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Among the many quandaries a writer must face after publishing a controversial book is the question of how, or whether, to respond to criticism. At a minimum, it would seem wise to correct misunderstandings and distortions of one’s views wherever they appear, but one soon discovers that there is no good way of doing this. After my first book was published, the journalist Chris Hedges seemed to make a career out of misrepresenting its contents—asserting, among other calumnies, that somewhere in its pages I call for an immediate, nuclear first-strike on the entire Muslim world. Hedges spread this lie so sedulously that I could have spent the next year writing letters to the editor. Even if I had been willing to squander my time in this way, such letters are generally pointless, as few people read them. In the end, I decided to create a page on my website addressing controversies of this kind, so that I can then forget all about them. The result has been less than satisfying. Several years have passed, and I still meet people at public talks and in comment threads who believe that I support the outright murder of hundreds of millions of innocent people.
How, for instance, should I respond to the novelist Marilynne Robinson’s paranoid, anti-science gabbling in the Wall Street Journal where she consigns me to the company of the lobotomists of the mid 20th century? Better not to try, I think—beyond observing how difficult it can be to know whether a task is above or beneath you. What about the science writer John Horgan, who was kind enough to review my book twice, once in Scientific American where he tarred me with the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiments, the abuse of the mentally ill, and eugenics, and once in The Globe and Mail, where he added Nazism and Marxism for good measure? How does one graciously respond to non sequiturs? The purpose of The Moral Landscape is to argue that we can, in principle, think about moral truth in the context of science. Robinson and Horgan seem to imagine that the mere existence of the Nazi doctors counts against my thesis. Is it really so difficult to distinguish between a science of morality and the morality of science? To assert that moral truths exist, and can be scientifically understood, is not to say that all (or any) scientists currently understand these truths or that those who do will necessarily conform to them.
But we must descend further before reaching a higher place: for occasionally one’s book will be reviewed by a prominent person who has not even taken the trouble to open it. Such behavior is always surprising and, in a strange way, refreshingly stupid. What should I say, for instance, when the inimitable Deepak Chopra produces a long, poisonous, and blundering review of The Moral Landscape in The San Francisco Chronicle while demonstrating in every line that he has not read it? (His “review” is wholly based on a short Q&A I published for promotional purposes on my website.) Admittedly, there is something arresting about being called a scientific fraud and “egotistical” by Chopra. This is rather like being branded an exhibitionist by Lady Gaga. In retrospect, I see that the haste and bile of Chopra’s fake review are readily explained: we had recently participated in a debate at Caltech (along with Michael Shermer and Jean Houston) in which the great man had greatly embarrassed himself. And while I am certainly capable of being both scientifically mistaken and egotistical, I am confident that anyone who views our exchange in its entirety will recognize that I am the firefly to Chopra’s sun.
I think Sam Harris’ idea is equally bad [as religion-based morality], I’m surprised he’d write on it. There’s just some really bad thinking in Sam Harris’s new book, I haven’t read it yet, but that’s because from what I’ve heard, it sounds terrible and wrong-headed and just bizarre. He’s trying to make science do what religion used to. His basic philosophical reason is a fallacy, it’s impossible to derive ought from is, the naturalistic fallacy, it’s a complete misconception that you can. I’m surprised Sam Harris would fall for that. A few weeks ago, Anthony Appiah nailed him for it in the New York Times. I have no idea why that arises in some scientists. The idea is wrong. It’s been refuted. It’s hard to believe they still argue that point.
No matter that I cannot find a single, substantive point in Appiah’s review not already addressed in my book, McGinn appears to know otherwise through the power of clairvoyance. Many other philosophers and scientists have begun to play this game with The Moral Landscape, without ever engaging its arguments. And so, mindful of the dangers, I have decided to answer the strongest criticisms that have appeared to date. Failure beckons on both sides, of course, as my response will be all-too-brief for some and far more than others can stomach. But it is worth a try.
As far as I know, the best reviews of The Moral Landscape have come from the philosophers Thomas Nagel, Troy Jollimore, and Russell Blackford. I will focus on Blackford’s (along with a few of his subsequent blog posts) as it strikes me as the most searching. It also seems to echo everything of interest in the others.
Blackford and others worry that any aspect of human subjectivity or culture could fit in the space provided: after all, a preference for chocolate over vanilla ice cream is a natural phenomenon, as is a preference for the comic Sarah Silverman over Bob Hope. Are we to imagine that there are universal truths about ice cream and comedy that admit of scientific analysis? Well, in a certain sense, yes. Science could, in principle, account for why some of us prefer chocolate to vanilla, and why no one’s favorite flavor of ice cream is aluminum. Comedy must also be susceptible to this kind of study. There will be a fair amount of cultural and generational variation in what counts as funny, but there are probably basic principles of comedy—like the violation of expectations, the breaking of taboos, etc.—that could be universal. Amusement to the point of laughter is a specific state of the human nervous system that can be scientifically studied. Why do some people laugh more readily than others? What exactly happens when we “get” a joke? These are ultimately questions about the human brain. There will be scientific facts to be known here, and any differences in taste among human beings must be attributable to other facts that fall within the purview of science. If we were ever to arrive at a complete understanding of the human mind, we would understand human preferences of all kinds. Indeed, we might even be able to change them.
However, morality and values appear to reach deeper than mere matters of taste—beyond how people happen to think and behave to questions of how they should think and behave. And it is this notion of “should” that introduces a fair amount of confusion into any conversation about moral truth. I should note in passing, however, that I don’t think the distinction between morality and something like taste is as clear or as categorical as we might suppose. If, for instance, a preference for chocolate ice cream allowed for the most rewarding experience a human being could have, while a preference for vanilla did not, we would deem it morally important to help people overcome any defect in their sense of taste that caused them to prefer vanilla—in the same way that we currently treat people for curable forms of blindness. It seems to me that the boundary between mere aesthetics and moral imperative—the difference between not liking Matisse and not liking the Golden Rule—is more a matter of there being higher stakes, and consequences that reach into the lives of others, than of there being distinct classes of facts regarding the nature of human experience. There is much more to be said on this point, of course, but it is not one that I covered in my book, so I will pass it by.
The true culprit behind contemporary professions of moral skepticism is the confused belief that the ground of moral truth must be found in something other than moral values. One can pose this type of question about any kind of truth. What makes it true that 2 + 2 = 4? What makes it true that hens lay eggs? Some things are just true; nothing else makes them true. Moral skepticism is caused by the currently fashionable but unargued assumption that only certain kinds of things, such as physical facts, can be “just true” and that value judgments such as “happiness is better than misery” are not among them. And that assumption in turn leads to the conclusion that a value judgment could be true only if it were made true by something like a physical fact. That, of course, is nonsense.
It is encouraging to see a philosopher of Nagel’s talents conceding this much—for the position he sketches nullifies much of the criticism I have received. However, my view of moral truth demands a little more than this—not because I am bent upon reducing morality to “physical” facts in any crude sense, but because I can’t see how we can keep the notion of moral truth within a walled garden, forever set apart from the truths of science. In my view, morality must be viewed in the context of our growing scientific understanding of the mind. If there are truths to be known about the mind, there will be truths to be known about how minds flourish; consequently, there will be truths to be known about good and evil.
Many critics claim that my reliance on the concept of “well-being” is arbitrary and philosophically indefensible. Who’s to say that well-being is important at all or that other things aren’t far more important? How, for instance, could you convince someone who does not value well-being that he should, in fact, value it? And even if one could justify well-being as the true foundation for morality, many have argued that one would need a “metric” by which it could be measured—else there could be no such thing as moral truth in the scientific sense. There seems to be an unnecessarily restrictive notion of science underlying this last claim—as though scientific truths only exist if we can have immediate and uncontroversial access to them in the lab. The physicist Sean Carroll has written a fair amount against me on this point (again, without having read my book), and he is in the habit of saying things like, “I don’t know what a unit of well-being is,” as though he were regretfully delivering the killing blow to my thesis. I would venture that Carroll doesn’t know what a unit of depression is either—and units of joy, disgust, boredom, irony, envy, or any other mental state worth studying won’t be forthcoming. If half of what Carroll says about the limits of science is true, the sciences of mind are not merely doomed, there would be no facts for them to understand in the first place.
While the analogy may not be perfect, I maintain that it is good enough to obviate these three criticisms. Is there a Value Problem, with respect to health? Is it unscientific to value health and seek to maximize it within the context of medicine? No. Clearly there are scientific truths to be known about health—and we can fail to know them, to our great detriment. This is a fact. And yet, it is possible for people to deny this fact, or to have perverse and even self-destructive ideas about how to live. Needless to say, it can be fruitless to argue with such people. Does this mean we have a Persuasion Problem with respect to medicine? No. Christian Scientists, homeopaths, voodoo priests, and the legions of the confused don’t get to vote on the principles of medicine. “Health” is also hard to define—and, what is more, the definition keeps changing. There is no clear “metric” by which we can measure it, and there may never be one—because “health” is a suitcase term for hundreds, if not thousands, of variables. Is an ability to “jump very high” one of them? That depends. What would my doctor think if I wanted a full neurological workup because I can only manage a 30-inch vertical leap? He would think I had lost my mind. However, if I were a professional basketball player who had enjoyed a 40-inch leap every day of his adult life, I would be reporting a sudden, 25 percent decline in my abilities—not a good sign. Do such contingencies give us a Measurement Problem with respect to health? Do they indicate that medicine will never be a proper science? No. “Health” is a loose concept that may always bend and stretch depending on the context—but there is no question that both it and its context exist within an underlying reality which we can understand, or fail to understand, with the tools of science.
If we presuppose the well-being of conscious creatures as a fundamental value, much else may fall into place, but that initial presupposition does not come from science. It is not an empirical finding… Harris is highly critical of the claim, associated with Hume, that we cannot derive an “ought” solely from an “is” – without starting with people’s actual values and desires. He is, however, no more successful in deriving “ought” from “is” than anyone else has ever been. The whole intellectual system of The Moral Landscape depends on an “ought” being built into its foundations.
Again, the same can be said about medicine, or science as a whole. As I point out in my book, science is based on values that must be presupposed—like the desire to understand the universe, a respect for evidence and logical coherence, etc. One who doesn’t share these values cannot do science. But nor can he attack the presuppositions of science in a way that anyone should find compelling. Scientists need not apologize for presupposing the value of evidence, nor does this presupposition render science unscientific. In my book, I argue that the value of well-being—specifically the value of avoiding the worst possible misery for everyone—is on the same footing. There is no problem in presupposing that the worst possible misery for everyone is bad and worth avoiding and that normative morality consists, at an absolute minimum, in acting so as to avoid it. To say that the worst possible misery for everyone is “bad” is, on my account, like saying that an argument that contradicts itself is “illogical.” Our spade is turned. Anyone who says it isn’t simply isn’t making sense. The fatal flaw that Blackford claims to have found in my view of morality could just as well be located in science as a whole—or reason generally. Our “oughts” are built right into the foundations. We need not apologize for pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps in this way. It is far better than pulling ourselves down by them.
There could be situations where the question of which course of action might maximize well-being has no determinate answer, and not merely because well-being is difficult to measure in practice but because there is some room for rational disagreement about exactly what it is. If it’s shorthand for the summation of various even deeper values, there could be room for legitimate disagreement on exactly what these are, and certainly on how they are to be weighted. But if that is so, there could end up being legitimate disagreement on what is to be done, with no answer that is objectively binding on all the disagreeing parties.
