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RE: Contour labeling

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  • From: "David Park" <djmp at>
  • Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 04:52:54 -0400 (EDT)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Aldenberg [mailto:Tom.Aldenberg at]
To: mathgroup at
> Dear All,
> How can one label contour lines with their function values? For
> example, when
> using the following command:
> ContourPlot[Sin[x y], {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1}, Contours->{-.5, .5},
> ContourShading->False]
> one wants to indicate, which contour refers to -.5,  and which one to .5.
> Best regards,
> Peter Janssen

The Tom Wickham-Jones ExtendGraphics routines, available from MathSource at
the Wolfram site, have a package ExtendGraphics`LabelContour` which will
label contours. However, when I tried this in Version 4 it did not work
because it uses an obsolete graphics option. I don't know if his package has
been updated.

Considering that problem, and also considering that it might not just be
contour lines that we wish to label, I wrote a new routine which I hope will
be useful.

Options[DrawLineLabels] = {DrawLLFormat -> (NumberForm[#1, 2] & ),
DrawLLTextOptions -> {}};

DrawLineLabels::usage = "DrawLineLabels[function, position, opts][expr] will
label all the \
lines in expr. function is a pure function of two variables which is applied
to the choosen \
point to generate the value of the label. position is a pure function that
should generate a \
number between 0 and 1. It specifies the fractional number of plot points
along the line for \
the label placement. position = 0.5& will put the labels at roughly the
midpoint of each line. \
position = Random[]& will put the labels at random positions. The option
DrawLLFormat can be \
used to set a format specification for the labels. The default is
(NumberForm[#,2]&). The \
option DrawLLTextOptions can be used to add options to the Text statements
that produce the \

DrawLineLabels[function_, fracposition_, opts___][expr_] :=
  Module[{lines, format, textoptions},
   format := DrawLLFormat /. {opts} /. Options[DrawLineLabels];
    textoptions = DrawLLTextOptions /. {opts} /. Options[DrawLineLabels];
    lines = Flatten[Cases[expr, Line[_], Infinity]];
    (Module[{pos, val, point, len}, len = Length[#1[[1]]];
        pos = Min[Max[Floor[fracposition[]*len], 1], len]; point =
        val = function @@ point; Text[format[val], point, Sequence @@
textoptions]] & ) /@

Here is an example of its use on a contour plot. I used the regular number
of contours, and also color shading.

p1 = ContourPlot[Sin[x*y], {x, -1, 1}, {y, -1, 1}, ColorFunction -> Hue,
DisplayFunction -> Identity];

Show[p1, Graphics[DrawLineLabels[Sin[#1*#2] & , 0.5 & , DrawLLTextOptions ->
       {Background -> GrayLevel[1], TextStyle -> {FontSize ->
   ImageSize -> 500, DisplayFunction -> $DisplayFunction];

Here is an example of its use in labeling multiple curves from a single Plot

f[x_, c_] := 2c x + c

This gives us an expression for c, if we know a point {x, y} on a curve. We
will use it to obtain a value for labeling each line.

Solve[y == f[x, c], c]
{{c -> y/(1 + 2*x)}}

p2 = Plot[Evaluate[Table[f[x, c], {c, -2, 3}]], {x, -2, 2},
      DisplayFunction -> Identity];

Show[p2, Graphics[DrawLineLabels[#2/(1 + 2*#1) & , 0.8 & ,
DrawLLTextOptions ->
       {Background -> GrayLevel[1], TextStyle -> {FontSize ->
   ImageSize -> 500, DisplayFunction -> $DisplayFunction];

I am planning to add this routine to my DrawingPaper package in the near
future. It is somewhat easier to use there.

David Park
djmp at

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Assertiveness and Cooperation as Components of Coaching Employees to Deal with Conflict

In my last article, I discussed the benefits of coaching employees to deal with conflict in the workplace. In this article I want to look at the starting point of coaching employees to deal with conflict.

Everyone is different

Everyone is different. It is these differences that help to create the discussion and debate that lead to new ideas and innovation in products and services. On the flip side, different goals, values, and expectations create the conditions for conflict. And, in the same way that individuals react differently to pressure so do they to conflict situations.

In determining the strategies and techniques required to deal with employee behavior in pressurized environments, we begin with functional behavioral assessment. Similarly, when seeking to understand how people are likely to behave in conflict situations, one of the most constructive tools available is the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI).

What is the TKI?

TKI is a leading tool that enables conflict resolution. It takes only a few minutes to complete, and, when assessed by a trained and experienced human capital specialist, acts to facilitate the coaching of employees to deal with conflict.

The TKI measures reactions to conflict situations along two dimensions:

  • Assertiveness, which is the length to which a person will go to satisfy his or her own goals and concerns
  • Cooperation, which is the length to which a person will go to satisfy the other disputant’s goals and concerns

Along these two dimensions, TKI identifies five responses to conflict situations. It is possible that everyone can use all five responses, but typically we all tend to rely on one or two response mechanisms.

The five responses to conflict situations

We’ve all heard of the person that avoids conflict at any cost. This is characterized in TKI as being neither assertive nor cooperative. The employee simply removes himself or herself from the conflict situation, taking neither one side nor the other. The result could also be a delay in dealing with the situation.

The other four responses to conflict situations are:

  • Competitiveness

This is the most assertive of the responses, in which the employee is determined to satisfy his or her own goals with no concern for the disputant. This may result in argument or the pulling of rank. This is often a position taken based upon individual values, though it could be based upon the perceived ‘need to win the argument’.

  • Collaboration

Collaboration is completely opposite to avoidance. This is the arbitrator mode, in which the disputant attempts to find a solution amenable to both points of view. He or she wants to see his or her goals achieved, but not by stamping on the other disputant’s views and goals. This may require deep analysis of the issues, and often leads to a creative solution.

  • Accommodative

The other end of the scale to competitiveness, an accommodative person does all he or she can to satisfy the goals of the other disputant. This leads to neglect of his or her own goals, obeying orders that go against personal values, and may ultimately lead to a perception of subservience.

  • Compromise

As the phrase suggests, compromise is the ‘middle of the road’ approach. It is moderate in assertiveness and cooperation, with the aim of finding a solution that is agreeable to both disputants. Compromise requires analysis of the issues, but to a lesser extent than collaboration. It also needs concessions to be made by both disputants.

These dimensions of conflict resolution and the response mechanisms are easily positioned on the following diagram:

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Everyone has a natural response to conflict, and this is predetermined by background, experience, and the context of the situation in which you find yourself. TKI helps measure the natural conflict response of an individual. With this tool, management can more easily coach their employees to constructively handle conflict.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Calling my Mommy

January was a really bad month.

Lots of miserable, awful things that I can't talk about.

Fights with Mr. D

Fights with Peter.

Frustration with Susan.

Frustration with the foster system and how slowly things move and how little we are kept up to date on what is going on.

The last week of January was the worst one. All that other stuff happened and then, I went to the dentist. And I needed thousands and thousands of dollars worth of work done. And in the midst of that, my 14 year old dog had some sort of stroke and needed to be put down as she could no longer control her body movements to stand, walk, or eat.

