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Monday, August 16, 2010
Sometimes I think this cycle never ends
Anyways, that's my prediction. What say you, Smokers?
--Mr. Zero
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I say ACK.
I am not looking forward to another round of rejections.
I have no insight into the economic situation, but I doubt that there will be a lot of new hires this year. Still, I suppose there's always hope.
- August 16, 2010 at 3:17 PM
Honest question: do you think the TT market will improve when the economy recovers? The pessimist in me speculates that this is the new normal.
- August 16, 2010 at 4:54 PM
The market will be tough. Social political philosophers should make a go at applying for political theory jobs in poli sci depts. There are almost 20 theory jobs up for grabs this year. Good luck!
- August 16, 2010 at 4:58 PM
Prediction: Roughly the same number of jobs as last year (fewer reposted in the online JFP by the APA).
Of course part of the problem is that with fewer jobs the past two years more candidates aren't getting the jobs they want further crowding things a bit.
- August 16, 2010 at 6:09 PM
High probability the cycle might never end. It's cyclical.
- August 16, 2010 at 10:56 PM
I think the market will be about like last year as well.
I was a VAP at a large state school last year and was lucky enough to get renewed for this year. Our state, presumably like most other states, has budgetary problems. Supposedly, the state received stimulus money that made last year and this year not so bad, but next year, the stimulus money is gone. So, the state schools are at best trying to maintain status quo and there has even been some talk of cutting back on faculty (even people who are currently TT and even as enrollment continues to go up).
- August 17, 2010 at 5:08 AM
My slightly-educated guess is that Zero is right that there won't be many searches, but that fewer searches will be cancelled. Although we might find that some schools that have weathered the financial storm better than others (I am guessing smaller private institutions not in the northeast) will go on a minor hiring kick because they think they can take advantage of the bad market. I know that this is my institution's plan (across the disciplines)...
- August 17, 2010 at 7:58 AM
My state PhD-granting school is still on a hiring freeze, even as we lose faculty to other places. As a result, recent PhDs are now filling the gap as one-years, adjuncts, and so on. At some point hiring freezes will be lifted, but I doubt this will cause a glut of TT offers. Probably more like a glut of VAPs of some sort.
But schools are getting comfortable with the idea of bigger class sizes, and less professors, even as administrators and their salaries increase.
- August 17, 2010 at 8:23 AM
I think Zero is right, and the more pessimistic commentators are as well. Once school administrators realize they can operate without a full department of TT people they will do so, especially in the Liberal Arts. Before the financial downturn, we were rapidly losing what ground we still had to STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math). Now they know they can teach it on the cheap. If schools have extra money, it is a good bet that in most cases it will go to STEM, not Liberal Arts. For example: we have a brand new science building at my school, and heavy use of adjuncts in the Liberal Arts.
- August 17, 2010 at 8:59 AM
I've been on the market for 2 years without a single APA interview (despite going to a top 15 Leiter school). Like many others, I'm confronting the very real prospect of not getting a job after 10 years in grad school.
So here's my question to those of you in a similar position: would you do it all again?
The truth is, I think I would. In fact, I knew going into grad school that job prospects were grim. But I was able to do philosophy for 10 years and support myself (albeit barely) through fellowships and TAships.
I thought about this after seeing several posts on this and other blogs discouraging people from going to grad school. Yes the job market is bad. Yes it's likely to be bad indefinitely. But if you love philosophy, why not spend 5-10 years doing it at the highest level?
After all, as many others have pointed out, a Ph.D. is bound to be attractive to employers and professional schools if you don't make it on the teaching market...
- August 17, 2010 at 3:39 PM
It looks very grim at my state institution. We've lost three Tenured/tenure track faculty in philosophy over the past two years, none of whom will be rehired. Meanwhile enrollments grow and budgets are being cut.
- August 17, 2010 at 3:58 PM
I'm at a medium-sized, private university in the northeast. Our provost told us at the end of last year that they hired 8-9 faculty at the university and that there would be very few new hires for a year or two. At the moment the financial situation is looking decent here, but that's not to say it will affect hiring immediately. If I was going on the market again I would really try to position myself in a marketable (= in demand) area, since you want to maximize your chances I think.
- August 17, 2010 at 7:10 PM
This year will be worse. Why?
Because most institutions use a moving 3-year window as far as budgets are concerned. Last year still had some budgeting left over from when times were flush (pre-crash). This year? Not so much. This is supposed to be, by far, the tightest year as far as institutional budgets are concerned.
I should qualify this as someone who knows how private college and unis work. Publics may have substantially different methods of determining yearly budget (state legislature idiocies aside).
- August 18, 2010 at 8:23 AM
It just keeps going 'round and 'round. That's what makes it vicious. And a circle.
- August 18, 2010 at 3:20 PM
I think the Republican filibustering of extended higher ed. stimulus funds really will make things dramatically worse.
At my institution (big state school) the stimulus funds just prevented a declaration of exigency. We were cut dramatically even while the state received them.
There has been a hiring freeze for three years now, all the instructors from smaller departments are being laid off at the end of this semester, and smaller departments are being told they might be combined with tenured faculty being fired. Since departments are being closed, no declaration of exigency will be needed.
I pray that this is just a sign of the dysfunctionality of the state I live in, but I think the end of stimulus funds will be pretty bad everywhere.
- August 18, 2010 at 6:08 PM
Grapevine has it that several tippity-top places will be hemorrhaging market-ready grad students--I've heard as much as 40-50 from top three alone. While the market will be its usual clusterfuck self, it looks to promise an unusually high caliber of clusterfucking this time out.
Verification Word: Clusterfuck!
- August 19, 2010 at 3:21 AM
A year and a half ago, I left my LAC for another. A hiring freeze (for faculty, not admins of course!) was put in place about a month before I left. This past year, a member of my former department was not renewed on the TT. (Hint: don't take under-age students out to drink, and don't have sex with current students.) While the hiring freeze has been officially lifted, there is no word yet that the department will be able to hire this coming year.
SLACProf is right about the 3-year cycle. It doesn't look good for years to come. And once administrators realize that they've been getting by during thin times with VAPs and more adjuncts, I doubt that they'll be inclined to reverse the trend.
- August 19, 2010 at 6:39 AM
" If I was going on the market again I would really try to position myself in a marketable (= in demand) area,"
Which areas?
- August 19, 2010 at 6:49 AM
[19, 2010 6:49]:
I'm not [17, 2010 7:10], but I'd be wary of trying to predict areas that will be popular once you're done your MA and PhD. It's safer and easier to pick one or several core areas that are taught just about everywhere: logic, ancient, modern (up to Kant), and probably 19th century Germany.
At least, that's what I gather from what I've read, heard, and been advised. It makes sense to me.
- August 19, 2010 at 9:51 AM
I'm curious about the claim (3:21) that the top three depts will be putting out 40-50 new PhDs. I simply can't believe that this is true. I recognize the poor markets of the last two years have led to something of a completion lag (so as to remain under the safety of the schooling umbrella), and that a wee glut may be upon us, but I don't see typical numbers of 5 or so grads jumping to roughly 15 apiece. This news is supposed to have come via the grapevine; I suspect that the grapevine in question was one that was picked, aged, fermented, and consumed.
As far as the market in general, I sense a very slight warming trend. Ever so slightly better than last year. And who knows, maybe the sunshine state will even want to hire this year.
- August 19, 2010 at 10:14 AM
40 or 50 seems like a lot, but here are the placement records of NYU, Rutgers, Princeton and Notre Dame (they all have pages you can look up). Averages in ().
Rutgers: 6, 5, 9, 9, 5, 2, 6, 5, 9, 7 (6.3)
Princeton: 9, 4, 11, 5, 8, 4, 9, 7, 10, 6, 9 (7.4)
20 in one year is the ND high, and 11 is the high for the other three.
Given how many grad students they all have, I could easily see 30 (10 each from the departments). That a lot of people. Getting to 40 and 50. Hard to believe, but someone could go and look to see how many grad students list as ABD. Time will, however, tell...
- August 19, 2010 at 1:29 PM
FYI: Florida is the "Sunshine State" and California is the "Golden State.
