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New Inscribed Properties
Cultural properties
Ancient City of Aleppo
Syrian Arab Republic
Criteria: (iii)(iv)
Located at the crossroads of several trade routes from the 2nd millennium B.C., Aleppo was ruled successively by the Hittites, Assyrians, Arabs, Mongols, Mamelukes and Ottomans. The 13th-century citadel, 12th-century Great Mosque and various 17th-century madrasas, palaces, caravanserais and hammams all form part of the city's cohesive, unique urban fabric, now threatened by overpopulation.
Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Criteria: (i)(iii)(iv)
The castles of Beaumaris and Harlech (largely the work of the greatest military engineer of the time, James of St George) and the fortified complexes of Caernarfon and Conwy are located in the former principality of Gwynedd, in north Wales. These extremely well-preserved monuments are examples of the colonization and defence works carried out throughout the reign of Edward I (1272–1307) and the military architecture of the time.
Chan Chan Archaeological Zone
Criteria: (i)(iii)
The Chimu Kingdom, with Chan Chan as its capital, reached its apogee in the 15th century, not long before falling to the Incas. The planning of this huge city, the largest in pre-Columbian America, reflects a strict political and social strategy, marked by the city's division into nine 'citadels' or 'palaces' forming autonomous units.
Churches and Convents of Goa
Criteria: (ii)(iv)(vi)
The churches and convents of Goa, the former capital of the Portuguese Indies – particularly the Church of Bom Jesus, which contains the tomb of St Francis-Xavier – illustrate the evangelization of Asia. These monuments were influential in spreading forms of Manueline, Mannerist and Baroque art in all the countries of Asia where missions were established.
Fatehpur Sikri
Criteria: (ii)(iii)(iv)
Built during the second half of the 16th century by the Emperor Akbar, Fatehpur Sikri (the City of Victory) was the capital of the Mughal Empire for only some 10 years. The complex of monuments and temples, all in a uniform architectural style, includes one of the largest mosques in India, the Jama Masjid.
Great Zimbabwe National Monument
Criteria: (i)(iii)(vi)
The ruins of Great Zimbabwe – the capital of the Queen of Sheba, according to an age-old legend – are a unique testimony to the Bantu civilization of the Shona between the 11th and 15th centuries. The city, which covers an area of nearly 80 ha, was an important trading centre and was renowned from the Middle Ages onwards.
Hattusha: the Hittite Capital
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)
The archaeological site of Hattusha, former capital of the Hittite Empire, is notable for its urban organization, the types of construction that have been preserved (temples, royal residences, fortifications), the rich ornamentation of the Lions' Gate and the Royal Gate, and the ensemble of rock art at Yazilikaya. The city enjoyed considerable influence in Anatolia and northern Syria in the 2nd millennium B.C.
Historic Centre of Évora
Criteria: (ii)(iv)
This museum-city, whose roots go back to Roman times, reached its golden age in the 15th century, when it became the residence of the Portuguese kings. Its unique quality stems from the whitewashed houses decorated with azulejos and wrought-iron balconies dating from the 16th to the 18th century. Its monuments had a profound influence on Portuguese architecture in Brazil.
Historic City of Toledo
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)
Successively a Roman municipium, the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom, a fortress of the Emirate of Cordoba, an outpost of the Christian kingdoms fighting the Moors and, in the 16th century, the temporary seat of supreme power under Charles V, Toledo is the repository of more than 2,000 years of history. Its masterpieces are the product of heterogeneous civilizations in an environment where the existence of three major religions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam – was a major factor.
Ironbridge Gorge
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)(vi)
Ironbridge is known throughout the world as the symbol of the Industrial Revolution. It contains all the elements of progress that contributed to the rapid development of this industrial region in the 18th century, from the mines themselves to the railway lines. Nearby, the blast furnace of Coalbrookdale, built in 1708, is a reminder of the discovery of coke. The bridge at Ironbridge, the world's first bridge constructed of iron, had a considerable influence on developments in the fields of technology and architecture.
Khajuraho Group of Monuments
Criteria: (i)(iii)
The temples at Khajuraho were built during the Chandella dynasty, which reached its apogee between 950 and 1050. Only about 20 temples remain; they fall into three distinct groups and belong to two different religions – Hinduism and Jainism. They strike a perfect balance between architecture and sculpture. The Temple of Kandariya is decorated with a profusion of sculptures that are among the greatest masterpieces of Indian art.
Khami Ruins National Monument
Criteria: (iii)(iv)
Khami, which developed after the capital of Great Zimbabwe had been abandoned in the mid-16th century, is of great archaeological interest. The discovery of objects from Europe and China shows that Khami was a major centre for trade over a long period of time.
Old City of Sana'a
Criteria: (iv)(v)(vi)
Situated in a mountain valley at an altitude of 2,200 m, Sana'a has been inhabited for more than 2,500 years. In the 7th and 8th centuries the city became a major centre for the propagation of Islam. This religious and political heritage can be seen in the 103 mosques, 14 hammams and over 6,000 houses, all built before the 11th century. Sana'a's many-storeyed tower-houses built of rammed earth (pisé) add to the beauty of the site.
Old Town of Ghadamès
Criteria: (v)
Ghadamès, known as 'the pearl of the desert', stands in an oasis. It is one of the oldest pre-Saharan cities and an outstanding example of a traditional settlement. Its domestic architecture is characterized by a vertical division of functions: the ground floor used to store supplies; then another floor for the family, overhanging covered alleys that create what is almost an underground network of passageways; and, at the top, open-air terraces reserved for the women.
Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier
Criteria: (i)(iii)(iv)(vi)
Trier, which stands on the Moselle River, was a Roman colony from the 1st century AD and then a great trading centre beginning in the next century. It became one of the capitals of the Tetrarchy at the end of the 3rd century, when it was known as the 'second Rome'. The number and quality of the surviving monuments are an outstanding testimony to Roman civilization.
Studenica Monastery
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)(vi)
The Studenica Monastery was established in the late 12th century by Stevan Nemanja, founder of the medieval Serb state, shortly after his abdication. It is the largest and richest of Serbia's Orthodox monasteries. Its two principal monuments, the Church of the Virgin and the Church of the King, both built of white marble, enshrine priceless collections of 13th- and 14th-century Byzantine painting.
