#popa paper

[finnlongman]

All this detailed research into a phopa and why Láeg never addresses Cú Chulainn this way and I've boiled it down to two possibilities:

There are strict criteria for when the term is appropriate, such as relative age of speaker and subject, which aren't being met; further study will reveal exactly what they are.

Láeg doesn't address Cú Chulainn this way because Láeg does not respect Cú Chulainn.

[compneuropapers]

Interesting Papers for Week 20, 2024

Brain-imaging evidence for compression of binary sound sequences in human memory. Al Roumi, F., Planton, S., Wang, L., & Dehaene, S. (2023). eLife, 12, e84376.

Awake responses suggest inefficient dense coding in the mouse retina. Boissonnet, T., Tripodi, M., & Asari, H. (2023). eLife, 12, e78005.

Competing neural representations of choice shape evidence accumulation in humans. Bond, K., Rasero, J., Madan, R., Bahuguna, J., Rubin, J., & Verstynen, T. (2023). eLife, 12, e85223.

Overestimation in angular path integration precedes Alzheimer’s dementia. Castegnaro, A., Ji, Z., Rudzka, K., Chan, D., & Burgess, N. (2023). Current Biology, 33(21), 4650-4661.e7.

Predictive learning by a burst-dependent learning rule. Chapman, G. W., & Hasselmo, M. E. (2023). Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 205, 107826.

Motor actions are spatially organized in motor and dorsal premotor cortex. Chehade, N. G., & Gharbawie, O. A. (2023). eLife, 12, e83196.

A complete reconstruction of the early visual system of an adult insect. Chua, N. J., Makarova, A. A., Gunn, P., Villani, S., Cohen, B., Thasin, M., … Chklovskii, D. B. (2023). Current Biology, 33(21), 4611-4623.e4.

Longitudinal evidence that infants develop their imitation abilities by being imitated. Essler, S., Becher, T., Pletti, C., Gniewosz, B., & Paulus, M. (2023). Current Biology, 33(21), 4674-4678.e3.

How associations become behavior. Ghirlanda, S., & Enquist, M. (2023). Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 205, 107833.

Emotion regulation during encoding reduces negative and enhances neutral mnemonic discrimination in individuals with depressive symptoms. Hayes, B. K., Harikumar, A., Ferguson, L. A., Dicker, E. E., Denny, B. T., & Leal, S. L. (2023). Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 205, 107824.

Representations of tactile object location in the retrosplenial cortex. Lande, A. S., Garvert, A. C., Ebbesen, N. C., Jordbræk, S. V., & Vervaeke, K. (2023). Current Biology, 33(21), 4599-4610.e7.

Informational feedback accelerates learning in multi-alternative perceptual judgements of orientation. Liu, J., Lu, Z.-L., & Dosher, B. (2023). Vision Research, 213, 108318.

History information emerges in the cortex during learning. Marmor, O., Pollak, Y., Doron, C., Helmchen, F., & Gilad, A. (2023). eLife, 12, e83702.

Mega-scale movie-fields in the mouse visuo-hippocampal network. Purandare, C., & Mehta, M. (2023). eLife, 12, e85069.3.

Theta-band phase locking during encoding leads to coordinated entorhinal-hippocampal replay. Santos-Pata, D., Barry, C., & Ólafsdóttir, H. F. (2023). Current Biology, 33(21), 4570-4581.e5.

Using multi-modal neuroimaging to characterise social brain specialisation in infants. Siddiqui, M., Pinti, P., Brigadoi, S., Lloyd-Fox, S., Elwell, C. E., Johnson, M. H., … Jones, E. J. (2023). eLife, 12, e84122.

Non-invasive temporal interference electrical stimulation of the human hippocampus. Violante, I. R., Alania, K., Cassarà, A. M., Neufeld, E., Acerbo, E., Carron, R., … Grossman, N. (2023). Nature Neuroscience, 26(11), 1994–2004.

Information search processing affects social decisions. Wei, Z., Liang, Y., Liang, C., & Liu, H. (2023). Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 36(5), e2352.

Noninvasive theta-burst stimulation of the human striatum enhances striatal activity and motor skill learning. Wessel, M. J., Beanato, E., Popa, T., Windel, F., Vassiliadis, P., Menoud, P., … Hummel, F. C. (2023). Nature Neuroscience, 26(11), 2005–2016.

The locus coeruleus directs sensory-motor reflex amplitude across environmental contexts. Witts, E. C., Mathews, M. A., & Murray, A. J. (2023). Current Biology, 33(21), 4679-4688.e3.

[wickedsrest-rp]

Name: Mateo Lara Species: Mare Occupation: Assassin / Clerk at The Vinyl Countdown Age: 40 Years Old (Looks about 35) Played By: Jojo Face Claim: Manny Montana

"You should probably run. Oh wait, this is a nightmare."

TW: Domestic abuse, gun use

Mateo was born to Filipe and Popa Lara in Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico. He was the third child in a growing family, which quickly grew to seven in a couple years time. While life was simple and relatively easy, there came a time for everyone in his family to be taught the value everyone in the family contributed to the ranch. Some resented, but eventually accepted their place in the family, while Mateo was instantly proud and set to work to improve himself. Working on the land and making his father proud was all that really mattered. The ranch had several families that lived on it, making the work have that much more meaning to it. Though Mateo enjoyed the work and understood the importance of it, he always had an urge to discover what else he was capable of. He ventured to find something to scratch that itch. In music, in dancing, in school, hell, even in singing, but it was to no avail. 

Eventually, time in Mexico was up, and at the age of 15, Filipe and Popa secured papers to grant the family access to America. Reserved as he was, Mateo kept his distaste for the move for himself and said goodbye to everything he knew to settle in Liberty Hill, Texas. Being an immigrant family had its downsides, but with a fresh start and his family by his side, Mateo quickly assimilated to his new life. One by one, the family he adored in Mexico migrated over and a community of Laras’, Montes’, and Alvarado’s was created. This, along with the adversities that came with being immigrants solidified Mateo’s foundation of family and its importance to him. 

As he grew older, Mateo’s boredom grew as well, finding that there was little to no satisfaction in school or even in the construction business his father had indoctrinated him in without asking Mateo what he wanted. Save for the feeling of accomplishment when a job was done, it was rare that he felt satisfied. He wondered if there was something wrong with him, seeing that everyone in his family was content and portrayed nothing but happiness. His older brother Junior saw how disheartened and lost Mateo was after graduating college and still working with their father, so he stepped in and revealed his secret. He told Mateo about how the night terrors he was having for weeks a few years prior were actually a demonio, a mare set out to consume his nightmares. Sadly though, the mare went too far and killed him, turning him into one. At first, Mateo was angry that Junior would lie to him like that, and didn’t believe him. He went as far as to ignore Junior for the rest of the week. 

Every night, Mateo’s dreams shifted into nightmares, the worst he’d ever had. He’d wake up screaming in a sweat, losing any desire to continue sleeping. Forgetting why he was angry in the first place, Mateo finally broke the silence and mentioned what details he could remember of his night terrors during a family dinner, to which Junior filled the gaps. There was no denying it—Junior wasn’t lying before. He was a nightmare demon. 

After a few hours of discussion, Mateo got to his final question: how does he become one? Learning that his own brother would have to kill him wasn’t a deterrent. Hell, immortality didn’t seem so bad. So, Junior agreed to make him a mare. 

Much to Mateo’s dismay, this was only a temporary solution. There wasn’t enough excitement. What was he doing with his life?

As he always did when frustrated, Mateo spent another night at a bar, and was approached by a man in a bar who made him a desperate proposition. One he couldn’t refuse. To find a man that wronged the gentleman and make him disappear. The prospect enticed Mateo, but quickly presented a negative impact to his moral compass. All he’d ever done was protect with his mare abilities and his fists. What he’d be doing was murder, something that was inherently wrong. But what they didn’t know wouldn’t hurt them, right? 

Mateo accepted the job and found the man, helpless and alone in his home. He peered in the shadows, seeing the true nature of this man—no, this inhuman person who thought he could put his hands on a woman. Growing angry, Mateo created the most terrifying visions possible, digging into the confines of the man’s mind before he stole whatever breath attempted to fill his lungs with a pillow and a gun. The stranger was made into nothing more but an empty shell, while the woman was saved and free, none the wiser to Mateo’s presence. With a smile, relieved and satisfied, he went back and received payment from the man, who promised to forward his good work to anyone who might need it. Mateo nearly declined, but the one grand in his hand and the actual pleasure he got from his meal kept him silent. 