- August 19, 2010 at 1:31 PM
I'm 7:10 PM.
Regarding which areas to pursue, I didn't have anything specific in mind other than the general areas many schools are likely to be looking in. You might look through last years listing and see which fields were in demand. Note that only very few research universities hire specialists in Logic, Philosophy of Math, Philosophy of Physics, maybe philosophy of language, etc. I work in a place with 9 faculty and we don't have any of these. But everyone needs someone in ancient, modern, ethics, social-political......Make sure that you are not overly specialized and/or can sell yourself as covering a major area in need.
- August 19, 2010 at 7:50 PM
In response to the question posed to 7:10:
What would be the best specialties within the field? Based upon the hiring trends I have noticed: probably a combination of Applied Ethics (especially medical, bio-, and environmental) and Ancient (making damn sure to learn both Greek and Latin).
- August 23, 2010 at 7:11 AM
Ummm, I'm pretty sure that if you cannot already responsibly market yourself in a field currently considered to be trendy, then by the time you in fact could responsibly market yourself in such a field, that field may no longer be trendy.
For instance, suppose that ancient is currently a hot commodity: by the time you get around to having a decent command of Latin and Greek (let alone being able to say anything of substance in the field), any hiring boom could easily morph into a hiring bust.
Any such advice then is trivially helpful or potentially counter-productive.
My advice: Step 1): Pick a field. Step 2): Be saliently better in that field than most equivalent-stage people who picked that field. Step 3) Cross fingers.
- August 23, 2010 at 11:56 AM
About the issue/question of which areas to make AOCs/AOSs to become more marketable...I'd suggest making some area of the history of philosophy at least an AOC. Being able to say in an interview that you could teach some Ancient or Modern courses makes you a much more attractive candidate for a lot of schools. And the nice thing is that it also makes you a better philosopher.
- August 24, 2010 at 6:06 AM
Three year rolling averages are typically used by private schools to determine endowment draw, so wealthy schools will still be in the trough for this year and next.
Publics seem to be hosed in about 1/3 - 1/2 of the states.
Schools that are tuition-driven could be in pretty good shape, as the recession will lead more students to enroll, but who knows what the economy is doing to the ability to pay for college (no more house as ATM to pay tuition!).
These are probably not the high end research schools or fancy liberal arts colleges. So lots of Leiteroids will end up at less prestigious places than they were led to believe they would be working. Lots of the schools that aren't producing high end researchers might do very well, since they seem to produce better generalists and spent more time often on pedagogy, which are what a lot of these schools are looking for--imho.
Overall, it seems to me that Ethics will continue to be hired. This is the only part of philosophy that the illiberally educated administrators understand. Schools always need people to teach Ancient, Logic, and Modern Philosophy. But, yeah you can't predict what will be hot, so get a good broad background, be adaptable, and learn how to talk to people other than your director and the two other people who care about your dissertation. :)
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65.13 ▶ Questioner: How common in the universe is a mixed harvest for a planet of both positively and negatively oriented mind/body/spirit complexes?
Ra: I am Ra. Among planetary harvests which yield an harvest of mind/body/spirit complexes approximately 10% are negative; approximately 60% are positive; and approximately 30% are mixed with nearly all harvest being positive. In the event of mixed harvest it is almost unknown for the majority of the harvest to be negative. When a planet moves strongly towards the negative there is almost no opportunity for harvestable positive polarization.
16.11 ▶ Questioner: Is there a harvest of entities oriented towards service to self like there is a harvest here of entities oriented towards service to others?
Ra: I am Ra. There is one harvest. Those able to enter fourth density through vibrational complex levels may choose the manner of their further seeking of the One Creator.
17.29 ▶ Questioner: Am I to understand that the harvest will occur in the year 2011, or will it be spread?
Ra: I am Ra. This is an approximation. We have stated we have difficulty with your time/space. This is an appropriate probable/possible time/space nexus for harvest. Those who are not in incarnation at this time will be included in the harvest.
62.15 ▶ Questioner: I'll make this statement and you correct me. The Orion group has as an objective the bringing of service-to-self polarized entities to harvest, as great a harvest as possible. This harvest will build their potential or their ability to do work in consciousness as given by the distortion of the Law of One called the Law of Squares or Doubling. Is this correct?
Ra: I am Ra. This is correct.
14.16 ▶ Questioner: There was no harvest? What about 25,000 years ago? Was there a harvest then?
Ra: I am Ra. A harvesting began taking place in the latter portion, as you measure time/space, of the second cycle, with individuals finding the gateway to intelligent infinity. The harvest of that time, though extremely small, were those entities of extreme distortion towards service to the entities which now were to repeat the major cycle. These entities, therefore, remained in third density although they could, at any moment/present nexus, leave this density through use of intelligent infinity.
66.29 ▶ Questioner: In a transition from third to fourth density we have two other possibilities other than the type that we are experiencing now. We have the possibility of a totally positively polarized harvest and the possibility of a totally negatively polarized harvest that I understand have occurred elsewhere in the universe many times. When there is a totally negatively polarized harvest, when a whole planet, that is, has negatively polarized and makes the transition from third to fourth density, does the planet have the experience of the distortion of disease that this planet now experiences prior to that transition?
Ra: I am Ra. You are perceptive. The negative harvest is one of intense disharmony and the planet will express this.
14.19 ▶ Questioner: At what density level is Ra?
Ra: I am Ra. I am sixth density with a strong seeking towards seventh density. The harvest for us will be in only approximately two and one-half million of your years and it is our desire to be ready for harvest as it approaches in our space/time continuum.
14.17 ▶ Questioner: Then the harvest 25,000 years ago, the entities who could have been harvested to the fourth density remained here in service to this planetary population. Is this correct?
Ra: I am Ra. This is correct. Thus, there was no harvest, but there were harvestable entities who shall choose the manner of their entrance into fourth dimension.
11.6 ▶ Questioner: As our cycle ends and graduation occurs, is it possible for anyone to go from this third density to a fourth-density planet that is a self-service type or negative type?
Ra: I am Ra. We grasp now the specificity of your query. In this harvest the probability/possibility vortex indicates an harvest, though small, of this type. That is correct.
33.12 ▶ Questioner: Thank you. As we near the end of this master cycle there may be an increasing amount of catalyst for entities. I am wondering if, as the planetary vibrations mismatch somewhat with the fourth-density vibrations and catalyst is increased, if this will create a slight amount of more polarization thereby getting a slightly greater positive harvest because of this catalyst and in the same way create a more negative polarization and then get a slight amount more negative harvest by this mechanism of transition that is, unfortunately, somewhat more catalytic than it would be if the planet had reached a higher state of consciousness. Does this happen?
Ra: I am Ra. The question must be answered in two parts. Firstly, the planetary catastrophes, as you may call them, are a symptom of the difficult harvest rather than a consciously programmed catalyst for harvest. Thus we do not concern ourselves with it, for it is random in respect to conscious catalyst such as we may make available.
The second portion is this: the results of the random catalyst of what you call the earth changes are also random. Thus we may see probability/possibility vortices going towards positive and negative. However, it will be as it will be. The true opportunities for conscious catalyst are not a function of the earth changes but of the result of the seniority system of incarnations which at the time of the harvest has placed in incarnation those whose chances of using life experiences to become harvestable are the best.
43.15 ▶ Questioner: Then is sixth-density harvest strictly of social memory complex because again we have compassion blended back using wisdom?
Ra: I am Ra. This is quite correct.
22.16 ▶ Questioner: Well, then, as the cycle terminated 25,000 years ago, what was the reaction of the Confederation to the lack of harvest?
Ra: I am Ra. We became concerned.
65.15 ▶ Questioner: Then as these final days of the cycle transpire if the harvest were to occur now, today, it would have a certain number harvested positively and negatively and a certain number of repeaters. I am going to assume that because of the catalyst which will be experienced between now and the actual harvesting time these numbers of harvestable entities will increase.
Generally speaking, not particularly with respect to this planet but with respect to general experience, shall we say, in harvesting, how big an increase in harvestable entities can you logically assume will occur because of the catalyst that occurs in the final period such as this one, or am I making a mistake in assuming that other planets have added catalyst at the end of a harvesting period when they have a mixed harvest?
