text: This article was written by Alex Morris, Moira Saville and Armen Varvachtian. For the first time, a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia has accepted that investors who buy shares in a listed company, in circumstances where that company has breached its obligation to disclose non-public price sensitive information to the market, could recover damages without proving a direct causal link between the non-disclosure and their decision to invest in the company. Although Justice Perram's comments on this issue were obiter, the decision in Grant-Taylor v Babcock & Brown Limited (In Liquidation) [2015] FCA 149 is significant. Although, in the result, the plaintiffs were unsuccessful for reasons anterior to the consideration of causation, the judgment represents an important step in the ongoing debate concerning the basis for liability in complex securities litigation and class actions. Background The plaintiffs were a group of over 70 people or entities who had purchased shares in Babcock & Brown Limited (BBL) in about a twelve-month period spanning 2008 and 2009. When the plaintiffs first purchased their BBL shares, they were trading at $16.76 per share. Before trading was suspended, the shares were trading at $0.33. These shareholders sued BBL alleging that BBL failed to disclose important information to the market, in breach of its continuous disclosure obligations. Those obligations – arising under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act) and the ASX Listing Rules – required BBL, once it became aware of any information concerning it that a reasonable person would expect to have a material effect on the price or value of its securities, immediately to tell ASX that information. The plaintiffs alleged that BBL should have disclosed the following information to the market: that its final dividends for the financial years 2005, 2006 and 2007 had been unlawfully paid out of capital contrary to section 254T of the Corporations Act as it then stood; that BBL's financial reports for 2005, 2006 and 2007 did not give a true and fair view of its financial position because they failed to show that the final dividends had been paid out of capital in the 2005, 2006 and 2007 financial years; that on 29 November 2008 BBL was insolvent; and that the final dividend for the 2007 year had been paid out of funds borrowed on the back of an asset revaluation. Why did the plaintiffs lose? Although Justice Perram found that the final dividends declared for the years 2005-2007 "each had a significant component… which was not paid out of profits" and that this "was a contravention of s 254T, a breach of article 29.1 of BBL's constitution and also had the effect of being an unauthorised reduction of capital contrary to s 256D of the Act", the plaintiffs were unsuccessful in their attempt to recover damages. This was because his Honour found that the fact that BBL had partially paid the dividends out of capital was "economically irrelevant to the value of the traded BBL shares" on the basis that: "The financial realities of the Babcock and Brown group were concerned with its consolidated position and not the stand alone position of BBL. Insofar as the consolidated position was concerned, there were more than enough profits within the group to meet the dividend and the group did not, on a consolidated basis, undergo any reduction in its capital." This meant that people who commonly invest in securities would not likely be influenced by such information in deciding whether to acquire or dispose of securities in BBL. (Rather, his Honour noted that such information "was likely to be of interest only to those who study accounting standards".) In any event, the fact that the dividends were larger than the retained earnings of BBL was "a fact that was able to be deduced from" material that had been provided to the market. The fact that the payment of dividends would, therefore, amount to an unauthorised reduction of the capital of BBL could also be deduced from publicly available information. Furthermore, even though his Honour went on to find that the 2005-2007 financial reports did not give a true and fair view of the position of BBL by reason of technical issues concerning the accounting standards, "this fact did not need to be disclosed to the market because it had no financial consequence for the value of BBL shares". As to BBL's insolvency, Justice Perram found that BBL was not aware of this at the relevant time: "its directors did not know that it was insolvent on that day and there was no opinion to that effect…of which its directors ought reasonably to have come into possession and of which they should have thereby become aware". Nevertheless, the Court turned its mind to market-based causation Notwithstanding the failure of the plaintiffs' case, as set out above, and the fact that his Honour held that the plaintiffs had suffered no loss in relation to the non-disclosures (as distinct from the global financial crisis and the collapse of BBL), Justice Perram considered (in obiter dicta) "whether plaintiffs could recover when it is alleged they bought shares at an inflated price caused by a listed company's failure to disclose information to the market". His Honour found that they could, indicating that he likely would have agreed with the submissions of the plaintiffs in this regard. The relevant statutory provisions (sections 1317HA and 1325 of the Corporations Act, concerning damage resulting from contraventions or conduct) import a notion of causation. His Honour remarked that, although "reliance is a sufficient condition for establishing causation it is not a necessary one". The basis for this suggestion was the line of authorities concerning misleading or deceptive conduct by trade competitors, the causative chain there being that a plaintiff's competitor publishes misrepresentations to the market, by reason of which the competitor gains a larger share of a finite market, and the plaintiff therefore recovers for loss notwithstanding the fact that it was not the plaintiff who relied on the misrepresentation but, rather, the plaintiff's pool of potential customers. The next step in the Court's reasoning was to consider cases, including Ingot Capital Investments Pty Ltd v Macquarie Equity Capital Markets Ltd [2008] NSWCA 206, in which it was held that a plaintiff may not recover where it knows of the misleading nature of the alleged conduct. Justice Perram, however, considered that those remarks by the Court of Appeal did not preclude a case where "A misleads B and B in consequence misleads C", so that C could recover against A on the basis of A's misleading or deceptive conduct. An example of this was the recent litigation in which councils recovered from a ratings agency who had communicated misleading information to the financial services arm of a council association, after the councils had relied on what the financial services arm had said. The allegation in this case was that BBL misled the market (which was characterised in the judgment as "many B's"), which then caused loss to investors by "bidding up" the price. His Honour considered that this case was analogous to that successfully brought against the rating agency. It is not clear, however, what "representation" the market – which is not an animate being (despite comprising a multitude of sentient persons and autonomous entities) – could be said to have made to the plaintiffs. In summary, his Honour found that in misleading or deceptive conduct cases, although a plaintiff generally must show that they would have acted in a particular way but for the conduct alleged, "it is artificial to speak of reliance in non-disclosure cases". This comment suggests the formulation of an additional category of case (like the trade competitor cases mentioned above) in which proof of reliance is unnecessary. An alternative view may be that this dictum flows from policy considerations that are unique to the statutory obligation of continuous disclosure (namely, the need to ensure that a securities market is properly informed of non-public price sensitive information in a timely way), and which do not necessarily apply to the distinct cause of action founded on the statutory prohibition against misleading or deceptive conduct. The decision was handed down only yesterday: it is yet to be seen whether the plaintiffs file an appeal.