So, I did what any person with a normal, healthy childhood did. I called my Mommy.

And as I did it, as I dialed, as I talked to her about the teeth and the dog and the struggles with kids, as I hung up feeling better, I thought about LT's blog. I've been reading LT a lot lately, working my way through her archives.

What LT repeatedly says she wants more than anything in the world is a Mom. And the foster system failed to give her that, so she is still searching.

I can call my mommy when I have a really bad day and she can make it better--sometimes just by listening while I talk. Children who age out of foster care....children who are in foster care.....can't do that.

As a foster parent, I do my best to be the stand-in mommy for the kids in my care. I think I do that pretty well for O, probably a little less well for L. When L really wants her mommy, I know that the only thing that I can do is be there as much as she wants me to be, listen when she wants to talk, and love her whether she wants me to or not. I hope it's enough.

It's unlikely that L and O will ever age out--their mother is working hard on her plan, there are other family members stepping in and offering to be their family caregiver--and even if they do, they have this experience of their mother not walking away from them, so I don't think they will ever been where LT is in terms of the feelings of rejection by everyone who should have cared about them.

I don't know where I'm going with this post. I wanted my Mommy today. And I called her. And I felt better.

It saddens me to know how many children there are for whom that simple moment of receiving comfort where it is expected is out of their reach.

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

If Ye Then Be Risen

My favorite chapter of the New Testament.     I drew this is my sketchbook and written as much as I could on the face. To remind me to look at myself first.
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.14 And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.20 Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God;23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

Monday, May 7, 2012

CED: One Red Balloon

Creative Everyday Challenge: One

One sweet girl with one red balloon.

Looking @ Others Work

I've been away because I lost confidence in my work. Although I still love my art, I let myself get drawn into comparing myself with other artist. This is a no-no in Christianity and as I have learned recently with my art.( 1 Cornthians 10:12 but they measuring themselves by themseves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.) So I picked up my pen because it was slow at work and doodle. My goal was not to worry about mistakes but to just draw something and fill in the whole page. Here are my doodles:
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Manchester Water Main Break Repairs Expected To Last All Day

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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO (KTVI) – A water main break led to icy conditions and a traffic mess on busy Manchester Road in unincorporated west St. Louis County.

The break happened around 5:00am Monday on Manchester Road at Manchester Meadows.

The busy thoroughfare was shut down both ways for a while crews got the water shut off and salted down the roadway where ice developed from the break.

Water was flowing out of the ground for some time.

A spokesperson with Missouri American Water says a 12-inch diameter water main broke.

We’re told water has been turned off and crews hope to have the repairs done by the evening rush hour.

We talked with one business owner who is completely without water.

Missouri American water says very cold river water hitting aging underground pipes likely caused the break.


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Ebola outbreak: Get up to speed with the latest developments

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A health care worker worker who just returned from West Africa is under a mandatory quarantine at a New Jersey hospital. New York, New Jersey and Illinois implement mandatory Ebola quarantine policies as the federal government considers a similar move. The 101st Airborne Division assumes control of the U.S. mission to fight Ebola in Liberia.

Here’s the latest on the Ebola outbreak:

Health worker quarantined in New Jersey

A health care worker who just returned from West Africa does not have Ebola, according to a preliminary test, New Jersey officials said Saturday. But Kaci Hickox, a nurse who cared for Ebola patients while on assignment with Doctors Without Borders in Sierra Leone, will remain in quarantine at Newark’s University Hospital for at least 21 days under a controversial new state policy.

Hickox wrote in an editorial for a Dallas newspaper, “This is not a situation I would wish on anyone.”

“Doctors Without Borders is very concerned about the conditions and uncertainty she (Hickox) is facing,” an official with the organization said Saturday.

The hospital issued a statement that said, “While we understand that the required quarantine is an inconvenience, it is our primary goal to make sure that the patient is as comfortable as possible.”

Hickox arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday and was thought to have a fever during an airport Ebola screening. She was then transported to the hospital.

Doctor’s fiancee tests negative for Ebola

The fiancee of Craig Spencer, the Doctors Without Borders physician who tested positive for Ebola in New York this week, is healthy with no symptoms of the virus, according to NYC Health Department spokeswoman Jean Weinberg.

The unidentified woman returned to her apartment, where she will remain under quarantine for at least 21 days after undergoing testing at Bellevue Hospital, the same hospital where Spencer is receiving treatment for Ebola.

Spencer, 33, tested positive for the virus Thursday after returning from Guinea on October 17 and is the first case of Ebola diagnosed in New York.

Three states implement mandatory quarantine policies

On the day medical worker Kaci Hickox arrived back in the United States, the governors of New York and New Jersey abruptly announced a new policy to increase airport screening for Ebola and to require anyone who has direct contact with Ebola patients to remain in quarantine for up to three weeks.

“This is not the time to take chances,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo — joined by his New Jersey counterpart, Chris Christie — told reporters. “This adjustment in increasing the screening procedures is necessary…. I think public safety and public health have to be balanced and I think this policy does that.”

But New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett is concerned that the mandatory quarantine will discourage doctors and nurses from volunteering to take care of Ebola patients in West Africa, her spokeswoman said Saturday.

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn also ordered the state Department of Public Health to implement a 21-day home quarantine for “high-risk individuals who have direct contact with an individual infected with Ebola” while in West Africa, according to the statement from the governor’s office.

“The mandatory quarantine order includes any high-risk medical personnel who have performed medical services to individuals infected with the Ebola virus. The order will be implemented by local health departments across the state.” High-risk individuals were previously subject to a voluntary quarantine.

The United States is also considering a mandatory quarantine for all returning health care workers from West Africa, an Obama administration official said.

101st Airborne takes control of Ebola mission in Liberia

The 101st Airborne Division officially took control of the U.S. mission in Liberia to fight the Ebola epidemic. Army Major Gen. Darryl Williams attended a ceremony transferring control of the mission at Barclay Training Center in Monrovia.

“Thousands of my soldiers are arriving now, and they are excited and ready to join this great team you have formed, so together we can stamp out Ebola,” said Major Gen. Gary J. Volesky, the unit’s commander.

U.S. ambassador to U.N. travels to West Africa

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations traveled to West Africa. Samantha Power will visit the countries at the center of the Ebola crisis: Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Power will also make stops in Ghana and Belgium during her week long trip, according to a U.N. statement. The visit is designed to show “U.S. support for these nations and their efforts to combat this deadly disease and to draw attention to the need for increased support for the international response.”

FDA OKs use of two new Ebola tests

The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of two new diagnostic tests for Ebola, the agency said Saturday. The tests, created by U.S. government contractor BioFire Defense, are designed to to detect the deadly virus in people with signs and symptioms of the infection, or those at risk for exposure, or those who may have been exposed to the virus, according to an FDA statement.

Mali quarantine after first confirmed case

At least 40 people are now under quarantine in the southwestern Mali town of Kayes, a Health Ministry spokeswoman said. A 2-year-old girl, who traveled to Mali from Guinea on Tuesday with her grandmother, died from Ebola in a Kayes hospital on Friday. She was the country’s first confirmed Ebola case.

