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package net.sf.fc.gui.v.tree;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import javax.swing.tree.TreeNode;
import javax.swing.tree.TreePath;

import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.w3c.dom.Text;

public class DefaultXMLTreeNode implements XMLTreeNode {

    protected final Node xmlNode;
    protected final XMLTreeNode parent;
    protected final List<XMLTreeNode> children;

    public DefaultXMLTreeNode(Node xmlNode) {
        this.xmlNode = xmlNode;
        parent = null;
        children = initChildren();
    }

    public DefaultXMLTreeNode(XMLTreeNode parent, Node xmlNode) {
        this.parent = parent;
        this.xmlNode = xmlNode;
        children = initChildren();
    }

    protected List<XMLTreeNode> initChildren() {
        List<XMLTreeNode> nodes = new ArrayList<>();
        NodeList nodeList = xmlNode.getChildNodes();
        for(int i = 0; i < nodeList.getLength(); i++) {
            XMLTreeNode node = new DefaultXMLTreeNode(this, nodeList.item(i));
            nodes.add(node);
        }
        return nodes;
    }

    public Node getNode() {
        return xmlNode;
    }

    public String toString() {
        return (xmlNode.getNodeType() == Node.TEXT_NODE) ? ((Text)xmlNode).getTextContent() : xmlNode.getNodeName();
    }

    public String getText() {
        return toString();
    }

    @Override
    public XMLTreeNode getChildAt(int childIndex) {
        return children.get(childIndex);
    }

    @Override
    public int getChildCount() {
        return children.size();
    }

    @Override
    public XMLTreeNode getParent() {
        return parent;
    }

    @Override
    public int getIndex(XMLTreeNode node) {
        if(node == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("argument is null");
        }
        return children.indexOf(node);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean getAllowsChildren() {
        return xmlNode.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE || xmlNode.getNodeType() == Node.DOCUMENT_NODE;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isLeaf() {
        return children.size() == 0;
    }

    @Override
    public List<XMLTreeNode> children() {
        return children;
    }

    @Override
    public void remove(int idx) {
        // First, remove the node from the XML structure.
        Node childXmlNode = children.get(idx).getNode();
        xmlNode.removeChild(childXmlNode);
        // Now, remove the XMLTreeNode.
        children.remove(idx);
    }

    @Override
    public void insert(XMLTreeNode child, int idx) {
        if(!getAllowsChildren()) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("node does not allow children");
        }
        // When the child is created, it should have set this XMLTreeNode as its parent.
        // Check that it did. If it did not, throw an IllegalStateException.
        if(!child.getParent().equals(this)) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Child must be constructed with this as its parent.");
        }
        // Explicitly check to see if idx is out of range. If it is, throw an IndexOutOfBoundsException.
        if(idx < 0 || idx > children.size()) {
            throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("idx must be between 0 and the count of children minus one.");
        }
        // First, get the node in the XML structure of the idx. If idx is equal to children.size(), xmlChildren
        // should have the same number of children, so item(idx) will return null. Calling Node's insertBefore
        // with null as the refChild will append newChild to the end of the list.
        NodeList xmlChildren = xmlNode.getChildNodes();
        Node xmlChild = xmlChildren.item(idx);
        // Add the node in the XML structure.
        xmlNode.insertBefore(child.getNode(), xmlChild);
        // Now, insert the XMLTreeNode.
        children.add(idx, child);
    }

    @Override
    public XMLTreeNode[] getPath() {
        return getPathToRoot(this, 0);
    }

    private XMLTreeNode[] getPathToRoot(XMLTreeNode node, int depth) {
        XMLTreeNode[] nodes = null;

        if(node == null) {
            if(depth > 0) nodes = new XMLTreeNode[depth];
        } else {
            depth++;
            nodes = getPathToRoot(node.getParent(), depth);
            nodes[nodes.length - depth] = node;
        }

        return nodes;
    }

}


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Harry Beevers (1924 w Durham, Anglia - 14 kwietnia 2004 w Carmel, Kalifornia), amerykański fizjolog roślin, pochodzenia angielskiego (przyjął obywatelstwo amerykańskie w 1958).

Studiował botanikę na Durham University, tam także obronił doktorat z fizjologii roślin. W latach 1950-1969 pracował na Uniwersytecie Purdue (USA), od 1969 profesor biologii na Uniwersytecie Kalifornijskim w Santa Cruz.

Prowadził badania metabolizmu roślin, wraz ze współpracownikami odkrył glioksysomy, organelle wewnątrz niektórych komórek roślinnych i przyczynił się do określenia ich roli. Był autorem wielu publikacji naukowych, w tym książki Respiratory Metabolism in Plants (1961).

Członek Narodowej Akademii Nauk i Amerykańskiej Akademii Sztuki i Nauki, doktor honoris causa kilku uczelni, m.in. Uniwersytetu w Nagoya. Jego imię nosi laboratorium na Wydziale Badań Roślinnych Uniwersytetu Oxfordzkiego.
Na początku lat 60. był prezydentem Amerykańskiego Towarzystwa Fizjologii Roślin.

Amerykańscy fizjolodzy
Amerykańscy botanicy
Urodzeni w 1924
Wykładowcy Uniwersytetu Kalifornijskiego w Santa Cruz
Zmarli w 2004

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Many of the most noteworthy development projects impress us because they happen "at scale". They benefit large populations in relatively short periods of time. If we want to reach the Sustainable Development Goals, we need to think in tens and even hundreds of millions of people.
Farmer to Farmer (F2F), as its name implies, operates on a different scale. One volunteer serves a small number of peers. Volunteers bring specific expertise and tailor it to individual needs and aspirations.
Catholic Relief Services partnered with Farmer to Farmer in 2013 and to date has sent 500 volunteers to Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Volunteers work with farmers to improve productivity, grow agribusinesses, learn new techniques, adapt to markets, acquire financial management skills and often form relationships that continue for years after the assignment.
Since volunteers arrive with career experience and skills, F2F training consists primarily of helping them understand the context in which they will share those skills. They are connected to past volunteers who've done similar work. CRS provides a toolkit portal that offers cultural and seasonal information. And volunteers are linked to CRS F2F staff stationed in the host country.
"We're just helping you understand the context. So you can adapt what you know," says US Operations manager Maria Figueroa.
Volunteers prepare for and travel to one of the designated countries for 2 to 4 weeks. In country they meet with CRS staff and get situated. Then they meet the host, which usually means travel within the country.
Together, host and volunteer review the terms of the assignment along with the CRS F2F staff. The host may have changes since the initial plan was drawn up. The host is always leading the plan.
Host and volunteer decide on a training schedule. Volunteers may spend a day or two visiting farms, understanding the people and the landscape and the sector before they start to give advice or training.
F2F focus is agriculture, with improved crops and yields frequently the mission, but not all F2F volunteers are farmers. While small and large livestock, milk collection, sanitation, traceability are part of the value chain, volunteers have come with expertise in leadership in management, business planning, food processing, marketing, packaging, nutrition, and IT-related backgrounds as well.
"There's quite a scope of things that volunteers can do," Figueroa says.
The F2F structure builds in sustainability with qualified CRS F2F national staff members who live in country and understand farmers' long-term plans as well as the prevailing conditions and culture of their country.
From the start, in choosing hosts, staff perform a needs assessment. And from there, they create a development plan. Each volunteer assignment is a building block in the plan.
Volunteers themselves may remain in touch with their hosts for many years through email and other means.


