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It's impossible to glean anything from how certain movies are received at the Cannes Film Festival because the audience for every movie at Cannes is comprised of A) French people, B) Famous people who aren't allowed to publicly dislike movies, C) Critics who like movies you hate and hate movies you like, D) Drunk people, and E) Rich people on vacation. None of these people represent the true American moviegoer, so who knows if "Uncle Boonmee," the little Thai movie that won this year's Palme d'Or, will be a movie you like. Let's go to the Hollywood Reporter review to see what director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's movie is all about:
One evening, while the family is relaxing on their terrace, the apparition of Boonmee's dead wife Huay (Nattakarn Aphaiwonk) appears, followed by long-lost son Boonsong. Boonsong, who looks like a Yeti with red laser beam eyes, recounts how his interest in photography led him deep into the jungle in search of Monkey Ghosts, until he himself is transformed into one.
Did you say monkey ghosts? Brother, I'll see any movie that's got monkey ghosts. Regular ghosts are scary. But MONKEY ghosts? That's a whole new level of terror, right there. That's bananas.
The matter-of-fact way in which the humans interact with dead or otherworldly beings make for some deadpan humor: upon seeing Thuy in halogenic form and Boonsong in a rubbery gorilla suit, Tong remarks, "I feel like the strange one here."
So we get monkey ghosts and a man in a gorilla suit. But wait! There's more!
This makes the (movie's) structure free-floating and esoteric, incorporating myth (underwater sex between a facially-tainted princess and a catfish), politics (photographs of soldiers hinting at military-related human disappearances) and parallel worlds (Tong and Jen in different places at the same time).
I swear this review just said there was catfish sex. SEX WITH CATFISH. Good gravy, it's like someone stuck a camera backstage at a Led Zeppelin concert.
Let's be frank with each other. You aren't going to see this movie. Maybe you'll see the remake starring Ashton Kutcher that has NO monkey ghosts or catfish sex, but that won't be the same movie and we know it. Chances are, it may not even be released here, and certainly not outside of New York and LA. And that's a shame. The list of Palme d'Or winners throughout history has some pretty nifty movies on it, like "MASH," "Pulp Fiction" and "The Pianist." But those movies are in English. The Palme d'Or winners that aren't in English are usually ignored stateside, which means we miss widely acclaimed movies like "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days." Yeah, there are some duds on that list, like "Elephant." But "Elephant" doesn't have sex with catfish, and this year's winner does.
So cross your fingers and hope "Uncle Boonmee" gets a release somewhere near you. Because if it doesn't, the monkey ghosts will haunt you FOREVER.


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In the last week of May, I had the chance to see the progress of the construction of the Rainbow Warrior III, in a shipyard located near Bremen, in Germany. I was along with Tim Adams, a journalist from The Observer who wrote an article today about our new flagship.
There we met William Sykes, a funny and energetic Scottish engineer who's a fan of Glasgow Rangers and the construction manager of our new Warrior. He took us through the ship, where more than 100 people have been working very hard to build the world's first custom-built campaigning vessel.
An avant-garde campaigning platform
The new features of the ship are amazing. For someone like me, who has sailed on our current (and rusty) Warrior, for several campaigns over the years, seeing the new Warrior is like a dream. There is even a highly secured room where we can continue to send out media releases and images no matter who storms the ship to stop a protest or a direct action!
The more William tells us about the Warrior's new features the more excited I am. "You look like a boy with a new toy", says Tim to me. I didn't realize it was that obvious! But, really… if you see inside the ship, you know you're in campaigner's heaven.
As the ultimate campaigning vessel, she will have great campaign office, a specialized media room able to transmit images of environmental crimes to the world's media in minutes, using high speed broadband internet access and the latest version of SATCOM. Her video and photo equipment will enable us to bear witness and share these experiences with all of you. The Warrior's helicopter landing pad will carry a helicopter - our 'eye in the sky', capable of tracking illegal fishing operations, illegal shipments of timber and toxic cargo from miles away. Her two rigid hull inflatable boats will carry activists in minutes to take direct action to stop environmental crime in some of the most remote parts of the world.
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The Rainbow Warrior III is built to sail, using wind energy instead of fossil fuels, with the option in unsuitable weather conditions to switch over to diesel-engine-powered, electric propulsion. The A-frame design of the mast and the positioning of the sails have been optimised for efficiency and the shape of the hull has been designed for maximum fuel conservation.
William is very proud of the work done so far. "It's a very special project for me, her predecessors carry a history of principles and a commitment and desire for a green future, so the Rainbow Warrior III will take on that legacy to keep the fight going", he says.
At 57.92 metres in length, the new Rainbow Warrior will allow for more efficiency and higher reliability: very low fuel consumption due to hull shape, very good sailing characteristics to save on fuel, environmentally friendly silicon based paint system, re-use of engine heat for hot water generation and engine pre-heating, biological treatment of black and grey water, and many other innovative green features.
She will be registered as a 'Motor Sailor Yacht', endorsed to operate by the Dutch flag state authorities and will be certified and classified to the highest standards by Germanischer Lloyd, one of the worlds leading classification societies. The GL classification will ensure she fulfills all requirements for her class to the highest standard, and she will also be voluntarily registered with green ship class notation and a 'Green passport' meaning she fulfills the highest environmental standards.
My first time with the Rainbow Warrior
I remember when I saw the Rainbow Warrior II in 1992, in Argentina for the first time. I was in high school and I was insprired when I saw her taking action against the nuclear plant Atucha, a reactor built during the military dictatorship with technology provided by the German company Siemens.
Being in Germany, almost 20 years later, to see the construction of the new Warrior, seems like a paradox. But on my train back to Amsterdam I see people with the "Nuclear, no thanks" banners on the streets and I feel that there's no better place now to build the heir of the ship that woke up the world to the disasters of the nuclear arms race and inspired millions of people to fight, with hope for a better future.
Help us build the Rainbow Warrior. We still urgently need your support in order to get her finished by October this year. Buy a virtual piece of the new ship, get your certificate of "ownership" and get your name onboard a specially designed dedication wall which will be built on the new Warrior.
Simply visit www.greenpeace.org/anewwarrior
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Will you be scrapping any of the Diesel powered boats?
The Arctic Sunrise: 3703 hp Diesel
The Esperanza: 5876 hp Diesel, plus Diesel generator
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If you don't, your efforts to "Move Beyond Oil" look, quite frankly, a sham.
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How are you able to take actions and chase fishing boats, whalers etc if your sailing.... It will NOT work!!!!
It's a sad fact of reality but for a ship to really be effective in STOPPING illegal actions on the Ocean it really needs to have the aid of a engine. It's a catch 22 but that is the reality of the situation.
I think Greenpeace is a sham Whether it has sail or motor power..
How any Not For Profit organisation can afford to build a custom made yacht worth an estimated at 15million Euros is beyond me.
That money should be spent else where like on the campaigns.
