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Band Spotlight: Spider Rockets
When we heard that New Jersey rockers Spider Rockets had an adopted pooch as part of their crew, we just HAD to find out more. Check out our Q&A with the band's leading lady, Helena Cos, to learn all about Lemmy, the "road dog"!
I met Johnny [our guitar player] when I moved to New Jersey and he and I started doing cover gigs as a duo, playing every dive bar in NJ and New York. We played our original songs in between covers of Guns n' Roses, AC/DC, Metallica and Godsmack. I remember playing this one gig in Asbury Park on New Year's Eve where we played 5 sets and finished at about 4am. Soon we expanded to a full lineup and released the band's first CD. We've played all over the USA, performed in Europe and can't wait to do it all again to support our new CD, Bitten. As a female-fronted loud rock band that combines elements of classic rock into modern rock sensibilities, we have our own unique sound. Johnny is a fantastic guitar player hooked on catchy riffs while Tim holds down the rhythm and grooves on bass. Dan's drumming won the fastest feet competition in the World's Fastest Drummer contest at NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) in Indianapolis, IN. I try to bring an air of elegance and attitude to the vocals (imagine Amy Lee morphing with Joan Jett). All together, we turn the energy on full blast live and have a lot of fun on stage.
2. I understand that one of the band members has an adopted dog. What's the story?
It's our guitarist's dog, or "road dog." Johnny heard about a 5-year-old dachshund needing a home from a friend who worked at a shelter. The shelter had rescued the dog from being euthanized at another shelter. Johnny loves animals and took the dog home with him. He also found out why the dog was unable to find a good family; the dog seemed to have some unresolved issues with aggression—fear-based aggression. These issues didn't faze Johnny, though, and he was inspired to name the dog after notorious Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister. If you've ever seen or heard Lemmy Kilmister, you might understand why.
3. What kind of special accommodations are made while the dog is on the road?
He always has a bowl of water in the van and a big bed and blanket …. He travels better than the band does! He has very short fur, and he likes to be warm and burrow. We see a lump under the covers and know he is sleeping. The band always travels with a generator and extra air conditioner for very warm weather. We also travel with a listing of American animal-friendly hotels/motels so Lemmy is always with us. He's in essence part of the crew!
4. Would you recommend animal adoption as opposed to buying from pet shops or breeders? If so, why?
YES! We strongly recommend always adopting from a local shelter and never, ever buying. There are so many dogs and cats who desperately need good homes. Buying animals just gives breeders a reason to keep breeding and most of the dogs sold come from puppy mills, which are filthy, disease-ridden places where the animals are horribly treated. There's something to be said for doing a good deed, you know? Changing the life of a homeless dog or cat and making them feel safe and happy. Karma can be a pretty powerful force.
5. What's the best part about touring with a canine friend?
Lemmy loves unconditionally and 100%. Being around a lot of strangers on the road can be tough sometimes, but we always feel at home with Lemmy around. He is always thrilled to see any one of us—tail going 100 miles a minute—even when we get back from a five minute potty break. He actually smiles. Johnny gets most of the Lemmy smiles, but the rest of us have gotten them, too, and it is pretty great having someone that happy to see you! Lemmy also lightens the mood with his crazy antics, like when he wrestled a sub sandwich from one of us once. It was a tug of war match, and he walked away with half the sub. We know not to get between him and ANY morsel of food. He comes in very handy as a living vacuum cleaner—you drop it, and he gets it.
When we are sleeping in the van (which is more than we would like), Lemmy is usually curled up next to one of us or stretched out on top … and snoring.
One time when we got back to the hotel after grabbing a bite to eat, we found Lemmy sleeping in Johnny's suitcase in the middle of his clothes. He didn't mess up anything—he was just right in the middle …. He saw us walk in the door and his tail started going 100 miles a minute. Moments like that are pretty cool and make touring a lot more fun.
Lemmy sure seems like an amazing pup to have around! Thanks so much for sharing your story and the importance of animal adoption.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (203 votes).
In short: Nice event, a couple of oversights but nothing majorIn full: A good event, ok the couple of mistakes (toilets & water) were as mentioned an oversight but apart from that a good event. Interesting course - up, up, up, down, along and in. Good finishing area (great baggage collection) with a cool down walk back to the parking area. Second time there & enjoyed it as much as the first. Same time next year?Date of review: December 27, 2009
In short: Great fun as usual and special thanks to the cheery friendly marshalls.In full: I really love this race, but it was a shame that there was no water by 10 o'clock when us slowies reached the top of the hill. Also thanks for the mug, but I would have preferred a medal especially as it was the 50th Hogs Back.Notwithstanding all that, I really enjoyed myself and thanks again for the wonderful organisation and friendly, encouraging marshalling. Happy Christmas!Date of review: December 23, 2009
In short: Great race, great Hills....In full: Only down side, car park was a mile from the finish and there were too few loos; 8 for 1000 people.Date of review: December 17, 2009
In short: Excellent event. Nice route and well organised.In full: 1st year I've attended this event and will look to come back again next year. All aspects of this race were spot on. A big thanks to the organisers and those who helped run the event on the day.Date of review: December 17, 2009
In short: well organised and excellently marshalledDate of review: December 15, 2009
In short: Plenty of runners, organisation could have been betterIn full: The toliet fiasco will be well documented and I add to that. The mug should have been a medal and the drinks at the end were a bit dull.Date of review: December 15, 2009
In short: Race ok, the trimmings could have been betterIn full: I am sure that so many people have commented on the lack of toilets that i don't need to go on too long there. Good that they would transfer your bags from start to finish - pretty long walk from finish in the rain - race itself was reasonably challenging, scenery was ok but it was too towny for the beginning chunk for my liking. Ok, race but didn't really have any spark to it. I would not drive the 25 miles again to repeat next year.Date of review: December 15, 2009
In full: Having done the race for the last 5 years I always look forward to the challenge of the run up to the top of the Hogs Back hill. Being nearer to the front could not comment like others have regarding lack of water, other than to say I did you use up any of the what sounds like precious supplies! Agree fully with comments made regarding toilets, or lack of therewith. However, nice to see admission of mistakes made already posted on the GGAC homepage. Hopefully these will be rectified in time for next year. Date of review: December 14, 2009
In short: Slightly amaturish organisation, but not a bad runIn full: Overall, I enjoyed this race (my first time), and I'm very appreciative of the helpful marshals. But the overall organisation was a bit lax.It was annoying to have run out of water at the top of the hilly section. Fortunately it was a cool, wet day, so this wasn't as critical as it might have been, but still.I wasn't too keen on having to run on open roads with no pavement, but I don't suppose they have much option.It was a little annoying to find my back left out in the rain at the end of the race.Sorry, this sounds a bit moany, which I don't like to do as the individual marshals did a great job, and were obviously just 'following orders'. It was some of those decisions that were a bit questionable.Like others have said, the memento was a bit disappointing.I probably won't do the race again as it's a bit far for me to travel, but it's a good distance to run -- more challenging than a 10K, and with some testing hills in the first half.Date of review: December 14, 2009
In full: Really disappointed- got to the top of the hill with two signs promising drinks far back to find out they had run out. This is the first time this has happened to me on a race and I was not even that close to the back with runners following all behind down the hill- i'm sure all equally annoyed with the lack of drinks.Date of review: December 14, 2009
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Stupendous! Exhilaratingly mouthwatering! I'll second Bob- if I had results like that, my wife might actually try a slice! And that's "when hell freezes over" territory.
