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Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Proud of Obamacare!
Sick children give parents a scare,
Like piranhas the bills strip them bare,
But the insurers who screwed them
By law must include them
Because of our Obamacare!
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Monday, September 03, 2012
Happy Labor Day: Get Ready For Local food for the Winter!
Today is Labor Day, a day in which we honor the people who work to make our nation and society possible. Most of us number ourselves among the laboring masses, so let's celebrate our greatness. We don't really need the Aristocracy (today called the 1%) because any idiot can see that without us, they'd starve and without them, we'd get along just fine.
This week's
Change the World Wednesday Challenge
is about local food:
"This week share ideas on eating locally during the winter months."
Yard Chard - still growing strong!
We're fortunate in that Seattle has relatively mild winters. Our chard will continue to grow for harvesting for a couple more months. Leaves and other bits that are not beautiful in appearance can be chopped and frozen for winter use; why not? when the professional ag industry has a batch of leaves that aren't perfectly aesthetic, are they more likely to trash them or to chop them up and sell them?
We're also fortunate in having a farmer's market that persists through the year, although in the winter it's maybe half sized and the product selection is limited. Still there are squash and roots even in the dead of winter, and it is a small joy to stop buy and get something locally grown, not only for the benefits to our environment and the local economy, but also because food that is not optimized for travelling thousands of miles can be optimized for flavor and nutrition.
We also plan to can tomatoes again. Some will be those we grew ourselves, but to fill out our supply we'll be hitting the farmer's market again. A couple of buying tips
Often you can get a better price if you buy a whole box
Often you can get a better price if you buy "seconds", that is, tomatoes or whatever that don't have a pleasing appearance, e.g. a lumpiness, but are still perfectly nutritious.
We have used these two tips to get canning tomatoes for about half price.
Another tip for eating local during the winter is to replace our freezer's ice cube tray with a few more bags of frozen, home-grown veggies. Who uses ice during the winter? Wouldn't you rather have another bag of homegrown greens or berries? In a pinch, if you really want something to cool your drink, the frozen berries work perfectly fine ... I don't recommend the frozen chard!
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Only the Best Italian Recipes
Anise-Almond Biscotti
\"Biscotti have become very popular recently, but my mother-in-law, Helen, has been baking them for years,\" says Janet Mercuri of North Royalton Ohio. \"Now that I've started using her recipe, friends tell me that my biscotti taste just like their grandmothers' and I'm not even Italian.\"\r\n
These have a subtle anise flavor and would be nice with a caffè latte.
Baked Italian Meatballs
red pepper flakes, italian seasoning, parsley, garlic, breadcrumbs, ground beef, salt, mustard powder, parmesan cheese, tomato sauce
These are really tasty and I love that they are baked in the oven rather than pan-fried. I found this recipe in Cooking light originally and have made them several times with great success. They freeze well after cooking - I just thaw them and add them to simmering sauce for a great spaghetti dinner on busy nights.
Baked Stuffed Pasta Shells
black pepper, parsley, eggs, basil, garlic powder, pasta shells, mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese, ricotta cheese, tomato sauce
These are just fantastic! This is one of DH's favorite things I make. Great for family dinner or pot luck. This is really pretty easy to make and true Italian comfort food!
California Italian Wedding Soup
chicken broth, eggs, escarole, ground beef, green onion, parsley, breadcrumbs, lemon, pasta, parmesan cheese, parmesan cheese
"This is my variation of a standard recipe. I like fresh basil and a little lemon rind, so those are basically my only changes. This is a quick and easy soup with flavors that impress all."
Carrabba's Bread Dipping Spice
basil, red pepper flakes, oregano, thyme, lemon juice, garlic, black pepper, kosher salt, olive oil, parsley, rosemary
This is a favorite with Italian style-grub.The recipe comes from Carrabba's Restaurant. They serve the spices on a small plate and the waiter adds olive oil, now you are set to dip your bread. YUM YUM TIP: Chop all spices in small chopper then store them in a small container in the refrigerator, since a little goes a long way--then you can have it anytime.
Chicago Italian Beef
You'll be sorry you didn't grow up in Chicago, and eat one of those wonderful beef sandwiches from Carm's. This tastes identical. This wonderful recipe came from my sister Linda knowing how homesick I am for Chicago food. Start cooking 18 hours before you want to eat.
Farfalle with Sausage, Tomatoes, and Cream
Cara Brunetti Hillyard of Hamilton, Virginia, writes: "I come from a long line of great cooks. My father owns an Italian market in Scranton,...
Italian Chicken and Vegetable Soup
Italian Chicken Soup
chicken broth, carrot, red pepper, basil, fennel seed, garlic, green pepper, olive oil, onions, cheese ravioli, parmesan cheese, zucchini
Italian Creme Layer Cake
baking soda, butter, buttermilk, powdered sugar, egg whites, egg yolks, flour, margarine, pecan, pecan, shortening, vanilla extract, vanilla extract, vegetable oil, sugar
"Very moist and delicious."
Italian Mac-n-Cheese
butter, chicken broth, mushroom, olive oil, flour, heavy cream, sausage, parmesan cheese, salt, hot sauce, tomato, penne
Italian Pepper and Sausage Dinner
olive oil, basil, basil, black pepper, garlic, sausage, parmigiano-reggiano cheese, red pepper, romano cheese, rotini, salt, tomato, yellow bell pepper, yellow onions
It seems like I make this with my eyes closed already. The family loves it as well as guests. You can make as much as you want and if you are lucky to have leftovers, it's better the second time around. Enjoy!
Italian Salad Dressing
This is the salad dressing I grew up with that my mom created. As a child, I didn't realize there were any alternatives. To this day, my mom's salad dressing is still a favorite. Very simple to prepare. If you make it a little ahead of time, it will allow the flavors to blend. I hope you enjoy it!
Italian Sausage and Tortellini Soup
beef broth, carrot, cheese tortellini, tomato, basil, oregano, red wine, garlic, green pepper, sausage, onions, parmesan cheese, salt, tomato sauce, zucchini
Italian Sausage and Wild Mushroom Risotto
rice, asiago cheese, chicken broth, garlic, sausage, madeira, olive oil, onions, mushrooms, shiitake mushroom
At the restaurant, this dish is served as a starter. It would also make a great main course for four.
