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UAH student helps preserve town's past for future generations
SEP 11, 2015 | Diana LaChance
Hannah Delp, a senior majoring in communication arts and minoring in public history, spent the summer conducting oral history interviews in the historic town of Mooresville, Ala.
Michael Mercier | UAH
With Alabama just a few years from its 200th anniversary as a state, the Alabama Bicentennial Commission (ABC) is laying the groundwork for a celebration worthy of such a momentous milestone. And helping in that effort is Hannah Delp, a senior communication arts major and public history minor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).
For the last few months, she has been interviewing residents of Mooresville, Ala., for an oral history project to document the town's journey from its founding in 1818 to the present day. "We're hoping to show that this is a history that people have lived, passing down these stories from generation to generation," she says. "It's not just some dusty archive in a library."
Delp initially learned about the opportunity from Dr. John Kvach, an associate history professor who serves as the director for UAH's Center for Public History and is himself a member of the ABC. Last fall, he proposed it as a research project for UAH's Research & Creative Experiences for Undergraduates program, suggesting that Mooresville could serve as a template for other small towns across the state.
It's just such a wonderful experience to slow down and listen to people tell their life stories.
Hannah Delp
UAH student
"They agreed to be the test case as far as determining the best approach to identifying, collecting, and preserving the oral traditions of its residents," says Dr. Kvach, explaining that Mooresville's founding predates the state's by one year. "What we learn from this on the small scale will ensure that the ABC has an effective statewide plan in place for Alabama's bicentennial celebration in 2019."
Delp then applied to and was accepted to work on the project, with Dr. Kvach serving as a mentor. "We were trying to show how someone with some training but no experience could go in and conduct oral history interviews in a small town," she says. "So he helped me at first but then stepped back and let me take control, which I appreciated. I got to figure out problems on my own and that was a great learning experience for me."
Just as valuable to Delp was the on-site assistance provided by Nikki Sprader, Mooresville's representative on the ABC's Local Activities Committee. "Nikki gave me a preliminary list of people who would be good to interview and then helped make the connections to allow me to go into their homes," says Delp. "She also gave me background information on each of them to help me prepare."
But what began with a well-ordered list of questions soon gave way to a more conversational approach, as Delp became more comfortable with her subjects and vice versa. "That's not necessarily oral history protocol - you're just supposed to sit there and not make any comments," she says. "But I found the interviewees were being less responsive to me when I wasn't responding to them. So I had to break the rules a little bit!"
The Voices of Mooresville, Alabama: An Oral History Project
Those conversations, in turn, often led to unexpected stories, ones she would never have discovered had she only asked her prepared questions. "It's a nice thing to fall back on and use as a reminder, but you don't want to stick too much to what you thought was the purpose of the interview," she says. "You want to listen a little more, to pursue those different avenues even if it's off topic."
Of course it helped a lot that the town's residents were happy to share their memories and experiences, with almost all taking part in Delp's two "public scan days" to collect and scan photos and news articles. "They loved the idea of exploring their origins as a town and how they've grown and changed," she says. "They'd say, 'Come on over to my house and we'll talk!' It was Southern hospitality at its finest."
Indeed so successful was her endeavor over the summer that Delp was asked by Mooresville's mayor to stay on and continue her work into the new year. "It's an incredible opportunity," she says - and one she plans to pursue. "I don't know where the project will take me but it's already improved my soft skills. Nothing helps you communicate better than watching yourself interview someone on camera over and over again!"
In the meantime, she has already traveled to Montgomery to present her experiences to the ABC so that they can begin expanding the project to other small towns. "I reported on what I did as well as the budget I had to work with," she says. One thing Delp didn't share? Which interview she liked best. "I can't say! Each one was really fascinating in its own way," she says. "It's just such a wonderful experience to slow down and listen to people tell their life stories."
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Historic Mooresville, Alabama
UAH's Center for Public History
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AIG $10B Lawsuit Over Mortgage Losses Given Green Light for State Court
April 19, 2013 by Andrew Simpson
A federal appeals court ruled in favor of American International Group Inc. by concluding that the insurer's $10 billion lawsuit against Bank of America Corp. over mortgage losses belongs in state court, not federal court.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday threw out a lower court order denying AIG's bid to move the case to a New York state court. AIG's lawsuit was filed in August 2011 but has been largely on hold because of the venue fight.
