Wednesday 25 May 2011
Draft DSM-5 again open for public comment
The forthcoming revised DSM-5, which will shape diagnoses of not only Gender Dysphoria, but also such conditions as Bipolar and Related Disorders Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive-Related, and Trauma-Related Disorders, has been opened up for public comment.Via the DSM-5 website:
At this time, we are asking visitors to review and comment on the proposed DSM-5 organizational structure and criteria changes. Please note that the current commenting period will end on June 15, 2011. It is important to remember that the proposed structure featured here is only a draft.
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The content on this site will stay in its current form until after completion of the DSM-5 Field Trials, scheduled to conclude later this year. Following analysis of field trial results, we will revise the proposed criteria as needed and, after appropriate review and approval, we will post these changes on this Web site. At that time, we will again open the site to a third round of comments from visitors, which will be systematically reviewed by each of the work groups for consideration of additional changes. Thus, the current commenting period is not the final opportunity for you to submit feedback, and subsequent revisions to DSM-5 proposals will be jointly informed by field trial findings as well as public commentary.
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People Like Us - Welcome Abroad
Vicki Bennett, under the People Like Us moniker, returns from several collaborations for her first solo album in several years. Stranded in the United States for an extended period after the Icelandic volcano eruption blocked her British homeland's airspace, Bennett derived thematic material of displacement, travel, and a longing forelsewhere, from the natural disaster that caused her own predicament. Volcanically marooned in Baltimore and NYC, Bennett utilized some of her "free" time to work on the album and even gained audio contributions from fellow experimental musicians Jason Willett (of Half Japanese) and M.C. Schmidt (of Matmos) via her extended stay.
"Welcome Abroad is the soundtrack to a dream - overlaying a cabaret with the circus, a music hall with the radio, a nightclub with the movies. Finely tuned sounds from the collective unconscious, fitted together with care and clarity and skill, producing a hallucinatory landscape that shifts and slides, shimmering with each new sample. Julie Andrews duets with Jim Morrison? Damn." -Steinski
Taking a glance at just a few tracks from Welcome Abroad, songs from The Beatles, Ennio Morricone, Danny Kaye, Bob Dylan, Rod McKuen, Elton John, Gene Pitney, Elvis Presley, Dionne Warwick, John Denver, Julie London, and Queen are all amalgamated. While recent mashup culture often centers on the instant gratification of seamlessly juxtaposing hooks, People Like Us tracks transform the source material into collages that are equal parts dissonance and pleasure, making artful commentaries on our culture and Bennett's own existential amusement within such a wondrous world.
Since 1991 British artist Vicki Bennett has been an influential figure in the field of audiovisual collage, through her innovative sampling, appropriating and cutting up of found footage and archives. Using collage as her main form of expression, she creates audio recordings, films and radio shows that communicate a humorous, dark and often surreal view on life. These collages mix, manipulate and rework original sources from both the experimental and popular worlds of music, film, television and radio.
People Like Us believe in open access to archives for creative use, and have made work using footage from the Prelinger Archives, The Internet Archive, and A/V Geeks. In 2006 she was the first artist to be given unrestricted access to the entire BBC Archive. People Like Us have previously shown work at Tate Modern, Sydney Opera House, Pompidou Centre and Sonar, and performed radio sessions for John Peel and Mixing It. The ongoing sound art radio show 'DO or DIY' on WFMU has had over three quarters of a million hits since 2003. The People Like Us back catalog is available for free download hosted by UbuWeb.
"Welcome Abroad is the soundtrack to a dream - overlaying a cabaret with the circus, a music hall with the radio, a nightclub with the movies. Finely tuned sounds from the collective unconscious, fitted together with care and clarity and skill, producing a hallucinatory landscape that shifts and slides, shimmering with each new sample. Julie Andrews duets with Jim Morrison? Damn." -Steinski
Taking a glance at just a few tracks from Welcome Abroad, songs from The Beatles, Ennio Morricone, Danny Kaye, Bob Dylan, Rod McKuen, Elton John, Gene Pitney, Elvis Presley, Dionne Warwick, John Denver, Julie London, and Queen are all amalgamated. While recent mashup culture often centers on the instant gratification of seamlessly juxtaposing hooks, People Like Us tracks transform the source material into collages that are equal parts dissonance and pleasure, making artful commentaries on our culture and Bennett's own existential amusement within such a wondrous world.
