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In the two weeks since the Charleston shooting, I have been unable to write anything, unable to follow through, unable to think. I felt paralyzed, destabilized, not knowing what to say or to do in my grief.
Then I heard about Bree Newsome, a courageous woman who (with the support of other concerned activists) scaled the flagpole in front of Charleston's capital building to take down the confederacy's rebel flag, which shamefully flies overhead.
When I hear of courageous acts in liberation movements, it reminds me of the chapter on action in the Bhagavad Gita. Not surprisingly, this text was Gandhi's favorite and an inspiration for his incredible life - and also an inspiration to Thoreau (another civilly disobedient fellow).
"You are obliged to act, Arjuna, even to maintain your body." (Bhagavad Gita 3.8)
It is impossible not to act. There is no such thing as inaction, no matter how hard you try. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna tells Arjuna (a warrior who has lost his will to act) that even if he were to try not to act at all, you cannot stop acting. You eat, you breathe, you pump your blood, you interact, you gather, you build. Action is a fact of embodied existence. Our actions affect each other. We are all connected to one another; each action makes a ripple in the pond of inter-Being. None of us can act in perfect isolation. The question then becomes, what ripples do you want to make? Even non-action is a form of action. "Our lives begin and end when we become silent on things that matter." (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
The Civil Rights struggle isn't history. It's not over. Seven churches in the south have been burned in ten days. The Ku Klux Klan is planning a rally in Charleston for two weeks from now. Voting rights are being systematically stripped as voting districts get re-assigned to empower certain people and disempower others. Prison populations are booming with roughly five times as many black men as white men, and they are being paid cents per hour to do essentially slave labor for corporations.
Two weeks ago, my heart broke. I cried reading the news of the assassination and mass murder that took place in Charleston. The shooter took nine lives, all while reciting the rhetoric of white supremacist ideology: the ideology that is represented by the south's historic rebel flag, which unfathomably still waves above the state capitol building.
I felt a mixture of grief, anger, hopelessness, fear, outrage, disgust—and I'm certain I am not alone. Being far away, I felt powerless and disconnected. Usually the further away suffering happens from our circle of experience, influence, location, relationships, the easier it is to shut ourselves off from the suffering. It is incredibly difficult to resolve to keep my heart and head open and not to close myself off to something that's happening somewhere else, to someone else.
As the days unfolded, I couldn't look away. I couldn't close my heart to the events that were unfolding. Then, a beacon of hope. A group of activists decided to take brave action. Two activists in particular put their own freedom at stake to remove the offending flag. The two activists are facing criminal charges.
Bree Newsome's own words are more powerful and eloquent than mine, and I shiver as I read her words again and again (her full statement can be found here).
I see no greater moral cause than liberation, equality and justice for all God's people. What better reason to risk your own freedom than to fight for the freedom of others?
Bree's own call to action mirror's Krishna's in the Bhagavad Gita, that all action should be done selflessly, in the service of others' liberation.
"Strive constantly to serve the welfare of the world; by devotion to selfless work a man attains the supreme goal in life." (BG 3.19)
In the history of movements, there are many times when one person acted courageously and that person's actions uplifted and inspired the hearts of many. I hope that this moment will be the call to action for many and that freedom, dignity, and peace will prevail. It is incredibly difficult for one person to overthrow the conditioning to which we all have been subjected and to act not out of desire for personal gain, comfort, pleasure, power, but for the sake of others. "It takes a tremendous amount of endurance and an enormous faith in the Lord within to rebel." (Eknath Easwaran)
"What the outstanding person does, others will try to do. The standards such people create with be followed by the whole world." (Bhagavad Gita 3.21)


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The New War Against Terror: Responding to 9/11 Noam Chomsky
The beginning of the article points out how the United States and Europe have committed or supported atrocities against other populations throughout the centuries, though The United States has not suffered the violence of war in its homeland as Europe has. As the article continues, Chomsky contradicts the commonly held notion that terrorism is the weapon of the weak. In his opinion, "terrorism is the weapon of those who are against "us" whoever "us" happens to be," since it is up to whoever has control of the doctrinal system to decide who is a terrorist. Furthermore, Chomsky states that the definition of terrorism by the United States military is dubious and highlights the blocking, by the United States, of a UN resolution condemning terrorism that would exonerate populations fighting for their freedom. Moreover, the article describes that those responsible for the September 11 attacks were originally funded by the CIA as the mojahedin fighting against the Russia invasion in Afghanistan. Finally, Chomsky observes that, as a Policy Option, the United States should go after the perpetrators and bring them to justice and try to understand their motivations instead of just punishing the whole region where the source of attack came from. Taking advantage of the situation to have open and rich discussion about this subject should also be a priority in Chomsky's opinion so that we can reduce the level of violence and terror.
Behavioral Study of Obedience Stanley Milgram
The article describes the results of an experiment on obedience conducted by Stanley Milgram. First, it makes an analysis about how obedience is fundamental for social order. However, Milgram also exemplifies how obedience can be destructive, such as in the case of mass killings caused by soldiers obeying the orders of their superiors (even if they did not agree with these orders) during the Second World War. Then, it describes the experiment, where one subject was told by the researcher that he had to inflict electrical shocks on another subject (just pretending to be shocked) as a punishment for wrong answers in a learning procedure. Ultimately, Milgram found that a higher number of subjects followed the orders of giving strong electrical shocks than expected. This demonstrates the willingness of people to blindly obey orders, even though it is against their moral values, because they did not want to disobey an authority figure (the researcher).
Right of Death and Power Over Life Michel Foucault
In his article, Foucault describes how power in the past was applied by the sovereign as he had the right of life and of death over his subjects. In other words, he was able to decide whether or not to kill someone. Power then was seen as a "deduction," or the ability to take things away, such as property, taxes, and life, from the subjects. Today, Foucault stresses that power has changed from a focus of "deduction" to a focus in "life" and how to secure, extend, and improve it. Foucault calls this new power over life "bio-power" and it is where the human body is seen as a productive machine as well as by its reproductive capacity. Furthermore, "bio-power" is perceived as the responsible factor for the rise of capitalism. Finally, the objective of this type of power is to evaluate and understand how we live so that it can be controlled to optimize the conditions of life.
