking forward to seeing what you come up with, Elaine.
Excited to hear about Douglas's upcoming books and to learn more about The Wonderful Habits of Rabbits. Since I was born in the Year of the Rabbit, I have a special affinity for them. Such a multi-talented person. Thanks for the Spotlight!
Happy New Year and happy pondering to you, Bridget!
Great challenge, and wonderful blog review! Thanks for all you both shared here, Douglas and Michelle. I'm looking forward to pouring over your latest book too.
I think you'll really like Sonia Sanchez's illustrations too, Michelle.
This was such fun! I'm a huge Douglas Florian fan. I come back to UnBEElievables often (it may be my favorite) and it has inspired me to write a couple of bee poems myself.
I have "nothing" to say about the challenge...but I might at some point. Ha!
Well aren't you the punny bunny! Of course it will make you hoppy, Penny... I would expect "nothing" less.
Thanks for the fun interview, Michelle! I love Doug Florian's work too-it's so kid-friendly and clever and the art is fun and whimsical. Looking forward to the Rabbit book!
Rumor has it "Whimsy" is his middle name, Maria: Douglas Whimsy Florian. Nice ring to it, no?
What a wonderful interview. Happy New Year to you both. I can't wait to read the rabbit book.
Fabulous interview! I loved the peek into Florian's art studio, too.
Isn't that a wonderful studio, Tara? It's no wonder he thinks of it as a favorite vacation spot. It's certainly a place I'd like to visit!
I felt the chill coming from the cold studio, as well as the warmth of rabbits, lots of rabbits. In some ways I could consider that every poem I write is about nothing. Does this mean you accept anything?
As long as you're convinced your poem is about nothing, I'm convinced, Margaret.
A Mocha frappuccino man, I knew I liked him! Thanks for your interview, Michelle - Douglas is a great guy and hugely talented. I'll look forward to writing something about nothing - who knows, it could be anything!
Mocha frappucino fans unite! Looking forward to whatever you write, Matt.
I shivered reading about Douglas's studio. Don't know how he can work there! A poem about nothing is quite a challenge. Hope I can come up with something. Thanks for the post. I can't wait to read the new book.
Stop your shivering, Rosi. Word has it the heat's finally back on!
Just (really!) finished my morning Chobani strawberry yogurt.
I have a Pavlovian response when I see the name "Douglas Florian" - I break out into an uncontrollable grin. This is definitely one of the best interviews I've read! Thank you both.
And those illustrations by Sonia Sánchez! - One of the Snow Bunny builders is chomping on a carrot - hilarious.
Okay - off to ponder nothing. Happy New Year!
Thanks so much, Robyn. :) I'm glad you enjoyed the interview... and your yogurt.
I just love his work. What a great interview, Michelle -- thanks!
Great interview! I love Florian's work & I love getting to know the life stories & routines of authors/illustrators.
Thanks for the great interview. I'm a rabid (rabbit?) fan of Douglas Florian's work, so it's good to meet the man behind the words.
A poem about nothing? Game on!
Thanks for sharing this terrific interview, Michelle! I love Florian's poetry and have been sharing it with my students for years. I'm looking forward to getting back into the habit of writing poems for your ditty challenges, and actually have an idea for one about nothing! Happy New Year!
Thanks for the grand interview--I am a florianfan. And a poem about nothing? hmmm....there's an interesting challenge!
I know you're up for it, Buffy!
Wow, Michelle, how awesomely beautiful. His words about his favorite vacation spot are so cool. I LOVE THAT. LOVE IT! And LOVE him! Poetry about nothing, eh? Happy New Year, Michelle.
I totally agree about his favorite vacation spot, Robyn. Makes me want my own writing studio. Happy new year!
Did that fabulous author/artist/humanbean get above 42 degress in that creative space yet??? HOPE SO!
Appreciations to you both, MHB & DF for much ado about 'nuttin.
could be a flash in the pan.
He did, Jan! See his comment two down from here.
You made a snowbunny? Really? I have a photo of me as a child in New York with a snowkitty I had made. Pretty darn cute if I say so myself.
Happy to report there is HEAT in my studio finally! A big warm hug and thank you to all those who responded on Michelle's Marvelous blog! And thank you, Michelle!
Hooray for heat! Warm hug accepted and returned, Douglas.
Michelle, I am just catching up with my reading and am thrilled that you showcased Douglas Florian. I have been a fan of his since the 90s when he visited my elementary school. His beautiful illustrations and poetry thrilled the elementary aged children and all of the teachers. Each year, I kept copies of his books in my reading room for Read Alouds. His career has been one filled with joyful writings. Thanks for sharing his back thoughts and some of his poetry. I would be interested in writing about nothing so let me see if nothing takes shape.
