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Wednesday, 5 March 2014

The Morale Maze

There is an on going and vital debate about the state of morale in policing.

Finding a route through the maze on this highly personal issue is not a task to be taken on lightly.

But here goes.

Questions about morale - up, down, cause, effect, responsibility and solutions - generate a range of reactions, many of them understandably emotive.

Recently the Home Affairs Select Committee review and its call for a national plan was resurrected alongside the charge that Chief Officers were guilty of a ‘deafening silence’ on the subject.

Setting aside that specific allegation for a moment the national plan as a solution seems to imply that having documented the full range of potential causes of low morale and laid bare the complexity of many of the issues, a national action plan would be the first step in turning round morale.

This seems to me to be a gross over simplification of a complex and personal issue.

I have been speaking with officers and staff about their morale and reflecting on events and issues locally.

Contrary to the cynics who will claim that the truth doesn’t reach the dizzy heights of my ivory tower I have heard many and varied views on staff morale and there was no shortage of straight talking.

In these discussions I have listened to colleagues discussing the reality of the Winsor changes to pay and conditions, the potential impact of direct entry and the broader changing landscape for professional development.

I have heard from officers about their recent postings undertaken as part of our change programme. I have been discussing the new operating model being put into place with new shift patterns negotiated and agreed with the Federation.

Some colleagues talked of their partner’s job insecurity away from policing and others had a number of significant domestic challenges within their immediate family.

All of us were weary of the daily onslaught on the integrity and professionalism of the police service and frustrated by the fact that much of it seems self generated.

Finally I was struck by how cop focused much of the debate has become overlooking that police staff are the most vulnerable in the on going change programmes in forces with many bearing the brunt of staff reductions.

I am certain we cannot discuss morale in the police service and only talk about cops.

Throughout these encounters I was left wondering what a national action plan could reasonably hope to address and how it would help?

In agreeing possible solutions we need to start with a recognition that low morale is not a phenomenon unique to the police service.

For those colleagues contemplating a career change I am pretty certain the grass is not going to be greener in teaching, social work, nursing or the armed services, who continue to be made redundant while on active service!

A sense of perspective and scale is therefore important in any debate and seeking to exaggerate the uniqueness of policing in the current climate pervading the wider public service will not serve us well.

However, policing has had to contend with significant changes to terms and conditions, alongside the impact of the biggest changes to policing in a generation.

The catalyst of austerity and the associated redesign of services means for many that the only certainty going forward is uncertainty.

Policing will continue to be under the cumulative impact of these ‘public’ challenges. These will sit alongside the ‘personal’ impact on individuals which in turn jostle with the ‘private’ issues that we all grapple with. The affect and impact will be different dependant on our circumstances.

That is why solutions will not be found in a national action plan. Staff morale and its impact on policing is being discussed at every level of the service and I don’t accept the deafening silence charge.

Going forward the Morale Maze will be successfully navigated by leaders who listen, who acknowledge the issues and work collectively to identify solutions and who are honest and open with staff including keeping the right sense of perspective.

Most importantly we need to remember that staff well being is a precursor to good policing not a nice to do.

Friday, 20 September 2013

Last Sunday Peter Hitchens wrote a piece for the Mail on Sunday entitled "Get rid of the guns, cars and Tasers and we might just end up with real policemen".

On initial reading I found it difficult to establish the central thrust of the article but anticipated that as a conduit to provoke a furore it was probably doomed to succeed. I resisted the temptation to enter the fray and opted instead to make a large pan of mushroom soup. This felt more constructive.

I have since re read the original piece and the subsequent commentary in Peter's blog where he develops his argument that the police service has essentially become remote from communities, lost sight of its founding goals and become a belligerent para military force led by a liberal elite who have colluded since the mid 1960s to dismantle Peel's model of policing.

This hypothesis is supported by extensive historical research and analysis and has been outlined in a number of publications in recent years by Peter. This commentary on policing is central to a range of Peter's arguments about the 'state' of Britain and public services in particular. To argue that Peter is unfamiliar with policing and that he is presenting a case from a position of ignorance is therefore folly.

His personal interpretation of events and developments in policing is well articulated from a particular perspective; his ideological and philosophical stance about the role of the state vis-à-vis the citizen is equally well documented.

But, let's be clear. However well researched and presented these arguments may be they remain Peter Hitchens' view of the world. And as I am sure he would concede he makes no claim to have a monopoly on the truth. He is presenting an argument. It is beholden on those who disagree to present an alternative case for policing and not simply become agitated at the idea of someone having a different outlook.

The fact that Peter's view of policing is promulgated in a mass circulation newspaper may be irritating to those who disagree but it doesn't alter his right to have a view, even if he's wrong.

And for the record I believe he is wrong in his analysis and conclusions about policing and in the tone of the article.

I have always been and expect to remain wedded to Peel's Principles of Policing. I don't think there will ever be a better mission statement. I agree with Peter's description of policing moving away from preventative models and that linked to changes in technology policing has become more remote in the last forty years. But we then part company.

I believe that the 'rediscovery' of neighbourhood policing and the self evident truth that policing is better delivered locally, in partnership and with communities remains at the heart of British policing. It is at risk in these times of austerity but the service can and should make choices to invest in this the most visible foundation of policing by consent.

Having spent a day in court this week where a police officer was sent to prison for misconduct in public office I don't need reminding that policing is not perfect. The fact that I sat in the court with the detectives who tenaciously pursued their fellow officer for his betrayal of their oath reminded me that for all those who would seek to undermine policing there are legions who will seek to support it.

But as a service we need to recognise legitimate challenge and criticism and seek every opportunity to learn and improve. Many outside policing would contend that this is an impossible ask for us as a service. I know that seeking to be the best and to learn from mistakes is every day business for the vast majority.

We need to continue to listen and we need to be less defensive.

Peter Hitchens' argument may be predicated on sound research principles but by his own account they are limited in reality. Patrol with colleagues in a London borough combined with ride alongs in Johannesburg and Dallas will undoubtedly give an insight into policing but not, in my view, one that can be used as the basis of a sustained critique on the complexities and challenges of policing modern Britain.

I recognise the need to use compelling anecdotes to colour an argument but this should not be confused with evidence.

The focus on vehicles, helicopters and uniforms is perhaps the most intriguing section of the article. I want to see more officers on patrol out and about in local communities. I also need them to respond to 999 calls and to deploy to critical incidents. As ever there is a balance to be struck and I recognise the concerns of many communities that policing is too remote.

We need to do better.

But flogging the helicopter and scrapping fast response cars will not advance the case for policing to become more responsive to local needs and to rediscover the Peelian Principles. It's an easy target that fails to recognise the range of responsibilities that policing has to contend with.

Even Sir Robert accepted that crime would need to be responded to and investigated notwithstanding the primary goal being prevention. Significant resources are committed to the investigation of crime - much of it unseen or understood by the wider public. Again we need to revisit how the police service explains the challenges it confronts on behalf of communities to ensure that the reality of modern policing is not undermined by docudramas, TV detectives or lazy journalism.

I am sure when George Dixon was patrolling Dock Green and Rumpole was defending loveable rogues at the Old Bailey it was still the case that someone somewhere was dealing with threats to national security and serious and organised crime. These threats are not exaggerated. I sincerely wish they were.

And so to sartorial matters. Uniform and personal protective equipment is an emotive subject. I know. I chair a Uniform and Equipment Group across two forces!

The challenge for me is not the colour of the shirts but the collective failure to procure nationally and agree universal standards. The protective equipment officers wear has developed in response to the evidence and risks associated with their roles.

I marvel at the nostalgia for truncheons, capes and shackles that somehow would enable us to reconnect with the public. Let's not forget some facts.

Over 90% of British police remain unarmed.

I don't feel like I am in a para military service. I fully accept that if you inhabit the Westminster bubble you will see a disproportionate number of colleagues overtly armed but this is a tiny minority of policing.

On a personal note I am not unfamiliar with Peter Hitchens' accusation that I and many others in policing represent a 'liberal elite'. I have been called many things as a police officer and although I sense that this is not a positive endorsement I prefer it to ‘totalitarian elite’!

I am not a journalist and I have a rule about not telling other people how to do their jobs.

I welcome the opportunity to be challenged about policing and I believe I should be scrutinised and held to account. So, I wish that Peter Hitchens' perfectly legitimate right to promulgate opinions on policing could have been written so as to invite more discourse and discussion rather than polarising opinion but it is not for me to dictate how opinions are shaped and expressed.