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● By Kendra Kaiserman
Your PAL
November 2016
By Kendra Kaiserman
Photo courtesy of Tehama County PAL
As a kid, you were probably involved in some kind of extracurricular activity, whether it was sports, music or art—and it most likely had an impact on your life. The Tehama County Police Activities League (PAL) aims to do just that.
"We want to give kids a way to find guidance and perspective, and have that authority figure in our deputies and officers, who act as role models for people they can trust," says Kathy Hausman, an administrative secretary at the Tehama County Sheriff's Office and PAL's treasurer. "We want to make sure that every kid in Tehama County has the ability to participate in after-school programs at no charge to them or their parents."
Hausman, a former coach who was inducted into the Junior Giants Hall of Fame in 2010, has been involved with PAL since its inception. "Our first program was in 1995, which was our Junior Giants program held here in Red Bluff," Hausman says. PAL became a nonprofit organization in April of the following year.
The idea of starting a Junior Giants program in Red Bluff came from Chief Jim Ainsworth, who had heard about another Junior Giants program and scoped it out. This move got the PAL program going in Tehama County. "We originally started as Red Bluff PAL, but because we expanded throughout the county, we became Tehama County PAL," says Hausman. "It expanded to Corning, Los Molinos, Cottonwood and Rancho Tehama."
PAL's activities throughout the year include basketball, indoor soccer, street hockey, martial arts, wrestling, boxing, Junior Giants baseball and a new gun safety program. Its mentoring program is based out of the Tehama County Department of Education, which partners with PAL. An archery program is in the works. All of PAL's programs are co-ed and are for kids between the ages of 5 and 18. "One of our other really big programs that has just started is run by Luis Hernandez. It's a wrestling/boxing program in Corning," Hausman says. "And he's done a great job."
Basketball and indoor soccer are held at Red Bluff High School and are mainly for high school-aged kids. Street hockey started in Red Bluff but has expanded to Cottonwood, which is coordinated by Kim and Robert Baldree. Tony Carbonell, a chiropractor who is also on the PAL board of directors, goes to different schools during P.E. and teaches street hockey to students in Red Bluff. After moving locations multiple times, the martial arts program now has a huge facility and is coordinated by John Minton and Terry Shackelford. Lastly, Junior Giants baseball is a national program that serves more than 25,000 participants in 90 leagues annually. Players learn the Junior Giants Four Bases of Character Development: Confidence, Integrity, Leadership and Teamwork. The Junior Giants also have a Read Around the Bases nutrition and anti-bullying programs.
"Our main thing is to do programs—recreational and educational programs for the youth of Tehama County," says Hausman. "PAL martial arts does a lot of anti-bullying stuff, so that's why they're called the first anti-bullying program in Tehama County. We give kids a lot of different opportunities throughout the various programs," such as taking kids to San Francisco Giants games, which have included instances where students got to throw out the ceremonial first pitch or sing the National Anthem.
Hausman encourages adults to become a coach or a mentor, come to a board meeting or serve on the board.
Police officers are primarily involved in PAL by coaching or just stopping by to spend time with the kids.
Hausman says the purpose of PAL is to "bring cops and kids together, along with the community." She says it's more than a crime prevention program, but a program to build "positive relationships between law enforcement and our youth and community."

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Introduction: Electronic Dice
I made this pair of electronic dice many years ago (probably about 15!). It was a present for my then girlfriend - now my wife (she was not put off by extreme geekiness - thankfully)They use a single character LCD dot matrix display, the display is about 75mm x 50mm (3" x 2" for non-European readers) and has 5 by 7 pixels.
To make the two dice separate and different colours I peeled off the polarising film from the front of the display, cut out two squares and reattached using clear sticky back plastic to hold in place. (To make the black die I rotated {or turned upside down - I can't remember} the piece of polarising lens)
It uses a PIC chip to drive the display directly. The PIC chip is powered at 3V by a lithium coin cell (still the original battery from 15 years ago!)
The common pin of the LCD is driven with a 50% duty cycle square wave from one PIC port line and each pixel is driven by another square wave - either in phase to give 0V across the pixel, or 90 degrees out of phase to give the 6V p-p 50% duty cycle square wave needed to drive the LCD.
The 50% duty cycle is important apparently to avoid damaging the display
The tactile switch on the back stands proud of the rest of the circuitry allowing a press on the corner of the display to roll the dice (or turn on and off using a long press)
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You did a very nice and useful project.
I would like to make one too.
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Next I am thingking Hollywood - prehaps a series of films about cloning dinasaurs for a theme park?


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"More/what they want" is basically a middle finger to rappers that only sing & rap about money and forget about the people from the places they claim to come from & people that struggle everyday that need hope and a voice. Throughout the 1st hook saying "more money" mocking all you hear throughout these rappers songs. First verse is a trying to paint a picture where rappers arent only focused on money and bitches & they speak on real life people deal with everyday also asking why its easier to relate more with Bill o Reilly. Second verse is painting a picture where everyone has a voice then ending with the realization that tupac & jay z were saviors similar to the jesus story for bringing hope but people kicking them to the side because people want hear about "more money".
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text: This chapter analyses representations of disability in working-class coalfields literature of the twentieth century. It argues that in this writing the paradigmatic industrial worker (both men in the mines and women in the home) is an impaired worker. Indeed the ubiquity and typicality of disability in the communities represented in the literature arguably requires us to revise what is considered 'normal'. This chapter looks at realist fiction, in which disability and disabled characters are often used to show the way different historical forces – in particular, economic and political forces – interact in modernist writing, with its emphasis on fragmentation and disjuncture. It considers the seam of disability humour and religious iconography which runs through much coalfields writing, including portrayals of the miner as a 'disabled Christ'. In the second half of the chapter we focus on the centrality of disability to representations of community protest, solidarity and mutualism which in some ways anticipate disability theories of interdependency.


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Fee: This will be based on a percentage of collection. The rate is 8%-10% based on your needs. If we provide on-site hardware, or perhaps do your contract negotiations, that will increase the percentage rate.
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Based on your specialty, these workshops include instruction on auditing levels of evaluation & management services, as well as review of all proven billing strategies. A review of EOB denials is included in this service so we may instruct the billers on issues they may be having with the carriers.
