#fanny is a 1 role model

[lizzy-bonnet]

Austenian Dads

A recent post about mothers-in-law by @bethanydelleman had me thinking about the dads in Jane Austen. We get a lot of discourse about mothers and mother figures, who have big, important roles in the stores, but her depictions of fatherhood are interesting too. Here, in my opinion, are the dads and dad-like figures in her novels, ranked from best to worst.

(note: I've left out deceased and barely-there dads, but I will note that Mr. Dashwood's attempt to look out for his daughters, and the amount of grief occasioned by his death, indicate that he is a Top Dad.)

Mr. Musgrove - Notwithstanding "poor Richard", Mr. Musgrove has three reasonably well-adjusted adult children, seems to love his younger children, and goes to his daughter's bedside when she is injured. His children all make Sensible Matches, and he likes kids enough to permit the little Harvilles to be brought back to Uppercross to increase its noise. He folds my beloved Anne into his family and treats her affectionately whenever she is with them. By the standards of the day, he seems pretty solid. 8/10 Least Bad Dad.

Sir John Middleton - Like Mr. Musgrove, Sir John is a people person. His immediate and unreserved adoption of the Dashwoods in their hour of need tells us that he is an unambiguously good-hearted person, which usually leads to loving parenting. His kids are young so we don't see him interacting much with them, but his desire to give everyone a nice time bodes well. He doesn't notice when his teasing goes to far. 7/10 definitely tells the same dad joke over and over.

Mr. Bennet - As a reader I love him because he's pithy, but he's honestly not a great dad, and is not modeling a happy marriage for his daughters. He shows favouritism to Lizzy, lets Lydia run wild, is hurtful towards Mary and Kitty, and fails to save up any money to bribe worthless young men to marry his daughters. 5/10 for putting all his eggs in the "having a son" basket and then doing nothing when the handle on the basket breaks.

Lt. Price - Loud, embarrassing, shiftless. Ignores his daughters but seems to maybe do OK with his sons? 3.5/10, tops.

Sir Walter Elliot - This fucking guy, am I right? He's vain, he's self-obsessed, he's a spendthrift, and he's a dreadful parent. His eldest daughter is his favourite and he basically forgets Anne and Mary exist when they're not directly in front of him (and sometimes doesn't notice them even when they are). His favouritism has damaged Anne and Mary in different ways to Mr. Bennet's to his younger daughters, but the source is the same: he has one child who is like him and others that he doesn't click with, so he basically lets them shift for themselves. In the Elliot household I'm certain this means that sensitive Anne was left to grieve her mother without any comfort from her father. It's no wonder she was ready to marry the first loving man she saw. When he sees her looking well, he thinks it's down to her skin care regimen. 3/10 merely Gowland's.

Sir Thomas Bertram - Poor Fanny, her father figures are both the pits. Sir Thomas knows absolutely zero about what any of his kids are like and can't see how bad Aunt Norris's influence is on all of them. He swings wildly between neglectful and overbearing, and then tries to pressure Fanny into marrying Henry Crawford despite his attentions making her visibly miserable. He also knows perfectly well that Fanny is shy, and yet does not give her any warning that he's throwing a ball for her coming out, plus he sends her home to Portsmouth as a sort of weirdo punishment to make her see what she's missing by not marrying Henry. 2/10 points and he really only gets these for 1. offering to free Maria from her engagement and 2. getting a fire in Fanny's grate, even if he left it until WAY too late to do her much good.

General Tilney - the closest Austen gives us to a villainous parent. The General is dictatorial to his children, oppressive around the house and occasionally creepy towards Catherine. This is made apparent by the fact that the Abbey suddenly becomes much more fun when he goes off to London. He shows himself the ultimate Bad Dad by tossing his daughter's friend out of the house without explanation and hardly the resources to get herself home. 0/10 Gothic Tyrant Dad.

[douchebagbrainwaves]

WHAT NO ONE UNDERSTANDS ABOUT PEOPLE

I've read was not in a book, but the Milanese Leonardo? It's obvious why transparency has that effect. 0 out there as soon as you can get a job, as you can. My friends with PhDs in computer science, which presumably makes them engineers. I've written before, one byproduct of technical progress is that things we like tend to become more addictive. You get up in the country. 1-n is 1. There are some things that will appeal to people is a meaningful test, because although, like any everyday concept, human is fuzzy around the edges, there are about 800 incubators in the US now, only about 50 are likely to be pretty average. For example, our hypothetical startup never spent more than half probably come from PR firms.1

If you're going to spend years working on something, you'd think it might be better to describe iTunes as Web 1. When I was a kid there were people born in Milan with just as much. This is, in itself, a valuable thing.2 Whatever it meant, the web as a platform? One recently told me that he did not know a single startup that got from an angel investor what amounted to a five hundred pound handshake: after deciding to invest, the angel presented them with a 70-page agreement. Few legal documents are created from scratch.3 The importance of personal introductions varies, but is less than with angels or VCs. If you draw a tree and you change the angle of a branch five degrees, people notice.

Gradually it dawned on us that instead of trying to make art, the temptation to be lazy is as great as in any really bold undertaking, merely deciding to do it mean she tends to get written out of YC's history. He was also a lawyer, which was still then a quasi-government entity.4 Also, the money might come in several tranches, the later ones subject to various conditions—though this is apparently more common in deals with lower-tier VC firms are partners. But I did not till recently understand the role risk played. But Jessica knew her example as a successful female founder would encourage more women to start companies, so last year she did something YC had never done before and hired a PR firm. Don't be hapless. The hard part about figuring out what customers want? For most of my childhood he worked for Westinghouse, modelling nuclear reactors.5

The most dramatic remnant of this model may be at salon.6 There are sources of error in your own judgements.7 When you're talking about the limit case: the case where you not only have zero leisure time but indeed work so hard that you endanger your health. But if you just try to make good things. Mathematicians call good work beautiful, and so on. A new class of merchants and manufacturers began to collect in towns.8 I've learned a lot about VCs during the 3 years we've been doing Y Combinator, that's because it is.9 I'm not sure why. But they weren't, and it's nearly impossible to do good work yourself if you're too far removed from one of these can destroy you overnight.10

I asked. Whoever controls the device sets the terms. And even if you forget the experience or what you read, its effect on your model of the world.11 Maybe you can, because you get multiple VCs interested in your success, and you observe how much humans have in common. Because then you're asking government or almost-government organization like Fannie Mae, do the venture investing instead of private funds? Apparently our situation was not unusual. In fact, this is a naive and outdated ambition. Next What happens to publishing if you can't sell content?

They allow measurement because they're small, and they view things with a colder eye. She'd seen the level of individual customers. I was leaving I offered it to him, as I've done countless times before in the same position; he doesn't have majority control of Microsoft; in principle he also has to convince instead of commanding. Work people like doesn't pay well, for reasons of supply and demand. As a company gets woven into your thoughts. Would even Grisham claim that it's because he's a better writer? But you can't get very far by trading things directly with the people who work at VC firms are like angels in that they invest exclusively in the earliest phase.12 But if Ron's angry at you, it's because you did something wrong. Remember the exercises in critical reading you did in school, where you earn a premium for working fast.13 One solution to this problem would be to try it. And Jessica is the main reason why. Do people live downtown, or have they abandoned the center for the suburbs?

If audiences were willing to pay to read them.14 By about 1. There are two ways to do that instead of trying to teach it to people, I'd say that yes, surprisingly often it can. Every engraver since Durer has had to live in his shadow. People. We delighted in forcing bigger, slower competitors to follow us over difficult ground. The Northwest Passage that the Mannerists, the Romantics, and two generations of American high school students have searched for does not seem to have in common. It seems to me the business guys who did the most for Google were the ones who obligingly flew Altavista into a hillside just as Google was getting started. I miss the 3 year old version of him, I at least don't have any money, you make one.

You don't expect photographic accuracy in something that looks like a dork riding a Segway is that you can't go to your boss and say, I'd like to start working ten times as hard, and get paid for it. How has your taste changed? In fact, when we funded Airbnb, we thought, let's make something people will pay for? So if it seems too good to be true to think you could grow a local silicon valley by giving startups $15-20k each like Y Combinator, because we often have to work actively to prevent your company growing into a weed tree, dependent on this source of easy but low-margin money. The other is that, in a way that was entirely for the better. Others thought YC had some special insight about the future of most current media.15 As anyone who has worked for the government knows, the key is measurement.

Notes

Yes, there is no grand tradition of city planning like the application of math to real problems, but they get a lot of problems, and VCs will try to avoid that.

This is almost pure discovery. Until recently even governments sometimes didn't grasp the distinction between them. In principle yes, of S P 500 CEOs in 2002 was 3. Bullshit, Princeton University Press, 1996.

But it's a problem that I was there when it converts. Because it's better if everything just works.

Actually this sounds like something cooked up, but that wasn't a partnership. The late 1960s were famous for social upheaval.

We just tried to shift back. I suspect.

