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|Exegesis Volume 6 Issue #10
Exegesis Digest Mon, 02 Apr 2001
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 00:37:06 -0800
From: "William D. Tallman"
To: Exegesis
Subject: Re: Exegesis Digest V6 #7
Zoe said:
> Mr. Tallman,
> No BB, just a seeker. What about opening up to a subject that may not have
> been explored or tainted, or undercooked, or overeaten?
> Astrology as a philosophy, not a science. Yes, science *poses" facts; philos
> *ideas*
Absolutely!!! The philosophy of astrology is, or should be, considered as peer to the science of astrology, the art of astrology, the craft of astrology, and the other major attributes thereof
I think it's probably not that productive to consider any one of them alone, or in opposition to any other, because the arts and sciences of any body of knowledge express essential parts otherwise not easily accessible. The philosophy of a body of knowledge (an '-ology', if you will) deals with both of these, just as each of them must address the philosophy. These are all just approaches from various points of view for various purposes, and I think they should be regarded as such.
Perhaps you'd like to do a reality check on your ideas about science and philosophy.. ie, see if you understand those ideas well enough communicate them and defend them against criticism. To the extent you can do both, you will find you have really increased the substance and usefulness of those ideas, or that's generally what one would like to happen.
> Astrological charts are a map. Transits and progressions move the map
> forward, backward and trigger the potential paths that exist.
> What do we interpret aspects as benefic and malefic if what is happening is
> distance and angle between one fixed body and another? And one fixed body
> and another body in motion?
Ummm.. are you asking ...why do we interpret...? Or how do we interpret...?
Excellent question and very much to the point of astrological philosophy. How do we determine what is benefic or malefic, and what do those terms actually mean?
You must know, of course, that this very question is one of the continuing undercurrents of astrological discussion in our time. The issue is (roughly) whether good or ill is only what we make of it, or is an objective attribute of reality. Medieval astrology, at least as practiced currently, appears to place emphasis on these judgments, such that we get the impression that good and evil are objective attributes of reality. Modern (Rudhyarian?) astrology would have it that no astrological condition is intrinsically either good or evil, that those judgments are reactions that we can modify and alter as we will. The (so-called) deeper issue here is popularly known as 'fate versus free will', which is yet another badly misunderstood issue, unfortunately. Or so I think.
Why don't you lay out your thinking on the subject of good and ill (or evil), with the question of astrological usage as benefic and malefic. In fact, do yourself a favor and burn some bandwidth here so that you can discover what you really think about these things. That's a lot of what goes on in writing, you know: you write and then discover what you know or think when you read what you've written! You probably know that already, but do it anyway and share what develops.
I bark a lot when I'm on the soapbox and for very good reason. Watch-dogs are supposed to do a lot of barking when things are wrong. But I'm fairly well mannered otherwise.... < grin >
So toss it out there and let the exchange of ideas begin!
Dennis said:
> It was certainly a welcome surprise to receive positive feedback from Bill &
> Fran on my interpretation of the Exegesis chart! Thanks, guys.
It's extremely important to publish recognition and approval in this situation. We argue our positions altogether too much in the adversarial mode, so credit where it is due is a good reality check here, I think.
> accuracy was achieved via the total exclusion of rulerships.
Hmmm... this prompted me to look at the rulerships < grin > If I haven't mucked it up terribly, I get the Sun at 8AR19, 25CA15 Ascending with 8AR44 at the MC. Sun just past the midheaven at 12:26pm standard time...sounds reasonable to me < grin > (SwEph engine, Mosher ephemeris)
Four planets are their own lords: The Moon in the I - cusp in Cancer, Venus in the XI - cusp in Taurus, Jupiter in the VI - cusp in Sagittarius, and Pluto in the V - cusp in Scorpio. Jupiter turns out to be the final dispositor, disposing of the Sun, Mars and Saturn, where Mercury is disposed by Mars and both Uranus and Neptune by Saturn.
So what does that mean? Well, how about growth through service? Or growth through doing work? Good indicator of health, of course, but health maintained by being put to good use.. well exercised for productive purposes, etc.
The Moon, Venus and Pluto are not in the dispositor circle, which suggests that they might be considered as givens, or constants... maybe inate sensibility for 'spiritual' purposes, something on the order of a heightened focus on the discernment of transforming potential. Or perhaps that should be transformative potential.
Saturn and Neptune could be considered to be in mutual disposition, and Pluto could also be considered conditionally disposed by Mars, and thus by Jupiter, but that means having to parse dual rulerships, the logic of which becomes subject to debate, I suppose. But it also suggests that Uranus is less of a factor than Neptune, such that resolution is more relevant than change, perhaps
But now to the main sequences: The Sun, Mars and Saturn are in the natural House of Jupiter (IX) and directly disposed thereof. The use of the place of learning and growth (academia, religion, law, long journeys and all that jazz..) for that very purpose through work and service. One could hardly ask for more relevant planets here, for these are those that do work: intention expressed through the application of energy in a defined format... sounds suspiciously like a physics formula... < grin >
Mercury is disposed by Mars, directly defining the energy as intellectual, and so we know that the intellect is to be harnessed for the job at hand, rather than to be allowed to wander off in whatever direction seems interesting... this implies the inherent attribute of focus rather than that of ready dispersability. And Uranus and Neptune are disposed by Saturn, suggesting that recognizable form preempts the potential of the changeable and the mysterious: science wins out over metaphysics here, I think, at least according to the popular understanding of metaphysics Modifying this, of course, is the participation of the dual rulership of Jupiter and Neptune of the Sign of Pisces. This suggests that the unknown is resolved rather than allowed to remain a mystery.
The justification for rulerships is embedded in the nature of the seasons, presumably, with the inner planets in the spring and fall, the lights in summer, and the outer planets in late fall and winter. Sounds reasonable enough when you think of it, I suppose. In any case, dispositors can supply some surprising insights sometimes, justification or no! In this case, the insights conform to the rest of the chart attributes, and are confirmed by other techniques.
Good election job, Fran! Ahhh... that's all I'm ever going to do on this list in the way of specific interpretation... < he said, remembering never to say never..lol!! >
> What I am trying to point out here is that the functional potentials of the
> chart could be identified by any reasonably competent astrologer, as long as
> this simple approach is followed. It seems that archetypes that underlie [snip]
> disinformation generated by the delusional elements of traditional astrology
> (such as rulerships) to the insights generated by the archetypes that the
> sum total will be a mishmash of reliable and unreliable information.
Well... rulerships, eh? Never use 'em myself...harrummpphh! LOL!!!
Your exposition is well founded and well taken, Dennis, but why do you insist on inserting your own personal biases as a basis of judging any traditional technique? We've discussed this before, and I still maintain that this is a glaring flaw in an otherwise fairly sound approach to astrology. This is the very thing that is wrong with astrology: the use of unfounded approaches to support conclusions! We might as well suggest, and I can do so with some amount of rationale, that astrology can do very well with the technique of meditation on a horoscope as a mandala, without an ounce of knowledge of the astrological lore!
But you are very right on the rest of it, I think. The lore is the technical language of astrology, such that it is the media for such insights as astrology provides. It's up to the astrologer to take those insights and apply them according to whatever ethical and professional principles are held.
A whole long dissertation on astrologers as reverse compilers of astrological lore just occurred to me, but I'll spare everyone the particulars. In short, both are translaters between very different realities, and it's instructive to consider that no matter how complex computer software compilers might be, the reverse process is vastly more difficult... and that's what the astrologer does in a session.
Legendary programmers now occupy themselves with the development of compilers for the evergrowing computer industry, and it's generally considered that such things are roughly equivalent to 'black arts', almost diabolically perverse in their resistence to effective analysis (in some cases..) If this is the case for those guys, we can get a sense of just how difficult it is to even contemplate how to analyze the work of the astrologer in interpreting a chart!!
