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Lava Stone (8mm) and Black Tourmaline (8mm)
This Healing Garden Shop combination of Lava stone and Black Tourmaline was created with the intention to help protect from negative energy and to be used with your favorite essential oils.
Lava stone (aka Basalt) is a grounding crystal and can help to protect from negative energies. It is also a calming stone and can help to relieve stress and increase concentration. It is known as a stone of rebirth and can help release layers of unhealthy emotional attachment. To use with your essential oils, add 1 or 2 drops of desired oil(s) onto some of the Lava beads.
Black Tourmaline is a fantastic protection stone to help repel negative energy by transmuting it into positive energy. It also helps to keep the wearer calm and grounded when needed and may help with anxiety relief. Black Tourmaline has been said to help promote happiness and has also been considered to be a lucky stone.
Essential oil not included in the purchase price.
All Healing Garden Shop bracelets are smudged and infused with Reiki and Kuan Yin energy before shipping.
It is recommended that Healing Garden Bracelets not be worn in the water or worn during any water related activity like in the shower or doing dishes other than cleansing as long term exposure to water can harden and break the elastic.
Finished bracelet will include an extra 1/2" for comfort. For example, if you need a bracelet for a 6" wrist, please order the small at 6"(made at 6.5") and not a medium (made at 7"). If you are not sure of your size, please measure your wrist as close as possible to where your palm starts and choose your size from the drop down menu or you can give me your exact size in the Notes to Seller or in a convo. Please do not add extra to your measurement.
Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional. Please consult your medical practitioner for any questions regarding your health. The bracelets I make are not intended to substitute any treatment prescribed by your doctor and is not a cure for any health conditions.


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The Feminist: An Autopsy
by Jefferson White
Feminist Deconstruction Site
The progressive revolution rests on the ability of progressives to create a coalition of "oppressed human identities" that can then be used as shock troops to advance that revolution.
Now the most important thing to understand about those "oppressed human identities" is that they both "are and are not" real identities. Some are real in the sense that even progressives are occasionally forced to work within the bounds of reality. But none are real in the sense that, once an identity is processed by the progressive, it becomes a pseudo-identity.
And the progressive revolution has also now reached the stage at which pseudo-identities are rapidly being multiplied. This multiplication serves two purposes. First, it increases the numbers and irrationalism of those who claim to possess these pseudo-identities. Second, it serves the purpose of intimidating ordinary men and women "who only want to get along" into remaining silent in the face of increasingly bizarre progressive claims about reality.
The progressive intends that, in the future, everyone will either possess an "oppressed identity" or will be made to bow down before the "holiness" of those who do. These will be the only options.
However, there is a problem with this progressive strategy.
For the multiplication of pseudo-identities is not just unreal, it is becoming increasingly surreal. And that means that the progressive revolution can succeed only if a majority of the population also becomes surreal in their comprehension of reality, or else becomes so intimidated that they will agree to anything to be left alone. But it seems unlikely that this kind of strategy can succeed, at least in the long run.
In this essay, we will analyze one progressive pseudo-identity: the pseudo-identity of feminist.
What is the difference between a woman and a feminist?
This sounds like the opening of a joke. But it is the key question, because in purely rational terms it is quite easy to distinguish between a woman and a feminist. First, there are people who are called women. Second, there some women are feminists. The rational categorization is just that easy. Feminists constitute a subset of women.
This is not how the feminist sees reality.
In an essay on progressivism, I noted that progressives believe that it is progressives alone who are fully human. The progressive then divides non-progressive humanity into two groups. First, there are those people who are "educable." Such people could be called proto-progressives, since they are on their way to becoming progressive. All that they lack is the proper education. But second, there are those who are "uneducable." These are people who willfully and consciously reject progressivism as a form of delusional thinking. The progressive calls such people "reactionaries" or "fascists." They are the enemies of the human race.
Since feminism is a form of progressivism, the same formula is followed. The feminist believes that it is only those women who are feminists who are fully women. The feminist then divides non-feminist women into two groups. First, there are women who are "educable." They could be called "proto-feminists," since all that they lack is the proper education. But second, there are those women who are "uneducable." These are women who willfully and consciously reject feminism as a form of delusional thinking. Such women are "reactionaries" or "fascists." To the feminist, the reactionary woman is not a real woman at all. She is the enemy of women.
Any woman who consciously rejects feminism is a pseudo-woman.
Of course, the reader may be acquainted with someone who calls herself a feminist, but who then rejects the idea that an anti-feminist woman is "not a real woman." But it would be more accurate to say that the reader is acquainted with a woman who is only a proto-feminist. She may consider herself to be a feminist, but the real feminist understands that she is just a proto-feminist. She is not "fully educated."
What is a woman?
Human beings are binary. We are male or female. Thus the scriptures: "God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them."(Genesis 1.27) Of course, there are hermaphrodites. But the hermaphrodite does not constitute a "third sex." The hermaphrodite is an impaired human being. There are only two sexes. Biology concurs.
The feminist –the progressive – does not concur. The progressive now believes that humanity consists of "101 genders," with yet more genders to be discovered.
In the essay on progressivism, I made the point that to possess a real human identity means to have an identity that is different from – that it is unequal to – all other human identities. Indeed, that is the meaning of the word identity. The words "different" and "unequal" are synonyms. "Celebrate diversity" really means "celebrate inequality." And this is why the core progressive belief in "the equality of all human identities" is complete nonsense. Just as there is no such thing as a "square circle," there is no such thing as an "equality of human identities." Progressivism, at its root, is delusional.
Now it is because males and females are radically different kinds of human being that they are real identities. And they are real identities precisely because they are unequal. The progressive's "101 genders," on the other hand, are all pseudo-identities because they are all "equal." Progressives have deliberately invented the "101 equal genders" so that they could deny the existence of the real – and therefore unequal – human identities called male and female.
To the progressive, a "gender" is not a real identity at all, although it is called an "identity." Instead, the progressive has reduced the idea of "identity" to being a "mode" of "being human." To the progressive, the identity of "human being" is the only real identity. Indeed, this is why humanity cannot be made up of two sexes, since only two sexes would be unequal. Instead, humanity must be made up of 101 genders, which are all "equal modes" of being human.
In reality, of come, human beings come in two sexes and no genders at all. And because the identities of male and female are real human identities, they are unequal. Male and female are not "modes" of being human. They are the two kinds of human being.
Male and female are real human identities because they are unequal identities.
In response to this assertion, the feminist will demand to know: in what way is the female identity inferior to that of the male?
Because the feminist – and the progressive – believe that women are substantively equal to men, anyone who states that women are unequal to men is not only attacking the core progressive belief in "the equality of all human identities," but is someone who is objectively "anti-woman."
To the progressive, the claim that there are substantive differences between men and women is, by definition, a false claim. And this means that any empirical evidence that is presented in support of such a claim can be explained away by the progressive belief that all women, whether in the past or in the present, have been "socially constructed" to be inferior to men. Once this "social construction" is overthrown by the progressive revolution, women will finally be seen to be substantively the same kind of human being as men.
This is the core feminist delusion.
To refute the feminist delusion, let us begin with an analysis of the radical physical differences (inequalities) between men and women.
In 1998, the 203th ranked male tennis player in the world played two sisters who were already in the top rank of female tennis players. A decade and a half older than the two sisters, he quite easily beat both the same afternoon. The matches were not close. In the morning, he played a round of golf. He then ate lunch, during which he drank a couple of beers and smoked a pack of cigarettes. Then he easily beat them. (1)
A second example: In 2016, the Australian woman's Olympic soccer team, one of the top women's soccer teams in the world, lost a game (7-0) to a team of teenage boys. The oldest boy was fourteen. Now it is true that, on that particular day, the best players of the women's team were absent. On the other hand, the women's team routinely played teams of teenage boys in their middle to late teens as part of their training. And they nearly always lost to those teams of late teen boys, even when their best players were present. (2)
Such examples could be multiplied indefinitely.
There is a radical difference in the physical nature of men and women. They are not even close in their physical abilities. If every major sport was combined so that both sexes played on the same teams, there would be no top female athletes at all.
