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The Blindness of Privilege
May 24th, 2013 | Posted by: Chelsea Link
Privilege is real, and it is a problem. This is a plea for us all to have better conversations about it.
I think I'm in a decent position to talk about this. After all, I am one of the most privileged people I know. I graduated from
Hogwarts Harvard one year ago today. I've gotten sunburnt while skiing, which is probably the whitest sentence in the English language. I once got a concert grand harp for my birthday – my twelfth birthday. I've basically been deep-throating a silver spoon for 23 years.
In that time, I've had a lot of uncomfortable conversations about race, class, power, and privilege. I used to dismiss the people who used these words because none of them made sense to me and my experience. But I've had my eyes and ears opened a lot in recent years. I came to college, I met different kinds of people, I studied different things from different angles – the usual liberal agenda. I have a lot left to learn, but I've come to take the issue of privilege very seriously.
It's an issue that comes up a lot in the secular "movement" nowadays – Richard Dawkins is swimming in it yet oblivious to it, Jen McCreight tried to start a whole new movement to deal with it – but a lot of people are still sort of staring blankly and wondering what is going on and when they can go back to debating the atheology of Firefly.
So as somebody who can relate both to the people who see privilege everywhere and to those who don't get what everybody's whining about, I want to help translate so we can communicate more clearly. First, everybody's going to need to sit down and stop yelling and actually listen for a while, so go ahead and emotionally prepare yourself for that and come back when you're ready to be an adult about this.
Good? Good.
Let's start with something we all agree on: Facebook comment threads can be frustrating. Some extra-frustrating recent incidents pushed me over some kind of edge, which is why I'm here blogging after basically giving up on the Internet as a concept.
The other day, I posted a status update about how I'm planning on getting a second tattoo soon. An acquaintance of mine, a middle-aged man, shared some very well-meaning advice about how I should think about my future and remember that ink is permanent, and mentioned how glad he is that his 20s self had the foresight to remain unadorned. I retorted that I'd been wishing more men would tell me how my body should look, and pointed out that I know plenty of people of all ages who are satisfied with their choices of whether and how to modify their bodies. He then sent me a hurt and defensive message calling my "unfair" response a "cheap shot" and insisting that "gender has absolutely nothing to do with it."
A couple weeks earlier, I shared an article about the enshrinement of slut-shaming in school dress codes. It got some comments, including a lot of agreement as well as some respectful and thoughtful alternative opinions; all good so far. But it also evoked a lot of outright dismissal. Here follow some excerpts from real comments by real men – men whom Facebook labels my "friends," no less.
"I'm not seeing it." "I couldn't figure out what I was supposed to be offended by." "That anyone thinks that schools are out of line for outlawing clothes that are, in most cases, made with the explicit purpose of looking sexy is laughable." "And don't tell me that an extra 3 inches off of a skirt helps you keep cool." "What a bunch of nonsense." "Not to be condescending, but [condescending rant]." "This whole thing is so silly." "I don't think it's symptomatic of the 'rape culture.'" "It's just a damn dress code."
Here's the deal. If somebody of a different gender than yours says gender matters in a situation, it probably matters. Just because you don't see something (yet) doesn't mean it isn't there, and all your condescending, laughing, and scare-quoting will neither help you see it nor make what I see disappear. If lots of people with some common experience that you lack – a gender, an ethnicity, whatever – are all upset by something you don't even see, chances are better that you're facing the wrong way than that it simply doesn't exist.
You need to be open to the possibility that your experience of the world as a male/straight/white/cisgendered/abled/documented/educated/etc./etc. person might miss out on some of the struggles experienced by your less privileged planetmates. You need to admit that this might mean they know some things you don't and put up with some shit you don't. You need to respect them and listen to them and take them seriously, not mansplain to them that their subjective experiences are incorrect.
One of the main problems with privilege is that usually the people who have it are nearly blind to it. I believe that this blindness exists not because privileged people are stupid or careless, but because its effects are nearly invisible to them by the very nature of the systems that make those people privileged in the first place. I think the majority of privileged people are smart, well-meaning, and compassionate, so let's give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they are not trying to ruin everything. They just don't know any better (yet).
As I said at the beginning, I know from experience that these kinds of ideas can be startling and disorienting to those of us lucky enough to be shielded from a lot of what goes on in the world. It's okay to feel that way, but it's not okay to use that as an excuse to abandon the conversation. When it comes to privilege, out of sight cannot mean out of mind.
So how are we going to get people to care about a phenomenon that doesn't even seem real to them? I think the biggest thing here is that calling someone out for privilege can't be a criminal accusation or a public shaming. Allow me to cast the first stone at myself: I should have found a less snarky way to point out the problematic aspects of the tattoo comment. I don't think my response was "unfair" or unduly harsh, but it was less helpful than it could have been. Yes, privilege is upsetting, but if we start by hurling epithets, people won't want to stick around to hear what else we have to say. When communication begins with an attack, the automatic response is to be defensive, not to listen. (See: all of atheism ever.)
Finally, one other comment on the dress code thread wasn't overtly offensive but did illustrate a mistake that perfectly nice smart privileged people tend to make: "I maintain that one could craft a similar or identical policy divorced from history, and thus the policy itself is not sexist."
