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This weekend my car battery died. It was a sad event because I had not planned to do any automotive repairs in my schedule or budget. However, most tragedies are unplanned and unanticipated. They simply happen. Fortunately, the car whose battery died is not my wife's, nor my, main mode of transportation; it is a backup vehicle. So the consequences of the tragedy were averted temporarily. But my reflection on the situation was not.
What a wondrous 400 cubic inches a car battery can be! Within those six battery cells is enough power to engage a starter motor and provide spark to begin the process of an internal combustion engine. When properly connected to the electrical system the battery is recharged while serving as the route for electrical current to lights, gauges, radio and speakers, and even the electrical fuel pump! Most of the time the car battery is unseen, undisturbed, uninspected.
But when trouble comes, it is usually not accidental. Lights are left switched on, a wire has a short and continues to draw current away from the battery, or the alternator fails to charge. We act surprised when we turn the key or push the starting button and nothing happens. The sound we hear may mimic a weak rattle or be absolutely still. The battery needs help to function. We connect the battery to another car that is running or perhaps place it on a charging unit converting household AC current to the battery's DC current. After a few seconds or minutes the vehicle storms to life with a roar! We are ready to go again for days, weeks, months and even years. The problem is solved and the battery drops off our conscious checklist, or so we think.
That didn't happen this weekend. The first time there was noise. The process of charging took place and the battery's life was renewed. But when I went out to check it again, the car was silent. No open door chime with the key in the ignition, no interior lights, nothing. Dead, dead, dead! The battery could no longer hold the life giving charge and dispense it when needed. It was burnt out.
That is when the reflective side of my personality sprang into motion. Our spiritual lives are like the battery. We have within ourselves a life giving force that can start a more complex system operating. Yet, vital to our ongoing function is a crisp connection to a recharging system. Connections must be in place, corrosion free, and inspected from time to time. But as long as the complex system functions, we give little time or thought to the inner life giving spirit. Until it is too late!
Recently pastoral burnout has been flagged by my sensory perception modes: ears and eyes. In conversations and reading this acute problem has been emphasized. I came to realize that burnout-like a dead battery-is not really all that unanticipated. The overuse of the stored energy by lights left on-or critical comments by parishioners, the corrosion of cables-habits of the old self that have not been addressed, the long periods of time between usage-failures to retreat and rest-all these lead to pastoral burnout.
Perhaps the most detrimental element to a growing, thriving spiritual life comes in the form of corrosion. The points of contact between the energy giving spirit and the means by which that energy is transmitted are not fully and clearly in touch with one another. This corrosion can come in the age-old cardinal sins—pride, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, and lust—or in the modern packaging of addiction: prescription narcotic drugs, recreational drugs, pornography, or alcohol. Whatever the source the corrosion still impacts the spiritual energy in one's life. As long as the addiction or cardinal sin is permitted to exist it will congregate at the primary point for connection and decrease the spiritual power transmitted into one's life. Corrosion must be battled through constant inspection and cleaning. This can consist of confession as well as seeking an outside party to inspect and probe one's life and practices.
A second problem arises when the spiritual power is drained on a frequent basis through misuse. As when lights are left on when not needed so, too, the constant drain of ministry without a source of regeneration leaves the body and soul in need of a strong, long, slow charge. A series of these battery draining events will damage the person's ability to receive and store the energy available. The ministry they value to the detriment of their health will be short lived.
Spiritual Formation is a conscious decision to care for the battery that is my soul. While a battery does have a standard functional life, that term can be greatly shortened by misuse, or perhaps prolonged through proper care. Just as a damaged battery can have collateral damage for other electrical components, a weak and damaged soul can inflict wounds in unimaginable locations. The question is whether a person will be proactive in nurturing their soul's energy level or reactive when the damage is made manifest.
One thing is clear from my episode this weekend; if you haven't serviced your battery in seven years, you have not been giving it much attention!!
FYI: This incident occurred in September 2015.


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In this essay we shall discuss creating a libertarian revolutionary movement to spread across the world. This Worldwide Libertarian Revolution will only come about through enlightenment,education and in some places outright revolution. What does this mean for the people of our little planet? What this revolution will accomplish is the destruction of statism and the reorganization of the world's nation states into libertarian societies. This task will not be easy, but no revolution is. The American and French Revolutions caused tremendous upheaval in both Europe and America, causing people to reject the domination of their rulers and attempt to create new and improved societies. Both revolutions paved the way for the modern world,injecting classical liberal ideas and a belief that man was fit for self government. Although classical liberalism was the start of libertarian thought, we must take what over 200 years of history and statism have taught us and move beyond the past, striving to create a truly free world. Let us begin.
Abolition of Nation States
Don't panic. I am not advocating world government, but instead the destruction of the current socio-political statist climates in the nations around the world. To do this, each "nation state" must be reorganized into a libertarian society. To do this, a broad based libertarian revolutionary movement must be created and cultivated in every nation. Of course, each nation has it's different cultures and one must frame a libertarian society within many of those confines, but I believe all people deep in their hearts yearn for liberty. To activate this instinct we must focus on the destruction of the statist system within each country. First, we must educate the masses that all human beings possess natural rights. These rights consist of the right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. They also consist of the right to live your life as you see fit as long as you do not violate or infringe on the rights of others to do the same. One must be free from artificial rules imposed by the state that are meant to control people who are engaged in peaceful activities. Such activities include who you have sexual relations with, where you live, where and what type of work you do, how you spend your money, who you choose to associate with or not associate with , etc. To free the minds of people we must create a revolutionary libertarian movement that replaces existing statist societies. Once these movements are created, we must unite these groups and organizations that can pressure statist governments. This pressure should come about by elections, voting, protests, demostrations, the use of libertarian propaganda on the airwaves and TV,handbills and pamphlets, and other arts of revolution. Statists must see and hear the voice of the masses against their governments and must be shown that the people will not tolerate despotism any more. Of course, some statist governments will react by banning free speech, freedom of association, freedom of the press and will probably suspend free elections and impose martial law. When this happens, the people will be propelled into armed revolution. The statists must feel the weight of the people and pay the price for their tyranny.
These revolutionary organizations should be spread out throughtout the land. A system
based upon the voluntary organizations in both the American and French Revolutions are a good example. Committees of Correspondence, Safety, and what I would call a Committee of Liberty. This last committee would be responsible for libertarian propaganda, and philosophical ideals. The committee would bring the radical libertarian philosophy and the ideals of the classical liberals together. It would revive the Anglo-American radical tradition. This tradition, beginning with the Magna Carta in 1215, and it's subequent offspring consisting of the English Levellers, Lockean liberalism, American revolutionaries and the ideals of Thomas Paine and the ideals of Left Libertarian thought. All tyrannical laws must be opposed and protested. We must organize the movement to oppose all taxes, regulations, imperialistic wars, and the growing surveillence state. Statist rulers need to know that the people will not tolerate the destruction of their liberties. Communication between the lovers of liberty around the globe will need to be created. People of different cultures, religions, and nations will need to work together and unite against statism in each and every country.
Most importantly the Military-Industrial Complex must be dismantled and mothballed. The Peace for the World and the future of freedom requires it.
A Libertarian world, a world of libertarian societies would be the nearest thing to a political paradise. Imagine, a world of Libertarian Republics whose only motivations would be peace, honest commerce, and the furtherance of enlightenment throughout humanity. There would be no need for war, mass poverty and decay would recede as free market systems and free individuals would strive to make the world a better place. Am I asking for Utopia? Of course not. Utopia is not an option and does not exist among fallible human beings. Instead of Utopia, lets strive for freedom, and with it will come the rest. Once this is achieved the state will wither away just as Karl Marx predicted. This withering away will not be a result of socialistic statism, whether right or left, but by leaving people to be free.