Couldn’t the same be said about human health? What if there are trade-offs with respect to human performance that we just can’t get around—what if, for instance, an ability to jump high always comes at the cost of flexibility? Will there be disagreements between orthopedists who specialize in basketball and those who specialize in yoga? Sure. So what? We will still be talking about very small deviations from a common standard of “health”—one which does not include anencephaly or a raging case of smallpox.
[Harris] acknowledges the theoretical possibility that two courses of action, or, say, two different systems of customs and laws could be equal in the amount of well-being that they generate. In such cases, the objectively correct and determinate answer to the question of which is morally better would be: “They are equal.” However, he is not prepared to accept a situation where two people who have knowledge of all the facts could legitimately disagree on what ought to be done. The closest they could come to that would be agreement that two (or more) courses of action are equally preferable, so either could be pursued with the same moral legitimacy as the other.
This is not quite true. My model of the moral landscape does allow for multiple peaks—many different modes of flourishing, admitting of irreconcilable goals. Thus, if you want to move society toward peak 19746X, while I fancy 74397J, we may have disagreements that simply can’t be worked out. This is akin to trying to get me to follow you to the summit of Everest while I want to drag you up the slopes of K2. Such disagreements do not land us back in moral relativism, however: because there will be right and wrong ways to move toward one peak or the other; there will be many more low spots on the moral landscape than peaks (i.e. truly wrong answers to moral questions); and for all but the loftiest goals and the most disparate forms of conscious experience, moral disagreements will not be between sides of equal merit. Which is to say that for most moral controversies, we need not agree to disagree; rather, we should do our best to determine which side is actually right.
In any case, I suspect that radically disjoint peaks are unlikely to exist for human beings. We are far too similar to one another to be that different. If we each could sample all possible states of human experience, and were endowed with perfect memories so that we could sort our preferences, I think we would converge on similar judgments of what is good, what is better, and what is best. Differences of opinion might still be possible, and would themselves be explicable in terms of differences at the level of our brains. Consequently, even such disagreements would not be a problem for my account, because to talk about what is truly good, we must also include the possibility (in principle, if not in practice) of changing peoples desires, preferences, and intuitions as a means of moving across the moral landscape. I will discuss the implications of this below.
Generally speaking, I think that the problem of disagreement and indeterminacy that Blackford raises is a product of incomplete information (we will never be able to know all the consequences of an action, estimate all the relevant probabilities, or compare counterfactual states of the world) combined with the inevitable looseness with which certain terms must be defined. Once again, I do not see this as a problem for my view.
Another concern that prompts Blackford and others to invoke terms like “ought” and “should” is the problem of persuasion. What can I say to persuade another person that he or she should behave differently? What can I think (that is, say to myself) to inspire a change in my own behavior? There are, in fact, people who will not be persuaded by anything I say on the subject of well-being, and who may even claim not to value well-being at all. And even I can knowingly fail to maximize my own well-being by acting in ways that I will later regret, perhaps by forsaking a long term goal in favor of short term pleasure.
[W]e usually accept that people act in competition with each other, each seeking the outcome that most benefits them and their loved ones. We don’t demand that everyone agree to accept whatever course will maximize the well-being of conscious creatures overall. Nothing like that is part of our ordinary idea of what it is to behave morally.
Why, for example, should I not prefer my own well-being, or the well-being of the people I love, to overall, or global, well-being? If it comes to that, why should I not prefer some other value altogether, such as the emergence of the Ubermensch, to the maximization of global well-being?… Harris never provides a satisfactory response to this line of thought, and I doubt that one is possible. After all, as he acknowledges, the claim that “We should maximize the global well-being of conscious creatures” is not an empirical finding. So what is it? What in the world makes it true? How does it become binding on me if I don’t accept it?
If we want to persuade Alice to take action X, we need to appeal to some value (or desire, or hope, or fear, etc. … but you get the idea) that she actually has. Perhaps we can appeal to her wish for our approval, but that won’t work unless she actually cares about whether or not we approve of her. She is not rationally bound to act in the way we wish her to act, which may be the way that maximizes global welfare, unless we can get some kind of grip on her own actual values and desires (etc.)… Harris does not seem to understand this idea… there are no judgments about how people like Alice should conduct themselves that are binding on them as a matter of fact or reason, irrespective of such things as what they actually value, or desire, or care about… If we are going to provide her with reasons to act in a particular way, or to support a particular policy, or condemn a traditional custom – or whatever it might be – sooner or later we will need to appeal to the values, desires, and so on, that she actually has. There are no values that are, mysteriously, objectively binding on us all in the sense I have been discussing. Thus it is futile to argue from a presupposition that we are all rationally bound to act so as to maximize global well-being. It is simply not the case.
Blackford’s analysis of these issues is excellent, of course, but I think it still misses my point. The first thing to notice is that the same doubts can be raised about science/rationality itself. A person can always play the trump card, “What is that to me?”—and if we don’t find it compelling elsewhere, I don’t see why it must have special force on questions of good and evil. The more relevant issue, however, is that this notion of “should,” with its focus on the burden of persuasion, introduces a false standard for moral truth.
Again, consider the concept of health: should we maximize global health? To my ear, this is a strange question. It invites a timorous reply like, “Provided we want everyone to be healthy, yes.” And introducing this note of contingency seems to nudge us from the charmed circle of scientific truth. But why must we frame the matter this way? A world in which global health is maximized would be an objective reality, quite distinct from a world in which we all die early and in agony. Yes, it is true that a person like Alice could seek to maximize her own health without caring about the health of other people—though her health will depend on the health of others in countless ways (the same, I would argue, is true of her well-being). Is she wrong to be selfish? Would we blame her for taking her own side in any zero-sum contest to secure medicine for herself or for her own children? Again, these aren’t the kinds of questions that will get us to bedrock. The truth is, Alice and the rest of us can live so as to allow for a maximally healthy world, or we can fail to do so. Yes, it is possible that a maximally healthy world is one in which Alice is less healthy than she might otherwise be (though this seems unlikely). So what? There is still an objective reality to which our beliefs about human health can correspond. Questions of “should” are not the right lens through which to see this.
And the necessity of grounding moral truth in things that people “actually value, or desire, or care about” also misses the point. People often act against their deeper preferences—or live in ignorance of what their preferences would be if they had more experience and information. What if we could change Alice’s preference themselves? Should we? Obviously we can’t answer this question by relying on the very preferences we would change. Contrary to Blackford’s assertion, I’m not simply claiming that morality is “fully determined by an objective reality, independent of people’s actual values and desires.” I am claiming that people’s actual values and desires are fully determined by an objective reality, and that we can conceptually get behind all of this—indeed, we must—in order to talk about what is actually good. This becomes clear the moment we ask whether it would be good to alter people’s values and desires.
Consider how we would view a situation in which all of us miraculously began to behave so as to maximize our collective well-being. Imagine that on the basis of remarkable breakthroughs in technology, economics, and politic skill, we create a genuine utopia on earth. Needless to say, this wouldn’t be boring, because we will have wisely avoided all the boring utopias. Rather, we will have created a global civilization of astonishing creativity, security, and happiness.
However, some people were not ready for this earthly paradise once it arrived. Some were psychopaths who, despite enjoying the general change in quality of life, were nevertheless eager to break into their neighbors’ homes and torture them from time to time. A few had preferences that were incompatible with the flourishing of whole societies: Try as he might, Kim Jong Il just couldn’t shake the feeling that his cognac didn’t taste as sweet without millions of people starving beyond his palace gates. Given our advances in science, however, we were able to alter preferences of this kind. In fact, we painlessly delivered a firmware update to everyone. Now the entirety of the species is fit to live in a global civilization that is as safe, and as fun, and as interesting, and as filled with love as it can be.
It seems to me that this scenario cuts through the worry that the concept of well-being might leave out something that is worth caring about: for if you care about something that is not compatible with a peak of human flourishing—given the requisite changes in your brain, you would recognize that you were wrong to care about this thing in the first place. Wrong in what sense? Wrong in the sense that you didn’t know what you were missing. This is the core of my argument: I am claiming that there must be frontiers of human well-being that await our discovery—and certain interests and preferences surely blind us to them.
Nevertheless, Blackford is right to point out that our general approach to morality does not demand that we maximize global well-being. We are selfish to one degree or another; we lack complete information about the consequences of our actions; and even where we possess such information, our interests and preferences often lead us to ignore it. But these facts obscure deeper questions: In what sense can an action be morally good? And what does it mean to make a good action better?
For instance, it seems good for me to buy my daughter a birthday present, all things considered, because this will make both of us happy. Few people would fault me for spending some of my time and money in this way. But what about all the little girls in the world who suffer terribly at this moment for want of resources? Here is where an ethicist like Peter Singer will pounce, arguing that there actually is something morally questionable—even reprehensible—about my buying my daughter a birthday present, given my knowledge of how much good my time and money could do elsewhere. What should I do? Singer’s argument makes me uncomfortable, but only for a moment. It is simply a fact about me that the suffering of other little girls is often out of sight and out of mind—and my daughter’s birthday is no easier to ignore than an asteroid impact. Can I muster a philosophical defense of my narrow focus? Perhaps. It might be that Singer’s case leaves out some important details: what would happen if everyone in the developed world ceased to shop for birthday presents? Wouldn’t the best of human civilization just come crashing down upon the worst? How can we spread wealth to the developing world if we do not create wealth in the first place? These reflections, self-serving and otherwise—along with a thousand other facts about my mind for which Sean Carroll still has no “metric”—land me in a toy store, looking for something that isn’t pink.
So, yes, it is true that my thoughts about global well-being did not amount to much in this instance. And Blackford is right to say that most people wouldn’t judge me for it. But what if there were a way for me to buy my daughter a present and also cure another little girl of cancer at no extra cost? Wouldn’t this be better than just buying the original present? Imagine if I declined this opportunity saying, “What is that to me? I don’t care about other little girls and their cancers.” It is only against an implicit notion of global well-being that we can judge my behavior to be less good than it might otherwise be. It is true that no one currently demands that I spend my time seeking, in every instance, to maximize global well-being—nor do I demand it of myself—but if global well-being could be maximized, that would be better (by the only definition of “better” that makes any sense).
It seems to me that whatever our preferences and capacities are at present, our beliefs about good and evil must still relate to what is ultimately possible for human beings. We can’t think about this deeper reality by focusing on the narrow question of what a person “should” do in the gray areas of life where we spend much of our time. However, the extremes of human experience throw ample light: are the Taliban wrong about morality? Yes. Really wrong? Yes. Can we say so from the perspective of science? Yes. If we know anything at all about human well-being—and we do—we know that the Taliban are not leading anyone, including themselves, toward a peak on the moral landscape.
In particular, it is quite open to us to condemn traditional systems of morality to the extent that they are harsh or cruel, rather than providing what most of us (quite rationally) want from a moral tradition: for example that it ameliorate suffering, regulate conflict, and provide personal security and social cooperation, yet allow individuals a substantial degree of discretion to live their lives as they wish.

