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Monday afternoon, 29/02/2016
Happy leap day! Today was the first day of class, which seems like a good point at which to digest the first five days of our new life at Tongji University. Edwina, Mitch and I just spent a good two hours after lessons finished riding in and around campus looking for a good gym to join, and to say the available options were dire would be putting it lightly. Just as expensive as Anytime, and dingy as fuckkk. Like, old school, rusty weights, straight-out-of-Rocky-type thing, pretty much empty bar four or five shady-looking, middle-aged, gangsterish dudes. No girls in sight. I'm going to take this as a heaven-sent sign that I can take a year off from the gym, and between biking all over campus (sometimes with my roommate riding on the back for an extra-heavy quad workout), walking up four flights of stairs to my classroom each morning, and hoisting homewares on the metro every weekend I think physical activity is decently accounted for.
Having easy access to good facilities like the gym is just one of many things that we've quickly realised were a luxury in our old lives. Firstly, the sheer amount of POINTLESS BUREAUCRACY and RED TAPE that accompanies the smallest of tasks here is truly something to behold. At UTS, enrolling is as simple as logging into UTS Online, clicking through, picking your classes and ding-ding, you're in. On enrolment day here, we were sent running between buildings on the opposite ends of the university, given countless forms to sign, made to pay 元600 for insurance, asked for passports and papers constantly, instructed to make appointments for blood tests, X-rays and ECGs, then told to acquire stamps back at the building we came from, et cetera et cetera. Responsibility shifting is an art form here – if someone tells you to see Ms. Wang for x reason, you best believe that Ms. Wang is going to tell you that actually, this is Mr. Li's problem, go see him. Then you'll go to Mr. Li's office and be told that he's on a two hour lunch break, come back later. When you come back, Mr. Li is probably going to tell you that the whole issue is under Mr. Wu's purview, and he's gone home for the day. Try again tomorrow.
Patience is incredibly important to surviving here. The Chinese have their own way of doing things, and they don't care whether you like it or not, foreigner. You quickly learn that unlike the "customer is always right" idea that exists at home, you don't get to call any of the shots here, you just accept that you have to sign the countless forms and contracts that get wordlessly shoved in your face which you can't read a word of. Service is brisk, and people are often brusque when you ask them for directions. The thing is to not take it personally. It might seem that everyone is very bu nai fan (roughly translated as "can't be fucked") with you, and it's true – but so they are with everyone. Life as a Chinese person, especially in a big city like Shanghai, is so full of external pressures that people are necessarily pressed for time and attention constantly. Making money is hard. Getting medical care is hard. Ensuring a good education for your children is hard. Things are expensive. Simply existing here requires something bordering on constant effort.
If we have to run across campus 18 times to enrol, at least it's a picturesque journey.
In terms of settling in, we're all adjusting to life here pretty quickly. I'll post about classes, the university campus and do a dorm tour later, but Winnie and I have done our best to make our dorm a home, and it's really starting to feel like one. I've purchased a dingy little bike for about AU$20 and ride it everywhere, parking it outside class, the metro station, our friends' guesthouse. I'm still learning how to carry Winnie on the back without swerving wildly and almost crashing into unassuming pedestrians, but I'm confident we'll reach our romantic, Korean drama-like biking ideals!
Manspreading is a universal language.
Our little UTS group has done some exploring of the surrounding hotspots like Nanjing Rd and Wujiaochao, but life as big city kids has so far mostly been about sharing photos of our wardrobe storage setups over WeChat (bro look how the box fits PERFECTLY into the shelf space), lusting over Muji cabinets and late-night trips to Walmart to stock up on bath mats. As much as one would envision Shanghai life to be all about dressing up and going out for cocktails on the Bund every night, most days I come back to the dorm looking like this.
However, it all amounts to the slow and quiet building up of a new life here, which feels like something special.


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Mission Run Club's First Race
A few months ago, some Mission employees set out with a goal to train for the Baltimore Running Festival this Fall. It was a slow start with a rain-filled spring, followed by extreme heat in July, but we've finally settled into a groove. We have four Mission team members training for the team relay, with one striving for the 13.1 mile half marathon. We even have a seasoned runner entering the full 26.2 mile marathon! And we've picked up a couple more runners recently.
Earlier in August, we competed in our first team race, The AT&T Sneaks Come Out At Night 15K or 3x5K Relay.
We started out with smiles:
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We perfected our relay hand-off:
One brave Mission lady even conquered the full 15K:
And then we charged the finish line:
Although we didn't win, we're extremely proud of our finishing times and look forward to completing a few more races before the big day on October 18th.
Wish us luck! And check back for more photos of our journey.
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I believe website is better for business use, because it can contain more information and it would be able for people to find it easier. Blog I think is more for personal use.
It seems that I am in the majority when I said "No" to the question of whether businesses will begin to use blogs instead of websites in the future. I said no because there are things that can be done on websites that can't be done on blogs. Websites are more interactive and more useful for commercial purposes. But blogs give information and allow customers to contact businesses through their replies. Both are good tools for business, and blogs may increase in number, but I don't think that they will replace websites.


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Juvenile delinquency and juvenile treatment plans are the essences of what juvenile justice is supposed to encompass. These offer the juveniles an ability to receive counseling, treatment, and monitoring that will assist the juvenile in overcoming any emotional, behavioral, and other triggers that are causing the juvenile to engage in criminal delinquency.
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Clinton, Trump make gains in Tuesday's primaries
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As different as Michigan and Mississippi are in their geography, racial makeup and industry, they have one thing in common: Republican voters like Donald Trump.
The Republican front runner took Michigan on Tuesday with 36.5% of the vote. Ted Cruz was behind him with 24.9% followed closely by John Kasich with 24.3%.
