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Clinical Hypnotherapy
Clinical hypnotherapy is a dynamic and vital healing process. It harnesses the inner power of the subconscious mind to create deep, lasting change through an interactive, client - centered approach.
Many medical studies have been published on the benefits and also the wide range of applications of hypnosis and hypnotherapy, including the benefits of weight management, stop smoking, stress relief and aiding sleep among others.
A qualified clinical hypnotherapist works with the person to teach them how to go into hypnosis and how to deepen the state in order gain access to the information contained in the subconscious. Once the origins of the problem have been uncovered, the person and hypnotherapist move through the healing process. Tools and new perspectives are found that strengthen self-love, self-esteem empowering the client from within, resulting in a change of thinking, feeling and behavior. The person finds themselves making positive choices which support their highest good. They find themselves happier and more at ease.
The American Health Magazine reported the following findings from a study.
Does Hypnosis Work? A comparison study:
- Psychoanalysis: 38% recovery after 600 sessions
- Behavior Therapy: 72% recovery after 22 sessions
- Hypnotherapy: 93% recovery after 6 sessions
How is this possible?
Hypnosis increases your ability to create change because you are more receptive to new ideas. You are also more able to access deeper levels of information to help you identify the root cause(s) of the issue(s) and find the most effective solution(s) that are tailored to your individual needs. You can change negative thought patterns, habits, and the emotional triggers. This comparison study clearly points out—hypnosis is more effective and works more quickly than traditional talk-therapy or psychoanalysis.
What are the common myths about hypnosis?
I cannot be hypnotized: If a person can focus, they can be hypnotized. Why? Because hypnosis is a a natural state of mind rest.
I will lose control if I allow someone to hypnotize me: You are actually more in control in hypnosis because it is a heightened state of awareness.
I won't remember what has happened when in hypnosis: When you are finished your session, you will remember what has happened during the hypnosis.
How many sessions will I need?
The number of sessions needed vary as each person is different. Some issues are also more complex than others. Factors include readiness for change and willingness to do the work. After all the person has to WANT to use hypnotherapy and do the emotional/mental work needed. They have to WANT change for THEMSELVES; WANT a better, happier life. WANT to leave behind the old and familiar to embrace the NEW.
Hypnosis is medically recognized as a viable therapeutic tool. When working with a qualified hypnotherapist, YOU are in CONTROL; it is completely safe. You will find the state deeply relaxing and you remain entirely aware during the experience. It is a complete myth that someone can make you do something in hypnosis. The hypnotherapist helps you create the deeper trance needed to connect with your subconscious mind. They are a highly trained specialist helping you every step of the way; empowering you from within. Give yourself the gift of freedom and happiness that hypnotherapy can provide.
What are the statistics on the effectiveness of hypnosis?
90.6% Success Rate for Smoking Cessation Using Hypnosis
Of 43 consecutive patients undergoing this treatment protocol, 39 reported remaining abstinent from tobacco use at follow-up (6 months to 3 years post-treatment). This represents a 90.6% success rate using hypnosis.
University of Washington School of Medicine, Depts. of Anesthesiology and Rehabilitation Medicine, Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2001 Jul;49(3):257-66. Barber J.
87% Reported Abstinence From Tobacco Use With Hypnosis
A field study of 93 male and 93 female CMHC outpatients examined the facilitation of smoking cessation by using hypnosis. At 3-month follow-up, 86% of the men and 87% of the women reported continued abstinence from the use of tobacco using hypnosis.
Performance by gender in a stop-smoking program combining hypnosis and aversion. Johnson DL, Karkut RT. Adkar Associates, Inc., Bloomington, Indiana. Psychol Rep. 1994 Oct;75(2):851-7.
PMID: 7862796 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
81% Reported They Had Stopped Smoking After Hypnosis
Thirty smokers enrolled in an HMO were referred by their primary physician for treatment. Twenty-one patients returned after an initial consultation and received hypnosis for smoking cessation. At the end of treatment, 81% of those patients reported that they had stopped smoking, and 48% reported abstinence at 12 months post-treatment.
Texas A&M University, System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, College Station, TX USA. Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2004 Jan;52(1):73-81. Clinical hypnosis for smoking cessation: preliminary results of a three-session intervention. Elkins GR, Rajab MH.
Hypnosis Patients Twice As Likely To Remain Smoke-Free After Two Years
Study of 71 smokers showed that after a two-year follow up, patients that quit with hypnosis were twice as likely to remain smoke-free than those who quit on their own.
Guided health imagery for smoking cessation and long-term abstinence. Wynd, CA. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 2005; 37:3, pages 245-250.
Hypnosis More Effective Than Drug Interventions For Smoking Cessation
Group hypnosis sessions, evaluated at a less effective success rate (22% success) than individualized hypnosis sessions. However, group hypnosis sessions were still demonstrated here as being more effective than drug interventions.
Ohio State University, College of Nursing, Columbus, OH 43210, USA Descriptive outcomes of the American Lung Association of Ohio hypnotherapy smoking cessation program. Ahijevych K, Yerardi R, Nedilsky N.
Hypnosis Most Effective Says Largest Study Ever: 3 Times as Effective as Patch and 15 Times as Effective as Willpower.
Hypnosis is the most effective way of giving up smoking, according to the largest ever scientific comparison of ways of breaking the habit. A meta-analysis, statistically combining results of more than 600 studies of 72,000 people from America and Europe to compare various methods of quitting. On average, hypnosis was over three times as effective as nicotine replacement methods and 15 times as effective as trying to quit alone.
University of Iowa, Journal of Applied Psychology, How One in Five Give Up Smoking. October 1992.
(Also New Scientist, October 10, 1992.)
Hypnosis Over 30 Times as Effective for Weight Loss
Investigated the effects of hypnosis in weight loss for 60 females, at least 20% overweight. Treatment included group hypnosis with metaphors for ego-strengthening, decision making and motivation, ideomotor exploration in individual hypnosis, and group hypnosis with maintenance suggestions. Hypnosis was more effective than a control group: an average of 17 lbs lost by the hypnosis group vs. an average of 0.5 lbs lost by the control group, on follow-up.
Cochrane, Gordon; Friesen, J. (1986). Hypnotherapy in weight loss treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 54, 489-492.
Two Years Later: Hypnosis Subjects Continued To Lose Significant Weight
109 people completed a behavioral treatment for weight management either with or without the addition of hypnosis. At the end of the 9-week program, both interventions resulted in significant weight reduction. At 8-month and 2-year follow-ups, the hypnosis subjects were found to have continued to lose significant weight, while those in the behavioral-treatment-only group showed little further change.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (1985)
Hypnosis Subjects Lost More Weight Than 90% of Others and Kept it Off
Researchers analyzed 18 studies comparing a cognitive behavioral therapy such as relaxation training, guided imagery, self monitoring, or goal setting with the same therapy supplemented by hypnosis.
Those who received the hypnosis lost more weight than 90 percent of those not receiving hypnosis and maintained the weight loss two years after treatment ended.
University of Connecticut, Storrs Allison DB, Faith MS. Hypnosis as an adjunct to cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy for obesity: a meta-analytic reappraisal. J Consult Clin Psychol. 1996;64(3):513-516.
Hypnosis More Than Doubled Average Weight Loss
Study of the effect of adding hypnosis to cognitive-behavioral treatments for weight reduction, additional data were obtained from authors of two studies. Analyses indicated that the benefits of hypnosis increased substantially over time.
Kirsch, Irving (1996). Hypnotic enhancement of cognitive-behavioral weight loss treatments--Another meta-reanalysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64 (3), 517-519.
Hypnosis Showed Significantly Lower Post-Treatment Weights
Two studies compared overweight smoking and non-smoking adult women in an hypnosis-based, weight-loss program. Both achieved significant weight losses and decreases in Body Mass Index. Follow-up study replicated significant weight losses and declines in Body Mass Index. The overt aversion and hypnosis program yielded significantly lower post-treatment weights and a greater average number of pounds lost.
Weight loss for women: studies of smokers and nonsmokers using hypnosis and multi-component treatments with and without overt aversion. Johnson DL, Psychology Reprints. 1997 Jun;80(3 Pt 1):931-3.
Hypnotherapy group with stress reduction achieved significantly more weight loss than the other two treatments.
Randomised, controlled, parallel study of two forms of hypnotherapy (directed at stress reduction or energy intake reduction), vs dietary advice alone in 60 obese patients with obstructive sleep apnoea on nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment.
