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Jim Jarmusch once told me fast, cheap and good…pick two. If it's fast and cheap it won't be good. If it's cheap and good it won't be fast. If it's fast and good it won't be cheap. Fast, cheap and good…pick two words to live by.
Category: art
Lost in Translation
Charlotte (Scarlet Johansson): So what are you doing here?
Bob Harris (Bill Murray): Couple of things. Taking a break from my wife, forgetting my son's birthday and getting paid 2 million dollars to endorse a whiskey when I could be doing a play somewhere.
Charlotte: Oh.
Bob Harris: But the good news is the whiskey works.
Heading for home
The Art of the Business Part 7: Welcome to the Blogosphere
To listen to the interview in its entirety, click here. (27 minutes)
If you are reading this, you already have at least a handshake acquaintance with blogging (given that it's published on a blog and all). This month, I delve into the basics of blogging, with the help of the authors of Blogging for Dummies, Second Edition, Shane Birley and Susannah Gardner. Shane is a partner in Left Right Minds, a web development, arts management, business blogging and on line marketing content consultant company, here in Vancouver. He also writes a bunch of blogs. Susannah is the owner of Hop Studios, a web design company, and author of, among others, Buzz Marketing with Blogs. Oh, and she also writes blogs. Enough introductions, on with the show!!
What is a blog?
According to Blogging for Dummies, the word blog is an amalgam of two words: "web" and "log." Another term you may have heard being bandied about is "blogosphere." Shane says the blogosphere is simply, "everyone on their soapbox." Basically, if you have something you feel like writing about, and are willing to put the time in, you can have a blog. And because the internet is so wide, you will probably get an audience, even if that audience is only your family and friends. But more about garnering an audience later.
As an artist, how can having a blog help me?
A blog can be a very powerful marketing tool, albeit an informal one, for several reasons.
Technical stuff: The more often you blog, the more often you will be indexed by search engines, and the higher you will come up in a search. "Search engines love fresh content," says Susannah, "and blogs feed right into that. The more you put yourself out there, them more you make yourself a possible search result, the better the chances are, you will be able to increase your profile. In a fairly painless, non-traditional way."
Get to know the person behind the product/service: "People respond to people," says Susannah. "It is incredibly powerful to be able to speak to the artist directly—you don't always have access to that. Blogs help to create a dialogue between the audience and the writer."
What do I need to start a blog?
First, you need to decide if you are going to sign up for web-based blogging software, or use software that will post your blog under your own, dedicated domain name.
I am going to talk about how to start a blog using web-based software, as I think this is the most popular, and easiest route to go for a beginning blogger.
The two most popular blog software programs out there are Blogger and Word Press (this blog is done on Word Press). Signing up for either one is a very simple, three-step process.
Now, here's some stuff you might like to add on:
About Me/Profile: "If you are wanting to use your blog as a marketing tool, and you don't have a bio, don't bother having a blog," says Shane. "You're talking about yourself, but there is nowhere they can go to get a background on who you are."
Comment section: Blogs that elicit comments from their readers are considered to be successful. That doesn't mean you should write stuff that it controversial just to elicit comments, but blogging is all about creating dialogue. So ask your readers for their opinions and comments.
Archives/Categories: This helps people to find similar posts to the ones that they like and enjoy. Most blog software programs have this built in.
Blogroll: Shane describes a blogroll as being, "a listing of blogs that you recommend to other people." This is similar to a links section on a webpage, and all about cross-promotion.
Photos: add visual interest to your blog posting.
Widgets: third party pieces of software, which are embedded in your blog, and are little add-ons, like Flikr, which show your latest photos in your sidebar, polls, or ETSY, which allow you to show your latest products right on your blog.
What the heck is RSS?
Shane and Susannah both agree that RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. RSS is code, written in a language called XML. Every time you update your blog, the RSS feed goes out, and lets all the search engines on the web know that you have a new posting. Also, if you read blogs using a program like Google Reader, it lets people who subscribe to your blog that there is a new posting. Shane recommends that everyone "go to Google Reader and sign up for an account and take the tutorial."
Most blog software has an RSS feed built in, so once you activate your blog, you don't need to worry about it again, it updates automatically.
How many times a week should I blog? What's the magic number?
This is a controversial question. The more often you blog, the more often you will be indexed by the search engines, which drives up your profile. However, you also have to be able to be inspired enough, and be able to sustain, writing 3-4 blog posts per day, if that is what you want to do. That can lead to burn out, or some pretty lousy blog posts. Or worse, you can overwhelm your audience, and you may lose them completely. Shane and Susannah agree the magic number is " a couple times a week." Shane recommends, if you are thinking of starting a blog, to "do it once a day for an entire month, and if you can, then you will probably be a successful blogger. If you do it for a couple of days, and can't maintain it, maybe you should think about another medium, like audio or video blogging."
How do I garner a readership for my blog?
Here are some suggestions from Susannah and Shane:
- Make it searchable by search engines. Most blogging software will do this for you automatically, but you may also want to register your blog with sites like Technorati or Feedburner.
- Put your blog address in the signature line of all your outgoing email.
- Make a business card with the address on it.
- Put your blog address on anything that gets handed out.
- Let your friends and family know, send out a mass email, inviting people to read.
- Buy advertising, such as Google Ad Sense.
- Post comments on other people's blogs, and include your blog address.
- Make your blog posts related to something that is current and newsworthy, be topical.
Final comments?
Susannah: "In general, try to think about who you're blogging for, and what they're interested in. Don't get fixated on traffic numbers. You want an audience that is interested in you–you don't need 5 million readers, just the 50 who are actually interested in you."
Shane: "Blogging is writing. Read blogs, comment on blogs, get involved in the community. Get out and talk to people. Nothing spreads like word of mouth, it's faster than the internet and any RSS feed."
Special thanks to Shane Birley and Susanah Gardner. Blogging for Dummies, the Second Edition, is available widely in bookstores, and I highly recommend it as an informative, but easy read.
Special Thanks also to Dave "the sound guy" Rankin.
Rebecca Coleman
Rebecca is a contributing columnist and founder of Titania Productions, a Vancouver Marketing and Public Relations Company.
Loving the hate: seeing the benefit in backlash
While we're on the topic of backlash, there's a play that has made the 'best of fest' at the just-wrapped Winnipeg Fringe (click here for reviews) that's got people talking about how we as artists handle negative response to our work.
Keir Cutler is a seasoned Fringe writer and performer, whose last work Teaching As You Like It was met with almost universal praise. Almost. One persnickity audience member objected to the show's subject matter: the distasteful practice of teachers who seduce their teenage students. The play featured Cutler portraying one such teacher as he addresses his class while waiting for the police to arrive to pick him up for his most recent offense. One long-term Fringe-goer apparently didn't quite get the inherent satire of the piece, and in response wrote a scathingly accusatory 3-page letter to both the Winnipeg Fringe administration and Child Find Manitoba, an organization that notifies community members about high-risk sexual offenders. The letter asserted that the play "could be used as a textbook for the luring and seduction of young girls" and that it "promotes the idea that sexual predation of underage girls is acceptable."
