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0 </subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>127</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-113218626891097853</id><published>2005-11-17T01:11:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-17T01:11:08.973+01:00</updated><title type='text'>False Consensus Effect</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We tend to overestimate how the degree to which our own behavior, attitudes, beliefs, and so on are shared by other people.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This may be because our friends and people we spend time with are indeed like us, and we use the Availability Heuristic to deduce that many other people are similar (our own beliefs, etc. are also very available). When there is limited information on which to base a good estimate, then what we believe is a fair alternative to a wild guess. We will use false consensus more when we attribute our own behavior to external factors as these are the same factors which presumed to affect others. False consensus also helps reinforce my own motivations.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://changingminds.org/explanations/theories/false_consensus.htm"&gt;False Consensus Effect&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-113218626891097853?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/113218626891097853/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=113218626891097853' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/113218626891097853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/113218626891097853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/11/false-consensus-effect.html' title='False Consensus Effect'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-113218204954815487</id><published>2005-11-17T00:00:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-17T00:00:49.613+01:00</updated><title type='text'>empathy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://search.stumbleupon.com/?q=empathy"&gt;empathy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-113218204954815487?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/113218204954815487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=113218204954815487' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/113218204954815487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/113218204954815487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/11/empathy.html' title='empathy'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-113215304880829336</id><published>2005-11-16T15:57:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-16T16:00:44.646+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Drunk Peruvians Torched Ancient Brewery</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;By Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt;Around a thousand years ago, a group of people gathered in a Peruvian brewery, drank copious amounts of brew, smashed their drinking vessels to the ground and torched the building as part of a complicated abandonment ritual, according to a new study.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20051114/brewery_arc.html"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6946/222/400/brewery_goto.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; The authors of the study in the latest Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences believe the structure was one of the earliest and largest state-sponsored breweries in the Andes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They also discovered that a group of elite women served as the brewmasters, unusual both for ancient times and even for today.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20051114/brewery_arc.html"&gt;Discovery Channel :: News :: Drunk Peruvians Torched Ancient Brewery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-113215304880829336?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/113215304880829336/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=113215304880829336' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/113215304880829336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/113215304880829336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/11/drunk-peruvians-torched-ancient.html' title='Drunk Peruvians Torched Ancient Brewery'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-113142295916566823</id><published>2005-11-08T05:09:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-08T05:20:43.253+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Socioloog Said Bouamama: "Alleen verrassend dat pot niet sneller overkookte"</title><content type='html'>by Keltoum en Vanessa Saturday, Nov. 05, 2005 at 5:37 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 25px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Er lijkt niet meteen een einde te komen aan de rellen in de Parijse voorsteden. Het geweld breidt zich uit naar andere steden. De rellen zijn geen verrassing voor socioloog Said Boumama. « Verrassend is alleen dat de explosie zo lang uitbleef, » zegt hij.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;       &lt;div style="text-align: left; width: 550px; padding-left: 30px;"&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left"&gt;Said Bouamama was in het begin van de jaren '80 één van de organisatoren van de zogenaamde 'Marches des Beures'. Die marsen voor gelijkheid, zoals hij ze zelf liever noemt, brachten tienduizenden jonge allochtonen op de been. De beweging viel al snel uitéén, maar slaagde er wel in om de dagelijkse problemen van de allochtone jongeren op de agenda te zetten. Twintig jaar later lijkt er echter niet veel veranderd.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;&lt;b&gt;-- Wie zijn die jongeren?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Said Bouamama: &lt;/b&gt;« Die jongeren maken deel uit van de arbeidersklasse van vandaag. Op de televisie worden ze vooral benaderd als migrantenjongeren, maar het gaat om een gemengde jeugd die vandaag op straat komt. Het gaat om jongeren die al lang hun woede opkroppen. De dood van hun twee kameraden was de druppel die de emmer deed overlopen. Het is een opstand tegen de situatie in de volkse wijken die al twintig dertig jaar achteruitgaat. » &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;&lt;b&gt;-- De dood van de twee jongens was dus slechts een aanleiding?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;« Wat die jongens overkwam is een grote onrechtvaardigheid want hun recht op leven werd geschonden. Maar in de wijken wordt een hele resem rechten geschonden: recht op werk, recht op een waardige woning. De wijken staan onder permanente politiecontrole en krijgen te maken met pesterijen. Dat is jong zijn en migrant in het Frankrijk van vandaag. Het lijkt wel alsof men die jongeren afschildert als de nieuwe gevaarlijke klasse. »&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;&lt;b&gt;-- Hun woede is zeer agressief. Is dat de enige manier waarop ze zich kunnen uiten?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;« Die jongeren proberen al jaren op verschillende manieren de aandacht te trekken op hun situatie. Maar aangezien de economie steeds liberaler wordt en aangezien armen niet bepaald centraal staan in de economische keuzes, wordt er niet naar hen geluisterd. Dat is ook de verantwoordelijkheid van de verschillende politieke krachten die geen rekening houden met de bevolking van deze wijken. De werkloosheidsgraad is er hoger dan 40 %. Dat is vier keer meer dan het nationaal gemiddelde. Eén op twee jongeren is werkloos. Dat is onleefbaar. De armoede neemt schrikwekkende proporties aan. Als daar dan ook nog eens de dagelijkse pesterijen van politie bijkomen, krijg je een pot die klaar is om over te koken. Vandaar mijn conclusie dat het niet verrassend is dat al die wagens in brand worden gestoken, maar wel dat een echte explosie zo lang uitbleef. Ik denk dat de woede van de jongeren zich heel lang tegen henzelf heeft gekeerd. Ze vechten onder elkaar. Over dat soort geweld wordt zelden gesproken. » &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;&lt;b&gt;-- De situatie is niet nieuw, maar sleept al vele jaren aan. Waarom doet de regering hier niets aan?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;« De regering heeft andere prioriteiten: de economie hervormen in liberale zin. Dat betekent dat er steeds minder overblijft voor zaken die niet dadelijk iets opbrengen zoals onderwijs, sociale woningen en gezondheidszorg. De politieke keuzes zorgen er voor dat wat nog restte om te kunnen overleven, verwaarloosd wordt. » &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;&lt;b&gt;-- Wie goed geschoold is, kan ontsnappen aan die situatie, zegt men. Wat loopt er verkeerd in het onderwijs?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;« Ik denk niet dat het hier een probleem van scholing is, maar een kwestie van overleven. Als je twintig bent en je ziet dat 40 % van de buurtbewoners zonder werk zit, dat de wijk achteruitgaat, dat je broers met hun diploma toch geen werk vinden, dan weet je dat dit geen probleem van onderwijs is. Wie over vorming en scholing begint, wijst eigenlijk de jongerne en de ouders zelf met de vinger. Ik ben daar niet van overtuigd. De ouders doen wat ze kunnen in de moeilijke omstandigheden waarin ze leven. »&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;&lt;b&gt;-- Is de werkloosheid dan een gevolg van discriminatie? &lt;/b&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;« Voor de migrantenjongeren is het evident dat er gediscrimineerd wordt. Een discriminatie die toeneemt door de economische crisis. Jobs worden zeldzaam en de eersten die aan de kant worden gezet zijn de migrantenjongeren. »&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;&lt;b&gt;-- Wat vindt u van de reactie van minister Sarkozy die de jongeren 'uitschot' noemde?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;« Dat is onaanvaardbaar en schandalig. Zie daar iemand die in een eerste reflex na de dood van de jongeren de politie in bescherming neemt zonder het onderzoek af te wachten. Die zich begeeft in de wijken en zegt dat er goede en slechte jongeren zijn, uitschot en geen uitschot. Hij houdt er geen rekening mee dat hij daar met mensen te maken heeft. Ik verdenk Sarkozy er van dat hij het onveiligheidsgevoel wil aanscherpen want bij de verkiezingen hoopt hij daar garen bij te spinnen. » &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;&lt;b&gt;-- Hoe kan er een einde komen aan het geweld?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;« Ik denk dat alle democraten, alle verenigingen, alle politieke partijen die het niet eens zijn met deze situatie, nu op straat moeten komen. Ik wacht vol ongeduld op bijeenkomsten of grote betogingen zodat dit geen zaak blijft van jongeren tegenover politieagenten, maar een politiek probleem dat de grenzen van de volkse wijken overstijgt. »&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;&lt;b&gt;-- Ziet u al iets bewegen?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;« Helaas niet, nee. Ik schud al enkele dagen aan de boom om iets te doen bewegen. Ik hoop op een grote betoging die alle politieke krachten van extreemlinks tot democraten samen brengt. »&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;&lt;b&gt;-- Hoe kan zo'n beweging ontstaan?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;« Momenteel vragen we aan iedereen die zich het lot van die jongeren aantrekt om de hoofdkwartieren van politieke partijen en vakbonden te bombarderen met mails. Zij moeten zich nu uitspreken. » &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;&lt;b&gt;-- Denkt u dat deze rellen georganiseerd zijn?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;« Er zullen wel kleine groepjes jongeren zijn die elkaar ontmoeten en die hun acties afspreken, maar een echte organisatie zit er niet achter. Het is een spontane en richtingloze opstand. De jongeren zullen de rekening moeten betalen. » &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;&lt;b&gt;-- Kan het resultaat van het onderzoek naar de dood van de twee jongeren een gunstig effect hebben?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="left" lang="fr-BE"&gt;« Het onderzoek zal zeggen dat de politie geen schuld treft. Dat zal niet de eerste keer zijn want we zitten al aan honderden dergelijke sterfgevallen. In de meerderheid van de gevallen worden de politieagenten vrijgesproken. Wettige zelfverdediging, luidt meestal het verdict. Ik geloof niet in zo'n onderzoek. »&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indymedia.be/news/2005/11/98868.php"&gt;Socioloog Said Bouamama: "Alleen verrassend dat pot niet sneller overkookte" : Indymedia Belgium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-113142295916566823?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/113142295916566823/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=113142295916566823' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/113142295916566823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/113142295916566823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/11/socioloog-said-bouamama-alleen.html' title='Socioloog Said Bouamama: &quot;Alleen verrassend dat pot niet sneller overkookte&quot;'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-113106158853159214</id><published>2005-11-04T00:46:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-04T00:46:28.583+01:00</updated><title type='text'>An Activist Left Behind</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;By Kari Lydersen&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Building peace in Colombia was the focus of the international conference in Chicago where Orlando Valencia, an Afro-Colombian activist, was invited to speak about his community’s struggle to defend its land from agribusiness interests and paramilitary forces. He never showed up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Valencia was representing Jiguamiandó, a “peace community” that has declared itself neutral in the country’s ravaging civil war and has no alignment with either right-wing paramilitary or left-wing guerrilla factions. Displaced by violence in 1997, the community won the right to return in 2000 under collective land rights granted to Afro-indigenous people. But during their absence the land had been illegally planted with African palm, as part of a large-scale palm oil export operation. Since then, the community has been struggling to claim their land while paramilitaries continue to protect the illegal agriculture, which poses a serious threat to the surrounding Choco rainforest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A week before he was to leave for Chicago, Valencia was denied a visa, for the second time, by the U.S. Embassy in Bogata. Fed up with the process, he started the long trek back home. A group of fellow Colombians and international observers accompanied him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2370/"&gt;An Activist Left Behind -- In These Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-113106158853159214?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/113106158853159214/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=113106158853159214' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/113106158853159214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/113106158853159214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/11/activist-left-behind.html' title='An Activist Left Behind'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-113086673811363396</id><published>2005-11-01T18:38:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-11-01T18:38:58.166+01:00</updated><title type='text'>World's earliest observatory discovered</title><content type='html'>    TAIYUAN, Oct. 30 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese archaeologists said they have found the world earliest observatory, dated back to some 4,100 years ago, in north China's Shanxi Province.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    The ancient observatory in the Taosi relics site in Shanxi Province is at least 2,000 years older than the 1,000-year-old observatory built by the Maya in central America, said He Nu, a research follow with the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    He told Xinhua on Sunday that the observatory, built at the endof the primitive society, "was not only used for observing astronomical phenomena but also for sacrificial rites."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    The remains of the observatory, in the shape of a semicircle 40meters in diameter in the main observation platform and 60 meters in diameter in the outer circle, were made by rammed earth in three circles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    Archaeologists inferred that 13 stone pillars, at least four meters tall, stood on the foundation of the first circle originally, forming 12 gaps between them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    "The ancient people observed the direction of sunrise through the gaps and distinguished the different seasons of the year," said He.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    In order to test the conjecture, archaeologists spent a year and a half simulating the observations of the ancients at the site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    To their surprise, the seasons marked by observation at the site were only one or two days different from the seasonal division of the traditional Chinese calendar, which is still widely used in rural China. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/30/content_3702544.htm"&gt;www.chinaview.cn 2005-10-30 10:38:03&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-113086673811363396?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/113086673811363396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-113073019372217905</id><published>2005-10-31T04:42:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-10-31T04:43:13.743+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Europe study shows climate risks</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt; By Paul Rincon&lt;br /&gt;BBC News science reporter&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mediterranean and mountain regions of Europe will be hardest hit by the changes set to affect the continent's natural resources this century&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That is the conclusion of a Europe-wide assessment that highlights the threat posed by climate change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Mediterranean will be at increased risk of forest fires, water shortages, loss of agricultural land and from its tree species shifting northward.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The study, by an international team, appears in the journal Science.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The assessment set out to forecast the impact of climate change, shifting land use and socio-economic factors on Europe during the 21st Century.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It simulated the effects of changes in soil fertility and water availability as the climate changes and humans respond, for example, by modifying land use patterns or moving to new areas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4381960.stm"&gt;BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Europe study shows climate risks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Del.icio.us: &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/environment" rel="tag"&gt;environment&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/climate" rel="tag"&gt;climate&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/europe" rel="tag"&gt;europe&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/globalwarming" 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href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/10/europe-study-shows-climate-risks.html' title='Europe study shows climate risks'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-113054301668309134</id><published>2005-10-29T01:43:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-29T01:49:54.133+02:00</updated><title type='text'>forget about privacy</title><content type='html'>america "the land of the free":&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a href="http://whohijackedourcountry.blogspot.com/2005/10/big-brother-is-spying-on-you-with-your.html"&gt;Who Hijacked Our Country: &lt;strong&gt;Big Brother is Spying on YOU, With YOUR Help&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Del.icio.us: &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/bigbrother" rel="tag"&gt;bigbrother&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/usa" rel="tag"&gt;usa&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/government" rel="tag"&gt;government&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/spying" rel="tag"&gt;spying&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/communication" rel="tag"&gt;communication&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/internet" rel="tag"&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/privacy" rel="tag"&gt;privacy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-113054301668309134?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/113054301668309134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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water</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.greengreenwater.com/"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6946/222/400/left_logo.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;green green water is a documentary film about hydroelectric power and its impact on the lives of thousands of Aboriginal people in northern Manitoba. This power is then sold to U.S. utilities companies and passed on to their customers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a story about power...power from hydroelectric dams...the power to destroy an ancient culture...the power of big money...the power of Indigenous people who refuse to be powerless in their struggle to survive...and the power of activism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A cross-cultural collaboration from a team of award-winning filmmakers behind such films as THIS obedience, Alcatraz Is Not an Island, Voices for the Land, and Treading Water: a documentary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.greengreenwater.com/"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6946/222/400/big_1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112999416278647850?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112999416278647850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112999416278647850' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112999416278647850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112999416278647850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/10/green-green-water.html' title='green green water'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112980610233721810</id><published>2005-10-20T12:59:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-20T13:01:42.343+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The Gift of ADHD</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;by Lara Honos-Webb, Ph.D. for iVillage (excerpted from The Gift of ADHD)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Studies suggest that many of the traits kids with ADHD exhibit can be expressions of deeper gifts: powerful imagination, searching insight and unusual intuition. Find out how to transform your child's problems into strengths.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;p class="textBodyBlack"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt;   &lt;p class="textBodyBlack"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Finding creativity&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Without paying careful attention to your child's inner process, it is easy to miss his creativity in everyday life. While the teacher complains that he is spacing out during her presentation on the structure of our government, your child may be generating possible solutions for eliminating wasteful governmental spending. While your child appears to be trying to get out of going to his music lessons, he may be singing Broadway show tunes in his mind with perfect tempo and memory for all the words. If a child isn't doing what he's supposed to be doing, we commonly think he is &lt;a href="http://parenting.ivillage.com/tp/tpbehavior/topics/0,,4rv0,00.html?par=msn%7Cdiet%7Chyper&amp;iv_cobrandRef=msndiet" target="_blank"&gt;misbehaving&lt;/a&gt;. In fact, he may be exploring and expressing his own unique gifts that do not match up with your tight schedules and plans for him.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="textBodyBlack"&gt;For example, what adults often think of as goofing off can be one of the most important activities for any child, but particularly a creative child. If your child is diagnosed with ADHD, you may recognize that he does not have the same attention span and focus of other children, but you must also acknowledge his superior creativity that, as a parent, you are entrusted to nourish and nurture. You do not do this by getting him to conform to the demands of traditional ideas of achievement. You nurture his creativity by making allowances for his differences and unstructuring his life accordingly. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;p class="textBodyBlack"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://articles.health.msn.com/id/100110773/site/100000000/"&gt;MSN Health &amp;amp; Fitness - The Gift of ADHD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112980610233721810?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112980610233721810/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112980610233721810' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112980610233721810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112980610233721810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/10/gift-of-adhd.html' title='The Gift of ADHD'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112949462667870474</id><published>2005-10-16T22:30:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T22:30:26.736+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Capitalism &amp; Kids'</title><content type='html'>Welcome to the Gallery, eventually this will be the place to see all the videos you're never likely to get a look at on the mainstream media. It's hoped that all you radical types will be inspired to pick up a video camera and tell everyone your point of view.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first of what we hope will be many films to appear on this site is Capitalism &amp; Other Kids' Stuff. It was made by four socialists on one freezing Saturday afternoon in a church hall at Hebburn in the north east of England. On a budget of £80 which was spent on travel expenses the cost of hiring the hall and some cold cheese pasties the film may be rough and ready but it's hoped that it says something real to you. The ideas it proposes are one's you're unlikely to see on any TV show, art house play or even the news networks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The original version or 'the white version' as we now call it - nothing to do with the Beatles album - has now been replaced by a newer version known as the CGI version. This is a lot more colourful and has more jazzy bits! It's hoped that this does not detract from the points raised in the video. Also, it has to be pointed out that this is  still not the final edit as we're waiting for some great artwork done by Mat Brady, which will be included in the video. Mat is a real talent and we are delighted that he has joined the team.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Already seen by many to critical acclaim (and some critical comments too but we don't mention that) we're proud to present&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.socialist-tv.com/toppage1.htm"&gt;Capitalism &amp; Other Kids' Stuff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  -The CGI Version&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Runtime 51 Minutes &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112949462667870474?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112949462667870474/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112949462667870474' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112949462667870474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112949462667870474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/10/capitalism-kids.html' title='Capitalism &amp; Kids&apos;'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112928079491878068</id><published>2005-10-14T11:06:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-14T11:07:30.296+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Why the Corporate Rich Oppose Environmentalism</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;EnergyBulletin.net | Energy and Peak Oil News&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;by Michael Parenti&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;In 1876, Marx's collaborator, Frederich Engels, offered a prophetic caveat: "Let us not . . . flatter ourselves overmuch on account of our human conquest over nature. For each such conquest takes its revenge on us. . . . At every step we are reminded that we by no means rule over nature like a conqueror over a foreign people, like someone standing outside of nature--but that we, with flesh, blood, and brain, belong to nature, and exist in its midst. . . ."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With its never-ending emphasis on production and profit, and its indifference to environment, transnational corporate capitalism appears determined to stand outside nature. The driving goal of the giant investment firms is to convert natural materials into commodities and commodities into profits, transforming living nature into vast accumulations of dead capital.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This capital accumulation process treats the planet's life-sustaining resources (arable land, groundwater, wetlands, forests, fisheries, ocean beds, rivers, air quality) as dispensable ingredients of limitless supply, to be consumed or toxified at will. Consequently, the support systems of the entire ecosphere--the Earth's thin skin of fresh air, water, and top soil--are at risk, threatened by global warming, massive erosion, and ozone depletion. An ever-expanding capitalism and a fragile finite ecology are on a calamitous collision course.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is not true that the ruling politico-economic interests are in a state of denial about this. Far worse than denial, they have shown utter antagonism toward those who think the planet is more important than corporate profits. So they defame environmentalists as "eco-terrorists," "EPA gestapo," "Earth Day alarmists," "tree huggers," and purveyors of "Green hysteria" and "liberal claptrap."&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;...&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://energybulletin.net/7902.html"&gt;Why the Corporate Rich Oppose Environmentalism | EnergyBulletin.net | Energy and Peak Oil News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112928079491878068?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112928079491878068/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112928079491878068' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112928079491878068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112928079491878068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/10/why-corporate-rich-oppose.html' title='Why the Corporate Rich Oppose Environmentalism'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112924306723932679</id><published>2005-10-14T00:37:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-14T00:37:47.246+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Afrique XX1 - Revue des Alternatives Africaines</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.afrique21.org/"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6946/222/400/afrnetbetpr.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Afrique XX1 est une revue à but non lucratif réalisée par des bénévoles. Elle a pour objectif de se faire l’écho d’analyses, d’informations et d’initiatives d’organisations associatives et syndicales qui luttent afin d’obtenir une réelle alternative pour les peuples africains. Afrique XX1 est et restera indépendante financièrement et dans son fonctionnement de toutes les institutions politiques, économiques et religieuses. Son comité de rédaction est composé d’associations, de syndicats ainsi que de personnes se reconnaissant dans sa ligne éditoriale et dans son mode de gestion collectif.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Associations membres de la rédaction&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.afrique21.org/"&gt;Afrique XX1 - Revue des Alternatives Africaines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112924306723932679?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112924306723932679/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112924306723932679' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112924306723932679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112924306723932679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/10/afrique-xx1-revue-des-alternatives.html' title='Afrique XX1 - Revue des Alternatives Africaines'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112904629184371627</id><published>2005-10-11T17:57:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-11T17:58:11.850+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Kif Kif, de interculturele site van Vlaanderen.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kifkif.be/"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6946/222/1600/logoblancktop.jpg" width="550" alt="Kif Kif, de interculturele site van Vlaanderen. :: De interculturele site van Vlaanderen" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;over Kif Kif: De missie en uitgangspunten van vzw &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Kif Kif&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Missie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kif Kif wil meebouwen aan een interculturele samenleving die de actieve participatie van àlle burgers in onze democratische rechtstaat bevordert. Via onafhankelijke, interactieve en sensibiliserende initiatieven wil Kif Kif een diversiteit aan stemmen en verhalen een forum bieden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Algemene doelstellingen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uit deze missie putten wij de volgende algemene doelstellingen:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Een diversiteit aan stemmen en verhalen een forum bieden.&lt;br /&gt;2. De actieve participatie van álle burgers bevorderen.&lt;br /&gt;3. Stereotiepe en negatieve beeldvorming ontkrachten.&lt;br /&gt;4. Stimuleren tot kritische reflectie.&lt;br /&gt;5. De onafhankelijkheid en het unieke karakter van de organisatie bewaken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Uitgangspunten&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bij het realiseren van de missie en de doelstellingen vertrekken wij vanuit het volgende referentiekader:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Progressief&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kif Kif wil niet lijdzaam toekijken hoe alles bij het oude blijft. De hervorming van een aantal maatschappelijke aspecten en instellingen dringt zich hoe langer hoe meer op. Dit betekent dat we als organisatie in vele gevallen een standpunt moeten durven innemen. Daarom willen we er op een doordachte manier naar streven om discussies te bevorderen. We mogen niet aan de kant blijven staan, maar richten ons op vooruitgang en vernieuwing zodat iedereen een gelijkwaardige plaats in een rechtvaardige samenleving kan innemen. De samenleving zoals we die vandaag kennen is niet dezelfde als ongeveer dertig jaar terug. De migratie, de steeds toenemende mobiliteit, versnelde communicatiemiddelen, globalisering, enz. maken dat de diversiteit in de samenleving voortdurend toeneemt. Dit brengt nieuwe onrechtvaardigheden en ongelijkheden met zich mee die op een innovatieve, creatieve en eigentijdse manier benaderd moeten worden. Kif Kif wil zich hiervoor actief engageren en wil haar sympathisanten de mogelijkheid bieden om hieraan mee te werken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pluralistisch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kif Kif stelt zich van bij de start open en pluralistisch op. Dit betekent dat we open staan voor eventuele samenwerking met andere democratische verenigingen. Iedere mens is gelijk en moet, ongeacht de sociaal-culturele achtergrond, gelijke kansen krijgen om zich maximaal te ontplooien en op een volwaardige manier kunnen deelnemen aan het maatschappelijke leven. Niemand mag uitgestoten of achtergesteld worden omwille van sociale achtergrond, huidskleur, nationaliteit, verstandelijke of lichamelijke handicap, seksuele geaardheid, enz. Dit betekent ook dat Kif Kif zich niet tot een welbepaalde etnisch-culturele groep richt. Kif Kif wil de leden van de verschillende gemeenschappen met elkaar in contact brengen. Daarnaast willen we een einde maken aan de strakke opdeling tussen ‘allochtoon’ en ‘autochtoon’, tussen ‘Vlaming’ en ‘vreemdeling’ en tussen man en vrouw. Kif Kif streeft naar een samenleving waarin diversiteit geen holle slogan blijft en in volle vrijheid beleefd kan worden. We leven samen in eenzelfde geografische, institutionele en economische ruimte en kunnen maar beter leren om dit op een vreedzame en respectvolle manier te doen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Solidair&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gezien de toenemende internationale ongelijkheden, wil Kif Kif over rechtvaardige en democratische alternatieven voor het huidige economische wereldsysteem nadenken. Aangezien het een wereldwijde onrechtvaardigheid betreft, hechten wij veel belang aan grensoverschrijdende solidariteit. We besteden dan ook ruim aandacht aan onderwerpen als migratie, mondialisering, armoede en oorlog. Kif Kif meent dat de socio-economische positie cruciaal is voor de maatschappelijke plaats die het individu inneemt of toebedeeld krijgt. We zijn ervan overtuigd dat de emancipatie van álle inwoners van Vlaanderen/België en de wereldbevolking een ijdele droom zal blijven zolang er geen structurele maatregelen op het vlak van onderwijs, tewerkstelling en huisvesting genomen worden. Het is evenzeer zo dat de socio-culturele achtergrond steeds vaker als uitsluitend mechanisme functioneert. Al te lang heeft de ‘linkerzijde’ het belang van de culturele identiteit verwaarloosd en onderschat. Kif Kif wil dan ook actief nadenken hoe die op een passende manier binnen een linkse wereldbeschouwing geplaatst kan worden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Antiracistisch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kif Kif profileert zich als uitgesproken antiracistisch en wenst het racisme in al haar verschijningsvormen te ontmaskeren en bespreekbaar te maken. We besteden daarom uitgebreid aandacht besteden aan de oorsprong, de werking, de functie en de gevolgen van het racistische mechanisme. Wanneer de situatie het vereist, zal Kif Kif ook bepaalde wanpraktijken aan de kaak stellen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Democratisch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kif Kif wil dat álle gemeenschappen gehoord worden en medezeggenschap hebben. Het kan niet langer dat er boven de hoofden van sommige groepen beslissingen worden genomen. De maatschappij moet in al haar facetten en op alle niveaus toegankelijk en bereikbaar zijn voor alle leden van die maatschappij. Het is duidelijk dat heel wat mensen worden geconfronteerd met een dagelijkse realiteit waarin ze zelfs niet eens als een volwaardige gesprekspartner worden beschouwd. Er moet werk gemaakt worden van een verregaande democratisering van een aantal structuren en instellingen. Alle burgers moeten op een actieve manier kunnen participeren in het beleid. Dit veronderstelt een eerlijke verdeling van de middelen en de mogelijkheden waarover iedereen moet beschikken, zowel op lokaal als globaal vlak. Kennis vormt de belangrijkste grondstof in de postindustriële samenleving. In ons streven naar een rechtvaardige maatschappij achten wij het dan ook van primordiaal belang om ook deze grondstof voor iedereen beschikbaar en bruikbaar te maken. Via de website en onze werking hopen wij hieraan een bescheiden maar zinvolle bijdrage te leveren.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kifkif.be/"&gt;Kif Kif, de interculturele site van Vlaanderen. :: De interculturele site van Vlaanderen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112904629184371627?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112904629184371627/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112904629184371627' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112904629184371627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112904629184371627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/10/kif-kif-de-interculturele-site-van.html' title='Kif Kif, de interculturele site van Vlaanderen.'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112898991415281335</id><published>2005-10-11T02:18:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-11T02:19:32.426+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Addiction/Crime</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;©1996-2004 PFPC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  In 1999 Masters reported on crime rates and deaths from alcoholism in fluoridated areas:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* Crime rates in the cities using SiF were significantly higher than in non-fluoridating cities (H2SiF6 = 1486 per 100,000; Na2SiF6 = 1480 per 100,000; non-fluoridated = 1100 per 100,000), as were rates of death from alcoholism (H2SiF6 = 56.1 per 100,000; Na2SiF6 = 53.8 per 100,000; non-fluoridated = 44.1 per 100,000).” Masters RD - “Poisoning the Well: Neurotoxic Metals, Water Treatment, and Human Behavior” Plenary Address to Annual Conference of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences, Four Seasons Hotel, Atlanta, GA -- 9:00AM, Sept. 2, 1999 LINK&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Regarding cocaine addiction, Masters reported:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* Among 30,000 criminals in 24 cities studied by NIJ, those living where SiF is in water were more likely to have been using cocaine at the time of their arrest (H2SiF6 = 44%; Na2SiF6 = 43%; non-fluoridated = 32%).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why would this be? While Masters stipulates that this might be due to increased lead uptake caused by silicofluorides, this is only partially the reason. Fluorides reduce thyroid hormone which is further compounded by increased lead uptake. Thyroid hormones regulate the critical pathways involved in alcoholism, as well as cocaine addiction and violent behaviour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://64.177.90.157/science/html/addiction_crime.html"&gt;Addiction/Crime&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112898991415281335?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112898991415281335/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112898991415281335' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112898991415281335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112898991415281335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/10/addictioncrime.html' title='Addiction/Crime'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112890599397406881</id><published>2005-10-10T02:59:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-10T03:04:15.083+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Treasure America ANWR Video is Out - Have a Look!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/treasure-america-anwr-video-is-001522.php"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6946/222/320/TAP_video.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;3P followed the adventures of the Treasure America team this summer as we visited the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in search of economic arguments against opening the refuge to oil development. The project successfully showed that tourism and other locally born industry could be a more viable long term economic strategy than oil exploration. The second part of the project was to produce a video for the rest of America demonstrating that drilling in the refuge will do next to nothing for our economy, and ironically, NOT drilling is a better economic stimulator.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/treasure-america-anwr-video-is-001522.php"&gt;Triple Pundit: Treasure America ANWR Video is Out - Have a Look!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112890599397406881?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112890599397406881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112890599397406881' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112890599397406881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112890599397406881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/10/treasure-america-anwr-video-is-out.html' title='Treasure America ANWR Video is Out - Have a Look!'