That might be true, but last I checked, history was still waiting for its Henry VIII to come; for the foreseeable future, divorce isn't an option. This issue of inescapable histories of oppression is discussed in an excellent blog post on Brute Reason called "Why You Shouldn't Tell That Random Girl On The Street That She's Hot." This is a really fantastically good article and you should definitely read the entire thing, plus as many of the outlinks as you have time for. For now we'll focus on this part:
In a perfect world, you could tell a woman she's hot and she would smile and say thank you because there would be no millennia-long history of women's bodies being used and abused by men, no notion of women's beauty as being "for" men, no ridiculous beauty standards. Complimenting a woman on her appearance would be just like complimenting a person on their bike or their shoes or the color of their hair; it would not carry all the baggage that it carries in this world.
But that's not our world, and it may never be. Yeah, it sucks that women often take it "the wrong way" when you give them unsolicited compliments. You know what sucks more? Yup, patriarchy.
The fact is that there is no way to magically remove yourself from history; you are embedded in oppressive systems no matter what. Just because you don't see how a comment or action or policy relates to power dynamics and histories of oppression, that does not somehow make it officially neutral and vindicate you from any responsibility for perpetuating those systems. This means that there is no such thing as a neutral comment about a woman's body, about race, about same-sex attractions, about non-conforming genders, etc.
There is no neutral way for a school board to police the sexualities of its female students. There is no neutral way for a man to comment on an unknown woman's appearance. There is no neutral way for an older man to give me advice about my body modifications.
You are a part of the system whether or not you like it and whether or not you believe in it, so either you can join the resistance or you can sell your soul to The Man. Your choice.
Chelsea Link is the Campus Organizing Fellow at the Humanist Community at Harvard. She has left a trail of abandoned blog detritus in her wake, ranging from Sewage & Syphilis to Blogging Biblically. Before graduating from Harvard, she studied History & Science with a focus in the history of medicine, and served as both the Vice President of Outreach of the Harvard Secular Society and the President of the Harvard College Interfaith Council. She tends to kill the mood at parties by unnecessarily reciting Shakespeare.
16 Responses to "The Blindness of Privilege"
Rachael McNeal Says:
May 24th, 2013 at 10:35 am
wonderful use of "mansplain!"
Great Work Chelsea!
James Desborough Says:
May 24th, 2013 at 11:23 am
Ghastly article illustrating much of the hypocrisy in the SJ movements trying to turn atheism into another humanism lately. People of all genders, races and types have areas in which they're privileged and areas in which they're not. Bringing it up serves no useful purpose and is primarily used as silencing tactics. Frequently one that, ironically, relies on sexism or racism.
EG: You're white/male/wealthy, you don't know shit, you need to check your privilege.
Not only is this presumptive and insulting (ad hominem even) but it is used to silence the other person without even considering the content of what they have to say. Worse than that it denies the other person the basic human quality of empathy, the ability to imagine someone else's situation and put yourself in their shoes.
Atheism+ has met with scepticism not because of any institutionalised sexism or bias but because many of the SJ claims are poorly evidenced, pure opinion or have become dogma within the echo chambers of activist study groups. Now they find themselves exposed to an inherently sceptical grouping who have already shown they're willing to break social taboo by critiquing religion and having obfuscatory language – amongst many other issues – find themselves in the uncomfortable position of having to explain themselves.
But they don't explain themselves. Instead they insult, caricature, ad hom. silence and cause drama. The hypocrisy evident even in the term 'mansplaining' – horrendously sexist – is staggering.
Little wonder, then, that this sort of action gets met with arched eyebrows and mirth, much as religious dogma does.
If there's substance to it, then people who believe this need to back it up and argue their case with just as much evidence and reason as creationists would to convince anyone.
VladChituc Says:
May 24th, 2013 at 11:30 am
1. Citation needed that it's a silencing tactic. I've basically seen everyone who whines about acknowledging privilege claim this, but no one has cited anything.
2. There are times when your identity actually matters, and to bring that up is not an ad hominem. There's a difference between "you're wrong because you're white/ a man" and "your racial identity and gender distort your perception of things, so consider that." Being asked to check your privilege is an instance of the latter. Literally, it means to examine how the advantages you have in life might be coloring how you see this situation. I don't see how that's silencing at all.
3. Asking people to consider their advantages denies them empathy lolwut?
4. How is mansplaining sexist, let alone horrendously so?
5. Do you know what mirth means? because it's not a synonym for ridicule.
6. So to sum up, you basically did nothing but make unsubstantiated claims (privilege is silencing! it denies people humanity! Somehow! and it's just like creationism!) without actually providing any evidence. If you're going to criticize SJ for not having any evidence, you could start by providing some of your own.
James Desborough Says:
May 24th, 2013 at 11:37 am
1. Pick virtually any thread where it's brought up, or today's twitter faff around Dawkins. No substance, just 'You're an old privileged white guy' – as though that invalidated someone's opinion. It doesn't, any more than being black, brown or a woman does.
2-3. Because that's the way it is used. Somehow because you're not XYZ you can't empathise with XYZ and your perception MUST be distorted rather than simply disagreeing.
4. Seriously? How do you not understand a gendered insult as sexist?
5. A source of humour, ridicule is another valid response as well as laughing at it.
6. So to sum up, you provided evidence in your reply. Thanks.
VladChituc Says:
May 24th, 2013 at 11:40 am
1-3 So literally cite any example. I dont think you get how evidence works.
4: do you think it's racist to call someone a cracker? Because if it's racist, and if "mansplaining" is "sexist" it's not in any way that matters.
