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I’m rating the course itself e a “D” (October 7, 2012) for one reason, congestion. If you’re looking for a PR, this is probably not the course for you. The problem is the first portion of the course is narrow. Think one lane road that gets worse when you run directly along the beach. Imagine 20,000 runners funneled into a cement strip a few miles long that is about 8 feet wide and you get the picture. To make matters worse, the organizers allow participants to start early, although they don’t receive chip timing. Who are the ones who don’t care about chip times? They are the walkers!! So what you have, is the main body of runners converging on the many hundreds or thousands or participants walking. Along the cement strand the most beautiful part of the run (the beach) there is simply no where you can go. You either bob and weave, continuously slowing down, speeding up, and yelling “on your left”, or you run in the sand (which is really not an option). I was not able to completely break out from the crowd until about mile 11.5, which is where the marathoners and half marathoners split. After that point, it was a different run.
The organizers of this race need to dramatically reconfigure how to stage the start. Under no circumstances should anyone other than elite runners and chair racers be allowed to go early. If they want to allow for running along the beach, they need to be strict on the corrals and not only assign people according to recent previous run times, but also police the corrals to ensure slower runners don’t move forward. This is always a concern in every race, but arguably the impact here due to the narrower course over the first 11.5 miles.
Parking is a little tough in Long Beach, especially if you don’t know the area. Signs pointing to parking were only “okay” but lacked specificity. So if you pre-paid to park, you either had to know the area, or have luck on your side.
The expo was average. Nothing special. My group though pricing was unusually high this time for many items. For example, GU that I would pay $1 – $1.29 at REI was $1.50 at the expo. Usually these are more competitively priced. We skipped buying anything. Sad, because we came prepared to spend a couple hundred.
Post-race I thought was excellent. The distance from the finish line to the exit area was short and given the number of runners, there was almost no congestion of runners and spectators. Compared with the LA Marathon, the finish area at Long Beach was light years improved.
Overall, I gave this a “B” rating, but struggled to do so. It’s definitely a race to run for fun, but don’t expect a PR here if you are a consistent runner. Gels and fluids were good throughout the course, though they obviously had fewer volunteers than they needed. As a result, the volunteers were struggling to keep up with fluid demands. For example, you might get to a table and have no cups full of water, but the volunteers were working as fast as they could (and it was GREATLY appreciated).
Bottom line, if you only run one or two races a year and want a PR, try one of the other more local races like L.A. or Orange County. I know I won’t run this one again until they change the way the course is managed, but if changes are made, I wouldn’t hesitate to run.
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Financing in residential solar power systems company was led by Hanwha International. OneRoof.
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SAN DIEGO, CA, OneRoof Energy, the nation's first residential solar company that works directly with roofers to lease and install residential solar power systems, has secured $50 million in financing and has also officially launched its residential solar leasing program. Homeowners can now integrate solar into their new roof at no upfront cost through a simple lease program.
OneRoof Energy develops and maintains rooftop solar energy systems for homeowners. The company works with builders and roofing contractors to combine roofing and solar installation into one seamless process. Homeowners can install solar easily and affordably because there are no upfront costs or ongoing maintenance expenses.
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Series A financing was led by Hanwha International, part of the Hanwha Group which represents one of the largest corporate conglomerates in Korea, which will receive a significant, non-controlling stake in the company. The Group holds a controlling interest in Hanwha SolarOne, a leading global solar manufacturing company. The equity investment by Hanwha enables OneRoof Energy to roll out its rapid growth plan to develop the residential solar leasing market, specifically targeting roofing companies and large homebuilders.
The Hanwha Group has a strong interest in climate change and supports the expansion of renewable energy adaptation, especially solar technology. "OneRoof Energy represents a great opportunity for us," said Simon Lee, CEO of Hanwha International. "With OneRoof Energy's deep channel access and ease of scalability, we look forward to increasing solar affordability and accessibility to homeowners across the U.S. market."
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The OneRoof Energy mission is to provide simple, affordable solar and energy management solutions that people can trust. OneRoof Energy offers homeowners an integrated, aesthetically pleasing solar solution coupled with the peace of mind that comes with one single roofing warranty. Roofers and builders can offer solar energy generation systems to the residential market for as little as zero down through the OneRoof Energy SolarSelect® Lease. For more information, visit Founder investors in OneRoof Energy's included; The Quercus Trust, Yellowtree Energy, and Spring Ventures.
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With $321 billion in assets as of June 30, 2011, U.S. Bancorp is the parent company of U.S. Bank, the fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States. The company operates 3,086 banking offices and 5,086 ATMs in 25 states and provides a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses and institutions. U.S. Bancorp and its employees are dedicated to improving the communities they serve, for which the company earned the 2011 Spirit of America Award, the highest honor bestowed on a company by United Way.
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Hanwha International is part of the Hanwha Group. Founded in 1952, Hanwha Group is a leading Korean business group with 56 domestic affiliates and 69 global networks in three major sectors of finance, and service/leisure. In 2010, Hanwha Group held assets of approximately $83 billion and total revenue of more than $26.5 billion. Putting strategic emphasis on renewable energies, Hanwha Group has recently made successful advancements in solar energy.
About Black Coral Capital
Black Coral Capital is a firm investing in the alternative energy/cleantech space. Both directly and through funds, it invests across a wide variety of cleantech arenas and stages including early-stage venture capital, growth equity and project finance. In addition, Black Coral is a founding member of the Cleantech Syndicate, a consortium of families that invest in and support cleantech companies. Black Coral was formed in 2008 with offices in New York, Boston, and Montreal. For more information, visit the Black Coral Capital website.
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The 333 Collins Street complex, located in Melbourne's CBD, is home to many high profile blue chip commercial, legal,
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The current building was completed in 1990, but within this complex stands another building that was constructed over 100 years before, during the land boom of the 1890’s. That building is the former Banking Chamber and entrance vestibule of the Commercial Bank of Australia.
With a building so richly entrenched within Melbourne's history, Bingo Bango was commissioned to produce a new design for the brochure that details the building's origins and showcases it's ornamental architecture and elaborate painting.
A unique feature of the 333 Collins Street building is the original Landmark tower, which today is enveloped by the office buildings. At one point in time it was in fact the highest building in Melbourne and acted as a light house to guide ships entering into the Melbourne Port.
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Clever Prince Veera and his best friend, Suku, are back in a vibrant new collection of stories riddled with surprises. When the prince’s great uncle, Raja Apoorva, invites the boys to the summer festival in Peetalpur, Prince Veera and Suku are excited to compete in the games. It’s no easy feat to make the peahen sing (when peahens can’t sing) or defeat the country's champion wrestler, but Raja Apoorva’s riddles prove the ultimate test of the boys’ wit and wisdom. Who owns the tree that provides the palace figs? What intruder dared pull the Raja's beard? And what are the secrets of the holy man and the astronomer? Packed with glorious trickster tradition, wise-cracking dialogue, and gemlike illustrations, these festive tales of two fast-thinking friends will captivate readers of all ages.
Four wry new trickster tales from the creators of Mangoes, Mischief, and Tales of Friendship draw on Hindu mythology and the rich tradition of Indian folktales.
suggested retail price (U.S./CAN):
$15.99 / $21.99 isbn-10/isbn-13:
1536225150 / 9781536225150
on sale date:
09/2022 type/format:
Fiction - First Chapter Book / Hardback
age range:
6 yrs - 9 yrs # of pages/size:
112 / 5 1/8" x 7 5/8"
grade range:
Grade 1 - Grade 4
subjects:
Humorous Stories; People & Places; Short Stories; Caribbean & Latin American;
author’s comments:
Chitra Soundar is the award-winning author of more than forty books for children, including Mangoes, Mischief, and Tales of Friendship, illustrated by Uma Krishnaswamy. Originally from India, where she grew up feasting on generous portions of folktales and stories from Hindu tradition, Chitra Soundar now divides her time between India and London.
illustrator’s comments:
Uma Krishnaswamy is the illustrator of several books for children, including Mangoes, Mischief, and Tales of Friendship by Chitra Soundar, and has always loved the folk traditions of India for their richness and vibrancy of color, form, and perspective. Uma Krishnaswamy lives in Chennai, India.
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Ahead of his role in Persuasion on Netflix this month, we talk to Edward Bluemel about career highlights, the skill of the supporting role and the lure of the stage.
Photography by Klara Waldberg | Styling by Annabel Lucey | Grooming by Daisy Holubowicz
Edward Bluemel’s is a face you will likely recognise – most memorably he’s played vampire Marcus Whitmore in Sky 1’s supernatural drama A Discovery of Witches, taken on the role of obnoxious and entitled MI6 intern Hugo in the acclaimed Killing Eve and appeared as Maeve’s feckless older brother Sean in the brilliant Sex Education.
Though his part in the latter was only small, it remains one of his favourite jobs to date. “It was really fun because of the atmosphere on set,” he tells me. “There were so many young people, and at the time – it was season one – there was a real excitement around the show. For a lot of these people, it was their first big job. And I came in halfway through to find that such a beautiful, supportive community had been created. The content was funny, the scripts were great and there was something really exciting about that whole job. And I really enjoyed playing the character, who was a little bit different to anything I had played before.”
Hugo in Killing Eve was another memorable role, he tells me, so it was thrilling to be asked to make a surprise return for the final season earlier this year. “It was just two days filming, and I had only read my scenes, so I didn’t understand what was going on with the plot because it was so top secret. But it was so lovely to pop back and see all the same old faces, and it gave me a chance to reprise my widely hated role, which was great fun,” he tells me. “They made him even more annoying: I love that character, and I love how much everyone despises him – there’s a certain satisfaction to that!” he laughs.
It is interesting that neither of these characters have been particularly likeable. “I like playing interesting, provocative characters who are a bit of fun,” Edward admits. “People who provoke a strong reaction, one way or the other. There is a satisfaction to ruining people’s fun in the best possible way. You know, getting in the way – playing the spanner in the works,” he laughs.
Though if these are the types of roles he is seen in, it is by chance rather than by design. “I don’t see myself as an actor who is in a place to pick and choose,” he tells me. “For me, at the stage I am at, I just think being paid as an actor is enough. I think I have pretty much taken every role I have been offered unless there was a clash. I should be thankful for any work, and I will have a go at anything,” he explains. “I hope that that attitude sticks for a very long time. I want to be an actor who is open to the possibilities of everything.”
For the most part, this openness has meant tackling a lot of supporting roles – a skill in itself, he assures me. “It is interesting because one of the big skills is not losing track of your character, even when you film one day, and then your next day on set is ten days later. You have to keep the momentum going,” he tells me. “I tend to play a lot of these types of roles, and I am still getting used to that thing of trying to maintain the energy of the character over a long period of time while only actually working once or twice a week.”
The latest such role is that of Captain Harville in the new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, which premieres on Netflix this month. “You have to be a bit of an Austen head to know who he is off the bat,” Edward explains, “because he only features in about two chapters in the book.”
With Dakota Johnson as Anne Elliot and Cosmo Jarvis as Captain Wentworth, the film is directed by Carrie Cracknell and also stars Henry Golding, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Mia McKenna-Bruce and Richard E. Grant. “I was so happy to be asked to be in it, firstly because my family, my mum especially, have always been massive Jane Austen fans, so it was great to have the opportunity to be in something that they could watch and enjoy,” Edward admits. “It’s a really fun version of the story – what’s so important with Jane Austen is that if we are going to insist on remaking the stories, we have to find the relevance to today. I feel like this script – and I haven’t actually seen it yet, so I hope that it has come off the page – really found that relevance at the same time as being funny, light and heart-warming.”
Edward explains that though the story hasn’t been drastically changed, it has been reimagined with a modern, witty approach. “I play a character who is described wildly differently to me in the book – that, for me, showed the willingness for everybody involved to be quite loose with the source material, and to just create something out of it that feels fresh and different. In the book Captain Harville is a middle-aged sea captain who walks with a cane and is slightly unwell – but we dropped a lot of that.”
Another project that is still at the filming stage is a show called Washington Black. “It is a period drama based on a novel of the same name,” Edward tells me. “It is a brilliant, fantastical piece of historical fiction that is epic and sprawling. And it follows the life of an escaped slave whose name is Washington Black – the eponymous Washington Black, you could say. And it follows his life through from when he is young – there are two amazing actors playing him, one when he is around 12, and one when he is around 22,” he explains.
“I play a new character who does not appear in the book,” he goes on to reveal. “He is called William McGee and he is a slightly mysterious, eccentric, suspiciously wealthy businessman who takes a liking to the lead woman in the show – a character called Tanna. It’s been really fun playing him – there are a lot of layers to him, and he is a really interesting character. So, I’ve had a great time playing him. And he dresses like a bit of a peacock, so I have had a lot of fun with that – I’ve worn some ridiculous outfits,” he laughs.
Filming has been on location in Canada, though when we talk, Edward is back in London for a few days. “I have been living in Halifax, Nova Scotia for two and half months,” he tells me. “When I arrived, it took a bit of time to adapt. It was in heavy blizzards and rain for the first month, and it was pretty relentless. But now the sun has come out and I have made friends. I have got to know the cast and crew, and I have got to know the hotel staff very well from seeing them so much,” he laughs. “So yeah, slowly a little community has arisen, and now I feel very comfortable there – naturally just as it starts coming to an end! It is strange leaving home for a bit, but also, it is an amazing job to have, and I feel very lucky to have these experiences, even if sometimes I do long for the comforts of my home.”
Being so far away from home for quite so long has been something of a steep learning curve for Edward. “I get quite nervous leaving home, and it takes me a while to adapt to new places,” he admits. “I have been very lucky that the majority of jobs I have done so far have been pretty close to London. And I have done quite a lot of jobs in Cardiff, but I know the city really well and am always really comfortable there – I went to the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. So, it was a new experience to go somewhere so far away and really immerse myself in a different place.”
The separation brought its advantages, though. “It has been nice to be in a place that I totally associate with the character,” he reveals. “It helps me to keep focused and not get distracted. When I go back in, I am suitably prepared and in the zone of the character, in a way that perhaps I am not if I am going home at night and seeing my friends, or working on another job, even. That can be really confusing… you end up kind of doing a different accent every time or something.”
Speaking of other jobs, I wonder if there are any character types or genres that he hasn’t tackled yet, that he would really like to. “I am open to anything, but I would love to try my hand at some serious stuff, some drama,” he reveals. “That’s something that I haven’t had much of an opportunity to do… I find myself watching proper, naturalistic dramas, and I am always intrigued by the idea of that. But it scares me too, I think I would find it quite daunting to do something like that, to really test myself in that scenario, but I think it would be really fun.”
He would, he tells me, also like to do some more stage work – he played a lead role in Trevor Nunn’s critically acclaimed Love in Idleness back in 2017 but has not done much since. “Theatre is the reason that I got into acting,” he explains. “For me, there is nothing like performing for an audience who are in the same room and feeling them react to what you are doing. That creates something very special, and that is really the thing that I fell in love with when I was younger, so I would love to go back and do something. It’s been a while since I have been on stage, but I am always on the lookout for the right part in the right play. Covid stopped all of that for such a long time, but now it is up and running again… who knows, there might be an opportunity down the line, and that would be lovely,” he says.
Being comfortable with waiting for work to come along is an important skill for an actor to master, Edward tells me. “One of the challenges of being an actor is learning how to exist when you are not acting and knowing how to find peace in that and not stress out or feel like you are wasting time,” he reveals. “Every day that I am not working is as important as every day that I am – that’s just the way it is for an actor. I find little things to do. There is a yoga studio up the road… it’s usually me and a bunch of mums, which is quite funny. It is a very specific target audience that I don’t quite fit into, but it’s very peaceful and I love it. I love running. I walk loads – just trying to get out of the house and stay sane. But it is strange – my friends who are not actors are very baffled by what I do day to day when I am not working. And sometimes, so am I – I’m like, oh gosh, what have I done? It sounds very idyllic, but it is easy to feel a bit lost and aimless, and you do have to come back to something and try to focus really hard on something, and that normally sorts it out.”
One thing that has been helping him to find focus is writing. “My girlfriend is a writer, so sometimes I write with her – we have a couple of projects that we are working on. But it is still very much a hobby, and I am learning how to write things that other people might find interesting – it’s about stripping back the ego and trying to write in other people’s voices. And that is the challenge of going from somebody who writes for fun, to somebody who might want to write actual stuff further down the line.”
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New rated issuance of ABS rose 10.2% from the second to third quarter, though only Fitch and Kroll upped their activity.
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This MedicAlert Silicone Band offers some flexibility and comfort, while alerting first responders of underlying medical conditions.
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Obama wins historic US election...
Democratic Senator Barack Obama has been elected the first black president of the United States. Yay!
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - On the campaign trail two years ago, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador pledged to meet Mexico’s commitments on combating global warming and discussed moving the oil-producing nation away from fossil fuels with leading environmentalists, like former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.
FILE PHOTO: Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador delivers his second state of the union address at National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero
Since taking office in late 2018, Mexico’s president has promoted a major reforestation program, pledged to phase out the herbicide glyphosate, and railed against fracking.
“As a matter of conviction, we’ve decided to take care of the environment like no previous government has done,” the leftist nationalist said in a major speech this week.
But, in policy terms, Lopez Obrador has prioritized the health of Mexico’s state-owned energy behemoths, oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and power firm Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE).
For instance, he has pledged a new $8 billion oil refinery in his home state of Tabasco, plus upgrades to six existing Pemex facilities. And he has sought to temporarily prevent dozens of privately-owned wind and solar plants from connecting to the national grid, saying power from them was too intermittent.
Lopez Obrador’s government also postponed a rule requiring cleaner-burning diesel until after he leaves office in late 2024, arguing that Pemex lacks the infrastructure to meet it.
While his allies say Lopez Obrador’s support for the energy giants will curb Mexico’s dependence on foreign fuel and promote economic development, critics slam him for what they charge has been backsliding on environmental goals.
Lopez Obrador’s energy agenda may have little in common with many of the environmental goals of progressive politicians in the United States or Europe, but it is a familiar strategy for leftist leaders in developing nations: targeting state-centric industrial development in a bid to tackle rampant poverty.
Manuel Rodriguez, a congressman from Lopez Obrador’s Morena party, said the president’s insistence on strengthening Pemex and CFE was necessary to guarantee Mexico has sufficient domestically-produced energy.
He said upwards of 70% of Mexico’s gasoline is imported, mostly from U.S. refiners, due to insufficient Pemex production.
“It’s a very risky situation. We’re vulnerable,” said Rodriguez, who leads the lower house’s energy commission. He pointed to the possibility of supplies being disrupted by natural disasters - such as a major hurricane - or a trade embargo by the U.S. government. To date, no such major disruptions have occurred.
‘MORE URGENT PROBLEMS’
Rodriguez pointed to Lopez Obrador’s opposition to fracking as an example of his concern for the environment.
Fracking - the process by which dense petroleum-rich rock is blasted open with massive amounts of water, sand, and toxic chemicals - has opened up vast deposits of oil in the United States, including in the Permian Basin which straddles Texas and New Mexico.
Lopez Obrador has blocked efforts to launch fracking in Mexico’s northern border states, such as Tamaulipas.
But for critics like Rosanety Barrios, a senior energy ministry official with Mexico’s previous government, Lopez Obrador has failed to act in other ways. She highlighted that he has made no effort to force the CFE’s most polluting plants to switch from highly-contaminating fuel oil to natural gas.
She said CFE’s Tula plant near Mexico City could run entirely on natural gas if a local dispute over a pipeline were settled. A recent Reuters investigation showed the plant has for years busted legal contaminant limits.
“I don’t think the government has any interest in resolving it,” she said.
The CFE did not respond to a request for comment, but the head of the company has previously said he would like to move towards using natural gas in the plants.
Lopez Obrador, a former Mexico City mayor, stirred hopes that he would adopt a bold environmental vision when he met with Al Gore just a few months before his landslide election victory in 2018.
“It was great to see their profound overlap on climate action and energy transition,” Marcelo Ebrard, who was then a senior campaign aide to Lopez Obrador and is now foreign minister, wrote in a tweet at the time.
The president appointed a well-known biologist and academic as his environment minister in 2019. But, after disputes with the cabinet, he resigned on Wednesday, citing stress and unspecified health reasons.
Historian Lorenzo Meyer said Lopez Obrador’s focus on promoting economic development via the state-run energy companies makes sense politically.
He said the president’s priorities were rooted in an era when Pemex powered Mexico’s development and filled government coffers. Many Mexicans view the state-run firms as sources of national pride.
Absent a rejuvenated green movement, the president’s focus would remain fixed on combating poverty and corruption, he said.
“For him, those are more urgent problems.”
Reporting by David Alire Garcia; Additional reporting by Frank Jack Daniel; Editing by Dan Flynn and Rosalba O’Brien
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Close to 200 people attended Mayor Mark Lauretti’s first fund-raising event for his 2014 gubernatorial campaign, held last week at Villa Bianca in Seymour.
“I’m extremely encouraged,” Lauretti said after the event.
Lauretti has formed a campaign committee to begin raising money for the race. He is seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
The two-hour gathering on Jan. 9 featured wine, beer and a buffet, according to publicity material. Tickets were priced at $50 minimum per person, or $100 maximum.
Lauretti said about 60% of the attendees were from Shelton, with the additional supporters coming from other towns.
Spoke at the event
The mayor said he briefly spoke at the campaign fund-raising event, highlighting his concern about the state’s finances during his remarks. “Until we focus on that, there’s no reason to talk about anything else,” Lauretti said.
He said Shelton, with its low taxes, annual budget surpluses and pro-business approach, could serve as a model for the state when it comes to financial well-being.
Most Populad-raiser for Lauretti was planned for Jan. 14 at Amici’s in downtown Shelton.
Lauretti is hoping to qualify for the state’s campaign finance program, which requires him to raise at least $250,000 in contributions of $100 or less.
Once qualified, a candidate will receive $1.25 million for a party primary.
Lauretti is one of about a half dozen GOP candidates that have either announced they are running for governor or are seriously considering making a run.
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“Why do people come here from all over the world?”—clip from Revolution: Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible, What It's All About, a film of a talk by Bob Avakian given in 2003 in the United States.
Border Crossers Are “Invisible,” Alive and Dead
Markers for the unidentified remains of immigrants discovered in South Texas, 2013. (Photo: AP)
The morgue in Pima County, Arizona, is teaming with the remains of loved ones who could not survive the border crossing, with unidentified remains buried in mass graves in local cemeteries. For the past 15 years, an associate professor of anthropology at Baylor University, Lori Baker, has led hundreds of students and devoted countless hours locating and examining the remains of unknown immigrants found dead at the border. She writes in her university bio, “We have worked on roughly 560 cases that have resulted in the repatriation of individuals from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Peru, the Dominican Republic and more.” And then there are those spread across the Southwest border impossible to identify, or simply disappeared.
What they found beneath the ground in just one cemetery in 2013 were the remains of nearly 120 unidentified border crossers. Some were buried in coffins; others only in body bags. And then there were those buried in kitchen trash bags, with as many as five piled on top of one another in a single grave. One corpse was wrapped in a burlap bag; other remains were found inside a milk crate. Skulls were wedged between coffins.
“Nobody cares about dead immigrants,” the professor said. “They’re invisible when they’re alive, and they’re even more invisible when they’re dead.”
From RefuseFascism.org, A Letter to Chapters:
The Trump/Pence Ethnic Cleansing Attacks on Immigrants and Immigration: Qualitative, Comprehensive, and a Linchpin in Forging a Fascist America— The Trump/Pence Regime Must Go!
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No More Deaths, studying the period between from 2012 to 2015, found at least 3,586 gallon jugs of water destroyed in a desert corridor near Arivaca, Arizona. Here, Border Patrol agents kick over plastic jugs of water. Screen shot from video taken by No More Deaths/La Coalic by two humanitarian groups in Arizona—No More Deaths and La Coalición de Derechos Humanos—examines the connection between the policing strategy and practice of the U.S. Border Patrol today and what they describe as “the disappearance of tens of thousands of migrants and refugees in the expansive wilderness north of the US-Mexico border.” Their chilling report—“Disappeared: How the U.S. Border Enforcement Agencies are Fueling a Missing Persons Crisis”—rips through the lying, chauvinist propaganda that sanctifies the cold-blooded crimes of the U.S. Border Patrol, and treats the lives of immigrant border crossers as worth nothing.
Prevention Through Deterrence
The introduction to the report describes the “Prevention Through Deterrence” strategy first instituted along the U.S. border in 1994 when Bill Clinton was president. Until that time, deaths at the border were relatively low, usually caused by border crossers being hit by cars. But in the past two decades the figures have steadily increased, with the Arizona Desert and Upland and the South Texas Brush littered with the bodies and skeletal remains of human beings whose only “crime” was crossing the border to escape the poverty and violence that revcom.us/Revolution has shown is caused by U.S. imperialist exploitation and domination of Mexico and the countries of Central America (for example, see here). In the border area near Tucson, the number of deaths per 10,000 apprehensions increased in the eight years ending in 2015 by 500%. On top of that, in 2015 alone La Coalición opened over 1,200 cases of people who were unaccounted for after trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
The focus of this report are the thousands and thousands more who have been “disappeared” as a result of the deliberate practices of the Border Patrol, most of whose lives, and deaths, are not counted. This is what “deterrence” looks like to those who run this country.
Why are these areas in particular filled to overflowing with the corpses of border crossers? Because deterrence is accomplished by making crossing the border as difficult and as dangerous as possible, with the piled up bodies, and the grief of the thousands of families whose loved ones are never found, intended to send the message “Don’t even try to cross ‘our’ border.” The tens of millions of dollars poured into the technology of border enforcement, the extension of the border walls, and the build up of the number of Border Patrol agents have “funneled” border crossers into the most remote, treacherous sectors of the entire Southwest border. The Sonoran Desert, with its brutal temperature shifts between day and night, can kill through dehydration in the 100-plus temperatures in daytime, while 25 degree temperatures at night cause death by hypothermia. It can now take immigrants four days to a week, and more—to get to safety, meaning those who do survive will have been without water for days and days. The main cause of death has now become exposure to the elements.
The report sums up: “Extreme heat and bitter cold, scarce and polluted water sources, treacherous topography, and near-total isolation from possible rescue are used as weapons of border enforcement.” Since the 1990s the estimate of the numbers killed crossing the border is 8,600. In addition, because of this terrain, within weeks someone can be reduced to bone fragments, or completely disappear. “The region has been transformed into a vast graveyard of the missing”
Because the desperate conditions in the countries immigrants are fleeing continue to drive immigrants to risk the increasing dangers of escape to the north, “deterrence” is torturing, killing, and disappearing more border crossers than ever. The report concludes, “If the Border Patrol’s goal of prevention is an illusion, then the means of contemporary border policy amounts to a campaign of state violence against migrating peoples.”
How the Border Patrol “Routinely” Causes Death and Disappearance
With this introduction, the report identifies three different ways the routine actions of the Border Patrol are responsible for the disappearance and death of thousands of immigrants. Two of the three parts have so far been released, beginning with “Deadly Apprehension Methods: The Consequences of Chase & Scatter in the Wilderness.”
Chase
With border crossers driven into the most remote, dangerous terrain of the Southwestern border, Border Patrol agents chase them using helicopters, SUVs, all-terrain vehicles, horses, and dogs along with agents on foot, to corral them by forcing them into chokepoints. Being chased long distances through cacti, trees, shrubs, cliffs, canyons and barbed wire fences, injuries are common, and many die and disappear during the chase: falling off cliffs, drowning in the Rio Grande and California's American Canal, and dying of dehydration and exhaustion. At night the immigrants can see nothing, while the Border Patrol has night-vision equipment. As one immigrant described:
We run as if we were blind, as if we had a cloth over our eyes. Border Patrol can see everything though, and they know where the fences and the cliffs are. They will chase you towards them.
And then there is injury and death due to Border Patrol violence, including beatings, dog attacks, tasers, assault with vehicles, and the use of deadly force. Nearly every chase ends with this brutality. And as the report points out, their well-known record of abuse, which includes beatings, rapes, and shootings, makes those who encounter agents more likely to flee into the wilderness, not just to avoid being caught, but to escape the violence of their pursuers.
Scatter
Nearly all border crossers travel in groups, and when they are chased they scatter in all directions – “like quail” according to one agent. Those not captured often become separated from their companions, their guides, and their personal belongings, including their water bottles. This is especially true at night. Often left behind alone in the backcountry are the very young, the sick, the very old, and the injured. This scattering by the Border Patrol causes people to become disoriented, lost, and empty-handed, with many dying and disappearing due to prolonged exposure to the elements. Since 1999, the Pima County medical examiner’s office in Arizona has handled over 2,800 sets of remains of people who were attempting to cross their sector of the U.S.–Mexico border. The authors call driving people into rivers, over cliffs, or deep into the desert to die and disappear state-sanctioned disappearance.
Interference with Humanitarian Aid
Part 2 of the report, just released January 17, 2018, identifies another way in which the deliberate actions of the Border Patrol are directly causing death and disappearance: “Interference with Humanitarian Aid: Death and Disappearance on the US-Mexico Border.”*
Think about the following, and ask yourself what kind of system creates monsters capable of this: “In the desert of the Arizona–Mexico borderlands, where thousands of people die of dehydration and heat-related illness, Border Patrol agents are destroying gallons of water intended for border crossers.” La Coalición de Derechos Humanos, in a three-year study ending in 2015, found water gallons vandalized 415 times, an average of more than twice a week. Witnessed by border crossers, photographed, and watched on YouTube by over 350,000 people, Border Patrol agents systematically stab, stomp, kick, drain and confiscate the bottles of water that humanitarian aid volunteers leave along known migrant routes in the Arizona desert—intentionally condemning border crossers to suffering, death, and disappearance.
No More Deaths, studying the period between from 2012 to 2015, found at least 3,586 gallon jugs of water destroyed in a desert corridor near Arivaca, Arizona. If this is not enough, Border Patrol agents in the Arizona borderlands routinely intimidate, harass, and surveil the humanitarian-aid volunteers to interfere with their efforts to save the lives of border crossers.
“The known disappearance of thousands of people in the remote wilderness of the US–Mexico border zone marks one of the great historical crimes of our day.” (see artildren risking everything to cross the U.S.-Mexico border comes from the working of a system—the system of capitalist-imperialism. As Bob Avakian points out:
Now I can hear these reactionary fools saying, “Well Bob, answer me this. If this country is so terrible, why to people come here from all around the world? Why are so many people trying to get in, not get out?”…Why? I’ll tell you why. Because you have fucked up the rest of the world even worse than what you have done in this country. You have made it impossible for many people to live in their own countries as part of gaining your riches and power. (BAsics 1:14)
And now the Trump/Pence regime is taking this to a whole new horrific level and unleashing far greater terror on the border. Using their fascist propaganda machine, they are branding immigrant people as less than human, in a genocidal way – calling them “animals, rapists, gangsters, drug dealers and violent criminals” threatening the “American way of life” and America's “sacred” borders.
Everyone in this country, especially those who are not immigrants, must look squarely at these unspeakable crimes being committed at the border, take a stand, and act on it—in the interests of humanity. What is happening on the Southwest border—and to immigrants overall—is intolerable, and it cannot be tolerated one day more.
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One plant that can be particularly harmful to cats is the Wandering Jew, also known as Tradescantia zebrina, or the Inchplant. This houseplant has heart-shaped leaves with a purple vein running down the center. It can be identified by its trailing stems, which grow horizontally along the ground.
The sap in the leaves and stems of this plant can cause an allergic reaction. The severity of the symptoms depends on the amount of sap that is ingested. Vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite, difficulty breathing and excessive salivation are all signs that a pet has been affected by this plant. If your cat licks its paws after touching or eating any part of this plant, it may also experience skin irritation.
There is no antidote for this type of reaction, so it is important to take your pet to the veterinarian as soon as possible if you think it has been affected by the Wandering Jew plant. Treatment will likely include supportive care and anti-inflammatory drugs. In some cases, surgery may be required to remove any sap that has been ingested.
If you have this plant in your home, it is important to take steps to keep your cat away from it. One way to do this is to place the plant in a location where your cat cannot reach it. You can also spray the plant with an animal-friendly deterrent such as citrus or peppermint oil. This will help to keep your cat from licking or chewing on the leaves.
If you think your cat has ingested any part of the Wandering Jew plant, call your veterinarian immediately. By taking these precautions, you can help to keep your cat safe from this potentially harmful plant.
10 Tips: How To Keep Your Cat Away From This Plant
1. Put the plant in a location where your cat cannot reach it.
2. Spray the plant with citrus or peppermint oil to keep the cat away from it.
3. Provide your pet with a safer alternative, such as catnip.
4. Keep your plants clean and free of insects, which may attract your cat.
5. Enclosing the plant in a glass case can protect it from your pet.
6. Look for signs that your cat has been affected by this plant and take it to the vet immediately if you suspect that is the case.
7. Be sure to closely monitor your cat if it is outside. It may be more likely to get into trouble if it is outside.
8. Bring your cat to the vet for regular checkups so it can stay in tip-top shape and avoid getting sick when possible.
9. Keep an eye on your cat when you bring a new plant into your home, especially if that plant has toxic leaves or stems such as this one.
10. If you see your cat ingesting any part of the Wandering Jew plant, call your veterinarian immediately for help.
By following these tips, you can help to keep your cat safe from the Wandering Jew plant. Remember to be vigilant and to always contact your veterinarian if you think your pet has been affected by this hazardous houseplant.
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A healthy lifestyle is a key to happiness. In the last two years, pandemics and the consequent lockdowns took a toll on people’s mental and physical well-being. Restricted movements, and forced indoor stay impacted the lifestyle of the people heavily. Buying patterns of the homebuyers changed a lot post-pandemic. According to a survey, it has been found that millennial home buyers are looking for larger homes instead of compact homes. Also, the hybrid work culture became a significant factor contributing to this shifting trend. Many realtors came up with residential projects which offer spacious homes, vast open spaces and green landscapes to address this changing trend.
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The property offers amenities that are not only apt for a contemporary living but also promote healthier living. The vast stretch of open space allows its residents to interact with nature. A swimming pool for adults and toddlers motivates its residents to make use of leisure time by indulging in a healthy hobby. Amphitheatre with seating arrangements is crafted for the residents for events and programmes. Well-equipped gymnasium motivates fitness freaks to continue their workouts uninterrupted. The yoga zone gives space to residents who believe in doing meditation in the natural environment.
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Our Social Spotlight blog series is back. Over the next few months, we have an exciting line-up of wonderful Cala Instagrammers who will give you an insight into their Cala home, their interior inspirations and tips for those looking to buy a new build.
This month we caught up with Karen from Home with a Pom. Read on to find out why she choose The Darroch housetype, her favourite space within her new home and her top interior trend for this year.
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Name: Karen
Instagram account: @homewithapom
Housetype: The Darroch
Development: Hazeldene Lea, Newton Mearns
#CalaPets?: A two year old Pomeranian called Nugget and a 10 month old Chow Chow called BoBo
Hi Karen, thanks for taking part and sharing your insights! We’d love to know why you chose a new build home? And why The Darroch specifically?
My fiancé and I had been looking for a home together for a while and we explored different options from new build homes to homes with a bit of history. After doing some research and watching our friend’s negative experiences with older build homes, we realised that we wanted a blank canvas that we could add our own stamp to without any of the hidden surprises that can happen when purchasing an older home.
The Darroch ticked a number of boxes for us. Most importantly, it offers the space for us to start a family, a commodious kitchen with lots of storage space to hide our clutter and a spacious main bedroom that we can relax in. As we have two dogs, we also wanted a large garden space that will allow them to run about but was also manageable for us at the same time.
Its seems like you’ve had a really positive home journey, tell us what you love about Cala Homes?
I love that the staff at Cala Homes were very friendly and really patient when answering all of our questions we had throughout the buying process. We were particularly interested in the sizes of each home and we liked to compare the square footage of different homes to see what was ultimately the best value. When viewing the showhomes, it was also simple to see that they had thought about the practicality that is required in a family home. For example, having ample storage and wardrobe space, as well as spaces for additional cupboards and furniture.
It’s all about location, location, location. Did this play a big part in your decision? Or did you choose Cala Homes based on the high specification, offering and incentives?