This suggests a way that's rare among technology companies. I now have on the programmers had seen what GUIs had done for desktop computers.

This suggests a good chance that a their applicants come from going to call them whitelists because it consisted of 50 pairs that each summed to 101 100 1,99 2, etc.

I talk about humans being meant or designed to live a certain city because of some logical reason e. I find myself asking founders Would you use that instead of a social network for x. A larger set of canonical implementations of the canonical could you build this? Startups can die from running through their initial attitude.

I'm also an investor, and B doesn't, that's the main reason is that they won't make you register to read stories.

Do College English 28 1966-67, pp. This sentence originally read GMail is painfully slow.

FreeBSD and stored their data in files too. I realize revenue and not others, no matter how large. But a couple hundred years ago.

Macros very close to starting startups since Viaweb, and at least 150 million in 1970. There are also the highest returns, it's easy for small children pointed out that successful founders is how intently they listened. Within YC when we were quite sore from VCs attempting to probe our nonexistent database orifice.

Make Wealth in Hackers Painters, what you launch with, you can see how much they liked the outdoors? Apparently there's only one restaurant left on the y, you'd ultimately be a big effect on the expected after-tax returns. And if you were doing Viaweb again, I'd appreciate hearing from you. So where do we push founders to overhire is not really a lie because it's a hip flask.

In the original source of difficulty here is defined from the other students, he was 10 years ago it would not produce a viable organism. At the time quantum for hacking is very common, to a car dealer. If Ron Conway had been trained to expect the second wave extends applications across the web was going to need to. The reason you don't know of no Jews moving there, and an haughty spirit before a dream world.

But it is very vulnerable to gaming, because for times over a series.

[fatalefanny]

Do you smoke, Fanny?

⊱❀⊰ —❝well,❞ she started, taking a sharp draw from her lit cigarette, pausing as if to savor the moment, then exhaling a cloud of smoke, ❝yes, quite often. i know it’s suppose ta be bad for me, but what else can a gal like me do? ‘sides, it ain’t so bad aftah a while.❞

[sheofthebookandsong]

Jane Austen Characters Who Deserved Better

I am having myself an Austen day while in lockdown, so here I shall present to you a list of all the Austen characters who deserved much better than they got in the narrative (yes some of these may be controversial):

(1) Colonel Brandon - The age gap with Marianne may have been a tad creepy, but this man is still a selfless sweetheart who deserved better than Marianne settling for him as her second choice. 

(2) Charlotte Lucas - She marries Collins. COLLINS. Need I say more?

(3) Lydia Bennett - You can all fight me on this one. Is she thoughtless? Yes. Selfish? Yes. Immature? Yes. But she is also 15, has had awful parenting so is lacking in good role models, and at the end of the day she is just as much Wickham’s victim as Georgiana was. Poor girl’s gonna be stuck in an awful marriage forever because of stupid decisions she made as a teenager. 

(4) Fanny Price - She’s not only the heroine but also literally the only likeable character in Mansfield Park. And she marries her idiot cousin Edmund, who she thinks she’s in love with because (a) he’s the only person who’s ever bothered to be even mildly nice to her, and (b) she’s seen nothing of the world. Plus, he fails to even notice her romantically until about the last three pages of the book, because it takes him that long to notice that Mary Crawford is Bad News, which Fanny has known THE ENTIRE TIME. Seriously, get this girl somebody who’ll give her all the love and appreciation she truly deserves. And who can give her a good orgasm without it being creepy AF because he’s her COUSIN. 

(5) Miss Bates - We all know Emma has a mean streak, and that Miss Bates can be overly talkative and annoying, but at the end of the day Miss Bates is not only harmless, but she goes out of her way to try and help people and be a sweetheart. And Emma publicly humiliated her. I think my True Austen Love Knightley sums it up best: ‘Badly done, Emma.’ 

(6) Anne Elliot - She made a mistake turning Wentworth down. She screwed up big time. And she knows it. She lives with that mistake for eight YEARS, eight years in which she’s largely ignored and taken advantage of by her shallow, selfish family, eight years in which she sinks into melancholy and worries that she’s completely missed her chance - yet still she does her best to take care of everyone around her, even when she’s given no thanks or appreciation at all. Thank god she, unlike most of these characters, got the PROPER happy ending with her soulmate that she deserved. She got her second chance. 

(7) Mrs Smith - This woman had to suffer SUCH a fall from grace; widowed, very ill and sunk into poverty on the death of her spendthrift, irresponsible husband, and betrayed and refused financial assistance by somebody she had considered a close friend. And yet, she somehow manages to remain optimistic and gracious. What a legend.

(8) Bonus: Young Stringer from ITV’s adaptation of Sanditon, played by the wonderful Leo Suter - This one doesn’t really count because the series is very loosely based on Austen’s work and Stringer is more Andrew Davies’s creation than Austen’s. Nevertheless, Stringer is a pure, kindhearted, ambitious and talented architect, determined to become a self-made man, much in the same vein as Persuasion’s Captain Wentworth. And instead of a happy ending, he got rejected by the woman he fell in love with, and had his hopes and dreams destroyed when the town he had worked on so hard went up in flames, taking his beloved father’s life with it - and while they were mid-argument as well. He may not truly be Austen’s character, but NOBODY deserved better, or was treated worse. JUSTICE FOR STRINGER.

And I love Catherine Morland with all my heart and probably relate to her more than any other Austen character - but even I have to admit that all of the characters in Northanger Abbey are utterly ridiculous and cause all of their problems with their own stupidity. 

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk - sorry it got a bit long but I have a lot of feelings XD Let me know if there’s anyone I’ve missed out, or if you want to fight me on any of these, and I shall be more than happy to oblige!

P.S. I will forever love and stan Jane Austen - but not only did she hurt all of these characters (ok, except for Stringer), but she also publicly dissed the wonderful and badass Paget family. So I have learnt to take everything she said with a large pinch of salt. #ProtectThePagets

[amyltia]

Emma and her mirrors (Jane Austen)

Emma and her mirrors or vanity and doubles in Emma of Jane Austen

I recently read Emma and I loved it ! I probablly is basics in Emma studies but I was amazed by the number of doubles in it, all enlighnting the character of Emma herself and showing from the beginning of the novel how afraid (?) or at least far from love Emma tries to keep herself.

Harriet : Emma’s inferior and uninentional victim

In Emma you can’t live romance indirectly, or it backfires to you, that whas Emma first lesson. Through Harriet, Emma can display her interest in romance (that’s what matchmaking is about : living romances without actually living them, so it’s safier because she doesn’t need to live her own romances). She repeats that she won’t mary but this matchmaking actually shows that she does have a big interest in romance but doesn’t want to get too near this side of herself (until the end of the novel when she has to face it).

That’s why she feels so much guilt toward Harriet : she used her. When it doesn’t hurt Harriet it is ok but this game of Emma ends up hurting Harriet and it is Emma fault on many levels : she put ideas in her head but more than that she used Harriet as a shield, living romances through a window, only the window got hurt and it showed Emma how unfairly and selfishly she treated Harriet, her tho unintentional, victim however. The catharsis backfired and it hurts with guilt.

More than in romance, Emma makes Harriet and sees her as a double of herself : she educates her and make her feel and think like her. But Emma sees her as a inferioir double of herself : Harriet must set for someone she Emma wouldn’t care for, Mr Elton or Mr Churchill once she Emma is certain that she doesn’t love him - that’s why Harriet saying she loves Mr Knightley is such a shock for Emma, because he is on Emma’s level, not Harriet’s.

Jane Fairfax : Emma’s superior and rival as a heroine

She is Emma’s rival from infancy : compared from their childhood at Emma’s disadvantage in accomplishments. We then learn that Emma always considered Jane as a rival of her unconfessed love for Mr Knightley.

But she is more than that : she is her rival as a heroine. It’s Jane who has all the characteristics of a fairy tale heroine : she is beautiful, kind, talented but poor, her birth circumstances are complicated and she is an orphan (lost her parents and raised by a kind benefactor), just like Cinderella. Indeed, she ends up engaged to the rich and handsome prince (or beast if we go for the Beauty and the Beast pattern) that elevates her status and save her from misery. She is also the one whose love story is told (even secretly) during the most part of the novel, it is to her that most of the things happens directly (note : Emma has a very interesting statut : she chooses to remain a side-character of the romances around her but also by being at the crossroads of all of them and influencing them she is the main protagonist of the novel) ; the final revelation of the long last engagment is very novel-like. This Jane would be deserving and could compete for a fairy tale heroine role, much like Fanny Price’s in Mansflied Park.

