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Five years ago to the day tomorrow. I met JD's father. I was dressed as a ballerina. He was dressed as a pirate. We were at a bar on the LES that has since closed down. My friend, Claire, spotted him from across the bar and whispered into my ear, "he's cute." He was. And he was to be, my son's father.
I continued the evening with my friends. I drank beer in Fifth position and did the occasional plie (to be cute, flirty, single and 25). I don't remember how our first words initiated. I remember he was celebrating his birthday.
I said, "Where's my beer?" at one point. "What are you supposed to be?" I think I touched his arm. He claimed to be a pirate, but all he had on were jeans, a white T-shirt, a bandana and a drawn on tattoo. I anticipate the day JD wants to be a pirate for Halloween. This year he's being a dragon.
He disappeared into the crowd. I hung back with my friends. He reappeared a half-hour later with a smile and beer. We exchanged numbers. We didn't kiss that night. I hung with my friends and he did his thing and we occasionally made eyes and chatted. I didn't expect anything .
The bar was crowded and loud and several beers in we must have agreed to see a movie together, because the next morning I woke up in my apartment at noon, hungover in a tutu and saw a text from him that read: "What time for the movie?" I think about how I could have ignored that text. How I had ignored so many like them from guys I met at bars under the influence (to my defense, I was single and young). How I deleted their names from my phone the next day, went to brunch with girlfriends in SoHo and never, ever thought about them again.
I will think about JD's father for the rest of my life.
I texted back a time for him to meet me near, not at, my apartment. We met on the corner across the street from my place. Now, when I hear the Script song, Man Who Can't Be Moved I think of that day, basically for "the corner" reference.
I remember walking towards him. He didn't see me. I could have turned back. It was Fall and crisp. Yellow cabs were everywhere. I was wearing black ballet flats, skinny jeans and a casual fitted grey sweatshirt with ruffles at the shoulders. I had on my red tweed coat. I loved that coat. I threw that coat out.
He was looking at the newspaper for movies and movie times. I approached him saying, "Hello." He looked up. I instantly noticed the little folds of skin under his eyes when he smiled. JD has those little folds of skin when he smiles. I don't.
We decided on The Departed . I was happy, because I love Leonardo DiCaprio. (I've seen this film many times since. I once watched part of it while JD napped next to me.) We got wine and calamari first. The bartender gave us a free dessert to celebrate his birthday and she thought we were a couple. He told me he was from Indiana, but he was really from California and grew up in Colorado. He went to college in Indiana. He told me about his ex. His parents divorced when he was 2. His father left. He was later adopted by his mother's husband. He claimed to have no relationship with his father. I didn't see this as a red flag. I felt sorry for him.
I didn't grow up in a Cleaver house by any means (at all), but my parents were married for most of my life (they divorced when I was 26, because well, they had problems their entire marriage). I have two brothers. From the outside looking in—it was typical, I guess. My father and mother came to my ballet recitals. My mom was the Girl Scout leader. The five of us drove to a farm in North NJ and picked out our pure bred golden retriever from a litter of nine. It never occurred to me I would be a single mom or that my parents issues might be influencing me and my future relationships. I always assumed I'd have a hubby, kids and golden retriever. It was MY normal.
I told him about my life, aspirations to be a writer, my ex. I told him it was going to be my first Christmas without Brandy, my golden retriever because she had died at age 13.
We watched the movie. I sat in a way that I was leaning into him. He didn't want our date to end and neither did I, so we got beers and talked more. He slept over my apartment, but it's really, honestly, not what you're thinking. It was late. He was living with friends that lived in Riverdale, NY. It was a far train ride. We slept. OK, we made out and slept. That's it. Looking back, allowing him to sleep at my place was so dumb and set the tone for our fast track romance. The next morning I closed the door when he left and did a little happy dance. I met someone. Thank you, God. I took a shower and went to work.
We proceeded to hangout 24/7 thereafter. He met my friends. My father. We went to the Opera with Uncle Brian and his girlfriend at the time. He met Uncle Carlo one day when he was picking me up in the city. Uncle Carlo busted his balls (normal). I met his half-sister. I met his brother and his sister-in-law. I met his best friend. We talked about a trip to Mexico. He sent flowers to my office on my 26 th birthday. He nicknamed me "Smalls." He bought me a gift certificate towards a plane ticket to Mexico for Christmas and a book titled something like "100 things to do before you die." We went on real dates. They were romantic and special. We slept in the same bed 5 or 6 out of 7 nights.
I got pregnant in December after his boss' Christmas party. There was champagne and no birth control involved. We were conscious of this the next morning. It didn't occur to me to take Plan B. I went to work. I felt fluish a month later. I thought I had the flu. I took a pregnancy test while he sat on my bed. I was pregnant. We talked, I cried, we fought, we talked some more. We stopped talking. We made a decision. We wondered if we should get married, move in together. He claimed to look at rings. I wanted a grand gesture. We planned to go to my 12-week sonogram together. But he went to Indiana to see his ex, telling me it was for work.
I was naïve. And hormonal. Nothing occurred to me. I was still stunned I was pregnant.
I recently shared bits of this story with Dr. Leah Klungness. She provided eye-opening thoughts that I never considered. Thoughts that have shifted my thinking. I am now empathetic towards JD's father. This is a strange feeling. It is now my job to pass this empathy to our son regarding the life he was brought into. It is my job to break the chain. JD will be a wonderful father. Period.
Regarding my son's father's dad leaving him: "Such men are repeating, often not consciously, a pattern of life decisions familiar to them. For the same psychological reasons the likelihood suicide increases when a parent took his/her own life, the likelihood of parental abandonment increases when such abandonment is part of a man's personal history." (I should note that JD's dad's bio-dad remarried and had more kids.) "To the individual, abandoning a child feels familiar and does not carry the same stigma and shame such actions carry for others."
This was the lightbulb moment. Click. Puzzle piece in. I said, "Aha!" This is what I've been trying to understand for four years. How does a man leave his kid? How does he function? How did he get married, when I'm still scared to really date? Because, his baseline for normal was a modern family. When dad left, mom found a Plan B. Growing up without a bio-dad (might be?) is normal to him. (It's really not all of my fault.)
JD's dad is waiting for ME to find a fill-in Dad. His mom did it—I can do it, too!
Only problem is, I don't see it this way, because my Dad still calls me 4x a day. I would love to get married one day and yes, that guy will assume the "dad" role, but I'm not dating for a "dad."
"If you were raised as a latchkey kid, you feel much differently about raising a latchkey kid, than another parent who was raised by 'June Cleaver' - SAHM always available with milk + cookies feels," advises Klungness. Visit Singlemommyhood.com
I don't blame him for everything. I take responsibility for being scared and hormonal and freaking him us out. Shutting off, coming back on. Being confusing and matter-of-fact at the same time while our baby was growing inside of me. But I really don't feel that guilty about it all anymore (OK, sometimes I feel guilty). Our son is 4. It's been five years since we met. Five years. It'll be six this time next year.
Chew on that and have a great weekend! I am now emotionally drained, Internet. But, as with all of my blogs and why I share my most personal feelings - I hope this has made someone feel less alone or even lit a bulb in your life. XO
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During his lifetime, Lynes amassed a substantial body of work involving nude and homoerotic photography. In the 1930s, he began taking nudes of friends, performers and models, including a young Yul Brynner, although these remained private, unknown and unpublished for years.
Katherine Anne Porter, 1947
Danae and the Shower of Gold
Acamas and Phyllis
Jean Cocteau, June 1936
nude (Bill Harris)
Lew Christiensen, William Dollar, and Daphne Vane performing Orpheus and Eurydice, 1936
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Salvador Dalí, 1939
Helen Bennett with umbrella and mask, c.1938
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From this week on, me, Daniela and Katy are going to take turns sharing some making of process for our collaberative book project, ROUND ROBIN, you can find it on our dedicated blog. please take a look! We're also curious to hear what you think about our books, please feel free to leave us a message on the post comment!
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At around 8 p.m., firefighters the engine company, located at 97-28 43rd Avenue, received a call indicating that a woman was vaginally bleeding, and that her baby but when the engine arrived, the firefighters discovered that the call was incorrect. The woman was in labor, and the six firefighters arrived in the middle of a contraction.
