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The Gentle Giants
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Aug 09, 2009
Trip End
Oct 23, 2009
Becky and I agreed to meet at the Atlanta Airport and Sean would meet us in Tampa since he was flying in from another city. Already against my better judgment I was going on this daytrip since Atlanta was forecasting a chance of snow later in the evening, right about the time we were planning to return. Let's put it this way…if one snowflake drops the entire city and airport grind to a sudden halt and days can pass before things sort themselves out. Last night while the locals were raiding the grocery stores for toilet paper, milk, and bread to carry them through one day of being homebound from the snow, I was busy planning our day of kayaking with the manatees.
Knowing that the possibility of getting stuck in Tampa was real and that kayaking is wet, I brought along a few changes of clothes. When I approached Becky, all she had was her purse so I asked, "Where is your stuff for kayaking?" To which she responded by fishing a pair of yellow panties out of her purse and dangling them on her pinky for me to inspect. She said, "This is all I packed. We're just kayaking for the day, right?"
I looked at her from head to toe and saw that she was wearing nice jeans, a nice blousy top and some nice shoes. I blinked my eyes and looked again thinking maybe the low light was playing with my eyes. Nope, she was dressed for a night out on the town, not a day of getting wet in the sun. What part of kayaking did she not understand? Was Sean going to show up much the same? I reminded her we were paddling with the manatees and she just said, "Uh huh. You mean we are going to go in a boat and look at them, right?" No sweetheart, this isn't some booze cruise down a canal. We are going to have to paddle that kayak out to where they swim. I told her, "I guess we'll see when your jeans are soaked up to your knees and your shirt is full of seaweed. I don't think those yellow panties are going to cut it."
I could see the wheels turning in her head and we sat there in silence looking at each other for a few minutes. I told her she would have to wade in up to her knees to situate the kayak and that this would require some muscle power to paddle. She finally volunteered, "Well, we can just stop off at a WalMart and I will buy stuff." We were already on a tight schedule to catch that plane back to ATL and I reminded her she would have to just be quick and I once again explained to her what kayaking is. I thought she had gotten an accurate picture last night when we planned all this.
All of a sudden Becky got a weird look on her face, so against my better judgment I asked, "Now what?" She meekly said, "Nothing. I did my toenails last night and now all that swampwater is going to ruin them." With that we silently made our way to the plane and I wondered what kind of drama Sean would land with.
When we landed in Tampa, Sean was waiting for us and thankfully he knew what to bring since we had gone kayaking in Suriname. He had even tipped over into the murky water there and was ready for any such contingencies today in Crystal River. So off we went , me, Sean, Becky and her yellow panties, to collect our $12 a day rental car. As we walked outside Becky made the brilliant observation that, "It's 70 degrees here. See, it won't snow and we will get home just fine." Yes, baby, yes, It is hot here but Atlanta is hundreds of miles north in a completely different climactic zone.
Somewhere outside of Crystal River, we ended up inside an old WalMart for Becky to buy some kayak suitable attire and this wasn't even a Supercenter version of the store. I mean this one was one of the originals...just old, small, and beat up...kinda like the stereotype of a backwoods WalMart. I went to pay for some snacks with a $20 bill, and the 70 year old cashier just took her sweet old time ringing up two items. To make change she first carefully dipped her fingertips into a small white container filled with the remnants of some pink waxy crap and then slooooowly counted out four singles and a ten.
Better safe than sorry I suppose and with great concentration she rubbed each bill in between her nicotine stained fingers and counted them out twice before finally handing them over to me. Plucking a nickel and three pennies out of their respective change compartments was an even more laborious task for this highly trained cash register technician. She even went so far as to remind me not to forget the items I had bought which were waiting patiently in that light blue WalMart bag on top the wrap stand. Now how am I going to forget my bag?
Actually, as we walked out, I got to thinking about that stern admonishment not to forget those two items I had waited so patiently for. People probably do forget their crap because they were so distracted for five minutes trying to get their change. I don't know...maybe you get so excited to finally have your cash money in hand that you bolt for the door without scooping up the merchandise. All I can say is this...debit card, debit card, debit card. No more cash when great grandma is in command of the register.
I am not even at the WalMart anymore and the old lady still has me sidetracked. I know...you are hear to learn about manatees, not some crusty old nicotine perfumed lady at a backwoods WalMart. But this polyester queen just made such an indelible mark in my head. We finally made it to the launch point at Hunter Spring City Park in Crystal River where the awesome folks at Manatee Tour and Dive got us set up. Finally after a long journey here we were about to set out via kayak to explore the manatee habitats but not without some initial drama.
Who would have thought that sitting down in a kayak was a difficult task but Becky couldn't seem to get settled. Sean and I held her kayak on one side while she attempted to enter from the other. Right next to us a 70 year old woman hopped right into a tandem kayak with her son and off they went. Feeling the shame, Becky let out a few cursewords and waived us off and we were finally situated for an afternoon of sun and fun. The tide was coming in so a lot of energy was needed to paddle against the current about two miles to a small wildlife refuge called the Three Sisters Springs.
Becky crapped out about ten minutes into the ride from the exertion so we stopped right in the middle of the intracoastal waters to rest. Of course the currents were drifting us backwards to where we had just paddled from and I made the observation that a minute's rest would require two more to gain back the distance lost. Two Coast Guard guys in a motorboat came up and actually asked if we needed assistance. Obviously yes, but Becky's pride wasn't going to allow her to admit it. They again asked if we needed a tow back to where we started or anything else but we assured them we knew what we were doing. So once again we began the laborious for Becky process of paddling past nice homes as we negotatiated the inland waterways supposedly teeming with manatees.
A large amount of pontoon type tour boats along with large groups of kayakers and snorkelers indicated that we had finally arrived after what seemed like an hour. And there they were...dozens of the gentle giants as these 1000 pound beasts are called. They mostly glide slowly along underwater only surfacing every so often for a drink of air. Unlike the alligators from the Okefenokee still causing me to thank God I made it out alive, these manatees are not aggresive. We even floated over many of them all the while trying not to disturb them with our paddles. Every time one of the gentle giants would glide under Becky's kayak, she would tense up and scream like a little girl. Of course this commotion caught the eye of some Japanese tourists on a pontoon boat and they recorded the drama digitally for posterity.
Watching these grey giants is mesmerizing and a half hour passed before we even realized that we hadn't even yet paddled up the very narrow channel leading to a water hole called the Three Sisters Springs. I know you are just wondering what is so special about this lagoon besides being the headwaters for the Crystal River that leads to the Gulf. Well, for starters manatees seek out water that is around 72 degrees or otherwise they succumb to hypothermia when the water dips below 68 degrees. The recent cold snap has actually killed quite a few of these endangered animals over on the Atlantic Coast. A freshwater underground spring feeds this Three Sisters lagoon and the water stays year round right at a perfect manatee tested and approved 72 degrees.
