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About a year ago the Orthodox Union (OU) commissioned a rabbinic panel of seven prominent Orthodox rabbis to address the topic of female clergy in Orthodox synagogues. After meeting among themselves and with many other community leaders and laypeople over the course of several months, the panel issued their final ruling: women cannot serve as clergy members in Orthodox synagogues. An explanation of the psak by the panel was released alongside a statement by the OU about three weeks ago.
The whole affair, which has been extensively covered by news outlets, communal figures, and laypeople alike, touches on countless issues relating to female involvement in Orthodox Jewish spiritual life beyond the question of female clergy. These complex issues have already been treated by many individuals far more qualified than myself to discuss communal matters, halacha, or women's topics. Still, as a student at Stern I do feel compelled to speak about one particular issue noted in the ruling of the rabbinic panel — advanced Torah learning for women.
The rabbinic panel, in its statement elaborating on its final decision, endorsed advanced Torah learning for women as a communal good: "The spiritual growth of our community is dependent upon a steady stream of talented women both serving as role models and teachers, and filling positions of influence. As a community, we need the best and brightest women – and men – to be motivated and well-trained to pursue careers in avodat hakodesh, whether in schools, synagogues or chesed organizations."
The OU was sure to note this stance in their accompanying statement: "the Panel has […] proclaimed – and celebrated – the important, and fundamentally successful roles that women can and must play within our communal and synagogue structures, including as educators and scholars [….] As articulated by the Rabbinic Panel, women can and should teach Torah, including at advanced and sophisticated levels; give shiurim and divrei Torah."
The OU's statement on the psak even went so far as to commit the organization to "removing barriers that impede women from further contributing to our community, in halachically appropriate ways."
Out of the seven Rabbis who served on the OU's panel, six are currently serving as YU Roshei Yeshiva or faculty. They are each inarguably prominent and influential members of the university. These spiritual leaders of YU have proclaimed – even celebrated – the importance of advanced Torah learning for women. As a halachic ruling is no place for ambiguities, I must presume that, since it was not otherwise noted, this celebration includes all types of advanced Torah study – Tanach, philosophy, halacha, history, and Talmud.
And so, as a student of Stern seeking advanced Talmud study as a part of my education, I read these portions of the statement with mixed feelings – I am at once encouraged and frustrated. My reaction is mixed for a simple reason: it is a fact of my university that as a Stern student, my opportunities for Talmud study at "advanced and sophisticated levels" are not equal to those of my male peers at YC, specifically those in the Yeshiva Program (YP) or Beit Midrash Program (BMP). And yet, despite this fact, here in these statements my university's religious leaders tell me that they do value, even celebrate, advanced Torah study for women as a communal good. Here they tell me that women should be "well-trained to pursue careers in avodat hakodesh." Could they possibly mean that women should be "well trained," or teach on "advanced and sophisticated" levels just as men should, except when it comes to Talmud?
I readily acknowledge that I am–at least currently–a minority voice in the larger Stern student body. Certainly the many students who desire advanced Torah study but do not look for it in Talmud, are able find satisfaction at Stern, no less than their male counterparts are able to find it at YC. Stern undeniably offers superb, challenging courses in Jewish subjects ranging from Tanach to Jewish philosophy, and for that I am exceedingly grateful. But even in light of this, it is also undeniable that in terms of Talmud study the opportunities at Stern as compared to YC are gapingly scant. To be sure, the advanced, intermediate, and beginner-level Talmud courses offered each semester at Stern are certainly of a high quality. Still, an examination of the disparate educational realities at our institution make it difficult to deny an inequality in Talmud education for men and women at YU. Here are just a few of those realities that bear out this inequality.
A simple comparison of the hours allotted to Talmud study for a Stern student enrolled in advanced Talmud and a YC student enrolled in YP clearly demonstrates this imbalance in opportunities to develop sophisticated Talmud skills. Students in YP learn Sunday through Thursday b'chavruta for about three hours every morning, followed by an hour and half long shiur – totaling roughly 19 and a half hours of intensive Talmud study each week.
At Stern however, chavruta time for Talmud courses is not alloted for within the formal class schedule. Advanced Talmud students must find their own time to learn b'chavruta to prep each day's sources. Given the difficulty in making additional time aside from a crowded course load in general in order to prepare, most students learn for about one hour b'chavruta each day. Adding to that time the hour and a half of class time for shiur Monday through Thursday, students engage in intensive Talmud study for roughly nine hours every week – less than half the time spent by their male peers.
The Judaic education programs at YC and Stern themselves also result in an inequality in Talmud opportunities for male and female students. At YC, a student may choose between three different tracks of Torah study – the more "well rounded" IBC, similar to the Stern model, the intensively Talmud-focused YP, or even a slightly less intensively Talmud-focused BMP. Since naturally Talmud study does not appeal to everyone equally (or even at all), this system is primed for maximizing a student's personal Jewish educational needs.
At Stern however, students do not choose from multiple tracks tailored to each person's individual needs, but instead must take a set number of Jewish history, Jewish philosophy, Tanach, and Judaic Studies (Halacha or Talmud) courses. Although this does provide students with a "well rounded" Jewish education, it can force students to miss out on a semester or more of Talmud in order to fulfill some other one-size-fits-all requirement, as I myself experienced last semester. While the Jewish Studies department is eager to help students, including myself, find ways to take courses that appeal to them – even "bending" the distribution requirements at times – they can only do so much with the system given to them. Of course it is perfectly reasonable to require that each Stern student fulfill some sort of requirement for Jewish courses other than Talmud, as is done in YP and BMP, but to systematically force a student out of Talmud so she can sit in a second Jewish History class that does not match her personal educational proclivities is less defensible.