It is only in the movies or on television that women are as physically capable as men. On the screen, a five foot four woman cop, weighing less than 140 pounds, can easily throw to the ground and hand-cuff a resisting, six foot tall, 180 pound male. It is only on the screen that a woman karate expert can easily dispatches a male karate expert or even several male karate experts at once. None of this has anything to do with reality.
Now the radical physical difference between men and women is more than just a matter of male size, or of male weight, of male testosterone. Men's arms are, on average, seventy-five percent more muscular than women's. The top half of the male body is 90% stronger. Men have a far heavier and denser bone mass. "[Their] heart is bulkier, their percentage of hemoglobin is higher, their skin is thicker, their lungs bigger, [and] their resistance to dehydration is higher." Men's reaction times are significantly shorter than women's reaction times. Men's visual acuity is better. (3)
And there is this to consider: "only the strongest 2.5-5% of the female distribution overlaps with male mean strength. Mirroring this, only the weakest 2.5-5% of male distribution overlaps with mean female strength." One study that measured handgrip "found that 90% of females had less hand grip strength than 95% of the male group." The strongest control group of females was surpassed by 2/3 of males. Even athletically elite females managed to reach only the 25% percentile of untrained males. (4)
Physically, men and women are radically different (unequal) kinds of human being.
Now there are two feminist reactions to this.
First, there are some feminists who argue that physical differences are now irrelevant in advanced societies, where physical strength no longer plays a role in most professions. However, these same feminists will then go on to argue that women should nevertheless be allowed to serve as beat policemen, as firemen, or as soldiers in combat or in combat-related roles, "as long as they meet the physical requirements." The problem is that they can never actually meet those requirements. So the requirements are deliberately and radically lowered for women, while the public lie is then put out that women are now meeting those requirements. Indeed, this kind of public lying is now central to the "advancement" of women in such jobs. (5)
Second, there some feminists who argue – and this now the belief of most feminists – that the radical physical differences between men and women are nothing more than "social constructions." Most feminists now believe that the physical differences between men and women exist only because women have been "socialized" into becoming physically inferior. They also argue that the physical abilities of men and women are now radically narrowing as women become "liberated." And they expect physical differences to largely disappear in the future.
Now there is a small grain of truth in this otherwise imbecilic belief. In organized sports, the differences in the physical performances of men and women have narrowed in recent decades. However, the most likely explanation for this is that women, who were previously not as involved in organized sports are men, are now topping out at what it is physically possible for them to achieve. And it should be understood that the recent "narrowing" in physical performances between men and women is quite marginal.
However, far more important than the radical physical differences between men and women are the radical metal differences that exist between them.
A radical mental inequality exists between men and women
The empirical evidence for those mental differences is overwhelming.
Let us start with general intelligence. More than a century of I.Q. tests have demonstrated that there is a major difference (inequality) between men and women in the distribution of intelligence.
Men dominate both the highest and the lowest ranges of I.Q., while women dominate the middle range. Therefore males are both superior and inferior to women when it comes to general intelligence. In the top five percent of I.Q., there are 5 men for every woman, while in the top one percent there are 7 men for every woman. Just on this basis alone, and without taking into account any differences in aptitudes between the sexes, it is easy to predict that men will dominate those professions where I.Q. matters. (6)
Of course, feminists – and progressives – have long attacked the idea that there is a standard measurement of intelligence. But there is no rational reason to doubt the accuracy of the I.Q. test. As a scientific measurement, that accuracy has been demonstrated, time and again, for the last one hundred years. When progressives and feminists attack the concept of IQ, they do not do so on scientific grounds. Of course, the reason why they can never accept the validity of such tests is because the tests reveal that the core progressive belief in "the equality of all human identities" is a delusion. (7)
There are also tests that measure human aptitudes. And these tests also reveal radical differences – inequalities – between men and women. (8) If we were to summarize those differences in a one word, we might say that men "systemize," while women "empathize." Men build and understand systems; they are focused on systematic relationships. Women deal with and understand people; they are focused on human relationships.
This is why men dominate professions like engineering, the sciences, and philosophy. They dominate those professions, not because of sexual discrimination against women, although such discrimination may exist as a consequence of that domination. Men dominate those professions for the same reason that they dominate physical sports. Male aptitudes are simply a better match for such fields. (9)
One division of aptitudes is into three categories: verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, and spatial/mechanical reasoning. While highly intelligent people of both sexes are proficient in all three areas, even the most intelligent human being will have a greater proficiency in one area rather than in another. And there is a sexual dimension to this division of proficiencies.
"Numerical and spatial reasoning are especially important to pursuit of STEM fields and in this area there has been demonstrated substantial sex differentiation. Late adolescent males demonstrate a 6.4 point mean advantage in numerical ability and a 13 point mean advantage in spatial/mechanical ability. A standard deviation difference in spatial aptitude is massive. In addition, the mean differences between males and females in these sub-abilities grow as they age." (10)
Now the feminist – and the progressive – usually respond to this reality by pointing to some particular woman, working in a profession that is otherwise dominated by men, and who is demonstrably better than most of the men found in that profession. The feminist – and the progressive – then treats this as "proof" that there are no real mental differences between men and women.
But there is a problem with this kind of argument.
If we say that "women are shorter than men," the counter-argument cannot be that there are some women who taller than most men. The counter-argument does not refute the general truth that women, on average, are shorter than men.
And this brings us to a wider argument. The average physical and mental differences between men and women are not small differences. And they represent a complexity of difference that ensures that men will always be dominant in society. One social scientist calls this reality "the inevitability of patriarchy."(11)
Patriarchy is a universal social phenomenon.
Let us begin by defining our terms. By "patriarchy," we mean the dominance of male leadership in society. And when we state that patriarchy is a "universal social phenomenon," we mean that every society, in every culture, in every civilization, throughout the whole of human history has been a patriarchy. There are no societies that are not patriarchies. (12)
Even today's most advanced societies are patriarchies, as any feminist will inform you.
Now there are some feminist scholars who claim that there were major societies in the remote past that were matriarchies. That is historical fantasy. This claim has no basis in reality. Then there are other feminist scholars who claim that anthropologists have discovered a few, small societies, whether in the remote past or in remote corners of the world, that have been matriarchies. This claim is also untrue, but at least an argument can made that such societies have existed.
The problem is that the claimed matriarchies, on closer examination, always turn out to be patriarchies. To take one example: there are primitive societies that are matrilineal in their organization. Property and social authority descend through the female line. But it then turns out that it is still the men who control that property and social authority. (13)
However, since claims for the existence of matriarchies routinely turn up in the anthropological literature, and since it is at least possible that such a society might have existed somewhere, let us assume for the sake of argument that there have been matriarchies. The problem is that every society of consequence in history has been a patriarchy.
Is there a single "sufficient cause" that would explain why every society of consequence in history has been a patriarchy?
Reality is complicated. One can generally find multiple "causes" for anything that exists. A single "sufficient cause" for a phenomenon can be delineated only if, in the absence of every other cause, that cause alone would be sufficient to explain why the phenomenon exists. Is there a "sufficient cause" that would alone explain why every society of consequence has been a patriarchy?
The neuro-endocrinological uniqueness of the male brain alone explains why male social dominance is a universal social phenomenon.
It is not only that higher levels of testosterone define ordinary male behavior. It is that the male fetal brain is radically altered in the womb by testosterone. It has been conclusively demonstrated that, due to this physical event alone, males become intellectually and emotionally focused on questions of social dominance and achievement. It is because males are radically narrowed in their emotional focus by this radical physiological event in the womb that they become the dominant achievers in society. (14)
In the social sciences, it is quite unusual that a conclusion can be stated with this kind of certainty. This is one of those few cases. The feminist – and the progressive – have responded to this reality by simply ignoring this evidence. The progressive belief in "the equality of all human identities" must be true no matter what the evidence.
Feminist theory replaces evidence.
Feminist theory rests on three glaring contradictions.
First, feminist theory argues that there are no substantive differences between men and women. Men and women are substantively alike as human beings.