J Stradling, D Roberts, A Wilson and F Lovelock, Chest Unit, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, UK
Hypnosis can more than double the effects of traditional weight loss approaches
An analysis of five weight loss studies reported in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology in 1996 showed that the "… weight loss reported in the five studies indicates that hypnosis can more than double the effects" of traditional weight loss approaches.
University of Connecticut, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology in 1996 (Vol. 64, No. 3, pgs 517-519).
Weight loss is greater where hypnosis is utilized
Research into cognitive-behavioral weight loss treatments established that weight loss is greater where hypnosis is utilized. It was also established that the benefits of hypnosis increase over time.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (1996)
Showed Hypnosis As "An Effective Way To Lose Weight"
A study of 60 females who were at least 20% overweight and not involved in other treatment showed hypnosis is an effective way to lose weight.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (1986)
Reference: Hypnosis Reduces Frequency and Intensity of Migraines
Compared the treatment of migraine by hypnosis and autohypnosis with the treatment of migraine by the drug prochlorperazine (Stemetil). Results show that the number of attacks and the number of people who suffered blinding attacks were significantly lower for the group receiving hypnotherapy than for the group receiving prochlorperazine. For the group on hypnotherapy, these two measures were significantly lower when on hypnotherapy than when on the previous treatment. It is concluded that further trials of hypnotherapy are justified against some other treatment not solely associated with the ingestion of tablets.
Anderson JA, Basker MA, Dalton R, Migraine and hypnotherapy, International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis 1975; 23(1): 48-58.
Hypnosis Reduces Pain and Speeds up Recovery from Surgery
Since 1992, we have used hypnosis routinely in more than 1400 patients undergoing surgery. We found that hypnosis used with patients as an adjunct to conscious sedation and local anesthesia was associated with improved intraoperative patient comfort, and with reduced anxiety, pain, intraoperative requirements for anxiolytic and analgesic drugs, optimal surgical conditions and a faster recovery of the patient. We reported our clinical experience and our fundamental research.
[Hypnosis and its application in surgery] Faymonville ME, Defechereux T, Joris J, Adant JP, Hamoir E, Meurisse M, Service d'Anesthesie-Reanimation, Universite de Liege, Rev Med Liege. 1998 Jul;53(7):414-8.
Hypnosis Reduces Pain Intensity
Analysis of the simple-simple main effects, holding both group and condition constant, revealed that application of hypnotic analgesia reduced report of pain intensity significantly more than report of pain unpleasantness.
Dahlgren LA, Kurtz RM, Strube MJ, Malone MD, Differential effects of hypnotic suggestion on multiple dimensions of pain. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management. 1995; 10(6): 464-70.
Hypnosis Reduces Pain of Headaches and Anxiety
The improvement was confirmed by the subjective evaluation data gathered with the use of a questionnaire and by a significant reduction in anxiety scores.
Melis PM, Rooimans W, Spierings EL, Hoogduin CA, Treatment of chronic tension-type headache with hypnotherapy: a single-blind time controlled study. Headache 1991; 31(10): 686-9.
Hypnosis Lowered Post-treatment Pain in Burn Injuries
Patients in the hypnosis group reported less post treatment pain than did patients in the control group. The findings are used to replicate earlier studies of burn pain hypnoanalgesia, explain discrepancies in the literature, and highlight the potential importance of motivation with this population.
Patterson DR, Ptacek JT, Baseline pain as a moderator of hypnotic analgesia for burn injury treatment. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology 1997; 65(1): 60-7.
Hypnosis Lowered Phantom Limb Pain
Hypnotic procedures appear to be a useful adjunct to established strategies for the treatment of phantom limb pain and would repay further, more systematic, investigation. Suggestions are provided as to the factors which should be considered for a more systematic research program.
Treatment of phantom limb pain using hypnotic imagery. Oakley DA, Whitman LG, Halligan PW, Department of Psychology, University College, London, UK.
Hypnosis Has a Reliable and Significant Impact on Acute and Chronic Pain
Hypnosis has been demonstrated to reduce analogue pain, and studies on the mechanisms of laboratory pain reduction have provided useful applications to clinical populations. Studies showing central nervous system activity during hypnotic procedures offer preliminary information concerning possible physiological mechanisms of hypnotic analgesia. Randomized controlled studies with clinical populations indicate that hypnosis has a reliable and significant impact on acute procedural pain and chronic pain conditions. Methodological issues of this body of research are discussed, as are methods to better integrate hypnosis into comprehensive pain treatment.
Hypnosis and clinical pain. Patterson DR, Jensen MP, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA USA 98104 Psychol Bull. 2003 Jul;129(4):495-521.
Hypnosis is a Powerful Tool in Pain Therapy and is Biological in Addiction to Psychological
Attempting to elucidate cerebral mechanisms behind hypnotic analgesia, we measured regional cerebral blood flow with positron emission tomography in patients with fibromyalgia, during hypnotically-induced analgesia and resting wakefulness. The patients experienced less pain during hypnosis than at rest. The cerebral blood-flow was bilaterally increased in the orbitofrontal and subcallosial cingulate cortices, the right thalamus, and the left inferior parietal cortex, and was decreased bilaterally in the cingulate cortex. The observed blood-flow pattern supports notions of a multifactorial nature of hypnotic analgesia, with an interplay between cortical and subcortical brain dynamics. Copyright 1999 European Federation of Chapters of the International Association for the Study of Pain.
Functional anatomy of hypnotic analgesia: a PET study of patients with fibromyalgia. Wik G, Fischer H, Bragee B, Finer B, Fredrikson M, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Karolinska Institute and Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden Eur J Pain. 1999 Mar;3(1):7-12.
Hypnosis Useful in Hospital Emergency Rooms
Hypnosis can be a useful adjunct in the emergency department setting. Its efficacy in various clinical applications has been replicated in controlled studies. Application to burns, pain, pediatric procedures, surgery, psychiatric presentations (e.g., coma, somatoform disorder, anxiety, and post traumatic stress), and obstetric situations (e.g., hyperemesis, labor, and delivery) are described.
Significantly More Methadone Addicts Quit with Hypnosis. 94% Remained Narcotic Free
Significant differences were found on all measures. The experimental group had significantly less discomfort and illicit drug use, and a significantly greater amount of cessation. At six month follow up, 94% of the subjects in the experimental group who had achieved cessation remained narcotic free.
A comparative study of hypnotherapy and psychotherapy in the treatment of methadone addicts. Manganiello AJ, American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 1984; 26(4): 273-9.
Hypnosis Shows 77 Percent Success Rate for Drug Addiction
Treatment has been used with 18 clients over the last 7 years and has shown a 77 percent success rate for at least a 1-year follow-up. 15 were being seen for alcoholism or alcohol abuse, 2 clients were being seen for cocaine addiction, and 1 client had a marijuana addiction
Intensive Therapy: Utilizing Hypnosis in the Treatment of Substance Abuse Disorders. Potter, Greg, American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, Jul 2004.
Raised Self-esteem & Serenity. Lowered Impulsivity and Anger
In a research study on self-hypnosis for relapse prevention training with chronic drug/alcohol users. Participants were 261 veterans admitted to Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Programs (SARRTPs). individuals who used repeated self-hypnosis "at least 3 to 5 times a week," at 7-week follow-up, reported the highest levels of self-esteem and serenity, and the least anger/impulsivity, in comparison to the minimal-practice and control groups.
American Journal of Clinical Hypnotherapy (a publication of the American Psychological Association)
2004 Apr;46(4):281-97)
Hypnosis For Cocaine Addiction Documented Case Study
Hypnosis was successfully used to overcome a $500 (five grams) per day cocaine addiction. The subject was a female in her twenties. After approximately 8 months of addiction, she decided to use hypnosis in an attempt to overcome the addiction itself. Over the next 4 months, she used hypnosis three times a day and at the end of this period, her addiction was broken, and she has been drug free for the past 9 years. Hypnosis was the only intervention, and no support network of any kind was available.
The use of hypnosis in cocaine addiction. Page RA, Handley GW, Ohio State University, Lima, OH USA 45804. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 1993 Oct;36(2):120-3.
Healed 41% faster from fracture- 2 Harvard Medical School Studies
Healed significantly faster from surgery
Two studies from Harvard Medical School show hypnosis significantly reduces the time it takes to heal.
Study One: Six weeks after an ankle fracture, those in the hypnosis group showed the equivalent of eight and a half weeks of healing.
Study Two: Three groups of people studied after breast reduction surgery. Hypnosis group healed "significantly faster" than supportive attention group and control group.