Well, what's an artist to do? Cutler responded by creating an entirely new work entitled Teaching the Fringe (directed by home-town hero TJ Dawe) which contains excerpts from the letter and is marketed with this copy: "In his first autobiographical show, Keir Cutler takes a comic look at the menace of rogue audience members and the wacky encounters that can happen at the Fringe, including being reported to the authorities for one of his plays." The new play was a smash hit and received resounding critical acclaim, but there has been some question as to whether or not such a reactive statement to an obviously misconstrued reception was even necessary. From the CBC review:
There's no denying the quality of the craft: the writing, direction, and performance are of the highest quality. But watching, I couldn't help but feel saddened Cutler felt it necessary to bring to bear the full weight of his considerable wit and intellect to demolish an argument so asinine it needn't have been dignified with a response.
It's the best show that didn't need to be made you'll see.
In a way, such a vitriolic outburst in response to this kind of play is a huge compliment, if you can muster up that sort of perspective on it. I would much rather have an audience member come up to me mad as hell after one of my shows because it pushed some buttons for them (this has actually happened to me, more than once), than for them to be utterly indifferent to the work. It strikes me as unrealistic to think that everyone is going to luv your piece and come away from it all happiness and sunshine, and instantly improved. The possibility of backlash permeates any work that addresses the unseemly or provocative. We invite any member of the public with the price of admission to be affected by our work, there's no way that we can affect them all in the same way.
When it comes to subject matter, is any passionate reaction, whether gushy or seething, a worthy objective? How do you measure success in your work?
The Art of the Business Part 6: Managing your Flow…
For a downloadable or streaming audio podcast of this article, click here.
A bunch of years ago, when Julia Cameron first published her book The Artist's Way, I, like most other artists I knew, went out and bought a copy, and started working my way through it. I loved it; I was doing my exercises, my morning pages, my artist dates. And then I came to Chapter 6, and hit the wall. It took me seven months to get through "Recovering a Sense of Abundance." Why? It was a chapter on money.
In a previous column, I talked about putting a value on your work. Sometimes, as artists, that's hard to do—there is tons of competition out there, first off, always someone who's willing to sell their stuff at a lower price to get the sale. Also, there is a kind of attitude in the world that, because we as artists get intrinsic value from our work, we don't need to be compensated financially. Plus, it's boring. And administrative. And not creative. Add to that the whole romantic notion of "the starving artist" (Moulin Rouge, anyone?), and no wonder we are often a mess when it comes to matters of money.
But if you want to feel like a professional and have others perceive you as such, you need to take some control of your cash flow. This month's column is dedicated to some tips about just that.
1. You are a small business. If you are selling CDs, paintings, or working as a Production Assistant on a movie, you are self-employed. What that means is, your income taxes and CPP (Canada Pension Plan) payments don't come off your cheque. If you bill the client for $1000, they give you a cheque (hopefully!) for $1000. It's your responsibility to pay the taxes on that income. However, as a small business, you also get certain tax breaks (yay!—more on that later).
2. Set yourself up a separate bank account for your business transactions. Go for a credit union as opposed to one of the bigger banks, they will charge you less fees. Funnel all your business expenses and income though that account.
3. Taxes. It's a good idea to take 20-25% of everything you earn and put it in a separate account from your regular business account. This money is earmarked for income taxes at the end of the year.
4. GST (Goods and Services Tax—5%): In Canada, you can make up to $30,000 in one year from your self-employment without having to charge your clients GST. However, once you hit that mark, you have to start. You can get a GST number from the Canada Revenue Agency. Many small businesses like to charge GST, despite the fact that they may not be at the $30,000 mark yet, and despite the added administration work of figuring it out (you get to write off all the GST you spend on your business), because it gives them the impression of being bigger than they are. You know, fake it till you make $30,000.
5. Set up a System Part 1. You can buy a small business software package like Simply Accounting or Quickbooks, or you can just use an Excel spreadsheet to track your income each month. You need to know two things: how much you have billed in any month (meaning, you send the invoices, but are still waiting for payment, like they owe you credit) and how much actual income you had that month (when people actually paid you and you cashed the cheque. Again, yay!). This spreadsheet, which shows both your income and expenses each month, is called a Cash Flow Statement. The goal is to keep it in the black, although this doesn't always happen!
6. Expenses: When you go to file your income tax return at the end of the year, you can write off any expenses that are related to the cost of your doing business. For example, as an actor, you can write off headshots, acting classes, postage for mailing submissions, office supplies, books/plays, Casting Workbook, and even a portion of your rent, telephone, internet and car expenses. The list is extensive. Talk to someone at your local union office, or CARFAC (Canadian Artists Representation) if you are a visual artist, and they will often have a comprehensive list.
7. Set up a System Part 2: Part 1 was about tracking income, Part 2 is about tracking expenses. It is imperative to save your receipts for anything you think might be a business expense. Write on the receipt what it is related to, if it's not obvious. Then clean out your wallet once a week or so, and dump all the receipts into a shoebox or a container someplace accessable. Once a month, go through the receipts, and enter them into your spreadsheet. You may want to break the spreadsheet down into categories, like Transportation, Meals & Entertainment, Books, Marketing, Bank Fees, etc. If you have a lot of expenses, you may need to do this more often than once a month.
8. Hire a professional. If you are totally lost with this stuff, or you are in a place where it is getting to be too much for you to handle yourself, you might want to hire a professional. An accountant can actually save you money, because they may know of hidden deductions that you were unaware of. A professional organizer can help you to create a system for your paperwork and for your computer.
Okay, so I'll be the first to admit that all this talk of Cash Flow Statements and taxes and accounting is not the sexiest or most exciting topic in the world. However, getting a handle on your finances and setting up systems to deal with money can actually take a great deal of stress off, because you know exactly where you are financially, all the time. And that allows you more time to be creative, and to make a living at what you love to do. How awesome is that?
Finally, I'd like to give a plug to the Prosperous Artists blog and podcast. Dean and Rosh are based out of Michigan, and they have fantastic tips for the business side of being an artist. Coincidentally, the topic of their most current podcast is also cash flow.
So, until next time, here's to bums in seats everywhere…
Rebecca is a contributing columnist and founder of Titania Productions, a Vancouver Marketing and Public Relations Company.
This One Goes to Eleven: Laura Efron
The key to the success of our industry, in my opinion, is dedicated and impassioned arts administrators. Laura has been a soldier in that cause for years now, and I'm thrilled to welcome her to TOGtE.
She has worked with many Vancouver arts orgs, among them See Seven, the Jessie Richardson Awards Society, Pacific Theatre and Down Stage Right Productions. Laura has worked extensively with the Arts Club, for which she held the positions of Annual Campaigns Manager, Marketing Coordinator and Executive Assistant. In July 2006 she moved on from there to become the General Manager of Rumble Productions, "Vancouver's All-Terrain Theatre Vehicle".
And if that's not enough, she's also put in time as a Stage Manager.
In short, she's part of the solution.
1. In one word, describe your present condition.
2. In whatever number of words you need, describe the present condition of the Vancouver theatre scene.
There seems to be a lot of recognition in recent years of Vancouver's innovation, site-specific theatre and independent theatre. This is being identified nationally, if not internationally. There also seems to be encouraging growth in audiences in certain areas such as Arts Club subscribers and attendees at the PuSh Festival and Bard on the Beach. I think it's a really vibrant and exciting time for theatre in Vancouver. If only we had more funding…
3. Please give us an overview of your role and responsibilities as the G.M. of Rumble.
The General Manager is responsible for financial and administrative management of the company including marketing, fundraising, grant writing, and general operations. I work closely with Artistic Producer Craig Hall, as well as with our Board of Directors.
