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How to Have an Absolute
Blast Writing and Selling Short Articles to Local and National Magazines and Newspapers
Imagine getting regular checks for hundreds or thousands of dollars per assignment ... and seeing your byline in magazines and newspapers all your friends, neighbors, and relatives read!
May I let you in on a little freelance writing secret?
Being a copywriter, Internet marketer, speaker, and nonfiction book author is fun and profitable.
But it does have its drawbacks:
- Long-copy assignments like magalogs and tabloids are extremely lucrative ...but they're a ton of work ...and the research and writing can really be tiring at times.
- Books are rewarding, but at an average length of hundreds of pages, they're also long, drawn-out projects that can take many months – even the better part of a year or longer.
- On the Web, I write lots of Web sites and landing pages ...but these exist only as electrons ...no printed publication I can hold in my hands.
So while I work hard at all of the above … and love it most of the time … sometimes I need a break – a change of pace.
When I do, I turn to an old standard of freelance writing – easily the quickest, shortest, and most relaxing type of writing I've ever done in my 30-year writing career: writing articles for pay for print newspapers and magazines.
"Wait a minute," you're thinking. "There's no money in writing articles. E-zines don't pay for articles, and neither do trade publications."
That may be true, but there are thousands of print publications – consumer magazines and daily newspapers – that buy articles from freelance writers every day of the year.
Their appetite for great editorial content is insatiable. And the pool of skilled writers who can turn out clear, well-written articles for print publications – whose standards are, frankly, much higher than e-zines – is shrinking daily.
Why article writing is good for your freelance career – and your bank account
Writing magazine and newspaper articles is a great second income for writers whose bread and butter is copywriting, books, Web sites, information marketing, and other types of writing.
All of those other areas can pay great, but they are heavy lifting. If you bang away at them 24/7, you'll get tired and burned out.
Writing articles offers a number of advantages for freelance writers:
- They're typically short, averaging 1,500 words. That's just 6 double-spaced typewritten pages. Some are as short as 500 words; others run 2,000 words or more.
- It can take you 2 to 4 weeks of solid work to write a magalog or major DM package. Most articles can be researched and written in a day or two – some in only a few hours.
- Pay rates are all over the lot, ranging from $50 to $2,000 or more per article. I've met a number of full-time freelance writers who earned $40,000 to $100,000 a year just writing magazine articles – although not many get to the upper end of that scale.
- Your friends, neighbors, and relatives kind of dismiss direct marketing as junk mail. But if you publish an article in the local paper or a magazine, they think you're a big shot. Go figure.
- Getting your byline in newspapers and magazines is a great credential to have as a writer. Writing articles on a subject can sometimes lead to bigger things, like a movie script, book, speaking engagements, and radio and TV appearances.
- Publishing articles on a topic builds your reputation as a writer and as an expert on the subjects you write about. I've closed deals to write copy for clients based on having written articles and books related to what they sell!
- You can post links to your articles – or the articles themselves – on your Web site. Lots of articles on a site can increase your search engine rankings.
- Keep the rights to your articles. Recycle them for multiple uses – reprints, special reports, books, marketing, and more.
OK. Let's say the idea of getting your writings published in Esquire or Family Circle or the New York Times magazine appeals to you. How do you get started?
Write articles for fun and profit
In our new 72-page e-book, How to Write Articles for Fun and Profit, freelance writer Rachel Buchman and I show you step by step how to write articles and get them published.
- Is the demand for freelance writers growing or shrinking? The answer may surprise you. Page 4.
- What every freelance editorial writer needs to know about article contracts and agreements. Page 29.
- Your editor asks for massive revisions. Should you balk or obey? Page 27.
- Time your "article pitches" to publications to maximize your chance of getting a "yes" to your story idea. Page 16.
- Building your career as a successful "editorial freelancer" – how to get started. Page 6.
- Finding a new angle on an old topic that can get you an article assignment pronto. Page 17.
- How to write and sell articles that are always in demand and never go out of date. Page 7.
- A magic 9-word phrase that can turn a rejection letter into an acceptance – and a "no" into a "yes." Page 18.
- Make money as a reporter even if you never get a scoop or cover front-page news. Page 8.
- 5 ways to get great ideas for feature articles and news stories. Page 19.
- The absolutely essential credential every freelance article writer needs … and how to get it (hint: it's NOT a press card). Page 9.
- Pull great quotes and deep dark secrets out of your interview subjects for articles that sizzle. Page 20.
- 4 essential skills required for success as an editorial writer. How many do you possess? Page 10.
- Late payments and no payments: strategies for collecting every last dime the publications owe you. Page 37.
- Tax considerations for the working freelance writer. Plus: how to keep accurate records. Page 39.
- How to deal with PR people who stand between you and your subject or source. Page 21.
- Finding the right market for the articles you want to write and publish. Page 11.
- Get the publication to cover any expenses incurred in writing the article for them. Page 35.
- Make money multiple times from a single article: recycling, reprinting, and reselling. Page 31.
- Research shortcut that get you the facts you need to write your article in minutes instead of hours or days. Page 22.
- Using the "local angle" to get your story into print. Page 12.
- Going per-word rates for article writing today. Plus: how to convince editors to pay you what you're worth. Page 32.
- Steps to transforming a jumble of facts and opinions into a coherent, engaging story. Page 23.
- Tailoring the spin or "hook" of your article to the needs of the market and the publication's editorial style can help increase your article sales. Page 13.
- "Nut graphs" and how to compose them. It's the first thing your editor will look at when reading your copy. Page 24.
- How to convince editors to hire you to write articles on the topics you suggest to them. Page 14.
- "Journalistic ethics" is NOT an oxymoron. Here are the guidelines you must follow as a reporter and writer. Page 25.
- Must you as the writer be a subject matter expert to write an article on a specialized topic and convince the editor of a specialized magazine to run it? Page 15.
- Ideal paragraph length for newspaper stories. Plus: best writing style for the youth market. Page 26.
- What rights should you sell to the publication … and which should you negotiate to keep? Page 30.
- Plus: glossary of editorial terms … professional associations for journalists and writers … model query letters … tax-deductible expenses for writers … spreadsheet for tracking article queries … model invoices … And so much more… all starting on page 49.
The $300 freelance writing seminar you can take at home for just $29
I used to teach full-day and multi-week writing seminars costing between $100 and $300 or more – and that didn't include travel, food, and lodging.
But now you can get the same instruction, in the privacy of your home or office, in How to Write Articles for Fun and Profit for just $29. That's less than I charge for just 5 minutes of my time.
Best of all, you're fully protected with our 100% money-back guarantee of satisfaction.
If How to Write Articles for Fun and Profit doesn't help you get your articles published in magazines and newspapers ….
Or you are dissatisfied for any other reason … or for no reason at all … just let me know within 90 days.
I'll refund your $29 payment in full. No questions asked. And, you can still keep the e-book free.
That way, you risk nothing.
So what are you waiting for?
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In it, you will discover:
- What Francis Ford Coppola can teach you about writing compelling short fiction. Page 14.
- The one writing skill you must develop to create characters that live. Page 10.
- The secret to crafting stories with power and immediacy. Page 14.
- The elements of a great short story title. Page 5.
- How creating small character traits can pay big dividends in building people who are believable. Page 18.
- Every creative writing teacher says "show, don't tell." Here's how it's done. Page 24.
- How and where to begin your stories. Hint: it's not where you're doing it now. Page 20.
