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Happy Monday, Gazers.
Inspired by a Facebook pop-up from 10 years ago, this is a top mindset tip for anyone who has ever:
- Suffered heartbreaking betrayal that took your breath away and knocked you for six — for some time to come;
- Struggled to believe in the goodness of others and worried that your ability to trust was gone for good;
- Worried that the old you was lost forever, replaced by a new jaded model with the kind of baggage that would break the back of the strongest of porters.
A Personal Tale Of Pain & Loss
The picture below was me at university with my first love. A lovely, giddy, gentle love for much of our five year romance — the kind of love others seemed to aspire to — the kind of love that stirred boyish wonderings about babies and forevers — the kind of love that went on to break my heart into a million pieces and make me question whether honesty, integrity and trust could ever really exist again.
Discovering that the man I'd trusted had been living a double-life was breath-taking in all the wrong ways – for me — my family — and anyone who had known us.
I'm not going to lie – the revelation knocked me for six — right before 12 law exams that challenge students even in their rightest of minds. In short – it was a twist in the fairytale like I had never imagined — a complete loss of innocence that left a gaping hole in my soul — my self-esteem — and my ability to trust for some time to come. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about if you've experienced something similar.
But I'm not here to mope on the downs – for thankfully they are now long gone. I'm here to share my top tips for lifting you out of real, back-breaking trauma – of any kind:
1. Get Some Counselling.
When you've experienced the kind of shock that shakes you to your core whether romantic, professional or otherwise, help yourself heal through counselling. Sharing overwhelming feelings will help you process your emotions, deal with your vulnerability and move forward into positive relationships that are good for you.
2. Remember How Far You've Come.
Rebuilding yourself when you feel blindsided takes huge amounts of courage and strength. Even the smallest of steps are to be celebrated. Make sure you celebrate these weekly in a journal and watch your growth — maybe not back to the old you — but a new, wiser, stronger version of your old self.
3. Know That Suffering Is The Root Of Enlightenment.
As Ekhart Tolle says: 'The down cycle is absolutely essential for spiritual realisation' – or put another way – 'The wound is the place the light enters you' (Rumi). So when you're feeling low, remember, that's the root from which strength and wisdom grow – the best basis for a life bursting with consciousness, empathy, presence and deep fulfilment.
How Can You Apply This In Your Daily Life?
So while that pain body may have dented the old you more than a little, know that nothing is truly permanent and the sun will rise again. And that countless others have gone through, survived and blossomed after soul-shaking challenges. Reframe your pain a little like that, if you can, and watch the law of attraction bring abundance and happiness your way.


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Labeling Of Biotech Foods Is Unnecessary And Unconstitutional
This piece was co-written with Henry Miller.
Should the government require that labels on cans of marinara sauce contain information about whether the tomatoes in it were hand- or machine-picked? No way! Ridiculous and irrelevant, you'd say. Right on all counts. But that label makes as little sense as the demands of food activist and Forbes contributor Michelle Maisto.
Maisto's latest Forbes article calls for compulsory, government-mandated labels to indicate foods that have been genetically improved. Yet the foods that Maisto wants to target are those manipulated with the most modern and precise gene-splicing techniques — and only those techniques. Such labels would not only put groundless fears ahead of science — promoting ignorance and hysteria among consumers — they would also be unconstitutional.
Product labeling that conveys essential information is important, but mandatory labeling of gene-spliced foods is a bad idea. First, it implies risks for which there is no evidence. Second, it flies in the face of worldwide scientific consensus about the appropriate basis of regulation, which focuses palpable risks, not the use of certain techniques. Third, it would push the costs of product development into the stratosphere. Finally, the requirement would constitute a punitive tax on a superior technology.
Maisto is misinformed in so many ways.
Let's begin with her assertion that there's "a lot of debate about whether or not it's safe to eat GM [genetically modified] foods." In the parlance of Maisto and other radical food activists, "GM" refers to products that come from plants, animals or microorganisms crafted with sophisticated gene-splicing techniques, in which genes are moved around precisely and predictably. Without any scientific basis, the term implies that gene-splicing is a meaningful "category" and that its use somehow gives rise to products the risks of which are higher or more uncertain than other techniques for genetic modification. However, a broad and decades-long scientific consensus holds that modern techniques of genetic modification are an extension, or refinement – that is, an improvement – on the kinds of genetic modification that have long been used to enhance plants, microorganisms, and animals for food.
One has to wonder whether Maisto knows that with the exception of wild game, wild berries, wild mushrooms and fish and shellfish, all the plant- and animal-derived foods in our diets – even the overpriced organic stuff at Whole Foods – have resulted from genetic modification that employs techniques that are far less precise and predictable than the ones that concern her. Likewise, is she aware that every major scientific and public health organization that has studied gene-splicing – from the American Medical Association to the National Academy of Sciences and dozens more – has concluded that gene-spliced foods are at least as safe, and probably safer, than conventional ones?
The safety record of gene-spliced plants and foods derived from them is extraordinary. After the cultivation of more than 3 billion acres (cumulatively) of gene-spliced crops worldwide and the consumption of more than 3 trillion servings of food and food ingredients from such crops by inhabitants of North America alone, there has not been a single ecosystem disrupted or a single confirmed adverse reaction.
What are the advantages of gene-spliced crops? Every year, farmers planting gene-spliced varieties spray millions fewer gallons of chemical pesticides and prevent less erosion of topsoil. In addition, many gene-spliced varieties are less susceptible to mold infection and have lower levels of fungal toxins, making them safer for consumers and livestock.
Now let's get to the labeling issue.
Maisto complains that "food can be tinkered with at the DNA level and no one is obligated to say so." True, but irrelevant. For one thing, with the exceptions mentioned above, all the foods in our diet have been altered "at the DNA level" – because that's how changes in organisms occur. When plant breeders cross a tangerine with a grapefruit to get a tangelo or construct a variety of potato resistant to viruses, the genetic changes are mediated by alterations in the DNA.
There are good reasons that such "tinkering at the DNA level" need not be revealed on labels. Federal regulation requires that food labels be truthful and not misleading and prohibits label statements that could be misunderstood, even if they are strictly accurate. For example, although a "cholesterol-free" label on a certain variety or batch of fresh spinach would be accurate, it transgresses the FDA's rules because it could be interpreted as implying that spinach usually contains cholesterol, which it does not.
Following long-standing precedents in food regulation, the FDA requires labeling only to indicate that a new food raises questions of safety, nutrition or proper usage. But instead of educating or serving a legitimate consumers' "need to know" certain information, mandatory labels on gene-spliced food would imply a warning.
The FDA's approach to labeling has been upheld both directly and indirectly by various federal court decisions that have consistently struck down mandatory labeling not supported by data. In the early 1990s, a group of Wisconsin consumers sued the FDA, arguing that the agency's decision not to require the labeling of dairy products from cows treated with a gene-spliced protein called bovine somatotropin, or bST, allowed those products to be labeled in a false and misleading manner. (In other words, the plaintiffs wanted the same sort of mandatory labeling advocated by Maisto.) However, because the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate any material difference between milk from treated and untreated cows the federal court agreed with the FDA, finding that "it would be misbranding to label the product as different, even if consumers misperceived the product as different."
In another federal case several food associations and companies challenged a Vermont statute that required labeling to identify milk from cows treated with gene-spliced bST. The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a labeling mandate grounded in consumer perception rather than in a product's measurable characteristics raises serious constitutional concerns. Namely, it violates commercial free speech. The court found both the labeling statute and companion regulations unconstitutional because they forced producers to make involuntary statements when there was no material reason to do so.
What's more, consumers don't need a mandatory "GM" label: The First Amendment protects the right of food purveyors to sell non-gene-spliced products and to advertise that fact to consumers by means of labeling. (This would be similar to the way that halal and kosher products are offered to consumers.)
Note to Ms. Maisto: If you really want to influence consumers' views on genetic engineering try to gain at least a rudimentary understanding of the subject. We suggest two ways to start: the film Mandy and Fanny: The Future of Sustainable Agriculture and the book The Frankenfood Myth: How Protest and Politics Threaten the Biotech Revolution by the two of us. Maybe then your articles on this subject won't mislead your readers.

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Submitted by anon. on Mon, 2009-09-14 01:53
Yesterday I went to the supermarket and found... Fresh green soy beans! I thought "hey, isn't this edamame?"
I was about to buy some, but then I realized I don't actually know how to cook them. They are sold in a plastic container, and without the pods. I can't tell wether they are already boiled or not (i think they are not). But anyway...
Hoy do I cook them? Should I boil them? And for how long?
And the most important thing: How long will they last in my fridge once boiled???
I truly love edamame and i wouldn't mind to eat them on a regular basis... any help?
Thanks! :D


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Condo sales help set new record for August unit sales
OTTAWA, September 6, 2017 – Members of the Ottawa Real Estate Board sold 1,538 residential properties in August through the Board's Multiple Listing Service® System, compared with 1,481 in August 2016, an increase of 3.8 per cent. The five-year average for August sales is 1,343.