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Greenpeace has always acknowledged the fact that it has to tread a careful balance between using things like diesel powered ships and social media services powered often by dirty energy against the goals of the organization, or the greater good if you will. The Rainbow Warrior 3 is a step in the right direction but I don't see GP retiring Arctic Sunrise or Esperanza any time soon. These tools are sometimes a neccessary evil. But I know that the organization does its best to mitigate the caustic effects of their activities as best they can and often lead the way in best practices (such as in sustainable building design and eco-friendly refrigeration for just two examples)
That being said if you have an issue with how GP raises or spends their money you have a choice. Educate yourself by studying their audited financial statements (which are readily available) and governance reports and then decide for yourself whether you want to support the organization or not.
As a supporter of Greenpeace amongst other organizations (both environmental and dedicated to other issues) I always scrutinize how they are governed, what they do with their money and their take on the issues they involve themselves in. If you choose to engage in a debate, offer an eductaed constructive opinion. I stay off these blogs most of the time because most people either blindly praise GP (which is fine) or criticize them without bothering to research their actual position.
I don't accept everything Greenpeace does or says and I disagree on a number of things that they have done or proposed in the past. But their value as the global town crier alerting us to the very real damage being done to our environment is both neccessary and welcome. They prime the debate pump and get people talking about issues that big business and most governments would prefer us to be ignorant of. For that I think they continue to serve a purpose. If they no longer fulfill this task, I like many others will cease to support them. Nobody is forcing us to give the money that they use to build their boat or protest Arctic oil drilling. But I am glad they are engaged in those activities and I will continue to absorb what they say and decide for myself what is what in these vital issues of our time.
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|June 23, 2012, 06:16 PM
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14 year old shoots armed intruder.
Phoenix boy, 14, shoots armed intruder while watching three younger siblings
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/23...#ixzz1yf40mV3l
Very interesting. Thoughts on leaving a young lad a gun at home for protection?
Wonder if the parents will be charged with "leaving a gun around kids"
|June 23, 2012, 06:25 PM
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Good shot there, young man. I am happy to read that you had the wit, control, understanding, and courage to "Stand Your Ground."
|June 23, 2012, 06:27 PM
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They won't be charged, nor should they be. There is no law in Arizona (nor in many other states) against letting responsible teenagers have access to the tools they need to protect the family.
Obviously, the parents made the right call in this instance. If the newspaper account is accurate, it's reasonable to believe that all four kids would very likely be dead, or raped and otherwise traumatized, if the parents hadn't taught their son what to do in such a situation.
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|June 23, 2012, 07:22 PM
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IIRC there have been some similar occurrences in other States which didn't result in any adverse actions against the parents. But my memory is sometimes hazy. If I have a chance to do some research later, I'll post about it.
But in any case, I agree with pax. This seems to have been a proper and appropriate use of lethal force. Those "keep loaded guns away from children" laws I've seen create liability only when the child then does something wrong with the gun.
And based on the newspaper account, it looks like the kid correctly did the sorts of things we talk about often: get innocents to a place of safety; arm yourself; and take a defensible position.
"Teach your children well..."
"It is long been a principle of ours that one is no more armed because he has possession of a firearm than he is a musician because he owns a piano. There is no point in having a gun if you are not capable of using it skillfully." -- Jeff Cooper
|June 23, 2012, 07:25 PM
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That whole story is an amazing bit of personal responsibility displayed by that kid. I am impressed.
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|June 23, 2012, 07:27 PM
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When I was younger, it was common for kids to have access to firearms, especially in rural areas. In my case, we kept rifles handy.
As a teen, I responded to noise in the house. When I was alone with our dog. Our dog too point and I followed with a rifle. Fortunately, whatever or whoever was making the noise was gone. Where we lived, it could have been a two or four legged critter.
Flash forward to now, I would never allow my teen to have access to firearms. I trust some teens, but not mine. It is an individual thing. Not every kid is up to it.
|June 23, 2012, 07:34 PM
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Thank God the kids are ok. It is also a good thing the parents took the time to train their kids safe and proper use of a gun. I have taught each of my kids the safe and proper use of guns. My 12 year old daughter has better trigger safety (finger off the trigger) and muzzle discipline than most of the shooters I see at the range.
These parents probably won't face any charges, nor should they face any charges. They had the foresight, to prepare their kids, for this situation should it ever arise. Good job on the parents part.
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|June 23, 2012, 09:46 PM
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This is Arizona; if anything happens to the kid or parents, it will be either a medal, a commendation, or they'll name a holiday after them. We're allowed to defend ourselves and raise our children our way out here.
When i was 14, i had a rifle rack and a 12 gauge in the truck that I drove without a license on the country roads, and the sheriff didn't give two licks. Imagine how that would go over today in say, California. Someone would be doing life over it i'm sure
|June 23, 2012, 10:49 PM
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When I was about 13 a neighborhood trouble maker of about 17 tried to enter our home when our parents were away. As I attempted to fight him off at the door he quickly got the best of me and rushed into our house. However, suddenly my 11 year old brother appeared and chambered a round into my Father's Marlin 35 deer rifle. Needless to say the intruder exited the house in a very rapid fashion. My Brother and I were pretty good kids that never got in much trouble, but we were taught to defend ourselves and our family.
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|June 24, 2012, 09:26 AM
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I think something needs to be said about parents "parenting" skills. This kid wasn't borne with the ability and confidence needed to protect his siblings.
These traits had be be instilled by the parents somewhere a long the line.
I feel for the kids and parents in the trama they had to go through, but I complement the parents and kid for being prepared for what evil this world brings.
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|June 24, 2012, 01:47 PM
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I'm not going to let my 13 year old girl have access to any firearms myself (personal choice) due to a 13 year old girl I knew having committed suicide when I was a teen. Sometimes emotions at that age are too much.
Regardless I'm happy this turned out well. I'm sure that family (and that young man) is going to have some mental struggles to overcome, but it's infinitely better than the alternative. I'm also glad we didn't see a bunch of idiotic comments from people saying that the kid should be charged along with the parent due to not "shooting to wound" (shooting in the leg or something).
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Guilt is the primary occupational hazard of parenthood. No matter what you do or don't do, if it turns out badly you will second guess yourself for the rest of your life.
No answers from here, by the way. I'm just admiring the size & scope of the problem. There's no "right" answer on things like this -- just varying degrees of what you can live with if it goes badly.
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|June 24, 2012, 02:30 PM
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While not as enthusiastically I did train my kids about guns and gun safety and then left any gun loaded I felt the need to...
My daughter was fully a teenager before she asked about shooting my .22 rifle for fun...
Sure I got right on the accuracy training and reinforcing the gun handling rules...
One day she asked if she could shoot a rabbit that was in the yard as she shot...
I told her we could feed it to a bulldog but go ahead if you feel the desire...
As soon as we fed it to the dog, I sat her down and told her my feelings on taking a human life to defend my own... If you can kill an innocent harmless critter that has done nothing to you... EVER... than what makes the life of a predatory human any more valuable in the greater scheme of things???
I am so happy, for her sense of mind and being, that she asked to kill a rabbit that day!!!
|June 24, 2012, 03:06 PM
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How come you don't read about this on the Brady website?
|June 24, 2012, 03:32 PM
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The awful conundrum is that of the responsible child vs. the irresponsible, dangerous or suicidal.
I could cite examples of each. Hopefully parents have insight into their children. The bad things happen when they don't.
There is no general answer - as a parent you need to decide.
Society seems to be more concerned with the risks from the bad situations as compared to positive self-defense benefits.
