Dr. Pedro Blas Gonzalez is a writer and philosopher who holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy and is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Barry University, Miami Shores, Florida. He has written five books: Human Existence as Radical Reality: Ortega y Gasset's Philosophy of Subjectivity; Fragments: Essays in Subjectivity, Individuality and Autonomy; Ortega's 'The Revolt of the Masses' and the Triumph of the New Man; Unamuno: A Lyrical Essay, and Dreaming in the Cathedral. Personal blog: pedroblasgonzalez.blogspot.com.
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Arthur Schopenhauer never minced words. As a self-respecting philosopher, his allegiance was to truth. This is a staple characteristic that is in keeping with genuine free-thinkers from all ages. This quality, however, is one that we are no longer prepared to embrace in the first decade of the twenty-first century. The poignant and heuristic truths that we discover in Schopenhauer's work seem to make us nervous. Schopenhauer's grasp of truth embarrasses us, for much like a child reacting to the presence of a discerning adult, even the idea of truth is already too much for us to bear today. There are several reasons for this, I believe. But suffice it say to say that ours is not a metaphysical-existential age. On the contrary, we live in a materialist/positivist age that has performed the hideous crime of making all aspects of human existence revolve around social-political organization. The latter consideration alone is a strong sign that ours is a rather insipid and unhealthy age.
My intention in these pages is not so much an elucidation of Schopenhauer's ethical thought, but rather to juxtapose some aspects of this with the moral state of the world today. If Ortega y Gasset is correct in The Revolt of the Masses, where he asserts -- in 1930 no less -- that the world is demoralized, then it also seems useful to ask how this condition has come to pass, and where will it lead us?
Let us begin by considering our present-day mania for "ethics." We talk incessantly about ethics as if we were the first historical period to discover or think of such a thing. Of course, we must decipher the meaning and purpose of the aforementioned with caution, for any sentient observer of this modish phenomenon will also recognize that ours is an age that has embraced the efficacy of appearances over any regard for truth. Our fascination with ethics has been amplified to mean almost anything. This is also a significant consideration to point out. Today we cherish talk of professional, business, and the darling of the status quo, environmental ethics. Taken in itself, this is hardly a problem. The problem begins when ethics is not an end in itself, but rather a means to further social-political aims. I will suggest that our outwardly professed sensitivity for ethics and ethical treatment of popular causes in effect affords us a pseudo-religious engagement with reality, in what is otherwise an anti-religious, morally sterile, secular age.
In addition, today's cautious observers do not have much difficulty in understanding how our assault on cosmic reality, by way of an all-encompassing ethics of everything, is solely meant for public consumption. Ours is an age sickened by popular and populist appeal. One fine feature of Descartes' metaphysical thought is his elucidation on the nature of self-evident truths. Nowhere do we see the blatant violation of this rule than in our current make-work conception of ethics. In effect, we have successfully transformed ethics into a cottage industry.
While the predominant notions of ethics today are totally devoid of any religious content, moral higher ground or the capacity for transcendence, ethics, as so many today like to think of this, essentially remains a tool at the disposition of those who are socially-politically "committed." One clear-cut evidence for this is that nothing can be deemed ethical today that is difficult to embrace or live by. Our predominant rendition of "ethics" is conveniently and curiously geared to the exigencies of our hedonistic age. For this and other reasons, nothing ethical, according to our gurus today, can showcase an intrinsic aspect of resistance to our whims and desires.
Thus it is no surprise to discover that the kind of ethics we embrace is in keeping with our positivistic worldview. I suppose that a better way of saying this is that we have the ethical problems that we deserve. Carpenters get splinters, athletes sore muscles, swimmers get wet, and our age has the ethical problems that go hand in hand with a positivistic conception of man in the cosmos. It is perhaps also safe to say that our contradictory notions of ethics create their own set of problems. Ironically, it seems that the causes of our problems today are indistinguishable from our idea of ethics.
If I am correct in my assessment, I will also add that our time finds itself in an unprecedented and devastating dilemma which has delivered us to a morally bankrupt cul-de-sac. It appears that ethics cannot exist outside the sincere practice of a genuinely felt sense of virtue, and that ethics is only possible as the result of a healthy conscience. How pretentious then, it seems, to promote code of ethics that have no grounding in the actual make-up and inherent possibilities of real human beings.
Let us consider where ethics and its professional proponents -- the academic ethicists -- stand today in actually having anything of substance to contribute to our zest to comprehend human behavior. On the one hand, we encounter the overtly unweened, game-playing theories of analytic teachers of philosophy. Having spent more time than I welcomed around these sophomoric professional rhetoricians, I came to the conclusion in my youth that these people had nothing of substance to add to human behavior or morality. How one intends to speak about real people by repeatedly referring to them as "agents," and encapsulating people in totally arbitrary hypothetical circumstances, has always puzzled me. It is not until one meets and spends some time with the analytic professors of philosophy that it truly dawns on us how banal and hollow most of their assertions and methods truly are.
Then, we also encounter the social-political ideological radicals who insist in passing themselves off as professional ethicists and world-class moralists. These people are no more effective in reflecting about human morality than the analytics. Yet they are vastly more dangerous. Just imagine Marxists lecturing free men on the virtues of democracy and personal liberty. A ludicrous proposition, eh? These radical ideologue professors of ethics are usually as morally bankrupt or professional pretenders as clowns are raucous in a circus act.
Schopenhauer's essays The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims showcase the otherwise gloom of the German thinker's other works in a superbly positive light. There is nothing technical in these two essays. This makes these works timeless philosophical gems. Even though, it can be pointed out that those who understand his metaphysics of the will and the world, the phenomenal and the noumenal will undoubtedly relate these essays to that metaphysical underpinning. Yet the great value of these prescriptive works on morality is their prescience as masterpieces of natural psychology. Undoubtedly, Schopenhauer's perspicuity in matters of life and death, our inner constitution versus the conception that others have of us, and personal respect as opposed to the treatment we receive from others, put the industry of modern-day pop psychology and ethics to shame.
These two works of morality explain and elucidate man's nature in ways that mark the staple categories and characteristics of man's nature for all time. Schopenhauer's depiction of man -- the man in the cafes, in the street corner, the one we encounter at the workplace -- is as complete, and dare I say, as exhaustible as any fashionable, psycho-babble can ever pretend to uncover.
Given the biting truths that Schopenhauer uncovers about man's nature -- truths that can be traced back to man's earliest history -- his thought retains today an eternal wisdom that is undeniable. Consider that today's ethics, as this is deemed by academics, cannot help but to eventually recoil into relativistic categories that are the outcome of a thinly veiled social-political agenda. Sadly, this is where we stand today in our politicized conceptions of human behavior. There are many titillating reasons for this: the destruction of objective standards of reasoning, our experimentation with sexual mores, our refusal to abide by the dictates of objective reality regardless of the demands that this makes on our life and choices, and the collapse of all moral standards. We have effectively destroyed all of our moral standards and replaced them with our personal desires. Having said this, we continue today to insist that we can still make sense of human reality and the world.
Some professors of philosophy today present ethics as the result of arbitrary movable standards that are the simple result of historicity. Ethics, according to some of our leading academics, has everything to do with our social environment. That is, our social-political conditions determine what we believe is right and wrong, true or false, good or bad, and lately, as we continue to dismantle the objectivity of science, what is up and down. Ironically, what history demonstrates so well is that it is individual men who create society. This, in turn, brings about the moral, societal expectations that ethicists today refer to as being relative in nature. We have indeed tried out as many types of societies in human history as we have been quick to conceive them. In every one of them there always surfaces that undeniable, pesky entity called man. What we actually encounter in history, and which our disingenuous age has all but ignored, is the foundational moral constitution of individual people.
The center, as the poet suggests, has been vanished from man's repertoire of thought and capacity for genuine sentiment. This has been the greatest aspiration of radical ideologues of different staples since the French Revolution. Yet this destructive fervor and resentment did not become fully instituted in our most cherished institutions until the twentieth century.
Without a moral center to guide and inspire us, humanity today wavers and vacillates in its ability to embrace contradictions, both in individual and collective life. Without a sense of conscience, which is allowed to exercise its common sense tools in our lives, what we have instead remains a very artificial and hollow conception of ethics. This elastic ethics that so many academics promote today is truly nothing more than the working-arm of positive law. Because conscience has been all but eliminated as a guide in our moral pursuits, what is left is merely an appeal to "what the law says." Of course, it goes without saying that this vacuous, workman-like movable "center" is only the precursor of anarchy to be followed by totalitarianism.
Schopenhauer on Conscience: What Lies Ahead for Man?
Where, then, should ethics begin than by paying respect to man's inner life? Schopenhauer's thought, much like the brilliance found in the thought of other Stoics, addresses common sense in ways that many today have forgotten or systematically ignore. Schopenhauer views the subjective life as being in our control. The objective life, on the other hand, is our having-to-do, as Ortega y Gasset refers to our dealings with the world. The objective life, or what is the world-at-large Schopenhauer tells us, is essentially in the hands of fate.
Thus, it is not difficult to see that consciousness meets with resistance in everything that it intends. For this reason, I will suggest that a genuine and sincere ethics is in fact a mechanism for assuaging or resolving contradictions in human existence. Ethics works to resolve contradictions in objective reality simply because these are unavoidable. For this reason, never should a genuine ethics entertain the dubious notion that it can impart any resolution to problems of human action and behavior. Ironically, given most people's incapacity to rule over themselves, it becomes necessary to construct laws that protect the greater good. This is the overwhelming role of positive law.
It is not until we begin to understand the role of conscience in individual human beings that we can comprehend how this aims to resolve contradictions. Perhaps the greatest claim that one can make about ethics is that it serves as a regulator of personal choice-making. Conscience is just this kind of mechanism, for it is a system of checks and balances that levels the field, as it were, in addressing concerns that pertain to personal behavior.
How uncontemporary Schopenhauer's thought seems by suggesting, in an ironic twist, that happiness is in fact attained only when we understand the limitations, the resistance imposed on us by the objective world. This is a significant notion that, judging by all accounts today, cannot find any usefulness in our world. How can people who promote Statism, the Welfare State or social-political organizations that are founded on entitlement accept Schopenhauer's idea of renunciation? In effect, what he has to say on this matter is anathema to our day and age.
Our secularly liberated conception of happiness is contrary to Schopenhauer's. We are children of that great discovery of the latter half of the twentieth century: existential liberation from ourselves. This self-professed liberation has razed all of our moral convictions and diminished the effectiveness and integrity of our most cherished institutions. In its place, the vociferous proponents of radical liberation have built nothing but a self-consuming and paralyzing skepticism. Yet somehow, we now live under the illusion that we can still be moral agents. Unfortunately, today we actually exist more like beings that have been gutted; whose entrails no longer inform who we are inwardly. The greatest of these illusions, which border on the pathological, is the belief that we can be self-less, soul-less, center-less, committed altruists and at the same time strive to be ethical in our conduct. How soulless, merely biological beings, subjects subjugated to the demands of the state can still retain a vestige of responsibility, moral duty and freedom of choice, this does not seem relevant to the ethical equation today.
Schopenhauer's thought may not be making a splash on those who formerly might have been considered intelligent people, but the truths which he alludes to will not easily go away. When conscience, whether that which is understood as divine in origin or rational, and thus rationally revealed no longer play a decisive role in our conception of ethics, then clearly we can say with certainty that we are a demoralized people.
Conscience is a natural system of checks and balances whereby the rational component in our lives speaks to us about what is right and wrong. But rational, in this respect means intuitive more than self-conscious. Conscience is equivalent to personal identity, that portion of our selves that rules over us, but which is less obvious to others. We cannot readily disconnect our ethical behavior from conscience any more so than we can from personal identity. How some academic teachers of philosophy have made their claim to fame -- or their make-work careers -- arguing that the subject-I does not exist in itself, is tantamount to someone who claims not to speak a given language by communicating in it.
One of the notable problems with most ethical theories today is that they rationalize or over-intellectualize moral principles. This seems to be a paradox of sorts, something akin to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. When we observe people engaged in everyday activities, we quickly notice that for most the moral decision making process is exercised spontaneously. It is only when we engage in ethical "debates" that questions become unnecessarily muddled.
We have entered into an insidiously hollow and insipid age when reason is no longer held to be the final court of appeals in settling rational matters. Debating has become a pointless and fruitless activity given that the foundation of morality has been vanquished. In essence, debating today has become a rhetorical tool used for relativists to control problems of the day through obfuscation. This is why debating, as so many in academia are wont to value, is very much a root cause of propelling our nihilism forward to the next level of insipidness. This was not the case in previous epochs. Not long ago people actually presented evidence supplied by history, data, facts, and used demonstrable proofs to demonstrate the validity of arguments. There seems little use in debating in societies that do not retain respect for truth. Consider that we run out of a burning building, flee from the path of a wild animal, and duck from airborne objects without recourse to "theories" of action. Ironically, debating the virtue and merits of truth, moral goodness or the nature of the good life is rarely something that those who sincerely practice such things feel compelled to do.
Conscience is an intuitive mechanism that resists the pigeon-holding that is so prevalent in the minds of those who have made ethics their make-work. We live in an age when debate is employed not to establish the value and goodness of a given idea or belief, but rather, to debunk these. Debate has been turned into a tool for the negation of truth. As examples of this, we can cite how communism, socialism and Marxism in the twentieth-century made debate a staple of their mechanism of confusion, moral duplicity and terror. Debating the virtues of moral goodness is something that those who have an ax to sharpen are always interested in promoting. This is a central characteristic of dialectical materialism.
This is interesting in its own right in relation to Schopenhauer's philosophical system when we realize the value that he places on wisdom. What will become of man now that truth and wisdom have been completely charred as guides for human existence? It seems that much of our over-intellectualized, empty chatter today, whether in philosophy, morality, social-political questions or theology boil down to mere posturing. Looking about us to today, we quickly arrive at the conclusion that genuine thought -- sincere reflection that aims to guide individual's in appropriating their role in collective life -- is quickly becoming a thing of the past. Because the center has in fact been vanquished from human life, we no longer seek to settle questions with permanent answers. The heart and soul of the dominant paradigm today is a radical, ideological skepticism that is taking us to an unprecedented zombie-state where totalitarianism awaits us as the logical outcome of our hedonistic nihilism. Unfortunately, as Yeats' poem asserts, those who should know better -- those moralists who preach ethics as a secular religion -- have had their souls poisoned by very unbecoming, un-ethical wishes and desires.
1. 1. Trilling, Lionel. The Experience of Literature: A Reader with Commentary. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1967, p. 120.
2. Schopenhauer, Arthur. The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims. Translated by T. Bailey Saunders. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 1995, p. 11.