"Condo sales continue to strengthen the Ottawa resale market," says Rick Eisert, President of the Ottawa Real Estate Board. "These numbers also assisted in setting a new record for the number of units sold in August, pushing August 2016 unit sales into second-place. In comparison to last year the number of condo units sold was up 22.1 per cent, whereas residential units have held steady with a less than one per cent decrease over this time last year. We are actually seeing very similar numbers to that of July 2017."
August's sales included 359 in the condominium property class, and 1,179 in the residential property class. "The number of new listings and inventory levels for the month of August continued their steady downwards trend compared to last year," explains Eisert. "However, prices continue to remain relatively steady, especially in comparison to other markets in Canada. Over the past several years, Ottawa has been more or less on par with inflation rates."
"While REALTORS® have reported fewer multiple offer situations in the past month, we are seeing Sellers receive asking price or very close to it," says Eisert. "Cumulative days on market have tightened significantly since last year. Residential listings are selling almost 30 per cent faster than this time last year, and condo units are selling just over 10 per cent faster than last year. Although, keep in mind that while some areas within the Ottawa market are quite active, other areas of the city remain less active."
The average sale price of a residential-class property sold in August in the Ottawa area was $420,335, an increase of 7.6 per cent over August 2016. The average sale price for a condominium-class property was $270,768, a decrease of 0.4 per cent over August 2016. The Board cautions that the average sale price can be useful in establishing trends over time but should not be used as an indicator that specific properties have increased or decreased in value. The calculation of the average sale price is based on the total dollar volume of all properties sold. Price and conditions will vary from neighbourhood to neighbourhood.
"The two most active price points in the residential market continue to be the $300,000 to $399,999 followed by the $400,000 to $499,999 range, combined accounting for 55.6 per cent of the market. Within the condo market, the most active price point was between $150,000 and $249,999, accounting for 49.5 per cent of the market," says Eisert. "In addition to residential and condominium sales, OREB Members assisted clients with renting 2,153 properties since the beginning of the year."
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Jessica Dubroff
American child pilot trainee
Jessica Whitney Dubroff (May 5, 1988 – April 11, 1996) was a seven-year-old pilot trainee who died attempting to become the youngest person to fly an airplane across the United States.
edit- I don't know anything about records. I just know that I'm gonna break the record. [1]
- It's like floating. Um, it's so great to be up in the air. [2]
- Nothings gonna happen it's simply an airplane. [3]
- It's been a long day. I can't wait until the next day. I can't wait to sleep. I had two hours of sleep last night. [4]
- Do you hear the rain? Do you hear the rain? [5]


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Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection
Sydney, Australia — September 14, 2016 — Today, Ubisoft® announced that Assassin's Creed® The Ezio Collection will be available on November 17 for PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Xbox One. Fans of the series and new players alike can relive the adventures of legendary Assassin, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, as the franchise's most celebrated games come to current generation consoles.
Assassin's Creed has become one of the most popular video game franchises of all time, with more than 100 million copies sold to date. The series' compelling, innovative gameplay, rich narrative and detailed, historically-accurate open world environments have spawned a passionate and global fan following. As players' interest in Assassin's Creed has grown, Ubisoft has expanded into Assassin's Creed-themed books, comics, and short films, and is now set to release a major motion picture from January 1, 2017 in Australia.
"This is a huge milestone for the Assassin's Creed franchise, but we believe the best is yet to come," says Etienne Allonier, Brand Director for Assassin's Creed. "Having seen what's gone into the movie and into future Assassin's Creed games, we think fans and newcomers alike will be excited by everything Assassin's Creed has to offer."
Assassin's Creed The Ezio Collection includes the acclaimed single-player campaigns and single-player add-ons for Assassin's Creed II, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and Assassin's Creed Revelations, with enhanced graphics for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Telling an epic three-part story of vengeance, intrigue, and romance, Assassin's Creed The Ezio Collection lands on shelves this November for gamers who want to relive the Renaissance and experience the thrilling adventures of Ezio in Florence, Venice, Rome, and Constantinople, or newcomers stepping into the world of Assassins and Templars for the first time.
The Assassin's Creed series tells the tale of the centuries-old battle between Assassins and Templars through rich storylines and captivating characters. Assassin's Creed is an action-adventure series set in fully realised open worlds throughout notable times in history such as the Third Crusade, the Golden Age of Pirates and the Industrial Revolution. Using the infamous hidden blade and other tools and weapons specific to the time period, players will fight for the greater good from the rooftops in Italy to the shores of Cuba through the core tenets the series is known for: combat, stealth, navigation and parkour.
In addition to the single-player content, Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection includes the complete Assassin's Creed Lineage and Assassin's Creed Embers short films, giving a clearer glimpse into the background of the dashing yet dangerous Ezio Auditore da Firenze, from beginning to end.
Additionally, Ubisoft announced the release of the Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection Collector's Case. Exclusive to Uplay Shop the Collector's Case brings back souvenirs from the Auditore Family crypt. Along with the game, players will discover a set of exclusive lithographies, the game's official soundtrack, featuring a selection of 40 tracks from the three games and an exclusive Black Edition collectible bust of Ezio Auditore.


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"ÄÄ"ÄÄDispatch of sina science and technology on May 18th news, informed sources, China Telecom ( micro-blog ) in June will lead this year, one of the largest CDMA mobile phone purchase, is expected to buy mobile phone tens of millions, and intelligent mobile phone, this will be the second half of the China Telecom 3G mobile phone supply will produce main effect.
"ÄÄ"ÄÄHeld in June this year the largest CDMA terminal purchase
"ÄÄ"ÄÄThe major mobile phone manufacturers and mobile phone manufacturers were confirmed in generation, has been notified, China Telecom for the manufacturers and distributors in next month's Guangzhou fair unified procurement of mobile phone, and some in the local strength of the province the subcontractor, mobile phone chain enterprises are also on the guest list.
"ÄÄ"ÄÄSince 2009, China Telecom 's mobile phone trade fair has been held three, sina science and technology seen in front of several session of the all process. In 2009, China Telecom in Nanjing to hold the first fair, CDMA manufacturer is only dozens, but thereafter only in 2009 increased hundreds of mobile phone industry, 2010, CDMA terminal industry manufacturers and reached more than 200, in mobile phone trading day wing will have 7000 people, and in 2011 increased to tens of thousands of people.
"ÄÄ"ÄÄAccording to the registration situation, CDMA terminal manufacturers, design, application developers, manufacturers, distributors and other chip terminal adds up to more than 5000. China Telecom is expected to have tens of thousands of people to attend the fair.
"ÄÄ"ÄÄIt is reported, this meeting will determine the second half of China Telecom Terminal policy direction, will also be on the CDMA mobile phone vendor performance with considerable influence.
"ÄÄ"ÄÄIs expected to buy smart mobile phone about 10000000
"ÄÄ"ÄÄEach of the day wing mobile phone trading would buy 3G mobile phone, previously millions, but this situation is completely different, this is mainly because the market scale expansion.
"ÄÄ"ÄÄOn 2011, the day wing terminal market scale reached a record 60000000, a growth rate of over 40%, the day wing 3G mobile phone annual sales amounted to 34000000, grow 3 than 2010 times, Tianyi intelligent mobile phone is more than 16600000, grow 10 than 2010 times above. In March this year, China Telecom CDMA user growth 3500000, where 3G users increase of 2400000, a total of 43550000 users, 3G users for nine consecutive months in a single month net increase of more than 2000000 users.
"ÄÄ"ÄÄAs of 2012 3 at the end of the month, China Telecom CDMA user number close to 136000000, where 3G users to 43550000 households. The China Telecom will UN generation business to purchase large quantities of the day wing 3G mobile phone, is expected to reach about 10000000 in 2009, is several times, the procurement of the day wing 3G mobile phone is the second half of the main model for China telecom.
"ÄÄ"ÄÄThe latest news is, present day wing 3G mobile phone mobile phone sales ratio has exceeded 70%, accounted for more than 47% of intelligent mobile phone..


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Can There Be Equality Between the Exploited and the Exploiter?
Kautsky argues as follows:
(1) "The exploiters have always formed only a small minority of the population" (p. 14 of Kautsky's pamphlet).
This is indisputably true. Taking this as the starting point, what should be the argument? One may argue in a Marxist, a socialist way. In which case one would proceed from the relation between the exploited and the exploiters. Or one may argue in a liberal, a bourgeois-democratic way. And in that case one would proceed from the relation between the majority and the minority.
If we argue in a Marxist way, we must say: the exploiters inevitably transform the state (and we are speaking of democracy, i.e., one of the forms of the state) into an instrument of the rule of their class, the exploiters, over the exploited. Hence, as long as there are exploiters who rule the majority, the exploited, the democratic state must inevitably be a democracy for the exploiters. A state of the exploited must fundamentally differ from such a state; it must be a democracy for the exploited, "and a means of suppressing the exploiters; and the suppression of a class means inequality for that class, its exclusion from "democracy".