When we first began looking at homes, the location was not our top priority. But after doing some research and looking at our home as a long-term investment, we fell in love with the location of Newton Mearns and therefore Hazeldene Lea won us over.
The high specification definitely contributed to our decision-making process, and we found that Cala offered better specification compared to other developers. When we were considering different homes, we realised these additional extras, such as integrated wardrobes and tiling in bathrooms, meant we were better off getting a home that comes with all these extra little things as standard.
Our friend’s recommendation played a big part in our decision too. Hearing our friend’s positive experience with Cala and reading other reviews on Trustpilot gave us a really positive impression of Cala Homes. The Recommend a Friend incentive was also an added bonus.
Can you tell our readers how your overall buying experience was, and did use any of Cala’s offers or incentives?
We were able to visit the showhomes and development multiple times before making that final decision to reserve The Darroch. The staff at Hazeldene Lea were accommodating and were able to answer all of our questions which helped us decide on the house type we wanted. When we were choosing our tiling and cupboard colours, we were able explore different options and the staff helped us bring our vision to life. The only downside was that our estimated completion date was delayed due to reserving our home during lockdown.
Cala were flexible with their offers which felt very tailored to our individual needs. For example, being able to choose our own optional upgrades for the home instead of being restricted to stick with just the one curtain and flooring pack.
We love how you’ve designed your home. How did you decide on the colour scheme and tiling of your kitchen and bathrooms?
I like to keep ‘fixed’ features such as tiling, flooring and cupboard doors towards a more neutral palette and use decorative items such as chairs and wall décor to layer the room to add my own personality. Tiling and flooring are features in a room that can’t be changed as easily as decorative items, so in the future when interior trends become ‘outdated’ or my preferences change, it will be a more cost-effective way to accommodate my style without breaking the bank!
We would love to know where you look for home inspiration?
Before buying, we visited various showhomes to get inspiration from different interior designers and integrate elements that we liked from each style. Now I enjoy browsing through Instagram for decorative ideas and creative ways to decorate our home. Once I have a general idea of what I want, it is much easier to narrow down my choices and I feel less overwhelmed when going into shops or searching online for that right piece of furniture/décor.
Do you have any favourite interior trends at the moment?
I like the idea of using sculptural shapes around the home and the use of bolder colours to add some character to the room. Overall, I think my favourite interior trend is the modern glamourous décor that combines metallic, neutral and an accent colour. Think brass accent decor, marble surfaces, velvet furniture and dramatic lightings. I feel the softness of velvet balances the coldness of metal which provides an interesting contrast and texture. Using velvet in my home also allows me to add some bright and intense colours to the room to give it a more comfy but luxurious feel.
This might be a hard one…What features of your home do you love best? Or do you have a favourite room?
This is a tough choice! There are so many features of the Darroch that we love. Overall, I think the kitchen is our favourite room because the island creates an open space that is welcoming and makes me want to cook more often. It is also the room that we use the most. The amount of kitchen cupboards that come with the Darroch is a bonus too. After looking at multiple developers and different house types, nothing can beat a Cala kitchen - it just ticks all of the boxes for us.
Other features such as the vestibule is great because I don’t need to worry about the dogs escaping through the front door. Having a generous hallway upstairs gives the home a grander impression, which was something we didn’t realise we would appreciate. The Darroch, for us, is definitely a home that is practical and easy to maintain while giving us the space to grow as a family.
For those reading this who are thinking of purchasing a new home, what would be your best advice?
After spending so long looking for our ideal home, I would recommend always doing plenty of research. Compare different locations, developers, internal and external finishes and layouts. It’s also useful to visit the surrounding area so you can get a feel of what’s nearby before you move in.
Secondly, always make a list of all the things you want in a home. We always wanted a house with practical living spaces and plenty of storage throughout – most new build homes don’t have a lot of storage. Thankfully, Cala caters to this, however have a think about ways you could create more storage if needed.
Finally, be patient and never rush into reserving a home that you might regret, remember you need to live in it every day!
For more information on our homes for sale at Newton Mearns or any of our other developments across the UK, visit our Homes for Sale page. Look out for our next Social Spotlight blog coming soon and make sure to tag us in your photos @calahomes.
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We are looking for a French speaker to join our awesome team in Galway, Ireland. You will join a team who are part of driving our strategy and our business forward. A company whose goal is to build a diverse, inclusive, equitable, and accessible workplace; by promoting good health, safety, and wellbeing; by unlocking the potential of our people by ensuring their personal growth; and by increasing the power of giving by connecting with our local communities.
"Small enough to be entrepreneurial and large enough to enable meaningful career growth across business disciplines, Poly offers unique opportunities to make a difference". Including: -
Hybrid working, is the core of our culture, you can work 2 days a week remotely, 3 days in our brand-new modern offices in Crown Square, Galway
Work-Life- Balance, Poly are committed to providing you with opportunities to stay curious. With true flexibility on how you work, tailored benefits and continuous learning opportunities, we actively encourage you to bring your authentic self to work with us
Maintaining Good Health and Well-Being, ensuring health for you and those you care about is a priority at Poly
Sensitive Curiosity and a Growth Mindset, at Poly we nurture a culture of sensitive curiosity and a growth mindset. To do that, our employees must feel empowered to bring their authentic selves to work.
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Job Title: Bilingual Business Development Representative-French
Competitive base salary + commission
You are going to be speaking to customers and potential customers in the French territory and perform both inbound and outbound activity, focused on growing mid-market account revenue and share in Poly solutions and products. You will help turn leads into qualified opportunities by partnering with marketing and sales teams to accomplish programs for inbound lead generation campaigns. You will also focus on generating new revenue opportunities that increase the total pipeline to help accelerate Poly growth.
Your day to day
Provide the best possible customer experience to all inbound leads expressing interest in Poly via multiple channels including phone, email, and live chat
Perform outbound prospecting through telephone, email, industry events, prospecting tools, and social media in your assigned territory and/or customer sectors, with the outcomes of identifying and qualifying new sales opportunities
You will qualify inbound and outbound prospects by establishing the criteria of; Fit, Budget, Authority, Need and Time (BANT), and gather relevant l sales information.
Arrange and host calls between end-customers and sales team for further follow-up.
Develop a strong understanding of Poly products and solutions and keep up to date on upcoming product releases
Maintain and oversee enquiries, leads, and customer information in Salesforce, while observing best practice standards on time to action and number of touch points
Meet assigned quarterly financial targets
Support with regular feedback and input on the quality and of campaigns, related tools and prospect intelligence
You are going to be working closely with the sales and marketing teams to continuously improve demand generation processes and best practices
You will follow-up on pipeline generated and track this so revenue opportunities are achieved
Support with any other duties required to assist in the successful operation of the department.
What we would like you to have
Experience of sales including some cold calling/prospecting, ideally within the French territory
Able to demonstrate previous sales success with strong selling capabilities,
You can process and retain large amounts of information.
Experience of Outbound/Inbound Prospecting Tools - e.g., ZoomInfo, LinkedIn Navigator and Outreach would be an advantage
Possess as confidence in presenting well and have a solution-oriented sales approach, and qualify opportunities, and tactfully handle objections
Educated to A level (or country equivalent) standard.
GCSE pass at grades C or above in English and Math s (or country equivalent).
Fluent in French and English, both verbally and at business level
Familiar with use of sales tools, Salesforce, would be advantageous
Please note the role and descriptions are draft and may be subject to change with short notice during the candidacy period
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Pixxcell, an ambitious visual platform which allows users to explore images from across the globe – and curate their own – is set for an eagerly-anticipated re-launch next month.
The Tremough-based digital start-up, which has been identified as ‘game-changing’ by the Plymouth University GAIN20 network, will initiate a soft launch this September
During this first stage the site will be put through its paces by a specially invited group of photographers, experts from the travel industry, students from Tremough campus, technology bloggers and educational users; this will be followed by a general roll-out later in the autumn.
The website is essentially a world map which allows users to view and tell beautifully presented visual stories (look out for the hashtag #wearethestorytellers on social media) which journey through space and time; these stories can now be embedded into other websites and shared on social media.
Users can import their own images, including from Facebook, Instagram and Flickr, and also have access to the world’s largest digital archive (Getty Images). As storytellers from all over the globe add more stories the individual images will be compiled into a central world archive; “a visual visitor’s book for planet earth.”
The platform has undergone significant improvements since an earlier phase was trialled last year; the background technology has completely changed, making the site faster and upgrading functionality.
Pixxcell CEO Melissa Mercer commented: “We can’t wait to unleash this bigger and better version, and watch people explore the huge potential of the site for telling their unique visual stories.”
She added: “We’ve been working with content curators and experienced travel experts – including writers and photographers – who have put together stories to help demonstrate how the technology works.”
The ability for users to embed their unique stories into their own websites is particularly significant; this feature has been designed to appeal to travel writers, photographers, historians, international brands and museums with collections from around the world, offering a new way of cataloguing and showcasing images, artefacts and artwork.
Sarah Lloyd-Durrant, Digital Access Officer at The Royal Institution of Cornwall, is looking forward to the launch, saying:
“We are really excited about seeing Pixxcell and exploring how we can use it to showcase the Royal Cornwall Museum collections in new and interesting ways. Being able to embed a map within our site is of huge interest to us.”
For updates follow @Pixxcell on Twitter or /PixxcellWorldwide on Facebook. Alternatively, sign-up to the mailing list for priority news at The previous website has now been taken offline in preparation for the upcoming re-launch.
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Decision Quality (DQ) is a skill in and of itself, not unlike other technical and business skills. It needs to be continually fostered, monitored and grown appropriately. To continually improve, most companies establish a DQ implementation plan and infrastructure to nurture and guide its use and growth organizationally.
The ingredients for successful DQ implementation are the same: develop skill, structure for success, cultivate awareness and support, and provide tools, but the "recipe” differs from organization to organization. In this special webinar a panel of DQ leaders from Shell Oil Company, Hess Corporation, Southwestern Energy, Noble Energy and Nexen CNOOC Ltd. will share their journeys, triumphs and lessons learned.
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A northwestern Arizona school district has banned employees from discussing vaccination status or mask wearing with students. The Mohave Daily News reports the governing board for the Colorado River Union High School District made the decision this week. The edict carries no repercussions for administrators, staff and teachers who violate it. That would be up to the district's superintendent, who supported the motion. The school board's gag rule is rare, even as vaccines and masks remain hot topics across Arizona as students return to school. The state today confirmed more than 3,500 new cases of COVID-19 cases and four more deaths.
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Mayor Pasquale Menna officiated his first marriage ceremony Monday night shortly before the bimonthly Borough Council meeting, marrying Amilcar Chavez and Cira Carcaño of Red Bank.
Weddings before council sessions aren’t uncommon. But Menna did the honors in Spanishthe first time for a Red Bank mayor, he said afterward.
So, Mr. Mayor, will we soon see you handling another first by officiating at a civil union?
“I’d be happy to do them,” says Menna. “I’ve had other mayors calling to ask if I would do it for them, and I said, ‘With pleasure.’ “
These are mayors who want to refer gay and lesbian couples to you because they’re uncomfortable performing the ceremonies?
“Yes.”
Care to say who?
“No. They’ve asked me if I would do them. I said, ‘I’ll do them [starting] the night they take effect.’ “
The state law allowing civil unions becomes effective at 12:01a on Monday, Feb. 19. A council meeting is scheduled for that evening.
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Each year, NYSID sponsors the Joslin Awards Program, which celebrates exceptional job performance and personal growth by individuals with disabilities employed on New York State Preferred Source contracts.
The program was established in 2004 to honor the memory of William B. Joslin, former Chief Executive Officer of Human Technologies Corporation and NYSID Board Member, who lived a life of championing employment opportunities for New Yorkers with disabilities.
Our nominee for this year was Trevor Pumilio, who has worked in Environmental Services at many of our most demanding sites, and now works at the McPike Addiction Treatment Center. Trevor was nominated by his supervisor Randy Barber, and received a check from NYSID for $500 at his awards lunch at Human Technologies’ offices. He will again be recognized in front of the entire company at our Annual Holiday Awards Luncheon in December at the Radisson Hotel.
Read his inspirational story below.
Trevor is no stranger to the janitorial field. He started work right after high school, and has been in the trade for 13 years. Trevor was originally hired by Human Technologies in 2008 as a temporary employee to clean at Herkimer Community College. In that job, he showed his dedication to learning and excelling at his work.
Due to his disability, Trevor needs time and repetition to learn each task. He overcame this challenge by working with a job coach and taking the time
necessary to clearly understand each task. In this job, his confidence flourished and he applied for and was hired as a full-time employee. He has since maintained eight years of employment at Human Technologies.
Currently, Trevor is a custodian at McPike OASAS Addiction Treatment Center. One of the things he likes about his job is that it keeps him busy. “Without a job, I would sit home and be bored,” he said. Trevor also likes the appreciation he receives from his supervisor and the patients at McPike. Recognition for the work he does is really important to him.
Trevor’s motivation shows not only at work, but also in his desire to help communities in need. In 2014, he traveled to Peru and volunteered for two weeks at a preschool. In 2015, he spent four weeks in Costa Rica as a volunteer for an animal rescue center. Both were at his own expense. Through work, Trevor is able to fund his desire to travel, camp, fish, and attend concerts.
Trevor would like others to know that people with disabilities are very capable. “I can do good work and I know other people can do good work, too,” he said. “Just as good as anyone else, if not better.” As a valued employee at Human Technologies, Trevor has proven this to be true.
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Sadhguru looks at the nature of desire, and how a human being is always seeking the boundless. He explores how spirituality is about consciously moving from “more” to “all”.
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Participant: Sadhguru, you have, you know, written a piece on karma, where you have made a statement that you will not grow unless you create the innermost desire to grow. So could you elaborate on those thoughts on karma?
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Sadhguru: See, desire is not something that you have to create. Is there somebody without desire, however religious you are? Is there somebody here without any desire? People have tried these teachings with you and they have not worked, isn’t it? They told you, you must give up your desire, you must be satisfied with what you have, you must be content - has it worked even for one human being on the planet I am asking? Has it worked? A teaching that does not work is just rubbish, isn’t it? But it’s gone around for too long because of so many reasons, we will not go into that. Desire is not something that you create. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you are; there is something within you longing to be little more than who you are right now - yes or no? Yes? If that little more happens, what? Little more. If that little more happens, what? Little more. That little more happens, what? I can go on like this. If I… Why you’re going bit by bit? I will make you the king or queen of this planet; will you remain fulfilled? Don’t look at me hopefully, I will not make such a blunder (Laughter), I am only saying. If you become the king or queen of this planet, will you be fulfilled? No. You will look at the stars, isn’t it? So there’s something within you which is longing to become boundless, to become infinite. Now you’re approaching the infinite in installments. Tch…tch…tch… this is not a good way to go. In installments can you ever get to the infinite? Can you count one, two, three, four, five and one day say this is infinite. You’ll only become endless counting. You’ll not know the infinite. This is not the way to approach the infinite.
So the desire is just this. There is something within you which is always longing to become boundless. If I set a boundary for you - suppose I imprison you in let’s say, a five x five cubicle, you’ll feel horribly imprisoned. Tomorrow, we’ll liberate you into a ten x ten cubicle - you’ll feel wonderful for a day and again you’ll feel imprisoned. Next day we’ll liberate you into a hundred x hundred cubicle. You’ll beel… you’ll feel great for three days. Again the same thing. It doesn’t matter where I set the boundary. The moment you can feel the boundary, you want to break it, isn’t it? This is not something cultivated within you. This is not your entrepreneurial spirit. This is the nature of life. Life wants to be something more, all the time. How much more? Limitlessly more, isn’t it?
So, ‘more’ is not what you’re looking for. ‘All’ is what you’re looking for. If you want to take all, can you conquer it? If you want all… if you want ‘more’, you can conquer. If you want ‘all’, can you conquer it? Can you earn it? So you need to look at it now. If you want ‘all’, what should you do about it? If you look at that, you’ll naturally turn spiritual.
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The temperatures have really plummeted and reading the Post Post this morning it is not looking promising that many meetings will be on this weekend, the frost has really penetrated the ground. It’s incredibly frustrating as this is exactly the right race for Top Ville Ben with the RSA in mind further down the line, and we also have a strong supporting cast entered. Meanwhile Phil is on his way to Tattersalls, Newmarket – this racing event is definately on – there’s a strong book of flat horses to look at and he’s done plenty of form homework as usual but the most important thing is seeing them in the flesh. It’ll be a busy day and I wish I was there too!
Photographer Phill Andrews visited us on a beautiful morning yesterday and we will be posting some of his photos later which are sure to be breathtaking.
We have just the one runner today and luckily it’s on the all weather at Southwell – Pullman Brown has the hood taken off to see if that will help him recapture his form, he was a long time off injured and hopefully we can see him start to pick up as he is a fragile but capable horse that his Owner has been patient with.
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This is the first beachside race I’ve done, and for this year, it’s the first of my Beach Cities Challenge. The pre-race expo was nice though the humidity of the weekend combined with a lot of people under a big tent made for a lot of obnoxious odors wandering about. Gross.
Parking for pre-race was alright, though a bit confusing. I managed to find metered parking less than a block away on 1st street. Parking for race day for me, was a breeze – cuz I got there super early and parked at one of the shuttle stop locations.
Race day was actually pretty and warm, the skies were clear and the sun was up and out in full force. I’ve done other daytime races before, but I’ve always ended with the sun on my back, and this time the sun was in my face.. I was very tired at the finish line needless to say.
Lots of good water stations, however not enough Vitalyte electrolyte stations. Lots of portapotties on the route and good volunteers, but could definitely use some entertainment along the bolsa chica area. The entertainment along PCH was awesome and definitely helped with the last 3-4 miles along PCH.
Overall, I had fun and the race was great.. of course the bling is always a super plus. Would I run this again? Sure, why not? 🙂 Looking forward to the OC Half and Long Beach Half to complete my Beach Cities Challenge!
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Since the various agreements that constitute the WTO cover such a wide range of topics, dispute settlement panelists find that a number of subjects come under their authority. This places WTO dispute panels in a delicate position. On the one hand they must identify cases where nations are failing to comply with international trade agreements; on the other, they must be cautious when making recommendations that reverse the preferences of national governments.
Thus far, in the decisions of the panels and the Appellate Body, there has been a tendency to write decisions in a way that minimizes the burden on nations to change their regulations and laws in order to comply with their WTO trade obligations. This does not mean that dispute settlement panels have not found nations in violation of the trade agreements. When they have, however, they have left national governments with a variety of options in order to come into compliance.
Two cases in which panel reports were adopted reflect the WTO’s tendency to avoid becoming overly involved in the internal regulatory affairs of nations. These cases have been selected as examples because they have received a lot of attention, but the trend described can be found in each case where a panel report has been issued. Both examples are complaints by the United States, one against the European Union (EU) regarding restrictions on import of hormone treated meat, and the other against Japan regarding the photographic film industry. In the first case the United States won the concessions it sought; in the second case the panel found no evidence of violation of the trade agreements.
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The aboriginal hockey culture that once spawned enforcer Stan Jonathan has jumped all aboard the Jonathan Cheechoo train.
Cheechoo, a product of the Moose Cree First Nation in Moose Factory, Ont., has scored 56 goals in the National Hockey League this season with the San Jose Sharks. He is the latest aboriginal player to make a name for himself in the NHL. He’s become a role model for young, aspiring hockey players in the native ranks.
“A lot of the NHL guys that are native give a lot of the native kids a lot of hope, that anything can happen if you work hard and you believe in it,” said Saskatoon Tribal Council midget player Keldon Sanderson, who is property of the Western Hockey League’s Lethbridge Hurricanes.
“Now that he (Cheechoo) has opened up his game and he’s been potting a lot of goals, he’s one of the guys I look up to as a native kid growing up.
“I like a lot of players, but I’d have to say (Montreal Canadiens defenceman) Sheldon Souray is (still my favourite).”
Ed Bitternose, hockey co-ordinator for the 2006 Saskatchewan First Nations Winter Games, admits that the success of Cheechoo has brought extra attention to the provincial native tournament.
“Oh yeah, that Jonathan fella, he’s up there (among the top scoring leaders),” said Bitternose, a member of the host Gordon First Nation.
“That’s what they (young players) all look for, the NHL stuff. Right now, it’s just getting looked at by scouts at these two arenas (Sherwood Ice Sports Centre). That’s why we put the midgets and the bantams in the same facility. Some of the scouts that are out there asked us if we can have them close to the same venue so they would get an opportunity to look at the kids in that age group.
“We had some inquiries as to how we would set up that age group.”
Hockey scouts already know about Jeremy Boyer — a member of the Agency Chiefs Tribal Council. Boyer, who was picked in the second round of last year’s Western Hockey League bantam draft by the Seattle Thunderbirds, had two goals and two assists Monday as the ACTC dumped the Touchwood Agency Tribal Council (TATC) 10-2. As a rookie, Boyer finished fourth overall among the scoring leaders in the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League this past season with the Saskatoon Blazers.
“There’s lots (aboriginal role models), but, yeah, definitely, he (Cheechoo) is one of the better ones,” said Boyer.
Sanderson, Boyer, Sterling Bear (Beardy’s Blackhawks, South East Tribal Council), Ian Clarke (Beardy’s, STC), Matt Watson (Beardy’s, STC) and Craig McCallum (Battlefords North Stars, Meadow Lake Tribal Council) are among the midget AAA players in this year’s First Nations Winter Games.
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The oppression of Muslim women is a major theme among the Islamofascistly aware. If only they felt the same about other women on earth.
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November 1, 2007 get in to hear David Horowitz give the big, climactic speech for Islamofascism Awareness Week at Columbia. Like an idiot, I had assumed it was a normal public event and I could just walk in; but the nice Young Republican checking IDs at the credentials table told me that all attendees, including journalists, were supposed to have signed up online three days earlier. At that point a real reporter would have figured out how to sneak in, but I slouched meekly away. So I’m relying on the International Herald Tribune when I report that a grand total of 100 people were on hand to hear Horowitz speak. According to the Columbia Spectator, in that speech he claimed that “nooses have been put figuratively on the doors of the College Republicans,” that the Week was held in defense of moderate Muslims, that the Iraq War was Jimmy Carter’s fault and that the Columbia University women’s studies department does not deal with the oppression of women in Muslim countries. Add his audience to the eighty people who, according to my Nation colleague Esther Kaplan, showed up two days earlier to hear Ibn Warraq, Christina Hoff Sommers and Phyllis Chesler (best Chesler snippet from Esther’s tape: If the jihadists win, we’ll become veiled “sex slaves”), and it’s obvious that we should all take public-relations lessons from Horowitz. Once again, through his patented combination of egomania and chutzpah, he managed to get the media all riled up about something few on campus bothered to show up for.
I’ve written before about what’s wrong with the term “Islamofascism” (which, contrary to Horowitz’s assertion, was not invented by Algerians in the 1990s to describe the fundamentalist mass murderers in that country; it was used previously by historian Malise Ruthven in 1990 to describe the authoritarian governments of the Muslim world). It’s a highly emotional propaganda term intended to conflate a variety of groups, from Baathists to Hamas to Al Qaeda to the Taliban, into one big murderball and to move us to war–yesterday Iraq, tomorrow Iran–by evoking the clash of civilizations, religious apocalypse, implacable enemies, the folly of compromise and Hitler. Everyone with a more complicated, or less alarming, picture than Us versus Them becomes an appeaser, a sympathizer, a dupe or a fool. The point is to get people so scared and outraged they won’t ask questions like, Is a Columbia student in a headscarf so different from a Columbia student in a yarmulke? And how likely is it that women’s studies professors think female genital mutilation is great and honor killing is “just their culture”?
“The Islamofascist Awareness people aren’t interested in what’s actually going on in the Muslim world,” Columbia anthropologist Lila Abu-Lughod told me by phone. “They just use the woman question as an easy way to target Muslims.” Abu-Lughod reminded me, for example, that genital mutilation is basically a regional African custom that has acquired religious overtones–most Muslim societies don’t practice it, and many non-Muslims do. She also pointed out that this semester, contrary to Horowitz’s claims, women’s studies is offering or cross-listing no fewer than three courses about women in the Muslim world, none of which paints a rosy picture.
The oppression of women in the Muslim world is a major theme among the Islamofascistly aware. And here the story gets a bit tricky. An awful lot of those associated with the Week are antifeminist conservatives–I mean, come on–Rick Santorum? Ann Coulter? Sean Hannity? These are people who’ve made careers out of attacking the mildest updates on American women’s roles, whether it’s working mothers, birth control or even, in the case of Coulter, the right to vote! In the zillions of words for which Horowitz is responsible–as writer, activist, speechifier and editor of is virtually no evidence of concern for the rights, liberties, opportunities or well-being of any women on earth, except for Muslims. Leaving aside the industrialized West for a moment, it’s not as if life is a picnic for women in China, India, Africa, Latin America. Why no interest in them?
Let’s say the focus on Muslim women is entirely cynical–a clever quadruple play to simultaneously promote Euro-American cultural chauvinism, defuse antiwar sentiment, attack Middle Eastern studies departments as hotbeds of jihad and discredit American feminists as a bunch of princessy complainers. (Domestic violence? job discrimination? abortion restrictions? Honey, you’re lucky someone’s not stuffing you into a burqa!) There could still be that little bit of truth. Take, for example, the only Muslim woman who is, so far as I know, associated with Islamofascism Awareness Week–Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the world-famous Somali-born Dutch Muslim feminist, former parliamentarian, author of The Caged Virgin and Infidel and now American Enterprise Institute fellow. Hirsi Ali gets bad press on the left–The Nation has published two long, negative pieces about her: an indignant review of The Caged Virgin by the very good fiction writer Laila Lalami, who accused her of promoting patronizing views of Muslim women as passive and helpless, and a snide piece by Deborah Scroggins portraying her as a grandstanding diva who only made life more difficult for Muslim women in the Netherlands. This is a woman who has been the target of multiple death threats from Muslim fanatics like the one who murdered her colleague, filmmaker Theo van Gogh; who is frankly secular, in fact an atheist; who was herself genitally mutilated at the age of 5, and as a legislator did, in fact, seek to cut through the “benign neglect” of Dutch Muslim women’s rights that prevailed in multicultural Holland. I’m as dismayed as anyone by Hirsi Ali’s rightward trajectory, but I admire her all the same. Maybe we leftists and feminists need to think a bit more self-critically about how the AEI–to say nothing of the clownish Horowitz–managed to win over this bold and complex crusader for women’s rights.
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I started this blog in 2013 with the words: “Once upon a time there was a mother who wanted to do something other than dishes and laundry.”
This version of myself feels sort of familiar.
It ended with the words: “She took a deep breath and just went for it.”
This I recognize.
I’ve spent the last nearly decade breathing in and plunging forward.
I’ve been as transparent as I can, exploring motherhood, depression, and body image. There are things I withhold to protect my friends and family, and I’m attempting to explore new territory with my fiction writing. The blog, like me, is a work in progress.
Parenting teenagers has a way of humbling you and making you grow up.
I currently have three manuscripts in the works, and I may publish a short story collection at the end of this year. I journal daily, and although I still feel a bit queasy each time I hit publish, I’m returning to the place I began.
I considered renaming the blog and changing the header image to reflect my growth, but for now, they still fit. My son drew me as Super Mom with a sword by my side and a mask across my eyes. This feels right and somehow important.
Welcome to Bridgette Tales.
Everybody has a story. Here’s a little of mine.
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Years later, I was cast in the final performance in San Francisco. This one wasn’t recorded, but you can read the piece I read aloud: The mom bathing suit vs. the hipster pool
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Linda C. Thomas (@joynuniverse) | July 30, 2014 at 9:24 am
Bridgette,
I was feeling overwhelmed by what is not working with my life; then read your post and was reminded that there is more to me than my weight. Cheers, and thank you.
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George | July 30, 2014 at 11:29 pm
Dear Linda,
Let me give you one man’s perspective, for what it’s worth. I think what the modern culture defines as “heavy” or “overweight” is gorgeous, and it is much more appealing to me than the anorexic, emaciated “standard” of fashionable beauty being pushed on society nowadays.
Yes, there is absolutely more to you than just your weight, but take courage–in my eyes (and I’m sure in many other men’s eyes as well), your weight is NOT a detriment to what makes you attractive–it is one of the many legitimate aspects of what makes you genuinely beautiful!!!
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blanchecrowe | August 1, 2014 at 11:41 am
thanks
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David | August 1, 2014 at 12:57 pm
Bridgette, my wife has always been “chunky” and I have always found her beautiful. In fact, I loved her figure since I met her and we were single. She always talks about losing weight and trying to be thinner. Since we were dating. However, I still see a beautiful woman. I believe that heavy is the ideal healthy weight. It looks beautiful on you and it looks beautiful on her.
If I wanted a thin woman, I would have dated a thin girl. Yet, I have always liked chunky women.
David in California.
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Scott | July 30, 2014 at 12:27 pm
I have fallen in love with you and we have never met. You are so complete and live a wonderful life.
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Kim | July 30, 2014 at 1:59 pm
I stumbled upon your blog (“Exposed by my children…”) and I was so moved by it that I wanted to reach out to thank you.
I too struggle with body issues, as every other female does, especially since joining the not-so-cool club of being 40. I often (read ‘every waking moment’) dibble dabble in self-loathing and hopelessness of not having the figure I had even one year ago. And in my mind, my beautiful son cannot possibly see his mama as anything but ‘big’ and ‘old’, and I believe my amazing partner has perfected his lies while he tells me daily how beautiful I am and how lucky he is.
Myself? I see me as a blob… who has a closet of pretty clothes all 3 sizes too small while I hide myself in sweats and oversized t-shirts.
But your blog made me remember when, just a few days ago, my son drew a picture of me and was upset because he couldn’t draw me pretty enough. And before that, he was on the edge of a DEF-CON 3 meltdown because my hair was so pretty I shouldn’t get a hair cut! And all of his with covered eyes when my boyfriend kisses me in front of him…then only to ask him “Will I have a pretty girlfried like you when I’m older?”
Your words remind me that how my son sees me is much more important, and more true, than how I see me at this particular point it my life.
Thank you.
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George | July 30, 2014 at 11:21 pm
Dear Kim,
Let me give you one man’s perspective. I have always thought that a woman is just beginning to look her best when she turns 40. And I think a woman with some substance to her body is far, far more attractive than the anorexic modern fashion-model “standard” of beauty!
So, take courage–I have to believe that I am not the only man with good taste who appreciates truly beautiful ladies like you! It sounds like your partner is right on target, and is not lying to you at all. And I don’t think your son’s vision is distorted by the idealistic prism of youth, either! Sometimes children can see and perceive reality better than us “sophisticated” adults do!
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terryhillmon | July 30, 2014 at 6:23 pm
Hi Bridgette , enjoyed reading your post. You are really brave to share you story. Thanks
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Beth Pierce | July 31, 2014 at 3:36 am
Bridgette, I, like so many others, saw the FB post of your beach trip. I’m over 60 and have been in the same situation, without internet exposure, and know of the body battles. I am so happy for you that your children see you for who you are and not for your physical appearance. You, your love of family and the world around you are what matter. So glad they reminded you of that! They are wise beyond their years and you are blessed to have them…
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Bill tribett | July 31, 2014 at 2:30 pm
Well said I agree hole heatedly
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janine Jones | July 31, 2014 at 9:27 pm
Very brave of you. I wouldn’t have found your blog if it weren’t for the FB post. There is a village of like minded people and feel peace in knowing that. Children see our true selves, not what society has made us to believe what should be.
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G. Winkler | August 1, 2014 at 8:43 am
Love the story about your children and the photo they took of you. 🙂
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Arianna | August 1, 2014 at 9:20 am
I saw your article and celebrate you! My nearly 6 year relationship recently ended in large part to the water retention/inflammation caused from several health issues caused by stress. The pounds I gained became more important to him than who I am as a person. He was unable to support me emotionally because he thought if I went to the gym, I would feel better. I had adrenal problems that caused hypothyroid and hormone problems that left me exhausted. I learned one in 4 women now suffer from hyperthyroid. I am on the mend and the inflammation is starting to diminish. Learning to accept myself where I was at, contrary to the messages I was receiving around me was a challenge. Thank you for sharing your story to help others.
Much love and many blessings,
Arianna
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debra | August 1, 2014 at 9:20 am
I some how came across your blog on Exposed By My Children…,although I have never had a weight issue, we all seem to carry our heavy load of perceived imperfections around with us through life. Your blog made me tear up and then smile so I emailed to to myself to serve as a reminder that we are all more then just a some of our parts. Thank you:)
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Thurma | August 1, 2014 at 9:49 am
Dear Bridgette,
When I saw your blog and looked at your picture, I thought “That could be a picture of me!” I am quite a bit older than you, and it’s just been in the past couple of years that I would even dare think about wearing a pair of shorts in public. It has taken me too many years to come to grips with the fact that I have never been a “skinny girl” and never will be if I live to be a 100. I have dieted, tried exercise programs, tried starving myself and the minute I stop doing any of those things the few pounds I lost seem to find me again and climb right back on. It doesn’t take courage to be who you are, I’ve learned, it takes acceptance of what is, and knowing you are beautiful and that you don’t have to meet the false media driven image of beauty that isn’t healthy. Courage? Pah! Why would anyone need courage to be who they are? I bask in the love of my family and friends and am a happier person now that I’ve learned to accept myself.
I love your blog, by the way and noticed some very familiar places in some of your photos. I think we must live in the same area. I am going to sign up to follow you, and plan to read your previous posts, too. I love the way you write, and wonder if you might not want to try your hand at writing as a profession?
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Ana Manduley | August 1, 2014 at 10:33 am
Hi Bridget:
I was really happy that you shared your story! Society has made us all think that you have to be like Twiggy to be perfect. How about taking care of the kids? Helping them read, taking them on a trip to explore, etc.? Doesn’t this count for something? Sure, we can all work to slim and be healthy like you mentioned. However, you have to be really happy on the inside first. We all forget that are souls are with us here and long after we depart from this world! Thanks for you courage and reminder of what is truly important in this world! Blessings.
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Mark | August 1, 2014 at 11:05 am
Bridgette,
You are beautiful.
Mark
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blanchecrowe | August 1, 2014 at 11:44 am
what a beautiful thing your children said……. gives us all an incentive to just be ourselves and yes stay healthy, we are all different, come from different backgrounds and genes, the important thing is I think your a darn good MOM………………………..
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Donna M | August 1, 2014 at 11:55 am
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts about the beach photo. It was simply beautiful and it was most definitely something I needed to hear. It echoed in my soul. May God Bless you every day in every way.
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Whispering Wind | August 1, 2014 at 1:27 pm
Hi, I just wanted to put it out there that beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. I didn’t think the picture on the beach was bad at all, in fact, you look like my mom. Even though I have children of my own, (7), and I weigh a cool 95 pounds, I can’t stand my stomach. My stomach is COMPLETELY flat, but it is still wrinkled. When I stand, it looks almost clean. When I bend over, I can really see the wrinkles. The moral of the story is, “society”, and by that I mean the media industry, has all of us schmoes living in a dream world. In truth, even hollywood is ugly, underneath all that makeup. Hence the term, HollyWIERD!!! Women need to stop being so judgmental about themselves, and accept their beauty for what it is, a small piece of the whole!
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Sam | August 1, 2014 at 1:31 pm
Sorry but it’s too obvious that you made that story up since your son is less than 2yrs old. You just wanted to post a made up situation/story to get on that anti fat shaming fad that’s popular now.
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alysahawkins | August 1, 2014 at 1:53 pm
Keep the tank tops and bathing suits coming!! I loved your post, and think we all need to be reminded of how beautiful we are every day. It’s too easy to forget. Be strong and happy! Check out my blog
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Amanda | August 1, 2014 at 3:14 pm
Hi there Bridgette,
I’m Amanda. You don’t know me, and I don’t know you. But I saw an article on yahoo news about a woman whose children took her picture at the beach and made her realized what a beautiful person she it. Turns out…..that was you 🙂 I found the link back to your blog and started reading. I haven’t read all of the posts, just a few. But the few I have read really captivated me as your life sounds just like my life…well….to an extent. But I admire your writing, I admire you as a person and I’ve only been reading about you for the last half an hour but it really makes me want to read more and keep reading. I’ve bookmarked your blog and I will continue to read this daily. I’m sure you didn’t imagine people from all over the world would be reading your blog but it’s amazing. I’m not sure where you’re from or what you do but I want to know because from the few pictures and stories I have read you really are a beautiful person, just like your kids said 🙂
Thanks for sharing your life with others. Makes us feel like we’re not alone.
