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A speech writer develops speeches for someone else to deliver. Employers often include politicians, other public figures and business executives. They must work with the individual giving the speech and/or their representatives to develop the speech topic and key points. They then craft a draft of the speech for review; revisions may be required. The speech writer must match the speaker's tone, style and philosophy in the speech; they also need to carefully consider the audience while writing the speech.Read More...
Speech writers may work on a freelance basis or work for a particular employer full time. Full-time employees generally work in an office setting, while freelancers often work from a home office. Speech writing is typically uncredited, meaning the speech writer functionally ghost writes the speech. These professionals' hours vary depending on their employer(s) and their needs. Speech writers may need to develop speeches on tight deadlines.
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Speech Writer Tasks
- Plan speech and column arrangements or outlines, and organize material accordingly.
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Danyle Pearce is another who has to go.
Barlow having a cracking game
smart man ross , 5 year contract knowing his team was turning to crap & now might be trying to be sacked to get the pay out & a shot @ GWS , ess or the suns
Can't let Steven go big. Pretty much the decider in my matchup
Where is Connor Blakely playing? Haven't noticed him the last 7 or 8 minutes
freo have been playing so far above themselves for so many years it is not funny - what they are putting out there is garbage of the worse kind
Barlow should be a cop. Loving the doughnuts at the moment
Freo tanking
Ross Lyon has been inspired by Malthouse and has lost the plot! pUT BARLOW IN TH GUTS FOR GODS SAKE
Sheridan on fire , bizzaro week
So glad i held onto Barlow . . .
Lachie Weller drills it nicely! 34-12 favouring the Saints but that was excellent ball transition from Freo.
Where the hell is Barlow? Haven't seen him for 20 minutes
barlow 100 possessions in the 2's in the guts , playing fwd lol , tell me ross isn't trying to get sacked
Ross gave Barlow the green vest
Barlow probably giving Rossy a little payback cant blame him!!
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Freo did well to fight back into the game late in the term, booting three of the last four goals. It's interesting that St Kilda's main ball-winners are defenders (Roberton, Fisher), while half-back Montagna also has seven disposals.
Welcome to Fremantle FC Petrevski-Seton with your first draft pick...we all know you are tanking.
Max ,if you are watching this game can you tell us how long barlow was on the pine that quarter?
Barlow thinking if I play bad enough they will drop me and I can go play for a winning team at Peel. Then they trade me to someone like Hawks or Cats and I can play finals until I retire.
0 in a quarter. Wow Barlow that's pathetic. Maybe Ross was right. Your best is past you.
LOL. Lyon just blew a gasket.
the only player i feel sorry for at freo is the pav.what a way to finish a great career
surely ross is tanking how can a guy get 44 possies in the reserves and not be put in the bloody guts. Jesus get it right Ross
hooray barlow got a touch
Big Zac Dawson killing Barlow in sc right now
Barlow dominating it got a kick and handball recieve
barlow setting the bar low
Had Luke Parker as VC and he stunk it up with 67 so need a big Capt score but can't decide between Danger & Priddis. Thoughts on best choice?
would like to get lachie neale into my team but just cant trust ross anymore
Casboult and Kreuzer confirmed in's 4 tomorrow?
This game has stepped up a notch. Ross' words must have worked! Freo looking like a new team this quarter.
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Wow Barlow has come alive! Glad I stuck with him woo hoo
What do ya know when Barlow gets the ball Freo start winning the game
It is highly unlikely but I would love it if Freo could get up and make all the 'tank' whingers look rightfully silly.
Barlow getting kicks? Time to bench him Ross
I think Barlow is giving it back to Ross!
Not much reward forthcoming for Freo's hard work
This has turned into a really tight contest. 11 points the margin favouring St Kilda but really the game is neck and neck in general play. Great response from Freo.
Jack Steven loves Etihad! 40 odd touches last week. Big numbers again today and a goal to complement it. Good settler for St Kilda. Saints lead 42-25
AFL should ask Ross for a please explain
Thoughts on Blakely. Would he be a worthy pick up?
It's pretty funny peeps writing Barlow off at the 10 minutes to go mark of the 2nd quarter, give him some credit, he's a gun, he'll probably score 100 + and you'll all feel like silly buggers then. Either that or I'm completely wrong and and I'll feel like a silly bugger, lol, either way, who cares!?
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In a tweet, Willet says it's a shame as "sometimes fans don't know when to call it a day".
The behaviour of the partisan American crowd has drawn plenty of debate, with a number of players booed and heckled throughout the tournament.
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Any student at the University of Mississippi can minor in international studies. Students do not have to apply to the Croft Institute to declare international studies as their minor. Students can simply start taking the courses required for the minor, but it is useful to declare the minor. Students pursuing majors in the College of Liberal Arts should visit Ventress to declare, while students in other schools should visit their respective dean's office.
If you are a current Ole Miss student interested in the International Studies minor, please let us know who you are! We would like to keep you informed about international studies-related news and events happening on campus as well as give you an early look at the Inst-designated courses that will be taught in the coming semester. Click on the link in the upper right-hand corner of this web page.
