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Religion Hunter Bites the Dust
Five days a week I'm a news junkie. On weekends I take a complete break. Come Monday morning, I'm again ready for the news, catching up on whatever happened over the weekend. The first thing that slapped me in the face Monday morning, even before the every-five-minute repeat of the weather, was this story: a local woman had died after traveling to Arizona to participate in somebody's idea of a sweat lodge ceremony. After keeling over from excessive heat (possibly literally biting the dust), she was taken to a hospital and later died. Authorities stated homicide charges were pending.
The headline is mine, so if you find it disrespectful, facetious, obnoxious, and judgmental, blame me, not the local news outlet. The story and what I took from it pushed so many of my buttons that every one of those adjectives fits what's behind the headline. And I will confess right up front I'm reacting to very few facts.
I refer to her as a religion hunter. It's not exactly a compliment. To me it's more of a sickness, and it's endemic in this society, perhaps throughout our species. I do understand the need to find something outside of one's self, something bigger, hopefully wiser, something to fix whatever is ailing, whether in me, loved ones, or the world. We seek something to be worthy of our awe. Religions fill this need for most of us, offering answers to those questions. Sometimes the answers are easy, sometimes impossibly hard.
What bugs me most about religions lately is that religiosity itself has become sacred. It's the same way nationalism has become sacred to some people. To me, as I understand sacred, that concept should be reserved for God, or Allah, or whatever higher being or ideal. To make the trappings that surround the group-think teaching, that describe the divine and set down rules to follow, as themselves sacred just succeeds in driving us a step farther away from the divine. Admittedly, they can be helpful, but so can a vacuum cleaner. While cleanliness is next to godliness, I'll never call a vacuum cleaner divine.
Possibly one of the better arguments against making religiosity itself sacred is the number of people who are driven away from whatever the religion espouses in search of some new, different religion. I'm not talking about those turned off completely from the concept of religion. I'm talking about those actively hunting a new religion. This woman apparently was one of those, participating in some very minor ("fringe") sect, adopting a Native American ceremony in search of meaning. If the Native American religion had been adopted (i.e., a context given to the ceremony to supply meaning) I'd have expected different skin tones and facial features on the group's leader, and perhaps a name like Yazzie or Two Bears. But apparently they took the quickie route, not bothering to learn about harmony and beauty–or sensible, safe precautions–but going for the gimmick: the sweat lodge. I have to believe that's as offensive to Native Americans as someone coming into a Catholic church, dispensing with reading the Bible or going through confession, and presenting themselves at the altar for confession. Voila–quickie Catholic on the half shell.
Since religiosity itself has become sacred, nobody questions what others do to "find" religion, or what they do in order to serve their particular brand of religion. So folks go along with the stupid, the selfish, the dangerous, as long as somebody tags it with "religion." Another recent story points this out. A teenager with Hodgkin's Lymphoma was denied standard medical treatment by his parents in the name of religion, until the courts stepped in to order treatment. Nobody questioned the sincerity of the parents religious beliefs, even though these beliefs didn't manifest themselves until AFTER the kid's first course of chemotherapy, when the kid quite understandably hated the pain and discomfort of the treatment's side effects and protested having to go through with round two. So is it still religion when the prime precept seems to be keep my kid comfortable even if it kills him?
Being a religion hunter says a couple of things about you. First, you are likely sincerely seeking that something outside yourself. Unfortunately, the longer you look without finding, the more you are likely to become prey to the grifters, the charlatans, the greedy, and the idiots who just might kill you. Second, it says you are looking to others to give you what you are unable to give yourself. If you hunt out religions, you must carry the belief that other people know something, hold some secret, that you haven't found yet–and that it's something that they can share.
I've long since had a problem with that. Being around groups of other people works against growing religious feelings in me. Partly it's a trust issue–too few of them have earned it. Partly they're a distraction from whatever I'm trying to achieve. We are such a gregarious species that it's difficult to be in the presence of other people and ignore them, but that's what I'd need to do in order to find something I'd call divine. I've concluded that religious groups are enforcers of the group-think necessary to keep the leaders in power and control the masses. That idea alone is a further turn-off for me. Finally, I'm simply not convinced that others know some mysterious secret, or that they can share it. I've had the distinct displeasure of working with somebody who KNEW that he knew exactly the right words to ensure his own salvation. He also KNEW that knowledge of those words was limited, and he was one of the select few and I wasn't. Others haven't been so obnoxious about it but still cling to the firm belief that there is only one way, and theirs is it. It apparently comforts them.
So, personally, I have to get away from other people to explore my own spirituality, to examine my conscience, find my values, discover whatever is worthy of awe. A quiet couple hours in the woods, watching waves pound the shore, watching storms build and pass, letting my eyes devour the mountains, or really listening to a Beethoven symphony–these are things that help. I don't expect to find all the answers, nor even most of the questions. I doubt I'll ever be a religion hunter, though I can manage a smidgen of sympathy for those who are.
And a part of me appreciates the irony that our local religion hunter already has found out the answer to the question all of the rest of us have: what happens after death? While I'm really, really interested in that answer, I'll wait for it.
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Tags: cultural appropriation, James Arthur Ray, religion, sweat lodges
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8 Responses to "Religion Hunter Bites the Dust"
Mike Haubrich says:
Hector Avalos has written about the Abrahamic Religions as a "scarce resource" in the classic economics sense that authorities, or "priests" have access to info not available to the rest of us and so they are able to dole out answers to our questions on the nature of a particular aspect of religion in exchange for tangible capital. The book is Fighting Words, and I have a copy if you would ever like to borrow it, Heather.
I mention it because the theme you express here is that people are constantly looking for an external resource to satisfy an internal need to know the unknowable, and there are people willing to share their "knowledge" for a price; and in this shortcut case of the sweat lodges the price was not only her money but her life at the hands of someone who practiced another culture's religion as though he learned it from reading an excerpt from a book jacket and decided "Hey, this is easy." Cultures that do sweat lodges have from long experience and cultural practice learned how to properly prepare for such a ritual. I knew someone in Minneapolis who had been raised as a Catholic, converted to Wicca and was later invited by the Mdewankenton to learn their religion and spirituality, but before he partook in any of the spiritual ceremonies he had to study carefully to learn the depth of their religious beliefs. It took years for him, which is something that the "religion hunters" (I like the phrase you have coined because it fits in context with Avalos' thesis,) seek to sneak out with in the middle of the night.
I'm not saying that the guy that I knew was any less of a "religion hunter" than the woman who died in a sweat lodge, but the point I am trying to make is that in trying to snatch a little piece of a religious culture like that the charlatans who arranged this event were grabbing at a small piece of a scarce resource and hoping to get at something much larger.
But even Christians engage in Religion Hunting, shopping church to church to find the one that follows the "true teaching" at the exclusion of the misguided souls in the church down the block.
Alden says:
Speaking as a Christian, I have to say that for the most part, I agree with you. While I've never thought of it as "religion hunting," that's a good analogy. Within Christendom, there are those who keep running after this or that, looking for some "trick" to make everything work. Sometimes it's referred to as "religious addiction." While there are those who would say that anything religious is a crutch, there is a difference between the simplicity of orthodox Christianity and the Christian with a religious addiction.