The set Jewish course requirements are not the only systemic problems that can inhibit a Stern student's ability to take Talmud. Advanced Talmud is held in the first class slot each day, which can result in scheduling conflicts for students. Courses which students must take during specific semesters for their majors may be offered in just one slot a semester — in the first slot of the day. For example, Organic Chemistry is traditionally only offered in the first time slot, necessitating that any pre-med students miss at least one semester of Talmud to take the course. Students are thus unable to take Talmud in order to take a course for their major, instead of being able to enroll in both like their counterparts at YC. In a similar vein, although undergraduate participation in the Graduate Program in Advanced Talmudic Studies (GPATS) is encouraged for those seeking advanced Talmud study beyond the undergraduate offerings, it is often not feasible for many students because of similar scheduling conflicts which surface not just in the first course slot, but for all morning slots of each day.
So with all of that in mind, as I read the ruling of the panel and the OU's statement "celebrating" advanced Torah learning for women, I am on the one hand tempted to cry hypocrite, to roll my eyes and dismiss these words of support for women's Torah learning as mere sugar to make the "medicine," the ruling of the panel forbidding female clergy, go down easy. I am tempted to ask, How could they really mean this? Given the fact that my experience at Stern seems to at least in some significant ways contradict their "celebration" of Torah learning –of all types– for women, I must admit that I find such a jaded, cynical response to be perhaps somewhat justified.
However I am trying avoid the temptation of cynicism; in fact I plan to take these rabbis at their word and believe that they have sincerely committed to women's advanced Torah learning. I chose this tack for two reasons. First, I think trusting in people's sincerity, rather than assuming negative intentions, is simply a better way to interact with the world. But more importantly, I chose to believe that these rabbis are sincere because they are not just rabbis, but leaders of the YU community, which is my community. If I cannot have faith in them, then I am not sure why I am here at all.
I chose to believe in the sincerity of their endorsement for "advanced and sophisticated" Torah learning for women, and so my personal experience as a Stern student compels me to speak up.
The goal in dredging up these barriers is not to stew in frustration or throw blame, but to alert our community's spiritual leaders of their presence so that they can begin the communal effort to remove them. Now that this support has been expressed, it is a perfect moment to bring any "barriers that impede women" from advanced learning to the forefront. As some of our most prominent leaders, these rabbis have powerful agency in matters of Torah education at our school. If advanced Torah learning for women matters to them, then they can spread that concern to the wider community. They can affect the attitude of the student body and with that support, show the university administration that this is a critical issue necessitates real solutions.
If we take our leaders at their word, if we read this statement with sincerity, then hopefully we can expect to see those solutions very soon.


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TEL AVIV – A Turkish government official was reportedly fired after saying she hoped Israeli tourists wounded in Saturday's suicide bombing in Istanbul were dead.
Irem Atkas (pictured), a member of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party, took to Twitter to say, "I wish the Israeli tourists were not wounded but were dead."
Her Twitter account was subsequently deleted.
Atkas was dismissed from her position after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the Foreign Ministry to demand an apology from its Turkish counterpart.
"I demanded it be removed and that steps be taken against the woman who published it. The tweet was removed," Netanyahu told reporters on Saturday evening.
"If [the tweet] is true, this is a shocking and ugly statement and we expect [the Turkish government] to apologize and distance itself from the statement," Foreign Ministry spokesman Emanuel Nahshon said in a statement.
Hatice Yücel, chairwoman of the Women's Branch of the AK Party in Istanbul's Eyüp district – of which Atkas is a board member – tweeted that Atkas' views as shared on social media do not reflect the party's views. Yücel also expressed her condolences to the victims of the attack and wished a quick recovery for the wounded, the Daily Sabah reported.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu sent his condolences to Netanyahu following the bombing.
"Today's attack in Istanbul has shown us once again that the international community as a whole should act in a resolute manner against the ignoble objectives of terrorist organizations," the Turkish Prime Minister wrote to Netanyahu.
"I would like to convey my condolences to the families of the Israeli citizens who lost their lives in the heinous attack which happened in Istanbul and to the people of Israel, and wish a speedy recovery to the wounded," he added.
Two of the four Israelis killed in the blast held dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship, Reuters reported. Washington said it would work closely with Ankara to combat terrorism in the region.
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Ernest Shackleton
Having been to Antarctica several times on National Science Foundation Antarctic Artist and Writers grants, I know that the continent–frozen, isolated, hauntingly beautiful–is like no other place on Earth. And of all the famous Antarctic explorers, Ernest Shackleton also stands apart. Against unfathomable odds, Shackleton saved his entire crew when his ship Endurance became trapped in the ice at the start of his 1915 expedition. It is an almost unbelievable story of courage and fierce determination that forms the heart of this biography for young adults.
School Library Journal An excellent account of the life and accomplishments of the dedicated explorer…Johnson presents a full biography that gives insight into the man and his time…The writing is lively and clear and the story is compelling.
Booklist …Johnson offers plenty of biographical information about Shackleton himself, and readers will enjoy photos and anecdotes that reveal the gawky, energetic teenager before he became the famous explorer…The author, who has been to Antarctica several times, describes the frozen landscape and the thrilling rescue in vivid language….a broad, exciting view of the legend.
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Lex Reinhart is an expert in yoga, martial arts, qigong and meditation as well as swimming, cycling, running and structure strength. The range of his functions is mainly focused in the following three fields: directing the NING MUI Athletic Organisation for various arts, teaching as guest lecturer at international seminars, and holding business events for companies and groups in Europe.
Other than sports and meditation, he is also particularly interested in issues of humanity and nature. Lex currently lives in the Ardèche France.
«Our society considers a winner he who reaches the ,highest peak' fastest. For me, the winner is he who overcomes himself – who opens himself to spontaneous awareness, who discovers paradise every day.»