"When we got there, the woman was lying on her back and the baby was crowning," said Andrew Holzmaier. "We could see the baby's head, and we recognized that birth was imminent."
Fortunately for the mother, three of the six responders are trained nurses. They saw the first contraction end and the baby's head submerge back into the mother, but they knew that she was in labor, and were ready to guide the baby out when the next and final contraction began.
The firefighter s arranged towels and a curtain around the mother, as Holzmaier used his fingers to create a gap between the mother's vaginal wall and the baby itself. Francis Ruebenacker and Ricardo Remon, the two other firefighters with nurse training, prepared for the baby's birth by securing the bulb syringe and clamps for the umbilical cord.
When the baby's head emerged from his mother, the firefighters saw that the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck. The cord was quickly removed, and the baby was delivered without incident.
"We did our best to take care of the mother and keep the baby warm and dry," said Ruebenacker, who also works as a nurse. "The mother was great. She was a champion."
"The baby was healthy, it started breathing and crying, and we picked him up to show him to his mother," said Holzmaier. "She didn't speak English, but she smiled, and we put it on her chest. She started laughing."
Paramedics and EMT's arrived shortly after the birth, and they took the mother and her son to a hospital for further care, but the memory is something that will stay with the firefighters.
"I know that it's nice to have someone there for you when you deliver a baby," said Remon. "This isn't something that happens that often, and the mother is lucky that she got the right group of guys to respond."
"The whole experience was surreal," said Ruebenacker. "I've been in the delivery room with my wife, but this was much different. "It was a very uplifting experience. We see a lot of tragedy on this job, and it was nice that we could do something like this."


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Mr. Work, who describes himself as "passionate about technology, entrepreneurship, people and systems," has focused much of his career on how those elements can come together to enhance workflow and productivity. He sees Catalyst as the perfect fit for those passions, in part because he believes the Catalyst platform is superior in its ability to flexibly manage the e-discovery workflow.
Since graduating from Columbia Business School in 1995, Mr. Work has been pivotal to the success of multiple technology and e-discovery companies, both as a founder and chief strategist, including Alexa, Amazon.com and Compete. In 2002, he founded Discovery Mining, Inc., one of the first cloud-based e-discovery platforms. Cutting-edge for its time, the platform included a "more like this" feature to refine searches and sophisticated multi-language capabilities. After selling Discovery Mining to Interwoven in 2008, Mr. Work joined that company as Vice President of e-Discovery Strategy, where he remained until Autonomy acquired Interwoven in 2009.
After leaving Interwoven, Mr. Work founded Cohuman, Inc., where he applied his workflow expertise to develop an innovative, SaaS-based workflow and productivity tool that integrated task management with social networking. In 2011, Mr. Work sold Cohuman to Mindjet, a developer of mind-mapping software.
Mr. Work started his career as director of strategy at a small New York City startup EarthWeb. With his help, the company raised $19 million in investment capital, grew from eight to 300 employees in three years, and become a publicly traded company listed on NASDAQ.
From there, Mr. Work joined Alexa Internet as a vice president, where he helped the company refine its business strategy and revenue model. When Amazon.com bought Alexa for $250 million in 1999, Mr. Work joined Amazon as Vice President of Alexa Research, where he worked closely with Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos in developing tools for tracking and projecting Internet traffic. In 2001, Mr. Work left Amazon.com to become chief strategy officer at Compete, Inc.
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National Climate Report - May 2013
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Temperature and Precipitation Ranks
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National Overview:
Supplemental May 2013 Information
- Year-to-date temperature evolution for select U.S. cities
- Spring daily temperatures compared to normal
- Locations with more snowfall in spring, compared to winter
- May EF-5 tornado information and visualization
- May daily temperature extremes
- Climate Highlights — May
- The May average temperature for the contiguous U.S. was 61.0°F, which was 0.9°F above the 20th century average. May ranked as the 40th warmest such month on record.
- The Georgia had its 12th coolest, with monthly temperatures 1.5°F and 2.6°F below average, respectively.
- May precipitation, averaged across the contiguous U.S., was 3.34 inches, 0.47 inches above average, and the 17th wettest May on record. It was also the wettest May since 1995.
- Most of the northern U.S. had North Dakota each had one of their top ten wettest Mays. The above-average precipitation contributed to flooding along several major rivers in the region including the Mississippi River and the Illinois River.
- According to the June 4 U.S. Drought Monitor Report, 44.1 percent of the contiguous U.S. was experiencing moderate-to-exceptional drought, smaller than the 46.9 percent at the beginning of May. Drought continued to improve for parts of the Great Plains, but worsened in the West. Several months of warm and dry conditions in California led to nearly the entire state being in drought by early June.
- Despite a below-average preliminary tornado count during May for the contiguous U.S., several large and powerful tornadoes hit populated areas resulting in significant damage and loss of life. Two EF-5 tornadoes, the highest strength rating given to a tornado, were confirmed near Oklahoma City. The EF-5 tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma, on May 20th destroyed thousands of homes and businesses in and around the city and was blamed for over 20 fatalities. According to preliminary analysis, the EF-5 near El Reno, Oklahoma, on May 31st had a path width of approximately 2.6 miles, the widest tornado ever observed in the United States. These two events were only the 7th and 8th EF-5 tornadoes confirmed in Oklahoma in the 64-year period of record.
- Several late-season winter storms impacted the U.S. during May, bringing snowfall to the Central and Northern Plains, as well as the Northeast, while below-average snow cover continued for the West. According to data from the Rutgers Global Snow Lab, the May snow cover extent of 6,564 square miles was 56,757 square miles below the 1981-2010 average, and the second smallest May snow cover extent on record.
- Based on NOAA's Residential Energy Demand Temperature Index (REDTI), the contiguous U.S. temperature-related energy demand ranked as the 7th lowest May value in the 119-year period of record.
- Climate Highlights — spring (March — May)
- The spring average temperature for the contiguous U.S. was 50.5°F, 0.5°F below the 20th century average, making it the 38th coolest spring on record and the coolest spring since 1996.
- Spring 2013 marked the first season in the contiguous U.S. that the seasonal temperature was not above average since the winter of 2010-2011, when the seasonal temperature was 0.8°F below average.
- Spring was Fourteen states, from North Dakota to Georgia, had spring temperatures that ranked among the ten coldest.
- California had its seventh warmest spring on record with a seasonal temperature 3.5°F above average.
- The spring precipitation total for the nation of 7.92 inches was 0.21 inch above average. The nationally-average precipitation total masked regional wet and dry extremes during the season.
- Iowa had its wettest spring on record with 17.61 inches of precipitation, 8.63 inches above the seasonal average. Michigan each had one of their top ten wettest spring seasons.
- California had its eighth driest spring, with 2.34 inches of precipitation, 3.33 inches below average.
- The eighth largest on record and the largest since 1984.
- The U.S. Climate Extremes Index (USCEI), an index that tracks the highest and lowest 10 percent of extremes in temperature, precipitation and drought across the contiguous U.S., was 140 percent of average during spring. The above-average USCEI was driven by extremes in below-average temperatures, extremes in 1-day precipitation totals, and the spatial extent of drought.
- Climate Highlights — year-to-date (January — May)
- The year-to-date national temperature of 43.6°F was 0.2°F above the 20th century average. Northeast and parts of the West had above-average year-to-date temperatures.
- The January-May precipitation total for the contiguous U.S. was 12.28 inches, 0.33 inch above average. North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, and Mississippi each had a top ten wet 5-month period; Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan were record wet during January-May.
- The West, Southern Plains, and Northeast were California had its driest January-May on record with 4.09 inches of precipitation, 9.87 inches below average.
- During both the year-to-date and 3-month timescales, the number of fires, acreage burned, and acres burned per fire were record low.
- The USCEI for the year-to-date period was near average. However, several of the components were above average. The component for extremes in 1-day precipitation totals was 200 percent of average and the highest value on record for the 5-month period, while the component that examines the spatial extent of drought was 270 percent of average and the ninth highest
Alaska Temperature and Precipitation:
- Alaska had its 20th coolest May since records began in 1918, with a temperature 2.3°F (1.3°C) below the 1971–2000 average.
- Alaska had its 18th coolest March-May since records began in 1918, with a temperature 3.2°F (1.8°C) below the 1971–2000 average.