Could you please post a pic or model # of the Hobart you are working with?
Kelly, try a putty knife - about $4 at home depot. You can get 'em any size you want. The silicon ones might work best for you.
Looking at your pics & hearing about the rave reviews of your new toppings, I was curious about whether you've made a splash in terms of buzz. A brief google turned up the old post we already saw from your 2nd week.
I really think you're ready for some exposure! The weather looks like it will be cooperating for a while, and you've got those recipes nailed. I have no idea what "oven issues" you are referring to - the bakes look superb. You are seriously ready to show off your stuff. Any plans to invite some foodies? Critics? Bloggers? Reporters?
The hampdenite looks fantastic
I think the Cherry Bomb is daring an brilliant with no cheese on it.....get many orders for this one Kelly?
Yes, what Brian just said while I was posting....tried swapping regulators yet?
Some buzz....a person connected to The Sun's food section is now a regular at the stand. A local newscaster from CBS 13 Morning Edition just tried a pizza Sunday and loved it. Got a business card with the relevant contact information on it. Best part of this Sunday was one of my more loyal regulars just revealed he works for Baltimore City and passed on contact information for when I need to get permitting and licensing issues taken care of with the brick and mortar location. Said the person would help move things along "more efficiently". Nice!
I'm not eager to find out, but I'm fairly certain you could put bird droppings on a pizza and it would be tasty if it were drizzled with the Calabrian oil/chiles. That stuff is liquid gold. Thanks Craig! --K
Kelly, could you link me to this "liquid gold" you speak of?
Also, have you considered dough dividers to make for easier extraction? I made these myself from 4" pvc. They work like dream. A nice round pie every time.
Does anyone know if there is any problem using PVC in a foodservice establishment? This is a super brilliant method.


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The 2014 NFL draft was one of the deepest in recent memory. Next year's crop of talent may not live up to the 2014 class, but it is still a very deep group heading into this fall.
A group loaded at offensive tackle, defensive end and running back will excite fans who love watching the ball in the trenches, but it's the top three quarterbacks who will draw the most attention. Florida State's Jameis Winston, Oregon's Marcus Mariota and UCLA's Brett Hundley will be the driving force for much of the national coverage of this class—and for good reason, as all three have top-five talent.
With these top three signal-callers expected to compete for the Heisman Trophy and the chance to be selected No. 1 overall in 2015, expect plenty of coverage surrounding each of them this season. But what about the rest of the class?
Here's an early look at the top 10 players at each position this season. Think of this as a watch list—not a definitive ranking but a good starting point for the preseason evaluation period.


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Five ways to avoid EU pay curbs
The discussions between the European Union, bank lobbyists and UK officials around the pay structure of bankers have continued this week, with the case for a fixed ratio between base salaries and bonuses looking ever more likely.
Rules for a 1:1 ratio between bonus and salary were debated yesterday, with the UK government leading a floundering charge against the move. The ruling has yet to be finalised, but there were tense clashes about how far the cap should go as the issue was debated at the European Parliament yesterday.
Assuming the 1:1 ratio is enforced – Financial News looks at the potential effects.
1) Bankers get a larger fixed salary
This has always been a problem with any attempt to tie bonuses to salaries. A survey from the European Banking Authority last year discovered that variable pay amounted to 429% of salaries for bank executives, and 940% for material risk takers.
Consultants, headhunters and media commentators all seem to agree that any attempt to tie bonuses to salary would result in higher fixed salary, and Towers Watson believes it may even double in some sectors. This increases fixed costs, and limits flexibility on pay. At a time where regulators are forcing banks to get their balance sheets in order, increasing fixed costs may not be a good idea.
But an increase in fixed costs is not a given. A spokesperson from UK research firm Pirc said: "First, banks don't have to raise fixed salary. It will be their choice and show their attitude towards remuneration. It would also make it easier to measure annual changes in pay, something hidden by variable pay schemes at the moment. Shareholders may then be more encouraged to take a stance against increasing pay."
2) Use an offshore subsidiary
The UK is proposing an amendment that exempts the rule for EU-based banks' subsidiaries outside Europe. This proposal has apparently "more promise" in being accepted by the EU, according to the Financial Times on Monday.
Such a decision to allow banks to potentially set up trading floors offshore might strike some as odd, however, given the fact that both the UK and Europe have been coming down hard against tax havens. Given the political sensitivity around tax havens at present, creating a bonus haven may not be a wise move. However, never underestimate a bank's ability to find offshore loopholes.
3) Work in Asia
Working in Asia will become even more attractive to bankers at the large global institutions.
Standard Chartered and HSBC, with long-established links to Asia, also have major trading hubs in the region. Both have considered re-domiciling to Asia. Hong Kong would be keen to have them, as it continues its bid to be a major global financial hub that rivals New York and London. Relaxed rules on remuneration would be another carrot offered by Asian regulators.
