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Don't Settle for Manual Sales Order Processes
May 29, 2019
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At a time when businesses are looking for ways to wring inefficiencies out of their operations to drive increased profit margins, sales order processing sticks out as a prime candidate for automation.
Automating the sales order process reduces costs, accelerates cycles times, enhances the customer experience, and frees staff for value-added tasks. That's according to an APQC survey of 167 sales order professionals from businesses with high order volumes or just-in-time inventory strategies.
In fact, automation saves businesses between $5 and $15 per sales order and reduces sales order cycle times by more than 46%, according to APQC research.
In some industries, sales order automation is a major factor in keeping up with the competition in terms of customer satisfaction. Yet, many businesses still manually process sales orders that arrive as paper or via email or fax. Manual processing has a big impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of order processing at most businesses, to say nothing of the errors and delivery delays that inevitably result from manual keying.
With unrelenting pressure to reduce costs and 34% of businesses surveyed by APQC moving more of their staff to customer-facing positions, now is the time to automate order processing.
Rethink your approach to automation
Businesses cite several reasons for dragging their feet on automating their sales order process, including no capital budget, strained departmental resources, fear of change, competing priorities, a lack of IT resources, and no senior management champion. But one of the biggest barriers to sales order automation is the antiquated approach most businesses take to automating their processes.
Most businesses have taken a top-down approach to automation, where IT is tasked with installing and enabling independent systems to automate a function such as order processing. But the pace of innovation is moving very fast, resulting in a huge backlog with IT.
What's more, enterprises are regularly deploying new systems, without retiring old ones. As a result, humans manually perform 80% of the business processes, including those that require manual data transfer between legacy systems and those IT hasn't had time to automate at all.
Just consider the amount of time staff wastes rekeying and cutting and pasting order information into various systems.
Making matters worse, traditional order-entry systems only handle structured data — the kind that comes from paper or electronic spreadsheets, databases, or standardized forms. But businesses are drowning in unstructured data, such as text messages, emails, handwritten messages, and semi-structured documents that contain a known set of data but with different layouts that make the data hard to extract. Many ignore this data because of the complexity in processing or analyzing it. In fact, this data is referred to as "dark data" because businesses simply don't know what it contains.
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with cognitive automation offers a better approach. RPA automates simple, repetitive tasks that can be easily replicated by instructing a software bot to copy keystrokes or to follow a defined set of rules. Bots interact with IT systems and applications, just like humans do.
This technology is largely plug-and-play and doesn't require changes to existing IT systems, legacy applications, or machines. This makes RPA ideal for sales order processing, where seamless integration with systems of record, such as an enterprise resource planning (ERP) application, inventory system, or customer relationship management (CRM) platform, is critical for eliminating process inefficiencies and information gaps.
RPA automates sales order processes such as:
- Retrieving sales orders
- Extracting sales order data
- Validating sales order information
- Electronically routing sales orders for approach and exception handling
- Uploading sales order information to downstream systems
Leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) for cognitive automation enhances RPA with the ability to process and analyze unstructured and semi-structured documents, such as sales orders. RPA solutions with AI capabilities have built-in domain expertise to find unique, process-specific data that's required for specialized processes.
A combination of computer vision, optical character recognition (OCR) technology, and fuzzy logic automatically extracts and enriches data while machine learning (M)L helps improve the accuracy of captured data. Cognitive automation helps ensure an intelligent system extracts all the unstructured data.
Importantly, AI-powered automation delivers results faster than antiquated systems. The technology is pretrained to automate business processes.
This eliminates the need for IT and/or data scientists to design elaborate models. Business users can design their own processing models and begin operation in just a few weeks — no coding skills necessary. Consumer-grade usability and enterprise scalability help ensure strong user adoption and fast return on investment while meeting current and future business requirements.
A key to business success
The business case for automating the sales order process is proven and compelling. Nearly 90% of organizations surveyed by APQC say increased process automation and integration is very or extremely effective in driving the business entity's success. Thanks to RPA with cognitive automation, it's never been easier for businesses to automate their sales order process.
RPA with cognitive automation overcomes the barriers erected by traditional approaches to automation, enabling businesses to finally eliminate paper-based order entry processes and reduce costs, accelerate cycle times, better use staff, and deliver a superior customer experience.
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When did you realise that you wanted to be a lawyer?
Lena says she developed a passion for the law while in school.
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Selected entries from a street journal
kept by an anonymous vagrant discovered
among refuse and abandoned drug paraphernalia
when I lived through a prolonged delusional
state among recently released criminals
and barefoot saints as a homeless
man in an ongoing, extemporaneous
work of fiction while following
my fugue-state doppelgänger
Admittedly I'm apathetic…
Growling unkempt canine ferocity
chanting madman make-believe
or seething voodoo curses
at well attired, glib faced passersby
who ignore us--we of the ill street ilk
--the mentally unstable… the wrathful
remains wraith-made from childhoods
mourned when demised our tiny innocence
consumed: sweet meat beaded sweat undressed
--small pastry delicacies sucked and swined
our truffle-glut snouted bare rump fundaments
worshiped beneath Satanic and Christian
roofs alike with commensurate delight
via every secret means in beds and sheds
after the lights went out and now as men
who've inherited meaningless pity
and malignant misinterpretations
of religion and well intended promises
worth less than the vile spit
that lubricates their lies
we attend our own services,
a communion of booze and drugs
your status quo despises.
A daily ruse for daily bread…
Standing in gruff-grumble stench lines
among the unwashed downtrodden
beneath the rigid spire-shadows
at the Third Street church
begging for our curmudgeon's meal
made from eleemosynary crusts
of hard bread three days old
dipped in hot-broth soup
like the calloused words
savored in my acerbic mouth
contemptible toward all injustices
old as mankind's sentience.
Utopias no longer merely dreamt
when the fresh needle stings the vein
with blossom songs red as bouquets
echoed with blood-rhyme symmetry
inside Hypnos' hypodermic…
Secret landscapes hung
in the afar dream horizons
--tapestries made with synesthesia
and fresh plucked poppies
brighter than Dorthy Gale's
Technicolor ruby slippers…
The nuns who fondly quote Assisi
ogled while in my rarely sober throes
I marvel at the warmth untouched
beneath their halloween habits--
imagined sacrifices ancient
on hewn, blood-stained stones
with bleating lambs or screaming virgins
I must acknowledge as vengeance
wished--spawned from my own
often mourned "unknown soldier"
blood-spilled battlefield rebellious
youth sacrificed by my well spoken,
college educated oppressors.
As a boy I watched fire
drip gem-bright from Father's eyes
after unthreading his hot entrails
into a feces-foul slop pile
after he supped for the last time
on my submissive innocence…
Carried mother's cover-up reticence
back into the blackest silence
where birth and death commingle--
notes upon staves for a requiem
yet played among apathetic bystanders
one refers to as the masses.
Delusional and dangerous at times
the raw, mercurial potency of my mind
turns away from your rationale discourse,
polite table manners and silly prayers
made with the aplomb of political speeches
until my stoned eyes find the stars
once more to enclose my sorrow
ecce homo until the ecumenical
hush unheard among the faithless
returns for my grateful slumber eternal.
Too boyishly sensitive for the world
I am bequeathed to these scribbled lines
(that account for my earthly trespass
among those who shunned pariahs)
on scraps of paper worn as mendicant
garbs torn and tatter-fetid,
the gauze wrapped
about my rose-wounds
unhealed as true stigmata.