- There's only one subject which alone can make good writing. Do you know what it is? Page 11.
- How to trim the fat – and cut to the chase -- in your writing. Page 25.
- Which works best – long story titles or short? Page 6.
- Why so many amateurs frequently write bad short fiction – and how to enliven your stories with the elements theirs are missing. Page 12.
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Bob is the author of more than 70 books including The Complete Idiot's Guide to Direct Marketing (Alpha), The Copywriter's Handbook (Henry Holt), Business-to-Business Direct Marketing (NTC), and The White Paper Marketing Handbook (Thomson).
He has written hundreds of articles appearing in Subscription Marketing, Direct, Business Marketing, Writer's Digest, Amtrak Express, and many other publications. He writes monthly marketing columns for Early to Rise and DM News.
Bob's writing awards include a Gold Echo from the Direct Marketing Association, an IMMY from the Information Industry Association, two Southstar Awards, an American Corporate Identity Award of Excellence, and the Standard of Excellence award from the Web Marketing Association. He also taught writing at New York University.
Bob has appeared as a guest on dozens of TV and radio shows including The Advertising Show, Bernard Meltzer, CNBC, and CBS Hard Copy. He has been featured in major media ranging from the LA Times and Nation's Business to the New York Post and the National Enquirer. What they say about Bob Bly
"I started down this road of copywriting for direct marketers by purchasing your book. Since then I have made about $50,000 in copywriting fees. I feel a debt of gratitude toward you!"
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"Your books served as a complete reference when I started my own freelance writing business a year and half ago. By following the advice you laid out, I quickly reached goals that I had set for year three of my business within the first year. My philosophy is, if you've written it or recommended it, I want to read it."
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"Thank you for all the books you've written over the years -- I have enjoyed many of them, and profited from what I've learned. I've been reading Become a Recognized Authority in Your Field this past month -- it's helping me really do the things I've always wanted to do."
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Word to the Wise
Monday, March 22, 2010 - Monday in the Fifth Week of Lent[Daniel 13:41c-62 and John 8:12-20]
I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life!
The Gospel of John can leave a person scratching their head because it can appear to be very abstract. Yet, if one takes the time to become familiar with the various "dramatic devices" that are used, the whole picture begins to take shape and one's appreciation for the skill of the writer grows apace just as one begins to "get into" the drama! There are individual "playlets" and dialogues based on those playlets. Each part builds on the dramatic tension that rises toward the events of Holy Week. A frequent device is the multi-leveled dialogue in which Jesus speaks about himself, the listener understands on a literal level, Jesus speaks again, the responder learns a bit more but still doesn't "get it," Jesus speaks further and the truth begins to dawn. A quick read of the story of the Samaritan woman at the well (Chapter 4)or the healing of the man born blind (Chapter 9) will show how this works. Another device is the "I am" statement. In these statements, Jesus identifies himself with the revelation to Moses in the Old Testament. This is why he tells the religious authorities that their own scriptures testify to him. Today's scripture contains irony as well. Jesus proclaims himself as the light of the world. The authorities listening to him get deeper and deeper into their darkness because they are blinded by such prejudices as the geographic origin of the messiah, or the rules of legal testimony! At the end of this dialogue, Jesus confronts them with their blindness when he says, "You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also." These kinds of statements build the dramatic tension because we are told the authorities would have arrested him then but "his hour had not yet come." All of this involves us as well because we are being pushed to a decision about Jesus ourselves. Earlier, some of his disciples left him over the teaching about the Eucharist. Will we accept the bread of life and the light of the world? Reading the Gospel of John may be a moment of decision! AMEN

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On the night of July 19th, at 7:30 p.m. park rangers were notified via cell phone that a 13-year-old female from Estes Park had suffered a leg injury roughly a half mile northwest of The Pool in rugged Forest Canyon in Rocky Mountain National Park. Her father had climbed to higher ground and was fortunate to get cell phone coverage.
A technical raise was used to bring the patient roughly 150 to 200 feet up and over a rock cliff to a flat bench area where a landing zone had been constructed. The patient was flown from the area to the Upper Beaver Meadows helispot at 4:30 p.m. yesterday, and then taken by ambulance to the Estes Park Medical Center.
Park search and rescue team members were assisted by the Northern Colorado Interagency Helitack Crew. This helicopter crew assisted with reconnaissance and extraction of the patient from the area. Over 30 park personnel were involved in this incident as well as one member of the Alpine Rescue Group.
Because the patient is a juvenile her name and her father's name will not be released.
As park rescue personnel were finishing the Forest Canyon rescue they were notified at 5:15 p.m. yesterday by cell phone of a 43-year-old woman, hometown unknown, with a leg injury near Emerald Lake. Search and rescue personnel reached her at 7:45 p.m. A team carried her out on a wheeled litter. They were expected to reach the Bear Lake Trailhead by 10:00 p.m. last night. She was expected to be taken by ambulance to Estes Park Medical Center. Twenty park personnel are involved in this incident.


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Oh. You thought that was rock bottom?
4 comments:
- Erinn C.D. said...
:( This is really shitty! I would be so mad at them for this. Like, call them up to tell them how ridiculous they are. They couldn't even give you a face to face conversation or even a phone call?!!? I hate to say that it's probably a good thing you aren't working for them anymore since they totally left you high and dry. Assholes.
Sorry...i just got really angry about this and it's not even happening to me :(
- May 2, 2013 at 7:38 AM
Fuck Them!
- May 2, 2013 at 11:01 AM
- Taylor @ DearOlympia.com said...
Firing by email? Cowardly and unprofessional! I'm so sorry this sucky thing happened to you!
- May 2, 2013 at 5:16 PM
- Clare said...
I'm so sorry Meagan!! Getting fired is awful, but know that it can lead to places you'd never thought you'd be. Sometimes a blessing in disguise. Obviously you're too good for them so you'll be better off. My suggestion is to contact temp agencies to see if you can at least start making money. Things will work themselves out. Best of luck to you!!
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With its recent series of After School, Porn Star Experience, and True Slut Stories VR scenes, Naughty America VR has clearly hit upon a few very solid styles. The fun and flirtatious sun-drenched teen hookups. The glamorous adult star giving you the ride of your life. The incorrigible slut telling you all the filth she's been enjoying while slowly stroking you onto her chest. All are rich playgrounds for virtual sex, loaded with dirty talk, intense flirtation, and enough personality to keep you tied to your headset of choice. Two VR updates are added to this already stacked archive, each offering fairly vanilla sex (threesomes and anal included) delivered in excellent 180-degree 3D videos running at 60 FPS for a much improved smoothness and clarity over the studio's early VR content. There's a whole lot more in our full Naughty America VR review, but it's clear this early VR adopter is seriously devoted to creating the greatest VR sex experience possible.


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PreserveCast Ep. 63: The Domino Sugars Sign: Live from Triangle Signs!
If you've ever seen an image of the skyline of Baltimore City, one thing that might have stuck with you is the massive, glowing Domino Sugars sign. Earlier this month we at PreserveCast got to visit the sugar refinery underneath that sign, which to this day processes some 7 million pounds of sugar a day. We also visited the offices of Triangle Sign and Service, the company that has maintained the sign since they first installed it in 1951. Join the conservation between Nick, and guests Peter O'Malley, Vice-President of Corporate Relations for American Sugar Refining (the company that produces the Domino brand), and Joe Trabert and Dave Shapiro from Triangle Signs, about how and why this local icon has lasted so long, and what it takes to maintain it. Honestly, it was pretty sweet.