If we argue in a liberal way, we must say: the majority decides, the minority submits. Those who do not submit are punished. That is all. Nothing need be said about the class character of the state in general, or of "pure democracy" in particular, because it is irrelevant; for a majority is a majority and a minority is a minority. A pound of flesh is a pound of flesh, and that is all there is to it.
And this is exactly how Kautsky argues.
(2) "Why should the rule of the proletariat assume, and necessarily assume, a form which is incompatible with democracy?" (p. 21). Then follows a very detailed and a very verbose explanation, backed by a quotation from Marx and the election figures of the Paris Commune, to the effect that the proletariat is in the majority. The conclusion is: "A regime which is so strongly rooted in the people has not the slightest reason for encroaching upon democracy. It cannot always dispense with violence in cases when violence is employed to suppress democracy. Violence can only be met with violence. But a regime which knows that it has popular backing will employ violence only to protect democracy and not to destroy it. It would be simply suicidal if it attempted to do away with its most reliable basis—universal suffrage, that deep source of mighty moral authority" (p. 22).
As you see, the relation between the exploited and the exploiters has vanished in Kautsky's argument. All that remains is majority in general, minority in general, democracy in general, the "pure democracy" with which we are already familiar.
And all this, mark you, is said apropos of the Paris Commune! To make things clearer I shall quote Marx and Engels to show what they said on the subject of dictatorship apropos of the Paris Commune:
Marx: ". . . When the workers replace the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie by their revolutionary dictatorship . . . to break down the resistance of the bourgeoisie . . . the workers invest the state with a revolutionary and transitional form . . ."[14]
Engels: ". . . And the victorious party" (in a revolution) "must maintain its rule by means of the terror which its arms inspire in the reactionaries. Would the Paris Commune have lasted more than a day if it had not used the authority of the armed people against the bourgeoisie? Cannot we, on the contrary, blame it for having made too little use of that authority? . . ."[15]
Engels: "As, therefore, the state is only a transitional institution which is used in the struggle, in the revolution, to hold down one's adversaries by force, it is sheer nonsense to talk of a 'free people's state'; so long as the proletariat still needs the state, it does not need it in the interests of freedom but in order to hold down its adversaries, and as soon as it becomes possible to speak of freedom the state as such ceases to exist. . . ."[16]
Kautsky is as far removed from Marx and Engels as heaven is from earth, as a liberal from a proletarian revolutionary. The pure democracy and simple "democracy" that Kautsky talks about is merely a paraphrase of the "free people's state", i.e., sheer nonsense. Kautsky, with the learned air of a most learned armchair fool, or with the innocent air of a ten-year-old schoolgirl, asks: Why do we need a dictatorship when we have a majority? And Marx and Engels explain:
—to break down the resistance of the bourgeoisie;
—to inspire the reactionaries with fear;
—to maintain the authority of the armed people against the bourgeoisie;
—that the proletariat may forcibly hold down its adversaries.
Kautsky does not understand these explanations. Infatuated with the "purity" of democracy, blind to its bourgeois character, he "consistently" urges that the majority, since it is the majority, need not "break down the resistance" of the minority, nor "forcibly hold it down"—it is sufficient to suppress cases of infringement of democracy. Infatuated with the "purity" of democracy, Kautsky inadvertently commits the same little error that all bourgeois democrats always commit, namely, he takes formal equality (which is nothing but a fraud and hypocrisy under capitalism) for actual equality! Quite a trifle!
The exploiter and the exploited cannot be equal.
This truth, however unpleasant it may be to Kautsky, nevertheless forms the essence of socialism.
Another truth: there can be no real, actual equality until all possibility of the exploitation of one class by another has been totally destroyed.
The exploiters can be defeated at one stroke in the event of a successful uprising at the centre, or of a revolt in the army. But except in very rare and special cases, the exploiters cannot be destroyed at one stroke. It is impossible to expropriate all the landowners and capitalists of any big country at one stroke. Furthermore, expropriation alone, as a legal or political act, does not settle the matter by a long chalk, because it is necessary to depose the landowners and capitalists in actual fact, to replace their management of the factories and estates by a different management, workers' management, in actual fact. There can be no equality between the exploiters—who for many generations have been better off because of their education, conditions of wealthy life, and habits—and the exploited, the majority of whom even in the most advanced and most democratic bourgeois republics are downtrodden, backward, ignorant, intimidated and disunited. For a long time after the revolution the exploiters inevitably continue to retain a number of great practical advantages: they still have money (since it is impossible to abolish money all at once); some movable property—often fairly considerable; they still have various connections, habits of organisation and management; knowledge of all the "secrets" (customs, methods, means and possibilities) of management; superior education; close connections with the higher technical personnel (who live and think like the bourgeoisie); incomparably greater experience in the art of war (this is very important), and so on and so forth.
If the exploiters are defeated in one country only—and this, of course, is typical, since a simultaneous revolution in a number of countries is a rare exception—they still remain stronger than the exploited, for the international connections of the exploiters are enormous. That a section of the exploited from the least advanced middle-peasant, artisan and similar groups of the population may, and indeed does, follow the exploiters has been proved by all revolutions, including the Commune (for there were also proletarians among the Versailles troops, which the most learned Kautsky has "forgotten").
In these circumstances, to assume that in a revolution which is at all profound and serious the issue is decided simply by the relation between the majority and the minority is the acme of stupidity, the silliest prejudice of a common liberal, an attempt to deceive the people by concealing from them a well-established historical truth. This historical truth is that in every profound revolution, the prolonged, stubborn and desperate resistance of the exploiters, who for a number of years retain important practical advantages over the exploited, is the rule. Never—except in the sentimental fantasies of the sentimental fool Kautsky—will the exploiters submit to the decision of the exploited majority without trying to make use of their advantages in a last desperate battle, or series of battles.
The transition from capitalism to communism takes an entire historical epoch. Until this epoch is over, the exploiters inevitably cherish the hope of restoration, and this hope turns into attempts at restoration. After their first serious defeat, the overthrown exploiters—who had not expected their overthrow, never believed it possible, never conceded the thought of it—throw themselves with energy grown tenfold, with furious passion and hatred grown a hundredfold, into the battle for the recovery of the "paradise", of which they were deprived, on behalf of their families, who had been leading such a sweet and easy life and whom now the "common herd" is condemning to ruin and destitution (or to "common" labour . . .). In the train of the capitalist exploiters follow the wide sections of the petty bourgeoisie, with regard to whom decades of historical experience of all countries testify that they vacillate and hesitate, one day marching behind the proletariat and the next day taking fright at the difficulties of the revolution; that they become panic-stricken at the first defeat or semidefeat of the workers, grow nervous, run about aimlessly, snivel, and rush from one camp into the other—just like our Mensheviks and Socialist-Revolutionaries.
In these circumstances, in an epoch of desperately acute war, when history presents the question of whether age-old and thousand-year-old privileges are to be or not to be–at such a time to talk about majority and minority, about pure democracy, about dictatorship being unnecessary and about equality between the exploiter and the exploited! What infinite stupidity and abysmal philistinism are needed for this!
However, during the decades of comparatively "peaceful" capitalism between 1871 and 1914, the Augean stables of philistinism, imbecility, and apostasy accumulated in the socialist parties which were adapting themselves to opportunism. . . .
The reader will probably have noticed that Kautsky, in the passage from his pamphlet quoted above, speaks of an attempt to encroach upon universal suffrage (calling it, by the way, a deep source of mighty moral authority, whereas Engels, apropos of the same Paris Commune and the same question of dictatorship, spoke of the authority of the armed people against the bourgeoisie—a very characteristic difference between the philistine's and the revolutionary's views on "authority" . . .).
It should be observed that the question of depriving the exploiters of the franchise is a purely Russian question, and not a question of the dictatorship of the proletariat in general. Had Kautsky, casting aside hypocrisy, entitled his pamphlet Against the Bolsheviks, the title would have corresponded to the contents of the pamphlet, and Kautsky would have been justified in speaking bluntly about the franchise. But Kautsky wanted to come out primarily as a "theoretician". He called his pamphlet The Dictatorship of the Proletariat—in general. He speaks about the Soviets and about Russia specifically only in the second part of the pamphlet, beginning with the sixth paragraph. The subject dealt with in the first part (from which I took the quotation) is democracy and dictatorship in general. In speaking about the franchise, Kautsky betrayed himself as an opponent of the Bolsheviks, who does not care a brass farthing for theory. For theory, i.e., the reasoning about the general (and not the nationally specific) class foundations of democracy and dictatorship, ought to deal not with a special question, such as the franchise, but with the general question of whether democracy can be preserved for the rich, for the exploiters in the historical period of the overthrow of the exploiters and the replacement of their state by the state of the exploited.
That is the way, the only way, a theoretician can present the question.