- Alaska had its 40th warmest January-May since records began in 1918, with a temperature near the 1971–2000 average.
- Alaska had its 14th wettest May since records began in 1918, with an anomaly that was 25.1 percent above the 1971–2000 average.
- Alaska had its 31st wettest March-May since records began in 1918, with an anomaly that was 17.0 percent above the 1971–2000 average.
- Alaska had its 14th wettest January-May since records began in 1918, with an anomaly that was 29.2 percent above the 1971–2000 average.
For additional details about recent temperatures and precipitation across the U.S., see the Regional Highlights section below and visit the Climate Summary page". For information on local temperature and precipitation records during the month, please visit NCDC's Records page.
Regional Highlights:
These regional summaries were provided by the six Regional Climate Centers and reflect conditions in their respective regions. These six regions differ spatially from the nine climatic regions of the National Climatic Data Center.
- Northeast Region: (Information provided by the Northeast Regional Climate Center)
- With an average temperature of 57.7 degrees F (14.3 degrees C), the Northeast was 1.3 degrees F (0.7 degrees C) above normal for May. New Jersey was the lone cool state at -0.1 degrees F (-0.1 degrees C). Departures for the rest of the states ranged from +0.1 degrees F (+0.1 degrees C) in Maryland to +2.4 degrees F (+1.3 degrees C) in Vermont. As for spring, the Northeast was slightly above normal. The average temperature of 45.8 degrees F (7.7 degrees C) was 0.1 degrees F (0.1 degrees C) above average. Seven states ended the season cooler than normal. Departures for those states ranged from -1.3 degrees F (-0.7 degrees C) in West Virginia and Maryland to -0.1 degrees F (-0.1 degrees C) in New York. For the five warm states, departures ranged from +0.1 degrees F (+0.1 degrees C) in Rhode Island to +1.6 degrees F (+0.9 degrees C) in Maine.
- After four dry months in a row, the Northeast was slightly wetter than normal in May. The region received 4.09 inches (103.89 mm) of precipitation, 102 percent of normal. The states were split with six wetter than normal and six drier. Both Maine (149 percent of normal) and Vermont (140 percent of normal) ranked this May as their 12th wettest since 1895. New Hampshire, with 123 percent of normal, ranked the month as their 17th wettest May while Massachusetts, with 119 percent of normal, ranked it as their 20th wettest. New York's departure was 108 percent of normal and Connecticut's was 102 percent of normal. For the dry states departures ranged from 64 percent of normal in Delaware to 94 percent of normal in Rhode Island and New Jersey. Receiving 9.24 inches (234.70 mm), 83 percent of normal, the Northeast was below normal for spring precipitation. Despite a wet May in some states, all states ended spring drier than normal. Rhode Island was the driest state at 59 percent of normal, making it their 17th driest spring in 119 years. Connecticut, with 62 percent of normal precipitation, had their 20th driest spring on record. Departures for the rest of the states ranged from 74 percent of normal in Pennsylvania to 99 percent of normal in Vermont.
- At the beginning of May a continuing lack of precipitation caused most of New England to be under abnormally dry (D0) or moderate drought (D1) conditions according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Rains during the second half of the month helped ease dryness, but areas of D0 and D1 remained. Though D1 conditions eased, abnormal dryness lingered in parts of New York. At the start of the month around two-thirds of Pennsylvania was abnormally dry, but improving conditions lowered that to one-fourth by month's end. Despite improvement in other parts of Pennsylvania, conditions deteriorated to D1 in the southwest corner. Much of West Virginia was under abnormally dry or moderate drought conditions at the start of the month and although conditions improved slightly, areas of D0 and D1 remained. In New Jersey and western Maryland, dry conditions were eased.
- Severe storms throughout May produced eight tornadoes in the Northeast: an EF-0 in Massachusetts on the 9th; three EF-1s and an EF-0 in Pennsylvania on the 28th; and two EF-1s and a mile-wide (1.6 km) EF-2 in New York on the 29th. The Pennsylvania tornadoes downed hundreds of trees while the EF-2 tornado in New York tore roofs off buildings and toppled high-tension power line towers. Several funnel clouds were also spotted throughout the month. Additionally, severe storms produced damaging straight-line winds, hail up to 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) in diameter, and flash flooding. One of the hardest hit areas for flash flooding was Chittenden County, Vermont, which received up to 7 inches (177.8 mm) of rain during the week of the 19th through the 24th. Flash flooding washed out roads and culverts, damaged bridges, and caused road closures. Located on the border of the county, Mount Mansfield set a record (and tied the New England record) for most consecutive days with an inch (2.5 cm) of precipitation with five such days from the 22nd through the 26th. Also located in Chittenden County, Burlington set a new precipitation record for May with 8.74 inches (222 mm). The old record was 8.67 inches set in 2011. Cold air behind the flood-inducing system allowed some higher elevations of New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire to see snow the weekend before Memorial Day. Mount Mansfield accrued 13.2 inches (33.5 cm) from the 25th to the 26th, making it the latest in the season that the peak has received a foot (30.5 cm) of snow, while Whiteface Mountain in upstate New York accumulated 36 inches (91.4 cm) at its peak.
- For more information, please go to the Northeast Regional Climate Center Home Page.
- Midwest Region: (Information provided by the Midwest Regional Climate Center)
- May temperatures were generally above normal in eastern parts of the Midwest and below normal in western parts. Temperatures ranged from 3 degrees F (1.7 degrees C) below normal in central Minnesota to 4 degrees F (2.2 degrees C) above normal in parts of Michigan and Ohio. Daily temperature records alternated between record highs and record lows as weather moved across the region during the month. The warmer temperatures in the east brought spring (March to May) temperatures close to normal while the cool temperatures in the west continued the cool spring pattern. Spring temperatures ranged from near normal in the east to 8 degrees F (4.4 degrees C) below normal in west central Minnesota.
- May precipitation also varied across the Midwest in May. Like temperature, precipitation varied from west to east with wet weather in the west and dry conditions in the east. A large area that included parts of Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin had more than 7 inches (178 mm) of precipitation and totals exceeded 15 inches (381 mm) at some stations in central Iowa. Using data that extends back to 1895, Iowa set a new statewide precipitation record for both the month and the spring season. The wet weather in the western half of the Midwest for the year-to-date (January to May) ranked statewide values as the wettest on record not only in Iowa, but also in Illinois and Michigan. Three other states (Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin) ranked in the top 10 wettest for January to May.
- Snow fell in the first week of May and was unusually heavy with many daily and monthly records set. The snow extended from southwest Missouri to the southwest shore of Lake Superior and totals ranged up to 5 inches (2.0 cm) in Missouri, over a foot (30.5 cm) in Iowa, and over 17 inches (43.2 cm) in parts of southeast Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Daily records topped 225 for the month with dozens on the 2nd and 3rd while records for any day in May were only slightly lower with 160 records and again dozens on both the 2nd and the 3rd.
- The cool spring weather had suppressed severe weather in the region through April but that all changed in May. An active weather pattern which brought sufficient warmth to support strong thunderstorms contributed to a big increase in severe weather reports in May. Iowa had multiple tornadoes on the 19th which were the first reported in the state since May 24, 2012. The string of 359 days without a tornado in the state was a record for the period from 1950 onwards. Tornadoes also touched down in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. Hail and wind damage reports were widespread across the region.
- May rains continued to erode away the remaining drought areas in the Midwest. By the end of the month, the area of the Midwest in drought dropped to less than 4 percent and severe drought area fell below 1 percent. The heavy rains in 2013 have restored much of the soil moisture, stream flow, and small lake level deficits from 2012. River levels on the Mississippi River went from near record low levels in January to major flooding in May. Major flooding affected numerous river systems in the western half of the region from Missouri to western Michigan and areas to the west.
- For details on the weather and climate events of the Midwest, see the weekly summaries in the Midwest Climate Watch page.