5. Unless A+ literally makes you happy or joyful, you're using the word mirth wrong.
6. Did I make any claims that require any evidence?
James Desborough Says:
May 24th, 2013 at 11:47 am
1-3. https://twitter.com/search?q=privilege%20dawkins&src=typd
4. Yes, it is. You're now excusing bigotry, so long as its against people you don't like.
5. Amusement or laughter being other definitions, but if you're having trouble understanding the meaning of prejudice or bigotry I can forgive your other definitional problems.
6. You supported mine with your actions – and have again here.
You're a fanatic, blind – not to your privilege but to your hypocrisy. You will excuse racial or gender prejudice against targets you deem 'fair game'.
I will not.
If you're going to campaign against them I, not unreasonably I think, expect you not to be a bigot yourself.
You may now continue your circle-jerk uninterrupted. I apologise for being slightly insulting but honestly, this makes me as angry as I'm sure it makes you in other circumstances and with other targets.
Kelly Bodwin Says:
May 24th, 2013 at 3:04 pm
Dear Chelsea I <3 you.
And also question: Given that one is in a position of privilege, how can one responsibly engage with the topic? Isn't it possible that someone could honestly listen to and take seriously the claims of an underprivileged group, but still disagree on the solutions? I'm not trying to make a particular point, just wondering how to strike a balance between "You're a white rich male so your opinion doesn't count" and "There is no such thing as privilege there's no way rich white males could be out of touch."
For example, with respect to your facebook incident, I think we can both agree that the poster in question was (a) out of line and (b) genuinely trying to give advice to someone he cared about. Is there any way he could have voiced his warning without treading on your autonomy? Or was he, as an older male living in a patriarchal society, automatically excluded from any conversation on the topic? If I had written a similar comment, would that have been okay since I occupy the same privilege-stratosphere as you in this case?
Sean Bowen Says:
May 25th, 2013 at 10:25 am
I bet you describe yourself as a "nice guy" in your OkCupid profile, huh?
Skeletal Dropkick Says:
May 25th, 2013 at 11:20 am
Just as an anecdotal story, I am a white, privileged, tattooed female, currently in Nursing school for a BSN. My last rotation was in a rather conservative pediatric hospital (in the Bay Area, CA, nonetheless) where I had to wear a bandaid over my very subtle, very small, science-y tattoo. And I had to wear my hair in a particular way to cover up not only the purple dye in my hair, but the tattoo behind my ear as well. So your Facebook friend has a point. We still aren't to the place where all employers are OK with tattoos. That could have been all he was saying. Although you chose a easily covered spot for your tattoo, so I don't think you will have to worry.
This is the tattoo I had to cover up- http://www.flickr.com/photos/skeletaldropkick/6207543247/
Who woulda thought? Not me.
James Desborough Says:
May 25th, 2013 at 12:28 pm
Is a hope for consistency really something so dangerous and out of line that it requires insults and silencing? There's that hypocrisy again.
VladChituc Says:
May 25th, 2013 at 12:31 pm
Man, what is it with the anti-feminist types on thinking literally anything is silencing?
Aww you made a joke at me? Silencing.
You want me to be aware of how my advantages influence how I see the world? Silencing.
You want me not to be a sexist? Silencing.
It's pretty ridiculous to whine about being silenced when you are in no way being silenced because it is a thing you are able to whine about.
James Desborough Says:
May 25th, 2013 at 12:44 pm
Not agreeing with your hypocritical and self-defeating means of going about being a dick online to shore up your self esteem does not make one anti-feminist. Though egalitarian strikes me as a much better word. Nor does disagreeing with you make one sexist.
I shall keep your argument about "You're not being silenced since you can whine" in mind next time someone brings it up the other direction and let's just see how that goes down.
Evan Clark Says:
May 25th, 2013 at 7:57 pm
Thanks for writing this. As a person who fits all of the these categories "male/straight/white/cisgendered/abled/documented/educated/etc./etc." and a few more agent groups, I couldn't agree with you more about the importance of what you wrote and the struggle it takes for the fishes like us to see the water we were born into.
Keep up the great work!
Laurence Says:
May 27th, 2013 at 10:17 pm
Thank you for this. It's a great article.
Jon Dreyer Says:
May 30th, 2013 at 2:58 am
Chelsea Link asks that we have better conversations about privilege and that we stop yelling and listen and try to act like adults. I will try but this very difficult for me. I am the middle-aged man who "shared some very well-meaning advice." I feel as if I changed lanes on the highway and saw a three-car pileup in my rearview mirror. Especially because I consider Chelsea to be a friend, reading her pained response evoked a combination of horror at evoking that pain, and defensiveness because I felt that I hadn't done anything wrong. I have sat and stewed for days wondering what I could have done, what I should have done, what I should not have done. She says that "calling someone out for privilege can't be a criminal accusation or a public shaming," but as someone who's considered himself a feminist for at least 40 years, who's raised two daughters, who's an HGSE-trained educator, who feels pretty aware of privilege of all sorts, and who opposes privilege of many sorts, including male privilege, I can't help but take this very personally.
For the record, here is the entirety of my original comment: "Just remember that, with some luck, some day you'll be my age. Let's just say I am very grateful to my 20-something self for not having gotten any tattoos!" That's it.
A few things about her initial response shocked me. First, the way she assumed that I was telling her what to do rather than merely suggesting something to think about. Second, the way she made it about gender and privilege.
I think any reading of my comment makes it clear that I wasn't telling her to do anything with her body, nor was I trying to make a decision for her. She hasn't commented more on that, so the rest of this post is about the second part, about gender and privilege.
It is absolutely clear to me that my intention had nothing to do with gender. One reason I know this is because I have made the same comments to men for the exact same reasons. I made this very clear when I used my own (male) experience as an example.