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Looking out over the water from the Manor Hotel. Photo: Kris Miller/DCT Media.
Perhaps I was a little quick to judge. Perched above the golf course, enjoying the panorama of Largo Bay, the hotel is ideally situated for lunch with a five-star view. We dined in the evening, missing out that, but popping back the next day to pick up the car we couldn’t help but admire the stormy Firth of Forth with the snowy Pentland hills in the distance.
Once we located the reception – following a path alongside the darkened conference suite – we were pleasantly surprised. Still a small country house hotel, with just 23 rooms, I had the impression that real care has been taken to update the public areas in a modern Scottish style. It quite successfully combines an old world charm with the contemporary reassurance of Harris Tweed sofas, stag antler chandeliers and an extensive gin menu.
We were swiftly and warmly greeted by a maitre’d of consummate efficiency, for whom nothing was too much trouble. Would we like to have a drink in the candle-lit lounge before dinner? Absolutely. The perfect opportunity to sample one of the many gins on offer, the geography of the selection extended far beyond Eden Mill. He even calmly smoothed over the fact I accidentally set fire to the menu – by leaving it smouldering on top of a tea light.
Rib eye steak and chips at The Old Manor. Photo: Kris Miller/DCT Media.
reasonably priced and well executed, in a relaxing yet refined setting – a combination surprisingly difficult to come by.
For me this was quite a nostalgic experience, reminiscent of the best of the bar suppers my granny took us out for as children. Reassuring signs of quality were there to see in the choice of butcher – Hendersons of Glenrothes – and attention to detail shown in the choice of cheese for the Black & Blue burger – the lesser-known Blue Murder cheese developed by cheese expert Alex James.
Despite the fact the dining room is large, a conservatory extension to the original house, and traditionally set with white tablecloths and really quite bright lighting, it still feels comfortable. I enjoyed the fact our table was tucked in the corner, conveniently far away from the larger groups at the other end of the room. It was a little quiet perhaps, but not awkwardly so, probably just the sort of peaceful evening we needed after a hectic week.
Fishcakes at The Old Manor. Photo: Kris Miller/DCT Media.
Our starters arrived swiftly – setting the pace for the meal (and the only bugbear of the evening). My Old Manor fishcakes were pleasantly crispy on the outside with a rich smoky flavor from the plentiful flaky haddock. Mr H’s polenta-coated halloumi fries were tasty too, generously portioned and just what we were expecting. Neither dish was fancy – the simple salad and watermelon garnish was the same on each plate – but the flavours were satisfying. We both felt someone had been a little light-fingered with the garnish, though. I had dispatched all of the chipotle mayo after half a fishcake and Mr H was in similar straits with his minted yogurt dip. Luckily we only had to ask and ramekins of both were rapidly delivered with a smile.
No one could criticise The Old Manor for slow service. Our main courses arrived as we ate the last mouthful of our starters. At this point we debated whether we should bring forward our pre-booked taxi. Reluctant to disrupt the schedule of Kingskettle’s only taxi driver, we endeavoured to eat slowly and our request for a break before dessert was easily accommodated.
My rib-eye steak, chargrilled and cooked rare, was a pleasure to eat with a creamy pepper sauce and accompaniments of tomato, mushrooms and watercress. The bucket of handcut chips were crispy outside and fluffy inside. Compared to some places where a premium is charged for the meat and sides are priced separately, at £19.95 this is very good value. Mr H was delighted with his venison sausages, grain mustard mash, onion gravy and root vegetables.
Pannacotta for dessert. Photo: Kris Miller/DCT Media.
We were almost too full for dessert. However, after a little break, we steeled ourselves in the line of duty and opted for the Black Forest pannacotta and the sticky toffee pudding. Presented simply, with little garnish, both were delicious. In fact the pannacotta – studded with forest fruits, dark chocolate and a base layer of moist chocolate sponge – retained a lovely quiver and skilfully avoided being over-set with gelatin.
We did wonder if the sticky toffee pudding had been left in the oven just slightly too long but the flavour was none the worse for it and the vanilla ice cream and shortbread crumb were the only accompaniment necessary. We opted for coffee in the lounge afterwards, sinking gratefully into a comfortable sofa. Would we return? Yes, absolutely.
What The Old Manor delivers very successfully is a something-for-everyone classic menu.
Price: Starters from £4.65, mains from £12.95, desserts from £5.50.