Loved the interview and can't wait to get my hand on that delightful rabbit-ful book! I'm also mulling over the challenge to write a poem about nothing and can't wait to see what others create. Thanks!
Terrific interview. Love his work immensely. Am thinking about the nothing challenge.


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It guarantees education in the state language, which is Russian.
Under the law, which was signed December 31, the right to an education in the languages of Russia's ethnic minorities is officially recognized, but not completely guaranteed.
The law states that classes in non-Russian languages cannot be conducted to the detriment teaching in the Russian language.
It goes into effect on September 1, 2013.
When the draft of the law was under consideration in the Duma, it sparked protest rallies in several regions, including Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, and Chuvashia.
Critics said it would accelerate the decline of indigenous languages.
The issue gained nationwide attention when some ethnic Russian residents in Tatarstan protested against the mandatory teaching of Tatar in the republic's Russian schools.
*CORRECTION: This article has been corrected to reflect the law's effect on indigenous languages in Russia.


Few days when I posted the poem on tears I posted few lines of a ghazal by Saba Afghani. The mentioned ghazal sung by legendary Jagjit singh has been my long time favorite with all the couplets are perfect gem in theirselves.
And I face doom every day when with my lover my eyes are met. The lines above though are self explaining still it can have two interpretations. One is of joy that when ever we meet I forget it all about the world except you. And other is of sadness that when I see you and the knowledge that I'm not going to get you ends the world for me.
It's not love if it doesn't gives you Strength to bear pain as crying and cribbing is unbecoming of love.
Tears are valuable till they hide behind the eyelids, once they are out they are nothing but water.
Those tough mysteries of gazal you have simplified for starters like me.
And all of them are awesome touching every lovers heart.
Ghazhals have always been thought to be a boring form of music by younger generations due to its slow music and difficult words. It'd be my pleasure if I can people enjoy these ghazals by elaborating their meaning.


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Q: Is there any good examples for molecule roles that uses kvm? so far getting {'lint': ['must be of string type']} error I've being trying to run find good repositories or examples of using molecule with kvm. But so far all of them gets this.
{'lint': ['must be of string type']}
I have no clue how to fix this. Like this
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dependency:
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driver:
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lint:
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provisioner:
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verifier:
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A: This error is because your molecule has been updated to version 3 while your test code is still with version 2.
For version 3, use
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Molecule 3 allows multiple linting tools at the same time, and you can specify them as array.

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Overall, having a pet is darn *good* for your health, especially when you have a chronic illness like arthritis.
"Keeping pets promotes overall health, including psychological and social health, which are important factors that can influence symptoms of arthritis," says rheumatologist Jamal A. Mikdashi, MD, associate professor of medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
One of the most gratifying qualities about your pet is that it doesn't pass judgment or shame you on the days you're not feeling so hot. A 2011 study found that pet parents have a greater sense of self-esteem, are less lonely, and more physically active. Even better, the same study showed pets softened the blow when people felt social rejection, which is something people with chronic pain commonly feel when they have to forgo time with family and friends because of arthritis flares and fatigue.
Our cats and dogs are genuine members of the family — our furbabies — but as much as we love snuggling on the sofa with them, the hands-on care of walking, grooming, and feeding can be difficult when our body aches from arthritis pain.
No doubt, the benefits of having a furry companion are many, but caring for your pet's daily needs can be hard to manage on some days. "Caring responsibilities may be limited by joint pain and functional impairment related to arthritic conditions," says Dr. Mikdashi. "Rotator cuff [shoulder] injury may occur when there is an increased strain; for example, when pulling the dog during a walk or resisting sudden tugging by the dog." If you have bad arthritis in your knees, you may be more likely to trip and fall when caring for your cat or dog, he adds.
It's not just the joint pain or injuries that pet parents should be concerned about. It's also bending over to pick up your cat or the motion you make when you throw a tennis ball for fetch.
"Regardless of the type of arthritis, limitations in strength and range of motion abound," says occupational therapist Melissa Winkle, OTR/L, FAOTA, president of Dogwood Therapy Services in Albuquerque, New Mexico and author of Professional Applications of Animal Assisted Interventions: Blue Dog Book.
That's why the following tips, tools, and modifications from Winkle and pet parents who have arthritis are so encouraging. They give us real hope that we can have an active role in our furbaby's care, despite our own physical limitations.
When your dog or cat has a coat that requires brushing, it can get, well, hairy if your hands are achy or if you need to bend or lift your furbaby to brush them. Ann Nesterud of Stockholm, Sweden, says her cat makes it easier for her. "She jumps up on the bed when its time for brushing." She's not sure who trained whom, but it works for them.
A brush that is comfortable to use is essential. Winkle suggests to build up the brush handle with a foam material like the kind used to insulate pipes. Self-cleaning brushes with a push-button release remove hair from the bristles for easy clean-up.