And we expect computers to do astrology????? I don't think so...... < grin >
The upshot of all this is that Dennis' point is very important. The astrologer has a task that probably cannot be subject to rigorous analysis.. ie reproduced according to a set of rules. Which means there is a great deal more to being a good astrologer than simply having a compendium knowledge of the lore itself.. a computer can do that!
I think that this is a very profitable subject for discussion, however, and I would expect it to be a necessary part of any workable means of doing reality tests of astrological work.
> Non-astrologers with critical faculties will always find your production of
> such a mix quite unconvincing. Astrologers pursuing this approach will
> never get astrology out of the lunatic fringe, and the most they can achieve
> is to impress friends and clients with a selective use of their
> speculations.
Then are you arguing for a full scale program to develop such testing technology? Or are you assuming that most astrologers can satisfy the general requirements in these regards. As I've suggested, it can be argued that you did not do so yourself, but of course that was not your intent. What would you have done differently had you intended to do a generally acceptable demonstration?
> In Ex 6/4 Bill Tallman wrote:
> we have to pay attention to how we 'hear' the other voices on this list,
> and we have to pay attention to how accessible to others we are in
> return.
> Well said. Combining empathy and an inclusive approach is likely to
> facilitate the collaboration that some of us are hoping for. However
> collaboration necessary to fulfil the potential of Exegesis requires use of
> the intellect, something our culture and education system has failed to
> cultivate. Television has had a crippling effect on those who grew up with
> it instead of books. It is in language skills and the comprehension of
> subtle concepts that the younger generations seem notable deficient, even
> more so perhaps in the inclination to penetrate into the depths of the
> issues. We ought to encourage newcomers to Exegesis to engage the issues
> from their own unique perspective, and then see to what extent we can share
> the insights generated.
Yep, reading trains the imagination, which requires the development of communication skills, language skills, in order to share with others (it's lonely in that universe if you have to live there always by yourself). And these same skills are what make it possible to communicate with oneself, such that one can come to understand one's self. Language skills are the foundation upon which intelligence is built, and without them, all the mental capacity in the world sets silent and dumb, unable to function at all.
For those on this list who simply read and never contribute, think about this: How sure are you that you understand what's going on here.. or more to the point, perhaps, is this: how sure are you that you *cannot* understand what's going on here? If you care enough to read, and presumably you do else you wouldn't be subscribed, maybe you should care enough to test your assumptions. So delurk and make a contribution!!! We're all monkeys in the same tree here, all typing like mad hoping to write the ..... whatever it is...lol!!!!
As I am one of the major contributers here, I'll say this: you are welcome here and you will be treated with respect and dignity, just as we expect to be treated in return. But your ideas will be subject to extensive criticism and examination, at least by me. You may be assured that there is no comfortable mutual support group that will gently protect you from any possibility for growth and development. The very best approach is to ask questions, and then respond when they are answered
Just don't jump out here and make a lot of assertions you are not prepared to back up. If you think that I am an example of how initial contributions should be made, I assure you that I am not. I came on this list several years ago and asked questions...lot's of questions. When they didn't get answers, *then* I started being provocative just to get a reponse.. and I'm still doing it now, but I started with a bunch of questions and so should everyone. Or so I think < grin >
> But therein lies the Problem of Astrology: we don't know how or why it
> works, and we don't know how to find out. I submit that this is the
> primary
> subject that must be addressed successfully if astrology is ever to have
> the
> opportunity to regain its former status < snip >
> The process I outlined above explains to my satisfaction how the
> astrological archetypes generate the keywords that enable accurate
> interpretation. That is to say, this is the only suitable working
> hypothesis I am aware of. I've deliberately refrained from expanding the
> above description of the process for reasons of economy, so I realise it may
> not seem fully convincing!
The problem here is that you are creating the support within the confines of what needs support itself. It isn't your specific practice that is the issue here, it's the entire construct of astrology itself. Clearly, a working hypothesis is an asset *within* that construct, where the practicing astrologer plies his craft. You are using astrological material to validate your practice and that works, but you can't use astrological material to validate astrology itself. That's essentially circular reasoning: a horse is a horse because it's a horse....
> a large part of the tradition of astrology is that
> the why and how are a mystery, and so should not be investigated, lest
> investigation have some catastrophic consequences of indeterminate nature.
> Self-doubt. Leading rapidly to insecurity. Since astrology incorporates a
> paradigm, those who learn it act according. Robots tend not to question
> their operating program. Those of us who had previously acquired other
I think it's probably simpler than that. Conformity to authority is the most secure state, and as there is no acceptable material extant, authority says it doesn't exist. So don't go looking for it!! < grin >
> paradigms came into astrology with multi-dimensional personal belief
> systems. We therefore are classic products of post-modernity: we use and
> put aside each paradigm according to the need we feel is appropriate to
> examine a situation. We use each like a lens. Those with only one lens do
> not have the option of obtaining meaning from a different collective frame
> of reference by examining a situation through a different lens in this
> manner. And don't forget that paradigms are functional: they function to
> produce results, according to the designed formula or ritual. A user is
> accustomed to getting results. Traditional astrology suits people for this
> reason, and they become dependent on their acquired ability to produce
> results. Most astrologers will be reluctant to face the possibility that
> their results are inadequate. Old dogs rarely learn new tricks, so any
> alternative would have to be a readily-demonstrable improvement.
We are the masters of the tools we use, but only if we know how to use them. And their use is inherent in their nature. But that means having to take the time and effort to investigate the tool and discern something that nature, and it means taking up the tool with due care and not expecting to turn out masterpieces the first time out. It means expecting to make some lengthy series of mistakes, hopefully punctuated by successes, whilst using the mistakes as means of learning about the tools... and the use thereof... and the user.
> Dennis appears to assume that there exists adequate astrological theory. I [snip]
> Yes, it does rather seem as if Bill and I differ on this issue. The
> difference may hinge on what we see as a `test'. I test my personal
> understanding of astrological theory via application to case study
> situations and appraisal of the extent of match between theoretical
> prediction and reality. I call this the empirical approach to learning how
> astrology works. The Exegesis launch reading is a typical example. The
> method attains relative objectivity via a convergence of several parameters.
Again, this is working inside the astrology box. It's the box itself that is in question.
The difference here is, once again, between the specific and general cases. Or maybe it's global and local.. dunno. Anyway, what you have done serves your purpose. On what basis do you suppose that it will work in the general case, such that any given individual can follow what you've done and reach the same state you've reached? You can tailor your work to your own expectations, which are in large part determined by your own nature, your skills and abilities, your training, your bent of character.... but how can you translate that into a way of going that will satisfy the range of such human considerations and attributes?
If you want to take the astrology box walls down, you will find that there is the whole world out there that expects to have their concerns met and their questions answered, and that means that all the assumptions that support astrology go out the window with the very first move. Astrology, as we practice it, only works inside the astrology box. I want to do away with the box.
Does that make sense?
> As we have seen, the consensus of agreement of several informed interpreters
> extends and documents some partial objectivity. The meaning and description
> of the event are also relative, and objectivity is extended via the numbers
> of participants and the media reports that may be generated. As mentioned,
> the language of astrology also becomes more objective the greater the
> consensus of meaning of its components that its users adopt, particularly
> when keywords enter into the common usage of non-astrologers (mercurial,
> martial, jovial).
Okay, now you're getting at least to the window in the box, it think. (Does the box really have a window? If not, let's install one!!! Let in some natural light!)
So far, the participants and media reports in this case have all been inside the box. As far as non astrological usage of planetary names, remember they were the names of the gods before they were applied to the planets, and the nature of these gods was *very* well known... (pick up your local linear B clay biscuit down at the bazaar and read about the latest scandals of the gods.....)
> All that I would immediately suggest, Bill, is a firm approach toward
> identifying the best keywords for each component. When I started learning
> astrology I was puzzled that keywords listed were only partially correct.
> This implied that authors of astrology books couldn't tell the difference
> between the right ones and the wrong ones. Why then was it so intuitively
> obvious to me? Of course, to you and anyone else my personal intuitions are
> of marginal relevance at best. What really matters are those keywords we
> agree are correct. Any language communicates to the extent that users agree
> to the meanings the words have. Astrologers have erred on this issue too
> long, and the language as commonly used is awfully sloppy.