A last. After being lost for so long, Mateo was happy to discover he had finally found his calling. Who said you couldn’t do bad things to do good?

Character Facts:

Personality: Calculating, quiet, stubborn, arrogant, patient

Has training in hand-to-hand and handling short/long-ranged firearms, though he prefers to get up close and personal to his kills. 

Enjoys reading and quiet spaces to do so. All while listening to his favorite music. If anyone tries to interrupt, he gets irritated and will be inclined to search for them for a nightmare or two.

Is family-focused and will do anything for them. A lot of the money he makes goes back to them, and he makes a point to call his mom every few days to catch up. He really misses them, but he knows he has to protect them with how dangerous his job is getting.

Doesn’t have a preference for who he kills as long as he gets paid. That is to say, he does have his limits. If he finds that he doesn’t like what the person trying to hire him for or if the victim is on his no-no list, he will still take the job, but kill his employer instead. This had led to a lot of trouble for him.

Usually quiet but can be talkative if he likes the person. Especially if the topic of music or agriculture comes up. He’s prone to trying to get people to enjoy punk music and give a few pieces of advice for someone’s land.

Graduated with a Bachelors of Music with a minor in agriculture, an homage to his father’s teachings combined with his passionate interest in music.

[pgcestuff]

Cert Ed/ PGCE (UCLan/ St Helens Campus) 28 September 2023

Hello to those who wish to follow me. 😍😊

New academic year, means a new group of teacher trainees... so let's go!

Starting Points requirement (explain worksheet - trainees to download, save as Term 1 2023 (self-assess where relevant) and re-upload onto Promonitor). Term 1: Teacher Trainees to undertake short written exercise on the title:

'Safeguarding - what it means to me and my subject?' Note: include a reference to safeguarding policy documentation used.

2. Maths and English Re-Tests - EW to check?!

3. Library at 2pm - Developing academic skills session with Claire.

4. Remind Sam and Sophie (Teams Teachmeet UCLan planned/ Art link sent).

5. Transfer PoPA 1 docs into relevant New Look PoPA!

6. EW to distribute (paper copy) AR Proposal/ Ethics and discuss. Extended full master brief version (with dates) located on Teams.

best

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[bitchgomakemymoney3hundoe]

TELL ME YOU GIRLS ARE NOT THAT FUCKING STUPID AS TO FALL FOR THIS PIECE OF PAPER WHEN CLEARLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE WORDS UNDERLINED IN RED WE CAN ALL SEE WHERE IT SAYS "WITH LOVE FROM DÉ LA POPA ANDRÂE PETER PAUL DÉ POISSON" MEANING "OF THAT OR OF THUS(PAPA)FATHER ANDRE PETER PAUL OF POISSON, CONVENTED AGAINGSTE OF HEAT OF" AND THE WORDS REFERENCING TO THE CATHOLIC RELIGION AS "FRENCH-AMERICAN CATHOLIC KING01" **ALL OF MY SEXY WHITE HUNNIES HAVE BEEN MANIPULATED BY AN OBSCURE UNDERCOVER ASSOCIATION OF LOW LIVED SCUMBAG MOTHERFUCKERS WHO ARE SO PATHETIC AS TO TURN IN SOMEONE ELSE'S STYLE AND PASSION SO THAT SO THAT A LOW DOWN LOSER AND MISUSER CAN JUST DUMP A QUICK LOAD IN SOME PUSSY AND WASH HIS HANDS WITH YESTERDAY'S PUSSY THEN GET THE NEXT PUSSY A DIFFERENT DAY**

[fyblackwomenart]

Birds of Paradise by  Anca Popa

South Africa

[queensoybean0724]

Succession Chapter 1 (Karl Heisenberg/female reader) Resident Evil Village fic

Here is chapter one of my new fanfic!

Title: Succession

Characters: Karl Heisenberg, female reader, OCs

Rating: PG-13 for language and intense scenes (for now, this is a slow burn, but it will get very hot and spicy in later chapters)

Summary: You discover a long lost relative from Moldova that you didn’t know existed has died and you are his sole beneficiary.  You are on board a plane to collect your inheritance when your plane crashes in a village in Romania.

Author’s Notes: I do not own the characters from Resident Evil Village.  This is a work of fiction.  Anything remotely similar to anyone living or dead is purely coincidental.

Chapter 1

The music blasted from the car speakers as you drove down the main road towards the highway.  You had your phone plugged into your car stereo, your favorite Spotify playlist on shuffle.  Despite the A/C being on full blast, beads of sweat formed at your brow and rolled down your temple.  You adjusted the vents on either side of you, making sure the cold air directly hit your body.  The song that was playing had you tapping your fingers on the steering wheel, your head bopping to the beat.

The fridge at home was close to empty and it was beyond time for you to go grocery shopping.  The grocery list was secure in your purse and you were determined to stick to the items on the list and not make any frivolous purchases.  Money was tight and you only had so much money left before payday next week.

The song shut off suddenly followed by your ringtone.  Looking at the screen of your phone, UNKNOWN stared back at you. Probably a spam call, you thought to yourself, reaching to press the red Ignore button.  Unfortunately, your finger slid at the last minute and mistakenly tapped the Accept button. You watched as the call came through and the seconds ticked off.  FUCK!

“Hello?” you greeted with a hint of exasperation in your voice.

“Hello, am I speaking with Miss Y/N?” a heavily accented male voice responded.

“Yeah, this is she,” you muttered, rolling your eyes.  You tried your best to avoid these calls, ignoring them and letting them go straight to voicemail.  Very rarely was it followed with an actual message, which was more than fine with you.

“Miss Y/N, my name is Ron M. Dathermi.  I am a lawyer residing in Chisinau, Moldova in Eastern Europe…”

You raised your eyebrows at that.  Moldova?  Who the hell was calling you from Moldova?  Chalking it up to a scam, you were about to interrupt the man when he continued.

“...I wish I was calling under better circumstances, but I’m afraid I have some bad news.  Your great uncle, Serghei Popa, has passed away from a short illness and has named you his sole beneficiary…”

You couldn’t help the amused huff that came out of your mouth.  This must be some very elaborate scam.

“Umm...sorry, but I think you have the wrong person.  I don’t have family from Moldova and I have never heard of this man in my whole life.” You were about to hit the End button when Mr. Dathermi continued.

“Am I speaking with Y/N, born on (your birthday) to (your father and mother’s full names) and the granddaughter of (your grandfather and grandmother on both sides of your family)?”

Your eyes widened at that.  “Yeah, that’s me…” you answered.

“I know this may sound unusual, but Mr. Popa was the brother of your grandmother on your mother’s side.  He was given up for adoption at birth and taken in by a Moldovan family.  He did not have a spouse and had no children, and according to the genealogy report I have before me, your grandmother and your mother are both deceased.  Your mother was an only child, yes?  It appears to me that you are the last of his living relatives.”

You pulled off the road and into an empty parking lot.  The information you were being given was a lot to handle.  You didn’t have that large of a family.  You were an only child and raised by your parents and both sets of grandparents.  Both of your grandfathers had died before you turned 10.  Both grandmothers died within 5 years of each other and your father and mother died of illnesses, cancer and pneumonia respectively, in the last year.  Grief was a feeling that you knew better than anyone.  You kept to yourself mostly and you didn’t have any close friends or a significant other.

“Listen,” you began, “you are correct about all of your information, but how do I know this is not some kind of scam?”

The man on the other end of the phone cleared his throat and the sound of shuffling papers met your ears.  “I can imagine that this information is sudden and unusual.  What I will do is send a copy of his will and a copy of the genealogy papers to your address.  I encourage you to take this to your lawyer and have them look over the information.  The reason I am calling is because I need you to fly to Moldova, sign these papers, and accept the monetary inheritance that he has left you.”

Your jaw dropped as you looked down at your phone.  Fly to Moldova?  Is this true?  The only thing you knew about the country was that a foreign exchange student from high school was born and raised in Moldova.  That about sums up your knowledge of the country. This seemed incredibly asinine and ridiculous.  But the word that settled in your train of thought was “inheritance.” What inheritance?