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Does Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Cause Cancer?
There are many myths and misconceptions surrounding conditions like irritable bowel syndrome largely because the cause is unknown but it is not a disease as such. One of the concerns is that irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) may cause cancer of the bowels or precede the onset of colon cancer. Naturally the condition is a cause for concern. The symptoms can be distressing when your irritable bowel syndrome aggravates and some of these fears may be warranted.
However, irritable bowel syndrome does not cause cancer, it is not a sign of cancer and neither is it a pre-cancerous condition. The same cannot be said for another chronic bowel condition known as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) which is associated with colorectal cancer. While IBS sufferers can breathe a sigh of relief about the non-existent link between irritable bowel syndrome and bowel cancer, it is important to first verify that your symptoms are really due to IBS.
IBS Functional Bowel Disorder
IBS is a functional bowel disorder. The word functional can be confusing but it simply means that the symptoms you are experiencing are not related to a disease. When you have a disease, it is said be a pathological condition. When you have symptoms associated with a normal shift in the body during life then it is said be physiological. IBS is neither pathological nor is it physiological.
It is believed that IBS arises as a result of abnormal bowel transit time. This is the time that it takes food that enters the mouth to reach the rectum. In other words, the contractions of the muscles in the gut wall are either overactive or underactive thereby causing either diarrhea-predominant or constipation pre-dominant IBS. It is not a disease process but rather an abnormal physiological process.
IBS and Cancer
With the basic understanding of how irritable bowel syndrome occurs, as a functional disorder, it may be more clearer as to why it is not associated with major complications like bowel cancer. IBS can be debilitating and affect the patient physically, psychologically and socially. But there is no infection, inflammation or abnormalities in cell growth within the bowel – common reasons for cancerous lesions.
Cancer is known as a malignant tumor. Cells for some reason or the other may undergo some genetic change that causes it to replicate abnormally fast and invade surrounding tissue. These cancerous cells can then break away and travel to other parts of the body. This does not happen in irritable bowel syndrome.
IBS is Benign
Sometimes the word benign is used to describe conditions like irritable bowel syndrome. This word can trigger concerns about cancer because tumors may be benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous). Some benign tumors can become malignant. However, the word benign actually means harmless and irritable bowel syndrome is harmless in that it does not lead to serious complications or death.
While IBS can be very debilitating, it is not life threatening. However, there are instances where people are misdiagnosed with IBS and then later it is discovered that they have more serious conditions like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or even bowel cancer. It is therefore important to undergo proper diagnostic testing and have irritable bowel syndrome diagnosed by a doctor and preferably a gastroenterologist. The diagnosis of IBS is only reached when other possible pathological conditions of the bowel have been ruled out.
Sometimes serious bowel conditions like cancer may be difficult to diagnose in the early stages. Therefore IBS should only be diagnosed after repeat testing several months later where no definitive pathological cause can be identified. The bottom line though is that irritable bowel syndrome does not cause cancer. However, IBS symptoms may sometimes be due to cancer and just misdiagnosed.
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My favorite book of the month will be hard to pick. Either Dead Mountain or The Mind's Eye--both nonfiction and both tremendously interesting.
the page that said Nightmare at 5 1/2 Feet was a parody of that Twilight Zone episode. Its not. Its really a parody of the Matheson short story.) I wouldn't read it again because horror just really isn't my thing, but I would suggest it to someone who actually does like to get creeped out for fun on a regular basis.
* Nightmare at 20,000 Feet by Richard Matheson
November 8-14
*Dead Mountain by Donnie Eichar
November 15-21
*The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks
*The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson
November 22-28
*Pure by Julianna Baggott
November 29-30
*Fuse by Julianna Baggott
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Blogs are simply websites. What is special about blogs is that they have caught fire with the average person as a way to utilize the Web via tools such as Blogger and MySpace.
I predict an eventual blurring of the distinction between a blog and a website that isn't a blog. If a website has RSS and allows comments but is produced via standard HTML tools is it not a blog? If a blog is produced via TypePad blog software but allows no comments is it no longer a blog?
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Blogs are just websites
Finally someone that agrees with me. Rich Ord, CEO of iEntry says that blogs are just websites, stupid! From webpronews.com:
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Practical Parsimony (the dear!) suggested I expand on my 37 1/2 thing about myself list which is a truly most excellent idea. One of 37.5 is my parents have been married for 50 years but they just celebrated year #57, so the list is 7 years old. It could you a face lift and tuck. I plan to add to the original list new imperial tidbits but first here's some updates on things you are dying to know.
So far as I can tell I am still descended from English/German/Dutch and Canadian stock and both family lines have been in North America for over 12 generations. Recent genealogy has dug up no skeletons to say otherwise.
I remain the oldest of four brothers but I now have six niblings. Six seems enough and quite the family to provide for at christmas time.
As for health: Alas, I am still trying to flatten my stomach. My blood pressure and cholesterol are in check but the ADHD isn't and that seems to be worsening with each year. Someone, driven to distraction, will likely divorce me over it and get a new spouse one who listens and sits still.
Tea and whisky remain at the top of the list of Urs Truly's favorite libations, although coffee quickly climbed into the top ten and seems to be staying there.
I haven't collected any recent artwork; my nickels go to house repairs. Oh the pain.
I was shocked to discover my soulmate Liebchen Gustav Mahler and I are not 100 years apart. This is so disappointing I think I will continue to say it is one hundred as no one will stop to do the math to question it.
I still haven't smoked anything or hit anyone but I know of several heads I would like to knock together.
Thunderstorms, a good back scratch, hot water, and noodles remain some of life's greatest pleasures, as is rolling down grass hills. Alas, none of them are much around anymore in my life more's the pity except the hot water, which remains lovely for tea and such.
I remain well over four feet but not as tall as I used to be. My tessitura has gone from husky to hoarse and there is hair growing out of my ears. Oh the embarrassment.
Blogger buddies remain the best thing about blogging.
I still can't operate the home entertainment system nor do I want to
I still stammer and stutter and I can do this in German as well. I am learning Spanish which really brings out the stammer.
I've seen a tea plantation but not Ireland or the northern lights.
And I can't spell calendar.
Finally – the picture that surmounts this entry was taken over seven years ago and I haven't changed a bit.


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John Colley, Managing Director of (ISC)2 EMEA publishes regularly on Infosecurity Voice. His latest article argued that "governance, risk management and compliance are not enough on their own".
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According to a new report released by (ISC)2, based on responses from more than 1,600 c-level executives globally, the senior C-suite is aware of the security threats, but because they are occupied by reacting to organisational and compliance requirements, they are unable to spend the time to put adequate measures in place to effectively tackle security issues.
Governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) policies take up nearly three-quarters of senior security executives' time; especially in the fields of financial services, insurance, banking and government.
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The Naked Eye
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Ramos grabs a regular-sized cigar and one of his many lighters featuring an earlier buxom beauty, Marilyn Monroe, and takes a seat on the small outdoor deck. His hair is frizzy and his eyes intense. Age has slimmed him down, reduced his once ample musculature. He speaks of his Sacramento childhood. "I used to look forward to the so-called Holy Ghost celebration. I got to carry the Portuguese flonce. It was very heavy. I have fond memories of those events." He refers to the cultural activities of the local Portuguese community, into which he was born in 1935. Then as now, Catholic Portuguese life in Sacramento centered around Saint Elizabeth Church at 12th and S streets. It was a short walk from his boyhood home, near 5th and T.
