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ICSA Today, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2016, 2-10
You Do Not Have to Be a Fool to Be Fooled: An Interview With Robert Cialdini, Updated
Cathrine Moestue
What will make people yield their comfortable lives in the West and say Yes to recruiters who want them to travel to Syria and sacrifice not only their democratic rights but also their family ties and their lives for an unverifiable cause—a cause for which religious scriptures are twisted and suicide is reframed as an honor? Who in their right minds would say Yes to that?
We can think of the obvious self–serving reasons terrorist groups have to recruit new members, and how much they profit from making them comply, conform and obey the rules of their doctrine. So it is much more intriguing to understand why people say yes to this deal. (Kendrick, Neuberg, & Cialdini, 2015)
Based on the past 70 years of research in social psychology, the answer to the question posed is that people yield to social influence to achieve one or more of three basic goals: to choose correctly, to gain social approval, and to manage self-image.
After the Madrid bombings in 2004, the International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA) arranged for an international conference on psychological manipulation, with a special focus on the similarities between the dynamics of terrorist groups and cults. Especially since the 1995 Aum Shinrikyo Sarin gas attack in Tokyo, the similarities between the two types of groups have been apparent to many investigators. The 2005 ICSA conference closed with a plenary session by Robert Cialdini entitled You Don't Have to Be a Fool to Be Fooled.
Dr. Cialdini is one of the world's leading social psychologists, Regents' Professor of Psychology at Arizona State University, and author of Influence: Science and Practice (1984/2009). He has spent his life studying the mechanisms behind why people might say Yes to others and yield their power when they should have said No (hence, the title of his speech at the ICSA conference). His book Influence…, in which he laid out six principles of persuasion, is eloquent about the dangers of persuasive techniques in the wrong hands.
In his 2005 talk, Dr. Cialdini normalized how social influence might yield a Yes from individuals even if that response is not in their best interest, and how the isolation of recruits, whether in cults or terrorist groups, increases the power of these six mechanisms.
Before traveling to Madrid for the conference, I asked Dr. Cialdini if he would be willing to do an interview with me after the conference, and he kindly said Yes. I was a psychology student at the time, but my interest in and passion for understanding social psychology were already deeply motivated by my own experience in a cultic group 12 years earlier. I believe that understanding group psychology requires more than an intellectual interest in organizational psychology; rather, awareness is fundamental to understanding some of the most compelling issues of our times, such as terrorism.
The original interview was published in the Scandinavian Journal of Organizational Psychology (SJOP) in November 2005. So why revisit it now? Here are my reasons:
Since the horrific bombings in Madrid in 2004, the situation in Europe has gotten worse. Terrorists have claimed more than 500 lives since then—in Ankara, 2016; Paris, 2015; Brussels, 2014; Toulouse, 2012; Oslo, 2011; and London, 2005. Understanding the mechanisms related to how people engage in terrorist groups is fundamental to preventing the creation of future terrorists and rehabilitating current ones.
Fishman et al. (2009) discovered a 51-page manual titled A Course in The Art of Recruitment, and it is still available online (https://archive.org/stream/
ACourseInTheArtOfRecruiting-RevisedJuly2010/A_Course_in_the_Art_of_
Recruiting_-_Revised_July2010_djvu.txt). This manual gives us a rare insight into recruiters' deceptive communication tactics and supports the link between cultic dynamics and terrorist recruitment.
In the original interview, Cialdini paid special attention to three principles that may sway people under the conditions of uncertainty: authority, social proof, and scarcity. But we missed out on discussing in more detail the additional principles of reciprocity, liking, and consistency. Because grooming and building relationships by recruiters with their recruits is so essential to our understanding of manipulation, and also because these elements are explicitly described in the jihadi manual, I wanted to add information about those three principles in this update to the original interview. All six principles of persuasion offer a useful framework within which to understand recruitment and radicalization.
Much needs to be done in terms of public education on this topic. Without the knowledge of these six principles, I believe we can't effectively help guide former radicals away from their fantasy that they are saving the world when in effect they are destroying it, and help reintegrate them into our mainstream society.
Not many know about Cialdini's analysis, but in chapter 6 of Social Psychology: Goals in Interaction (2015), he analyzed Steve Hassan's engagement in and disengagement from the Moonies to show how these same six principles can be used to counsel extremists back to society. For a full understanding of how Cialdini's principles relate to cultic dynamics, I recommend reading that chapter. The sooner our politicians and more psychologists realize what cults are all about, the sooner they also will realize how much more can be done to combat terrorism and to help more victims of abuse.
To be fair, terrorist research into how individuals are recruited and radicalized has been accompanied by an increased interest in cults and the tactics of manipulation. But the general discussion is still dominated by the model that points to external stressors in the political, socioeconomic, and cultural context of the radicalized individual. And even though 40 years of terrorism research has firmly debunked the notion that only crazy people engage in terrorism and has yet to reveal a meaningful, stable, terrorist profile (Borum, 2010), some people still point to personality traits as an explanation.
It is important to emphasize that the explanations that point toward group processes and chance encounters with recruiters or other charismatic persons as responsible for drawing an individual into a radical group do not exclude individual demographics or personal predispositions. Such explanations only place the blame for the radicalization process outside the individual, focusing instead on the novel and stressful situation of the person's meeting with a clever manipulator who has a cynical plan and the ability to carry out a deliberate attack on that individual's integrity.
When I asked Cialdini about this in 2005, he said,
I think that the model that best fits how terrorists are recruited and convinced to adopt these behaviors … [is] not one that is based on their personality characteristics or deficits or special vulnerabilities. In the same way, I don't believe it is true of former cult members who have been swept into cults … it is not because of these personality features but because of an authoritarian process that employ[s] these powerful rules for action in a way that is so persuasive that it can be extraordinarily successful in getting people to take action that, outside of that small group, they would never have dreamed to take. (Moestue, 2005)
The emphasis here is on the radical situation rather than the radical person. Social psychologists ask not who becomes radicalized, but rather how that radical change in values and identity is facilitated.
Six Principles of Influence
The six principles of influence that Cialdini talked about in his closing session at the ICSA conference in 2005 are as follows:
Liking. If people like you—because they sense that you like them, or because of things you have in common—they're more apt to say yes to you.
Reciprocity. People tend to return favors. If you help people, they'll help you. If you behave in a certain way (cooperatively, for example), they'll respond in kind.
Social proof. People will do things they see other people doing, especially if those people seem similar to them.
Commitment and consistency. People want to be consistent, or at least to appear to be. If they make a public, voluntary commitment, they'll try to follow through.
Authority. People defer to experts and to those in positions of authority (and typically underestimate their tendency to do so).
Scarcity. People value things more if they perceive them to be scarce.
Note that Cialdini's approach to persuasion discourages lying and promotes an ethical approach to building stronger and authentic longer-term relationships without the use of deception.
The excerpts from the original 2005 interview and added text that follow expand upon the original content to offer additional perspective on topics discussed in the original conversation. The order of questions and responses has been altered, and some revisions to the text have been made.
2005 Interview, Updated*
CM:1 What brings you to this conference on psychological manipulation and cultic studies?
RC: Well, you know my research has always been on the psychology of influence and persuasion. I have recognized that influence and persuasion are a central part of the way that cultic groups operate in order to recruit and retain their members, and so I was invited to speak of the overlap between these factors.
*In the following text, the initials CM stand for Cathrine Moestue and RC for Robert Cialdini. Updated commentary within the interview is indicated by CM 2016 and is [shaded/screened/boxed/whatever].
I have been researching to understand how people are persuaded in all facets of their experience, and how they are persuaded into cults and persuaded to stay in those sometimes unhealthy and destructive environments.
CM: Do you think cults use those same tactics and principles that you have described in your book?
RC: I am convinced of it. Along with the respected Spanish psychologist Carmen Almendros and my US-based colleague Noah Goldstein, I have recently done some research, which shows that former cult members not only report being influenced by the same six principles, but they also report being influenced much more intensively in their cult experiences than other individuals in noncult groups.
CM: How are terrorists using the principles of persuasion against us?
RC: …they are using these principles against us is to recruit terrorists who are indoctrinated to believe that their ultimate goals will be served by taking actions that are reprehensible to the rest of the world. But inside that small group, inside that context, they can be made to believe that this is not only acceptable, but [also] commendable behavior for them.
CM 2016: As noted earlier, jihadist recruiters have a new 51-page handbook, A Course in the Art of Recruitment, attributed to Abu 'Amr al-Qa'idi (a pseudonym) (2009/2010), to guide them through the art of radicalizing. Abdullah Warius and Brian Fishman wrote about this handbook in the CTC Sentinel, a publication of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point (Warius & Fishman, 2009). In our discussion on mechanisms, social influence, and the similarities between cultic groups and terrorist groups, I want to show how the cynical advice from the manual taps into Cialdini's principles.
Because surprisingly little research or analysis has been conducted on terrorist recruitment (Borum, 2010), this manual is a valuable resource for our understanding. More specifically, how the manual shows recruitment exploits our human need to gain social approval and to manage our self-image; and its application of the principles of reciprocity, liking, and consistence, is especially useful, as the following descriptions reflect.