I think you've hit on something in your 2nd to the last paragraph, "I have to get away from other people to explore my own spirituality…" Religion hunters, I suspect, are using the religious search to run from themselves, the way others do with excessive drink, drugs or sex. It's not moving toward something, but a move away from yourself.
Finding that place of quiet is the most challenging thing we can do, because we must deal with ourselves. This, I think, is the point behind Psalm 46:10: "Be still, and know that I am God." If we create too much noise and activity, all we find is another attempted escape from reality.
Nicely done.
Mike Haubrich says:
I do think that they are seeking a shortcut towards that "peace" and it is difficult in modern culture.
Greg writes:
"To me, as I understand sacred, that concept should be reserved for God, or Allah, or whatever higher being or ideal. To make the trappings that surround the group-think teaching, that describe the divine and set down rules to follow, as themselves sacred just succeeds in driving us a step farther away from the divine."
I suspect religion hunters would voice their assent to your precept. The problem is that God or Allah or the divine are not present, at least not in any objectively observable fashion. Trappings are all that religions offer, reading the Bible and confession no less so than communion. It is empty to criticize religion hunters for going for the trappings rather than the substance unless you can provide a discrimination test between the two. I doubt you claim to do so, and if you did, I suspect it would be as meaningless as those offered by the religious.
Russell says:
I have to agree with Alden. Dangerous religion hunting (or cult membership) probably has less to do with an actual spiritual exploration as addiction or compulsion. While it may be tempting to think the person should just "wise up", they are probably no more likely to do that than someone with OCD can quite checking or an alcoholic can easily see how self-destructive their drinking is.
The fact that there aren't many 12 step programs for religious addiction does help make Heather's point though. People are not near as likely to point out when someones religion has become a problem as when their drinking, eating, etc has.
There is one kind of OCD, scrupulosity, that is religious in nature. My understanding is that the therapist must be quite careful about teasing out the compulsions to treat while not trying to undermine the patients actual spiritual belief.
In regard to the boy with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, I have to point out that if the case ended up in front of a judge then someone or several people did NOT just go along with the parent's beliefs.
I agree with Heather that not questioning religious actions can be a problem, but I also know from experience that religious intolerance is also a problem. Sometimes it is a difficult line to walk.
micheleinmichigan says:
RBH says:
I'd always thought of it as "religion shopping," with the image of someone wandering through a mall, stopping in first this store and then that to feel the fabric of a sweater and try on a suit, then moving on to groceries to tap the melons and squeeze the tomatoes. But "religion hunting" better captures the near-obsessive behavior of some folks.
[Proofreader comment, feel free to delete] "dispensing with reading the Bible or going through confession, and presenting themselves at the altar for confession." / communion
Rob W says:
Thanks, Rob, that's what I meant, but my own proofreading didn't catch it.
Russel, my own personal discrimination test between what is sacred and what is trappings – and this is off the cuff so please bear with me – seems to revolve on what is a repeated routine or action (being trappings) and what is the very essence of the supreme being and the inner voice message that one hopes will be derived from going through the trappings. Communion, sweat lodges, ringing chimes, lighting candles – these are trappings as I define them. A lot of folks claim religious texts are sacred, and for me they're borderline, since to me they are a very human interpretation of what must by definition be way beyond human understanding. If we could understand God, it wouldn't be God. This doesn't – shouldn't – stop us from trying, and for some, a set interpretation is the final word on the subject, period, and thus sacred. As our understanding of what is divine grows and changes, our texts must as well. We will/must rise above some one's or some group's limited understanding and in so doing grow closer to what is truly divine.
Of course, I'm pretty agnostic, so I'm wiling to posit that it may just be a goal, and we really are creating God in our own image. Even if that is so, if what we're striving for is the best in ourselves, how can we not try?
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Jason Dickinson finished with two power play goals and the Texas Stars scored twice in the final three minutes of regulation to take a 3-2 road win over the Manitoba Moose on Tuesday night in front of 5,406 in attendance at MTS Centre.
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Back-to-back penalties late in the third handed Texas a 5-on-3 power play with 2:39 remaining, and the Stars didn't waste their opportunity. Just seconds into the two-man advantage, Travis Morin set up Ritchie in the left circle to snap home his 12th goal of the season and knot the score. Then, with 46 seconds left to play, Jason Dickinson finished off an odd-man rush from the slot on a wrist shot that beat Manitoba's Eric Comrie for his 12th of the year and second of the night.
Lagace held off one last push from the Moose with the extra attacker on the ice to seal his 11th win of the season.
After a scoreless first period, Manitoba opened up the scoring off a loose puck in the goal crease that was batted in by John Albert 27 seconds into period two. Texas knotted things up on the power play as Dickinson located a loose puck at the left side of the goal crease and stuffed it past Comrie, who ended up finishing with 30 saves on the night.
Manitoba took a 2-1 lead 3:30 into the third when a centering pass deflected past Lagace off the leg of Darren Kramer for his third of the year prior to the Stars late offensive outburst.
The Stars finished 3-for-7 on the power play while the Moose went 0-for-3.
Tonight's lines:
Injuries, scratches, and notes:
Faksa (call up)
Rallo, Shore, Dowling (injury)
Kane, Evans, Muse, Mangene (scratch)
Tonight's attendance was 5,406.
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Salsa Nick's Bio
For over 14 years, Nick was a martial arts and movement instructor. Partner dancing and salsa were a natural progression. For the past 11 years, Nick has been teaching Salsa and in particular, Cuban style Salsa, bringing to it his existing concepts of connection, balance, and fluidity. Nick combines decades of Cuban tradition with modern movement concepts of space, timing, and flow. Presently, he teaches club-style Salsa, Rueda de Casino, cha cha cha, son, and several martial arts. Nick has trained and taught all over the U.S., including extended periods in Cuba, Miami, New York, and Texas. Nick trains yearly with Yanek Revilla and Karelia Despaigne in Havana and Santiago de Cuba. He has also taught in Hawaii,Las Vegas and all over California at numerous Salsa Congresses, Festivals and Cruises and is the co-star of "The Quick And Dirty Guide To Salsa vol. 4". He has trained numerous instructors now teaching in S.F., Oakland, Portland and other cities in the U.S.. Nick is the co-director of Salsa Vale Todo and the co-producer of the Salsa Rueda Festival in San Francisco and Las Vegas.
Nick is available for private lessons, workshops as well as special events, video projects and film. Contact Nick at 510-207-4289, or email@example.com. salsanick.com, salsavaletodo.com, bayareasalsarueda.com
Salsa Nick's Teacher - never trust an instructor who cannot articulate clearly who their teachers were....
lthough I have picked up information from a variety of sources, these are the individuals that really affected and influenced my dance training.
- Yanek Revilla and Karelia Despaigne (Casino.com, Sabor DKY, Santiago de Cuba)
-Isais Roja (Director of Ban Rarrá, Havana, Cuba)
-Luis "Titi" Gúzman Aguilera (Ban Rarrá and Raices Profundas, Havana, Cuba)
-oberto Borrell (Havana, Cuba, and The Bay Area)
-Henry Herrera (Salsa Racing, Miami)
-Omar Caraballo (Salsa Connection, Miami)
-Russ Hamer ( salsarueda.com, SF)
-duane Wrenn (Energetic Dance, Detroit)


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'Winter on the Farm'
The last month has been a busy one, hence the lack of blogging. I'm now back and fully recharged after the Christmas break. The Lost Forest studio is at full steam ahead once again, and I'm slowly getting my wedding preparations ticked off the list (it seems like a never ending task at times!).