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Source: New York Forest Commission, Annual Report, 1892 (presented to the State Assembly on March 30, 1893)
Tax Titles
One of the greatest difficulties which the Forest Commission has had to contend with in the administration of the laws affecting the Forest Preserve has been the uncertainty of the tenure by which the State held the great body of its land in the Adirondack forest. Most of the title to such lands came from tax sales -- in some instances the State having title from three or four sales. In such cases a fair presumption would be that such title ought to be good; but that did not always prove to be the case when an effort happened to be made by the State to assert its title.
There are two methods of avoiding a tax sale -- or defeating a title acquired from it; the one, by redemption from such tax sales; the other, by a cancellation of it. A redemption may be had as a matter of right from a perfectly valid and regular tax sale; a cancellation, however, can not be granted unless such tax sale for some reason or other has been irregular, and therefore invalid. A redemption is based upon facts and circumstances arising after a tax sale; a cancellation upon conditions existing before it.
Applications for the cancellation or redemption from tax sales must be made to the Comptroller of the State, except in certain specified counties, and the Comptroller is the sole judge and arbiter in the hearing and disposal of them, except so far as his action may be reviewed by the courts. Any person, however, may make such application, whether such person had any interest or rights in the land at the time of the sale or not.
Prior to the year 1891, the evidence in support of such applications was presented in the form of affidavits, with no provision of law for the presentation of opposing affidavits, and no State department or officer charged with the duty of preparing or presenting them. Such ex parte evidence became unsatisfactory and unreliable in about the same ratio as the land which was the subject of it increased in value. Consequently, in the year 1891, an act was passed (Chapter 211), authorizing the Comptroller to appoint a commissioner to hear the evidence, take proof of all the material facts in the case, and report the same to the Comptroller with an opinion thereon. Even in that act no provision was made as to who should represent the State when its title was affected; but through the courtesy of the Comptroller, the Forest Commission, in some instances before as well as after the passage of the act, were notified of the applications, and they took such steps as they were able to in order to put the Comptroller in possession of all the facts in the case.
One of the principal grounds upon which claims for redemption were based was that of occupancy. The law provided that if any person should be in the actual occupancy of the tract of land sold for taxes, or any part thereof, at the time of the expiration of the two years allowed by law for the redemption thereof, and no notice of the tax sale was served upon such person within a prescribed time, the person claiming such occupancy, or any other person, could, at any subsequent time, redeem the tract of land sold by paying the taxes charged against it, together with a certain per cent as interest and costs, all of which would, in most instances, be far less than the increased value of the land at the time of the redemption. Under such conditions many questions arose as to what constituted an occupancy under the statute. In some instances the courts held that the most trivial acts in connection with the land constituted an occupancy which would entitle the occupant to a notice form the purchaser to redeem.
One of those questions of occupancy, which is claimed to be within the decisions of earlier cases, arose in Hamilton county, and was as follows:
In the year 1877, an old hunter and guide, named Alvah Dunning, built a camp on an island in what is known as the Eight Lake of the Fulton Chain, in Township 5, Totten and Crossfield Purchase, Hamilton County. This island was from a half an acre to an acre and a quarter in extent. It was open, uninclosed, wild land, covered with a few cedar trees, bushes, and second growth pine. There were no improvements on it, except so far as a rude camp erected there might be considered an improvement. No part of the land was ever fenced or cleared, nor had the ground ever been plowed or broken up. The camp was a one-story building, rudely constructed of logs, with no chimney to it, the smoke passing out through a stovepipe in the roof; it was divided into two rooms, with one small window in each room. There was no floor in the outer room, and only a rough floor of unmatched boards in the inner room. The only furniture or furnishings in it were a cook-stove, hunter's bed, three or four camp stools, and such cooking utensils as a hunter would use. Dunning claimed to have used the camp and island as a home during all the years from 1877 to present time; but it was an undisputed fact that, during that time, he had resided at different places upon Raquette Lake, situated in an adjoining township, in the town of Long Lake; and that he had a substantial dwelling house at the mouth of Brown's Tract Inlet, on Raquette Lake, where he had an acre of cleared, cultivated land upon which he raised corn, potatoes, cabbage, and other vegetables every year.
The camp in question, on Township 5, was distant from six to six and one-half miles from Dunning's house at the mouth of Brown's Tract Inlet, and the only means of communication between them was by water, for four miles, with the balance of the way by trial [sic]. When the lakes were frozen over in winter, the only means of reaching the island was to go on foot through the woods. There was no highway within seven miles of the place, the nearest dwelling-house being Dunning's, on Raquette Lake, six and a half miles distant. Dunning was in the habit of going over to the island occasionally to hunt, trap, and fish. In the fall he went once or twice a week; not so often at other times. In the winter he went over to look at his traps, but never stayed any length of time.
Dunning's use of the camp was of the most temporary character; he simply did as hunters are accustomed to do in that locality, having a permanent home camp or dwelling-place, and built shanties in different parts of the woods for his shelter and temporary use when he happened to be in that vicinity. This camp on the island was only used at times by him. Dunning had no license or permission from the owner or from any other person to use this island; he had no more right there than any other stranger, and made no pretense or claim of right.
He was using this camp in the manner spoken of following each of the tax sales of 1881 and 1885, at the time when he would have been entitled to a notice to redeem if such use of the island had constituted an actual occupancy. This island was included in a tract of about 14,000 acres of land, which had been sold in one parcel at each of the tax sales of 1881 and 1885, and on his occupancy of the island an application was made to the Comptroller -- by a person other than Dunning, and one who had no interest in the land at the time of the tax sale -- to redeem the entire tract of 14,000 acres.
The Comptroller thereupon appointed a commissioner to take testimony in the case, and notified the Forest Commission of such appointment. Two days were spent in Hamilton County taking the evidence, the applicant being represented by counsel, and the Forest Commission by its secretary, C. O. McCreedy, and inspector, John H. Burke, who is also an attorney-at-law.
After the close of the testimony, the evidence and all the proceedings were reported to the Comptroller, who after giving the matter careful consideration, denied the application.
The case was then taken by the applicant to the Supreme Court upon a writ of certiorari and argued at the November General Term, at Albany, in the year 1892, the Attorney General appearing in behalf of the State. The determination of the Comptroller was sustained in the following able opinion written by Justice Herrick, in disposing of the case, and which is given here in full for the purpose of showing the nature of the claims made to defeat the State's title and the necessity of some legislative act defining occupancy:
Mayham, P. J., Putnam and Herrick, JJ.
Albany, November, 1892
The People of the State of New York, ex
J. W. Houghton (A. D. Wait, of counsel), for appellant.
John W. Hogan (S. W. Rosendale, Attorney General, of counsel), for respondent.\
Herrick, J. -- This is a writ of certiorari to review the determination of the Comptroller of the State of New York, denying the application of the relator for the redemption of certain lands, about 14,000 acres, sold by the State for the non-payment of taxes at the tax sale of 1881, on the ground that the said lands were occupied from the year 1875 up to the time of the application to redeem, and that the People of the State of New York never served notice upon such occupant as required by law.