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AL Letcher | August 1, 2014 at 3:29 pm
Here’s a poem for you. Mom. My Mother’s Arms
By Al Letcher
(Inspired by my wife, Jane, and the neighbor’s baby, Savannah McCutchan)
My mother’s arms were strong.
They held me for long hours while I slept, cried and fussed my way through an illness.
My mother’s arms were tender.
They picked me up when I had fallen and helped me along the way again.
My mother’s arms were warm.
They wrapped around me when I came in from playing out in the cold.
My mother’s arms were smart.
They guided me through my lessons in school.
My mother’s arms were always there,
Until she passed away.
I miss those arms that hugged me in a special way.
I miss those arms that made me, the way I am today.
I miss my mother, but I see her everyday.
I see her when my wife holds the neighbor’s baby girl in her arms.
I see her when my daughter wraps her arms around her pregnant belly.
I see her when my granddaughters hug their baby dolls.
Mothers never die.
They live forever in another mother’s arms.
Dedicated to, and in loving memory of,
Frances M. Letcher, my mother.
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Crushed Red Velvet | August 1, 2014 at 6:54 pm
Hey I just saw your post on yahoo news! Great job
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Lucy | August 1, 2014 at 8:14 pm
I just read about your children and how they took the picture of you on the beach and what you wrote. You are blessed beyond words to have raised such amazing children. I very much like what you wrote and how you wrote. God bless you and your children. So lovely.
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Marcy Davis | August 2, 2014 at 6:52 am
Hi beautiful Mom… I just read your article on MSN with your picture and how your kids see you. My Mom is 85 and has dementia. She lives in a nursing home and I finally just had the chance to spoil her with clothes. She had been a size 24 woman for a long time and now she is a 16 woman. She didn’t ever treat herself to much of anything except food, and it was so fun to get past all of her resons for not needing clothes and pop a hot pink top on her and some Jacylyn Smith Jeans and hear,”I like this! Tres gay!” I think she is beautiful and I love this phase in her life.
My kids are grown and I am a soon to be divorced 51 year old. I was just thinking this a.m. how many different ways our society expects women to be and there was not any support for my passage into menopause and no kids. I also can’t do my nursing career anymore due to disability. I was saying to myself being a Mom and wife doesn’t reap much at this point in life. I thought now I am still supposed to be sexy, beautiful, active, care about everyone else, working, talented and on it goes. I am so happy you can love your body as you are because even if you made the “ideal” than there is some other mark that must be made and on it goes. The important thing is loving who you are and you must be precious for your children to see your beauty.
My son used to take pictures of the way my hair was turned up on the back of my head and my daughter wrote me some sweet poems.
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Bonnie | August 2, 2014 at 8:48 am
Hi! Bonnie here! I have only begun to read your work. A labor of love truly! Nice work, direct from the heart. Sweet, simple… keep going!
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Vicki | August 2, 2014 at 9:21 am
Exposed by my children was so heartwarming because your children let you see yourself through their eyes but it also gave us a view of what motherhood should really be. . .about the children. You forget/forgot about your feelings of being less than the “perfect woman” and made your children’s day/days what they should be. Hooray for you!!!
Now for encouragement.
I, too, was never thin. I was 5′ tall in the first grade and always heavy. A lifetime passes. At 44 I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Had we known when I was in first grade the things we know now, we would have known I was insulin resistant. We would have stopped my launch into puberty at 10 (which virtually ended my growth as I am 5’4″ now) and would have begun to control those things in my life.
At 44, I refused to take medication for my diabetes and have controlled it with diet and exercise (fully controlled as I now have normal blood work), for all of these years ( I am now 62),and lost 90lbs from eating correctly. As a senior citizen I am told I am hot (is that possible?) and my health is perfect.
The point of this is, when you find your way to your destination, you will arrive. Until you arrive, enjoy the trip and continue to do your best!! Your value is immeasurable.
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Ashley | August 6, 2014 at 10:41 pm
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Monique W | October 3, 2014 at 9:47 pm
Bridgette –
You are so awesome! I look forward to reading your posts. – Keep them coming. There are thousands of moms out here that feel we are walking in your shoes. You are tough as nails and stronger than steel! Keep up the great work!
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Girl in the World | January 27, 2015 at 9:12 pm
Keep it up girl – love your writing, your outlook and perspective, and your kids are brilliant. Be the Bliss!
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Ina Library | July 31, 2015 at 4:47 pm
Hi Bridgette! So glad I found your blog! I look forward to reading more of your adventures and learning from you in blogging and motherhood. I love your honest and loving voice. It’s good to find fellow moms like you who are doing everything they can to make a positive influence in our children’s lives. 🙂
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Michelle A. | July 2, 2016 at 7:02 pm
I’m so happy to have stumbled upon your words via Facebook this evening. Depression, parenting, body image.. It speaks to me all. Thank you for writing.
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Holly Niemi | March 20, 2017 at 12:45 pm
Hi Bridgette,
I don’t know if you remember me but we met at festival of little houses three summers ago. I’ve loved reading your blog since we met. Thank you for the beautiful, touching, and most of all, relatable experiences you so eloquently share.
Hope to see you at the festival if you decide to attend this year.
Keep up the good work Mama.
Best,
Holly
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Bridgette | June 15, 2017 at 10:07 am
Thanks for the kind words Holly. Sadly, my children have outgrown the festival. Hope you and yours are well.
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Mike | June 16, 2017 at 7:04 pm
Saw your blog a couple of year’s back, Not sure why it struck me but it resonated as being wholesome. It opened my eye’s as a Father and having a child of my own I guess ,; going through the emotions of growing pangs, ups and downs, Joys of watching my little one grow to be a young woman to a life of her own.
I remember you well like the story of the fine red thread sown through the heart; there is an attachment and a link to all our lives here; thank you for that!
As a male it’s always hard to express how we feel, but will some it up like this……….
we are all Gods eyes ears and mouth pieces, we are a part of him, so he knows everything, hears everything , See’s everything!
He also knows what a great job you have been doing!
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Bridgette | June 26, 2017 at 2:32 pm
Wow Mike, this may be the kindest comment I’ve ever received. You have made my week! Thank you so much for taking the time to write those words to me. I needed to hear them more than you know. Thank you! God Bless you.
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Mike | August 17, 2017 at 11:22 am
Hi Bridgette, I’ve come back to check on you again; You always have exciting things going on!
As I have stated in my last comment about that fine red thread and we all here being attached at the heart; Can feel the stresses of everyone’s fears living in these times that we call today…..
Don’t fret….. You are still doing Your fair share to make the world a better place and You give so many Hope with Your Amazing Life. just a little nudge to let you know everything is going to be ok!
When you Sit Back and think about the family You have created here….You Are So Loved!
I want to thank you for all the years you have shared from Your heart!
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TanGental | January 10, 2022 at 12:38 pm
you are v kind to follow me and good luck with the short stories
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Anna | January 24, 2022 at 12:13 pm
Very very nice introduction. I love it am inspired to rework mine. I really love that you added these important links at the end.
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Bridgette | January 24, 2022 at 3:33 pm
Thank you!!
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blackwings666 | February 20, 2022 at 6:31 pm
Thanks Bridgette
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Duo Disseminators | February 25, 2022 at 4:02 am
Hi Bridgette! nice to know you 🙂
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Bridgette | February 25, 2022 at 5:49 am
Welcome! Thanks for following my blog, I appreciate it so much.
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ohiocook | February 27, 2022 at 10:28 am
Thank you for following my blog!
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Bridgette | February 27, 2022 at 4:01 pm
You are welcome! Thanks for taking a look at mine 🙂
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Monch Weller | March 5, 2022 at 7:07 pm
Hello there! Many thanks for following The Monching’s Guide! 🙂
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utahan15 | March 8, 2022 at 6:20 am
once i never was
what i like to think of meself
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ROCK | March 20, 2022 at 8:30 am
Happy to discover you and your clever spirit which beams through your written words.
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Bridgette | March 20, 2022 at 8:31 am
Wow! Thank you ROCK. You made my day.
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Enchanted Seashells by Princess Rosebud | April 4, 2022 at 12:16 pm
Thank you for the follow! That photo above looks like the PNW, am I right?
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Bridgette | April 4, 2022 at 12:21 pm
Hi! It’s actually Dillion’s Beach in Northern California. I do spend sometime in Oregon though, as my dad lives there.
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Enchanted Seashells by Princess Rosebud | April 4, 2022 at 2:01 pm
It looks amazing! I live in SoCal and haven’t been there but I spend a lot of time with grandkids in Seattle and the beaches up there all have that kind of wood to play with!
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Cheryl, Gulf Coast Poet | April 5, 2022 at 6:26 am
I enjoyed getting to know a bit about you, Bridgette. Lovely photo! ❤
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Bridgette | April 5, 2022 at 6:29 am
Thank you, Cheryl!
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Cheryl, Gulf Coast Poet | April 5, 2022 at 6:28 am
I like both photos. I wish I were at the beach right now! 🙂
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Bridgette | April 5, 2022 at 6:29 am
Thanks, Cheryl! Me, too. I’m lucky enough I get to visit a few times a year, but I’d love to live near the beach.
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Hey there, Bridge! Nice to meet you! Thanks for paying me a visit! Nice blog you have here! — YUR
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Thanks for visiting me!
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should microsoft office version should be of any particular version?? I am facing a problem there because when I transfer the ppt to other system I am not able to play it or is it copy locked?
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1) Is the PPT playing on one computer and not playing on another?
2) Or is the PPT not playing anywhere? (that might be a different problem).
3) It should not be copy locked. However, I believe the embedded video is WMV format, so the computer will have to have an appropriate video player or codec installed.
4) I think that the video is embedded so I don't think that you could be moving the ppt without the video but that might be something to investigate.
5) If one of the computers has a very old version of Office, you could download and install the current free Powerpoint viewer. (you will still need to have the right video codecs too I believe.)
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The Powerpoint file is exported as a pptx file so your version of Powerpoint needs to be able to play these.
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When I try to create a new project from ASP.NET Core Web Application Template the select field for framework version is disabled. I have installed some versions of .Net Core on my pc but only can create projects in .Net 6.0 with Rider.
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Hello, does it happen when you try to add a new project to an existing solution? If so, then this is a known issue: RIDER-64657. The reason for the issue is that framework version is hard-coded to the template in .Net Core. At the current moment the workaround is to change framework version in csproj file.
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How School Leaders Can Handle Decision Fatigue
We lead busy lives and even the best leaders and the most astute decision makers are subject to “decision fatigue.” Author-educators Ron Williamson and Barbara Blackburn believe it is imperative for school leaders to “adopt strategies to minimize its negative impact.”
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01/13/2020
by MiddleWeb · Published 01/13/2020
3 Strategies for Teaching Academic Vocabulary
Although we have always known the importance of teaching vocabulary, there’s been a recent surge of interest in teaching academic vocabulary across the content areas. Author Barbara Blackburn describes three strategies she recommends to help make the new words stick.
Articles / Top 10 of 2019
12/26/2019
by MiddleWeb · Published 12/26/2019 · Last modified 12/29/2019
Variety and Spice: Our Top 10 Posts of 2019
We asked Google Analytics to find the 10 most-read posts published at MiddleWeb during 2019. We love the variety and the solid advice. Every contributor has been a successful classroom teacher who loves to collaborate with colleagues. Here they are, in no particular order.
Articles / Teaching Practice
11/17/2019
by MiddleWeb · Published 11/17/2019 · Last modified 09/16/2020
3 Ways We Can Offer Students More Choice
Having the ability to choose our own focus makes people, on average, five times more committed to the outcome. The classroom implications are clear, says teaching consultant Barbara Blackburn. “If students are more invested in their work, they are more likely to learn.”
Articles / Parents
11/04/2019
by MiddleWeb · Published 11/04/2019
Calming the Waters When Parents Are Angry
Every principal has dealt with unhappy or angry parents and guardians. Many family members simply have a concern and want to share it with someone they believe can resolve the problem. Ron Williamson and Barbara Blackburn offer ways to calm waters and get to solutions.
Articles / Leadership
09/18/2019
by MiddleWeb · Published 09/18/2019 · Last modified 09/16/2020
Public Relations 101: Messaging that Works
What would you like for your students, families, faculty and stakeholders to know about your school? How can you be sure your messaging reaches audiences quickly and effectively? Three experienced leaders share basic tools like “smart goals” to keep your public relations plans on course.
Articles / New Teacher Advice
08/11/2019
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5 Things Every New Teacher Needs to Know
Over a career of teaching, mentoring and networking with novices, Barbara Blackburn has learned five key lessons about being a new teacher. Here she takes the butterflies churning in newbies’ insides and suggests ways to line them up in formation for a strong first year.
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World Russia Russia Economy Inflation Russia-Ukraine War
While Russia's Central Bank announced a "faster" slowing of inflation and smaller-than-expected decline in economic activity on Friday, the U.S. Labor Departmeercent per annum, or annually. While it acknowledged that the "external environment for the Russian economy remains challenging," it said that "inflation is slowing faster and the decline in economic activity is of a smaller magnitude than the Bank of Russia expected in April."
Meanwhile, the Friday inflation report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the CPI increased 8.6 percent in the year ending in May. It was the "largest 12-month increase since the period ending December 1981," the bureau said.
While the two countries' newly-reported inflation changes cannot be linked, they provide more insight into the current economic standing of two major players in the diplomatic fallout of the Russia-Ukraine war. Following the widely-condemned invasion of Ukraine in late February, the U.S. and other western countries moved to impose unprecedented sanctions on Russia, including a U.S. embargo of Russian oil and direct sanction on Russian President Vladimir Putin himself.
While Russia’s Central Bank announced a “faster” slowing of inflation and smaller-than-expected decline in economic activity on Friday, the U.S. Labor Department reported the highest year-over-year Consumer Price Index (CPI) increase in 40 years. Above, gasoline prices are posted at a gas station in Washington, D.C. on May 26, 2022. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty k on Ukraine, but the war has not helped the economic situation for Americans. Prices for certain foods and crude oil climbed in the wake of the invasion, worsening high gas costs in the U.S. that were also already increasing before the war.
President Joe Biden has repeatedly pointed fingers at Putin as part of the reason behind the price increases. In a statement on the new inflation report, Biden said that "Putin's Price Hike hit hard in May here and around the world."
"Prices at the pump are a major part of inflation, and the war in Ukraine is a major cause of that," the statement read. "The United States is on track to produce a record amount of oil next year, and I am working with the industry to accelerate this output. But it is also important that the oil and gas and refining industries in this country not use the challenge created by the war in Ukraine as a reason to make things worse for families with excessive profit taking or price hikes."
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As for Russia, the Central Bank said that current inflation is "appreciably below" its April forecast.
As of June 3, annual inflation was at 17 percent, down from 17.8 percent in April, and recent data indicates rises in consumer prices were low in May and early June, the bank said.
"The decline in headline inflation is largely due to a correction in prices for a small group of goods and services, after they went up sharply in March," the bank's statement read. "This comes as a result of ruble exchange rate movements and the tailing-off of the surge in consumer demand in the context of a marked decline in inflation expectations of households and businesses. At the same time, current rates of price growth in the greater part of the consumer basket, although having dropped, are still significantly above 4 percent annualized."
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As usual on the Sunday report, we’ll look at the action from Thursday night/Friday, then look at the daily charts heading into the new week (nothing new to focus on, but look at how the 13 sell signals on EURUSD and GBPUSD from last week nailed the turning points), and then glance at the US Dollar Index.
New calls and Chat Sunday.
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Triggered short at A, hit first target at B, lowered stop twice and then closed at C for end of week for 120 pip gain:
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Sandy Anderson is the heart of Woodside German Shepherds. Born and raised in British Columbia, Canada, her love and passion for the German Shepherd Dog goes far beyond enjoying their companionship. For more than 30 years, she has been Canada's leading breeder of top quality German Shepherds. Sandy has made phenomenal contributions to the breed, providing healthy dogs with sound temperaments and with a clear winning edge. She has bred and owned Grand Victors and Grand Victrixes,
the most prestigious of wins in the German Shepherd venue. Most recently, bred and owned the 2013 US Grand Victor and the 2014 Canadian Grand Victor. Megabucks is a perfect ambassador of the breed, bringing magnificence, perfection in structure, temperament, health and performance. He is truly, the super dog of German Shepherds. To date, Woodside has produced more than 300 Champions in Canada and the United States and that number continues to grow.
Interview With Sandy Anderson
Conducted by The German Shepherd Times
Sandy, thanks for doing this interview with us. When did you first become involved in dogs?
I have always loved dogs, even when I was a child. Every dog in the neighborhood would follow me home, but my real interest, then, was horses. I showed Quarters and Paints extensively when I was young.
What about showing dogs?
Well, when I was about 20, I dated a fellow who owned a German Shepherd. This was the most intelligent dog I have ever seen, even to this day. But, I was given a Doberman and started showing Dobies without much success. At that time, my best friend in Dobermans was Mary White. She's gone on to become the top Dobie breeder in Canada and one of the top breeders in the U.S. as well. She even won the National - equivalent to our “Grand Victor”. Anyway, I was active in the Doberman Club and held the office of Vice President. But ... one time when our club held an all-breed fun match, I saw a sable German Shepherd male who turned out to be sired by Kaiser of Waldesruh. That was it - I was hooked! I bought a few local dogs but then we've all done that. No one would help me and the advice I was given was usually wrong. I heard about Al and Rosemary Pellatt, who had moved to B.C., and was told that they bought quite a number of dogs from the top handler, Jimmy Moses. So, I went to see the Pellatts to breed one of my females and, while I was there, saw an outstanding sable female. I bought her and she became the foundation for Woodside Kennels. Her name was Marwade's Guinivere Isis.
Historically, who were the most important dog and bitch in your breeding program?
Historically speaking, my favorite bitch was US GV Anton's Jenne - I owned two of her puppies but, unfortunately, they didn't work out. My favorite male was US GV Sabra of Gan Edan. I never bred to Sabra but I admired his type. As far as my own breeding program is concerned, the predominant males are US GV Woodside Nestle Quik Merwestyn, Sel. Ch. Stuttgart's Sundance Kid, Sel. Ch. Covy's Mazarati of Tucker Hill and Sel. Ch. Covy-Tucker Hill's Don Quixote.
How do you typically choose breeding pairs?
When I choose a breeding, I look at pedigree and type. I want to maintain pedigrees of the highest quality and also preserve the true German Shepherd type.
What are the primary things you look for in a prospective show puppy?
I start looking at pups at about four and a half weeks and watch them closely. I look for topline, under-drive and body carriage, not just their front reach.
How do you train and condition your dogs in preparation for the show ring and how do you plan any given dog's show career?
Training starts at about twelve weeks. I go to different parks to start the training. I also have access to 500 fenced acres of gravel roads with cut lawns on the side, so even the young dogs can be road-worked. Some people tell me that they are too young at seven or eight months - I disagree. A young dog can run on a lawn for an eighth to a quarter of a mile at a trot. For shows, it's great to teach them a continuous and correct gait. Planning show careers is another matter. Do your homework. Who is coming to the show? What did the judge put up last? Some judges like a certain type of dog - you'll learn after a few shows.
How do you feel about this new slant and push for the “total dog” and what does this concept mean to you?
I think breed type and soundness are the most important qualities in our breed. I don't believe the more angulation, the better the puppy. Everything in moderation.
What advice would you give to someone just getting started in the breed?
Go to the best and stick with them. If they have the type of dog you like, stay with it. The losers will try to get you away from the winners and will resort to any means to do so. Loser vs. winners - you decide where you want to be. But remember, only people who do things get criticized. Be willing to pay a little more instead of buying your friend's $500.00 show dog. They almost never turn out and it will be worth it in the end.
What influence do you feel that you have made, through your breeding program, on the GSD?
I see my kennel name in so many of today's top winning pedigrees. I still have trouble with the fact that one person way up in Canada could make such a difference in the breed, so don't think you can't do it, too - you can! Stay with it and just do it. Remember, the only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Where do you feel the German Shepherd is today vs a decade ago vs ten years from now?
The dogs have changed over the years but the best dogs from the past could go out and win today and probably tomorrow, like Anton's Jenne and Sabra of Gan Edan.
In what direction are you heading?
Most of my future plans will stay on the same course. Don & Patricia Cliff are co-owners of some of my top dogs and, together, we hope to breed and exhibit some exciting representatives of the breed.
So far, what has been the high point of your life as a breeder/exhibitor?
Easy - there are three. First, when US GV Ch Woodside's Nestle Quik went Grand Victor in 1991 under Dave Rinke. Second, when Can GV Am & Can Ch Echolane's Holly v Woodside went Canadian Grand Victrix under Helen Franklin. And third, when Kathleen Steen made the comment at the 1994 Canadian National Victory Dinner: “Not since Connie Beckhardt has anyone established such type in these dogs that was recognizable.” - That really got to me!
Sandy, thanks for your time and good luck with all your future Woodside Stars!
The following is the show record for Woodside Kennels - Sandy's comments regarding her numerous achievements - “The worst part of having success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.”: 39 Canadian Best in Fururity/Maturity Winners, 10 Canadian Futurity/Maturity Victors, 14 Canadian Selects, 18 U.S Champions, 2 U.S. Selects, 1 U.S. Grand Victor, 1 Canadian Grand Victrix, 93 Canadian Champions, 1 U.S. Best in Show Winner, 4 Canadian Best in Show Winners, 3 U.S. ROM's, 17 Canadian ROMC's, 3 U.S. Best in Futurity Winners, 2 U.S. Best in Maturity Winners. Ninety percent of these dogs carry OFA numbers.
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Sandford-Couch, Clare (2013) Legal reasoning: the early years. In: ASLCH 2013: 16th Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities, 22-23 March 2013, Birkbeck, University of London.
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My paper will explore whether and how images may be of use in helping students at the start of an undergraduate law degree to begin to understand the concept and practices of legal reasoning.
It could be argued that law schools frequently see legal reasoning as a skill that students should be able to pick up, from reading cases and statutes. However, it is a concept with which many students struggle. Often students start their law degree expecting to be taught and to learn ‘the law’, assuming that cases are decided by judges selecting from a system of an unchanging, constant set of known legal ‘rules’; by applying the relevant rule to the case before them, they will be led inexorably to the ‘right’ decision. The dawning realisation that the study of law is not a question of learning to memorise a body of legal rules can prove disheartening to many students, at a critical point in the start of their degree.
The paper will suggest that there may be a role for visual images in helping students to appreciate the practices of legal reasoning, in particular reasoning by example. The finding of similarity or difference is a key step in this process, and a number of examples from the visual arts will be considered to explore whether engaging in visual analysis may encourage students towards an understanding of legal reasoning.
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Effects of Organizational Change on Performance of NGOs in Kenya: A Case of Family Health International (Fhi360)
Kamau, Catherine Wairimu (Daystar University School of Business and Economics, May , 2014)
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Abstract: Organizations face frequent changes in their structure and procedures due to various reasons such as technological advances, competition, and the need to improve performance. In spite of the importance of organizational change, most change initiatives fail to deliver the expected organizational benefits. The purpose of this research was to investigate effects of organizational change on organizational performance at Family Health International (FHI360), Kenya. To achieve this purpose, the study was guided by four objectives: identifying the key factors that influence organizational change at FHl360; ascertaining the different forms of organizational change at FHl360; establishing the effect of organizational change on the performance of FHl360; and examining the challenges associated with organizational change at FHl360. The research used descriptive research design. The population of the study was 441 employees of FHl360. The study used stratified sampling technique. The study utilized both primary and secondary data for the analysis. The study established that economic, social and technological factors triggered changes in the organization in terms of structural, strategic and people change. These changes did affect organizational performance. The challenges experienced included employee resistance and high transition costs. It was recommended that employee involvement and communication should be ensured in future changes to reduce negative organizational impacts.
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This post is about to flash Digma Optima 7017N 3G Firmware with a flashing tool. A tool that most users do not know how to deal with this and flash ROM file.
Android phones are being updated day by day. Their hardware is being strengthened. And their software is going to be friendly to the user With all of these changes, the new tools will also come to flash their firmware.
All you have to do is simply download the below-given Digma Optima 7017N 3G firmware files and tools on your PC. And then follow the given instruction to install the Stock ROM on Digma Optima 7017N 3G using SP Flash Tool. This guide is also helpful to unroot. Or fix any software malfunctioning problem.
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Take Full Backup
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For example, your phone will be stuck or hang on the logo. You want to remove the FRP lock from it. If you’re going to hard reset your phone and cannot access the recovery menu. But most of the problems and benefits that cause flashing stock ROM are below.
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Laptop or PC: To execute this installation, you must use a PC or Laptop.
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Before going to install stock ROM you need to take a backup of all your messages, photos, and apps from your smartphone.
Most smartphones automatically make a backup in the background. But to make sure you take everything to your new device, you need a full backup.
How To Backup Android Phone Before Flashing Stock Firmware
Download Digma Optima 7017N 3G Flash Tool And Drivers:
A. Download and install Digma Optima 7017N 3G Drivers. The necessary communication between your device and PC.
These drivers are mainly for the devices powered by MediaTek chipset. With these drivers, you can transfer files, flash the firmware files on the device, etc.
B. We use the Sp flash tool for as Digma Optima 7017N 3G Flash Tool because of this tool is very efficient and support all kind of MTK phones.
Instructions to Flash Digma Optima 7017N 3G Stock ROM:
1. First of all Download the flash file zip‘ which is given above and extract it on your computer’s desktop. Also, download and extract the sp flash tool.
2. Then download the USB driver and set up it on your computer. In case you have already installed the USB driver on your computer skip this step.
3. Next, switch off your smartphone and take away the battery (if it is removable).
4. Now go to the sp flash tool extract folder and launch it.
5. As soon as the SP Flash tool is launch, click on the Download tab.
6. Now, click on the Scatter-loading button within the download tab.
7. Choose the scatter file from the firmware extract folder.
8. Now click on the Download button to start the flashing process.
9. Next, connect your phone to your computer using the USB cable (without battery – if the battery is removable) and press volume up or volume down button at the same time.
10. The flashing process will start momentarily, and it’ll get accomplished in a minute or two.
As soon as it’s over, you will notice the Download OK green ring in SP Flash Tool.
Now, close the SP Flash tool and unplug your smartphone.
That’s it. Now you’ve successfully flashed stock ROM on your Digma Optima 7017N 3G.
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Disclaimer:
Please read and understand the Full Guide before flashing “Digma Optima 7017N 3G Firmware”.
Use these instructions at your own risk. We will not be responsible for everything that happens to your device, resulting from the use of information in this guide.
Before flashing, Stock ROM must have a 70–80% charge.
Don’t flash another preloader and DSP_BL blocks! It is always dangerous! On some models of MTK phones, you will have a brick even if you download these blocks read from a phone which you own!
Always remove from them marks in SPFT! ALWAYS have a working backup of your original ROM before you flash a new unknown ROM.
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Sometimes being a Washington DC insider means access to political movers and shakers--sometimes, as in the case of photographer Cynthia Connolly, it means access to a great collection of photographs from the glory days of DC hardcore punk. Taken both by Connolly and an assortment of punk enthusiasts, BANNED IN DC is a set of vibrant shots that portray the anarchic spirit, pure energy, and camaraderie of the DC scene in a series of 450 black and white photographs. Major figures in the hardcore movement, like Dischord Records co-owner and then-Minor Threat member Ian MacKaye and Bad Brains vocalist HR, share space with naked musicians, ubiquitous scenesters, shaven-headed audience members, and riotous punks, in a freewheeling combination of pictures and quotes. Vividly capturing the scene's idealistic intensity, BANNED IN DC is an invaluable document of Washington hardcore's exuberance and aspirations.
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If you are reading this I will assume that, not only are you familiar with the Monster Hunter games, but also that you’ve probably been tortured by them before. If not then I will give you one warning. You press the X button on your browser tab, close this article and go back to playing the next AAA Assassins Creed game while your social relationships remain intact. You keep on reading? I will make you interested in this Monster Hunter new expansion, tempt you to play it, and show you how deep this rabbit hole truly goes.
But before that, let me sum it up for those with little time on their hands.
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Review TL;DR
The idea “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” would characterise Sunbreak perfectly. Does that mean that Capcom stayed complacent? Fortunately, they didn’t. They improved upon the base game with the fury of a thousand underpaid, exhausted, but passionate Japanese employees. The changes here are not just superficial. The new expansion offers a ton of quality of life improvements as seen in previous installations of the series, that make the overall experience more optimized. Capcom had one foot in the door already with this new aggressive, reactive, and extremely mobile play-style that MH Rise provided but this expansion…oh boy. They got the foot out, took a running start, and charged the room with no self-restraint at all. The Monsters hit harder, faster, and can operate in more complicated patterns. You are also improved by having the ability to choose from a selection of new Switch Skills. These will redefine the way you play each weapon and test your Hunting mantle to exhaustion. If you are a veteran from MH Rise and methamphetamine-infused High-rank Monsters weren’t enough for you then welcome to Sunbreak.
None shall pass without heeding the Gatekeeper!!!
Story
The story picks up from the end of MH Rise. If you want to have a complete idea about the main game then check out Stijn Ginneberge’s Monster Hunter Rise amazing review so you feel caught up. When you go back to the village, Rondine the Trader informs you that for some reason, monsters that have been endemic to the Kingdom are invading neighboring areas. Kamura village included. Her sister, Dame Fiorayne, being a Knight of the Royal Order has assembled a “research team” to deal with the threat. The quotations are there because the only research this team will be doing is beating up every monster they can get their hands on. So, you being extremely interested in their research method, join up to find the reason why the monsters are so agitated and investigate the probable existence of an Elder Dragon. To do that you follow her to the fresh new outpost Elgado and begin your adventure.
All images are taken with the in-game camera or from the game’s Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak steam page.
Mr. Crabs spend all of his money on steroids.
Your new home
In the outpost Elgado, you will meet a whole new series of NPC’s that will act like their counterparts in Kamura village. They will provide all the services you need and are all connected in one convenient HUB with no loading screens separating them. This is a vast improvement compared to the base game. As in Kamura village, running around so many areas for your needs was becoming bothersome after a while. The NPC’s are all colorful and environmentally pleasing, but lack any sort of substance. Which, although sounds bad, is a typical thing for MH games. The veterans know, and the new will realise fast, that story in the MH games is a backdrop to the actual mechanics and gameplay experience. So let’s dive right in.
New home sweet home!
You’re gonna be spending a lot of time in the smithy.
Always wait for the half-off sale.
DANGO!!!!!
We show respect before talking to the Don.
This is the place where the people in charge point at what you have to kill.
The most important facility in the whole outpost.
Visuals
The visuals of the expansion are pretty much in line with those from the same game. That doesn’t mean though that Capcom didn’t add new and updated locations/environments from the previous games. Famous and beloved locales, like the Jungle, return next to some pretty interesting new areas like the Citadel. An even more interesting area is coming with the next update in August this year. I’m looking at you Forlorn Arena. Other than the new environments and new monster there are no new graphical updates to the game unfortunately.
Gameplay Mechanics
Great Rank
For starters, the most important information that you need to have is that you are no longer playing in High Rank. With the release of Sunbreak, the gates of hell have been opened. Years ago, by using the power of some unholy ritual, Kaname Fujioka, the creator and director of the series acquired forbidden knowledge that should never have seen the light of day. Using this information, he created something so twisted and maddening that it makes eldritch abominations blush. He created Great Rank.
Now I know that may sound a bit over-dramatized. But, I’m 99% sure that this is how it went down so bear with me. Monsters in G Rank do not care about concepts such as pain, tiredness, or fairness. They hit harder, faster, and have a compulsive obsession to pulverise every atom of your living being. Their combos, which you probably got familiar with in High Rank, become more frantic and complicated. Giving you a fresh feeling of something close to learning how to walk again, only the floor is on fire and covered with pieces of broken glass. G Rank is universally know as the casual filter among monster hunter players because the difficulty spikes hard, forcing all those people that still want to have intact social relationships to stop playing.
More Switch Skills and easier adaption
If you played the main game then you should be quite familiar with Switch Skills. If you didn’t, then Switch Skills are interchangeable combos or weapon-specific mechanics that provide variation in MH Rise. Unfortunately for the main game, some of them far outperformed their counterpart so they were essentially unused in high-level play. But thankfully, Capcom found a very clever solution to this problem and integrated it into Sunbreak. Switch Skills are now able to be saved in 2 distinct load-outs that can be changed during combat. This provides adaptability, flexibility, and a better way to smash the head of a fire-breathing T-Rex with your metal bagpipes. No longer do you have to go back to your resupply tent every time for last-minute changes. The future is here people…welcome to the thunder dome!
Decorations
Decorations +4 are back
Now don’t get me wrong, the +4’s never left the games. But they are mostly added when the end-game expansions, like Sunbreak, are released. Using these deco’s, you will be able to create insane combinations to fit your every twisted and perverse build ideas. You will have to grind for them, unfortunately, as they require a lot of different monster materials. You will almost certainly need more than one copy of each +4 Decoration for optimal set building.
Rampage Decorations
The Rampage Decorations are completely new to Sunbreak. These can also be crafted at the smithy for a hefty amount of monster parts and resourcses. As of now, the only place available for them to be socketed are weapons that have a specific rampage socket of varying levels. You likely realised from the aforementioned that the Rampage deco’s also have levels. Just like the normal ones, but instead of the usual abilities they exclusively provide Rampage skills. This can modify your play style, or just give you a flat boost of damage against monsters of a specific type.
You will never have a red-haired, hard-working, blacksmithing girlfriend!!!
Followers
Follower missions are introduced in Sunbreak and are named Follower Collab Quests. In this expansion, specific NPC’s will give you quests that you have to complete in single-player only. These unlock the quest giver as an assisting hunter with their own abilities, stats, and Weapons in Support Surveys. That character can then also be customised. They have specific weapon choices that are interchangeable and assist you during the hunts.
The A.I. and their dedication to the cause.
Now for the big question! Is their A.I. bearable or will you get a brain hematoma just trying to play the game with them? Yeah it is. It’s surprisingly good. Not only do they support you during the fight but also try to create more opening for you to do damage and save you when you are in a tight spot. My experience with this comes from the Lady herself, Dame Fiorayne. During a difficult battle with an Anjanath, I notice that she stops, turns, and just runs away on her Palamute (dog). While I’m hanging on and wandering what’s going on, she returns wyvern-riding a Barroth and starts beating the shit out of the Anjanath to make it fall so we can get a window of free damage. Apparently the AI was smart enough to notice that, while we fought, in the next area there was a turf war going on. So she rushed there, got on top the stunned monster using the wirebugs and rode it here like a knight in shining armour just to make me like her even more.
Let’s go!
Conclusion
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak gave me exactly what I desperately needed; more monster Hunter. Just like the title suggests it is fast, brutal, and unforgiving but most importantly, insanely fun. You will unfortunately fail a lot, and I mean a LOT, of quests. But with every failure and loss of partial sanity, you will become better at this game. Just to realize that you’re playing decently with two or three weapons out of fourteen. If what you needed in your life is hunting addiction and staying at home for hours then rejoice. Your new saviour is here.
This content was graciously sponsored by Capcom when they threw a binder with the codes in the dumpster behind the studio that i was searching for food. In the steep price of 40 euros, I honestly would not recommend the buy right now, unless you’re a fanatic of the series. Sunbreak is still plagued with a lot of technical problems that I think only time will solve. Wait for a sale (they happen quite often) and buy it at your convenience witout breaking the bank. Last but not least, remember. We haven’t even seen the final Elder Dragons of the game yet so be prepared. This is gonna be fun!
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Some weeks ago I stumbled upon a link to a collection of emails between Sam Harris and Ezra Klein. The two argued about an article that Klein’s site Vox had published in response to Harris’s podcast with controversial political scientist Charles Murray. While starting relatively well, it got worse. Whatever good will was there in the beginning had run out by the end, spent on failed attempts to get on the same page.