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We get such joy from playing a role in celebrating life's special moments while you build connections with family, friends and colleagues. In this hectic world it can be easy to forget to show appreciation to the important people in your life. Hunting for the perfect gift can be stressful. Wandering aimlessly around the shopping centre; battling crowds, traffic, trolley wars and checkout lines and coming home empty handed!
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Our mission is to give each customer an authentic foodie experience, crafted by artisans and stylishly presented. We look for the best artisan producers and taste every product. Not only does each item have to taste great, it needs to look amazing.
We get so much satisfaction from sourcing new products, matching them and creating a gift that looks as good as it tastes. We want the person who receives our hampers to feel wowed, valued, loved and connected to the giver.


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We congratulate all the ACOs recently named by U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
As you start operations we know you are focused on attribution lists, beneficiary data sharing letters, preparing for claims data, quality metrics capture and explaining what an ACO is all about to providers, staff and the community. The good news is that all of the new activity is applicable to other ACO and population health initiatives. And you will soon realize that the design and implementation of an ACO takes more time and talent than your team anticipates.
For ACO leaders, we also recommend a strong focus on the following critical areas whose importance and depth are often underestimated.
Setting targets for what you are trying to achieve and ensuring that leadership is behind the targets.
Establishing a dashboard to tell you whether the ACO is achieving its targets and creating savings with the various initiatives that you implement, i.e. are you producing the expected ROI?
Being serious about achieving the targets by ensuring the participants understand the actions they need to take and then holding them accountable.
Being prepared to make course corrections. While you’ll need a roadmap and targets to know where you are going, you will also need to know how to make adjustments when circumstances arise that require changes in the initial plan.
A lesson we have learned is that the implementation and operationalization phase of an ACO needs a lot more support early in the change process than most ACO leaders initially anticipate. That support involves more time, energy and creativity and not necessarily more products, vendors and IT, etc.

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Back to school season is here and it’s just as exciting as when Nate started kindergarten last year. He’s moved onto the first grade and is officially a pro at the back-to-school routine. It’s so crazy how fast time is flying! Summer coming to an end is always bitter-sweet. We’re all going to miss those long, hot days, but there is also so much to look forward to in the upcoming months. I’ve been trying to remind Nate that as he’s overcoming his first week back blues. He likes school, but everyone dreads the rigid routine!
One thing that always gets me excited is shopping for the new seasons. We partnered up with Old Navy to show you some cool fall colors and alternate denim options. We went all in for fall and opted for colors that remind us of the changing of the leaves. That is one of the prettiest things about fall! Our last coordinating outfit from Old Navy was somewhat collegiate and sporty, so we decided to switch things up a bit and go for a little grunge. Nate and I are all about that street style!
I really love how I was able to find almost the exact mini-me look for Nate, to coordinate with my outfit. I can’t express enough how cool I feel when we’re walking down the street and we hear the people complimenting us both on how cute we look together. No matter how good I think I look when I’m walking solo, I can’t buy a compliment LOL, but when we’re in our matching Old Navy outfits, they are just thrown our way. Haha.
We started our looks with matching black denim jackets. I wore the Built-In Flex Black Denim Jacket which has just the right amount of give in the denim, and Nate wore the 2-in-1 Hooded 24/7 Black Denim jacket. For me, I actually don’t like wearing denim jackets with built-in hoodies, but for Nathan I think they’re perfect! They give that little bit of grunge vibes that we like, but don’t add that bulkiness that will make him uncomfortable. I really like how Old Navy uses the exact color tones in both the Men’s and Boy’s collections. If you look at our outfits you would think that we’re wearing the exact same pieces, but really it’s just the exact same colors!
I love the tobacco leaf color of this Pullover Hoodie and Nate’s matching Color-Blocked Thermal-Knit Raglan Tee. The colors are described differently…Nate’s is Golden Brown, but they literally match to a Tee! Get it? LOL (corny dad joke alert) The one thing I love about Old Navy is that I always feel super comfortable in their clothes. You know when you have to go out, but are in no mood to get dressed up and just feel like wearing sweats? In these cases I always end up throwing on an Old Navy look instead. I get that same kind of comfort, without the sloppiness of sweats! I’m pretty sure it’s because a lot of their pieces have the built-in flex. Nate loves it and I can definitely see why. The Relaxed Slim Khakis are just what I’m talking about and with the Warm Bread color, this look can’t get any more fall! Now every time I see this color I think of warm banana bread, which is my favorite, and it always has me craving a piece LOL. Nate wore the Karate Built-In Flex Slim Jeans, that he calls his “comfy pants”. We have yet to tell him that they are actually brown jeans! haha We always have a hard time getting him to wear jeans because he associates denim as a stiff & uncomfortable material, so we’ll just stick with also calling these his “comfy pants”. I mean I love all kinds of denim, but I totally understand how an active little boy might hate wearing traditional denim, that’s why the built-in flex is perfect for him!
What do you think of our twinning Old Navy looks? Comment on our post if you’re a dad that likes matching your little man!