Second, feminist theory also argues that women are inherently superior to men. This of course contradicts the argument that men and women are substantively equal, but the feminist chooses not to observe the contradiction. The feminist then goes on to argue that men, due to their inherent inferiority to women, are responsible for all the wars, all the oppressions, and all the tragedies of human history. Men have employed their superior physical strength, their male lust for violence, and their lust for male domination, to create the sordid history of humankind.
Men value toughness, hierarchy, and competition. Women value sensitivity, equality, and community. Therefore substantive differences actually do exist between men and women, and these differences reveal that women are superior to men. The rise of feminism signals the creation of a new kind of human society in which the superior female traits will become dominant. Real human history now begins.
Third, feminist theory argues that women are inherently inferior to men. This of course contradicts both the argument that the sexes are substantively equal and the argument that women are inherently superior. But again, the feminist chooses not to notice the contradiction. According to this feminist argument, female inferiority derives from women's superior traits, which can never hold their own against the barbarism of the inferior males. It is because women are inherently inferior in their female superiority that men will inevitably dominate society unless a political and social order is established that will permanently hobble the males. A radical political and social transformation is needed to ensure that men are permanently kept from dominating women.
This will entail the creation of a new kind of state which will completely supervise and control of all human relationships, so as to create an equality between men and women. Once this equality is created, women's superior traits will then rule. But this can only happen if Male traits are permanently suppressed by a deliberate, and final, social engineering. An all-pervasive system must be created so that the delicate and sensitive creatures called women will never again be oppressed by the indelicate and domineering men.
Once again: each of these three arguments contradicts the other two. But most feminists believe all three arguments to be true.
Hysteria: The key feminist social tactic (15)
I purposely use the word hysteria, since any male who uses this word to describe women will immediately cause the feminist to become hysterical. I also use this word since it is a stereotype about women, and the problem with stereotypes it is that they are true. Of course, there are hysterical men. But that is not stereotypical male behavior.
Now the feminist will vehemently object to this "untrue" stereotype and will become hysterical if we continue to insist that the stereotype is true. And this is because the deliberate cultivation of female hysteria is a key feminist tactic.
A notable event in the use of this tactic occurred at Harvard College in 2005. (16) The president of Harvard, the noted American progressive Larry Summers, was taking part in a symposium on the question of why there were so few women "in tenured positions in science and engineering at top universities and research institutions." He began his remarks by agreeing that this was mostly the result of a socialized sexism, but went on to note, to his own stated personal dismay ("I would far prefer to believe something else"), that there was substantial empirical evidence that "overall IQ, mathematical ability [and] scientific ability" in the general population was heavily weighted toward men. Therefore the problem, Summers argued, was not as clear-cut as many feminists portrayed it.
Needless to say, the roof fell in on Larry Summers. Summers began by issuing apology after apology and then completely repudiated his remarks. As the feminist outrage built, he even went to the length of organizing a number of rich progressives to raise 50 million dollars to create a new feminist center at Harvard to study such questions. It did not matter. Larry Summers was toast. He was removed as president of Harvard.
Nancy Hopkins, a biology professor at MIT, who was present at his speech, walked out of the speech with several other women and was among the first to demand Summers' head. Here is her public statement: "I felt as if I was going to be sick. My heart was pounding and my breath was shallow… I just couldn't breathe because this kind of bias makes me physically ill." Neither at the time nor later did Hopkins, or any other feminist, offer a reasoned argument showing why Summers' statement was false. Instead, feminist "arguments" consisted solely of public descriptions of their symptoms of female hysteria.
Of course, the problem was that a rational argument against Summers' statement did not exist. The superiority of males to females, in matters of "IQ, mathematical and scientific abilities," has been empirically shown to be true, over and over again, for almost a century. The evidence for such differences is even more conclusive today than in the past. But the evidence no longer matters. All that matters is feminist hysteria. And the hysteria won. The event at Harvard is snap-shot of the institutional self-destruction that is now characteristic of today's society. It is not feminism that has triumphed, but irrationality.
Recently, two liberal academics completed a long-term, social scientific study of women in science. (17) Since they were liberals, they were expecting to document a pervasive sexual discrimination against women in the hiring of professors of science. What they discovered – to their own surprise – was the opposite discrimination. They found that, going back for at least a quarter of a century, women with the same scientific credentials and experience as men were twice as likely to be offered jobs as professors of science than were men. For more than a generation, a pervasive sexual discrimination had favored women in the hiring of professors of science.
Yet there were still few women professors of science. It appeared that the real problem was that women were simply not interested in becoming professors of science, despite benefiting from a rampant sexual discrimination.
Now the feminist response to this study was, first, to assert that the study was radically flawed (it was not flawed), and second, to assert that, even if sexual discrimination now favored women in science, the reason so few wanted to become science professors was that they had been "socialized" from childhood into never considering such fields. Thus, according to the feminists, even more sexual discrimination was needed to bring women equally into the teaching of science.
When we look at all of today's laws, regulations, programs, and other systems of social coercion dealing with the relations between the sexes, what we see is a vast and pervasive sexual discrimination in favor of women and against men. It seems that feminists are not opposed to sexual discrimination at all, so long as that discrimination allows them to achieve, or to pretend to achieve, the social outcomes of which they approve. And when those social outcomes do not appear, feminists are prepared to double down with further programs of sexual coercion.
Of course, from the standpoint of the feminist delusion, there can be only one reason why so few women are interested in becoming professors of science. They are the victims of a pervasive sexual discrimination. It cannot be that most women simply do not have the aptitudes or the interest in pursuing such professions. Therefore the feminist has to propose even more radical solutions to end this "pervasive sexual discrimination." Everyone in society must be coerced into conforming to the feminist delusion. Feminists cannot rest until there are as many women science professors as men, since "all human identities are equal."
But let us briefly imagine a very different kind of society. Since our imagined society is a free society, women can – in principle – hold any job that they want, but only to the extent that other free men and women voluntarily agree to hire them. Thus they will not hold such jobs to the extent that those free men and women voluntarily decide not to hire them. And since this is a genuinely free society, all hiring will be a matter of the personal judgment of those who hire. In other words, men and women will be free to deny a woman a job, for any reason at all.
Let us even assume that there is a general bias against women holding certain types of jobs in this society, a bias that is pervasively held by both men and women. But since this is a genuinely free society, men and women are perfectly free to exercise this bias. Because this is a society that is governed by the free choices of individuals, and since most of the people in this society believe that it is in the nature of reality that women should not hold certain types of jobs or that they will not be interested in holding such jobs, few women will be found in those jobs.
From the feminist point of view, this would be a profoundly immoral society. Indeed, this is a society that must be abolished. And so it has been.
Although America is still technically a free society, the progressive judicial and bureaucratic elements of today's America now exercise a pervasive control over all human relationships, a control that will be even greater in the future, as the progressive elite works to achieve their ultimate goal of creating society based upon "the equality of all human identities."
But in reality, since women are fundamentally different than men, not only will that goal never be achieved, but the attempt to achieve it will create a society that will control human beings as its primary imperative. It will be a society that will effectively end human freedom. And this means that the real goal of the feminist, like the real goal of the progressive, is not the creation of a universal equality, but the creation of a universal slavery.
The real feminist goal is not equality, but slavery.
The structure of feminist belief may be described as follows:
- There are no substantive differences between men and women.
- Therefore every society of consequence in history has been "socially constructed" to conform to the entirely false belief that there are substantive differences between them.
- This patriarchal delusion is so deeply engrained in our human consciousness that the "commanding heights" of today's society – the central state, the public schools, and the popular culture – must be employed to create a thorough-going social supervision, social coercion, and final education, to achieve the complete eradication of this false patriarchal consciousness of reality.
- Because it is people of virtue – feminists and progressives – who will control these instruments of coercion, the creation of a new human society is inevitable.
In reality, those who simply want to control other people will inevitably rule this new society. Now the average feminist, like the average progressive, really does believe that the goal is the creation of a universal human equality. Indeed, they are not lying when they say they believe that goal is equality. They are not liars, but fools.