Trump also won Mississippi, trailed once again by Cruz and Kasich, though Kasich did not cross the threshold needed to collect delegates.
It was a different story on the Democratic side, where the state's differences were made evident in the voting results.
Defying poll predictions, Bernie Sanders won the Michigan primary, narrowly edging ahead of Hillary Clinton.
But in Mississippi, Clinton dominated, garnering more than 80 percent of the vote. Sanders barely crossed the 15% threshold needed to collect delegates in the state.
Republicans also held a primary election in Idaho, where Ted Cruz pulled out a big win against Trump, receiving 45% of the vote against Trump's 28.1%.
At press time, results were also coming in from Hawaii's Republican caucus, but no winner had been announced.


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In 2008 the Georgia legislature passed a bill that allows Georgia taxpayers to redirect a portion of their state tax dollars to student scholarship organizations such as GRACE Scholars.
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Parallelization of an interior point algorithm for linear programming
Simitçi, Hüseyin
Aykanat, Cevdet
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Bilkent University
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In this study, we present the parallelization of Mehrotra's predictor-corrector interior point algorithm, which is a Karmarkar-type optimization method for linear programming. Computation types needed by the algorithm are identified and parallel algorithms for each type are presented. The repeated solution of large symmetric sets of linear equations, which constitutes the major computational effort in Karmarkar-type algorithms, is studied in detail. Several forward and backward solution algorithms are tested, and buffered backward solution algorithm is developed. Heurustic bin-packing algorithms are used to schedule sparse matrix-vector product and factorization operations. Algorithms having the best performance results are used to implement a system to solve linear programs in parallel on multicomputers. Design considerations and implementation details of the system are discussed, and performance results are presented from a number of real problems.


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I've looked and looked on your site, but I'm not seeing much in the way of what folks have done about replacing ceiling fans in their ranch or modern homes. Here in Texas, they are just essential. I've used fans from Modern Fan Company (the Ball fan) in a couple rooms, but I'm looking for something that's less "minimal" than that design. And NO light fixtures in the fan, please! Who's got some great leads on ceiling fans that aren't garish and still fit in with the retro look we're all after?
Okay, I started poking around and came up with some thoughts:
Roseana, one of the first stories I ever wrote on the blog — back in Nov. 2007 — provided some ideas to Kelly about decorating an attic in retro style. Haha, I had NO readers! Back then, I found Emerson Traditional Fans. I still like the look of these.
Also, the Prima Deluxe.
Roseana, as you have said, the Modern Fan Company fans are very… modern/contemporary … they are not what I'd call "retro – authentic"… not that I know exactly what retro-authentic means. But what I "tend" to believe is that they would be… simple and traditional: Wood blades… Chrome or probably even more so, unlacquered brass base.
Where else to look for a traditional / retro ceiling fans?
Some very nice looking classic – traditional – therefore, retro — designs at the Monte Carlo Fan Company.
Above: Fanimation seems to have some basic ceiling fans.
Above: Hunter has a number of traditional ceiling fans, but I think their styling with those pfoufy attachment-to-the-blade designs are a big much.
This Sterling Manor design from Kichler is pretty basic.
Progress has a basic design.
Readers, do you have ceiling fans original to your house?
What do they look like?
I just bought the Capitiva indoor-outdoor ceiling fan from Home Depot for $99 to install on my new back porch/veranda in the spring. It has the cleanest lines I've seen on a ceiling fan and a simple light fixture as well.
Great story, Brian! I don't remember any ceiling fans in the actual mid-century period either. That may just be a California thing, as they would be swell in a humid climate. I do remember, and actually have, a few great table and box fans from my folks.
When I was a kid there was a box fan about 28″"square at the top of the stairway to keep things flowing all summer. And none of us ever messed with it- just walked around.
And it was a huge treat to sleep on patio furniture in the kitchen. Why did that seem so cool? It was fun, though.
Table fans! I loves em! -specially them fancy ocelots. I like feeling the breeze going by in the summer, but it's a bit much in the home office to keep papers down.
I got a great army surplus Emerson fan this summer. Apparently, Emerson was THE industrial and basic fan to have. With a tune up, works perfectly and MOVES a lot of air. Looks like this, but with military inventory stencil on back…
Gotta say, for all the fears about kids losing their fingers in em, I have yet to meet anyone who has been hurt by a fan.
I like them down where I can enjoy them.
I can't remember even having fans in our house when I was a kid. I don't know whether we didn't need them in the north woods of Wisconsin, or if it was just that my parents were too cheap to buy them. Probably a combination of both. I do know my dad took the first opportunity he got to put in central air. It was probably about 1965. He gave us a choice, air conditioning or a color tv.
He may have been a little disappointed that we chose the air conditioning, because he kept trying for the color tv. New vinyl floor in the kitchen, new dishes (Corelle, of course). We were perverse little brats. We always chose the other thing. He finally got wise to us and just went out and bought the color tv one day when I was in college.
We have a funky chrome with cobalt blue bulbs in in our LR. One thing to keep in mind if you have only 8′ ceilings like we do, is thatif you can mount the fan flush or with a shorter downrod. Not every fan model has that option.
Our 1963 time capsule has ceiling fans. Two of the bedroom ones are newer. The kitchen one was original and beautiful, with pale blue blades and a cream and blue housing. The two new ones are flush mount because the ceilings are quite low and they have five blades. The beautiful blue one had to go as its motor was dying. We got a Home Depot Hammond Bay replacement with a light. It looks pretty good in here. The two remaining ones are older, not sure if they are original. They are not flush mount. The motors hang down from the ceiling. Both have brass metal vented motor housings and four walnut tone wood blades. One has a gold stencil pattern on the blades. One has a stained glass light fixture attached to the bottom, very late 60s looking, orange, gold and cream.