4) Lobby harder
A regulatory proposal is a very long time in European politics. The proposals for a 1:1 ratio first came to light last April, when it was inserted into a draft law for the latest banking capital requirements directive. CRD IV was supposed to come into effect at the beginning of this year, and has been delayed until further notice. Now lawmakers and politicians are bickering about the exact wording of the proposal. This could take some time, and give lobbyists a chance to make amends and push for leniency.
And while defending banker bonuses may be unpalatable at present, the mood can shift quickly as markets improve, and other political dramas dominate the agenda - horsemeat lasagne, anyone?
5) Go work for a boutique
Looking back at the UK bank bonus tax, some advisory firms were exempt. Regarding the European bonus cap, it is not yet clear how broad the 'bank' definition is, or whether it just applies to firms with bank licences. In any case, apparently Robertson Robey Associates and Zaoui & Co are hiring.
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Today marks five days until the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics. Many U.S. citizens will be attending the Games, and I had the opportunity to engage with some of those individuals last week during a Twitter Q & A. I received many thoughtful questions, and much of what we discussed also applies to any U.S. citizen traveling abroad. Here are 10 useful tips for travelers:
• Sign up for the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) so the State Department can better assist you in an emergency: Let us know your travel plans through the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program, a free online service. This will help us contact you if there is a family emergency in the U.S., or if there is a crisis where you are traveling. In accordance with the Privacy Act, information on your welfare and whereabouts will not be released to others without your express authorization.
• Download the Smart Traveler App for iPhone: When you sign up, you will automatically receive the most current information we compile about the country where you will be traveling or living. These notifications will be sent directly to your iPhone as soon as they are available. You will also receive updates, including Travel Warnings and Travel Alerts (where appropriate).
• Sign passport, and fill in the emergency information: Make sure you have a signed, valid passport, and a visa, if required, and fill in the emergency information page of your passport. Check if the country you are traveling to requires a certain length of validity on your passport or has other requirements such as available funds or a return ticket in order to enter your country of destination.
• Leave copies of itinerary and passport data page: Leave copies of your itinerary and accommodations contact information with family or friends so you can be contacted in case of an emergency. Also, leave copies of your passport data page and visas with family and friends. Consider carrying a copy of your passport data page when you are out and about, so you can leave your passport in the hotel safe.
• Check your overseas medical insurance coverage: Ask your medical insurance company if your policy applies overseas, and if it covers emergency expenses such as medical evacuation. If it does not, consider supplemental insurance.
• Take precautions when bringing prescription medications: A traveler going abroad with a preexisting medical problem should carry a letter from the attending physician, describing the medical condition and any prescription medications, including the generic names of prescribed drugs. Any medications being carried overseas should be left in their original containers and be clearly labeled. Travelers should check with the foreign embassy of the country they are visiting to make sure any required medications are not considered to be illegal narcotics.
• Familiarize yourself with local conditions and laws: While in a foreign country, you are subject to its laws. The State Department website has useful safety and other information about the countries you will visit.
• Take precautions to avoid being a target of crime: To avoid being a target of crime, do not wear conspicuous clothing or jewelry and do not carry excessive amounts of money. Also, do not leave unattended luggage in public areas and do not accept packages from strangers.
• Know what items you can and cannot bring back into the United States: Some items may not be brought into the United States, or may only be brought in under certain restrictions. For information on U.S. customs regulations and procedures, see the Customs and Border Protection booklet "Know Before You Go."• Contact us in an emergency: Consular personnel at U.S. Embassies and Consulates abroad and in the United States are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to provide emergency assistance to U.S. citizens. Contact information for U.S. Embassies and Consulates appears on the Bureau of Consular Affairs website at http://travel.state.gov. Also note that the Office of Overseas Citizen Services in the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs may be reached for assistance with emergencies at 1-888-407-4747, if calling from the U.S. or Canada, or 202-501-4444, if calling from overseas.
As the Games approach, we'll be tweeting these and other travel tips from @TravelGov. I encourage you to follow @TravelGov for updates on travel to the Games as well as other information for those going abroad. You can also find more information on travel.state.gov, as well as on our embassy's website. Our embassy has prepared a series of videos on the 10 most frequently asked questions they receive from U.S. citizens visiting the United Kingdom. You can view these videos here.
Whether you're attending the Olympics in person or viewing them on television, I hope you enjoy the London Games. I know I'm certainly looking forward to them, and will be cheering for Team USA!
Barbara M. in Florida writes:
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DMC in Virginia writes:
Some pretty good advice, may sound unneeded but in a potential emergency you will be glad you did this.
Aiden W. in the U.S.A. writes:
Your article is real quality informational writing. I share in your logical and uniquely stated views. Thank you for sharing your expertise in this area.
Andrew M. in California writes:
This is excellent advise. Travellers should follow, but most people are not likely to do so.


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Rising Star Program ready to begin in Dunkirk
Dunkirk First Ward Councilman Mike Michalski is pleased to announce the continuation of the Rising Star Program available to city of Dunkirk property owners.
Entering its fourth year, the program was created to promote and recognize city property owners who make significant exterior improvements to existing residential homes. Those improvements ultimately help to "elevate" the image of city neighborhoods.
"The Rising Star Program has been successful in promoting the city and its residents in a positive light for the past three years. When residents take the time, money and effort to improve their homes and the image of city neighborhoods, a little recognition and reward can make all their work seem that much more worthwhile," Michalski stated. "Over the past three years, the program has been able to reward city property owners a total of $1,800 from local hardware stores."
The program will run from May through October. Each of the six monthly winners will receive a $100 gift certificate to a local hardware store and a Rising Star award. This year's sponsors are Add Lumber, Service Hardware, The Home Depot and Grossman's Bargain Outlet.
Eligible improvements include, but are not limited to; exterior painting, siding, roofing, porches, decks, patios, landscaping, windows and doors. Improvements may be made by either contractors or the do-it-yourselfer. Existing residential homes can be either owner-occupied or income properties. Improvements should be those completed during the current calendar year, with exceptions considered on a case-by-case basis only.
To be considered for the program, properties may be nominated by any resident, including the owner, or through the city building inspector's office.
Once nominated, a property will remain eligible until the program's year end on Oct. 31.