As I mentioned last year, I've been working on a new direction for Lost Forest. The new look and concept will be unveiled in another few months. As I design everything from inception, it is a long and arduous process, and requires fresh eyes every few weeks to revaluate and tweak little details. I'm looking forward to showing my new creations, but also very nervous!
A break on my husband-to-be's farm is always a welcome boost to my creativity, and clears my head for a bustling few months ahead. The glowing winter sunsets, fresh crisp air that tickles your nose and fingers, inquisitive bovine and feline friends, and ghostly silhouettes of the ancient trees are some of the delights that rural Ireland has to offer. There is an innate awareness of nature and our affinity with the changing seasons. You can't help but feel invigorated by this little corner of the world.


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There are some things you just learn from experience. After leading this group of secret agents for a while I know that I should not expect any hard work done on Halloween so it is best to just let them have the night off. They're all too excited about ghosts, ghouls, and other scary things anyway. This year they rented the first season of that new zombie tv show.
I hope none of them get too scared to go to sleep tonight. All I need is a bunch of "tough" secret agents whining that there's not enough flashlights for each of them.
What I have never understood about Halloween is the whole trick-or-treating thing. Why dress up and pretend to be something you are not? It really reminds me of the dairy aisle at the grocery store. I'm talking about those soy and rice drinks dressed up in cartons and pretending to be milk. They will never be as completely nutritious and delicious as real genuine milk from me.
Don't be tricked on Halloween or any other day. Make sure you're getting yourself a dairy good treat.
Agent 101, reporting from the Udder Side.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Halloween, Trick-or-Treaters, and Zombies
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Monday, October 24, 2011
Cow Myths
My particular job in the C.A.L.F. operation is in the IT department. I keep watch over what The Farmer does on his computer. I also spend a considerable amount of time looking for anyone on the internet talking about any of our agents and about things related to cows and dairy. I find it is unfortunate that so many myths about us are out there so I decided to dispel a few of them.
1. Brown cows make chocolate milk.
Not true. Seriously, you can feed a cow all the chocolate she can eat and her milk is still going to come out white. You can add the tasty flavoring of your choice to your own tall glass of milk. I actually prefer strawberry!
2. Only bulls have horns.
The truth is that bulls and heifers (males and females) can be born with horns. The Farmer will remove the horns when calves are young to prevent them from endangering others. He would probably prefer that all of his cattle were polled, that is that they are born without horns. Now, an agent like me would never use her horns to knock another cow out of the way so I could get more feed or stick The Farmer is his rear-end if he was bothering me.
3. Cattle are God's favorite animals.
This one is true. Have you never heard of the sacred cow or holy cow?
4. Cows change their colors like leaves in the fall.
Not true at all. We stay the way we were born, although some of us, myself included, always wanted red hair.
5. Milk is full of antibiotics.
This is totally false. Any milk that leaves the farm cannot have antibiotics in it. All milk is tested for antibiotics before the processor even accepts it from the farm.
6. Dolphins are smarter than cows.
That's just propaganda put out by the pro-dolphin lobby groups.
7. Milk is full of hormones.
Concerned about hormones in milk? You should probably worry more about the teenagers at the local high school dance than the jug of milk in the refrigerator. The truth is, believe it or not, there are naturally occurring hormones in a lot of foods. For example there are 11 nanograms of estrogen in a 32 oz glass of milk compared to a whopping 454 in raw peas! Where are the pea police at?
8. Farmers are cruel and inhumane to cows.
I can tell you this: sick and hurt cows don't make milk. That's a fact. Why would any dairyman strike the proverbial hand that feeds him? I have observed The Farmer doing his best to keep us healthy and content so we can make milk freely.
You can find more myths dispelled at SUDIA , at the Dairy Council of California, and at the NHGSDP.
Agent 463, reporting from the Udder Side.
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Monday, October 17, 2011
Spy vs Spy?
I can honestly say that the last few days have been wild. A week ago The Farmer separated me from the rest of the dry cows. I had been with them for about fifty days doing my reporting there. Not much to say, mostly we just hung out, ate, and slept. When The Farmer moved me I thought, uh-oh, what's going on here? Then the weird thing happened: he started spying on me!
Seriously, The Farmer was always looking up in the field I was in to check on me or slowing down in his truck to watch me. He was almost a stalker. But then my time came. Maybe I should say my calf's time came. While The Farmer was doing all his watching, I felt confident he would come in and assist me if I had needed any help while calving. I know this had to be true because when my calf was totally clueless about how to get started nursing, The Farmer was there to guide him to me to get my colostrum, my first milk, which is like super-duper milk, full of good stuff to get my calf off to a great start.
My question is who is spying on whom?
Agent 150, reporting from the Udder Side.
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Don't Forget About Blog Action Day Focus on Food
Okay, have you ever woke up in the middle of the night remembering you forgot to do something? I didn't do that. I finally woke up after pressing the snooze button about five times (I'm usually a three snoozes kind of bovine) and remembered that I was supposed to have something to say about Blog Action Day's focus on food. Sooo......Ummm.......Milk is healthy. And nutritious. And milk is totally awesome. Totally awesome.
Facts..right, there should be some facts. Alright, uh, fact #1 I stayed up way too late last night and I still have not taken my curlers out of my hair this morning. Fact #2 I'm a cow. Fact #3 A cow's job is to make milk. Fact #4 Milk is full of protein, vitamins, minerals, and is better than sports drinks after a hard workout. Okay, that's good enough.
So, go celebrate Blog Action Day with your favorite dairy products. Me, I'm off to find a double iced milk coffee thing.
Agent 401, reporting from the Udder Side
Facts..right, there should be some facts. Alright, uh, fact #1 I stayed up way too late last night and I still have not taken my curlers out of my hair this morning. Fact #2 I'm a cow. Fact #3 A cow's job is to make milk. Fact #4 Milk is full of protein, vitamins, minerals, and is better than sports drinks after a hard workout. Okay, that's good enough.
So, go celebrate Blog Action Day with your favorite dairy products. Me, I'm off to find a double iced milk coffee thing.
Agent 401, reporting from the Udder Side
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Monday, October 10, 2011
Ladies Night
Okay, this is not what it looks like. Unless you think it looks like we are getting totally busted for being outside of our field again. And if that's what you see then it is exactly what it looks like. We had been being good little heifers and following the rules, but when we heard they were having Ladies Night at The Cattle Trough we couldn't resist. I know, I know, it isn't the classiest establishment you could go to but they were having bicarb soda drinks (good for the digestion and complexion) and my favorite alfalfa appetizers. We also heard a rumor that some sons of Planet were going to be there but they didn't show up.
We were practically back in our field when The Farmer arrived. I don't know how he got tipped off that we had slipped off but there he was anyway. The Farmer is always out checking fences and sawing down any tree branches that might fall on them so we can't "accidentally" walk off. He also counts us every morning like he's studying for a real hard kindergarten test or something. Maybe that's one of the ways he shows he cares.