A Left Libertarian Community
A Left Libertarian community must be established. People must be free to form voluntary social organizations and societies. Free market ideas along with free commerce and exchange between individuals will melt away centuries of corrosive statism and the tyrannical, stifling culture of domination politics. Civil society will flourish and a social intercourse of peace and freedom will be engraved on hearts of humanity. Left Libertarianism and worldwide libertarian revolution are the only ways to change our world for the better. It may take many, many decades or even centuries, but if the human spirit has a flame of liberty left in it, we can start now.
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Worldwide Libertarian Revolution
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- Carlos Méndez said...
Excellent Blog!!
Best Regards from Colombia, South America. Libertarians are everywhere in the world and we are growing.
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The Sacrament of Baptism in Worship (2017)
Baptism is a generally undervalued resource for spiritual growth and maturity. God has provided a visible picture of salvation through the blood of Jesus Christ, which is symbolized by the water. The benefits of baptism do not cease after the sign has been applied, but they continue on throughout the Christian life. Regaining a healthy view of the grace in view in the sacrament of baptism will be exceedingly useful in the Christian church, and will help Christians to be constantly reminded of the forgiveness and life they have in Christ Jesus.
The Recipients and Mode of Baptism - Dr. Ryan McGraw
The History of Baptism - Dr. Douglas Kelly
The Usefulness of Baptism - Dr. Ryan McGraw
Q & A with Dr. Kelly and Dr. McGraw
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Will Facebook at Work work?
Last week, Facebook launched Facebook At Work, its latest attempt to bring the social network into the enterprise business mainstream. Cue lots of commentators prophesying doom for the likes of LinkedIn as the social networking behemoth pushed into the world of work.
On a closer look, LinkedIn shouldn't be too worried, as Facebook At Work is more about collaboration and sharing inside an organisation, rather than looking for new jobs outside the office. In fact it is more of a rival for the likes of Yammer and Huddle.
The other point to note is that this isn't the first time that Facebook has tried to embrace the enterprise. Back in January 2011, Mark Zuckerberg launched BranchOut, then touted as a rival for LinkedIn. This built a network on top of your Facebook contacts and aimed to find and match you with job opportunities. BranchOut seems to be still going, but is now billed as "letting people capture and share everyday moments in the workplace through photos, news and updates." While it claims 30 million users, compare that to the 300m+ who have profiles on LinkedIn.
The other factor to bear in mind is the notorious difficulty of getting mainstream workers to adopt collaboration tools, no matter how compelling the user interface or functionality. I remember trying to introduce an intranet into a relatively small organisation and just giving up as no-one wanted to use it, despite the benefits it brought.
So why is Facebook trying again? I can see three benefits for the company – though at least one of them has nothing to do with work……….
1. Add more subscribers
Facebook claims over 24 million active daily users in the UK. This sounds impressive, but that is less than half the population. Obviously some of these holdouts are children, but I'd guess that a fair number are actually the very workers that Facebook At Work is aimed at. While you can keep your Work and personal Facebook accounts separate, I'm sure the company is hoping that a fair proportion of those using the platform in the office will be seduced into setting up a profile for out of hours use. So the social network will get an influx of new members, with the corresponding demographic data and potential revenues that this adds.
2. Easy to use interface
As I've said getting workers to use collaboration tools can be like pulling hen's teeth. But for those already on Facebook I wager that the new At Work interface won't be very different, encouraging its adoption. This, rather than functionality, will probably be the strongest selling point, when Facebook starts encouraging business use.
3. Spoiling for a fight
While LinkedIn has been successful in many areas, there's still a huge opportunity in the market. LinkedIn members at present tend to be in professional roles, with a large part of the world of work un-networked. The company itself realises this and is adding a wider range of job ads for roles such as checkout operators and delivery drivers, often directly linked from employer's websites. Coming from the personal social network space, Facebook believes it can also fill this gap, with the first step being to get within the enterprise and cosy up to HR people through bridgehead initiatives such as At Work.
The benefits for Facebook are clear, but with the network effect being less important for businesses, I'm not sure what the advantages are for the enterprise. Worries about the confidentiality of documents have already been raised, and it would take some strong policing to avoid people slacking off and reading their personal Facebook timelines rather than collaborating internally. Watch this space to see if Facebook can move into the enterprise at its second attempt.
January 21, 2015 Posted by Chris Measures | Creative, Social Media | collaboration, Facebook, HR, Huddle, LinkedIn, Mark Zuckerberg, Measures Consulting, recruitment, Social network, Yammer | Leave a comment
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1. Re: Coherence 184.108.40.206 on RHEL7Ryan Lubke-Oracle Jan 24, 2020 5:58 PM (in response to nb417)1 person found this helpful
Please see the OS recommendations [1]. In short, as long as the minimum recommendations are met, you should be okay.
[1] https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E24290_01/coh.371/e22838/deploy_checklist.htm#COHAG307
2. Re: Coherence 18.104.22.168 on RHEL7nb417 Jan 24, 2020 7:45 PM (in response to Ryan Lubke-Oracle)
Thanks a lot Ryan


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Doc Rivers and the Celtics break camp this week, and they will do so with a fresh batch of players ready to make a run at another NBA championship.
While the usual suspects of Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo and Kevin Garnett return to take another shot at winning it all, some new faces will also be on the C's bench in 2012-13.
Newcomers Jason Terry and Courtney Lee will be counted on to complement Avery Bradley and Jeff Green at shooting guard, while draft picks Fab Melo and Jared Sullinger could support a new-look frontcourt that should see the Celtics much improved from last year.
With all the pieces they need to be successful, the task that remains for the C's will be finding a way to make them all fit together. That's what they will be focusing on now.
NESN.com NBA writer Ben Watanabe stopped by the podcast to discuss the Celtics' upcoming plans with NESN Nation's Dan Duquette. Listen in the player below or subscribe on iTunes to download it there.


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Last Melbourne Cup, there were two horses that died as a direct result of the race. one from a massive heart failure, and one from a broken leg when a spectator waved a flag which spooked the horse. These animals are flighty at the best of times, and race horses are bred to be highly spirited. So they spook easier than a two year old at Halloween.
|A Palamino and her foal. The beauty of a horse is plain to see.
I fought back tears as I read the newspaper articles about the death of these two beautiful animals. I felt impotent. I felt hurt. I felt as if nobody cared. What sort of species are we humans that we don't care? It made me want to write a novel where we all die and animals take over the planet, but that's a form of running away. It would do nothing to tackle the issue.
|Horse and jockey injured during a race. Guess which one gets euthanized if bones are broken?
I don't know how many times I've sat at a table with friends or strangers and the conversation has turned to something topical and everyone has a good old rant and then...nothing. Nothing is done but a lot of complaining and whining and hoping that somebody out there will do something. I call this the Superman syndrome, some poor sod always waiting for someone else to come along and fix the problems of the world.
Anyway, I decided to write letters to a few local newspapers and few national ones. I wrote a piece on Facebook and received supportive comments. I receive one response from a person in the racing industry who stated they loved the horses and were devastated about the deaths. Of course they are. And I'm being very cynical here, but when your cash-cow drops dead it's natural to be devastated.
I was totally surprised to receive a phone call from someone who had read one of the articles. Don't ask me how she tracked down my phone number but if you're going to act like the sheriff you have to be prepared to wear the badge. She called to say that she'd read the article and was so pleased to read it, and that more people should stand up against animal cruelty.