Permission to engage
The documentary is about a leaked military video that shows an incident where American attack helicopters shot at presumed Iraq militias in Bagdad during the American occupation of Iraq in 2007. As the documentary shows, some of the victims were unarmed civilians. From there, an Al Jazeera reporter goes and interviews both the family of some of the victims and an American soldier who was present at the incident. The victims in question were working for the news outlet Reuters in Iraq. First off, both families analyse the video with the reporter, stating that their relatives were innocent and unarmed civilians and the other victims who had weapons were security for a nearby mosque. In the families' opinion, the American military had no right in shooting at their relatives and should be held accountable for its actions.
At the same time that the documentary shows the interview with the Iraqi families, it alternates in showing an interview with an ex-American soldier who was present during the incident. The soldier also analyses the video and divide it in two parts. The first one, when the helicopters first engage the individuals on foot, including the Reuter's employees, he believes that the US military's actions were justified because he thinks that the images were showing one of the men carrying a Rocket Propelled Grenade. However, in the second part of the video, when the helicopters shot at the van, he believes that those acts were classified as war crimes since they had no reason to engage at that point. After participating in the incident, during which he rescued two children, the American soldier changed his view on the war in Iraq. In the end, it shows the soldier writing a letter to the Iraqi families, asking for forgiveness, which they did not accept.
The film takes place in the future, the 22nd century, when humans are mining a precious mineral called Unobtanium on a planet called Pandora. This planet is inhabited by the Navi, a blue humanoid who lives in harmony with nature and who worships a mother goddess represented by nature itself.
The expansion of a mining company looking for Unobtanium threatens the existence of the local Navi population since their gathering place, a giant tree called Hometree, is inconveniently located on top of the richest deposit of in the area.
Jake Sully, a paraplegic former marine, is employed by the mining company's private security force to use an Avatar (a genetically engineered Navi body with the mind of a human located elsewhere) to go into the forest and integrate with the Navi to gather intelligence and to try to negotiate about the mineral deposit. There, he meets a female Navi, falls in love with her, learns about their society, and ends up sympathizing with the Navis.
Colonel Miles Quaritch, the head of the mining company's private security force, learns that the Navis will never abandon their tree and decides to attack it with the intent of destroying it and accessing the minerals. In response, Jake tells the Navis to gather all of the clans together to battle against the mining company security forces. Furthermore, he has the help of certain humans who sympathize with the natives and do not follow the military orders from their superiors at the mining company.
Eventually, with the help of all living species of the planet, the Navi wins the battle. All humans are expelled from Pandora and sent back to Earth, after which Jake is transferred forever into his avatar with the aid of the Hometree.
Analysis and Comparison
Power is seen as the main subject in both the movies and all three articles. In all of the content it is clear a dichotomy between the authority (whether legitimate or illegitimate) and the subjected group.
In Avatar, the dichotomy is between the mining company and its security force and the peaceful local tribe, the Navi, and in Permission to Engage it is between the American military and the Iraqi civilians. The focus of power in both movies can be evaluated through the lens of all three articles. In the case of "Behavioural Study of Obedience" by Stanley Milgram, the focus of power is in the obedience of the authority by the subjects. In Avatar, however, since the Navi did not actually recognize the authority of the humans, they did not follow their orders and instead chose to rebel against them. However, the blind obedience as described in Milgram's article can be seen by most of the Earth soldiers who obey their orders to attack the Navi, although some refused, as in Milgram's study. In Permission to Engage, we do not necessarily see any form of obedience by the Iraqis because they were shot before being given any orders to obey. However, we do once again see blind obedience by the helicopter pilots to shoot and kill according to what they were taught by their military superiors.
In "Right of Death and Power Over Life" by Michel Foucault, power is seen as the ability to control life and death and this can be seen in both movies. In Avatar, the mining company security force has the military capability to decide which Navis live and which Navis die in order to fulfil its desire for minerals. In Permission to Engage, the American Military, specifically the helicopter pilots, do not have the direct authority to decide who lives and dies because of international rules of war. However, they were trained to trick the system and manage to embellish details in a way that gave them this power of life and death as they were able to kill the Iraqi civilians.
The final article, "The New War Against Terror: Responding to 9/11" by Noam Chomsky is perhaps the most applicable to the two films. In his article, Chomsky highlights that terrorism is not only a weapon of the weak but can be also a tool from the stronger against the weaker to further an agenda. In the case of Avatar, it could be argued that what the mining company and its security forces do to the Navi is terrorism as they violently work to further their own agenda. In the case of Permission to Engage, the shooting of the Iraqi civilians can also be considered terrorism on the part of The United States as they shot without true, just cause. Furthermore, although both the Navi and some Iraqi civilians were seen as a menace of almost terrorist proportions, they were actually only the the local population struggling for their right for a homeland and freedom. This is something that Chomsky mentions when describing the veto of a UN resolution, by The United States, which argued that local freedom fighters should not be seen as terrorists.
Altogether, both movies and the three articles deal with power and have a clear dichotomy of a strong group and of a weak group. While both movies can be analysed through the three articles, it is Chomsky's article that allows us to describe the acts of the movies as terrorism while the other two offer ideas that could lead up to this.


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Read as comments in reply to Mylan Engel's presentation, The Equivocal or Question-Begging Nature of Evil Demon Arguments for External World Skepticism at the annual Midsouth Philosophy Conference (20 February 2003).
1. Mylan Engel offers an admirable response to a hoary menagerie of
skeptical arguments based on the possibility of thoroughgoing error.
Descartes' brilliant illustration of the worry in the
Meditations has tagged them as
Evil Demon arguments, but the
same strategy is employed when, for example, Chuang Tzu wonders whether he knows
he is not a butterfly dreaming he is a man, or when we modern science fiction
readers wonder whether we aren't all just brains in vats. (¶ 1)
The skeptic asks us to ponder a possibility: what if—the whole apparent world is nothing but smoke and mirrors (except without the smoke or the mirrors)? What if—it is all a web of deceit, crafted by some monstrous intelligence of incomparable power and malice? It makes our heads spin, and we feel an epistemological dizziness. We thought the ground was firm, but maybe our ordinary beliefs are the work of the Deceiver. For all we know, the demon-world could be the one we inhabit. How could we know whether or not any external objects exist, when Old Nick could have been bamboozling us all along? (¶ 2)
2. Engel is exactly right when he points out a confusion between two
different sorts of
possibility in such arguments. Alan White makes a
similar point in his under-appreciated book Modal
Thinking, where he distinguishes what he calls
actualities from
actual possibilities.