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)
This famous temple to the god of healing and the sun was built towards the middle of the 5th century B.C. in the lonely heights of the Arcadian mountains. The temple, which has the oldest Corinthian capital yet found, combines the Archaic style and the serenity of the Doric style with some daring architectural features.
New Inscribed Properties
Natural properties
Garajonay National Park
Criteria: (vii)(ix)
Laurel forest covers some 70% of this park, situated in the middle of the island of La Gomera in the Canary Islands archipelago. The presence of springs and numerous streams assures a lush vegetation resembling that of the Tertiary, which, due to climatic changes, has largely disappeared from southern Europe.
Iguaçu National Park
Criteria: (vii)(x)
The park shares with Iguazú National Park in Argentina one of the world's largest and most impressive waterfalls, extending over some 2,700 m. It is home to many rare and endangered species of flora and fauna, among them the giant otter and the giant anteater. The clouds of spray produced by the waterfall are conducive to the growth of lush vegetation.
Škocjan Caves
Criteria: (vii)(viii)
This exceptional system of limestone caves comprises collapsed dolines, some 6 km of underground passages with a total depth of more than 200 m, many waterfalls and one of the largest known underground chambers. The site, located in the Kras region (literally meaning Karst), is one of the most famous in the world for the study of karstic phenomena.
New Inscribed Properties
Mixed property
St Kilda
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Criteria: (iii)(v)(vii)(ix)(x)
This volcanic archipelago, with its spectacular landscapes, is situated off the coast of the Hebrides and comprises the islands of Hirta, Dun, Soay and Boreray. It has some of the highest cliffs in Europe, which have large colonies of rare and endangered species of birds, especially puffins and gannets. The archipelago, uninhabited since 1930, bears the evidence of more than 2,000 years of human occupation in the extreme conditions prevalent in the Hebrides. Human vestiges include built structures and field systems, the cleits and the traditional Highland stone houses. They feature the vulnerable remains of a subsistence economy based on the products of birds, agriculture and sheep farming.
Significant modifications to the boundaries
Cultural properties
Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
Criteria: (iii)
This Phoenician city was probably abandoned during the First Punic War (c. 250 B.C.) and as a result was not rebuilt by the Romans. The remains constitute the only example of a Phoenicio-Punic city to have survived. The houses were built to a standard plan in accordance with a sophisticated notion of town planning.
Significant modifications to the boundaries
Natural properties
Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
Criteria: (viii)(ix)(x)
This site, comprising several protected areas, is situated predominantly along the Great Escarpment on Australia's east coast. The outstanding geological features displayed around shield volcanic craters and the high number of rare and threatened rainforest species are of international significance for science and conservation.
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News (5)
- Two cultural sites added to UNESCO's World Heritage List 07-Jul-2019
- Six cultural sites added to UNESCO's World Heritage List 07-Jul-2019
- Seven cultural sites inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List 06-Jul-2019
- Five sites inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List 05-Jul-2019
- World Heritage Committee to meet in Baku (Azerbaijan) to examine inscription of new sites on World Heritage List 21-Jun-2019


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CHARLOTTE � After a 7-5 start, the Charlotte Bobcats have struggled so much the last two months that fans are wondering if they are watching last year�s NBA record-worst team again.
Well, after losing a 13th straight home game on Tuesday night, 103-76 to the Indiana Pacers, this year�s Bobcats are threatening another one of last year�s Bobcats� dubious records.
The franchise-record 23-game losing streak that ended last season � and is tied for the third-longest losing streak in NBA history � culminated with a 14th straight home loss.
A loss again Saturday against Sacramento and the Bobcats will tie that inglorious record.
In Tuesday�s game, with owner Michael Jordan sitting in a seat alongside the Bobcats� bench for only the second time of the season, Indiana beat Charlotte 60-31 on the boards. The rebounding differential wasn�t lost on Bobcats� coach Mike Dunlap at the half when it was 32-13.
�At halftime, the Pacers probably should�ve had a 20-point lead,� Dunlap said of the 50-40 deficit. �But we pulled it back within 10.
�The bottom line is that we�ve done pretty well when we rebound by committee. So have to help each other out. It�s got to be a �we� thing.�
The best illustration of that struggle?
While the Bobcats (9-29) had seven players get a rebound in the third quarter, each of them got only one each as the Pacers (24-15) were well on their way to the blowout victory.
Gerald Henderson led Charlotte with 15 points, with Kemba Walker and Ramon Sessions adding 13 points apiece. The leading rebounder was Bismack Biyombo with six.
Walker also gave the team a scare late in the first half when he limped off after re-aggravating the left ankle he injured the night before in Boston. But Walker returned to start the second half.
Perhaps Walker was simply as tired as the rest of his teammates appeared in playing their fourth game in five nights.
�In the young history of his team, we�ve got been good in that situation,� Dunlap said of the four-game, five-night schedule. �But everybody in the league has this schedule.�
Veteran guard Ben Gordon said the team struggled with effort and energy and simply has to attack more.
�We�re an attacking team,� Gordon said. �But that�s mostly off drives and not post-ups.�
For Indiana, Roy Hibbert had 18 points, Paul George 16 points and 10 rebounds, George Hill 16 points and David West 15. Former University of North Carolina star Tyler Hansbrough had nine points and three rebounds off the bench.
Notes: Among the 12,996 in attendance for Tuesday�s game was University of North Carolina coach Roy Williams. Williams sat courtside near center court with his son Scott Williams and his grandson�.
Bobcats starting power forward Byron Mullens missed his 11th straight game with what Dunlap confirmed was �torn ligaments� in his left ankle after landing awkwardly in the Dec. 22 loss at Denver. Mullens� return remains uncertain, though Dunlap said he�s starting shooting drills and continues rehabilitation in the pool in order to strengthen the left ankle�.
After coming off the bench in nine of the first 20 games he played this season, Gerald Henderson started his fourth straight game Tuesday. Expect him to remain a starter as Dunlap thinks Henderson �plays better� when he starts�.