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112816379377444726</id><published>2005-10-01T12:49:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-10-01T12:49:53.823+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Sleepwalking to the End of the Earth</title><content type='html'>Maria Gilardin writes: Floods, storms, and droughts. Melting polar ice, shrinking glaciers, oceans turning to acid. Scientists from the fields of glaciology, biology, meteorology, oceanography, and ecology reported seeing a dramatic rise over the last 50 years of all the indicators of climate change: increase in average world temperatures, extreme weather events, in the levels of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, and in the level of the oceans. The award winning environmental writer Geoffrey Lean wrote: “Future historians, looking back from a much hotter and less hospitable world . . . will puzzle over how a whole generation could have sleepwalked into disaster -- destroying the climate that has allowed human civilization to flourish over the past 11,000 years.” ... There is a set of figures that is both deeply depressing and hopeful. The last published World Bank data for CO2 emissions per capita indicate that, while every man, woman, and child in the US puts out 20 metric tons of CO2 per annum, those in the European Union put out 8 per person per year; China 2; and the output of Nigerians, who supply us with much of the oil that we burn into CO2, is zero -- below scale. In 2002, US-Americans used over 12,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per person; Europeans used less than half the amount, while the use in China is 987 kilowatt-hours per person. The US per-capita use of oil is twice that of the European Union, and more than 8 times that of China. What if China aspires to our standard of living? And why not, if we are not willing to cut back? Europe gets by with so much less CO2-output and energy-input, while already planning for further cuts. Where is the measure of global justice, between those who cause no harm and those whose extravagant use of fossil fuels harms everybody else? Regardless of who is driving this: industry, the military, religious fundamentalists, or any permutation of government, be it red or blue, responsibility for the approaching climate collapse will fall overwhelmingly on the United States. Since the US government and corporations not only refuse to cut back but are driving eco-collapse forward, it is up to ordinary people to refuse collaboration and to control the perpetrators. For us living in the US, the opportunity and time to make a difference that will affect the entire planet is now. &lt;em&gt;(09/27/05)&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.synearth.net/2005/09/27"&gt;News for a Synergic Earth : Sleepwalking to the End of the Earth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112816379377444726?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112816379377444726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112816379377444726' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112816379377444726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112816379377444726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/10/sleepwalking-to-end-of-earth.html' title='Sleepwalking to the End of the Earth'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112785034647036494</id><published>2005-09-27T21:45:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-09-27T21:47:38.336+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Shirky: Ontology is Overrated -- Categories, Links, and Tags</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Clay Shirky's Writings About the Internet&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Economics &amp; Culture, Media &amp;amp; Community&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;This piece is based on two talks I gave in the spring of 2005 -- one at the O'Reilly ETech conference in March, entitled "Ontology Is Overrated", and one at the IMCExpo in April entitled "Folksonomies &amp; Tags: The rise of user-developed classification." The written version is a heavily edited concatenation of those two talks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I want to talk about categorization, and I want to convince you that a lot of what we think we know about categorization is wrong. In particular, I want to convince you that many of the ways we're attempting to apply categorization to the electronic world are actually a bad fit, because we've adopted habits of mind that are left over from earlier strategies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also want to convince you that what we're seeing when we see the Web is actually a radical break with previous categorization strategies, rather than an extension of them. The second part of the talk is more speculative, because it is often the case that old systems get broken before people know what's going to take their place. (Anyone watching the music industry can see this at work today.) That's what I think is happening with categorization.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I think is coming instead are much more organic ways of organizing information than our current categorization schemes allow, based on two units -- the link, which can point to anything, and the tag, which is a way of attaching labels to links. The strategy of tagging -- free-form labeling, without regard to categorical constraints -- seems like a recipe for disaster, but as the Web has shown us, you can extract a surprising amount of value from big messy data sets.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://shirky.com/writings/ontology_overrated.html"&gt;read more:-  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Shirky: Ontology is Overrated -- Categories, Links, and Tags&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112785034647036494?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112785034647036494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112785034647036494' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112785034647036494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112785034647036494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/09/shirky-ontology-is-overrated.html' title='Shirky: Ontology is Overrated -- Categories, Links, and Tags'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112715913855983893</id><published>2005-09-19T21:45:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-09-19T21:45:38.626+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Shoe Leather As A Renewable Resource: Penn Biologists Invent Power-Generating Backpack</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;Source:	&lt;br /&gt;University Of Pennsylvania&lt;br /&gt;Date: 	&lt;br /&gt;2005-09-10&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PHILADELPHIA -- &lt;br /&gt;If you already have a little spring in your step, a team of biologists at the University of Pennsylvania would like to put it to good use by adding a few more springs in the form of a power-generating backpack. Details of their prototype "Suspended-load Backpack" were announced today in the journal Science. The device converts mechanical energy from walking into electricity up to 7.4 Watts more than enough energy to power a number of portable electronic devices at once.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/09/050909233304.htm"&gt;Shoe Leather As A Renewable Resource: Penn Biologists Invent Power-Generating Backpack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112715913855983893?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112715913855983893/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112715913855983893' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112715913855983893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112715913855983893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/09/shoe-leather-as-renewable-resource.html' title='Shoe Leather As A Renewable Resource: Penn Biologists Invent Power-Generating Backpack'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112685265950039451</id><published>2005-09-16T08:37:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-09-16T08:40:16.190+02:00</updated><title type='text'>the City of Freiburg</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px; color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"&gt;A Short History&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;span style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"&gt;of the District Freiburg-Vauban, Germany&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt;   &lt;h2&gt;Abstract&lt;/h2&gt;     &lt;p&gt;In the South of &lt;img src="http://www.vauban.de/bilder/link.gif" alt="Link to external website" height="7" width="13" /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.freiburg.de/" target="_blank"&gt;Freiburg&lt;/a&gt;, on the former area of a French barrack site, Vauban, a new district is being developed for more than 5,000 inhabitants and 600 jobs. In 1993 the planning for the district started and in 2006, after three development phases, the district (38 hectares) will be completed. By the beginning of the year 2001, 2000 people had moved in.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p&gt;The main goal of the project is to implement a city district in a co-operative, participatory way which meets ecological, social, economical and cultural requirements. The citizen's association &lt;img src="http://www.vauban.de/bilder/link.gif" alt="Link to external website" height="7" width="13" /&gt; "&lt;a href="http://www.forum-vauban.de/" target="_blank"&gt;Forum Vauban&lt;/a&gt; e.V." (which has NGO-status) applied to coordinate the participation process and was recognized as its legal body by the City of Freiburg in 1995.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p&gt;Through this process, many ressources became available: the biggest strength of the project is the involvement of people who are forming the district. Major driving forces for the development of Vauban are the ideas, the creativity and commitment of the people involved and the common goal to create a sustainable, flourishing neighbourhood.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p&gt;In the fields of energy, traffic / mobility, building and participation / social interaction / public spaces new concepts were successfuly put into practice. In Freiburg-Vauban&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;the project's structure integrates legal, political, social and economical actors from grassroot-level up to the city administration,&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;all houses are built at least with improved low energy standard (65 kWh/m&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;a, calculated similar to the Swiss SIA 380/1 standard) plus at least 100 units with "passive house" (15 kWh/m&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;a) or "plus energy" standard (houses which produce more energy than they need, another 100 plus energy houses are planned),&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;a highly efficient &lt;a href="http://www.vauban.de/projekte/holzbhkw/index.html"&gt;co-generation plant&lt;/a&gt; (CHP) operating on wood-chips is operating since 2002 and connected to the district's heating grid.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;solar collectors (about 450 m&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; until 2000) and photovoltaics (about 1200 m&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; until 2000) will be common "ornaments" on the district's roofs,&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;an ecological traffic / mobility concept is implemented with a reduced number of private cars to be parked in the periphery (about 40% of the households agreed to live without an own car), good public transport, a convenient car sharing system and a higher quality of living,&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;streets and other public spaces are playground for kids and places for social interaction,&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;joint building projects (about 30 groups of building owners, the Genova co-operative and the self-organized &lt;img src="http://www.vauban.de/bilder/link.gif" alt="Link to external website" height="7" width="13" /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.susi-projekt.de/" target="_blank"&gt;S.U.S.I.-settlement initiative&lt;/a&gt;) are the fertile ground for a stable district's community and rise ecological awareness,&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;a far-reaching participation and the social work organized by &lt;img src="http://www.vauban.de/bilder/link.gif" alt="Link to external website" height="7" width="13" /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.forum-vauban.de/" target="_blank"&gt;Forum Vauban&lt;/a&gt; gives voice to the people's needs and supports their initiatives, invents innovative ecological and social concepts and sets up a communication and participation structure including meetings, workshops, a three-monthly &lt;a href="http://www.vauban.de/vauban-actuel/index.html"&gt;district news magazine&lt;/a&gt;, publications on special issues and &lt;a href="http://www.vauban.de/forum/index.php"&gt;internet-presentations&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;/ul&gt;      &lt;h2&gt;Introduction&lt;/h2&gt;     &lt;h4&gt;Background of the Project "Sustainable Model District Vauban"&lt;/h4&gt;     &lt;p&gt;In the South of Freiburg, on the former area of a French barrack site, Vauban, a new district is being developed (a map is available &lt;a href="http://www.vauban.de/karte/index.html"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;) for more than 5,000 inhabitants and 600 jobs. In 1993 the planning for the district started and in 2006, after three development sections, the district (38 hectares) will be completed.&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p&gt;The City of &lt;a href="http://www.freiburg.de/" target="_blank"&gt;Freiburg&lt;/a&gt; has bought the area from the Federal Authorities and paid for this 20,000,000 €. As owner of the Vauban area, the City is responsible for its planning and development. The principle "Learning while Planning" adopted by the city allowed flexibility in reacting to new developments. This allowed an extended citizen participation that went far beyond the legal requirements and enabled citizens to participate even in the planning process. The citizen's association "Forum Vauban e.V." applied to coordinate the participation process and was recognized as its legal body by the City of Freiburg in 1995. From the very beginning, Forum Vauban did not want to restrict itself to merely organizing but also developed own suggestions for the planning and building of the district. Therefore the project was created and implemented together with the City of Freiburg and several other partners.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;   &lt;div align="right"&gt;Next page: &lt;a href="http://www.vauban.de/info/abstract2.html"&gt;Main Objectives&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vauban.de/info/abstract.html"&gt;English Introduction to the Vauban District, Freiburg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112685265950039451?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112685265950039451/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112685265950039451' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112685265950039451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112685265950039451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/09/city-of-freiburg.html' title='the City of Freiburg'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112646152976227727</id><published>2005-09-11T19:58:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-02-15T22:14:52.066+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Synergic Containment: Science &amp; Rationale</title><content type='html'>Synergic Containment of an Adversary Event&lt;br /&gt;Timothy Wilken, MD writes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Synergy at its most basic simply means "working together." Synergic science is then the study of "working together." As science has progressed in helping us understand the human condition, it is now clear that we are an interdependent species. Sometimes I depend on others, and sometimes others depend on me. Another important fact of being in interdependent species is we share the same environment—the same reality. At home, we share the same living space with friends or family. If I turn the heater thermostat up, the room will become warmer for everyone. Control of that reality is shared. If I start yelling and screaming, things will get much noisier for everyone. Control of that reality is shared. If I make a mess or don't clean up the kitchen, then we are all living in that mess. This is just as true in the workplace, our neighborhoods, our communities, and in fact in the whole world. We live on a single planet, we all share the same water, the same air and the same resources of the single small planet. Because control of reality is shared, if I foul the water or air, I foul your water and your air. Whatever I do, will effect you. Whatever you do, will effect me. If we work together and act responsibly, we can minimize the harm we do each other, and maximize the benefits of solving our problems together. Freedom of action in a shared environment is a privilege, not a right. When we use Synergic Containment to protect a child, we are teaching the child that in a shared environment, he is free to act as long as those actions do not hurt others. We are teaching him to work together and act responsibly. Synergic containment is probably most attractive to parents because it is a technique to control adversary behavior when you love and care about the individual behaving adversarily. Most parents love and care about their children. Containment is about protecting both the victim and the aggressor. It does this by stopping adversary behavior. Now synergic containment could be used just as effectively outside the family. (09/05/05)&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.synearth.net/2005/09/05#a4155"&gt;Synergic Containment: Science &amp;amp; Rationale&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it's like a &lt;a href="http://media.putfile.com/balance"&gt;balance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112646152976227727?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112646152976227727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112646152976227727' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112646152976227727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112646152976227727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/09/synergic-containment-science-rationale.html' title='Synergic Containment: Science &amp; Rationale'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112645637523201397</id><published>2005-09-11T18:32:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-09-11T18:37:24.936+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Confessions of an Economic Hit Man</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;How the US Uses Globalization to Cheat Poor Countries Out of Trillions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Interview with John Perkins by Ant Goodman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;John Perkins, who worked from 1971 to 1981 for the international consulting firm of Charles T. Main, has written a book entitled Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. A former respected member of the international banking community, Perkins describes how as a highly paid professional, he helped the US cheat poor countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars by lending them more money than they could possibly repay and then taking over their economies. Perkins, who started writing the book twenty years ago, writes, “The book was to be dedicated to the presidents of two countries, men who had been clients whom I respected and thought of as kindred spirits—Jaime Roldós, president of Ecuador, and Omar Torrijos, president of Panama. Both had just died in fiery crashes. Their deaths were not accidental. They were assassinated because they opposed that fraternity of corporate, government, and banking heads whose goal is global empire. We economic hit men failed to bring Roldós and Torrijos around, and the other type of hit men, the CIA-sanctioned jackals who were always right behind us, stepped in.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John Perkins goes on to write: “I was persuaded to stop writing that book. I started it four more times during the next twenty years. On each occasion, my decision to begin again was influenced by current world events: the US invasion of Panama in 1980, the first Gulf War, Somalia, and the rise of Osama bin Laden. However, threats or bribes always convinced me to stop.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Amy Goodman: It is a remarkable story that you tell. Why don’t you start at the beginning, about how you came to be recruited first by the National Security Agency—far larger than the CIA—and then this international consulting firm of Charles T. Main.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;...&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.sentienttimes.com/05/feb_mar05/confessions.html"&gt;Sentient Times Feb/Mar 2005: &lt;strong&gt;Confessions of an Economic Hit Man&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;...&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112645637523201397?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112645637523201397/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112645637523201397' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112645637523201397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112645637523201397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/09/confessions-of-economic-hit-man.html' title='Confessions of an Economic Hit Man'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112638028820145074</id><published>2005-09-10T21:24:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-09-10T21:24:48.273+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Dangerous Ignorance</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;US teens 'reject' key freedoms&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A significant number of US high-school students regard their constitutional right to freedom of speech as excessive, according to a new survey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over a third of the 100,000 students questioned felt the First Amendment went "too far" in guaranteeing freedom of speech, press, worship and assembly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only half felt newspapers should be allowed to publish stories that did not have the government's approval. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4225013.stm"&gt;BBC NEWS | Americas | US teens 'reject' key freedoms&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112638028820145074?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112638028820145074/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112638028820145074' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112638028820145074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112638028820145074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/09/dangerous-ignorance.html' title='Dangerous Ignorance'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112635049852820164</id><published>2005-09-10T13:08:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-09-10T13:08:18.590+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Wired News: How Google Got Its Groove On</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;By Ryan Singel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Journalist John Battelle's The Search is a surprisingly gripping story of hackers turning insights about information into a billion-dollar business and giant corporations shaping the web to their profit models.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Battelle, a longtime tech journalist, became fascinated with Google and spent three years wandering Silicon Valley, talking to the wizards, the investors and the naysayers. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Battelle's book shows how search is pushing technology toward the dream of artificial intelligence. He explains how thousands of small businesses thrive and die by the quirks of search-engine algorithms, and details how an unorganized consortium of nonprofits, bloggers and corporations are rebuilding the Library of Alexandria in a digital, distributed and democratic form.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Battelle, who launched one of the internet's seminal business magazines, The Industry Standard, and co-founded Wired magazine, is certainly qualified to tell the story of how pure search triumphed over bloated portals and in the process revitalized the dream of a revolutionary wired world. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,68792,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_4"&gt;Wired News: How Google Got Its Groove On&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112635049852820164?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112635049852820164/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112635049852820164' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112635049852820164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112635049852820164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/09/wired-news-how-google-got-its-groove.html' title='Wired News: How Google Got Its Groove On'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112631317504776597</id><published>2005-09-10T02:46:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-09-10T02:55:09.246+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Environmental History Timeline</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Environmental issues have surfaced throughout human history.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt; Dangerous myths emerged in the vacuum of history. For example:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    • That one book -- Rachel Carson's Silent Spring -- started all the uproar;&lt;br /&gt;    • That environmentalism is just an hysterical reaction to science and technology;&lt;br /&gt;    • That environmentalism is a passing fad with no serious ideas to offer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The myths call us like sirens, telling us that environmental issues can be safely ignored. Nothing could be further from the truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.radford.edu/~wkovarik/envhist/about.html"&gt;This educational website&lt;/a&gt; is just a starting point for people who would like to learn more about the wide variety of environmental issues and green crusaders in history. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.radford.edu/~wkovarik/envhist/"&gt;Environmental History Timeline&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Delicious/tag/environment"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Delicious/tag/environment.gif" height="67" width="200" style="border:0" alt="environment - all for all )-&amp;deg;/("/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; tag: &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/environment"&gt;environment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112631317504776597?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112631317504776597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112631317504776597' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112631317504776597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112631317504776597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/09/environmental-history-timeline.html' title='Environmental History Timeline'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112631149556077163</id><published>2005-09-10T02:17:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-09-10T02:20:52.586+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Peak Oil: Life After the Oil Crash</title><content type='html'>"Deal With Reality or Reality Will Deal With You"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6946/222/320/PeakOilBellCurveReverse.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="size10"   style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dear Reader,&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="size10"   style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="size10"   style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"&gt;Civilization as we know it is coming to an end soon. This is not the wacky proclamation of a doomsday cult, apocalypse bible prophecy sect, or conspiracy theory society. Rather, it is the scientific conclusion of the best paid, most widely-respected &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="size10"   style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.peakoil.net/"&gt;geologists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="size10"   style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="size10"   style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4287300/"&gt;physicists,&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="size10"   style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="size10"   style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.simmonsco-intl.com/research.aspx?Type=msspeeches"&gt;investment bankers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="size10"   style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"&gt; in the world. These are rational, professional, conservative individuals who are absolutely terrified by a phenomenon known as global "Peak Oil."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="size10"   style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="size10"   style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="size10"   style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="size14"   style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;"Are We 'Running Out'? I Thought &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="size14"   style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt; There Was 40 Years of the Stuff Left"&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="size10"   style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/"&gt;Peak Oil: Life After the Oil Crash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Delicious/tag/environment"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Delicious/tag/environment.gif" height="67" width="200" style="border:0" alt="environment - all for all )-&amp;deg;/("/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; tag: &lt;a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/environment"&gt;environment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112631149556077163?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112631149556077163/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112631149556077163' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112631149556077163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112631149556077163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/09/peak-oil-life-after-oil-crash.html' title='Peak Oil: Life After the Oil Crash'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112612365764379713</id><published>2005-09-07T21:46:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T22:19:02.556+02:00</updated><title type='text'>GENETISCH GEMANIPULEERD KOOLZAAD GT73 BEDREIGT BIOLANDBOUW</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;1/09/2005&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6946/222/400/244_label2.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;De Europese Commissie zette gisteren het licht op groen voor de invoer en verwerking van het genetisch gemanipuleerde koolzaad GT73 in de Europese Unie. BioForum en Velt vechten deze beslissing aan vanwege de ernstige risico's voor het milieu en de ggo-vrije landbouw in ons land. De invoer van dit koolzaad op de Europese markt zal leiden tot besmetting van niet-gemanipuleerde en natuurlijke plantensoorten. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Omdat de 25 lidstaten van de Europese Unie het niet eens raakten over de invoer van het genetisch gemanipuleerde koolzaad en noch de voorstanders, noch de tegenstanders de noodzakelijke meerderheid behaalden, hakte de Europese Commissie gisteren de knoop door. De Commissie besliste dat het genetisch gemanipuleerd koolzaad GT73 gedurende 10 jaar in de Europese lidstaten geïmporteerd mag worden om te worden verwerkt in veevoer en de industrie. Koolzaad GT73 is een product van het Amerikaanse bedrijf Monsanto en bestand tegen het onkruidbestrijdingsmiddel glyfosaat, beter bekend onder de merknaam RoundUp.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nefast voor biodiversiteit en biolandbouw&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voor de biodiversiteit en de biologische landbouw in Vlaanderen is deze toelating nefast. Koolzaad wordt vaak geïmporteerd als intact zaad. Dat kan, bij lekkage bij overslag in een haven of transport, ontkiemen en zich vervolgens verder verspreiden in het milieu. In Japan is dat al gebeurd, zo toonde Greenpeace aan in een rapport uit mei 2005 . Daar wordt gemanipuleerd koolzaad niet verbouwd, maar geïmporteerd. Het zaad kiemt echter zo makkelijk dat dit koolzaad ondertussen welig groeit in havens en langs transportwegen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bioforum.be/nieuwsDetail.asp?id=346"&gt;&lt;img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6946/222/320/top_71.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;...eveneens...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.greenpeace.nl/news/ongewenst-zaad-in-japanse-have"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.greenpeace.nl/news/ongewenst-zaad-in-japanse-have"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ongewenst zaad in Japanse havens nauwelijks te stoppen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;25 mei 2005&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Import van genetisch gemanipuleerd koolzaad heeft in Japan geleid tot verspreiding van dit gentech-gewas in het milieu. Onderzoekers hebben in acht van de tien grote Japanse havens in bermen en op de oevers koolzaad aangetroffen met genetisch gemanipuleerde eigenschappen. De planten zijn afkomstig van zaad dat gemorst is tijdens het transport. De onzinnigheid van het Nederlandse debat over teelt van gentech-gewassen wordt hierdoor onderstreept: eenmaal geïntroduceerd is gentech nauwelijks te stoppen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;...more...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;h3&gt;ISIS Press Release 22/09/04 &lt;/h3&gt;     &lt;h1 align="center"&gt;No to GM Oilseed Rape GT73&lt;/h1&gt;     &lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Monsanto has applied to import its GM oilseed rape GT73 into Europe for use in animal feed and processing. The Scientific Panel on GMOs of the European Food Safety Authority has given it a favourable opinion, and there will soon be a vote on it at the Council of Ministers. Here’s a description of what it is and why it should be rejected. &lt;a href="mailto:jcummins@uwo.ca"&gt;Prof. Joe Cummins&lt;/a&gt;,   &lt;a href="mailto:m.w.ho@i-sis.org.uk"&gt;Dr. Mae-Wan Ho&lt;/a&gt; and   &lt;a href="mailto:ching@i-sis.org.uk"&gt;Lim Li Ching&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;h3&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt;   &lt;h3&gt;Oilseed rape is a major crop for oil and animal feed&lt;/h3&gt;       &lt;p&gt;Oilseed rape (&lt;i&gt;Brassica napus&lt;/i&gt;) is grown as a commercial crop in 50 countries with a combined harvest of over 40 million metric tonnes. The major producers of rapeseed in 2000 were China, Canada, India, Germany, France, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Canola is a genetic variation of &lt;i&gt;B.   napus&lt;/i&gt; with low levels of the natural rapeseed toxins glucosinolate and erucic acid. Canola is grown for its seed, which represents a major source of edible vegetable oil and pressed cake from oil extraction is also used in livestock feeds [1]. Oilseed rape is called canola in North America because the commercial oil-producing varieties were developed in Saskatchewan, Canada.&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt; Monsanto’s canola GT73 was released commercially in 1995 in Canada [2] and the same strain, designated RT73, was released commercially in the United States in 1999 [3]. Japan approved the release of GT73 in 1995 [1] and Australia in 2003 [1]. Approval of all releases was based on essentially the same data sets. &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;h3&gt;GT73 in the EU&lt;/h3&gt;       &lt;p&gt;GT73 was notified for food use (as rapeseed oil) in the European Union (EU) in November 1997, under the simplified procedure of the Novel Foods Regulation. This means that rapeseed oil from GT73 was considered ‘substantially equivalent’ to its conventional counterpart and only required notification by the company, with no risk assessment or explicit approval process. Products made from rapeseed oil may include fried foods, baked foods and snacks. &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;An application for the import and use of GT73, excluding cultivation, was submitted in 1998 to the competent authority of the Netherlands. It gave this application a favourable opinion, and in January 2003 recommended that GT73 be approved. Several member States raised questions, including the UK, via its Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE) [4]. One of the concerns related to increased liver weights in rats fed GT73, compared with controls (see later).&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) Scientific Panel on GMOs was requested to give its opinion on GT73 to resolve the uncertainties. In February 2004, EFSA gave its verdict that "GT73 oilseed rape is as safe as conventional oilseed rape and therefore the placing on the market of GT73 oilseed rape for processing and feed use is unlikely to have an adverse effect on human or animal health or, in the context of its proposed use, on the environment" [5].&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;Despite EFSA’s positive assessment of GT73 for feed and processing, the regulatory committee could not reach a qualified majority to authorize GT73 in June 2004. There were 43 votes in favour of approving GT73 (Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Netherlands, Latvia, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden), 57 votes against (Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, UK), and 24 abstentions (Germany, Ireland, Spain, Slovenia) [6]. &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;The application now passes to the Council of Ministers, which will make its decision very soon. If the Council cannot decide, the decision will rest with the European Commission, which has shown every sign of being in favour of approving GT73. &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;No event-specific characterization provided of transgene insert&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;GT73 (RT73) oilseed rape has been made tolerant to the herbicide   glyphosate. Two transgenes were used. The first is the &lt;i&gt;epsps &lt;/i&gt;gene coding   for the enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS), isolated   from the common soil bacterium &lt;i&gt;Agrobacterium tumefaciens&lt;/i&gt;, and is a glyphosate tolerant form of EPSPS. The EPSPS enzyme is part of the important shikimate pathway involved in the production of aromatic amino acids. When conventional canola plants are treated with glyphosate, the plants cannot produce the aromatic amino acids and die, but the enzyme encoded by the transgene is insensitive to glyphosate. &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;The second transgene in GT73 codes for a modified version of glyphosate   oxidase (GOX) enzyme. The &lt;i&gt;gox&lt;/i&gt; gene inserted into GT73 was isolated from   the bacterium &lt;i&gt;Ochrobactrum anthropi&lt;/i&gt;. The GOX enzyme accelerates the normal breakdown of the herbicide glyphosate into two compounds, aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) and glyoxylate [1-3, 7]. In the absence of GOX, unacceptable levels of the herbicide may accumulate in the canola cake in animal feed.&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;The two transgenes were introduced into GT73 in a plasmid using the   bacterium, &lt;i&gt;Agrobacterium tumefaciens&lt;/i&gt;. The &lt;i&gt;epsps &lt;/i&gt;and &lt;i&gt;gox&lt;/i&gt; genes were each driven by the 35S promoter from a modified figwort mosaic virus and terminated with the 3’ (terminal) end of the pea &lt;i&gt;rbcS E9&lt;/i&gt; gene. The shikimate pathway is located in the chloroplast, so the chloroplast transit signal peptide sequence from the ribulose-biphosphate carboxylase and EPSPS of &lt;i&gt;Arabidopsis &lt;/i&gt;is used to&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;target the transgene products to the chloroplast. According to the company, only the primary genes and the sequences necessary for their activity in the plant cell were inserted into the canola cells while sequences from the plasmid such as the plasmid origin of replication and a gene for streptomycin resistance were lost from the commercial strain. Monsanto claimed that only one transgene insert is present [5], but the exact site of insertion was not reported [3, 5].&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;After evaluating the initial application submitted by Monsanto, some member States had requested additional information on the molecular aspects of the dossier. However, it is clear from the EFSA opinion that no independent tests were carried out, and the favourable opinion was based solely on information supplied by the company. Worryingly, the EFSA opinion [5] stated: "Comments raised by the Member States on specific molecular detection methodologies are presently not within the scope of the GMO Panel remit." In other words, there is no event-specific characterization, and therefore, no unique method for detecting this GMO for the purpose of identification or traceability, nor for addressing safety and liability issues that may arise. &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt; The same EFSA dossier revealed that there are molecular changes at the insertion site, specifically 40 bp of the host genome is missing from GT73 while 22 bp of extraneous DNA of unknown origin is present at the 5’ junction of the insert. Nevertheless, these are considered not to pose a safety risk, based solely on the lack of homology to known toxins and allergens. &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;h3&gt;No molecular evidence of transgene stability&lt;/h3&gt;       &lt;p&gt;The transgenes were claimed by the company to be inserted in a stable and Mendelian fashion. ISIS has pointed out more than once that this claim of genetic stability - based on a failure to depart from ‘Mendelian ratios’ in the offpring generation - is not an acceptable criterion of genetic stability in the absence of independent ascertainment of the parental genotypes [8-13]. But EFSA has accepted the same criterion of transgene stability. It stated [5]: "The inserted DNA is inherited in a stable fashion in a nuclear chromosome as indicated by a number of parameters, e.g. predicted Mendelian segregation ratios (over several generations) from crosses between GT73 and conventional oilseed rape." &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;h3&gt;Extensive changes in the codons of transgenes from native genes   ignored&lt;/h3&gt;       &lt;p&gt;Few of the regulatory documents have dealt with extensive alterations in the genetic codes of the native genes in the transgenes inserted into GT73, but all of them acknowledge that the codes were altered to enhance production of the bacterial gene products in the plant. The United States Food and Drug Administration consultation on canola GT73 provided a somewhat fuller description of the alterations in the bacterial DNA [14] while the patent for the EPSPS used in canola GT73 provides an extensive description of the code alteration [15]. Native genes from bacteria or humans do not function very well in crop plants because gene expression is influenced by codon bias specific to plants, mammals or bacteria. For that reason, the genetic code is altered by genetic engineers to achieve optimum gene expression. The optimized transgenes used in modified crops are mainly synthetic approximations of the real bacterial gene [16]. The synthetic genes are very different from the genes that evolved in bacteria and for that reason their characteristic recombination and mutation deserves special attention, as does its toxicology and allergenic potential. However, these factors have been largely ignored by the regulators. &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;h3&gt;Toxicology &amp; allergenicity tests invalid&lt;/h3&gt;       &lt;p&gt;Even though the transgenes were altered in DNA sequence from the native bacterial genes, the proteins actually tested for mammalian toxicity and environmental safety were not isolated from GT73 but from the bacteria [5]. The bacterial surrogate enzymes were assumed to be identical to the enzymes produced in GT73 by cursory observations using techniques such as gel electrophoresis, N terminal analysis and enzyme activity, even though the presence of four anomalous amino acids were noted in the bacterial GOX [7]. Digestibility and degradability were tested with the bacterial proteins in simulated gastric fluid. And acute toxicity tests in mice were similarly done with the bacterial proteins.&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt; Allergenicity tests were even less reliable, as they depended on theoretical evaluations based on assumptions that have been extensively questioned. For example, the Austrian government, based on an analysis of a number of applications for GMO approval in the EU, has concluded that no direct testing of potentially allergenic properties of GM corps and their products has been carried out [17]. Instead, conclusion that the protein in question is unlikely to exhibit allergenic properties is largely based on the following theoretical considerations: the newly introduced protein originates from a non-allergenic source; there is no significant sequence homology to known allergens; the protein will be rapidly digested in the intestine; the protein is not glycosylated; the expression level of protein in the GM crop is low; and the protein is not new to the human diet. The Austrian government has questioned each of these arguments and their underlying assumptions in the light of recent scientific data. &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;Consequently, these tests were neither meaningful nor valid. Empirical tests should have been conducted at the very least, on the real proteins isolated from GT73, not the bacterial surrogates.