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Some distinctions
Throughout the course of his career he has received many distinctions (for full listing please see the curriculum vitae ludus), but the most significant are the following:
- 8th Duan Grandmaster Dashi (The World Kuoshu Federation)
- 5th Duan Wei (Chinese Wushu Association)
- International Referee A (The World Kuoshu Federation)
- Trainer basic course National Committee for Elite Sports (Federal Sport School Magglingen)
- Certified recognition Yongchunquan [Wing Chun Chuan], Qigong and Yiquan (Ip Chun, Samuel Kwok, Yao Chengrong)
Memberships with Associations are fully listed in the detailed list, with the most significant being:
- Yip [Ip] Man Martial Arts Athletic Association (YMMAA, Hong Kong) since 1993
- Fédération Française d'Escrime (FFE) since 2016
- Fédération Française de Triathlon (FFTRI) since 2016
Owner and director of the NING MUI Retreat & Coaching Center in the North-Ardèche France from 2002 to 2018:
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Terrell Owens and Chad Ochocinco have joined an elite list of power couples this week. Much like Beyonce and Jay-Z, Heidi and Spencer Pratt (trust me, I feel way less manly for even knowing who they are), and Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, these two NFL players have taken the plunge into team-mate-hood. Terrell Owens, jobless and shameless, mere days ago has signed a 1-year deal with the Cincinnati Bengals worth 2 million dollars. The 36-year-old wide receiver who played for the Buffalo Bills last season will join the notorious end-zone ballerina Chad Ochocinco as WR's this fall. The Bengals, who never seem to get tired of picking up players with more baggage than Paris Hilton on weekend spa trip, were in desperate need of another wide receiver to take some of the double teams and attention away from #85 on offense. T.O. can probably manage that. But will this marriage of two self-proclaimed Divas work out? Will the teaming up of T.O. and Ocho be more "'03 Bonnie and Clyde" or more "Gigli?"
From a football standpoint, the move seems to make sense. T.O. is not the former 1,300 yard receiver that he once was but Ocho still has some gas left in the tank. At least if he didn't wear himself too thin by attempting to pimp 85 women on his reality show this summer. There's little doubt as to the talent of QB Carson Palmer, if he can stay healthy and that's a big "if", and he could be primed for a big year if this little gamble pays off for the Bengals.
With T.O.'s arrival, the Bengals have now become the NFL's first leper colony. Owner and president Mike Brown appears ready to try to out-mercy Mother Teresa. The Browns have either not cut immediately, or picked up, such dead-to-the-rest-of-the-league problem children as Cedric Benson, Chris Henry, Rey Maualuga, Tank Johnson, and some more I can't think of off the top of my spinning head. For those of you keeping track that's a boozer, a guy that fell to his death after jumping into his girlfriends pickup truck during a high-speed "domestic dispute", a perv, and a guy who has been caught with more illegal weapons than T.I. and Lil Wayne combined, respectively.
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. The wretched refuse of your teeming shores. Send these, the tempest-tost to me." This is the poem that sits at the feet of the Statue of Liberty.
Here's the motto that should be on the outside of Bengals team offices.
"Give us your tried, your stoned, your tweenage-banging classless earning too much money. The wretched dudes from Vh-1?s summer programming. Send these, and their mug-shots to us."
A bit much, I'll be the first to admit, but still.
Another question that seems to be bouncing around the sporting world is whether or not Ocho and T.O. can co-exist on a team where there's only a certain amount of touches to go around. T.O.'s contract will allegedly be laden with money-making incentives which means that if he reaches certain goals he'll get paid a good deal more money. Will these two be able to fit their massive egos into a stadium that seats a mere 65,000? Only time will tell.
Perhaps the most pressing concern for the Bengals is whether T.O. and Ocho will collaborate on their TD dances, or whether each will remain a solo act. There's little doubt that Ocho is the Axl Rose of antics in the endzone and the T.O. is the slash of slander when it comes to getting down in the endzone. Will the two team their considerable talents together to form a modern-day supergroup? Will T.O. background dance, be the K-Fed, to Ocho's Britney? These two dancing fools will undoubtedly attempt to coordinate some of their better moves and, rest assured, Roger Goodell will have his "to-fine" list ready and waiting.
Personally, I'm thrilled that the Bengals continue to compulsively gamble everything on guys that everyone else is too scared, or too smart, to lay off of. In T.O.'s words, "Getcha' Popcorn ready." In Chad's words, "We'll be like Siskel and Ebert." Which one of these receivers will play the role of "the dead guy" in this relationship? We shall see. Let it ride, Bengals. Let it ride.
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Book Notes - Eric Nuzum ("The Dead Travel Fast")
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that is in some way relevant to their recently published books.
I am a fan of horror films both well-made and cheesy, so when The Dead Travel Fast arrived in the mail, I dropped my current book and settled in to a long day of exploring the mythology, past and present of vampires. Eric Nuzum travels from San Francisco to Transylvania (and even visits a Barnaby Collins convention) to research this very funny book that manages to work on both an intellectual and humorous level. Nuzum's dedication to his subject is amazing, he drinks his own blood, he sits through hundreds of vampire films, etc.
Plus, I have special respect for anyone attempting to read 52 books in 52 weeks...
Author Chuck Klosterman (a two-time Book Notes contributor himself) says of the book:
"Oozing with blood, intellect and unexpected sincerity, The Dead Travel Fast is the definitive look at why society loves the man who's not in the mirror. This is the best book on vampirism I've ever read."
In his own words, here is Eric Nuzum's Book Notes essay for his book, The Dead Travel Fast: Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula:
I find it nearly impossible to write without three things:
1. Grand Marnier (this became troublesome when I switched to early morning writing sessions),
2. My ancient asshole cat sleeping next to my desk, and
3. Music playing, often loudly.
Almost everything I write has a soundtrack (at least in my head). So I've listed songs that are not only connected to the events in The Dead Travel Fast, but music that I was listening to/obsessed with while writing the manuscript. I've chosen (roughly) one song for each chapter in the book.
Here we go:
"Empire" by Bomb The Bass (with vocals from Sinéad O'Connor & Benjamin Zephaniah)
Outside of documenting my often ill-conceived and mildly dangerous adventures as a cultural explorer, the central idea in The Dead Travel Fast is that vampires are the perfect metaphor. They can easily illustrate just about anything we find scary, sexy, frightening, evil, or ominous. As a result, you see vampires almost daily, all over the world—on cereal boxes, advertisements, warning labels, Sesame Street, and so on. This song is a perfect example of how powerful an imagery vampires as metaphors can evoke. The song compares the British Empire to a vampire that sucks "the life of goodness" from its colonial victims. This is just one of a surprisingly large number of reggae songs that contain vampire references.