Fee: $700.00 per workshop for up to 4 hours
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A review of 100 random charts to evaluate compliance to current government guidelines and also to identify areas of lost revenue due to inappropriate coding.
Fee: $1,000.00 per 100 charts reviewed. Includes formal report and teleconference with providers and/or coders.
Payer Contract Negotiations
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Fee: The fee for this service is $4,000.00 per contract negotiated.
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Designed specifically for your practice, our formal compliance programs include a written manual, formation of a compliance committee, two training classes throughout the year on billing compliance and any update to programs that are mandated by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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In 2016, Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) showed greater dimension in his repertoire with the launch of Atlanta. Before the show's first season reached its midpoint, the network ordered two more seasons of the series. Accolades and ratings are spilling in, and Glover may have far surpassed his musical profile, which includes Top 10 releases. On the show—Glover does not rap, but "Paper Boi" (played by Brian Tyree Henry) does. Off camera, Donald is not the only actor with history in music.
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On Atlanta, LaKeith Stanfield plays "Darius." He has also starred in Dope, Selma, and notably portrayed Snoop Dogg in 2015's Straight Outta Compton. Off camera, the 25 year-old California native fronts the group, Moors. He loves Hip-Hop, and hopes to pursue with the widened spotlight on his acting abilities. Appearing on The Breakfast Club, LaKeith discussed becoming an actor through Google (as he says), staying drug-free, and if Atlanta will release companion music as Empire and other shows have.
At 28:30 however, he closed his T.B.C. appearance by kicking some a cappella raps that show an MC with clever cadence, tangible references, and substance and style in his lyrics. After he raps, Charlamagne Tha God, who has some fun with Stanfield throughout the interview, says he's more impressed with Stanfield's acting. While the dividends may be presumably greater in one field than another, this actor is not just playing MCs—he is one.
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text: Google is coming… for your ads! The discussion about online-ads have been going on from the dawn of the internet, but fuelled by rising of ad-block software. Once again this debate seems to be on the rise, after leaks from Google headquarters, which shows that an ad-block will be added to Chrome (Google's web-browser) and if that's not enough: it will probably be turned on by default! As a design and branding company, we at Black help our costumers grow their business through campaigns; outdoor, social and through ads. Perhaps you do as well. So should we be worried then? Well not necessarily, but you better do an ad check up. The Coalition for Better Ads Let's start from the beginning. Ad-blocks have been on the rise for years and today 26% of American internet users are using ad-blocks to some extend. And I understand them! Ads can be annoying, ruin the experience and be without no relevant content for the user. On the other hand; nothing is for free and people seem to accept ads (in some amount) for the exchange of free services, articles etc. as long that it doesn't interfere with the experience of the service or web page they use. To meet the users demands of free services in exchange for ads, the Coalition for Better Ads launched. The coalition consists of companies and organizations from around the world: from the Danish Advertiser Association (Dansk Annoncørforening), Pakistan Advertisers' Society, to larger companies such as Facebook and Google. Two major players in the advertising business. The coalitions first initiative is The Initial Better Ads Standards, a series of guidelines and standards for desktop and mobile ads. The standards have been created after a research that included 25,000 consumers and their perception of online ads. So what should I do? First of all, you should use common sense and put your self in the users' place. What ads made you smile, laugh, aware or buy? And perhaps even more important talking ad-blocks: what ads annoy you when browsing the internet? Give the ad experience you want! or at least the experience your target group wants. Second, you shouldn't panic. The default ad-block in Chrome will follow The Initial Better Ads Standard and therefore only block ads (or perhaps whole sites), that doesn't follow these standards. The research found six mobile ads and 12 desktop ads that didn't reach the new standards. Tese being: Mobile: pop-up ads, prestitial ads, ads with a density greater than 30%, flashing animated ads, autoplay video ads with sound, poststitial ads with countdown, full-screen scrollover ads, and large sticky ads. Desktop: pop-up ads, autoplay video ads with sound, prestitial ads with countdown and large sticky ads. After reviewing 10,000 sites, Google found 700 which didn't meet the criteria for Better Ads Standards, one of these being Forbes. Click the link and you will discover why. Otherwise, I can recommend you to read The Initial Better Ads Standards. You can already check your own site for 'bad' ads with Googles ad experience tool. After reading up and checking your website, you should simply do as before – at least if you do 'good' digital marketing. Create content that appeals to your target group, be creative and think out of the box, no matter if you are into influencer-marketing, data-driving, SoMe campaigns, SEM, something else or them all combined. I know this is harder, then it sounds and I won't go into details here since you probably already have a digital strategy – otherwise, you know where to find us. Some industries should be extra aware. News sites, blogs and so on, where advertising is the main income, can get a hard hit if they don't start thinking in better ad standards or new business plans, pay walls, ads or something different. It's all just rumors – but be prepared! As written at the start of this blog, the rumors of a standard ad block in Chrome, came from a leak. Therefore is nothing more than rumors, but since Google has chosen not to comment on this, you can be pretty sure they are up to something. In what degree we simply don't know yet. But embrace it! The reason for rising of ad-blocks is the industry use of over-using ads and ruining of good user-experience. The users have responded with blocking all ads and with the new standards, Google will take back the control of ads. Bringing them to the people, as long as the ads meet the new standard. This will probably mean less 'hardcore' ad blocks and save the ecosystem of something-for-something. Author: Kenneth Gad, communications & content manager at Black Agency


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Almost half (43%) of estate agents say the number of customers forced to sell to pay off interest-only mortgage debts has increased over the past two years.
The research by Key Partnerships also shows that mortgage debt issues are particularly affecting older customers trying to downsize, with 75% of 'downsizers' paying off mortgages.
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For those of you not in the know, Batman '66 is a monthly Batman comic based in the campy universe of the 1966 Adam West TV show, with subtle nods to current comic continuity. As a comic, it is hilarious and brilliant... but it gives me a better idea.
60s Spiderman. For those of you not up on your memes, there was an old cartoon in the 60s, 'Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends', where he palled around with Iceman and Firestar. The Internet jumped on this thing a few years back and turned it into a never-ending series of amazing memes, the most famous of which is the old "X is doing Y, and I'm just sitting here masturbating" gag.
Dude. Take that: the character the Internet has made out of stills from the old cartoon, put some comedic writers behind it, and launch that into a monthly comic. Hell, it might be enough for me to even consider buying Spiderman comics again.