Course Requirements: A minor in international studies consists of 18 hours, including Pol 102 (Introduction to Comparative Politics) and 15 hours of 300-level (or higher) course work selected from Inst-designated courses. A minimum grade of C is required in all course work to be counted toward the international studies minor.
Other Academic Requirements: Students must demonstrate competency in a modern language other than English by completing 3 hours of 300-level course work in a modern language with a minimum grade of C.
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This course will study social change in Europe from the end of World War II in 1945 to the present through the medium of film, accompanied by selected readings. We will screen one or two films for each of the decades from the 1940s to the 2000s and use each film as a window or voice to tell the story of the time and thus make the respective period come alive. We will meet twice a week, though films will be screened in the evenings and take the place of one of that week's class periods. Films may be either from or about the relevant decade and be selected from the following: The Third Man, Rome Open City, Bicycle Thieves, La Strada, A Girl Called Rosemarie, one of the Sissi films, The Marriage of Maria Braun, One Two Three, Breathless, Belle de Jour, Ida, The Weekend, Darling, The Full Monty, The Long Good Friday, The Baader Meinhof Complex, La Prima Linea, The Long Good Friday, My Beautiful Laundrette, This is England, The Nasty Girl, Head On, As We Leave, and others. Students will be graded on the basis of class participation and six short papers (3–5 pages), each analyzing and contextualizing a particular film. A core text will likely include Tony Judt's Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945.
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Does any one know of any good travel apps that work well in Europe?
I'm planning on going interrailing at Easter and don't want to be carrying lots of heavy maps and books with me so plan on using my iphone to help me get around.
I'll be visiting France, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany and the Netherlands before returning to the UK.
Obviously, there's Google maps, but I'm really looking for an app that can act like a my own mini tour guide and can do a bit more than just navigate.
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I've looked into travel-app guides in the past, but I haven't found any that are as good as a good guide book. You can now get a number of guide books in Kindle format, however, and there is a Kindle app for Android and iPhone.
Google Maps is useful for other things than mapping. It's very useeful for finding things. Once, after being stung by wasps, I used Google Maps to find a pharmacy. Another time, here in Italy, but in a city not near our home, we used it to find a hardware (ironmonger) shop.
Google Goggles will identify buildings and statues in your vicinity. If you take a photo of a sign, it will translate it for you.
You need to have GPS turned on for these two Google Apps to work well. GPS really runs a battery down quickly, so I turn it off as soon as I'm finished using it.
I have a Dropbox app on my phone, which I find very useful for traveling. I put all my reservations and train schedules, and any other documents that would otherwise weigh me down, in a Dropbox folder called "Travel", which I further subdivide by trip.
For maps, I find a phone screen too small for the map to be useful. I always get a good paper map for a trip. Usually hotels have one, but I've also found good folding maps in bookshops.
Google Translate has been useful to me in various cities.
Other apps that I've found useful are specific to a particular city or country. Some cities have good public transportation apps. Some train companies have good intercity travel apps.
Finally, there are web sites that are as useful as, or even more useful than, an app. I don't know what kind of phone you have, but I have put shortcuts to various websites on my home screen, or in a folder on my home screen. Just for example, there is a mobile website for the ATAC public transportation agency in Rome, muovi.roma.it , which tells you the nearest bus stop, how long you'll have to wait for a bus, and which bus you should take to get to your destination. This site is very well optimized for the small screen of a phone. Whenever I'm in Rome, I put a shortcut to this website on my home screen. Of course, it uses data services, but so do many of the apps I've mentioned above. Traveline UK has an app, which I suppose is not news to you, but I think their website is even more useful, because it's always up to date.
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Many rail services offer apps.
Since you are interrailing they could prove very useful.
A quick search will give you the websites of national rail providers, or you could just search your app store for them.
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It would probably be necessary to combine the electronic and the paper media.
I have traveled with all paper, then all electronic, and now I combine them to benefit from properties offered by each type of media.
The limitations with all electronic approach were: near impossibility in reading the screen under bright sun light, taking time to fire the apps and touch over to the page of interest instead of using stick it flags, time required to write info on the fly similar to writing on book margins or making maps, and finally, iPhones are the prime theft targets especially when you have to refer to them in unprotected areas. No one cares to pick pocket maps or guidebooks.
Also GPS on Smartphone not only chews up battery quickly, it does not lock in the position quickly, if at all, even with cell tower assist turned on in densely built up areas where you need the help the most.
Public transit apps are written for the residents first. Some offer only the local language pages or in English for selected pages only.
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Google Maps does not work offline on the iPhone. I recommende download the Spotted by Locals (www.spottedbylocals.com) city guides for really nice up-to-date insider tips in all big cities in the countries you're visiting. They work offline, so won't cost you any internet roaming.
You won't find highlight there though - for that I recommend the free Triposo guide.
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Thanks for all your help.