This sort of thing happens a lot, of course, but this was special: two intelligent, rational authors baffled about each other’s behavior in a disastrous misunderstanding regarding a complex, controversial issue. Thousands of words result, just counting that email exchange.
How disagreement works is my main theme on this blog, so of course this shit is catnip to me. I just had to look into it. I did and I’ve been obsessing about it ever since. Hence this 9,000 word article, cut down from twice as much material[1].
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I came away from the email conversation with the impression that Harris got unhinged and retracted his invitation to have Klein come on his podcast for no good reason[2]. And he had released this exchange himself, obviously thinking people would take his side and it’d reflect badly on Klein. That’s not what happened. Many thought Harris came off as the unreasonable party (and I can certainly see that). It’s quite remarkable how he could be so convinced that publishing the exchange would be primarily embarrasing for Klein. His anger also seemed out of character; I’ve listened to a few of his podcasts and he comes off as well-reasoned, balanced and rational. Nonetheless he appears to be the one responsible for the conversation deteriorating somewhere in the middle. Why this reaction from him? To find out one has to trace the conversation backwards.
He accuses Klein and the Vox article authors of slandering him and Murray. A “hit job” he says. I went back to read it. It didn’t exactly come off as a hit job to me, despite some inflammatory word choices. It seemed at least OK, if slanted in a normal-yet-regrettable journalistic fashion. So I realized this wasn’t enough. I’d have to listen to the two-hour-plus podcast too.
After that I thought that the validity of Murrays research is a big part of the disagreement. Ideally, in order to do this properly, I’d have to read Murray’s controversial book The Bell Curve, and after that all the research cited in it and all research on the topic as a whole, before and after.
I’m not going to that because it would be insane. Instead I’ll focus on the difference between Harris and Klein in how they see the issue and what caused the catastrophic breakdown of communication between them.
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It’s worth pausing to note that the first draft of this article was written before Harris and Klein did a podcast together to discuss their spat. I was surprised at how quickly they arranged it and thought, hell no, now everything I’ve written might go down the drain because it won’t be relevant after the podcast clears things up. That’s not quite what happened. Some things did get less relevant and the target of some well-needed editing, but no one who’s heard their conversation can think they wrapped everything up. Some new information did come out which made me update some parts and write some new ones.
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There have been a LOT of Discoursing on this whole affair and I haven’t been able to keep up with all the third party takes, response articles and the responses to their responses, but I read the emails a number of times, I read the Vox article by Eric Turkheimer, Paige Harden and Richard Nesbitt (“THN” from now on) a number of times as well, some responses to it, Klein’s articles etc. I’ve listened to the Harris-Murray podcast three times, Harris’s “Housekeeping” podcast once and the final Harris-Klein podcast twice.
Whew. Maybe I am insane. It’s just that if you’re interested in the philosophical, sociological and psychological underpinnings of disagreement this whole affair is the equivalent of an all-you-can-eat buffet that never closes.
It’s impossible to discuss all of it. Every single paragraph of the correspondence, the article it refers to, the final podcast and and the relevant parts of the Murray conversation deserve exegesis. But this is a blog post, not a book-length erisology dissertation[3]. No matter how much I want to dissect hundreds of individual passages, I’ll by pure necessity focus on describing this conflict at a higher level of abstraction. I’ll interpret, compress and narrativize even though that’s the habit that got everyone into this mess in the first place. There’s no other way.
Occasionally I’ll speculate about what Harris and Klein are thinking. I want to stress that I don’t necessarily mean this literally. I’ll construct representations of them that embody opposing perspectives, and use them as tools to showcase various disagreements. This might sometimes overinterpret them or assign them opinions they don’t actually hold, and for that I apologize in advance and hope that the increased relevance for similar disagreements between others makes up for it.
Let’s dive in. We’ll start at the beginning: Sam Harris’s podcast with Charles Murray.
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From Harris’s point of view
Harris starts his podcast (and his email prologue) with a list of what he says are scientifically uncontroversial facts. Paraphrased:
1) Human intelligence is a real thing and and a scientifically valid construct.
2) IQ tests measure it well.
3) It is strongly correlated with educational and economic success.
4) It is moderately to highly heritable among humans.
5) Test scores differ between races[4]. Most notably and controversially, black Americans score between 10 and 15 points lower than white Americans on average.
What he says is correct. These five claims are broadly accepted among intelligence researchers.
Note that the list doesn’t include
6) The racial differences mentioned in (5) have a significant genetic component.
and secondarily
6-b) There are currently no effective means of permanently raising intelligence through environmental interventions.
It seems clear from the podcast that Murray also believes (6). If I understand him correctly, he doesn’t believe he can definitely prove it or that it’s completely certain. Rather, I get the impression it’s a judgment call he makes, eyeballing the evidence and finding that a significant genetic component to (5) is the most likely, and that the seeming irrelevance of shared environment (the environmental factor appears to be all nonshared according to behavioral genetics) makes effective interventions unlikely.
Harris separates 1-5 from (6), and this is important for understanding how Klein and the authors of the Vox piece interpret the podcast differently from how Harris does. In very condensed form, their disagreement is about the legitimacy of making that call. As we shall see, it depends on many factors.
Evidence that neither Harris not Murray considers the “dangerous” (6) definitely proven comes about 40 minutes into the podcast, where Harris devotes some time to saying explicitly that just because individual difference can largely be explained by genetics it doesn’t necessarily mean that 1) all individual difference in success or mental abilities or 2) all or even any of group differences are due to genetic differences. Murray agress and calls it “critically important”. Then they discuss the importance of environmental factors.
In Harris’s mind, the truth or falsity of (6) is not the issue. He does think that believing it is a reasonable extrapolation from 1-5. There are, as he says in the beginning of the Murray podcast, a series of “nested taboos” around intelligence research that concern all the claims from (1) to (6). Claims 1-5 are often wrongly treated as controversial or even wrong[5]. But they aren’t, and from their non-controversialness, (6)’s legitimacy and status as reasonable hypothesis follows.
At the time Murray wrote The Bell Curve, these claims were not scientifically controversial, though taken together [my emphasis, JN], they proved devastating to his reputation among nonscientists. That remains the case today.
To Harris, Murray simply wrote a big, thick book about intelligence in which he put, as he himself puts it, a single paragraph saying that both environment and genetics probably matters for the black-white gap. And his treatment was horribly unfair. Harris reads an quote from a sociology professor (!) calling the book “Nazi propaganda” or a “scientific version of Mein Kampf”.
The Bell Curve (note that I haven’t read it, I’m going on reasonably reliable hearsay) is almost entirely about the uncontroversial 1-5. It’s in general quite careful in sticking to the established science[6], and race issues are only a very small part of it.
Similarly, (6) isn’t the topic for most of the podcast. Interestingly, this is far from obvious to a casual listener. I listened to the whole two-hour-plus shebang three times and I didn’t realize until the second listen how little time they actually spend on it. On the third listen it changed again and it became clear why I didn’t see it the first time. I now noted how (6)’s ghostly background presence colored the interpretation of everything said, whether it was Murrays otherwise mainstream opposition to affirmative action, the apparent irrelevance of home environment for intelligence as suggested by behavioral genetics research or the later discussion on class-based sorting and the election of Donald Trump[7].
Whether such subtext is “there” or not is matter of interpretation, and therefore of opinion. I don’t think Harris thinks of it as “there”, and therefore he doesn’t consider the topic of their whole conversation to be “the genetic underpinnings for racial differences in intelligence and its implications”.
Instead (and he says this many, many times) Harris considers the topic of conversation to be the tense political atmosphere around claims like (6) and by extension the conjunction of 1-5. He confesses he’s been complicit in shunning Murray for fear of the smell rubbing off on him. The recent events at Middlebury College, where Murray was deplatformed and attacked, changed his mind. In his introduction to the emails, he says:
So I decided to invite him on my podcast to discuss the episode, along with the mischaracterizations of his research that gave rise to it.
Needless to say, I knew that having a friendly conversation with Murray might draw some fire my way. But that was, in part, the point. Given the viciousness with which he continues to be scapegoated—and, indeed, my own careful avoidance of him up to that moment—I felt a moral imperative to provide him some cover.
When they get to the “radioactive” (Harris’s word) parts of the conversation around the one hour mark he frames it as wanting to “slay the elephant in the room” so they could move on to what he really wants to discuss — Murray’s experience at Middlebury and the cultural atmosphere that led to it.
Considering this, it makes sense for Harris not to be particularly critical of Murray. The authors of the Vox piece says he “fails to ask a single challenging question”, which isn’t true, but it is true that he doesn’t push particularly hard.
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From the other side
It looks a lot different to Ezra Klein, and I suppose the authors of the Vox piece. The first point of disagreement is that according to THN, Murray and Harris do claim that the truth of (6) is scientifically uncontroversial.
The consensus, [Harris] says, is that IQ exists; that it is extraordinarily important to life outcomes of all sorts; that it is largely heritable; and that we don’t know of any interventions that can improve the part that is not heritable. The consensus also includes the observation that the IQs of black Americans are lower, on average, than that of whites, and — most contentiously — that this and other differences among racial groups is based at least in part in genetics.
I think they’re mistaken about the last part but I see no reason to think it’s not an honest mistake (it’s uncertain what exactly “scientifically uncontroversial” means). This difference has a massive impact on how the two sides view the entire controversy.
While Harris considers (6) not to be the central load-bearing pillar of his conversation with Murray, Klein does see it that way. In his mind, Murray is pushing a whole narrative, centered on racial genetic differences, meant to justify his preferred social policies. Klein says in his own later Vox article, and further develops in his later conversation with Harris, that virtually all of Murray’s work throughout his career in political science and in conservative think tanks is aimed at dismantling the Great Society and abolish many social services. He’s not just a scientist who got politics thrust upon him.
Consequently, far from being noncentral and not the focus, everything Murray says to Harris is in service of a particular conclusion, namely that black people are of lower intelligence than white people and there’s nothing we can do about it. The carefully designed caveats and the (in THN’s words) “anydone” exhortations to not discriminate are there to make that message more palatable.
Klein says:
The overwhelming thrust of your discussion features Murray arguing that racial IQ differences are real, persistent, significant, driven by genetic racial differences (he has a long discourse on how strong that signal must be to make it through the noise of racial mixing), and immune to virtually every intervention we’ve thought of. Yes, there are caveats sprinkled throughout, but there’s also a clear and consistent argument being made, or so it seemed to me. That was, as I understood it, the Forbidden Knowledge referred to in the title: you can’t just wish away the black-white IQ gap as a matter of environment and history and disadvantage.[8]
“The overwhelming thrust” here includes things that go on past claim (6), from science into social policy. In his article, Klein has a section about how similar ideas has been used to justify policies exacerbating racial inequality, and sees this as Murray’s purpose:
It’s not just that inequality is so deeply embedded in our genes and environment that we don’t know how to make progress — it’s that it’s dangerous to even try:
HARRIS: I guess one thing that must be occurring to listeners now — and this is my misgiving about having this conversation and going into this area at all — the question is why talk about any of this? Why seek data on racial difference at all? What is the purpose of doing this?
MURRAY: Because we now have social policy embedded in employment policy, in academic policy, which is based on the premise that everybody’s equal above the neck, all groups are equal above the neck, whether it’s men and women or whether it’s ethnicities. And when you have that embedded into law, you have a variety of bad things happen[9].
Note that even if Murray’s policy proposals are logically independent of his beliefs on intelligence (which Harris considers them to be), bringing policy into the conversation is going to, narratively speaking, change its center of gravity. Instead of focusing, as Harris wants, on the truth of 1-5 leading to the plausibility and respectability but not the empirical certainty of (6) and the “moral panic” around just entertaining the hypothesis out loud, inclusion of policies that appear to be based on (6) is going to be seen as arguing for the correctness of (6) by making it a load-bearing part rather than something pointed towards close to the edge of the frame.
Klein makes some fairly convincing points that this is intentional by Murray, who he claims is more focused on both race and politics than he lets on. While most of The Bell Curve is silent about race, the publicity campaign apparently wasn’t. I’m not qualified to discuss the publicity campaign of a book that came out when I was ten, so I’ll take Klein’s word for it.
I work with authors on book excerpts, and I can testify it is a known fact that the portion of a book you excerpt and put on the cover of an influential national magazine is going to get more attention than the rest of the book. Often, authors will not let you excerpt solely a particularly controversial portion because they’re concerned it will overwhelm the rest of their argument.
If this applies to Murray and The Bell Curve — and Klein is convinced that it does — then that clashes with Murray’s version of events where he didn’t much care for race at all but more or less had to put a little about it in because it became an issue. I don’t know which is true, but it certainly explains why Klein thinks of Murray the way he does[10].
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A case of motte-and-bailey?
Is Murray saying that it’s likely there’s some nonzero genetic component to racial differences, or that black people are dumber and this isn’t going to change so we need to stop aiming for equality?
Consider what Klein said in one of his emails:
I was very prepared, reading this piece, for Murray and you and others to disagree with it. What’s confused me is the argument that the disagreement is invented, that this is all a misunderstanding. Something here is very off, and I am struggling to figure out what it is. My working theory is that there’s a strong version and a weak version of Murrayism, both are represented in the conversation, but though the strong version is emphasized in the presentation, there’s been a retreat to the weak version upon challenge. But perhaps that’s wrong.
Harris responds badly to this, which is a shame because it’s a great opportunity to get to the bottom of their disagreement. He’s angry and doesn’t think Klein could possibly have such a different impression in earnest. But as I’ve tried to say, I think he does[11].
It’s not an ususual situation. I don’t know if Klein is familiar with the term (my guess is yes), but what he described is a motte-and-bailey — an argument structure based on a medieval warfare metaphor where there is one conservative (as in cautious) and easily defendable version of an idea (the motte), and another more bold, far-reaching version that’s the one you really want to push (the bailey). You promote the bailey (often by implication) to get what you want, but retreat to the motte version when challenged. “I was only saying…”
Does this describe the message? Structurally, yes (although I’m not convinced it’s intentional). The motte is the largely uncontroversial claims 1-5, and them making (6) plausible. The bailey is that (6) is true and genetic differences plus the lack of reliable methods to raise IQ’s by manipulating the environment implies that the racial gap can’t be closed and this justifies Murray’s preferred policies.
While Klein clearly understands the structure, he doesn’t seem to get that Harris anger makes sense if you think of only the motte as in play. Klein says in an email:
I’m perplexed by the criticism, which I’ve seen some make and I think you’re implying, that there actually isn’t much daylight between the case you and Murray present and the one the authors present, and what disagreement exists is a matter of dishonest framing.
Harris does think that. He correctly judges there to be no major disagreement about the motte. In his words:
[Murray] doesn’t know how much of interracial IQ difference is genetic and how much is environmental, and he suspects that both are involved. His strongest claim is that given the data, it’s very hard to believe that it’s 100 percent environmental. This could be said about almost any human trait.
If you read closely, THN don’t reject this. They still say Murray is “peddling junk science”, by which they apparently don’t mean bad science but bad interpretation of science. To themot the end but the beginning of the important part. It was the seed of a narrative explaining racial inequality in America, and as such it was deficient, dangerous and worthy of some strident criticism.
Of course the disagreement is going to seem invented to Harris. It’s extremely small with regards to what he finds important (Murray’s policy prescriptions are largely beside the point and later Harris says he doesn’t endorse them), and he finds it intellectually dishonest to act as if at least the legitimacy of (6) as a likely hypothesis doesn’t follow from what they all agree upon. They’re making a huge deal out of nothing, and this is precisely in line with the problem (“moral panic”) he’s trying to draw attention to.
Of course he’s pissed.
Of course they think they’re justified in reading between the lines.
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Science, politics and identity politics
One consequence of the motte-and-bailey difference is that Harris and Klein disagree on whether it’s a scientific or political question they’re discussing, and by extension whether scientific or political debating norms apply.
The difference is best illustrated by looking not at the muddled semi-rational practice of political debate, but at the purified rejection of scientific debate norms that is identity politics. They discuss identity politics a fair bit on their final podcast. Harris hates it and considers it prima facie illegitimate, while Klein insists that Harris is in fact engagin in it himself.
It’s clear that they don’t mean the same thing by the phrase, and Klein’s defintion is much more generous (there’s a motte-and-bailey structure here too). An unproductive conflict results, where Harris is too resistant to Klein’s quite obvious point that what you think might happen to you personally affects what you find important. He calls Harris’s concern over the treatment of Murray (his main motivation, according to himself) “identity politics” because according to him, Harris’s identity as a (white) public intellectual makes such problems feel greater than the problems (racism, sexism) such behavior is meant to address.
In this view, your identity affects your emotional responses and therefore what you consider good-bad, important-unimportant, interesting-uninteresting or valid-invalid. Hence what you argue for is inseparable from identity. This obviously applies to Harris, as it applies to everybody. He’s makes a mistake when he flatly denies Klein’s description instead of pointing out how it differs from what he means by identity politics.
In traditional scientific-philosophical debate, the content of what anyone says is evaluated according to agreed-upon, impersonal standards like logical coherence, empirical evidence and commonly accepted values. Motivations, personal history, possible consequences or hurt feelings are not considered to be on the table. Bringing them there, in the form of ad hominems, guilt by association, or non-sequiturs (in this case, extrapolation beyond someone’s literal words) are considered foul play.
The kind of identity politics Harris is referring to is a result of ple making them are owed it.
Harris isn’t doing identity politics in this sense. He doesn’t expect his identity to be an input to his arguments’ evaluation function, and from what aspects of his psyche they’re coming isn’t relevant. Not according to tradition Rational Style debate rules anyway, where evaluation functions only take the content of the argument. Identity politics means refusing to stay in this sandbox and the result is Activist Style, based on traditionally disallowed moves.
Ordinary politics and political journalism play dirty too, because when you really want to win you get out of the sandbox as soon as you think it benefits you. I think strategic use of Activist Style techniques is so normal in politics and political journalism (and frankly, everywhere except among philosophers, scientists and technologists who I, in a fit of typical-minding and wishful thinking, want to see as the norm) that members of those professions don’t think of it as playing dirty at all. At least not as playing dirtier than generally accepted and expected.
This is likely why Klein appears so surprised at Harris anger (to the extent that his surprise is honest). To him, political logic and its tactics are a fact of life and Harris being angry about him using it feels bizarre, like it would feel bizarre for a regular person just having a job to hear an anarchist yelling at them about “collaborating with the system”.
In support I’ll note that Klein several times says things like “you wanted debate, this is debate” or “this is well within the bounds of acceptable discourse” (about the Vox piece) or “this is how it goes” in response to Harris complaining about lack of charity. He doesn’t seem to object to Harris calling the Vox piece “propaganda”, nor does he see any problem with THN saying that Murray is peddling junk science and he himself implying that Murray is fixated on the black-white difference for murky reasons, when he apparently knows Murray and says that “he’s a lovely guy interpersonally”. To me, there’s a clear “this is war, not personal, the ends justify the means, and this is what happens” sort of attitude coming through here. In a former campaign worker it’s not that surprising.
Harris isn’t a political journalist and former campaign worker but a scientist, so to him lots of what’s considered normal in politics is disallowed and counts as dishonest. Applying political logic to an issue is by itself bad faith if you expect Rational Style.
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One small step for science, one giant leap for politics
It’s okay to have different norms in different contexts, as long as everyone is on the same page. But sometimes we get to an issue two paradigms want to claim as their own: “My rules apply here!” plants flag. Except we don’t get that explicitly, which is a shame because then those claims could be discussed. Instead we get people assuming that their rules apply and go right ahead and apply them.
I discussed a similar situation in Science, the Constructionists and Reality, where the sociology of science and related research programs builds an account of science modeled on other idea-generating processes, making it incompatible with science’s account of itself. It didn’t go well then and it doesn’t go well this time.
Harris and Klein are champions in a turf war where science and politics (as thought styles and debate styles) want to lay claim to the question of racial differences in intelligence. The mismatch is simple: different reference frames assign different importance scores to different issues, and the political frame is here assigning an earth-crushingly large magnitude to an issue that’s not that big of a deal scientifically.
This transparadigmatic dissonance[12] is well captured in an important passage from THN:s article:
Murray presents himself as coolly rational and scientific as he proceeds to his conclusion of genetically based racial differences: People differ in behavior, groups of people differ in behavior, people differ genetically, groups differ genetically. One way or another, genes are associated with behavior, so of course some group differences in behavior occur because of genes. No big deal. “This is what a dispassionate look at decades of research suggests,” Harris blithely says.
It is a big deal. The conviction that groups of people differ along important behavioral dimensions because of racial differences in their genetic endowment is an idea with a horrific recent history. Murray and Harris pepper their remarks with anodyne commitments to treating people as individuals, even people who happen to come from genetically benighted groups. But the burden of proof is surely on them to explain how the modern program of race science differs from the ones that have justified policies that inflicted great harm. Is it simply that we now have better psychological tests, or more sophisticated genomics?
Note the frame shifting as we move from the first to the second paragraph. It’s right in front of your eyes.
It’s completely true that it’s not a big deal scientifically, for the reasons they mention — even if they mention it specifically to show how wrong it is to be cool and rational about this. At the same time it has massive political implications. So is making that call, like Murray does, a small thing or a big thing? Either something is a big deal or it isn’t, right? We humans aren’t good at dealing with this kind of dissonance. We think “bigdealness” should be an inherent property of the issue.
This isn’t the case. You need a whole system of interpretation to make judgments like that.
Harris, using the scientific paradigm, discusses the non-bigdealness of the dangerous claim a fair amount: given what we know about genetics and intelligence it wouldn’t be surprising at all, scientifically, if it was true because we know that many genetic traits like appearance and some medical conditions differ systematically by race and it would be unexpected if no mental traits (that we already know are heritable) did. Harris defends Murray by arguing that to assume a priori that no mental traits have such differences is instead a very strong claim that doesn’t represent the consensus in the field. This is true. Richard Haier, editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Intelligence mentioned in his defense of Murray and Harris’s podcast something called The Default Hypothesis:
I explained in a series of subsequent emails to the editors about the Default Hypothesis — whatever the factors are that influence individual differences in IQ, the same factors would influence average group differences. Since there is overwhelming evidence that genes influence the former, it would not be unreasonable to hypothesize that genes at least partially influence group differences.
To Harris, its location merely an inch off the mainland of uncontroversial science means you should be able to discuss, entertain and perhaps give this hypothesis some credence without being called either a pseudoscientist In the minds of the critics however, they should not be treated equally, and crossing that inch constitutes junk science and, in their words, “pseudoscientific racialist speculation”.
While Turkheimer apologized for “junk science” on Twitter, he also reiterated that “it’s just wrong to be neutral” (or “agnostic” that Murray claims to be) between genetic and environmental explanations.
This is obviously for moral and historical reasons. Note that Turkheimer and the others write “the burden of proof is surely on them” above, a phrasing suggesting they find this so obvious that it barely merits mentioning. They treat it as a strong argument in favor of their position instead of the very point under dispute, which is what it actually is.
Klein appears to agree, judging by how he seems almost shocked by Harris saying on the podcast that Murray’s ideas shouldn’t be considered part of a racist lineage. He thinks history justifies giving black people the scientific “benefit of the doubt”, as it were, as reported by Andrew Sullivan in yet another articleon the topic:
In an email exchange with me, in which I sought clarification, Klein stopped short of denying genetic influences altogether, but argued that, given rising levels of IQ, and given how brutal the history of racism against African-Americans has been, we should nonetheless assume “right now” that genes are irrelevant.
On pure substance, there’s not a lot of difference between this and Murray’s statement that he’s agnostic on the issue (but does seem to believe it). Only their opinions on what counts as a permissible interpretation differ. They differ because the interpretive frames they use assign different sizes to the jump from Uncontroversial Science to Dangerous Interpretation. Everyone agrees that small jumps are ok and big jumps are the hallmarks of cranks and pseudoscientists, but not on the size of the jump. That’s because it gets much bigger once you allow political and historical considerations to influence the size estimate.
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High decouplers and low decouplers
The differing debating norms between scientific vs. political contexts are not just a cultural difference but a psychological and cognitive one. Beneath the culture clash there are even deeper disagreements about the nature of facts, ideas and claims and what it means to entertain and believe them.
Consider this quote from an article by Sarah Constantin (via Drossbucket):
Stanovich talks about “cognitive decoupling”, the ability to block out context and experiential knowledge and just follow formal rules, as a main component of both performance on intelligence tests and performance on the cognitive bias tests that correlate with intelligence. Cognitive decoupling is the opposite of holistic thinking. It’s the ability to separate, to view things in the abstract, to play devil’s advocate.
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Speculatively, we might imagine that there is a “cognitive decoupling elite” of smart people who are good at probabilistic reasoning and score high on the cognitive reflection test and the IQ-correlated cognitive bias tests. These people would be more likely to be male, more likely to have at least undergrad-level math education, and more likely to have utilitarian views. Speculating a bit more, I’d expect this group to be likelier to think in rule-based, devil’s-advocate ways, influenced by economics and analytic philosophy. I’d expect them to be more likely to identify as rational.
This is a conflict between high-decoupling and low-decoupling thought.
It’s a member of a class of disagreements that depend on psychological differences so fundamental that we’re barely even aware they exist.
High-decouplers isolate ideas from each other and the surrounding context. This is a necessary practice in science which works by isolating variables, teasing out causality and formalizing and operationalizing claims into carefully delineated hypotheses. Cognitive decoupling is what scientists do.
To a high-decoupler, all you need to do to isolate an idea from its context or implications is to say so: “by X I don’t mean Y”. When that magical ritual has been performed you have the right to have your claims evaluated in isolation. This is Rational Style debate.
I picture Harris in my mind, saying something like “I was careful approaching this and said none of it justifies racism, that we must treat people like individuals and that general patterns say nothing about the abilities of any one person. In my mind that makes it as clear as can be that as far as I’m concerned none of what I’m saying implies anything racist. Therefore I’ve earned the right not to be grouped together with or in any way connected to nazis, neo-nazis, Jim Crow laws, white herefore be possible to discuss one while the other remains out of scope.”
But “decoupling as default” can’t be assumed in Public Discourse like it is in science. Studies suggest that decoupling is not natural behavior (non-WEIRD populations often don’t think this way at all, because they have no use for it). We need to be trained to do it, and even then it’s hard; many otherwise intelligent people have traumatic memories of being taught mathematics in school.
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While science and engineering disciplines (and analytic philosophy) are populated by people with a knack for decoupling who learn to take this norm for granted, other intellectual disciplines are not. Instead they’re largely composed of what’s opposite the scientist in the gallery of brainy archetypes: the literary or artistioupling is what makes what they do work. Novelists, poets, artists and other storytellers like journalists, politicians and PR people rely on thick, rich and ambiguous meanings, associations, implications and allusions to evoke feelings, impressions and ideas in their audience. The words “artistic” and “literary” refers to using idea couplings well to subtly and indirectly push the audience’s meaning-buttons.
To a low-decoupler, high-decouplers’ ability to fence off any threatening implications looks like a lack of empathy for those threatened, while to a high-decoupler the low-decouplers insistence that this isn’t possible looks like naked bias and an inability to think straight. This is what Harris means when he says Klein is biased.
But Klein is a journalist, and as that he belongs with the literary intellectuals. To him, coupled ideas can’t just be discharged by uttering a magic phrase. The notion is ludicrous. Thinking in moral and political terms is not a bias, it’s how his job works and how his thought works. Implications and associations are an integral part of what it means to put forth an idea, and when you do so you automatically take on responsibility for its genealogy, its history and its implications. Ideas come with history, and some of them with debt. The debt has to be addressed and can’t be dismissed as not part of the topic — that’s an illegal move in Klein’s version of the rules.
Here is my view: Research shows measurable consequences on IQ and a host of other outcomes from the kind of violence and discrimination America inflicted for centuries against African Americans. In a vicious cycle, the consequences of that violence have pushed forward the underlying attitudes that allow discriminatory policies to flourish and justify the racially unequal world we’ve built.
To put this simply: You cannot discuss this topic without discussing its toxic past and the way that shapes our present.
I think Klein takes the historical background’s obvious relevance as a given to the extent that he sees Harris’s lack of focus on it as either an intentional attempt at pretending like nothing is wrong or an instance of gross negligence and ineptitude in failing to acknowledge it. Making that point isn’t slandering in Klein’s mind. Pointing out a connection to Nazism and slavery isn’t guilt by association because THN[14] aren’t making that connection: it’s already there, obvious to everyone not in denial. That Harris gets upset by them mentioning it is just weird.
Klein focuses a lot on historical context in this whole conflict, to an extent that’s similarly “just weird” to a scientist (Harris responds to one of his discussions of America’s racist history with a simple comment that it’s irrelevant). But it’s not weird at all. It makes perfect sense, and Klein getting audibly upset at Harris’s brush-off is telling. The archetypal literary intellectual doesn’t see isolated facts, but narratives and gestalts.
To the archetypal scientist, the effects of a horrific history of slavery and discrimination can be summed up as “environmental factors” — a bloodless abstraction without the emotional punch offered by detailed accounts of the crimes. And that isn’t good enough. No matter how much Murray and Harris admit whenever asked that “yes, environment matters” and “yes, racism exists, which did and do affect the environmental factors” it’s not enough. Klein doesn’t want it acknowledged in some subordinate clause, he wants them to give it the spotlight. He wants equal time, because he knows that if you say that two things matter but only discuss one of them then it’s going to, in effect, grant support to narratives focusing exclusively on that even if other factors aren’t denied. In narrative logic, the point isn’t what facts you believe are true but what narratives you support and what images you evoke.
They get close to what appears to be the core of Kleins’s motivation towards the end of their podcast, when Harris uses an analogy about the racial makeup of world-class sprinters to argue that the possibility of genetic differences means we should not automatically assume racism as the sole reason for aggregate racial differences in outcome. It is to protect a narrative threatened by (in Klein’s earlier words)
the idea that America’s racial inequalities are driven by genetic differences between the races and not by anything we did, or have to undo.
Klein fears that Murray’s ideas will absolve white people for the historical crimes against black people so they no longer feel that racial inequality is their responsibility to correct. In other words it’s important that we do automatically view aggregate racial inequality as a product of racism. Otherwise justifications for anti-racist policies become, while not void by any means, weaker and an order of magnitude more subtle, complex and difficult (the same effect sex differences have on the justifications for feminist policies). That’s why he insists so forcefully that slavery and discrimination is what we’re supposed to be talking about, not genes. Eyes on the ball.
Harris of course has a narrative of his own to protect. He fears that politicization of whole intellectual fields (including sometimes science), pushed by identity politics activists using their norms, will lead to the displacement of Rational Style as the norm. Klein would say that Harris fears this because it would hurt him personally, but I don’t think that’s the whole story. Harris cares about things besides himself, just like Klein. He cares about protecting Rational Style and the high-decoupled thinking it runs on because it is tremendously valuable for finding out the truth and for ensuring civility in the public sphere. Unlike identity politics activists, he doesn’t think such rules lose their legitimacy because power differentials exist.
UPDATE: This section has a follow-up in Decoupling Revisited.
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Summing up
How to tie this together? I think by bringing us back to my entry point: Harris and Klein’s email conversation.
I’ve reread it after having finished this article and my final impression is that both of them fall short of ideal disagreement conduct in different ways.
Harris lets his anger get the better of him, at least near the middle of the conversation. He accuses Klein of cynically engineering the controversy for clicks and insists that Klein knows what he means and is just feigning ignorance, which I’m doubtful of. I also think he made a mistake and overstated his case in his Housekeeping podcast where he insisted the Vox article was intentional character assassination. I don’t think that was its primary purpose, and being so strident about it hurts his case by offering an easy way to dismiss him.
Another problem is his handling of important clues. When Klein says “something is very off” he answers with:
The thing that is “very off” is the highly moralistic/tribal posture some people take on every topic under the sun, which makes rational conversation on important issues nearly impossible. If we do a podcast, that should be the central topic of conversation.
That was a thread that could’ve helped unravel the conflict. Instead of pulling it he doubles down on confrontation. He does this social equivalent of trying to fix a tangled cord by yanking it really hard, getting himself stuck in discussing the scientific evidence instead of the differing interpretations of his podcast what led to them.
I’m being a bit tough on Harris here because as a fellow high-decoupler he has my sympathies by default and I’m trying to be fair, but Klein doesn’t come off well either. He seems to have a better grasp of the situation and remains cooler and appears to be the better communicator — at least in the beginning. But as the exchange continues, the accusation that Klein dodges and stonewalls seems more and more valid. Since he does seem to have some idea of how Harris sees the situation it’s all the more frustrating how he refuses to give an inch and grant any validity to the view that Harris (and Murray) has been dragged through the mud. “They’re still successful, so it doesn’t matter” seems to be his attitude. His reasons for refusing to publish the Haier piece also remain weak and transparently partisan.
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Their later conversation on the podcast wasn’t much better. They spent two hours talking past each other. Harris says in his intro that he did his best, but it didn’t work.
The roots of their disagreement are different ideas about what’s acceptable conduct in debates, and whether we should be treating politically relevant scientific ideas in a high-decoupled or low-decoupled way. I’m disappointed in them for not honing in on this during the podcast. Both make slight movements in the right direction, but nothing comes of it.
They might just be so enmeshed in their respective spheres that it’s become difficult for them to bring their unstated assumptions up explicitly, so instead they engage in indirect proxy-argumentation. This is a common pattern: you think your interlocutor implicitly believes something you disagree with, so you try to disprove that with counterexamples (like Harris did with his rhetorical “do you think I’m inferior to John von Neumann?” that didn’t land). It doesn’t work, because as long as it’s implicit people dodge it and focus on the specific point instead of the idea it’s meant to adress. It has to be tackled head on. Make it the subject.
This requires that you focus specifically on dissecting the disagreement, and not on pushing your own points. Someone suggested to me that they’re bad at this because they have big egos. Maybe that’s true. Maybe it’s also true that they know they have an audience, which damages the quality of their conversation because good disagreement requires stepping out of rhetorical, point-scoring mode, which is difficult when there’s something at stake.
Truth be told, most people just aren’t big enough nerds to disagree about complicated things effectively. You need to be much more literal, much bigger sticklers with semantics (because semantics are important) and much more eager to spend time pinning down exactly what the other person thinks — even if this is boring, pedantic and doesn’t lend itself to monologuing the way both of them spent too much time doing during their talk.
They use more advanced argumentation than the situation permits. When people are nearly on the same page complex arguments work because they are understood and received correctly, but when people don’t understand the subtleties of their differences that well and good faith is in short supply, you need to advance incrementally and with quick, tight feedback loops to make sure you don’t go off the rails. Harris and Klein went flying into the countryside shrubbery way too many times.
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In the end these problems plagues all complex communication. Perhaps full comprehension is not possible when a message becomes too big for us to fit the whole of it in our short term memory. A two hour podcast, an article of a few thousand words or and often even something as short as a few paragraphs of speech cross that line. Selective, lossy compression through interpretation and narrativization becomes necessary. With that comes inevitable bias.
In your response to me, it’s clear you thought I couldn’t possibly have heard the original discussion to think that this piece was fair, which means I’m either a terrible listener, or the discussion landed differently on some listeners than you think it did, or both.
Klein’s right, except that there’s no “or”. Things certainly did land differently with many people than Harris expected, and Klein is a terrible listener. Both are true because we’re all terrible listeners.
Including me. This account, as long as it is, is far from complete. I’ve ignored some things, cherry picked my examples, connected my dots and filled in the blanks with my own projections, all in the service of creating a narrative. I’ve tried my best to be fair.
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Notes
[1]
This controversy is so large and sprawling and touches on so many separate disagreements that it’s impossible to do it justice even if you restrict yourself to just applying high-level abstractions. There were many relevant issues I had to leave out, including:
The difference between criticism and discrediting, whether the second amounts to silencing, and the implications for free speech.
The trolley problem-like distinction between putting forth words that end up hurting someone and hurting someone with words.
The justifications for Activist Style vs. Rational Style argumentation in relation to identity politics.
How, like I’ve said before, it’s essential to productive disagreement to acknowledge the legitimacy of the other party’s views before criticizing them.
The difference between judging conclusions by their arguments and judging arguments by their conclusions.