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Tomball — Driver Dead After Rear-End Collision on Texas State Highway 249
Posted on Wednesday, September 11th, 2019 at 9:12 pm by Williams Hart
At around noon on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, a driver was killed in a rear-end collision that occurred in Tomball, Texas.
According to initial reports, a small SUV and another vehicle were traveling along the northbound lanes of Texas State Highway 249, near Northpointe Boulevard and Grand Parkway, when all of a sudden, the SUV struck the rear of the other vehicle.
At least one man was killed in this accident. There is no word yet as to how many people were involved in the crash or the extent of their injuries.
The crash still remains under investigation.
It is unfortunate to hear of the death of the unidentified man. Alas, there are countless other victims who suffered the same fate. Car accidents are a problem in this day and age, and yet, they still continue to happen on a regular basis. In statistics provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), car accidents occur almost every minute of every day, and for every 16 minutes, someone dies from a car accident. This can be translated to be about 6 million car accidents every year and about 37,000 people dying from them.
A particular kind of vehicular accident that is fairly common in the United States is a rear-end collision. It has been reported that there are about 1.7 million rear-end collisions in the U.S. every year, and from that number, roughly 1,700 people die while another 500,000 are injured. The National Transportation Safety Bureau (NTSB) also notes that 87% of rear-end collisions happened simply because the driver was not paying attention to the road.
Car accidents, especially rear-end collisions, are quite difficult for the victims and their respective families. Thankfully, there are lawyers that specialize in car accidents/rear-end collisions, so if you are a victim of this kind of accident, or you know someone who is, or you lost a loved one because of this, then please never hesitate to ask for help from these lawyers. They will help you in protecting your rights and in getting you the justice that you deserve.
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What Condo Features Should You Consider When Buying?
(Layout, light, view, balcony, parking/locker, any upgrades necessary, % of tenants vs owners, bldg security, bldg amenities)
Buying a condo suite in a low- or high-rise building has some similarities and some differences to buying a house. You're not concerned directly with some of the physical attributes of the building such as the age of the roof and furnace or is there water leaking though the foundation into the basement.
Typically a buyer is more concerned with the interior of the suite and the building's amenities and security. You do want to know about the physical state of the building from an analysis of the Reserve Fund Study which comes with the Status Certificate but it doesn't usually influence your buying decision when out looking at condo units.
One of the first determinations you need to make is what neighbourhood you'd like to live in, what your price range is and the number of bedrooms and bathrooms you'd like,
Then you and your agent can start doing a search on the MLS system to see what's available on the market. Ideally you'd like to do this search live in a Buyer Consultation with your Realtor so he or she can see what you're liking and, just as importantly, disliking.
A couple of other search criteria you might want to add into the mix would be if you'd like more or less building security, a parking space, a locker, a balcony or a specific view (say south or west).
Some buyers are very concerned about building security. If this is you, you'd want to know that your condo choice has a 24-hour concierge in place. Some buildings only have a buzzer system at their front door and others only have front-desk staff in place in the daytime hours.
Other purchasers might want fewer or more amenities in the building such as a pool, hot tub, roof-top patio, exercise room, movie room and so on.
Of course there's a trade-off to more amenities and 24-hour security and that is a higher monthly maintenance cost. Watch out for the 'fine print' on the listings too. Some buildings show a lower maintenance but each suite has its own electrical meter where the unit owner pays for heat and hydro separate from the maintenance fee. Other condos, especially older buildings, have higher maintenance but have the heat and hydro included.
So far we haven't even gotten into the interior of the suite yet. There's a whole set of things to look at here. These include ceiling height, the size of windows, bedroom location, balcony and an open vs a closed kitchen.
Many newer suite have 9-foot ceilings which give an illusion of more space which is important for smaller suites. For me, the size of the windows is important - I like it when they're floor-to-ceiling - but other buyers don't have a big preference.
Although every condo I've lived in has had a balcony, strangely enough, I've never spent much time out on them. Noise may be a factor to consider - a recent suite overlooked the Gardiner Expressway from 24 floors up and, when the balcony sliding doors were open, it was definitely loud.
Some condo buyers like their bedroom to have a window to the outside for the light. Others like it darker. This preference becomes important when looking at suites where the bedroom is in the interior, usually separated from the living area by sliding barn doors.
Ultimately the best way to work out which condo features are most important to you is to go an see some suites on a Market Experience Tour in order to firm up what your preferences are.
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Healthy Lunches To Tempt Taste Buds
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But taking these steps can be hard, especially with a severe case of the January blues when most of us crave nothing more than hearty food in front of the television. Losing weight begins with calorie consumption, and a significant 30% of a person's daily calories are consumed at work. With this in mind, a healthy change starts with lunch and cutting out those desk-side snacks. Here are a few delicious lunch ideas, low in fat and salt, to ensure a healthier diet.
Asian Chicken Salad
Salads are a great lunch choice and are easily prepared the night before or before leaving for work in the morning. Use a mixture of salad leaves, chopped cucumber, onion, coriander and a deseeded and thinly sliced chili. Boil the chicken breast for 10 minutes, then shred and stir together with 1 tbsp each of fish sauce and lime zest. Place the chicken on top of the bed of leaves and vegetables to create a tasty salad ideal for lunch. If you find it too dry, try to add more lime juice rather than a salad dressing as these can be high in calories.
Chickpea Soup
Soups are a great lunch option, especially during winter. This vegetarian delight is simple to make and only has a total of 5g fat. To prepare, fry gently 1 chopped onion and 2 sticks of chopped celery for 10 minutes. Into the saucepan add 2tbsp cumin, 600ml vegetable stock and a can of chickpeas. Next, add 100g frozen broad beans, 400g chopped plum tomatoes and season with black pepper, a choice of herbs and lemon juice to your taste. Why not make a batch at the weekend and split into different Tupperware boxes for each day?
The Modern Sandwich
Some people just find it too hard to remove themselves from the notion of having a sandwich for lunch. A sandwich can still be a healthy option, as long as wholemeal bread is used and the filling portion is controlled. If you have to include a form of meat, then choose a lean meat such as chicken or even better, tuna or salmon, and leave out the cheese. An even healthier alternative is the green hummus sandwich. Using two slices of multigrain or wholemeal bread, spread one side with hummus and on the other place rocket leaves, sliced cherry tomatoes, and sliced avocado. Season with pepper and enjoy a delicious, healthy sandwich.