Monthly winners will be determined by committee. Improvements which have the greatest effect on a home and/or neighborhood will carry the most weight when determining a winner.
Nomination forms and program guidelines can be obtained from Add Lumber, Grossman's Bargain Outlet, Service Hardware, The Home Depot and the city clerk's office.
Questions regarding the program can be directed to Councilman Michalski at 951-0015 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Surrounded by the beautiful Andean mountains, Ecuador's capital has a truly beautiful setting and is the second highest capital in the world. The historical centre of Quito is known as the old town and is a maze of colonial grandeur. Once a quite run down area of the city, it was given a boost of restoration and dilapidated buildings and churches were brought back to life in 2006 when a major rejuvenation project was completed. Despite this injection of life to the area, the vibrant indigenous character wasn't lost and the native inhabitants still frequent here.
The city's new town is a wonderful juxtaposition of its old neighbour with mixture of tall hotels, bland government buildings and residential high rises. This is a popular place to hang out for 'gringos' as it contains the colourful Mariscal Sucre with its trendy cafes, cosmopolitan restaurants, funky bars and cybercafés. Although colloquially known as gringolandia (gringo-land), the area is also frequented by quitenos (people of Quito) which allows it to hang on to its Ecuadorian charm.
Popular excursions within the city include the Casa del Alabado Museum of pre-Columbian Art, a fine collection of sculptures and artworks in the old town as well as the nearby Iglesia de la Compania de Jesus (Church of the Company of Christ).
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Diverted and distracted by technology, students can't focus or persevere, say teachers in two new surveys.
In a Pew Internet Project survey, nearly 90 percent of teachers said digital technologies are creating "an easily distracted generation with short attention spans." Although the Internet helps students develop better research skills, teachers said, 64 felt technologies "do more to distract students than to help them academically."
Seventy-three percent of teachers said entertainment media has cut students' attention spans, according to Common Sense Media, a San Francisco nonprofit. A majority said it hurt students' writing and speaking skills.
"Distraction" could be seen as a judgment call, Pew's Kristen Purcell told the New York Times. Some teachers think education "must adjust to better accommodate the way students learn."
But teachers worry about that too, the Times reports.
"I'm an entertainer. I have to do a song and dance to capture their attention," said Hope Molina-Porter, 37, an English teacher at Troy High School in Fullerton, Calif., who has taught for 14 years. She teaches accelerated students, but has noted a marked decline in the depth and analysis of their written work.
She said she did not want to shrink from the challenge of engaging them, nor did other teachers interviewed, but she also worried that technology was causing a deeper shift in how students learned. She also wondered if teachers were adding to the problem by adjusting their lessons to accommodate shorter attention spans.
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On October 13, 2010, at 11:11 a.m., I was captivated by images of human beings deep in the Chilean desert as they emerged from the ground in a simple metal capsule dubbed the "Phoenix." My emotions overwhelmed me when Florencio Avalos became the first miner rescued after 69 days underground. During that powerful moment, made possible by the collaborative creativity and efforts of people from around the world, I felt I was right there in the desert with those who were present to celebrate the rescue. Still, I had no idea that this event so far away, which captured the hearts and minds of so many, would actually become an integral part of my life.
I have had the opportunity to work with the Smithsonian Institution during the last 10 months in developing an exhibit about the rescue. "Against All Odds: Rescue at the Chilean Mine" highlights the entire saga, from mine collapse through the first harrowing days of uncertainty during which the fate of the miners was still unknown to the triumphant conclusion.
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In that way, the exhibit explores the plight of 33 ordinary people whose perseverance and story of triumph nonetheless captured the attention of the world. Although many everyday people, like me, were touched by the struggle, some individuals and companies went beyond empathy to support the Chilean government's valiant efforts to meet the needs of those Chilean miners. It has been humbling to look back at this worldwide initiative and see the level of compassion and collaboration throughout the crisis, from average citizens to governments and private organizations. That is the focus of this exhibit: to remind us of things worth remembering, and the cooperative spirit that made them possible. Together, partners accomplished a modern-day miracle.
For more information, visit the exhibit's Facebook page ".Follow the exhibit on Twitter <a data-cke-saved-href="https://twitter.com/#!/WHAAsstSecty" href="https://twitter.com/#!/WHAAsstSecty" title="@WHAAsstSecty target=" _blank"="">@WHAAsstSecty, Hashtag #Chile33
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton participated in a live webcast to discuss "Principles for Prosperity in the Asia Pacific" in Hong Kong on July 25, 2011. Secretary Clinton said, "...I have come here today to talk about how the nations of this region and the United States can intensify our economic partnership on behalf of ourselves, each other, and the world, and how together we can work toward a future of prosperity and opportunity for people everywhere.
"But before I talk about where we need to go together, let's consider how far we've come. The economic rise of the Asia Pacific region is an astonishing historic achievement that is reshaping our world today and into the future. In Hanoi, bicycles and water buffalo have given way to motorcycles and internet cafes. Small Chinese fishing villages like Shenzhen have become megacities with their own stock exchanges. And while much work remains to improve labor practices and expand access to the formal economies, the numbers tell a powerful story."
She continued, "...[T]hough this progress is largely due to the hard work and ingenuity of the people of Asia themselves, we in the United States are proud of the role we have played in promoting prosperity.""...[T]he U.S. continues to contribute to Asia's growth as a major trade and investment partner, a source of innovation that benefits Asia's companies, a host to 350,000 Asian students every year, a champion of open markets, an advocate for universal human rights, and a guarantor of stability and security across the Asia Pacific. The Obama Administration has made a comprehensive commitment to reinvigorate our engagement as a Pacific power -- shoring up alliances and friendships, reaching out to emerging partners, and strengthening multilateral institutions.
"These efforts reflect our optimism and enthusiasm for what is happening in Asia today. Of course, countries in this region are grappling with challenges. We all are. But we are bullish on Asia's future, and while the United States is facing its own difficulties, make no mistake: We are bullish on America's future too.
"America remains an opportunity society -- a place to excel, a country of possibility and mobility where a brilliant idea hatched in a college dorm room or a product invented in a garage can find a global market and grow into a multibillion dollar company. Our workers are the world's most productive. Our inventors hold the most patents. And today, we are reinvesting in our fundamentals -- infrastructure, clean energy, health, and education. And we are doing the critical work of shoring up our financial system so that it protects investors and curbs excesses.