After reading her blog post, I see that she's telling us how she heard it, not how I meant it. While she felt I was "mansplaining" her subjective experience, I felt that I was "explaining" my intended meaning, so we were really talking past each other. But she wasn't just telling us how she heard it, she was also saying I should have known better.
I get that intention alone is not a defense. As the "hot" article says, just because my thoughts are pure does not give me license to comment on a woman's appearance. There are things I can say to men that I can't say to women, even if I mean them the same way. But I still maintain that there are many interactions between men and women involving women's bodies that really have nothing to do with male privilege, sexualization or objectification. I recently discussed a young woman's body with her, and even suggested what she should do with her body, and I think it was ok. Specifically we discussed her tendinitis, and how I thought she could make it better. I hope we agree that this did not cross the line.
So how are we to decide where the boundary is? To me, the question is whether it is reasonable for the woman to feel inappropriately sexualized by the comment. In this case, that possibility didn't even occur to me, but in retrospect, tattoos are a form of adornment and maybe I should have thought my comment might have been interpreted as if I were commenting on how it might affect her desirability. But really, maybe not. When I drew a parallel between my experience with my old male body and her future experience with her eventually old female body, I still think was quite a stretch to interpret the comment as having anything to do with male privilege or sexualization. Subjective experience is of course subjective, but Chelsea suggests that I should have predicted her subjective response, and I don't agree. Call that "mansplaining" if you want, but I don't think that helps. Privilege may be blinding, but so too can being on the wrong side of privilege too often.
Here's an example of privilege that I know from the wrong side. As an ethnic and cultural Jew, I have seen some anti-Semitism. But we've seen it so many times, many of us see anti-Semitism everywhere. Some Jews declare "anti-Semitism" whenever anyone opposes any Israeli policy, however egregious. Anti-Semitism is real, but not every slight against a Jew is anti-Semitism, despite our "subjective experience." Not distinguishing our subjective experience of anti-Semitism from actual anti-Semitism can foster polarization and alienate potential allies.
And so for male privilege. To take my own transgressions out of the picture for a moment, Chelsea calls out male facebook "friends" who she hints could not be real friends because they have the audacity to suggest that dress codes might have a place in schools. Why can't they be actual friends or allies who just happen to disagree about the boundary between slut-shaming and reasonable policy? Why are their only two choices, "join[ing] the resistance or sell[ing] your soul to The Man"? Should we turn away as soul-selling slut-shamers any potential allies who believe middle school students should not be allowed to come to school naked?
I have not followed the recent rifts in the secular movement very closely, but I do believe that folks like Rebecca Watson and Richard Dawkins have a lot of common goals and ideals, so the fact that they seem to represent two sides of a great rift, in which everybody must either side with the "feminists" or the "misogynists," can't be a good thing. I was hurt to be drawn into what feels a bit like a microcosm of this very real but needlessly polarized conflict. Chelsea and I have so many common goals and ideals, including the elimination of male privilege, though we may differ about the boundary. It really hurts to be made into a poster boy for the male privilege we would both like to eliminate.
Chelsea, I'm really sorry that my comments were so offensive to you, but have we really gotten to the point where such a gentle suggestion is out of line? In any case, I'll be even more careful in the future about crossing that boundary. I'm not sure that's a good thing, but there it is. I'd appreciate your thoughts on this but I also hope we can get back to focusing on what we have in common. And when can I hear you play that harp?
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The Convergence of Physical Security & IT
The convergence of physical security technology and information technology, and its impact on security and IT departments.
The word originated as a reference to radio transmission signals. Frequency band - or just band, for short - means a specific range of frequencies in the radio frequency spectrum. This spectrum is divided into ranges from very low frequencies to extremely high frequencies. Each band has a defined upper and lower frequency limit, which establishes its bandwidth. The wider the bandwidth, the more signals can be transmitted within the band, much the same as a wider highway can allow more cars to travel at the same time.
Frequency is measured in the number of cycles of change per second, or hertz. In analog systems, bandwidth is calculated as the difference between the highest-frequency signal component and the lowest-frequency signal component. The full range of the human voice is 300 Hz to about 5 kilohertz (kHz), which is a 4.7 kHz analog bandwidth. Most speech occupies a smaller portion of that range, giving typical voice signals a bandwidth of about 3 kHz.
In digital systems, bandwidth has come to mean the measure of the maximum data speed. Bits per second (bps) is a common measure of data speed for computer modems and computer data transmission carriers, and means the number of data bits transmitted or received each second.
A network is often composed of multiple segments, each segment being one point-to-point wiring or radio connection between pieces of network equipment, or between network equipment and computers. Different segments can have different bandwidths, depending upon how much network traffic they are designed to carry.
For security networks that involve WAN connections, bandwidth requirements may have significant cost or network resource impacts. For example, Telco-based connections have a recurring monthly cost. If the security network requires expanding the capacity of a Telco connection, that will mean an increase in the monthly cost.
Usually, one-time costs come from a capital budget while recurring costs come from an operations budget. These two budget categories are entirely separate, with entirely separate budgeting processes and revenue streams.
CCTV is the main reason security network bandwidth is an issue. An analog television broadcast video signal has a bandwidth of 6 megahertz (MHz) - 2,000 times as wide as a voice signal. This provides an indication of why sending CCTV video streams over a network can use up all available network bandwidth, and why the capacity of standard telephone lines is insufficient for transmitting continuous video. The bandwidth requirements of video are much higher than either voice or computer data.