Ra: I am Ra. In the event of mixed harvest there is nearly always disharmony and, therefore, added catalyst in the form of your so-called "Earth changes." In this assumption you are correct.
It is the Confederation's desire to serve those who may indeed seek more intensely because of this added catalyst. We do not choose to attempt to project the success of added numbers to the harvest for this would not be appropriate. We are servants. If we are called, we shall serve with all our strength. To count the numbers is without virtue.
13.23 ▶ Questioner: How does a third-density planet become a fourth-density?
Ra: I am Ra. This will be the last full question.
The fourth density is, as we have said, as regularized in its approach as the striking of a clock upon the hour. The space/time of your solar system has enabled this planetary sphere to spiral into space/time of a different vibrational configuration. This causes the planetary sphere to be able to be molded by these new distortions. However, the thought-forms of your people during this transition period are such that the mind/body/spirit complexes of both individual and societies are scattered throughout the spectrum instead of becoming able to grasp the needle, shall we say, and point the compass in one direction.
Thus, the entry into the vibration of love, sometimes called by your people the vibration of understanding, is not effective with the present societal complex. Thus, the harvest shall be such that many will repeat the third-density cycle. The energies of your Wanderers, your teachers, and your adepts at this time are all bent upon increasing the harvest. However, there are few to harvest.
6.11 ▶ Questioner: How did they come here?
Ra: They came through the process of harvest and were incarnated through the processes of incarnation from your higher spheres within this density.
15.16 ▶ Questioner: What do you mean by their other-selves being harvestable?
Ra: I am Ra. The other-selves with whom these beings are concerned are those which did not attain harvest during the second major cycle.
71.3 ▶ Questioner: This would probably be possible in the higher densities such as the fifth density. Is this correct?
Ra: I am Ra. In fifth-density harvest, polarization has very little to do with harvestability.
89.39 ▶ Questioner: I just can't understand why they would think that a planet that was doing as well as Ra was doing as far as I can tell would need Wanderers in order to help with a harvest. Was this at an early point in Ra's third density?
Ra: I am Ra. It was in the second cycle of 25,000 years. We had a harvest of six out of thirty, to speak roughly, millions of mind/body/spirit complexes, less than 20%. Wanderers are always drawn to whatever percentage has not yet polarized, and come when there is a call. There was a call from those which were not positively polarized as such but which sought to be positively polarized and sought wisdom, feeling the compassion of other-selves upon Venus as complacent or pitying towards other-selves.
52.9 ▶ Questioner: Well, I would just include the question as to why time of harvest is selected by so many Wanderers as time for incarnation?
Ra: I am Ra. There are several reasons for incarnation during harvest. They may be divided by the terms self and other-self.
The overriding reason for the offering of these Brothers and Sisters of Sorrow in incarnative states is the possibility of aiding other-selves by the lightening of the planetary consciousness distortions and the probability of offering catalyst to other-selves which will increase the harvest.
There are two other reasons for choosing this service which have to do with the self.
The Wanderer, if it remembers and dedicates itself to service, will polarize much more rapidly than is possible in the far more etiolated realms of higher-density catalyst.
The final reason is within the mind/body/spirit totality or the social memory complex totality which may judge that an entity or members of a societal entity can make use of third-density catalyst to recapitulate a learning/teaching which is adjudged to be less than perfectly balanced. This especially applies to those entering into and proceeding through sixth density wherein the balance between compassion and wisdom is perfected.
66.31 ▶ Questioner: I was concerned about the amount of physical distortions, disease, and that sort of thing in third-density negative just before harvest and in fourth-density negative just after harvest or in transition. What are the conditions of the physical problems, disease, etc., at late third-density negative?
Ra: I am Ra. Each planetary experience is unique. The problems, shall we say, of bellicose actions are more likely to be of pressing concern to late third-density negative entities than the earth's reactions to negativity of the planetary mind, for it is often by such warlike attitudes on a global scale that the necessary negative polarization is achieved.
As fourth density occurs there is a new planet and new physical vehicle system gradually expressing itself and the parameters of bellicose actions become those of thought rather than manifested weapons.
51.1 ▶ Questioner: As we begin Book Three of The Law Of One there are a couple of questions, one of fairly non-transient importance and one which I consider to be a bit transient that I feel obligated to ask because of communication with others.
The first is just clearing up final points about harvest for our friend [name]. And I was wondering if there is a supervision over the harvest and if so, why this supervision is necessary and how it works since an entity's harvestability is the violet ray? Is it necessary for entities to supervise the harvest, or is it automatic? Could you answer this, please?
Ra: I am Ra. In time of harvest there are always harvesters. The fruit is formed as it will be, but there is some supervision necessary to ensure that this bounty is placed as it should be without the bruise or the blemish.
There are those of three levels watching over harvest.
The first level is planetary and that which may be called angelic. This type of guardian includes the mind/body/spirit complex totality or higher self of an entity and those inner plane entities which have been attracted to this entity through its inner seeking.
The second class of those who ward this process are those of the Confederation who have the honor/duty of standing in the small places at the edge of the steps of light/love so that those entities being harvested will not, no matter how confused or unable to make contact with their higher self, stumble and fall away for any reason other than the strength of the light. These Confederation entities catch those who stumble and set them aright so that they may continue into the light.
The third group watching over this process is that group you call the Guardians. This group is from the octave above our own and serves in this manner as light-bringers. These Guardians provide the precise emissions of light/love in exquisitely fastidious disseminations of discrimination so that the precise light/love vibration of each entity may be ascertained.
Thus the harvest is automatic in that those harvested will respond according to that which is unchangeable during harvest. That is the violet-ray emanation. However, these helpers are around to ensure a proper harvesting so that each entity may have the fullest opportunity to express its violet-ray selfhood.
20.27 ▶ Questioner: I will make this assumption, then: if maximum efficiency had been achieved in this 25,000-year period the entities would have polarized either toward service toward self or service to others, one or the other. This would have then made them harvestable at the end of that 25,000-year period to either service-to-self or service-to-others type of fourth density, in which case they would have had to move to another planet because this one would have been in third density for fifty more thousand years. Is this correct?
Ra: I am Ra. Let us untangle your assumption which is complex and correct in part.
The original desire is that entities seek and become one. If entities can do this in a moment, they may go forward in a moment, and, thus, were this to occur in a major cycle, indeed, the third-density planet would be vacated at the end of that cycle.
It is, however, more toward the median or mean, shall we say, of third-density developments throughout the one infinite universe that there be a small harvest after the first cycle; the remainder having significantly polarized, the second cycle having a much larger harvest; the remainder being even more significantly polarized, the third cycle culminating the process and the harvest being completed.
89.45 ▶ Questioner: I'll just make the statement that I perceive that a negative polarity harvest is possible with less negativity in the environment like Ra's environment than in the environment such as we have at present and ask if that is correct, and then is there anything that we can do to improve the contact or the comfort of the instrument?
Ra: I am Ra. Firstly, the requirements of harvest are set. It is, however, easier to serve the self completely or nearly so if there is little resistance.
In the matter of the nurturing of the instrument we suggest further manipulation of the dorsal side and appendages of this instrument and the whirling of the waters, if possible. The alignments are conscientious. We ask for your vigilance in alignments and preparations. All is well, my friends.
I am Ra. I leave you in the love and in the light of the One Infinite Creator. Go forth, then, rejoicing in the power and in the peace of the One Infinite Creator. Adonai.
90.19 ▶ Questioner: Then did our Logos hope to see generated a positive and negative harvest from each density up to the sixth, starting with the third, as being the most efficient form of generating experience known to It at the time of Its construction of this system of evolution?
Ra: I am Ra. Yes.
12.27 ▶ Questioner: How many of them are incarnate on Earth now?
Ra: I am Ra. The number is approximate due to an heavy influx of those birthed at this time due to an intensive need to lighten the planetary vibration and thus aid in harvest. The number approaches sixty-five million.
66.32 ▶ Questioner: Well then is physical disease and illness as we know it on this planet rather widespread on a third-density negative planet just before harvest into fourth-density negative?
