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Widely considered to be one of the greatest artists of the twenty-first century, and certainly one of its more salient cultural figures, the iconic Salvador Dali has left an indelible mark on the public conscious. Emblematic of the Surrealist movement, Dali brought to the masses a heightened awareness of the unconscious landscape of the human experience. He was certainly a controversial figure, often made the subject of immense public scrutiny, with critics focusing more on his eccentric mannerisms and unique dress than his complex and symbolic cannon. However, despite all of this, he mastered the Surrealist genre, a style strongly linked to the humanity that his detractors sought to deprive him of. Heavily influenced by Freudian theory, Dali exposes the nuances and the intricacy of the psyche through his artwork. Utilizing certain symbols and precise, artistic techniques, Dali discovered his unique style—the world of the unconscious recalled in dreamlike states—propelling him to worldwide fame. And yet no less immune to the criticism and the fascination of the public eye was the founder of Psychoanalysis, whose ideas are in the backdrop of almost every Dali work. Providing context, Sigmund Freud delved into the unconscious and brought to light the various drives, motivations, and desires that humanity often represses. Focusing specifically on The Burning Giraffe (1937), I intend to analyze the artist's work relative to his theoretical inspiration. Existing in a tapestry of symbols, we see union of theory and expression manifesting in a reflection of Dali's own unconscious. Moreover, we see the intricate interplay of repressed female sexuality, male authority, and societal prescriptions in the painting. Soon after its production, the image of the burning giraffe and several others would become a reoccurring theme throughout Dali's art, representing the Freudian concept of the death of a father and the rise of a new social tradition bound by restrictions. Although there are many points of comparison, I will focus primarily on the Freudian themes regarding women's sexuality, fetishism, and the death of the father, and in addition, the symbols of drawers, crutches, and the burning giraffe.
The concept of Freud's psychoanalysis, as part of his controversial yet influential Psychoanalytical Theory, is a type of narrative to recount one's path of development as related to ones' unconscious or inherent desires and impulses. However, while the majority of individuals across societies repress unconscious and "socially unacceptable" impulses, there remains a group who are unable to keep up with the societal demands. Freud terms these individuals as the "neurotics", the "discontents" who remain fixated within the confinements of their primitive and infantile stages and seek alternative ways to satisfy their clandestine desires. Among Freud's three types of "neurotics", Dali most similarly resembles the "hysteric" whose symptoms manifest like artwork, serving a fundamental purpose in reproducing one's own desires. Dali's artwork certainly provides a window to his unconscious; his paintings are decorated with symbolic implication serving to report childhood memories, express veiled and delicate desires, and reveal unique perspectives on a reality that may very well not be real at all—all goals that psychoanalysis aims to serve. In this regard, one can make the case that Salvador Dali mirrors the "discontent", the outsider stuck in a neurotic state of his own, overtaken by sexual fantasy, object fetishism, paranoia, and obsessive imagination.
Upon first impression, the viewer is impacted by the colors, the artistic technique, and the theatrical stance of the three isolated figures. Dali utilizes dramatic and vivid colors such as blue, black and red, and the desolate backdrop to construct a supernatural and dreamlike landscape. Sigmund Freud's Psychoanalytical theories and analysis of dreams are two themes palpably discernable in his paintings. Dali certainly invokes a comparably mysterious feeling in The Burning Giraffe (1937), tying in the themes of surrealism and dreams with this uncomfortably morbid and seemingly apocalyptic scene. According to Freud, psychoanalysis acts like lucid dreams, which provide a window to the unconscious and imply unfulfilled desires. To some extent, therefore, this painting's mystical and dreamlike technique is a deliberate implication of Dali's unconscious side, a bold aspect of his character that he is willing to expose to the public.
Dominating one's visual field are two painted figures, appearing to be feminine in their stature and anatomical build. This introduces a theme of feminine sexuality that is prevalent in much of Freud's theories and Dali's artwork. Within the ominous and bleak setting, the figures are positioned in a sort of procession, similar to a procession of the dead or the blind, or at the very least, those robbed of "life" and lacking direction and sight. Their lack of individuality is evident in their featureless faces, and they are depicted as deprived of any fundamental sensory agency, including sight and hearing and speech. The lack of these qualities leads one to infer that these figures have been deliberately mutilated, and robbed of their perception and humanity; they have been silenced under the control of a higher powerful force. They have lost their sight and remain blinded from reality and stuck in an illusion, a world filled with ideals and limitations on individual freedom. This initial portrayal of the female figures, and primarily the center body, mirrors the long-lasting sociopolitical conflict of equality that women have struggled with throughout centuries—a point I will elaborate later in this essay.
The viewers' eyes then fall to the center of the portrait around the pelvic area, becoming aware of the semi-open drawers ascending up the female's leg. The drawers are symbolically and theoretically significant, as their purpose relates directly to Freud's psychoanalytical theory. This theory posits that over the course of recent history, humans have learned to repress their inner and unconscious life, where infantile sexuality and impulsive desires are turned inward in order to adhere to what is socially acceptable in society. This resembles the concept of the "human animal", a term associated with Friedrich Nietzsche to convey the repression of our animal instincts to redeem and prepare humanity for salvation in an afterlife. Like Nietzsche, Freud calls upon the realization that humanity cannot act on internal drives ("id") because societal forces require them to be controlled. As such, internalizing these drives, or turning them "inward", is an action necessary to "tame" the wild and unruly beast within us. Whatever we keep in a drawer is strictly our own and cannot be had by friends, family, or acquaintances. It is removed from public sight. What's more, we invest elements of ourselves in the content of these hiding places. Although women are objectified, our desires and thoughts about them are stored in their person and when exposed, it reveals much about our true character. The drawers in this painting are a symbol for this conception; that our true inner beings are hidden away from the public, like drawers that store and protect private objects from others. To some extent, Dali utilizes the drawers on the woman's body to demonstrate her repressed and hidden sexuality, a sexuality that may be regarded as sacred in some cultures or even dangerous in others.
Since the time of Genesis, and until today, a woman's sexuality has been regarded as a feature that needs to be tamed and controlled because of its inherent power to tempt men. As Freud claims throughout his works and particularly in Totem and Taboo, prohibitions arise and apply to those particularly strong innate human tendencies that must be controlled for the sake of social order. Freud outlines strong prohibitions on incest and cannibalism; two dominating human drives surrounding pleasure that must be repressed for a greater good. Similarly, a woman's sexuality has a power that may cause a man's weakness, and therefore, is threat to a traditional and patriarchal social order. A reaction to a woman's potent sexual nature is the marked portrayal of them as subordinate creatures to men, deeming them unworthy of achieving equal status as men and marking them as perpetuators of social chaos according to some cultural beliefs. Their seduction is what is threatening, and consequently deserves regulatory and preventative measures.
Prohibitions on feminine expression and limitations on public influence have been persistent issues throughout the centuries and even within more "civilized" societies. Although the most evident examples reside in the human rights movement for women's equal rights, traditional religious practices also aim to contain a woman's sexuality in private and public life. The main motivation for these constraints serves a higher purpose and one that is relatively independent from that woman herself; it is displaced to benefit the patriarchal order, a man's masculinity and dominance in the public eye. In some religious practices and cultures, such as traditional Islamic Muslim society as an example, the evident expression of a woman's sexuality is socially unacceptable and even regarded as taboo for more conservative Muslim societies. Regardless of a woman's experience, motivations for such regulations, such as the use of hijab and burka, are introduced as a societal norm to protect the male authoritative figure from temptation and keep women's bodies under male control and surveillance.