In addition, digital video management software makes it possible to view live and recorded video by computer over an Ethernet network, using a technique called video streaming. The larger the CCTV system, the greater the potential for multiple users to be viewing multiple cameras.
Each camera requires its own data stream. Even with video data compression techniques, security-quality video can take up to 1 Mbps of bandwidth per camera, for each person viewing the camera signal. Multicast technology (routing a single video stream over the network to multiple users) can reduce the number of streams to a single stream per camera, regardless of the number of users viewing the video stream.
However, currently only two or three security video management software applications have multicast capability.
Video technologies will continue to improve, requiring less and less bandwidth per camera. On the other hand, the demand for higher-quality video (with higher bandwidth requirements) will also continue to increase for both security and operations use.
It wouldn't be wise to look to technological improvements to reduce security's overall requirement for network bandwidth. As security functions increase and improve, and as camera technologies both improve and lower in price, stronger security and business cases can be made for increased utilization of CCTV.This means that estimating security bandwidth requirements will remain an important element of security system design and planning, especially for large-scale security networks that involve WAN connections.
Estimating Security Network Bandwidth
Security networks have to be designed to handle the "worst case" scenario in terms of bandwidth. This would be a situation in which multiple security and operations personnel would have to make maximum use of networked equipment, such as examining live and recorded video from multiple cameras. This could easily require 10 or 20 times the network capacity that is normally needed for security.
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Asparagus and Rock Shrimp Risotto
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Almost-No-Chopping Black Bean and Salsa Soup
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- 3 (14 1/2 ounce) cans fat-free less-sodium chicken broth (about 5 1/4 cups)
- 1 (16 ounce) jar chunky salsa
- 2 1/2 cups rotisserie chicken, skin removed
- 1 (15 1/2 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 2/3 cup instant rice
- 1 cup frozen corn kernels
- 3 green onions, thinly sliced (about 1/2 cup)
- tortilla chips
- Bring the broth and salsa to a boil in a 3-quart saucepan over medium heat. Add the chicken, beans, and rice. Stir well, turn the heat to low, and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in the corn and cook until tender, about 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the onions. Ladle into soup bowls and serve immediately, breaking tortilla chips on top.
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Movement 1: Allegro moderato
Movement 2: Quasi andante
Movement 3: Allegro impetuoso
In D major, the key of Beethoven's and Brahms's violin concertos, Busoni's Violin Concerto is clearly intended to continue their lineage—significantly, Busoni wrote cadenzas for both of them—although it never descends into mere imitation. It uses quite a large orchestra (three flutes, one doubling piccolo, two each of oboes, clarinets and bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion and strings), but it is transparently scored, with plenty of Italianate cantilena for the soloist.
The work plays continuously but is in three discernible movements: there is even a vestigial scherzo towards the end of the opening Allegro moderato—Busoni was perhaps thinking of Brahms's original plan for a four-movement concerto with scherzo. This first movement is considerably foreshortened in comparison with those of Beethoven and Brahms, and is rich in both themes and transformations of themes. From the solo violin's first entry, picking up on the attractive opening motif, Busoni provides a good deal of rewarding passagework for Petri, but it is always moving the action forward. The central Quasi andante aspires to the soaring lyricism of Beethoven's Larghetto and an oboe solo is a nod to Brahms's Adagio: the classic ternary song form can be glimpsed, with a gently agitated central section, but the first theme is considerably transformed on its return. A brief cadenza leads into the brilliant Allegro impetuoso, which Busoni described as 'a sort of Carnival': its exciting final wind-up invites the applause which invariably ensues—at the premiere in Berlin on 8 October 1897, with the composer conducting the Philharmonic in an all-Busoni programme, Petri took five curtain calls and had to repeat the finale. Dedicated to Petri, the concerto was published by Breitkopf und Härtel in 1899.
Sadly, Busoni's huge reputation is not reflected by his representation in concert programmes. Even the Violin Concerto has never 'clicked' with the public. One of its champions, Joseph Szigeti, found that he had to convince the composer of its quality: after he had played it to Busoni in London, the composer said: 'Well, I must admit it's a good work, though unpretentious!'
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THE HAWK I LOVE — Coleman Hawkins in 1943: "CRAZY RHYTHM" & "HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN"
Hi there, swingin' folks – In the light of a recent article at Michael Steinman's "Jazz Lives", I think it's about time to write something new, closely connected to this very entry. 'Round twenty years ago, I went to a … Continue reading
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DIMINUENDO & CRESCENDO IN BLUE 1937, 1946, 1953, 1956 & 1958 — The Genesis of a Dukish Masterpiece
– Yesterday's post has inspired me to do what I have planned a long time ago: All significant versions of "Diminuendo & Crescendo In Blue" compiled in one post, and in chronological order (for the rest, see yesterday's updated post). … Continue reading
Posted in All American Rhythm Section, Blues, Duke Ellington, It's been a ball!, Jazz History Lecture, Jazz Stories & Tales, Invented Truths & Actual Happenings, Madness, Paul Gonsalves, Saxophone Tagged big band, blues, endless solo, great solo, jazz, living jazz history, tenor saxophone, up tempo 2 Comments
It was not exactly the result of a research, it came to me as a gift: # 500 of the limited edition (1000 items) "Early Chet – Chet Baker In Germany 1955-59 – Lost Tapes". The album is only available … Continue reading
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"HOW HIGH THE MOON" from "JAZZ AT OBERLIN" – 1953
Pure genius, if you'd ask me! That's the bonus track which was added to the subsequent 12″-LP releases and of course the CD issues from this fabulous concert. Paul "Diamond" Desmond at his best once again. Wonderful!