The alleged occupant is one Alvah S. Dunning. Upon an island about one acre in extent, situated in a lake bordering upon or part of such tract, the said Dunning erected a log building, thirteen feet wide and twenty-six feet deep, the sides five to six feet in height, the middle of the building being about ten feet in height. The roof was covered with bark. Inside, the building was divided into two rooms by a log partition; the front was thirteen by fourteen feet, no floor to it, and used as a woodshed; the second room, thirteen by twelve, with a board floor, and a window in the rear. It contained a hunter's bed, three or four camp stools, a stove, with a pipe going through the roof, a frying-pan, two or three kettles, water pail, teapot, knives and forks, cups and saucers. The island was uncultivated, the land uninclosed, and with no improvements upon it except the log building, which I have described. About six miles distant from this island, in another township, Dunning resided with his family, having there a dwelling-house and outbuildings, and about an acre of cultivated ground. Dunning is a hunter and guide, and visited the log house on the island from time to time, using it as a hunting and fishing station, and taking parties there on hunting and fishing excursions. It is a custom among guides and hunters in that vicinity to have camps in different localities for their use in hunting and fishing, having a permanent residence elsewhere. Dunning does not claim to own the land in question, or any part of it.
No notice of sale or to redeem was ever served upon Dunning or any of his family.
I do not think it was necessary to serve notice upon him.
The object of the statutes, as was said by Nelson, J., in Comstock v. Bradley, 15 Wend., 348, in speaking of a similar statute, is to "afford any person who might happen to be an occupant an opportunity to redeem, presuming that he was either owner or in some way legally interested in the land."
Here there was no pretence of ownership or legal interest, and the case, it d does not seem to me, comes within the spirit of the law.
I have been referred to no case defining what is meant by the words "actual occupancy" in the statutes.
But it does not seem to me that the erection of a hunting lodge, hut or house, to be occasionally used for hunting or fishing purposes, where there is no claim of ownership of the land, constitutes an "actual occupancy."
It appears that it is the custom of the guides and hunters of the North Woods to erect or establish so-called camps, in various localities, to be used by them in their hunting and fishing excursions; a single hunter might have several located far apart, in different patents or townships, and it is hardly conceivable that the occasional and temporary use of these lodges or camps constitutes an actual occupancy within the meaning of the statute, in the absence of any claim of the title to the land upon which the lodge or camp is located.
The statutes seem to have contemplated an actual residence, or dwelling-house; it might be without claim of title, merely the possession of a squatter, but still the establishment of a household; it reads: "Such notice may be served personally, or by leaving the same at the dwelling-house of the occupant, with any person of suitable age and discretion, belonging to his family." (69, chap. 427, Laws of 1855.)
This evidently contemplates a dwelling-house, upon the land to be sold, upon the place claimed to be occupied; it does not contemplate a service at the dwelling-house of a person in New York city who has built a hunting camp in the North Woods, which he uses from time to time for hunting and fishing. Dunning had his dwelling, his family, and place of actual residence in one place and also occupy land in another, as in Stewart v. Crysler (100 N.Y. 378), where the land was used for the storage of lumber by a person who lived elsewhere; or as in Neland v. Bennett (5 Hill, 287), where a portion of the land was cultivated, some of it used for pasture, and wood chopped and removed from it by a person who lived at a distance therefrom, but I do not think that the establishing of a hunting camp, the building of a log-house to be used from time to time upon the land, by a person living elsewhere with his family, with no claim of title to, or interest in, the land upon which the camp or hunting lodge is established or built, constitutes an actual occupancy within the meaning of the statute. But conceding that the facts recited constitute of an actual occupancy by Dunning it would only be an occupancy of the island; it is separable from the main land and was not used by him in conjunction with it in such a manner as to make him an occupant of the whole tract. The use of an island an acre in extent, as a hunting camp without any use of the main land, except to roam over it in pursuit of game does not to my mind constitute an actual occupancy of the whole tract of 14,000 acres.
(Thompson v. Burhans, 61 N.Y. 52; Same v. Same, 79 id. 93)
The determination of the Comptroller should be affirmed, with costs and printing disbursements.
I concur, S. L. M. I concur, J. R. P.
Last Updated: Wednesday, 14-May-2008 13:31:34 PDT
Copyright © 2004: Lisa Slaski / Martha Magill


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Venice is mysterious because you can't see the island from the port. Only when you get on a boat, after a couple of minutes, the beauty of Venice starts getting revealed in front of your eyes. Canal Grande is wide and gentle. Both shores include the most classic views of Venice. I didn't want to blink my eyes for a single second. The colors of the building, all sorts of wharfs, and well-structured bridges were all so alluring to me.
We got off at Piazza San Marco. Countless seagulls and pigeons were soaring in the sky, or greedily searching for food in people's hand. The square was bustling and crowded. We walked into a random alley and just followed the direction we wanted. The roads are intricate and full of little shops and restaurants. Standing on a small bridge, through the narrow space in between buildings, I saw the San Marco Tower far away. Each bridge had an amazing but different view.
A gondola took us shuttling in between lanes and Canal Grande. The waterway was so cramped that two gondolas passing each other at the same time could be a little tricky. There used to be almost ten thousand gondolas in Venice during the 17th and 18th century. Now there are only about four hundred left. Propelling a gondola requires skill. It is challenging for the boatman to control the balance by using only one stroke. Our boatman was brilliant, and he rowed the boat smoothly and steadily. Every boatman was wearing the black and white striped shirt. Every frame of this ride was as gorgeous as a well-composed painting.
Venice was stunning, and I was drowning in this intoxicating Italian charm. May Venice's beauty be eternal.


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Frost and Twilight Mitts
A knitting pattern by Josie Mercier
This mitten pattern is designed for the coldest of winter days. These mitts are knit using a simple four row slip-stitch pattern that creates a fantastically thick, squooshy fabric. Worked in worsted weight yarn they are a quick knit, and are sized for both children and adults so you can make a pair for everyone in the family.
This pattern is also available as part of the Kith & Kin Collection.
Note: PDF includes both English and French versions of pattern; print pages 1-3 for English or pages 4-7 for French.
Skill Level: Intermediate
PDF Format*
*You will be sent an email with the download link immediately after purchase. Please note that all pattern sales are final and non-refundable.
Sizing and Materials
Child Small (Child Large, Adult Small, Adult Large)
To Fit
Palm circumference: 6 (7, 7¾, 8½)"
Finished Measurements
Palm circumference: 6½ (7¼, 8, 8¾)"
Length: 6¼ (7¼, 8½, 9¾)", including cuff
Worsted weight yarn:
70 (85, 115, 135) yds in main colour (MC)
30 (35, 45, 55) yds in contrast colour (CC)
Shown in (100% merino wool; 100g/190 yds), 1 skein each Ocean Blue and Natural.
Size 5 (3.75mm) set of double-pointed needles
Size 7 (4.5mm) set of double-pointed needles
Stitch markers, stitch holder or waste yarn, yarn needle
20 sts and 28 rnds = 4" (10cm) in St st, worked in the rnd
Featured Yarn
Dark blue and natural samples shown in Sweet Paprika Winfield, 1 skein each in Dusk and Natural.
If you reverse the colours, you should be able to get at least two pairs of mittens out of two skeins of yarn.


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The Mets are hopeful that first rounder Brandon Nimmo will be able to make his professional debut in the Gulf Coast League this Sunday, tweets MLB.com's Anthony DiComo. Nimmo signed for $2.1MM earlier this week after being the 13th overall pick in the draft. Let's round up the latest from the Big Apple…
- Jason Isringhausen picked up his 300th career save earlier this week, and the Mets closer told Mike Puma of The New York Post that he hasn't ruled out pitching in 2012 yet (Twitter link), "I'm not coming back for $500K again, I know that," said Izzy. Make sure you check out CloserNews.com for everything you need to know about fantasy closers.
