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There's a lot of really interesting discussion going on at the moment about the role that social media and online/offline networks have played and are continuing to play in the revolutions which have swept across Tunisia and Egypt and are emerging in Libya, Bahrain, Yemen and Iran.
Manuel Castells, the Catalan sociologist most famous for his writings on the Network Society, the Information Age and Communication Power is interviewed on the subject by Jordi Rovira for the Open University of Catalonia
The spontaneous social movements in Tunisia and Egypt have caught political analysts on the hop. As a sociologist and communication expert, were you surprised by the ability of the network society in these two countries to mobilise itself?
No, not really. In my book Communication Power, I devote a large part to explaining, on an empirical basis, how changes to communication technologies create new possibilities for the self-organisation and self-mobilisation of society, by-passing the barriers of censorship and repression imposed by the state. The issue clearly isn't dependent on technology. Internet is a necessary but not sufficient condition. The roots of rebellion lie in exploitation, oppression and humiliation. However, the possibility of rebelling without being quashed immediately depends on the density and speed of mobilisation and that depends on the ability created by the technologies which I have classified as mass self-communication.
Could we consider these popular uprisings as a new turning point in the history and evolution of the internet or should we analyse them as a logical, albeit extremely important, consequence of the implementation of the Net in the world?
These popular insurrections in the Arab world constitute a turning point in the social and political history of humanity. And perhaps the most important of the internet-led and facilitated changes in all aspects of life, society, the economy and culture. And this is just the start. The movement is picking up speed, despite Internet being an old technology, and deployed for the first time in 1969.
Young Egyptians have played a key role in the popular uprisings, thanks to the use of new technology. However, according to the calculations of Issandr El Amrani, an independent political analyst in Cairo, only a quarter of Egyptians have internet access. Do you feel that this situation may – in his words, create a divide in these countries between those with access and those without access – one that is even greater than that in developed countries?
This figure is already out-of-date. Around 40% of Egyptians over 16 have internet access, if we consider not just private homes but also cybercafés and places of study, according to a recent 2010 study by the information company Ovum. And this figure rises to around 70% among young urban dwellers. Also, according to recent figures, 80% of the urban adult population has internet access via their mobile. And, in any case, in a country of some 80 million, even a quarter, which is double among young city dwellers, according to the oldest sources, this means millions of people on the streets. Not all of Egypt has demonstrated, but enough have to create a sense of unity and bring down the dictator. The story of the digital divide regarding access is old, untrue today and boring because it's based on an ideological predisposition, among intellectuals, of minimising the importance of the internet. There are 2,000 million internet users on the planet and 4,800 million mobile subscribers. Poor people also have mobiles and, although fewer, they have forms of internet access. The real difference lies in broadband and connection quality, and not in access which is spreading faster than any other technology in history.
It would be naive to think that, given the events of recent weeks, those unlawfully holding the reins of power will just stand by with their arms crossed. Nicholas Thompson, social media expert, wrote in The New Yorker that "in Iran, the government was clearly successful to a certain point in using the internet to slow the passage of the green revolution. In Tunisia, the government hacked into the password of almost all the country's Facebook users. If Ben Ali had not fallen so quickly, that information would have been very useful". To what extent does power have the necessary tools to quash uprisings started on the Net?
It doesn't. In Egypt, they even tried to disconnect the whole net but they couldn't manage it. There were thousands of ways, including telephone land line connections to numbers abroad which automatically converted the messages into twitters and fax messages in Egypt. And the financial cost and functional effort involved in disconnecting the internet is so much that the connection had to be restored extremely quickly. A power cut on the net is like an electricity power cut today. Ben Ali didn't go that quickly, there was a month of demonstrations and massacres. And in Iran, the internet couldn't be shut down, with information about the demonstrations and videos of them on You Tube. The difference is that over there, politically speaking, the regime had the power to brutally repress things without causing divisions in the army. However, the seeds of rebellion are there and young Iranians (70% of the population) are now massively against the regime. It's a question of time.
In Egypt, popular mobilisation via the digital media has created cyber heroes such as Wael Ghonim, the young Google executive. Leaders of uprisings historically led political and social movements from the grass roots, which would then play a key role in the political future, such as Daniel Cohn-Bendit in France or Lech Walesa in Poland, just to give a couple of examples. However, we now have people with important technological knowledge, but often little political baggage. What role do you think these new leaders will play in the future of these countries?
The important thing to remember about wiki-revolutions (self-generating and self-organising ones), is that leadership doesn't count, they are just symbols. However, these symbols don't have any power, nobody obeys them and neither would they try. Perhaps later on, when the revolution has become institutionalised, some of these people may be co-opted to be a symbol for change, although I very much doubt that Ghonim wants to be a politician. Cohn-Bendit was just the same, a symbol, not a leader. He was a student and friend of mine in '68 and was a true anarchist, rejecting leaders' decisions and using his charisma (the first to be repressed) to help spontaneous mobilisation. Walesa was different, a union Vaticanist, which is why he became a politician so quickly. Cohn-Bendit took a lot longer and even so is still a green at heart who although now elderly, maintains values of respect towards the origins of social movements.
For some years now, Islamic fundamentalist movements have used new technology to promote their causes. The Muslim Brotherhood, which launched its own Wikipedia (Ikhwan Wiki) last year, reasserted that Islamists of all kinds "have exploited the internet to the full, despite the efforts of their adversaries." This organisation, which could become the main beneficiary of a future election and which links together a great number of people committed to the total application of Islamic law, arouses suspicion among many trained young people who have led this uprising via new technology. How does this paradox make you feel?
Anyone who doesn't use the internet now for their projects is backwards, with the exception of respectable eco-fundamentalists who write by the light of a candle (generally on a solar-powered computer). Consequently, both Islamists and even terrorists, also use it. But that doesn't mean that they'll win elections. To start with, they have been on the margins of recent social movements. And their election predictions in free elections do not get over 20% in any survey. Their organisation and tradition may lend them certain weight, but they do not represent the vast majority of an essentially young movement favouring freedom. They have been used by the regime to shock the world and the United States. It reminds me a little of when Franco used the fear of communism when everyone thought that the communists would secure a high return and then the PCE didn't get over 10%, although in Catalonia the PSUC enjoyed significantly more support for a short time. Be that as it may, if the military does not keep its promises, if there are no free elections, if the demands of the fundamental working-class struggles unfolding in Egypt are not met, if there is violence against the population, then in that radicalised situation there may be Islamic armed resistance, but not by the middle-class Muslim Brotherhood.
The international media ? which the Egyptian regime tried to censor and even physically attacked ? together with Egyptian citizens who used the digital media, have enabled the shackles of information censorship to be shaken off. Months ago, Wikileaks achieved maximum return on its leaks in uniting the leading presses which published the vast amount of information that it held on its website. Is this alliance between conventional media and new technology the path we should be following in the future if we wish to successfully fight these huge challenges?
Large media corporations have no choice. They either ally with the internet and people's journalism or they will become marginalised and financially unsustainable. However, that alliance plays a decisive role for social change. Without Al Jazeera there would have been no revolution in Tunisia.
In your article in La Vanguardia entitled Comunicación y revolución from 5 February, you ended by reminding readers that China had prohibited the word Egypt on the internet. Do you think the conditions are right for a popular movement similar to the one sweeping the Arab world to happen in the Asian giant?
No, because 72% of the Chinese support their government, because the urban middle class and mainly young people are extremely busy getting rich and the problems of the peasants and working class, China's real social problems, are not on their radar. The government is taking excessive precautions, because censoring by system antagonises a lot of people who are not really against it. Democracy in China is not a problem for most people right now, unlike Tunisia and Egypt.
Events unfolding in Tunisia and Egypt are yet another example of the inclusion into our daily lives of new forms of communication, such as SMS, blogs, podcasts, RSS, wikis, Twitter and Facebook, which have led to what you term "mass self-communication", the upshot of developing the web. Can this new type of globalised and atomised communication, fed by the contributions of millions of users, change our way of understanding interpersonal communication or is it just another powerful tool available to us?