The opportunity to use evidence in support of an argument has been lost in anecdote and ideology. It could have been different but as in many things it's about making the right choice and I fear there was an overwhelming desire to add to the already overburdened bandwagon.

In my subsequent exchanges with Peter Hitchens, via his blog and in response to my article in Police Oracle, he has developed his arguments on policing and the approach being taken by the service. We both remain unpersuaded by our respective arguments. I have decided to agree to disagree but am always hopeful for a Damascene conversion!

He is also quick to point out that his commentary on policing, not a new phenomena, has elicited a hostile response. I have seen some of these exchanges and I would suggest that those who have sought to demonise Hitchens for expressing a view, however much they may consider him wrong, have not served the cause of policing well on this occasion.

There is a significant minority of hostility towards the police service across society with a range of motivations. We need to win them back in the battle for legitimacy. Focusing on the substance of the challenges, arguing for what we believe to be right for the service while listening to those who may disagree, is a must going forward.

Thursday, 18 July 2013

At the beginning of the year I wrote about Hillsborough, Plebgate, Corruption, Leveson & Savile all dominating the headlines. This litany of scandals has now been joined by Lawrence and under cover policing and has led to the call from the Police Minister to clear out the stables and consign the canteen culture to history.

For many of us the stables and canteens were already earmarked for closure when many of the historic failings bedevilling the service were manifesting themselves.

However, we need to acknowledge and condemn wrong doing, old and new, when it is established.
Now, as then, each of these issues is serious in its own right. Taken together they have profound implications for individuals, families and communities as well as for the police service. The very legitimacy of British policing is under scrutiny and each issue deserves reflection and thoughtful, expeditious action both by the police service and those now charged with investigating these matters.
However, I am weary of commentators and pundits, some more informed than others, queuing up to postulate on the ‘crisis’ affecting the police service and proffer remedies from the simple to the surreal. There’s clearly no shortage of arm chairs or experts to fill them.
Politicians comment on the proud traditions of policing and talk about 'rediscovering and reconnecting' ourselves but the endeavours and successes of todays police are so heavily caveated that it's no wonder that so many colleagues feel under sustained attack.
So, when do the failings or frailties of an individual become an institutional crisis and should the service of today stand in the dock on behalf of those who served before us?
From its inception in the nineteenth century through to today the police service has made mistakes; the majority by individuals from the minor to the very serious but a significant number have been institutional, calamitous and far reaching in terms of their impact on communities, individuals and reputation.
I have sat on misconduct panels and sacked police officers for gross misconduct; for behaviour that brought shame on them and the service. I also believe the process of investigating and determining misconduct is stymied by overly engineered regulations and a reliance on lawyers to interpret right and wrong. It fails the transparency test and as a process is hampered by a strained relationship with the IPCC, an organisation destined to under deliver through paltry funding and a confused remit. Many, including me, are unclear how the latest set of proposals for the IPCC will work in reality and this should be a cause of concern for the service and wider public.
I am a big supporter of a Code of Ethics and will enthusiastically embrace it when the College of Policing bring it forward. But let's be clear. Bad policing doesn't baulk at breaking the criminal law and usurping the plethora of guidance and regulation currently in place so a Code of Ethics is unlikely to make these individuals pause for thought.
To respond to the legitimate requirement on policing to learn from its past failings and present challenges, the service needs to have inspiring leadership at all ranks, searching scrutiny and accountability mechanisms and most importantly a culture that is founded on humility, respect and learning.
It is the culture of the service that will bring it through these difficult and uncomfortable times.
A Code of Ethics will help to shape and define a culture but on it's own it will not change behaviour.
We need to stay rooted to our founding traditions and principles but we need to be overtly and genuinely responsive to the current challenges. This will require the service at all levels to celebrate the successes of policing which continues to reduce crime and confront criminality every day; where officers walk towards danger on every tour of duty and do this on behalf of their fellow citizens.
On that note, I am not clear how sections of the police service raising questions about the honesty and integrity of their colleagues, by suggesting they fiddle crime statistics, will inspire confidence in the wider public. Let’s be clear organisations don’t manipulate figures. It would be people at all levels with a shared agenda and what would be their motivation? Crime recording and trends within overall crime are complex and getting a consensus in understanding is always a challenge. For the record, in the two forces where I work where crime is down, neither front line staff, their supervisors or senior managers fiddle crime statistics. To do so would be corrupt. To imply they do is unacceptable. If any such evidence exists produce it; I am confident none will be forthcoming.
As we encourage and invite others to be balanced and reasonable in their challenges to the service, we ourselves at all levels need to find better ways of expressing our disagreements and professional differences.
As important we need to proudly assert that the current and future members of the service have much to be proud of. We need to be advocates of policing not defenders of corruption that is neither noble or in a good cause. We need to reclaim the commentary about our service from the pundits and politicians and move forward into the new policing landscape with confidence and certainty because that is what we are here for - working alongside others to reduce crime and to make communities safer and stronger.
*This is an updated & extended version of the piece published this week by Police Oracle.

Sunday, 9 June 2013

Dial 'M' for Merger

I haven't blogged for a while with much going but most of it out of bounds for this blog and this writer!

The constant by my side of late and the consistent theme of much of my thinking at the moment is the controversial issue of police force mergers and I've decided to finish the blog I've started so many times before but never quite finished.

There are two reasons why I have so far resisted the urge to put pen to paper on this issue.

Firstly, it's a very current and personal issue at work.

As an Assistant Chief Constable working in two police forces where the vast majority of staff now work in single departments across two forces I am very aware of the debates and issues that swirl round mergers. Warwickshire and West Mercia are, in my view, as close to merged as any in the country. However they retain two Chiefs, two Deputies and there are two Police and Crime Commissioners and at present there are no plans to go beyond the current 'Alliance' supported by collaboration agreements, recruitment of joint staff and a single operating model for both forces.

So, let's be clear. My views on the issue are personal and well known by my colleagues and in blogging about them I'm not reflecting the views of either of my two forces or seeking to position anything or anyone.

Secondly, and possibly why my views are already known, I have a personal perspective on the subject because of my professional involvement in the issue that started well before my current posting.

In 2005 when the Labour Government attempted to force mergers on a predominantly supportive service but dubious public, I was the programme manager in the West Midlands Region working to merge the police forces of Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Mercia and West Midlands. This role was one of the most interesting, challenging and ultimately frustrating that I have ever undertaken.

Indeed I now work for two forces who at the time were on opposites sides of the debate with West Mercia possibly the most public, principled and persistent critics of mergers. Two organisations diametrically opposed to merging then but who are now the closest collaborators in policing.
So, a blog long in gestation, but prompted to come to fruition by two unconnected events in the last week.

Enter Ed Balls and the Mercian Regiment.

On Monday, during his speech on future spending priorities for a Labour Government, Ed Balls said:

"Does it really make sense to have separate costly management and bureaucracy for so many separate government departments, agencies, fire services and police forces – the same number as when this Government came into office – all with separate leadership structures and separate specialist teams?"

Now I assume Ed discussed this with 'Mrs Balls' aka Yvette Cooper the shadow Home Secretary. If he didn't I'm sure it didn't go unnoticed in the Balls household later that evening, so I think we can safely say that the issue of police force mergers is back on the political agenda.

This is significant because it has been a taboo subject since the debacle of 2005/6 when a switch of Home Secretaries, the subsequent labelling of the Home Office as not fit for purpose and a tenacious campaign by the then Tory opposition saw the plans consigned to the 'too difficult to deal with / don't darken my door again' in-tray where it has languished ever since.

On Thursday, I had the honour and privilege to be present in Worcester when the Mercian Regiment received their new colours from HRH The Prince of Wales.

These were new colours for a new regiment.

I also heard the retiring Commanding Officer recall the challenge of bringing together the precursor regiments (the Cheshire Regiment, the Staffordshire Regiment and the Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters). These were proud organisations with lengthy histories cataloguing hundreds of years of heroism and gallantry. They were 'forcibly' merged in a Ministry of Defence review against the backdrop of history, emotion, local pride and differing cultures.

Remarkably the work to merge these regiments was undertaken alongside simultaneous deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan. Comrades were lost and dozens injured. But they remained focused on their task both in war and in transforming themselves and through those extraordinary times the Mercian Regiment emerged.