Meanwhile, Jeffrey Taylor started 25 times in his first 33 games this season, but made his fourth straight appearance off the bench. Dunlap: �I�ve also found out that Jeffrey Taylor plays better when he doesn�t start.��
The Bobcats visit Orlando on Friday at 7 p.m. before playing four straight home games � Sacramento on Saturday at 7 p.m., Houston on Monday at 2 p.m., Atlanta on Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. and Minnesota on Jan. 26 at 7:30.

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Welcome to PWInsider.com's coverage of WWE Extreme Rules. We will be updating this page throughout the evening with results from the show, so check back often.
WWE Extreme Rules opened with a video package noting there are "no rules" tonight, and focusing on John Cena vs. Big Show, Edge vs. Jeff Hardy and Randy Orton vs. Batista, with an emphasis on Hardy vs. Edge.
U.S. Champion Kofi Kingston vs. MVP vs. Matt Hardy vs. William Regal in a Fatal Four Way match.
They reviewed Kofi's U.S. Title win from Raw as Kingston came to the ring. Regal, Hardy, then MVP made their entrances after the champion. Hardy and Regal talked to each other as the bell rang, then Regal shoved Hardy into Kofi and MVP. They knocked Hardy down, then went after Regal. Regal got away from them, but Hardy shoved him back into the babyfaces. Hardy pulled MVP to the floor, and Kofi went at it with Regal, but then Kofi hit MVP and Hardy with a pescado. In the ring, Kofi gave Regal a flying bodypress for a two count. MVP ran in and kicked Kofi, then they collided on a shoulderblock attempt. MVP got tossed into Hardy, who was on the apron, but Kofi, then Kofi hit him with a back elbow, but Regal broke up the cover.
Regal gave Kofi knees and forearms in a corner, and then kicked MVP in the head. Regal put Kofi on the top rope, and set up for a double underhook superplex. MVP went behind Regal, going for an Electric Chair, but slipped off the ropes as Regal did the superplex and they crumbled to the mat. Matt Hardy rolled into the ring and attempted covers on all three men. Hardy gave Regal a Side Effect for another two count. Hardy slammed MVP and hit a second rope legdrop for a two count. Hardy went for a Twist Of Fate on MVP, but Kofi broke it up. Kofi gave Hardy a clothesline and dropkick, then slammed Regal on top of Hardy and gave the pile a double legdrop. Kofi went to pin Matt, but Regal broke it up.
Kofi tossed Regal from the ring. Kofi gave Hardy a pendulum kick in the ring, then kicked MVP, who was on the floor, between the ropes. Kofi went for a spi kick on Hardy, Regal blocked it, and Regal suplexed Kofi, but Kofi fell onto Hardy for a two count. MVP hit Regal with a running kick, sending him from the ring, then suplexed Kofi, but Hardy broke up the cover. Kofi rolled out of the ring. MVP gave Hardy a facebuster to the knee, then the Ballin' elbowdrop. Regal broke up the cover and suplexed MVP. Regal pounded MVP in a corner. Kofi jumped onto MVP, but Regal threw Kofi to the mat. Regal kicked MVP from the ring, then suplexed Hardy and sent him from the ring. Regal threw Kofi into the ropes, thinking he was going over the top, but Kofi bounced off and hit the Trouble In Paradise kick for the pin on Regal at the seven minute mark.
Winner: Kofi Kingston.
They showed that earlier today, Josh Mathews went to Big Show's bus to ask what his strategy was tonight. Show said Cena needed strategy, since he was unable to put the STF on him. Show said he would embarrass Cena tonight, saying the beating would be worse than when he threw Cena into a spotlight at Backlash.
They recapped the great Jericho-Mysterio sneak attack angle from two weeks ago.
Intercontinental Champion Rey Mysterio vs. Chris Jericho in a No Holds Barred match.
Chris Jericho's music hit, but instead of coming out via the ramp, they went to Chris Jericho at a merchandise stand. Jericho ripped on Mysterio for "encouraging fans" to play into his "deception" by buying masks. Jericho walked down the stand to the ring, cutting his promo on Mysterio while also yelling at any fan who tried to touch him. Jericho said he would make the masks the fans buy "even more worthless" by ripping apart Rey's mask tonight while going on to become a nine-time Intercontinental Champion.
Rey tackled Jericho at the bell and kicked him to the floor. Rey stomped Jericho on the outside and rammed him into the announce table, then ripping the lid off the Raw table and hit Jericho with it. Jericho fell down, and Rey dropkicked him in the face. Jericho elbowed Rey in the gut, then rammed Rey into the security wall. Jericho whipped Rey into the steps, but Rey flipped over them, then dropkicked the steps into the legs of an advancing Jericho. Rey hit a kick to the leg, then rammed Jericho head first into the ring steps. Rey tossed Jericho into the security wall, then got on the apron and jumped off, giving Jericho a rana on the floor.
Mysterio tossed Jericho back into the ring and hit a slingshot legdrop to the back of the head for a two count. Jericho kicked Rey in the gut and dropped him gut first across the top rope. Jericho kicked Rey in the ribs, then gave him a catapult into the bottom rope for a two count. Jericho kicked and choked Mysterio in a corner, then whipped him across the ring. Rey floated to the apron and kicked Jericho, then went to the top rope, only for Jericho to crotch him. Rey fell to the apron, where Jericho stomped him. Jericho went for his inside-out springboard, but Rey caught him with a kick from the apron. Jericho went to the floor, then got back on the apron. Rey swung around the ringpost, going from one apron to another, to hit a 619-like kick to the chest. Jericho fell to the floor, and Rey Mysterio went to the top rope and hit a bodypress on the floor.
Rey rolled Jericho back in and hit a springboard splash for a two count, then set up Jericho for a 619. Jericho got up as Rey ran the ropes and the two collided. Jericho went for a slam, but Rey floated over and hit some leg kicks. Rey went for a bodyscissors bulldog, but Jericho blocked it. Rey went into a Victory Roll as a counter, but Jericho reversed it for a two of his own. Jericho went for a sunset flip, Rey rolled through and went for a dropkick, but Jericho caught it and went for Walls Of Jericho, but Rey turned it into a small package for a two count. Rey kicked Jericho in the head, but ran the ropes and Jericho nailed him with a clothesline for a two count.
