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Chaplin's "One A.M." & "The Rink" Pianist, arranger, and composer Tom Roberts performs his original scores for two of Chaplin's Mutual masterpieces: One A.M, and The Rink. Roberts used musical styles and genres appropriate to 1916. In addition to ragtime, foxtrots, tangos, and waltzes, he drew from the French vals musette and Brazilian choros styles. Author/choreographer/mime Dan Kamen calls them "wonderful, knowing, witty scores." One audience member described the experience of watching the films as "like being in a dream and entering a new, magical world."06/15/2013
Pittsburgh Piano Teachers Association Scholarship Winners Recital 2013 Pittsburgh Piano Teachers Association scholarship winner Connor Doran will be featured along with previous winner Alvin Zhu and Continuing Support winners Ben Grove and Julian Cox. Free admission.06/15/2013
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Fauré String Trio Anniversary Concert The Fauré String Trio celebrates its 10th anniversary with the world premiere of Playtime II composed and dedicated to the Trio by Aurelio Scotto, along with works by Beethoven and Reger.06/21/2013
Pixar in Concert From Toy Story to The Incredibles and UP, Pixar has given audiences of all ages some of the most beloved characters in cinematic history. Now, for the first time ever, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presents Pixar in Concert, with visually stunning clips and memorable scores, including their latest, Brave, performed live by the PSO. Pixar's 13 scores have been written by just four composers: Randy Newman, Michael Giacchino, Thomas Newman, and Patrick Doyle.06/21/2013
Urban Garden Party - Soul Factory: Motown at the Museum MF's annual fundraiser features soul and funk jams by The Gaff + DJ Zimmie, over 40 of Pittsburgh's best restaurants and caterers, Motown performances by Kierra Darshell's Divas of Drag, a silent auction of one-of-a-kind artwork and dancing. A VIP pre-party features an exclusive performance by Title Town Soul & Funk Party and signature cocktails. Penn Brewery hosts the official after-party.06/21/2013
Kopit & Yeston's Phantom By Tony Award-winners Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit, Phantom is based on Gaston Leroux's timeless love story of the disfigured musical genius known as the Phantom Erik, and his muse, Christine Daae, the exciting and beautiful ingenue of the Paris Opera. Their musical affair unfolds deep in the catacombs of the Opera house, where Erik finds salvation in Christine/s breathtaking voice. The score features "Home," "You Are My Own," and "My True Love."06/21/2013
Roads of Arabia This landmark exhibition presents more than 7,000 years of largely unknown cultural history of the Arabian Peninsula. Roads of Arabia examines the impact of ancient trade routes carrying precious frankincense and myrrh to the Mesopotamian and Greco-Roman world and allowing for a vibrant exchange of both objects and ideas. With the later rise of Islam, pilgrimage roads converged on Mecca and gradually replaced the well-traveled incense roads.06/22/2013
River City Brass Concert Bring your chair and tap your feet to the music of the River City Brass Band surrounded by the history and gardens of Old Economy Village. Food and beverages for sale on site.06/22/2013
Tommy Emmanuel $100 Donation to WQED includes a thank-you gift of 1 orchestra level ticket to the concert. WQED Presents "Best Seats" Deadline: Monday, June 30 , 2014. For tickets to this concert, you can also call the WQED Presents Hotline (Monday - Friday, 9am-5pm) at 412-622-1382. Credit Card Only, Non-Refundable. Guitar hero Tommy Emmanuel is bringing his virtuosity to the intimate Byham Theatre September 23rd. Performing live for his fans is extremely important to Tommy: he has demonstrated this by playing close to or over 300 concerts every year for the last seven years! Guitar players of all levels come to his shows to watch him work his magic, but his appeal goes far beyond musicians. His live shows are known for their humor, performance, passion, and infectious joy. Tommy has set aside excellent seats for WQED supporters.
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Australian Pink Floyd in concert ("Set the Controls" tour) The Australian Pink Floyd Show is BACK! After more than twenty years performing the music of Pink Floyd to millions of fans, Aussie Pink Floyd brings their show back to Pittsburgh's Heinz Hall this October. The band has secured great seats for WQED supporters for their Set the Controls tour.
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Rather than simply adding electronics to an ear, the team decided to try and integrate the two from the start. They 3-D printed hydrogel — a polymer-based gel often used as scaffolding in tissue engineering – with calf cells, and weaved in silver nanoparticles to create an built-in antenna coil that replaces the cochlea. The calf cells matured to become cartilage and the electronics were then encased in a highly supportive ear that mirrors the complex build of the real thing.