On Thursday, this new Band of Brothers (and Sisters) stood proudly to attention in front of their Colonel in Chief and claimed their stake in the future; they have not forgotten their proud past and it was apparent that change had not always been easy. They now face the next challenge of losing one of their 4 battalions which again will be managed while deployed but it was apparent to all that they were confidently looking to the future.

Readers of my previous blogs will know that I am a sceptic of the idea that the armed forces have ready made answers for police leadership. They are are different organisations with differing roles, cultures and  histories. But I do recognise the strength in learning from each other and in acknowledging how things may be done differently.

The Mercian experience is one such example.

Since 2006 there have been a range of successful collaborations between forces, statutory guidance 'encouraging' and 'requiring' joint working and a few skirmishes between forces wooing each other to take the next step. But the 'M' word has remained by and large silent while forces are Inspected and assessed on their collaborations and shared working.

Up until Monday both the Government and Opposition were also silent on the issue of mergers. The official Home Office stance is that merging forces is not on their agenda of reform but they would not block forces from merging. The Government know the strength of feeling generated in their own back benches last time.

So police forces up and down England and Wales are finding creative and cost effective ways of sharing assets, merging functions, outsourcing activity and saving literally millions of £s as part of the CSR. There are regional units, joint boards, commissioning groups and steering bodies working across over forty police forces who remain firmly part of the fixtures and fittings of policing. There is no shortage of deck chairs to rearrange should the service hit an iceberg.

The arrival of new governance structures for policing in November with PCCs embodying localism and direct accountability were seen as a further sign that mergers were undeliverable. For the record as a Chief Officer who works with two PCCs I do not see the new governance arrangements as an obstacle to mergers. Yes there would be challenges and of course there would need to be compromise and negotiation but I don't subscribe to the view that it is now a bridge too far.

Since April this year Scotland has had a single police force. It's been built from the bottom upwards grounded in local policing linked to existing local authority areas. Specialist units that offer protection against threats which don't recognise force boundaries are embedded. I'm sure colleagues in Scotland won't claim that this has all been as easily achieved as it seems and I have no doubt there will be challenges ahead, but they have delivered a model of policing and the baby and bathwater appear intact.

As we await the outcome of the current spending review and the service prepares itself for further significant cuts in funding, it seems inconceivable that we can look to find further savings without looking at the most obvious overheads - the structure of force boundaries.

In overseeing a current review of local policing in two forces where the prospect of police station closures, reducing officer numbers and the challenge to maintain key services are daily features I don't believe it would be acceptable to the public that we would look again at front line service delivery in future cuts and avoid a debate about force boundaries, overheads and the existing police landscape.

In addition, as the College of Policing matures and starts to make real on the promises of national standards and evidence based practice I cannot see how a model that relies on 43 Chief Constables to reach a consensus on delivery can be sustained.

Deconstructing ACPO may be politically convenient but it avoids the real issue. There are too many Chiefs running too many forces.

Bodies like the NCA provide protection at a national level; neighbourhood policing delivers locally. The force structure in between needs to enhance and support policing at both ends of this spectrum and it is fanciful to imagine that 43 is now the answer.

It may come as a surprise to some that West Mercia Police was not referenced in the Doomsday Book or the Magna Carta. It is in fact a construct of local government reorganisation in 1967. However, for over forty years it has shown that it can deliver outstanding policing at a local level to communities as different and geographically distant as Oswestry and Ross on Wye with one police force spanning 3 counties. Thames Valley and Avon and Somerset also work on a similar scale and structure and there is no evidence that they deliver less effective local policing. In fact I am absolutely certain that most people have no idea where their force HQ is or what the boundaries are. They want effective policing and the 'thrilling' world of co-terminoisity and the flukes of 1960s local government planning are an irrelevance.

In 2005 the debate on mergers was overly political, driven top down and vested interest on both sides of the debate drowned out reasoned and balanced argument.

In 2013 the time has come to revisit the issue. The debate needs to be on the real issues in the context of preserving local service delivery in the reality of a transformed national landscape and unprecedented reductions in funding. Anyone who imagines we can make savings by cutting the much quoted and now nearly none existent back office or working more closely with other partners doesn't recognise the reality of the challenge.

The time has come to restart the dialogue.

It's time to Dial 'M' for Merger.


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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Sunshine Award (part deux)

I received the Sunshine Award (for the second time! Woot!) from the beautiful SOPHIASA.  As an uber cool mom, she showcases her style and sometimes we even get a glance at her adorable daughter (aka mini-sophiasa).  And of course, I cannot forget that she was the first person to put me in their blog roll.  Thanks SOPHIASA.

Since I am to nominate some favourite bloggers, I'm creating my own theme and going with (my favourite) ladies who have the word 'fashion' in their blog title:

trishie said...

woohoo! congrats!

Isabel said...

thank you!! and congrats :)

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junghwa by amy stewart said...

And yes, that orange cardi is wonderful.

Leah said...

Congrats on the award... well deserved!!! xoxo

G. said...

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Friday, November 12, 2010

You wouldn't like me when I'm......JUDGMENTAL

In keeping with my theory that you never know what a day in the North will bring you, yesterday I was asked to act as a judge for a youth poster contest for Nation Aboriginal Addictions Awareness Week (aka the longest name for an awareness initiative ever). Of course I can't yet provide you with details about who the winners are as they results haven't been announced (can you imagine the controversy!?!?). But what I can provide! Distracting, pretty pictures.

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Monday, December 22, 2008

My Adam

Blogworthy? Perhaps not. I just think Adam's niece is really cute.

The other day, Adam's parents were babysitting our little niece Alyvia. When I got there she said, "Hey Jen!" Then pointed to Adam and said, "There's your Adam, Jen." Later, Adam left to use the restroom. Alyvia looked at me and said, "Jen? Where did your Adam go?" I think it's sooo cute that she knows we're a packaged deal. Also, while Alyvia has granted me ownership of Adam, she has not done the same for him yet...he's my Adam...but I'm just least in her world so far. What a cute girl she is.

*Liese said...

Cute story. I do feel, however, that you should probably come to a general consensus on how to spell said child's name correctly. :)

Brittany & Kody said...

That's adorable!! Blogworthy-- ya sure.

Paul and Chera Reese said...

Okay, that is the cutest thing ever! Yay on less than six months!


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This Class is a blend of Styles and concepts, Muay Thai , Boxing and Karate.
Adams' Karate Combat-Kickboxing is one of the best sports for physical conditioning.
You will learn to move fluently between kicking, punching, knee, elbow, and clinching ranges.
This is not  just a cardio kickboxing class!  You will learn the proper technique along with pad work for resistance.
Whether your goal is to gain some practical self-defense skills, or just to become fit, our program can help you to reach your goals.

Instructors:Shihan Adams 7th DegreeSensei Carlos Villa 3rd Degree Black Belt

Class Hours:

Kids 5:30-6:00Kids 5:30-6:00-Adults 7:30-8:00Adults-7:30-8:00

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Monday, February 7, 2011

Sea Salted Nutella Fudge

This recipe was recommended to me from my fellow food blogger, friend, and future bakery co-owner, Stephanie ( Its a great fudge recipe- incredibly easy and fast. Requires no arm muscles (BONUS). Next time I’ll add more nutella and chop some hazelnuts to sprinkle on top, yum.
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk (~14 oz)
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 (or 1 1/2) cups nutella
  • 8 ounces semi or bittersweet chocolate chips
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt to sprinkle on top (optional)
Butter the bottom of a 8x8 pan. Line the pan with parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overlap on the sides (to help you take the fudge out when cooled).
In a double boiler heat the sweetened condensed milk, 3 tablespoons butter, nutella, chocolate chips, and vanilla until everything is melted and smooth. Pour into prepared pan. Sprinkle with sea salt (or chopped hazelnuts) and place in refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
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A Complete Manual On Referencing A Research Paper In The APA Format

The APA format is quite popular in the academic world and is used extensively by many students in many universities around the globe. Many people consider this format to be the best one to use when attempting to site research papers in the social sciences because of the many referencing options it makes available to authors. Some authors even claim that use of this formats makes their paper more credible and will use no other format as a result.