4. Why is Rumble "Vancouver's All-Terrain Theatre Vehicle"?
Our mandate is broad in that it encompasses multidisciplinary works, collaboration (locally, nationally and internationally) and risk-taking. With all of those variables, Rumble has done everything from new play development to radio plays to arts publications to emerging arts festivals. There are endless possibilities.
5. How has Rumble's vision evolved since its inception in 1990?
The company has clearly grown from a mere idea from founders Norman Armour and Chris Gerrard-Pinker to the well-respected mid-size theatre company it is today.
Rumble has become a proven leader in the development and growth of Vancouver's independent theatre scene. One initiative that has evolved substantially is the PuSh Festival (originally developed by Rumble and Touchstone Theatre) The original idea of presenting a series of local, national and international works has now become an enormously successful and internationally recognized festival. Also, the idea of Rumble mentoring emerging artists has been growing over the years, and the implementation of TREMORS: Rumble's Festival of Emerging Arts is a result of the growth of that idea.
6. Resolved: The Stage Manager is the most vital component of the production. Please argue the affirmative.
As an occasional Stage Manager myself, I have to agree! There can be great ideas, amazing talent and immense creativity but if there is no Stage Manager to organize it all, bring it all together and make it happen, there would be no show. For example, rehearsals would be challenging without any actors, if there were no Stage Managers to let them know where they should be and when. Plus, Stage Managers have the power to plummet all performers into total darkness at any given time, so love and respect your SMs!
7. What is theatre's responsibility to its community?
I think the theatre should be communicating ideas with an attempt to have an audience understand them, whether they are unconventional ideas or not. I think it's the theatre's responsibility to recognize that there are different needs that theatre fills, and that they aren't the same for everyone—some may seek mere entertainment, others may seek healing, challenge, creative outlets or forums for exploring ideas.
8. How do you see Hive evolving in the coming years?
I think the creative minds behind HIVE will come up with some other new collective concept, but I don't know if we will necessarily see HIVE itself evolving past this year's incarnation at the Magnetic North Theatre Festival. We shall see!
9. Any ideas on how to cultivate a new crop of dynamic arts administrators here?
Good question. Recruit disgruntled government workers (bursting to break through all that red tape) or people from the film industry (who might welcome our "short" working hours)? Offer a lifetime supply of comps for every arts organization in the Lower Mainland to make up for the pay cut they'll have to endure?
10. What are your top 3 theatre reads?
If I ever manage to find the time to read, I tend to read books that aren't about theatre!
11. What's next?
Hopefully, a vacation! Then some plotting for the future—we'll be developing a number of projects over the next year or two. Then there will be frantic grant writing to make the plotting come to fruition!


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are tiny "pockets" of weakness in the wall of
the large intestine. This condition is called diverticulosis,
and a third of the people over age 50 in the United
States have it. Some have just a few diverticuli, while
others may have 20 or more. Most people have no symptoms
and only find out that they have diverticulosis when
they have a colonoscopy.
What Causes Diverticular Disease?
Doctors believe a low-fiber diet is the main cause of
diverticular disease. The disease was first noticed in
the United States in the early 1900's. At about the same
time, processed foods were introduced to the American
diet. Many processed foods contain refined, low-fiber
flour. Unlike whole-wheat flour, refined flour has no
wheat bran.
Diverticular disease is common in developed or
industrialized countries--particularly the United
States, England, and Australia--where low-fiber diets
are common. The disease is rare in countries of Asia and
Africa, where people eat high-fiber vegetable diets.
Fiber is the part of fruits, vegetables, and grains
that the body cannot digest. Some fiber dissolves easily
in water (soluble fiber). It takes on a soft, jelly-like
texture in the intestines. Some fiber passes almost
unchanged through the intestines (insoluble fiber). Both
kinds of fiber help make stools soft and easy to pass.
Fiber also prevents constipation.
Constipation makes the muscles strain to move stool
that is too hard. It is the main cause of increased
pressure in the colon. The excess pressure causes the
weak spots in the colon to bulge out and become
Diverticulitis occurs when diverticula become
infected or inflamed. Doctors are not certain what
causes the infection. It may begin when stool or
bacteria are caught in the diverticula. An attack of
diverticulitis can develop suddenly and without warning.
What Are The Symptoms?
Most people with diverticulosis do not have any
discomfort or symptoms. However, symptoms may include
mild cramps, bloating, and constipation. Other diseases
such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and stomach
ulcers cause similar problems, so these symptoms do not
always mean a person has diverticulosis. You should
visit your doctor if you have these troubling symptoms.
The most common symptom of diverticulitis is
abdominal pain. The most common sign is tenderness
around the left side of the lower abdomen. If infection
is the cause, fever, nausea, vomiting, chills, cramping,
and constipation may occur as well. The severity of
symptoms depends on the extent of the infection and
Are There Complications?
Diverticulitis can lead to complications such as
infections, perforations or tears, blockages, or
bleeding. These complications always require treatment
to prevent them from progressing and causing serious
Bleeding from diverticula is a rare complication.
When diverticula bleed, blood may appear in the toilet
or in your stool. Bleeding can be severe, but it may
stop by itself and not require treatment. Doctors
believe bleeding diverticula are caused by a small blood
vessel in a diverticulum that weakens and finally
bursts. If you have bleeding from the rectum, you should
see your doctor. If the bleeding does not stop, surgery
may be necessary.
Abscess, Perforation and Peritonitis
The infection causing diverticulitis often clears up
after a few days of treatment with antibiotics. If the
condition gets worse, an abscess may form in the colon.
An abscess is an infected area with pus that may
cause swelling and destroy tissue. Sometimes, the
infected diverticula may develop small holes, called
perforations. These perforations allow pus to leak out
of the colon into the abdominal area. If the abscess is
small and remains in the colon, it may clear up after
treatment with antibiotics. If the abscess does not
clear up with antibiotics, the doctor may need to drain
To drain the abscess, the doctor uses a needle and a
small tube called a catheter. The doctor inserts the
needle through the skin and drains the fluid through the
catheter. This procedure is called "percutaneous
catheter drainage." Sometimes surgery is needed to
clean the abscess and, if necessary, remove part of the
A large abscess can become a serious problem if the
infection leaks out and contaminates areas outside the
colon. Infection that spreads into the abdominal cavity
is called peritonitis. Peritonitis requires immediate
surgery to clean the abdominal cavity and remove the
damaged part of the colon. Without surgery, peritonitis
can be fatal.
A fistula is an abnormal connection of tissue between
two organs or between an organ and the skin. When
damaged tissues come into contact with each other during
infection, they sometimes stick together. If they heal
that way, a fistula forms. When diverticulitis-related
infection spreads outside the colon, the colon's tissue
may stick to nearby tissues. The most common organs
involved are the urinary bladder, small intestine, and
The most common type of fistula occurs between the
bladder and the colon. It affects men more than women.