- Richard Sandomir and Ken Belson of the New York Times say that the latest decision in the Bernie Madoff case could be a significant financial blow to the Wilpons. The Mets owners might have to turnover $300MM to a trustee as a result.
- Harvey Araton of the New York Times says that Alex Rodriguez's knee injury is a reminder that the 36-year-old is a DH-in-waiting with six more years left on his landmark contract.


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Sunday, June 20, 2010
I store all of my cardstock in one tall file cabinet. Each color of cardstock iS kept in a cello bag that is labeled with the cardstock color, order number and color group. Then I have a one-gallon zipper bag that contains all of my scraps for that color cardstock. The zipper bag has a label on it also that contains the color, color group and order number. These two bags go into a hanging file folder that is labelled with the name of the cardstock, color group and cardstock order number, then there is a little punch of cardstock on the end of the label.
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Well, it looks like it's been a while since anyone has posted! Seems like I have the floor to myself, so I'm going to do a shameless plug for a project that Marilyn and I are working on. We want to help as many people start eating a plant based diet as possible! So we're building a website that will have meal plans, shopping lists, fun nutritional articles, and anything motivating people to go vegan! Until the website is up, our platform is on Instagram, Facebook, and Medium. If you or anyone you know wants to go vegan but doesn't quite know how, check out Thriving On Greens. We are tailor making this for plant based beginners!
Here are some links to our instagram and facebook. I also attached some articles that we've posted to Medium about the following:
Living in a van as a vegan
How vegans get their protein
How I became Vic the Vegan Loser
Why you shouldn't blame yourself for your crappy eating habits


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Stay safe this Labor Day and check out these safety tips.
Labor Day is almost here! As you get ready for your three-day weekend, keep in mind that it's important to keep safety first. Whether you're barbecuing, boating, or heading out of town, check out these tips to stay safe this Labor Day.
Plan Ahead.
Before you kick off your Labor Day festivities, plan for your activities. When you have a plan to stick to, you're better able to take control of a situation because you're more prepared. If you're going on a road trip, map out your itinerary ahead of time. If you're hiking in a remote location, let someone know where you'll be. If you're heading to the beach, make sure you have enough water and sunscreen to last the day. When you plan ahead, you're better able to stay safe.
Keep an Eye on your Kids.
You should always keep a watchful eye on your kids no matter what activities you're participating in. However, with barbecues and boats, it's important to be extra vigilant this weekend. Keep them away from any hazards and don't lose sight of them in large crowds.
Be Smart About Your Choices.
No matter what fun you choose to partake in this Labor Day weekend, ensure that you use your best judgment.
Keep your commercial property safe and secure with the right maintenance. For assistance with roofing, solar paneling, decking, and waterproofing your commercial properties, contact SBR Roofing. Located in Burbank, California, we offer the best roofing and decking services in the Greater Los Angeles area.


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Innovative details and bright-coloured prints by Emilio Pucci eyewear are here to add style to your look
The brand's iconic features are reworked and redefined to create the new, astonishing Emilio Pucci eyewear collection. Tradition and innovation come together in a unique style that distinguishes these exclusive new sunglasses and optical glasses: innovative details are blended in perfect harmony, linear features alternate with curved lines, and classic colours alternate with iconic, brightly-coloured prints.
These prints, which have always been the symbol of Emilio Pucci style, make the new models exclusive and original. The Butterfly design recreates the movement of a butterfly on a stylised background; Zadig features irregular segments forming a vortex; Power Flower consists of a large stylised flower on a block background; Ribbons displays alternating borders that start from the centre of the print and move sideways and vertically in a semicircular direction; Vivara is a print from the Emilio Pucci archive that consists of large geometric motifs imposed on wave designs; Peony features a large flower with soft lines, enhanced by a block colour background.
Among the many sunglasses in this collection, two elegant, exclusive frames are characterised by retro appeal with contemporary touches. The large, oval EP0018 glasses have a slim, metal profile bordered by an acetate frame enhanced by Peony or Butterfly prints. This print design extends from the curved, rounded lines of the outer edges to the temples, available in colour schemes that range from black to pink and from havana to blue. The same prints adorn the inner side of the temples of the EP0019 frame. The metal profile and acetate frame showcase lenses with an unusual pentagonal shape, for an unconventional, yet contemporary look. It is available in black, havana, cyclamen and blue.
The optical frames collection by Emilio Pucci brings class and elegance with it. The EP5030 frame has a combination of metal and acetate giving the frame an unusual touch of elegance: the metal frame front features contrasting volumes that are thicker in the upper part and slimmer in the lower part. Acetate temples, embellished with Power Flower or Butterfly prints add the final touches to this exclusive, extremely elegant frame, which is available in palladium, rose gold or light ruthenium.
The collection that features glamorous and exclusive colour schemes are sure to make a fashion statement.


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Curriculum & Catalog Changes
Students should talk with current advisors before initiating this process.
Steps for Completing a Request
- Click the link below to begin the DocuSign request process.
- Enter your contact information (Name and Email address.)
- In the Current Department fields, enter contact information (Name and Email address) for the department of your current major.
- In the New Department fields, enter contact information (Name and Email address) for the department you wish to make changes in.
- Changing major
- Adding second degree, second major, or minor
- Deleting a second degree, second major or minor
- Click "Begin Signing" to proceed to the request form.
- Enter your name and the last 4 digits of your Student ID number.
- Select the box for the type of degree you are currently seeking.
- Fill in the relevant fields for the type of degree that you are currently seeking. Include your primary major and catalog year (see below) as well as any concentrations, second majors, second degrees, and minors if applicable.
- Fill in the relevant fields for changes you'd like to make to your current degree program (additions, changes, deletions).
- Sign the form via DocuSign. - The Office of the Registrar will receive a copy of your request form for processing upon its completion. You do not need to send a copy.
Once all signatures have been completed via DocuSign, please allow 3-5 business days for processing and view the requested changes in your DegreeWorks.
Request Form Elements
Catalog Year
MSU undergraduates who change majors may follow the catalog in effect when they began their freshman year at MSU or any subsequent catalog in effect prior to their graduation, provided there has been no break in attendance of more than one academic year. In these instances, too, the six-year catalog limitation policy applies... it may be necessary to make course substitutions within the department curricular requirements, due to changes in tabulations from year to year; students should consult with their academic advisors about this. The curriculum advisor and department certifying officer make the official check on degree-specific requirements for graduation. The Registrar provides the final check on university requirements: CORE, total credits earned, grade point, cumulative grade point average earned at MSU, as well as university-wide requirements.
Six-Year Catalog Limitation Policy
Each MSU-Bozeman catalog covers a specific time period beginning fall semester of the first year and ending the following summer session. From the time a student enters Montana State University, he or she has six years to fulfill the curricular requirements stated in the catalog in effect when he or she entered. If a student does not complete the requirements in six years, he or she must select a subsequent catalog. This policy applies to all students, including undergraduates who change curriculum and transfer students.
Second Major
A student may declare a second major by completing a Curriculum & Catalog Changes form. A student may earn a second major by fulfilling the curricular requirements of that major in addition to the requirements of the primary major. The student is not required to complete additional core requirements for the second major since these requirements will be fulfilled with the primary major.