Therefore, is concealing our inner being a strictly natural and unconscious process? I would argue that to some degree it is not. In other words, it is not entirely a woman's conscious efforts to conceal aspects of her unconscious being. Just as we fashion desks, homes, and equipment out of raw material, in order to truly posses them we must remove and separate their primal nature. Born no different that man, she is a feeling and thinking being; yet she is not a safe investment because her tendencies are dangerous to the man. However, if bound and fettered, she is extremely utile. Man and society must break her down. She becomes a fetished object subjected to the obsessive nature of man to own and rebuild her into a more perfect and useful object. Within this context, it is no coincidence that a popular theme of fetishism in Surrealism manifests in the fragmentation and mystification of the female sexualized body. Dali's representation of the female figure in such ways—unbalanced, disjointed, mutilated, but also eroticized and dominating—mirror the psychological (inherent), sociological and sexual concerns of a woman's sexual essence. The seemingly contradictory representation of women also expresses a further point connected to Freudian theory: the conflicted feelings towards a mother figure as both a sexual being and a devoted caregiver. This is figure that can only be obtained under the condition of her liberation—a freedom from another possessive force, the alpha male.
The crutches and stilts depicted act as this masculine architecture, providing shape, "stability", and uniformity to a feminine structure. The body of the center figure is notably unbalanced, and her facelessness shows a lack of direction and "vision", aspects implying not only weakness and helplessness, but also ones rendering them dependent on a structural support as guidance. This construction represents the male power; the crutches demonstrate a structural (patriarchal) system utilized to rule over a woman's sexual being—her body. This obsession becomes an impulsive need, and thus a sexual fetishism. While attending to some detail, one notices the phallic structures protruding horizontally from the female figures' backs, another claim of male assertion of domination on a woman's body. Interestingly enough, the phallic symbols of masculinity are the solitary aspects of the figures seized by the crutches. Could these be the crutches of reality, demonstrating the precise social situation of women? Relating to the treatment of women in most societies today, they are typically considered within the strict context of a male social, adhering to a masculine design and purpose. This painting brilliantly forces one to confront the hidden framework of a patriarchical society built amidst femininity, sexuality, and gender equality.
As Freud would contend, the fetishism linked with a woman's sexuality is inherent in human nature. The son, who seeks to assert a similar autonomy and domination as his father, envies his father for possessing his mother as a caregiver and sexual being. He thus feels a deep seeded resentment and overwhelming desire to kill the paternal figure, and possess her for himself. These emotions and ideas refer to the Oedipus Complex found in Freud's Psychoanalytical Theory, a concept compatible to the image of the burning giraffe. The concept of the animal is analyzed in Freud's Totem and Taboo, where more primitive societies worship a "totem animal", representative as the head and symbol of a clan. The totem animal is sacred and powerful, and one that must remain respected and untouched with the exception of one time a year when the members of that clan ritualistically consume it. This painting depicts the mighty animal of a giraffe, which may be regarded as a totem animal, that is positioned next to a small figure, possibly the son. The totem has another significance in that it reflects the role of the father within a patriarchal organization, both in a societal (public) and household (private) context. Like the totem, the father is the protector and respected authority. Just as there are regulations that the father implements within the household regarding the rest of his family, the totem tradition involves very specific and rigid rules of adherence as well. Thus, the giraffe is an anthropomorphic illustration of the father figure, with the miniscule son to the right, and the fire as representational of a vengeful and intentionally dramatic death.
The death of the father figure is the "primal crime" by the "primal hoard", which Freud contends marked the transition from a primitive society to a "civilized" one with established religions and restrictions (taboos). Typically in many primitive societies, the herd or the clan has one alpha male who possesses all women in the community, leaving the son with none to his name. According to Freud, this practice creates a deep ambivalence of the son towards his father; where he both loves him as his protector yet resents him for his greediness. Freud speculates that the "primal crime" is the turning point, where the sons' jealous impulses overtake them (Oedipus complex), driving them to kill the alpha male and then consume him, which is perhaps a ritual to internalize and possess desired qualities of domination. The immense guilt as a result of this crime caused a collective neurosis among the hoard, inspiring them to transform the dead father into a godlike figure worthy of worship. The glue that brings the hoard members together is the common bond of guilt, in which all members are responsible for the primal crime.
Nevertheless, the primal crime is momentous in that it introduces and establishes a new social order colored with regulations tailored to reconcile collective interests by establishing taboos, or prohibitions to maintain a structure. Similarly, the burning giraffe symbolizes the death of the alpha male figure and the termination of original concepts of masculinity. Although for the sons, this represents liberation from the father and a temporary reassertion of their own autonomy, the crime simultaneously brings rise to a new order plagued by feelings of self-consciousness, guilt, and conscious attempts to repress our inherent natures. In this regard, Freud contends that all religions favoring a patriarchal order of some short result from the guilt of this primal crime. In a similar light, Nietzsche also touches upon these conceptions, and relates the rise of religious and rule-adherence to a sense of guilt for one's own sins, or personal crimes. Thus, the burning giraffe represents the death of certain concepts of masculinity in a primitive context, but ironically reappear and assert themselves in a more "civilized" and rigid context of societal norms and taboos to restrict human nature.
Yet, the battle of dominance remains. As the sons of the hoard attempted, the woman too battles to assert her autonomy and release what is hidden in her drawers. The exposure of muscle on the central figure's hands and forearms may serve to symbolize the peeling back of skin, the removal of what is seen (the conscious) in favor for the exposure of what is hidden underneath (the unconscious). This is the reassertion of what gives her power and what makes her a woman in essence, this is her sexuality freeing itself from a patriarchal control. Behind that flesh we find muscle, a necessary feature of the human body representative of strength and power. While the skin is brittle, weak, and malleable, the muscle has a inherent capacity to mature and become tougher and sturdier. Behind the flesh, she is powerful, she has strength, and she has potential for action. In a similar respect, inside her drawers she is not much different than a man—she too is capable of dominating and worthy of power. She too can unleash what lays within and live freely. A similar action is occurring in the backdrop, where the second female figure is holding up fleshy meat, a very primitive and significant detail in this regard. The red meat symbolizes the return to a primitive nature, or as Freud would say, the return of the repressed. The repressed here does not imply the repressed individuals, but rather the repressed unconscious. The return of the unconscious, or the exposure of flesh in the painting, demonstrates the rediscovery of one's inner being. As Nietzsche would contend, this inner being is our animalistic nature that resides deep within our soul but is unable to appear in societal contexts due to institutionalized guilt imposed on the human being if he were to express this inner being.
It is unsurprising that Salvador Dali's childhood has been said to contain similar themes that he expresses in his artwork: his ambivalence towards his distant father, his sadistic obsession with female sexuality, conflicted feelings towards his mother, and his willingness to expose the idiosyncrasies of his character. Dali was armed with exceptionally rich imaginary capabilities, as well as psychological and emotional baggage, allowing him to successfully convey his erotic desires for women while delving deeper into facets of his unconscious. Yet, despite an initial negative public reaction, Dali was equipped with something special. He was able to take unsavory unconscious desires—which on the public realm was alienating—and transform it into something quite beautiful. The tapestry of human emotion includes both the good and the bad, and ultimately, coupled with Freudian inspiration and artistic imagination, Dali was able to give meaning to his artwork as something liberating for himself. As such, Dali has come to represent a hope for humanity; showing that perverse and unconscious desires are not meant to be repressed and regarded as vulgar or un-human, but rather revered as a beautiful and natural.
"The Burning Giraffe by Salvador Dali." Scribd. Web. 12 Dec. 2011. <http://www.scribd.com/doc/24275909/The-Burning-Giraffe-by-Salvador-Dali>.
Freud, Sigmund. Totem and Taboo. New York: W.W. Norton &, 1950. Print.
