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Eight Great Thought To Improve Your English In Middle School
If you plan to continue with your education and have a successful career in future, your English skills will be crucial in order to realize these dreams. This conclusion is drawn from research findings from many education professionals suggesting that language proficiency has a direct relationship with performance. This essentially implies that students who have better command of the language are more likely to excel in future educational/vocational efforts.
Some ideas to improve language proficiency
- Improve your spelling skills. One of the most important tasks you can focus on to improve your ability to write good essays during examinations is to improve spelling. There are many ways to do this. One of the most common is to place a new word on white board or mirror daily. Looking at it often will help you improve your spelling.
- Another useful tip especially for those who blog or often write stuff on social media is to avoid using spelling checking software. Instead, it will serve you better in the long run to sound out words while typing.
- It will also help you a lot to read often. The brain is like a machine and the more often you keep it active with essays, articles and passages, the better it becomes at learning new things; just like sponge. So, keep a good book close by make time to read daily.
- It is worth mentioning that reading is fun, but you should also keep in mind that the content you select really matters. As far as that goes celebrity/gossip/fashion magazines, often have less to offer and you stand to gain more reading business, technology or hobby related books or magazines.
- Most are the times we have books to read that can help us a great deal but we just do not make time. Force the habit of spending say 30 minutes daily reading. With time, this is bound to increase as the habit becomes more natural.
- In addition to the above methods, students with a need to improve English skills can make a habit of writing an essay i.e. once or twice a week. Of course, the essay should only come after completion of homework and any school assignments.
- Regardless of the level you are, it helps a lot to practice speaking good English. It is for this reason that you want to join clubs such as debating clubs and other groups in school that will keep you interacting as much as possible. This is also very useful in your studies as it helps you to gain skills that can be used to construct interesting and creative essays.


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In Call of the Wild: A Druid Handbook the entry for the Level 1 Daily Implement power Summon Giant Toad (PrP) says:
Furthermore, by showing a preference for low level summons over high level summons, you sacrifice a low level non-summon Daily (which do tend to become outstripped by higher level Dailies; just look at Earth Roots vs. Entangle vs. Entangling Thorns.
I don't really understand what this means.
Is the implication here that if you want a single good non summon daily then you reserve you highest level daily for a non summon power? For instance if I'm just about to reach Level 15 and lose my level 1 Summon Giant Toad power, is this suggesting that I consider taking say level 9 Entangle and replacing my level 5 Vine Serpents with my newly lost level 1 Summon Giant Toad power?

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Meet the Nintendo 2DS, the 3DS's kid-friendly little brother. It plays 3DS games, but it looks and feels totally different.
Check out our video guide for a closer look at the latest member of the DS family, which is surprisingly comfortable, although I do wish it kept the clam-shell design. You can also see how it compares to the 3DS and 3DS XL, and, starting at around 7:00, you can see whether or not it fits in our pockets:
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By Tony Rutherford
What romantic movies will be popped into DVD players for the Valentine's Day holiday? Instead of giving my own Top Ten favorites, a selection of regional artists, reporters, media types and officeholders, chimed in on their best choice for celebrating Cupid's arrows that strike on February 14.
KATHY BROWN - former WSAZ TV anchor/investigative reporter / Charleston attorney:
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WV photographer Glen Berry chose 'Groundhog Day.' What's your pick for most romantic movie?
"Slumdog Millionaire " (2008), a great love story about endurance and never giving up. Plus, it's a fun movie and I love trivia questions!"
KENNIE BASS - reporter/critic WCHS/WVAH-TVL:
"Dirty Dancing" (1987), Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze are fantastic in this film. They are perfect for each other. And, it boasts a soundtrack with classic songs that are perfect for a romantic night alone with someone you care about. A classic that should be required viewing to show how true love overcomes all obstacles.
TIFFANY JOHNSON BAYLEY - former Miss WV Venus and former Huntington resident, now owner Avalon Park Jewelry, Orlando, Florida:
"The Thomas Crown Affair " (1999), the most romantic, seductive movie ever.
GLEN BERRY - Photographer:
"Groundhog Day" (1993), lighthearted and funny, touching at times, and suggests that given enough persistence, nice guys and underdogs can indeed find happiness.
SCOTT CASERTA - Huntington City Council:
"Barefoot in the Park" (1967), A funny, funny love story !
ERIN O'NEILL - Editor, Graffiti:
"Titanic" (1997), yes, the song is annoying. Yes, James Cameron took some liberties with history. And dying a long agonizing death in ice water isn't exactly romantic. But Kate and Leo have such amazing chemistry.
DANI MCCALL ENGLANDER - independent film actress/ producer:
One of my all-time favorite romantic flicks is "Love Actually" (2003). I realize it's more of a Christmas flick due to the film being set around that holiday, but it's just such a gorgeous combination of stories/romantic situations that make you laugh and tug at the heart strings. Enjoy it every single time I see it no matter how many times that may be so far - and it's quite a few.
BETH HENDRICKS - Reporter Herald Dispatch:
I'm going with "Gone With the Wind" (1939). Sassy Scarlett is a fighter and survivor, but also a hopeless romantic. As a Southern girl myself, I can relate to her character. The idea of finding your soul mate and everything you've ever wanted right in front of you is the ultimate type of love story we all hope for. Rhett Butler delivers one of my all-time favorite movie lines when he says, "You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how."
EVAN BEVINS - Graffiti contributor, writer Support Group webcomic:
While the presence of Sean Connery, Gillian Anderson, Jon Stewart, Dennis Quaid, Ryan Phillippe, Angelina Jolie and Nastassja Kinski brought 1998's "Playing by Heart" to my attention, it was the quality of the film that made it one of my all-time favorites. These interlocking tales demonstrate a concept Hollywood rarely seems to grasp - that love is about so much more than sex.
TIM IRR - WSAZ TV news anchor:
Personally, mine is the 2003 British romantic Christmas comedy, "Love Actually". Great cast, great interwoven story - and Liam Neeson doesn't kill a soul.
SELINA KYLE - Huntington pinup/glamour model:
Since I was young, "Sleeping Beauty" (1950), has always been my favorite fairy tale, Disney production and romantic movie. I've even done a photo shoot where I was Sleeping Beauty."
KIM WORDSWORTH - professional actress/former Huntington "Rocky Horror Picture Show" cast member:
"Moulin Rouge" (2001) remains a favorite film, because it shows that love, above all else, makes us truly alive.
MARY POINDEXTER WILLIAMS - Huntington's first lady and award-winning actress:
(Mayor) Steve (Williams) and I were talking about this when we left "Les Miserables." Some of our finalists, "As Good As It Gets" (1997), "An Affair to Remember" (1957), "Magnificent Obsession" (1954) and "You've Got Mail" (1998).
George R. Snider III - Murder and Merriment director and actor, gave his Top Five Valentine's Day flicks:
5. "Amelie" (2001), A truly captivating film about a girl (Audrey Tautou) searching for her true love along a magical journey.
4. "The Notebook" (2004), Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling pair together in a movie where a poor young man falls in love with a rich young girl and they are separated by social differences.
3. "Now, Voyager" (1942), Bette Davis and Paul Henreid find impossible romance in the story of a spinster aunt who comes out of her shell on a cruise and falls hopelessly in love with a fellow passenger.
2. "Casablanca" (1942), A magnificent film on all levels: great story, great setting, plenty of conflict, and a most heart rendering romance between Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. It's a perfect movie.