In helping to renovate my daughter's 1962 MCM, I find several good looking fans at both Home Depot and Lowes. Problem is, anything with light included is remote controlled and those components simply do not last. So, still looking for something with pull chains.
Back in the day, I don't recall ceiling fans being in any of the authentic midcentury homes here in North Texas – any kind of fans would have been considered too "old fashioned." Only Grandma's porch and really old commercial establishments, like old hardware stores and soda fountains had ceiling fans. Residential central air conditioning was thought (at the time) to be modern and sufficient enough to eliminate the need for fans. Fast forward to the 1970s, however, and people were becoming more aware of conserving energy. I remember two different friends (always with smart decor and up with the times) finding genuine antique fans and having them restored, then installed. Those old fans were cast iron and weighed a ton! It wasn't long before new ceiling fans became commercially available and the market was flooded with everything – good, bad and ugly!
My favorite fan choice is classic black with medium-toned wood blades. Hunter might still make one – I think at one time it was called "Archive Series" or something similar.
As an afterthought, the real, classic midcentury fan might not be a ceiling fan, but a Westinghouse Mobilaire! Those came in pink, turquoise and a sort of yellow-beige shade. I still see them sometimes at flea markets and estate sales.
James, thank you for the name of those! I've been working to research some vintage blade-less fans I saw last week in Nashville and have been coming up empty. While the Mobilaire isn't it, gets me in a closer ballpark & they're just neat!
Alas! We are not allowed to surf the 'net at work, so I can't participate in comments in real time — only after hours when everyone is away, probably asleep. But, I wanted to say anyway: in my 70's ranch I have (what I believe is) an original fan. It looks just like the Kichler fan, second image from the bottom of the post.
When I first started reading this post, I thought "Oh good! Some ideas to update my ceiling fans with!" But by the end of the post, I realized that what I have is exactly what I should have.
Catching up! I think if you want to be authenticlly retro, you need to find an old GE or Westinghouse table fan. My 57 ranch does not even have ceiling lights in the bedrooms and living room – switched outlets for lamps. No central air either because no one ever bothered with the ductwork. Window units in the bedrooms for me. Ceiling fans would be out of place with just 8 ft ceilings.
We have an Emerson Atomical. As the name implies, it's more "Atomic" than the others show above. It's a gorgeous fan, and extremely efficient.
My 1960's split level MCM home came with these types of ceiling fans in all 3 of the bedrooms. I don't have this exact model, but they look similar, complete with the control box. I'm not sure if they are original to the house or put in by a previous owner.
I have wood tongue & groove ceilings, so the fan is mounted to one of the beams, and the electrical cord is run against the beams, down the wall, to an inlet. The cord is a bit unsightly, But the fans still work well, and I do appreciate them in both the summer & winter! The upstairs of my split level (where the bedrooms are located) tend to always be the warmest places in the house.
Bruce, my husband and I found one at Lowe's with a pull chain… here is a picture of it: http://www.imageshack.us/photo/my-images/580/photodyd.jpg/
We were trying to match this lamp which is from the 60s: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/708/photo1hw.jpg/
We recently installed the most amazing ceiling fan in the living room of our 1958 LA home. The Haiku made by Big Ass Fans. Very minimal, energy star, made in the USA, silent yet powerful, beautiful solid wood blades and dimmable LED light option. I was extremely hesitant that a ceiling fan would take away from the home's retro vibe, but this one has been perfect.
They're expensive with ours costing around $1000, yet worth it for a large room and prevents us from needing to sink money into more costly cooling measures like insulation, windows, and a/c. Now I'm looking for a cheaper knock off for the bedrooms, but we might invest in more Big Ass fans because they really are the best in style and function that we've found.
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Here are some snippets from Keiko's posts:
Sunday, March 13, 2011
When I first arrived in Japan a few weeks ago, I had a deep discussion with a former Japanese colleague of mine about how Japan is the most socialist nation among today's advanced nations. Even China with its Communist regime is closer to capitalistic America than Japan, despite it being the headquarters of some of the top companies in the world. He griped about how the average Japanese youth today are not nearly as driven as their counterparts in China, US, and Europe, and are happy producing mediocre results in their jobs, and relying on the country (and its citizens) to take care of them. It's really only a matter of time until their lazy asses get a serious wake up call when China becomes the superpower of Asia.
Fast forward a few weeks to the day of the Sendai Earthquake. The earth shook violently and stranded tens of thousands of Tokyo citizens at their work place for the night. We heard reports that people were going to have to walk hours to get home. But an amazing thing happened that night that news reports didn't capture since they were busy getting more vital information out to the public. The people of Tokyo came together to help each other.
There was a woman holding a sign near a major street that read, "I know you've been walking a long time. If you need to use the bathroom, you're welcome to come to my house and use mine. This way." Cars were at a stand still at intersections all over town and at times, only one car could get through a traffic light at a time. But no one honked. No one yelled out their frustrations. The only honking that was heard were honks thanking each other.
When some of the trains started running again on one of the busiest train lines in Tokyo, you could see that people were lined up in orderly rows, as they do every morning, not the panicked chaos you might imagine anywhere else.
The same kind of scene could be seen at the convenience stores and water replenishing stations. Orderly lines and no one trying to cut the line or push or steal.
When I read these stories online, I realized, THAT is socialism at its best.
Gregory Pflugfelder, director of the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia University says the following in this CNN article:
"Such social order and discipline are so enforced in ordinary times that I think it's very easy for Japanese to kind of continue in the manner that they're accustomed to, even under an emergency."
