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Kids showed up at school to a group of men literally cheering for them. Well done, sirs.
‘A large group of snazzily dressed men gathered outside a Connecticut public school on the first day of classes.
Nah, it wasn’t time for parent-teacher conferences. And it wasn’t an executive retreat that just happened to be walking by. This was a group gathering to cheer students on their first day of school.
“We have insurance executives. We have attorneys. We have TV producers. … We have banking executives. We have nonprofit executives, law enforcement, firefighters, chefs,“ Ward told Eyewitness 3 in Hartford. "We wanted the youth to see us as professionals in whatever capacity that’s in,” he said. “We wanted to give them something to aspire to."‘
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Oh-prefaced responses to inquiry
By: John Heritage
Published by: Language in Society
Volume 27
Pages 291–334
LL Abstract:
In this article, Heritage (1998) looks at the appearance of the discourse marker “oh” in a particular context - turn-initial position in responses to questions - and demonstrates how the use of “oh” generally suggests a change of state in the speaker. He shows how this oh-prefacing may mark a previous question as problematic or indicate that a speaker is reluctant to pursue a conversational topic. After exploring a wide range of examples where oh-prefaced turns are produced, the article concludes that while “oh” generally shows its producer has undergone a cognitive “change of state,” people rely on the contextual aspects of their utterances to determine the sense of this change.
LL Summary:
Heritage begins with several examples from conversations to show how “oh” generally shows or registers that its producer has undergone a change in state of knowledge or information. He then specifies the focus of this paper: oh-prefaced turns that are produced as the second pair in a sequence, aka those that are produced in response to a question. The author continues by characterizing “oh” as indicating that a question has occasioned a marked shift of attention, meaning it was unexpected or problematic in some way. In this section, Heritage discusses an interview with Princess Margaret and excerpts between students and teachers to conclude that one function of “oh” prefaced responses is to indicate that the question to which they respond is inapposite. In the next section, he expands on inapposite inquiries by distinguishing between cases where the question indexes something “already known” by participants because of prior talk or joint understandings, and cases where questions are poorly fitted to the sequential context they are produced in. The author looks at examples of women and men and finds a pattern of assertion -> query -> oh-prefaced reassertion that is produced when matters from prior talk are questioned. Looking at reported speech, Heritage shows how some oh-prefacing indicates that a question’s answer is self-evident from the physical or cultural/individual knowledge context, or that there is some element of the social environment that makes the question problematic. After using examples of the functions of oh-prefacing in troubles-telling, questions, and problematic questions, he notes that in some contexts, the exploitation of oh-prefacing as a method of emphatic response to questions has become quite common. In the following section, the article explores cases where oh-prefacing is used to project reluctance to talk about the topic raised by an inquiry. Heritage identifies three ways that this reluctance is shown in the data: oh-prefaced responses are minimal or unelaborated in the matter of the inquiry, producers of oh-prefaced responses unilaterally shift topic immediately after the response or shortly after, or these producers withhold on-topic talk (aka remain silent). In the final section of the article, Heritage examines responses to personal state inquiries like “How are you?” Building on Jefferson’s (1980) work on troubles talk, where she proposes that this troubles talk is marked by a general tension between attending the trouble or “business as usual,” the author shows that oh-prefacing can intensify the downgrading of downgraded responses (like “oh pretty good”). Finally, Heritage concludes by restating his argument that oh-prefacing uniformly conveys the sense that the prior question has occasioned a shift in attention to the matter of the question, so that its central use is implying the inappositeness of this question.
LL Recipe Comparison:
This article reminds me of the recipe for Lemon-Asparagus Linguine with Garlicky Panko:
While Heritage identifies multiple functions of oh-prefaced responses in his article, the recipe for this dish will leave you swooning over its simple steaming ingredients! Much as we use oh-prefaced responses to suggest a range of social cues, this dish has a range of flavors - asparagus, lemon, garlic, that suggest a crisp and zesty bite. Good cooking!