He spent his Sacramento childhood waiting for Dad to return safely from World War II (which he did), and later assisted his parents when they operated a lunch counter in a produce market near Sacramento's New Helvetia Housing Project, where the family eventually relocated after an interim stint in Natomas. The neighborhood, just south of Broadway, bounded by Muir Way, Muir Park and Marsh Street, is now under consideration by the state for recognition as the New Helvetia Historic District.
High school, where he would first witness the benefits of a life in art, was a couple miles farther away. He attended C.K. McClatchy. "When I was 14, I saw the work of Salvador Dali," he says. "That experience made me want to be an artist. And my ambition has been growing ever since." And it was there that he took his first class in art. (His family didn't particularly support his interest: "My father encouraged me to play baseball.") As it turned out, Ramos had a knack for drawing. "The teacher liked my cartoons," he explains. "She said if I do the posters for the football games, I don't have to do any class assignments. So, right away: perks! I painted posters all the time—'McClatchy versus Modesto Bulldogs.' " He notes that an image he drew of a little lion leaning against the letter M adorned the school newspaper's sports section for many years after he graduated.
Ramos first noticed his future wife, Leta, at McClatchy, where she was a cheerleader one year ahead of him and "going with the biggest superstar in the school," he says. Suffice to say, his description of his first sight of her, walking the school corridors, involves a tight cashmere sweater and is best left to the reader's imagination.
But he wouldn't actually meet Leta until a trip to Lake Tahoe in the summer of 1954 when they were going to different colleges. (Leta, for her part, fondly remembers taking note of Ramos' strong legs.) He had woken up hungover on the beach one morning and saw that a friend of his was asking Leta out for the next night. Ramos seized the moment. "I just arrogantly said, 'No, no. You can't have her for the night after, because she's going to be with me.' She accepted, and we were married a year later."
As it turns out, Ramos made another lifelong connection in the '50s, when the high school senior first met Wayne Thiebaud. The occasion was a career fair. Thiebaud, who is a decade and a half
Ramos' senior, was then teaching at Sacramento Junior College (today known as Sacramento City College), and had dropped by to speak to interested students, Ramos among them. What struck Ramos initially was how Thiebaud looked: "In walks Wayne, and he had on a pair of kelly green corduroy pants and a maroon jacket, and his ears stuck out." In Ramos' mind, Thiebaud looked like an artist was supposed to. "He talked about working for Walt Disney, and I was really, really impressed by the way this guy was talking—really sharp guy."
Once Ramos found himself at Sacramento City College, he took a class from Thiebaud, but says he recalls very little of what was taught. "The only thing I remember about it was the first question on our test: 'Spell Cézanne,' " he says. "Most people left off the accent." Later the two men were colleagues, when both began to attend a "painters' critique" at Sacramento State. "People brought [their] work and discussed it from different points of view," says Ramos.
Also in regular attendance was artist Robert Else, for whom a gallery at Sacramento State is now named.
"I've always considered Wayne my mentor," says Ramos. "He instilled in me the desire to make [my work] better. He has such a lucid mind. He's so articulate and clear thinking. I have been referred to as Wayne's student, and I have no problem with that. I consider myself very fortunate to be one of those students."


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Crispin, Gilbert (DNB00)
CRISPIN, GILBERT (d. 1117?), abbot of Westminster, was the grandson of Gilbert Crispin, from whom the Crispin family derived its surname (Miracula in App. ad Lanf. Opp.) The last-named Gilbert Crispin is in the 'Histoire Littéraire' (x. 192) identified with Gilbert, count of Brionne, the guardian of William I's childhood, and grandson of Duke Richard I of Normandy (cf. Will. of Jumièges, viii. c. 37, iv. c. 18). There do not seem, however, to be sufficient grounds for this identification, though the close connection of both families with the newly founded abbey of Bec, of which the Count of Brionne was the first patron, gives it some probability.
More certain is the identification of the abbot of Westminster's grandfather with the Gilbert Crispin to whom Duke Robert of Normandy (d. 1035) had given the frontier fortress of Tellières to guard against the French (Will. of Jumièges, vii. c. 5). But it is possible that this Gilbert Crispin is rather the uncle than the grandfather of the abbot. From the treatise alluded to above we learn that Gilbert Crispin (so called from his short curly hair, a characteristic which was handed on to his descendants) married Gonnor, the sister 'senioris Fulconis de Alnov.' Of this Gilbert's three sons, Gilbert, William, and Robert, the first was made governor of Tellières; the third became a man of note at Constantinople, where he perished by Greek poison; while the second brother, the father of our Gilbert, was appointed viscount of the Vexin by Duke William. William Crispin held the castle of Melfia (Neaufle) of the duke, and was also the possessor of estates in the neighbourhood of Lisieux, a district which he never visited without calling upon Abbot Herluin of Bec. A delivery from a French ambush, which he ascribed to the efficacy of Herluin's prayers, made him a still more devoted patron of this monastery (De nobili Crispinorum genere, ap. Migne, vol. clviii.) He married Eva, a noble French lady (d. about 1089), and by her was the father of Gilbert Crispin, whom, while yet 'in a tender age,' he handed over to be educated by Herluin at Bec. He afterwards withdrew from the world and was made a monk by Herluin about 1077, an event which he survived only a few days (ib.; Chron. Bec, ap. Migne, p. 646).
Crispin is said to have become a perfect scholar in all the liberal arts while at Bec, whence he was called by Lanfranc to the abbey of Westminster, over which church he ruled for thirty-two years (De nob. Crisp. gen. p. 738). If we may accept the evidence of Florence of Worcester (ii. 70), he died in 1117, and according to his epitaph (quoted in Dugdale) on 6 Dec. This would serve to fix his appointment to the office in 1085 A.D., a date which agrees sufficiently well with the year of his predecessor's death, 1082, as given in the 'Monasticon' from Sporley (ed. 1817). On the other hand it is hard to reconcile this date with the second dedication of his 'Disputatio' to Alexander, bishop of Lincoln, who did not succeed to this office before 1123 A.D., unless we allow Alexander's title to be an addition of the copyist.
Crispin is said, without authority, to have 'visited the universities of France and Italy, to have been at Rome, and to have returned by way of Germany' (Stevens, quoted in Dugdale). It is more certain that in 1102 he caused the body of Edward the Confessor to be taken up from its tomb, and found it to be still undecayed (Ailred of Rievaux ap. Twysden, p. 408). At the beginning of Lent 1108 he was sent by Henry I to negotiate with Anselm about the consecration of Hugh to the abbey of St. Augustine's, Canterbury (Eadmer, p. 189). According to Peter of Blois he was one of Henry's ambassadors to Theobald of Blois in 1118 (Hist. Litt. de France). Among Anselm's letters there is preserved one of congratulation to Crispin on his appointment to Westminster (L. ii. Ep. 16, ap. Migne, clviii. 1165; cf. Ep. 36, also to an Abbot Gilbert). The 'Histoire Littéraire' declares that Crispin was once at Mentz; but this statement seems due to a misinterpretation of the commencement of the 'Disputatio Judæi,' which says that the Jew in question had been brought up at Mayence, and not that the discussion took place in that town. Indeed, it is evident from the allusion to the converted London Jew (col. 1106) that the whole incident refers to London or Westminster.