- Southeast Region: (Information provided by the Southeast Regional Climate Center)
- Mean temperatures in May were below average across much of the Southeast region. The greatest departures were found across parts of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and northeastern Florida, where monthly temperatures were 2 to 3 degrees F (1.1 to 1.6 degrees C) below average. Jacksonville, FL recorded its 3rd coldest May in a record extending back to 1871. Temperatures across the rest of the region were 1 to 2 degrees F (0.5 to 1.1 degrees C) below average, except across eastern portions of Virginia and North Carolina, where monthly temperatures were as much as 2 degrees F (1.1 degrees C) above average. Monthly temperatures were also above average across Puerto Rico, while temperatures were generally below average across the U.S. Virgin Islands. Several rounds of unseasonably cool weather affected the Southeast in May, resulting in nearly 300 daily minimum temperature records and over 250 daily low maximum temperature records tied or broken across the region. Many of these records occurred from the 13th to the 15th of the month. During this period, subfreezing temperatures were recorded across northern Virginia and along the higher elevations of the Southern Appalachians, including a minimum temperature of 25 degrees F (-3.9 degrees C) at the summit of Mount Mitchell, NC on the 13th and 14th. The warmest weather of the month occurred days later on the 16th and 17th as temperatures exceeded 90 degrees F (32.2 degrees C) across parts of Virginia and the Carolinas. More daily minimum temperature records were tied or broken on the 25th of the month, including 41 degrees F (5 degrees C) at Raleigh-Durham, NC, 43 degrees F (6.1 degrees C) at Charlotte, NC, and 48 degrees F (8.9 degrees C) at Wilmington, NC. May marked the end of an exceptionally cold meteorological spring (March-May) at several locations across the Southeast, including Jacksonville, FL (2nd coldest), Augusta, GA (3rd coldest), Gainesville, FL (4th coldest), and Mobile, AL (tied for 5th coldest).
- Monthly precipitation totals were above normal across a large portion of the Southeast in May. The wettest locations were found across southern and northeastern Florida, as well as northern sections of Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina, western sections of North Carolina, and the northern shores of Puerto Rico, where monthly precipitation totals were as much as 300 percent of normal. San Juan, PR recorded its 3rd wettest May with 14.54 inches (369.3 mm) of rain (period of record: 1898-2013), while West Palm Beach, FL and Miami, FL recorded 15.67 and 11 inches (398.1 and 279.4 mm) of rain, respectively. Much of the precipitation in Northeast Florida fell between the 3rd and 5th of the month, as strong storms dropped as much as 9 inches (228.6 mm) of rain in the St. Augustine area. Widespread rain fell from Alabama to Virginia as a slow-moving weather system tracked across the region from the 3rd to the 9th of the month. Daily rainfall totals during this period exceeded 5 inches (127 mm) locally across parts of northern Alabama, Georgia, and western North Carolina. A mudslide in McDowell County, NC on the 5th of the month claimed the life of a Norfolk Southern worker who was inspecting a rail line near Black Mountain. Another period of wet weather occurred from the 17th to the 24th of the month. Between 3 and 5 inches (76.2 and 127 mm) of rain fell locally across the Florida Peninsula, Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas, while as much as 8 inches (203.2 mm) of rain fell across parts of south Florida. Strong storms with rainfall rates exceeding 2 inches (50.8 mm) per hour resulted in flash flooding in Key West, FL on the 2nd of the month and again on the 29th of the month. In contrast, May was a relatively dry month across the western Panhandle of Florida, southern sections of Alabama and Georgia, and eastern North Carolina, where monthly precipitation totals were less than 50 percent of normal.
- There were 194 reports of severe weather across the Southeast in May, with at least one report on 19 of the 31 days. A total of four EF-0 tornadoes were confirmed across the region. Two of these occurred along the east coast of Florida, one near Boca Raton on the 2nd of the month and one in the town of Elkton (outside of Jacksonville) on the 4th of the month. The other two confirmed tornadoes occurred in northern Alabama in the towns of Athens and Elkmont (near Huntsville) on the 17th of the month. The damage from these storms was mostly minor and involved only a few homes and outbuildings, although one home in the Athens area did experience some structural damage. On the 28th of the month, a woman was killed after being struck by lightning on Belleair Beach near Clearwater, FL.
- Only minor changes in the Drought Monitor were noted across the Southeast in May. Areas of moderate (D1) and severe (D2) drought were reduced slightly across north-central Florida, while abnormally dry conditions (D0) were eliminated across South Carolina, marking the first time the state has been drought-free since April 2010. Abnormally dry conditions continued to persist across eastern North Carolina, while areas of moderate drought re-emerged across extreme northwest Florida and southern Alabama. Although conditions in these areas continued to limit forage growth, the dry weather and soils aided in the planting and harvesting of many summer crops. Saturated soils combined with cool spring temperatures delayed the planting and harvesting of crops across much of North Carolina and Virginia. The most significant agricultural impacts were noted across western North Carolina, where heavy rains flooded fields and washed away crops. The cool, wet conditions in May were also associated with a complete absence of ground-level ozone violations in the Atlanta, GA metropolitan area.
- For more information, please go to the Southeast Regional Climate Center Home Page.
- High Plains Region: (Information provided by the High Plains Regional Climate Center)
- May 2013 was a month of extremes for the High Plains Region with a wide variety of weather ranging from record-breaking rainfall, record-breaking snowfall, record-breaking heat, and severe storms with flash-flooding, extremely large hail, high winds, and tornadoes. Much of the temperature story is washed out by the monthly averages which do not capture the wide swings in temperature. Monthly averages indicated that the eastern portion of the Region, along with central Colorado, had temperatures just below normal, while the western portion of the Region had average monthly temperatures which were just above normal. Central Wyoming was the only widespread exception with temperature departures of 2.0-4.0 degrees F (1.1-2.2 degrees C) above normal. A look at the daily temperatures showed that there were many ups and downs throughout the month and there were some interesting records set because of that. For instance, areas of eastern Nebraska had nearly a 70 degree F (38.9 degrees C) temperature swing from the 12-14 and both record lows and record highs were set during this short timeframe. Lincoln, Nebraska had a record low temperature of 31 degrees F (-0.6 degrees C) on May 12th, followed by a record high of 100 degrees F (37.8 degrees C) on May 14. The heat of May 14th was not isolated to eastern Nebraska as daily records occurred in several states including Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming. In addition to the daily records, some locations had their earliest 100 degree F (37.8 degrees C) day on record. With a high temperature of 101 degrees F (38.3 degrees C), Omaha, Nebraska set a new daily high and had its earliest 100 degree F (37.8 degrees C) day on record on May 14th. This absolutely smashed the old record of May 29, 1934 (period of record 1871-2013). On average, Omaha reaches that threshold on July 10th.
- There was quite a contrast in temperatures between this spring and last. Many locations across the High Plains Region had their warmest spring on record last year, while this year, many of those same locations ranked among the coldest. Spring 2012 was characterized by an early green-up and quick planting due to hot and dry conditions, while spring 2013 had late snows and delayed planting due to cool and wet conditions. One of the most interesting contrasts between this spring and last may have occurred in Aberdeen, South Dakota which actually had back to back warmest and coldest springs. 2012's record warm spring had an average temperature of 50.4 degrees F (10.2 degrees C), while 2013's record cool spring had an average temperature of just 37.0 degrees F (2.8 degrees C). When compared to normal, the spring of 2012 was 6.8 degrees F (3.8 degrees C) above normal, while the spring of 2013 was 6.6 degrees F (3.7 degrees C) below normal.