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Dorothy Fields' & Jerome Kern's "THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT" as heard between 1936 & 1962
I always loved this tune by Jerome Kern, and now I can proudly fulfill what I've promised at Doug's Rifftides: Here we go with the fabulous Dave Brubeck Quartet and the completely restored track from their original 10″-release of Jazz At … Continue reading
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…it is still in the making: DANCE OF THE IMBECILES. Although the title suggests that it has something to do with Bud Powell's DANCE OF THE INFIDELS (which is an altered blues), it's only the similarity of words, not of music. … Continue reading
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THE HONEYMOON WILL HAVE TO WAIT — Naomi (AnnaLynne McCord) and Max's (Josh Zuckerman) honeymoon plans are put on hold after Alec (Trai Byers) informs Max that his whirlwind wedding has caused a public relations problem and lowered their tech company's stock price. Naomi decides to throw a high-class reception to reassure Max's investors that their marriage isn't a cause for concern. Adrianna (Jessica Lowndes) discovers that club promoter Taylor (Wes Brown), her one-night stand from Las Vegas, is partnering with Liam (Matt Lanter) and Navid (Michael Steger) to re-launch The Offshore. Adrianna insists that their fling was a one-time thing, but Taylor suspects she has deeper feelings. At physical therapy, Annie (Shenae Grimes) and Dixon (Tristan Wilds) encounter fellow patient, Riley (guest-star Riley Smith), who warns Annie to stop babying Dixon so he can learn how to manage on his own. At home, Dixon explodes on Annie and tells her that he's tired of her help. Liam offers to buy out Vanessa's (Arielle Kebbel) portion of his movie contract, but Vanessa blackmails Liam to be her boyfriend again by threatening to show the police hidden camera footage of Liam. Silver (Jessica Stroup) invites Liam to be her date at Naomi's reception, but gets a surprising answer. Liam confronts Vanessa after the reception, but their argument is cut short by a shocking accident. Bethany Rooney directed the episode written by Lara Olsen (#502).
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Glyn Holton interviews Michael Yogg, author of the new book Passion for Reality: The Extraordinary Life of the Investing Pioneer Paul Cabot (Columbia Business School Publishing). Its about Paul Cabot, a pioneer of the mutual fund industry. In 1920s Boston, Cabot cofounded State Street Investment Corporation, one of the first open-ended mutual funds. Continue Reading →
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CalPERS Sustainable Investment Research Initiative & Call for Papers
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Modeling Black Swans
GMI Ratings has long maintained that the increasing frequency of Black Swan events in capital markets will continue to challenge traditional approaches to risk modeling and portfolio management. For at least the past two decades, doubts have been mounting about the ability of classical economic theories and portfolio management philosophies to reliably describe, explain or predict anomalous trends and events in the stock market. Value-crushing scandals, such as those at Chesapeake Energy, Carnival, Wal-Mart, Halliburton, MF Global, News Corporation and BP have become all too familiar. Continue Reading →
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Risky Music and Investment Managers
Economic theorists have suggested the possibility that preferences are dynamic and vary with environmental conditions. Are Risk-Preferences Dynamic? Within-Subject Variation in Risk-Taking as a Function of Background Music investigates such preference interactions as a possible explanation to why risk preferences can change. Continue Reading →
Guest Post: Performance of Indian Boards
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Emotional Intelligence
We need to do a better job of evaluating the emotional competency or our leaders. "A fine balance has to be maintained between technical and emotional competency of the individual and organization objectives and culture, wrote Sonia Jaspal back in 11/16/2011. Here is an excerpt from her argument, which deserves wider circulation. Continue Reading →
Corporate Directors Forum 2012, Part 8: Risk
These are some relatively quick notes that I'm sharing from the Corporate Directors Forum 2012, held at the University of San Diego, January 22-24, 2012. This post may be a cryptic… incomplete sentences bt hopefully mor intelligible thN txt msgN or Tweets. Continue Reading →
Water Threats for Investors: Friday Webinar
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McKenna's Insights into Berkshire Hathaway
Francine McKenna isn't afraid to take on the big four auditing firms or the rich and powerful. Look for her column, Accounting Watchdog at Forbes.com. The following is an extended excerpt from a recent post, The Berkshire Hathaway Corporate Governance Performance. "Buffett judges the investments he makes ruthlessly, but allows his operating companies to run on autopilot." That decentralized structure allows plausible deniability when anything goes wrong.
I encourage reading the entire article and getting familiar with McKenna's work. It is good to see such an expert willing to speak truth to power. As a Berkshire Hathaway shareowner, her analysis certainly makes me nervous and it is hard to imagine shareowners taking on such an iconic figure through governance initiatives successfully.
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I remember thinking to myself how disappointed I was looking at the NFL's schedule of games the very first time. Why? I'll tell you, seeing the only Saturday night game being played on the season. Featuring the Baltimore Ravens and the Dallas Cowboys, that's what saddened me. I could care less about these two teams. Well that's normally, but now I'm very excited, and praying that the Cowboys can win their final game at Texas Stadium tonight.
Not only am I praying they win, but all the fans of the Miami Dolphins, New York Jets and the greatest team of all, the New England Patriots are praying for a Dallas victory also. All of them will have their teams chant "Here we go Dallas" in full swing tonight. As a Dallas victory helps all of them in the AFC playoff hunt, specifically in the AFC Wild Card race. The Ravens with a loss tonight will drop to 9-6 on the season, and could fall from the last wild-card spot. They lose and wins from either Miami, New York or New England push them into the final wild card slot, with one week left in the season.
