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Iraq's 2016 outlook: More ISIS and sectarian violence, low oil prices
Baghdad - The New Year promises to be decisive for Iraq.
The battle with the Islamic State (ISIS) picked up in the northern and western parts of the country. Low oil prices caused a squeeze nationwide and threatened a crucial revenue sharing deal with the secessionist Kurds. They also undermined state efforts to tend for hundreds of thousands of Iraqis displaced by ISIS and sectarian violence.
The power of Shia militias, rumoured to have been responsible for scores of killings and kidnappings among Sunnis, is worrisome. Little is being done to win back the piqued Sunnis. And, sectarian attacks continue to inflict a huge toll on both sects, threatening to plunge the country into further chaos.
The government is faced with the tough task of making good on its promise to fight corruption among officials, press ahead with reforms and improve services and infrastructure for its disgruntled subjects.
Neighbours Iran and Turkey continue to exhibit ambitions in Iraq, where provinces — or even neighbourhoods — are split along sectarian and ethnic lines. A Baghdad resident must have a visa to visit the northern Kurdish autonomous areas.
Those are the main issues that made 2015 a very challenging year in Iraq and observers predict the worst is yet to come.
"As ISIS loses more and more ground in Iraq and Syria, with foreign involvement rising — whether by the Russians or Americans — the jihadist group will increase its violence," said Salem al-Saadoun, a political science lecturer at Baghdad University.
"ISIS's attacks will be more painful and invasive, with much more innovative tactics to be used," Saadoun said, pointing out that militants' techniques were fast evolving and now include hiding explosives in streets and buildings.
"It's not going to be easy and winning over ISIS will be the make-or-break factor in 2016."
In the north, the Shia-dominated Iraqi army and Kurdish forces, backed by Iran and a US-led coalition, have been gradually pushing ISIS back. One major victory was the recapture of two-thirds of Sinjar, where ISIS had committed massacres against the Yazidi minority.
Retaking Sinjar in November 2015 after a 15-month ISIS rule cut a major supply route for the militants, who remain isolated in Iraq's second largest city of Mosul, further to the north-east.
However, government advances towards Mosul stalled because the army was overstretched, having been fighting another crucial battle that allowed it on December 8th to recapture a large part of Ramadi, the capital of the Sunni Muslim heartland of Anbar province to the west.
Underlining the significance of the battle over Ramadi, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter offered to deploy attack helicopters to assist with the advance into the city centre, where the government says ISIS has up to 1,000 jihadists among some 10,000 trapped civilians.
Perhaps, establishing security and rebuilding Ramadi will be a "much harder task than retrieving the area", Anbar province council member Rajeh Barakat said.
"Mosul and other areas could see a replica of the operation in Ramadi, where support by some Sunni tribal residents made it a success," Barakat said.
An agreement concluded late in 2014 allowed Russia to set a toehold in Baghdad, launching a centre for sharing and analysing intelligence data on ISIS with Iraq, Syria and Iran. The office has been active since October but Russia has not yet launched air strikes against ISIS in Iraq, as it did in Syria.
Winning back the Sunnis took a back seat amid a popular outcry over poor health care and education services, lack of security, spread of cholera and persisting power cuts in a country of 35 million people. Tens of thousands of Iraqis took to the streets, demanding improved conditions and punishment for corrupt officials seen as having squandered the country's oil wealth.
Many projects were put on hold because of low oil prices. The price drop forced a crunch on Iraq, which sits atop the world's fifth largest proven oil reserves. As a result, Baghdad hiked output by 13%, an unprecedented 500,000 barrels per day (bpd), to 3.8 million bpd.
The increased production intensified a battle for market share between members of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC rivals. Under such moves, Baghdad sold some crude grades for as little as $30 a barrel, about 57% less the average Brent crude oil price of $53 per barrel.
Meanwhile, in Iraq's north, the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) retreated in June from the deal that gave Iraq's central government access to revenue from Kurdish oil, which accounts for 15% of the country's total daily output.
In exchange, the Kurds were to get 17% of federal expenditure, an amount the KRG said hasn't materialised. Therefore, KRG broke off the deal and opted to sell oil on its own.


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Facing Our Fear of Forever We Find Freedom
I've had the privilege of being with many people as they face their last 30 days on this earth. People facing death receive a new freedom, a "license" to say what they really feel and to do what they really want. What keeps us from doing that now? Fear of what people think.
Jesus was free of the need to please people, to gain their approval. He rebuked the influential pharisees and refused to be intimidated by the powerful authorities in the Roman government. Jesus knew He would be dying soon and therefore what was there to fear from people?
Don't be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul. Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell. – Matthew 10:28
What would you do differently if you no longer had to worry about what other people thought? If you only had one calendar page left to flip? Would you go to a mission field and not worry about having your own home? Would you tell everyone knew about God's grace because you now feared facing Him soon more than the rejection of others? When you suddenly worry not hearing "well done good and faithful servant" nothing else matters.
Facing Our Fear of Forever We Find Faith
"Death is the thing most feared because it appears to be the end of everything." – Aristotle
The fear of death comes from not knowing what happens when our eyes close for the last time on this earth.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. – Psalm 23:4
When we realize for the Christian that death is but a shadow of something passing that can't touch us, we gain faith.
Jesus said, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" John 11:25
Do you believe this? Then live like it.
Dear Jesus, trust in the promise of heaven. Help me today to not fear death nor fear what people think. Help me today to live like I was dying.
Thoughts for Today
- Do you fear death? If so why? Aren't you sure of heaven?
- What would you say to someone if you knew you had 30 days to live?
Action List
- Talk to one person that you've been avoiding and be honest.
- If you're not sure that you would go to heaven, ask Jesus to forgive you and save you right now. Give Him your life and surrender control to Him as your Lord.

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Photo Credit (right): Watkins Glen International
Finger Lakes, wine country and NASCAR racing … now, that's something we can tip our glasses, too. REV Group will toast Team Penske driver Brad Keselowski and the REV-branded No. 22 Ford Mustang during two days of VIP racing festivities as the company hosts 60 guests, including business partners and industry prospects, at the Aug. 6 NASCAR XFINITY Series race at Watkins Glen International Speedway.
REV will welcome guests with a Friday night VIP dinner at Logan Ridge Estates, nestled on the shores of New York's Finger Lakes and tucked in between some of the nation's best wineries.
In theme with the wine country surroundings, REV will host an "untraditional" cocktail hour, featuring five wine-barrel stations situated on the balcony overlooking the lake. Cheese and chocolate will be paired with selections from one distillery and four wineries, complemented by passed hors d'oeuvres and a live guitar-saxophone ensemble. Keselowski will be introduced before dinner, featuring a four-course wine pairing.
Saturday's festivities will include a trackside breakfast, followed by garage tours and then lunch. REV Group will have its own hospitality area inside Turn 10, close to the final stretch of the 2.45-mile road course. Watkins Glen International Speedway features a picturesque backdrop of lush, green mountains, a nice complement to the "tavern" suite that will be decked out in REV red and black.
Team Penske driver Joey Logano, who drove the REV-branded Ford Mustang during the May 14 Dover Race, will do a meet-and-greet with guests on Saturday before the race. The Zippo 200 action gets under way at 2 p.m. EST with guests rooting on Keselowski from the Turn 10 vantage.
