Sally Ember's Blog, page 22
October 7, 2018
Lewis-Silkin Investigation Confirms #Abuse in #Rigpa Org & Recommendations (reblog)
So sad for all affected.
#SogyalRinpoche #Buddhist #Lama #abuse
http://howdidithappen.org/lewis-silkin-confirms-abuse-rigpa/
October 5, 2018
#notoKavanaugh or #GeneralStrike Tues., 10/9/18, in USA
#callALLsenators and turn ANY 3 “yes” votes into #notoKavanaugh #keepcalling
If BK is confirmed, #GeneralStrike TUESDAY,10/9/18!
September 26, 2018
September 21, 2018
#USA #Midterm #Elections are 11/6/18: OTHER Dates, Info, Rides, Resources
The USA Midterm Elections on 11/6/18 have never been more important than they are this year, 2018, when our democratic systems are STILL undergoing vicious internal and external attacks and many leaders are corrupt but still in office. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!
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National Voter Registration Day is September 25, 2018, and LYFT is helping! See article, below.
Here’s a link to a candidates list for each race and the reasons that your vote matters.
—35 of 100 seats in the Senate are currently already held by “incumbents,” meaning, the Senator in that seat is running for re-election.
—Nine of these are Republicans: VOTE THEM OUT! They have RUINED our democratic process over the last 12 years. THEY HAVE TO GO!
—Twenty-six are Democrats, and some do NOT deserve to win, but voting for them DOES make sure a Republican will not win, so suck it up and vote for the less-worse candidate, PLEASE!
—“In the House midterm elections, Democrats need to flip 23 seats to capture the 218 seats necessary for control of the chamber. There are 194 likely or solidly Democratic seats and 175 likely or solidly Republican seats. The competitive races below are listed by state and district number. Get the latest updates here.”
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/us/elections/calendar-primary-results.html
A reblogged article, below, is geared toward California voters, but info in it applies for ALL elections and has links to resources for ALL voters. For example:
“’A candidate’s voting history is public. If the candidate is running for federal office as a representative or senator, you can find their voting record on Congress.gov. For those who have held state office, you can contact your state legislature website.’”
and
“You can find out who is on the ballot in your district using this sample ballot tool from www.ballotpedia.org. After doing some research and studying or comparing different candidates, you will then have a better idea of who you are interested in voting for.”
Link to article: https://summitpsnews.org/2018/09/14/midterm-elections-are-coming-up-heres-how-to-make-an-informed-decision/
Remember:
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REGISTER!
Find out your state/locality’s deadlines and get in BEFORE that date (between 10/1 and 10/16/18 for most localities), especially if you’re registration is happening by mail, especially if you’re out of the country (much earlier deadlines!).
GET INFORMED!
Go to the above resources or those listed in the article, or go to http:///moveon.org or other progressive sites for specific issues and candidate position information.
For non-partisan candidate information for every locality, go to your state’s League of Women Voters site, which will list debates/town halls/panels, ballots, registration information, polling place information, election days’ ride requests procedure, written candidates’ position papers, and more: https://www.lwv.org/
For female candidates info and to contribute: Emily’s List is the best site for that: https://www.emilyslist.org/
ARRANGE TO VOTE!
ABSENTEE:
If you must vote by mail, PLEASE check deadlines (which vary by locality/state)—some are up to 10 days prior to the actual election date, which means your ballot must ARRIVE no later than 10/26/18 to be counted!
https://www.vote.org/absentee-ballot-deadlines/
IN-PERSON:
USE PAPER BALLOTS! They cannot be hacked!
You can find your local polling place here: http://www.vote411.org/
Get or give a ride! Check local announcements or the League of Women Voters site: https://www.lwv.org/
Also, LYFT is offering free and discounted rides to polling places on the day of the election! http://fortune.com/2018/08/23/lyft-free-ride-discount-election-day/ explains it, or go directly to http://lyft.com if you already have the app! “Lyft will offer riders half-off rides booked anywhere in the U.S. on November 6. Organizations like http://Vote.org and http://TurboVote.org will help distribute a nationwide 50% off code that can be used within the Lyft app. The company says it will also provide free rides through nonpartisan, nonprofit partners like Voto Latino to help members of underserved communities who historically have had a harder time getting to the polls.”
We are all counting on each other! VOTE!
