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Neuro-discourse: Neuro-enthusiasm or neuro-scepticism? Neuro-ethics (?)

The critical literature on early childhood has grown in recent years. So much so, that in the UK, Routledge (an academic publisher) has an entire series entitled “Contesting Early Childhood”. One of the latest titles in the series is Constructions of Neuroscience in Early Childhood Education, which follows other titles such as Alternative Narratives in Early Childhood, The Posthuman Child, and (even…) ‘Be Realistic, Demand the Impossible’. The distinctive trait of these titles and the discourses presented in the corresponding books is a sort of counter-cultural message: we are not going to buy the dominant narrative!

This tendency in contemporary critical literature can be explained as a reaction to the positivist attitude of much of the publications that have celebrated the marriage between neuroscience and early childhood education, promoted by  ‘neuro-enthusiasts’ particularly since the early 1990s. The neuro-sceptics, instead, contest the idea that the most recent neuro-scientific evidence has major implications for the development of better education policies, and firmly oppose the ideological framework that connects meritocracy with individual opportunity and freedom. Along with these critical stands goes a preoccupation with the governmentality discourse of early childhood education. It is a sort of hermeneutics of suspicion, the suspicion that an agenda of control and coercion lies behind the opportunity narrative.

Challenging the politics of Early Intervention  (Gillies, Edwards, & Horsley, 2017) is another book that, though not in this series, defends the ‘neuro-sceptic’ position and advances a critical view of the application of neuroscientific evidence in the home and the classroom. This book clearly articulates the argument that early childhood intervention supports the perpetuation of socio-economic inequality through the integration of children into the unequal productive system of neoliberal capitalism. Other titles could be quoted, along with articles, conference papers, and publications in social science and humanities journals.

My impression is that this production can be described as a distinctive corpus of critical literature. It marks a stage of the academic debate, although its beginnings are porous and fuzzy rather than neat and sharp. It is not possible to identify precisely when the critical attitude towards the neuro-turn began, for the ideas that shaped it are much older. Undoubtedly, a major influence comes from the work of Michel Foucault on the technologies that socially construct and control our sexuality, mental health, and knowledge production. Other intellectual precedents could be identified, much more difficult is to predict what the next stage of the debate will be.

Ideas never develop in isolation from each other as if they were abstract monads. They are shaped by a context in which a variety of social actors operate, including academics, politicians, neuroscientists and others. Crucially, ideas are often the result of a reaction to the status quo, emerging from an effort by participants in a debate to think otherwise. This seems to be the case of the neuro-enthusiasts and the neuro-sceptics. Although it is simplistic to categorize them as respectively homogenous and antithetic, an interesting hypothesis might be afforded by such a simplification: the next phase of the intellectual debate upon early childhood education will be shaped by a turn towards practical ethics.

The hypothesis goes as follows: Neuro-enthusiasts embrace the latest discoveries in neuroscience as the ultimate proof that learning mainly depends on the brain. In order to promote learning and ‘opportunity-hoarding’, the argument goes, the infant brain becomes the focus of attention and the target of intervention. Early negative experiences such as parental violence or neglect compromise the brain’s ability to learn and, thus, the child’s opportunity to become a functional member of society. It is therefore a societal duty to create the optimal condition for early development of the brain in order to avoid more socially, emotionally and economically costly remedies.

Neuro-sceptics argue that such a discourse is crafted on the basis of exaggerations and distortions of the neuroscientific evidence, and even the use of questionable sources. However, it is not just a matter of the quality of evidence. If that were the case, it would only be a matter of waiting for better neuroscientific evidence to go uncontested.  The objection is more fundamental: it is wrong to appeal to neuroscience, because parents, children, and their relationships must not be objectified and managed.

How can these incompatible positions be negotiated and a viable, practical solution be found? Practical, for this is not just an intellectual debate, but rather it is one with major implications for the lives of real people. Practical ethics can be helpful here, because it might seek to balance the utilities and disutilities of the neuroscientific approach to early childhood while protecting parents and children from, among other things, the objectification and de-personification warranted by neuro-sceptics. Practical ethics deal with the dilemmas raised by complex problems at the intersection between, for example, politics, state governance, education, and neuroscience.

Whilst more traditional ethical theories are better suited to addressing more general, abstract, philosophical problems, practical ethics links the study of human values to the understanding of complex, specific, real-life problems. Practical ethics can engage the voices of all stakeholders to better understand the debate and to develop a richer account of the real world.  For example, how should we understand and measure the good of family life and the meaning of a flourishing childhood, in terms beyond those of neuroscience?  To what extent are parents entitled to provide their children with a competitive advantage given that, in a competitive society like ours, such an advantage corresponds to the disadvantage of other less fortunate children? What kind of parent would I be if, for the sake of equalizing my child’s chances with those of other children with less skilled parents, I refused to teach them skills that would make them relatively better prepared to compete in the job market?

It is not easy to formulate a definitive answer to these questions because, arguably, one does not exist. These are questions that take into consideration such a large number of variables that only nuanced answers are possible. That is, the opposite of the opposed extremisms characterized above.

About the writer – Rodolfo Maggio

Rodolfo is a postdoctoral research for BeGOOD Mothers: Early Intervention Ethics, a research study examining the ethical dimensions of early intervention in maternal and child development.

Connect with him online at @Rodolfo_Maggio

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We should also remember that during this transition process, some addicts may fall back into a relapse, but it should not be viewed as a failure. The addict just has to get back on his path of recovery and resume from where he left off. Eventually, over time, the recovering addict will be able to resist a relapse if he stays committed to the program, makes the necessary changes, and focuses on staying sober.

These are the reasons why drug rehab is effective, and why you should give it a go if you have an addiction problem.