&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;The EFSA did include the warning that, "Since cross-reactivity between GOX and tropomyosin is not ruled out completely, persons allergic to shrimp meal should be aware of the possibility of hypersensitivity reaction when working with GT73 oilseed rape."&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Inadequate inappropriate feeding trials with unexplained adverse   effect&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;According to the EFSA opinion [5], "A satisfactory explanation was sought for the potentially adverse effect observed in one of the three rat feeding studies." We believe that this refers to the concerns expressed in regard to a confidential Monsanto feeding study that showed that rats fed GT73 experienced a 15% increase in their liver weights.&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt; The UK’s ACRE and ACAF (Advisory Committee on Animal Feedingstuffs) had first raised concerns in March 2003 that the difference in the rats’ liver weights could not be explained, as volunteered by Monsanto, by higher glucosinolate concentration in the GM diets compared with the corresponding control diets [4]. Subsequently, Monsanto provided further information on this. But both ACRE and ACAF were "not satisfied" that Monsanto had supported their hypothesis. They demanded a satisfactory explanation for this potentially adverse response.&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt; However, it appears that EFSA has dismissed those concerns. A list of uninformative feeding trials was presented on various animals of extremely short duration in which mostly body weights and sometimes, liver weights were recorded. No histology was carried out. Because there were no apparent gross pathological changes in the rat livers following examination at necropsy, EFSA considered the difference in liver weights an "incidental finding". &lt;/p&gt;       &lt;h3&gt;Contamination unavoidable&lt;/h3&gt;       &lt;p&gt;The regulatory reviews leading to commercialization of GT73 oilseed rape without exception discounted the rapid pollution of transgenic crops by wind spread pollen or by seed dispersal by animals or vehicles. This can happen during transport, &lt;i&gt;without&lt;/i&gt; planting in the field. Escaped seed can germinate and potentially cross-pollinate with conventional oilseed rape, feral populations and wild relatives. ACRE had also raised concerns regarding seed spill, and was "not convinced that seed spill will not occur and that feral populations will not materialise" [4].&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt;There is clear and growing evidence that widespread deployment of GM oilseed rape will lead to widespread contamination of conventional crops. A 2003 report showed that 95% of certified seed stock in western Canada were polluted to detectable levels with glyphosate tolerance genes and 52% exceeded the allowable contamination of certified seed [18]. The widespread deployment of GM oilseed rape for a variety of herbicides is leading to pyramiding of the genes for herbicide tolerance [19], creating crops that turn into fertile weeds that are difficult to eradicate.&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p&gt; Europe’s oilseed rape should keep its GM-free status before it too   is contaminated beyond redemption.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.i-sis.org.uk/NTGMORGT73.php"&gt;&lt;img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6946/222/320/header.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112612365764379713?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112612365764379713/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112612365764379713' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112612365764379713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112612365764379713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/09/genetisch-gemanipuleerd-koolzaad-gt73.html' title='GENETISCH GEMANIPULEERD KOOLZAAD GT73 BEDREIGT BIOLANDBOUW'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112608746312389302</id><published>2005-09-07T12:04:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T13:43:16.410+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Mozilla’s “magic pixie dust”</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Becky Hogge&lt;br /&gt;Hamza Khan-Cheema&lt;br /&gt;6 - 9 - 2005&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Open standards are just as important as open debate: Becky Hogge explains why openDemocracy recommends the Mozilla Firefox web browser.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;   &lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&amp;amp;id=134583&amp;amp;t=45"&gt;&lt;img border="0" alt="Get Firefox!" title="Get Firefox!" src="http://sfx-images.mozilla.org/affiliates/Banners/300x250/rediscover_white.png"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's funny the little things you judge people by. A couple of weeks ago one of openDemocracy’s new interns shocked me when he exclaimed “I really can't stand this Firefox thing”. He was referring to the web browser Mozilla Firefox, used as standard in the openDemocracy offices, yet new to him, a lifetime user of Microsoft's Internet Explorer. But Firefox is more than just a browser: it is a symbol of the democratic use of the internet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Firefox 1.0 launched in the UK back in November 2004, it made the headlines. It was the first time the release of a piece of computer software merited its own leader in a national newspaper (Britain's The Guardian). Online hipsters downloaded the web browser in droves, and the adoption of the open source technology snowballed. Mozilla Firefox now enjoys just over 8% of the browser market share – not bad in a market that has seen some of the most high profile monopoly actions in legal history.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article.jsp?id=8&amp;amp;amp;debateId=40&amp;articleId=2805"&gt;Mozilla’s “magic pixie dust” Becky Hogge Hamza Khan-Cheema - openDemocracy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&amp;amp;id=134583&amp;amp;t=58"&gt;&lt;img alt="Get Firefox!" title="Get Firefox!" src="http://sfx-images.mozilla.org/affiliates/Buttons/180x60/get.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112608746312389302?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112608746312389302/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112608746312389302' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112608746312389302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112608746312389302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/09/mozillas-magic-pixie-dust.html' title='Mozilla’s “magic pixie dust”'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112608637653889082</id><published>2005-09-07T11:46:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T11:46:16.543+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Study: 1.7 Million Children in U.S. Live in Homes With Loaded, Unlocked Guns</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;by Mike Stobbe&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Published on Tuesday, September 6, 2005 by the Associated Press&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ATLANTA - About 1.7 million U.S. children live in homes that have loaded and unlocked guns, according to what is described as the first comprehensive survey of gun storage in homes across the country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The study, published Tuesday in the journal Pediatrics, found that 2.5 percent of children live in homes with loaded and unsecured firearms. Estimates from the early 1990s had put the percentage at 10 percent. The new results suggest a decline, but that doesn't mean there's cause for celebration, said Catherine Okoro, a study author.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"That's still too many children to be put at risk," said Okoro, an epidemiologist with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The study is based on a 2002 telephone survey of about 241,000 adults and is the first to provide data on gun storage in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, its authors said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0906-07.htm"&gt;1.7 Million Children in U.S. Live in Homes With Loaded, Unlocked Guns&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112608637653889082?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112608637653889082/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112608637653889082' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112608637653889082'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112608637653889082'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/09/study-17-million-children-in-us-live.html' title='Study: 1.7 Million Children in U.S. Live in Homes With Loaded, Unlocked Guns'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112590754773991887</id><published>2005-09-05T09:59:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T22:22:53.556+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Global Warming in Pictures!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/sci_nat_how_the_world_is_changing/html/1.stm"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6946/222/320/1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; While the effect of human activity on the global climate is hotly debated, physical signs of environmental change are all around us.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112590754773991887?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112590754773991887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112590754773991887' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112590754773991887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112590754773991887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/09/global-warming-in-pictures.html' title='Global Warming in Pictures!'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112581592273436674</id><published>2005-09-04T08:38:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-09-04T09:50:06.260+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Ilya Prigogine &amp; the chaostheory</title><content type='html'>&lt;blockquote style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;Het verhaal van Ilya Prigogine (1917-2003)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kunnen we de wereld ooit begrijpen, laat staan beheersen? Ilya Prigogine heeft een duidelijk en aantrekkelijk antwoord op die vraag: de wereld, de natuur, het hele universum is perfect te verstaan voor wie denkt in termen van waarschijnlijkheid. 'Er is geen fysica van de individuele molecule of het individuele atoom; er is alleen de fysica van de populaties', zegt hij. Dat inzicht heeft verregaande gevolgen. 'De klassieke fysica vertrok van zekerheid, en daarin werd waarschijnlijkheid als onzekerheid gezien. Vandaag weten we dat probabiliteit intrinsiek is aan de natuur. De natuur is geen rigide geometrische constructie, het is een roman, een verhaal.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://home.student.utwente.nl/j.w.dijkshoorn/grotefilosofen/bergson/prigogine.html"&gt;Het verhaal van Ilya Prigogine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://home.student.utwente.nl/j.w.dijkshoorn/grotefilosofen/bergson/prigogine.html"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1977/prigogine-autobio.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"&gt;Autobiography&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6946/222/320/prigogine.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sijmen.nl/filo/prigogine.html"&gt;foto&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hij heeft aangetoond dat onevenwichtige open systemen zich spontaan organiseren. Prigogine is beroemd geworden door de dimensie van de tijd opnieuw in de fysica in te voeren, wat volgens sommigen een revolutie in het hedendaagse wetenschappelijke denken is. Door het begrip onomkeerbaarheid te introduceren in de klassieke of kwantumfysica, heeft hij op de centrale rol gewezen van de pijl van de tijd op alle vlakken van de beschrijving van de natuur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.belgium.be/eportal/application?languageParameter=nl&amp;pageid=contentPage&amp;amp;docId=7801"&gt;www.belgium.be&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(153, 153, 0);font-family:helvetica,verdana,arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;b&gt;Short Biography &lt;/b&gt;       &lt;/span&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(153, 153, 0);"&gt;       &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(153, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Ilya Prigogine was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1977 for his        contributions to nonequilibrium thermodynamics, particularly the theory of        dissipative structures. He was born in Moscow, Russia on January 25, 1917.        He obtained both his undergraduate and graduate education in chemistry at        the Universite Libre de Bruxelles. He was Regental Professor and Ashbel        Smith Professor of Physics and Chemical Engineering at the University of        Texas at Austin. In 1967, he founded the Center for Statistical Mechanics,        later renamed the Ilya Prigogine Center for Studies in Statistical        Mechanics and Complex Systems. Since 1959, he was the director of the        International Solvay Institutes in Brussels, Belgium. In 1989, Prigogine        was awarded the title of Viscount by the King        of Belgium. He was a member of 64 national and professional organizations,        among which are the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy        of Arts and Sciences. The most recent of Prigogine's many international        activities were Special Advisor to the European Community in Brussels,        Belgium and Honorary Member of the World Commission of Culture and        Development of UNESCO, chaired by Perez de Cuellar. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(153, 153, 0);font-family:helvetica,verdana,arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;      &lt;/span&gt; &lt;p style="font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(153, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The main theme of the scientific work of Ilya Prigogine was a        better understanding of the role of time in the physical sciences and in        biology. He contributed significantly to the understanding of        irreversible processes, particularly in systems far from equilibrium. The        results of his work on dissipative structures have stimulated many        scientists throughout the world and may have profound consequences for our        understanding of biological systems. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;span style="font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(153, 153, 0);font-family:helvetica,verdana,arial;font-size:85%;"  &gt;      &lt;/span&gt; &lt;p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:helvetica,verdana,arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: times new roman;"&gt;Prigogine received numerous national awards and prizes, including the Golden Medal of the Swante Arrhenius, Swedish Academy; Rumford Gold Medal, Royal Society of London; the Descartes Medal, Paris; Commander of the Legion of Honor, France; Imperial Order of the Rising Sun (Gold &amp; Silver Medals), Japan; Medaille d'Or, France; Russian International Scientific Award, First "N. N. Bogolyubov Prize," Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna; Medal of the President of the Italian Senate, awarded by Pio Manzu International Research Center, Italy; Norbert Wiener Gold Medal of Ukbridge; Medal of Member of the European Academy of Yuste; Silver Medal of V.I. Vernadskiy, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Russia and Commander of the World Order "Science. Culture. Education." European Academy of Information, 2002. He received 53 honorary degrees.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://order.ph.utexas.edu/people/Prigogine.htm"&gt;&lt;img alt="logo" src="http://order.ph.utexas.edu/people/jacobitransD.gif"  height="37" width="41" /&gt;            &lt;span style="font-family:helvetica,verdana,arial;font-size:-1;color:darkblue;"&gt;Ilya Prigogine Center for Studies in Statistical Mechanics and Complex Systems&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112581592273436674?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112581592273436674/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112581592273436674' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112581592273436674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112581592273436674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/09/ilya-prigogine-chaostheory.html' title='Ilya Prigogine &amp; the chaostheory'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112558472000906177</id><published>2005-09-01T16:25:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-09-01T16:27:58.933+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The Third Wave</title><content type='html'>Ron Jones (1972)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;How could the German populace claim ignorance of the slaughter of the Jewish people. How could the townspeople, railroad conductors, teachers, doctors, claim they knew nothing about concentration camps and human carnage. How can people who were neighbors and maybe even friends of the Jewish citizen say they weren't there when it happened.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/Auxiliary/Psychology/Frank/Thirdwave.html"&gt;The Third Wave&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112558472000906177?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112558472000906177/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112558472000906177' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112558472000906177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112558472000906177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/09/third-wave.html' title='The Third Wave'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112549537259857680</id><published>2005-08-31T15:36:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-31T15:39:20.580+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Turtle Island Institute</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ancient knowledge &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;as the path to &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt; a sustainable future&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chesapeake.net/dh/Turtle_Island.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6946/222/320/Turtle04.gif" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;turtle island?  &lt;br /&gt;The name Turtle Island Institute (TII) is taken from the Gary Snyder poem and Native American story about the earth being the back of a swimming turtle - disrupt the natural processes and we all drown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another version of turtle island comes from "The Way of the Hopi" - the first time much of their oral tradition was ever written down. The Hopi's have an oral tradition of being a number of clans - some of whom stayed south, some went here or there. They basically remember crossing the Bering Strait, and then traveling down to South America. In their tradition, the turtle island is North America, with four arms a head and a tail. One arm is Baja, another the Bay Area peninsula, another is Florida, the other long island is Nova Scotia. The tail leads town to Central America, the head the Bering Strait.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;our perspective &lt;br /&gt;TII greatly respects the tales and cultural identities of indigenous peoples everywhere. By exchanging all kinds of knowledge - cultural, technological, spiritual, societal, etc. - every inhabitant of the planet will benefit. Future generations will have a better chance of inheriting an earth which can provide the same benefits that our generation have enjoyed and celebrated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TII is best described as follows: A "virtual university" designed to develop interactive computer educational programs in sustainable development directed toward indigenous people in the Americas (Canada, U.S., Mexico, Central and South America, including the Caribbean and Costa Rica).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These programs, developed in cooperation with representatives of indigenous tribes, are planned to be disseminated through interactive video, pictures and text formats on the Internet. While focused toward indigenous people, the programs will be made available to schools and libraries everywhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moving interactive educational formats will play an active role to "tell the story" of sustainable development projects such as: water reclamation, straw bale construction demonstrations, watershed restoration projects, agriculture projects, use of solar energy, construction of wetlands, hydrogen power, health and nutrition, sustainable community, etc. in a manner that is easily assimilated, entertaining and informative.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition, documentaries are planned to reveal how relationships between cultures and habitats promote biodiversity in regions and serve to maintain the balance of nature. Intended for dissemination through public broadcasting and other outlets, documentaries such as these aid in bridging cultural gaps and reveal how indigenous cultures contribute in many positive ways to the preservation and restoration of vital natural resources.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Working Groups include:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   * Curriculum Development&lt;br /&gt;   * Grant-writing&lt;br /&gt;   * Multimedia Education&lt;br /&gt;   * Educational Ecotours&lt;br /&gt;   * TII Signal (newsletter) Publishing&lt;br /&gt;   * Products and Services&lt;br /&gt;   * Art and Literature&lt;br /&gt;   * Satellite Campus Development&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We need your help to keep these groups active and productive!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chesapeake.net/dh/Turtle_Island.html"&gt;Turtle Island Institute&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112549537259857680?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112549537259857680/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112549537259857680' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112549537259857680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112549537259857680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/08/turtle-island-institute.html' title='Turtle Island Institute'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112548212567563733</id><published>2005-08-31T11:55:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-31T11:58:29.863+02:00</updated><title type='text'>De genesis van kanker. : Indymedia Belgium</title><content type='html'>&lt;blockquote&gt;by Siegfried Willem Bok &lt;i&gt;Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005 at 6:43 PM&lt;/i&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: left; text-indent: 25px;"&gt; Toen ik jong was sprak men van een verziekte samenleving. In het begin van de jaren 70 zei men dat de wereld verkankerd was. Die wereldsamenleving kreeg recent de naam "globalisatie" en verdoezelt daarmee de gezegde van de 70-er jaren. In een lange zoektocht naar de oorzaak van ziekte en kanker kwam ik als arts/wetenschapper iets tegen wat mij beangstigde, doch voor mijn naasten doemdenkerij was.&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;div style="text-align: left; width: 550px; padding-left: 30px;"&gt;&lt;p class="article"&gt;Genesis betekent letterlijk wording. &lt;br /&gt;Wording is iets dat in ontwikkeling is. &lt;br /&gt;Genesis of Wording is daarmee iets dat ontstaat. &lt;br /&gt;Maar als we het over de Genesis hebben, hebben we het wel over de evolutie en/of de groei van het leven, maar in feite is dit evolutieproces -dat weten wij ook- een levenscyclus onder de dekmantel van Moeder Aarde, die zoals de Bijbel verhaalt zeker eindig is.&lt;br /&gt;Is het niet vreemd dat het leven zijn aanvang nam met ongecontroleerde groei — zoals kanker ook wel wordt genoemd? &lt;br /&gt;Is het niet vreemd dat men het heeft over de cirkelgang des levens. &lt;br /&gt;Zou dit kunnen betekenen dat de cirkelgang een cyclus is, die begint en eindigt met een woekering van ongecontroleerde groei? &lt;br /&gt;Wat is ongecontroleerd meer dan onbeheerst? &lt;br /&gt;Zo kijkend in de wereld om ons heen lijkt de onbeheersbaarheid steeds meer om zich heen te grijpen. Is dit ook een uiting van iets dat we kanker zouden kunnen noemen?&lt;br /&gt;We spreken ook niet voor niets over een verkankerde samenleving. &lt;br /&gt;Die wereldsamenleving is al denkend geleidelijk met bedachte wetten en leefregels (beheersingen) zo ontstaan, omdat het anders een rotsooitje wordt.&lt;br /&gt;Onze wereldsamenleving is in haar vorm een bedenksel en/of voortkomend uit de denkgeest. &lt;br /&gt;Maar zijn lichaam en geest niet één? &lt;br /&gt;In een lichaam dat verkankerd is zijn enkele typische verschijnselen, die iedereen kent. &lt;br /&gt;Ten eerste is van de kankercel zelf bekend, dat hij meer voeding opeist dan normale cellen. Daarom teren de gezonde cellen in. Daarom gaat de ziekte gepaard met uitmergeling /verarming.&lt;br /&gt;Ten tweede is van de kankercel bekend, dat hij met der tijd steeds meer voeding opeist en onderwijl steeds ongespecialiseerder wordt.&lt;br /&gt;Als wij het hebben over 'gespecialiseerd zijn' betekent dit, dat we ergens een beroep van hebben gemaakt. In onze wereldsamenleving verdienen (= voeding) de hoogst gespecialiseerden het meest.&lt;br /&gt;Is dat niet vreemd en/of de omgekeerde werkelijkheid met hetgeen er op lichaamsniveau gebeurt? &lt;br /&gt;Vervolgens weten wij dat die kanker in ons lichaam een soort machtspositie inneemt. Hij gaat ons lichaam dat langzaam uitmergelt steeds meer beheersen door uitzaaingen en/of metastasen.&lt;br /&gt;Kijken we in een orgaan met uitzaaingen dan wordt de infra-structuur van zo'n orgaan verstoord en/of vernietigd. Zo ontstaan pijnen en kunnen o.a. leiden tot botbreuken.&lt;br /&gt;Wat is "het voedsel voor petroleum beleid" meer dan een uitzaaing van supermachtige, superrijke en supergespecialiseerde landen?&lt;br /&gt;Ook dit is weer de omgekeerde wereld van hetgeen er in ons lichaam gebeurt. &lt;br /&gt;Zijn lichaam en geest één, maar onderwijl in hun beider gedrag elkaars speigelbeeld? &lt;br /&gt;Is alles wat existeert en/of bestaat niet gekleurd door dualiteit en/of yin en yang? &lt;br /&gt;Is alles wat leeft of beweegt geen onderdeel van actie &gt; reactie &gt; actie &gt; reactie enzovoort? &lt;br /&gt;Is "alles wat is" niet onderverdeeld in wat wij noemen positieve en negatieve krachten? &lt;br /&gt;Na ongeveer 14 jaar zoeken in onze lichaamssamenleving bleek kanker te ontstaan op het moment dat de cel zijn eigen afval begint te recyclen.&lt;br /&gt;Toen- op dát moment- was ik er vrij zeker van, dat die vondst de waarheid in zich droeg. &lt;br /&gt;De volksgezegde "De wereld is verkankerd" kreeg toen opeens een reëele waarde. &lt;br /&gt;Een volksgezegde is een gezegde van het ongespecialiseerde volk. &lt;br /&gt;De superspecialist verwerpt deze "domme" redenering als zijnde onwetendheid, maar ook dat lijkt weer de omkering van de werkelijkheid.&lt;br /&gt;Is het toevallig dat deze ontwikkeling ooit werd beschreven als "the circle of contempt" of "de omkeringscyclus"? &lt;br /&gt;Is re-cycling niet het omkeren van de cyclus?&lt;br /&gt;Neen, dat is geen toeval!&lt;br /&gt;Het is daarom dat de gezonde "cellen" in onze samenleving kankeren en demonstreren, terwijl de verkankerde machtshebbers menen dat alles goed gaat zoals het gaat. Daarom noemen wij dit beeld demoncratie en moet de volkspropaganda van deze kankercellen op volle toeren blijven draaien om ons te blijven hypnotiseren, dat we een democratie hebben.&lt;br /&gt;Deze ontwikkeling van de omkeringscyclus kreeg helaas de naam globalisatie, waardoor het beeld verkankering op de achtergrond werd gedrukt.&lt;br /&gt;De geest van leven van hen die de macht hebben is verkankerd en gelijk kanker is die macht vele malen sterker dan van de gezonde 'cellen' in onze wereldsamenleving. Die laatsten kunnen demonstreren wat ze willen, maar er zal niets veranderen.&lt;br /&gt;Over de gevolgen van deze verankerde geest van leven, dat de kenmerken van goed en kwaad in zich draagt, gaat "De luxe van een kankercel te zijn".&lt;br /&gt;Het lichamelijk kwaad is een uiting van het vermeende geestelijk goed. &lt;br /&gt;Het is onze materiële welvaart, die ons geestelijke armoede brengt of andersom. &lt;br /&gt;Het leidt ons als mensengroep naar een mensenplaag, klimatologische verandering, oplossing van de ozonlaag en veel meer. Het voert ons gelijk kanker naar de Sidha en/of Poort des Doods. De Sida of Aids als ziekte is lichamelijke /materiële verarming van materiële rijkdom op haar hoogtepunt.&lt;br /&gt;De geschiedenis herhaalt zich tot het einde der dagen. &lt;br /&gt;Kijkend in de evolutie zelf blijkt de mens daarmee niet veel slimmer dan de dinosaurus. De mens is alleen heetbloediger in lichaam en geest.&lt;br /&gt;Ook de dinosaurussen gingen als plaag ten onder na een periode van zure regen. &lt;br /&gt;Het enige verschil tussen de dinosaurus en de mens is, dat zij niet ziek werden en wij wel! &lt;br /&gt;Is dat niet dom? &lt;br /&gt;Is dat niet mensdom? &lt;br /&gt;Zijn we daarmee dommer dan de dinosaurus van weleer? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recent kwam een boekje uit over het ontstaan van dit kwaad/aardige gezwel en heet cryptisch "De luxe… van een kankercel te zijn". (zie o.a. downloadbaar op &lt;a href="http://www.confissius.com/"&gt;http://www.confissius.com&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;Natuurlijk werd iedere publicatie van dit boekje angsvallig uit de media gehouden, maar dat is "de leugen die ons in alle facetten" beheerst.&lt;br /&gt;Om in dokterstermen te spreken is dit verkankeringsproces momenteel in het allerlaatste stadium, waarvan de tanende economie van de "kankercel" [hij is pas gezond als het beter gaat] slechts één voorbeeld is.&lt;br /&gt;Zouden de Bijbel en de Maya-kalender uiteindelijk toch gelijk krijgen?&lt;br /&gt;Ik vrees met grote vrezen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;p class="link"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.geocities.com/genesis_of_cancer"&gt;www.geocities.com/genesis_of_cancer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.indymedia.be/news/2005/08/98858.php"&gt;De genesis van kanker. : Indymedia Belgium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112548212567563733?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112548212567563733/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112548212567563733' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112548212567563733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112548212567563733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/08/de-genesis-van-kanker-indymedia.html' title='De genesis van kanker. : Indymedia Belgium'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112501662199388165</id><published>2005-08-26T02:37:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T02:39:16.106+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The Future of Humanity - A dialogue between Krishnamurti and David Bohm</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="meta"&gt;Posted by Dr Grey  in  &lt;a href="http://greylodge.org/gpc/?cat=2" title="View all posts in Satellite" rel="category tag"&gt;Satellite&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://greylodge.org/gpc/?cat=3" title="View all posts in Video" rel="category tag"&gt;Video&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://greylodge.org/gpc/?cat=10" title="View all posts in PSPcatching" rel="category tag"&gt;PSPcatching&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://greylodge.org/gpc/?cat=21" title="View all posts in BitTorrent" rel="category tag"&gt;BitTorrent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;            &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt;   &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://xs42.xs.to/pics/05334/kris_bohm.jpg" alt="J.K - D.H" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Future of Humanity&lt;br /&gt;A dialogue between Krishnamurti and David Bohm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.greylodge.org/tracker/gettorrent.php?info_hash=56e5c98ace2fb156a2e5e3246b522c8780089e40"&gt;Download Part 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(.torrent - format: AVI - size: 350mb)&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.greylodge.org/tracker/gettorrent.php?info_hash=0377c9fe518daecdcc131e9929a20e5faa5f2b6f"&gt;Download Part 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(.torrent - format: AVI - size: 350mb)&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY&lt;/em&gt; is a dialogue between &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiddu_Krishnamurti"&gt;J. Krishnamurti&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bohm"&gt;David Bohm&lt;/a&gt; which took place in Brockwood Park, England in 1983. Starting with the questions - Are psychologists really concerned with the future of man? Are they concerned with the human being conforming to the present society, or going beyond that? - the conversation embarks on the incredible journey of the unconditioned mind and asks if the consciousness of mankind can be changed through time.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.greylodge.org/gpc/?p=154"&gt;� The Future of Humanity - A dialogue between Krishnamurti and David Bohm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112501662199388165?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112501662199388165/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112501662199388165' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112501662199388165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112501662199388165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/08/future-of-humanity-dialogue-between.html' title='The Future of Humanity - A dialogue between Krishnamurti and David Bohm'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112495569891215583</id><published>2005-08-25T09:41:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T09:41:38.916+02:00</updated><title type='text'>India: Everything Gets Worse With Coca-Cola</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;by D. Rajeev&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PLACHIMADA, India - In the end it was the 'generosity' of Coca-Cola in distributing cadmium-laden waste sludge as 'free fertilizer' to the tribal aborigines who live near the beverage giant's bottling plant in this remote Kerala village that proved to be its undoing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Friday, the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) ordered the plant shut down to the jubilation of tribal leaders and green activists who had focused more on the 'water mining' activities of the plant rather than its production of toxic cadmium sludge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Women from near Plachimada begin their milelong trek in search of water in a region suffering from three years of scant rainfall. Mathruboomi Daily photo by Madhuraj&lt;br /&gt;''One way or another, this plant should be shut down and the management made to pay compensation for destroying our paddy fields, fooling us with fake fertilizer and drying out our wells,'' Paru Amma, an aboriginal woman who lives in this once lush, water-abundant area, told IPS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chairman of the KSPCB, G. Rajmohan, said the closure was ordered because the plant ''does not have adequate waste treatment systems and toxic products from the plant were affecting drinking water in nearby villages'' and that the plant ''has also not provided drinking water in a satisfying manner to local residents''.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apparently, the generosity of the Coca-Cola plant was limited to distributing sludge and waste water free and did not extend to providing drinking water to people seriously affected by its operations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a statement Saturday, Coca-Cola said it was ''reviewing the order passed by the chairman of the Pollution Control Board, Kerala state,'' and that ''going forward, we are in the process of evaluating future steps, including a judicial review''.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The KSPCB closure order is only the latest episode in a see-saw battle between Coca-Cola and the impoverished but plucky local residents ever since the Atlanta-based company began operating its 25 million-dollar bottling plant in this village, located in the state's fertile Palakkad district, in 2001. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0822-01.htm"&gt;India: Everything Gets Worse With Coca-Cola&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112495569891215583?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112495569891215583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112495569891215583' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112495569891215583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112495569891215583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/08/india-everything-gets-worse-with-coca.html' title='India: Everything Gets Worse With Coca-Cola'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112440503311432519</id><published>2005-08-19T00:43:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T03:59:06.423+02:00</updated><title type='text'>S.I. 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Bush in front of thousands of American voters, what would &lt;i&gt;you&lt;/i&gt; say? Chastise him for his reckless military adventure in Iraq? Scold him for domestic policies that hurt average Americans while enriching the few? Or just urge him to be honest with the American people for a change? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;At Real Voices we've given that question a lot of thought, because that's our mission: to give ordinary Americans a voice in the political process. In powerful 60-second radio and TV spots, our real citizens address the president in front of an audience of thousands of potential voters. Whether it's a parent who lost a son or daughter in Iraq, a sick child who might be cured by cutting edge stem cell research, or a scientist who knows the truth about global warming and toxic pollution, our "real voices" confront the President directly and honestly about his abysmal record. Filmed by two-time Academy Award nominee Eric Thiermann, our TV spots are powerful, moving and utterly honest, unlike any political ad you have ever seen. With your help, we will have them playing in every battleground state come this fall. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;We regard the war in Iraq to be George Bush's greatest betrayal of the American people. It has greatly increased the risk of terrorism, damaged our international prestige, and caused the greatest losses to individual families. Working closely with families who lost loved ones in the fighting we are determined to make sure their voices and stories are told in the upcoming election. 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By &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://realvoices.org/rv/donate.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;sponsoring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt; a radio or TV message you are directly giving our "real voices" an opportunity to speak to thousands of voters in key battleground states. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;This is a great experiment in American democracy: a chance to give the real citizens of America... the ones George Bush prays you &lt;i&gt;won't&lt;/i&gt; hear... a platform to talk back to the President, in front of thousands of American voters. Democracy doesn't get any simpler or more direct than that. And all we need to make it work is &lt;i&gt;you&lt;/i&gt;.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Had it with George W. Bush? &lt;/b&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://realvoices.org/rv/donate.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Tell 50,000 voters why!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Media contacts:  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Deane Little / 650-947-0125&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://realvoices.org/rv/index.html"&gt;Real Voices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112428688993361304?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112428688993361304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112428688993361304' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112428688993361304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112428688993361304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/08/real-voices.html' title='Real Voices'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112423367994761125</id><published>2005-08-17T01:07:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-17T01:07:59.990+02:00</updated><title type='text'>DOE Outlines Research Needed To Improve Solar Energy Technologies</title><content type='html'>WASHINGTON, D.C. -- To help achieve the Bush Administration's goal of increased use of solar and other renewable forms of energy, the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science has released a report describing the basic research needed to produce "revolutionary progress in bringing solar energy to its full potential in the energy marketplace." The report resulted from a workshop of 200 scientists held earlier this year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/08/050814162556.htm"&gt;DOE Outlines Research Needed To Improve Solar Energy Technologies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112423367994761125?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112423367994761125/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112423367994761125' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112423367994761125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112423367994761125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/08/doe-outlines-research-needed-to.html' title='DOE Outlines Research Needed To Improve Solar Energy Technologies'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112410139526825651</id><published>2005-08-15T12:22:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-15T12:23:15.276+02:00</updated><title type='text'>De NVP | Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychonomie</title><content type='html'>Men weet in het algemeen wel wat ongeveer het werkgebied van de psychologie is, maar voor de psychonomie geldt dat veel minder. De psychonoom bestudeert in principe dezelfde verschijnselen als de psycholoog, maar op een andere manier. Psychonomen onderzoeken processen - waarnemen, motoriek, leren, beslissen, denken, geemotioneerd raken, spreken, schrijven, enz. - die zich in tal van situaties, bij kind en volwassene, individueel en sociaal, in normale en gestoorde vorm voordoen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De psychonomische aanpak kenmerkt zich door een voorkeur voor het doen van proeven onder goed gecontroleerde omstandigheden, door een streven naar objectiviteit, exactheid en kwantificering en door het opstellen van toetsbare theorieen. De psychonoom is niet alleen op zoek naar de logos (leer ) van het gedrag, maar ook vooral naar de nomos, de wetten waarmee het gedrag zich laat beschrijven en voorspellen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Psychonomisch onderzoek wordt doorgaans in laboratoria gedaan, in de vorm van experimenten met gebruikmaking van geavanceerde apparatuur. Technici zijn nodig voor de ontwikkeling en bediening van electronische apparatuur, voor programmering van computerge stuurde experimenten, voor gegevensverzameling en -analyse met behulp van complexe statistische technieken. Bij het beschrijven van de resultaten van het experimentele onderzoek ligt de nadruk op het ontwikkelen van formele modellen en theorieen. Daartoe zijn wiskundigen, informatici en logici bij het onderzoek betrokken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In toenemende mate maken psychonomen gebruik van onderzoeksmethoden die de activiteit van de hersenen zelf registreren.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nvp.nici.ru.nl/"&gt;De NVP | Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychonomie&lt;/a&gt;: "De Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychonomie (NVP) is opgericht ter bevordering van het Psychonomisch onderzoek in Nederland."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112410139526825651?