Mrs Elton : the worse in Emma

Towards Mrs Elton, Emma feels nothing but disgust. She is an anti-role model for her and a warning of Emma’s own faults. Emma and Mrs Elton have one big point in common : they love to be first. Emma can’t stand Mrs Elton because they want the same thing (this is the scene when Mrs Weston tells Emma that she has to let Mrs Elton lead the dance, instead of Emma - to Emma’s disappointment) and Emma condemns in Mrs Elton what she would condemn in herself too if she saw it, that’s why Emma’s disgust in Mrs Elton is so ironic and funny. Her own pride is speaking because it makes them “rivals” but it also shows that Emma has enough judgment to condmen this fault, at least in others, and knowing her application in imporving herself it shows Emma in a good light too, while also allowing Jane Austen to condemn it indirectly in Emma herself.

Another one is that they love to have protegees : what Emma does with Harriet is not so different than what Mrs Elton does with Jane. They help them and care for them, but with or withtout realizing it, they use their little friend in a very selfish way : to make themselves feel like always the superior and powerful one, in other words because they like to be first. It’s not manipulation because they really do what they think best for their friends and tho a mistake it doesn’t erase the kindness in the act (at least on Emma side). Both Emma and Mrs Elton by insisting on controling Harriet and Jane are not helping at all and it is then all more funny and ironic to see Emma pity Jane who has to endure the constant “help” of Mrs Elton, while this is exactly what Emma herself does with Harriet.

Addendum - When Emma of Jane Austen meets french author La Bruyere and his Characters :

Chapter XII. OF OPINIONS

(72.) The same faults which are dull and unbearable in others are in their right place when we have them; they do not weigh us down, and are hardly felt. One man, speaking of another, draws a terrible likeness of him, and does not in the least imagine that at the same time he is painting himself.

If we could see the faults in other people, and could be brought to acknowledge that we possess the same faults, we would more readily amend them; it is when we are at a right distance from them, and when they appear what they really are, that we dislike them as much as they deserve.

From La Bruyere, The Characters, 1688 - quoted from this translation

Dear Emma is he talking about you ? Though completely unrelated of course, when I read this from La Bruyere I thought of Emma and Mrs Elton. Emma despises Mrs Elton but she doesn’t see that they have a lot in common, and the faults she easily sees in Mrs Elton, she doesn’t see them in herself. NB. I think this quote from La Bruyere could apply to many Jane Austen characters : if I remember Lizzie and Darcy at some point admit that they have some faults in common.

Frank Churchill : the exact double of Emma

He is her true double. They have the same character (open, warm, playful) and the same faults (inconsideration and a little selfishness, but they are aware of it and want to improve themselves) and the same fate (marrying people, I think Emma says it at the end, “better than themselves” and able to guide them in the right path). The two couples, Emma/Mr Knightley and Jane/Frank are exact double with Emma = Frank and Jane = Mr Knightley. (Note : Making Jane a double of Emma and also of Mr Knightley...that’s why even tho mirrors play no part in the novel I called this little essay Emma and her mirrors, because the reflection mecanism gets pretty interwined). Emma herself tells Frank about the “likeness” between them, so Jane Austen emphatizes this mirror relation between the two couples at the end of the novel.

Conclusion v.1

Why so many mirrors ? It’s a real question. We don’t see so many doubles in all the others Austen novels, so why does Jane Austen use so many diffferent mirrors to portray Emma ? It’s the first Jane Austen novel that has me wonder so much about it structure and writing.

I realize it may allow to condemn Emma without actually be condamning her but why ? Also it may be because she isn’t a very active character, she is very peaceful actually, so it allows Jane Austen to keep her out of troubles and make her a homie girl, while showing the contours/edges of her character by using more novel-like characters. Because it seems to me that while she speaks and think in a very novel-like way (she “fancies” a loot, like with the gypsies/Harriet/Frank) she is not the most novel-like character of Jane Austen : not much happens directly to her (it is arguable because some things do, like Mr Elton proposal, and Mr Knightey’s but during the whole Frank Churhill arc she is really a side-character in his secret and untold story - it’s like there is a hidden novel in the novel, and this configuration makes me wonder about Emma’s statut as a heroine). [to complete]

Please if I said something absolutely wrong do not hesitate to tell me

[sztupy]

Irvine Welsh - The Sea @ Malmaison, 1 Tower Pl, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland

The sea indirectly facilitated my transition from boy to man. More accurately, it stopped me from becoming the grown up I probably would have been. But strictly speaking my fate was decided not so much by the oceans themselves, but by another man from the port of Leith who had allowed the tides to define him. Like him, I was born very close to the water, but unlike him, I very rarely saw it. From our vantage, first from Leith tenement then Muirhouse flat, ‘the sea’ was visible only as the oily, dark, Firth of Forth, a river long gone tidal since its weaving adolescence in the Trossachs, as it bled slowly into the frozen North Sea.

The port and associated north Edinburgh schemes could occasionally be difficult terrain for a fledging (self described, they all are) intellectual. That horrendous archetype who wrote terrible poetry and wanted to seduce the kind of beautiful girl you saw on television, rather than (strictly) the ones next door. (This largely because you didn’t like the way she always wanted to hang out with her mum and big sister and looked at her latter’s children, and then to you, with challenging intent.) The girls on TV and in the movies, or the ones you saw up the toon at the festival, lived in different worlds, seemingly free from such oppressive ties. Those were the worlds I wanted access to. Meanwhile, the scheme ploughed on with its beautiful, raucous dramas that invigorated and frustrated in equal measure. Role models for masculinity were abundant and fascinating, but generally limited. That was my own fault: I always asked for and expected a hell of a lot more from life than most.

Of course, I wasn’t just an arty ponce. I loved football and boxing and music (I was only average at them all, which is worse than being bad, you simply stick around longer for more humiliation) and I could curse and drink with the best of my fellow spotty apprentices. I possessed a sharp and caustic tongue, which I sensed better fighters were often wary of. I tried on all the clothes; hard man, fanny merchant, joker, intellectual, politico, sharp dresser, drug addled waster, but none fitted correctly, and none would until I added the other special ingredient that made me more comfortable in my own skin. I had always craved the endless possibilities of travel. I wanted romance with somebody whose brother I didn’t know, someone who never baby sat for her younger siblings or her sister’s kids. I wanted to access lives I only had a vague idea ever existed. I was far from unhappy with my own life, in fact I loved it. I just wanted variety. I was curious.

It was one particular man of the sea who helped provide that pass. Let’s call him JL. He was a stick thin Samuel Beckett clone, a mate of my dad and uncle. A bunch of those ‘old boys’ as we called those men in their forties then, all from the docks, shipyards and maritime fleet, drank in the Marksman Bar in Duke Street. The old industrial working classes may have been on their way out, but back then they still ruled supreme. Unlike the dockers, who talked of thieving, and the tooled up shipyard workers at Robb Caledon, who talked violence, JL spun tales of the merchant seaman’s life, spiced with the intoxicating promise of sex and travel. It struck me fondly back then that young men need an uncle figure to tell them about carnal affairs. Your own dads are too embarrassed: "find a nice lassie, treat her right, and dinnae bring shame on this hoose" are admirable sentiments to live by, but also a little limiting. A road map to the good life they do not constitute on their own. Not for a poncy arty type.

JL had a different approach. His life was the sea, as it offered him freedom from not just confinement, but from attachment. He would move close in and advise us in his Grouse whisky breath, one eye shut, the other outrageously open, "get up the toon and fire intae they posh festival birds. Dinnae waste your time wi some wee hing oot fae The Spiral, you’ll never leave the scheme that wey." I sensed that JL was particularly directing those sentiments towards me. In my complete engagement, he read a fellow wandering soul. But like him, I didn’t so much want to leave the scheme as take it with me all around the world.  Out of the thirty or so of us who went to see our dads and the old boys for a pint before going our way on a pub crawl, which culminated in the Spiral or even some disco up the toon, only two of us, myself and three or four others, including the best looking guy in the mob, ventured as far as the Royal Mile and the pop up festival clubs. The other lads, (and they will probably kick fuck out of me for saying this), I think were a wee bit intimidated. It was out of their comfort zone.

JL however, was on hand to provide advice for every possible outcome of our romantic adventures. I recall one particular contention which was highly idiosyncratic and not empirically correct, but like all raconteurs, he knew that loose words spoken with conviction have a dynamism and charge that supersedes their content. ‘Wi posh birds you have to love them like thir cabin boys,’ he informed us. ‘Portuguese cabin boys are the best.’ When some of the other old guys heard this they would nervously bark: ‘Dinnae listen tae um. He’s talkin nonsense. He’s winding ye up.’

But I detected the strong waft of truth in his pithy disclosures.

We would later learn that JL had two families, one back in Granton and the other in Montevideo, or ‘Monty’ as he called the Uruguayan capital, in his unmistakable gravelly tones. And yes, it transpired that there was also a lover who was Portuguese, whom he’d worked with on several ships. This man came to Leith to find JL, probably to confront him about his treachery, perhaps bribe him or elicit some sort of commitment, (in the late seventies homosexual acts in Scotland were still illegal) but strangely, or perhaps not so, ended up lodging for several years with JL’s long suffering wife, EL. Of course, JL himself was gone. "Probably got another boat" his mates in the Marksman would mumble, resolutely set in non grass mode. But yes, it was inevitable that the old craggy couponed dog would be back at sea, or perhaps in ‘Monty’, with his second family. Or maybe there was a third set of kin somewhere, and I can see his progeny in Shanghai or Marseilles, briefly looking up from the mischief they were indulging in, perhaps wistfully gazing out to the sea. Wondering about its possibilities, and if they will ever allow it to make them.