Since 1991 British artist Vicki Bennett has been an influential figure in the field of audiovisual collage, through her innovative sampling, appropriating and cutting up of found footage and archives. Using collage as her main form of expression, she creates audio recordings, films and radio shows that communicate a humorous, dark and often surreal view on life. These collages mix, manipulate and rework original sources from both the experimental and popular worlds of music, film, television and radio.
People Like Us believe in open access to archives for creative use, and have made work using footage from the Prelinger Archives, The Internet Archive, and A/V Geeks. In 2006 she was the first artist to be given unrestricted access to the entire BBC Archive. People Like Us have previously shown work at Tate Modern, Sydney Opera House, Pompidou Centre and Sonar, and performed radio sessions for John Peel and Mixing It. The ongoing sound art radio show 'DO or DIY' on WFMU has had over three quarters of a million hits since 2003. The People Like Us back catalog is available for free download hosted by UbuWeb.
Sex Trafficking of Americans: The Girls Next Door
Even as celebrity activists such as Emma Thompson, Demi Moore, and Mira Sorvino raise awareness about commercial sex trafficking, survivor Rachel Lloyd publishes her memoir Girls Like Us, and the Senate introduces a new bipartisan bill for victim support, the problem proliferates across continents, in casinos, on streets, and directly into your mobile device. And, as Amy Fine Collins shows, human trafficking is much closer to home than you think; victims, younger than ever, are just as likely to be the homegrown American girl next door as illegally imported foreigners. Having gained access to victims, law-enforcement officials, and a convicted trafficker, Collins follows a major case that put to the test the federal government’s Trafficking Victims Protection Act.
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Amy Fine Collins @'Vanity Fair'
'...take the world by the tail, pull it down, wrap it around and put it in your pocket'
The following letter was written in 2006 by legendary gravel-voiced musician Tom Waits to a 15-year-old named Colin, in response to a piece of fan mail written by the youngster a few months previous. It was accompanied by a signed photo, also seen below. The opening joke of Waits' charming letter can be explained by Colin's hometown: Palestine, Illinois.
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Image: Colin
TranscriptJun 6, 2006@'Letters of Note'
Colin,
You're from Palestine? How did you find the time to write....given all the trouble you are having with Israel? Good to hear from you, your sister has good taste, so do you. Allow me to formally encourage to write things down, so when you make it you can say, and I can say, I was in your corner all along. Thanks for all your kind words, always good to hear from the younger generation telling me I have value and relevance. Stay at it Colin. Lots of great people come from Illinois because it's so flat you have to dream up everything, that's what my wife says....she's from there, & lots of Presidents are from Illinois. OK Colin go out there and take the world by the tail, pull it down, wrap it around and put it in your pocket.
Warmly,
(Signed, 'Tom Waits')
Tuesday 24 May 2011
Tepco confirms extra partial fuel rod meltdown at plant
Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) has confirmed the meltdown of extra fuel rods in reactors at its damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant.
The company said that the rods were in its Number 2 and Number 3 reactors. Tepco has been trying to contain radiation from the plant, crippled by the 11 March earthquake and tsunami.
The company said that it planned to stick to its timetable of getting the radiation under control by January.
Tepco's announcement came on the same day that a team from the United Nations' atomic watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), kicked off a visit in Japan.
100 hours
Earlier this month, Tepco had revealed that rods at its Number 1 reactor melted down. It was thought that a similar problem had occurred in the other reactors but it was difficult to confirm.
"Based on our analysis, we have reached the conclusion that a certain amount of nuclear fuel has melted down," Ken Matsuda, a Tepco spokesman told the BBC.He said the analysis came from a report that Tepco was required to submit to Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (Nisa).
The spokesman added that most of the fuel from the Number 2 reactor had melted approximately 100 hours after the earthquake, which measured 9 on the Richter scale, struck Japan.
The meltdown in the Number 3 reactor took place about 60 hours after the quake.
Mr Matsuda said the new discovery would not alter Tepco's plans.