Harvard Medical School, Carol Ginandes and Union Institute in Cincinnati, Patricia Brooks, Harvard University Gazette Online, at http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/05.08/01-hypnosis.html.


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Congress OK's Bill Aimed at Abuse of Children
San Antonio Express-News - January 03, 2013
By Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje
Updated 10:24 pm, Thursday, January 3, 2013
A bipartisan bill aimed at reducing child fatalities from abuse or neglect has been passed by the Senate, clearing the way for the creation of a national commission on an issue that has disproportionately affected Texas and Bexar County families, according to advocates and state officials.
The Protect Our Kids Act, co-sponsored by Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin, and Rep. Dave Camp, R-Michigan, calls for the creation of a 12-member commission that will study a host of issues around deaths related to child abuse and neglect, from the adequacy of current programs to more effective prevention methods.
"Texas has the highest rate of child abuse and neglect fatalities in the nation," Doggett said in a news release. "The Protect Our Kids Act will help provide thoughtful consideration of the steps we can take to better protect vulnerable children. Working together in a bipartisan way, we can make meaningful progress on this troubling issue."
According to data from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, 231 children died from abuse or neglect in Texas in 2011, representing a 124 percent increase in the past 15 years.
The state saw only a 19 percent growth in its child population during the same period, said Madeline McClure of TexProtects, an Austin child advocacy group.
Advocates say child deaths from abuse or neglect are a major concern in Bexar County, which saw a record number of such fatalities — 20 — in fiscal year 2011.
Last year witnessed numbers almost as grim: 19 children died from maltreatment in 2012.
McClure, who testified before Congress in support of the bill, said the commission will come up with standardized definitions and measures of what constitutes maltreatment that leads to death.
"We know that shaking a baby until it dies is abuse, but what about the mother who falls asleep and her 4-year-old runs out the door and gets hit by a car?" she said. "More important, members will look at the root causes of abuse and neglect. We now have real data coming out of the social sciences, so they'll be able to identify and propose more effective interventions."
The most recent high-profile case in Bexar County involved the Dec. 27 death of 5-year old Josiah Williams, who officials say was beaten and starved.
Police arrested Charleston Williams, the boy's biological father, and his stepmother, Crystal Williams, on felony injury to a child charges two days after the boy's death.
According to police, the medical examiner found signs of serious abuse, malnutrition and neglect, including bruising all over Josiah's body.
Commission members will make recommendations on ways to reduce child maltreatment deaths, according to Doggett, who originally authored the legislation in 2011 and introduced an improved version in 2012. The bill was passed by the House on Dec. 19.
"It's definitely something that is needed here in Bexar County," said Yolanda Valenzuela, vice president of Child Advocates San Antonio, which advocates for neglected and abused children in the Child Protective Services system.
"When you bring 12 heads together, hopefully they will come up with better prevention strategies," Valenzuela said. "What's happening now is we're just reacting after abuse or deaths have taken place, instead of preventing it from happening. We need to catch (abuse) early, vs. putting a Band-Aid on it after the fact."
The bipartisan commission will include six members appointed by President Barack Obama, three by the House and three by the Senate.
Each member will be required to have experience in one or more areas relevant to child maltreatment.
Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Congress-OKs-bill-aimed-at-abuse-of-children-4165576.php#ixzz2HJphtL1L

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LONDON: Chinese President Xi Jinping has sealed a multi-billion dollar deal to finance nuclear power stations in Britain, crowning a visit that Prime Minister David Cameron hopes will unleash a wave of investment from the world's second largest economy.
After a day of pomp, Communist Party General Secretary Xi yesterday turned from pageantry to discussion of 40 billion pounds' ($62 billion) worth of deals with Cameron in his Downing Street residence, where a landmark nuclear deal was signed.
In the first major Chinese investment in a Western nuclear facility, China's General Nuclear Corporation (CGN) will take a one-third stake in the planned 18 billion-pound ($28 billion) Hinkley Point nuclear plant, to be owned by France's EDF.
State-owned CGN will also take a two-thirds stake in the Bradwell nuclear plant east of London, where it plans to build a Chinese-designed reactor, and a one-fifth stake in a project for Areva -designed reactors at the Sizewell plant.
"We will build a global, comprehensive strategic partnership between our countries in the 21st Century and jointly open up a golden era," Xi told reporters via a translator, adding that the nuclear deal was a flagship investment.
Cameron is pitching Britain as the pre-eminent Western gateway for investment from China, though the warmth of the reception for Xi has raised some eyebrows with allies and drawn criticism that London is ignoring China's human rights record.
Protests on the street against the Communist leader have been small so far, despite activists accusing Cameron of courting Chinese money while brushing aside criticism of a crackdown in civil liberties since Xi came to power in 2012.
British officials and business leaders say the rise of China is impossible to ignore: China's economy is four times the size of Britain's.
When a BBC reporter asked Xi at a briefing whether Britain should be pleased to do business with an undemocratic country with a troubled relationship to human rights, Cameron said a strong commercial relationship was important.
"The stronger our relationship, the more able we are to have the necessary and frank discussions about other issues," Cameron said, adding he had raised the oversupply of Chinese steel after over 4,000 jobs were thrown into jeopardy at steel plants across Britain in recent weeks.
Xi said China had taken steps to reduce iron and steel capacity and that China attached "great importance" to the protection of human rights.
"Looking around the world, there is always room for improvement," Xi said of human rights. He later told a business audience that there would be no hard landing for China's economy. "The Chinese economy will maintain its strong momentum," Xi said. "There will be no hard landing."
China will take a 6-billion-pound stake in EDF's Hinkley Point project in the southwestern English county of Somerset, due to be the first new nuclear plant to be built in the European Union since Japan's Fukushima disaster in 2011.
The Chinese investment, agreed in principle in October 2013, breathes life into a British plan to replace around a quarter of its electricity generating capacity over the next decade. It offers China a way to showcase its nuclear technology as part of its pitch as a global exporter of quality infrastructure.
No overall figure was given for the Chinese nuclear investment. Britain said before the visit that a total of 30 billion pounds' worth of contracts would be clinched, though Cameron upped the figure to 40 billion today.
The deal brings Britain's first new nuclear plant since 1995 a step closer and is also a boost for EDF, which has been hit by billions of euros of cost overruns and years of delays with two of its other European nuclear projects in Finland and France.
The prospect of China, which Western spymasters say sponsors hacking of global companies, helping to build a nuclear plant in Britain and being involved in running others has stoked security concerns.
Steve Hilton, a former policy adviser to David Cameron, told the BBC that Britain should impose sanctions on China for political oppression and cyber attacks instead of rolling out the red carpet.
"This is one of the worst national humiliations we've seen since we went cap-in-hand to the IMF in the 1970s," said Hilton, referring to the 1976 crisis during which Britain was forced to ask for a loan from the International Monetary Fund.
"The truth is that China is a rogue state just as bad as Russia or Iran, and I just don't understand why we're sucking up to them rather than standing up to them as we should be." China has strongly denied previous accusations of espionage, saying it is itself a victim of cyber attacks. – Reuters


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'What about Marx?'
Dan Little:
What about Marx?, by Dan Little: At various points since the death of Karl Marx in 1883 his work has been regarded as a dead issue -- no longer relevant, too ideological, methodologically flawed, too rooted in the nineteenth century. And yet each of these periods of extinction has been followed by a resurgence of interest in Marx's ideas, as new generations try to make sense of the tough and often cruel social conditions in which they find themselves. What are the important dimensions of theory that Marx presented through his writings? And how can any of these be considered valuable in trying to come to grips with the global, capitalist, turbulent, unequal, violent world that we now inhabit?
We might say that there are a small handful of key theoretical frameworks that Marx advocated.
Materialism as a methodology for social science. Social change is driven by material circumstances, the forces and relations of production. This encompasses the property system and the ensemble of technologies present in a given level of society. Materialism denies that ideas and thought drive social change; so religion, patriotism, nationalism, and ideologies of patriarchy are epiphenomena rather than originating causes.
Emphasis on the primacy of property and class. Sociologists and historians want to explain processes of social change. Marx puts it forward that the economic interests created by the property system in a given society create powerful foundations for collective social action. Those who occupy positions of advantage within a given set of property relations want to do what they can to preserve those relations; and those who are disadvantaged by the property relations have a latent interest in mobilizing to change those relations. Persons who share a location in the property system constitute a class, and their interests are systematically different from those in other such positions.