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112410139526825651/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112410139526825651' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112410139526825651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112410139526825651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/08/de-nvp-nederlandse-vereniging-voor.html' title='De NVP | Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychonomie'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112393000261008468</id><published>2005-08-13T12:46:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-13T12:58:46.233+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Evolution vs. Religion</title><content type='html'>&lt;div id="summary"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;blockquote style="font-style: italic;"&gt;   &lt;div id="summary"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary: &lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;This article challenges its readers to ponder whether so-called “scientific” and “religious” worldviews are compatible at all. It pushes against an “easy” answer of mutual accomodation, and argues instead that the two views are essentailly antithetical. This is not a happy conclusion for those who wish to reconcile their religious beliefs with contemporary notions of rationality. Many thanks to &lt;a href="http://ryz.gnn.tv/"&gt;Ryz&lt;/a&gt; for the reference.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;b&gt;[Posted By &lt;a href="http://gregoire.gnn.tv/" alt="Gregoire"&gt;Gregoire&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div id="byline"&gt;By Jacob Weisberg&lt;br /&gt;Republished from &lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2124297/nav/tap1/" target="_blank"&gt;Slate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div id="desc"&gt;Quit pretending they're compatible.&lt;/div&gt;      &lt;p&gt;President Bush used to be content to &lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2100064/"&gt;revel in his own ignorance&lt;/a&gt;. Now he wants to share it with America’s schoolchildren.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.gnn.tv/headlines/4279/Evolution_vs_Religion"&gt;Evolution vs. Religion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.gnn.tv/headlines/4279/Evolution_vs_Religion"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="logo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gnn.tv/" alt="GNN"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.gnn.tv/images/logo_box.gif" alt="GNN" border="0" height="55" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112393000261008468?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112393000261008468/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112393000261008468' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112393000261008468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112393000261008468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/08/evolution-vs-religion.html' title='Evolution vs. Religion'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112378296109675567</id><published>2005-08-11T19:56:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-11T20:12:48.066+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The Elegant Universe  - | NOVA | PBS</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;A Three-Hour Miniseries with Brian Greene&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;TV Program Description&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Original PBS Broadcast Dates:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;October 28th, 8-10 pm and November 4, 8-9 pm, 2003&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6946/222/400/elegant-overview.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt;One of the most ambitious and exciting theories ever proposed—one that may be the long-sought "theory of everything," which eluded even Einstein—gets a masterful, lavishly computer-animated explanation from bestselling author-physicist Brian Greene, when NOVA presents the nuts, bolts, and sometimes outright nuttiness of string theory.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also known as superstring theory, the startling idea proposes that the fundamental ingredients of nature are inconceivably tiny strings of energy, whose different modes of vibration underlie everything that happens in the universe. The theory successfully unites the laws of the large—general relativity—and the laws of the small—quantum mechanics—breaking a conceptual logjam that has frustrated the world's smartest scientists for nearly a century.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Greene is professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, where he is one of the world's foremost string theorists. He is also an unusually adept science explainer, whose book The Elegant Universe became a runaway bestseller and whose popular lectures pulse with string-like energy, not to mention infectious humor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"If anyone can make string theory accessible, Greene can," marvels New York Magazine. Small wonder, since the Harvard- and Oxford-graduated physicist has studied acting and has performed in college musicals and community theater. Working with the Emerson String Quartet, he has also created a live presentation merging physics and music, which has drawn sell-out crowds and is now being developed for Lincoln Center's 2005 season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On NOVA, Greene brings these wide-ranging talents to bear on a theory that is notoriously difficult to grasp, yet one that is incredibly exciting to both scientists and laypeople alike. If string theory proves correct, the universe we see obscures a reality that is far more rich and subtle than anyone ever imagined—a universe with numerous hidden dimensions, a universe in which the fabric of space can tear, a universe that may be but one of many parallel universes ceaselessly popping in and out of existence throughout eternity. And these are just some of the astounding implications of strings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html"&gt;Watch the Program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html"&gt;&lt;img class="novaicon-r" src="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/images02/icon_elegant_prog.gif" alt="Watch the Program" border="0" height="55" width="60" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; All three hours of The Elegant Universe are available to watch online here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/"&gt;NOVA | The Elegant Universe | PBS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112378296109675567?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112378296109675567/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112378296109675567' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112378296109675567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112378296109675567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/08/elegant-universe-nova-pbs.html' title='The Elegant Universe  - | NOVA | PBS'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112375615581941368</id><published>2005-08-11T12:29:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-11T12:29:15.820+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Worldwide Wikimania | Guardian Unlimited | Online</title><content type='html'>Free to use and free to edit, Wikipedia is growing fast. Now its founder has announced a series of new projects, writes Sean Dodson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thursday August 11, 2005&lt;br /&gt;The Guardian&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In less than five years, what started out as a small side project with a budget of a few thousand pounds has grown into one of the web's greatest success stories. Wikipedia, the open, editable encyclopedia, and its sister projects have gone from absolutely nothing to 22m entries in less than half a decade. In doing so, Wikipedia - the centrepiece of the Wikimedia empire - has become the most detailed encyclopedia in history. And its breathtaking pace has yet to show any sign of slowing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As an online knowledge database, Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org) has one significant advantage over its expert, professional predecessors: anyone is free to edit it. Equally, anybody is free to delete entries or add new ones. The system works by using editable web pages known as wikis (hence the name), which let ordinary users make changes as they see fit. And, in handing this power to the people, Wikipedia has become more than just a hobby - for some it is almost a religion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1546162,00.html"&gt;Guardian Unlimited | Online | Worldwide Wikimania&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112375615581941368?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112375615581941368/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112375615581941368' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112375615581941368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112375615581941368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/08/worldwide-wikimania-guardian-unlimited.html' title='Worldwide Wikimania | Guardian Unlimited | Online'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112375570094469857</id><published>2005-08-11T12:13:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-11T12:21:40.950+02:00</updated><title type='text'>climate change   -Special report - the Guardian</title><content type='html'>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt; 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     &lt;/td&gt;       &lt;td style="vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;/td&gt;       &lt;td style="vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;/td&gt;       &lt;td style="vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;/td&gt;       &lt;td style="vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;/td&gt;       &lt;td style="vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;/td&gt;       &lt;td style="vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/0,6961,,00.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://image.guardian.co.uk/sitelogos/Guardian.gif" alt="Guardian Unlimited" border="0" height="60" width="120" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112375570094469857?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112375570094469857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112375570094469857' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112375570094469857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112375570094469857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/08/climate-change-special-report-guardian.html' title='climate change   -Special report - the Guardian'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112360040045456183</id><published>2005-08-09T17:13:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-09T17:13:20.513+02:00</updated><title type='text'>I Used To Be a Neocon </title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;by Drew O'Neill&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Two years ago I was a neocon. I supported Bush’s war on Iraq and I called everyone who didn’t a liberal Kool-aid drinker. I voted for Bush in 2000 and I listened to Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and just about any right-winger on the radio that I could get a four-word talking point from to use against liberals. I would say things such as "liberals won’t defend America," "shut up and sing," "freedom is on the march," and "you’re a great American." I supported the war at first because I bought into the lies and propaganda.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I no longer do. I’m a recovering neocon. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/oneill1.html"&gt;I Used To Be a Neocon by Drew O'Neill&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112360040045456183?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112360040045456183/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112360040045456183' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112360040045456183'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112360040045456183'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/08/i-used-to-be-neocon.html' title='I Used To Be a Neocon '/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112358178902681097</id><published>2005-08-09T11:44:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-09T12:03:09.120+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Spirituele guerrilla 008</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Misschien even vermelden dat ik het&lt;br /&gt;spijtig vind dat het niet in progressieve spelling is geschreven,&lt;br /&gt;én dat m'n mening over de inhoud al veranderd is.&lt;br /&gt;Desalnietemin een belangrijk dokument in m'n leven!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Antistresspoweet&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;wat vooraf ging : &lt;a href="http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/05/spirituele-guerrilla-007.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spirituele guerrilla 007&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;proloog en : &lt;a href="http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/02/spirituele-guerrilla-001.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spirituele guerrilla 001&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Allemaal in de film&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Camera’s die alles lijken&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Te filmen&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Wereldwijd&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;En overal&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;In elk boerengat&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Geen tocht&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Wordt hier gemist&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;We trekken er&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Nooit meer&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Helemaal alleen&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Op uit&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;En God die toch altijd meer&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Ziet&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Wat menselijk&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Zulk een achternahollen&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Wat menselijk&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Dit beweeglijk verstollen&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jazz, bebop of de strop&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Alles is jazz&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Zondvloed van onheilige woorden&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Die sublimeren&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Die de sex vermoorden&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Alles is jazz&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Kannibalistisch kanaal&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Kabbalistisch verhaal&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Kanalen klanken&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Connecties&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Een hete, geile symfonie&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Alles is jazz&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Ondoorgrondelijk als de nacht&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Speels en beweeglijk&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Met weerbarstige rythmes&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Een teder en zacht gekerf&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Op een onvindbare ziel&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Of je nu speelt als de duivel&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Met je groeven op ’t eind van de naald&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Goed, door je strot of winterbar&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Je laat onze harten nooit onberoerd&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Je heet jazz, je bent jazz&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;En jij, je bent alles&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mistige atlas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;In vlaggen en zuchten&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;In landen en kluchten&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pure gestalt&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Je wordt gretig bekeken&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Door vleiende ogen&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: right;" align="right"&gt;Houston we have a problem&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Die strak en toebak&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Fixeren op je contoeren&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;En je vuur ontsteekt&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Een gerolde gegrolde moord&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Die je samen de lucht in blaast&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Met de overige&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Donzige&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Ronzige&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Wolkjes&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;En luchtkasteel&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Na luchtkasteel&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Maken jullie je deel&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Aan meer weer&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Praatjes&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cocosnoot&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;De ontdekking van de dag is vandaag een cocosnoot. Elke Belg zou vanaf heden verplicht moeten worden bij wet mistens eenmaal per jaar cocos te vreten. Twee cocosnoten per dag dekken voor de gemiddelde mens de gemiddelde levensnoodzakelijke stoffen. Doe daar nog enkele ander ingredienten bij en je bekomt een volwaardig dieet. Om dus nog meer modaal te worden: Vreet cocosnoten a volonte! Cocos brengt een mens al eens van z’n luie krent af. Ja, cocos dwingt een mens tot een smakelijk, doch niet te onderschatten ritueel. Benodigde tuigen zijn hamer en beitel. Men kloppe twee van de drie gaatjes bovenaan de cocos open. Men zorge voor een makkelijke doorstroming. Veil die gaatjes dus te goed uit. Men giet vervolgens de inhoud door een zeefje. Drinken, rest openbreken, wit opeten. En de houten restanten kan je gebruiken als decoratie of theelichthouders, of waar al uw fantasie naartoe zweeft.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Wanneer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Wanneer wij de sterren worden en op meer dan de aarde alleen neerkijken. Wanneer wij niet meer hoeven te reizen aan het firmament, maar dat firmament zelf (geworden) zijn. Wanneer we alles bezield hebben met leven, met ruggegraat en pikant. Wanneer elke klank een sprookje is. Wanneer we zien wat werkelijk leeft, dat alles werkelijk leeft, dat er niet iets is zoals dode materie. Wanneer we denken te denken, weten te weten. Wanneer we voelen! Wanneer elke geur of smaak een sprookje vertelt ...dan verstuift passie over gans ons universum.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Walden twee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;B.F. Skinner schrijft in 1948 een vervolg op het befaamde boek van Thoreau. Skinner staat in mensen hun geheugen gegrift als een onverbeterlijke behaviourist. Dit boek ‘Walden Twee’ is schitterend. Alhoewel ik niet geloof dat een uitsluitend gedragsmatige aanpak van mensen de ultieme oplossing is om tot een pracht van een maatschappij te komen, vind ik heel wat van zijn ideeen boeiend. Neem bijvoorbeeld hoofdstuk acht eens ‘ter hand’:&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;We vonden een plaatsje bij het raam in een klein gezelschapszaaltje en zetten onze stoelen zo dat we uit konden kijken over het langzaam donker wordende landschap. Frazier scheen geen speciaal gesprek te hebben voorbereid en hij begon er een beetje moe uit te zien. Castle had waarschijnlijk een heleboel te zeggen, maar hij scheen van mening te zijn dat ik het gesprek moest openen.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;‘We zijn dankbaar voor je vriendelijkheid,’ zei ik tegen Frazier, ‘niet alleen om ons uit te nodigen op Walden Twee, maar ook om ons zoveel van je tijd te geven. Ik ben bang dat we een beetje misbruik van je maken.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;‘Integendeel,’ zei Frazier. ‘Ik word er volledig voor betaald om met jullie te praten. Er worden twee arbeidspunten gegeven voor iedere dag dat iemand de zorg van de gasten van Walden Twee op zich neemt. Ik kan er maar een van gebruiken, maar niettemin is het aantrekkelijk voor me, omdat ik meer dan goed betaald word door jullie gezelschap.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;‘Arbeidspunten?’ zei ik.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;‘Sorry, dat vergat ik. Arbeidspunten zijn een soort geld. Maar het zijn geen munten of biljetten – het zijn alleen maar aantekeningen in een kaartsysteem. Alle goederen en diensten zijn gratis, zoals jullie vanavond in de eetzaal hebben gezien. Ieder van ons betaald voor wat hij gebruikt met twaalfhonderd arbeidspunten per jaar – zeg maar vier arbeidspunten voor elke werkdag. We wijzigen de waarde van een punt al naar de behoeften van de commune. Met twee uur werken per punt – een achturige werkweek – zouden we met een mooie winst kunnen draaien. We zijn tevreden als we net iets meer dan onze kosten eruit halen. Het winstsysteem is slecht, ook als de arbeider de winst krijgt, omdat de spanning van overwerk zelfs door een hoge beloning niet verlicht wordt. Al wat we verlangen is onze kosten goed te maken met een kleine veiligheidsmarge; we passen de waarde van de arbeidspunten dienovereenkomstig aan. Op dit ogenblik is het ongeveer een uur per punt.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Werken de leden van de commune maar vier uur per dag?’ zei ik. Er lag iets van morele verontwaardiging in mijn stem, alsof ik gevraagd had of zij allemaal overspelig waren.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Gemiddeld wel ja,’ antwoordde Frazier losjes. Ondanks onze duidelijke belangstelling ging hij meteen tot een ander punt over. ‘Een puntensysteem maakt het ook mogelijk een bepaald werk te waarderen in termen van bereidheid van de leden om het te doen. Tenslotte doet niemand niet meer of minder dan zijn aandeel wegens de tijd die hij eraan werkt; het gaat erom wat hij doet. Dus we geven eenvoudig een verschillende puntenwaarde aan verschillende soorten werk, en passen die van tijd tot tijd aan op basis van de behoefte. Bellamy heeft dit denkbeeld geopperd in &lt;i&gt;Looking Backward&lt;/i&gt;.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Een onaangenaam werkje zoals riolen schoonmaken heeft dan zeker een hoge waarde,’ zei ik.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Precies. Ongeveer anderhalf punt per uur denk ik. De riolenman werkt iets meer dan twee uur per dag. Prettiger werk heeft een lage waarde – iets van zeven of acht tiende punt. Dat betekent vijf uur per dag, of nog wel meer. Werken in de bloementuin heeft een zeer lage waarde, een tiende punt. Niemand verdient alleen daarmee de kost, maar veel mensen vinden het prettig een poosje op die manier door te brengen, en dat waarderen we. Op de lange duur, als de puntenwaarde is aangepast, zijn alle soorten werk even aantrekkelijk. Als dat niet zo was, zou er meer vraag ontstaan naar prettiger soort werkzaamheden, en dan zou de puntenwaarde daarvan veranderd worden. Een enkele keer bewerken we kunstmatig de voorkeur, als het een of andere werk zonder reden vermeden schijnt te worden.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Ik neem aan dat jullie grammofoonplaten in de slaapzalen laten draaien die steeds maar herhalen “Ik vind het fijn in de riolen te werken. Riolen zijn leuk”,’ zei Castle.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Nee, Walden Twee is niet zo’n heerlijke nieuwe wereld,’ zei Frazier. ‘We maken geen &lt;i&gt;propaganda&lt;/i&gt;. Dat is een grondbeginsel. Ik zeg niet dat het niet mogelijk zou zijn. We zouden het zwaarste werk het meest eervol en begerenswaardig kunnen laten lijken. Iets dergelijks is altijd gedaan door goed georganiseerde regeringen – bijvoorbeeld om het werven van soldaten te vergemakkelijken. Maar dat gebeurt hier niet. Je zult misschien zeggen dat we &lt;i&gt;propaganda&lt;/i&gt; maken voor alle werk, maar ik zie niet in wat daartegen is. Als we het werken plezieriger kunnen maken door geschikte training, waarom niet? Maar ik dwaal af.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Hoe zit het met de kennis en de vaardigheid die voor vele soorten werk nodig zijn?’ vroeg Castle. ‘Hoe is dat te verenigen met een vrije keuze? Je kunt toch zeker niet ieder die maar wil als arts laten werken.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Nee, natuurlijk niet. Het principe moet gewijzigd worden in gevallen waar een lange opleiding voor nodig is. Maar toch wordt de uiteindelijke waarde van een baan bepaald door de voorkeuren van de commune als geheel. Als onze dokters duidelijk overwerkt zouden zijn &lt;i&gt;volgens onze normen&lt;/i&gt;, zou het moeilijk zijn jonge mensen ertoe te krijgen dat beroep te kiezen. We moeten zorgen dat er genoeg dokters zijn om hun gemiddelde werkschema binnen de norm van Walden Twee te houden.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘En als niemand dokter zou willen worden?’ vroeg ik.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘We hebben eerder moeilijkheden met het omgekeerde.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Dat dacht ik al,’ zei Castle. ‘Teveel van jullie jonge leden zullen in een interessant vak willen gaan ondanks het zware werk. Wat doen jullie dan?’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘We vertellen hun hoeveel plaatsen er beschikbaar zullen zijn en laten ze zelf beslissen. We zijn natuurlijk blij dat we meer dan genoeg artsen hebben en zouden altijd het een of andere werk voor ze kunnen vinden, maar op strikt medisch gebied kunnen we hen niet meer bieden dan onze afschuwelijk goede gezondheid oplevert.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Jullie bieden dus geen volledige persoonlijke vrijheid, wel?’ vroeg Castle met slecht verborgen opwinding. ‘Jullie hebben geen werkelijk oplossing gevonden voor het conflict tussen een &lt;i&gt;laissez faire-&lt;/i&gt; en een geleide samenleving.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Ik geloof van wel. Maar jullie moeten meer weten van ons opvoedingssysteem voor ik jullie kan laten zien op welke manier. Het is namelijk zeer onwaarschijnlijk dat iemand op Walden Twee zo sterk zijn zinnen heeft gezet op een bepaalde richting dat hij ongelukkig is wanneer die niet voor hem openstaat. Dat geldt evenzeer voor de keuze van een meisje els van een beroep. Persoonlijke jaloezie komt bij ons bijna niet voor, om deze eenvoudige reden: we bieden veel ervaringen en veel aantrekkelijke alternatieven. Het tedere gevoel van de “enige ware” geliefde is niet zozeer een kwestie van standvastigheid in de liefde als wel een gebrek aan mogelijkheden. Er is alle kans dat onze overtollige aanstaande artsen andere mogelijkheden zullen vinden die al gauw even aantrekkelijk zullen blijken.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ...&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Waarom moet dan iedereen per se lichamelijk werk doen?’ zei Castle onschuldig.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Eenvoudig omdat hersenarbeid en spierarbeid nooit exclusief zijn. Niemand van ons is alleen maar hoofd of alleen maar handen, en we moeten ons leven daar naar inrichten. Het is funest, het minderheidselement te negeren – funest, de arbeider te behandelen alsof hij geen hersens zou hebben, en misschien op nog kortere termijn even funest, het omgekeerde te doen. Een of twee uur lichamelijke arbeid per dag is een gezondheidsmaatregel. De mens heeft altijd van zijn spieren geleefd – dat zie je aan zijn lichaamsbouw. We moeten onze grote spieren niet laten attrofieren omdat we zulke goede manieren bedacht hebben om de kleine spieren te gebruiken. We zijn nog niet geevolueerd tot een louter Denkende Mens. Vraag maar eens aan een dokter wat hij denkt van de beroepsziektes van mensen die niet werken. Ten gevolge van bepaalde culturele voordelen die Veblen waarschijnlijk wel beschreven heeft, kan de dokter niets anders voorschrijven dan golf, of een hometrainer, of houthakken, mits de patient eigenlijk geen gehakt hout nodig heeft. Maar wat de dokter eigenlijk zou willen zeggen is “Ga werken!”&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   Maar er is nog een betere reden waarom onze hoofdarbeiders hun spieren niet mogen verwaarlozen,’ vervolgde Frazier. ‘In onze tijd zijn het altijd de knappe koppen, de mensen die hun kleine spieren gebruiken, die in de leidinggevende functies terechtkomen. Op Walden Twee zijn zij degenen die plannen maken, materiaal aanschaffen, codes ontwerpen, trends evalueren, experimenten leiden. Bij dat soort werk moet de Bedrijfsleider toezien op de uitvoerende krachten, hij moet hun behoeften kennen, hun ervaringen delen. Daarom ook moeten ons planbureau, onze bedrijfsleiders en onderzoekers een deel van hun arbeidspunten met handenarbeid verdienen. Het is onze constituele garantie dat de problemen van de handarbeiders niet vergeten zullen worden.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   We zwegen. Onze spiegelbeelden in de ruiten liepen verwarrend dooreen met de laatste sporen van daglicht aan de zuidelijke hemel. Eindelijk schudde Castle zichzelf wakker.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Maar vier uur per dag! Dat kan ik niet ernstig opvatten. Denk eens aan de strijd voor een veertigurige werkweek! Wat zouden onze industrielen niet geven voor dat geheim. Of onze politice! Mr Frazier, we moeten wel bewondering hebben voor het leven dat we hier te zien krijgen, maar ik heb op de een of andere manier het gevoel dat je ons een lieftallige dame vertoont die in de lucht zweeft. Je hebt zelfs een hoepel over haar heen geworpen om je toverkunsten beter te laten uitkomen. En nu je ons zogenaamd verklaart hoe de truc werkt, krijgen we te horen dat de dame aan een dun draadje hangt. De uitleg is even moeilijk te accepteren als gezichtsbedrog. Waar is je bewijs?’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Het bewijs achter het voldongen feit? Doe niet zo belachelijk! Maar misschien kan ik je tevreden stellen door je te vertellen hoe wij wisten dat het mogelijk was, voordat we het probeerden.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Dat zou al heel wat zijn,’ zie Castle droog.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Goed dan,’ zei Frazier. ‘Laten we een standaard zevendaagse week van acht uur per dag nemen. (De veertigurige week is nog niet in alle beroepen een feit. Menige boer zou het een vacantie noemen.) Dat betekent bijna 3000 uur per jaar. Wij wilden dat terugbrengen tot 1500. In feite hebben we het nog verder verlaagd, maar hoe wisten we dat we het konden halveren? Ben je tevreden als ik daar een antwoord op geef?’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Het zal me verbazen,’ zei Castle.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Goed,’ zei Frazier vlug, alsof hij zowaar door Castle’s woorden aangespoord was. ‘Allereerst hebben we het overduidelijke feit dat vier meer is dan de helft van acht. We werken beter en sneller gedurende de eerste vier uren van de dag. Het uiteindelijke effect van een vierurige dag is enorm groot, mits iemand iemand de rest van de tijd geen al te inspannend werk doet. Laten we een lage schatting doen, om ruimte te laten voor werk dat niet sneller gedaan kan worden, en zeggen dat vier uur gelijk staat aan vijf uur van de gebruikelijke acht. Akkoord?’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Ik zou een querulant zijn als ik het er niet mee eens was,’ zei Castle, ‘maar je bent nog lang niet bij acht.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Ten tweede,’ zei Frazier, met een tevreden glimlachje dat ons beloofde dat hij de acht ook wel zou halen, ‘hebben we de extra motivatie die ontstaat als iemand voor zichzelf werkt en niet voor een baas die de winst opstrijkt. Dat is een waar “premieloon”, en het effect is wonderbaarlijk. Er wordt minder tijd verknoeid, beter gewerkt; lijntrekken komt niet meer voor. Zullen we zeggen dat vier uur voor jezelf evenveel waard zijn als zes van de acht uur voor een ander?’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Ik hoop dat je erop zult wijzen,’ zei ik, ‘dat de vier uur niet zwaarder zijn dat de zes uur. De kantjes eraf lopen maakt een baantje echt niet gemakkelijker. Verveling is uitputtender dan zwaar werk. Maar hoe zit het met de andere twee uur?’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Laat ik jullie eraan herinneren dat niet alle Amerikanen die in staat zijn tot werken, dat op het ogenblik doen,’ zei Frazier. ‘We vergelijken in feite acht uur per dag door &lt;i&gt;sommigen&lt;/i&gt; met vier uur van praktisch &lt;i&gt;allen&lt;/i&gt;. Op Walden Twee hebben we geen nietsdoende klasse, geen voortijdig gepensioneerden, of arbeidsongeschikten, geen dronkenschap, geen criminaliteit, veel minder zieken. We hebben geen werkeloosheid ten gevolge van wanbeleid. Niemand wordt ervoor betaald om niets te doen omwille van het handhaven van de arbeidsverhoudingen. Onze kinderen werken al op jeugdige leeftijd – met mate, maar ze vinden het prettig. Hoeveel uur geef je daarvoor Mr Castle? Mag ik nog een uur aan mijn zes toevoegen?’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Ik ben bang dat ik zelfs nog meer zou moeten toestaan,’ zei Castle lachend, met een verwonderlijke goedmoedigheid.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Maar laten we een lage schatting aanhouden,’ zei Frazier, duidelijk verheugd, ‘en zeggen dat wanneer iedere potentiele werker vier uur voor zichzelf werkt, we het equivalent hebben van misschien tweederde van alle beschikbare werkers die zeven van de acht uur werken voor iemand anders. En hoe is het nu gesteld met deze laatsten op ’t ogenblik dat zij aan het werk zijn? Werken zij zo voordelig mogelijk? Zijn zij zogvuldig uitgekozen voor het werk dat ze doen? Maken zij het beste gebruik van werkbesparende methodes? Hoeveel van de boerderijen zijn net zo gemechaniseerd als de onze? Worden werkbesparende uitvindingen en methodes door de arbeiders toegejuigd &lt;u&gt;en verbeterd&lt;/u&gt;? Hoeveel goede krachten zijn vrij op te schuiven naar productievere niveau’s? Hoeveel scholing krijgen zij om hen zo bekwaam mogelijk te maken?&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Ik kan niet veel punten geven voor een beter gebruik van de mankracht wanneer je je leden een vrije beroepskeuze toestaat,’ zei Castle.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Dat is een buitensporigheid, daar heb je gelijk in,’ zei Frazier. ‘Bij de volgende generatie zullen we het beter doen; daar zal ons opvoedingssysteem voor zorgen. Akkoord. Geen extra tijd voor verkeerd geplaatst talent.’ Hij zweeg even, alsof hij zat te berekenen of hij sich deze concessie kon veroorloven.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Je hebt nog steeds een uur te verantwoorden,’ bracht ik hem in herinnering.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Weet ik, weet ik,’ zei hij. ‘Nu, hoeveel van het distributieapparaat hebben wij afgeschaft? Hoeveel mensen zijn daardoor vrijgekomen? Hoeveel baantjes hebben wij eenvoudigweg geschrapt? Loop eens door een willekeurige straat in een stad. Hoeveel mensen zul je daar aantreffen die werkelijk nuttig werk doen? Er is een bank. En verderop een pandjeshuis. En een reclamebureau. En daar ginds een verzekeringskantoor. En daar nog een.’ Het was als verkoopspraatje niet erg indrukwekkend, maar Frazier scheen bereid enige persoonlijke waardigheid te verliezen omwille van de argumentatie. ‘Onze kinderen kunnen het begrip verzekering maar moeilijk begrijpen. Verzekering tegen wat? En daar is een rouwkamer – een crematorium handelt met onze as zoals hun goeddunkt.’ – Met een hoofdschudden liet hij dit onderwerp varen. ‘En daar en daar de alomtegenwoordige cafes en kroegen, al even zinloos. Drinken is niet verboden op Walden Twee, maar wij geven het allemaal op zodra we de behoeften bevredigen die in de buitenwereld verantwoordelijk zijn voor de drinkgewoonte.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Als ik dit uitstapje even mag onderbreken,’ zei ik, ‘welke behoeften zijn dat?’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Wel, waarom drink jij?’ zei Frazier.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Ik drink niet – niet veel. Maar ik heb graag een borrel voor het eten. Feitelijk is mijn gezelschap niet veel waard voor die tijd.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Integendeel, je gezelschap is bijzonder plezierig,’ zei Frazier.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Hier is het wat anders,’ zei ik, in zijn val lopend. Frazier en Castle lachtten luidruchtig.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Natuurlijk is het hier wat anders!’ riep Frazier. ‘Je hebt een borrel nodig als tegenwicht tegen de vermoeidheid en verveling van een slecht geleidde maatschappij. Hier hebben we geen tegengiften nodig. Geen opiaten. Maar waarom drink je anders? Of waarom drinkt wie dan ook? Want ik begrijp wel dat jij geen typisch voorbeeld bent.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Nou, om je moeilijkheden te veregeten,’ stamelde ik. ‘Ik snap natuurlijk wel wat je daarop zult zeggen. Maar om te ontsnappen bijvoorbeeld, of voor de verandering – om je remmingen te verminderen. Jullie hebben toch ook remmingen, is ’t niet? Misschien kan een van de anderen het verlossende woord spreken?’ Ik wendde me tactloos tot Barbara, die de andere kant op keek.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   Frazier zat even zachtjes te lachen, en sloeg toen opnieuw toe.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Laat ik een paar zaken noemen die we niet geelimineerd hebben, maar wel gestroomlijnd wat betreft mankracht,’ zei hij. ‘De grote warenhuizen, de vleesmarkten, de kruidenierswinkels, de drugstores om de hoek, de autoshowrooms, de meubelzaken, de schoenwinkels, de banketbakkerijen, allemaal met onnodig personeel dat onnodige dingen doet. De helft van de restaurants kan voorgoed gesloten worden. En daar heb je het schoonheidssalon en daar een filmpaleis. En een dancing, en een kegelbaan. En voortdurend suizen d’er bussen en trams voorbij, die mensen van de ene nutteloze plaats naar de andere brengen.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   Hij droeg het niet te best voor, maar het was een vernietigend betoog.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Je krijgt je laatste uur en welgefeliciteerd,’ zei Castle, toen hij zag dat Frazier nog niet uitgepraat was. ‘Ik had je op je woord moeten geloven. Het is tenslotte zoals je zegt, een voldongen feit.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Willen jullie graag dat ik er tien uur van maak?’ zei Frazier; hij glimlachte jongensachtig en we moesten allemaal lachen. ‘Onze meest dramatische besparing op mankracht heb ik nog niet genoemd.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Dan heb je nog een kans om iets origineels te zeggen,’ zei ik. ‘Ik moet bekennen dat ik niet zo onder de indruk ben als Castle. Het grootste deel van wat je gezegd hebt, is algemeen bekende kritiek op ons economisch systeem. Alle professoren kunnen je dat vertellen.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Natuurlijk. Zelfs professoren weten al deze dingen. De economie van een commune is een kinderspel.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Hoe zit het met die twee extra uren,’ zei ik, besloten op deze insinuatie in te gaan.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   Frazier zweeg nog even, ons een voor een aankijkend.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   &lt;span lang="FR"&gt;‘&lt;i&gt;Cherchez la femme!&lt;/i&gt;’ zei hij tenslotte. &lt;/span&gt;Hij genoot van ons onbegrip. ‘De vrouwen! De vrouwen! (1948, nvdr) Wat denken jullie dat zij al deze tijd gedaan hebben? Dat is onze grootste prestatie! We hebben de huishoudkunst geindustrialiseerd!’ Hij sprak het weer uit als ‘huizekens’, en ditmaal snapte ik het. ‘Sommige van onze vrouwen doen nog wel werk dat ook tot hun taak als huisvrouw behoord zou hebben, maar ze werken efficienter en met plezier. En minstens de helft van hen is beschikbaar voor ander werk.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   Frazier leunde achterover met kennelijke voldoening. Castle vermande zich.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Er is iets dat me dwars zit,’ zei hij kortaf. ‘Je hebt een vierurige wekdag overtuigend laten lijken door te wijzen op een groot deel van de bevolking dat geen betaald werk doet. Maar velen van die mensen leven niet zo goed als jullie hier. Voor onze huidige gemiddelde productie is misschien maar vier uur werk per man per dag nodig – maar dat is niet genoeg. Het moet wat meer zijn dan het gemiddelde. Je moest de onproductieve armoezaaiers maar liever buiten beschouwing laten – die produceren niet, maar &lt;i&gt;consumeren ook niet&lt;/i&gt; – de stakkers.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   ‘Dat is waar, we hebben hier een hoge levensstandaard,’ zei Frazier. ‘Maar onze persoonlijke rijkdom is werkelijk heel gering. De goederen die wij consumeren komen op geen groot bedrag in dollars en centen. We volgen het principe van Thoreau en vermijden onnodige bezitsvorming. Thoreau heeft gezegd dat de gemiddelde arbeider in Concord tien tot vijftien jaar van zijn leven werkte alleen om een dak boven zijn hoofd te hebben. Bij ons is dat tien weken, hoog geschat. Ons voedsel is overvloedig en gezond, maar niet duur. Er gaat weinig of niets verloren door bederf of verspilling bij vervoer of opslag, en niets door verkeerd berekende vraag. Hetzelfde geldt voor andere producten. Wij staan niet onder druk van reclame waardoor een onnodige consumptie wordt gestimuleerd.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   We hebben een aantal auto’s en vrachtwagens, maar veel minder dan de honderd personenauto’s en de vele bedrijfswagens die we zouden bezitten wanneer we niet in een commune leefden. Onze radio-installatie is veel minder duur dan de drie- of vierhonderd toestellen die we anders zouden gebruiken – zelfs als sommigen van ons armoezaaiers zonder radio zouden zijn. Nee, Mr Castle, wij strijden juist op dit punt voor economische vrijheid – door een zeer hoge levensstandaard met een laag consumptiepeil. Onze consumptie is &lt;i&gt;lager&lt;/i&gt; dan die van de gemiddelde Amerikaan.’&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Hoewel de tijden veranderd zijn &lt;i&gt;vrouwen hebben meer rechten gekregen en verworven sinds 1948, mannen houden zich, althans in het Westen, al wat meer bezig met het huishouden&lt;/i&gt;, zijn heel wat punten van Skinner’s betoog bijzonder boeiend. Kleine leefgemeenschappen gestoeld op sommige van zijn principes zouden in de toekomst wel eens leefbaar kunnen blijken... De vooruitgang van de technologie biedt op dat vlak heel wat hoopvols.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Vele communes zijn opgericht. Slechts enkelen blijken effectief te werken. Maar als mensen kunnen we leren van de fouten en voorbeelden van zovelen voor ons. En gelukkig bestaan er lovenswaardige, leefbare en mogelijk te volgen voorbeelden. Ik denk dat we vooral veel aandacht moeten besteden aan het reorganiseren van onze opvoeding. Hieromtrent heeft Skinner ook te bestuderen ideeen &lt;i&gt;misschien niet allemaal zaligmakend, ten minste toch het overwegen en in vraag stellen waard&lt;/i&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Acht uren achter de schoolbanken zitten is teveel. Daar is een mens niet voor gemaakt! We hebben meer afwisseling nodig. Ook zou onze orientatie kunnen verschuiven. Misschien hebben we naast meer lichaamsbeweging ook meer aandacht nodig voor het ontwikkelen van bijvoorbeeld emotionele intelligentie, meditatie (reeds van jonge leeftijd) enzovoort enzoverder. Zoals steeds, kunnen we ’t beste mikken op het ontplooien van levenskwaliteit!&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Waterstof&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Waterstof kan je ‘t beste zien als de bron van energie in de toekomst. Waterstof kan je uit vele andere stoffen maken &lt;i&gt;op perfect milieuvriendelijke wijze&lt;/i&gt;. De eerste prototypes wagens die op waterstof rijden bestaan al. Het is enkel een kwestie van tijd voordat alle vervoer er gebruik van zal maken. De industrie is hierover enthousiast. Waterstof is kwalitatiever en efficienter dan eender welke energiebron tot op heden ontdekt. Bovendien, kan je ze relatief eenvoudig opslaan in allerlij types batterijen... Krachtige batterijen die je overal kan meenemen, en die zeer lang meegaan alvorens je ze hoeft te herladen!&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nanotechnologie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Deze technologie werkt op molleculair vlak. D.w.z. op een zeer minuscuul deel van de materie. Toch, waarborgt deze technologie een toekomst die hoopgevend is voor de ganse mensheid. Stel dat het mogelijk wordt een mollecule als het ware te programmeren dat zij zich invreet &lt;i&gt;als een goedaardige kanker&lt;/i&gt; in een hoop chemisch of nucleair afval. Zij herstructureert dat mens- en milieuonvriendelijke afval tot een hoopje onschadelijk afval. Over een aantal jaren, zal dit geen droombeeld meer zijn, maar harde werkelijkheid!&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Linux&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Linux is een operating systeem als MSDOS. Het ontstond uit de ontevredenheid van nogal wat computerspecialisten met het Microsoft operating systeem. Zij begonnen reeds in de jaren zeventig, in hun vrije tijd, te werken aan een alternatief &lt;i&gt;Linux geheten&lt;/i&gt;. Dit alternatief is simpelweg meer gebruiksvriendelijk als MSDOS. Bovendien, bestaan er geen rechten op Linux. Je mag het vrij gebruiken, copieren en verdelen zoveel je wil!