MWV 2/12/18
PS Apologies for the delays in posting, all! About to finish a qualifying review paper by March so going underground until that’s done- will post short updates until that’s over! Bon Appétit until then!
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“In how far we can understand the universe around us is the ultimate thought of every student of nature. The coarseness of our senses prevent us from recognizing the ulterior construction of matter, and astronomy, this grandness and most positive of Natural Sciences, can only teach us something that happens, as it were, in our immediate neighborhood; of the remoter portions of the boundless universe, with its numberless stars and suns, we know nothing. But far beyond the limit of perception of our senses the spirits still can guide us, and so we may hope that even these unknown worlds – infinitely small and great – may in a measure become known to us. Still, even if this knowledge should reach us, the searching mind will find a barrier, perhaps forever unsurpassable, to the true recognition of that which seems to be, the mere appearance of which is the only slender basis of all our philosophy.”
—Nikola Tesla
“Experiments With Alternating Currents of Very High Frequency and Their Application to Methods of Artificial Illumination.” A lecture delivered before the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, at Columbus College, N.Y., May 20, 1891.
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ABSTRACT: Examination of the U.S.-backed wars on drugs in Colombia and Mexico reveals that, apart from the hegemonic discourse about narcotics control, these wars reinforce the power of transnational corporations over resource-rich areas owned and used by indigenous people, peasants, and the urban poor. Case studies in Mexico demonstrate that recent assassinations of activists and intimidation of communities that are organizing against large-scale mining must be understood within the framework of militarization justified in terms of an anti-narcotics discourse. Drug war politics may thus be understood as a mechanism for promoting business-friendly policies and militarizing resource-rich areas. This politics is enshrined in the Mérida Initiative, which includes a national U.S.- style legal reform, modernization of the prison system, and the militarization and training of the federal police and other security forces, equipment transfers, and development funding designed to encourage foreign investment and further transnationalize the national economy.
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How on earth were these pictures taken?
When i was young i was convinced that they were just computer generated pictures for glossy aviation magazines. That went well, that is before i stumbled upon aviation photography. Man, it blew me when i found out these are for real. But here’s How .
Obviously, another aircraft with a camera does the shooting, which is usually referred to as the camera platform. That plane could be a retrofitted Cessna 172 or an aircraft a bit more sophisticated like an F-16 fighter jet.
To shoot outside and not through one of its windows, they purposely built and installed camera pods that are mounted to the belly, nose, or wings of the aircraft. These have cameras on a gimbal and gyroscopic system, with the gimbal allowing the camera to rotate unhindered, following its subject like a hawk. This is one of Wolfe Air’s secret weapons that allow those marvelous shots to be captured, even while moving in excess of 300mph at 10,000 feet elevation.
PC : Avioners.
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Who am I to tell my soul what it likes and dislikes?
I find different pieces of myself when I am not even looking.
Questions not only shape the nature of our knowledge, but deepen it as well. Isaac Asimov, prolific science-fiction author and biochemistry professor, was propelled by a curiosity to write across a variety of subjects: from astronomy to math to religion. Even today, the questions he asked continue to enrich our understanding of the human condition.
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Dada & Bayana
Dada is the deity of unborn children and therefore related to the development and protection of the human embryo. The Lukumi believe Dada is Shango’s older sibling (often portrayed as an older sister by the Lukumi’s though grouped with the male Orisha in ceremony) and the one responsible for raising him. Dada’s children are ordained to Shango few people in the New World areas are ordained solely to Dada. She represents the Brain and Brain functions.
Bayana’s considered Shango’s crown that aids Shango ruling with an even tempered and level head. Bayana’s said to afford reasoning and judiciousness as well as holistic stability.
These two Orisha are consecrated in tandem. Dada’s attribute are primarily masculine, and Bayani’s tend toward the feminine. The odu Ogunda tells of Dada birth from Yemoja, The colors of the beads worn in honor of Dada and Bayana are white and red. There numbers are 4, 6, and 12.