1. "When Harry Met Sally" (1989), A twist of fate and a shared ride propels Billy Crystal to discover that his friendship with Meg Ryan over many years is a blossoming love that he can't live without. It's the perfect date movie of all time.
As far as my choices, "Sleepless in Seattle" (1993) starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, itself an adaptation of "An Affair to Remember" (1957) featuring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr and "Love Affair" (1939) featuring Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer. "Affair" ranks #5 on the American Film Institute's greatest love stories. The simple premise: A couple fall in love on a cruise and agree to meet New Year's Eve on top of the Empire State Building.
Hanks and Ryan re-teamed in 1998 with director Nora Ephron for the first Internet-themed romance appropriately titled "You've Got Mail." It's also a remake of Ernst Lubitsch's "The Shop Around the Corner" (1940) that starred James Stewart and Margaret Sullivan. It was revived on Broadway in 1994-1995 under the title, "She Loves Me."
Back a few lengths racing down home stretch, the Academy Award-nominated "Silver Linings Playbook," where a man and woman working through the hurts of past relationships find friendship, encouragement, and love in each other.


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According to the Associated Press:
OKLAHOMA CITY — Some Oklahoma County voters can expect to receive comic books in the mail soon, but the subject matter will have a serious tone.
The 16-page publication prepared by Commissioner Brent Rinehart's re-election campaign lampoons gays and criticizes Rinehart's political opponents.
It also features an angel who supports the embattled commissioner and Satan, who supports his critics."It's more or less a story of my experiences of the last four years of being the county commissioner of District 2," Rinehart told The Oklahoman, which obtained the comic on Wednesday.Toga-wearing gays, political figures, trench coat-clad henchmen, concerned residents and Rinehart make up the rest of the comic's characters.
In one sequence, Satan says: "If I can get the kids to believe homosexuality is normal!"
The angel replies: "Hey Satan, not with Brent around you won't!"
Someone has posted the entire comic book here. Do yourself a favor, hit the link. Please. You'll walk around happy and laughing for the rest of the day. I plan on getting to work bright and early this morning, so I can print a limited edition of this thing to mail anonymously to unsuspecting friends and family. I really can't tell you how much I love being alive in a time and place that produces stuff like this. Can you imagine being a resident of The Great State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, District #2, and finding a hybrid like this in your mailbox from your freakin' county roads commissioner?
The president of the company where I work, known on this site as Marvel Variants, is a comic book collector.
Mr. Variants, if these things show up on Ebay, guess what you're getting for Christmas this year? You'll be one of the few collectors to own a Volume #1, Issue #1 from the Stan Lee of the Oklahoma County, District #2 Roads Department. (Oklahoma readers - please email me if you can get your hands on an autographed copy, good condition, in a plastic sleeve. Mailing label and postmark are ok, since they help guarantee authenticity. I'll pay more than market value.)
A few things worthy of comment:
-The AP article says that it took Rinehart two months to write this epic.
- Notice that the phrase "Liberal Good Ol' Boys" is used several times. I didn't know they existed. I know lots of liberals, and lots of Good Ol' Boys, but they aren't the same people.
- Rinehart is involved in some kind of campaign finance lawsuit. His job is to keep the roads in good repair, and to build new ones. Therefore, the comic book is about gays, Satan, liberals, the cross at the county fairgrounds, and pedifiles (sic).
- I'll admit to throwing up some goofy spelling, grammar, and sentence structure on this site. I usually post things in a hurry. However, I'm not trying to defend myself in a lawsuit. I'm not printing my drivel and mailing it to every voter in my home county. Couldn't Rinehart find a talented seventh-grader to spellcheck that thing?
- If you don't get a kick out of the drawings of toga-clad, pan-flute playing, limp-wristed gay protesters, then there's obviously no room for joy and happiness in your life. I've known several gays and lesbians from Oklahoma, and none of them dressed like refugees from a pastoral poem.
Here's more from the AP article: "I do not know who the good ol' boys at the courthouse are," said County Assessor Leonard Sullivan, a Republican who has had public disagreements with Rinehart."I've really encouraged him on more than one occasion to get professional help. He really needs it," said Sullivan, who is not depicted in the comic.
If Brent Rinehart were to receive professional help, he'd be like Faulkner without alcohol or Hunter S. Thompson without drugs. Would Van Gogh have done any interesting paintings if he had gotten professional help? I hope Rinehart declines any treatment so the world can have more of his work. God made plenty of talented writers, gifted artists, and people who can spell.
But he only made one Brent Rinehart.
Here's the Re-Elect Rinehart website. HT to the incomparable Radley Balko of Reason magazine for bringing this to a wider audience.
Update from July 24th. I've gotten about a jillion hits from this thing, so maybe someone can help me.... This would be the ideal collectors item. Is there anyone at the courthouse who could get one autographed by Drew Edmondson, Jim Roth, Sheriff Whetsel (with the pencil-thin moustache), Jim Dickinson, Brian Maughn, and J.D. Johnston? For historians, would this not be worth its weight in gold?
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What's the BPM where you live?
Ok, we're a LITTLE ahead of ourselves – but one day soon, "Bottles Per Mile" may be how we talk about paving our streets and highways – as in, how many recycled plastic bottles are needed for each mile of pavement.
BPM doesn't exist, yet. But actually, recycling plastic bottles for paving roads – that is definitely happening now – in the UK and Canada, New Zealand and Australia, and in India, where the idea was first, ummm, uncapped?
Plastic to pavement makes plenty of sense. The strength and durability of plastic bottles, which makes them good for our drinks the first time around – makes that same plastic an excellent choice for reuse. And since not all of us are recycling our empties, finding a use for the ones that get tossed, that's smart too.
The new generation of "plastic parkways", is driven by a Scottish company, MacRebur. And as they told CNN, their "recipe" uses about 20,000 plastic bottles-worth of plastic for every ton of asphalt. Appropriately enough, finding the right mix of plastic to asphalt does sound like something out of "the Scottish play" (Macbeth) – hours of stirring big kettles ("Double, double, toil and trouble/Fire burn and cauldron bubble").*
But unlike Macbeth, all that "toil and trouble" turned out well (maybe because they weren't cooking up "eye of newt and toe of frog" – just pieces of plastic). This new pavement is about 80 percent asphalt, and 20 percent of the recycled plastic. The Scots say that the result is sixty percent stronger than a conventional road surface, and they project that it will last two to three times longer ("project", because this is too new to have a long history out in the field).
That not only makes transportation engineers happy, fewer potholes (that STRONGER surface) is good news for everybody who fastens a seatbelt. And maybe it just goes to show how much we can do with petroleum: we can not only make the fuels our cars run on, we can use it to make the roads our cars drive on, and the tires our cars ride across those roads on, and…well, you get the idea.
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Are Poorly-Written Customer Reviews Bad for Brands?
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Yes, suggests research from NYU's Stern School of Business professor Panos Ispeirotis. Well-written customer reviews are better for business than reviews filled with spelling and grammar errors. Even if a well-penned review is negative, he blogged, it's still perceived as objective and thorough, and may suggest that a negative feature might not be that bad.
In Awsum Shoes! Slate's Michael Agger writes that companies are starting to realize the benefit of a cleaning up customer reviews. He interviewed Ispeirotis, who estimates that e-tailer Zappos has fixed more than a million reviews—at an estimated price tag of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The company uses crowd-sourcing to edit for grammar and spelling in customer reviews posted on its site.