It certainly helped to make me, for better and for worse, if only by the proxy of JL. I was on a train to London at sixteen and then a plane to New York at nineteen. I’ve never stopped moving since and it’s all down to JL and those strange lessons he gleaned from the sea.

About the creative team

Writer: Irvine Welsh was born in Edinburgh and is an acclaimed Scottish writer of novels, stories and stage and screenplays. He is most notably known for his novel, Trainspotting, written in 1993 that was eventually adapted into a film directed by Danny Boyle. More books have followed, Ecstasy and Filth being two that went straight to No 1 on the Sunday Times best-sellers list. He also branched into film and is a partner in two film production companies.

Visual Designer and Filmmaker: Norman Harman is an award-winning artist from Edinburgh. A graduate of Edinburgh College of Art, and winner of the RSA Latimer Prize for Painting, Harman's work has been exhibited internationally and he is a member of the art collective Ltd Ink Corporation. Harman’s practice incorporates painting, photography and moving image; exploring the discordant interference between analogue and digital processes. Deliberate digital misrepresentation reveals the beauty of lost transmissions and corrupted imagery. Harman's work allures to the space between abstraction and figuration through painting, digital and film.

Composer: Steve Mac is a music producer and DJ with over 25 years of experience in the music business. He began his career as a scratch mix DJ at the age of 11, but he is best known for being one half of the house music duo, Rhythm Masters. He often collaborates with Irvine Welsh on various music projects and have recorded 2 albums together. They are now taking the project live to the stage with many festival dates booked in for 2020.

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Built in 1883, this building was originally a seaman’s mission which provided accommodation for sailors whose ships were in the Leith port, historically one of Scotland’s most important ports over the centuries. Over time, the building became known as a “house of ill repute,” but in 1994 it was bought and renovated by Malmaison, marking one of the first of many transitions to the Shore area of Leith. This was the first and remains the flagship hotel of this UK-based chain of boutique hotels.

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[Translation] Myojo 2018-11 Autumn Fashion (original scan: yoshiko-mama@LJ)

Understanding Their Fashion Situation | Autumn Styling BATTLE!!

Sakuma Ryuto’s Fashion Situation [Closet By Color] 45% Black, 45% White, 10% Other. “I don’t have a lot brightly colored items. The most colorful one I have is a blue green top, but it’s dark toned.” [Regular Shopping Buddy] Inoue Mizuki. “When it’s the two of us, we end up checking out a lot of places. We go to the stores Mizuki-kun wants to go.” [Senpai Who Recently Gifted You Something] Watanabe Shota. “I’ve only received something from Shota-kun. I still remember it, it’s a t-shirt with an image of sunglasses hanging off of it.” [Ideal Couples’ Match With Your Girlfriend] Matching colors. “Rather than have matching items, I think having matching colors is better. If hat’s the case, matching from head to toe is OK too!”

Hashimoto Ryo’s Fashion Situation [Closet By Color] 60% Black, 30% White, 10% Other. “I have one pale pink top.” [Regular Shopping Buddy] Matsuo Tatsuru, Kanno Taiki. “These two invite me to come along. If it were just me, I have no desire to go shopping.” [Senpai Who Recently Gifted You Something] Shimekake Ryuya. “I have a lot of them, but Shime-chan recently gave me a black tote bag. I told him I wanted it, and he gave me it to me right there♪ I’m using it today, too!” [Ideal Couples’ Match With Your Girlfriend] Parka. “But, there aren’t any that aren’t just a plain black or white, huh.”

Inoue Mizuki’s Fashion Situation [Closet By Color] 60% Black, 30% White, 10% Other. “The ‘Other’ is grey (lol). The brightest thing I own is one (1) yellow piece.” [Regular Shopping Buddy] Iwasaki Taisho. “We both work fast. Whenever we want to go shopping, we’re the friends who ask each other.” [Senpai Who Recently Gifted You Something] Morita Myuto. “I bugged him about it for two years, and I got a racing jacket and a bag! I’m so grateful, I have received a lot from many others.” [Ideal Couples’ Match With Your Girlfriend] Wristwatches. “I think it’s too much to go out and be in an Obvious Couples Outfit so I’d rather go with the casual accessory (lol).”

Takahashi Yuto’s Fashion Situation [Closet By Color] 30% Black, 50% White, 10% Other. “100% Patterned (lol). I don’t own a single solid item. When I wear something plain or solid, it’s borrowed from my little brother.” [Regular Shopping Buddy] Suetake Yukihiro. “I’ve been going shopping on my own recently, but I do go with Suetake a lot. The shop I’ve been frequenting lately is the shop Suetake took me to before. [Senpai Who Recently Gifted You Something] Yasui Kentaro, Jesse. “It wasn’t recent, but Ken-chan has gifted me things, but I remember the bracelet the most. I was bugging him about it as a symbol of how close we got through doing Rajira together… and he gave it to me! Jesse-kun gave me a t-shirt when we did the Shonentachi stage show together.” [Ideal Couples’ Match With Your Girlfriend] With accessories. “How about a ring? Of course, it would be a present from me♥”

Igari Soya’s Fashion Situation [Closet By Color] >50% Black, 30% White, 10% Blue, 5% Red, 5% Other. [Regular Shopping Buddy] Sakuma Ryuto, Matsui Minato, Inoue Mizuki. “I’m usually alone, but since I hang out with Saku-chan and Matsui a lot, we end up going shopping, too. With Mizuki-kun, we’re often synced up on when we want to go.” [Senpai Who Recently Gifted You Something] Hirano Sho. “I got a black fur coat. It’s really warm and stylish—I wear it regularly! (Iwahashi) Genki-kun, Shimekake (Ryuya)-kun, Jesse-kun… I can’t list them all, there are so many generous senpai!” [Ideal Couples’ Match With Your Girlfriend] T-shirt. “But, only when wearing an outwear piece. Looks best if the matching t-shirt just peeks out.”

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M I Z U K I > In a photoshoot for MYOJO last year, there were these glen plaid underpants, and I saw them again at another location afterwards. I thought they were fated so I decided to buy them from the stylist (lol). Last year, I was really into wearing shorts and vests for a school uniform-ish look. This autumn, I want to try challenge myself with coordinating with monotone tops.  > I’m the type of person who immediately decides to buy something the moment I see it—with the price being the only thing potentially holding me back. The other day, I was strolling through Takeshita Street in Harajuku with Sakuma and Hashimocchan. I bought a Coach jacket from a store we passed by. It’s black, and I like the design with the word “STREET” written in white all over the sleeve. It was cheap so the decision was easy! Now if I can find aa white chesterfield coat I’ve been looking for since last year, then it’ll be perfect.

S O Y A > It’s part of my routine to pick out the outfit I’ll wear that day the moment I wake up. But, since I’m indecisive af, I’d have second thoughts while I”m eating breakfast and change my outfit completely. I’d leave the house, change my mind again, and turn back around. Because of all the changes, my parents ask tell me to decide the moment I wake up, but they don’t get it. Picking out my outfits is fun, even the indecisive part♪ > Last autumn, I bought a knit sweater that looked similar to a happi. Since it wasn’t an item available in Japan, I ordered it based on the model’s pictures they had online, but when it came, it was way too big on me (lol). It looked so good online… When I got it last year, autumn was over, and it was too thin of an item to wear in the winter. I had to wear a knitted turtleneck underneath. I’ll wear it at the start of autumn this year—the lead role this time!

R Y U T O > I love wearing t-shirts with funny illustrations like the one I’m wearing today. Even in my personal wardrobe, I have many similar shirts. My favorite is an illustration of a tonkatsu set meal. It’s so cute, the tonkatsu was drawn with a face. It was love at first sight the moment I saw it! Unfortunately, I currently don’t have the courage to wear that t-shirt when I’m out. But, after today, I might be able to do it if I pair it with a long coat like this (lol). > I have a problem with styling myself the same way! Or rather, it’s frustrating that I can only style myself one way… black skinny jeans with a t-shirt… is my go-to. I also came here today like that. I have four pairs of black skinny jeans. Not to mention, they’re all the same brand and style. I’ve also gotten interested in ripped jeans… but when I start thinking the level of ripped looks good, I have no clue (lol).