It has already changed it. Nobody who is on social networks everyday (and this is true for some 700 million of the 1,200 million social network users) is still the same person. It's an online/offline interaction, not an esoteric virtual world. How it has changed, how this new type of communication changes it each day is a question to be answered through academic research, not by sitting around gossiping. And that's where we are now and that's why we have conducted the Project Internet Catalonia at the UOC.
In December, the German Ministry of the Interior announced the creation of a cybernetic war defence centre to repel spying attacks, while in Tallin (Estonia), in an ultra secret NATO laboratory, leading IT specialists are working to prevent the evolution of conflicts in a world increasingly dependent on the internet. Bearing this in mind and having seen what is happening in the Arab world at the moment, could it be said that cyber attacks will be the war of the future?
They are in fact the war of the present. The United States considers cyber war a priority and has allocated it a budget ten times larger than that of all other countries put together. And in Spain, the armed forces are preparing themselves quickly for the same thing. The internet is the space of power and happiness, of peace and war. It's the social space of our world, a hybrid space built on the interface between direct experience and experience mediated by communication and, above all, by internet communication.


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Westcliffe — This weekend, Westcliffe will offer a chance to dust off the dancing shoes and head for the mountains.
Hosted by the Dry Branch Fire Squad and Sons and Brothers, the 11th annual High Mountain Hay Fever Bluegrass Festival will begin at 5:30 p.m. today in the big tent on the bluff on the west side of Westcliffe.
The festival features bluegrass music, workshops Friday and Saturday in the meeting room at Cliff Lanes.
"There's going to be (13) bands," said Ron Thomason, of Dry Branch Fire Squad.
Thursday's lineup begins at 5:30 p.m. on the main stage with Phoebe & Harper and The Powell Sisters, followed by Steel Pennies, Grassitup, Blue Canyon Boys and Red Molly.
The fun continues at 10 a.m. Friday with Dry Branch Fire Squad, Hard Road Trio with Bill Evans, Blue Canyon Boys, Wolking Brothers, Foghorn String Band, Sons and Brothers and much more.
After the show, the Sons and Brothers will play for the Western Two-Step party from 6:45-8 p.m. Friday in Cliff Lanes.
Saturday's line up begins at 10 a.m. and includes music by Sons and Brothers, Steel Pennies, Heidi Clare and Lonesome Cowboy Hobo Wyoming Slim, The Bluegrass Patriots and Foghorn String Band performing at 6:45 p.m. Saturday for the Square Dance in the meeting room at Cliff Lanes.
On Sunday, Dry Branch Fire Squad will feature "Sunday Go-to-Meetin' Show" at 9:30 a.m., followed by a variety of music in keeping with the tradition.
The workshops begin at 11 a.m. Friday with the Invention and Nurturing of WestGrass with the Wolking Brothers, followed by the Mandolins with Ron Thomason, the Banjo with Bill evans and other workshops.
Festival passes cost $85 for a four-day pass, or $10 for Thursday, $40 for Friday, $45 Saturday and $25 for Sunday.
"The income from the festival is given to the community clinic, the public park and other civic enterprises that are nonprofit," Thomason said. "It started years ago to cover the medical expenses of some children in our county who didn't have access to health care. It grew into a fairly successful festival."
Other weekend events are listed below:
Cotopaxi Farmers Market will offer produce, craft, baked goods and more from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Cotopaxi Community Church at 20326 U.S. 50. At 10 a.m., basket weaving class with natural willow will be presented. $20, which includes all materials. Colorado certified organic pie cherries available this day only.
Author and Pastor Charles Pretlow will sign copies of his book titled, "Discernment" from 4-6 p.m. in Words of Life at 613 Main St.
Cañon City Elks Lodge No. 610 will serve a mini dinner, featuring meatball subs, chips and more for $6 to Elks and their guests in the upstairs lounge at 404 Macon Ave.
"Do the Right Thing," a Spike Lee masterpiece will be shown at 6 p.m. in the Christie Theater in the lower level of the Fremont Center for the Arts at 505 Macon Ave. The shows are free to FCA members. Enter on Fifth Street. Bring a cushion or a chair. Not for children.
Opening reception for artists Julie Burnham, Barbara Smith and Meg Gouraud will be from 5-7 p.m. at the Blue Spruce Gallery in Florence. Refreshments will be served at 205 W. Main St.
Biscuits and Gravy Breakfast will be served from 7-11 a.m. at the Florence Senior Community Center at 100 Railroad St. Biscuits, gravy, scrambled eggs, hash browns, orange juice and coffee. Meals are $5 for adults and $3 for children.
Community Market, sponsored by Deer Mountain Community Organization, will be from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 2995 CR 27A next to the store on Copper Gulch Road.
Central Colorado Foodshed Alliance Farmers Market will offer produce, crafts, food vendors and more from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Abbey, 2951 E. U.S. 50.
Poetry Reading will feature the Abbey Poets reading their original poetry at 5:30 p.m. in the John C. Fremont Library at 130 Church Ave.
Saturday Night games and treats will be offered from 5:30-9:30 p.m. at the Florence Senior Community Center. $2 suggested donation.
Midget Wrestling by Boyd's Bail Bonds and Cañon City Rodeo Grounds will begin at 7 p.m. at 1595 S. Ninth St. Purchase tickets in advance at Kwik Stops in Fremont County. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children.
Breakfast will be served from 8-11 a.m. in the VFW Post No. 4061 at 215 Cottonwood Ave. Adults $5. Children 12 and under $2.50. Groups call ahead at 275-9886.
Victorian Fashion Show and High Tea will be offered at 2 p.m. during the Thomas Kincade Exhibition in the Fremont Center for the Arts at 505 Macon Ave. Tickets are $20. Gregory Carlson will provide classical guitar entertainment. Limited to 64 participants.

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Earlier today we got a special treat when the first still of Michael Fassbender's Magneto from X-Men: Days of Future Past arrived online, but now the floodgates have opened and what's spilling over is some pretty cool stuff. 20th Century Fox has now officially released 11 stills and two special behind the scenes photos that will help introduce audiences to the next X-Men adventure. You will be able to find all of the pictures in the gallery at the bottom of this article, but first let's look at a few of the shots in detail, shall we?
Starting at the top, the man you see sporting the '70s mustache and glasses is none other than Peter Dinklage playing one of the film's main villains: Bolivar Trask. It's Trask's company that winds up creating the mutant hunting Sentinel robots that the X-Men are constantly on the run from in the not-too-distant future. But there's a lot more where that came from.
This next image is a bit of a callback to the events of Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class. Much like they did in Vaughn's movie, Magneto and Professor X (James McAvoy) are sitting down for a chess game... though the latter looks a bit more hostile than he did in the earlier film. At the end of the last movie the two characters became antagonists, with Xavier continuing his efforts to create peace between humans and mutants and Erik wanting to start a war. At this point we don't know how they will be reuniting in X-Men: Days of Future Past.
Not only are Magneto and Professor X together in the past, they are together in the future as well, once again played by Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stewart, respectively. You'll notice that their costumes have changed quite a bit since the events of X-Men: The Last Stand, but perhaps the most impressive change is the look of Xavier's wheelchair. Making it float is certainly more practical than using wheels - particularly when it comes to stairs.
Heading back to the 1970s, we once again find young Magneto and Professor X, but this time they have a friend with them: Wolverine (Hugh Jackman). In the film, Wolverine is able to send his consciousness from a war torn future back to 1972 in order to try and stop the aforementioned Sentinels from ever being created and destroying the world - and he does so by reuniting the leaders of the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants. We don't know how he does it, but notice that Magneto seems to be wearing some kind of prison uniform...
Of course, you couldn't expect the X-Men to just welcome Magneto back with open arms. Looking at this photo, it would seem that Beast (Nicholas Hoult) takes issue with Magneto's very existence - and we're not even sure what the larger context is.