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Q: For loop without the switch I was wondering if there is a better way to write this for loop without the switch statement. Please ignore the append inside the for loops, that's just there for demo.
What I would like to know is if there is a way to concatenate variable names? For example instead of using var name and using a switch statement to assign value to the variable name, is there a way to do something like:
file + i // this will be the var file0, file1, file2.

var name = null,
    content = null;

var file0 = {
    name: null;
    },
// file2, file3, file4.
    file5 = {
    name: null;
    };

//  Something's length is < 10.
for(var i = 0, len = something.length; i < len; i++){
    switch(i){
        case 0:
            name = file0.name;
            break;
        case 1:
            name = file1.name;
            break;
        case 2:
            name = file2.name;
            break;
        case 3:
            name = file3.name;
            break;
        case 4:
            name = file4.name;
            break;
        case 5:
            name = file5.name;
            break;
        default:
            break;
    }

    //  Better way to write name below?
    $("#someContainer").append('
' + name + '</li');
}

A: You can access variables by name:
var file4 = 42;
this["file"+4]++;
alert(file4) // 43

Not sure if it is more appropriate to use this or window to access global variables.

A: I do not understand why you're creating such a bunch of objects containing just one key-value-pairing each.
Why not using an array for your filenames?
var arrFileNames = ["file0Name","file1Name","file2Name"...];
for(...) {
    name = arrFileNames[i];
}

or, to shorten things (because there's no actual need for a name variable):
$("#someContainer").append('
' + arrFileNames[i] + '</li');