"Salvador Dali Paintings – Analysis and Interpretations." Salvador Dali: Biography, Painting, Galleries, Posters, and Anaglyph. Web. 12 Dec. 2011. <http://www.3d-dali.com/dali_paintings_analysis_interpretation.htm>.


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I have played with doing a pull from a Gelli Plate onto packing tape before but this worked and it surprised me
1. Cut out a bit of magazine text - this is actually from an ancient Scrapbooking magazine - and put the packing tape sticky side down over the text.
2. Burnish WELL.
3. Soak the packing tape in warm water and gently rub away the paper, leaving the printed text stuck to the tape.
The sticky will come back.
When it does, you can then carry on and pull your gelli print behind the text!
Here is the tape stuck to a mini-book cover
I actually dusted the remaining sticky on the back with mica powder then ran the whole thing thru my Xyron to stick it to the book cover. But I think this would totally work for a scrapbook page title too although perhaps most useful for Art Journals

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Understanding a renovation package and what it means
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Rye dough ritual figurine celebration took place in Kuzreka yesterday, August 8. That was the 8th event of this sort, and this time it attracted a crowd of 2000, including the representatives of the regional authorities and a bunch of folk music groups.
Part of the festival was the scarecrow competition. The only part of the festivities that made me regret I wasn't there in person.
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Surgeon Experience in Transitioning from Transtibial to Anteromedial Portal Drilling in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Randy M. Cohn, MD, Guillaume D. Dumont, MD, Amun Makani, MD, Sean M. Hazzard PA-C, Peter D. Asnis, MD
The authors report no conflict of interest related to this work.
©2016 by The Orthopaedic Journal at Harvard Medical School
PURPOSE Recent evidence suggests that anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction performed with an anteromedial (AM) portal drilling technique may better recreate the native anatomy of the femoral footprint than transtibial drilling, potentially leading to improved knee kinematics and better clinical outcomes. The purpose of this study is to describe the operative experience of a single surgeon in transitioning from transtibial to anteromedial portal drilling in ACL reconstruction. We hypothesized that, with meticulous technique, a transition to AM portal drilling can occur without an increase in intra-operative complications and with only a slight increase in operative time.
METHODS From January 2013 to December 2013, 47 patients underwent allograft ACL reconstruction by the senior author, 29 with a transtibial technique and 18 with anteromedial portal drilling. At the conclusion of the study period, all patient charts and operative reports were reviewed to assess surgical differences and intra-operative complications between the two groups.
RESULTS There were no differences between the transtibial and anteromedial groups in patient demographics or associated procedures performed. ACL reconstruction with anteromedial portal drilling had a significantly longer tourniquet time than the transtibial group (34 +/- 5 minutes versus 29 +/- 7 minutes, p = 0.015). There was a significantly increased incidence of bioabsorbable screw breakage in the anteromedial group (p=0.011), resulting in a switch to titanium interference screws in anteromedial portal ACL reconstruction. There were no further complications with interference screw placement after switching to titanium screws. There was no difference between transtibial and anteromedial portal techniques in posterior wall blowout or other intra-operative complications.
CONCLUSION Surgeons who perform ACL reconstruction with a transtibial technique can expect a slight, although significant, increase in tourniquet time while transitioning to an anteromedial portal technique. Surgeons should consider using titanium interference screw fixation while transitioning to an anteromedial portal technique to avoid femoral screw breakage during insertion of bioabsorbable interference screws.
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is one of the most commonly performed orthopaedic procedures in the United States.1 In recent decades, a transtibial technique (TT) had been advocated in order to reduce the operative time and surgical trauma associated with a two-incision technique.2-3 However, evidence is mounting that ACL reconstruction performed with TT drilling technique may not consistently and anatomically replicate the native ACL femoral footprint.4-8 As a result, knee kinematics after ACL reconstruction with a TT technique may fail to replicate that of the native knee.3,9-10 Moreover, non-anatomic graft position has been implicated as a cause of graft failure in many series.11-14
As a result, many surgeons have advocated an anteromedial (AM) portal drilling technique in order to yield a more anatomic ACL femoral footprint, recreate the obliquity of the native ACL, and allow for more anatomic placement of the tibial tunnel by uncoupling femoral and tibial drilling.15-21 Recent clinical data have suggested that AM portal ACL reconstruction may result in improved clinical outcomes with increased knee stability, range of motion, and decreased odds of repeat (ipsilateral) knee surgery.22-23
While biomechanical and clinical data may encourage surgeons to switch to an AM drilling technique, there are few studies to guide surgeons in the operating room while changing techniques.20-21 The purpose of this study is to describe the experience of a single sports medicine fellowship-trained surgeon, performing greater than 100 ACL reconstructions annually, while transitioning from TT to AM technique for ACL reconstruction. We hypothesized that, with meticulous technique, a transition to AM portal drilling can occur without an increase in intra-operative complications and with only a slight increase in operative time.
Prior to the study period, the senior author performed over 500 ACL reconstructions over a five-year period using a TT femoral drilling technique. From January 2013 to December 2013, the senior author began to transition to an anteromedial portal drilling technique. During the study period, 145 patients underwent ACL reconstruction, 96 with autograft and 49 with allograft. During the transition period, the senior author performed all autograft ACL reconstructions with a standard TT technique. ACL reconstructions with allograft were performed with TT or AM portal techniques, chosen in a non-random fashion based on surgeon preference. Of the 49 allograft ACL reconstructions, two were excluded from the study because of concomitant procedures performed during the same anesthetic. The remaining 47 allograft ACL reconstructions represent the study population. 29 operations were performed with a TT drilling technique and 18 were performed with an AM portal drilling technique.
Operative Technique
In all cases, a standard diagnostic arthroscopy was performed along with associated arthroscopic procedures, including partial meniscectomy, chondroplasty, plica excision, and removal of loose bodies, prior to insufflation of the tourniquet. The tourniquet was subsequently inflated after debridement of the ACL stump and prior to beginning the creation of the bone tunnels. The tourniquet was deflated after insertion of the femoral and tibial interference screws and prior to wound closure.
TT ACL reconstruction was performed using patellar tendon allograft in all cases. Grafts were prepared with bone plugs designed to pass easily through a 10-millimeter tunnel. The patellar bone plug was cut to 30 millimeters in length and passed into the femoral tunnel. Femoral tunnels were drilled with a 10-millimeter acorn reamer to a depth of 31 millimeters. A bioabsorbable interference screw (DePuy Mitek Milagro, Raynham, MA or Arthrex BioComposite, Naples, FL) was used for femoral fixation.
AM ACL reconstructions were performed using patellar tendon allograft, with the exception of one Achilles allograft that was used to avoid a graft length mismatch. Grafts were prepared with bone plugs fashioned to easily pass through a 10-millimeter tunnel. The femoral bone plug was cut to 22 to 23 millimeters in length and a 10-millimeter femoral tunnel was drilled to a depth of 23 to 24 millimeters (Figure 1A). Femoral tunnel drilling was performed in 105 degrees of knee hyperflexion using flexible reamers (Stryker VersiTomic, Kalamazoo, MI). Bioabsorbable interference screws (Arthrex BioComposite, Naples, FL) were used for femoral fixation initially. Titanium interference screws (Stryker Universal, Kalamazoo, MI) were used in subsequent cases secondary to screw breakage (Figure 1B).
Right knee of a 51 year old female (A) A passing suture is visible in the femoral tunnel. (B) The patellar tendon allograft has been fixed with a titanium interference screw.