Make small gifts to your recruit. According to Abu 'Amr, a recruiter should build a close, friendly relationship with recruits before raising political or ideological issues. The manual instructs recruiters to invite recruits for lunch, send them text messages, and give them gifts. Because every recruit requires personal attention, recruiters are told to target only two people at a time (as cited in Warius & Fishman, 2009). This advice taps into the obligation people feel to give back and reciprocate, which, when not manipulated, is a natural flow of give and take in relationships, teams, and organizations. According to Cialdini, people are more willing to comply with requests (for favors, services, information, and concessions) from those who have provided such things first. The need to belong, to connect, and to create intimate relationships is a universal human need; but it is also this one area in which most ordinary people feel deprived and dissatisfied. No wonder, then, that recruitment efforts appear to be concentrated in relationship areas.
One way recruiters manipulate this human tendency is to give much attention to a recruit in the beginning. In the manual, recruiters are told to spend much time studying the subject (i.e., the recruit) so they get to know everything about the person being recruited first.
They can study the victim in secret as preparation, or they can use listening techniques and show a keen interest in the subject, an approach often mistaken for love. Most people naturally crave such attention, and especially young people in the transition phase into adulthood. In cult literature, the strategy is often called love bombing or grooming.
When we think of grooming as it is used online, we tend to center on the stereotypical images of innocent young girls meeting an older male sexual predator. This view makes it easy for us to see who is the victim and who is the offender. In recruitment for terrorism, however, this stereotype of grooming no longer applies. Recruitment is indeed grooming because recruiters will try to be the recruit's friend when they are not, and they will be nice and spend lots of time with the recruit. Some will also send gifts, which taps into the most powerful principle of reciprocity. But all this is not because they love the recruit—it is because they are recruiting him.
Of course, no recruit believes he is being converted to migrate to a war zone and join a remorselessly murderous and radical group. He is "in love," and in that state the clever recruiters plant fantasies into his head about "saving the world" or "saving all the Muslims" or "all the starving children."
The manual instructs recruiters to praise the new recruit for behavior that supports the cause, to share her "joys and sadness" in order to draw closer to the target, and to focus on the basics of Islam without mentioning jihad. This method manipulates the natural tendency we have to like people who are similar to us, and who like us.
According to the manual, the first 3 weeks with a new recruit should be spent "being nice"; when the relationship is built, then the recruiter can introduce the concept of heaven and hell. Abu 'Amr argues that the concept can be used as a powerful motivator, explaining that radicalization "normally happens to those who fear the torment of the afterlife and who come to know that jihad is the salvation from eternal damnation. The result is that jihad is desired and craved" (as cited in Warius & Fishman, 2009, p. 28). Another way to look at the powerful concept of heaven and hell is to see it as an emotional manipulation using the real threat of rejection. The recruit is now isolated from her family, which makes her more dependent. As humans, we fear social rejection or social disapproval. so we may go a long way not to cause conflict with people we depend on or view as friends. We want to be accepted and loved. This basic need is manipulated and is even recommended behavior in the manual.
How can a person be manipulated to do something he doesn't actually want to do? This can happen through what is often called the foot-in-the-door technique. In Influence…, Cialdini discusses the universal human need to be consistent with what we have already said and done. In other words, our need to have good self-image taps into the principle of consistency. The …Art of Recruiting advises recruiters to break the ice by talking about Palestine, "an issue on which there is no disagreement" (as cited by Noah, 2009). Work your way up to explaining why "democracy and parliamentary activities" are incompatible with Islam (Noah, 2009). In other words, start with something the recruit has already agreed to, and build from there.
Radicalization is often discussed in terms of the assumption that people get exposed to certain ideas, certain kinds of thoughts, and that these cognitions and feelings put them at greater risk for involvement in terrorism. But even if this assumption sounds intuitive, former members of terrorist cells and groups tell a different story: Influence and persuasion do not have to occur via cognition to be effective; all that is required is a small change in behavior or in the environment. That small change can be accomplished by the foot-in-the-door tactic, such as an appeal for humanitarian aid to victims in the war zone. Once recruits respond, they are likely to make later choices that confirm their first one.
CM: If we use scarcity of information, one of the principles from your book, as an example, how would using that principle be different in a business setting than in a cultic group?
RC: I will give you an example from one of my clients with an advertising campaign: BOSE acoustic organization. They had a new product called BOSE Wave System. They first made a campaign around the concept of new—new elegance, new sound, new design, et cetera. They were very proud of their new product, but the advertising campaign was a disaster. No one was buying.
So what we did was talk to them about the power of loss language, which tells people not about what they stand to gain by moving in the direction of their product, but what they stand to lose if they don't, because people are more motivated to get those things that they can't have. And loss is the ultimate form of scarcity. So we had them change just five words in the advertising campaign. Instead of saying new at the top of the advertisement, we wrote, "Hear what you have been missing." So now, potential customers recognized that they had been missing new performance, new features, new simplicity, et cetera; and … changing those five words produced a 45% increase in the market. So it is possible to take something like the principle of scarcity and incorporate it into five words of the language that we use and produce remarkable differences in the way people respond to the very same item.
CM: How could this principle be used to recruit a cult member?
RC: What cult leaders often tell new members or prospects is that
We have the one way, which is available to you to find true salvation, or true happiness, or the one route to political freedom, or one route to best achieve your social goal. And if you don't come with us, you will lose that one opportunity.
They will make that claim, that they are the only ones who possess this information that will allow people to reach their goals, and that people will lose that chance if they don't take that route.
CM 2016: Normally, when we try to persuade someone, we appeal to what they might gain or save by moving in our direction. But as Cialdini points out, research on social influence tells us that framing something as a loss will tap into the principle of scarcity, and that is highly motivating. Recruiters know this, and it is reported to be a main strategy to move recruits when they are uncertain.
Steve Jobs is famous for having asked John Scully (CEO of Coca Cola), "Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life, or do you want to come with me and change the world?" This question was also tapping into the principle of scarcity, using loss language by pointing to the fact that Scully might miss out on something important. Needless to say, John Scully left Coca Cola and followed Jobs into Apple.
The same strategy is evident in many recruitment tactics online. Recruitment videos appeal by saying, "Give up your fat car, your family, and come to Jihad for the sake of Allah!" When people are uncertain, telling them what they will lose if they fail to move taps into the principle of scarcity in a powerful way.
CM: Why do we have so much resistance to seeing ourselves as vulnerable to these influencing tactics?
RC: We don't want to believe that we are so influenceable, I think. We have done a study at my university on the extent to which students were influenced to change their attitudes by certain kinds of advertising that featured an authority spokesperson speaking on behalf of some products. Some of these ads hired an actor to wear a doctor's coat and a stethoscope, for example; and sometimes they would hire a celebrity who played the role of a doctor on TV to be a spokesperson for some kind of pain reliever, and so on.
When we showed students these ads, they were significantly more persuaded by these phony expert spokespeople than by ads that didn't include [them]. But they didn't want to believe that they were persuaded by it, … that they were so easily influenced by weak evidence, by something that was clearly bogus. If they had just thought about it, they would have known that this actor doesn't possess any special medical knowledge—why should they believe what he says about a pain reliever? But they did.
Because these principles that we talk about are the shortcuts that we all are required to use in modern life in order to make our decisions. We live in what is unquestionably the most information-overloaded and stimulus-saturated environment that has ever existed on the planet. We need our shortcuts in order to make our decisions.
What the cults do is to take that information overload, that stimulus saturation and cognitive overload, and intensify it beyond what we normally experience outside of the cult. And that makes cult members even more susceptible to these principles because they have to rely on their shortcuts, because they are not able to think in a concerted, conscientious, and systematic way.
CM 2016: We often avoid the pain of uncertainty by looking outside of ourselves toward role models (authorities) and peers (social proof). Recruiters can structure context so there appears to be even more uncertainty than troubled youths were experiencing previously. This environment enables the recruiters to manipulate and coach young recruits toward destructive behavior (unlike true leaders, who coach toward prosocial behavior). The recruiters fake both their expertise and the available social-support groups; as long as the recruits' perception is that these elements are real, that perception becomes their reality as victims in the radicalization process.
An interesting example of how we might miss these social forces is when we discuss the radicalized youth of Molenbeek. Frequently we blame government policies, lack of immigration efforts, or their low social status for their radicalization. But it turns out that the radicalized youth were actively recruited. Philippe Moureaux, who served for two decades as Molenbeek's mayor, described this as "the paradox of integration." A less-integrated Turkish community has resisted the promise of redemption through jihad offered by radical zealots. Yet the members of a Moroccan community who are more at home in French-speaking Brussels have seen some of their young fall prey to recruiters such as Khalid Zerkani, a Moroccan-born petty criminal who became the Islamic State's point man in Molenbeek (Higgens, 2016). This is a powerful example of how, when they are uncertain, most people will look at what others just like them are doing. Here, the proof of a correct choice isn't based on knowledge or logic or empirical evidence; it's based on social evidence of what one's peers and those in one's social network have decided to do. Cialdini notes (2010) that deceptive recruitment or fraud of this sort is hardly limited to one ethnic or religious group. For example, Charles Ponzi, who gave his name to the infamous Ponzi scheme that Madoff copied, was an Italian immigrant to the United States who fleeced other Italians.
CM: Most people think that cult members are foolish somehow, or very naïve. Do you think that is right?