This type of fistula can result in a severe,
long-lasting infection of the urinary tract. The problem
can be corrected with surgery to remove the fistula and
the affected part of the colon.
Intestinal Obstruction
The scarring caused by infection may cause partial or
total blockage of the large intestine. When this
happens, the colon is unable to move bowel contents
normally. When the obstruction totally blocks the
intestine, emergency surgery is necessary. Partial
blockage is not an emergency, so the surgery to correct
it can be planned.
How Does The Doctor Diagnose Diverticular
To diagnose diverticular disease, the doctor asks
about medical history, does a physical exam, and may
perform one or more diagnostic tests. Because most
people do not have symptoms, diverticulosis is often
found through tests ordered for another ailment.
The above information is provided by the National
Institutes of Health
Diverticulitis is
infection/inflammation of the diverticuli. In other
words, a person with diverticulosis may get
diverticulitis when stool gets caught in one or more of
these "pockets," and they become inflamed or
infected. This typically causes fever, pain and
tenderness in the abdomen. The two major signs of
diverticular disease are bleeding and infection.
Diverticulitis usually
clears up within a week with antibiotics and a liquid or
soft diet. (A soft diet includes anything that does not
require a lot of chewing: soup, mashed potatoes, cooked
or pureed vegetables, bananas, Jell-O and pudding fit
this category.) After the acute infection clears up,
patients should eat a high-fiber diet including nuts,
seeds, whole grains, fruits and vegetables. They should
drink plenty of fluids and avoid constipation at all
costs, even if that requires taking Metamucil (psyllium
seed) or other fiber products daily. Hard stools or
straining will cause more diverticuli to appear or the
existing ones to enlarge.
Okay to Eat Seeds and
The National Digestive Diseases Information
Clearinghouse clearly states: "Until recently, many
doctors suggested avoiding foods with small seeds such
as tomatoes or strawberries because they believed that
particles could lodge in the diverticula and cause
inflammation. However, this now a controversial point
and no evidence supports this recommendation."
T. Massey, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at
the Medical College of Wisconsin, specializes in
gastroenterology. According to him there is NO evidence
to suggest that such foods worsen diverticulosis. To the
contrary, eating high fiber foods is the ONLY treatment
for diverticulosis. He says that how diverticulitis
develops is a mystery. It could be from hard stool or
bacteria alone, but it is probably not from a nut
getting lodged in a pocket.
Everyone should eat a
diet high in fiber, but especially people with
diverticulosis. Nuts are a good source of fiber and
protein. With a strong family history for colon
cancer, it's all the more reason to eat plenty of high
fiber foods.
is a UK nutritionist who specialises in using natural
foods to treat such problems. He says it is correct that
you need a high fibre diet (this is what most sufferers
are told) but stresses that there is an even greater
risk to your health if you eat the wrong type of fibre.
You need, for example, to avoid all the mucous-forming
grains, including wheat, rye, and dairy, since these
will exacerbate the problem. Instead, look for fibre
from chickpea or soya flours, from fruit and vegetables
and from oatbran and sprouted grains.
disease is the usually the result of a long, slow
build-up of dietary mucous against the walls of the
intestine. Over time, these deposits solidify, narrowing
the passage through which the faeces must pass. The
intestine responds by trying to expand to maintain
normal functioning and it is in the weakened areas of
the intestinal walls that the first diverticular pouches
appear. A clever nutritionist will know how you can
dissolve this build-up of waste matter without resorting
to more invasive techniques such as colonic irrigation,
where, if the intestinal wall has been damaged, there
could be further risks.
Crawford's treatment plan for this condition, for
example, includes a tailor-made juicing regimen,
likely to include carrot and apple juice in the
mornings, carrot and celery in the evenings and a
combination of carrot, beetroot and cucumber. An
excellent tip for maintaining good digestive health for
everyone is to drink a cup of warm water
with the juice of half a lemon when you
get up in the mornings.
If you
are suffering the milder symptoms of this disease, eat
more pineapple and papaya
- both of which contain potent digestive enzymes that
will help reduce inflammation. This is one condition
where it is crucial to treat the underlying cause. Psyllium
husks, which make up the fibrogels that are
often recommended, can help alleviate the symptoms but
do not attack the cause. If left untreated, these
conditions can lead to more serious even carcinogenic
conditions. This is because, after digestion, the
residue of bile salts can react with any putrifying
food, especially meat, which has become trapped in the
pouches to create cancer-causing metabolites. This is a
risk, not an unavoidable prognosis but it highlights the
importance of tackling the root cause of any digestive
* David
Crawford can be contacted by telephone on
0208-898 0670.
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medicine' (Hippocrates, 'the father of
Trobiand islanders, who attribute much of their radiant
health to its regular consumption, regard it with
reverence. Yam has a long tradition as a
natural remedy in herbal medicine.
its range of action far exceeds its traditional herbal
role. Scientific research and clinical trials suggest
that yam is a "super-food" - a food capable of
improving the health and well-being of the majority of
people and in some individuals proving tremendous in its
health and elevating effects
Tillotson a medical herbalist with a busy private
practice said the following about Diverticulosis "Diverticulosis,
a condition characterized by sacs or pockets in the
colon with no inflammation, is a disease seen most
frequently in elderly patients. It affects up to
20% of the population by the age of retirement, and
two-thirds by the age of 85. A.R.P. Walker pioneered the
research into the association between food, gut function
and disease patterns. He recognized that South
African blacks have a very low incidence of colonic
problems such as diverticulitis, adenomatous polyps and
carcinoma. Consequently, he postulated that the
traditional high-fiber African diet was important for
maintaining colonic health (O'Keefe, 1995), with
follow-up studies showing disease symptoms could be
substantially improved with a diet high in fiber-containing
whole-wheat bread, cereals with bran, vegetables and
fruits (Painter, 1985). While I agree that fiber is of
therapeutic importance, we must also consider the other
factors discussed throughout this section, especially
long-term neglected constipation. Also, any of the
digestive system can create a condition of increased
intestinal permeability, allowing toxins to enter the
bloodstream and disturb the immune system.
We can treat diverticulosis and intestinal permeability
conservatively but effectively with a high-fiber diet,
accompanied by membrane- strengthening herbs like tien
chi root, licorice
root, gotu kola,
and liquid chlorophyll,
or mucilagenous herbs that coat like slippery
elm bark. Carotenoid rich carrot
juice is also often helpful. According to
tolerance ginseng root
or white atractylodes
can be gradually added to strengthen the internal
energy. Basic vitamins and minerals are also important.
Diverticulitis is a progression of diverticulosis,
caused by inflammation and subsequent perforation of one
or more of the sacs in the colon. Milder forms of
diverticulitis begin with gradually increasing symptoms
emanating from the lower left quadrant of the
abdomen. Cases of acute complicated disease
present with dramatic onset of abdominal pain, followed
by fever. Chronic diverticulitis can be debilitating.
The treatment is the same as described, but often
requires more sophisticated formula changes over a long
period of time, along with the addition of
anti-inflammatory herbs like scute
root, coptis
rhizome, dandelion
root, persica
seed (tao ren or Prunus persica), red
peony root, and boswellia
gum. These must be prescibed by a competent
practitioner, and only in conjunction with appropriated
membrane strengthening strategies. The Ayurvedic bowel
tonic Triphala is
also quite helpful for long term treatment.