Jericho slid Mysterio out of the ring and to the floor, where he landed with a thud. Jericho punched Rey on the floor, then dropped him face first on the Raw table lid that had been pulled off earlier. Jericho rolled Rey into the ring for a two count. Jericho applied a sleeper variation, then went after the mask, pulling a lot of it off, before Rey broke free with a kick. Rey dodged a charging Jericho, who went full speed into the ringpost and through the ropes to the floor. Mysterio then nailed Jericho with a tope through the ropes. Rey tossed Jericho in the ring and hit a springboard senton, a tilt-a-whirl headscissors, then a rana, and scored a two count. Rey set up Jericho for the 619, but Jericho caught Rey and gave him a spinning Torture Rack before dropping down with it, then covering Rey for a two count.
Jericho went for the mask again, but Rey hit him in the gut. Rey went for a rana, but Jericho powerbombed him. Jericho went for a Lionsault, but Rey moved. Jericho hit the mat, got up and slumped against the ropes. Rey went for a 619, hitting Jericho in the back of the head. Rey went for a springboard, but Jericho caught him in mid-air with the Codebreaker. Rey kicked out at two, and Jericho was stunned. Jericho went to the floor for a chair, but as he got in the ring with it, Mysterio dropkicked the chair into Jericho for a two count.
Mysterio gave Jericho the old Sabu Arabian Facebuster with the chair for another two count. Rey set up the chair in a corner, and when Jericho approached him, Rey gave him a drop toe hold into the chair. Rey then went for a jump off the chair, but Jericho caught him and put him in the Walls Of Jericho. Rey grabbed the chair, twisted under Jericho in the hold, and hit him with the chair in the head. Jericho slumped into the ropes. Rey went for a 619, but Jericho grabbed Rey's head and yanked off the mask. Rey covered his face with his hands, and Jericho rolled up Rey from behind for the pin at the 15 minute mark.
Winner and new Intercontinental Champion: Chris Jericho.
Jericho posed with the title belt and Rey's mask.
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In which issues concerning the profession of philosophy are
bitched griped about
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Since I get to post up top
15 comments:
Yes it is, but it's still probably true.
- September 14, 2010 at 9:50 AM
The truth is that most TT faculty members feel threatened by the highly qualified, highly published, highly motivated applicants on the market now. It sucks when you're on a search committee and almost every applicant is more qualified than you were when you originally applied for the position as well as when you went up for tenure. Interesting how that works. It makes sense that they would recommend a back-up plan. They don't want the young Turks to upstage them.
- September 14, 2010 at 10:19 AM
Yeah, 10:19, there is that possibility...or maybe it is just the case that A) jobs are hard to come by so B) job seekers should prepare for the possibility of not getting a job. I think we can probably see the basic truth of that possibility without resorting to obnoxious conspiracy theories.
- September 14, 2010 at 1:07 PM
We live in a different world post-the 2008 recession. Before this recession, it was reasonable for many of us in highly ranked PhD programs to think we could get a good job coming out of our program. For instance, I am in a highly ranked program and we placed very well before the recession. But the recession changed our world and the academic landscape, and even for those of us in good programs, it is just not reasonable to assume you can get a good job coming out. This is just facing the stark realities of our post-2008-recession world. The wise have back-up plans, and mine is nursing school at the moment.
- September 14, 2010 at 1:33 PM
I'm on a search committee and it is true that the top 10 percent of the pool has more publications in better journals than every single member of the committee. Some have multiple masters and doctoral degrees, which no committee member has. No one likes to admit this, but let's be realistic: the poor job market has created a virtual academic arms race. Good luck.
- September 14, 2010 at 2:53 PM
Hey Anon 10:19. Two years ago we hired and I was on the search committee. I don't have the exact numbers in front of me, but of the roughly 180 applicants, I would say that fewer than 20% had a publication. And those who did, weren't ABD, they were people who had been finished for a while are were on temp gigs. And those who had good publications were even smaller.
So, simmer down. It's just an effing beast out there to get a job. But of course you have 4 articles in _Analysis_, _Mind_, _Journal of Philosophy_, and _Nous_ so you are set.
- September 14, 2010 at 4:34 PM
Let's put this applicants-posing-threats-to-TT-faculty bullshit into perspective: Exactly for whom would the top 10% of this year's applicant pool pose a threat?
Most certainly it won't be the faculty at places making up the top 10% of jobs. More likely, to find any substantial gap between applicant and hiring faculty, you'd have to move wayyyyy down the job list--specifically, to the sorts of jobs that the top 10% of applicants likely wouldn't take to begin with.
Furthermore, I'm not at all sure what applicant pool you folks have been perusing, but out of the 400 or so last year that we looked at, no more than half a dozen (1-2%) were ridiculously impressive. To be sure, those few remarkable folks were better than many of us on the hiring committee were at that same early stage in our careers (none of us were superstars), but none of these applicants were in any way shape or form even remotely comparable to us now. Could they blow us out of the water in five-ten years? Holy shit, I sure hope so, after all, isn't that kinda the point of trying to hire these shiny buggers in the first place!?
The lesson here then is that if the search committee for job X is such that the top 10% of applicants could reasonably come across as seriously threatening, then job X is quite likely one that few if any in the top 10% would want (and one for which most in the top 10% would reasonably be disappointed to wind up settling). Of course, shit happens. I can easily think of a handful of phenomenal young philosophers who have yet to find employment in a department remotely commensurate with their ability. However, I assure you, such cases are on the rare side (and usually work themselves out in due course).
So, anyone bitching and moaning about there being a substantial applicant-faculty talent gap likely does so in virtue of staring at the bottom of the job barrel from a vantage point well outside the top of the applicant pool.
- September 14, 2010 at 6:14 PM
Also note that this goes both ways, i.e., most of the applicant pool ought to be intimidated by faculty from departments atop the job list **[For many you'd think sufficiently so to preclude applying in the first place but alas, a significant number of applicants continue to think that Degree + Postage Stamp = Worth Considering.]**
- September 14, 2010 at 6:20 PM
I think we care too much about pedigree and publishing. We should care more about teaching and collegiality.