Ra: I am Ra. Physical complex distortions of which you speak are likely to be less found as fourth-density negative begins to be a probable choice of harvest due to the extreme interest in the self which characterizes the harvestable third-density negative entity. Much more care is taken of the physical body as well as much more discipline being offered to the self mentally. This is an orientation of great self-interest and self-discipline. There are still instances of the types of disease which are associated with the mind complex distortions of negative emotions such as anger. However, in an harvestable entity these emotional distortions are much more likely to be used as catalyst in an expressive and destructive sense as regards the object of anger.
34.18 ▶ Questioner: Do we have enough time for me to ask if the death, almost immediately after the cessation of the war of this entity— could that have been so that it could be immediately reincarnated to possibly make harvest?
Ra: I am Ra. This is precisely correct.
13.22 ▶ Questioner: What is the density level of our planet Earth at this time?
Ra: I am Ra. The sphere upon which you dwell is third density in its beingness of mind/body/spirit complexes. It is now in a space/time continuum, fourth density. This is causing a somewhat difficult harvest.
14.20 ▶ Questioner: And you ready yourselves for harvest through [the] best service you can provide. Is this correct?
Ra: This is correct. We offer the Law of One, the solving of paradoxes, the balancing of love/light and light/love.
14.15 ▶ Questioner: Going back to the start of this 75,000-year period, there was the harvesting 25,000 years after the start, which would make it 50,000 years ago, I would assume. Can you tell me how many were harvested from our planet at that time?
Ra: I am Ra. The harvest was none.
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Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Keith Gilyard
Gilyard is especially interested in language education for African Americans and other people of color. In his poetry and the books of essays he has edited, and particularly in his work Voices of the Self, he reflects on the rhetoric of race and on his personal history. Having grown up "a Native Black English speaker in an urban public school environment" who acquired not only strong Standard English language skills, but the "socio-linguistic competence" to be successful in a variety of settings, Gilyard explores the question of the place of culture, race, and language in the classroom.
Voices of the Self alternates chapters about Gilyard's own life and education with chapters examining scholarship on language acquisition and linguistic development. One of the key ideas underlying both sections is Gilyard's belief that the language and experiences of children must have a legitimate place in the classroom. He writes: "A pedagogy is successful only if it makes knowledge or skills achievable while at the same time allowing students to maintain their own sense of identity." As his own story illustrates, young African American boys can feel that there is no way to truly be themselves and also succeed in school. Gilyard writes that "a failure to learn Standard English is more accurately termed an act of resistance: Black students affirming, through Black English, their sense of self in the face of a school system and society that deny the same."
Gilyard cites several writers and books that influenced him and echoed some of his own experiences and beliefs. Richard Wright's Black Boy is, for him, as for many male African American writers of his generation, "always at the top of the list." Other memoirs that were particularly resonant include Richard Rodriquez's Hunger of Memory and John Edgar Wideman's Brothers and Keepers. The work of Jonathan Kozol and Herbert Kohl in teaching groups of inner-city children showed him ways to honor students' out-of-school language and experiences. And as a poet, Gilyard remembers Haki Madhubuti's We Walk the Way of the World as the "single most influential volume of poetry I read as a teenager." As a mature poet, he has been influenced deeply by Nikki Giovanni, Quincy Troupe, Langston Hughes, Pablo Neruda, and Aimé Césaire.
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Rock bottom interest rates will likely boost key biotechnology stocks, a fund manager told CNBC on Wednesday. But complex new health care implementation may cast a pall on the shares of health management organizations.
"As a group, biotech is probably the place to be this year because low interest rates are supportive of at least some of the macro stuff," said Les Funtleyder, president of the investment advisory arm of Poliwogg, an asset manager. "Low interest rates are supportive of capital consuming sectors like biotech."


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Health Indicator Report of Utah Population Characteristics: Age Distribution of the Population
People's age, sex, culture, and living and working conditions affect their health in important ways that must be considered in planning for the public health of the population. Having a large percentage of the population made up of young children emphasizes the importance of making available key preventive health measures (e.g. immunizations) and age-appropriate screenings to identify developmental delays at a time when treatment is most effective.
Age Distribution of the Population, White Utahns, 2017
NotesPersons in race categories are only those who selected a single race. As population estimates by race and ethnicity are released each year by the U.S. Census Bureau, estimates released in previous years may be updated. For more information on the Census Bureau's methodology, please see [https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/technical-documentation/methodology/2010-2017/2017-natstcopr-meth.pdf]. Numerator: Number of people in age group in the race group. [[br]] Denominator: Total White Utah population.
Data SourcePopulation Estimates by Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin for Counties in Utah, U.S. Bureau of the Census, IBIS Version 2017
Data Interpretation IssuesBecause many diseases, such as cancer and heart disease, are less common among younger persons, Utah's population is healthier than the U.S. population. In order to remove the "age effect," health data are often age adjusted for presentation in reports.
DefinitionThe percentage of persons in each age group.
NumeratorNumber of persons in age group.
DenominatorTotal population size.
How Are We Doing?Utahns, on a percentage basis, are on average younger than the rest of the U.S. population. According to the Census Bureau's 2017 Population Estimates Program, Utah had the youngest state population in the U.S. with a median age of 30.9 years versus 38.0 years nationally.
How Do We Compare With the U.S.?According to the U.S. Census Bureau Population Division, in 2017, 30% of the Utah estimated population were under age 18, compared with 23% of the total U.S. population.
Available ServicesThe Utah Governor's Office of Management and Budget State Data Center provides training and technical assistance in accessing and using Census data. They can be reached at (801) 538-1036 or on their website at [http://www.governor.utah.gov/dea/sdc.html].
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Well, it is not quite an episode of Green Acres.
But Michael Smith, the longtime e-commerce and Internet executive who previously led Nordstrom.com, Land's End and Classmates.com, is headed to the farm. Literally.
Smith has taken over the CEO post at Full Circle, one of the leading organic farms and food delivery companies on the West Coast.
That's a far cry from Smith's last job, serving as CEO of high-end online handbag rental service Avelle.
But Smith tells GeekWire that he's excited about the new position, calling the food delivery market a "really interesting space that is heating up." It is also yet another example of how the online and physical worlds are combining.
Full Circle already boasts a robust Web site, and adding someone with Smith's online retail experience will certainly be interesting to watch.
In Seattle, Full Circle competes against the likes of Amazon Fresh, though the online retailer's offering is different since it sells a full slate of groceries in addition to fresh produce. A number of other services, including New Roots Organics, also offer fresh produce from local farmers in the Seattle area.
Full Circle focuses on organic produce, serving about 18,000 customers in Washington, Idaho and parts of Alaska and the San Francisco Bay Area. Pricing ranges from $23 to $45 per week in the Seattle area, with customers able to request home delivery or pick-up at the farm. Boxes right now include items such as Honeycrisp apples, black plumbs, broccoli, red chard and rainbow carrots.
As a result of Smith's appointment, Full Circle founder Andrew Stout will remain as chairman and chief farmer at the company's 400-acre farm in Carnation. Stout said that Smith is the right CEO "to bring the good food life to more dinner tables and families in every market we serve."
Smith added: "Full Circle has been evolving over the years from a small family farm into a thriving multi-state business, without ever straying from their core values and vision."
Here's more on Full Circle from Stout who notes that the company's goal is to "change the food system" for the better.


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Damian "Pink Eyes" Abraham, the roly-poly singer in Toronto's F--- Up (a shorthand version of the band's explicit name), spends a lot of his time at the band's concerts in the audience, doing everything from climbing on chairs and tables to munching on beach balls.
In the band's early days, he thought he needed to be threatening and verbally abusive to get the crowd going, but something changed when he saw the "exciting, positive energy" at an Andrew W.K. show.
"That was a big transition for me," he says. "I'm just this big, goofy dude, so why not just be that? A year or so after, I took off my shirt for the first time at a show in Texas, and once the shirt came off, my party started."
His most memorable concert encounter? Happened just a few weeks ago while his band was touring England, Abraham says, as a prelude to the arrival of "The Rapture" predicted by an evangelist.