X-Men: Days of Future Past will be in theaters on May 23, 2014 and you can see more artwork from the movie here.


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Contorted in Korea
Years ago I was traveling in rural North Korea – for work, mind you; I would never have dreamed of doing so for my own pleasure. Apart from my friend and photographer Frank and me in the car there were a couple of other people who called themselves my translator and enabler but were actually more watchdog and inhibitor. They asked Frank not to take any photos while we were driving because it would mean them losing control of his pictures, but he naturally took no notice. So they kept driving faster and faster until we were moving so quickly they thought no one could possibly still take photos. Frank just used some extremely light-sensitive film and made sure to "keep the camera moving," as he said.
Unluckily, North Korea's highways were not made for high speeds – too narrow, too winding, too poorly asphalted, and also too busy. Pedestrians, cyclists, water buffalo; they all scattered ahead of us, and the whole business left me with a slipped disc. So much for the bad news. The good news began with the then German ambassador in Pyongyang, a man who had suffered with slipped discs all his life – but didn't anymore. He swore that for some reason North Korea had not only the best cartoonists but also the best chiropractors in the world and recommended his own to me, a sterling, old-school chiropractor with a very soothing hum. Twice he caught me out, but then I realized that he always hummed just before yanking something into place here or there. He also walked on my back. I admit that that occasionally sent tears gushing from my eyes, but afterwards the pain was gone. I walked out of the man's office upright and flatly refused any further road trips with photographers through North Korea until our plane finally took off again.
Helge Timmerberg
Our columnist, Helge Timmerberg, an irrepressible globetrotter since 1969, writes travel books and contributes monthly to our magazine.


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Or at least I am according to one of the freakiest optical illusions I have ever come across.
I wouldn't have believed it if my wife hadn't stood over my shoulder and seen the exact opposite thing I did.
15 October 2007
I'm Left Brained
Or at least I am according to one of the freakiest optical illusions I have ever come across.
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- Anonymous10/15/2007 10:16 AM
According to this, I'm right brained. Which is funny because of the traits listed, I'm definitely more left-brained. I can't seem to see the woman turning the other way, though.ReplyDelete
Way bizarre.
WHOA!! I'm right brained. But then I looked back and saw the picture change direction.ReplyDelete
Right-brained, again and again. No shocker there, however. In fact, the big surprise would be to learn I even had a left hemisphere to begin with. Guess who never gets asked for help with algebra?ReplyDelete
Note: I consider myself left-brained.ReplyDelete
I'm with guitar girl, I looked at the dancer and she was going clockwise, then I read the text and looked back and she was going counter-clockwise.
Cognitive dissonance at work? I can't get her to go clockwise again...
I saw it as counter-clockwise, then changed it to clockwise before reading the test. I switched it back and forth several times pretty easily.ReplyDelete
I made it go clockwise for a grand total of 1 spin or so; otherwise, all counter-clockwise all the time no matter how hard I try.ReplyDelete
I would imagine most liberals would be right-brained as the article says right brainers are "fantasy-based" and "use feelings" while left-brainers are "reality-based". Hehe.
- Anonymous10/15/2007 12:56 PM
If you look at it long enough it changes direction on it's own. If I counted correctly that would be about every 23 revolutions.ReplyDelete
I saw it both ways as well. If I looked away and then back it switched. Are you sure this is a real test?ReplyDelete
If it is I am a full brained person....:)
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It went both ways for me tons of time. All I had to do was to look down then look up again and it would change.ReplyDelete
So what does that make me? A both-brained?
- Anonymous10/16/2007 1:40 PM
I perceived the rotation as clockwise, then counter clockwise after looking away. I am not sure that this test works. How it is supposed to work?ReplyDelete
Absolutely clockwise. The girl's right arm and leg are up in the air spinning, and any of you who say otherwise are cracked. No amount of unblinking staring (or celebratory libations, for that matter) could make her spin anti-clockwise.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10/20/2007 3:07 PM
Its easier to make her spin the other way if you focus on her foot and tell yourself its spinning the other way. The rest of her will follow.ReplyDelete
But broad attributes like creativity lateralize to both sides of the brain so the popular left right brain dominance is bs.
The discordant results in this post bear this out.
Why do people still believe in BS when there own eyes are telling them different? Believe in yourselves and think for yourselves.
This is the first time I've visited your blog. Congratulations to you on your addition to Medpage.ReplyDelete
This was an interesting test. I could easily switch from one to the other. It was fun to see how others did. Again, Congratulations to you.


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General counsel offices should not coach witnesses or review affidavits of management involved in discrimination cases, civil rights leaders say.
Agency attorneys interfering in the federal discrimination complaint process is still a major problem, government civil rights leaders said Thursday, urging the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to clarify its guidance on the issue this year.
The Office of General Counsel in some agencies continues to intrude in the EEO complaint process during investigations, reviewing the affidavits of management officials involved in cases and vetting responses from witnesses before the formal hearing phase, said panelists at an event sponsored by the National Coalition for Equity in Public Service. The situation creates a conflict of interest in which an agency's legal counsel assists managers accused of discrimination or other wrongdoing by employees during the fact-finding portion of the complaint process.
Not every general counsel is guilty of the "intrusion challenge," said Jorge Ponce, co-chairman of the Council of Federal Equal Employment Opportunity and Civil Rights Executives, but it's been a continuing problem in the executive and legislative branches since 2003, undermining the EEO complaint process.
Management officials are getting free legal advice from the agency while employees who lodge complaints have to pay for their own lawyer if they choose to retain counsel, according to Ponce. "It's not fair," he said. "You are not going to eradicate discrimination if you are doing, or trying to do this. What you are trying to do is win at all costs."
Jo Linda Johnson, EEOC's director of training and outreach division in the Office of Federal Operations, said such interference, including coaching witnesses and reviewing affidavits during fact-finding, was not appropriate. Johnson said guidance exists, but acknowledged it could be better. She said many EEOC officials are eager to release new and improved rules on maintaining independence during the complaint process, but an announcement is not imminent, although a draft document is circulating.
EEOC Management Directive 110 states in part: "Heads of agencies must not permit intrusion on the investigations and deliberations of EEO complaints by agency representatives and offices responsible for defending the agency against EEO complaints. Maintaining distance between the fact-finding and defensive functions of the agency enhances the credibility of the EEO Office and the integrity of the EEO complaints process."
There are two stages in the EEO complaint process: the informal or "pre-complaint" counseling phase and the formal hearing phase, where official government bodies adjudicate a case and render a decision. A 2009 report from the Government Accountability Office identified the intrusion issue as a growing problem, noting a "lack of independence concerning the potential conflict of having agencies conduct their own EEO complaint investigations and the undue influence of some agency legal counsel and human resources officials on the EEO process."
The participation of agency counsel should be limited, said Ernest Hadley, president of the Federal Employment Law Training Group at Hadley law offices. It's appropriate for attorneys representing agencies to review documents or agreements involved in alternative dispute resolution, for example, but outside of that, "I see no role until there is a request for hearing," Hadley said.
Ponce reiterated the need to clarify the rules on the issue sooner rather than later: "If you are going to have the general counsel manipulate the investigation, then what use do we have for EEO offices?"
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The MPAA ratings system, implemented in 1968, is and always has been voluntary. It is not law, nor is it enforced on a greater level than a theater-by-theater basis. It is not a law and thus should not be held up as one, with the same penalties that come with violating laws. The system is primarily a tool for parents to decide what movies should or should not be viewed by their children. Under that banner, it is a most effective system. Sure, it has its problems (big studios get lighter treatment than the independents, sex is considered far worse than violence, etc), but as an informational system, it accomplishes its mission: to let a parent know more or less what to expect from a movie.