  1. https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/principles-drug-addiction-treatment-research-based-guide-third-edition/frequently-asked-questions/how-effective-drug-addiction-treatment


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Thursday, 15 June 2017

Whimsy Stamps release–day 2

I’ve two more cards featuring products from this month’s Whimsy Stamps release.
First up is a *couch* pink card for a change …. not!  The stamp set I used for the sentiment is Thank You Friend, which I;ve teamed with some Foamiran flowers made using the Peony Flower die set that was released last month as well as another daisy.

Gotta love me some pink prettiness.

My second card I’ve made using the Paws to Remember stamp set.  I’m not a fan of making sympathy cards – I live in denial!!  They just don’t sit right with me so I made a thank you shaker card instead.  I love when a stamp set is versatile enough that it can be used for more than it was designed for.  The sentiment is also from the Thank You Friend set.

I’ve another card tomorrow, and yep … it’s got a touch of pink on it!

  1. Bev My Lovely, Your Cards Are Just Exceptional I Must Admit I Truly Love The First Card, The Sentiment Is Superb, With Such A Beautiful Font, Also Those Extravagant Flowers That You've Made Using The Foamiran, They Are Just Exquisite.
    Bev, Thank You So Very Much For Sharing Today's Extremely Exquisite Cards.
    Take Great Care
    Lots Of Love Also Huge Hugs 🤗
    From Sam xxx
    By The Way Those Stamps That I Won from Your Blog Was A Tremendous Gift, Also Extremely Useful.........

  2. Two more beautiful cards, the pink one is just beautiful and such a nice sentiment, I Deffo agree that there's nothing wrong with loving pink it just makes the day a bit brighter ! I also need to have a go at making a foamiran daisy they are just lovely , look forward to seeing tomorrow's card xx

  3. Bev, this is the most gorgeous card I've seen in a long time. You truly are a genius to keep coming up with these amazing creations!!! May I ask what die that butterfly is, I just adore it !!! And your flowers & that sentiment are out of this world.
    hugs, Janie

    1. Thanks love ❤
      The dies are by Memory Box, the butterfly is made up from two different die sets, one cuts the base and one the frame. I don't have the packaging so not sure what their names are, sorry 😶

  4. What a great idea for a shaker card and your pink card is so pretty and elegant. Thanks for sharing

  5. Oh my gorgeous cards, tho I am fond of the first card, love the flowers layout and the sentiment, perfect!

  6. That pink card is sooo pretty!! The flowers you made are GORGEOUS and so real like!! Who make that pretty border die? WOW!

  7. Two beautiful creations. Love the shaker card, fab tree stamp. I totally adore that first one with those lush foamiran flowers! Stunning!! Gorgeous layout and design on that one too. Such pretty colour palette. Love them both! Hugs, Wends xoxo

  8. Hi. Love this card. Could you tell me what brand the border trellis scallop die is.
    Thank you. Pam.

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About Me

Welcome to Beyond the Noise, my friend! My name is Emily Huff and I am truly honored that you would take a moment out of your day to check out my blog.

A little about me– I was born and raised in Oceanside, California, lived in Cleveland, Tennessee for 7 years and now have been a happy resident of Bradenton, Florida for the past 5 years! I am a beach-a-holic and prefer sunsets over sunrises. If I’m being honest, I would also have to say I run on a well balanced mix of caffeine, dry shampoo and Jesus! Worship is the way I connect the deepest with my Father and fight off the attacks of the enemy! That seemed to work well for Jesus when He was tempted by the devil in the desert, so I might as well do it too!

I am certain that the Lord is guiding me through a multifaceted journey of faith and reliance on Him and Him alone.  Let me explain. I have been a chronic illness warrior for the past 7 years battling several auto-immune diseases, other medical conditions and food allergies. I pray daily in the same way that Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane before he was to be crucified: “If it be Your will, let this pass from me.” If He heals me on this earth, great! If He doesn’t heal me until I get my resurrected body in Heaven, great!

Another chapter in my journey is relational. In 2016 I got married and in 2018 I got divorced. This is something I never in a million years thought I would write about myself (and will expand on in the future); but, as I walk this part of my journey, I am learning what true reliance on my Heavenly Father actually looks like and am thankful for His friendship and companionship in a way I never knew possible. My Heavenly Father has come through in ways I couldn’t have even imagined and brought me a peace that is genuinely beyond all understanding!

I rest assured that the Lord is not done writing my story. I believe he has called me into ministry as an author and speaker and I look forward to seeing where that leads in my future! I also have a peace that the Lord has plans to redeem my view of marriage and bless me with a Christ-following, love-filled and joyful family one day– but until that day, I plan to run as fast as I can to Jesus and introduce myself to someone who keeps up!

Friend, I do love to hear from my readers; so please reach out if you have questions or need individual prayer or encouragement! This is where my ministry begins!

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  1. What an incredibly special woman I met tonight! I had the privilege of chatting with you Emily, and hearing your heart. I quickly could sense Gods spirit in you and see him through the testimony you shared. I am thankful for your willingness to share your testimony, your struggles and most importantly your faith. It doesn’t surprise me that you have a blog and aspirations to be a speaker, I could see this in you already. I felt my faith increase through talking with you, and I pray that others are touched by your words whether in person or through what you write. Looking forward to growing in friendship with you and seeing what God has in store for you. Much love!

  2. You are Truly an Amazing Young Woman
    You are so open to our LORD
    You were a Precious little Girl, now A Precious Beautiful Talented Godly Woman ❤
    We PRAY for You daily
    Love and Hugs
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The Commonwealth of The Bahamas and Malta signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) yesterday, providing for the exchange of information between the two countries on tax matters.

The High Commissioner of The Bahamas to the Court of St James, H.E. Paul Farquharson QPM, signed on behalf of the Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, while the High Commissioner of Malta to the Court of St James, H.E. Joseph Zammit Tabona, signed on behalf of the Government of Malta. The signing ceremony took place at the Malta High Commission in London.