Colder winter Gulf waters cause the manatees to stick closer to these inland waterways and canals, and as luck would have it, we arrived unkowingly during prime manatee viewing season. They do travel out to the Gulf of Mexico to feed and obviously in summer when the ocean is warmer, they are more apt to stay out there longer. Evidently seeing several dozen today is a real treat that cannot be duplicated in the warmer months. So if you want to see these giants, the deep winter months are when the getting is good.
The waters leading up the narrow tree lined channel to the Three Sisters Springs are only a few feet deep at the most and we waited our turn behind five huge manatees as they swam into the lagoon. Words cannot even describe what we found once we paddled a few hundred feet up the channel into the Three Sisters Springs. Awaiting us was bluish water as crystal clear as anything we would drink and the entire area is filled with crystal white sand. The set up was like some remote Polynesian lagoon yet this was here in Florida only miles from that dumpy WalMart. The entire watering hole is rimmed by spanish moss draped trees and the scenery really is other worldly. I am thinking to myself, this is really Florida?? Well, the houses surrounding the canals and waterways quickly reminded me that yes, this is unfortunately a very developed area of Florida.
Once again, I have discovered a place off the beaten path that is right in my own backyard. Manatees, freshwater springs and a backdrop that make you go wow. All this just hours away from home. Wow!! And best of all, Becky and Sean had the time of their lives and they can't stop talking about how awesome the combination of kayaking, pretty scenery and wildlife was today. They are chomping at the bit to do something like today again in the near future. So mission accomplished for us all.


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On Friday, April 26, 2013, I was at the right place, at the right time.
I was looking forward to an afternoon of photographing the Melnikov House, Vesnin Workers' Club, Narkomfin Building, and the Planetarium for an announcement about an upcoming excursion, "The Lost Vanguard" organized by Москва Которой Нет and led by Egor Egorychev (author of the book "The Melnikovs' House: Konstantin and Viktor"). Melnikov House was the first stop and I arrived around 3pm and began taking photos. I didn't leave the Melnikov House area until almost 9pm.
While I was taking photos, I noticed someone peer through an opening in the 3 story structure directly next to the backyard fence of the Melnikov House. So I stuck around to see what would happen next. Some wooden planks were pushed out of the opening and onto Melnikov House property. Then another construction worker came out, climbed on to the fence, and hopped down into the Melnikov House backyard. That was interesting. I already had my camera in my hands, and took a few pictures.
I also shot some video. And continued watching, from a distance. The worker on the ground, saw that I was filming. But they continued doing what they were doing, and I continued filming.
Then I made some phone calls. I asked, "Is it ok that there are construction workers walking about the backyard like that?" and to inform that they had brought out wooden planks and it looked like they are planning on building something, on Melnikov House territory. The bottom line was, did they have approval for all of this?? This information was relayed to members of Archnadzor.
While waiting for the members of Archnadzor to show up to confront the workers, I continued watching them, and they occasionally looked in my direction. Considering I was going to have to wait for some time, I went and got some ice-cream, and continued watching the events unfold. I made it clear I was curious what they were up to and had nothing else better to do on a beautiful Friday afternoon then to continue watching them.
At 5:18pm, a member of Archnadzor showed up and confronted the workers. Then we went to the police station, that just so happens is located right next door. Unfortunately, the police were not convinced that something was happening illegally. So we went back to watch the workers. We asked if they had approval for this and could we speak to their manager? They answered in broken Russian, they would get the manager. So we waited. Then another Archnadzor member showed up, followed by Egor who I also had called earlier asking if he knew about any plans to build something in the backyard. So we waited for the manager to show up. While waiting, a policeman seems like he had a change of heart and came to have a look at what was happening. He yelled at the workers, who were still hanging around not really working, but not removing the partially built scaffolding as we demanded. This is a summary of what he told them: "Don't you know this is a monument? You are on private property, protected by the government. You are not allowed to enter illegally and need to remove the scaffolding from the Melnikov House territory." That got the message across and the workers disappeared.
At that point everything that could be done had been accomplished (the workers had left the Melnikov House territory, and stopped their work) so the members of Archnadzor left. But Egor and I stuck around, we were still waiting for the manager to show up as promised by the workers. Every now and then, a worker would appear, take a look, see us still there, and disappear. They were looking to see when we would leave, so they could continue their work. The representative from the construction site finally came out around 6:30pm. Here is a summary:
Тo the question of why the workers illegally entered the territory of the Melnikov House and were setting up scaffolding there, the developer answered, "what, she can't spare two centimeters of the plot? We will align the fence for her!" To the question of why this wasn't agreed upon with Ekaterina, the developer had nothing to answer.
The impression I had of his reaction to our questions, was that he found it ridiculous that we were making such a big deal out of all this. He said it was only temporary scaffolding after all and didn't have any effect on the house. And he said he'd call Ekaterina right now, as if threatening to prove us wrong. But getting approval should happen BEFORE work is started. And of course Ekaterina would not give them approval to walk on the Melnikov House territory, as it is their construction work that is worsening the situation with the ground, and in effect, destroying the house. When the developer left, workers continued glancing if we were still there, they went about their business doing other things, Egor reminded them we are waiting for the scaffolding to be removed from the Melnikov House territory, and finally it seems they got word from their boss to move the scaffolding so it was only on the other side of the fence, making for some very narrow (maybe about 2 or 3 ft) scaffolding, but not on Melnikov House property. I should note that they did this all without stepping foot on Melnikov House property this time. It was nearly 9pm when we left.
It was really pure luck that I happened to be there photographing the Melnikov House when I witnessed something that didn't make sense. What were the workers doing on government protected, private property?? Would they really risk trespassing when this construction work already has such a negative reputation? (For example, the heavy-handed demolition work in August 2012) Also, more and more people are paying attention to what is happening with the Melnikov House now (thanks to the Docomomo US article, ICOMOS Heritage Alert, and a petition by famous architects). Even if this construction project has all of its paperwork in order and therefore from an official standpoint is able to continue with their work, the Melnikov House is suffering because of their actions. This experience just shows how irresponsible that construction work is.
Thanks to attending several seminars of the Archnadzor school (Школа Архнадзора), I had an idea what to look for and how to react. And I'm looking forward to the content from these seminars to be available online, so others will have access to this information. You never know when it can come in handy! And all of this experience has given me a great idea of how to respond to the question that I keep hearing more and more often: "I'm interested in helping, but don't know what I can do."
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If you invest for many years, you'll eventually encounter both bull and bear markets. Although you obviously prefer seeing the bull, you may actually learn more from the bear — and when it's "hibernating," you can put these lessons to good use in making investment moves for the future.
Here are some of the key "bear market lessons" to consider:
• Purchase quality investments. A bear market tends to drag everything down with it. But quality investments — those with strong fundamentals and good prospects — have the potential to bounce back quickly once the bear market ends. That's why you'll want to consider owning these quality vehicles in all investment climates. In fact, try to avoid owning investments today that you wouldn't want to own in a bear market tomorrow.