Social media is a people-powered communication tool. Part of its appeal is that everyone is a publisher, warts and all. So is it disingenuous for a brand to "fix" the content their fans and critics produce? Or is copyediting simply a savvy way for companies to boost the value of a customer review?
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text: Bipolar Disorder Treatment Print How ECT Is Used for Treating Depression By Marcia Purse Marcia Purse is a mental health writer and bipolar disorder advocate who brings strong research skills and personal experiences to her writing. Learn about our editorial policy Marcia Purse Updated on September 30, 2019 Depression Overview Types Symptoms Causes & Risk Factors Diagnosis Treatment Coping ADA & Your Rights Depression in Kids Istockphoto.com/Stock Photo/KatarzynaBialasiewicz In This Article Table of Contents Expand ECT Definition How It's Done Does ECT Cure Depression? What ECT Treats Who's a Candidate Side Effects Overall Safety Alternatives View All ECT, or electroconvulsive therapy, is an alternative therapy for certain psychiatric illnesses that are not responding to traditional treatments. Learn more about this therapy, including potential side effects, and what it's like to experience ECT. Overview First developed in the 1930s by Bini and Lenletti, ECT continues to have an important role in the treatment of resistant psychiatric conditions. ECT works by sending an electric current through the brain. This electrical current, in turn, is thought to alter the chemicals in the brain related to mood. Though it has been misunderstood by the public, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can be a relatively safe procedure for some people with major depression which is resistant to typical therapies, like antidepressants and psychotherapy. How It's Done ECTs are given in safe environments—usually recovery rooms in hospitals where medical professionals and equipment are present. An anesthesiologist and an attending psychiatrist give the treatments, along with ECT trained nurses. A person is gently sedated, with an anesthetic, and relaxed so there is no pain. The ECT produces a type of seizure in the brain. The treatment lasts only a few minutes. Observation of the treatment might reveal a wiggling of the patient's toes. Shortly after the treatment, the patient wakes up, is checked thoroughly by medical personnel, and is allowed to go back home or to the hospital. After an ECT, the patient may have a slight headache, some drowsiness, and temporary confusion, but anything more serious is extremely uncommon. What to Expect During Electroconvulsive Therapy Does ECT Cure Depression? It's important to note that ECT is not a cure. Rather it's a method of buying precious time to find treatments which do work—for those individuals who are worsening or not responding to current treatment and/or medications. What ECT Treats ECT is mostly used to treat major depressive disorder, but it may also be used to treat other psychiatric illnesses, like mania or schizophrenia. For catatonic depression (catatonia), in particular, ECT may result in response rates as high as 80 to 100 percent and appears to be more effective than any other treatment currently available. Can ECT Be Used to Treat Anxiety? Anxiety disorders are common psychiatric illnesses and include: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)Panic DisorderSocial PhobiaGeneralized Anxiety Disorder ECT may have a role in people who have an anxiety disorder that is not responding to traditional treatments and that is complicated by severe major depression. The concern of some psychiatrists is that while ECT may help with depressive symptoms, it could worsen anxiety symptoms—like worsening obsessional thought or panic attacks. Schizophrenia Just as people with depression who are not responding to available treatments may benefit from ECT, those with schizophrenia who are not responding to antipsychotics may benefit from this treatment. Parkinson's Disease Depression and other mood disorders are very common in people with Parkinson's disease. There has been a lot of research in recent years looking at the role and benefit of using ECT or Parkinson's related depression. Who's a Candidate ECTs are for people who are not responding to medication and other treatment methods for depression. The classic example is the use of ECT for a person with major depressive disorder who does not respond to large doses of an antidepressant and psychotherapy. ECT is sometimes given in combination with other therapies in hopes that the combination will improve a person's symptoms more than ECT alone. Side Effects Over the short-term, side effects of ECT may include headaches, nausea, muscle aches, and confusion. These symptoms are usually self-limiting and resolve in a matter of days. Retrograde amnesia may last longer than these other symptoms but rarely persists. Long-term cognitive changes can be a side effect of ECT, with memory loss—mostly loss of memory regarding recent events—most common. A doctor will commonly ask memory or orientation-related questions after a person undergoes ECT to assess their degree of cognitive loss if any. More severe possible side effects include cardiac pulmonary and brain-related effects. There is an increased risk of heart attack and heart rhythm disturbances in those who have coronary artery disease, and your doctor may recommend consulting with a cardiologist before having ECT. It is important that patients are aware of this risk and all other potential risks and benefits of ECTs before consenting to treatment. Overall Safety Despite a general sense by the public that ECT is dangerous and outdated when used based on careful selection criteria, it can be a relatively safe way of getting severe depression under control. Certainly, the risk of ECT needs to be carefully weighed against the risk of severe depression which is not responding to treatment, such as suicide risk and more. Why Isn't ECT Done More Often? ECT has a negative public perception or stigma. In addition, there is both a lack of awareness among primary care physicians of the role ECT can play and a lack of providers who perform the procedure.It's important to note that ECT is a procedure that is performed when treatments such as medications and psychotherapy are ineffective in relieving severe depression or other psychiatric illness such as schizophrenia. When this is the case, the quality of life of a person is very important to keep in mind when considering the treatment. Alternatives Before considering ECT, it's important to consider the possible alternatives. Your psychiatrist may have had you try several different antidepressants from different classes. We still don't know why some people may respond better to one class than another, but it is probably related to the balance of neurotransmitters in the brain which can lead to depression. Psychotherapy is also a mainstay and should be tried before considering ECT. One alternative to ECT that has been used more often in recent years is transcranial magnetic stimulation. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Depression A Word From Verywell ECT is believed to be a safe intervention in carefully selected people that can be very effective in alleviating distressing psychiatric symptoms. As with any intervention, procedure, or medication, please speak with your doctor about any concerns you have before undergoing ECT. The 7 Best Online Help Resources for Depression Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Dealing with racing thoughts? Always feeling tired? Our guide offers strategies to help you or your loved one live better with bipolar disorder. 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Room used primarily for Board of Regents' business. Other events may be scheduled in this room on approval (no more than 30 days prior to the event) by the UA Board of Regents' Office. The room contains a podium/lectern, 14 8 ft. tables, as well as 90 chairs for seating, a multimedia projector and a screen for lecture.
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Barbets have an immense sense of humour… they love to make up little games and tricks to make you laugh… Coco quickly slips in and out between the chair legs under the 10′ dining table. Just when I'm exasperated, and dizzy from circling trying to catch her, she will slowly come out with a wide smile and stand to get her leash on so we can… finally… go for a walk. This is a ritual and not always that funny when I'm late doing my Blogging 101 homework.
I'm late with yesterday's assignment and still haven't started today's. I think of an excuse for the WordPress 'Teacher". "The dog
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I spent a LOT of time looking for Blogs I felt connected to so I could write a comment with some meaning to it. There are a glut of blogs that specialize in commercially selling products. Lots re-post most of the content on their pages from online sites, books, and magazine images. Many are well designed, graphic, busy… yet the content is rather vacant.
My patience for squinting is limited! These are the formatting features that take me too long to read: White print on a black background. Background and print are both colored creating a simultaneous contrast. … teeny gray print…
I was looking for 'from the heart', spirited, inspiring Blogs. Critiques, Examples, DIY Demonstrations, Art, Interiors, Books, Cooking/Baking, Crafts… and uplifting text: as in, "Yes You Can", do 'new thinks', think B-I-G, tryout new patterns, go for a poem walk… access your inner world!