Agent 742, reporting from the Udder Side.
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Monday, October 3, 2011
Working 9 to 5
|9 to 5 Starring Agent 459
Honestly, I didn't think they could pull it off. I planned on giving Agent 459 the blame, but I suppose she deserves the credit now. With summer and the hottest weather over she wanted to do something fun with the other cows. As they say, Agent 459 ain't from around here. She hails from a dairy near New York City where she often sneaked out to see off-Broadway plays. When she organized a musical production of Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 you can guess who got to play the lead role!
The cows here do not actually work 9 to 5. They have plenty of opportunities to eat and drink at their leisure. They also get long rests out on the pasture. That must be why they have the energy to do this show.
Agent 101, reporting from the Udder Side.
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Saturday, 5 April 2014
Dr Bean goes to town
We went to the London Coffee Festival. It was fab. And very beard-y.
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Agile Methods
Choose the Right Tool for the jobSubmitted by Keith Casey on Fri, 2005-08-12 11:30.
Over the years, I've worked with a number of systems which aggregate data in some way. These have included simple RSS aggregators, the importation of multiple XML formats, and even interacting with a multiple of bug tracking systems. Regardless of the domain, there is a simple concept here: There are a particular set of actions we wish to perform on the data, but quite often the data sources have a variety of data structures.
For some reason, most people immediately jump to the "simple" solution of building a inheritance heirarchy, each with a distinct class/structure beneath it to a specific data structure. This can work fine for quite a few situations and ends up being quite elegant in patterns such as the Data Access Object and others where you can completely encapsulate the data structure and simply forget about it. Unfortunately, this doesn't work in all scenarios.
For example, I'm involved in a large scale Java system where we are retriving XML data structures from a series of different sources (think aggregation). When we started there were twelve different sources in two different formats and the solution looked simple, we would simply import each of the structures and be done with it.
Since I've been bitten by this before, I proposed a different solution. Instead of doing the import in a single step, we would use a Two-Step Pattern to first convert each data structure into our custom structure and simply import that. We've been able to implement this by building a single importer class and creating a new XML-to-XML XSL transform for each new data source.
Just in time too, within 2 months, we were up to 7 different formats from 237 different sources...
Pave the cowpathSubmitted by Duane Gran on Fri, 2005-08-12 10:01.
At my alma mater, Ball State University, there is a dirt walkway affectionately known as the cowpath. It is a makeshift shortcut from one of the dorms (er, residence halls) to classrooms on the other end of campus. It emerged out of need and student's tendency to take the shortest line between two points. The cowpath has existed for decades, and unless something has changed in the last five years, it remains a dirt trodden path.
What does any of this have to do with producing and managing software? Put simply, when we observe people wearing a path that we didn't anticipate, like when they use our software in interesting or peculiar ways, we have a few options:
- Slap the user's wrist and tell him not to mickey with the software
- Analyze if the software's user interface created some confusion
- Observe the user closely to understand his motivation
If you do #2 and #3 you will most likely choose to pave the cowpath instead of discouraging the user from doing what he wants to do. While I wouldn't advise retrofitting a spreadsheet into a flight simulator, developers and project managers should keep an open mind about creative ways that people repurpose software. A practical example is the Friendster software product. From presentation notes given by Danah Boyd to the Supernova Conference:
What was successful about Friendster had nothing to do with its original purpose or design [dating]. Instead, users saw it as a flexible artifact that they could repurpose to reflect their social practices. As i learned how people embedded Friendster into their daily lives, i was fascinated by how it manifested itself as so many different tools to so many different people. Some saw it as an information gathering tool, allowing them to learn about friends and strangers. Others saw it as a performance tool and a venting site. It was also used as a gaming device, a distribution channel for the drug dealer, an anti-depressant for the voyeur, a popularity contest. Many also saw it as a cultural artifact necessary for all water cooler discussions.
At first Friendster resisted the use cases they didn't ordain, but gradually they saw value in what their user base wanted from the service. They were fortunate to have a flexible system, which helps. They revised their software in minor ways (pave the cowpath), but mostly they just needed to get out of the way.
The next time your users surprise you with the way they (mis) use your software, consider if the possibility that the user knows something you don't. As a consequence you may tap into new markets for your software, and at the very least, by adapting your software to the needs of the user you will make their experience more pleasant.


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Programming Highlights: A NEW BeLive Series, A CCR Program Name Change, 25 Years In 25 Weeks: 1992 & What's On This Week
Programming Highlights: A NEW BeLive Series, A CCR Program Name Change, 25 Years In 25 Weeks: 1992 & What's On This Week
News & information about our BeLive & Community Radio Studios, current programming, special broadcast events, & what's on when!
25 Years In 25 Weeks: A Retrospective
- In honor of our 25th Anniversary Celebration, Cambridge Community Television will be airing some of our best programming from the past 25 years one week and year at a time in two blocks each week! The blocks will be counting down the years, starting with 1988, every Sunday at 9:00 PM on Channel 9 & every Friday at 7:00 PM on Channel 8!
This Week: 1992
- Continue the journey back with us to 1992 - the year when Yitzhak Rabin became prime minister of Israel, Cartoon Network was first broadcast on television, the Presidential Election had 3 candidates, and the Church of England voted to allow women to become priests! Tune in this week to see the 1992 Cambridge Pops Concert, an interview with Edwin Ortiz, a rap hip-hop dance party jam, and more!
Channel 9 - Sunday, August 4, 2013 at 9:00 PM
Channel 8 - Friday, August 9, 2013 at 7:00 PM
Movie Of The Week: "The Inspector General"
- Danny Kaye stars in this classic comedy about an illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show who wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials mistake him for the inspector general whom they think is traveling in disguise. Fearing he will discover they've been pocketing tax money, they make several bungled attempts to kill him.
Channel 9 - Saturday at 9:00 PM
BeLive Studio: Current Open Timeslots
- Mondays at 7:00 PM
- Tuesdays at 5:30 PM & 6:00 PM
- Wednesdays at 5:00 PM
Cambridge Community Radio "CCR" Studio: Current Open Timeslots
- Mondays at 2:00 PM-4:00 PM
- Tuesdays at 2:00 PM-3:00 PM
- Thursdays at 12:00 PM-2:00 PM
- Fridays at 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Channel 8
Supreme Court Marriage Equality Decision Rally
- A rally, which took place in front of Cambridge City Hall on Wednesday, June 26, 2013, in celebration of the Supreme Court ruling striking down Section 3 of the Defense Of Marriage Act (DOMA) and the striking down of California's Proposition 8 measure.
Airing this week Wednesday at 11:00 AM, Friday at 8:30 AM, Sunday at 6:00 PM & Monday at 7:00 PM
ZIP Docs: Spiritual Bazaar
- A short documentary, produced by the students in the ZIP Docs class at Cambridge Community Television, exploring the spiritual diversity of Cambridge from a local Zen meditation center to an independent religious bookstore.