RC: No I don't think that is right. In fact, the title of the talk I gave in the conference is You Don't Have to Be a Fool to Be Fooled. We are all taken in by these principles to purchase products, to vote for candidates, to contribute to causes. These principles reflect the way we work as human beings in modern society; we can't simply abandon them. They are the way we decide frequently who[m] to say Yes to and who[m] to say No to. So true authorities are to be followed—it makes sense to do so. It would be foolish to abandon the idea that experts provide important diagnostic information about how we should comport ourselves in a particular situation; we can't just abandon the idea that experts are a good source of information. So we are all susceptible to them [the deceptive users of these principles for their own motives].
CM: You mentioned cognitive overload in your lecture yesterday, and said this was the one thing that made cultic experience a little bit different from the type of influence of other groups, although the use of the principles remains the same.
RC: Yes; in cults the environment is controlled in two ways. One is that it is entirely full of cultic activity and ideas, and there is really no time for anything else… The other way [is that] all the principles can be used constantly. The one thing that separates cultic groups from other influencers such as advertisers, marketers, and fundraisers who use these tactics is that the influence environment in cults is pervasive; it is constant and there is no escape from it. That's why in the data we collected recently we find that former cult members, more than any other group members, report more intensive exposure to each of the principles in my book.
CM: You have a lot of knowledge about influence. Do you think it is at all possible for you to be recruited into a business cult, a pyramid cult, or a religious cult?
RC: This is a good question because when I did the research for my book, one of the things I did was to infiltrate the training programs of as many of the influence professions in society as I could get access to. I learned how to sell automobiles, portrait photography, insurance, encyclopedias, et cetera. … I also infiltrated some fund-raising organizations to see what they did to be more successful—to train their recruits and be more successful getting donations and contributions for their causes. But I never felt comfortable infiltrating cultic groups because I read stories about journalists who, under the guise of becoming a recruit so they could write their story, joined cults, but they haven't come out yet.
CM: Why do you think that is?
RC: That is because of the power of the principles of influence. The cults are able to employ them in settings that they control completely. They don't control in a physical way members' ability to leave, but they control [it] psychologically, by having complete control over the information and communication environments through which people exist in those groups. They are surrounded by others who believe the same thing. They are led by a charismatic figure, which pulls attention and focus in their direction and isolates members from all other sources of information as to what constitutes the truth. And before long, people are swept into a state of believing without being critical because everything around them tells them there is no need to be critical. Also, their ability to be critical is undermined by things such as information overload, poor diet, lack of sleep, and so on. All this makes it difficult for people to step back from the situation and do the hard work of counter arguments.
CM: Can you say something about your research?
RC: In our research we use what is called The Group Psychological Abuse (GPA) Scale [developed by Chambers, Langone, Dole, and Grice in 1994], in which we ask former cult members and individuals who were simply members of other groups—music groups, sport groups, study groups, and so on—to report the extent to which they experienced certain kinds of influence attempts to bring them into the group, and to retain them as members of the group. Each of the items we included on the scale was related to one or the other of the six principles of influence. And what we found is that, in every case for every one of the principles of influence, former cultic group members reported having more intensive and frequent exposure to these forms of tactics than any other group member.
CM 2016: "Group Psychological Abuse: Taxonomy and Severity of its Components," by Alvaro Roderiguez-Carballeira et al. was published in 2014 in The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context (Roderiguez-Carballeira et al., 2014). This taxonomy of the GPA strategies consists of 6 scales: (a) Isolation, (b) Control and manipulation of information, (c) Control over personal life, (d) Emotional abuse, (e) Indoctrination in an absolute and Manichean belief system, and (f) Imposition of a single and extraordinary authority (2014). The researchers found that these tactics and their ultimate aim, to subjugate the individual, had adequate content validity. The operationalization of the strategies as detailed in this research study contributes to our understanding of radicalization as a phenomenon, and of how to deradicalize victims of abuse. But it is also useful when we are studying the tactics in the …Art of Recruitment manual (Abu 'Amr, 2010).
CM: In Norway, we recently had a type of pyramid group called Five Present Community, I think…, where lots of people lost their money. When the media writes about these victims, they call them greedy and naïve, [implying] that somehow because of their greed they deserve to lose their money…. Do you think greed is an issue here?
RC: I have infiltrated these types of pyramid organizations, and they were very clever in the way they described what being wealthy would allow. They said to us, "If you had all the money you wanted, what would that allow you to do?"
And do you know what these people said? "It would allow me to buy my mother a home that she had never had, and it would allow me to give my children the education that I am afraid that I can't do now." So their intention wasn't just to be greedy.
The organization let people talk about how the goal of this organization would allow them to achieve purposes that transcended their own personal interest, which made it acceptable, and made it legitimate to do the things they were then asking of people—to work 15 and 16 hours a day, to get friends and relatives into it because they came to believe that… [these friends and relatives] could get wealthy too and achieve their goals.
So these organizations are never selling a product; they are never selling whatever it seems that they are selling. They can sell anything from motivational tapes and information, to hammers, to air cleaners—anything. They are always selling people dreams that will allow them to extract themselves from their worries and concern, and …achieve their grander goals. So it is a very persuasive technique.
CM: How can we defend ourselves against undue influence?
RC: I think it is necessary to be knowledgeable of what these six fundamental dimensions are within us that cause us to decide…. These are things that guide our behavior. If we are aware of them, and we encounter a situation where, for example, we like someone more than we should under the circumstances—he or she has done something to cause us to feel … more positively than we should under those circumstances—[then we will] have a flag go up in our minds [to] take a step back from the situation and analyze the merits of what is being requested rather than the way it is being requested or who is requesting. For example, if we buy a new computer in a store, and we like the sales person, we have to remember that we are carrying the computer out of the store and not the salesperson. Separate the thing from the presentation of the thing.
CM 2016: In Influence… (1984/2009), Cialdini outlines a number of creative strategies for resisting compliance, obedience, and conformity, and each chapter ends with advice on how to resist manipulation. But for people living in isolation who are under constant cognitive overload, such as people living in cults or terrorist groups, the mindful and reflective state of mind necessary to resist these subtle social pressures is not likely to happen.
CM: Are you afraid that people would use the knowledge in your book for unethical purposes?
RC: This is an excellent question. The book was written initially for consumers to learn how to recognize and resist these principles when they are used on us in unwelcome and undue fashion. Here is the interesting thing: Not a single consumers' group has ever called me since the publication of that book. But my phone hasn't stopped ringing with requests from advertisers, marketers, attorneys, fundraisers, and political lobbyists who say, "Come and talk to us about how we can harness these principles."
When the purpose changes from rejection of these principles to employing them, then ethical issues become very important. So when I do talk to business entities or other professional associations, the talk is on ethical influence. How can we become effective without exploiting? The same principles can be used. The key is to uncover them where they exist naturally in the situation, and to raise them to consciousness in the minds of our audience. So if we have true expertise and we are truly knowledgeable, then we are entitled to inform people of that; and they want to know that… If it is true that we are the fastest-growing [company] or have the largest-selling product, it is entirely acceptable for us to describe that. It is not acceptable to take an actor in medical clothing to suggest expertise he doesn't have—that only smuggles the authority principle into a situation where it doesn't naturally reside, and it steers people incorrectly.
CM: Who in the world really needs to understand these principles?
RC: I would like the politicians of our societies to think about honestly informing people when they want us to move in a certain direction, because as politicians they represent so many of us and affect so many of us in their decisions, that scrupulous honesty and consideration of this process would be best for all concerned.
CM 2016: Given the complexity of social influence and how predispositions interact with chance meetings, the issue of terrorist recruiters is frequently lost in polarized public debates. Public discussion often identifies either Islamic scripture, or government policies, or the low social status of the new recruits as the sole reason for all terrorism. Issues of identity have long been recognized as central to radicalization, but how that sense of identity is even further attacked and changed in the process of recruitment has not. It is my hope that, by understanding Cialdini's principles of influence and introducing them as tools to normalize indoctrination, the complex mechanisms and tactics involved become less of a mystery. The human need to belong, to feel good about ourselves, and to make correct choices is not unique to Muslims; it is part of our common humanity.
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Rodríguez-Carballeira, Álvaro et al. (2015). Group psychological abuse: Taxonomy and severity of its components. The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context, (7)1, 31–39. Retrieved from http://ejpalc.elsevier.es/en/group-psychological-abuse-taxonomy-severity/articulo/S1889186114000171/#.V1NJ3Vc9bHg
Warius, A., & Fishman, B. (2009, February). A jihadist´s course in the Art of recruitment. Combatting Terrorism Center at West Point. Retrieved from https://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/a-jihadist's-course-in-the-art-of-recruitment
Cathrine Moestue, Cand.Psychol., grew up in Oslo, Norway in an upper-middle-class family with four siblings. While attending Folkuniversity in Stockholm (1984–85), she encountered teachers who claimed to have a program to "save starving children" and lured her to participate. The group, which drew on communist teachings, isolated her from her family and made her feel guilty for her privileged upbringing. After years of working hard to "save the world," she became disillusioned and, after several attempts, in 1992 she successfully escaped this destructive group by running away. She worked in the advertising industry and managed a radio company before earning her degree in psychology at the university of Oslo and becoming a psychologist and eventually seeking therapy to deal with her traumatic experience. She is a psychologist in private practice in Oslo and is currently working on her memoirs.