"Now, as I have traveled around the region, a lot of people have asked me about how the United States is going to resolve our debt ceiling challenge. Well, let me assure you we understand the stakes. We know how important this is for us and how important it is for you. The political wrangling in Washington is intense right now. But these kinds of debates have been a constant in our political life throughout the history of our republic. And sometimes, they are messy. I well remember the government shutdown of the 1990s; I had a front row seat for that one. But this is how an open and democratic society ultimately comes together to reach the right solutions. So I am confident that Congress will do the right thing and secure a deal on the debt ceiling, and work with President Obama to take the steps necessary to improve our long-term fiscal outlook."
Secretary Clinton continued, "...As we pursue recovery and growth, we are making economics a priority of our foreign policy. Because increasingly, economic progress depends on strong diplomatic ties and diplomatic progress depends on strong economic ties.""...[N]aturally, much of our economic diplomacy is focused on East Asia and the Pacific. The American Chamber in Hong Kong represents 1,200 companies, and thousands more looking to this region for new customers and markets. Last year, American exports to Hong Kong totaled $26 billion -- that's more than the Indonesian export amount of $20 billion -- and our exports to the Pacific Rim were $320 billion, supporting 850,000 American jobs.
"Now, numbers like these reflect how closely America's future is linked to the future of this region. And the reverse is true as well. Because the future of the Asia-Pacific is linked to America's. We are a resident power in Asia -- not only a diplomatic or military power, but a resident economic power. And we are here to stay."
Secretary Clinton said, "...Prosperity is not a birthright, it's an achievement. And whether we achieve it will be determined by how we answer a defining question of our time: How do we turn a generation of growth in this region into a century of shared prosperity?
"The United States approaches this question with great humility, and with hard-won lessons learned from overcoming difficult economic challenges throughout our history.
"We must start with the most urgent task before us: realigning our economies in the wake of the global financial crisis. This means pursuing a more balanced strategy for global economic growth -- the kind that President Obama and President Hu Jintao have embraced, and the G20 is promoting.
"This demands rigorous reform by all nations, including the United States and the countries of Asia. We in the United States are in the middle of a necessary transition: we must save more and spend less. And we must not only save more and spend less, we must borrow less, as well. Our partners must meet this change with changes of their own. There is no way around it: Long-term growth requires stronger and broader-based domestic demand in today's high-saving Asian economies. This will raise living standards across the region, create jobs in America, improve business for many in this room, and help stabilize the global economy."
She continued,"...Last March in APEC meetings in Washington, I laid out four attributes that I believe characterize healthy economic competition. And these are very simple concepts, easy to say, hard to do: open, free, transparent, and fair.""...First, we must seek an open system where any person anywhere can participate in markets everywhere.
"...Second, we must seek a free system, one in which ideas, information, products and capital can flow unimpeded by unnecessary or unjust barriers.""...Third, we must seek a transparent economic system. Rules and regulations need to be developed out in the open through consultation with stakeholders. They must be known to all and applied equally to all.""...Openness, freedom and transparency contribute to the fourth principle we must ensure: fairness. Fairness sustains faith in the system. That faith is difficult to sustain when companies are forced to trade away their intellectual property just to enter or expand in a foreign market, or when vital supply chains are blocked."
The Secretary said, "...A growing number of countries in Asia are proving the value of these principles. And the United States deeply believes in them, because their value has been proven time and again, not only in times of prosperity but also in times of hardship, as well. At the end of the Vietnam War, there was a thriving commentary around the world on the idea of America's economic decline. That seems to be a theme that kind of repeats itself every couple of decades. But all the while, then and now, these principles were nurturing a system of entrepreneurship and innovation that allowed two college students to found a small tech startup called Microsoft.""...[N]o nation is perfect when it comes to safeguarding these principles, including my own. We all recognize the temptation to bend them. And we all recognize the inevitability of human nature's capacity to look for ways around them. Some nations are making short-term gains doing that. Some developing countries -- admirably focused on fighting poverty -- might be slow to implement at home the same rules they benefit from abroad. And a number of nations, wealthy in the aggregate but often poorer per capita, might even think the rules don't apply to them.
"In fact, all who benefit from open, free, transparent, and fair competition have a vital interest and a responsibility to follow the rules. Enough of the world's commerce takes place with developing nations, that leaving them out of the rules-based system would render the system unworkable. And that, ultimately, that would impoverish everyone.""...The United States is taking steps to promote these principles around the world through multilateral and regional institutions, new trade agreements, and outreach to new partners, to enlist us all in the quest for inclusive, sustainable growth. These steps are connected to and build upon the work we are doing to revitalize our own economy.""...Just as the WTO eliminated harmful tariffs in the 1990s, today we need institutions capable of providing solutions to new challenges, from some activities of state-owned enterprises to the kinds of barriers emerging behind borders.
"We also support innovative partnerships that develop norms and rules to address these new concerns. We should build on the model of the Santiago Principles on sovereign wealth funds, which were negotiated jointly by host governments, recipient governments, the World Bank, IMF, OECD, and the sovereign funds themselves. This code of conduct governing sovereign investment practices has reassured stakeholders -- investor nations, recipient nations, and the private sector. And it may prove a useful model for other shared challenges, like ensuring that state-owned companies and enterprises compete on the same terms as private companies.
"As a second step, we are pursuing new cutting-edge trade deals that raise the standards for fair competition even as they open new markets...President Obama is pursuing congressional approval of KORUS, together with necessary Trade Adjustment Assistance, as soon as possible. He is also pursuing passage of the Colombia and Panamanian Free Trade Agreements as well.""...We consider KORUS a model agreement. Asian nations have signed over 100 bilateral trade deals in less than a decade, but many of those agreements fall short on key protections for businesses, workers, and consumers. There are a lot of bells and whistles, but many of the hard questions are glossed over or avoided.
"Our goal for TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership) is to create not just more growth, but better growth. We believe the TPP needs to include strong protections for workers, the environment, intellectual property, and innovation. It should also promote the free flow of information technology and the spread of green technology, as well as the coherence of our regulatory system and the efficiency of supply chains.