Use a brush specifically made for your pet's hair. For short hair, Winkle recommends a massage brush that fits in your hand without the discomfort of holding onto to a handle. A wire or boar hair palm brush that does not require as much grasp or strength is ideal for a pet with medium to long hair.
Giving your dog (or cat) a bath isn't the highlight of anyone's day, but the task is a lot more manageable when you have access to the same equipment dog groomers use. Check your city for a dog self-washing facility.
"They provide all you need and include bathtubs that raise and lower with the push of a button and hand-held sprayers that keep the water right where you want it," says Winkle. Power dryers with handles or wide grips also help your hands, and you and your dog can stay stable on your feet with no-slip mats. Winkle says these stations charge a fraction of regular grooming prices.
If you prefer to bathe your dog at home, choose bathing tools that are less taxing on your body. Winkle recommends a hand-held showerhead. This pet bathing tool straps on your hand so you can use both hands to wash and stabilize your dog. Or choose a handheld showerhead with an extra long hose, so you have the option to sit or stand near the tub. Control the water with the easy on/off switch in the handle instead of fumbling to reach the faucet knob. Have all your supplies within reach and use a non-slip bath mat in the shower for your dog.
Nesterud has a litter box for each cat, but the quality is far more important than price. "I use a high-quality clumping litter and keep a generous layer of litter in each box. With regular scooping, I don't have to change it all very often." If pouring the litter gets to be an issue, she pours it into a smaller container to top off the litter box after scooping. Another option to consider is a self-cleaning litter box with no scooping and more extended periods between cleaning the box.
The easiest way to feed our furbabies would be to drop a piece of food from our meals while we're sitting at the table, but that's not healthy for their digestive system. When your hands are aching, jumbo pet food bags can be difficult to open, seal, and pour from. Nesterud keeps a small container of cat food near the feeding station and refills it from a larger bin, so she doesn't have to pour from a heavy bag every day.
Bending over to feed the dogs can be a daunting task too, but there are a couple of solutions for it. "There are a variety of raised feeders [like this one or this one] that can prevent further injury or balance issues as they are raised off the ground," says Winkle. And what about those days when your cat or dog wakes you up for breakfast before you're ready to get out of bed? A timed feeder is ideal as it automatically dispenses food on time so if you're having a flare, you don't have to worry manipulating bags or your pet not getting fed on time.
Dogs especially lap up water frequently, leaving you to refill large bowls frequently. Winkle recommends a BPA-free pet water dispenser that only requires a weekly refill of water. That will significantly reduce water spills from carrying the bowl and carrying and bending bowls, heavy with water.
According to Winkle, the leash and lead are the critical components for safer and more enjoyable walks. These tools ensure more parental control than painful choke chains or ping collars. A round slip leash made from materials such as polypropylene is softer than nylon. Or use foam pipe insulation to pad your leash handle. The length and type of leash keep walks more manageable too. "Keep the leash at four feet in length to decrease mechanical advantage of a dog gaining speed over distance to pull you down," advises Winkle.
And while the comfortable handles on retractable leashes are tempting, Winkle discourages using them as the inconsistent leash length can confuse pets about boundaries and can cause injuries, especially for people with balance issues.
Parker, Byron's energetic Labrador, pulls a lot on his walks. "It causes my right shoulder to hurt, and I get nervous that he will trip me because my knees are weak and stiff," she says. Her osteoarthritis is in her knees, shoulders, and back so with Parker's pulling, her walks with him are limited to her yard.
A refresher in obedience training is part of Byron's plan for a more enjoyable walk and peace of mind. Winkle has a DIY suggestion. "Try putting natural peanut butter on a long plastic spoon and offering a lick when your dog is in the correct position. Soon, he will know to stay right next to you." If your hand is particularly achy, try a lick stick, a treat offered in a roll-on container with an attached sturdy string.
Robertson's dogs are large and walking both at the same time wouldn't be possible with a traditional lead. She uses a gentle leader head collar, much like a horses' head collar. Winkle also proposes a well fit harness for more stability, or a cross body leash to provide a hands-free walk if your balance and postural strength are good.
Robertson, of Canterbury, Kent in the UK, knows the importance of keeping warm when you have arthritis. "I make sure that I don't get cold by wearing arthritis gloves under ordinary ones in the winter." She also tosses a few hand heaters in her pockets.
After a long day, Bekker heads for her comfort zone: on the sofa with Beau.


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'You have to find your identity outside of acting in order to survive'
A conversation with Durango native, LA-based actress Karina Wolfe
By: Anya Jaremko-Greenwold
DGO Staff Writer
Courtesy of Karina Wolfe
Actress Karina Wolfe as Lance Corporal Gentry in the film "Soul Stealer."