I did leave many 'Likes", while scrolling through on my search, and here is where I felt at home: Bloggers cultivating their own individuality and sharing their enthusiasm for living with their readers:
Here are the four Blogs I left a comment on:
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In closing… i crave connection with others who have unplugged… closed the door on Marketing & Commercialism.
It's all about Blogging… not Flogging!
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Whilst many people who rent in the private sector do not need any financial assistance in the form of benefits, many others do. The Local Housing Allowance is a flat rate allowance for different sizes of properties within a Broad Market Rental Area (BMRA) and comprised of two or more distinct (but adjoining) areas of residential accommodation where someone could reasonably be expected to live. It takes into consideration facilities and services for the purposes of health, education, recreation, personal banking and shopping. The Rent Service (now part of the Valuation Office Agency) is responsible for determining BMRAs in England and the Rent Officer takes account of the distance of travel, (by public and private transport), to and from facilities and services of the same type and similar standard. It must also contain 'residential premises of a variety of types, including such premises held on a variety of tenures', plus 'sufficient privately rented residential premises, to ensure that, in the rent officer's opinion, the LHA for the area is representative of the rents that a landlord might reasonably be expected to obtain in that area'.
The main feature of Local Housing Allowance is the automatic direct payment of the benefit to the tenant who then becomes responsible for paying the rent to their landlord. The idea is to encourage tenants to not only manage their own money but to choose how they spend their income ahead of gaining employment, whether to rent larger properties or to spend less on housing, thereby increasing their available income.
Note: Tenants who were already on HB when LHA was implemented are not affected unless they changed addresses and moved into accommodation rented from a private landlord. Then they would be moved to LHA.
LHA is not paid to the following:
- Council tenants;
- Housing association tenants;
- Those living in bed and breakfast accommodation, caravans, mobile homes or house boats;
- A tenancy that commenced before 1989;
- The tenant lives somewhere that provides care, support or supervision (where instead Housing Benefit may be payable).
Pre-Let Tenancy Agreements
LHA is not granted until tenants have found a property and signed a pre-let tenancy agreement which commits a tenant to the agreement. This in turn reserves the tenancy along with confirmation of its basic terms. This is invaluable to the landlord because they can offer accommodation to a tenant before signing a Tenancy Agreement with them. Another element of the pre-let tenancy agreement is that the landlord can have in writing who will be responsible for the payment of the utility bills as either parties can be responsible. The landlord could even choose to have the tenant pay for some of then but not others.
However, this pre-tenancy agreement only shows the maximum benefit that could be paid for that particular property as LHA is based on the broad market rental area. When this is calculated, the figure reached for the rent is a fixed amount and the maximum used, (even if the rent demanded by the landlord is actually higher).
The components of the calculation are based on:
- The location of the property, it's size and composition;
- The number of people in the household;
- The number of bedrooms required, (up to a maximum of 4), whichever is the lower with the rules stating that the number of bedrooms required are determined as 1 bedroom for every adult couple, any other adult aged 16 or over, any two children of the same sex under 16, any two children regardless of their sex under the age of 10 or any other child aged under 16.
One bedroom is also needed for any carer of a disabled tenant who stays overnight but does not nomally live at the property. This requirement came into effect in April 2011 and means that if a property is rented with an extra bedroom for a carer then that extra cost will be taken into account, up to 4 bedrooms.
The council will then establish what amount of LHA the tenants are entitled to, how much they can afford to pay towards the rent themselves from their income (if working) and any capital (savings) they have. If LHA covers the whole cost then the rent is considered affordable.
If it does not, then the tenant will be expected to make up the difference.
Once the payment of a deposit has been received and any requested references have been approved by the landlord, both parties will be able to sign a Tenancy Agreement.


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"Shaking the foundations of faith" sounds like a tagline for the latest book or DVD by a secularist intent on proving that God doesn't exist. Actually, it is the subtitle of a new documentary about the faith of evolutionists. In Evolution vs. God* evangelist filmmaker Ray Comfort interviews four atheist professors, as well as several college science students. Comfort does not interview any creationists but allows the evolutionists to speak for themselves
Each person was specifically asked to name one observable example of an animal evolving into a different kind of animal. In answer, the evolutionists offered finches, fish, and bacteria, citing the development of different species of each animal. Comfort pointed out that this was just speciation since each of the creatures remained the same kind of animal, to which one professor responded confidently, "Human beings are still fish."
Several of the interviewees admitted that their belief is a faith position. No one has ever witnessed one basic kind of organism changing into another kind. Such a huge change is beyond the scope of observational science and cannot be demonstrated. Evolution vs. God succeeds brialliantly in presenting that scientific truth, wrapped within an overarching evangelistic message. The wide dissemination of the DVD and video stream is worthy of our prayers.
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Hey guys, Blinks here, and this is how you
play anti-mage.
Anti-mage is an agility-based melee carry.
His Q passively adds mana burn to his auto
attacks. His W is long-range blink. His E
passively increases his resistance to magic-damage.
and his Ultimate is a single-target nuke that
does damage based on how much mana the target
is missing.
Anti-mage is a weak hero early-game but one
of the strongest heroes late game. Focus on
farming until you get a battlefury, and then
start farming your jungle and lanes simultaneously.
Your goal early-game is to get a quick battlefury,
and then build into a manta-style. Use your
extreme mobility to split push, farm multiple
lanes simultaneously, and to keep the enemy-team
Anti-mages skills seem relatively simple,
but actually have a bit of complexity to them.
Remember that you can get away from snares
like Puck's ultimate and Slark's Pounce
by using blink. Also, remember that Anti-Mage's
ultimate not only damages but also mini-stuns,
so use it to cancel TP's or channeling spells
like Sand King's or Witch Doctor's Ultimate.
Once you are ready to teamfight, remember
that until you build a heart or a butterfly,
you are still a very squishy hero, and you
need to be careful. Try to focus heroes that
have disables or stuns to deplete them of
mana and make them incapable of cc'ing you.
Once you get a sense of what heroes you need
to focus, you will become virtually unstoppable,
as anti-mage is one of the hardest carries
in the game.
When leveling anti-mage, put 1 point into
each spell, and then prioritize R>Q>W
>E. As far as items go, rush a battlefury
as fast as possible, and then build power
treads and manta-style. End-game options include
Heart, Butterfly, BKB, Abyssal Blade, or MKB.
As always, click the link in the description
below if you want to use this
guide in-game.


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Suge Knight Reportedly Shot 6 Times In Los Angeles
Suge Knight was shot at a pre-VMA party in Los Angeles last night, he is currently in the ICU but is expected to recover from his wounds. A pre-VMA party turned violent Saturday night, when former Death Row Records head Suge Knight was shot inside of 10AK nightclub in West Hollywood. While the circumstances of the shooting are unclear, it's been reported that Suge walked himself outside-- despite suffering from 6 gunshot wounds --where a cop found him and walked him to his vehicle. From there Knight was brought directly to surgery. As of 5AM this morning, it was said that the mogul was still in the ICU, but he was expected to recover from his wounds. Witness and family accounts say Knight was shot in the stomach and arm. While it was initially reported that he was shot only twice, sources now confirm that Suge was hit six times. Chris Brown was hosting the vent in question, and earlier in the night, The Game was barred from entry, which resulted in a confrontation between his crew and security. More coverage to come as information arrives. Footage of Suge getting into the cop car following the shooting can be seen below.
