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In a 8-0 vote Monday night, the Town Council agreed to recommend that taxpayers support constructing a $3.75-million facility on a 3.2-acre corner of the town-owned former Century Brass mill site on Housatonic Avenue. Democrat Peter Mullen was absent for the vote.
The council's proposed resolution is to seek $3 million in bonds, with $675,000 to come from the town's undesignated fund balance and $100,000 from the nonprofit ambulance corps.
The request will be forwarded to the Board of Finance. When it is approved, a Town Meeting will be scheduled.
Republican Patricia Sherry motioned for the final vote to be made in a referendum because this is a major taxpayer expense, but she did not win the majority support.
"I feel pretty good tonight," said Oxton, a long-time volunteer who was surrounded by numerous fellow ambulance volunteers. "It's been a long road, but I think finally, with the council's unanimous vote, we'll find that the Town Meeting will give us the same support."
Ambulance volunteer Leslie Koellmer said the current quarters on the corner of Young's Field Road, not far from the recycling center, are so cramped that most volunteers opt against spending a full shift on the premises, which is optimal for response time.
Koellmer said for some 78 years the volunteers have provided the town with loyal service at no cost, and all they ask in return is to have a decent place where the ambulances and other equipment can be stored, where training can be done regularly, and where volunteers can be comfortable and safe.
"We're just asking them to give us what we need," Koellmer said, noting as a mother with young children she knows what it means to wait for an ambulance to arrive.
For the most part the council favored the request, but there was some debate on whether or not the ambulance barn's location would detract from the town's efforts to attract an industrial developer to purchase the remaining 70-plus acres of the former Century Brass site.
Mayor Patricia Murphy assured the crowd that none of the commercial developers she has talked with about the property suggested the ambulance barn would in any way interfere with its plans.
Council member John Lillis said he wished there had been more study of how long the community can anticipate using a volunteer service and if the proposed facility will continue to be adequate. But he said his questions in no way diminish his admiration for what the volunteer service has provided and will continue to provide.
Council member Ray O'Brien, who served on the ambulance building committee, said the ambulance association has proven its "sustainability," but without a proper facility such service could be jeopardized.
He noted that the approximately 10,000-square-foot new facility will give the volunteers a better place for their meetings and offer adequate space needed to train future volunteers to become emergency medical technicians.
"We have a project that makes a lot of sense to me," O'Brien said.
As debate continued, council member Robert Guendelsberger asked, "Why are we beating a dead horse? We get a great service. They do a great job. Why are we wasting our time (talking)?"
Lillis and council member Pete Bass said they simply wanted to clarify that this is the best deal for the community.
Council member Mary Jane Lundgren said she does not expect the ambulance association to predict the future of its volunteer service. She does want to reward its long track record with a facility that meets all necessary health and safety regulations.
"We need to move forward with this as a community," Lundgren said.


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I note with some amazement that apparently I have never written in this blog about my punishment policy. This policy is at the forefront of my mind lots and lots, so I'm genuinely surprised to notice that of all the posts I've written, that wasn't one of them.
I guess it's one of those things which seem so fundamentally basic to me that I never thought about specifying it before. I mean, I don't write about my thoughts on toothbrushing either, cos everybody knows about that, right?
I had been supposing that like my thoughts on toothbrushing (kind of annoying but a good idea to do), my thoughts on punishment are probably shared by lots of other people. But recently in a chastity themed yahoo group, one member had been posting fictional fantasy accounts about punishments and presenting them as fact. And those accounts were so wildly and distantly removed from my personal experience of punishments that I thought, hey, maybe my approach to punishment is unusual after all.
I only noticed it wasn't here when I wanted to provide the author of those accounts with a link to my description of my punishment policy. I couldn't remember it, and had a browse around my blog looking for it, and only when I couldn't find it did I realise that I hadn't done one!
- whoops :p
It must be in one of the zillions of unfinished posts I've got laying about the place. So anyhow I thought I'd better get moving on that. For clarity, I'll specify that this is nothing to do with play punishments for fun.
- Note Of Importantness: When I mention "punishment" and related terms in this post, I am solely referring to a BDSM relationship context in which adults consensually use real punishments between themselves as a disciplinary tool, for the purposes of penalising unconsensual transgressions and modifying future behaviour.
But first, a shortcut.
Shortcut To The End
For those of you who don't care why I do stuff and only want to know what I do, this is the long and short of it:
- I never punish
- I focus on reward-based training
- I resolve problems using focused negotiation
- that fits my needs very nicely, thank you. :)
For those of you who want to know why I have chosen and continue to choose that approach, read on. :)
Presuppositiony Goodness
I live my life and conduct my relationships based on certain presuppositions. I check them regularly because my choice to continue is based on them being true. If at any time they turn out to be false, then I will change what I'm doing until the circumstances support them being true.
These are some of my basic presupposed goodnesses.
Me Exerting Myself = Boo and Easy = Yay
I want the smallest possible investment of my time and effort to yield the bestest possible result. I have no interest in exerting myself to punish undesirable behaviour if the only outcome is more of the same undesirable behaviour. That just sucks. If I have to exert myself, I'd much rather get the result I want. I think that's reasonable.
My Partners' Raison D'Être = My Pleasure
My partners already have a strong desire and motivation to please me, and in my experience punishments can only decrease it. Since that desire can only work to benefit me, I have every interest in nurturing it like a tender carnivorous blossom, giving it loads of juicy flies to eat. (metaphorically speaking, of course)
My Displeasure = Their Displeasure
My partners feel unhappy if they contribute to my displeasure. Any failure to please me hurts them far more than any punishment. So if I wanted them to suffer unspeakable torment (which I don't, for reasons I'll get to in a sec), all I need to do is express my displeasure. That's usually plenty to wilt them like a dehydrated fern. Any punishment after that would only be redundant.
Trust = Yummy Goodness
Trust is difficult to build and easy to damage. Establishing trust requires absolutely consistent reliability. I need to be able to trust my partners, and I need my partners to be able to trust me. Therefore I nurture and feed the rare and precious foliage of their trust by taking care that what I say and what I do always match, and I expect my partners to do the same for me.
So I operate under these presuppostions:
- I want the easiest possible route to my goals
- I encourage my partners' desire and interest in pleasing me
- My displeasure wilts my partners like over-boiled cabbage leaves
- I must be as trustworthy as I expect my partners to be
Stuff About Choices
Sometimes people get hung up on beating themselves to a pulp for stuff they only think they caused, and sometimes without even confirming the existence of a problem. You might recognise this with the "shoulda" mantra. Like, "I shoulda done this" or "I shun'ta done that". When it occurs in the absence of a pre-existing problem, sometimes the self-flagellation itself is the only problem. In the context of my relationships, when my partners beat themselves up for stuff they didn't do, my problem is that they miss opportunities to make stuff better even when they can.
Self-flagellating is a choice, and deciding to make stuff better is also a choice. From my perspective, my main interest is to make stuff better however it happened, and this goal is impeded by that pointless self-flagellation crap. This is a good example of how some choices can be unhelpful and a waste of time and energy.
On the other hand, I've had a huge pile of sticky soggy badness from many people who cause a lot of shit themselves and then choose to blame other people for it. This sucks not only because they're distracting away from improving stuff by focusing on blame, but also because they made the stuff worse in the first place and then failed to make it better.
