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An Elephant Never Forgets (Fleischer, 1935) - A Paramount Color Classic

#max fleischer #jungle school #Color Classic #classic cartoon #1930s #golden age animatiion #Sammy Timberg #Youtube

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Year-End Poll #59: 2008

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Now well into the latter half of the decade, the direction pop music has been heading is even more evident. The music is starting to skew electronic in its sound and the plugin Auto-Tune is starting to be featured more as a stylistic choice, as seen with T-Pain and Lil Wayne. Lil Wayne's influence over rap would become even more prominent in the late 2000's and early 2010s. Especially with the artists that would eventually be signed to his label, Young Money Entertainment.

There are many reasons why the sound of pop was skewing towards club and dance music. Modern production techniques worked really well with the style, music-purchasing platforms such as iTunes worked better for listening to individual singles rather than full albums (which caters to dance music well), and the 2008 financial crisis. With the recession, more and more people were looking to pop music as an escape. As touring and traditional concerts became less financially accessible for both artists and audiences, clubs and parties served as environments to experience music with a group. To quote this article on the subject:

With themes of luxury, escapism and radical optimism, these upbeat and positive tracks provided comfort in the fantasy of extravagance. Despite most peoples’ situations at the time, almost every song on the radio was about loving life and getting money. Music was fast and people were dancing. (Amanda Kiefer)

But more than that, CD sales plummeted after the recession, while online music consumption soared. More and more, music was making its home on the internet.

There are a surprising number of articles written about dance music in the face of global financial inequality (and many of them have started popping up recently, I wonder why...), so I've linked to a few below.

"How music has responded to a decade of economic inequality" Scott Timberg, Vox

"The Recession in the Music Industry - a Cause Analysis" Peter Tschmuck

"How the Recession is Impacting Music, Too" Laura Palotie (this article is from 2008, so it's interesting as a contemporary reading of the situation.)

#billboard poll #billboard music #tumblr poll #2000s #2000s music #2008 #flo rida #t pain #leona lewis #alicia keys #lil wayne #static major #sara bareilles #jordin sparks #chris brown #usher #young jeezy

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Chloe Timberg, pole vault , 23 US Outdoor Champs. #rutgerstrackandfield . . . . #chloetimberg #polevault #trackandfield #athletics #jeffcohenphoto @chloe.timberg

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Random Quotes:

“For those of you who depend on fact checkers like Snopes to separate fact from fiction to delude yourself from the fact that our government is being run by advanced inter-dimensional beings.

For those of you who think Bill Gates is misunderstood by conspiracy theorists.

For those of you who don't really know the shady history of John D. Rockefeller and the Rockefeller foundation.

What is the price we all pay for not questioning narratives created by those who are suppressing

ET info and UFO technologies.”

“Those who still follow the mainstream media, and believe their government would never lie to them or hurt their children!?! '..there is a deliberate intrusion on humanity by certain inter-dimensional beings, who in collusion with select world governments...are using technology to adversely affect our perceptions of reality. During a recent out-of-body experience, I was advised by a trusted "nonphysical" friend, to re-calibrate my nervous system on a dally basis as a countermeasure against this alien technology, which is capable of affecting us physically as well as psychically. My nonphysical friend also warned of the dangers of man-made technologies that are being designed to blanket the earth in unnatural radiation signals...from my research, I'm fairly certain he was referring to the global roll out of 5G by 2020...."

“A growing number of governments are spreading disinformation online

Jan 13, 2021 - IN THE RUN-UP to Uganda's general election on January 14th, social-media platforms are struggling to combat propaganda and fake news. - theeconomist”

“Its disturbing how susceptible all of us are to government and corporate mind control. Corporate media's role is to promote propaganda from government and corporations. The propaganda benefits THEM - NOT US. The government and corporate mind control programs are so effective that they've brainwashed us by the power structures and the status quo. They are getting so good at creating fake news that we absorb as if it were reality”

“"It's just a script whats the problem lol" the problem is that Fox, CNN, CBS, and all the other channels repped here, despite claiming to be different companies with different viewpoints, all had the exact same script, word for word, to push the exact same viewpoint that smaller, independent news outlets are Fake News and "A Threat To Our Democracy." The fact that they have scripts isn't the problem. The problem is they all, each and every one, have the exact same script down to the letter and in some cases the inflection, which basically reads "small news stations are untrustworthy and a Threat to your Way Of Life, only trust Us, We Are Verified. These channels are all local channels owned by Sinclair broadcasting, a right wing media conglomerate that recently gained control of almost all American local news channels after Ajit Pai's FCC heavily deregulated telecom companies. This is not some broad spectrum media conspiracy, it is specifically an attempt at a right wing takeover of all American local broadcasting for the purposes of propaganda.”

“Spreading fake news becomes standard practice for governments across the world

By Craig Timberg July 17, 2017 Marta Sevilla for The Washington Post. - Campaigns to manipulate public opinion through false or misleading social media postings have become standard political practice across much of the world, with information ministries, specialized military units and political operatives shaping the flow of information in dozens of countries, a British research group reported Monday. These propaganda efforts exploit every social media platform - Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and beyond - and rely on human users and computerized "bots" that can dramatically amplify the power of disinformation campaigns by automating the process of preparing and delivering posts. Bots interact with human users and also with other bots. The government propaganda evolved with social media and has grown along with it," said Philip

N. Howard, an Oxford professor and coauthor of ... - Wasningtonpost”

“The reason that mainstream media outlets continue to spread these fake reports, based on evidence-free claims of anonymous U.S. government officials, is precisely because they help to advance Washington's foreign-policy interests. For U.S. elites, the fact that the stories are false is irrelevant.