AIG accused Bank of America and its Countrywide and Merrill Lynch units of making fraudulent misrepresentations in connection with $28 billion of residential mortgage-backed securities in 349 trusts that AIG bought, causing large losses.
Bank of America did not immediately respond to requests for comment. An AIG spokesman had no immediate comment.
The appeal involved interpreting the Edge Act, a 1919 law adopted to support foreign trade, which lets federal courts hear civil lawsuits against U.S. companies over banking transactions that are international or in a U.S. territory.
AIG said that of the 1.7 million mortgages underlying the trusts, just 27 involved property in U.S. territories, including Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, court papers show. It said that wasn't enough to make federal jurisdiction appropriate.
U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones in Manhattan agreed with Bank of America that the case belonged in federal court, but asked the 2nd Circuit to review the issue.
Writing for the appeals court, Circuit Judge Pierre Leval said that while the statute was ungrammatical, Bank of America's interpretation of it was "arbitrary and illogical."
He said for federal jurisdiction to apply, a lawsuit must both have a federally chartered corporation as a party and arise out of an offshore banking or financial transaction of that party.
The case is American International Group Inc. et al v. Bank of America Corp. et al, 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 12-1640.
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It's been another slower-than-usual week of movies, and I only saw one movie that was from a film released within the last couple years. Actually, I've been spending much of my time catching up on TV these last few weeks, watching the latest season of "Breaking Bad," on DVD, as well TV movies like "Tin Man," and "The Special Relationship," and I'm currently in the middle of "Shakespeare Retold," which is a collection of 4 films from the BBC, that are all modern twists on Shakespeare classics. And, I also rewatched season 8 of "Project Runway," on DVD. My mom hadn't seen it, so I had to keep it on my netflix for her-, ah, whom, I'm kidding, I wanted to watch it again. I mean, that season had everything, and just when you thought it was over, there's a fight with the judges! They never-
Alright, I'm gonna stop myself there, that could go on for awhile, and I already wrote my blog on the show, which is the Older Posts section if you want to read it. Besides, this is a blog for critical analysis and not excessive fandom (Not this week anyway). So, yeah, I've been behind, and hopefully that'll change soon. I've been a little behind on this blog too. After this, I'm gonna post another Canon of Film blog tomorrow to try to catch up, so for the loyal, all four of you, that's what you got to look forward to. And by the way, I know I tell people to check out my blog on my facebook, and that's fine, I've gotten somes "likes," and I even got some nice comments, but can more of you "Join," the blog, if you can? I know it's a little tricky for some, but I only got 6 followers, and I'm occasionally getting more readers than that, it'd be nice if some of you joined the blog as well, and to members of my family, that includes you too! I didn't think I needed to tell you guys, but apparently....
Alright, on to this week's reviews:
The Company Men (2010) Director: John Wells
"The Company Men," is the first feature film by famed TV producer John Wells ("ER", "The West Wing,") and at times, the movies feels like this was an abandoned pilot script that kinda got expanded. That's not a bad thing, by the way, I kind of enjoyed that, had the movie not had such good acting, I would've thought, maybe this could be a really good show, to see what happens with these characters. Of course, that could also just be the lack of real character development to begin with. For a TV show, that's okay, characters have time to develop, in a movie, that's a little trickier. The movie is a fairly straightforward story about the way the recent recession affects people, and while they do add some news clips of the collapsing stock prices and bailouts, the film's based around a fictional company called GTX, where the CEO (Craig T. Nelson) is more interested in keeping the company's stock price up than he is in keeping jobs for the company, that originally started by building ships. The first casualty is Bobby Walker (Ben Affleck) the company's top salesman, who's one of many that's downsized because of redundancy. He's bought into the yuppie lifestyle that he used to afford, and is angered when his qualifications don't get him another job right away. Gene McClary, whose been with the company from the beginning, and is Salinger's (Nelson) right-hand man, is starting to voice disgust with the constant firings. About the only people who's job seems secure is Sally Wilcox (Maria Bello) who's the HR rep in charge of downsizing, essentially, and is sleeping with Gene. There's nothing unpredictable in this film, but that's okay, it's done and acted incredibly well. On top of the performers mention, there's great performances by Chris Cooper, Kevin Costner, and I especially want to mention Rosemarie Dewitt as Affleck's wife, that takes a second job among other household cutbacks, some might know her from her word on "Mad Men," and/or "The United States of Tara," and she's quite good here, as is everybody in parts that are strangely general and non-descript. The acting is the star of this movie, and it elevates the material, which actually looks at this recession through a more eh, what's-the-word, basic viewpoint. There isn't a deep analysis here or nothing new, and that's been an easy criticism of the movie, but I didn't exactly want to sit through "Wall Street," again anyway.