"We are working to ensure that the TPP is the first trade pact designed specifically to reduce barriers for small and medium-sized enterprises. After all, these are the companies that create most of the world's jobs, but they often face significant challenges to engaging in international trade. So, the TPP aims to ensure fair competition, including competitive neutrality among the state-owned and private enterprises.
"The idea is to create a new high standard for multilateral free trade, and to use the promise of access to new markets to encourage nations to raise their standards and join. We are taking concrete steps to promote regional integration and put ourselves on a path over time to bring about a genuine Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific.
"Finally, we need to pursue strategies for achieving not just growth, but sustainable, inclusive growth. Now, it is a maxim of mine that foreign policy must deliver results for people. Because ultimately, our progress will not be measured by profit margins or GDP, but by the quality of people's lives -- whether men and women can work in dignity, earn a decent wage, raise healthy families, educate their children, and take hold of the opportunities to improve their own and the next generation's futures.
"The United States supports a number of endeavors to promote inclusive growth in the region. Our Millennium Challenge Corporation, for example, makes large-scale investments in partner countries to reduce poverty through growth. We have a compact with the Philippines to invest in roads, community development projects, and more effective tax collection. We are negotiating a compact with Indonesia to promote low carbon development, and we began a threshold partnership with Timor-Leste earlier this year to fight corruption and improve children's health.
"Across the region, we are partnering with governments to encourage and help them uphold their commitments to inclusive growth by practicing good governance, providing public goods like health and education, and creating tax systems that improve revenue collection and ensure that everyone pays their fair share. We are supporting civil society and citizens alike in holding governments accountable, supplying job training and networking, and being a strong voice for bringing opportunity to places where it is scarce."
She continued, "...[W]e are working very closely with the private sector...There are so many ways that we are grateful to the private sector. After all, it drives what we are talking about today. But we do need to try to consider, even within the constraints of modern financial practices and expectations, not just short-term benefits but long-term consequences. The work that each of you do in your businesses can help lift people's lives, promote human rights and dignity, and create new markets, creating a virtuous cycle. Or it can further ensnare people in poverty and environmental degradations, creating a vicious cycle.
"And what is standing in the way of achieving that vision? Well, there are many issues and challenges we can enumerate, but ultimately, it comes down to leadership --- leadership in both the public and the private sector. We were blessed over the last part of the 20th century with farsighted and effective leaders in many parts of the world, leaders who set the rules that created the economic growth that we enjoyed in the 20th century, leaders who changed course in their own nations and catalyzed the extraordinary growth that we have seen in a country like China, leaders who had visions, private sector leaders who were able to look over the horizon and understand the consequences of not just this quarter's results but the decades. We need that leadership again. We need it everywhere. And we need it both in governments and in business. That's why the partnership between the public and private sectors is so essential.""...We face a lot of similar challenges today, and we need visionary leaders in both government and business. But those leaders need to be guided by these principles. Whether we're talking about politics or economics, openness, transparency, freedom and fairness stand the test of time. And in the 21st century, every citizen who is now potentially connected with everyone else in the world will not sit idly by if those principles do not deliver, and if governments and business do not make good on when we'll provide long-term opportunity for all."
In closing remarks, she said, "...This agenda is good for Asia, it's good for America, it's good for business. Most importantly, it's good for people. And I absolutely believe it will help us create more a peaceful, stable, and prosperous world for the rest of this century."
You can read the Secretary's complete remarks here.
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I recently had the opportunity to watch a PBS documentary on the country of Zimbabwe and how the dictator there treats white farmers. My questions to you and to Obama is why in the hell would we allow those bastards that are in charge of Zimbabwe to have a Embassy in our country - that Robert Mugabe is a cruel ruthless dictator guilty of human rights violations on an unimanginable scale - if it was a white ruled country - the US would be all over them to overthrow the government of those countries. As a US Tax payer why do we allow them to establish political connections with the US.


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Vaihinger, Hans
Hans Vaihinger 1852-1933
German philosopher.
One of the foremost early twentieth-century scholars of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant, Vaihinger also conducted extensive philosophical investigations into the role that "fictions" play in various aspects of human life. His major work, Die Philosophie des Als-Ob (The Philosophy of "As If") (1911), stresses the usefulness and value of false ideas for both individuals and social groups. Influenced by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, Vaihinger espoused a thoroughly pessimistic view of the world and famously defined mankind as "a species of monkey suffering from megalomania."
Biographical Information
Vaihinger was born in Nehren, now known as Baden, just outside Wuerttemberg in Germany. He was educated in theology in nearby Tubingen and later received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Leipzig. In 1877 he began his long career as a teacher at Strasbourg, where he would remain for seven years, and then moved on to the University at Halle in 1884. During his tenure there, he founded the periodical Kant Studien, and the Kant Gesellschaft (an academic society) in 1904. Poor health, notably extreme nearsightedness, eventually drove Vaihinger into retirement in 1906 at the age of fifty-four. It was in the period immediately following that he completed the work for which he is most famous, The Philosophy of "As If," published in Germany in 1911. He continued to involve himself in academic matters later in life, preparing a yearbook of philosophy and philosophical criticism in 1919. Vaihinger died in December 1933.
Major Works
Vaihinger distinguished himself with a number of works on Kant, including a two-volume critique entitled Commentar zu Kants Kritik der reinen Vernunft (1881-1892), as well as a study of Friedrich Nietzsche, Nietzsche als Philosoph. Vaihinger's own philosophical work revolved around his notion of "fictionalism" or the "As-If": based on the Kantian assertion that the human mind tortures itself with insoluble problems, searching for truth where no possibility of achieving the truth exists. The "As-If," for Vaihinger, is the necessary fiction of human thought, the assumption of truth even in the face of clearly false ideas, which, he postulated, made thought and indeed life itself possible. He went on to argue that ideas like "immortality" or "freedom" were meaningless, but that humanity still manages to make use of them in beneficial ways. Vaihinger developed his "fictionalism" in two substantial works, The Philosophy of "As-If" and Der Atheismusstreit gegen die Philosophie des Als Obs und das Kantische System (1916). In both, he stressed the value and usefulness of clearly false statements, and worked to unseat "the truth" from its discursive prominence, claiming that certain aspects of the world are inherently irrational and incomprehensible, that the "truth" of these aspects, if it exists at all, cannot be grasped by the human mind.