- May was an interesting precipitation month for the High Plains Region. At the beginning of the month, snow fell across a large area of the Region and even as far south as Dodge City, Kansas. Some areas of eastern Nebraska and Kansas broke snowfall records for both daily and monthly amounts, as well as latest snowfall, and then went on to set records for the earliest 100 degree F (37.8 degrees C) day on record. For instance, Omaha, Nebraska received 3.1 inches (8 cm) of snow on May 1-2, which set a record for snowiest May. The old record of 2.0 inches (5 cm) was set in 1945 (period of record 1884-2013). About two weeks later, temperatures across the region soared and Omaha hit 101 degrees F (38.3 degrees C). Multiple storms systems ultimately crossed the Region bringing snow, heavy rain, hail, high winds, and tornadoes. In regards to precipitation, by the end of the month, it was generally a story of the 'haves' and the 'have nots' - with most locations receiving either well above or well below normal precipitation and not too many in between. Kansas had an interesting example of the differences in precipitation. For instance, Topeka had its 20th wettest May with 6.76 inches (172 mm), while Dodge City had its 17th driest May with only 0.91 inches (23 mm) (period of record for Topeka: 1887-2013, period of record for Dodge City: 1874-2013). Ample, or in some cases excessive, precipitation fell across North Dakota, the majority of South Dakota, most of Nebraska, central Colorado, northern Wyoming, and a few pockets of Kansas. Portions of these areas received extremely heavy rainfall, especially towards the end of the month, which helped improve the drought situation and in some cases brought flash flooding. Some of the heaviest precipitation occurred in North Dakota where nearly the entire western half of the state received over 200 percent of normal precipitation. Bismarck, North Dakota had a May total of 7.37 inches (187 mm). This came in at 4.97 inches (126 mm) above normal, or 307 percent of normal precipitation, easily beating the 1927 total of 7.04 inches (179 mm) (period of record 1874-2013). Another impressive total came from Bowman, North Dakota which received 10.61 inches (269 mm) and absolutely crushed the old record of 6.73 inches (171 mm) set in 1982 (period of record 1915-2013). This amount was 430 percent of normal precipitation! Other areas of the Region also received heavy precipitation including Lincoln, Nebraska which totaled 8.44 inches (214 mm). While not enough to break the record, this amount did rank as the 7th wettest May (period of record 1887-2013). The rains were quite welcome there, as this area had been dealing with drought since last year. Those missing out on the heavy precipitation this month included the western half of Kansas, eastern and southern Colorado, southern and eastern Wyoming, and just a few pockets of South Dakota and Nebraska where precipitation totals were less than 70 percent of normal. Much of southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas received less than 25 percent of normal precipitation. This lack of precipitation hit eastern Colorado and western Kansas especially hard since portions of that area have been dealing with drought issues since 2011. Overall, the cool, wet conditions this spring resulted in a slow start to corn and soybean planting, however, once the conditions improved producers were able to make significant progress to catch up. Unfortunately, winter wheat was still suffering as nearly half the crop remained in poor to very poor condition in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota.
- It was a late start to the severe weather season this year as colder air had been dominating the Plains and the southeast US. Interestingly, many locations were in what was being called a 'tornado drought.' But, once the severe weather season got started, May turned into an active month. Severe weather was reported somewhere in the High Plains Region on 20 days and resulted in a total of 844 reports (tornadoes, high winds, and large hail). The last week of the month was especially active with numerous confirmed tornadoes, extremely large hail, high winds, heavy rainfall, and flash flooding. While there were too many severe weather events to list each one, there were some notable ones. One tornado to note occurred north of Salina, Kansas in Ottawa County and was preliminarily rated as an EF-4. According to the National Weather Service Office in Topeka, Kansas the tornado was slow-moving and on the ground for about an hour. Luckily, no serious injuries or fatalities occurred, although some cattle were lost in the storm. A notable hail report came from near Montrose, Kansas. According to the National Weather Service in Hastings, Nebraska, a 5.25 inch hailstone was measured there.
- There were significant changes to the U.S. Drought Monitor over the past month. At the end of May, approximately 73 percent of the Region was in moderate (D1) to exceptional (D4) drought - down from 85 percent at the end of April. Ample, and in some cases excessive, precipitation helped reduce or eliminate drought in portions of each state. North Dakota is now virtually drought free, with only 0.01 percent of the state in the D1 designation. Significant improvements were also made to the extreme drought conditions (D3) in both South Dakota and Nebraska. Drought free areas have begun to emerge or grow in eastern South Dakota, southeastern Nebraska, and eastern Kansas. While much of the Region had heavy rains, portions of eastern Colorado and western Kansas missed out and D4 conditions persisted there. Like last month, Kansas had the largest area of D4 coverage with 22 percent, up just a bit from the 20 percent at the end of April. According to the U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook released May 16th, drought conditions were expected to improve in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, eastern Kansas, northeastern Colorado, and eastern Wyoming. Drought was expected to persist elsewhere through July 2013.
- For more information, please go to the High Plains Regional Climate Center Home Page.
- Southern Region: (Information provided by the Southern Regional Climate Center)
- Unlike April, the month of May was generally a cooler than normal month for most of the Southern Region. With the exception of the north western corner of the region, temperature averages for the month ranges from 0 to 4 degrees F (0 to 2.22 Degrees C) below normal. In the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, temperature averages were only slightly higher than normal. The state average temperature values for the month of May are: 67.40 degrees F (19.67 degrees C) for Arkansas, 71.40 degrees F (21.89 degrees C) for Louisiana, 69.20 degrees F (20.67 degrees C) for Mississippi, 66.90 degrees F (19.39 degrees C) for Oklahoma, 65.20 degrees F (18.44 degrees C) for Tennessee, and 72.50 degrees F (22.50 degrees C) for Texas. All state rankings fell within the two middle quartiles, with the exception of Louisiana which experienced its thirteenth coldest May on record (1895-2013), and Mississippi, which experienced its twentieth coldest May on record (1895-2013).
- May precipitation in the Southern Region varied significantly, with a patchy spatial pattern including areas of extreme dryness and areas of intense saturation. Within the Southern region, anomalously high precipitation totals were observed in: south east Louisiana, north eastern Arkansas, north western Mississippi, south western Tennessee, and small pockets in central Texas. Conversely, areas of dryness included: north western Texas, western Oklahoma, northern Louisiana, and along much of the northern Gulf coast of Texas. With the exception of Texas, all states reported a wetter than normal May. The state precipitation totals are as follows: Arkansas with 6.14 inches (155.96 mm), Louisiana with 5.54 inches (140.72 mm), Mississippi with 6.96 inches (176.78 mm), Oklahoma with 5.12 inches (130.05 mm), Tennessee with 5.81 inches (147.57 mm), and Texas with 2.61 inches (66.29 mm). For Mississippi, it was the nineteenth wettest May on record (1895-2013), while Tennessee experienced its twenty-fifth wettest May on record (1895-2013). All other state rankings fell within the middle two quartiles. It is noteworthy that these rankings are not indicative of the high spatial variance in precipitation since values are averaged over the entire state.
- Prolonged dryness in the north western area of Texas and in western Oklahoma over the past month has led to a significant increase in the amount of extreme and exception drought conditions. Elsewhere, drought conditions have improved as a result of some much needed rainfall. Areas of improvement include central and southern Texas, southeastern Arkansas, and central Oklahoma.
- In Texas, damages from weather this month have been higher than the most recent few months. The Granbury tornado caused an estimated $34 million in damages. Instances of vehicular damage from hail and reduced visibility following the various storm systems were common. Even after the frontal passages, dry regions were subjected to low humidity and high winds, causing fires near Possum Kingdom Lake and presenting fire danger to several other regions around the state. Several frontal passages have helped improve short-term conditions in the eastern and southern portions of the state, but not without their own problems. A storm system early in the month helped contribute to the low monthly average temperature, causing record lows in Houston and other parts of eastern Texas. Later storms brought heavy rain and flooding, cutting power to 19,000 people in Houston and killing two people in San Antonio, and an EF-4 tornado hit Granbury which destroyed over 100 homes and killed 6 people. The systems further caused dust storms in the west and school closings all across the state. (Information provided by the Texas State Climate Office).
- The most significant occurrence of severe weather in May, 2013 is without question, the tornado that struck the town of Moore, Oklahoma on May 20, 2013. The twister is estimated to have been an EF5, which is the highest ranking on the Enhanced Fujita Tornado Scale. The tornado had peak winds in and around 210 miles per hour (340 km/h). Damages from the storm are not fully calculated, however, preliminary estimates suggest that the storm caused somewhere between one and a half to two billion dollars in damage, which in not surprising considering that approximately twelve to thirteen thousand homes were destroyed or in some way damaged. According to CNN.com, a total of three hundred and seventy-seven people were reported injured and twenty-four people lost their lives. Of the twenty-four fatalities, ten were children.
- For more information, please go to the Southern Regional Climate Center Home Page.
- Western Region: (Information provided by the Western Regional Climate Center)
- Most locations in the West varied in temperature from well above to well below normal throughout May, averaging near normal for the month. A closed low pressure system mid-month brought helpful but insufficient precipitation to Southern California, the Sierra Nevada, and the western Great Basin. During the last third of May, a persistent low pressure system set up over the Pacific Northwest bringing cool temperatures and ample precipitation to the area. Late May also brought very wet conditions to eastern Montana.