The department of the second major will assign an advisor to assist the student in meeting all the second major's requirements. The second major will be posted on the student's transcript at the time of graduation and upon verification by the Registrar that all curricular and procedural requirements have been met.
Second Bachelor's Degree: Second Associate's Degree
To receive two baccalaureate degrees a student must complete all of the requirements for each degree including but not limited to Core/Gen Ed, all major requirements, Capstone Coursework, and 27 of the last 30 credits in residence. In addition to meeting all of the courses required in both curricula the student must complete 30 credits beyond the larger number of credits required for either of the two degrees he or she is seeking. Fifty-one credits (forty-two for the first degree: nine for the second) of the total minimum number of credits required for both degrees must be upper division.
To receive two associate degrees a student must complete all of the curricular requirements for each degree including any in-residence restrictions (generally at least 15 credits). Additionally, a student must complete 15 unique credits; these are credits that are not counted toward the completion of the first degree. Generally, a student who has met the requirements for both associate degrees who has at least 75 credits the last 15 of which are completed at Montana State University could be considered for a second associate degree.
A student must declare his or her intentions of seeking a minor(s), by submitting a completed Curriculum & Catalog Changes form prior to submitting a graduation application. Minor's must be linked to a baccalaureate degree. A student must be seeking or have already received an MSU baccalaureate degree to declare a minor(s). The minimum number of credits required for a minor is twenty-one, with nine of those being upper-division credits. A student may not receive a minor in the same discipline as their major(s). There are two categories of minors:
Teaching Minors
Teaching minors must be approved by the certifying officer in the Education Department.
Non-Teaching Minors
Non-teaching minors must be approved by the certifying officer in the related department.


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It's not just about eating organically — it's about living organically. When you learn to love your body by feeding it the wholesome foods it asks for, treating it to a daily dose of exercise and banishing body insecurity, your body will love you back tenfold.
You're allowed to indulge in your favourite treats from time to time! As long as you remember to balance your sweets with a healthy diet and daily exercise, indulgences can actually be good for you in the long-run.
We all know that exercise is a vital component in healthy living. To many people, this means sticking to either cardio- or strength-centred workouts. But did you know that it's a balance of both these types of exercise that is most effective in giving you the healthy boost you're looking for?
Human beings weren't intended to eat things out of wrappers. Processed and chemically treated products can cause serious damage to our bodies, but because of the slow impact these ingredients have on us, we often don't notice that they are to blame for our chronic fatigue, sluggishness or other even more serious ailments.
By choosing to stock your cupboard with fresh, organic products, your body will undergo the natural detoxification you probably didn't even know it needed, bringing you back to a more energized, refreshed state. Restore your body's inner and outer strength by feeding it the untouched, naturally delicious produce it loves.
No two bodies are exactly the same — and our workouts shouldn't be, either. Running a 10k isn't for everyone; neither is salsa dancing, yoga or weight lifting. By listening to your body's needs and understanding the way it functions, you can decipher the type of workout that works best for you to gain maximum results!
There is such a thing as a healthy snack. And as the human body actually prefers six smaller meals each day rather than three large ones, it's a good idea to feed it a few healthy snacks throughout the day. Bring a bag of carrot sticks and some hummus to work, or pack a pouch of organic trail mix to get you through your next class. By snacking when your body calls for it, you'll prevent yourself from getting hungry to the point where you binge on any food the first chance you get.
Creating a motivation board is a great way to stay inspired on the road to healthy living. Grab some of your favourite quotes and pictures that really push you to live healthy. Whether it's a picture of you when you were younger — back in your pre-beer-belly days — or a tear-out of that bikini you have your eye on, you'll find it easier to stay on track when you have visuals of your goal.
Healthy living comes so much easier when the people around you are striving for it, too. Go running with your partner or a friend; start a healthy-eating program together. When a loved one is relying on you to keep them accountable, doing the same for yourself will come naturally!
Start your own healthy-living cookbook. There are loads of delicious recipes that call for nutritious, organic ingredients. Make a project out of healthy eating by logging your recipes, discovering unique and tasty ideas, even creating your own delicious concoctions — and sharing them with your loved ones, of course. Ready to start now? Click here for some healthy, organic recipe ideas!


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Root Galaxy Note 3 (LTE) on Official N9005XXUDMJ7 Android 4.3 Firmware [GUIDE]
Android 4.3 N9005XXUDMJ7 official firmware can be rooted on Galaxy Note 3 (LTE) via CF-Auto-Root
Samsung has just started rolling out its latest official Jelly Bean firmware, Android 4.3 N9005XXUDMJ7, for Galaxy Note 3 (LTE) users in Europe. The official firmware is now available for download as Over-The-Air (OTA) update as well as via Samsung KIES in the UK.
Those who have already installed the latest official firmware for Galaxy Note 3 (LTE) can now root the same via CF-Auto-Root, using our step-by-step guide posted below. IBTimes UK earlier posted a detailed step-by-step guide to install the new firmware on your Galaxy Note 3 LTE (SM-N9005).
NOTE: Rooting is essential to gain full system access to the device and be able to install third-party root apps, custom ROMs and latest system tweaks for optimum performance of the device. As this tutorial is not firmware dependent, the same steps can be used to root any future Android updates from Samsung.
- This guide and the given rooting tool are meant for Galaxy Note 3 LTE SM-N9005 model only. Do not attempt this procedure on any other device, as it may inadvertently damage or brick the device. Verify the device model number by navigating to Settings > About Phone.
- Backup your important data and settings on the phone to prevent data loss during root installation.
- Ensure the correct USB drivers are installed for the phone on computer (download Galaxy Note 3 LTE SM-N9005 USB drivers).
- Make sure that the phone has at least 80% battery charge before you begin.
- Disable Samsung KIES as well as any security software installed on the computer.
Downloads Required
NOTE: Backup important files on the phone's SD card, so if you perform a data wipe or factory reset on your device via recovery (which also formats the SD card), the data may be restored after rooting the device.
How to Root Galaxy Note 3 (LTE) on Android 4.3 N9005XXUDMJ7 Official Firmware
1. Extract the root file CF-Auto-Root-hlte-hltexx-smn9005.zip on your computer via 7-zip software to obtain a .tar.md5 file.
2. Also extract Odin 3.07.zip file to obtain Odin3 v3.07.exe.
3. Double-click the exe file to launch Odin.
4. Boot the Galaxy Note 3 into Download Mode. To do so, turn off the phone and wait for 6 to 7 seconds until the device completely shuts down.
5. Press and hold Volume Down, Power and Home buttons together until the construction Android robot icon appears on screen. Then hit Power button to progress into Download Mode.
6. Launch Odin on computer and connect the phone to it via USB cable (when phone is still in download mode). When the phone connects successfully, a message saying "Added!" will appear at the bottom left box in Odin and one of the ID: COM boxes will turn yellow with the COM port number.
7. If the "Added!" Message fails to appear, you may try the following troubleshooting steps:
- Ensure the correct USB drivers are installed for the phone on computer
- Try uninstalling and reinstalling the phone's USB drivers
- Connect a different USB cable and check.
- Try using another USB port on the computer (preferably the one at the back)
- Reboot the phone and PC. Then check if the message appears.
8. Upload the firmware files in Odin as suggested below:
- Tap the PDA button in Odin and choose the .tar.md5 file, which was extracted in step 1.
9. Enable Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time options in Odin. Leave all other boxes in Option section unchecked.