The interesting part of this conversation was that she said, "it's pity nothing can be done to change this industry, too many people are making too much money off it. One person can't make a difference, but thank you for writing the letter."
The other interesting part of this conversation was that she then went on to counter her own remark by saying, "Actually, we have changed the way industry works. We've now got free range eggs. The live trade export has undergone changes as a result of protests. Well, you keep going and good on you. I hope something can come of this letter."
And this is why books like To Kill A Mockingbird, Animal Farm, and The Hunger Games are so important to read. These books act like the mirror to which humanity judges itself. There's no point running around telling people they're doing something wrong. They just won't change. You have to get them to want to change.
The Hunger Games highlights the line that is there to be crossed, it lights it up like the emergency strips on an aircraft, and the real test of human strength is whether we cross that line.
For example, my dog loves to run. You should see her on the beach. She gets an energy spurt and just goes nuts. It's funny to watch. Anyone else on the beach gets a kick out of it, too. But there is a line that I will never cross. I would never think to myself, people enjoy watching her run. I should train her, let people watch, and charge them money. Then, in order to train my dog I'll tie her to my car because other dogs will want to compete - more competitors equals more bums on seats equals more money - and she needs to be the winner.
You might think that's a far-fetched concept, but it's not. Dog racing, circus animals, horse racing, bear baiting, these are all forms of entertainment. They're cruel and unnecessary and humans do not benefit from it. There's nothing "sport" about it, there's certainly nothing educational. The strange thing is that many of us know right from wrong, we've just become so used to letting our justice system decide the difference between the two.
So when a book like The Hunger Games comes along, we start to question if such a world is possible and debate about the morality of such a world. Could we send people - teens or adults - into a ring to fight to the death for our entertainment?
No? Why not? It's been done before in the Roman coliseums. It's probably still going on in some seedy part of the globe.
Another perfect example, and one that takes on a literal sense of holding that mirror, is Snow White. The evil queen asks the magic mirror each day who is the fairest of them all. And each day the mirror replies that she is. Until one day, it decides that it has told the evil queen enough lies and now is the time to tell her the truth that indeed there is someone fairer than her. I love how only the mirror can make her see the truth.
Books often act like mirrors. To Kill a Mockingbird holds the mirror up for us to see that racism was rampart in the court system. The Hunger Games holds the mirror up for us to see that there are lines that can be crossed when it comes to entertainment.
Writing can change the world. As the saying goes, the pen is mightier than the sword.
By the way, if you wish to support an organisation against animal cruelty there are plenty to choose from in your country or around the world. These are just a few:
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Not one to accept being put into a box, D L Richardson writes speculative fiction for anyone who likes a twist in their tale. She now has six books published and is working on an apocalyptic series and a dystopian novel.


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Invasion Force
Invasion Force (catalog number 26-1906) was one of the first action games Radio Shack published for the TRS‑80 Model I. It was written by Robert Arnstein and introduced in 1979 on cassette for a price of $14.95. There never was a disk version of Invasion Force.
Invasion Force was very similar to Trek-80, a game for the Sol-20 computer that was probably also written by Robert Arnstein.
Talking Eliza
Eliza (catalog number 26-1908), also known as Talking Eliza, was a TRS‑80 Model I and Model III implementation of Dr. Joseph Weizenbaum's famous ELIZA program. It was introduced by Radio Shack in 1979 for a price of $14.95. Eliza was written by Robert A. Arnstein and was licensed to Radio Shack through his company, Device Oriented Games. One unusual feature of the program was its ability to speak its responses using Radio Shack's TRS‑80 Voice Synthesizer, hence the name Talking Eliza.


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Saudi Arabia plans to buy 84 new F-15s along with some 72 UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters, defense officials tell Bloomberg. Navy Vice Admiral Jeffrey Wieringa, director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), said Congress will be notified of the sale in the next couple of months.
We reported on the pending sale last September; Boeing reps told us then that the sale would most likely be the F-15SG configuration, an advanced version of the F-15E fitted with Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar and a third generation Lockheed Martin SNIPER targeting pod.
Pentagon sources told us the sale had been held up at the State Department by concerns over maintaining Israel's qualitative military edge (QME) over its Arab neighbors. The Obama administration wants to sell advanced military hardware to the Saudis to counter Iran's growing power. Since U.S. military aid to Israel is specifically intended to maintain that QME, and since the U.S. is also such a large supplier to the Saudis, it's always a political dance when making sales to either countries.


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It would actually be nice to be able to add a "closure" on the map and the reason why it is there so that potential future editor can see why a change was made and when it is due to change back.
But then it would also be nice to win a multi roll over Euro-millions lottery!
I suspect the latter will happen sooner!
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Top 5 Photo Editing Apps
1. VSCO Cam
VSCO Cam is my all time favourite. The perfect way to edit and apply filters to your images. It has been one of the first photo apps I have used since I started getting serious with perfecting my photos.
2. FaceTune
FaceTune is perfect to bump up exposure for your photos. I usually use this with under exposed photos and it is great for one time edit. It's also great for whiten walls that have a slight yellow cast. This app is great for flatlays with white walls.
3. ColorStory
ColorStory is really similar to VSCO Cam. It has more modern, bright filters to use. It also has special effects such as flare, bokeh and many more for those outdoor photos.
4. Snapseed
Snapseed is great for more advance editing. I love using Snapseed for their Selective tool which you can select areas to add more brightness, contrast, etc.
5. InstaPlace
InstaPlace is perfect for the travel enthusiast. You can apply location/travel filters to your images. It's perfect to save the date and location of your photo while looking super chic on your Instagram!
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About the workshop
During your doctoral training you are likely to read hundreds of papers. How can you do so efficiently, extracting what you need to shape your research and inform your writing? That is what this workshop is about.
This workshop (previously titled 'Critical Reading') will reveal there is no single way to read a research paper. It depends on your purpose, your familiarity with the subject matter, and your level of experience. Your ability to analyse the structure, style and other features of a publication – whether a research paper, review article or some other communication – is also key to developing your own academic writing.
The course is run by Dr Trevor Day, a professional writer, trainer and writing coach. Trevor has helped hundreds of university students and staff to read and write more effectively. The course explores the strategies to read critically and more efficiently, and includes tips on how to organise your reading to match your purpose. There are practical exercises and opportunities for questions and answers, which lead on to how to extract information and ideas to incorporate into your writing.
Researcher Development Framework (RDF)
This workshop addresses the following RDF subdomains:
- Knowledge base (A1): information seeking, information literacy and management, and academic literacy
- Cognitive abilities (A2): analysing, synthesising, critical thinking and evaluating
- Creativity (A3): argument construction
- Professional conduct (C1): IPR, copyright and attribution
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course you should be able, or better able, to:
- decide whether a paper is worth reading and, if so, how best to do so
- apply your understanding of the reading process to make your academic reading more flexible and efficient
- evaluate the worth of your own and other people's writing
- extract information and ideas from a paper, quickly and efficiently, and record and compare them with other sources of information
- begin to apply strategies and techniques to enhance your reading and increase your productivity
Speaker profiles
Dr Trevor Day
Dr Trevor Day is a writing specialist, with a research and teaching background in science and social sciences. He is author of Success in Academic Writing (Palgrave Macmillan) and has written many books, research articles, review papers, and newspaper and magazine articles, in different genres.