Statistical Analysis
Following the study period, and after approval by the institutional review board, all allograft ACL reconstructions were reviewed retrospectively to assess for differences between the TT and AM techniques, including operative time and surgical complications. Comparisons between groups on normally distributed data were done using a Student's t-test. Comparisons of two or more groups of ordinal variables were done using contingency table analysis with chi-square or the Fisher exact probability test.
There were no differences in demographic data between the TT and AM groups, including age, gender, height, weight, BMI, and laterality of ACL reconstruction (Table 1). There was no difference in the distribution of associated procedures performed with ACL reconstruction (Table 2).
Tourniquet time was significantly longer in the AM group (p=0.015). In the TT group, average tourniquet time was 29 minutes (standard deviation (SD) 5 minutes, range 19-42 minutes), compared to 34 minutes for the AM group (SD 7 minutes, range 23-47 minutes). There were no cases of breakage of the bioabsorbable femoral interference screw in any of the 29 cases in the TT group. In the AM group, the bioabsorbable femoral interference screw broke during screw insertion in two of the four cases in which a bioabsorbable screw was used (p=0.011). In the other 14 cases in the AM group, a titanium interference screw was inserted without issue. There were no incidences of posterior wall blow out or other intra-operative complications. Surgical variables under study are found in Table 3.
Given the current biomechanical and clinical data regarding the benefits of AM drilling in ACL reconstruction, it is likely that many surgeons have considered switching from a TT technique to AM portal drilling. Many biomechanical studies have discussed the superiority of AM drilling in recreating the anatomy of the femoral footprint.2,4-6,16 Additionally, clinical studies have suggested superior outcomes and decreased odds of repeat ipsilateral knee surgery after ACL reconstruction with AM versus TT techniques.23-24 However, studies designed to help the individual surgeon switch techniques for ACL reconstruction are limited.20-21
Several authors have previously evaluated differences in femoral tunnel length and graft obliquity between AM and TT techniques.18-19,25 Chang et al. evaluated 55 TT and 50 AM ACL reconstructions with hamstring autograft to identify factors associated with tunnel length.18 Femoral tunnel length was significantly shorter in the AM group (34.2 versus 43.3 mm). Twenty-six percent of knees in the AM group and two percent in the TT group had a femoral tunnel length less than 30 mm. The authors found that a more oblique femoral tunnel and a narrower mediolateral width of the distal femur were associated with a shorter tunnel length. In our study, all TT ACL reconstructions were drilled to a depth of 31 mm and all AM femoral tunnels were drilled to a depth of 23 to 24 mm without violating the lateral femoral cortex. This difference in femoral tunnel depth is important to recognize when making the transition from TT to AM portal drilling.
Ilahi et al. reviewed 115 ACL reconstructions, 35 with TT femoral drilling and 80 with accessory AM portal drilling.25 Graft selection included hamstring autograft, patellar tendon autograft, and patellar tendon allograft, with suspensory fixation used on all grafts. Average femoral tunnel length was again significantly shorter in the AM group (35.6 mm versus 40.7 mm). The authors found that the statistical likelihood of having a femoral tunnel less than 25 mm in length with AM drilling is 0.47 percent for female patients and 0.1 percent for male patients. This finding is consistent with our study, as none of the 47 patients had a femoral tunnel less than 25 mm.
The use of bioabsorbable and metallic interference screw fixation in ACL reconstruction has been evaluated by several authors.26-28 A randomized controlled study of patellar tendon autograft ACL reconstructions performed with bioabsorbable and titanium interference screws found no difference in range of motion, knee effusions, instability episodes, or KT-1000 side-to side differences at one and two years follow-up.26 Radiographic analysis showed no evidence of osteolysis or difference in tunnel widening between the groups. The authors reported that no bioabsorbable interference screw broke during screw insertion, however they did not comment on the technique of femoral tunnel drilling used. A recent meta-analysis concluded that there was no difference in knee stability or function after ACL reconstruction with metal or bioabsorbable implants; however, the incidence of knee joint effusions was higher with bioabsorbable implants.27 The authors did not comment on the incidence of screw breakage in the bioabsorbable group.
Screw breakage with bioabsorbable femoral interference screws has been previously reported.28-30 In a study by Barber et al., bioabsorbable interference screw breakage occurred in six of 85 cases (7.1 percent) during femoral screw insertion.28 Twelve of 204 (5.9 percent) bioabsorbable femoral screws broke during insertion in the study by McGuire et al., without any adverse events or need for additional fixation besides replacement of the interference screw.30 In our study, no bioabsorbable screw breakage occurred in 29 cases with TT drilling. However, with AM portal drilling, breakage of the bioabsorbable screw occurred in two of the four cases where bioabsorbable screws were used, resulting in a switch to titanium interference screws for subsequent AM portal ACL reconstructions. The increased incidence of screw breakage with AM portal drilling in our study is possibly related to the use of flexible reamers and the subsequent creation of slightly curved femoral tunnels, compared to the straight tunnels created with TT technique or an AM technique with use of rigid reamers. Surgeons transitioning from TT to AM techniques should be aware of this factor when choosing implants for femoral fixation, as well as during screw insertion.
This study is a retrospective review of a single surgeon's experience during the first year of transitioning from TT to AM portal drilling in ACL reconstruction. During this transition period, there were no major complications related to the change in technique used. On average, the tourniquet time with AM portal drilling was five minutes longer than TT drilling in the study population. This difference is likely due to the surgeon adjusting to a new technique, and might be expected to decrease over time with experience. Further research should focus on analyzing surgical time and complications with increased experience of AM portal drilling, as well as analyzing radiographic and clinical outcomes between the AM and TT groups.
There are several limitations to the current study. All ACL reconstructions were performed by a single surgeon using patellar tendon allograft in most cases with interference screw fixation of the femoral bone plug. Thus, the results of this study may not be generalizable to ACL reconstructions with autograft, soft tissue grafts, or with different techniques for femoral fixation. The experience of the senior author may also not be generalizable to other surgeons with varying clinical volume, training, and years in practice. Additionally, there is no radiographic or clinical follow-up on the patients in this study. Thus, we are unable to comment on the tunnel position or the clinical outcomes between the AM and TT groups. Additionally, there are a small number of patients in each group of this study. However, this represents the senior author's experience during the first year of transitioning from TT to AM drilling, and is thus relevant to other orthopaedic surgeons who are considering changing techniques.
Surgeons who perform ACL reconstruction with a TT technique may experience a slight increase in tourniquet time while transitioning to an AM drilling technique. Surgeons should consider using titanium interference screw fixation while transitioning to AM portal techniques to avoid femoral screw breakage during insertion of bioabsorbable interference screws. With meticulous technique, the experienced ACL surgeon can expect to transition from TT drilling to AM portal technique without an increase in intra-operative complications.


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Fast and Furious trailer online
The trailer for Fast and Furious, the latest film in the franchise which features the return of Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster, is now online.
It's been bootlegged without any sound and so someone has added their own sound track over the top, so probably a double copyright break there, but it's online none the less and you can watch it here.
The action looks pretty damn good, and with a better version we could really be seeing something exciting. It's only one main action sequence, but everything around it looks action packed, and there's the stars headlining the trailer too.
What is great is the tagline, I love this:
"New Model, Old Parts"
Come on, you have to love that don't you?
Fast and Furious is the fourth in the franchise (yes I got my numbers right this time) and sees Brian released from prison only to team up with Dom once again as they work with the authorities to bring down a drug importer in order to ensure Dom's freedom.
The film is directed once again by Justin Lin with David Ayer, Ernesto Foronda and Chris Morgan writing. Here's the trailer:


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Regardless of your budget, there is a lot of excitement in home improvement. The following information will help you stay inspired for the next home improvement project.