“Mr...what was your name again?” you asked.

“Mr. Dathermi, but you can call me Ron,” the lawyer responded.

“Ron...umm, how much monetary inheritance are we talking about?”

More shuffling of papers was on the other side of the phone, Ron clicking his tongue as he looked through the information.  “He has left you 53,806,746 Moldovan Leu...which translates to $3,000,000 in American currency.”

“Are you fucking kidding me?!?!” you exclaimed before clamping your lips shut.  You heard Ron chuckle.  “I’m sorry, pardon my language. It’s just...wow...this sounds insane…”

“I can imagine it does,” Ron replied, “which is why I want to mail this information to you and have your attorney take a look at it so you know this is a legitimate will and testament.  If you would like, I can mail the information straight to your attorney if you are still leery.”

“No, no, that’s okay,” you said, shaking your head.  Your mind was whirling.  None of this sounded remotely true.  You felt as if you were dreaming.  This felt like something that only happened in books and fairy tales...a girl who had nothing and nobody suddenly inheriting millions of dollars from an unknown distant relative.  What are the odds of something like this happening in real life?  You gave Ron Dathermi your home address.

“Thank you very much, Miss Y/N.  I will send this as soon as possible.  I’ll also include my business card so your attorney can contact me and we can iron out the details.  Thank you very much, Y/N...I’ll be in touch.”

You thanked him as well and ended the call.  All alone in your car in the empty parking lot, you let out an excited squeal and started hopping up and down.

*

You adjusted the messenger bag that was slung across your shoulder as you heard the overhead speaker call for the boarding of your flight.  Taking a deep breath, you got in line, extended your ticket to the airport employee, and walked down the tarmac and into the plane.

Butterflies were fluttering in your stomach.  Your hands gripped your bag tightly as the flight attendant looked at your boarding pass and pointed down the aisle to where you were to be seated.  You had never flown before and your nerves were on alert.  Scenes from Final Destination flashed in your head as you walked down the aisle towards your seat.  Taking a deep breath and willing your body to relax, you located your seat next to the window and sat down, plopping your bag onto your lap.  

The small window was close to the wing of the plane and looking beyond that was a long expanse of grass that met a vast forest.  You were thankful that you had the window seat and your headphones so you could tune everything out and relax in your own little world.

Once the papers from Mr. Dathermi arrived a week prior, you immediately called the attorney that helped you with the probate and will from your parents’ deaths several months back.  He was more than happy to help, knowing that you were all alone in the world after your parents had passed.  Two days later, he called to inform you that all of the paperwork was, in fact, legitimate and that Mr. Serghei Popa was the brother of your grandmother.  He showed you the adoption papers, confirming that your great uncle had been put up for adoption and the family that took him in had relocated to Moldova when he was two years old.  He had remained in the country until his death.  Your attorney contacted Mr. Dathermi, who in turn secured a round trip plane ticket in order for you to come to Moldova to finalize the paperwork and collect the inheritance.

At the thought of the money you were about to acquire, another surge of excitement flowed through you.  Your parents hadn’t left you much after their death and you worked at a dead-end job that had no room for advancement and no possibility for raises.  All of these recent events sounded like something out of a fairy tale.

“This is your captain speaking,” the voice sounded from the speaker above your head, “we will be departing in the next ten minutes.  Please make sure your seatbelts are secured, your tray tables are up, and all electronics are off until we are at the appropriate cruising altitude.  I will inform everyone as soon as the coast is clear.  Thank you for flying with us and enjoy the ride.”

You fastened your seatbelt and laid your head back, closing your eyes and taking a deep breath.

“Don’t be nervous…” a voice sounded next to you.  You opened your eyes and looked over to see an older gentleman with wide rimmed glasses and a nice smile.

“Is it that obvious?” you asked, returning his smile.

“It’s pretty obvious,” he chuckled, “my name is Bruce Williams.  I’m the air marshal on board this flight.” You told him your name and shook his hand. “Just relax,” he assured, “we’ll be flying for the next 10 hours.  There are lots of movies and tv shows to watch on the screen in front of you, or you can listen to your music and read a book if you brought one.”

You patted your messenger bag.  “Yeah, I have a few books to choose from.  Thanks,” you smiled.

Within minutes, the plane had backed away from the tarmac, turned towards the long expanse of runway, and increased speed before leaving the ground and soaring up into the clouds.

*

The steady hum of the plane’s engines provided a relaxed soundtrack as you slept.  It was close to early morning, according to the clock on the tv screen, but your watch was still on your regular time zone.  It read early afternoon and that threw you through a loop.  You had heard that jet lag could be a bitch and you wondered how bad yours would be once you landed.  Bruce had passed you a pillow and blanket once you were ready to sleep and he assured you that your bag and belongings would be safe while you slept.

You were so thankful to be seated next to him.  Not only was he the air marshal, but he was a really cool person as well.  You two talked about movies and actually watched a couple of them on the tv screen in front of you.  Bruce was kind and nice to talk to.  The crinkle of crow’s feet around his eyes, his laugh, and his hair color mixed with hints of gray reminded you of your father...maybe that’s why you liked him so much.

You shifted in your seat and let out a soft yawn.  Stretching your arms above your head and arching your back, you wondered how much longer it would be until you touched down in Moldova.

“You weren’t asleep that long,” Bruce murmured.  You looked over to see a book in his hand and his glasses sitting on the bridge of his nose.

“I’m gonna go to the bathroom and then go back to sleep,” you replied, standing from your seat.  Bruce stood up and allowed you out into the aisle.  You made your way to the bathroom towards the back of the plane.  The cabin was dark with little lights dotting either side of the aisle on the floor. Soft lights were shining here and there from people reading, watching the tv screen, or messing with their phones while most of the passengers were asleep.

Once in the bathroom, you did your business, flushed the toilet, and began washing your hands.  The mirror in front of you showed a tired and weary version of yourself.  Some of your eye makeup was smudged.  You told yourself once  you returned back to your seat, you’d retrieve the makeup remover wipes in your bag and do away with the dirt and oil.

Just then the plane hit an air pocket and dropped several feet, throwing  you forward towards the sink and mirror.  You let out a shriek as the plane quieted and went still.  “God dammit,” you muttered, putting your hand over your heart, “that scared the shit out of me!”

Once out of the bathroom, you slammed the door shut and walked back to your seat.  You tapped Bruce on the shoulder and he moved aside.

You lifted the window shade and looked outside.  Natural light from the start of the day began to show.  The plane was amongst the clouds so it was fairly cloudy and hard to see.

“How much farther do we have?” you asked Bruce.  He shifted the book to his left hand and looked down at his wristwatch.  “We should be there in three hours.  I think we are flying over Romania right now…”

You nodded your head and thanked him, turning back to the window.  The clouds gave way momentarily and provided the opportunity to see the ground below.  Tall, snowy mountains came into view.  You smiled and marveled at their beauty, wondering what mountain range this was.  You cursed yourself for forgetting the basics from your World Geography class in high school.  Hell, all you knew about Romania was that it was the setting for Dracula and the real life territory that was once owned by Elizabeth Bathory, who allegedly killed upwards of 650 maidens and bathed in their blood.  You shook your head and smiled to yourself.  You really did enjoy some morbid and fucked up stories.

Your train of thought stopped short when a large and spacious castle came into view.  Your eyes widened and your jaw dropped.  It looked like something out of a Disney movie or from ancient castles that still sat throughout Europe.  The place looked like it stood on several acres of land and who knows how many square feet.  What a gorgeous and breathtaking place it was.  You wondered just what was inside a monstrosity like that and who was lucky enough to inhabit such a place.  Maybe there were castles in Moldova that you could explore and visit while you’re conducting your business.

The castle fell out of view and not far from it stood what looked like a village.  You were too high up to see any people or any traces of lights or torches.  You took everything in with total awe and appreciation.  It looked like a small and sleepy storybook town.

A sudden movement close to the village caught your attention.  You squinted your eyes and tried to look closer, pressing your forehead to the window.  What the fuck is that, you wondered.  It looked like a black tree, naked of leaves or any type of growth...and it was moving.  It looked to be swaying in the breeze, but the size of it looked way too sturdy for any kind of gust to move it with such fluidity.  As you focused on the tree, it appeared to be growing...getting closer to the plane.  Was the plane descending?  Were you getting closer to Moldova?