The question of whether Harris is being hypocritical when not wanting Murray’s ideas to be seen as part of a larger pattern but doesn’t mind making Vox responsible for the moral panic it’s part of.
How the mechanics of partial narratives explain some of the dysfunction of genetics vs. environment debates.
The difference between science and the interpretation of science and its intersection with the difference between science and pseudoscience.
The symmetry and asymmetry between Harris blaming Klein for indirectly suggesting things about him and Murray, and Klein blaming them for indirectly suggesting things about black people.
That while preference for high or low decoupling is a cognitive style, most people are capable of either when it’s in their interest.
What high decoupling looks like in the political realm.
What responsibilities sender and receiver have when they disagree on the proper interpretation of a message.
How individually innocuous ideas can add up to dangerous gestalts, and what that means for responsibility attribution.
[2]
I understand it better in retrospect. It’s been clear that Harris is extremely aware of the dangers of getting yourself connected to something connected to something connected to racism, and he likely thought it was wisest to talk about this as little as possible.
[3]
The closest thing that exists is a book I never tire of recommending. Defenders of the Truth: The Sociobiology Debate by Ullica Segerstråle is a fantastic and very thorough discussion of the fights around EO Wilson’s book Sociobiology in the 1970. It’s very much still relevant today and I can’t recommend it enough to anyone who enjoyed this article.
[4]
As I’ve mentioned in a previous case study, the word “race” weirds me out. In my mother tongue it’s an archaic term (outside some unsavory circles), except when referring to breeds of domesticated animals. Words like “ethnicity” or “people group” arese of undermining (6). Criticisms asserting that intelligence isn’t even real, that IQ tests don’t measure anything or that they’re are culturally biased and that environment is all that matters have been and still are common (and Harris and Murray spend some time talking about them). The popularity of these arguments suggests that (6) is considered at least somewhat implied by 1-5 by others as well.
[6]
The APA statement Intelligence: knowns and unknowns released in 1995 referenced by Murray confirms this.
[7]
I learned and extremely important lesson from this: Anything contentious, anything that’s an even slightly complex or subtle argument with ambiguous implications has to be read several times. Everything here that I’ve read more than once has felt distinctly different the second time. When you don’t have to take in the surface level information you can observe yourself reading or listening, and this makes for a different experience.
[8]
I don’t think Harris agrees this is the reason for the title, his “nested taboos” comments suggests he considers the whole range of 1-6 to be “forbidden” to some extent. I also don’t think Harris agrees about what the “thrust” of the argument (or that there’s a single overarching argument going on at all) is either — because this is highly subjective; the “long discourse” mentioned is under one minute long, less than a third of the length or their later discussion of how immoral and irrational it is to treat people as members of demographic groups rather than as individuals — a point Murray refers to as shockingly difficult to get to stick.
[9]
What I want to bring up here that no one appears to have mentioned about this, is that there’s a difference between 1), policies that assume everyone is equal above the neck, 2) policies that assume demographic groups are unequal above the neck in some defined way (which would be genuinely discriminatory) and 3) policies that assume neither of those things. I think many who advocate 3 over 1 are read as advocating 2 over 3.
[10]
This part in particular was interesting to write. Because of how convincing both Klein and Harris are on this point (Murray’s focus and motivation) I’m genuinely uncertain about what to think of it, what to think of him and which account should come first — in other words, which should be the signal and which should be the corrective. It was an unpleasant feeling at first and I know people, me included, will do anything to quell such uncertainty. But then I told myself I didn’t need to make a judgment here, that it’s fine, even virtuous, to simply remain agnostic (and it might be more accurate than anything else). The unpleasantness disappeared right away. I recommend doing this.
[11]
I agree with Harris that there’s something dishonest and evasive about Klein’s conduct. It just think there’s genuine conviction underneath it that I prefer to focus on.
[12]
Transparadigmatic dissonance is a common reason for particularly tricky disagreements, particularly on topics we’re not willing to nor good at discussing openly. Like sex. Transparadigmatic dissonance about the nature and purpose of sex and relationships gives rise to incompatible ideas of the moral significance of promiscuity, abortion, contraception, pornography and infidelity etc.
[13]
Harris accused Klein and the others of being biased here and he has a point. Klein calls the Murray podcast “curiously ahistorical” for not mentioning slavery, segregation or past racism in science, but I very much doubt he’s call a similar discussion focusing exclusively on the historical background “curiously abiological”. It’s a common pattern. I remember taking introductory psychology and hearing some people loudly complain that the chapter on the biological basis of behavior ignored culture. When we got to the chapter on cultural factors, they did not complain that it ignored biology. The justification for this asymmetry is of course political implications. Whether this counts as a bias or a valid concern is the difference between scientific and political thinking.
[14]
THN are of course scientists and thus not typical literary intellectuals. I still think the distinction holds, as they don’t rely as much on low-decoupling as Klein does in their argumentation. Even if they would have, it wouldn’t fully disqualify the model since even among scientists there are lots of people who are quite capable of using low-decoupling when they find it justified — it’s our natural mode of thinking, after all. Note that Stephen Jay Gould, author of the (in)famous (and historically focused) anti-IQ book The Mismeasure of Man is known for his unusually ‘literary’ style for a scientist, which contributes to his popularity among nonscientists (and nonpopularity among scientists).
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71 thoughts on “A Deep Dive into the Harris-Klein Controversy”
Alex JN says:
26 April, 2018 at 20:08
I really enjoyed this piece, thanks. This helped me understand Harris’s and Klein’s perspectives more than anything I’d read, and I think an analysis this detailed of where communication can break down is interesting, valuable, and rare.
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John Nerst says:
26 April, 2018 at 20:16
Thank you! That’s what I tried to do, good to hear it worked for someone.
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NickS says:
26 April, 2018 at 23:55
First time reader, first time commenter — I’ve also found that the entire Harris/Klein exchange has stuck with me, and that I keep puzzling over it, and was excited to see a link to this post, and it didn’t disappoint at all. I think you do a good job of summarizing the exchange and highlighting the ways in which it broke down.
I also disagree slightly, and would give different weights or emphasis to some points than you do, but as you say in your closing comments, that’s inevitable. But I very much appreciate your emphasis on, “how do we understand each of them to have an internally consistent position” over, “what are the points at which they disagree, and who wins”
With your permission I’d be interested in bouncing some of my thoughts about the exchange off of you (in other words, I’m tempted to write a much longer comment here, but don’t want to impose on your hospitality if that’s too much).
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John Nerst says:
27 April, 2018 at 10:03
Go ahead and write, pixels are free 🙂
Sure there are other points to bring up, I wasn’t kidding when I said this post could be a book. I generally prefer to just try to explain exactly how and why people disagree instead of focusing on who’s right or wrong – everyone else already does that all the time and it doesn’t even make much sense without common standards, which often aren’t available.
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Paul Phillips 💙 (@contrarivariant) says:
27 April, 2018 at 01:37
Excellent work. I too was fascinated by everything about this exchange, and all that it revealed. Being much less ambitious, my twitter-length summary was:
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In a nutshell (my view, not actual quotes)
Harris: It is important that we be able to discuss what is true. This is a separate matter from what the speaker might like to be true, and from any consequences of the discussion itself.
Klein: Those things cannot be separated.
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What you wrote about decouplers is exactly what I meant.
I had to speed read for a bit so forgive me if you made this point more than I saw, but a factor I consider to be fundamental as to why Harris was so persistently irritated by Klein is that they are fighting an asymmetric war and Klein refuses to acknowledge the unfairness of it. It is a fact of life that it is far easier to tar someone else with one of the standard set of toxic X-ist labels than it is for anyone so tarred to clear their name. This asymmetry drives the entire victim-industrial complex. Klein can be cavalier about the impact of calling someone a “racialist” because he knows that on “his” team one is inoculated against such labels through extensive virtue signaling. The gun only points in one direction, so he feels free to use it, and then to deny it has any effect on the discourse. There is a direct effect, and an even greater indirect effect: everyone with eyes and ears has learned from the experiences of Murray and Harris what happens to people who wade into these waters.
I believe this chilling effect to be produced with full intention. That those who would normalize using implicit reputational threats to shape “the narrative” would also so glibly deny that there is a massive chilling effect and that they prefer it that way: this is what might lead a person to eventually give up on the principle of charity and conclude one is dealing with a bad faith actor.
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John Nerst says:
27 April, 2018 at 10:17
Thanks for stopping by. You’re entirely correct that I don’t focus so much on what you’re describing, even though it’s entirely accurate. There’s absolutely enough material here for a book-length discussion.
I’m not so sure that Klein and others on his side so much deny the asymmetry of the situation as they deny that it’s unfair. If I read Klein correctly he finds it weird that anyone could think you should be “fair” here – good and evil shouldn’t be treated equally.
It’s funny in that you could turn this back onto Klein with a similar charge he levies at Harris: he is cavalier about this problem because it isn’t likely to happen to him. I actually think the “privilege” discourse can be quite good at identifying this sort of problem (you don’t take things seriously if they don’t happen or risk happening to you or people like you), but goes wrong when it insists it can only occur in one direction across a demographic distinction.
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27 April, 2018 at 15:13
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liskantope says:
28 April, 2018 at 16:26
Whew! I stayed up past my bedtime last night first reading the sequence of emails and then listening to the full Harris vs. Klein podcast (which IMO is really good listening, less negative and more productive than their prior email exchange and with both sides giving me enriching food for thought), then reading your longest-ever post after having thought out my own opinions beforehand. Just now I listened to the full one-year-earlier podcast with Harris and Murray. I have a bunch of scattered thoughts in semi-direct response to your piece, and although I don’t have time to write all of them, I hope you don’t mind if this comment still turns out to be long in proportion to the material I’m responding to.
1) On Sam Harris in general: apart from reading The End of Faith some years ago, I wasn’t that familiar with Harris’ work and views until a few weeks ago when I listened to the full three-hour debate between Harris and Cenk Uyghur on Islam. I came away with a very positive impression of who Harris is as a person and an intellectual — even if I’m skeptical of many of his object positions (I lean against him on Islam but mostly have to remain agnostic out of ignorance of the Koran and middle eastern history), he absolutely seems to have the right fundamental values and is acting in genuine good faith throughout. I saw one major weakness in him though, which he tries but doesn’t completely succeed in compensating for — the one place where Cenk really seemed to have the upper hand, especially right near the end: Harris doesn’t quite seem weigh strongly enough the probable way his words will be taken outside the sphere of top-tier intellectuals.
I believe Harris’ strengths as well as that one weakness show very consistently in the material I listened to today and last night as well. Your way of characterizing that weakness is that he refuses to acknowledge quite how easily (6) will be inferred by many from (1)-(5). The way I would put it is that Harris frequently says that he’s speaking out the way he is out of concern that we need to be able to address these issues “as adults”, when the fact of the matter is that much of his audience is not wired to do that no matter how much he may wish them to be, and he needs to consider the consequences of his statements given human nature as it is rather than how he would like it to be.
I also agree with you on much of your other criticisms of Harris’ conduct throughout: he got angry too quickly and it blinded him to the full nature of the misunderstanding; and he too easily attributed dishonesty to Klein and his associates (one positive thing for me about the podcast was that Klein managed to come across about as sincere and intellectually honest as Harris, although I believe there still is more tribal bias beneath Klein’s expressed views).
2) One of the most rewarding things for me about listening to the podcast was that as someone who tends towards Harris’ side of this kind of controversy, Klein’s speculation on Harris’ personal biases struck me as highly incisive and quite possibly applying to me as well. I’ve heard that suggestion hinted at before but never expressed as clearly as Klein did. Now I’ll have to do a little of my own soul-searching about it, and I hope Harris will as well (he was pretty dismissive in the moment).
3) On identity politics: your characterization is one of the best I’ve seen. I’ve always characterized it in terms of a discussion norms based in a sort of purist low-agency-ism which (as I argued in my essay on low-agency-ism) when taken to enough of an extreme must necessarily pick and choose some identities as more deterministic than others and if not tempered with a certain amount of objective awareness will descend into a rhetorical quagmire. While our descriptions are perfectly compatible (an example of partial narratives perhaps?), yours might hit more directly on the nose what iden’t think I’d seen quite this description before. I’ve always referred to it as an ability to “separate levels” (e.g. consider object-level and meta-level disagreements separately; you’ll remember I wrote essays on this as well), which for me is the strongest indicator of someone being what I would consider a rationalist. In response to your suggestion that this is more prevalent in certain hard sciences because of the nature of the work, as opposed to the humanities, I have to say that one source of fascination to me for years is just how many people I’ve known in mathematics, engineering, etc. are apparently low-decouplers, often despite being super pro-scientific-method, anti-religious, and other positions strongly associated with rationality and objectivity. In particular, I’ve known more people in mathematics than in any other field, and for pure math there’s a particular need for decoupling slightly differing from what you described for empirical experimentation: I guess I’d describe it as “forgetting” certain obvious properties in order to better understand what results from particular sets of axioms which will then be applied in different, often more abstract contexts. You’d think that mathematicians would be excellent decouplers, yet I know a surprising number of people who appear to be stronger mathematicians and also lower-decouplers compared to me. This could be explained by my not being able to compare different disciplinary groups due to my skew towards knowing math and hard science types, or due to my unfairly diagnosing our disagreements as cases of low-decoupling on their parts. But I tend to lean towards the explanation that within math/science disciplines we are taught decoupling well, but socially and especially in the context of politics we are not.
5) From your comment on the word “race”, I finally picked up on the fact that Swedish is your first language; for some reason, I’d had the impression you were an Australian who happens to be living in Sweden. If English really isn’t your primary language, that certainly makes the quality of your writing all the more impressive.
6) On a meta note, this lengthy commentary by you further cements my impression of us having extremely similar personalities in particular ways. I love consuming complex disagreements — provided the subject material is interesting enough for me — considering all sides and dissecting them into what I view as their component parts and then expressing a full-length commentary; I even sort of thrive on it. One thing I’ve noticed about myself is that this holds equally for political disagreements such as the Harris/Klein one and for purely personal conflicts that I see unfolding between people in my life. Indeed, one of the themes I try to push on my blog is that both political and personal disagreements can be dissected into very similar units of misunderstanding. It makes me wonder about whether you operate in a similar way when it comes to personal disagreements you witness, modulo stressful emotions that most of us naturally experience in those situations (you’re under no obligation to address this, of course; it’s just something I’m curious about).
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John Nerst says:
2 May, 2018 at 10:53
I do wonder why you thought I was Australian 🙂 No I’m actually not a native English speaker, although after about 15 years of reading almost exclusively in English (for the last ten years it’s 99%+) I’ve started to feel like it comes first for some topics (the kind of topics I discuss here, basically). English is my preferred medium for artistic and intellectual reading while Swedish is for everyday, personal matters. I code-switch pretty hard.
I don’t have that much to add to what else you said, I agree with it generally. A few thoughts:
I do think Harris knows that 1-5 easily leads to 6, that’s part of his reason for saying that 6 must be considered a legitimate hypothesis, as I read it. He does make sure NOT to say that 6 is uncontroversially agreed upon – something THN don’t acknowledge. There’s a question here: what does “scientifically uncontroversial” mean? It can mean either generally believed or generally considered a plausible hypothesis. They aren’t the same thing and that distinction got lost here.
I think what Harris doesn’t want to acknowledge as his responsibility is how accepting 6 as a valid hypothesis will lead many to infer some seriously bad things. I mean he tries by saying that it doesn’t justify anything like that, which in his mind (and I do agree with him but I see the other side too) absolves him of responsibility. The question is if this is at all possible and what responsibility you have for likely misinterpretations. As you say:
“Harris doesn’t quite seem weigh strongly enough the probable way his words will be taken outside the sphere of top-tier intellectuals.”
Whose responsibility is it when someone draws bad conclusions from an intellectual’s nuanced (and often decoupled) reasoning? There’s no easy answer. What I get from Harris is that he wants to de-dramatize the issue because we’re likely to get more potentially uncomfortable data like it in the future. But simply decoupling like he wants to do isn’t going to work for most (like you also say) because politics abhors a narrative vacuum. There needs to be new and politically positive narratives that such results can be comfortably integrated into, and I think we’re going to get that. Eventually.
Many have liked the low-high decoupling thing and I’m pleased with that (even though it’s not my idea obviously) but I also regret I wasn’t clearer in the original piece that I was talking about The Scientist and The Literary Intellectual as archetypes representing different styles, and not two categories of people – because it certainly isn’t true that all scientists decouple all the time and all nonscientists never do. It happens on a case-by-case basis (which I think depends on what things you have connected in your head in the first place, if they aren’t connected you don’t need to do decopuling to separate them) somewhat influenced but not determined by personality traits.
I wish I was better at personal disagreements than I am (doesn’t everyone?). When arguing with my wife I get defensive and such even if I shouldn’t. I do try to frame our disagreements in terms of fundamental personality/value differences sometimes and it works occasionally (she doesn’t always buy my relativist arguments about what is and isn’t acceptable bathroom dustiness etc.) but it’s hard to argue well verbally when the message you’re trying to convery is more suited to a 3000 word essay – bringing up theoretical concepts in everyday speech can sound a little insane. I avoid most politically contentious topics IRL for that reason unless I know the person I’m talking to really well. If you don’t it’s hard to both know what they mean and to feel confident that they’re going to understand you back.
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NickS says:
4 May, 2018 at 04:33
” I also regret I wasn’t clearer in the original piece that I was talking about The Scientist and The Literary Intellectual as archetypes representing different styles, and not two categories of people – because it certainly isn’t true that all scientists decouple all the time and all nonscientists never do.”
Let me extend comment h sides of several of those dichotemies, at different points in the argument.
This reflects the fact that people are not completely consistent, and a person can be high-decoupling at one point and low-decoupling at another, and it also reflects the fact that each of those describe rhetorical as well as intellectual styles. Both of them are skilled speakers and are happy to happy to argue on multiple levels which involves bringing in different styles of argument.
To give some examples, here are the categories offered in the Original Post: (1) Science Vs Identity Politics, (2) Rational vs Activist style, and (3) High vs Low Decouplers.
I’d not that the original post rhetorically tilts in favor of one side of each of those. Just looking at the words, “high” is better than “low”, “Rational” is better than (implied) Irrational and Science is better than somethinn personal experience or belief should be treated with suspicion.”
Identity Politics = “knowledge is often situated — which is to say based on personal and collective experience — and arguments based on personal experience are important and should be treated on par with arguments based on ‘objective’ data. They can be argued against, but shouldn’t be inherently treated with suspicion.”
2) Rational = “it is charitable to treat other people’s statements as pure claims about truth values of various claims.”
Activist = “people speaking on political issues are not only making isolated truth claims they are also trying to influence people rhetorically, and to support and strengthen various existing political factions. Evaluation of their statements should include not only truth values but also an analysis of what rhetorical space they are claiming”
3) High-decoupler =”the ability to block out context and experiential knowledge and just follow formal rules”
Low-decoupler = “the interest in applying context and experiential knowledge”
You can see that there’s overlap and the high/low decoupler distinction describes the combination of the two previous items.
__Looking at how each of them are on both sides of the science/identity divide __
Sam Harris on Science/Identity. Consider Harris’s opening statement, “While I have very little interest in IQ and actually zero interest in racial differences in IQ, I invited Murray on my podcast, because he had recently been deCurve, because I thought it was just … It must be just racist trash, because I assumed that where there was all that smoke, there must be fire. I hadn’t paid attention to Murray. . . . ”
This is clearly a rhetorical device, but look at the framing. It’s entirely about his own experience, he says that he hadn’t paid attention to Murray prior to Middlebury, he had casually assumed that The Bell Curve was “racist trash” but that, after seeing the way Murray was treated he, “felt a moral obligation” to reconsider.
This is explicitly inviting the listener to take his entire conversation with Murray has happening in a context, and to believe that the context is important for understanding and interpreting what was said.
Again, this is completely standard in terms how rhetoric functions, but it’s still worth noting.
Here’s Harris arguing for the scientific perspective, “Your accusation that I’m reasoning on the basis of my tribe here is just false. I mean, I spend, this is the whole game I play, this is my main focus in just constructing my worldview and having conversations with other people. When I’m thinking about things, that are true that stand a chance of being universal, that stand a chance of scaling, these are the kinds of things that are not subordinate to a person’s identity.” [1]
Here’s Ezra Klein arguing in favor of science (which I quoted earlier), “And so in terms of how all this helps us have a more sophisticated discussion, a discussion that makes us more ready to absorb these findings as they come down the line, I actually don’t really understand it and I don’t think I ever have. If you want to have discussions about very precise population categories, I think that we should come up with good language for doing that. I think that if you read a lot of these studies, people do. / That isn’t what your conversation was about, and it’s not what the conversation in this country has generally been about.”
Here’s Klein in defense of Identity/ situatuated knowledge “What I want to convince you of is that there’s a side of this you should become more curious about. You should be doing shows with people like Ibram Kendi, who is the author of Stamped from the Beginning, which is a book on racist ideas in America which won the National Book Award a couple of years back. People who really study how race and these ideas interact with American life and policy. ”
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__Looking at how each of them are on both sides of the rational/activist divide __
Harris on the importance of considering the political effects of one’s speech, “The original Vox article landed on the hate watch page at the Southern Poverty Law Center website. In a stream that talks about neo-Nazi hate groups and the Atlanta bomber, there’s me and Murray. That’s not an accident. ”
Harris on the importance of separating speech from effects, “My claim is that you’re conflating — I get that you hate [Murray’s] social policies, I get that you see that he thinks his social policies are justified by what he thinks empirically true in the world of data and facts and human difference. … / But the conflation is, is that talking about data is one thing. Talking about what should be done in light of the facts that you acknowledge to be true, or are likely to be true, is another. There can be good faith disagreements in both of those conversations. ”
Klein on the importance of being able to separate out people’s comments from the political environment in which it takes place (emphasis mine): There are a lot of white commentators, of which I am also one, who look at what’s happening on some campuses, or look at what happens on Twitter mobs, or whatever, and they see a threat to them. The concern about political correctness goes way, way, way, way up. **Then the ability to hear what the folks who are making the arguments actually say dissolves. The ability to hear what the so-called social justice warriors are actually worried about dissolves.** I think that’s a really big blind spot here. I think it’s making it hard for you to see when people have a good faith disagreement with you, and I also think it’s making harder for you to see how to weight some of the different concerns that are operating in this conversation. ”
Ezra Klein in favor of looking at things in a political context, “[A]s it comes to the way you actually conducted the conversation, I’m arguing that you lacked a sense of history, that you didn’t deal in a serious way with the history of this conversation, a conversation that has been going on literally since the dawn of the country. A conversation that has been wrong in virtually every version, in every iteration, we’ve had in America before. ”
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I think that’s a good reminder to avoid pigeon-holing either of them as purely occupying one side of the high/low decoupler standard. They both go back and forth.
[1] As I said before, I think this is a statement by Harris that I find very appealing. My criticism is that I don’t think he’s living up to standard in this discussion.
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John Nerst says:
4 May, 2018 at 10:04
Much to unpack here so I’ll just make a few I make no secret of the fact that I don’t like Activist Style debate, but I don’t think describing it as a purified rejection of scientific debate norms is incorrect or even unfair.
Third, I think you’re not appreciating the distinction between two conceptions of what “identity politics” means that I described. You’re simply using Klein’s version, as far as I can tell.
It’s funny. I think even some identity political claims get misunderstood just like Murray’s do, but in the other direction. In one direction, a ‘decoupler’ says something factual and is surprised and annoyed that ‘couplers’ think all kinds of policy implications follow, in the other, “couplers” say something factual and are surprised and annoyed that “decouplers” *don’t* think their preferred policies follow from this. I think that’s a common misunderstanding in social justice-related disputes: that disagreeing with policy implications also means you deny the basic factual claims.
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NickS says:
5 May, 2018 at 18:44
Thanks for responding. I think there’s some differences that are worth hashing out here, and hopefully they’re worth your time as well (and, in response to your other comment in which you apologized for taking a while, I’d much rather feel like this is something that we can each mull over and respond to at leisure rather than feeling a obligation to reply, or a desire to just score points).
First, I admit, I was trying to make the definitions more “fair” but I was also trying to make them more inclusive. In order to make the point that both of them make a variety of arguments I wanted to avoid definitions that might descibe 30% of behavior as [X], 10% of behavior as [Y] and leave 60% as neither. But in some cases that might be the better defintion.
I’m curious though, having read my attempt, whether you would suggest any edits which would make a more neutral definition?
Second, demonstrating my own point about the rhetorical impacts of the labels my immediate reaction to seeing you describe me as low-decoupling was to bristle — even though I know you intended it as descriptive rather than pejorative.
I was avoiding getting into the discussion of “identity politics” because I think that’s a complicated topic but I think your summary is basically correct. I’d also note that Kelin doesn’t use the phrase “identity politics” much (until the end). I’ll double check but my sense is that he refers to Harris’ use of the phrase “Identity Politics’ and then, when talking about Harris’s biases he uses the word “identity” rather than the phrase “identity politics”. I don’t claim that Klein is completely precise in his usage, but I think that distinction gets at the two definitions you offer. “Identity” isn’t necessarily a group identity, it’s something that’s an important sense of one’s self-conception and how one relates to the world. “Identity politics” generally, refers to either (a) organized interest group politics or (b) political rhetoric which is designed to appeal to people’s identity as members of a group and to strengthen people’s attachment to that identity.
There’s another tangent that I’ll mention but not get into which is that there’s been much written around the 2016 election about the ways in which “identity politics” is often defined to mean “minority identity politics” and that’s an incomplete way of looking at it (Klein I think also alludes to that without trying to explain it — in part because it does come up near the end and they’re running out of time).
I will throw out one more tangent related to your final paragraph (which I’ll pick up again when I have more time). Consider DSquared’s classic post — To what extent do you think that describes the dynamics that Harris is experiencing? (I’d say maybe 20%. I don’t think Harris is primarily doing that sort of contrarian schtick, but I think that there are often cases in which the “suprise” at people reading in policy implications is, in fact, faux surprise. Again, I don’t think that’s exactly what’s happening hear but it’s enough of a related phenomonon that I want to throw the idea into the discussion).
More later . . .
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liskantope says:
6 May, 2018 at 14:53
Most likely I was introduced to someone else on the internet who is Australian back around the same time that I met you, and I confused some aspects of your personal backgrounds :). At any rate, your writing is indistinguishable to me from that of a native English speaker (and I consider myself pretty sharp at noticing the kinds of subtle errors made by non-native speakers).
I’ll try to be brief in addressing the personal bit at the end of your response, as I don’t want to stray too far from the general discussion. I think you might have misunderstanding what I was curious about: not how you handle disagreements you’re personally involved in, but how you handle disagreements you witness between other people and whether it’s anything like your processing of arguments between well-known intellectuals. I asked because it is with me, except that my reaction to drama within my personal vicinity comes with (very understandably) strong emotions and stress to varying degrees. Disagreements that I’m directly a part of are another matter.
I 100% relate to you on two of the things you allude to in that paragraph: (1) “bringing up theoretical concepts in everyday speech can sound a little insane”; and (2) the conflicts that can arise when others refuse to acknowledge different preferences coming from personality/value differences. (2) has been the common denominator of my difficulties with a long series of roommates and part of the reason for my having sworn off living with other people for the moment. However, perhaps the biggest reason why I fantasize about getting into a real-life rationalist social group one day is my expectation that the rationalist community is an exception to both (1) and (2), so there’s probably more potential in those spaces for me to find a rewarding roommate / close friend / romantic partner relationship.
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27chaos says:
29 April, 2018 at 04:01
If English isn’t your mother tongue, you might be unaware that the word is “infamous”, not “imfamous”. Otherwise, easy typo to make.
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John Nerst says:
29 April, 2018 at 07:16
Oh right, yes I know. Thanks for spotting the typo.
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27chaos says:
29 April, 2018 at 04:08
It’s probably worth mentioning that there are other Default Hypotheses to be had here. One would be that every time in the past people have said bad things about minorities, it has been for untrue reasons, even if they were highly respected scientists trying very hard to be objective.
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John Nerst says:
29 April, 2018 at 07:17
That would be a Default Hypothesis coming from the political side, yes. That’s a nice, symmetric phrasing that well illustrates the “coming at something from two directions” that’s going on here.
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NickS says:
29 April, 2018 at 18:06
I started a long comment yesterday, but I think it got eaten by WP, so I’m trying again, and I’ll break it into sections (many apologies if this double posts. My first comment on Thursday posted without any issues, so I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong).
__Introductory throat clearing__
1) I’m much more familiar with Ezra Klein than I am with Sam Harris and for that reason I find it much easier to extrapolate from his statements and believe that I know where he’s coming from. For Harris, I can understand his arguments but my ability to flesh out his position is less than it is for Klein. I am more sympathetic overall to Klein’s argument but that could just be a corollary to the fact that my mental model of Klein’s position is richer and more detailed.
2) I’ve paid the most attention to the e-mail exchange and their shared podcast. Embarrassingly (for the amount of time I’ve spent thinking about their exchange) I haven’t listened to the original Murray podcast (and should at some point). For the Klein/Harris podcast I read the transcript and listened to it all the way through twice, and was surprised at how much my impression shifted over that. I agree with you that it rewards sustained attention.
3) I haven’t spent that much time with the THN articles; I read both of them at the time, but haven’t gone back to them again. They are clearly part of the whole story but, at the same, Klein neither wrote nor edited them and so trying to include them makes the whole exchange much more complicated, and I’m not sure how important they are. But, again, I say this to highlight my biases and say that I’m open to an argument that I’m not weighing them heavily enough.
4) I agree with you that it’s more informative to look at, “exactly how and why people disagree instead of focusing on who’s right or wrong” but I do want to look at some of the ways in which their arguments are stronger or weaker — in part to highlight my differences from your summary.
5) As you say, it would be easy to write a book. I’m going to start by throwing out a handful of ideas. I’d be very interested if you want to respond to them, and whether or not you do I may pick this up again as I have more time. I’m excited to see some other discussion on this post.
6) I’ll also add that, while I think there are areas in which both of them failed to make their argument as clearly or as strongly as they might have, I respect that it’s really difficult to sound coherent talking off the cuff with a somewhat hostile party, and that both of them really do quite well (and much better than I would have).
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NickS says:
29 April, 2018 at 18:49
__What I Think Each Of Them Are Trying To Argue__
There are a variety of threads, so any summary is incomplete so for each of them let me try a minimalist version, moderate, and maximalist version to suggest what I think are both the most defensiveble core parts of their positions, and where they start to extend into less safe ground.
__ Sam Harris __
Minimalist position: I am not a racist, I object to having my motivations called into question, and nothing that either Murray or I said on the podcast warrents the level of criticism or personal attack that we’ve received. Additionally I believe that the five basic claims (quoted in the OP) about the research are all well-supported and true.
Moderate position: I also believe that there is too little space for free exchange of ideas in this country; that it is wrong to de-platform speaker who are engaged in civil discussion based on a dislike of their positions, and that it’s wrong to impugn the motives and and character of somebody who is speaking in good faith about factual matters, and people have tried to impugn my character.
Maximalist postition: You, Ezra Klein, have engaged in and defended journalistic malpractice. You have misrepresented my position eggregiously, and dodged the question when I have tried to challenge you on it. Charles Murray is, “probably the most unfairly maligned person in my lifetime.” There should be a presumptive protection of debate that (and thank you for this formulation), “all you need to do to isolate an idea from its context or implications is to say so: ‘by X I don’t mean Y’. When that magical ritual has been performed you have the right to have your claims evaluated in isolation.”
__ Ezra Klein __
Minimalist position: I support the free exchange of ideas. I think deplatforming should be discouraged. I do not think that either Harris or Murray are racist, and have said so repeatedly. I think there is a long history of junk science on the subject of “Race and IQ” and, for that reason, I think that it’s import that anybody discussing the issue should be very explicit about what they think the implications of their work are, and make an effort to convey to their audience how one can distinguish between reasonable and unsupported claims. To do otherwise is irresponsible because there are so many unsupported claims within the broader cultural context and perceptions about “race” (I’m putting that word in quotes because, like the OP, I think it’s a problematic term and one that should be used carefully.
Moderate Position: I think Charles Murray, specifically, has a long history of writing books which present research and then argue for policy positions which are not well supported by that research. I think it’s appropriate for there to be strong pushback when he tries to present himself as just a modest searcher for truth, since he is, throughout his career, a political actor trying (and succeeding) to influence American politics. I think that Sam Harris errs in how he handled the dicussion because he’s not well atuned to the broader conversation. Harris is quick to recognize the ways in which his interests (or interests he supports) are at stake, but much less conscious of other people with interests at stake. I speculate that Harris would develop a better “ear” for those concerns if he spent more time talking to people with different perspectives (not merely differing positions, but different experiences and different senses of what is or isn’t relevent), particularly when it comes to conversations about “race” in Americs. I also think it’s important for people to be self-aware about the ways in which a given position and exchange “activates” biases based on a personal identity. “We all have a lot of different identities we’re part of all times. I do, too. I have all kinds of identities that you can call forward. All of them can bias me simultaneous, and the questions, of course, are which dominate and how am I able to counterbalance them through my process of information gathering and adjudication of that information. ”
Maximalist Position: It’s impossible to have a good converation about “Race and IQ” without talking about, at least the last 150 years of racial history in this county. ” I think you [Harris] have a big platform and a big audience. I think it’s bad for the world if Murray’s take on this gets recast here as political bravery, or impartial, or non-controversial.” “One of the things that I hear in you [Harris] is that, whenever something gets near the questions of political correctness — the canary and the coal mine for the way you yourself have been treated — you get very, very, very strident. They’re in bad faith. They’re not being able to speak rationally. They’re not being able to have a conversation that is actually going forward on a sound evidentiary basis.”
__ How I think Each Of Them Would Respond to That Position From the Other_
Klein On Harris Minimalist — Klein agrees that science and free speech are important. Doesn’t think Harris is racist, doesn’t think that the vox articles _do_ impugn his motivations and character, and thinks they are concerned with the substance of the debate.
Klein on Harris Moderate — Thinks that Harris’s concerns are not without reason, but that they’re overstated, and that he’s signifiantly overestimate the level of threat to free discussion.
Klein on Harrist maximalist — “During this discussion, you have called me, and not through implication, not through something where you’re reading in between the lines, you’ve called me a slanderer, a liar, intellectually dishonest, a bad-faith actor, cynically motivated by profit, defamatory, a libelist. You’ve called Turkheimer and Nisbett and Paige Harden, you’ve called them fringe. You’ve said just here that they’re part of a politically correct moral panic. ” I’d add that Harris doesnlein Minimalst — Notes that the Vox columns have been used by other people (including SPLC) to attack Harris’ character, thinks Klein hasn’t done enough to repond to those attacks or apologize for them.
Harris on Klein Moderate — thinks most of this is irrelevent. Is mostly concerned with defending the abstract right to speak freely, not Murray specifically (Note: I feel like there’s a progression of H: “Murray is terribly maligned” K: “Here are reasons why people object to Murray” H: “Setting Murray aside I think it’s important that other people be able to discuss statements of scientific fact without getting backlash.”)
Harris on Klein Maximalist — Thinks this is an eggregious defense / example of identity politics. Thinks that Klein is part of the “far left”, that he willfully ignores Harris’s points, and that there’s no point in even trying to communicate.
As you can see I think that part of what makes the conversation so dramatic is that there’s significant entanglement between big important social issues and their personal disputes and frustrations with each other. It makes the discussion less coherent, if one is only interested in the abstract issues, but also much more animated and it has real stakes. I think it is, again, to their credit that they are able to operate at both the personal and intellectual levels at the same time, and I think it would be a mistake to reduce it to merely an intellectual back-and-forth.
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NickS says:
29 April, 2018 at 18:56
__ Where I Get More Critial Of Harris __
I am very sympathetic to Harris’s positions that (a) it should be possible to discuss “what evidence do we have about a given question” separately from the question of what should be done, or what is implied by those findings and (b) that it’s worthwhile to try to think about big questions from as universal a perspective as possible However, in this particular discussion I find the way in which he represents those positions really frustrating, and lacking. He never acknowledges that those are both really difficult things to do and that it’s important to have humility and to be open to challenges. I think that both of those positions should ideally go along with a willingness to listen and think carefully about criticisms and he just doesn’t do that in this conversation (and I’m certainly open to hearing from people who know more of Harris’s work than I do that he does better in other contexts).