Italian Sausage Pie
This pie makes a lovely light supper dish. It takes very little time to put together and bake. Serve it with your favorite salad. This recipe is adapted from a cookbook by The Sons of Italy Florida Foundation.
Italian Sausage Soup
"A hearty winter favorite."
Italian Sausage Soup with Tortellini
beef broth, carrot, oregano, garlic, onions, red wine, sausage, tomato, cheese tortellini, water, zucchini
"This soup embodies all the wonders of Italian cooking: Italian sausage, garlic, tomatoes and red wines. Serve with hot bread and salad for a delicious meal. Garnish with Parmesan cheese."
Italian Sausage Tortellini Soup
beef broth, carrot, cheese tortellini, basil, oregano, garlic, green pepper, onions, parmesan cheese, red wine, tomato sauce, tomato, water, zucchini
"This is the best soup I have ever had. It has lots of vegetables, Italian sausage, and even tortellini. Soup is one of my favorite foods and this one tops the list."
Italian Wedding Soup
bread crumbs, carrot, chicken broth, basil, eggs, escarole, ground beef, onion powder, pasta, parmesan cheese, parmesan cheese
Italian Wedding Soup
Lemon Risotto
rice, butter, chicken broth, lemon juice, lemon zest, olive oil, parmesan cheese, shallot, white wine
Lemon juice and peel offer a double punch of flavor in this delicious dish. Serve the risotto Italian-style as a first course, or American-style...
Mama Iuliucci's FAMOUS MEAT-A-BALLS (Italian Meatballs)
black pepper, eggs, garlic powder, italian seasoning, ground beef, olive oil, parmesan cheese, parsley, salt, bread
Here it is...my Mom's FAMOUS Meatball recipe! This is THEE most requested of her for anything, anywhere! Whenever there is a shower, birthday, christening, etc. someone is asking for 150 to 200 of her famous meatballs
Northern Italian Pasta Shell Stuffing
Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana
bacon, chicken broth, garlic, heavy cream, kale, onions, potato, sausage, water
I used Italian turkey sausage, and turkey bacon. I also added 1/2 tsp hot pepper flakes.
Pancetta- and Herb-Roasted Pork with Fig Jam
Fresh herbs and pancetta (Italian cured bacon) blanket the pork before it goes into the oven. Ask the butcher to tie the two loins to hold their...
Pasta with Sausage, Tomatoes, and Mushrooms
"I used to go to central New Jersey frequently on business and always made time to stop at Eccoqui, an Italian restaurant in Bernardsville,"...
Pizzelles II
"An thin traditional anise flavored Italian cookie made with a pizzelle iron."
Rustic Italian Bread
This is the one I make all the time. I use the bread machine to make my dough and then bake in oven to get that rustic look. It rises nice and the crust and texture is great--give it a try. Prep time includes the total bread machine and rising time.You can also make this in your KitchenAid mixer instead of the bread machine, using you kneading hook. Oil bowl cover let rise in a draft free spot.
Seafood Stew with Tomatoes and Basil
clam juice, cayenne, oregano, fennel seed, garlic, olive oil, onions, crabmeat, clams, tomato, white wine
This Italian-style stew called cioppino makes a hearty supper. Serve it with a green salad, garlic bread and a crisp white wine.
Spaghetti with Sicilian Meatballs
black pepper, breadcrumbs, currant, eggs, garlic, garlic, milk, olive oil, onions, onions, tomato, parmesan cheese, pine nuts, pasta, sausage
Americans enjoyed most of the food at the scores of Italian restaurants that opened in the twenties, but they couldn't understand the appeal of...
Stuffed Hot Peppers
"Hungarian hot peppers stuffed with a cream cheese mixture and Italian sausage. "
Toasted Ravioli
These Italian appetizers are crunchy and delicious dipped in a warm marinara sauce. They are very addictive! Make a bunch, you'll need to have a lot!
Tortellini Soup I
beef broth, carrot, basil, oregano, garlic, green pepper, sausage, onions, red wine, tomato, tomato sauce, cheese tortellini, water, zucchini
"This is a wonderfully hearty soup that brings raves when you serve it! Add some crusty French or Italian bread and a tossed green salad and that's all you will need! Serve with grated Parmesan cheese."
Wild Mushroom Risotto
Popular in the Italian kitchen for eons, risotto and wild mushrooms were embraced in the nineties by American home cooks and restaurant chefs...


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Category Archives: WWII
When science is put in the service of evil
Francisco López-Muñoz, Universidad Camilo José Cela
The Holocaust is one of the worst collective crimes in the history of humanity – and medical science was complicit in the horrors.
After World War II, evidence was given at the Nuremberg Trials of reprehensible research carried out on humans. This includes subjects being frozen, infected with tuberculosis, or having limbs amputated.
There was also specific research into pharmacology that is less well-known, as can be seen from the articles we have published over the past 15 years.
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Is it ethical to use data from Nazi medical experiments?
The prestige of German medicine
German pharmacology and chemistry enjoyed great international prestige from the second half of the 19th century.
This golden age ended with the Nazi Party's rise to power in 1933 and was replaced with institutionalised criminal behaviour in public health and human research.
At the beginning of World War II, Nazi leadership saw medical and pharmaceutical research as a front-line tool to contribute to the war effort and reduce the impact of injury, disease and epidemics on troops.
Nazi leaders believed concentration camps were a source of "inferior beings" and "degenerates" who could (and should) be used as research subjects.
German pharmacology and medicine lost all dignity. As Louis Falstein pointed out:
the Nazis prostituted law, perverted education and corrupted the civil service, but they made killers out of physicians.
The rise of eugenics in central Europe at the beginning of the 20th century paved the way for the Nazi government to implement a disastrous policy of "racial hygiene".
The Aktion T4 Programme
The Nazi ideology promoted the persecution of those who were considered "abnormal", as part of the Aktion T4 program.
September 1, 1939 – the date of the start of World War II – marked the beginning of the mass extermination of patients with "deficiencies" or mental conditions, who were deemed to be "empty human shells".
At first, the crimes were carried out via carbon monoxide poisoning.
In 1941, a second phase was launched: so-called "discrete euthanasia" via a lethal injection of drugs such as opiates and scopolamine (anti-neausea medication), or the use of low-doses of barbiturates to cause terminal pneumonia.