The communitarian spirit at the foundation of Japanese culture seems to function even more efficiently under the stress of disaster, he said. The natural American inclination is to operate independently.
"So you do everything you can to protect your own interests with the understanding that, in a rather free-market way, everybody else is going to do the same. And that order will come out of this sort of invisible hand.
"And Japanese don't function that way. Order is seen as coming from the group and from the community as a sort of evening out of various individual needs."
So what was I doing while all of this was going on? Living 5 minutes from my office, I knew I wouldn't have a problem getting home. So I just joined a group of expats for a drink at the bar. Then another drink, then another. Until I was drunk enough that I couldn't feel the anxiety that I was feeling inside. I feel ashamed now that I was thinking only about myself. But I plan to change that moving forward now that I have acknowledged how selfish my actions truly were.
So, I don't agree with my former colleague. Japan isn't as screwed as he said weeks ago. This strong socialist foundation is what will actually help Japan recover much quicker than any other nation that has undergone this level of devastation. In fact, I truly believe that through this experience, the people of Japan will feel an even stronger bond with each other and it will inspire the Japanese youth to step up, and not sit back taking the easy road in life any longer.
Friday, March 11, 2011
…It was around 3 pm on March 11, 2011 on a typical Friday, and I was looking forward to the weekend. I was in the bathroom when all of a sudden the 3 walls around me started to shake and within a split second I realized it was another earthquake. The second one in a week. Little did I know this one was going to be this big. I ran out of the bathroom and back to the office where my colleagues were buzzing. Oh my god, this building is really shaking. Are we ok on the 26th floor? What's going on?! Where's the epicenter? What, magnitude 8.9! What should we do? Get under the desk?! Should we evacuate?
The building swayed left to right for about a hour with aftershocks rippling through every 15 minutes, but all in all, we were in good spirits. Looking back now, I realize that that's what we had to do. You couldn't panic and acknowledge your fears because that would cause others to panic. And panicking on the 26th floor is never a good idea. But I know that their hearts were pounding, hands sweating as much as mine were…
Then the news and videos started pouring in. A tsunami in Sendai washing away entire homes and cars, an exploding oil refinery in Chiba that we could see from the office, whole towns engulfed in flames, nuclear power plants losing the power to keep the plants cool, hundreds of people missing and displaced. Then the messages started pouring in on Facebook. "Are you ok?" We all told our friends and family we were ok to reassure them, and ourselves…
…I called a friend and she asked how I was doing. I started to say that I was fine and what a crazy time to be here. Then, I started to cry. Out of nowhere. All the pent up anxiety was finally released. No, I'm not fine. I've been pretending I'm fine, but this is horrific. There are hundreds of people dead or missing, and all I can think about is how fortunate I am that I wasn't in Sendai. How the rippling aftershocks remind me of what's really going on, even if I try to put it out of my mind. When tragedy strikes this physically close to home, it's really hard to be fine. But that would be selfish of me to complain how emotionally wrecked I am when nothing really happened to me. It just *almost* happened to me… The tears were real, but short-lived.
I'm back to being strong now and praying for the people of Sendai. And donating. I've never felt this passionately about providing resources and support in any kind of natural disaster before. I realize the importance of that now. The news reporting plays an important role in getting people to donate. The coverage and reports on BBC and other world news organizations has made it look like the entire nation of Japan is a set for the movie, the Day After Tomorrow. Tsunami washing us all away… the truth is, Sendai is as far away as San Francisco is to Los Angeles. But the people of Sendai are getting hit hard along with the northern provinces. And they desperately need the help. So, with the news reports drumming up attention to this tragedy, I hope that will inspire people all around the world to donate even a few dollars to help these people out.
Here's a link if you're interested in helping. You can choose your preferred charity and organization. Don't wait. It's for a worthy cause. Trust me.
Lastly, I wanted to say thanks to all of my friends and family that have contacted me and sent their well wishes. It's a pretty crazy time to be here all alone, but it's great to know that I am not alone. So thank you.
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The Scent of Life
Monday December 13, 2010
Two autumns ago, the autumn I would have given birth, I went to London and spent days wandering, working my sadness to sweat in the chilly gray rain. On my first aimless morning I walked from Notting Hill to Hyde Park and on to Brompton Oratory, in whose dark turrets candle smoke hung like clouds and at whose Sacred Heart altar I found a novena leaflet that read like a chain letter.
I considered the leaflet's bald promise that in fourteen days of novenas and leaflet-ing, my dreams would come true. I pocketed it, knelt at the dim Mary Magdalene altar, and wrote my child's name in the register of prayers.
Then I continued down the cobblestones and sidewalk to Harrod's, where I walked straight to the parfumerie. I had just turned thirty. I was a woman. I needed a scent to follow me.
The Chanel counter struck me as a good place to start, but that first day I leaned awkwardly into its gold and glass buffet. I had never purchased a perfume before.
No. 19 was the scent I wanted first—grassy, rainy, like the damp greens I had crossed.
No. 5 fascinated me: it was very bodily, and years later, walking the streets of Vienna, I would pass the sweaty, doe-eyed horses of a hansom cab and recognize in the musk of their bodies and the tannins of their bridles some memory of that rich perfume.
But both scents were so foreign to the floral and vanilla fragrances that had always stood, in my mind, as feminine perfumes. A patient saleswoman noticed my worry and suggested that I spritz No. 19 on my neck, walk the city for a day, and see how it wore on my skin. If I liked it, I could come back and buy a bottle—and if I didn't, I could try Coco or No. 5.
I took her up on the offer and returned every morning that week, wending my way back through Hyde Park and the dim Oratory to the bright Chanel counter. Each time, I decanted and mulled over all the perfumes and their beautiful bottles, and then I chose the one I would wear that day. Some perfumes pooled at my skin, sweet and rare but glassy, inert. Others clung awkwardly, catching and tugging at my own scent like the stitches of an unraveling scarf.