&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Met de opkomst van internet, hebben alsmaar meer mensen zich ingezet om voor Linux een aantal programma’s te ontwikkelen die je bij Microsoft of Apple ook terug kan vinden. Deze programma’s zijn heden ten dage volwaardige tegenhangers van (&lt;i&gt;zoniet duidelijk beter ontwikkeld als)&lt;/i&gt; wat de commerciele producenten aanbieden. Maar het grote verschil: Je mag er dus gratis gebruik van maken! In Nederland, draaien er al heel wat scholen en non-profitorganisaties op Linux.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Linux is wat men noemt een ‘open source’. Iedereen mag ervan gebruiken wat zij of hij wil. Elke vooruitgang komt effectief op het world wide web terecht. Zo kunnen programmeurs waar ook ter wereld vrijwillig verder een steentje bijdragen aan de ontwikkeling van zulk een schitterend concept. Ontwikkelingslanden kunnen hier enorm profijt aan doen. Ze hoeven immers geen schandalige bedragen te betalen op de rechten!&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Mijn verlangen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Ik ben niet alleen te vroeg&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Ik ben te laat&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Ik ben niet alleen het woord&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Ik ben de daad&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Ik ben niet alleen het koord&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Ik ben de moord&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Ik ben niet alleen de voeg&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Ik ben de steen&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Ik ben niet alleen het been&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Ik ben de honger&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Voedsel der Goden &lt;/b&gt;(Terence McKenna)&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;©1998 uitgeverij Entheon, Nijmegen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;De echte ‘missing link’, pag 27-28:&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Mijn stelling is dat de mutatie veroorzakende, psychoactieve chemische stoffen in het dieet van de eerste mensen een directe invloed hebben gehad op de snelle reorganisatie van de informatieverwerkende vermogens van de hersenen. Bepaalde plantaardige alkaloiden, met name hallucinogene bestanddelen, zoals psilocybine, dimethyltryptamine (DMT) en harmaline, zouden de chemische factoren in het proto-menselijke voedingspatroon kunnen zijn die het ontstaan van het menselijke zelfbewustzijn hebben gekatalyseerd. De werking van hallucinogenen die in veel algemeen voorkomende planten zitten, stimuleerde onze informatieverwerkende activiteit, ofwel onze gevoelligheid voor de omgeving, en droeg zo bij aan de plotselinge vergroting van de menselijke hersenen. In een latere fase van ditzelfde proces fungeerden hallucinogenen als katalysatoren in de ontwikkeling van de verbeelding. Ze stimuleerden het creeren van innerlijke strategieen en gevoelens van hoop, die wellicht het ontstaan van taal en religie hebben bewerkstelligd.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;In een onderzoek dat eind jaren zestig werd gedaan gaf Roland Fischer kleine hoeveelheden psilocybine aan postdoctoraalstudenten. Vervolgens mat hij hun vermogen om het moment waar te nemen waarop lijnen die aanvankelijk parallel liepen, uiteen gingen lopen. Hij merkte dat deze specifieke taak een stuk beter werd uitgevoerd met een kleine dosis psilocybine.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   Toen ik deze bevindingen met Fischer besprak, legde hij eerst zijn conclusies uit, glimlachte toen en vatte aldus samen: ‘Wat je hier overtuigend bewezen ziet, is dat je onder bepaalde omstandigheden beter op de hoogte bent van de echte wereld &lt;i&gt;met een drug&lt;/i&gt; dan zonder.’ Zijn geestige opmerking is mij altijd bijgebleven, eerst als academische anecdote, maar later zag ik het als een poging van zijn kant om me iets diepzinnigs duidelijk te maken. Als we zouden toegeven dat het gebruik van bepaalde chemicalien een aanpassingsvoordeel oplevert en daardoor diep komt ingeprent te staan in het gedrag en zelfs het genoom van bepaalde individuen, wat zouden daarvan de gevolgen zijn voor de evolutietheorie?&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Suiker als verlaving, pag 189-190:&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   Is het vergezocht om suiker te bespreken in een geschiedenis van menselijk drugsmisbruik? Nee, dat is het niet. Suikermisbruik is een van de minst besproken en meest wijdverbreide verslavingen ter wereld. Daarnaast is het een van de moeilijkste gewoonten om mee op te houden. Suikerverslaafden kunnen het met mate verbruiken of er overdadig in zwelgen. Hoe ver een ernstige suikerverslaving kan gaan wordt aangetoond door boulemiapatienten, die zich kunnen volproppen met eten dat van suiker verzadigd is en vervolgens hun vinger in de keel steken of een laxeermiddel gebruiken, zodat ze nog meer suiker kunnen eten. Stel je voor dat heroineverslaafden zoiets zouden doen – heroinegebruik zou dan nog veel afschuwelijker en verradelijker aandoen! Net als bij alle andere stimulerende middelen &lt;i&gt;(o.a. koffie, zwarte thee, enz.)&lt;/i&gt; wordt ook het eten van suiker gevolgd door een korte euforische ‘rush’, die op zijn beurt weer wordt gevolgd door depressiviteit en schuldgevoelens. Suikerverslaving als syndroom staat zelden op zichzelf; gemengde verslavingen (bijvoorbeeld een gecombineerde suiker-caffeineverslaving) komen vaker voor.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Suiker en slavernij, pag 191:&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   De vertekening en ontmenselijking van menselijke instituties en mensenlevens die vandaag de dag door &lt;i&gt;crack&lt;/i&gt; wordt veroorzaakt, is niets vergeleken met wat het Europese verlangen naar suiker in de zeventiende en achtiende eeuw aanrichtte. Men zou hiertegen kunnen inbrengen dat zich ook in de eerste fasen van de cocaineproductie een situatie voordoet die in de richting van slavenarbeid komt. Het verschil is echter dat dat geen vorm van slavernij is die wordt goedgekeurd door leugenachtige pausen en openlijk wordt bedreven door corrupte, hoewel wettige regeringen. En er moet nog een verschil worden opgemerkt: hoe hard de moderne drugshandel ook is, het lijkt niets op de grootschalige ontvoering en transportatie van en massamoord op hele volksstammen, die plaatsvonden om het productieproces van suiker te bevorderen.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Cycli van uitbuiting, pag 199-200:&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   De opiumhandel was niets minder dan een terreur van de Britten in hun strijd tegen de bevolking van China, totdat ze de restricties die de Chinese regering tegen de import van opium had opgelegd, volkomen uit de weg had geruimd. In deze gebeurtenissen zit een patroon dat zich in onze eigen eeuw heeft herhaald. De dealers van de drug thee richtten zich op opium toen hun theemarkt onder een depressie leed; evenzo richtten westerse inlichtingendiensten, zoals de CIA en de Franse geheime dienst, in de jaren tachtig hun aandacht op de import van cocaine, nadat ze een bijna-monopolie op heroine waren kwijtgeraakt aan de mullahs van de Iraanse revolutie, die in heroine handelden. De geschiedenis van de met commerciele drugs verbonden synergistische processen – de manier waarop het gebruiken van een drug cynisch genoeg wordt aangemoedigd, om zo de introductie van andere drugs te ondersteunen – die zich in de afgelopen vijfhonderd jaren heeft afgespeeld, biedt geen fraai schouwspel. Misschien dat er daarom maar zo weinig naar wordt gekeken.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   De exploitatiecycli begonnen met suiker. Zoals al besproken eiste suiker, waarvan het bestaan afhankelijk was van een wrede suikerhandel, in de loop van de zestiende eeuw steeds meer de aandacht van de consument op. De introductie van thee, koffie en chocolade in de zeventiende eeuw dreef de suikerrage naar nieuwe hoogten. Doordat suiker werd gebruikt in caffeinehoudende dranken en gedestilleerde alcohol, speelde het binnen de dominatorcultuur een indirecte, maar grote rol in het bevorderen van de onderklassen, en van vrouwen uit alle klassen. ‘Slaaf zijn aan een drug’ is een uitgekauwde metafoor, maar in het geval van suiker is die metafoor op verschrikkelijke wijze bewaarheid geworden.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   Toen de theemarkt instortte, begon het distributiesysteem dat was opgezet en gefinancierd door de Britse Oost-Indische compagnie zich te richten op het produceren en verkopen van opium en op het uitbuiten van de Chinese bevolking, die zich buiten het eigenlijke koloniale systeem bevond. De ontdekkingen van morfine (1803) en later heroine (1873) waren onze opstap naar de twintigste eeuw. Verontruste maatschappelijke hervormers die poogden om drugsgebruik te legaliseren, slaagden er slechts in het onder de grond te drijven. En daar bevinden zich drugs nog steeds, al worden ze nu niet beheerst door bedrijven van industriebaronnen die hun opdrachten open en bloot uitvoeren, maar door internationale misdaadkartels die zich veelal voordoen als inlichtingendiensten. Het is, zoals William Burroughs al zei, ‘geen prettige aanblik’.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   Drugs en plantenproducten zijn sinds het tijdperk van de ontdekkingsreizen steeds belangrijker factoren geworden in de netwerken van de internationale diplomatie. De verre tropen en de afgezonderd levende volkeren der aarde leiden niet langer een kwijnend bestaan. De blanke man houdt ze met zijn roofzuchtige blik scherp in de gaten. De tropen zijn productiegebieden geworden, die worden bevolkt door op contract aanstelbare arbeidskrachten, en waarvan wordt verwacht dat ze ruwe grondstoffen en een gretige markt voor de eindproducten opleveren. Net als de maenaden die zichzelf verloren in de extase van de Dionysische razernij, probeerden ook de met suiker bedwelmde dominatoreconomieen van Europa hun eigen kinderen te verslinden.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Electronische drugs, pag 237-238:&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   In zijn sciencefictionroman &lt;i&gt;The Man in the High Castle&lt;/i&gt; schrijft Philip K. Dick over een verzonnen, alternatieve wereld waarin de Tweede Wereldoorlog is gewonnen door de Japanners en het Derde Rijk. In Dicks fictieve wereld hebben de autoriteiten van de Japanse bezetter marihuana geintroduceerd als een van de eerste stappen om de bevolking van Californie tot bedaren te brengen. Hier, in wat de volksmond zo luchthartig de ‘realiteit’ noemt, is de situatie nauwelijks minder vreemd. Ook in ‘deze wereld’ introduceerden de overwinnaars een allesdoordringende, buitengewoon krachtige, maatschappij-vormende drug. Die drug was de eerste van een groeiende groep &lt;i&gt;high-tech&lt;/i&gt;-drugs die de gebruiker overbrengen naar een alternatieve realiteit door direct op het zintuigelijke centrum van de gebruiker te werken, zonder dat er chemische stoffen in het zenuwstelsel worden gebracht. Deze drug was televisie. Er is nooit een epidemie, een manie voor verslavende middelen of een godsdienstwaanzin geweest die in zo’n korte tijd zo’n snelle opmars heeft gekend, en waartoe zoveel mensen zich hebben bekeerd.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   De verslavende macht van de televisie en de transformatie van waarden die in het leven van een zware gebruiker tot stand wordt gebracht, vallen nog het best te vergelijken met de effecten van heroine. Heroine vervlakt het beeld; met heroine zijn dingen koud noch warm; de junkie kijkt naar de wereld in de zekerheid dat wat het ook is, het allemaal niet uitmaakt. De illusie van kennis en controle die heroine veroorzaakt, is analoog aan de onbewuste aanname van de televisiekijker dat wat hij ziet elders op de wereld ook echt bestaat. Maar wat de kijker in feite ziet, zijn voor de schone schijn verfraaide oppervlakten van verzonnen producten. Zonder dat er chemische stoffen het lichaam van de gebruiker binnendringen, is de televisie in alle opzichten net zo verslavend en net zo schadelijk voor het lichaam als elk andere drug.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Het verborgen dwangmiddel, pag 238-240:&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   Het verwarrendste van dit alles is dit: de inhoud van tele-visie is geen visie, maar een kunstmatige stroom van gegevens, die kan worden gezuiverd om culturele waarden te ‘beschermen’ of voor te schrijven. Zo worden we dus geconfronteerd met een verslavende, allesdoordringende drug, die een ervaring biedt waarvan de boodschap alles kan zijn wat de dealers van die drug willen. Zou er iets bestaan dat een vruchtbaarder grond kan bieden om fascisme en totalitarisme op te kweken? In de Verenigde Staten zijn er veel meer televisies dan huishoudens; de televisie staat gemiddeld zes uur per dag aan, en de gemiddelde Amerikaan kijktruim vijf uur per dag – dat is bijna een derde van de tijd dat de gemiddelde Amerikaan wakker is. Hoewel we ons allemaal bewust zijn van deze feiten, schijnen we toch niet in staat te zijn om op de implicaties te reageren. Serieus onderzoek naar de gevolgen van televisie op de gezondheid en de cultuur is nog maar pas begonnen. Er komt echter in de geschiedenis niet een drug voor die de hele cultuur van de gebruiker van die drug zo snel en zo volledig heeft kunnen isoleren van het contact met de realiteit. En er bestaat niet een drug in de geschiedenis die er zo volledig in is geslaagd om de waarden van de cultuur die door die drug is besmet, naar zijn eigen evenbeeld te reconstrueren.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   Televisie is van nature de dominatordrug bij uitstek. Controle over de inhoud, eenvormigheid van de inhoud en herhaalbaarheid van de inhoud maken het onvermijdelijk tot een instrument om mensen te kunnen dwingen, hersenspoelen en manipuleren. De televisie brengt de kijker in de trance die een noodzakelijke voorwaarde is voor een hersenspoeling. Net als het basiskarakter van alle andere drugs en technologieen kan ook het basiskarakter van de televisie niet worden veranderd; televisie is net zomin te hervormen als de technologie waarmee men automatische geweren produceert.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   Voor de dominatorelite kwam de televisie precies op het juiste moment. De bijna honderdvijftig jaar van synthetische-drugepidemieen, die waren begonnen in 1806, hadden geleid tot een walging bij de aanblik van de verloedering van de mens en het spirituele kannibalisme die het institutionele verkopen van drugs had gecreeerd. Toen de slavernij niet langer nodig was, werd die verfoeilijk in de ogen van dezelfde instituties die de slavernij in het leven hadden geroepen; op dezelfde wijze veroorzaakte het drugsmisbruik uiteindelijk een verzet tegen deze specifieke vorm van roofzuchtig kapitalisme. Harddrugs werden illegaal gemaakt. Uiteraard begonnen hierdoor de clandestiene markten te bloeien, maar drugs als formele instrumenten van nationaal beleid waren in diskrediet gebracht. Er zouden nog steeds opiumoorlogen zijn, regeringen zouden nod steeds andere regeringen en bevolkingen dwingen om drugs te produceren of te kopen – maar in het vervolg zouden deze oorlogen achterbaks en stiekem zijn, ze zouden ‘geheim’ zijn.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   Terwijl de inlichtingendiensten die in de nasleep van de Tweede Wereldoorlog ontstonden, zich opmaakten om hun ‘topgeheime’ posities in te nemen als de superbreinen achter de internationale drugskartels, begon het volk de televisie te waarderen. De televisie vervlakte, monteerde, paste zich aan en vereenvoudigde, kortom: deed zijn werk en creeerde in het na-oorlogse Amerika een Ken- en Barbie-cultuur. De kinderen van Ken en Barbie ontsnapten halverwege de jaren zestig kortstondig aan de televisieverslaving, dankzij het gebruik van hallucinogenen. ‘Oeps’, zeiden de dominators en ze maakten de psychedelische drugs vlug illegaal en zetten al het onderzoek stop. De in dwaling verkerende hippies kregen een dubbele dosis tv-therapie plus cocaine voorgeschoteld, en zie, ze waren fluks genezen en veranderd in op consumptie gerichte yuppen. Slechts een klein aantal weerspannigen wist aan deze waardennivellering te ontsnappen. Bijna iedereen leerde om van Grote Broer te houden. En over die paar die dat niet doen, klokt de Vader Haan van de dominatorcultuur nog altijd misnoegd voor zich uit als hij neurotisch voor zich rondscharrelt in het stof van zijn verwarring over ‘wat er gebeurd is in de sixties’.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;LSD en de psychedelische jaren zestig, pag 258-262:&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   Om de rol van psychedelica in de jaren zestig te begrijpen, moeten we ons weer de lessen van de prehistorie in herinnering brengen, en het belang voor de eerste mensen van het oplossen van grenzen ingroepsrituelen op basis van het innemen van hallucinogene planten. Het effect van deze chemische stoffen is grotendeels van psychologische aard, en is maar ten dele toe te schrijven aan culturele conditionering; in feite doen de chemische substanties juist alle vormen van culturele conditionering teniet. Ze forceren het ondermijnende proces van hervorming van gemeenschapswaarden. Dergelijke stoffen moeten we zien als deconditionerende middelen; doordat ze de betrekkelijkheid van conventionele waarden aan het licht brengen, worden het sterke krachten in de politieke strijd om de evolutie van maatschappelijke beelden te beheersen.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   De plotselinge introductie van een krachtig deconditionerend middel als LSD leidde ertoe dat men zich massaal begon af te zetten tegen de gemeenschapswaarden, met name tegen waarden die gebaseerd waren op een dominatorhierarchie waarin men gewend was om bewustzijn en besef te onderdrukken.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   Van alle drugs is LSD de enige die in zo’n kleine hoeveelheid zo effectief is. LSD is al in een dosis van 50 microgram werkzaam bij mensen, dat is een hoeveelheid van 0,00005 gram! Er bestaan geen andere chemische verbindingen die effecten teweeg kunnen brengen in kleinere doses dan deze. Dit houdt in dat er in theorie uit een pure gram LSD tienduizend doses a 100 micrgram kunnen worden gehaald. Dit aspect van LSD, de wankele verhouding van de fysieke massa ten opzichte van de marktwaarde, is de belangrijkste verklarende factor voor de bliksemsnelle stijging van LSD-gebruik en de daaropvolgende onderdrukking ervan. LSD is geur- en kleurloos en kan in vloeistoffen gemengd worden; onder een postzegel kunnen honderden doses worden verstopt. Gevangenismuren vormden geen belemmering voor LSD; landsgrenzen evenmin. Mits de benodigde technologie aanwezig was, kon het op iedere plaats worden bereid en van daaruit onmiddellijk overal naartoe worden vervoerd. Miljoenen doses LSD konden worden gemaakt door slechts een paar mensen, wat dan ook gebeurde. Rond deze producenten vormden zich enorme markten. Het ontstaan van criminele syndicaten, een eerste vereiste voor fascisme, liet evenmin lang op zich wachten.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   Maar LSD is meer dan een handelsartikel – het is een product dat de maatschappelijke machinerie ontbindt waardoorheen het zich beweegt. Dit effect heeft alle politieke groeperingen die hebben geprobeerd om LSD te gebruiken om een politieke agenda naar voren te schuiven, gedwarsboomd.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   Een psychologisch deconditionerend middel is per definitie gekant tegen iedere vorm van programma of agenda. Toen de diverse partijen die hadden geprobeerd om de situatie onder controle te krijgen, dit eenmaal inzagen, konden ze het over een ding met elkaar eens worden: Hoe en door wie dit werd gedaan, is een levendig verhaal dat al eens eerder verteld is, met name door Jay Stevens in &lt;i&gt;Storming Heaven&lt;/i&gt; en door Martin Lee en Bruce Shlain in &lt;i&gt;Acid Dreams&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   Tegen het eind van de jaren zestig was het psychedelische onderzoek totaal weggemoffeld – niet alleen in de Verenigde Staten, maar over de gehele wereld. En dit kon gebeuren in weerwil van de enorme opwinding die al deze ontdekkingen hadden teweeggebracht onder psychologen en andere onderzoekers van het menselijk gedrag, een opwinding die te vergelijken was met de gevoelens die door de gemeenschap van de natuurwetenschappers raasden bij het nieuws van de atoomsplitsing. Maar waar de kracht van het atoom, die kon omgezet worden in wapens voor massale vernietiging, fascinerend was voor het &lt;i&gt;establishment&lt;/i&gt; van de dominators, tekende de psychedelische ervaring zich in hun ogen af als een onheilspellende, peilloze afgrond.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   Het nieuwe tijdperk brak aan, ondanks het feit dat een aantal onderzoekers LSD nog altijd gebruikte om aandoeningen te genezen die voorheen als onbehamdelbaar werden beschouwd. De Canadese psychiaters Abram Hoffer en Humphrey Osmond tabelleerden de resultaten van elf afzonderlijke onderzoeken naar alcoholisme, en concludeerden dat 45 procent van de patienten die met LSD waren behandeld vooruitgang vertoonden. Er werden veelbelovende resultaten geboekt in pogingen om schizofrenen, autistische kinderen en ernstig depressieve mensen te behandelen. Veel van deze bevindingen werden fel bekritiseerd nadat LSD illegaal werd, maar er werden nooit betere experimenten ontworpen, en door de illegaliteit van LSD kon het werk nooit worden herhaald. De veelbelovende nieuwe toepassingen van LSD binnen de psychiatrie om pijn, verslaving, alcoholisme en depressie bij terminale ziekten te behandelen werden tot sint-juttenmis uitgesteld.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Ontmoetingen met een opmerkelijke wereldziel, pag 288-289:&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   De diepgaande psychedelische ervaring biedt niet alleen de mogelijkheid van een wereld waarin gezonde mensen in harmonie met de aarde en met elkaar leven. De ervaring belooft ook een groots avontuur, betrokkenheid bij iets totaal onverwachts – een nabijgelegen, onbekend universum dat wemelt van leven en schoonheid. Vraag me niet waar dat dan is; op dit moment kunnen we alleen zeggen: niet hier en niet daar. We moeten nog steeds onze onwetendheid erkennen omtrent de aard van de geest, en hoe de wereld precies is ontstaan, en wat die dan is. Duizenden en duizenden jaren lang hebben wij ervan gedroomd om deze dingen te begrijpen, en we hebben daarin gefaald. Gefaald, tenzij we ons die andere mogelijkheid herinneren: de mogelijkheid van het Volledig Andere.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;   Sommige misleide zielen speuren het uitspansel af naar ons welgezinde vliegende schotels die in de aardse geschiedenis zullen ingrijpen en ons naar het aards paradijs zullen brengen; anderen prediken bevrijding terwijl ze gezeten zijn aan de voeten van diverse rishi’s, roshi’s, geysheys en goeroes. Degenen die op zoek zijn naar antwoorden kunnen zich beter verdiepen in het werk van botanici, de antropologen en de chemici die de sjamanistische hallucinogenen hebben gelokaliseerd en gekenmerkt. Dankzij hen hebben wij nu een instrument in handen voor de bevrijding van B.V. Mensheid. Het is een geweldig instrument, maar het moet wel worden gebruikt. Onze verslavingen door de eeuwen heen, van suiker tot cocaine en televisie, zijn een rusteloos zoeken naar hetgeen dat van ons is losgescheurd in het paradijs. Het antwoord is gevonden. Het hoeft niet langer te worden gezocht. 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  &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Klievend oog&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Kijk binnen buiten binnen&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Waar&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Niets&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Val+t&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Te verliezen of te winnen&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Belangrijke bemerking!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Dit document is niet bedoeld om het bezit, gebruik of aanmaak van eender welk type illegale stof aan te moedigen of te promoten. Al het materiaal dat hierin voorgesteld is, dient enkel als referentie en informatie. We kunnen geenszinds verantwoordelijkheid nemen voor verkeerd gebruik van de informatie in dit document aangeboden.&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;Dit document valt niet onder de coppieerrechten. Je mag het vrij verspreiden aan wie je maar wil: vrienden, kennissen, eender wie!&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: right;" align="right"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: right;" align="right"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Antistresspoweet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;einde&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112358178902681097?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112358178902681097/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112358178902681097' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112358178902681097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112358178902681097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/08/spirituele-guerrilla-008.html' title='Spirituele guerrilla 008'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112351361503880572</id><published>2005-08-08T17:03:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-08T17:09:46.156+02:00</updated><title type='text'>What is Chaos? An Interactive Online Course for Everyone</title><content type='html'>&lt;table&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://order.ph.utexas.edu/chaos/index.html" onmouseover="window.status= 'Introduction to the Course'; return true"&gt; &lt;img src="http://order.ph.utexas.edu/graph/chaos/whatischaos140.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:+1;"&gt;What is&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:+3;"&gt;Chaos?&lt;/span&gt; a five-part online course for everyone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt;      &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="http://order.ph.utexas.edu/chaos/introduction.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:+1;"&gt;Introduction: Start Here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;a href="http://order.ph.utexas.edu/chaos/determinism.html" onmouseover="window.status= 'Lesson One: The Philosophy of Determinism'; return true"&gt; &lt;img src="http://order.ph.utexas.edu/graph/chaos/determinismWhiteD.gif" align="right" /&gt; &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;a href="http://order.ph.utexas.edu/chaos/determinism.html"&gt; Lesson One:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:+2;"&gt;The Philosophy of Determinism&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;a href="http://order.ph.utexas.edu/chaos/initialconditions.html" onmouseover="window.status= 'Lesson Two: Initial Conditions'; return true"&gt; &lt;img src="http://order.ph.utexas.edu/graph/chaos/initialconditionsD.gif" align="right" /&gt; &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt;  &lt;a href="http://order.ph.utexas.edu/chaos/initialconditions.html"&gt;Lesson Two:  &lt;span style="font-size:+2;"&gt;Initial Conditions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;a href="http://order.ph.utexas.edu/chaos/uncertainty.html" onmouseover="window.status= 'Lesson Three: Uncertainty of Measurements'; return true"&gt; &lt;img src="http://order.ph.utexas.edu/graph/chaos/uncertaintyD.gif" align="right" /&gt; &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;a href="http://order.ph.utexas.edu/chaos/uncertainty.html"&gt;Lesson Three:  &lt;span style="font-size:+2;"&gt;Uncertainty of Measurements&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;a href="http://order.ph.utexas.edu/chaos/dynamicalinstability.html" onmouseover="window.status= 'Lesson Four: Dynamical Instabilities'; return true"&gt; &lt;img src="http://order.ph.utexas.edu/graph/chaos/dynamicalinstabilityD.gif" align="right" /&gt; &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;a href="http://order.ph.utexas.edu/chaos/dynamicalinstability.html"&gt; Lesson Four: &lt;span style="font-size:+2;"&gt;Dynamical Instabilities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;a href="http://order.ph.utexas.edu/chaos/manifestations.html" onmouseover="window.status= 'Lesson Five: Manifestations of Chaos'; return true"&gt; &lt;img src="http://order.ph.utexas.edu/graph/chaos/manifestationsD.gif" align="right" /&gt; &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;a href="http://order.ph.utexas.edu/chaos/manifestations.html"&gt; Lesson Five: &lt;span style="font-size:+2;"&gt;Manifestations of Chaos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt;  &lt;table height="400"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt; &lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112351361503880572?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112351361503880572/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112351361503880572' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112351361503880572'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112351361503880572'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/08/what-is-chaos-interactive-online.html' title='What is Chaos? An Interactive Online Course for Everyone'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112350791923074953</id><published>2005-08-08T15:31:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-08T15:31:59.266+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Chevron Paid Nigerian Troops After Alleged Killing</title><content type='html'>Chevron Paid Nigerian Troops After Alleged Killing&lt;br /&gt;Villagers in Lawsuit Say 4 People Died - Oil Company Questions if Attacks Took Place&lt;br /&gt;by David R. Baker&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Nigerian soldiers guarding Chevron oil rigs billed the company for $109.25 a day after they allegedly attacked two villages in the volatile country, killing four people and setting fire to homes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The company paid.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The money was requested in a small invoice -- stamped with Chevron's logo and the name of its Nigerian subsidiary -- that surfaced this year as part of a lawsuit against the San Ramon oil giant. Residents of the Opia and Ikenyan villages are suing Chevron in San Francisco's federal court, trying to hold the firm responsible for the fatal attacks in 1999.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In cramped handwriting, the invoice asks for 15,000 naira to pay 23 soldiers who responded to an alleged assault by men from Opia against a Chevron oil rig, called Searrex. Villagers said they had gone to the rig to meet with Chevron representatives and returned home to see soldiers open fire from a hovering helicopter. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0804-01.htm"&gt;Chevron Paid Nigerian Troops After Alleged Killing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112350791923074953?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112350791923074953/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112350791923074953' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112350791923074953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112350791923074953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/08/chevron-paid-nigerian-troops-after.html' title='Chevron Paid Nigerian Troops After Alleged Killing'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112328493766193148</id><published>2005-08-06T01:35:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-06T01:37:37.720+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Guardian Unlimited | World dispatch | Death in the sun</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Los Angeles dispatch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Death in the sun&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Migrant Latin labourers are the unseen force driving California's agriculture, but, writes Dan Glaister, there is growing alarm at the conditions under which they are forced to work&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Friday August 5, 2005&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You only need to drive for an hour from the centre of Los Angeles before you see them. From a distance they look like coloured markers in the fields. But then, as you draw closer, you realise they are moving. Gradually they take on the form of figures, bobbing up and down in the rows of crops, as if hiding from some unseen sniper. Hunched down in the fields, caps on their heads, cloths draped over their necks, slowly, very slowly, they make their way up and down the fields.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Article continues&lt;br /&gt;These are the labourers, the unseen and unacknowledged force behind the wealth of California's agriculture. They are all Latin Americans, most of them from Mexico. And many of them are "illegals", in the parlance of the time, undocumented migrants, illegally employed by legal Californian companies. Many of the estimated 11 million undocumented aliens in the US work in agriculture, picking oranges in Florida, strawberries in California, and everything in between. Without them, there would be little to show for US agriculture.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,1543197,00.html?gusrc=rss"&gt;Guardian Unlimited | World dispatch | Death in the sun&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112328493766193148?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112328493766193148/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112328493766193148' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112328493766193148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112328493766193148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/08/guardian-unlimited-world-dispatch.html' title='Guardian Unlimited | World dispatch | Death in the sun'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112317407076660052</id><published>2005-08-04T18:47:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-04T18:50:15.926+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The Official String Theory Web Site</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;So what is the theory, then?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;. Think of a guitar string that has been tuned by stretching the string under tension across the guitar. Depending on how the string is plucked and how much tension is in the string, different musical notes will be created by the string. These musical notes could be said to be excitation modes of that guitar string under tension.&lt;br /&gt;. In a similar manner, in string theory, the elementary particles we observe in particle accelerators could be thought of as the "musical notes" or excitation modes of elementary strings.&lt;br /&gt;. In string theory, as in guitar playing, the string must be stretched under tension in order to become excited. However, the strings in string theory are floating in spacetime, they aren't tied down to a guitar. Nonetheless, they have tension. The string tension in string theory is denoted by the quantity 1/(2 p a'), where a' is pronounced "alpha prime"and is equal to the square of the string length scale.&lt;br /&gt;. If string theory is to be a theory of quantum gravity, then the average size of a string should be somewhere near the length scale of quantum gravity, called the Planck length, which is about 10-33 centimeters, or about a millionth of a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a centimeter. Unfortunately, this means that strings are way too small to see by current or expected particle physics technology (or financing!!) and so string theorists must devise more clever methods to test the theory than just looking for little strings in particle experiments.&lt;br /&gt;. String theories are classified according to whether or not the strings are required to be closed loops, and whether or not the particle spectrum includes fermions. In order to include fermions in string theory, there must be a special kind of symmetry called supersymmetry, which means for every boson (particle that transmits a force) there is a corresponding fermion (particle that makes up matter). So supersymmetry relates the particles that transmit forces to the particles that make up matter.&lt;br /&gt;. Supersymmetric partners to to currently known particles have not been observed in particle experiments, but theorists believe this is because supersymmetric particles are too massive to be detected at current accelerators. Particle accelerators could be on the verge of finding evidence for high energy supersymmetry in the next decade. Evidence for supersymmetry at high energy would be compelling evidence that string theory was a good mathematical model for Nature at the smallest distance scales.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.superstringtheory.com/index.html"&gt;The Official String Theory Web Site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112317407076660052?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112317407076660052/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112317407076660052' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112317407076660052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112317407076660052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/08/official-string-theory-web-site.html' title='The Official String Theory Web Site'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112315917353386018</id><published>2005-08-04T14:39:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-04T14:39:33.590+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Disinformation :: The Weather Underground</title><content type='html'>'In October 1969, hundreds of young people wielding lead pipes and clad in football helmets marched through an upscale Chicago shopping district, pummeling parked cars and smashing shop windows. Thus began the "Days of Rage," the first demonstration of the Weathermen, later known as the Weather Underground.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.disinfo.com/site/displayarticle12476.html"&gt;Disinformation :: The Weather Underground&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112315917353386018?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112315917353386018/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112315917353386018' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112315917353386018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112315917353386018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/08/disinformation-weather-underground.html' title='Disinformation :: The Weather Underground'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112255775132240325</id><published>2005-07-28T15:35:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-07-28T15:35:51.376+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Science Toys</title><content type='html'>Make toys at home with common household materials, often in only a few minutes, that demonstrate fascinating scientific principles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To make it easier to build some of the toys described in the book we have a catalog of parts and kits.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.scitoys.com/"&gt;Science Toys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112255775132240325?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112255775132240325/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112255775132240325' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112255775132240325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112255775132240325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/07/science-toys.html' title='Science Toys'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112255035238918404</id><published>2005-07-28T13:31:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-07-28T13:32:32.393+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Banned Books Online</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.html"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a href="http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.html"&gt;Banned Books Online&lt;/a&gt;: "books that have been the objects of censorship or censorship attempts. The books featured here, ranging from Ulysses to Little Red Riding Hood, have been selected from the indexes of The Online Books Page."&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-112255035238918404?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/112255035238918404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=112255035238918404' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112255035238918404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/112255035238918404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/07/banned-books-online.html' title='Banned Books Online'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-112250551774400614</id><published>2005-07-28T01:05:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-07-28T01:08:55.153+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Personal and Historical Perspectives of Hans Bethe</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6946/222/1600/title.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6946/222/400/title.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Three Lectures by Hans Bethe&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IN 1999, legendary theoretical physicist Hans Bethe delivered three lectures on quantum theory to his neighbors at the Kendal of Ithaca retirement community (near Cornell University). Given by Professor Bethe at age 93, the lectures are presented here as QuickTime videos synchronized with slides of his talking points and archival material.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Intended for an audience of Professor Bethe's neighbors at Kendal, the lectures hold appeal for experts and non-experts alike. The presentation makes use of limited mathematics while focusing on the personal and historical perspectives of one of the principal architects of quantum theory whose career in physics spans 75 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A video introduction and appreciation are provided by Professor Silvan S. Schweber, the physicist and science historian who is Professor Bethe's biographer, and Edwin E. Salpeter, the J. G. 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Why you have taken this step. &lt;br /&gt;4.Send an e-mail to your friends letting them know that they too can become a FOXBlocker &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://imageshack.us"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.imageshack.us/img/iss1.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-111404486995506785?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/111404486995506785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=111404486995506785' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/111404486995506785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/111404486995506785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/04/become-foxblockerfree.html' title='Become a FOXBlocker.......FREE!'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-110640803131116609</id><published>2005-01-22T16:29:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-01-22T16:33:51.310+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Anarcho-Syndicalism 101</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.anarchosyndicalism.net/as.php"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img70.exs.cx/img70/8072/mainbr0pd.gif" width="142" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt; &lt;font color="red"&gt;&lt;em&gt;  Welcome to Anarcho-Syndicalism 101, your entry point to the global anarcho-syndicalist and revolutionary union movement. As its name suggests, this website is devoted to aiding and furthering an autonomous global movement of working class solidarity and direct action, based around the ideas and principles of anarcho-syndicalism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anarcho-Syndicalism 101 is a web archive of theoretical and historical texts, articles, image and mp3 files, cultural items and outreach material (otherwise known as propaganda) produced by, and related to, libertarian and autonomous class struggle. Here you will find information on various aspects of anarcho-syndicalist theory and practise, including some texts translated into English for the first time, specifically for this site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Given that anarcho-syndicalism is a living praxis with relevance to the real world, and not a dead dogma, this site features criticism of anarcho-syndicalism over a broad ideological spectrum.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anarcho-Syndicalism 101 features collections of works by protagonists of anarcho-syndicalism, not least of which includes Rudolf Rocker, and Emile Pouget. It includes a section on the achievements in self-management, direct democracy and anarchy carried out during the Spanish Revolution of 1936.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This site also places a focus on issues such as racism, sexism, homophobia and nationalist culture, examining them not only as as evils in and of themselves, but also as obstacles to working class solidarity. Needless to say, included in this examination are ways and means of overcoming them. This section will also examine efforts to overcome perceived conflicts between workers' rights and environmental concerns in industries such as logging.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anarcho-Syndicalism 101 is one hub of several for autonomous workers' movements movements around the world. The site features a Syndicalist Directory, as well as a newswire, where visitors to the site can make announcements and calls for solidarity. For further discussion this site features an area where visitors can subscribe to a variety of anarcho-syndicalist email lists, and a web-based forum.