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"The printed ear exhibits enhanced auditory sensing for radio frequency reception, and complementary left and right ears can listen to stereo audio music," the authors write in a paper on the study in Nano Letters.
This is really a proof of concept endeavor for the Princeton team. It's not planning on sewing its bionic ears on to human heads anytime soon — though research leader Michael McAlpine says it could, in theory, be connected to nerve endings like hearing aids are. For now, the challenge they have set themselves is to generate new techniques for building potential cyborg parts.
"Biological structures are soft and squishy, composed mostly of water and organic molecules, while conventional electronic devices are hard and dry, composed mainly of metals, semiconductors and inorganic dielectrics," coauthor on the paper David Gracias from John Hopkins said. "The differences in physical and chemical properties between these two material classes could not be any more pronounced."
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Wealthy socialite Susan Vance (Katharine Hepburn) will do anything to get her man. She must act fast, however, because the man she wants (Cary Grant) is getting married—and soon! To top it off, Susan already has her hands full taking care of her brother's pet leopard in this sharply written madcap adventure considered one of most graceful screwball comedies ever.
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Since I skipped my usual Wednesday morning yoga class I decided to go to the Thursday morning, one I haven't been to in a few weeks. I typecast my yoga instructors (hey, it's not judging!) and Thursday's I had decided was a massage therapist as well (no idea if that's true). I was really looking forward to the deep practice, my back & shoulders were feeling the decrease in yoga and I wanted a good stretch before our final soccer game.
The last few classes i had been she was 5 min late so I didn't think anything of it. My heart sank when a women came bustling in complaining about talking to NYSC staff and started tinkering with the stereo. I thought the class was canceled.
Worse - it was the yoga boot camp lady! I had one previous class with her when she was subbing…and refused to return until I knew the original teacher was back. I'm all for finding something to gain from each class but there are times when it's just not worth it - and this was one of them.
If I wasn't in the middle of the class with my own mat all laid out I would have left. Instead I was a brat again.
But here's the thing: it wasn't just the instructor's personality that wasn't clicking - I didn't agree with her teaching style. I'm pretty open and I'm no super yogi but her warrior II arms were all over the place and during tree she had her foot up against her knee. Sounds silly but all basic things, things I taught 3 year olds. And because it's easy to forget minor adjustments during practice (which is where instructor's reminders are helpful) I looked around and noticed some of the class with their knees subject to injury. And what confuses me is that the entire time she was verbally guiding about injury prevention - just in a way that was hard to absorb.
My typecast for her is theater dancer, she had show hands (turned out arms), overly cheerful & dramatic.
I know I sound dramatic and negative but I was truly horrified. I understand it's a gym yoga class and therefore maybe less experience or dedication but I thought I might injure myself by following along.
And don't get me started on the mountain climbers, "we're almost done" use of microphone and "drills."
And yes, I should have just found my own place on the mat and done my own practice (without being a disruption). But the entire class had a little bit of "what-the-…" going on. One woman was in and out (& rude about it), some people were left standing on their mat wonder what exactly the "flow" was.
It wasn't until the end of class that I noticed a woman a few mats over that would take the cue from the instructor and then work on her own strong practice…..I should have watched her.
I was a few minutes late to yoga this morning but it's usually a class that starts late and ends late. Of course not today. I was able to sneak in to a spot but instead of the normal few beginning moments of breathing & discussion the class was already in motion. And I was a step behind.
Not only did I feel out of synch but they were doing lunges … my bruised knee was not a fan. Not of crow which followed either.
Maybe it's because it was an off practice for me, but even the teacher, who I normally love was unsettling. Because I hadn't had a chance to settle on to the mat and get into the flow her instructions came across as pushy.
Not to mention the sweat! I knew I was going to make use of my towel when I was already suffering from the humidity from my apartment. At first I thought it was just me struggling, though I could collectively hear the class struggling. While the guy next to me seemed as cool as a cucumber, I noticed a guy a few mats down dripping and the girl next to me with a soaked shirt. I then realized that I wasn't the only one slightly suffering.
Sometimes a yoga class is going to suck. Sometimes the class will be over (though it feels like forever) before you ever get in sync and you'll walk away with no deep lesson, no freeing thought, no opening movement. Sometimes you leave just knowing that there will be another class (maybe same time, same teacher, just a different day) that will bring you back.