These techniques were combined with food rations and turning off the hospital heating during winter.
These euthanasia programmes led to what amounted to psychiatric genocide, with the murder of more than 250,000 patients. This is possibly the most heinous criminal act in the history of medicine.
Experimenting with healthy subjects
Medical experimentation became another tool of political power and social control, over both sick people from the T4 Program, as well as healthy people.
Those in good health were recruited in the concentration camps of ostracised ethnic or social groups such as Jews, Gypsies, Slavs and homosexuals.
A number of experiments were undertaken, including the study of:
- the effect of sulfonamides (antibiotics) on induced gas gangrene (Ravensbrück)
- the use of the toxic chemical formalin for female sterilisation (Auschwitz-Birkenau)
- the use of vaccines and other drugs to prevent or treat people intentionally infected with malaria (Dachau)
- the effects of methamphetamine in extreme exercise (Sachsenhausen)
- the anaesthetic properties of hexobarbital (a barbiturate derivative) and chloral hydrate (a sedative) in amputations (Buchenwald)
- the use of barbiturates and high doses of mescaline (a hallucinogenic drug) in "brainwashing" studies (Auschwitz and Dachau).
Faced with all this evidence, how it is possible that up to 45% of German doctors joined the Nazi party? No other profession reached these figures of political affiliation.
What were the reasons and circumstances that led to these perverse abuses?
The banality of evil in medicine
The answer is difficult. Many doctors argued that regulations were designed for the benefit of the nation and not the patient. They invoked such misleading concepts as "force majeure" or "sacred mission".
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Two steps forward, one step back: how World War II changed how we do human research
Some believed everything was justified by science, even the inhumane experiments carried out in the camps, while others considered themselves patriots and their actions were justified by the needs of wartime.
Some were followers of the perverse Nazi ethos and others, the more ambitious, became involved in these activities as a means of promoting their professional and academic careers.
Lastly, avoiding association with the Nazi apparatus may have been difficult in a health sector where fear had become a system of social pressure and control.
Arturo Pérez-Reverte, in his book Purity of Blood, defines this type of motivation very well:
… although all men are capable of good and evil, the worst are always those who, when they administer evil, do so on the authority of others or on the pretext of carrying out orders.
However, as has happened in many moments of history, sometimes tragedies bring positive posthumous effects.
After the trial of the Nazi doctors, the first international code of ethics for research with human beings was enacted, the Nuremberg Code, under the Hippocratic precept "primun non nocere". This code has had immense influence on human rights and bioethics.
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Two steps forward, one step back: how World War II changed how we do human research
Francisco López-Muñoz, Profesor Titular de Farmacología y Director de la Escuela Internacional de Doctorado, Universidad Camilo José Cela
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
World politics explainer: The Holocaust
Daniella Doron, Monash University
This article is part of our series of explainers on key moments in the past 100 years of world political history. In it, our authors examine how and why an event unfolded, its impact at the time, and its relevance to politics today.
Warning: some of the following photos may be disturbing to readers.
The event traditionally defined as the Holocaust — by which I mean the systematic extermination of European Jewry between 1941 and 1945 — defies an overly simplified explanation.
With that being said, making sense of the who, what, where and when presents the somewhat easier task.
What happened?
The Jews of Europe have been traditionally understood by historians as the principal targets of annihilation by the Nazis. Though Germans were perpetrators of this genocidal act, so too were other complicit Europeans, who either directly participated in murder or looked the other way.
Eastern Europe housed the sites of mass death (ghettos, labour camps, and concentration and death camps) built by the Nazis to "eliminate" Europe of Jews. Scholars generally point to 1941 – 1945 as constituting the woeful years in which approximately 6 million European Jews were killed by the Nazis.
The question of why the Nazis murdered the Jews of Europe remains somewhat thornier and far more controversial amongst scholars.
When the Nazis rose to power in 1933, the issue of how to handle the so-called "Jewish problem" ranked high on their agenda. The Germans held a racialised view of antisemitism, which defined Jews as not only biologically distinct from Germans, but also a critical threat to the health of the German nation.
Given their view of Jews as parasites, sapping the strength of the national body, the German Nazis experimented with a series of mechanisms to "eliminate" Jews from German life. The notion of murdering the Jews of Europe, we should note, had not yet surfaced.
Rather, in the early years of the regime, the Nazis saw emigration as an acceptable solution to the Jewish problem.
Legislation that disenfranchised Jews, stripped them of their financial assets, and denied them their livelihoods sought to clarify to Jews their new degraded position within Germany. The days of their security, stability, and equality under the law had come to an end. It was time to make a new life elsewhere. But these measures failed to bring about the results desired by the Nazis.
By 1939, slightly more than half of German Jews had decided to chart a new course abroad. Unfortunately, the outbreak of war the same year only served to exacerbate the dilemma of eliminating Germany of Jews within its domain.
As Germany quickly and violently occupied large swaths of territory in eastern and western Europe, the number of Jews in its territory exploded. Whereas the population of Jews in Germany in 1933 stood at roughly half a million, approximately nine million Jews resided in Europe as a whole.
Emigration no longer seemed like a viable option. Which nation would be the new home to all those Jews? As it stood, the half a million Jews of Germany struggled to find nations willing to house them.
And it was soon decided that new solutions needed to be found.
The impact of the Holocaust
Scholars debate why and when and even who arrived at the new solution of mass murder to solve Europe's so-called "Jewish problem."
We know that in 1939, when war broke out in the East and Germany occupied Poland, the Nazis turned to the creation of ghettos in Poland, which served to concentrate and isolate Jews from the greater Polish non-Jewish population. In these ghettos, often surrounded by high walls and gates, Jews engaged in forced labour and succumbed in great numbers to starvation and disease.
We also know that in 1941, when war broke out with the Soviet Union, the Nazis turned to rounding up Jews in the towns and villages of eastern Europe and murdered them by bullets. At least 1.6 million eastern European Jews died in this fashion. But why this turn from "passive murder" in the ghettos to "active murder" in the killing fields and later the concentration and death camps of eastern Europe? Who proposed this radical solution?