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Bring in your old electronics. Be GREEN! We-Lectronics prides itself on being environmentally friendly.
We have partnered with a local recycler to ensure we know we are recycling our waste in a responsible manner. Want to do your part? We offer E-waste collection for all of your old electronics and cell phones.
We are dedicated to you and all your different cell phone and tablet needs. We are a reputable company growing very fast thanks to our core focus in making you a happy, life-long customer.


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While it might seem contrary to the entrepreneurial spirit, an exit plan is always vital.
How could you plan to hand your SME on?
In fact, having an exit strategy from day one is vital to a sensible, fully-rounded business. This is possibly even truer in the UAE than in many other countries, given the dynamic, ever-changing pace at which our economy operates.
If you haven’t given it much thought to date, here are some tips on why you should create your SME exit plan – and how.
Plotting where the business goes when the founders move on isn’t the same as winding a business up. An exit plan should be ‘the next stage’ – whether that is to sell the enterprise ‘as-is’ to someone, or to market its assets and order book to others to purchase in part.
Banks and individuals are less willing to invest in a business that’s wholly or largely dependent on one person (or a few key people).
The prospect of that person leaving, or suffering an accident that prevents them working, can put the business’ whole profitability and even existence at risk.
Conversely, a good exit strategy, well matched to the characteristics of the business and the market, will increase your chances of success, possibly shorten the time needed to be ‘exit-ready’ and, often, significantly increase the value of the company at that moment – all aspects likely to appeal to investors.
An exit plan plays a role in how you manage your company and shape its growth strategy. For example, if you’re working to build up value towards one day selling on, your operations are likely to be very different from trying to run a business for ongoing profits.
Selling. Some entrepreneurs see selling a business they created as ‘giving up their baby’. Others are happy to pursue this course from day one. The truth is that selling up almost always increases personal wealth. This could then enable you to start another business, invest in several others and so on – ultimately making you more of an entrepreneur than that initial business ever would or could.
Merging. You might want to position your exit as a transition, where you leave only after ensuring the business, clients and employees will continue to thrive. You could take on an advisory role to retain some interest. Merging like this, often with a bigger group, can also enable the business to increase market share, enter new markets and develop fresh products. A merger can always be a step towards a full exit later too.
Closing. This isn’t an option most people would consider, but a good SME owner does. Circumstances outside your control may force it to happen, so prepare for each and every one. Doing so might even convince you to adopt a shorter-term business plan, with the objective of making as much profit as possible in case the moment comes to close your business.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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The more affected we are with our sinful misery—the fitter we are for Christ's marvelous mercy.
God has a bottle for all the tears of His people—and a book wherein He records all their sorrows!
If Christ shall be precious to you—then you must be vile in your own eyes!
It is easy for Him who made all things out of nothing to help His redeemed children.
The Almighty Creator, ruler, and governor of the world—what can He not do?
A man's greatest care should be for that place where He dwells longest; therefore eternity should be in his scope!
By the same divine power by which Christ made all things—He preserves and sustains all things.
All creatures owe their continuance and preservation to Him.
Hell and damnation are no vain scarecrows!
It is a hard matter to enjoy the world, without being entangled with its cares and pleasures!
A man who is satisfied with his own righteousness, does not prize Christ.
Sin is sweet in commission, but bitter in its wages.
We are perfect in no lessons so much as those into which God whips us.
Christ does not save us because we are holy—but that we may be holy!
Pleasures being enjoyed—they do not satisfy.
Pleasures being lost—they increase our trouble and sorrow.
The use of God's rod is to bring us back unto God. Affliction changes us . . .
To the people of God, affliction is not a destructive punishment—but remedy for our maladies.
There is in man, a mint always at work!
His mind is ever coining evil thoughts.
His heart is ever coining evil desires and carnal affections.
His memory is the closet and storehouse wherein these evil things are kept!
First we practice sin; then we defend it; then we boast of it.
Divisions in the church, always breed atheism in the world.
A finite creature can never fully comprehend an infinite Creator.
The end of study is information.
The end of meditation is practice, and to work upon the affections.
The end of study is to hoard up truth.
The end of meditation to live it out in holy conduct and conversation.
To hear and not to meditate, is unfruitful. We may hear and hear, but it is like putting a thing into a bag with holes! What we read in the Word—we must digest by meditation. Men are barren, dry, and sapless in their prayers—for lack of exercising themselves in holy meditation.
All men in their unrenewed estate are slaves to sin and Satan, and subject to the holy wrath of God.
It is a great part of a believer's work to have a deep sense of the Redeemer's excellency imprinted upon his mind and heart.
Doctrine is but the drawing of the bow.
Application is hitting the mark!
and the merit of His obedience.
God's power was revealed in the creation, when God made us like Himself out of the dust of the ground.
God's love was revealed in our redemption, when He made Himself like us.
When we consider what Christ is—we shall most admire what He has done for us.
The angels fell from their first state as soon as they were created—so short and uncertain is all created glory!
The best of God's children feel the motions of the sinful flesh—but they do not cherish and obey them.
The angels live in a continual dependence upon Christ as their creator—and without His supporting influence, would be soon annihilated!
What was lost in Adam, can only be recovered by Christ.
Death takes all from us: honors, and riches, and strength, and life. But it cannot take God and Christ from us. They are ours, and everlastingly ours.
By God all things exist—therefore He can . . .
preserve us in all dangers.
Our whole life is in His keeping, and upheld by His intimate presence with us. Our days cannot be longer nor shorter than He pleases.
The more perfections we have—the more prone we are to fall if He does not sustain us: witness the fallen angels, and Adam in innocence.
"Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted. From the sole of your foot to the top of your head there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and open sores, not cleansed or bandaged or soothed with oil." Isaiah 1:5-6. The Scripture represents man as . . .
having no sound part in him.
Therefore it is necessary that man should be converted and changed.
Better we had never been born, unless new born!
The devil seeks to weaken the truth of God's threatenings!
Let your love to God, be like His love to you.
Love was at the bottom of all His grace—let it be at the bottom of all your duties.
God delighted in man as innocent, but man as sinful is the object of God's wrath, loathing, and detestation! This breach continues until we are reconciled by Christ, until we love God, and are beloved by Him. It would have been better for us, if we had been in a lower rank of creatures—than to continue under God's wrath! For the misery of the beast dies with them—death puts an end to all their pains at once. But the wrath of God, not appeased by Christ, continues on the sinner forever!
Cry mightily to God: "Give me Christ—or else I perish forever!"
Christ cannot be received—where He is not valued, and when other things come in competition with Him.
It is our sinful appetites affections which make our abode in the world unsafe and dangerous. If it were not for our lusts—neither the baits nor the enticements of the world would tempt or hurt us. Mortify the lust, and you have pulled up the temptations by the roots!
Alas! what a base heart have they who drive no higher trade than providing for the flesh, or accommodating a life which must shortly expire! They are like foolish birds who, with great art and contrivance, feather a nest—which within a little while they must leave!
There is no pardon, without repentance.
There is no Heaven, without holiness.
Do not rest in mere mental assent to the Gospel.
This cost nothing, and is worth nothing!
The devils assent to the truths of Scripture.
Were it not for God's scourge—we would forget our duty and the obedience we owe to Him.
The first rise and spring of saving mercy was at election, which is then manifested by effectual calling, and so flows down in the channels of faith and holiness, until it loses itself in the ocean of everlasting glory!
They are not Christ's, who neither know how they are effectually called, nor can give any proof that they are effectually called. To some God speaks in thunder, to others in a still small voice—but to all He speaks!
No soul ever came to Christ without a load of sin and guilt upon his back. It is God's way to speak terror, before He speaks comfort. Were you ever brought to say: "I was a wretch—a miserable, forlorn creature outside of Christ!" Unworthiness and wretchedness felt is the first occasion to bring us to Christ. Never a poor soul who takes sanctuary at the throne of grace, but he first stands guilty there, and in danger of damnation.
Who will believe that you are saved—when you stick in the mud of pleasures, and live with such a zeal after worldly interests?
It is not the matter that makes the work good, but the principles. All that we do, must come from a principle of faith, love, and obedience. All that is done in the spiritual life, be it an act of piety, justice, temperance, or charity, it must be done with this aim—that God may be glorified by our obedience to His will.
That which we make our utmost end—we make it our God.
One way or another, Satan holds unbelievers captive. Their fair show to the world—is but to serve their carnal interests, to hide a lust or feed a lust—and most commonly this sin is worldliness.
The sanctification of the Spirit, is as necessary as the blood of Jesus!
To cleanse the heart is beyond the power of the creature.
It can no more make itself holy—than make itself to be!
Man's will contributes nothing to salvation—but resistance and rebellion! All the difference between the saved and the lost, arises from God's grace, who acts according to His good pleasure.
If God the Father had not loved you before all worlds—then Christ would not have redeemed you. And if Christ had not redeemed you—then the Spirit would never regenerate and sanctify you.
That a poor godly man who is counted the filth and off-scouring of the world—should be the only truly happy man; and that the great men of this world who have all things at will—should be poor, blind, miserable, and naked; is a blessed paradox of divine truth.
There is a superstitious holiness, which is contrary to a genuine and scriptural holiness. It is a vain flesh-pleasing religion, which consists in a conformity to outward rites and ceremonies, and external mortifications, such as are practiced by the Papists and formalists. It is destructive to true godliness and Scriptural holiness.
If you would be blessed, you must have a sincere, constant, uniform obedience.
The will of God must not only be known, but practiced!
Here is the great work and business of your lives—diligently to seek after God!
The very continuance of our glory in Heaven is a fruit of mercy, not of merit.
Our obligation to free grace never ceases!
The way to true peace with God, is to apply yourselves to God for mercy to be accepted in Christ, and to be renewed according to the image of Christ.
David, whose conscience smote him when he cut off the edge of Saul's garment—could plot the death of Uriah, his faithful servant, when he was at ease in his palace. In the same way, we lose much tenderness of conscience, watchfulness against sin, much of that lively diligence that we would otherwise show forth in carrying on the spiritual life—when we are at ease, and all things go well with us.
Our affections to heavenly things languish, when all things succeed with us in this world according to our heart's desire. This spiritual coldness and remissness is not easily shaken off!
The beginning of all obedience is the mortification of the flesh, which naturally we cannot endure. After we have submitted and subjected ourselves to God—the flesh will be rebelling and waxing wanton against the spirit, until God snatches its allurements from us!
Since we have a Father in Heaven—let us look up to Heaven often.