H.E. Zammit Tabona said the Agreement *“is instrumental for bilateral relations to be strengthened”* and “*demonstrated good practice in the global financial sector.”* H.E. Paul Farquharson said that *“this level of cooperation…signifies the goodwill that exists between our two countries.”*

Both signatories confirmed the agreement included all standard means to ensure due process is followed in tax information requests to both countries respectively; including, for example, provisions to protect confidentiality of information. The TIEA will also adhere to public policy considerations and provisions related to protecting legal privilege.

Malta and the Commonwealth of The Bahamas are both members of the
Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes.


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Every chapter of the Bible in 140 characters or less.

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Job 13 (in 140 characters or less)

"I want to argue my case with God. Be quiet and I will speak. Though he slay me, I will hope in him. God, why do you hide your face?"

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Job has had enough of listening to the three who sat with him. He wants to plead his own case before God and says to the three V 13 'Keep silent and let me speak'. Job needed to speak directly to God even though he was unsure of the outcome .... V 15 Though He slay me, yet will I hope in Him.

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The Bicycles blog wants YOU!

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Would you like to be part of a blogging community? Do you have opinions about cycling, or just a good story to tell? Do you love the Bicycles site but are you're frustrated by the limitations of the Q&A format? Come and write for the Bicycles blog!

What kinds of posts are we looking for?

Stories about bike rides -- These are easy to write up, and fun to read. If you have pictures from your ride, or even of the terrain or road, so much the better.

Reviews -- Have you bought a bike you love? A headlight that gets you home in the winter evening hours? We'd love to hear about it.

Cycling culture -- Posts about culture, weirdness associating with riding, frankenbikes; really, about anything interesting and strange.

Bike shops -- Do you love your mechanic? Your shop? Tell us all about it, maybe the post will help someone who's looking for a shop.

Controversial stuff -- Do you think helmets are a conspiracy by the styrofoam hat manufacturers? Is "carbon fiber" just another name for "cheap-ass plastic bikes marked up for suckers"? Your Stack Exchange rant-disguised-as-a-question will be closed in a heartbeat because Stack Exchange hates fun, but the blog is a perfect place for you to write about these crazy interesting ideas.

Stuff -- Anything that doesn't fit in the above categories. For anyone looking for ideas for posts, we've started a list of them. This page is filled with post ideas you can use. Also, if you have an idea but you're lacking the ten minutes it'll take to write it up, post to that page and someone else will pick up the slack.

What am I getting myself into (or, "how often will you want a post from me?")

The blog updates once a week on Monday mornings when we're lucky, twice a week when posters are extraordinarily prolific. But you don't have to write a post nearly that often, just when you have something to say.

Okay, I'm sold. How do I get started posting?

You'll need an account, and the simplest way to get one is to ask Neil, Gary, or Freiheit to add you. Just ping us in chat by typing @ before our usernames, or post in this thread.


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Improv I at Live Arts

improv banner Improv I: Character & Scene starts Sunday, Sept, 15, sponsored by Live Arts!

This introduction to Longform Improv will teach you how to build an original show of life-filled characters and spontaneous, hilarious scenes. In eight weeks of exercises, games, and a final class performance you’ll learn how to play fearlessly with other smart people in focused abandon; how to draw inspiration from almost anything; and how to find what’s funny and compelling in real human emotions, quirks, and experiences! Whether you’re interested in longform improv, curious about how comedy works, or just looking to have fun this is one of the best classes you’ll ever take! Maximum 10 students. Taught by Joel Jones of Big Blue Door.

IMPROV I @ Live Arts
Sunday Afternoons 2-4 pm

Sept 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov 3
Class Showcase Nov 5th 8 pm
Classes @ Live Arts Studio Z
TO SIGN UP, register at Live Arts online or email
Tuition:  $125

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Weekly Catch-Up: Issue #5

It’s time for another weekly update! Keep reading to find out the books I read this past week as well as what I plan on reading next! I also mention both films and television series that I have been watching. But first, let’s start with a quick life update!

Quite a few fun and interesting things were happening this week! On Tuesday & Wednesday, I was away in Niagara Falls, Ontario for two days for an HR Conference. I technically don’t work in the HR department, but I work in Communications which is associated with HR which led to me being invited to this conference! It was a fantastic experience where a learned a lot of new things while also eating a lot of food, meeting people from across Canada who I’ve only ever talked to via email and of course, I had a beautiful hotel room all to myself! We also had a fun Great Gatsby themed evening! Overall, it was a fantastic two days!

I also volunteered at the Inside Out film festival in Toronto which celebrates LGBTQ+ films and film makers from across the world! Unfortunately, I did not have any time to get out and see any films, but it was still a great experience nonetheless. I got to meet new people that I’m sure I will stay in touch with! I’m now super hyped about volunteering for the Toronto International Film Festival again this upcoming September!

I also managed to get tickets for my mom, dad, sister and I to go to the Toronto Blue Jays vs. the New York Yankees yesterday as a late gift for my mom’s birthday! We were way up in the nosebleeds and the roof was closed because of the rain, but the great thing is that WE WON!, so that was fantastic!

As you can see, I’ve had quite the week this week in terms of personal life stuff, so of course, my reading/movie watching/tv show watching took a bit of a nosedive this week.

Recently Finished: Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel

I recently featured Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel on my list of books that I purchased based on their covers that I hadn’t read yet. Well, I’m proud to say I that I have finally crossed off one of the books off of that list! Sleeping Giants was super fast paced and such a fun and unique read! I can’t wait to read the sequel!

Currently reading: The Party by Robyn Harding & Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson

I’m just a little over halfway done with The Party by Robyn Harding and I’m really enjoying it so far. I absolutely love thrillers and I’m already asking so many questions while reading this one! I can’t wait to find out all of the answers! I’m also a little over halfway through Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson which is another book that I’ve owned for a while, but just haven’t picked up yet! So far so good…and I think I feel a twist coming soon!