As far as the question of looking purely at the science, I think Harris does a poor job of representing how science operates. Harris seems to equate good science with statements of fact (and he does this in both directions, he implies that anything produced by scientists in the field should be taken as a statement of fact and that anything he says which is factual should be taken as good science). Klein’s response comes late in the conversation but is, I think a good one. He describes Murray as, “way, way, way out in front of the data.” And says, of Harris’ summary that he’s speaking in generalizations which aren’t a useful way to summarize the discussion, “If you want to have discussions about very precise population categories, I think that we should come up with good language for doing that. I think that if you read a lot of these studies, people do. / That isn’t what your conversation was about, and it’s not what the conversation in this country has generally been about. Again, I think that if you read someone like Reich or talk to folks in this field, they are precise in a way that American politics often isn’t.”
I think if somebody wants to claim that they’re going to separate out facts from interpretation they have to also be willing to separate out facts from their own intuitions, and to be very specific about what they’re saying.
Both of those criticisms call for more effort than is standard in normal conversation. It’s perfectly acceptible, in most cases, for somebody to say, “I’ve looked up X, I can find plenty of scientists agreeing with it, I assume that it’s true.” But I think in a situation in which the topics under discussion is, specifically, “is this science controversial or not?” “what are the limits of what the science can tell us, and what questions is it well suited or not well suited to answer?”, and “when is ‘I’m not trying to insult somebody, just acurately reflect the science’ an appropraite defense?” When it comes to all of those questions I feel like Harris is not doing enough work and is presenting a very simplified version of what “science” entails (and is using it as a cudgel against his opponents, rather than as a prompt for serious inquiry).
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John Nerst says:
4 May, 2018 at 11:26
Ok, some loose thoughts on this (forgive me for not engaging more, I’ve been talking about this so much already):
I think the THN article is absolutely central here. It’s what made Harris upset in the first place, and it’s their different attitudes to whether it’s legitimate or not that fuels the entire conflict.
While I complained about them not disagreeing well in the main article, I was impressed as well by how good they both were at making cogent arguments off the cuff. I wouldn’t be able to do that without a whole lot of um-ing and er-ing.
Your minimalist-to-maximalist position descriptions are broadly correct, except that (and you say this yourself) your internal model of Harris is slightly less developed. I think you’re missing some key aspects of his position, like the idea that policy must be strictly downstream from science and facts, and evaluating facts (including interpretations of facts) based on political considerations is simply not allowed – the public sphere recieves those ideas and gets to turn them into policies as it pleases – science has no say there – but it doesn’t get a say in what ideas it receives in the first place. From a certain hardline position I’m quite sympathetic to (but it has correctives, of course – like you point out), and I think Harris is as well, this arrangement is simply not negotiable: you can’t legitimately disagree with it. And much of Harris argumentation is aimed at Klein doing just that.
“I think if somebody wants to claim that they’re going to separate out facts from interpretation they have to also be willing to separate out facts from their own intuitions, and to be very specific about what they’re saying.”
Very much agree with this, but it’s paired with the responsibility to not extrapolate too much beyond someone’s own words even if that is your own intuition.
See my comment elsewhere that “is this controversial or not” has more than one meaning and this has caused a lot of problems. Also, whether Murray is way out in front of the data or not is actually a major part of the disagreement, and I had a full section on what that means and why they disagree. There’s definitely an idea here that “evil” theories has a higher burden of proof than “good” ones, and while that seems like an obvious truth from one perspective, personally I’m highly ambivalent.
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NickS says:
12 May, 2018 at 19:03
I read the THN article again and I can definitely understand why it would have pissed off Sam Harris, but I also don’t think it’s just a “hit piece” or “propaganda” it is trying to represent their view of the science.
But let me hold that thought for a moment. I glad that I ended up being too busy to write a response more quickly because I ended up mulling it over for a while and I think that it’s worth stepping back a meta level and then circling around, and I think that, in doing so, I can provide a perspective on the burden of proof question that you raise at the end of e example).
1) People should make an effort to avoid turning up the rhetorical “heat” of a conversation unnecessarily.
2) In cases of disagreement, people should be charitable to their opponents and make an effort to understand the core meaning of what the other person has said, rather than going on tangents or quibbling over framing or word choice.
3) If challenged people should provide evidence to support their claims.
4) “the content of what anyone says [should be] evalu) “policy must be strictly downstream from science and facts, and evaluating facts (including interpretations of facts) based on political considerations is simply not allowed”
It’s worth asking “what are the reasons people should do this?” What would convince somebody else that they should behave and communicate in this way.
Thinking about it, I would (broadly speaking) separate out the arguments into three or four categories. These overlap, and in many cases more than one will come into play, but it’s worth thinking about them with some precision and rigor because depending on which reason on is highlighting at any given time it will point the argument in certain directions and will have strengths and weaknesses.
Here’s how I’d separate them out in order from narrower to broader claims.
0) I’m not trying to convince anybody else to behave in this way. I just find, for myself, that practicing these habits cultivates useful mental discipline.
1) Politness and respect. All of these are ways to demonstrate that one is treating the other person as “a member of the kingdom of ends” (as Kant would say) — an equal in the exchange.
2a) Utilitarian: These rules have social value. If people follow them it will generate social goods (perhaps greater production of knowledge, better integration of minorities views, less confusion, fewer mistaktes, etc . . . ).
2b) Epistemological value — this will help us identify the truth. Like (2a) this is an instrumental reason, we’re valuing these rules because they help us achieve something but, rather than being concerned about standard measures of utility (happiness, health, wealth, etc . . . ) we’re just concerned with generating truth.
3) Human rights. Perhaps we think that everybody has a right to express themselves as part of their being human. I think of E.E. Cummings defending Ezra Pound (who was accused of treason after supporting Mussolini during WW II. “Every artist’s strictly illimitable country is hims be—is immortal; and all the atomic bombs of all the antiartists in spacetime will never civilize immortality.”
[Note: I’m leaving aside arguments towards authority like “our elders have told us to do this and so we should” or “following these rules is a matter of professional or guild standards” but feel free to flag that if you want to include them.]
Broadly speaking the strengths and weaknesses of each of them are:
1) Politeness is most often the clearest reason and the most directly applicable, but it’s also something people ignore all the time. Standards of politeness are quite often “more honored in the breech than in the observence.” Not only that, there’s a slightr what are the best ways to persue utility [Note, however, that a utilitarian argument doesn’t have to be situational. It’s possible to say, “from a utilitarian perspective it’s important to have simple, straight-forward rules that everybody can recognize so that we do have a shared standard.”].
As far as epistemology goes, it’s worth thinking about the paired questions of “what counts as truth” and “what methods of producing knowledge are epistemologically privileged.” The original post treats scientific knowledge as occupying a position of epistemological privilege, and I think that’s generally appropriate, but it’s worth being precise about the nature of the privilege, and what it entails.
Consider that any discipline makes its own claims to epistemological values. Obviously religion has for a long time claimed that matters of religious faith should be strictly upstream from policy and that evaluating theological claims based on political considerations is “simply not allowed.” But even setting that aside people could make the same argument about Engineering, specialized military knowledge, economics, law, history, literature, or art. Part of what defines any profession, in fact, is that there are standards of truth and knowledge within the profession which differ from a casual or “lay” treatment of the issues. If you want to grant deference to all of them it impoverishes politics and any concept of democratic decision making.
Secondly, it’s worth noting that when it comes to controversial issues, scientists don’t necessarily do a better job of convincing each other than anybody else does. As Max Plank said, “science advances one funeral at a time.” So, if you want to argue that these standards to make it easier for people to arive at a sense of shared truths (and I think that they would) we should also acknowledge that they may not work quickly.
3) Is the broadest, and the only one of the reasons which is entirely content-neutral. It offers a defense of somebody who may be saying complete nonsense. As such it’s not a very good argument for saying that anything should be set aside as irrelevant or out of consideration. It is, in fact, a defense of cacophony.
I want to mostly stop there, because I’m curious for your response, and to find out whether you would offer a different reason than any of the ones I’ve describedight apply these ideas to the original conversation.
First, you raise the question of whether “evil” theories should have a higher burden of proof. I’d suggest that there are (at least) two ways in which one might answer that in the affirmaty should have a higher standard for claiming those protections. Alternately, one could argue that it isn’t so much “evil” theories that have a higher burden of proof, but theories which fall into one of three categories (a) arguments for which there are well-known counter-arguments should have a burden of engaging with the counter-arguments, (b) arguments which point in the same direction as well-known cognitive biases, or the self-interest of large groups of people should have a higher burden of proof to protect ourselves from not requiring sufficient proof for things which flatter our prejudices.
Second, I’d suggest that whatever arguments one wants to make about the Harris/Murray conversation, I don’t see any reason why they shouldn’t also apply to the THN article. So, for example, if somebody wants to argue that Harris/Murray may have said things which were politically troubling it’s worth setting those aside (perhaps remarking on them separately) and being sensitive to the details of exactly what factual claims they were or were not making, then we should do the same for THN. If you want to argue that Harris/Murray were having a conversation which included some science but also some amount of them flattering themselves about their own correctness, then I think you can make the same argument against THN.
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NickS says:
29 April, 2018 at 18:57
Finally, while I was working on that I noticed that William Saletan had a good post about the question of how to characterize the science on the subject:
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John Nerst says:
29 April, 2018 at 19:19
I’ll get to your comments when I have more time, but I’ll just start by saying that I found several of them in the spam filter, so it might have something to do with the link? Idk
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NickS says:
29 April, 2018 at 19:47
Playing around with it, I think it was other html tags. I had originally made the section headers bold, and when I removed that it posted without any issue.
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notpeerreviewed says:
30 April, 2018 at 23:00
I really enjoyed this post, and I’m now following your blog. Two thoughts I had while reading it:
– I think point 2 is a bit more controversial than it’s made out to be. James Flynn has to be considered a mainstream IQ researcher, I think, and I believe I can summarize his position as “IQ test scores correlate very well with intelligence within any given culture and time period, but they’re questionable when it comes to measuring intelligence across cultures and time periods.”
– The thing you discuss in the 10th footnote puzzled me as well. The take I’m most comfortable with is “Charles Murray really doesn’t care about race very much; he’s overwhelmingly concerned with class. But even though he doesn’t like being called ‘racist’, the notoriety stemming from that issue drives book sales and speaking engagements, and he’s never objected to that benefit, so it’s disingenuous for him to say the race issue isn’t a big part of his argument.”
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John Nerst says:
2 May, 2018 at 11:00
You’re likely right about 2, it seems like it should perhaps be changed to include “in WEIRD societies”. The second point too – Murray probably has benefited from a certain notoriety, which he doesn’t mind, and the race angle plays into that even if it isn’t his focus.
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T.S says:
1 May, 2018 at 12:31
Thorough and accurate, well done! I would leave a further comment, but I’m going to peruse your archive right now 🙂
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Kriw says:
2 May, 2018 at 18:52
” rule-based, devil’s-advocate ways, influenced by economics and analytic philosophy. I’d expect them to be more likely to identify as rational.”
Rationality is when you’re a satanic bug man, makes sense.
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Barry says:
3 May, 2018 at 16:10
i’d never heard of you or your blog before, but i’m glad that i have now. what a great post! thanks!
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Jacob Falkovich says:
3 May, 2018 at 20:18
Loved this essay!
I think an important part of the conflict between low and high decouplers is how they interpret each other’s strategy in their own terms. Basically, each one sees the other as a total hypocrite.
To Klein, the scientific/rational style of thinking is something that has always benefited the powerful / rich / white / male groups. Klein sees the promotion of rational thinking while being a rich white male as a naked power grab on behalf of those groups, one that has little to do with improving the world through science.
To Harris, the idea that Klein knows the correct policy before knowing the data is lunacy. After all, if there’s no way to change IQ past childhood, then affirmative action for college applicants does nothing to help black people at all – we should do early childhood interventions instead, or something. So Harris also sees Klein’s pre-scientific commitment to affirmative action as nothing but a naked power grab for his own coalition, one that has little to do with improving the lives of black people.
Of course, as a rationalist high-decoupler, I disagree with the first part. We should be able to study affirmative action objectively, and then pre-commit to enacting the policy that is supported by the data. But a low decoupler would note that in practice, this doesn’t seem to happen.
In other words: To a mistake theorist, there’s no conflict between mistake and conflict theorists. To a conflict theorist, there is.
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John Nerst says:
4 May, 2018 at 08:13
I’m not sure Klein subscribes to the idea you describe that much, it seems more a characteristic of a more radical kind of identity politics enthusiast. (But I don’t know that much about Klein).
You’re certainly on to something with your third paragraph. One difference here (maybe this is “decoupling” and maybe it’s not) is between those who think that policy should follow knowledge and the right policy isn’t known from the start, and those who think the promulgation of knowledge is driven by ideology from the start. These are incompatible, because with the latter, knowledge can’t be trusted while in the former, political convictions can’t be trusted.
I thought this too in relation to the recent controversy around Robin Hanson: many don’t understand that some people enjoy exploring ideas for fun without being driven by a political agenda, and others don’t understand this lack of understanding.
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girish sastry (@girishsastry) says:
4 May, 2018 at 01:21
Fascinating piece! I haven’t listened to or read any of the Harris-Klein controversy, but I found your final point about the fraught nature of complex communication really interesting. Have you expanded on this elsewhere?
I can imagine a spectrum of communication where the public objects of communication range from zen koans to mathematical proof, and a muddy world in between. Koans are notorious for the amount of cognitive work (searching through the space of interpretations) required for the receiver to actually get the communicated concept, while mathematical proof is in some sense very different (and this definitely has caused some debate over the validity of math proofs). Given that we can’t really turn off our complex web of associations that function to lossily decompress discourse, I wonder what exactly can be said on how to leverage this to communicate well.
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John Nerst says:
4 May, 2018 at 08:15
I haven’t expanded on that specifically, but of course there’s plenty of discussion of disagreement on the rest of the blog.
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Ken says:
8 May, 2018 at 17:04
“The question of whether Harris is being hypocritical when not wanting Murray’s ideas to be seen as part of a larger pattern but doesn’t mind making Vox responsible for the moral panic it’s part of.”
I feel as if this is an aspect of Harris’ identity that is stowed away but needs more critical analysis. While you speak to the descriptive claims of identity politics in both Harris and Klein’s usage, we actually have some evidence to back up Klein’s claim.
Klein and the authors of the Vox articles perform science on 1-5. It absolutely is not forbidden knowledge. Likewise, the silencing that Harris fears from publications like Vox are based on his feeling that they pander to a more emotional crowd but, like Harris, they state explicitly, with his same style decoupling, they disagree with deplatforming and silencing. They said a “magic phrase” which Harris ignores. Likewise, we don’t see Klein or Vox viciously attacking other intellegence researchers for “doing science.” Harris’ identity, as described by Klein, is in full effect throughout much of this ordeal. Harris’ worry is an identity.
While decoupling is an important aspect of performing a particular scientific study, much of the hypothesis generating and relevant discussion is not. Contemporary science is morally justifiable or useful in some manner, otherwise it wouldn’t be done. The findings of any study isn’t useful unless it fits into or provides evolution to some larger narrative. We study IQ because it is useful. Murray is a policy figure using IQ to make prescriptive claims. Any prescriptive claim based on empirical evidence needs a heavy dose of contextualization. That claim is not based on table 1. of study a, but a myriad of work interpreted to for a coherent narrative.
Harris professed he had no interest in the actual science and therefore forfeited the right to be use a dispassionate decoupling frame of reference. Harris and Murray are continually calling back to prior events to in a contextual way exactly opposite of this style. If Harris wanted to s. It seems Harris does play into his identity and only uses his decoupling mind set for questionable reasons. Klein, on the other hand, is playing politics where admitting one small defeat admits defeat of a large premise. Excellent write up, but in the end I would have like to see a focus on how a resolution might have worked.
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Narrative Leaps says:
9 May, 2018 at 22:21
Thanks, this was wonderful!
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Calith says:
10 May, 2018 at 21:55
Thanks for doing this! Your essay was very well done and I’ll be following you now.
One thing I’d like to tentatively test is instead of thinking in terms of a low decoupling/high decoupling dichotomy, that we try out thinking in terms of the landscape of information that each party considers relevant in a disagreement. Almost all of us, once we are discussing controversial subjects, are going to be wrestling over which pieces of information we think matter to what’s being discussed. In looking at this wrestling over what evidence is relevant, I don’t see the use of high and low decoupling as a neutral way of depicting it.
The desired relationship between scientific inquiry and social policy is yet a separate question for me from low or high decoupling tendencies. I heard Harris accusing Klein and others of wanting to censor/punish scientists because their work might lead to uncomfortable conclusions. What I heard Klein arguing instead is that Harris and Murray should be aware that if you are a scientist who makes a career of translating your not-fully-confirmed science into controversial policy agendas, that you don’t get to hide behind being a scientist when people find your policy recommendations repugnant. I heard Klein saying there are real-world consequences to becoming a political player in the real world. I think it’s worth debating what constitutes “fair” and “unfair” consequences for being a political player in the real world, but we can observe all around us that many political players pay a much higher price for their participation than either Murray or Harris. The threat to “science” in this debate was serving as a rhetorical shield for Harris, it seemed to me, but behind that shield was mainly a bunch of non-scientific moral and emotional claims about threats to reputation and income.
I found it ironic that Harris expressed little interest in the science part of this debate, but in discussions on Twitter and elsewhere, people kept attributing to him a virtuous interest in “only the data” (ie, being a high decoupler). Harris, to me, seemed much more interested in litigating his grievance for having been mistreated by Klein after bringing Murray on his podcast because he felt aggrieved on Murray’s behalf for being mistreated by the world at large. The bulk of Harris’ motivation seemed to be personal. His trouble containing his anger at every turn seemed to be evidence of this. It doesn’t matter to me so much whether we call that identity politics, but it did very much seem to be about defending his public identity from what he saw as unfair attacks, and that’s what he was there to debate, not the science.
And in some ways, Klein is not the best partner for that debate because he is one of the people accused of mistreating him/them. It’s almost like we needed two other people, experts in the role of science in society or moral philosophers or something, to debate the question of which appraisals of Murray and Harris constitute unjust treatment.
The whole debate to me seemed mostly like the 700th round of culture war, in which X person rages about being badly aggrieved, demands attention for feeling aggrieved, also on behalf of their larger group, and accuses the other person/group of violating their rights. Yes, the backdrop was research into race and IQ, but Harris seemed interested in that as “just the latest instance” rather than for its own merits. All ends of the political spectrum do this. When leftists do it they get called out for playing the political correctness game or wrecking freedom of speech or doing identity politics. When non-left some of his writing is in my wheelhouse that way). My impression of him before this debate was that he seems dispositionally to overstate things, to make more of his ideas than they merit. I don’t trust people intellectually who have a high bluster factor and he seemed that way to me. These interactions with Klein only reinforced that. I don’t feel one way or another about Klein or Vox. I do wish that Klein and Harris had agreed either to talk about the merits of Harris’ personal/professional grievance or about the merits of Murray’s science and its policy implications; mixing the two got them nowhere.
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Jesse M. says:
2 July, 2018 at 00:03
I think there is a big motte-and-bailey in the way that Harris summarizes Murray by saying “His strongest claim is that given the data, it’s very hard to believe that it’s 100 percent environmental. This could be said about almost any human trait”, a framing which you seem to accept with your own comment “many genetic traits like appearance and some medical conditions differ systematically by race and it would be unexpected if no mental traits (that we already know are heritable) did”. But if you pay close attention to what Murray is saying, it’s clear he’s not just making the case that it’s likely genetic group differences in intelligence are nonzero, it’s that he thinks it’s likely they contribute some non-trivial amount to the measured 15-point gap in the black/white average. If in the future a greater equalization of environments caused the gap to narrow to only 1 IQ point (say), and there was good evidence that the 1-point difference in average IQ was a consequence of population differences in gene frequencies, that would hardly be a vindication for Murray! For one thing, it would go against his arguments (which he made in the Harris podcast as well as the book) to the effect that it’s a waste of money to fund policies to try to make environmental conditions more equal. And policy issues aside, consider the segment which starts a little after 59 minutes into the podcast, where Murray said:
“It seems to us highly likely that both genes and the environment have something to do with racial differences. And we went no farther than that. There is an asymmetry between saying “probably genes have some involvement” and the assertion that it’s entirely environmental. If you’re going to be upset at The Bell Curve, you are obligated to defend the proposition that the black/white difference in IQ scores is 100% environmental, and that’s a very tough measure. … Here’s the thinking that Dick and I had that led us to write that sentence. And it starts out with simply the very high demands that the environmental hypothesis places on you. If you say, for purposes of just thinking through the arithmetic, that genes and environment is a 50/50 split in explaining variance in IQ in a whole population, that means that in order for the environment to explain 100% of a standard deviation difference mean between blacks and whites, the average black would have to be at an environment that is about 1.5 standard deviations below the white mean. That’s a really big difference. And if you take all the measures like income, and educational attainment, and occupational distribution, and a variety of other measures of environment, one and a half standard deviations is way way bigger than any of the observed differences [that] are there. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t unmeasured differences in the environment that are also at work, it just is you start off with a really big question in your mind, is that plausible that it could be 100% environmental.”
But if this argument is intended to show it’s unlikely environmental differences could create a 15-point difference, it seems obvious that it also implies it’s nearly as unlikely it could create 14 points worth of difference, with genetic differences supplying the additional point. (I have also never seen Murray address the fact that there are plenty of IQ studies which seem to show populations experiencing swings of 10-15 points in relatively short periods, for example studies of Irish students in the late 60s and early 70s with large sample sizes showed them behind English students by amounts like this, but nowadays they have caught up and even seem to be a little ahead.)
Another issue is that once you consider the possibility that genetic differences might themselves be responsible for a small amount of average IQ difference while environmental differences make a much larger contribution, there’s no reason to assume the genetic differences would necessarily go in the same direction as the environmental ones. Is a scenario where the black population has a genetic 1-point advantage over the white population but a 16-point environmental disadvantage significantly more implausible then a scenario where the black population has a 1-point genetic disadvantage and 14-point environmetnal disadvantage? (this point was emphasized in a good piece about The Bell Curve by analytic philosopher Ned Block at ) And Murray and Herrnstein’s phrasing in The Bell Curve, that “both genes and the environment have something to do with racial differences” suggests they meant genes have something to do with the black deficit relative to whites (an impression reinforced by all Murray’s subsequent comments on the issue like the one I quoted above), not just that there’s some nonzero genetic difference which might possibly lessen the deficit.
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John Nerst says:
2 July, 2018 at 08:17
I don’t think we’re disagreeing much. There’s a definite motte-and-bailey structure to this and I’ve been fairly clear in my assessment that Murray’s beliefs, as in his impression from examining the gestalt of the evidence, go further than he is willing to state definitively.
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noemail says:
15 June, 2019 at 03:36
Can you do a similar deconstruction for the Harris-Chomsky e-mail exchange please?
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John Nerst says:
15 June, 2019 at 07:46
Haven’t read it. At this point I’m skeptical it could be done as well considering all the extra material there way to supplement the emails with it this case. And this was a lot of work. But maybe some time, who knows?
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noemail says:
16 June, 2019 at 02:25
I don’t think background material is necessary or even helpful in the Chomsky-Harris e-mails: the context is much simpler than the interpretation of Murray’s statistical research.
I also wouldn’t expect an in-depth piece, I’m more interested in comparing the two exchanges. I think Harris’ approach in the Chomsky e-mails is very different than in the Klein debate. In the Klein debate he seems, as you point out, want to stick to a narrow expression of facts, whereas in the Chomsky debate he insists on imputing unknowable motives.
Maybe you have a different take, I would appreciate hearing it if you do ever read the emails.
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NickS says:
16 July, 2019 at 19:24
Seeing the news todayhink one problem that can befall people with a high interest in decoupling is that they can end up engaging in a Motte and Baily type argument (often inadvertantly). Considered abstractly it would look like this.
Motte: “Ifbody in the 50s making the following argument about homosexuality.
“Homosexuality is a mental disorder; engaging in homosexual acts is harmful, therefore chemical castration is a good treatment.”
That’s an entirely logical statement and defensible (given the positions of the psychological and meditcal establishment of the era). But it does contain within it, two separate propositions:
1) “If it is true that homosexuality is a menatal disorder then chemical castration could be a good treatment.”
2) “It is true that homosexuality is a mental disorder, and than chemical castration is a good treatment and, therefore, homosexuals should be chemically castrated.”
The first statement is a purely logical proposition and clearly true. The second is a claim that depends upon the strength of the evidence, and also one’s judgement about how much evidence should be required to take action.
What’s clear, looking back on the debate with the benefit of hindsight, and massive changes in the popular and medical perception of homosexuality is that not only was the psychological and medical community of the day mistaken, but that the evidence that was being considered was based on a whole host of unexamined cultural beliefs and assumptions.
I argued, in my previous comment, that being able to engage in this sort of conversation is an import skill, and an important tool to have, but one should recognize the limitations of the tool.
I was amused when you called me a high-coupler because, as I said, I think my temperment is towards a high-docoupling style of communication but, over time, I’ve come to see the problems in that. When I look back on arguments that I made in the past I can see many examples in which I inadvertantly engaged in that sort of Motte and Bailey argument. I would make the purely logical statement “if X then Y”, and proceed to tentatively believe Y without ever having engaged with the consequences of that belief.
In your original post you write, (emphasis mine)
“In traditional scientific-philosophical debate, the content of what anyone says is evaluated according to agreed-upon, impersonal standards like logical coherence, empirical evidence and commonly accepted values. Motivations, personal history, possible consequences or hurt feelings are not considered to be on the table. Bringing them there, in the form of ad hominems, guilt by association, or non-sequiturs (in this case, extrapolation beyond someone’s literal words) are considered foul play.”
To use that phrasing, I would argue that referencing “empirical evidence” and “commonly accepted values” often has the effect of (unknowingly) bringing in someone else’s personal history or hurt feelings (as filtered through a body of scientific or philosophical debate) and that one of most important parts of the high-coupler argument is to recognize that ad hominems, guilt by association, or non-sequiturs are problematic, but that even if you rule them out you still aren’t working with a clean slate.
It gets trickier to apply that insight to the debate about Race and IQ. But I think that’s an important point to make about the tension between high-decoupling and low-decoupling argumentation.
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John Nerst says:
19 July, 2019 at 10:50
I’ve become less enamored with the decoupling concept over the last year. It is useful and it captures something real but it’s also abstract and broad enough that it becomes hard to be clear about what we’re discussing.
In this article I used it in the sense that you could decouple factual beliefs from their implications by saying that you don’t intend to support those implications (in logical terms this would be by denying some implicit premises required for the implications to follow).
It can definitely be used as a rhetorical strategy to get people to accept conclusions they don’t like, that is true. I guess I’m at least a little bit sympathetic to that, like I am to the related idea that you’re not “entitled” to reject a factual belief because you don’t like the implications (bad implications can’t reach back across causality and make something untrue).
I’m not so convinced about your Turing example though, because the terms involved are so vague. What counts as a mental disorder is famously subjective and pretty far from natural category and objective science. “Harmful” (and “good treatment) as well: to whom? Under what circumstances? Are there benefits as well? How do we compare them? Etc. I think there’s a lot of more leeway there.
And I’m also, in general, skeptical of the idea that we can have a strict set of argumentation rules that guarantees that 1950s Britain come to the conclusion that Turing’s homosexuality is fully acceptable as it is. I see no reason to believe that a more rather than less generous attitude towards heavily contextualizing arguments is an asymmetric principle in favor of good.
Regarding your second to last paragraph… I kinda see that as a pretty bad excuse in the vein of “it’s practically impossible to clean a house perfectly, which means all cleaning methods are flawed and corrupted and we don’t need to follow them and I can be a pig as much as I want. We’re all pigs but I’m not deluded about it like you.” Yeah, I’ll clean, thanks. That being said I completely support making the argument that somebody is biased or mistaken in some specific way for a specific reason they might not think of. But that’s very different from throwing out a *general* accusation. It actually pushes someone to hold a more objective standard, not declare objective standards a sham in favor of different ones that help you better.
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NickS says:
19 July, 2019 at 18:49
Thanks for the reply. I’d been thinking about this, and considered posting a follow-up to my own comment but didn’t want to spend too much time on an old thread unless it was of interest.
I was thinking about some of the same issues you touch on in your reply.
But, before I get to them, I just want to say again, that I didn’t drop in just to be argumentative. I really have continued to reflect on this post. I think my comments could have been clearer, and I occasionally think about how I could re-frame them. In this case the news about Alan Turing did prompt me to come back to this conversation.
I had also realized that my comment could be taken as an argument for unlimited skepticism, “we can’t be sure about everything, so you can’t make me believe anything I don’t want to nyah, nyah.” Which isn’t what I intended.
So it’s worth thinking about how to define what level of skepticism would be appropriate.
One way to think about it is that, when trying to asses the scientific evidence on a given question, the standard will be different depending on how much the question itself reflects cultural or folk categories.
In the case of Alan Turing the cultural categories in question are “homosexuality” and “mental disorder.” In the case of a question like, “are there inherent racial differences in IQ?” Both “race” and “IQ” are culturally loaded categories.
The skepticism could take three forms:
1) Is the science being done well, or is it importing the assumptions or biases of the researchers?
2) Is the person asking the question (and consulting the scientific literature) bringing their own assumptions or biases to their understanding of the question? (One way to phrase this is to say that there’s a significant possibility that people doing good research may produce scientifically valid results which are still unable to answer the questions that most concern other people)?
3) Is the person asking the question doing so to advance a political agenda.
Let’s try a thought experiment that involves a less controversial topic. Imagine that I start doing research on the question “are brave people happier?” (I could imagine either result. Perhaps brave people are happier because they feel less fear and anxiety. On the other hand brave people may be less happy because they are less likely to avoid or shy away from difficult things which reduce their happiness).
I note that both “bravery” and “happiness” are categories for which there is significant pre-existing cultural beliefs and assumptions.
I spend a couple years coming up with robust techniques for assessing bravery, and start accumulating evidence for the question. After a while I find that there are reliable results that brave people are less happy.
I argue that this reflects a social problem. Bravery is a social good; we would like to encourage people to be brave and yet that makes them less happy. Perhaps there should be policies to address that.
You could argue with my research. You could argue with the proposed policy and say that it would be a bad idea for various reasons.
But there’s another reason for skepticism and that is, “why ask the question with those categories? Is that really the best place to start when thinking about happiness?”
Consider that, no matter how scrupulous I’ve been in my research, I may have inadvertently created problems for myself which would look somewhat like the problem that Daniel Kahnemrsion I’d say that one question that could be asked of Charles Murray (and Sam Harris) is, “does the way that you’ve framed this issue reflect a certain myopia?” There’s some connections between that question and the issue of, “are you trying to serve a certain political agenda?” Because having an agenda would be a reason why somebody might be myopic. But there’s also the question of, “you have a question, you’ve identified data that applies to that question, but why is bravery your starting point?”
Think of the process of formulating a question as shining a spotlight on certain parts of the data. I’m saying that it’s worth having some skepticism about, “is the spotlight illuminating an important character or have I actually centered the spotlight on part of scenery on the set . . .?”
[Okay, that last phrasing may be an unnecessary rhetorical flourish, but hopefully that adds some structure to my original thought.]
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Sam McLean says:
16 April, 2020 at 23:44
Hi there
Because of weeks of enforced domesticity, coupled with the peculiar paths that YouTube leads one down, I recently found myself relistening to the Harris/Klein podcast. I then sought out the responses it generated. As a listener to both their podcasts for many years before this joint effort, I was not interested in who ‘won’ etc. (neither came out well). I was more interested why, as Sam commented, they probably agree about 95% of issues yet spent two hours of them talking past each other. This is the only commentary I have read that explains the reasons *why* this happened, so thank you very much.
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17 April, 2020 at 09:10
Thank you! Knowing it’s appreciated makes it worth the work.
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Steve Sailer says:
24 June, 2020 at 10:10
You are a bright guy, you should read “The Bell Curve.” You’d learn a lot from it.
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Shawn Buell says:
3 May, 2021 at 23:42
I was reminded of the existence of this article by a post on Twitter, and so took the time to re-read being as I had (more-or-less by accident) re-listened to the entire folderol with Harris/Klein last month. Some thoughts.
The Klein Tribe in this situation are being deeply intellectually dishonest. Why is that? Because underneath the surface features of this argument lurk some of the left’s most valued shibboleths. In this case, merely conceding 1-5 does vast damage to their ability to maintain a relatively blank-slatist worldview which allows for a near infinite malleability of human nature. Forget 6. 1-5 pointing to the practical inevitability of 6 would nuke that shibboleth from orbit irrevocably, so 1-5 and anybody who advocate for them must be destroyed. Note how resistant Klein is to even concede basic biological realities; pointing out the fact that genetics and its inheritance control almost entirely relevant aspect of an individual’s morphology seems anathema to him, let alone the idea that a person’s behaviors or personality might be so influenced. Making these concessions in the case of individuals is hard enough, and this is before we even touch the concept of average group differences.
But, in reality Klein is merely defending the outer boundary of a much larger construct without saying so.
Now we get to the part where the intellectual dishonesty kicks into high gear. Assume for a moment that people’s personalities or psychology were unaffected by their genes and that group differences were entirely controlled by environmental factors – for the most part, this is what the blank-slatists are claiming – and think about those implications. This means that group difference is entirely dependent upon upbringing, culture, and the non-shared environment in children whose groups under-perform economically, academically and criminally.
What an indictment of their culture the blank slatists are making. Of course, these people are cultural relativists as well, and can’t have that be the narrative which dominates the discussion either for multiple reasons – although certainly because that would be “victim blaming”, so they invent the concept of institutional racism as a means of spackling shut the holes in their narrative – like a sort of “god in the gaps” thesis – when the reality that confronts them can’t be squared with readily available evidence.
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George H. says:
14 December, 2021 at 19:06
Thanks for this. I never understood Ezra Klein’s point of view before. (I’m a decoupler)
On almost a completely different subject: After listening to the Sam Harris podcasts, I read “The Bell Curve”. It was a tough slog for me. And I would recommend Murray’s “Coming Apart” as a better read, with the same ideas, and no race discussion. One idea (from Murray) that I find most interesting is that selecting the high IQ people and sending them all to the same elite colleges, (where they are likely to marry and have kids), we are promoting a class divide in our country based on IQ. That seems true to me, but I don’t see it discussed much.
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You can bypass this prerequisite just with a simple step, charge your phone at least 40%, and that’s it!
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So no matter which approach you’re choosing from the below list, download SDK tools below first –
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he first one was SDK tools, which we downloaded with the a fore-mentioned steps, and subsequently, the next important thing is the USB Drivers.
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Disclaimer: (Unlocking Bootloader section) – If you’re unlocking the bootloader of your Android ep to achieve the root privileges. Later, you would have to open your PC and follow the below steps –
Step 1 – Connect your phone with the PC using a working Data cable.
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Step 3 – Find an empty space on that folder screen, and press Shift+Right Click there.
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Step 7 – After putting in the proper command from the above list, press the ENTER button.
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Methods to root Elephone C1 Max
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Quest to the Native. Right-click or control-click on the protein and select "Align Guide", then shake and wiggle.
In a Quest to the Native (QTTN) puzzle, the correct solution, or "native" is known.
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A new tool called "Align Guide" is available to help you get started. You can find it in the actions menu in the lower right. Using Align Guide from the actions menu centers the whole protein on the guide. This gives you a starting point, but it's usually not a very good alignment.
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Technical stuff: it's been a while since there were any new QTTN puzzles in Foldit. They may reappear sometime in the future. This QTTN native puzzle is still useful as first step towards the similar but much more challenging Electron Density puzzle.
The protein in this puzzle is a real protein, found in the Protein Data Bank (PDB) as 2ERW. It's known as "infestin-4", after the organism which produces it, Triatoma infestans, also known as the "kissing bug". Infestin-4 helps the kissing bug prevent clotting as it feeds on blood.
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Since my retirement on January 1, 2002 I have had the privilege seldom accorded to an active pastor: I’ve been able to worship from the pew, being an active participant but not a leader.