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8 Little-Known Uses For Baking Soda Outside The Kitchen
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Women spend about $426 billion on beauty products each year. You can forgo the expensive products and still look and feel fabulous with just one do-it-all tool - and it only costs about a dollar. Find out how to use plain old baking soda to get great hair, skin, nails, and more.
Help Your Hair Drugstores and beauty supply stores sell expensive shampoos, serums, and dry shampoo formulas to combat product buildup, chlorine damage, and oily hair. All you need to solve all three hair woes is a cheap box of baking soda. Add 1 teaspoon of baking soda to your usual handful of shampoo to remove buildup, rinse hair with about half a teaspoon dissolved in water to fight chlorine discoloration, or sprinkle a small amount on your scalp and brush for a quick and easy dry shampoo. Baking soda is a great cleaning agent, and easily lifts oils, discolorations, and buildup on your scalp from hairsprays, conditioners, and other products.
Whiten Teeth Several studies published in the Journal of Clinical Dentistry found that not only were toothpastes with baking soda more effective at removing plaque, but baking soda also is more effective at whitening teeth than other products. Want a make-at-home whitener? To banish coffee and wine stains from your smile, many dentists recommend brushing with a powerhouse combination of baking soda and strawberries, which contain malic acid, another natural stain-fighter. Mash a ripe strawberry and combine with baking soda to form a paste. Brush onto teeth for a few minutes, rinse, and then brush with regular toothpaste to remove residue. A word of caution: Don't use this treatment more than two or three times a month, since too much malic acid could damage your tooth enamel.
Soothe a Sunburn When aloe just isn't cutting it for soothing sunburnt skin, try baking soda for calming relief. Combine baking soda and water and use a washcloth or soaked cotton balls to apply to your skin, says Hadley C. King, MD, a clinical instructor of dermatology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in an article on Womansday.com. A baking soda and water paste also helps calm itchy bug bites, bee stings, and poison ivy rashes, according to the American Academy of Dermatology. The alkaline nature of baking soda neutralizes irritants and restores skin's pH, soothing burning and itching in the process.
Polish Jewelry If your silver jewelry looks old and tarnished, try cleaning it with this simple trick. You just need some baking soda, very hot (almost boiling) water, and aluminum foil. Pour the water into a small bowl and submerge your jewelry. Then add about a tablespoon of baking soda and a sheet of aluminum foil. The combination of the water and baking soda helps lift the tarnish from your jewelry and sticks it to the aluminum. Move the pieces around, making sure that all of your jewelry touches the aluminum. Afterwards, just rinse and polish with a soft cloth. Avoid using this method on jewelry with gemstones or organic material like pearls (which are easily damaged), says the Gemological Institute of America.
Remove Splinters There's an easier way to remove those tiny, pesky splinters than trying to dig around with a tweezer. The baking soda helps swell the skin and draw the splinter to the surface. Simply make a paste of baking soda and water, apply to the area, and cover with a bandage. After about 24 hours, the splinter should be sticking out enough that you can pull it out with tweezers. If not, repeat the process.
Smell Better You can even use baking soda in place of your deodorant. A pinch of baking soda mixed with water provides a paste that doubles as a natural deodorant. If you're having trouble making it stick, try applying a little cornstarch first. But if you aren't ready to part with your antiperspirant, just sprinkle some baking soda in your shoes for an easy, cheap deodorizer.
Get Cleaner Nails Yellowing, stained nails can make your hands look older. Nail experts recommend making a paste with equal parts hydrogen peroxide and baking soda, and using a nail scrub brush to scrub underneath and on top of your nails. Let it sit for a few minutes and rinse off. Persistently yellow nails, however, could be a sign of a fungal infection. See a doctor if your nails don't lighten up.
Exfoliate Rough Skin Baking soda is also great as an exfoliator. Use three parts baking soda to one part water and rub onto rough elbows, feet, hands, or other spots to exfoliate dry, scaly skin. Do not use on cracked or broken skin, however.
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Doesn't it seem like Betty White has been around since David torpedoed Goliath with a slingshot? Our favorite golden girl is only 94 though. Even though Miss Betty White began her career in the 1940s on radio, and later appeared on late night talk shows and game shows (including "Password") in the 50s and 60s, she wasn't really a household name until, at the age of 51, she began playing "The Happy Homemaker" Sue Ann Nivens on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (1973-1977).
Who doesn't love Morgan Freeman? This Academy Award winner paid his dues and then some. Freeman worked for several years as an actor, but really came into his own playing chauffeur Hoke Colburn in "Driving Miss Daily" at the age of 52 (although he was 50 when he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in the film "Street Smart").
Heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne has been famous for over 40 years as lead singer of the English band Black Sabbath. His wife, Sharon, however, did not become a household name until their family reality show "The Osbournes" premiered on MTV in 2002. Just barely 50, Sharon became a media darling, which opened up many doors. She went on to become a judge on "America's Got Talent" and has been co-host of the CBS daytime show "The Talk" since it debuted in October 2010.
Regis Philbin was comedian Joey Bishop's sidekick on the ABC television show "The Joey Bishop Show" from 1967 to 1969 and hosted his own local talk show -- "A.M. Los Angeles" -- from 1975 to 1983. But his name wasn't exactly on the tip of our collective tongues until he became a daytime staple with Kathie Lee Gifford in 1988 on "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" when he was 57. His vibrant, caustic, yet fun-loving personality pushed him over the top sometime after the show began to gain in popularity with daytime viewers.
Born in 1921, Abe Vigoda captured the role of Salvatore Tessio in the film "The Godfather" in 1972 at the age of 51. His next big role came in 1975 when he signed on to play Sgt. Phil Fish on the television series "Barney Miller." And that's when Vigoda -- who passed away in 2016 -- really became a household name.
Sure, Tom Bergeron became the host of "Hollywood Squares" in 1998 and of "America's Funniest Home Videos" in 2001, but he didn't really become widely known until joining the wildly popular "Dancing With the Stars." The amiable host was 50 when the show premiered in 2005. After more than 20 seasons as host, it appears he's a keeper.
Maybe Mike Wallace was well-known in some hard-core news circles, and perhaps he was on a first-name basis with a few news junkies many moons ago, but it wasn't until he laid his groundwork as a superb gotcha reporter on "60 Minutes" which he did from 1968 (after he turned 50) until 2008 -- that his star really began to shine. This well-respected news journalist sadly passed away on April 7, 2012 at the age of 93.
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Born in 1948, Samuel L. Jackson appeared in more than 100 films before the age of 40. However, it was only after he landed the role of a hitman in "Pulp Fiction" in 1994 that his star really began to shine. For this performance, Jackson received a Best Supporting Actor nomination.
Andy Rooney is another personality that seems to have been around since the beginning of time, and we're all glad to have been the recipients of his off-the-wall satirical takes on human nature. In 1978, at the age of 59, Rooney began his "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney" segment on the CBS news show "60 Minutes," continuing through 2011. He made us laugh, he made us cry, he made us think. It doesn't get better than that. Rooney died on November 4, 2011 at the age of 92 only a few weeks after his last appearance on the show.
Joy Behar
Joy Behar was 54 when she was cast as one of the original members of "The View," which made its debut in August 1997. A few years before that, you could catch Behar doing hilarious stand-up comedy on television. But she only became a household name sometime after "The View" became a must-see, daytime television talk show.
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CGHS Order: Empanelment of private hospitals, dental clinics, eye centres, diagnostic laboratories and imaging centres under CGHS Delhi & NCR.
Subject: Empanelment of private hospitals, dental clinics, eye centres, diagnostic laboratories and imaging centres under CGHS Delhi & NCR.
The undersigned is directed to invite reference to the empanelment of hospitals under CGHS vide Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's Office Memorandum No: S.11011/23/2009-CGHS D.II/Hospital Cell (Part IX) dated 14.02.2013, vide which 'Continuous Empanelment Scheme' for private hospitals, dental clinics, eye centres, diagnostic laboratories and Imaging Centres under CGHS was revived with a view to empanel more health care organizations for CGHS beneficiaries.
Accordingly, after following due process, a list of following hospitals, dental clinics, eye centres, diagnostic laboratories and Imaging centres have been finalized as per terms and conditions laid down in the O.M. referred to above as well as signing of MOA and execution of performance Bank Guarantee by them signifying acceptance of terms and conditions of empanelment and rates notified by CGHS in 2010 & in OM No. Misc.1002/2006/CGHS(R&H)/ CGHS (P) dated 7/2/2013.
2. The hospitals, dental clinics, eye centres, diagnostic laboratories and Imaging Centres, which find their names in the enclosed list of health care organizations approved for empanelment under CGHS in Delhi & NCR are empanelled for a period of one year from the date of issue of this Office Order or till next new empanelment, whichever is earlier.
centre, diagnostic laboratories and Imaging Centres can be downloaded from the website of CGHS, http://msotransparent.nic.in/cghsnew/index.asp.
1 Satya Bhama Hospital, 126/105, Najafgarh Road, Nangloi, New Delhi – 41.Ph. 011-25943107, 9311116607. General Medicine, Gynae & Obs., Orthopedics and joint replacements, General and Laproscopic Surgery, Neurology & Neuro Surgery, Gastroenterology, Dental, Urology & Nephrology including dialysis, Eye, ENT & Laboratory & Imaging Facilities.
2 Sonia Hospital, 1, Gulshan Park, Rohtak Road, Nangloi, Delhi – 110041. Ph. No. 011-30777777. General Medicine, Gynae & Obs., Orthopedics and joint replacements, General and Laproscopic Surgery, Neurology & Neuro Surgery, Gastroenterology, Dental, Urology & Nephrology including dialysis, Eye, ENT & Laboratory & Imaging Facilities.
3 Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, Road No. 35, West Punjabi Bagh, Near Police Station, New Rohtak Road, New Delhi. Ph. No. 011- 40777555/777 General Medicine, Gynae & Obs., Orthopedics and joint replacements, Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, General and Laproscopic Surgery, Neurology & Neuro Surgery, Gastroenterology, Dental, Urology & Nephrology including dialysis, Medical and Surgical Oncology, Eye, ENT & Laboratory & Imaging Facilities.
4 Yatharth Wellness Hospital and trauma centre,32- Omega-I , Greater Noida. Helpline numbers 8800447777,8826447777 General Medicine, Gynae & Obs., Orthopedics and joint replacements, Cardiology, General and Laproscopic Surgery, Neurology & Neuro Surgery, Gastroenterology, Dental, Urology & Nephrology including dialysis, Eye, ENT & Laboratory & Imaging Facilities.
4 Ganesh Diagnostic & Imaging Centre Pvt. Ltd., C-1/8, Yamuna Vihar, Near 'C' Block, Red Light, New Delhi – 110053. Ph. No. 011- 22910034. X-ray, CT-Scan, Ultrasound, Colour Doppler.
5 Ganesh Diagnostic & Imaging Centre Pvt. Ltd., C-1, Hari Nagar, Near DDU Hospital, New Delhi. Ph. No. 011- 25126431. X-ray, CT-Scan, Ultrasound, Colour Doppler.
2 SRL Diagnostic, Fortis Flt. Lt.
9 National MRI CT Scan & Diagnostic Centre ( A unit of Shree Hari Diagnostic Pvt. Ltd.) 19/35, Main Rohtak Road, Punjabi Bagh, Near Maharaja Agrasen Hospital, New Delhi – 110026. Ph. No. 011-25220079. MRI, CT-Scan, X-ray, Ultrasound, Colour Doppler and Laboratory facilities.
CGHS Orders – Withdrawal of Super-Specialty status of Paras hospital Gurgaon under CGHS with immediate effect.