According to Lieberman, to market a product rated "R" to a teenager a false and deceptive business practice. The problem is, an "R" rated film, under the system, is not considered inappropriate for children. The wording specifically states: "No one under seventeen permitted without a parent or guardian." Never has anyone in the business implied that all R-rated films are inappropriate for children. And considering that the bill sets no definitive standards for what "marketing to the young" would imply, the legislation would operate under a purely subjective banner of what is or is not an appropriate marketing strategy for a film with adult subject manner ("Better not make that explosion in the trailer too exciting! Better not use that music from that popular mainstream artist! Better not advertise during a time when kids MIGHT be watching!"). Aside from the subjective nature of the bill, this would-be law actually punishes the people who willingly provide ratings and information and holds them to a higher standard than companies that do not.
"By essentially punishing those who adopt voluntary guidelines," Cary Sherman, general counsel of the Recording Industry Association of America, stated, "the legislation would have the unintentional result of discouraging participation in the successful parental advisory program." Furthermore, if movie companies are prevented from freely advertising R-rated films and thus lose money as a result (which has already started to happen), they will simply find ways to allow more and more "objectionable" material into PG-13 rated films to attempt to by-pass the law. If Lieberman really wishes to prevent the flow of violence and sex into our children's heads, he should get behind a new rating, an "A", that would be given to purely adult films (but not pornography). And, to avoid the NC-17 debacle (which was supposed to be for true adult films but soon became as stigmatized as the X it replaced), Lieberman should encourage studios to release films, major theaters to carry films, and major media outlets to accept advertising for films under this new rating. If filmmakers are not afraid to make truly adult films, then studios will not force them to pigeon-hole adult content in greater quantities into their mainstream product in order to scrape by with that precious R or PG-13.
Preventing a company from advertising their art prevents that company from making such art, which constitutes de-facto government censorship. Shooting the messengers never solved anything. If the mighty Lieberman really wants to clean up Hollywood, he should encourage Hollywood to make films that are for adults, by adults, rather than forcing the studios to force-feed adult content into general entertainments.
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We are pleased to announce the very special guests appearing at The Vortex in London on Monday 16th June with Alexis Taylor. Green Gartside (Scritti Politti) will perform live, and Caribou and Yeasayer collaborator Sinkane will be the guest DJ between the bands.
Alexis Taylor's new album, Await Barbarians will be available on 16th June 2014. It is a record whose warm tones draw you in, whose sequencing asks of the listener an uninterrupted session of close listening, and whose sound world reminds us of the pleasures of all that is quiet in music. It is rich in deep insight and profound feeling, a truly significant album by one of the country's most continually arresting musicians.
Await Barbarians will be available on 16th June 2014 on CD, standard LP and Digitally. Copies of the LP purchased through Dom Mart or indie retailers will include a bonus 7" featuring the tracks I Hope (a Bobby Charles cover), b/w Song Of Long. Click HERE to buy the album through Dom Mart and HERE through iTunes.
Watch the video for the first single, Without a Crutch (2), directed by Ben Stockley at Herald St Gallery, HERE.
Alexis Taylor is touring the UK next week and will be appearing at this year's CC14, Glastonbury, Green Man, End Of The Road and Festival Number 6. Full live dates with ticket links are below.
Mon 16/06/14: London – The Vortex
Tues 17/06/2014: Oxford – The Art Cafe
Wed 18/06/14: Leeds – The Brudenell
Thu 19/06/14: Manchester – Band On The Wall
Fri 20/06/14: London – Roundhouse Studio – as part of CC14
Sun 22/06/204: Dinefwr – Dinefwr Literature Festival
Sat 28/06/14: Pilton – Glastonbury (Glade Stage) SOLD OUT
Wed 09/07/2014: Paris – Salle Pleyel
Fri 18/07/14: Eigg – Howlin' Fling – SOLD OUT
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New Jersey Liposuction specialist , Dr Michael Macri, performs all methods of Liposuction in New Jersey including conventional, Laser Liposuction, Smart Lipo, Vaser Liposuction, Ultrasonic Liposuction and Power Assisted Liposuction.
Dr. Macri's Philosophy on Liposuction
It is important to note that not everybody is a good candidate for liposuction. It is not about being fat or overweight. Simply put, as I always say, "Liposuction is all about balancing a person's proportions and removing genetically disproportionate areas of fat storage. It is a technique to reduce areas of fatty tissue that cannot be reduced by diet and exercise."
A good candidate for liposuction is someone who is disproportionate, but not necessarily overweight. For example, a patient who is thin may be an excellent candidate if he/she is disproportionate. If an individual diets, exercises, and has stubborn areas that do not go away – say the love handles, the thighs or abdomen area – it is likely that they have excess fatty tissue in these areas that can only be removed with liposuction. Some of the best candidates for liposuction can be thin but disproportionate; many times this is due to genetics.
However, patients seek liposuction because they have a combination of being a little overweight and disproportionate in certain areas. I believe it is not always necessary to lose the extra weight first. However, when I perform liposuction on this type of patient, it is imperative to critically determine where they are out of proportion. I then only target those areas, so as to balance their proportion. It is then up to the patient to diet and exercise to lose the extra weight. Many times the rapid results from the liposuction of the stubborn disproportionate areas are a motivational factor for the patient to eliminate the rest of the weight.
Liposuction in New Jersey
Some people may notice that even with strict dieting and targeted workouts, stubborn fat still persists on certain parts of the body. Thousands of crunches do nothing to eliminate the pouch. Squats and lunges leave you sore, but those saddlebags just won't go away. Push-ups only seem to accentuate the flab of the arm. So what is one to do?
You don't have to settle. Liposuction surgery has becoming an increasingly common procedure to help restore proportion and remove fat that throws off an otherwise balanced body. Liposuction surgery can treat trouble areas like the hips, thighs, arms, abdomen, back, flanks, neck, chest, and chin. In one surgery, the doctor may be able to treat two or three areas. In addition, the recovery time for liposuction is short and painless; patients are often able to resume daily activity within a matter of days.
Liposuction is not about aggressive fat removal. Rather, liposuction is a technique to improve the proportionality of the body. If too much fat is removed, it can distort the body, not to mention that replacing fat is extremely difficult. An experienced surgeon will remove enough fat to create proportionality and smooth the figure out. A skilled, professional surgeon can help slim your hips and improve your body's overall proportion. You never have to worry about how you'll look in jeans and tops again!
Liposuction is the most common office-based cosmetic surgical procedure. The reason is simple: The results tend to be excellent, and many of us have body areas which we wish were thinner. Dr. Macri a Liposuction expert in New Jersey, combines state-of-the-art equipment, specialized staff training, and advanced technology to create the best possible liposuction results and customized recovery programs.
During the Liposuction procedure, fluid is injected into the fat. This allows for easier sculpting of the tissues, and also introduces anesthetic and a medicine to constrict blood vessels to minimize bleeding. This technique is called tumescent liposuction.
Tumescent liposuction is becoming the increasingly popular variation of liposuction surgery. It uses a diluted version of a local anesthetic to minimize patient pain. Unlike general anesthesia, the patient is awake and mobile during the surgery. Most patients report feeling only a slight discomfort or pinching during the procedure. Using the local anesthesia reduces the risk of blood clotting that general anesthesia has.
In addition, the recovery time with tumescent liposuction is considerably shorter — just 24 to 48 hours long. Most patients are back to work and exercise within a couple of days. Tumescent liposuction is minimally invasive and actually improves the quality of the surgery. After the anesthesia is administered, the surgeon will make several small incisions around the treated area and insert the cannula. The cannula is a cylindrical tube that melts, breaks up, and removes fat. The size of the cannula depends on the area treated and how much fat needs to be removed. Because the patient is awake and mobile, Dr. Macri, a Liposuction specialist, can feel the muscle and skin layers more accurately, which increases smoothness and evenness. In addition, Dr. Macri will have better access to the body because the patient is easier to move. This also promotes evenness.