Upcoming reads: Saints & Misfits by S.K. Ali & Maybe In Paris by Rebecca Christiansen

Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali is one of my most anticipated reads for this year and I’m so excited that I was able to get an ARC of it! I hope to start reading this one soon! I was also able to get an ARC of Maybe In Paris by Rebecca Christiansen which I’m also really excited for!

Recently watched: N/A

As mentioned, my movie watching game has taken a hit lately. I just haven’t had much spare time to do anything, therefor I have watched nothing…and I am disappointed in myself.

Upcoming: N/A

I really have no idea what I should be watching next. I still haven’t seen Logan and I would really like to watch that one soon! Other than that I have no idea. What are some of your favourite movies that are up on Netflix (in Canada specifically)? I need ALL the suggestions, please and thank you!

Currently finished binging: Degrassi: Next Class Season 3

What kind of Canadian would I be if I didn’t binge watch the latest season of Degrassi once it popped up on Netflix? Not a true Canadian, that’s for sure. I mean, the acting and production value isn’t the greatest, but Degrassi definitely deals with controversial topics that not a lot of other shows really dealt with until recently. Degrassi has been doing it for a LONG time now. Plus, I always have to show support to Canadian film & television!

Currently watching/binging: Kingdom Season 3

TECHNICALLY, I haven’t started watching the new season of Kingdom just yet, but only one episode has been released and I plan on watching that ASAP! So I thought I’d throw it in here 😉

Currently listening to: BTS

I decided to add a music section to this week’s post literally just so I could talk about my newest obsession, BTS. I have literally never listened to K-POP ever in my life before this past week. I recently saw that a K-POP band called BTS won an award at the Billboard Music Awards which apparently has never happened before, so I decided to give them a listen and now I can’t stop. Seriously, give them a chance…they’re amazing!!

There you have it! My weekly update for this past week!

Thank you for reading!

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    1. I really have been haha! Oh yay! I hope they win for you too! 😀 This was only the third time I had ever been! It’s always harder without a commentator when it comes to baseball in my opinion! Have fun!! 😀

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Musa Sapientum

Banana is another ‘superfood’ that is great for the hair. It has excellent smoothing, softening and moisturising properties and is rich in magnesium and potassium – both said to prevent hair loss.

We use banana powder in our ‘DEEP Conditioning Hair Treatment’ as it packs a powerful punch for dry curls that need an extra boost.


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Overview: The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and their high-school-aged son, Steve Smith. Outside of the Smith family, there are three additional main characters, including Hayley's boyfriend turned husband, Jeff Fischer; the family's man-in-a-goldfish-body pet, Klaus; and most notably the family's zany alien, Roger, who is "full of masquerades, brazenness, and shocking antics."
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ExxonMobil — More than 50 Proud Years of Melting Glaciers!!

Back in 1962, the fossil fuels giant was bragging about its ability to heat up the Arctic.

ExxonMobil — More than 50 Proud Years of Melting Glaciers!!

From the Department of “Time Makes Ancient Good Uncouth” comes this historical oddity, a double page advertisement from the February 2, 1962, issue of LIFE magazine (which featured a helmeted John Glenn on the cover as he prepared to become the first American astronaut to orbit the earth).

The ad, extolling the wonders of Humble Oil and Refining, the company now known as ExxonMobil, proudly boasts that “Each Day Humble Supplies Enough Energy to Melt 7 Million Tons of Glacier!” Like that’s a good thing.

Set against a beautiful color photograph of Alaska’s Taku Glacier, the copy reads, in part, “This giant glacier has remained unmelted for centuries. Yet, the petroleum energy Humble supplies – if converted into heat – could melt it at the rate of 80 tons each second! …Working wonders with oil through research, Humble provides energy in many forms – to help heat our homes, power our transportation, and to furnish industry with a great variety of versatile chemicals.” What a swell company.

Taku Glacier in Humble Oil ad, LIFE Magazine, 1962.

Taku Glacier in Humble Oil ad, LIFE Magazine, 1962.

Anyone old enough to remember, or even just a fan of Mad Men, knows that those were simpler days when grownups drank and smoked with reckless abandon and if your tyke came down to the kitchen wrapped in a polyethylene clothing bag you were more worried about mommy’s dry cleaning being ruined than the risk of child suffocation. We’re talking to you, Betty Draper!

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The Taku Glacier in 2007. (Jeffrey Drost/Wikimedia Commons cc 2.5)

So back then the simple matter of a glacier disappearing must have seemed like no big deal either. Years would pass before human-generated climate change was recognized as a dangerous reality, although now we know, thanks to the journalists at InsideClimate News, that Exxon scientists told the company about the impact of burning fossil fuels on climate as early as 1977. After funding an initial period of research that backed up the scientists’ claims, Exxon allegedly chose to cover up the evidence and deny the truth. The attorneys general of both New York and California have each launched major investigations.

As for that plucky Taku Glacier, largest in the Juneau icefield? Despite greenhouse gases and the alarming destruction of Arctic ice, because of its mass and location, Taku still manages to defy global warming and remains a popular Alaska tourist attraction, putting the lie to that magazine ad’s fantasy of a rapid melt. If a glacier could, Taku would be thumbing its frostbitten nose at ExxonMobil.

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Ticket for the Lottery

I don’t know if Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” was the first short story I read that gave me chills as the twist came around, but it’s certainly one of the most memorable. Whether you are writer, reader, or both, her masterful use of suspense is worth revisiting, and makes her an author everyone should read.

The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson. Amazon for $8.89. The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker. “Power and haunting,” and “nights of unrest” were typical reader responses. This collection, the only one to appear during Shirley Jackson’s lifetime, unites “The Lottery:” with twenty-four equally unusual stories. Together they demonstrate Jack son’s remarkable range–from the hilarious to the truly horrible–and power as a storyteller.