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Andrzej Zydek (ur. 20 maja 1926 w Krakowie, zm. 13 stycznia 2007) – polski zootechnik i polityk, poseł na Sejm PRL VI i VII kadencji.

Życiorys
Uzyskał wykształcenie wyższe, z zawodu był inżynierem zootechnikiem. Od 1950 w województwie opolskim pracował kolejno jako inspektor (do 1952), kierownik Oddziału Produkcji Zwierzęcej Prezydium Wojewódzkiej Rady Narodowej (w latach 1952–1961) oraz dyrektor Okręgowej Stacji Hodowli Zwierząt w Opolu (od 1961).

W 1949 wstąpił do Stronnictwa Ludowego i wraz z nim do Zjednoczonego Stronnictwa Ludowego. Od 1962 pełnił obowiązki prezesa Powiatowego Komitetu ZSL w Niemodlinie. W 1972 i 1976 uzyskiwał mandat posła na Sejm PRL w okręgu Opole. Przez obie kadencje pełnił funkcję zastępcy przewodniczącego Komisji Nauki i Postępu Technicznego, ponadto zasiadał w Komisji Rolnictwa i Przemysłu Spożywczego. W latach 1983–1990 sprawował funkcję wicewojewody opolskiego.

Pochowany na Cmentarzu Komunalnym w Opolu.

Odznaczenia
 Krzyż Kawalerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski
 Złoty Krzyż Zasługi
 Medal 30-lecia Polski Ludowej
 Medal 10-lecia Polski Ludowej (1955)
 Medal "Za Zasługi dla Pożarnictwa"
 Odznaka "Zasłużony Pracownik Rolnictwa"
 Odznaka "Zasłużony Opolszczyźnie"
 Odznaka 1000-lecia Państwa Polskiego

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Profil na stronie Biblioteki Sejmowej

Działacze Zjednoczonego Stronnictwa Ludowego
Ludzie urodzeni w Krakowie
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Kawalerskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (Polska Ludowa)
Odznaczeni Medalem 10-lecia Polski Ludowej
Odznaczeni Medalem 30-lecia Polski Ludowej
Odznaczeni Medalem Za Zasługi dla Pożarnictwa
Odznaczeni Odznaką 1000-lecia Państwa Polskiego
Odznaczeni odznaką "Zasłużony Pracownik Rolnictwa"
Odznaczeni Złotym Krzyżem Zasługi (Polska Ludowa)
Pochowani na Cmentarzu Komunalnym w Opolu
Politycy Stronnictwa Ludowego (1944–1949)
Polscy zootechnicy
Posłowie z okręgu Opole (PRL)
Urodzeni w 1926
Wicewojewodowie opolscy
Zmarli w 2007


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Funinginea este o masă de particule de carbon impure rezultate din arderea incompletă a hidrocarburilor. Deși este de obicei asociată cu procesul de ardere în aer, funinginea poate fi produsă și prin piroliza unor materiale combustibile precum sunt lemnul, țițeiul, sau altele care conțin atomi de carbon, sau sunt de proveniență organică.

Modele ale funinginii
Modele ale funinginii au fost create relativ recent. Modelele fenomenologice pot fi considerate a fi semi-empirice, întrucât sunt corelate empiric cu fenomenele observate de a fi conectate cu apariția și evoluția funinginii. Modelele fenomenologice au avantajul că sunt relativ simple și descriu bine fenomenele care intervin în relația funinginii cu mediul.

Vezi și
Carbon activ
Atmospheric particulate matter
Bistre
Carbon negru
Negru de fum
Colorant
Creosote
Diesel particulate matter
Fulerenă - în engleză  Fullerene
Cerneală "indiană"
Rolling coal
Soot blower

Referințe

Legături externe

Forme alotropice ale carbonului


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Мария Эльза Витери (, ) — эквадорский экономист и политик.

При президенте Рафаэле Корреа она занимала пост министра финансов с 2008 по 2010 год.

При президенте Ленине Морено она коротное время (6 марта 2018 — 14 мая 2018) занимала пост министра экономики и финансов.

Витери умерла от рака 18 ноября 2021 года.

Примечания

Министры финансов Эквадора
Женщины-политики Эквадора


This is my all-time favorite chicken salad recipe, and it's actually an improved version. Delicious Chicken Salad made with elbow macaroni, grapes and toasted almonds for that crunch we all love so much.
As I mentioned above, this is my absolute favorite chicken salad recipe. I've been making it for nearly fifteen years now. I first tried this recipe back when my family owned a restaurant and it was often our lunch special. That was my first experience with having sweet fruit in savory dishes and it blew my mind. I have one thing to say, if you haven't tried it…do it now! Pop of sweetness in a savory dish is an amazing food experience.
Now, I already have this recipe on the blog but it is older than dirt. I made it years ago and the photos, as well as the recipe, needed an improvement. Over the years, I've improved this recipe and it's about time I share my improved version of this salad.
I got some beautiful little seedless grapes from WalMart this week so it was a perfect time to remake my salad. As always, I was very happy with the way it turned out. I can eat this salad for days. First, you can serve it on the bed of lettuce or spinach with some fresh veggies or you can make this delicious chicken salad wrap.
This wrap is so easy to make. All you need is one large flour tortilla, two slices of Havarti cheese and a handful of fresh spinach. So tasty and all the flavors jump out as you enjoy each and every bite.
WalMart's is always proud to carry fresh, farmer picked produce with a 100% money back guarantee. Right now they have some wonderful looking (and tasting) grapes. For some buying tips, storage ideas and health benefits you can visit their website right here.
Delicious Chicken Salad made with elbow macaroni, grapes and toasted almonds for that crunch we all love so much.
Boil chicken until fully done and set side to cool until it can be handled.
Cook pasta according to box instructions, drain and set aside in a large mixing bowl.
Once chicken is cooled enough, dice it into small cubes and add it to pasta.
Add chopped grapes and almonds. Season with some salt and pepper and mix well.
In a small mixing bowl, combine mayo, sour cream, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice and grated garlic. Mix well.
Mix mayo mixture into the salad, making sure it's all evenly distributed.
Full of flavors, and textures, all in a wrap to go, I love it.
You totally take chicken salad to the next level by adding pasta! Do.Want.LOTS of carbs when I eat a savory, full of flavor recipe and this fits the bill. LOVE the addition of grapes for a pop of sweetness. Great recipe, Lyuba!
Haha! That's right, chicken salad 2.0!
This looks amazing Lyuba! I can see why you have been making it for 15 years!
I can see why you have continued to make this recipe. Chicken salad sandwiches are my all time favorite sandwich. I have never done it with macaroni in it before, but I think that is an inspired idea for a wrap!
I hope you will try it as soon as you can, Carol! Thank you!!
Love all the recipes Lyuba. Thank you.


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Mooirivier lies directly on the banks of the River Vecht, adjacent to two areas of exceptional natural beauty, with their characteristic plants and meadow birds.
If you lead a hectic life, why not just get away from it all once in a while? Switch your smartphone and tablet off and set your work to pause mode. Take a break and enjoy some 'me time'. Research shows that being in nature is healthy, providing relaxation and renewed energy.
In the direct vicinity of Mooirivier, you can still find those idyllic spots of natural beauty, far away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Explore them via the winding paths through areas of spectacular beauty, where time seems to have stood still. Serenity and calm we seldom experience these days.
Mooirivier lies directly on the banks of the River Vecht in the province of Overijssel, adjacent to two areas of exceptional natural beauty, with their characteristic plants and meadow birds. An ideal spot in the heart of the lush green Vecht valley and perfectly suited for sports activities like canoeing, walking or cycling. Our favourite route is the castle and estate route in the surrounding area, a must for cyclists and ramblers. The unique, centuries-old estate village of Vilsteren is just a stone's throw away from our hotel.
Mooirivier is an ideal base for exploring the charming villages of Dalfsen and Ommen, with their lively shops and terraces and even a small theatre. The old Hanseatic town of Zwolle is close by and definitely worth a visit. Must-sees include the recently renovated museum De Fundatie – your climb to the top floor will be rewarded by a truly astounding view across the old city – and the Waanders in de Broeren bookshop, the most beautiful bookshop in the Netherlands.
Getting away from it all and achieving serenity and calm surrounded by nature. You can do this at Mooirivier, a boutique hotel by the river.
Take a break from the hubbub of the city. Relax and re-energise in the middle of nature.