A sketch of a theory of consciousness and culture. Institutions of consciousness and culture play a role in stabilizing and attacking the most important relations of domination in a society. Educational institutions, it is argued, prepare young people for their specific roles in society -- workers, managers, elites, sub-proletarians. So struggles over the content and form of the institutions of enculturation can be expected to be polarized along class lines. Less directly, Marxists like Gramsci have postulated that worldviews reflect life experiences; so elites create cultural worlds that are quite distinct from those imagined by subordinate groups.
A diagnosis of social ills including exploitation, alienation, and dehumanization of social relations. Exploitation has to do with the flow of wealth and material goods through the property system from producers to property-owners. Alienation has to do with the loss of autonomy and self-control that individuals have within a capitalist structure. Marx's distinctive addition to this idea is that this loss of autonomy has psychic consequences -- disaffection, lack of self-respect, depression. The dehumanization of social relations follows from the structure of the capitalist workplace -- workers and bosses, each related to the other through the workings of a command system. Wittgentstein got it right when he described the "slab" language game: the boss says "slab", and the worker produces a slab. There is nothing "I-thou" about this relation (Buber, I and Thou).
A theory of several distinct modes of production. Marx believes that history takes the form of a succession of separable and structurally distinct modes of production: ancient slavery, feudalism, and capitalism differ by the structure of the production system, the property system, and the technologies that each embodied. Marx's most extensive analysis of social formations is his treatment of the capitalist mode of production in Capital: Volume 1: A Critique of Political Economy and the writings that were posthumously edited and published as volumes 2 and 3 of Capital.
A common thread through these framing ideas is the perspective of critique: a critical intelligence trying to understand why modern society produces such human misery. But even from the perspective of critique -- the perspective that tries to diagnose and understand the systemic flaws of contemporary society -- Marxism leaves quite a bit of terrain untouched: gender relations, racism, nationalism, and religious hatred, for example. Marxism doesn't do a good job of explaining a regime of sexual violence (rape in India); it doesn't have much to contribute to the rise of fascism; it doesn't have resources for understanding Islamo-phobia and hatred. So Marxism is not a comprehensive theory of modern social failings; and we might say that its emphasis on economic conflict eclipses other forms of domination in ways that are actually harmful to our ability to improve our social relations.
Geoff Boucher takes up the issue of the continuing relevance of Marx in the contemporary world in Understanding Marxism. Here is how he opens the book:But Boucher rejects this neoliberal consensus.
Today, radical thinking about social alternatives stands under prohibition. According to defenders of the neoliberal transformation of every facet of human existence into a market, Marxism has failed…. Marx is dead; Marxism is finished -- and it must stay that way. (1)Here are the core reasons that Boucher offers for thinking that Marxism is still relevant in the twenty-first century:
Marxism as an intellectual movement has been one of the most important and fertile contributions to twentieth-century thought. The influence of Marxism has been felt in every discipline, in the social sciences and interpretive humanities, from philosophy, through sociology and history, to literature. (2)
And later:
Marxism is the most serious normative social-theoretical challenge to liberal forms of freedom that does not at the same time reject the modern world.
Marxism is the most sustained effort so far to think the present historically and to reflexively grasp thought itself within its socio-historical context. (2)
Marxism is a distinctively historical theory that normatively challenges liberalism in a way no other modern theory does. (3)
Much of Boucher's book contributes to one of two intellectual aims: to give a clear exposition of the most important of Marx's theoretical ideas; and to explicate the several "Marxisms" that followed in the twentieth century. The successive Marxisms take up the bulk of the book, with chapters on Classical Marxism, Hegelian Marxism, The Frankfurt School, Structural Marxism, Analytical Marxism, Critical Theory, and Post-Marxism. So the book provides very extensive explication of the theoretical ideas and developments that have grown out of the Marxist tradition.
What Boucher doesn't really provide is a clear rationale, based on contemporary sociology and history, for the conclusions he wants us to share about the continuing utility of Marxism as a framework for understanding the present and future. We don't get the reasoning that would support the affirmative ideas expressed above. The best rebuttal to the neoliberal triumphalism mentioned above is a compelling collection of sociological studies grounded in the perspectives mentioned above. Michael Burawoy's sociology of factories is a good example (e.g. Manufacturing Consent: Changes in the Labor Process Under Monopoly Capitalism). But this isn't an approach that Boucher chooses to pursue.
So what about it? Is Marxism relevant today? Yes, if we can avoid the dogmatism and rigidity that were often associated with the tradition. Power, exploitation, class, structures of production and distribution, property relations, workplace hierarchy -- these features certainly continue to be an important part of our social world. We need to think of Marx's corpus as a multiple source of hypotheses and interpretations about how capitalism works. And we need to recognize fully that no theoretical framework captures the whole of history or society. Marxism is not a comprehensive theory of social organization and change. But it does provide a useful set of hypotheses about how some of the key social mechanisms work in a class-divided society. Seen from that perspective, Marxist thought serves as a sort of proto-paradigm or mental framework in terms of which to pursue more specific social and historical investigations.
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Split-finger tweaks may have landed Farnsworth on DL in 2012
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- After serving as the Rays closer in 2011, Kyle Farnsworth began the '12 season on the disabled list after suffering a right elbow strain during Spring Training.
The veteran right-hander missed 77 games before being activated on June 30, posting a 1-6 mark with a 4.00 ERA in 34 appearances.
Looking back to what happened, Farnsworth, 36, believes the problem stemmed from tinkering with the split-finger fastball.
"I think it was just throwing the splitty," Farnsworth said. "I know early in my career I'd throw the splitty and it would give my elbow little aches here and there. Every time I'd try to throw it, it would do the same thing."
Farnsworth noted that not all pitchers can throw the pitch, and he offered his opinion about why the pitch can irritate a pitcher's arm.
"I think when you spread your fingers apart, it puts more pressure on your elbow ligament," Farnsworth said.
Farnsworth, who is known for being a physical specimen, said he has made adjustments in his regimen over the years.
"I used to work out super hard back in the day," Farnsworth said. "Now, I don't work out as hard. The older you get, the more you have to adjust to let your body recover. You want to be loose, too."


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Helena Bonham Carter Makes a Better Liz Taylor Than Lindsay Lohan – Photo of the Week
Looking totally unlike herself, Helena Bonham Carter went glamazon to play the world's most famous violet-eyed actress in the BBC's Liz Taylor and Richard Burton biopic.
While Taylor was all about image, Carter is anything but and looks practically unrecognizable without her messy brown mop, pasty white Tim Burton makeup and mismatched ensembles.
Unlike 'Liz & Dick,' which focused on Taylor's earlier years (minus those times they stuck Lindsay Lohan in old age makeup for the hilarity), the BBC film takes place in 1983 and focuses on Taylor and Burton working together on the play 'Private Lives.'
Bonham stars opposite actor Dominic West, but his makeover is more of a makeunder.


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May 10, 2012
California Sues JPMorgan Chase Over Credit Card Cases
California's top law enforcement official accused JPMorgan Chase on Thursday of flooding the state's courts with questionable lawsuits to collect overdue credit card debt.
The suit, filed in California Superior Court by the state's attorney general, Kamala D. Harris, contends that JPMorgan, the nation's largest bank, "committed debt collection abuses against tens of thousands of California consumers."
For about three years, between January 2008 and April 2011, JPMorgan filed thousands of lawsuits each month to collect soured credit card debt, Ms. Harris said. On a single day, for example, JPMorgan filed 469 lawsuits, court records show.
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As the bank plowed through the lawsuits, Ms. Harris said, JPMorgan took shortcuts like relying on court documents that were not reviewed for accuracy. "To maintain this breakneck pace," according to the lawsuit, JPMorgan relied on "unlawful practices."
The accusations outlined in the lawsuit echo problems — from questionable documents used in lawsuits to incomplete records — that plagued the foreclosure process and prompted a multibillion-dollar settlement with big banks. One hallmark of the foreclosure crisis, robosigning, in which banks worked through mountains of legal documents without reviewing them for accuracy, is at the center of Ms. Harris's lawsuit against JPMorgan.
JPMorgan is already navigating a thicket of regulatory woes. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, one of the bank's chief regulators, is preparing an enforcement action against the bank over the way it collects its credit card debt, according to several people close to the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the cases publicly.
JPMorgan assembled a "debt collection mill that abuses the California judicial process," according to the lawsuit. Many of the lawsuits filed rely on questionable or incomplete records, Ms. Harris said. "At nearly every stage of the collection process," the bank "cut corners in the name of speed, cost savings and their own convenience," she said.