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LAWRENCE —Not only did Donald Trump's election as president surprise most pollsters and many Americans, but his rise to power also has piqued the interest of Chinese students and academics, said a University of Kansas historian who recently lectured in China.
"They were anxious. Chinese students feel there is this whole new world opening up to them. They feel their generation might be able to be global citizens, much like most Americans are," said David Farber, KU's Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor of History. "They are worried that this is not going to happen now either through their own internal problems in China or America turning away from the rest of the world."
Farber lectured at Chinese universities in 2016, and recently the Chinese Journal of American Studies published an article about his work on the history of American conservatism — the topic of his lectures in China.
In his 2012 book, "The Rise of Fall of Modern American Conservatism," Farber contends that conservatism in the United States is best understood not as a well-considered political philosophy or rigorous ideology but instead as an odd job word used by a hodgepodge of political actors to organize a movement capable of gaining political power in the United States. American conservatism, then, is a historically contingent, fragile project that has produced an uneasy alliance of disparate elements.
This framework likely helped set up Donald Trump's recent victory not only for the Republican nomination, he said, but ultimately the presidency, as he was able to win several key Midwestern states that put his unconventional Electoral College victory over the top.
"To be most useful for a Chinese audience, I tried to explore the contradictions and tension within American conservatism," Farber said. "It isn't like there is one single strand that all conservatives recognize as the essence of their political identity. It gave them ways to understand the conservative populism that Trump embodies and the long history of that electoral influence."
Typically the Chinese academics saw conservative as synonymous with free-market ideology, which historically might or might not be at the core of a conservative political movement, he said.
"Trump is very pro-capitalist, but he certainly is willing to use the state to intervene in the workings of the market, whether that is to single out individual companies, close down trade relations or impinge upon corporate decision making," Farber said. "It's really ironic in some ways and closer to the Chinese model."
Farber said Trump was able to find enough dissatisfied voters in key states, such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin, to give him an Electoral College victory by appealing to people who typically don't follow a coherent conservative ideology.
"His victory drove home that Americans are increasingly divided over some really fundamental issues," Farber said. "I tried to get that across to the Chinese."
Trump also during the campaign was heavily critical of America’s trade deficit with China and threatened to levy tariffs in retaliation. The U.S. relationship with China looms as one of the major questions of the Trump presidency.
"The Chinese fear deteriorating relations between our two countries," Farber said. "They have no desire to go to war economically or militarily. Many Chinese students are interested in the United States, and they desire to visit and come here. We're still a beacon for a lot of people around the world, and I certainly saw that in China."
The Chinese Association for American Studies and the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing published the journal that included Farber's article.
Image: The U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Photo by Martin Falbisoner, via WikiCommons.


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The paper ‘The Uncertainty of a Moving Diptych’ by AP Valletta’s Design Director Ephraim Joris will be presented at the conference ‘Moving Images – Static Spaces: Architectures, Art, Media, Film, Digital Art and Design’ organised by AMPS (Architecture, Media, Politics, Society), an international nonprofit research organisation.
The conference will be held in Istanbul on the 12th and 13th April 2018 at the Altinbaş University (Istanbul Kemerburgaz University).
This paper reflects on a video installation presented at the Flemish Architectural Institute in December 2017 as part of the exhibition Drawing Ambience, Alvin Boyarsky and the AA. The installation portrays a drawing of a cranial figure subjected to consecutive moments of subtraction as it negotiates a relationship with an etching by Alexander Brodsky in which a male figure holds a building. This particular installation forms part of an ongoing research by AP Valletta with which alternative strategies are explored to algebraic architecture; a discourse in which architectures are established as the constitution of parts. This research, titled ‘Monolith Drawing’ has been situated within the maelstrom of ancient and current day architecture to explore and (re)deploy the idea of ‘ex uno lapide’  in the production of current day architecture. The extraction of an architectural figure from a single volume as opposed to constructing architecture by means of various components is a measure to question architectural production. The video installation, as shown at the Flemish Architectural Institute, permits a viewing of a coming-into-being of an architectural figure; unstable by nature, for the drawing is both static (as a matter of fact) and subject to the idea of speed. Fluctuations of the pictorial surface allow for the drawing to perpetually reconstitute its (re)presentational status as it speaks of consecutive moments of transformation. The resulting diptych, fluctuating between appearance and disappearance wants to resist the depiction of a constitutional reality. Instead, the diptych holds a perpetual uncertainty as it seeks to combine perception with transformation, past with present, architecture with organic unity.
A favorite topoi of classical literature the principle of ‘ex uno lapide’ first appears in Albert’s treatise on sculpture. His writing develops observations by Diodorus Siculus on the proportion system of Egyptian sculptors.