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David Rousseau is vice president and executive director of Media and Technology at the Kaiser Family Foundation. Based at the Foundation's Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters, he oversees the Foundation's media programs, including Kaiser Health News and all journalism programs, and directs the Foundation's technology and online activities. Previously, Rousseau was director of the Foundation's statehealthfacts.org project and was an associate director of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. Rousseau serves as chair of the Media Impact Funders board, is a member of the Grantmakers in Health board, and advises Crisis Text Line on data ethics issues. Rousseau has been a member of the adjunct faculty of the George Washington University School of Public Health as a lecturer in the department of Health Policy, and has served on numerous task forces and advisory groups for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the National Academy of Sciences, and the City of New Orleans (his hometown). His work has appeared in journals including Health Affairs and the Journal of the American Medical Association, where he created and edits the Visualizing Health Policy series in partnership with the Journal. He has spoken on health policy and journalism topics at a wide range of conferences and events. Prior to joining the Foundation, Rousseau worked as a consultant at the Lewin Group. Rousseau received his Masters in Public Health from Yale University's School of Medicine, and his Bachelor of Arts in political science from Yale College.
Elizabeth Christopherson is president and CEO of the Rita Allen Foundation, an organization investing in transformative ideas in their earliest stages to promote breakthrough solutions to significant problems in science and society. The foundation supports early-career biomedical scholars doing pioneering research, seeds innovative approaches to fostering informed civic engagement, and develops knowledge and networks to build the effectiveness of the philanthropic sector. She is guiding the foundation through a period of rapid expansion, including building new investments and coalitions to strengthen the role of science and evidence in civic dialogue and decision-making. A respected advocate for improving how the philanthropic sector listens to and learns from the communities they aim to serve, she recently was a judge for the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change initiative, which awarded $100 million to a single project to make a measurable impact on a significant problem in the world.
Juliette Feeney-Timsit is based in Paris and board member and director of the French-American Charitable Trust (FACT). She graduated from Cornell University and has a law degree from the Assas School of Law (Paris). She is Chair of the United Nations Association Film Festival at Stanford University and co-produces social change documentaries. Her recent initiatives center around strengthening the philanthropy sector in France and developing a collaborative network of family foundations.
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David Haas is a Philadelphia-based philanthropist with a longtime interest in public media, journalism and arts and culture. He is vice chair of the Wyncote Foundation, founded in 2009, which makes grants in a variety of areas including public media and journalism, and has served since 1982 on the board of the William Penn Foundation, founded in 1945 by his grandparents Otto and Phoebe Haas. He has been a board member of Media Impact Funders since 1994, and board chair from 2002-2015. Haas serves on the board of the Lenfest Institute for Journalism, created in 2016 by philanthropist Gerry Lenfest with the donation of the Philadelphia Media Network. He has worked as a freelance photographer, and ran the Philadelphia Independent Film/Video Association from 1989-1997. He grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs, and has been a resident of Philadelphia since 1981.
Kelly Born is a program officer for the Madison Initiative at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. She oversees grantmaking in areas including campaigns and elections, media and journalism and civic engagement. Previously, Kelly worked as a strategy consultant with the Monitor Institute, a nonprofit consulting firm, where she supported strategic planning efforts at a number of foundations. Earlier in her career, she consulted extensively with nonprofits, the private sector, and governments in the U.S., Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. Kelly's work on impact investing and voting has been published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Her work on scenario planning was published in the book Problem Solving, Decision Making, and Professional Judgment. Kelly also serves on the board of Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement. She is a guest lecturer at both Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and UC Santa Cruz, where she lives with her husband and two daughters. She holds a bachelor's degree in business with a minor in economics from Pepperdine University and a master's degree in International Policy Studies from Stanford University.
Molly de Aguiar is the Managing Director of the News Integrity Initiative (NII) at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. NII is a $14 million fund that aims to improve people's lives by building trust in journalism, combating disinformation, and nurturing constructive, inclusive and respectful public conversations. Previously, she directed the Informed Communities Program for the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, supporting a range of projects and ideas that explore the future of local news and information, with an emphasis on business models, collaborative reporting, community participation, and creative storytelling formats. She writes about philanthropy at Philanthropy Sketchbook and co-founded the Local News Lab. She is also a fellow at the Democracy Fund.
Christie George is the Director of New Media Ventures, the first national network of angel investors supporting media and tech startups that disrupt politics and catalyze progressive change. At New Media Ventures, George has overseen the investment of over $4 million into a portfolio of nonprofits and for-profits, including NationalField, Sum of Us and Upworthy. She is also a co-founder and on the Board of Louder, the crowdfunded media-buying platform for ideas that matter. George received her BA from Yale University and her MBA with distinction from the University of Oxford, where she was a Skoll Scholar in Social Entrepreneurship and graduated with the Said Prize. She serves on the board of the Roosevelt Institute.
Kathy Im oversees investments in the MacArthur Foundation's Journalism and Media Program, which includes three areas of work: professional nonprofit reporting, nonfiction multimedia storytelling, and participatory civic media. Under Kathy's leadership, MacArthur recently renewed its commitment to independent journalism and media, announcing a major expansion of the program and a special emphasis on general operating support for grantees. Kathy is co-author of "Unrestricted Funding Vital for Journalism," an essay in the American Press Institute's 2016 report on ethics and nonprofit media. In the fall of 2014, Kathy took a sabbatical from the Foundation to be a Visiting Fellow at MIT's Open Documentary Lab, where she explored the intersection of interactive documentaries and digital journalism. During her tenure at MacArthur, Kathy has also managed or contributed to a number of special initiatives, including the Foundation's work on gun violence prevention, intellectual property in the public interest, internet information credibility, migration, and American democracy.
As a Heinz Endowments' communications officer, Carmen J. Lee is responsible for editing h, a full-color magazine that uses narrative writing and documentary-style photography to explain the work of the foundation and its grantees, and to examine issues that are priorities for the Endowments' mission. Her duties also include editing various print and website reports and publications, and participating in different foundation initiatives, lending her journalism expertise to discussions that affect grantmaking. Carmen joined the Endowments in 2005 after working 20 years at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. She reported on municipal government; religion; and education, including nearly 11 years covering the Pittsburgh Public Schools, Pennsylvania's second-largest school district. During her last two years at the Post-Gazette, she was editor of the newspaper's weekly East section, which published news and feature stories about Pittsburgh's eastern suburbs.
After spending her early work life in corporate finance in New York, Sandy Herz has spent the majority of her career exploring the intersection of storytelling and social change, conceptualizing and building a portfolio of storytelling partnerships for the Skoll Foundation that span the best of independent film, journalism, and publishing. Through flagship partnerships with Sundance, DocSociety, BBC, National Public Radio, PBS NewsHour, and HarperOne, Sandy seeks out world-class storytellers and platforms to create broader awareness of, engagement with, and impact from the work of leading social entrepreneurs. Through these collaborations, she has developed deep expertise in both storytelling strategy and effective collaboration. Numerous projects have emerged from these collaborations, including the Oscar-nominated documentary Open Heart and the Emmy award-winning virtual reality documentary Collisions, both of which achieved notoriety for their impact on the issues of global health and nuclear non-proliferation, respectively.
As director of strategic communications, Norris West leads a team that works to support the Foundation's program and capacity-building units in developing messages, tools and communications materials that share lessons and best ideas. He is a former journalist who spent the majority of his 23-year journalism career at The Baltimore Sun, covering a broad range of assignments that included legal affairs, nonprofits, business and transportation. Since leaving journalism, he has worked as a communications professional. He has been director of communications at the Maryland Department of Human Resources and the National Legal Aid & Defender Association and Casey Family Programs. In addition, he has served as press secretary at the Corporation for National and Community Service and communications strategist at the U.S. Coast Guard.
Kaitlin Yarnall is the Vice President of Media Innovation for the National Geographic Society, where she is responsible for expanding the organization's impact in journalism, photography and data visualization. In this capacity, Yarnall identifies key partnership, grantmaking and fellowship opportunities with creative talent to help the Society further illuminate issues around its three areas of focus: Our Changing Planet, Wildlife and Wild Places and the Human Journey. Prior to assuming her current role, Yarnall was head of Nat Geo Labs, where she oversaw programs, funding and outreach in the core areas of geographic visualization, exploration technology, digital exploration and the science of communication. Yarnall began her career at National Geographic 12 years ago as a cartographer. Since that time, she has served as Executive Editor of National Geographic magazine, Director of Cartography and Deputy Creative Director. Yarnall was the lead editorial manager for National Geographic's groundbreaking food initiative, which launched in 2014. At the time, this multi-year platform was National Geographic's most commercially successful editorial initiative. In addition to her editorial responsibilities, she negotiated and oversaw groundbreaking collaborations with multiple U.N. agencies around food security and agriculture. Yarnall was also deeply involved in conceptualizing the storytelling for past National Geographic series on urban impacts and population. Yarnall frequently speaks on topics such as storytelling, data visualization, mapping and visual narratives. She has been a keynote speaker at conferences around the globe, addressing the UN General Assembly, Scandinavian royals and rock concert stadiums. Yarnall has written extensively about information graphics, data visualization and cartography. Her book contributions include publications by Taschen, Gestalten and other international publishing houses. Additionally, she often serves as a jury member for international journalism and design competitions. Yarnall studied Latin American literature and geography at Humboldt State University and earned her M.A. in geography from The George Washington University.
Tim is a Managing Director at Humanity United, overseeing the Strategic Media and Public Policy & Government Relations portfolios. With a focus on strengthening and supporting HU's work, he is responsible for communications strategy and implementation, media and public relations, and HU's advocacy and policy efforts. Prior to joining HU, Tim was the Senior Vice President for Communications and Government Affairs at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Previously, he served in the U.S. State Department as special advisor to the Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. Tim was a manager of public affairs at the public relations firm Burson-Marsteller in New York, and an associate with the D.C.-based lobbying firm Meyers & Associates. Tim began his career as a legislative assistant in the U.S. House of Representatives. He received his B.A. from Texas A&M University and M.A. from the Johns Hopkins University.