Nai-shing has noticed that there is often internal bowel
tension contributing to this problem, which accords with
both TAM correlation of bowel dysfunction with
neurological disturbance (Vata), and the Western
clinical observation that antispasmodics of clinical use
with this disease (Lux et al., 1998). If there are signs
of tension along with the pain, kava
root or ashwaghanda
root can be added to your formula. Peppermint
oil or stoneroot
tincture can be used independently. Use of
omega-3 oils like flaxseed
or fish oils
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There is an overall decline in antibiotic effectiveness across the world. While the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that antibiotic resistance is responsible for more than 2 million infections and 23,000 deaths each year in the US, the 'State of the World's Antibiotics 2015' estimates that 58,000 neonatal sepsis deaths are attributable to drug resistant infections in India alone. Director of the Antibiotic Resistance Action Center at the George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health, Lance Price, says we need aggressive global reduction targets for antibiotic use in people and animals.
A recent study suggests contaminated meat may be spreading superbugs through the food chain and the environment, potentially causing hard-to-treat infections in people. Farms supplying India's biggest poultry-meat companies routinely use antibiotics classified by the World Health Organisation as "critically important" as a way of staving off disease. Do you think that we should switch away from animal protein to plant protein entirely because studies have shown that even farm chickens have been fed antibiotics.
I think that we need to do two things. Whenever possible, consumers should purchase meat or poultry products raised without antibiotics. In the US, consumers look for labels that read 'raised without antibiotics' or 'no antibiotics ever' to name just a few. This way we are sending a clear signal to producers and food companies that these are our preferred products. Reducing antibiotics anywhere (humans or animals) helps lessen antibiotic resistance and helps preserve the utility of our current arsenal of drugs just a little bit longer.
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Scientology: Various mistaken ideas of 'Ethics' clarified (page 1, index page)
A history of ethics within Scientology and its affiliate organization(s). A basic explanation and rundown of Scientology Ethics and its adherent misunderstandings and misapplications.
You will find here various information relating to the matter of ethics and Ethics Orders, about its dangers if used incorrectly and means enabling the victim to defend him/herself towards injustice. The purpose of this information is to educate, to make people aware of various risks involved if these tools are not properly used, to prevent injustices from occurring or prolong them, and to tell that one has in fact rights for defence!
I also have found that there exist serious misunderstandings about the subject of ethics as exercised in the Scientology organization. It is not and never was intended as a means to put or keep people under any sort of control. It was developed and put to use only to continue being able to deliver services (auditing and training) to the Scientology parishioner in an undisturbed environment. Ethics in its application within that organization does not stand on itself! It will get the attention from this Ethics Officer for just one single reason, and that is if it disturbs or interfers with that the Scientology parishioner is taken services from that organization! It is important to understand this, as at present this is not how it is dealt with within the Church of Scientology.
My interest in this actually started with a few little wonderings that I had about the matter of Disconnection. These little wonderings then lead to performing a detailed comparison of all 8 release versions of HCO PL 23 Dec 65 "Suppressive Acts, Suppression of Scientology and Scientologists", the policy letter that played a bit more than modest role in things like Ethics Orders, Declares, Fair Game and touched the subject of Disconnection. Needless to say that it all became rather extensive when additional related references needed examination. In here I had also started to explain about policy letters and publication history. All these topics were mixed in this HCO PL versions chronology which thus had become messy. Simply for clarity reasons I extracted some time ago already all the gathered Disconnection information out of this page and gave it a page of its own. Since I have also moved the Fair Game information and the printing history information out of this, which both turned to pages of their own.
A few key citations that set its boundaries and purpose. Underlining is mine.
The basics of 'ethics' and 'justice' as used in Scientology explained
Ethics vs Justice
The whole focus is put on to enable to get advantages from auditing and training. Always has, and always will be.
The role of the Ethics Officer
With other words, even if there would be some sort of situation, it would not be the business of the Ethics Officer to get into that, as long as it does not interfere or bounces back onto the organization or its parishioners. The only business of the organization overall is basically to be able to deliver and service its parishioners, and remove, where possible, any and all stumble blocks that would interfere with the progress and/or well-being of these parishioners.
Within Scientology we have these terms suppressive person and potential trouble source in use. To understand the attention on and the actions taken against these so-called suppressive persons (SP) one has to understand the phenomena of the condition of being a potential trouble source (PTS). As one would not have a particular bother about that SP if no persons were to be PTS, it is pretty much that simple.
The focus is here on the PTS person and not the SP. Handle the PTS person, make him cause, and the SP is no further bother in regards to that person that previously suffered from a PTS condition.
And so that HCO PL listed a whole array of these that were considered "Suppressive Acts". The defining rule being "those covert or overt acts knowingly calculated to reduce or destroy the influence or activities of Scientology or prevent case gains or continued Scientology success and activity on the part of a Scientologist." LRH.
That HCO PL notes following the listing of these suppressive acts that action taken against such a person(s) or group committing them is told: "to stop committing present time overts and to cease all attacks and suppressions so he, she or they can get a case gain" LRH. Once again we learn here about having that "case gain".
There are a few listed rules that commonly have been either misused or have been misinterpreted. I fold out some examples of these here (separate window).
The 'justice of man'
In essence ALL that some person has to do to get someone in Dead File is that this person marks your public folder with 'DF' written with large initials with a red marker. No questions asked! Obviously the matter of ending up in these Dead Files has gone completely and utterly over the board!
In fact all this is actually a rather serious matter, because you can end up being treated unjustfully like this, and no person will be telling you what is going on. As the HCO PL directs: "we never inform them". It has thus created a hidden line in where you can be wronged, and you are denied any information, as well as your right for defence.
Once I was helping out in the local organization, and there I came across my own public folder. It had a large 'DF' written on it. I inquired, but no staff in the organization knew anything about it. This is how things thus can go. Rest assured though that I have never been guilty of acts that rightfully would have placed me into Dead File. I can assure you that at one point or another any person can find himself represented there and commonly it will be for the wrong reason.
Another time I was confronted with a Security Officer at an Advanced Organization. I was accompanying a friend. This Security Officer came up to us and simply informed my friend that he was in Dead File (which he was not actually supposed to tell about), the Security Officer then informed that it was issued at his local organization, and he was advising my friend to contact the Ethics Officer of his local organizations to clear up the matter. He also relayed the information that only the International Justice Chief could lift the Dead File, which the HCO PL does not say anything about! Do you see how this one goes? Don't listen to claims being made, just revert back to the reference about that matter! Don't let anyone just tell you anything!
Now, what is Dead File actually really about? Well, basically it is just a means to get bothering persons off the organizational lines instead of letting them literally waste the time of the personnel, time that can then be spent on persons that actually are worthy of that.
What is an Ethics Order? and its dangers if used incorrectly
Briefly an Ethics Order could be circumscribed as an internal communication line in an organization (or even company) that is utilized to inform those that are employed in the organization and those that take services from that organization about certain things on a need to know basis. It could be said that its initial purpose was to prevent more damage from occurring. This Ethics Order is basically an internal church issue. It informs those who need to know about what some person (or group) has been up to. It is usually send to some nearby organizations as well and any other where he may turn up. Would he then attempt to go into such an organization they can stop him right there, as they will have this information about him. It is a practicality basically aiming at to avoid disturbance in advance and also for protection of the Scientology public.