Well, it seems to me that the convention in astrology has been to base one's judgment of what does and does not work on one's intuition, and one man's elegant explanation is another man's unacceptably sloppy work.
I would suggest that the relevant question there was what you stated: Why was it so intuitively obvious to you, implying that it appeared not to be so to others? If we could effectively address that, maybe we could see how to get a handle on some of the rest of this stuff.
> As regards Bill's complaint about the lack of a `clinical data base', I feel
> unable to judge if clinical implies some necessary quality. The data base
> for me is the whole class of events. It is limited only by accurate
> identification. If you can locate an event in time and space you can do its
> chart (previously notified restriction to this planet's surface applies).
Yes indeed, there is a whole complex of necessary qualities, and amongst other things, they are intended to guarantee to the general satisfaction that accuracy has been maintained. But that's not the main purpose. The main purpose is to do the very best possible to keep from leaving out stuff that might be not only relevant but important. The reason for this is that any conclusion from data that has been selectively accrued is inherently suspect and practically worthless... or should be regarded so.
> If you know what the event is, you can judge the match between chart meaning
> and event meaning. Such an empirical test suffices for me, but I did always
> expect other astrologers to do this too, and looked forward to comparing my
> verdict with theirs. It always used to baffle me that they failed perform
> such a basic reality check.
That sort of empirical test is something that my generation of astrologers always assumed... if you can't do the work, the most embarassing time to find out is after you've said you could and then taken money to do it! So comparisons, peer review, was a central activity from get-go. This is probably more difficult for the lone practitioner, but then....
The critical factor here is to be able to determine what constitutes an empirical test. Where and how do you get the information that is expected to confirm or refute the reading? At this point, we are talking about the central problem of science: how do you know that the data is useful, much less reliable? The general case statement here is: how do you know what you think you know? If you can't convincingly show the supporting resources and marshall them to do the job to the satisfaction of the critics, how do you know you aren't deluding yourself?
> The `true believer' syndrome is not only a terrible affliction, it is vastly
> more widespread than I had suspected. The problem seems to be that the
> effective paradigm in astrology has never included a verification procedure.
> Driven by market forces, the supply of astrologers results from a general
> demand for knowledge of the future. It doesn't matter if the knowledge
> obtained is wrong. Error in the readings does not quench faith in the
> ritual.
Well, at the point at which this post is being read, my previous post (Astrology: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly...I think) will have been distributed, and I have already addressed this with some ascerbity < grin > The market forces do indeed appear to rule, which has created a rather overwhelming mess that needs to be cleaned up if astrology is ever to emerge from the fringes.
> John Kellden informed us that he is "moderately skilled in three languages, [snip]
> You mean allowing a right brain focus rather than left? Insights deriving
> from resonance & pattern recognition, instead of logic & reasoning? If so,
> I'd not argue. For me both tend to happen in tandem somehow these days, but
> I agree with the implication that society still provides a left-brain bias
> which may be limiting progress in the list in a collective sense. It could
> be that the culture of the group of contributors to this list is somewhat
> left-brain reliant, but, if so, that goes along with a ready acceptance of
> lateral thinking: our collective use of the intellect tends to be rather
> unconventional, not bound by tradition or ideology in any obvious form.
> However, a more contemplative and reflective approach may indeed be helpful.
Well, I'll jump in here with an observation: Left brain activity deals with objective reality and right brain with subjective reality, and the corpus callosum connects to the ...... < grin > If you are going to share anything of substance, you have to begin with the objective stuff just so that we know what page we're all supposed to be on. To the extent that's been done, then sharing right-brain stuff is as useful as it can be made to be. But if you want to allow everyone to find out where their own right brain is, best stick to left brain stuff at the beginning.
Look at it this way: Left brain stuff is said to be linear. If so this is suited to serial communication... ideas in a row, needing only two terminals, an input and an output. Most of us can manage to establish those reliably, but not without some work, and even then they're problematic if ever put to the test. On the other hand right brain stuff is said to be at least multilinear.. the simplest version of which is parallel, I suppose. If you intend to communicate from right brain directly to right brain, then you have to have multiple terminals as there is going to be lots of information being transmitted on a number of channels... we talk about listening to what is said, and listening to how it is said, and listening to the tone of voice, and observing the body language and on and on. That's multiple streams of information at the same time.
Now, the problem is not that most people can't manage that, because they can. The truth appears to be that we all do this all the time in any case. But there was never any intent that the system work for any other application that the self alone. The problem is getting the signals coordinated so that what is made of the incoming data is anywhere close to how it was intended. Think about: "Oh, you meant *this*, not *that*, well I was thinking about this other thing that was going on and I missed that entirely... sorry..." And this happens a long way down the line such that everything that happened afterwords is anybody's guess. The problems of insuring data transmission on a serial line is enough to handle... parallel stuff requires computer brains to keep straight.. and that ain't me, I can tell you.
So I'd suggest we not emphasize right brain communication before we are reasonably sure of the left brain communication. The history of humanity is littered with the failures of right-brain communication, where the intent was that the right brains be linked for nefarious purposes of mass control, etc. Think religion, think political propaganda, and lots of other stuff...
> Aw, shucks! Naturally I enjoyed such appreciation, but it's a shame that my
> effort causes such diffidence. We all have different insights and any
> consensual picture of a subject constellates from the individual views of
> observers. Just because one has become an effective reporter of his view is
> no good reason for another to refrain from issuing a description. However I
> do empathise, having been there myself (I have a classic natal configuration
> that was ever a major handicap). One needs to feel satisfied with one's
> artistry, and I can only give advice that worked for me. Practice makes
> perfect, they say. But Virgo says you have to get the right procedure
> otherwise ritualised performance will get you used to producing wrong
> answers. One only need attend an astrologers' conference or scan astrology
> books on the market to see this. Oops, back on the old hobby horse again,
> sorry..
Good hobby horse for this list, I think. It goes on rocking in reality, as opposed to Astrologia, where the sky is ever blue and the clouds fluffy white..... argghh..
Now you've said what needs saying, Dennis. You've done what works for you and from what we see here, it was a good job. How about we try to figure out what will work in the general case, work for any given person?
> I believe there are two essential components to effective interpretation:
> accuracy of data & analysis, and artistry in weaving the synthesis of all
> the relevant factors. The former involves disciplines that can be taught
> and are honed through frequent application to real life situations. The
> latter involves a necessary coordination of right-brain functions (insights
> into the various ways particular configurations may manifest, intuiting how
> component patterns are likely to interact, seeing the overview, etc) with
> left-brain articulation into language accessible to others. This personal
> coordination cannot be taught, but it can be learnt in normal paradigmatic
> fashion by observing how others seem to do it and copying their style. At
> least, that's the route I took.
Well, my comments in the last post address this in terms of how astrology is
taught via the mass market. Whoever finds a real astrologer to copy is fortunate, I think. Most good astrologers can only teach what they think works, and probably because they expended the effort to discover at least that much. But some of them aren't too much for teaching and so they won't ladel out what they think, allowing the observer to learn for him/herself. That's how, in part, the Eastern guru operates, although they've got a real handle on what's going on with the chela (apprentice). Too bad it mostly doesn't work here.
> credibility needs to flow from a
> variety of directions, not just reliability.
> Could you expand on this?
Yes. please do.
> we should talk about how to construct tests of
> techniques such that astrologers can use those results, rather
> than constructing tests to answer our critics.
> Yes, proactive rather than reactive. The tests of astrology have always
> been based on the paradigm of old science. Statistics, invariably. If
> anything in astrology can be counted in such a way as to show us how
> astrology works, how come nobody has been able to do it? Seems to me the
> premise must be wrong. If your doctor heals you, do you need to prove it by
> trying to find something to count?
Oh dear.... Dennis... this sort of woolyheadedness is simply unacceptable.. sorry, but you really blundered here.