10. Verify the previous two steps are done correctly. If there is a mistake, it may brick your device.
11. Click Start in Odin to begin the firmware flashing process on your Galaxy Note 3. Wait until the PASS message appears in Odin's top left box.
12. When the PASS message appears, the phone will restart automatically. Now, it is safe to disconnect the phone from computer.
NOTE: If a FAIL message appears in step 12, just disconnect the phone from computer and exit Odin. Remove the phone's battery and reinsert it in 3 to 4 seconds, then launch Odin and repeat the entire tutorial from Step 4.
Troubleshooting for Stuck at Logo or Boot Loop Issues:
- Turn off the phone, remove and reinsert the battery into the phone. Check if the issue is resolved.
- If the issue persists, perform a Wipe Data/Factory Reset via recovery. To do so, boot into recovery mode as follows: press and hold Home, Volume Up and Power keys together until the screen powers on and then release all three keys to enter recovery mode.
- In recovery mode, use Volume keys to navigate and Power key to select an option.
- Choose Wipe Data / Factory reset in recovery and then click Yes to confirm.
- Finally, choose Reboot System Now.
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is now rooted on Android 4.3 XXUDMJ7 official firmware. Check for the SuperSU app in your apps list to ensure root access to the device is working.
NOTE: Download and install Root Checker app from Google Play Store to verify that the root is installed correctly and fully functional.
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Photo Credit: Riot Games
With the coming of Chinese New Year and the Year of the Dog, Riot has released their annual Lunar Revel event to celebrate. With the event, new skins, chromas, icons, and missions are now available for players to gain some exclusive items.
New Skins and Chromas
Three new skins have been released for the Luna Revel event, Lunar Empress Lux, Lunar Guardian Nasus, and Lunar Guardian Warwick. Each of these skins features a golden and Asian theme to go along with the Chinese New Year celebration. In addition, golden chromas for Lunar Wraith Caitlyn, Guqin Sona, Dragonwing Corki, Warring Kingdoms Katarina, Warring Kingdoms Garen, and Dragonblade Riven will now be available to be unlocked through Revel Tokens.
Missions and Revel Tokens
With the coming of Lunar Revel, missions have also been added for players to get Revel Tokens and event exclusive loot. Revel Tokens can be used to redeem several different items just like in past events. The first mission, "Arrival of the Demigods" and the last mission "Restore Peace" will give players the event exclusive Year of the Dog Icon and Emote, respectively. Other missions will give players varying amounts of Revel Tokens as well as some blue essence for certain missions. As in previous events, Revel Tokens can be exchanged for blue essence and key fragments, but there are several other exclusive prizes. The Revel Orb can be bought for 44 Revel Tokens and contains at least one skin shard with a chance to contain a Revel Grab Bag, Golden Revel Token, Gemstone, or a Gemstone Skin Shard. For 52 Tokens, players can get a Revel Skin Shard and for 62 Tokens, the Lunar Empress Lux, Lunar Guardian Warwick, and Lunar Guardian Nasus Borders and Icons are available. The most expensive prize is the Golden Revel Token that players can get for 96 Revel Tokens and can be used to obtain one of the aforementioned golden chromas.
For more information about the 2018 Lunar Revel event, please visit the Lunar Revel info page.


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Is it Child Abuse?
By SUSAN GRIFFIN
A 5 year old returns to his mother's house and asks his step-father, "does my mommy really love my daddy more than she loves you?"
An 8 year old returns from a week-end spent with her father, and tells her mother "it's your fault that daddy doesn't have any money anymore."
A 14 year old, angry when her father won't buy her a new cell phone, tells her father "you're a loser anyway who can't even pay child support and you spend all your money on your girlfriend."
The parent who hears such words from a child rarely reacts in a helpful way to the child because it is so clear the child is echoing something heard in the home of the other parent. And the immediate response is almost always in reaction about the other parent to the child, as the parent demands "why would your mommy tell you that?" Or exclaims "your daddy has plenty of money?" Or sarcastically says "gee, I wonder where you heard that?!"
Parents who speak negatively to their children or even in front of their children about the child's other parent are engaging in destructive, even emotionally abusive, behaviors. For most parents, these moments are rare and typically occur only in the first few months of the transition from living together in one home to living apart in two homes. During the early transitions days and weeks of the family break up, these hurtful disclosures are also rarely intentional and most parents regret the words almost as soon as they are spoken when they realize the hurt they have inflicted on their child.
Unfortunately about 10-15% of parents struggling with family break up either don't notice that they are hurting their child, or they don't care because they place a much higher priority on making sure that the child knows which one of their parents is good and which one is bad, which one is right and which one is wrong. These parents have deficits, either temporary or permanent, that prevent them from being able to protect their children from abuse and maltreatment. Their deficits are in parenting, not in loving.
So why isn't it child abuse when a parent repeatedly engages in behavior that is clearly harmful to the child? The answer is complicated. Children are rarely protected from the psychological and/or emotional abuse of a parent, whether the family situation emerges in a Juvenile Court context (Welfare & Institutions Code) and or in a Family Court context (Family Code.) The exception in both Juvenile Court and Family Court is domestic violence.
Children exposed to domestic violence in the home are often considered to have been victims of child abuse and the law requires that those children be protected from further abuse. Exposure to domestic violence includes physical, visual and/or auditory but does not include any physical abuse of the child.
Domestic violence exposure was not always considered to be child abuse. It came to be categorized as child abuse as a direct result of research documenting the devastating effects on children exposed to parental violence. The harm to these child victims of exposure to domestic violence occurred regardless of whether the domestic violence between the adults included physical harm to one of the adults.
Perhaps the research on parental psychological/emotional abuse will eventually result in similar changes to the law in order to protect children in the middle of family breakups who are exposed to such destructive behaviors they are facing a life time of problems startlingly similar to those documented in children exposed to parental domestic violence:
- low self-esteem leading to depression and alcohol/drug addiction;
- relationship difficulties involving psychological control and manipulation; and
- excessive dependency on others for approval and attention that prevents self-sufficiency and adequate adult adjustment.
Parents who use negative strategies with the intent of harming the child's relationship with their other parent, can be considered to be psychologically maltreating their children. The expression of these strategies inevitably and directly results in children feeling worthless, flawed, unloved, unwanted, endangered, or only of value in meeting another's needs, a commonly accepted definition of psychological maltreatment.
Parents who use psychologically and emotionally abusive strategies to hurt the child's relationship with the other parent also behave in other ways that add to the child's feeling of being abused and mistreated. They intrude on the child's life in every area in order to prevent the child from feeling comfortable or safe anywhere except in the presence of the abusive/needy/controlling parent.
Parents who abuse their children lack empathy and are unable to accept or acknowledge any needs or perceptions the child may express that are different form those of the parent. This lack of empathy and intolerance of interpersonal differences are the hallmarks of the child abuser, whether the abuse is physical, emotional, psychological, or all three.
For now, it is an unusual experience for a child victim of psychologically and emotionally destructive parental behaviors to be removed from or protected from the abusive, intrusive parent. The parent's constitutional rights usually take precedence over the child's need for emotional/psychological safety and security because there is not adequate proof or belief that the child needs protection.
When a judge does see and understand the profound psychological damage to the child, they find themselves stuck for adequate intervention strategies. In most communities, there just are not adequate resources available to provide all members of an estranged and traumatized family with any hope of finding some peace and resolution. Hopefully, these community challenges will be addressed.