We know the example of the Paris Commune, we know all that was said by the founders of Marxism in connection with it and in reference to it. On the basis of this material I examined, for instance, the question of democracy and dictatorship in my pamphlet, The State and Revolution, written before the October Revolution. I did not say anything at all about restricting the franchise. And it must be said now that the question of restricting the franchise is a nationally specific and not a general question of the dictatorship. One must approach the question of restricting the franchise by studying the specific conditions of the Russian revolution and the specific path of its development. This will be done later on in this pamphlet. It would be a mistake, however, to guarantee in advance that the impending proletarian revolutions in Europe will all, or the majority of them, be necessarily accompanied by restriction of the franchise for the bourgeoisie. It may be so. After the war and the experience of the Russian revolution it probably will be so; but it is not absolutely necessary for the exercise of the dictatorship, it is not an indispensable characteristic of the logical concept "dictatorship", it does not enter as an indispensable condition in the historical and class concept "dictatorship".
The indispensable characteristic, the necessary condition of dictatorship is the forcible suppression of the exploiters as a class, and, consequently, the infringement of "pure democracy", i.e., of equality and freedom, in regard to that class.
This is the way, the only way, the question can be put theoretically. And by failing to put the question thus, Kautsky has shown that he opposes the Bolsheviks not as a theoretician, but as a sycophant of the opportunists and the bourgeoisie.
In which countries, and given what national features of capitalism, democracy for the exploiters will be in one or another form restricted (wholly or in part), infringed upon, is a question of the specific national features of this or that capitalism, of this or that revolution. The theoretical question is different: Is the dictatorship of the proletariat possible without infringing democracy in relation to the exploiting class?
It is precisely this question, the only theoretically important and essential one, that Kautsky has evaded. He has quoted all sorts of passages from Marx and Engels, except those which bear on this question, and which I quoted above.
Kautsky talks about anything you like, about everything that is acceptable to liberals and bourgeois democrats and does not go beyond their circle of ideas, but he does not talk about the main thing, namely, the fact that the proletariat cannot achieve victory without breaking the resistance of the bourgeoisie, without forcibly suppressing its adversaries, and that, where there is "forcible suppression", where there is no "freedom", there is, of course, no democracy.
This Kautsky has not understood.
We shall now examine the experience of the Russian revolution and that divergence between the Soviets of Deputies and the Constituent Assembly which led to the dissolution of the latter and to the withdrawal of the franchise from the bourgeoisie.
[14] See Marx's article "L'indifferenza in materia politica" ("On Political Indifferentism") (Alinanacco Republicano for 1874).
[15] Marx and Engels, Selected Works, Moscow, 1962, Vol. I, p. 639.
[16] See Engels's letter to A. Bebel of March 18–28, 1875 (Marx and Engels, Selected Correspondence, Moscow, 1955, p. 357).


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Many young people diagnosed with mental disorders are essentially anarchists with the bad luck of being misidentified by mental health professionals who: (1) are ignorant of the social philosophy of anarchism, (2) embrace, often without political consciousness, it's opposite ideology of hierarchism, and (3) confuse the signs of anarchism with symptoms of mental illness.
The mass media equates anarchism with chaos and violence. However, the social philosophy of anarchism rejects authoritarian government, opposes coercion, strives for greatest freedom, works toward "mutual aid" and voluntary cooperation, and maintains that people organizing themselves without hierarchies creates the most satisfying social arrangement. Many anarchists adhere to the principle of nonviolence (though the question of violence has historically divided anarchists in their battle to eliminate authoritarianism). Nonviolent anarchists have energized the Occupy Movement and other struggles for economic justice and freedom.
In practice, anarchism is not a dogmatic system. So for example, "practical anarchist" parents will use their authority to grab their child who has begun to run out into traffic. However, practical anarchists strongly believe that all authorities have the burden of proof to justify control, and that most authorities in modern society cannot bear that burden and are thus illegitimate—and should be eliminated and replaced by noncoercive, freely participating relationships.
My experience as a clinical psychologist for almost three decades is that many young people labeled with psychiatric diagnoses are essentially anarchists in spirit who are pained, anxious, depressed, and angered by coercion, unnecessary rules, and illegitimate authority. An often used psychiatric diagnosis for children and adolescents is oppositional defiant disorder (ODD); its symptoms include "often actively defies or refuses to comply with adult requests or rules" and "often argues with adults."
Among young people diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), psychologist Russell Barkley, one of mainstream mental health's leading ADHD authorities, says that they have deficits in "rule-governed behavior," as they are less responsive to rules of authorities and less sensitive to positive or negative consequences. A frequently used research tool that distinguishes alcohol/drug abuser personalities was developed by Craig MacAndrew (commonly called the MAC scale), and it reveals that the most significant "addictive personality type" have discipline problems at school, are less tolerant of boredom, are less compliant with authorities and some laws, and engage in more disapproved sexual practices.
I have encountered many people who had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other psychoses, and who are now politically conscious anarchists, including Sascha Altman DuBrul, author of Maps to the Other Side: The Adventures of a Bipolar Cartographer. DuBrul, several times diagnosed with bipolar disorder, has lived in rebel communities in Mexico, Central America, and Manhattan's Lower East Side, worked on community farms, participated in Earth First! road blockades, demonstrated on the streets in the Battle for Seattle, and he reports that many of his anti-authoritarian friends also have been diagnosed with mental illness.
Teenagers, as evidenced by their musical tastes, often have an affinity for anti-authoritarianism, but most do not act on their beliefs in a manner that would make them vulnerable to violent reprisals by authorities. However, I have found that many young people diagnosed with mental disorders—perhaps owing to some combination of integrity, fearlessness, and naïvity—have acted on their beliefs in ways that threaten authorities. Historically in American society, there is often a steep price paid by those who have this combination of integrity, fearlessness, and naïvity.
While DuBrul and his friends have political consciousness, my experience is that most rebellious young people diagnosed with mental disorders do not, and so they become excited to hear that there is actual political ideology that encompasses their point of view. They immediately become more whole after they discover that answering "yes" to the following questions does not mean that they suffer from a mental disorder but instead have a certain social philosophy:
- Do you hate coercion and domination?
- Do you love freedom?
- Are you willing to risk punishments to gain freedom?
- Do you instinctively distrust large, impersonal, and distant authorities?
- Do you think people should organize themselves rather than submit to authorities?
- Do you dislike being either an employer or an employee?
- Do you smile after reading the Walt Whitman quote "Obey little, resist much"?
Young people who oppose inequality and exploitation, reject a capitalist economy, and aim for a society based on cooperative, mutually-owned enterprise are essentially left-anarchists—perhaps calling themselves "anarcho-syndicalists" or "anarcho-communitarians." When they discover what Noam Chomsky, Peter Kropotkin, Kirkpatrick Sale, or Emma Goldman have to say, they may identify with them. These young people have a strong moral streak of egalitarianism and a desire for social and economic justice. Not only are they not mentally ill but, from my perspective, they are the hope of society.
There is another group of freedom-loving young people who hate the coercion of parents, schools, and the state but lack an egalitarian moral streak, and are very much into money and capitalism. Some of them may have been dragged into the mental health system after having been caught drug dealing, and are labeled with conduct disorder and/or a personality disorder. While these young people rebel against they themselves being controlled and exploited, many of them are not averse to controlling and exploiting others, and so are not anarchists, but some have spiritual transformations and become so.
An Underground Resistance for Oppressed Young Anarchists
There are at least two ways that mental health professionals can join the resistance: (1) speak out about the political role of mental health institutions in maintaining the status quo in society, (2) depathologize and repoliticize rebellion in one's clinical practice, which includes helping young anarchists navigate an authoritarian society without becoming self-destructive or destructive to others, and helping families build respectful, non-coercive relationships.
If a nonviolent anarcho-communitarian (politically conscious or otherwise) is dragged by parents into my office for failing to take school seriously but is otherwise pleasant and excited by learning, I tell parents that I do not believe that there is anything essentially "disordered" with their child. This sometimes gets me fired, but not all that often. It is my experience that most parents may think that believing a society can function without coercion is naive but they agree that it's not a mental illness, and they're open to suggestions that will create greater harmony and joy within their family.
I work hard with parents to have them understand that their attempt to coerce their child to take school seriously not only has failed—that's why they're in my office—but will likely continue to fail. And increasingly, the pain of their failed coercion will be compounded by the pain of their child's resentment, which will destroy their relationship with their child and create even more family pain. Many parents acknowledge that this resentment already exists. I ask liberal parents, for example, if they would try to coerce a homosexual child into being heterosexual or vice versa, and most say, "Of course not!" And so they begin to see that temperamentally anarchist children cannot be similarly coerced without great resentment.