When trying to keep your home cool in the summer time, employ the use of lots of fans. A ceiling fan does an excellent job of circulating air, thereby making any room much cooler. Using fans will lower your electricity costs.
Think about inserting solar panels on your home. Although it may be expensive to install the panels, your electricity savings will make your investment more than worthwhile. This should help you save a lot on your energy bills. This is an excellent, green way to power your home.
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Try keeping your building materials up between the ceiling rafters. It's easy to keep things like two by fours and pieces of molding out of harm's way with this method. Just put some furring strips on the floor joists so that the materials can be stored.
If your next project involves lighting or other electrical components, you must cut power to that area before you begin. It is dangerous and can even be fatal to touch live electrical wires.
Don't forget about landscaping the next time you start doing home improvements. Your yard is the first item people view when they visit your home, so a good landscape can improve the look of any home. Keep your lawn manicured, and add shrubbery for beauty.
It is a very good idea to have a family meeting to discuss the best ways to escape from the home in an emergency. If there is an accident, many people have the tendency to panic. Working out a safe way to escape from your home during a fire or disaster can ensure that you will all be safe. Get together and talk about a plan on how to deal with these types of situations.
Tie or snip extra cord length on your window blinds. These long cords cause a strangulation hazard to children and pets. Make sure you do leave enough cord to maneuver the blinds, but make sure that the cord that does hang down serves no purpose. You may prevent a tragedy by removing the excess cord.
If your house is located in the suburbs next to wooded or underdeveloped land, look into purchasing a six foot wooden fence or a chain link one around your backyard. This should help discourage potentially destructive animals such as skunks, rabbit and coyotes away, especially if a garden is in your plans.
Why continue to wait to improve your home or yard? It doesn't matter how large of a project you are tackling. The excellent information provided here will help simplify the process for you; therefore, begin your home-renovation project today!


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The Gibb River Road – August 7th to August 21st 2014
It was with no little trepidation that we set off from Kununurra to the turnoff to the Gibb River Road
First stop was at the eastern end for a group shot.
Then off down the road towards the Cockburn Ranges.
The bitumen didn't last long and we stopped just past the El Questro turnoff to lower our tyre pressures to something more suitable for running on the rough stuff. We dropped ours to 24PSI for the cruiser and 28PSI for the van. Had no tyre problems at all.
The Cockburn Ranges are spectacular.
And the road was not too bad.
We arrived at the Pentacost River crossing.
I was the first across.
We all crossed safely and headed further south.
We stopped at a Photo-Op location just past Home Valley Station. We were doing one of our routine checks on our hub temperatures when I found one of my van hubs was running hot.
The Management sorted it. We got the hub off after letting it cool down. Turned out the brake shoes were on a little too tight. We adjusted the brakes, bunged a little more grease in the bearings put it all back together and set off again.
We found a great camp not far further down the road that had a view over the Cockburn Ranges, the Pentecost River and the confluence of the rivers at Wyndham. It also had decent Telstra connection, the last on the Gibb River Road.
It was my birthday so we applied our skills with the camp ovens and cooked up a dinner of lamb shanks and a chocolate cake, with candles, for desert.
I thought it was an appropriate occasion to have another cigar. A Cohiba Behike, courtesy of a Qatari Prince. Very nice.
The Gibb wasn't too bad, but some of the roads leading off it were pretty rugged. This was the road to Ellenbrae Station and we'd pulled up to help a couple of guys in a Prado. They said they'd heard a bang and then some thumping noises. I had a look and found a blown shocker on the front driver's side wheel. The rest of the management agreed with the prognosis. We told them to lower their tyre pressures and slow down a little.
Ellenbrae Station was a pleasant green spot and we stayed their for lunch.
We circled the wagons at Russ Creek that night. A good camp spot well back from the road and nice and flat.
We turned right at the Kalumburu Road and headed on up to Drysdale Station. The road was pretty rough so we kept the speed right down.
We came across an 80 Series Landcruiser abandoned and being stripped on the side of the road. Apparently a local bloke died in it and it was left there to rot (the car not the local)
We arrived at Drysdale Station and settled in for a few days.
We arranged the vans in our "Circle the Wagons" configuration. No power, no water, $15 per person per night.
The place was quite busy with a large number of motorcycle riders camping there. Beer was around $8 a stubby.
The Kimberley Burger was pretty tasty, and should have been for $18 for lunch or $26 for dinner (with chips).
We cooled off in Miner's Pool just up the road from the station.
We cooked up a side of beef in the camp oven.
For Terry and Rosemary's Wedding Anniversary.
We thought the road out to Mitchell Falls was just a little too rough for comfort so we booked a flight.


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Every athlete is looking for ways to improve their game and maximize their performance. Here are seven easy methods that any athlete can integrate into their daily routine that can help bring dividends on the field, court, and track.
With managing a whole team, 12-14 hour days and a limit on time, many coaches don't take the time to work on nutrition with their athletes. It's easy to just hand out a meal plan and to say, "eat this, not that." If coaches took the time to understand behavior change, helped athletes understand their goals, and created an environment for them to succeed, they would not only see positive results, but they would also build a stronger team.
Strength and conditioning coach Adam Feit, was recently invited to the NSCA Coaches Conference to speak about an athlete-centered approach to nutrition coaching. The entire session is available to watch directly on their website.


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Ed GeinReviewed By Doug Bentin
Posted 08/10/05 06:14:20
(Worth A Look)
If black humor refuses to capitulate to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, it also refuses to take them seriously. We can only contemplate death soberly if there is some means of avoiding it. When faced with the inevitable, laugh, clown, laugh. And the more spectacular the death, whether in total numbers or intensity of the individual event, the darker the laughter.Consider the films that are based to a greater or lesser degree on the ghoulish career of Ed Gein, the Wisconsin part-time handyman and full-time psycho. Everyone needs something to do to fill the hours of the day. It's just that Gein's choices were eccentric, to say the least. They were also such stuff as cinematic nightmares are made on.
But the oddest thing about the films that draw on the Gein story for their plots is that so many of them are comedies. Dark comedies, to be sure—comedies that may make you choke on your own laughter—but comedies just the same.
The most faithful to fact of them all is "Ed Gein."
The picture opens with snippets of newsreel footage of Gein's neighbors in the small town of Plainfield, Wisconsin. The consensus of opinion is that he was a nice guy, maybe a little eccentric but certainly harmless.
Next we're taken to the Plainfield Cemetery after dark. We see a teen couple, the boy eager to begin what he came here for. The girl hears noises, and then the boy does, too. They get spooked and leave quickly. The shot changes and we see Ed's head emerge over the rim of a grave he's opened.
At home, Ed has a disinterred corpse stretched out on a table. His head tipped back, he speaks a few words over it. He is inviting the body to return to life, but we don't know if he expects a literal resurrection.
It's a moment in the film, like many others, that doesn't seem to go anywhere because it doesn't link seamlessly with the scene that follows, but we will be introduced to his mounting madness through flashbacks and vignettes like this one.
Next up is a scene in which two young boys visit Ed at home. Later we will learn that some parents trust Ed to baby-sit. The youngest of the boys slips away from Ed and goes upstairs, just to snoop around out of idle curiosity. He finds heads hanging from the bedroom door. Ed will later explain that they are shrunken heads sent to him by a relative during the World War, but we can see what the boys, perhaps, don't notice—they are too large to be shrunken. The room also contains a lamp made from a spine, and masks made from human skin.
The boys appear frightened, but no more so than Ed himself. He tells them to leave and not come back.