The company has said that it wants to reach a "cold shutdown" of the power plant by January, and has been trying to cool the reactors and get the unstable fuel rods back under control.
"This result does not change our work," he said.
Earlier in May, Tepco revealed that the damage sustained by the Number 1 reactor immediately after the earthquake and tsunami was far more severe than initially thought.
Professor Nobumasa Akiyama of Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo said Tepco's new revelation reinforces that idea.In an effort to better understand the current situation in Japan specialists from the IAEA are joining other international experts in Tokyo for a fact-finding mission.
They are expected to submit a report on Japan's handling of the nuclear crisis to present to the IAEA's member states.
The group is expected to visit the Fukushima nuclear plant, though details have not been finalised.
Professor Akiyama said that the IAEA had come under criticism for its reaction to the Fukushima crisis.
"First of all, it has not been able to provide the information on what's going on on the ground," he said. "Secondly, it hasn't been able to provide a prescription for the solution of the crisis."
Mr Akiyama said the nuclear agency would be expected to provide more guidelines for nuclear safety after the visit to Japan this week.
He added that it may need to be beef up its funding and staff if it was going to be able to fulfil its mandate.
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David Sylvian - Died in the Wool (2011 - Albumstream)
David Sylvian will be releasing Died in the Wool — variations on David Sylvian's 2009 release Manafon with the addition of 6 new pieces, including collaborations with acclaimed composer Dai Fujikura, producers Jan Bang and Erik Honoré and a stellar roster of contemporary musicians and improvisers.
Small Metal Gods
Died in the Wool
I Should Not Dare
Random Acts Of Senseless Violence
A Certain Slant of Light
Anomaly At Taw Head
Snow White in Appalachia
Emily Dickinson
The Greatest Living Englishman (Coda)
Anomaly At Taw Head (A Haunting)
Manafon
The Last Days of December
Japan: 18th May; UK/RoW (excl. USA/Canada): 23rd May; USA: 31st May
for more: http://www.davidsylvian.com/
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ebertchicago Roger Ebert
Question for DSK: Did you notice, or care, that the maid was wearing hajib, the Muslim head covering? Did that signal "consent?"
Question for DSK: Did you notice, or care, that the maid was wearing hajib, the Muslim head covering? Did that signal "consent?"
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou - Live @ The Scala London
Benin’s Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou has been making waves with their afro funk grooves, angular melodies and powerful percussion for decades, embracing traditional Beninese 'Vodoun' rhythms, mixed with funk and soul for a wholly modernised voodoo groove. The band was formed in 1968 and records and plays to this day, although band members have changed over the years, becoming hugely popular in the 70s, and performing alongside Fela Kuti, Miriam Makeba and Angelique Kidjo. Their music output over the years has been extremely prolific numbering upwards of 50 LPs and a hundred 45s, most of which were unavailable outside of their home country. Were it not for enthusiastic record labels such as Strut or Analog Africa, who unearthed their rare recordings over the past years and made them available to record buyers in the rest of the world, they might have slipped into total obscurity. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo also became the subject of a documentary film by French journalist Elodie Maillot which helped to organise their first European tour. To understand what the fuss is all about, immerse yourself in their live performance, recorded at London's Scala. Embrace your inner psychedelic hypnotic afro-beat with Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou!
Setche We Djo Mon - Albarika Store
Ose
Ma Vie
Assou Yoyo
Gbeti Madjo
Pardon
Passi
Tougbedgé
Houé Towé Houn
Ne Te Fâches Pas
Ou C’est Lui Ou C’est Moi
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Simon Sellars: Postcards from the Edgelands (for Marion Shoard)
37° 37′ 54S, 144° 55′ 22E In the built environment, the ‘edgelands’ describes the interfacial interzone between urban and rural, a mix of rubbish tips, superstores, office parks, rough-hewn farmland, gas towers, electricity pylons, wildlife and service stations. The term was coined by the environmentalist Marion Shoard, who has uncovered the hidden dynamics at work in this ‘apparently unplanned, certainly uncelebrated and largely incomprehensible territory’.[1] She maps a symbiotic relationship between the waste product, both physical and psychological, of the human world, and its co-dependency with an emergent version of the natural realm that defies all preconceived, ‘rational’ notions of sustainability and environmental care. As such, her work can serve as an instructive metaphor for architects who are willing to approach the question of infrastructure as a crucial new phase in the development of their profession.