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Handing over the business reins
AS wealthy individuals in Asia prepare to hand over the reins to their children, more of them are seeking help to navigate the complexities of this generational transfer and ensure that their legacy remains intact.
This has become more critical in an increasingly borderless world where assets are held across multiple jurisdictions. If succession planning is not managed properly, this can not only result in a higher tax burden, but also lead to tensions brewing among family members, experts say.
For instance, not giving children a clear idea of when they will inherit wealth, or making them wait too long for it, may cause them to lose interest in contributing to the growth of the family business. This may mean losing the chance to tap on the "social capital" of family members, warns Lee Woon Shiu, head of wealth planning, Bank of Singapore.
"Your legacy is not just money but also your social and emotional capital. We encourage our clients to regard their family members as key assets. You will want to invest in your children so that they can contribute to the company and grow the family's wealth over the long term," says Mr Lee.
He suggests that family patriarchs start succession planning early, while they still have the authority to call the shots. Part of the process will involve building mechanisms to resolve disputes among family members
"Don't underestimate tensions that may be brewing beneath the surface of a family. When the patriarch is around everyone is nice, but once he passes away, disagreements are far more likely to arise. Rather than hoping that disputes will not arise, it is far wiser to put in ground rules early to deal with them," he advises.
For instance, a family head may think that splitting his business equally among his three children is an equitable way to pass on his wealth. Yet without a clear leader among the three, the business may not continue to thrive upon his passing.
A better way would be to choose one child as a successor and give him 75 per cent of the business, while also buying an insurance policy that will pay out a cash amount to his other two offspring. Business founders must also be prepared to accommodate their children's views in running the company as they mature or risk conflict within the family.
"The children probably went to the best universities in the world and were schooled in a different way from their fathers. The way they run the business will be different. The patriarch must embrace these differences and garner strength from the diversity," says Mr Lee.
Taxation issues are another key consideration in succession planning. Families have to be clear on what their assets are - whether real estate, shares or operating businesses - and where these assets reside. If tax planning is not done properly, children of rich parents in the US could be hit with a huge tax bill when they receive their inheritance, for instance.
"Tax issues can be complex. Working in tandem with qualified legal advisers, we help our clients to find the optimal structure that will minimise their tax burden," explains Mr Lee.
Beyond tax, families also have to be aware of laws in different countries that can potentially affect their wealth, such as matrimonial laws in the event of a divorce. In such cases, it is important that assets are "financially ring-fenced" to protect them.
Trust structures
There are various structures and tools available to families to manage their money to ensure a smooth transfer of funds. For clients with between S$5 million and S$10 million in funds, a trust structure supplemented with a universal life insurance (ULI) policy would suffice.
ULI pays out upon the patriarch's death and can be used to provide immediate cash payments to cover taxes or satisfy inheritances. This is important if the assets are mostly illiquid (see sidebar).
Once the value of assets reach S$25 million, however, a more sophisticated structure such as a private trust company (PTC) may be required. A PTC is a company incorporated for the sole purpose of owning and managing a trust that holds and manages all or part of an individual's or family's wealth.
According to Mr Lee, younger high net worth individuals from China have been the most open in Asia to using such tools to manage their money. Many from this group have acquired their wealth in a relatively short amount of time.
Elsewhere in Asia, however, many still do not plan sufficiently for succession, and rely on simple documents, such as wills, that are public and can be easily challenged.
New regulations
Complicating succession planning further are recent regulations that require information regarding wealth to be shared across jurisdictions.
Within the next two years, a new global initiative known as the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) will come into force. This aims to boost transparency in international tax matters by facilitating the automatic sharing of information between jurisdictions.
Once AEOI is in force, and once Singapore enters into a treaty with Japan to implement AEOI, a Singaporean father who has a joint account with his child who has moved to Japan to become a Japanese tax resident, for example, will have to report details of that account to the Singapore Inland Revenue Authority who will in turn share that information with the Japanese tax authorities. Singapore has undertaken to commence its first exchange under AEOI by 2018.
In the US, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) that came into force in 2014 seeks to ensure US tax compliance by preventing US persons from using non-US financial organisations and foreign entities to avoid their US tax liabilities. This requires all foreign financial institutions to provide the US Inland Revenue Service with account details and other personal information of all US persons invested in foreign bank accounts.


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Lake Rotorua is regarded as having the highest concentration of Rainbow Trout of any lake worldwide. And yet, what it is really known for in New Zealand is its ability to produce trophy Brown Trout. Whether you are seeking a trophy by fly rod or simply want to catch your first fish, we can arrange a guide to collect you from our private jetty.
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Digging Deeper When Selecting an Online College
Question: What is the meaning of education?
Nearly every website that offers advice on selecting among several online colleges will point to ten factors that should be included in your decision-making process. These include
- program requirements
- school reputation
- financial assistance
- cost
- convenient access
- program pacing
- employment schedule considerations
- employment opportunities
- transfer credits
- how close the physical campus is to your home.
While these are extremely important considerations, especially when choosing between going to college on a physical campus versus choosing online higher education, one shouldn't ignore the reason for pursuing a higher education degree in the first place: to get an education.
As more and more options become available to attend online colleges, from brand-new, accredited schools to established institutions that are opting into an online format, these ten factors are clearly not enough to distinguish between programs. Indeed, these ten factors are not unique to online colleges; it could be said that they are also among the top considerations for selecting among the hundreds of physical campuses located across the U.S.
So what other decision criteria should you consider? We have compiled five additional factors that directly pertain to your reasons for choosing higher education in the first place. These additional factors will determine how you will be educated and the value you will receive from your online education.
1. Will the education you receive make you competent to gain employment?
A recent Pew Research Poll asked employers and university administrators if they thought that recent college graduates had the requisite skill sets to enter the workforce. While 75% of college administrators believed their graduates were ready, only an astonishing 11% of employers believed that prospective college graduate candidates were ready.
This wide discrepancy goes back to the question – what is the meaning of education? Clearly, colleges and employers have two different definitions. Employers are looking for an education that confers competency to do specific job skills, and they overwhelmingly don't think that graduates bring those skills to the interviewing table.
Our recommendation: Ask your current employer, or employers that you may consider working for in the future, to recommend online college programs that meet or exceed their standards for training their future workforce.
2. What are the opportunities for unified communications?
Online colleges obviously lack the one-on-one, in-person interaction between a student and professor and students and each other. The advancement in collaboration tools makes active participation in lectures and labs possible. Is the online college you are considering taking full advantage of these tools?
Technology makes it possible for online classrooms to replicate the classroom experience with video conferencing, instant messaging and social connectivity. These can make a huge difference in a student's ability to learn from each other – key ingredients in learning how to interact with and learn from others.
Our recommendation: Ask prospective online colleges how their online classrooms leverage online collaboration.
3. Will you be enrolling in a MOOC or a learning lab?
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) can be attended by hundreds, perhaps thousands, of students. These are typically online lectures recorded and then replayed at the convenience of the student or at specified times. The principle negative of a MOOC is lecture fatigue; watching hours and hours of a talking head has led to a significant drop out rate and does not provide the interpersonal support and interaction that leads to a better understanding of course materials. Further, evaluation is difficult and usually consists of online exams and/or peer review.