We then see him at a roadside bar, essentially off to himself but chatting sporadically with his twentysomething friend Pete Anderson (Craig Zimmerman). Most of the talking takes place between two bar regulars and Mary Hogan (Sally Champlin). Mary is a large woman, middle-aged and full of racy innuendos. Ed is clearly both attracted to and repulsed by her behavior and language.
As he listens to the goings-on in the bar, he flashes back to his mother Augusta (Carrie Snodgress) and her warnings about the whorishness of most women. We have seen earlier example of her religious zeal as she reads from The Book of Revelation to Ed and his brother as they grew up.
We also see Ed's reluctance to assist his parents as they slaughter a hog. The animal is hanging by its back feet from a rafter and the sight terrifies young Ed. His father accuses him of being a sissy and then smacks Augusta for bringing him up badly. She then turns on her son and berates him for being a panty-waist. The poor kid, approximately ten years old, is visibly upset at being accosted by both parents.
Back to the present, and Ed is having dinner with his friends, the Andersons. Ed decides that nothing goes better with country cooking than a discussion of the changes the human body endures as it rots. Even his friend Pete wants him to drop the subject.
We see him taking a woman through his house, avoiding certain rooms. He has apparently approached her about exchanging houses with him since he lives alone and has no use for a two-story farm house. His evasive manner and the house's general creepiness result in her turning down his offer and asking to leave as quickly as possible.
His behavior with people doesn't change so much from beginning to end, but his interior madness is beginning to run away with him. He presents the same dead, half vacant smile throughout, but the visits from Augusta become more frequent. We realize that his moonlit trips to the cemetery have resulted in several corpses disinterred and brought home.
Finally he snaps and returns to Mary's bar after closing. He shoots her, drags him out to his truck, and drives her home. Doing nothing to mend her wound, he ties the woman to the bed and allows her to die.
At this point in the film, we see Ed at his craziest. He emerges from the house one night wearing his woman suit. His face is covered by a mask made from the skin of one of his corpses. He wears a vest made from skin on which he has attached two breasts which dangle from the front. A vulva hangs from his crotch. Topped by a wig, he dances in the moonlight, yammering in falsetto.
Steve Railsback, who first jolted audiences as Charles Manson in the 1976 TV movie "Helter Skelter," delivers a fingernails-on-the-chalkboard performance as Gein. I mean that in a good way. It's the character who clog dances on our nerve ends, not the actor.
Railsback's is also a gutsy performance. This is a man about whom the audience is hard-pressed to think anything positive. The nicest thought the average viewer would have is, "Well, they guy is certainly fucked up, but it isn't his fault."
We will see Gein trying on noses—real noses—like the world's most deranged circus clown. He will murder one more woman who reminds him of Augusta after inviting her to go to a movie with him and being rejected. He is now seeing his mother, and she rides in his truck with him and encourages him to "do the Lord's work."
His insanity doesn't make him fearless. He's afraid of getting caught although his attempts at jokes almost trip him up. When Pete Anderson talks about Mary's odd disappearance Ed tells him that the woman isn't missing. "I've got her up at my place. Mary's hanging out there right now." Pete is startled for a beat, then laughs and tells Ed he has a mighty strange sense of humor.
The murder of his second victim, a storekeeper, results in his downfall. The film ends with newsreel footage of the real Ed Gein being put into the back of a police car. The end credits are interspersed with Railsback, as Gein in the asylum, smiling the smile and telling the camera that he doesn't remember everything that happened.
So what was Edward Gein really like? This is the movie that stays closest to the facts and does a good job of presenting the man's madness. He was born in 1906 and died in 1984. Mary Hogan was killed in 1954, Bernice Worden (called Collette in the film) was murdered in 1957.
What fascinated the first person to translate Gein's life into fiction—novelist Robert Bloch, who immortalized Gein as Norman Bates in "Psycho," was the fact that he lived so long in a small community and no one noticed his mania. If he never quite fit in with the common fold of Plainfield, he never stood out, either. For his trips to the cemetery, he enlisted the aid of a man named Gus, a peculiar loner who ended up in an asylum before Gein did. (Gus is omitted from every one of the Gein films.) Even with this association, no one saw through Ed's smile.
The joke about the murdered barmaid is real. A few weeks after her disappearance, Ed told a sawmill owner with the unlikely name of Elmo Ueeck, "She isn't missing. She's at the farm right now."
What do we make of this emotionally retarded man, in life and in this film? He's not a guy most of us would have to fear because his interest was in older women only. The main sources for our fear are his psychology and the way it manifests itself. We can deal with the extremes of his oddness only through dark laughter. How else can you react to his woman suit? The horrible fact of the matter is that when he minces out the front door, his pot belly poking out under the vest, there is enough of the humor of an awkward man in drag to generate a laugh. But when we see what it is he's really wearing, the laughter gets stuck in our throat.
"Ed Gein" is not designed to generate laughter, but the only sane reaction we can have to some levels of real-life horror is black humor. After his arrest, sick jokes known as "Geiners" began to circulate throughout the Midwest, some of which I suspect were used by Robert Bloch in his novel and later by screenwriter Joseph Stefano in his script for "Psycho." "Mother is, how do you say it, not quite herself tonight."But black humor isn't just a distancing device that allows us to contemplate the world's horrors without collapsing into a morass of despair and inertia. It's also a means for saying that the world can be as horrible as it wants to be—or as our fellow humans make it—but we have moved beyond caring. It's either a perfectly rational response to an irrational universe, or a perfectly insane response to a sane universe when sanity isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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Hedi Slimane turns his lens away from Lindsay and onto dudes in animal masks for the Vogue Hommes Japan "Americans" issue. (HintMag)
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Threat Alert! New Group Adopts New Hacking Tools and Your Enterprise Data Storage is the Target
by Andrew Mullen on June 20, 2016
Move over, Anonymous, there's a new hacking group in town. A Russian group, which is known by the moniker Pawn Storm and sometimes also called Sofacy, is emerging as yet another cyber espionage group to be wary of. They are most notable for using zero-day and backdoor techniques for infiltrate defense contractors, but their activities aren't limited to those organizations. Though they may have been in operation in some capacity since as early as 2007, they only began to receive high-level attention in the past couple of years. According to researchers with Kapersky Lab, the group's activities have increased by tenfold over previous years. Their actions have been felt across governments, security and military agencies, and other interests, most of which would either directly or indirectly benefit Russia.
How Pawn Storm Does Their Thing
Pawns can be deceptively deadly. Is a Storm headed your way?
One of their most recent tactics involves targeting "air gaps". Air gaps are used by various enterprise data storage professionals to create a buffer between the dangers of the Internet and secure data stores. These data stores are deliberately left offline for security purposes, but it is common for workers to copy and store this data on USB drives. Pawn Storm has developed malicious software capable of detecting and stealing the information off of these USB devices, thereby compromising data protected by such air gaps.
Pawn Storm is also notable for their use of other malware, particularly high-level phishing emails, designed to divert the user to a spoof website (such as one that looks like the online version of Outlook) in order to steal their login credentials.
According to cyber security specialists with Kaspersky Lab, Pawn Storm has been actively engaged in an ongoing attack against multiple defense contractors since last August. They have been utilizing a newly developed version of a backdoor application called AZZY, along with a brand new collection of data theft modules, which are used to conduct the air gap attacks on USB devices where the enterprise data storage is offline.
Pawn Storm, unfortunately, joins the ranks of other hacking groups using similar techniques, most notably Equation and Flame. Pawn Storm has also targeted multiple zero-day vulnerabilities, including those discovered in Office and Java. Cyber security experts warn that these are highly-trained hackers with sophisticated tools and techniques, backed by considerable funding.
What Makes an Organization a Target?