There is no such thing as 'old science'. There are many paradigms (standard models?) that have been used and transcended as new information becomes available. Science, as we know it, is one unbroken stream of efforts on the part of the best and brightest of us down through the ages to figure out what is going on. The methodology got better as time went on... Baconian philosophy? and ways of working were tried and discarded when they were shown not to work, but there is definitely no such thing as 'old science'.
I'm not going to get into that whole discussion again, but suffice it to say that the tools of science are as they have ever been: the best that can be offered. It remains for them to be properly used, and that is the essence of concern here.
You should know as well as anyone who is as literate as you are, that Science (the modern establishment practice thereof) is rife with workers who do well enough at their jobs, but who are fanatic about their views of reality for strictly personal reasons. Of this lot comes the people of SICOPS(?), and guys like Jerome and Bok (Objections to Astrology). We even have them in the ranks of astrology itself, although I understand Geofferey Dean no longer affiliates himself with astrology.
Because these guys have the most ready access to the necessary tools, they get to do the work and the results are already determined: astrology is bunk!!! We simply do not know how much work has been repressed or destroyed because it somehow managed to show something else, but we do know from personal testimony that enough has been to warrant rejection of any blanket claim of total lack of positive results.
If it were the case that statistics is commonly used to prove whatever is wanted, and that happens often enough I suspect, we would probably still be at the technological level of several centuries ago. Statistics is a powerful tool when used appropriately, but can also be abused with equal effect.
What we need to do, and the next subject I intend to address, is how to proceed with this kind of project. How do we develop means to determine *for ourselves as astrologers* what is really going on? What can we do that will allow us to discover whether what we're doing is really what we think it is, or something else that we don't see. You asked for a reality check, but what will satisfy your question at any given point almost certainly will not satisfy the range of questions that all of us might have.
Fran asked how we can satisfy our own questions. I ask whether we know what questions those might be. In short, I'm asking whether the questions that need asking even exist.
And as far as the doctor example is concerned, how do you think that doctor got that knowledge? What's important is that he has it, not whether you think it works. The proof of the cure is in the healing. Can you demonstrate that sort of work... other than by simple claim? Do you have the sort of track record that shows how and why things were done, and how you got to learn of them? In short, do you have a record of those questions asked and how they were answered, or whether they indeed ever were?
The doctor does, and statistics is one of the tools that got him there.
> I often reflect on Alan Leo's suggestion that the natal horoscope shows
> character & destiny. This insight a century ago somehow seems to
> encapsulate the mystique of astrology. If it really were a font of
> self-discovery in the way that Dane Rudhyar's evangelism proclaimed, what a
> boon to the human race it would be! Our society tries to conform us, but we
> want to be ourselves. We sense our unique nature but dimly. A method that
> revealed it in more detail and clarity would be a great help, particularly
> to young people being swayed by inappropriate suggestions into making wrong
> choices, threatening their subsequent happiness and future.
Yep. You've got the right of it here, I think. So what are we going to do about it?
> Market forces exalt choice while devaluing guidance, creating modern society
> as lottery. For those of us who learn to make it work reliably, astrology
> provides a rationale for the trends of the times, and helps us make better
> choices. Yet both character and destiny are not fixed, and the map we use
> just shows potentials and qualities. So how do we know we can rely on it?
Those with power ever shape the world and all in it to their own liking. That's a given, and all too well understood. Unfortunately, the individual is required to put forth some amount of effort at least equal to that debilitating influence if he/she is ever to break free. Part of that process involves learning how to do this, and specifically, learning how to determine what works and what doesn't.
> I guess the easy answer to this question is the time-honoured one - trial
> and error - that applies to any tool. Remembering that favourite
> description of archaeologists & anthropologists `man, the tool-maker',
> perhaps we ought to focus on the horoscope as a cerebral tool. Perhaps that
> is the key explanation to the revival of astrology in the 20th century. It
> is not merely a consequence of reaction to the dehumanising effects of
> science; it provides a tool, a catalyst for self-discovery. After a couple
> of years in Exegesis focusing on astrophilosophy, maybe a switch to
> practical considerations would be helpful.
You got the tool part right, Dennis, but I cannot imagine that you have entirely missed the point about what we've been doing here for the last couple of years. This has most definitely not been about astrophilosophy. It's been about trying to figure out how to move astrology out of the backwaters and the fringes, so that it can be made more useful to more people.
We've been discussing all the things that are keeping that from happening, and how to address those things. As Fran has said, we need new ideas because none of the old ones seem to work. An appeal to authority as the support of any idea simply denotes the idea as bankrupt of any perceived relevancy. That doesn't mean there necessarily is none, but that it's not observed (recognized?). If it were, there would be no need to resort to authority, I think.
This post is long enough. I'm going to do the second part of Ast: GBU next.
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 22:20:02 +1300
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Fran wrote:
> When I first started learning
> astrology I assumed that my elders knew what they were
> talking about but at some point I got lost in the muddle of
> competing ideas. Later I began to question what I was taught and
> to make my own tests, but I never bothered to think about how I
> might make tests that other astrologers might find useful or
> that could be used as arguments when debating techniques.
Similar to my learning curve, except I may have been more sceptical from the start. I expected follow-up discussion to test a published explanation for why a chart indicated any particular outcome. The astromedia always has very little. On those few occasions when a response is published, it normally goes off on an entirely different tangent, rather than address the published reasoning. For instance, the famous 20 or 30 different rectifications of Reagan's birth-time. If collated, the assembly would look like entries in a creative writing competition rather than a discussion of the pros & cons of rectification theory & technique of application.
> I think that some sort of human-initiated mundane
> events might prove interesting areas of study. When a bill is
> introduced to a parliamentary body there might be some method to
> assert that the bill will pass or not, but I'm not deep enough
> to claim if that specific technique exists or what it might be,
> only that the tests have to have a very small scope. Yes/No,
> True/False, Did/Did Not.
Rather than a focus on prediction, why not go for the easier focus on why something was successful, or why it failed? Sure, a range of interpretive techniques would become evident, but common patterns of underlying logic may emerge nonetheless. So we can have 20/20 hindsight, but the logic, if valid, presumably would succeed in application to other similar cases. However, we do run into the holistic objection: that similar cases do not necessarily succeed (or fail) for the same reason. Different combinations of factors may also succeed (or fail). This approach is simply prospecting for characteristic patterns, amongst cases categorised as similar in type.
> My intuition on the whole matter of good reasoning is that the
> we need to be making arguments that a "reasonable" astrologer
> could digest. One can always find an extremist who will resist
> all attempts at convincing, but these are not the folks we
> should be worried about.
Which suggests that the astrological logic being tested needs to be familiar or comprehensible to all involved, even if they do not necessarily accept it as valid.
> Perhaps a method for proceeding down this road would be to come
> up with a list of items we believe can be tested, and then
> discussing theory and technique. I believe we should steer away
> from nativities and any psychological waters in order to avoid
> getting bogged down and should look around for "simpler" areas
> to explore.
I agree that birth-charts & the psychological approach tend to enhance the subjective aspect of astrology, at the expense of any credibility in test design. However I have long felt that the biographical approach to celebrities is inherently productive as an arena for testing astrological interpretation. It can be made relatively objective if certain disciplines are incorporated.
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> I remain sceptic, if not skeptic, Dennis, about whatever meaning of a
> Mercury retrogradation (or not).
Yes, I can relate to that. I was a practising astrologer for about 7 years before I started to evaluate the match between experience and the supposed effect of Mercury retrograde. I had not been able to accept that astrologers could be right about it. It seemed too unlikely. So, my bias toward scepticism made me assume it was merely superstition. For some years I tested it in quite a gung ho manner - I believed the exercise of free-will could prevail over fate, depending on how hard one tried. I would initiate things during Mercury retrograde, and assumed that sufficient enterprise and careful implementation would get the expected results. I eventually figured that too many unexpected failures, or things having to be fixed up later due to unforeseen circumstances, meant my premise was apparently invalid.