- May began with increasing temperatures for much of the West. Coastal areas of California saw a smattering of daily record high temperatures throughout the month. San Francisco recorded a trio of record daily highs of 89 F (31.7 C), 85 F (29.4 C) and 84 F (28.9 C) on May 2nd-4th. Five daily high temperature records were set at Camarillo, California during the first half of the month. Temperatures at Camarillo averaged out to 67.2 F (19.6 C), 5.8 F (3.2 C) above the May norm. Further east, Tucson recorded its 2nd warmest spring with an average 71.5 F (21.9 C), but only its 10th warmest May at 78.8 F (26 C) in an 83-year record. Tucson typically logs four days over 100 F (37.8 C) in May, but recorded none this month. This was their first May since 2004 to have no days over the century mark. In the western Great Basin, Tonopah recorded its 4th warmest spring with an average 53.2 F (11.8 C) but only 19th warmest May. Further north, Spokane, Washington saw seven consecutive days with temperatures higher than 80 F (26.7 C) on the 6th through the 12th. This is the longest such stretch this early in the warm season at Spokane, where records began in 1889. May started off a bit cooler in the Rockies. The 19 F (-7.2 C) reading at Denver, Colorado Airport on the 2nd is the second lowest May reading since the station was installed in 1995.
- A closed low developed over the Southwest during the first week of the month, bringing scattered precipitation across the region. Over 4 days, May 5th-8th, Reno, Nevada, received 0.65 in (17 mm) of rain, more than the combined total of the previous four months. Bishop, California received 0.47 in (12 mm) precipitation on the 6th and 7th, the first measurable precipitation since December 26th and tied May 6 1972 for latest observance of first measurable precipitation in a calendar year. Many Southwest locations such as Phoenix and Las Vegas recorded no precipitation, not atypical for May. The Pacific Northwest began the month with warm temperatures and clear skies. Wet, cool weather then dominated the latter half of the month as a low pressure system posted over the region. Vancouver, in southwestern Washington, recorded its wettest May in a 123-year record at 4.89 in (124 m), 198% of normal. Even so, for the year, 2013 is the 4th driest on record there with 13.23 in (336 mm), 71% of normal. Further east, Yakima, Washington logged its 3rd wettest May at 2.48 in (63 mm), 428% of normal for the month. In eastern Montana, Miles City recorded 6.69 in (170 mm) precipitation, 307% of normal and the 3rd wettest May on a 76-year record. Parts of eastern Montana recorded over 10 inches of rain.
- April's below normal temperatures continued through the final week of May for Alaska's interior. Fairbanks began the month with temperatures more than 10 F (5.6 C) below normal and ended with temperatures over 10 F (5.6 C) above normal. Fairbanks recorded an average 44.3 F (6.8 C) for the month, the 5th coolest May in a 63 year record. Portions of southern Alaska saw abundant precipitation and snowfall this month. Valdez recorded 10.61 in (270 mm) precipitation, 378% of normal and the wettest May in a record that began in 1917. Valdez also logged its snowiest May on record, receiving 27.3 in (69.3 cm) total for the month.
- May (all month): Fires in the West: Several large fires occurred throughout the month in Alaska, California, New Mexico, and Arizona. One of the most destructive was the Springs Fire in Ventura County, California. Ignited on May 2, the blaze spread quickly due to strong Santa Ana winds and dry fuels. Over 24,000 acres (9,700 hectares) were consumed, 10 outbuildings destroyed and 12 structures damaged. No homes were destroyed.
- May (throughout month): Drought conditions in the West: Precipitation helped to alleviate drought conditions in a few locations along the northern tier of the West. Drought conditions worsened in New Mexico, Arizona, and northern California, where below normal precipitation was observed this month. According to the US Drought Monitor, the area of the West with no drought designation decreased from 20% to 14% in May. Areas in extreme drought status rose from 4% to 6%. This increase occurred in southeastern Colorado and New Mexico.
- May 23: Dry air over Boise, Idaho: Radiosonde observations from Boise recorded only 0.05 in (1.3 mm) precipitable water, the driest atmosphere recorded on any day in Boise since radiosonde observations began.
- May 27: Flooding in Alaska: Colder than normal temperatures this spring has slowed melting of ice along the rivers of Alaska's interior. This has resulted in ice damming and flooding at some locations. On May 27, an ice jam on the Yukon River caused flooding in the town of Galena, prompting evacuation of many of the town's 470 residents.
- For more information, please go to the Western Regional Climate Center Home Page.
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This article from the Guardian has really got my synapses in a mess. The full article itself is worth a read but the summary can be found in this highlight:
It was mostly Marxists who developed this idea and ran with it. Louis Althusser coined the term anti-humanism. Forget the significance of the human individual, he argued, it is historical processes that make the difference. There is no such thing as intrinsic humanity, we are all the product of external forces. Everything that cannot be analysed structurally is false consciousness. Humanism itself is false consciousness.
There is a small but growing group of atheists that actually court those who also consider themselves non-humanists or anti-humanists. They say that just as God was a man made concept and will die, so is the idea of humanism. We are all products of external forces and there is nothing intrinsic about being a human being.
I have a hard time with this because I do consider myself a humanist. That is to say I believe in the idea that we share common attributes with every other homosapien on this planet. These are very basic and primitive attributes which include pain, joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, etc... I feel that regardless of these "external forces", environmental influences, social economic conditions etc...we all feel these things in the same way. It is through these common threads that I believe we can connect with and should treat each other. I would venture to say that many other atheists and freethinkers consider themselves humanists as well.
So I pose the question to the community, what are your thoughts about this? It seems to me to be an anti-humanist seems to be somewhat counter-intuitive to being on the path we are all on. Before you respond and to all the deep thinkers on this site, as I am in no ways a philosopher or even a deep thinker, please try to respond in a fairly simplistic manner so I can follow as I am a simple man!
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I agree with you, nice.
On further review, I will now be an antihumanist, possibly a planetist.
Humans are destroying the dam planet, because they cannot control their reproduction, even though we have the tools to do so. This is the same thing atheists blame god for, he could stop evil but chooses not to do so.
I am an atheist, by the way.
A ramble, possibly interesting.
I feel like the piece sets up a Straw Man in its depiction of humanism. Whatever the theological commitments of the Enlightenment, for instance the supposed 'sunny optimism of the Enlightenment – not least its commitment to progress and a sense of the intrinsic goodness of human nature' only describes humanistic thought at a certain period.
The notion of humanism has been revised as new evidence has been collected. Indeed the Holocaust put a dent in the notion of natural human goodness, on the other hand, that was something that could have been picked up from the facts of human history for a long time. We have been killing each other for a while.
The key insight of humanism was to make the desires of the individual human at the center of moral concern. Morality then is no longer defined in terms of God, and as the author correctly points out 'The Enlightenment hadn't found another word for sin.' Indeed, problems with the notion of free will mean than sin is a difficult concept to adjust to in an humanistic ideal. As an example of this consider this next, which is the strongest segment of the piece:
'Forget the significance of the human individual, he argued, it is historical processes that make the difference. There is no such thing as intrinsic humanity, we are all the product of external forces. Everything that cannot be analysed structurally is false consciousness. Humanism itself is false consciousness.'
What if humanism doesn't argue for an intrinsic humanity? What happens to this critique of humanism. The enlightenment humanists may have had a rosy view of the world, but that is hardly the case for contemporary humanism. It is distinct from an anti-humanism in that it still agrees with the baseline supposition that the needs of the human being are the correct touchstone for moral discussion.
To see it's influence in this post-modern scientific world, one only has to look at the contrast, the thing humanism was critiquing, the moral force of the notion of sin, or in reality, blame. It was critiquing a moral code that focused the moral attentions of humanity on the interests of God.
This notion that humanism itself may be overturned is not an insult to humanism. It is obviously true. Things, even cultural moments do not persist. They change, they achieve new synthesis, new form and impact. However, what comes later still in oft part does depend on what came before. It should at least be uncontested that humanism is a change from the old style of placing other concerns than the human at the center of human moral judgement. The reason, however, that it is no insult to humanism to say it may be overturned is that it is may nonetheless contain within it the frame or structure of whatever follows. What else would replace it at this point? Our alternatives are all poorer than humanism, and so many of them have already adopted humanistic viewpoints even as they decry them.