It has been my experience that many rebellious young people labeled with psychiatric disorders and substance abuse don't reject all authorities, simply those they've assessed to be illegitimate ones, which just happens to be a great deal of society's authorities. Often, these young people are craving a relationship with mutual respect in which they can receive help navigating the authoritarian society around them.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control on May 17, 2013, in "Mental Health Surveillance Among Children—United States, 2005–2011," reported: "A total of 13%–20% of children living in the United States experience a mental disorder in a given year, and surveillance during 1994–2011 has shown the prevalence of these conditions to be increasing."
Is there an epidemic of childhood mental illness, or is there a curious revolt? My experience is that many young Americans—feeling helpless, hopeless, bored, scared, misunderstood, and uncared about—ultimately rebel; but given their wherewithal, their rebellion is often disorganized, futile, self-destructive, and appears to mental health professionals as a disorder or illness. Underlying many of psychiatry's diagnoses is the experience of helplessness, hopelessness, boredom, fear, isolation, and dehumanization. Does society, especially for young people, promote:
- Respectful personal relationships—or manipulative impersonal ones?
- Empowerment—or helplessness?
- Autonomy (self-direction)—or heteronomy (institutional-direction)?
- Participatory democracy—or authoritarian hierarchies?
- Diversity and stimulation—or homogeneity and boredom?
Emotional and behavioral problems are often natural human reactions to a society that cares little about: (1) autonomy—self-direction and the experience of potency, (2) community—strong bonds that provide for economic security and emotional satisfaction, and (3) humanity—the variety of ways of being human, the variety of satisfactions, and the variety of negative reactions to feeling controlled rather than understood. Young anarchists are especially sensitive to American society's absence of autonomy, community, and humanity—and this can result in overwhelming anxiety and depression.
While giant pharmaceutical corporations promote psychiatry's authority as a vehicle for increased drug sales, the whole of the corporate state supports psychiatry so as to maintain the status quo. In the old Soviet Union, political dissidents were diagnosed by psychiatrists as mentally ill, then hospitalized and drugged. Even more effective for those at the top of the hierarchy is what now occurs in the United States: diagnosing and treating anti-authoritarians before they have reached political consciousness and before they have created communities of resistance.
One reason that there is so little political activism in the United States is that a potentially huge army of anti-authoritarians are being depoliticized by mental illness diagnoses and by attributions that their inattention, anger, anxiety, and despair are caused by defective biochemistry, not by their alienation from a dehumanizing society. These diagnoses and attributions make them less likely to organize democratic movements to transform society.
In the early nineteenth century in the United States, a network of secret routes, conductors, and safe houses were utilized by African-Americans to escape from slavery. This network was commonly called "The Underground Railroad," organized by runaway slaves, free African-American abolitionists, and white abolitionists. Today, communities of ex-psychiatric patients (see, for example, MindFreedom and the Icarus Project) are helping young anti-authoritarians resist their mental illness labeling and coercive treatments. There are also a handful of mental health professional dissident organizations that, while not promoting the social philosophy of anarchism, do oppose dehumanizing diagnoses and coercive treatments (for example, the International Society for Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry).
While there are career risks for modern day mental health professional dissidents, these are small risks compared with those taken by slavery abolitionists. So as a mental health professional, I find it quite embarrassing that there are so few professionals involved in the current resistance.
In American history, there have been several shameful periods where groups—including Native Americans, homosexuals, and assertive women—have been pathologized, dehumanized, and meted out oppressive treatments by mental health professionals in an attempt to alter their basic being. Today's psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and counselors would do well to recognize that historians do not look kindly on those professionals who participated in institutional dehumanization and oppression.
Bruce E. Levine, a practicing clinical psychologist, writes and speaks about how society, culture, politics and psychology intersect. His latest book is Get Up, Stand Up: Uniting Populists, Energizing the Defeated, and Battling the Corporate Elite. His Web site is www.brucelevine.net


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Ezra Pound's poem Erat
Hora, the magical powers of woman beheld:
'Thank you, whatever comes. And then she turned
And, as the ray of sun on hanging flowers
Fades when the wind hath lifted them aside,
Went swiftly from me. Nay, whatever comes
One hour was sunlit and the most high gods
May not make boast of any better thing
Than to have watched that hour as it passed.
And, as the ray of sun on hanging flowers
Fades when the wind hath lifted them aside,
Went swiftly from me. Nay, whatever comes
One hour was sunlit and the most high gods
May not make boast of any better thing
Than to have watched that hour as it passed.
The woman, beheld, holds the gaze. She has power
over nature and time. She makes an impression on the mind of the male poet who
would give anything to have it back.
Helen of Troy with the Face that Launched a
Thousand Ships.
I have spent my life in books, wondering if that is
who I am (not Helen of Troy but perhaps some lesser woman who might be
described as thick-waisted but effervescent!). Am I the wife in Jonathan
Franzen's Precious? Not the daughter.
Certainly not the hot sex-having woman who dies in the car crash. To be a woman
is to be shaped by margins on a page, by a paint knife against the palette, by
the return key on the typewriter. Behold Behold. We can see the woman. Here are
the words—it only takes a few—to describe her.
In Ms.
Aligned 2, edited by Connie Pan, Pat Matsueda, and Rebecca Thomas,
published by Léon Press in Berkeley, the collection of stories and poems take a turn at
punctuating maleness. They shape soft clay. They put the male in the female
gaze and behold him. So many stories and poems in a row about men almost
normalize this change in mode. If it weren't what I had been reading for, I may
not have entirely noticed.
In these two books, the men are on stage and meant to be the
ones asking "Is that how women see me? Am I forever being seen?" The stories
and poems in Ms. Aligned behold the
Men as Stereotype and
Interrupters of Stereotype: But then
breaks the cliché with attention paid to her number of bracelets and admission
of his impotence.
"I'm a little embarrassed to have her looking over my
shoulder. I wonder if she will mock my fabric softener. She doesn't."
"I'm cleaning my cell phone when she calls, like I had just
wiped the plastic in order to see her name light up the screen, unstreaked and
shining (18).
Men as subject of
artistry/of curiosity: "Can I hang out at your garage? Take notes? Study
the culture."
"The guys don't have much culture to speak of," I say,
trying to make a joke of it. "No, but you are your own culture. That's what I'm
trying to say." It's starting to be more than uncomfortable, the discomfort in
my chest.
"You want to study me?" I say. "Do a report. it's called an
ethnography. I just want permission to enter your space. Act like I'm not
"That," I say, "would be impossible."
"Come on," she says. "I can blend in. Be a participant
"This is your homework? Writing about being a mechanic?"
"Why not?"(21)
See how the gaze
changes: Even when the male protagonist is attempting to behold the woman, the
woman in these stories behold back:
Romero caught a glimpse of her before she disappeared down his street. in his
living room, he sat reading the morning's paper and sensed that someone was
watching. His eyes left the news about the Angels' trade—an outfielder,
useless; they needed a second baseman— and shifted to his window. He saw her
staring at his boarded-up home as she walked away, and he watched her for as
long as the window let him, following her as she passed the vacant dirt lot
next door. She kept glancing back as she walked, and he wondered if his house
had been tagged somehow and he didn't know it, that he was losing his sixth
sense for graffiti" (26).
In "Sex Education: A Tragicomedy
in Seven Years," by Angelina Nashimoto are seven stories about how a woman
resists being the sex object—even sometimes becomes the sex object.
took my hand and we walked to the front door. He put his hand on the back of my
neck to kiss me again, but I exhaled through my mouth on his face. "Whoa!" he
said. "Your breat' stink!" I pressed my lips together, over my decayed front
teeth—gotten from jumping on the bed and falling face-first onto the cold,
tiled floor of my bedroom. He flung my hand away and stomped off into the
house. i stayed behind, kicking at the coral chips like I wanted to kick at his
'ֿkole" (42).
Amy Holwerda's "Gardenia," the man
takes his wife place as caretaker, a role he cannot sustain:
"Saul sat almost peacefully staring at
the aquarium in the waiting room, watching the neon fish cut their way through
the water. When the blonde nurse entered the room, Saul wanted to tell her to
sit down. Pour herself a cup of coffee. He knew what she was going to say, and
that he wouldn't be able to stop her. He swallowed hard and nodded. An ambulance was there in minutes.
Henrietta's eyes rolled back in her head, eyelashes fluttering. "Oh, Henny,"
Saul said. He patted her cheek with a shaking hand" (52).
Adele Ne Jame, in Grief, an
evolving, behold a beauitufl man.
in Arabic, flying red clouds
over the high Chouf village.
young boy dresses early by lamp light,
his morning chores in the cold sun.
heavily into the cedar wind,
lugs fire wood into the kitchen
to keep
the heat going.
And finally, men achieve supreme
woman-status and become metaphor in Angela Nishimoto's poem, Start with Mustard:
men green as wasabi,
freshening causing your nose to run.
You sip
green tea to cease the flow.
Church's studies of maleness are not metaphors. Church swings the camera around
to himself. He's fully aware of how males perform maleness. What he does
uniquely is to show how the male defines himself within and against that
performance. His methodical investigations about a man, himself, and how he
became that way beholds maleness differently than the women writers in Ms. Aligned. To watch a male writer
behold how men shape themselves, how the narrator describes perceiving his own
masculinity shaped in comparison to other men, his father, and especially after
he becomes a father.