MOOCs exist because they can be delivered to the broadest possible audience and at a place and time that is convenient for the student. But do they promote the best learning environment?
Our recommendation: Ask about the courses you will be taking and how large they are, how the material will be delivered and how your course work will be evaluated.
4. Student Body Demographics
College campuses are melting pots of students of all races, countries of origin and ethnic backgrounds which serve to educate the collegiate population about global citizenship and cultural differences. This is part of the college experience that can't be quantified or listed on a resume but can be highly desirable attributes to globally-conscious employers. The opportunities to learn new ways of thinking, of approaching a problem or for gauging responses to ever-complex global questions might just be found through classmate interaction.
Our recommendation: Inquire about the demographic makeup of the student body and how many countries and cultures are represented in your online schools of choice.
5. Emphasis on Critical Thinking?
Traditional universities have, for centuries, had as a key function the dissemination of information to their student population. Students memorized the information or memorized the mathematical or scientific processes. That information, because of the internet, has become easy to access where previously, the information was locked behind the walls of academia.
Today's employers are seeking problem-solvers; those who can do more than memorize and regurgitate information, according to a recent Wall Street Journal article, especially those who have the ability, through sustained analysis, to recommend solutions to complex business issues.
Our recommendation: Explore the types of courses you will be taking and find out if they encourage critical thinking or place too much emphasis on facts and figures.
By digging deeper into the teaching methods of the online colleges you are considering, you will not only discover the best matches for your learning style but discover colleges that will truly educate you for your chosen career path.


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Google is a web-based company whose services you use to search for porn.
Just The Facts
- Seriously? Do you not know what Google is?
- Oh, you don't... Sorry.
- Um... Google is a web company centered around its popular search engine
- Also known for services like Google Earth, Maps and AdSense
- Currently thiiiiiiis close to taking over the Internet
Cracked on Google
Google is one of the most popular websites on the Internet and is making promising forays into the Outernet. It's so popular that in 2006, the world "google" made it into Webster's dictionary as "Using the Google search engine." Yep, we're not even kidding. Google functions as a search engine that catalogs keywords, metadata and links in web documents to return accurate search results. In fact, to increase ease of use and searching speed, Google recently introduced a new feature called Google Suggest. It fills out the text you're entering and tries to predict what you're going to search for.
Five million results. Think about that for a second.
In addition to its market-leading web search, Google offers popular Image searches as well. By analyzing surrounding text and Photobucket or Flickr tags, Google can bring up images that fit your search query. However, many have been critical of Google's Image Search for the ineffectiveness of its filtering features. Google Image Search is set to Moderate SafeSearch by default, though it can be set to Strict or shut off entirely, effectively making Google Images a giant porn index. The criticism arises from when adult images leaks on to pages with SafeSearch on. For a terrifying rundown of pages that turn up porn with filters on, head over to this section of the PWoT Forums.
The root of Google's success
Other services Google provides are Gmail, Blogger, Picasa, Google Earth, YouTube, Google Maps, Android (a cellphone OS), Google Chrome and, recently, Google Chrome OS, a full-fledged Linux-based operating system. Because of Google's success in these fields, Silicon Valley grumpard Microsoft has gotten pissed off and has tried to combat the rise of Google. We'd like to think Microsoft and Google's relationship went like this:
: Hey look at our cool new search engine!
: Damn, that's impressive. We give you six months.
: What?
[ Six months later ]
: Hahahaha! Bow down to the power of Live Search!
: No, we're focusing on Gmail right now.
: But you could just use Hotmail.
: Fuck you, old man.
[ One year later ]
: Hey you know that cool video website YouTube?
: Yeah, we were thinking about tak-
: It's ours.
: Motherfucking shitburger. Well, Windows Mobile is really successful!
[ Two years later ]
: Android is gaining marketshare.
: Um... Internet Explorer is still dominant!
: Chrome, bitch.
: Well, we still have our dear flagship product Windows. Try to beat that.
Another interesting feature about Google is that it keeps statistics of searching trends. Creatively named Google Trends, the services catalogues pretty much all searches ever made, and you can compare different inputs to see what was more searched, and when. That might sound boring, but you can unveil gems like these:
There has to be some catch
Besides the perplexing spike in "granny sex" popularity in early 2006, what's even more bizarre are the countries who helped "granny sex" attain popularity.
Germany has nearly 100 percent more "granny sex" searches over "naked chicks." No wonder these guys lost World War II.
Google logo
Because of Google's rapid ascension atop the Web food chain, its simplistic multi-colored logo has become somewhat of a pop culture icon itself. The logo is often specialized on major holidays or significant birthdays, and these are known as Google Doodles. Cracked submitted its idea for a Google Doodle for Google's consideration. We don't normally let out information like this, but you'll get a sneak peak of Cracked's Doodle design:
They haven't gotten back to us for some reason
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Sep 1, 2017
CEE is the Minnesota implementer of Xcel Energy's Partners in Energy, in collaboration with national partners Brendle Group and Vermont Energy Investment Corporation (VEIC).
From Winona Daily News:
Throughout the fall, Winona and Xcel Energy will be partnering to help save energy costs throughout town. The city expects to come out with its Partners in Energy plan in October or November to bring to the city council for approval. The program is supposed to give communities tools to implement a plan for energy use and supply going forward...
...The city works with an Xcel Energy team planning and implementation to provide guidance, education, and resources for city staff, businesses and residents and try to achieve specific measurable goals by the date they choose, which will be announced in the plan.
Winona got into it in 2016, but Partners in Energy initially launched in 2014 and in Minnesota also includes St. Paul, the Midtown-Lake Street Corridor in Minneapolis, Maplewood, Red Wing, Edina, St. Louis Park, St. Cloud, Faribault and Ramsey County Park and Recreation. During that time, individual households will also have a chance to work with Xcel to save on energy. In September and October, there will be visits to Winona by Xcel's Home Energy Squad in a collaboration with the city to look at homes in the community...
Read the full article at Winona Daily News
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The John Williams Show Full Podcast 05.01.17
President Trump skipped out on the White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday. John highlights the rally he chose to host in Pennsylvania instead throughout today's broadcast. Jane Kirtley kicks off the show with John, explaining the lack of plausibility in the president's attempt to change the libel law. Then, Chicago Tribune Editorial Board Member Clarence Page recaps the White House Correspondents' Dinner, which some found less interesting than others. And, finally, Melanie Greenberg is the spokesperson for the Stebic family, and the cousin of Lisa Stebic. Lisa was reported missing exactly 10 years ago today.


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Mint Candy Cookies
"Because you start with a store-bought cookie mix, it takes no time at all to make these minty treats," says Christina Hitchcook of Blakely, Pennsylvania. She usually drizzles melted chocolate chips over the cookie tops, but pink candy coating looks lovely for Valentine's Day.
Total TimePrep: 20 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min.
Makesabout 3-1/2 dozen
- 1 package (17-1/2 ounces) sugar cookie mix
- 40 to 45 mint Andes candies
- 6 ounces pink candy coating disks
- Heart-shaped decorating sprinkles, optional
- Prepare the cookie dough according to package directions. Cover and chill for 15-20 minutes or until easy to handle.
- Pat a scant tablespoonful of dough in a thin layer around each mint candy. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 7-9 minutes or until set. Cool for 1 minute before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt candy coating; stir until smooth. Drizzle over cookies. Top with decorating sprinkles if desired.