Another 10 to 15 people are quarantined in the capital of Bamako after the girl traveled there this week, said ministry spokeswoman Markatie Daou.

Ethiopia joins Ebola response effort

The Ethiopian government has announced plans to send 200 health care workers to West Africa to help fight the Ebola epidemic. The response comes a week after an urgent appeal by the African Union Commission for medical workers.

Mauritania closes border

Mauritania closed its eastern border with Mali after the nation’s first Ebola death. Mauritania announced the closure on Friday, calling it a ” precaution,” according to Mauritanian news agency, Agence Nouakchott d’information (ANI). The Mauritanian government had already banned travelers from Ebola-affected African countries, ANI said.

Rising Ebola death toll

There have been 10,141 confirmed, probable, and suspected cases of Ebola, almost all of them in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, with 4,922 reported deaths, the World Health Organization said Saturday.

All but one district in Liberia and all districts in Sierra Leone have now reported at least one case of Ebola since the start of the outbreak, WHO said.

The agency also said 450 health workers were confirmed to have caught the virus worldwide, almost all of them in West Africa. Of those, 244 have died.

By Shelby Lin Erdman

Ray Sanchez, Radina Gigova and Katarina Höije, Laura Smith-Spark contributed to this report.


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Friday, April 24, 2015

Figures from bullpens past

The sour news Thursday morning for former Twins closer Joe Nathan -- a second round of Tommy John surgery -- made me realize that as difficult as this year has been for the current Twins bullpen, it's been rougher for a lot of former Twins relievers.

A quick accounting:

Nathan has faced one batter, Torii Hunter in the season opener. He struck Hunter out on a disputed call, then went on the disabled. list. On Wednesday Nathan was to throw 30 pitches on a rehab assignment. He got through 10 and walked off the mound holding his elbow. The diagnosis the next day: tears of his ulnar collateral ligament and flexor pronator. He vows to return, but ... this will be his second ligament replacement, and the track record on repeat TJ surgeries is not good. Plus, face it, he's 40.
LaTroy Hawkins is even older (42), and had said this would be his final season. He opened as the closer for Colorado, but was stripped of the job last week. On Thursday he went on the disabled list.

Jose Mijares was released in spring training by Cincinnati. He was released the previous spring by Boston and hasn't pitched in the majors since 2013. And after he was cut by the Reds, he got hit with a 50-game suspension for a "drug of abuse." Mijares is only 30, he's left-handed, and he has a career ERA of 3.23 and a lifetime BA allowed to left-handers of .223, but he's wearing out his welcome very quickly.

Jesse Crain left the Twins after 2010, signed with the White Sox, had a big year by throwing his slider far more often, made the All-Star team in 2013 -- and got hurt before the game was played. He's since bounced from the White Sox to Tampa Bay to Houston and back to the White Sox, where he's in extended spring training.

Matt Capps was in spring training with the Braves, was released, then re-signed by the Braves. If he's still in their organization, he isn't pitching. He has just 12 professional innings in the past  two years. He's only 31, but it's not looking good.

Jared Burton, let go by the Twins, signed a minor-league deal with the Yankees, who released him during spring training, then re-signed him to another minor-league deal. This avoided paying him a retention bonus (which may have been part of the Braves' maneuvering with Capps as well). Still, we're several weeks into the season and Burton hasn't appeared in a game, majors or minors.

That's a full bullpen of former Twins mainstays who are now injured or just hanging on.

It's not all bleak for the ex-Twins. Anthony Swarzak landed with Cleveland; signed to a minor-legue contract after the Twins cut him loose, he made the major league team without benefit of an opt-out clause. But he's been the exception.

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Monday, June 29, 2015

More on Torii Hunter as a Hall of Fame candidate

Torii Hunter watches one of his two homers on Saturday
leave the yard in Milwaukee.
I wrote far too much for the Monday print column on Torii Hunter, the Hall of Fame, and center fielders who are in or out.

Too much is not enough for me, I guess. Here's a tangent I left out.

Hunter moved from center to right in midseason 2010. This, in my view, not only does not hurt his Hall of Fame case, it enhances it.

Center field is a premium defensive position. The ability to cover ground is essential, and teams will put up with a certain lack of offense to have a good defensive center fielder. This is why Aaron Hicks keeps getting playing time despite his anemic hitting.

Most center fielders, when they lose a step or two in the outfield, quickly fade out of the majors. They don't hit well enough to fill a corner outfield role, and if they aren't good enough defensively for the middle garden, they're done.

The ones who can hit move to a less demanding position. Mickey Mantle played first base the last few years of his career. Ty Cobb moved to right field for the last two seasons of his career. Kirby Puckett, of course, ended his career as a right fielder.  Andre Dawson would be an example more comparable to Hunter, although in his 20s he hit for better averages than Hunter did.

Hunter, in his first go-around with the Twins, was an exemplar of a center field type: Defense and power, but with a relatively low batting averages and high strikeout rates. This isn't as common as the speedy slap-hitting leadoff types, but there have been other examples: Vince DiMaggio (older brother of Joe). Mike Cameron. Paul Blair. Andruw Jones.

Those four were all quality center fielders, All Stars and (if the awards existed during their time) Gold Glove winners. But when they stopped being regular center fielders, they stopped being regulars. They hung on a bit as part-time players, but their days of 500-plus at-bats were gone.

Hunter turned out differently. He somehow hit better with age. Only now, approaching age 40, are his numbers receding back toward league average (and his three home runs this weekend have spiked his OPS+ sharply, so that he's now well above average for the season). His batting decline, such as it is, is coming about a decade behind schedule.

The point is: It's exceedingly rare for somebody to play center field into his late 30s. Only the best of the best get to do that. It's a real indication of quality for an aging center fielder to move to an easier defensive position and extend his career that way.

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So I've been sifting through Kobe's website after True Hoop asserted that it would make people like KB24. Especially in the video Henry linked to, something becomes clear: Kobe Bryant is boring. But not in the standard athlete-talks-to-media way. Kobe is most comfortable as a professional dad with concrete pursuits and a faint echo of well-earned leisure. It's not remarkable, but, at the risk of bringing up Arenas, it's certainly "knowable." I remember a commentor claiming that the pathological Kobe is the real thing, and this new incarnation is a put-on. That presumes, though, that genuine awkwardness is always going to be more awkward than genuine. Certainly, when the single-minded prodigy grows up, he can't altogether shed the shape of his soul. What he can do, however, is make peace with it, and mobilize it in the service of the utterly congenial and ordinary.

Here's a munchkin for you: why do we embrace Obama's somewhat mannered personality, while insisting that with Kobe, it's cynical persona? Both wear their intelligence, their impeccability, and their hygiene on their sleeves, while emphasizing their right to be loose within this. And yet one is seen as the most authentic politician in ages, while another is continually labeled the Great Deceiver of sports. I know athletes aren't politicians—if nothing else, the public craves authentic candidates, while in sports these complaints can quickly morph into a thug-hunt. But isn't Kobe a different kind of athlete, one for whom public life isn't a non-stop culture war? And at the risk of blasphemy, doesn't Kobe's steez offer a better template for Obama's image than other Senators do?