Fright Night (1985) Director: Tom Holland
Admittedly, I hadn't even heard of the original "Fright Night," movie until some friends were bragging about going to see the remake. So, when I happened to run into on TV Saturday Night, I thought, maybe I should take a look at it, to see exactly what I'm missing. A teenager (William Ragsdale) suspects correctly that his neighbor might be a vampire. This annoys his girlfriend that's held out on sex with him for a year. The girlfriend, btw, is played by Amanda Bearse, who played Marcy on "Married with Children," and that's one of the funniest things about the movie, to me. The movie, I think was played for camp, (at least I hope it was) and on some level it succeed at that. Roddy MacDowell has the most interesting part as a former B-movie horror star, named Peter Vincent, who now hosts one of those local late-night movies shows, that usually either has someone dressed like a vampire or some other weird monster, if they can't get Elvira. MacDowell is certainly the most interesting part of the film, having a lot of fun with this, really strange role that's part complete ham, and part Van Heflin-type pseudo-expert on the subject. Other than that though, I didn't find any particularly reason to watch this film other than as either preparation for the recent remake, or just as a typical late-night bad movie to watch, and frankly as a bad movie, it had some camp, but not enough to really be funny, except for some of the bad acting, and it wasn't particularly scary. The joke of coming up with classic ways to kill vampires from old movies not working, well, the joke stopped working pretty quickly. It's a close call, but it just missed for me.
Smokin' Aces (2006) Director: Joe Carnahan
To the cute, goth, red-haired girl on the bus with the cool back tattoo, I think you're name was Tiffany, who told me to go and see "Smokin' Aces," about four years ago, and I promised it was on my Netflix, it was, and I finally got through all the movies I had ahead of it (apx. 200+). So, this review is for you. As for "Smokin' Aces," this movie has inspired a sequel, which I found strange considering the fates of most of the people in the film. The movie is one of those Guy Ritchie-inspired films where you get a bunch of different kinds of bad guys together in a very slick, overly-shot, overly-produced way. I'm not a fan of his, generally. In fact, if pressed, of the films of his I've seen, the one I like the most was his remake of "Swept Away," which starred his then-wife, Madonna, and that's mostly 'cause I like the original so much. I'm kinda stumped by this genre in general, and this film in particular. There's a hit on a Las Vegas Magician, (Jeremy Piven) who has close connections with the last of the Las Vegas Mafia, and they've put a hit on him, of a million dollars, and this leads all hitmen and FBI to Reno, where the target, is protected in a penthouse suite at a Reno hotel. I wrote on facebook, that the movie kinda reminded me of a farce, except when you open a door, instead of finding somebody naked, you find somebody trying to kill ya. It had a few interesting moments in the beginning, where we're introduced to all these characters, but it just devolves, into a mess of bloody violence as all these hitmen try to kill the same man at the same time, or maybe not. There's a lot of confusion. Thankfully, there's some recognizable actors to distinguish between these hitmen and cops, but it just became too mind-numbing, and frankly, you couldn't understand what was happening anyway. There's an explanation at the end of the movie, of exactly what happened, what went wrong, and why, but by that time, I didn't care about any of these characters enough to even bother. It just felt like they're were trying to put a bunch of meaningless violence into a context of a story, when if anything, at that point, I would've preferred the violence to just be meaningless.