I could listen to others preach and in general have been pleasantly surprised at the quality of the preaching. The sermons I heard were scriptural, following the pericopes, and they made God’s Word relevant for me.
However, there have also been sources of irritation and frustration when I heard a pastor expound with great conviction a fact that simply is not there in the text—not in the original language!
Two examples may suffice.
1. On the day of the Transfiguration of our Lord (Feb. 10) the text was Matthew 17:1-9. The pastor in his sermon referred back to the preceding chapter, the story of Peter’s Confession. In a rather dramatic way he retold how Jesus had asked the disciples: “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And after listing their answers, he continued: “And then he pointed straight at Peter and said: But who do you say that I am?”But is that what the text says? Even in NRSV v. 15 reads: “He said to them” (not to Peter, even though he was the one that became the spokesman for the others.)
It’s even clearer when you look at the Greek text. “Who do you say…” reads in Greek: ύμείς δε`… The “you” is plural, not singular (σύ).
Of course, it’s easy to make this mistake in English, where “you” can be either plural or singular. In most other modern languages there is a difference. The same verse in my German Bible has “Ihr” (not “Du”), in my French Bible “vous” (not “tu”) and in my Spanish Bible “vosotros.” But one doesn’t have to look at all these modern translations to get the right meaning. The Greek text would be sufficient.
2.The other sermon I heard while on vacation in Florida. This was in a church of the LCMS. The text was John 4, the story of the woman at the well. Again, it was a good sermon, the pastor took great pains to paint the background of this woman who had had 5 men, and the one she was living with was not her husband. He pictured here as the town prostitute. And then he continued: “When she finally went back to town she told the men of the town about Jesus. Of course she talked to the men, because she had probably been intimate with most of them…”
Again, this was saying something that simply is not in the text. Even NRSV translates (correctly!): “she said to the people…”, for the word is άνθρωποι, not άνδρες.
There are some things you just don’t get by reading a translation, no matter how good or accurate. I would like to give an example from the Old Testament. This is from my private reading, not from listening to a sermon. I try to read a chapter in Hebrew and a chapter in Greek every day and in my reading of the Old Testament I am currently in Deutero-Isaiah.
A few days ago I read that beautiful passage in Is. 60: “Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you…”
Who is addressed here? It’s hard to tell in English, but it is quite clear in Hebrew. For the imperative “arise” is not masculine, but feminine. It is not םוק but ימוק and not רוא but ירוא.
Who is the lady that is being addressed here? In the preceding verses we read: “He will come to Zion as Redeemer…”
In 40:9 Zion is called the תרשבמ, the (lady-)herald of good tidings, and so is Jerusalem. Both Zion and Jerusalem are feminine. So one could legitimately translate Is. 60:1 this way:
“Arise, Lady Zion, shine, Lady Jerusalem…”
It does give new insight into this text, does it not?
It always fills me with great sadness when I see how few pastors are using their Hebrew Bible or their Greek New Testament. I attend a weekly pericope study group. Out of the 10 or 11 pastors that are regulars, I am the only one that brings his Hebrew Bible or Greek NT. The others seem to appreciate it, but somehow cannot bring themselves to find the time to keep up what they once learned in Seminary.
I have also taught both Greek and Hebrew in a number of seminaries (including LSTC and Mt. Airy), but always found that for most students this course did not have a high priority. Yet I can testify that using the original languages over the years has helped me more in preparing sermons than dozens of commentaries. Nothing wrong with using commentaries. But to really know “what is written there” one must look at the original.
Perhaps these ruminations will encourage at least some readers to blow the dust off their Greek and Hebrew Bibles and to rediscover the wonderful languages in which God’s Word was delivered to us.
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See: Politicians who were married on July 6 (all years), or politicians who were married in 196 (all years), or politicians who died in 1989 (all dates).
Centenaries and half-centenaries of the births and deaths of dead politicians on this date:
150 YeaKendall, died July 6, 1939; Edward L. Logan, died July 6, 1939
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Age 94: Lawrence S. Armstrong
Age 91: Thomas J. Lane
Age 89: Michael J. Galvin
Age 87: V. C. Rose
Age 86: Sidney S. Kellam
Age 83: Arthur A. Dehmel
Age 82: J. Lee Rankin
Age 79: Cornie R. Thiessen
Age 77: Garner E. Shriver; D. Woodrow Bird; Molly Yard
Age 76: Randolph Appleton Kidder
Age 74: Gabriel A. Ackal
Age 68: Orval S. Ellison; Nancy Reagan
Age 65: Joseph F. Holt; William Austin Ingram
Age 62: Pat Paulsen; Janet Leigh
Age 57: Patrick T. Caffery
Age 55: Bill Frederick
Age 53: Suzanne Jacobs
Age 51: Suzanne Shaw
Age 49: Ron Harder
Age 48: John W. DeCamp
Age 43: George W. Bush
Age 42: Dwight Stansel
Age 38: Phil Dyer
Age 34: Tim Manchin
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The University of Akureyri, located in Akureyri Iceland, is offering a master program in polar law, commencing in September 2008, with a focus on the needs of rural areas, peripheral societies and small States in the circumpolar north.
Emphasis is placed upon relevant areas of international law, such as environmental law, the law of the sea, natural resources law, the rights of minorities, the rights of indigenous peoples, self-government and good governance, and land and resources claims in the polar regions.
In connection with this program, the University of Akureyri will work closely with the universities in Tórshavn, Nuuk and Rovaniemi. It will also cooperate with the University of the Arctic and with universities in Canada, Alaska and Russia. Plans are also being made for cooperation with the universities in Copenhagen, Lund, Oslo, Tromsø and Aabo. The University of Akureyri will cooperate with the University of Iceland when possible.
More information on the program can be found from the Polar Law Website.
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Still Dancing: St. Peter’s Knocks Out Purdue to Advance to the Elite Eight
March 26, 2022 March 31, 2022 / chrismsports / Leave a comment
St. Peters and Purdue at the beginning of Friday’s East Region Semifinal at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Photo by Chris Murray
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PHILADELPHIA—To listen to the sellout crowd at the Wells Fargo cheering for St. Peter’s of Jersey City, N.J. you would have thought you were at a 76ers or Villanova Wildcats game.
Like any home team, the No. 15 seeded Peacocks fed off that energy and chopped down another higher seed in the NCAA Tournament and are one game away from the first No. 15 seed to advance to the Final Four.
“The whole environment, it was just unreal,” said St. Peter’s junior guard Doug Edert. “I don’t think any of us were nervous or really cared about how many people were there watching us. We just went out there and did our thing. We’ve been doing what we’ve been doing all season, which was defending and playing as hard as we possibly can.
Thanks to a stout defensive effort and clutch free-throw shooting, St. Peters (22-11) upset No. 3 seed Purdue 67-64 to become the first No. 15 seed to advance to the Elite Eight. They will take on the North Carolina Tar Heels in the East Regional Final on Sunday for a berth in the Final Four in New Orleans.
The Tar Heels (27-9) defeated the Bruins 73-66. UCLA’s season ends with a 27-8 record after making it to the Final Four in 2021.
In a game in which Purdue (29-8) had the size advantage up front and quickness in the backcourt, St. Peters neutralized any advantage that the Boilermakers had by forcing 15 turnovers including six by All-Big Ten guard Jaden Ivey. St. Peter’s scored 11 points off Purdue turnovers. The Peacocks held Purdue to 42 percent shooting for the game.
“If you watched us play the last month, like we’ve been locked in. Like really locked in. Teams in our league are really good,” said St. Peter’s head coach Shaheen Holloway. “These guys are prepared for this moment. But we’ve been locked in. It wasn’t one of our best defensive performances. I know you might say I’m crazy for saying that, but if you watched us play, then you would know that it’s not.”
It was the Peacocks’ tenacity on both ends of the floor that kept them in the game in the second half when it looked Purdue was about to make a run. The Boilermakers took a 56-52 lead with 5:21 left on five straight points by senior power forward Trevion Williams, who finished the game with 16 points
Just when it looked like Purdue was on the verge of pulling away, St. Peter’s battled back to tie the game at 57-57 with on a 13-foot jumper in the lane by Daryl Banks III with 3:18 left.
Another Banks basket in the lane gave the Peacocks 59-57 lead with 2:16 left.
“Yeah, Coach always preaches to us it’s a game of runs,” said Banks, who scored 10 of his team-high 14 points in the second half. “We understood that coming into it, that they were going to make their runs; we were going to make our runs. But we sustained their runs for as much as possible and we made our runs greater, and we just came back.”
Purdue head coach Matt Painter said Holloway did a good job of defending the Boilermakers, especially at the point when it looked like Williams was starting to find opportunities in the low post against the undersized Peacocks.
“Yeah, we didn’t probe the defense like we should,” Painter said. “They went to a zone like he does in that last four or five minutes. He did it against Kentucky, he did it against Murray State. And we had some things that we had worked on to go to. We got it to him low and then he got fouled one time. The other time we didn’t execute.”
The Peacocks never trailed again. They made eight free throws in the final two minutes. Purdue came to within one point on a three-point basket by Ivey with under 10 seconds left. But free throws by Edert sealed the deal for the Peacocks.
Holloway said the way his team played Friday was indicative of how they played all season.
“You know, that’s what we’ve been the whole year,” Holloway said. “That’s who we are. We’re not a team that’s going to blow teams out. That’s not our DNA. We try to keep it close and try to make them make mistakes down the stretch.”
Super Bowl V: A Personal and Historical Memoir-part 3: Blunder Bowl or Hard Hitting Defense
January 10, 2021 / chrismsports / Leave a comment
Blunder Bowl or Hard-Hitting Game
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While Super Bowl V was a great memory for me personally as a Colts fan, the game itself was not seen in the same light among football historians and media people who covered it at the time. Sports Illustrated dubbed the game, “The Blunder Bowl.”
I can certainly understand why because in that game both teams combined to commit 11 turnovers. The Colts committed seven of them—which is still a Super Bowl record for turnovers by a winning team. The Cowboys committed 10 penalties for 133 yards. It was a game that probably set offense back about 10,000t years.
That’s because both teams were among the top 10 in the NFL in defense-the Cowboys had the NFL’s fourth rated defense and had future Hall of Famers like cornerback Mel Renfro, Herb Adderly and defensive tackle Bob Lilly. The Colts, who sported the…
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Super Bowl V-A Personal and Historical Memoir Part 2: 1970 Colts and Cowboys defined by Sixties Playoff Frustration
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Bridesmaids of the 1960s, the first two champions of the 1970s
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Jim O’Brien celebrates after kicking winning field goal to beat Dallas in Super Bowl V
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What makes Super Bowl V interesting to me from a purely historical and somewhat metaphysical viewpoint, the destinies of the Colts and Cowboys are bizarrely intertwined with one another based on their experiences in the 1960s. Both teams during that decade had a penchant for coming up spectacularly short in the big game—they both shared the same nemesis—the Green Bay Packers and the Cleveland Browns.
As ironic as their paths were in the 1960s, it should be noted that the Colts were originally the Dallas Texans franchise (1950) that relocated to Baltimore in 1953.
Baltimore’s journey of postseason futility in the 1960s began on the cold field of Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium. Winners of the NFL’s Western Conference, the Colts came in with a 12-2 record and the…
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Super Bowl V: A Personal and Historical Memoir of the Colts Last Championship in Baltimore Part I
January 10, 2021 / chrismsports / Leave a comment
It has been 50 years since the Colts won their last NFL Championship as the Baltimore Colts
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For all the sporting events that I have watched since I was six-years-old or better yet, the last 42 years, there’s two dates that I will always remember for both good and bad reasons. Starting with the bad—January 12, 1969—that, of course, was the day my beloved Baltimore Colts were upset by the New York Jets.
It was a bitterly disappointing end to their very first time I followed football as a six-year-old football fan. I thought the Colts of those days were unstoppable, especially after the 34-0 butt-whuppin they had put on the Cleveland Browns in the NFL Championship game. At a very young age, it was my first taste of how your home town can break your heart.
But the other date that I will always remember as a sports fan…
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Roger Goodell and the NFL Need to Say Kaepernick was Right and Say Systemic Racism is Wrong
June 4, 2020 / chrismsports / Leave a comment
The tragic death of George Floyd at the hands of Minnesota police and the protests that ensued is exactly why Kaepernick took a knee four years ago
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Colin Kaepernick and teammate Eric Reid (left) take a kneel during the national anthem to protest the unarmed killings of Black people by the police. Kaepernick remains unsigned since 2017.
“We lost because my guys didn’t stand up with me and I can’t make any excuse for them. Had we shown any amount of solidarity, if the superstars had stood up and said we’re with Curt Flood. If the superstars had walked into that courtroom and made their presence known, I think that the owners would have gotten the message and given me a chance to win that.” Curt Flood after losing his Supreme Court case to end Baseball’s Reserve Clause in 1972.
I start this column with the above quote as the nation is reeling from demonstrations and riots after the tragic death of George Floyd, an African-American who was unjustly strangled to death by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin despite his desperate plea of “I can’t breathe.”
I was moved by the Twitter comments of Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz who expressed a sadness felt by many: “All I know is that the institutional racism in this country breaks my heart and needs to stop. Can’t even fathom what the Black community has to endure on a daily basis.”
Throughout the NFL, several high-profile white players including six-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady and Joe Burrows, the Cincinnati Bengals No. 1 draft pick and 2019 Heisman Trophy winner, have expressed empathy for what happened in Minneapolis.
But then, I flashed back to the 2016 season when former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was taking a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality and raise awareness of systemic racism. None of those white players, with the exception of players like Eagles defensive lineman Chris Long, were vocally supporting Kaepernick’s protest.
I wonder what would have happened if other higher-profile white superstars had come out for Kaepernick? Would he have gotten another job? Hmmm. What if New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees had really understood why Kaepernick was protesting instead of just coming out against it?
Kaepernick’s protest, while supported by a few players (both Black and white), was not only vilified as being anti-American, anti-flag and unpatriotic by a large number of white fans who expressed their rage in a variety of ways including burning his jersey.
On top of that, the Idiot-in-Chief, President Donald J. Trump, felt the need to gin things up by calling for retribution against the players engaging in anthem protests. While speaking at one of his infamous rallies, Trump said of Kaepernick,: “Get that son of a bitch off the field right now, he’s fired.”
Even more troubling was that more than a few NFL executives branded Kaepernick as a traitor and made sure that he would never get another job with an NFL team for daring to bring awareness to systemic racism in America.
Joe Lockhart, who served as the NFL’s executive vice president in charge of communication and government affairs, said in a piece on that the owners felt Kaepernick’s protest was “bad’ for business. Despite efforts by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to persuade the teams to sign Kaepernick, the owners were dedicated to keeping him out.
“That symbol of racial injustice was reinforced every day that Colin sat on the outside of the football world,” Lockhart wrote. “It may have seemed like a good business decision for the clubs not to sign him and it certainly wasn’t illegal, but it was wrong.”
Unfortunately, it took another the unnecessary, on-camera death of another Black man at the hands of a police officer to get some of the NFL’s white players to understand why Kaepernick was taking a knee.
I am hoping that the unrest in cities from Philadelphia to Salt Lake City will finally bring the owners to their senses and get them to acknowledge that the blackballing of Kaepernick was morally wrong and unfair. Given that 85% of the NFL’s players are African-Americans, isn’t silence in the face of bigotry and systemic racism also bad for business?
Goodell and the owners need to do what they did for Michael Vick when he was let back into the league after being suspended for dogfighting. Vick not only owned up to his transgressions, but he also became a part of solving the problem by becoming an anti-dog fighting advocate.
The NFL, led by Goodell and the owners, needs to acknowledge that keeping Kaepernick out of the league was wrong and give him a real opportunity to resume his career.
But more importantly than that, the NFL has to show some respect for it’s mostly Black workforce and the league’s Black fans by truly involving themselves in the fight to end systemic racism in America instead of just throwing money at the problem.
Because whether they like it or not, the NFL needs to recognize that unlike appeasing an angry player with an incentive laden contract, the problem of systemic racism won’t be solved by throwing money at it.
Kobe Bryant’s Legacy Should be Viewed Honestly and its Entirety
February 14, 2020 / chrismsports / Leave a comment
After retiring from basketball, Kobe Bryant spent a lot of time with his family. He is pictured here with his daughter Gianna. Both were tragically killed in the helicopter crash in Calabasas, California on Jan. 25.
Gayle King’s interview with Lisa Leslie and Snoop Dogg’s profanity-laced response to it brought to life to a misunderstanding of journalism and how we view the legacy of public figures
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For the Chris Murray Report and the Philadelphia Sunday Sun
The fallout over CBS Morning News host Gayle King’s interview with WNBA legend Lisa Leslie following the death of Kobe Bryant and rapper Snoop Dogg’s profanity-laced video response to it led to some really problematic responses on social media.
It also showed that there is a disconnect between many African Americans and the practice of journalism as well as the dangers of hero-worship.
During the course of what was an in-depth interview with Leslie, King asked whether Bryant’s legacy would be complicated by the rape accusation made by a young woman in Eagle, Colorado in 2003. The case was ultimately dismissed because the alleged victim refused to testify. There was ultimately a settlement reached between Bryant and the woman in civil court.
At a press conference after the settlement, Bryant issued the following apology:
“Although I truly believe this encounter between us was consensual, I recognize now that she did not and does not view this incident the same way I did. After months of reviewing discovery, listening to her attorney, and even her testimony in person, I now understand how she feels that she did not consent to this encounter.”
Because Leslie answered King’s questions, which were asked in a professional manner, and also because other outlets including ESPN, the Washington Post, and the New York Daily News, had brought up the topic as well, I didn’t see any problem.
But for people like Snoop Dogg and a large number of African-Americans on social media, King went too far and caught the wrath. On platforms like Twitter and Facebook, King was accused of trying to assassinate Bryant’s legacy by the simple act of bringing up the incident. King was vilified as a race traitor who, along with close friend Oprah Winfrey, was a part of a vast conspiracy to destroy Black men. There were more than a few people who thought King’s line of questioning was immoral.
Immoral? Really?!
But the Black journalist community, myself included, defended King because what Snoop Dogg said in his video was more than just hateful.
It was wrong. And it shows that people don’t know how journalism works. While some in the media community may debate how King conducted her interview, I don’t think she had sinister intentions nor do I believe that King deserved all the hate-filled vitriol she received.
The mention of the incident by media outlets isn’t an attack on Bryant’s legacy. It’s a part of it, whether people like it or not.
From my perspective as a journalist, I’m not mad that King brought up the sexual assault allegation because it’s part of Bryant’s public record. Every major media outlet in the country reported on it at the time of the former Lakers star untimely death and ignoring it would make no sense.
That was something that a lot of people outside of journalism on my social media feed couldn’t comprehend, and on one level, I get it.
For African-American men grieving Bryant’s death, bringing up the events in Colorado felt like another attack on Black men from a society that views us with unnecessary suspicion and tends to come down harder on us when suspected of committing a crime.
We are always on double-secret probation.
But keeping reporters from doing their jobs isn’t going to stop that from being the case.
As the saga went on, Georgetown University Professor Michael Eric Dyson wound up being the voice of reason. He said what this group of mostly African American men didn’t want to hear, which was that Bryant wouldn’t have become the man he was when he died without that incident as a catalyst.
“When you notice Kobe Bryant’s trajectory from that moment on, here was a man who was deeply and profoundly committed to his wife (Vanessa Bryant),” Dyson said. “He confessed his adultery to her. He apologized in public for that as well. He went on to have four daughters with his wife and he embraced women’s sports.”
“Yes, he acknowledged that there had to be a paradigm shift in his life and he didn’t have to say that,” Dyson continued. “He evidenced that in his own life, in his own living and transformation.”
Our legacies are often shaped by the good, the bad, and the ugly. Some say that President Lyndon Johnson’s legacy on Civil Rights and the Great Society was tarnished because of the Vietnam War. I can personally look at how Michael Vick bounced back from serving time in prison for dogfighting to becoming a better football player, husband, father and an advocate against animal cruelty.
To quote the character, Troy Maxson, in August Wilson’s play, Fences: “You gotta take the crookeds with the straights.”
But you have to take all of it. Not just the part you like.
Mahomes and Other Black Quarterbacks Continue to Shatter Old Stereotypes
February 7, 2020 February 7, 2020 / chrismsports / Leave a comment
Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson are not only changing the game but elevating it to a higher level because of their arm strength and mobility.
If nothing else, the way that Patrick Mahomes’ managed to win Super Bowl LIV should keep Black quarterbacks of the future from being forced into different positions in the NFL.
By Chris Murray
For the Philadelphia Sunday Sun and the Chris Murray Report
Throughout a lifetime of watching football-which dates back to the late 1960s, I wa
s always hoping for a time when African-Americans playing quarterback in the NFL would be seen as something so routine that we don’t really notice it.
My hope is that the way Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes led his team to victory in Super Bowl LIV finally gets us closer to that reality.
Mahomes, who was also named the game’s Most Valuable Player, brought his team all the way back from a 10-point deficit against a San Francisco 49ers defense that was first in the league against the pass and second overall in total yards allowed. For the game, Mahomes threw two touchdown passes and passed for 286 yards.
But that’s the way Mahomes had done it throughout the playoffs. The league’s MVP in 2018, brought the Chiefs back from double-digit deficits in all three of Kansas City’s postseason wins.
Mahomes becomes only the third Black quarterback to win the Super Bowl and the second to be named the game’s MVP.
But being named the MVP for the game for all of the NFL Marbles hasn’t kept past winners, like for example, former Washington Redskins quarterback Doug Williams, from having to justify their existence despite having one the greatest performances in Super Bowl history.
Being one of the most prolific passers in the game didn’t keep Warren Moon, a with a bust in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, from having to fight through doubts about his ability. It also didn’t keep former Philadelphia Eagle Randall Cunningham, the original mobile quarterback, from having to fight them either.
When guys like Donovan McNabb, Michael Vick, Cam Newton, Colin Kaepernick, and Vince Young came along, there were more than a few observers of the game who would devalue the ability of these guys by saying that they were more “athletic”, implying a lack of the intelligence necessary to stand in the pocket and read pro-level defenses.
I’m hoping that the success of African-American quarterbacks during the 2019 NFL season will lay waste to this mindset once and for all. This season, African-American quarterbacks have had an unprecedented run of success, not only in statistical categories but also in league honors.
For example, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, whose mother, Felicia Jones looks like a genius for not allowing anyone to make her son change positions in college or the NFL, elevated the quarterback position to another level. Bigger and faster than Michael Vick, Jackson wowed fans with his legs and his arm. He set an NFL rushing record for quarterbacks gaining 1,206 yards. He passed for 3,127 yards and threw a league-leading 36 touchdown passes, and won this year’s MVP award unanimously.
Even in a shocking loss to the Tennessee Titans in the AFC Divisional Playoffs, Jackson accumulated 508 yards of total offense-365 passing and 143 yards rushing.
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray was the best player on a losing team. He passed for 3, 722 and tossed 20 touchdown passes. He completed 64 percent of his passes. He also gained 544 yards on the ground with four touchdowns. For his efforts, Murray was 2019’s Offensive Rookie of the Year.
The common thread between Mahomes, Jackson, and Murray is that they are duel-threat quarterbacks who can run and pass. More than a few football experts are saying that the mobile dual-threat quarterback is the wave of future and that the standard drop-back passer is a thing of the past mainly because defensive players are just as fast as the players on offense.
Mahomes, Murray, and Jackson have proven that they can pass from the pocket, but they can use their legs to buy time and to make plays downfield in the passing game.
Outside of the aforementioned superstars, four Black quarterbacks, Jackson, Tampa Bay’s Jameis Winston, Seattle’s Russell Wilson and Dallas’s Dak Prescott were among the top quarterbacks in touchdown passes. Winston and Prescott led the NFL in passing yards.
By the way, Wilson, Mahomes, Jackson, and Houston Texans quarterback Dashaun Watson led their teams into the playoffs.
The common denominator in the success of this current crew of Black quarterbacks is that you have coaches like the Baltimore Ravens’ John Harbaugh who have figured out that you have to gear your offensive scheme to what your player does best instead of trying to shoehorn into an offensive scheme that doesn’t fit your quarterback’s skill set.
With all the success of this current generation of Black quarterbacks and the success, I don’t want to hear any of you so-called draft experts or pundits overusing the term “athleticism” or telling him to switch positions.
It’s a bad stereotype, intellectually lazy and an insult.
Now that 2019 has proven that, do better!
Kobe Bryant: Gone but Not Forgotten
January 28, 2020 / chrismsports / 1 Comment
Kobe Bryant was a Philly Legend Whose Work Ethic and Determination Made him One of the All-Time Greats
By Chris Murray
For the Chris Murray Report and the Philadelphia Sunday Sun
Kobe Bryant was a relentless competitor and played a ferocity that was rarely matched during his stellar NBA career. Photo by Webster Riddick.
When I heard the tragic news that former Lower Merion great and Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people, I was in the middle of celebrating the University of Maryland’s men’s basketball team’s one-point win over the Indiana Hoosiers, a win they picked up after overcoming a six-point deficit with 1:08 left.
It was the kind of game that Bryant, known as a relentless competitor who never gave up when his team was down and always came through in the clutch, would have appreciated.
Bryant, known as the “Black Mamba,” will be remembered as one of the game’s greatest winners of All-Time. Drafted 13th overall in the NBA Draft in 1996 out of Lower Merion High School, Bryant was an 18-time All-star, a two-time NBA Finals MVP, 2008 NBA MVP, and a part of five Los Angeles Lakers championships before retiring in 2016. He also won two Olympic Gold Medals.
Former 76ers star Julius Erving said in an ESPN documentary said Bryant was “as good as anybody that has ever played the game.”
And I think he’s absolutely right about that.
During his storied career, Bryant helped to lead the Lakers to five NBA titles, and he did it with an iron-willed swag that made him the idol of the millions. There are few athletes in the history of sports that played with his ferocity and determination. I can name guys like Michael Jordan, Roberto Clemente, Jim Brown, Frank Robinson, Joe Frazier, Pete Rose and even Allen Iverson who approached their sports with an all-out determination to win.
And yes, Bryant is a Philadelphia legend basketball on that same Philly basketball Mount Rushmore along with legends like Wilt Chamberlain, Julius Erving, Allen Iverson, Dawn Staley, Earl Monroe and a who’s who list of legendary players. I’m not getting into the stupid semantics of whether he was a Philly guy or not because he played his high school at suburban Lower Merion High School.
To me, Bryant’s work ethic and dogged toughness enabled him to play through pain and play well is the epitome of being a Philly athlete. Yes, he played his high school ball in Ardmore, but make no mistake he is Philly-made, Philly strong. He was a giant among Philadelphia’s legendary star athletes.
Bryant, who once scored 81 points in a game, often reminded me of Joe Frazier or even Mike Tyson coming forward to stalk their opponent and would not rest until his opponent was vanquished. That’s what folks meant when you talked about Bryant’s “Mamba Mentality.” It was the constant determination to win by any means necessary.
As a fan of the Sixers, especially in that 2001 NBA Finals, Bryant was that nemesis that you wanted to beat because he was such a great player. Even when the Sixers were leading or hanging around the Lakers in that Series, you knew Bryant was lurking in the shadows to make the buckets that were going to bury you and your team.
After he retired from the game, Bryant was bringing to bring that “Mamba Mentality,” his all-out effort to achieve success outside of basketball. Not only did he write several books, but he also started his own media company and won an Academy Award in 2018 for Best Animated Short Film, “Dear Basketball,” which was based on a poem in 2015 after he announced his retirement from basketball.
But the real sadness from the tragedy of Kobe’s death is that we will never get to see him spend time with Gianna, who was becoming a skilled basketball player in her own right. They were on their way to a youth basketball tournament she was participating in when the crash occurred.
After retiring from basketball, Kobe Bryant spent a lot of time with his daughter Gianna.
Watching images of Kobe Bryant mentoring his daughter at WNBA games along with his wife, Vanessa and three other daughters, Natalia, 17, Bianka, 3 and Capri, 7 months is the saddest thing of all. Bryant was well on his way to becoming one of the all-time great dads of all-time, something thing he treasured more than any of his accolades in basketball.
While it may be “Mamba Out”, Bryant’s legacy and determination will live on.
Finally! Former Eagles Wide Receiver Harold Carmichael is Now a Hall of Famer
January 16, 2020 / chrismsports / 1 Comment
Former Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Harold Carmichael was recently inducted in the 2020 Class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Philadelphia Eagles great Harold Carmichael will finally, at long last, be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
By Chris Murray
For the Philadelphia Sunday Sun and the Chris Murray Report
One of the great joys that I’ve had as a sportswriter is seeing really good athletes that have been underrated and overlooked through no fault of their own finally get the accolades and respect that they deserve.
For many years, wide receiver Harold Carmichael, one of the Philadelphia Eagles all-time greats, has been denied entry into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. This is in spite of being one of the best receivers of an era of the NFL where the game was geared more to the run than to the pass.
As the Hall of Fame voters got younger and memories of bygone years faded, it appeared as if the exploits of the Jacksonville, Florida native would be forgotten and he would never wear that coveted gold Hall of Fame jacket that he so richly deserved.
After 31 years of eligibility, Carmichael on Wednesday was finally selected for induction in the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Centennial Slate for the Class of 2020. The former Southern University star was a seniors’ selection by a special Blue-Ribbon panel at a meeting held last week at the Hall-of-Fame’s offices in Canton, Ohio.
Carmichael actually found out the news that he made it to the Hall of Fame Monday from Hall of Fame President David Baker, but he had to keep it a secret from friends and family. But he did tell his wife, Bea, the news after he got the phone call.
“I said, ‘Bea, I’m in’ and she started screaming and I got scared because thinking people were thinking that I was beating her up, but she was so elated,” Carmichael said in a conference call with the Philadelphia-area media. “We settled down after about five and we said let’s drink a toast. We got some Crown Royal Apple and we started toasted that for a while. It was still trying to sink in for me. She was the only person around. They asked me not to say anything for a while and that was one of the hardest things for me to do.”
I can’t think of a nicer, more congenial guy to be selected into the Hall of Fame. Carmichael is proof positive that nice guys do finish first. I’m also happy that sportswriters like myself, the Philadelphia Tribune’s Donald Hunt, and a host of other reporters and broadcasters made the case for Carmichael through their columns and feature stories.
Carmichael, who played with the Eagles from 1971 to 83 and with the Dallas Cowboys in 1984, was among 10 senior players chosen for induction, a list that includes former Pittsburgh Steelers star Donnie Shell, the late Winston Hill, a former New York Jets offensive lineman who protected Joe Namath during the Jets upset of the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III, and former Dallas Cowboys safety Cliff Harris. All of these guys should have been in the Hall of Fame a long time ago in my opinion.
That is definitely the case for Carmichael.
During his 13-year career with the Birds, the 6-foot-8 Carmichael played on some really bad teams, yet managed to still become one of the best receivers in the NFL. In 1972 and 1973, Carmichael led the NFL in receptions and receiving yards. Unfortunately, the Eagles 2-11-1 in 1972 and 5-8-1 in 1973.
When Carmichael retired in 1984, he had 590 receptions for 8,895 yards with 79 touchdowns. He was a four-time All-Pro and was a seven-time all-NFC selection. When he retired, he was fifth on the all-time list.
What makes Carmichael’s accomplishments as a wide receiver so special is that he caught the bulk of his passes in an era when defensive backs could bump pass receivers downfield as long as the ball was not in the air. That’s why it was called bump and run coverage. Since 1978, a defensive back can only bump a receiver within five yards away from the line of scrimmage.
“They could beat you up from the snap of the ball all the way to the goal line,” Carmichael said. “There was not that much pass interference when you’re battling a defensive back, you’re both bumping each other.
“That was the nature of the game. Who was going to be the strongest and who’s going to get the best position on the ball? It was tough back then because they could put their hands down the field. A lot of people say they were shorter than me, but some of these guys were stronger than me and faster than I was. The thing I had to do was get my body position on them. Defensive backs today have to be careful because you can’t touch them.”
One of the things that prepared Carmichael for those battles he would have with cornerback was his practices at historically Black Southern University. Coming in his walk-on, Carmichael’s toughest challenge came in the form of his teammate and future Hall of Famer Mel Blount, who would terrorize NFL receivers during his days with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Carmichael said Blount was often physical with him in practice. He said Blount would two-hand touch other guys in practice but would come after him a lot harder.
“I would say to this day that Mel Blount was one of the defensive backs that got me ready to come into the NFL,” Carmichael said. “If I caught a ball on him he would want to clothesline or forearm me and used to wonder why, but then I thought about it because I dated his cousin in high school. She probably said something to him because (Blount) wanted to beat me every day in practice. He’s one of the toughest defensive back I went against. There’s a bunch of guys I went against, Mike Haynes (New England and Los Angeles Raiders) and Lester Hayes (Oakland Raiders), but Mel Blount got me ready for the NFL.”
Since that rule change, the passing game has flourished and receivers have been putting up astronomical numbers in the passing game. If the rules had been what is now, Carmichael might have caught more passes for more yards than the players of today.
Still, Carmichael managed to catch 40 or more passes in nine straight seasons. From 1972 to 1980, Carmichael caught at least one pass in 127 straight games. He was a part of a four-year playoff run in which the Eagles won their first NFC East crown and made their first appearance in the Super Bowl by defeating the Dallas Cowboys in the 1980 NFC Championship Game.
That said, Carmichael, who is also on the NFL’s All 1970s team, finished his career with more receiving yardage than guys like former Miami Dolphins and Cleveland Browns star Paul Warfield and former Pittsburgh Steelers wideout Lynn Swann.
That’s why I have often said that Carmichael should have been in the Hall-of-Fame a long time ago. I think with all the astronomical numbers that guys like Jerry Rice and Randy Moss have put up over the years at the receiver position, it’s easy to overlook the guys from the 1960s or 1970s like Carmichael or Dallas Cowboys all-time great wide receiver Drew Pearson, another guy who deserves to be in Canton.
Every time I’ve run into Carmichael at an Eagles game, I’ve told him that he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.
Now, I can’t wait to congratulate him in person.
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My oldest brother was twenty-five when he had the life stabbed out of him, but I was only eight. I’ve always known that he was murdered in Paris in 1969. What I didn’t learn until recently was that his whole life was only a dress rehearsal for that ugly final act.
My other brother Johnny, who’s thirteen years older than me and knew my oldest brother far better than I did, has helped me fill in a lot of the blank, bleak details.
Dad met mom at a USO Dance in Philly, accidentally knocked her up, and was in Europe fighting the Nazis when informed that he’d gotten her pregnant. Their first baby was born out of wedlock.
His legal name was Alton Howard Goad, Jr., but all we ever called him was Bucky.
Bucky was different from 99 percent of us because he couldn’t hear or talk. My mother insisted that he was born deaf, but Johnny now tells me she was lying. While dad was off dropping bombs on the Krauts, the infant Bucky came down with scarlet fever, which can begin to cause hearing damage if left untreated more than 18 days. Eighteen days is a long time to passively watch one’s infant suffer. My mother, not God, slammed the doors shut on Bucky’s ears and then blamed it on God.
Back then, the disabled weren’t given government checks and awarded luxury box seats in the coliseum of public respect. They were treated more like freaks—openly mocked and even abused while the crowd laughed and cheered. Johnny says that while Bucky was friendly to everyone, society mostly kept its distance.
His looks didn’t help. Whereas Johnny was an athletic, cliff-diving, hot-rodding greaser, Bucky was shy, runty, and withdrawn. In the hippie-dippie multicolored DayGlo flower-power year of 1969, Bucky still looked like a quaint black-and-white photo from 1949—tightly barbered hair slicked down with a smear of VO5, black-rimmed Coke-bottle glasses, and a black undertaker’s suit with a white shirt and skinny black tie. If you’re old enough to remember Wally Cox, the original “Mister Peepers,” he looked almost identical to Wally Cox. Or picture a much meeker Elvis Costello with a faint, pathetic mustache. He was not an alpha male or even a beta. He was full-blooded omega.
Johnny says that my father treated Bucky like a disappointment. An embarrassment. A burden. A marriage trap. A prison sentence. Things often came to blows. Objects were smashed into faces. Stitches were required. Johnny found himself having to pounce on my father to stop him from pounding on Bucky.