• Maintain realistic expectations. Many investors look back fondly at the mid-to-late 1990s, when we frequently experienced double-digit stock market returns. Unfortunately, these results "raised the bar" in terms of what investors expect — and these elevated expectations led to problems for people whose long-term financial goals were based on overly optimistic projections. By anticipating more modest returns, you'll be able to set more realistic, achievable goals. At the same time, don't be surprised at the recurrence of bear markets, which are a normal part of the investing process.
• Know your risk tolerance. If you find yourself losing sleep over the fate of your investments in the midst of a bear market, you may need to review your risk tolerance and adjust your portfolio accordingly. But keep things in perspective. Instead of fretting over daily or monthly downturns, ask yourself this: "How much can I afford to lose and still meet my financial goals, such as achieving a comfortable retirement?" You'll come up with different answers at different stages of your life.
• Base investment decisions on principles — not predictions. Everybody can make investment predictions — and they usually do. But many of these prognosticators have poor track records. So, instead of acting on predictions, base your investment decisions on principles, such as buying quality investments, maintaining a long-term perspective and diversifying your portfolio. While diversification can't guarantee a profit or protect against a loss, it can help reduce risk when the market is volatile.
• Maintain adequate liquidity. If you are planning on cashing out a long-term investment to pay for a major expense, such as a down payment on a home or college tuition for a child, you could run into difficulty if a bear market is raging and the value of your investments have dropped. To avoid this problem, maintain a portion of your portfolio in liquid investments. Although these vehicles won't provide you with a high return, they offer greater preservation of principal — which is just what you need when you need the money now.
• Look for good investment opportunities. During a bear market, you can almost always find quality investments. While their prices may be down, these investments can still offer good growth potential — and typically, the best time to buy them is when their value is down.
By following these lessons, you can prepare yourself for a bear market — and help avoid getting "clawed" by it.
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Finally spring is upon us and I could not be more excited. We've been cooking these past few months with fairly limited produce and it's felt restrictive. But our garden at Petersham is beginning to awaken: little lettuce leaves are raising their heads, and tomatoes, spinach, beetroot and rainbow chard have all been planted in preparation for summer. Last week we saw the first of the English asparagus from our suppliers and it won't be long before broad beans and peas appear. In honour of this produce, here are some recipes that showcase its beauty.
Skye Gyngell is head chef at Petersham Nurseries, Church Lane, Richmond, Surrey, tel: 020 8605 3627, www.petershamnurseries.com
Salad of cooked spinach and peas with rocket
I really like the combination of cooked and raw food in salads – it creates different textures. Pea shoots (the leaves of the pea plant) are a lovely addition, tasting almost more of the peas than themselves. I serve this salad as an accompaniment to fish.
Serves 4
250g/8oz peas, podded
200g/7oz young spinach leaves, well rinsed
A handful of rocket
A handful of pea shoots
1tbsp Parmesan, grated
The zest and juice of one lemon
Sea salt and black pepper
80ml/3fl oz olive oil
Heat a well-salted pot of water. Once boiling, add the peas and cook for four minutes. Drain and set aside. Place a separate pan over a medium heat and, when warm, add the well-rinsed spinach – no need to add water – and cook until just wilted. Drain and, when cool enough to handle, squeeze out the water in the spinach using your hands – it is important the spinach is as dry as possible, or the salad will taste watery. Wash and pat dry the rocket and pea shoots and add to the bowl along with the peas and spinach. Season well with Parmesan, lemon zest, salt, pepper and olive oil. Toss together gently with your fingers.
Asparagus with lemon mayonnaise
Spanish asparagus has been available in the shops since mid-January, but I prefer to wait for the English variety; its season runs from early May until the end of June. Here they are served with a simple mayonnaise, whose sharp and unctuous consistency works beautifully with the sweet flavour of spring asparagus.
Serves 4
3 egg yolks
The juice of one lemon
A little sea salt and black pepper
150ml/5fl oz mild extra-virgin olive oil
8 asparagus spears per person
Place the egg yolks into a blender with the lemon juice and a little salt and pepper and combine. Slowly pour the oil through the funnel in the top with the blender running, drip by drip, until it is amalgamated, forming the mayonnaise. Set aside while you cook the asparagus.
Place a large pot of well-salted water on to boil. Snap off the base of the asparagus using your hands. Once the water has reached a rolling boil, drop the asparagus in and cook for two minutes. Drain in a colander and season with a little salt and pepper and a teaspoon or so of olive oil.
Arrange on four plates and place a dollop of the mayonnaise on the side. This is just as good whether it's served warm or at room temperature.
Finely sliced raw artichokes with mint, olive oil and Parmesan
Raw artichokes have a lovely, deliciously clean but nutty taste. The mint adds a fresh top-note here, while the Parmesan's saltiness brings the flavours together.
Serves 4
Allow one artichoke per person
Sea salt and black pepper
40ml/11/2fl oz extra-virgin olive oil
The juice of one lemon
One bunch of mint, leaves only, finely sliced
50g/2oz Parmesan, sliced into fine slivers
Prepare the artichokes by rinsing and gently patting dry. Using a sharp knife, trim off the tough outer leaves. Slice the tops off and, using a teaspoon, scoop out the choke (inner bristles). Place in acidulated water (cold water with a slice of lemon in it) to prevent discolouring if you are not serving immediately.
When ready to serve the salad, remove the artichokes from the water and dry on a clean dish cloth. Slice lengthwise as finely as possible. Arrange on a plate and season with salt and a little black pepper. Drizzle over the olive oil, squeeze over the lemon juice and finish by scattering over the mint and Parmesan. Serve at once.
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Three Men Involved in Crazy Lindsay Car Chase Might Sue
Of course they're going to sue. Why wouldn't they? Lohan went B-A-N-A-N-A-S, stealing their car, essentially, with them in it and then ran over one of their feet even. The three men, Jakon Sutter, Dante Nigro and Ronnie Blake, have yet to file a suit, but their lawyers are already claiming possible emotional distress and negligence, in addition to other legal-things that you can sue people for. As for Ronnie Blake, the kid whose foot got run over, he didn't even have health insurance at the time, but apparently is working on getting coverage. I can totally feel that. I've been known to ride the roller-coaster ride of no health insurance and it is not fun.
Although no lawsuit has been filed yet against Lohan, the trio are making claims that their "vehicle was taken without their permission and they were unable to remove themselves while traveling, [and they were] endangered in that way," making it "false imprisonment."
However, the men say they are waiting to see how Lindsay handles the situation, before moving forward with any kind of legal action against the starlet.
The trio's lawyer added that his clients "want Miss Lohan to get the kind of help that her attorney says she wants," and that if she sought professional help for her problem, "That would be an important point of consideration in being pleased at how the matter is being handled."