Infamous (2006) Director: Douglas McGrath
At the same time Bennett Miller was making "Capote," Douglas McGrath was making the film, "Infamous," both of which are about Truman Capote heading off to Kansas to do research for the book, "In Cold Blood." "Capote," was released first, and was hailed as a masterpiece, and won an Oscar for it's star, Philip Seymour Hoffman. "Infamous," came out later the next year. It does pail in comparison to "Capote," although it is kind of unfortunate that these two films are forever linked. It's not that unusual for an incident like that to occur, where two different movies with similar stories are made at the same time. Recently, both "No Strings Attched," and "Friends with Benefits," came out months apart, and both are romantic-comedies about friends have occasionally have sex with each other. (I'd explained the relationship further, but the two titles of the movies do that for me.) The most famous of these incidents involved "Dr. Strangelove…", the Stanley Kubrick satire about Cold War annihilation fears, which got released before the Sidney Lumet film, "Fail-Safe," which took the same material deadly seriously. "Strangelove" was a hit, and "Fail-Safe," wasn't, although both are considered classics now. "Infamous," is simply okay and interesting. It's well acted and Toby Jones, is good as Capote, although he does come off a little too much like the Capote that we're all familiar with from his appearances on things like Match Game and TV interviews and such. There doesn't seem to be much added substance to him, and it borders on simple impression at times, but I think that's more the material than the performance. The movie kinds feels, partly like a documentary, where many of his fellow New York socialites are seen in interview segments, played by people like Peter Bogdanovich and Hope Davis, and a strangely casted Sandra Bullock in the Harper Lee role, and many of the other scenes seem like throwaway genre exercises where they got the scene, and then got "like a Woody Allen movie," out of the hat. (Allen is an advisor to the film.) Daniel Craig as the convicted murderer Perry Smith, is very good, but this movie just isn't as fulfilling and intimate a story as it could be, and we know it can be. It's an interesting examination of the auteur theory, but alone, it's a little bit of a mixed bag, mild recommendation.
Ordet (1955) Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
There's must be some religious fervor in Denmark, 'cause most, if not all of the movies I've seen from there, at least the ones not directed by Susanne Bier, all have to do in some way with a local culture of excessive devotion to God. "Ordet," (Which translates to "The Word," as in, "of God".) was one of only four feature films directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. He directed a lot of short films mostly. The only other film of his I've seen is "The Passion of Joan of Arc," which is considered one of the best silent movies ever made. (Similar to Terrance Malick, he only made a feature film every ten years or so. It involves two families, in the 1920s rural Denmark, where there's a lot of monologues about God. The conflict arises when neither family wants their children to be together, because they don't belong to the same, practically similar Christian religion as the other. The movie is very slow-moving in the beginning; this is not a film for everyone. It's not really a film for me, either. I like religious conflict and symbolism, but I like to stay with Bergman, he can at least be humorous at times. Dreyer is somewhat way more serious about these conflicts of dogma he analyzes. His movies are certainly distinctive and memorable, and despite the very slow beginning, we get to learn these characters, and then think about what happens to them, and the part religion plays in their lives. I like the movie, but it's not for those who are looking for a film that they don't have to think about when they watch. It's good, but Dreyer is for the advanced filmgoer.
Stolen Summer (2002) Director: Pete Jones
"Stolen Summer," became famous for having been the film selected by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon during the contest for the TV show, "Project Greenlight," during it's first season, where the making of the movie was then documented on HBO. Damon and Affleck caught a break when their screenplay "Good Will Hunting," was sold and they became famous and subsequently won an Oscar for the screenplay, and they wanted to give another unknown screenwriter/filmmaker a chance, they did, and while they didn't make a movie as great as "Good Will Hunting," they did make a good one. "Stolen Summer," takes place in Chicago, and young Pete (Adi Stein) is out of Catholic school for the Summer, and he's deeply concerned he's going to hell. His family is devoted Irish-Catholic, led by his mother and father (Bonnie Hunt and Aiden Quinn, both very good as usual), and they have a lot of kids. After learning that Jews don't go to heaven, Pete decides to hang out by the synagogue, where he sells free lemonade and Jesus, with the permission of the Rabbi (Kevin Pollak). The rabbi's son Danny (Mike Weinberg) becomes interested in Pete's goal to help Jews get into heaven, and he volunteers to help Pete on his quest. It's a good first film by writer/director Pete Jones; both families and their trials and tribulations, seemed realistic and accurate. He's still getting work in Hollywood too, he just wrote the film "Hall Pass," that came out earlier this year. Just proves once again, a good screenplay, is the first step to a good movie, and that being a good writer, can get you good work as a writer.
Half-Life (2008) Director: Jennifer Pheng
DISCLOSURE: I met one of the producers of this film during a film class once, when he was a guest speaker. It's the only time I've met him, and have had no contact with him outside of that discussion, and it doesn't affect my opinion of the film.