Editor's Note: White candy coating tinted with red food coloring may be substituted for the pink candy coating.
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Lacques Jacan
The communion of three insights, namely [1] that there is no time in the unconscious or non-thinking part of the mind, [2] that there is no relation of necessity between the ordinal and the nominal idea of rational exhaustion, and [3] that there is no necessary relation between the sufficiency of an idea and the semantic commitment of an idea for the concept in question to be coherent, real and capable of disclosure in both semantic and experiential terms creates a reflective foothold for speculative reason. Here, I examine the reflexive circularity of that vaunted oracle which Oedipus has championed in our fantasy with the help of Laruelle's nonidentical mediation into the unconscious core of analyticity in psycho-analysis.
[1]The idea of concepts which are intuitable as self-evident from participation in life rests lightly on its delicate analytic underbelly. What was once experience became a reflected label of knowledge; mediation then became an interregnum between thought being dissolved by the substantiality of its nonbeing and its projection of immanent Being realised in the aetiological present. Beyond this point, the Cogito of sense certainty has been stretched thin unless virtual plausibility, or what constitutes sufficient analytic description, is transformed by the negative into the plausible virtuality of the principle of sufficient reason. This entails thinking descriptions as creating events rather than events being mere representations of the actuality of the real; psycho-analysis is committed to the aetiological momenta of the present symptom[2], for here alone the prime agentic identity semblables reveal their maker's desire as unthought.
Laruelle calls '"Desiring desire" the doublet which opens analysis
and the difference which implodes it in super-analysis
Either it desires itself
Inverts reverts itself into super-analysis
Big with a thousand desired-desiring amphibologies
Either it ceases in the One (of) desire to desire itself
Emerges to its own manifestation
As three states (of) desire
Categories of a non-analysis
– The One (of) desire
– or the Desired-without-desire
– the order of the real'
I. The Imaginary as narcissistically cathexed to the virtual actuality of desiring semblables:
First, the mirror gleans the Ego's ascent through its inherent psychical predispositions; the distance which makes reflexion possible as removed from the present living moment as experienced by the idea also alienates the narcissistic big Other a-nalyst. He insinuates a surface of appearances that may be illusive, but their illusion is of another order abstracted upon the firmament of the signifier that is the One and only signifier of the self semblable; thus, it comes to be that the blind analyst finds his questioning to be the measure of sufficiency for analytic propositions, and, then coming to describe the semantic commitments of the these propositions by embodying their denotative and connotative illocutionary force, he instils in the phantasm of an a-nalytic structure in the atemporal unconscious his very semblable altered to suit his imaginary semantic commitments to the virtual actuality of his symptomatic discourse. Thus, [3]the imaginary comes to impregnate itself with the symbolic detritus of the big Other a-nalyst, and his allmighty narcissism.
'- The Being (of) desire
– or the Desirings which are [the] multitude
of desire-thinking
– the order of the symbolic'
II. The Symbolic as the detritus of the anal eroticism of the big Other a-nalyst cathexed to the virtual virtuality of desiring semblables:
As the mutually differentiated nodes of the rapacious big Other a-nalyst and his One and only semblable come to maturity in the analyst's psychotic capitulation to the insinuations of the former's formidable imaginary commitments to the virtual actuality of its own desiring duality, or indeterminacy as concealed by the symptom, we have the emergence of the symbolic order of this big Other a-nalyst. The big Other a-nalyst excretes differential qualia, quanta and modalities of determination whereby the desire of an [4]auto-nominating Oedipus Complex becomes subservient to the unconsciousness of the big Other a-nalyst.
' – The Entity (of) desire
– or desiring Desire
– the order of the imaginary'
- III. The real as a psychotic bent of the big Other a-nalyst whose excretions concretise through the tradition of psycho-analysis and become portals of incalculable [5]spatiotemporal dedifferentiation and impossibilitisation of propositionality by the designative semantic commitments of its desire.
This order may be seen as the actual virtuality of all symbolic productions accruing from the symbolic maturation of imaginary narcissistic impulses issuing from the anal eroticism of the big Other a-nalyst and his One and only self semblable. The dead letter of the symbolic and the traumatic closure of the actual on the virtual actuality of the symbolic order, and its imaginary ordination to the self semblable, is naught but the impossible injunction of the big Other a-nalyst to impossibilise the closure of the actual on the spatiotemporal, and mediate, redundancy of the virtual actuality of symbolic propositions of desire.
Laruelle calls the '"One (of) desire" or Desired the Enjoyed (of) jouissance
The One (of) jouissance rather than the jouissance of the One
That which in desire is enjoyed from both ends
That to which desire does not give its share
That part of desire which appears to desire alone
Its absolutely un-desirable and just so desired phenomenon'
The creative interpellation of the analyst who presides on the lived relata of psycho-analytic theory blossoms like a questioning gaze in the grounding semblable of a presumed symbolic closure. The present is where an aetiological arché (ἀρχή) insinuates itself retroactively into the essential obduracy of the analyst in session, and his occult objet d' analysis in the present. The analyst as a token of his professional type sets about laying down received shibboleths of theory[5] into the intersubjective space of the session, and the analysand's query is dissolved in the traditional Oedipal solvent. The residual coherence of the analysand's question, or the form of his questioning impulses and symptoms[6], come to resist the quilting force of the psycho-analytic object, i.e. the objet d' a-nalyst inasmuch as they exceed the hermeto-logical shadow of the theoretical stiffness of the analyst. The analyst desires the symptom and its total power to be exerted upon the analysand inasmuch as symbolic excesses of the analysand's desire resist the provenance of theory. There is, then, a sense in which the penetrating insights of the analyst are actually interpassive invaginations and the tender symptomal lacuna in the self semblable of the analysand—as introjected by the analyst—is actually a phallic gear handle. Though the analyst may withdraw from the psycho-analytic field situated in the reality principle he may do so only with the assurance proffered by an ideational pleroma: atelic synchronisation with-out totalising subjectivity must be his self semblability. The way this happens is determined by the quality of the analyst's distraction[7]. The higher the quality of distraction from the rigid object d' analysis, and its throbbing, symptomatic desire, the less of his own dirty fantasies will the analyst find in the analysand's production of psycho-analytic artefacts.
'The Enjoyed suspended in its own immanence
What begins and completes itself with no circle
Begins there without departing from it
Completes itself there without return
Deserted without desire
Too simple the desert is not rare
Desired, absolute past of desire
Enjoyed, absolute past of enjoyment
As the Lived
Precedes the living the Affected
Affection the Enjoyed
Solitude of closed eyes before
The confinement of solitude'
The fact of this miracle may not put one off the responsibility that rides roughshod on the back of the analyst: his commitment to the w-hole of the analysand is incumbent upon his grasping of straws in the stability of an imaginary relation to the analysand's semblable. Only in the transference and counter-transference of a session may the analyst appreciate the quiddity of the analysand's loathing/affection to be an iota of his derisible/commendable authority by association/disassociation with/from the Law as much as a projection of the latter's traumatic relation to his own psychical object. Yet there remain in each of these eventualities the closure of preclusion that emanates from the psycho-analytic gestalt: the aetiological importance of instinctual reality as sole hermeto-logical monad. Not only set upon a circulation of interpretive trajectories but also set out towards the circularity of all philosophy issuing from the Cogito that produces psycho-analysis. After all, one must admit that several experiences remain without the threshold of coherence that psycho-analytic theories append to consciousness as it is. Human consciousness concretised through culture, even from its despairing infidelity to reality, and the reality of its infidelity to despair, must be raised against the gaze of the inert a-nalyst, the necrological entity of the Law which issues from him is not a bulwark against psychopathology, regression or fusion/ representation with/ of the mother or father[10].