In I'm Just Getting to
the Disturbing Part: Essays on Work, Fear, and Fatherhood from Outpost 19,
work and fatherhood are traditional male territories but
fear isn't usually. The book opens with an understanding that being a "man" is
kind of a goal and the manliest man might be a Western Man: "This is 1995 and I
want to be a mountain man, a pioneer of sorts. As Church leads us through his young desire to
be a mountain man, to live free in the west, giving tours of old mines to
travelers coming to find out exactly what a mountain man is, Church mostly
describes the fear of the roof falling in on his head and the fear of losing
his girlfriend, who remained back east, not so invested in becoming a mountain
man, or any kind of man, herself. Church
supplies the tour spiel as footnotes, undergirding some of the macho-ness
required to perform this job. "We're
standing at 10,500 feet above sea level. You may have felt the burn in your
lungs when you walked up from the parking lot. First things first. A few terms
you might want to know. (You did not abandon her. This is just something you
have to do. It's about you as a person, as an individual. It's about you as a
man.)" (2).
Some traditional
guy behavior remains preserved: Doug
never stops working to make it a reality. Ever. He lives to work. Tall and thin
with unruly hair, he's always confident, always upbeat, never openly worried about
anything—business, progress, cave-ins, etc. But he also has a way of looking
right through me sometimes, as if I'm just a spare part in a machine he's
trying to fix. Doug is one of those dreamers and schemers, never satisfied with
one thing, one project, one hobby or habit—eternally spiritually restless" (7).
Church doesn't
undercut everything about manliness, just the signature moves that signal
archetypal and stereotypical male performance. "'Yeah sure, whatever," he says and shuffles down to
the stream. Buck picks up a pan and walks right out into the water. I look up
at Doug and he just smiles. Buck crouches
down in the stream and begins to instruct the two kids next to him how to
properly swirl the water in their pans
such that they won't lose any gold. "No, it's like this," he says. I
watch him, worried what the parents might think; but they're gazing at Buck with a bemused look on their faces. Tourists
absolutely love Buck—at least from a distance. He seems so mythical to them,
straight out of a storybook. He's not bizarre, he's eccentric. He's not stinky and dirty, he's
seasoned and weathered" (13) but end "I'd say we should pay him
to hang around the Country Boy, but he's a paranoid misogynistic misanthrope
who smells like swamp ass; and once the reality of Buck inevitably clashed
completely with the storybook picture of Buck, I don't think the tourists would
find him so romantic. (13) Church's
parentheticals direct the reader to perform his manliness instead of his real
sense of fear, emotion, or identification with death.
What I love about
this book is that Church is constantly willing to undermine that machismo by
poking fun at traditions and the way we behold men, women, natural phenomena,
landscape postcards:
In the laser-enhanced
postcards we sell at the gift shop, the sky is always a brilliant
laser-enhanced blue and the crater looks something like the giant puckered
rectum of
planet Earth (44).
Of course, the
search for the real man behind the performative man fall apart like most
Westerly dreams:
"I keep thinking we're going to find something else here, some hidden vein of good we can
tap into. But Kenny, the former fireman, won't stop talking about the tubule
pregnancy his girlfriend had. He wants to gloat about drinking beer and balling
Indian chicks in his pickup. Sam the ticket guy raises pigeons in Winslow and
he's never seen the Grand Canyon." (50-51)
The spiel from the "manly"
tour goes like this:
Today we've used it to display some beer cans left by the Apollo astronauts.
That's right, Coors beer was crucial to their training. Feel free to take a
look at the astronaut's beer cans, but keep an eye out for rattlesnakes. They sometimes
like to curl up in the shade there. (56)
But the narrator, with
real human emotion, freaks out when, working in Colorado as a Maintenance Man,
a renter calls him to come scoop blood out of a clogged bathtub drain: What sort of future
husband or father runs off in the middle of the night to help a stranger get blood
out of his bathtub? But for some reason I don't want to hear this. I just want
to follow the impulse. I just want the certainty of this work. 67 And in the end, he runs
away from the blood into the essay he calls "Chicken Exit." I figured that marriage
and graduate school would be my excuse to leave the Blue Valley of Colorado,
that it'd be my chicken exit from this rollercoaster way of life. (76)
In the
second of I'm Just Getting to the
Disturbing Part, in the eponymous essay, Church moves on from single man manliness
to husbandly and fatherly manliness.
"Let me tell you what I don't
know at this point in my story: I will be afraid of water. It will happen a few years
from here. This will be a new fear that develops unexpectedly, and it will be
hard for me even to admit, difficult to reconcile with my childhood love of
The fears build as the
imagination builds as his children are born and encounter more dangers. But
then of course, doesn't the full impulse of manliness take over. Protecting the
wife and child? Church gets that and then turns it on his head.
A rapist is terrorizing
the Breckenridge neighborhood where Church and his wife live:
if he had been the rapist, and he was searching for an open door? What if I hadn't
been home to protect my wife? I called the police and told them that I had just
chased a man out of my yard
but that I didn't think he was the rapist. "I think he's just a drunk college
student," I told them. "He's probably harmless," I said. Probably someone
else's kid. Just trying to find his way home. "Probably," the voice said.103 Strangely enough I wasn't so worried about what she might have done. Instead
what worried me—frightened me
actually--was how quickly, coolly, and rationally I had decided that I could
destroy anyone or anything that
threatened my son. He was just two days old. I was just barely a father, still
green. But some instinct clicked inside
and I knew, as soon as I heard that doorknob rattling, that I could kill to protect him from
harm." "105"
Church hikes, somewhat
fearfully, as he recalls the story about the toddler boy he once heard about
who may have been attacked by a mountain lion. He may be able to kill another
man in a suburb but could he protect his son in the forest from a coulgar?
lions. Big cats. This was something new, something I hadn't predicted. We might
have moved out of the city but we'd also leaped into the lion's territory and
moved into a lower status on the food chain. The attack tales--people pounced
upon, eaten, mauled, etc.—haunted me.108
love the woods because it's so easy to get lost. Too easy perhaps. It feels
safe, comforting, and distant from the obvious evils and dangers of civilization.
The group of adults assumed Jaryd had joined the other group ahead, that he
simply chose another circle of safety. But he didn't. He never made it to them.
Nobody knows for sure what happened. He just disappeared. Massive search
efforts, lasting days, weeks, months, turned up nothing. No evidence. No tracks.
No signs of struggle. No blood. No nothing. At least for a few years. Then they
found him. Or parts of him. (112)
And he
can't protect his own son from bombs or falling airplanes or terrorism or uns:
On To my two-year-old son, born into a post 9/11 world, the recent elevation of
the terrorism threat-level to orange did not mean much. Orange did not make him
more vigilant at the mall with his mom. 122
But maybe the thing
Steven Church can't protect himself from is the performance of manliness
itself, the non-innocent demonstrations of machoness: "I freaked my sister out," he [some random guy
Church is walking the kids to school with] said, gesturing toward me with the
fruit baggie. The children had already begun streaming out the doors,
single-file, gravitating toward parents or guardians, gathering on the grass to
wait. "I poured salt on a block of dry ice," he said over the chaotic noise of
children. "Watch," he'd said to his sister. "Wait for it." And the deer did
come. Two of them. Put their tongues to the salt. Stuck there, they pulled
against the dry ice. Anchored to the lick, they strained to break free. And I
wanted to tell him to stop. "And my sister was like, 'What are you going to do 167
to them?" I
could see the deer pulling on their tongues, practically yanking them from their skulls. Panicked, they must have
strained against their own anchor. The other father handed his daughter the
fruit baggie, "Here you go, honey," he said and then he finished his lesson: "And
I was like, 'Oh, I'm not doing nothing,' and that's when I slit their throats."
Ms. Aligned 2 shows, it's fascinating
to turn paradigms on their head. And, perhaps even more fun it is, as Church
does, marking
your place in well-defined paradigms and then vigorously bucking against them.


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Reliability in uncertain times: Sennheiser solutions ensure high-quality hybrid learning at Aix-Marseille Université
The client
Aix-Marseille Université (AMU) is one of the largest French-speaking universities with 5 campuses and 80,000 students. Its staff of 8,000 people is spread over 65 sites.
The challenge
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic forced Aix-Marseille Université (AMU) to adapt and quickly set up remote teaching solutions for all students who could no longer attend classes on-site.
The solution
AMU equipped about 300 rooms with new, IT-focused AV equipment, plus about ten amphitheaters that are equipped for the most part with video conferencing systems for recording. With the trend of hybrid learning, numerous microphones were installed and connected to cameras to capture the sound.
"Integrated solutions must meet current and future needs. The COVID-19 crisis has caused upheaval in terms of educational continuity and innovation, and Sennheiser has risen to this challenge."