"Backwater" by the Meat Puppets
One night I met up with a group of self-declared vampires at a Jillian's (located next to the Medieval Times restaurant) at a local mall. During a smoke break with some of my new undead friends, we met a guy named Kyle. His neck was covered with about eight hickeys, which made him fit in with the vampires, I guess.
Anyhow, Kyle overheard us talking about the death of Washington's only alternative rock station, WHFS, and wanted to lament its passing. Most of all, Kyle missed the "Girls Gone Wild" nights that WHFS sponsored at a local bar.
I was trying to think of the quintessential alternative rock radio song, and my wife wisely suggested "Backwater"—a song I'm not very fond of. I just remember hearing it about five times a day on Cleveland's WMMS for the entire year of 1994. When I try to imagine someone who might actually like to hear "Backwater" five times a day for a year, I think of Kyle.
"Dark & Long" and "Cowgirl" from Underworld's Dubnobasswithmyheadman
The third chapter of The Dead Travel Fast focuses on the eight-day Dracula-themed tour of Romania that I took with two dozen vampire enthusiasts, featuring our "celebrity host," Butch "Eddie Munster" Patrick. Around this same time I rediscovered this classic Underworld album. While driving on the long stretches of road in the Transylvanian Alps, I listened to Dubnobasswithmyheadman over and over again. I can never think back to that trip without these songs running through my brain.
Plus with whispered lyrics like, "Kiss you, kiss you, dark and long," it isn't hard to imagine a fang or two involved in process.
"Know Your Chicken" by Cibo Matto
Every chapter in The Dead Travel Fast has two things in common: they all (a) describe the significance of vampire lore and (b) contain references to chickens. This is not accidental. I kept searching for things that were as omnipresent as vampires—and my mind kept drifting towards chickens. Everybody loves chicken, thus you find chickens everywhere—just like vampires.
Not surprisingly, there aren't many great songs about chickens. While there is "Chicken Soup For The f*ck You" by Shout Out Out Out (off one of my favorite records from last year), These Arms Are Snakes's "Child Chicken Play," and the forgotten classic "Chicken Outlaw" from Wide Boy Awake, my favorite all time chicken song is by Cibo Matto. It captures the whole chicken vibe quite well.
"Red Blood" by Chad Vangaalen
Shortly after traveling to London and Whitby, UK to trace Count Dracula's route through England, I picked up Infiniheart and listened to it a lot while writing about this adventure. Whenever "Red Blood" would come on, I'd make the track repeat a few times—if for no other reason than to hear the lyrics "My blood is red when it flows from me; my blood turns blue when you died with me." I'm not entirely sure what Chad's referring to, but it does sound eerie and ominous, doesn't it?
"Heresy" by Nine Inch Nails
The title for the sixth chapter of The Dead Travel Fast, "God Is Dead and No One Cares," was lifted from this song's chorus. During that chapter I spend some time at a gathering of the "greater vampyre society of New York." During the evening they had several rituals and performances. One was a pantomimed murder, soundtracked by this song blaring out of the club's PA. It was 15% awesome and 85% completely disturbing. As I wrote about the performance the next day, I just put this song on repeat over and over and over again.
"Femme Fatale" by The Velvet Underground (as covered by R.E.M.)
In addition to suffering through 216 vampire movies while researching The Dead Travel Fast, I watched every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer—all 144 of them, in order, in just five weeks. That's a f*ckwad of Buffy. The first thing I noticed is that while the early seasons focus on empathizing with Buffy, by the end of the series, Buffy is kind of a bitch. You end up caring little about her and much more about the secondary characters that surround her.
We could go on all day to talk about why this happened. However, most will focus on the transformation of Buffy from a virginal innocent into a textbook example of Joseph Campbell's mono myth. Even more "however," it is almost impossible to deconstruct Buffy without sounding like a dirty old man obsessed with Sarah Michelle Geller. I'm not old and think Sarah Michelle Geller's greatest contribution to the craft of acting can be found in Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, so let's just leave it there.
"Vampires" by Atmosphere
In the final chapter of The Dead Travel Fast I try to turn myself into a vampire by following the instructions found in a pamphlet called "How To Become A Vampire in 6 Easy Lessons." Spoiler: it didn't work.
I'm too stupid about hip hop to understand (or care) why, but Atmosphere just works for me on a fundamental level. When I discovered they had a song called "Vampire" that metaphorically compares commerce, their ex-girlfriends, "all y'all," and the city of Minneapolis to child-eating vampires—I knew that I could find the undead just about everywhere. I just had to look.
Eric Nuzum and The Dead Travel Fast links:
the author's website
the book's website
the author's profile at NPR
the book's page at the publisher
excerpts from the book
Akron Beacon Journal review
Canton Repository review
DCist review
The Naughty American review
author interview at the book's website
author interview at On Point
Washington City Paper feature
Washington Post's Express profile
also at Largehearted Boy:
Previous Book Notes submissions (authors create playlists for their book)
Note Books (musicians discuss literature)
guest book reviews
musician/author interviews
directors and actors discuss their film's soundtracks
52 Books, 52 Weeks (2007 Edition)
52 Books, 52 Weeks (2006 Edition)
52 Books, 52 Weeks (2005 Edition)
52 Books, 52 Weeks (2004 Edition)
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Ralph Waldo Emerson, poet, author, minister, and philosopher, said, "I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me." Undoubtedly, we are literally made by the food with which we fuel our bodies. Much wiser people than I have debated the influence of the books we've read, and more broadly, all the learnings with which we fuel our minds, but I am inclined to believe, like Emerson, that they become a part of us, remembered or not. Contemplating this quote, I wondered, do our artistic and photographic experiences become a part of us as well, and in what way? Few of us have written books, so our literary "diet" consists of the works of others, an influence from outside our own minds. But what about artistic endeavors, and in particular, photography? Many of us experience, admire, and contemplate the work of others, and produce our own work as well. Does the practice of the photographic art change us?