The professional reputation of corporate journalists is not hurt because they are fulfilling their political role as agents of information warfare, serving the U.S. empire and the billionaire capitalist oligarchs who own the media companies and dictate U.S. government policy.

But for the North American public, it has become clearer and clearer by the year that the media is lying to us.”

“Manipulating the Masses: Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of American Propaganda -

During the Great War, the federal government exercised unprecedented power to shape the ... It spread the Wilson administration's messages through articles, ... -wilsoncenter dot org”

“Why the U.S. Ramped Up Its Information War With Russia Feb 10, 2022 - U.S. adversaries find it easy to beam propaganda into the United States - often under false pretenses via social media-but it is harder for ... - cfr dot org”

“Government Propaganda Spreads like a

Virus during the Pandemic Dec 2, 2020 — As we still reel from the US falling victim to relentless government propaganda, aggressive public

campaigns will be needed to fight viral ... - nonprofitquarterly dot org”

“Twitter spreads paid U.S. gov't propaganda while falsely claiming it bans state media ads

Posted Aug 11, 2020 by Ben Norton

Originally published: The Grayzone (August 10, 2020 Empire, Imperialism, Inequality, Media 1 United States # Newswire • social media, Twitter, U.S. government social media - mronline dot org”

“Fact check: How do I spot state-sponsored propaganda? Jan 11, 2022 - Recall, for instance, how the United States government misled the ... What role do media outlets play in spreading political propaganda? - DW dot com”

“The Fox News newsroom in New York. Ryan Jenq for The New York Times MEDIA EQUATION

Fox Settled a Lawsuit Over Its Lies. But It Insisted on One Unusual Condition.

Why did the network insist an agreement with the family of a murdered young man remain undisclosed until after the election?”

“The mainstream media is not Liberal. It is owned by a few corporations that are run by very conservative wealthy people.

The propaganda is that the media is Liberal. This is one of those classic lies that works quite well as you can see. Fox is a part of the mainstream media. It is an extreme example of a right wing propaganda channel to make all the others seem center left. They are not.

Pay close attention and use your critical thinking skills. America is the best propaganda machine in history. Even the Russians are using the American models in some ways.”

“Whoever controls the media controls the mind. Amplifying lies and weaponizing propaganda like de facto propaganda divisions for big pharma.”

“Americans Finally Have Access to American

Propaganda A law went into effect this month that ends the ban on U.S. government-made propaganda from being broadcast to Americans. In a remarkably creative spin, the supporters of this law say that allowing Americans to see American propaganda is actually a victory for transparency.

By Elspeth Reeve - theAtlantic”

“THE GREAT WAR | ARTICLE

Master of American Propaganda Share: How George Creel sold the Great War to America, and America to the world.

By Nicholas J. Cull - PBS”

“Facebook admits: governments exploited us to spread propaganda Company will step up security to clamp down on 'information operations' Facebook suspended 30,000 accounts in France before presidential election Olivia Solon＠oliviasolon Thu 27 Apr 2017 16.38 EDT 4 years old. Facebook has publicly acknowledged that its platform has been exploited by governments seeking to manipulate public opinion in other countries - including during the presidential elections in the US and France - and pledged to clamp down on such "information operations". - The guardian”

“We Are All Propagandists Now - Texas

A&M Today Jul 22, 2021 - We Are All Propagandists Now ... A Texas

A&M rhetoric expert says America's public sphere is broken because propaganda has replaced political ...”

“Propaganda and the American Public |

Experiencing History

However, propaganda also shaped public opinion in the United States during the 20th century. These sources show how Germany and the US used different kinds … - perspectives.ushmm dot org”

“How the United States and Russia represent mutual propaganda activities by D Chernobrov • Cited by 5 - Propaganda has played a key role in every US conflict since the war of independence, both for securing support for government action and as ... journals.sagepub dot com”

“> New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, or other major broadcast outlet with actual journalistic standards.

"Actual journalistic standards" yeah right! They literally carried out a fake news story about Nick Sandmann without any sort of verification. CNN settled 250 million $ lawsuit followed by Washington Post. Other publications are in the line next. They have zero credibility... especially after causing irreparable damage to a child's reputation by labelling him a racist when he was anything but. The real racists at the rally were those who accused this kid of racism. For full video of the actual altercation you can watch and decide for yourself. Not to mention The 1619 Project. - Hacker News”

“U.S. media outlets have a kind of symbiotic relationship with the government, and especially with intelligence agencies like the CIA, which act on behalf of Wall Street and powerful corporations. U.S. spies selectively leak stories to journalists, controlling media narratives to serve elite economic interests. Mainstream news publications frequently promote stories based on flimsy accusations made by anonymous U.S. government officials, without any concrete evidence. In this way, the U.S. national security state can spread propaganda and fake news to demonize and destabilize Washington's adversaries. This is not journalism; it's information warfare. But large media corporations willingly go along with it, because they profit from it.