Now, these Ethics Orders have to answer to and follow certain rules as to how they are supposed to be written. How the information is relayed and what is relayed. If these rules are not being followed up properly we will run into certain problems. They may start then to spread rumours and assumptions when there may be no ground for them. These rules are found in HCO PL 2 Jun 65 I "Writing of an Ethics Order".
How does this work in reality? How reliable are these data that are written in these Ethics/Condition Orders, may it be Non-Enturbulation Orders, Suppressive Person Declares or any other? Personally I can say that one can not blindly rely on the things that they claim. I have had Non-Enturbulation Orders and other things being written on me and I am sorry to say that these that I received contained plain falsities and distorted information. Each and every one of these I had to query and provided for was all the necessary evidence, in spite of this I have never received a particular acknowledgement to these queries. I had 2 of
these that were issued at Flag (Clearwater, Fl), another was issued from the Ethics Office International (LA). This was some time ago now, and different persons I am sure are holding these positions at this point in time. I find it improper to relate here what these Orders were about, although if necessary I am still able to successfully defend my case and confidently hold my position in these on this present day.
Then there is also the matter of persons who have been staff in the Scientology organization for many, many years and were much commended and appreciated during their active years, and then all of a sudden it was found that they in reality were Suppressive Persons? I know about persons who have had this happening to them, various of these persons in fact could be very highly tech trained individuals. In particular I can name Caspar de Rijk who had been the top tech terminal of the AOSH EU (Saint Hill organization in Denmark) for many years. Caspar, who was the founder of the first Scientology organization in the Netherlands in 1972, later joined the senior Scientology organization the Sea Organization in AOSH EU in the early '70s and became a Class IX auditor (multilingual –English, French, German, Dutch, Italian & Spanish–) & Solo C/S, till circumstances arose in 1996 (relating to the release of the Golden Age of Tech) that later made him to decide to leave in 1998. Is it logical to assume that someone who was so much acquainted with the technology and so much appreciated during so many years that such a person all of a sudden is found to have misconceptions of some sort and turns suppressive just like that? Also what message does this relate to us in regards to the actual value of this Scientology technology or knowledge if it was unable to prevent such things from occurring? There is this illogic factor involved here obviously. You see, if you have been tech trained and you have practiced your skills with excellent results during so very many years, then it does tell something about your level of understanding of the knowledge that you have acquired. For this reason it is then not very logical that this person would be found out to be suppressive, but nonetheless Caspar did receive his Goldenrod in 2003 simply for reason that he decided to start getting active as an auditor again. The situation was that during 1998-2003 he has attempted every possible standard steps to clear up his disagreements with the proper terminals within the organization, during all which time he was forbidden to audit. Finally then after seeing for himself that it did not go anywhere he decided to break away and audit again. Hence this Goldenrod issued on him.
I believe that the above relays some worthwhile information to us, for which reason I forward this overview.
Any Ethics or Condition Order should be able to explain itself, meaning that you are being properly informed. Too often they do contain generalities and unexplained circumstances. Frequently after reading one I ask myself: "But what did this person actually do?". At various occasions in the past I have even queried such orders that others received as they were either confusing or lacking data instead of clarifying. You simply have to use your sound judgment. These Orders are
issued to solve problems, not to create them.
Within the Scientology organization there has been this practice to announce serious matters in an official manner. This would inform the Scientology parishioners about what some person has been up to, and so they are warned. Also a publication of such matters would be recorded and send to nearby organization or where the person might turn up for further services.
Declaring someone a 'suppressive person' by means of an Ethics Order
HCO PL 23 Dec 65 "Suppressive Acts, Suppression of Scientology and Scientologists" was and still is the Policy Letter that is used for declaring an individual a Suppressive Person by means of this thing referred to as Ethics Order.
Such an Suppressive Person Declare used to be issued as a so-called Condition Order. This is an Ethics Order however a Condition Order is more specifically putting someone in a condition, the condition here being a Suppressive Person. Today however such declares simply appear issued as an Ethics Order.
At the end of such an Order it may list any of the Suppressive Acts as found in HCO PL 23 Dec 65 "Suppressive Acts, Suppression of Scientology and Scientologists" which may be applicable. After each listing some specifics are given how this would apply to the person receiving this Ethics Order.
As human beings are involved in these things errors can have been made while labelling a person like that. He has the right for recourse, he may also request for a justice action to be done. If it was found that an error had been made, then the declare would be lifted and any and all rights of the person restored. If it on the other hand was found not to be an error the declare is then enforced.
HCO PL 23 Dec 65 "Suppressive Acts, Suppression of Scientology and Scientologists" also gives information about how those who wish to have this declare lifted on them once again can come into good standing with the organization. It lists 5 steps this person then has to follow. They are usually referred to as the A to E steps, simply because they carry the first 5 characters of the alphabet. He simply has to show that he regrets all what he had done wrong and has to give proof for that his actions are not destructive anymore.
Declaring someone a 'suppressive person' - Change of rules (A.D. 1983)
In 1983 there were 2 significant kinds of changes incorporated in how affairs were dealt with in regards to so-called Suppressive Persons. Both of these seem however to act against HCO PL 15 Dec 69 "Orders, Query of". Each are described in the below 2 sections.
'New rule' vs HCO PL 15 Dec 69 "Orders, Query of"
HCO PL 9 Sept 83 "Writing a Declare Order" (Limited Distribution)
(Includes: Stripped from your rights?; Authorship)
The beginning of this adventure of Dianetics & Scientology was an impulse that started with the issuance of the book Dianetics in 1950, and was later spurred by the development of Scientology since December 1951. By the time of 1983 it had been in existence for a good 30 years, and one should have expected after these years, after having gone through a variety of circumstances, battles, and so on that the organizational lines and operation by now would have been well established. Already in 1970, 13 years prior to 1983 L. Ron Hubbard had written in 1970: "It took 20 years to find out how to run orgs." .
Then there is the issue with this forwarding an enemy line. This is coming from HCO PL 9 Jun 75 "The Enemy Line". This policy letter we also find listed in that reference list of HCO PL 9 Sept 83 "Writing a Declare Order". This reference basically advices about how you would handle black propaganda in regards to running a campaign of sorts. We could be facing a misconception here regarding what enemy line is actually about and what is meant with it. Policy letters are written to forward working solutions to particular problems observed in a particular area. You can not extend its application just like that! I address this further here (separate window).
Stripped from your rights?
It's just not very feasible at all that L. Ron Hubbard would have written this confidential policy letter. He is not in the habit forwarding such flaws and inconsistencies. At that we already have a court testimony from Robert Vaughn Young that he had written HCOB 10 Sept 83 "PTS-ness and Disconnection" (issued just a day later) that also was attributed to have been written by L. Ron Hubbard that contains also a whole variety of serious flaws and illogics (see here, spearate window). It would be a reasonable conjecture to assume Robert Vaughn Young also wrote this Limited Distribution policy letter. It was him that wrote these administrative kind of writings.