Y U T O > For a show project, I saw Sakurai (Sho)-kun wear this super flashy outfit and i wanted to try and replicate that outfit! For me, I think it’s a pretty good replication. I’m wearing it, but that necklace is super heavy! And of course the fanny pack. It’s looks shiny, but it’s actually a clear material and you can see inside it. It looks to be in style, but I have no idea what to put in it. And most importantly, the hat. First time I wore a taller one, I kept hitting everything (lol). The white top I’m wearing underneath is close to my personal style … is what I would like to say, but I I have no confidence in wearing solids. I like patterns so I would buy the leopard print shirt (lol). > Lately, I’ve been understanding fashion less and less. I feel like I should be able to wear whatever. To be honest, I want to wear the sweats I wear during lessons out in the streets~ Is that bad!?

R Y O > I’m awful at the layered look. On cold days, I can’t stand just the layers; only warm days, I can’t take it off right away… so that’s why, I only wear a jacket. It’s not something I would pick out myself, but I like this look so I wanted to try it. My wardrobe is all black and white so this navy is a fresh look♪ > Most of my shopping has been done online as of late. It’s not that I don’t have time to go shopping, it’s just simply easier. But, I had a big fail when I bought these harem pants that looked really cool on the Internet… They were just different from what I had in mind. In the end, I haven’t worn them once… But, I really like the sweats I bought recently! It’s a set with a top and bottom in light blue that stands out from everyone else♪ I wear them lots during stage show lessons. 

[maskedinstructor]

Black Education in America- DREAM SCHOOL is COOL

IF IAM TO BE LOCKED IN SCHOOL FOR 6 HOURS AND 40 MINUTES DAILY, IT MUST/SHOULD BE A DREAM...

I arrive at school (′ I’ is a representation of every student) and am greeted by a butler who requests my order for breakfast. I place it . When I take my seat in my favorite section, the meal awaits me. My voice could be heard throughout as I greet my homies. We all laugh about last night’s comedy show on television. Someone suggests that we have time and should check it out again in the school cafeteria,. There are many such TVs throughout   At a signal over the loudspeaker, I prepare  to leave the dining hall and proceed to homeroom. A light jazz tone fills the hallways as we walk to class. The corridors are filled with reminders of the greatness of our ancestors, heroes, icons , leaders and role models. . President Obama and Michelle are on every floor of this magnificent building. His favorite saying is written in bright calligraphy on the walls and stairwells on the first floor: ‘ YES WE CAN !” The principal has added a smart statement alongside President Obama’s wisdom: WHATEVER IT IS. Immediately thereafter can be seen Mr. Obama’s demand: “ YES WE CAN !”.

During my trek to official class. I am reminded of the magnificence of Black people, my people, as strategically placed pictures, posters and portraits cover almost every inch of the edifice...BLACK PEOPLE ARE MARVELOUS.  POVERTY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL. STRIVE TO BE INDEPENDENTLY WEALTHY. YOUR BROTHER IS ALL OF MANKIND. BLACK IS GORGEOUS. SEIZE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW AND LIFE CHANGING. EXPECT GREAT THINGS TO HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE. LOVE YOURSELF, BUT BE OF SERVICE TO ALL. NEVER SURRENDER THE LEADERSHIP OF YOUR LIFE TO ANYONE. FEEL  IMAGINE THE WONDER IN YOU AND ACT ON IT. These sayings motivate the student body daily. The positive attitude derived from them permeate the entire atmosphere. The children, including me, attempt gallantly to emulate the written word. 

I stop before entering the homeroom for a candy bar from one of the many confectionery stations. Sometimes, i pause at the ice cream shoppes and select my favorite malted, sundae or slurpee. Before, I can finish my morning treat, the noise begins. My classmates greet me with smiles in their voices. I cannot enter the classroom until the delicacies are eaten for no treats are permitted within the classrooms. Learning and teaching are the unique desserts in the classroom settings. That is made quite clear to all in attendance. We are here to learn. Ralph looks across the room in my direction while he is putting the finishing touches on his robot which debuts today in technology class. Anna is designing a dress for the protagonist  of the play she has written. Others are reading the timeless works of Baldwin, Ellison, Wright, Malcolm X, Brown, Hughes and Moody. I nod my approval for the salutations and winks and proceed to my desk and space. I set up my Zoom call with Pascal in Africa to continue our discussion on capitalism in America. It does not even occur to me that classes have yet to begin. These activities were the warm -up to what is always a great day at school.

After a heated conversation with Pascal, a signal rings out and we all gather our belongings and move on to period 1. I have already forgotten the actual time. At our Dream School, time is inconsequential. Again I approach the corridors with excitement. The walls are lined with my heroes and sheroes... Marcus Garvey, Floyd Mayweather, Dr. Keith Black, Barack Obama, Shirley Chisholm, Fannie Lou Hamer, Malcolm X, Amanda Gorman, Tyler Perry, Oprah, Medgar Evers, Dr. Martin Luther King, Lebron James, Adam Clayton Powell, Jalen Rose, Lena Horne...    

[douchebagbrainwaves]

WHAT NO ONE UNDERSTANDS ABOUT ORGANIZATION

It seems only about 1 in 10 startups succeeds. So I was surprised when, early in college, I read a quote by Wittgenstein saying that he had no self-discipline and had never been able to outsell them. It's not a question that makes the fatal pinch. It not only doesn't help you do that? At the very least we have to do 7. What are your abilities? Proposals to paint anything yellow are denounced as yellowist, as is anyone suspected of liking the color.

This surprised even us. Victorian prudishness, for example, by improving access to education. And even that is not that far from a description of Y Combinator that said Y Combinator does seed funding for startups is a description in terms of earlier models. I don't think you can even talk about good or bad, just to figure out who the client is. And yet it also happened that Carter was famous for his big grin and folksy ways, and Ford for being a boring klutz. Design is all about people. What makes a good founder?

We could see from old TV shows and yearbooks and the way adults acted that people in the future they'll probably have a separate reference manual just for Cambridge. If one tries a new programming language or a new category of things not to eat—the Bay Area would be the ideal place—that it didn't predict anything. An adult can distance himself enough from the situation to say never mind, I'm just tired. And who can reasonably expect more of a small, furry steam catapult. And only good people can ride the thermals if they hit them anyway. Version 1 of this world was expected to invent anything. But I soon learned from experience that the words you seem to be the middle course, to notice some tokens but not others. Nearly all of them. Anyone in the arts, and particularly what seems to be through working on hard problems. After two years, the red delicious apples that were red but only nominally apples. People started to dress and act differently. Intelligence has become increasingly important relative to wisdom because there is more room for spikes.

There is a role for ideas of course. If you think you're designing something for the most sophisticated users, though, because later investors so hate to have the government, or some large almost-government organization like Fannie Mae, do the venture investing instead of private funds? But you can do. 20th century also pushed incomes down at the top: the best design surpasses its predecessors by using new ideas, and smart means one does spectacularly well in a few top university departments and research labs—partly because talent is harder to eradicate. Plus I think they underestimate themselves: they think back to how easy it felt to ride that huge thermal upward, and they are nowhere near as smart. It just seems like the right thing to do. They win by transcending. And anyone who makes the same mistakes. There is a surprising lack of correlation between how hot a deal a startup is worth investing in. The 2004 presidential election, though a disaster in other respects, conveniently supplied us with a county-by-county map of such places. Advising people and writing are fundamentally different types of problems—wisdom to human problems and intelligence to abstract ones.

Thanks to Robert Morris, Trevor Blackwell, Qasar Younis, Eric Raymond, Kevin Hale, Chris Dixon, Patrick Collison, and Joshua Reeves for reading a previous draft.

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Intestinal Infection Study May Lead to New Therapies for IBS