The New York Times published a patently ridiculous article titled "No Radioactivity in Hiroshima Ruin." The respected media outlet obediently echoed a U.S. general who "denied categorically that [the nuclear attack] produced a dangerous, lingering radioactivity."

The New Hork Times

NO RADIOACTIVITY IN HIROSHIMA RUIN; WHAT OUR SUPERFORTRESSES DID TO A JAPANESE PLANE PRODUCTION CENTER Dy w.l. Lawrence by wireless lo the New York times Sept. 13, 1945

Then, as the U.S. empire sought to justify its scorched-earth wars in Southeast Asia in 1960s, media outlets echoed fake claims by Washington that Vietnamese communists had supposedly attacked U.S. forces in the Gulf of Tonkin. This was soon proven to be false; it was actually a U.S. act of provocation.

The media's long history of spreading fake news to justify U.S. wars The North American public has lost confidence in the media in no small part because of its long history of spreading blatant propaganda and fake news in an attempt to justify U.S. wars of aggression. The media's history of lying in defense of U.S. wars can be traced back to the very beginning of the country. Newspapers rationalized genocide and ethnic cleansing of Indigenous peoples by European settler-colonialists by claiming the Natives were

"barbarians" and "uncivilized."

“Why Entertainment Network Fox "News" Is Literally And Legally Fake. themillennialdemocrats 2 years ago /NEWS channel Fox News is nothing more than lies and slander and conservative propaganda. They live on keeping Trumpkins outraged and scared so that they don't stop and wonder why the rest of the civilized world has universal healthcare and intact safety nets.”

“British Newspapers are known for spying and printing crap all the time that have ruined lives! As an Australian, we hate the daily telegraph.

Owned by Murdoch so morally bankrupt.”

“Instagram and WhatsApp - the new tools of social media propaganda ...

Instagram and WhatsApp - the new tools of social media propaganda Facebook and Twitter have been cast as the villains of the piece, but social media disinformation and propaganda are evolving... - computerweekly dot com”

“China using social influencers to push propaganda on TikTok, Instagram

Mar 30, 2022 • Tech Comments China using social influencers to push propaganda on TikTok, Instagram By Associated Press March 30, 2022 12:55pm Updated To her 1.4 million followers across TikTok, YouTube,... - New York Post”

“University lecturers accused of spreading pro-Putin propaganda

Mar 14, 2022 • By Camilla Turner, Chief Political

Correspondent 14 March 2022 • 10:02pm. University lecturers have been accused of spreading pro-Putin propaganda on social media as the Government promises a ... - telegraph co uk”

“February 4, 2021 9:15am PT It's Time for Fox News to Stop Using the Misnomer 'News' in Its Channel Name By Michael Schneider - Variety”

“Gautama Siddhartha PhD from Arizona State University (Graduated 2017) • 5у Is CNN considered fake news? If CNN isn't considered fake news by this point, it should be.”

“The Atlantic - The Professors Silenced by Florida's Individual Freedom Act”

“Why do people watch fake news, CNN, ABC, and NBC? Are they that stupid?”

“Much of our current social polarisation and conflict is not, as The Social Dilemma suggests, between those influenced by social media's "fake news" and those influenced by corporate media's "real news". It is between, on the one hand, those who have managed to find oases of critical thinking and transparency in the new media and, on the other, those trapped in the old media model or those who, unable to think critically after a lifetime of consuming corporate media, have been easily and profitably sucked into nihilistic, online conspiracies.”

“I don't think CNN is fake news, I think they are VERY fake news. The whole Trump / Russia story is driven by ratings. Several of their producers and on air talent admitted as much when caught off guard. American Pravda: 'Project Veritas' Catches CNN Producer Admitting Russia Story Is "Mostly Bullshit," "About Ratings"”

“The Washington Post - The final implosion of Trump's Fox News propagandists Ingraham bluntly asked at the outset of her show, "Is the fix already in?"

“A universe governed by its own laws and power structures”

“As time progressed, forces have always tried to tip this balance meticulously propagated and amplified by the criminal elites and fiat cartel.”

““Spirituality is being systematically suppressed by darker forces, who employ mind control systems to cast a spell of spiritual amnesia over us and make us forget Who and What We Really Are. There is technology that does affect our perceptions of reality. I've just become transparently aware of it due to my dedicated daily practice of disrupting the control system loops and spiritual amnesia caused by inter dimensional tech. Reality checks has become my biggest tool for disrupting the control system loops that would otherwise cause me to fall unconscious throughout my waking day... and push back on the control system with your own lucidity triggers.”

“Easy to forget all of us have a higher self, but multidimensional reality is the great leveler, because in the next parallel earth over...YOU ARE THE DONALD!”

“We don't need disclosure from dishonest governments. We just need to learn how to access the hyperspace gateways through the ancient traditions available to us, including astral projection.”