However, that is part of the general debate over guns in the USA.
I will say that as a caution, the parent who says they rule with an iron hand, sometimes are clueless about what actually is up with their kids. Similarly, the overly permissive can be clueless as to risks. Honest involvement is needed.
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|June 24, 2012, 04:59 PM
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The 14 year old is one any parent could be proud of.
My son is now over 30, . . . I beat him today shooting the high power rifles, he beat me with the rim fires. All this is because I took the time to take him shooting and taught him firearm safety.
Shooting is a wonderful sport that has the added attraction of sometimes can be life and death useful.
Thanks should be given to the dad and mom for properly instilling of correct decision making ability in that young man.
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|June 24, 2012, 05:27 PM
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Here on the left coast, California law requires everyone to lock up their handguns, when they leave their homes, to prevent child access. Had the 14-year old lived 150-miles to the west, one can only imagine what could have happened to him and his siblings. My local paper described the incident, but didn't identify the type of gun.
|June 25, 2012, 09:12 AM
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HLN with Robin this morning had a factual report with an officer praising the young man.
I would like someone to ask Mayor-Nanny Bloomers if he would have preferred these children to be killed? I saw him yapping about the social problems we need to deal with - like guns. No, it's crime, Mikey.
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|June 30, 2012, 11:59 AM
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Kudos to the kid and his parents. To the kid not just for defending his home and family but also for having the presence of mind to get everyone to a place of safety but for having the determination to actually pull the trigger. Nobody should ever be forced into a situation where they have to make that decision but he was and he handled it fine, I can only hope he doesn't have any remorse over it and he sleeps just fine.
Kudos to the parents for not only raising their oldest son to bravely defend his siblings but for raising the siblings to obey the oldest when he is left in charge.
All kids are different of course, I have three of my own and its safe to say that parents must make the time to have a relationship with their kids. Its hard with work and school and every other obligation we take upon ourselves but its absolutely essential for the child's emotional and spiritual development that parents (especially fathers) are more than just pay rents.
Engage with your kids, play with them and include them in the activities you enjoy. How will you keep.them off the streets and off drugs if you only speak to them to correct or discipline them? How do you impart moral and social values if you don't live the example for them? Its not going to happen with.an iron fist or a "Don't.do.drugs" lecture if you follow that act with "now go play and leave me alone while I watch the game and drink my beer." I wouldn't know what to do without my kids. I live for them and I'd kill or die for them whatever the situation demanded without hesitation or remorse.
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If all human behavior stems from either love, or fear, I wonder what motivates 'Mayor-Nanny Bloomers'. Perhaps it is that someday the dwindling middle class will become poor and devalued enough to take up arms against the rich and oppressive. Guns, like any tool, are hardly a social problem. Now people's attitudes and behavior certainly can be. 'Mayor-Nanny Bloomers' seems educated enough to grasp that, so what is really motivating him ? The helicopter pad he used that was closed to the general public offers me an indication.
Somehow the RKBA group needs to mitigate the fear that guns seem to generate and be exploited by those opposed to the RKBA. Examples of firearms being used to save a life, or provide family security are as good as it gets. The NRA seems to recognize this.
Share some stories that appear in your local news about such situations whenever they occur. It never hurts to repeat these stories to you local media when you hear them.
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When I am challenged by an antigunner - not to divert from this thread - I like to pose them what they would do in situations such as the 14 year old faced.
My favorites are local. One is when a young woman faced a world championship boxer with a history of forcible sex crimes. He stalked her from the gym and broke into her house. She shot him with a Glock. Ask the anti-female if she thinks she could have saved herself with a frying pan. Ask the antigun male if he could go H2H with a championship boxer.
Or the CT daddy who got bopped and then his family was sexually asaulted and burned alive. Maybe he could have save the day with a gun or the women could have.
Or the 17 year old young lady - alone at her burned out house in Bastrop area of TX after the fires. Her relatives went for supplies. Looters showed up. Her holstered handgun and statement that they should not test her resolve scared them off.
There are others. The anti answer would of course be that the overall level of gun crime is such that if we banned all guns many would be saved. Your particular horror is worth it to reduce total crime. Good choice, in my opinion -
Are you willing to be burned alive to cut down drug/turf related gun fights?
Of course, approriate social programs would reduce drug crime after guns are banned from law abiding citizens.
I am in favor of appropriate social programs to help people. We know crime is driven in large part by economic circumstances.
But banning guns for law abiding folks is orthogonal to the social issue.
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|July 3, 2012, 02:16 PM
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As far as youngsters defending themselves with home firearms, I would say I'm for it with some caveats.
When I was a kid that age, and we (my little brother and I) were left alone, Dad always said, "You know where the guns are if you need them," before he would leave. Then one night I remember one of those news magazine type shows coming on TV. It was Dateline, or 20/20, or 60 minutes, or something along those lines.
One of the stories featured some youngsters who were home alone (in their teens, capable of being left alone for a while), who had what appeared to them to be a crazed person trying to break in. I can't remember the details now, this was better than 15 years ago, but IIRC, I believe one of the youths shot the man. Afterwards it was found out that the kids' parents had been in an accident, and had asked this guy who was at the scene to go to their house and inform the kids, because the parents were being taken to the hospital. Again, I was a kid when this came on TV, so I may be fuzzy or incorrect on the story, but it was something along those lines. I'd love to find a link to a transcript or old news story about it, but I can't remember enough details that would make for a fruitful internet search.
What I do remember clearly is that after that program was over, my mom and dad needed to go run a few errands, and normally they would've left us at home, but they wouldn't let us that time. They made us go with them. Dad wouldn't give a reason when I asked "why?" but I knew the answer.
I see no problem with a teen defending himself/herself, but a teen's maturity level and ability to correctly size up a complex and dynamic situation is not always as good as an adult's, and even adults' can be lacking.
I don't know. I'm with Pax on this one. Not sure if there is an across the board "right answer." I suppose it depends on the maturity level of the kid, and the complexity of the situation.
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Episode #6 (series finale)
Debut date: FRIDAY, NOV. 29 (10:00-10:50 p.m.)
Other CINEMAX playdates: Nov. 29 (12:45 a.m.) and 30 (9:10 p.m., 11:40 p.m.), and Dec. 1 (11:15 a.m.), 2 (1:30 p.m., 11:55 p.m.), 3 (1:40 p.m., 2:50 a.m.), 4 (8:00 p.m.) and 5 (9:00 p.m.)
Still held in Pakistan, Porter tries to gain the trust of a captor to enable his escape. Thompson (Jodhi May) grows suspicious of Collinson after new information comes to light. As tension with an ally increases, Collinson decides to take matters into his own hands. Guest stars include Toby Stephens, Ewen Bremner and Alexander Siddiq.
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"Art of the White Mountains'' at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is a scenic journey into New England's past that should remind viewers the region's majestic beauty has always touched visitors in powerful ways.
Beneath darkling skies, the jagged granite mass of the Franconia Notch looms above a young boy and his dog in Jasper Francis Cropsey's magnificent mid-19th century oil painting, "Eagle Cliff, New Hampshire.''
Like an observant tour guide, Museum of Fine Arts curator Karen Quinn pointed out a patch of pumpkins and sunflowers not far from the humble cabin that lent a homey touch to the rugged landscape of the White Mountains.