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'Westworld' Review: 'Contrapasso' Searches for Purpose in Between the Orgies
In Season 1 Episode 5, Dolores springs into action as the show's mysteries deepen and its existential questions grow.
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Evan Rachel Wood as Dolores.
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The bulk of the action of "Contrapasso" focuses on Dolores, Logan and William in Pariah, which (if you ask Aeden, Discover Westworld's virtual host) is "the gateway to ultimate danger and sin in Westworld. The delicious orgy of decadence that awaits you is beyond any indulgence you've ever experienced." There, they meet the famed criminal El Lazo, who turns out to be The Man in Black's favorite punching bag Lawrence, and get caught up in a nitroglycerin robbery that goes south when El Lazo double-crosses the former confederate soldiers who asked for the theft.
Theoretically, it seems like a pretty straightforward day in Westworld, except something is lurking inside Dolores, and she now almost seems in direct communication with it, seeing visions and hearing voices that continue to push her towards the maze that promises real answers. And the other residents of the park seem equally restless: The Man in Black continues driving towards the maze himself, now accompanied by a worse-for-wear Teddy, who theoretically can help him find Wyatt.
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Behind the scenes, Elsie continues investigating the odd behavior of malfunctioning hosts, revealing to Bernard that the stray who bashed his brains in was broadcasting satellite data out of the park. And a junior technician aspiring to a better job experiments with an artificial bird… only to be confronted by an awakened Maeve, who has some questions.
White Hat or Black Hat
This week, Dolores gets to cowboy up, and if you're the type to read a lot into this sort of thing then you've probably already noted that the hat she gets is decidedly brown — neither white nor black. More importantly, in their earlier conversation Ford muses as to whether she would have been the hero or the villain, had she helped Arnold destroy the park.
"Are we very old friends?" Dolores asks Ford sweetly.
"I wouldn't say friends, Dolores," he replies "I wouldn't say that at all."
If a final standoff is coming in this show, Ford and Dolores may be the ones facing each other down.
In the Year… Wait, What Year Is It?
Well! So it's still not clear exactly when the show takes place, but we have a very exact answer to not only how long ago Arnold died — 34 years, 32 days, 7 hours, according to Dolores — but that Arnold killed himself just before the park opened.
For what it's worth, the Wild West is typically defined as occurring between 1865-1895, but Westworld itself is clearly set during the earlier side of that, taking place relatively soon after the Civil War. Not that it's striving for period accuracy, of course…
Ed Harris as Man in Black.
Player Piano
Just because we don't stop by the Mariposa doesn't mean we don't get some unconventional music choices. As William and Dolores stroll through Pariah, an acoustic guitar version of Debussy's "Clair De Lune" can be heard — and also again at the honkytonk where The Man in Black and Ford share a drink. Beyond the fact that it is also anachronistic (the piece was published in 1905), there's not necessarily much to decode there. However, it is a piece used quite often by film and TV soundtracks, including quite famously at the end of "Ocean's 11."
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Paired Off
While the ever-tragic Teddy gets dragged around the land by The Man in Black, Dolores wanders around the most explicit and weird orgy we've seen to date on the show (now we get why SAG had some concerns regarding the treatment of extras on set). More importantly, her ongoing quest for self-actualization now seems tied to a romance with William, also seemingly experiencing his own sort of awakening. (At the very least, he has the balls to stand up to Logan, after Logan taunted him about not doing so.)
The best "Westworld" episodes, we've noted so far, are the ones that manage to balance the high-level philosophy with some classic Western action tropes. This week, we get another heist, one that lets William unleash his gunslinging skills, as well as an armed standoff that lets Dolores prove herself.
However, the most unsettling violence was probably The Man in Black cutting Lawrence's throat, if only because it wasn't clear just what he was planning. Sitting opposite Ford, the park's most notorious gunslinger seemed to take some pride in basically serving as a true villain. Whoever he might be in "the real world," he doesn't shy away from his bad behavior in this one.
This Natural Splendor
When Lutz the technician successfully completes the coding of his little bird, and it takes flight around the room, the moment is full of real joy; a striking contrast to the artificial location. And the button on the scene, with Maeve letting the bird perch on her finger, adds a beautiful beat of surrealism to it.
Evan Rachel Wood as Dolores and Jimmi Simpson as William.
"I imagined a story where I wasn't the damsel."
— Dolores
Evan Rachel Wood really blew us away this week, with an episode that demanded incredible range and commitment. From the subtleties in the shifts seen during her conversation with Ford, to her continued ascent into badassery, it's a star role and one that's exciting to witness. The way Wood sells this line in particular is a perfect microcosm of that, not to mention the sort of perfect "HELL YEAH" feminist moment that makes some of the show's less progressive moments more palatable.
The Questions You're Not Supposed to Ask
One of the things I really like about the show is that in a big crowd scene, it's not always entirely clear how many people are guests and how many are hosts. But it'd be interesting to know what the typical ratio is. One robot to every 10 "real people"? Or the other way around?
Perhaps this is just on our minds because of the New York Times' recent deep dive into the way black male sexuality has been depicted in pop culture, but was it really necessary for Elsie to blatantly objectify Bart the host's genitalia?
Actor Leonardo Nam is credited as "Lutz" in this episode, but given that Maeve addresses him as "Felix," should we assume that Lutz is his last name?
"Contrapasso" gave us a bit more insight into techs Sylvester and Lutz, but one major unanswered question is why is it such a big deal that Lutz wants to prove himself as a coder? How strict is Delos's H.R. department, exactly?
Why can't The Man in Black let Teddy die and start over with a refurbished version of him? Is that against the rules of the narrative? Because aren't there not supposed to be any rules?
Final Reveries
Bookended by stories that reveal some of the cultural peculiarities about this future world, "Contrapasso" highlights one of "Westworld's" biggest themes — the importance of purpose in our modern lives. Ford's memory of a pet greyhound dog, who finally caught up with the prey he'd been chasing his whole life, spoke to the park's earliest explanations, only highlighted by the Man in Black's revelations about the world beyond the park's borders, where human society is theoretically experiencing a golden age of plenty, but without real drive.
If you look up the meaning of "Contrapasso," you find yourself reading an awful lot about Dante's "Inferno" — it's an Italian word that refers to punishing damned souls in a way that connects to the sins in question. If the sin of those who come to "Westworld" is that they have no sense of purpose anymore, then is their punishment a surfeit of said purpose, with the knowledge that it's all ultimately fake, not real? It's the sort of existential notion that "Westworld's" premise enables the show to explore — and a far deeper question than whatever gets discussed on "NCIS."
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Q: Any references for Wall's Lemma of exactness? At title goes, I read the following lemma in Bredon's book (GTM139 Topology and Geometry Page 189). But I find that I have never seen it in any other texts on algebraic topology or homological algebra. So I would like to ask the references for it.

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Wall, C. T. C. "On the exactness of interlocking sequences." Enseignement math 12 (1966): 95-100
https://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?pid=ens-001:1966:12::36
Hardie, K. A., and K. H. Kamps. "Exact sequence interlocking and free homotopy theory." Cahiers de topologie et géométrie différentielle catégoriques 26.1 (1985): 3-31
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Oral history of Jim Eilers (conducted by Peter Toscani) who discusses his time in San Francisco and Monterey, CA, including his involvement around gay liberation and civil rights during the 1960s at San Francisco State University.
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A year that's seen FtL at the forefront in covering Halal food news and reviews in the UK and beyond.
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Having partnered with Henley Ice Cream, this 100+ seater dessert parlour is out to impress.
Nominees: Chai Wu, Drunch, Grand Trunk Road, Mamounia Lounge, Mesa Kitchen, Talli Joe, & Zelman Meats.
A recently opened Indian restaurant in the Orion Building that offers a varied menu.
Our 5 nominees: Salaam Namaste, Chilli Spice, Grand Trunk Road, Scene, & Tabahi Karahi.
DIY all-aged steaks on 400-degree hot stones has been introduced to South Croydon.
Our 5 nominees are: Chai Naasto, Drunch, Mesa Kitchen, Rickshaw Rick's, & Zheng.
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Building permits are required before performing most improvements to your home. Permits are not required for concrete flat work. Permit applications can be obtained from the City Clerk at City Hall. The permits must be completed and returned to the City Clerk with all applicable drawings and specifications and the required fee. Once a completed application is received the City Clerk will forward the application to the Planning Commission at the next available meeting. The application will also be reviewed by the City Superintendent and the Building Inspector for review. The fee for the permit is based on the estimated cost of the project. The fee is 3 % of the estimated cost up to $150. Please contact the City Clerk if you have any questions about the permit or the process.