Crispin is the author of two works still preserved. His 'Vita Herluini' is our principal authority for the early days of Bec. His account of Herluin's death is so minute that there can be little doubt he was in the monastery when it occurred. It is referred to as the standard authority on this subject by William of Jumièges (vii. c. 22), and Milo Crispin in the preface to his 'Vita Lanfranci' (ap. Migne, clix. col. 30). Crispin's second great work is entitled 'Disputatio Judæi cum Christiano,' and is an account of a dialogue on the christian faith held between the Mayence Jew mentioned above and the author. This Jew, who was well versed both in 'his own law and in our letters,' used to visit the abbot on business. The conversation would frequently turn to more serious matters, and at last it was agreed that the two disputants should hold a sort of dialectical tournament, each appearing as the champion of his own faith. It was at the request of his audience that Crispin reduced his argument to writing. He dedicated it, at all events primarily, to Anselm, whom he begged to criticise it fearlessly. A second dedication at the very end of the treatise is addressed, as has been before noticed, to Alexander, bishop of Lincoln. It is to these two paragraphs that we owe our knowledge of the circumstances under which the work was written.
Other works have been assigned to this author by Pits and others: Homilies on the Canticles; treatises on Isaiah (dedicated to Anselm) and Jeremiah; on the fall of the devil, on the soul, and on the state of the church; a work against sins of thought, word, and act; a commentary on Lamentations (preserved in manuscript in the monastery of St. Aubin at Angers); and another on the Epistles of St. Paul (preserved in the abbey of St. Remi at Rheims) (Hist. Litt. x. 196–7). According to the writer of Crispin's life in the work last quoted, the Abbot of Westminster is not the author of the 'Altercatio Synagogæ et Ecclesiæ,' published under his name by Moetjens (Cologne, 1537), nor of the similar work published by Martene and Durand (in their Anecdota, v. 1497, &c.). The same writer adds to Crispin's genuine treatises a Cotton MS. on the procession of the Holy Spirit.
According to William of Jumièges, Crispin was as distinguished in secular and divine knowledge as he was by nobility of birth (vii. 22). The treatise 'De nobili Crispinorum genere' praises his attainments in philosophy, divinity, and the liberal arts in which he was a perfect adept: 'sic in (eis) profecit … ut omnes artes quas liberales vocantur ad unguem addisceret.'[William of Jumièges; Chronicon Beccense, Vita Herluini and Miracula vel Appendix de nobili Crispinorum genere; Epistolæ Anselmi and Disputatio Judæi cum Christiano, in Migne's Cursus Patrologiæ, vols. cxlix. cl. clviii. clix.; Histoire Littéraire de France (Benedictins of St. Maur), x.; Mabillon's Annales Benedictini, iv. 565–6; Dugdale's Monasticon (ed. 1817), i.; Florence of Worcester, ed. Hog for Engl. Hist. Soc.; Eadmer, ed. Martin Rule (Rolls Series); Crispin's Vita Herluini is published in Migne (Lanfranc volume), cl.; the Disputatio Judæi in vol. clix.; Gallia Christiana.]


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A panel discussion, led by expert speakers and filmmakers, will kick off The Colour of Money season with an opening gala that poses the question, 'Is inequality killing London?'
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The Barbican Film season programme will include a wide selection of drama films that explore wealth, poverty, corruption and consumerism. We're particularly looking forward to attending the special preview of controversial documentary Tigers (2014) and rediscovering Scorsese flicks Casino (1995) and Wolf of Wall Street (2014).
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Obituary: Joann M. Coppola-Trull, 43
Sep 22, 2014 01:16PM
By Bill Gilman
LACONIA,NH - Joann M. Coppola-Trull, age 43, an accomplished Physical Therapist and member of a well known Tewksbury family, died unexpectedly in Concord, NH, on Sunday evening, September 21.
She was born in Boston, March 10, 1971, a twin daughter of Paula (Pelrine) and Charles T. Coppola of Tewksbury. She was raised in Tewksbury, and was a member of the T.M.H.S., Class of 1989. She matriculated to the Physical Therapy School at U Mass, Lowell, where she earned a Bachelors Degree in 1993, a Masters Degree in 1995, and her Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2004.
Joann was beloved by all she met, and was remembered for her positive outlook and kindness for anyone she met. She loved her lakeside home on Lake Winnipesaukee in Laconia, boating, the great outdoors, and was especially fond of dogs.
Besides her beloved parents, she leaves her twin sister, Andrea Coppola Mendes and her husband Dave of Andover, her sister, Renee Czyzewski and her husband Robert of Methuen; two nephews, Luke Mendes and Anthony Czyzewski; a niece, Lily Czyzewski; her paternal grandfather, Americo A. Coppola of Reading; her former husband, David Trull of Georgetown; and many beloved aunts, uncles, and dear cousins.
Visiting hours Wednesday, September 24, from 4:00 until 8:00 p.m. in the Tewksbury Funeral Home, corner of 1 Dewey and 975 Main Sts. (Rte. 38) TEWKSBURY CENTER, ph. (800 in MA or 978) 851 2950. Her funeral will begin Thursday at 9:00 a.m. from the funeral home, followed by a Funeral Mass Thursday, Sept. 25, at 10:00 a.m. in St. William's Church, 1351 Main St. (Rte. 38) Tewksbury. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the M.S.P.C.A. at Nevin's Farm, 400 Broadway, Methuen, MA 01844, are encouraged. tewksburyfuneralhome.com


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Lately I've been taking in all of the news stories and op/ed pages decrying Barack Obama's selection of Rick Warren to give an invocation at his inauguration. When I read inane comments from pundits calling Warren a "radical" for not supporting gay marriage, I am tempted to react like a typical culture warrior. It bothers me that there is obviously a movement underfoot to re-image American values as extremely liberal. And if we look at recent history in Europe, the writing is probably on the wall that the transformation will eventually be successful.
But I truly believe this is not a battle for Christians to engage in. The vocal liberals and "new atheists" are doing their best to provoke us into a war of words. They want us to feel attacked and focus our energies on an emotional battle. Momentum is on their side to gain the sympathy of the majority and they feel the time is now to break down what we would call "American values" and turn them on their heads. But it is not time to fight. It is time to abandon the fight for power and get back to the work that Jesus has called us to.
For so many years American Christians have lived under an illusion that our country is a Christian nation. That we have some kind of favored status with God because our founding fathers believed in Him and Christianity has been the faith claimed by the majority of Americans. In basking in this false security, we have become lazy and lost our passion for the Gospel. We've replaced it with passion for self-righteousness and morality.
The Church in America is terrified right now. It's worried about losing clout. It's worried about kids leaving the church. It's worried about declining morality. And in some circles that fear has led it to give up and wait for some kind of impending rapture so it can enjoy heaven while its neighbors finally see that it was right all along.
For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship.And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." (Romans 8:15)
There is no reason for us to fear. What we are really seeing is the reality that our illusion of a "Christian" America has blinded us to for so many years.
Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God. (Romans 8: 5-8)
For so long we've lived in an environment where everyone went to church on Sunday and kept up external appearances of righteousness. Meanwhile, all sorts of atrocities have continued to be committed in our country because while we held public behavior in check, America as a whole has always been hostile to God and unable to please him. Is that a defect of the U.S.A.? No, it's the human condition. It's the reason we need the Gospel.