Critical Reception
Vaihinger set himself against the skeptics, positivists, and materialists of his time by asserting that doctrines should not be evaluated by their truth, but by their utility and ethical affect. As such, many prominent figures in opposing schools of thought, including materialist H. L. Mencken, took a dim view of Vaihinger's work and criticized his books publicly. Nevertheless, Vaihinger was generally well received both in Germany and abroad, especially in America. While he never managed to draw as much attention to himself as some of his contemporaries, the ideas associated with the "As-If," as well as Vaihinger's accomplished Kantian criticism, found and maintained a broad base of sustained interest in academic circles.
Principal Works
Gothe als ideal universeller Bildung (lecture) 1875
Hartmann, Duhring, und Lange: Zur Geschichte der deutschen Philosophie im XIX Jahrhunderts (philosophy) 1876
Commentar zu Kants Kritik der reinen Vernunft (philosophy) 1881-1892
Nietzsche als Philosoph (philosophy) 1902
Die transcendentale Deduktion der Kategorien (philosophy) 1902
Die Philosophie in der Staatsprufung (philosophy) 1906
Die Philosophie des Als-Ob: System der theoretischen, praktischen, und religiosen Fiktionen der Menschheit auf Grund eines idealistischen Positivismus, [The Philosophy of "As-If": A System of the Theoretical, Practical, and Religious Fictions of Mankind, translated by C.K. Ogden] (philosophy) 1911
Der Atheismusstreit gegen die Philosophie des Als Obs und das Kantische System (philosophy) 1916
Zu Kants Gedachtnis [editor, with B. Bauch] (philosophy) 1904
Havelock Ellis (essay date 1920)
SOURCE: "The World as Fiction," in The Nation, Vol. XXVIII, No. 4, 1920, pp. 134-36.
[In the following essay, Ellis reviews The Philosophy of "As If."]
It is noted of the young men of to-day—the after-war generation as they already regard themselves—that they suffer from disillusion. The world has not turned out as they had expected it would turn out, or, the weaker ones might say, as they had been taught to expect it to turn out. They feel home-sick wanderers in the Universe, new Werthers or new Obermanns, as the case may be, searching the horizon for the apparition of some new Romanticism to solace their sick souls.
The world is, as it has ever been, infinitely rich. We hang on to it by a thread here and there, among innumerable threads, and the thread snaps, and we cry out that it is a rotten world. But the thread was of our own choosing; it was our business to test it and to prove it. If we were deceived we were only deceived in ourselves. The world remains infinitely rich.
It is possible that some to-day may turn with interest to a book—it happens to be a German book—which they never turned to before or probably never heard of although its significance was recognized even when it appeared three years before the war. It was written many years earlier than that. Dr. Hans Vaihinger the author of The Philosophy of the As If (Die Philosophic des Als Ob) had been known as one of the profoundest students of Kant. It was in Kant that he discerned the core of his own philosophy concerning the practical significance of fiction in human life. It is by no means the idea that has traditionally been found in Kant—for Kant was himself not clear about it and his insight was further darkened by his reactionary tendencies—but it is that which under various disguises has inspired some of the most influential philosophers of recent times, and it was Vaihinger first of all who, secretly and unknown, elaborated it. He was not only the first but the most thorough-going exponent of this vision of the world. Nietzsche, the Pragmatists, Bergson, Croce, Bertrand Russell, have all expounded some aspect of a conception which finds its unadulterated essence in a book they had never seen until their own systems had been formulated.
Vaihinger certainly had his first stimulus from Kant, in whose philosophy (he is perhaps the chief living exponent of it) he found that the "as if" view of belief and conduct played an extraordinarily large though overlooked part, and was even his special and personal way of regarding things; he was not as much a metaphysician, Vaihinger argues, as a metaphorician. But Vaihinger soon found almost the same attitude more or less expressed or implicit in various other thinkers, notably in F. A. Lange, of the famous "History of Materialism," whose view of the value of poetic conceptions for science and for life made him the immediate precursor of Vaihinger.
It was in 1876-7 that Vaihinger wrote his book, a marvellous achievement for so youthful a thinker, for it would appear that he was then only about twenty-five years of age. A final revision it never underwent, and there remain various peculiarities about the form into which it is cast. A serious failure in eyesight seems to have been the main reason for delaying the publication of a work which the author felt to be too revolutionary to put forth in an imperfect form. He preferred to leave it for posthumous publication.
But the world was not standing still, and during the next thirty years many things happened. Vaihinger found the new sect of Pragmatists coming into fashion, with ideas resembling his own, though in a cruder shape, which seemed to render philosophy the meretrix theologorum. Many distinguished thinkers were working towards an attitude more or less like his own, especially Nietzsche, whom (like many others even to-day) he had long regarded with prejudice and avoided, but now discovered to be "a great liberator," with congenial veins of thought. Vaihinger realized that his conception was being independently put forward from various sides, often in forms that to him seemed imperfect or vicious. It was no longer advisable to hold back his book. In 1911, therefore, Die Philosophic des Als Ob appeared. Therewith the author's life-work was done; he still lives, in blindness and retirement, at Halle, and is still able to preside over the meetings of the Kant Society.
The problem which Vaihinger set out to solve was this: How comes it about that with consciously false ideas we yet reach conclusions that are in harmony with Nature and appeal to us as Truth? That we do so is obvious, especially in the "exact" branches of science. In mathematics it is notorious that we start from absurdities to reach a realm of law, and our whole conception of the nature of the world is based on a foundation which we believe to have no existence. For even the most sober scientific investigator in science, the most thorough-going positivist, cannot dispense with fiction; he must at least make use of categories, and they are already fictions, analogical fictions, or labels, which give us the same pleasure as children receive when they are told the "name" of a thing. Fiction is indeed an indispensable supplement to logic, or even a part of it of equal rank; whether we are working inductively or deductively, both ways hang closely together with fiction, and axioms, though they seek to be primary verities, are more akin to fiction. If we had realized the nature of axioms, the doctrine of Einstein, which sweeps away axioms so familiar to us that they seem obvious truths, and substitutes others which seem absurd because they are unfamiliar, might not have been so bewildering.