"I'm fighting through the crowd, and this older gentleman starts yelling at me, 'Excuse me, have you let Christ into your heart?' " Abraham says. "And I'm like, 'Not now, I'm in the middle of show.' 'So will you do it later?' 'Maybe.' That was a first. I've been hit with bottles, pelted with stones, but I have never before been offered redemption."
Redemption is actually a major theme on F--- Up's latest album, "David Comes Alive" (Matador), an 18-song, four-part rock opera that is among the year's best releases. It caps a prolific decade for the sextet, which has released more than 50 singles, mix tapes and albums in that time.
"No one in the band has a complete discography," Abraham says. "It's too much for even us to keep up with. But as soon as we started to figure out how to put out records, we wanted to do as much as possible. It helps to have prolific songwriters like Mike (Haliechuk) and Jonah (Falco), and the rest of the band has a fairly strong work ethic. They are constantly in the studio trying out new songs. We still don't have management or roadies. We sell our merchandise at shows. We treat it like a real job, so we don't have to get a real job."
The idea of doing a rock opera seemed preposterous, especially given the band's roots in hardcore punk and that scene's aversion to classic-rock pretension. But F--- Up broke with convention on its brilliant 2008 album, "The Chemistry of Common Life," a more elaborate, layered exercise in maximalism that somehow still hit hard. It won Canada's most coveted music award, the Polaris Music Prize.
"That was just insurmountable hype, so how do you top that?" Abraham says. "We had joked about doing a rock opera for a long time, so if not now, when? Everything this band does feels like bonus rounds anyway. We were never meant to last this long. That we have feels like a weird fluke, not a risk. And we knew that the whole Mohawk-wearing, leather-jacket image of punk was way too narrow. We think about bands like Television Personalities or Gang of Four doing really progressive music within the parameters of punk. Sham 69's second album ('That's Life' in 1978) was a rock opera. There was a secret history of really ambitious punk rock, a yearning for grandiose statements, that we wanted to be a part of."
After the band wrote the music for "David Comes Alive," Abraham, Heliechuk and Falco sat down at a food court in a shopping mall and created a story line, then broke it down into individual songs. The plot gets pretty convoluted – "a ridiculous, meandering story," Abraham calls it, about the title character who falls in love, then has his heart broken and is eventually redeemed.
Weaving through the narrative are subjects that have obsessed Abraham from the start, from patriarchy to the existence of God.
"Writing about stuff that means something to me is the only way I could pull something like this off, singing at full volume," he says. "That's why I liked punk and hardcore so much growing up, because it so explicitly puts its agenda on its sleeve. Hip-hop does that too. But I can't write about going out and partying because I've never really done that."
The singer admits the album is a lot for anyone to absorb: an old-fashioned concept album with dense lyrics and complementary artwork that can't really be appreciated in a couple of sit-downs.
"It's not a convenient record. If anything, it's a statement about how inconvenient a record could be," he says with a laugh. "It's completely not of its time. But this is our attempt to make something larger than ourselves. When you come down to it, it's basically a guitar record. We intentionally took out all the French horns and organs to make it as straightforward as possible while we were telling this story."
Now where does the band go? Abraham is wondering that himself. "I'm hitting a point where I've said my piece as the band's sole vocalist. I want to stay in the band, but there are other elements we can bring in. Different things we can try to open it up. We want to keep trying to do weird and different things. We've just recorded a new 12-inch, "Year of the Tiger," with (movie director) Jim Jarmusch on vocals. That might be the first statement of this band's next phase. After you've made your rock opera, you can't dial back."
F--- Up: 8 p.m. Saturday at Lincoln Hall, 2424 N. Lincoln Av., $15; lincolnhallchicago.com.


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The Annual Meeting for the National Humanities Alliance took place on March 7, 2011 at George Washington University, followed by Humanities Advocacy Day on March 8 at Capitol Hill. The Annual Meeting was an opportunity to provide concrete ways to exemplify and frame arguments to support the humanities, skills meeting participants would need for the following Advocacy day.
AAA's Director of Public Affairs, Damon Dozier was featured in a three member panel that exemplified the field of humanities. Dozier emphasized the importance of education through the biological sciences and cultural perceptions o f race. Through the RACE: Are We So Different? public education program, AAA has spurred dialogue across the nation to embrace cultural differences and rethink preconceived notions of race and racism in the United States.
Bill Davis, AAA's Executive Director, joined NHA's national delegation that met with congressional members that hold stature within congressional committees. Damon Dozier and Joslyn Osten, Marketing & Communications Manager, joined first-time constituent lobbyist, Hollis Clayson of Northwestern University in meeting with the representatives of Illinois. While all meetings with congressional staffers were fruitful, feedback led to the conclusion that the representatives who have a history of supporting humanities will work out the best possible solution to minimize the financial impact of the national budget on humanities funding.
Although NHA's Advocacy Day was a success, lobbying for humanities funding cannot be completed in just one day. Congress will be voting this week and in the coming weeks on bills and revisions to settle the national budget. NHA and AAA need your help in communicating the critical need for funding the research and grant-related programming offered in your communities today. Contact your congressional representative now to demonstrate your support for humanities and visit NHA's website to stay tuned in to the latest budgetary developments.


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Dr. Strange Loop necesitaba un nuevo diseño de camiseta y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 175 diseños de 49 diseñadores freelance.
Strange Loop is a unique software developer conference in St. Louis, Missouri bringing together a diverse set of languages, technologies, and topics. Strange Loop is different than other conferences in projecting a unique, funky vibe that is sorely missing in other corporate organized conferences.
The audience is primarily software developers attending the conference (and possibly others who just like the design). Software developers are geeks of course, interested in geeky stuff like computers, robots, science fiction, mathematics, writing software, time travel, Star Wars, Star Trek, the Matrix, etc.
This contest will select the official design for the Strange Loop 2009 conference t-shirt and will be produced for sale.
* Neutral shirt color (white, gray, black, natural)
* Design is preferred to be front-only unless you come up with something absurdly clever
* Design should have no more than 2 colors (any color ok)
* Must contain the text "Strange Loop" (any font)
* May contain the logo, "2009", URL "http://thestrangeloop.com", or other aspects of the conference but none of these are required
* Logo is available here: http://thestrangeloop.com/sites/def…iglogo.png
I'm not really looking for your standard boring conference t-shirt, really for something unique and interesting by itself as a shirt. I would like to encourage actual drawings with "strange loop" as a jumping off point as well.
Douglas Hofstadter proposed the notion of a "strange loop" to mean the idea of moving through a hierarchical system of abstractions and back to the original point. The name for the conference was chosen both because it is held in the St. Louis area known as the "Loop" and also to evoke the idea of self-reflection. Playing with the idea of "strange loop" will lead you to things like Escher, Möbius strips, Klein bottles, impossible structures, quines, Shepard tones, and the like.


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Tyson Fury's trainer and uncle has insisted there is no chance of the heavyweight fighting David Price this year, claiming the Liverpudlian "is nowhere near the level that Tyson has reached".
Price and Fury are two of the most talked about fighters in the heavyweight division, with promoters vying to put on a huge domestic clash - with Liverpool's Anfield put forward as a possible venue.
There is bad blood between the pair and their paths may collide at some stage, but Peter Fury claims Price is not on their radar for 2013 - not even for the £1 million offer Frank Maloney has made.
"First of all Anfield is a no and £1 million means nothing to us," Peter Fury told World Boxing News. "As I have said before, we will take Price on when he's achieved where Tyson is now. We are going for titles this year and that is our focus.
"Price is nowhere near the level that Tyson has reached and as far as I am concerned, Maloney needs to stop using his own fighter for PR off Tyson's back when he knows full well the fight's not happening and in making these offers is fooling the fans with his nonsense."


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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: One of the amazing developments in modern medicine that has become amazingly common is the hip replacement . But now one type of replacement hips that's been installed over the years is starting to fail, leaving doctors and patients facing one of this nation's largest medical device failures ever. Our report tonight from our chief medical editor, Dr. Nancy Snyderman .
Ms. ILA LEWIS: Here we go, Des .