Actress Karina Wolfe as Emily in the film "Innocent."
Actress Karina Wolfe as Samantha in the film "Wichita."
Actress Karina Wolfe
What: "Collected Stories" presented by The Merely PlayersWhen: 6:30 p.m. Aug. 12, 13 (sold out), 17, 18, 19, 20; 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20Where: Durango Public Library Cost: $22 Tickets and more information: http://merelyplayers.us/
Acting is one of the most competitive, belittling, exhausting lines of work you can possibly pursue. Karina Wolfe, who grew up in Durango but now lives in Los Angeles, knows the struggle better than most of us. Wolfe has returned to her hometown to star in a Mona Wood-Patterson-directed Merely Players production opening Aug. 12: Donald Marguiles' play "Collected Stories," about the complicated relationship between a writer and her student. It will be performed at the Durango Public Library and features only two characters (Wolfe and local actress and artist Maureen May) talking over a six-year period. We spoke to Wolfe about how brutal the industry is and her advice for young actor hopefuls.
How did you become interested in acting?I was in ballet starting at 3 years old. When I was 9 or 10, my ballet teacher was like, 'You're more interested in playing the characters than learning the choreography. You should be an actor.' Pretty much by middle school, I was obsessed. I love sinking in and discovering the truth that the writer left behind. Getting to touch an audience. You do the preparation, then wait for the mystery and the magic in the moment.
How does stage acting compare to film? They're both great in different ways. With theater, you get the chance to really live in it for an extended period of time. You get a lot more rehearsal, and dive a lot deeper with someone directing you. With film, they tell you where to stand and at what angles, but you have to do a lot of the work yourself. Then it's nice, because you get to do it several times. You usually do it in little chunks.
What's something people wouldn't expect goes on behind the scenes of a film?Just how many people are standing next to you, watching. There's usually way more crew than cast. So even if it feels really intimate, there's anywhere from six to 25 people in the room, staring at you. That's something I had to get used to.
How is acting in LA different from acting in Durango? There's a lot more opportunity in LA, but it's also harder to get those opportunities. There's so many people fighting for even the non-paying student film with one line. So much of it becomes about selling yourself, playing the game, trying to get an agent, going to casting director workshops. But then you're like, 'Wait, I haven't actually acted or fulfilled my artist's soul in a while.' If you live in a smaller community, a lot of the time you get to work more. In San Francisco I was working all the time, going from play to play. After a while I didn't even really have to audition, people just know when you're a strong actor and invite you to do shows.
There are a lot of people in LA seeking the fame and celebrity, not necessarily valuing the work or training. And then it's like, 'Oh, everyone's an actor, I have to think of something else to say.' You have to find your identity outside of acting in order to survive.
Any advice for young people who want to get into the industry? Take the time to find love in your life – whether it's with friends or family or a romantic partner. Surrounding yourself with people that make you happy, and getting some hobbies that make you happy, too, so you're not putting all your eggs in one basket. There's a lot of rejection. Though you don't have to look at it as rejection – just going out and finding the audition process part of the fun of acting and not having expectations. Which is hard. And knowing yourself, being confident; if you don't get a part, it doesn't mean you're not an actor. Some of the best conversations I've had with people I respect and would love to work with someday happened through my restaurant, where I get to wait on a lot of celebrities. Some of the strongest connections have been made talking about politics, brewing kombucha or cooking. People want to talk to you as a person, not just as an actor trying to make an opportunity. So have other interests!
Do you have a dream role you'd like to play?I love to play dark, emotionally-wounded characters. Innocent, but damaged. Drug addicts and things like that. I'm not sure why; I think it's because I feel pretty grounded in my life.
What's something you don't like about the industry?It's cruel. Especially in my range, like a white girl who looks in her 20s, it's so saturated in LA. A lot of the times the part goes to the hot chick or someone who knows someone. It's hard to get to the next step. It's hard to get an agent without legit credits. You could be acting your whole life, but if you don't have "CSI" or any recognizable movie credits, it's hard to get an agent. Yet it's also hard to get the auditions for those parts without representation! So it's a catch-22 if you're not well-connected, don't have a famous family member, if you're not extraordinarily beautiful or really rich. But it's an exciting challenge. It's definitely possible, it just takes a lot of work and time.
Anya Jaremko-Greenwold
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Bob Moriarty of 321 Gold discusses some basics of resources investing and discusses a company that has released some promising drill results from its Nevada project.
I've been working on a new book about investing in junior resource stocks for quite a while now. I haven't actually written anything but I have been aggressively thinking about actually writing. Someday.