1. www.theguardian.com/observer/osm/story/0,,543962,00.html
2. www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3609949/Matildas-lose-7-0-Newcastle-Jets-15s-Rio-Olympics-warm-up.html
3. www.psychologytoday.com/blog/homo-aggressivus/201409/male-aggression
4. Roderick Kane, Smart and Sexy: The Evolutionary Origins and Biological Underpinnings of the Cognitive Differences in the Sexes (2016), 174-177.
5. See Kane, 179-183, for examples of the dramatically lowered physical requirements for women in the military and the pretense that those requirements are adequate.
6. See Kane, 35-42 on the radical difference in general intelligence between men and women; page 38 on the domination of males in the highest I.Q. ranges.
7. See Kane, 31-34 on the reliability of I.Q. tests and the progressive animus against them.
8. See Kane, 35-45, on the specific ability differences between men and women.
9. Kane, 90-95, men as systemizing; women as empathetic.
10. Kane, 44.
11. Steven Goldberg, Why Men Rule: A Theory of Male Dominance (1993), Part I: The Inevitability of Patriarchy.
12. See Goldberg, Chapter 2, on the universality of patriarchy.
13. See Goldberg, Chapter 2, on the non-existence of matriarchies.
14. See Goldberg, Chapters 3-8, on the neuro-endocrinological uniqueness of the male brain as a sufficient cause for male social dominance. See also: Kane, 75-79.
15. Howard S. Schwartz, Society Against Itself: Political Correctness and Organizational Self-Destruction (2010), Chapter 5: Organization in the Age of Hysteria. See also: Kane, 197-198.
16. See Schwartz, 181-186, on the Larry Summers episode at Harvard.
Jefferson White is also the author of the book The Political Theory of Christ


text: The Tripoli Entrepreneurs Club holds training sessions for young entrepreneurs [Photo courtesy of Tripoli Entrepreneurs Club] Tripoli, Lebanon - Now may be a better time than ever to launch a business in Beirut. Despite myriad political, environmental and social challenges in Lebanon, the picture remains rosy for entrepreneurs in the country's capital, with major acquisitions and new funds launching seemingly every month. Outside of Beirut, though, entrepreneurs struggle to attract the attention of banks, investors and support services. Lebanon's second largest city, Tripoli, located about 80km north of Beirut on the Mediterranean's eastern coast, "benefits the least from the crazy amounts of funding available now in Lebanon", said Fadi Mikati, senior credit analyst at Kafalat, a Lebanese National Bank-sponsored company that provides guaranteed loans to small and medium-sized enterprises. Mikati is also the founder of the Tripoli Entrepreneurs Club (TEC), an initiative to provide education and support for Tripolitans curious about starting their own ventures. RELATED: Satirical show asks: Is Lebanon ready for change? Despite sectarian divisions, a looming threat from the war in neighbouring Syria, and stigma against the city from other Lebanese, Tripoli's proto-entrepreneurs are trying to carve out a space for themselves in the rapidly evolving Lebanese business ecosystem. Tripoli is far poorer than Beirut, which, despite pockets of poverty, is a generally affluent city. According to the United Nations Development Programme, 57 percent of Tripoli's population is considered poor. Only two percent of bank loans in Lebanon are awarded to Tripoli residents - whereas a whopping 83 percent of bank loans in the country are to residents of Beirut and its suburbs, according to Lebanon's Central Administration of Statistics. Inside Story - Lebanon's deepening crisis And although sectarian violence between Tripoli's two famously restive neighbourhoods of Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tabbaneh has quieted down over the past two years, many Lebanese still associate the city with violence. Ziad Sankari is a young Tripolitan whose mobile health start-up CardioDiagnostics has garnered investment from Qatar Foundation and Berytech, and even gained the attention of US President Barack Obama. But, Sankari said, he has struggled just to get potential employees living outside of Tripoli to come for interviews in the city. "People think Tripoli is a very closed-off, conservative city, with bombs and shells raining down constantly," said Soumaya Mehri, who founded Bread Basket, a wheat-free bakery in the northern city, in 2013. Tripoli tour guide Mira Minkara confirms this perception: "People think, 'Oh, it's not safe, there are lots of Islamists and it's full of ISIL [the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant] … Women should cover themselves'." As a result of the poverty, history of violence and stigma, Mikati believes that a self-defeating mind-set has spread among the city's youth. "Youth in the north don't believe in themselves," said the Tripoli native. "The only plan they have is to leave Lebanon. Through the Tripoli Entrepreneurs Club, we're trying to show them other options." Despite this defeatist mentality, Mikati said, "there are more people in Tripoli interested in entrepreneurship now than ever before". To address this hopeful trend, Mikati, his colleagues and friends, and other Tripolitan entrepreneurs are working to provide education and tools to anyone who is interested. The TEC's first project, shortly after its launch in 2013, was a business plan simulation programme, which attracted around 50 participants, mainly through social media. Overwhelmingly positive feedback from the first event validated the idea of the club, Mikati explained, and gave them the confidence to launch the 12-week Young Entrepreneur Program in 2014, which comprised an idea-generation phase, an intensive training retreat, and a seven-week mentorship phase to develop a business plan. We're not expecting that even 50 percent of our students will start a business. If even one or two percent change their minds, it would be a success for us. Fadi Mikati, founder of the Tripoli Entrepreneurs Club The winner, a social network for athletes called Derby, received sponsorship from the Tripoli Chamber of Commerce, free design help and mentorship. Since graduating from the programme last December, the Derby team has developed the product to the point where it is now testing with potential clients. VIDEO: Syrian refugees learn business skills in Lebanon Sankari of CardioDiagnostics sees his business as a potential model for young Tripolitan entrepreneurs and start-ups. "The way to break the cycle [of poverty and despondency] is to make CardioDiagnostics a big success, so the story can become a model" for others to be inspired by, the founder said. Sankari's desire to see more Tripolitan entrepreneurs has taken the form of a series of workshops on technology development and software. Although the CardioDiagnostics team has only hosted two so far, eventually "this will be a formal series of events accommodating 30 to 40 engineering and computer science students", Sankari said. Sankari also taught two semesters of an entrepreneurship course at the Beirut Arab University's Tripoli campus. Two of his students went on to launch businesses, he said proudly. Given the many challenges, the fact that new businesses are still springing up in Tripoli, especially in the hospitality sector, is cause for hope. Mikati, Sankari, and others want the seeds they are sowing take root into smart, scalable businesses - but that is still a long way off. "We're not expecting that even 50 percent of our students will start a business," said Mikati. "If even one or two percent change their minds, it would be a success for us." SOURCE: Al Jazeera Business & Economy Middle East Lebanon


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Could Real Madrid rescue Pogba from Manchester United?
With tensions rising between the midfielder and manager Jose Mourinho at Old Trafford, talk of a possible summer transfer is already escalating
Posted Wednesday, February 21, 2018 by Goal.com
It is fair to say that Paul Pogba's move to Manchester United has not worked out as planned. When the midfielder signed from Juventus for €105 million in the summer of 2016, he became the most expensive player ever. On the pitch, however, he has yet to live up to the billing.
Now, in his second season back at Old Trafford, Pogba has shown signs of his obvious talent, yet there has always been the feeling that there is much more to come from the France international.
And there should be. At the age of 24, the player is approaching his best years. However, with tensions rising between the midfielder and United manager Jose Mourinho in recent weeks, there are now concerns over his long-term future at the club.
Pogba believes he is being played out of position by Mourinho, with the Portuguese sticking to what he thinks is best for the team as cracks in their relationship have started to surface.
The player, who is back in United's squad for the Champions League clash against Sevilla on Wednesday after missing United's FA Cup win over Huddersfield through illness, is already being linked with a potential summer switch to Real Madrid, with L'Equipe reporting that he regrets moving to Manchester and not Spain in 2016. Here, Goal takes a closer look at the current situation...
Real Madrid were frontrunners to sign Pogba from Juventus in the summer of 2016 and Los Blancos did attempt to bring in the midfielder. Ultimately, however, they decided against a move.
Zinedine Zidane's side had just won the Champions League and pushed Barcelona close in La Liga following a spectacular second half of the season. And, with a one-year transfer ban which was later reduced to a single window hanging over the club, it looked as if there would be plenty of movement that summer.