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Earlier I wrote about the acquisition by Google of Nest Labs on January 13, 2014. The acquisition was a bit of a surprise to most given the past relationship of the Directors of Nest being past employees of Apple.
The idea that Google is now in the fire safety market, helping grow the Internet of Things is an exciting development. That said, there are other developers also working on some new and innovative products.
Birdi is a new device that's currently seeking funding of US$50,000 on IndieGoGo, a crowd sourced funding platform like Kickstarter. (At the time of writing, they had already received US$57,000+ in support, with only 6 days left).
According to the developers, Birdi tracks air quality, fire and carbon monoxide fumes to keep you healthy and safe.
The big news at the start of 2014 was the acquisition of a company called Nest Labs by Google. Nest was founded in 2010 by two formal Apple engineers, Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers.
Fox News (Memphis, Tennessee) produced a news story that gives light on the differences between Ionisation and Photo Electric smoke alarms. They also carry out an experiment to illustrate the performance of smoke alarms.
In my view the experiment was VERY POORLY conducted and full of inaccurate statements. For example they tried to demonstrate a SLOW SMOULDERING fire by setting fire to news paper and timber a tin bucket. This is NOT a slow smouldering fire!!!
Then they conducted a FAST FLAMING fire using a pan fire with a likely alcohol or petrochemical accelerant.
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Crypt Route, Bidean nam Bian
March 3, 2017 /0 Comments/in News, Scotland, Winter /by Ken Applegate
Wes and Sean were keen to step things up a notch from what they had climbed so far, so with another favourable forecast, and great mixed climbing conditions, we decided to head up to Church Door Buttress on Bidean nam Bian, and climb the brilliant and esoteric Crypt Route.
The technical crux is really the first 10m or so, which starts up a deep chimney, before the route disappears into the mountain, where it follows a series of chimneys, before what is probably the physical crux, fitting through a small window, which in my case, required taking the rack off. Both Wes and Sean managed to weasel their ways through the window, not without the occasional grunt and curse.
From here, the route crosses the amazing arch which I'm sure is only just about held together by a keystone, before tackling Raeburn's Chimney and steady climbing above.
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Brilliant weather in Glencoe!
February 28, 2017 /0 Comments/in News, Scotland, Winter /by Ken Applegate
We've been enjoying great weather in Glencoe over the past couple of days. I was out working on School House Ridge, above Ballachulish on Monday, and made a traverse of The Dragon's Tooth above South Ballachulish today.
Above School House Ridge
Conditions on both routes were quite reasonable, with the snow starting to consolidate well in places as the current freeze penetrates the once thawed snowpack. The same can be said for the turf as well.
The Dragon's Tooth
Practising an abseil before the main abseil
Great views to the south.
The abseil on The Dragon's Tooth
Hannah and Steve had good fun on Chimney Route on Stob Coire nan Lochan today. They reported ok conditions, but the some of the cracks were quite verglassed and a couple of key blocks were loose.
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Late start, nice day: Dorsal Arete, Glencoe
Despite a pretty wild start to the day, it was a case of trusting the forecasts and having an intentionally late start to avoid the worst of it. All of our teams did just that this morning, and were treated to dry and reasonably clear days in Glencoe and the Mamores.
For the past couple of days, I've been out with George, who has a couple of attempts on Mount Everest under his belt. He was keen to get back into winter climbing, and so yesterday, with plenty of lying snow, not wanting to spend too much time wading, we made an ascent of the aesthetic and striking line of School House Ridge, above Ballachulish. It must be one of the most accessible routes in Lochaber! Plenty of other folk on the route. There was plenty of snow on the ridge, very little of it consolidated, unsurprisingly, as it had only fallen the day before. We topped out in good time, and bagged Sgorr Dhearg. After a clear, dry day, the weather turned rather abruptly at 3pm.
Wintry in Glencoe
Snowy on School House Ridge
Today, our late start meant only walking in the rain for 45 minutes or so. Thereafter, the day turned much cooler and drier and altogether very pleasant. George and I walked up along side a raging torrent, up to Coire nan Lochan, where we climbed Dorsal Arete. The rain had stripped a lot of the snow off the route, leaving it quite lean, but with a bit of care, it made for a fun climb. The turf up high was still frozen, and we did have a couple of snow flurries throughout the afternoon.
'Bow in the Coe.
George above the crux
Bidean and Stob Coire nam Beith
Andy and Anthony enjoyed dry rock lower down on Curved Ridge today, meanwhile Dave, Stu and their two teams, as well as James with Clive and Philip opted for the East Ridge of the North Buttress of Stob Ban. Again, the snow had suffered, but this didn't detract from the teams enjoying themselves. Finally, Henry was out with Rob and Kyle. They spent their day focusing on a variety of mountaineering skills with the aim of becoming more independent.
The thaw last night and this morning did strip a bit of snow, but it wasn't too devastating, and with the temperatures now dropping, this will help to finally consolidate what's there. The forecast for the foreseeable future looks quite favourable, with wintry conditions on the cards.
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Storm Doris brings welcome snow
It was quite clear on waking up this morning that more snow had fallen than the forecasts had suggested, but I must admit, I was quite surprised when I saw exactly how much on the approach to Ben Nevis this morning. Clearly Storm Doris had pushed a bit further north than we had expected.
A winter wonderland on the approach this morning
German team breaking trail this morning
Wes, Sean and I had a number of ideas as to what to climb on Ben Nevis today, but as it dawned on us exactly how much snow had fallen and drifted on fresh winds, it was clear that progress into Coire na Ciste was going to be tough work and potentially avalanche prone, and so we quickly changed our plans to climb Castle Ridge instead. Both Wes and Sean had climbed Castle Ridge in summer conditions last year, and so having been transformed overnight into full winter garb, it was a logical choice.
Not wanting to snow plough uphill for too long, we opted to cut beneath Carn Dearg Buttress. The turf was starting to freeze, and there were quite a few dribbles of ice on the rocks throughout the route. None of which was particularly solid just yet. The majority of the route was as snowy as I've seen it this year, apart from the upper crux, which was quite clear of snow compared to the rest of the route. For Wes, this was his third of Ben Nevis' ridges climbed in winter, whereas for Sean, his first.
Above the first groove
Sean on the crux of Castle Ridge
The descent down the northern flanks of Carn Dearg was straight forward, as we found a great line of soft snow to wade down.
Meanwhile, just around the corner, Steve was out with John and Gavin. They were on Ledge Route and getting some mileage in, in preparation for a trip to summit Mount Elbrus later this year. The Scottish Highlands are a great place for training for the Greater Ranges.
Hannah was out with Julia, who is over from Spain, preparing for her Winter Mountain Leader Assessment. They had a great day on the Ballachulish Horseshoe, and also got to enjoy wading through deep snow. It's nice to finally have some snow again.
Julia navigating
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Sheltered on Dorsal Arete, Glencoe
Last night was supposed to bring with it plenty of snow, and whilst it did precipitate quite heavily, the winds were so strong that much of the snow seems to have be sent back into the atmosphere. For Stuart's second and final day, we drove down to Glencoe under what seemed to be quite clear skies, however, on arriving at the car park for Stob Coire nan Lochan, a fairly fierce squall of hail had us delaying our departure by five minutes. And that was it. Thereafter, whilst it was a little breezy for a couple of moments on the approach, overall, it was remarkably calm, helped by the fact that the crags of Stob Coire nan Lochan are very well sheltered from most winds.
Snowing in Glencoe this morning
We climbed the classic Dorsal Arete, and whilst the direct start wasn't quite frozen enough to climb, we took in all the awkward and tricky steps on the buttress above, and after the crux fin, climbed up a final groove on the left, which gave some fun chimneying before pulling into a narrow hanging groove which featured great hooks for the tools. Again, Stuart was keen to focus on building belays and ropework, but also got to practise his newly found mixed climbing skills in a variety of situations.
Clear day on Dorsal Arete
One of the upper grooves
Stuart about to start the crux
The left hand variation finish
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Plenty of action! Glencoe, Ben Nevis & Beinn Dorain
There's no denying that this winter, we've been lucky to enjoy plenty of cold, clear days. Yesterday was no exception. However, the SE winds were due to be quite bracing at times, so seeking shelter seemed to be part of most teams' plans. For Nick, Keith and myself, as well as our Advanced Winter Climbing team; Mark, Jon and Spenser, Stob Coire nan Lochan was to provide that shelter for the day.
The cliffs of Stob Coire nan Lochan
Both teams started up the classic route of Twisting Gully, which whilst being a bit on the lean side, provided some great mixed climbing. We continued up the true line, whilst Mark and his team peeled off to finish up the upper chimneys of Twisting Grooves. Nick and I then went on to climb Pearly Gates, which starts part the way up Broad Gully. This gave us a couple of enjoyable and atmospheric pitches, with a grandstand view of the multiple teams on Dorsal Arete. From the top of Pearly Gates, with such clear skies, we couldn't resist the temptation to head to the summit of Stob Coire nan Lochan to take in the views. Amazingly, despite some strong gusts whilst on Twisting Gully, it was completely still on the summit.
Spenser in one of the twisting grooves on Twisting Grooves
Nick on Twisting Gully
Clear views from Stob Coire nan Lochan
Further down Glencoe, Henry and his Introductory Winter Climbing team climbed Curved Ridge, which they reported to be in good condition. Whilst Stob Coire nan Lochan had lost much of its rime ice overnight, particularly from easterly aspects, Buchaille Etive Mor still seemed to be holding onto it well, particularly in sheltered locations such as in the vicinity of Crowberry Gully.
Andy was out with Ali and Max on the first of two Private Guiding days. They climbed Fawlty Tower on Ben Nevis and again, reported good conditions with plenty of frozen turf.