I am sometimes surprised by which of my own images stick in my mind and keep pulling me back to them. The photo above is one of them. That morning, I was shooting dew-laden flowers, when this garden ornament with a spider web on it caught my eye. I shot it because, well, why not (decidedly not very contemplative!). Later, I processed some of the day's other images, not really seeing this one as a "keeper", but something kept me from deleting it. I looked at it a few more times and eventually processed it. It's certainly not perfect, but I am drawn to it anyway. Perhaps it's the bokeh, the soft color palette, or the texture of the stone. Or maybe it's the imperfections ... the lack of detail in most of the web, the bits of of grass and dust stuck in it, the dirt on the stone, the noisy background. (Maybe it's a bit like life ... some pretty stuff, with some other stuff stuck to it!)
But seriously, I must wonder not only why I am drawn to this image, but does it change me, and if so, how? These are questions I can't answer, but intriguing food for thought.
Does your photography change you? Do you find any of your images compelling for unknown reasons? I'd love to hear your thoughts, so please feel free to leave me a message.
As always, I wish you happy shooting and a satisfying, if perhaps mysterious (?) photographic journey.
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David Rendleman 1/02/11
My Peter was listed as an Irion in early censuses.I believe that he was an Irion and that his family took the name Aaron.All of his children have the last name of Aaron. He was supposedly born in Patrick County, Virginia~1814.Oral tradition is that he disappeared~1860,and no other evidence is seen after disappearance.There are many descendents of Irions in Rockingham County, NC.His second wife Malinda White I have no info. on her either.
Thanks, Cynthia Arrington Shelton


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Obviously I haven't written anything on my blog for a long, long time. (Except in my head… But since brainwave to blog technology doesn't exist yet, I guess it doesn't count…) For reasons, mostly my health. And pain. And brain fog.
But, mainly, last August I got a temporary, part-time, work-from-home job. The pay was terrible, but it was something, which was better than what I'd been making before, which was zero. And it was totally something I could do, having done it before, and also generally liking the basic concept of the job. (And yes, I'm being vague about it.)
Unfortunately, every ounce of energy I had, and every spoon I possessed (and then some), went toward me doing this job. (Even a healthy person would have needed to spend a great deal of time to successfully complete the job requirements.) (And, with me not even being in the same region of healthy, well…)
Then of course there was the entire day I spent in the hospital (mostly waiting) to get my wisdom teeth taken out. Cuz I'm "special" and couldn't have it done like a normal person – mine had to be done as surgery. (Tho the drugs they gave me were mighty fine…) And then the two weeks recovery time where I could do literally nothing but eat smoothies and sleep…
All that meant I got behind on a lot A LOT of things. Like blogging. And filing. And creating (not that my Sick Person pain-filled hands go for that…) And writing reviews. (I think I've "caught up" to "only" 14 books I still need to review.) (And even tho I say I don't do so, I just accepted three more books for review. Because. Book whore. Plus, ones I really want to read…) And other stuff I can't even think of.
And my WordPress needed an update… It literally would not let me do a single thing until I got the update. But some permission on some random, coding file I can't even access got changed on my web hosting server, which meant the update would not work.
And being a Sick Person, it took me forever to get the energy to contact my hoster to ask for it to be fixed – tho once I asked, they did it pronto. (Hooray!)
Thankfully, the update means I can actually use the WordPress app on my tablet to write my post, then format and publish on my computer†. So, that's a bit of a win for me….
Except, to make my embarrassment complete, a new post I was just writing on my tablet, an amazingly terrible rough first draft, just got published due to sleep deprivation of the operator, and sent to all three of my email followers. * expletive!!! expletive!!!! * (I unpublished it right away, so it's not on my site, but fubar!) (And yes, an early version of this particular post got published too. * expletive *.)
The only things I did besides my job (according to my planner, in which I write everything, because I totally can't remember anything) are:
- go to many, many doctors appointments (which I don't feel like counting; just trust me, it's a LOT);
- organize and make sure the bills got paid every month (usually late, but not "too" late);
- sleep, or more often, try unsuccessfully to sleep;
- fight headaches and migraines and pain flares;
- cry, cry, sob, cry (due to both mental and physical pain, and the insomnia);
- maybe once a month go shopping for necessities;
- fight with insurance and doctors over treatment and payments;
- fight anxiety and depression;
- and change the kitty litter.
And then there was Christmas Eve, which is when I finally got around to wrapping ALL presents (even the ones to be mailed) and writing out ALL cards …. (And here I used to be the girl who not only got everything done early, I also handmade all my cards…)
And just to make my life even more completely shitty, my (five-year old) computer has decided to slow to dial-up modem days, which is incredibly frustrating, I can't even tell you, to finally get the energy and brain power to do some work, and I sit at my desk in my scoliosis brace and lumbar brace and wrist braces…. Just watching the wheel of slow death. Unable to do anything. As my spoons dissolve into nothing. (†Which makes me even more thankful I can write my first draft on my tablet. Presuming I don't hit publish before it's ready.) (Which, in my defense, it appears that the "save" button in the app sometimes changes to "publish" for no discernible reason.)
Did I do anything fun since I last wrote? Not much, tho one weekend my Twinkie and her family came to see us – they had a wedding to attend in our state. And it was super-fabulous to see them.
And that one time I saw on Facebook that a good friend from Arizona was in town for a conference and I messaged her and we got to have lunch and take her to a favorite bookstore.
Oh and I got to see a funny play a couple friends were in – Lend Me a Tenor. (And they gave us the tickets. Even better!)
And, I found an outlet store that carries a ton of books… (Not really a good idea, considering my inability to concentrate, and also the fact that if it fell on me, my TBR pile would smoosh me flat…) (But in my defense, lots of the books I purchased were presents for friends.)
Obviously, the job was a big part of the problem…. Another huge part is I'm having terrible memory issues (thanks Fibro Fog!). I completely forget I've said I'd do something. (Never mind the thousands of lists I have everywhere…)
I'm totally ashamed to admit it, but I've turned into that person who promises to do something, and never does. I soooo hate that new thing about myself. (And yes, even with cognitive issues, I can't just publish a blog post until I deem it as perfect as it can be… ugh. Perfectionism rearing its head.)