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Okay gang, whatcha getting for your mama this Mother's Day?! I confess, sometimes as a mom I'm a total sucker for a really good card instead of a gift. And in that spirit, we have a DIY Mother's Day card idea for you that'll win every time. It's a simple paper cutting project that's made even simpler if you have a cutting machine, and mom is guaranteed to ooh and aah over the fact that you made it with your own ever lovin' hands. We got all of our materials at Michaels, so it was a one-stop shop.
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Make Time: 5 Minutes (with a cutting machine) or 30 Minutes (using scissors)
Step 1: Download our printable/cuttable file right here. If you're using scissors, size the file to your card/envelope size, select the saying you'd like on your card, and print onto your cardstock. Then cut out the letters.
Step 2: If you're using a cutting machine, upload the file into your software, select the saying you'd like on your card, and cut it out of your cardstock.
Step 3: Fold your card in half.
Step 4: Cut a piece of contrasting cardstock (we used white) to the size of half of your card. Apply glue stick to the back of the side of the card with the letters cut out. Stick the white cardstock to the back so that you can see it through the letters from the front.
Step 5: Write a sweet note in your card and pop it in an envelope! We found these pretty watercolor envelopes in the scrapbooking aisle at Michaels.
While I was making these, I decided I liked 'em so much I told Ryan he could just use one for me instead of buying a card. How nice am I?! You're welcome, husband. xoxo


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Before Christmas, we ran a review of the excellent book 'Mud, Sweat and Tears by Moire O' Sullivan. The book traces the author's amazing journey from novice to seasoned mountain runner and outlines her attempt of the infamous Wicklow Round.
The book is a highly inspirational read and is recommended to anyone with even a passing interest in mountain running.
With the IMRA season about to kick off, we caught up with Morie and she kindly answered a few questions:
What was your first experience of Mountain running?
The mountain running habit all began in Dublin. My first ever mountain race was up Corrig Mountain, near Dublin with the Irish Mountain Running Association (IMRA). All I remember was trying to run uphill and nearly dying. And then, just when I thought it couldn't get worse, we tried to run up to the summit in the worst of Irish weather. The wind blew me off my feet. The mist nearly made me get lost on top. The bog and heather tripped me up again and again. I hated it and vowed never to return. Less than 24 hours later, I thought it was best thing I'd ever done, so went back the next week for more.
What advice would you give to anyone starting into Mountain Running?
To get into mountain running, it's best to just turn up to one of the IMRA races. There is nothing like getting thrown into the deep end. Yes, you'll hate it and probably won't understand why anyone would do such a horrible sport. But once you do your 2nd or 3rd race, believe me, you'll get addicted. Make sure you head to the pub after the race as there is nothing like talking to a few mountain runners to get properly inspired. For more details, visit: http://www.imra.ie/events/
What races would you recommend to someone looking to get a feel for the sport?
The Leinster League summer races are what most people start off with (http://www.imra.ie/leagues/view/id/10/year/2011). The League starts in April with races of around 6 kilometres. Races are held every Wednesday until July, with distances peaking at around 12 kilometres. If you can't wait until the summer, rock up to the Winter League that starts in January… just be prepared for a bit of mountain running in the sleet and snow. All of the Leinster League and Winter League races are marked trails. Where it's really at is when the races are across open mountain and require navigation, and that's something I'd really recommend people to eventually get into.
Having done the Wicklow Round, is it something you would every consider doing again, perhaps as part of a team?
I loved doing the Wicklow Round. The reason I actually wrote the book was because I wanted other people to realise what an incredible challenge it is, and to inspire others to give it a crack. So I think it's now the turn of other people to go out and do it, rather than me try to go round all over again.
We recently ran a Poll to find our reader's favourite Irish Mountain. Which was your favourite Irish mountain to run?
Favourite Irish mountain to run – that's a difficult one. I think I'd have to say Djouce. I have great memories of a great route up, starting at Djouce carpark 2, through the forest and heading up the Wicklow Way until the boardwalk, and then to the top of Djouce. There is a great steep rocky descent off followed by the grassy return to the forest. I've also got some good memories of skirting around Djouce on the Wicklow Ultra race.
I understand that your work is taking you to many countries. Are you managing to keep up the running and have you any running challenges in mind for the future?
I always pack my running shoes when I go travelling. I was in New York at the end of September and had some great runs in Central Park. Recently I was in Seoul, South Korea and I got a quick river run in. In Cambodia, I still manage to run… though only if I manage to get up at 5.30am. After that, I find it far too hot to even jog. The only place I've not managed to run was Afghanistan back in March, and that's because it would be practically impossible to run in a burkha. Such a shame, as its definitely got the best mountains in the world.
New York: http://moireosullivan.com/2011/10/03/cruising-around-central-park-new-york/
Seoul: http://moireosullivan.com/2011/10/18/successfully-finding-somewhere-to-run-in-urban-sprawl-seoul/
Kabul: http://moireosullivan.com/2011/04/04/no-mountain-running-in-afghanistan/
I have no running challenges at the moment but I am hoping to travel around the Rocky Mountains the next time I'm free.
Having raced in so many different countries, what are the strangest things you've seen?
Kathmandu marathon was definitely one of the strangest races. Despite the city's crazy traffic and large race numbers, the organizers do not close the roads. This meant I ran into one of Kathmandu's infamous stand-still traffic jams. I was slaloming around cars, motorbikes, and tractors, eventually ending up on the uneven pavement on the side. Even the pavement wasn't easy running with pedestrians walking between shops, cyclists parking their bikes there, and cows and dogs lying sprawled across my path. And once I had passed the grid-lock traffic, I ran straight into a protest march of over a thousand people. Eventually I managed to pass them, but only to find that, in my efforts to circumnavigate the crowd, I was over a kilometre off the course and running in totally the wrong direction.
What Kathmandu lacked in organization, Hanoi made up for hundred fold. There I entered the 1 mile Hanoi Peace Run around the city's Hoan Kiem lake. All the roads were blocked off in preparation for the race. There were boxy police cars from the days of Starsky and Hutch with flashing red lights and wailing sirens patrolling the block. The local ambassadors had turned up en masse, even the one from Ireland.