Good conditions on Fawlty Towers
Descending Tower Ridge after climbing Fawlty Towers
Lastly and by no means least, Hannah was out on a personal climbing day with Duncan and Steve. They headed down to Beinn Dorain, by the Bridge of Orchy, where they climbed the brilliant 3 star VII,7, The Messiah. You can read more about their day on Steve's blog. Sterling effort by the trio, and a good decision to head south, as the mixed routes on Stob Coire nan Lochan were no longer in condition.
Hannah leading up to the crux pitch of The Messiah
Steve on the crux pitch
Duncan on the final pitch
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3* Climbing to Ourselves: Shelf Route
It's been another stunning winters day in the Scottish Highlands, with clear skies and cold temperatures. When it's like this, there's no where else I would rather be. I was out with one of my favourite regulars, Nick. Favourite because he has always brought with him good weather and great climbing conditions, and today was no different.
Nick doesn't mind a bit of adventure and so with the forecast looking great and with it being the start of half-term week, we decided to pick a route that was hopefully going to be away from the crowds, and Shelf Route on Buachaille Etive Mor seemed like it might fit the bill. As we drove through Glencoe this morning, most of the car parks were filling up fast, and the one for the Buachaille was no different, but despite this, we saw very few folk on the approach. By the time we reached the foot of Crowberry Gully, it was clear that we were at least the first team to head for Shelf Route. Perfect.
Looking up the first chimney of Shelf Route
The route ahead
Looking back down
The route is quite long, and largely consists of short, steep chimneys interspersed with easier sections. There's fun to be had on every pitch, particularly the final crux, which is a bit more sustained than the chimneys before it. We were largely sheltered from the wind, but Nick didn't appreciate the spindrift picking up just as he was 'in the zone' on the final pitch. The route thoroughly deserves three stars, it's an excellent route and very atmospheric.
Crowberry Tower
Plenty of teams on Curved Ridge and we could see a steady stream of folk heading up to North Buttress.
Views from the summit
Hannah and Lucy were out with a returning group from Essex, who are on their second attempt at summiting the three national peaks (Ben Nevis, Scafell and Snowdown) in one weekend, in winter. They will be heading south now, starting the night shift. All the best to them.
Lou was out with Steven, who is keen to reach the summit of the local Munros via mountaineering routes. Today, they tackled Ledge Route to get to the summit of Ben Nevis.
Finally, Tom was out with Jan and Ariana, on the first of their two day winter skills course. They had a look at core winter skills on Aonach Mor.
It's great to see so many folk making the most of the great wintry conditions we have right now. Long may it last!
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Great day on Curved Ridge, Glencoe
February 9, 2017 /0 Comments/in News, Scotland, Winter /by Ken Applegate
Plan A for today had been Tower Ridge on Ben Nevis, but on seeing the avalanche forecast, which indicated that there would be a high avalanche hazard on NW-NE slopes above 900m, we decided to change plan, and headed to Glencoe instead, where we climbed the classic Curved Ridge on Buachaille Etive Mor.
On the walk-in, we spent some time talking about heuristic traps, which seems wholly appropriate. If you haven't heard of heuristic traps when it comes to avalanches, it's well worth reading the following articles:
http://www.northernmountainsport.co.uk/index.php?/eng/content/download/1533/7517/file/Avalanche%20article.pdf
https://www.glenmorelodge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Avoid-Being-Avalanched-AH-TGO-Nov-2013.pdf
https://www.glenmorelodge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Talking-Yourself-Out-of-Avalanche-Trouble-AH-TGO-Dec-2013.pdf
The snow on Curved Ridge is starting to consolidate and good in places, but still quite loose in others, which enabled Jess and Rich to get stuck into a variety of mixed climbing techniques. Above the crux, they took turns on the sharp end before we reached the summit of Stob Dearg, amazingly with not a breath of wind. It has been another great day with the pair from Yorkshire.
Quite a few teams on North Buttress, as well as a couple of teams on Shelf Route. One team did attempt the NE Zig Zags, but retreated after the third pitch, reporting poor conditions.
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Remembering Evelio A. Echevarria (1926-2020)
Cameron M. Burns
Evelio Echevarria in 2018. [Photo] Cameron M. Burns
One of the greatest South American mountain scholars has passed. Evelio Echevarria died in October 2020 of colon cancer. He is survived by four adult children and his ex-wife Edwina.
Echevarria stands out in the mountaineering world for the massive amount of exploration and research of the Andes he did over the course of his life. He wrote more than 90 reports for the American Alpine Journal and sent a similar amount of information to the British Alpine Journal. Echevarria was a member of the American and British Alpine Clubs for 60 years.
"He was one of a small, select handful of mountain writers who were worth their weight in gold, in terms of their depth of interest and rigorous approach," said Alpine Journal editor Ed Douglas. "His loss might go unremarked by many climbers but those operating in South America will have benefited from his effort and attention to detail. He was a valued and longstanding contributor to the Alpine Journal and a gentleman. I for one shall miss him."
In his dozens and dozens of trips to the Andes, Echevarria would often ride mountain bus routes to the highest end of each bus line (usually some little mining village or outpost), then just take off by himself into the hills with only a sleeping bag, a tent, a stove, and a backpack. He ascended dozens of unclimbed peaks—walk-ups, hike-ups, scrambles—just by being tenacious. He claimed not to be a real climber, but he has likely completed more ascents of South American peaks than anyone except Johan Reinhard, an American climber and anthropologist based in West Virginia who has bagged more than 200 summits.
Echevarria had a big impact on my early adventures in the Andes. I corresponded with him before all of my half dozen-odd trips to South America, starting in the mid-1990s. Echevarria would often write to me about unclimbed peaks in remote areas.
In 2018, I decided it was time to meet this reticent legend, so I traveled to his home in Loveland, Colorado, and sat down and interviewed him about his life, his climbs and his research.
Echevarria (right) in his home office in Loveland, Colorado, October 2018, with his son Felipe. [Photo] Cameron M. Burns
Echevarria grew up in Santiago, Chile. Early on he met Walter Bachman, a German-Chilean painter who was also a mountain climber (he met Bachman because Bachman married one of Echevarria's sisters). Bachman took the teenage Echevarria on hikes and scrambles around the Chilean capital. Echevarria also climbed extensively with his brother.
As a young man, Echevarria joined the Chilean Army and opted to be a part of a division of ski troops. The experience had a big impact on Echevarria, and he became obsessed with becoming a ski patroller—specifically at Sun Valley in Idaho because he knew of several Chileans who lived there and who had etched out successful lives in America.
In 1953 he left Chile and headed to the northern Rockies. Echevarria wasn't as good at skiing "as I needed to be," so he became a janitor, then a bus boy, then a waiter. He met his wife Edwina, a waitress, in Sun Valley.
Echevarria decided he needed to "face life," as he put it, so he enrolled in tertiary education in San Diego. He studied the culture of his people with a goal of becoming a professor of Spanish-American literature. He and Edwina subsequently moved to Berkeley where he earned two degrees, then to Boulder in 1964, where he obtained a PhD. With his newly minted degree in hand, Echevarria was offered a teaching job at Colorado State University, so he and his wife and children moved to Fort Collins in 1969 where he taught for many years. He retired in 1997 and moved to Loveland where he enjoyed life to the end.
Echevarria began doing his research trips to various regions of the Andes in the mid-1950s. By the late 1950s, he was writing reports for both the American and British Alpine Journals, sometimes six or seven reports per year. His son Felipe estimates he made at least 60 trips to the Andes while he was a resident of Colorado.
All told, Echevarria figured he'd reached about 100 unclimbed summits in the Andes. In our 2018 interview, he scoffed when I gave him a look of surprise, and he quickly reminded me that Reinhard had done twice as many.
More fascinating and sadly a now-lost opportunity, Echevarria told me he could put together a list for me of unclimbed peaks in any range in the Andes, an offer I foolishly never took him up on.
After his divorce in 1985, Echevarria turned more of his attention to traveling and visiting the various sub-ranges of South America. His last report in the AAJ was published in 2008.
Echevarria ultimately pulled his vast experience—both on the ground and in the library—into one tremendous magnum opus: The Andes: The Complete History of Mountaineering in High South America. It's an 840-page compendium of data on the mountains of South America, with information on who climbed what and when and how. The big sub-sectors of history are all in there: ascents by indigenous peoples, ascents by explorers, ascents by colonials, ascents by later generations, ascents by women, etc. And the geographic areas are also dealt with in a similar way (the Cordillera Blanca, Patagonia, Aconcagua, etc.).
Perhaps what pleased me most about this book were the vast swaths of stories about climbers whom American readers might not be much exposed to—far beyond Whymper and Humboldt and the handful of others many of us are familiar with. Echevarria puts all the explorations and ascents in South America of lesser-known European climbers into context of what was happening in Europe at the time—linking certain European events (notably the World Wars) to climbs of mountains, walls and towers in the Andes. He also describes dozens of ascents by South American mountaineers.
Echevarria was so humble and quiet that even his children weren't aware of the depth and reach of his mountaineering activities and research. His son Felipe, who worked on The Andes with his father, told me he awestruck by the level of detail of his father's knowledge. Echevarria was so humble he said that he didn't want remembrances or obituaries written about him, something that his son Felipe, and this writer, have overridden—Echevarria was an impeccable human whose life needs to be noted.
In a way, The Andes stands as both the culmination of his life's work and the pinnacle of Echevarria's passions for the mountains, the routes, and ultimately the people who have gone to South America looking for adventure. His voice in the world's mountaineering journals will be sorely missed.