Scientology technology always has been a self-correcting system, in fact it was especially designed being exactly that. These new ways introduced a change in that. Its outcome is that it gives others the power to control you, as theoretically you can be assigned such conditions (being a suppressive person) solely based on generalities, in addition this condition can be upheld till an official writing from others cancels it. We have to remind ourselves again about what L. Ron Hubbard wrote just 2 years after the discontinuation of enforced disconnection and the practice of fair game: "I have concluded man cannot be trusted with justice." .
Some may ask: "But this HCO PL –that confidential one– how do we know it actually being in use?". Firstly we can judge that from how SP-Declares actually are written. The criteria that I give in this section, do they resemble reality? Secondly I can confirm that Checklists exist for that purpose that contain many entries from this HCO PL 9 Sept 83 "Writing a Declare Order". In particular I want to name 'FDD 123-1 Div I Int', 1 Apr 86 "Urgent - Important; Suppressive Person Declare CSW Checklist", but also 'FDD 123 Div I Int', 1 Mar 84 "Urgent - Important; Justice Action CSW Checklist" does mention this confidential HCO PL. Both of these FDD's were send to HCO Divisions worldwide.
The main problem here is that HCO PL 9 Sept 83 "Writing a Declare Order" & HCO PL 2 Jun 65 I "Writing of an Ethics Order" can not coexist! You simply can not have one reference saying something and then another confidential reference limiting the use of that first reference! If you do, then you are in fact forwarding a Hidden Data line, which is not actually allowed within Scientology.
In my personal experience not only SP-Declares are written in such an "unspecific" way, but the same goes for Non-Enturbulation Orders and such. No wonder then that "you leave people in a huge mystery" and "ARC break its readers by leaving out the data".
"Just because the world is injust is no reason we must ever be." LRH
(from 'LRH FCO 1205R', ca 1970)
"Just because the world is injust is no reason we must ever be." LRH
(from 'LRH FCO 1205R', ca 1970)
1) Has a 'Comm Ev' be held prior to issuance of the Declare Order?
(Includes: Exceptions to the rule ...)
This by itself would actually make such a Declare Order invalid!
Exceptions to the rule ...
Indeed there are a few listed exceptions to this sequence of actions as laid out in HCO PL 29 Apr 65 III "Ethics Review". This is pending particularly serious offenses and situations that may endanger if not dealt with in a direct manner. These situations often have to deal with previous justice actions already taken. As such an example we find in HCO PL 1 Jul 65 "Ethics Chits":
2) Your right for a 'Comm Ev' after the issuance of the Declare Order
Per these rights and the rules that are to be abided to, it serves little purpose to issue such a Declare Order if the organization that issues them is unable to actually deliver the goods. A diligent and for all persistent person or group would or should (at least theoretically) not have too much trouble to get a falsely issued Declare Order issued on a person or group withdrawn. In return the organization then has the obligation to "absolve the person or group publicly".
After all people could, if the format is not properly being followed, even file a suit for libel and defamation for false accusations. Therefore the utmost cautiousness is advised in preparing these matters.
"Suppressive Person Declare CSW Checklist" (1986)
In fact a format for amongst other limiting the chance of failures had been drawn up in 1986 by Paul Laquerre, the then International Justice chief. This was issued as 'FDD 123-1 Div I Int', 1 Apr 86 "Urgent - Important; Suppressive Person Declare CSW Checklist". Note that is a CSW-format and it is forwarding a checklist that guides you through all the steps that need to be complied with. Each step on this checklist form needs to have proper evidence attached and needs to be separately signed. Then this CSW and send up to the Int Justice Chief for final approval. A decision is then made to either approve or disapprove this request for a Declare Order. Obviously if it did not pass any of the required criteria it would have been disapproved.
This was all about 30 years ago. Now what is today's situation? Well, it does not appear that even this checklist is being in use anymore. I has been rumoured that this Paul Laguerre himself had received such a Declare Order. I heard about this rumour from staff at the Flag organization, Clearwater, Fl. during the late '80s.
Various complaints have since surfaced:
Obviously one does need an actual copy of the Declare Order. How otherwise could you possibly get recourse to redress wrongs? In any case one simply can not be that unserious and feeble-minded about issuing these Orders written in any sort of unprofessional manner as sooner or later it may/will place the Scientology organization as a whole at very serious jeopardy! Besides that the amateurish approach will create flagrant out-PR where ever such a writing surfaces!
Reality factor: Any query should be done for the right reasons! One never should resort to these actions just for the sake of querying or as some utterance of protest. Anything that one queries one has to be able to properly substantiate with facts and data. One should be able to verify that in fact there exist valid grounds for querying something. I solely advocate the means of defence that are provided for us in Scientology writings. It is used to set things right and/or for damage prevention.
Reality factor: Any query should be done for the right reasons! One never should resort to these actions just for the sake of querying or as some utterance of protest. Anything that one queries one has to be able to properly substantiate with facts and data. One should be able to verify that in fact there exist valid grounds for querying something. I solely advocate the means of defence that are provided for us in Scientology writings. It is used to set things right and/or for damage prevention.
There should not be any doubt about if such can or can not be queried, i.e. if in fact there are valid grounds for such.
More quotations of this reference can be consulted here (separate window).
This Third Dynamic is referred to as a group. Now, does it affect a group, or the members within, if some person has received some declare Order? It appears that it is a seriously overlooked ingredient!
The simplicity of it is that persons will be judged by those with whom he associates. Therefore this puts a particular responsibility on those that did receive an unfair treatment through means and use of these Ethics Orders. That is, if it be an incorrect Order, if it be that it actually contains incorrect information. By lack of contrary information the Order will be used and enforced, and thus will affect any that is in some way associated with the receiver of such an Order. Therefore the receiver adopting the attitude of to just let it pass and do not take proper action in regards to the incorrectness does create a situation for this receiver of the declare Order. I think that this should not be underestimated. Usually I find however that it has been underestimated!
Spiritual freedom consists of as-ising. 'As-is' means 'to view anything exactly as it is without any distortions or lies, at which moment it will vanish and cease to exist'. To be able to as-is you need information, and certain actions need to have been undertaken to make this information known. If you do not do so, you in fact forward and support a 'counter as-isness'. You will have allowed an untruth to be in existence without counteracting it. If you however take corrective measures and communicate in regards to the incorrectness and are using the tools that have been supplied for exactly this, then you will have made a simple decision about being cause over the situation. You will have send out a message conveying: "Hey guys, there has been made an error here. Here is what's the deal...", and you give the specifics, the evidence or any you may have what makes the incorrectness evident.
Querying also works as a means to protect oneself and/or other persons from actually becoming PTS. The basis of suppression is
when you can't or don't see that anything effective can be done against it. It is also actively opposing to a condition some have attempted to put you in. Not doing anything against it may get you somehow agreeing or adjusting to that condition. Taking action is you taking a cause position towards it. This point also should not be underestimated!