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import com.google.gson.annotations.Expose;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

import com.voxelgameslib.voxelgameslib.api.event.GameEvent;
import com.voxelgameslib.voxelgameslib.api.event.events.game.GameJoinEvent;
import com.voxelgameslib.voxelgameslib.api.feature.AbstractFeature;
import com.voxelgameslib.voxelgameslib.api.feature.FeatureInfo;
import com.voxelgameslib.voxelgameslib.components.user.User;

@FeatureInfo(name = "HealFeature", author = "MiniDigger", version = "1.0",
        description = "Small feature that heals and feeds players on join")
public class HealFeature extends AbstractFeature {

    @Expose
    private boolean heal = true;
    @Expose
    private boolean feed = true;

    @Override
    public void enable() {
        getPhase().getGame().getPlayers().forEach(this::heal);
    }

    /**
     * Heals and feed the user
     *
     * @param user the user
     */
    public void heal(@Nonnull User user) {
        if (heal) {
            user.getPlayer().setHealth(20.0);
        }
        if (feed) {
            user.getPlayer().setSaturation(20.0f);
        }
    }

    @GameEvent
    public void onJoin(@Nonnull GameJoinEvent event) {
        heal(event.getUser());
    }
}

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Ein Erholungswald ist ein Waldgebiet insbesondere im Umfeld großer Ballungszentren, das vorrangig der Erholung der Bevölkerung dient. Dieser Nutzungsart wird gegenüber einer planmäßigen forstwirtschaftlichen Nutzung und dem Naturschutz Vorrang eingeräumt.

Beschreibung
Erholungswälder zeichnen sich dadurch aus, dass sie nahe an städtischen Wohngebieten, im Umfeld von Ballungsräumen oder in Fremdenverkehrsgebieten liegen, wodurch eine Funktion als Naherholungsraum besteht.

Strukturell weisen sie meist einen alten Baumbestand auf, sind durch ein dichteres Wegenetz (Wander-, Radfahr- und Reitwege) erschlossen und haben Parkplätze am Waldrand.
Oft finden sich dort Freizeitinfrastruktur wie Sitzgelegenheiten, namentlich gekennzeichnete Wege, Waldlehrpfade, Spiel- und Lagerwiesen, ab und an auch fest installierte Sportgeräte, Sportpfade, Kinderspielplätze, kleine Hütten, Tiergehege, und Kulturelemente wie Gedenksteine.

Im Gegensatz zu Parkanlagen überwiegt in Erholungswäldern eine geschlossene und gemischte Waldlandschaft ohne durchgehende Wiesen- und Freiflächen.

Rechtliche Grundlage

Deutschland

Der Erholungswald ist in Deutschland eine Sonderkategorie von Wald, die im Bundeswaldgesetz und in den Landeswaldgesetzen verankert ist.

So heißt es in § 13 Bundeswaldgesetz:
"(1) Wald kann zu Erholungswald erklärt werden, wenn es das Wohl der Allgemeinheit erfordert, Waldflächen für Zwecke der Erholung zu schützen, zu pflegen oder zu gestalten."

1993 waren in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 215.210 ha Erholungswald ausgewiesen.

Österreich
Erholungswald ist eine Schutzkategorie im Forstgesetz (1975), nach § 36.

Siehe auch
 Bannwald
 Schutzwald

Weblinks
 Erholungswälder in Hessen

Einzelnachweise

Schutzkategorie (Umwelt- und Naturschutz)
!Erholungswald
Einrichtung (Urlaub und Erholung)