Dr. NANCY SNYDERMAN reporting: Hip replacement surgery has given millions of Americans like Ila Lewis a second chance to enjoy an active life.
Ms. LEWIS: Come on, come on, come on.
SNYDERMAN: But there's a growing concern that one type of hip replacement device called metal -on- metal is failing faster than devices made of other materials. In these implants, the ball and socket of the device are both made from metal .
Ms. LEWIS: Those hips were going to last me 20 years, I was told.
SNYDERMAN: But within just five years of getting this kind of implant, Lewis had to have both hips replaced with nonmetal components.
Ms. LEWIS: I was experiencing 102 fever every night and pain in my right hip, much more painful than what sent me to have my hip done in the first place .
SNYDERMAN: The metal ball and cup slide against each other and over time tiny metal particles can wear off, potentially causing damage around the implant and in the joint. In rare cases the debris can even enter the blood stream and cause a reaction.
Dr. JOSHUA JACOBS (Rush University Medical Center): If you start to get any symptoms around the hip, such as pain or swelling, then you really should consult with your orthopedic surgeon.
SNYDERMAN: So far this year, the FDA has received nearly 11,000 complaints about metal -on- metal implants. One model, made by DePuy , the ASR XL , was recalled in the United States last year after reports of a high early failure rate. In a statement, DePuy says, " Metal -on- metal remains an important hip replacement option. The performance of the ASR Hip System is not indicative of all metal -on- metal devices." Critics say more needs to be done to regulate medical devices .
Ms. DIANA ZUCKERMAN (National Research Center for Women Families): The main problem with medical device regulation is they're not held to as high a standard as prescription drugs.
SNYDERMAN: This spring the FDA began requiring 21 manufacturers to examine the safety of this type of hip replacement . It's always important to make sure you've exhausted all kinds of therapies, including good pain management , before you consider any kind of surgery. And increasingly, Brian , we're seeing hip replacements required in women. They're living longer and they're much more active in their senior years.
WILLIAMS: But boy, are we going to be hearing more about these.
SNYDERMAN: Yes, we are.
WILLIAMS: Nancy Snyderman . Thanks, as always.


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Today is the deadline for the first round of the FCC's comment period on its attempt to roll back the 2015 open internet "net neutrality" rules. The deadline is partly meaningless, because there's a second comment period that is technically to respond to earlier comments -- but allows you to just file more comments. However, it is still important to make your voice heard no matter which side you're on. We'll be posting our own comments later today, but first, we wanted to share Mike Godwin's thoughtful discussion on why you should comment and why you should provide a thoughtful, careful "quality" comment, which he first posted to the R-Street blog, but which is being cross posted here.
If you count just by numbers alone, net-neutrality activists have succeeded in their big July 12 push to get citizens to file comments with the Federal Communications Commission. As I write this, it looks as if 8 million or more comments have now been filed on FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's proposal to roll back the expansive network-neutrality authority the commission asserted under its previous chairman in 2015.
There's some debate, though, about whether the sheer number of comments—which are unprecedented not only for the FCC, but also for any other federal agency—is a thing that matters. I think they do, but not in any simple way. If you look at the legal framework under which the FCC is authorized to regulate, you see that the commission has an obligation to open its proposed rulemakings (or revisions or repeals of standing rules) for public comments. In the internet era, of course, this has meant enabling the public (and companies, public officials and other stakeholders) to file online. So naturally enough, given the comparative ease of filing comments online, controversial public issues are going to generate more and more public comments over time. Not impossibly, this FCC proceeding—centering as it does on our beloved public internet—marks a watershed moment, after which we'll see increasing flurries of public participation on agency rulemakings.
Columbia University law professor Tim Wu—who may fairly be considered the architect of net neutrality, thanks to his having spent a decade and a half building his case for it—tweeted July 12 that it would be "undemocratic" if the commission ends up "ignoring" the (as of then) 6.8 million comments filed in the proceeding.
There are now 6.8 million comments in the FCC's Net Neutrality docket. Ignoring that is just plain undemocratic
— Tim Wu (@superwuster) July 13, 2017
But a number of critics immediately pointed out, correctly, that the high volume of comments (presumed mostly to oppose Pai's proposal) doesn't entail that the commission bow to the will of any majority or plurality of the commenters.
I view the public comments as relevant, but not dispositive. I think Wu overreaches to suggest that ignoring the volume of comments is "undemocratic." We should keep in mind that there is nothing inherently or deeply democratic about the regulatory process – at least at the FCC. (In fairness to Wu, he could also mean that the comments need to be read and weighed substantively, not merely be tallied and dismissed.)
But I happen to agree with Wu that the volume of comments is relevant to regulators, and that it ought to be. Chairman Pai (whose views on the FCC's framing net neutrality as a Title II function predate the Trump administration) has made it clear, I think, that quantity is not quality with regard to comments. The purpose of saying this upfront (as the chairman did when announcing the proposal) is reasonably interpreted by Wu (and by me and others) as an indicating he believes the commission is at liberty to regulate in a different way from what a majority (or plurality) of commenters might want. Pai is right to think this, I strongly believe.
But the chairman also has said he wants (and will consider more deeply) substantive comments, ideally based on economic analysis. This seems to me to identify an opportunity for net-neutrality advocates to muster their own economists to argue for keeping the current Open Internet Order or modifying it more to their liking. And, of course, it's also an opportunity for opponents of the order to do the same.
But it's important for commenters not to miss the forest for the trees. The volume of comments both in 2014 and this year (we can call this "the John Oliver Effect") has in some sense put net-neutrality advocates in a bind. Certainly, if there were far fewer comments (in number alone) this year, it might be interpreted as showing declining public concern over net neutrality. Obviously, that's not how things turned out. So the net-neutrality activists had to get similar or better numbers this year.
At the same time, advocates on all sides shouldn't be blinded by the numbers game. Given that the chairman has said the sheer volume of comments won't be enough to make the case for Title II authority (or other strong interventions) from the commission, it seems clear to me that while racking up a volume of comments is a necessary condition to be heard, it is not a sufficient condition to ensure the policy outcome you want.
Ultimately, what will matter most, if you want to persuade the commissioners one way or another on the net-neutrality proposal, is how substantive, relevant, thoughtful and persuasive your individual comments prove to be. My former boss at Public Knowledge, Gigi Sohn, a net-neutrality advocate who played a major role in crafting the FCC's current Open Internet Order, has published helpful advice for anyone who wants to contribute to the debate. I think it ought to be required reading for anyone with a perspective to share on this or any other proposed federal regulation.
If you want to weigh in on net neutrality and the FCC's role in implementing it—whether you're for such regulation or against it, or if you think it can be improved—you should follow Sohn's advice and file your original comments no later than Monday, July 17, or reply comments no later than Aug. 16. If you miss the first deadline, don't panic—there's plenty of scope to raise your issues in the reply period.
My own feeling is, if you truly care about the net-neutrality issue, the most "undemocratic" reaction would be to miss this opportunity to be heard.


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Today Show host Matt Lauer swapped early mornings for evening when he stopped by "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" to discuss his--and Today's-- efforts to raise awareness for men's health issues.
Last week, as part of a "No Shave November" initiative, Lauer and fellow host Al Roker visited a urologist to have prostate examinations.
For Leno, the nature of the exam provided a good opportunity to poke fun at Lauer and Roker.
"We have footage. This is Matt and Al in the room getting ready," Leno said. The proceeding clip featured two men--with Lauer and Roker's heads superimposed on--twerking.
Lauer took the joke in stride, responding, "You want to be limber. You want to be loose a little bit."
Leno and Lauer also discussed how all Today's male correspondents were handling growing out their facial hair. "We're all growing beards," Lauer said. "We're trying to get people to tune in and say, 'Wow they look awful, but hey, I should get checked out.'"
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Only found the site last year on the build up to the big re-issue,- that the tour crew had said was on the way.
However as per the name I had always wanted to visit Florence. One of those, - don't know really why moments -, but a place I had to see.