Actual possibilities
are metaphysical possibilia, that we use to speak of
potentialities and counterfactuals. We refer to them when we say that it is
possible for X to be Y.
actualities, on the other hand, are more or less epistemic possibilities:
they are what might be real, and we refer to them when we say that it
is possible that X is Y. (Consider: I'm
wondering about the weather. If someone says,
It's possible
that it's raining outside, I may take an umbrella. But if someone
It's possible for it to rain outside, I am no better
off for this bit of modal enlightenment.) (¶ 3)
Engel aptly diagnoses skeptical worries in terms of the confusion between these two distinct modal concepts. Because the skeptic confuses metaphysical and epistemic possibility, he starts to think that any damn thing he can imagine might be true—and since it might be true, we can't say that we know it is false. But this is just a muddle. Just as with the rain, the bare metaphysical possibility of the Evil Demon does not necessarily have any bearing on my actual epistemic predicament. (¶ 4)
3. I am also convinced by Engel's argument that an epistemic
version of the argument cannot get off the ground without question-begging. His
argument is, I think, interestingly connected to Moore's two-fisted Proof of an External World. As with Moore's response
to skeptical arguments, Engel observes that although EA is logically valid,
simply trotting it out will not prove the skeptic's conclusion. A valid
deductive argument shows only what follows if certain premises are
true. EA shows that the e-possibility of the Demon and knowledge of an external
world cannot both be accepted. But consider which of these the skeptic would
have us reject—that I know that
Here is one hand, and here is
another. If the Demon's epistemic possibility excludes that,
then why should I grant it in the first place? Unless the skeptic can come up
with some reason to see her murky
philosophical intuitions about
diabolical beings as more plausible than the hand in front of my face, her
argument merely gives a reason to deny one of its premises—and the only
response that the Demon deserves is a certain gesture of the hands. (¶ 5)
4. For Engel, though, the skeptic begs the question only in the fallibilistic version of EA. He thinks that EAi is not only valid, but sound. It's not that the Evil Demon argument doesn't work—but rather, it only works for infallibilistic knowledge, which is not the only, nor even the most interesting, sort of knowledge out there. (¶ 6)
I want to prod Engel on his distinction between infallibilistic and fallibilistic knowledge. It's not that I think his distinction is mistaken, exactly. Rather, I'm not sure whether it does what he wants it to do, in terms of describing external world knowledge and diagnosing the skeptic. (¶ 7)
This distinction between fallible and infallible epistemic possibility is itself a modal distinction. Engel characterizes it in terms of the logical possibility of falsity: we have fallibilistic knowledge where we have fallible justification; we have fallible justification if there is a logically possible world in which the belief in question has the justification in question, but is still false. We have infallible justification, on the other hand, if the evidence for a belief entails its truth—if no possible world counts as one where the belief is false but justified. (¶ 8)
cogito statements count as infallible because, for
example, my justification for believing that I am in pain is that I feel
pain. But there is nothing that counts as feeling pain without
being in pain. I cannot have the justification unless the belief is
true. But when it comes to the external world, Engel says: (¶ 9)
Presumably, your current visual and tactile experiences are what justify you in believing that there is a piece of paper before you, and it's obvious that those experiences do not entail that there is a piece of paper before you, for you can have phenomenologically indistinguishable experiences […] when no paper is there. (¶ 10)
The picture Engel has in mind here seems to be parallel to the picture for a case like this: I see that the person at the lectern is flipping something hidden behind it as he reads an essay. In the past, I have often observed this happening when someone has paper behind the lectern, and rarely when there is no paper behind it, so I infer that there is a paper on the lectern. Now I can't see whether there is or not, so it could be that, in spite of all the evidence, the essay is actually impressed on clay tablets. But as long as it does turn out there's paper on the lectern, it seems the evidence was good enough for our ordinary affairs. It would be perverse to say I didn't really know there was paper there. (¶ 11)
This may be the right story to tell when it comes to inferring the
existence of paper hidden behind a lectern. But is it the right story to tell
about seeing paper in front of me? Hume called any such picture into serious
question when he pointed out that
A single perception can never produce the
idea of a double existence, and that as a result, we
can never observe [a
conjunction] between perceptions and objects (Treatise
I.IV.ii). If we are supposed to infer the existence of paper from
paper-like appearances, it is unclear how we could ever realize that paper-like
appearances count as evidence of something else in the first place—because
it is unclear how I ever come to know that there is something else for them to
be evidence of. (¶ 12)
Hume thought that this meant we have no clear idea of an external world. But we may take it as a sign that we need a new picture of human perception, such that when I see paper, that piece of paper—not the visual and tactile sensations—is the immediate object of my perception. Paper-like visual sensations do not count as evidence at all except insofar as they count as seeing the paper, and they can count as seeing it only if the paper is there. The evidence for the paper is simply that I see it—but that does entail that there is a piece of paper there, and so is infallible, according to Engel's characterization of the term. (¶ 13)
5. On this infallibilistic view of perception, it could turn out that all my inner states are exactly as they would be when I am justified, but I fail to be justified because the world is not lined up in the right way. This may seem queer. But if Hume was right, no report on a person's sensuous states could count as justification for belief in external objects, and the fallibilistic view of perceptual knowledge is unstable. In order to avoid skepticism, we must reconsider the epistemological Pelagianism that views justification as merely fulfilling all our epistemic duties. We may instead hold that good works alone are not enough—for the believer to be justified, she also needs grace. (¶ 14)
6. The infallibilistic view of perception would also require us to alter the diagnosis that Engel offers for the pull of Evil Demon arguments. If I infallibly know that there is paper in front of me, then that just is infallible knowledge that the Demon hypothesis is false, and EAi will fall to charges of question-begging just like EAf. (¶ 15)
How ought we to diagnose the skeptic? I think that Engel is right to draw a line here between cogito knowledge and external world knowledge, and he is right to do so in terms of fallibility. But instead of the possibility of falsity, perhaps we should think in terms of the possibility of failure—not failure of the truth of the belief, but rather its justification. (¶ 16)