Ms. Harris said she sought "to hold Chase accountable for systematically using illegal tactics to flood California's courts with specious lawsuits against consumers." She said she aimed to get "redress for borrowers who have been harmed," but did not detail any request for specific damages.
While JPMorgan's debt collection practices are the ones under scrutiny, flaws are increasingly common in credit card lawsuits filed by rival banks, according to interviews with dozens of state judges, regulators and lawyers who defend consumers.
"A vast number of the lawsuits are flawed and most of them can't prove the individual actually owes the debt," said Noach Dear, a civil court judge in Brooklyn who said he had presided over as many as 150 such cases a day.
Ted Mermin, executive director of the Public Good Law Center in Berkeley, Calif., said, "This is in no way just a JPMorgan problem."
JPMorgan Chase declined to comment. The bank, though, has been cooperating with regulators, including the California attorney general's office, to root out problems with its debt collection lawsuits, according to people briefed on the situation. Amid concerns that some of the underlying documentation was flawed, JPMorgan stopped filing new credit card lawsuits in 2011, these people said. In courts across the country, according to judges, JPMorgan has also been throwing out some pending lawsuits as well.
Some of the nation's biggest lenders are turning to the courts to collect money they are owed on a range of debts, from credit card balances to soured auto loans, judges and lawyers for consumers say.
Since the financial crisis, fewer customers are falling behind on their bills and the morass of bad debt is shrinking. Still, lenders are working to clean up their books and whittle down the amount of soured loans, the judges say.
In most instances, the customers admit that they owe the money. The problem, though, judges and law enforcement officials say, is that credit card companies sometimes flout proper legal procedures to recover what they are owed. Many of the cases, according to Mr. Dear, the civil court judge in Brooklyn, hinge on erroneous documents, hastily assembled to make up for the fact that lenders have lost the original paperwork needed, like payment histories or the original contract. Some lawsuits rely on fabricated credit card statements, Mr. Dear said.
Lenders have been buffeted by this kind of criticism before over the way they pursued homeowners who had fallen behind on their mortgage payments. Last year, five of the nation's largest banks reached a $26 billion pact with 49 state attorneys general over claims the lenders wrongfully seized homes.
Now the regulatory spotlight is swinging from mortgages to credit cards. The problems in credit card lawsuits play out in the shadows, judges say. That is because unlike in foreclosure cases, borrowers sued over credit card debt rarely show up to defend themselves. As a result, more than 95 percent of lawsuits result in a default judgment, an automatic victory for the lender.
Armed with a default judgment, lenders can garnish a consumer's wages or freeze bank accounts to get their money back.
Sometimes borrowers do not even realize that they have been sued until a lender wins a default judgment, consumer lawyers say. The situation arises, consumer lawyers say, when lenders claim to serve borrowers with notice of a suit, as they are required to do under the law, but do not follow through. The practice, called "sewer service," is rampant across the country, the consumer lawyers say. Ms. Harris accused JPMorgan of sewer service in her lawsuit.
Sonia Caro, 62, who lives in Brooklyn, said she had no idea that Capital One was suing her over credit card debt until the lender won a $2,039.43 judgment against her in 2010.
Ms. Caro, who fell behind on her credit cards after multiple sclerosis forced her to stop working, said that she was shocked. "I just didn't know," she said. Faced with the staggering bill, Ms. Caro said she was devastated. "It felt so bad."
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I don't know if Troy Davis, who was executed Wednesday by the state of Georgia, was innocent. But I do know that the evidence demanding a re-examination of his conviction, including the recanted testimony of most of the witnesses against him, was overwhelming.
Of course, that's now beside the point, which is exactly what is so wrong about the use of the death penalty. No matter what evidence of innocence might be produced in the future, it is of consequence no longer.
That's one compelling argument against the death penalty — no room for correction — but there are others. The most egregious argument for capital punishment is the claim that the finality of officially condoned killing is a necessary guarantor of civilized order. It's egregious because it is not possible to make that case without explaining why most of the democratic societies that we admire shun the death penalty as contrary to their most deeply held values.
Or is it China, Iran, North Korea and Yemen — which, along with the United States, lead the world in government executions — that we most admire? There's something stunningly disgraceful about the company we keep on this issue.
Amnesty International is the world's premier human rights organization, and it deserves high marks for its anti-death penalty campaign. Amnesty points out that more than two-thirds of the world's nations have abolished the death penalty in law or practice. I defy anyone to compare the list of countries that have retained the death penalty with those that have abolished it and then conclude that it serves a needed purpose.
It's obvious from the experience of those nations without the death penalty and our own 17 states that have banned capital punishment that this barbaric custom is not a necessary, let alone efficient, means for ensuring public safety. Due process in the United States, which claims to have an enlightened legal system, requires death penalty procedures that are costlier than appropriate incarceration.
Governments that cling to this primitive ritual of state-sanctioned murder do so not to induce respect for law but rather to indulge a lust for vengeance.
Toward that end, it would be far more honest to have the bound prisoner stoned to death by the governors, state legislators, prosecutors and judges who support the death penalty rather than to employ lethal injections by disengaged technicians. Forcing them to be the executioners in actual practice rather than as a matter of legal theory would compel a far greater sense of personal responsibility than politicians and some others tend to exhibit on the matter.
From my own experience as a journalist covering this issue, the vast majority of politicians who defend capital punishment do so out of rank opportunism, which they demonstrate — particularly when the conversation is off the record — by citing polling numbers rather than evidence of the death penalty as a capital crime deterrent.
As I waited for the news of Troy Davis' fate, my thoughts kept returning to that day in 1960 when we Berkeley students picketed the California governor's office, pleading for a stay in the execution of convicted rapist Caryl Chessman, who was never accused of murder. It didn't come because Gov. Pat Brown, despite his deep reservations about the case, had succumbed to public opinion. I never imagined then that more than half a century later, the death penalty would still be enforced. That it is mocks our claim to be a moral leader in this world.
It is appropriate that we grieve for the slain police officer, Mark MacPhail, but if Davis was not the one with the gun, as he claimed to the end, the true murderer will have gone unpunished, as suggested by Davis' haunting plea to the MacPhail family minutes before he died: "I did not personally kill your son, father, brother. All I can ask is that you look deeper into this case so you really can finally see the truth."
Execution is a means of summarily ending the pursuit of justice rather than advancing it.
This case was so freighted with contradictions that a stay of execution was clearly in order. As Amnesty International spokeswoman Laura Moye said, "Today Georgia didn't just kill Troy Davis. They killed the faith and confidence that many Georgians, Americans and Troy Davis supporters worldwide used to have in our criminal justice system."