And roll around to 2017 (yeah, and it's almost 1/4 of the way through! Sheesh!)…. My employer didn't hire me again (without so much as a 'no thank you', either), throwing me into a depression and of course making me completely broke (this is not an exaggeration. I'm pretty sure I had more money when I was 14 and my source of income was babysitting at like $1 an hour)….
And I've been trying to catch up on everything I didn't do while employed… the chaos in my office took quite a bit of energy to conquer (as if I'm anywhere near done. Hahahhhahhahaaa)
To those of you who haven't forgotten about me, even after my long absence, thank you.
And a super-huge thank you if you read all of the above.
I am 1,000% certain I'll never turn into one of those bloggers who publish every day (And I feel terrible that many of the ones I subscribe to go unread… I just get so overwhelmed….) (And I wonder – how in the Zanzibar do they even manage!?!!), but I'll try to do a
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Now I know it may seem a little intimidating to portray yourself in real time to the world, but it's not that bad at all. I've done a few myself and I have to say that the butterflies do lessen with each scope. It's really amazing to watch the people you've been following for months, even years, completely raw and unfiltered – they show us who they are and what they do. I've watched broadcasts from a bunch of direct sales friends I have yet to meet and now it's like I've met them in a strange (and rather comforting) way.
Twitter knew the huge impact Periscope would have on the world which is why they acquired the app before it even launched back in March of this year. So if you want to, you can link your scopes to your Twitter feed and tweet them out to your followers (we highly recommend this!) Periscope is easy to use but there are a few tips we've learned that I'd like to share so you can broadcast a really dope scope!
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
100 Signs And Traits Of Narcissism
- A sense of superiority places them above others
- Must be the center of attention, constantly seeking approval, acknowledgment, kudos, accolades, praise
- Act like they are the lead character in all things in life
- Dominate conversations because they believe they have the only worthwhile things to say
- Want others to give into their demands, request for favors, and put their needs first
- Have inflated egos, inflated sense of entitlement, inflated sense of importance, inflated need to be center stage
- Envious of other people's accomplishments and will steal, lie, or sabotage others to get attention back to them
- Envious of other people's possessions, they will put such ownership down or minimize it to make themselves look more noble
- Search for constant approval and praise to reinforce their false grandiose sense of self, they're "on- stage," dominating the conversation, often exaggerating their importance
- (Since the self is so fragile — an ever crumbling construction of their ego) — use power, money, status, looks, supposed past glories (or supposed future glories) to boost their image
- See criticism as baseless attacks or betrayal and countered with cold-shoulder anger or rage or chilly stares or verbal attack.
- Can never accept blame. Others are always to blame.
- Feel being center of attention is good, right, and proper
- Have a grandiose sense of self-importance
- Think they are special, God-touched, or privileged
- Think they can only be understood by other special or high-status people
- Have unreasonable expectation of favorable treatment
- Believe they are beyond the rules. Laws do not apply to them and remorse is only felt when someone catches and confronts them.
- High maintenance because they need your attention, praise, and deference
- Fake sweetness, honor, and good intentions, but deprive them of something they want and look out as they reveal their true selves.
- Express grand, exciting plans, but rarely can make them happen
- Blame others rather than take personal responsibility
- Lack of empathy colors everything they do.
- May say, "How are you?" when you meet, but they are not interested
- Their blame-shifting creates defensiveness. Then they belittle the defensiveness: "Why are you so angry?"
- Since they shift blame so well & seamlessly, your guilt/insecurity issues stay raw and over-sensitive.
- Lend you a hand up, then subtlety cut off at the knees to keep you indebted & coming back.
- If you point out an error they made, they go into defensive mode counter any such notion with anger, venting, rage, cold-shoulder, or withdraw
- Give you a metaphorical rug & then keep pulling it out from under you
- They are: blowhards, braggarts, blusterers, brow-beaters, bullies, big-headed, and ultimately bogus.
- Help you gain certain skills/info/connections, but then forever make you feel beholden to them.
- Extremely skilled at making anyone under their influence crave their approval.
- Make you feel special & then emotional distance themselves in ways that keep you unsure of yourself.
- Use a judgmental "you're OK"/"you're not OK" yo-yoing to keep you off-balance & "blameworthy."
- Groom people via manipulation (charm/rage combo) to sell their reality/rationalizations to others.
- Virtually all of their ideas or ways of behaving in a given situation are taken from others, people they know and perhaps think of as an authority.
- Their sense of self-importance and lack of empathy means that they will often interrupt the conversations of others.
- Expect others to do mundane things, since they feel too important to do them
- Constantly use of "I", "me," and "my" when they talk.
- Very rarely talk about their inner life, memories and dreams, for example.
- Lie, using subterfuge and deception as tools
- Are stuck in one level of maturity where growth is not an option
- Only have eyes for "me, myself, and I" instead of "we"
- Don't understand empathy, except to fake it as a tool
- Play "Give to get" by being nice or helpful only to expect reciprocation
- Put on the air of "having it all together" and will not readily admit failure or weakness
- Jump to defensive mode readily and frequently
- May apologize, but it doesn't mean a real change in behavior
- Run from their own problems rather than tackling them
- Demand your trust rather than being transparent and earning it
- See you as extensions of themselves and resist your freedom
- Create stories, euphemisms, sayings, definitions, rules they hold up as Truth. Their world is false.
- Must talk about themselves & be in control. They want you to just be an ego-stroking entity for them.
- Find personality weaknesses & exploit them as easily as you & I ride a bicycle.
- Will rarely listen to or respect your "No"
- Take advantage of others to reach his or her own goals
- Appear tough-minded or unemotional
- React to criticism with anger, blame-shifting, shaming or humiliating others
- Fail to recognize people's emotions and feelings
- Exaggerate achievements, personal history or talents
- Are unpredictable in mood and behavior
- Become aggressive, hostile, verbally vicious, or withdraws when threatened
- Can vocalize regret for a short time when found out, but soon rationalizes it away
- Appearance is important, so primping or fastidiousness is common
- Withdraw or a cold shoulder is used as a tool to make you do what they want
- Rationalize everything to make sure they always come out on top
- Will steal an idea, quote, lesson plan, piece of wisdom — call it their own
- Groom underlings and create organizational or business environments to suit their need for ego stroking
- Create Employment Hemorrhage — narcissists drive people away with inconsistent, raging, and arrogant actions.