This may end up being the most lucrative joy-ride of their lives, not even counting the "Tyra Banks Show" appearances and tell-all pamphlets they'll be able to sell from all of this.
(Photos of Lindsay Lohan's former assistant Tarin Graham collecting luggage from her apartment with her mother courtesy of WENN).


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Shaw JCC of Akron launches construction of new aquatics facility
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On hand at the launch were city officials, members of the JCC Board of Directors, the pool committee (Make a Splash!) and its chairs — Thom Mandel (board president), Kathy Moses Salem and Lila Marks (honorary), according to JCC officials.
Shown at right, from left, at the launch are Mandel, Stephanie Davis, Eric Goldstein, Bonnie Cohen, Salem, Marks and Billy Soule (assistant to Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic for community relations).
According to JCC officials, the indoor pool at the Shaw JCC closed in the summer of 2013 after a structural engineer determined that its 40-year-old roof was no longer viable.
The renovations of the indoor pool area will include a few modifications to increase safety and accessibility: it will have nonskid tiles to help prevent children and adults from slipping in the indoor pool; it will have easy access into the pool for people with disabilities (American with Disabilities Act approved); and the whirlpools will be moved to the deck of the pool, where their use can be supervised, according to JCC officials. The locker rooms will be included in the renovations, as well.
According to JCC officials, the estimated cost is $1.75 million, and the new facility is expected to re-open in the fall.
Mandel and his wife, Lisa, along with Salem, the Shaw JCC's Women's Auxiliary and other donors have contributed over $800,000 to date, according to JCC officials. A gift of up to $500,000 will be transferred from the Albert L. and Janet A. Schultz Fund to match the gift from the Mandels, according to JCC officials.
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Best Use of Social Media in Football
Tonight sees the great and the good from the world of football get together at Stamford Bridge to celebrate their achievements. The Football Business Awards is about all aspects of football business and is being presented by SkySports News regular Vicky Gomersall.
There are a number of categories (Best Club Marketing Campaign, Best Business Serving Football, Best Match Day Catering, Most Innovative Use of Technology, etc, etc) but there is one in particular I would like to point you towards…
Best Use of Social Media in Football
This has been judged on those seeking innovative ways in which to use social media that delivers commercial results. As part of the criteria for entry, they had to show evidence of audience engagement and message amplification. Sadly I was not part of the judging panel…. maybe next year 🙂
There is an interesting list of those who have made the shortlist, some of which we would expect to be in there and others which are a bit more left-field. The one thing we dont know is what exactly they have been nominated around and what has made them stand out to the judges. They each either have a great strategy or have a great product. I'll go through as best I can and tell you what I know;
Arsenal Media Group
The club have been at the forefront of social media for a while and been consistent with their approach. What they give is great insights into what happens behind the scenes and access to players. They run regular Twitter Q&A's and have posted a huge amount of content on YouTube, all of which you cannot help but admire. They also have a large number of young players who use Twitter and who have managed to keep out of the papers on the whole.
Manchester City
Dont need to say much here. Through the efforts of firstly Richard Ayers and now Russell Stopford and their team they have pushed the boundaries more than anyone else in football (and probably sport). They have introduced the 'Tunnel Cam' which fans can access on match days, held G+ and Twitter Q&A's and even introduced a new word into our vocabulary 'datatainment'.
Stream UK
This one on here I hadn't come across before. But what I do know is that they have been working very closely with Liverpool FC on their video content. To the extent that a person I know well, Ryan McKnight (FC Business), has been quoted as saying "What Stream UK are doing with Liverpool FC is the best practice I have seen in the online football video area." Nuff said.
The Football Association
This for me has two factions that are both worth highlighting. In the men's game they have continued to be progressive and provide regular live video content during England training sessions and utilise all their social channels around match days.
The women's game has been even more interesting. Another good friend, Leigh Moore, has been making sure they have been at the forefront of experimentation and pushing the women's game as far as it will go. They have been highlighted by FIFA and UEFA for their brilliant Digital Ambassador Programme'. Their efforts have been recognised by many peers and have been nominated for numerous awards (hopefully including this one).
We R Interactive
Another business I know well having been an earlier player of their lead game I Am Playr, which now has over a million monthly users. They have been innovating for some time, integrating the use of video and gaming to be one of the leading pioneers. They are part of Big Balls who have worked with the likes of Oakley (the brilliant You Vs series), developed the exciting Copa 90 video channel, become a partner on new Gillette Football channel on YouTube and much more.
Have loved how they have become leaders in the football data field and how they have used social media to become a world renowned business. Their Twitter accounts show personality as well become a must-visit source of information for all football journalists. They have formed partnerships to spread their work event further with the likes of Squawka, who are also part of the Gillette Football Channel on YouTube (it's a small world).
Another one I have not come across before, possibly because of my lack of interest in getting past the watching of football (and social media use). Like Opta they are working on revolutionising football statistics. It's becoming an increasingly competitive field with second screen football apps and sites cropping up everywhere.
Samsung Electronics
This is a little bit of a shot in the dark as to what they are nominated for…..my guess is 'THE Football App'. They are calling it the 'ultimate football app' which lives on their smart TV's and enables fans to access live commentaries, latest news and stats from the beautiful game. Have not used it myself but looks like it could be a game changer.
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Rival media draw a blank probing report of lavish Maanshan wedding
Rich mother-in-law's gift was reported to have caused dramatic scenes at banquet. But was the Maanshan wedding just a myth?
The Jinling Evening News reported on October 3 about a lavish wedding banquet held at a large hotel in the city of Maanshan in Anhui the day before.
The bride, 25, came from a family that had struck it rich in the mining business, it said. The bridegroom, also 25, hailed from a family with modest means.
The mother-in-law took out a key and handed it to the bridegroom. Guests assumed it unlocked a new home in Maanshan, where apartments can cost as much as one million yuan (HK$1.26 million).
"I heard from my daughter that you like cars," she reportedly said. Her gift was a Bentley Continental, which sells for more than four million yuan.
The bridegroom was on the verge of tears as he took the key, and when other guests told him how much the car was worth, he dropped to his knees in front of the woman's mother, swearing he would not betray her daughter as long as he lived.
The report was picked up by the mainland's major internet portals. The bridegroom was criticised for bowing to the rich, while the in-laws were blamed for showing off their wealth. A second report said that after witnessing the event, a friend of the bridegroom stood up and praised the in-laws' generosity. Perhaps drunk, he then lambasted his own parents, who were sitting beside him.
He berated them for being poor, saying he never had any pocket money when he was growing up. He said he had gone on many dates but they had never blossomed into romance.
He attributed this to their failure to buy him a nice apartment and secure him a well-paid job. "Without a million yuan, why did you give birth to me? Aren't you turning me into a victim?" he said. The man's father sat quietly at the table while the mother cried.