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text: An ongoing multibillion-dollar overhaul of the nation's air traffic control (ATC) system is designed to make commercial aviation more efficient, more environmentally friendly and safer by 2025.But some white-hat hackers are questioning the safety part. The Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) will rely on Global Positioning Systems (GPS) instead of radar. And so far, several hackers have said they were able to demonstrate the capability to hijack aircraft by spoofing their GPS components.The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has declared that it already has multiple measures to detect fake signals. But it has so far not allowed any independent testing of the system.The hacking exploits are not new. National Public Radio's "All Tech Considered" reported last August that Brad Haines, a Canadian computer consultant known online as "RenderMan," noted that the radio signals aircraft will send out to mark their identity and location under NextGen, called automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B), were both unencrypted and unauthenticated.By spoofing those signals, Haines said he could create fake "ghost planes.""If I can inject 50 extra flights onto an air traffic controller's screen, they are not going to know what is going on," he told NPR. "If you could introduce enough chaos into the system - for even an hour - that hour will ripple though the entire world's air traffic control."Haines presented his findings at the Defcon hacking conference in Las Vegas last summer [http:\/\/www.csoonline.com\/article\/713233\/the-black-hat-bsideslv-and-defcon-post-mortem].Then there is the group of researchers from the University of Texas that successfully hijacked a civilian drone at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico during a test organized by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last summer.The system used to hijack the drone cost about $1,000. The NextGen program is expected to cost taxpayers $27 billion, plus another $10 billion spent by the commercial aviation industry.In a third case, NPR reported that Andrei Costin, a Romanian graduate student in France, was able to build a software-defined radio hooked to a computer that created fake ADS-B signals in a lab. It cost him about $2,000. Costin made a presentation at last summer's Black Hat conference.Paul Rosenzweig, founder of Red Branch Law & Consulting and a former deputy assistant secretary for policy at DHS, wrote in a post last week on Lawfare that this amounts to the FAA continuing to dig itself into a deeper hole. One problem, he wrote, is that the eventual goal is to eliminate radar, which is inefficient because it requires planes to fly on designated radar routes."But the hardware for radar broadcasting and reception can't (that I know of) be spoofed," he wrote. "Today, when planes fly using GPS they 'double check' their location with radar. [But] the entire plan behind NextGen is to eventually get rid of the radar system -- an expensive 20th century relic, I guess. But then we are completely dependent on GPS for control."[See also:\u00a0Insecure industrial control systems, hacker trends prompt federal warnings]The FAA told NPR that besides confirming ADS-B signals with radar, the NextGen system will automatically check to make sure the correct receivers are picking up the correct signals. If a "ghost plane" is sending a signal to the wrong receiver, it would be spotted as fake. Third, it will use a technique called "multilateration" to determine exactly where every ADS-B signal is sent from.Nick Foster, a partner of Brad Haines, praised the use of multilateration. "But I still wonder if it would be possible to fool the system on the edges," he told NPR. "I think the FAA should open it up and let us test it."The risks of GPS hacks extend beyond aviation. Logan Scott, a GPS industry consultant, told Wired magazine last year [http:\/\/www.wired.com\/dangerroom\/2012\/07\/drone-hijacking\/2\/] that GPS is also used to control the power grid, to power banking operations including ATMs and to keep oil platforms in position. The world's cellular networks also rely on it.And given that it is free, unauthenticated and unencrypted makes it vulnerable. "The core problem is that we've got a GPS infrastructure which is based on a security architecture out of the 1970s," Scott said.Not everybody sees the GPS vulnerability as a major safety problem, however. Martin Fisher is now director of information security at Wellstar Health System, but worked previously in commercial aviation for 14 years. He said radar will still be around, even when the transition to NextGen is complete."Don't for a moment believe there won't be radar anymore," he said. "Commercial aircraft will still have anti-collision radar and proximity alarms."Beyond that, he said, "do not make the assumption that the pilots flying your aircraft simply follow the instructions of ATC like automatons. These are very highly trained men and women with years of experience flying day, night, good weather, bad weather."Paul Rosenzweig said he would still be much more comfortable if the FAA would allow the system to be "stress tested."Whatever bugs are in the system, there may be more than 12 years available to fix them. The Washington Post reported in September that Calvin L. Scovel III, inspector general for the Department of Transportation, told a House subcommittee that the program was "four years behind schedule and $330 million over budget."


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30 Things Every Midwesterner Should Experience
Feel your breath vanish
Feel tiny in the grand presence of South Dakota's massive Badland buttes (left). You'll be struck into reverential silence. We promise. nps.gov/badl
Feel your breath vanish, your face flatten, and your stomach drop to your knees as you rocket from zero to a record-setting 120 mph on the Top Thrill Dragster, in four seconds flat. Hold on. You're headed for a terrifying joyride of 90-degree twists and turns that tops out 42 stories above Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio. The park boasts more "scream machines" than any place, anywhere. cedarpoint.com
Feel the water
Feel the crystalline spring-fed waters of Jacks Fork River in southeast Missouri coat your fingertips as they lazily dangle from your inner tube. Don't forget to face eyes-up once in a while. Breathtaking Ozark Mountain bluffs tower on either bank of this stretch of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. nps.gov/ozar
Feel, with your bare feet, the smooth, slippery rocks that mark the beginning of the Mississippi River. After Lake Itasca's waters flow over this strip of stones, they officially become the great river, wade-able and a mere 12 feet wide here. dnr.state.mn.us
Feel the rumbles
Feel the ground rumble and shake as more than 1,500 bison thunder into a Custer State Park prairie valley in South Dakota. Each fall, cowboys and cowgirls round up one of America's largest publicly owned bison herds in a few magnificent, dust-filled minutes. gfp.sd.gov
Feel the grass-covered, packed-dirt ruts pounded down by the hundreds of thousands of wagon wheels and animal hooves on the Santa Fe Trail. During the mid-1800s, travelers headed south with goods to trade and north with gold and silver. They trampled these 900 miles between Missouri and New Mexico (still Mexico then). Today, one of the longest continuous and most clearly defined stretches is the nearly two-mile section of the trail nine miles west of Dodge City, Kansas. ksheritage.org
Feel the movement
Feel the oh-so-subtle swaying of five-mile-long Mackinac Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the Western Hemisphere, as you drive between Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas on a windy day. Below the Mighty Mac, Lakes Michigan and Huron meet in the Straits of Mackinac. The swaying seems decidedly less subtle on foot, a crossing style allowed during the Annual Bridge Walk, held each Labor Day. mackinacbridge.org
Feel your footing shift beneath you as you huff your way up Mount Baldy sand dune's 123 feet. If that doesn't sound like much of a climb, trust us: The highest point in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore makes you work for the stunning view waiting at the top. nps.gov/indu
Hear warbles and creaks
Hear the haunting warble of a loon drift across a quiet, tree-lined Minnesota lake at sunset. exploreminnesota.com
Hear the creak-groan of 100-year-old boards adjusting to the weight of your car as you drive through a covered bridge in Parke County, Indiana. Thirty-one are preserved on the county's beautiful wooded farmland. That's the largest concentration of covered bridges in western Indiana, which holds the largest concentration of covered bridges in the world. coveredbridges.com
Hear rustles and honks
Hear the gentle rustling of late-summer corn shifting in a breeze from within the Field of Dreams near Dyersville, Iowa. Walk into the very field the movie's ghost players emerged from deep enough to get the full effect (left), but not so far you get lost. By August and September, it's taller than you are. fodmoviesite.com
Hear the powerful, jarring honk of an immense ship's horn as it makes its way through the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, the world's largest single-step lock system, located in America's third-oldest continuous settlement. The ships don't need to honk anymore. They have radios. They do it for you, the watchers of the hardworking cargo ships entering and exiting tremendous Lake Superior. lre.usace.army.mil
Hear roars and music
Hear the tremendous, thundering roar of 33,650-horsepower engines and 300,000 fans as the green flag finally signifies the start of the Indy 500 in Indianapolis. The monthlong celebratory buildup to the oldest car race in the world means that by the time the flag flies and the cars shoot from their pace lap into speeds around 225 mph, the pre-race tension turns to an all-out adrenaline rush for drivers and fans alike. indianapolismotorspeedway.com
Hear the elegant classical strains of the Cleveland Orchestra fill the July air from your blanket spread out on Blossom's lawn. These 800 acres adjacent to Cuyahoga Valley National Park have been the renowned orchestra's summer home since 1968, so naturally, they have the outdoor-music-at-sunset thing down pat. Come early, and bring a picnic. clevelandorchestra.com
Smell the flowers
Smell the wild blend of lilies, sage and dusty earth from atop a horse clambering through the gullies and buttes of primitive 4,600-acre Little Missouri State Park in North Dakota (left). The remote river valley's cactus, coyotes and rough-and-tumble prairie grasses reveal the Wild West as it was, and still is. parkrec.nd.gov
Smell spring, sweet and pure, amid five acres of lilacs in bloom during two prime May weeks at the Meadowlark Hill Lilac Collection, 15 miles southeast of Ogallala, Nebraska. With 830 varieties, it's the world's largest private lilac collection. ogallala-ne.gov
Smell storms and steel