Ryan Blaney, another Team Penske driver, will also be at the Glen, sporting his own REV-branded American Coach motorhome. Blaney, who is battling for the Sprint Cup Series Rookie of the Year honors, will compete in the Aug. 7 Cheez-It 335 at the Glen, which means we'll be sure to toast his race, too.
Check back on Friday for a feature on Keselowski, the man behind the wheel this week.


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Watkins Webinar Moderated By Carmen Mir, Watkins Senior Leadership Development Manager
The Watkins Webinar is Moderated by Carmen Mir, Senior Leadership Development Manager is a Watkins Corporate Event. Carmen is a wonderful presenter, who will answer questions related to Watkins, and does a wonderful job of presenting the Watkins Income Opportunity, Watkins Products, and explaining the Watkins Compensation Plan. If you've ever wondered, What does Watkins have


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Life Coaching for Entrepreneurs
Executive Coaching for Entrepreneurs
Personal Plans for Entrepreneurs
Personal Branding for Entrepreneurs
Life Coaching for Entrepreneurs
You, the entrepreneur, are the real driving force behind the success of your business.
If you are reading this page, chances are, you are either an entrepreneur that is already running your own business or thinking of becoming an entrepreneur, and want to become more successful at what you do.
What is life coaching?
As a general definition, life coaching is a profession that is different from consulting, mentoring, advice, therapy, or counseling. The coaching process addresses specific personal projects, business successes, general conditions and transitions in the client's personal life, relationships or profession by examining what is going on right now, discovering what your obstacles or challenges might be, and choosing a course of action to make your life be what you want it to be.
Many life coaches deal with a wide range of areas in your life, these could be weight issues, relationships and intimacy issues, spirituality, parenting, aging, or family problems to name a few.
How is life coaching for Entrepreneurs different?
As an entrepreneur, you are faced with unique challenges both personally and professionally. Our life coaching focus is more on the entrepreneurial and business issues that could hinder your progress.
If you ask people whether they want to have like the idea of having their own business, majority would answer by saying yes, but how many people actually follow through and start their own business? You guessed it, very few.
Aspiring Entrepreneurs
If you are aspiring to become an entrepreneur and start your own business, but haven't made the leap, you may find that top reasons many aspiring entrepreneurs don't follow up on their idea include:
- Fear of change or risk
- Lack of confidence and self belief
- Fear of losing the financial stability that a job offers
- Lack of focus or direction
- Inability to decide on a business idea
- and many other similar fears and limiting beliefs
Current Entrepreneurs
If you are an entrepreneur running your own business, you will relate to the fact that most entrepreneurs have some of these common symptoms:
- Stress and/or Workaholism
- The need to strike a balance in life
- The need to find that inner motivation and re-ignite the passion to get through tough times
- The need to enhance productivity and time management
- The desire to communicate ideas and vision more effectively
If you can identify with any of these issues or have any other challenge that you feel is hindering your progress to becoming a successful entrepreneur, life coaching can help you address these challenges and create an action plan to work on each problem individually.
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Five Lasting Benefits of Study Abroad
For many college students, the appeal of studying abroad is obvious: a chance to soak up the musical (and broader) culture of a brand-new area. (Students who head to Berklee's campus in Valencia, Spain, also relish the chance to get in a little beach time during Boston winters.)
But does the joy of study abroad produce lasting results? Is the experience worth it beyond a few great photos and weekend trips to exotic locales?
For those wondering what the long-term payoff of study abroad could be, here are five ways a semester at Berklee's Valencia campus can produce lasting positive results for students:
1. Study abroad experiences boost academic success.
It's true: Berklee students who participate in study abroad report being highly engaged in the classes they take in Valencia due to the smaller class sizes and focused environment that allows them to dig more deeply into the subjects they love.
"I came away with a lot of experience," says student Jaedon Bonifield, who took several technology classes. "The live-sound class introduced me to a whole other part of engineering that I never knew about before. And we took what we learned in our recording and mixing class, and turned it into an actual EP that we released outside of school."
2. Living and studying abroad expands students' views of the world.
Students who live and study in other countries gain a greater cultural perspective, often simply by absorbing and interacting with their new surroundings. "I wanted a change of pace from my regular routine, and I got it," says student Melissa Wasserman. "[Study abroad] pushed me to go out of my comfort zone, whether it was through performing or traveling or meeting new people. It really broadened my whole Berklee experience."
3. Employers are interested in graduates who have studied abroad.
More than half of company executives and 47 percent of hiring managers say they would be more likely to hire a recent graduate that has studied abroad, according to the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Berklee Online student Johnny O'Hagan credits his Berklee Valencia experience with helping him land a great job as an assistant sound engineer just two weeks after he arrived back home in San Diego.
4. Study abroad fosters new and valuable connections.
"I did a little performing [in Boston] but it wasn't until I got to Valencia that I met all my band members," says Nathalie Hernandez B.M. '18. "And we got to collaborate with a ton of [Berklee] master's students there. Everyone was so genuinely supportive of each other."
5. Valencia itself—and Berklee's campus—offers a unique way to study and live.
"I loved it there," says student Greg Valencia. "The teachers for the music technology program are just top-notch: teachers who work with Rihanna and Ariana Grande on their sessions. It's so much more laid-back than Boston, but still energetic. And the weather's beautiful."
To learn more about Berklee Valencia or apply, visit valencia.berklee.edu.


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Some of the most important barriers to empowerment are as follows:
1. In India, some sort of organizational culture is found incongruent with the concept of employee empowerment,. In India, family-run -enterprises present such incongruent culture to empowerment. In these organisations, the management philosophy is moulded by the whims and fancies of the owner-CEO. These CEOs are hardly enlightened with education, but enriched by wealth. As such, they follow dictatorship and run the administration with an iron hand.
2. There are organisations where employees have no inclination towards the concept of empowerment. This, then, provides a situation just like taking the horse to the water, but the horse is not interested in drinking water. Then, the process of empowerment is inevitable to be meaningless.
3. Some employees may have fear in their minds that they will be punished if they will take initiative in the matter of empowerment. Thus, fear of retribution by subordinates adversely affects the implementation of empowerment.
A recent survey shows that workers are often reluctant to take the initiative unless they have a union to protect them. Management, of course, can change its organisational culture to be more supportive or empowerment friendly. But this is typically a long term proposition.
4. Employees who are either under prolonged autocratic leaderships or possessing external locus-of-control, want the security of having someone tell them what to do and when to do it. They will, therefore, resist empowerment. Training and education can often be effective in overcoming this obstacle.
5. The superiors who are power hungry never would like to part their authority with their subordinates/employees. Mary-Parker Follet has described the "power-on" "power-over" behaviour of such persons. They, thus, act as a barrier to empowerment.
This situation can be overcome by changing their attitude in favour of empowerment. However, people cannot change overnight from their habits. Attitudinal changing is a time taking process. This change process should be started from the school level itself as is done in Japan. As mentioned at the outset, Japan is the excellent example of success in empowerment of our times.