> As I've already suggested, interpreting charts is not necessarily doing
> astrology. I mean that it's an application, between others, of
> astrology. I know that here, it could be useful to do (& the same on
> CURA), but it appears to me being nothing else that an "exercise of
> style". Doing astrology is for me "using matricial thought", that is
> reasoning, at each moment, away from the current dualistic way of
> reasoning.
Yes, indeed, interpretation portrays the style of the interpreter. Also, however, it reveals the theory that the interpreter is using. I think we can agree that we are using different theory, regardless that we have a similar astrophilosophy of what underlies the theory.
> I would like also to know why some elements or operators, as Chiron
> (with an orbital excentricity of 0.38) or the Dragon's head (not a
> physical body)... are used, and not others. I suggest that using just
> the planets (which ones?), or using all you can eventually get from
> astronomy, is certainly not driving to the same model, or the same
> "explanation" of astrology itself.
Not sure what you really mean by that last sentence, but the question of which interpretive factors are basic to horoscope interpretation is certainly difficult to answer from a theoretical basis. I prefer to avoid it! That is to say, I take refuge in pragmatism. I have a bias toward traditional astrology to that extent only. Same with any pattern recognition: you mainly rely on identifying the most evident features.
As regards the lunar nodal axis, it is of traditional usage, plus it is a significant orientational factor. As a boundary marker for the solunar relationship cycle, it provides temporal as well as spatial orientation. Seems to me that it is a fundamental part of the local cosmos.
As regards Chiron, I found no empirical reason to take it seriously until recent years. It is of negligible significance in my natal chart, and other astrologers never impressed me with their advocacy of reasons to use it. In '85 Eve Jackson's articles in the AA journal were impressive, but insufficient. I picked up the Lantero book a decade ago, verdict likewise. Everything else I saw on the subject was largely fantasy & projection. For some reason the last 5 or more years increasingly I tend to see Chiron playing a significant part in overall configurations. Of course, I do acknowledge that this may just be a case of auto-suggestion, as Dale Huckeby would no doubt point out if he were to emerge from retirement!
The theory of morphic resonance explains why beliefs may consolidate in their effects as time passes, regardless of `truth'. I do not use other dead comets, asteroids, centaurs, whatever. Any objection to Chiron on physical grounds would also apply to Pluto.
> Other thing is to know why a chart of such a beginning association, i.e.
> Exegesis, would be significant. If Fran had cautiously chosen the moment
> (maybe he could tell us), this moment were significant for the reason
> that the signification he volontary would have put there, is the
> signification we could accept. Other thing to interpret the chart of any
> factory, which beginning isn't chosen by an astrologer. Does the meaning
> come after? And for who? For the only astrologers? If so: it's of none
> value -- I suggest.
This issue must be tested empirically. It is a matter of taste currently. I prefer to believe that time cycles modulate an archetypal qualitative matrix, which makes moments unique in time and place. Events partake of the qualities unique to the moment in which they occur, relative to the location. Development processes unfold according to inherent design, part of which is at the deep level of the archetypes (more superficial scheduling such as genetic, ecological, and social, also applies). Therefore, in my opinion, the meaning is inherent. It is partially available to anyone able to decode it.
Dennis Frank
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It's been a really long time since I blogged, but I thought the one year mark was a good time to pick it up again. This past weekend we celebrated one full year in-country. It's so hard to believe that a whole year has gone by already and we are basically half way through our service here. It really flew by and I know this next year is going to go by just as fast. Looking back over the last year, it's really hard to sum up how I feel about my service so far. So much has happened, and I've grown and changed as a person a lot, but I still feel like I should be or could be doing more at my school. Projects just take so long to get off the ground and it's hard to feel like I'm making an impact. I'm working still on getting a library built and I have leads on people who want to help donate books and materials for the building, but nothing is confirmed yet. I'm hoping to finally get the building plans drawn up this week so I can submit them to the counsel (everything has to go through the government here and the bureaucracy is a serious pain to deal with) so that we can get the project approved and hopefully get some help in terms of materials from the government. Then, I need to get a confirmation from a hardware store I'm working with that they will supply the materials, after that of course I need to find funding to pay the builder so I can get the building built, and then after all that I have to get my hands on enough books to fill it up not to mention furniture and all that. Bottom line is, it's a huge project, but I'm just going to keep trying. Other than that, I have some smaller projects going on—on Friday I'm handing out 400 hand-knit teddy bears from a great organization called Mother Bear Project to the students from standards 1-5 at my school which should be a really great (and adorable!) event. I also have a PACT club started which is a peer leadership group which meets once a week to discuss issues facing teens and pre-teens like peer pressure, teen pregnancy, etc. that has also been a long time coming and I'm happy that it's finally happening. Next week another long time project is (hopefully) finally coming to fruition as we are holding a career fair for the standard 7 pupils with speakers from different careers coming in to talk to the students about the choices they have if they work hard and stay in school. I'm hoping it will at least provide them with a little perspective about what is out there and what they can achieve. Another project I'm working on is the GLOW (Girls Leading our World) camp which a group of us are organizing and will be held at my school at the end of november. The camp is intended to give girls a chance to learn life skills and leadership skills in order to help them make good decisions and stay healthy. We saw a need for something like this in our region as the kids have never had a chance to go to camp and in a very patriarchal society a girls empowerment camp seemed like a good idea.
So, some things are coming together. Mostly, I'm just really proud of our group as a whole as we've made it so far with only losing one couple which I think is a testament to the support and love we all have for each other. I know I would never have made it this far without my friends here and I'm really happy to be a part of Bots 11! So, now we have about 14 months left which simultaneously feels really long and like not nearly enough time. Either way, I'm excited for the adventures ahead. My life here is super unpredictable and I love that, even if it is stressful and unnerving sometimes, ultimately it's my favorite part of Peace Corps. So, here's to one more year!


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Last week I was
forced volunteered to drive my Grandma into the big city for her doctor's appointment. Usually I enjoy hanging out with my Grandma, especially the casual racism and the long annoying stories about old people. And since she always buys Wendy's for lunch, it isn't quite as bad as you'd think. It was still pretty bad though.
She started on a rant at one point about the kids these days. To sum up her incoherentness, every generation of kids is worse than the last generation, with her generation being the best. Kids don't respect their elders anymore. They misbehave at every given opportunity. Basically, she thinks anyone born past about 1985 is a real moron.
Meanwhile, we have my girl Young And Thrifty, who basically says the same thing. In a recent post, she laments the actions of the Vancouver rioters, and tries to look at the more serious problem behind the riot. Like many before her, she basically talks about entitlement. From her post:
This reckless behaviour brings to mind the pitfall of our young generation, the generation Y. Is it because our baby boomer parents work so hard at making sure we study hard at school, make sure we get everything we want and "need" (you know, that new iPad that everyone else has, or those cool new pair of Nike Air Jordans) in order to fit in with the rest of our peers… that it somehow causes our young to lose awareness of how fortunate we are, lose sight of respecting other people, and lose sight of respecting other people's property?
Now before I go writing a post disagreeing with Y&T, let me take a minute to tell you how awesome she is. She was one of the hot financial blogger chicks. She consistently writes good content, and includes me in all sorts of link love editions. I don't want anybody to think that I don't like her by disagreeing with her. There are certain blogs I don't like. Young and Thrifty isn't one of them.
Now let me disagree with just about everything in that quote up there.
First of all, being a young idiot is hardly exclusive to young people these days. My Mom did drugs at a bible college in the 70s, which is absolutely hilarious if you know my Mom. Part of the journey from adolescence to adulthood is making stupid decisions. Everybody does it, and everybody acts like an entitled sh*thead at some point during their teen or early adult years. If you combine that with alcohol, you get some pretty annoying people.
I remember thinking Dairy Queen would be screwed if I quit my after school job. How naive I was. But since this is a financial blog, let's move back to the financial angle of this.