"Half-Life," is the kind of independent film that really is a mood piece. Either you're gonna like the mood or your not. It involves some sci-fi elements, but it's really about a family where the father has suddenly disappeared literally into the night sky. The plane he piloted never landed. There's lot of news reports that are played through-out the film about events happening throughout the world, and beyond. One of them involves an astronaut on a spaceship that suddenly decided without warning, to steer the spaceship towards the sun. These strange events escalate all over the world, but in the Wu family, the tensions is more based in the everyday. The mother, Saura (Julia Nickson), has brought a new boyfriend home, and her two kids, Pam and Tim (Sanoe Lake, Alexander Agate) aren't as smitten with him as the mother. Sometime, they go into their imagination, and there are some wonderful animation sequences in the film. A lot of the ability that apparently the son has isn't explained fully, I'm not even 100% sure if it's in his mind or if it's real. There are a lot of side-characters that seem to have their own narratives at times, and I'm not always sure these things piece together. I'm not quite sure they're supposed to either. There's enough that I liked, just enough to recommend though, especially for the more banal sequences, for instance a great scene with the mother and son where she's brought him along to work with her, and she actually washes airplanes at the tiny airport her husband took off from. Despite all the film's other flaws, I did get the feeling that this was a family that was legitimately torn apart, and was struggling to adapt to the new norm. It was written and directed by Jennifer Phang, she's mostly done short films up to this point, and I think she's got a lot of interesting ideas, visually and story-wise, and there might been too many, but just enough for me with this film, barely.
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Chris Wilder moves to criticise aspects of latest Blades performance
Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder still had time to criticise aspects of his team's performance, despite seeing his Sheffield United team pick up a point at West Ham.
Wilder was impressed with what he saw from his team in the second period. However, the Blades gaffer was not too complimentary about his side's opening 45 minutes.
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Despite admitting it had been a satisfactory week for his team, he had plenty to complain about.
Speaking to Sky Sports following the game, the Sheffield United manager was in no mood to big his team up too much.
"They were miles better than us. If we were writing on a board aspects you need to win a game of football, we wouldn't have ticked any boxes," Wilder said.
"We looked lethargic, kept giving the ball away, and gave the opposition too many chances".
The United manager was quick to praise the performance of his team's second half display though. Talking about the spirit and character in his team, Wilder felt the Blades deserved their point.
Lys Mousset was the hero yet again. After hitting the winner in mid-week against Arsenal, he got the equaliser here. It was a fine finish from the Frenchman too. Falling off balance, he tucked away nicely into the bottom corner on the volley to earn the away side a point.
And Wilder admitted that it was tough call to leave Mousset out following his display against Arsenal.
"We've got to get him up to speed. The conditioners and himself have got to work on it. It was a tough decision to make but we felt he needed another couple of days".
Time for Mousset to start?
Despite keeping their unbeaten away record intact, some Blades fans are calling on Wilder to make the change.
Chris Wilder is never a man to be influenced too heavily and he doesn't criticise his team unless he feels it's needed. However, he has a big call to make with Mousset, despite his comments above.
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The Frenchman is now the club's out and out top scorer with three goals. A home tie against Burnley might give him the perfect chance to shine. A full weeks' training behind him might well play into his favour too.
One thing is certain though and that's United are not short of options when it comes to attacking players.
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Lee is a lifelong Sheffield United fan and freelance writer who has covered Premier League, Championship, and European football over the last five years.
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Michel van Dartel is curator at V2, where he coordinates public events and is involved in a variety of artistic R&D projects. He also works as a freelance curator for a.o. the Dutch Electronic Art Festival, art center TENT, MU gallery, the Energize festival, and ARTICLE biennial. Besides curating, Michel is an author, tutor at Luca Brussels University College and CODARTS University for the Arts, researcher at Hanze University of Applied Science, associate editor of the Journal for Artistic Research, advisor to a.o. the Mondriaan Fund and Creative Industries Fund NL, and professional advisory board member at Piet Zwart institute and Willem de Kooning Academy. Michel holds an MSc in Cognitive Psychology and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and currently lives in Rotterdam and Brussels.
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Valentina Desideri trained in contemporary dance at the Laban Centre in London, she did a MA in Fine Arts at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam, she does Fake Therapy and Political Therapy, she co-organizes Performing Arts Forum in France, she speculates theory with Prof. Stefano Harney, she writes biographies by reading people's palms, she sometimes dances and does other things too.
She started in 1999 as freelance projectmanager with Muziektheater Transparant (Antwerp) and graduated from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (B) as Master in Communication in 2000. During her education and after her graduation from the Kunsthochschule Berlin (D) as Diplomante Freie Kunsten in 2007, she curated the exhibitions: Ik zie ik zie. (Storm op Komst /vzw Festivalitis, De Warande, 2009), Man with the movie camera (vzw Open Doek - De Warande, 2009), and was involved in collaborations like Entree> Exit (Middelheim Museum, Antwerpen in collaboration with bolwerK, 2010), Flat files (Artforum Berlijn, D, 2006), Lokale (Schwerin, D, 2005).