- September 14, 2010 at 9:28 PM
ABD, that is too either/or. With this market, a search committee should be able to find someone with all of those qualities.
I must say, though, that I am a little surprised to hear that fewer than 20% of the applicants for one job search had publications. I guess I was under the impression that most applicants have pubs now (granted that they are not all tier 1 journals). Thus, if I am wrong, then that is GREAT news for people getting into the job market. If one wants to distinguish oneself from the bulk of the applicants (which one has to do), get your ass published.
I know that is easier said than done, but getting published is not all that hard if you had put decent effort into your dissertation and some of the papers you had to write for grad school. Just recently I polished up a paper from a class a while back and got it accepted in a peer-reviewed online journal. And no matter your thoughts on online journals, it is a publication, and that says something good to a search committee. Of course, if you are aiming for the moon in terms of schools, an online journal publication might not be a positive, but you get the point ( I hope).
Sidepoint: I actually think that the biggest barrier to grad students not getting published is that many do not know how to write well yet. For whatever reason, grad departments don't focus enough on that, and it hurts their students. If you have a great idea, but you cannot convey it eloquently, concisely, and in a well organized manner, your philosophy will suck. So be honest in your assessment of your writing, and if you need to brush it up, get a good writing book like Brohaugh's Write Tight. Even if you think your writing is already good, get a good book on writing. It was the game changer for me for publishing.
- September 15, 2010 at 7:11 AM
I'm sorry to be the nay-sayer around here, but seriously, Second Suitor? You are upset because your original plan might not work out, and you might need to try something else to make a living?
I thought most people left the "You can do what you want if you really want to try" mentality at the door no later than the end of college. There is no meritocracy in anything, our discipline included. Wake up and grow up. What you take for granted -- your education -- is something that so few people even have the opportunity to think about obtaining. For most people, the ability to spend a decade doing nothing but studying and teaching and writing about a subject of their choosing is an unimaginable privilege and opportunity. Allow me to remind how intrinsically valuable your education and training are, and how practically valuable they will be throughout the course of your life.
And, yeah, it would be nice for us/you/whoever to be able to do what we love for a living. But failing that, at least you will (or should) be able to do something both sustainable and commensurate to your level of education, that permits you not only to meet your basic needs, but probably live with some level of comfort, while pursuing your passion in your spare time. Even in taking a back-up route, you will probably be pretty fucking privileged compared to most people. For example, even supposing your back up plan involves going back to school for something -- like law school or higher ed administration -- we both know that because of your background as a philosopher you will be able to get through that additional education with much more ease than the average person.
As someone who works constantly with people who have to struggle to even get their foot in the door of any trade or profession which would offer them a barely reasonable living, I think you are being kind of a whiny little child.
I agree grad school is hard, and philosophy is hard, and that it's important and worthwhile, and that we are all probably more or less good at it. And I would almost certainly that you probably deserve the kind of life you desire. But so does almsot everyone else. And you should of course try for it. But there comes a time when you have to put on your big kid underwear, take off the training wheels off the bike, whatever, and grow up and realize it might not happen and have an idea of what you want to do.
My whole life has been a series of falling on my back up plans. And you know what? My life is pretty fucking awesome. I went to my back-up college, my back-up Master's program, my first out-of-school job was a back-up job, my re-entry into academia was via a back-up plan, I live in the back-up city, and ended up in what was originally the back-up Ph.D. program. And I am so thankful for it, because in all honesty, I think my life via Plan B is probably better than my Plan A, and, furthermore, I am glad that for some miraculous reason my younger self had both the practicality and the vision to have some alternate things in the works so that I didn't end up working at Starbucks while living at my parents for the last 5 years.
Grown-ups -- no matter what they do for a living -- have back-up plans because as grown-ups they realize that they don't want to fuck over their future selves, and things don't always work the way they want to, or that they should. So, even if you are unwilling to grow up for your present self, be kind to your future self, stop whining, and get it together. Hope for the best, plan for the worst, and you'll probably have a decent life.
- September 15, 2010 at 12:21 PM
Jeebus, 12:21. I think SS was just venting.
- September 16, 2010 at 2:17 PM
I'm less anxious and more research-focused now that I came up with a back-up plan. It is a rational sort of thing...
- September 16, 2010 at 7:19 PM
For sure SS was just venting, but it was serious venting all the same. 12:21 makes a number of good, obvious points folks.
- September 16, 2010 at 7:31 PM
2:17, 12:21 here.
Yeah, so was I. I am so tired of hearing philosophy grad students whine and complain about the possibility of having to work outside the field. It's tiresome and childish, and I get a constant and steady stream of it. In the real world, it's impolitic for me to say the things I've just said, even when I think people really need to hear them. Ranting, venting -- isn't that the partial purpose of the anonymity of this blog?
I really don't understand how it is people can reach their late 20s/30s/sometimes 40s and have no idea how to deal with life's disappointments like an adult, and I think I reach a certain point where I'm allowed to bitch about it.
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This week is Spring Break, and that means one thing every year; Gold Medal Basketball. The games are a fundraising effort by the Juneau Lions Club; we spoke with Steve Brandner, the President of the Club, to find out how they got started 67 years ago.
VIDEO: The 67th Gold Medal Basketball Tournament is being held this week in Juneau, and we highlight its history and significance to the region. (Image: Juneau Lions Club)
"Juneau Lions Club was looking for a fund raising opportunity and so what they did was selling like brushes or light bulbs or something door to door and somebody said 'You know, all of Southeast Alaska is really crazy about basketball, you guys ought to put on a tournament' so the next year a guy named Del Hanks did, for the Juneau Lions Club, started the Gold Medal Tournament.
And the tournament has also like say over the years evolved more into almost a cultural event too, we have the entertainment, native dancers come and dance, they do a fundraiser dance called a blanket dance on Friday night, they bring communities together, it's almost like, it's not quite like celebration but its close, it's like basketball celebration.
It's been said that its estimated about a million and a half dollars come in associated with the tournament from shopping, hotels, food services, rental cars, hotel rooms, you know all the other services that are here for that influx of people."