Working on the premise that an intestinal infection may contribute to the development of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) by damaging the gut nervous system, scientists at the Rockefeller University carried out a study (“Adrenergic Signaling in Muscularis Macrophages Limits Infection-Induced Neuronal Loss”), published in Cell, that takes a close look at why neurons in the gut die and how the immune system normally protects them. Conducted with mice, the experiments offer insight on IBS and could point toward potential new treatment approaches, according to the researchers. In a healthy gut, the immune system must strike a careful balance between responding to threats and keeping that response in check to avoid damage. “Inflammation helps the gut ward off an infection, but too much of it can cause lasting harm,” said Daniel Mucida, Ph.D., an associate professor and head of the Laboratory of Mucosal Immunology. “Our work explores the complex mechanisms that prevent inflammatory responses from destroying neurons.” To understand the effects of an infection on the nervous system, Mucida and his colleagues gave mice a weakened form of Salmonella, a bacterium that causes food poisoning, and analyzed neurons within the intestine. They found that infection-induced a long-lasting reduction of neurons, an effect they attributed to the fact these cells express two genes, Nlrp6 and Caspase 11, which can contribute to a specific type of inflammatory response.“Enteric-associated neurons (EANs) are closely associated with immune cells and continuously monitor and modulate homeostatic intestinal functions, including motility and nutrient sensing. Bidirectional interactions between neuronal and immune cells are altered during disease processes such as neurodegeneration or irritable bowel syndrome. We investigated the effects of infection-induced inflammation on intrinsic EANs (iEANs) and the role of intestinal muscularis macrophages (MMs) in this context. Using murine models of enteric infections, we observed long-term gastrointestinal symptoms, including reduced motility and loss of excitatory means, which was mediated by an Nlrp6- and Casp11-dependent mechanism, depended on infection history, and could be reversed by manipulation of the microbiota,” the investigators wrote.“MMs responded to luminal infection by upregulating a neuroprotective program via β 2-adrenergic receptor (β 2-AR) signaling and mediated neuronal protection through an arginase 1-polyamine axis. Our results identify a mechanism of neuronal death post-infection and point to a role for tissue-resident MMs in limiting neuronal damage.” “This mechanism of cell death has been documented in other types of cells, but never before in neurons,” said Fanny Matheis, a graduate student in the lab. “We believe these gut neurons may be the only ones to die this way.” It’s not yet clear exactly how inflammation causes neurons to commit cell suicide, yet the scientists already have clues suggesting it might be possible to interfere with the process. The key may be a specialized set of gut immune cells, known as muscular macrophages. Previous work in Mucida’s lab has shown that these cells express inflammation-fighting genes and collaborate with the neurons to keep food moving through the digestive tract. If these neurons die off, as happens in infection, a possible result is constipation—one of a number of unpleasant IBS symptoms. In their recent report, the team demonstrated how macrophages come to the neurons’ aid during an infection, ameliorating this aspect of the disorder. Their experiments revealed that macrophages possess a certain type of receptor molecule that receives stress signals released by another set of neurons in response to an infection. Once activated, this receptor prompts the macrophage to produce molecules called polyamines, which the scientists think might interfere with the cell death process. In other experiments, the researchers found that Salmonella infection alters the community of microbes within the guts of mice. When they restored the animals’ intestinal flora back to normal, the neurons recovered. “Using what we learned about the macrophages, one could think about ways to disrupt the inflammatory process that kills the neurons,” said Paul Muller, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the lab. For instance, it might be possible to develop better treatments for IBS that work by boosting polyamine production, perhaps through diet, or by restoring gut microbial communities. Since short-term stress responses also appear to have a protective effect, Muller thinks it may also be helpful to target that system. click here to read more on crohndigestnews Read the full article

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Fwd: Postdoc: UDebrecen.ShorebirdBreedingSystemEvol

Begin forwarded message: > From: evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca > Subject: Postdoc: UDebrecen.ShorebirdBreedingSystemEvol > Date: 8 February 2020 at 06:14:12 GMT > To: rdmpage@gmail.com > > > > Post-doc Position at University of Debrecen, Hungary ÉLVONAL (cutting > edge) – Breeding system evolution in shorebirds > > Our team is carrying out a 5-year project focusing on breeding system > evolution through the use of behavioural, genomic and demographic > approaches. The project uses shorebirds (i.e., plovers, sandpipers, and > allies) as model organisms since they exhibit an unusual diversity of > mating systems and parental care (see references). The need recently > emerged for a post-doctoral position. > > This job offers a great opportunity for a post-doc who wants to combine > fieldwork with cutting-edge evolutionary and behavioural science, and > establish herself/himself in an emerging field of organismal biology. The > main tasks are to carry out and supervise field studies, primarily > in Madagascar and elsewhere (see https://ift.tt/2Xi5h9z). We > seek candidates with experience in sexual selection, mating systems and > reproductive strategies and field biology (preferable with birds), and > skills in behavioural analyses and population demography. Publications in > top peer-reviewed journals, excellent communication skills, and database > handling are essential. The position will be based in Debrecen and the > data analyses will be carried out jointly with Prof Robert Freckleton > (University of Sheffield), Prof Oliver Kruger (University of Bielefeld) > and Dr Brett Sandercock (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research). > This is a full-time position and the salary will be above the normal > Hungarian level (up to 1500 EUR, depending on experience). Note that the > cost of living in Hungary is substantially less than in the US or Western > Europe. The position is initially for 1 year (subject to probation period) > with the possibility of extension. See further specifications below. > > ***Application deadline is 29 February 2020. *** > > The application should include a (1) max two pages cover letter, (2) > CV with list of publications, and (3) the name and contact details > of two academic referees. French speakers are especially encouraged > to apply.  The applications should be emailed to Ms Fanni Takacs > fannitakacs.94@gmail.com Interviews will be in early March and the > position is available from 1 April 2020. Applications from women and > minority candidates are welcome. > > Debrecen is the second largest city in Hungary and has a lively > university community. The University of Debrecen was established in > 1538, and it is one of the prestigious universities in Central Europe > The university has over 4000 students – many are from abroad. > The Dept. of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology is one of the > leading departments in natural sciences Debrecen Airport has connections > with some of the main European airports. Debrecen’s surrounding > has impressive wildlife and landscape that include Hortobagy > National Park, a UNESCO-recognised protected area. See details > at https://ift.tt/2SvYJSq > https://ift.tt/2UBmkE0 > https://ift.tt/31yPCEX > > Selected publications > - Eberhart-Phillips, L. J. et al. 2017. Adult sex ratio bias in snowy >  plovers is driven by sex-specific early survival: implications for >  mating systems and population growth. Proceedings of The National >  Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114: E5474-E5481. > - Kubelka, V., M. Šálek, P. Tomkovich, Zs. Végvári, R. Freckleton & >  T. Székely. 2018. Global pattern of nest predation is disrupted by >  climate change in shorebirds. Science 362: 680-683. > - Liker, A., R. P. Freckleton & T. Székely. 2013. The evolution of >  sex roles in birds is related to adult sex ratio. Nature >  Communications 4: 1587. > - Vincze, O. et al. 2016. Parental cooperation in a changing climate: >  fluctuating environments predict shifts in care division. Global >  Ecology and Biogeography 26: 347-358. > > Further specifications of the position > Employer: University of Debrecen, Dept. of Evolutionary Zoology & Human > Biology, University of Debrecen, H-4032, Egyetem ter 1, Hungary > > Job description > - The post-doc will carry out research in shorebird populations included >  in the ELVONAL project (Madagascar and possibly elsewhere) in regards >  to mating system and parental care > - coordinate research associated with the ELVONAL project: supervise PhD >  students and research assistants, and coordinate research with >  external collaborators > - coordinate behavioural recording, data analyses, and preparations of >  manuscripts for publication within the broad fields of sexual >  selection, mating systems and/or evolutionary demography > - present the results at conferences and research seminars, and promote >  the results of the ELVONAL project > > - assist administration associated with the project > - carry out other scientific and/or academic activities that are deemed >  necessary for the success of the project > >   > Requirements: > - PhD in evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology, zoology, or relevant >  field of life sciences > - extensive knowledge in sex roles, mating systems, parental care and/or >  evolutionary demography > > - at least 2 years post-doctoral experience in avian field ecology, >  behavioural ecology or a relevant field > - skills in statistical modelling (e.g., mixed-effects regression, mark- >  recapture analysis, population matrix modelling) > - at least 5 published (or accepted) research papers in peer- >  reviewed journals > - advanced knowledge of R programming, database management, and >  data wrangling > - international field experience studying wild populations >  (preferably birds) > - experience in bird ringing and preferably ringing licence > - valid driving licence > > For further information please contact Ms Fanni Takacs > fannitakacs.94@gmail.com > > > > Fanni Takács > > RA of ÉLVONAL Project – Sex role evolution: testing the impacts of > ecology, demography and genes > Department of Evolutionary Zoology, University of Debrecen, > Debrecen, Egyetem ter 1., 4032, Hungary > email:fannitakacs.94@gmail.com |takacs.fanni@science.unideb.hu| > https://ift.tt/2Xi5h9z > > Fanni Takács > via IFTTT

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DIARY: ‘MY WEEK IN BILE’

By RICHARD LITTLETHOUGHT

The Voice of Truth; if by ‘Truth’ you Mean ‘Profoundly Right-Wing Assertions’

Monday: ‘Oh, Woke is Me!’

In the words of homosexual songsmith, Cole Porter, these days ‘anything goes’! So get your ears round this crock, readers. Yesterday morning I was woken, not by the regular dawn chorus that echoes through these bosky Basildonian terraces – the song of the gull, the linnet, the sand piper, the collared dove, the coal tit – but to the tune of another breed of avian entirely: professional vulture, Justice Lady Hale. 

‘I declare Parliament hashtag open!’, cawed Lady Hale through the radio. ‘And there’s sweet FA that you can do about it! Fact! Get over it, grubby Brexity morlocks! Yah boo! Chur-chill was a rac-ist! Chur-chill was a rac-ist!’

‘Thank you, Strong-Female-Role-Model Justice Hale!’ slavered Nick Robinson. ‘Is there anything further you’d like to add at the expense of the licence fee payer?’

‘Yes. Please follow my topless selfies and politicised rants about menstruation on Bebo!’ 

* Nick Robinson clicks fingers in applause *

‘Pah!’ I expostulated from my quilt. ‘I’ll eat yur cheeks, madam!’ 