I couldn't tell you which notes spoiled on my skin—neroli, mayrose, muguet. I knew and still know almost nothing about the essences and elixirs that compose modern perfumes. But I knew that while walking the fog and chill of that city, the grapefruit-tinged citron of Chance Eau Fraiche caramelized on my skin and made my body smell as if it had bloomed of its own accord.
That was what I longed for: to bloom, magically, despite death and fear and the shame of being a grave. Perhaps it was unwise of me to spend so much money on a small bottle of the leaf-green perfume, but I did it. And I did not regret it.
I still don't regret it, especially in this new season of grief. A good friend recently asked me how I was making it through, and without a moment's thought I said: "Chanel, lingerie, and anti-depressants." "A formidable trifecta," he said, and we both laughed, but not because it wasn't true. Every day I have to do the frivolous work of reminding myself I am a body. If I don't, I won't make it through alive.
In the mornings I spray a cloud of the leaf-green perfume in the sunlight of my room and I walk through it slowly. The scent falls on my skin and hair, lingers for a bit, and then rises again, changed with my heat, and I know I still living, still breathing, still hazy and pink and alive with the maze of my own warm blood.
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Privacy and Shame
The story of the three women in Ohio abducted and held up to ten years, highlights the issue. But we have other stories close at hand--the Sandy Hook shooter, the Boston bombers, the Aurora theater shooter, the Columbine shooters. What they all have in common is the fact that someone, probably many people, had an idea that something was terribly wrong with the perpetrators long before they were either discovered in their crime or carried out their plans. Yet, in each case, the perpetrators were not stopped. No one went from banging on the door to knocking the door down, from asking a few questions to demanding responses that made sense, from wondering what was going on to making the call. Sometimes neighbors or citizens raised a concern, only to have the system again uphold the right of privacy above the right to live in a safe community.
These high profile cases highlight a much more widespread problem in our society. We err on the side of individual rights, of privacy, even in cases where common sense tells us that something is very wrong, cases where the safety of other people hang in the balance. We suspend judgment, partly out of cowardice, but partly out of deeply ingrained beliefs: "guilty until proven innocent," and the now almost sacred distinction between public and private concerns, which translates into "it's not my business." In our society, the greater crime is in looking, not in looking the other way.
Shame probably seems like too weak of a word to use in these extreme cases, but I use it because it does capture the more general problem. Shame has been greatly weakened in our society. Many of the manifestations of this are less catastrophic than the stories mentioned above. Shameless society is evident in everyday life in children running amok at home and in public, allowed to abuse and embarrass their parents, adult children dumping their own kids off on their parents and walking away from their responsibilities. The common denominator is that in each case, there is no shame and absolutely no shaming.
When internal shame was weak, external shaming used to pick up the slack. In tight knit communities, where everyone knew everyone else's business, people would sometimes get embarrassed, and regrettably people who didn't fit in would get treated harshly. On the other hand, to the benefit of the community, people who were strange were labeled strange, and people who did bad things were ostracized. People talked, reputations were damaged, those with weak wills were sometimes kept on track, and those who did not get back in line were known by all and shunned. It is now literally shocking to even talk about the possibility that this social reinforcement mechanism was not all bad, that it served a purpose--the purpose of enforcing community standards and safeguarding the community from those who are particularly weak-willed or sociopathic. Now the incredibly weak willed and the sociopathic are are excused. We clean up after their messes, as in grandparents practically becoming parents for or literally adopting their grandchildren, and we ignore the unacceptable sign of obvious sociopathology, as in attending our friend's sixth wedding.
Because of liberal society's enshrining of individualism and individual rights to the exclusion of other values, we now see that people are capable of ignoring obviously dangerous people, obviously strange situations, right in front of their eyes.
Of course, the reason we adopted such an elevated status for individual rights and privacy in the first place is to avoid conflict. For instance, we long ago decided that religious beliefs and practices would be private concerns, because the alternative created catastrophic religious wars that got in the way of economic and political progress. And while these are laudible reasons, we now see that even good ideas or reasonable compromises can be taken too far. If we are responsible people who care about more than just our own private concerns, then we have to admit there is a point where what goes on in "private" is not private because it affects us all, that there is a place for talking, for pointing out, for questioning, for shaming, and for knocking down the door. Protecting individuals and protecting society as a whole usually can be seen as going hand in hand, but not if taken to the extreme. Community is weakened to the point where we think of it as something we form on Facebook--micro-communities of those who share one common interest. Have we lost more than we gained? Is there a need for balance? Do you have the courage to call something what it is and act accordingly?
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Re: liberalism's emphasis on individualism: I think that a liberal society really needs social shaming mechanisms. Without it, we have only the laws. The criminal laws of a liberal society are not intended to be sufficient for maintaining the society (if you take Mill's harm principle as a guide here). And many other laws and regulations meant to do just that (at least to my libertarian-minded sensibility) are outside of the government's purview. This places a huge weight on social regulation. Punishment isn't on the table for private citizens, but shaming is.ReplyDelete
And I think Mill was on board with this, and I think that the thoughts above are not contradictory to liberalism. Unfortunately, all sorts of people---many of my students, for example---think that if the law allows some sort of activity, it isn't for us to judge. But this thought is thoroughly illiberal imo (we certainly don't apply such logic to KKK rallies!).
Would you say that there are two things at play: a sort of "pop liberalism" that is suspicious of all shaming, and "theoretical liberalism" or whatever, which countenances it?