Who should attend
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Luis Hernandez
Luis Hernandez is an award-winning journalist and host whose career spans three decades in cities across the U.S. He's the host of WLRN's newest daily talk show, Sundial (Mon-Thu), and the news anchor every afternoon during All Things Considered.
Luis joined the WLRN newsroom in 2014, and he's no stranger to life in South Florida. He is a true Florida kid. He grew up in Palm Beach County, spent Hurricane Andrew in a closet in Doral, and has spent almost 40 years as a resident of the Sunshine State.
Before arriving at WLRN, Luis spent four years at KNPR in Las Vegas, as the host of the daily talk program, State of Nevada. While there, he worked to increase the station's reach within the Hispanic community. He covered the 2012 presidential election from "Sin City," as well as environmental issues, immigration policy, and the recovery from the 2008 housing disaster.
While working at WUFT, he mentored students from the University of Florida's celebrated journalism program. He has spent roughly 14 years now in public broadcasting.
Before entering the realm of public radio, Luis worked in news and sports for Clear Channel Communications in Miami, West Palm Beach, and Jacksonville. He also spent two years in television at LeSea Broadcasting in Denver, Colorado.
When he's not behind the mic or on the phone with sources, he spends his free time trying to finish his "great American novel."


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Worlds Apart: Orientalism, Antifeminism, and Heresy in Chaucer's Man of Law's Tale
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Worlds Apart: Orientalism, Antifeminism, and Heresy in Chaucer's Man of Law's Tale Although the Man of Law's Tale comes fifth in the order of the Canterbury Tales in all but one manuscript, readers often detect something initiatory about this performance. The Host's astronomical calculation of date and time in the Introduction to the tale sounds like a "new beginning" to Derek Pearsall, and Cooper speculates that the Introduction, which implies that the story-telling has not yet begun, may once have stood at the head of all the tales, following the General Prologue. Cooper also finds that the lawyer's tale of Custance, the Christian missionary bride, "certainly makes a new start": after the ever more sexually active women of the first fragment comes the saintly Emperor's daughter ... [;] after the vagaries of Fortune and the frenzied human disorder of the preceding tales comes a story that insists throughout on the providential control of events. V. A. Kolve has also written on the initiatory nature of the Man of Law's tale, arguing, as does Cooper, that it provides the overall work "a new beginning": in contrast to the secular romance and bawdy fabliaux that constitute the first four tales told by the Knight, Miller, Reeve, and Cook, the austere story of Custance's trials and tribulations reorients the direction of the Canterbury Tales, heading it for the first time towards its pilgrimage goal. In Kolve's view, the Man of Law's tale encodes a Chaucerian "self-correction," a kind of interim palinode before the final Retraction, which serves the end of "clarification and renewal--for the communitas as much as for the individual Christian soul." As Chaucer's spokesperson, Kolve's Man of Law rallies the faithful by presenting them the narrative of Custance's spiritual journey to emulate in their own travel to Canterbury. The reading I shall develop here also detects something new and initiatory about the Man of Law's tale, but proceeds from my perception of a different kind of novelty in the narrative: the story of Custance ...read more.
Gower's narrator, Genius, however, characterizes his tale in advance as moral exemplum, not as history or biography. Genius terms the Constance narrative a "tale of gret entendement" (CA 2.584) and offers it as an example of correct behavior in response to envy and detraction. He too begins the tale with reference to Constance's early years in Rome, but truncates the discussion of sources and focusses instead on the worthiness of Constance's father, the emperor Tiberius Constantius, and Constance's own good name, setting the stage for the attacks by Envy and Backbiting in the guise of the two evil mothers. Unlike Trevet and Genius, whose first episodes feature Constance, the Man of Law initially ignores her, casting his opening focus instead upon the group of Syrian merchants that has travelled to the Christian community of Rome either for business or leisure ("for chapmanhood or for disport," II.143). Whatever the merchants' motivation, their passage from Syria to Rome is unremarkable, historically no doubt a commonplace occurrence given the physical proximity of the two Mediterranean locations. Their merchandise ("chaffare," II.138) may be novel, but in themselves the merchants evoke little curiosity. In fact, the Man of Law goes out of his way--beyond Trevet and Gower-- to underline the extent to which the Syrians exhibit western values and attitudes. He observes that the merchants are not merely rich and successful, but trustworthy and honest ("sadde and trewe," II.135). These are indeed good men, as seen through western eyes. Like Mandeville, the Man of Law searches for commonalities; at least at the outset of his tale, he makes no mention of the cultural and religious differences--the disparitas cultus--between Syrians and Romans. Instead, the Man of Law works to establish the closeness, both geographically and culturally, between the two as his opening act. His next move is to recount how these merchants come to learn of Custance's reputation for goodness and beauty and carry word of it back to their ruler, the sultan. ...read more.
Neither the sultaness nor Donegild slays Custance, for the obvious reason that her absence would halt the tale. At the same time, however, one might observe in this narrative pattern the interdependence of the female characters as the Man of Law situates them. In their "mannishness," their transgressive proximity to man, the sultaness and Donegild provide patriarchal interests justification for creating and venerating the figure of Custance, the clearly distanced female Other. The former figure, the virago, is used to promote the establishment of the latter, and while both the sultaness and Donegild are eventually eradicated from the narrative, the rhetoric of proximity might readily supply a host of substitutes, beginning with Eve, to continue justifying a Custance. VI My interpretation of the Man of Law's narrative as a cautionary fable of transgressive proximity suggests a way of reading the disputed Epilogue to the tale. As I shall argue here in conclusion, this endlink mimics the tale proper and performs its own corrective act of resituation. Having heard the lawyer's tale of unseen enemies who lurk nearby, the Host and the Shipman join forces to echo its narrative dynamic: they fabricate yet a third type of transgressor within their ranks and then silence him. In the Epilogue to the Man of Law's tale, Harry Bailly turns to the Parson and "for Goddes bones" (II.1166) requests of him the next tale. The Parson rebukes Harry for swearing so sinfully, and the Host, alluding to the aversion to oaths among Lollards, retorts with a charge of heresy: "I smelle a Lollere in the wynd" (II.1173). Although Harry is prepared to entertain a performance by "this Lollere" (II.1177), the Shipman is not. "`That shal he nat!' / Seyd the Shipman, `Heer schal he nat preche"' (II.1178-79). The Shipman blocks the Parson's tale on the grounds that this heretic Lollard might corrupt the faithful. Although Lollardy, an actual heresy in canon law, and Islam, popularly regarded as heretical in spite of Church law to the contrary, were perceived as distinct, nevertheless Harry's accusation of the Parson seems more than casually related to the Man of Law's narrative. ...read more.
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Improving checks and balances to make the sector thrive.
Click here to read the Alaco article in Investment Week.
If nothing else the cryptocurrency sector has been a prodigious source of memes, hashtags and catchphrases, having spawned a unique subculture, writes Henry Burrows, co-founder of Alaco Analytics. Yet with greater investment, talent and expertise flooding the market, digital assets are being dragged into the mainstream.
What was once the domain of dark web marketplaces and cyberpunks is now firmly in the sights of big corporate firms; juggernauts such as Facebook, AT&T and Amazon now all have digital tokens firmly in their sights.
To (perhaps unfairly) borrow from Winston Churchill: this is not the end of crypto, this is simply the end of the beginning. The next phase of the evolution of all things blockchain is about to begin.
Crypto assets face EU-wide regulation
One of the more noticeable signs is the shifting nature of discourse since 2017. Famously castigated by JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon in 2017 as a "fraud" that would eventually blow up, digital assets are now being talked up as a game-changer for the world's leading banking institutions - seen, according to press reports, as a cheaper,
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Government bodies and working groups are also being formed to devise 'best practice' guidelines, while institutions, exchanges and custodians are working to create more robust compliance architecture.