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Keith R. Bishop, Candidate Member
Keith R. Bishop is a second-year law student who grew up in Rapid City, South Dakota. He attended college at The George Washington University where he majored in Psychology. He has served as an officer in the Maryland Army National Guard for the last twelve years, including two deployments to Iraq. In addition to being a candidate member for the National Security Law Journal, he is a general board member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Society and the Outreach Coordinator for the Military Law Society.


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At George Hartnett Metropolitan Funerals we help bring your family together to arrange a funeral service that truly celebrates and honours the life and values of your loved one.
Our funeral directors are with you every step of the way, keeping you informed and guiding you through the arrangements as much or as little as you need. We can tailor the service, creating a customised funeral that respects, honours and reflects the values and the life that was lived.
In the Book of Ideas, funeral directors have shared some of their stories of how families have honoured their loved ones, so that you can draw inspiration for your own funeral arrangements.
Adding a personal touch can make the funeral feel more authentic. Our funeral directors can help you create a funeral that honours and celebrates the life and values of the person who has passed away.
When you're organising a funeral service, one of the first decisions will be whether you are organising a burial or a cremation. This choice will directly impact the type of funeral service you will have.
Preplanning your funeral makes sense. A prepaid funeral takes the emotional stress off your family, locks in your funeral cost at today's price, and allows you to plan things your way.
A repatriation is where a deceased person is moved from one state or one country to another so that final rites can be performed there. Our funeral directors can arrange repatriations interstate and internationally.
Each memorial park will have a range of memorial options for you to choose from, suitable to all budgets, beliefs, faiths and cultures. We can recommend a number of memorial parks and gardens in Queensland.
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In these times, we remain committed to the safety and wellbeing of the local community and all the families we serve.
We appreciate there are additional considerations when it comes to attending social gatherings and we want to reassure the community we uphold the highest standards of hygiene and cleanliness and have organised all our facilities within the social distancing guidelines.
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George Hartnett Metropolitan Funerals supports a range of community programs designed to help the young and old alike, as well as hosting memorial services and informational seminars.
Our funeral directors believe in giving back to our community. We are members of your local social group, sporting club and church.
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The Yukon Conservation Society (YCS) is a grassroots environmental non-profit organization, established in 1968. We have over 250 members and many dedicated volunteers. Over the years, YCS has earned a respected position of influence on environmental policy and education in the North. Learn more about how you can help support our work here.
Our Mission: To pursue ecosystem well-being throughout the Yukon and beyond, recognizing that human well-being is ultimately dependent upon fully functioning healthy ecosystems.
Click on the Impact tab to read more about the issues we're working on, or visit our website.
We rely on donations from people like you to keep our ship sailing. We have a range of options to make giving more convenient for you, including monthly giving, annual gifts, one-time donations, and planned giving (bequests). However you give, YCS appreciates your generosity!Consider purchasing a membership to show your support!
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Chapter 11: More Logic: Cases and Loops
Cases and the Switch Statement
Suppose you had a scenario in which the player must pick a flower by moving a unit to the coordinates 14,30 in order to win. But that's not all: the flower can only be picked after turn 10 and before turn 20 (so the flower can only be picked between turns 11 and 20). If the player tries to pick the flower before turn 11, the game tells him that the flower hasn't bloomed yet and that he or she needs to wait a while longer. If the player tries to pick the flower after turn 20, the game will display a message telling him or her that he or she waited too long, and now the flower is dead. How would you go about implementing this in WML?
Well, you could write something like this:
[event] name=moveto first_time_only=no [filter] side=1 [/filter] [if] [variable] name=turn_number less_than_equal_to=10 [/variable] [then] [message] speaker=narrator message= _ "The flower hasn't bloomed yet. Try coming back later." [/message] [/then] [/if] [if] [variable] name=turn_number greater_than=20 [/variable] [then] [message] speaker=narrator message= _ "You waited too long: the flower is dead now." [/message] [/then] [/if] [if] [variable] name=turn_number greater_than=10 [/variable] [and] [variable] name=turn_count less_than_equal_to=20 [/variable] [/and] [then] [message] speaker=narrator message= _ "You pick the flower." [/message] [/then] [/if] [/event]
but this is extremely lengthy and tedious to write and maintain. Wouldn't it be awesome if we had some simpler way to test multiple conditions without having to create an entire [if] codeblock for each condition?
Well, actually, there is an easier way to test for multiple conditions without having to wade through a quagmire of if codeblocks. This is done via the switch/case codeblock, which tests the value of a variable for multiple conditions, and determines the action performed as a result of that evaluation. The syntax of the switch/case codeblock goes thusly:
[switch] name=variable_name [case] value=first_value #do something [/case] [case] value=second_value #do something [/case] [case] value=third_value #do something [/case] [else] #do something [/else] [/switch]
I was a very messy child, much to the distress of my mother, who was the epitome of cleanliness and couldn't for the life of her understand how she could have raised such an untidy child as me. Occasionally she'd work up enough courage to venture into the land of chaos that was my room, and then she'd tell me not leave my room until it was picked up.
Okay, intimate family analogies aside, pay attention to how my mother told me to clean up my room: I was not to leave my room until it was clean. Whether or not the room was clean was the condition on which my permission to leave my room depended. So each time I put something away (which, more often then not, I did by stuffing the item under the bed), I would have to check to see that condition was met. If the room wasn't clean, then my mother's condition wasn't met and I had to keep cleaning. If the room was clean, then my mother's condition was met and I was free to leave my room.
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World Legacy – World Lore
Whenever you look at different cards, do you ever notice a monster that seems to be appearing all the time? In the artworks of Mistake, Shared Ride, Mistaken Arrest, and Mistaken Accusation, you can see Sangan on all of those cards. This is not laziness on the part of the Konami design team; in fact, this is part of something called LORE.
Lore, simply put, is a story that helps tie different cards together in a way that makes sense. Whether you're talking about poor Sangan being put into jail or Gagagigo becoming evil and then being reborn, there is no end to the sheer amount of card lore. There are two ways of finding a story connecting cards. One way is by reading the flavor text on Normal Monsters related to the archetype. However, this method doesn't always work because not every archetype has Normal monsters. As such, the most effective way of finding the story is by looking at card art.
It is still important to realize, however, that the card art is not always indicative of the direction of the story.
The set Code of the Duelist (COTD) introduced us to the World Legacy story. It encompasses 6 archetypes, showing how each one takes part in building the story. In this article, I will be talking about the World Legacy lore, and how it evolved over time.
NOTE: Everything in this article has only been found out through deductive reasoning and by interpreting the card art through the set releases. Different people might have a different interpretation of how the story goes. This is only one way to connect the cards together. Until Konami releases another Master Guide, we cannot say for certain that this story is true.
COTD: The Beginning of the Beginning
This set introduces us to the World Chalice tribe. They consist of Ib (Crowned by the World Chalice), the dragon guardian Imduk (World Chalice Guardragon), Ib's brother Ningirsu (Beckoned by the World Chalice), and Ib's friend, Auram (Chosen by the World Chalice). The flavor text of these monsters gives more context to the world they are living in. They live in a post-apocalyptic world ruled over by the Mekk-Knights and the Mekkstrosities.