One of the branches of the tree slowly drifted to the ground before extending long and rigid, slinging itself up into the air like a bullwhip, hitting the wing of the plane.  The plane suddenly tilted as the slithering limb wrapped around the wing and broke it off.  You let out a loud scream as the plane turned on its side, Bruce falling against you, squishing you to the wall.  “WHAT THE FUCK??” Bruce screamed as yelps, shrieks, and screams echoed in the cabin of the plane.  Dozens of people were knocked from their seats, flight attendants falling into the aisle and rolling towards the cockpit.  The plane shook and quaked as it dropped several feet in a matter of seconds.

“OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD!” you screamed, grabbing hold of Bruce’s arm.  The air masks dropped from overhead and Bruce grabbed yours, making quick work of putting it over your face.  “HOLD ON TO IT! HOLD IT OVER YOUR MOUTH, Y/N!!” he commanded, reaching for his own mask.

“THE WING OF THE PLANE HAS BEEN DAMAGED!” the pilot yelled from over the speakers, “WE ARE LOSING ALTITUDE! BRACE FOR IMPACT!”  People screamed and panicked, holding on to whatever it was they could.  Panic surged through your body as your fingers dug into Bruce’s arm.  The plane shook as it fell.  Your stomach dropped and it felt as if you were seconds from impact.  You looked out the window one last time before the ground came into view and everything went black.

*

He leaned over the body on the metal table in the lab of his factory.  He fastened the bolts with a wrench and tested the strength of the metal against the rotting flesh.  A soft horn sounded in the distance along with the various turns of chains and clangs of steel against steel.  He wiped the sweat off his brow and walked to his desk, looking over the blueprints and sketches he had devised the previous day.

Despite the different array of sounds, nothing could mask the loud crash that sounded off in the distance.  He lifted his head, silently trying to figure out what the fuck made that noise.  Leaving the body laying on the table, he exited his lab and made his way down the stairs and to the factory doors.  

With a grunt, he slid the doors aside and looked off into the distance.  Black smoke billowed from an area that looked to be close to the village.  Other than the crows squawking and flapping their wings in retreat, everything was dead quiet.  He looked off to the right just in time to see the long, spindly limbs of mold retreating back towards the earth.  Karl Heisenberg’s face tightened in a disgusted grimace.

“Mother Miranda...what have you done?”

[wickedsrest-rp-archive]

Name: Mateo Lara Species: Mara Occupation: Assassin/Flower Arranger Age: 34 Years Old Played By: Jojo Face Claim: Manny Montana

“The shroud of shadows always brings people’s true character to light.”

Mateo was born to Filipe and Popa Lara in Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico. He was the third child in a growing family, which quickly grew to seven in a couple years time. While life was simple and relatively easy, there came a time for everyone in his family to be taught the value every one of them contributed and why they were different. Some resented, but eventually accepted who they were, while Mateo was instantly proud and set to work to improve himself. Eating fear and causing it was fun and all, especially with his cousins, but he knew there was more to it. There had to be even more satisfaction to their nature. He ventured to find something to scratch that itch.

Eventually, time in Mexico was up, and at the age of 15, Filipe and Popa secured papers to grant the family access to America. Reserved as he was, Mateo kept his distaste for the move for himself and said goodbye to all the snacks he enjoyed over the years to settle in Temple, Texas. Being an immigrant family had its downsides, but with fresh new meals and his family by his side, Mateo quickly assimilated to his new life. One by one, the family he adored in Mexico migrated over and a community of Laras’, Montes’, and Alvarado’s was created. This, along with the adversities that came with being immigrants solidified Mateo’s foundation of family and its importance to him.

As he grew older, Mateo’s boredom grew as well, finding that there was little to no gratification in producing fear. Save for the feeling of sating his hunger. He wondered if there was something wrong with him, seeing that everyone in his family was content and portrayed nothing but happiness. His father, loving as he was, saw how disheartened and lost his son was after graduating high school with no idea what to do with his life. He suggested teaching his younger cousins the ways of mara and how to do so safely. This quickly addressed his need for change and even presented a challenge, but just as quickly became boring too.

Frustrated and needing something to fill him with proper fear, Mateo was approached by a man in a bar who made him a desperate proposition. One he couldn’t refuse. To find a man that wronged the gentleman and make him disappear. The prospect enticed Mateo, but quickly presented a negative impact to his moral compass. All he’d ever done was protect with his mara abilities and his fists. What he’d be doing was murder, something his parents had always taught him to steer from. But what they didn’t know wouldn’t hurt them, right?

Mateo accepted the job and found the man, helpless and alone in his home. He peered in the shadows, seeing the true nature of this man—no, this inhuman person who thought he could put his hands on a woman. Growing angry, Mateo created the most terrifying visions possible, digging into the confines of the man’s mind before he stole whatever breath attempted to fill his lungs. The stranger was made into nothing more but an empty shell, while the woman was saved and free, none the wiser to Mateo’s presence. With a smile, relieved and satisfied, he went back and received payment from the man, who promised to forward his good work to anyone who might need it. Mateo nearly declined, but the one grand in his hand and the actual pleasure he got from his meal kept him silent.

After being lost for so long, Mateo was happy to discover he had finally found his calling.

Character Facts:

Personality: Calculating, quiet, stubborn, arrogant, patient

Has training in hand-to-hand and handling short/long-ranged firearms.

Enjoys reading and quiet spaces to do so.

Is family-focused and will do anything for them.

Doesn’t have a preference for who he kills as long as he gets paid.

Usually quiet but can be talkative if he likes the person.

Only has a high school diploma.

[government-toppats]

So Sven, Bella whatcha doin'

-pink

Sven looks up

"Oh hello! I am working on my fathers paper work! I told him and popa that they needed the day off. So they are going on a date night while I babysit bella and do some work!"

Burt chuckles softly, "yeah and i am here to make sure he doesnt over work himself like his father does." He sets the drinks down and kiss Sven on the head

Bella doodling on a piece of paper, "I helps!"

Sven giggles, "yes you are all Bella"

[spanishskulduggery]

Spanish Vocabulary - Nautical Words

Obviously I can’t list every single nautical word in Spanish, but I’m going to include some of the most common words related to ships/sailing. Nautical words in general are a little more on the esoteric side, so I’m going for what you’d find most useful and possibly something you’d say or use in real life.

Something important to note is that the line between “boat” and “ship” in English is more clear cut. Spanish tends to use el barco and la nave almost interchangeably, but a very large ship is most likely to be el navío or el buque

el barco = ship el barco de vapor = steamship

el navío = vessel / ship (large)

el buque = large ship [implied to be a large ship with decks] / vessel

la barca = rowboat

el bote = boat (often small) el bote de remos = rowboat [sometimes referred to as a “dinghy” in some cases]

la canoa = canoe

el velero = sailboat el barco de vela = sailboat [lit. “boat of sail”]

el remolcador = tugboat

el bote salvavidas = lifeboat / raft, life raft

la balsa = raft

el (barco) pesquero / el barco de pesca = fishing boat

la fragata = frigate

el buque de guerra = warship [in some context “man-o’-war” for very large ships with lots of cannons] el barco de guerra = battleship [sometimes used as buque de guerra depending on implied size]

el carguero = freight ship

el crucero = cruise ship

el acorazado = dreadnought

el yate = yacht

el submarino = submarine submarino/a = underwater

la goleta = schooner

la embarcación = vessel, “watercraft” [the umbrella term for any kind of ship, sort of like how an “aircraft” could include any kind of “plane” or “helicopter” etc]

la marina = navy la armada = navy / armada

la flota = fleet

la proa = prow / bow, front of the ship el castillo de proa = forecastle [sometimes just called a castillo which is “castle”; worth noting that in English “forecastle” is pronounced like “folk-sul” because English]

la popa = poop deck / stern, back of the ship el castillo de popa = aftercastle [sometimes has the name el alcázar which literally means something like “fortress”]

a proa y popa = “fore and aft”

el estribor = starboard, right side of a ship a estribor = to starboard, to the right

el babor = port, left side of a ship a babor = to port, to the left

la vela = sail [also “candle”, in a different context]

el mástil = mast

la quilla = keel

la atalaya = crow’s nest [lit. “lookout” or “watchtower”, sometimes la cofa] el punto de vigía = lookout (spot)