When I do a book, I'm like a cow chewing a cud. I munch and munch and eventually I sit down and start typing. I've pretty much got the book written before I feed a sheet of paper into my printer. I spend a lot of time thinking as I chew.
Unbeknownst to GATA or the other PermaBulls who believe some munchkin at the Federal Reserve pulls the levers all of the time, markets go up and markets go down. They all do and they do it constantly. So if someone is telling you silver is the rarest mineral known to mankind and it should go up everyday of the week, forever, he's lying to you in order to get you to pay for a subscription to his service. In short he's like a bible thumping preacher or politician, he wants your support and he specializes in telling you the lies you want to hear.
I'll give you are great example that pretty much proves my point. I introduced my readers to American Pacific Mining Corp. (USGD:CSE) in May, right at two months ago. Since I pretty much covered the important issues, you should go back and reread it.
American Pacific's jewel in the crown is the Tuscarora gold project in Nevada. It's a favorite of Quinton Hennigh who drilled it many years ago when he worked for Newcrest. Discovered in 1875, the district has had past producing high-grade gold mining done. Novo drilled it but it was back burner target and Novo optioned it to American Pacific a year ago.
American Pacific just completed a 16-hole drill program. On the 28th of June they released the first five holes with excellent results. Over the next month or so, the company will be releasing the assays from the next 11 holes. So what has the stock done over the past few months? It's gone down. At $0.36 a share on May 4th, it's dropped almost 50%. But the project is the same, the management is the same, the country risk is identical but the price is down a lot. Because stocks go up and stocks go down and you either ride the tide or you drown.
I'm on record calling for a low about now. The DSI is in place, the COTs are more or less favorable and if we saw a washout in gold shares it would be wonderful. The tide is about to come back in and when it does, it lifts all boats.
American Pacific is an advertiser. I have participated in the PP and I still own shares so I have to be biased. But the July rise in gold and shares is about here and for the next two months the wind should be on our backs. Do your own due diligence.
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Trouble for bubble tea shops as San Francisco bans plastic straws
Food // Restaurants
Jonathan Kauffman Aug. 6, 2018 Updated: Aug. 6, 2018 2:37 p.m.
Trouble for bubble tea shops as San Francisco bans...
1of8Compostable straw alternatives being tested at the Boba Guys store in San Francisco , Calif., on Monday, July 16, 2018. Board of Supervisors votes tomorrow on a plastic-straw ban that would go into effect at the end of July. It may have a large impact on the city's hundreds of shops and restaurants that serve bubble tea, because there are so few alternatives to the fat plastic straws essential to drinking the beverage. Boba Guys has done a ton of research on alternatives.Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle
2of8The Boba Guys store in San Francisco is on a quest for straws to replace plastic ones. Alternative reusable straws come apart for cleaning.Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle
3of8Customers order drinks at a Boba Guys store in San Francisco. The stores are searching for a new kind of straw.Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle
4of8Alternative straws made of metal, bamboo, and reusable plastic are being tested at the Boba Guys store.Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle
5of8Compostable straw alternatives are being tested at the Boba Guys store in San Francisco.Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle
6of8Kris Gilmour (left) and Andrew Chau of Boba Guys display alternatives to plastic straws.Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle
7of8The Boba Guys stores in San Francisco are seeking alternatives to plastic straws that work with the big tapioca pearls in their drinks.Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle
As the San Francisco Board of Supervisors prepares to vote on an ordinance banning plastic straws, hundreds of small-business owners could be impacted by one problem: bubble tea.
You can drink a cocktail without a straw. You can drink a 32-ounce cola without a straw. But ferrying huge tapioca pearls from the bottom of an icy cup of tea to your mouth? Not going to happen with a spoon. As Andrew Chau, co-owner of the San Francisco-based chain Boba Guys, said, "We literally can't have an operation without straws."
If the ordinance passes as drafted on July 31, set to take effect in July 2019, local businesses that sell takeaway cups and lids made out of compostable plastic can't use straws made from the same material. For the hundreds of independent businesses that sell bubble tea, many of them immigrant-owned, finding a supply of the compostable bubble tea straws may be almost impossible.
On May 15, Supervisor Katy Tang, speaking at a press conference at Boba Guys on Fillmore Street, introduced the Plastic and Litter Reduction Ordinance. The ordinance bans plastic straws, stir sticks, toothpicks and those nameless things cafes stick into your coffee cup lid to prevent your latte from splashing onto your shirt collar.
San Francisco is far from the only city to propose a straw ban. Seattle's took effect on July 1. Alameda, Oakland, Santa Cruz, Davis, Berkeley and San Luis Obispo are all considering or have proposed similar bans. So have the United Kingdom and Taiwan. Large corporations such as Alaska Airlines and Starbucks have already pledged to ban straws.