These questions defy scholarly consensus. It may be that the earlier policies of emigration, isolation and concentration of Europe's Jews were eventually perceived as insufficient; it may be that the murder of Europe's Jews by starvation and later bullets proved too slow and costly. And perhaps it was not Hitler who first arrived at the idea of mass murder, but Nazi bureaucrats and functionaries working on the ground in eastern Europe, who first conceived and experimented with this genocidal policy.
Regardless, by 1942, Jews across Europe were rounded up — from their homes, their hiding places, and Nazi run ghettos and labour camps to be deported to killing centres and concentration camps, where the vast majority lost their lives.
Contemporary implications
The legacy of the Holocaust has loomed large for more than 70 years, and continues to inform our culture and politics. It has come to be seen as arguably one of, if not the, defining events of the 20th century.
The Holocaust is commonly perceived as a truly rupturing occurrence in which a modern state used the mechanisms of modernity — technology, scientific knowledge and bureaucracy – not for the benefit of humanity but to inflict suffering and death.
We are now well aware that modernity does not necessarily result in progress and an improved standard of living, but that it comes with a dark underbelly that can lead to the violent purging of segments of society perceived as undesirable.
In its aftermath, the Holocaust became paradigmatic for defining genocide. The murder of European Jewry inspired the term "genocide", which was coined by the jurist Raphael Lemkin in 1944. It later prompted the Genocide Convention agreed to by the United Nations in 1948.
The 1948 Genocide Convention, the memory of the Holocaust, and the phrase "never again" are thereby routinely invoked in the face of atrocity. And yet these words ring hollow in the face of genocides in Rwanda, Cambodia, Bosnia, and the current genocide against the Rohingya in Myanmar.
It happens again and again. Not to mention that the largest refugee crisis since the second world war is occurring this very moment as desperate Syrians undertake perilous journeys across the Aegean.
Approximately 80 years ago, Nazi persecution likewise culminated in an international refugee crisis. World leaders recognised the plight of Europe's Jews during the 1930s and into the 1940s, even if they could not foretell their eventual genocidal fate.
International leaders even convened a conference (the Evian Conference) in which they debated how best to aid German Jews. Country after country expressed their sympathies with Jewish refugees but ultimately denied them refuge.
International news at the time closely followed the journey of the SS St Louis, as it sailed from port to port with 900 Jewish refugees unable to disembark because nations refused to grant asylum. We now know the future that befell many of these refugees.
These days, images of desperate Syrians undertaking perilous journeys across the Aegean, or the Rohingya fleeing their persecution in Myanmar, occupy our front pages. As we contemplate our responsibility towards these desperate individuals, the SS St Louis and the Evian Conference have been routinely invoked in our public discourse as a reminder of the devastating consequences of restrictive refugee and immigration policies.
We must remain haunted by our past failings. It is the legacy of the Holocaust that compels us to examine our responsibility to intervene and turn our attention to the plight of refugees. And we should consider whether that legacy has remained sufficient or whether we need a reminder of the dire consequences that comes with numbing ourselves to the suffering of others.
Daniella Doron, Senior lecturer, Monash University
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
Sunken Nazi U-boat discovered: why archaeologists like me should leave it on the seabed
Innes McCartney, Bournemouth University
The collapsing Nazi government ordered all U-boats in German ports to make their way to their bases in Norway on May 2, 1945. Two days later, the recently commissioned U-3523 joined the mission as one of the most advanced boats in the fleet. But to reach their destination, the submarines had to pass through the bottleneck of the Skagerrak – the strait between Norway and Denmark – and the UK's Royal Air Force was waiting for them. Several U-boats were sunk and U-3523 was destroyed in an air attack by a Liberator bomber.
U-3523 lay undiscovered on the seabed for over 70 years until it was recently located by surveyors from the Sea War Museum in Denmark. Studying the vessel will be of immense interest to professional and amateur historians alike, not least as a way of finally putting to rest the conspiracy theory that the boat was ferrying prominent Nazis to Argentina. But sadly, recovering U-3523 is not a realistic proposition. The main challenges with such wrecks lie in accurately identifying them, assessing their status as naval graves and protecting them for the future.
U-boat wrecks like these from the end of World War II are the hardest to match to historical records. The otherwise meticulous record keeping of the Kriegsmarine (Nazi navy) became progressively sparser, breaking down completely in the last few weeks of the war. But Allied records have helped determine that this newly discovered wreck is indeed U-3523. The sea where this U-boat was located was heavily targeted by the RAF because it knew newly-built boats would flee to Norway this way.
The detailed sonar scans of the wreck site show that it is without doubt a Type XXI U-boat, of which U-3523 was the only one lost in the Skagerrak and unaccounted for. These were new types of submarines that contained a number of innovations which had the potential to make them dangerous opponents. This was primarily due to enlarged batteries, coupled to a snorkel, which meant they could stay permanently underwater. Part of the RAF's mission was to prevent any of these new vessels getting to sea to sink Allied ships, and it successfully prevented any Type XXI U-boats from doing so.
With the U-boat's identity correctly established, we now know that it is the grave site of its crew of 58 German servicemen. As such, the wreck should either be left in peace or, more implausibly, recovered and the men buried on land. Germany lost over 800 submarines at sea during the two world wars and many have been found in recent years. It is hopelessly impractical to recover them all, so leaving them where they are is the only real option.
Under international law all naval wrecks are termed "sovereign immune", which means they will always be the property of the German state despite lying in Danish waters. But Denmark has a duty to protect the wreck, especially if Germany asks it to do so.
Hundreds of wartime wreck sites such as U-3523 are under threat around the world from metal thieves and grave robbers. The British cruiser HMS Exeter, which was sunk in the Java Sea on May 1, 1942, has been entirely removed from the seabed for scrap. And wrecks from the 1916 Battle of Jutland that also lie partly in Danish waters have seen industrial levels of metal theft. These examples serve as a warning that organised criminals will target shipwrecks of any age for the metals they contain.
Germany and the UK are among a number of countries currently pioneering the use of satellite monitoring to detect suspicious activity on shipwrecks thought to be under threat. This kind of monitoring could be a cost-effective way to save underwater cultural heritage from criminal activity and its use is likely to become widespread in the next few years.