Suppose that the Deceiver makes me think I see paper. It would seem to me as if the visual sensations I experience are justifications of my belief—but in fact, because I do not see the paper, they are not. By contrast, consider Descartes' famous cogito ergo sum. There is no such thing as a deception about justification here: if the Deceiver makes it seem to me as if I am justified in believing that I exist, then I am justified in believing I exist. (¶ 17)
Now, as long as there really is a piece of paper I am
seeing, I actually am justified, and actually do know that there is
paper there. This is truth-infallible knowledge, so there is neither a
fallibilistic nor an infallibilistic epistemically possible world
without the paper there. However, it is
fallible in the
justification-failure sense, giving the justification the interesting feature
that there is a logically possible world in which I seem to be
justified, but am not. (¶ 18)
I wonder, then, whether Engel hasn't given the skeptic more than he should. I wonder whether the pull of the Evil Demon hypothesis comes not from a sound but irrelevant version of EA, but rather because the skeptic has taken note of a complicated aspect of the metaphysically possible demon-worlds (that is, the failure of apparent justifications), and then confused metaphysical possibility with epistemic possibility all over again. (¶ 19)
7. What I have said here amounts mostly to certain incidental questions. I do not mean that they are trivial—far from it. But even if it turns out that that they reveal some misstep on Engel's part, I certainly do not think that they undermine his main insights concerning the confusions that are involved in Evil Demon arguments. I am, quite simply, convinced of the truth of his central insights. Think of my comments as trying to fine tune the picture, rather than trying to change the channel. (¶ 20)
What I've tried to offer is some quick sketches of where I am not entirely sure of Engel's picture. Consequently, I have been somewhat sketchy on details and argument. But I hope in further discussion we may return to these questions, and the others that arise from Mylan Engel's fine essay, in more depth. (¶ 21)
Let's begin. (¶ 22)


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"My dad was in the pulpwood business back in the '60's when I was growing up," Taylor said. "To earn spending money, he would let Benny Martin and me haul a few loads of pulpwood when we were out of school."
"Back in those days, there were no skidders or loaders, so we had to cut, tote the wood to the truck and load it by hand," Taylor added. "I wasn't big enough to tote a very big stick of pulpwood but Benny was strong as an ox so if we could get a stick up on his shoulders, he could carry it to the truck."
Back in the early 1960's there was no American Logging Council or even a Louisiana Logging Council nor any of the other entities such as the Timbermen's Self Insured Fund or the Southern Loggers Cooperative, that Taylor became involved with in his long career as a logging contractor.
After graduating from Calvin High School in May of 1963, the two teenage pulpwood haulers decided to head for Louisiana Tech and attend its Forestry School.
"My Uncle Ardis Brewton, owned a saw mill in Winnfield. Also, I knew a few other people in the forest industry so it seemed logical choice to become a forester," Taylor explained.
Under the tutelage of legendary Forestry Professor Lloyd P. Blackwell at Louisiana Tech, Taylor got a large view of the forest industry and its future. One summer during college, Taylor fought forest fires in the mountains of Colorado for the US Forest Service.
After graduating from Tech in May of 1967, Taylor went to work for Joe Burns, another legendary forest industry operator, cruising timber. He worked alongside another young forester who would also have a long distinguished career, Mervin Parker.
"I was always willing to try new things to become a better logger," Taylor said. "I was working for Cavenham in 1989 when I bought my first used in-woods chipper. Andy Kepper was my Cavenham forester and he thought buying a chipper to make chips in the woods was exactly the right path to travel."
"In 1990, I bought a chipper that could make clean chips," Taylor recalled. The manufacturer told me I was the first logger in the US to operate a chipper to make clean chips in the woods. Over the next ten years, I bought two more chippers," Taylor added. "But I also kept a logging job going."
"In the late 1990's, I was looking for ways to improve my logging jobs when I came across the concept of cut-to-Length logging equipment made over in Finland,'' Taylor explained. "I was so sure that the equipment would work in the piney woods that I bought two sets from the Ponsee Company in 1997 sight unseen."
"Another pathway that I pursued that has worked well for me was buying government timber, I bought my first government timber from the J.K. Martin group. They had bought the sale but couldn't get it logged, so I bought it from them. Since then, I've bought numerous tracts of government timber directly, The Kisatchie has been a great resource for me in my logging career. I've done a lot of thinning on Forest Service land during those years," Taylor noted. "They do have their rules and regulations that you have to follow, but you can do that and still make money. The Forest Service is very concerned about how the area you logged looks after you have finished your job," Taylor emphasized. "I just finished a government tract down on the west side of Highway 167, a few miles north of Williana. You can get a good idea of what the Forest Service expects a job to look like after you finish by looking at that job north of Williana," Taylor said.
Prior to 1999, any time that Taylor took off from working in the woods usually centered on going to logging equipment trade shows. However, in 1999, he was asked by the Director of the Louisiana Logging Council to be a candidate for Vice-President of the Council. This was the "Coming Out-Of-The-Woods-Time'' for Travis Taylor. He remained active in the Council and eventually moved up to president, where he served two years.
From that position, Travis became the Southern delegate to the American Logging Council (ALC). and a few years later, was elected secretary and then vice president, to become eligible for the presidency of the ALC which he will assume on October 6 at the 2012 convention in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
In 2002, Taylor was elected to the board of directors of the Timbermen's Self Insured Fund in Winnfield to replace his teenage buddy, Benny Martin who passed away in 2001. In 2002, Taylor was a co-founder of Vanguard Synfuels, LLC in Pollock. In 2004, as diesel fuel prices began to tick-upward, Taylor almost single-handily organized the Southern Loggers Cooperative.
"The Southern Loggers Cooperative is a prime example of what can happen when loggers work together for their own benefit," Taylor emphasized. "We buy and sell millions of gallons of diesel fuel each year, saving the loggers thousands of dollars each year."
"From our humble start with one fueling station on Thomas Mill Road in Winnfield, we have 18 fueling stations in a half dozen states with four more stations in the development stage," Taylor added. "We now have 1,200 Southern Loggers Coop members and continue to grow."
"In the 1990's while concentrating on my jobs in the woods, I did a lot of thinking about the plight of the logger and where the industry was headed," Taylor admitted. "When I got the opportunity to get involved in the Louisiana Logging Council in '99, I decided to do the very best job I could to help the logging industry. I've got a few positive things that I'm going to work very hard on to accomplish as President of the ALC, this coming year," Taylor concluded.