Through Auram's text, we know that Lee the World Chalice Fairy approaches them, and tells them of seven treasures scattered around the world. If they were to gather all seven together, they would be able to save the world. With nothing to really lose, the World Chalice group begin their quest to save the world.
After traveling for a while, they find the first World Legacy: the World Chalice (World Legacy Discovery). With Lee's help, the group is able to take the power of the Chalice and transform themselves (World Legacy's Heart). They become Ib the World Chalice Priestess, Ningirsu the World Chalice Warrior, Imduk the World Chalice Dragon, and Auram the World Chalice Blademaster. With their newfound power, they set off to find the rest of the World Legacies (World Legacy Landmark).
Circuit Break and Extreme Force: The Story Continues
They soon come across the second World Legacy, the World Armor, but it is overrun by Krawlers and larger X – Krawlers (World Legacy in Shadow). They enter the Battle Phase with the Krawlers, while in the distance rainbow lights shoot up into the sky (World Legacy Pawns). As they fight their way towards these lights, Ib is captured by a trap and pulled towards them (World Legacy Trap Globe).
Ib is in the custody of the Mekk-Knights, captured by Blue Sky, Green Horizon, and Red Moon (World Legacy Key). Soon, Ningirsu, Auram, Imduk, and Lee arrive at their location, the World Legacy – World Shield (World Legacy Scars). When they try to get to Ib, they are met by the Seven Mekk-Knights: Indigo Eclipse, Orange Sunset, Yellow Star, Purple Nightfall, Green Horizon, Red Moon, and Blue Sky. Together, they become Mekk-Knight Spectrum Supreme and battle against the three.
While the fight keeps Ningirsu, Auram, and Imduk distracted, Lee goes off on her own to find Ib (World Legacy Whispers). Upon finding her, Lee shows her true dark side, and uses the World Chalice to corrupt Ib (World Legacy's Secret). Due to this, Auram, Imduk, and Ningirsu lose their powers from the World Chalice.
A FLOD of Enemies (and tears)
With this, Ib and Lee have fused into one, become Knightmare Corruptor Iblee. Together, they steal the jewels of the Mekk-Knights and corrupt them into the Knightmares (World Legacy's Corruption). The Mekk-Knights turn into Knightmare Mermaid, Cerberus, Unicorn, Gryphon, Goblin, and Phoenix, respectively. Before Blue Sky was able to be captured, he entrusts his jewel to Auram (World Legacy Succession), who turns into Mekk-Knight Avram. He and Imduk run off to fight Iblee, leaving Ningirsu to fend off against the six Knightmares (World Legacy's Nightmare).
Unfortunately, Avram is unable to fight against Iblee's might, and falls to her. She approaches his fallen body, and picks up his sword, meaning to finish him off. Before she is able to do so, a glowing Imduk appears between her and Avram, and seems to resonate with Ib's soul (World Legacy Awakens). In an internal struggle between Ib and Iblee, she sacrifices herself with Avram's sword and destroys Iblee (World Legacy Struggle). Both Avram and Ningirsu stand in shock, mourning the loss of their loved one (World Legacy's Sorrow).
With this catastrophe, the World Chalice group splits apart, going their separate ways. Avram and Imduk leave together in the distance, leaving Ningirsu behind to mourn his sister's death.
With this, the first arc of the World Legacy story ends. From here on out, things start to get a little weird and complex. I will do my best to explain what happens.
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Student Vote and Party Preference April 2015 - UPDATE
- Labour remain the first choice party for students
- The Green Party recovers slightly since last wave, but remains in 3rd place
- 75% of students are likely to vote in the general election (rising from 69% at the start of April), bucking the youth trend
Party preference
With the 2015 general election imminent, Labour remains the first choice party for students, with just over a third pledging their vote to them. However, share of party preference for the Conservatives has been creeping up since the end of last year, suggesting a closer than anticipated contest.
In our last wave of student polling (20th April 2015) we reported a tumble in the polls for the Green Party, with the Conservatives leapfrogging them back into second place. Our most recent wave shows a bounce back for the Green Party, but they are still 5 points behind the Conservative Party. Our last round of polling came just after a series of poor media performances by the Green leader, Natalie Bennett, which likely explains the dramatic fall. Results in this latest wave suggest that some lost ground has been recovered.
The Liberal Democrats, who were the clear choice for students at the last election, remain in 4th place with just 7% of the vote. Immediately prior to the 2010 general election, the Liberal Democrats were polling at 50% amongst students. This further highlights their collapse in popularity since entering the coalition. The SNP and UKIP are 5th and 6th choice respectively amongst students.
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Only full-time undergraduates at publicly funded UK and Higher Education institutions are included in each wave. The respondents questioned in the fieldwork for each wave are members of The Student Panel. Respondents have verified their academic email address (ending 'ac.uk'). Nested quotas are used to achieve a sample that was representative of the UK full time undergraduate population by gender, course year (1, 2, 3+) and university type (Russell group, pre 1992 universities, post 1992 universities and specialist institutions). Targets for the quotas and weights are acquired using population data supplied by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). Fieldwork was conducted between 29th April – 1st May 2015. To date YouthSight has completed 101 waves of fieldwork on the Student Vote since July 2004. The sample size for each student omnibus survey is between 1,000-1,100 respondents.
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It took 49 years, but Blues are back in finalsPosted: May 25, 2019 Filed under: Hockey, NHL, Stanley Cup, Uncategorized | Tags: Blues Stanley Cup drought, Bobby Orr, Boston Bruins, Bruins-Blues, Derek Sanderson, Glenn Hall, Oakland Seals, Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis B;ues Leave a comment
Bobby Orr made the Blues disappear from the 1970 Stanley Cup finals with this overtime goal. St. Louis hasn't been back since.
For the first time in 49 years, the St. Louis Blues are back in the finals, where they will face off against the Boston Bruins.
The last time the Blues played in the finals, they were victimized by Bobby Orr's overtime winner, the great defenseman soaring through the air to celebrate the most iconic goal in Bruins history.
For the Blues, it has been a long, agonizing ride back to the Stanley Cup finals. Amazingly, this year the team got off to a horrible start before roaring back to become the first team in more than 20 years to earn a playoff spot after sitting last in the NHL on New Year's Day.
The Blues were one of six teams that joined the NHL in 1967, doubling the size of the league and marking the largest expansion in the history of pro sports in North America.
Along with St. Louis, the Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Minnesota North Stars, Los Angeles Kings and Oakland Seals (later the California Golden Seals) represented the NHL West in the inaugural year. The Flyers, Penguins, Kings and North Stars (as the Dallas Stars) have all won Stanley Cups. The Blues and the Seals (who became defunct after the 1977-78 season as the Cleveland Barons) haven't.
The Blues made the Stanley Cup finals in each of their first three years, and were swept all three times.
1967-68 – Beat Flyers and North Stars, both in 7 games. Lost to Montreal 3-2 (OT), 1-0, 4-3 (OT) and 3-2, a series in which two games went into overtime and all four were decided by a single goal.
1968-69 – Swept both Flyers and Kings, then were swept by Montreal, 3-1, 3-1, 4-0 and 2-1.