The French coach was asked about his compatriot during Real's pre-season tour and he said. "Do I like Pogba? Of course, he's a very good player and every club wants the best players but right now he's at Juve and we have a large squad already."
With no bids for James Rodriguez, and Pogba's price pushed up by the demands of his agent Mino Raiola, with whom Madrid do not like to negotiate, it was decided in the end that in excess of €100m was too much money for a player who was not really even needed at Real.
Zidane was also happy with Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Casemiro as his first-choice midfield trio, with Isco, James and Mateo Kovacic all in reserve. And, although the club considered selling James and even Isco, there were no suitable bids for either player. So, Madrid did not pursue Pogba and he joined United instead.
Pogba's position at United has proved to be a bone of contention between the player and his manager. The player has long claimed his best position is on the left of the midfield three, but he is being used by Mourinho in a two-man midfield in a 4-2-3-1 system.
That means he is often in a deeper role than he would like and, as witnessed with France in Euro 2016, such a position does not allow the player to operate in the areas where he can cause the most damage.
Performances in recent weeks have been poor. Pogba was taken off after 63 minutes of the 2-0 defeat at Tottenham, before featuring as a substitute in the win over Huddersfield in the league and then producing another indifferent display in the 1-0 loss at Newcastle.
"I remember clearly, without television but just with my memory from the touchline, a Newcastle player jumping and two of my players looking at him and staying on the floor," Mourinho said after that game, in reference to Nemanja Matic and Pogba, and their role in the match's decisive goal.
The Portuguese also praised United youngster Scott McTominay at the weekend in what appeared to be another dig at Pogba. "I think maybe it's because he [McTominay] is this kind of kid profile: a normal haircut, no tattoos, no big cars, no big watches, humble kid, arrive in the club when he was nine or 10," he said after the FA Cup win at Huddersfield.
Public criticism of his players has not always worked well for Mourinho in the past and, although he believes he is right about a system in which he has an array of attackers - including Romelu Lukaku, Alexis Sanchez, Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard and Juan Mata - fighting for four spots, with not many midfielders of the same quality, the United boss will also need to ensure he is not alienating the club's most expensive player.
Real Madrid are somewhat in limbo at the moment following a year of extraordinary success in 2017 when the club claimed five trophies, including a second successive Champions League crown and a first Liga title since 2012.
Although the squad remains strong, the departure of Alvaro Morata to Chelsea last summer left a significant hole in the attack - exacerbated by Karim Benzema's poor form - and signing a new striker will be one of the priorities in the next transfer window.
With Gareth Bale often injured and Cristiano Ronaldo now 33, Madrid will also be looking to bring in another forward player some time in the next couple of years, while Los Blancos also want to sign a new goalkeeper and a right-back as competition - and cover - for Dani Carvajal in the summer.
In midfield, however, it seems less likely the club will make a major signing. Modric is 32 and will eventually need to be replaced, but is still at the peak of his powers, while Zidane remains happy with Kroos and Casemiro.
Isco and Marco Asensio have both signed new deals, while more will be expected of Dani Ceballos in his second season as well. So, even though Pogba has his admirers at the Santiago Bernabeu, with Zidane and Florentino Perez among them, there still appears to be no need to splash out in excess of €100m - around one third of the club's transfer budget for the summer - on a midfielder at this point.
On top of that, it is unclear whether Zidane will continue beyond this summer. Whether he does or not, Madrid will continue to track Pogba and a transfer cannot be ruled out in future. This summer, however, a move seems unlikely.
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Few people would have difficulty recognizing these two products as the iPhone and iPod:
These shapes are iconic. They are also easy to draw: they took me exactly 6.5 minutes to draw them in OmniGraffle without looking at either product.
The question on my mind is: does Apple start with an iconic shape or end up with one? The design process is interactive, so perhaps the question needs to be asked differently: is ending up with an iconic shape a design goal? or is the design of Apple's products so simple that the iconic shape is just a byproduct?
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Snapshots of SBL
Last week I gave you a few snapshots of my experiences here in New Orleans. As I mentioned then, we're here for the annual meetings of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) and the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL). ETS ran from Wednesday through Friday. SBL is running from Saturday through Tuesday.
For most of our crew, Friday was spent manning and then breaking down our ETS booth, only to take everything across the street to set up for SBL! I and one of our sales staff spent that day conducting an all-day Accordance training seminar. I managed to get through far more than I do in most training seminars, partly because it was a fairly advanced and homogeneous crowd. Because I didn't have to worry about going too fast for some and too slow for others, we were able to cover a lot of ground.
SBL started fast and furious. We were busy from the time the hall opened at 8:30 am until about lunchtime, when the crowds thinned and we were able to come up for air. As with every SBL, the Accordance booth is always a hotbed of activity. I say this every year, but if you want to rub shoulders with well-known scholars, come hang out at the Accordance booth.
Saturday afternoon I slipped away to watch a "Bible Software Shootout" in which various Bible Study programs were challenged to show how they could be used to answer five research questions. I hope to blog about the Shootout in detail later this week, but suffice it to say that most of those who attended seemed pretty impressed with Accordance. Rick Mansfield has written about his impressions of the Shootout on his This Lamp blog.
Demoing at SBL is always good for helping me keep up my Greek and Hebrew. In fact, you never know when one of your former professors might stop by to check up on you. I was in the middle of a Hebrew demo when the Florida State prof who first taught me Hebrew interrupted to say hello. One of my Greek profs from seminary has also been by the booth.
One fun aspect of this year's show is that I've gotten to meet a number of people I've previously known only through their blogs, tweets, and posts to the Accordance forum. I'm always amazed at how well some of these folks know Accordance.
By far the best thing about these shows is the encouragement we receive from everyone who stops by. Today a woman sat down for a demo, explaining that she had never seen Accordance before. One of our users who was sitting on the other side of the table overheard this and spontaneously began telling her how "addictive" Accordance is and saying it is hands down the best software for Biblical studies. It was a wonderful endorsement, and that kind of thing goes on all the time here. Basically, our users "sell" Accordance; we just demonstrate how it works!
If you're here at SBL and you want to be where the action is, be sure to stop by the Accordance booth.
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Would it be possible to have a copy of the handout mentioned in The Lamp Blog?
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You don't really need me to tell you that the new Coen Brothers' movie, Inside LLewyn Davis, is great: the fact that it's already made many 'best of' lists before it even gets a general release tells you all you need to know. The brothers have been back on top form since 2007's No Country For Old Men (although I did find Burn After Reading a trifle to meandering and trivial for its own good). Yet again the pair have made a period piece that precisely captures a point in American history (in this case a week in the life of a homeless folk singer in Greenwich Village in 1961) and use it as the basis of another shaggy dog story that resounds with the profound nature of bad luck.
The film is a great one because it is at pains to reiterate the Coens' main gist, that life is wonderfully pointless in its injustices. In A Serious Man (which I think is their absolute masterpiece) life is pointless to a holy degree. In The Big Lebowski the life of the Dude is pointless both by design and by the activities of the artistic and the criminal. In No Country For Old Men the message was that the cruelty was unbearably pointless, if only for those who take it on themselves to be responsible for imposing order. But with Inside LLewyn Davis, the vagueries and coincidences that mean precisely nothing are viewed as unfairness that - because of the protagonist's generally pissy attitude - seems almost fair.
Sure, Llewyn, as we learn from scene one, has a talent that is god-given, but he seems to have little faith in himself and is hampered by the nagging doubt that he is lost without his former musical partner. He's grieving, but it's a mean sort of grief that leads him to rail at his long-suffering friends and heckle his peers. No matter that the latter may almost deserve his ire for their sappiness in peddling the type of 'folk' monstrosities that were lampooned in Christopher Guest's A Mighty Wind. We all wince when Stark Sands as soldier on leave, Troy Nelson, sings Tom Paxton's 'Last Thing On My Mind' or when Llewyn sits in on a session for a piece of jokey schlock called, of all things, 'Please Mister Kennedy', yet these people at least maintain a decent standard of humanity that Davis replaces with self pity. And while ultimately you doubt Carey Mulligan's motives behind her ire at Llewyn's freeloading unreliability, in this particular universe the bad luck is measured out in almost direct proportion to his bad decisions and bad mouthing.