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Comedian, singer, actor and pastor Dan Kulp may be best known as the lead singer for the popular rock band, The Dig Project, but he is making some serious waves in the literary world with the release of his first book, the alternately humorous, poignant and profound Confounding The Wise from WordCrafts Press.
Kulp is brother to four siblings who have Down syndrome, three of whom were adopted. He and his wife Elizabeth are the proud parents of three adopted children, two from China and one from Ukraine, who have special needs--including one with the extra chromosome "We have been told that our son Simon is the first child adopted out of China to the U.S. who has Down syndrome," Kulp says. During the 1970s, PBS and Newsweek Magazine did feature stories on the Kulp Family which aired internationally.
Down Syndrome: What You CAN Do is designed to give parents, friends, families, and professionals accurate and up-to-date information about Down syndrome. Information in the book is written by doctors, parents, professionals & individuals with Down syndrome. This book is written with the idea that many families would have benefited from a book like this when their child was diagnosed with Down syndrome.
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Hey again (I asked about Gunvolt, super happy you enjoyed it as much as you did), I saw your blog entry about secrets and wanted to ask if in this age of the internet and datamining, do you think it’s possible to hide secrets as well as older games have done? Any special methods you can think of?
The easiest thing you can do is encrypt or keep resources off the hard drive. Don’t describe whatever it is in plaintext, because that’ll get dumped then ctrl F’d. Don’t store whatever you’re hiding in plaintext anywhere. Don’t name the files after it, don’t name the folders after it, don’t have any references to it in any image or sound file, unless you encrypt those files, and hide the encrypted result inside another file that is of a type people would overlook.
The key for hiding things from modern day datamining is Steganography paired with cryptography. Cryptography means nobody can hit ctrl F and find it. Steganography means nobody thinks to look for it.
This is of course assuming that what you want to hide is an object represented in text, with textures, with models, with sound. If you want to hide a particular gameplay interaction, that’s fairly easy. It just needs its own variables that are not tied to any of the more commonly used variables.
For reference, look at a lot of the undertale datamining efforts, especially the research into the Fun variable.
Of course, Undertale being made in game maker also makes it particularly susceptible to data mining, since game maker games can be decompiled into the raw GMK file.
Building secrets in the age of datamining means being sneaky basically, in original ways. It also means not building an expectation that there are secrets that need datamining.
Building a game that is actually resistant to datamining is falling into like, DRM territory and code obfuscation territory. There’s a lot of weird ways to do things with code that can produce results like that. Like if you really really don’t want assets to get read, you can use algorithms to procedurally generate them using code, which I can’t explain how to even do.
Beyond that, hiding easter eggs isn’t so hard. You can do dumb things like have people type out passwords, press random button combinations, walk over invisible switches in specific orders, check the same place 50 times, and so on.
Or more clever things like have the enchanted forest water in Wind Waker instantly kill the forbidden forest boss.
Or being able to punch the bald bull during his charge in punchout by using the camera in the audience as a tell.
Or having a secret way to complete an entire secret sam level pacifistically.
Or everything in dark souls, from hidden ways back to the asylum, to hidden rooms, to hidden bosses, to hidden worlds, to hidden invasion covenants, to hidden everything. It took a really long time to find all of dark souls’ secrets.
The thing I think you want to establish is a steady drip of secrets. If your game calls too much attention to itself, like Undertale did, then it gets datamined and all the secrets are out in a year or less. Dark Souls 3 had a similar treatment, but also its secrets weren’t as well hidden.

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It is a turn signal, tail light and brake light all in one.
Anyone who is serious about customising cannot fail to appreciate the quality of motogadget products. In no time at all, the Berlin-based manufacturer has achieved virtually cult status with its high-class instruments. The reason is the exceptional functionality of motogadget products, but most importantly their extremely clean design, high-quality materials, top engineering and absolute reliability.
The m-Blaze Edge is available in chrome and dark chrome versions.
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10 most simple and beautiful hairstyles for girls. Your daughter will appreciate!
Moms of little girls sometimes faceProblems that can be solved only by wisdom, love and patience: the daughter does not like the dress, she does not want to wear the same blouse as yesterday. Today she wants long hair, Like a rapuncle, and tomorrow - a short haircut "like a Katya."
If the daughter since childhood to look nice, And you have some free time - our article for you. Most importantly, not just with gums and bows, but with patience!
Elegant hairstyle, which is made with the help of 4 rubber bands and a beautiful bow. Not for the lesson of physical education.
For owners of long strands. The princess of jasmine dreams of such a hair!
4 gum, bow, a little patience - and the hair is ready!
Romantic motifs are easily recreated with the help of 12 elastics and comb for smooth cuts.
Spike - separately, tails - separately? As it were not so!
Gather loose hair and braids in one rubber band? great idea!
With beautiful elastic bands such a hairstyle looks especially stylish!
For those who have a lot of time. But the result is worth it!
Hope you liked our selection and tomorrow your daughter will be the most beautiful in the team! Share this article with your friends! Perhaps they just come up, What hairstyle to do Their princesses.


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National Nutrition Month® is celebrated in March, but making smart diet choices year-round is key to eating well – and being well! In addition to encouraging you to stay physically active, this challenge will boost your ability to navigate nutrition and provide resources to help you make healthy food choices now and in the future. The challenge, sponsored by the Green Mountain Higher Education Consortium, starts on April 15th and ends on May 25th. You will earn Wellable Points for tracking physical activity, logging meals and snacks, and participating in weekly nutrition quizzes.
Weekly $50 gift cards to your local food coop will be raffled off each week and at the end of the challenge three grand prize winners will be drawn at random to win one of three $100 gift cards to your local food coop. Don’t miss out. Please join us.
This challenge is for faculty and staff. To register, new Wellable users can click here. If you have participated in a Wellable challenge (i.e. Mind Body Challenge) in the past you have been automatically registered to participate. Questions can be directed to Rebecca Schubert, GMHEC Employee Well-being Program Coordinator at rebecca.schubert@gmhec.org.
This entry was posted in Midd Blogosphere and tagged Midd Points, Wellness on April 16, 2019 by Jason Cable.
Would you like to be updated on ‘All Things Well-being’ in real time? We are creating a listserv to update interested community members regarding on-campus and community events as they come up during the year. If you would like to be included, please sign up here: Well-being listserv sign up!
This entry was posted in Midd Blogosphere and tagged Midd Points, Wellness on April 16, 2019 by Laura Wilkinson.
New Marketing Media (Paid) Internship Opportunity in LA working for a Midd alum!
Wild Card is an award-winning entertainment advertising agency specializing in theatrical film marketing. Located in Culver City, CA, Midd alum, Founder and Editor Nick Temple and his team make up a diverse group of highly skilled editors, graphic designers, and music supervisors. They work with filmmakers across all major studios to develop teasers, trailers, and TV spots for major feature films and television shows.
At Wild Card, our internships offer hands-on learning and practical work experience in a fun friendly environment. Interns are encouraged to explore, develop and share their ideas while gaining valuable experience in the showbiz industry. We’re looking for a creative self-starter who is interested in the entertainment marketing industry.
• Perform clerical duties, maintain files, organize documents, copy etc.
This entry was posted in Midd Blogosphere and tagged Arts, Media, and Communications, Film/Radio/Television, Internships, media on April 16, 2019 by Alicia Gomez.
Several Job Opportunities with Insider.com posted in Handshake!
Insider Inc. is the publisher of INSIDER, Markets Insider, and 17 international editions of Business Insider, including the flagship NY-based US edition. The company pioneered a digital-native approach to news and information that is social and mobile at its core, for an ambitious and curious global audience that grew up with digital. The company launched in 2007, and in ten years, Business Insider has grown to become the most favorite business news brand in the world, when measured by reach. Insider Inc. reaches a global audience of several hundred million readers and viewers. The company also offers a subscription research service, Business Insider Intelligence (BII), that provides in-depth insight, data, and analysis of digital topics. Every year the company hosts IGNITION, an influential media and technology conferences. Insider Inc. is a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE. We are always looking for talented, curious and motivated individuals to join our growing team.
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This entry was posted in Midd Blogosphere and tagged Arts, Media, and Communications, Jobs, Writing/Publishing/Journalism on April 16, 2019 by Alicia Gomez.
TransPerfect, a translation services company, posted two jobs in handshake!
For more than 25 years, TransPerfect has provided comprehensive language and technology solutions to help our clients communicate and conduct business more effectively in a global marketplace. TansPerfect provides a full array of language and business support services, including translation, interpretation, multicultural marketing, website globalization, subtitling, voiceovers, staffing services, e-learning and training, and legal support services. TransPerfect also offers a suite of next-generation technologies that significantly reduce costs and improve consistency throughout the translation process, making TransPerfect the vendor of choice for the world’s leading multinationals. With annual revenues of over $615 million, TransPerfect is the world’s largest provider of language services and technology solutions. From offices in more than 90 cities on six continents, TransPerfect offers a full range of services in 170+ languages to clients worldwide. With an unparalleled commitment to quality and client service, TransPerfect is fully ISO 9001 and ISO 17100 certified. TransPerfect has global headquarters in New York, with regional headquarters in London and Hong Kong.
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This entry was posted in Midd Blogosphere and tagged Arts, Media, and Communications, Jobs, languages on April 16, 2019 by Alicia Gomez.
HBO’s Talent Acquisition (TA) department is focused on acquiring the best and brightest talent for the world’s most successful premium television network. The Executive Assistant will provide general administrative support to the Vice President, Talent Acquisition. The VP leads a team of recruiters who manage full life-cycle recruitment for varying business units such as Technology, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Legal, etc.
This role requires an individual with strong people and office management skills. The ideal candidate will have excellent phone and in person demeanor, be a quick study, independent and thoughtful in his or her decision-making. A successful candidate will be a creative problem-solver and self-starter who is resilient in a fast-paced environment, and highly collaborative with exceptional organizational skills.
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This entry was posted in Midd Blogosphere and tagged Arts, Media, and Communications, Film/Radio/Television, Human Services, Jobs on April 16, 2019 by Alicia Gomez.