When referencing any research paper, one wants to be careful to do it right the first time, without making things overly complicated. The APA format helps with this, quite significantly, by making it simple to verify the source of any information contained in the paper. The following is a short guideline on referencing a research paper in the APA format:

  1. Title Page
  2. This is a simple, almost bare page containing information on the author, date of publications and institutes involved. Its sole purpose is the provide readers with a small bit of the papers identity, by giving a broad summary of the persons involved in the creation of the paper, as well as its purpose. The department of study is also included, making it quite easy for readers to grasp the persons involved in the creations of the paper.

  3. Abstract
  4. The abstract outlines the research project itself and gives a brief description of each segment of the study, this includes details about methods used. Your purpose for conducting this study and reasons for using your selected methods must also be discussed, as well as what you hoped to achieve. You could also go on to discuss the future implications of your studies and the effects it could have.

  5. In-Text citation
  6. In-text citations are quite useful and make citing sources in the APA style quite easy for both the author and the reader. They include the surname of the authors, as well as the year the source was published. This make it quite easy to immediately double check references, making for a more credible paper.

  7. Reference
  8. This sections contains more detailed information about the sources cited in the main body of the paper and is quite useful for persons wishing to learn more about the topics covered in the paper. The reference usually comes at the end of the paper and can be listed chronologically, or by chapter, as they appeared in the main body of the paper.

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Commentary: Trump is right to bully America's enemies

Commentary by Gary Abernathy, a contributing columnist for The Post, is publisher and editor of the Hillsboro (Ohio) Times-Gazette.

In recent years, anti-bullying campaigns have become standard fare in high school and college. Our society has decided, rightly, that bullies should no longer be tolerated because their hurtful attacks can lead to lifelong scars and even, in extreme cases, suicide by the victims.

Likewise, Donald Trump, as both a candidate and president, has been accused of being a bully, his critics attacking him for his bluster and insensitivity.

It seems the only bullies who remain off limits - in the eyes of media critics, numerous politicians and many other Americans - are rogue-nation dictators and terrorist organizations. We should treat those bullies with kid gloves, many say.

The latest example of this appeasing belief came in the first week of the new year, when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un boasted, "I have a nuclear button on the desk in my office. All of the mainland United States is within the range of our nuclear strike."

For several decades, and with various White House occupants, the U.S. response to such provocations has been one that could generously be called "restraint" but more accurately called "spinelessness."

Instead, Trump tweeted, "North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the 'Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.' Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!"

A typical round of outrage ensued, directed not at the North Korean dictator but at the president of the United States. How dare he respond in such a careless, juvenile and irresponsible way?

"Spoken like a petulant ten year old," Eliot Cohen, former counselor to Condoleezza Rice, wrote on Twitter, summing up the general reaction from many. "But one with nuclear weapons - for real - at his disposal. How responsible people around him, or supporting him, can dismiss this or laugh it off is beyond me."

In fact, how to successfully deal with threats from abroad has been beyond many past administrations. It has long appeared to be U.S. policy to live in fear of upsetting our enemies.

Trump's approach - one for which millions of Americans have longed - is to treat them like the sniveling bullies they are. From his description of Kim as "Little Rocket Man" to his retorts to the dictator's nuclear threats, Trump refuses to feign respect.

Trump has been admirably consistent in his approach to America's enemies, and his critics just as reliable in expressing their alarm. During the 2016 campaign, Hillary Clinton and many others claimed that Trump's blunt rhetoric on Islamist extremism was helping the terrorist Islamic State recruit new members.

In May 2016, Clinton echoed what many others had said and would continue to claim: "I said months ago, what Donald Trump said is going to be used to recruit terrorists by ISIS. . . . Now just recently we have absolute evidence, yes it is. They're taking his words, out of his mouth, denigrating Muslims and putting them into propaganda videos. Why are we making the world more dangerous for Americans?"

In other words, don't make Islamic State leaders mad. Don't insult them - they'll hate us even more!

The terrorists may have used Trump's words as a recruitment tool - and yes, he could have done better differentiating between the Muslim religion and Islamist terrorism - but in recent months, according to multiple accounts, the Islamic State has been effectively vanquished in its former strongholds in Iraq and Syria. The claim that Trump's rhetoric would make the group stronger was off base.

While many accuse the president of engaging in playground taunts, Trump speaks to rogue dictators and terrorists in the language they understand. He demonstrates a stark shift in U.S. policy from one of fear and appeasement to treating such bullies in the fashion they deserve - with contempt and derision.

Trump's critics will wonder why the president seems to take a softer approach with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but Putin does not claim his goal is to obliterate the U.S. militarily or via terrorist attacks. The response the United States has employed for years with those who do - and the one preferred by Trump's critics - led to a far-reaching Islamic State, a North Korea that is armed with long-range missiles and a more dangerous world overall. A radically different response has been long overdue.

We claim to want our children to understand that bullies should not be tolerated or respected. That philosophy should not include an exemption for dictators and terrorists.


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Heroic Ants. Modal Verbs

Here's a videogame to reinforce your knowledge about modal verbs. Choose the correct answer and help the ant to reach the farthest possible distance. Click and pull the string to set the throwing angle and power. You can also resort to the bubble and the wings to go further.

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But if youre running VS under VMware Fusion, you can use shared folders to have one common location for your repository, making the switch a lot easier.Cannot access network or mapped drives. My shared folder drive mapping no longer worked after the November update of Windows 10. To fix this I had to manually uninstall VMWare Tools, reboot, then install and reboot again. Main platform: MAC OSX 10.6. Secondary platform via VMWare Fusion: Windows 7 64-bit.Again, my apologies if i misunderstood you - I dont want to sound arrogant) "Z:www a shared folder between MAC and Windows" Whats this - a network share? I have VMware Fusion 10 on macOS High Sierra (10.13) and I am unable to share folders between my Mac and fresh Debian 9 installation.Error: cannot mount filesystem: No such device. I was able to get it working once by disabling and enabling the shared folder functionality, but after a reboot of I recently installed a new version of Windows 10 on my Mac as a virtual machine using VMWare Fusion.If you have downloaded a Windows image or the Windows .iso file from Microsoft and the file is in your downloads folder, is should display in here. From VMware guest machines you can directly access the host computer shared folders.For this tutorial were using Ubuntu 17.10 guest machine. To install the tool, select the VM and click Install VMware Tools Windows 10 runs under VMware Fusion 7.1.2 on my MacBook Pro Retina mid-2012, but folder sharing does not work at all.However, you cannot discover vmware-host under Network, access it directly by typing it in Explorer, and you cannot create a Map Drive to that location. As it turns out, none of the folders in this folder ( vmware-host)(Z:) are accessible.Each time I started the migrated Windows 7 VM or launched the Windows Explorer on the new MacBook, a window was displayed with the error "Windows cannot access vmware-hostshared folders Suchergebnisse fr vmware shared folders windows 10.You cannot enable a shared folder for a shared or remote virtual machine. 10. Click OK to save your To view shared folders on a Windows guest To fix this open the shared folders settings for your VM in Fusion (Virtual Machine/Settings/ Sharing.

Pingback: Tweets that mention Cannot Access Shared Folder vmware-hostJaime E Pagan April 10, 2012 at 1:55 pm. Fantastic it worked like a charm, thank you. Windows cannot access .