The games raise a significant amount of money, which goes towards some very worthy causes. Edward Hotch, the 1st Vice President of the Lions Club, shared with us a few of the worthy causes the Club supports.
"We give each community that's represented here in the Gold Medal; we try to support one of their students for a scholarship for college, and then we help AWARE and other places like that so people that need more stuff that they can't, we provide gifts for a needy family during Christmastime and we provide a meal during Thanksgiving time for those that are in need."
Along with all of the exciting basketball action, there's something else happening this year, we got the details from Ken Spencer, Sales Manager for Stanley Ford.
"Stanley Fords' going to give someone the opportunity to win this Ford Escape, and we're a proud sponsor of the Gold Medal Tournament this year, 67th, and halftime, last game and a forty one foot shot, somebody's going to win this car."
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Complete the following expressions so that each one gives a four digit number as the product of two two digit numbers and uses the digits 1 to 8 once and only once.
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Find the smallest positive integer N such that N/2 is a perfect cube, N/3 is a perfect fifth power and N/5 is a perfect seventh power.
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The number 12 = 2^2 × 3 has 6 factors. What is the smallest natural number with exactly 36 factors?
Find the highest power of 11 that will divide into 1000! exactly.
Think of any three-digit number. Repeat the digits. The 6-digit number that you end up with is divisible by 91. Is this a coincidence?
Lyndon chose this as one of his favourite problems. It is accessible but needs some careful analysis of what is included and what is not. A systematic approach is really helpful.
In how many ways can the number 1 000 000 be expressed as the product of three positive integers?
Can you make lines of Cuisenaire rods that differ by 1?
Take any prime number greater than 3 , square it and subtract one. Working on the building blocks will help you to explain what is special about your results.
Take any pair of numbers, say 9 and 14. Take the larger number, fourteen, and count up in 14s. Then divide each of those values by the 9, and look at the remainders.
The flow chart requires two numbers, M and N. Select several values for M and try to establish what the flow chart does.
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Douglas Adams: Parrots, the Universe and Everything
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Douglas Adams was the best-selling British author and satirist who created The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In this talk at UCSB recorded shortly before his death, Adams shares hilarious accounts of some of the apparently absurd lifestyles of the world's creatures, and gleans from them extraordinary perceptions about the future of humanity. (#5779)
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Chuck Answers Fan Questions For His Second 'Phoenix' Essay
On February 12th, Chuck Palahniuk released a new short story exclusively through Amazon's Kindle Single program called 'Phoenix.' At the time of my writing this, 'Phoenix' is #1 across the board on Amazon's Kindle Single rank. The story is burning it up! (pun intended)
So two weeks ago, Chuck decided to start a series of essays explaining the construction and backstory of this short story. (You can read Essay 1 here and Essay 2 here.) And he decided to let a small number of fans submit questions to him. So without further ado, here is the second batch of Questions & Answers. And it goes without saying, but if you haven't yet read 'Phoenix,' there are spoilers below.
(Chuck's answers are italicizied within)
From Andrew Stanton:
What is the significance of the phone ringing so many times? What is Ted doing that it takes him 26 rings to answer? And why does Rachel wait?
Also, a bit more random, but did Chuck get the idea for naming the cat Belinda Carlisle after the book, Frank Sinatra in a Blender, where Frank Sinatra is the name of a chiwawa?
Chuck's Response: Thank you, Andrew, for bringing this up. The telephone ringing is Rachel's particular way to measure time passing. She's so meticulous that it makes sense for her to count the rings as her impatience builds. She's thwarted with every unanswered ring, and it's easy for her to imagine that Ted's intentionally avoiding her calls. By stating that she's waited 27 rings I'm already creating tension in the scene and depicting Rachel's anxious state of mind – as well as giving some idea of how much time is passing.
Sorry, I haven't read Frank Sinatra in a Blender. It was Lidia Yuknavitch's memoir The Chronology of Water that introduced me to the idea of using celebrity names for characters. She uses rock star names to represent each of her former lovers, and the technique works to establish the era as well as the person. Yes, it's a shortcut, but it's unique and works especially well in a short story where I don't want to burden the reader with pages of description.
From Wil Dalton:
Hi Chuck,
You've spoken of collecting anecdotes to craft into stories before (like the three tales in 'Guts'). How do you get your friends/strangers to share these personal tales with you? Do you ask permission before using their stories, or do you find people share with you in the hopes of seeing their experience become part of a grander theme?
Chuck's Response: Forgive me, but I'd like to defer this question for the essay I'll be sending later this week. Phoenix arrived from many different directions, very much like Guts did. For now, consider the idea that a good anecdote doesn't leave people in silent awe. Instead, it excites them to relate similar events from their own experience. Listeners relate to an effective story, and it gives them permission to share parts of their own lives. A dark, sad, humiliating story gives people a special opportunity to unburden themselves. Such a story makes it safe for them to share personal history they've normally kept secret.
From Zach Bennett:
How long did it take, from idea to kindle press for "Phoenix" to come to fruition?
Chuck's Response: All told, it took about a week to write the first draft of Phoenix, and it took about three months to tweak it into the story you see. I worked with Amy Grace Lloyd, my editor at Byliner, when she was an editor at Playboy. She published my stories Romance and Knock-Knock, and when she moved to Byliner she kept in touch with me. In October 2012 she proposed I write a Halloween story. I put Phoenix together, and Byliner liked it so much they didn't want to rush it to market. Not much happened until December, at that point I rewrote it with Amy's input. I added the robot vacuum cleaner. We debated the mood of the story and whether Rachel seemed too crazy too early. Most of the revisions were very small. For example, I added the line about a "blind date." In retrospect, none of the changes looked big, but they each carried heavy emotional weight. By January the story was being copyedited. It got cover art and proofreading in February. Now we're talking about a new, longer story for Byliner – this one, again, for Halloween. If I had to make a rough estimate, I spent twenty hours on rewriting for every hour I spent on the first draft.
A story isn't really finished until you want to murder everyone involved in the publishing process. Especially yourself.
From Andrew Gahol:
Hey there Mr. Palahniuk!