And it's the reason that, rather than a call to arms, the current state of our country is a call back to the Gospel. Back to our first love. Back to loving our neighbors as Christ loves them. Back to being the Church. Back to rejoicing in all circumstances. Back to repenting of our lust for power. Back to making it our ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind our own business and work with our hands so that our daily life may win the respect of others (1 Thessalonians 4:11-12). Back to Jesus.


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Learn about our Medical Review Board Robert Burakoff, MD, MPH Updated on July 12, 2020 Print Pillbox More in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Treatment Diagnosis Living With Support & Coping Crohn's Disease Ulcerative Colitis Related Conditions Surgery Nutrition View All Asacol is used to treat inflammation in the large intestine in people who have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It is most frequently used to treat mild to moderate ulcerative colitis but it might also be used in certain patients with Crohn's disease. Asacol is one form of a drug called mesalamine -- other forms include Pentasa and Rowasa. What's The Most Important Thing To Know About Asacol? Asacol has been in use since 1987, so there are good data on the long-term effects. Asacol could cause problems with the kidneys, and so it's recommended that a doctor monitor kidney functions in people taking this drug. It's also suggested that this drug is used cautiously in people who have liver disease. Pyloric stenosis may cause people to retain the Asacol in the body longer. People whose symptoms of ulcerative colitis seem to get worse after starting Asacol should contact their doctor immediately. How Is Asacol Taken? In order for Asacol to be effective, the pills must be swallowed whole and not crushed or chewed. The outer coating or shell of the pill may pass through the body whole. Some people with IBD have reported seeing this outer coating in the toilet. It doesn't mean that the medication is not working or that it's not being absorbed. In some cases passing the coating could be normal, but it should be mentioned to the doctor that prescribed the Asacol. Why Is Asacol Prescribed? Asacol is used as a maintenance drug, which means that it is helpful in retaining a remission (a period of little or no disease activity) but not in suppressing a flare-up (a period with signs and symptoms of active disease). It is typically, but not always, used for ulcerative colitis and ulcerative proctitis. The reason why Asacol helps to treat intestinal inflammation is still poorly understood, however, it appears that is a topical effect, which means that the medicine must reach the colon to do its job. With moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, however, 2020 guidelines state that Asacol should be not be used for maintenance by those who achieved remission on a biologic and/or immunomodulator medication. What Do I Do if I Miss a Dose? If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you remember. If your next dose should be taken soon, just take that dose. Don't double up, or take more than one dose at a time. Who Should Not Take Asacol? Talk to your doctor if you have had a chicken pox vaccination in the past six weeks or if you have kidney disease, as it may not be advisable to take Asacol. What Are The Side Effects? The side effects that occurred in more than 2% of patients taking Asacol are headache, nausea, nasopharyngitis, abdominal pain, and a worsening of ulcerative colitis. Some of these may resolve on their own, but call your doctor about any fever, severe headaches, or severe abdominal pain. If the ulcerative colitis seems to get worse, it could be a condition called acute intolerance syndrome. Acute intolerance syndrome has been seen in about 3% of people who take Asacol. What Medications Can Asacol Interact With? Asacol is not known to interact with other medications. People who have had an adverse reaction to sulfasalazine (Azulfadine) may also be sensitive to Asacol. Are There Any Food Interactions? There are no known food interactions with Asacol. Is Asacol Safe During Pregnancy? The FDA has classified Asacol as a type B drug. The effect that Asacol has on an unborn child has not been studied extensively. Asacol should only be used during pregnancy if clearly needed. Notify the prescribing doctor if you become pregnant while taking Asacol. Asacol contains a substance called dibutyl phthalate. Dibutyl phthalate has been associated with birth defects in animals. Some components of Asacol have been found in human breastmilk. The risks and benefits to the mother and the infant should be considered in a nursing pair. How Long Can Asacol Be Taken Safely? Under the supervision of a physician, Asacol can be safely used long-term. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! We're providing tips on how to take better care of your gut. Sign Up You're in! Thank you, {{form.email}}, for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. What are your concerns? Other Inaccurate Hard to Understand Submit Article Sources Verywell Health uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. 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What is Plantar Fasciitis?
Plantar Fasciitis is a foot injury caused by inflammation of the plantar fascia and is most commonly found in highly active individuals. In addition, individuals who are highly overweight or wear shoes without the proper support of the arch of your foot are also at risk. The plantar fascia is a ligament located on the bottom of your foot and runs from your toes all the way to your heel bone. When this ligament is exposed to a repeated amount of stress, tiny fibers in the ligament will begin to tear causing severe pain and swelling. In order to prevent plantar fasciitis, individuals should try and maintain a healthy weight, participate in exercises that stretch the Achilles tendon, and wear shoes that adequately support the foot. For those that are currently experiencing plantar fasciitis, make sure to rest your feet as much as possible, consider wearing a night splint to gently stretch the Achilles tendon and plantar fascia ligament throughout the night, and most importantly participate in strengthening and stretching exercises for the Achilles tendon and plantar fascia. Some exercises that will be helpful in reducing plantar fasciitis include the calf stretch, towel stretch, and heel raises as pictured below.


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Being a grownup is hard. I've used that phrase a dozen times this week and it's only Wednesday. But…it is.
Sometimes I want to call a massive, world-wide timeout so I can sit on the floor and plug my ears and ignore all the chaos for a few minutes.
In high school it was against the rules to chew gum or wear hats. Remember that? You needed permission to use the bathroom for heaven's sake.
It felt absurd to have such invasive rules governing my actions. But now? Now I sometimes crave the simplicity of that stage in life. Success was a cinch, and easily defined. I did have to make tough choices, some that were pretty serious, but I came home to my twin bed every night, and for the most part, knew what to expect the next day.
It's easy to gloss over the endless school days, bitter social structure and seemingly unsurvivable heartbreaks–don't worry, I remember those well–but now there are new challenges to take their place. Mortgages, career changes and complicated finances.
I wonder, and have to believe, that in another 15 years I'll be looking back on what I'm experiencing now with the same fond, rose-colored view. It's pleasantly ironic how time allows us to forgive and mostly forget.
Nowadays,* life is speckled with tough decisions and difficult situations.
*term I can use now that I'm 30
Don't get me wrong–life's amazing. Truly amazing. While I try never to lose sight of that, sometimes it's hard and uncomfortable. A lot of learning is involved that doesn't involve textbooks and worksheets, and the consequences are more severe than detention –> which I never had, not once #goodygoody.
I know everything's going to be ok. Sometimes it just takes time to figure out what 'ok' is.


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i think that the ladies i've come across so far who are into the divine masculine/feminine and mary magdalene/cathar knights traditions are beta NF. see adalina bonn, anaiya sophia
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comfortable with Ni at 2:25 ''to me it's sorta like brimstone, like a witch has just been there''
honest labor needs no master
Nothing good is a miracle, nothing lovely is a dream.
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August von Mackensen - LSI
Chris Hadfield - yes, LSI
seems posted him before
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Beta conftra-flow couple
Josh Wolf LSI-Ti (6w7 sp/sx) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8UqUPH3Nzw - and Bethany Ashton Wolf SLE-Se (9w8 sp/sx) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeMDZDWKNyg&t=1m12s
Josh Wolf - ENFP
Kristina Pelakova - INFP
Tamara Lynn Chambers (tamaralynnchambers) - ESTP
// the note on her T-shirt in case of base Se type is not totally a joke. that Terminator-alike smile is also cute and leaves not much hope
Shay Mitchell - INFP
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It's ok though you would just reincarnate, or haunt me forever, so maybe I wouldn't kill you. I would give you all a stubbed toe, first thing in the morning.