The reason why kids these days spend more money on gadgets, clothes and other stuff is twofold. First of all, there are all sorts of cool things available that weren't even thought of in 1972. I currently have over 1400 songs on a piece of technology not much bigger than a credit card. I am typing this post on my laptop, which can look up pretty much any useless piece of information I could ever want in 3 seconds flat. Even the microwave was barely thought of when my parents were kids. Most younger people will file their taxes and use the return to buy items like wider wheels for their Toyota Camry's, or a flat screen television instead of smartly investing the return into a savings account. We spend more money on stuff these days because there's more cool stuff available.
As marketers discovered we enjoyed buying stuff that was cool, bankers came up with more ways to let us pay for them. The growth of credit exploded. Mortgages became easier to get, as did credit cards. Stores began offering financing on all sorts of stuff, partially to get people to buy stuff and partially because they made money on the interest paid. So financing expanded, to the point where just about every item above a few hundred bucks has some sort of payment plan option. Is it any wonder why young people, who often lack the foresight gained by life experience itself, get suckered into debt?
The bottom line is that a lack of respect of authority or a lack of appreciation of what we have has been shared by young people of many generations. It's hardly a problem of just this generation or the one that is currently in school.
So then, we get older people (myself included sometimes) who talk about how different things were when we were young. We were never like the kids of today. Sure, we were annoying and generally a little full of ourselves, but not nearly to the extent of the kids these days. And much like most of us believe we're better drivers than average, or better in bed, we believe we were better than the average. Parents are especially guilty of this, since admitting you have an annoying kid is basically admitting your failure as a parent. People are really good at being overconfident in their own abilities.
Making stupid decisions is part of growing up. Acting like an entitled little punk is part of growing up. And, unfortunately for some kids in Vancouver, taking part of a mob was one of those dumb decisions. For most of them though, they'll become contributing members of society. We all make mistakes as youth, these ones are just much more visible than most.
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It began with the invitation that couldn't be refused: "Would you and your friends like to come to Paris for Thanksgiving?" Hot diggity dog, yes, please!
There would be five in our traveling group — my childhood friend Dicky, his wife, Beth, their daughter, Alice, my son, and myself. We all sprang for the extra legroom in coach class. To me this was to be a historical family trip. Dicky's grandparents and my grandparents had lived in Paris and were the best of friends. Dicky's mother and my mother had also lived in Paris and were best friends throughout their lives. Dicky is one of my best friends, and now here we were, taking our children to Paris, a fourth-generation pilgrimage. We went equipped with video cameras and the addresses of our ancestors. We never used the former, nor sought out the latter. But, boy, did we eat!
The terrorism alert from Homeland Security for Americans traveling abroad over Thanksgiving was somewhere between high and severe, so traveling with the most precious of cargos, our children, may have seemed foolhardy, but this was Paris.
We arrived on Wednesday morning in a jet-lagged stupor. After stumbling around the perimetere of the Pompidou Center, we took our chances for lunch at a tiny bistro called Le Chat Zen. It was pretty good. We got omelettes and lentils with sausage. We returned to our friend's house for an afternoon of serious napping before we ventured out for one of the best meals we were to enjoy on the whole trip.
Chez George is one of the oldest and best bistros and was beloved by Julia Child. Framed mirrors all around, brass railings, lacy curtains, uniformed waiters, and tables so tightly strung together they have to be pulled out for patrons to slip through to sit against the wall. I began my meal with one of my favorite salads, celery remoulade — simply julienned celery root bound in a mustardy, creamy vinaigrette. The most memorable dish of the evening (and the whole trip) was a smoked herring salad ordered by our host. I've had many variations of herring (creamed, pickled, you name it) and care for none of them. But this was a mellow, warm, and slightly oily assemblage of a few fillets with potatoes, onions, and carrots. As at many bistros and brasseries, the servers simply put a huge dish down in front of you and you serve yourself as much as you like. Beware this generosity when the chocolate mousse comes around! We continued the meal with beef filets in brandy sauce, sole meuniere, frisée salad, and more. A glorious tarte tatin (upside-down apple tart) completed the meal before we trekked the mile or so home.
On Thursday morning I pitched in by stringing beans for our evening feast for 16 people. But not before gorging on a special pastry called praluline, basically a brioche studded with hot pink candied almonds and hazelnuts. After wandering the streets for hours we had lunch at Le Bouledogue, another tiny, charming cafe-brasserie in the neighborhood. Named for a family of bulldogs that lived on the premises, Le Bouledogue now has one last dog standing, or more like snoozing and snuffling, with the occasional indignant bark at his owner. This is another delightful aspect of Parisian restaurants, dogs are welcome inside, health department concerns be damned. Here we ate salmon tartare, steak tartare, poached leeks, cod on a bed of buttery smashed potatoes, and another version of that ethereal smoked herring salad.
The cheap and cheerful Beaujolais Nouveau had just come out, so for about $4 we were able to enjoy a few glasses of hat. Which brings me to the prices. Without a doubt, every single meal was cheaper than a cheap meal where we live. I mean, even cheaper than a burger at LT Burger or ribs from Townline BBQ or a sandwich from Mary's Marvelous. Granted, we weren't dining at any fancy restaurants, but the reverse sticker shock was heartening.
After an afternoon of more walking (we averaged six to eight miles a day, thank goodness, because I consumed every frite in sight), we required a little snack of street crepes, prepared on a huge cast-iron disc and customized with fillings like Nutella, strawberry jam, or just some good French butter.
Our Thanksgiving meal was another memorable feast prepared by Tom in a kitchen so small you couldn't even fit two people in it. A turkey ballotine had been stuffed with bread and paté de campagne, the string beans were adorned with sautéed chanterelle mushrooms, Brussels sprouts were dotted with lardons, and a mysterious and silky puree turned out to be a combination of carrots, potatoes, celery root, and creme fraiche. For dessert Tom had made pumpkin pie and his partner, Mike, had gotten some merveilleux crunchy meringues filled with whipped cream and topped with chocolate shavings.
Early Friday morning we fortified ourselves with small baguettes filled with ham, cheese, and butter before we explored a once-a-year flea market-brocante looking for bits and bobs to take home. I found a sterling silver cocktail shaker for a mere $25, not discovering a crack in the lid until I got home. That's cool; it still works. An aged hippie who knew Jim Morrison during his brief time living in Paris sold me some brass flatware. Lunch was another classic spot, Chez Janou, where we had a risotto made with farro and sea scallops, fish soup, octopus salad with roasted peppers, head-on shrimp with a basil-flecked rice, and an intriguing salad of tomatoes, green beans, a poached egg, and roasted chestnuts.
For dinner at Brasserie Balzar we indulged in foie gras, choucroute garnie, roast chicken, crabmeat with avocado and grapefruit salad, bone marrow, and onion soup.
Saturday was our last day and you may be wondering, "No museums? D'Orsay? Louvre? Picasso?" Well, we walked around all of them but couldn't bear the long waiting lines. And besides, museum time would have cut into our grazing activities. To me, every pastry shop and fish store and even grocery stores were worthy of oohing and aaahing and photo taking. We lunched at Le Procope, one of the oldest restaurants in Paris, where we enjoyed oysters, smoked salmon with blinis, creamy spinach raviolis, chicken, and sole.
For our last supper we opted for a brand-new Vietnamese restaurant in the Marais called Hanoi. We were ready for crunchy vegetables, highly spiced food, and less cream. We had spring and summer rolls, mushroom dumplings, chicken with lemongrass and chiles, and pho.
The only mementos and gifts I came home with are all food related: small jars of Amora mustard for my brothers, flaky cookies and chive crackers for friends, a few small tins of duck and goose foie gras for whomever.
We killed time at the airport by gorging on our last croissants at Fauchon. I slipped the butter pats into my bag so I'd have a little breakfast-treat memory upon our return.
The first thing I did when I got home was trot over to Harbor Market in Sag Harbor to visit Paul Del Favero. He gets a delivery from Russ and Daughters every week and I asked him to include some smoked herring in the next shipment. I promised that if my experimentation with a recipe for that exquisite salad is a success I would share it with him.