The name Dadda means : good
Baynai was born before Oggun Ochosi Oshun Inle and Orisa Oko
Dada & Bayana
Dada is the deity of unborn children and therefore related to the development and protection of the human embryo. The Lukumi believe Dada is Shango’s older sibling (often portrayed as an older sister by the Lukumi’s though grouped with the male Orisha in ceremony) and the one responsible for raising him. Dada’s children are ordained to Shango few people in the New World areas are ordained solely to Dada. She represents the Brain and Brain functions.
Bayana’s considered Shango’s crown that aids Shango ruling with an even tempered and level head. Bayana’s said to afford reasoning and judiciousness as well as holistic stability.
These two Orisha are consecrated in tandem. Dada’s attribute are primarily masculine, and Bayani’s tend toward the feminine. The odu Ogunda tells of Dada birth from Yemoja, The colors of the beads worn in honor of Dada and Bayana are white and red. There numbers are 4, 6, and 12.
The name Dadda means : good
Baynai was born before Oggun Ochosi Oshun Inle and Orisa Oko
LETS ALL START TO ATTRACT THE THINGS WE WANT.
You should wake up early in the morning before you talk to anybody in person or on phone, you should mix a grinded white native chalk with salt, stripe naked and place the mix grinded white native chalk on your palm, taste a little of the mix grounded white native chalk with your tongue and say this powerful words with strong faith over the mix grinded white native chalk on your palm:
PRAYER
As I blow away this mix grinded white native chalk on my palm; let sorrows, disappointments, accidents, premature death, sickness, disease, trouble, bad news, failures… etc blow out from my life this day and let money, favour, protection, good health….. blow into my life this day Ase.
Then you blow it to the air.
Do this always and come thank me later.
SPIRITUAL MASTER/TEACHER
LETS ALL START TO ATTRACT THE THINGS WE WANT.
You should wake up early in the morning before you talk to anybody in person or on phone, you should mix a grinded white native chalk with salt, stripe naked and place the mix grinded white native chalk on your palm, taste a little of the mix grounded white native chalk with your tongue and say this powerful words with strong faith over the mix grinded white native chalk on your palm:
PRAYER
As I blow away this mix grinded white native chalk on my palm; let sorrows, disappointments, accidents, premature death, sickness, disease, trouble, bad news, failures… etc blow out from my life this day and let money, favour, protection, good health….. blow into my life this day Ase.
Then you blow it to the air.
Do this always and come thank me later.
SPIRITUAL MASTER/TEACHER
I always tell my followers and fans to always have florida water at home this helps a lot and it can serve two purposes at the same time:
✔️ It’s smells so good and you use it as a cologne or body splash. You can wear this or toss some in your bath water.
✔️It’s a very strong spiritual product that is used for cleansings and to remove negative entity and vibrations.
✔️Splash florida water in the corners of a room for protection and space cleansing.
So go get yours and begin to make use of it.
“Mother Goddess Speaks”
Awake my children!
Lift the veil on the spell.
The lies has been woven into
Your history very well.
You’re divine, a perfect example, of the Gods design.
Open your mind, your soul travels ,back and forward in time.
Your history, is no mystery. They keep you distracted, and happy in your illiteracy.
The black mother goddess,has spoken.
The spell is now broken!
#BlackHistoryMonth
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Orunmila is the Yoruba deity of wisdom, knowledge, and omniscience who is also known by several cognomens that further highlight his nature and role in the Yoruba pantheon. Thus, Orunmia is known as Eleri Ipin, that is, the “witness to creation and destiny,” and as Ibikeji Olodumare, “second to the Creator, Olodumare.” From this position, Orunmila speaks to the complexities of life. Renowned for his wisdom and understanding of humanity and divinity, he is also called Agbonniregun, “a wise man without bones (in his body),” thus emphasizing his omniscience and compassion. Consequently, he is knowledgeable of all human and divine matters, the ways of the world, and all related phenomena. Orunmila is one of the major orisa or IrunMole in the Yoruba pantheon