Since spring of 2020, high-quality AV technologies at Aix-Marseille Université (AMU) have made it possible to continue teaching with the usual quality. The number of projects undertaken to update the facilities shows the extraordinary impetus of the new requests for hybrid teaching and for IT support: The AV team has installed more than 1,300 pieces of equipment in 126 lecture theatres and 1,025 rooms. These include the installation of more than 117 new Sennheiser SpeechLine Digital Wireless microphones as well as 31 TeamConnect Ceiling 2 microphones. Both products can be remote controlled with the Control Cockpit software, the flagship of Sennheiser's network technologies.
By planning the equipment of several hundred classrooms, AMU's AV team focused on solutions that are simple and intuitive to guarantee total autonomy on part of the teachers. With the integrated Sennheiser products used for capturing, students who participate remotely can follow the lessons as if they were present on site.
SpeechLine Digital Wireless – A complete solution for universities
Introduced at ISE in 2015, the SpeechLine Digital Wireless solution was designed to meet the demand for a wireless microphone purely dedicated to speech. Its multi-channel reception capabilities allow the installation of several systems simultaneously. The multi-room mode and the Dante connectivity create a powerful ecosystem at the service of the users and the AV team. The coherence of the digital AV chain is also ensured through its integration into IP networks, using the Control Cockpit software.
AMU has been using SpeechLine Digital Wireless since 2017. "I started to install it in the amphitheaters because we eliminated the problem of frequencies and above all, the high autonomy of the batteries was a big advance", says Philippe Martinasso from AMU's AV team. Thanks to Automatic Gain Control, the microphone is particularly user-friendly: SpeechLine Digital Wireless automatically sets the microphone's sensitivity to the optimal value. This means that you no longer have to worry about the gain. Another huge advantage is that the microphones are network-enabled so that the AV team can intervene remotely. "We can correct the sound level, we can also correct the frequency and the sound for lecture capturing", confirms Alexandre Greco from AMU's AV team. Another reason why AMU chose SpeechLine Digital Wireless was that the AV Team wanted to use DECT technology rather than traditional analogue links, which are more difficult to manage with the increasing number of wireless links on university campuses. Simple operation, remote control, automatic gain control, license-free frequencies, versatile transmitters as well as automatic frequency control make SpeechLine Digital Wireless a complete solution for universities.
TeamConnect Ceiling 2 – Touchless microphone solution for learning spaces
After numerous tests, the choice of TeamConnect Ceiling 2 microphones for the facilities at AMU was a natural one. The ceiling mic works as a holistic package based on several principles: sound quality, adaptation of the devices to its surrounding space and context, aesthetics and design, camera tracking, simplicity, and robustness.
"With TeamConnect Ceiling 2, we are very satisfied as it was easily integrated into the infrastructure. In fact, you don't have the impression that there is a microphone in the rooms. The main advantage for end users is that there is nothing to hold in your hand. The mic works totally touchless and adjusts automatically to the position of the person speaking. It's like using a lavalier microphone, but without the constraint of positioning the microphone", confirms Alexandre Greco.
Control Cockpit – A simple tool for network-based remote control
Both SpeechLine Digital Wireless as well as TeamConnect Ceiling 2 are compatible with the Control Cockpit software which makes them the ideal choice for AMU's five campuses. "We have so many installations on so many different sites, we can't go everywhere. However, the Control Cockpit allows us to intervene remotely, we can connect to a room, listen to a lesson and check that the parameters of the mics are correct", says Dominique Jaccard from AMU's AV team. "I've been using the Control Cockpit since I installed SpeechLine Digital Wireless because it allows us to control the levels and to make adjustments. It's a really nice tool. Since July 2021, we have set up a server so that we have a central Control Cockpit for all the campuses", adds Philippe Martinasso.
AMU and Sennheiser – A trusting relationship
The AV team at AMU values Sennheiser not only for its products, but also for the great support and collaboration. "I trust that I'll always have someone who will answer my questions. When I'm told that it's a Sennheiser product, I already know that the reliability and quality of capturing will be irreproachable", says Dominique Jaccard. Phillipe Martinasso is convinced of Sennheiser products due to the simplicity of use that all solutions feature. He highlights their importance for AMU's staff to keep work going during the pandemic. "Even more with COVID-19, Sennheiser products provide the best conditions to make high-quality captures while respecting the health protocols."
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Marriage and Affairs: Children in the Event of a Divorce
Children are deeply affected by their parents' divorce. They tend to handle the divorce better, however, when both parents cooperate and act in their children's best interest. Both parents should be present when the children are told, and the mood should be calm, rational, and supportive. Hostility between the parents should be avoided. They should not be told about the affair at this time. Keep in mind that children often feel responsible for their parent's divorce. They may feel that their misbehavior was the cause of the divorce. They need to be assured repeatedly, both when they are told about the divorce and then throughout the divorce process, that the divorce is not their responsibility, and that they will always be loved by both parents.
Rona Subotnik and Gloria Harris, in their book, Surviving Infidelity, provide guidelines for helping children through the process of a divorce
- Children should be told of the decision jointly by both parents without hostility or anger.
- They should not be put in the middle of adult conflicts by telling them of the affair.
- Children need to know they are not responsible for the breakup of the marriage.
- Children should be told that it is the parents' decision, and they cannot change it.
- Children need to know their parents still love them even though they no longer love each other.
- Children should be given concrete information about how their lives will change.
- Parents should listen to children's concerns and try to minimize disruption in their lives.
- Children should not be asked to take sides, carry messages, or become your confidants.
Children should be given permission to love and enjoy the relationship with your former spouse and his or her family. Try to find positive things to say about them.
Dr. Baya Mebarek, Psy.D.,LMFT
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Dr. Baya Mebarek is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of California. She specializes in couple therapy, pre-marital therapy, and in the treatment of children, adolescents, adults, couples and families dealing with depression.


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Reggie Zelnik was among the most admired and beloved members of the Russian history field. His books are classics. His wisdom and concern for colleagues and students are legendary. In 1996, he received the Nancy Lyman Roelker Mentorship Award, presented by the AHA. In the same year, the journalRussian History published a Festschrift in his honor, a tribute from colleagues and former students. On May 17, 2004, while walking on the Berkeley campus, his academic home for 40 years, he was struck by a delivery truck and died at the site. His sudden and senseless death has left a gaping hole in our hearts and in our scholarly community. He was a very special man.
Born in New York City on May 8, 1936, Zelnik received his BA from Princeton University in 1956. After active service in the U.S. Navy from 1957 to 1959 (when he began his study of Russian), he entered the graduate program at Stanford University, receiving his MA in 1961 and PhD in 1966. After teaching for a year at Indiana University, in 1964 he joined the history department at the University of California at Berkeley. At Berkeley, he chaired the Center for Slavic and East European Studies, 1977–80, and the history department, 1994–97. He was active also in the AHA, AAASS, SSRC, and NCEEER. Colleagues everywhere, in Russia as well as at home, valued his professional judgment and gentle sense of humor.
Zelnik leaves not only a legacy of love and affection, but an intellectual legacy as well. Arriving on the Berkeley campus when the Free Speech Movement was first starting up, he was drawn into the local events by the same concern for human rights and civic justice that inspired his work on Russian labor history. Troubled by the war in Vietnam, he helped produce a "citizens' white paper," analyzing available sources on American foreign policy with Franz Schurmann and Peter Dale Scott, The Politics of Escalation in Vietnam (1966). His first academic book,Labor and Society in Tsarist Russia: The Factory Workers of St. Petersburg, 1855–1870 (Stanford, 1971), was researched under the difficult conditions of the early U.S.–Soviet scholarly exchange. It retains the freshness and originality that distinguished it at the time. Tracing the interaction between educated and laboring classes, it reaches beyond the factory into society at large.
Zelnik's second major publication turned from the life of the city to the psychology of its inhabitants. Translating and editing a Soviet-era worker memoir, published as A Radical Worker in Tsarist Russia: The Autobiography of Semen Kanatchikov (Stanford, 1986), Zelnik demonstrated how political loyalties were shaped by personal experience. Displaying the same ability to move from the focused incident or personality to the major interpretive issues, Law and Disorder on the Narova River: The Kreenholm Strike of 1872 (California, 1995) links particular life stories (indeed personal narratives), collective movements, and institutional structures (the operation of the law and the behavior of its defenders). It shows how individuals at the top and bottom of the social hierarchy formed meaningful identities, not always in predictable ways, and made sense of their world. While focusing on the human dimension, Zelnik at the same time always thought in conceptual and systematic terms; at the time of his death, he was working on a comparative study of strikes in France, Germany, and Russia.
In co-editing a collection of essays with Robert Cohen, The Free Speech Movement: Reflections on a Campus Rebellion (California, 2002), Zelnik showed his loyalty to the friends and political commitments of his early career. His own contribution to the volume joins a personal perspective on the events with the scholar's meticulous concern for detail and the ability to approach deeply felt moral issues with intellectual dispassion.