hostShared Folders. Check the spelling of the name.Im using Windows 8 on VMware Fusion 6 on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, and I still get the error message the network path was not found when I try to assign a drive letter to a shared folder. Main platform: MAC OSX 10.6. Secondary platform via VMWare Fusion: Windows 7 64-bit.I installed XAMPP on my Windows side and changed the apache root directory to "Z:www", the location of my MAMP webroot which is a shared folder between MAC and Windows. Between Dell machines shipping with motherboard disconnected SATA cables, a Clampi Trojan on my Windows 2003 server, a mysteriously vanished backup [1], Windows 2003 blue screening on a new Dell workstation I have set up on Windows 7 host with Ubuntu 11.04 Desktop with VMware Tools installed on. Virtual Machine settings. Folder sharing Always Enabled. Make sure you have at least one Folder shared between the host and guest. On the Ubuntu Guest. Check /mnt/hgfs that you can access your To configure a shared folder in a Windows virtual machine: 1 launch VMware Fusion. 2. turn on the virtual machine.10 Easy Install Windows crashes with "VMware Fusion has encountered an error." How can I add a former VM from VMware Fusion Pro library? learn how to share windows folder with mac in virtual machine dont forget to watch my other virtual mac videos.How to share a folder in host OS to guest OS on VMware Workstation ?VMware Fusion Nested Networking - Продолжительность: 5:01 The CTO Advisor 3 901 просмотр. In VMware Fusion, select Virtual Machine > Sharing > Sharing Settings to open the University: Sharing window. Set the value of Shared Folders to On.VMware Fusion Player Quick Start. Accessing Your Existing Data: for SAS University Edition. Using Vmware Mac Installation a windows user can avail all the mac features including cd/dvd rom access, usb drive access, network and internet sharing etc.Now people use to google a simple question i.e. How to share files, folders with Host and Virtual OS. Hi guys, I have now got a new VMWare fusion setup running Windows XP Pro from my Mac OS X Leopard setup.I can access a share on the Windows virtual machine from the Mac side, thats no problem and what I am now using.Ive tried using mirrored folders, or shared folders in VM Ware Vmware fusion windows 10 shared folders Vmware fusion windows 10 shared folders slow Vmware fusion windows 10 cannot access host shared folders Vmware fusion 8 shared folders windows 10. Access Shared Folder in VMware.tips. vmware. Previous articleHow to Block USB Drives in Windows 10 [Quick Tip]. Next articleJio Effect: Airtel to Offer Free 4G Data for One Year. Share windows folder with mac in VMwareAccessing files from Mac OS X in VMWare Shared Folders feature in VMware Fusion. I have a Boot Camp partition as well running Windows 7. When I vmware fusion windows 10 shared folders divdiv. I cannot reliably access shortcuts to the same or sub-folders in my Docs library (not at all from from File Explorer but some apps can?) and get the dreaded "not found" dialog. This means I cannot open files in the share from most of my applications making my Windows 10 VM basically useless (its not Solution First, make sure that the VMWare Vmware Fusion Windows 10 Shared Folders acrobat dc manual microsoft outlook calendar 2016 buy adobe captivateFully Managed VMware Cloud Customized to Your Needs. I have CentOS 6.5 minimal guest, and OSX Mavericks 10.9 host. The player is VMWare Fusion. I want to edit files on host and run them on guest. I am trying to use shared folders to achieve this. 3 Ответы Последний ответ: 19.07.2016 11:22, автор: wila. Cannot access shared folders in guest (Windows 10) from host (Windows 7).This is the forum for VMware Fusion, which runs on Macintosh computers. Windows 10 Shared folder hang in VMware Fusion. VMware Fusion/Workstation Shared Folder Fixer. Author: sskaje. Ask for Administrator Access. yesterday was recorded by Microsoft upgrade from Windows 10. since I can no longer edit the shard folders as network drive. it is the "vmware-host" no longer found (net use zHas anyone a solution for this? my computer: Apple Mac mini with el captiain, VMware Fusion 8:02 with windos 10 pro 64 bit. Announcements. Share Your Thoughts. Knowledge Base.Issues accessing Cloudera in the AWS Cloud Cluster.Hadoop 101 (Training, Quickstart VM, Hadoop Concepts). clusterdock on mac sierra ( 10.12.6). Main platform: MAC OSX 10.6. Secondary platform via VMWare Fusion: Windows 7 64-bit.Again, my apologies if i misunderstood you - I dont want to sound arrogant) "Z:www a shared folder between MAC and Windows" Whats this - a network share? Network Places, Entire Network, VMWare Shared Folders, .host, Shared Folders, YOUR FOLDER NAME.From top menu bar, select Go and Computer. You will now see a folder named /. This is your shared folder between Windows 7 and Mac OS X. Im now using it under VMWare Fusion 4.11, but I cannot get the shared folders to work. I have a different user name on the Mac that in the VM. The Mac is a Macbook Air, current model, running Lion 10.7.2. Home Forums Acronis Business Products Discussions Acronis Backup Recovery 10 11 Forum.Hi all, My OS is MAC OSX and to be able to run ABR 11a, I run Windows 7x32 through VMWare Fusion. My huge .TIB file is located within MAC OSX folder, and because of this, I need to " share" Categories / Tags Linux Mac OS X CentOS OS X 10.6 RHEL Shared Folders VMWare VMWare Fusion. Problem. How to view folders from the Mac that hosts the VMWare Fusion guest operating system CentOS or Red Hat Linux? I recommend using the Shared Folders feature in VMware Fusion. I have a Boot Camp partition as well running Windows 7. When I need to access files that are on the Mac OS X side from within Windows, I go the VM preferences and enable each folder I want to share VMware Fusion v4.1.1 and Windows 8. I have never had this problem with other versions of Windows. Thanks. Bob.Windows 8 is pre-release OSs not a stable one, so it might not support access this share folder. I migrated to Fusion 10 from 8 and now I cannot ping any of my migrated VMshave been trying everthing to get to shared folders vmware hostI work with VMware Fusion 8 and Window10. At any time, my Access database gives me errors codes and Im loosing data (see photo attached)! Create a shortcut to the shared folders on your Windows image desktop: Navigate to Start > My Computer. You should see a mapped drive, with a drive letter, such as: Shared folders on .host (ZNone. c-vmware-fusion c-vmware-fusion Delete. VMware Fusion has a nifty feature called Shared Folders thats lets you access data on the underlying Mac OSX host from within the guestSource: Shared Folders Windows 10 upgrade from 15.11. |Email check failed, please try again. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. vmware fusion 8 w/latest updates. wired network connections. Windows 10 Pro guest vms using bridged networking connection with static IPsThe VM accessing the company file is accessing the file via the UNC path.So I have to wonderis this a fusion guest/host issue? Windows 10 issue? Cannot Access Shared Folder vmwareI have a Mac running VMWare Fusion with SnowWindows 10 runs under VMware Fusion 7.1.2 on my MacBook Pro There is no trace ofvirtual machine, and I set a shared folder at the Windows 7 host which is running VMware workstation. 2009-10-17 . VMWare Fusion has a shared folders feature which allows you to seamlessly share folders on the host Mac system with the virtualised guest OS.Luckily, you can get the hgfs driver to mount the shared folders as your user. Cannot Access Shared Folder vmware-host Shared Folders My Desktop.VMware WorkstationWhat caused the problem for me was that I moved a Windows 7 vm that I had initially built using FusionVisual Studio, Xcode and VMware Fusion Shared Folders June 28, 2013 by Pascal Arnould. I cannot access shared folders or mirrored folders. 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/mnt/hgfs. 5) The complete D drive from Windows 7 can be accessed now with 54 Replies to Windows 10 and VMware Fusion. Neal Culiner saysThe major issue I had was that in Win10 file explorer, the Z: vmware -localShared Folders drive had a big red X and was not accessible, even though programs using files in the shared folders found them. In VMware Fusion I share a folder with many of my VMs. In a new Ubuntu 9. 10 VM, that shared folder is always mounted with the wrong owner and group IDs.vmwareexecselinux "mount -t vmhgfs .host:/ vmhgfsmnt" fi fi . VMware Workstation 10.x (Windows) and Fusion 6.xAdding a Shared Folder on a Windows Host (To add a shared folder on a Linux host,Apr 15, 2016 The VMware Fusion Backup app | 15 June 2012 on shared folders, ubuntu, vmware, vmware player, windows.Finally, heres a little trick to share folder permissions across Ubuntu Virtual Machine Windows Host. This also gives you quick access to the folder from your Ubuntu desktop. I got Mountain Lion 10.8.5 running on VMware Workstation 9.0.1 but after installing the latest tools package the " VMware Shared Folders" icon flashes up on theOnce completed to access the Host Folders from the Top Menu select GoAlternatively to make "VMware Shared Folders" visible on your desktop from the

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King Schwarzenegger: Life Lessons From Arnold's Biography TOTAL RECALL

Maximus Decimus Meridius | March 3, 2018 | 30 minute read

Starting a second year of writing for "the sphere" had me doing a lot of reflection. I never set out to change the world, only to have a place to spill my head out for no other reason than... I got to get this stuff out of my head.

That's what the last few weeks posts have been all about. I can only hope that my readers value something different and while a few posts were an about face in many ways on staying positive about The West's future, I am no naive idiot. The West is very, very, very close to the point of no return. Make no mistake, trying to right this ship is going to take Herculean courage and near divine, Zeus level will power. So while I still remain hopefull, I am always cognizant of the fact it may already be too late to save The West.