“Fact Checked: No

Conspiracy Here (But a Lot of Fallacies There)

Responding to "Why Creationism Bears All the Hallmarks of a Conspiracy Theory"

by Bodie Hodge on February 10, 2021

What a way to begin: the title, "Why Creationism Bears All the Hallmarks of a Conspiracy Theory, of a Snopes article reprinted from The Conversation is a question begging epithet fallacy. Such an attacking title with emotive language lets us know what The Conversation's and Snopes' religious beliefs are up front. Our hope is to challenge their religious beliefs in this response.”

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Twitter's Censure of Donald Trump: Navigating Free Speech and Democracy in the Digital Age

In today's digital world, where social media platforms significantly influence political discourse, Twitter's decision to censure former President Donald Trump brings critical questions about free speech and democracy to the forefront. This blog post explores whether Twitter's actions were an infringement of free speech principles or a necessary step within democratic values.

The Escalating Conflict Between Trump and Social Media

President Trump has openly accused Twitter of infringing on his free speech. This accusation came after Twitter fact-checked his tweet about mail balloting and later restricted the visibility of another tweet related to the Minneapolis protests. Trump's long-standing tension with Silicon Valley tech giants escalated, culminating in a complex legal battle and concerns over the future of online free expression. The situation heated up when Twitter took action against his tweet for glorifying violence, prompting Trump to vow retaliation against the platform (Phillips 2020) (Romm & Timberg 2020).

Debunking Trump's Free Speech Violation Claims

However, Trump's claims of a constitutional free speech violation by Twitter don't hold up for two primary reasons:

Twitter's Status as a Private Company: The First Amendment protects against government censorship, not actions by private entities like Twitter. As a private platform, Twitter has the right to manage its content, including tweets from the president, under its own policies. This content management autonomy is safeguarded by the First Amendment (Phillips 2020).

Platform's Right to Content Regulation: Twitter can regulate its content as it sees fit, in line with its terms of service. If dissatisfied, users, including President Trump, can migrate to other platforms (Phillips 2020).

Trump's Countermeasures and Their Implications

The issue's complexity escalated when Trump signed an executive order to increase federal oversight of social media companies' content moderation practices. This legally questionable order suggests social media companies are exceeding legal boundaries in content regulation despite laws protecting them from liability. It has been criticized for potentially inviting government interference in private businesses, raising First Amendment concerns (Phillips 2020).

Silicon Valley in the Political Crosshairs

Trump's actions, perceived as a strategy to energize his base, exploit the tech industry's vulnerabilities, such as past failures in handling disinformation and privacy issues. This strategy has led to declining public trust in the tech sector, particularly among Republicans. It frames Silicon Valley as an electoral adversary(Romm & Timberg 2020).

Case Studies from Southeast Asia

Reflecting the global impact of social media in politics, various case studies from Southeast Asia highlight its influence:

Cambodia: Prime Minister Hun Sen's strategic use of social media during elections, including deleting his Facebook account to avoid suspension and shifting to platforms like Telegram and TikTok (Fitriani & Habib 2023).

Thailand: The Move Forward Party's general election success is partly attributed to leader Pita Limjaroenrat's effective use of Instagram (Fitriani & Habib 2023).

Indonesia: Expected trends in the upcoming presidential election include using political bots and buzzers, reflecting the adaptation to a young, tech-savvy demographic (Fitriani & Habib 2023).

Malaysia: The Parti Islam se-Malaysia (PAS) leveraged TikTok in its campaign strategy, significantly contributing to its general election success (Fitriani & Habib 2023).

Myanmar: The National Unity Government's (NUG) use of social media for public communication and awareness amidst criticisms of propaganda and misinformation (Fitriani & Habib 2023).

The Dilemma for Tech Companies

Tech companies now face the challenge of moderating content while fending off allegations of political bias. Trump's focus on alleged discrimination is part of his broader strategy to address perceived censorship, such as hosting a White House summit. The recent executive order could bring about significant changes in the digital landscape and raise questions about the government's role in regulating online speech (Romm & Timberg 2020).

Social Media's Role in Politics and Its Double-Edged Sword

Social media's importance in politics is underscored in Southeast Asia, where platforms are used extensively for political campaigns. While social media expands the reach of politicians beyond traditional media and allows for tailored messaging, it also raises issues like echo chambers, political polarization, and the spread of misinformation (Fitriani & Habib 2023).

Mitigating the Risks of Social Media in Politics

To counter these risks, educating the public about online misinformation is vital. Encouraging social media companies to actively remove false content and promote transparency in moderation policies is crucial for maintaining social media's integrity as a tool for democratic engagement (Fitriani & Habib 2023).

Conclusion

In conclusion, Twitter's censure of Donald Trump opens up a broader discussion about the responsibilities of social media platforms in public discourse. As we navigate these complex issues, the balance between protecting free speech and maintaining democratic values in the digital realm remains a topic of vital importance.

References

Fitriani, & Habib, M. (2023, August 10). Social Media and the fight for political influence in Southeast Asia. The Diplomat. https://thediplomat.com/2023/08/social-media-and-the-fight-for-political-influence-in-southeast-asia/

Phillips, A. (2020, May 29). Analysis | no, Twitter is not violating Trump’s freedom of speech. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/29/no-twitter-did-not-violate-trumps-freedom-speech/

Romm, T., & Timberg, C. (2020, May 29). Trump’s growing feud with Twitter fuels free-speech concerns. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/05/29/words-president-matter-trumps-growing-twitter-feud-fuels-free-speech-concerns/

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SÉANCE #10 — Un soi malléable

Les algorithmes d’intelligence artificielle sont des outils grandement utilisés par les sites et les applications. Cependant, ces systèmes maintenant banalisés ne seraient-ils pas une arme pointée vers les internautes et notre sécurité ?