I'd overlooked the safety/theft aspect of solely using a phone - potential disaster averted! I suppose using maps is an inevitable part of travelling. I'll probably be best using a combination of digital tech and good ol' fashioned maps, picking up the free local maps from hotels/tourist info offices as I go to minimize on weight and avoid clutter.
I like the look of the Spotted by Locals app and LOVE the fact it won't rack up a huge data roaming bill!
One app I've come across and really like is called World Around Me (http://worldaroundmeapp.com/). It's uses augmented reality ( pretty cool!!) and all you have to do is type in what your looking for or choose from a list of categories and then just hold your phone up and it displays where things are as you move around.
It pulls all it's info from Google Maps/Google Places so it's pretty accurate. I gave it a go in Manchester earlier this week and it seemed to do the job pretty well - although it did miss off one or two places I'd have expected to see, presumably because they're don't have a page on Google Places or something?
I love just wondering round and seeing what I discover as I go so I'd imagine WAM could be pretty handy if I want to find out where bars/restaurants are and read reviews before deciding whether to go there or not - I suppose it sort of combines Google Maps with Trip Advisor in that respect.
My only real concern with it is running up a huge phone bill as I go.
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I use Kayak to capture all my itineraries. I also use Fodor's travel guide apps for things to do: http://www.fodors.com/mobile-apps/
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In honor of Valentine's Day, my new romance novella "Winter Into Spring" is available for free on Kindle through February 15 at https://www.amazon.com//dp/B06X6CXLLD
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Veronica "Ronnie" Zielinski is a librarian in the Chicago suburbs. She's always dreamed of writing, but has never dared pursue her own dreams — the needs of others have always come first. Until one day, a mysterious new library patron changes her life by opening her eyes to her self-imposed prison and encouraging her to break free…
[Here's a little something while I finish one or both of my novels in progress]
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"Deplorables" as a "geuzennaam" (linguistic reappropriation)
Today the 45th President of the United States will be inaugurated. I did not vote for him, and many of my friends voted not for him as much as against his opponent. I wish the new POTUS strength, guidance, and clarity of vision, as any POTUS has his work cut out for him right now.
His supporters, both the enthusiastic and the reluctant, are referring to themselves as "Deplorables", or even, with a pun on a musical and classic novel, "Les Déplorables". This is actually a classic example of "linguistic reappropriation" at work: Trump's opponent, Hilary Clinton, had referred to Trump supporters — or indeed to the half of the country that doesn't vote D — as "a basket of deplorables". Trump supporters rallied around the insult and took it up as a "nom de guerre" (battle name). [I still believe that was the moment she lost the election.]
This phenomenon is actually quite old, and the Dutch language even has a word for such an insult reappropriated for self-identification: "geuzennaam". The term goes back to the 16th Century, during the Spanish rule over the Lowlands.
In Brussels, on April 5, 1566, a group of several hundred minor nobles marched to the palace of the Spanish governor, at the time Margaretha Duchess of Parma (an illegitimate daughter of Charles V), in order to present a writ of grievances against the Spanish administration in general, and its brutal repression of Protestantism in particular. (Protestant public sermons, so-called "hagepreken" [hedge preachings], were a capital offense.)
When the Duchess was upset at this disturbance — the wedding feast for her son being in progress at the time — her counselor, Charles de Berlaymont, is supposed to have said, "fear not, Madam, they are nothing but beggars" (N'ayez pas peur Madame, ce ne sont que des gueux.). The petitioners got wind of the term, and promptly called themselves "les Gueux" in French, "de Geuzen" in Dutch. The term stuck and quickly carried over to all opponents of Spanish rule. The bloody repression of the Geuzen by the Duke of Alba would bring on the Eighty-Year War as well as the Dutch Revolt (in which the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands was born).
Some prominent historical examples of "Geuzennamen" in English are "Tories" and "Yankees". In Middle Irish, Toraidhe meant "outlaw, robber", and the term was applied as an insult to English loyalists and royalists of various stripes. Somehow the name stuck, and since the 19th Century "Tory" is used by friend and foe to refer to a member or supporter of the Conservative Party.
In the US colonial era, "Yankee" was originally a derisive term for Dutch Americans. Several etymologies are possible: "Jan Kees" (pronounced Yan Case, informal name for "Johannes Cornelis" [John Cornel], two very common Dutch first names), "Janneke" (little John), a corruption of "Jonkheer" (Dutch for "squire", cf. the German cognate Junker and the origin of the town name Yonkers, NY). During the American Revolution, the British and loyalists made fun of the revolutionaries as "Yankee Doodles": the song (based on a much older melody) predictably became a revolutionary anthem, and is now a staple of the US military marching band repertoire. Later the term was, of course, reappropriated again…
"Redneck" is another such term. Originally it referred to the sunburns people with light skin color acquire when working fields in the Southern US without adequately protecting themselves from the sun (cf. the cognate Afrikaans term "rooinek" used by the Boers for South Africans of Anglo origin). It then became an insult to Southern whites and their allegedly retrograde ways, then was reappropriated by them as a self-identification.