Ask yourself this: if the Kobe in that video weren't talking basketball, and his face hadn't become a visual cue for hatred, why wouldn't he be electable?

ADDENDUM BEFORE MORNING: This post was meant to merely point out that there's a similar structure to who we know them to be, but that they're seen as polar opposites in terms of authenticity. However, since people seem to want to take it far more literally, I'll bite: Kobe's Colorado problems (and franchise-murdering) are dark occupational hazards of being a star athlete, just as cocaine was for up-and-coming professionals in the eighties. Granted, one involves another person and the other is purely a decision about the self. Still, I could see them cast similarly as missteps that made a man realize where he really fit in. Except in Obama's case, this is taken as the height of candor; when Kobe hints at it, we scoff at it as spin.

At 3/07/2007 8:05 PM, Blogger Pooh said...

Here's a munchkin for you: why do we embrace Obama's somewhat mannered personality, while insisting that with Kobe, it's cynical persona?

Because we saw Kobe's earlier incarnations, which weren't always pretty, pre-Colorado even, while Barry Obama's doings at HLS were not broadcast in HD.

It may not be fair, but there it is.

At 3/07/2007 8:12 PM, Blogger Bethlehem Shoals said...

right, but can't you make a convincing case that kobe's used his negative experiences as a way to get past shit that other athletes might not (womanizing, egoism)? not saying it's true. . . but it's a version of things that distinguishes him and makes that past into a talking point.

like obama hangin' out. which was fun at the time, but now is a way of both showing he's normal/mortal and proving he's different/exceptional.

btw, i'm not bad that you got all the traffic off of that obama yearbook photo. . .

At 3/07/2007 8:43 PM, Blogger Bethlehem Shoals said...

mad, not bad.

At 3/07/2007 10:15 PM, Blogger Ed said...

nice try homes..
Kobe- straight out of high school ass raping athlete with no college education becomes a star, shills for sprite ,and decides that he doesn't need the most dominate player in the game...

Obama- 1st black president of the Harvard Law review, graduates Magna Cum Laude in 3 years from Harvard Law School. And worked for a civil rights law firm in Chicago rather than cash in the Harvard education.

the only comparison between them is that the both 1/2 black and have nice smiles..

At 3/07/2007 10:47 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I still think most Kobe hatred is media created. Anytime I've ever heard him talk he seems pretty normal/boring.
No one has ever held dwayde to any kind of entertainment standard. The last time he said something that wasn't boring he was gloating over last year's finals victory by trashing this year's probable mvp.
Not saying wade is a bade guy, just that there's a double standard that has almost nothing to do with how these athletes really are.

At 3/07/2007 11:17 PM, Blogger Andrew said...

I think, in a parallel universe, Kobe would be just as legitimate a candidate (at least personality wise) as Barry. People are used to candidates being liars and athletes being "real," perhaps? Falseness is so ingrained in politics that even an iota of personal truth is embraced (as long as it's not something ugly like "I evaded taxes on my home with the help of a political booster" or "I'm a crack addict"). Barry and Kobe inhabit a similar space in very different spectrums.

At 3/07/2007 11:26 PM, Blogger Brown Recluse, Esq. said...

wow, did obama really graduate from law school in 3 years? holy shit, that's exactly how long i and every other douchebag in law school takes to graduate. it's a 3 year program.

also, kobe isn't half black.

and it's "dominant."

At 3/07/2007 11:31 PM, Blogger D said...

Jesse Ventura was electable. Soooo, why not? All you need is more votes than the other person, right? In reality, there's probably a very small portion of the population that actually doesn't like/hates him. Much less that someone else, I'm guessing.

At 3/07/2007 11:35 PM, Blogger The Electric Zarko said...

It's because Kobe is a Euro. The best Euro of all time! And this unconciously realized dichotomy causes us concious disharmony, realized along the spectrum from Shoal's positing to Ed's flailing.

At 3/07/2007 11:42 PM, Blogger T. said...

Did Barry Obama every nail Kuchinich in the face with an ungainly follow-through on a jumper?

I bet those senate/house hoops games with Tom McMillian and Dollar Bill Bradley were pretty high level pick-up though.

At 3/07/2007 11:42 PM, Blogger T. said...

every = ever, obviously

At 3/07/2007 11:48 PM, Anonymous eauhellzgnaw said...

Suspect analogy. In short, it's true that both have spent time crafting calculated media personae, but I think that Kobe's on court actions reveal his true (basketball) self. There's no corresponding realm in which we can view Obama's true political self.

The reason I can't stand Kobe is that he is and will always be a bitch: a petualant child who shows his emotional immaturity when things don't go his way.

The clearest example on the court is his penchant for delivering cheap shots, usually to players who are getting the better of his team.

It's come to light this season with the Ginobili and Jaric shots, but remember when he elbowed Bibby in the face on a jumpshot in the playoffs (by the way, Bibby was somehow called for a foul on Kobe...and yall want to complain about the officiating with Wade)?

To make matters worse, even his detractors ignore this fact. People called the 80s-90s Utah players on their dirty play, but Kobe gets a pass?

At 3/08/2007 12:07 AM, Anonymous MegaPickles said...

MegaPickles & Obama... friends forever.

At 3/08/2007 12:33 AM, Anonymous paper tiger said...

i think the reason for questioning kobe's authenticity definitely relates to his having grown up in the spotlight, as has been mentioned, but also, and more directly, from the clear presence in his past of a serious transgression that left him with an image in need of reshaping. this parallel with obama feels too much to me like the implication that he, too, has some such incident, but that we just aren't privvy to it. i hope that whatever "past" he's assumed to have moved beyond isn't related to that "barry" yearbook stuff. and i gotta say, i know it was a funny picture, but there's something fucked up about referring to him as barry in the cheeky way that some of these comments are. and it's more than just a larry/lawrence fishburne thing, in that barack is a name that clearly expresses an african heritage or at least cultural association, and to externally substitute "barry" for that reads to me like a snarky deracialization and a giggle in the face of cultural identity.

At 3/08/2007 1:11 AM, Blogger Bethlehem Shoals said...

don't think i said this clearly enough in my earlier comment:

both pitfalls of the territory the two treaded at the time. . .occupational hazards. . .that ended up throwing their true path into stark relief.

and obama has said that using drugs had to do with "being confused about his place in society," so maybe p.t. is on to something with the sinisterness of "barry"

At 3/08/2007 1:15 AM, Anonymous HBaT said...

Stepping outside of the overdetermined FD mindset (i know i know not allowed or whatever) - of all the basketball fans i know, only one still holds some serious hatred in his heart for KB, and that's because everyone told him to hate Bryant two years ago because of Colorado and post-Shaq and dude is mad slow so he's still coming around. But, I mean, I feel like most fans at this point have either tolerance for Kobe or think he's a decent guy for growing up, realizing he's playing with goonsquad, being a good leader for a team that should be a good 10 games behind where they are right now, and generally being a great player to both watch and root for. He's far from being on some bonds "who's world is this?..." shit and aside from getting caught for his post-game frustration, he ranks somewhere around 13 for punch-in-the-face factor among top 20 players in the league (1. dirk 2. dirk 3. amare 4. sheed...)