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I was going to make a video about this topic, but as I was jotting down notes even I got bored by explaining the various ways that Harris has embarrassed himself in his latest venture. So, here are my notes in bloggy form:
Recently, Sam Harris, author of The End of Faith and one of the three remaining "Horsemen" of new atheism, decided to pick a fight with famed linguist and cognitive scientist Noam Chomsky. Nearly 4 years ago, Chomsky was asked at a public event what he thought of Hitchens and Harris, and Chomsky replied that they are religious fanatics whose religion is the State, referring primarily to Hitchens's conservative war-mongering in the years following 9/11.
For some reason, Harris just decided to take Chomsky up on it, at first proposing a debate, and when Chomsky didn't embrace the idea, proposing a public email discourse. Chomsky also found the idea of a public email exchange to be pointless, but after a bit of needling from Harris he agreed that his emails could be made public.
It's baffling why Harris was so keen on making the emails public, because they are incredibly unflattering to him. The entire thing is worth a read, but here's the crux: In The End of Faith, Harris claims that Chomsky compared the 9/11 attacks to the loss of life when the Clinton administration bombed a crucial pharmaceutical plant in Sudan, crippling the region's health supplies and leading to the deaths of thousands of innocent people. Chomsky pointed out that that was a severe misinterpretation of his words.
Harris even helpfully quotes this bit of his book, and sure enough, it's right there: Harris claims that Chomsky neglected to ask the important question of whether or not the Clinton administration meant to cause those deaths.
As Chomsky shows quite clearly in his response, his entire point of bringing up the pharmaceutical plant bombing was to explore the difference in morality between murdering tens of thousands of people purposely because you regard them as people with an important role to play in terror and murdering tens of thousands of people as a side effect of your true aim and an effect which you never actually acknowledge or atone for in any way because you don't actually view those victims as people who deserve a second thought.
So Chomsky had asked himself that question and answered it in full, but Harris claimed otherwise. And throughout the exchange, at no point does Harris accept this very basic fact and apologize for it.
Harris reached a bold new low further on in the discussion, when Chomsky asks Harris to answer his original question in regards to the pharmaceutical bombing: had it happened on US soil, what would our response be?
Instead of answering that question, Harris invents a fantasy in which Al Qaeda destroys the United States' pharmaceutical infrastructure using a computer virus because they found a batch of bad vaccines and the FDA wouldn't listen to them about stopping it from being released. That's the best way he could think to continue defending the Clinton administration's bombing of a pharmaceutical plant, which, as Chomsky points out, was an immediate response to the 1998 US embassy attacks in Dar Es Salaam and Nairobi and which destroyed 50% of the medicine available to the people in the region.
It's embarrassing that Harris is considered one of New Atheism's foremost thinkers, when he doesn't even have the spine to properly frame his opponent's arguments and then argue against them, as opposed to a strawman of his own creation. And when you have to work so hard to build a strawman that it requires Al Qaeda aiding the US with a cyber-terror attack? Seriously, atheists, we can do better.
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mrmisconception says:
I still don't understand the rush to defend Harris that seems to have so many otherwise rational skeptics/atheists twisted up in knots to excuse away his awful logic.
Perhaps this will allow those who are so worried about Ben Affleck sullying Harris' intellectual standing (Seriously?) that they must excuse Harris his calls for racial profiling and exclaim that Islamophobia isn't the correct word because it is not irrational to fear Muslims (even though only a tiny part of a single percent mean us harm? Sound irrational to me).
Anyway, Harris' books are useful to explain some concepts of anti-theism, but he is showing himself more and more to be not too much of a role model when it comes to integrity.
John the Drunkard says:
'…only a tiny part of a single percent mean us harm?'
What! Hundreds of millions of Muslims support death for apostacy. Would you sit still if someone suggested that 'only a tiny part of a single percent' of police shoot unarmed black suspects? THAT is actually true, but still absurdly pointless.
http://www.pewglobal.org/2010/12/02/muslims-around-the-world-divided-on-hamas-and-hezbollah/
Are you seriously trying to use poll data taken under oppressive regimes as proof? Iran for example was a moderate country before the revolution and yet so many now state they agree with the leaders who might have them killed if they disagree. I wonder just how many actually do? I wonder just how many out of the world's 1.5 billion actually do? I'm assuming that if even a small percentage of ~20% of the world's population actually believed what those dubious polls say that we would already be dead.
There are problems but a global war against all Muslims is no solution yet that is what is advocated by those who Harris cozies up with.
As for your analogy, please? Unarmed people are dying on a daily basis by the hands of those sworn to protect them and you want to liken that to people who are dedicated by purpose to oppress, and to tar everyone who follows that religion with the same brush? That is beyond offensive.
donboc says:
@John:
1. Even if that poll data were to be taken at face value, unless you're a former Muslim, you're not an apostate and so no one means you harm.
Of course death for apostasy is a practice that I find abhorrent. But the Pew poll is highly problematic. In a post-Ed Snowden world, would you or I think that our answers to poll questions would be unseen by government eyes, even here in the good-ol' U S of A? Now imagine being in an Islamist dictatorship. Does it seem possible that citizens of an Islamist state might not honestly answer poll questions from some organization they've never heard of it doing so means going against official Islamist policy? I've written to Pew numerous times asking for clarification of how they know that this sort of thing didn't drastically skew the poll results and have not heard back.
Don't assume that the Pew results should be taken at face value.
Stephanie Savage says:
It often seems to me that when it comes to extremists, they go so far around the bend that they meet their opposite numbers. In other words, they start resembling each other. Thus, the New Atheists often look a lot like Fundamentalists. I'm guessing that Sam Harris, et al. wouldn't like that comparison, but I think it's apt.
dant says:
I'm a long time fan of Chomsky, Harris, and Watson, so this is interesting.
Seems like Harris answered the question directly. He said the response would depend on the intention of the attacker and then put forth two scenarios. One where he would respond favorably, which requires some very far fetched details but he's responding to a hypothetical while trying to make a point. He follows with a second far more likely scenario that the attack was made with evil intent which he answers with:
"What would I say? We should imprison or kill these people at the first opportunity."
His main point seems to be all along that the intention of the actions matter. I don't always agree with Harris and have problems with some of his reasoning but I don't think it's fair to say he ignored the question and then go on to ignore half of his response and only talk about the far fetched half.
John Shannonhouse says:
"It's baffling why Harris was so keen on making the emails public, because they are incredibly unflattering to him"
I can think of 2 easy, not mutually exclusive explanations:
One, it was unclear to me Harris even understood how he was misrepresenting Chomsky. Harris seems to think he has Chomsky pegged as a purveyor of moral equivalence and failed to grasp that he did not understand what Chomsky wrote. Harris is a debater, as far as I can tell, and a debater does not need to have an intellectually tenable position in order to "win" a debate. Chomsky is not a debater and lays out his case in long form. I am not sure Harris grasps that.
Two, Harris might be the sort of person who wants debates aired even if he is losing them. I doubt Harris fans will be swayed. I don't think many of his fans will see him as losing this nor do I think Islamophobes in general will see it that way.
Chomsky is not a debater
That's not true. Chomsky did not want to debate Harris, but he has participated in many public debates, including a quite famous one with Michel Foucault that aired on French television in the 1971.
I have no doubt in a Chomsky v. Harris debate that Chomsky would dance circles around Harris.
ombak says:
I read the exchange and it struck me as a case of surreal case of sealioning on Harris' part. Couldn't help himself I guess.
altvarg says:
@mrmisconception
@John the Drunkard
@Stephanie Savage
@John Shannonhouse
Preface: I admire both Harris's and Chomsky's work but I don't necessarily agree with them all the time. At the very least they both get me to think about important issues so I can test the validity of the opinions I hold.
That said: there are many liberal/secular/moderate Muslims and ex-Muslims who agree with Harris's views – Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Maajid Nawaz, Ali Rizvi, Asra Nomani all come to mind.
Whether you agree with those I've mentioned or not doesn't concern me (it's important that our thoughts and opinions are challenged), I think we do a fundamental disservice to any person we might disagree with in assuming bad motivations on their behalf.
It is not a lie to say that there are many thousands of Muslims who will actually kill anyone who they feel have committed blasphemy against their prophet. And not only that, will rape and kill those who don't practice Islam the way they feel it should be practiced, whether or not they identify as Muslims at all.
I think Chomsky and Harris are both right in certain respects. There can be no doubt that allied Western countries military interventionism over at least the past 100 years has created a tinderbox in the Middle East, fertilising the soil to allow militant Islam to seed, grow, and flourish. But it also doesn't seem to be incongruent to say that there is a violently militant and intolerant form of Islam that has come into being over the last 30-40 years which seems to have formed exclusively from a pious and puritanical insistence on reading the Qu'ran as if we still lived on a planet that has seen no change in the 1200 intervening years or so since it was written.
That is much like fundamentalist Christians in many countries around the world, they use a selectively literalist interpretation of their Holy Book and seek to apply it to the Modern world. The difference being at this moment in time is that there is a not insignificant proportion of Muslims who will seek to impose their views on women, apostates, gays and lesbians, and Jews through the use of violence.