This post reminds me of my favorite book Aristotle's Ethics. He dealt with many issues including honor and shame. You said it well!ReplyDelete
I hope I'm doing this right--still getting used to this system. I need to respond to both of your comments better than I can do right now--I'm knee deep in papers, as I'm sure you are. However, to Dan's comment, what I can say right now is that I think that more than just pop-liberalism is at work here. But what I mean by that is not that I reject the idea that the popular view of liberalism is different than what we know of true philosophical liberalism. Rather, I mean that what the general public thinks now is in effect what liberalism has become. Liberalism has evolved and I see that today's way of thinking about these issues is a natural progression of sorts, taking liberal ideas to their logical extreme. Religion I think served as the counterweight for a long time, stopping liberal ideas from becoming more radical, but that source of balance has been greatly weakened as time has gone by. You know that religion itself has been affected by the same trends--it's more individualistic and particular, less "catholic" than ever before. One's choice of religion is a very private matter, and religion is so fragmented that it doesn't serve the old purpose of supplying community standards we can all recognize. With that source of counterweight severely weakened, there isn't much of a roadblock to taking liberalism to its logical extreme. I think I'll try to post next time on this same topic and see if I can do a better job of articulating my point than I'm able to do right now.ReplyDelete


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It is estimated that there are over 9,000 children across the Liverpool City Region who do not have a bed of their own to sleep in, with many forced to share with siblings or left sleeping on the couch. That means having nowhere safe and comfortable to sleep and nowhere to hang their Christmas stocking.
Research from national charity Buttle UK and figures from the Liverpool City Region's Child Poverty and Life Chances Strategy, estimates that there are 9,042 children across the Liverpool City Region who do not have a bed of their own to sleep in.
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There's always a reason for murder. But when a young actress is killed in a swift and violent attack at a cinema screening, that reason is hard to fathom - even for Lieutenant Eve Dallas and her team. It's only when bestselling crime writer Blaine DeLano arrives at the precinct that the shocking truth is revealed. Someone is recreating the murder scenes from her latest series, book by book. With six more novels left in the series, Eve now knows how the killer will strike next. But why has DeLano been targeted? Could her abusive husband be involved? As fiction is transformed into bloody reality, Eve will need all her skill and experience to solve this unique case. Luckily for her, husband Roarke happens to be a fan of DeLano's work. And he's more than happy to work side by side with his gorgeous and brilliant wife - no matter how dark things become...
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Eyebags, Pigmentation and Hooded Eyelids
Some people have tried to reduce bags under the eyes using haemorrhoid creams – the effect is achieved by the local anaesthetic that might even contain small amounts of adrenaline, this is to cause vaso-constriction (closing the blood vessels and reduce pain around the anus) it reduces oedema or swelling in the skin and it is this effect the users of haemorrhoid cream are after.
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January 2000
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The economic transportation of large quantities of Natural Gas from the producer to the customer can be achieved either by use of gas pipeline or, with the gas in a liquefied state, by ship (LNG tanker). For LNG ship transportation, a cryogenic receiving terminal is required at the port of destination. Huge installations are required for the safe and economic storage and handling of the LNG and the associated boil-off gases created during unloading and storage.
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
love & Truth
I don't know Gala Phoenix, but she sent me a nice IM the other day that made me get a little teary. I was having a weird day and I don't think she'll ever know how much those unexpected kind words from a stranger meant to me. I won't forget it. (Yep, TOTALLY NAME DROPPIN'!)
So, sorry — I know they're all over the feeds right now, but I too got seduced by her Cupid 2 skins at Curio. (That means I BOUGHT them!)
Here are a few shots. They totally change my face, but sometimes change is good.
Oh, and hey there's new Truth hair! (Hell yeah honey, it was a GIFT! Watch me roll around in it naked!)
Skin: Crave 1 (Dark) in Sundust
Hair: Berry in Driftwood (You can change the color of that flower!)
Skin: Pure 4 (Dark) in Sundust
Hair: Kirsty in Chestnut
The shading on these skins is gorgeous, and the details are awesome: the bellybutton, the elbows, cute little moles. Sorry I'm not showing you the nips. I'm shy like that. (But if you look closely at this gratuitous underwear shot, you can still see some nip fragments!)
Now try to guess when I got sort of sick of changing clothes, backgrounds and poses.
HA HA HA! It took a whopping two pictures before I said, "Enough!" I have to hand it to the hardcore fashion bloggers. It takes WORK to set up photos — even lame ones like mine. (OMG! Self-deprecation!)
Skin: Allure 1 (Dark) in Sundust
Hair: Peta in Night
I love that hair. I tried to catch it in motion because you need to see it move. I wish I could make my lame RL short haircut look like that now. I'm still mourning the loss of my locks. (Look! It's a shameless cry for attention!)
You get a lot of bang for your buck with these Curio skins: Each makeup comes in a day and night version — at least I'm assuming that's it, because Version 1 has pale lips and Version 2 has luscious lipstick. Here's Allure 2:
Hair: Peta in Blood. (Kiss my fatpack!)
And each one of those versions also comes with freckles or no freckles. And then each one of THOSE versions comes in a dark and light option. WOOOO! That's eight skins in one folder, if I'm doing my math right. (Doubt it!)
I feel like it took me 30 minutes to write that paragraph and I still don't think I understand it.
Each makeup is 1K. You might as well buy the fatpack for 3K. I did. (Because I can afford it!)
And the rear view is really pretty . . .
. . . too bad that picture sort of isn't. (Hey, look at my butt!)
Sorry, this is purely a vanity post. I just wanted to throw something meaningless up here. No matter what people are saying right now, I'm not a horrible person and this blog was never meant to be an ugly thing. (This blog reeks of drama and catfights!)