Pawn Storm joins the ranks of cyber espionage and terrorist groups like Anonymous, Flame, and Equation.
For now, the group seems primarily politically motivated. Those with business, financial, or military interests that might be seen as opposed to the interests of Russia are most likely to be targeted by this particular group. For instance, any company working with groups or companies in Ukraine should be particularly cognizant of Pawn Storm's tactics and activities. Media personalities have also found themselves in the crosshairs of these cyber terrorists.
How You Can Keep Your Enterprise Data Storage Safe
If this sounds like your business or organization, what can you do?
• Improve user training on identifying phishing attacks.
• Improve user training on the concepts and techniques of credential phishing.
• Improve user awareness and understanding of malicious iFrames (in environments where Apple products are in use).
The best way to protect against the activities of Pawn Storm and other such hacking and cyber terrorist groups is to centralize enterprise data storage, so that there is a single point of access. Most companies choose to do this by creating an on-premises private cloud, or by utilizing a public cloud with enterprise-grade security measures, such as Microsoft Azure. You can then empower secure file sharing via FAST. You can learn how this works when you download the Talon CloudFAST data sheet.


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Today's featured harness racing trot at Kincsem Park was the classic Pulay Kornel Memorial (purse 1,500,000Huf, 1900 meters autostart) and the rallying Underpaid Hanover (10m Revenue-Up Front Lisa-Lindy Lane) got up on the line to win timed in 1.15.2kr.
He was off at 73.8/1 in this his first 2019 start.
Driver Csaba Lakatos steered the winner, for trainer Jozsef Rutkai and owner Prolongo, that raised his career earnings to 67,979,392Huf.
The veteran Milliondollar Lux (13m Ganymede-Dadaumpa Jet-Supergill) was a game second for Emese Vezer and trainer Emil Csordas, off at 147.2/1 odds. The 19.4/1 Victory Knick (7g Cantab Hall-Lapponic Knick-Lindy's Crown) was third, this one also trained by Csordas and reined by
Ferenc Nagy II. 17/1 Pierra du Bar and 3.2/1 Iago d'Amore earned the next two checks while even- money favorite Aileron finished eighth.
Earlier, in the Cenzor DIJ (purse 400,000Huf, 1900 meters autostart), Longines was a gate to wire winner for Gyorgy Horvath and trainer Imre Fazekas.
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The Pimri owned mare earned her first 2019 victory after a game second two weeks ago over an extended distance.
She is now 11 wins in 12 career starts. The five year old daughter of Conway Hall-Kentucky Love Song-Valley Victor today bested Sacramento TIM and Villeneuve.
Ahead in early May is the annual Kincsem Park Food Truck Festival complete with racing, music, entertainment and racing covering the May 3-5 programs.
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Exit Ghost?
Biological Reviews publishes a 25-authors paper lead by Simon Townsend and titled "Exorcising Grice's ghost: an empirical approach to studying intentional communication in animals." I was quite
Alberto Acerbi on cultural evolution
Alberto Acerbi's excellent blog hosts a noteworthy discussion of Claidière, Scott-Phillips and Sperber's recent PTRS paper on cultural attraction. Alex Mesoudi, Thom Scott-Phillips and Dan Speber
Incredible! Listening to 'When I'm 64' makes you forget your age
As an illustration of the power of priming experiments to produce astonishing findings, a recent study shows that people tend to underestimate their age (but not their father's) after listening
Blogs from ICCI contributors
ICCI contributors also blog elsewhere. I am happy to recommend two new blogs: Hugo Mercier's Social by Design on Psychology Today is devoted to popularizing his and Sperber's argumentative
How much trust should we put in experimental results?
Thinking back on the year 2010, cognitive scientists will probably remember it as the year the Hauser affair broke out after years of rumors. That summer, a Harvard investigation committee found Marc


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Beautiful limited edition deluxe Snow white and seven dwarfs Disney snowglobe. Number 452 of 2000 made.Comes in the original box, with original tags, instructions and certicate of authenticity (never opened). Snow white rotates inside the globe whilst the music plays.
The lantans light up to (batteries included). The deer has an antler missing, this is common with these but takes nothing away from the globe. The item "Rare Snow White & Seven Dwarfs Disney Exclusive Limited Edition Snow Globe #453" is in sale since Monday, May 28, 2018.This item is in the category "Collectables\Disneyana\Contemporary (1968-Now)\Figurines/Figures/Groups". The seller is "fizzy_b123" and is located in Birmingham, West Midlands. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, Antigua and barbuda, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Australia, United States, Russian federation, Canada, Brazil, Japan, New Zealand, China, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Barbados, Brunei darussalam, Cayman islands, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Grenada, French guiana, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Macao, Monaco, Maldives, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Turks and caicos islands, Aruba, Saudi arabia, South africa, United arab emirates, Ukraine, Chile.


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Haywood, William. 1919. "Industrial Workers Of The World. With drops of blood. The history of the Industrial workers of the world has been written" Chicago, Illinois.
In this document, Secretary William Haywood of the Industrial Workers of the World lists the ways in which workers across the world have been abused and killed by companies seeking to expand with little to no regard for their employees. Haywood lists murder, starvation, kidnapping, and arrests amongst his list of charges against the companies he believes have conspired against the general public in an effort to exploit their labor in an effort to expand their companies. Considering a critique of the efforts by American business to push the United States government to expand westward, the scathing critique of the business practices of these same companies illustrates their unethical business practices in expanding their own business (Colby 2011). Considering the exposure of these practices and the efforts to improve the working conditions of American workers at the time, one may argue that these efforts by American businesses to expand overseas was an effort to find new labor forces to exploit (Johnson 2005). Expansion abroad allowed the U.S. government to avoid scrutiny in the U.S. for poor worker protection while guaranteeing high profits for companies by allowing them to expand abroad (Colby 2011). Outsourcing and globalization begin during this stage immediately following the First World War as the world became more interconnected and industrialization allowed for increases in production.
Keppler, Udo J. 1911. The magnet. United States. Photograph. Library of Congress.
Keppler's cartoon represents an unnamed American businessman holding an extremely large magnet that pulls high value recourses and commodities associated with various regions of the world towards the United States from all directions. Given the time period of the illustration, one can infer that the artist intended to satirize American policies of global free trade as policies of American greed rather than mutually beneficial strategies for other nations (Cutter 1927). In addition, given the fact that the businessman uses a magnet and does not leave the United States to obtain the goods, it appears that they are being taken by force from their countries of origin (Santamarina 2000). Again, seizure by force implies that the policies and practices used by American business that have been sectioned by the government only benefit American businesses and seek to promote American profits above all else (Johnson 2005). While this document originated during the period of the First World War, the United States has continued to prioritize its own interest in using the same strategies pioneered during this period (Johnson 2005).
"Open for Business," 1914. Digital Public Library of America.
Following the construction of the Panama Canal, one of the pinnacles of American Expansionist policies, the canal was advertised in this political cartoon as a new store that was now open for new business (Missal 2008). With a 'Welcome' sign on one side and Uncle Sam with his arms outstretched on the other, this cartoon emphasizes the effort of the United States to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans together as a means of expanding trade. Furthermore, the title 'Open for Business' implies that efforts undertaken by the United States government in creating this canal will be directly felt by the businesses attempting to participate in trade from the Atlantic to the Pacific (Missal 2008). While efforts by the government to promote business are not inherently bad, the methods used by the United States in the development of the Panama Canal were inhumane and the annexation of the Canal Zone by the United States were not carried out in an ethical manner (Missal 2008). As discussed previously with Colby, in the construction of the Panama Canal, one can again identify the racist policies of the United States designed to exploit indigenous peoples to promote American profits and prioritize U.S. interests across the globe (Colby 2011).