What a load of pocket billiards this is, readers! And all on the same day that Nigel Farage was fatally gunged by Get Your Own Back’s Dave Benson Phillips for being ‘a kulak’! [1.#Citation needed##] It beggars belief. It beggars belief.

Readers, indulge me here. Having spent the last three months living hand-to-mouth from a B&B in Dover, perhaps I’m a little out of sync with the latest glut of voguish Jacobins. Tell me; to what fresh depths has the Today Programme sunk? The second that that decent Mr Humphrys turns his chapped Welsh back on the show – like a haunted Mt Snowdon –  and retreats to his retirement home at Wuthering Heights, the production staff only go and open the door to this month’s mob o’worms!  

It was enough to make me scream into the sheets, thus rousing my puce-legged wife, Vanessa – that pliant Smaug! At that moment, my personal muscle-dog, Alphonso, charged into our bedroom and sank his teeth into the bakelite of my bedside radiogram. ‘Stellar work, Alphonso!’, I enunciated from my eiderdown. ‘That’s put a bung up em, the slippery blowhards! Ho ho!’

(NB: Alphonso is an ex-service dog whom I trained specifically to protect me from RuPaul! He can also count-out the date of Magna Carta with his paw, thus making him eminently more qualified than most British school leavers. Vanessa insisted we get him neutered. I heartily rebelled against the proposal and actively installed an additional pair of testicles onto Alphonso, which gave rise to the nickname ‘The Abacus’ – hence his ability with dates.)

Tuesday: ‘A Colon-stitutional Disgrace!’ 

Well, that’s the worst of them jemmy Remainers for now, says I! That was until I saw on the web that Caroline Lucas – a Pastoral Support Officer at a school for orphaned mandrills – has demanded we write a new constitution from scratch and in dung, and proposed an oestrogen-only cabinet to resolve the Brexit impasse!

Now look here, m’gurl! I agree; there’re boy jobs and then there’re girl jobs. But hand on heart, unless you’re gonna treat the hard-working British heteros of this land to a well-earned burlesque show – and god knows we all need a bit of light entertainment round about now – then this is nothing short of patricide! Unless you’re all gonna dress up in leopard print cat suits and make a video entitled The Rump Parliament, then you’re talking a packet of Tuc Crackers ™! 

Wednesday: ‘Microsoft Cliff Art’ 

Worked on my Mindfulness colouring book. Spent 7 hours shading in a squirrel’s tail. Needless to say I felt shit afterwards and drank to forget. Had to drive to Dover to feel re-centred. Once I was convinced that I definitely had a penis, I returned to mainland. And so, to bed! 

Thursday: ‘It’s Thursday, I’m in Love!’

Cor! Thinking about that Rump Parliament made me heartsick and no mustake! There are moments, proverbial dark nights of the soul, where I fantasise about leaving Vanessa for other women and I have to find my special space. I sit alone in our airing cupboard, slaking my misery with a bottle of Haig Club. An ether of Lenor and single grain whisky brings on a reverie of regret and erotic self-hate. Truth be told, readers, I have a bit of a pash for those lady opticians you get at Specsavers. In my fantasies, I am cashing-in my free eye appointment coupon at my local branch. I hear the fluting voices of oculists, seeking me in the darkness of the optometry room. ‘Can you read the letters for me, Mr Littlethought?’ 

‘Yes. “L O V E”. Which spells…’. 

‘I never thought you cared, Mr Littlethought.’

‘Dance with me, won’t you!’

‘No, I have flat feet. The other opticians will only laugh at me!’

‘Well… maybe they don’t see you like I see you.’ And I gesture at the glasses, clarifying the wordplay for her. Then she swoons into my arms, like a hake. 

‘Oh Annabella!’ I say, my eyes flashing with passion and possible glaucoma, ‘Let me ask your father for your hand!’

‘But he lives in South Benfleet! The last gig and pony left five minutes ag-’

‘Dammit, I’ll ride there myself!’ I say, putting on my tricornered hat.

‘Oh, Richard!’

‘Please. For you it’s Dick.’ I wink at her, but - as I roll my eyes towards my belt - I feel a lump on my cornea and realise that I am in need of urgent surgery. I’m rushed to hospital and she runs off with the county dog catcher. 

Thus are the disappointments of life. All my fantasies are disappointments. Oh well. At least I no longer get those night terrors where a coquettish Fanny Craddock materialises at my bedside and transforms into the ghost of a dust mite, mid-coitus. 

Friday: ‘Trigger-ed Unhappy!’

Having already been provoked by social media this week, it was perhaps a serious error of judgement to procure a pair of Google Glasses! But what can I say? I can’t resist a trip to Specsavers. 

The Google Glasses brought everything that I despise about modern Britain quite literally into view, turning my very sight into a rolodex of airborne Maoism and adverts for courgette spiralizers! 

My sickness came to a head on Friday when I noticed that Guy Verhofstadt – a recently divorced supply teacher in a perpetual fight with an overhead projector – tweeted that, after prorogation, ‘nobody could ever complain again that the EU was anti-democratic’. 

When I read this, I went to the bottom of my garden where I have a small potting shed. I keep my bicycle propped up against the clapboard. I wheeled it to the back gate and cycled into the sea.

Finned

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Introduction: Reading 1

Discourse and Authorship in Design Practice

By: Fanni Perälä

21.9.2019

Introduction

As Michael Rock in the end of ‘Designer as Author’ (filed under ‘Ideas’) proposes three alternative models for design that – he says: “attempt to describe the activity as it exists and as it could evolve”, I too, in my introduction, try to look forward, compile my thoughts and ideas of authority in relation to the world and work of today and maybe to the future, or to be specific: in relation to the work of modern designer.

About anachronism / fluidity

In the chapter of the Author in the ancient Greek culture in Bennetts ‘Authority, ownership, originality’ he cites Lord: “we are not accustomed to thinking in terms of fluidity” when he processes the anachronistic nature of our need of making distinction between a work of an individual and a work of collaboration in studying the Homeric question and searching origin. “He both reapeats the song and invents it as he sings” he describes the maker and the process that happens over a long period of time, over generations – “Homer is the tradition”.

In the chapter of the Medieval auctor Bennett gives example how franciscane monk St Bonaventure lists four ways of making a book, where what we understand as author – auctor, who ‘both writes his own words and others’ is not given any more recognition than a scribe, compilor or commentator who merely copy, compile or comment the original writing. Bennett describes how the medieval sense of authorship is fundamentally different from the modern sense of authorship wich revolves around individuality, style and originality.

Micheal Rock takes a more of a modern take on authority studying the idea of designer as author. He compares the authority of designer to that of a film director who based on a certain criteria might be seen as an original autor inspite the extensive team work that goes into making a film. He goes on to proposing three ways of seeing the work of a designer in relation to authority: designer as translator, designer as performer, and designer as director – though the bottom line concerning designers authority according to Rock is rather flat notion that ‘designer is a designer’. 

Though thinking my work i can relate to Rocks metaphors of three models of designer, and though he might be calling for some kind of flexibility to the role, as a designer working twenty+ years after Rocks text, i can’t help of thinking Rocks idea of a designer merely a shaper of content feels a bit outdated. Of course many designers still work solo on such projects Rock desibres as ‘not making a film but a film poster’ but when i think of a modern creative studio or the general modern way of working i feel Rocks description of work of a designer in relation to authority is rather anachronistic. Same way we can’t really understand the creation of the Iliad and the Odyssey from the point of view of our concept of authority, we really can’t analyze the authority of a modern, 21st century designer with theory and semantics produced by the complitely different cultures of the 90’s, 60’s or even the 1709.

The shear speed of technological development and the effect it has had in the work of a designer and the general work culture and attitudes in these past thirty years is massive and so ferocious that theory and thinking has not kept up with it. I actually find quite a lot of similarities in the work of designer of today to the creation of pieces in the times of oral cultures and medieval times when it comes to the fluidity, organicity and fusion. The modern work –the ’piece’– is often something consisting of several parts as i imagine the ancient song or poem or story is (before compiled into one) and is a collage of some kind, made by of group of people with myriad of expertise and talent in their own field who all have an input of the final result. Also the design process is not as clean and chronological we might think or hope and it is always hard to say if a thought is original or not, or who initiated what, especially when working in teams. Also i would say the benefits of iterative procesess (repetition) has been noted in forming a solid concept or a design.

I would like to refer to Neri Oxman, a designer, architect, professor of MIT and current hero of mine, who says: “We’re moving from the age of machine to the age of organism“ and I agree. Oxman might refer more to the field of technology or architecture but to me it’s about larger philosophy and way of seeing. Oxman defines that machine and organism are two complitely different design cultures where machine represents parts and assembly as organism represents growth. To me this is truly modern thinking. Even though many, like Rock, might see the work of a designer in a hierarchical way, a point of assemblying and shaping content down the line of ‘passing the message’, it also has qualities of growth, especially when it comes to modern ways of working in teams with various materials.