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Theatre & Performances
Possum Magic
NOTICEBOARD: The changing face of the school library
At the heart of every Catholic school is the library.
A place where students can let their imaginations run wild, as they transform into a pirate, a paramedic, pioneer, or even a prime minister.
While the role of the school library remains constant – instilling a love of reading in students – the resources it provides has changed dramatically in recent years. The introduction of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has allowed the school library to become an extension of the classroom.
Emmaus College, Jimboomba Primary Teacher-Librarian Trish O'Connell said there was a lot of collaborating with teachers and students, to create and develop motivating, flexible and digital learning spaces with a wide and inclusive range of resources to support learning and teaching throughout the school.
"We make it a really warm, welcoming place which involves not only reading but also the latest technology for them to use," she said.
Trish said the introduction of Information and Communication Technology had enhanced the role of the library to develop the skills students needed to succeed in a constantly changing technological, social and economic environment.
"It's important for libraries to engage with the latest technology.
"It brings in some of the students who might not normally engage with the library.
"But, it's also about taking a sensible approach to how technology is used in a library."
Trish said however, students can still find a quiet corner to read where they can discover and spark their love of learning.
Kids on the Coast/Kids in the City
NOTICEBOARD: St Rita's College opens progressive new pantry
St Rita's College girls' secondary school in Clayfield has opened the first phase of its new building project.
EDUCATION: King's Christian College opening in Logan Village
Looking for a great education option in Logan? King's Christian College is building a new school campus in Logan Village!
NOTICEBOARD: St Andrew's takes on tough endurance event
A record 45 teams and 175 students from St Andrew's Anglican College participated in Saturday's Kokoda Challenge, Australia's 'toughest team endurance event.
THINGS TO DO: Voices on the Coast 2019
Workshops, talks, literacy and a healthy slice of humour, it's time to be inspired about children's literature at Voices on the Coast festival.
NOTICEBOARD: Positive Education at QACI
Grit, optimism, resilience, growth mindset, engagement, and
mindfulness; these are the life and wellbeing skills students are equipped with through Positive Education at Kelvin Grove's Queensland Academies Creative Industries Campus (QACI).
NOTICEBOARD: Students Represent Gold Coast at State Honours Ensemble Program
A group of 15 students from Coomera Anglican College will represent the Gold Coast at the third annual State Honours Ensemble Program (SHEP).


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67th Venice International Film Festival
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From 01 September 2010 to 11 September 2010
The end of the summer sees the return, under the spotlights, of the Venice Film Festival on the Lido Island, the longest running film festival in the world, which over the course of ten days celebrates the arts of filming and attracts stars, the press and aficionados from everywhere. The festival is also an irresistible attraction for many onlookers, as anybody who finds themselves near the venues will find it difficult to resist the temptation to have a closer look at an actor or at least soak up the atmosphere of the famous set, perhaps by simply visiting the hall and terrace of the sumptuous Excelsior Hotel. Founded in 1932 as part of the then 18th Venice Biennial, the festival soon achieved so much success that it was given in 1938 a dedicated venue, the Palazzo del Cinema, opposite the Lungomare Marconi.
Part of the line-up of events of the Biennial, the 360 degree culture festival so called from the time length spanning between each edition, the Venice Film Festival is held on a yearly basis for the delight of the general public and experts alike. A constant participation of films from all over the world is seen at the festival. The principal award is the Golden Lion, shaped like the citys main symbol (the Saint Marks Lion without a doubt one of the most important prizes in the film industry and on par with the other two major European International film festivals: the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. As is the case with their awarding festivals, these three prizes are often in contraposition with the American Oscar ceremony, which usually takes place in springtime. There is equally an element of sensation and idol adoration, but perhaps the European accolades are focussed more on the artistic message and the commitment of the competing films as well as the relevance of collateral events within the festival. Already, a number of anticipations have been made for the 67th edition. The jury will be chaired by Quentin Tarantino, Shirin Neshat, the Iranian artist and filmmaker, will lead the jury for the Orizzonti section (which includes all films in unusual formats whilst the German director of Turkish origin Fatih Akin will chair the Luigi di Laurentiis award for Debut Films and The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement will be awarded to director John Woo. The official line-up will be announced in a press conference that will take place in Rome at the end of July.
By Insidecom Editorial Staff
Period: From 01 September 2010 to 11 September 2010
Event location: Lido di Venezia
Contacts: www.labiennale.org
Vicenza: Marostica Summer Festival 2019
Venice: Redeemer Festival 2019
Treviso: Lago Film Fest 2019 in Revine Lago
Verona: Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2019
From 21 June 2019 to 07 September 2019


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Întreprinderea Optică Română ("Romanian Optical Enterprise"), often abbreviated by the acronym IOR, is a major optics company established in 1936 in Bucharest. IOR produces military and civilian-grade optics and associated equipment for export and domestic production. The company is known in North America particularly for its riflescopes (the LPS 4x6° TIP2), binoculars and other sporting optics, which often accompany Romanian military equipment sold on the North American market, such as the PSL rifle.