Airing this week Wednesday at 2:30 PM, Thursday at 8:30 AM, Friday at 8:30 AM, Saturday at 8:00 AM, & Sunday at 3:30 PM
SYPP News
- The School Year Production Program presents five news stories regarding happenings around Cambridge and featuring local businesses including Boomerangs Thrift Shop, Google, Cambridge Innovation Center, and the C2W Farmers Market.
Airing this week Wednesday at 7:00 PM, Thursday at 9:00 AM, Saturday at 11:30 AM, & Sunday at 5:00 PM
StoryStream: Cambridge Riverfest 2013 - Part 3
- Part 3 of a program featuring various individuals, groups, and organizations coming together to share stories, ideas, arts, and cultures at this fun and engaging annual event in Cambridge.
Airing this week Thursday at 9:30 AM, Sunday at 2:00 PM & Tuesday at 10:00 AM
Cambridge Open Studios 2013: Siobhan Bredin
- Cambridge Open Studios, performed at Cambridge Community Television, is a platform for local artists and musicians to display their talent for a live audience. This episode features a short mystery play titled "The Scandalous Suffragette Skullduggery", written and directed by Siobhan Bredin.
Airing this week Thursday at 10:30 AM, Friday at 2:30 PM, Saturday at 5:00 PM & Tuesday at 7:30 PM
Cambridge Open Studios 2013: Tim Tsang
- Cambridge Open Studios, performed at Cambridge Community Television, is a platform for local artists and musicians to display their talent for a live audience. This episode features keyboardist and piano player Tim Tsang.
Airing this week Thursday at 11:00 AM, Saturday at 8:30 AM, Sunday at 3:00 PM, & Monday at 11:00 PM
Press Pass TV 5-Year Anniversary Special
- A video compilation of some of the best programming of the past 5 years from Press Pass TV - an award-winning non-profit organization that uses the power of media arts to provide meaningful employment and education to youth living in low-income neighborhoods.
Airing this week Thursday at 11:30 AM, Saturday at 3:00 PM, Sunday at 5:30 PM & Tuesday at 7:00 PM
Central Square World's Fair 2013
- Join host Maurice Wilkey as he explores the 2013 Central Square World's Fair - a giant block party filled with music of every kind, a variety of food, art, and dance performances.
Airing this week Thursday at 2:30 PM, Friday at 10:30 AM, Sunday at 7:30 PM & Monday at 11:00 AM
Goober County Jamboree: Merrimack Valley Bluegrass
- A lively down-home studio performance by the bluegrass band "Merrimack Valley Bluegrass".
Airing this week Thursday at 10:30 PM, Saturday at 6:00 PM, Sunday at 9:00 AM, & Monday at 10:30 AM
Innovation in My Backyard: Startups at the Cambridge Innovation Center
- A program featuring short profile pieces of two startup companies at the Cambridge Innovation Center - The Open Learning Exchange and Prompt Communications.
Airing this week Thursday at 11:00 PM, Saturday at 3:30 PM, Sunday at 7:00 PM, & Monday at 11:30 AM
Filling The News Gap in Cambridge & Beyond - Part 4: The Most Experimental Storytellers - Citizen Journalists
- This conference marks the 5th anniversary of CCTV's NeighborMedia program, which was formed to ensure that local stories are told, shared, and celebrated. Filling The News Gap will air in four segments over the course of Summer 2013. Stay tuned to Programming Highlights each week for updates!
Part 4 explores some of the important protections available to citizen journalists and others in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the hurdles that reporters face as they engage in newsgathering activities.
Airing this week Friday at 9:30 AM, Saturday at 4:00 PM & Monday at 10:00 PM
Hugh McGowan: LIVE From CCTV
- Hugh McGowan, a musician from Somerville with a focus on pop, folk, and indie rock, performs in the Cambridge Community Television main studio for CCTV's "Beginning Studio Production: Primetime!" class.
Airing this week Saturday at 9:00 AM, Sunday at 10:30 AM, & Monday at 9:30 AM
Channel 9
BeLive: Nubia Now & Then
- A cultural program, hosted by Vicki Meredith, that focuses on the history and current events of the Nubian society in Egypt.
Airs this Thursday and the 1st & 3rd Thursday of every month at 8:30 PM
NEW NAME! CCR: Angel Of The Airwaves
- Host Angel Aiguier has changed the name of her Friday Community Radio show, featuring reggae tracks and other musical selections hand-picked by the lovely hostess herself, to "Angel Of The Airwaves." Tune in this Friday to see the premiere!
Airs every Friday at 12:00 PM
BeLive: Seniors Needed
- Host Robert S. Hurlbut discusses issues and topics of interest concerning the senior citizens of Cambridge.
Airs this Friday and the 4th Friday of every month at 4:00 PM
Cambridge Remembers the Victims of the Boston Marathon Tragedy
- A video compilation of various events held in Cambridge to commemorate the victims of the Boston Marathon tragedy.
Airing this week Friday at 6:30 PM, Saturday at 6:00 PM & Sunday at 1:00 PM
BeLive: On Digital Air
- Host Garabed Setrakian explores all things digital and seeks to invigorate and inform viewers with tasteful arts and technology reviews.
Airs this Sunday and 1st Sunday of every month at 5:00 PM
NEW! BeLive: The God Talk Guys
- Host Michael Mack presents this NEW BeLive program which will feature discussions and interviews on religion and spirituality worldwide with a special focus on artistic and literary expressions of faith.
Premieres this Sunday at 7:30 PM and will air the 1st & 3rd Sunday of every month!
BeLive: Emotional Talk
- Guest host Boriana Zaneva will discuss relationships and emotional matters that affect our everyday lives.
Airs this Tuesday and 1st & 3rd Tuesday of every month at 6:30 PM
Channel 96
The Living Will Envy The Dead
- A group of panelists discuss this title statement, found in the Bible in the revelation of John by the prophet Jeremiah, and analyze what it means in a modern context as well as the importance of God in combatting its implications. Produced and presented by Radio Santec.
Airing this week Wednesday at 7:00 AM, Thursday at 11:00 AM, Saturday at 3:00 PM, Sunday at 12:00 PM, & Tuesday at 10:30 AM
A New Year - A New Life
- A religious program featuring a voice-over, accompanied by videos and images of nature, discussing what it means to have a new life when one is reborn through the faith in and love of Jesus and God.
Airing this week Wednesday at 1:30 PM, Thursday at 2:00 PM, Saturday at 5:30 PM, Sunday at 7:00 PM, & Tuesday at 11:30 PM
Bodhisattvas Springing Up in the U.S.
- A short documentery about Rissho Kosei-kai, a buddhist organization which started in Japan and is now becoming widely popular in other countries, whose mission is to educate others about the teachings of Buddha and to propagate charity and human service around the world.
Airing this week Wednesday at 11:30 PM, Thursday at 3:00 PM, Friday at 8:00 AM, Saturday at 5:00 PM, Sunday at 7:30 PM, Monday at 9:00 AM, & Tuesday at 5:00 PM
Focal Point: Earth - Life In The Forest
- An in-depth study of life in the forests and oceans on earth, how animals are treated and affected by humans, and a look at the general beauty of God's creation. Produced and presented by Radio Santec.