Consider the difference between a Pope that declares that the only way to salvation is through acceptance of Christ and confession of sins, and a Pope that declares that all those who are good go to heaven. Why has that change happened? Why has being good become enough for many Christians. It is because they have moved the center of moral concern from God's instructions to notions of what is just and fair, which are notions internal to human morality.
My prediction then. Whatever the turn of history that comes to wipe humanism of the face of the earth, will be better and more geared towards the needs of the individual, or at least a redefinition of the 'correct' moral subject. It will not be a return to an arbitrarily defined code of morality. Humanism is a structure we have build, whatever comes next will be build upon it, renew it, and change it for the better, but it will not throw out the human being as the center of moral concern, however it ends up describing what it means to be human. Like all theories, it must be partially evaluated on its utility. What are its contributions? What new thought did it bring? What does and doesn't bring people happiness and joy will still be the subject of debate in the short term future. This is a humanistic concern. We may find a theory of greater utility in the future, but for now humanism does a better job than the alternatives. Its like democracy.
A final point to tidy up: Why should we consider the individual relevant if we are merely subjects of historical forces?
The individual is the only thing which experiences the world. We experience is through our culture for sure, but we are not blank slates. Our intuitions about what is right and wrong guide the historical movements of the times. These movements emerge from the composite of human views, not as structures coming from the outside. They are certainly dependent on the historical accidents of our evolution as well. The experience of the individual is at least partial evidence for the experience of the species. We are so similarly structured that to claim that NO understanding of other humans is possible seems a massive leap to me. Our evolutionary constraints at the very least lay out the same or similar sets of capacities for each person. The differences are fascinating, but they are tiny by comparison to the broader generalities that we share as a species.
The individual might be powerless, but to try understand a morality without considerations of his/her concerns seems futile. Can a collective be attributed a moral understanding, for instance, that we might say that the benefits to a nation should predominate the moral discourse? Of course not, not unless we are willing to reify those entities. The challenge to any anti-humanist is to demonstrate that a different touchstone for moral thought is relevent and can provide answers. Personally, God, or any essentialist system of values cannot be considered viable alternatives.
A fundamental challenge for instance is vegetarianism, which asks the moral concern to be expanded to the animal world. On the other hand, we see that the vegetarian movement has often borrowed arguments from the humanistic camp to make their point. An example then of a new synthesis.
In summary, I look forward to what comes next, without looking behind to see that which is obviously wrong.
The point of the original article was that atheists seem to want to avoid discussing the differences in people at all. While I'm sure this isn't the case, I was simply voicing the way I see things. It's true that at a biological level we are all very much the same, the point I was making is that we can not ignore the psychological differences. It changes the human experience and so also changes how we relate to the world and other individuals. The article makes the point that "Thus they dismiss the significance of philosophy just as much as they have always done of theology – as if the two were fundamentally in cahoots. But this is nonsense. Nietzsche, Marx and Freud attacked Christianity with passionate ferocity." Meaning that many atheists simply ignore or refuse to participate in philosophical discussion of what it means to be human. You seem to want to dismiss the way my illness effects how I relate to individuals and the human condition as a whole, but I can't dismiss it. I don't deny that on a purely scientific level we are, indeed, all the same, but there is a whole other side of being "human" that should be considered.
Sorry, my reading of the article is that it claims the humanistic position is flawed due to its failure to consider difference, and that atheists are culpable.
My position is merely stating that human similarity is sufficient for us to make a claim for it, and for us to base moral intuitions on SOME of those similarities. Those being the ones with the greatest claim to universality.
The difficulty of providing evidence for WHAT the differences are is one of the great scientific challenges of our day, and very poorly explored by what is known as evolutionary psychology, which really does seem to be sociobiology revisited.
'I don't deny that on a purely scientific level we are, indeed, all the same, but there is a whole other side of being "human" that should be considered.' Nor is this my position. In fact I would argue against this. We are not all the same, we are just similar.
I was not claiming your illness gave you a new perspective, only that that perspective is within the range of possible human thought, in a way that the motivations of a salmon willing to fight the river is not.


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What is it in Middlebury's water that makes town and school officials react like Nazis to the community's youth and their related activities?
OK. That's a loaded and unfair question, but let me explain: The latest incident happened this past week when a parent of a high school basketball player was booted out of the game at half time because he was leading other students and adults in cheering for the Tigers. The alleged violation was orchestrating a waving of the fans' collective hands and arms (foot-stomping is no longer allowed) in support of their team. The parent who took the lead was later escorted out of the bleachers by a local policeman to talk to Middlebury Union High School Principal Bill Lawson, and then told not to return to his seat. The police log listed the incident as dealing with a fan who was annoying other fans around him and the opposing team. No joke.
The response from those most closely involved — other parents and fans in the auditorium — was outrage at a school policy that is overzealous and, worse, that is zapping the spirit out of MUHS athletics. About 30 athletes and sports boosters (parents) appealed to the MUHS school board on Tuesday to ease up on policies that one parent said is "driving students away" from the games and is now causing "loyal fans to rebel." (See story Page 1A.)
"When there are less than two dozen students who show up for a big game and the visiting team has a larger cheering section than the home team, something is clearly amiss," said area resident Linda Pitkin, who co-authored a letter to the school board urging members to review school policy.
Two-bits, four-bits, six-bits a dollar (stomp, stomp, stomp), all for Linda and team, stand up and holler! (Oh, sorry, that's not allowed.)
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I like the second look; fresh, clean but stylish.
Not too feminine with the chosen shoes, but not too manly either coz of the dress.
Nice combination :D
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Love the flowing hair and the converse!
This probably won't come as any big surprise, but this is *exactly* how a lot of my friends were dressing themselves in mid-1980s Austin.
Converse.. of course. Really like their outfits though – they look so effortless.
long flowing cotton, hugs their knees, kisses their softness on the thigh. beauty and simplicity, sneakers are like an old, warm friend, who understands you in and out.
I guess I should have bought that Converse franchise in Scandinavia aferall.
Love how the converse dresses down what would otherwise be a very 'girly' dress, especially that brilliant polkadot number…
Semi-sheer white. Simple, elegant, summery. Add the Chucks and the cloth tote for a super casual look.
I love this. She looks so wispy. Poor thing probably waits all year for the meager number of days, warm enough to wear this dress.
I like the pristine Swedish light.
i love the shoes, especially the high top red ones, i have both pairs
I love both pictures, I have an obvious preference towards the white dress, but I still think that they are beautiful dresses, cool and easy, and the sort of thing that I love.
Great, post.
P.S. And the sneakers, they just give it a personal touch.
Love it, love it, love it!
I like the soft background lighting in both pictures, summer dresses paired with converses seems like a popular choice in Stockholm
Both are cute looks!
The Styleseer
In Sweden it seems that long dresses ABSOLUTELY have to be matched with a pair of converse
not too overdone *like*
chucks + sheer dresses = f*** cool combi
Am I the only girl who still wears a slip under my dresses? Am I old fashioned because I don't like the sun shining through my dress and showing my nooks and crannies?
Very nice, both of them!
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I love the first photo! She look awesome
I adore the resemblence between these two outfits; they all evoke such an effortless and casual euophoria, yet indidually bespoke. I love minor yet impacting inserts of quite a used, worn and disheveled piece like the run-down converses in the first pic, it looks lived in- it has had many experiances, and possibly many storys it has been involved in….Beautiful photos.
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The swedes seem to have it really going on when it comes to easy, standout style – i have loved this series of pics
I'm starting to like converse sneakers more and more…love how she mixed dressy with casual..she looks very cute and effortess
perfect white dress! laid-back chic!
The dress and Converse combination is so classic.
So cool that combo of the all stars and the long dresses, casual chic! Love this! x peachy
Apparently, it's Chuck's world. I'm partial to ProKeds, myself.
Damn….does anybody in Sweden not wear Converse? Its a little ridiculous.
Transition?? It's August!
I love how both women are wearing a dress and converse! They look lovely. I also like the womans jacket in the first picture.
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Ha! I purchased my own pair of chucks for fall!