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.anarchosyndicalism.net/as.php"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img70.exs.cx/img70/8072/mainbr0pd.gif" width="142" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/em&gt; &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-110640803131116609?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/110640803131116609/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=110640803131116609' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/110640803131116609'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/110640803131116609'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/01/anarcho-syndicalism-101.html' title='Anarcho-Syndicalism 101'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-110640243836811322</id><published>2005-01-22T15:00:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-01-22T15:00:38.366+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Secrets in the Fields</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.lovely.clara.net/homepg.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img144.exs.cx/img144/7268/cropcircleslogo5id.jpg" border="0" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suppose you were given a set of keys...&lt;br /&gt;Keys that awaken a giant sleeping network of energy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keys that open a library of ancient information - knowledge that science is only now rediscovering.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keys encoding new systems of technology.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keys with powers to heal, to alter consciousness and affect social change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keys that provide a bridge between physical and non-physical realms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keys that ultimately unlock the Universal potential within you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And suppose great efforts have been employed to suppress the origins of these keys?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lovely.clara.net/secrets.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img154.exs.cx/img154/8523/coverfront1uc.gif" border="0" width="235" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"Know, oh, brother..., that the study of sensible geometry leads to skill in all practical arts, while the study of intelligible geometry leads to skill in the intellectual arts because this science is one of the gates through which we move to the knowledge of the essence of the soul, and that is the root of all knowledge'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- from the Rasa'il by the Brotherhood of Purity, translated by S.H. Nasr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lovely.clara.net/crop_circles_sacredgeo.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;THE ORIGINS OF SACRED GEOMETRY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-110640243836811322?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/110640243836811322/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=110640243836811322' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/110640243836811322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/110640243836811322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/01/secrets-in-fields.html' title='Secrets in the Fields'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-110557939157326195</id><published>2005-01-13T02:11:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2005-01-13T02:23:11.573+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Nihil Rebound: Joy Division</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://img17.exs.cx/img17/6110/joyd01thumb1ew.jpg" width="450" height="676" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"If you shoot yourself, you'll become God, isn't that right?"&lt;br /&gt;"Yes, I'll become God." – Dostoyevsky, The Devils&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‘… [O]ut of the corner of my eye I saw him. He was kneeling in the kitchen. I was relieved – glad he was still there ‘Now what are you up to?’ I took a step towards him, about to speak. His head was bowed, his hands resting on the washing machine. I stared at him, he was so still. Then the rope – I hadn’t noticed the rope. The rope from the clothes rack was around his neck. I ran through to the sitting room and picked up the telephone. No, supposing I was wrong – another false alarm. I ran back to the kitchen and looked at his face – a long string of saliva hung from his mouth. Yes, he really had done it…’ - Deborah Curtis, Touching From a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division, 133&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So there it is, sublimation and desublimation. Suicide as Theological Art work (‘I’ll become God’), and suicide as a pathetic mess (‘a long string of saliva’) for someone else to clear up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://k-punk.abstractdynamics.org/archives/004725.html"&gt;This post has been inevitable for over two decades.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-110557939157326195?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/110557939157326195/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=110557939157326195' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/110557939157326195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/110557939157326195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/01/nihil-rebound-joy-division.html' title='Nihil Rebound: Joy Division'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-110009705215790277</id><published>2004-11-10T15:25:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-11-10T15:30:52.156+01:00</updated><title type='text'>A Hacker Manifesto</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/WARHAC.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img119.exs.cx/img119/9633/WARHAC.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;McKenzie Wark&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A double is haunting the world--the double of abstraction, the virtual reality of information, programming or poetry, math or music, curves or colorings upon which the fortunes of states and armies, companies and communities now depend. The bold aim of this book is to make manifest the origins, purpose, and interests of the emerging class responsible for making this new world--for producing the new concepts, new perceptions, and new sensations out of the stuff of raw data. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Hacker Manifesto deftly defines the fraught territory between the ever more strident demands by drug and media companies for protection of their patents and copyrights and the pervasive popular culture of file sharing and pirating. This vexed ground, the realm of so-called "intellectual property," gives rise to a whole new kind of class conflict, one that pits the creators of information--the hacker class of researchers and authors, artists and biologists, chemists and musicians, philosophers and programmers--against a possessing class who would monopolize what the hacker produces. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drawing in equal measure on Guy Debord and Gilles Deleuze, A Hacker Manifesto offers a systematic restatement of Marxist thought for the age of cyberspace and globalization. In the widespread revolt against commodified information, McKenzie Wark sees a utopian promise, beyond the property form, and a new progressive class, the hacker class, who voice a shared interest in a new information commons. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/WARHAC.html"&gt;&lt;font color="red"&gt;  &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;: : : &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-110009705215790277?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/110009705215790277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=110009705215790277' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/110009705215790277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/110009705215790277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/11/hacker-manifesto.html' title='A Hacker Manifesto'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-109754500081984746</id><published>2004-10-12T03:36:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-10-12T04:23:53.820+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Chomsky: What Makes Mainstream Media Mainstream?</title><content type='html'>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The real mass media are basically trying to divert people. Let them do something else, but don’t bother us (us being the people who run the show). Let them get interested in professional sports, for example. Let everybody be crazed about professional sports or sex scandals or the personalities and their problems or something like that. Anything, as long as it isn’t serious. Of course, the serious stuff is for the big guys. "We" take care of that. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What are the elite media, the agenda-setting ones? The New York Times and CBS, for example. Well, first of all, they are major, very profitable, corporations. Furthermore, most of them are either linked to, or outright owned by, much bigger corporations, like General Electric, Westinghouse, and so on. They are way up at the top of the power structure of the private economy which is a very tyrannical structure. Corporations are basically tyrannies, hierarchic, controled from above. If you don’t like what they are doing you get out. The major media are just part of that system.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What about their institutional setting? Well, that’s more or less the same. What they interact with and relate to is other major power centers—the government, other corporations, or the universities. Because the media are a doctrinal system they interact closely with the universities. Say you are a reporter writing a story on Southeast Asia or Africa, or something like that. You’re supposed to go over to the big university and find an expert who will tell you what to write, or else go to one of the foundations, like Brookings Institute or American Enterprise Institute and they will give you the words to say. These outside institutions are very similar to the media. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you’ve read George Orwell’s Animal Farm which he wrote in the mid-1940s, it was a satire on the Soviet Union, a totalitarian state. It was a big hit. Everybody loved it. Turns out he wrote an introduction to Animal Farm which was suppressed. It only appeared 30 years later. Someone had found it in his papers. The introduction to Animal Farm was about "Literary Censorship in England" and what it says is that obviously this book is ridiculing the Soviet Union and its totalitarian structure. But he said England is not all that different. We don’t have the KGB on our neck, but the end result comes out pretty much the same. People who have independent ideas or who think the wrong kind of thoughts are cut out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He talks a little, only two sentences, about the institutional structure. He asks, why does this happen? Well, one, because the press is owned by wealthy people who only want certain things to reach the public. The other thing he says is that when you go through the elite education system, when you go through the proper schools in Oxford, you learn that there are certain things it’s not proper to say and there are certain thoughts that are not proper to have. That is the socialization role of elite institutions and if you don’t adapt to that, you’re usually out. Those two sentences more or less tell the story. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you critique the media and you say, look, here is what Anthony Lewis or somebody else is writing, they get very angry. They say, quite correctly, "nobody ever tells me what to write. I write anything I like. All this business about pressures and constraints is nonsense because I’m never under any pressure." Which is completely true, but the point is that they wouldn’t be there unless they had already demonstrated that nobody has to tell them what to write because they are going say the right thing. If they had started off at the Metro desk, or something, and had pursued the wrong kind of stories, they never would have made it to the positions where they can now say anything they like. The same is mostly true of university faculty in the more ideological disciplines. They have been through the socialization system.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay, you look at the structure of that whole system. What do you expect the news to be like? Well, it’s pretty obvious. Take the New York Times. It’s a corporation and sells a product. The product is audiences. They don’t make money when you buy the newspaper. They are happy to put it on the worldwide web for free. They actually lose money when you buy the newspaper. But the audience is the product. The product is privileged people, just like the people who are writing the newspapers, you know, top-level decision-making people in society. You have to sell a product to a market, and the market is, of course, advertisers (that is, other businesses). Whether it is television or newspapers, or whatever, they are selling audiences. Corporations sell audiences to other corporations. In the case of the elite media, it’s big businesses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;From a talk at Z Media Institute June 1997&lt;br /&gt;By Noam Chomsky&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zmag.org/zmag/articles/chomoct97.htm"&gt;Studying the Media&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zmag.org/whatmakesalti.htm"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Albert: What Makes Alternative Media Alternative? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If the phrase "alternative media" is to have any social implication, it must have some substance. But we mustn’t make the mistake of thinking that having broadly defined what media choices are alternative, we should then use our definition to attack others and, for that matter, ourselves as well. The purpose of discerning what it means to be "alternative" and how to become more alternative is not to attack or bemoan other’s or our own shortcomings, but to realize where we need to improve and to embark on mutually supportive efforts to do so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zmag.org/altmediawatch.htm"&gt;&lt;font size="5"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alternative Media Watch&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-109754500081984746?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/109754500081984746/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=109754500081984746' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109754500081984746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109754500081984746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/10/chomsky-what-makes-mainstream-media.html' title='Chomsky: What Makes Mainstream Media Mainstream?'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-109754447112727146</id><published>2004-10-12T03:27:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-10-12T03:27:51.126+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Friends of the Earth Europe </title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.foeeurope.org/Index.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img65.exs.cx/img65/5354/FoEE_logo.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Friends of the Earth Europe is:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the largest grassroots environmental network in Europe campaigning for sustainable solutions to benefit the planet, people and our common future &lt;br /&gt;united by a common belief in strong grassroots activism and effective national and international advocacy &lt;br /&gt;the European branch of Friends of the Earth International, the world's largest grassroots environmental network uniting 68 national member organisations and some 5,000 local activist groups on every continent&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Friends of the Earth Europe:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;influences European and EU policy and raises public awareness on environmental issues by providing institutions, media and the public with regular information via a wide range of campaigns, publications and events &lt;br /&gt;supports the network with representation, advice and coordination in European and EU policy making, and sharing of knowledge, skills, tools and resources &lt;br /&gt;enables people to participate in its international campaigns through local activist groups and national organisations in more than 30 European countries &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friends of the Earth Europe works to: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;promote environmentally sustainable societies on the local, national, regional and global levels &lt;br /&gt;protect the earth against further deterioration and repair damage inflicted upon the environment by human activities and negligence &lt;br /&gt;preserve the earth's ecological, cultural and ethnic diversity &lt;br /&gt;increase public participation and democratic decision making. Greater democracy is both an end in itself and is vital to the protection of the environment and the sound management of natural resources &lt;br /&gt;achieve environmental, social, economic and political justice and equal access to resources and opportunities for men and women on the local, national, regional and international levels &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src="http://img65.exs.cx/img65/2627/stripeline.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-109754447112727146?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/109754447112727146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=109754447112727146' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109754447112727146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109754447112727146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/10/friends-of-earth-europe.html' title='Friends of the Earth Europe '/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-109754349860969545</id><published>2004-10-12T03:11:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-10-12T03:11:38.610+02:00</updated><title type='text'>frontline: merchants of cool: media giants | PBS</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;"The past decade's wave of media mergers has produced a complex web of business relationships that now defines America's media and popular culture. These relationships offer a massive opportunity for cross promotion and selling of talent and products among different companies owned by the same powerful parent corporation. &lt;br /&gt;Examine the charts breaking down what each of the five U.S. media giants now control (as of February 2001). Also included on this list is Bertelsmann AG, which in globalizing has bought up several large American media divisions."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/giants/"&gt;frontline: merchants of cool: media giants | PBS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-109754349860969545?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/109754349860969545/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=109754349860969545' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109754349860969545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109754349860969545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/10/frontline-merchants-of-cool-media.html' title='frontline: merchants of cool: media giants | PBS'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-109754296460816118</id><published>2004-10-12T03:02:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-10-12T03:04:46.813+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Free Press : media reform through outreach, activism, lobbying and networking</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.freepress.net/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img65.exs.cx/img65/8807/corner_logo.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;free press basics&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Free Press is a national nonpartisan organization working to increase informed public participation in crucial media policy debates, and to generate policies that will produce a more competitive and public interest-oriented media system with a strong nonprofit and noncommercial sector.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We believe that a more democratic US media system will lead to better public policies — at home and abroad. As our world becomes more and more interconnected, it is imperative that any kind of development takes into account basic environment, economic, and human rights, while defining corporate and personal responsibilities. Free Press considers information to be among the most important resources to any society. We strive to open up the media system to allow more diversity of opinion to be expressed, to present a broader perspective, and to increase the caliber of information available to everyday people. This, in turn, will lead to a more participatory and accountable government and to more sustainable policies and practices regarding national and global development. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.freepress.net/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img65.exs.cx/img65/8807/corner_logo.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-109754296460816118?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/109754296460816118/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=109754296460816118' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109754296460816118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109754296460816118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/10/free-press-media-reform-through.html' title='Free Press : media reform through outreach, activism, lobbying and networking'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-109754167025079969</id><published>2004-10-12T02:41:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-10-12T03:06:04.730+02:00</updated><title type='text'>NewsWatch: A Consumer's Guide to the News</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newswatch.org/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://img65.exs.cx/img65/4214/toplogo1.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-109754167025079969?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/109754167025079969/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=109754167025079969' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109754167025079969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109754167025079969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/10/newswatch-consumers-guide-to-news.html' title='NewsWatch: A Consumer&apos;s Guide to the News'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-109754057676730657</id><published>2004-10-12T02:22:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-10-12T02:22:56.766+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change</title><content type='html'>The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been established by &lt;br /&gt;WMO and UNEP to assess scientific, technical and socio- economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for &lt;br /&gt;adaptation and mitigation. It is open to all Members of the UN and of WMO.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ipcc.ch/"&gt;Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-109754057676730657?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/109754057676730657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=109754057676730657' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109754057676730657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109754057676730657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/10/intergovernmental-panel-on-climate.html' title='Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-109718699944146794</id><published>2004-10-08T01:02:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-10-08T00:11:57.473+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Whole Earth Magazine</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wholeearthmag.com/"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://img17.exs.cx/img17/5740/masthead_3.gif" alt="Whole Earth Magazine" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face="courier"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Whole Earth &lt;/strong&gt;is committed to a vision of what's needed to challenge ingrained patterns and stale assumptions. Curiosity. Exploration. Independence. Community. Living fearlessly. Principles. Tools and ideas. Whole Earth shows you ways to take back your power and put it to use. Here you'll find information about restoring your local ecosystem, citizen advocacy, and socially responsible investing. Here are the tools for producing knowledge, and creating communities according to your own values and ideals. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-109718699944146794?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/109718699944146794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=109718699944146794' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109718699944146794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109718699944146794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/10/whole-earth-magazine.html' title='Whole Earth Magazine'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-109520152126753227</id><published>2004-09-15T01:32:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-09-15T00:38:41.266+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Omega Point Institute</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;center&gt; &lt;a href="http://omegapoint.org/"&gt;&lt;img border=0 src="http://omegapoint.org/omegabanner.jpg" width="450"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face="tahoma"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Omega Point Institute is a futurist think tank, consciousness research group,center for spiritual studies, and singularity watch group. We study the relationship between human consciousness and the accelerating trends within science, technology and culture. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Omega Point Institute strives for a synthesis between the quickly growing fields of science and technology and the more sublime and abstract aspects of consciousness and spirituality. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our analysis, ideas, and future global scenarios and solutions are published within the 10 online information portals throughout all 5 of our domains, which include: OmegaPoint.org – ConsciousnessEvolution.com – MindMaps.net – 2012Eschaton.com &amp; Eye-In-The-Triangle.com. Together these 5 domains comprise the online publishing and information center for Omega Point Institute,. They each offer a diverse and unique perspective from the “New Paradigm/Consciousness Evolution movement. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Additionally, Omega Point Institute works in collaboration with various other organizations from the fields of futurism, transhumanism, science, human potential, and spirituality, and has become a leading organization in the formulation and dissemination of potential global scenarios, consciousness research, and spiritual science. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Humanity is in the midst of a radical change. Planetary processes started long ago are now coming to fruition. Sharp increases in population, disease, economic decay, and the ruination of the biosphere, coupled with exponential increases in scientific knowledge, technology, and human understanding, have created a situation of immense complexity. This exponential growth in science and technology are leading to what futurists call the “technological singularity.” We are now face to face with a serious global crisis, a singular moment of radical planetary transformation. How well we do depends on how well we are informed. Omega Point Institute is dedicated to bringing to the community concise information about these momentous times. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;center&gt; &lt;a href="http://omegapoint.org/"&gt;&lt;img border=0 src="http://omegapoint.org/omegabanner.jpg" width="450"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-109520152126753227?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/109520152126753227/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=109520152126753227' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109520152126753227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109520152126753227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/09/omega-point-institute.html' title='Omega Point Institute'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-109446519241648167</id><published>2004-09-06T13:03:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-09-06T12:48:41.160+02:00</updated><title type='text'>A Journey Through the Culture of Capitalism</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt; &lt;center&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Robert Frost: &lt;a href="http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/gloria.bobbie/"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/gloria.bobbie/_images/HOMEPAGE.GIF"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face="tahoma"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;If we were to look up the word culture in a dictionary, we would be confronted by such terms as customary belief, social norm, shared attitudes, values, goals and practices: the commonalities by which societies live and function.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many factors which contribute to this definition of culture: religious beliefs, gender roles, physical environment and others. Each plays a specific role in society. There is another factor which perhaps contributes more to today's cultures than any other: capitalism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Capitalism is often thought of as a political or economic system, but it is more than either of these. Capitalism pervades every aspect of the culture in countries which have adopted it as a way of life and has greatly affected cultures which have not adopted it. Capitalism affects every aspect of our lives, from the way our children are born to the way our dead are laid to rest. It affects how we think, what we wear, what we eat, where we live, what we buy and how we buy it. There is no part of our lives which is not in some way affected by capitalism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This website is dedicated to the study of this phenomenon. In order to understand a topic as complex as capitalism and the way it affects the world, it is necessary to trace it from the pre-capitalist eras through time. We must look at cultures and how they functioned before capitalism as well as its evolution from the early trade routes, to the discovery of the new world, and on to the world today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In order to do this, this website is divided into courses through which we shall learn and supporting  resources from which to draw information.  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We also appreciate your assistance in telling others about The Simple Living Network and the CyberAngelTM gifts many of you have given to help us keep going and growing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We hope you find The Simple Living Network to be an invaluable tool as you travel the path to simplicity. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the earth, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dave Wampler&lt;br /&gt;Founder&lt;br /&gt;The Simple Living Network &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;center&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.simpleliving.net/default.asp"&gt;&lt;img border=0 src="http://www.simpleliving.net/images/logos/slnbwlogosm.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;For more about "Who We Are" and "Why We Do What We Do," click &lt;a href="http://www.simpleliving.net/about/the_idea.asp"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-109286356061380955?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/109286356061380955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=109286356061380955' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109286356061380955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109286356061380955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/08/simple-living-network.html' title='The Simple Living Network'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-109230899197779307</id><published>2004-08-12T12:41:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-08-12T13:17:06.176+02:00</updated><title type='text'>In the province of the mind, there are no limits.</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.johnclilly.com/"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://www.cyrus.org/lilly/gifs/dolphinface.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; In ones life there can be peculiarly appropriate chains of related events that lead to consequences that are strongly desired. After such experiences, one wonders how such a series of events developed; sometimes there is a strong feeling that some intelligence (greater than ours) directed the course along certain lines which It/He/She was/is programming. Several years ago, I enunsiated a format for such concatenations of events, somewhat &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"There exists a Cosmic Control Center (C.C.C.) with a Galactic substation called Galactic Coincidence Control (G.C.C.). Within which is the Solar System Control Unit (S.S.C.U.), within which is the Earth Coincidence Control Office (E.C.C.O.). The assignments of responsiblities from the top to the bottom of this system of control is by a set of regulations, which translated by E.C.C.O. for humans is somewhat as follows:"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To all humans &lt;br /&gt;If you wish to control coincidences in your own life on the planet Earth, we will cooperate and determine those coincidences for you under the following conditions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;EMBED SRC="http://www.cyrus.org/lilly/luminous8b.dcr" HEIGHT=148 WIDTH=352&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cyrus.org/lilly/eccox.html"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://www.cyrus.org/lilly/gifs/eccologo03.gif" width="150"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.johnclilly.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;John Cunningham Lilly&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;January 06, 1915 - September 30, 2001&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; &lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-109230899197779307?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/109230899197779307/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=109230899197779307' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109230899197779307'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109230899197779307'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/08/in-province-of-mind-there-are-no.html' title='In the province of the mind, there are no limits.'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-109230449217463939</id><published>2004-08-12T11:33:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-08-12T12:31:26.160+02:00</updated><title type='text'>the President of the United States Of America, leader of the world</title><content type='html'>Bush attempts to explain his position on tribal sovereignty. &lt;a href="http://guav.com/lj/MP3/TribalSovereignty.mp3"&gt;listen&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;god bless america : &lt;a href="http://media.ebaumsworld.com/georgewbushdrunk.wmv"&gt;video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;em&gt;via &lt;a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/madscience/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Madscience&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/small&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.care2.com/go/z/15860"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;preserved forever&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=%22Bush+Lies%22"&gt;bush lies !!!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-109230449217463939?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/109230449217463939/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=109230449217463939' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109230449217463939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109230449217463939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/08/president-of-united-states-of-america.html' title='the President of the United States Of America, leader of the world'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-109153135705895920</id><published>2004-08-03T12:45:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-08-03T14:21:03.186+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Georges Bataille</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;center&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.laboucherie.com/texte/bataille.htm"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://www.laboucherie.com/images/bataille/ba.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color="red"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Longtemps tenu pour un écrivain maudit &lt;br /&gt;à l'érotisme sulfureux,&lt;br /&gt;Georges Bataille (1897-1962) reste encore relativement méconnu. &lt;br /&gt;Le centenaire de sa naissance est l'occasion de le découvrir ou de le redécouvrir…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laboucherie.com/texte/bataille.htm"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://www.laboucherie.com/images/bataille/peur.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cette obsession, &lt;br /&gt;et malgré les lois par lesquelles &lt;br /&gt;l'homme organise sa société,&lt;br /&gt;se manifeste dans la mort &amp; la sexualité,&lt;br /&gt; deux pôles contradictoires avec la vie sociale,&lt;br /&gt; sur lesquels pèsent &lt;br /&gt;tabous &amp; interdits.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.laboucherie.com/texte/bataille.htm"&gt;&lt;img border=0 src="http://www.laboucherie.com/images/bataille/oeillumid.GIF"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.popsubculture.com/pop/bio_project/georges_bataille.html"&gt;Subcultural Relevance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Obviously, Bataille has extreme relevance as a nexus point for the intellectual and artistic life of mid-20th century France. Much of his "achievement" can only be understood inside this historical context. In this way, the simplest method of locating Bataille is to place him dead square in the middle of a continuum between Fascism and Surrealism. And, humorously enough, perhaps this crude position is the only way to make sense of his writing, especially his "transgressive fictions." But while this might be helpful to closet Sadean Catholics and the all too common crypto-fascist French neurotics, it doesn't begin to explain Bataille's increasing valence within the last few decades of this country. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  It is Bataille's philosophy of excess and exuberance, his open acknowledgement of shame in the face of the extreme pornographic displays of sex and death, his sense of esoteric humor and history that make him so appropriate to this world we live in. Look around at all the weak-kneed "erotic philosophers" and judge who backs down from the abyssmal truth of the matter. The same goes for the vulturous "death therapists." Here is Bataille's relevance inside the subculture: with one foot in the flesh of the orgy and one in the bones of the grave, he speaks of the dark truths central to all human experience. And, most importantly, he embraces it, says YES to it, even though it would annihilate him. And beyond of all of his failings, this still stands. The corpse of Bataille never smelled sweeter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.popsubculture.com/pop/bio_project/georges_bataille.html"&gt;http://www.popsubculture.com/pop/bio_project/georges_bataille.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="Georges Bataille (1897-1962) - pseudonyms: Lord Auch, Pierre Angélique, Louis Trente "&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Georges Bataille (1897-1962) - pseudonyms: Lord Auch, Pierre Angélique, Louis Trente&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;French essayist, philosophical theorist, novelist, often called the "metaphysician of evil." Bataille was interested in sex, death, degradation, and the power and potentialities of obscene. He rejected traditional literature and considered that the ultimate aim of all intellectual, artistic, or religious activity should be the annihilation of the rational individual in a violent, transcendental act of communion. Roland Barthes, Julia Kristeva, and Philippe Sollers have all written enthusiastically about his work. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;"Blameless, shameless. The more desperate the eroticism, the more hopelessly women show off their heavy breasts, opening their mouths and screaming out, the greater the attraction. In contrast, a promise of light awaits at the limits of the mystical outlook. I find this unbearable and soon returned to insolence and erotic vomit - which doesn't respect anybody or anything. How sweet to enter filthy night and proudly wrap myself in it. The whore I went with was as uncomplicated as a child and she hardly talked. There was another one, who came crashing down from a tabletop - sweet, shy, heartbreakingly tender, as I watched her with drunken, unfeeling eyes." (from Guilty, 1988)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.erraticimpact.com/%7E20thcentury/html/bataille.htm"&gt;Georges Bataille -- Philosophy Books and Online Resources&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/georges_bataille.html"&gt;Georges Bataille quotes and quotations - BrainyQuote&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;I believe that truth has only one face: that of a violent contradiction.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lemmingland.com/bataille.html"&gt;Georges Bataille and the Notion of Gift&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Histoire de l'oeil (1928, The Story of the Eye), Le Bleu du ciel (1945, Blue of Noon), and L'abbé C (1950, The Abbot C.) are among Bataille's best-known glorifications of eroticism. He felt that sexual union causes a momentary indistinguishability between otherwise distinct objects. The secret of eroticism opened visions into unknowable continuity of being, the death. Poetry has similar dimensions when it dissolves the reader 'into the strange'. Pornography was for Bataille the vehicle for his own surrealist experiments and memory - this also partly explains complex associations of eggs and eyes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friedrich Nietzsche's work influenced Bataille deeply, and such figures as Sade and Gilles de Rais. The latter was a 15th-century serial killer whose victims were young children. Bataille's views about social organization were influenced by anthropologist Marcel Mauss' The Gift. In La part maudite (1949) he dealt with the phenomenon of waste in nature and society. Although Bataille could write clearly he was many times content to present his ideas in a puzzling way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/cwolk/view/13280"&gt;Mediamatic: : Georges Bataille&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jahsonic.com/ErikKoletski.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;De erotiek van Georges Bataille&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - Dutch Only&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Georges Bataille 1897-1962&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jahsonic.com/GeorgesBataille.html"&gt;&lt;img border=0 src="http://www.nietzscheana.com.ar/bataille.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-109153135705895920?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/109153135705895920/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=109153135705895920' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109153135705895920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109153135705895920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/08/georges-bataille.html' title='Georges Bataille'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-109118110087411177</id><published>2004-07-30T11:37:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-08-03T18:17:55.453+02:00</updated><title type='text'>nanotechnology: don't try this at home</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.nano.org.uk/images.htm"&gt;&lt;img border=0 src="http://www.nano.org.uk/orangeball.jpg"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;http://www.nano.org.uk/images.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hpc.susx.ac.uk/~ewels/img/science/"&gt;http://www.hpc.susx.ac.uk/~ewels/img/science/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hpc.susx.ac.uk/~ewels/img/science/graphite/index.html"&gt;http://www.hpc.susx.ac.uk/~ewels/img/science/graphite/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Richard P. Feynman  &lt;br /&gt;1965 Nobel Laureate in Physics for fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nano.org.uk/people.htm"&gt;http://www.nano.org.uk/people.