"It is based upon the belief that the security of a nation lies in the strength and character of its own people. It recommends the maintenance of armed forces sufficient to defend this hemisphere from attack by any combination of foreign powers. It demands faith in an independent American destiny. This is the policy of the America First Committee today. It is a policy not of isolation, but of independence; not of defeat, but of courage. It is a policy that led this nation to success during the most trying years of our history, and it is a policy that will lead us to success again.
We have weakened ourselves for many months, and still worse, we have divided our own people by this dabbling in Europe's wars. While we should have been concentrating on American defense we have been forced to argue over foreign quarrels. We must turn our eyes and our faith back to our own country before it is too late. And when we do this, a different vista opens before us. Practically every difficulty we would face in invading Europe becomes an asset to us in defending America. Our enemy, and not we, would then have the problem of transporting millions of troops across the ocean and landing them on a hostile shore. They, and not we, would have to furnish the convoys to transport guns and trucks and munitions and fuel across three thousand miles of water. Our battleships and submarines would then be fighting close to their home bases. We would then do the bombing from the air and the torpedoing at sea. And if any part of an enemy convoy should ever pass our Navy and our air force, they would still be faced with the guns of our coast artillery and behind them the divisions of our Army."
Lindbergh, Charles A. 1941. "Address delivered at the America First Committee meeting in New York City" New York, NY. Charles A.
Lindbergh was known for supporting domestic policies that prioritized American interests as opposed to American foreign policy that considered the situation of other nations. Commonly referred to as 'isolationism' Lindbergh's ideas were held by many in the American public during the interwar period, and in 1941 when he gave this speech, as many Americans were wary of becoming involved in another 'European conflict' that they did not believe would have direct repercussions on them (Malchow 2016). Instead, Lindbergh and others believed the United States should instead focus on domestic development and remain in economic cooperation with European powers rather than military conflict. Though his strategy was not accepted as the United States entered into the war shortly after his speech, this ideology clearly illustrates the prioritization of American economic prosperity over the larger geopolitical concerns of the time.
One can clearly identify the correlations of Lindbergh's America First Committee with policies the United State pursues in domestic policy and international relations today. Cobbs Hoffman centrally argues that the modern policies of the United States are no longer imperial as they were in the past by using annexation and war to expand the United States (2013). Rather the United States uses the power and influence it attained from acting imperially to serve as an 'umpire' on the global scale who prevents conflict and facilitates trade. While the U.S. may have changed its rhetoric to imply the strategy that Cobbs Hoffman argues, the correlations between Charles Lindbergh's speech and current U.S. policies are too significant to ignore. With over 700 bases abroad and military forces on land and at sea that can reach any portion of the globe almost instantaneously, the United States clearly illustrates its goal of promoting American capitalist policies and interests above all else.


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Robert Ross, executive director of The California Endowment, discussed what we can do to save our sons. He asked people around the country what they thought was happening to young men of color and what should be done about it.
He talked to 65 people. including young men themselves, some for an hour and some for as long as three hours. The tone of what he heard: worried, urgent, concerned….
The themes he heard: culture (including family and parenting), jobs, race. trauma and school to prison pipeline.
The tensions surrounding the issues:
— 400 year history of what "white, racist America has done to us" vs. the image of the ideal black family. The issue of parenting and fatherhood was part of "our dirty laundry" in the black community and we should not talk about it. Number of deeply concerned comments about the absence of fathers in families of color.
–Black vs. brown issues: In California, it is a black and brown, men of color issue, but that dynamic did not always exist in the East.
Among the comments he heard:
"This about jobs, jobs and jobs, and good jobs."
"We need passionate teachers. We need to get rid of hard, zero-tolerance policies."
$55,000 to $120,000 = The cost to house an inmate per year.
The systemic markers along the schools-to prison-super highway: 1. Can't read by third grade 2. chronic absence 3. juvenile/foster care 4. schools suspensions.
$6,000 to $12,000 = Cost to raise a
global, contributing citizen per year.
Ross picked markers that have a systemic approach to dismantle the superhighway:
— Scale parenting, early childhood and grade-level reading investments. Eighty percent of African American males are not reading at grade-level
proficiency by third grade.
— End school push-out phenomenon. We need to keep kids in school. According to young people: Zero tolerance is not working. 800,000 school suspensions in California last year. In state of Texas, more than 50 percent of students suspended. This is the pattern of criminalization and stigmatization begins. Restorative justice practices work as an alternative.
— Scale the Texas success on correctional reform. Texas and Missouri are ahead of California in the area of correctional reform.
— Jobs, intervention and mentoring for young men, invest in youth development.
Critical points of intervention: early childhood to third-grade reading, chronic school absences, suspensions/expulsions and youth in juvenile justice system. Time does not heal all wounds. The underlying issue is how we deal with the rage, not anger, these young me are dealing with.
Hopes to launch a multi-year campaign to save our sons. There are pockets of unfinished business in the civil right movement. This is one of them.
Final thought: "When we engage in charity at the expense of justice, we a complicit in the act of injustice." You cannot solve a justice problem with charity. We need to become more innovative in our advocacy.


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To those who say no to Chardonnay, prepare to be amazed. The 2018 Chardonnay Celebration at De Wetshof Wine Estate in Robertson proved that the varietal comes in a broad range of styles, prices and levels of sweetness to appeal to a wide variety of South African and foreign palates.
The bi-annual Chardonnay Celebration is a wine event unlike any other. There's nothing quite like this exclusive, behind-the-scenes immersion into the award-winning vineyards, wines, and viticulture communities of South African Chardonnay. It blends the country's premium wines, world-class culinary scene and immersive wine education and information into a day that absolutely overflows with fun and pizzazz.
This year's guest speaker was Steven Spurrier, a wine writer, critic, consultant and all-round respected wine icon. He opened the formalities with a quote from British Master Sommelier Ronan Sayburn, who said:
"Flavour-wise, Chardonnay is the chicken of the wine world – a blank canvas than winemakers are free to write upon. To oak, to semi-oak or not to oak at all; to follow partial or full malolactic fermentation or to add richness and texture by lees stirring. All these and more are factors a wine-maker has to consider."
After providing the audience with a feast of food for thought, it was over to the wine-tasting itself. Twelve winemaking legends presented a room full of wine fundis with their top Chardonnays.
The twelve Chardonnay Icons showcased the following wines:
Peter Finlayson – Bouchard Finlayson Missionvale 2016
Jeanette Bruwer – Springfield Methode Ancienne 2016
Gary Jordan – Jordan 9 Yards 2015
Andrew Gunn – Iona Chardonnay 2013
Carl Schultz – Hartenberg The Eleanor 2016
Jan Boland Coetzee – Vriesenhof Chardonnay 2012
Simon Barlow – Rustenberg Five Soldiers 2017
Danie de Wet – De Wetshof Bateleur 2016
Anthony Hamilton Russell – Hamilton Russel Chardonnay 2015
Kevin Grant – Ataraxia Chardonnay 2016
Neil Ellis – White Hall Chardonnay 2015
After the wine tasting, guests made their way to the marquee tent, where they were treated to a selection of the finest Chardonnays, paired with a variety of small plates, prepared by Slippery Spoon.


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The Christie campaign has Tom Kean Sr. in their latest ad talking about how Chris Christie and New Jersey are perfect together:
It's not really anything new from the Christie campaign, just a different person saying it in front of the camera. They're banking more on the messenger being the selling point because the message continues to lack any substance. Christie said that Kean will be out there campaiging with him on the trail next week. They seem to be hoping his popularity rubs off on Christie, do you think it will work?


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