Which brings us to a man that had a huge influence on my life - Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Arnold won his first Mr. Olympia in 1970 and Conan opened in theaters to line-ups in 1982. To say this man loomed large over Generation X males coming of age is no small understatment. Between Arnold and Sylvester Stallone, the 80s were probably the most testosterone fuelled decade of big screen Hollywood entertainment ever produced. It is shocking, not just sad, to reflect back on those glory days and see just how far masculinity and manliness has fallen in The West as cultural motifs.

While everyone is familiar with Arnold's Rules from his book, I am not going to repeat them in this review. What I am going to do instead is try to pick out some valuable, and vital, life lessons that have been lost on young men today, Gen X or Millenial.

Arnold's a Boomer and despite their faults, this generation WORKED for the enjoyment they now lavish on themselves while ensuring they take it all with them.

And when I look at their children, I must say, I can't blame them on many days.

I wanted to single this point out at the start because I am tired, so freaking tired, of the whining and complaining. Which is not to say I have not done my fair share, but complaining about a problem does nothing to solve it.

Arnold would agree.

RULE #7: Don't blame your parents.

They've done their best for you, and if they've left you with problems, THOSE PROBLEMS ARE NOW YOURS TO SOLVE.

Arnold Schwarzenegger - Total Recall, p615

You become an ADULT... when you stop being a CHILD.

You become an MAN, CAPITAL M... when you ACCEPT it is up to YOU to solve whatever problem you face.

This, the blaming of Boomer parents for the shit job/career/life and feminist culture Millennials/Gen X now live in, will be those generation's Achilles' heel. It is going to result in a constant state of victimhood and finger pointing that prevents them from doing what they believe they are destined to do - upend the entire established order.

They'll upend it alright... just like children do when throwing a tantrum.

But what do young bucks have to replace said screwed up shit culture with? There is a lot of talk about a "new way forward" and #UpStream, but all I see in terms of real actions are a grasping for whatever is NOT Boomer (i.e. trad con or liberal) and an embracing of...

Maximus makes a prophesy - Millennials are going to outdo their parents in pure selfishness and greed because they are so desperate to NOT be their parents.

A better proof of this could not be found than in the dismissal of Warren Buffet as a naive fool on Bitcoin. (a "naive fool" currently sitting with a net REAL cash position of $116 billion, enough to buy 465 of America's top 500 companies just be opening his wallet!) I know Buffet is a globalist, but his investment philosophy goes to the heart of what the Boomers were and many still are today - patient, long term, future oriented, put in the work now for a dividend down the road.

Nothing, and I mean nothing, more perfectly exemplifies pure greed than speculation in Bitcoin and hypocritically thinking you are going to change the world in doing so.

Just admit it... if you own Bitcoin, you own it out of greed. Period. It's why I don't own it because I can see it is 100% a Millennial driven fantasy of bringing down the system... with the very thing the globalists are salivating you to desire - a 100% digital form of 'money' that they can tax to infinity and keep track of you your entire life.

If you think you are going to solve your problems as a generation by finding the Ultimate Life Hack to avoid what Boomers did their entire life - work - you are going to be sadly mistaken when you reach their age.

You want to know what the life philosophy of Boomers was that you hate so much?

Reps, reps, reps. There are no hacks to success. Get over it. Get to work.

And to give Millennials a bit of a reprieve, it is not their fault. Boomers grew up in a physical world, many of them grew up on the farm like my parents did. Gen X and Millennials did not. We were spared any young introduction to not just hard work, but the consistency of getting up and knowing there is work to be done. We can blame Boomers all we want for not wanting us to work as hard as they did when they were young, but it was that very experience that drove them to do everything for us - they wanted us to be kids and enjoy our youth, but the result was a lack of real work ethic and a respect for what work brings that has created the most lazy and entitled generation in human history.

The Boomer formula for life was simple: you work, you make the money, THEN you enjoy life.

While Gen X can take the blame for being the first of the lazy generation, none of us ever looked for shortcuts. We knew we had to put in the work, we just did not want to. Millennials on the other hand - and again, not entirely their fault, being raised in a helicopter-parent environment where digital technology makes almost anything possible with zero effort - seem to believe that you can just hack your way to solving any problem.

A salacious and slanderously unfounded sweeping generalization of an entire generation?

"What's the hack for that?" is the Millennial generation's shorthand for Gen X's "I'll get around to it."

Point the finger of blame all you want at your Boomer parents, but to become a Man, capital M, means you are going to have to put in the work.

Women. Finances. Career. Life.

It ain't going to happen over night.

Stop blaming your Boomer parents. Start doing the reps needed to solve the problem that is your life, not hack your way around putting in the work.

Are you a King building your empire to be ruler of?

In the weeks that followed, I refined this vision until it was very specific. I was going to go for the Mr. Universe title; I was going to break records in power lifting; I was going to Hollywood; I was going to be like Reg Park. The vision became so clear in my mind that I felt like it had to happen. There was no alternative; it was this, or nothing.

ibid., p31

There seems to be only two goals of men in the woke, I've-escaped-the-matrix-buy-my-book-so-you-can-too TRP sphere:

1) MGTOW - the complete rejection of women and the retreat into their own world (with friends of course, but small none the less)

2) PUA/hustler - money and bitches, greenbacks and notch counts

Will either of these two paths build an empire? A REAL empire? Not just some online fame and enough passive income to thrive in Eastern Europe or Asia?

A key aspect of masculinity is to create your own world. A world you actively work toward building that will not just support your life, but the lives of others (wife and children).

Something positive can be said for the hustler mindset. It's at least a beginning of a return to putting in the work.

The sad truth is, hustle is a word that undermines and demeans the very meaning of work - which is, that it should be meaningful, or at least honest and respectable.

Bitcoin is none of these things. So too are many of the passive income/life advice gurus in the sphere. Some are good, but the number of others who are hustling to sell you their version of masculinity and success, I don't need to point out that these others give the sphere its negative stereotype for a reason. No honor, no virtue, being sold here. Money and notch counts on the other hand... welcome to the club my brothers!!!

I knew the way my mind worked, and that to accomplish anything, I had to buy in completely. The goal had to be something that made total sense and that I could look forward to every day, not just something I was doing for the money or some other arbitrary reason, because then it wouldn't work.

ibid., p189

The story of Arnold discovering "the blueprint" for his life I am sure everyone knows. He read about Reg Park's life and career and made that his blueprint for his own life. He even cites money and "the best looking girls" (p31) as motivating factors in his pursuing his dream for his life.

But note what Arnold says about his mind, and is something I think that is indicative of Boomers in general.

His goals had to make sense to him. He had to be happy and look forward to working toward them, every day. And... if he was doing it ONLY for the money... it would not work for him. This reflects a very grounded and realistic mindset, something Gen X and Millennials shun to their disadvantage. Yes, many Boomers worked to make money, but that is not WHY they worked hard. They worked hard... because making money was a means to meaning and being a responsible, respectable, contributing adult to one's family and community. Working solely to make money ONLY for oneself - i.e. the hustle - is a dead and meaningless existence.

That may sound like I don't know the Boomer generation at all, but I do. That generation was much more family and community oriented. It's a subtle difference, but how many young people think this way about the work they do? Meaningful did not mean work was of meaning to Boomers personally (although for many, work itself had meaning in it), but to the community as a whole. They were working. They were contributing to the success of everyone, not just themselves.

The above quote was about Arnold trying to make the decision to return to compete in the Mr. Olympia one last time. He decided he had to, despite the contrary signals it would give to Hollywood about his future intentions (i.e. a foot in both worlds, bodybuilding as backup plan). He returned to compete because he wanted to complete Pumping Iron and continue to help propel and promote the sport of body building. Not only because he believed in its health benefits, but also I believe because he recognized the debt he owed to the sport for his future success. To this day, bodybuilding and fitness are Arnold's true lasting legacy, the empire he built. An empire he built not just to propell him to future success, but to help everyone lead healthier, happier and more active lives.

That... is how you build an empire. That... is how you become King of your own world.

This theme of giving back rings throughout his entire book, at every stage of his life. It's something Boomers still do. They are the first to volunteer to get things done in their community. The first to offer assistance to those that need it (i.e. why sadly they fall all over themselves to justify increasing levels of immigration without understanding the social cost it is now incurring).