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; This web site is dedicated to Richard P. Feynman, scientist, teacher, raconteur, and musician.  He assisted in the development of the atomic bomb, expanded the understanding of quantumelectrodynamics, translated Mayan hieroglyphics !!!!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.feynman.com/"&gt;http://www.feynman.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Physics is like sex. Sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it." - R. Feynman &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I say "chain," but what I really mean is ``web''... or ``net.'' The relationships are so interwoven that it's hard to decide just where the story begins. This story is a net. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The principles of physics, as far as I can see, do not speak against the possibility of manoeuvring things atom by atom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zyvex.com/nanotech/feynman.html"&gt;http://www.zyvex.com/nanotech/feynman.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are just beginning to understand how to use nanotechnology to build devices and machines that imitate the elegance and economy of nature...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/0,39023166,20267134,00.htm"&gt;http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/0,39023166,20267134,00.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fatigue of nanostructures is one of the important issues that can affect the reliable operation of micro/nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/-ffissn=0957-4484/-ff30=all/0957-4484/15/9/023"&gt;http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/-ffissn=0957-4484/-ff30=all/0957-4484/15/9/023&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This nanoscale level of incursion into the ecology suggests emergence of an intelligent environment. Just as nature has its own "intelligence" that responds to environmental changes-for example, by transmitting genetic information that lets species adapt-so we are creating an intelligent, human-built environment not just alongside that, but as part of it. Such an intelligent environment is able to sense virtually every part of the ecology, from the epicenter of earthquakes to the heartbeat of every species, and then interpret what this means.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rednova.com/news/stories/2/2004/01/02/story104.html"&gt;http://www.rednova.com/news/stories/2/2004/01/02/story104.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet, this imbalance may shift. Molecular technologies are empowering us to find solutions that replicate natural processes at the molecular level. We may see energy grids based on solar "paint" that slashes the political and economic risks associated with fossil fuel infrastructures. Our drugs may be so precise that they backfire only occasionally instead of generating widespread immune responses as they do now. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This capacity to match nature's complexity constitutes the next big environmental revolution and may force us to redefine the boundaries of risk assessment. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What to Do &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Environmental and risk-assessment organizations must begin to investigate newly understood natural phenomena that are being discovered through the use of new technology. For example, although nanoscale organisms have been identified in geological formations and in the human body since the late 1980s, few projects have examined the implications for human or natural ecology or for environmental chemistry. NASA is studying it, as are the universities of Texas, McGill (Canada), Regensburg (Germany), Kuopio (Finland), Melbourne (Australia), and others. Yet, few if any EPA or FEMA projects have taken advantage of such research. Nor do they examine newly discovered megascale anomalies such as the naturally induced climate flip of circa A.D. 536 or the giant tsunami that inundated the Pacific Northwest in 1700. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Such events would certainly disrupt natural ecosystems and human society if they recurred-and the evidence suggests that they will. Yet no EPA, FEMA, or environmentalist initiative examines how nanotechnologies might be used for adapting to them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Due to the fundamental role of risk assessment in analyzing new technologies, we need to bring experts together to tackle the challenge of matching nature's complexity&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rednova.com/news/stories/2/2004/01/02/story104.html"&gt;http://www.rednova.com/news/stories/2/2004/01/02/story104.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sheldrake considers all this to be evidence that humans inhabit so-called morphic fields-a sort of extrasensory "projected consciousness" that's genetically programmed into us. It's as if we were mere amoebas, the world's simplest life form, which move around by sending out very thin "neural impulses" into the world, or bees that can find their hives even when blown far afield by a windstorm. "Recognition that our minds extend beyond our brains is liberating," Sheldrake writes. We are no longer "imprisoned within our skulls," alienated from our bodies or one another. "We are interconnected."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4615878/"&gt;http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4615878/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sheldrake.org/"&gt;http://www.sheldrake.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Awakenings (1973, rev. ed. 1990) &lt;br /&gt;Paperback, Vintage Books--$14, ISBN 0-375-70405-1 &lt;br /&gt;The classic account of survivors of the encephalitic lethargica and their return to the world after decades of "sleep." This book was the inspiration for the 1990 film starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams as Dr. Sacks. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.oliversacks.com/writing.htm"&gt;http://www.oliversacks.com/writing.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Mind Traveller brings a dynamic and extraordinary personality to television for the first time. With his wide ranging cultural and scientific knowledge, Oliver Sacks makes vivid and stirring the previously clinical science of neurology. As a magical story-teller, he invites the viewer into the previously inaccessible and strange worlds of neurological disorder, where he reveals to us - ourselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rosetta.co.uk/mind.htm"&gt;http://www.rosetta.co.uk/mind.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EN JA DAN DE &lt;a href="http://nostressnostress.blogspot.com/2004/07/waterstof-hydrogen.html"&gt;WATERSTOFMOTEUR&lt;/a&gt; NOG&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;enz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-109118110087411177?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/109118110087411177/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=109118110087411177' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109118110087411177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109118110087411177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/07/nanotechnology-dont-try-this-at-home.html' title='nanotechnology: don&apos;t try this at home'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-109106135007823069</id><published>2004-07-29T02:24:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-07-29T02:35:50.076+02:00</updated><title type='text'>THE PACIFICA RADIO FOUNDATION</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;center&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.pacifica.org/"&gt;&lt;img border=0 width="500" src="http://www.pacifica.org/images/2002/home_header01b.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PACIFICA'S MISSION STATEMENT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(a) To establish a Foundation organized and operated exclusively for educational purposes no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any member of the Foundation. [*] &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(b) To establish and operate for educational purposes, in such manner that the facilities involved shall be as nearly self-sustaining as possible, one or more radio broadcasting stations licensed by the Federal Communications Commission and subject in their operation to the regulatory actions of the Commission under the Communications Act of 1934, As Amended.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(c) In radio broadcasting operations to encourage and provide outlets for the creative skills and energies of the community; to conduct classes and workshops in the writing and producing of drama; to establish awards and scholarships for creative writing; to offer performance facilities to amateur instrumentalists, choral groups, orchestral groups and music students; and to promote and aid other creative activities which will serve the cultural welfare of the community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(d) In radio broadcasting operations to engage in any activity that shall contribute to a lasting understanding between nations and between the individuals of all nations, races, creeds and colors; to gather and disseminate information on the causes of conflict between any and all of such groups; and through any and all means compatible with the purposes of this corporation to promote the study of political and economic problems and of the causes of religious, philosophical and racial antagonisms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(e) In radio broadcasting operations to promote the full distribution of public information; to obtain access to sources of news not commonly brought together in the same medium; and to employ such varied sources in the public presentation of accurate, objective, comprehensive news on all matters vitally affecting the community. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;------------------------------------------- &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* Article II Subsection (a) was amended March 6, 1971, filed April 9, 1971, and corrected amendment filed May 5, 1971.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;to &lt;a href="http://www.pacifica.org/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THE PACIFICA RADIO FOUNDATION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-109106135007823069?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/109106135007823069/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=109106135007823069' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109106135007823069'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/109106135007823069'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/07/pacifica-radio-foundation.html' title='THE PACIFICA RADIO FOUNDATION'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-108703880775126714</id><published>2004-06-12T13:02:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-06-12T13:13:27.750+02:00</updated><title type='text'>a corporate state</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;center&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.unbrandamerica.org/"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://www.unbrandamerica.org/images/flaganim.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jammers,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are frightening times. With all that's happening -- the war on &lt;br /&gt;terror, Iraq, crony contracts and the PATRIOT Act -- it has become hard &lt;br /&gt;to see the big picture, to know where we really stand. July 4th seems &lt;br /&gt;the perfect moment to take stock of what has become of our country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It seems that the revolutionary zeal America was built upon has slipped &lt;br /&gt;away. It led us to greatness; to independence, to abolishing slavery, &lt;br /&gt;to putting a man on the moon. Yet our proud democracy has devolved into &lt;br /&gt;what amounts to a corporate state.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today, we're launching a campaign of symbolic protest to unbrand &lt;br /&gt;America. A full-page ad will appear before Independence Day in the New &lt;br /&gt;York Times with the Corporate American flag flying proud, and the &lt;br /&gt;following pledge scrawled across the page:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 4th&lt;br /&gt;Because my country has sold its soul to corporate power,&lt;br /&gt;Because consumerism has become our new religion,&lt;br /&gt;Because we've forgotten the true meaning of freedom,&lt;br /&gt;And because the 'war on terror' has hijacked our national agenda,&lt;br /&gt;I pledge to do my duty . . . and take my country back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unbrandamerica.org"&gt;http://www.unbrandamerica.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can view the ad at the website.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We need to raise $60,000 to make it happen. We are counting on your &lt;br /&gt;support to pull this off. When we do, we'll reach more than two million &lt;br /&gt;people and jam the world's most influential news source. Together we'll &lt;br /&gt;set a new tone for the dangerous months leading up to the presidential &lt;br /&gt;election.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For every donation of $100 or more, we'll send you a free Corporate &lt;br /&gt;American Flag. You can also get the flag at cost and download flag &lt;br /&gt;stickers and posters from our website.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We don't have much time, so the next few weeks will be vital. There are &lt;br /&gt;four ways to get involved, so join the call at:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unbrandamerica.org"&gt;http://www.unbrandamerica.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take the pledge. Fly the flag. Spread the word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tim Walker&lt;br /&gt;Campaigns Manager&lt;br /&gt;Adbusters Media Foundation&lt;br /&gt;unbrand@adbusters.org&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-108703880775126714?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/108703880775126714/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=108703880775126714' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/108703880775126714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/108703880775126714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/06/corporate-state.html' title='a corporate state'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-108700248565771038</id><published>2004-06-12T03:07:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-06-12T03:08:05.656+02:00</updated><title type='text'>the individual's rights to free speech</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://free.freespeech.org/unlimitedfreedom/activism.html"&gt;&lt;img border=0 src="http://free.freespeech.org/unlimitedfreedom/newlogo.gif" width="350"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mission Statement&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To support and encourage free speech worldwide. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To provide a free and reasonably fast loading web site with links to a variety of news and resources for the education, entertainment, empowerment, and inspiration of freedom-loving individuals everywhere. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have a strong belief in and committment to the protection and strengthening of the individual's rights to free speech, a free press, and privacy, and to the encouragement of communication between all individuals without regard to national borders, the wishes of tyrants and statists, or the constraints of political correctness. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Activism&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." --Plato &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians." --Charles De Gaulle &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Being in politics is like being a football coach - you have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important." --Eugene McCarthy &lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Training &amp; Education: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is Direct Action? From Anarchist FAQ &lt;br /&gt;Non-Violence FAQ &lt;br /&gt;Black Bloc FAQ &lt;br /&gt;Non-Violent Action Handbook &lt;br /&gt;NYC People's Law Collective &lt;br /&gt;Activist Toolbox &lt;br /&gt;Demonstrations 101 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How To Organize A Demonstration, FTAA Action Pack &lt;br /&gt;7 Ways To Make Protests More Powerful &lt;br /&gt;Training For Change, Strategy Ideas &lt;br /&gt;ACT UP Civil Disobedience Manual &lt;br /&gt;And the Demonstrators Manual &lt;br /&gt;Netwar In The Emerald City - WTO Protest Strategy &amp; Tactics &lt;br /&gt;WTO Protest Tips &lt;br /&gt;A Guide to Effective Participation in the 2001 Inauguration &lt;br /&gt;Action Planning Training Manual &lt;br /&gt;Swarming and the Future of Protesting &lt;br /&gt;Bodyhammer, by Sarin - Tactics &amp; Self-Defense for Street protestors &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ONE/Northwest Activist Toolkit - Tips for using your Computer and the Net for Activism. &lt;br /&gt;Protest.net: 'A calendar of protest, meetings, and conferences.' Includes news and 'Activists Handbook'. &lt;br /&gt;The Ruckus Society Website Homepage - training in the skills of non-violent civil disobedience &lt;br /&gt;Direct Action and Research Training Center (DART) &lt;br /&gt;Tools for Organizers, Activists, Educators, and Other Hell-Raisers &lt;br /&gt;Free Advice, Tips, and Information for Running a Political Campaign &lt;br /&gt;Protesting With A Plan &lt;br /&gt;Exercising Your Rights Of Political Protest &lt;br /&gt;Parameters Of Nonviolent Action &lt;br /&gt;Smart Mobs &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Civil Disobedience, by Henry David Thoreau &lt;br /&gt;Public Protests Around The World &lt;br /&gt;Wikipedia Article on Anti-Globalization Movement &lt;br /&gt;Weighing Cost Of Confrontation &lt;br /&gt;The World Is Turning To Shit &lt;br /&gt;Scenes From The Battle Of Seattle &lt;br /&gt;Pictures Of Geneva 2003 &lt;br /&gt;From Dictatorship to Democracy. A Conceptual Framework for Liberation &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EMS Preplanning For Large Public Events, From Fire Engineering Magazine &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Calendar Of Anarchist and Activist Events &lt;br /&gt;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fight For The Right &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DMOZ &gt; Society &gt; Activism &lt;br /&gt;DMOZ &gt; Activism &gt; In Daily Life &lt;br /&gt;WebActive Directory Topic Index- Huge index of activism web-pages sorted by topic. &lt;br /&gt;International Directory of Protest and Beyond &lt;br /&gt;Urban 75's Activist database &lt;br /&gt;Urban 75s Reports, Rants, &amp; Features on Direct Action &lt;br /&gt;Armchair Activist. How to get involved from where you're sitting. &lt;br /&gt;Essential Information &lt;br /&gt;Kelly Jefferson's Activism Page &lt;br /&gt;Link Crusader &lt;br /&gt;XPDNC Political Activists Links &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yippie! Links &lt;br /&gt;Political Action Resources &lt;br /&gt;Protest Net, calendar of events &lt;br /&gt;San Francisco Bay Area Progressive Directory &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Active.Org.Au, stuff for social change &lt;br /&gt;Activism.Net, lots of links. &lt;br /&gt;How To Fight City Hall &lt;br /&gt;How You Can Protect And Expand Your Civil Liberties &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UC Berkeley Library Social Activism Sound Recording Project: The Free Speech Movement and Its Legacy &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WebActive- Homepage. Includes news, counter-spin and 'views'. &lt;br /&gt;Freeway Blogging &lt;br /&gt;Mobilize For Global Justice &lt;br /&gt;The Earthville Network &lt;br /&gt;The Space Hijackers &lt;br /&gt;Co-op America &lt;br /&gt;Biotic Baking Brigade &lt;br /&gt;NoGov4Me &lt;br /&gt;The Haymarket Octet &lt;br /&gt;Question W &lt;br /&gt;Bush in 30 Seconds &lt;br /&gt;SchNews, a UK-based activist publication. &lt;br /&gt;The Revolution, with R.U. Sirius &lt;br /&gt;Funk The System &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seize Liberty Network &lt;br /&gt;Liberty Activist &lt;br /&gt;Liberty Action Of The Week &lt;br /&gt;Petition for the Immediate and Total Repeal of the Patriot Act &lt;br /&gt;Freedom's Voice, Eric's Patriot Page &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Free State Project - Liberty In Our Lifetime Go Porcupines! &lt;br /&gt;European Free State Project &lt;br /&gt;Jefferson, 51st US State &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take Back The Media &lt;br /&gt;Free.The.Media &lt;br /&gt;Campaign For Freedom Of Information &lt;br /&gt;Digital Speech Project &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peace! Pass It On &lt;br /&gt;AntiWar.Com &lt;br /&gt;The Peace Conspiracy &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh, If Only .... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;eBarricades - A Revolution in Community Activism &lt;br /&gt;Third Party Advocate &lt;br /&gt;Drug Policy Action Center &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;News Alternatives &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cornell Law School: Legal Information Institute - Look up almost any US law, document, statute, court ruling, etc. Recommended &lt;br /&gt;Judicial Watch, filing lawsuits since 1994 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Digital Freedom Network &lt;br /&gt;Prairie Fire Organizing Committee &lt;br /&gt;Government Is Not God &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Petition Online &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Social Entrepreneurship, from Changemakers Library &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Revolution, Ammo for Freedom Fighters &lt;br /&gt;The Global Ideas Bank &lt;br /&gt;Thinkers &amp; Thoughts &lt;br /&gt;Self-Reliance &amp; Survival &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Public Eye, website for Political Research Associates &lt;br /&gt;Media Contacts: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Major News Agencies:&lt;br /&gt;Associated Press (AP) - Contacts, other links &lt;br /&gt;BBC, about/contacts &lt;br /&gt;CNN, feedback page &lt;br /&gt;Reuters Contacts - List of Reuters Contacts by Region &lt;br /&gt;Summaries: &lt;br /&gt;C.L.C.I.A. Campaigner's Guide: E-mail Addresses of the World's Press - Clearly indexed. Stop here first. &lt;br /&gt;Mr. Smith E-Mails The Media - Large list of Media contacts indexed by category. (*very* large newspaper listing) &lt;br /&gt;F.A.I.R. Index: Media Contact List - Network and Public TV, Newspapers and Magazines (US only)&lt;br /&gt;Townhall.Com, search/email media outlets &amp; US Government   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt; &lt;a href="http://free.freespeech.org/unlimitedfreedom/activism.html"&gt;&lt;img border=0 src="http://free.freespeech.org/unlimitedfreedom/newlogo.gif" width="350"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-108700248565771038?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/108700248565771038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=108700248565771038' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/108700248565771038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/108700248565771038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/06/individuals-rights-to-free-speech.html' title='the individual&apos;s rights to free speech'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-108692019000058834</id><published>2004-06-11T04:07:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-06-11T04:30:21.420+02:00</updated><title type='text'>They Rule</title><content type='html'>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;center&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.theyrule.net/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.theyrule.net/html/chair.gif" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color="red"&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Overview&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;They Rule aims to provide a glimpse of some of the relationships of the US ruling class. It takes as its focus the boards of some of the most powerful U.S. companies, which share many of the same directors. Some individuals sit on 5, 6 or 7 of the top 500 companies. It allows users to browse through these interlocking directories and run searches on the boards and companies. A user can save a map of connections complete with their annotations and email links to these maps to others. They Rule is a starting point for research about these powerful individuals and corporations. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.theyrule.net/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.theyrule.net/html/chair.gif" border="0" width="38"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Context&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;A few companies control much of the economy and oligopolies exert control in nearly every sector of the economy. The people who head up these companies swap on and off the boards from one company to another, and in and out of government committees and &lt;center&gt; positions. These people run the most powerful institutions on the planet, and we have almost no say in who they are. This is not a conspiracy. They are proud to rule. And yet these connections of power are not always visible to the public eye. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theyrule.net/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.theyrule.net/html/chair.gif" border="0" width="50"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Karl Marx once called this ruling class a 'band of hostile brothers.' They stand against each other in the competitve struggle for the continued accumulation of their capital, but they stand together as a family supporting their interests in perpetuating the profit system as whole. Protecting this system can require the cover of a 'legitimate' force - and this is the role that is played by the state. An understanding of this system can not be gleaned from looking at the inter-personal relations of this class alone, but rather how they stand in relation to other classes in society. Hopefully They Rule will raise larger questions about the structure of our society and in whose benefit it is run.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.theyrule.net/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.theyrule.net/html/chair.gif" border="0" width="70"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face="arial" size="1"&gt; &lt;em&gt;via &lt;a href="http://beckett.skynetblogs.be/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beckett's Webstek&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-108692019000058834?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/108692019000058834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=108692019000058834' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/108692019000058834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/108692019000058834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/06/they-rule.html' title='They Rule'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-108637593935243895</id><published>2004-06-04T21:04:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-06-11T14:44:40.646+02:00</updated><title type='text'>circology : symbols</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face="Tempus Sans ITC" color="#ce0000"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/26/268.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.symbols.com/pics/big/26/2609.gif" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;sun, hydrogen, sunshine, gold, plant with a one year life cycle, driving wheel on locomotives, here live bad-tempered people, chimneys, towers, high structures in general,archangel Michael, a center, I have gone home, creative spark of divine consciousness, life energy, heart, blood circulation, backbone, men, leaders, father. &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/26/261.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.symbols.com/pics/big/26/2601a.gif" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt; sun, moon, eyes, mouth, pupil of the eye, human spirit, inner individual, eternal, endless, all possibilities, nothing, no possibilites at all, full moon, clear sky, town, community, center of communication, measuring instruments, electric motors,oxygen, alum,center of rotation, female sex, selector, power off, here you get nothing, here you must take care, this is a hospitable house.&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/30/3039.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.symbols.com/pics/big/30/3025.gif" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;tumble-drying or can be tumble-dried, understation with rotating machines.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/25/2513.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.symbols.com/pics/big/25/2514a.gif" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;atom, uranium, plutonium for nuclear bombs, nuclear research, nuclear physics, nuclear reactors. &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/25/2513.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.symbols.com/pics/big/26/2606a.gif" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;nothing, zero, absence. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/26/263.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.symbols.com/pics/big/26/2604.gif" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;married, new moon, cloudy weather, overcast sky, communities, towns, centers of communication, coal, recording control.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.symbols.com/encyclopedia/20/2011.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.symbols.com/pics/big/20/2010.gif" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;water.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.symbols.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.symbols.com/pics/symbolslogo.gif" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;  &lt;a href="http://time.fotopages.com/?entry=130580"&gt;&lt;img src="http://srv.fotopages.com/?o=1353582&amp;t=1" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-108637593935243895?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/108637593935243895/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=108637593935243895' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/108637593935243895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/108637593935243895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/06/circology-symbols.html' title='circology : symbols'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-108613572123062165</id><published>2004-06-02T01:35:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-06-05T13:31:13.270+02:00</updated><title type='text'>circology: mandalas</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;center&gt;  &lt;font face="Script MT Bold" size="4" color="#ce0000"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why does zeroheroism affect us so deep?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zeroes and circles have always inspired human beings... The first &lt;br /&gt;drawings ever made were circles! Buddhists love making mandala's, &lt;br /&gt;they are mentioned as far back as in the Veda's!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;an exploration of mandala's:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="red"&gt;&lt;hr color="red"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face="Tunga"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I had to abandon the idea of the superordinate position of the ego. ... I saw that everything, all paths I had been following, all steps I had taken, were leading back to a single point -- namely, to the mid-point. It became increasingly plain to me that the mandala is the centre. It is the exponent of all paths. It is the path to the centre, to individuation.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.netreach.net/~nhojem/jung.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.netreach.net/~nhojem/jung/mandal3t.jpg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... I knew that in finding the mandala as an expression of the self I had attained what was for me the ultimate.&lt;br /&gt; - C. G. Jung. Memories, Dreams, Reflections. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.netreach.net/~nhojem/jung.htm"&gt; &lt;em&gt;~~ C. G. Jung Links ~~ Mandala Gallery ~~ Mandala Quotes ~~ Jungian Notes~~&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="red"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Theoretical Foundation for Jung’s “Mandala Symbolism”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt; V.Gontar&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;International Group for Chaos Studies at the Institutes for Applied Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev&lt;br /&gt;P.O.Box 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abstract.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The mandala as psychological phenomena appear spontaneously in dreams, in certain states of conflict, and in cases of schizophrenia. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bgu.ac.il/chaos/abstract/psychology.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.bgu.ac.il/chaos/abstract/Image21.gif" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The main goal of this presentation is to give a theoretical explanation and a mathematical model for computer simulation of mandalas, based on the mechanisms of biochemical reactions in a human brain and on discrete chaotic dynamics. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The discrete dynamics of physicochemical reactions is a new theory based on the analogy between the p -Theorem of the theory of dimensionality, the principle of maximum entropy and the stoichiometry of complex chemical reactions. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Application of this theory to the spatiotemporal behavior of complex biochemical reactions has revealed symmetric patterns similar to the mandalas(link to mandals pictures) presented by C.G.Jung in his book "Mandala Symbolism". This theory has also been shown to possess the ability to generate complex oscillations, that may be used for mathematical modeling of EEG and ECG and of living systems dynamics in general. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the results obtained, when the human brain is generating mandalas, it can be regarded as a complex “biochemical reactor” that creates different images reflecting its internal state (or the distribution of chemicals and their biochemical interactions) and all these processes based on the laws of nature.&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="red"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face="courier new" color="blue"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mandala is Sanskrit for circle, polygon, community, connection.&lt;br /&gt;The Mandala is a symbol of man or woman in the world, a support for the meditating person.&lt;br /&gt;The mandala is often illustrated as a palace with four gates, facing the four corners of the Earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jyh.dk/indengl.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.jyh.dk/mandala2.gif" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Mandala shown here is connected with the Buddha Vajrasattva, who symbolises the original crystalline purity.&lt;br /&gt;In the centre is a lotus blossom with eight petals, resting on a bed of jewels.&lt;br /&gt;In the next place are the walls of the palace with gates towards the four corners of the earth.&lt;br /&gt;The gates are guarded by four angry doorkeepers.&lt;br /&gt;Before the meditating person arrives at the gates, she must, however, pass the four outer circles: the purifying fire of wisdom, the vajra circle, the circle with the eight tombs, the lotus circle. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jyh.dk/indengl.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.jyh.dk/lotus2.gif" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jytte Hansen, Albertslund, Denmark&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="red"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;font face="courier"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Early Tibetan Mandalas: The Rossi Collection&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.asianart.com/mandalas/mandimge.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.asianart.com/mandalas/gifs/bhutmara.gif" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.asianart.com/mandalas/mandimge.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.asianart.com/mandalas/gifs/nair16th.gif" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.asianart.com/mandalas/mandimge.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.asianart.com/mandalas/gifs/nair13th.gif" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The exhibition features 14 fine Tibetan paintings of mandalas dating from the 13th to the 16th centuries,&lt;br /&gt; drawn from the collections of Rossi &amp; Rossi, London.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;all images © Rossi and Rossi, London.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="red"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;font face="Tempus Sans ITC"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exploring the Mandala&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mandalas&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Tibetan Buddhism, a mandala is an imaginary palace that is contemplated during meditation. Each object in the palace has significance, representing some aspect of wisdom or reminding the meditator of some guiding principle. Tradition dictates the shapes, sizes and colors of these objects. There are many different mandalas, each with different lessons to teach. Most mandalas contain a host of deities as well as inanimate objects. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/online/mandala/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/online/mandala/disk.gif" border="0" height="160"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href="http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/online/mandala/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/online/mandala/far_tn.gif" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sandpaintings &amp; computermodels&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="red"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abgoodwin.com/mandala/ccweb.shtml"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.abgoodwin.com/mandala/images/smcenter.GIF" border="0" height="50"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mandalas on the Web&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We search the Web for great mandala sites, so you won't have to. Our Web philosophy differs from the many "chaos is best" sentiments we have seen expressed at other sites. We believe that well ordered information is more useful to the researcher, and in no way prevents "creative wandering".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This reference is provided as a service by &lt;a href="http://www.abgoodwin.com/mandala/index.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Clare Goodwin's Mandala Page&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abgoodwin.com/mandala/index.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.abgoodwin.com/mandala/images/motw.GIF" border="0" width="150"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We try to keep the information accurate and up to date. Alan has finally taught Clare how to check links regularly! Hopefully now there will be fewer, if any, broken links.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="red"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face="Tempus Sans ITC" color="#ce0000"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in te kleuren: &lt;a href="http://mandalarbre.com/35_mandalas.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="http://mandalarbre.com/images/Volume1/MiniCaci38.jpg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="red"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fpmt.org/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.fpmt.org/fpmtstore/images/logo_001.gif" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face="arial" size="2"&gt;The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) transmits the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through Tibetan Buddhist teachings, meditation, community service, Buddhist retreat centers, and projects that preserve the tradition. FPMT is based on the Gelugpa Buddhist tradition of Lama Tsong Khapa of Tibet as taught by our founder, Lama Thubten Yeshe and spiritual director, Lama Zopa Rinpoche. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;hr color="red"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://nostressnostress.blogspot.com/2004/06/mandala-as-psychological-phenomena.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://users.pandora.be/schaaflink/nostress/slomandala.gif" border="0" width="150"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-108613572123062165?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/108613572123062165/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=108613572123062165' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/108613572123062165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/108613572123062165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/06/circology-mandalas.html' title='circology: mandalas'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-108586528384761156</id><published>2004-05-29T22:59:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2005-08-09T12:07:23.143+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Spirituele guerrilla 007</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Misschien even vermelden dat ik het&lt;br /&gt;spijtig vind dat het niet in progressieve spelling is geschreven,&lt;br /&gt;én dat m'n mening over de inhoud al veranderd is.&lt;br /&gt;Desalnietemin een belangrijk dokument in m'n leven!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Antistresspoweet&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;wat vooraf ging : &lt;a href="http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/04/spirituele-guerrilla-006.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spirituele guerrilla 006&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;proloog en : &lt;a href="http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004_02_25_sidelinksnostress_archive.html#107774093062293746"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spirituele guerrilla 001&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;De engtes in de kruik hebben mij al lang in de gaten&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alleen in mijn revolutie&lt;br /&gt;In mijn ommekeer barst ik&lt;br /&gt;Los in de storm des levens&lt;br /&gt;En regen mezelf bij nachte&lt;br /&gt;Over de wereld in trage, hysterische cirkels&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geen gips van licht&lt;br /&gt;Die mijn breuk neurien kan&lt;br /&gt;Zelfs niet de armoedige ochtend&lt;br /&gt;Die de maan klauwend slaat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geteisterd door de dwang van rustige regels&lt;br /&gt;Die als een blinde drug mijn leven vergiftigen&lt;br /&gt;En in wartaal mijn voetstappen naar nergens bewegen&lt;br /&gt;Landt mijn regen in een helle dromenstad&lt;br /&gt;Waar mijn zen groeit in hongerige&lt;br /&gt;Panden en duistere krochten&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Onheilige bodem van gouden daarom&lt;br /&gt;Stoffige poort met erachter een gevleugeld gedacht&lt;br /&gt;Dwarrelend kleed dat uitnodigend lotus gebaart&lt;br /&gt;Leun je leugen op dit roestige schrijven&lt;br /&gt;Drijf je maskers temidden van de een-&lt;br /&gt;Zame hemel en gebruik de oogbal&lt;br /&gt;Van je rechtvaardige stiltes&lt;br /&gt;En plens je vertrouwde&lt;br /&gt;Voeten als veertjes&lt;br /&gt;Op mijn dronken&lt;br /&gt;Ontembare&lt;br /&gt;Water&lt;br /&gt;Lich-&lt;br /&gt;Amen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Onherroepelijk&lt;br /&gt;Regen ik mezelf in&lt;br /&gt;Trage, hysterische cirkels&lt;br /&gt;Verdrink totaal of&lt;br /&gt;Breng de karavaan&lt;br /&gt;Thuis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Op weg&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welke schoonheid kan je nog raken?&lt;br /&gt;Wat valt er nog meer te zeggen?&lt;br /&gt;Welke bijdrage kan je nog maken?&lt;br /&gt;Waar zijn er nog grenzen om te verleggen?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je kent de weg&lt;br /&gt;Want je legt hem voor immer af&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je kent de weg als hem&lt;br /&gt;Maar ook als haar&lt;br /&gt;Verwart jezelf in geslachten&lt;br /&gt;Bevrucht jezelf in gedachten&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weg is de weg&lt;br /&gt;En in een simpel gebaar&lt;br /&gt;Ook hem en haar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En dat laat je&lt;br /&gt;Een stukje kouder&lt;br /&gt;En een beetje kaler&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Achter&lt;br /&gt;Net zoals het scherm&lt;br /&gt;Van je eigen zijn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Geef de vogels zaad&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Het verderf is van de wereld&lt;br /&gt;En die wereld die schenk ik aan jou&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De ene vogel die merelt&lt;br /&gt;De andere kraait als een kou&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wat kan ik jou nog geven?