According to the original report, the wedding was held in one of the city's largest hotels, on Taibai Avenue. The Wanjiang Evening News, Maanshan's main daily newspaper, checked every hotel on the street, but none said it held the banquet.
The newspaper also said it couldn't find any residents who attended the wedding. "Who is the rich mother-in-law?" it asked. "What is the licence plate of the four million yuan Bentley? Where was the … banquet held?" It concluded: "According to our investigation, the reported wedding did not exist."
Anhui Business News, the largest daily morning newspaper in the province, agreed. "Maanshan is a small city. There would have been many witnesses at such a major event. But locals were completely unaware of it. This is highly strange," it said. "The generous mother in law, the knee-dropping groom, the friend roaring to parents - all these dramatic elements occurred at a wedding in Maanshan that is known to no one but a news outlet outside the province.
"The generous mother-in-law may well be a myth."
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By: palmettobug53, 2:33 AM GMT on February 19, 2007
In memoriam for the victims of the storm of 3/1/07
I teased Grandmanan about waxing poetic, after I read his post one day last week. He said it "was colder than a mother-in-law's kiss." I got an email from him explaining that it was a local expression (which I had suspected it was) and suggested that it might make a good blog topic. I agreed and said I might just do that.
Then, I made a post over on Crab's blog and said that "hubby was all in a swivet." Well, that threw Crab for a loop, having no idea what a swivet was! LOL
Twice in just a couple of days, a regional phrase caused a chuckle. It was obviously a sign!
So here we go....
What we have here are colloquialisms or idioms. Informal, descriptive phrases that vary from region to region. They are a bit different from slang. Colloquialisms and idioms tend to stick around a lot longer than slang. Slang is very trendy and changes rather fast. Colloquialisms/idioms can be almost indecipherable to someone not familiar with them, though some have spread to the country as a whole. I'd say that is probably due to books, movies and TV. The world just gets smaller and smaller.
Here are some of that I grew up hearing:
She was in a swivet.
She was in a tizzy.
She was all a-dither.
It's comin' up a storm.
He was three sheets to the wind. (drunk)
That boy is about a half bubble off plumb. (Not all there)
She about had a litter of kittens. (Pitched a fit or was unpleasantly surprised by something)
It was as black as the inside of a cow.
There wasn't enough room to swing a cat.
She was pitchin' a hissy fit.
That whole family is from "off". (They weren't born here)
He couldn't hit the broad side of a barn if he tried. (no aim)
That kid is as happy as a pig in a mud wallow.
Cut the light off, will ya? as opposed to turning it off.
He come down the road faster than a turnip truck with no brakes coming off a mountain.
Put the milk in the icebox, instead of refriderator or fridge.
That boy is as nutty as a fruitcake.
I know that I know more than just these. I just can't recall them off hand at the moment. Ya'll help me out here and share some of your regional sayings.
If you'd like to read more about this, see if you can get your hands on a copy of the Dictionary of American Regional English
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By: palmettobug53, 3:57 AM GMT on February 05, 2007
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
All of us have our favorite childhood storybooks. My mother read to me from the time I was a baby. When I was about 3 or so, Mama found me sitting on the couch in the living room, reading my favorite book at the time, The Golden Egg Book. The thing was, she knew I didn't know how to read yet. But there I was, "reading" the text out loud and turning the pages at the right places. I'd had the thing read to me so many times, I had the entire thing memorized, even to the page turning! Mama said it did give her a bit of a start. LOL
I still have that book. It's a bit tattered but it's sitting on the bookshelf in my front bedroom. I was a member of the Weekly Reader Book Club all during my early years of school and I have all of my childhood books, barring one. Bedknobs and Broomsticks by Mary Norton. I loaned it to someone and it was never returned.
I have a few Bobbsey Twins, one Nancy Drew, Black Beauty, The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew, Little Women and, of course, Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner. I probably have close to 50 of them, all told, from books that I had when I was very little, all the way through my early teen years. My mother's family was very big on giving books for birthdays and Christmases. My Winne the Pooh is from Christmas of 1959, given to me by my mother's cousin.
Even though I'm all grown up now and I don't have any children, I still love children's books and I buy them, when I find certain old classics. Especially ones with old fashioned illustrations. I don't just collect them, either. I find myself going through them and rereading them periodically. I've bought myself The Real Mother Goose, The Secret Garden (I couldn't tell you how many times I've read that one over the years!) and three books by E. Nesbit, The Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet and a combined book containing The Treasure Seekers and The Wouldbegoods.
How many of you still have your old favorites from your childhood?
(Note: I'm going to ask SBKaren about doing a blog on current children's books, after she returns from Outdoor Science School. Since she's been a media center teacher for quite some time, she probably has some good suggestions!)
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Painter, printmaker, illustrator and poet. Father was George Sauter, an artist from Bavaria. During WW1 Rudophe was interned at Alexandra Palace, (from 1918-19), on account of the fact that his father Georg (who had already been interned in Prision in Wakefield in 1919) was German by birth. His mother was Lilian Galsworthy, daughter of John Galsworthy the novelist and creator of the Forsyte Saga. Rudophe developed strong literary interests and illustrated John Galsworthy's works. He painted a portrait of Galsworthy in 1927. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours and the Pastel Society. When his work was shown at the Salon in Paris, he was awarded an Honourable Mention. His work was shown widely in the provinces and in America. He had one man shows in London and New York.
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OK, I was wrong. It turns out little Frodo and the other hobbits were able to muster enough elves, dwarves, and humans to make the Eye of Ballmeron blink and repel the evil Microsoft from Middle Internet.
In a letter sent on Saturday, Steve Ballmer threw in the towel on the fight to acquire Yahoo, saying a hostile takeover attempt would lead to Yahoo taking "steps that would make Yahoo undesirable as an acquisition target for Microsoft." (I understand Yahoo planned to shave its head, get a nose ring, and go on an all-Twinkie diet.)
The letter, addressed to Jerry Yang but clearly intended for a larger audience, goes into a surprising amount of detail over the differences between what Microsoft was willing to offer and what Yang was willing to accept. Ballmer had upped his offer from US$31 to $33, Yang wanted US$37, and both of them were too stubborn to split the difference.
As <i>Time</i>'s Anita Hamilton asks, what's next for Yahoo? All those folks who snapped up YHOO stock hoping to cash in on the Microsoft deal will sell, and Yahoo's stock will plunge, at least temporarily. Microsoft could then swoop in again, getting a much better deal for a much weaker Yahoo. (Remember, this was not Microsoft's first attempt to win over Yahoo. I'd be surprised if this were truly its last.) Yahoo's stock was trading around US$18 per share when Microsoft announced its intentions, and then zoomed up to around US$30. If it dips significantly below where it was before Microsoft started getting all hubba-hubba, that US$33 offer is going to look awfully sweet. Of course, Microsoft won't offer nearly that much the next time round, if there is one.