Finally thanks to Chris's release of Santo Spirito Blues, that was it. On a video he tells about his daughter studying in Florence and the Santo Spirito Church, - which also had it's dome made by the same guy who did the big cathedral. Have since been to Florence 3 times now, and hope to get there some time next year again, for no other reason than I love the place.
Question 1: Why has Chris never released an album of all the instrumental tracks, from albums and b-sides of CD singles, there are loads of them?
Question 2: Does anyone out there have photos of the Wembley Christmas concert many years ago, - yes when he did sing Driving Home For Christmas. There were 2 large inflatable Father Christmas's being bounced around the crowd. Cut a long story short, I have one of those inflatables in my loft, that I brought home with me. I would just love some pictures, to prove that was where it originated from.


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Luke Ford writes: I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs Mondays at 7:00 pm PST on the Rabbi Rabbs cam and on YouTube. Facebook Fan Page.
This week we study Parashat Ha'azinu (Deuteronomy 32:1-52).
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Luke Ford writes: I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs Mondays at 7:00 pm PST on the Rabbi Rabbs cam and on YouTube. Facebook Fan Page.
This week we study Parashat Ha'azinu (Deuteronomy 32:1-52).
Luke Ford writes: I discuss the weekly Torah portion with Rabbi Rabbs Mondays at 7:00 pm PST on the Rabbi Rabbs cam and on YouTube. Facebook Fan Page.
This week we study Parashat Ha'azinu (Deuteronomy 32:1-52).
Luke Ford writes: I was telling my friends how I sold my beard to a family member for $444.
This beautiful young woman responded, "I wish I had something I could sell to make money."
All the guys immediately cracked up because she didn't have a clue what she was saying.
It reminds of female personal assistants who talk about "taking care of their client when he comes into town." They don't mean anything sexual, but that's the way a guy's mind reacts when he hears such stuff. "Oh, I'm taking care of John when he's in town."
Luke Ford writes: In my Protestant upbringing, we were taught to not push ourselves forward too obviously. Always appear reluctant to claim credit. Better to moan and groan about what a great sinner you are.
By contrast, I've noticed that Jews tend to feel pretty good about themselves. They're eager to tell me about the things they've accomplished. They're eager to tell me about their good deeds. How they've helped the rabbi. How they signed the lease for the shul. How they helped the rabbi raise money. How they did so much for Israel, for the homeless, for the community.
"Are Jews more obsessed with status?" a Protestant once asked me.
I don't think so. I just think they're more honest about pursuing status, honor, sex, money, love and the good things of life.
Judaism is more at peace with the natural passions than Christianity. It takes for granted that people want honor and respect and wealth and love and therefore provides ways to channel these desires into good ends.
I find Jews talk much more honestly about sex and money, for instance. They have fewer romantic notions about such basics of life.
Luke Ford writes: I'm humbled by how often my tendencies to bridle at authority interfere with my career success. I just don't like being told what to do. It's like I live my life in perpetual rebellion against anyone who reminds me of certain figures from my childhood.
I'm 45 and I'm still lashing out to my own detriment.
I get very humble at times and even grateful to the generosity of certain rabbis, certain teachers, certain authority figures who've guided me to a better life. Then my rebellious ways force them to set limits with me and I don't deal well with these limits and I lash out and endanger these relationships.
"Nobody will tell me what to do!" That's probably the most frequent thing I say to myself.
Ever since I was a kid, I've hated student-teacher, parent-teacher conferences. I see again and again how my teachers only want to help me but I buck against their bridle. I hate that bit in my teeth. I want to race off and do my own thing, only I know that that direction leads to failure and humiliation.
So I'm going to take some deep breaths, try to let go a little bit of my instinctive rebellion, and listen more deeply to what my teachers tell me.
Luke Ford writes: I often find myself thinking, what's behind me and what's ahead of me? How frightened should I be about the future? How stoked should I get about the changes I've made in my life? Will the next half of my life be as lonely as the first half?
I find myself valuing safety, security and comfort more these days than I did 16 years ago.
I met Trey Parker (of South Park fame) at CES in Las Vegas in January 1999. We talked at the Rio bar 2 AM – 3:30 AM after the AVN Awards. He was cool. A total mentch. A good interview. Unpretentious. Funny. Insightful.
Here's an interview with him in the New York Times today:
A decade ago, Trey, you said that you couldn't point to anyone who sustained their creativity into their 30s or 40s. You're about to turn 42.
Parker: I totally still think that. We've been writing "Book of Mormon" for seven years, and the best work on it was when we were still in our 30s.
Luke Ford writes: Most people respond to thinking they must accomplish a task quickly by shortening their stature, tensing and compressing their necks, taking shallower breaths, their heart racing, anxiety flying, and overall going into a version of the fight or flight reflex.
By contrast, when you think, "I have all the time I need to accomplish this task," you will probably breathe easier and more deeply and be more likely to let go of unnecessary tension in your body.
I got this from the following discussion: "Working with Groups - Alexander Technique teacher Meade Andrews talks with Paul Cook ofDirection Journal about teaching the Technique in a group setting."
Mead has her group pretend to juggle. This activates their primary control and they naturally come into length and width. You can't juggle and be in a postural set. It won't work. Their heads are moving because they have to look at the balls. They're changing their balance and their relationship to gravity. They're enlivened.
Later on, people ask, is this like yoga? People want to group it with something else. Alexander Technique can't be compared with anything else. It is unique.


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Whilst undertaking the research project you will also have the opportunity to develop your research skills by taking part in training courses and events. The approved programme of training and research combines advanced study, research methodology and a substantial research project, or series of research projects in a chosen field.
You will be appointed a main supervisor who will normally be part of a supervisory team, comprising up to three members to advise and support you on your project.
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Should You Be G-Free?
What do celebs like Zooey Deschanel, Emmy Rossum, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Chelsea Clinton have in common? They all follow gluten-free diets, thanks to severe wheat allergies that, if left untreated, can result in bloating, diarrhea, fatigue, malnourishment and even infertility and osteoporosis.
"Going g-free" has been trendy for a few years now, with proponents claiming that ditching wheat can melt away pounds, elevate sports performance and evaporate mental fogginess. The industry has exploded, mushrooming 27 percent since 2009 and surpassing $6 billion in sales in 2011, according to Mintel research. "Gluten-free is the new low-carb," says Wendy Bazilian, DrPH, RD, author of The SuperFoodsRx Diet (Rodale) ?and a nutrition advisor at Golden Door Fitness Resort and Spa in San Marcos, Calif. But unless you are one of the 1 percent of Americans who truly suffer from actual Celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder where the body attacks itself in the presence of gluten - a protein component found in wheat, rye and barley - or the 5 to 8 percent who are gluten-intolerant, eradicating gluten from your diet will not help you lose weight or boost energy. In fact, "many gluten-free products are packed with sugar and fat," Bazilian warns.
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The Goods on Gluten
Gluten is part of a protein found in three grains — wheat, rye and barley — which lends elasticity and chew to products like bread and pizza dough. In healthy individuals, these foods pose no problem. But in those with wheat sensitivities or allergies, gluten damages parts of the small intestine called villi, finger-like projections lining the gut that absorb nutrients. "Imagine your gut is lined with a shag rug," Bazilian suggests. "Those are the villi. Over time, Celiac disease flattens the rug, making it smooth like linoleum, so they can't hang on to nutrients."
Unfortunately, wheat is such a prominent part of the American diet that it can be extremely difficult to eradicate. Besides obvious culprits, like wheat bread, gluten hides out in soy sauce, malt vinegar, couscous, beer and wine, licorice, certain broths and energy bars, even communion wafers. Cousins of wheat, including spelt, kamut, farrow, durum, semolina and triticale, will also trigger allergies. Oats don't contain gluten but may be contaminated during processing.
If you're gluten intolerant, you'll know it, experiencing nasty GI symptoms almost immediately after ingesting wheat, barley or rye. Celiac disease, on the other hand, may or may not result in bloating, gassiness, constipation or diarrhea. Instead, you may be irritable or depressed, or experience joint pain, a skin rash, anemia, mouth sores or weight loss. A gastroenterologist or internist can diagnose gluten allergies through an intestinal biopsy and blood work. The next step is to meet with a dietitian who can help you chart out a meal plan.