During tumescent liposuction, the patient is awake and moving around, allowing Dr. Macri better access to localized areas. Additionally, normal blood flow resumes, allowing for a quicker healing process. The small incisions themselves also heal quickly and imperceptibly since the suction tubes and cannulas used in the surgery are small. In addition, there is less blood and fluid loss with tumescent liposuction. After tumescent liposuction, the patient will still be asked to wear compression garments, which promote healing.
Although patients will not see full results for up to six months, there is limited initial swelling and bruising, which means the patient can resume normal activities rather quickly. If considering liposuction surgery, tumescent liposuction offers numerous benefits, including increased safety, a shorter recovery period, and better results.
This is a far safer technique, with no deaths or major complications reported in the hundreds of thousands of patients over the many years that have had the procedure done. Fat is removed with far less bleeding, leading to superior results, less bruising, and faster healing. Patients are able to walk immediately after the procedure and typically return to work in two days.
- Extremely safe with no deaths and far fewer complications than general anesthesia when strict tumescent guidelines are followed. (Fat removal is limited to four liters and the amount of local anesthesia and fluid used are limited).
- Faster healing with decreased bleeding and bruising. Patients are able to return to work in two days.
- Patients are not limited to strict bed rest after surgery, which reduces the risk of clot formation in legs. The doctors encourage patients to take a one to two mile walk the next day and return to work in two days.
- More pure fat removal with less bruising, leading to better results.
- Patient being awake and able to move in certain positions allows surgeon to more efficiently get to fat at correct angles. Additionally, patient movement during surgery reduces the risk of clot formation.
Liposuction was first developed in the late 1970's to remove undesired fat from nearly all body areas, including the face, neck, chin, breast, abdomen, hips, flanks, (love handles), inner and outer thighs, buttocks, knees, and ankles. Developed by dermatologic surgeons in the 1980's, a major advancement called the tumescent technique of liposuction completely revolutionized the procedure. The use of tumescent liposuction allows dermatologic surgeons to safely and effectively remove deep and superficial layers of fat under local anesthesia with relatively little discomfort, virtually no complications, and improved cosmetic results.
Your Patient Experience
Initial Consultation
A patient is first given a complimentary consultation with Dr. Macri to see if he/she is a good candidate for the surgery. During the consultation, he describes the procedure and the results that should be realistically expected. Dr. Macri personally evaluates each patient from head to toe, and shares his expert opinion on stubborn, fatty areas that may be removed from his/her body by liposuction. A quote is then given for the procedure.
Dr. Macri will individualize an approach based on your needs. Some of these techniques include microliposuction, tumescent liposuction, ultrasound assisted-liposuction, and power-assisted liposuction. Laser Liposuction/Liposuction has the additional benefit of adding skin tightening to the removal of fat.
Dr. Macri will customize your liposuction procedure so you will achieve the best results and look your very best. To that end, we provide you with a comprehensive consultation prior to your procedure:
- Dr. Macri will examine you and discuss recommendations for the type of liposuction procedure and recovery program to yield the best results
- The Liposuction procedure will be performed using tumescent lidocaine (local anesthesia) under the direct care of Dr. Macri and his registered nurse
- Most patients have very little pain following the surgery because we administer long-acting local anesthetic as part of the procedure
- Most patients return to work about 2-3 days following the Liposuction procedure
Pre-Operative Visit
A complete medical history is taken and a careful examination is conducted in order to evaluate the patient's condition. Photographs are frequently taken before and after surgery to help evaluate the amount of improvement. Paperwork, including consents, is completed. Patients are prescribed an antibiotic prior to the surgery. Finally, any questions and concerns are addressed by Dr. Macri.
Surgery Day
Most surgeries are between 45 minutes and 2½ hours. Dr. Macri and his staff create a soothing atmosphere for his patients where quiet, relaxing music is being played in the background.
On the day of the surgery, valium or ativan is given to patients as a means for relaxation. Dr.Macri marks all areas, and photos are taken of the patient's body. Incisions also called access points are numbed using a tiny needle with local anesthesia; this takes about 1-2 minutes.
For the first 15-30 minutes, large volumes of a solution containing dilute lidocaine (a local anesthetic) and dilute epinephrine (a drug to shrink capillaries and prevent blood loss) are injected with minimal discomfort directly into key areas of excessive fatty deposits. A round-ended cannula is used for this injection and patients feel slight pinching during this process. This infiltration step, along with all other steps, is conducted solely by Dr. Macri.
Once the liquid is injected, a tube connected to a vacuum is inserted into the fatty layer. Using to and fro movements with the cannula, the fat is drawn through the tube into a collection system. Dr Macri also prefers to "crisscross" his passes with the cannula, creating a precise network of tunnels in the fat, ensuring a smooth natural-looking result. They are also moved to different positions to allow Dr. Macri to meticulously sculpt their stubborn, fatty areas.
Throughout the entire process, patients are fully awake and alert. Patients are fitted into garments and allowed to take a short rest in the recovery room. Then, they are escorted out of the center by a staff member.
Liposuction Recovery
Patients are allowed to return home as long as they are accompanied by a friend or family member. They can resume a normal diet and should continue to take their prescribed medications and antibiotics. Most patients are able to return to work in two days. The local anesthesia injected into the tissue remains for 13 to 24 hours following liposuction surgery. This greatly minimizes postoperative pain. After tumescent liposuction, patients are usually alert and able to function without nausea, grogginess, and the "washed out" feeling commonly associated with general anesthesia. With the tumescent technique, there is minimal bruising, and many patients do not require postoperative care for pain. Incision points are left open to drain, and most patients are completely drained of the local anesthesia within 12-48 hours. The faster the drainage of these liquids, the less bruising there will be on the patient's body. Patients are able to shower the very next day, and Dr. Macri highly recommends that the patient walk the following day to promote faster healing. Surgery garments should be worn for 24 hours a day for 7-10 days, and 12 hours a day for the next 10 days. These garments will assist in healing.
Post-Operative Visit
Dr. Macri asks to see his patients 2-7 days after the surgery for a quick check-up on the incisions and the healing process. Most bruising diminishes after 3 weeks from the surgery and most patients start looking better than before their surgeries. After 1 month and 3 months patients return to the office to have their post-op photos taken. At this point, patients would have achieved 75-80% of their final results.
Contact the MacriMD Liposuction and Laser Center of New Jersey to schedule a consultation today. You can call our Bergen Country office at (201) 358-2922 or you can submit our easy online contact form here.


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A pair of new contract wins is helping Maersk's towage services arm Svitzer strengthen operations in Africa.Svitzer announced Tuesday it recently signed a five-year contract with Nacala Logistics in Mozambique for harbor towage, occasional pilot transfer and potential salvage work in the Port of Nacala. At the same time, Svitzer also secured a five-year extension of its current contract with Egyptian LNG assisting the land-based Idku liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant with four tugs, two mooring boats and one pilot boat.
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Here's video of the football player formerly known as Chad Johnson practicing the art of leaving the chute on the back of a bull. Of course, he's practicing on the back of a horse, and a horse that kind of ambles instead of bucks. That could explain, in part, why he only lasted 1.5 seconds on bullback tonight.
Here's what Chad had to say afterwards:
The 10-year NFL veteran and six-time Pro Bowler, didn't make it through one buck by Deja Blu, a 1,500-pound bull. He was nearly stomped by the Bulls' back legs while scrambling to get out of the way.
"I was mad that I couldn't ride it out of the chute," said Ochocinco, who received a $10,000 appearance fee.
Versus will be airing it after the Boston/Tampa game.
UPDATE: Mr. Ochocinco just tweeted that, if sponsors are taken into account, his 1.5 second take wasn't $10K; it was actually $210K. The more you know.


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SAN ANTONIO, TX — Blocking a specific protein renders tumors more vulnerable to treatment in mice, suggesting new therapies could eventually achieve the same in humans, according to new research from Fox Chase Cancer Center to be presented at the 2012 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on Friday, December 7, 2012.