At 3/08/2007 1:26 AM, Blogger Bethlehem Shoals said...

i would love to see that list in full.

At 3/08/2007 1:52 AM, Anonymous paper tiger said...

so, yeah, i missed the hangin out= coke point, and apologies for going more literal than you intended and to now take it even further, but i think it's worth mentioning that, structural similarities aside, kobe's possibly revelatory incident didn't simply involve another person, it involved hurting another person (even if he didn't hurt the woman as alleged, he at least hurt his wife).
further, if, as you mention, obama discusses his drug use in connection with being confused about his place in society, couldn't the admission be seen not as an assertion of normalcy, but as a critique of the society that forced confusion and its powdery recourse? not "i did coke, i'm mortal," but "black/white, red state/blue state drove me to drugs, let's change it, together."
i honestly don't know, just wondering if it could've been intended as the latter. i guess either way it does political work for him, in a way that won't be able to feel like a "pure" unburdening.
this may not be what we're here for.

At 3/08/2007 2:00 AM, Anonymous paper tiger said...

more succintly- accepting the comparison as a structural parallel and wondering why the response is polar assumes that people don't react differently to the fact that kobe's insight incite involved hurting someone and barack's did not.
or maybe it assumes nothing and this distinction is simply the answer.

At 3/08/2007 3:07 AM, Blogger sam said...

I don't think you can atomize Obama's personality/impact on people like that. His admission is such a marginal part of who he is, what he represents as a politician, that the connection to "persona" is pretty frail.

Listen to the man give a speech. There's enough optimism and conviction (ie authenticity) there to blow doing blow and whatever else out of the water.

At 3/08/2007 6:59 AM, Anonymous danny said...

The analogy holds because both Kobe and Obama have strategically or instinctively decided to let white America determine the parameters of their success or failure, and this determines their relationship to black America. This is not saying that they don't represent something very powerful to black America, but they both know that this is not the determinant of their success.

In this way, the best analogy is MJ. He could be a gambler and womaniser after he'd made white America love him and been seen to be unthreatening. Kobe got no love partially because white America didn't need another MJ, having had one, partially because he was a spoilt rich kid, partially because he spent too much time overseas not being an American. He just has no viability as an organic intellectual, on or off the court, even if he is boring. MJ at least represented fantasy - Kobe is too flawed for anyone similarly boring to identify with him. There's a difference between explaining to yr wife you had a one night stand and/or lost money gambling, and saying you're charged for sexual assault on the cleaning lady in yr hotel (whoops!).

At 3/08/2007 8:48 AM, Blogger Ed said...

Cocaine use is not as big a deal as butt raping a girl in a hotel room.
sorry it's not.

As far as law school taking three years, you're right but not every other douchebag makes it through law school in three years. I mean eighth grade takes one years and I'm sure some bloggers took longer.

At 3/08/2007 9:57 AM, Blogger zip zip said...

Obama/Bryant 2008.

At 3/08/2007 1:30 PM, Blogger Zack said...

We embrace what we FEEL is genuine and dismiss what we FEEL is a crafted cynical persona. Of course, Barry has only really been in the public eye for 2-3 years, while Kobe took Brandy to the prom a decade ago. So I'm sure the collective image of Obama will change, particularly by the time his 8 year run is over (??).

Anyway, is it a coincidence that most (it would seem) tend to perceive Kobe's persona as one he is trying to project rather than one he can't help but project? I can't say, but would tend to think, like others before me, that his on the court actions (particularly his bullshit/Jeter-esque facial expressions) override whatever his off the court image has/is/will become/becoming/become.

At 3/08/2007 1:52 PM, Blogger Pooh said...

First, in retrospect, I agree with P.T. - Calling him "Barry" was ill-done (though meant only as a reference to the yearbook photo which blew my fucking mind and still does. Shoals, I did give, as Trent Tucker used to say, due where due is credit as to where I found that one...), though it's also affectionate; in lighter moments, I say "Johnny Edwards" but never Johnny McCain for example. But I digress...

Anyway, my original point stands in that while Obama has admitted to using the coca, we never saw it. Just as with W being a drunken coke monkey in the 70s/80s, it was the 80s and everyone who was anyone was drunk and/or on coke. Even putting Colorado aside, we saw, in living color, some pretty unflattering things about KB24 that lead one to question the authenticity of his new, elder statesman, role. If it was just words on a page, we could rationalize it as part of his personal narrative (ding!) much more easily than if our touchstone is the video footage.

At 3/08/2007 2:10 PM, Anonymous paddy said...

it's a false analogy. kobe is kobe, obama is obama, and dubya is dubya. Everyone seems to focus on Kobe's marital infidelty, while forgetting that he was falsely accused of rape. Have you any idea how soul crushing that can be? It's not that we don't trust kobe, it's that he doesn't trust the royal US.

At 3/08/2007 3:19 PM, Blogger Wild Yams said...

I still stand by what I said about the old Kobe being the real one and the new one being the "fake" one; but by no means did I mean that the Kobe that came in the league was pathological. I think due to Kobe spending most of his formative years as an English-speaking African-American growing up in Italy (and also having only sisters but no brothers), he probably spent a lot of time alone just playing basketball by himself. By all accounts when he returned to the US for high school he was very much the same, just working out in the gym alone for much of the day or playing on the Philly playgrounds against players who were much older and who weren't going to look to befriend him.

I really think by the time Kobe came to the NBA he was a loner who just liked to ball and didn't have any interest in hanging out with his teammates and didn't see the point of or the value in that. Shaq being Shaq he tried right away to take Kobe under his wing, but Kobe wasn't looking for that and Shaq took it as a slight. The media wanted access from Kobe but Kobe had no interest in that either, and they too took it as a slight. With the game's new ambassador and the media feeling slighted by Kobe, they began to shape his image in a negative way, eased by the fact Kobe had no idea how to shape his image and probably only even tried to do so at the behest of his agents and handlers.

Kobe today I think probably does genuinely now understand the importance of forming some kind of a social bond with his teammates, and understands the value on the court of getting them involved. I think much of the "image rehabilitation" is still at the behest of his agents and handlers, but maybe Kobe is wiser now and knows that the media is not something that will just go away if he doesn't give them access. He knows they're going to write stories about him, and if he rebuffs them then those stories will be negative. The hatred for Kobe is not unfounded, but with rare exception none of us knows these athletes and we shape our opinions of them based on what we're fed by the media. The image of Kobe we were all fed was that he's the ultimate basketball villain. The real tragedy of the Colorado rape case was that it helped legitimize this image for many people, and has ever since been the rationale they've used for why they hate Kobe, when the reality is that they hated him long before that ever happened (he was booed at the 2003 All Star Game, remember). Odds are very good that the Colorado case was an attempt by Ms. Faber to extort money from Kobe (especially in light of all the evidence and the fact that she refused to testify but sued for money instead). The Colorado incident probably did hurt Kobe's wife, but she did support him throughout it even though she could have divorced him and cleaned him out if she wanted to (they have no pre-nup).