Smell the lush, stinging wetness of a storm rumbling across a wide-open sky from amid undulating green-golden grasses in the Kansas Flint Hills. This is North America's largest expanse of native tallgrass prairie, and it has an unforgettable sense of place that blends powerful sky, dramatic land and stirring moment. nps.gov/tapr
Smell smoky molten steel during a behind-the-scenes look at one of the world's largest auto manufacturers on a Ford Rouge factory tour in metro Detroit. The industry's hot-sweet signature aroma permeates a 360-degree multisensory theater, which reveals the Midwest's—and therefore the country's—auto-making past, present and future. thehenryford.org
See eagles and stars
See a bald eagle swoop to the Mississippi River, then soar back up downriver of the lock and dam in Keokuk, Iowa. It's among the best places in the contiguous 48 to eagle-watch. Visit during Keokuk's annual Bald Eagle Appreciation Days, the third weekend of each January, and spotters will help you home in on a few of the 400-plus that usually show up. keokukiowatourism.org
See a star-loaded sky in as dark a place as you can get: north central Nebraska. Merritt Reservoir, 27 miles south of Valentine, to be exact. Here, factors including geography and lack of light pollution let you see three galaxies, even without the help of a telescope. Visit anytime on your own, or hook up with other stargazers during the Nebraska Star Party. nebraskastarparty.org
See the lakes
See the stunning blue on blue of sky topping off water on Lake Superior (left), the largest freshwater lake in the world. At 32,000 square miles, this biggest of the Great Ones seems more like a small freshwater ocean than a large lake. We'd tell you where to get the best view, but every one along the shoreline seems better than the next. Might as well collect a bunch of them. great-lakes.net
See the shimmering, swirling northern lights reflected in the still waters of Lake of the Woods in Minnesota's Northwest Angle (that little blip of the state cut out of Canada). If you're in a boat on the water, it's a stellar 360-degree view that feels like floating in the sky. lakeofthewoodsmn.com
See the lights
See the waiting white beacon of the Cana Island Lighthouse (left), a Door County, Wisconsin, icon. Walk the rock causeway leading to the tiny chunk of land on which it stands. dcmm.org
See the Chicago skyline twinkle at night from atop the sparkling 150-foot Ferris wheel on Navy Pier. Six bucks gets you one panoramic, seven-minute rotation. navypier.com
See the streetlights glint off the chrome of a perfectly restored classic street rod during the Route 66 Festival's City Nights Cruise (held in late September) in Springfield, Illinois. route66fest.com
Taste state fair and baseball specials
Taste food-on-a-stick at the Iowa State Fair (left), America's quintessential annual statewide celebration. We're pretty sure calories don't count on state fairgrounds, so go ahead and enjoy that deep-fried candy-bar-on-a-stick, pork-chop-on-a-stick or just some good ol' cotton candy while admiring the award-winning vegetables, the Big Boar or the Butter Cow. iowastatefair.org
Taste a Chicago dog overflowing with extras during a Cubs game at Wrigley Field. Mustard, onion, relish, tomato, pickle and peppers, all are encouraged. (Be warned: Adding ketchup is sacrilege here.) Sure, the 1914 stadium itself is awesome, with its ivy and manually operated scoreboard. But the dog completes the experience. chicago.cubs.mlb.com
Taste fresh ice cream and smoky ribs
Taste ice cream, thick and fresh, straight from the Babcock Hall Dairy, a University of Wisconsin-Madison operation said to make the Dairy State's best. Buy a cone or cup at the Daily Scoop Deli on the UW Memorial Union terrace. It tastes best from a seat on one of the terrace's trademark sunburst chairs with a Lake Mendota view (left). union.wisc.edu
Taste the tangy, smoky, sauce-slathered ribs at Arthur Bryant's, a 75-year Kansas City, Missouri, barbecue institution. For the most authentic experience, go to the 18th and Brooklyn location in the heart of the city's jazz district. It's the original. arthurbryantsbbq.com
Taste our roots
Taste that amazing salty-sweet combo of a chocolate-dipped potato chip (left) from Carol Widman's Candy Company in Fargo, North Dakota (701) 281-8664. The chip began as a potato nurtured in the surrounding Red River Valley's black soil, which yields one of the country's largest potato crops. Pick up a bag, then cruise the dirt roads along the fertile Midwest farmland, a reminder of how close we are to our roots. carolwidmanscandy.com


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Microsoft Excel Part 1: Foundations
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- Topic A: Create Worksheet Formulas
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- Topic A: Insert, Delete, and Adjust Cells, Columns, and Rows
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Working with Remotes
To be able to collaborate on any Git project, you need to know how to manage your remote repositories. Remote repositories are versions of your project that are hosted on the Internet or network somewhere. You can have several of them, each of which generally is either read-only or read/write for you. Collaborating with others involves managing these remote repositories and pushing and pulling data to and from them when you need to share work. Managing remote repositories includes knowing how to add remote repositories, remove remotes that are no longer valid, manage various remote branches and define them as being tracked or not, and more. In this section, we'll cover these remote-management skills.
Showing Your Remotes
To see which remote servers you have configured, you can run the
git remote command. It lists the shortnames of each remote handle you've specified. If you've cloned your repository, you should at least see origin — that is the default name Git gives to the server you cloned from:
$ git clone git://github.com/schacon/ticgit.git
Cloning into 'ticgit'...
remote: Reusing existing pack: 1857, done.
remote: Total 1857 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
Receiving objects: 100% (1857/1857), 374.35 KiB | 193.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (772/772), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
$ cd ticgit
$ git remote
You can also specify
-v, which shows you the URL that Git has stored for the shortname to be expanded to:
$ git remote -v
origin git://github.com/schacon/ticgit.git (fetch)
origin git://github.com/schacon/ticgit.git (push)
If you have more than one remote, the command lists them all. For example, my Grit repository looks something like this.
$ cd grit
$ git remote -v
bakkdoor git://github.com/bakkdoor/grit.git
cho45 git://github.com/cho45/grit.git
defunkt git://github.com/defunkt/grit.git
koke git://github.com/koke/grit.git
origin email@example.com:mojombo/grit.git
This means I can pull contributions from any of these users pretty easily. But notice that only the origin remote is an SSH URL, so it's the only one I can push to (we'll cover why this is in Chapter 4).
Adding Remote Repositories
I've mentioned and given some demonstrations of adding remote repositories in previous sections, but here is how to do it explicitly. To add a new remote Git repository as a shortname you can reference easily, run
git remote add [shortname] [url]:
$ git remote
$ git remote add pb git://github.com/paulboone/ticgit.git
$ git remote -v
origin git://github.com/schacon/ticgit.git
pb git://github.com/paulboone/ticgit.git
Now you can use the string
pb on the command line in lieu of the whole URL. For example, if you want to fetch all the information that Paul has but that you don't yet have in your repository, you can run
git fetch pb:
$ git fetch pb
remote: Counting objects: 58, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (41/41), done.
remote: Total 44 (delta 24), reused 1 (delta 0)
Unpacking objects: 100% (44/44), done.
From git://github.com/paulboone/ticgit
* [new branch] master -> pb/master
* [new branch] ticgit -> pb/ticgit
Paul's master branch is accessible locally as
pb/master — you can merge it into one of your branches, or you can check out a local branch at that point if you want to inspect it.
Fetching and Pulling from Your Remotes
As you just saw, to get data from your remote projects, you can run:
$ git fetch [remote-name]
The command goes out to that remote project and pulls down all the data from that remote project that you don't have yet. After you do this, you should have references to all the branches from that remote, which you can merge in or inspect at any time. (We'll go over what branches are and how to use them in much more detail in Chapter 3.)
If you clone a repository, the command automatically adds that remote repository under the name origin. So,
git fetch origin fetches any new work that has been pushed to that server since you cloned (or last fetched from) it. It's important to note that the
fetch command pulls the data to your local repository — it doesn't automatically merge it with any of your work or modify what you're currently working on. You have to merge it manually into your work when you're ready.
If you have a branch set up to track a remote branch (see the next section and Chapter 3 for more information), you can use the
git pull command to automatically fetch and then merge a remote branch into your current branch. This may be an easier or more comfortable workflow for you; and by default, the
git clone command automatically sets up your local master branch to track the remote master branch on the server you cloned from (assuming the remote has a master branch). Running
git pull generally fetches data from the server you originally cloned from and automatically tries to merge it into the code you're currently working on.
Pushing to Your Remotes
When you have your project at a point that you want to share, you have to push it upstream. The command for this is simple:
git push [remote-name] [branch-name]. If you want to push your master branch to your
origin server (again, cloning generally sets up both of those names for you automatically), then you can run this to push your work back up to the server:
$ git push origin master
This command works only if you cloned from a server to which you have write access and if nobody has pushed in the meantime. If you and someone else clone at the same time and they push upstream and then you push upstream, your push will rightly be rejected. You'll have to pull down their work first and incorporate it into yours before you'll be allowed to push. See Chapter 3 for more detailed information on how to push to remote servers.
Inspecting a Remote
If you want to see more information about a particular remote, you can use the
git remote show [remote-name] command. If you run this command with a particular shortname, such as
origin, you get something like this:
$ git remote show origin
* remote origin
URL: git://github.com/schacon/ticgit.git
Remote branch merged with 'git pull' while on branch master
Tracked remote branches
It lists the URL for the remote repository as well as the tracking branch information. The command helpfully tells you that if you're on the master branch and you run
git pull, it will automatically merge in the master branch on the remote after it fetches all the remote references. It also lists all the remote references it has pulled down.