For the Frans Masereel Centrum she programmed and developed projects like DOCUPRESS Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Jan Kempenaers, Gowara Minsa, the exhibitions Exhibition Copy and More (MORE Publishers), E IL TOPO (2014), iN KASTERLEE (2012), PRINT ART FAIR 2012-2013-2014-2015, Show your Colour (Dutch Design Week Eindhoven NL, 2012) and the performative exhibition with Z33 "All the knives, any printed story on request" (Åbäke, curator).


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On "Journeys"
April 7, 2014 /in Blog /by Gary L. Francione
If many people said, "I did not reject racism overnight; it took me a long time to stop being a racist," would we say that rejecting racism is a matter of a personal "journey"? Would we say that we should not take the position that racism is unequivocally and absolutely wrong? Would we say that our continuing to be racists–but more "compassionate" racists–is morally acceptable?
Of course not. To say that it is a matter of a personal "journey" is to say that there is no moral truth about racism.
It is the exact same situation when it comes to animals. To say that veganism is a matter of a personal "journey" is to say that there is no moral truth about speciesism.
It is to deny the idea that we cannot justify animal exploitation–however supposedly "humane."
It is to say that various sorts of supposedly "happy" exploitation are morally acceptable and should be promoted.
We would not take such a position where human rights are concerned. We should not do so where animal rights are concerned.
Many people did not go vegan overnight. That is no big surprise, particularly given that not one of the large animal charities promotes veganism as a moral baseline, and many explicitly support various sorts of "happy" exploitation.
But how any one person–or most people–went vegan is completely beside the point. The point is what position a social movement for animal rights takes. Then, as slavery abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759-1833) said: "You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know."
The animal rights position must be that we cannot morally justify animal exploitation and, if we agree that animals have moral significance, we are committed to veganism. There is veganism and there is continuing to participate in exploitation that cannot be morally justified. There is no third choice.
It's not a matter of condemning or criticizing anyone; it is a matter of being clear about moral principles and educating in a clear, coherent, and nonviolent manner others who care about animals but who are not vegan.
If people who care about animals choose to do less, that should be their choice and not what a social movement for nonhuman justice promotes.
If you are not vegan, please go vegan. Veganism is about nonviolence. First and foremost, it's about nonviolence to other sentient beings. But it's also about nonviolence to the earth and nonviolence to yourself.
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Even though the outermost skin layer is made of dead cells, we have to take care of it. The primary function of the horny layer is protection of deeper skin layers, where new cells are born. Regular use of hydrating creams helps to prevent water loss, restore moisture balance and elasticity of the outer skin layer and help it do its job.
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Every sector has an issue that, if not managed, becomes its downfall. In the dog world, I think this issue is poo. More specifically, it is poo that is not cleaned up.
A woman complained in our newspaper recently about the amount of dog poo that had not been picked up at a local dog park. I have been at our dog park and watched as dog owners conveniently 'don't see' their dog do a poop. Even less common (and perhaps something to do with kiwi culture?), are the other dog owners who see it but do not bring it to the dog owner's attention. I have found that most dog owners are embarrassed and very willing to clean up when the fact of the dog's neglected poo is mentioned.
In Poole (UK), the local council has resorted to more overt tactics to get dog owners to recognise the errors of their ways. They spray paint piles of poo green to highlight the scale of the problem. It was reported that 200 piles of poo were found in one street alone. The painting campaign augmented other initiatives such as a crackdown by council officers in issuing fines.
In New Zealand, we have the benefit of a lower population density but that should not make us complacent about this problem. Cities such as Auckland and Christchurch are actively encouraging infill housing and more urban development to stop urban sprawl. Over time, people and dogs will be living much closer together.
We need to find ways to peacefully co-exist with one another; and leaving faeces for people to step in is not one of them. There are also indications that dog waste contributes to water pollution through runoff.
Since August 2009 (when most supermarkets began charging for carry bags) free bags are harder to come by. Our dog park has posted at least one plea for urgent bag donations. However, is the lack of a plastic bag an adequate excuse for not cleaning up after your dog?