Languages changes constantly — even as human nature is remarkably unchangeable. And speaking of change: Today we celebrate the end of what has arguably been the most dysfunctional and divisive presidency in the history of the US. As I wish his successor well, I do remember Pete Townshend's classic lyrics:
I tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We won't get fooled again…
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$0.99 Kindle promotion, "On Different Strings", January 18-25
In honor of the release of the CLFA anthology, "Freedom's Light: Short Stories", I am running a $0.99 Kindle promotion on my debut novel, On Different Strings: A Musical Romance" starting January 18, 2017 at 00:01 AM Pacific. (As always, Kindle Unlimited subscribers can read the book for free year-round.)
Bookhorde.org's review called it "a genre-busting love story".
Amazon blurb:
Guitar virtuoso Amy Ziegler ekes out a precarious living as a teaching assistant in the Mays College music department. One day a mysterious older student shows up: Ian Keenan, an engineering professor and closet songwriter. Opposites attract, and music is the language of the spirit.
Each is passionate about music, and each has been deeply wounded in love. Thus a weird yet wonderful friendship grows between the reserved English academic and the outgoing small-town Texan girl who grew up in poverty. Each secretly starts yearning for more, but the world has other ideas. Soon they become caught in a maelstrom between rivals, exes, their own pasts, activists, and campus bureaucrats. Will the rapids tear them apart, or will love and sanity prevail?
You can "look inside", or download free sample chapters, on The book's Amazon page .
Reviewer praise:
A genre-busting love story. It […] challenges preconceptions and leaves the reader questioning common wisdom. It is also a bit of a suspense thriller. And there is an element of Kafka. (Bookhorde.org)
I'm not usually a big fan of the Romance genre. This book is just different…The characters are very well-developed… I knew I would give this story a very high rating, because I realized how badly I wanted them to succeed, though it seemed impossible. Mr. Arbel subtly drew me into his tale so thoroughly that I was emotionally attached to his characters. (Reviewer DukeEarle)
An interesting twist on the classic May-November romance and both lead characters are wonderful. The main "baddie" […] comes across as both believable and sympathetic…This book is a great example of how you can write a scorching romantic story without explicit sex. (Reviewer FrancisT)
As always, Kindle Unlimited subscribers can read the book for free year-round.
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Released on Kindle: "Freedom's Light: Short Stories"
The first CLFA anthology "Freedom's Light: Short Stories" is now out on Kindle. The hardcopy edition will follow in a few days.
Net proceeds will benefit the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). I have read all the other stories in the anthology and, believe me, you won't regret buying this!
From the Amazon blurb:
Net proceeds from the sale of this anthology will be donated to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to defending liberty, freedom of speech, due process, academic freedom, legal equality, and freedom of conscience on America's college campuses.
The stories are:
- The Tenth Righteous Man (Nitay Arbel)
- Martian Sunrise (Matthew Souders)
- Backwater (Lori Janeski)
- The Birthday Party (Daniella Bova)
- Dollars on the Nightstand (Bokerah Bromley)
- The City (A.G Wallace)
- The Nomod (Henry Vogel)
- Sara (Chris Donahue)
- Room to Breathe (Marina Fontaine)
- Victory Garden (Tom Rogneby)
- The Unsent Letter (Brad R. Torgersen)
- Credo Man (Carol Kean)
- The Fighting Beagles and the Attack at Dawn (Nick Cole)
- Shirt Story (Arlan Andrews)
- Polk's Prophetic Property (W. J. Hayes)
The 'Rashomon effect' in book readers – Nitay Arbel
Guest post at Sarah Hoyt's place.
*Oh boy is this true. Sometimes radically different books. I've been shocked to find that AFGM is a feminist opus, or DST a communist paean. (Admittedly that one, shared with a friend, almost caused his co-workers to send for the men in white coats, as it kept him suddenly breaking into cackle for weeks.)*
The 'Rashomon effect' in book readers – Nitay Arbel
Writing and publishing my first novel ("On Different Strings") was a learning experience in many ways. One that especially struck this "writer's apprentice" here was: how X people can read the same book — yet afterward, all have read a slightly different book.
I have encountered a similar phenomenon in my day job as a scientific writer/editor. With a long scholarly essay or scientific paper, it is not unusual to discuss it with people afterwards and find one's head scratching about why they are taking away a…
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Anthology "Freedom's Light" coming January 16
On January 16, the CLFA anthology "Freedom's Light: Short Stories" will be released on Kindle: Logotecture, Inc. uploaded the final proofread eBook, and are shooting for simultaneous paperback release. It is available for pre-order.
Net proceeds will benefit the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). I have read all the other stories in the anthology and, believe me, you won't regret buying this!
From the Amazon blurb:
From the members and associates of the Conservative-Libertarian Fiction Alliance (CLFA) comes Freedom's Light, a collection of short fiction that celebrates the human yearning for liberty. These stories will extol the value of human rights and the sacrifices of those who defend those rights. This collection features works from a wide variety of genres and a diverse set of authors, including Hugo Award nominee Brad R. Torgersen and 2016 Dragon Award winner Nick Cole. Freedom's Light will entertain us and elevate the humanity we all share.