The alternative isn't much better. Yahoo's ad deals with Google the Grey could effectively turn it into a functional subsidiary of the search giant -- a massive portal that no longer controls its primary source of revenue. That won't be much fun either.
The third route: Yahoo pulls out of all this and reinvents itself with some truly game changing technology it's got squirreled away, becomes a market leader again instead of a follower. Anybody out there believe that scenario will come to pass?
Personally, I'd rather have Yahoo warts and all than some freakish mash-up with Microsoft or Google. More choice is almost always better than less. Especially when the road to "less" leads to Redmond.


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I'm hoping this will give me a healthy outlet for my late night sweet cravings.
A quick and simple way to add more veggies to your life. You can use whatever kind of vegetables you like best and add them to sandwiches, pasta, etc., or just snack on them as is. The broiler really brings out the natural flavor of the vegetables like you would not believe!
With smoked sausage in place of ham and some red pepper flakes added, this version is close enough to the classic to be acceptable to my yankee sensibilities but has just enough bite to please the Texans in the house.
This is an experiment that I'm still refining. I'd love to hear suggestions.
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I live an hour from the Louisiana border, which apparently qualifies me to create my own version of the classic Cajun rice dish. This is just stupid easy to make and much less expensive than a mix. I imagine it would be good with shrimp added too.
Amazingly creamy and easy to make, this one is divine. I usually serve it with rice and some sort of veggie or salad on the side.
This recipe is stupidly easy and very nutritious. Fresh ingredients used in place of the canned/dried ones would probably be fabulous. La Tortilla factory wraps are the lowest calorie ones that I've found to date. Don't use another brand and expect the calorie count to be the same.
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How a salty drink can actually quench your thirst after heavy exercise
Whenever you exercise vigorously for about 45 minutes or more on a warm day, your body begins crying out for one simple – but critical compound – plain old water. After all, when you exercise under steamy conditions, H2O tends to pour out of your sweat glands in relative torrents, depleting your body of up to four pounds of water in only an hour or so. And you definitely feel the effects of this outpouring; your heart pounds too fast, your body heats up like an old Ford radiator, and your legs are so numbed with fatigue that you feel like collapsing in a heap. You need relief pronto!
Of course, you'll get that lost water back eventually, unless you're a chronic under-drinker, but why not do it quickly? If you do, you'll skirt the lethargy and pounding headaches which are associated with dehydration, cool your body off more quickly, calm your heart, and FEEL much better. Plus, getting that water back into your system will restore your blood volume to normal, and that will mean that adequate amounts of oxygen and nutrients will flow to your leg muscles for recovery. Prompt rehydration is essential!But there's an art to rehydrating yourself – and also a science. And the scientific research tells us that many athletes rehydrate themselves the wrong way. After competitions and workouts, for example, you see lots of sports-minded people guzzling down Gatorade, Isostar, plain water, or colas. Except for the caffeinated variety of the latter, those beverages aren't bad for rehydration, but they're definitely not the best!
Why aren't they so good? For one thing, those quaffables are pretty low in salt. Salt?!!! I know, it's a bit of a paradox, but even though dehydrating exercise tends to make your body fluids more – not less – salty, it's a good idea to have some extra salt in your rehydration fluid. Follow along and we'll show you why, and we'll also tell you how to make sure you are rehydrating yourself properly.
How salt won
The advantages of extra salt in a rehydration drink were detected several years ago by Dr. Hiroshi Nose and his colleagues at Yale University when they asked a group of volunteers to dehydrate themselves by exercising for 90 to 110 minutes under hot conditions. The rugged activity caused the exercisers to lose about 3.5 pounds of weight, most of which was simply water lost through the sweat glands. A loss of 3.5 pounds works out to a deficit of over an ounce for each two minutes of exercise – and almost a half-gallon in total.
After their pyrexic exertion, the athletes rehydrated themselves by drinking as much plain water as they wanted over a three-hour period. However, for every 100 ml (about 3.4 ounces) of water they swallowed, the athletes also had to gulp down a capsule containing .45 grams of salt. The volunteers had no idea what was in the capsules, nor could they taste the salt as they drank.
On a separate occasion, the athletes exercised at the same intensity under similar temperature and humidity conditions and drank as much water as they wanted for three hours after the bout of exercise. Again, they were given one capsule for each 100 ml of water, but this time the capsules contained small amounts of sugar, instead of salt. As in the first case, the subjects weren't aware of what was actually in the pills ('Role of Osmolality and Plasma Volume during Rehydration in Humans,' Journal of Applied Physiology, vol. 65(1), pp. 325-331, 1988).
And how did it turn out? Well, it wasn't even close: salt was the winner, helping the athletes rehydrate themselves considerably more effectively, compared to the sugar-plus-water drink! One of the benefits of the salt was that it stimulated greater amounts of drinking. When the athletes took the salt rather than sugar capsules, they freely drank about 1.22 litres of fluid during the three hours post-exercise, versus only 1.1 litres of the sugary stuff. Of course, getting more water into your body is a key component of the rehydration process (the other part is keeping the water there once it's returned).
Why does salt make you want to drink? Perched under your brain is a little mass of tissue called the hypothalamus, a crafty collection of nerve cells which – among other things – checks the salt concentration of your blood. If your blood is too salty, the hypothalamus 'tells' the conscious part of your brain that you need to drink. Once you've located a water source and started gulping down H2O, the incoming flow of water dilutes the blood (makes the salt in the blood less concentrated), quietens down the hypothalamus, and decreases your desire to keep drinking.
However, remember that after a bout of dehydrating exercise, you actually have two problems: (1) your blood is too salty, and (2) your total blood volume is too paltry, since a bucketful of your plasma has percolated into your sweat glands and worked its way out of your body.
If you drink plain water to rehydrate, you address problem no.1 very nicely; the incoming water dilutes your blood so that salt concen-trations come back to normal. Unfortunately, that stupid old hypothalamus of yours thinks that everything is okay and accordingly shuts down your desire to drink, even though your total blood volume is still too low (the hypothalamus has no 'dipstick,' so it can't really tell how much water is in your blood; it has to rely on electrolyte concentrations to try to keep things regulated, and thus it can be fooled fairly easily).
In contrast, if you drink salty water, salt will be absorbed into your blood along with water, and your hypothalamus will call out to you, 'Hey! Drink some more; your blood is still too concentrated'. By drinking more, you address the big problem (no. 2 from above) and bring your blood volume back up to normal. Later on, any excess salt can topple into your urine, and everything will be great. You've got enough water in your body – and the right salt concentration in your blood, too. Salty drinks are just better for quick rehydration!