- Tend to be a lot of talk — fantasizing about power, success and attractiveness
- Can suck up to bosses while talking down to those they think inferior
- Expect others to go along with them because their plans are better or special
- Expect constant praise and attention
- When work or plans fail, will blame others and make it sound plausible
- Will take advantage of co-workers
- Will be jealous of others' success but wear a face of confidence
- Play the "If you don't like it I'm taking my ball and going home" game
- Exaggerate abilities and uses blame-shifting to cover deficits
- Can't understand "There is no 'I' in 'TEAM'."
- Often argumentative, but arguments are convoluted, emotional, irrational
- They feel that the rules at work don't apply to them.
- They will always cheat whenever they think they can get away with it.
- If you share workload with them, expect to do the lion's share yourself.
- They love to delegate work or projects and then interfere by micro-managing things
- If things go well, they take the credit; if the work turns out badly, they blame the person they delegated it to.
- There tend to be higher levels of stress with people who work with or interact with a narcissist, which in turn increases absenteeism and staff turnover.
- They get impatient and restless when the topic of discussion is about someone else, and not about them.
- Value religiosity's rules or business protocol over spiritual growth.
- Take pride in their own righteousness and rightness.
- Attempt to belittle any version of reality that conflicts with theirs.
- Can't believe they make mistakes.
- Have an inability to feel or process or truly understand shame.
- Create scenarios to discover your weakness or fears to manipulate later.
- Don't use language as communication. It's for hiding, deflecting, avoiding, masking, & manipulating.
- Their charm is false. Contradict them a few times & you'll feel their out-of-proportion narcissistic rage.
- Their conversations & interactions aren't meant to enlighten, but to confuse, control, & create drama.
- Are black holes, working to get time, money, or talent from you.
- Expect you to lend a listening ear and give votes of approval.
- Use emotional withdraw to create guilt and compliance.
- Will use the parental or child role to get what they want.
- Will betray secrets to feel more powerful.
- Can use flattery or sickly-sweet protests of innocence like a stealth weapon.
- Use verbal skills to block or deflect being confronted.
- Impact our lives negatively despite appearing to have some positive effect.
- Their subconscious creates a false ego from which to relate to the world. They are their own avatar!
- Subconsciously real relationships don't exist for them. We're all just players on the narcissists stage.
- Their sole subconscious pursuit is to be seen as God's gift to the world in a certain area or skill set.
- Early emotional trauma freezes their worldview at that age, making them immature, impatient, inconsiderate.
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Geez, it's like my mother set out to hit every one of these. Bravo, Mom!ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousNovember 4, 2017 at 8:50 PM
Well this is my hubbys sister now how the hell do o get this freak away from meDelete
Anon, if you are a target, it's very difficult to get away. In our experience, No Contact is the only way to escape.Delete
I see NM in this for sure, but I found that NMIL really hit a lot of these points. Thanks for this!ReplyDelete
I am ticking this off like a checklist for my ex-best friend. So far she's hitting all of them! It's amazing how much denial I was in for all these years about her.ReplyDelete
I used this as a checklist today.. for myself... in my consternation in the last week, I really wanted to alleviate and absolutely DESTROY any behavior/habits I have that has rubbed off on me from living with so many narcissists in my life! It was a hard thing to do...self evaluation is probably the worst thing I have ever done...the questions, wow! It made me feel calm...can you believe that? and better equipped to be the person I WANT to be instead of what they have tried to beat me into...ReplyDeleteReplies
God bless you and all of your efforts on your journey. Gods truth will help you along the way. I know because that's how I'm surviving the N in my life. Much love to youDelete
I know exactly what Lisa means. Some barely come into contact with a TRUE narcissist and justifiably walk away from it feeling like they barely escaped from a hurricane. For these, the trauma IS real. Others of us only know the trauma and should one be lucky to escape ... they escape only to find the trauma is become the root of their identity. Lisa's need to go through the list and check herself rather than another is evidence of childhood trauma caused by narcs within her immediate family. I know.Delete
- AnonymousMarch 9, 2013 at 7:24 PM
I used this as a checklist today...for my husband...he fits every one...it has made me feel scared...he is dangerous...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 17, 2013 at 9:44 AM
thee barbarian hit them allReplyDelete
He's BAAAAACK!!!Delete
- AnonymousMarch 12, 2014 at 5:30 PM
My supposed best friend of nearly 30 years...time to end this relationship as the behaviors are getting worse.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2014 at 12:21 PM
Almost everything on this list fit in my MIL and SIL, my husband knows how they are and just ignores them but they have tried to put me through so much to the point I'm thinking cutting them out of my life is the only option.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 18, 2014 at 9:33 PM
wow are you trying to describe MY mother and father?? because you're doing a darn good job. way to go :D thank you so much :DReplyDelete
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Anyone, entering a love relationship, especially women entering into a relationship with a man, should do way more than keep the new relationship 'cool'. A narcissist feeds off of any type of attention and loves a challenge. The narcissist has great skills and experience. He's been doing this for a long time and he has a lot of time. And if the narcissist successfully hides the most of the red flags indicating narcissism and especially if it's your first experience with one, you'll likely get snared. However, in my opinion, the one most prominent indication of narcissism is always a person who is completely void of empathy. They don't have it EVER, but they can fake it; somewhat, anyway. To test for it- a narcissist never apologizes, but if he does it is NEVER I AM SORRY it is SORRY. In other situations the narcissist may fave empathy, but not much and will always find a way to subtley back it out. Listen for it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 19, 2015 at 3:46 PM
This is so my sil. Time to cut her off completelyReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 28, 2015 at 10:44 AM
My family have completely lost my brother & his kids due to the manipulation of a poisonous NPD SIL(2nd wife)..her sneaky plans to get her greedy hands on my parents money backfired hence her new Jekyll behaviour now...he stupidly defends her while she acts like the innocent victim... luckily none of us feel the loss of him as he has become just as toxic as her and no one wants to be around either of them, including his own children!ReplyDeleteReplies
Wow!I'm curious to know what happened.Delete