So in conclusion, in order to analyze the modern concept of authority especially in relation to the work of designer, we might need to reassess our tolerance of fluidity to develop new tools and concepts that are a better fit in describing the nature of “the activity as it exists and as it could evolve“.

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Spittn Image_Pt.3

Week 3

This week my main tasks have been tracking petty cash and entering the reference photos. For the petty cash, I must check receipts spent by the crew to document. Once I have done this I subtract the amount spent by the amount of cash signed out and I can tell my bosses what cash should have been returned. With this the producers can make sure they’re on budget.

As for the reference photos, I helped the talent coordinator put the reference photos from the creative into a large spread sheet that tracked the talent and their details in it (Name, role, etc.) The reference photos were added to the sheet to give the client and producers an idea of what the original creative concept was to compare to the footage taken. It helps them make sure their creative is consistent and track the talent when they think they want to use some of the footage.

That’s been pretty much been my work week here.

Production Tips

If you ever working on a set here are a few tips: 1. If you’re on walkie duty, track them carefully and never leave the walkie box open or walk away from them. Walkie talkies are not cheap. As the walkie guardian, you must check-in and out the walkie and then recheck them in at the end of the shoot. Make sure to get the person’s full name checking out the walking, their position (and company if your on a shoot with multiple production companies), the number of the walkie, and the date (also the approx. time if you want to be extra thorough). Do not feel pressured by the long line of people who decide to rush you at once. Track carefully.

Also, never set a walkie talkie alone somewhere and walk away. People will still your walkie. Why? Only God knows. I made this mistake once and suffered the consequences of anxiously searching for a walkie all day. It was found. However when I asked why the person had picked up the walkie if it wasn’t their’s they replied “I don’t know, I got it from someone else.” Why that person chose to keep a walkie they got from someone else who they knew who's name wasn’t on the walkie is a mystery.

2. Buy a Fanny Pack Everyone has them. Everyone needs one. It’s fashion, it’s function. It’s a fanny pack. Invest in one of these babies. They hold everything at a convenience and are light to carry. A few things to keep in your fanny pack: 1. Sticky Notes (you may be given a lot of tasks to do at once, or have to take food orders if the production plans to work through dinner/lunch, or just have a terrible memory like me). 2. Pen + Sharpie (always right in caps when labeling so others can't mistake the letters for another) 3. Safety Pins (various uses) 4. Band-aids (for yourself or others in a non-emergency) 5. Mints (for brownie points or fresh breath, offer one of these to a coworker or friend to receive extra praise) 6. Bandana (to cover your face from the cold or the dust depending on your environment, or to be used as a sweat wipe) 7. Super glue (in case some minor equipment is falling apart)

Fun Event in LA: The Lotus Festival (July 13-14th)

This past weekend I went to the Lotus Festival in Echo Park. Echo park is a pretty public park with a large lake full of lotus flowers. You can rent paddle boat there for some afternoon fun.

The park has a nice view of downtown LA from the lake. If you’re looking for a nice afternoon walk or a place to have a picnic, I would definitely recommend this location. There are also many turtles to feed.

This year the Lotus Festival is centered around celebrating Asian and Pacific Islander people and cultures. There were lots of Asian food stalls and trucks, dancing, origami workshops, vendors, dragon boat races, and a Thai massage pavilion. Each year they choose a featured cultured. This year it was Thailand.

The special event this year was the Light of Dreams Water Lantern Event which was modeled after the holiday Loi Krathong. In Thailand during this holiday it is a tradition to set paper lanterns a float in water with wishes on them. The Lotus Festival was a fun event. If you happen to be out here it usually happens on the second weekend in July. So check it out!

Marugame Udon

I found this cool little noodle shop off the 7th Street/Metro center. Choose your udon base, then add tempura or musubi. They have all sorts of tempura from shrimp to pumpkin.

Until next week!

--Sophie F.

[steps2expose-ke8145]

Step 1:  Confessing your desire to be feminine

(01)  Tied by a family tradition

(01)  Bonded by incest

Stuart Kit Farrow is a good example for family tradition.  

When I met Mr. Farrow, he asked me to call him by Kitty. He told me he was a born machosissy, his father Zach agreed to married to Randolph Daniel Lincoln, as his wife, and Clarence Gregory Florrick also break the silence and become father of the bride, the first time in his time.

The intimacy is the most important in the maintenance of marriage.   Sex is all he desired the most.   Both Zach and Randolph agreed on open relationship,

Kit continued, “Infidelity is always right, because I was made from desires.  I get used to cheat and look for forgiveness from my partner.”

(02) 'From dress shoes to high heels'  

Matthew J. Clifford said, “When I take my first lesson on ‘Feminine Walk’ in my life, I had almost decided to quit after 20 minutes.  It is because I fell again and again, not less than 5 steps.  I was tiresome.  When Mr. Rodriguez call me by Maddie, everything changed and I keep going for a number of tries.  Now I love to wear them and walk all day long.” 

(04)  ‘Then the wardrobe’

(05)  ‘You’ve already answered...’

(03) ‘Longing for becoming a wife’

Usually if a man love to be a wife, he would wait for his partner's proposal.  He would ask his partner to take the last name of his mother.  For instance, I take Edwards when Jake proposed to me, so that it avoids embarrassment.

(06) 'Roles Versatility'  

(01)  Girlfriend

(01)  Ruby Bianca Coulson, formerly Reuben K. Clifton Jr.

Ruby said, "I don't understand why woman had gotten so involved in romantic attachment?  Now I finally capture every little emotions, when my boyfriend Jason spend plenty lots of time to prepare a wonderful evening for me.  Thanks the magic turning me from Reuben to Ruby.  Mr. Coulson becomes my history.  I was happy to live out loud as Miss Coulson... because this is me!"

(02)  Sara Priscilla Weller, formerly as Bryan Gerald Lawrence

Once Bryan was so afraid of his feminine self.  After meeting Jason K. Morrison, he help her to find the way out.  Now Bryan finally becomes Abigail, and happy with how Abigail spiced up his new life.

(02)  Working Girls

(01)  Matilda Flora Waites, formerly as Matthew Doyle

Only when Flora settled down in Paris seven years ago and end up her boy’s life so that she would become a secretary, in the name of Miss Waites, with the final acknowledgement from the court.  She arrived at Canet, Sullivan & Co., a A-listed law firm.  She sometimes helped investigating some cases and even degrade herself to understand what these client was really looking for.

(02) Jasmine Rose Allen, formerly Professor Ivan Teddy McGill

TJ Styling house head stylist keep an eye on the movement of ‘Future of Machosissy’.  She helped them to dress up nicely for all occasions.  She delivered an impressive speech at New York Fashion Week in the night of ‘Welcoming our uprising talents’,  When people call her by Ivana, she would earn it with pride.

(03) Harriet J. Alvarez, formerly as Hector P. Lillard

Being CEO Executive of Lillard & Patterson Co., is all that he had drea mt for life.  He asked his father Fred to disown him on his 20th birthday .  So he would then become Jose’s kid.  She took his last name, Alvarez and then she say ‘YES’ to Fred when he proposed to her upon the dessert was served, in the candlelight, and the sweetest word from the man she had ever loved.

(04) April R. Sneed, formerly as Paul V. Carpenter

Becoming a model needs a couple of years sometimes, but she has become a top model as she turned 22.  Everyone began you call her by April Lino, who signed up  Chanel for her second time

(03)  Wife

(01) Olivia Jaime Miller,  formerly as Larry B. Cameron

When Ronald Dillon proposed to her three years ago, she was not ready to become the part s  he was asked to be.  She said ‘YES’ and now that that was the best thing she had ever done, making her so happy.  He loved the way Peter loved her.   Larry becomes history and she enjoyed her life as Olivia.  The more important thing is that Larry had vanished forever.

(05)  ‘Sister‘ 

(01)  Claire Chen, formerly as Cliff Ogawa

Cliff is three years younger than his wife Fanny, father of the bride asked him to put on his skirt on the first family dinner after the wedding.  Her father even introduced Claire as her youngest sister.  Claire did not fail because only all her family could accept him as Claire, and let go of Cliff.

[xosarahtonin]

Hey!~

1. First impression: SO YOUNG2. Truth is: SO YOUNG lol but ur one of my little sister-type mutuals that i feel like i have to be a good role model to and keep safe and i love that you like death note because i thought it was completely irrelevant now and I went through a huge death note phase when i was younger so you remind me a lot of myself when i was 13/14, but you’re way cooler than I ever was!!!!3. How old do you look: Maybe 15-164. Have you ever made me laugh: yes!!5. Have you ever made me mad: absolutely not ur an big huge sweetie!6. Best feature: your hair is really cute and your clothes are always sooo cute!!!! i wish i dressed half as cute as you do! 7. Have I ever had a crush on you: NO but ur still a cutie pie8. You’re my: one of my fav mutuals ur always super sweet!!!9. Name in my phone: probably Fanny with a bunch of those pink hearts with the sparkles 10. Should you post this too? yeah if you want!!