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I'm sure Thore will come along and post his own message. But I'll give you something to read till then.
What Thore and company did is to put all that information into FG in a nice organized way so you can referance it from there. Heck, just getting all those Monsters in into FG is worth the $5 I think.
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On the whole, every song for their sophomore album is more different for the others, like the first album they could do.
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Dune (2021) Review
It's been ages that I read Frank Herbert's classic SciFi novel "Dune" so I can't tell you how accurate or not Denis Villeneuve's version is, what I can tell you though is that it's a visual feast, one that you will want to watch at the biggest possible screen near you, preferably an IMAX. Did I mention that it is a visual masterpiece? I did? Well, let me t...[Read More]
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WOAH! If I could wait to see this before, I definitely can't now. Someone from WB show me this movie NOW! I'm going to let the trailer speak for itself. Out of pure laziness I copied the text from the official YouTube page instead of re-typing it in my own words. Oscar nominee Denis Villeneuve ("Arrival," "Blade Runner 2049") directs Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures' "Dune,...[Read More]
WB Shares More Dune Character Posters
The Denis Villeneuve adaptation of Dune just showcased more character posters for those characters we thought were missing. Here are the posters for Chang Chen (Dr. Yueh), Dave Bautista (Beast Rabban), Stephen McKinley (Thufir Hawat), Charlotte Rampling (Reverend Mother Mohiam), Sharon Duncan-Brewster (Liet Kynes), David Dastmalchian (Piter De Vries).
Army of the Dead – Review
When I sat down to watch Netlfix's Army of the Dead, directed by Zack Snyder, I was not sure what to expect. It has been 17-years since the visionary director took on zombies, and after watching the 148-minute movie I can say it has been far too long. Snyder's direction shines through with his first feature length film since 2017's Justice League. I am not counting the Snyder Cut as much of the fo...[Read More]
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For those of you that didn't participated in the interactive live stream event today for unlocking the first 15-minutes of Army of the Dead you don't need to worry. It's been on unlockedThose who did unlocked it and it can be seen here: Watch it quick. It's only available for 32-hours. The movie will be available next Friday on Netflix.
Edward Norton & Dave Bautista Join the Knives Out Sequel for Netflix
Edward Norton and Dave Bautista (two MCU vets) will be joining Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc in the who dunnit sequel to Knives Out. Series creator Rian Johnson just inked a massive deal for two movies with Netflix worth over $400 million. I suspect it will be somewhat similar to the first film where Benoit tries to figure who killed someone with a slew of other A listers filling in the possib...[Read More]
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Cinemark, along with Harkins, Landmark, Alamo, and other chains are opening their doors to show Netflix's upcoming zombie flick helmed by Zack Snyder… Army of the Dead. The movie will play on 600 screens a week ahead of its debut on the streaming service. If you are in the US you can purchase your ticket here. While sharing the news on his Vero account Zack Snyder also shared a behind ...[Read More]
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Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only tho...[Read More]
Army of the Dead – Official Trailer
Along with the trailer Zack Snyder released a few new posters which we added to our gallery.
Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.
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I'm Not There
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on July 4th, 2008
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Todd Haynes continues to dazzle and amaze with his body of work. In Velvet Goldmine, he told the story of a fictitious glam-rock band in David Bowie/Ziggy Stardust style. Far From Heaven found him taking the Douglas Sirk films of the '50s into a nontraditional turn. In his follow-up film I'm Not There, his first directorial effect in five years, Haynes examines the persona and essence of Bob Dylan without actually really using the name or the words together at all in the film in a film released in 2007, where features like No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood earned a slew of awards, I'm Not There was an understated gem, and yet summing it up is a little difficult.
First off, while I'm Not There is a film inspired by the life of Bob Dylan, semantically it's not a biopic. It examines the more notable images created by Dylan; one of the adolescent who portrayed himself to be the poor white kid who liked the work of Woody Guthrie and who, ironically enough, is named Woody (Marcus Carl Franklin, Be Kind Rewind). Arthur Rimbaud (Ben Whishaw, Layer Cake) is the mid-'60s Dylan and de facto narrator whose words appear to be lifted from magazine articles of the era; Jack Rollins (Christian Bale, Batman Begins) is the folk hero and later born-again Christian-era Dylan; ironically Rollins is played by Robbie Clark (Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain), who watches his marriage deteriorate while he deals with the period of fame he has wrought; and Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth) plays the electric Dylan, touring in England, addicted to pills and alienating his acoustic fans. In his later years, Billy the Kid (Richard Gere, Pretty Woman) plays Dylan as the aging anonymous hero in the west, which in a way Dylan seems to want to do in reality. While none of these interpretations can be claimed to be accurate, they are, as Haynes says, fleeting glimpses of the image that Dylan created for himself. Using surrealistic and style choices influenced by Fellini and Goddard, Haynes helps make the worlds of Dylan all the more emotionally affecting.
It helps that the music, a mix of Dylan originals and imaginative covers, is memorable. Ranging from Sonic Youth to Yo La Tengo to a whole host of others, they breathe new life into the musical library of this legend. My knowledge of and interest in Dylan's music is pretty topical, yet there was a version of a forgotten Dylan song named "Goin' to Acapulco" that floored me. Haunting and melodic, providing a sad melancholy on a scene with Gere's character, that's the type of performance that will stay with you for awhile. Haynes' familiarity with the material and its creator help give you a newfound appreciation for this musical legend.
Performance-wise, there's not a bad note in the bunch. The closest thing you could make a case for is Whishaw, but he's not in the movie enough to complain about, and his role is quite good. On the surface, casting a young African American boy and an Australian mother in essentially the same role could be for stunt's sake, but it all works tremendously. Besides, when you're talking about a kid who grew up in upper-middle class Minnesota who went on to become a folk hero and voice for the generation, the whole idea of misconception is practically born and bred. Of particular note is Ledger's performance. Especially heartbreaking in the way of real-life events since the film was released, watching him ache and pain his way through Clark is foresight, especially when you consider that the mother of his child, Michelle Williams (Dick) plays a supporting role next to the Blanchett version of Dylan. But ultimately, both the cast and director have a vested interest in humanizing a lot of myths, and they seem to do it rather successfully.
Dolby Digital 5.1 surround here, and really the star of the film is the music, which sounds crisp and clear, possessing a nice dynamic range without a lot of subwoofer activity to speak of.
Dialogue is clear and the overall soundtrack is subtle and immersive, and it's a pleasurable experience.
Presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen, this is Haynes' first outing using the Scope format, and the film looks great. It uses black and white, which looks natural and grainy, and uses color like greens and yellows that look so good they had to have been processed somehow. The scenes with the "Billy the Kid" persona look almost rustic as well. Overall, the film looks awesome.
A much more loaded two-disc set full of goodies that I wasn't expecting. First off, Haynes provides a commentary for the feature. He usually comes prepared for the dance and this track is a goodie, as he discusses his inspiration for the movie and context of certain scenes and characters in Dylan's life. He examines shots from time to time and provides breakdowns when he has a moment and discusses the intent of most scenes and the story as a whole. Production challenges are discussed along with his influences in the film. He talks about working with Ledger and provides thoughts on the cast as well and recites thoughts on the film from critics' articles. Overall, this is an excellent track. From there, along with a scene selection option, you can select scenes by song, and there's a subtitled option by lyric to boot. Introductions to the film are included from some Dylan historians and film critics on the disc, and they discuss how the film plays out.
Disc two starts with a trailer gallery, which include two theatrical trailers and a series of trailers, done either by character or as a mix, where they hold up flashcards, similar to Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues," in a clever nod further to the icon. "From the Edit Room" is a selection of additional footage, starting first with five minutes of audition footage from Franklin and Whishaw. Two deleted scenes are next, but they're forgettable, and the alternate/extended takes are pretty much full-blown musical sequences, which are all pretty cool. Four minutes of outtakes follow which aren't too bad, and a poignant three-minute tribute to Ledger closes the section out. "A Look Back" examines the film from a retrospective standpoint of sorts, starting with three minutes of interviews from the Red Carpet premiere in New York. A 20-minute look at the soundtrack's creation is next, with thoughts from Haynes and others who contributed to the soundtrack, and some of the more memorable songs are discussed. It's an interesting piece and, considering the nature of the material is almost essential. Haynes provides a conversation that comes from several interview sources and lasts over 40 minutes. Some of the things he discusses are redundant from the commentary, but he also talks about working with the cast a little more, along with how the source material got to Dylan, both of which are interesting and funny stories to enjoy. A series of various stills galleries which include production shots, more essays and Haynes' proposal treatment to Dylan complete the set.
To paraphrase Roger Ebert, he says that the visuals are great and that you'll not know any more about Dylan going out than you did coming in. Having said that, and knowing that Dylan's contributions to the film are little more than musical, I still think that Haynes managed to debunk a few myths, and perhaps even humanize the voice that people try to find out more from. Ultimately, even if you find an emotional joy in his work like I did, all should be forgiven. With an excellent technical presentation and loaded supplements, this one's a keeper.
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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the young liberal icon from New York, has endorsed Senator Ed Markey's reelection bid next year, as Representative Joe Kennedy III considers challenging Markey for what promises to be the nation's most competitive congressional primary.
Ocasio-Cortez and Markey have worked together as the primary sponsors of the Green New Deal, the signature legislative issue for both lawmakers.
In a video posted on the Markey campaign's YouTube account Friday, Ocasio-Cortez calls Markey "a proud and strong progressive champion for working families. Not just in Massachusetts, but across the country."
"Ed Markey, I know, is one of the strongest progressives that we have in the United States Senate," Ocasio-Cortez said. "And in a time right now, when we have to have conversations not just about holding this administration accountable but changing the Democratic Party for the future, Ed Markey has a very critical role in making sure that climate change, as well as a bevy of other issues — health care and beyond — are critical core issues in how we fight for working people and working families in the United States."
The endorsement from Ocasio-Cortez may serve to undercut one of the biggest premises of a Kennedy challenge to Markey: the call for a generational change from Markey, 73, to Kennedy, 38. At 29, Ocasio-Cortez last year became the youngest woman ever to be elected to Congress.
"In the fight to save our planet and unleash a clean energy future, I am proud to partner with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and honored to have her endorsement for re-election," Markey said in a statement. "I am so fortunate to call Alexandria my friend and colleague, and I am proud to have her support."
Kennedy opened a Senate exploratory committee earlier this month, but has not publicly decided whether he will jump into the contest. A Boston Globe and Suffolk University poll released last weekend found Kennedy leading Markey by 14 points in a hypothetical match-up. Kennedy led among voters in every sub-group, including younger and older voters.
Asked about the Ocasio-Cortez endorsement, a Kennedy spokeswoman said the four-term congressman is "grateful for the feedback he has received so far from the people of Massachusetts, who are — and will remain — the focus of any campaign he runs."
Since news of Kennedy's potential Senate run became public last month, Markey has been securing his support in Washington, a move to ensure that he has a well-financed campaign. So far, he and Kennedy have approximately $4 million apiece in their campaign coffers.
Earlier this week, Markey got the backing of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the official organization tasked with electing a Democratic majority to the Senate.
In addition, Senator Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat from West Virginia, backed Markey earlier in the week. And New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen told Politico, "That kind of intraparty fighting is not good in the long term. And I don't think it will be good for Joe Kennedy."
What's unclear is whether the Ocasio-Cortez endorsement will influence the thinking of Representative Ayanna Pressley of Boston, whose own endorsement will be closely watched in this contest. On one hand, Pressley is close to Ocasio-Cortez as a fellow member of the four-person "squad" of freshman women of color in the House. On the other hand, Pressley's challenge of entrenched incumbent Mike Capuano was also rejected by the political establishment, but she won — possibly paving the way for Kennedy's challenge of Markey.
The high-profile Ocasio-Cortez endorsement comes the day before Markey and Kennedy are set to appear at the state Democratic Party's annual convention in Springfield.
Markey will deliver a keynote speech about the Green New Deal. Kennedy will moderate an afternoon panel about confronting racism in politics.
The other two formally declared candidates in the Democratic race — labor attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan and businessman and author Steve Pemberton — are slated to address party activists as well.
Watch: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorses Ed Markey
James Pindell can be reached at james.pindell@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @jamespindell. Click here to subscribe to his Ground Game newsletter on politics.