Zelnik's most recent work continues to reflect on questions of moral choice and the evolution of personal identity. His unfinished study of the life of Anna Pankratova, dean of Soviet labor history and guardian of ideological orthodoxy, explores the ambiguities of her life and career.
Despite his standing in the field, Reggie Zelnik was entirely lacking in self-importance. His c.v. on the department web site does not mention the various professional awards that acknowledged his talents and achievements. These included fellowships from the Fulbright and Guggenheim Foundations, the Ford Foundation, the NEH, the ACLS, the Stanford Center for the Advanced Study of the Behavioral Sciences, and the Harriman Institute of Columbia University.
Reggie Zelnik is survived by his wife of 48 years, Elaine Zelnik, a son, daughter, son-in-law, grandson, and brother. The many people who experienced Reggie's warmth and compassion will miss him dearly. Deprived of his wise perspective and remembering his lightness of touch, we honor his spirit. Those wishing to contribute to the Reginald E. Zelnik Memorial Fund, please write to Chris Egan, History Department, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-2550.
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A Hebrew word signifying "refusal, denial, or protest"; used technically by the Rabbis to denote a woman's protest against a marriage contracted for her during her minority; also the annulment of such a marriage.
A marriage contracted for a girl minor by her father was regarded as valid; and it necessitated the formality of a divorce if separation was desired (see Daughter; Majority; Marriage). If, however, the minor was divorced or widowed after she had been given in marriage by her father, and then, while still in her minority, married again, or, in the case of the father's death, was given in marriage by her brothers or by her mother, even when her consent was obtained, such a marriage was not valid until she reached the age of maturity. During her minority she might at any time declare her aversion to her husband and leave him without a geṭ (Yeb. 107a). Nor was any formal declaration on her part necessary. If she in any manner showed her disapproval of the marriage contracted for her, or if she accepted betrothal-money ("ḳiddushin") from another man, she was released from the bonds of the marriage previously contracted in her behalf (Yeb. 108a; Maimonides, "Yad," Gerushin, xi. 3; Shulḥan 'Aruk, Eben ha-'Ezer, 155, 3).
Form of Mi'un.The usual procedure in regard to mi'un was that the minor said, in the presence of two witnesses, "I do not wish to live with my husband . . . ," or used some other phrase denoting the same idea, and thereby became released (Yeb. 108a). Originally it was the custom to make out a so-called "geṭ mi'un," in which the minor declared, "I do not like him; he does not please me; I do not wish to remain with him as his wife." This was subsequently abolished, and the following practise was introduced: The two men before whom such a declaration was made prepared a document, which, however, was not necessary for the minor's remarriage, since she became free as soon as she had made the declaration (Yeb. 107b, 108a). This document, as given by Maimonides ("Yad," l.c. xi. 11, and with a few unimportant variations in "Or Zarua'," i. 687), reads as follows:
"On . . . [day of the week], the . . . day of the month . . ., in the year . . . according to the . . . era, . . . , daughter of . . . , protested before us and said, 'My mother [or my brothers] deceived me and gave me in marriage [or betrothed me] to . . . , son of . . . , and now I declare before you that I do not desire him, and that I will not stay with him.' We have examined this . . . and are satisfied that the girl is yet a minor, and have written and signed and given [this] to her as a document and a clear proof. ...................., witness. ...................., witness."
If the marriage was contracted for the girl before she had reached the age of six, or after that agewithout her consent, the formality of mi'un was not necessary. If the marriage took place with her consent when she was between the ages of six and ten, mi'un was necessary if she showed signs of intelligence and of appreciation of the symbols of marriage. After ten, mi'un was necessary even if the girl manifested no signs of intelligence (Yeb. 107b; Giṭ. 65a; "Yad," l.c. xi. 7; Eben ha-'Ezer, 155, 2). Since mi'un was regarded as an annulment of marriage, and not merely as a separation, like divorce, the girl might afterward marry any of the relatives of her presumptive husband, and he any of her relatives. She might marry a kohen, or might remarry her previous husband, even though she had been married to another after mi'un (Yeb. 108a; "Yad," l.c. xi. 16, 17; Eben ha-'Ezer, 155, 10; see Divorce).
Antiquity of Custom.The institution of mi'un seems to have been of very early origin. The Rabbis speak of it as a wellestablished custom, although some of them look upon it with disfavor. Bet Shammai restricted mi'un to betrothed minors, and prohibited it after marriage had already taken place (Yeb. 107a). Bar Ḳappara includes mi'un among the things which one should avoid (ib. 109a); and one is therefore advised against associating oneself with witnesses for the purposes of mi'un ("Yad," l.c. x. 16). In the Middle Ages some of the rabbis vigorously objected to the marriage of minors, giving as one of their reasons the desire to make mi'un impossible (Tos., Yeb. 109a, s.v. " Wayitraḥeḳ"; "Haggahot Maimuni" to "Yad," l.c. xi. 1; "Or Zarua'," i. 686; Eben ha-'Ezer, 155, 1, Isserles' gloss).
In the fifteenth century R. Menahem of Merseburg wished to abolish the institution of mi'un altogether; and while he did not secure for his decree unanimous adoption, the sentiment against the marriage of young children, which became stronger in later times, and the diffidence with which the Rabbis approached a case of mi'un on account of the conflicting opinions, caused this institution to become almost obsolete (see Judah Minz, Responsa, No. 13, Fürth, 1766; Eben ha-'Ezer, 155, 22, Isserles' gloss; and "Pitḥe Teshubah," ad loc.; see also Majority).
- Löw, Die Lebensalter, pp. 179-184, Szegedin, 1875;
- Duschak, Das Mosaisch-Talmudische Eherecht, pp. 142-143, Vienna, 1864;
- Mielziner, The Jewish Law of Marriage and Divorce, § 36, Cincinnati, 1884;
- Saalschütz, Das Mosaische Recht, p. 807, note, Berlin, 1853;
- Weill, La Femme Juive, part i., ch. iii., iv., Paris, 1874.


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More on the Apple Ubuntu switch
Now that the Mac/Ubuntu switch story has made it around the horn and back again (thanks for the non-link, Slashdot!), I want to clarify slightly what I meant by my assertion that Apple should be worried about "two lifelong Mac fans switching away from Macs to PCs running Ubuntu Linux" and that "nerds are a small demographic, but they can also be the canary in the coal mine with stuff like this".
Mark and Cory's switching is not going to send large numbers of Mac users scurrying for Ubuntu, no matter how well respected they are in a small community. Two is not a trend. But it may cause people to briefly consider that 1) the Apple experience isn't all that it could be, and 2) if you want a potentially similar experience, there's a non-Microsoft option available to you. And once that seed is planted, well, you know where that metaphor is going. (I'm also aware of a few other people who are pondering the same shift independently of Mark and Cory.)
In the late 90s/early 00s, Apple got their act in gear with OS X and their iMacs, Powerbooks, G5s, and iBooks. People who cared deeply about their computing experience (you know, computer nerds) took notice of Apple's rededication to producing great products, switched to Macs, and thereafter the Macintosh gradually became a genuinely credible option for programmers, web builders, graphic designers, journalists, students, and grandmothers. Not cause and effect, but the so-called alpha geeks noticed something happening and reacted before everyone else did. So when you have two people who care deeply about their computer experience and who were dedicated Apple users for non-superficial reasons switch entirely away from Apple for equally non-superficial reasons, it may be wise for Apple and the rest of us to take notice that they did so and, more importantly, why.


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International Standard ISO 4414 - 4.2
Pneumatic Fluid Power-General Rules Relating to Systems
Released by: International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Paragraph 4.2: Hazards
When agreed between purchaser and supplier, an assessment of the hazards listed in Annex B shall be performed. This assessment may include the influence of the pneumatic fluid power system with other parts of the machine, system or environment. Standards listed in Annex B may be used in this assessment. So far as is practical, the hazards identified shall be eliminated by design and, where this is not practicable, the design shall incorporate safeguards against such hazards.
In Other Words
Hazards to a pneumatic fluid power system, including those induced by other parts of the machine, system, or environment, should be eliminated.
Compliance of CEJN Pneumatic Safety Products
CEJN pneumatic safety couplings eSafe fully comply with the above requirements by offering a controlled pressure-release system.
CEJN's Series 208 blowgun with a Star-Tip complies by reducing noise levels down to 85 dB(A) or less, and diverts air when dead-ended, preventing pressures exceeding 30 PSI (2 bar).
CEJN's Series 208 blowgun with a regulator and Series 210 blowgun with adjustable jet nozzle and with start-tip nozzle complies by reducing output pressure to a safe level, 30 PSI (2 bar), when dead-ended.
Annex B
Table B.1
Possible Hazards Associated with the Use of Pneumatic Power in a Machine
List of Hazards Relevant to Clause 4.2
Mechanical Hazards
• Shape
• Relative location
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• Mass and velocity (kinetic energy of elements)
• Inadequacy of the mechanical strength
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