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Here's a camp for guys who love rock and roll. As in the big rocks of Moab, Utah, and the thrilling two-wheel roll up, down, and around them. Several trails give boys plenty of options based on their riding experience. Most boys choose the 14-mile "Metal Masher" jeep trail (pictured), but others—such as the famous Slickrock Trail—are available as well. Mountain biking isn't the only game in town, though. Here's what else is on tap:
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The London Sunday Times recently ran a great article about post-natal insomnia. The latest research has shown that new mothers typically spend 20% more time awake during the first six weeks after childbirth than is the average. In addition, postpartum women wake more frequently and have less dream sleep than non-postpartum women. The article said that the sleep problems continue for many women even after the baby starts sleeping through the night.
We asked OB/GYN Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz to review the article and weigh in. "This is a really great article which sheds light on a heretofore poorly understood and unexamined area of the stressors of the postpartum period," she says. "Sleep deprivation is often hinted at or joked about as one of those things new parents just have to survive -- but lack of sleep can lead to many other problems such as anxiety and depression, metabolic disruptions, and lasting changes in habits. The postpartum time is such an important time that our Western culture just does not support or value enough. Women, by pushing to look great (i.e., the same as a woman without a baby!) and 'return to normal' ASAP buy into that culture. The realities of attending to a new baby are tremendous, but remedies such as sleeping when the baby does, getting good nutrition, and even receiving regular massage and body work can significantly improve sleep and mood. Family and community support are crucial to surviving and thriving during this time -- when our basic needs, such as sleep, are attended to, we are better moms and better people."
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I think a large problem for me was I was so afraid I wouldn't hear my babies cry soon enough, even with the monitor turned all the way up, that I became hyper-sensitive to all other sounds. The ceiling fan squeeking, cars driving by, a neighbor's dog barking,all would wake me up or keep me awake. My late-husband's snoring was the worst.
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Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. (SHSE: 601899) February 2 disclosed unaudited 2011 express financial results, reporting net profit attributable to shareholders of listed company gained 20.03 percent year on year to CNY 5.795 billion thanks to sales prices rise of major products like gold.
Data show that Zijin Mining recorded CNY 39.82 billion operating revenue and CNY 0.266 earnings per share in the reporting period, up 39.51 percent and 20.03 percent over a year earlier respectively.
In addition, Zhongjin Gold Corp. (SHSE: 600489) and Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. (SHSE: 600547) January 30 forecast that 2011 net profits would increase by over 50 percent year on year.
China's gold output came to 360.957 tons in 2011, creating a record high again, and the figure added by 20.081 tons or 5.89 percent from a year earlier. Top ten gold producers by output in China, such as China National Gold Group Corporation and Zijin Mining, produced 184.019 tons of gold last year, accounting for 50.98 percent of total output nationwide, according to the latest data by the China Gold Association.
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Coconut – A Miracle Food for Singers?
One day pundits say it helps to lower your cholesterol, the next day it's considered a saturated fat that in excess can lead to heart disease.> read more
Vocal Health Solutions for Working Singers
New York City's Go-To Voice Expert, Joan Lader, shares top vocal health solutions.> read more
10 Sneaky Foods Singers Need to Avoid
Think twice about these items for the sake of your vocal folds, energy level and waistline –says nutritionist Sharon Zarabi> read more
Singing When Sick – Practical Tips
Here are top tips for singing with a cold or flu – From the folks behind The Ultimate Guide to Singing.> read more
Soothe the Voice: Honey Loquat Syrup
It has been helping throats for thousands of years – now modern science explains why.> read more
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Award-winning vocal coach Judy Rodman tells singers how to keep the voice in optimum condition.> read more
Formation of Nodules
"The people we see the most in voice clinics with nodules are usually young women: school teachers, call center workers – or anyone else with a profession or hobby that makes them project their voice on an already inefficient or "leaky" sound. Of course, this would include singers.> read more
How Nodes Are Removed Today
A surgical operation on the nodes is utterly reliable when you are working with an ENT surgeon who works with singers.> read more
I Developed Nodules and Survived!