Quinn organized "Art of the White Mountains,'' a scenic journey into New England's past that should remind viewers the region's majestic beauty has always touched visitors in still powerful ways.
The curator of paintings in the MFA's Art of the Americas department, she has brought together gorgeous paintings by 19th-century giants Thomas Cole, Winslow Homer and George Inness, numerous works by regional masters, prints, notebooks and a dramatic photograph by Bradford Washburn.
"Studying American landscape painting, I have marveled at how important New England has been as a source of inspiration for artists …,'' said Quinn. "The focus of this exhibition is to show one exquisite slice of our region — the incomparable White Mountains. … The works on view will illustrate both the allure of New Hampshire's natural wonders and also the significance of the region in the American landscape.''
Located in the Edward and Nancy Roberts Family Gallery, this is a compact show with just about 30 paintings, prints (some which will be switched out with others), sketchbooks and a photo. Nearly all works are from the MFA's collection; the exhbit will run through July 7, 2013.
"Art of the White Mountains" showcases the first public display of a painting acquired by the museum last November, "Lancaster, New Hampshire,'' by Robert S. Duncanson, the son of biracial parents who earned international recognition in the 1860s as a landscape artist.
Quinn said art in the show ranges from an 1828 drawing Cole made on one of his first visits to a 2012 sketch by Al Lewis, a museum staffer which she included to show interest in the region continues through today.
By combining regional history and memorable art, it evokes the powerful emotional — even spiritual significance — of the White Mountains as a subject for artists.
Curiously, the haunting deaths of the Willey family in Crawford Notch in August 1826 stimulated a growing interest in the White Mountains as a destination for travelers and artists.
A display case with a local history and print of the house explained that after heavy rains, the family, fearing a rockslide, fled their home to a stone shelter on their property. But when the landslide occurred, it spared the house, destroying instead the shelter and killing the entire Willey family of adults, five children and hired hands.
An Englishman who came to the U.S. with his family in 1818, Cole first visited the White Mountains a year after the Willey tragedy and returned later with painter Henry Cheever Pratt.
Quinn observed that the initial artistic interest in the White Mountains as a subject in the early 19th century coincided with Americans' burgeoning national feeling that a special destiny was bound to their vast and pristine wilderness. Within a decade, Transcendentalist writers, like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, were popularizing their belief, she said, "the hand of God'' could be intuited in the landscape.
As early as 1835, painters like Thomas Doughty depicted rural scenes that were both depictions of the rugged landscape yet imbued with a special light that hinted at a divine presence. At a time the Industrial Revolution was beginning to change American cities, the solitary figure in Doughty's "New Hampshire Lake'' walks along through the countryside as if seeking benediction from its natural powers.
Even after the horrors of the Civil War and imminent closing of the American West, the White Mountains seemed less a real place than an Edenic state-of-mind left over from an earlier, more innocent age.
In Sanford Robinson Gifford's luminous "An October Afternoon,'' Mount Chocorua towers above a serene lake that seems to shine in the afternoon glow. Painting in 1871, he included at the water's edge vague figures, teepees and canoes reminiscent of a pristine wilderness that had long since vanished.
Quinn expressed hope the exhibit would encourage visitors not "to take for granted our own amazing backyard.''
She cited Cole who described the White Mountains in the 1830s as "the sublime melting into the beautiful, the savage tempered by the magnificent.''
Whether you visit the museum or the Presidential Range, it's only a short drive to see for yourself.
"Art of the White Mountains''
WHEN: Through July 7, 2013
WHERE: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
INFO: 617-267-9300, www.mfa.org


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Decision : CONF 003 XIV.49-52
Ways of Ensuring a Better Turnover in the Membership of the World Heritage Committee
49. The Committee noted the report on the discussion of this item at the Bureau meeting, at which no consensus had been reached, with some members holding that there should be no limit placed on the number of terms of office of members of the Committee, while others were of the opinion that there were good grounds to change the present system (document CC-86/CONF.003/9).
50. One member suggested that the Committee consider recommending to all States Parties at the next General Assembly that the Assembly adopt a procedure whereby, prior to the election of States to the Committee, the Chairman of the General Assembly would, in the interest of equitable rotation, call on all those States completing their term of office on the Committee to consider waiting two years before standing for re-election for a further six year term.
51. Although aware of the need for rotation in the membership of the Committee, other members considered that it was not proper for the Committee to make a recommendation on this question to the General Assembly, since States could not be prevented from submitting their candidature in accordance with established electoral procedures. As there was no clear consensus on this matter, the Committee decided not to make any recommendation to the General Assembly.
52. The Committee fully recognized the need to ensure an equitable representation of the different regions and cultures o f the world in the composition of the Committee, as stipulated in Article 8 (2) of the Convention.


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Chants - Robe ChantBy Zoketsu Norman Fischer | Jun 27, 2008
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Robe Chant led by Zoketsu at daily opening service of Samish Island Sesshin in June of 2008. During the Robe Chant lay and religious ordained have their rakasu's resting on their head and hands is gassho.
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Said...In Love
today's reading.
Genesis 49:1-15 Then Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come...
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Jacob calls all his sons together for his final words in Genesis 49, and, boy is he ever candid with them. He tells his sons to listen to him and then he informs each one individually what they can expect going forward. Jacob's approach is straightforward and his words are very telling when it comes to each son's character. As hard as it may have been, Jacob didn't pull any punches. He told/revealed the ugly and undesirable things right along with the good characteristics.
This got me thinking about how we have a tendency to not see, maybe overlook, or simply have an inaccurate perception of what we're like and how we operate. So even though it may be hard to hear, it's good to have someone like a spouse, a parent, a friend, or even a child speak candidly with us...in love.
So how can we make sure we're listening and open to what others tell us about ourselves? How might you go about telling someone something difficult...in love? Tami W.
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Working as part of a healthcare team, the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) provides quality nursing care to residents and assists with their activities of daily living. The CNA needs to anticipate all of the residents' needs to provide a safe environment that allows them to live as normal a life as possible, maintaining their dignity, respect and rights.
Provide quality nursing care to residents in an environment which promotes their rights, dignity, freedom of choice and their individuality as illustrated by the following:
Knowledgeable of the individualized care plan for residents and provide support to the resident according to the care plan.Take vital signs and document accurately when completing daily charting; report any signs of unusual behaviors or medical conditions and report to supervisor promptly.Administer required treatments as assigned and document accurately.
Attend to the needs of residents with activities of daily living, which may include assistance with grooming, bathing, oral hygiene, feeding, incontinent care, toileting, colostomy care, prosthetic appliances, transferring, ambulation, range of motion, communicating, or other needs in keeping with the individuals' care requirements.Allow residents to do what they can for themselves.Residents will appear neat, clean and well-kept at all times. Document unusual findings (i.e., behaviors, skin abnormalities).Schedule activities of the day.
Assist in maintaining a safe, neat and clean environment (making beds, putting away resident's clothing, emptying wastebaskets, cleaning floors, bathrooms and work areas, etc.); report environmental deficiencies to the supervisor such as lighting or equipment problems.
Observe residents for changes in condition or behavior and immediately report to supervisor. Work with healthcare team to promptly and effectively intervene in a therapeutic manner.