Here’s Your Encounter in Paris

Today seems to be travel themed, book-wise, anyway, and who doesn’t want to go to Paris? Follow Ellery on her journey through life, and have a little journey of your own.

Encounters in Paris – A Collection of Short Stories by Carolyn Moncel. $0.99 from Smashwords.com
Ellery Roulet, a 35-year-old African-American PR executive living in Paris thinks she has the perfect life until trouble enters her world via job loss, infidelity, and death. When Ellery’s world changes at five different periods of time over a ten-year span, she quickly learns that it is how she chooses to deal with life’s trickiest situations that shapes her soul.


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I have an antminer asic, and it has web interface. I could see temperature and hashrate through it.

Now i want to retrieve and store that data (from multiple asics), within another program on another device. Obvious but inefficient way is to send HTTP request and parse HTML responses.

But does asic has some way (for example JSON output via some GET/POST requests, or even custom TCP protocol) to get information in machine-friendly format?

How do such aggregated statistics monitoring and control usually implemented in big farms? Is there any existing software for solving this obvious control/monitoring task?

Most Antminers have a WebSocket API that connects to the built in CGMiner software on port 4028.

You can test this in a command prompt in Windows, Mac, or Linux with (nc is a program called netcat which you may need to install):

echo -n "stats" | nc IP_OF_MINER_GOES_HERE 4028

There may also be a way to do this with CURL instead of netcat, but I have not had a chance to test it yet.

Code Examples:

api-example.php - a php script to access the API usAge: php api-example.php command by default it sends a 'summary' request to the miner at If you specify a command it will send that request instead You must modify the line "$socket = getsock('', 4028);" at the beginning of "function request($cmd)" to change where it looks for cgminer

api-example.rb - a Ruby script to access the API. usage: ruby api-example.rb command[:parameter] [HOST [PORT]] This script prints the parsed cgminer API response

API.java/API.class a java program to access the API (with source code) usAge is: java API command address port Any missing or blank parameters are replaced as if you entered: java API summary 4028

api-example.c - a 'C' program to access the API (with source code)
usAge: api-example [command [ip/host [port]]] again, as above, missing or blank parameters are replaced as if you entered:
api-example summary 4028

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I've built a small script for my personal miners which will not work for most environments (due to reliance on data from SlushPool), but it may be useful for some code snippets (C#): Here

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She is an energetic and passionate HR professional.

Amanda Cervonaro is an energetic and passionate HR professional who has worked across the IT and FMCG sectors as a Senior HR generalist both locally and Regionally over the past 10 years. She has worked on a range of projects from creating a holistic approach to rewards, to complex outsourcing and organisation design, to Regional wide strategies to ensure the business is best in class from a diversity and inclusion standpoint.

She thrives on providing solutions to make work fun, outcome driven and ensures that ethics from first. Amanda is great coach with many many professional accreditation to her name including Human Synergistic, Life Styles Inventory, InsideOut Development; Inside out Coaching, The Ken Blanchard Companies,Situational Leadership 11,and Suzi Skinner, MD of Roar People’s latest masterpiece, Leadership ID.

She has leveraged her strong relationship skills and professional accreditation to partner with business leaders. The outcomes range from increased employee engagement to reduced turnover as well as motivated employees who are inclusive, leverage the differences in others and strive to reach their fullest potential.


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StarCraft II Celebrates a New Champion

This year, StarCraft celebrated its 20th anniversary. If it were a person, it would be in college, or out working a job, trying to find its feet—it would be a time of life in which big change is nigh inevitable.

Here at BlizzCon 2018, in front of a standing-room only crowd that needed to be capped by venue security, StarCraft went through a transition: for the first time in its history, a non-Korean won a global final event. Joona "Serral" Sotala, the soft-spoken, trilby-wearing Finnish Zerg, won the WCS Global Finals.

The most engaging plotlines are those with twists. How sure we all were at the beginning of BlizzCon—how perfect!—how the stars had aligned for the perfect match between Serral and Terran player Cho "Maru" Seong Ju. Both dominated their respective circuits throughout 2018, winning every event they participated in, setting the stage for a symmetrical showdown.
Of course, that dream was squashed after Maru went down in a quick 3-0 loss early on BlizzCon 2018's opening day.

Then a new dream emerged: as Saturday shaped up, all of a sudden we were faced with a rematch of this year's GSL vs. The World, which Serral had closed out in a nailbiting 4-3 win over Kim "Stats" Dae Yeob. It was the perfect outcome we never knew we wanted—until we had it.

Serral drew ahead early in the best-of-seven Grand Finals, racking up three wins with insane defense and the patient death-by-a-thousand-cuts style for which he is known, loved, and feared. As the crowd in front of the stage swelled to maximum capacity, expecting a clean 4-0, Stats—who is known as one of the most well-rounded, consistent, best Protoss players in the world—showed the crowd that their hero could bleed, taking two games in a row.

“I was a bit annoyed, I was a bit mad at myself,” Serral said. “I think I did some dumb mistakes. But otherwise, it didn’t faze me too much.”

The next game became an air vs. air battle that had viewers on the edge of their seats. Although Stats’ army appeared dominant, Serral poked and prodded at the South Korean’s economy, slowly suffocating him while showing masterful control of his air forces. As Stats typed out his final “gg," the capacity crowd erupted, shaking the walls of the Anaheim Convention Center.

After the match, Serral was swarmed by press, taking photos of him holding the trophy, firing questions at him. When it was all over, I asked him if it was a lot to deal with after winning something so huge.

“It feels good to win the whole event and make history while doing it,” he said, smiling. “Feels incredible, [but] it hasn’t sunk in yet."