There are plenty of other sources of bags and responsible dog owners always have a supply, even in the glove box of the car. Ask your non-dog-owning friends and co-workers to save bags for you. Bread bags and produce bags work just as well as carry bags. As a last resort, a roll of freezer bags will set you back a couple of dollars at the supermarket. The last roll I purchased allowed me to pick up no less than 60 piles of poo!
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Couldn't agree more! I operate a dog poo karma, whereby I try and pick up or at least kick off the footpath one unclaimed poo each time we are out. Sadly that still leaves plenty more out there.


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Then why are you controlling them?
I don't know. Maybe I just want to know what it feels like to suppress my soul from expressing itself.
You've taken time-offs from being online before.
Not like this. Those time-offs before were times when I did not really have any desire to "put anything out there" for everyone to see. This feels different somehow. Instead of tweeting my first thoughts, I've been keeping notes of them in my Note app. Another weird thing is that I seem to find myself thinking twice, or even thrice, and even multiple times about that one tweet that I want to tweet for the day. I'll be asking myself: Is it relevant? What does it mean? Is it important? Does it make sense? Etc, etc.
How did it feel before when you gave yourself freedom to tweet anything that pops into your head?
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Look up the meaning, please.
Okay. There are three which seem relevant. Reversal means: One—"acting in a manner opposite or contrary to that which is usual". Two—"to alter to the opposite in character or tendency; change completely". And three—"to turn in the opposite order: to reverse the process of evolution".
How do each of those meanings seem relevant to your truth?
Okay. For the first one—overthinking a first thought is acting in a manner opposite or contrary to that which is my usual self. Before, I didn't have to know or understand the meaning of my thoughts before sending them online. So that's true. The second meaning of "reversal" says, "to alter to the opposite in character or tendency; change completely". Okay, I agree. That's somewhat true.
Somewhat? Why isn't the second meaning one hundred percent true for you?
If it was hundred percent true, there'll be zero tweets from me. At the moment, I'm still putting some of myself online. In fact, my blog posts are counted as my truth "out there" too, right?
Yes. How about the third meaning? Is it relevant to what you are experiencing?
The third meaning of "reversal" says, "to turn in the opposite order: to reverse the process of evolution". I'm not sure about this one. Am I reversing the process of my soul evolution?
When it comes to the evolution of the soul, there is no such thing, my dear.
Maybe you mean the evolution of the physical. Because when you're dead, you're dead. Unless you become a zombie. Haha…Anyway—when it comes to the soul, the soul simply is. The soul knows everything. So how can the soul evolve if the soul already knows everything and it simply is?
Precisely. The soul can neither evolve forward nor backward. Or reversed, as what we are discussing here. The soul is exactly where it wishes to be—and it is everywhere, now and forever.
So the third meaning of reversal is not relevant to what I am experiencing at the moment? So the reason why I'm suppressing the desire of my soul is because of "reversal". I still don't get it. Why am I experiencing reversal?
Empathy, my dear. In order for you to fulfil your purpose in this world, your soul will desire to experience everything. Suppression of that desire is an aspect of everything. Your soul wish to empathise with others who are experiencing suppression of the desire of the soul. Although, your experience at the moment is at a much milder level as compared to those who are experiencing it fully. What do you think would have happened if you did not put your truth "out there" over 5 years ago? As in, you suppressed your soul's desire?
Really? It's only been 5 years? 5 years since I began my soul journey? It feels like it's been forever!
Putting into perspective what all of you have accomplished within that 5 years in moving towards your highest evolution, my dear, I consider it a miracle.
I'm sure all messengers (active and non-active) would be glad to hear that. Thank you.
No, thank you. So, my dear, I ask again—What do you think would have happened if you did not put your truth "out there" over 5 years ago?
So it is of no use contemplating or discussing what would have happened?
Yup, no use at all. It'll be a complete waste of time. Speaking of time—can I tweet whatever and whenever again?
You can do whatever you wish, my dear. You are free.
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Q: Sense HAT set_pixels TypeError: object of type 'int' has no len() I have been writing a competition entry, trying to make an mp3 player with the Raspberry Pi Sense HAT. I have added a play function with pygame.mixer.music and I want to have patterns to display on the screen (randomly generated from a selection), but when I run my program, I only get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/pi/Astro Pi/MP3 Player/player.py", line 90, in <module>
    display()
  File "/home/pi/Astro Pi/MP3 Player/player.py", line 65, in display
    sense.set_pixels(pattern_one)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sense_hat/sense_hat.py", line 268, in set_pixels
    if len(pix) != 3:
TypeError: object of type 'int' has no len()

Can you help? Here is my full code...