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Q: How to make a text appear with a desired innerHTML using javascript/jquery There is a button and a h2 tag. the h2 tag has its visibilty=hidden.
When the button is clicked, I want to call a function that calculates the cost and changes the innerHTML of h2 accordingly and then changes its visibility=visible.
HTML:

    <form>

             Enter number of adults<input type="number" id="inputAdult" class="form-control" placeholder="No. of adults" required>
            Enter number of children (4-12yo)<input type="number" id="inputChildren" class="form-control" placeholder="No. of children" required>
           <button type="button" onclick="showCost()" id="btn3">Calculate my cost</button>

Your total cost: $0

    </form>

JavaScript / jQuery :
 $("h2").css("visibility","hidden");

function calculateCost(){
  var a = $("#inputAdult").val();
  var c = $("#inputchildren").val();

   if (((a+c)%3==0)||((a+c)%3==1)) {
    var rooms = (a+c)/3;
    }
   else {
    var rooms = ((a+c)/3)+1;
    }
  var cost = rooms*300;
  return cost;
}

function showCost() {
  var display = "Your total cost is: $" + calculateCost();
  var x = $("h2");
  x.value = display;
   $("h2").css("visibility","visible");
}

A: Try x.text(display) instead of setting value. That changes the innerText of the element. If you'd like to set its HTML content, use x.html(display).
The value accessor is used for plain HTMLElement objects, not for jQuery-wrapped objects.
Apart from this, you should never access a tag solely by its tag name. Always give it some kind of class name or ID. You already gave it the changeCost class, so you could do $("h2.changeCost") rather than $("h2").

A: To avoid getting NaN do the following:
Javascript is case sensitive so replace line
var c = $("#inputchildren").val();

with
var c = $("#inputChildren").val();

I would also consider declaring rooms variable from if and else scope so it is accessible on calculations: see full function bellow:
function calculateCost(){
  var a = $("#inputAdult").val();
  var c = $("#inputChildren").val();
  var rooms = 0;

   if (((a+c)%3==0)||((a+c)%3==1)) {
      rooms = (a+c)/3;
    }
   else {
      rooms = ((a+c)/3)+1;
    }
  var cost = rooms*300;
  return cost;
}

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Governments and non-government organisations interested in the conservation of marine resources and the sustainable management of fishing in the Southern Ocean participate each year in the meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). The 22nd annual meeting took place in Hobart between 27 October and 7 November 2003.
The Australian Government took a number of initiatives to this meeting, including the key initiative of a centralised Vessel Monitoring System (cVMS). A cVMS would allow CCAMLR to independently verify and validate vessels' positions and movements against a common standard of monitoring. This system would track the position of vessels fishing for toothfish to assist in ensuring they are fishing lawfully.
This initiative was brought to the meeting through cooperation with like-minded nations interested in combating illegal fishing, namely New Zealand and the United States. The three nations worked together to develop the concept before and during the meeting and encouraged interest from South Africa, Argentina, Uruguay and the Ukraine. These nations will participate in an open trial cVMS over the next 12 months and will report to the 2004 meeting of the Commission.
The Commission also agreed to a 'black list' of vessels that have been implicated in illegal fishing. Parties cooperating with CCAMLR are encouraged to refuse these vessels access to their ports, thus making it more difficult for illegal fishers to offload their catch. Eight vessels from Uruguay, Belize, Ghana and Seychelles were named on the list.
Another goal at CCAMLR XXII was improvements to the Catch Documentation Scheme (CDS). The CDS aims to track the trade in toothfish and verify the legality of catches. Australia participated with a number of interested Parties over the previous year on the pilot electronic scheme. Australia supported the United States' call for full implementation of the electronic CDS. However, it was agreed to continue the trial period of the e-CDS for another year.
There was a significant increase in the number of new and exploratory fishing applications received from CCAMLR Members in 2003. This will create a greater challenge to the conservation of the Southern Ocean toothfish stocks in the coming years.
In a positive move, CCAMLR also agreed that the development of avoidance and mitigation measures for by-catch species should be given high priority. As a result fishing vessels are encouraged to use integrated weighted lines that cause baited hooks to sink at a faster rate, reducing incidental mortality of seabirds. The estimated total number of seabirds killed by legal toothfish operators for the 2002–03 fishing season was 15, which represents the lowest estimated seabird by-catch in regulated longline fisheries yet reported for the Convention Area. This is seen as a huge achievement given the thousands of birds which were being killed only a few years ago.
The measures agreed to at the meeting such as the open trial cVMS & e-CDS, and the inclusion of the vessels on the black list were positive steps forward. Full implementation of these trials by the Commission in the future will further protect the Southern Ocean ecosystem. CCAMLR will continue to play an integral role in Southern Ocean conservation.
The Australian Antarctic Division will continue to work with other Government departments, as well as industry and environment representatives during 2004, so that Australia and like-minded nations can achieve the best possible outcome for the conservation of the Southern Ocean ecosystem at CCAMLR XXIII later this year.
Antarctic and International Policy Section, AAD


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Woman in Custody After Barricading in Groton Home
Published October 11, 2019 • Updated on October 11, 2019 at 11:37 am
A woman is in custody after barricading herself in a home on Morse Avenue in Groton from late Thursday night into Friday morning, according to police.
Police identified the woman as 50-year-old Kristen Anderson.
They said they received a phone call just before midnight that she was at the home and had a gun.
Police chief Michael Spellman said Anderson is the subject of a protective order issued in connection with a domestic violence situation and was not allowed to be at the residence. He added that she is a felon and should not have a gun.
Anderson barricaded herself in the home, so police closed several streets in the neighborhood and residents in the area were told to shelter in place as state police tactical unit brought in negotiators to negotiate with Anderson. The incident ended after 6:30 a.m.
"They greatly assisted us to bring it to a positive resolution," Spellman said.
He called the incident a volatile situation and said there was a successful resolution.
No one was injured during the incident and police said no gunshots were fired.
It's not clear what the charges against Anderson are. Spellman said police are obtaining a search and seizure warrant for evidence.
As a precaution, school officials delayed the start of school at Marine Science Magnet High School and West Side Middle School for two hours.
West Side Middle School will start at 9:30 a.m. and Marine Science Magnet High School will start at 10:05 a.m.
"The impact to Groton Public Schools was to West Side STEM Magnet Middle School. Early this morning we initiated an emergency two-hour delay, which was communicated to the families of students that attend that school. We also communicated the potential of a cancellation, if necessary. We have since contacted parents / guardians a second time to confirm the two-hour delay, given the matter has been resolved," Supt. Michael Graner said in a statement.


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Q: What is the plural of "Mars"? What is the plural of Mars? Is it Marses or Mars' (note the apostrophe)? Or something else?
EDIT: I'm not sure where I got the idea of Mars' from. I suppose I was thinking it might be a zero plural where the word doesn't change, like fish, and just threw in the apostrophe like certain other oddities do, e.g., 1960's, pulling 5 g's (g-force).
This came up because a certain attack helicopter configuration is called the Mars, and I need to refer to multiple Marses and multiple Neptunes, but at least the latter is clearly plural.

A: As MT_Head points out in the comments, you may be able to avoid using a plural form by resorting to phrases such as ""Mars helicopter configurations" or "Mars configurations." But to answer the question that you actually posed:
Marses?
Even though it sounds a bit funny, Marses is certainly one valid plural form. This follows the default English rules for forming a plural, which have us add /ɪz/ ("izz"), spelled "es" (or just "s" if there is already a silent e) after the sounds /s/, /z/, /tʃ/ ("ch"), /dʒ/ ("j"), /ʃ/ ("sh") or /ʒ/ ("zh"). It's conventional to use these rules when the plural of a usually-singular proper noun is needed. (Source: the "Daily Writing Tips" online post "Plurals of Proper Names" by Mark Nichol. There is also another question on this site that seems particularly relevant: Pluralization of names)
Here are the examples I've found so far online of Marses being used as the plural of Mars. (All books cited were accessed through Google Books.)
For the family name "Mars":

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*"Veronica Mars: When both Marses failed", a post by Alan Sepinwall from his blog What's Alan Watching?.