The recovery cost is only a small fraction of the funds needed to preserve and display an iron object that has been immersed in the sea for many years. So bringing a wreck back to the surface should not be undertaken lightly. In nearly all cases of salvaged U-boats, the results have been financially ruinous. Lifting barges that can raise shipwrecks using large cranes cost tens of thousands of pounds a day to charter. Once recovered, the costs of conservation and presentation mount astronomically as the boat will rapidly start to rust.
The U-boat U-534 was also sunk by the RAF in 1945, close to where U-3523 now lies. Its crew all evacuated that boat, meaning that she was not a grave when recovered from the sea in 1993 by Danish businessman Karsten Ree, allegedly in the somewhat incredible belief that it carried Nazi treasure. At a reported cost of £3m, the operation is thought to have been unprofitable. The boat contained nothing special, just the usual mundane objects carried on a U-boat at war.
Similar problems were experienced by the Royal Navy Submarine Museum in the UK when it raised the Holland 1 submarine in 1982. In that case, the costs of long-term preservation proved much greater than anticipated after the initial rust-prevention treatment failed to stop the boat corroding. It had to be placed in a sealed tank full of alkali sodium carbonate solution for four years until the corrosive chloride ions had been removed, and was then transferred to a purpose-built exhibition building to protect it further.
The expensive process of raising more sunken submarines will add little to our knowledge of life at sea during World War II. But each time a U-boat is found, it places one more jigsaw piece in its correct place, giving us a clearer picture of the history of the U-boat wars. This is the true purpose of archaeology.
Innes McCartney, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Department of Archaeology, Anthropology and Forensic Science, Bournemouth University
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.
What happened to the French army after Dunkirk
Nina Wardleworth, University of Leeds
The evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in May 1940 from Dunkirk by a flotilla of small ships has entered British folklore. Dunkirk, a new action film by director Christopher Nolan, depicts the events from land, sea and air and has revived awe for the plucky courage of those involved.
But the story of the French army after Dunkirk is altogether less glorious, and perhaps because of that, less widely remembered. Of the 340,000 allied soldiers evacuated by boat from Dunkirk, 123,000 were French – but thousands more were not rescued and were taken prisoner by the Germans.
French media coverage of the premiere of Nolan's film has presented the events as a British story in which French soldiers were involved, not a shared wartime narrative.
Operation Dynamo (the code name for the Dunkirk evacuation) took place between May 26 and June 4, 1940. The Germans entered Paris on June 14, but fighting continued in the east of France until June 24. General Charles De Gaulle made his now famous radio broadcast, calling on the French public not to accept defeat, on the BBC on June 18 from London, but very few of his compatriots are likely to have heard it on that date.
It is estimated that between 50,000 and 90,000 soldiers of the French army were killed in the fighting of May and June 1940. In addition to the casualties, 1.8m French soldiers, from metropolitan France and across the French empire, were captured during the Battle of France and made prisoners of war (POWs).
That early summer of 1940 in France was also marked by a mass exodus. At least six million civilians took to the roads to escape the advancing German troops, with frightening World War I stereotypes of German brutality at the forefront of their minds. They moved south and west through France, although most returned home following the June 22 armistice with Nazi Germany.
Such mass population movement both helped and hindered the French army. It made moving men and equipment much more difficult on crowded roads and railways. However, for the ordinary soldier who could procure civilian clothes, it allowed them to slip away from their units and rejoin their families.
Colonial troops massacred
The French army of 1940 included soldiers from across its empire in north, west and central Africa, the French West Indies and Indochina. These troops found it more difficult to disappear into the crowds. There were numerous massacres of west and central African troops in eastern France by the German army, who after separating them from their white officers, shot them.
There were 120,000 colonial prisoners of war captured during the Battle of France. They were housed in different camps from their white, metropolitan French counterparts, all on French soil and French run, because of Nazi racial fears of them mixing with German civilians.
French POWs were sent to camps in Germany where they were quickly set to work on farms, in industry, mines and on the railways, to replace German men away fighting. The POWs lived and worked alongside the German population, leading to both tensions and friendships. The fate of these POWs became central to the propaganda of the French collaborationist government, based in Vichy.
Numerous government programmes tried to encourage young French men and women to sign up for work in Germany in exchange for the return of a POW to France. But, most prisoners – about one million – only returned to France following the end of the war in May 1945. They were often greeted by widespread indifference, even sometimes hostility because of their supposed links and sympathies to the Vichy regime. In reality, they were no more pro-Vichy than many other parts of French society.
A difficult history for France
The very swift German victory in May and June 1940 and the humiliating armistice that followed, meant that post-war French society and the state sought to minimise and forget the defeat, preferring to concentrate on more glorious stories of the Resistance and the Free French. There was an unsuccessful campaign in the French press in 2015 for a state commemorative event and memorial to honour the war dead from France and its then empire, who the campaign labelled as "the first Resistance fighters". Former French president, François Hollande, increased the number of state commemorative events for key moments from France's 20th century history, but still ignored the events of 1940.
Despite official silences, the fighting of the summer of 1940 has been the subject of French novels and films ever since. Robert Merle's 1949 novel Weekend at Dunkirk was adapted into a successful feature film, with an audience of three million on its release in 1964. The protagonist, Julien, is a French soldier desperate to make it onto one of the boats of the British evacuation in a town shattered by bombing. Claude Simon's 1960 novel, The Flanders Road, painted a picture of an outdated French army, ground down by months of a phoney war, fighting against a much better equipped, more modern German enemy.
For French POWs, Dunkirk and those battles of May and June 1940 marked the beginning of five years of humiliation and hardship, before many returned to a country that wanted to forget them and their fighting experiences.
Nina Wardleworth, Teaching Fellow in French, University of Leeds
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.


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Today Outside my Window? A very sunny day that just shouts summertime...I hear neat buzzing sounds from all of the trees, many trees! It whispers...summer...Very calming...
I am thinking... Oh wow. Do you really want to know? Thinking of a visit at my dad's yesterday. Thinking of my dad telling Lea just what he thought of JFK as Lea brought up the assassination. My dad still reels over the Bay of Pigs (understandably!). Don't mess with our boys when it comes to my dad. Dad went to a private military school in Biloxi Mississippi after his mother passed away when he was a little boy. Sad in some ways, such a little guy being sent away like that. But just don't mess with my dad on certain things. Let's just say when Mar heard Lea bring the JFK assassination up she looks at me and murmurs out of the side of her mouth...I need to go get my dessert now..she whispers...Lea's going to be sor-ry.... It was okay. Daddy was civil but real. Yes, we are very real people when it comes to what we think. He was nice about the assassination and he too believes there were other gunmen. Fascinating to learn about.