En janvier 2021, le Capitole américain a été pris d’assaut par des partisans de Donald Trump. Quelques mois plus tard, le Washington Post publie l’article Inside Facebook, Jan. 6 violence fueled anger, regret over missed warning signs où les auteurs affirment que le réseau social Facebook a amplifié les éléments qui ont motivé cette attaque (Timberg et al, 2021). Ce à quoi on peut se demander s’il faut s’inquiéter des algorithmes d’intelligence artificielle ? Ces derniers servent à collecter nos habitudes interactionnelles sur internet pour qu’on passe davantage de temps sur une application. Notre attention est vendue pour des publicités. L’application profite donc des revenus monétaires de notre attention. Ne sommes-nous pas oubliés en tant qu’humains durant ce processus ? Avec les informations recueillies sur nous, les algorithmes peuvent créer des chambres échos où l’application nous proposera certains contenus, mais en évite d’autres également (McKenna, 2021). Cela peut amener quelqu’un dans un « Rabbit Hole » où il ne va voir que du contenu sur un sujet précis et peut développer une obsession sur ce sujet. Dans le cas des chambres échos et des « Rabbit Hole », ces derniers sont très polarisants. En effet, l’internaute voit des informations sur un sujet, mais souvent il prendra un parti et l’algorithme propose encore plus de publications qui vont dans l’intérêt de celui-ci pour qu’il passe le plus de temps possible sur le site internet. De plus, l’algorithme présente beaucoup de contenus sur ce qui intéresse la personne et cela comprend aussi les fausses nouvelles et les théories conspirationnistes sur le sujet. Dans le cas du Capitole, les participants ont vu passer de la désinformation qui a construit leur méfiance et leur colère face au gouvernement en place ce qui les a conduits à faire cette attaque (Timberg et al, 2021).

Finalement, je crois que nous devons nous inquiéter des algorithmes d’intelligence artificielle, puisque nous perdons le contrôle de ce à quoi nous croyons réellement et cela peut constituer un danger pour notre société.  

Bibliographie

McKenna, A. (2021, 7 mai). Les algorithmes, cause et remède à la polarisation. Le Devoir. https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/600306/serie-tous-polarises-les-algorithmes-cause-et-remede-a-la-polarisation.

Timberg, C., Dwoskin, E., Albergotti, R. (2021, 22 octobre). Inside Facebook, Jan. 6 violence fueled anger, regret over missed warning signs. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/22/jan-6-capitol-riot-facebook/.

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"Apple says it is making the move in part to better protect users’ privacy by shielding children from data trackers, a move that has been lauded by some privacy advocates. But some developers say they fear that the new rules won’t protect kids — possibly exposing them to more adult apps — and could pointlessly reduce their businesses."

-- Reed Albergotti and Craig Timberg for The Washington Post

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Canal Viva exibe especial com Fernanda Montenegro e Nathalia Timberg

O especial “Fernanda & Nathalia: Amigas de uma Vida” estreia no sábado, 29 de julho, às 16h15, no canal Viva. Com 90 minutos de duração, Fernanda Montenegro e Nathalia Timberg relembram o primeiro trabalho que assistiram uma da outra até se encontrarem em cena pela primeira vez nos anos 1950, no teatro e na televisão. “Sempre tivemos uma corrente que nos une e isso, às vezes, não acontece. Você…

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Business History Modern India

Dr. Timberg has lots of expertise in the business history of modern India. With years of research and publications under his belt, Dr. Timberg is a sought-after speaker and consultant for businesses looking to understand the rich history of India's economy. His expertise is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to navigate the complex and evolving business landscape of India.

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The Ink in the Grooves: Conversations on Literature and Rock 'n' Roll

Drop the record needle on any vinyl album in your collection, then read the first pages of that novel you've been meaning to pick up―the reverberations between them will be impossible to miss. Since Dylan went electric, listening to rock 'n' roll has often been a surprisingly literary experience, and contemporary literature is curiously attuned to the history and beat of popular music. In The Ink in the Grooves, Florence Dore brings together a remarkable array of acclaimed novelists, musicians, and music writers to explore the provocatively creative relationship between musical and literary inspiration: the vitality that writers draw from a three-minute blast of guitars and the poetic insights that musicians find in literary works from Shakespeare to Southern Gothic. Together, the essays and interviews in The Ink in the Grooves provide a backstage pass to the creative processes behind some of the most exciting and influential albums and novels of our time.

Contributors: Laura Cantrell, Michael Chabon, Roddy Doyle, Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, William Ferris, Dom Flemons, Rhiannon Giddens, Dave Grohl, Peter Guralnick, Amy Helm, Randall Kenan, Jonathan Lethem, Greil Marcus, Rick Moody, Lorrie Moore, the John Prine band (Dave Jacques, Fats Kaplin, Pat McLaughlin, Jason Wilber), Dana Spiotta, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Richard Thompson, Scott Timberg, Daniel Wallace, Colson Whitehead, Lucinda Williams, Warren Zanes."