Back in the mid-90s, during a particularly heavy performing schedule, I noticed that my voice was a little husky and accessing my head voice was more difficult than it should've been. Since it was my living, I felt obliged to take all the singing work coming my way. As a result I was singing seven days a week for months on end…> read more
Nodes: Diagnosis and Treatments
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Honey & Lemon for Singers: Fact from Fiction
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ITIF President Rob Atkinson's testimony about globalization of R&D and policy responses, before the House Committee on Science and Technology's Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
October 3, 2007
Does the United States Benefit from U.S. IT Products Made Overseas? Mapping the Global Value Chain of the iPod and Notebook Computers
Professor Ken Kraemer, the co-author of a recent study of IT value chains, discussed the nature of the global supply chain for the iPod and notebook computer: where value is created, what each nation specializes in, and how much value each captures. Kraemer and ITIF President Rob Atkinson then discussed what kinds of public policies the United States needs to adopt to ensure that we stay competitive and capture a larger share of the value chain.
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Grand Reopening – Willowbrook Grill
The City of Winter Haven cordially invites all chamber members to enjoy a Grand Reopening Celebration of the the newly renovated Willowbrook Grill at the Willowbrook Golf Course tomorrow, Friday, March 14th. The official ribbon cutting will be at 11 … Continue reading
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Perspectives from 2013 City Commission Candidates:
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"Hey, that's me," I said.
"So it looks like you? Or does the corpse crawling toward you give it away?" He handed the sketch pad to me. "I drew it this morning when Derek was doing his computer searches. I was thinking about last night." In the picture, I was kneeling on my blanket, the corpse in front of me. Thankfully, he hadn't opted to draw the part where I'd been screaming in mortal terror, but later, when I thought he'd been outside with Tori. I had my eyes closed, hands raised. The corpse was rearing up, seeming to follow my hands like a cobra dancing before a flute. All I could remember was how terrified I'd been, but in Simon's sketch, I didn't look terrified—I looked calm, confident. I looked powerful.
(Source: dystopie, via i-am-divergent)
"I have always known who the enemy is. Who starves and tortures and kills us in the arena. Who will soon kill everyone I love."
(via iswearonemmaswaan)
It's okay Fin, it's okay. I'm not going anywhere.
(via mrgloss)
Being half wolf doesn't just make Derek a little different. Half of him is an animal ruled by instinct. There are some instincts… Derek seems very attached to you, Chloe.
(Source: thehungergamestrilogy-, via iswearonemmaswaan)
I lift my chin and stand as straight as I can. The cylinder begins to rise.
(via iswearonemmaswaan)
I wish Jack hadn't died. I was hoping that he and Olivia would develop feelings for each other considering she took care of him during his early days as a wolf.
That just goes to show how much of the book you read.
yeah, I've only read Shiver. I want to read the other books but I had no time to go to the bookstore lately :)
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He says all the right things, at exactly the right times
But he means nothing to you and you don't know why
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Parents on CTA take stroller rudeness to new lows
From Incivilian.net:
Most CTA seat hogs only take up one extra seat. Standard seat-hog operating procedure entails sitting in the aisle seat of a bus or train and placing one's belongings in the window seat, thus prohibiting other passengers from sitting next to oneself. It's the in-transit homosapien's answer to pissing on a fire hydrant.
Every so often someone with a real passion for monopolizing public space will take up two extra seats, like so:
Yesterday, however, I saw seat hogging taken to a whole new level. This instance of seat hogging transcended itself to incorporate no less than three forms of CTA-specific antisocial behavior.
It's common for someone to hog an extra seat. And for parents to refuse to fold their strollers, which unnecessarily narrows the aisle. And for the Steven Statues of the world to stand at the rear of the bus, blocking access to the stairs. But not until Sunday had I seen all three of these elements combined to create a Voltron of CTA sociopathy.
A couple boarded the bus with a double-seat stroller. Mom and dad pushed the stroller all the way to the back stairs, where they decided to set up a seat-hog shop of horrors. All told, they managed to hog four extra seats on the lower level, in addition to completely blocking the back stairs.
Introducing CTA-HOLES: New trading cards examine (in)civility aboard Chicago transit
I'm proud to announce the arrival of the CTA-HOLES trading-card collection. The ideological love child of Garbage Pail Kids and Emily Post, CTA-HOLES are intended to prompt conversation about how we Chicagoans treat each other on buses and trains.
To see the rest of the cards, visit my main site, Incivilian.net.
Peter H. Gilmore Interview: Satanic Rule vs. Golden Rule
Here's an excerpt of my interview with Magus Peter H. Gilmore, head of the Church of Satan:
Joe Jarvis: From your own perspective, why, if the Golden Rule "works so well," do we have wars, child molestation, honor killings, etc. perpetuated by people and countries who identify themselves as adherents of religions that hold the Golden Rule at the center of their teachings?