Airing this week Thursday at 10:00 AM, Saturday at 11:00 AM, Monday at 7:00 AM, & Tuesday at 9:30 AM
International Mother Language Day
- An culturally engaging musical celebration of International Mother Language Day which took place on Thursday, February 21, 2013. Presented by the Bangladesh Association of New England.
Airing this week Thursday at 3:30 PM, Friday at 8:30 AM, Sunday at 8:00 PM, Monday at 9:30 AM, & Tuesday at 5:30 PM
Bangladesh Association Of New England Panel
- Previous past presidents of the Bangladesh Association of New England (BANE) discuss their experiences and personal histories with the organization.
Airing this week Thursday at 4:00 PM, Friday at 7:00 AM, Saturday at 12:00 PM, Monday at 8:00 AM, & Tuesday at 3:00 PM
The Inner Physician & Healer
- A guided meditation, using voice-over and images of nature, which encourages healing and relaxation through spirituality and faith in God.
Airing this week Friday at 3:30 PM, Saturday at 9:30 AM, Sunday at 9:30 AM, & Tuesday at 1:30 PM-
You Are Heirs To Selfless Love
- A Divine Prophetic Healing given on June 27, 2013 through translating the words of of Gabriele, a Prophetess and Spiritual Emissary, and including images of nature. Produced and presented by Radio Santec.
Airing this week Saturday at 10:00 AM & Tuesday at 7:00 AM
Short films and videos that are 10 minutes or less are scheduled randomly throughout the channels to give them more exposure and to entertain and enlighten our Cambridge audience in between our regularly scheduled programs. Here are some of the short videos you can see on our channels now:
- A short film in which a girl discovers herself in a world of mystery and illusion.
Wandering Interest
- A musician is playing an invisible flute and when a local Cambridge resident walks up to him and asks him why he can't see the flute, the musician shows him a real flute and discusses the benefits of getting involved with CCTV.
How To Roll A Cigarette
- Steve Helfer, longtime host of the BeLive show "The Smoking Section" and smokers' rights advocate, demonstrates how to use a Gizeh rolling machine to roll a cigarette.
Spotlight on ZuZu: It's Delicious!
- A short profile peace about the local restaurant and nightclub ZuZu, located in Central Square, featuring interviews and an introduction of new menu items by Chef Anthony DeStefano.
Cambridge Community Day 2012
- A short profile piece about Cambridge Community Day 2012 - a celebratory family fun day filled with music and dancing presented by the Cambridge Community Center.
National Dance For Obama 2012
- Anjali Khurana, founder and director for the National Dance For Obama, describes what she hopes to accomplish with a series of international flash mobs geared towards sparking voter participation in the 2012 Presidential Election.
The Blood
- A short thriller, made during the 2013 48-Hour Film Festival in Boston, about a man who is forced to feed his daughter blood after she accidentally ingests a substance made in his lab.
X Marks Another Spot
- A short animation piece, made by Erik Brown using Motion, featuring numerous animated "X"s.
Cambridge Food Truck Festival 2013
- A short profile piece about the 2013 Cambridge Food Truck Festival - one event of many across New England and outside of New England which introduces communities across the country to the growing phenomenon of gourmet good trucks while supporting and promoting the small business owners who run them.
CCTV Gallery Artists: Beth Redmond Walsh
- A short profile piece featuring artist and CCTV member Beth Redmond Walsh, who recently had her art featured in the Karen Aqua Gallery at Cambridge Community Television, taking a few minutes to answer some questions about her art display.
Digital Storytelling: "I'm OK"
- A video produced in the Digital Storytelling class of a poem, accompanied by pictures, about a man trying to convince himself and his ex-wife that he's OK after their break-up.
Video Portrait: A Friend Who Was Always There
- A Video Portrait by Michael Gibson of a loving and loyal dog named Chief.
Video Portrait: Cambridge Riverfest 2013
- A Video Portrait by Todd Rapisarda featuring a compilation of scenes and highlights from the 2013 Cambridge Riverfest.
Video Portrait: Ollie & Bianca @ Riverfest
- A short Video Portrait piece of Ollie & Bianca - street musicians and performers from Harvard Square who play instruments, juggle, make balloon art, and do face-painting! Produced and filmed by Erik Brown.
State Rep. Marjorie Decker Discusses Her Support Of Amendment H.3400
- State Representative Marjorie Decker offers her maiden speech on Amendment H.3400 - an act making appropriations for the fiscal year 2012 for the maintenance of departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements.
"Fast Life" Behind-The-Scenes
- A behind-the-scenes look at a local music video for the song "Fast Life" by the rapper Raw Money including a sneak peek at what the finished product will look like. Produced by Rock Louis.
"Meet In Massachusetts" Promo
- Singer and songwriter Andrew Horn presents this promo video for his new single "Meet In Massachusetts" - a song which celebrates moving, living, and falling in love in Boston.
Demonstration VS The Gap
- Christian Herold presents this NeighborMedia news story featuring the Bangladesh Workers Solidarity Network and supporters picketing and protesting The Gap in Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA, on Saturday, May 4, 2013.
Fun In The Barbershop
- Clyde Hicks interviews patrons of a local barbershop about their opinions on gun control. Produced by Simon McDonough.
JAHSpirit Music Video - "Rastafari Soldier"
- A music video, produced by Angel Aiguier, for the song "Rastafari Soldier" by the Caribbean band JAHSpirit from their album Tough 'N Humble.
Mt. Auburn Hospital Vigil: Marathon Bomber Manhunt
- Christian Herold interviews people involved in a vigil on Friday, April 19, 2013, outside of Mount Auburn Hospital after the Marathon bomber suspect was captured and brought there.
Cambridge Candlelight Vigil: Boston Marathon Victims
- A picture montage accompanied by music of the candlelight vigil held on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in commemoration of the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Produced by Christian Herold.
Spy VS Spy
- Two opposing spies quarrel and harass each other in this fun short filmed and produced by Tony Valentino.
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Client Impact Story 1: In conversation with a Partner – 'Big Four' Consultancy Practice
PSfPS have worked with this 'Big Four' consulting firm since 2012, delivering Core Consulting Skills programmes for Senior Partners through to junior levels. PSfPS have also provided ongoing coaching and mentoring to the leadership team. Here's the full story from the client's perspective…
On the client's position before PSfPS relationship…
Our strategy consulting division was set up around 2005. While we knew a lot about the industry, we didn't really have the right methodology and some of our products and services were quite inefficient.
We wanted to offer consultancy services more akin to the large existing global consultancy practices and we were particularly keen to start thinking in a more hypothesis-based manner.
On how the client originally chose PSfPS…
One of our alumni had recently moved to an existing PSfPS client and so had attended another programme run by PSfPS. This former employee recommended that we should speak to PSfPS as he thought the services they could offer might be interesting to us, as he knew our current circumstance and the PSfPS programmes he had attended had impressed him.
We followed his advice and in 2012, PSfPS delivered their first programme to our Junior Consultants on 'Analytical Problem Solving'. This programme was a success so further programmes were rolled out to more Senior Managers.
However, in order to fully embed change in our group we needed further alignment from our group of partners.
So we organized a meeting between the Managing Director of PSfPS (William Johnson) and a Senior Partner. We were sufficiently impressed following this meeting that we asked William if he would work with our Senior Partner group directly.