Ultimately I think that the "real" Kobe now is just a guy who wants his privacy and who wants to play basketball and win a championship. He's still hated by many and over-scrutinized and that's probably how it will always be. He's less hated now than he was a year or two ago, and I think he'll continue to win people over as long as the Lakers continue to improve and exceed expectations. I think this perception that he's a dirty player is ridiculous and is simply a result of the microscope he is under. Lots of players create contact and there are lots of plays in which players get hit accidentally during the course of a game. Like Bill Russell said, it's a contact sport. With Kobe, however, malice is attached to every incidental contact, and especially for the haters this feeds into their view of him. If any player other than Kobe had been suspended for what happened the other night, fans everywhere would be outraged; but because it's Kobe that's being punished, for many people they don't care if it's justified or not because they just want to see him punished. The problem is that it allows the league to set a bad precedent and begin suspending other players for the same nonsense.

At 3/08/2007 3:20 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

So, basically everyone wants Kobe to come out and just act like himself and not the fake, flawless person he portrays. I agree that he sounds too scripted and insincere, and the way he handles controversy appeared gutless and childish.

I think we need to consider how old he really was when he was when all of the controversy was happening. He was a kid. A young, flawed individual who was still learning how to be a man. Unfortunately it was all under a public microscope. I hardly think that any one of us would want to grow up with a video camera watching our every move and sports journalists dissecting every facet of our personal lives. I don't think we would come out looking very squeaky clean either.

There are lots of immature early 20's guys out there who cheated on their girlfriend, were involved in drugs, and got into legal issues. Does that make them bad people? I don't think so. I think it makes them normal.

So why is a normal guy like Kobe being compared to a murderer like OJ Simpson? That's insane to me. I think people need to take a step back and look at themselves before they go criticize someone else for their flaws.

At 3/08/2007 4:13 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ya'll gotta quit tapdancing.

Blacks hate Kobe because he's too Anglo.

Whites hate Kobe because he's a Black Aristocrat.

Globalized, Corporate, Precise.

Angel-Eyed Cold-Blooded Killer.

Loves his family and cheats on his wife.

Got burned by a white slut in one of the whitest states. He was naive then. Now knows racial power structures can still touch him.

We still celebrate Bill C., don't we?

Mamba may be too far ahead of his time.

At 3/08/2007 4:21 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

*Correction: he's not that far ahead.

Mamba bears the curse of those who are slightly ahead of their time.

At 3/08/2007 5:49 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Both wear their intelligence, their impeccability, and their hygiene on their sleeves, while emphasizing their right to be loose within this."

That about sums it up. Good call.

At 3/08/2007 7:55 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Kobe = A-Rod.

With rings.

At 3/08/2007 8:28 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

A-Rod chokes under pressure and is a post season zero. Hardly comparable to Bryant.

At 3/08/2007 8:50 PM, Anonymous Anon 7:55 said...

Less with his play and more with his painstaking desire to have and maintain a particular image. Hence, with rings (clearly this wasn't enough to explain it).

At 3/09/2007 5:43 PM, Blogger Cary said...

Ed - please be mindful with your words. we are trying to have a respectful discussion on this blog. Go to Yahoo sports or ESPN for that kind of elementary viewpoint. You're doing no one any good.

the white america remarks stated by danny was very well written and extremely poignant. great observation.

I think the timeframe kobe entered the league was also his downfall, yet he played right into it. i think the fact that kobe was never humble coming into his success made everyone hate him. then, the moral issues changed everything and became the perfect excuse to write him off.

But don't EVER compare him to A-Rod. 3-time champion cannot be forgotten. Watch Game 4 of the NBA finals of 2000 or Game 4 of the 2006 series against Phoenix. this dude is CLUTCH!!!

but to doubt that he isn't the most polarizing figure in the NBA is crazy.

At 3/09/2007 5:48 PM, Blogger Rob said...

Cocaine use only hurts yourself? The money one pays for the coke is going to a criminal organization. Such an organization does, well, criminal things which wind up hurting people.

At 3/10/2007 10:51 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Historian Marshall Poe on playing basketball with Obama (they were at Harvard together)

At 3/11/2007 12:32 PM, Anonymous Trev said...

Kobe = Obama is deeply flawed because the NBA is not Washington.

In the NBA, trash-talking, brashness, and motherfuckerdom are celebrated traits.

In politics, the most smackdown that's ever been laid is "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."

Weak sauce, but I suppose that's what you get when you deal with old white men.

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What Attitude Take a Job Interview?

The good attitude is essential for job interview is successful . Depending on the attitude depends on whether the bid goes ahead or not.

Having a good attitude does not mean being overly calm or submissive, everything depends on the profile you seek the company want to hire the services of a worker.

Attitude of Interviewee

The attitude of the candidate facing a job interview is important, although they have a good curriculum, training and work experience helps as is obtainable if then in the face interview no size is given will be impossible for the nomination follow come in.

Be expected if the interviewer first name terms or not, if not tutee will go to him in the same way, or ask if you would prefer tutee or not. Once started the interview must be well tuned and focused to the interviewer’s questions , I do not interrupt it and respond in a concise, clear and safely.

It is recommended that the respondent has been prepared and know something about the company and the position offered. This will be a good point to candidacy, the interviewer welcomes the fact that the respondent has been informed about the job and about the company.

Another thing that is very important and sometimes we do not stop it is no body language . Avoid displayed arrogant, aggressive and very direct, but also hesitant, uninterested or distressed. Ideally shown safe and confident in their chances.

The labor issue is important, or nearly the most important, avoid anyway investigate this issue. It is better that the interviewer him out and then discuss whether or not attractive.

These are some of the attitudes and forms of expression that must consider the respondent in a job interview, taking them to literally can achieve an application to be heavier and therefore chances of getting hired.

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NOT all interviewers have the same attitude in the interview, you have to take an even more warm friendly attitude, others are more quiet and wait for the respondent to take the initiative and express themselves freely and there are aggressive and more determined.

Certainly when we face an interviewer rather aggressive and direct shear, usually pressing the candidate with annoying questions trying to find weaknesses in it, makes the interviews end up being very tense. That is precisely the climate that seeks to find the interviewer, the interviewee to test in a tense situation. The best in these cases is shown safe and confident, losing his temper and learn self-control to maximum.

The interviewer who opts for a more friendly and entertaining interview, is presented in a very open way by inviting the interviewee to express with the utmost confidence and freedom. It is a way to completely surrender control and letting the interviewee speak at times more than necessary. It is obvious that the aim of the interviewer in these cases is that the candidate is expressed to the fullest and can make mistakes. The best in these cases is to measure the maximum words, minimally detail the points that we create more convenient to highlight and not stray too far from the interview schedule that will have prepared earlier.

Finally there are the silent and methodical interviewers. They usually have very prepared interview, with very precise questions that hardly leaves the question-answer scheme. It is rare that questions are out of labor issues, rarely things are clear of the working life of the candidate or position in the company to occupy wonder. In this type of interviews ideally answered reliably, keeping the tone of the interviewer and try to summarize the most of the answers.