- Abdicating responsibility is also incredibly unattractive and repellent to me but that's a separate issue.
The way I see it, no matter what anybody else says or does, no matter whether they blame themselves or somebody else, and no matter how much anybody wants to pretend it isn't so, the thing about being a responsible adult is that in general adults are solely and entirely responsible for their own choices and how they act on those choices.
In my world,
- although the available choices may be limited, uncomfortable, undesirable, or just plain suck, there are always choices.
- there is no such thing as "I had no choice" or "they made me do it".
- no matter who or what you blame or credit for what you do or don't do, people only ever do what they choose to do.
For me, it really is that simple.
Blame, Responsibility, And Sphere Of Responsibility
I am much more interested in how a fuckup actually happened than in whose fault it is. I understand that fuckups can happen unintentionally or by accident. Regardless of how a fuckup happened in the first place, my main interest is to change the fuckup result to a yummier one. I think that's only fair.
As I understand it, a person can be responsible for a fuckup without necessarily being at fault. As I understand it, the term "blame" contains a nuance of fault which is absent in the term "responsibility".
So in general I avoid the word "blame", and favour the word "responsibility".
As part of working out how a fuckup happened, I first prefer to establish certain limits. The limits I want to establish are about a person's
- contribution to the fuckup
- acquisition of knowledge of and about the fuckup
- responsibility for the fuckup
- control of the causes of the fuckup
Establishing those limits before attributing responsibility is very important to me, and I refer to those limits as the sphere of responsibility.
In my world, I can realistically expect myself and others to be responsible only for those fuckups which are within our sphere of responsibility, and for anything else no blame or responsibility can be attached. I think that's fair.
So that's my thing about "blame" vs "responsibility", and sphere of responsibility.
Fucking With Trust
If I told my partner to do something outside their sphere of responsibility (such as organising receipt of the $21.8 million from that nice prince in Nigeria who emailed me), then holding them responsible for failing would be silly, and punishing them for it still wouldn't get me my $21.8 million.
If I told my partner to do something (like picking up my boots from the repair place), and withheld important information which I knew but they didn't (like for instance, that I left no boots at the repair place), then my partner has no way of completing that task, and punishing them for that failure still wouldn't get me any boots which I didn't leave anyhow.
Deliberately withholding relevant information in that way to ensure my partner's failure is what I call setting them up to fail. I also call it manipulative and sabotaging.
And fuckwitty.
- I'm just going to assume we all agree that holding a person responsible for stuff outside their control is totally pointless, ok?
Since I find that the more my partners trust me, the more they let me boss the shit out of them (and you know how hard I kink on the bossing-about thingy), I therefore have no reason to cut their trust into tiny bits and stomp all over it, and every reason to tenderly water, feed, and give big juicy treats to their trust.
So in my world, I must first establish who actually caused which fuckup before I take any action, and any action I take must be limited to fuckups which my partner and I both agree are within their sphere of fuckupability.
Responsibility Summary Thingy
What I've been leading up to is that everybody's sphere of responsibility remains the same no matter how much the idea of my control over them turns anybody into a quivering bowl of jelly hornballness.
And even if pretending could make the sphere of responsibility different, in any case I decline to consent to participate in the fantasy of the top "forcing" the bottom to do this or "making" the bottom do that. I might temporarily play at it for really limited periods of time, but I live my life entirely differently.
A lot of people have tried to sell me a lot of misleading crap about this over the years, and this has only ever fucked me up. In my experience, acting on inaccurate conclusions about responsibility can lead to really super duper giant-sized fuckups. So for me, getting this right is really worth investing a good splodgey dollop of effort.
Focus – Away Vs Towards
Since I decline to pretend that I'm responsible for my partners' behaviour, instead I use my partners' pleasure as the proverbial stomach through which I establish my ownership of them. The more consistently and reliably I care for and enrich their pleasure, the more they trust me to nurture their pleasure. They then reinforce and reward that approach by devoting themselves more and more to me and my pleasure, which is ultimately what I want.
- I give a big fat juicy yay to getting what I want. :)
Furthermore, punishment in the form of unpleasant stimuli is in my experience a whole lot less effective, more work for me, and more unpleasant for both of us than using rewards to encourage desirable and beneficial behavioural changes.
In short, I've found that for my purposes, pleasure as a training device is
- much easier to use
- yields more yummier results more speedily
- much more effective than aversive reinforcement training
So instead of using punishment to focus on the behaviours I want to avoid, I use reward reinforcement to focus on the behaviours I want to achieve.
So how does all this relate to my ethics on punishments within my partnerships? Hang on a sec, I'm getting to that. :)
The Punishment Package
So far I've covered my presuppositions and approaches to
- my easiest route to yumminess
- my partners' interest in my pleasure
- the care and feeding of trust
- choices
- fuckups
- lots of responsibility stuff
- the yumminess of reward reinforcement
Before I get to my punishment policy, I've got one more thing to cover to round all this stuff up.
As I see it, the punishment package thingy comprises the following elements:
- The existence of a fuckup
- Person(s) knowingly being responsible for the fuckup
- A mutual desire for change to prevent the fuckup from recurring
- No fuckup means there's nothing to punish
- Unknowing responsibility for the fuckup means it was an accident and punishing will change nothing
- No desire to change a fuckup means a punishment has no purpose
For me, the whole punishment package rests entirely on the sphere of responsibility, and that's why I spent so much time on how I work that shit out.
Now you know my outlook, my approach, and my rationale behind my thinking, and now it's time for the big banana.
- *drumroll please …*
Welcome to the section on my punishment policy! :)
I Don't Punish. Ever.
I never punish. It's that simple.
Given that I've encountered a whole lot of unpleasant side effects from punishing, I circumvent the lot of them by simply removing the whole punishment thing from my relationships altogether. I therefore reject punishments in favour of reward training as a method to achieve my desired yumminess.
- So no matter how much my partner wants me to punish them, I will always decline.
So what do I do instead? Ok, I was just getting to that. :)
If No Punishment, Then What? – Resolution Strategies
My personal method for resolving fuckups without punishment comprises these steps in the following order:
- explicitly, specifically, respectfully negotiating gripes and outcomes
- temporarily disengaging from them if necessary (only as a last resort)
- resuming the negotiationfest as soon as possible
- repeating the cycle of 1-3 in that order until the conflict is resolved
With some people (i.e. the ones who like to pass the buck) I find that the disengaging step only drags out and buries the conflict (til it inevitably re-explodes later) by giving them an excuse to wimp out of the discussion entirely. So with them I just keep slugging away at step 1. for however long it takes until everybody feels good about it.
Although navigating emotive negotiation through the obstacles of personal arguments can be tricky, the procedure itself is simple, and for me it prevents re-explosions of the resolved conflicts every single time.
The really tricky bit is identifying the actual root of the issue of which the symptoms highlighted the conflict. But that's a whole other topic.
- I appreciate that focused specific negotiation is unlikely to feature in anybody's horniest fantasies. Oh well. Unfortunately, reality carries on regardless of your libido, and unfortunately your libido (as mighty as I'm sure it is) has no control over me. This solution works for me, and my partners have a choice of carrying on without me or getting with the programme.
You can either choose to pay a fantasy-gratification service to indulge you, or you can participate in a relationship. It's your choice.
Yes, that was a mini-rant. Can you tell I've had unpleasant experiences with this?