Now people may imagine how much of what I said is real... although some here already know what my room looks like and the kind of things in it. I hope they don't spoil the mystery.
My typology is . . . not in any sense to stick labels on people at first sight. It is not a physiognomy and not an anthropological system, but a critical psychology dealing with the organization and delimitation of psychic processes that can be shown to be typical. C.G. Jung
> Now people may imagine how much of what I said is real...
ah... women
the facts theme would need a couple of your revelations
And here is Maxim cooking.
comes in how he thinks of levels and plans
strong sense of — present it well, control the oven, "don't destroy the food in the pan!"
and — linear process, longevity of the dish, hates to work all over the place (--> PoLR there, too)
of course, demonstrative being very obvious with pointing out flavors, dryness, how it all gets a nice crust
Mike Greenfield (Brothers Green Eats) - N. mb LII
it's doubtful to trust to recipes of so thin people
the example of LSI professional cooker:
Aleksandr Zhurkin
Knowing Better - ENFJ
Bobby Scarnewman - EIE
Malcolm X. Emma Gonzalez. Linda Sarsour. We are in a beta cycle right now and people with that fire are gonna be wrecking shit for a while.
"And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it, and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them."
IEI. Clinton from Murder of Cat.
Matthew Trivett "Sadokist" - INFP
IEI so/sx
Katie Cutie Kids TV (katiecutiekidsTV) - INFP
Luna (Kristina Bardash) - INFP, yep
Amber Khan EIE sx/so 248
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The tragedy of life is getting what you want only after you realize you really shouldn't want it.
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Dictator Mussolini ("Il Duce", the Leader: SLE SO/SP) an example embodying Beta values at their very worst.
cover-up theatricality and faking, dramatism to rile the masses, quasi-divinity to achieve fame, spin and propaganda
contructing nonexistent narratives, ideology, believing in an impossible destiny
class and hierarchy, inferior-superior races, abuse of legal settings, state over relationships (devalued )
boasting for surface, coercion and war, violence, fascist and imperialist rule, neglect of comfort/illness (devalued )
the authority of the State must absolutely, I repeat absolutely, be re-established [...]. If the laws still in force hinder you, this will be no problem, as we will draw up new laws.Key phrase: "Believe, obey, fight":When dealing with such a race as Slavicinferior and barbarianwe must not pursue the carrot, but the stick policy ... We should not be afraid of new victims ... The Italian border should run across the Brenner Pass, Monte Nevoso and the Dinaric Alps ... I would say we can easily sacrifice 500,000 barbaric Slavs for 50,000 Italians.
Erich von Stroheim: EIE 8w7
Fearless Intuition - ESTP
Luana ASMR - INFP
Yes, it takes less effort for base Ni in certain areas... metaphysics can be studied by any type. Just look at youtube and you can see any type doing tarot or any occult practice.
I don't know why he had such a reaction to some girl on youtube. I think calling her a whore was a weird emotional reaction to her, not to her interests or possessions. It was uncalled for. I would not personally go on youtube with any of my interests since I am more private than that about my interests. She still has the vibe of a E9 to me.
I need to choose my own words carefully right now.
I have also been guilty of calling certain new age people fluffy in the past but I don't want to do that anymore. That kind of superiority can easily lead to someone who knows better knocking you down a peg or two to show you that you know nothing in comparison. I have been knocked down by some brilliant people. It wasn't on this forum, where everyone has IQs much higher than mine, yet.
Everyone starts somewhere and you can only work with the tools you are aware of. The props people use are just that. They are focal points and nothing more. The person gives them meaning. Most people have no understanding of "true metaphysics" whatever that is supposed to mean.
There is just metaphysics. Some can study it for a lifetime and only scratch the surface. You need direct experience to understand any concept. With this stuff it is a knowing which can be experienced on a soul level. Not just study. What is "true" is in the mind of the practitioner. I am in occult groups on discord where the majority have a superior attitude like they know what is going on but it is like watching people fumble in the dark. Constantly arguing on definitions instead of intuitively understanding the information. There are a few knowledgeable people there but unfortunately once you have the knowledge you can't just transfer it to others. I just watch, for the most part. I have one server where there is no arguing like that even though the focus is similar to other occult servers. It is my sanctuary. I know and like everyone on it. It may look dead but it is alive with the energy of those there even when they say nothing it.
Anyway, it is not the metaphysical term that irritated me. It was the term "whore". She vibes like a sweet person that genuinely believes in what she posts on youtube. A very different vibe than someone like Teal who I do have take issue with because I think she is a scam artist. I wouldn't even call Teal a whore though.
Derived from the Greek meta ta physika ("after the things of nature"); referring to an idea, doctrine, or posited reality outside of human sense perception. In modern philosophical terminology, metaphysics refers to the studies of what cannot be reached through objective studies of material reality. Areas of metaphysical studies include ontology, cosmology, and often, epistemology.
Metaphysical - Longer definition: Metaphysics is a type of philosophy or study that uses broad concepts to help define reality and our understanding of it. Metaphysical studies generally seek to explain inherent or universal elements of reality which are not easily discovered or experienced in our everyday life. As such, it is concerned with explaining the features of reality that exist beyond the physical world and our immediate senses. Metaphysics, therefore, uses logic based on the meaning of human terms, rather than on a logic tied to human sense perception of the objective world. Metaphysics might include the study of the nature of the human mind, the definition and meaning of existence, or the nature of space, time, and/or causality.
The origin of philosophy, beginning with the Pre-Socratics, was metaphysical in nature. For example, the philosopher Plotinus held that the reason in the world and in the rational human mind is only a reflection of a more universal and perfect reality beyond our limited human reason. He termed this ordering power in the universe "God."
Metaphysical ideas, because they are not based on direct experience with material reality, are often in conflict with the modern sciences. Beginning with the Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution, experiments with, and observations of, the world became the yardsticks for measuring truth and reality. Therefore, our contemporary valuation of scientific knowledge over other forms of knowledge helps explain the controversy and skepticism concerning metaphysical claims, which are considered unverifiable by modern science.
In matters of religion, the problem of validating metaphysical claims is most readily seen in all of the "proofs" for the existence of God. Like trying to prove the existence of a "soul" or "spirit" in the human, attempts to scientifically prove the existence of God and other nonobjective, nonhuman realities is seemingly impossible. The difficulty arises out of the attempt to scientifically study and objectify something which, by its very nature, cannot become an object of our scientific studies. This reigning belief that everything can be explained scientifically in terms of natural causes - referred to as naturalism - compels many to think that only what is seen or sensed, only what can be hypothesized and tested can be true, and therefore, meaningful to us as humans.
Recently, however, even as metaphysics has come under attack for its apparent lack of access to real knowledge, so has science begun to have its own difficulties in claiming absolute knowledge. Continual developments in our understanding of the human thought process reveals that science cannot solely be relied upon to explain reality, for the human mind cannot be seen as simply a mirror of the natural world. For example, since the act of scientific observation itself tends to produce the reality it hopes to explain, the so-called "truths" of science cannot be considered as final or objective. This fact manifests itself over and over again, as scientific truths and laws continue to break down or yield to new and better explanations of reality. What becomes apparent, therefore, is that the process of human interpretation in the sciences, as elsewhere, is both variable and relative to the observer's viewpoint.