In San Francisco, city supervisors have found support from the San Francisco Department of the Environment, which oversees the city's Zero Waste policy. By weight, plastic straws and stirrers may represent a tiny percentage of all the plastic trash going into landfills, said department director Debbie Raphael, but straws are easily picked up by the wind or the water flowing through storm drains. "Their very small nature makes them so detrimental to the environment and so difficult to deal with," she said.
Boba, or bubble tea — a Taiwanese invention that first appeared in the Bay Area in the mid-1990s — is ubiquitous in San Francisco. According to Yelp, 86 San Francisco businesses in its listings are specifically labeled as dedicated bubble tea shops. Many more places include bubble tea drinks on their menus: The phrase "bubble tea" is mentioned in the reviews for more than 250 local businesses in total.
Andrew Chau and co-founder Bin Chen, who run five Boba Guys shops in San Francisco and another five elsewhere in California and on the East Coast, decided a few months ago to back the San Francisco ordinance, which they say dovetails with their company's commitment to sustainability.
Since then, the challenges the ordinance will pose for the bubble tea industry have become more apparent. It's not just that straws are essential for sucking the large tapioca pearls out of bubble tea, it's that the tools in question are specialty straws — 11 millimeters in diameter, compared with 5 millimeters for normal straws. Tang, who said she brings a metal straw with her when she goes to bubble tea shops, adds that most of the plastic boba straws are wrapped in even more plastic.
Last fall, Boba Guys director of operations Kris Gilmour brought in samples of compostable straws to test, ranging from thick paper straws to hollowed bamboo tubes to metal straws. All represented a big increase in expenses, especially considering that the San Francisco stores give out 2 million straws a year: Whereas plastic straws cost 1 to 3 cents apiece, paper costs 7 to 19 and compostable plastic 7 to 20.
Boba Guys soon found a supplier to make what the company said are the first bubble tea straws made of polylactic acid, or PLA, in the United States. PLA, generally made from corn starch, is the same degradable plastic used in the compostable cups and lids that San Francisco's composting program accepts.
Chau said that, last month, he called Tang's office to tell her aide that he found the perfect replacement. His moment of triumph was short-lived, however. "I hate to break it to you," Chau said the aide replied, "but PLA is out of the ordinance."
Supervisor Tang confirms that PLA straws will also be banned. (For the record, Seattle's ordinance allows them.) "PLA is designed to break down in high-heat settings, which is not the oceans," Department of the Environment director Raphael said. "That straw or lid, if it ends up in the ocean, it's not breaking down."
Problem No. 2: San Francisco's composting facility provides an environment that does degrade PLA, but straws are too small and light for the mechanized sorter to capture them. Because PLA straws look too much like conventional plastic ones, human eyes can't catch them, either.
Boba Guys staff said they know of three other straw possibilities: jumbo paper straws from Indiana's Aardvark, which are thick enough to stay intact for a good 30 minutes of sipping; paper straws from Petaluma's World Centric; and food-grade, seaweed-based plastic from a new company called Loliware, which Tang confirms would be allowed under the new ordinance.
The rub: None of them is currently available.
Given the consumption rates of Boba Guys' five locations, supplying San Francisco's dedicated bubble tea shops may require straws on the magnitude of 30 million to 35 million — and that's not including all the other cafes that serve iced tea with tapioca pearls.
Because of the rush to order paper straws, Aardvark already has a long backlog. Jumbo straws from neither of the other two companies are on the market yet. Loliware CEO Chelsea Briganti said that by the end of 2019, her company will be able to produce straws by the hundreds of millions, some of which will include bubble tea straws.
San Francisco may be offering businesses a year's grace period, but it may not be enough. Given the national — even global — interest in switching to compostable straws, the bans are likely to outpace supply, at least for the first few years.
The Department of the Environment insists that even after July 1, 2019, it's committed to working with businesses to secure alternatives rather than issuing fines.
"If there is a moment when this goes into effect when you're unable to source the straws you need," Raphael said, "let's talk about it and see what we can do to help."
Jonathan Kauffman is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: jkauffman@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @jonkauffman
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If Women (and Men) Rose Rooted
12th December 2019By Roz SavageEnvironment, Women
If Women (and Men) Rose RootedRoz Savage2019-12-12T10:42:22+00:00
"We are bleeding at the roots, because we are cut off from the earth and sun and stars, and love is a grinning mockery, because, poor blossom, we plucked it from its stem on the tree of Life, and expected it to keep on blooming in our civilised vase on the table."
— D.H. Lawrence
Today is general election day in the UK, so having now cast my vote (Green), I am attempting to think about anything but the results, which now lie firmly outside the realm-of-things-I-can-do-something-about.