Peter H. Gilmore: As you've demonstrated, Forni is in error regarding his claim that this is a functioning rule of conduct. People never practice what they preach when proclaimed tenets go against basic human nature - which is always driven by self-interest, despite protests to the contrary. If one examines Christian doctrine, their supposed foundation is upon "love", but any observer of history can handily note that members of major and minor Christian sects are guilty of murder, rape, torture and genocide, often directed at those Christians with simple doctrinal differences, but such atrocities are employed with guilt-free gusto upon anyone who has not embraced their mythical savior. Perhaps contemporary spin-doctors could call this "tough love," but I suggest that rational people not allow this hypocrisy to go without criticism.
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The Great Malawi Fart Flap of 2011
Two government officials in Malawi made headlines earlier this month when they began, as the BBC put it, "arguing over whether a new bill includes a provision that outlaws breaking wind in public." Reported on by the likes of the Huffington Post and Gawker, the story quickly roared its way through the interwebs. (Google now returns some 204,000 results for "Malawi fart.") Malawian lawmakers planned on debating the issue the week before last, but before they had the chance, the big stink had already faded. After February 4, the issue simply disappeared. No follow-up articles, nothing.
The only decent summary of the derailed debate that I've seen comes from Barry Ronge, writing for the Times Live. Basically, there's a 1929 Malawian law that states: "Any person who voluntarily vitiates the atmosphere … shall be guilty of a misdemeanour." George Chaponda, Malawi's justice and constitutional affairs minister, recently decided to argue that "vitiation" includes farting, and that the prohibition should be enforced.
Naturally, Chaponda linked Malawi's farting crisis to the rise of democracy. Ronge quotes the minister as saying:
"People felt free to fart anywhere," he said. "It was not there during the time of dictatorship because people were afraid of the consequences. Now, because of multiparty-ism or freedom, people would like to fart anywhere. They should go to the toilet instead of farting in public."
Solicitor general Anthony Kamanga took Chaponda to task for egregiously misinterpreting the law, arguing that "vitiation" referred to a more traditional definition of air pollution. Chaponda ultimately agreed, and the story quickly dissipated without a trace, despite making a great deal of noise, thereby assuming the opposite properties of a silent-but-deadly.
It's a shame that the matter didn't make it to debate. It would have given us a chance to reconsider the immense changes in farting protocol over the centuries. Some 470 years ago, Erasmus advised:
Don't squeeze your buttocks to prevent the emission as it may injure your health, so if you must in company, cover with a discreet and well-timed cough.
Today, of course, no amount of well-timed coughs make public farting acceptable. (How exactly does something go from accepted to reviled within five centuries?) Despite our revulsion, we have absolutely no way of enforcing our social rule against the act, whether we're the Malawian police or a good ol' boy in a sleeveless t-shirt at the public library.
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Dear Chicago Dog Owner (The thing about snow is…)
Today while walking through Bucktown, I spotted four (4) heaps of dog feces exposed by thawing snow between the houses at 1919 and 1923 North Wolcott—a distance of maybe 20 feet. I took photos, but decided against posting, what with dog feces being fairly unappetizing (unless your name happens to be Divine). A veritable coprolith laid outside the house at 1901 North Wolcott, and innumerable other unscooped deposits greeted me as I worked my way down to Milwaukee. Guys, please. Stop this.
Also, I'm over here full-time now: http://www.incivilian.net/
Snowmageddon or Not…
You rock, 1942 N. Winchester. If we all acted like you, the world would be a far better place. Unless you like to torture exchange students in your basement or something. But I doubt that, seeing how you tend the sidewalk in front of your residence no matter how deep the snow drift, regardless of how little practical good it does because none of your neighbors follow suit. You do it because it needs doing, and in so doing you melt my cold black heart.
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In a recent post about endangered New Zealand pedestrians, I mentioned the book Nation of Rebels, and its two authors' contention that manners and courtesy primarily function as indicators of our willingness to follow social rules.
We make way for one another when passing on sidewalks. If we both arrive at the buffet at the same time to discover that only one gray, delectable disc of Salisbury steak remains, we go through a trite but nonetheless important series of insincere deferences ("No, please, I insist. Well if you're sure …"), until eventually one of us strides off about his get his minced-beef on and the other leaves feeling slightly ass-chafed by the whole thing (that would be you, sucka). We take these interactions for granted, but they let us know what we can expect from each other. Our chat at the buffet establishes mutual reassurance that the social order remains intact and will not imminently dissolve into a chaotic mess in which you plunge a pair of salad tongs into the side of my neck and leave me bleeding out on the floor of Old Country Buffet.