Answer residents' call bells promptly and courteously. Maintain the comfort, privacy and dignity of each resident in the delivery of services in a manner that displays warmth and promotes a caring environment. Maintain a calm demeanor during emergency situations.
Lift, move and transport residents using proper body mechanics or lifting devices for accident prevention. Proceed in manner as stated in status sheet/care plan.
Communicate and interact professionally, effectively and tactfully with the resident, visitors, families, peers, and supervisors.
Complete CNA records documenting care provided or other information per facility policies and procedures.
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Talk:VCS package guidelines
https:// vs git://
Could we consider a guideline to use firewall-friendly protocols when possible (e.g. https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib.git instead of git://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib.git)? --Mitch feaster 14:34, 15 November 2011 (EST)
Updating a CVS repo
I don't use cvs. How can you describe the pkgver for cvs (for pacman 4.1)?
-- Dracorp (talk) 09:31, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
- CVS is not supported in pacman 4.1 like the other VCS tools. You will need to update pkgver manually until CVS support is added.
- -- Jstjohn (talk) 22:44, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
The #fragment part of the VCS source URL has a different meaning for each type of VCS. This can be confusing for people, especially when they are trying to checkout a specific branch or tag. Examples would reduce the chance for confusion a lot.
fictional examples for git and svn (don't have experience with bzr or HG)
check out branch git_test of git://myproject.com into folder my_git_code :
Check out branch svn_test of svn://myproject.com into folder my_svn_code :
Lone_Wolf (talk) 20:49, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
pkgver() for git
I'd like to suggest using HEAD instead of master in example pkgver(), i.e.
pkgver() { cd local_repo echo $(git rev-list --count HEAD).$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) }
instead of
pkgver() { cd local_repo echo $(git rev-list --count master).$(git rev-parse --short master) }
If source line contains fragment, e.g.
source=("$pkgname::git://path.git#branch=name"), offered version will not work correct. User may forget to fix it (from master to specified branch or commit). My version lacks this bug.
Cons: Don't see. But I'd like this fix to be reviewed if I miss something. Bug in such example may hurt many package maintainers.
More on git pkgver()'s
I would also like to see packages use pkgver fucntions like this:
git describe --always --long | sed -E 's/([^-]*-g)/r\1/;s/-/./g'
so they are more friendly to vercmp. Current behaviour using git-git as an example:
current ver:
next ver:
vercmp 18.104.22.168.g123abc 18.104.22.168.50.g123abc 1 # the first is greater than the second
Right now, the current version is actually greater than the new version, causing a downgrade. If
r is appended to the patch level (the numbers just before the g<hex> bit), then vercmp would order the versions correctly.
current ver:
next ver:
vercmp 1.8.2.r210.g123abc 126.96.36.199.r50.g123abc -1 # the first is less than the second


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* 200gm unsalted butter
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* 3gm salt
* 4 eggs, lightly beaten
* 225gm cake flour
* 3gm baking powder
* 2 tbsp milk
* 3 tbsp fresh blueberry puree
- Sift flour & baking powder. Set aside.
- Using a electrical whisk, cream butter for 1 min on high speed. Add sponge gel, icing sugar & salt. Beat on high for 3 mins till mixture increase in volume & turns pale white.
- Add beaten eggs gradually until evenly combined.
- Add sifted flour and beat till evenly mixed. Add in milk. Mixture will be creamy & fluffy.
- Scoop out 1 cup batter and mix in blueberry puree.
- Spoon plain batter & blueberry batter alternately into a lined 9"x5" loaf pan and bake in preheated oven at 180 deg cel for 45mins. Cover lightly with foil if surface starts to brown too fast after 35-40mins. Continue to bake till skewer inserted comes out clean. Rest cake in pan for 10mins before cooling completely on rack.


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Public Goods : a survey of the common wealth
February 2, 2011 by Giles Lane
This year we will begin a major new programme of projects exploring the intangible things we value most about the people, places and communities we live in : Public Goods. Through a series of projects over a 5 year period we'll be making artworks, films, events, exhibitions and publications in places across the nation (and hopefully abroad too) working in collaboration with both other creative practitioners and local people.
In this first year we're planning a series of smaller research projects to help us meet and engage with collaborators, identify places and communities, themes and activities. We'll be using our City As Material format for collaborative urban exploration and zine-making as a method of investigating new places with local people, and also focused projects, like Alice's As It Comes, in both urban and rural settings exploring other knowledges and experiences that are often overlooked or are being swept away by the fast pace of social change. We also plan to continue our research collaborations into new technologies for public authoring, play and sensing the world around us (such as Urban Tapestries, bookleteer and Sensory Threads).
Our aim is to build up an archive, or archives, of the intangible goods that people most value and want to share – transmitting hope and belief through artistic practice to others in the present and for the future. In the teeth of a radical onslaught against the tangible public assets we are familiar with (libraries, forests, education etc), Public Goods seeks to celebrate and champion a re-valuation of those public assets which don't readily fit within the budget lines of an accountant's spreadsheet.
We'd love to hear from communities, practitioners or organisations who'd like us to work with them around this theme – do get in touch.


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Pros: Rich sound; inexpensive; uses standard audio jacks.Cons: A bit large for some desktops.
Performance: A+Ease of Use: AFeatures: BValue: A+Price: $79
How many times do we install new systems and then forget about the audio? I know we've done it in the lab quite a bit. Speakers have become a sort of an afterthought these days. But they have also become something else: weak.
In fact, you really don't know how bad your speakers sound until you hook up some really great ones. Although KTE Systems, also known as Genius, insisted that its newest model, the SP-HF1800A, would be great, we had our doubts. For one, the SP-HF1800As are made of wood. Yes, freakin' wood. And we can't remember the last time something wooden was attached to a test computer in the lab. Secondly, they have standard RCA jacks in the back, so there is no fancy high-definition audio. But the price was the nail we thought we would be putting in the coffin of the review. How good could they really be at just $79?
We do have to say that we were impressed during the unpacking process. The SP-HF1800As are 15.5 inches tall and 6.5 inches wide. They are also quite heavy for speakers, at least partially because the frame is made of wood instead of plastic. They are black and look pretty darn high end, like you would expect to see sitting beside the ministereo in some luxurious penthouse suite.
There are three speakers in the array. The middle 4-inch speaker handles the mainstay of the voice data and most musical instruments that fall into the 500 to 7,000 Hz frequency range. The identical speaker sitting below it acts as the woofer and handles anything that falls below the 500 Hz range. This is a great design because the woofer is never interrupted when playing a complex piece. You can crank up the SP-HF1800A pretty loud and not hear any distortion. The final speaker acts like a tweeter and pumps out really high pitched sounds and special effects.
The three work in concert to produce waves of beautiful sound that you probably haven't heard coming from your computer. Almost every set of computer speakers we have tested in the past suffered from a bit of a tinny sound at some volume level or sometimes at every volume level. But not these.
If anything, the bass is a little too strong even without a dedicated subwoofer as a separate unit. Thankfully, the bass can be reduced using the front-facing control knob, which might be necessary depending on what type of audio file you want to play. You can also adjust the treble. The recommended settings for bass and treble have grooves that you can set both knobs into, which is exactly halfway through their rotation.