So I'd like to turn to a book that I read recently, If Women Rose Rooted, that resonated with me very much, written as it was by a fellow refugee from the corporate world who found great solace and meaning in nature as she pursued the Eco-Heroine's Journey, as she calls it. (If you're a guy, please don't stop reading, as I believe this is actually the human journey back to wholeness, and has many similarities with Mac Macartney's beautiful book, The Children's Fire, which is also about the urgent need to mend our broken contract with the Earth.)
According to the blurb on her website, "Sharon Blackie leads women on a quest to find their necessary and unique place in the world, drawing inspiration from the wise and powerful females in her native [Celtic] mythology, and guidance from contemporary women who have re-rooted themselves in land and community and taken responsibility for shaping the future."
I know and very much admire a couple of these contemporary women: Scilla Elworthy, who has been nominated three times for the Nobel Peace Prize, and last year wrote an article for my women's organisation, The Sisters. And Polly Higgins, who passed away too soon earlier this year.
According to Blackie, women have had some bad PR over the last couple of millennia. The book of Genesis did us no favours:
"In this story, the first woman was the cause of all humanity's sufferings: she brought death to the world, not life. She had the audacity to talk to a serpent. Wanting the knowledge and wisdom which had been denied her by a jealous father-god, she dared to eat the fruit of a tree. Even worse, she shared the fruit of knowledge and wisdom with her man. So that angry and implacable god cast her and her male companion out of paradise, and decreed that women should be subordinate to men for ever afterwards."
Blackie says that over time this story made her:
"Angry, because it justifies a world in which men still have almost all the real power over the cultural narrative – the stories we tell ourselves about the world, about who and what we are, where we came from and where we're going – as well as the way we behave as a result of it."
(If this doesn't ring true with you, I recommend you take a look at Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, by Carrie Criado-Perez. It's an eye-opening – and occasionally eye-popping – insight into the many ways that our world is still designed for a "default human" who happens to be male.)
Blackie goes on:
"As I grew older still, I grew angry about other things, too: things that might seem on the surface to have nothing to do with the story of Eve, or the disempowerment of women – but which in fact are profoundly related. The same kinds of acts that are perpetrated against us, against our daughters and our mothers, are perpetrated against the planet: the Earth which gives us life; the Earth with which women have for so long been identified. Our patriarchal, warmongering, growth-and-domination-based culture has caused runaway climate change, the mass extinction of species, and the ongoing destruction of wild and natural landscapes in the unstoppable pursuit of progress."
(Riane Eisler also points to domination-based culture as the root cause of much that ails the world, in The Chalice and the Blade. In fact, this has been a recurring theme in much of the reading I have done over the last couple of years: when we enact a narrative of domination, it crops up in every aspect of our culture – economic, geopolitical, racial, gender… and ecological.)
To return to If Women Rose Rooted:
"The world which men have made isn't working. Something needs to change. To change the world, we women need first to change ourselves – and then we need to change the stories we tell about who we are. The stories we've been living by for the past few centuries – the stories of male superiority, of progress and growth and domination – don't serve women and they certainly don't serve the planet. Stories matter, you see. They're not just entertainment – stories matter because humans are narrative creatures.
"If the foundation stories of our culture show women as weak and inferior, then however much we may rail against it, we will be treated as if we are weak and inferior. Our voices will have no traction. But if the mythology and history of our culture includes women who are wise, women who are powerful and strong, it opens up a space for women to live up to those stories… To be taken seriously, and to have our voices heard."
Sharon Blackie near her home in Donegal, Ireland
This is what Blackie goes on to do, very much focusing on "we women need first to change ourselves – and then we need to change the stories we tell about who we are". So guys, this isn't having a go at you. We know we all need to work together to create a better future, but we women have some serious work to do to get our own house in order.
"For all my railing against the patriarchy, my own journey wasn't one which made men the enemy; it was a journey in which men and women could become allies, and the stories which guided me arose from a culture in which both men and women were valued for the different things they brought to the world."
This isn't about "leaning in" (a la Cheryl Sandberg) to the masculine world, this is about women's yin/inner journey, coming up with a better story about what it means to be born female at this time in history.
Part of the work is overcoming the dualistic worldview that has emerged out of Western philosophy over the last 2,000 years, which places us in opposition to ourselves and our environment: mind over matter, men over women, humans over nature. This harks back to the Eastern concepts of yin and yang that I wrote about the other week (in The Yin of Conservation): the Tao is non-dual, in that everything contains the seed of its opposite, and each aspect depends for its existence on what it is not. It is about unity and balance, not separation and domination.
Blackie draws heavily on Celtic mythology, reminding us that we have had powerful female role models within these shores.
"Celtic mythology depicts a society in which women – almost exclusively – held a form of moral and spiritual authority which not only rose directly out of the land itself, but which carried all the weight of the Otherworld… The Celtic divine female in her various incarnations was deeply grounded and rooted in place, indivisible from her distinctive, haunting landscapes."