As Heath and Potter go on to note,
It is precisely this trust mechanism that is exploited by the best con artists and psychopaths, who are invariably charming and polite. Strictly speaking, it is a false inference to conclude that people who play by the rules when it comes to the small stuff will also play by the rules when it comes to the big stuff. Con artists prove this by doing the former and not the latter.
You'll find an excellent article titled, "Grifters, Bunco Artists and Flimflam Men" in the thoroughly enjoyable February issue of Wired. (Chalk it up to my tech illiteracy, but I can't find any content from the "Underworld Exposed" issue on the Wired site.) The author—Ricky Jay, who is also an actor, sleight-of-hand practitioner and deception expert—runs through a rogue's gallery of some of his "favorite demimondaines and demimondudes."
Among the motley crew is Hod Bacon, who specialized in spotting and swindling emigrants leaving the States for their homelands. Explaining how Bacon managed to quickly ingratiate himself with his victims, Jay quotes from an 1876 book titled Criminals of America, in which author Philip Farley discussed the necessity for a con man to exude charm:
At a steamboat landing or railroad depot there is not another more diffident or retiring man in the world … he can joke with the servants, play with the children and wish you God speed on your journey …
If you live in a city, you've heard every pitch imaginable from folks on the street. With no way to know who truly needs help or the best way to deliver that help, the option often seems like either living your life as a rube, flinging loose bills in the air as you walk to the train, or putting up a forcefield of chill between yourself and the outside world. Other people quickly become threats, or at best suspects who, if you were to drop your guard for one single solitary moment, would think nothing of stabbing you in the neck with a pair of salad tongs and leaving you to bleed out on the floor of Old Country Buffet. Insincere but polite deference? Making way on the street? That's for suckers, the weak—easy marks not willing to do what it takes for the last delicious piece of Salisbury steak. Trust disappears—and along with it, social order.
Collective: The best of civility on the webs
- "NASA Ponders Etiquette of Sex in Space." Best passage from article on how NASA should handle sticky subject of interstellar scroggin': "'Human beings are sexual,' Joseph told FoxNews.com. 'They think about it a lot. So if you're on a trip to Mars, it's going to be dark out, you'll be in a long period of isolation, and there's not going to be a lot to do.'" (Via Salem News)
- "Economic Impact of Toilet-Seat Etiquette." In new paper, economist makes the following startling claim: "… the 'selfish' or the 'status quo' rule that leaves the toilet seat in the position used dominates the down rule in a wide range of parameter spaces including the case where the inconvenience costs are the same." So there. (Via Infectious Greed)
- "How to Be a Gay Lady—Manners for the Modern Lesbian." In the fifteenth installment of her tongue-in- …. uh …. -cheek tutorial, Ruth Callander explains the most effective strategies for alienating your life-partner's circle of friends, so that you can have her all to your damn self. (Via After Ellen)
- "Medical Cannabis Etiquette 101." Basically, don't bogart space in the lounge and be prepared to deal with some real buzzkill stinginess from Berkeley Patients Group, which allows its members a piddly per-day maximum of two (2) ounces of bud. (Via East Bay Express)
- "National Hug Day 2011." Drag! It was yesterday and I totally spaced the date. (Thanks a lot, Berkeley Patients Group.) Jordan Yerman celebrated by refocusing our attention on the do's and don'ts of the classic close-quarters embrace. Helpful hints include: "The person who initiates the hug is the one who also ends it. If hugging a total stranger on the street, keep it reasonably brief: you're hugging them, not detaining them." (Via NowPublic)
Mutha'uckin' Manners (A Kiss is Not a Social Contract)
Yesterday I wrote this snippet while mulling over ideas from the book Nation of Rebels, written by Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter:
~The CTA driver expects me to step back slightly from the curb when she wheels the bus into the stop area, lest the protruding side mirrors split open my skull. I in turn expect the bus driver to refrain from haphazardly mashing the accelerator and mowing down helpless pedestrians. In order to participate in society, we have to trust each other to follow the rules. "One way in which people establish the requisite trust," Heath and Potter explain, "is by demonstrating their willingness to play by the rules in small, symbolic ways. This is the core function of courtesy and good manners."~
I didn't publish what I wrote, thinking that maybe I could use it sometime in the future. Then this morning I read that outside a mall in Wellington, New Zealand, a bus recently struck a pedestrian, marking the fifth such occurrence since the opening of a new two-way route outside the mall.