Florence Dore

8:00 PM Mar. 28,2023 https://www.thedrakeamherst.org/events/florence-dore

Award winning Americana singer songwriter from North Carolina via Nashville. 'She sits on the advisory board for the Institute for Bob Dylan Studies at the University of Tulsa’s Bob Dylan Archive, and, most recently, has launched Ink in the Grooves Live, a Traveling Public Humanities Program that finds her performing and giving talks on vernacular music and civic belonging across the US.'

READ MORE https://englishcomplit.unc.edu/faculty-directory/florence-dore/

#Florence Dore musician UNC faculty Professor Creative Writing and Literature Programs

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Cartoon: Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor, 1936

Cartoon: Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor, 1936

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor is a 1936 two-reel animated cartoon short subject film in the Popeye Color Feature series, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on November 27, 1936 by Paramount Pictures. It was produced by Max Fleischer for Fleischer Studios, Inc. and directed by Dave Fleischer, with the title song by Sammy Timberg. The voice cast includes Jack Mercer as…

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[ad_1] Three years after her husband took his life, Sara Scribner desires to speak. She is aware of it gained’t be straightforward, however the time is correct. Suicide and psychological sickness have lengthy been the topic of whisper campaigns and conjecture, however the pandemic, she believes, has modified that.“Scott’s suicide has been the background noise every minute of my life,” she mentioned, “but whenever I bring up his name in conversation, people get uncomfortable.” In the age of COVID, nevertheless, the language of loss and vulnerability has turn out to be acquainted, and expressions of grief, fear — even worry — are extra simply shared.“Talking is a means of letting in some light, but it is also devastating,” she mentioned.Scott Timberg was one among approximately 47,500 Americans who took their lives in 2019. The quantity decreased barely in 2020, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention remains to be taking a look at information for 2021, however over the past 20 years, the pattern has been steadily upward.Understanding why is a thriller. Theories vary from untreated psychological sickness to symptoms of despair: unemployment, habit, America’s slowly unraveling social construction. Although older white males like Timberg, who was 50, stay most susceptible, latest will increase amongst younger Black folks and Native Americans are notable and alarming. How To Save A Life Pandemic stress, traumatic occasions and financial uncertainty have upended our world. This sequence goals to make the cascade of threats to your psychological well being somewhat simpler to handle. Beyond demographics, although, what every life holds in widespread is a need to finish a ache so nice that for one temporary and horrible second no various exists aside from dying.“The absolute agony of what leads up to the decision to kill yourself is incomprehensible for most people,” mentioned psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison, whose suicide try knowledgeable her 1999 e-book “Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide.” “Very few people with terminal cancer commit suicide.”Like the 1000's of suicides that happen annually, Timberg’s dying was distinctive. Yet the misery that he lived with — untreated melancholy, monetary insecurity, bodily ache, isolation — is the signature of the suicidal impulse. Experienced individually, they may not have led to his dying, however in unison, they overcame him.Such a dying will not be preventable, however understanding what led to his provides hope for others. How is suicide prevented?Shame was as soon as thought of the most effective deterrent. Clergy known as it a sin. Public burials have been forbidden, and those that tried it have been imprisoned. Not till the mid-Twentieth century was its trigger and prevention thought of worthy of scientific research.Pioneers within the subject delved into its social and psychological roots. They educated clinicians, opened disaster facilities and developed community-based interventions, however their efforts have been quickly marginalized by the promise of pharmacological therapies for melancholy. Today these divisions are much less pronounced.“Is suicide a biological or social issue?” requested Dr. Paul Nestadt, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. “That’s a false dichotomy. It is both.”Treating melancholy, he mentioned, is simply as necessary as proscribing entry to weapons. Tackling the opioid epidemic is as necessary as treating consuming issues, and as a lot as psychological well being professionals champion using antidepressants, in addition they name for growing psychological medical health insurance protection, instructing parenting abilities and strengthening financial helps.“No one approach holds the answer,” mentioned the late Edwin Shneidman, who helped set up the primary disaster cellphone line in Los Angeles in 1958. He seen psychological pain — what he known as “psychache” — as the first impulse.