I believe it was at this point that the relationship with PSfPS was upgraded from simply a 'course provider' to the role of coach, consultant and friend.
We have used PSfPS every year since to provide advice regarding our strategy and our brand.
On why they still work with PSfPS…
William [PSfPS Managing Director] is very good at challenging our Partners. PSfPS make us think differently and they provide very, very good advice.
We employ very demanding people and yet we continue to use PSfPS regularly.
They are always helpful. We definitely see them more as 'mentors' who do not just provide 'a training course'.
I think it is this flexibility and client focus that shows that PSfPS really do practice what they preach.
On the measurable impact of working with PSfPS…
From a P&L point of view, we definitely see PSfPS as a long-term investment and not as a short-term cost.
We see PSfPS as crucial to building our team and shaping our culture for the long term.
I believe that PSfPS could be the best-kept secret in Professional Services. They are like a 'Trojan Horse' in that they have come into our organisation and had a profound impact on the way we think.
PSfPS make us challenge ourselves and they encourage us to challenge the status quo.
They have taught us the art of asking questions and they make us think.
As a firm we need to continue to develop our talent and our methodologies. We need to continue to work efficiently and with a long-term perspective. I believe that PSfPS are the perfect partner to help us achieve these long-term objectives.
Based on our experience, I would have no hesitation in recommending PSfPS to other professional services firms.
Client Impact Story 2: In conversation with a Senior Partner – Global Management Consulting Practice
PSfPS have worked with this Global Management Consulting firm for 8 years, delivering Business Development Behaviour programmes and Change Management programmes to Senior Partners and more junior consultants.
Working with PSfPS has enabled this client to convert more opportunities, kick-start their cultural and behavioural transformation programme internally and better satisfy their existing clients. Here's the full story from the client's perspective…
Traditionally our Partners were all about 'big numbers' and were very much 'project oriented'. We wanted to engage an organisation to help us move from this way of thinking to focusing on relationships and the right behaviours, both internally and with clients.
The key was to work with someone who could help us change the 'attitude' of our organisation.
Our Senior Vice President at this time was referred by a mutual contact to speak to William Johnson. We have now been working with William and his colleagues for 8 years.
Initially we started by putting 120 of our Partners and Senior Managers through a change management programme. Our thinking was that our Partners are our leaders and they set the stage. If we didn't start with our Partners, then there would be no acceptance for change.
We then started asking ourselves, should change really come from the top? Should it really be only the Partners that set the stage? Perhaps change would be easier to start at a more junior level amongst those who are less set in their ways?
We found that junior managers were keen to change and were actively questioning the behaviours of their senior colleagues. We therefore decided to start a behavioural change programme for more junior managers as well.
There have been three main impacts of working with PSfPS.
The first was a realisation and awareness that "Wow" there is another way to go. The programmes have provided some fresh air. We realised that we can build trust, have higher levels of engagement with our clients and become thought leaders. We were not doing this as well before.
The second impact was that we were able to close more business opportunities. During our business development programmes we use real opportunities, not case studies. This enables us to practice our new skills on real client opportunities and we are then able to track these opportunities after the programme and gain some metrics to report success back.
Finally, by putting Partners and Managers through the PSfPS programmes, we have been able to kick off our cultural and behavioural transformation programme internally. Change is a continuous long-term process and PSfPS have helped us to start this journey.
In the future we hope to continue encouraging behavioural change by creating more programmes with PSfPS especially for analyst and junior levels. We are keen to start awareness of the right behaviours at an earlier stage as we think it is easier to change the behaviours of younger generations than older.
I would have no hesitation recommending PSfPS to other professional services firms.
Impact Story 3: In conversation with a Director – Global IT and Management Consulting Firm
We are a global IT and management consulting firm and we originally approached PSfPS in order to support our organisation in its objective of transitioning from an IT services provider through to a wider strategic consulting offering.
PSfPS designed and delivered a bespoke programme for our company Directors and Senior Principals. When working with PSfPS, the key aim was to create a standardised approach to strategic problem solving and our business development efforts. We also wanted to develop strategies that would specifically address our existing clients' pre-conceptions of our current brand image we were clear that we wanted to further empower our consultants to become ambassadors of the firm.
The development programmes and subsequent methodologies have now been rolled out globally throughout the organisation and we have seen tangible results with regards to the different types of project won.
As a firm we have made significant strides towards achieving our objective of moving to a wider strategic consulting offering.
Furthermore, within the first 12 months of the commencement of our relationship with PSfPS we won a significant contract with a large international firm. This came from using two concepts specifically learned in the PSfPS programme – 'Building your business'.


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20,000 Days on Earth reflects the number of days in Nick Cave's life so far and this engaging docu / rockumentary starring and narrated by Nick himself looks back over those days and delves into the heart of his creative processes, how he goes about writing songs and then delivering those through magnetic live performances.
I'm a big fan of Nick Cave and have closely followed his musical journey since the implosion of The Birthday Party through to his 15th Bad Seeds album Push the Sky Away, the creation of which forms the primary musical backdrop to the film. I think there are very few artists who have managed to mature so gloriously from such riotous beginnings and none who can match Cave's brilliant lyricism that can conjure up images of such love and tenderness mixed with downright menace and intensity.
The film covers Cave's fabulous career to date while charting his meanderings around Brighton (where he lives) for one day from dawn to nightfall interspersed with live recordings, either creating the album in France or taking it on the road triumphantly to the Sydney Opera House. Cave drives round Brighton in the drizzle going to a fictional therapy session (with Alain de Botton) and visiting key Bad Seed collaborator Warren Ellis for some eel stew whilst delivering him a pair of stuffed birds that he has in the back of the car. All the while he is chatting away and exploring his life and creativity and what that means. As he chats people from various points in his career appear in the car with him and join in the conversation before fading away as if figments of his imagination. Ray Winstone, Blixa Bargeld and Kylie all pop up in the car. Of course not all elements of his life are included but through this quite unusual vehicle there is enough for you to grasp what he is about, where he has come from and what drives him.
Cave comes across as a highly intelligent, reflective, caring and funny man but above all someone in love with the concept of creativity through words and this comes across beautifully in many moments of the film, not least when he describes his love for his wife Susie and how she represents the distillation of all the beauty and fantasy that he can imagine. A genuinely touching moment.
He talks of his writing process and how important it is to constantly write, to work on it, to have ideas, that each idea is a small flame and if you nurture it you never know how big the fire might grow, particularly when you hand your idea over to others and to see what happens through collaboration. He stresses the importance of having a go and to trying things as it's far better to try and fail that not to try in the first place.
I've been fortunate to see Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on a few occasions and there are few people who can match his intensity on stage where for me he appears like some long limbed Gothic karate kicking preacher here to wrangle and writhe and conjure up some Faustian pact before your very eyes. This is captured in the final moments in the performance of Jubilee Street, which as it builds to a crescendo is mixed with flashes of Cave performing at all stages of his career before the film ends, at night on the seafront in Brighton with Cave musing on the flame of ideas.
I've seen lots of films of bands I like over the years and most music documentaries are to be honest not that great. This is different in many ways and I was spellbound from start to finish. Whether or not you are a Nick Cave fan go and see this it's brilliant.