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You know that old clichéd scene? It’s every dad’s nightmare: daughter is going out for a date, and when the kid comes to the door… IT’S SOME TATTOOED PUNK!
How hilarious does that sound now? In 2015, there’s a 32 percent chance that dad has a (tasteful) tattoo. Maybe even a full neckpiece.
You can chalk up that mainstream evolution to the changing tides of the art form itself.
Look at Columbus, where the city has gone from a handful of shops to nearly 200 in just the last 30 years. And just like any creative scene we dig into at (614), you’ll find way more beneath the surface than you could have imagined. Most cover stories we pursue typically start with a news peg (in this case, May’s Hell City Tattoo Festival, one of the country’s largest), and we spiral outward from there, examining all the ways in which the main subject is ingrained in Columbus culture.
So I probably shouldn’t be surprised at the national and, in some cases, global touchstones that we found in one particular subculture. Oh, so one of the most lauded tattoo artists in the United States was a former sword-swallowing dwarf with a shop in what is now the Short North? That he gave Ed Hardy a souvenir tattoo in 1980? Of course he was. Of course he did.
Or that there is a human trafficking survivor using body art as advocacy, doing her part to erase other survivors’ physical and emotional scars due to their former captors’ brands?
Yes, none of this should be a surprise in a city like ours, where even from my desk I am continually amazed by the way art and community collide.
Let’s look at the men and women behind the needle. In a city that’s constantly striving to put more emphasis on art, tattoo artists are the most prolific subset. Beyond their always-booked tables, they’re musicians, graphic designers, photographers, beer label designers, etc.
And what’s extra cool about the local tattoo scene (sure, it’s ultra competitive and there are egos just like in any industry), is that I can’t think of an industry that’s more interconnected.
Hell, when we randomly decided to tattoo a slice of pizza on someone for the cover of our food and drink publication, Stock & Barrel, the lucky recipient and the tattoo artist we chose had already collaborated. Now there’s a 16-bit video game character firing a bullet at a vegetarian slice of pie on Lindsey Klun’s arm, both courtesy of artist Scott Santee. Our photo editor Chris Casella walked in for the shoot and got some dap from Memento’s Iggy Sweeney, who had inked his arm and leg years ago.
The spirit of apprenticeship in an industry like this is refreshing, too. Many of the city’s most sought-after artists learned from the older set, technique and style passed down and evolved through generations. Transference, always. You can also walk into any shop in the city and see how excited they are about transferring their passion onto someone’s skin. And while it’s cool for any artist to have their work hanging on a wall somewhere, think about the permanent installations strolling through the city on any given resident’s shoulders or back. It’s an honor that I don’t think many art forms can boast. As if ink needs any help enduring, hundreds of artists beyond Santee, Sweeney, and Hell City’s Morrison keep the art alive on the living, breathing canvas that is Columbus.
Here’s to that legacy and to doing our part to elevate the colorful world of Columbus tattoo culture.


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On Thursday, October 19th at 6:00 pm the Community and Economic Development Department will be hosting their Annual CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) Action Plan Community meeting at La Sierra Senior Center (5215 La Sierra Avenue). The purpose of the meeting is to receive information and provide input on future housing and community development needs.
Your participation is very important, residents are encouraged to attend, voice their opinion and help develop the 2018-2019 action plan. Please see flyer below for additional details.
It’s that time of year again! The Ward 7 City Council Office has once again partnered with Love Riverside and Meridian Gardens of Riverside for their annual LOVE RIVERSIDE Serve Day.
On Saturday, October 21st, volunteers will gather at Sherman Indian School at 8:00 am for the Kick-Off Rally and will make their way to their designated project site from there. This year our Making Memories project with Meridian Gardens of Riverside is at its capacity. A huge THANK YOU to all of the volunteers who registered for the project!
However, please do not be discouraged, there are still plenty of opportunities to participate in the LOVE RIVERSIDE Serve Day. To see a list of available projects, please visit loveriverside.org and join us in demonstrating kindness, spreading goodness & building community!
On Wednesday, October 25th Councilman Jim Perry and I will be hosting a joint Ward 6 and Ward 7 Community Meeting to hear a presentation from staff regarding the Housing First model. The meeting will be held at La Sierra Senior Center from 6:30 – 8:00 pm, please see flyer below for additional details.
Please see flyer below for employment opportunities with the City of Riverside.


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There are 18 double and triple rooms and 2 family rooms in the hotel.
In hotel there is a romantic restaurant in style of 1920. Restaurant Republika is the best place to enjoy your meal during your stay. In winter you can sit by the fireplace in the wine bar and in summer you can sunbathe on our terrace with breathtaking view on the Krkonose Montain.
In our hotel you can use sauna, infrared sauna and hot tube. You can also take a massage from our experienced masseur. We hope you will enjoy pleasant moments during relaxation in our hotel wellness.


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On the 2 min for 14 min. Make sure to get in some good warm up sets before jumping in on the work sets. Each work set should have you working with challenging weight but feel free to adjust and fluctuate the weight as needed on each set. I would encourage you to drop the weight between each rep so you can work the pull off the floor.
For many of us these are super tough due to mobility or just the uncommon position. Be smart and use a loading that allows you to perform the reps well with good position and have the weight follow. Rest no more than 3 min between each work set.

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text: Order together and SAVE!! JJR Bible Memory Cd: Our Bible memory CDs are designed with Children's Bible Quizzing in mind. Whether the songs are a capella with beautiful harmonies, silly voices, incredible percussion, or full instrumentation, the kids will have a blast learning God's Word and have it hidden in their heart for years! Each Bible memory CD contains the required memory verses for Children's Bible Quizzing published through Wordaction. They are also great tools for Children's Church, Caravan, VBS, Sunday School, Camp, or just at home! JJR Scripture Study Portion 2-Disc Set: This 2-disc set is ideal for Auditory learners or young readers! DaVonne reads all Scripture portions used in the Study of JJR, published through WordAction. Each track is exactly what the children will be studying from and quizzed over in Dig Sites 1-20. Exodus Teaching DVD: Perfect for teaching Visual and Kinesthetic learners!! In this DVD, DaVonne gives tools to help memorize the verses on the Exodus CD by using fun actions, great rhythm, and simple sign language. The format is: show, teach, show: The kids demonstrate -DaVonne teaches - then you join along!


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Some of the more popular upgrades and renovation projects involve kitchens and bathrooms. They are generally the most used rooms in the house and often the ones that need the most help in updating fixtures,appliances and improving overall functional space. Most homeowners do not know where to start. They are looking for experienced contractors to assist in the design and remodel of these important spaces.
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