She draws a contrast between Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey, which focused on the personal transformation of the individual, and the Heroine's Journey, which she believes is "a journey to understanding how deeply enmeshed we are in the web of life on this planet" and "requires us to step into our own power and take back our ancient, native role as its guardians and protectors."
I'll finish with this quote, which is long, but worth reading in its entirety:
Margaret Thatcher was not a great champion of women (!)
"When women seek success and 'equality' in a male-dominated world, then in order to achieve it we must act like men, play by their rules and, if they deign to allow us, join their societies and institutions. We are judged by masculine criteria for success – and inevitably we fall short, because we are not men. The best we can ever hope to be is not-quite-men, not quite good enough. We live, then, in a culture by the standards of which most women are doomed to fail. But it is easier by far just to go with the system, because this world values women who do: women who stick to the rules, women who do not rock the boat, women who do not push for more. Women who are like men, or women who become what men want them to be. But in becoming what we are not, in colluding with the patriarchy, we are cut off from the source of our own creativity, from the wild mystery and freedom which makes our hearts sing… And in following this path, we prop up and perpetuate the system which destroys us and the planet. In living like this, we embrace the Wasteland… We are caught not only in an industrial wasteland, but in a Wasteland of the heart and the spirit. The Wasteland is not just outside of us, a sickness in the system, in our culture: the Wasteland is in ourselves… The Heroine's Journey for these times is a journey out of the Wasteland."
For the record, Sharon Blackie is not anti-men. She has even married a couple of them (not at the same time, obviously). But I would say that she is anti-patriarchy, meaning she is frustrated by systems that advantage men at the expense of women. Her invitation to women is a positive one: to be proud of their gender, and find their voices, while being grounded in deep connection with nature.
I would suggest that the same invitation could equally be extended to men. We ALL need to respect the Earth that we rely on for more than our physical wellbeing – this is about our emotional and spiritual wellbeing too.
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A few years ago, Jan Howard nearly fell victim to an online scam. Someone contacted the 63-year-old Toronto resident to tell her that her nephew had been in a car accident. Because the individual knew personal details about her, including her name, address and her nephew's name, she believed him. It was only when she rushed out to wire $2,000 to the fraudster that a neighbor, who had heard of others receiving similar requests, told her it was a scam. "The fact I almost got caught is amazing to me," says Jan.
Jan can take comfort in knowing that many others have succumbed to scams, too. According to the Federal Trade Commission1, hackers and other nefarious individuals stole $1 billion from Americans last year, with online and email fraud accounting for $241 million of that total. "We know the number of these types of incidents is going up," says Corey Carlisle, Executive Director of the Washington-based American Bankers Association2.
A McMaster University report3 estimates that 5.4% of older adults become victims of financial fraud. The reasons for elder fraud are simple: older people have more money saved than younger generations. A Nielsen report4 found that half of U.S. adults were older than 50 and in control of about 70% of the country's disposable income. Additionally, as people get older, certain health issues can leave them more vulnerable to hackers.
Fortunately, there are ways to help protect yourself and your loved ones from cyber fraud.
KEEP AN EYE ON FAMILY MEMBERS
Online scammers do extensively target the elderly, says Carlisle, so family members need to be on watch. "We're trying to reinforce the notion of financial caregiving," he says. Pay attention to a loved one's financial activity – be mindful of any odd transactions being made or unusual checks being written – and make sure they don't stray from their financial routine. Not everyone will have access to a parent's bank account, but you can still be on guard: If a family member's credit card gets declined, or you notice bills piling up on the kitchen table, then start investigating further.
BE OPEN ABOUT UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
Talking to loved ones about cyber fraud is important, too, says Carlisle. If you notice an odd email in your family member's inbox, don't be shy to ask them who it's from. It's also a good idea to talk about the kinds of scams and frauds that are being perpetrated. "We really encourage people to speak openly with people in their family," says Carlisle.
AVOID SUSPICIOUS EMAILS AND REQUESTS
According to the American Association of Retired Persons5, families need to make sure their loved ones understand proper Internet usage. For instance, tell elderly family members to avoid clicking on online pop-up ads, as that can install malware on a computer. As well, do make sure they don't open emails from unknown sources or click on links asking for personal information. Be careful about having them sell products on online auction sites, too, as that can allow fraudsters to pose as buyers who then end up paying with counterfeit checks or money orders.
If there are any signs of fraudulent activity in any bank account, act quickly to resolve it, says Carlisle.
As for Jan, she's screening calls with caller ID, tracking what scams are occurring by watching media reports and she has reported fraudulent calls to the police. "If someone (asks me to do something), I don't say just 'yes,'" she says. "I protect myself."
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