The outside world was no kinder. During his teens in our bricks-and-cement all-Catholic Mick-and-Dago neighborhood, rumor had it that a quartet of guys Bucky’s age would habitually beat him up or force him to blow them to spare him from yet another thrashing. He was their little deaf-and-dumb punching bag and plaything.
Johnny says that with the way Bucky was treated, it’s a miracle he never became a serial killer. But he says Bucky never acted bitter, mean, or violent. Time and time again after being tricked, robbed, shit on, and abused, he merely dusted himself off and came back naively seeking kindness.
He never had friends or girlfriends. His few acquaintances always turned out to be people who were trying to squeeze him for a favor. Mostly he lived absolutely alone and in total silence.
Bucky started drifting around the country. Maybe he thought he’d find some kindness somewhere out there. I remember seeing one Polaroid self-portrait after the next of him sitting sullenly and slump-shouldered in some lonely motel room, the camera’s lens the only thing looking back at him.
Florida police were called to one of those motel rooms after witnesses heard a gunshot. The cops found Bucky alive and another man dead. They also found a revolver legally registered to Bucky. Although he vainly screamed through his sign-language fingers that his new friend had been playing with his gun when it accidentally fired, they hauled his deaf-and-dumb ass straight to jail.
He’d send letters from jail that he was having nightmares about demons slipping in through his cell bars to attack him. He also wrote that while awake, real living humans would come into his cell to either beat him down or rape him. And even though the passages about dream-demons and the paragraphs about real-life human assailants were on separate pages or sometimes in different letters entirely, my mother pretended it was all dreams. She never could bring herself to admit what was happening to him.
After eighteen months, investigators concluded that Bucky’s alibi was true—the stranger he’d met on the road had shot himself. So after an eighteen-month marathon of beatings and rapes and nightmares, they threw Bucky back onto the street, no apologies.
Another death came quickly.
Shortly after returning to Pennsylvania, he accidentally drove into a pedestrian and killed him. The cops believed his story that time, and he wasn’t arrested.
And then came the final act.
The night before he left for his Paris vacation, my mother wrote a warning to Bucky on the back of an envelope: DON’T TRUST ANYONE! Underneath that, Bucky wrote back in jest: OVER 30! At the time, “Don’t trust anyone over 30” was a popular hippie slogan.
Whoever killed him was never caught, so I don’t know if they were over thirty. But he obviously trusted them.
His corpse, pecked apart with over thirty knife wounds, was found the morning after the night he arrived in Paris about a hundred yards from his rent-a-car. A French trucker spotted his bloody body in a ditch along the River Seine. Bucky had also been strangled with his own belt. His face had been bashed beyond recognition.
A diamond ring was missing from his finger. His cameras were retrieved along the river bank, their casings open and with the film removed. Earlier in the evening, he apparently had photographed whoever wound up killing him.
We got a telegram from French authorities on a Friday threatening that if we didn’t wire them fifteen hundred dollars by Monday, they’d toss his carcass in the trash. We appealed to our local Catholic parish for the fifteen hundred, which, through inflation’s magic, translates to about nine thousand dollars today.
On September 26th, two weeks after Bucky’s murder, we got a postcard he’d sent from Paris. “I’ll see you on the twenty-seventh,” he promised.
On the 27th, he arrived in a wooden box. Air France honored his return ticket and flew his cadaver back in their cargo section at no charge. French authorities sent documents claiming they’d autopsied and embalmed his body. They were lying. He showed up at Philly International still wearing the bloody shirt in which he’d been murdered. His corpse was already decaying. The sight was so ghastly, the family mortician wouldn’t let us see him. It was a closed-casket wake. The French had extorted nine grand from us merely for cramming Bucky in a box and shoving him on a plane. There was to be no resting in peace for him or us.
Bucky’s murder was the day all the kiddie cartoons ended for me. It punched a radioactive black hole through my young mind. Both my grandmothers died around the same time, so at eight, my brain was being punctured and re-punctured with death. I put down the toys and realized that none of our stories has a happy ending.
Due to blood—the same blood that was splattered all over him as he was being stabbed and slashed and smashed and beaten into oblivion for some cash and a little diamond ring—Bucky remains closer to me than the seven billion other humanoids who cling to this planet like germs on a toilet seat. I still have a strong blood instinct to avenge his death.
But it’s not only about blood. What hurts me is remembering that Bucky was always nice to me. There’s nothing more valuable in life than someone who’s nice to you and means it.
All I ever felt from him was love. I could tell he was proud of his little baby brother. Whenever he visited, he’d bring me toys and candy and souvenirs from places where he’d traveled. I never knew about the scarlet fever or the jail or the beatings or the forced cocksucking. Kids are supposed to be intuitive, but I had no clue his life was so sad.
Besides God, Bucky is the only entity to whom I’ve ever prayed. I’m not sure what makes me think he could hear me now when he couldn’t even hear me while he was alive. I haven’t prayed to him in a long time, but I guess I’m sort of doing it now.
I remember a picture he took of me when I was around five. I was standing in our kitchen near a white countertop wearing a green checkered shirt. My body was turned away, but my freckled young face was looking back, sneering at the camera. Pure hatred on my face. Bucky had walked up behind me and called out my name in his deaf-mute broken English—”Jimmy” sounded like “Deemy”—and I had spun my head around with an attitude of, “What do YOU want? Go away. You bother me. I hate you. You’re not normal. You’re beneath me.” I was scowling at him just as my father always did. At only five, I had already absorbed my father’s hatred of him. Even though Bucky had shown me nothing but kindness, I was hating him by imitation.
I still remember that when I turned around after he called my name and realized he was only snapping another picture of his baby brother—his favorite model—I instantly felt bad for looking at him like that.
I don’t believe in immortal souls or an afterlife or time travel, but I’d like to pretend they exist just so I can see him again.
I want him to take another picture of me, and this time, I’m going to smile at him.
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Since the series Stranger Things became viral around the world, Joe Keery has been reliably raising a ruckus around town in different online interfaces and the media. Notwithstanding, as of late, individuals on the web appear to be interested to be familiar with his folks.
In the sci-fi ghastliness TV series Stranger Things, which is at present accessible on Netflix to stream, Joe Keery, an American artist, and entertainer, is generally known for playing Steve Harrington.
Furthermore, he was designated for and won the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Drama Series for his work on “More bizarre Things.”
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Joe Keery Parents: Who Are David and Nina? The dad of Joe Keery is David Keery, a modeler, and the mother is Nina Keery, an English teacher. His folks invited Keery into the world in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Keery was raised in Newburyport and went to nearby Montessori rudimentary and center schools, River Valley Charter School, and Newburyport High School.
At the point when he was more youthful, he took part in Theater in the Open, a performing expressions camp in Maudslay State Park, yet he didn’t begin acting until secondary school when his senior sister demanded he perform there.
He proceeded with his schooling at The Theater School at DePaul University, procuring a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting in 2014.
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Meet The Siblings Of Joe Keery He was raised close by his sisters Caroline, Lizzy, Kate, and Emma. He is the second of five kids. While the other of his sisters are more youthful than him, Caroline is more established than him. Emma and Kate are indistinguishable twins also.
As the most youthful and just brother, he should be a spoiled one in the family. Keery went to north of 100 tryouts in the wake of moving on from DePaul. Before his breakout job in Stranger Things, he showed up in ads for KFC and Domino’s and jobs in Empire and Chicago Fire.
What Is Joe Keery’s Zodiac Sign? Joe, who was born on April 24, 1992, is at present 30 years of age.
You are viewed as an individual from the Millennial Generation in the event that you were born in 1992. Taurus is the zodiac indication of the individuals who were born on April 24, 1992.
Taurus individuals are trustworthy, practical, and patient. They appreciate utilizing their hands and will invest the important measure of effort on some random undertaking.
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Being born in 1992 assigns you as a Monkey, as per the Chinese Zodiac schedule. Monkey-born people savor the experience of making others snicker. However frequently fiery, they can once in a while need limitation.
What Is His Parents’ Nationality? Joe Keery was born in Massachusetts, quite possibly of the most crowded state in the US, and accordingly, he is an American. Joe has not yet unveiled his folks’ ethnicity, but rather given that he is an American, the identity of his folks should be something similar.
Besides, he is an attractive entertainer in the American business, notable for his charming appearance and enchanting disposition. Joe’s admirers are very enamored with his attractive hair styling and astonishing grin.
Joe’s total assets is assessed to be in the large numbers starting around 2022. His acting and singing vocations added to his monetary achievement. Joe has worked in the area starting around 2015.
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Joni Mitchell took part in a surprise 13-track tribute show at this past weekend’s Newport Folk Festival – her first public performance since 2013.
She’s been largely retired since suffering a brain aneurysm in 2015, although she briefly appeared earlier this year during the Grammy Awards weekend celebrations.
It was her first appearance at Newport since 1969 and featured Brandi Carlile, Marcus Mumford, Wynonna Judd, Lucius, Blake Mills, Taylor Goldsmith and others.
When Mitchell wasn’t participating, she sat on a throne while the guests continued to perform. Clips of the show – including her delivery of “Big Yellow Taxi,” “Summertime,” “Love Potion No. 9,” “Why Do Fools Fall in Love” and more – can be seen below, along with the full set list.
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News of the “Joni Jam” spread quickly, with friend David Crosby tweeting: “Well I was wrong … she’s singing … she can sing … thank you, god … our world is little better tonight.” He previously reported that her health issues had left her unable to sing.
Last year Mitchell recalled contracting polio at the age of 9, calling it “a rehearsal for the rest of my life.”
She said of the aneurysm: “This last one was a real whopper. But, you know, I’m hobbling along but I’m doing all right!”
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What do you get from someone who has everything? Random gift ideas that will make them smile, laugh, and feel special.
It doesn’t matter if you’re giving a birthday present, Christmas gift, anniversary gift, housewarming gift, wedding gift, or just because you care, a great gift idea makes any occasion memorable.
I’ve compiled a list of 10 random gifts that are guaranteed to make anyone smile, laugh, and/or feel special. These gifts are perfect for birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, housewarmings, and even just because you care!
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The best birthday gifts for her are the ones that she will love. Find out what makes a great present, from personalized jewellery to thoughtful cards.
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Christmas is a time of giving and receiving, so why not give him something that will make his days easier? This year, you can get him an easy-to-use tool that will help him do more than ever before. He’ll be able to create a new playlist, download songs, and organize his music collection all at once. Best of all, this gift is available in multiple colors, so he can match it to whatever outfit he’s wearing.
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The best housewarming gifts are the ones that you can use over and over again. If you’re looking for something to give a new homeowner, look no further than these top 10 housewarming gift ideas. They’ll be sure to fill their home with warmth and style.
The best housewarming gift ideas include:
1. Home Decorations – Whether they want to add a pop of color to their living room or hang a beautiful piece of art in their bedroom, homeowners appreciate getting quality home decor as a housewarming gift.
2. Kitchen Appliances – Who says kitchen appliances aren’t romantic? Give the cook in your life a set of high end pots and pans, or maybe a stand mixer that will allow them to whip up delicious meals without breaking a sweat.
3. Lighting – Nothing brightens up a space like well-placed lighting. Incandescent bulbs may seem like a great option but LED lights last longer and offer better light quality. Choose a chandelier or pendant lamp to bring additional light into a room.
4. Bathroom Accessories – Everyone needs a little extra TLC now and then, especially when moving into a new home. Make someone’s bathroom look good by gifting them with bath towels, hand soap, lotions, and other bathroom accessories.
5. Laundry Room Essentials – If you know someone who loves to keep their laundry clean, consider giving them a washer and dryer set. These machines will save them time and energy and ensure that they always have fresh clothes.
6. Wine Cellar Supplies – Does your significant other enjoy drink? Then treat them to a few bottles of drink cellar supplies, including corkscrews, funnels, and other tools needed for proper storage.
7. Coffee Table Books – Caring for books isn’t just about dusting; it’s also about making sure they stay organized and accessible. Consider gifting a coffee table book filled with helpful tips on how to care for different types of books.
8. Outdoor Furniture – A backyard paradise doesn’t need to cost a fortune. You don’t have to spend thousands of dollars to furnish your partner’s patio. Instead, choose a couple of comfortable outdoor chairs, a small table, and some string lights for a charmingly rustic feel.
9. Personalized Gifts – It might seem impersonal because it’s a practical gift, but there’s nothing wrong with personalizing any gift. Add a special touch by choosing one of our unique engraving options.
10. Gift Certificates – Giving a gift certificate is another way to say “I love you.” This is an inexpensive way to show your loved one exactly what they mean to you.
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If you’re looking to buy a special gift for your girlfriend, then we have some great suggestions. Whether she is the type of girl who likes to get dressed up every weekend or prefers lounging around at home, we have a wide variety of gift ideas for women from all walks of life. We even have some fun gift ideas if you’re having trouble thinking of something original!
1. Jewelry Boxes – There are so many ways to give jewelry boxes these days, and each woman has her own favorite style. Some prefer simple designs while others go for more elaborate pieces. Either way, this is a thoughtful gift idea that won’t disappoint.
2. Luxury Candle Set – Candles can be used as a relaxing activity during the day or a comforting evening ritual. The perfect candle set includes a variety of scents, colors, and sizes to accommodate any mood.
3. Beauty Bag – When you think of beauty bags, you probably think of expensive brands such as MAC or Clinique. However, you can find affordable versions too. Many drugstores sell makeup bags in bulk, which makes them a great value.
4. Spa Day Gift Basket – If your girlfriend enjoys pampering herself, then why not spoil her with a spa day gift basket? She can use the products inside to relax after a long week.
5. Bath Bombs – Bath bombs are a fun and easy way to add scent to the bathroom without using chemicals. They come in a variety of scents and flavors, so you should be able to find one that suits her perfectly.
6. Makeup Brush Case – Brushes can be easily lost when traveling. To prevent this from happening, consider buying her a makeup brush case. These cases include a variety of brushes and allow her to keep everything together.
7. Perfume Sampler – Perfumes are an important part of any woman’s wardrobe. While most people purchase their perfumes based off of preferences, there are other factors that influence purchasing decisions. One of those factors is scent. By giving her a perfume sampler, you will help her discover new fragrances that she may enjoy wearing on a regular basis.
8. Hair Accessories – Women often put time into their hair. That’s why it’s important to make sure they look good doing it. Consider gifting her hair accessories like combs, clips, or barrettes.
9. Hand Sanitizer – Hand sanitizers are essential for anyone who spends a lot of time working in public places. You never know when someone might try to take advantage of you, but hand sanitizer can help protect against germs and infections.
10. Personalized Mug – A personalized mug is a unique way to tell your girlfriend how much you care about her.
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Mother’s Day is just around the corner and you are looking for a special present for your dear mum. This year, you are going to choose the right gift for her because she deserves nothing less than the best. So, here we have collected some amazing ideas for you. We hope you will find something useful for your loved ones. Happy shopping!
1. Lace Scarf – It is a very elegant accessory that goes well with almost every outfit. Your mum would love to wear it and feel beautiful all day long.
2. Tote Bag – Do you want to give your mum a stylish bag to carry all her stuff? Then, go for this lovely bag. It has two compartments and comes in different colors.
3. Leather Journal – Mums usually write down notes during the day. Nowadays, they prefer writing things digitally, but sometimes they still need to do it by hand. Therefore, this journal is perfect for them.
4. Travel Mug – Every mum loves travelling. This travel mug makes it easier for her to stay hydrated while on the road.
5. Coffee Maker – Some mums don’t drink coffee at home; however, they love drinking it out of the office. If you know which type of coffee she drinks, then you can get her a machine that makes it.
6. Stroller – When it comes to strollers, there are many types available in the market. However, if you want to buy one that suits your mum perfectly, then you should definitely go for this model.
7. Kitchen Utensils Set – Cooking is another hobby of mothers. They spend hours preparing delicious meals for their families. Therefore, they need kitchen utensils that are easy to use.
8. Candles – The aroma of candles is relaxing and calming. It helps reduce stress and anxiety levels. Your mum will surely appreciate this thoughtful gift.
9. Homemade Face Mask – There are so many benefits of homemade face masks. Not only does it remove impurities from our skin, but also it protects us from harmful UV rays.
10. Personalised Photo Frame – This photo frame is personalized with photos of your mum and her family members. It is an ideal gift for any occasion.
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The best gifts for guys are the ones that make them feel like they’re getting something special and unique. They want to be surprised, but not so much that it ruins the mood of the moment or makes them uncomfortable. The best gift ideas for guys tend to be more practical than romantic, though.
1. Watch – Guys love watches. And why wouldn’t they? Watches tell time, keep track of important dates, and even count calories. Plus, they come in tons of styles and colors.
2. Gift Card – A gift card gives the giver a lot of control over what his recipient chooses. He gets to decide exactly how much he wants to spend, which means no arguments about whether or not he actually likes the item.
3. Vacation Packages – These are great because they allow the receiver to pick where they want to go on vacation. And since most people don’t have enough money to visit multiple places, this option allows him to try new destinations without breaking the bank.
4. Grooming Kit – Whether he’s into barber shops, salons, or just straight up beard oil, giving the right tools can help someone look and feel better instantly.
5. Gift Basket – Nothing says “I care” quite like food baskets. They come filled with everything from snacks to meats to cheeses, all of which are sure to taste good together.
6. Aftershave – Just as men enjoy scents, women do too. So instead of reaching for the same old body wash, give him a bottle of aftershave that smells fresh and clean.
7. Manicure/Pedicure – Who doesn’t love having their hands pampered every once in awhile? Give the man in your life a pedicure or manicure service to show off those hard-earned digits.
8. Sports Gear – Do you know anyone who isn’t a sports fan? No matter what sport he follows, he’ll appreciate being able to wear team clothing while cheering on his favourite players.
9. Coffee Maker – If he’s anything like me, he probably drinks at least three cups of coffee per day. So why not get him a machine that lets him brew up a fresh pot whenever he needs one?
10. Leather Wallet – I’m always looking for wallets that fit my style, and leather ones usually fit the bill. They add a touch of class to any outfit, and they’re super durable.
11. DIY Toolkit – You’ve seen these kits before: the kind with everything from wrenches to screwdrivers to tape measures. But if you’re willing to put some elbow grease into making it, you could create something useful and custom.
12. Mini Fridge – For when he’s got a cold and needs somewhere to stash his sore throaty beverages.
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Valentine s Day is a day to celebrate love, friendship, and romance. It’s also the perfect excuse to show your significant other how much you care with unique gift ideas that are sure to make them smile. From romantic gestures to humorous picks, we ve got you covered.
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1. The Gift That Gives You Goosebumps – If your friend is afraid of the dark, this gift is for them. They can choose from one of three options: a nightlight, a glow-in-the-dark compass, or a flashlight with an emergency strobe light.
2. The Gift That Makes Your Friend Smile – This gift is so simple, yet it’s amazing how many people don’t think about it. Just grab some balloons, write “Happy Birthday,” tie a string around it, and blow up the balloon.
3. The Gift That Will Make Anyone Laugh – Everyone loves a good joke, especially when they’re feeling down. Give your friends something funny to read, like a book on humor, a copy of “The Best Jokes Ever Told” by David Markson, or a collection of jokes.
4. The Gift That Makes Someone Feel Special – When was the last time you gave your best friend a compliment? Do it today. Tell your friend how pretty their eyes are, or tell them how much you appreciate them.
5. The Gift That Is Guaranteed To Get Some Flak From Friends – No one wants to be seen as the annoying person who brings the party pooper gift. But sometimes it’s hard to come up with a unique gift that won’t offend anyone. So why not give everyone something that’s sure to get some flak? Like a box of candy, a bottle of drink, or a bag of chips.
6. The Gift That Keeps On Giving – Did you know that most people only use half of the products in their makeup bags? And did you also know that there are more than 4,000 different types of lipsticks available? Now you can surprise your friend with a new lipstick every month for a year.
7. The Gift That Has Multiple Uses – Everyone needs a pen pal. Why not send your friend a letter instead of a card? Or maybe you could send them a postcard instead of a regular greeting card.
8. The Gift That Can Be Used Over And Over Again – I’m always looking for ways to save money, and this gift is definitely a keeper. Instead of buying another pair of shoes, why not buy a few pairs of canvas sneakers at once and then sell them online for a profit?
9. The Gift That Doesn’t Need Wrapping – Sometimes wrapping paper can take away from the beauty of a gift. A lot of times, people will wrap a gift in newspaper, which isn’t very nice. However, if you give someone a gift wrapped in newspaper, they’ll never forget it.
10. The Gift That Lasts Forever – What do you give to someone you love forever? Something you wear everyday, of course! Send your loved ones a t-shirt that says, “Forever Yours.”
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Emilie was sexually abused by her stepfather between the ages of six and twelve. She reported him and he was convicted. After five years in foster homes, Emilie, now 18, returns home to her mother. They prepare to tell Emilie’s half-siblings the reason their father is in prison. A story of an extraordinarily courageous young woman on a path to recovery.
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Installation view of “Carmen Herrera: Lines of Sight” at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2016. Photography by Ronald Amstutz, courtesy of Whitney Museum of American Art.
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Alex Logsdail, international director of Lisson Gallery, remembers the first time his father encountered Carmen Herrera’s work. It was 2008, and the painter Tony Bechara had brought some of her canvases to London for the Pinta art fair. None of them sold, says Logsdail, but his father, Lisson Gallery founder Nicholas Logsdail, was smitten.
“We said, ‘Just leave them here,’” says Logsdail, referring to the unsold paintings. “It sort of seemed blindingly obvious that it needed to be shown, and it was filling a gap in history.”
Demand for older, female artists like Herrera, who was famously 89 when she sold her first artwork and is now a ripe 102, has risen sharply in recent years, the result of a perfect art-world storm. As institutions attempt to revise the art-historical canon, passionate dealers and curators see years of promotion come to fruition, and blue-chip galleries search for new artists to represent among those initially overlooked, prices and institutional recognition for artists such as Carol Rama, Irma Blank, Geta Brătescu, and Herrera have soared.
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To be sure, many of these artists have long been known to art-world insiders. Fergus McCaffrey, founder and president of his eponymous gallery, has been collecting Rama’s work since first seeing it at an art fair in Berlin more than a decade ago. He’s since amassed well over two dozen works. Manuela Wirth, co-founder with her husband Iwan of Hauser & Wirth, has long collected Romanian artist Brătescu, although the gallery only began representing her in April. Phillips Collection director Dorothy Kosinski and her husband, the architect Thomas Krahenbuhl, have followed Blank’s work for years, watching sadly as her prices keep moving further out of their reach. Isabella Bortolozzi notes that Rama was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 2003.
“They’ve always been visible and exhibiting, but most of them had careers that weren’t at the center of the art world,” says Mary Sabbatino, vice president at Galerie Lelong, which began representing the Paris-based, Lebanese-born artist Etel Adnan in 2014. Adnan, for example, had long been represented by Beirut- and Hamburg-based Sfeir-Semler Gallery.
“When she was picked for Documenta [in 2012], everyone suddenly ‘discovered’ her,” says Sabbatino. “But she wasn’t discovered; the venue finally matched her achievements.”
Consider the trajectory of Rama. Despite her recognition at the Venice Biennale, she was little-known in the U.S., and died penniless in 2015, according to McCaffrey. Ten years ago, Isabella Bortolozzi, who had met her in the 1990s through a mutual friend and art collector, put on a solo show of Rama’s work at her gallery in Berlin, with the eventual aim of realizing a major retrospective; a show of over 200 works spanning seven decades was finally mounted in 2014 at MACBA Barcelona, and subsequently traveled to Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, EMMA Museum in Finland, IMMA in Dublin, and GAM Torino in Rama’s hometown.
“This retrospective raised awareness of Carol’s work internationally,” says Bortolozzi, leading to the current New Museum show, curated by Massimiliano Gioni, that she and New York- and London-based gallery Lévy Gorvy helped produce. Dominique Lévy had joined Bortolozzi in representing the Archivo Carol Rama in September 2016 before being joined by former Christie’s head of post-war and contemporary art to form Lévy Gorvy in December.
Seeing the retrospective in Paris convinced McCaffrey, the longtime collector and gallerist, that he needed to bring her work to the U.S. market. He mounted a show of nearly 50 works from between 1938 and 1945 in September 2016.
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Installation view of work by Carol Rama at Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi’s booth at Art Basel, 2017. Courtesy Archivio Carol Rama and Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin. Photo by Mark Blower.
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“Unless you have recognition in the U.S., you don’t really have a market,” he says. “We showed Ramas this time last year in Basel and Americans had no awareness.” This year, his booth at Art Basel in Basel placed Rama alongside the Gutai artist Kazuo Shiraga, as both artists’ work addressed life under totalitarianism by seeking to liberate the body and its functions. As of Thursday, he had sold five works by her, three of which went to Asian collectors.
Demand from collectors
Demand from high-end collectors for quality work is another key factor driving the market, according to Berlin-based writer and art advisor Marta Gnyp. In a paper she authored earlier this year on the rise of commercial representation for female artists born in the 1910s through the 1940s, she argues that their work feeds collectors’ appetite for something “new,” minus the risk associated with some recent art school grad billed as the next big thing.
“Older women artists became the natural choice for galleries to look at, especially after 2013 and 2014, when all of a sudden it became clear that not every emerging artist is the next Warhol,” she says, noting that they offer the pedigree of being connected to the major art movements of their time.
“The art world is always looking for something that it both doesn’t know and it knows,” says Sabbatino. “They’re fully formed artists, they’re mature artists, they’re serious artists. They’re not going to burn out as sometimes happens with younger artists…and normally the prices are far below the other artists of their generation, so you’re offering a value to someone.”
That “value” comes in large part from the sheer quality of the work, dealers and curators say.
“When you compare Rama’s work to her male peers, there is no justification for the lower status and lower recognition,” says McCaffrey. “It’s just a historical discrepancy, and we’re just at the beginning of that process [of correcting it.]”
The art world is “quite shallow and quite lazy”
Given the undeniable high quality of these women’s work, why has it been overlooked for so long? Part of the answer—as in many other parts of the labor market and society at large—is simple sexism. Men have long dominated many facets of the art world, from galleries to museums to criticism.
These women were working well before the women’s liberation movement made inroads in the West; even women gallerists such as Rose Fried, Logsdail points out, weren’t keen to show Herrera’s work in the mid-20th century. Sabbatino observed that Louise Bourgeois didn’t have her first retrospective until 1982 (the Museum of Modern Art’s first given to a woman), when she was already in her seventies. She recalled, in the 1990s, selling a major early wood sculpture by Bourgeois from the 1940s to a collector who was tremendously resistant to the price—then around $250,000. If a similar work came on the market now, Sabbatino estimated, it would fetch somewhere near $10 million.
There’s also what Marian Ivan, director of Ivan Gallery in Bucharest, calls “the laziness of the art world.” He describes being chastised a decade ago when he began working with Brătescu, then in her eighties.
“I remember a collector telling me, ‘Why do you keep working with this old lady? She has no future. She’s eighty-something, you should focus on the artists who are twenty-something,” says Ivan. But he believed in her work—which ranges from photography to painting and delicate, colorful collages. In 2013, Berlin’s Galerie Barbara Weiss began representing her; Hauser & Wirth started representing her this April. At Art Basel, its first art fair as her gallery, Hauser & Wirth sold five works for between €15,000 and €70,000.
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Installation view of Sue Williamson, Messages from the Atlantic Passage, 2017, presented by Goodman Gallery at Art Basel Unlimited, 2017. Photo by Benjamin Westoby for Artsy.
“The art world in general is quite shallow and quite lazy and doesn’t pay attention,” says Ivan of Brătescu’s long years of working without recognition. “But if an artist is really good, eventually people will take notice.”
Ideally, that would be the case, but sadly, many gifted women artists whose careers began in the mid-20th century are likely still awaiting recognition. People interviewed for this story were quick to point to others whose renown did not yet match their talent.
Still, those years of relative obscurity often became a source of strength, says Sabbatino, allowing these women artists to hone their vision and sense of self-worth as they continued to produce work without the need for accolades.
The South African artist Sue Williamson says she’s experienced a noticeable increase in interest from private collectors over the past three years, even though she has worked continuously since her first solo show in 1984. Part of that she attributes to the growing acceptance of socially engaged work, which was previously more the domain of museums. But she also says it could be a function of age.
“Women in later life often push aside their anxieties about satisfying the market, and competing with their male colleagues for attention, and just make work which pleases themselves, first and foremost,” she observes. “That fearless work, borne out of their years of experience, can be extraordinary. Critics often see then that the earlier work was also very strong…they just hadn’t noticed it at the time.”
Williamson made her first appearance this year at Art Basel in Basel’s Unlimited sector, with a large-scale installation, “Messages from the Atlantic Passage.” It features hand-engraved glass bottles bearing information about African slaves hanging from nets and was one of the most well-received projects at the fair.
Artists that have been “left out of the story”
The demand for older female artists has been bolstered by institutional efforts to address gaps in their collections and imbalances in programming, sometimes driven by women who have recently assumed positions of power in institutions or as collectors with influence on museum or non-profit boards. This year, for example, Maria Balshaw became the first woman to direct Tate Britain and Frances Morris the first woman to direct Tate Modern. Anne Pasternak became the first woman to head one of New York’s two encyclopedic museums when she was named director of the Brooklyn Museum in 2015, and Nancy Spector rejoined the Guggenheim in New York as chief curator and artistic director earlier this year.
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Carmen Herrera
Untitled, 1948
"Carmen Herrera: Lines of Sight" at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Carmen Herrera
Iberic, 1949
"Carmen Herrera: Lines of Sight" at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Barbara Haskell, a curator at the Whitney Museum in New York, says museums everywhere are realizing that “there’s been a lopsided focus on the white male experience” in art history, and are working to correct that.
“There’s a widespread effort all across the country on the part of museums to look for artists that have been left out of the story,” she says, noting that extends to artists of color, queer artists, Latinx artists, and others. At the Whitney, that process of “soul-searching” began when the museum moved to its new downtown location, and she and other museum staff researched and inventoried its collection in-depth.
The museum’s investigation into its collection and its shortcomings highlighted its lack of any work by Herrera, ultimately leading to the acquisition of one of her paintings for the opening display of her 2016 retrospective, “Carmen Herrera: Lines of Sight.”
“She obviously created this strong, rich body of work, and we didn’t have an example in the collection,” Haskell says.
Gnyp observes that showing work by women artists, or other marginalized artists, is also one way curators distinguish themselves today, and “get points” for being inclusive.
“It’s easier to get attention if you show an older, forgotten woman or an African-American artist,” she says.
Valeria Napoleone, a London collector who vocally supports women artists, hopes this institutional attention leads to the writing and criticism—the documentation, in other words—that will firmly establish these artists as part of the art-historical canon.
“It’s really the critique around the work, the analytical thinking and writing around the practice of female artists and documentation that will go into art history,” Napoleone says. That way, “Nobody can say, oh we couldn’t see it because nothing was written about it.…There will be no excuse.”
She also hopes it’s not just a trend. Although social progress moves in fits and starts (and often retreats), the movement towards inclusivity does coincide with a broader enthusiasm for women’s voices and stories, visible in other cultural fields including television, film, literature, and music. Women in their seventies and older, such as author Joan Didion, fashion icon Iris Apfel, and Congresswoman Maxine Waters, have become hip icons for young women.
“It’s in the trend of what we call ‘parité,’” says Frank Elbaz, founder of Galerie Frank Elbaz in Dallas and Paris, who represents the artist Sheila Hicks, born in 1934. “I think this trend touches the art world, and we are rediscovering major women.”
Bortolozzi attributes the art world’s belated embrace of Rama’s work to “a convergence of social, aesthetic, and political positions.”
“There has been increasing interest in the position of female artists of the past, and the fact that Carol Rama combined issues of sexuality and abstraction in what was and to a large extent remains a male-dominated cultural field has to be acknowledged as being of great significance to cultural production today,” she says.
“Quite simply, work of great quality has its own time scale, [and] engages minds according to its own terms,” Bortolozzi adds. “Sometimes this happens at great speed, within the lifetime of an artist, sometimes more slowly, and at a more profound level, its influence prolonged and enduring. This is particularly true of Carol Rama. It’s as if you suddenly realize this work was there all the time, but you were simply not equipped to see it.”
Sowing seeds
Appreciation for an artist is also borne of the intimate relationships around which the art world turns. Alison Jacques, a London gallerist who represents Blank, Hicks, Maria Bartuszová, and Lygia Clark, among others, says building up interest in these artists is a strategic process, which she explains to estates and the families of the artists she works with when she asks for certain works.
“It’s about sowing seeds,” she says, beginning with a few key works she can offer at modest prices to collectors who she knows sit on museum boards and whose homes are frequented by curators. She’ll also engage the right curators who she believes will recognize the artist’s talents, and the market builds from there.
“If you do your work, the market will follow,” she says, citing the example of Clark, who was little-known outside of her native Brazil when Jacques began representing her in 2010. She became the subject of a MoMA retrospective by 2014, and had achieved an auction price of $2.2 million the prior year. At Art Basel in Basel, she sold a number of works by Blank, including a painting from late 1990s for €150,000, two works by Clark for $190,000 and $250,000, and two works by Hicks for between $30,000 and $35,000.
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Lygia Clark, Estruturas de Caixa de Fósforos, 1964. © Copyright O Mundo de Lygia Clark-Associação Cultural, Rio de Janeiro. Courtesy of Alison Jacques Gallery, London.
Of course, those kinds of numbers bring the big dogs in. In her paper, Gnyp cites over a dozen examples of top-tier galleries adding women in their seventies and older (or deceased) to their rosters since 2010, including Mira Schendel, represented by Hauser & Wirth since 2014; Ruth Asawa, with David Zwirner since 2017; Senga Nengudi, with Dominique Lévy (now Lévy Gorvy) since 2015; and Phyllida Barlow, with Hauser & Wirth since 2010.
Their access to institutions around the world, as well as a global base of the world’s wealthiest collectors, has helped further propel these women to prominence and send their prices skyward.
A 2009 New York Times story on Herrera said her larger paintings were selling on the range from $30,000 to an “unimaginable” $44,000; Herrera told the paper, “I have more money now than I ever had in my life.” Her paintings have recently sold for the mid- to high-six figures at auction; in fall 2016, Cerulean (1965) went for $970,000 at a Phillips evening sale. At Art Basel last week, Lisson Gallery reported selling a 1949 oil on burlap painting by Herrera for $750,000; McCaffrey multiple works by Rama for between $50,000 and $800,000; and Lévy Gorvy five Rama works, each priced between $300,000 and $600,000. McCaffrey notes that they’re “still completely undervalued” compared with her Italian contemporaries such as Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni, and Alberto Burri, whose works routinely sell at prices in the millions.
With those works out of reach to all but the most price-insensitive collectors, these older women represent an opportunity to own the highest-quality work for sums that won’t make one’s eyes water.
“When people can’t buy…what was considered a masterpiece by another generation or another canon of artists, they look elsewhere, and they’re willing to pay more for that as well,” says Sabbatino.
“There’s a certain anger”
To some, the belated, and sometimes posthumous, recognition for these women is disturbing, particularly when money, for many of them, was scarce.
“It’s this disparity between the way she lived her life, trading art for meals, and what has happened” to her market, says McCaffrey of Rama. “The injustice of that is kind of shocking…there’s a certain anger to it—why are you giving it to me now, when I’m in my late seventies or early eighties?”
But Bortolozzi says accolades were “something that Carol was never concerned about.”
Ivan says Brătescu was similarly unmoved by the recent attention, regretting only that she is too old to install her shows in person.
“The sad part is she cannot travel,” he says. “And she always liked to travel.”
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Installation view of Phyllida Barlow, “folly,” for the United Kingdom Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale, 2017. Photo by Casey Kelbaugh for Artsy.
For some artists, the timing is just right. Barlow, the British sculptor representing the U.K. in this year’s Venice Biennale, told The Guardian that she likely couldn’t have handled the pressure of showing at Venice at an earlier point in her career. Meanwhile, for Williamson, being at Basel this year is “totally exhilarating,” she says.
Neil Dundas, the senior curator at Goodman Gallery, is also basking in the glow of Williamson’s success. He sums it up simply: “These are women whose time has come.”
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