History
The company was established in 1936 as a joint-venture between the Romanian industrialists Nicolae Malaxa and Max Auschnitt, engineer Petre Carp, with participation from the French companies Optique & Précision de Levallois and Bernard-Turnne.

In 1941, when Romania entered the war alongside Nazi Germany, IOR was militarised and was tasked to produce mainly for the Romanian Army.  The first military scopes were produced at this moment for what was then the standard Romanian sniper rifle, the Vz. 24.  After the war, though the production continued under Soviet domination, the company maintained links to famous Western European firms such as Carl Zeiss AG, Leica, Pentacon and Schneider Kreuznach, which assisted IOR in its modernization and expansion in the 1970s.  As a consequence of Romania's refusal to join the invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union ceased sharing technical information and exporting  military equipment (including the newly designed SVD Dragunov).  Accordingly, Romania designed the PSL rifle as a substitute for the SVD Dragunov, and IOR was tasked with developing a scope for the rifle as a replacement for the Russian PSO-1.  The result was the LPS 4x6° TIP2 telescopic sight, which became the standard Romanian sniper riflescope.

The company is traded on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

Products
Since its founding, IOR has produced military (including scopes, binoculars, range finders) and civilian grade optics (microscopes, medical lenses, glass lenses) and associated equipment (still cameras and camera lenses, cinema projectors, dental units). Since the 1980s, the company engaged in optical electronics, lasers, metrology, and thermal vision. The company is SR EN ISO 9001 certified.

IOR optics are currently imported into the US by Valdada Optics and are marketed as "IOR-Valdada".

IOR's LPS 4x6° TIP2 scopes are commonly found on Eastern Bloc sniper rifles such as the Puşca Semiautomată cu Lunetă, and SVD Dragunov. It is also a very common optic on the US commercial market on rifles that feature a compatible side rail mount. IOR was one of the Cold War era manufacturers that survived the transition to a non communist era rather well.  This was due in no small part to their close associations with Western European manufacturers and their 1970s modernization. Other manufacturers like the Russian Novosibirsk Instrument Making Plant and Belorussian Zenit company have not been as successful in entering the Western market.

Rifle Scopes range
IOR is producing the following models of rifle scopes for the commercial market. The scopes are produced in batches and thus not all of them are always available on the market. Since early 2000s I.O.R. has started to produce very extravagant tactical scopes with technical solutions not often found by other brands. Among such innovations were: 35mm and 40mm main tubes to achieve greater elevation range, 6×, 7×, 8× and 10× magnification and parallax adjustment in the form of a ring on a central tube. Glass lenses used in their products is usually sourced from Schott AG.

Hunting rifle scopes
 IOR Hunting 1-4x32 IL
 IOR Hunting 10x56 IL
 IOR Hunting 4-14x56 IL
 IOR Hunting 2.5-10x56 IL

Tactical rifle scopes
Usually all IOR Tactical scopes are in Mil/Mil configuration (adjustment dials and reticle subtensions matched in milliradians) and with first focal plane (FFP) reticle arrangement. Some of the models are however also available with MOA/MOA configuration or second focal plane (SFP) reticles.

 IOR Tactical 4x24 IL
 IOR Tactical 1/6x30 PitBull IL
 IOR 1.5-8x26 Trident IL
 IOR Tactical 1/4x32 PitBull IL
 IOR Tactical 2.5-10x42 IL
 IOR Tactical 2-12x36 SF (.308 BDC reticle)
 IOR Tactical 6-24x56 IL
 IOR Tactical 6-24X50 IL
 IOR Tactical 9-36x44 IL
 IOR Tactical 4-16x50 FFP
 IOR Tactical 9-36x56 IL
 IOR Tactical 3.5-18x50 IL
 IOR Tactical 1-10x26 Eliminator IL SFP
 IOR Tactical 1-10x26 Eliminator IL Dual Focal Plane
 IOR Tactical 3-18x42 IL
 IOR Tactical 4-28x50 IL
 IOR Tactical 2-16x42 DZD IL
 IOR Tactical 12-52x56 Terminator IL
 IOR Tactical 5.8-40x56 Crusader IL (Mil/Mil)
 IOR 3-25x50 Lutaz IL

 IOR Tactical 5-25x56 DZD IL (Mil/Mil)

Sport rifle scopes

 IOR 36x42 Competition
 IOR 40x45 Competition

References
 Guns magazine,  Sept, 2003  by David M. Fortier; "SOF Field Tests Tactical Optics From Romania" By David M. Fortier January and February Soldier of Fortune 2003.

External links

 IOR company website
 Valdada Optics
 IOR and Valdada Enterprises

1936 establishments in Romania
Technology companies of Romania
Defence companies of Romania
Firearm sights
Optics manufacturing companies
Greater Romania

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It's that time of year, you know, the time when we set goals to reach or resolutions to live by.
Did you set goals for 2019? If so, it is not too late and we want to help you. Here's what we said last year and its still the same for 2019. My Goals Are.
Goals are easy to set, review and adjust as the year goes along. They can still be hard to accomplish as it takes consistency but that is where a resolution can help.
Resolutions are more about the way you live instead of things you want to accomplish. A resolution could also be called a 'life value'. Those things that drive multiple decisions throughout the year. Its those values which could help you stay on track to reach a goal.
On this, the first day back to work in 2019 Nathan lead our devotion time and shared a story about a man who lived a few hundred years ago, Jonathon Edwards who chose to document the 'resolutes' he wanted to live by. In his lifetime that list grew to around 70 resolutes or values that drove all the actions of his living. You can find the resolutions of Jonathan Edwards here: The Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards.
Nathan encouraged us to define our resolutions but cautioned to keep the list shorter than 70. As we consider what we want to change in our lives, his challenge was for us to shape our resolutions around these three statements.
For the glory of God. Let everything we do bring glory to God and if it doesn't, evaluate if it needs to be done.
By the power of God. Realize we can accomplish much more relying on the Power of God rather than our own human limitations.
In the grace of God. Recognize we all fall short of God's expectations but we are all covered and forgiven by His grace.
I will do ___Resolution___ for the glory of God.
I can accomplish ___Resolution___ by the power of God.
I live out ___Resolution___ in the grace of God.
Brindlee has a set of values, resolutions, that drive all of our decisions: A Value Statement.
Does seeing the difference between goals and resolutions make you re-think what you want to accomplish or how you want to live in 2019?