Two questions, he argued, are central to easing it.Where do you harm, and the way could I make it easier to?Nothing so easy to ask is so tough to reply. When Timberg moved to Los Angeles in 1997 from the East Coast, he found a metropolis that matched his boundless urge for food for arts and tradition, whether or not he was shopping bins at Rhino Records, lingering over a Bill Viola present on the Los Angeles County Museum of Art or, as he as soon as wrote, “rushing to discover every film noir location or Beatles haunt or lingering bit of vernacular architecture.” Suicide prevention and disaster counseling sources If you or somebody is scuffling with suicidal ideas, search assist from an expert and name 9-8-8. The United States’ first nationwide three-digit psychological well being disaster hotline 988 will join callers with educated psychological well being counselors. Text “HOME” to 741741 within the U.S. and Canada to achieve the Crisis Text Line. The now-defunct alt weekly New Times LA employed him as an editor, and in 2002, he grew to become a workers author at The Times (the place we have been colleagues). He co-edited an anthology of writings celebrating the region, fell in love and married Scribner. Their son, Ian, was born in 2006, and for a short interval Timberg appeared pleased.Yet he was blindsided and abruptly adrift when finances cuts forced The Times to lay him off together with practically 50 different newsroom staff. He freelanced for a fraction of his former wage. The household misplaced their home, and in 2012 he began writing “Culture Crash: The Killing of the Creative Class,” his tackle the recession’s brutal impact upon artists, musicians and writers like himself.The e-book was well-received, however the hope that it will result in a full-time job in journalism or at a college by no means materialized. In 2015, he and Scribner moved to Athens, Ga., the place Timberg might write with out feeling the monetary stress of dwelling in a metropolis as costly as Los Angeles. But he hated it, Scribner recalled, and fell right into a deep melancholy. (Angelica Alzona / For the Times) “He was always trying to understand the world,” she mentioned, “and not being able to get a job didn’t compute when everyone was telling him how smart he was. It didn’t make sense.”They returned to Los Angeles a 12 months later, ultimately leasing a house close to the Harbor and Santa Monica freeways. His moods grew to become extra risky, and Scribner grew to become satisfied that he was experiencing bipolar dysfunction.Yet Timberg was by no means recognized. He disdained remedy.“He thought he was smarter than the average psychiatrist,” mentioned his brother Craig, “and he probably was.” For these scuffling with their feelings, the explanations for not in search of assist are quite a few.Nothing is flawed. I can deal with this myself. No one may help me.But despair is blind to itself, and in a tradition too proud to confess weak spot and too embarrassed to confess want, asking for assistance is like talking a international language.“Rugged individualism has served Americans well,” mentioned psychologist Thomas Joiner, creator of “Why People Die by Suicide,” “but it is also brutal and isolating. It is that dark side that undermines people’s ability to connect and open up.”Yet Joiner believes the tradition is altering. He equates suicide prevention efforts as we speak to most cancers prevention within the Fifties. “That corner wasn’t turned overnight,” he mentioned, “but eventually it was.”But the messaging isn’t as straightforward as “wear sunscreen” or “don’t smoke,” and public well being businesses take a broad method in making the case for dwelling.When the White Mountain Apache tribe in Arizona established its suicide prevention process power in 2001, it required first responders to doc and report “individuals expressing suicidal behaviors.”Additional protocols included school-based

coaching and screening and intervention within the emergency room, they usually resulted in an almost 40% drop in suicide rates among its youth between 2006 and 2012, in line with a research printed six years in the past.Another program, developed by the Massachusetts nonprofit Zero Suicide Institute, offers intervention coaching and session for healthcare professionals. Of those that attempt to kill themselves, an estimated 40% saw a healthcare provider inside per week of the try.When one psychological well being middle in Indiana adopted Zero Suicide coaching for its workers, it reported a 70% discount in suicide deaths from 2014 to 2018.How the pandemic will change these numbers is an ongoing query, however the final result from these packages is promising.“You can’t prevent every suicide,” mentioned Joan Asarnow, a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at UCLA, “but organizing the healthcare system in such a way that you have leadership around suicide prevention is a big step forward.” “I’m not doing well,” Timberg mentioned one autumn night time in 2019.Scribner had seen the purple flags. He had misplaced weight, complained of abdomen ache and wasn’t sleeping effectively. He questioned if he had turn out to be a burden on the household.“Are you feeling suicidal?” she needed to ask.He mentioned no.They agreed that he wanted to see somebody. They contacted their healthcare supplier and got a listing of therapists. Some weren‘t taking new patients. Some had waiting lists that were three weeks long. Some accepted patients only on an out-of-pocket basis. Their efforts ended in frustration.One December afternoon, Scribner tried to reach Timberg at home, and there was no answer. He always had his phone. She texted and called — nothing — and she feared the worst. (Angelica Alzona / For the Times) Getting home that night, she told Ian to wait as she went through the house. Timberg was nowhere. She went to the police, filed a missing persons report and called Craig, who lives in Washington, D.C.“He’s vanished,” she mentioned.After practically eight hours off the grid, he confirmed up on the entrance porch and defined that he had had a panic assault and wanted some air. He had gone for a stroll, and mentioned he went downtown however gave no different particulars. Scribner questioned why he was being so coy.The subsequent day she persuaded him to see an pressing care doctor for his anxiousness and protracted stomachache. During his examination, he accomplished a psychological well being survey (“Do you feel helpless?”) and graded himself proper down the center.Scribner needed to right him, however Timberg’s allure within the firm of the physician hid how he actually felt. A narrative usually shared amongst suicide researchers considerations a be aware left by a younger man who jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge and survived. In an interview, he spoke of his ambivalence standing on the railing, bargaining with the universe: “If someone had smiled and said, ‘Are you OK?’ I know I would have begged them to help me.”His phrases recommend that suicide is much less a choice than a response pushed by a momentary impulse. The numbers show this. According to a 2009 study of 82 individuals who survived their suicide attempt, 48% made their try lower than 10 minutes after first pondering conclusively about taking their life.“If you make an assumption that suicide is a mistake and recognize that it is impulsive, then you have an opportunity to help,” mentioned Nestadt, who cites legislation passed in the United Kingdom in 1998 that lowered suicides by requiring painkillers like aspirin and Tylenol to be offered in blister packs and in restricted portions. The same decline within the suicide charge occurred a long time earlier when pure gasoline changed coal gasoline in kitchen ovens.“Addressing lethal means cuts the Gordian knot,” he mentioned. His analysis has proven that suicide rates drop after gun control legislation is passed.