el casco = hull [also “helmet”, in a different context]

el puente de mando = bridge [as in “command bridge” or “command deck”, sometimes understood as “cockpit”]

la tripulación = crew

el/la tripulante = crew member

el remero, la remera = rower, oarsman/oarswoman

el alojamiento = quarters, lodging la cubierta de alojamiento de la tripulación = crew quarters

la cubierta = deck

la cocina = kitchen [on a ship called a “galley”] el galley = galley, kitchens

la sala de máquinas = engine room [lit. “machine room”]

el motor = engine

el carbón = coal

el mamparo = bulkhead

la escotilla = hatch

la red = net

la ventanilla = porthole [it literally means “little window” but I’ve also seen el ojo de buey which is literally “ox-eye”]

el mar = sea [sometimes la mar in older works or for poetic things] la alta mar = the high seas en alta mar = on the high seas

el agua = water [technically feminine in Spanish, but takes masculine article el]

el puerto = port [sometimes “harbor”]

el muelle / los muelles = wharf, docks

la bahía = bay

el arrecife = reef

la isla = island el islote = islet, small island

la arena = sand

la orilla = shore

la costa = coast costal = coastal

el borde = edge

la margen = edge, bank la margen del río = riverbank [margen can be masculine or feminine though la margen is more common for talking about rivers, while el margen is more common for “the margin” as far as the edge of a piece of paper or “margin for error” etc.]

la brújula = compass

derecho/a = right a la derecha = to the right a la diestra = to the right [old-fashioned]

izquierdo/a = left a la izquierda = to the left a la siniestra = to the left [old-fashioned]

por doquier = “all over the place”, “every which way” [shortened form of por dondequiera]

a diestra y siniestra = “right and left”, “all over the place”

de ida = one-way (trip)

de vuelta = return (trip)

de ida y vuelta = round trip

el pasaje = passage el pasajero, la pasajera = passenger

el viaje = voyage, journey, trip, travel

el viajero, la viajera = traveler

(el) norte = north

(el) sur = south

(el) este = east noreste = northeast sureste = southeast

(el) oeste = west noroeste = northwest suroeste = southwest

oriental = eastern / easterly

occidental = western / westerly

el levante = the East / easterly [comes from levantar “to rise” as in “the sun RISES in the east”]

el poniente = the West / westerly [comes from poner “to set” as in “the sun SETS in the west”]

el timón = rudder / helm

el remo = oar

el ancla = anchor [technically feminine in Spanish, but takes masculine article el]

el comercio = trade, commerce

la mercancía = merchandise, things to sell las mercancías = wares

la carga = cargo / freight

el camarote = cabin, a room on a ship

la cabina = cabin, usually the captain’s room

el capitán, la capitana = captain

la marea = tide

la ola = wave

el oleaje = surf, surge, swell

el océano = ocean

el río = river

el lago = lake

el delta = river delta

la boca = mouth [as in anatomy or “mouth of a river”]

el charco = a pool (of water) [not to be confused with la piscina “swimming pool”]

profundo/a = profound / deep

poco profundo/a = shallow

la profundidad = depth las profundidades = “the deep”, “the depths”

la pesca = fishing

el buceo = diving, scuba diving [not “diving” as in the sport] el/la buzo = diver, scuba diver

mareado/a = dizzy, seasick

el polizón = stowaway

varado/a = marooned

el naufragio = shipwreck

náufrago/a = shipwrecked

el náufrago, la náufraga = survivor of a shipwreck, castaway

el viento = wind

la niebla = fog

la lluvia = rain

el trueno = thunder

la brisa = breeze

despejado/a = clear [as in “no clouds” or “nothing in the sky/water”]

la calma = calm calmado/a = calm, peaceful en calma = at rest, peaceful, calm

la ráfaga = gust of wind la racha (de viento) = gust

el rayo = bolt of lightning

el relámpago = lightning flash

la nube = cloud nublado/a = cloudy

la neblina = mist, haze

la bruma = thick fog (especially at sea) brumoso/a = foggy, hazy, murky

la tormenta = storm

el vendaval = strong wind, gale

la ventisca = blizzard [also means “gale” since it is related to “wind”, but usually a ventisca implies snow and strong wind with reduced visibility]

el hielo = ice

el granizo = hail

la granizada / la pedrisca = hailstorm

la tempestad = tempest, gale

la borrasca = squall

el huracán = hurricane

el tifón = typhoon

el ciclón = cyclone / tornado

rumbo a = en route to

ir = to go irse = to go (away) irse de vacaciones = to go on vacation

visitar = to visit, to tour

volver = to return

trabajar = to work

nadar = to swim

ahogarse = to drown

caer(se) = to fall caer por la borda = to fall overboard

volcarse = to capsize, to overturn

pescar = to fish

bucear = to go diving [as in “scuba diving”]

marearse = to get dizzy / to get seasick

navegar = to navigate, to sail

perder = to lose perderse = to get lost

zarpar = to set sail levar anclas = to weigh anchor

izar = to hoist (sails/flags)

arriar = to bring in (sails/flags)

trazar una ruta / trazar el curso = to chart a course, to chart a path

viajar = to travel viajar de ida = to make a one-way trip viajar de vuelta = to travel back, to return home viajar de ida y vuelta = to make a round trip viajar en barco = to travel by ship 

transportar = to transport

llevar = to carry/to bring

embarcar(se) = to embark, to get on a ship

desembarcar(se) = to disembark, to get off a ship

[finnlongman]

tasty data, get your tasty data here

All right, I finished putting TBC2-LL into my Unhinged Spreadsheet, so here are some observations about this text. Long post incoming.

Caveat that this spreadsheet is a work in progress and all the data collection is being done manually, aka trawling the text with my own eyeballs and looking for words. It's entirely possible I've missed some.

A Mo Phopa

There are 47 instances of the word "popa" in this text that I've found.

I had to zoom out to fit them all in. This is so many.

What's really interesting, though, is how terms are paired. If I were to put the spreadsheet back in its original order, showing them in the order they occur in the text, we would see that the use of a phopa for Fergus is almost always accompanied by daltán or a variant ("fosterling, pupil, fosterson"): either Fergus addressing Cú Chulainn as a daltán, or Cú Chulainn identifying himself as such. That means the term in those contexts is firmly established as a fosterage term used with a generational difference.

On the other hand, when a phopa is used by Cú Chulainn to address Láeg, it's very often paired with Láeg addressing Cú Chulainn with an affectionate diminutive like a Chúcúc. The only other person to use a diminutive like this is Lug (or, well, Cú Chulainn's "friend from the Otherworld", who isn't named in this recension), and he only does so once. Láeg does so repeatedly:

By pairing this with a phopa, we're establishing an age difference, but the absence of obvious fosterage terminology and the subversion of expected hierarchies makes this seem more like a "big bro, little bro" relationship, as far as terminology is concerned. A Chúcúc is typically translated by O'Rahilly as "little Cú"; you could also go as far as "little Hound". It's very much both affectionate and emphasising Cú Chulainn's youth.

(In TBC1, by contrast, Láeg only uses a diminutive like this once.)

Putting the rest below a cut to save your dash, because it got long.

Gilla

The term "gilla" is a flexible one: it basically just means lad, boy, servant. It's often used in the narration for charioteers, but I noticed something interesting about its usage in dialogue as a term of address.

Notably, that in TBC1, Cú Chulainn never uses this term to address Láeg, but in TBC2-LL, he does (usually while giving orders, though the spreadsheet doesn't offer that level of detail) (yet). It's used in narration to describe Láeg, I think, but never as a term of address.

Is this a matter of date, and the shifting use of the term chronologically? TBC1 and TBC2-LL are close enough in date that I would be surprised if the term "gilla" had a significantly different meaning at the time of writing.

It does show up quite a bit in late texts, though, so there might be something in that. Need to look into that more.

Comalta, comaltus, daltae

TBC2-LL typically shows a lot more instances of fosterage terminology: comalta, comaltus, and daltae all show up more times. This might just be that TBC2 is wordier than TBC1 and likes to repeat itself more, but the mess of orange on my spreadsheet suggests it also has a greater preoccupation with the web of family, fosterage, and provincial connections between characters.

[ETA: it's just an error that lists one of the comaltas as pupil, fosterling; I think Excel got too enthusiastic with the autofill. The same error occurs below. It's not significant.]