Here's a photo of my mom and dad when they were first married. They are both 82 now. Divorced unfortunately. Spent the day with both of them yesterday ...oh my. I'm an only child and it amazes me to see the same behaviors good and bad at times. Much to carry at times for me but God will help me, He always does. (written through watery eyes). They are both such, sweet, sweet people...So sweet. Life is hard to understand sometimes, it just is. It. Just. Is.
They were such a a handsome couple don't you think? I think this was probably taken around 1953 - 54? Classic time capsule.
I am thankful for... My husband and girls. A husband who doesn't curse or use off color language, who fears God. He doesn't watch garbage on t.v. and isn't going to allow anything worldly in this home. He is very particular on that and I am SO thankful! I also love his voice...(I know, it's random but true). Girls who walk uprightly; neat to see my youngest picking up on rebellion in others and telling me about it. God is faithful.
I am wearing... light stone colored capris, a cotton v-neck turquoise mini print modern paisley print shorter tunic... sleeveless. Very cool colors. I made it myself and this summer I chopped the sleeves off and hemmed it making it sleeveless but a teensy glimpse of a flattering perky cap sleeve. I used to do fashion illustrations and now in my middle age I am assembling stuff I like, easy stuff but stuff I like. I know who I am and what I like. My hair is growing longer (yay!) and I have it swept up in a messy bun with my new cat eye glasses on top of my head. It's so fun having longer hair and a newer style of eyeglasses.
In the learning room...Becs is starting on her photography assignment. I love the neat online course from the Institute of Photographic Study. Sounds fancy eh?
I am remembering...Sup, sup, supper time! The wash! I'm trying this cleaning schedule this week. We'll see if this or flylady works for me. You gotta love flylady...
I am going... Nowhere today.
I am currently reading... A neat new book, 'Main Street Vegan' by Victoria Moran. Outstanding book so far. And my Bible and devotional of course.
I am hoping... things will normalize?
On my mind... Hmmm... So much, just so much.
Noticing that...It's getting late.
Pondering these words...You can always recognize who has been through the fires of sorrow and received himself, and you know that you can go to him in your moment of trouble and find that he has plenty of time for you. But if a person has not been through the fires of sorrow, he is apt to be contemptuous, having no respect or time for you, only turning you away... ~Oswald Chambers.
I call it The Companionship of Brokeness!
Sometimes I would like to tell some of these women who don't seem to have that Companionship... Honey your looks are alright but somebody needs to put a bag over your personality...you're as cold as ice dearie!
From the kitchen... Hmmm. I have some ideas for supper...maybe just a simple pasta? Don't know. Becs will be making a pie crust in the next few minutes though...
From the working room...I would like to sew today but realistically, I'm not quite sure if I'll get to it, I have some awesome black crinkled taffeta that will make a gorgeous longer tea length crinkly skirt for the fall and winter, even now for dress-up...Love those crinkly skirts that crinkle when ya walk. Black hose and shoes. Beautiful. I also wouldn't mind making some more cloth dinner napkins. I'm noticing how many paper towels we've been going through. I make my napkins easy and a bit smaller than the norm. Just very usable, nothing fancy at all. But you have to have enough to make it cost effective.
Around the house...Dishwasher going, wash going, dryer going, Becs cracking eggs in the kitchen.
One of my favorite things...Peace of the Lord. Surprises He sends. Connecting with my girls on things...Love it.
A photo I would like to share..
My buddy at the nursing home, he is deaf, slightly mute. He is precious. He tries to talk so hard bless his heart. He can only use one of his arms it seems, he is all there I assure you. He's a saint I tell you. I say .."Hey!" He says... "Heayyyy"...I say "You doing okay?" He says: "Yeeeeaaaaahhhh!" The sweetest thing you ever did see. He is also partially blind, and has the best attitude ever. God bless and be with him and all of our nursing home friends. They are the best, what a forgotten treasure.
Take care All, love in Christ. Til the next time.... ~Amelia
Monday, June 25, 2012
2 comments:
- Mary said...
Nice post, Amelia.
- June 25, 2012 at 5:14 PM
- Amelia said...
Thank you Ellie. I have a feeling you can relate to some of this...
- June 26, 2012 at 11:31 AM
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So I'm running along the river today and 3 miles in I get to a set of stairs. It was a flat run up to that point so I decided to run up and down them an ungodly number of times.
I stopped to snap a pic (OK, it was more like a stop to catch a breath) and was amused by what Mother Nature rewarded me with ( a nice butterfly cloud at the top of the stairs).
Apparently it doesn't take much to brighten my run :).
Mother Nature…..You Rock!10 May
So I'm running along the river today and 3 miles in I get to a set of stairs. It was a flat run up to that point so I decided to run up and down them an ungodly number of times.
Flyin' Through Zion….Morning, NUUN, and Night30 Apr
I had the amazing opportunity to run the first Ragnar Trail Relay at the Zion Ponderosa Ranch, Utah with Team Nuun .
Our team included:
Megan Fay
Megan Killian
Mickey Witte
Caitlin Vose
Sean McManus
Dana Kracaw
Julie Rohmann (who unfortunately got injured a few days prior and had to drop out)
Mike (a speedy guy we were lucky to pick up to take Julie's spot)
In case you don't know about the trail relay, here's the rundown:
-8 member teams camp out together in Ragnar Village
-Each member, in turn, runs 3 Scenic Legs . One is 3.8 miles, one is 3.9 miles and one is 7.2 miles. (120 miles total per team)
-You run day and night until each runner has completed each leg
So it's like a normal Ragnar Relay, but centrally located.
So, here's how it went:
We (my son and I) were the last of the team to arrive at Zion (on Thursday, April 25th). After quickly unloading the car and setting up camp, we made our way to the on-site restaurant/grill. Now, I don't want to bitch and moan….. every restaurant has a bad night…. But here's the thing, when we got there, we were the only group of diners, but they had trouble deciding where to seat us. Ok, whatever.
So we wait to order and our server is the grumpiest guy in the service industry I have ever come across (think Soup Nazi from Seinfeld).