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Since September, I've been spending all of my spare time taking an online professional development course.  The course, called "Bridging the Technology Gap: Web 2.0 in the Adult Education Classroom", was designed to introduce teachers to Web 2.0 technology and help use decide whether/how to use it in the classroom with our adult students.

Although I'm not afraid of technology (I've been using computers, email and the Internet -- well, the newsgroups that later became the Internet -- since 1985), I have an ambivalent attitude toward its use.  I appreciate useful new advances, but the key word is "useful".  Twinkling new gadgets are fun for a few minutes, but if they don't meet a need (and I mean a need I had before the gadget, not a need created by the existence of the gadget itself) I lose interest pretty quickly.  Therefore, I don't go out of my way to seek out cool new devices and applications; I either stumble onto them or seek them out based on an existing need.  The net result of this is that my knowledge and appreciation of Internet resources for teachers is very patchy.  And I failed to make the mental shift to Web 2.0 entirely!

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I'd say the two biggest things I got from this course were an appreciating of a Web 2.0 perspective and some useful tools for assessing my students' technology skills and choosing appropriate applications based on this information.  This is timely, because  my organization has recently gotten funding to provide several laptops in our ESL classrooms.  I want to make use of these as tools to support our existing English-learning experience.  I don't want to get distracted by all of the "wow" and "gee whiz".  I hope this doesn't make me sound like a poop!  I think we'll have fun with the laptops.  Hey, we have fun without them, too ...


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The Great Wall, Beijing For China,: Photos And Pictures, Gallarys

Badaling Great Wall is the site of the most visited section of the Great Wall of China. Badaling Great wall is located 50 miles (80 km) northwest of urban Beijing city in Yanqing County. The Badaling Great Wall averages 7.5 meters in height. It is 6.5m wide at the base and 5.8m wide at the top - wide enough for five horses or ten soldiers side by side. The Great Wall of China is the longest man-made structure in the world stretching 2,150 miles with a further 1,780 miles of branches and spurs. Now, Badaling great wall was visited by millions of tourists from China and foreign countries. It is the most visted section of Great wall of China. They are both sited on the same natural pass through the mountains to the north of Beijing and hence a critical point of defence.

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From Yaleworldfellows:

One of our World Fellows, Carlos Vecchio, is at risk in Venezuela.
Carlos is National Political Coordinator of the Venezuelan opposition party Voluntad Popular (VP). He’s senior deputy to Leopoldo López, who was taken into custody on February 18, 2014 after a week of national protests and demonstrations (many led by VP members), followed by government raids on VP’s political offices. Some serious charges have been leveled against Carlos there is a warrant out for his arrest. With López’s detention, Carlos now serves as the de facto leader of the VP party: this makes him a likely government target.
We are deeply concerned for Carlos’ safety: he is currently in hiding in Venezuela with limited access to communication. Unlike López, he is not an internationally recognizable figure - media outlets outside of Venezuela have yet to report on his situation. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have released alerts specifically naming Carlos as a government target. The Yale Politic and Yale Alumni Magazine have also written about Carlos’ situation.
But we worry that his relative anonymity will allow government forces the space and ability to do whatever they will without fear of international repercussion.
While at Yale, Carlos Vecchio spoke passionately about his tireless efforts to promote democracy in Venezuela: his enthusiasm and depth of knowledge were infectious. He reached across campus to students, faculty and other Fellows – many of whom have rallied around him in this time of crisis – with his pure love of country and genuine respect for democratic ideals.  In Venezuela, Carlos a well-loved political figure and an inspiration to young people across the country.
This is Carlos at a rally in Venezuela in December, just after he left Yale:
Please join our efforts to raise global awareness of Carlos’ situation, and support our call for his safety. Along with Yale World Fellows Henrique Salas-Romer (who is helping us from New Haven) and Maria Corina Machado, he has sacrificed much and placed himself and family at great risk to help Venezuela achieve democratic reform.
Maria Corina Machado (a member of the Venezuelan National Assembly and also an opposition leader) has also been vocal throughout the protests. She joined Al Jazeera to discuss the continued protests against the Venezuelan government.
For more information and updates on the situation as we have them, please refer to the list of links and contacts below. Please help us spread the word by sharing this page and other links. We will continue to update this page as we receive news.

Also, see what Leslie Bull has to say at the Next New Deal:

"Given the recent revolutionary events in Ukraine, it is understandable that much of American media attention on foreign politics is concentrated on that country, and that country alone. But it is important to remember that our myopic focus on just one world event at a time comes with a price: sometimes the other crises in the world that go ignored are actually made even worse because of it. We sometimes forget the power that just paying attention to a crisis can have – without it, those perpetrating the crimes can rest assured that the international community’s eye is elsewhere, and can behave with impunity. In the case of the current unrest in Venezuela, the price of that apathy might just be my friend’s life."

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June 14, 2006: For men ... a must read

Domestic violence isn't one-sided -- Every male will want to read this one. Don Dutton, National Post, June 14, 2006

Don Dutton is Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia and the author of Rethinking Domestic Violence.

[....] Unfortunately, such gender bias in the law-enforcement system and beyond is typical, not exceptional. A double standard for men and women, applied in cases of intimate partner violence (IPV) -- as well as in family law, including spousal support and child custody cases -- has become commonplace in most Western societies over the last 25 years. And in spite of a widening stream of incontrovertible statistical evidence to the contrary, the myth persists that it is women, and only women, who are the victims of IPV.