Cú Chulainn once uses the term daltán to address Láeg in TBC1, which doesn't show up in TBC2. I did a post about that a while back; it comes in a line where Cú Chulainn is explaining something to Láeg, so might have a pedagogical usage, although also seems like it might be a little bit sarcastic. Need to explore that one further.

(Note that when Cú Chulainn appears in both the "used by" and "used for" columns, it's because he's describing himself, e.g. Fergus says, "Who's there?" and he says, "It's me, your fosterson and the fosterson of the Ulaid." The relationship given in the column after that is therefore the one being identified in those moments.)

Cara, cairdes, caratraid

TBC2-LL also has more uses of the word cara, friend, for a much wider range of relationships and hypothetical relationships. ("Be it friend or foe" kind of thing.) Cara is used for allies, fosterbrothers, family connections, and some relationships that look like "straightforward" friendship, i.e. there isn't any other clearer connection between the characters mentioned in the text.

The term caratraid for friendship shows up five times in TBC2, and never in TBC1. Three of these instances are to describe Cú Chulainn's relationship with Fer Baeth, one of his foster brothers; one is to describe his relationship with Fer Diad, another foster brother; and one is to describe his relationship with Lugaid mac Nóis, his ally in the Connacht camp (who is also, I think, a foster brother?).

Cairdes shows up three times in TBC2 - twice about Fer Baeth and once about Fer Diad - versus only once in TBC1, where it refers to Fer Baeth (and is in narration rather than dialogue). TBC2 also introduces "cardes sliasta", intimate friendship, with which Medb bribes men.

Fer Diad

Here are all the terms used for Cú Chulainn & Fer Diad's relationship across TBC1 and TBC2-LL:

Let's filter that to get a sense of TBC1 vs TBC2, bearing in mind that Comrac Fir Diad is way longer in TBC2 and therefore likely to have far more terms in it.

TBC1:

TBC2-LL:

So we've got a lot more repetition in TBC2, but we've also got some differences. TBC2 loses some of the endearments, like "a lóeg" and "a airer na súl", which are more typically found in romantic contexts. But it gains two instances of "inmain", beloved (a semantically wider term: we often get a mic inmain between family members, for example). Both use the term "dil" for "beloved", though, inserting it into Fer Diad's name: Fer dil Diad.

Both use the term "cocle", possibly "coicéile": comrade, friend, companion, vassal. TBC2 uses it a lot more, though. It also adds "cara", friend, and the related terms "cairdes" and "caratraid" to describe friendship.

Both use "acme" and "fine", in the same context/sentence: "you are/were my kith and kin". TBC also gives us "fir chomdéirgide", men who shared a bed. There is another reference to bed-sharing in TBC2, but it uses a different term, so this one is distinct. The term "dérgud" seems to refer to the making of a bed, so the vibe seems to be more "men who made a bed together": travelled together, made decisions together, shared intimacy, etc.

The term Cúa is etymologised as an insult in TBC1, but treated as a straightforward diminutive in TBC2. Meanwhile, TBC2 introduces the concept of Cú Chulainn as Fer Diad's "forbfer", or serving man/attendant, introducing hierarchies into their relationship. I was surprised this wasn't in both, but I guess the whole thing is just so much less developed in TBC1, and most of the backstory there comes from Fer Diad's conversations with his charioteer rather than his dialogue with TBC2. I do want to go back and double check it, though, in case there's another related term that slipped my notice.

Conclusions

What is the second recension of the Táin about? Well, statistically, it's about relationships between people.

TBC2 cares a lot about fosterage and the friendships that go with it.

A phopa is the most common term of endearment in this recension.

Combinations of terms tell us more than just looking at terms in isolation.

Spreadsheets can be fun, I guess.

Beyond that, I don't know. I need to add more texts before I can draw more meaningful conclusions about changes over time. But I thought you might like to see where we're at, anyway.

Next up is probably Cath Ruis na Ríg, for vibes, although I also need to add Stowe to this spreadsheet in case it changes anything about TBC2 compared to LL.

[kayluluthings]

10 Uncommonly used Filipino words

bandahali - butler First of all before we list down the 10 rarely used filipino words we should know where our language came from. Tagalog is derived from “Taga-ilog,” which literally means “from the river,” Tagalog is an Austronesian language belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian subfamily, with outside influences from Malay and Chinese, and later from both Spanish and American English through four centuries of colonial rule. This influence is seen in Tagalog words and their spelling.

1. Karo (car) - Sasakyan, kotse, katawan ng isang kotse/ karwahe.

Mabilis niyang ipinatakbo ang kanyang karo.

2. Portamoneda (wallet) - pitaka, bulsa, lagayan

Maraming laman ang kanyang portamoneda.

3. bandahali (butler) -  tagapangalaga o tagapamahala ng tahanan

Siya ang pinakamagaling na bandahali sa lugar na ito.

4. lantaka (swivel canons) - maliit na kanyon

Maraming nakalagay na lantaka sa barkong iyon.

5. ugit (rudder) - isang malapad, sapád, at naigagalaw na piraso ng kahoy o metal na idinudugtong sa popa ng bangka o barko, at ginagamit na patnubay.

Nasira ang ating ugit, kailangan na nating palitan.

6. Paraluman (compass) -  sinaunang kasangkapan ng mga magdaragat upang matukoy ang direksiyon.

Magdala ka ng paraluman dahil kakailanganin natin ito sa paglalakbay.

7. palapati (dove) - kalapati

Maraming palapati ang lumilipad sa langit

8. malim (pilot) - isang tao na nagpapatakbo ng isang sasakyang panghimpapawid.

Isa kang mahusay na malim.

 9. kalatas (paper) - ginagamit kapag magsusulat, ginagamit sa pagprinta ng documento.

Kinuha ni Jeffrey ang papel ni Anna.

10. iwa (dagger) - isang uri ng itak.

Naputol ang hawak-hawak niyang iwa.

[zetabooks-blog1]

ON CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE

Cristian Ciocan & Paul Marinescu: Introduction: On Conflict and Violence  [OPEN ACCESS]

Bernhard Waldenfels: Metamorphoses of Violence (translation by Amalia Trepca)

Abstract: Based on the argument that violence has a parasitic quality rather than an essence of its own, this article seeks to bring to light the conversion processes through which violence crystallises out of, as well as into, various phenomena. Violence is first examined in terms of the relation between perpetrator and victim with, however, an emphasis on the fact that violence cannot be reduced to the intention or the act of the perpetrator. On the contrary, violence is shown to have the character of pathos and to open up a dimension of which the act itself is only a part. Further, the author argues that in being directed towards the other, violence harbours a performative contradiction: by turning the addressee into a thing to be destroyed, the addressing act cancels itself. The paper also sets out to identify the breeding grounds of violence, which, due to its capacity for conversion, can be detected in various phenomena that are not necessarily linked to violence. This means that violence can resort to various mechanisms and can emerge in multiple fields of activity: in bureaucracy, economics, medicine, politics, war, and most importantly, in everyday life, hidden under inconspicuous but sometimes pervasive forms.

Pascal Delhom: L’expérience de la violence subie : accès aux phénomènes

Abstract: There are three possible ways of access to phenomena of suffered violence: the first is the experience of those who have suffered violence themselves; the second is the experience of eyewitnesses; the third, which is the most frequent one, is an indirect access through the testimony of people belonging to the first two categories. Each way of access has advantages but also serious difficulties, both in terms of the objectivity of the experience and of the possibility to express it in language. No one is free from an affective and a normative dimension; this implies that there is a certain tension with regard to the phenomenological reduction. The paper offers an analysis of these ways of access.

James Mensch: Trust and Violence

Abstract: Jean Améry’s memoir of his imprisonment and torture by the Nazis links the loss of “trust in the world” to the violence he experienced.  The loss of trust makes him feel homeless.  He can no longer find a place in the intersubjective world, the world for everyone.  What is this “trust in the world” (Weltvertrauen)?  How does violence destroy it?  In this article, I use Améry’s remarks as guide for understanding the relation of violence, trust, and homelessness.  Trust, I argue, is crucial to the constitution of the intersubjective world.  Violence, by undermining trust in Others, destroys the sense that this world is “for everyone.”  In excluding the victim from its “for everyone,” it enforces a homelessness that transforms the victim’s very being-in-the-world.