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TIPP CITY — A Troy man arrested in Tipp City last week and charged with drug possession and trafficking will appear in court next week.
Roberts was arraigned on Monday and is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing Feb. 8. He is facing a felony charge of drug trafficking, two felony charges of possession of drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia, open container, driving in violation of license restriction and failure to reinstate license.
According to the Tipp City Police Department, Darrell K. Roberts II, was in possession of several grams of suspected methamphetamine, hydroponic marijuana and hydrocodone tablets when he was arrested on Jan. 28.
The police report said that the drugs were found in a blue plastic box with the scale and extra bags in a manner "consistent with drugs prepared for sale."
Police also located a glass meth or cocaine pipe, a digital scale and empty plastic bags, two cell phones, a knife, a sawed off shotgun and a half empty bottle of vodka. Roberts told police that the pipe was his, but everything else in the vehicle was not. He said the vehicle belonged to a friend.
Roberts was stopped on southbound Interstate 75 Sunday night because an officer noticed his vehicle drifting between lanes.
Roberts told police he did not have a license. The report stated that Roberts had four active suspensions and five active failures to reinstate license.
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Step into the world of leukoderma and understand it complexity, problem and the various Indian superstitions revolving around it. Before you groan and go away, let me tell you that this isn't a book a la 'Emperor Of Maladies'(though I am told it is a fascinating book) but rather a fictional story of the struggles that a woman suffering leukoderma faces. 'Mahashweta' by Sudha Murthy, from the synopsis at the back and the glittering praise from well established newspapers, promises to be a unique read that delves into the suffering of a disease that afflicts many but doesn't find its way in the stories. Unfortunately, the novel fails to live up to those promises for which there are many reasons to which we will get back to later on.
'Mahashweta' is aptly dedicated to women suffering from leukoderma and urges them to fight and not be oppressed by their disease. The story begins on a congratulatory note with the birth of a girl child which is a means to establish the single status of Dr. Anand-the successful, handsome and rich doctor- who helped give birth to the baby girl. Later while at his work, Anand is coaxed into buying a Rs. 1000 ticker for a play he has no idea about by the 'incomparable' Anupama. The play is a love story between Mahashweta and Pundalik and is part of the book 'Kadambari' written by Bhana Bhatta. Anupama plays the heroine and as expected Dr. Anand is mesmerized by her beauty and acting skills. After a few irrelevant incidents, they both get married(how predictable!) despite the difference in their economic status. It is only after marriage that Anupama develops a white patch and it begins to spread despite her clandestine treatment. When her mother-in-law realises this, all hell breaks loose. She accuses Anupama of having tricked her son into marrying him and begins to consider her inauspicious because of leukoderma. She eventually returns to her father's house, disgraced. Her evil stepmother's taunts and ill treatment just worsens the situation. To top it all, Dr. Anand- being a doctor at least should know that leukoderma is nothing but a disease and not something that turns a person inauspicious-also does not support Anupama and abandons her when she needed him the most. Anupama, however, does not let the circumstances get the better of her. She bravely decides to go to Mumbai, away from her callous family and in-laws, to eke out a living and carve a place of her own free from any pain, stigma and stereotypes. She is quite successful is achieving her dreams and standing proudly on her own two feet.
'Mahashweta' is a conventional story of the suffering bravely overcoming their difficult trials and tribulations. The only redeeming aspect of the story comes at the end when Anupama decides to remain her own master and be economically independent rather than being bound by someone else's rules and regulations. Other than this, the novel as a whole is marred by a fragmented narrative, dollops of stereotypes, amateurish writing, no smooth narration and a very soap operatic treatment of the entire story. In fact, I wouldn't be wrong in saying that 'Mahashweta' is a soap opera in prose style as it has all the prerequisites of one-the constant preoccupation with marriage, the evil mother-in-law and sister-in-law twist, the evil stepmother convention, the too good to be true daughter-in-law who suffers silently, the narrow minded and religious focus of the story at time and the list is endless.
While Sudha Murthy does take up a relatively lesser known disease to tell her story, she does not break any new ground on it as the entire novel is steeped in too many stereotypes particularly about girls and marriage. For eg, on the first page itself, the nurse who assisted in the birth of the girl ponders over how the female child is stronger at birth than the male but later on becomes the one who suffers. The nurse attributes this as being 'a fact of life' which is not really true because being feminine or masculine is not a fact of life but rather a cultural construct. The system of patriarchy conditions women to expect suffering in their life. Anything that is exploited or oppressed is associated with the female sex. For eg. it is 'mother' earth and never 'father' earth. The novel is replete with such redundant stereotypes. Murthy may have wished to challenge them but she does not do a good job as she merely states them with no attempts at challenging them much like any commonplace Indian soap opera.
Moreover,her writing does not have the emotional depth that is perhaps required in such a sensitive story. Most of her attempts at philosophy(through Anupama) are also blunt and shallow.
Although, 'Mahashweta' educates the reader about leukoderma and the debilitating superstitions that even 'educated' Indians follow, the novel becomes a drag to read. It reveals the hypocrisy of the Indian society in their attitudes to leukoderma but does not do so in a profound, erudite and personal manner.
Final Verdict: It is best to skip 'Mahashweta' altogether. If you really want to know more about leukoderma, then contact you nearest dermatologist. Or if you don't have the time, then just click here to know more!
A fragile love flowered in the vast, desolate,empty Yorkshire moors between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff. The latter was adopted by Mr. Earnshaw, the master of the manor, Wuthering Heights but was hated and ill treated by his son, Hindley. His daughter, Catherine, on the other hand, soon became friends with him after her father's death and because of Hindley's tyrannical transformation thereafter. Heathcliff soon fell in love with her because of the care and affection she bestowed upon him that no one else in the family or neighbourhood ever did. However, Catherine's reluctance to marry Heathcliff shattered him and turned him into a diabolical man set out to ruin everyone and everything. However, he remained steadfast in his love and even more so in his revenge.