Net proceeds from the sale of this anthology will be donated to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to defending liberty, freedom of speech, due process, academic freedom, legal equality, and freedom of conscience on America's college campuses.
The stories are:
- The Tenth Righteous Man (Nitay Arbel)
- Martian Sunrise (Matthew Souders)
- Backwater (Lori Janeski)
- The Birthday Party (Daniella Bova)
- Dollars on the Nightstand (Bokerah Bromley)
- The City (A.G Wallace)
- The Nomod (Henry Vogel)
- Sara (Chris Donahue)
- Room to Breathe (Marina Fontaine)
- Victory Garden (Tom Rogneby)
- The Unsent Letter (Brad R. Torgersen)
- Credo Man (Carol Kean)
- The Fighting Beagles and the Attack at Dawn (Nick Cole)
- Shirt Story (Arlan Andrews)
- Polk's Prophetic Property (W. J. Hayes)
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Climatologist Judith Curry saying farewell to academia
Judith Curry, the Georgia Tech climatology professor vilified by her peers for trying to have a meaningful dialogue with CAGW skeptics, is taking early retirement from academia to focus on a startup company dealing with long-term climate forecasting. http://www.cfanclimate.net/
The moneygraf from her letter:
"[…] I started to realize that academia and universities nationwide were undergoing substantial changes. I came across a recent article that expresses part of what is wrong: Universities are becoming like mechanical nightingales. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/universities-are-becoming-mechanical-nightingales
"The reward system that is in place for university faculty members is becoming increasingly counterproductive to actually educating students to be able to think and cope in the real world, and in expanding the frontiers of knowledge in a meaningful way[…]"
It is always sad to see the departure of any academic who is truly committed to the spirit of free inquiry. Here's wishing her the very best in her new venture and I hope to be hearing more of her!
by Judith Curry
Effective January 1, I have resigned my tenured faculty position at Georgia Tech.
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Year of the Black Swan by Christopher M. Chupik
2016: year of the Black Swan indeed. More Black Swans to come in 2017.
J. S. Bach, Das Alte Jahr Vergangen Ist BWV 615 ("Gone is the Old Year") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UzzHMe_Wtg
Here's wishing you a fruitful and fulfilling 2017. And those of us facing dark hours, let us heed the words of Winston Churchill: "If you're going through hell, keep going"
Year of the Black Swan by Christopher M. Chupik
How messed up was 2016? Let's put it this way: Chuck Tingle getting a Hugo nomination
doesn't even make the Top Ten of Crazy.
If 2016 were a TV show, you'd be thinking that the writers have lost their ever-loving minds in their determination to jump every shark in the ocean. Most years toddle into the world like the New Year's Baby. 2016 exploded from the torso of its predecessor like a chestburster and soon grew into a full Xenomorph, bent on the destruction of all human life. Mostly, celebrities.
Not all deaths were tragic losses, though. Fidel Castro's oft-delayed departure from this world finally happened, the dictator leaving behind a legacy of misery and economic ruin best exemplified when the vehicle transporting his earthly remains broke down during the funeral procession.
Along with the deaths, the progressive status quo has…
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Dystopic on: "Technocrats and the Worship of Intelligence"
Consider this post to be something of an expansion on the concept of the Brahmandarins. Technocracy is one of those things which sounds perfectly good on the surface, but can lead to absolute tyranny in short order. For those who are unfamiliar with the term, technocracy is, in essence, rule by technical elites. For instance, your media would be run by trained, credentialed journalism experts. Politicians would be groomed and educated to be leaders from an early age. You could not, for instance, be President if you did not attend the proper schools, earn the proper certifications, and demonstrate a certain set of requirements, like IQ, or perhaps an impressive set of grades in your debating classes. […]
Naturally, none of these technical elites would need to consult with you and I on these matters. If you are not one of the elite, you would need to be quiet and accept the rulings of your superiors.
The flaws in technocracy are very obvious, to any who care to see them. First and foremost is the matter of trust. Even if we were to concede that the trained, technically-minded elites were better than the hoi polloi, how could one be assured that they were not pulling the wool over the people and taking advantage of them? After all, just because you're intelligent doesn't mean you're honest.
Similarly, being able to design and build rocket ships does not confer upon you the ability to manage and run organizations of rocket scientists. It's a known problem among STEM folks, and a problem I suffer from personally, that technical ability and management ability are often mutually exclusive. I couldn't manage brothel in Thailand with a US Navy aircraft carrier in port. But I can write and engineer software all day long. The intelligence and talent I possess is suited for certain things, and ill-suited for other tasks. Nobody would ask me to be a therapist, that's for sure.
Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, technocracy denies a voice to the peasantry. We've tried that before. We call it feudalism and those feudal elites were called nobles. They knew themselves to be more intelligent and better-suited for leadership than those dirty plebs. Why, they could afford a costly scholarly education for their children, when desired, and the rag-wearing farmhands could not. And there was the Divine Right of Kings to consider, also.
What prompted this screed?