Michael Staudigl: Parasitic Confrontations: Toward a Phenomenology of Collective Violence  [OPEN ACCESS]

Abstract: This paper provides a phenomenological exploration of the phenomenon of collective violence, specifically by following the leading clue of war from Plato to the “new wars” of late globalization. It first focuses on thegenealogy of the legitimization of collective violence in terms of “counterviolence” and then demonstrates how it is mediated by constructions of “the other” in terms of “violence incarnate.” Finally, it proposes to explore such constructions—including the “barbarian” in Greek antiquity, “the cannibal” in the context of Colonialism, or the contemporary cipher of religious irrationality— as mirror effects of one’s own disavowed forms of violence.

Burkhard Liebsch: „Herrscht“ Krieg ‒ seit je her, gegenwärtig und auf immer? „Polemologische“ Überlegungen zur Frage, ob wir ihm ausgesetzt oder (auch) ausgeliefert sind

Abstract: This essay critically examines theories of war which imply an affirmation of the unavoid­able rule of war. In contrast to such theories, the author advocates a notion of war that presupposes processes of becoming enemies, which eventually enthrone war as “dominating” power. From this position result a number of desiderata of research which call for a revision of actual theories of war.

Delia Popa: Entre réversibilité et réverbération. Une approche phénoménologique de la violence sociale

Abstract: How can phenomenology help address the problem of social violence? Can phenomenology provide an adequate description of its essence? Is the phenomenological method able to deepen and transform its comprehension? The paper is an attempt to answer these questions through an analysis of three different testimonies of social violence entailing elements of phenomenological description. Starting with a minimal definition of the phenomenological description, understood as search for a meaning for a lived experience and substitution with those who suffer, the article discusses several issues raised by a phenomenological description of social violence, such as the danger of justifying it when searching for its meaning, of blaming the victims who suffered from it or of prolonging its traumatizing effects. The paper ends by questioning the ways in which the phenomenological method can offer support for resilience and inspire resistance to social violence.

Irene Breuer: Phenomenological Reflections on the Intertwining of Violence, Place and Memory. The Memorials of the Ungraspable

Abstract: Acts of violence develop in relation to place and involve the violation of its very limits. Every significant place is a scene of history, its limits embrace presence and sense. As such, it is the life-worldly home of memory. In this article, I will retrieve the bodily affective dimension of the phenomenon of place memory in instances of public commemoration. Drawing on different philosophical horizons like those of mainly Heidegger, Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Derrida, Adorno, Ricœur and Bataille, I’ll contrast their different perspectives on the question of the intertwining of violence, place and memory and refer them to the narrative work of memorials (e.g. Libeskind’s and Eisenman’s for Berlin). Insofar violence has been traditionally represented and thereby obliterated by architecture, we may ask how should genocide, as the unspeakable and ungraspable be expressed? I’ll suggest that it can only be attained by the suspension of meaning and presence: A narrative of bodily affections, of pathos, suffering and excess that accounts for what in itself remains beyond expression.

Mihai Ometiță: Hermeneutic Violence and Interpretive Conflict: Heidegger vs. Cassirer on Kant

Abstract: The paper aims to rectify the reception of Heidegger’s so-called “hermeneutic violence,” by addressing the under-investigated issue of its actual target and rationale. Since the publication of Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics, his immediate readers, such as Cassirer, as well as more recent commentators, accused Heidegger of doing violence to Kant’s and other philosophers’ texts. I show how the rationale of Heidegger’s self-acknowledged violence becomes tenable in light of his personal notes on his Kant book, and of several hermeneutic tenets from Being and Time. The violence at stake turns out to be a genuine method, involving the appropriation (Zueignen) and the elaboration (Ausarbeiten) of an interpreted text. Its target, I argue, is not the text itself, as it was often assumed, but its reception by a community or tradition. Thus, that violence may well instill interpretive conflict, yet its purpose is to salvage a text from a conventional and ossified reception, namely, from what Heidegger regards as the authoritarianism of idle talk (Gerede) in a philosophical milieu.

Chiara Pesaresi: « L’ébranlement du monde bien connu » : Lectures croisées de Patočka et Maldiney

Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyze the idea of the event conceived as crisis and conflict in Patočka and Maldiney’s thought. The event is what tears the horizon of the meaningful world apart and opens a new world: it represents the opening of a crisis in the human existence and at the same time the condition of any future crisis to come. By reading Maldiney’s texts on the “pathique” and the psychosis along with Patočka’s descriptions of historical existence, we shall then discover that human existence is exposed (and respond) to this chaotic and conflictual dimension. In fact, what defines the existence—the individual existence (Maldiney) as well as the historical, shared existence (Patočka)—is the exposure to such a conflict and to the critical event, i.e. to the possibility of its own shaking. Furthermore, the event appears as the root of both the krisis and the “koinè”, whether it is in the form of the encounter (Maldiney) or the community cohesion (Patočka).

Jason W. Alvis: Ricœur on Violence and Religion: Or, Violence Gives Rise to Thought  [OPEN ACCESS]

Abstract: This essay demonstrates Ricoeur’s explication of the various roles religion can play especially in regards to acts of collective violence, and also how his conceptions take us beyond the traditional dichotomies of religion as necessarily violent, or necessarily peaceful. It focuses on three essays where his most formidable reflections on religion and violence can be found: “Religion and Symbolic Violence” (1999), “Power and Violence” (first published 1989), and “State and Violence” (first published 1955). First, the essay hermeneutically describes the intricate relationship between violence and religion within these three essays, pointing to (i) three perils of religion especially regarding communities, (ii) the figure of the magistrate within some religiously motivated political revolutions, and (iii) the danger of ecclesiastical orders demonstrating not only authority but also forms of domination. The essay then phenomenologically ties these three threads together, demonstrating a way of understanding both the promises and perils of religion as it relates to violence, both in the work of Ricoeur and beyond it.

Michael Barber: Could the Focus on Transcendental Violence Be Violent?

Abstract: Eddo Evink criticizes Emmanuel Levinas’s supposed view that all acts of intentionality and rationality commit transcendental violence against their objects, including the Other. If this is so, Levinas undermines the possibility of his own philosophy. Evink further argues: that there are non-violent forms of intentionality and so intentionality is only potentially violent; that some non-violent counter-pole is needed to define violence; that there are contradictions in Levinas’s notion of violence; that Levinas, like empiricists, aspires to a metaphysical absolute untainted by language; and that he presupposes the philosophical, ontological, and linguistic frameworks he criticizes. However, to answer these objections, one must understand Levinas as developing two distinct modalities of relationship: Being and Otherwise than Being. These modalities clash in the face-to-face relationship when the phenomenon of the face defects into responsibility for the Other. The epistemology and ontology of Being involve distinctive acts, affects, forms of temporality, and experiences of self that undergo a tectonic shift in confrontation with the ethically obligating Other. Here the focus is not on the violence of concepts ever seeking to subjugate the Other but rather on the Other whose summons both provokes knowledge to retreat and is able to be shown in a philosophy, even if that philosophy betrays the saying in the said while also having the potential to reduce that betrayal. The focus should not be on transcendental violence tracking down and cornering the Other but on the Other ethically disrupting Being. With that focus, it becomes clear that concentrating on transcendental violence is a kind of violence.

Leonard Lawlor: The Most Difficult Task: On the Idea of an Impure, Pure Non-Violence (in Derrida)

Abstract: This article attempts to elaborate on the Derridean idea of transcendental violence and his idea of “violence against violence.” It does this by examining the structure of the gift as Derrida presents it in Given Time. The article lays out in detail all of the conditions for the gift Derrida presents across Given Time. More precisely, it examines Derrida’s analysis of the giving of counterfeit money. The conclusion it draws is that the giving of counterfeit money comes closest to the golden mean between exchange and non-exchange (or pure gift-giving), the golden mean between violence and non-violence. But the open question is: should we prescribe the giving of counterfeit money for all gift-giving and even for human relations of friendship and love?