And now that I've filled up this screen with pictures I like, unless something truly extraordinary happens in my slice of SLife, I'm probably going to put this blog to bed for a while. I'm sort of sick of looking at it. (Banana!)
Peace be the journey. (Jamaica, we have a bobsled team!)
12 comments:
- Emerald Wynn said...
Wow, someone dropped the C word on this blog. I feel like it needs a shower now or something.
For the record, I usually pay for everything posted here. If it was dropped on me for review or given to me by a friend, I'll usually say so.
Sorry my bad: The hair was a gift.
Um, I guess I'm turning on comment moderation. I haven't had enough caffeine this morning to deal with tantrums, profanity and harbingers of doom. :P
- February 12, 2010 at 4:06 AM
- Fricker Fraker said...
Great shots! I looked at them with my hand over my eyes and was peeking through a tiny little space :)
- February 12, 2010 at 4:48 AM
- Emerald Wynn said...
Fricker, lol. <3
- February 12, 2010 at 4:54 AM
- Alicia Chenaux said...
*hugs you* Don't ever do that again! LOL
That skin looks super cute on you. I can't seem to make it work on my shape!
- February 12, 2010 at 3:39 PM
- Fricker Fraker said...
you had us concerned there for a bit Em. Lucy? you have some splaing to do :)
BTW - I love the added "edits" ! That's the best way to counter act negativity!
Your Friend, Fricker
ot oh, wonder if I call you my friend if the dreaded "C" word spreader will come after me.. hummmm . nope, not changing my mind .. MUAH!
- February 12, 2010 at 3:41 PM
- Truth said...
Yay <3 Nice post! and ...Gala rocks!
- February 12, 2010 at 3:54 PM
- nimil said...
hot dayum emmy! you should run around in your undies more often <3
my captcha for this entry was danzym which i can only guess is your blog's way of saying "nice ass"
- February 12, 2010 at 4:14 PM
- Emerald Wynn said...
Nimil, that really did make me laugh out loud. Awesome.
- February 12, 2010 at 6:59 PM
- Whispers said...
If I was a lesbian I would so do you! Awesome post! And you may not consider me your friend but I do you! lol so hmm wonder what they'd call me? :P (my captcha word was sesse which must mean sexy! ;)
- February 12, 2010 at 8:24 PM
- Emerald Wynn said...
Aw, Whispers - I would love to be your friend. The next time I'm inworld, I will hunt you down and send you a friend request.
- February 12, 2010 at 8:41 PM
- Chalice Carling said...
Thank bloody god....me was crying for a bit there. Tomorrows a new day and with any luck, a new Em story.
xxxxx your fan girl.
- February 12, 2010 at 9:08 PM
- SophHarlow said...
I love you.
Thank you for your every kindness...your great big heart and for being a better friend than I sometimes deserve. All the people who are miserable enough to leave shitty anon comments are just that..miserable in their own skins. And I don't mean the skin we can change in a "game". I pity them and their lonely lives.
Oh and you look gorgeous in your new skin and hair.
xo- Sophia Harlow
- February 13, 2010 at 11:20 AM


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There are several instances of composers, primarily known for their concert works, being invited to write film scores throughout the 20th century; Copland, Prokofiev, Bernstein, Takemitsu, Glass and Corigliano come quickly to mind with plenty of others (including Herrmann, Rosza, Rota, Chihara and Goldenthal) who have effectively straddled the fence between the concert hall and the scoring stage. Until recently, the real (or imagined) stigma of writing for film seemed to keep most concert composers from even considering it, but there have been several promising signs that the stigma may be crumbling.
Later this year, Tetro, a film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, will hit the theatres with a score by Osvaldo Golijov. Golijov, with his many compositions and arrangements for the Kronos Quartet, his opera Ainadamar and his St. Mark's Passion, has been steadily becoming known as one of the major musical forces at the turn of the century. His ability to combine musical styles from around the globe as well as his unique voice make it hard to believe that he's only scored two other films to date: Coppola's 2007 film Youth without Youth and Sally Potter's 2000 film The Man Who Cried. This is a good example of a composer who admits that he is new to the idiom but is nonetheless effective in producing thoughtful scores.
Another composer who seems much more at home in the breakneck environment of film is 28-year-old Nico Muhly. A last-minute juggling of composers for Stephen Daldry's 2008 film, The Reader, dropped Muhly into the deep end with less time than usual to produce a score. His experience working as an assistant and conductor for Philip Glass helped considerably and the result was a score that was considered to be one of the best aspects of the controversial film. One can only imagine what affect composers like Muhly and Golijov will have on the overall medium of film music, though I'd like to think it can only improve things in the short and long run.
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Monday, April 25, 2011
Herding Turkeys
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Tyler is so cute! What a happy baby and you can tell he loves his new wagon.ReplyDelete
My grandfather had a Turkey farm and I remember him saying that turkeys are not the brightest birds around. Love Tyler's farm wagon, green like a John Deere tractor!!ReplyDelete
Oh for a break from the rain...I long for that. I am glad you had a nice family day. Hope you have a good week. LisaReplyDelete
Great post. I enjoyed seeing your family photos. Made me smile! Have a super week!ReplyDelete
Looks like the perfect day with family.ReplyDelete
Can't help you with the turkeys. I wish I had some, but I don't. I hope you're able to come up with a reasonable solution for everybody. :)
I love how Tyler's little arm was slung over the side of the wagon. Kind of saying, I'm chillin' Gram!!ReplyDelete
So cute.
Good that we had some sun yesterday..Tyler may have to be sharing that wagon with me one of these days..now to find someone willing to pull it...ReplyDelete
i love the red colored turkeys. Does that breed have a name?ReplyDelete
They are an heirloom breed called Bourbon Red.ReplyDelete
Such cute photo's of Tyler and the wagon :)ReplyDelete
My neighbor once said her guineas made the chickens seem like rocket scientists. So much for turkeys I guess. We'll be sticking to chicken keeping !