So let's go Cowboys, win it for your fans, for yourselves, for Texas Stadium. Close the doors on that great stadium's history on a winning note. But most importantly just WIN DAM IT! For the Dolphins, Jets and Patriots, make us like you, if only for a few hours. We'll root, yell, scream you to victory if needed. You might not make the post season this year, but don't hurt our chances tonight. Pound the ball, give it to the cry baby, we don't care. Just win, that's all we ask. The one and only time you'll ever hear me say this or write it, GO COWBOYS!
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Inexpensive place near NYU
We're going to a show at the Skirball Center (LaGuardia & Washington Sq. South) and want to have an early dinner beforehand. We don't want an expensive restaurant-- maybe $25. pp. Ethnic is good (Italian, Indian, Chinese, Mexican, or Mediterranean, but not Japanese) or good American food. We would like someplace close by. Any suggestions? Thanks.
re: kathryn
$25. before tax and tip.
re: Lizbet
How about Galanga on West 4th? It's decent enough Thai for the neighborhood/price. Drunken noodles, pad thai, green curry. The only thing I'd avoid is the larb, it's very spicy but one dimensional.
149 W 4th St, New York, NY 10012
I happen to like Bar Carrera. It is not that far away - on West Houston and Macdougal. Not expensive. You could get a few little sandwiches or split some cheese/meat plates and get a cheap bottle of wine and stay around your price range.
Bar Carrera
146 W Houston St, New York, NY 10012
For Indian, you could do Jackson Diner on University between 10th and 11th, the Manhattan outpost of the famed Queens restaurant
Jackson Diner
72 University Pl, New York, NY 10003
There's a number of places on University place that are fairly cheap. Num Pang is on E. 12th just past University Pl., which is a very decent bahn mi place.
There is also an Asian noodle place on the corner of E. 13th and University Place, can't think of the name right now.
Num Pang Sandwich Shop
21 E 12th St, New York, NY 10003
121 University Pl, New York, NY 10003
re: linguafood
L'Annam? It's OK, not great.
re: kathryn
That's probably it. No, great it is not, but perfectly acceptable. ETA I haven't eaten there in quite a while, so maybe the quality's gone down.
There is also the hummus/middle eastern place on the east side of university, we were there once about a year ago and it was satisfying in an affordable, reasonably healthy way, with actual service (which you wouldnt get at num pang, though the sandwiches are delicious).
Pop bar (i think that is the name) is a new(ish) place also on that stret of university - we were only there for beers (big selection) and an order of tots, but it seemed well priced if you're looking for a burger.
Num Pang Sandwich Shop
21 E 12th St, New York, NY 10003
111 University Pl, New York, NY 10003
Pop Pub
83 University Pl, New York, NY 10003
How about Otto or Keste?
1 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003
Keste Pizza & Vino
271 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014
Thanks for all the suggestions. But University and 12 St. is a little further than we would like. I was looking for a place just a five or ten-minute walk away. There are two Italian restaurants very close by: Tre Giovani on LaGuardia and Porto-Bello on Thompson. Has anyone tried either of those? I was considering Otto, but it has been criticized for being very noisy. We would like to have a conversation without yelling at each other. .
1 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003
Tre Giovani
548 Laguardia Pl, New York, NY 10012
Porto Bello
208 Thompson St, New York, NY 10012
re: Lizbet
Tre Giovani was a frequent lunch haunt of mine when I worked in that neighborhood. It's pretty good. Decent food that won't knock your socks off but a fun, casual place.
Tre Giovani
548 Laguardia Pl, New York, NY 10012
Not the sort of place to knock your socks off, but my daughter is a student at NYU and is quite fond of The Smith at 55 3rd Ave. Good honest home cooking with an emphasis on simple things done reasonably well.
Very friendly folks, too. And just enough of a walk -- five or six blocks -- to refresh yourself before your show.
The Smith
55 3rd Avenue, New York, NY 10003
Not sure if your show has come and gone but... I would stick to something south of Skirball. Last three visits to Skirball were preceded by 5 Guys, Burger and Barrel and a really cheap Mexican place about a block south. We may not have spent $25 per person if you added up all three visits per person!
Five Guys Burgers and Fries
496 LaGuardia Pl, New York, NY 10012
Burger & Barrel
25 W Houston St, New York, NY 10012
Mamoun's Falafel 119 MacDougal Street, then after you feed, go next door for some great coffee, and conversation. Next door is Cafe Reggio, classic and old.
Otherwise, you really do not need to inquire much beyond knowing Olive Tree, just down the street south of Mamoun's, and representing Middle Eastern with a sit down atmosphere that beats most dining in regards to relaxing.
Olive Tree Cafe:
These two establishments are the only places to eat for those of the more fastidious, for other places in this area will leave you plagued by onslaughts of trendy attention getter style places.
They have both stood the trail of time.
Mamoun's Falafel
119 MacDougal St, New York, NY 10012
Olive Tree Cafe
117 MacDougal St, New York, NY 10012
Caffe Reggio
119 MacDougal St, New York, NY 10012
Indian Creperie on Bleecker has excellent Dosas.
Indian Creperie
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寫生猛虎之圖 歌川国麿 1860年
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19th century trade card for beard dye from New Hampshire.