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Sylwia Bartyzel
“If, as a six-year old, you addressed your teacher the same way you addressed your dog, you soon learned that relationships are not all the same. In ministry, we juggle many kinds of relationships. How do we navigate them well and determine what’s appropriate to share with whom, when to maintain professional reserve and when to disclose personal opinions and emotions, and who receives a greater investment of our time?”
That’s how Mandy Smith begins “I’m Here for You … Kinda,” her overview article on the various relationships we in ministry have with people. It’s a helpful rubric to understand that not all relationships are the same—and that’s okay.
That was true for Jesus, who invited certain disciples to spent the night with him when he was most vulnerable. Others he didn’t. One woman he allowed to anoint his feet with perfume and dry them with her unfastened hair. Other people “he did not entrust himself to” because he knew what was in their hearts.
Distinguishing our relationships is an essential part of ministry. Here are some of the best tools we’ve found to help you practice discernment in clarifying your own relationships.
The Spotlight Syndrome by Kyle Idleman. Perhaps the most marked relational distinction is how you treat your spouse and children in contrast with how you relate to the church. How do you raise a family while leading a church? Here is wise counsel.
Ministry Meltdown by Bob Merritt. When ministry turns you into a relational monster—at home or anywhere else—the answer is not to suck it up and work harder.
What Happens to Clean Hands in a Messy Situation? by Mark Buchanan. You might have been told as a youngster, “Stay away from bad people.” But in ministry, your ministry relationships are often with people who are sick, sinful, broken, and (at times) bad. Interestingly Jesus didn’t separate himself from sinners. His revolutionary touch puts transformation within reach.
Why People Get So Mad at Pastors, by Wayne Cordeiro and Francis Chan. As a pastor, you will be on the receiving end of anger that’s all out of proportion to your actual involvement in the situation. What’s with that? There's more going on than just clashing personalities.
When They're Really Mad at Youan interview with John Crosby on how to follow Jesus while dodging bullets.
The Friendless Pastor, by Mark Brouwer. How to address our perennial problem: relational overload but friendship deficit. Leer en Español
Friend Meby Daniel Darling. How your personal network sustains ministry health for both you and your church.
The Ministry of Small Talk, by Eugene H. Peterson. What we talk about with people while we're preparing the way for Jesus to join the conversation.
Ladies Who Lunch—with Men, by Tracey Bianchi. Do your coworkers follow the Billy Graham Rule? If so, you need to be aware of the injustices that will be perceived in the workplace.
When the Cowboy Walked Away, by Name Withheld. What I learned when the man I discipled rejected me.
Relational Outreach. Evangelism is something every Christian is called to do, and one of the key functions of the church is to prepare people to share their faith. While outreach takes a variety of forms, for most the primary opportunities to share their faith come through relationships. This download mentors you and your team on developing those kinds of relationships.
Find a Support Team. Since, leadership can be lonely, it's essential that leaders have people they can turn to for support, to help ease the load and offer perspective into the unique challenges of ministry. This resource gives tips for finding relationship with those you can confide in and who will keep you encouraged and accountable.
He Said, She Heard. Every preacher knows that sometimes what we say (or at least what we thought we said) in a sermon isn't what our people hear. In this PreachingToday.com article, Jeffrey Arthurs explores some of the differences between ways men and women tend to communicate. As Arthurs cautions, "Preaching is more than a report of what you discovered in the study; it is also a means of establishing and nurturing relationships." Both a congregation’s relationship with you, and their relationship with God. And since at least half of those relationships in preaching will be with members of the opposite sex, don't get caught in the trap of "He said, she heard" or "She said, he heard."
Working With the Opposite Sex. Working relationships with the opposite sex can be complicated. These handouts from Buildingchurchleaders.com are designed to equip men and women to work together faithfully, effectively, and harmoniously in the church. You can use this material for a training session or to give individually to key people on mixed gender teams.


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DECEPTION: Alia Bhatt plays Sehmat, (Indian) wife to Vickey Kaushal, who plays Iqbal Syed, a Pakistani army man.

By Subhash K Jha

STARRING: Alia Bhatt, Vickey Kaushal
DIRECTOR: Meghna Gulzar
RATING: ****

Sometimes a flawed diamond can sparkle and shine brighter than a polished one. Raazi is that triumphant film which leaves you with some serious misgivings. The story, as we all know by now, is based on the real events during the eve of the 1971 Indo-Pak war when a valorous young Muslim Indian girl Sehmat decided to cross the border to become wife in a Pakistani family of army men to gather information for the Indian government.

It is an audacious tale, and one waiting to be filmed, as a work of cinematic art Raazi scores very highly, almost rivalling the director Meghna Gulzar’s previous film Talvar in terms of the emotional ground the plot covers while uncovering the truth about the lies that we tell for the sake of “honour”. In Talvar it was the family honour at stake, in Raazi it is “country”.
“Mulk se aage kuch bhi nahin (there’s nothing beyond the country),” is said in various permutations and combinations and you feel, Sehmat (played with an intuitive rather than an intellectual brilliance by Alia Bhatt) is trying more to convince herself than others around her.
Raazi is a film that gives us true female hero of her times and our times. Sehmat puts family, personal happiness and inter-personal relations behind her country and lets the milk of human kindness flow into the spirit of nationalism.
But the same dedicated fiercely patriotic child-woman happily betrays the people who trust her and take her in as the daughter-in-law of their family in spite of her being from the hostile country.
Can a woman who betrays those who trust her blindly, really protect her country? Apparently, she can and this courageous but misguided woman did exactly that. I don’t know how much of the film actually happened in the real Sehmat’s life.
But what transpires in the film is pretty much improbable, if not altogether bizarre, as one after the other Sehmat, the Indian spy, compromises the role of Sehmat, the Pakistani daughter-in-law.
Bravely director Meghna Gulzar and her co-writer Bhavani Iyer refuse to demonise the enemy. This is, at once, the film’s biggest strength and its greatest failure. For, in humanising the Pakistani family of Sehmat’s husband Iqbal (played with unnerving quietude by Vickey Kaushal) the narrative takes the risk of seriously weakening the female hero’s patriotic fervour.
Many times I was horrified by Sehmat’s abuse of her in-laws’ hospitality and trust the easy way would have been to simply show the Pakistani household as a villainous den of radical fanatics. But Sehmat’s in-laws and especially husband are suave, gentle, educated and cultured people. This adds to Sehmat’s dilemma of conscience that neither Sehmat not the film is fully able to resolve even till the end.
Alia Bhatt lets her performance merge in Sehmat’s moral dilemma — we often see her break down in private. But her grief earns no sympathy from us, her imagined moral high-ground is not only patronising to the people whom she betrays it is also unconvincing to us who watch in horrified silence as she murders and double-deals with a defiant impunity.
Speaking of silence there is plenty of it in the storytelling. Meghna Gulzar basks in the quietude that underscores the turmoil of a soul tormented by the guilt of her betrayal. The most memorable moments in the film are those between the Indian wife and Pakistani husband, played with an empathy and wisdom by the two lead actors that the script doesn’t always support.
The supporting cast, especially Rajit Kapoor (as Alia’s father) and Shishir Mishra (as her Pakistani father-in-law) is excellent.
No, I didn’t come away from Raazi convinced that country comes ahead of familial allegiance. Neither, I felt, is the protagonist fully sehmat (content in Hindi) with that line of thought. Worse still, Alia Bhatt fails to convey Sehmat’s anguished repudiation of a spy’s double life of deception in her end-speech. It is the only time Alia is unconvincing perhaps, because she is unconvinced.
Finally, she also seems to question the film’s morality. Nation first is fine, but what about the people you let down as you carry that flag up that mountain that takes you to the moral high-ground? — IANS

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To look at the host of "outrages" where citizens bursts their lungs demanding things from the state and ask some questions about the duties and responsibilities of citizens. Citizens have rights and freedoms guaranteed by the constitution but they are also asked to perform certain duties which, very conveniently, is not enforceable.

There is a road to be built and the government is offering compensation for acquiring land. So one has a house, it is right to property, the government cannot touch. Somebody else has a slum which he is not selling, he is obstructing development.

How does one explain such hypocrisy?

I will play the role of a moderator. I will raise questions to the group and I would like the group to discuss.

This is not an "expert" lecture session. This is a reflective session and in most cases, these questions are introspective of nature. Most of the things we accuse Indians of, we are ourselves the worst offenders - littering, honking, breaking traffic lights, indecision, mediocrity, ...

A simple projector to see the questions. Microphones in the house for people to discuss from wherever they are sitting

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