In the edgelands, the functionalism of warehouse sheds, sewage farms and switching stations is at the same time an interlocking network of essential services. Architecture and infrastructure are inseparable, a special relationship that moves beyond what the architect Sam Jacob has described as ‘the way in which infrastructure is perceived as inert structure which exists outside of cultural significance’.[2] For Jacob, infrastructure, held within the complexity of the 21st century, must take on a new role as the ‘architecture of the global age’, a physical manifestation of the networked reality that increasingly underscores and dictates our lives. He makes the McLuhanesque suggestion that if electronic media can be thought of as an extension of our senses, then infrastructure can be seen as the projection of our corporeal reality onto physical coordinates. If Jacob is right, then architecture, traditionally at a remove from this corporeal projection (that is, removed from infrastructure’s ‘inertness’), must radically reassess its relationship to the natural world if it is to engage with the problem of infrastructure as a viable extension of architectural practice.
It is here that the ‘problem’ of the edgelands, as defined by Shoard, can help. For in the edgelands, to make such a move as Jacob’s is really just a matter of perception...
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Junger says he’s done covering wars after Hetherington’s death
Famed author of “War,” Sebastian Junger told “Morning Joe” on Monday that he was supposed to go to Libya with photojournalist Tim Hetherington, who was killed there last month along with Chris Hondros.
Junger did not go to Libya because of “some family issues, and Vanity Fair got cold feet because it looked so dangerous. Tim came back, then decided he wanted to do it anyway. He went back again with his own money,” he told the Globe and Mail.
On MSNBC Monday morning, Junger told co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, “I’m out.” He won’t cover any more wars.
Julie Moos @'Poynter'
Junger did not go to Libya because of “some family issues, and Vanity Fair got cold feet because it looked so dangerous. Tim came back, then decided he wanted to do it anyway. He went back again with his own money,” he told the Globe and Mail.
On MSNBC Monday morning, Junger told co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, “I’m out.” He won’t cover any more wars.
“I’m pretty okay taking risks with my own life, but having seen the aftermath of Tim’s death among many people he loved very deeply, and the incredible pain they’re still going through, you can’t love someone and subject them to that.”In the June issue of Vanity Fair, Junger wrote about Hetherington: “You and I were always talking about risk because she was the beautiful woman we were both in love with, right? … And in the end, you were the one she chose.”
Julie Moos @'Poynter'
If I Take Down Fox, Is All Forgiven?
In November, a researcher at Media Matters for America, the liberal press-watchdog group that Brock founded seven years ago, noticed that the website Charitybuzz was auctioning a “friendly lunch” with Murdoch to benefit the Global Poverty Project. That one of Brock’s worker bees would be keeping tabs on the News Corp. chairman’s calendar should not be terribly surprising. At Media Matters’ headquarters in Washington, D.C., scores of headphone-wearing staffers spend their days (and nights) staring into their television screens and computer monitors, waiting for the latest bits of “conservative misinformation” to emerge from the Fox News Channel and other corners of the right-wing media landscape, all of which are saved on “the big TiVo”—270 terabytes’ worth of hard drive that store over 300,000 hours of TV shows—so that the offending clips can be uploaded to Media Matters’ website. Are you in need of a compendium of the “50 Worst Things Glenn Beck Said on Fox News”? Fear not, Media Matters’ site has one.
But in the past few months, the group has begun to do more than merely monitor Fox’s programming. “What happened after the Obama election, I think, is that Fox morphed into something that isn’t even recognizable as a form of media,” Brock recently told me. “It looks more like a political committee than what it looked like pre-Obama, which was essentially talk radio on television. It’s more dangerous now; it’s more lethal. And so as Fox has doubled down, we’ve doubled down.” In practice, that means no longer just pointing out inaccuracies. Instead, Media Matters is going on the offensive...
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Jason Zengerle @'NY'
Barack Obama stuck at US Embassy Dublin
Obama's car gets stuck on the ramp while trying to leave the car park of the US Embassy in Dublin.
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