Go read the whole thing. Eric S. Raymond earlier explained how escalating complexity makes technocracy even less viable than before .
Of course, technocracy or, more generally, transnational oligarchic collectivism [*] are the wet dreams of all too many Brahmandarins who fancy themselves as the 'anointed' oligarchs.
[*] a portmanteau of John Fonte's "Transnational Progressivism" and George Orwell's "Oligarchic Collectivism".
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Much Ado About Paper Books
Sarah Hoyt expands on the shape of things to come in the publishing world: when people give away bookcases for free on CraigsList, and voracious readers give books away by the thousands, you know paper books will eventually acquire curio status except in some niche markets.
*This post is in its entirety a copy of a post just published at Mad Genius Club (under another title.) I don't normally do this, but it's such a long post, took me so much time (and I need to shower and write the paying stuff) and besides I think it will spark different discussion here, among mostly readers than there among mostly writers. Feel free to comment on both blogs, if you wish, the discussion will take different paths. I am shocked at how long this ran, but I think it needed to be said, and also available to refer to later, for good or ill.*
One of the puzzling things about the writing business, right now, is that "nobody knows anything" (or in proper vernacular "we don't know nothing."
So I am continuously puzzled watching indie authors who are doing better by an order of magnitude than any…
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Neologism of the day "peacock issues"
"Mr. Open Source Software", Eric S. Raymond, penned this must-read open letter to the D party to please get its act together , lest they consign themselves to complete irrelevance.
I'm starting to be seriously concerned about the possibility that the U.S. might become a one-party democracy.
Therefore this is an open letter to Democrats; the country needs you to get your act together. Yes, ideally I personally would prefer your place in the two-party Duverger equilibrium to be taken by the Libertarian Party, but there are practical reasons this is extremely unlikely to happen. The other minor parties are even more doomed. If the Republicans are going to have a counterpoise, it has to be you Democrats.
Donald Trump's victory reads to me like a realignment election, a historic break with the way interest and demographic groups have behaved in the U.S. in my lifetime. Yet, Democrats, you so far seem to have learned nothing and forgotten nothing.
The whole long essay is a must-read that I cannot do justice by selective quoting. Unfortunately it will fall on deaf ears among those who need it most.
In passing, ESR coins a new term:
Speaking of virtue signaling, another thing you need to give up is focusing on peacock issues […] while ignoring pocketbook problems like the hollowing out of middle-class employment.
Again, this advice has nothing to do with the rights or wrongs of individual peacock issues and more with a general sense that the elites are fiddling while Rome burns. For the first time since records have been kept, U.S. life expectancy went down during the Obama years, led by a disturbing rise in suicides and opiate addiction among discouraged unemployed in flyover country. A Democratic Party that fails to address that while it screws around with bathroom-law boycotts is willfully consigning itself to irrelevance.
"Peacock issues" are related to Thomas Sowell's use of the term "mascots" and to "virtue signaling", as ell as to the psychological concept of a proxy. They are issues that affect only a very small number of people (and that could be addressed ad hoc with fairly little effort) but are priceless as feathers to preen, and flags to wave to 'rally the troops' and instead push a sweeping agenda. Any actual benefit to the people involved in the peacock issues is secondary, if not outright irrelevant.
The use of "peacock issues" is of course not limited to the Brahmandarin political left — they have just become egregiously addicted to the tactic in recent years.
Trump and the rage of the Brahmandarins™
- Brahmins (scholars)
- Kshatryas (warriors, rulers, administrators)
- Vaishyas (merchants, artisans, and farmers)
- Shudras (laborers)
- Finally, the Dalit (downtrodden, outcasts — the term "pariah" is considered so offensive it has become "the p-word") are traditionally considered beneath the varna system altogether, as are other "Scheduled Castes" (a legal term in present-day India, referring to eligibility for affirmative action).
There's only water/In a stranger's tear
Looks are deceptive/But distinctions are clear
A foreign body/And a foreign mind
Never welcome/In the land of the blindYou may look like we do
Talk like we do
But you know how it isYou're not one of us!
[In response to the FB note, "Dystopic" honored me with his own observations.]
UPDATE: "Tamara W." comments on Facebook:
Charles Murray's book "Coming Apart" talks about the combination of geographic isolation (segregation by income/politics), elite schools (public and private) where their children all socialize, ideological conforming by the "elite" institutions all creating an elite population that has prime access to top corporate jobs, NGOs, government positions under Democrats. They base morality as adherence to the ideology and thus see all who disagree as evil/stupid and look down on those beneath them as at best unenlightened/uneducated and at worst people the world is better off without.
Then they actively discriminate against conservatives and the middle and working class, seeing them as "not a culture fit" or actively deprecating them.
Survey shocker: Liberal profs admit they'd discriminate against conservatives in hiring, advancement
It's finally out–The big review paper on the lack of political diversity in social psychology
"not only the ideological, virtue signalling style of art, but also the self-absorbed, alienating products of the Ivory Tower approach, status symbol art made to cater to the expectations of elitist curators, trophy hunting collectors, and other art snobs."