Unlike punishments, this method has always worked well for me by getting me what I want for the least amount of effort, and I have every reason to expect it to continue to work well for me in future.
So my experience continues to support my conclusion that
- actual punishments = boo
- appropriate acknowledgment and attribution of responsibility = yay
- focused negotiation = yay
- yummy outcomes = yay
And my long and short of it is
- I never punish
- I focus on reward-based training
- I resolve problems using focused negotiation
- that fits my needs very nicely, thank you.
- That's it. Thank you very much for reading. :)
ps: I had a shitload of rants which you'll be glad to hear I edited out in the interests of manageable readability. I may or may not make them into a separate post. Just so you know, this was a hugely rantworthy topic in which I restrained myself quite admirably, I think. So I'm awarding myself a gold star for rant refrainment. :)

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Mohave 911: Monday, July 26, 2010
Kingman Police arrested Marcos Anaya, 42, of Kingman July 18 on felony charges of aggravated DUI and possession of drug paraphernalia. Anaya was contacted in the 3200 block of Stockton Hill Road after he was seen driving erratically around 12:30 a.m. He was ultimately arrested for suspicions of DUI when he was found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia. Anaya was also wanted in regards to a shoplifting investigation on July 3. He was booked into the Mohave County Jail.
Kingman Police arrested Travis Roland Burnside, 42, of Kingman July 18 on a felony charge of aggravated assault on a police officer and three misdemeanor domestic violence charges. Officers had responded to a domestic disturbance around 5:40 p.m. at a residence in the 2400 block of Armour Avenue, where it was found that Burnside had assaulted several family members and caused damage to property in the home. While being taken into custody, Burnside allegedly kicked officers and resisted arrest. Alcohol is said to be a factor. Burnside was booked into the Mohave County Jail.
Mohave County Sheriff's deputies arrested Bryan Ramone Cesspooch, 46, of Valentine July 21 for aggravated DUI, aggravated DUI with a blood alcohol concentration over .08%, aggravated extreme DUI with a blood alcohol concentration over .15% and aggravated super extreme DUI with a blood alcohol concentration over .20%, all felonies. At approximately 11:30 p.m., deputies conducted a traffic stop on Route 66 at milepost 65 and contacted Cesspooch, the driver. Deputies smelled an odor of alcohol on Cesspooch. During conversations with Cesspooch, he admitted to having a beer earlier. Cesspooch refused to perform the field sobriety tests as requested by deputies. A records check revealed Cesspooch to have a suspended driver's license for a prior DUI. Cesspooch was taken into custody and transported to the Mohave County Sheriff's Office where an analysis revealed his blood alcohol concentration to be .320%. He was transported and booked into the Mohave County Jail without incident. The vehicle was towed from the scene.
Mohave County Sheriff's deputies arrested Raymond Joseph Mangrum, 34, of Kingman July 20 for felony possession of drug paraphernalia. Deputies observed a bicyclist affecting traffic as the operator rode south on Bank Street in the northbound lane of traffic around 9:46 a.m. Deputies contacted the male subject on Bank Street near Neal Street. He initially falsely identified himself. As deputies questioned him further, he allegedly reached into his front pocket and threw something to the ground. Deputies retrieved the item, which was a glass pipe. The male subject later identified himself as Mangrum. He said that he lied because he thought he had a warrant. A records check showed no outstanding warrants for Mangrum. He was arrested without incident, transported and booked into the Mohave County Jail.
Kingman Police arrested Johnathan Chris Coulan, 21, of Kingman July 21 at a residence in the 2600 block of Phoenix Avenue. He was arrested on an MCSO felony warrant for probation violation on an original charge of burglary and a misdemeanor KPD warrant for shoplifting. Officers responded to the area after receiving reports of a subject who was possibly involved in burglary jumping fences. It was found that Coulan had jumped a fence to his residence. Upon the officers' arrival at 6:15 a.m., he barricaded himself in the attic of the home. Coulan ultimately came out of the attic on his own at 7:50 a.m. and was taken into custody. Coulan was transported to Kingman Regional Medical Center for treatment of heat-related stress before he was booked into the Mohave County Jail. He is also facing misdemeanor assault charges for a domestic violence incident the previous night.
Mohave County Sheriff's deputies arrested Rachelle Coleene Holder, 31, of Kingman July 21 on two felony counts of possession of drug paraphernalia and an active warrant. Deputies contacted Holder during a traffic stop on North Bond Street at Northern Avenue around 12:30 p.m. A records check showed Holder to have a failure to pay fines misdemeanor warrant issued by Kingman Municipal Court. Holder was arrested without incident. Deputies allegedly found Holder to be in possession of a glass pipe with burnt residue and a scale. She was transported and booked into the Mohave County Jail.
Kingman Police arrested John Lynn Haney, 48, of Kingman July 20 on a felony warrant for a parole violation issued by the Arizona Department of Corrections. Haney was contacted around 6:40 p.m. in the 2300 block of Airway Avenue and taken into custody on his warrant. He was booked into the Mohave County Jail.
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Columbus in Illinois
I addressed the problem of Columbus Day in "What Columbus Day means to us." I decided write the column after rejecting performing some symbolic act by which I might commemorate Christopher Columbus and his arrival in this hemisphere, like sending some poisoned candies to the day care center up the street. I didn't relish the prospect of explaining my motives to the cops, however, so I settled for writing a column.My first choice was a piece drawing parallels between Columbus and Bruce Rauner. Both men set out on a voyage with little idea where he was going or the perils he was likely to face. Each fundamentally misunderstood the nature of the people he encountered when he got there and thus proved inept in his dealings with them; each man, frustrated by those differences, turned to bullying and threats of harm. The main difference is that Columbus wasted other people's money, not his own, which proves that as an entrepreneur he was Rauner's superior.
The "discovery" seems far away from Illinois in space and time, but Columbus' bungling in the Caribbean was felt in this part of the continent too. The Europeans' arrival unsettled, in every way, even Illinois a thousand miles to the west. the story of early Illinois, in short, was in large part the story of its settlement and unsettlement by waves of refugees in flight from the manifold calamities visited upon the continent by Signore Colombo, from epidemics and loss of territory, traditional crafts and social cohesion. I will leave it to readers to draw whatever parallels they think appropriate to today's refugee debate.


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Dream // Hello Again
How coincidental that it is Martin Luther King Day today!
It would only be appropriate to say hello to the blogging world again by dreaming big dreams.
This is a blog I'm writing in conjunction to running The Everleigh Company shoppe.
I had hoped to have the shoppe and the blog up and running late last fall,
but life happens.
Namely, we found out we were pregnant!
Which also means that morning sickness and fatigue soon followed.
In addition, I had (and still do) an active 1-year-old to chase after everyday so...
it wiped me out!
All my plans went out the window, but it's okay!
I'm flexible; I'll work with whatever comes my way ;)
As I dive my head back into the game,
I want to start right.
I want to take what I've learned from my previous blog and make this one better.
I also want to use my gifts and talents to grow the brand as much as possible.
So here are 5 things I intent to do with the brand (shoppe + blog):
1. Be True to Myself
I wanted to have a successful popular blog. Without realizing it, I tried to become someone I wasn't because I desired to be as successful as these other bloggers I follow. This blog of mine slowly became a wanna-be blog; it wasn't
blog anymore. SO, with this new one, I ought to stay true to myself. I will let go of pleasing people and let my true color shine. Get ready, blogosphere, here comes... the one and only ME!!!!