The wooden case we were so unsure about actually works in favor of better sound. It gives voices and music a stronger, richer tone that audiophiles will appreciate. The fact that the speakers are separating the tones means that voices really pop in music, too. In any case, we won't make fun of wooden construction again.
To test the differences in sound quality among different speaker sets, we hooked up a very expensive — more than $400 — set of high-definition audio speakers. These used the HDMI port on our test system, so they could be attached at the same time as the analog SP-HF1800A.
We brought in several co-workers and had them sit in front of our test computer and then switched the audio back and forth between audio source A and B, with A being the SP-HF1800A. We asked them to rate the two speakers, which were alternately playing the same song set. The SP-HF1800A got higher ratings across the board.
People said it had a richer, fuller sound that was more pleasurable to the ears. When we ran the same tests using a political speech as the audio source, the results were even more in favor of the SP-HF1800A, with every tester saying it was easier to hear and understand all the words when the signal was coming out of the Genius speakers. Here, having the voice channel pop because of the frequency separation really helped.
The SP-HF1800A is a little sparse on features, but there are two of note.
First, there is a headphone jack in the front of the right speaker, so if you need to listen to something privately, you just plug in a headset. Doing so automatically cuts the main audio signal off regardless of the volume setting.
Second, Genius smartly included an extra line-in jack right beside the headphone jack. If you want to listen to something from an external audio source, such as an iPod or digital recorder, you just plug it in. You can do that without disconnecting the speakers from the computer because those analog ports are around back. This is a nice extra, given that the speakers are a little too large to be moving around all the time. And the secondary audio source sounds just as good as the one coming from the main computer.
The only complaint we have — and this is a very minor one — is that the black finish is not actually painted onto the wood. It's some type of applied covering. The only way we found that out was because there was slight damage to the test unit in shipping and a corner of it was lifted up. We guess that the stuck-on coating is a nice way to fake really high-quality materials and still have a great-looking unit for only $79.
In the final analysis, everyone who experienced the wooden SP-HF1800A speakers loved the audio quality, preferring it to those of more expensive systems that use higher quality audio ports. The nice look and extra features are just icing on the cake.
Whether you want your computer to be a presentation tool or just want great audio for the price of a merely acceptable audio system, you can't really go wrong with SP-HF1800A speakers. If you have a touch of extra space on your desktop real estate, these are speakers you definitely want to move in.
GCN Director of Information Technology Tuncay Tankir contributed to this review.
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MS program helps people understand genetic facts
Brandeis genetic counseling program turns 20
Who is at risk of developing life-altering diseases? Do they want to know? And how can they process the results if the future looks threatening?
The first question has become more answerable with the implementation of genetic screening. The other two are tougher; answers depend on individual personalities and how people think.
How these questions are answered affect some of life's most vital decisions: Whether to have children, terminate a pregnancy or opt for prophylactic mastectomy in reaction to a genetic predisposition to breast cancer.
"As genetic counselors, our goal is not to give patients advice, but provide information so they can make informed decisions," says Beth Rosen Sheidley, professor of the practice of genetic counseling and co-director of research and professional development for the Genetic Counseling Program at Brandeis, a two-year master's degree program.
Genetic counselors work as members of a health care team, most frequently in a clinical setting where they analyze inheritance patterns and risk for recurrence, discuss options, and provide counseling to families. They also serve as patient advocates and refer individuals and families to community or state support services.
In addition they work in clinical research, public health, education and in private diagnostics labs in the fields of medical genetics and molecular biotechnology.
There are approximately 3,000 genetic counselors in the United States, and 31 master's programs. Sheidley was a member of the first Brandeis class, which entered in 1992 and graduated in 1994. A biology undergraduate, she was deciding between medical school and clinical psychology.
Sheidley says genetic counseling was an opportunity to combine her two interests. She worked for five years as a prenatal counselor at Brooklyn Hospital and St. Luke's -Roosevelt in New York, and then returned to Boston, where she transitioned into the specialty area of autism/psychiatric genetics, first at Tufts Medical Center, then at MGH.
In 2005 she returned to Brandeis to join the faculty. She also works as a genetic counselor in neurology at Boston Children's Hospital in the Epilepsy Genetics Program.
Students who enroll in the Genetic Counseling Program come from a wide range of educational and professional backgrounds. Some arrive with PhDs in the sciences; most do not. Courses during the two-year program range from basic sciences to clinical genetics, counseling and research.
Students also take part in internships, working directly under a board-certified genetic counselor in an area hospital. Each student must complete three internships: one in prenatal genetic counseling, one in pediatrics and one in cancer and adult genetics.
"Our focus is making sure that students understand the basic principles of molecular biology and human genetics and reproductive biology so that they can then understand the clinical and medical genetics," says Sheidley. "When they're counseling someone they need to be able to explain genetic principles to families,."
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The idea for the Brandeis program began when Judith Tsipis, professor of biology and founder and director of the Genetic Counseling Program, sat down for lunch with Eve Marder and Kaplana White. It was 1991 and The Human Genome Project was well under way.
"Eve said that she was reading an editorial in the journal Nature written by Nancy Wexler, who has done a lot of work on Huntington's disease," says Tsipis. "She said with all of the new genome research coming out, there was a need for more genetic counselors."
"It was perfect!" says Tsipis, who has a PhD in biology from MIT. "I have a background in genetics, I love teaching and working with students, and I have had a child with a genetic problem. This is my way of helping others. It comes from the soul."
She spent the next seven months putting the program together.
Tsipis's son Andreas, who passed away in 1998 at the age of 22, had Canavan disease, a progressive neurological disorder that wasn't diagnosed until he was a teenager. She understands first-hand how information can make a big difference to families searching for answers.
Gretchen Schneider, professor of the practice of genetic counseling, and co-director of clinical placements for the Genetic Counseling Program, graduated with a master's degree in human genetics from Sarah Lawrence in 1992, the first school to offer a genetic counseling program. She was in clinical practice at Children's Hospital in Boston for eight years and coordinated a clinic for individuals with neurofibromatosis, a genetic nervous system disorder.
"If a parent has neurofibromatosis, they have a 50/50 chance of passing it on to each of their kids," says Schneider. "We saw families where a parent and one or two of the children were affected. We also had children with the disorder and no parental genetic tie."
Many parents, she says, chose not to have genetic testing because they were not sure of what they would do with the information.
Schneider joined the faculty in 2008, following six years with Harvard Medical School's Center for Personalized Genetics Medicine, where she focused on genetics education. She co-teaches a two-semester clinical genetics course with Dr. Joan Stoler of Boston Children's Hospital. The course covers the medical approach to the many types of diseases that one might encounter as a genetic counselor.
The class uses case studies to explore how a counselor would proceed when in actual clinical practice.
"The idea is to equip students with medical knowledge and counseling skills as they go out and see patients," says Schneider.
Facing a serious medical issue is always challenging. Having a support system in place, along with an understanding of what may be expected along the way, can be critical when it comes to making life-altering decisions.
Tsipis says the Brandeis program's focus on disability issues sets it apart from many other programs. Students participate in fieldwork placements in which they work in community- based agencies that serve people with special needs. They also participate in the unique Family Pals program, which pairs students with families of children who have a disability.