I am a huge fan of your body of work and I couldn't help but notice that you have an immense penchant for magnifying and underscoring character idiosyncrasies in your fiction (Rachel's obsessive viewing of Home Shopping Channel on mute in 'Phoenix; Irene Casey's habit of mixing metal slivers in food in 'Rant'; tracing Katherine's wrinkles inside the Kenton crypt in 'Tell-All').
As a writer, how vital are these eccentricities in forming good plots and good character designs?
Chuck's Response: Be careful, here. To paraphrase the "Romance" story: we all look a little crazy if you look close enough. One person's coping behaviors look like eccentricities to another person. Beyond that, my goal is always to demonstrate state-of-mind through physical actions. Because I try to avoid stating a character's emotions – "Sally felt angry" – I look for actions that will allow the reader to determine what I avoid saying outright. This is something we see good actors do. They can't say aloud, "Hey, I feel sad." They must find physical ways to communicate that information. The concept "angry" is an abstract. A physical action makes it compelling because our attention is always drawn to the thing that moves.
And do you decide what quirks a character may have before you write something or does that decision come organically as you're writing it?
Chuck's Response: To date, in most of my stories the scam or coping behavior creates the story. In Fight Club going to the disease support groups, for example, or pretending to choke in Choke. We enter the story with the behavior already more-or-less in place. It constitutes a lie to society. A secret, ritually performed for a noble reason. The scam meets the character's emotional needs but fails to unite him or her with society. Only when the liar is unmasked – usually at the end of the second act – can the character truly join society. So: Scam first, fulfillment second.
Having said that, I will probably never use that form again.
Do you have a idiosyncrasies yourself as a writer and as a human being that also directly or indirectly affect your own life's plot lines?
Chuck's Response: No comment (but, really, don't we all?)
We'll be posting Part 3 of Chuck's 'Phoenix' essays later this week at which time Chuck will accept more fan questions. For now, if you haven't yet read this great story...


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The pinwheel Sharpie t-shirts are a great summer science camp project. Take the shirts, markers and rubbing alcohol outside and get creative. Bonus: when you're outside there's less worry about alcohol fumes bothering anyone!
The update: when I was getting ready to do this project with a group of 24 students, I was trying to find some enough of the same type of container to stretch the shirts around, without making a huge investment.
I decided to with with 4" PVC pipe (available from hardware stores), cut into 5 or 6" lengths. You do need a hacksaw to cut the pieces, and the cutting can be a bit messy, so you'll have to determine if this option makes sense for you.
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The final selection of artists / photographers for Hijacked v.3 AUS / UK have now been announced and I am in very, very good company. UK Artists include Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Seba Kurtis, Trish Morrissey, Simon Roberts and WassinkLundgren to name but a few.
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Edmund MacGregor will do anything to save Scotland from English rule-even kidnap Lady Amelia Bell for ransom. As the daughter of a duke and the chancellor's betrothed, she's the perfect pawn in this game. But from the moment he first lays eyes on his spirited captive, he can't resist stealing a kiss.
Lady Amelia's duty is to marry well, but that hasn't stopped her from fantasizing about true love. So when a sexy Scot appears in her home, she's beguiled. When he kidnaps her, she's furious. Yet as Edmund introduces her to a world of passion beyond her wildest dreams, can she leave her family behind for this handsome Highlander? And will Edmund risk the only true home he's ever known to capture the heart of this lovely lass?
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As one of the bastards born to the Stirling court, Sorley the Hawk has never known his mother or father. It's a burning quest he has devoted himself to uncovering at any cost. But as a roguish warrior who serves at the pleasure of the King, his prowess-both on the battlefield and in his bedchamber-is legendary. So when a flame-haired Highland lass sneaks into his quarters with a tantalizing proposition, he can't resist taking her up on her offer .
Lady Mirabelle MacLaren will do anything to keep from marrying her odious suitor, even sully her own good name. And who better to despoil her than his sworn enemy, the one they call "Hawk?" As they set about the enjoyable task of ruining her reputation, Hawk and Mirabelle soon learn that rebellion never tasted so sweet.
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Shewolf and I went up and did Coburn Mtn Peek today. (GC216MT)
WOW! What a view that is. I actually drove the Suby past the site of the old ski lodge, (all that is left is a foundation) and parked a ways up the 4 wheeler trail.
It would make a great outing for the tread lightly crew. They could ride all the way to the top. Well, some of them. There is a sign that says "Experienced riders only".
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|Mallam Nuhu Ribadu: report stirs controversy
A probe alleging Nigeria has lost out on tens of billions of dollars in recent years through questionable practices in Africa's biggest oil-and-gas industry has stirred controversy and calls for action.
The report from a government-appointed task force, headed by former anti-graft czar, Nuhu Ribadu, has not been officially made public, but leaked copies have generated strong responses from officials, the state oil firm and private companies, which dispute many of its findings.
Anti-corruption activists seeking changes to an industry that operates with little transparency and which has long been seen as awash with graft have however sought to pressure the government into addressing the problems alleged.
The 139-page report, a copy of which has been obtained by AFP, is a rare look at the inner-workings of an industry that provides Nigeria with more than two-thirds of government revenue and nearly all of its export earnings.
It alleges that Nigeria's government has been shortchanged billions of dollars due to issues including unpaid royalties, exchange rate disparities, theft and pricing discrepancies.
It questions Nigeria's bidding process that grants licences to oil producers as well as the practice of using private traders to act as middlemen in certain aspects of the industry, which it says creates obvious avenues for graft.
Some examples of the amounts the report says Nigeria may have lost or is owed include:
-$29 billion due to what appeared to be lower-than-usual prices for gas sales to NLNG, whose shareholders include Shell, Total, ENI and state oil firm NNPC
-More than $6 billion per year due to crude theft. It says there is evidence members of the security forces profit from it.
-$4.6 billion due to price discrepancies in domestic crude sales
-$3.03 billion in unpaid royalties
-$947 million from gas produced from a Shell offshore field
-$560 million in unpaid signature bonuses
Most of the findings were based on a review of the industry between 2005 through 2011, though some data goes back to 2002.
NNPC disputes much of the report, saying there were major flaws in calculations alleging price discrepancies, exchange rate disparities and apparent losses linked to gas.