Eventually, even Dimon was forced to retract his remarks when JP Morgan announced the creation of its own settlement coin in February 2019.
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This is a sign the sector is maturing. And yet, despite the progress, one essential part of the puzzle is yet to fall into place: regulation.
A persistent argument against investing in cryptocurrencies has been the heightened risk stemming from the lack of any unified regulatory government framework.
This view is not wrong; fraud remains and investors are being scammed in ever-increasing numbers. According to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), crypto-asset scams last year in the UK more than tripled, with total losses to retail investors exceeding £25m.
There are all manner of explanations for the high levels of fraud - from poor security to just plain bad luck, and even the fact that a transnational regulatory response is actually extremely tough to get right.
FCA: 'Get rich quick' crypto investors do not understand the asset
But in reality, what allows such schemes to go unchecked is a lack of any meaningful oversight.
An interesting but unfortunate offshoot to all of this has, in the past, been a lackadaisical attitude towards due diligence by some in the market, and a perception that basic compliance is an option rather than a necessity.
Of late, there have been moves to bridge this gap. Alongside the influx of new money since 2018 has come a push for more rigorous checks and greater transparency in the fundraising process.
This, coupled with a crackdown in the US on unregistered token offerings, has almost entirely scuppered the wild west of the Initial Coin Offering market.
One reaction has been to devise new fundraising methods in the form of securitised token (and initial exchange) offerings.
Both, however, are in their infancy and have yet to be fully endorsed by regulatory authorities, who continue to sit on the sidelines formulating, writing and then rewriting their own game plans.
Nonetheless, the recent pivot towards more mainstream compliance practices has driven a broader awareness of the need for better scrutiny in crypto-assets.
In some corners, this appears to be a genuine effort to self-regulate while governments work out the best direction of travel; in others it has led to a proliferation of financial services buzzwords, with only scant thought for implementation or the bigger integrity picture.
One term being thrown around with abandon is KYC (Know Your Customer), a standard financial services acronym used to denote the need to identify a customer through verification of certain personal criteria.
Token white papers and initial offering documents brim with references to KYC, as well as AML (anti-money laundering) and CTF (counter-terrorist financing).
Keen to prove their legitimacy and compliance credentials, it has become the latest big thing in digital assets, often pitched as the answer to all your compliance issues.
KYC creates the critical foundations for robust compliance, but on its own it tackles only part of the problem.
Having someone's name, address and date of birth is not going to put the brakes on misconduct, nor can you set much store by it as an effective anti-corruption tool.
But what it can do is provide a level of comfort regarding counterparties, and afford some degree of recourse should things go wrong.
Due diligence
Where heightened risks are identified, however, the sector must ultimately turn to more robust methods of due diligence.
In some cases, firms are utilising global compliance databases to tackle those tricky AML issues. But these findings are often short on context, and can in some cases be proven through closer scrutiny to be incorrect.
In response to this, financial services long ago turned to enhanced due diligence (EDD), a well-trodden and critical part of pre-transaction criteria for banks and investment houses.
EDD, as it is commonly known, is deployed to obtain insight beyond the headline risks attached to a potential counterparty.
Essentially, it is used to gather intelligence on the veracity of an issue and its wider context - critical, some would argue, for appropriate risk assessment.
In other words, a red flag need not spell the end of a commercial relationship if you can demonstrate sufficient steps towards mitigating the concerns attached to it.
That is not to say that it is necessary for each transaction or customer onboarding. It should only be used in situations where a heightened risk is apparent, or where sizeable transactions require closer examination.
But deploying such measures has obvious benefits. ot only would it strengthen internal compliance controls.
Over the longer term, it would help to chip away at those negative perceptions of the crypto sector. More to the point, it would sit well with regulators when they eventually get their act together.
This is serious stuff and a far cry from where crypto started a decade ago.
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Suddenly the fund industry is talking about liquidity – or lack of.
Most investors will have read about Woodford Investment Management's well-publicised challenges around managing redemptions, which led to the suspension of dealing in one of the company's funds. Then last Tuesday we read about Morningstar suspending the rating on a bond fund managed by H2O, citing concerns over the "liquidity of certain bonds". H2O have since challenged these concerns, although investors and regulators are increasingly asking questions of their asset managers around liquidity risks.
In my own area – the corporate bond market – liquidity is something we spend a lot of time thinking about. In January I spoke on this topic at a leading bond market conference and published a paper titled Beating the liquidity freeze in bond markets.
To summarise my argument, since the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2008 we have seen reduced bond market liquidity. There are two main reasons for this:
- The greater regulatory scrutiny of banks' balance sheets following the crisis has had an inverse (and material) impact on the appetite of those institutions to hold bond inventory (and thus provide liquidity for the market); and
- Consolidation within the asset management industry has led to a greater concentration of holders (of individual bonds), which has increased the risk of liquidity bottlenecks in times of stress.
I argued in my January paper that central bank QE programmes have to some degree mitigated these risks, and indeed acted to support liquidity. However, the extent to which QE will alleviate the corporate bond liquidity conundrum on any longer-term view is, by definition, limited.
One of the (unintended) consequences of a price-insensitive buyer of corporate bonds (the central banks) has been to compress credit spreads, lower volatility and increasingly push the client base into the arms of a passive industry offering the allure of lower fees. The proliferation of passive bond funds – all seeking to construct essentially identical portfolios that mirror an index of limited size – will ultimately only exacerbate the liquidity problems in the corporate bond market.
So if we accept this is an issue and that it's here to stay, how should we protect the consumer?
We argue that active management is the answer – with liquidity a key consideration within the investment process.
Quantitative tools can form a valuable part of any liquidity assessment. However, the reality is that liquidity is a fickle beast that does not readily conform to scientific analysis. Mathematical models cannot entirely substitute for experience and market knowledge. A careful assessment of an individual bond (and by extension its impact on an overall portfolio) should form part of every investment decision.


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Similar to your primary care physician, your dentist is your go-to doctor for all of your oral health needs and questions. If you need to have heart surgery, your primary care physician will refer you to a cardiologist.The same with General Dentists, they not only manage your oral health, but also refer you to Specialists for further care when necessary. They can do many procedures such as preventative care, checkups and cleanings, fillings and root canals, but are they also able to perform dental surgery? In certain dental practices you can receive both general dentistry and specialized dental procedures from specialists as well.
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A dentist who has completed additional post graduate course work and training in specific fields is considered a specialist. They complete many hours of observation and practice under supervision before performing these oral surgeries on patients of their own. Most regular dentists are able to perform several of these procedures in their own offices, but may refer you to see an additional doctor if the case is more complex and this would benefit your long term care.
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Dear Friends,
We are writing to encourage you to contribute to the ICSA Nan Lin Graduate Student Paper Award Fund in the honor of Dr. Nan Lin. The fund will be used to reward young scholars engaging in innovative research on Chinese societies. Our fundraising target is $20,000.
Dr. Nan Lin is Oscar L. Tang Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Duke University. As a world-renowned and highly respected sociologist, he has published substantive seminal work and mentored multiple generations of scholars in and beyond the research field of Chinese societies for about five decades. He especially played a vital role in the rebirth of sociology in China in the late 1970s, and has made significant contributions to the development of sociology in the Greater China region.