"The specific nature of the child's diagnosis is of less importance than the fact that the child's daily life is impacted by a set of challenges that are not typical," says Tsipis.
Students visit with the family on three occasions over the course of the semester to better understand such things as what it feels like to push a child in a wheelchair and how it feels to have people stare at your child.
"This experience gives students a chance to find out what some of the challenges are to the family and directly interact with the child outside of a clinic setting," says Tsipis. "It really heightens an individual's awareness. Family Pals is the kind of experience students never forget down the road."
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of course, there's always something to fall in love with: asexual perspectives on pop culture and much more.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
It's not frequent, but I do experience aesthetic attraction. I can find people "sexy", although my definition of this might be different than that of other people's. I have no desire to even interact with "sexy" people, let alone actually sex them up. I just note their attractiveness and move on. Aesthetic attraction always makes me feel vaguely uncomfortable, but it never happened enough for me to figure out why that was. So recently, when I noticed an especially good-looking person, I tried to capture the moment. Sitting with my nonsexual attraction, I just felt sad. My exact thought was: "I'm incomplete". I know, it's melodramatic, but sometimes my mind goes there.
For sure, it's another incident of internalized asexohating, but I also wanted to talk about the tropes underlying this specific thought pattern.
The thing is, I had landed right into a cultural theme that I believe is damaging to everyone: The idea of sex (and sexualized romance) as completion. That's why we have all these baseball metaphors for sex. It's the end goal of attraction. It ties in with the magic night trope, in which "scoring" at the end makes the night a success. By finding a person sexy and nothing more, I'm messing with the script, and the idea of sex as "consummation" or "sealing the deal". But I don't think there's much about sexuality that's actually so neat and linear. We like stories, and there is no story in my random aesthetic attraction. I try to make one up, about my incompleteness, but it isn't true.
For me, part of dealing with internalized asexohating is not only having pride in being asexual, but in being able to frankly admit the aspects of being asexual that are frustrating. And most importantly, why they're frustrating. The answer never turns out to be "because asexuals are somehow inferior". As for my aesthetic attraction, I feel like it defies logic. Whether it's some innate sense of logic or a cultural sense (or whether these can even be separated), I don't know. But the truth is, a lot about sexual orientation doesn't make sense. And we do have a very limited cultural view of what is "logical" when it comes to orientation and attraction.
Random aesthetic attraction: my silent protest against the baseball model of sexuality. (*wink wink*)
7 comments:
- Eli said...
This is such a great start to analyzing nonsexual esthetic attraction! I always wondered how I could think someone was "cute" and then just...stop. Right there. Identifying as demi helped me figure it out a little, but my experiencing romantic attraction is still a lot rarer than me observing nonsexy "sexiness." Having a way to explain that helps a lot. I bet there are lots of people who read the definition of "doesn't experience primary sexual attraction" and think, "but I think people are hot/pretty/whatever, does that mean I'm not ace?" without considering whether they just think the person is nice looking, or whether they want to sleep with them.
- November 14, 2011 at 6:19 PM
- Ily said...
@Eli: Woot! I'm glad someone commented :) And it's true...if someone is just reading the definition of asexuality for the first time, they might be still thinking that all forms of attraction are bundled together.
In my case, even though I do think some people are good-looking, I noticed them sooo much less than my peers did. So, it did end up being a piece of evidence for my own asexuality. I can imagine how it would be more confusing for aces with more aesthetic attraction than I had.
- November 14, 2011 at 10:34 PM
- Fellmama said...
I left a really long comment that Blogger ate. *glowers*
- November 15, 2011 at 11:53 AM
- Ily said...
@Fellmama: I hate when that happens...*punches Blogger*
- November 15, 2011 at 12:20 PM
I typed about three paragraphs of gibberish in reply to your post, realized they were not worth clicking the "Publish Your Comment" button, and deleted them.
But as an ace, I am always, always, always eager and happy to read your musings and ideas and conversations about ace and other matters on your blog, comments or no comments.
I'd like for someone to do a good, double-blind study about desire, sexual attraction, and social pressure. Do you feel not complete because of what everyone else is doing or because....well, because?
- November 16, 2011 at 7:46 AM
- Eric said...
Wonderful thoughts! I often get confused about this topic as well, because my friends will wonder how I can be attracted to someone, without wanting anything further.
You put this all into wonderful perspective.
- November 28, 2011 at 3:34 PM
- Ily said...
@Jessica: Thank you! I would like to see some of these things studied more, as well. I have a feeling that our general conceptions of "normal" are very skewed and way too narrow. I'm pretty sure that my "incomplete" feeling comes from social constructs (I can't imagine feeling that way on the hypothetical desert island), but of course, it's hard to pinpoint exactly.
@Eric: Thanks much! It's better to be confused with other people, isn't it? :)
- November 28, 2011 at 4:59 PM


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Health Indicator Report of Suicide
From 2015 to 2017, Utah's age-adjusted suicide rate was 22.0 per 100,000 persons, with an average of 628 suicides per year. Utah had the fifth highest age-adjusted suicide rates in the U.S. during this time period. In 2017, suicide was the leading cause of death for Utahns ages 10 to 17 and ages 18 to 24. It is the second leading cause of death for ages 25 to 44 and the fourth-leading cause of death for ages 45-64. Overall, suicide is the eighth-leading cause of death for Utahns (age-adjusted rate). Completed suicides are only part of the problem. More people are hospitalized or treated in an emergency room for suicide attempts than are fatally injured. In 2014, the most recent data year available, 13 Utahns were treated for self-inflicted injuries every day (3,280 treat-and-release emergency department visits plus 1,294 total hospitalizations). According to the 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, during the past 12 months before the survey Utah high school students reported the following: 33.0% felt sad or hopeless, 21.6% seriously considered attempting suicide, 17.1% made a suicide plan, 9.6% attempted suicide one or more times and 4.0% of these students suffered an injury, poisoning, or an overdose that had to be treated by a doctor or nurse. 2017 Prevention Needs Assessment data indicate that Salt Lake County had significantly higher rates of students reporting feeling sad or hopeless, TriCounty Health District students had significantly higher rates of seriously considering suicide, Salt Lake County had a significantly higher rates of students reporting making a suicide plan and of attempting suicide compared to the state. All suicide attempts should be taken seriously. Those who survive suicide attempts are often seriously injured and many have depression and other mental health problems. Suicide is a complex public health issue where victims may be blamed and family members stigmatized. Consequently, suicide is not openly discussed making it difficult to collect meaningful data that is vital to suicide prevention efforts.
Suicide by Local Health District, Utah and U.S., 2015-2017 and U.S. 2014-2016
Notes*Use caution in interpreting, the estimate has a relative standard error greater than 30% and does not meet UDOH standards for reliability. Prior to 2015 San Juan County was part of the Southeast Local Health District. In 2015 the San Juan County Local Health District was formed. Data reported are for all years using the current boundaries. Suicides are determined using ICD-10 codes X60-X84, Y87.0, *U03.