If you are doing what you are doing SOLELY for you... you won't build anything of lasting value. A king does not rule over an empire for himself alone, unless he wishes to be a dictator.

A true king... rules over an empire of subjects that depend on him.

The smallest unit of empire for every Man is his world, and his wife and children who are under his protection and provision. This is why the PUA/hustler mindset is 100% antithetical to saving The West - it is selfish to the core and not remotely interested in the future welfare of others.

I know, you and I are not Arnold, but WHY have men in The West stopped seeing themselves as kings?

We no longer see ourselves as being capable or able to become masters of our own empire - of work and love. Western men have given up completely (MGTOW) or selfishly live for the gratification of nothing but their own egos and bank account (PUA/hustler). The West can still be saved, but it won't be saved by these kind of men. In fact, they would agree with me because they have zero intention to save anyone but themselves.

How did we get here?

Was it the ease, security and prosperity of post-war that created for future generations (Gen X and later) to simply never have to seriously contemplate how they were gong to survive? And thus allowed the seed of a wholly lazy and selfish attitude to replace the vigor and will to carve out a space for oneself in the world that helps push forward an entire community into the future?

But what about the conditions... the state of The West... the blah blah blah... it's all so screwed up now.

Whatever problems you are dealing with, they ain't NOTHING compared to what Boomers and past generations faced cupcake.

I was born into a year of famine.

ibid., p3

The first line... of the first chapter... of Arnold's life.

I am writing this post as much for myself as for anyone who reads my blog.

There needs to be a serious, and I do mean serious, reality check in the TRP sphere. As real as the problems we face are, they are nothing compared to what Arnold and many other Boomers faced at our age.

Think about the prospect of nuclear war. It was not just some idea you read about in school, it was real, palpably real. You could say the same of today with Putin and Trump saber rattling, but all this bravado is coming AFTER seventy - 70 - years of global peace. For my father, born in the mid 40s immediately after the 2nd World War, his 20s was spent looking back a mere two decades at the largest monster of global violence and death ever seen in human history, punctuated by something that had NEVER been seen before in human history - a mushroom cloud of planetary annihilation. My father is only one year older than Arnold, and he used to tell me that in his early 20s, he would just look up at the sky and wonder when the nukes would start raining down. Under THAT cloud of "current state of The West"... did Boomers shrink in horror of the future and point fingers at their parents about how screwed up they have left the state of the world for them to succeed in?

Reading Arnold's life was like listenting to my parents childhood growing up on the farm. The lack of running water. The cold in the barebones insulated houses, sleeping one, two or three to a bed as kids. Fruit for Christmas! (oranges or grapefruits). Getting up and milking cows, doing REAL LABOUR as a child to just survive. (The 40s were only a decade out of the great depression.) Or even the Italian immigrant I worked for (again, same age as my father), helping to build his retirement home in my neck of the woods. At THIRTEEN, he left Italy for Germany as there was nothing there for him after the war. Shortly thereafter, he immigrated to Canada and started a drywall company. Built it into a million dollar operation. Won two body building contests in my local community in the 70s. Now in his 70s, he's still as strong as an ox and working as hard as ever, still making it rain in the trades.

My father. Arnold. The Italian gentlemen and any number of other European immigrants to The West after the war... faced HUGE problems THEIR parents created, but went to work to make the best of their lives and live for a positive future.

Boomers came into the BEST of times after the war, to be sure, but that is not how it looked to them at the time.

John believed that the rigors of weight training, dancing, or being out seven hours a day surfing waves that could kill you built strength of character, and he was sure that this would show through on the screen.

"Look at the faces of people who went through horrible times; people from Yugoslavia or Russia," he would say. "Look at the lines, the character on the faces. You can't fake that. These people have principles that they will stand and die for. They are tough because of the resistance they've fought through."

ibid., p263

Hard times... produce strong character. Yet here we are whining about what? Hypergamy? Feminine imperative? Feminism and SJWs?

My standard for misery is the guys who worked in the diamond mines in South Africa when I visited in the sixties. The mines were something like 1400 feet down and it was about 110 degrees and the workers were getting paid a dollar a day and were allowed to go home to their family only once a year.

That's being in deep shit.

Anything better than that, and you're in good shape.

ibid., p609

Why is The West dying?

It's men are too soft and pathetic to get up and do anything about it.

One of his [John Milius, screen writer of Conan The Barbarian] big talking points was Friedrich Nietzsche; the epigraph at the beginning of Conan, "That which does not kill us makes us stronger," is paraphrased from the German philosopher's 1889 book Twilight of the Idols.

The other big talking point was steel. "Steel gets harder and more durable the more you pound it," Johan would tell the reporters. "It's no different than the character of a human being. It needs to be tempered. It needs to overcome resistance. The more a man struggles, the stronger he is.

Luxuries and comforts are evils for humans.

ibid., p277

The sooner we admit this, the sooner The West can be saved. If men would just stop complaining (including me), there is nothing that could stop us from saving The West and returning patriarchy as our cultural lodestone.

How do you stand up and do something about your fate and future?

Stop giving a shit what other people think about you.

The one who did not fit this picture was Clint Eastwood. The Mulholland Drive bunch liked to go out for dinner at Dan Tana's restaurant on Santa Monica Boulevard. They would sit together, and Clint would be there eating at his own table on the other side of the room.

I went up to him and introduced myself, and he invited me to sit for a minute and chat. He was a bodybuilding fan and worked out regularly himself. He wore a herringbone tweed jacket, very similar to the one he'd worn in his 1971 movie Dirty Harry. Later I learned it wasn't just similar, it was the same jacket. Clint was a very frugal guy. After we became friends, he told me that he always kept the clothes from his movies and wore them for years and never bought anything new. (Nowadays of course, he likes to deck himself out in beautiful clothes. Maybe he still gets them for free.)

It made a lot of stars uncomfortable to see a celebrity eating alone. But in fact, Clint was at ease and un-self-conscious.

ibid., p191

Ego. Pride. Status signalling.

What else can you call Twitter and all the leading TRP sphere members in it?

Sour grapes on my part? Hardly.

The obsession with ego posturing now that TRP has "freed" so many young men from the feminist matrix of hypergamy/feminine imperative, is actually nauseating to see. But again, it's not Millennial's fault. Social media IS an ego vehicle, the perfect one in fact. What is the existential question many young Millennials (especially women) ask themselves? "Is my digital self better than my real self?"

More than even Boomers, Millennials have become THE dictionary definition of the ego obsessed. Arnold's story above is of the very same thing. Back then, eating at Dan Tana's on the Boulevard was the opportunity to rub shoulders with other stars and show that YOU were a star. Is this any different than the fraternities and tribes of "real men" that are being built online around some personalities in the sphere?

Why does Clint want nothing to do with this crowd of ego strokers?

Cause it's bullshit. It ain't real. And Clint Eastwood does not give a flying F__K who he is seen together with.

Clint. Eastwood.

Two words. Three syllables. Yet the power and authority they convey is palpable.

Being triggered... is a Millennial culture characteristic that is rooted in the drive to not just celebrate, but protect the ego. Challenge a young person of status in the sphere on their future radical upending of society and the logical foundations of their new post-boomer world order, and they curl up into a ball of rage, or dismiss you as "old" and out of touch, refusing to even engage someone so clearly "beneath" their "intellectual" transcendence of the times.

A defining characteristic of masculinity... is a lack of ego.

Of not giving a shit. Of not striving to become "the shit." Of not wallowing in others "shit" or pointing out "the shit" that is all around us instead of simply leading your life as YOU see fit, not what your friends or neighbours believe your life should be.

Kurt Cobain cried out for Gen X - Here we are now, entertain us.

Millenials cry out "Here we are now, come and join us."

As selfish as Gen X was in seeking to only be entertained, we did not care what others thought about us and never tried to delude ourselves into thinking we could change the world. Millennials need to find some core independent self-confidence that is not derived from someone else "liking" or "replying" to how awesome their life is. I have even noted this myself on Twitter when someone gives a shout out to my account. My first instinct is to just ignore it. Why? Cause I don't care if someone finds me or not, I really don't. But the pressure to reciprocate because it is so instant, and most importantly public, is something I am still coming to terms with. To terms I say because I am seeing that my natural inclination to not care what others think or just ignore what happens on Twitter... is not how Twitter works. Millennials need to learn to give up the need for peer approval and inclusion if there is to be any hope of saving The West, but the very medium (social media) they are using to try and change the world implicitly makes this nearly impossible.