Dr. Nan Lin is also the founder and the inaugural President of the North American Chinese Sociologists Association (NACSA) from 1981 to 1990, which was renamed as the International Chinese Sociological Association (ICSA) in spring 2018. The Board of ICSA unanimously approved to rename the "Graduate Student Paper Award" as the "Nan Lin Graduate Student Paper Award" in spring 2018. The rationale for this change is to recognize Nan's pioneer and significant contributions to the association and to the research area on Chinese societies, and to inspire the research endeavors of future generations of young scholars working on Chinese societies.
Annually the ICSA Graduate Student Paper Award Committee selects one graduate student paper and announces the award at the dinner of the ICSA annual conference. The ICSA Nan Lin Graduate Student Paper Award Fund will be used to recognize and reward emerging young scholars in the study of Chinese societies through a cash prize of 500 USD. ICSA will use the fund as the principal to yield bank interests to pay for the cash prize.
To reach the fundraising goal in Dr. Nan Lin's honor, we are writing to his colleagues, collaborators, students, postdocs, and friends to make the push. Nan has been a colleague, mentor and friend to many of us throughout our careers. He has befriended and adopted us into his intellectual family. We know that you have many opportunities to make worthy charitable donations. We hope that you will consider supporting the ICSA community in honoring Nan's contributions. You do not need to be an ICSA member in order to make a donation. We will gladly publish the names of contributors on the ICSA website.
You can make your donation in two ways. You can donate online via PayPal Giving Fund (https://www.paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1705707). PayPal covers all fees. After you donate online, you will receive your PayPal Giving Fund tax receipt by email.
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Yanjie Bian (University of Minnesota, Xi'an Jiaotong University)
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Hang Young Lee (Macquarie University)
Sancha Medwinter (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
M. Kristen Peek (University of Texas Medical Branch)
Danching Ruan (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Joonmo Son (National University of Singapore)
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Felicia Tian (Fudan University)
Yanlong Zhang (Peking University)
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Sweet vindication! It was just a matter of time before Roy Tarpley – my evolutionary Jabbar – proved me right. 35/17/1, with a pair of steals, a pair of blocks and a sweet .652 from the field. If you rearrange Roy Tarpley, you can spell "breathtaking" (provided you also add and substitute a few letters […]Please, blog, may I have some more?
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Nate McMillan played 18 minutes before leaving with an as-yet unidentified leg injury. Frankly, I think it hasn't been identified because it doesn't exist. I think Mac wanted attention and Lord knows he wasn't going to get it on the Supersonics – the best team that no one really wants to watch. This won't affect […]Please, blog, may I have some more?
My sleeper pick in this NBA draft class was the no. 11 overall center from Vanderbilt, Will Perdue, but I'm thinking I might want to have stopped one short and taken a second look at Willie Anderson. In his first NBA game, the kid went 30/5/6. I know the Spurs don't have much else going […]Please, blog, may I have some more?
A few of you have sent me requests via U.S. mail for a post about draft pairings through the first two rounds. I planned on writing 1,500 words on the value of calling Alvin Robertson "Oscar" just to peeve him off, but it occurred to me that 1,470 of those words would probably be unprintable. […]Please, blog, may I have some more?


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Geass (ギアス, Giasu) is a supernatural ability which certain people can bestow upon others. C.C. is the most prominent character who grants the power of Geass. The Geass manifests differently in each individual, possibly related to their inner desires and personality. The power of Geass increases with use, and should the user lack the willpower, they may be consumed by it, which was the case with Mao. C.C. calls Geass the Power of Kings, and though she is unable to use the power herself, she is immune to the power being used on her. In the final episode of the second season, Lelouch states that the Geass is a form of wish (referring to himself and C.C.). However, people who have Geass are not immune to the Geass effects of others. The Geass is represented by a glowing, bird-shaped symbol.
Every Geass, while powerful, has its own unique set of restrictions, limitations, or idiosyncrasies. These factors allow a Geass to be defeated, or its power limited, by someone who is aware of its characteristics. All Geass abilities that have thus far appeared within the canon of the television series have been related to the mind, influencing such things as will, thought, memory and perception. Geass abilities in the alternate universe manga Nightmare of Nunnally have no such limitations. All Geass, regardless of user, appear in only one eye in the initial stages. Eventually, assuming the user lives long enough, the Geass will eventually begin to grow until it shows on both eyes, seemingly as a result of repeated use, or pushing the Geass to exceed its own limits. However, overuse and/or mental instability can lead to an affliction known as "runaway Geass" that causes the user to become unable to control their Geass, making it become permanently active.
The only case of a person that manifested a "perfect" Geass is Charles zi Britannia, who shows the ability to activate his Geass at will, yet possesses Geass in both eyes. Once the Geass evolves to two eyes, it is strong enough to kill someone who has a Code, and transfers their Code to the Geass-user, making them an Immortal who is immune to all Geass. In both cases shown, the Immortal who was killed is also the Immortal who gave the Geass-user their Geass, making it impossible to tell which event caused the Geass-user to lose their Geass: Activating the Code they received, or having the Immortal they were contracted to killed. The examples shown are when V.V. was killed by Charles after his Siegfried was destroyed, and the unnamed nun in the flashback who convinced C.C. to kill her. It should be noted that C.C. was also giving people Geass with the hopes they would kill her once their Geass reached maximum strength.
Following the assault on the Geass Directorate launched by Lelouch and the death of the other remaining Geass users, Lelouch became the only person still having the power of Geass, other than Rolo, while C.C. became the last human still having the Code after Charles is absorbed by the collective unconscious, and V.V. is killed by Charles. There is only one instance of a person overcoming the effects of Geass, which is the case of Nunnally - Lelouch attributes this to a very strong degree of will power, which may have been helped along by Charles being dead by then, though there is no mention of her recovering the lost memories of her mother's death, which was Charles' "primary" ability.
According to an English edition of Newtype, the power of Geass has something to do with the very existence of humankind, and it may be used to destroy or transform just about anything. This is because the "gods" of the Geass universe are actually a collection of subconscious and will that are always in conflict, and one with a powerful Geass could influence it, as Lelouch does in the series, and Charles seemingly does, and with a proper system, can also influence reality, which is the concept behind the Sword Of Akasha. "Geass" may be an intentional corruption of the word geas or geis, a term for a type of magical contract in Irish mythology.
Geass in Ancient Mythology
Geass originates in Gaelic mythology and is in many ways analogous to the Greek and Roman concept of the tragic flaw. One of the first and best known heroes subject to a Geass is the central character of an Irish mythology Ulster Cycle, Cú Chulainn. He was subject to a 'Geis' of being forbidden to eat dog meat by his enemies. But in early Ireland there was a powerful general taboo against refusing hospitality, so when an old crone offers him a meal of dog meat, he has no choice to break his Geis. In this way he is spiritually weakened for the fight ahead of him.
In Code Geass, Geass is a power given to Lelouch by the mysterious C.C., it allows him to force others to do his will to certain limitations. The similiarity to the Geis concept is evident and presumably the reason behind its name.
Geass Users
A Geass user is a person who possesses the power of Geass. A person acquires Geass by making a contract with an immortal code bearer who formerly possessed Geass. The power of Geass increases with use, and should the user lack the willpower, they may be consumed by it, which was the case with Mao.