"Hopefully, with further testing, this research could one day result in a new therapy that blocks the effect of this protein and, in turn, boosts the effects of cancer drugs," says study author Elizabeth Hopper-Borge, PhD, Assistant Professor at Fox Chase.
The protein in question is a type of ATP-binding cassette drug efflux pumps, known more simply as ABC proteins. These proteins sit on the membranes of cells, where they act just like pumps—removing cancer drugs from the cell, thereby making them less effective. The body contains close to 50 such proteins, explains Hopper-Borge, but only 3 appear capable of evading the effects of cancer drugs, including common types used to treat lung, ovarian, and breast cancers.
The current research, supported by the National Institutes of Health, focuses on the protein ABCC10, which has not been studied in as much detail as some other ABC proteins, says Hopper-Borge. Last year, she and her colleagues found that mice lacking ABCC10 experienced physiological changes after taking a cancer drug, suggesting the drug was having an effect.
As part of the latest project, the authors performed a similar experiment in mice engineered to develop breast cancer. They found that, 21 days after exposure to a cancer drug, the tumors that lacked ABCC10 were much smaller than the tumors that still carried the protein. "This is probably the first time it's been shown that removing this protein helps sensitize tumors to cancer drugs," says Hopper-Borge.
Looking closely at the tumors, the researchers also found that cells that lacked ABCC10 grew faster. Strangely, this finding is encouraging, says Hopper-Borge, since chemotherapy targets proliferating cells—and so may explain why the drugs now act on the faster-growing cells that lack ABCC10.
The next step, she says, is to try removing ABCC10 in more mouse models of breast cancer, and determine how active the protein is in different types of the disease. Eventually, if blocking the protein appears to consistently boost the effects of cancer drugs, researchers can identify and begin testing inhibitors of ABCC10 as additional treatments for cancer.
"Although this research is promising, it's in its early stages," cautions Hopper-Borge. "Consequently, it's premature for patients to ask their doctors to test them for the presence of ABCC10, since knowing that can't yet affect their treatment. But these results suggest that may one day change."
Hopper-Borge's co-authors include Natalya Domanitskaya, Chelsy Paulose, Joely Jacobs, Katherine Foster and Brian Egelston at Fox Chase.
Fox Chase Cancer Center, part of the Temple University Health System, is one of the leading cancer research and treatment centers in the United States. Founded in 1904 in Philadelphia as one of the nation's first cancer hospitals, Fox Chase was also among the first institutions to be designated a National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center in 1974. Fox Chase researchers have won the highest awards in their fields, including two Nobel Prizes. Fox Chase physicians are also routinely recognized in national rankings, and the Center's nursing program has received the Magnet status for excellence three consecutive times. Today, Fox Chase conducts a broad array of nationally competitive basic, translational, and clinical research, with special programs in cancer prevention, detection, survivorship, and community outreach. For more information, call 1-888-FOX-CHASE or 1-888-369-2427.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 127 diseños de 23 diseñadores freelance.
Classic Radio Shop
Classic Radio Shop is a French company whose business is the sale and repair of vintage radios.
To date, the company works mainly on the automotive sector where antique car owners are looking for authenticity and want in their vehicle a car radio correspondent at the age of the vehicle and in a perfect working and shape conditions.
The market is mainly 1960-1970 with extensions to the 50's and 80's.
The main customer is the car collector with an average age of 45-75 years.
Today, we have no logo and in our approach to open ourselves to the web, we need one.
The logo needs to match our business car radio without being too exclusive to vintage cars. Also it should not be exclusive to radios 1960-1970 as we also operate on the 50's and 80's.
Important : The business is slightly extending to vintage home radios : these portative radios in plastic used mostly in the 60's-70's with the fashion colors, so maybe a good logo would not be too much exclusive to cars.
We also sell some parts : knobs, dials, old components (but marginal activity)
The logo should also bring value : Servicing vintage electronics request a lot of time and expertise to sometimes fix what could be considered as a very simple operation (and so costless…) by customers. Un fortunately we deal with parts that are no longer manufactured, with poor schematics and this, unfortunately, costs. It costs to customers and it costs to us…
Our keywords are: Restoring, authenticity, expertise, sound, Vintage cars,, radios, stereo …and passion (we really love what we do).
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MONTREAL — The male stereotype of the all-powerful protector and provider is doing a disservice to men -- pressuring them to conform and ultimately, leaving many powerless to face the challenges of modern society.
That's the thesis that binds many academics in the new area of masculinity studies, who say their examination of how the culture of maleness impacts men, rather than those around them, has been a long time coming. While women's studies have been gaining a foothold at universities across the country since the early 1970s, academic courses and research on men could barely be found, most often hidden under the umbrella of gender studies.
Now, however, researchers who focus on the study of men and masculinity are coming out of the cold. They are the vanguard, whose theories are often used in newspaper and magazine stories about how men are faring.
"Clearly it's at a very nascent stage in its development, in the humanities and social sciences," says Concordia University sociologist Marc Lafrance, who teaches about men and masculinity as part of several courses on gender and sexuality at the Montreal university.
But even though there are just a few courses in masculinity studies given at the university level across Canada, and no departments of men's or masculinity studies, Lafrance, 35, says that since arriving at Concordia in 2006 after completing a PhD at Oxford, "I went from supervising nothing on masculinity over my first two years to supervising four students and then five and now, we're waiting to hear about the status of three new applications in our graduate program in the upcoming year."
The push to study masculinity might be viewed as a logical extension of women's studies, which examines the problems of gender and the social construction of sexuality mostly from a female perspective. In addition, there's the "masculinity crisis" widely discussed today — males under pressure from societal changes.
"These two things together have created a fertile context for study, and we're starting to see concrete evidence that this is becoming a full-fledged area of inquiry," Lafrance says.
But rather than looking only at men's behaviour through the tired lens of their power and destructiveness, he believes we need to look at how masculinity "as a structure, as a lived experience, can also be fundamentally disempowering to men."
The aggressive arena of men's sports and its connection to serious emotional damage is being studied by Concordia sociology graduate student Cheryl MacDonald, 24, who interviewed a number of major junior hockey players about what masculinity means to them.
"I find that hockey players are socialized to adhere to more traditional forms of masculinity, being very tough and competitive, and sometimes those practices become more problematic — men committing suicide, drugs and alcohol and those head shots," MacDonald says.
The research attempts to understand how these "masculine" behaviours are linked to the way in which young men are socialized, how they express their values.
MacDonald began considering men's studies when she took an undergraduate course with sociologist Anthony Synnott, who discussed the importance of studying both genders.
"In my undergraduate experience in sociology, a lot of courses on women and even courses about gender focused on women and not much on men," she says.
Synnott, who has been teaching a course on the sociology of men for 10 years, wrote the 2009 book, Redefining Men: Heroes, Victims and Villains, and currently writes a column on men for Psychology Today. He believes that the rallying cry of "male chauvinist pig" has ignored important realities that men face. "Men dominate at the top and also the bottom," he points out. "The vast majority in prisons, victims of accidents, victims of work fatalities, 99 per cent of military fatalities — are all male."
Men, argues McGill University professor Paul Nathanson and his colleague Katherine Young, suffer from the myth that they are the gender with the power and therefore cannot be damaged by criticism and ridicule. The physical, political and economic power that a small percentage of men do wield renders women, they believe, "either unwilling or unable to see men as fully human beings, people who can indeed be hurt, both individually and collectively."
Nathanson and Young have written five books chronicling the rise of misandry, the hatred of men, which they view as a culture war being fought because of the feminist activism that led to the changed role of men.
But Lafrance and many of his colleagues are eager to avoid setting men and masculinity studies up against women's studies. "We need to figure out what it is about masculinity in our culture that is oppressive not just to women, but to men," he says.
"Since the 1960s and '70s, the push was issues relating to the lives and experiences and injustices faced by women. In my view, it was totally appropriate that this kind of scholarship should have taken centre stage, mainly because those forms of knowledge had been silenced for so long."