Four full days in Paris was enough. Our children enjoyed and appreciated every aspect of it, especially the food and scenery. Every now and then we would toast our good fortune, give thanks, and remind ourselves of this historical trip, the fourth generation of dear family friends returning to the stomping grounds of our expat ancestors.


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I have become a little lazy over the past few weeks in my writing about play on these estates. I started trying to use face book and twitter and move the discussion beyond this forum alone. But somehow, I miss the freedom to roll around in descriptive phrases and linger over thoughts and rememberings.
The play sessions on Eric street continue to be a wonder. They are warm and comfortable and the children play deliciously freely. It feels as if they have known each other forever, but this is not the case at all. They have only played together since the playgarden has been created. The mums are comfortable together as well and the real issue in playwork terms is, what is our role here?
The children have a strange way of relating to adults. They are capable and independent. However they adopt babyish mannerisms whenever they are around grown ups. So a child who has been doing quite adventurous climbing will come up to the adults and make a winging sound with a 'verge of tears' face and point to something that they could reach themselves, but would rather you reached for them.
They wanted a fabric swing last week. This was suggested to them by the fact that Rainer decked the tree crown with long lengths of fabric to make a clear visual impact.*
Well the adults hung the fabric securely and the children started to queue up for their turn to swing. Somehow both they and the helping adults got lulled into a system that involved two grown-ups holding the fabric and swinging the children and helping them in and out of the swing seat drape. It took me a good while to see this as well. I knew that I was getting irritated by something but found it hard to identify what it was. I was annoyed by the constant demand of the children and the fact that there was a queue that some of the boys were pushing in in front of their sisters and some of the girls were giving up their turns to please their brother, it was a sudden realization that we, the adults were not needed at all. If the swing was securely tied, and it was only six inches or so above the ground, why on earth did two of us need to be supervising this activity.
I checked the knots and pulled the women helping me away showing them as we left that the line of children had broken down into a cluster of kids who were helping the little ones to get in and out of the hammock swing and were creating other games around the swing, whereas before they had simply stood in turn and bickered. Within minutes another swing had been made by one of the taller girls and the playing had really blossomed.
How did I fall into that trap?
Well I think it is because I feel as if we need to be seen to be doing playwork. I now deliberately spend most of the time when I am at sessions talking to the adults or tidying or doing small tasks. This keeps me within the play space, watching and listening, but removes me from any direct interaction with the children. When they do approach me, I am usually incredibly rude or indignant to them… (Cartoon rude/ indignant. It is a game and I always check that the children are getting the joke and are not cut to the quick. ).. it is possible to do this and still let the children know that you are being loving and playful.
I seem to want to get further and further away and see the children as minutely as if I were directly with them, but behave as if I were invisible. They seldom need us as much as they did when the whole process was new. Also I am hearing the team telling me that the children on other spaces in the Playtimes area are not using the sites when they are not there. This is exactly what we wanted to avoid… however, this has not happened on every site, within the same estate some spaces are well used all the time and others are not.
It's a puzzle.
Anyway the violets are peeking out of the rolling hills on Eric Street, so are the mini daffs and the crocuses.
It just keeps on getting better.
The Greetings from Mile End postcards are now printed. They are images taken locally with quotes from local people on the reverse. You can see them here.
*I was at the US Play Coalition meeting in February. Had loads of excellent conversations with people there and learned a great number of interesting things. One unlikely fascinating chat was with a guy who is a sports coach and doing his doctorate at the moment. He spoke about how children will do casual, improvised co-operative games based on baseball –or whatever- in an informal setting. But if you take them to a 'proper' pitch/stadium/court etc, they start to play by the grown up rules and be super competitive. Isn't that interesting?


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Meadow Lake
At 95 acres, Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park is the largest fishable freshwater body in New York City. Meadow connects to 45-acre Willow Lake, currently not open to fishing. Meadow Lake is tidally influenced through a connection to Flushing Bay via Flushing Creek and a network of culverts passable by fish. This connection has led to a high number of American eels and white perch in Meadow Lake, both of which are found in marine waters and can tolerate both fresh and saltwater. Other salt-tolerant species of fish found during DEC Fisheries surveys include Atlantic tomcod, gizzard shad, alewife and inland silverside.
Physical Features:
Elevation: 10 feet
Area: 95 acres
Shoreline Length: 2.7 miles
Depth: Approximately four feet throughout
Fish Species:
Alewife, American eel, Bluegill, Brown Bullhead, Common Carp, Goldfish, Gizzard Shad, Silverside, Largemouth Bass, Mummichog, Northern Snakehead, Pumpkinseed, White Mullet, White Perch
Special fishing regulations apply (leaving DEC website to official Fishing Regulations Guide vendor website).
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation rules require the use of non-lead weights and barbless hooks.
Anyone catching a northern snakehead MUST NOT RELEASE it. Anglers are required by law to kill any snakehead caught and report the catch to their local DEC Regional Fisheries Office. Call the NYC Regional Fisheries office at 718-482-4922 or send an email to report your catch.
Fisheries Survey:
Largemouth bass were not collected or observed during the earliest fisheries surveys of Meadow Lake but, since 2010, DEC Fisheries staff has collected largemouth bass, indicating these fish are reproducing and potentially on the rise. Northern snakehead fish, an invasive species, were first discovered in both Meadow and Willow Lakes in 2006. Subsequent fisheries surveys have revealed they are actively reproducing. The snakeheads do not appear to be negatively impacting other fish species of Meadow and Willow Lakes as DEC Fisheries has documented no change in catch-per-unit effort (CPUE) of other fish species of both lakes. Contrarily, an increase in the largemouth bass catch rate has been observed.
Meadow Lake biologist reports webpage
Meadow Lake full biologist report - data through 2010 (PDF) (489 KB)
Northern Snakeheads in New York City - (PDF) (993 KB). 2016 article published in Northeastern Naturalist, 23(1): 11-24. The publisher, the Eagle Hill Institute, allows download of this article through the DEC website, however, any further distribution or reproduction, in whole or in part, except for personal research purposes, without written permission of the publisher, the Eagle Hill Institute, is prohibited.


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Whether video or photo, clients want a good look at properties before a face-to-face. With hundreds of foreclosures added to the inventory per month in some areas, pickings are plentiful- it's a buyer's prerogative to seek out only homes that they can assess before any commitment to engaging in a conversation with and agent. A good virtual tour can create emotion and whet the appetite to find out more. Often, the standard array of 8-12 snapshots scarcely larger than thumbnail size underwhelms the viewer. Find out how to make an attractive virtual tour or hire it out. Make the difference for yourself when folks are giving your listing that first 15 seconds of consideration.
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Laser cut from premium grade mdf. These come in kit form for you to stick together yourself, ideal Christmas craft project.
The kit includes:
Easily glued together using your favourite pva / wood glue (not included) The mdf has a lovely smooth finish so painting easy too. Ideal for your Christmas crafts, decorations and home.Buy Now!


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So, I started on Mr P's blanket at the beginning of December and blogged about it HERE.
It is sort of finished, as I ran out of yarn and currently await a new delivery. It is only missing about 12" and as Mr P always has his feet dangling out from underneath all blankets (don't ask...he is just weird like that), he accepted the blanket as being perfect for the time being.
The great thing about this pattern (which I spotted on Anazard's blog HERE) is that you can stop and start again at any time without it looking strange.
I really love how it turned out with the colour combination and the stripes and Mr P loves it, which is the most important thing!


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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning – the sixth day.
Genesis 1:1, 31 (NIV)
Read: Genesis 1
Consider: The Bible starts with the words 'In the beginning God …'
Many people reading Genesis 1 would like to get into a discussion about the actuality and processes of creation. That is not the point of Genesis 1. It's main purpose is to reveal to us that everything starts with God. If you start anywhere else, you will have a skewed view of why we are on this planet.
Next time you are in a discussion with someone about any contentious issue, keep asking yourself where is there a place for God in this matter. If there is no place for God, then it would be right to presume that our (or the other person's) understanding is wrong. God being there at the beginning means that everything then and now flows from him.