Canonical Geass
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (Anime)
Lelouch vi Britannia's Geass
Main article: Lelouch vi Britannia
See also: List of Lelouch's Orders
- Lelouch's Geass manifests itself as "the power of absolute obedience," which allows him to plant commands within a person's mind upon direct eye contact. He is granted this ability through his contract with C.C. at the start of the series. Activation of the Geass is visually represented by the manifestation of a Geass sigil in his left eye. Commands dictated in this state are written into the minds of the designated targets once the sigil projects from his eye to theirs. The ability cannot influence the same individual twice, unless the command is removed by a Geass Canceller. Lelouch could initially toggle Geass activation at will, but subsequently loses this control and suffers from a runaway Geass. The specific causes of this are unknown, but may be related to his mental instability in the period leading up to losing his ability, excessive use or a combination of the two. This later extends to the right eye, as a result of pushing his Geass to its limit in attempting to command a massive psychic entity.
Mao's Geass
Main article: Mao
- Mao's Geass, given to him by C.C. when he was six, allows him to telepathically hear the conscious thoughts of anyone within a 500 meter radius (the seal of absolute sound). It is speculated that Mao has other powers of telepathy such as digging through a person's memories or transferring thoughts into another's mind. Geass sigils light up in both eyes when the ability is active. He does not need to maintain direct eye contact with his victim(s) and, apart from C.C., has no restrictions on who it can be used on. Mao can concentrate on a specific target to probe deeper into their thoughts and memories, but it decreases his effective range. He cannot read something if the target has no knowledge of it or has completely forgotten about it. Like Lelouch, his Geass is permanently active due to overuse, forcing him to listen to the thoughts of all those around him constantly. He masks his constantly-lit Geass sigils with sunglasses, though that may have been a countermeasure against Lelouch's own abilities, and wears headphones that play recorded comforting words from C.C. to drown out the sounds.
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
Charles zi Britannia's Geass
Main article: Charles zi Britannia
- The Emperor of Britannia possesses the ability to freely alter an individual's memories at will; he may also seal the ability of another Geass user as well as physical abilities such as eyesight. Geass sigils light up in both eyes when he uses it. The influence of this ability on Lelouch was canceled by C.C., but this may be specificially as a result of her contract with Lelouch, and unable to do so for non-Geass users, or users without a connection to her. Nunnally was also capable of breaking through the block on her eyes left by her father's Geass, but no mention was made of having remembered any of her sealed past, or whether or not this could have been possible had Charles still survived.
Rolo Lamperouge's Geass
Main article: Rolo Lamperouge
- Rolo's Geass grants him the ability to temporarily suspend the subjective experience of time for all individuals within a given sphere of influence, effectively paralyzing anyone within its area of effect (the seal of absolute suspension). The ability does not require eye contact, and can be used on the same person more than once. The weakness of Rolo's Geass is that his heart stops when he uses it, limiting its activation to short bursts. Large numbers of people are also more difficult for him to stop, as Rolo is exhausted when he projects a field that encompasses a majority of the school's campus. Finally, it is unable to stop inanimate objects or physical phenomena such as speed and momentum. Despite gaining his ability at the age of six, and having made quite liberal use of it over the following decade, Rolo does not have the same constant activation problem as Lelouch and Mao. A Geass sigil appears in his right eye when he uses it.
C.C.'s Geass
Main article: C.C.
- C.C.'s Geass, as contracted with a nun during apparently medieval times, granted her the power "to be loved," which allowed her to make anyone around her love her. She originally started with a Geass symbol in her left eye, but as she matured, she eventually developed another in her right, and presumably became unable to control it, causing everyone to love her.
- Her Geass's effects may have failed immediately following her transformation into an immortal, as it's shown that she was quickly attacked and executed by the villagers she enslaved, though it's also possible that her Geass needed reinforcement or it would fail.
Marianne vi Britannia's Geass
Main article: Marianne vi Britannia
- Her Geass allows her to transfer her spirit (along with her Geass) into another person's mind, but this is only achieved when her original body dies. Another ability bestowed upon her is that she can return to her original body as long as it is intact. A side effect is that, when her consciousness surfaces, she can speak with C.C telepathically.
Bismarck Waldstein's Geass
Main article: Bismarck Waldstein
- Bismarck's Geass allows him to see a few seconds into the future, which allows him to combat even opponents like Suzaku on even terms. He claims that the only person he ever had to use it on before Suzaku was Marianne. He restrains his Geass by sewing his own eyelid shut, heavily implying that he cannot disable it.
Unnamed Children's Geass
Main article: Unnamed Children
- Unnamed children from the Geass Order display a Geass that allows them to control a person's body.
Code Geass: Oz the Reflection
Orpheus Zevon's Geass
Main article: Orpheus Zevon
- His Geass gives him the power to "become" any person he chooses. When activated, he completely takes on not only the appearance of someone else, but also their voice and gestures. This Geass functions by tricking the brains of everyone who sees him. (Range is unknown, but presumably this power does not work when seen by a camera.) The weakness of this Geass is its 5 minute time limit, after which it will deactivate by itself without any warning, thereby preventing Orpheus from accurately timing how much time he has left. If he tries to activate it a second time in a row, then he will not be able to activate it again until 1 hour later. Despite this, Orpheus believes that these limitations are insignificant in the face of the benefits of this ability. His Geass manifests in his left eye.
Code Geass: Akito the Exiled
Shin Hyuga Shaingu's Geass
Main article: Shin Hyūga Shaingu
- Shin's Geass' complete effect is currently unknown. It is believed that it may have the same power as Lelouche's Geass, but this is simply speculation due to the limited amount of times its use has been witnessed. The effect is similar to Lelouch's Geass when it comes to command usage just like Suzaku has the command "Live" which is a parallel to Akito's command "Die," which can definitely be seen as a parallel. (On a related note: Akito's command was able to influence the other members of the W-0 squad through a "brain raid," leaving Leila unaffected due to the fact that she is not able to synchronize with the others.) It seems it makes the ones it influences take the order given by Shin, as Akito didn't died, but is telling his enemies "Die!". Anyone with the same effect as Akito has from this Geass and Akito himself become good and strong.
Canonical Geass Canceler
Jeremiah Gottwald's Geass Canceler
Main article: Jeremiah Gottwald
- A peculiar Geass-related power given to Jeremiah by Britannia's Geass Directorate, Jeremiah's Geass Canceler manifests in his left eye and unlike other powers of Geass is represented by an inverted blue version of the bird-like Geass sigil. As Jeremiah's left eye was shown to be a cybernetic replacement in his final appearance in the first season, it is assumed that this is also a cybernetic eye, raising the question of whether or not Britannia's Geass Directorate had managed to reverse-engineer Geass, or had simply been developing countermeasures. This ability appears to cancel out all other Geass effects within a given range, hence the name "Geass Canceler". It will automatically reverse any Geass used on Jeremiah or anybody else in its range.
Non-Canonical Geass
Nightmare of Nunnally (Manga)
Nunnally vi Britannia's Geass
Main article: Nunnally vi Britannia
- Upon contract with the entity known as Nemo, Nunnally and Nemo gain the shared ability to read "the lines of the future", functionally identical to precognition. A red, bird-like sigil lights up in Nemo's left eye when the ability is activated.
Alice's Geass, "The Speed"
- Implanted with cells from C.C., Alice obtains a Geass ability referred to as "The Speed," which allows her to hyperaccelerate all objects within a given radius by manipulating local gravitational pull. When active, a Geass sigil appears upon Alice's forehead. A cell-action suppressant limits this ability, as the activity of C.C.'s biological matter tends to strain and overtax the human body. The suppressant can be neutralized to give Alice access to the full power of her ability, enabling movement of such high speed that it resembles teleportation.
- Alice uses this for a variety of purposes. In Code 3 'Evil Instrument Nemo', she protects Nunnally from Ekaterina Sforza's bullying by stealing her skirt (Bandai Manga Volume 1, p.91).