At this point, he considers it counterproductive for theorists of men and masculinity to "organize our analysis around who has more power and who's in more trouble. There's evidence to suggest men have lots to deal with but it's also true about women who confront injustice on a daily basis."
Only by looking at the issues contextually can you understand where the gender balance really lies, Lafrance says.
"There's lots of anti-male stuff out there and anti-female stuff," Synnott agrees, "and a lot of people are badly hurt by men versus women. We should be noting the glory of female and male achievements."
These scholars note an increasing restlessness in the academic community over the last decade, a need to shift the gaze to focus on men.
Acknowledging "there's sometimes a sense that we're trying to re-appropriate centre stage for the straight white guy," Lafrance points out that in much of the ongoing study claiming to be about women's experiences, there will be reference after reference to men — about their bodies, desires, behaviour — without any real theories being put forward.
What this means is that "men constitute a present absence around the work that's going on in the university," Lafrance says. "There are assumptions about men in gender studies, but men themselves aren't being seen as a legitimate object of inquiry."
Never has an understanding of masculinity been more urgent, because the stereotypical macho man is not going to survive very long if he doesn't adapt, Lafrance believes. "The irony is the dominant norms of masculinity, what the academics call hegemonic masculinity — the breadwinner, the guy who never gets scared, the guy who is extremely successful — really make for an unlivable life for men.
"These structures distance men from themselves," he says. "You can't be a person who can feel, you can't be weak, you're not allowed to be sad, to fail."
Although he discusses issues of masculinity with male friends, and many are actively thinking about their roles as men, one of the reasons there's no coherent movement around this rethinking is precisely because talking is so taboo among men, Lafrance says. "Talking about stuff in a meaningful, considered way has always been associated with femininity — traits like caring and sensitivity that many men are taught to eschew.
"One of the key challenges is going to be how you form a movement when dealing with a part of the population systematically taught not to talk."
Undergraduate courses on men and masculinity still attract slightly more women than men, but the majority of graduate students are men, Lafrance notes.
In doing her graduate research, MacDonald has certainly come up against a code of silence among the hockey players she has interviewed. "When asked about something like hazing, it's really hard to break through," she says. "The coach would say everything's fine and we're all best friends, but there are players who are struggling with the common rituals of the sport and tell me about the darker side of hazing and competition."
After 14 interviews and 20 surveys, she has concluded that the code of silence prevailed in her research. "It seemed that half of the people I spoke to gave me the same story about how great things are and the other half told stories about what they are able to get away with.
"We can't really solve any of these problems of masculinity and hockey if people aren't going to speak out."
But even in the classroom, Lafrance says, "my female students are more than happy to talk about these issues, but the men are silent.
"Men are not talking, especially not with other men. Just talking about masculinity, acknowledging there's something to talk about, seems to transgress the conventions of our society."
But when you understand how power functions, the context in which men operate, you realize it's no way to live, he says. "It's a model of masculinity built on competition, success at all costs, it's emotionally empty and ruthless and focuses on a need to be constantly invulnerable."
Men have got to realize, he says, that their silence reinforces the social structures.
"If we can get men to feel that their lives don't need to correspond to this mythic machismo, that will open them up to life experiences."
Synnott says he believes the models of gender are slowly shifting. There was the "romantic model in which we become a couple, the patriarchy model characterized by unequal rights and the feminist model of female superiority," he says.
"Now we have the postmodern model in which gender is completely irrelevant."
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Donna Nebenzahl - Beyond Macho: Defining a Man's World
This article was published in The Province, a newspaper out of Canada. The article looks at the demise of traditional macho masculinity and the struggle to prevent academic pissing wars between men's studies and feminism. Certain segments of the feminist community have not been kind to men, but setting feminism against men's studies (as the MRAs tend to do) is not a good solution.
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I lived with depression that resulted from thinking negatively about my environment and others. I made a fictional feature length movie about the experience:
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Apex Fitness Equipment
Apex offers a complete line of strength equipment that features free weights, and single station and multi-station machines to accommodate a range of routines. The company also offers a Lady Apex line tailored specifically for women. A wheelchair-access line is also available. Apex offers a lifetime warranty on the frame and weight stack plates, a five-year warranty on major components and a six-month warranty on upholstery.
Biodynamics Corp.
The Model 310e Body Composition Analyzer from Biodynamics is a rechargeable, whole-body bioimpedence analyzer that allows the user to measure body fat, lean weight, and fat weight percentages, as well as basal metabolic rate, and total body water. It also analyzes body composition accounting for body type, age and sex. Completely portable, it comes with a rechargeable battery pack, and a built-in printer.
BroadcastVision's catalog features its Fitness Cinema wireless entertainment systems. These systems include Fitness Cinema, television monitors and mounts, turnkey aerobics, and group cycling systems for any exercise room or budget. This system allows members to choose from up to 64 TV or music selections. Fitness Cinema 900MHz wireless transmitters broadcast signals to wireless receivers attached to equipment.
Comtec Industries
Comtec Industries product guide features toilet compartments; shower compartments and cubicles; and solid plastic vanities and benches. Comtec provides its customers with a 15-year warranty against breakage, corrosion and delamination from the date of receipt by its customers. Comtec offers this warranty because its products are designed with a self-lubricating protective finish, according to the company.
DSL Ltd.
DSL Ltd. has released AQUATICS—The Complete Reference Guide for Aquatic Fitness Professionals, a revised and updated version of its hardcover reference tool. The book covers sample marketing plans, legal issues, guidelines for the selection of equipment, and aquatic program music selections. The book supplies information for the aquatic professional to begin a safe, effective and successful aquatic program.
The Exerflex Aerobic Floor System is made of 7/8-inch beech hardwood for durability and strength. This surface is prefinished with an aerobic traction polyurethane designed for precise footing. The boards are held together by a spring steel clip, which allows the floor to flex along this joint upon impact. At the point of impact, the 3/4-inch foam underlayment absorbs the shock of the participant's impact on the floor.
E-Zone is an entertainment system designed specifically for the club environment. The system features an individual video screen and wireless headphones. Users have access to a variety of video channels, or they can choose to play their own CDs or audiocassettes. Exercisers may even watch television silently while they listen to their own music.
Fitness Products International
Brands from Fitness Products Internation-al include Icarian, the Abench and Flite. Icarian features more than 60 units, including single station machines, multi-stations, benches, racks and free-weight accessories. The Abench, an abdominal trainer, uses a rolling pivot design. The Flite product line features a cross-pivot technology that allows the user to exercise through a natural range of motion.
The FloraSpa line of natural skin and body care products is based on techniques of aromatherapy and algotherapy. Its professional and retail collections include a complete treatment regimen of products for the face, body, hands and feet. Specialty therapy products include treatments for sports pedicure; scalp treatments; cellulite programs; nutrition therapies; and spa treatments.
Ground Zero
Ground Zero's brochure for its "free motion" functional training equipment describes its new products as a complete system that enables users to be free to work their entire bodies and their muscle groups together. Ground Zero offers pre-printed workout programs and progress sheets for its functional training products, and also notes that it is also developing a video library for individuals and personal trainers.
Iron Grip Barbell Co.
Iron Grip Barbell Co. now provides a line of Iron Grip Strength (IGX) women's activewear. This line of apparel features women's shorts, tanks, pants, bra tops, fitted v-neck T-shirts, sweat pants, camisoles, baby T-shirts, and hooded zip-front sweat shirts, all affixed with the IGX logo. This new IGX line was created to complement Iron Grip's existing clothing line of men's and women's wear.
Kashi Co.
The Kashi GoLEAN soy-based cereal slimming system is composed of high-protein/high-fiber cereal, shakes and bars. Kashi's meal shakes come formulated for men's and women's health needs. The high-protein/high-fiber bars are available in three flavors, and are made from whole-grain cereal with added fiber and protein. All products are scientifically designed to help men and women control and maintain their weight naturally.