It was a journey years in the making. In 2015, Serral could barely make it into the round of 32 at WCS events. It’s taken years to get to this point, but he never gave up. “I have always loved StarCraft, and that’s why I keep playing it,” Serral said. “In the last year, I ended high school and I’ve been building my skill level. This year, I managed to get very good and consistent.”

As for Serral's future? He’s not going anywhere. “I want to keep playing, go for all the titles I can try to get,” he said. “I don’t think I’m going to stop or slow down at all.”

Everything grows up: games, communities, passions, and people. StarCraft has been, and will be for many years to come, an expression of the best in us. Esports wouldn’t be where it is today without StarCraft—many of our lives would not be where they are today without StarCraft—and the result of the WCS Global Finals showed us that with persistence, a good mentality, and friends who support you, nothing is really impossible.


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Rio+20, #sustainability & the commons: tragedy of the commons at 3 levels (#systemsthinking #stwg)

As my readers may know, I’m a member of the Systems Thinking World LinkedIn discussion group and there’s a running thread regarding that United Nations call from Secretary General Ban Ki Moon about some revolutionary thinking to get the global economy out of the marsh it is now.

Thanks to that (long) thread, I’ve been acquainted with various initiatives, one of them being that of The School of Commoning. One of their home page blog article is about a Tragedy of the Commons identified following the Rio+20 UN world conference recently.

Indeed, I identified not one, not two, but three Tragedy of the Commons happening regarding these sustainability issues, though not all at the same level, but probably reinforcing the whole problem at a bigger level (haven’t modelled that from a higher level, though, someone ought to do it. Volunteers, somewhere?). They are:

  1. Fight for usage of non renewable resources (or commons)
  2. Fight for monetization of non renewable resources (or commons)
  3. Fight for control over the non renewable resources (or commons)

Let’s review them each in turn…

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Could it be that the SEE system is self-sustaining the current global mess? (#systemsthinking)

Reading about a draft report created out of contributions by Systems Thinkers on the LinkedIn group “Systems Thinking World“, in a discussion aimed at replying to UN’s General Secretary Ban Ki Moon call for revolutionary thinking regarding the current economic crisis, the following considerations occurred to me:

“Could it be that the current Social, Economical and Ecological interplay (system) is indeed sustaining the current situation (a downward slope to future ecological, economic and hence social havoc?”

I tried to quickly summarized my view in the attached diagram (for those that don’t know how to read such a diagram: boxes are “stock” that accumulate (or decrease) over time. Arrows are “flows” between stocks. A + arrow means that both sides of it move in the same direction (if origin increases, so does the destination of it, and conversely when decreasing). A – arrow means the two ends of the arrow move in opposite directions (if origin increases, destination decreases and vice-versa)).

Systems Dynamics causal loop diagram of SEE sustaining an unsustainable future...

The corresponding explanation would go something as:

  • The Economy being in a downturn, it negatively impacts the Social capital of people (trust, willing to give to others [not in terms of money but more on the line of compassion and relationships]), which makes them less likely to contribute to improvements of the Economy (R1).
  • A decreasing Economy is negatively impacting Ecology as well (R2 through Ecological capital and Survival Instinct back to Social Capital) which, along with all the fuss about Ecology in the medias (UN call including), stresses out our Survival instinct, thereby negatively impacting our Social capital as well.
  • The less we have a Social capital, the less likely we are to contribute to Ecology (R4).
  • The last loop is about our stressed out Survival instinct that negatively impacts our Social capital, reinforcing the downturn in Survival instinct (R3).

Please show me where I’m wrong?!

Of course, should that situation has an ounce of veracity, the question would be: out to get out of it. This is the whole purpose of the aforementioned thread to propose some systemic (revolutionary in itself, probably) answer.

Nobody Ever Gets Credit for Fixing Problems that Never Happened (Creating & Sustaining Process Improvement) #Lean paper #stwg

Here’s a fundamental paper that explains some of the difficulties of introducing and sustaining Lean in companies, from a Systems Thinking (Systems Dynamics to be more precise) point of view.

The paper has been authored by John Sterman and Nelson Repenning and is available here.

The paper’s very didactic and takes the reader by the hand into building the diagram step by step.

A curse anatomy: #Systems Dynamics view of Micro-management #systhnk

Systems dynamics diagram of micro-management addiction situations

Systems dynamics diagram of micro-management addiction situations

The (real) situation

A friend of mine (middle manager) himself is subjected to micro-management from it’s own manager. Given the high number of projects and subjects ongoing in his perimeter, it’s a pain for him to follow all of them at the level of details required by his own upper manager.

A tentative model

Upon analysis with a systemic diagram, I found a horrible picture where the more a manager would go into micro-management, the more it will feel the urge to go. Here’s the explanation why (click on diagram to open it in a new window to follow explanations)

At the beginning, there is a micro-management need, either from a personal inclination and/or from a high hierarchical position that naturally prevents someone from having detailed information about project.

Balancing loop B1: the manager being in micro-management need take on the micro-management of activities in need (from his point of view), which will, hopefully and again, from his point of view, fix any issues on these activities hence relieving the micro-management need.

This is the main reason which a micro-manager start micro-managing in the first place. Only that this triggers three different reinforcing loops that we will now describe, resulting in a classical “fixes that fail” systems archetype…

Reinforcing loop R1: out of that micro-management need, some activities are felt in need of being-micro-managed (because of perceived problems for instance). The more the manager thus focuses on these micro-managed activities, the less there’s a focus on other activies. As a consequence, issues on other activies start to raise (we’ll see why in the next paragraph). The more other activities have issues, the more they are felt as activities in need of micro-management, which increased the need for the manager to micro-manage activities.

Reinforcing loop R2: the more a manager increase his micro-management need, the less his direct reports are motivated. Which results in a decrease in management of their activities and further increase issues. Side note: an issue on an activity need to be considered from the point of view of the micro-managing manager. This further adds to the micro-management need in the first place.