"Rock like this is totally confusing till you notice the MASKS over the eyes…"
From Richard Sharpe Shaver's rock books, where the sci fi writer tried to find proof of ancient aliens in the stones of Arkansas.
Michael Ernest Sweet, "Fly Fly Away," from The Human Fragment
Silvanus Phillips Thompson, Elementary lessons in electricity & magnetism (1884)
"This instrument is the Electrophorus. It consists of two parts, a round cake of resinous material cast in a metal dish or "sole," about 12 inches in diameter, and a round disc of slightly smaller diameter made of metal, or of wood covered with tinfoil, and provided with a glass handle. Shellac, or sealing-wax, or a mixture of resin, shellac, and Venice turpentine, may be used to make the cake. A slab of sulphur will also answer, but it is liable to crack. Sheets of hard ebonised indiarubber are excellent; but the surface of this substance requires occasional washing with ammonia and rubbing with paraffin oil, as the sulphur contained in it is liable to oxidise and to attract moisture. To use the electrophorus the resinous cake must be beaten or rubbed with a warm piece of woollen cloth, or, better still, with a cat's skin. The disc or "cover" is then placed upon the cake, touched momentarily with the finger, then removed by taking it up by the glass handle, when it is found to be powerfully electrified with a positive charge, so much so indeed as to yield a spark when the knuckle is presented to it. The "cover" may be replaced, touched, and once more removed, and will thus yield any number of sparks, the original charge on the resinous plate meanwhile remaining practically as strong as before. "
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The Bangalore-based Nature Conversation Foundation has joined hands with Bombay Natural History Society and launched online survey Citizen Sparrow (www.citizensparrow.in). The Bangalore-based Nature Conservation Foundation is a branch of National Centre for Biological Sciences. This online survey was launched on 1st April. This project will run for two months and will document the current population and distribution of sparrows in the country. The objective of this project is to reach the ordinary man to share his view about these birds. This information will be made easy for the recovery of sparrow population which is declining in the country. These information will be very useful for them to make comparison of sparrows in various places may be it last year or even earlier.


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Electronic Cigarette Flavors Target Teens
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SRITA: Stanford's Research into the impact of Tobacco Advertising
As much as e-cigarette manufacturers deny it, the plethora of vape juices for eCigs with sweet flavors and sugary names serve to make them appealing to children and teenagers who are curious to experiment with tobacco products and are taken in by false notions of the "safe nature" of eCigs. The sweet flavored essences help mask the bitterness of tobacco and the nicotine serves to addict teens.
E-cigarettes are manufactured in a variety of flavors with enticing names such as "Cherry Crush", which promises to provides a "burst of black cheery swaddled in Maraschino," "Pina Colada," which hits like a "wave of cayenne pineapple and silky-smooth coconut milk", "Magnificent Menthol" for a "cool, refreshing feeling," "STL Gooey Butter Cake" that is "recreating a generational family recipe", "Snicker Doodle" which offers a "warm cinnamon-sugar cookie flavor," and "Wine Flavor," which offers a robust flavor of red wine because "everyone knows that "cigarettes and a wine create the perfect synergy." In advertising these flavored tobacco products, the images are primarily of brightly colored, appealing fruit that hint at the safety of the product and its tantalizing taste. In addition to these standard flavors, customers at retail "boutique" vape stores can enjoy the novel experience of working with a vapologist to create unique flavors by mixing any number of essences at a variety of nicotine strengths for a personalized vape. Some retail vape bars also have a "tasting bar" much like restaurants where consumers can try a variety of flavors.
Flavored cigarettes and flavored tobacco have long been held to be gateway products for children and teens. There is now a growing concern that the use of flavored eCigs by youth could lead to them experimenting with regular cigarettes. A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that rates of eCig use among U.S. youth more than doubled from 2011 to 2012, with 10 percent of high school students admitting to having used eCigs. Almost 76% of youth who had tried an eCig had also tried a regular cigarette. Altogether, in 2012 more than 1.78 million middle and high school students nationwide had tried eCigs1.
In 2009, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) banned flavored cigarettes, except for menthol flavored cigarettes, based on studies that pointed to the high rates of consumption of flavored cigarettes among youth compared to adults over the age of 25. But no such ban applies to flavored cigars, cigarillos, and eCigs. The FDA is considering some kind of regulation of the eCig industry. It remains to be seen whether these actions would include a ban on flavored eCigs.
1.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2013). E-cigarette use more than doubles among U.S. middle and high school students from 2011-2012. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2013/p0905-ecigarette-use.html
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The Texas Rangers got a Texas-sized helping of bad news yesterday. It was announced that Prince Fielder, the big offseason acquisition from Detroit, will miss the rest of the season. Fielder will undergo surgery to fix a herniated cervical disk.
Fielder was acquired by the Rangers during the offseason for veteran second baseman Ian Kinsler. Kinsler is having a superb season for the Tigers so far, hitting .317 with four home runs, 20 RBI, and six stolen bases.
Prince Fielder was having a disappointing season so far for the Rangers, hitting just .247 with three home runs and 16 RBI.
As if that wasn't enough bad news for the Rangers, they also received news that super-prospect Jurickson Profar has suffered a setback to his injured shoulder. Profar was originally scheduled to come off of the disabled list within the next couple of weeks. Profar re-injured his shoulder while on an extended Spring Training assignment in Arizona.
The Rangers will likely go with Mitch Moreland at first base for the remainder of the season. Moreland has nice power, but has always lacked a little in the average department. Still, he is worth picking up in moderate and deep leagues for the power potential alone.