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Mădălina Guzun: Briser le silence : Le déploiement de la langue comme traduction du silence en son chez Martin Heidegger

Abstract: The aim of the present article is to offer a new interpretation of Heidegger’s account of the unfolding of language by analyzing the notion of Geläut der Stille, “sounding gathering of silence.” Taking as a starting point the experience of silence described by Stefan George in his poem “The Word,” the article presents the opposition between silence and the sounding words, showing that the latter coincide with the language we speak. The passage from silence to the spoken language belongs to the unfolding of language itself, which presents itself as a translation of silence, redefining thus what translation originally is. The latter, understood as violence and harmony, gathers itself under the term of “rift,��� overcoming thus the ontological difference and offering us a radically new perspective over the nature of “relation” within Heidegger’s thinking.

Max Schaefer: Bonds of Trust: Thinking the Limits of Reciprocity with Heidegger and Michel Henry

Abstract: This paper seeks to address whether human life harbours the possibility of a gratuitous or non-reciprocal form of trust. To address this issue, I take up Descartes’ account of the cogito as the essence of all appearing. With his interpretation of Descartes’ account of the cogito as an immanent and affective mode of appearing, I maintain that Henry provides the transcendental foundation for a non-reciprocal form of trust, which the history of Western philosophy has largely covered over by forgetting this aspect of Descartes’ thought. I demonstrate that Heidegger’s reading of Descartes serves as a pre-eminent example of this. Because Heidegger overlooks Descartes’ insight into the essence of appearing, and reduces this essence to the finite transcendence of the world, I maintain that Heidegger reduces trust to reciprocal relations of understanding between beings of shared contexts of significance.

Ahmet Süner: The Ineluctable Sign in Sartre’s Account of Franconay’s Imitation

Abstract: The most interesting example of all the physical images that Sartre examines in L’Imaginaire concerns a female performer’s (Franconay’s) imitation of a male performer (Chevalier). The example is a unique instance in which Sartre deals explicitly with the possibility of ambiguity and hybridity in consciousness. Sartre’s introduction of the sign into the consciousness of imitation ties the perception of Franconay with the imaged Chevalier, but it also leads to the dissemination of the sign across the entire consciousness, a consequence that runs against Sartre’s analytic tendencies. I argue that, despite Sartre’s endeavor to keep the sign separate from perception and the image, the sign is a diffuse property of the entire consciousness of imitation, penetrating and contaminating its every instant. Sartre’s account of Franconay’s imitation contains the germs of the destruction of his clear-cut analytic distinctions, revealing the irreducible hybridity of the sign with both perception and the image.

Mathieu Cochereau: La Dissidence et l’unité des trois mouvements de l’existence chez Jan Patočka

Abstract: Jan Patočka is usually connected with Czech dissidence, a political movement which stood up against the communist government. We want to make the hypothesis that the notion of dissidence is not originally a political one but a phenomenological one above all. Dissidence is a movement of distancing which implies a rootedness and this movement of distancing is peculiar to human beings. Patočka calls “movement of human existence” this paradoxical rootedness which is a extramundane and mundane position. Thus, we have to review the theory of the three movements of human existence. While it is tempting to separate the third movement, as a movement of transcendence, and to describe it as a political dissidence, we would like to show that the three movements (and not only the third), the existence as a movement, have to be read as a Dissidence.

BOOK REVIEWS

Erik Norman Dzwiza-Ohlsen: Hans Blumenberg, Phänomenologische Schriften. 1981–1988 (Berlin: Suhrkamp, 2018)

Alexandru Bejinariu: Alexander Schnell, Was ist Phänomenologie? (Frankfurt a. Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 2019)

Christian Ferencz-Flatz: Nicolas De Warren & Thomas Vongehr (eds), Philosophers at the Front. Phenomenology and the First World War (Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2017)

Mihaela-Cătălina Condruz: Mark Vorobej, The concept of violence (New York: Routledge, 2016)

Delia Popa: Claire Marin, Rupture(s) (Paris: L’édition de L’Observatoire/La relève, 2019)

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Thursday 24 Nov 2022 - Stuff to do...

The Principle Aim for today is for all learners to continue to make progress with individual proposals for intended Action Research projects ready to resubmit for Formative Assessment (using guidance on feedback handout provided last week, as well as deriving from planned feedback peer activity).

Additionally, pertinent to the principle aim above, by the end of the session, all learners will also have revisited core learning theories (establishing prior knowledge and recapping in preparation for Action Research Report progression purposes) and as a result, identify relevant theories, models and/ or concepts aligned to trainee’s chosen subject-specialism and research topic (to include in version 2 of your proposal).

Learner Objectives for the day are to:

1.If received, contribute to discussion on data received from UCLan questionnaire from last week. Identify and address issues raised moving forwards. EW to action plan (based of feedback triangulated).

Remind trainees to arrange #Ob7 (mentor lesson Ob ASAP – use blank proforma on Teams) over the next couple of weeks. Once reports are complete, ask mentors to send to EW for moderation purposes.

2.Complete the ‘Breathing Life into Theory’ exercise to help strengthen proposal redrafts and instil greater trainee confidence to begin the data collection phase. (3 x) 2-minute activity – timed. Share findings. What have we learnt from the process?

Ref: Teams, UCLan General Channel Folder 4 (Nov 22)!

2b.Complete revision table recapping on learning theories - to align to subject-specific research content within proposal and contribute to discussion afterwards.

3.Participate in proposal peer-review activity. To assess (annotate) for clarity and reader-friendliness of the proposals at this stage (preparation for resubmitting Version 2).

4.Read through Research Ethics (McNiff) Handout. Distribute and discuss. Clarify and respond to trainee questions where appropriate.

5.Read through Harvard Referencing Handout (BU citation). Distribute and discuss. Clarify and respond to trainee questions where appropriate.

6.PM: Complete UCLan paper-based student feedback questionnaire (sorry, yes another!). EW instructed to scan and send onto Tanya.

7.Trainees to revisit proposals based on two activities and redraft accordingly. EW to support and guide individual trainees who may still be struggling with write-up for various reasons.

 

TUTORIAL: PM: Between 4.30-5pm: EW to carry out a one-to-one tutorial with Amy H (to discuss report and provide feedback on lesson observation according to UCLan proforma). Actions to be negotiated and documented under 4 UCLan curriculum strands.

EW to send final copy via email. EW to remind Amy to upload final copy onto her Portfolio of Professional Achievement (PoPA) and update ILP - including reflections of ETF criterion.

8. (Time Permitting) As a Year 2 refresher task, trainees to design a starter activity (integrating Eng, Maths or digital literacy starter activity which demonstrates E&D, British Values or sustainability) to share findings with the group. Post discussion and on completion, adapt and upload onto PoPA.

Ref. UCLan Teams, General, Section A, PT suggested SOW to access relevant links.

OR

Portfolio check (cross ref. hard copy SOW for Term 1 against evidence you have on PoPA). Please address those identified if not uploaded already.

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Deep Learning Application for Analyzing of Medical Images | Chapter  11 | New Horizons in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 6

All of the research papers define, emphasise, and classify one of the constituent elements of deep learning models (DL) used in medical image interpretation, but none of them provide a comprehensive picture of the importance and impact of each ingredient on DL model performance. Deep learning (DL) has advanced at a breakneck pace in medicine, but its applications in medical image interpretation are still evolving. Our paper is unique in that it employs a unified approach to the constituent elements of DL models, such as data, tools used by DL architectures, or specifically constructed DL architecture combinations, and highlights their "key" features for completing tasks in current medical image interpretation applications. Future research could focus on the use of "key" qualities unique to each constituent of DL models, as well as the correct determination of their correlations, with the goal of increasing DL model performance in medical image interpretation. Author(S) Details Tudor Florin Ursuleanu Faculty of General Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania and Department of Surgery VI, “Sf. Spiridon” Hospital, Iasi, Romania and Department of Surgery I, Regional Institute of Oncology, Iasi, Romania. Andreea Roxana Luca

Faculty of General Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Integrated Ambulatory of Hospital “Sf. Spiridon”, Iasi, Romania.

Liliana Gheorghe

Faculty of General Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania and Department of Radiology, Sf. Spiridon” Hospital, Iasi, Romania.

Roxana Grigorovici

Faculty of General Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania.

Stefan Iancu

Faculty of General Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania.

Maria Hlusneac

Faculty of General Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania.

Cristina Preda

Faculty of General Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania and Department of Endocrinology, “Sf. Spiridon” Hospital, Iasi, Romania.

Alexandru Grigorovici

Faculty of General Medicine, “Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania and Department of Surgery VI, “Sf. Spiridon” Hospital, Iasi, Romania.

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