That is a simple example you're likely to encounter. When you're using Git more heavily, however, you may see much more information from
git remote show:
$ git remote show origin
* remote origin
URL: firstname.lastname@example.com:defunkt/github.git
Remote branch merged with 'git pull' while on branch issues
Remote branch merged with 'git pull' while on branch master
New remote branches (next fetch will store in remotes/origin)
Stale tracking branches (use 'git remote prune')
Tracked remote branches
Local branch pushed with 'git push'
This command shows which branch is automatically pushed when you run
git push on certain branches. It also shows you which remote branches on the server you don't yet have, which remote branches you have that have been removed from the server, and multiple branches that are automatically merged when you run
git pull.
Removing and Renaming Remotes
If you want to rename a reference, in newer versions of Git you can run
git remote rename to change a remote's shortname. For instance, if you want to rename
pb to
paul, you can do so with
git remote rename:
$ git remote rename pb paul
$ git remote
It's worth mentioning that this changes your remote branch names, too. What used to be referenced at
pb/master is now at
If you want to remove a reference for some reason — you've moved the server or are no longer using a particular mirror, or perhaps a contributor isn't contributing anymore — you can use
git remote rm:
$ git remote rm paul
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"We are pleased to attend this major industry event, and further the conversation surrounding the future of mobile," said Hassan Ahmed, Chairman and CEO of Affirmed Networks. "Our vision for the new wireless era is to revolutionize the way mobile networks will be architected to deliver and monetize advanced services, allowing for an enhanced user experience while reducing the strain on mobile operators."
Affirmed Networks will be connecting with industry professionals, press, and analysts during the event in meeting room 2MR228. The company will highlight how their virtualized technology offers targeted solutions in the mobile data space that enable mobile operators to be part of the revenue chain for data usage and content distribution.
The 2013 GSMA Mobile World Congress is the mobile industry's largest trade show and exhibition, focused on the acceleration and innovation of mobile technology. With over 70,000 expected attendees, the show connects thought leaders and industry experts to promote discussion of the latest technological developments, market opportunities, next-generation services, and devices which are shaping mobile communications.
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We'll ring in Earth Day with a reminder about nuclear power plants, and then drink away our fears at Flux Factory's boy-girl Tween Dream basement party. Jon Kessler fans still have a chance to catch the final night of The Web, the Jon Kessler experience of being inside a smartphone. And openings. So many openings.
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The amazing web site of Shakespeare's Sonnets. Industry and Idleness. Plate 12. The Industrious Apprentice Lord Mayor of London , by Hogarth.
This is part of the web site of Shakespeare's sonnets
William Hogarth 1697 - 1764.
first achieved fame as an artist through his series of moralistic
engravings, commencing with A
Harlot's Progress
in 1731. This was followed by A
Rake's Progress
in 1735, Marriage
in 1743-5, and Industry
and Idleness in
. Originally the sets of pictures were oil
paintings which
Hogarth subsequently published as engravings. However the
Industry and Idleness series was conceived entirely as a set
of engravings which were not copied from paintings. They were
put on sale for one shilling each, which is equivalent today, (2008),
to about ten pounds sterling (GBP). Evidently Hogarth was
to appeal to a wider audience than the upper class wealthy who were his
usual patrons.
The Industry and Idleness series is rather crudely moralistic, depicting how industry and virtue are rewarded with worldly success, while idleness, corruption and vice is ultimately punished by the gallows. Despite this rather tedious tale, which is not true to life and simplistically misrepresents the apprenticeship system of the time, the engravings are a superb record of both the lower and upper end of London life of the time. The banqueting scene of Plate 8 and the two final crowd scenes of the Tyburn spectacle and the Lord Mayor's Parade are incomparable and show the satirical Hogarth at his very best.
final engraving shows the Lord Mayor's parade going through Cheapside.
This was an annual event which usually took place on November
9th. Goodchild becomes a shadowy figure, barely visible inside the
coach, and also to a certain extent a figure of fun made to look
ridiculous by the setting. The
Marshal of
the City sits in the coach wearing a pompous hat and brandishing the
huge ceremonial sword.
Royalty look on from a balcony above and all windows, balconies and
even rooftops are occupied by spectators. Hogarth also
manages to poke fun at the London Militia, a motley collection of
individuals who do
not seem to know how to handle muskets or swords. One of them
on the left of the picture, drunk and leaning against a post.
Another fires a musket almost by accident.
On the left on some scaffolding a woman is being kissed while a man below peers up inside her petticoat. The flag is possibly of Boadicea (Boudicca), symbolising Britannia. In the foreground a plank resting on two barrels, on which some women had climbed to get a better view, has collapsed, sending its occupants sprawling. The figures alongside the coach who are cheering and waving their tricorns look little better than rioters
All in all, the abiding chaos of the scene and the shadowy depiction of Goodchild lead us to think that not all is as it seems. Perhaps the morally perfect hero has reached a pinnacle from which he discovers that life is empty and meaningless, whereas all around him the thrum and bustle of London life continues on its own sweet way, as it always has done.
Apologies for the somewhat blurred nature of these reproductions. This is a result of the reduction in size from the original and I have not been able to correct it. A fuller version (5.4.Mb) is available. Click here here to view it.
Return to Hogarth index
Return to Picture index
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|Industry and Idleness. Plate 1. The two apprentices.
|Industry and Idleness. Plate 2. The industrious 'prentice performing the duty of a Christian.
|Industry and Idleness. Plate 3. The idle apprentice at play in the churchyard during divine service.
|Industry and Idleness. Plate 4. The Industrious 'prentice a favourite and entrusted by his master.
|Industry and Idleness. Plate 5. The idle 'prentice turned away and sent to sea.
|Industry and Idleness. Plate 6. The industrious 'prentice out of his time and married to his master's daughter.
| Industry
and Idleness. Plate 7. The idle 'prentice returned
from sea and in a garret with a common prostitute.
| Industry
and Idleness. Plate 8. The industrious 'prentice
grown rich and sheriff of London.
|Industry and Idleness. Plate 9. The idle 'prentice betrayed (by his whore) and taken in a night cellar with his accomplice.
|Industry and Idleness. Plate 10. The industrious 'prentice Alderman of London, the idle one brought before him and impeached by his accomplice.
| Industry
and Idleness. Plate 11. The idle 'prentice executed
at Tyburn.
| Industry
and Idleness. Plate 12. The industrious 'prentice
Lord Mayor of London.
Shakespeare's Sonnets:
|Start here with the first sonnet
|Sonnets 1 - 50
|Some links to other sites
|Sonnets 51 - 100
|Sonnets 101 - 154
a global search use all the sonnets as
plain text 1-154
or use the
first line index.
you have enjoyed this web site, please
visit its companion -
Pushkin's Poems
|Map of the site
|Views of London
as it was in 1616.
|London Bridge
As it was in Shakespeare's day, circa 1600.
search for a line or phrase in the sonnets
go to the
sonnets as plain text
and use the browser text search engine.
|Views of London
as it was in 1616.
| London Bridge
As it was in Shakespeare's day, circa 1600.
|To search for a line or phrase in the sonnets
go to the
Sonnets as plain text
and use the browser text search engine.
|Sonnets 1 - 50
|Back to home page
|Sonnets 51 - 100
you have enjoyed this web site, please
visit its companion -
Pushkin's Poems
|Sonnets 101 - 154
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The Doors
rock group
Rock group remembered for its dark, poetic lyrics, psychedelic guitars, and the drug-induced antics of singer Jim Morrison. Morrison met keyboardist Ray Manzarek at UCLA in the mid-sixties. They formed The Doors with guitarist Robbie Krieger and drummer John Densmore, with Morrison writing most of the lyrics. Their eponymous 1967 debut album did well, but Morrison had big problems with alcohol and drugs that seemed to follow the band onto the concert stage. By 1969 the group was pretty much done touring due to Morrison's arrest for exposing himself at a Miami concert. Morrison died in Paris of an apparent heart attack in 1971 at the age of 27. The band is still popular today, seemingly more so than when Morrison was alive.The band's recordings include The Doors (1967), Strange Days (1967) and L.A. Woman (1971).Band members included
Jim Morrisonsinger, songwriter
Born: 12/08/1943
Birthplace: Melbourne, Florida
Died: 7/3/1971
Ray Manzarekkeyboardist
Born: 2/12/1935
Birthplace: Chicago
Robby Kriegerguitarist
Born: 1/8/1946
Birthplace: Los Angeles
John Densmoredrummer
Born: 12/1/1944
Birthplace: Los Angeles


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