They were all kitted out in sporting uniform that they had all been given to wear on the day: baseball caps, 1970s polyester Adidas tracksuits and white gym plimsols. There were speeches, Olympic style marches, and children dancing salsa. We wanted to race with the Vietnamese, but we weren't allowed. Instead we had to race in the 'Alien' category with all the other foreigners. I managed to cross the line first and got interviewed for Vietnamese TV. I even got 22 US dollars for the win
Running in developing countries is a different experience then, how does that fit with your career as a charity worker?
I think the most profound thing I've learnt from running in developing countries is how fortunate I am to be able to run. Most don't have the strength because they don't have enough food to eat. Most don't have enough time or energy as they have to work all day in the fields, fetch water, look after numerous kids. Running is a luxury that so few of us can do. So when you're complaining about going for your next run, remember those who don't even have the choice.
Lastly, where can people get hold of the excellent 'Mud, Sweat and Tears'
Paperbacks can be bought from Basecamp, Great Outdoors, Amazon.co.uk, and from my blog directly. The book can also be bought for Kindles from Amazon.com and for other e-readers from Smashwords. All details can be found here: http://moireosullivan.com/buy-the-book-mud-sweat-and-tears/


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Since 2004, the Workshop on Pyrotechnic Combustion Mechanisms has occasionally occurred as a separate event in conjunction with IPS Seminars. This one day workshop has featured extended presentations by invited specialists. The most up-to-date information about these workshops, including registration information, may be found on the Lutradyn website.
The 15th Workshop on Pyrotechnic Combustion Mechanisms will occur on July 25, 2020, just before the 45th International Pyrotechnics Society Seminar at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. Please see the Lutradyn website for all of the latest information about this workshop.
The 12th workshop was the most recent one that occurred in conjunction with an IPS Seminar. It was held on 9 July 2016, before the 42nd IPS Seminar. The topic was "The Science and Technology of Next Generation Pyrotechnics." The invited speakers and presentations of that workshop were:
Jason Brusnahan, DST Group, Edinburgh, AUSTRALIA
Magnesium Boride, MgB2, a Fuel for Green Flares
Walter Focke, University of Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA
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Sebastian Knapp, Fraunhofer ICT, GERMANY
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Thomas Winfield Myers, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Explosive Chromophores for Laser Initiation
Steven Son, Purdue University, USA
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Denis Spitzer, Institut Franco-Allemand Saint Louis, FRANCE
Hybrid Nanothermites: Energetic Materials for Cutting-Edge Applications


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Nigel Evans, MP for the Ribble Valley, has called for a ban on sky lanterns after the fires which have engulfed Winter Hill. The hill borders the boroughs of Chorley, Blackburn with Darwen and Bolton, close to the Ribble Valley constituency.
Around 100 firefighters from across the country have joined the effort to subdue the blaze, which was a suspected act of arson for which a 22-year-old man has been arrested. The fire comes after fire crews and the Army, combat a week-long blaze at Saddleworth Moor, a mere 30 miles away.
Today the Speaker granted an urgent question regarding the ongoing fires at Saddleworth and Tameside Moor in the House of Commons, meaning a Home Office Minister must take questions from MPs at short notice.
Speaking in the chamber, Mr Evans said:
"Can I pay tribute to firefighters from Ribble Valley and Chorley, and also Darwen and Rossendale and Pendle. We pay tribute to their courage and dedication particularly in the heat that they are having to endure."
Continuing, Mr Evans asked:
"At this time there are a lot of summer festivals on and people use these lanterns with candles that then go up. Clearly these are a fire hazard themselves and would he [Minster Nick Hurd] consider banning those activities. Secondly, will he make absolutely and explicitly clear that people flying drones over that area could well be jeopardising the operation of those fighting the fires."
Nick Hurd, the Minister responsible for the Fire Service responded:
"I join my Honourable friend in saluting the work in firefighters from across the country who have stepped up to join in this task.
"In relation to drones, there is no clearer message than that issued by Lancashire fire service, don't. If you're looking to go to the fire to take photographs, don't. Just get out of the way and let the fire service do their job."
Mr Hurd's response comes after Lancashire and Manchester Fire Services have been forced to issue advice to amateur drone users in the area. Helicopters are being used in the area to dump gallons of water onto the fires, there are fears that pilots could be at risk from unofficial devices coming into their air space. Further worries exist about the capacity of amateur drones interfering with the operation of official fire service drones, which have been supplementing traditional methods.
Speaking from his Westminster office, Nigel Evans said:
"It is imperative that locals around Manchester and Chorley take heed to the firefighter's advice. They have got enough on their plate already without unnecessary disruption.
"I hope the Home Office listen to my recommendation of banning or seriously restricting the sale of fire lanterns this summer. Whilst I appreciate the symbolic nature and aesthetic beauty of lanterns, in this extreme heat they act like tinder boxes, putting livestock, firefighters and the public at risk."
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Discontent – I Don't Buy Records In Your Shop Now I Tape Them All (A Mixtape By Telafonica)
Telafonica are a Sydney band that operate more like an evolving, fluid collective rather that a rigid formation of players. Their original line-up has filtered into the diaspora, with core Australian members morphing into a four-piece that explore a long terrain, bordered by melodic pop on one side and experimental electronica on the other. Although the palate is broad, the influences are not always evident – hence, when Adrian from Telafonica suggested dropping a mixtape of tracks that acted as touch-points for the creation of their most recent album "Love On the Second Stair", it was impossible to resist.
Discontent – We Are Experiencing Turbulence (A Mixtape by Filastine)
When presenting Fat Planet many moons ago, I was always keenly attuned to sounds that fused my two (then) primary concerns – broad internationalism and rugged experimental beats. Proponents of such a fusion were (and to a large extent still are) few and far between, but Mutamassik, dj/Rupture and Filastine stood out, stood proud and stood very loud. Often abrasive, and never compromising, they nonetheless married the promotion of global sounds throughout Western lands with an unfailing respect, collaborative diligence and due payback for the local artists involved. To herald the release of his 'Extra Dirty Bomb' EP (reworks and live tracks that "shits on geography & genre", with mixes from Jahcoozi, Cardopusher, Phowa, Deep Throat X, Maga Bo and Electromeca), I'm delighted to post Grey Filastine's new mixtape of insurrectionary bass music, and as an accompaniment, asked him for a few words on its genesis.