Physics, especially mathematical physics, Vaihinger explains in detail, has been based, and fruitfully based, on fictions. The infinite, infinitely little or infinitely great, while helpful in lightening our mental operations, is a fiction. The Greeks disliked and avoided it, and "the gradual formation of this conception is one of the most charming and instructive themes in the history of science"—indeed one of the most noteworthy spectacles in the history of the human spirit; we see the working of a logical impulse first feeling in the dark, gradually constructing ideas fitted to yield precious service, yet full of hopeless contradictions, without any relation to the real world. That absolute space is a fiction is no new idea. Hobbes had declared it was only a phantasma; Leibnitz, who agreed, added that it was merely "the idolum of a few modern Englishmen," and called time extension, and movement choses ideales. Berkeley, in attacking the defective conceptions of the mathematicians, failed to see that it was by means of, and not in spite of, these logically defective conceptions that they attained logically valuable results. All the marks of fiction are set on the mathematician's pure space; it is impossible and unthinkable; yet it has been proved useful and fruitful.
The tautological fiction of "Force"—an empty reduplication of the fact of a succession of relationships—is one that we constantly fall back on with immense satisfaction and with the feeling of having achieved something; it has been a highly convenient fiction which has aided representation and experience. It is one of the most famous, and also, it must be added, one of the most fatal of fantasies. For when we talk of, for instance, a "life-force" and its elan, or whatever other dainty term we like to apply to it, we are not only summarily mingling together many separate phenomena,...
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The New Statesman (essay date 1924)
SOURCE: Review of The Philosophy of 'As If,' in The New Statesman, Vol. XXIII, No. 588, July, 1924, p. 472.
[In the following essay, the reviewer finds Vaihinger's theory in The Philosophy of "As If" to be "indistinguishable from Pragmatism."]
In the slow crystallisation of the amorphous mass of thought which we label "Modern Realism," one of the most significant developments has been the reinterpretation of Kant. Hans Vaihinger has been the genius of this movement. To him more than to any other is due the credit of rescuing the philosophy of his great fellow-countryman from the gentle tyranny of his Hegelian paraphrasers. His keen and sympathetic...
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The American Mercury (essay date 1924)
SOURCE: "Philosophers as Liars," in The American Mercury, Vol. 111, No. 10, October, 1924, pp. 253-55.
[The following review offers a negative opinion of The Philosophy of "As If," finding Vaihinger to be a "dull" writer and his ideas "obvious."]
This is a work that has had a great popular success in Germany, and is now gradually penetrating to foreign parts. It was first published in 1911 and is at present in its sixth edition; there is also a somewhat shorter Volksausgabe. Havelock Ellis, always alert for intellectual novelties, wrote an article about it four or five years ago, and there is already a small but active body of Vaihingeristas in England....
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C. E. Ayres (essay date 1924)
SOURCE: "With Benefit of Fiction," in The New Republic, Vol. XL, No. 518, November, 1924, p. 254.
[In the following essay, Ayres finds Vaihinger's views to be a valuable supplement to the body of Pragmatist works.]
Truth, we have been told again and again by the philosophers, is the object of all thinking. But is it? Thinking is part of living. It would be strange indeed if the object and the reward of thinking were at odds with the necessities of life. A broader definition must take account of the contribution of thinking to living: the object of thinking is to facilitate living. This does not mean that whatever does so is true; but it may mean that any thinking which...
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Hans Vaihinger (essay date 1924)
SOURCE: "Autobiographical" in The Philosophy of 'As If': A System of the Theoretical, Practical and Religious Fictions of Mankind, translated by C. K. Ogden, Harcourt, Brace & Company, Inc. 1924, pp. 23-48.
[In the following essay, Vaihinger explains his reasons for and method of writing The Philosophy of "As If."]
I was born in a Swabian parsonage near Tubingen in 1852 and so I grew up in a very religious atmosphere. It was not exactly bigoted, but it had a limited horizon, for instance, the names of the Liberal Hegelian theologian Baur of Tübingen, the so-called "Heathen Baur" and his disciple, David F. Strauss, were spoken of with horror in our home. My father,...
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E. Jordan (essay date 1926)
SOURCE: "Reviews of Books," in The Philosophical Review, Vol. 35, No. 4, 1926, pp. 370-75.
[In the following essay, Jordan reviews The Philosophy of "As If," noting the work's significance to philosophical methodology.]
This translation of the Philosophy of 'As If' is "based upon the definitive Sixth Edition of the original, revised for the purpose by the author, who himself undertook the task of abbreviating various passages of purely historical interest or otherwise superfluous in an English version. In response to many suggestions, Professor Vaihinger's own account of his Life-work and of the spirit in which The Philosophy of 'As...
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George Santayana (essay date 1952?)
SOURCE: "Vaihinger," in Physical Order and Moral Liberty: Previously Unpublished Essays of George Santayana, edited by John and Shirley Lachs, Vanderbilt University Press, 1969, pp. 305-14.
[In the following essay, which remained unpublished during the author's lifetime, Santayana discusses Immanual Kant's influence on Vaihinger.]
In the year 1888 at the University of Berlin, I remember hearing Georg Simmel delicately describe ten different philosophies, each of which professed to distil the central and only valid meaning of the Kantian revolution. Of these systems perhaps the most incisive was that of Vaihinger, which has now been re-edited and sensationally set...
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Further Reading
Flewelling, Ralph Tyler. "Our 'As If' World." The Personalist VI, No. 2 (April 1925): 133-135.
Notes the materialist reaction to The Philosophy of "As If," stating: "We recently ran across such a screed of misunderstanding from Mr. Mencken." Flewelling nonetheless concludes that Vaihinger's book "seems one of the very few real contributions to the literature of philosophy in recent years."
House, Floyd N. Review of The Philosophy of "As If," by Hans Vaihinger. The American Journal of Sociology XXXI, No. 5 (March 1926): 684-685.
Concludes that The Philosophy of "As If" "is a book of one idea, but that one idea is a very important...
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