Data Sources
- Utah Death Certificate Database, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Department of Health
- Population Estimates: National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) through a collaborative agreement with the U.S. Census Bureau, IBIS Version 2017
- National Center for Injury Prevention and Control's Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)
Data Interpretation IssuesICD stands for the International Classification of Diseases. It is a coding system maintained by the World Health Organization and the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics used to classify causes of death, such as suicide, on death certificates. These codes are updated every decade or so to account for advances in medical technology. The U.S. is currently using the 10th revision (ICD-10) to code causes of death. The 9th revision (ICD-9) is still used for hospital and emergency department visits. The Youth Risk Behavior Survey includes surveys of representative samples of 9th through 12th grade students in public schools. The survey is conducted in odd years. Data are self-reported and subject to recall bias. Data are from a sample survey and subject to selection bias. Comparisons of annual rates must be interpreted cautiously as methods used to collect data my vary from year to year. With the introductions of active parental consent for Utah school surveys between 1997 and 1999, the student response rate for the survey decreased significantly. Participation in the 2015 was too low to meet the reporting threshold as defined by CDC, so results for that year are not available.
- by Sex and Year, Utah and U.S., 1999-2017 and U.S. 1999-2016
- by Utah Small Area, 2015-2017 and U.S. 2014-2016
- by Age Group and Sex, Utah, 2015-2017
- by Method of Injury and Sex, Utah, 1999-2017
- by Race, Utah, 2015-2017
- by Ethnicity, Utah, 2015-2017
- Risk Among High School Students by Risk Factor and Sex, Utah, 2017
- Attempts Reported by Students in Grades 9-12, Utah and U.S., 1999-2017
- Plan Reported by Students in Grades 9-12, Utah and U.S., 1999-2013, 2017
DefinitionSuicide Death Rate: Number of resident deaths resulting from the intentional use of force against oneself per 100,000 population (ICD-10 codes X60-X84, Y87.0, *U03). Suicide Risk Among Students: Percentage of students who reported a suicide risk factor (felt sad or hopeless, seriously considered attempting suicide, made a suicide plan, or attempted suicide) during the past 12 months.
NumeratorSuicide Death Rate: Number of deaths resulting from the intentional use of force against oneself. Suicide Risk Among Students: Number of students who reported a suicide risk factor (felt sad or hopeless, seriously considered attempting suicide, made a suicide plan, or attempted suicide) during the past 12 months.
DenominatorSuicide Death Rate: Total number of persons in the population of Utah. Suicide Risk Among Students: Number of surveyed Utah high school students.
Healthy People Objective MHMD-1:Reduce the suicide rate
U.S. Target: 10.2 suicides per 100,000 population
State Target: 13.3 suicides per 100,000 population
Other Objectives{{style color:#003366 Healthy People 2020 Objective IVP-41:}}[[br]] Reduce nonfatal intentional self-harm injuries[[br]] '''U.S. Target:''' 112.4 emergency department visits per 100,000 population[[br]] '''State Target:''' 91.7 emergency department visits per 100,000 population[[br]] [[br]] {{style color:#003366 Healthy People 2020 Objective MHMD-2:}}[[br]] Reduce suicide attempts by adolescents[[br]] '''U.S. Target:''' 1.7 suicide attempts per 100 population[[br]] '''State Target:''' 1.9 suicide attempts per 100 population
How Are We Doing?The 2017 Utah age-adjusted suicide rate was 22.7 per 100,000 population. Males (34.2 per 100,000 population) had a significantly higher age-adjusted suicide rate compared to females (11.5 per 100,000 population). In Utah from 2015 to 2017, males had significantly higher suicide rates than females in every age group. Males ages 45-54 and 75 and older had the highest suicide rates among males (47.7 per 100,000 population). Females 45-54 years of age had the highest suicide rates among female age groups (22.1 per 100,000 population). From 2015 to 2017, TriCounty LHD, Central Utah LHD, Southeast LHD, and Weber-Morgan LHD had significantly higher age-adjusted suicide rates compared to the state rate. Among Utah Small Areas, SLC (Downtown) V2, Duchesne County, Ogden (Downtown), Kearns V2, Washington City, Southwest LHD (Other), Sandy (West), Daggett and Uintah County, and St. George had significantly higher age-adjusted suicide rates compared to the state rate during 2015-2017.
How Do We Compare With the U.S.?Utah's suicide rate has been consistently higher than the national rate. In 2016 (the most recent national-level data year available), according to the National Center for Health Statistics, the age-adjusted suicide rate for the U.S. was 13.4 per 100,000 population, while Utah's suicide rate was 21.6 per 100,000 population during the same year.
What Is Being Done?The UDOH Violence and Injury Prevention Program (VIPP) is funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to implement the Utah Violent Death Reporting System (UTVDRS). UTVDRS is a data collection and monitoring system that will help Utahns better understand the public health problem of violence by informing decision makers about the magnitude, trends, and characteristics of violent deaths such as suicide, and to evaluate and continue to improve state-based violence prevention policies and programs. Data are collected from the Office of the Medical Examiner, Vital Records, and law enforcement agencies and are linked together to help identify risk factors, understand circumstances, and better characterize perpetrators of violent deaths. The Violence and Injury Prevention Program (VIPP) has partnered with the Division of Substance and Mental Health (DSAMH) to facilitate the Suicide Prevention Coalition.
Available ServicesAll Counties, 24 Hours: [[br]] National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (800) 273-TALK (8255) Mobile Crisis Outreach Team - Salt Lake County[[br]] 801-587-3000 Man Therapy: [http://www.mantherapy.org] Suicide Prevention Courses: [http://www.qprinstitute.com/] National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Utah[[br]] [http://www.namiut.org/][[br]] 801-323-9900[[br]] Toll Free 877-230-6264 Utah Suicide & Crisis Hotline[[br]] [http://www.suicide.org/hotlines/utah-suicide-hotlines.html] Davis County/Layton[[br]] Davis Behavioral Health[[br]] 24 Hour Crisis Response[[br]] 801-773-7060 Ogden[[br]] Weber Mental Health[[br]] Serving Davis, Morgan, & Weber Counties[[br]] Crisis/Suicide Prevention Hotline[[br]] 801-625-3700 Orem[[br]] Crisis Line of Utah County[[br]] 801-226-4433 Provo[[br]] Wasatch Mental Health[[br]] Crisis Line[[br]] 801-373-7393 Salt Lake City[[br]] Valley Mental Health[[br]] Serving Salt Lake, Summit & Tooele Counties[[br]] 801-261-1442 Permission to Grieve: For Survivors of a Loved One's Suicide[[br]] [http://health.utah.gov/vipp/pdf/Suicide/grievebooklet_final0605.pdf]
Health Program InformationThe Violence and Injury Prevention Program (VIPP) is a trusted and comprehensive resource for data related to violence and injury. Through education, this information helps promote partnerships and programs to prevent injuries and improve public health. VIPP goals are to a) focus prevention efforts on reducing intentional and unintentional injury, b) conduct education aimed at increasing awareness and changing behaviors that contribute to the occurrence of injury, c) strengthen local health department capacity to conduct local injury prevention programs, d) promote legislation, policy changes, and enforcement that will reduce injury hazards and increase safe behaviors, e) collaborate with private and public partners, and f) improve the Utah Department of Health capacity to collect mortality and morbidity data from multiple sources and conduct injury epidemiology for use in prevention planning, implementation, and evaluation.
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