Transitions Family Program at Hannah's House has created an Intensive Family Restructuring Program with integrated Family Action Support Teams designed to help heal such family wounds. The program offers three levels of intervention strategies to help with varying degrees of estrangement between a parent and the child. The problem exists in the entire family system so the solution must be based in the entire family system as well. This is the philosophy and structure of the program. Any intervention that focuses on only a sub-system of the broken family is destined to fail.
Whatever the real world realities and limitations of our current laws, the reality does not change the fact that it's child abuse. Any parenting behavior engaged in with the intent of doing harm to a child's sense of love, safety and well-being in their family relationships is, in fact, child abuse. Perhaps it's time to just call it what it is instead of denying it. Like any real problem that interferes with a positive life, the first step to being able to solve a problem is to admit that it is a problem.


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This article reflects a major division in the women's movement in Western Europe during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Here, Christine Delphy, author of The Main Enemy (Women's Research and Resources Centre Publications, London, 1977) takes issue with Annie Leclerc, author of Parole de Femme. The issue was the role of ideology in the struggle for women's emancipation. Leclerc argued, in effect, that women were oppressed because they had internalised oppressive ideas. Delphy argued on the contrary that the problem lay not in women's ideas — but in the material dominance of men over women in society.
The Women's Movement and "Consciousness".
Chris Knight. Unpublished typescript, c. 1981.
The women's movement may be a multitude of conflicting tendencies and strands, but if there is one thing on which all strands are agreed it is that they do not believe in male consciousness or ideology. As true materialists, at least where the politics of the personal is concerned, women have been insisting that men's "ideas" are really beside the point. They have been discovering that the whole of sexist ideology is no more than so many ways by which men justify, express and attempt to conceal their material dominance, their physical intimidation of, ownership of and control over women. The material dominance comes first. The "ideas" which result are merely the forms through which men become aware of their real power.
In relation to this discovery, it has been the radical feminists who have been most clear-headed and firm. While most "socialist feminists" have insisted on the "primacy of ideology" and on the concept of "ideology as a material force", the radical feminists have poured scorn on all
1. See for example Penny Remfry, "Fascism, Feminism and Wilhelm Reich". Scarlet Women, 9 (January 1979), PP. 18-26.
this and hit men where it hurts. Christine Delphy – author of "The Main Enemy"- has led the way in this respect. Like Marx and Engels in "The German Ideology", Delphy has set about exposing the myth of "ideological power" as such. In a furious attack on Annie Leclerc's "Parole de Femme", which had seen the source of women's oppression in women's own "devaluation" of themselves, she writes:
"The reversal of causality -the belief that the ideological superstructure (the devaluation of women) is the cause and not the effect of the social structure – is not one idealist interpretation among others; it is the very ideology itself." 1
Leclerc had complained that men do not value housework; and that women accept this estimation. Delphy comments:
"How does she deal with this? She replies that men 'are mistaken', that housework has a value. She argues from the same ground as that which allows men to assert, equally peremptorily, that it does not."2
Leclerc tries to overthrow one set of ideas – that "housework has no value" – by counterposing to this another set of ideas – that "housework is really valuable". She does this without realizing that it is not the subjective evaluation, but the objective social character of the housework in question which has got to be changed.
Or again, Leclerc complains that women don't experience their menstrual periods as a source of pleasure and strength. Women submit to men's "devaluation" – on the ideological level – of menstruation. Her answer? Women should change their attitudes – they should raise their consciousness and relate to menstruation in a different way.
Delphy replies:
"It is not just a question of my attitude to my periods. The attitudes of others, their requests, their expectations, their demands are for me as concrete, as tangible as a chair. The social period is a material framework of conduct for the individual. We must hide our periods: that is not an idea of my own invention, but a constraint imposed on me which is quite outside of (and material for) me. As Leclerc herself says, people compel me to behave 'as on other days'. But this is materially difficult, whatever my 'values' may be… everything is materially understood and made for a population without periods. . . how can women change their attitude whilst having a period remains the same concrete experience?"3
1. Christine Delphy, "Debate on Capitalism, Patriarchy and the Women's Struggle." In: Delphy, The Main Enemy. A Materialist Analysis of Women's Oppression. Women's Research and Resources Centre Publications, London, 1977, p. 41. 2. p. 51 . 3. pp. 48-9.
And so on. Society, insists Delphy, has made housework actually unrewarding just as it has made menstruation actually a handicap. It's no good urging women to "change their attitudes" towards such things. That would be to imply that women's attitudes were the problem – a suggestion with which men would be only too happy to agree. Nor is anything to be gained by arguing against men, pointing out to them their "mistakes" or urging upon then a change of heart. Feminists who try to battle against male ideology by resorting to some other ideology are doomed from the start :
"Ideology cannot be used against itself, and in this sense the term 'counter-ideology' is false because a true counter-ideology would be an analysis which unmasked ideology for what it is:
Leclerc, writes Delphy, "takes the pretext (the thing in the name of which men oppress women, the reasons they give) for the cause of (the real reason for) the oppression…" 2 Because men say that housework has no value, Leclerc thinks that this statement lies at the root of the oppression of women in the home, and that therefore the statement is the thing to be attacked. In reality, of course, the statement will remain impregnable as long as men are permitted to own what women do in the privacy of the home. The same applies to menstruation. As long as women's bodies belong to men, menstruation will be felt not as a source of strength but as a source of weakness and pain. There is no way of fighting the "idea" of this weakness except by materially becoming strong:
"…the fight to change attitudes is itself only positive on the condition that it changes something concrete in women's lives: that it flows into the struggle against the constraints imposed on their bodies."3
Women must emancipate their bodies from the sexual and other constraints imposed on them by men if their minds are to know what liberation can mean.
The prevailing "Marxist" (and "socialist feminist") position reflects, according to Delphy, "…a desperate desire to continue to exempt men from responsibility for the oppression of women." 4 Don't blame men for sexism or women's oppression, we are told. Blame…
1. p. 42. 2. p. 56. 3. p. 50. 4. Delphy, "A Materialist Feminism is possible." Translated by Diana Leonard. Feminist Review 1980 (4) p. 79. "bourgeois ideology." Writing of Leclerc, Delphy says that she "…totally isolates the ideological level. She considers it the most important level, independent of other levels, and the only field, of battle." 1 Likewise, the position of most "Marxists'" is that ideology is itself a material force. The capitalist class produces "bourgeois ideology" in order, very cleverly, to get women to oppress themselves. The "ideology of the family", the "ideology of motherhood", the "ideology of patriarchy"-these and similar expressions of ideological power are (so the argument runs) generated by the mass media and reproduced by women themselves through the family, the result being that women are brought up actively to want their own oppression.
Women actively want "an ideal marriage", "true love", the "joys of motherhood" etc. etc.- and in this way become the principal agents of their own oppression. The capitalist class does all this (goes the argument) for obvious political and economic reasons – in order to maximise the exploitation of women's domestic labour in the home, in order to atomise the working class in isolated family units, in order to use the authority of the father in the home as the starting point from which authority in school and workplace can be developed-and so forth. At root, the capitalists' purpose is to maintain the oppression of the male and female working class.
From this analysis stems the conclusion that the ultimate obstacle to women's emancipation is capitalism, while the immediate obstacle is… "bourgeois ideology". The immediate task is, therefore, to propagate a counter-ideology. This means, concretely, explaining to women that their real interests lie with the working class movement and explaining to men that they are acting against their class-interests as workers if they oppress the opposite sex. If only men and women could "see" that they were oppressing themselves through their acceptance of bourgeois ideology, the power of this ideology would be undermined.