*"You turn up anything more on the Marses?" from The Black Ace: A Brad Shade Thriller, by Gare Joyce.

For the god Mars:

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*"Like so many little Marses, / With their tilters at their a–s," from "Helter Skelter," a poem by Jonathan Swift, collected in "The works of the English poets, from Chaucer to Cowper," edited and with prefaces by Samuel Johnson.

*"The ancient patriarchs, afore the flood, [...] become stout Marses, and beget young Cupids." From "The Alchemist", by Ben Jonson, collected in The Works of Ben Johnson, with notes and a biographical memoir by William Gifford.

For the planet Mars:

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*"It explores relationships among the Marses seen with the naked eye, through the telescopic lens, and with the mind's eye as well as the various Marses that have been perceived–or created–by scientists, writers, and visual artists[...]" from Imagining Mars: A Literary History, by Robert Crossley.

*"They had themselves already dreamed Marses more radical than any she could believe in, Marses that were truly independent, egalitarian, just and joyous." From Green Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson.

Mars?
Thanks to Edwin Ashworth, it's been brought to my attention that in some contexts, the invariant plural Mars, with no apostrophe, has also been used.
In particular, this has been used when referring to the "Martin Mars" flying boats/water bombers/tankers/seaplanes. I'll try to find more citations and examples of this, but this might actually turn out to be the most relevant situation for you, as it's an example from the context of aircraft.
At first I wondered if there might be some convention to never use a distinct plural form of an aircraft name, but from what I can tell there isn't: a pluralized form of the aircraft Martin P5M Marlin, "Marlins", is used on the site of the National Naval Aviation Museum (located in Florida in the United States of America).
So it's possible that people simply thought "Marses" sounded wrong in this case.
Why it doesn't have an apostrophe
It could not be Mars' because a single apostrophe is never added to a word to form a plural; this is only ever used for forming possessives.
An apostrophe plus s ('s) is also generally only used to form possessives, although besides this it is sometimes used to form plurals in highly restricted circumstances. In a section on apostrophized plurals, the Wikipedia article "Apostrophe" cites The Oxford Companion to the English Language (2nd ed., 2018, McArthur, Lam-McArthur, Fontaine) as identifying the following circumstances where 's may be recognized as a valid means of spelling a plural form:

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*after an abbreviation (I would say, especially one ending in a capital letter or a period)

*after a numeral, or after a symbol

*after a single letter of the alphabet, or certain short words (do's)

*Family names (currently not widely considered to be valid)

The only one of these that could apply to Mars is the last. Jon Hanna's answer seems to address that case well, and in any case, an attack helicopter configuration name would not be a family name.
Other options?
Because Mars is from Latin, it has a Latin plural form: Martes. (When written with macrons—the line-shaped diacritical marks that are optionally used by modern writers to indicate Latin vowel length—the singular and plural nominative-case Latin forms are Mārs and Mārtēs respectively.) If used as an English word, Martes would be pronounced /ˈmɑrtiːz/ (like "MAR-tease", "MART-ease", or "Marty's"). I'm just listing this for fun: I would not advise using this seriously as the plural of Mars in English.

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I'm not sure where I got the idea of Mars' from.

Early in the last century, perhaps.
It did once used to be acceptable (and earlier still, quite the done thing) to use an apostrophe when pluralising proper names, especially if they end in s, and so Mars's. You may have seen enough Jones's etc. to half-remember it and come up with Mars' instead of Mars's.
The form is beyond old-fashioned though, to the point where it is probably not really acceptable today. Go with Marses.
Or dodge the issue and go with "Mars configurations".


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Paving the way for Volta's youth
We sat down with two of Volta's community elders who are teaming up with Plan to assist the new primary school construction project. Here's what they had to say about the impact of Community Sponsorship and how this new school build is helping pass a brighter torch to Volta's next generation, illuminating an even brighter future for the whole community:
John, 55
On why he decided to get involved:
I decided to get involved because I know it will result in the development of our community and the wellbeing of our children.
Children will no longer feel reluctant going to school and will take their studies more seriously. They will see how their parents are working hard on the project. They will know that we are concerned about their welfare and that is why we are offering our labour to put up the school blocks for them, with the help of Plan.
Working with Plan on projects like this will bring about unity in the community as we undertake more selfless services in the area of communal labour to bring development.
On how it has enriched his life so far:
Beginning to work on projects with Plan has brought joy to my life. I am looking forward to the completion of the school project knowing that the children will be happy in school.
On what this means for the community:
The community members – men, women, young people and the children – are all excited about Plan being in the community because of the number of projects that are being brought into effect. We can imagine the transformation that will happen in the community at the end of all the projects.
Francis, 55
Project Management Committee Member & Financial Secretary
I want to be part of the help that Plan is offering the community to bring about development. In the future when the development of our community is being discussed, I will be proud to say that I was part of it. I have realized that partnership with Plan brings about progress and, as a result, there will be improvement in the lives of community members.
On how it has enriched his life so far
The training has given me an insight into how to manage our own development initiatives. It has equipped me with the skill to keep simple accounting records and proper documentation to ensure value for money in our procurement processes and ensure a successful implementation of the project.
I have been enlightened and exposed to a new world. Going to the bank to withdraw money as a Financial Secretary to the project committee has been a new experience and made me more confident.
As a community, we are very happy that Plan has come here to support us in our development efforts. Our children will now have a more conducive environment for learning and that is the biggest change we are hoping for. The children are now encouraged to go to school and are excited to do so.
This project will improve education of children in our community, which will – in the long term – help us break out of the cycle of poverty that we find ourselves in.
Plan has discussed with us all the projects that will be implemented in our community and it is a dream come true. People here are committed and will support every aspect of the project to ensure its successful completion.
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It All Began with One Bold Visionary
What do two female art directors and one photographer have in common? Pure determination—and a vision toward celebrating a cultural legacy. In the most ambitious undertaking of its 105-year history, the Muskegon Museum of Art (MMA) will display all 723 photogravures of Edward Curtis' The North American Indian collection, beginning this May.
And it all began with one bold, visionary woman.
In 1916, Lulu Miller, director of Muskegon's Hackley Public Library and the MMA (then known as Hackley Art Gallery), was only the second female art museum director in the United States. She was also one of the original 222 subscribers to Curtis' The North American Indian—a collection recognized as the largest ethnographic study and photographic record in history. Miller signed up for the series in 1908, making Hackley Public Library the first Michigan subscriber.
Curtis spent 30 years capturing portraits of Native Americans, their landscapes and their lifestyles, in a determined quest to document what he thought was disappearing. The photographer lost his health, marriage and prosperity—yet he had a vision.
The North American Indian consists of 20 volumes of ethnographic research documenting the varied cultures of 80 Native American tribes. Over 10,000 Native Americans participated in Curtis' endeavor, resulting in 20 volumes of ethnographic research and 723 portfolio photographs portraying Native American cultures west of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Curtis' work changed the way an entire nation viewed the indigenous peoples of North America.
Available only by subscription, The North American Indian was incredibly expensive: $3,000 for volumes printed on Dutch vellum paper and $3,500 for the Japanese paper edition—almost $80,000 today. Miller had a vision, though, and she convinced her Board to approve the subscription.
Nearly a century later, Judith Hayner, MMA Executive Director, felt inspired to display the entire collection in one space, at one time—a first in history, as far as the museum has been able to determine.
"When you experience an entire body of work," Hayner said, "you have a different understanding of the artist and what he was trying to accomplish."
Hayner brought the idea to her staff, who tried to talk her out of it.
"I had to get serious. I said, I'm not kidding. Now, please, stop rolling your eyes at me and let's figure this out."
Hayner, too, had a vision.
And after three years of planning and 80 percent of the museum's space dedicated to the exhibition, Edward S. Curtis: The North American Indian will open May 11, 2017, and run through September 10, 2017.
The exhibition will offer visitors a rare opportunity to experience the depth and breadth of Curtis' vision and scholarship, the images' and scholarship's flaws, and the work's impact on past and present views of Native American culture.
"Curtis' goal was not to take beautiful photographs," Hayner said. "His goal was to document what he believed to be a vanishing race."
"And by the way, Curtis was wrong." Native American culture thrives today. Along with the exhibition, numerous Muskegon community events will explore Native American prevailing history and culture throughout the summer.
Learn more about Edward S. Curtis: The North American Indian at www.muskegonartmuseum.org.
Photo courtesy of MMA. Edward S. Curtis Piegan Encampment 1900/1911, Photogravure, 12 X 16 inches
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Tenure-Track Opportunity in Anti-Racism at University of Washington
The Department of Health Services at the University of Washington (UW) seeks to fill one full-time faculty position with a focus on Anti-Racism as a Full Professor (tenure-track) on a 12-month service period with an anticipated start date as early as fall 2020.
The position would serve as the Director for the Center for the Study of Anti-Racism and Health (ARCH). The purpose of ARCH is to provide a community of scholarship and activism – in the School of Public Health, across the University, and within the broader community – concerning interventions that can break down the societal and institutional structures of racism and, thus, to reduce future inequalities in health.
They seek candidates with demonstrated experience in research, teaching, mentorship, and administration related to structural racism, its impact on health, and approaches to disrupt it. The Director is expected to engage in both university and community service at the local, regional, national, and international levels and encouraged to establish their own research agenda, including how racism intersects with other social inequities.
See position listing for full details.
To be considered for this position, please submit the following:
A statement describing your interest in the position, including relevant leadership and mentoring experience, research interests and teaching history;
A one-page diversity statement that describes your experience related to equity, diversity, and inclusion, as well as your potential to contribute to our diversity mission and commitment to being an anti-racist institution; and
Curriculum Vitae (including description of extramural funding)
Names and contact information for four references. References will only be contacted after an initial screening of candidates.
Review of applications will begin January 15, 2020. The position is open until filled.
If you have questions please contact: Holly Bergstrom, Manager of Faculty Human Resources at hb2@uw.edu
Thank you to HELI 2018 alumna Dr. Maria Mora Pinzon for sharing!
Opportunity at UMD College Park
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Saimir Strati (ur. 11 kwietnia 1966 w Tiranie) – albański twórca mozaik, wpisany do księgi rekordów Guinnessa za największe mozaiki na świecie.