I'm sure you are aware of all that so I'm not trying to be patronising but they are important points to make.
I have huge respect for Rebecca Watson and what she has achieved both in creating this site, as well as her public advocacy of the virtues of skepticism, but I do believe she has assumed bad motives on Harris's part. I will defend Harris in so much as I believe his intentions for engaging Chomsky in an email exchange were beneficent in nature. That is, I think he wanted to provide clarity of his views and Chomsky's as well. I can not know what his actual intentions were but I think he wanted the emails made public to show that there was no malice on his part, but to also show that he might've misinterpreted Chomsky, and been misunderstood in return.
The point being, as I mentioned earlier, that there are times when I disagree – correctly or incorrectly – with both Harris and Chomsky but I don't automatically assume they have deceptive intentions.
Anyway, apologies for the essay. I suspect though that I have written much I have possibly been as clear as mud.
Jon Brewer says:
I should mention that, my issues with Islam are more…institutional issues. Muslims are, simply put, the white people of the Middle East and Africa, but certain Muslim leaders like to pretend otherwise for white liberals.
Islamic theocracies are still theocracies.
My problems with Harris stem not from my perception of his intentions, they stem from the fact that he is so often spectacularly wrong. He supported our Iraq invasion, he called for profiling all Muslims, and he argued for torture.
I also take issue with those who will defend him while waving away these issues so as to make it clear that they are no cultural relativists. I'm speaking most recently of those who tore Ben Affleck a new one for daring to point out that most of the world's Muslims are very much like you and me and just like most theists in general, what a monster. So he called Harris a racist, so what? Read Harris' stance of profiling, sounds pretty racist to me. (What exactly does a Muslim look like anyway, Sam?)
I take issue with podcasters who feel it necessary to parse the word Islamophobia because it is right and fair to be afraid of Muslims despite the fact that if you add up all the members of all the Islamic terrorist organisations and all members of (not citizens of) the totalitarian Islamic regimes it would be a very small percentage of the world's Islamic population. (1.5 million is 0.1% of 1.5 billion for example since I do not have the actual numbers, 1.5 million seems generous though.)
I take issue with other podcasters who have no problem seeing through Utah wanting to declare itself a Christian state as the power grab by bigots that it is while sarcastically insinuating that Islamic states are how they are because of flaws in their religion and little else, as if the two aren't peas in a pod.
I take issue at skeptics and atheists who talk about Islam as if it were one giant block of sameness, as if sects and mosques don't exist and all Muslims believe the same way, and that if moderates don't denounce every violent action of every Muslim everywhere it is the same as a tacit endorsement. When we speak of Christianity we speak of the organization, the church, or the individual involved in the latest fucknuttery but we speak of Islam or Muslims with no distinction unless we are talking about a terrorist group and calling on moderates to denounce them. When was the last time that you were reminded that the atrocities in Saudi Arabia stem from a fundamentalist Wahhabist regime that is not only totalitarian but also a monarchy? Ask yourself, would we ever talk about all Jews being the same? I think not.
I take issue with politicians (with the help of wonks like Harris) who are working really hard to make "Islamic regime" the new "Communist regime" so as to declare war for war's sake any time they like. You are right about the way we have meddled in the Middle East and some are chomping at the bit to meddle some more, when do you think we will learn? Maybe after we have no use for oil, but then they will probably figure some other reason.
BTW – None of this is aimed at you, I just find it so frustrating that people can't see the connections between things.
And sorry back at you for my essay.
My biggest concern is that a lot of white liberals are trying to show everyone how 'enlightened' they are.
A few months ago, I read an article by Zoltan Grossman about how the Kurds are privileged. (Also, the Montagnards. Apparently we're still fighting Vietnam.)
I should mention that Professor Grossman…I know a woman, her mother is from a well-known Pine Ridge family. Her cousin is Charlotte Black Elk, in fact. Grossman wouldn't let her speak on Indian issues at Washington State University, however, because of who her father was. Her father's family was originally from Hebron, though her father's mother left Hebron in 1929, due to some unpleasantness.
Gee, whatever happened to academic freedom? Or is that just their 'ethics in games journalism'?
And I'm afraid I see the same thing here: Marginalizing Muslim and ex-Muslim women and Muslim and LGBT Muslims and ex-Muslims in favor of cishet Muslim men.
There are many that go too far in the other direction no doubt, to say that Islam doesn't have any influence is just as wrong as saying it is the only influence. That's just not how the world works.
What the secular/skeptical/atheist communities can help with is being more specific when pointing out the various flaws. And when someone on our side is using racist or unnecessarily inflammatory rhetoric we shouldn't give them a pass because we like the cut of their jib.
The same goes for all areas not just Islam, if we don't hold our side accountable who will?
Zoltán Grossman says:
Wow, I'm confused and honestly have no idea who or what you're talking about. First, I'm not even at Washington State University, which is at the other end of the state from Olympia, where I teach. Second, I wouldn't let a cousin of Charlotte Black Elk speak?? Huh? I interviewed Charlotte Black Elk for my dissertation in 1999, and have no idea who her cousin or cousin's father is, and I don't know anyone at all from Hebron. Check your facts, provide some documentation, and clarify if you've mixed me up with someone else. Third, you must have read my article "The Global War on Tribes," but it has nothing about the Kurds or Montagnards being "privileged"– just that they worked with our government which then abandoned them, which is a pretty well known fact.
rahulagrawal1487 says:
My problem with arguments of this nature is that those who have them make 1 or more of the following errors.
1. Misrepresent someone's stated position – Harris was notably against the Iraq war
2. Misrepresent the extent of someone's stated position – Harris' stance in support of torture is a pretty nuanced one and, if stated in a soundbyte form as here, only serves to poison the well.
3. Assume the worst of someone's intentions due to previous biases or just the general mode of conversation on the internet where everyone you even partially disagree with is persona-non-grata till the end of time
@rahulagrawal1487
Agree. And in relation to point 3, if you haven't already (and it sounds like you might have), Nick Cohen is pretty strong on this in most of his writing, particularly his last two books.
I am from the liberal left both socially and economically but I find the cannibalisation of those who are part of our tribe because of lexical infringements to be disgraceful (that's not to excuse serious and repetitive displays of intolerant behaviour btw), as well as the fact that so disgusted by the chickenhawk war-mongering hypocrisy of the collective Freedom Warriors of the West, that some of the lib-left clan are willing to give a free pass to those within Islam who hold, and try to impose , views that are completely anathema to what they (the lib-left), and I myself, hold to be true.
It baffles me.
1. Sam Harris was not for the invasion outright, you are right. I got his stance conflated with Christopher Hitchens' gung ho attitude. I apologize for that. He does argue that collateral damage is to be expected so you can excuse the presumption.
2. Which part is misrepresented? The part where he said
"We should profile Muslims, or anyone who looks like he or she could conceivably be Muslim, and we should be honest about it."
or was it when he responded to this criticism by stating
"I am not narrowly focused on people with dark skin."
The second statement does at least lead one to believe that he knows why his first statement comes off as racist but then he doubles down by saying
"To say that ethnicity, gender, age, nationality, dress, traveling companions, behavior in the terminal, and other outward appearances offer no indication of a person's beliefs or terrorist potential is either quite crazy or totally dishonest."
Interesting that in that long list of things that should bring more scrutiny he conveniently left oout religion. Wasn't that his point in the first place or did he change his mind? His position is not as nuanced as you would like to believe and even Sam Harris realized it.
3. How narrow must a case for torture be to make it alright? I would say that given the unreliability of information obtained in this way and the de facto permission it gives our enemies to use the same techniques that there is no case to be made for torture under any circumstance. I did not question his intention, I simply believe that being pro-torture, no matter how much you couch it, is wrong.
I am not arguing that Sam Harris be made persona-non-grata, I simply believe that when he makes awful arguments defending awful things that we don't make excuses for him.
Regarding this: (sorry I don't know how to use the blockquote thing)
What I meant is that I've seen a number of cases on several blog networks, Twitter, and pretty much every online platform, where communication spirals out of control. Misreadingss become misunderstandings and eventually metastasize into full blown hatreds. Thenceforth anything anyone on the "other side" says is seen in the least charitable possible light.
That's not to say that people can't be genuinely wrong on any issue or shouldn't be disagreed with. But I do think prior perceptions cloud matters a lot
Absolutely agreed, I was responding in my original post to statements made by podcasters that I agree with very often going out or their way to excuse a couple of his (and other atheists) bad arguments.
Us vs. Them certainly becomes the case far too often, it just bothers me that we shy away from criticizing to show false unity.
As rahulagrawal1487 points out Harris was against the invasion of Iraq; his argument about torture is nuanced (I disagree with him but it isn't some gung-ho hyper-masculine screed in favour); and his arguments about profiling have a certain logic and can't be summarised as "Muslims wearing traditional garb should be profiled" – it works itself outside in, under the premise of efficient use of limited airport security resources, discounting for example old caucasian women, young chlidren etc. first (Harris says that he himself shouldn't be discounted from profiling). In this sense Harris is most definitely not a racist. At best his views could be seen to be bigoted. I would disagree with this because he has read the Quran and having read it points out the most inflammatory contentions it makes about how Muslims should treat people.
Just a few other points in response to your reply:
1. Harris's problem is with certain proclamations in the Quran and hadiths. These can not be divorced from Islam because they are part of what makes the religion what it is. Certainly many millions of Muslims completely disregard some of the more disgusting proclamations and life prescriptions, and for that we should be greatful, but there are many more millions of Muslims who do take some of these obscene teachings seriously as being the final truth on things such as blasphemy, apostasy, homosexuality, sexuality, women's rights, Jews, and patriarchy.
I was about 11 years old when the fatwa against Salman Rushdie was issued. Although I hadn't read The Satanic Verses (I certainly wasn't a precocious child – more into comics I was) I knew that what was happening to him was simply immoral and wrong. No one should have a death sentence placed on their lives for writing a book that causes offence, I thought to myself at the time, no one should have to hide. No publisher should be forced to stop publishing and translating a book under threats of violence due to the offence said book causes some. This is a repulsive idea. Rushdie had his freedom curtailed for well over a decade. Supposedly sane and reasonable Muslims in Britain had large protests denouncing Rushdie and calling for his death (most not having read the book – incidentally the Ayatollah had not read it either by his own admission at the time he issued the fatwa). A Japanese or Korean translator of the book was murdered and a Scandinavian publisher was shot and seriously injured. The overall crime which fomented such hatred was blasphemy.
There are many other violent incidents that can not be explained away by the "West's" foreign policy interventions/invasions such as the Danish Cartoons violent irruptions, the murder of Theo van Gogh, the Charlie Hebdo and Kosher Supermarket massacres, the recent shooting of a free speech gathering in Scandinavia, and the terrors of ISIS, Boko Haram, and al Shabaab etc. etc. None of which is to say that all Muslims will act in such a manner but what it does say is that offending Islam and its Prophet in a public way can lead to some disgusting behaviour.
2. That Harris and many others, notably Ayaan Hirsi Ali, are critical of certain tenets of Islam, and think that we should defend free speech has nothing to do with America and her Allies foreign policy misadventures. They are critical of aspects of Islam and Muslim belief (as they are against other religions) but what they say has no impact on the American Corporatist belief in taking what they want.
I'll stop there because it's late here Down Under and I have to work tomorrow.
Harris was against the invasion of Iraq
Yeah, I got that wrong.
his argument about torture is nuanced (I disagree with him but it isn't some gung-ho hyper-masculine screed in favour)
I never said he was gung-ho, just that he argued in favor of it. I believe there is no room for thinking humans to excuse torture so I believe he is wrong no matter how nuanced his stance is.
his arguments about profiling have a certain logic and can't be summarised as "Muslims wearing traditional garb should be profiled"
No, he said "Muslims, or anyone who looks like he or she could conceivably be Muslim". What criteria would Mr. Harris have us use to determine who is and who isn't Muslim? In his response he gives a hint to what he might use, "ethnicity, gender, age, nationality, dress, traveling companions, behavior in the terminal, and other outward appearances", and it is so vague as to be useless. He also said in his response that "I am not narrowly focused on people with dark skin." so at least he sees how it might be construed. Anyway, I didn't call Harris racist (Ben Affleck did), I simply said his defense of profiling was racist.
Profiling is a legitimate technique when targeted correctly (i.e. by behavior) but there is no reliable way to know who is Muslim by outward appearances, unless Mr. Harris would have us add that information to passports and such, a practice that would prove as dangerous for atheists as any group.
I care not whether he has read the Quran and found icky bits in it, even if the Quran explicitly excused terrorism (it doesn't without belief) it would not excuse our use of that fact to tar all that follow it with the label terrorist any more than the Holy Bible should allow us to label all Christians pro-slave, anti-gay, pro-genocide, etc.
The old couple in front of him were definitely not terrorists, and the three-year-old with the sandals was definitely not a terrorist, and the Mormon Tabernacle gets a pass? I do not care for his argument by anecdote (something most would call bad argumentation) and his definition of who is definitely not a terrorist seems to be likened to Justice Potter Stewart's definition of obscenity, "I know it when I see it."? Wonderful, is Sam offering his keen perception at all airports so as to implement his who is and isn't a terrorist to be profiled policy?
Look, I agree that we must stand up to defend freedoms when we can and right now much of the threat to those freedoms is coming from Islamic theocracies. How we go about defending those freedoms is tricky however and I sincerely do not believe that profiling and torture are particularly useful to that end and I would argue they are nothing but harmful.
I disagree with Harris on these points not in his opposition of the worst parts of Islam. Now, you can believe that I am parsing his words to find fault but I don't believe I am, in fact I believe I am reading his words very clearly.
He has a ever growing page on his blog called "Response to Controversy" in which he tries to explain how his critics have misread him. Perhaps if you are being constantly misread you consider whether the fault lies with the reader or with you.
Regarding his view on torture: I think all I can say about what I understood his views to be are as follows. If in war you consign yourself to causing at least some collateral damage, who's consequences are worse than torture, and if you can prevent something more via torture, then it's the lesser of 2 evils. It's a wildly impractical stance but, I think, philosophically sound. If you claim that one should never ever consider torture then that's a difference of opinion.
I regard his views on profiling similar – sound but wildly impractical.
Finally to your last paragraph – this view of him is problematic. Dealing with weighty matters naturally lends yourself to being misunderstood. Damned if he addresses misunderstandings and damned if he doesn't address them. What would you haven't him do?
Apologies for autocorrect errors above.
You can certainly make the case that he could try to communicate better, but unless you're willing to couch every statement you make in tons of caveats, you're bound to be misunderstood or taken out of context. He's certainly prone to making unnecessary rhetorical flourishes when he speaks or writes
I certainly do not fault him for having critics, the subjects that he writes about would tend to court controversy.
Having said that his responses to those controversies, I believe, are telling. He defends his position ferociously with hardly a waver, while that is his prerogative I think that falling to even reflect on one's controversial stands shows at best a lack of introspection.
But hey, at least he seemed to have softened his stance on Iraq once we were there and killing bad guys.
lefrench says:
I'll keep following pretty much all these thinkers thoughts to better clarify my own views. I say this is defend the question "why would harris publish the emails". It is beneficial and i believe that Harris genuinely wants us to make up our own minds.
I see Harris as making a fundamental mistake in his framing. He keeps saying the Terrorists intend to do harm, while Western governments did not. Chomsky correctly says "intention carries little information" as all monster intend "good things" not harm. This is more easily seen if we rewrite Harris' intent of the terrorists: Terrorists intend to bring about paradise and eliminate all the unbelieving monsters. Phrased like that its easier to see that both parties are equal with their morality of "doing good", thought fundamentally failing since the collateral damage is meaningless to them.
"Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story."
? John Barth
Rebecca Watson says:
I see Harris as making a fundamental mistake in his framing. He keeps saying the Terrorists intend to do harm, while Western governments did not. Chomsky correctly says "intention carries little information" as all monster intend "good things" not harm.
That's true but it's not what Chomsky is saying. He's pointing out that perhaps it's worse, or at least a different kind of "bad," for someone to murder others because they don't see those others as being human beings who are even worthy of consideration, as compared to terrorists who murder others because they are human beings whose lives have worth that will be missed.
and sometimes the failing feels even greater as the west holds itself in such high esteem when it comes to human rights. Harris himself is proof. Seems like by now we really should start knowing better, but for all the talk, we're always pretending 'oh, its not so bad, its normal for governments to behave this way'; the same foreign policy that has been used for hundreds of years.
Chomsky has been fighting this fight for decades and along comes Harris trying to intellectualize some difference between the actions of the terrorists (ours and theirs). It's easy to imagine Chomsky's lack of patience. Harris really got both barrels.
@Rebecca Watson
It's interesting that Christopher Hitchens was probably more appalled than Chomsky at Clinton's bombing of Al-Shifa for the exact same reasons the Professor laid out. As we know though Hitch became a fervent, although not uncritical, supporter of the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, while Chomsky and Harris were opposed.
My issue with both Chomsky and Harris is this: while the former seems to think almost every current incident of transnational violence is a result of American foreign policy and has little to do with Islamist political philosophy, the latter seems to think almost every current incident of transnational violence is a result of Islamist political philosophy and has little to do with American/British/Israel foreign policy.
And never the twain shall meet.
Right, and both are equally wrong.
anthrosciguy says:
The answer to why Harris was keen to publish the unflattering email exchange is Dunning-Kruger. He just doesn't have the chops to recognize how out of his depth he is. Harris is a "thought-leader"; Chomsky is a thinker.
I think that's exactly it.
kris1023 says:
While I am a big fan of your work, I do not understand your disdain for Sam Harris. A few weeks ago you mentioned him in a post regarding the murder of muslim students and now this. Mr. Chomsky might be one of my 2 or 3 most respected people on the planet, but to me he just came off as cantankerous. I don't think Harris had anything to be embarrassed about.
As a fan of you both I imagine you probably agree with him on 95% of issues, i don't understand the splintering of the skeptic community in this regard.
Hi Kris. Disagreeing with someone (even strongly) is not "splintering the skeptic community," unless the skeptic community are a bunch of idiots, at which point I suppose they deserve to be splintered.
i guess i was just wondering what exactly your disagreements with him were…. seems like i missed something