Now, I won't go into the whole ordeal (I will mention that this restaurant is NOT vegan friendly), but lets just say that it took forever to get our orders taken, re-taken, and delivered to our table. Take my advice, plan to make you own meals at your camp site. You can thank me later.
Not much was going on that night. Most teams didn't arrive until Friday morning.
The relays began anywhere between noon and 7pm on Friday. Out team start was at 4pm, so we had time to explore the area, so that was nice.
Here's some important info. If you are camping, request (if you can) camp spot 3 or 4). Those spots are right by the the bathrooms, showers, and pool/hot tub). Of course, there were porta-potties everywhere, but it was nice to be close to real facilities. Plus the bathrooms have a bunch of outlets to charge phones, watches, etc.
Finally, 4:00 arrives and our team begins! The order was, Dana, Megan K., Mike, Mickey,Caitlin, me, Sean, Megan F.
The trail order went: Green trail (3.9 mile loop), Yellow trail (3.8 mile loop), Red trail (7.2 mile loop). So first runner runs green, second runs yellow, third runs red, etc. I was sixth so I ran red first. I was really happy about that spot because I could get the 7 out of the way in the cool evening air.
I started my run at dusk, so I was able to enjoy the scenery for a bit before having to turn on my headlamp. Even in the dark, it was an amazing experience to be running through the trees…..occasionally coming across another runner to visit with momentarily.
The run was fantastic…… Until the last bit that was a severe uphill battle to get to the finish. Oh.My.God. It was crazy. Uphill switchbacks for like 1/2 mile. Also, each loop merged at that 1/2 mile point. Noooo.My.God! We have to do that 2 more times. Well, alrighty then.
I finished my leg and hung out by the fire for a bit. There was a pretty good band playing, so it was nice to just sit and relax.
Around 11:00 I had a shower and tried to get some sleep, but between the excitement of the run, the noise, the lights, and the fact that the ground is……well, the GROUND, I didn't get any sleep. My next leg was going to be around 2:45am so I wandered back to the exchange area around 2-ish to wait around there.
I began my second leg (yellow trail, 4 tough miles) around 3:45. Holy crap it was a tough first half. Uphill and uh…. More uphill. It was so cool to be running through the night though. I loved it. I was able to catch up to a guy and a girl running together, so I tucked behind them and shared their light and ran most of the way behind them.
I cleaned up and went to sleeping bag until 8:00 or so. Then got up to see how everyone had done on their night leg. I was excited to do a day run so I could enjoy my beautiful surroundings. That came at around 11:15 or so. Woohoo!
It was a 3.8 mile run in the sun (thank goodness for copious amounts of Nuun). I just enjoyed the ride and my surroundings and visited with other runners here and there.
There were two more runners after me, so I had time for a shower and time to break down camp. We were going to stay until Sunday, but I was at my end with the nature sleeping 🙂 .
Our team finished around 2pm. It was such a great time! It was my first Ragnar experience, my first trail race, and my first experience with night running………but it won't be my last!
Thank you Megan F. for having me on your team. You are Super Woman for running your legs with zero sleep.
Thank you Nuun for the tasty hydration.
Thank you to all the great people at Ragnar for putting together an amazing race.
Thank you Dana for being such a beast on the trail. You are an inspiration.
Thank you Megan K. for rocking your runs (even when getting a bit lost) and for your company on the ride home. Hope you had a great time in Junction.
Thank you Mike for being willing to run on such short notice….and for being a rock star on the trails.
Thank you Sean and Caitlin for being cool team mates even though I didn't get a chance to visit with you much.
Thank you Mickey for being an animal on the trails. I kinda want to hate you for being able to camp out, run like a beast at 6500 feet, and still be ridiculously good looking…. but you're too fucking nice!
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Half Marathon Completed17 Mar
So I ran the Moab Half Marathon yesterday, and I gotta say it was a fun experience. I was a bit nervous going in, but as the morning progressed, I was more excited than nervous.
As this was my first half, I fluctuated between having high expectations, low expectations, and no expectations. My high expectations were kind of what made me nervous to begin with, so I ditched those. That was a load off! On to the lower expectations. I decided on a doable pace and that was the new plan.
Everything went smoothly yesterday morning. I got my bib, found the park where the busses were loading up runners, etc.
My daughter came with me so we planned where we would meet and when. Then began the hour wait in line for the bus. It was fine though because there were lots of funny, relaxed runners around, the weather was perfect (I had been worried about wind, the one condition I never train in, I hate wind, hate it), and I was properly fed (and bathroom'd).
So I finally got on a bus and we're driving up the canyon (the race was along the Colorado River on Hwy 128) and I'm thinking 2 things. First, there are a lot of rolling hills so far, and second, we have been driving for quite a while.
Finally we get to the start. There are people dozing on rocks, reading books or magazines, enjoying coffee, etc. I head up to the start to find the pacers. It's really crowded, but that's ok because it is 10x warmer in the crowd.
After what seemed like forever, the race began. I kept a close eye on the pacer and set out to enjoy my run. The mile markers came and went. At one point I reached mile 5 without even realizing I had passed mile 4, so that was nice.
The rolling hills continued and I must say, the downs really weren't worth all the ups. Anyway, I kept running along, keeping an ever watchful eye on the pacer, when the 8 mile marker appeared. WTF?! I missed the halfway mark when I was going to do a happy dance in my head celebrating being halfway through!
Here I was in this beautiful canyon along the Colorado River and I had missed 8 miles of it because I was so focused on the pacer. So I thought I could either plug away as I had been for the past 8 miles, or I could ditch my low expectations, and go the no expectations route.
I decided to turn off my playlist, enjoy my snacks and gatorade and chat with anyone who was willing to do so. And you know what? I started to see the fun of running this thing. I was able to enjoy the last 2 or 3 miles of the canyon before we started into town toward the park. There were spectators along the route from mile 11 up to the finish and it was fun getting low fives from the cute little kids.
I finally crossed the finish at 2:05:50. I was happy….nothing was hurting…..I was excited to do another one and pumped to continue toward a full marathon!
So for me (at least for this first half), going with no expectations (but to enjoy the ride) worked pretty well (even if it did take me 8 miles to figure it out).