This story told as a flashback by the housekeeper, Ellen Dean, to the Heights' new tenant, Mr. Lockwood, is none other than 'Wuthering Heights' written by Emily Bronte which is a classic love story
that many, if not all, voracious readers will recognize. Bronte gives the reader a look into the twisted, cruel nature of love which for many readers will be a bitter pill to swallow. The novel does not exalt the emotion of love or the two lovers and does not portray love as a goody-goody thing that magically resolves everything. It provides grim picture of love and a plethora of disturbing characters who are warped in their narrow, small lives. The portrayal of the anti-hero Heathcliff is marvellous. There is also a lovely blend of the surroundings with the story. Its almost as if the nature of the novel's setting-the moors-seeps into the storyline, making it as sad and desolate as itself.
Emily Bronte's bold exploration of the dark side of love and the pressures of society on it is commendable. She does not idealize love but rather projects an almost real picture of the misfortunes of falling in love without heed to the norms of status and society. Therein perhaps lies the reason for the book's popularity till today. Its depiction of the tragic love is surpassed by few authors.
'Wuthering Heights' is undoubtedly an unconventional love story with almost nothing positive about it except perhaps Bronte's style of writing and Heathcliff's undying love for Catherine.
'Love Story' by Eric Segal is a famous romance bestseller. Its an unusual love story with bouts of unusual romance coupled with a touch of sadness. It is a short book, almost a novella and can be read in no time.
Oliver Barrett IV is a descendant of a rich, old family and he is a Harvard student who wants to pursue a career in law. Oliver falls in love with an ordinary(read no heritage and poor) girl studying in Radcliffe, Jeniffer Cavilleri. They plan to eventually get married which causes Oliver's father to disinherit him. After marriage, its difficult to earn money but they pull through. However, a tragedy cuts this pretty love story short.
The good thing about 'Love Story' is that Eric Segal does not make the two protagonists fall in love in a cliched manner-like love at first sight or the guy doing the most chivalrous things or making disgusting promises to woo the girl. Its a quick romance with a few swear words thrown in(Its amazing how profanity can be romantic in 'Love Story'). I have never seen a romantic novel where swear words and insulting each other contributes to building up the love between a girl and a guy!
Its written from a male perspective which I think is rare as most love stories have a woman's point of view or have a woman as the narrator.
The book's length is an advantage and a disadvantage simultaneously. On one hand 'Love Story' makes for a short read. But it is this short length that doubles up as a disadvantage too because it does not allow depth in the story and in the characters. It almost becomes a breezy, unmoving read because there is not much descriptions about either Oliver's or Jeniffer's feelings or their relationship.
Too much use of American slang also creates a casual effect, not a deep one . It feels like it is not a profound love story but rather just an ordinary one. The short length and slang usage contribute in diluting the sadness at the end of the novel.
The last word-'Love Story' is no doubt a good romantic read but it is definitely not the best. Its only a one time read!


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From Ginny Sherlock, renowned local attorney, civic activist, and former Associated Press editor: The Martin County Commission will be discussing the Domestic Animal Control Task Force at its meeting on December 13 following a vote last week to suspend all meetings and activities of the Task Force to allow new Commissioner Harold Jenkins to collect information to determine whether or not to continue the important work of the Task Force.
Since meetings have been suspended, Commissioner Jenkins will not have any way of learning about the critical work the Task Force has done so far or what is on tap for the future unless supporters communicate with him directly.
You can be assured that representatives of the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast will be working hard to persuade him that the Task Force is simply trying to prevent the County from renewing its $560,000-a-year animal services contract with HSTC.
This, of course, is completely untrue.
The Task Force's mission is to review and make recommendations regarding County policies, ordinances and contracts related to domestic animal care and control. The Task Force has been engaged in a painstaking review of the Animal Control Ordinance, going through definitions in a methodical effort to update an outdated ordinance.
The Task Force made initial recommendations for provisions that should be included in the County's animal care and control contract, whether the vendor is the HSTC or another organization, including a prohibition on the use of the inhumane "heart stick" method of euthanasia as well as requiring that the vendor provide adequate flea and tick control and prevention. The recommendations, which were approved by the Commission before two new commissioners assumed office, are viewed as very reasonable by an animal shelter services consultant, Karel Minor, who was sponsored by the Pegasus Foundation to visit Martin County's shelters and sanctuaries.
The Task Force is focusing on revising local ordinances, including expanding the TNR (Trap-Neuter/Spay-Release) ordinance which is vital to reducing the number of feral and stray cats in the community, and promoting sterilization of pets throughout the County to reduce the number of abandoned animals who may be ultimately euthanized.
The Task Force is considering "no kill" policies that have been put into place by other local governments in our area, including the highly successful policy adopted by neighboring Palm Beach County. Aggressive sterilization and adoption programs are part of this type of policy, along with coalitions of community animal advocacy organizations.
Please contact Commissioner Jenkins and let him know that the Task Force is doing important work to protect and save animals throughout Martin County on a variety of fronts. The HSTC contract is not the only matter the Task Force is reviewing.
Please contact Commissioner Jenkins via e-mail at email@example.com or by phone at 221-2357. Arrange a personal meeting with him if you can at his office at 2401 SE Monterey Road, Stuart.
It is especially important that members of the Task Force reach out to let Commissioner Jenkins know what you are doing and why it is so critically important to the animals of Martin County.
You may also want to contact Commissioners Heard, Fielding and Ciampi. Commissioner Smith has indicated that he wants to dissolve the Task Force, and Commissioner Ciampi seems inclined to go along with that proposal but may not be fully aware of all the Task Force is doing. Commissioners Heard and Fielding have been highly supportive of the Task Force.
Sarah Heard's e-mail is email@example.com and phone is 221-2358
Ed Fielding's e-mail is firstname.lastname@example.com and phone is 288-5421
Ed Ciampi's e-mail is firstname.lastname@example.com and phone is 221-1357
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Where do you find an abundance of vegetables and fruit in September? In the tin, says Warren Elwin.
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|Fresh ginger, small, chopped
|Onion, chopped
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|Coriander, stems, chopped
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|Fresh herbs, small, tied, such as thyme and marjoram
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- Add smoked paprika and tomatoes. Add fresh herbs and simmer gently for 10 minutes. Remove from the heat, remove the herbs and blend until smooth.
- To serve, reheat soup, season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper and add a little sour cream.