&lt;br /&gt;Behalve mijn zang in de ochtend?&lt;br /&gt;Of mijn symfonie in de bossen?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jezusterrorisme&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wat jij daar doet&lt;br /&gt;Kan helemaal niet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jij plaatst daar iets&lt;br /&gt;Zonder het daar te plaatsen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jij wandelt over jezelf&lt;br /&gt;En een ander&lt;br /&gt;Struikelt dan&lt;br /&gt;Weer over jou&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jij die nooit terugkomt&lt;br /&gt;En die altijd is geweest&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jij die je handen in het reine wast&lt;br /&gt;Alvorens je mijn kruis betast&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En alweer jij die, die grap jast&lt;br /&gt;Zaait en oogst wat je zelf hebt gezaaid&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;De kunst is sex&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Er is een schroef mis&lt;br /&gt;Tussen waarheid en fantasie&lt;br /&gt;Al de rest is een opruimen&lt;br /&gt;Voor de camera’s&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voor elke mythe een leugen&lt;br /&gt;De werkelijke revolutie&lt;br /&gt;Ligt in onszelf&lt;br /&gt;Is onvertaalbaar&lt;br /&gt;Naar grenzen van binnen&lt;br /&gt;En buiten&lt;br /&gt;Is onvatbaar in taal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ze hebben je alle illusie&lt;br /&gt;Ontnomen&lt;br /&gt;Want ze waren vluchtiger&lt;br /&gt;Dan je denken kon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nu ben je ontwaakt&lt;br /&gt;En al hetgeen was&lt;br /&gt;Al hetgeen zal zijn&lt;br /&gt;Behoort tot de categorie tijd&lt;br /&gt;En de classificatie ruimte&lt;br /&gt;Daar waar je geest&lt;br /&gt;Nu niet meer toeft&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Een aangename droom&lt;br /&gt;De kriek op de taart&lt;br /&gt;En nog steeds geen echte&lt;br /&gt;Kogel in je hoofd&lt;br /&gt;Enkel een diamant&lt;br /&gt;Er middenin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nuchtere re-evaluatie&lt;br /&gt;Een lijdensweg&lt;br /&gt;Een berghok&lt;br /&gt;Voor alle leidersschap&lt;br /&gt;Nu!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Welkom&lt;br /&gt;In de kamer&lt;br /&gt;Des doods)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Val al eens&lt;br /&gt;Van een omgekeerde stoel&lt;br /&gt;In de instant hemel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Er is enkel hier en nu&lt;br /&gt;Al de rest is voor de katholiekers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weke leegte&lt;br /&gt;Broze tepels&lt;br /&gt;Een hefboom voor elke verbeelding&lt;br /&gt;Een instandbeeld voor elke mens&lt;br /&gt;(Op elke zerk)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sex en waarheid&lt;br /&gt;Een eenzame trechter&lt;br /&gt;Een werkelijk genie&lt;br /&gt;Een genie dat gegund wordt&lt;br /&gt;De schampere wonde&lt;br /&gt;En het wonderlijke verhaal&lt;br /&gt;De verborgen leugen&lt;br /&gt;En de adder in de woestijn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Combinaties in alle eenzaamheid&lt;br /&gt;Concubines in het huis&lt;br /&gt;Van de onbetaalde liefde&lt;br /&gt;Een stemming om op te gaan&lt;br /&gt;Een vlucht om op te drijven&lt;br /&gt;Een opgedroogde zee&lt;br /&gt;De kamer van Merlijn&lt;br /&gt;Heeft deur noch toegang&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Alle kamers zijn dezelfde)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brak brak brak nuchter&lt;br /&gt;Een onfris verhaal&lt;br /&gt;Een ets in de vage verte&lt;br /&gt;Een schets in de branding&lt;br /&gt;Een kurk zonder fles&lt;br /&gt;Een boodschap een les&lt;br /&gt;Een therapie voor&lt;br /&gt;Schipbreukelingen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kop pijn&lt;br /&gt;En het slagen&lt;br /&gt;Van zilveren munten&lt;br /&gt;Voor een betere toekomst&lt;br /&gt;Voor meer welstand&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Richt je kamer in!&lt;br /&gt;Wees ordelijk!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bij gebrek aan betere orientatie&lt;br /&gt;Smakeloos en hongerig&lt;br /&gt;Een legbatterij en een nieuwe&lt;br /&gt;Generatie&lt;br /&gt;Emotie en inductie&lt;br /&gt;Stroom en verstarring&lt;br /&gt;Wattblief en alsjeblief&lt;br /&gt;Een generator en een stroomverdeler&lt;br /&gt;Een kater&lt;br /&gt;En nu een glas water&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Geen woord van stilte&lt;/strong&gt; (vrij naar Frederik Van Eeden)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wij hebben&lt;br /&gt;Geen hoogte&lt;br /&gt;Geen lengte&lt;br /&gt;Geen breedte&lt;br /&gt;Geen diepte&lt;br /&gt;Geen tijd&lt;br /&gt;Meer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wij hebben&lt;br /&gt;Geen ik&lt;br /&gt;Geen persoon&lt;br /&gt;Enkel al wat vreemd is&lt;br /&gt;Enkel alles als illusie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hebben wij&lt;br /&gt;Geen lijf&lt;br /&gt;Geen leven&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voorbij de grenzen van onze machteloosheid&lt;br /&gt;Voorbij de grenzen van onze hulpeloosheid&lt;br /&gt;Voorbij de grenzen van onze lichtzinnigheid&lt;br /&gt;Voorbij de grenzen van onze domheid&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Al ons willen&lt;br /&gt;Al ons weten&lt;br /&gt;Al ons voelen&lt;br /&gt;Al ons herbeginnen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Niets van dat al zal ons helpen&lt;br /&gt;Want we helpen enkel onszelf&lt;br /&gt;Met een glimlach of in een kist&lt;br /&gt;Met verbranding of in verstrooiing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zijn wij reeds dood&lt;br /&gt;Bij geboorte&lt;br /&gt;Hebben geen keuze&lt;br /&gt;Bij deze kille&lt;br /&gt;Ongewenste&lt;br /&gt;Maar opperbeste&lt;br /&gt;Vriend&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In niets&lt;br /&gt;Verzinken&lt;br /&gt;Al onze oordelen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In stilte&lt;br /&gt;Vervaagt&lt;br /&gt;Elk van onze stemmen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En zoals steeds&lt;br /&gt;Niemand&lt;br /&gt;Die het meest&lt;br /&gt;Schrille schreeuwt&lt;br /&gt;Die oneindig begint&lt;br /&gt;Die ons totaal bezint&lt;br /&gt;Als in een getrouwe droom&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geen woord&lt;br /&gt;Wil je van mij horen&lt;br /&gt;Met geen spijt&lt;br /&gt;Kan ik je bekoren&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Want zoals wij zijn&lt;br /&gt;Zijn wij ook niets&lt;br /&gt;Dan zinsbegoocheling&lt;br /&gt;In onze geheimzinnige&lt;br /&gt;Onvermijdelijke&lt;br /&gt;Toekomst&lt;br /&gt;Die nu&lt;br /&gt;Reeds&lt;br /&gt;Ver&lt;br /&gt;Leden&lt;br /&gt;Is&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ironie van de patriarchale macht&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Besnaar je dode mond&lt;br /&gt;Met gevelde hectares bos&lt;br /&gt;En graai je vrouwen&lt;br /&gt;In de schorre aderen&lt;br /&gt;Van je catatonische begeertes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Haar fantastiese lippen&lt;br /&gt;Herbergen groene minnaars&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En eindelijk is er vuur&lt;br /&gt;In de langzame rotsen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;De routine&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daar is geen besef&lt;br /&gt;Machine neemt opdracht aan&lt;br /&gt;Die is en niet is&lt;br /&gt;Daar waar de machine&lt;br /&gt;Is en niet is&lt;br /&gt;Daar is besef&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ik ben menselijk&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ik kan mij daar met verzoenen&lt;br /&gt;Want ik ben een slecht mens&lt;br /&gt;Ik rook zuip smoor trip snuif&lt;br /&gt;Want ik ben een slecht mens&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Toch is het mijn wens&lt;br /&gt;Daar ooit eens allemaal mee op te houden&lt;br /&gt;Want ik ben een slecht mens&lt;br /&gt;Of ik nu lach of triest ben&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De enige route is niet 66, of 666, maar zen&lt;br /&gt;En daarbij kan ik nog menig ander pad bewandelen&lt;br /&gt;Want ik ben een slecht mens&lt;br /&gt;Voor kerk en staat, van status en gelaat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voor jou wel en voor jou niet&lt;br /&gt;Kies ik mijn eigen herverdeling&lt;br /&gt;Ben een slecht mens&lt;br /&gt;Deel mijn eigen meer&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dan een ander&lt;br /&gt;Toe of open&lt;br /&gt;Afgezopen of afgelopen&lt;br /&gt;Leugen of waarheid&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Excentriciteit of eerlijkheid&lt;br /&gt;Ben ik of ben ik niet&lt;br /&gt;Een slecht mens&lt;br /&gt;Want ik ben&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Elke millimeter&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Elke millimeter die we in de wollen vacht van de tijd&lt;br /&gt;Kruipen is herinnering&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We rollen&lt;br /&gt;Gewild ongewild&lt;br /&gt;Primitief geciviliseerd&lt;br /&gt;Door het kaleidoscopische oog&lt;br /&gt;Van onze magistrale poppenkast&lt;br /&gt;En zijn enkel onszelf&lt;br /&gt;Met onze gedachten tot last&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Verderf gritselt&lt;br /&gt;De intenties van onze dag&lt;br /&gt;En als we goed kijken&lt;br /&gt;Kunnen we het wezenloze kerkhof zien&lt;br /&gt;Temidden van onze daden&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2005/08/spirituele-guerrilla-008.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;wordt vervolgd&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-108586528384761156?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/108586528384761156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=108586528384761156' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/108586528384761156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/108586528384761156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/05/spirituele-guerrilla-007.html' title='Spirituele guerrilla 007'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-108552628295697477</id><published>2004-05-26T00:11:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-05-26T02:41:00.126+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Transpersonal psychology is interesting... </title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;Not only people as Fritz &lt;br /&gt;Perls (Gestalt), Maslow, Assagioli (psychosynthesis) and for instance &lt;br /&gt;Ken Wilber are interesting, also someone as &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.erowid.org/culture/characters/grof_stanislav/grof_stanislav.shtml"&gt;Stanislav Grof &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;should &lt;br /&gt;become known to a wider public:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.healthy.net/scr/interview.asp?PageType=Interview&amp;ID=290"&gt;''The Multi-Dimensional Psyche''&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© Interview With &lt;br /&gt;Interviewed By Russell E. DiCarlo &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Dr. Stan Grof is a leading researcher in transpersonal psychology, a field he co-founded with the late Abraham Maslow. Grof's books include "Realms of The Human Unconscious," and "Beyond The Brain." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DiCarlo: You have been a major researcher of non-ordinary states of consciousness for the past thirty-six years. What got you interested at first? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grof: My interest in this field of research started when I volunteered for an LSD experiment in Prague, Czechoslovakia. My original training was in Freudian psychoanalysis and reading Freud inspired me to study medicine and become a psychiatrist. However, early in my professional career, I developed a deep conflict in relation to psychoanalysis. I continued to be very excited about psychoanalytic theory which seemed to offer brilliant insights into the human psyche and fascinating explanations for various otherwise obscure problems, such as the symbolism of dreams, neurotic symptoms, religion, and what Freud called "psychopathology of everyday life". But I became increasingly disappointed with psychoanalysis as a practical tool of therapy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; ... &lt;a href="http://www.healthy.net/scr/interview.asp?PageType=Interview&amp;ID=290"&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;em&gt;more at HealthWorld Online&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ...&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; &lt;div align="right"&gt;Tens of thousands of people from all over the world have participated in &lt;a href="http://www.breathwork.com/homeahbi.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Holotropic BreathworkTM&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; since it was developed by Stanislav and Christina Grof. The technique includes deeper, connected breathing, music, art, and trained facilitation. This container provides protection, permission, and connection as participants explore the vast emotional, physical, and spiritual realms of their psyches.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aljardim.com.br/english/Grofs.html"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://www.aljardim.com.br/english/os-Grof1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://www.aljardim.com.br/english/foldscg.jpg" width="300"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lightparty.com/Spirituality/LSD.html"&gt;Has Psychology Failed &lt;br /&gt;the Acid Test? &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Stanislav Grof&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;(interviewed by Jerry Snider)&lt;/em&gt; at &lt;a href="http://nostressnostress.blogspot.com/2004/05/lightparty.html"&gt;&lt;font color="#98fa05"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Light Party&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.erowid.org/"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://www.erowid.org/images/header_blk.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color="red"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Erowid.org is an online library of information about psychoactive plants and chemicals and related topics. The information on the site is a compilation of the experiences, words, and efforts of hundreds of individuals including users, parents, health professionals, doctors, therapists, chemists, researchers, teachers, and lawyers. Erowid acts as a publisher of new information as well as a library for the collection of documents published elsewhere. The information found on the site spans the spectrum from solid peer reviewed research to fanciful creative writing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The library contains over 20,000 documents related to psychoactives including images, research summaries &amp; abstracts, media articles, experience reports, information on chemistry, dosage, effects, law, health, traditional &amp; spiritual use, and drug testing. Over 25,000 people visit the site each day, making more than 6 million unique visitors in the past year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erowid itself is a small non-commercial organization that has operated for more than 6 years in the controversial and politically challenging niche of trying to provide accurate, specific, and responsible information about how psychoactives are used in the United States and around the world. We are committed to protecting the privacy of contributors and reporting on the topic non-judgementally. Although our primary focus is on the web site, we also provide research and data for other harm reduction, health, and educational organizations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although the risks and problems are widely discussed, it's also clear that psychoactive plants and chemicals have played a positive role in many people's lives. As our culture struggles with integrating the increasing variety and availability of these substances into its political and social structures, new educational models are clearly needed. Erowid is founded on the belief that a healthy relationship with psychoactives is one grounded in balance, where use is part of an active, intellectual, physical, and spiritual life.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font color="orange"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.erowid.org/plants/mushrooms/mushrooms_mmgg.shtml"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Magic Mushroom Growers Guide&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Version 3.2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-108552628295697477?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/108552628295697477/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=108552628295697477' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/108552628295697477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/108552628295697477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/05/transpersonal-psychology-is.html' title='Transpersonal psychology is interesting... '/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-108492220657155831</id><published>2004-05-19T01:01:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-08-12T14:41:22.590+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The Great Giveaway</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt; &lt;font face="lucinda sans"&gt;&lt;font color="red"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/copyleft/copyleftart.jsp"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/homelogo/copyleft.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good ideas are worth money. So why are hard headed operators giving them away for free? Join our experiment to find out says Graham Lawton&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IF YOU'VE BEEN to a computer show in recent months you might have seen it: a shiny silver drinks can with a ring-pull logo and the words "opencola" on the side. Inside is a fizzy drink that tastes very much like Coca-Cola. Or is it Pepsi?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's something else written on the can, though, which sets the drink apart. It says "check out the source at opencola.com". Go to that Web address and you'll see something that's not available on Coca-Cola's website, or Pepsi's--the recipe for cola. For the first time ever, you can make the real thing in your own home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;OpenCola is the world's first "open source" consumer product. By calling it open source, its manufacturer is saying that instructions for making it are freely available. Anybody can make the drink, and anyone can modify and improve on the recipe as long as they, too, release their recipe into the public domain. As a way of doing business it's rather unusual--the Coca-Cola Company doesn't make a habit of giving away precious commercial secrets. But that's the point. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.opencola.com/products/3_softdrink/formula.shtml"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/copyleft/img/copyleft.gif"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OpenCola is the most prominent sign yet that a long-running battle between rival philosophies in software development has spilt over into the rest of the world. What started as a technical debate over the best way to debug computer programs is developing into a political battle over the ownership of knowledge and how it is used, between those who put their faith in the free circulation of ideas and those who prefer to designate them "intellectual property". No one knows what the outcome will be. But in a world of growing opposition to corporate power, restrictive intellectual property rights and globalisation, open source is emerging as a possible alternative, a potentially potent means of fighting back. And you're helping to test its value right now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The open source movement originated in 1984 when computer scientist Richard Stallman quit his job at MIT and set up the Free Software Foundation. His aim was to create high-quality software that was freely available to everybody. Stallman's beef was with commercial companies that smother their software with patents and copyrights and keep the source code--the original program, written in a computer language such as C++--a closely guarded secret. Stallman saw this as damaging. It generated poor-quality, bug-ridden software. And worse, it choked off the free flow of ideas. Stallman fretted that if computer scientists could no longer learn from one another's code, the art of programming would stagnate (New Scientist, 12 December 1998, p 42).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stallman's move resonated round the computer science community and now there are thousands of similar projects. The star of the movement is Linux, an operating system created by Finnish student Linus Torvalds in the early 1990s and installed on around 18 million computers worldwide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What sets open source software apart from commercial software is the fact that it's free, in both the political and the economic sense. If you want to use a commercial product such as Windows XP or Mac OS X you have to pay a fee and agree to abide by a licence that stops you from modifying or sharing the software. But if you want to run Linux or another open source package, you can do so without paying a penny--although several companies will sell you the software bundled with support services. You can also modify the software in any way you choose, copy it and share it without restrictions. This freedom acts as an open invitation--some say challenge--to its users to make improvements. As a result, thousands of volunteers are constantly working on Linux, adding new features and winkling out bugs. Their contributions are reviewed by a panel and the best ones are added to Linux. For programmers, the kudos of a successful contribution is its own reward. The result is a stable, powerful system that adapts rapidly to technological change. Linux is so successful that even IBM installs it on the computers it sells.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To maintain this benign state of affairs, open source software is covered by a special legal instrument called the General Public License. Instead of restricting how the software can be used, as a standard software license does, the GPL--often known as a "copyleft"--grants as much freedom as possible (see &lt;a href="http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html"&gt;http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html&lt;/a&gt;). Software released under the GPL (or a similar copyleft licence) can be copied, modified and distributed by anyone, as long as they, too, release it under a copyleft. That restriction is crucial, because it prevents the material from being co-opted into later proprietary products. It also makes open source software different from programs that are merely distributed free of charge. In FSF's words, the GPL "makes it free and guarantees it remains free". &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Open source has proved a very successful way of writing software. But it has also come to embody a political stand--one that values freedom of expression, mistrusts corporate power, and is uncomfortable with private ownership of knowledge. It's "a broadly libertarian view of the proper relationship between individuals and institutions", according to open source guru Eric Raymond.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But it's not just software companies that lock knowledge away and release it only to those prepared to pay. Every time you buy a CD, a book, a copy of New Scientist, even a can of Coca-Cola, you're forking out for access to someone else's intellectual property. Your money buys you the right to listen to, read or consume the contents, but not to rework them, or make copies and redistribute them. No surprise, then, that people within the open source movement have asked whether their methods would work on other products. As yet no one's sure--but plenty of people are trying it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take OpenCola. Although originally intended as a promotional tool to explain open source software, the drink has taken on a life of its own. The Toronto-based OpenCola company has become better known for the drink than the software it was supposed to promote. Laird Brown, the company's senior strategist, attributes its success to a widespread mistrust of big corporations and the "proprietary nature of almost everything". A website selling the stuff has shifted 150,000 cans. Politically minded students in the US have started mixing up the recipe for parties. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OpenCola is a happy accident and poses no real threat to Coke or Pepsi, but elsewhere people are deliberately using the open source model to challenge entrenched interests. One popular target is the music industry. At the forefront of the attack is the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San Francisco group set up to defend civil liberties in the digital society. In April of last year, the EFF published a model copyleft called the Open Audio License (OAL). The idea is to let musicians take advantage of digital music's properties--ease of copying and distribution--rather than fighting against them. Musicians who release music under an OAL consent to their work being freely copied, performed, reworked and reissued, as long as these new products are released under the same licence. They can then rely on "viral distribution" to get heard. "If the people like the music, they will support the artist to ensure the artist can continue to make music," says Robin Gross of the EFF.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's a little early to judge whether the OAL will capture imaginations in the same way as OpenCola. But it's already clear that some of the strengths of open source software simply don't apply to music. In computing, the open source method lets users improve software by eliminating errors and inefficient bits of code, but it's not obvious how that might happen with music. In fact, the music is not really "open source" at all. The files posted on the OAL music website &lt;a href="http://www.openmusicregistry.org"&gt;http://www.openmusicregistry.org&lt;/a&gt; so far are all MP3s and Ogg Vorbises--formats which allow you to listen but not to modify.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's also not clear why any mainstream artists would ever choose to release music under an OAL. Many bands objected to the way Napster members circulated their music behind their backs, so why would they now allow unrestricted distribution, or consent to strangers fiddling round with their music? Sure enough, you're unlikely to have heard of any of the 20 bands that have posted music on the registry. It's hard to avoid the conclusion that Open Audio amounts to little more than an opportunity for obscure artists to put themselves in the shop window.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The problems with open music, however, haven't put people off trying open source methods elsewhere. Encyclopedias, for example, look like fertile ground. Like software, they're collaborative and modular, need regular upgrading, and improve with peer review. But the first attempt, a free online reference called Nupedia, hasn't exactly taken off. Two years on, only 25 of its target 60,000 articles have been completed. "At the current rate it will never be a large encyclopedia," says editor-in-chief Larry Sanger. The main problem is that the experts Sanger wants to recruit to write articles have little incentive to participate. They don't score academic brownie points in the same way software engineers do for upgrading Linux, and Nupedia can't pay them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's a problem that's inherent to most open source products: how do you get people to chip in? Sanger says he's exploring ways to make money out of Nupedia while preserving the freedom of its content. Banner adverts are a possibility. But his best hope is that academics start citing Nupedia articles so authors can earn academic credit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's another possibility: trust the collective goodwill of the open source community. A year ago, frustrated by the treacle-like progress of Nupedia, Sanger started another encyclopedia named Wikipedia (the name is taken from open source Web software called WikiWiki that allows pages to be edited by anyone on the Web). It's a lot less formal than Nupedia: anyone can write or edit an article on any topic, which probably explains the entries on beer and Star Trek. But it also explains its success. Wikipedia already contains 19,000 articles and is acquiring several thousand more each month. "People like the idea that knowledge can and should be freely distributed and developed," says Sanger. Over time, he reckons, thousands of dabblers should gradually fix any errors and fill in any gaps in the articles until Wikipedia evolves into an authoritative encyclopedia with hundreds of thousands of entries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another experiment that's proved its worth is the OpenLaw project at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. Berkman lawyers specialise in cyberlaw--hacking, copyright, encryption and so on--and the centre has strong ties with the EFF and the open source software community. In 1998 faculty member Lawrence Lessig, now at Stanford Law School, was asked by online publisher Eldritch Press to mount a legal challenge to US copyright law. Eldritch takes books whose copyright has expired and publishes them on the Web, but new legislation to extend copyright from 50 to 70 years after the author's death was cutting off its supply of new material. Lessig invited law students at Harvard and elsewhere to help craft legal arguments challenging the new law on an online forum, which evolved into OpenLaw.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Normal law firms write arguments the way commercial software companies write code. Lawyers discuss a case behind closed doors, and although their final product is released in court, the discussions or "source code" that produced it remain secret. In contrast, OpenLaw crafts its arguments in public and releases them under a copyleft. "We deliberately used free software as a model," says Wendy Selzer, who took over OpenLaw when Lessig moved to Stanford. Around 50 legal scholars now work on Eldritch's case, and OpenLaw has taken other cases, too. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The gains are much the same as for software," Selzer says. "Hundreds of people scrutinise the 'code' for bugs, and make suggestions how to fix it. And people will take underdeveloped parts of the argument, work on them, then patch them in." Armed with arguments crafted in this way, OpenLaw has taken Eldritch's case--deemed unwinnable at the outset--right through the system and is now seeking a hearing in the Supreme Court.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are drawbacks, though. The arguments are in the public domain right from the start, so OpenLaw can't spring a surprise in court. For the same reason, it can't take on cases where confidentiality is important. But where there's a strong public interest element, open sourcing has big advantages. Citizens' rights groups, for example, have taken parts of OpenLaw's legal arguments and used them elsewhere. "People use them on letters to Congress, or put them on flyers," Selzer says. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The open content movement is still at an early stage and it's hard to predict how far it will spread. "I'm not sure there are other areas where open source would work," says Sanger. "If there were, we might have started it ourselves." Eric Raymond has also expressed doubts. In his much-quoted 1997 essay, The Cathedral and the Bazaar, he warned against applying open source methods to other products. "Music and most books are not like software, because they don't generally need to be debugged or maintained," he wrote. Without that need, the products gain little from others' scrutiny and reworking, so there's little benefit in open sourcing. "I do not want to weaken the winning argument for open sourcing software by tying it to a potential loser," he wrote. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But Raymond's views have now shifted subtly. "I'm more willing to admit that I might talk about areas other than software someday," he told New Scientist. "But not now." The right time will be once open source software has won the battle of ideas, he says. He expects that to happen around 2005.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And so the experiment goes on. As a contribution to it, New Scientist has agreed to issue this article under a copyleft. That means you can copy it, redistribute it, reprint it in whole or in part, and generally play around with it as long as you, too, release your version under a copyleft and abide by the other terms and conditions in the licence. We also ask that you inform us of any use you make of the article, by e-mailing &lt;a href="mailto:copyleft@newscientist.com."&gt;copyleft@newscientist.com.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One reason for doing so is that by releasing it under a copyleft, we can print the recipe for OpenCola without violating its copyleft. If nothing else, that demonstrates the power of the copyleft to spread itself. But there's another reason, too: to see what happens. To my knowledge this is the first magazine article published under a copyleft. Who knows what the outcome will be? Perhaps the article will disappear without a trace. Perhaps it will be photocopied, redistributed, re-edited, rewritten, cut and pasted onto websites, handbills and articles all over the world. I don't know--but that's the point. It's not up to me any more. The decision belongs to all of us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Further reading: &lt;br /&gt;For a selection of copylefts, see &lt;a href="http://www.eff.org/IP/Open_licenses/open_alternatives.html"&gt;http://www.eff.org/IP/Open_licenses/open_alternatives.html&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric Raymond is available at &lt;a href="http://tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/"&gt;http://tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at &lt;a href="http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt"&gt;http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;from : &lt;a href="http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/copyleft/copyleftart.jsp"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.newscientist.com/img/hd/nslogo760.jpg" border="0" width="400"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;a href="http://nostressnostress.blogspot.com/2004/02/shared-by-belanko-shared-by-wosky.html"&gt;&lt;img src="http://srv.fotopages.com/?o=407441&amp;t=2" border="0" width="300"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nostressnostress.blogspot.com/2004/05/what-is-copyleft.html"&gt;&lt;font face="courier" size="3"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What Is Copyleft?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;a href="http://nostressnostress.blogspot.com/2004/05/free-culture.html"&gt;&lt;font face="courier" size="5"&gt; free culture &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-108492220657155831?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/108492220657155831/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=108492220657155831' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/108492220657155831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/108492220657155831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/05/great-giveaway.html' title='&lt;font color=&quot;red&quot;&gt;The Great Giveaway&lt;/font&gt;'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-108443544566465845</id><published>2004-05-13T09:56:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-05-13T10:11:11.323+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Entartete Kunst</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;font face="Braggadocio"&gt; The years 1927-37 were critical for artists in Germany. In 1927, the National Socialist Society for German Culture was formed. The aim of this organization was to halt the "corruption of art" and inform the people about the relationship between race and art. By 1933, the terms "Jewish," "Degenerate," and "Bolshevik" were in common use to describe almost all modern art. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; In 1937, Nazi officials purged German museums of works the Party considered to be degenerate. From the thousands of works removed, 650 were chosen for a special exhibit of &lt;a href="http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/arts/artDegen.htm"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Entartete Kunst&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.  The exhibit opened in Munich and then traveled to eleven other cities in Germany and Austria. In each installation, the works were poorly hung and surrounded by graffiti and hand written labels mocking the artists and their creations. Over three million visitors attended making it the first "blockbuster" exhibition. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;small&gt;Our intent is to give teachers a framework to follow for use in a Holocaust unit of study. The philosophy behind these activities is based on constructivist pedagogy, brain-based learning and the awareness of the theory of multiple intelligences. We hope teachers will use them and build on them to fit the needs of students, taking into account their age, maturity, and ability levels. We strongly urge teachers to read and reread the Guidelines for Teaching the Holocaust published by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum before designing activities or using the ones we offer in &lt;a href="http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/default.htm"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; . The suggestions and cautions the Holocaust Museum offers are important and invaluable in delivering Holocaust instruction. The sensitivity of the subject matter requires careful consideration when designing curriculum and guiding students in presentations and research.&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6363724-108443544566465845?l=sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/feeds/108443544566465845/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6363724&amp;postID=108443544566465845' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/108443544566465845'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6363724/posts/default/108443544566465845'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sidelinksnostress.blogspot.com/2004/05/entartete-kunst.html' title='Entartete Kunst'/><author><name>slö</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_ePOxMwx_cag/R5_8kCPu31I/AAAAAAAAAbI/oHdIGk8CvvM/S220/2007.09.17.+012.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363724.post-108440475671655277</id><published>2004-05-13T01:13:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2004-05-13T01:38:03.850+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The Process Enneagram of Consciousness and RHETI Data</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;© By Walter J. Geldart, M.Eng., M. Div. - Nov, 1998&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Introduction&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This article shows how to use a person's RHETI scores with the Enneagram of Consciousness Process Model to: 1) confirm enneagram personality type, 2) explore preference scores for several Jungian/enneagram information triads associated with specific traits, 3) calculate the preference scores for eight Jungian psychological processes and a ninth moving function, and 4) compare these preference scores with MBTI Form M scores for eight MBTI Scale Preferences (E-I, S-N, T-F, and J-P). The RHETI and MBTI data used in the article was reported by a professional artist. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Section One: The Reported RHETI and MBTI Form M Data &lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.1 Riso-Hudson Enneagram Type Indicators Scores and Personality Type Names&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Type  /    Riso-Hudson Name    /     Associated Jungian Function / RHETI Total Score /  Score Above Median&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                                                                                                     &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One       The Reformer         Te             19                   +3 &lt;br /&gt;Two       The Helper           Fe             15                   -1 &lt;br /&gt;Three     The Achiever         Me             16                    0 &lt;br /&gt;Four      The Individualist    Ne             26                  +10 &lt;br /&gt;Five      The Investigator     Ti             17                   +1&lt;br /&gt;Six       The Loyalist         Fi             15                   -1 &lt;br /&gt;Seven     The Enthusiast       Se             14                   -2 &lt;br /&gt;Eight     The Challenger       Si              9                   -7 &lt;br /&gt;Nine      The Peacemaker       Ni             13                   -3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The RHETI enneagram scores are close to the median for six Enneagram Points. The highest score is for Enneagram Point Four (+10) that is well known in enneagram personality type theory for their artistic nature. Mark is an artist whose media is the photographic image. RHETI and MBTI show that intuition is his preferred Jungian function. Points Four and Nine have intuition as the conscious Jungian function gift, and their combined intuition score is above the median (+7). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conversely, Points Seven and Eight have sensation as the conscious Jungian function gift, and their combined sensation function score is below the median (-9). RHETI 2.0 data mapped on the Enneagram of Consciousness and MBTI Form M are in complete agreement that Intuition is preferred over sensation. RHETI was designed to report nine separate scores for nine separate functions for each person. MBTI was designed to report four separate functions for each person. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1.2 The Reported MBTI Form M Scores &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Preference                   Preference           Preference  &lt;br /&gt;Dyads &amp; Scores               Clarity              Comment&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E vs I   E = 0    I = 21     "I" is Very Clear    Reserved vs Expressive&lt;br /&gt;S vs N   S = 5    N = 21     "N" is Clear         Possibilities vs Facts&lt;br /&gt;T vs F   T = 7    F = 17     "F" is Moderate      Values vs Objective Logic&lt;br /&gt;J vs P   J = 16   P =  6     "J" is Moderate      Product vs Process in Public&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's reported MBTI Type is INFJ. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tap3x.net/EMBTI/j3geldart.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;...more...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;from : &lt;blockquote&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.tap3x.net/EMBTI/journal.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Enneagram and the MBTI ®&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, an electronic journal dedicated to providing a forum in which the relationship between the two personality systems can be explored in depth and in detail, and publicly debated. In this journal we seek to publish materials that are primarily on this topic. Papers on theory are welcome, as are papers on empirical studies. We also invite less formal papers on relevant personal and/professional experiences. And we encourage you to join in on more spontaneous ongoing discussions of related issues by using our easy-access message board -&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A Call for Art  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Individuals with different personality types approach art in vastly different ways, and it is this phenomenon that we are looking to explore in the 'art and personality' column. If you show one of your pieces at our site, you may include a short bio and a link to a website of your choice, where people can see more of your work. Although we receive a modest number of visitors (approximately 200 folks a day), there is a steady stream of people coming to the site, and it is a select group that tends to have an interest in the arts. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In presenting work at our site, you may use your name or a pseudonym. Your participation will cost you nothing, and there's no 'catch'. We are simply interested in art, how people approach this work, and what, if anything, this has to do with personality type. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In order to participate, you would have to provide us with: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a computer file that displays your artwork (a '.jpg' file for visual art - approximately 320x415 pixels in size, and less than 50k - or a 'midi' or similar file for music). You do not lose your rights to the material, and the file will not be used in any other way than the one that is described here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a short description of how you approach your art. We can provide you with assistance in doing this, if you want. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;your MBTI and Enneagram types. These are the two personal