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The Kanye West Tucker Carlson didn't want his audience to see
Analysis by Philip Bump
National columnist
October 11, 2022 at 5:03 p.m. EDT
Kanye West listens during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office in 2018. (Calla Kessler/The Washington Post)
Fox News host Tucker Carlson went to great lengths to reinforce for his viewers last week just how levelheaded Ye, the musician born Kanye West, actually was.
Introducing the first of two shows focused on a lengthy interview with Ye, Carlson praised the artist's wearing a "White Lives Matter" shirt for Paris Fashion Week.
"The enemies of his ideas dismissed West, as they have for years, as mentally ill," Carlson told his audience Thursday night. "Too crazy to take seriously. Look away. Ignore him. He's a mental patient. There's nothing to see here." Ye's rhetoric could be "jarring," Carlson said, something that is "often used as ammunition against him in the battle for influence over the minds of America's young people. And that battle is intense."
He offered a challenge to his viewers: "Is West crazy? You can judge for yourself as you watch what we're about to show you."
Carlson then showed snippets of a lengthy interview — an interview that, as revealed in footage obtained by Vice News, included far more controversial comments than made it onto Fox News's airwaves. The Ye Carlson wanted viewers to see might well be judged differently than the Ye Carlson actually interviewed.
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Even in what Carlson showed, there were questionable comments. Ye spent a full minute raising questions about the investment of Josh Kushner (brother of Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared) in Kim Kardashian's clothing line — a riff that seemed to snap into a different context given Ye's subsequent antisemitic comment on Twitter about going "death con 3" on "JEWISH PEOPLE." He claimed that he'd been warned that supporting Trump might lead to his death.
What was excluded, according to the footage from Vice, was more disconcerting. Ye claimed that he'd rather his kids learn about Hanukkah than Kwanzaa since "at least it would come with some financial engineering." His assertion that "professional actors" had been "placed into my house to sexualize my kids." He said he trusted Latinos more than "certain other businessmen" — a vague descriptor he used to "be safe." Ye also told Carlson that he had "visions that God gives me, just over and over, on community building and how to build these free energy, kinetic, fully kinetic energy communities."
Both in the snippets Vice obtained and what made it on the air, Carlson mostly nodded along with Ye's commentary. There is no obvious effort to question Ye's assertions or to express uncertainty about moving forward with the interview at all.
What emerges from the fuller context provided by the Vice segments, really, is that Carlson wasn't really interested in interviewing Ye or presenting his views to his audience. Instead, it's that Carlson wanted to present a very specific version of Ye to his viewers, a Ye that mirrored Carlson's rhetoric on race and politics and didn't go much further.
As Vice's Anna Merlan points out, Ye's admission that he'd been vaccinated against the coronavirus — something Carlson has undermined repeatedly for more than a year — was excluded from what aired. Carlson, it seems, wanted his audience to see Ye saying particular things and not to fret over Ye's rationality. So he and his team cobbled together two days of shows that did that.
The interview was immediately reframed after Ye was suspended from social media for his comments about Jewish people. In his show Monday night, though, Carlson didn't address that. Instead, he invited conservative commentator Candace Owens on to discuss the initial trigger for his Ye interview: those "White Lives Matter" shirts. Owens wore one, too, invited that same day by Ye to participate in the stunt — which Ye compared to standing in front of tanks in Tiananmen Square.
"The worst thing that you can be in this country, far from what they're telling you, I would say two things," Owens told Carlson. "First and foremost, a Black child in the womb of its mother. That is the most unsafe place for a Black child to be. The second thing is a White straight male."
That's the message Carlson wants his audience to hear. He wants his viewers to hear that their sense of victimization is valid and that Black Lives Matter is about their own subjugation, not the systemic constraints of race. He wants to present Candace Owens and Ye, Black celebrities, as the faces of such messages.
His interview with Ye got to the desired points, burdened though it was with the musician's other, objectively eyebrow-raising offerings. So he trimmed those off and then insisted that Ye hadn't said anything eyebrow-raising at all.
In one of the clips obtained by Vice, Ye offers an odd analogy.
"Think about us judging each other on how White we could talk would be like, you know, a Jewish person judging another Jewish person on how good they danced or something," he said. He paused, saying he worried that people might get mad about the comment. "I probably want to edit that out."
Carlson waved his hand with finality. "Done," he said. Ye could rest assured that Carlson would be judicious about what he did and didn't show on the air.


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Lubomir Visnovsky may not wind up playing on Long Island (Update: Actually he will)
By Joe YerdonJun 24, 2012, 9:59 AM EDT
When the Islanders acquired Lubomir Visnovsky during the first round of the NHL Draft, it was seen as a solid pick-up for the team. He's got a great offensive game from the blue line and is a hard worker.
Of course, things with the Islanders are never quite that easy. Thanks to an interview with Visnovsky on Slovak site HokejPortal.net, we find out the Islanders aren't the only team that want him to play on their team next season. (Crude Google translation ahead)
In early May, you said that you expect in the NHL last season. Still this is true?
"Still, but I can say that I get a bid from Russia and I think about them. He and his wife have already talked about the fact that in New York can not not go and I'll take any offer from the KHL, and because I have such opportunities. We'll see where I end. KHL has signed a contract for some of the NHL and Europe is the only league where I could play in the NHL despite the contract. "
An interesting approach. Can you give a percentage, where you play next season?
"While I do not know it really well so I think in the head. NHL is certainly paramount, but we need to discuss this at home. But as I said, the KHL is a possibility. "
Visnovsky says he knows the Islanders would be disappointed but recognizes that it's a business and not personal. It's a cold way to look at things, but the Islanders' hopes of seeing Visnovsky skating at the Coliseum next year have taken a hit.
Update (11:27 a.m. ET): Arthur Staple of Newsday clears things up via Twitter after speaking with Visnovsky. Visnovsky says the interview on the Slovak site was from before the trade and his first choice is to come and play for the Islanders. Potential crisis averted.


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Hierdoor nam het tweemaal deel aan de Europacup I hockey. Spartak Moskou speelt sinds in diverse Europese competities. Hieronder staan de competities en in welke seizoenen de club deelnam:.
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Players whose name is listed in bold represented their countries while playing for Spartak. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the football club.
For the ice hockey club, see HC Spartak Moscow. This article needs to be updated. Please update this section to reflect recent events or newly available information.
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The McMahon system will be used to generate pairings based on initial rank estimates drawn from users' profile pages (OGS ranks in the first instance) and incorporating any adjustments that may be required to reflect their real strength. We aim to play one round a week. Each new round will start shortly after the previous round has finished, so if all participants are keen and play their matches promptly it could advance a bit quicker than one round a week.
Please agree a date and time to play with each of your opponents. Once this has been agreed, please add your fixture to the tournament calendar and / or share it on Discord so that other people can watch.
We suggest playing and reviewing several warm-up games before each tournament game, and agreeing with your opponent which one will count for the tournament before you play it.
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Home Books Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e
Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase Deficiency
Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase Deficiency. In: Bissonnette B, Luginbuehl I, Engelhardt T. Bissonnette B, & Luginbuehl I, & Engelhardt T(Eds.),Eds. Bruno Bissonnette, et al.eds. Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e. McGraw-Hill; Accessed January 17, 2021. https://accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2674&sectionid=220541351
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase deficiency. Bissonnette B, Luginbuehl I, Engelhardt T. Bissonnette B, & Luginbuehl I, & Engelhardt T(Eds.),Eds. Bruno Bissonnette, et al. (2019). Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e. McGraw-Hill. https://accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2674&sectionid=220541351
"Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase Deficiency." Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e Bissonnette B, Luginbuehl I, Engelhardt T. Bissonnette B, & Luginbuehl I, & Engelhardt T(Eds.),Eds. Bruno Bissonnette, et al. McGraw-Hill, 2019, https://accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2674&sectionid=220541351.
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Pharmacological implications
Other conditions to be considered
Congenital metabolic disease leading to defect of gluconeogenesis and severe acidemia. Other clinical features include hypotonia, hypoglycemia, hepatomegaly, and growth delay.
PEPCK Mitochondrial Deficiency; PEPCK Cytosolic Deficiency; PCK1 Deficiency.
Extremely rare, reported in fewer than 20 patients.
Autosomal recessive.
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) deficiency is caused by homozygous PCK1 gene mutation. PEPCK is encoded by two genes PCK1 (cytosolic form, 20q13.31) and PCK2 (mitochondrial form, 14q11), and its expression is limited to the liver, kidney, and adipose tissue. PEPCK is the rate-controlling enzyme of gluconeogenesis in the liver and kidney; it converts pyruvate, lactate, alanine, and intermediates of the tricarboxylic acid cycle to glucose.
Hypoglycemia associated with lactic acidosis; measurement of PEPCK activity on fresh liver biopsy. Caution: PEPCK activity is physiologically depressed in hyperinsulinar states and might be a secondary phenomenon in case of respiratory chain dysfunction.
Major manifestation is fasting hypoglycemia with lactic acidosis; multisystem involvement may be present with neuromuscular deficits, hepatic damage, renal tubular acidosis. Hepatomegaly with lethargy and hypotonia are common. Patients are not reported to survive into adulthood.
A glucose-containing IV solution should be started at the beginning of the preoperative fasting period.
Avoidance of hypoglycemia; monitoring of lactacidemia.
There are no specific implications.
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Doug Herron's 800 Meter Run
Chris Clark's Olympic Marathon Trials Victory
Dolly Lefever Becomes First American Woman to Complete the Seven Summits
Elliot Sampson's Upset Victory
First Ascent of Denali
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Kodiak Boys Basketball State Championship
Les Anderson's World Record King Salmon
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Matt Carle Wins The Hobey Baker Award
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Scotty Brings Home The Cup
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Encouragement from a former high school teammate helped Doug Herron set an enduring state record that made him one of the first Alaskans to gain national prominence on the track.
Just days before the 1985 state championships, Herron, a senior at Anchorage's Bartlett High, went on a training run with Marcus Dunbar, who was on semester break from the University of Oregon. "We talked about me just going for it," Herron said.
Come race day, Herron went for it — and made history with an 800-meter state record that has lasted more than 30 years.
His time of 1 minute, 49.2 seconds was the fastest high school time in the country that season, bringing national attention to Herron and Alaska track.
The feat came during preliminaries, and it marked an improvement of more than five seconds over Herron's previous best.
"I don't remember a whole lot. I was almost running unconscious,'' Herron said.
Herron went on to run for the University of Arizona, where he won the Pacific-10 conference title in the 800 in 1987 and earned All-America honors in 1987 and 1988.
– Danny Martin