2. Allow Myself to Make Mistakes
I was so terrified of making mistakes. Even if I had lots of ideas, my fear of doing something wrong prevented me from actually doing
with my ideas. And so, my ideas stayed just like that... just ideas. Floating in my head.
I hated that. So I'm learning to take risks, to allow myself to make mistakes, to fail. Because when my hair turns grey, I'd rather be glad that I had given myself a chance, then to regret otherwise.
3. Refuse to Let Fear/Insecurities Rob My Dream From Me
Fear and insecurities... they've been awful to me. Just. Plain. Awful. They bring doubts and low confidence to me; they rob me from what could have been. And I've had
. I will now refuse to let those thoughts of fear or insecurities rob my dream from me. The end.
4. Refuse to Give Up
I refuse to let the bumpy road stop me. Ever.
I will not wave the white flag. It doesn't exist.
5. Spread & Share
I want the Everleigh Company brand to represent a community of people who invest in what truly matters. I want to spread love and encouragement. I want to share what I learn on this journey called life. And I invite you to join this community; together we will build up treasures that will impact forever. Are you with me? Let's do this! :)
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The Devil Went Down to Austin (Tres Navarre Series #4)
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Rick Riordan, triple-crown winner of the Edgar, Anthony, and Shamus Awards, brings his fast-talking, hard-living, Texas-hip P.I. Tres Navarre to the heart of the Lone Star State—Austin—to unravel a case so dark, twisted, and deadly, it can only involve family....
Tres Navarre, the P.I. with a Ph.D. in literature, heads to Austin for a laid-back summer teaching gig. But he's in store for a whole lot more. His big brother Garrettcomputer whiz, Jimmy Buffett fanatic, and all-around eccentric—is hoping to retire a multimillionaire by the fall. He's bet his career and the Navarre family ranch to do it.
Then Garrett's oldest friend and business partner is murdered—and Garrett is the only suspect. As Tres delves into Garrett's bizarre world to find the truth behind the murder, he comes face to face with the damaged relationships, violent lives, and billion-dollar schemes of a high-tech world gone haywire. Connecting them all is beautiful Lake Travis and the shocking secret that lies within its depths. Now, as Tres struggles with his own troubled family past and to clear his brother' s name, he finds himself stalked by a cold-blooded killer—one who could spell the death of both Navarres.
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The first time I knew I would kill? I was six years old.
I'd snuck some things from the kitchen, vials of food coloring, Dixie cups, a pitcher of water. I was in my bedroom mixing potions, watching how the dyes curl in the water.
That doesn't sound like much, I know. But I'd spilled a few cupfuls onto the carpet. My fingers were stained purple. It was enough to give the Old Man an excuse.
He came in so quietly I didn't hear him, didn't know he was standing over me until I caught his smell, like sweet smoked beef. He said something like, "Is this what we clean the house for? We clean the house so you can do this?"
Then I realized water was running in the bathroom. I remembered what my friend had said.
I tried to apologize, but the Old Man caught my wrists, dragged me backward, using my arms as a harness.
I kicked at the carpet and walls as he pulled me down the hallway. When we passed the bathroom doorjamb, I got one hand loose and grabbed at it, but the Old Man just yanked harder, ripping a nail off my finger.
The ceiling sparkled white. I remember bare avocado rings on the shower rod, plastic star-rivets holding up the mirror. The Old Man lifted me, squeezed me against his chest. I was clawing, grabbing at his clothes. Then he dumped me in. The cold stopped my blood. I floated, wet to my armpits, my clothes grafted to my chest, heavy.
I knew better than to try standing. I lay low, crying, the water nipping the backs of my ears. My mouth tasted salt. There was a comma of blood from my ripped nail on the Old Man's shirt pocket, purple smudges from my dyed fingers on his chest.
He said, "What did you do wrong? Tell me what you were doing."
His voice sounded kindly in the tiled acoustics of the bathroom, rich and deep.
I couldn't answer. I cried.
"I don't want to hear that," he scolded. "Until you can tell me what you did, I don't want any sound from you."
I kept crying, knowing it was the wrong thing to do, but crying more because of that. So he leaned over me, pushed my chest, and the water closed over my head.
Sound turned to aluminum. I could hear my own struggling and splashing. Water lapped into the overflow drain, rushed through pipes in the walls like underground machinery.
The Old Man shimmered above me, his hand keeping a warm, constant clamp on the middle of my chest. I clawed at his wrist, but it might as well have been a mesquite branch.
I held my breath, which is hard when you're facing up, the water flooding your nostrils, gagging you.
I tried to be still. I thought maybe if I were still, the Old Man would let go.
I studied the hazy balls of light above the sink.
My lungs burned.
And finally, the first clear decision I ever remember making, I gave up. I breathed in the water.
At that moment, as if he knew, the bastard lifted me out, rolled me onto the tiled floor.
I curled, cold and trembling, belching water, my throat on fire.
"Be grateful," he said. "Be grateful for what you have."
That was only the first time.
Over the years, he taught me that drowning a thing you hate, drowning it well and drowning it completely, is a slow process. It is an art only the patient can master.
And I learned to be patient. I'll always credit the Old Man for that.
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It is no wonder that Blaak's fall 2010 show at Paris Fashion Week caught my eye. Designers Sachiko Okada and Aaron Sharif created a line which incorporates priest-like collars, choir boy shirts, the billowing robes of Franciscan monks and a thorn wreath fit to wear on the cross. Best of all, check the chunky white rosary.
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As you may have noticed, it's pretty much our mission to help you guys feel inspired about living in South London. The playlist below is no exception, five songs that take South as their muse - beautiful, bittersweet and with more to them that you might have thought...
Waterloo Sunset
Ray Davies, The Kinks' lead singer and writer of this iconic South London tune, used to cross Waterloo bridge every day when he was a student at Croydon Art School. The song is one that depicts perfectly a feeling of stillness, of watching in the city with its millions of people 'swarming like flies': a stolen moment between two people on the bridge, with the Waterloo Sunset at their backs. He has said since that he envisioned it as a song of hope for his sister and her husband, part of the generation growing up during World War One, expected to marry, work in factories but never to excel as individuals.
My Hood
My Hood was written at a time of disillusionment for Ray BLK, the song can be described as a bittersweet compromise. Acknowledging that life is tough in her hometown of Catford, she chooses to focus on the possibility of strength and of beauty all around her, in the people and the culture: 'through concrete, flowers grow'. When your full English breakfast at a caf' not a café includes baked beans, saltfish and ackee, there really is no place like home.
Careless Whisper
Working as a DJ at the Bel-Air dinner dance restaurant in Bushey - a 17-year-old George Michael travelled back and forth by bus every night between Watford and the basement flat in Peckham where his Wham! bandmates Shirley Holliman and Andrew Ridgeley were living. He would pass the time on these long journeys coming up with songs in his head, and on one fateful evening, the song was Careless Whisper. Back at the flat, he and Ridgeley recorded the track - which George knew instantly was a Number 1 - as a demo. On his last night as a DJ at the Bel-Air, George threw caution to the wind and played his demo. To his amazement, the dancefloor filled, though no one had heard the song before. This small success spurred him on to pursue his dreams of singing and songwriting and eventually, as he predicted, the song was Number 1 in 25 countries and had sold 6 million copies around the world. It might not be the most obvious ode to South London, but if that doesn't inspire you for tomorrow's commute, we don't know what will!