The state firm argued in a statement which detailed its objections that it had presented its analysis to the task force.
"We therefore question the basis of the decision of the task force to ignore this information and data which would have ably assisted it in arriving at verifiable conclusions and recommendations without misleading the public as the report clearly did," it said.
Shell also refuted findings that it owed Nigeria for gas produced at its offshore Bonga field.
"That allegation is incorrect but we cannot comment further as we do not know the basis of the calculations that yielded the $947 million number," it said in a statement in response to questions from AFP.
Concerning sales to liquefied natural gas firm NLNG, Shell said an analysis based only on end-user prices would be wrong since it did not consider costs related to transport and processing, among others issues.
Among the other shareholders in NLNG, France-based Total declined to comment on the report, saying that it "to the best of our knowledge has not been adopted by the federal government of Nigeria."
Italy's ENI referred questions on that specific matter to NLNG, which issued a statement disputing the findings in line with Shell's.
The report has been presented to President Goodluck Jonathan, who has appointed a committee to study it. Such reports are often quickly forgotten in Nigeria, though anti-graft groups haved pressed for action.
Instead of using the findings "to combat impunity for corruption in the oil sector, the government has embarked on a widespread public campaign to rubbish the report of a task force that it voluntarily commissioned," prominent anti-graft organisation SERAP said in a statement.
The task force was appointed in February after a nationwide strike and protests brought tens of thousands of people into the streets. It was led by Nuhu Ribadu, a former head of Nigeria's anti-graft agency.
The protests were sparked by an attempt to remove fuel subsidies, which Nigerians view as their only benefit from the oil industry because they keep petrol prices low.
However, the demonstrations grew to embrace a range of issues, particularly corruption in a country viewed as one of the world's most graft-ridden.
The government was forced to take action, partially reneging on fuel subsidies and appointing the task force.
President Jonathan, speaking during a recent televised question-and-answer session, sought to assure a sceptical nation that corruption in the oil industry was being addressed.
"There was never a time that the oil industry has been so attacked from all angles, because a number of Nigerians feel that a lot of wrong things are being done," he said.


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I've been really hard on Rooney Mara the last couple of weeks for the "aloof"-ing and the SVU trashing. As previously noted, people who are aloof don't generally point out their own aloofness. People who really, really want to be aloof will try to convince you that they are. In her case, it's self preoccupation - standard behaviour for an actor - and also, as expected, terrible insecurity.
An article has been published in the Swedish press featuring interviews with some of the local extras and crew who worked on The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. I love Google Translate.
Donald Josephson has a scene with Mara in the film. Here's his account of his experience:
I have two lines in the film. Lisbeth Salander comes to the computer store that I work in and I said: "Unfortunately, this computer is completely broken. I hope you have a backup. "
I biked to the set. When I arrived expecting a self-trailers, buffets and assistants.
The scene was a real computer shop on Götgatan, which was redesigned and thoroughly equipped with Apple logos.
The most fun was to keep up with Rooney Mara in "The Green Room", the room where the actors wait between shots. To be part of there and hear her anxiety over whether she would be better than Naomi Rapace. She had lots of those "Mirror mirror on the wall" moments in there. Mara asked all the time her assistant, "Did we not do better when we did this scene? Don't I look better than her? Am I not better? Am I not young? Am I not cool? "And the assistant just replied:" Yes, yes, yes! You are the best, you're the best! "
This ...is pretty much standard procedure. It's a f-cked up life, the acting business. The promises almost never materialise. They're repeatedly rejected, and when they aren't rejected, they are constantly afraid they will be. And so the people around them, they keep telling them what they want to hear. And when they hear it, they either start to believe it, or try to believe it but doubt it, and spend the rest of the time searching for a truth that feels authentic... which, sometimes, eludes them forever. Because in Hollywood, well, does the truth even exist?
Michelle Williams delivers an extraordinary representation of this in My Week With Marilyn. Marilyn's issues were exacerbated by drug dependency and all that other sh-t she was carrying around with her from when she was a child. But her lack of self worth was not unique. It manifests itself in different ways for different people. For Rooney Mara, there's the fake aloof-ery and bravado. And of course, you can imagine, under those circumstances, what David Fincher must represent: Creator and God. Everything.
I will be seeing Dragon Tattoo Girl this weekend. All of my colleagues say she's incredibly compelling. I believe it. Oh but the cost...
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I just love the flamingo, so sweet and festive.
Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year!
I love that you decided to keep it low key this year. I did too. So instead my family, who didn't want low key, did all the decorating. They didn't do it my way (i.e. the Right Way - wink,wink) but I've left it alone and they're feeling pretty spiffy.
Cool gift ideas again, but I gotta say the feet on the flamingo are creeping me out a little.
Enjoy your time with your kiddos. Merry Christmas!
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I totally see not spending all that time decorating, but I must say, the photos of your home decorated, are perfection. I love everything you did and I bet your family and visitors loved being in that wonderland. Thanks for sharing the great photos. Inspirational!ReplyDelete
I went all out this year, just cause my family is travelling a long way and spending a lot of money to be here... but sometimes, simple is best. Especially when it's all about giving and loving and being thankful for the little things.
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My personal preference is to use the engine wherever feasible (see under sail with engine below). These methods are good in theory but they largely depend on the competence of your crew and the weather conditions. If you have a reliable engine that starts easily and runs consistently, it can be quicker and safer to simply start the engine and drop the headsail. I would start the engine irrespective of whether you use the engine method or are using sails as this gives the opportunity for more control. Of course care needs to be taken not to allow the propeller near the MOB or for any sheets or lines to get caught in the propeller.
The figure of eight method is the most commonly taught and best used in heavy seas when strong wind conditions are present. It is also best used when there are crew members available to help with the retrieval. Figure eight also seems to be the most commonly taught method. If you are only going to learn one method this would typically be it.
This method can be used when there are limited crew members to assist with the retrieval as nothing has to be done to the jib sheets and only the mainsail needs to be centered. It is also the best method for keeping the MOB in sight. This is not the best maneuver during heavy winds as the boat will catch a lot of wind at the top of the tack.
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