The Coen's research in their source material here is peerless. Just as Bob Dylan spent much of his formative years in Greenwich dossing on couches, stealing records from richer middle class patrons, Llewyn relies on the hapless Gorfein's in their upper westside apartment to pick him up no matter how much he badmouths them; repaying them by stealing, or rather carelessly abducting their nameless ginger cat (possibly the true star of the film).
The cat as a metaphor changes identity and even sex but it's the touchstone of Llewyn's inability to really care enough about others. At various points it's lost, abandoned and even (spoiler alert) run over but always returns to haunt him. Just as the plot's circularity brings him back to the same song and same merciless beating from a faceless punter. Oscar Isaac's performance makes us empathise with Llewyn but never enough to feel too much pain when it all goes to shit. A key scene sees him simply shrug off a rejection from a stony faced Chicago promoter (played by F. Murray Abraham) despite having given a transcendent performance. It's the final straw, even if a subsequent decision to quit and rejoin the rat race is met with equal, hilarious failure.
|Yes, that's Timberlake on the right
Like the best of the Coen's work, the shaggy dog nature of the plot is always second to the tall tales conjured in the telling. John Goodman's smacked-up jazz has-been; Justin Timberlake's frankly revelatory bearded do-gooding folkie partner of Carey Mulligan, Mel: Llewyn's useless ageing jewish agent and even Llewyn's straight-laced disapproving older sister: these are all wonderfully amusing characters who will join the brother's canon of screen oddities and who make Inside LLewyn Davis another low-key masterpiece.


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For: Sassy Sundry
When: Now, Before, Always
Why: Her Leg STILL Hurts a WEEK after Pulling a Muscle
I swear, I want to cut my leg off. I still can't walk right. I can't clean. I can't do laundry. I can't get all the effing empty boxes down the stairs and into the recycling bin. I can't dance. People stare at me like I'm going to turn into Kaiser Soeze when I cross the street. People stare at me all the time. I want to beat them with sticks.
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ORLANDO, Fla., May 31, 2012 — API Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:ATNY) ("API" or the "Company"), a leading provider of RF/microwave, microelectronics, and security solutions for critical and high-reliability applications, announced today a new line of multiplied phase locked oscillators from the Spectrum Microwave family of products.
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2013 Village Election Questionnaire Name: Michael H. LaChapelle Occupation or previous professional experience: Retired from General Electric Co. after 31 years of employment Rutland Vt. List your previous political experience or community involvement. Eighteen years on the Village Board as a Trustee. I care for our community, and try to do what's […]
Park Fountain vandalized
Call Granville Village Police at 642-1414 with any information regarding the vandalism to the Veterans Park fountain. A village worker discovered on Jan. 15 that the fountain in Veterans Park had been vandalized and the pineapple topping it forcibly removed. The football-sized pineapple, which is meant to symbolize welcoming, is made of lead, with copper […]
In memory of Marilyn Coloutti
The soft and gentle and peaceful approach to life makes for really nice people. Brought up in the old school, she was always polite and very serious as she went about her business. She always knew what she wanted and never seemed to need much help in the store. As you get older, you need […]
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I'd like to take the time and mention by name the second person ever to respond to this blog: Pat Wesner. Pat posted some kind comments about the passing of Rodger Hurley. Welcome to the forum here, tell a friend. Tell a lot of them – it's lonely in here. LOL. There really is no […]
Main St. getting bookstore
Look into Looking Glass You've no doubt noticed the newspaper. Very soon a new business owner is hoping you'll stop in to notice another kind of paper – book pages. Sarah Cramer, a 2004 Granville High School graduate, plans to open a used bookstore on Main Street. (more…)
Food pantry use is rising
With the approach of winter and the holidays, the Mettowee Valley Ecumenical Food Pantry is seeing a surge in demand for its services. (more…)
Social host law seeks to battle underage drinking
County sets hearing for public input on underage measure The Washington County Board of Supervisors agreed to hear input from the public on a proposed social host law, setting an April 17 date for residents to offer comment. (more…)
Demand for food surges
"This community is amazingly generous and warm," said JoAnn Holland, a volunteer at the Granville Area Ecumenical Council Food Pantry, which is coping with a surge in demand for assistance these days. (more…)
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Horde b-ball Things are looking up for the golden horde at this point in the season. Granville will be going for four-in-a-row tongiht against a capable Schuylerville squad. 2-3 in the league, some of the talent from the football team, this will be a test for the G'ville guys, no doubt. Following up knocking […]
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A newly launched app, Oyster aims to become to the Netflix/Spotify of books. With a fixed monthly charge of $9.95, users have access to over 100,000 titles to read. Add to that the social element which allows you to share what you're reading with your friends. The Oyster team also guarantees an improved typography making it easier to read from your mobile devices.
The app is currently on invitation basis only. You can go to http://www.oysterbooks.com to register for an invite or simply learn more about the app. Couple of catches , though for now :
1. It's only for the iPhone or iPod Touch (an iPad version is expected this fall). Other device users need to wait a bit.
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Cozy Cat Caper Mystery Book 18 Now Available
Fatal Fête in Cherry Hills, book 18 of Paige Sleuth's Cozy Cat Caper Mystery series, is now available. Happy reading!
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Meriter president, CEO resigns for position in New Hampshire
Jim Woodward worked for Meriter for nearly 8 years
MADISON, Wis. — Meriter president and CEO Jim Woodward announced Monday he is resigning to accept a new position in New Hampshire.
Woodward accepted a new position as CEO of Elliot Health System in Manchester, New Hampshire, according to a release.
"I am honored to have had the opportunity to be part of the Meriter family for nearly eight years," Woodward said in the release. "There's no doubt that Meriter, and health care systems throughout the country, is experiencing a lot of change, but I'm resolute in our decision to affiliate with a strong and vibrant partner like Unity Point Health. I'm leaving Meriter confident that they are set up for future success."
Woodward's accomplishments include the growth and development of the Meriter Medical Group, being recognized as one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Thompson Reuters twice, receiving a Most Wired Hospitals award and receiving the American Hospital Association's Quest for Quality award, according to the release.
"Jim has a commitment for impeccable quality and outstanding service — always putting the patient at the center of what we do," Meriter-UnityPoint Health Board chair Ginny Graves said in the release. "I sincerely appreciate Jim's amazing vision and owe him a great debt of gratitude for the road of success he's led us down. He will be sincerely missed, although we wish him the very best in his future endeavors."
Woodward's last day at Meriter is June 30, according to the release. Transition and succession plans are being implemented.


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The struggle with painting realistic-looking bubbles is to make them appear three-dimensional. Artists often employ several color shades to an object to show how light and shadow play off of it, which in turn gives it depth. Although real bubbles contain many colors and yet remain transparent, blue is often the most commonly used color when representing them in paint.
Stagger the spacing of the bubbles.
Choose three sizes of a circle template. If the painting is to reflect an object that is producing bubbles, the larger bubbles should appear near the object and the bubbles should get smaller as they continue farther away.
Although bubbles are transparent, many artists represent them in a painting with various shades of blue. Instead of painting each bubble one complete color, loosely mix several shades together and apply as a base. The brush should apply paint in a circular motion similar to the surface of a bubble.
Light source
Based on the location of the light source in the painting, paint a white reflection of light on each bubble, using a moon shape. For example, if the light source is above and to the left, the top left-hand side of each bubble should have a moon shape following the curve of the outside of the bubble. Fade the edges of the moon shapes into the bubble color.
Paint a larger moon shape in a darker blue tone across from the light source reflection, facing the opposite direction. This allows each bubble to appear spherical. Again, fade the edges of the moon shape into the bubble.
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De ensomme ting / Nervous Fluids
Sverre Bjertnes is an famous Norwegian artist who is most known for his beautiful drawings with distracting elements. In 2013 he decided to make his first short. In addition of making the behind the scenes video, I was asked to edit his film.
It was a whole new experience editing a film for a famous artist and help him carry forward his vision and idea. But we agreed to do some experimenting and testing in post, and that made it easy for him to know how he wanted it. The short was screened at his art expedition in Norway and New York and it was well received.