1969-70 – Beat both Stars and Penguins in six games only to bow to the Bruins in 4 straight. Boston won the first three games 6-1, 6-2 and 4-1. The fourth game went into overtime after the Bruins rallied in the third period to tie the game on a late goal by Johnny Bucyk.
The Bruins then won 4-3 at 40 seconds of overtime on Bobby Orr's scintillating goal. Orr scored off a feed from Derek Sanderson, beating goalie Glenn Hall and giving the Bruins their first championship since 1941.
The following season the league began juggling conferences. The Vancouver Canucks and Buffalo Sabres, both expansion teams, were added to the Eastern Conference and the Chicago Black Hawks moved to the West.
Gretzky was great but Orr was the greatest
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Introduction: Charles Taylor believes that within our current culture there is a sense of deterioration among people, which can be felt deeply, though rarely brings itself to be articulated except by a few. One of the few was Max Weber, who gave much consideration to the 'disenchantment of the world'. Whereas the enchanted world can be defined as one filled with meaning and integration, it is the disenchanted post modern era that is defined as a world void of meaning and purpose. The hollowness of Capitalism and Scientism are being felt within, and the truly resistant are seeking forms of re-enchantment to reintroduce the very significance that appears absent from modern life. Roy Willis and Patrick Curry document one particular act of resistance as the practice of divinatory astrology. This paper will first articulate a definition of disenchantment. The promise of re-enchantment, with particular emphasis to astrology as a means of resistance and pathway towards re-enchantment, will then be the focus. Some criticisms and conclusions will follow.
Charles Taylor believes there is a sentiment of decay, which can be characterized as a 'malaise', that has been progressively getting worse since the age of Enlightenment, though it has noticeably worsened since the Second World War. Taylor identifies three central themes to this sense estrangement felt by the masses. The first is individualism. Individualism is one of the great triumphs of modernity, but comes at a cost. Before individualism became the most desirable paradigm, our culture was organized largely by hierarchy, as seen within families and traditional institutions, which led to great constraints to express one's desires or shape one's own life. The prevailing sense of freedom that is so celebrated today was a result of consciously liberating society from traditional conceptions of ethics and morality.
For Taylor, it was traditional models of viewing the world that placed one within a larger cosmic sequence. Human beings had a designated position within the spheres of life forms. As realms of angels and other spiritual beings were created with their purpose and specific roles designated by a Higher Power, so too did human beings have their place and their existence filled with meaning, relevant to their position within a great hierarchy. People were assigned a position within the societal structure, and one would not diverge from one's post. To question one's place on earth within the hierarchy was to questions God's place and plan for a human being. Though there were certainly constraints to living within the structures in place, there was also a sense of consequence and implication to one's existence.
It was not only human existence that mattered in this paradigm, but all life forms had their place within a larger heavenly mystery. From this perspective, as Taylor further asserts, each animal was representative of a larger place within an even larger cosmology. The objects and things that comprised our earthly spheres pointed towards and spoke of celestial spheres to the people of the pre-modern era, and held significance for their place in a larger plan. Religious ceremony and sacrament of the time were not superficial, but rather, took this connection and organization of all visible and celestial life as evident.
Taylor argues that it was through the questioning and discrediting of this very paradigm, where the world is infused with meaning and life, that led to many of the contemporary freedoms which we now celebrate. It has been this process of questioning which led to destroy confidence in an enchanted world, where all objects are alive. The result is that the world and its things have lost its particular magic. The success of the modern era can be defined as the process of removing magic from the world, and to therefore make any sense of order or meaning to our place within it non-existent. The human removal from an ordered and meaningful world is what Taylor characterizes as the "disenchantment of the world".
This is a new place humanity finds itself in, with specific consequences. Taylor believes that through the triumph of individualism, it is the individual that finds one's self gone astray, without the traditional societal structures, which reinforce a sense of purpose and place. As the world has lost any sense of cosmic meaning, so too have people lost an important characteristic of drive and perseverance. Without a higher reason to our existence, there is no longer an opportunity to live with daring or boldness. This has led to a noticeable loss of passion; further reiterating the 'malaise' that Taylor believes characterizes our modern era. The shadow side of the exaltation of the individual is that the self is now centre. As one has lost one's place within a larger world, so one becomes a world onto one's self. The result of the 'disenchantment of the world' is the celebration of unnatural narcissism. This is a malaise of a loss of meaning.
The second factor, which Taylor states signifies the current malaise felt by people in the modern era, is the over valuation of rationality. Now that social order no longer contains an element of the sacred to provide arrangement and stability, and no higher sense of morality to contain one's action, one's ethics can be reformulated to suit one's personal desire for contentment. Pleasure becomes the ultimate goal that individuals begin to aspire toward. In the same respect, all the animals and objects that are in the world, having lost any sense of sacredness or place within a larger context of meaning and purpose, are available as substances to be used to aid in one's personal procurement of contentment.
Taylor acknowledges that this change of perception has aspects to it that are liberating. For example, we are now able to utilize more resources towards our own economic gain and self-sufficiency. But the other side to seeing all things as resources, instead of part of a greater chain, is that the ideal of self-sufficiency can lead to exploitation of those very resources, and make one insensible to one's surroundings. The result can be extreme self-centeredness, where it is only the self that matters.
Our emphasis on rationality is also evident for Taylor in the way in which technological advancement is given such high esteem within modernity. Focuses on creating objects that encourage efficiency and output have had a constricting effect. Our human environs have lost quality and character. Since technology is to be invested in and holds the mystique that personal interaction and sacred communions once did, it is technology that will be invested in and revered. Human interactions have lost their depth. Modernity's idolization of technology means that personal morality is in large part determined by ethics of efficiency and effectiveness, regardless of how destructive the consequences may be. This is a malaise of 'instrumental reason'.
The third concern with modernity, as articulated by Taylor, brings the first two together in the form of the political implications in a world of individualism and instrumental reason. Our cultural and societal institutions encourage and support individualism and reason, to the point that these institutions are regenerated and reinforced by the disenchantment of the world, which characterizes modernity. Taylor points to the infrastructure of some major cities, which are designed so that each person will be required to travel by car, while allowing the erosion of public transit. This is just one example of how individuals are encouraged to stay sheltered within one's self. Government is conceptualized as big and overpowering, and the individual is conceived of as very small and insignificant in contrast. One can feel the loss of political control over one's fate. This is the malaise of a loss of freedom. These are the three fold symptoms of the malady of disenchantment, as outlined by Taylor.
The term "disenchantment of the world" was considered and elucidated perhaps most famously by Max Weber. Alkis Kontos uses the ideas of Weber to discuss disenchantment. The enchanted world can be defined as one filled with meaning and integration. People are in a constant dialogue when living in a symbiotic relationship to their natural environment. This constant conversation provides a stabilizing force with which one found orderliness and calm. The enchanted world was one that dominated the mind of those who lived within the polytheistic context, most notably before the enlightenment. The divine permeated nature, and so it was not just that a relationship was established with the environment, but that the divine spoke through and was represented within it. The cosmos and natural world was alive. The well-being of both the external environment and the internal mental state were interdependent. From this stance, it was impossible for one to ever feel alone, isolated, or alienated.