My MIL to the 'T'.....sad my husband can't see it. She's ruined all her adult childrens relationships and doesn't care bc it's only about her. Thanks for the insight.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 8, 2016 at 9:08 AM
Describes my SIL perfectly. So sad that my brother can't or won't get out of it. Her children went through hell but survived in tact. As adults now they rarely see their parents. Her narcissistic behavior landed her in jail years ago and has managed to separate my brother from his whole family, to he point of never seeing his father before his death and doing the same to our mother. So sad. What's a sister to do?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 17, 2016 at 7:25 PM
This perfectly describes my sister in lawReplyDelete
this completely describes my father and ex-friend, i recently put them out of my life, making me less stressed.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 23, 2016 at 2:24 PM
Sounds exactly like my younger sister, who I no longer have any contact with. After losing contact with her for several years, I was briefly reunited with her for a few months, during which time she used me for everything she felt she could get out of me, before throwing me away once she was finished with me. She got mad at me because I posted something on Facebook she disagreed with, and she went ballistic at the idea that I would dare post something she didn't like seeing--she actually told me not to post stuff she didn't like! After that, she refused to speak to me--and would not even allow her kids to speak to my kids! All because of something small and petty. Several months later. I became very ill, and had to be hospitalized three times over the course of about 6 months. During this time, she went loonie toons again--she became insanely jealous of the fact that our brother (whom she had also snubbed over something petty) came down to visit me at Christmas, and bought gifts for my kids, and also that a number of my friends got together and raised some money to help us out while I was sick. She started spreading tales about me to some distant family members, and even sent some of her friends to stalk and harass my kids while I was gone! She also tries to run my brother's name into the ground, and seems to be constantly saying nasty things about people, as if she wants to get people to hate each other and fight all the time. Sorry for the rambling...I needed to get this off my chest. Many of the things in this article describe her to a "T." Thank you for this post.ReplyDelete
Perfectly matching a woman I know,i give 100/100 marks to you, coz I never knew something of this kind existed. Thnks fr eye opener.ReplyDelete
Can u pls share how to tackle this evil MIL.
- AnonymousFebruary 27, 2017 at 3:42 PM
Wow this post is spot on. My SIL fits the description to a T. She is so fake and loves to act like mother teresa. SIL and MIL are both the same. They are terrible. They act like they are entitled to special treatment when they come in town to stay with us. They want us to take them out to eat, pay for their personal souvenirs to take back, etc. And my husband goes along with it because they guilt trip him. Its amazing how people think just because you are related that you don't have your own bills to pay and responsibilities for your own household. My SIL spends her money irresponsibly and has nothing to show for. But my husband and I like to save and spend only when we need to. My SIL thinks just because we are financially better off that we have to pay for things when they visit. And when we don't she gets upset and makes underhanded comments. What a bit-h! Thanks for this post and good luck to everyone out there struggling with the same issues. Its a tough situation to be in with your husbands family but you have to assert your place from the beginning and make it known that you are in control of your family's finances, not them.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 27, 2017 at 4:51 PM
I was close friends with a trainer in the gym., but I noticed this woman used to sit behind the podium and check us out, she was sizing him up for the kill. She naturally has black hair and normal eyes but she dyes her hair honey blonde and appear to wear contacts, sometimes eyes look brown, blue and other days green. I naturally have very light honey brown hair and hazel eyes. Many other decent women train with him and have better bodies but don't change their hair and eye color every other day and dress for the gym:sadly they go unnoticed; In the pics other women are there but all eyes are on her esp she get credit from other women; rarely you will see a guy make a comment on his pics of her on his Social Media. She work out with him several times daily and granted she can master the workouts and remind me of me in this sense. There is no doubt of low self esteem with her, she holds her head down all the time; nevertheless she dress somewhat similar and drives a nice car but uses a lot of profanity and speak derogatory and humiliates; Narcissist are usually well educated or smart but clearly she is not. She acts like a child and little decorum; but her appearance gives her a lot of attention on Social Media, no matter how despicable she comes across. They both give people mixed signal as to where their relationship stands; but one day she clearly posted "we are not a couple" you could clearly see tension in latter pics and body language is huge but if you are not in the field of psychology may not pick it up. Main people in his Life that could speak truth either moved or stopped going to the gym.I Believe he depends on her pay and so they appear as twins. They go out to eat often, he calls it a cheat day but appear she picks up the bill bc she hinted that during one of their outings he recorded. As hard as it was I stepped aside gracefully but continued to go to the Gym, until twice I walked out and my car was keyed or scratched; on the 2nd time she was there and at the location my car was parked. I saw right through her from day one but I couldn't prove she keyed the car. I do believe what goes around will come around and that she is sneaky about something or have more to hide Im sure by now he has seen her true colors, by now by his comments made so I'm disappointed that he would be an enabler. I stopped going to the gym and miss my friends much; surely in her mind she has the Upper hand but I prefer to keep my physical distance but still observing in case she is up to any new tricks.ReplyDelete
My mother...sadlyReplyDelete
This is my little brother. Wow.ReplyDelete
My former employerReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 26, 2018 at 6:02 PM
I guess were all liers and manipulaters...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 16, 2018 at 1:38 PM
My half sister exactly. She is abusive my whole life. She is a lot older than me and is 59 now, she went really nuts during my mother's funeral where she had to comment on everything that she feels is wrong with me. The day before she wanted me to dress for the funeral like she wanted me to dress and hit me in the face in the dressing rooms when I asked her to stop telling me what to do. On top of that she is still using my late mother's bank account to pay for her personal things as she never told the bank my mother passed away.She also has done nothing to get my mother's affairs sorted, she just left it as they were and claims oh I am so busy. Works at city hall as a benefits officer telling other people they will be sanctioned or denied an income. Go figure.ReplyDelete


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