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Step 1. Dissolve the content of one sachet of yoghurt cultures in milk. The amount of milk depends on the capacity of the yoghurt maker. Let the mixture ferment for 5-6 hours in the electric yoghurt maker at about 42 degrees celsius.
Step 2. The yoghurt is ready after 5-6 hours. Stir the yoghurt and reserve 3 tablespoons for a further batch. Put the rest in the refrigerator. Allow this to firm for a few hours before consuming. The yoghurt keeps in the refrigerator for 72 hours.
Step 3. Make a second fermentation by mixing 3 tablespoons of the last batch with a new lot of milk. You can vary the quantity of milk, depending on the amount of yoghurt you want to prepare. Be sure to always use 3 tablespoons of yoghurt. Let the new batch ferment for 3-4 hours.
Steps 2-3 can be repeated at least 10x. For more sour or thicker yoghurt, let the mixture stand for longer, add more than 3 tablespoons of the last batch, or use less milk.
If you have a non-electric yoghurt maker, extend the fermentation time to 12-15 hours and reserve 6 tablespoons for a further culture.
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Well, that didn't take long. Series it is! More manufactured outrage from the left. No wait. This is manufactured outrage from the RIGHT! Apparently Ohio Congressman and House Minority Leader John Boehner is in on the conspiracy to stoke fear and sympathy for Democrats:
Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, denounced the threats and acts of violence, saying it's "not the American way."
"I know many Americans are angry over this health care bill, and that Washington Democrats just aren't listening. But, as I've said, violence and threats are unacceptable," he said in a statement.
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This year we will be continuing to play team games and developing teamwork, sportsmanship and a basic understanding of rules/expectations associated with the specific sports we are playing. Along with team games, we will start to develop skills and techniques that will be used in the weight room. There will be no focus on strength gain, but rather safety and proper lifting techniques and form. We will also focus on speed and agility development. We will use different drills to help develop coordination, balance and quickness.
We will also be spending some time in the classroom each quarter talking about health and health related issues. This will include the following - 10 point spelling quiz, Chapter Review Packet, Chapter Test. We will read and have class discussions.
Expectations for 6th Grade Physical Education - Students will earn 5 point daily.
How they earn their 5 points...
1 point - Dress and ready to go on time
1 point - dressed out in PE clothes and shoes
1 point - Showing good sportsmanship, teamwork, positive attitude and respecting other classmates/teachers and equipment/rules during activities.
2 point - Participating and showing effort in all activities - Effort and Attitude!!!!
A student may be required to finish an "activity packet" in ICU if the following occur...
1. Is absent any number of times.
2. Fails to comply with rules and expectations in class.
3. Refuses to do the activity/unit scheduled for that day.
Locker rooms:
1. Get in and Get out. Once a student is dressed they are expected to be in the hallway.
2. If it is not your's, LEAVE IT ALONE.
3. Respect other peoples personal space, personal belongings and feelings.
1. Participate.
2. Display a positive Effort and Attitude (the only two things you can control!!)
3. Respect equipment, classmates, rules.
4. Display a good sportsmanship and be a good teammate.
Students will have the opportunity to shower but are not required to shower.
1. Use your own soap and towel.
2. Do not use the shower as a restroom!!
3. Get in and get out.
Weekley Breakdown - Week of Feb.6th, 2017
MONDAY Health - Ch. 11
Tuesday -Health - Ch. 11
Wednesday - Fitness Day
Thursday -Health - Ch. 11
Friday - Health - Ch. 11
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In 7th and 8th Grade Computers students will use computers to do the following -
Many different activities and projects will be done through out the year. Each student will be responsible for his/her own work. All assignments and projects will be expected to be done and turned in on the due date.
Students will start each class with 3 daily points. Students may lose points for the following issues -
If a student loses all 3 points they will be required to shutdown their computer and to report to Mr. Brosnahan (Dean of Students). Time missed from class will be made up and any assignments will be required to be finished in ICU.
Students maybe sent to ICU if the following occur...
1. Do not complete assignments by due date.
2. Are asked to leave the classroom because of discipline issues.
Weekly Breakdown - Week of Feb. 6th, 2017
7th Grade Computers 8th Grade Computers
MONDAY - Excel Spread Sheets No Class
Tuesday - No Class Online Safety Power Points - Present
Wednesday - Excel Spread Sheets No Class
Thursday - No Class Keyboarding
**Friday - No Class Keyboarding
7th Grade Computers meet M/W every other Friday
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BREA --Orange County prosecutors say there's not enough evidence to charge a Brea junior high school teacher. He allegedly told a student he'd kill him if he took his class again.The 38-year old teacher, Brian Wilcher, has been on paid administrative leave. Authorities arrested Wilcher in November after the 12-year-old student told a counselor.
Wilcher told officers he was being sarcastic.
The school district's board of trustees meets Monday night. That's when Wilcher learns whether he will keep his job.


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So as we look throughout the scriptures we see that even people like David and Abraham sinned. We see that David was "a man after Gods heart" but we still see David sinning we Bathsheba. Sadly we are all born into this sinful nature, Jesus gives us a new nature but we struggle with sin everyday. The reason Jesus died is because we couldn't be perfect.
In Gods word we see that only God is good. And according to 1 Jn 1:8 if we say we are without sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. Many sinless perfectionist deny this scripture. In 2 Timothy 3:16 it says that all scripture is inspired by God. Ultimately at the end of the day, it is God's word that is the ultimate authority.
Grace and Peace to all of Gods saints through the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Possible: Something that is logically able to be done.
Impossible: A purported state of affairs or fact that violates the laws of logic
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I could see you considering her an exception, so I'll leave it open for someone who wants to debate about an ordinary Christian. But if you are interested in debating about Mary's perfectionism, let me know.
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As an independently owned community bank, we've made it our mission to make a difference in the communities we serve. And for the fifth year in a row, Minnesota Business magazine has recognized our efforts by naming Bell Bank a finalist in the Community Impact Awards.
Michael Solberg, Bell's president and CEO, says the company is built on the premise that people matter.
"Everyone at Bell realizes it's important, not only how we treat our co-workers and customers, but also how we impact the community," he remarks. "We provide employees with paid volunteer time and Pay It Forward dollars to give where they see the greatest need. That grassroots approach to giving has made all of us better stewards, as we are constantly on the lookout for people who need a helping hand."