The name of the mall? Why, Manners Mall, of course. Yes, this is the same Manners Mall where in 2008 a most unmannered gentleman went on a bit of a rampage, "smashing shop windows, throwing stock and pinching jewelry," according to this article from Stuff.
If you think that's bad, you should see what goes on at Polite Plaza.
Judeo-Christian Indoctrination, Your Juan Uribe and You (NSFW)
Here I am on the morning commute, holding the overhead strap on the train. Now I've disembarked at the station and am standing on an escalator, absentmindedly gripping the black rubber belt that moves alongside; and now I'm swatting at the turnstile spoke and stepping into the stairwell, where I ease my climb by pulling at the hand rail. Out onto the street, I extend a couple of bills to the newspaper vendor and palm loose change in turn.
During this brief commute, I've contacted innumerable surfaces previously touched by countless hands, hands that blocked coughs and cushioned sneezes and scratched whatever body parts, which is to say nothing of the time that these surfaces were otherwise left exposed to nature. (Filthy, filthy nature.)
~NSFW cartoon after jump~
How to Change Clothes After Practicing Bikram Yoga Without Inflicting Upon God and All Creation the Sight of Your Splayed Buttocks:
I practice yoga at Bikram Yoga Chicago, where there's usually 30 people in each class, regardless of time of day. (What with some New Year's resolutions and "Bikram challenges" still going strong, it's now not uncommon for there to be upwards of 40.) Of these 30-40 people, maybe 12 are men. Of these 12 men, maybe (maybe) one of them would like to see my bare bottom. But when even this one guy who actually wants to see my bare bottom innocently pulls back the linen curtain and steps inside the rickety bamboo frame of our studio's Gilligan's Island-style changing area, the last thing he wants to see is me from behind as I stand nude-skidoo, bent at the waist and rummaging through a duffle bag situated on the floor in front of me. And remember: this is the guy with a yen to see my unadorned tookus. If he reacts to the sight of my splayed buttocks with repugnance, just imagine how the guys must feel who do not want to see my unadorned tookus.
Fortunately, the situation is easily remedied. Judging from what I've seen behind the linen curtain, I am the first person on earth to discover a simple procedure for changing my clothes after practicing Bikram yoga without inflicting on god and all creation the sight of my splayed buttocks. I now share with you this poorly illustrated tutorial in the true spirit of Bikram: with generosity, friendship and the willingness to file litigation against anything that moves.
I'll be straight with you: it's not just about splayed buttocks. It's about buttocks in general. And wangs. I'd simply prefer not to see them, and you can throw in scrotums to boot.
Maybe I'm just "uptight." Perhaps I need to "loosen up a little" and "stop taking (my)self so seriously." Sure, I guess it's possible that I'm "just another repressed American who fetishizes sexual organs because he didn't get to see them on prime-time television while growing up in a culture that relentlessly drilled its members to believe that certain body parts were dirty." (And just to get it out of the way, yes, maybe I'm "gay" or "projecting" due to my own poor self-image.)
Maybe. All I'm saying is that I'd really rather not pull back that linen curtain to see your bits and pieces while you stand naked as a jaybird casually checking voice messages. Nor do I care to hear the wet slap of your John Thomas striking the inside of your thigh as you frantically swivel on one foot, with raised heel ensnared in an underwear waistband.
Is that too much too ask? Could we all at least give modesty a try, just for kicks? Please?
Awareness and incivility
The highly aware gentleman on the left, god bless him, has heaped a briefcase and shopping bag onto his lap—while holding both an umbrella and mobile device, no less—in order to leave free the seat to his right. Not that it matters much. The woman in the center of the photograph would prefer to stand in the aisle, staring at her phone while the bus makes stop after stop, and passenger after passenger (like the lady on the far right) squeezes past.
In his book The Civility Solution, P.M. Forni discusses what he calls focused and unfocused rudeness. I prefer to consider this divide as being between aware and unaware behavior. Most rude behavior, such as obstructing bus aisles, results from a lack of awareness. This type of behavior is inconsiderate and inconvenient to others, but naive and unaggressive.