Reinforcing loop R3: when the motivation of direct reports decreases (as seen in R2), so does the trust on the micro-manager in them, which further increases his micro-managing needs.

So, there we are in a situation where the consequences of micro-management further reinforce themselves.

The solutions?

So, where do we go from there?

Traditional way of dealing with “fixes that fail” archetypes is to try to anticipate the unexpected consequences (of micro-managing in this case). Here, that would mean informing the micro-managing manager of that systemic situation. As we’re talking of a personal inclination (whose psychologic causes may be diverse) it’s not sure that the person will change his behavior (further, pushing the model onto him may just raise it’s resistance to the much needed change, hence locking the situation even more).

It maybe the case that the current situation is one in which we’re dealing with a symptom instead of addressing the root cause. In that case, we’d be in a shifting the burden systems archetype situation with new possibilities arising. I’m for instance thinking of teaching people how to “properly” manage their activities such as not to trigger micro-management needs and teach the micro-manager that he needs to teach rather than do himself, just for his own sanity (hereby addressing the WIIFM: “what’s in it for me”).

It may be the time for some Solution Focus work with the micro-manager and/or the micro-managed people: what behavior worked for you in the past? How can you do more?

Or some coaching, maybe using Motivational Interviewing style where the micro-managed manager is brought peacefully to recognizing that he needs to change (for his own and his people sanity) and then coach him to change?

Have you ever been face with a micro-manager? How did you manage that situation without flying away?

A #systemsthinking explanation of lack of respect for people (fundamental #lean pillar)

I have recently finished reading this excellent paper from Raul Espejo regarding the law of requisite variety: “Giving Requisite Variety to Strategic and Implementation Processes: Theory and Practice“. Espejo is a person to read if you’re interested in the Viable System Model (see corresponding articles on this blog and my delicious bookmarks on VSM) as created by Stafford Beer.

In this paper, Espejo make the stunning comment that (I quote, emphasis mine, excerpted from page 3):

“[…] many organisations are still driven by the hierarchical paradigm that assumes the distinctions made at the top are the only relevant ones, which implies that people at lower levels are there only to implement them, but not to make distinctions of their own. Therefore the assumption is that the complexity of a senior manager is much greater than that of a professional in the production line. Somehow it is assumed that people at the top have much bigger brains than those working at ‘lower’ levels. Since they don’t, the space of creative action at ‘lower levels has had to be reduced. The assumption becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy. This becomes manifest when power is exercised by enforcing distinctions made at corporate levels to construct a limited context of action for the majority in the organisation.”

The last emphasized sentence is insightful for me: “The assumption becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy”. What is meant is that with top management having a mental model of having bigger brains than people at lower hierarchical levels, they take on more decisions than people below them. This mental model then hinders learning from the very people that top management would probably want to have bigger brain but that they prevent them from developing… Management complains about employees being cogs in the machine, but, because they think they are, they remove every opportunity for them to turn back to being human and use their brain, which makes them further into cogs.

Another case of espoused-theory vs. theory-in-use, I guess.

In Lean, we say that management should act as coaches to their reporting collaborators and don’t give them answers (we even encourage management to let their employees fail in order to learn). It may be slower on the short-term, but probably the best way to grow them and increase productivity and morale in the longer term.

How many times today have you solved someone else’s problem?

I hope you’ll solve less tomorrow…

Autonomy dynamic model (#systemsthinking from @doingwhatworks article)

SD Analysis of Autonomy

SD Analysis of Autonomy

Reading Coert Visser’s blog post “People prefer to choose for themselves what they initiate and they want to control as much as possible what they do“, I decided to give it a shot at modelling what comes to my mind using my preferred tool of choice: Vensim.

The first analytical thinking through a problematic autonomy situation would be that people’s desire and actions to increase their autonomy is motivated by Others’ action. “Their faulty behavior against me motivates and authorizes my reacting to it“.

Of course, from the view point of others, the same thing happen with us (‘A‘ in the attached diagram).

So, although each actions from A or other tend to reach an equilibrium toward one’s own autonomy desired level (loops B1 and B2), the connection between actions (center of picture, R1) creates an overall reinforcing dynamical structure where A and Others are competing for their autonomy levels. In the end, it’s more than probable that all will loose: a typical loose-loose situation resulting from a “win-loose” mental model.

So, I added, as a proposed solution, that an overall external loop (in dotted lines on the diagram) be added where A and Others exchange on their similar desire to achieve some autonomy, and do listen to and respect the corresponding desire of the partner. In doing so, they might lower their desired autonomy level but in the mean time counter balance the negative and reinforcing loop of their action and we could hope that they reach some form of win-win equilibrium.

That solution can only exist if Dialogue is possible between A and Others.

How are you communicating about problematic situations in your organization? Do you talk them through or do you complain, finger point to one another and stick to phone and mail to fire reactive actions to one another?

#Change Resistance as viewed from a #systemsthinking point of view

Thinking to that well talked about subject (232,000 results in google for “Chance Resistance” – quoted included), I decided to give it a shot… The result if the image below (click on it to zoom it).

Systems Dynamics view of Change resistance

Systems Dynamics view of Change resistance

You start in the upper right corner: there a change needed and a suspected resistance to change from the system that needs to be changed. So, the change plan is devised without too much involving the soon-to-be impacted people, to avoid raising their resistance to change. The result, once the change plan is rolled on, is double: a lack of requisite variety of the plan to the impacted people and their local situation and a feeling that everything’s been already decided. Both feelings generate some form of resistance (active in the first case, passive in the second, a form of hopelessness). They add up to form an actual change resistance. This actual resistance then confirms the supposed change resistance and also the measures taken to prevent further resistance.