Discontent – In Teen Dreams (Mixtape)
Do you remember those teenage dreams? For some it may be a recent memory, for others, it's somewhat more distant. To the latter, teen dreams exist simply as faint, fading memories – idylls, fantasises, hopes and nightmares, never to be lived or experienced, destined only to be ravaged and degraded by time. The nostalgia for lost teenage dreams is balanced by the fact that the actual shape and substance of those dreams can no longer be recalled – it's simply a sense-memory, an instinctual belief that something has been lost, but with no recollection of what the 'something' actually is. This mixtape somewhat boldy tries to capture that sense memory – a hankering for a past, refracted through the eyes of the future.
Discontent – Americas Volume One (A Mixtape by Moses Iten)
Around three years ago (April 2007), Fat Planet featured its first look at the early shoots of a new crop of what became known, to some, as 'digital cumbia', or 'nuevo cumbia' with a post on Andres Schteingart, aka El Remolon. Unbeknown to anyone reading it, least of all me, Schteingart would come to form part of the core nucleus of producers that took hold of a revitalised Central and South American sound, and took it all over the world. You can now discover vast quantities of similar material via collectives such as Argentina's prolific ZZK crew, or releases on labels such as Bersa Discos or Dutty Artz. An incidental result of this sprawling genre development has been the way in which cumbia has been celebrated and adopted outside of the Americas – and here in Australia, one of the pivtoal players in the ongoing internationalisation of the sound is Moses Iten (a.k.a. saca la mois DJ!!).
Disorientation Session (Disorient's Mixtape For FBi)
In June 2009, I gave away a free mixtape to new subscribers of FBi Radio during my 'Disorient' show. The mixtape, titled 'Disorientation Session', features a few tracks that you can find on the first two Discontent mixtapes (Mixtape One and Two), with additions from various artists that appeared regularly on the show's playlists, or as earlier single posts on the Discontent blog. As an aggregator of the sounds found on the (somewhat short-lived) Disorient radio show, this will more than likely remain the only existing audio document.
Discontent – China (A Mixtape by Shaun from Tenzenmen)
One of my most long-serving curatorial projects was 'Fat Planet' – a radio show and blog that ran from 2003 to 2008. The mission was simple – uncover new, alternative music from around the globe. Ignore the 'western paradigm' and
Discontent – Paper Money (A Mixtape by Raphael Dixon)
Raphael Dixon is a broadcaster on Sydney's FBi Radio. His show follows mine, which means that I always get the chance to listen to his selections when I'm hanging around the studio or I'm on the drive home. When I
BACK CATALOGUE. Three Heads Meet Messmer And Koo Koo
Mitch Jones & Michael Tee stand as two of the key figures in the history of alternative music in Sydney. Together they founded M-SQUARED Records – home to a cluster of now seminal local post-punk artists such as SYSTEMATICS, THE
Discontent – We Sleep In This Cave (A Mixtape by Pink Priest)
Discontent is regenerating – and the key shift is a significant one. Discontent will no longer be a home solely for my own curations, I'm opening it up to other minds, other voices, other sounds. I'm opening the door ajar
Discontent – All That Glitters Is Gold (Mixtape)
Looking back at the collection of mixtapes that adorn the elongated top shelf of my CD stack, it's fascinating to watch genres, trends and styles come and ago. As much as the mixtapes pin down flashpoints in time and space,
Discontent | Burnt By The Sun (Mixtape)
For a brief moment at the back half of last year, it felt as if dubstep was everywhere – that more common forms of what we might simply term 'electronic music' had been effectively backed into a corner by a
Discontent – Hypnogogic Pop (Mixtape)
This mixtape is inspired by David Keenan's 'Hypnogogic Pop' article in August 2009 issue of The Wire. Keenan asserts that the phrase refers to "pop music refracted through the memory of a memory", drawing its power from "1980s pop culture
Discontent – Music For Merce
Earlier this week, I read that Merce Cunningham had passed away. Whilst regularly lauded as one of the finest choreographers and dancers not only in America, but also worldwide, Merce's contribution to music is no less profound. His avant garde
Discontent Phase Two | 'Free Music' Mixtapes
For over 20 years, I've been making mixtapes. Originally on cassette, briefly flirting with MiniDisc before landing now on the ubiquitous CD-R, there are just under 200 of my own mixtapes clogging up shelf space in the house. The first,
Introducing New Weird Australia
For a while, I've been looking for an outlet to best explore, promote and galvanise the weird / experimental music scene in my current home of Australia. This country has a long and vital history of experimental music, however until
Discontent – Mixtape Two
The Discontent Mixtape series is an irregular series of compilations, designed to give blog readers an extreme intro into the Discontent world – a collection of tracks that have appeared on the blog in recent times. For this, the second
Databass Eclectic Audio (Mixtape)
Music played a large hand in the genesis of Thee Data Base, a zine that I co-edited with Alan Benzie back in the 1990s. And whilst music was well represented in the content of the zine itself, it was actually the
Discontent – Mixtape One
This mixtape features a selection of tracks posted on my Discontent music blog since its launch in November last year. All the tracks have been published freely online by artists or labels, so feel free to post the link or
Fat Planet – Year Two Mixtape
To celebrate the second anniversary of the Fat Planet radio show on FBi 94.5FM, this mixtape – published in December 2005 – ripped together a number of downloads that featured on fatplanet.com.au during the preceding twelve months. From baile funk
Fat Planet – Year One Mixtape
To celebrate the first anniversary of the Fat Planet radio show on FBi 94.5FM, I've pulled together some of my favourite free downloads from the last year and compiled them into this mixtape. Underneath the track listing, there's a quote


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Weekly Update
Spreading Opportunity
Aug 26 2018
Dillon Inland Port Day
We partnered with the South Carolina Ports Authority to give over 80 educators, religious leaders, and business leaders a tour of the Dillon Inland Port. We wanted to show these influential leaders that what they've heard about the port isn't just talk- the port is effecting real change in our community! It has already generated 1,000 jobs, and this is just the beginning of the opportunities the port will create in our region. Now, our goal is to connect people on the sidelines of the economy with these new opportunities and give them hope for a brighter future. We brought everyone together to discuss how we can maximize the benefits of the port so that we can uplift our entire community. This is truly a generation changing opportunity, and it is up to us to take it!