Regardless of what email platform you use, or what your area of speciality is, there are a few key best practices that often make the difference between a lead generating initiative and a waste of time.
Over the next few weeks, we will touch on 3 best practices to consider when sourcing new sell-side clients via email. After running email marketing campaigns for a large pool of M&A firms, we find these points to be the basis of high quality campaigns.
HTML-based emails render differently on different email platforms. This makes it very tough to format a message uniformly.
HTML-emails read like solicitations, not real person-to-person communication.
HTML-emails are exponentially more likely to be flagged as spam, greatly reducing the odds of contacting the prospect.
To avoid these issues, we recommend sending short form, personal emails. Your emails should be more about initiating a conversation than some solicitation from one firm to another.
Do the following to your email campaigns and we guarantee it will improve both deliverability and your response rates.
Make sure your prospect list has accurate names. This will allow you to mail merge names to read more personally.
Always remember to talk about them, not you. These are cold solicitations. By definition, they are not looking for information about you, but if you can speak to a pain they are having, they may listen.
Send plain text emails. Plain text emails do not need to be rendered by a browser and will increase deliverability, often by double digit percentage rates.
Do not include more than 1 hyperlink. Emails with many links are at higher risk of being flagged as spam. Keep your links to an absolute minimum, even if that means unlinking your signature line, logos, LinkedIn profile etc. More links = more spam.
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I have a Thinkpad T60p which is working really well for me. On it I've run various flavors of Ubuntu and as of a couple of weeks ago I put on Ubuntu 8.10 which has been working very well too except that I didn't get any options in the Preferences menu to switch off the damn loud system beep. The beep comes through the speakers and at a much much louder volume than any other sound or music.
This tip page showed me how to put it into /etc so it's applied all the time. Thanks Andy!
I had this problem too with 8.10 on a desktop machine. I finally found the option under System > Preferences > Sound > Sounds. The options there seem a little less than intuitive to me. In my case I want a visual alert instead of a beep, so "Play alerts and sound effects" must be on but "Play alert sound" must be off.


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John Stones ready for Man City debut vs Sunderland but Otamendi remains a doubt
The Manchester City signing has been backed to go straight in for the opening Premier League game.
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John Stones signs for Manchester City. (Image: @ManCity)
John Stones is ready to make his Manchester City debut against Sunderland.
The £47.5m signing will be put straight into the Blues team after signing this week, with Pep Guardiola short of fully fit centre-backs .
Having played in a number of pre-season friendlies with Everton, Stones has been backed to use his footballing intelligence to gel with his teammates.
"Finally we could pick John Stones up and it's important for us to have a young, English player with a huge talent," said Guardiola.
"Not just to defend but for the build-up, his intelligence and the ability to play through the lines. He's a good, good player.
"He's fit – he played four, five, six friendly games with Ronald Koeman at Everton.
"Stones has had a lack of time with his teammates but he reads the game so there are people who are intelligent. He reads what's going on and what he needs to do – I think he's ready."
Nicolas Otamendi missed the Arsenal friendly with injury and will be assessed on Saturday before deciding if he can be used.
"Nicolas is much, much better – he had a problem with his tendon. He will be fit but we have a little, little eye on the game in Romania so we'll see tomorrow whether he'll play against Sunderland.
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"I know 80/90% who's going to play tomorrow but I'll sleep on it. It's almost done – not quite 100%, I need my dreams to make the right decision."
If Otamendi is not risked, Eliaquim Mangala could come back in from the cold having trained with the squad this week and Bacary Sagna and Tosin Adarabioyo could also fill in.
Leroy Sane will miss the game with injury, and is expected to be back training with the squad next week.
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Home / Entertainment / Joss Stone Wanted To Be A Virtual Act Like Gorillaz To Protect Her Privacy
Joss Stone Wanted To Be A Virtual Act Like Gorillaz To Protect Her Privacy
The 'You Had Me' hitmaker – who also admitted she is "jealous" of Sia for retaining her anonymity by usually appearing with a wig covering her face – signed a record deal aged 14, and asked the label boss if her music videos could be animated like the cartoon 'Clint Eastwood' band, which features real-life musicians Damon Albarn. Jamie Hewlett and Remi Kabaka Jr..
She told the 'Castaway' podcast: "I said to Steve Greenberg, who signed me when I was 14, 'Steve, if we're gonna do music videos, can we just do a cartoon like the Gorillaz so nobody knows what I look like?'
"And he said, 'I didn't sign you to hide you'… How jealous am I of Sia?"
Joss, now 33, also opened up on the dangers of fame, after two men planned to rob and kill her in 2011.
She added: "If you put yourself out there in that way then guess what?
"They're gonna know what you look like and they might follow you and try to kill you, and they might call you all the names under the sun.
"Or they might fall in love with you and buy you flowers and turn up."
In terms of her music career, Joss' most recent releases include 2020 singles 'Lean On Me' and 'Walk With Me', although she hasn't released a full length album since 'Water For Your Soul' in 2015.
However, in October the 'Super Duper Love' singer confirmed she and her partner Cody are expecting their first baby together.
Announcing her pregnancy, she said at the time: "Guess what? I am going to have a little baby, too! I am so excited to talk to you [influencer Ella Mills; her guest] because I don't know many pregnant women. I am week 17 and I just stopped being sick all the time."
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Hellfest Fails to Impress
Arts & Entertainment News Reviews
By Erin / October 25, 2018
Hellfest is a Slasher-like horror Film directed by Gregory Plotkin starring Bex Taylor-Klaus, Amy Forsyth, Reign Edwards, Matt Mercurio, Courtney Dietz and Roby Attal.
A group of friends visit a Halloween theme park to celebrate the holiday together. The park is filled with men and women masquerading as monsters covered with fake blood, making the spot ideal for anyone wishing to cause harm.
Someone is brutally murdered and everything goes as stereotypically wrong as it can in this ode to 1980's horror flicks. The main characters barely have any backstory, but all of them have their own quirks. There is the nerd, Gavin, who's love interest is the standout main character Natalie. There is also a 'roided-up jock named Matt and his love interest is the sexual deviant, Taylor. The throwaway main character is Natalie's best friend, Brooke.
The killer is extremely similar to Michael Myers of 1979's classic slasher film Halloween. The only thing separating them in appearance is the that the newer assailant wears a hood over his mask.
Where the film succeeds is the atmosphere and mystery surrounding the murderer himself. He comes into contact with the main characters many times either in passing or just to slightly harass them as the rest of the costumed employees do by hiding in plain sight. These moments are tense and the film's soundtrack adds to that intensity. His motives are almost unknown, but throughout the movie it is hinted that there are the smallest things that draw him to a potential victim.
Though the movie successfully introduces a mysterious killer, it fails in nearly every other plot point. The storyline involving the main characters is of poor quality, not because there is zero character backstory, but because there is zero character building. Situations go from fun, to quizzical, slightly fearful and thrilling in an attempt to bring on a heightened, more matured version of the character; which fails as it portrays amusement and fun for the killer. Moments when the heart is to be jumping are replaced by the dull repetitive nature of characters walking into obvious traps.
Insanity completes the film. The same thing is done, and the same gruesome consequences are reaped to the point where the film goer is almost rooting for the killer to be finished with these high school kids so his story can be delved into. Hellfest is a B-rated horror film boasting a solid atmosphere and an interesting antagonist, but everything else pales in comparison.
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That small act of kindness showed more compassion than my mother gave me her entire life.
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