With Hollywood now on the verge of going extinct, committing suicide in its blatant hypocrisy and the growing resentment of it for opposing all that is good and decent in the world out of spite for one man, Clint Eastwood's lesson to Arnold of simply not caring what others think and walking your own path is a lesson on masculinity that still needs to be learned for many Red Pill awake young men.

Which brings us to the most important aspect of a Man not giving a shit what someone else things of him.

Girls are NEVER the goal. Become an adult - a Man, capital M - and girls find you!

I was dazzled of course. One of the hottest directors in Hollywood was talking about making me a star! Meanwhile, Barbara was sitting next to me on the couch staring into space. I could sense the wheels turning.

What would this do to our relationship and to me? My career was pulling me away from her. She wanted to settle down, get married, and have me open a health food store. She could see the storm coming.

ibid., p157

Barbara Outland was Arnold's first girlfriend. She came into his life... and left it... without much worry or deeper reflection than "We were dating, we lived together, we broke up."

Note what is key in the above quotation - "My career was pulling me away from her."

A King's only focus... is his empire. The world he is building. I don't know if its because TV and Hollywood were so analog and infant in the 60s, but it seems to me that the current obsession with girls and sex by young men (and old!) is due 100% to our cultural climate of... literally... having near naked females all around us in public, and completely naked/hardcore sex available at the click of a mouse.

So, we can't fault Gen X or Millennial men too much for being taken in by Red Pill Game philosophy of getting your dick wet. We are men, we WANT sex.

That said... maybe it's time to look back on past generations and realize that a Man's obsession with sex is taking away from the spirit and drive that allows him to build an empire and master his world and his destiny.

Did Arnold worry about not getting laid because his girlfriend left him?

Did he revel in tall tales of his player life and all the women he was fucking around with between girlfriends and before he met Maria?

Nope again.

His entire book... is about his mission in life, not women. How would a successful Red Pill man of today write about his life story? Notch counts, notch counts, notch counts. But what has he built?

It is safe to say Arnold had opportunities to have sex with many women. Perhaps he did (we know of at least three in the book, two before Maria and the one after). But again, for a Boomer of the sexual revolution, it was never JUST about sex.

Sex is NEVER the goal. A Man strives for connection and a relationship, first and foremost, and gets one because he is one.

Not that meeting women was hard. Bodybuilding had its groupies just like rock 'n' roll. They were always there, at the parties, at the exhibitions, sometimes even backstage at contests offering to help guys oil up. They'd come to the gym an the beach to watch us workout. You could tell right away who was available.

I liked having a girlfriend; someone you saw more often. I could enjoy Barbara's life, her teaching career, her school, her goals. I could share my ambition and my training and my ups and downs.

ibid., p139

No. End. Of. Pussy.

In California no less. In the 70s.

What attracted Arnold to Barbara when he could have been banging tonnes of California beach blond hotties of the 70s? "Barbara Outland was different because she liked me as a human being - she didn't even know what bodybuilding was." They started hanging out and having "long conversations" and the guys back at the gym would bug him about being "in love."

Do you SEE the difference in mindset?

Meeting a girl was not about sex - it was about finding a partner, someone you could talk about life with, enjoy each other's company AND have sex.

THAT... is what separates Boomers from their Millennial progeny. Boomers may have enjoyed sex, but they did not skip the relationship part, let alone shit on even the talk of it (love) as 'trad' or 'blue pill.'

What has changed since Arnold's time that makes this kind of culture impossible? Feminism? Are you seriously going to compare the militant feminism of the 70s with today? Is it the career focus women now have? Maria was hyper focused about her career AND a bloody Kennedy dynasty Democrat! Yet, her and Arnold found some common ground and made a life together.

I'll tell you what changed.

Red. Pill.

Game. Pussy. Pump-em-and-dump-em.

You can only blame feminism so far. Yes, western women have changed, and changed a lot compared to the young women of the 70s. But look at what young women today have to deal with? If it's not some soy cuck, it's a Red Pill man who is so scared of talking to a girl, just talking, in a way that might sound real (i.e. his true self she might get to know and like for who he is), all she gets is Game, an alcohol date, escalation moves and a fuck close attempt.

This... this is what happens when a Man focuses on pussy and not his life, of making something of himself no matter how modest or humble.

And note as well the lack of confidence. Sure, Arnold had a body women would through themselves at (my crush in highschool sure did), but every man of his generation had confidence that who he was was likeable and thus a woman, at some point, would like him too.

Any man who is still pursuing women solely for the purpose of sex... has failed as a man.

He has failed... because in getting ONLY sex, he has admitted that women will not only never like him for who he is, but that he is incapable of going out and FINDING a woman that does and who works for him, that could be his partner.

But the reality is that she [Maria] was not a trophy. It made no difference what the name was. If I hadn't been her style and she hadn't been mine, we would never have ended up together.

Her personality, her look, her intelligence, her wit, what she brought to the table, and how much she was able to participate without missing a beat were what mattered to me.

Maria meshed with everything that I was, what I stood for, and what I was doing. That was a very important reason why I was considering that this woman could be my life partner. I got addicted to her. When I reached Spain, it was hard to be without her.

ibid., p255

A partner.

A Man, capital M, is looking for a life partner, not a fuck buddy.

The situation in the 70s was a bad, if not worse, than today. Feminism was destroying gender roles and dynamics for the first time. It was not like today where the destruction of marriage and family roles is a given and nearly entrenched. We are talking about women wholesale telling men around them they are not doing the square wife/mother thing. Divorce was the most nasty and vicious it would ever be for men. Arnold is not stupid. He was not 20 when he married Maria. He could have easily taken the path of the Playboy that Hugh Hefner was pioneering as "the new way forward" for modern men.

But he didn't.

Arnold wanted a relationship because he was a man that respected who he was and what he wanted from a woman - commitment, friendship, intimacy.

"Maximus... this is all in the past. What Arnold had is simply impossible today with 21st century, modern western women."

Making the impossible possible

"As is so often the case, something that is impossible slowly becomes possible."

ibid., p428

This is a word I hear over and over now and sometimes even find even myself openly questioning if it is true.

Impossible is not something you hear from Boomers very often. Yes, they came through the best economic times in human history, but you have to look at those days through their eyes. The oil shock of the 1970s oil crisis, triggered by Nixon taking America off the gold standard hammered out at Bretton Woods to stabilize the world monetary system at the near close of the war (instability that led to two world wars) was positively armageddon in its ramifications for the time I was about to be born into during that tumultuous decade.

Here was my father, married, new job, son on the way, and the world economy was literally being turned upside down.

Boomers got to work, ignored the news, and looked to the future as best they could.

Today's generation (and I include myself in this admonition), look out on the world and see nothing but a black pit of nihilist impossibility everywhere they turn their head.

Making the impossible possible is all about reps.

It's impossible to find a woman who wants to get married?

Keep looking.

It's impossible to find a GOOD woman who wants to get married?

Keep looking.

I won't get laid if I don't act like a cocky alpha, dark triad asshole?

Back to the sex obsession again. Sigh.

Our failure as the younger generation - our refusal to face the problem WE created for ourselves - is that we don't want to put in the work, and we're not patient enough to wait for our reward in doing just that.

And we are losing time.

Both young men and women, Gen X and Millenial, are getting older.

Yet they continue to refuse to put in the work.

They simply cannot wait (for sex, for success) and seek out every quick hack and scheme they can find to get around "doing what my Boomer parents did." I.e. the 'trad' thing, love and marriage, family and kids.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and his generation may have screwed a lot of things up for their children and grandchildren.

But one thing they did not screw up... was blaming their parents for the world they were born into.

If we want The West to return to glory.

If we want real Men, capital M, to return to the world stage.

The young men of today are going to have to do some serious soul searching. They are going to have to look at that "new way forward" they believe they are building and ask some serious questions.

Are you really #UpStream?

Are you honestly changing things for the better?

Are you truly working toward a better future?

Or are you just avoiding confronting a very basic fact of your existence.

You were wrong. Your Boomer parents were right. The shit that is your life - money and love - is your fault.

It takes a delusional Man to think he has found a whole new philosophy for life that has completely done away with the mistakes of the past generation.

It takes a humble man to honestly look at the world, his life, and realize, there are some truths that are impossible to avoid.

Strength & Honor