Million Years Ago
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"It's kind of a story about… [driving] past Brockwell park, which is a park in South London I used to live by, it's where I spent a lot of my youth… I really missed it… and it's sort of about that, and about [how] I never realised that this was going to happen. I never, ever realised that when I has my guitar in the park, singing to friends, we never in a million years thought this would ever happen."
Electric Avenue
Rounding it off with a classic: Eddy Grant's reggae inspired anthem is for most people light and upbeat, conjuring up images of Brixton's bustling streets in the summertime. A closer listen, however, reveals it as his 'critique from the street', using the song's driving beats as an empowering way to deliver an important message about the injustices and divisions of British society at the time. Written in response to the 1981 Brixton riots, triggered by unemployment and mistreatment of black communities by Police, there was plenty to feel frustrated about, particularly when the Government response to the riots was a regeneration drive, enabled by the forced eviction of local populations. Brixton has been a hotly contested area in debates around gentrification ever since and you might hear the song a little differently next time it comes on the radio!


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Exposure Therapy for OCD and Anxiety
Exposure therapy can be confusing. Some people hear the words and they think of the TV show "Fear Factor" and want no part of it. That's understandable. However, exposure therapy is much different when it is facilitated by a professional therapist with proper training and experience. Exposure therapy is the gold standard for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety disorders and it is effective. It's about providing you with the opportunity to overcome the challenges that may be holding you back in your life. There are no magic wands or simple fixes, but exposure therapy is effective at helping you improve your functioning.
There are many misperceptions and stereotypes about OCD and none of them are helpful. Many people throw the phrase "OCD" around in casual conversation without realizing that it can be devastating for the people struggling with it and it minimizes their condition. Ben has worked with patients to address OCD-related fears that number in the hundreds during his time at Rogers Behavioral Health, where he received extensive training and supervision while working with patients in a partial hospitalization (PHP) and intensive outpatient (IOP) setting. Due to the complicated nature of OCD, it is critical to work with a therapist who understands the treatment that can guide you through the process.
You may be thinking "There's no help for me because you'd be shocked to know the thoughts that go through my head. No one can understand me." Most of Ben's former clients have uttered those same words. That's why it's so important to work with someone who's worked so closely with OCD on a daily basis and helped people get their lives back on track. It's important to work with someone who can relate to your fears, has experience with them, and can help you overcome them.


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Listening with your Eyes and Heart
'Mum you are doing that thing again, you are gazing at me!' said my eldest daughter over lunch. And indeed I was. The kind of gazing deeply into her eyes and her face I did when she was a baby and sleeping, taking first steps, discovering something new – anything really
I did it as part of trying to understand her and what she was making of he world. And here I was gazing at her in the same way, twenty something years later not having seen her for a few months. Later in the same day I met up with a colleague and was telling him and he was quick to say 'I think you do that with me too!'
And indeed I do! I realize that what I am doing is not dissimilar to that described by Helen Iles*, film maker/writer, as 'dadirri' the Aboriginal word for 'deep respectful listening to self, land or one another'. An Aboriginal elder explained to Helen that 'Listening is not just with your ears. It's with your eyes and your heart….' And that this kind of listening involves staying calm and waiting for the right signals.
It is the kind of listening that Henning Mankell**, artistic consultant/author, learnt about from his life in Mozambique where story-telling and deep listening go hand in hand. In his quest to understand he realizes that there is listening for information and then there is listening for knowledge, for a deeper understanding that comes from generous listening and holding the space for one another.
Years ago I heard about a CEO who looking back on his leadership journey reflected that he had always listened to give an opinion and wished he had learnt earlier on to listen for understanding. When he did learn to practice listening for understanding and for deeper knowledge his leadership impact, and that of others around him, was transformed.
Nancy Kline*** writes powerfully about creating a 'thinking environment' one in which people really listen to and are curious about each other. She shows how the quality of listening directly impacts on the quality of thinking. Crucially people give each other space, and time to think and they pay attention to the right signals. All of this has me think that gazing deeply, listening with our eyes and hearts as well as with our minds is key to really understanding each other, to thinking big, to leading for the whole and making an even bigger difference together.
*Helen Iles No.85, Autumn 2015 Permaculture
**Henning Mankell, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/opinion/sunday/in-africa-the-art-of-listening.html?_r=1
***Nancy Kline, 'Time to Think; and 'More Time to Think'


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Helping Our Evergreen Trees
When we have snow, sometimes our Evergreen trees need a bit of help. If they end up with too much weight from the snow, there is a good chance the branches will crack or break. But you can help your trees out during the cold months.
Take a broom or a stick and gently knock the snow from the branches that seem overwhelmed by the snow. After a few days, you should notice that the branches will spring back to normal again.


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Dennis Publishing, the UK-owned publisher of the best-selling news digest The Week, in the UK and US, has acquired the 99-year-old Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc. Kiplinger publishes the eponymous paid-subscription newsletters in business and personal finance.
Its most widely-read products are: Kiplinger's Personal Finance, the 600k-circulation monthly magazine which is credited with having pioneered US personal finance journalism in 1947, and Kiplinger. com, its website with 4m monthly uniques. The company, which was founded in 1920 in Washington, DC, has been managed by three generations of the Kiplinger family.
Dennis is a UK-based magazine publisher, founded in 1974 by the late Felix Dennis. The £190m-revenue company was sold to Exponent private equity for £170m last year. The Kiplinger deal is likely to figure largely in the expansion of The Week in the US, which currently has 550k paid-for print subscribers and 5.8m monthly uniques. But its brands might also be part of the strategy for Dennis' UK-based Money Week.
The Week's readership success is based on its concise, well-written summaries and genuine balance in an increasingly polarised news landscape. It is believed to have ambitions to expand to other markets in Asia and Europe on the way to becoming a global print and digital brand. But this round of private equity ownership is focused on the US edition, evidenced by the inspired appointment of Jack Griffin (ex CEO of Tribune, Time Inc and Meredith) as Chair of Dennis.
While the company remains a significant publisher of motoring, tech and hobby magazines in the UK, its profitability – and future growth – are heavily dependant on The Week. It will be interesting to see how many other specialist news-information businesses Dennis now seeks to acquire in the US and UK – and whether such activity is punctuated by the divestment of its traditional, low-growth magazines.


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What follows is a collection of some of the best books out there for people who want to learn Philosophy, and what major thinkers, philosophers and scientists think about these books.
They're not structured in any particular order, and most are pretty much "pick up and play", meaning you can read them even if you don't know much philosophy.
Before you start, you should know that philosophy has some particularities that occasionally make it a tedious and time consuming process.
If you want quick and useful tips that will make the process a lot easier, then keep reading this short intro.
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How to read philosophy more easily
1) Philosophers write for other philosophers, not regular people.
While philosophers do care about spreading their ideas as far and wide as possible, their primary concern is to make sure those ideas are as true and accurate as possible.
They are able to write down ideas in easy to read, accessible writing. However, this comes at the risk of having their work be misinterpreted or twisted by other philosophers during the philosophical debate.
To prevent this, philosophers end up using complex formulations, terms and words that describe highly specific and particular notions that lay people simply aren't exposed to.