Under the skeptical analyses of the philosophical movements known as postmodernism and deconstructionism, all of these facts have resulted in a modern repudiation of both metaphysics and science. Their criticisms are based on the cultural and historical relativity of all knowledge. These two philosophical "schools" deny any existence at all of an objective or universal knowledge. Thus, metaphysical claims stand today between the absolutist claims of science (scientism) and the complete relativism of postmodernism and deconstructionism.
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My typology is . . . not in any sense to stick labels on people at first sight. It is not a physiognomy and not an anthropological system, but a critical psychology dealing with the organization and delimitation of psychic processes that can be shown to be typical. C.G. Jung
As I was watching her videos, I didn't like that I felt some of this was escapism (although I'm a master of it as well ), or validating how her husband is her twin flame etc. (seems like something we do though on this site as well, isn't it?) But at the same time, I also realized that many of her card pickings actually worked in a way - the way when you flip a coin, and you realize what answer do you need to hear, whatever the outcome is. Basically using these as a mirror. I guess what would bother me is taking all of these for granted, or using it as a self fulfilling prophecy, but then again, this could happen even if someone would do tarot reading or anything else at home, looking for signs. I don't know about the effectiveness of doing this through the internet, so I won't comment on that.
Then this whole thing lead me thinking about why do I always feel that getting to some form of hidden knowledge and "ultimate truth" is a horribly painful and hard path, and why shouldn not let things just flow more naturally?
I feel there can be dangers in videos about "how to be a psychic in one night using this super-duper spell", they feel kind of salesperson like, without giving proper understanding and maybe preparations before opening up to new things.
what is studed are secondary models to use the initial chaos. they mean something until you or other ones believes in this meaning
> It was the term "whore".
He used it in the sense that she should not be taken seriously in esoterics. While anyone should who practices, as anyone may "create". Base Ni people especially, despite how funny they may look.
Anastasia Komarova - INFP
Bentinho Massaro - EIE-Ni 9w1
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As part of the TCA Press Tour presentation for Fox, Chairman of Entertainment Kevin Reilly took some time to talk about the network's current and upcoming line-up. During the interview, he talked about where things are at with the event series Wayward Pines and Gracepoint (the American version of Broadchurch), how Gotham will very much be the Batman origin story with many of the well known characters, and that the series will lead up to Bruce Wayne finally putting on the Batman cape in the final episode, the 13-episode second season of Sleepy Hollow, and the likelihood that Bones will return for another season, with Stephen Nathan as showrunner, since Hart Hanson will be moving on with Backstrom. Check out what he had to say after the jump.
What's the status of the upcoming shows that you're currently going into production on?
REILLY: For our 10-episode event series, Wayward Pines, we are currently in production on Episode 5. For our new event series, Gracepoint, we're going to do 10 episodes. We are fully cast, and we go into series production in two weeks. We picked up Backstrom, which was produced for CBS last year. I love the pilot. We are keeping it almost entirely intact. I can't be happier to be in Hart Hanson's great hands again with Rainn Wilson out front. Hart has already written four episodic scripts, and we go into series production in March. Hieroglyph is our new 13-episode, incredible adventure set in ancient Egypt, and is currently prepping series production in Santa Fe and Morocco. We are in series prep. We have three scripts and a series bible already in motion. Gotham, our Batman origin story, has been ordered to pilot, but we'll be preparing as a series. We'll be staffing in mid-February to begin rolling right into episodic production with scripts, way ahead of the process on that. The Middle Man, from Glenn Caron and Ben Affleck, has five scripts in motion, and we are casting. We've completely started from scratch with the John Mulaney sitcom, and shot the pilot last Friday. He's got four more scripts behind it, and we'll be shooting six episodes. We'll be doing the same thing with Cabot College (working title), the new project from Matt Hubbard, Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. We are shooting a pilot called Fatrick, with Nanatchka Khan and Corey Nickerson. [Nat] Faxon and [Jim] Rash are directing that. We are fully cast, and we'll be shooting that in a few weeks. I anticipate that will be kicked up to series sometime in early February.
Is the pick-up for Season 2 of Sleepy Hollow for 13 episodes?
REILLY: It's for 13, but we may do a few more. There's not a magic number. It was very heavy lifting this year. It's a huge show. We had a hard time making airdates, and not because there's anything wrong. It's an enormous show. The finale's fantastic, by the way. I can't wait till you see it. But for most shows and dramas, in this day and age, it's better for the audiences to focus and to do shorter orders. They don't feel so ubiquitous, as if they go on forever. It feels like an appointment, and something you can watch. I think many dramas are just better creatively on a shorter-order pattern. We will be starting next year's production of Sleepy Hollow this March. We will be months ahead of everybody else.
How are you going to position Gotham from a marketing perspective, since it's a Batman show without Batman?
REILLY: Batman is in it, as young Bruce Wayne. This is an origin story. This is what I love about it. This is not like some of the things where you've bought a franchise, but then you have a bunch of characters no one's ever heard of, or an offshoot that we make up. This is all of the classic Batman characters, with a young Bruce Wayne, with Detective Gordon before he's Commissioner Gordon, with the Penguin, with the Riddler, and with the Joker. All of those characters are going to arc and become who they are. I've read the script. It's really good. It's going to be this operatic soap that has a slightly larger-than-life quality. And we will arc a young Bruce Wayne from a child into the final episode of the series, when he will put on the cape.
Can you say how old he is when the show begins?
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Why did you cast Anna Gunn, instead of also going with the original British actress?
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Apparently we were lucky today. Just before I woke up, the building next to my work-place got hit with a rocket. It hit the building, then bounced off. Fortunately, it was a dud. EOD (Explosive Ordinance Diposal) came and disposed of it, but everyone was locked in the building until it was taken care of. It was about 50 yards from where I work. As you can imagine, when I got to work, the place was a-buzz about the rocket. If the wind had blown a little harder, it would have hit us.
....no need to worry though. :)
I'm just a little concerned about Ramadan. It's going to get worse. I have a feeling we'll be in "battle rattle" again for the most of the time I've got left here (I leave in January).
Well....I'm off to breakfast. At our chow hall, the food is pretty much the same every day. I eat the hard-boiled eggs because I've gotten sick the last few times I ate the omelettes -- you can't go wrong with hard-boiled eggs, I've decided. I was actually surprised at our selections -- fresh fruit every day, yogurt, all the bacon and sausages you could want (which looks disgusting so I don't eat it).... of course, some times we're out. Yesterday, it was salt. Today, it could be the yogurt. It's not that big of a deal -- there are soldiers out in the field that have to ear MREs. Oh, I found out that during April, when the supply routes got cut off, at Abu Ghraib they had to eat MREs for a few weeks -- the prisoners were ensured 2/day, but the soldiers only got 1/day. We had to make sure the prisoners were treated well, because that would be "unforgivable." It astonishes me sometimes how badly people want to make Americans over here look. I assure you, the soldiers (from the lowest ranking to the biggest General) want the people over here to be happy, have security and stability, and finally realize what democracy means. Unfortunately, there are too many "bad guys" who are taking advantage of the situation, and they find it easy to sway the POIs (Pissed Off Iraqis) in their favor. Most of the Iraqis just want a job, a home, food, and safety for their families. They don't want to be out on the roads setting up IEDs, but if their wives are shoving them out the door to "quit being a disgrace and get some money," they'll do it. What would you do, in their situation?
Ok, now I'm really off to breakfast. :-)
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