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The CLFA December Booknado!
Last day of #CLFA #Booknado! #conservative #libertarian #fiction #NewBooks #bookworm #KindleDeals
Conservative-Libertarian Fiction Alliance
A furious blast of fiction freedom blows away the tired, the formulaic, the predictable, and the didactic! Click on any of the images below to learn more and buy the fresh fiction listings in the December 2016 installment of the CLFA Booknado!
Planet of the Magi: A Space Fantasy by Erin Lale
Expected to grow up to become a Magus, a wielder of dark magic, Dije rebels by seeking the forbidden white magic — and then faces an alien invasion.
Quest to the North: A Minivandians Tale by Tom Rogneby
After the battle that ended the first book in the Minivandian's series, Ruarin and her companion search for their friend in the deadly lands to the North.
Scout's Law by Henry Vogel
Terran Scout David Rice put the long-lost colony of the world of Aashla back in contact with the rest of the galaxy. Now he must fight to protect Aasha's early-industrial…
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First ever CLFA-endorsed anthology goes on sale!
A steal at just $2.99 for the eBook version! Featuring my own "The Tenth Righteous Man" as the opener.
Conservative-Libertarian Fiction Alliance
From the members and associates of the Conservative-Libertarian Fiction Alliance (CLFA) comes Freedom's Light, a collection of short fiction that celebrates the human yearning for liberty. These stories extol the value of human rights and the sacrifices of those who defend those rights. This collection features works from a wide variety of genres and a diverse set of authors, including Hugo Award nominee Brad R. Torgersen, 2016 Dragon Award winner Nick Cole, and many lesser-known but talented and entertaining liberty-loving authors. Freedom's Light entertains while it elevates the humanity we all share.
Plus, your purchase helps an organization dedicated to re-opening the Western mind! Net proceeds from the sale of this anthology will be donated to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to defending liberty, freedom of speech, due process, academic freedom, legal equality, and freedom of conscience on America's…
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"Freedom's Light: Short Stories" available for pre-order
This anth0logy was originally meant to be released on Thanksgiving Day, but instead is now available for pre-order. Just $2.99 will get you fifteen freedom-themed short stories, including my own "The Tenth Righteous Man" (previously unpublished).
From the members and associates of the Conservative-Libertarian Fiction Alliance (CLFA) comes Freedom's Light, a collection of short fiction that celebrates the human yearning for liberty. These stories will extol the value of human rights and the sacrifices of those who defend those rights. This collection features works from a wide variety of genres and a diverse set of authors, including Hugo Award nominee Brad R. Torgersen and 2016 Dragon Award winner Nick Cole. Freedom's Light will entertain us and elevate the humanity we all share.
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Materialism vs Purposeful Life: Trump, Bannon, and Teilhard de Chardin
Lots of thoughtful stuff in this one (via Sarah Hoyt).
Lots of interesting reading today as Trump's victory has focused attention on the assumptions that led to underestimating his chances.
The media spin is working toward delegitimizing him further by casting his advisor Steve Bannon as an alt-right, antisemitic, neo-Nazi éminence grise. This isn't backed up by much evidence other than guilt-by-association, with Breitbart the junkyard dog of new media flouting the rules of political correctness. But having rabid commenters and hosting some incorrect writers like David Horowitz does not make a media conglomerate or its managers antisemitic, antigay, misogynist, or otherwise the spawn of the Devil, which is what is being implied.
Alan Dershowitz went on MSNBC to decry the antisemitism charge:
The reliably rational Scott Alexander marshals the evidence that Trump is racist-sexist-etc and finds it wanting in his post, "You Are Still Crying Wolf."
Bannon spoke and answered questions in 2014 at a conference hosted by the…
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Michael Barone: "Double negative" voters decided election
The always incisive psephologist (electionologist, if you like) Michael Barone has lots to say about the US Presidential election. One point stands out, both in deciding the outcome and in why so many pollsters had it wrong.
Normally, "double-positive" voters — those who rate both candidates positively — break along party registration lines, and so do "double-negative" (or "they both s*ck", if you like) voters.
But while the "double-positives" behaved largely as expected this year,
According to the exit poll […] 18 percent of voters were "double negatives," that is, had negative feelings toward both Clinton and Trump. Of these 18 percent, 49 percent voted for Trump and only 29 percent voted for Clinton, with 22 percent saying they picked another candidate or not answering.
[That] split as a percentage of the entire electorate was 9 to 5 percent, a 4 percent margin. Assume that was the split in each target state, rather than the 7 to 7 percent under my default assumption. If you subtract 2 percent from each close state from Trump's percentage and add it to Clinton's, you have Clinton carrying Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, which have 101 electoral votes. That would give Clinton a 329-209 majority in the Electoral College. As Nate Silver pointed out on FiveThirtyEight.com, that's a big difference.
In retrospect, observers (and the Clinton campaign!) might have had a better understanding of the election if we had all drilled won and looked more closely at the preferences of the "double negatives." My hypothesis why they split for Trump: it was a change year, and most "double negatives" wanted change.