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How to Eat Gluten-Free
The good news: "When you eat a whole foods diet and have control over ingredients, the world is your oyster when it comes to eating gluten-free," Bazilian promises. (Just don't eat oyster crackers — they contain wheat!) The trick is to shop the perimeter of your grocery store, where you'll find fruits and veggies, chicken, fish and lean meat, low-fat milk and yogurt — all naturally devoid of gluten. "Plus, the trendy ancient grains that are all the rage right now, like quinoa, black rice and amaranth, are gluten-free." Corn, beans, potatoes, millet, gluten-free oats, buckwheat (even though it has the word "wheat" in it) and all kinds of rice are all still on the table, too.
Dining out or consuming packaged products gets far trickier. While it's relatively easy to scan a label for wheat, barley or rye, gluten can masquerade as other common ingredients, such as enriched bleached flour, semolina and Brewer's yeast. Luckily, most supermarkets now offer special gluten-free sections and their web sites will provide safe shopping lists. Still, "cooking from scratch is the safest," says Bazilian. "When you're eating out — sauces and condiments are especially tricky — or buying products with labels, all bets are off."
If you truly do suffer from a gluten allergy, eliminating it from your diet will offer welcomed relief from symptoms, including more energy and fewer GI complaints. "But," Bazilian warns, "if you don't have an actual allergy or intolerance, it won't make you lose weight and it won't enhance sports performance. If it does, it's probably because you're eating more quality foods, like quinoa instead of white rice."
Now some important notes: People often mistake going gluten-free for eating grain-free, which can result in inadequate intake of iron, fiber and B vitamins, important for cellular functioning and metabolism. Packaged gluten-free products are also high in fat, trans fat and sugar, and can actually lead to weight gain. As with all processed foods, pick a natural source over the packaged stuff.
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Gluten-Free Recipes: Breakfast
SuperFoodsRx Granola
Gluten alternative: Gluten-free oats
Makes: 8 servings
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 20 minutes
1/2 cup gluten-free oats
1/2 teaspoons canola oil
1/2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons chopped walnuts
1/8 cup dried blueberries
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. In a bowl, mix together ingredients in the order listed, thoroughly combining after each addition.
2. Spread mixture on a jelly roll pan sprayed for 2 seconds with cooking spray and bake for 20 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes. Bake until oats are a golden brown.
3. Cool and store in an airtight container or resealable plastic bags. Enjoy with low-fat yogurt or skim mill.
Variation: Substitute sliced almonds for walnuts and dried cranberries for blueberries.
Hint: Heating the honey in the microwave oven for 8?10 seconds before adding makes it easier to incorporate when blending the ingredients.
Reprinted with permission from The SuperFoodsRx Diet by Wendy Bazilian, DrPH, RD (Rodale, Inc.)
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Gluten-Free Recipes: Lunch
Quinoa Tabbbouleh
Gluten alternative: Quinoa
Makes: 6 servings
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 20 minutes
1 cup quinoa
1 medium ripe, red tomato, seeded and diced (1 cup)
1 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley leaves
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh mint leaves
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (from 2 lemons)
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1. Prepare the tabbouleh: Thoroughly rinse quinoa and combine with 1 1/4 cups of water in a medium-sized pot. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 15 minutes. Remove pan from the heat and let stand, covered, for 5 minutes to steam and finish cooking. Transfer quinoa to a large bowl and cool to room temperature.
2. Add the tomato to the cooled quinoa. Add the parsley, mint, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper, and stir gently until well combined. Cover and set aside in the refrigerator. (Will keep for 2 to 3 days in the refrigerator.) Serve with hummus, veggies and gluten-free crackers.
Reprinted with permission from The Golden Door Cooks at Home by Chef Dean Rucker (Clarkson Potter Publishers)
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Gluten-Free Recipes: Dinner
Red Lentil Veggie Burger
Gluten alternative: Lentils
Makes: 8 servings
Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 95 minutes
1/2 cup brown rice
1 cup red lentils, picked over and rinsed
Canola oil spray
1/2 medium onion, finely diced (1/2 cup)
1 teaspoon minced garlic
5 ounces broccoli, florets and peeled stems finely chopped (1 1/2 cups)
2 medium carrots, finely chopped (1 cup)
2 medium potatoes, peeled and grated (1 cup), squeezed to remove excess liquid
3 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and finely chopped (1 cup)
2 ounces fresh or defrosted frozen shelled edamamae beans, finely chopped (1/2 cup)
1 1/2 teaspoons yellow curry powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1. Prepare rice according to package instructions. Set aside until cool.
2. Meanwhile, place lentils in a medium saucepan and add 2 cups water. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce the heat to low and simmer gently, covered, until the lentils are slightly mushy, like a thick paste with a few whole lentils, 18-20 minutes, stirring once or twice during cooking. Set lentils aside until cool.
3. Spray a large nonstick skillet with canola oil and heat over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring, until slightly translucent but not at all brown, about 3 minutes. Add the broccoli, carrots, potatoes, mushrooms and edamamae and cook, stirring, until fragrant but still crunchy, 2 minutes. Add curry powder and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds. Remove pan from heat; add salt and pepper. Let cool slightly. Transfer the rice, lentils, and vegetables to a large bowl and combine.
4. Scoop out 1/2 cup of the mixture and with wet hands, pack it firmly into a tight ball as if forming a meatball. Form the ball into a 3-inch patty about 1 inch thick. Place patties on a baking sheet; chill for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
5. Prepare a nonstick baking sheet or baking sheet lined with parchment paper sprayed with oil. Spread cornmeal on a plate. Dredge each patty in cornmeal. Spray a large skillet with canola oil and heat over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking. Place the burgers in the pan without crowding (work in batches if necessary) and sear until they are light golden on both sides, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer the burgers to the prepared baking sheet and bake for 12 minutes to warm through completely.
6. Serve in a lettuce wrap, topped with sliced red onion, tomato and pickles.
Reprinted with permission from The Golden Door Cooks at Home by Chef Dean Rucker (Clarkson Potter Publishers)
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Gluten-Free Recipes: Dessert
Warm Flourless Chocolate Cake
Gluten alternative: Cornstarch
Makes: 8 servings
Prep: 25-30 minutes
Cook: 8-10 minutes
For the cakes:
8 ounces good quality dark chocolate (60-70% cacoa), chopped
1 large egg
2 very ripe bananas, sliced (1 1/4 cups)
1/2 cup mashed yam or canned pumpkin
1/4 cup honey
1 tablespoon grated orange zest
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 large egg whites
Pinch of kosher salt
1 orange, peeled and separated into segments
For the sauce:
1 cup fresh orange juice
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 tablespoon half-and-half
1 tablespoon Grand Marnier
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray eight 4-ounce ramekins with cooking spray and place on a baking sheet.
2. Prepare sauce: Pour all but 1 tablespoon of the orange juice into a small saucepan and place over low heat. In a small bowl, stir cornstarch into reserved orange juice until smooth. When the juice comes to a simmer, whisk in the cornstarch and juice slurry; continue whisking for 30 seconds until thickened. Remove from heat and let cool 15 minutes. Whisk in the half-and-half and Grand Marnier. Set aside. (Sauce can be served warm, at room temp or chilled.)
3. Make the cakes: Place a bowl over a saucepan filled with a few inches of simmering water (water should not touch bowl.) Place chocolate in the bowl and let stand until chocolate us shiny and soft, about 10 minutes. Stir with a rubber spatula until smooth and remove from heat.
4. Combine egg, bananas, yam, honey, orange zest and vanilla in a blender; process until very smooth. Combine banana mixture with chocolate and set aside.
5. In another bowl, use an electric mixer to whip egg whites and salt until they form soft peaks, about three minutes. Fold egg whites into chocolate mixture until just incorporated.
6. Spoon mixture into ramekins to about 1/4 inch from top. Bake until the tops are set, 8 to 10 minutes. Drizzle each cake with sauce and garnish with orange segments.
Reprinted with permission from The Golden Door Cooks at Home by Chef Dean Rucker (Clarkson Potter Publishers)
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