With the presentation of the enlightenment era we find the foundations of disenchantment. Kontos asserts that it is rationality that is the underlying drive of disenchantment. Rationalization seeks to empty the world of any sense of magic, mystery, and thereby any meaning. It is rationalization that deduces our human experience so that emotion and soul, which is a central characteristic of humanity, is either irrelevant or absent. In the extreme case, the human soul is non-existent, only an aspect of our psychology or physiology that is to be explained by theory and conjecture. With rationality, humans are left devoid and anaesthetized.
Kontos further articulates two major factors contributing to our disenchanted world; religion and science. Religion, with its movement towards a single God, a single ideal, and a single answer to all human questions, has created a dogma in which the individual is disadvantaged. The disenchanted world has replaced spirituality with institutionalized and politicized religion. Within disenchanted religion, there is only monotheism, and monotheism is the answer to everything. By removing questions, so too removed is the process of self-inquiry. Humans are robbed of the gifts of personal growth and self-respect that are the fruits of the process of contemplation. When there is only one answer, and that one answer is seen only within a singular monotheistic vision of existence. There is no room for irrationality, as everything is attributed to a singular source. Human suffering is a real, lived experience. Kontos argues that it is suffering that defines what it is to be human. Suffering is emotion; it is felt, and therefore not rational. Suffering is either denied, wrong, or made wicked.
The second factor that Kontos articulates as contributing to the disenchantment of the world is science. Science has proceeded systematically, especially since the era of enlightenment, to reducing all things within the world as objects to be dissected, analysed, conquered, and/ or enslaved. But science is necessarily impermanent, dependant on the sophistication of its measuring devices to reveal what is being investigated. Patrick Curry and Roy Willis have noted that this exaltation of science lends itself to the "crypto-religion" of Scientism. While they acknowledge some of the benefits that science has provided our modern era, under Scientism, science becomes a dutiful secular service; it is scientific logic that becomes the fundamental ceremonial practice. What is not acknowledged within the tenants of Scientism is that what is being sought in sacrament is salvation. Through the aspiration for greater technologies that will reveal more of the environment comes the systemic reinforcement of the disenchantment of the world. This exercise contains a central ambiguity, as Scientism refuses to acknowledge that it is in essence what is inherently enchanted, the natural world, that it seeks to abolish its mystery of. The Scientism being referred to by Curry and Willis is further explicated by Kontos when he states that it is not that rationality in and of it self that is the negative force. In fact, Kontos admits that many benefits are a part of one's ability to consider things from various perspectives, including the rational. It is the "totalization of rationalization" which has led to the disenchanted world.
The sense of deterioration among people, the sentiment of decay characterized as a 'malaise of modernity' that was spoken of earlier by Charles Taylor, is also summarized by Kontos when he refers to Weber's "melancholy metaphors" for the human being in a disenchanted world:
Petrification, darkness, mechanization, emptiness, inner death, no spirit, no vision. Routine, non-creative energy; a world of shadows without true substance. An iron cage. Prisoners of a denatured culture, subjects of massive, bureaucratic institutions, victims of ferocity and impersonality of capitalist market society; prisoners oblivious to the meaning of freedom. Exiles unable to recall visions of the Promised Land. Modern urban life: totally detached from Nature, insular, dispirited, lonely.
Kontos asserts that it is inherent within us to fight this "iron cage", that vivacity are still alive within humanity. The ancient gods, with their influence and supremacy, are still felt within as yearnings and desires to find freedom from a prison that can not be named. The universe, heavens, and lived experiences are in constant communication with one's intellect and spirit through imagery and ideas, desire and fright. Humanity has released the past stage of living as enchanted with their surrounding, and there may be no way to accomplish a full return. But there is the recurrence of a primitive, elemental, imperishable energy, comparable to a "phoenix rising from the ashes". This is the human soul determined to rise. Despite the growing insistence on rationality and surrender to a single, ultimate authority, the need for personal, sacred, and transcendental experiences of life is innate and lives on within each person, despite the efforts put forth against our intrinsic and instinctive appetite for the truly sacrosanct.
For Kontos, What makes one rise is an aspect of a person that thrives within the tension of many felt divine forces and when making choices that will have a determination of one's fate, and not simply the illusion of choice and self-determination. Choice that will truly shape one to rise to a life of greater authenticity, which is not simply forced upon them, but is the result of struggle, self honesty, and heroism. Re-enchantment is the process of revival of one's essential inner self which is connected to all spheres of life, senses the divine within nature, and sees purpose and meaning in the cosmos once again, from a new place, and from a new perspective that can appreciate the struggle to achieve this relationship in a world which fights against contact and connection.
One of the places in our modern era that this contest towards re-enchantment is evident is within the practice of astrology, and among astrologers. Curry and Willis believe that astrology represents the effort to re-enchant the world, though astrology like any other human occurrence does not exist outside the context of the modernity. Astrology is affected by the culture it finds itself in, and also has an affect on the social climate. Astrology is an act of resistance in that its divinatory aspects have challenged the rationality of which disenchantment relies upon for its incessant re-enforcement.
Curry and Willis argue that Scientism and disenchantment have had their influences on modern astrology, resulting in a significant aspect of astrology losing is fundamental divinatory aspects. Though the separation of astrology and predeterminism could be seen as a survival mechanism on the part of this ancient practice, it is in the loss of astrology as divination that astrology becomes a reflection of disenchantment. It is the divinatory model that allows a pronouncement of the interconnection of the human being to the natural world through utilizing the larger cosmos, thereby facilitating re-enchantment. Though Curry and Willis acknowledge that this stance is controversial to both adherents to Scientism and some advocates of contemporary astrology, it is exactly this stance of participation that is required when re-enchantment through astrology is successful.
The potential of astrology to re-enchant is strong if considered within the context of divination. Curry and Willis state that astrology is the leading form of divination in the west, and its constant possibility to re-enchant continues. Although astrology has been repackaged so that its participatory aspects are de-emphasised, if not largely ignored, the potential remains to experience wonder and profound transformation through the recognition of cosmic interdependence. Astrology requests and summons a contact with a cosmos fused with meaning, within a context of modernity branded by estrangement and isolation. Astrology manages to accomplish re-enchantment when it is translated symbolically and its ritualistic aspects included. In a world that has been stripped of its soul, conceptualized as inorganic and inert, and denied any appreciation of subjective experience, astrology offers the opportunity for nourishing the aspect of one's self that disenchantment has almost stripped away. The experience of astrology can allow for some of the mystery and magic to be reintroduced into the cosmos. As Kontos earlier noted, it is a magic that humanity has, at our essence, been longing for.
What astrology offers is the opportunity to reintroduce wonder that is hopeful and consequential. Curry and Willis further articulate that astrology is a pathway to re-enchantment by placing one within the sphere of the visible firmament, with the planets and stars as witness to one's increased awareness. The skies offer direct interaction and contact by responding to a specific matter of importance when one poses a divinatory question to the heavens. Astrology as divination thus becomes an encounter, which is simultaneously earth bound, celestial, and personal at once. The cosmos is experienced as deeply intimate and yet larger than one's self at the same time.