Urine, diet colas, and sports drinks
And salty rehydration drinks are also helpful in another way. If you drink plain water and simply dilute your blood, you actually encourage urine production, causing you to lose body water at the exact time you are trying to build it back up again. On the other hand, if you take in salty fluid, your kidneys become repelled by the thought of peeing, and you keep more of your precious water on board. In Nose's study, rates of urination were considerably lower in the salt-water drinkers, compared to the sugary people. Overall, net fluid gain was 27-per cent greater when the athletes sipped salty potables!But what about caffeinated diet colas and sports drinks such as Gatorade, which are often used by athletes to rehydrate? A couple of years ago, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin asked 19 college students to exercise at an intensity of 60 to 80 per cent of VO2max under calescent conditions (32.5 degrees Centigrade, 40 per cent humidity) until they had lost 2.5 per cent of body weight (slightly over four pounds). After the exercise, the subjects sat for two hours under more comfortable conditions while drinking either plain water, Gatorade, or Diet Coke. Instead of quaffing the drinks freely, the students drank two approximately one-litre 'boluses' of fluid – one right after exercise and another 45 minutes later. This meant that they drank almost exactly the quantity of fluid (66 ounces) which they had lost via sweating ('Rehydration after Exercise with Common Beverages and Water,' International Journal of Sports Medicine, vol. 13 (5), pp. 399-406, 1992).
In this study, the subjects didn't rehydrate themselves particularly well, even though they drank almost twice as much fluid as Dr. Nose's volunteers. For example, Diet-Coke drinkers restored only 54 per cent of their body weight by drinking the two boluses of Coke, while water-drinkers got back 64 per cent and Gatorade drinkers returned 69 per cent. The big problem with Diet Coke was that it encouraged far too much urine production – about 227 ml more urine, in fact, compared to Gatorade (the caffeine in the Diet Coke may have been the culprit). Even plain water caused more urine production than Gatorade, probably because it diluted the blood more quickly.
Why did Gatorade fare better than water and Diet Coke? Well, Gatorade contains a bit of sodium (more than water and Coke, at least), and sodium works its magic in a couple of ways. First, as we continue to mention, sodium keeps your hypothalamus from prematurely thinking that fluid levels are okay. In addition, when sodium and sugar are present together inside your small intestine, they are 'co-transported' across the wall of the intestine – and into your body. This transportation plan creates an osmotic gradient between the fluids in your tissues and the solution which is inside your small intestine. Since the sugar and sodium have rushed over to the tissue side, water tries to flood along after it, osmotically attempting to dilute the salty, syrupy environment in your body. You benefit because you get to 'keep' much of that water that flows inward.
Are sports drinks like Gatorade the absolute-best rehydrating drinks then? Well, not exactly. Although sports drinks are sometimes touted as electrolyte replacers, the things are actually pretty low in sodium. They do have more sodium than cola, fruit juices, and (of course) water, which all have really puny salt contents, but their salt concentrations are actually quite modest. Unless you force yourself to drink like a bulldog, you're likely to get better dehydration with something a little saltier.
No, you don't have to drink actual salt water (although 5 tablespoons of sugar and 1 teaspoon of salt, added to a quart of plain water, make a pretty good rehydrating – but not tasting – drink, and one which has about three times as much salt as Gatorade). All you need to do is ingest some salty food (pretzels, low-fat potato crisps) along with your Gatorade or other sports drink as you rehydrate post-exercise (of course, don't load up on salt if your doctor has advised you against it because of specific medical problems). Or, you can toss a couple of pinches of salt into your sports beverage – and drink away!
As you rehydrate, remember that you can't just drink what you sweated out and expect everything to be fine. For example, if you lost three pounds during your workout/race, you might assume that taking in 48 ounces of fluid would get you back to normal again without delay. That strategy just won't work! It ignores the fact that you continue to sweat, lose water from your respiratory system, and produce urine as you are rehydrating, all of which cancel out some of the intaken water. About an hour or so after your exertion, you should be producing light-colour urine of normal volume; if your urine is dark in colour, stinks, or is small in quantity, you are simply not rehydrating adequately. Exercise physiologists sometimes recommend that you drink at least a quart-and-a-half to two quarts more than the quantity of water you think you lost by sweating. If in doubt – drink!
Solid food can help you rehydrate, too
Don't forget that electrolyte-rich meals can also help with the rehydration process. In research carried out recently at the University of Aberdeen, five male and three female cyclists cycled in a steamy environment (34 degrees Centigrade, 55 per cent humidity) until they had dehydrated them-selves by about 2 per cent of body weight. After the exercise, the athletes ingested either a carbo-hydrate-electrolyte sports drink or else a standard meal comprised of 53 per cent carbohydrate, 28 percent fat, and 19 percent protein, along with water (at a volume 1.5-times greater than the amount actually lost during exercise).
Total urine output was significantly lower after the meal, compared with the sports drink, probably because of all the electrolytes (especially sodium and potassium) naturally found in the food, which helped hold water in the body. When only the sports drink was ingested, the subjects' body-water levels were still down by about 10 to 11 ounces six hours after the exercise had concluded, while the meal-and-water combination restored fluid balance to normal ('Restoration of Fluid Balance after Exercise-Induced Dehydration: Effects of Food and Fluid Intake,' European Journal of Applied Physiology, vol. 73, pp. 317-325, 1996). Obviously, combining good water intakes with consumption of electrolyte-rich foods can be a great way to rehydrate.
Finally, don't forget that drinking at the right rate DURING your workout or race can also make it easier to rehydrate, because there will be less lost fluid to replace post-exercise. Sipping 10 to 12 ounces of sports drink 10 minutes before your effort and then five to six ounces every 15 minutes as you exercise is the best way to keep your tank topped off. That will mean lower heart rates during exercise, calmer body temperatures, better blood flow to your leg muscles, higher performances, and – of course – quicker rehydration and return to 'status quo' once your exertion is over.
During spells of warm weather, remember to use salt liberally and eat electrolyte-rich foods between workouts, but not JUST BEFORE OR DURING training or competition, when low-sodium sports drinks are called for. Never rely solely on your thirst to determine if your hydration status is okay; thirst is a very imperfect indicator of your body's water levels (remember how easily your hypothalamus can be fooled). In hot weather, you should make a conscious, determined effort to drink extra fluids and take in additional electrolytes. In the two- to three-hour period after a dehydrating bout of exercise, try to drink at least one and one-half times the weight of the water you lost during exercise. For example, if you lost three pounds while exercising, that means you sweated out roughly 48 ounces of fluid, and you should attempt to drink at least 72 ounces of rehydrating fluid within the two- to three-hour 'window' after your workout.
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The problem is, as sinners, we also have a very powerful urge to do what Adam and Eve did: hide from Truth when he starts calling our name, since Truthfor fallen creaturesinvolves death by crucifixion. We know this because when Truth was made flesh and dwelt among us, that is what we did to him. Our tendency to be leery of Truth in that weird love/hate way is what the Church calls "concupiscence", a three dollar word that refers to the weakened will, disordered appetites and, most especially, a darkened intellect that afflict us. It's that last point that concerns us here, because it means that sin makes us stupid.