The New Yorker: "The Norwegian artist shows an outstanding short film that takes a romantic view of isolation, starring his girlfriend, the actress and musician Hanna Maria Grønneberg."
Produced by: Turbin Film
Year: 2013
Genre: Short/art
Length: 14:00
Screened/broadcast: Art exhibitions and Film festivals
Cast: Hanna Maria Grønneberg and Gard Eidsvold
Anders Øvergaard
Anders Graham
Sverre Bjertnes
Writer and Director
Pål Ulvik


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Search Amazon.com for History of the County of Surrey
Henry de Mara born in England, s/o §Sir William de la Mar & Basile ?.
10/28/1216, Henry III, age 9, crowned king of England.
~1225, Joan born in England, d/o 19962462. John de Neville & 19962463. Hawise de Courtenay.
1236-40, William Longespée granted rents and services in the manor of Little Sheepbridge to Henry de Mara. (S) A History of the County of Berkshire, V3, 1923.
11/26/1248, Grant to Henry de Mara of the land and heirs of Walter de Merk with the marriage. (S) CPRs.
2/9/1250, Protection with clause volumus for Henry de Mara, Matthias de Mara, and Thomas de Warblington, going with R. earl of Cornwall beyond seas. (S) CPRs.
2/2/1251, Appointment of John Silvestre and Henry de Mara to make inquisitions … counties of London, Middlesex, Essex and Hertford, Kent, Surrey and Sussex, and of clippers and counterfieters of new money … (S) CPRs.
7/6/1251, Mandate to Henry de Mara to hasten to the north to go on eyre with the other justices for common pleas … (S) CPRs.
8/7/1252, Appointment to Henry de Mar' and Reynold de Cobham to enquire touching the death of Matthew the Chaplain of London … (S) CPRs. [9/26 Roger fitz Roger assigned to the inquisition with Henry.]
7/22/1253, Grant to Henry de Mara of 100 marks a year so long as he be in the king's service. (S) CPRs.
5/29/1254, Appointment, during pleasure, of Henry de la Mare, to keep the castle and manor of Merleberg, with mandate to the constable of Merleberg to deliver the same to him with the issues since the death of Robert de Mucegros. By the queen on the royal command. (S) Epistolæ.
1/11/1255, Mandate to Henry de Mara to deliver to the bailiff of Edward the king's son, … the wardship of the land and heirs of William son of Walter de Merk with the marriage … (S) CPRs.
6/20/1255, Mandate to Henry de Mara to deliver Marleberge castle to Hugh Garget, king's serjeant. (S) CPRs.
Henry went on embassy to Rome for the king.
2/10/1256, Notification … university of Oxford … By P. bishop of Hereford, … Henry de Mara and others of the king's council. (S) CPRs.
2/17/1256, Henry assigned the manor of Cury Revel with the town of Langport in lieu of his 100 marks yearly. (S) CPRs.
5/8/1256, Promise to the dean of St. Martins le Grand, London, … Witnesses:- Sir Henry de Mara, Reynold de Cobham, Simon de Bello Campo, William de Bello Campo, knights, … (S) CPRs.
5/15/1256, Promise to Henry de Mara, for his services on this side and beyond seas, to provide for him 60£ yearly … (S) CPRs.
5/16/1256, Letter from Queen Eleanor to Henry de Mara: Licence for Henry de Mara for good service as above, out of his demesne lands of his manor of Heynton within the forest of Windlesore to assart and bring into cultivation 240 acres of land … By K. and the queen because the said Henry went to Rome for the affairs of the king. (S) Epistolæ.
6/12/1256, Power to Giles, [bishop] elect of Salisbury, Richard, abbot of Westminister, and Henry de Mara, whom the king is sending as envoys to the court of Rome, to contract a loan of 5000 marks in the king's name … (S) CPRs.
Henry assigned to return to Rome.
Bef. 6/26/1257, Henry died holding Alfescot [Ashtead] manor, his daughter Matilda his heir. [Mandate … 300 marks … assigned to the sometime Henry de Mara, knight, for the journey he was to make to the court of Rome … executor …] (S) CPRs.
(S) A History of the County of Surrey, V3, 1911.
Child of Henry and Joan:
i. Maud de la Mare (4990615), born ~1240 in England.


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Obama's New Cuba Policy, Vermont Public Radio (July 6, 2015)
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It is important that you pack anything you cannot live without while you are away from home. Essential items are those such as medications which you take every day and have a prescription for. You must have your immigration documents in order to enter the U.S. The documents you will need are your I-20, your passport (valid for at least 6 months into the future), and visa. These items should be packed in your carry-on bags so that you can access them easily if you need them while you are travelling. DO NOT PACK THESE DOCUMENTS IN YOUR CHECKED BAGS.
Philadelphia is on the East Coast of the United States and experiences all four seasons throughout the year – Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer. You will need a variety of clothing to make sure you are comfortable during your stay. When the fall semester begins in late August, it will still be hot and humid and if you are beginning your classes in the spring semester, it will be very cold, and possibly snowy when you arrive. You can find more information about the average temperatures and weather in Philadelphia here.
You will want to bring some casual clothing, athletic clothing for recreation activities and some dress clothes for professional and networking events. There may also be opportunities for you to showcase your traditional clothing at various events throughout the year, so you may want to consider packing some traditional clothes.
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Director Darren Lynn Bousman (several Saw movies, Repo: The Genetic Opera) will next tackle the high-concept horror film 11 11 11, which will wring scares out of the metaphysically significant date of November 11, 2011—also the film's intended premiere date. Bousman's version will "take on the idea of 11 gates of Heaven and how on 11:11 on the 11th day of the 11th month, the 11th gate will open up and something from another world will enter the earthly realm for 49 minutes." So basically it's Howard The Duck, only scarier.
You say you were unaware of the metaphysical significance of November 11, 2011? Allow some garishly colored websites and droning YouTube videos to educate you—or better yet, we'll just sum it up, since that's what we're best at. In short, some people believe that the time "11:11" on the clock represents a "master number activation sequence" that "acts like a doorway, a gateway or a portal into the higher realms of manifestation." Others interpret the number as a sign that "alerts them to angels or spirit guardians trying to communicate with them." A few end-time theorists like to talk about Revelation 11:11, in which the "two witnesses" to Armageddon are resurrected from the dead. The more conspiracy-minded also see a historical significance in the fact that Armistice Day is November 11, and that World War I ended "on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month"—which obviously means that World War 3 will most likely break out on November 11, 2011, just because.
For anyone who sees this evidence and remains skeptical, consider that the last 11/11/11—November 11, 1911—was the day of the one of the worst-ever cold snaps, The Great Blue Norther Of 11/11/11, a day that saw extreme high temperatures followed by extreme lows, along with blizzards and tornadoes. In short, we're all gonna die, and the last thing you'll see will be a horror film from the Saw guy.


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Have you heard it being talked about? "Crash JP Morgan, Buy Silver" is the war cry for an increasing mob of angry citizens fed up with what is going on in the banking and likewise mortgage sectors. Listen to Max Keiser explain it in his video:
If there are enough people buying silver, JP Morgan will crash on it's short position.
Get some, any, bullion in your pocket before this happens. I think the day that JP Morgan has to deal with these shorts is Dec 11 2010.
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By Gene Sculatti
As the Everly Brothers said, it's "So Sad to Watch Good Love Go Bad." Almost as sad, if you're a fan of bad TV, is watching one of the species' strongest contemporary contenders just roll over and play good. Unfortunately, that seems to be what's happened in the second season of Blue Bloods, CBS's Tom Selleck starrer about a tri-generational family of NYC cops. It's a shame too, since the show started out as a shining example of one of the richest but least-traversed goofspaces in all of popular culture: Sentimental Fascism.