Życiorys
4 września 2006 roku wystawiono w Piramidzie w Tiranie największą mozaikę z gwoździ; dzieło przedstawia Leonarda da Vinci i ma powierzchnię 8 m².

4 września 2007 roku w Piramidzie w Tiranie miała miejsce prezentacja największej na świecie mozaiki z wykałaczek autorstwa Saimira Stratiego; dzieło ma powierzchnię 8 m², powstało z 1.5 miliona wykałaczek, a artysta pracował nad nim 40 dni.

W 2011 roku Saimir Strati utworzył największą na świecie mozaikę z ziaren kawy; dzieło ma powierzchnię 25.1 m², było wykonane ze 140 kg ziaren kawy i przedstawia pięciu artystów z różnych części świata.

W 2017 roku Strati stworzył jedno ze swoich najważniejszych dzieł; przedstawia ono Matkę Teresę z Kalkuty, ma powierzchnię 10 m² i zostało wykonanę z 1.5 miliona brązowych i białych zszywek. Mozaika znajduje się w Narodowym Muzeum Kosowa w Prisztinie.

W 2019 roku stworzył największą mozaikę ze śrub; dzieło ma wymiary 293 cm wysokości i 463 cm długości, zostało wykonane z około 250 tys. śrub i znajduje się w tureckiej miejscowości Bor.

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 Mozaiki Saimira Stratiego (saimirstrati.al)

Urodzeni w 1966
Ludzie urodzeni w Tiranie
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Publication Date: August 4th
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Marlena caught the eye of one of the richest, hottest guys on campus, Preston. But when her attention shifts, and she falls in love with a hometown boy, Jimmy, she finds out that Preston is also deeply disturbed.
What follows is a life-changing evening out on Telephone Road, and Marlena knows she will never be the same when she takes matters into her own hands.
Justice has a new meaning. It's called revenge.
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Wow. Well, I tried to set Telephone Road down a few times to give my mind a break, and I couldn't stay away along enough. I had to keep reading. I was immediately hooked, and there really wasn't much chance of getting sleep until I finished this one.
The charactets are really well written. I love a thriller that is character driven. I find it more believable, and ultimately more suspenseful, when the characters feel like real people. Ann Swann has the ability to create characters like this, and it paid off.
The subject matter is brutal. Rape, violence…but it is written on such a way that I think does the story justice. It is a story of strength and resilience and while the attack can be triggering, I think it is worthwhile to read. The story is captivating, never glamorizing the violence, just shedding light on such atrocities.
Highly recommended. Telephone Road is definitely a 5 star read for me.
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After breaking it off with Preston, I couldn't wait to get home for Thanksgiving break. That's when I reconnected with Jim Allan, an acquaintance from school…Jimmy smiled as I looked up from my phone, and I smiled back. I'd heard he went off to Tarleton State or Sul Ross, one of those Texas agriculture colleges. I remembered seeing him at school in that very same dark blue jacket, climbing out of his red pickup truck with The Double L Ranch sign on the door. I'd always admired how the bright gold embroidery stood out against the navy corduroy fabric of that jacket. Now I noticed how the deep blue color made his gray eyes look as mysterious as rain clouds. "Which bear do you want?" He nodded toward the nearby Pitch-Till-U-Win game booth. "The blue one," I said, "if you think you can win it." I don't know what made me so bold. He just seemed so shy. Or maybe the night simply required it. The air was thick with the scent of popcorn and possibility. Jimmy grinned, paid the barker a five, picked up his three balls, threw them in quick succession, wham, wham, wham, and all three weighted milk bottles toppled one after the other. The dark blue bear belonged to me. It almost matched the shade of his jacket. I hugged it to my chest as we ambled away. "I'm sorry you got stuck with me," he murmured. "Do you like roller coasters?" His voice was soft, but deep. "I love roller coasters. And I'm sorry you got stuck with me."
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Her fiction began to win awards during her college days. Since then she's published several short stories, novels, and novellas. She's always reading and always writing, but even if she never sold another story, Ann would not stop writing. For her it's a necessity, like breathing. Most of the time, it even keeps her sane.
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Bott: Judge Neil Gorsuch deserves a vote
Eric Bott
When President Donald Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) promised to give "fair consideration to this nomination."
Just two days later, however, she announced that not only would she oppose his nomination, but she would support a filibuster to deny him a vote in the Senate altogether. And she maintained her opposition even after meeting with the judge, saying, "people deserve a Supreme Court justice who will protect the constitutional rights and freedoms of all Americans."
That statement is ironic because as a judge on the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, Gorsuch has a decade-long record of defending the rights and freedoms enshrined in the Constitution. He deserves Baldwin's support. At the very least, he deserves a vote by the full Senate.
You don't have to take my word for it. Every one of Gorsuch's former clerks — except for two now clerking at the Supreme Court — recently signed a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee vouching for their old boss. "For Judge Gorsuch, a judge's task is not to usurp the legislature's role; it is to find and apply the law as written," the letter says. "That conviction, rooted in his respect for the separation of powers, makes him an exemplary candidate to serve on the nation's highest court."
Gorsuch's principled view of the law should appeal to Americans on either side of the political spectrum.
To begin with, he takes a fair-minded approach to criminal justice. One example: A 13-year-old boy was arrested by a school police officer for making fake burps in class. While the court ruled in favor of the police officer, Gorsuch dissented. He was not convinced that "schoolroom antics" such as burping could provide grounds for arrest.
Gorsuch also has not been afraid to take a stand when unaccountable regulatory agencies overstep their constitutional authority. He is a critic of the "Chevron" doctrine, under which federal agencies — not judges — have the authority to interpret the meaning of ambiguous laws. Not only has Chevron "added prodigious new powers to an already titanic administrative state," as Gorsuch once wrote, but it "seems pretty hard to square with the Constitution of the founders' design."
If Baldwin wishes to filibuster Gorsuch, that is her right, but it puts her at odds with many of her constituents. Trump was the first Republican presidential candidate to win Wisconsin in more than 30 years, and he had promised to nominate a principled constitutionalist like Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. A majority of Americans who voted for Trump said the selection of Supreme Court justices was important to them when choosing whom to support for president; they expect his nominee to receive a fair vote in the Senate.
Baldwin herself has spoken of the urgent need to fill the empty seat on the Supreme Court. "Leaving one seat vacant prevents our highest court from resolving major legal issues," she said in a speech last October, adding that it "threatens the integrity of our democracy."
If Baldwin truly cares about filling the vacancy on the court, she should not support a politically motivated filibuster of the nominee. In fact, last year Baldwin called obstructionism of President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee "outrageous." She said it was "disrespectful to the president, disrespectful to the Constitution and disrespectful to the American people."
Will Baldwin stand by her principles and support a vote for Gorsuch? Or will she disappoint her constituents and try to roadblock this highly-qualified nominee? The choice is hers.
Eric Bott is the Wisconsin state director of Americans for Prosperity.


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