So don't beat yourself up if you struggle to comprehend a book.
2) Translations matter, a lot
For a good reading experience, who translates a book is almost as important as who writes it.
In fact, some translations are so much more readable than others, that you'll wonder if they are even the same book.
Compare this passage from George Long's translation of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius:
"From my mother, piety and beneficence, and abstinence, not only from evil deeds, but even from evil thoughts; and further, simplicity in my way of living, far removed from the habits of the rich. From my great-grandfather, not to have frequented public schools, and to have had good teachers at home, and to know that on such things a man should spend liberally."
With this one from Gregory Hays' translation of the same work:
"MY MOTHER Her reverence for the divine, her generosity, her inability not only to do wrong but even to conceive of doing it. And the simple way she lived-not in the least like the rich. 4. MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER To avoid the public schools, to hire good private teachers, and to accept the resulting costs as money well spent."
A huge difference, right?
Once you've decided on a particular book, make sure you also find out which translation is the best and easiest to read. Your enjoyment and learning opportunity might hang in the balance.
3) The main branches of philosophy
Philosophy is a very wide field, with many theories that cover different subjects.
Because of this, it's structured into 5 branches. Here's a
very rough explanation of what each of these is about, alongside the central question of each branch.
Translated into English, it means "theory of knowledge", and seeks to find out the best ways to discover new information, prove or disprove existing one.
Central question: "Is this true? How can you be certain?"
Translated from Greek, it means "outside of nature", which is a fitting name because it covers subjects that are outside the physical realm which we inhabit.
Important question: "Is this the true world, or is the Matrix? If this is the Matrix, what is the Matrix like?"
Logic is the discipline that finds proper ways of reasoning, of finding paradoxes, fallacies, correct and incorrect ways of deduction and induction.
Central question: "Is this a correct conclusion?"
Aesthetics is the philosophical branch that seeks to understand art, it's meaning and what makes it appealing. It is also concerned with beauty and good taste in general.
Central question: "Is this beautiful? Why or why not?"
Ethics is the philosophical branch that seeks to differentiate between good and bad actions, and find the proper values that can guide individuals and society.
Ethics and Aesthetics are usually paired together in a wider philosophical branch called Axiology.
Central question: "Is this the right thing to do?"
The best philosophy books, according to other philosophers and great individuals
1) Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
A philosophy book written in the form of a story, where an aging philosopher teaches a young girl all he knows.
Sophie's World is a great first choice for philosophy initiates, because it presents all the main historically important ideas of philosophy in a story format that is engaging, easy to read and relatively short at "XXX number of pages".
What others have said:
- The Norwegians Author Union considered this book as one of the very best works of Norwegian literature.
- The book was translated into more than 50 languages, and sold well over 40 million copies.
Difficulty level: Low, easy to understand.
Length: 518 pages. 17 hours for audiobook.
Recommended Translation: Sophie's World by Paulette Moller
2) A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russel
This mammoth work of Bertrand Russel covers is a meticulous and thorough overview of Western philosophy and its historical evolution.
It is readable even for people with no philosophical training since that's pretty its target audience, although some passages will be harder to read than others.
What others have said:
"These [ Bertrand Russell and John Dewey ]were two of the major, if not the two major thinkers, of the twentieth century…" by Noam Chomsky
"Bertrand Russell … is one of the great philosophers of his time… a remarkably clear thinker and writer… a great example of how English should be written and just a great voice to have in your head." By Sam Harris
Difficulty level: Low to medium. Some passages require multiple readings to fully understand.
Length: 895 pages / 38 hours for the audiobook
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3) Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius was the Roman Empire's "stoic philosopher king", and one of the best emperors the Romans ever had.
He wrote Meditations as a private, personal guide to help him find his moral bearings, and make the wisest decision for the good of the Empire.
Because of the author's unusual position, and the clarity of his writing, "Meditations" is the go-to book for anybody looking to understand Stoic philosophy.
What others have said:
"The absolute ruler may be a Nero, but he is sometimes Titus or Marcus Aurelius; the people is often Nero, and never Marcus Aurelius." By Antoine de Rivarol
Difficulty level: Low, but it varies greatly with the translation.
Length: 112 pages / around 6 hours for audiobooks
Recommended Edition: Gregory Hays' translation of Meditations is considered among the easiest and most enjoyable ones. It's such a good read that it briefly became a best seller.
4) Cyropaedia by Xenophon
Cyrus the Great was one of the most influential and transformative leaders of the Ancient world. Starting from a small kingdom in modern day Iran, he very quickly expanded and conquered his neighbors, and in doing so, he laid the foundations of countless future empires.
But Cyrus stands out not because of his conquering, but of how he administered said territories, through tolerance, respecting autonomy, creating an efficient administrative system and more.
Cyropaedia by Xenophon is a fictional biography of Cyrus, that explores the formative years of Cyrus, and what exactly made him such a great ruler.
What others have said:
"Alexander the Great would not have become great if there had been no Xenophon". By Eunapius
Length: 198 pages
Difficulty: Low, but it varies depending on translation.
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5) Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes
Descartes is among philosophy's greatest rationalists.
Rationalists believed that reality functions through certain truths and principles that one can learn through logic and thought alone.
Meditations is one of the most important books in all of philosophy. It contains the famous dictum I think, therefore I am and covers the following topics:
- A compelling argument for the existence of God.
- A logical, thorough argument for the existence of the soul, and its separation from the body.
- Centers science on a new intellectual foundation.
- Prove that science and religion are not incompatible , but work on the same philosophical blueprint.
What others have said:
"[…]it will take a long time for it [Cartesian mind-body dualism] to be replaced by a really different attitude toward the problem of reality." by Werner Heisenberg
"Descartes is rightly regarded as the father of modern philosophy primarily and generally because he helped the faculty of reason to stand on its own feet by teaching men to use their brains in place whereof the Bible, on the one hand, and Aristotle, on the other, had previously served." – by Arthur Schopenhauer
Difficulty level: Medium to high. Descartes's arguments and conclusions are complex and multilayered, and will often require slow or multiple readings.
Length: 214 pages / around 4 hours for audiobooks.
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6) An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume
This is the shortened, more accessible version of A Treatise of Human Nature, and rigorously applies the scientific method to conclude that:
- The human soul is not immortal.
- Denies the reality of space.
- Why humans are driven by raw passions and appetites.
- How humans create their identities.
- Explores the link between cause and effect.
Very heavy stuff. But this book was a huge influence on Immanuel Kant, another philosophical titan that furthered human thought.
Even Einstein credited Hume as being a major inspiration in helping him discover the theory of relativity.
What others have said:
Immanuel Kant, one of the modern era's game changing philosopher, said that this work woke him up from his "dogmatic slumbers".
"How far [Mach's writings] influenced my own work is, to be honest, not clear to me. In so far as I can be aware, the immediate influence of David Hume on me was greater." by Albert Einstein
Length: 151 pages / 6 hours for the audiobook
Difficulty Level: High
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7) The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins was primarily written to further the field of biology. It did more than that: it revolutionised biology.
However, along the way it managed to shake up our understanding of who we are at a biological level, and by implication what is the true nature of human beings, and why our biology is a stronger motivator of our behaviour than we would assume.
Coincidentally, it's an extremely controversial book, and controversial books are the most fun to read.