The SF genre's best exponents were, of course, oak-solid, cedar-hewn Chuck Norris' Walker, Texas Ranger (1993-2001) and the criminally undervalued The District, with Craig T. Nelson as Washington, D.C's chief cop (2000-2004). Norris' Walker walked a fine line between heart-tug subplots (to the distraught Latina slapping masa in a tortilla factory: "I'll see that Jose doesn't join the gang, Mrs. Garcia") and Miranda-busting fuzz-play (warrantless door-kicks a specialty). Nelson's Chief Jack Mannion grew misty around his dog or his single-mom assistant, but played hardball with softie judges, drug lords and his arch-nemesis, a Russky agent named Putin.
What made Blue Bloods such a comer was just what makes the best classic bad TV great: the commitment to craft—the creators' on-time delivery of piping hot clichés of story and dialogue designed to satisfy loopy, often dated assumptions about the desires of the target demo. CBS' 2010 decision to launch a series about a tough, conservative commissioner ("Frank Reagan"!), his dad (an ex-commish who rues the day when bulls had to stop using concealed "sappers" [blackjacks] to crack heads) , two cop sons and assistant-D.A. daughter surely reflects the network's interpretation of the midterm elections as a huge cultural right turn. Clearly, the reasoning must've gone, the lumpenprole now crave a liberal-bashing law-and-order show, just as they did when Walker debuted—during the cultural dustup that presaged the Republicans' 1995 Congressional putsch.
Selleck himself is a laff riot. His toolbox, once overflowing with enough affability and beefcake-lite appeal to power eight seasons of Magnum P.I., now holds just one item: gravitas. The duties of gig, moral grounds-keeping and paterfamilias weigh so heavily on his I-beam shoulders that deep sighs, solemn head-hangs and marathon silences are all he can manage. Those and snippy retorts to his mayor boss—in Season 1 a craven pol (aren't they all?), in 2 a smug black manager who tells Frank that the city's "old, white, Irish-Catholic days are over" and gets smacked with Frank's reply that he, the noble mick, missed out on the benefits of affirmative action and a "community organizer" background. Hoo-boy! Plus, Selleck comes off about as 'New York' as you'd expect a 1962 graduate of Grant High, Sherman Oaks, California, to come off.
The kicks came fast when Blue Bloods debuted. How did we know the Reagans were blue-collar anti-elites? At Frank's pad, kibitzing or enjoying communal Sunday dinners (with offspring a party of 10: those Irish-Catholics!), they drank nothing but beer—out of the bottle. Anti-intellectualism roamed the show like a python, crushing the slightest hint of world knowledge or book-learnin.' College-educated rookie-cop son Jamie was relentlessly tagged "Harvard" by his dese-dem-and-dose sergeant , "Anthony Renzulli" (those kooky dagos!) and by his own older brother, Danny (ex-NKOTBer Donnie Wahlberg, sporting a Howard Devoto liver-slice haircut), who often reminded Jamie "Remember, you're not in Cambridge anymore."
Prosecutor daughter Erin Regan, who at least understood suspects' rights, was routinely pilloried by Danny and daddy Frank ("Why do we bother catching the criminals if you're just gonna let them go?") and her grandfather. Frank's pappy, ex-commissioner Henry Reagan, once berated Erin for pushing her pre-teen daughter onto an "arts" track in school, potentially ruining the Reagans' sprint to a four-generation dynasty.
I tell you, it was rich. But now Blue Bloods has had its edges trimmed and usually resembles a run-of-the-mill procedural, its pro-active mildness besting the bad but unfunny Castle only by degrees. There may yet be hope, though. In a recent episode Sergeant Renzulli , at the apartment of a crime victim, asks her what's playing on her stereo. "Shostakovich," she answers. "Oh," says Renzulli. "Sounds like the guy who makes my vodka!"
Monday, December 26, 2011
Bad TV Beat: 'Blue Bloods'-- Once Riotous Cop Show Misses a Beat
By Gene Sculatti
Posted by gene sculatti at 7:16 PM
1 Comment:
- Daniel W said...
Love this post! More Sculatti on bad TV! I laughed out loud at "deep sighs, solemn head-hangs and marathon silences are all he can manage". Tell "anonymous" to get a sense of humor, jeez.
- December 28, 2011 at 4:19 PM


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Is there anything more ridiculous in the financial services industry than the complicated fee structure of the products?
An outline from a SEC report regarding mutual funds -- (you can stop reading when you get the idea):
"The typical structure for a multiple class fund includes A, B and C class shares, along with an occasional institutional or retirement class. Class A shares often include a high front-end load with a nominal 12b-1 fee. Class B shares have a contingent deferred sales load, plus a large 12b-1 fee. The load decreases with each year in which the investor continues in the fund, until eventually decreasing to zero, typically about 6 years from purchase date. After about 8 years, Class B shares convert to Class A shares, reducing the 12b-1 fee to Class A levels. Class C shares usually have a large 12b-1 fee and a small contingent deferred sales load (1%) that is eliminated after a 1-year holding period."
So Class A is mostly a big front-end sales load -- a 5% hit before you start -- but hey, you only have to pay a small 12b-1 fee (sarcasm). (12b-1 is a fee to re-imburse the fund company for its marketing costs). Class B simply changes the mix of fees and Class C tends to have lower fees -- but only if you hold it long enough and therefore pay the higher dollar amount of fee that accumulates over time. Of course, this all just relates to the expense ratios you pay at the fund level -- it does not yet factor in any incremental fee layering done by intermediaries. The result of all this complexity and the layering is that the end investor who doesn't take the significant time necessary to figure all this out can't possibly determine how much they are paying in fees -- think that is a coincidence?
Below is a sampling of various fee combinations:
Now while you may just laugh at sales loads and other retail investor rip-offs that much of the mutual fund industry has piled on, have you done the actual fund of hedge funds math? In order for a hedge fund (if sold through a fund of funds) to generate a basic 7% return, it needs to gross +13.6%. To get a 25% return, a fully fee'd hedge fund manager would need +38.6%. (Assuming 1+10% on top of 2+20%). Those aren't retail folks buying those -- they are financially sophisticated people.
Back to mutual funds --- if you are an institution investing you do have access to the i Class mutual fund, which is usually not that much different than an ETF fee (ultra-low cost). In fact, the 'i' in the iShares name effectively refers to the fund company offering institutional class fees to the public in the form of an ETF. Still, in order to get an institutional class -- you have to pay some intermediary for the privledge. Or just skip all that and buy ETFs, the breadth of product is aplenty.
While some highlight the fact that ETFs are just a different wrapper -- this skips over a very important point. When you buy a product on an exchange, the only fee the fund company can stick you with is the expense ratio. They have no ability to assess a sales load, or a purchase or redemption fee. It is just the expense ratio -- and then whatever your broker charges you in commission (though this has changed so that many banks and brokers are now zero commission). The point is that the fund company loses power in the ETF structure as the product moves from off-exchange -- to be exchange-traded.
In our view, paying a low fee is just a check-off item, not a decision driver. Don't worry about paying 59 basis pts vs 41 basis pts, it's not important -- that can be the equivalent of 5 mins of trading differential -- like buying at 9:40am rather than 9:45am after an index move of 18 basis pts during that time.
It is however important if its 40 basis pts vs 3.29% (Advisorshares is charging an egregious 3.29% on HDGE, an ETF it markets -- that fee is worse than a lot of mutual funds).
Don't get us wrong, anyone doing a good job is worth a material fee -- including a number of mutual fund and hedge fund managers. But that said, never forget that the fees you pay are a direct dollar-for-dollar hit to your returns. The more fee-layering, the higher the hurdle-rate to getting the return you seek.
Feb 08, 2012 20:54
Excellent article. I really like the part were you explain how the name iShares was named so.
Feb 08, 2012 09:42
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Pretty In Pink
The 80's decade had the best of everything.
I lived in my own little Duran Duran world and rocked the big hair glam look like no other. I was a site with my black painted nails and uni brow (tweezers were not invented yet).
And in the middle of that decade (February of 1986) the movie Pretty In Pink was released.
And my hopeless romantic heart is still aching for the High School love story of Andie, the girl from the wrong side of the tracks to Blane, the popular, good looking and rich boy from the right side of the tracks.
Today, I am going to watch all my favorite Pretty in Pink moments on You Tube. And this weekend, I am going to share this movie with all my nutter butters. They in for a treat!
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