Curry and Willis assert, "divinatory astrology is ecological in the broadest and truest sense". It allows for involvement in a never-ending myriad of connections and inter-reliant agencies of which one is not only a participant but also an intimate facet. The astrological map may represent a specific moment within time, but also includes a ritual component, which encompasses the very centre of the practice. Astrology reinforces our home as vast and immense, inclusive of the celestial. In this paradigm, the world no longer is disenchanted, and we are no longer alone, alien, or within an iron cage. Astrology allows the world to be re-enchanted, and allows the entire cosmos to be experienced as family and home.
There are those who criticize Max Weber's Theory's, particularly his position that modernity, with its particular prominence of capitalist ideals, necessarily contributes to disenchantment. Full elucidations of the benefits of capitalism, particularly the positive aspects of individualism, fall outside the scope of this paper. Suffice it to say, there are critics of disenchantment as a theory, and argue for the benefits of capitalism.
The other danger can arise when one believes themselves to be engaged in the process of re-enchantment, but is actually furthering one's own disenchantment. Taylor explains that disenchantment is reflected in the values expressed in our culture today, mainly the value of relativism. Taylor argues that relativism is a by-product of individualism, which asserts that each person is just in finding for him or herself what one's values will be, and thus live according to one's individually founded values. With importance placed on individuality, one is only required to be "true to themselves and seek their own fulfilment". What is required to be true to one's self is fully self-determined. No one other than the individual is accountable in determining what the contents of this true-to-one's- self place is. This is the "individualism of self-fulfilment".
The problem with this form of relativism, according to Taylor, is that it creates a further remoteness of the individual, and can give the illusion of re-enchantment. It contributes to remoteness and segregation by creating a situation where one is only responsible for one's self, and thereby is subversively encouraged to remain further removed from societal concerns or participation in politics. By following this ethic, the daunting, massive bureaucracy that one feels powerless against is even further placed on a platform. Any sense of citizen responsibility is removed with relativism, which makes one responsible only for one's own attainment of happiness, and those who are not happy are fully self-responsible.
Taylor further clarifies that the illusion of re-enchantment arises when it is not re-enchantment, with its characteristics of a reconnection with nature and the feeling of interdependence, which is sought. Rather, what is occurring is that the urge to be "true to one's self" grows into a passion that is in fact meaningless and incongruous ambition, which leads to dependence on anyone who could possibly have the answer to the deep seated alienation that is driving one to experience a re-enchantment, without one knowing that is actually what they are seeking. Being true to one's self can lead to a self-indulgent reliance on self-help gurus, self-styled authorities, and so-called spiritual leaders who clothe themselves in the veil of science or tradition to add validity to their stance.
This point is further elucidated by Jeremy Carrette and Richard King, who have described the celebration of a brand of spirituality that fits nicely within the capitalistic framework defining our modern disenchanted times, which reinforces the individualistic paradigm for those disillusioned within it. Carrette and King say that:
Spirituality is celebrated by those who are disillusioned by traditional institutional religions and seen as a force for wholeness, healing, and inner transformation. In this sense spirituality is taken to denote the positive aspects of the ancient religious traditions, unencumbered by the 'dead hand' of the Church, and yet something which provides meaning and solace in an otherwise meaningless world.
The problem, according to Carrette and King, is that capitalism uses the sign-post of spirituality to tap into the disenchantment that people feel within our contemporary times. Capitalism uses spirituality as a commodity that uses religion to suit the ultimate purpose, which is to return a monetary profit. Under the influence of capital, "consumerism is the new esoteric knowledge". The history of religion as a place of social rebellion is ignored in our current 'new age' of revolution from within, so that spirituality is used to certify one's potential for material attainment. Personal, self-serving ambition is marketed as a pathway to reconnection with the divine. The characteristic of re-enchantment is sold to disenchanted buyers hoping for integration and interconnection, without the end result being attained.
The other concern raised is that related to astrology, and touched on earlier via Curry and Willis. Even astrology, as facilitator to re-enchantment, has been submitted to a process of increasing "rationalization, abstraction, and naturalization". What began as a reflection of polytheistic values, mainly the pluralistic understanding of our place in the cosmos and the variety of influences available to us, has now morphed into what is presented by some astrologers as simply "supernatural". The consequence of modernity on astrology has meant its removal from its enchanted roots. Insolvency to its inherent symbolism has steadily decreased astrology's history of enchantment, and thereby its promise of re-enchantment, characterized by existential awe.
Curry and Willis place the loss of astrology's potential to re-enchant on astrologers themselves. By typecasting astrology as a misapprehended science, whose validity need only be proved in time with the right kind of testing, astrologers have placed themselves in the position of furthering their own disenchantment and personifying astrology as, at worst, a model that ultimately will only reinforce disenchantment, and at best, a distortion of what it actually is. Curry and Willis reinforce that it is only through the conception of astrology-as-divination and the active ingredient of participatory judgement of what planetary and star placements actually mean to real, lived human experience does astrology hold the promise to re-enchant.
Curry and Willis state that astrology has played an extraordinary function in encouraging the imagination of people since pre-historic times. It is exactly the lack of imagination that has characterized the disenchanted state that most find themselves in within the era of modernity. Astrology's potential to re-enchant is based in its mystery and correlation to one's life and to the movement of the cosmos. As the stars and planets stage timeless myth, one engages in a constant conversation with an intelligent universe, which converses, addresses, and articulates the concerns that have brought one to look to the heavens 'for a sign'. The re-enchantment of the cosmos means that one is no longer alone on the earth, and reminds of the participation one is actively engaged in when considering a whole cosmos. We are less alone in the appreciation of this ancient art. The connection we feel reaches right into our bones, and the truth of the stars reaches to one's deepest ancestral roots.
It is perhaps this feeling of interconnection and reconnection that one is seeking when on search for one's 'true self'. It is perhaps the desire for meaning and purpose that is the promise of divinatory astrology. The knowledge that before modernity there were people looking up to the heavens for the indication of divine will, and one's part within it, can perhaps aid one to address the iron cage of modernity. Though the oppression of disenchantment can be felt more acutely by some than others, methods of resistance are revealing themselves as well. Astrology, for some, holds the potential to facilitate a religious experience, an awakening, which comes from recognizing that one is not so isolated and alone. An awakening that can characterize re-enchantment.
Jeremy Carrette and Richard King, Selling Spirituality: The Silent takeover of Religion, London: Routledge, 2004.
Patrick Curry and Roy Willis, Astrology, Science, and Culture: Pulling Down the Moon, Oxford: Berg, 2004.
Alkis Kontos, The Barbarism of Reason: Max Weber and the Twilight of Enlightenment, London: University of Toronto Press, 1994.
Charles Taylor, The Ethics of Authenticity, London: Harvard University Press. 1991.
Originally presented as an academic paper at The University of Kent, Canterbury. Full references available on request.


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We've written quite a bit about headphones here on the Sage Audio mastering blog, from their
Perhaps it was inevitable in this day and age that someone would make headphones "smart," and that someone is the new company Muzik. The company has revealed it is making the first smart headphones, a wireless device set to be released later this year. According to a press release, the headphones will be the first product in a "full line of smart audio products synced to their mobile Muzik ecosystem that will activate a new wave of innovation in the headphone space."
What Are Smart Headphones?