What others have said:
"The Selfish Gene delighted me from beginning to end, instructing and correcting me on dozens or hundreds of important points and confirming my inchoate sense that evolution by natural selection was the key to solving most of the philosophical problems I was interested in. This was mind candy of the highest quality." By Daniel Dennett
Difficulty level: Low
Length: 544 pages / around 16 hours for the audiobook
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8) Plato's Dialogues
It's difficult to describe Plato's importance to philosophy in just a few sentences. His work and writings were vast, both in scope and in quantity.
Plato has the merit of opening the doors to almost all philosophical subjects. He came up with the central questions and concepts of philosophy, and burdened the subsequent generations of philosophers to either refine his ideas, disprove them, or find something better.
If you viewed philosophy as a chain, then Plato would be one of the first and most important links, to which all other subsequent links connect.
What others have said:
"The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato" by Alfred North Whitehead
Difficulty level: Varies from dialogue to dialogue.
Length: Medium to high, will likely require multiple slow readings.
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9) The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
This book has the dubious honor of making the name Machiavelli a synonym of scheming evil.
There is still an ongoing debate as to whether The Prince is a work of satire, an expression of cynicism, or just a practical, if brutal, guide on how to govern a polity.
But what is certain, is that The Prince has been a revolutionary work for political science, and by implication, how the lives of the common people are affected by the decisions of their rulers.
A reading of this book offers one an inside look and explanation of the dirty tactics leaders use to entrench their domination. At the same time, if you ever intend to be an undemocratic despot, this is an excellent guidebook.
What others have said:
" Modern political science owes a great deal to Machiavelli's shocking claim that ordinary notions of moral behavior for individuals may not be suitable as rules of conduct for states." by Albert O. Hirschman
"We are much beholden to Machiavelli and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do." by Francis Bacon
Difficulty level: Low
Length: 80 pages / audiobook around 3 hours
Recommended Edition: Harvey Mansfield has a great translation, each containing a footnote to Machiavelli's numerous references.
10) The Art of Strategy by Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff
Game Theory is a new field in mathematics that explores how individuals make choices when these can influence each other.
The quintessential example of this is the Prisoner's Dilemma: two outlaws are caught by the police, and interrogated separately so they can't speak to each other. If both outlaws remain silent and do not cooperate with the police, they both receive a 1 year sentence. If outlaw A testifies against outlaw B, who stays silent, then outlaw A goes free, and outlaw B receives a 3 year sentence. If both outlaws testify against each other, then each of them receives a 2 year sentence.
How one should navigate these situations is the main object of game theory.
While it doesn't qualify as a strictly philosophical field, game theory helps sharpen one's mind, and make better decisions when they have imperfect information.
What others have said:
"Unlike most of the ranks of management advice books which pad put bookshop business sections, here is one which is fun, rigurous and extremely useful all at the same time." by Diane Couple
"Real-life illustrations of game theory concepts and decision-making scenarios are plentiful as well as entertaining in their execution. I was happy, however, to be spared the over-complicated mathematics that I expected." by John Burns
Difficulty level: Low
Length: 512 pages / 17 hours for audiobook
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11) Essays by Michel de Montaigne
This is a rather unusual work of philosophy. Montaigne wrote it during a long period of isolation where he meditated about many aspects of human life and philosophy in general.
He put these meditations into written form, and offers readers unique perspectives on a huge range of topics, some trivial, some truly profound.
Montaigne wrote a total of 107 essays, of varying length. For the time starved reader, here are the most popular and Recommended ones:
"On Solitude"
"On Cannibals"
"To Philosophize is to Learn to Die"
"On the Education of Children"
"Of Heraclitus and Democritus"
"On the Power of the Imagination"
"On Books"
"How the Mind tangles itself up"
"Why We Weep and Laugh at the Same thing"
"Of Pendantry"
What others have said:
"His book was different from all others which were at that date in the world. It diverted the ancient currents of thought into new channels. It told its readers, with unexampled frankness, what its writer's opinion was about men and things, and threw what must have been a strange kind of new light on many matters but darkly understood." by William Carew Hazlitt
Difficulty level: Low, engaging and accessible even to beginners.
Length: 1344 pages / 50 hours for audiobook
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12) The Social Contract By Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Rousseau lived in a time when the absolutist monarchies of Europe had reached their zenith. The ruler had nearly unlimited power, without any significant restriction, counterweight or checks and balances that could control him.
Critical of this state of affairs, he developed a comprehensive political system that would at once provide a legitimate way for the people to express power and set rules, while at the same protecting their freedoms.
The form of government Rousseau put forward was that of a democracy. While this may seem like a no-brainer today, democracy had a very reputation during his time, since most people simply considered it a dictatorship of the many, of the poor.
But Rousseau's brilliance was that he reimagined the fundamentals of democracy, in a way that makes it viable, functional, moral and most of all, seductive, even dangerously seductive in the eyes of a dictator, tyrant or absolutist monarh.
What others have said:
"The operation of burning it was perhaps as odious as that of writing it. […] To burn a book of argument is to say: 'We do not have enough wit to reply to it.'" by Voltaire (not a fan of democracy, preferred an enlightened absolutist monarch)
"I doubt whether any recent advocate of participatory democracy has made a case one-tenth as powerful as Rousseau made his." by Robert A. Dahl
Difficulty level: Low to medium, can be technical at times.
Length: 192 pages / 6 hours for audiobook
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13) Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
Aristotle was a student of Plato's, and a polymath who knew almost everything there was to know in his time.
He applied great intellectual rigor to his works, and this is evident in his writings on ethics.
In Nicomachean Ethics he explores what are the greatest virtues and vices, and how one can become virtuous by use of the Golden Mean.
Overall, a thorough and enjoyable read for anyone looking for a work on morals and ethics.
What others have said:
"However, if we seek the most elaborate and least ambiguous answer to this truly vital question [what is virtue?], we shall turn to Aristotle's Ethics. There we read among other things that there is a virtue of the first order called magnanimity—the habit of claiming high honors for oneself with the understanding that one is worthy of them. We also read there that sense of shame is not a virtue: sense of shame is becoming for the young who, due to their immaturity, cannot help making mistakes, but not for mature and well-bred men who simply always do the right and proper thing. Wonderful as all this is-we have received a very different message from a very different quarter." by Leo Strauss
Difficulty level: low
Length: 390 pages / 8-9 hours for the audiobook
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14) The Republic by Plato
This is Plato's most important work, and it is vast in scope, leaving no philosophical stone unturned. In fact, most of the subjects this book explores are still being debated now, more than two thousand years later.
Taking this into account, you'd think it would be difficult and technical. Fortunately however, it's a relatively easy work to unders, even for people who have never read a philosophical book before.
It's written in a lively dialogue form, where the ideas are proposed, countered or dismissed by multiple characters.
If you don't know what you want to learn about philosophy, then read this book.
Because it tackles so many subjects all at once, you can use it to find what interests you more about philosophy, and read more about that.
What others have said:
" Practically everyone wants reason to rule, and no one thinks a man like Socrates should be ruled by inferiors or have to adjust what he thinks to them. What the Republic actually teaches is that none of this is possible and that our situation requires both much compromise and much intransigence, great risks and few hopes. The important thing is not speaking one's own mind, but finding a way to have one's own mind." by Allan Bloom
"Almost all accounts of the history of political thinking begin with Plato. This is a paradox, because Plato's political thought is antipolitical. Readers of his Republic see that in the polis of Plato's imagination, there is no politics, and are puzzled" by Alan Ryan
Difficulty level: Low to Medium, but depends on the translation. Some passages require more than a few readings to fully grasp the subtleties.