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A business analyst is a key resource for any project. There could be one analyst on the team, or many. The role of the business analyst is truly to determine alternative solutions in solving business problems, and to validate that the solution actually delivered on expectations.
When we think of successful companies, we think of those that have been able to deliver on what they promised. When organizations don't, is when they struggle. If you look deeper, that failure was probably due to the organization or project team taking their eye off the goal and ended up delivering something that wasn't aligned with expectations. Unfortunately, this happens all the time! You have to gain control of how your strategic projects are being executed and you do this through excellence in business analysis skills.
Do you have analysts in your organization that are focused on seeing your initiative actually achieved the results you expected? The need for business analysts around the globe is expected to increase nearly 20% over the next 10 years.
There is a new certification available through the Project Management Institute, called the PMI-PBA certification.
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Not Overdosing on Obama-rama/
I've been on and off weepy since the Great Train Ride to Washington on Saturday, and I figure I'll spend most of tomorrow with a wet face, too.
Which is why I'm trying not to watch TOO much Obama-stuff. It's so . . . tear-inducing. But -- less than 24 hours to go now. Finally. Finally.
Here's one thought: I feel ill when I think of what might have been. Things have gone downhill so fast since election day -- I suspect I'd be nearly suicidal right now if it were McCain-Palin who were ironing their ball gowns and tuxedos. God. Does NOT bear thinking about.
Gotta stop. Gotta go watch some more huge-crowds-in-DC-braving-cold-to-celebrate.
Well, one more thought: A new opinion poll indicates Americans trust BHO AND, more important, don't expect miracles overnight. Most Americans apparently assume it will take him years, not months, to fix this mess. I think that's an indication of what happens when politicians treat us like we have half a brain and more than a clue. When they treat us with respect: We voters will return the favor.
Anyway, this time tomorrow, Bush will be history. That alone, my friends, is worth celebrating. Having the Obamas in the White House just makes it that much sweeter.


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One Night Stand 1: Jungle Ruins of Madaro-Shanti (S&W)
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One Night Stand 1: Jungle Ruins of Madaro-Shanti (S&W)
One Night Stands are primarily non-dungeon adventures
Remember when the world was a sandbox and you just inserted modules into your campaign whenever and wherever you wanted to? We do, and in response we decided to fill the gap with our One Night Stands and Saturday Night Specials series.
Frog God Games knows that in this day and age, sometimes a gamemaster just needs a short trek to take his players on, or to fill those regular gaps and interludes in his campaign. Sometimes it is just fun to enter a dungeon and kill things for a night! Old school feel is the trademark of these product lines. Look for easy deaths and tough puzzles. Frog God Games is not made for rookie players.
These modules are designed to be played over the course of 1-2 nights. Each is a sandbox style short adventure (One Night Stands) or a short dungeon crawl (Saturday Night Specials).
Another of the One Night Stand Series, Jungle Ruins of Madaro-Shanti is an adventure for a party of 4-8 characters of fourth through seventh level. A century ago or more, when the town of Cholagadi was just a frontier fort on the coast, Madaro-Shanti was the most powerful city-state in the entire Ambicuaria Jungle. Its citizens were highly advanced in the arts of magic, and even retained some vestiges of magical quasi-technologies perhaps more ancient than humankind itself. Their prosperity made for jealous enemies, none more covetous than the powerful and sorcerous Kiengaa Tribe of the deep jungles. The Kiengaa plotted against Madaro-Shanti, making dark pacts with the monstrous ape-centaurs known as the Borsin, and with the monkey-faced, snake-like monsters known as the Hanu-Naga. Once this terrible, unnatural army was gathered, the Kiengaa and their allies laid siege to Madaro-Shanti itself.
As the walls of Madaro-Shanti fell, and the invaders swarmed into the city, the high priest of the city closed himself within the royal shrine, praying to all the gods for intervention. Yet none of the gods answered his prayers until the last - and that was Ojala, whom the people of Madaro-Shanti knew as a god of evil and treachery. A deadly bargain was struck that night, and true to his promise, Ojala caused a horrible wasting disease to strike the besieging army. But the full extent of the evil god's treachery became clear when the surviving people of Madaro-Shanti themselves began to succumb to the same disease which had slain their enemies. Within a fortnight, all the people of Madaro-Shanti had either died of the plague or scattered into the depths of the predator-filled jungle.
In only a few years, the city was overgrown by the jungle and fell into ruin, but the magical disease was to have one final consequence. Not only did the contagion affect the Kiengaa and the Madaro-Shanti - it also infected the mind of a powerful nature-spirit that inhabited the surrounding jungles. The nature-spirit Cho-Odaa, driven mad by the disease and hungry for vengeance against all humankind, has discovered the means to exact a terrible reckoning.
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As a Registered Nurse and Oncology Infusion specialist, Anne began her career as a software sales agent for Remedy. "After visiting Arusha my eyes were opened, and never again can I ignore the need".
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We've been highlighting some great new Fall pieces already here on Buffalo Dandy, but a new favorite of mine has to be this sweater courtesy of our friends from Blue Collar. A combination of several Fall trends we've previously mentioned on the blog, this shawl collar sweater from Surfside Supply Co. seams to change color from black to blue depending on the light. This in my mind, helps make the sweater an incredibly versatile piece of wardrobe. The fit is also just incredible. I'm wearing a small in the photo above and it's cut perfectly along the sides and sits just below the belt. The material is thin enough that you can slide a jacket over it, but still thick enough to keep you warm on those cool Fall days. The donegal flecks throughout give the sweater a great textured look and also adds just the right amount of nautical flair. Surfside Supply Co. is one of those brands where I love everything they make and this sweater is no exception. It's a simple take on a classic look that goes with just about anything.
Blue Collar has this and many other great sweaters currently available in their store so I highly recommend stopping by to check out the rest of their selection. As an added bonus, we've partnered with Blue Collar to provide a special offer to our readers. Mention this blog post and receive 10% off your next in-store purchase.
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Franklin County
Three charged with food stamp and Medicaid fraud
FRANKFORT — Three women have been charged with food stamp, Medicaid and tax fraud, the attorney general's office announced Monday.
A Franklin County grand jury indicted Melody Jones, 43, of Speedwell, Tenn., and her daughter Brooke Jones, 25, of Middlesboro, on charges related to fraudulently obtaining more than $10,000 in Medicaid benefits and more than $10,000 in food stamps, commonly called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP.
The women also were charged with giving false information to state authorities to obtain the assistance.
Melody Jones also was charged with five counts of tax fraud or willful failure to file a tax return. Brooke Jones was charged with two counts of willful failure to file a tax return and one count of filing a false tax return.
Kelly Miller, 42, of Pineville, also was indicted on five counts of filing false tax returns for 2004 through 2008.
The indictments stem from a three-year investigation by the Kentucky State Police after looking into a referral from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services' adult protection unit in 2007.
Arrest warrants for all three women have been issued, according to Attorney General Jack Conway's office.


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Printers are facing an increasing number of challenges due to rapid changes in the economy, technology and the marketplace. It is easy to get mired in viewing these changes as negative and the demise of an industry. However, for this article I will focus on the positive side of these changes.
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