#! /usr/bin/env python
# Import the SenseHAT libraries and set them up for easy access
from sense_hat import SenseHat
sense = SenseHat()
# Import the other libraries I need for the MP3 player
import time, os, pygame.mixer, random, glob
# Make sure that the music will play out of the Audio Jack socket
def display():
    colors = [[178,31,53],[216,39,53],[255,116,53],[255,161,53],[255,203,53],[255,249,53],[0,117,58],[0,158,71],[22,221,52],[0,82,165],[0,121,231],[0,169,252],[104,30,126],[125,60,181],[189,122,246]]
    a = random.choice(colors)
    b = random.choice(colors)
    c = random.choice(colors)
    choice = random.randint(1,5)
    pattern_one = [
        a,0,0,b,b,0,0,a,
        0,a,0,b,b,0,a,0,
        0,0,a,b,b,a,0,0,
        b,b,b,a,a,b,b,b,
        b,b,b,a,a,b,b,b,
        0,0,a,b,b,a,0,0,
        0,a,0,b,b,0,a,0,
        a,0,0,b,b,0,0,a
        ]
    pattern_two = [
        a,b,a,b,a,b,a,b,
        b,a,b,a,b,a,b,a,
        a,b,a,b,a,b,a,b,
        b,a,b,a,b,a,b,a,
        a,b,a,b,a,b,a,b,
        b,a,b,a,b,a,b,a,
        a,b,a,b,a,b,a,b,
        b,a,b,a,b,a,b,a
        ]
    pattern_three = [
        a,b,a,b,a,b,a,b,
        a,b,a,b,a,b,a,b,
        a,b,a,b,a,b,a,b,
        a,b,a,b,a,b,a,b,
        a,b,a,b,a,b,a,b,
        a,b,a,b,a,b,a,b,
        a,b,a,b,a,b,a,b,
        a,b,a,b,a,b,a,b
        ]
    pattern_four = [
        a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,
        b,b,b,b,b,b,b,b,
        a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,
        b,b,b,b,b,b,b,b,
        a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,
        b,b,b,b,b,b,b,b,
        a,a,a,a,a,a,a,a,
        b,b,b,b,b,b,b,b,
        ]
    pattern_five = [
        a,a,b,b,b,b,a,a,
        a,a,b,b,b,b,a,a,
        a,a,c,c,c,c,a,a,
        a,a,c,c,c,c,a,a,
        a,a,b,b,b,b,a,a,
        a,a,b,b,b,b,a,a,
        a,a,c,c,c,c,a,a,
        a,a,c,c,c,c,a,a
        ]
    if choice == 1:
        sense.set_pixels(pattern_one)
    elif choice == 2:
        sense.set_pixels(pattern_two)
    elif choice == 3:
        sense.set_pixels(pattern_three)
    elif choice == 4:
        sense.set_pixels(pattern_four)
    elif choice == 5:
        sense.set_pixels(pattern_five)
    time.sleep(0.2)
    sense.clear()
os.system("sudo amixer cset numid=3 1")
# Make sure that the volume is turned up so that pygame can control it
os.system("sudo amixer cset numid=1 100%")
# Initialise pygame
pygame.mixer.init()
# Look for all the .mp3 files in the 'songs' folder and put their file names in a list
songs = glob.glob('songs/' + '*.mp3')
# Choose a random file from the list and load it up to start with
pygame.mixer.music.load(random.choice(songs))
# Make sure the volume is up to 100%
pygame.mixer.music.set_volume(1.0)
# Play the song
pygame.mixer.music.play()
while True:
    display()

A: I think that's because you are using zeroes in your pattern matrices, RGB lists are needed instead. Try to set those zeros to some color (i guess black) like in this reference:
https://pythonhosted.org/sense-hat/api/#set_pixels
from sense_hat import SenseHat

sense = SenseHat()

X = [255, 0, 0]  # Red
O = [255, 255, 255]  # White

question_mark = [
O, O, O, X, X, O, O, O,
O, O, X, O, O, X, O, O,
O, O, O, O, O, X, O, O,
O, O, O, O, X, O, O, O,
O, O, O, X, O, O, O, O,
O, O, O, X, O, O, O, O,
O, O, O, O, O, O, O, O,
O, O, O, X, O, O, O, O
]

sense.set_pixels(question_mark)