Length: 395 pages / around 12 hours for the audio book version
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15) The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a cursed man, punished by the gods to push a boulder up a hill, watch it roll down, then push it up again and so on for eternity.
Starting from this myth, Camus goes on to explore the meaning of life, or better said why it doesn't seem to have any meaning.
It's opening words are "There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide", so it doesn't really start off on a cheery note.
And yet, it is a wonderful exploration the human condition, and why ultimately life is worth living.
Difficulty level: Technical, will likely require multiple, slow readings.
Length: 212 pages / around 7 hours for the audiobook
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16) Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
Nietzsche was (and still is) one of philosophy's most polarising figures. His ideas have achieved a rare feat, in that they can be integrated into many ideological systems and justify their actions.
As a case in point, both anarchists and fascists, two ideologies at polar opposites of each other, appropriated some of his ideas.
His contemporaries accused him of undermining society's moral anchors, with ideas such as "God is dead", master-slave morality, the Übermensch and many others.
Nietzsche blew open a tight and rigid moral lid on society, and created space for new currents of thought.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra is among his most important works, and contains many of his central ideas.
What others have said:
While a long quote, this captures the thoughts of many thinkers regarding Nietzsche:
"It is obvious that in his day-dreams he is a warrior, not a professor; all of the men he admires were military. His opinion of women, like every man's, is an objectification of his own emotion towards them, which is obviously one of fear. "Forget not thy whip"– but nine women out of ten would get the whip away from him, and he knew it, so he kept away from women, and soothed his wounded vanity with unkind remarks. […] [H]e is so full of fear and hatred that spontaneous love of mankind seems to him impossible. He has never conceived of the man who, with all the fearlessness and stubborn pride of the superman, nevertheless does not inflict pain because he has no wish to do so. Does any one suppose that Lincoln acted as he did from fear of hell? Yet to Nietzsche, Lincoln is abject, Napoleon magnificent. […] I dislike Nietzsche because he likes the contemplation of pain, because he erects conceit into duty, because the men whom he most admires are conquerors, whose glory is cleverness in causing men to die. But I think the ultimate argument against his philosophy, as against any unpleasant but internally self-conscious ethic, lies not in an appeal to facts, but in an appeal to the emotions. Nietzsche despises universal love; I feel it the motive power to all that I desire as regards the world. His followers have had their innings, but we may hope that it is coming rapidly to an end." By Bertrand Russell
Difficulty level: high, and it contains many subtle meanings that are not immediately obvious at the first reading, or even the second or third.
Length: 352 pages
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What philosophers and other great minds read
Sam Hariss' (neuroscientist, philosopher) reading list
Sam Harris is a well known public intelectual, with works primarily focused around ethics, free will, morality, spirituality and science.
His own works are well worth the read, but in an interview with Tim Ferris, he made a list of what he thinks are some excellent philosophy books that can expand the mind.
- A History of Western Philosophyby Bertrand Russell
- Reasons and Personsby Derek Parfit
- The Last Wordby Thomas Nagel
- The Holy Qur'an
- Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategiesby Nick Bostrom
- Humiliation: And Other Essays on Honor, Social Discomfort, and Violenceby William Ian Miller
- The Flight of the Garuda: The Dzogchen Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism by Keith Dowman
- I Am Thatby Nisargadatta Maharaj
- Infidelby Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- The Year of Magical Thinkingby Joan Didion
- The Journalist and the Murdererby Janet Malcolm
Courtesy of Brain Pickings.
Noam Chomsky Reading List
Noam Chomsky is a pioneer of linguistics, a founder of cognitive science and an analytic philosopher.
His own works are groundbreaking in many respects, and have furthered our understanding of the human mind and how we shape languages, and become shapped by them.
Chomsky List has compiled a thorough list of all his major influences, including philosophical works:
- The Conquest of Bread (Penguin Classics) by Peter Kropotkin
- Roads to Freedom: Socialism, Anarchism & Syndicalism by Bertrand Russell
- The Problems of Philosophyby Bertrand Russell
- Knowing and the Knownby John Dewey
- The Brothers Karamazovby Fyodor Dostoevsky
Alan Watts' recommended philosophy works
Alan Watts was a British philosopher who explained Eastern philosophy to a Western audience.
His works popularised Budhism and other Eastern schools of thought, and added a new spiritual dimension a Westerner could dive into.
Here's a reading list compiled by Alan Watts
- Republic (Hackett Classics)by Plato
- Barnes and Noble Routledge Classics set: The Impact of Science on Societyby Bertrand Russell
- The Gnostic GospelsElaine Pagels
- Future Shockby Alvin Toffler
- The Undiscovered Self: The Dilemma of the Individual in Modern Societyby Carl Jung
- 1984by George Orwell
Karl Marx and his philosophical influences
Karl Marx was the economist and philosopher, who came up with Communism.
To build such a philosophically complete and extensive structure, he relied on the past work of numerous other philosophers, which shaped him and his ideas.
So here's an (incomplete) list of Karl Marx' influences:
- Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant
- Phenomenology of Spirit by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- The Essence of Christianity (Great Books in Philosophy) by Ludwig Andreas von Feuerbach
- The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
- The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation by David Ricardo
- The Social Contract (Penguin Books for Philosophy) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- The Origin of Species: 150th Anniversary Edition by Charles Darwin
Philosophy is a vast subject, but a rewarding one to master, even if just a part of it. Besides opening up new perspectives on how the world works, it more importantly teaches us how to think, and how to interpret reality itself. That in itself is it's greatest gift.
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What Happened
Proving that no organization is immune to external fraud, the company in question is in the financial services industry, which, of course, is very focused on information security. One of the manager-level employees received an email that looked like it was from a senior management member. It directed the employee to buy $2,000 worth of gift cards to be used for employee recognition purposes. The big red flag was that it instructed the employee to take immediate action following the purchase rather than go back to the office first. It stressed that the employee should uncover the cards' security codes and then reply to the email by sending photos of the fronts and backs of the cards. The employee complied. It was discovered by the Info-Security team when they were researching the same type of fraud reported by a different employee, who recognized the scam and did not fall for it.
Action Items
Ensure all employees—not just cardholders—are trained annually on information security. They should scrutinize any email requests that are seemingly out of the blue—something they were not expecting—and/or are different than "normal" business operations. When in doubt, they should independently verify a request and report any fraudulent attempts to the Info-Security team.
Keep your training current by refreshing as needed to include new fraud types and variations of common scams.
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Routinely share examples of fraud (from the news and blogs like this) to keep security at the forefront of people's minds.
Within your process audits, try to simulate a scam to see if employees take the appropriate action.
Ask your IT group about automatically marking emails from external sources, which can help make employees more vigilant.
About BEC Fraud
As reported by the FBI, business email compromise (BEC) is a $12B scam. It is frequently carried out when a subject compromises legitimate business email accounts through social engineering or computer intrusion techniques to conduct unauthorized transfers of funds. While it is most often associated with requests for wire payments, fraudulent requests may pertain to personal information (e.g., W-2 forms). As this blog post demonstrates, the scam has widened to include gift cards.
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