So it's almost race day!14 Mar
Here it is, almost race day. My first half marathon. I was sooooo excited about this until Monday when I realized, "Holy Shit! I am running a half marathon. 13.1 miles. Who the hell does that!"
Half-marathon fun facts: from runningusa.org
Since 2003, the half-marathon has been the fastest growing road race distance in the United States, and for six consecutive years (2006–11), the number of 13.1 mile finishers has grown by 10% or more each year. No other U.S. road distance comes close to this growth rate during the Second Running Boom (circa 1994).
Since 2000, the number of half-marathon finishers in this country has more than tripled (482,000 to 1,610,000), an increase of 234%.
59% of half-marathon finishers were females (approximately 950,000, a record).
In 2011, there were a record number of 30 U.S. half-marathons with 10,000 or more finishers. This has nearly doubled since 2009 when there were 17 with 10,000-plus finishers; in 2000, there was only one.
There were a total of 43 half-marathons that make up the Top 100 U.S. timed road race list for 2011 with 16 of them from the nationwide Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Series.
Like the past 5 years, there were more than 30 inaugural half-marathons in the U.S. last year, and 2011 produced the largest debut annual half-marathon ever, Rock 'n' Roll Savannah, with 14,163 finishers (previous record, 13,835, P.F. Chang's Rock 'n' Roll Arizona)
Ok, so a lot of people do this. I have never been one of those people, though, and now I wonder just what the hell possessed me to think that this (and perhaps a marathon at some point), was an awesome idea.
It's not that I can't run 13.1 miles. I can. It won't be pretty, and the pace won't be particularly impressive, and I will most likely smell like death and regret when I am finished. I guess what I am freaked out about is, I am a creature of habit, and nothing about getting up at 4:15 am on a Saturday morning (well, any morning if I'm going to be honest), and driving an hour and a half away in order to hang around a start for an hour + waiting for the race to start, fits into my daily habit.
I have only run under perfect (for me) circumstances. You know, wake up, have a huge glass of water, a cup of coffee, and a bowl of oatmeal. I mess around on my ipad and then decide if the weather is nice enough to venture out in. If it is, great, out I go. If it's not, I hang out inside until it warms up a bit.
But this is not so on race day. You run regardless of the weather, regardless of a nervous stomach (or God forbid, a nervous bowel), and regardless of your mindset.
So I am worried. I have run 5 and 10k's and yes I was a tiny bit nervous, but I knew going in to the 5k, I'd be finished in 26 minutes or so (I can handle anything for 26 minutes). I knew going in to the 10k I'd be finished in 50 minutes or so (and again, I can handle anything for 50 minutes).
But a half marathon is quite a commitment (for me anyway). I am in the 2 hour pace group. I can't wait to see if I can handle anything for 2 hours. I hope after Saturday I will be able to say, "I know I can handle anything for 2 hours!"
Well, that was quite a rant. Maybe there is something to this blogging thing after all. I feel much better now that I have that off my chest.
Sooooo Lazy!20 Jan
Wow, have I been lazy! Not on the exercise front, but on the posting front.
No blog posts, no dailymile posts. Too lazy to even strap on my motoactv for my runs.
But run I have. Judging from the time guesstimate of my efforts, I would guess 25-30 miles for the week, but I will log 20 just to err on the lower end of my guess ( I don't mind running more than giving myself credit for, but I don't want to run less than I have given myself credit for). That's what I get for running naked all week!
So, what did I do with my week? Well, Monday was my sweet boys birthday. A day mixed with tremendous gratitude, happiness, and fun…..with a few tears thrown in for good measure. I just ran and ran that morning feeling so grateful for all that I have. My kids are more than I could have ever hoped for, and far more than I deserve! So my Monday run was a lovely chat with the universe and nature (albeit a chilly chat), that needed no bells and whistles of pace, distance or time.
The rest of the week was a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-running-shorts type of week. I got a wild hair to give yoga another shot (and was vividly reminded why yoga and I broke up in the first place), get a bit more serious about weight training,work on speed a bit, and just for the sake of curiosity, track calories. I have never done that before so it was kind of interesting to see how I was doing on the nutrition side of things. Surprisingly, not too bad. I could stand to get more calories in me, but there are just not enough hours in the day!
So I welcome this new week, somewhat refreshed from my "week off".


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Yesterday, I spent way too much time playing with the Spore Creature Creator. It's fun, it's clever, EA and Will Wright are going to make shedloads of cash... you can read about all that on the rest of the Internet. But more than that a whole bunch of people that wouldn't otherwise have contemplated it are going to have fun while remixing parametric 3D models. I think the implications of this for design are enormous. FluidForms is just the start. As these tools become more pervasive and accessible the ability to remix and remake our surroundings will only increase. Will that make things better? Of course not, like most of the creatures in Spore most of it is bound for an unplayed-with, dusty corner of the digital toy box or maybe the design equivalent of a Darwin Award. But just maybe it also means that some things will see the light of day that otherwise wouldn't get a look in.
The growth in ownership of relatively powerful, cheap, personal computers and the parallel upsurge in use of and access to the Internet (at least in the industrialised world) has transformed the means by which we communicate, carry out work and entertain ourselves. This has also brought about greatly enhanced functionality for traditional design techniques, helping practitioners from many areas to bring their ideas to fruition with increased speed and productivity.
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The pragmatic aspect of increased speed and productivity in the use of these technologies is important to all users. However, the conceptual realisations and the possibility of making innovative types of object for new forms of audience or market are of equal importance but are perhaps less immediately apparent. With the availability of these computer-based technologies, practitioners are confronted with decreased concerns of 'how' to physically make something and a greater opportunity to engage with 'what' that object is.
The ability to generate construction information directly from design information has fundamentally changed the relationship between conception and production for many practitioners. CAD was initially an assistive technology that enhanced the existing practices of design – an electronic replacement for pencil and paper. This has rapidly evolved beyond what you can do (easily) with pencil and paper (e.g. computer-based visualization processes such as animation and photorealistic rendering). What we see happening currently goes beyond merely designing things to designing the systems that allow things to come into being. Practitioners I have mentioned here recently (and many others) are doing this: Automake, FutureFactories and THEVERYMANY.
Anyway, my point is maybe I wasn't actually goofing off yesterday when I was playing with the Spore Creature Creator. Maybe I just have to redefine what 'work' can be?


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