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Bell's Pay It Forward program, which gives full- and part-time employees money to donate to people and organizations in need. So far, Bell has given more than $11 million through the program to help others, such as a North Dakota organization that trains service dogs to help people with serious medical conditions; the family of an Arizona law enforcement officer who lost his life in the line of duty; and a Minneapolis mobile food shelf program that makes sure low-income seniors and people with disabilities have something to eat.
Bell also sponsors programs that make a difference in our communities, like Trollwood Performing Arts School, which provides arts education and performance programs for students. Bell gives employees paid volunteer time. And we've teamed up with hockey star Matt Cullen to give kids dealing with health issues a VIP experience at a Minnesota Wild hockey game.
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The Ascetic of Desire (1998), Kakar's first novel, is a tribute to the Kama Sutra, and Ecstasy (2001) continues on his principal theme: 'the author's greatest strength lies in his ability to portray the emotional conflicts resulting from physical experiences', declared Publishers Weekly, of the book. His sixth novel, The Devil Take Love (Hamish Hamilton, 256 pages), now details the life of seventh-century Sanskrit poet Bhartrihari, a 'historical ghost' who arrived in the great city of Ujjayini and rose to fame in the court of Avanti with his sensuous love poetry, while struggling with his own romantic life.
Kakar came to the poet's work in Hindi as a young man, through his father, a retired civil servant who saw Bhartrihari as the most modern and different of Sanskrit poets. Using basic primary sources, Kakar drew the rest from the poet's work to describe Bhartrihari's personal journey into the land of sexual passion: 'She who I am always thinking of has no interest in me;/ She desires another man whose devotion is for one other/ than her. And for me, some poor girl pines. Damn it all then!/ The Devil take her & him. The Devil take Love and also her & me.' (Bhartrihari, in the book's epigraph). The language is decorous, ornate, of the time. It is cloying at times, particularly in the love scenes, full of descriptions like 'the rippled dunes of her cunt's soft flesh', even as it nuances the sexual act. But Kakar has given a legendary poet a new, authentic life, and this is a feat in itself. Why, Bharatrihari himself asks, 'To tell the story myself before my enemies begin to slaver around its entrails?' The story of his fall is beguiling, like all great demises.
In his Delhi office (he lives in Goa), Kakar speaks to Open about the reclamation of the past, erotic love and why writers make such great analysts. Excerpts:
Are we closer to an idea of Bhartrihari?
Nobody really knows what happened to him. I still don't know him. I imagined him through his poetry. That he was conflicted, is very much in the poetry. There was no way to write about him in non-fiction; you have something coherent and consistent in seeing him in fiction. I cannot imagine him now in any other way than what he is in this book.
Why him?
Other masters appeal too, but at a remove; Kalidasa brings you close to the universe, but not to himself. I felt a feeling of kinship with Bhartrihari. He is very human.
The poet's pursuit of fame is not new. What was different, then?
Things were not that different; poets enjoyed fame through poetry then too. The difference is, I don't know if the poets complained as much as they do now. But there was not so much difference made between genres. Even in the plays of that time, the poetry is mixed with the prose. There was only kavya (poetry).
What about the idea that you have to suffer to be a poet?
I think it was Auden who said there is no such thing as happy poetry.
When young Bhartrihari writes his first verse, he realises he is being false. How do we deal with received notions of beauty?
What made a poet was not the conventions. The challenge of Sanskrit poetry is how to be original within boundaries, which I think Bhartrihari does very well. Being unconventional outside boundaries is silly, I think; if you are outside boundaries you are in any case unconventional. Now, one doesn't think about these things; boundaries are looked upon as shackles.
The women in the book play on the poet's sensual self. Ambika, who takes his virginity; Ananga, the intoxicating courtesan he marries. Was it difficult to bring women of that time to life? There was a complete division between the kulastri and the curtain. Bhartrihari is in that sense very much of that time. Women at that time wrote in Prakrit, not Sanskrit. There were a few poets, but they were poets in private, rather than in public spaces. In his wife, I combine both the courtesan and the wife—he can have more sentiments with his wife.
Seventh-century Jalandhar is a compelling setting. What do you think of the current attempts at reclamation, this longing for the past?
I think we will see more and more of this. People of my generation were completely cut off from the past, I know British history much more because I studied it in school. For your generation, it has gotten much better. What kind of a past we are going to reclaim is going to be contested. It already is.
It is political...
Yes. The liberal way of rejecting the past is doing them a disservice. I want the liberal also to reclaim the past, not to say that we should only be looking at the globalised world. That would be a mistake.
'Do you like any particular poems?' Bhartrihari asks the 13-year-old Vipula. 'The best. Especially your verses,' she replies. The role of the teacher is erotically charged in this novel. Can you talk about the passing on of knowledge as another form of erotic pleasure?
Many teachers do have that feeling when they are idealised, both men and women. The reception of the teaching opens her up, the admiration is erotic. It is his feeling that this is the last—54 at that time was old—of women who completely idealise him. Idealisations are also erotic.
Was it difficult to create empathy with someone who is not always morally acceptable?
No. That probably comes from the analyst part of me. People do things that are wrong all the time; you've done yourself so many things which are not right.
Does it help to be an analyst as a writer?
No (laughs). But writers, on the other hand, are analysts. I've always thought of Shakespeare as a great psychologist, a greater psychologist than Freud. A good writer has to be, intuitively, a psychologist. But I completely cut off that role when I write. [Kakar has not been practising as an analyst for a long time, though he does keep one or two patients on hand, "to keep reminding myself of my other life"].
What are you reading currently?
I've just finished two interesting books. One is by Knausgaard. It is very interesting and strange, the level of detail. I was just thinking he must be completely lonely. There can't be any relationships with someone writing like him because you don't know how you will end up in his book (laughs). It's fascinating. And I am reading Elena Ferrante's fictional autobiography, which I really enjoyed.
What are your goals as a writer at the moment?
This is my favourite novel. But the moment I think that this is pretty good, the doubt comes—am I going to be able to match what is pretty good in the short time left to me? I have only so many years left, and I want to devote this time to fiction.
Is fiction more difficult than non-fiction?
Non-fiction is easy; you have a floor and a ceiling. With fiction, my floor and ceiling can completely fall down.