'Reduced form enjoyment spark of desire
The Ir-reduced of the Enjoyed, the intense Extinguished of the Desired
Are a mystical razor
An ante-essential rather than supra-essential state'
If as Desirings it is still possible to say of desire that it desires
Being (of) desire
It is suspended in-
The Desirings remain
I call Desirings the multitude (of) axioms
Of the void beyond the Desired
On this side of the desire-Entity
Think in-Desired
Make Being void of desire
Prepare the dwelling of the Desirings
Of the Desired the axiom is never stated
Unless it is also the cause of the axiom
And insofar as it is
The axiomatics of Desirings adds nothing to the Desired
Just itself to itself
The axiom seen-in-full
Consider the fluxion of desired-desiring connections
Its suspension like a photograph
Reveals to the unclear side of the stream
A strict identity between the source and the mouth
The frozen flux of an eidetic Heraclitus
Frozen-in-One like a sky of eternal axioms
Desired is the non-moved and the non-moving
Desirings are the mobile or the flying moved once each time
Desire-desiring is the moved motor'
Spiritual consciousness, inasmuch as it is concretised by its persistence in the institutions and rituals of a culture, makes an analysand native to an associative field of spirituality as is commonly understood while resisting the quilting force of psycho-analytic theory. Or, as Roland (2011) puts it, dealing with South East Asian subjectivity in psycho-analysis: "If anything, clinical experience indicates that spiritual practices and experiences are a strong counterpoint to regression and childhood merger experiences with the mother in India and with the Hindu family[11]". It would seem then that the vellities of analysis as they are informed by the resistance of a prevalent field of social realism, and its institutional semblabilities, are psycho-pathological in measuring what is not psycho-pathological; neurotic in the a-neuroticism of a coherently performative subject position; psychotic in diagnosing irreality in the exemplar adequation of a culture to the peculiar cathexis of its nonspatiotemporal gestalts of the world. All semblabilities are able and symbolic only in their interpellation into human relationships; the form of these relationships is more than the mere sum of their iterable exigencies and praxis, it is the sine qua non of analysability that rises to a place where the true content of the question is revealed beneath the shorn off libidinous gaze of the analyst. It is only under the prodigalised light of psycho-analytic theory that the foreignness of fantasmatic family resemblances among psychisms which seem a part of the same cloth come to shine independently as psychotic snot-rags; when the theory is stripped of its alienated gaze[12] and thrown into empathic interpassivity in the session it becomes possible to tell heat from glow, enlightenment from eccentricity. Then, the occult non-relation between the Occidental analyst and the Oriental analysand is one not mediated by the continuity of the phenomenological movement of human spirit through one immanent trajectory; rather, it is the interactive field between two discrete continua of normality/psychopathology of the whole spiritual self[13].
'The One (of) desire gathers without division all possible (undividable)
The Being (of) desire gathers without division all possible division
Being is particular – oh Desirings
Particle is the partition with nothing to part
A partition from one end to another
Without mixing with the Desired as is
The undiscernable molecule
of desiring Desire
Desire receives thinking not from thinking itself
From the grace of the One (of) desire and then thinking
Thinking receives desire not from desire itself
From the grace of the in-Desired and then of desire[6]'
Ultimately, the notion of thought beyond the figurative speech of desire as the grammalogue that gives itself to reflection as a gestaltic given demands receipt as mere and caustic scepticism. The cultivated distraction which inhibits the analyst's bildung is not of the order of mere contingency, it officiates the nomologically anterior engram of the anal-yst who takes heed from the imaginary gestaltism of the big Other a-nalyst. Then, the a-nalyst whose provenance extends across the being of the analyst by penetrating his innermost intentions and subjective relation[s] to jouissance, by the very auspice of the concept of conceptual possibility, and its prodigal objet d' analysis[19], is only a proposition entailed by the regime of the allmighty semblable of semblation, and its analytic adequacy. This semblable of semblation emerges as the predetermining horizon of the session and an inavouable subject position which the analyst occupies axiomatically.
[1] Whistler, Daniel. Eds. Masciandaro, Nicola, & Thacker, Eugene. (2013). Glossator: Practice and Theory of the Commentary Vol. 7. "Silvering, or the Role of Mysticism in German Idealism". Brooklyn, NY: The City University of New York. P. 151- 186.
[2] Jung, Carl, G. Eds. Read, Herbert, Fordham, Michael, & Gerhard Adler. (1961). The Collected Works of C. G. Jung Vol. 4: Freud and Psychoanalysis. "The History of Psychoanalysis: The Aetiological Significance of the Actual Present". New York, NY: Pantheon Books Inc.
[3] "The basis of the imaginary order is the formation of the ego in the "mirror stage". Since the ego is formed by identifying with the counterpart or specular image, "identification" is an important aspect of the imaginary. The relationship whereby the ego is constituted by identification is a locus of "alienation", which is another feature of the imaginary, and is fundamentally narcissistic. The imaginary, a realm of surface appearances which are deceptive, is structured by the symbolic order. It also involves a linguistic dimension: whereas the signifier is the foundation of the symbolic, the "signified" and "signification" belong to the imaginary. Thus language has both symbolic and imaginary aspects. Based on the specular image, the imaginary is rooted in the subject's relationship to the body (the image of the body)". Žižek, Slavoj. < http://www.lacan.com/zizekchro1.htm >.
[4] "Although an essentially linguistic dimension, Lacan does not simply equate the symbolic with language, since the latter is involved also in the imaginary and the real. The symbolic dimension of language is that of the signifier, in which elements have no positive existence but are constituted by virtue of their mutual differences. It is the realm of radical alterity: the Other. The unconscious is the discourse of the Other and thus belongs to the symbolic order. Its is [SIC] also the realm of the Law that regulates desire in the Oedipus complex. The symbolic is both the "pleasure principle" that regulates the distance from das Ding, and the "death drive" which goes beyond the pleasure principle by means of repetition: "the death drive is only the mask of the symbolic order." This register is determinant of subjectivity; for Lacan the symbolic is characterized by the absence of any fixed relations between signifier and signified" Ibid.
[5] "This order is not only opposed to the imaginary but is also located beyond the symbolic. Unlike the latter, which is constituted in terms of oppositions such as "presence" and "absence", there is no absence in the real. The symbolic opposition between "presence" and "absence" implies the possibility that something may be missing from the symbolic, the real is "always in its place: it carries it glued to its heel, ignorant of what might exile it from there." If the symbolic is a set of differentiated signifiers, the real is in itself undifferentiated: "it is without fissure". The symbolic introduces "a cut in the real," in the process of signification: "it is the world of words that creates the world of things." Thus the real emerges as that which is outside language: "it is that which resists symbolization absolutely." The real is impossible because it is impossible to imagine, impossible to integrate into the symbolic order. This character of impossibility and resistance to symbolization lends the real its traumatic quality" Ibid.
[6] Laruelle, F.; Wolfe, C. (trans.). (1993). "Fragments of an Anti-Guattari." Long News in the Short Century 4, pp. 158-164. Retrieved from <linguisticcapital.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/laruelles-fragments-of-an-anti-guattari/ >


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