Sin makes us stupid in two ways. It does so passively, by immersing us in lies and age-old "structures of sin" that cause us to take a ridiculously long time to figure out obvious moral intuitions and do something about them. Take slavery. It's easy for us today to say, "Slavery is bad." But for approximately the first, oh, forever of human existence on Planet Earth it was not at all obvious that slavery was that bad. It took two thousand years of kneading Christianity and its vision of the dignity of the human person into Western culture before slavery could become unthinkable and seen as the obvious evil it always was. Why so long? Because our darkened intellects make us stupid and we take a long time to figure things out even when the mission of Moses is all about leading slaves out of bondage, and Isaiah praises the work of the Messiah as one of striking off chains and freeing slaves, and Jesus speaks of the truth setting us free and Paul says that it is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Sin makes us slow on the uptake. So we had to argue (and fight) it out before the obvious evil of slavery could be (precariously) driven from western civilization.
This brings us to our second point: sin also makes us fight the light as well. As C.S. Lewis says of Uncle Andrew in The Magician's Nephew, "Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed." And so history is chockablock with "active stupidity". Perhaps the archetypal example is when Jesus cast out demons and the only thing the Pharisees could say was that he was acting by the power of Satan. This is active stupidity of such wilful malice that Jesus actually warns the Pharisees they risk committing the only sin in the universe that cannot be forgiven. In short, not all intellectual mistakes are innocent. We can enlist our intellects to make war on Truth.
And so we argue, partly because we want truth, partly because we grope in darkness, partly because we are terrified of what we will find and partly because we are intensely curious about what we will find.
Some people imagine arguing is bad or the same thing as fighting. "Let's not bicker and argue! Let's agree to disagree!" says the intellectual coward. But argument is not bickering and agreeing to disagree is typically what the wolf proposes to the lamb on the question of what to have for dinner.
Argument is the friend of the lamb, because it gives power to Truth and not merely to Force. "Argue" comes from the Latin word that means "to clarify". A good argument is the opposite of a power struggle because in a good argument, the point is not to defeat and destroy an enemy, but to work together to get at the truth of a thing.
Some people imagine that there was some golden age when people did not argue. But this is not quite true. Argument is what makes an age golden. When you get rid of argument, you don't have peace. You have raw struggles for power. Argument is what happens when rational people try to live in peace and truth. St. Thomas Aquinas pretty much nails it when he says, "For true and false will in no better way be revealed and uncovered than in resistance to a contradiction.'' Certainly the authors of Scripture understood this. The people that gave us the proverb "Two Jews, three opinions" also gave us a Holy Book that records tons of arguments. That's pretty much all the prophets did: argue with Israel about their need to stay faithful to the law of Moses. And in response, a grateful nation threw them down wells and sawed them in two, because the powerful didn't want to argue, but to murder people who stood in their way with quibbles about truth and justice.
In the end, the prophets were vindicated (typically after their violent deaths) by reality, which has a way of imposing itself on the most determined denialist. That's why their writings wound up being canonized as part of Scripture by a chastened nation that said to itself "If only we had listened to these guys. Let's not make that mistake again."
Of course, the heirs to the prophets are the apostles and the Church, since the main thing the prophets were arguing for was that Israel should stay faithful to the Mosaic covenant till God established his new and everlasting covenant through Messiah. When Messiah came, he basically spent three years arguing with people about everything (thus proving he was Jewish) and concluded his career by being martyred (thus proving he was a prophet). But unlike previous prophets, Jesus did not stay dead. And so a whole new field of argument--Catholic apologeticswas born on Pentecost and Peter's "Hey! We're not drunk! It's only nine o'clock in the morning!" became the first in a long line of arguments for the Holy Spirit, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the authority of the apostles, the saving power of faith and baptism and all the rest of Catholic teaching.
That's why Catholics have continued to argue to this daybecause they are still persuading the world (and each other) to have faith in Jesus Christ. And to this day, we have to struggle with the same concupiscence that has always messed up the thought process. So we live (and participate) in a culture that tends to be prone to making certain blunders in logic. In particular, three errors seem to me to be particularly popular in our culture:
Ad hominem (Arguing Against the Arguer Instead of Against the Argument), Genetic Fallacy (Arguing that Something Must be False Because of the Source), Consequentialism (Arguing that Good Ends Justify Evil Means).
All are related by the fact that, increasingly, our culture does its moral decision-making based on things like image, personal relationship, tribal ties and subjectivism and less on the idea of a moral law that transcends these things.
In the world, this is to be expected as our culture re-paganizes, since paganism is all about worshipping the creature instead of the transcendent Creator and the power of narcissism, family, kindred, friend and tribe are already potent. Less excusable is that Christians can easily fall prey to these errors too. So over the next few issues, let's take a look at them in order to learn to avoid them.
Ad hominem means "argument against the man". A quick and dirty illustration of ad hominem is seen in the politician who says that nobody as ugly as his opponent could be right about Tariff Reform. In other words, ad hominem distracts us from the substance of an opponent's argument by attacking something about the Arguer instead of the Argument: his appearance, voice, hair, clothes, economic status, race, religion, etc.
The tricky thing about ad hominem is that sometimes the personal details of an opponent's life really do bear on his argument. So, for instance, it really does matter if a man who is arguing for, say, school segregation is also the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. It matters if the person arguing for abortion is making two million dollars a year from his abortion clinic. We very sensibly take such things into account when we are evaluating why somebody might make the arguments they do, just as we evaluate motive in trying to investigate a suspect in a murder.
But motive alone does not prove or disprove a case. So just as somebody in an Agatha Christie novel may have had plenty of reason to want the deceased dead, and yet not be the killer, so a person may have all sorts of personal baggage about a particular argumentand yet the argument they present is, in fact, solid and sound and correct. If our response to "2+2=4" is "You say that because you are a math teacher" we are engaging in ad hominem and failing to engage the actual facts.
The moral, then, is to attend first to the argument, not to the person making it. That can be hard when we know for a fact that the person making an argument is an unscrupulous criminal, or is sticking out their tongue at us when other people are not looking. It can be really easy to divert from addressing the question of, say, evidence for the Resurrection and move straight to "Why my opponent is an abrasive jerk that no decent person should listen to." But tempting as that is, strangers watching the debate are not interested in your dislike of your opponent, nor is truth really going to be served even if you persuade them to reject his argument based on that. Because, of course, it just may be that even though Galileo is an irascible pain in the neck, he is still right.
Conversely, people will sometimes claim an argument is ad hominem when it is really only observant of a fact. So when Jesus calls the Pharisees "blind guides" that is not ad hominem. It is a description of the truth he has already established by argument: they are teachers who have no business teaching. Likewise, if you catch somebody in a documentable lie it is not ad hominem to say they are lying. However, it is ad hominem to conclude that, because they lied about X, all their arguments for Y are automatically invalid.
Bottom line: attend to the argument first, not the arguer. That will have everything to do with tackling our next intellectual blunder: the Genetic Fallacy.
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