In the end, this is a nice reinforcing loop or self-fulfilling prophecy.

What can be done to it? Well, a short answer could be to kill the loop by not assuming that there is resistance to change AND do whatever is necessary not to raise this resistance:

  • involve soon-to-be impacted people as early as possible so they can own the process
  • and involve them so they can adapt the required change to their specific variety so that the change is assured to be will fitted to the system to be change

Don’t be afraid of change resistance: just don’t awake it yourself!

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New Quiz: Are You Eccentric?

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One of the biggest questions I get asked is “Where do all your quiz ideas come from?”  I typically think of quiz ideas out of nowhere (inspiration!), but occasionally I take requests from Blogthings fans. And even more occasionally, I see what someone is searching for to get to our site and decide to include it if it’s a good match. (All major search engines automatically give web sites this anonymous information.)

The last way is what happened with today’s quiz. I noticed a while ago that someone was searching for a quiz on eccentricity, but we didn’t yet have one. I was surprised that I hadn’t written an eccentricity quiz yet, as it seems like the perfect topic for Blogthings. After all, we all wonder where will fall in the spectrum of unusual to normal.

At first, I didn’t know how to write an eccentricity quiz because it’s not a typical psychological dimension. I wanted to make my quiz as theoretically valid as possible, especially considering there are many ways to look at eccentricity. While doing my research, I ran across the idea of a schizotypal personality, and I think a mild version of this describes eccentrics to a ‘T.’ (And I should know, I am one!)

Schizotypal people tend to exhibit odd behavior and thinking. They have trouble fitting into normal social situations, and they look at the world very differently. Schizotypals are unusual in lots of ways, and they don’t have much normality in their lives. Obviously, this can be troublesome at the extreme, but when I thought about it, a lesser version of this is exactly what it means to be an eccentric. (And yes, if you were wondering, these types are a lot more likely to be creative or “genius” types!)

So I took a few schizotypal personality scales and riffed on them a bit to make my own test milder. Are You Eccentric? Take the quiz, and let me know what you get. Do you consider yourself to be eccentric?

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  1. Mine said I was very eccentric cool right you know when I first heard this word I didn’t know what it meant so I looked it up and thought this is tots me cool right

  2. Dr. David Weeks wrote a book about eccentrics which was published in 1995. His 15-point list is the most relevant on this topic, I believe. In descending order of frequency with the top five being almost always present in a true eccentric, here is the list of attributes:

    1 Non-conformity
    2 Creative
    3 Strongly motivated by curiosity
    4 Idealistic
    5 Happily obsessed with one or more hobbies (usually 5 or 6)
    6 Awareness that he/she is different from early childhood
    7 Intelligent
    8 Opinionated and outspoken
    9 Non-competitive
    10 Unusual eating habits or living arrangements
    11 Not very interested in the opinions or company of others, except to persuade them of the “correct” point of view
    12 Mischievous sense of humour
    13 Single
    14 Eldest or only child
    15 Bad speller

  3. You Are Somewhat Eccentric

    You have always felt that you’re a bit outside the mainstream. You’re not as normal as most people.
    In fact, while you may fit in just fine, you feel a bit like you’re passing for someone you’re not. Deep down, you’re very different.

    You can’t help but notice that you think and react differently to the world. You are on your own wavelength.
    You have your own thing going on, and you’re cool with that. You fit in where you can and go your own way where you can’t.

What do you think?

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German Shepherd rescues abandoned baby found in carrier bag

A German Shepherd is sitting (lying?) like a king after he helped save an abandoned baby in Birmingham, England.

The Birmingham Mail reports Jade and her owner, Roger Wilday, found the newborn in what appeared to be a discarded carrier bag next to some bushes. The dog raced to the bushes and laid next to the bag, refusing to return to Wilday when he called her.

“I walked over and saw a carrier bag – then I saw it move,” he said. “I thought it was a bag of kittens, but then I saw her little arms and a head, and the baby started to cry.’’

He quickly called the police and the baby was taken to a local hospital where she is reportedly doing well. The nurses there have named the baby Jade after her rescuer.

Police are still trying to find the baby’s mother.

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Themes: Fantasyland for your Kiddos

Hi Friends,

How is your week so far?

Max and I are having not so great of a week.  We’ve been trapped inside all week because Max had a fever – poor baby!  Yesterday we ventured out to Dr. Savrick, and turns out that he has his first case of strep throat (and a slight case of ear infection).

Image Credit: Mad Max and Family / Tara Johnson

From Mad Max: Here I am waiting patiently at the doc’s office.  Oh, yes, oh so patiently!  We are probably stuck inside (or as Mommy says “cabin fever”) until Friday.  We should be good to go by the weekend though (crossed fingers!)!  Any tips and tricks for keeping Mommy occupied inside?

Now back to our topic at hand …

As you know, this week we are focusing on travel (and a lot on Disney), and today we are focusing on the older set (Kids+) and the theme of Fantasy!  Here are some ideas if you really want to get into the theme of Disney on your visit to Disney World.

If you are planning a trip to Disney World, and you have kids in the age range of 3+ and up … this may be the memorable activity for you!  Do your kids maybe want to be a princesses or a knight for a day?  Or maybe a pirate?  Then be sure to check out the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique for your princesses and knights, and the Pirates League for your young pirates (or young mermaids)!  Be sure to read more about other Disney World Tours and Experiences too.

You can also add a Fairytale Dining experience to your day (and you get to meet Disney characters!).  Be sure to read about the otherDisney Character Dining options.

Image Credit: Mad Max and Family / Tara Johnson

From Mad Max: You can see my cousin C above to the left after her princess morning!

What do you think?  What special experiences did you plan for your big ones?

… also be sure to check in with us tomorrow!  Sesame has a very big blog to share with you, and she has a special surprise!

Mad Max and Family

Tara Johnson