Barone also discusses the astonishing incompetence with which the Clinton campaign was led. For instance, Hillary did not make even one appearance in Wisconsin after the primaries, as the campaign assumed that state (which hadn't gone GOP since Reagan) was in the bag anyway. Elsewhere, it was pointed out that rural voter outreach was delegated to a single staffer sitting in Brooklyn. Also:
The 70-year-old Bill Clinton apparently repeatedly advised Clinton campaign chairman Robby Mook and others to campaign in white working class areas. The 36-year-old Mook spurned — perhaps ridiculed — his advice. None of this going after men who wear trucker hats unironically; let's show Brooklyn-type Millennials that supporting Hillary is really cool.
Also, how productive was the use of media celebrities?
My guess is that these days, when practically all entertainers are liberal Democrats or farther left, it doesn't strike most voters as worthy of any attention when several of them appear for a Democratic candidate like Hillary Clinton. All the more so at a time when the entertainment aimed at universal audiences, like 1930s and 1940s movies and 1950s and 1960s TV, is extinct, and when entertainers appeal only to niche audiences.[…] How many undecided voters or low-propensity-voting Democrats in Pennsylvania even know who Lady Gaga is? How many are impressed that actors in "The West Wing", whose last new episode aired in 2006, support Hillary Clinton? I get it that entertainers can draw large audiences, and I get it that Hillary Clinton (to judge from photos) loved these event. But how did they actually help her campaign?
And in his trademark deadpan fashion:
[Hillary] may have been the first nominee (I don't know if anyone has done the numbers) to appear at more private fundraisers than in public campaign rallies. One reason for all those fundraisers was to get more money to pay for ads on television — even though technology gives viewers many ways to avoid them these days. Another reason may be that the candidate just loves to spend time with admiring rich people in rooms ready to be photographed for Architectural Digest than she does in often tacky public venues filled with a regrettably large proportion of ordinary people.
Ouch. There's much more at the link, and Michael Barone announces future updates.
UPDATE: Implicit in Barone's remarks is that Trump underperformed Romney in some red states, while he obviously outperformed him in battleground states. (Thus, his popular vote totals are close to Romney's, see my previous post.) Trump's overall campaign budget was something like a third of Clinton's, but apparently very well targeted.
Related: Obama twists the knife in Hillary Clinton's disastrous campaign. The moneygraf:
"You know, I won Iowa not because the demographics dictated that I would win Iowa," Obama said Monday. "It was because I spent 87 days going to every small town and fair and fish fry and VFW hall, and there were some counties where I might have lost, but maybe I lost by 20 points instead of 50 points."
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CLFA November Booknado!
Check out this month's new releases and special offers from fellow CLFA authors!
The Conservative Libertarian Fiction Alliance is running it's Novermber Booknado, featuring two recent releases that I edited, plus another one by fellow Superversive Literary Movement founder L. Jagi Lamplighter. Check them out if you're in the mood for a refreshing read:
The November CLFA Booknado churns across a darkened literary landscape, demolishing tired, old, ideologically Progressive pap and blasting fresh fiction choices all across the land! Pick up one of our featured titles today and join the movement.
Click on the book image to learn more and shop!
(Titles are considered new releases and/or sold at featured promotional price points as of November 14 and 15, 2016.)
Keeping the Faith (Book Two of the John Fisher Chronicles) by William Lehman
It was suposed to be an easy case, a good way to "get back on the horse" and because it looked like a 'Thrope case, it was right up Detective Fisher's alley. Of…
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US presidential vote numbers 2000-2016 in one chart
Sometimes a picture (or a data table) does say more than a thousand words. Regardless of how you feel at the outcome, have a dispassionate look at this graph:
Data for 2000-2012 are from the FEC, preliminary data from 2016 from Wikipedia — the latter are subject to some change but not enough to matter at the resolution of this graph. Now focus on the stretch 2008-2016 to identify some trends:
- the GOP vote is remarkably constant over the last 3 elections
- the D vote is trending downward from the historic 2008 mark, with a sharper drop this election.
- the overall third-party vote is trending upward and increased notably this election
- overall voter participation is dropping
- From 2008 to 2016, the D party lost 8.6 million votes, while the GOP posted a small increase of 0.3 million (probably a bit more when we'll have final numbers).
- The Libertarians, on the other hand, are now big enough that in a "French" system with a runoff election, they'd have found themselves kingmaker. (I know, this is a hypothetical, as people's "tactical voting" behavior would be quite different in such a system.) Regardless of how one feels about the party or its candidate, that is no mean achievement.
Some more commentary to follow later.
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Just got in 15 of these guys, and I must say I am absolutely happy that I did. They aren't even fully colored up yet, but they are already attention grabbers.
Heres a shot of 12 of the 15. . . .
These shots give you an idea of sorts as to how they got their common name of 'Mascara Barb' . . .
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Yes, I was planning on keeping them all. I was even toying with the idea of getting a few more actually. I have a 300gal that I was thinking about converting over to just be a large group of these guys as the focal point with a few other fish.
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