Delphy says the opposite. Her argument is simple and direct. In terms of the immediate struggle against women's specific oppression, what is "the main enemy"? Is it "bourgeois ideology"? Is it "patriarchal ideas"? No, says Delphy. It is men. Break the dominance of men over women's bodies, and the power of men's "ideas"' will be shown to be no power at all. Are women to blame for causing their own oppression? Are they oppressing themselves because of their "ideas"? No, says Delphy. It is not women who are the oppressors of women – 1. The Main Enemy, p. 47. it is men. Men have the material power – which is given them no matter what their ideology – to dominate, weaken and isolate women from each other. It is men who keep women weak. Admittedly, men are given this power by the structure of the wider social system, but this does not alter the basic facts. Men are in a real sense a "class". Delphy says:
"men are the class which oppresses and exploits women."1 Like any ruling class, men endeavour to ensure that those they oppress remain isolated and weak. To the extent that they are in fact weak, women feel weak. These feelings are not "mistaken" but perfectly correct. Those who are genuinely weak must have the ideas which correspond to this weakness. Other ideas would be simply inappropriate. The ideas of oppressed women, consequently, must be the ideas of their weakness. Women who are deprived of practical support-structures, practical sisterhood, practical strength will feel the need to get married, the need to seek protection from dominant men, the need to compete against each other sexually and in other ways for the favours of men. And for as long as women remain actually weak, no "counter-ideology" on earth will make them feel strong. Weak, isolated women won't feel the need for "women's liberationist" ideas, which will seem, perhaps, quite laughably inappropriate to their real situation. They will feel the need for other ideas – ideas, perhaps, about a "perfect romance", "an ideal husband", "a new home", '"another baby" or whatever. And, in a real sense, these women will be right. As long as they remain isolated and powerless, such ideas will be the ones required by their situation. Isolated, dependent women need such consolations, compensations and dreams.
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Delphy and the radical feminists therefore pose a real threat. Instead of fighting ideas with other ideas, as do most of the "Marxist" propaganda groups, they have given up arguing with men. "Radical feminism", writes Chester,2 "told us it was possible to take on the man, especially if we do it collectively, and win."
The radicals are saying that if men's consciousness is to be changed (as it must be), men must be confronted with certain material obstacles to their ability to dominate and control. Only to the extent that women apply a material force – simply refusing to be available domestically or sexually in the way dominant males require – can women
1. "A Materialist Feminism…" p. 102. 2. Gail Chester, paper in Feminist Practice. In Theory Press, London, gain an awareness of their real strength as women, and undermine the material foundations on which sexist ideologies arise. These feminists in other words, are saying on behalf of the revolutionary sex in society what Marx said on behalf of the revolutionary class:
"Ideas never lead beyond the established situation, they only lead beyond the ideas of the established situation. Ideas can accomplish absolutely nothing. To become real, ideas require -men who apply a practical force.'"
Substitute "women" in place of "men" and the identity is complete.
Chester's attack on the so-called "Marxist" groups is made entirely within the philosophical tradition of Marxist materialism itself:
"If we absorb Marxism as the model, at least as it is latterly practised, we accept that there is such a thing as revolutionary theory separable from revolutionary practice, which can moreover tell us what practice to follow, and we can be led to believe that the development of theory alone is a sufficient revolutionary practice."
Or again:
"Radical feminist theory is that theory follows from practice and is impossible to develop in the absence of practice, because our theory is that practising our practice is our theory… theory and practice are not separate things done by different groups of people, but a constant refinement of our practice as we discover with experience what was wrong with the last action we took."
Or again:
"Because radical feminists do nut recognise a split between our theory and our practice, we are able to say that the revolution can begin now, by us taking positive actions to change our lives."2
Unlike the believers in a "struggle for ideology", therefore, Delphy and her allies believe in the struggle for power. This is a Leninist position. The same women also believe – as did the author of "State and Revolution"- in seizing state power in order to destroy "polities" as such. Writing of the emancipation of women, Delphy argues:
"…this liberation necessitates the total overthrow of the bases of all known societies. This overthrow cannot take place without a revolution, that is, the seizure of political power over ourselves presently held by others. This seizure of power should constitute the ultimate objective of the Women's
1. K, Marx and F. Engels, The Holy Family. Moscow, 1956, p. 160. 2. Chester, pp. 13-14.
Liberation Movement, and. the movement should prepare for a revolutionary struggle."1
Delphy and her supporters have concluded, in other words (as all of us must have concluded when we first became revolutionaries): "'If the power is to be taken, we will have to take it!" No-one else will do it for us. This realization is the starting-point of every revolutionary movement.
And Delphy and. her sisters have also re-discovered another essential component of the Marxist tradition – that starting the revolution now involves our beginning already to abolish politics as such, by replacing (among ourselves) political relationships with relations of a different kind. Marx wrote:
"Revolution in general – the overthrow of the existing power and. dissolution of previous relationships – is a political act. Socialism cannot be realized without a revolution. But when its organizing activity begins, when its peculiar aims, its soul comes forward-, then socialism casts aside its political cloak."2
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"But what about capitalism?", the "Marxist" and other propaganda-groups have never tired, of protesting. "Isn't capitalism the main enemy?" "And what does Delphy mean by the 'seizure of power'? Does she mean the seizure of power from all men?"
Delphy, in actual fact, considers herself a Marxist. She rejects indignantly the description of her as "bourgeois." Her argument is not that capitalism needn't be fought. On the contrary, it is that women can begin the real fight now. Obviously, working women can fight their employers – to the extent that their husbands allow them to. But the power holding back women from even beginning this fight is the enemy at home. Women who are exploited (as almost all are) in the home are up against their husbands as "the main enemy" as far as that level of oppression is concerned. And this level is the level of the oppression of women as such – the specific oppression of women. True, women – as the oppressed of the oppressed – must bear the weight not only of their husbands exploiting them but also that of their employers exploiting them and/or their husbands. But this doesn't mean that the husbands are not exploiters, or that women can expect their "socialist" husbands to
1. The Main Enemy, p. 20. 2. "The King of Prussia and Social Reform" (1844). In: D. McLellan (ed.), Karl Marx: Early Texts, Blackwell, Oxford, 1972, p. 221.
join them on the basis of an "appeal." The point is that men have a choice. They can weigh up the disadvantages of being exploited by their employers as against the advantages of being able to exploit their wives. If they fight consistently against capitalism, they will risk losing control over their wives. But if they insist on keeping control over their wives, they risk losing the fight against capitalisn. For Delphy, the crucial question is therefore this: how serious are men when they say they are engaged in the struggle against the capitalist system as a whole? As she puts it: "'It's up to then to see if the alliance with women against capitalism is worth the high cost of abandoning the benefits of patriarchy, or whether they prefer to keep those benefits and to risk not being able to overthrow capitalism by themselves."1 It is certainly in men's economic interests as workers to ally themselves with the women's movement. But men are not only workers. They are also beings with sexual, emotional and other interests and insecurities, and – to the extent that they feel insecure – they feel an extremely powerful need to "keep" their wives or sexual partners to themselves and under their ultimate control. The prevailing system gives men an obvious means of ensuring that their sexual and other needs are met. The question is whether they can be made to see that there is another way. 1. The Main Enemy, p. 33.


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Master of Arts in the Teaching of Mathematics
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