I like the pattern of the blue dress but in a way it's too macrobiotic for my taste. As if she grows her own potatoes. And when sexy is too sexual it isn't sexy anymore but silly.
The white dress is very stylish and elegant, great actually.
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Been loving this series of photos from Stockholm! I was there in June and it seemed like everyone was wearing Chucks.
I am Swedish and I love my Converse. :)
I bought my first in late 80:ies in the states. High red ones. They have always been a part of my feet. High red ones. :)If I feel to dressy a pair of converse will " dress down". Cooler. More laid back. Like the girls above. Sexy, cool and full of self conscious.
I don't think I could ever pull this look off, but I LOVE it. It's romantic, sexy, comfortable – it has all the elements. Love summer and love the sexy romance that comes from it.
Thank you for sharing – as always. You're my favorite! xo
I adore the white dress with the converses … it is such an off pairing but at the same time, it just works.
Soooo beautiful. This is my fave look pictured in a while. I wonder if these women had a pair of heels hidden away in their purses or were just rocking the sneaks day and night.
I really love that second look! That sheer white with those Converse is beyond cool!
These girls look so beautiful until you get to their feet. Then they look like 12 year old boys.
Both looks are pretty great, I prefer the second though (red conv), but I'm convinced it's because the photo is kind of remarkable :) well done Scott :)
So gorgeous !
great style…i love the mix from the romantic dress and the casual converse..;D
This is definitely becoming a popular style and I love it. Who says you can't be fashionable and comfortable. Both of these lovely ladies prove that you can!
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I love the first look. It looks so effortless, and I appreciate how she keeps her hair/make-up (if any at all) very natural.
Becky-no, you are correct-first girl needs to wear a slip.
All the stockholm girls love her converse, amazing!!
Love it! I love my Converse and wear them with just about everything. Chucks are comfortable, inexpensive, and come in a plethora of colors and patterns. No wonder they're so popular!
Chucks never really caught on with me. They're a terribly uncomfortable shoe and I'm not fond of the look. I do like the flowing dresses on both
I think these must be for Garance's benefit, as just last week she was debating whether to get high-top or low-cut Converse sneakers.
I love it :) Converse gos with almost everything!
I prefer the low top look out of the two. I love the white dress! Not really a fan of sneakers with dresses in general but I prefer a more feminine look.
converse….like the look worn in
Both are so pretty.
Seeing others wear comfortable shoes is always a delight to me. Cool and chic needn't look or be painful. Must confess: I have a lower threshold for pain because I have flat feet.
I think the girl in the 1st photograph is dressed appropriately (i.e. slip-less looks alright on her).. And I'm a Generation Xer from Singapore!
I feel like almost every young person in sweden have at least one pair of converse. I don't know why, but somehow we are drawn to them.
Love the outfits!
I love the natural look of the first girl. On the fence about the converse though.
I was just in Stockholm a month ago with my boyfriend, and we were amazed by the number of people in white Converse sneakers. Every other person was wearing them, men and women alike.
This is the biggest look for young people right now all over Europe! Wherever I went, young girls are pairing long skirts, mini skirts, shorts, jeans, leggings -you name it- with a pair of Converse. Signs of the grunge wave that is slowly taking over. Rock n' roll.
Its nice to see how people wear heels less and less these days. And of people don't even wear them in the summer, i suppose we will see even less of them in winter. I have been noticing that on the street. I am not sure if anyone will wear heels soon.
Chuck Taylors have been popular since the early 1970′s!
Love the way so many women in Stockholm are able to create striking, lovely, and stylish ensembles without resorting to "feminine" cliches.
The girls look so elegant in those dresses despite the Converse shoes. Elegance is timeless and always looks good, whereas the flavour of the month accessory is often only about making a youthful personal statement.
:) oooh! give me a scissor so that i can diy a shorter length on these two sheer dresses, so as to layer them with shorts, other leggings, with sweater for fall…
I'm not a big fan of wearing converse, particularly because I'm a size 9 and on me they look like Ronald McDonald shoes…
But I have to say I love them on these to ladies. Perfect.
I am really enjoying those Stockholm pics – no ridiculously high heels and too-tight dresses. Just easy, stylish and comfortable.
The opposite of American femininity.
That second one os gorgeous!!! Both – the girl and her look!
These looks are effortless yet so chic!
Stockholm has beautifully dressed women! (and men!)
Love the way they pair converses with the dresses! Looks really effortless!
I'm all for converse and dresses, whatever makes you feel beautiful and ready to take on the day. But could some of these ladies please wash thier converse first… nasty dirty shoes with lovely spring dresses…WTF.
Love the simplicity. Simply perfect.
I have a dress like this blue dress, it is liberty material fawn and navy, and I made it in the 1980′s I think i will start wearing it again
the second look- YES.
the first look- NO, a little too hobo-ish for me
i always pair converse with a summer dress. i love the way it looks and so comfy
Chuck Taylors are a MUST for every closet, I believe… I have 3. Black, white, tan.
Love the sheer and converse looks.. becoming popular.
So simple, yet chic
I love the white dress flowing in the breeze. But.. common.. it's not chic wearing converse with a dress, AND they're not wearing them (in Stockholm) because it's "effortless". To wear converse with practically EVERYTHING, dress, jeans and shorts, is, what I believe, only a lack of inspiration and interest in fashion overall. it's sad and it's too safe.
That looks amazingly sexy. BUt the Converse is what makes it work. I can't think of any other shoes they could have paired with those dresses without either looking like they are going to prom, or else they are 50′s housewives. With Converse the outfit is youthful and urban.
I'd like to have my picture taken that way. Nice shot! Maybe it's a memory of the places you have visited. an award-winning photo shoot.
you look amazing :)
Ha! I was googling up and down to find an online-proof for what I experienced in Stockholm a week ago: when you walk the streets of Stockholm you will experience the same look about 200 times a day: light-blue short denims, a (transparent/oversized) shirt/blouse AND, surprise-surprise white chucks!! Everyone's wearing white converse! :D I really wonder where that trend comes from… if any celeb wore this style. But, probably it's just the natural Swedish talent for cool style. ;-)
Nice style. But I prefer the 2nd pic.
what program do you use for photo processing?


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TAUNTON — Taunton police shot an "aggressive" dog while searching for a shooting suspect.
A shooting was reported at a city home Monday afternoon, but no arrests were made after an initial investigation, according to Taunton police.
Police said no human injuries were reported.
Cruisers flooded First Street around 1 p.m. on Monday after calls for shots fired in the neighborhood. Taunton police said they searched the second floor of 62 First St., but didn't immediately find the shooter or any injured parties.
"It was shots fired," said Taunton police Detective Mike Bonenfant, who was at the scene as part of the investigation. "To my knowledge (no one was hurt)."
Taunton police said that they initially searched the second floor without finding anybody there. But they encountered an "aggressive" dog and shot it to death.
"When we entered the apartment there was an aggressive dog that unfortunately was put down," Bonenfant said.
Bonenfant said that it was unclear who owned the dog.
Taunton police remained on scene as late as 6:30 p.m. conducting a search warrant of the building and inspecting the garage on the property, a two-story apartment house with a cluttered porch and deteriorated siding, located across street from the Charles Flannery Memorial Playground.
Marcel Berthelette, who lives a few houses down on the other side of the road, said that there were 20 to 25 police cruisers on the street in the aftermath of the shooting.
"Anything like that is scary," Berthelette said. "I've been here almost 30 years and we've had a couple of violent incidents in the park here, but it's usually a very nice neighborhood.
Berthelette said that his neighbor, who lives across the street from the site of the shooting, heard eight shots at 1 p.m. before hiding in the cellar of her home. Berthelette said that he was home at 3:30 p.m. when three more gunshots went off.
Attempts to speak with head investigator Sgt. Matthew Skwarto were unsuccessful on Monday night, as he remained busy searching the home.
Sgt. Honorato Santos, another investigator at the scene, said he was not sure what led to the gunfire.
"It's still under investigation," Santos said. "I've been here all day and still don't know why it happened."
Several hours after the shooting was reported, Taunton police released a statement online about the investigation.
"After investigation, police determined an exchange of gunfire had occurred, and did not appear to be random," the statement said. "The area was secured for several hours while search warrants were obtained and executed. The incident remains under investigation."


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