Some will understand what I talk about here, others will not or choose to be in denial. Sure, you need some courage and make some little effort to do this, and many will try to explain-away it. Some persons I notice have interpreted this querying as something that may turn into some time craving menace of some sort that will continue to occupy their time and bother them in the coming future. One should understand that the whole idea of doing a query is not to get a communication started. This is not the object! The object is simply to get the querist taking a cause point! Giving him an on-policy argument. The object is to put those that are incorrect about something, that can not provide proof or support claims made at an effect point. To effectively rob those from actually having a supposed argument. A query is something you do that carries a very clear and supported statement that is put into the physical universe, that communicates that one does not agree with something, that one does not submit, and that one opposes. It does not require a response, it does not particularly need an acknowledgment! (it is not a CSW, remember). You simply put an end to something that has come onto your lines. This is what querying is about. If no one ever responds to your query, this does not matter in the least. It is not the aim to get a response. It will only come back on your lines when your arguments for querying and your defence can be effectively proven being incorrect. So, if done for the right reasons, and you have the arguments supporting and acknowledging your position in space, then basically it is done and over with. Not doing anything against it may very well leave it hanging up there in the air.
What is the price of freedom, any freedom? The reality is that one also has to be considerate towards others if one is aiming for freedom for oneself. If an error has been made, then one has an obligation to correct the incorrectness. If not, others will be judged also by it! And do not think for a moment that it will not affect you the receiver of the Order. I am afraid that it certainly will.
Of course, be it that the Declare Order is actually correct! Well, then forget all what I said in the above, as it will not be for you!
Some criteria could be watched for.
Things may not always be as some have assumed that they are or if advocated as such.
..R, ..RA, ..RB (etc) or #R, #RA (etc):
For example: 'HCO PL 24 Sept 70R' & 'HCO PL 24 Sept 70RA', etc. The given date denotes the first time it has been published in issue-form. The R, RA indication may also follow after an issue-number. The R stands for 'Revision' and would refer to that it has been revised since it was first published.
If it is revised a 2nd time it is indicated as RA, a 3rd time RB, then RC, and so on.
ARC break:
1. An incomplete cycle of some kind or another. It's a lowering of Affinity, Reality and Communication, so we call it an ARC break. (SH Spec 65, 6507C27) 2. A sudden drop or cutting of one's affinity, reality, or communication with someone or something. Upsets with people or things come about because of a lessening or sundering of affinity, reality, or communication or understanding. It's called an ARC break instead of an upset, because, if one discovers which of the three points of understanding have been cut, one can bring about a rapid recovery in the person's state of mind. (LRH Def. Notes) Abbr. ARCX
audit, auditing, auditor:
The application of Scientology processes and procedures to someone by a trained auditor (listener). The goal of the auditor is to make the receiver of the auditing look at incidents and reduce the mental charge which may lay upon them. The auditor may not evaluate and has to adhere to the Auditor's code.
Short for 'Communication'.
Comm Ev:
'Committee of Evidence'. See at that entry in vocabulary.
Committee of Evidence:
1. A committee of evidence is not a court. It is simply a fact-finding body with legal powers, convened to get at the facts and clean up the ARC breaks (breaks in communication) caused by rumor. (HCO PL 27 Mar 65) 2. A fact-finding body composed of impartial persons properly convened by a convening authority which hears evidence from persons it calls before it, arrives at a finding and makes a full report and recommendation to its convening authority for his or her action. (HCO PL 7 Sept 63) 3. A fact-finding group appointed and empowered to impartially investigate and recommend upon Scientology matters of a fairly severe ethical nature. (Introduction to Scientology Ethics, p. 28) 4. A Committee of Evidence is considered the most severe form of ethics action. (HCO PL 29 Apr 65 III) 5. A Committee of Evidence is convened by the Office of LRH through the HCO Secretary and is composed of staff members. Its purpose is entirely to obtain evidence and recommend action which the Office of LRH then modifies or orders. (HCO PL 10 Apr 65) Abbr. Comm Ev.
'Completed Staff Work'. An assembled package of information on any given situation, plan or emergency forwarded to me sufficiently complete to require from me only an "approved" or "disapproved."It (1) states the situation, (2) gives all the data necessary to its solution, (3) advices a solution, and (4) contains a line for approval or disapproval.
'Declare' (or 'Declare Order'):
'Suppressive Person Declare' or 'SP Declare'. Declare has grown to be an expression frequently used amongst the Scientology parishioners that means that an Ethics Order (as in official writing) in where a person(s) and/or group(s) are being declared being suppressive person(s) and/or suppressive group(s).
Means enturbulated theta (thought or life); especially refers to communications, which, based on lies and confusions, are slanderous, choppy or destructive in an attempt to overwhelm or suppress a person or group. (Scientology Abridged Dictionary)
enturbulation, enturbulate:
Cause to be turbulent or agitated and disturbed. (Scientology Abridged Dictionary)
'Flag Condition Order'. Sea Org* issue-type reserved for ethics matters. Equivalent to Ethics Order (Condition Order) as used in lower classed Scientology organizations.
'Flag Divisional Directive'. The Flag Divisional Directive has been introduced with the purpose of communicating and pushing command policies, projects and programs. Its distribution is to SO and Scn orgs alike or as designated.
'Hubbard Communications Office Bulletin'. Color flash–red ink on white paper. Written by LRH only , but only so starting from January 1974. These are the technical issue line. All data for auditing and courses is contained in HCOBs. For more information go here (separate window).
'Hubbard Communication Office Policy Letter'. Color flash–green ink on white paper. Written by LRH only, but only so starting from January 1974. These are the organizational and administrative issue line. For more information go here (separate window).
'Int(ernational) Justice Chief'. See at that entry in vocabulary.
Int(ernational) Justice Chief (IJC):
1. The executive responsible for the application of Scientology Justice Policies to Church staff and parishioners. The position protects the church, its tenets, and membership. The duties include reviewing and approving (or not approving) all major justice actions to ensure no injustice is done. The position is assisted by Continental Justice Chiefs. (Declaration of IJC Mike Ellis, 5 Oct 2014) 2. If a person or a group that has committed a Suppressive Act comes to this, her or their senses and recants, his, her or their only terminal is the International Justice Chief (HCO PL 23 Dec 65RA, 10 Sept 83) 3. Position established in 1979.
An usual abbreviation for 'L. Ron Hubbard'.
Short for 'organization(s)'.
Short for 'preclear(s)'. See at that entry in vocabulary.
preclear (pc):
1. A person who, through Scientology processing, is finding out more about himself and life. (The Phoenix Lectures, p. 20) 2. A spiritual being who is now on the road to becoming Clear, hence preclear. (HCOB 5 Apr 69) 3. One who is discovering things about himself and who is becoming clearer. (HCO PL 21 Aug 62)
PTS, PTSness:
'potential trouble source'. 1. Somebody who is connected with an SP (suppressive person) who is invalidating him, his beingness, his processing, his life. (SH Spec 63, 6506C08) 2. He's here, he's way up today and he's way down tomorrow. (Establishment Officer Lecture 3, 7203C02 SO I) 3. The mechanism of PTS is environmental menace that keeps something continually keyed in. This can be a constant recurring somatic or continual, recurring pressure or a mass. (HCOB 5 Dec 68)
Short for 'suppressive person'.
Going off into weird practices or altering Scientology. (HCO PL 7 Feb 65, Keeping Scientology Working)
Withholds (W/Hs):
Something a person did that he isn't talking about. Basically, it is a no action after the fact of action in which the individual has done or been an accessory to doing something which is a transgression against some moral code consisting of agreements to which the individual has subscribed in order to guarantee, with others, the survival of a group with which he is co-acting or has co-acted toward survival. (Marriage Hats booklet)