The woman standing center doesn't realize that there's a seat open for her to sit in. But even if she did notice, it wouldn't make a difference because on a more fundamental level she remains unaware of how her actions impact others. In this instance, not only do boarding passengers have to maneuver a needlessly narrow aisle, but when she moves to the right immediately after I snap this photo, deboarding passengers will queue up behind her, thinking that she is waiting to get off at the next stop. By the time these poor folks realize that she is simply oblivious to the world around her, new riders will have already come aboard, creating a bottleneck around the fare boxes. However, it's difficult to imagine that feigning obliviousness while deliberately standing in bus aisles is part of this woman's dastardly plot to take over the world one minor inconvenience at a time. She's frustrating to be around, most certainly, but unaware, and thus not antisocial.
Again, most rude behavior on the bus belongs to this class. Not only aisle-standers, but loud talkers and those folks who inexplicably post up directly in front of the rear doors. No one, apparently, has ever encouraged any of them to pay attention to the immediate effects of their behavior.
Then you have what Dr. Forni might call focused rudeness, or what I would describe in equally academic terms as "being a massive jerk." To observe self-conscious rudeness is to witness the jagged edge of incivility tear into the fabric of civilization, to have one's very innocence ripped into bloody ribbons and strewn among bushes behind the roadside rest of cultural consciousness.
If you dare, lower your eyes and behold the inhumanity:
OK, so it's not exactly casting your gaze upon Gorgons, but it's still pretty ugly. Unlike the gentleman in the first photograph, this woman has made the conscious decision to say "no" to others by claiming the window seat with a single bag. Seat hogs are the nastiest of all the CTA-holes (not counting the overtly hostile types). Although the loud talker most likely has no clue as to the difference between an inside and outside voice, the seat hogs, by virtue of staking off property, clearly understand what they're doing. And it's that deliberate intent that comes across so sour, as such a petty strike against others.
Of course, one could make the argument that even focused rudeness comes from a lack of awareness. The argument goes that one can be conscious of one's actions, but nonetheless remain unaware of how they affect others. The seat hog in this photograph might understand intellectually that she is behaving antisocially, but she cannot possibly understand—on a visceral level—how her actions impact others, as such an understanding would preempt antisocial behavior. True awareness (and thus civility), then, is empathy.
So much for civility
"Being aware of others is where civility begins. To be fully aware of them, we must weave empathy into the fabric of our connection."
-P.M. Forni, The Civility Solution
"Rather than pointing fingers or assigning blame, let us use this occasion to expand our moral imaginations, to listen to each other more carefully, to sharpen our instincts for empathy…"
-President Obama, January 12
"Much will be written today, comparing last night's moving speech by President Obama to Sarah Palin's eight-minute exercise in narcissism…"
-Barbara Morrill, DailyKos, January 13
-Inanemergencydial, HotAir, January 12, 11:59pm
"Civility" became a hot topic following the recent Tucson shooting.* During a nine-minute "Special Comment", Keith Olbermann seconded Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik's plea for an end to "violent rhetoric" in politics. Katrina Trinko at the National Review Online responded with an article documenting past instances in which Olbermann used harsh language against his opponents.
This exchange typified the "I know you are, but what am I" dynamic that continued for a couple of days. One on hand, Michelle Malkin offers up an "illustrated primer" on the "progressive 'culture of hate'. On the other, the American Prospect blog publishes a post that issues this challenge: "… any journalist who characterizes this as a bipartisan problem ought to be able to show examples, from people equal in prominence to those on the right (i.e. members of Congress, incredibly popular radio hosts, etc.) who have said equally violent and incendiary things."
It was like watching brothel patrons accuse each other of low morals. The "civility" conversation, may it rest in peace, could have just as easily been about the deficit or health care or whether we should continue to invest in NASA. The "news cycle," as mentioned by President Obama during his speech last night, spews up talking points, which conservative and liberal pundits alike pounce on and chew to shreds. If that talking point happens to be "civility," so be it. We'll simply gouge out each other's eyes fighting to determine who shows greater restraint.
The President appealed for civility last night and no one so much as flinched. We just took the idea of "civility" and cut or stretched it to fit our pre-existing beliefs. But only long enough to catch our collective breath and start yelling again. Sadly, civility isn't something that you achieve by thinking about it. It's something that can only be achieved by acting civilly. That would take some humility, which would take more than we're willing to give.
*In fairness, Joe Scarborough had a jump on this whole "civility in politics" thing back in November when he helped launch the purportedly centrist No Labels movement. But, "civility" didn't start flooding Twitter feeds until after the Tucson event.


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