Rebuilding Together
|This week, I visited three houses that are currently under construction after being damaged in Hurricane Matthew and I received updates from the South Carolina Disaster Recovery Office about the rebuilding process. In addition to the homes I visit while I'm in the district, members of my staff regularly visit houses under construction to ensure residents are able to get back into their homes as quickly as possible. The recovery process is long, but we will be there every step of the way!
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Canfor Southern Pine Tour
I had the opportunity to tour Canfor Southern Pine in Conway to learn more about their operation and efforts to adopt new technologies and expand their business. Canfor employs hundreds of people at their three plants in the Seventh District and they are constantly investing in modern equipment and advanced technologies to keep their operations as efficient and productive as possible. Our pro-growth policies are ensuring Canfor can continue to make these important investments at their facilities in the Seventh District and across the entire state.
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Cold rushed in around my bare legs when I swung open the back door to let the dogs out at 4 AM. The moon wasn't just a flat, curved silver horn, you could make out the dark craters on the shadow side, and picture the sun's position just below the horizon making it shine. And the stars seemed to be almost raining down, giving depth to the sky.
Back inside in the warm comfort of bed I went back to worrying about computers. It seems we are giving over control of our lives more and more to computers, and I'm wondering what we're giving up. On days when I've spent too much time among machines, staring at screens, reality has a certain flatness. I don't notice that the moon is round, and frankly, I even don't care if I've forgotten.
As each generation goes by, that connection to the natural world becomes less and less, to the point now that we don't even know why that matters. And it's important to ask why. A computer won't know to ask that, to ask what is missing from our lives. All cultures have stories about the origin of creation. Religious or mythological cosmology, it turns out, is fundamentally different in different cultures. In the Jewish spiritual tradition, interpretations of texts commonly share the idea in the beginning there was nothing, the void, and then there was something – or maybe not.
I was challenged by one student of the Torah on the accuracy of saying even that – guess we can't agree on anything – and I thought I'd had it hard writing in other cultures. It does depend on what you mean by beginning, void, and nothing, and, depending on which rabbi you ask, for different occasions they may give different answers.
Rabbi Howard Kosovske, now back in Salem, Massachusetts after spending a year in residence in Albuquerque with Congregation Albert, was asked to weigh in on if it is correct to say 'In the beginning was nothing, the void, and then something.' This is his response:
"About your question, you were right. In the first creation story (There is a second one in Genesis 2, but it's older than the one that we read in Genesis 1), God speaks and the world comes into being. B'reishit, the text starts, at the beginning God creates the heavens and the earth. And yes, the earth, at the point it was created, was tohu vavohu (oftimes translated waste and void, but who knows what that seemingly onomatopoetic expression really means?), but before creation…nothing!"
Rabbi Kosovske went on: "Two other things: the Midrash asks, 'Why was the world created with the letter beit (first letter of the Torah)?' To teach you that just as the letter beit is closed at the top and the back and the bottom, so are we proscribed against trying to ponder what is above or below or behind. Rather we start with creation and move forward."
And finally, he added this additional caveat: "Second, while we are on the subject, there is a strong Jewish tradition against ever saying the words, abra k'dabra, when performing magic tricks. The reason is that the expression, abra k'dabra, is a corruption of the Aramaic, avra ki'd'vara, meaning, I will create as He (i. e., God) created, that is, creating something out of nothing."
Native Americans, generally speaking, have both beginning and emergence. Joining the discussion with Rabbi Kosovske, Navajo elder Frank Morgan was asked what Navajo creation stories say, and his response was, "The elders say, 'Hodeeyáá dáá' . . . ,' which means something like 'From the time things came into existence . . . ,' so the understanding was that there were things there to initiate the beginning." Morgan added, after reading Kosovske's response, "I'm glad Rabbi Kosovske agrees." Discussions of the Sephirot in the study of Kabbalah also have much richness to offer on the subject.
Hindus don't even posit a beginning, or an end. They think in terms of cycles of creation and parallel universes. And, broadly speaking, Buddhists have flux and multiple universes.
Still, in all traditions, the point is, there is potential for something. A sense of hopefulness permeates life. Being able to ask the question, 'What's next, what's missing from this picture?' seems to be an essential, fundamental, creative act. And, it is something that computers, aside from pattern-recognition software we might supply them with, won't be asking.
Would a computer even pose questions, unprompted? Isn't that the real intelligent act – to ask good questions – and not necessarily ones where we know already what it is we're trying to prove? And if you don't ask the right questions, you won't get the answers you need either.
A computer cannot be nostalgic for the smell of cookies baking, or a turkey in the oven, or leaves decaying into loam in the soil. And if the principal memories of childhood you have are being indoors playing computer games, there is going to be something fundamental missing. Those of us who spent their first five years without television have a deeper reality to draw on later in life for strength – perhaps not as wide a context, but a stronger one. A person with access to the Internet may know and be concerned that China is busy right now buying up water rights in other countries, but they may not care about the catastrophic drought going on here and threats to their own water.
Captain Kirk always ribbed Mr. Spock on Star Trek for being too logical. Spock would counter by saying something like, 'What is the purpose of something illogical?' Coyote, who introduced disorder into creation, upset the perfect calendar laid out by the Holy People and threw the stars into the sky haphazardly. Asymmetry is necessary to existence. Atoms would not even have come into being without an imbalance of particles at the sub-atomic level, as theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss explains in his book Atom. Things that are too perfect are lifeless.
Predictable fractal geometric patterns have been found even in the untamed branching of stream flows and the chaotic distribution of galaxies, which on the one hand is amazing. But, Coyote will be relieved to hear, the patterns peter out at the distance of super-galaxies.
But our profit-driven culture wants to sell us on a deathless, perfectly ordered existence, to fit us into a mold that desires only to be filled by a mass-produced plastic toy made in China, instead of something hand-made. If I am missing faith, I can at least sense its absence and hope to find faith. If I sense that some magical quality is missing from my life, I can at least hope to feel it again. This season every commercial is in some way about having a smart phone so you can get hooked up and sucked into buying other stuff with it.
The first time I saw the dark of the moon it was like waking up from a dream. Now I need to wake up from the computer simulations of life.
*please scroll to bottom of page to add your comments. This commentary was published by the New Mexico Jewish Link Jan. 2013, Vol. 43, No. 1, page 15, and is reprinted here courtesy JFNM. A shorter version of this column was first published by the Gallup Independent Dec. 8, 2012, as "What is the purpose of something illogical."