The headphones themselves don't look particularly innovative — in fact they obviously take some styling cues from Beats By Dre. But the earpiece is actually a touch interface wearers can tap to share the music they are listening to on Facebook and Twitter. You can also use the tap functionality to control the music you are listening to as well as the volume.
Rather than being built on any existing mobile operating system, the technology in the headphones is what the company calls Social Smartware. The primary advantage of this is that it allows the headphones to be compatible with any major music streaming network and any social network.
Is Muzik Focused on Innovation or Quality?
Since the headphones don't ship until later this year, it's hard to know how much Muzik is focusing on the sound of the earphones in addition to the new technology. The company says that the product is great for minimizing sound leakage, making them great for not disturbing others on a crowded subway car or sidewalk. However, Gizmodo reports that a prototype had more sound leakage than other similarly priced headphones, though this could be improved with the final version.
Speaking of price, how much will these new headphones cost when they are released? They will reportedly run $299, which isn't that much more than other similar headphones models available today.
Will These Be Useful in A Home Studio?
In a word, no. Even if you could connect the headphones to your recording rig (and it appears you can't), the quality you'd get from these headphones almost certainly won't be up to standard for the price you pay.
However, since headphone technology hasn't changed all that much in many decades, it is interesting that a company is looking toward what the future of headphone technology may be. These particular headphones are really only designed to interact with social media networks, but perhaps looking at new technology could lead to innovations for the studio, as well.


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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
The Abominable Snowman (1957)
Cryptozoology ("the study of and search for animals and especially legendary animals [as Sasquatch] usually in order to evaluate the possibility of their existence," as defined by the Merriam-Webster online dictionary) is something which has fascinated me since I was a child. To be sure, it has fascinated legions of people over time. And yet, it is rarely the actual proving or disproving of a creature's existence which captivates our interest. No, it is the mystique of the unknown which rouses us and keeps us watching. The actual animals, once illuminated by the sterilizing light of day, become mundane, banal, taken for granted. But as long as they continue to elude us in the remotest parts of the world and the deepest, sodden depths and the farthest reaches of outer space (okay, extraterrestrials are not really considered cryptozoological, but work with me here), our minds will continue to dance with a million possibilities, and we will continue to be sated. Until new "evidence" rears its inevitable head, that is.
Dr. John Rollason (Peter Cushing) is studying the mysterious medicinal plants harvested by the monks of a Tibetan monastery in the Himalayas. However, what John hasn't told anyone is he is waiting for Tom Friend (Forrest Tucker) and his party to arrive so they can head up the mountain. To everyone's disappointment, John and Friend are fixated on finding the legendary abominable snowman. As the expedition encroaches farther into the beasts' territory, the men begin to realize that the Yeti may be more than just an unthinking brute.
Of all the cryptozoologically-based films (Loch Ness Horror, Curse Of Bigfoot, Night Of The Demon, etcetera), Val Guest's The Abominable Snowman is without a doubt the best. It is distinguished from its brethren primarily by not being borne of exploitation. Certainly, it has elements of exploitation. The premise alone is testament to that fact. Yet, there's very little blood, no nudity, and a point to the film rather than just getting it up on theater screens. Interestingly, the same film studio that produced this film (Hammer) would, the very same year, add bright red blood and gobs of cleavage to their gothic horror films (beginning with Curse Of Frankenstein) and make themselves a household name (at least to fans of horror).
Hammer films always had an air of class to them, even in their later, more explicit fare. There was a high degree of production value onscreen, and the filmmakers were unafraid to take their time in telling their stories. It lent a traditional feel to films that had a more modern sensibility in terms of permissiveness. You almost felt like you were going to school when you watched a Hammer picture, only the instructor had rather large fangs. This film is no different. The widescreen frame is used in its entirety, and Guest moves the camera smoothly through the detailed sets, taking in everything it can. The cinematography by Arthur Grant is exquisite, with deep pools of black and three-dimensional lighting that distinguishes what could very easily have looked like a flat expanse of white. I would also like to mention here that there are a few lens flares in the film that instantly put me in mind of Dean Cundey's work with John Carpenter. Never a bad thing.
The film is concerned with an intellectual, rather than a visceral sense of horror. Screenwriter Nigel Kneale deserves the credit for this, I suspect. Known for the "Quatermass" series of films and television productions, Kneale's work has always looked beyond the surface of things and come up with new ways of seeing the world around us (yes, I own a copy of the Kneale biography, Into The Unknown, and no, I haven't had a chance to read it yet). Here, he posits the notion that the Yetis are not only a third branch of man's evolution (the "Missing Link" they've always been thought to be) but possibly a more advanced one which is hiding out in the hinterlands for a very specific reason. They also act as mythological sirens and banshees, calling out to lure men to their deaths and presaging their demise, though there's also a less paranormal explanation for this effect in the film. Nonetheless, according to John, the creatures' faces contain sadness, wisdom, and gentleness. Kneale's writing credits the viewer with a modicum of intelligence, and that's something I think viewers appreciate (usually).
The characters are fleshed out nicely, too. Friend is the ostensible villain, but he's not one-dimensional. He has goals and reasons for doing what he does. Taking the "ugly American" role, Tucker does an admirable job portraying a man driven by hard experience into making bad choices. John, by contrast, is not a lily-white hero figure, though he is more empathic (and empathetic) than the others. In the struggle of brain versus brawn, the survivors of the ordeal will be determined not by physical strength but by strength of character. And even then, there are no guarantees.
The filmmakers wisely keep the snowmen in shadows, only showing us an arm or eyes, just enough so we get the basic idea. To display the costumes in full would rob them of their enigmatic presence. They would be just guys in hairy costumes. Like Val Lewton very successfully proved earlier in films like The Cat People and The Leopard Man, the power of suggestion is worth more than any hundred effects shots, no matter how well-done. Allowing the viewer to complete the image in their own mind is, ironically, more potent than simply giving the audience what it thinks it wants. This is why the best performers and comedians live by the motto "always leave them wanting more."
The Abominable Snowman also wisely uses three of Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch's seven basic conflicts: Man Against Man, Man Against Nature, and Man Against Himself. This, in and of itself is not particularly noteworthy, but in this film the conflicts are all taking place at the same time to the same people. It's not just John trying to stop Friend from attacking what he shouldn't. But he has to do this while surviving blizzard conditions and unknown creatures and also struggling with his own reasons for being there. It provides a richer, more satisfying story than any one conflict or crosscutting between conflicts could.
When all is said and done, the filmmakers may not have crafted the single greatest or scariest movie ever. But they did create (in my opinion, anyway) the greatest Bigfoot movie ever. And you should do yourself the favor of tracking this one down.
MVT: It really is a toss-up between Cushing and Kneale (though, honestly, both Guest and Grant could just as easily be included in this melee). However, since the likelihood of me covering another Cushing film is higher than another Kneale film (but one never knows), I'll go with Mr. Kneale on this one. If you've never seen anything written by this man, you're in for a treat.
Make Or Break: The first night shot on the mountain is absolutely stunning. There's a heavy fog that blankets the set in strata, the characters are nothing more than silhouettes, and it is damn near a perfect cinematographic composition, to my eyes.
Score: 7.5/10
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