Throughout the Bible God's plan of salvation is revealed, sometimes in glimpses, sometimes very overtly. Keeping this truth in mind helps us to understand the Bible. It also puts things into perspective.
Pray: Lord, you are the beginning of all things. May we see that what you created was and still is very good, although it has been tainted by sin. Amen
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African Organic Agriculture Training Manual
The African Organic Agriculture Training Manual aims at delivering best farming practices to farmers, farmer groups, extension workers and trainers in Africa. The version presented on this website is an initial step towards a comprehensive collection of training materials to promote organic and other sustainable farming practices in Africa. The aim is to continually add new materials and further improve their content. It is also planned to gradually add translations in Swahili and French.
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Contribute to the validation process!
Help improve the draft version of the training materials by testing them in your local context and giving us your feedback.
Further information
Organisations presently validating the training manual
- Agro Eco Louis Bolk Institute - Eastern Africa, Uganda
- Uganda Coffee Development Authority
- CARITAS Uganda
- Rural Community in Development (RUCID), Uganda
- Sustainable Agriculture Trainers network (SATNET), Uganda
- National Organic Agricultural Movement of Uganda (NOGAMU)
- National Union of Coffee Agribusinesses and Farm Enterprises (NUCAFE), Uganda
- International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Kenya
- Syngenta Foundation Sustainable Agriculture, Kenya
- Kenya Organic Agricultural Network (KOAN)
- Namibian Organic Association (NOA)
- Kenya Institute of Organic Farming (KIOF)
- Sustainable Agriculture Community Development Programme (SACDEP), Kenya
- Tanzania Organic Agriculture movement (TOAM)
- Rwanda Organic Agriculture Movement (ROAM)
- Promoting Organic and Sustainable Agriculture Development in Africa (POSADA), Rwanda
- AGASARO Cooperative, Rwanda
- Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD), Ethiopia
- BEA, Ethiopia
- Syngenta Foundation Sustainable Agriculture, Mali
- Mobiom, Mali
- Helvetas Mali
- ELOC Farms, Ghana
- WAD African Foods Ltd., Ghana
- University of Ibadan, Nigeria
- Lautech Agricultural Service, Nigeria
- Kasisi Agricultural Training Center, Zambia


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Think you know all there is to know about Bucks County? Test yourself or your friends with the trivia questions below!
We all know George Washington crossed the Delaware River on Christmas Day, 1776, but what other future president actually led troops across the river first?
Lieutenant James Monroe, who would become the fifth president of the United States, led a unit of 57 men across the river at Coryell's Ferry (modern day New Hope). The unit met with Washington's troops in Trenton where they joined to attack the Hessian soldiers. Each year Monroe's crossing is re-enacted by the Coryell's Ferry Militia.
The Black Bass Hotel has a room named for what former president?
The Grover Cleveland Room at the Black Bass Hotel was a favorite of the future president when he was serving as governor of New York. Many furnishings, including the bed, are the very same that President Cleveland used during his stays. Cleveland was not the first president to visit the Hotel. George Washington also sought a room at the Black Bass while serving as general. However the Hotel's owner at the time was loyal to the British crown and turned the founding father away.
Learn more about the Black Bass Hotel.
President John Quincy Adams was among the many dignitaries that were entertained at which Bucks County mansion?
Andalusia played host to many dignitaries, President John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, the Marquis de Lafayette and Spanish king Joseph Bonaparte among them, after being built by Nicholas Biddle in 1795.
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Steve Berthiaume
|Steven Berthiaume
1965 (age 50–51)
Medfield, Massachusetts
|Other names
|Mr. Elaborate Stat
Emerson College, '87
B.S. Broadcast Journalism
|Sports Commentator
|Play-by-play, Arizona Diamondbacks
|Cindy Brunson
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Steven Berthiaume (/bɜːrθˈjuːm/; born 1965 in Medfield, Massachusetts) is the television play-by-play announcer for the Arizona Diamondbacks and a former anchor on ESPN and a former sportscaster for SportsNet New York (SNY). He is married to former SportsCenter anchor Cindy Brunson. He grew up in Medfield, Massachusetts where he ran cross country track and was the announcer for the basketball team.
Broadcasting career
A graduate of Emerson College, Berthiaume's broadcasting career began at WTIC-TV in Hartford, Connecticut, where he covered University of Connecticut men's and women's basketball and their involvement in the NCAA tournament. He then went on to the now-defunct CNNSI network and eventually to ESPN in February 2000, starting at ESPNEWS and later, anchoring for SportsCenter. In October 2012, Steve Berthiaume was selected as the Arizona Diamondbacks' broadcaster replacing Daron Sutton. Along with Bob Brenly the duo will do the play by play for the 2013 baseball season. Berthiaume also spent time as an anchor at the ABC affiliate in Pensacola, Florida (WEAR), as well as the NBC affiliates in Providence, Rhode Island; Columbia, South Carolina; and Charlottesville, Virginia (WJAR-TV, WIS-TV, and WVIR-TV, respectively).
SNY and back to ESPN
In 2006, Berthiaume left ESPN to become chief sportscaster for the new SNY network started by the New York Mets; however, in late January 2007, SNY let Berthiaume out of his contract to rejoin ESPN's SportsCenter on March 28, 2007, in order to work closer to his wife.[1] He also anchored many (usually weekend) editions of Baseball Tonight.
Arizona Diamondbacks
In 2012, Berthiaume was hired by MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks to serve as a play-by-play broadcaster for FOX Sports Arizona, replacing Daron Sutton, and was quoted as saying, "The opportunity to be at the ballpark every day is a dream come true. I'm thrilled." Berthiaume's previous play-by-play experience comes from ESPN, where he called several professional games as well as the College World Series.[2]
External links
- ↑ Andrew Marchand, "Oscar, Floyd get Real," from New York Post, January 26, 2007.
- ↑ Jack Magruder (October 19, 2012). "D-backs gig a dream come true for Berthiaume". FOX Sports Arizona.


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London Children In Care Council
This programme is a partnership between Partnership for Young London and the City of London Corporation, who facilitate the London Children in Care Council (CiCC). This project is for care experienced young people living in London, aged 12-20. The project engages young people in a social action project to raise awareness of three key issues which young people at the London CiCC have prioritised and chosen to focus on:
1) Education – accessing support;
2) Accommodation – preparation for independent living;
3) Money/budgeting – managing and spending it wisely.
Programme of Work
Approach – Young people can get involved and lead the work in a variety of ways:
- As peer researchers, gathering and collating stories to illustrate both challenges and potential solutions for the key issues facing them;
- As event managers, taking a lead in coordinating or contributing to forums/events with adults who benefit from increasing their understanding of the issues being discussed;
- As communication leads, being involved in sharing information, raising awareness and in the further development of the project, as well as setting up social media platforms profiling the work.
Skills Development – Young people will be supported to develop a range of skills on the following:
- Using social media to engage an audience i.e. vlogging and blogging
- Developing youth led campaigns
- Peer research i.e. running focus groups, designing research
- Event planning and management
This project is being supported by the GLA Thrive LDN and Team London grants via the youth social action fund #iWill campaign.
Contact details
Zoe Nation (Partnership for Young London) email@example.com
Sharon Long (Partnership for Young London) email@example.com
Rose de Paeztron (CICC lead, City of London Corporation) email@example.com
TASTER SESSION & SHAPING THE PROJECT Monday 9th April 2018, from 11-4pm – Refreshments and lunch will be provided Venue details TBC


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Ryan studied at Daytona State College of Photography and is in her twelfth year working as a professional photographer. She has documented and photographed for national accounts such as Bank of America, Polaris, Swarovski, Jockey, Tupperware, Avon and Pampered Chef. Ryan has shot and worked closely with the CEO's and Presidents of these organizations, Patrick Duffy of the hit Television show Dallas, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, General Michael Hayden Former Director of the CIA & NSA, Captain James Lovell of Apollo 13, Senators and the creators of Proactive, to name a few.
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