Too bad they don't come home to roost like chickens do! They are beautiful. Love that baby boy's dimple! ;DReplyDelete
I can only imagine how fun it is to herd those turkeys. I used to herd the geese, but they weren't too bad. Most days I could do it on my own. Occasionally, however, their power steering would go out. Then it was a job. It certainly looks like you had a lot of fun on Easter.ReplyDelete
I can only imagine how fun it is to herd those turkeys. I used to herd the geese, but they weren't too bad. Most days I could do it on my own. Occasionally, however, their power steering would go out. Then it was a job. It certainly looks like you had a lot of fun on Easter.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 25, 2011 at 6:54 PM
We had turkeys once and they are a little contrary in the learning department. We just have chickens now and we have two hens that fly out of the pen everyday to lay eggs in the dog house. I have to herd them back in at supper time and collect their eggs. But I love the farm life. Wouldn't trade it for anything.ReplyDelete
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Your turkeys are beautiful! We've never tried raising turkeys on our farm but it's something we may try one day along with Guineas. I love the photo's of you Grandson's new 'wheels'...we used to have one similar but it was red. Looks as though Tyler's will be enjoyed by more than just him LOL! Have a wonderful day.
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3 part answer, xan
1. you'd think 'love as you will' would be the motto of the Queernation, but of course it's not so simple. i guess we don't have that many queer readers here at corrente. over at Shakes where i found this post, there was some really excellent commenting on the issue. and it *is* an issue, one that is changing and evolving in the queer community as we speak. i think the easiest way to understand it is to think on your own example, in which "all white" grannies and brown grandkids are more and more common, even as the community doesn't yet have a language with which to understand them. Bisexual people are turning up all over, and becoming more than the stereotypes held by both the straight and LG communities. it's a painful process for some.
2. as to the biracial thing, i have posted on it, i guess i don't really know what more to say except that i expect it to keep on becoming more common. we have married and bonded interracial couples up here, all over the place, not just the white chicks with a nappy headed chile but no babydaddy. i suppose as one goes further south and east this sort of mixing is less common, i really wouldn't know the hard numbers.
this isn't South Africa. we don't have strict apartheid, people can move from homogeneous hometowns to other areas with people that look more like them. you know who i want to talk about more? white+nonblack "mixing." or nonwhite-nonblack couples. if you want to understand the phenom, i think in america it's important to look at all the mixing and babymaking going on. as a whole, my understanding is that it's a growing trend for almost all "racial" groups. just as 100-200 years ago, americans were the people to break down the ancient hatreds and barriers between pale-skinned peoples with different vowels at the beginning/ends of their names.
it annoys me that most people think of a black/white mix when you bring up the subject. so titillating! sexy jungle fever, crossing all those taboos! booooring. but telling, as well- it reminds me that black americans are still seen as a caste/class/group apart, "more different" from "normal" than any other group. let me ask you this way- have you/do you as easily notice the white/latin mixed kids/families you see, or white/asian? they exist too, but no one talks about them as if they are interesting. although i will say: scariest trend to me is the slow meld of black and white fundie populations. i don't like segregation, but the idea of wholly integrated fundie megachurches doesn't sit easily with me. not only for knowing what i know about the white preacher/hucksters who ultimately run them.
3. obama is as black as i am; remember that. which is, "not enough" most of the time. although i'm sure black america would unite behind me if i were on the national stage and looked likely to win something big, in truth i'm "not enough" black to the same degree that when it matters, i'm also "not enough" white. there are times when it really does matter, in both cases.
obama has done himself a good thing, and applied his advantage of lighter skin, to rise up into the circle of what i think of as the "Friends" class of black person. he's got enough white friends now that he can confidently stare down a bigoted cop or unfriendly bully, knowing that the cover of white priv will be there for him with a few phone calls. white folks like to do this with a few black folks in their lives, not too many mind you, but one or two of us is usually included in the circle. it's the mark of all "good" progressives, liberals, workplaces and schools to keep us around, and show us off when expedient. the payoff is we get treated like dirty, rightless scum less often than most black folk. i have frequently noted (on those occasions where i am not the only "black" person in the room) that those of us with Friends are very often lighter skinned than the black population at large. you tell me why this should be.
but in private, and in the community of black folk, light skinned, articulate people like obama, or like me, well...it really depends. i never had any problem with my working class, South Side neighbors. they seemed to really like me. OTOH, there are days when i'm very sorry that there is still so much foolish rivalry and self-hatred in the black community. i'll leave it at that. black folk have all sorts of jokes for people like obama the politician. trust me when i say that there are some black folks who feel, but will never say so long as they believe he will make things better, that he's not in any way "black enough." the complicated part is that there is a component of pride in that declaration, at least for some.


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Tania Raymonde, best known for her role on the series "Lost," will play the convicted murderer in the movie, "Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret," set to premiere June 22.
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Sunday, June 19, 2011
The Roving Reader
4 comments:
- Misha said...
'Books fall open, you fall in'
So true!
And what a pretty bookmark.
- June 19, 2011 at 8:06 PM
- Alexia561 said...
Love it! That would make a great poster as well. Or a great tattoo! :)
- June 19, 2011 at 9:45 PM
- Juju at Tales of Whimsy.com said...
Love it. I agree! FAB!
- June 20, 2011 at 4:10 PM
- GMR said...
Misha: Agreed!
Alexia561: Though I'm not one to get one, I have to agree....the saying at the very least would be awesome. ^_^
Juju: Totally.
- June 21, 2011 at 3:38 AM
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