Take weapons out of the fingers of the suicidal and you may change the course of somebody’s life, he mentioned. “They will survive. There will still be suffering, but that suffering can be addressed and treated.” After Timberg’s disappearance, Craig visited with the household for a number of days. The brothers had lengthy conversations. Timberg admitted that he was anxious and nervous however not suicidal.Craig was skeptical. He made an appointment for Timberg to see a psychiatrist the next week, and when Craig mentioned goodbye to the household, he felt that they had weathered the disaster.“I love you,” Timberg mentioned to his brother, who was leaving for the airport. Craig paused. He had hardly ever heard Timberg say these phrases.The subsequent day, with Scribner at work and Ian at college, Timberg went to Trader Joe’s and purchased a bag of tangerines. He was on Twitter reacting to the announcement that Showtime had picked up novelist Michael Chabon’s “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.”“Absolutely great news,” he wrote. (Angelica Alzona / For the Times) Then he disappeared once more.When Scribner got here residence and located the home empty a second time, she felt extra confused and scared than ever earlier than. When she heard steps on the entrance porch, she questioned in opposition to her worry if he had returned.Through the diamond-shaped window, she noticed a lady she didn’t acknowledge.“Are you Scott Timberg’s wife?” the officer requested.Timberg had jumped to his dying from a pedestrian bridge downtown. Three years later, Scribner remains to be making an attempt to know what occurred. She is writing a e-book and isn’t about to say that point heals. The preliminary ache has quieted down. What’s left is heaviness, confusion, unease.“The problem with suicide,” she mentioned, “is that the killer of your loved one is your loved one. Who do you get mad at for that?”She needs the physicians had spent extra time with Timberg and had learn his signs extra rigorously, however even then she doesn’t know what they may have accomplished. He by no means would have agreed to be hospitalized.Craig is aware of his brother was a tough case, eager to get higher however incapable of accepting assist. “Scott didn’t want to die,” he mentioned. “Scott wanted to be at peace, but he was a man on fire and jumped into a pool to put out the flames. I don’t see that as a choice.”In a 2015 essay for Los Angeles Magazine, Timberg wrote, “It’s human nature to try to make meaning out of life, to build narrative shapes out of events and images. That may be, in the end, what creativity is about.”If the which means of his life eluded him, maybe he thought the reply lay in his dying. Yet Scribner wonders.“Who knows what he was thinking?” she mentioned. “Can we ever understand that? Can we ever understand a brain that goes haywire?”If you or somebody is scuffling with suicidal ideas, search assist from an expert and name 9-8-8. [ad_2] Source link

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Hemingway writes of people becoming stronger in the broken places, which is a heartening thought, and sometimes true. All too often, though, it belongs in the file that Jim Webb labeled typical Hemingway bullshit.

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Dando continuidade a fase mais madura na carreira, onde explora novos gêneros musicais, a cantora Ágatha lança nesta sexta-feira (16) a faixa “Lost Together”. A letra toda em inglês é uma composição própria da artista que se uniu aos DJs Talkz e Helvig. Confira: https://orcd.co/lost_together “O Helvig me procurou para fazer uma collab, mostrando a parte de base que ele e o talkz tinham feito, e pediu que eu escrevesse a música. Foi um processo super diferente pra mim que nunca tinha vivenciado. Foi super bacana!”, declara. Em seu último lançamento, “Let ü go”, Ágatha mostrou sua evolução musical, onde teve o primeiro contato com a música eletrônica e se arriscou ao cantar em inglês. O single já conta com mais de 30 mil plays no Spotify, no YouTube o clipe da faixa tem quase 4,5 mil visualizações. “Meu público amou minha nova fase, e acredito que dessa vez não será diferente, já que é uma música também eletrônica e em inglês. Sempre quis cantar músicas em outro idioma, o maior desafio está sendo conseguir cantar de forma que as pessoas entendam o que está sendo dito, mas estou curtindo muito!”, afirma. Hoje com 15 anos, recém completados, Ágatha  mostra mais uma faceta artística ao estrear como apresentadora em um podcast ao lado das amigas. A também atriz, começou sua carreira com 9 anos e ficou conhecida por seus papéis em novelas como “A Força Do Querer” e “O Sétimo Guardião”, onde contracenou com atores de peso como Bruno Gagliasso e Marina Ruy Barbosa. No teatro, participou da peça “A Noviça Rebelde” ao lado de Gabriel Braga Nunes e Larissa Manoela, em outras oportunidades já trabalhou com Eva Wilma e Nathalia Timberg. Letra: Composição: Ágatha e Bruno Camurati You’re my favorite kind of love You’re my favorite feeling You were sent from up above You’re my new beginning Take my hand Let’s get lost together Let’s runaway Let’s net lost together I don't care where we go Stay with me along the road

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