Miller Multiplex
Miller Multiplex's new catalog for floor coverings features stock and custom display solutions for both area rugs and hard surface flooring. The eight-page, full-color brochure provides detailed descriptions and dimensions for Miller's complete line of floor covering displays. High-capacity, high-design stock and information on special order and custom displays are available to independent retailers.
Power Systems Inc.
Power Systems 2000 spring and summer training product catalog has added more than 100 new products, including leverage strength equipment, an adjustable agility ladder, and burst-resistant gym balls. A completely new section is devoted to rehabilitation products. The catalog's sections include medicine balls, plyometrics, speed, agility, strength, flexibility, balance, weight management and general fitness items.
Stott Equipment
Stott's 2000 catalog is uniquely formatted as a 12-month calendar. Featuring its complete product line, each page includes a full month noting Stott's scheduled activities plus a product from its equipment line. Other pages include a list of instructional videos the company offers and training and certification courses it provides focusing on the exercise system pioneered by Joseph Pilates. An order form is also included in the catalog.
Supreme Audio Inc.
Supreme Audio's Profes-sional Dance & Fitness Audio Buyer's Guide, features Telex, Samson, Sony, Shure, Special Projects, Audio-Technica and Hydrophonics head-worn aerobic microphone systems. The catalog also includes Klipsch, RCF, Bose, Kenleigh, JVC, Sony, Denon, Technics, QSC, Marantz variable speed tape recorders, CD players, amplifiers, speakers, and BroadcastVision and ClubFM FM broadcast systems.
Sportsmith has an updated 12th edition of its catalog. The new version has been expanded to 88 pages. The catalog includes OEM and OEM-quality parts and electronics service for most major fitness equipment brands. The StariMaster product line has been added to Sportsmith's offerings in this new issue. According to company officials, Sportsmith strives to provide customers with the best selection of parts, service and value.
Water Gear Inc.
Water Gear's 2000 30-page catalog features quality aquatic training and water gear. The catalog's product listings include salon- quality hair and personal care products, aquatic training gear, water goggles, face masks, aqua aerobics products, pool game items and water sport accessories. Water Gear claims that its research staff investigates new products to keep its customers on the leading edge.


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Bias (also called frame) matroids generalise graphic matroids. Bias matroids include the class of Dowling geometries, and are important in matroid structure theory. We present a first step toward showing that there are only finitely many excluded minors for the class of bias matroids. We describe those excluded minors that may be constructed by identifying an element in each of two smaller matroids (\textit{i.e.} obtained by a 2-sum).
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Meet Brenna Burley of Grand Rapids, Minn. She was a virginal sturgeon fisherwoman when she went out, pole in hand, with her boyfriend. He got a bite, but told Ms. Burley she could reel this one in. A 10-minute fight ensued.
"Of course all us girls were screaming, having a great time! ... I finally had to give the pole to Josh — my hands were shaking — and we landed it. I could not believe the size! It was 56 inches. We released it. This was an experience of a lifetime — the adrenaline and excitement was unforgettable!"
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Bolt Prospects Prospect of the Month: October
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C Blair Jones, Springfield (AHL)
No prospect has improved his stock more in the Lightning organization over the past couple of months than Blair Jones, who is in his rookie professional season out of Moose Jaw in the WHL. The 2005 4th round pick was signed late this summer after a brief contractual stalemate with the Lightning organization and has played well at every step along the way early this season to rise on the depth chart. Now, at just 20 years old, Jones is centering the Springfield Falcons' top line between veterans Norm Milley and Eric Healey and cashing is in at every opportunity. Jones is in the top-20 in the AHL in scoring with 11 points in 8 games, good for third in the league in scoring amongst rookies. It isn't just Jones' playmaking abilities that are impressing the Lightning organization though. Throughout training camp and the preseason and on into the AHL, Jones shows a surprisingly mature game defensively and along the wall. Now a legitimate contender in the early season for AHL Rookie of the Year, look for Jones to find his way into a Lightning jersey within the next year. Jones was also the Bolt Prospects Prospect of the Week award recipient for the week of 10/23-10/29.
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The Grove Plantation on the Pon Pon (Edisto) River in Charleston County, SC was built ca. 1828 by George Washington Morris. After Morris' death ca. 1857, the plantation was purchased by John Berkeley Grimball.
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CHICO — For the second year, the Chico Chamber of Commerce is organizing a business summit, which will have a look-back and look-forward approach.
The event is 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Chico Community Center, 545 Vallombrosa Ave. There is no cost.
Last year's summit, which occurred in January, was designed to boil down business concerns into several main areas. After a couple of hours of small-table discussions and input, the summit produced issues over four areas: qualified workforce, small business financing, transparency in the permitting process, and burdensome regulations.
"Those were broad topics," said Chamber CEO Katie Simmons this week. The chamber and partner organizations took several months to study the issues to see what could be accomplished.
Among the responses to the summit were a city-sponsored workshop for contractors and others on the city's permitting process, and one business finance organization stepped up its process to help get money into business hands.
The city took feedback about permitting at the workshop, including suggestions, and is studying how to use the information. A follow-up workshop has been planned, but no date has been set.
"I really have confidence (the city) is taking in the comments," Simmons said.
The Alliance for Workforce Development has been working on workforce quality, and the chamber has been involved in discussions regarding regulations.
"That first summit was really developing pathways for dealing with issues, but it's a model for this going forward," Simmons said.
A review of those issues is part of the upcoming summit, which will follow a similar corraling and sharing of concerns.
"This is a place for concerns to be voiced."
An unidentified moderator will conduct the summit and lead in the information gathering. In addition, the "state of the city" will be shared by a city official.
Simmons said the chamber is developing a new newsletter that will be unveiled at the summit that follows the issues, and a mid-year report planned for the summer about the progress.
While the multi-hour process seemed overwhelming to some participants, Simmons said it was the best way to analyze and collect the issues.
"The natural, organic process is overwhelming. If you talk to 40 people, you get 40 sets of concerns. Some overlap, others are unique. It'll be a similar process."
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This month, Work It, Mom! focuses on back-to-school basics to help your kids -- and you -- start the school year off right.
1.) Get physical: Most schools require a physical exam in order for kids to participate in school activities like gym class, so set up an appointment with the pediatrician sooner rather than later (and get your child's eyes checked while you're at it). Does your child play sports after school? Check his or her equipment, make sure it all fits and is safe to use, and update or replace items before practice starts.
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Darius was the Emperor of the Persian Empire from 521 BC to 486 BC. He quelled the Ionian Revolt and invaded Greece, but was repulsed at the Battle of Marathon and forced to withdraw. The Biblical character, Daniel served during his reign.
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Today was spent at the National Library. It is hard to believe that the trip is coming to an end. I could easily spend another week in the archives and research centres. But that will now need to wait until next year's trip.
We were shown a presentation of what the holdings of the NLS contain. The NLS is the leading centre for the study of Scotland and the Scots. There are British Directories (1773-1950), Industrial Histories, Publications of Scottish Clubs and Societies (including apprentice records, military records and various ephemera), WWI official photographs, Army, Navy & Airforce Lists (primarily officers or decorated soldiers), Family Histories, Emigration Lists, Matriculation Rolls, Newspapers and Old Maps.
After a brief tour, we were able to conduct some research. I was able to view an original hard copy of the Dalkeith Advertiser for 1955 and found an article in which my grandmother had been interviewed about the size of her family.
Some of the group returned to the Scottish Genealogy Society which is just down the street, or went to the Central Edinburgh Library across the street to finish up their research.
It has been a very productive trip. Lots of documents have been viewed, downloaded or copied. Blanks and spaces have been filled in and foliage has been added to our family trees. I can't wait to get back to Canada (well actually I can......) and start to put the family newsletter together so that I can share what has been found over the past 10 days.
I wish you all continued good luck in your search for your Scottish ancestors.