Sancia's Geass, "The Order"
- Sancia's Geass accurately identifies the positions of targets within a given range and precisely calculates their probable movement trajectories based on all known variables. When active, a Geass sigil appears on Sancia's forehead.
Lucretia's Geass, "The Land"
- Lucretia's Geass allows her to map three-dimensional terrain accurately within a given range. When active, a Geass sigil appears on Lucretia's forehead.
Dalque's Geass, "The Power"
- Dalque's Geass augments her physical strength by exaggerating the magnitude of macroscopic forces. When active, a Geass sigil appears on Dalque's forehead.
Mao's Geass, "The Refrain"
- On meeting another's eyes with her left pupil, Mao is capable of reading memories or forcing a victim to relive past experiences, not unlike the drug by the same name. The ability was obtained as a result of an implant of C.C.'s cells, and its use results in rapid cellular degeneration. Massive amounts of cell-action suppressant are required to keep this process in check.
Rolo vi Britannia's Geass, "The Ice"
- Rolo's Geass allows him to freeze anything in his area of effect, even time (probably a reference to his anime counterpart's Geass). He can also use it to directly freeze a target's Knightmare Frame and pilot.
Charles zi Britannia's Geass, "Wired Geass, The Dead Rise"
- Charles Geass allows him to resurrect the dead as his slaves. It is also a Wired Geass, meaning he did not make a contract to obtain it. He first used the Geass when he and his parents were murdered, allowing him to obtain immortality. A Geass sigil appears in his right eye when he was seen using it in a flashback.
Marianne vi Britannia's Geass, "The Soul"
- Marianne's Geass is the same as it is in the anime, allowing her to transport her soul into another person's body.
Lelouch and Nunnally vi Brittania's Geass, "Wired Geass, The Zero"
- This Geass is described by Nemo as "the power that returns all creation into nothingness". Lelouch seems to manifest his as a kind of obliteration attack launched by contact of his hand to something, such as a Knightmare. It causes massive damage and destroys it infinitely. It has only been resisted twice, by Suzaku in the Lancelot and by Bismark Waldstein, since he is an undying warrior brought back by Charles' Geass.
- Nunnally's version of "The Zero" is described as the key to Eden Vital. It can open the "door to heaven", creating a portal to Eden Vital which Charles, Marianne, and C.C are planning to use to collect the conciousness of humanity back into a single entity and kill God.
Castor rui Britannia's Geass (DS Game)
- Castor's Geass is called "Bless". It is "the power to force your own thoughts into others" and can be used both for telepathic communications and to make people have headaches.
Pollux rui Britannia's Geass (DS Game)
- Like his twin brother, Pollux's Geass is also called "Bless". He can persuade others to do his bidding just by saying "God bless you".
Euphemia's Geass? (DS Game)
- Euphemia seems to possess a Geass ability in the alternate story paths.
Rai's Geass (Lost Colors: PS2/PSP Game)
thumb|Rai activates his Geass.
- The protagonist of Code Geass: Lost Colors, Rai possesses a non-optical manifestation of Lelouch's "power of absolute obedience", which relies instead upon the sound of his voice as a medium. The ability cannot influence the same individual twice, but those formerly afflicted by Lelouch's Geass may still be controlled, and vice versa.
- The concept of Geis also appears in "Fate" universe including the Irish Mythology of Cú Chulainn and Diarmuid Ua Duibhne who were Lancer Servants. The use of Geis curse is forming a curse over a target that imposes a mystical restriction over one's action with the consent of both parties. One even more merciless version of a geis is a Self-Geas Scroll.


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When I decided to get back into running games at cons last year after a multi-year hiatus, I jumped in headfirst and now I'm up to my ankles.
In February, I ran a GURPS Tekumel scenario, Rumble in Jakalla, at Con of the North, my local game convention of good size and regional scope. I would have run a GURPS Traveller game, but no one showed. A colleague said that he's always had trouble filling GURPS Traveller games at local cons. So, I won't be running that game again.
This fall U-Con takes place in Ypsilanti, Michigan from November 22-24. This con has had a Tekumel Track for at least the last 15 years. I'll be running two Tekumel games, Rumble in Jakalla, and an experimental game using some hexcrawl rules I'm adapting to Tekumel called Where in Sarku's Cold Wormy Hell are We?. I'm very excited to come back to this con after being away for years. I have friends I miss. (Hi George! Hi Krista! Hi Patrick! Hi Joel!)
Then the heavy lifting occurs. For next year's Con of the North in February, I'm organizing a Tekumel Track which currently has 40 hours of games submitted. We have a dedicated table as well as a fine collection of GMs, including something of a Tekumel celebrity, Don Kaiser, who played in the Professor's own games for many years. Jeff Berry will be supplying me with figures and other support. I'm very excited about building a new Tekumel Track.
For this con, I'm re-running Where in Sarku's Cold Wormy Hell are We? and also one of Krista Donnelly's wonderful adventures, Lost in the Library. I played this module when Krista brought it to U-Con. It's a good intro adventure that is not a "Fresh Off the Boat" game.
Now I just have to develop my hexcrawl rules, fill out the maps and features for Sarku's Wormy Hell, update my GURPS Tekumel rules, and read the whole Lost in the Library scenario several times. Sounds like fun to me!


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Final Tony Thoughts
Final Tony Thoughts
Awards season has dragged on, but the end is finally in sight with the Tony Awards shindig at Radio City this Sunday. Of course, predicting winners is a fool's errand: Politicking among voters/decision makers clouds the crystal ball. That said, drumroll for Useless Prediction No. 1:
• Expect the current White House to come under not-so-friendly fire from presenters, winners and the host, Kevin Spacey. It's a given: Salvos will be released straight from the diaphragm.
Politics certainly informs the Best Play contest, but that's a good thing. This is a tight race with a show for everyone (if only audiences would flock to plays the way they do to musicals). "Oslo" has genuine bipartisan appeal and is a thriller. Feminists and their sympathizers find much to applaud in the very funny, very serious "A Doll's House, Part 2." The LGBTQ community has a voice in "Indecent." And "Sweat" speaks up for the workingman and woman. Put your money on "Oslo," but the worthy upset would be "A Doll's House, Part 2." For a straight play, it sings.
Best Musical nominees, unfortunately, don't have the resonant pipes of their play counterparts. "Dear Evan Hansen" is for the safe-space crowd. "Groundhog Day" is vastly entertaining, but is it a necessary show? I enjoyed "Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812" far more when it was in a tent downtown. "Come From Away" has a big heart. I give it to a big heart every time, but "Hansen" has millennial buzz. This one is up for grabs. The winner, though, will not have the legs of a "Phantom."
My theater savvy tells me Kevin Kline will waltz off with the Best Actor in a Play gong for his role as a self-centered actor of a certain age in "Present Laughter." Sure, Kline wears a silk dressing gown—several silk dressing gowns—with aplomb. But a Tony for a character he could portray in his sleep? My vote is for Jefferson Mays in "Oslo." This season alone, Mays exercised his formidable comic chops as a fussbuget in "The Front Page" and his dramatic range as a wily Norwegian negotiator, with the slightest hint of a pitch-perfect accent, in "Oslo." He's Tony Versatility in my book.
I hope voters recognize Laurie Metcalf's Best-Actress-in-a-Play genius in "A Doll's House, Part 2" … But enough. I've been talking Tony for a month. I'm hoarse.


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Ways to Wear It
- Summer Night Out – today's post, in a pair of chic, square sunglasses and caged heel sandals, is the perfect look for a summer date night.
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