September 20, 2018
#Obesity: Fact vs. Fiction
Most salient points:
For 60 years, doctors and researchers have known two things that could have improved, or even saved, millions of lives. The first is that diets do not work. Not just paleo or Atkins or Weight Watchers or Goop, but all diets. Since 1959, research has shown that 95 to 98 percent of attempts to lose weight fail and that two-thirds of dieters gain back more than they lost. The reasons are biological and irreversible. As early as 1969, research showed that losing just 3 percent of your body weight resulted in a 17 percent slowdown in your metabolism—a body-wide starvation response that blasts you with hunger hormones and drops your internal temperature until you rise back to your highest weight. Keeping weight off means fighting your body’s energy-regulation system and battling hunger all day, every day, for the rest of your life.
https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/everything-you-know-about-obesity-is-wrong/
“The 2018 #Dragon #Award Winners for the Best in #ScienceFiction and #Fantasy” (reblogging)
“The 2018 #Dragon #Award Winners for the Best in #ScienceFiction and #Fantasy”
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On Sunday, September 2, the winners of the 2018 Dragon Awards were announced at Dragon Con in Atlanta. The Dragon Awards celebrate the best new science fiction, fantasy, graphic novels, and more. The Dragon Awards nominations are made and voted on by fans, making it one of the few major science fiction and fantasy awards that puts the voting directly in the hands of readers without requiring a fee or a membership.
Below are a partial list of the 2018 Dragon Award winners. To see the full list of finalists on the ballot, including comics, role-playing games, and TV shows, visit the site, below.
2018 Recipients
Best Science Fiction Novel
Artemis by Andy Weir
Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal)
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel
A Call to Vengeance by David Weber, Timothy Zahn, and Thomas Pope
Best Alternate History Novel
Uncharted by Kevin J. Anderson and Sarah A. Hoyt
Best Media Tie-In Novel
Leia: Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray
Best Horror Novel
Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King
Best Comic Book
Mighty Thor by Jason Aaron and James Harren, Marvel Comics
Best Graphic Novel
Brandon Sanderson’s White Sand Volume 1 by Brandon Sanderson, Rik Hoskin, and Julius M. Gopez, Dynamite Entertainment
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series
Game of Thrones, HBO
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie
Black Panther directed by Ryan Coogler
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy PC / Console Game
Middle-earth: Shadow of War by Monolith Productions
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Mobile Game
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery by Jam City
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game
Red Dragon Inn 6: Villains by Slugfest Games
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Miniatures / Collectible Card / Role-Playing Game
Magic: The Gathering Unstable by Wizards of the Coast
http://awards.dragoncon.org/2018-recipients/
2018 Ballot/Nominees
Best Science Fiction Novel
It Takes Death to Reach a Star by Gareth Worthington and Stu Jones
Persepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey
The Mutineer’s Daughter by Chris Kennedy and Thomas A. Mays
Win by Vera Nazarian
Sins of Her Father by Mike Kupari
Artemis by Andy Weir
Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal)
Shoot the Messenger by Pippa DaCosta
War Hammer by Shayne Silvers
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
The Land: Predators by Aleron Kong
The Traitor God by Cameron Johnston
A Tempered Warrior by Jon R. Osborne
Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel
Cold Bath Street by A.J. Hartley
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas
When Tinker Met Bell by Alethea Kontis
Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne
Warcross by Marie Lu
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel
Communications Failure by Joe Zieja
Points of Impact by Marko Kloos
Ghost Marines: Integration by Jonathan P. Brazee
Price of Freedom by Craig Martelle and Michael Anderle
Legend by Christopher Woods
A Call to Vengeance by David Weber, Timothy Zahn, and Thomas Pope
Best Alternate History Novel
Dark State by Charles Stross
The Sea Peoples by S.M. Stirling
Witchy Winter by D.J. Butler
Uncharted by Kevin J. Anderson and Sarah A. Hoyt
Dream of the Iron Dragon by Robert Kroese
Minds of Men by Kacey Ezell
Best Media Tie-In Novel
Leia: Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray
Before the Storm by Christie Golden
Phasma by Delilah S. Dawson
Fear Itself by James Swallow
Legacy of Onyx by Matt Forbeck
Desperate Hours by David Mack
Best Horror Novel
Beneath the Lighthouse by Julieanne Lynch
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
A Time to Run by Mark Wandrey
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King
Glimpse by Jonathan Maberry
Best Comic Book
Mighty Thor by Jason Aaron and James Harren, Marvel Comics
Doomsday Clock by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, DC Comics
Aliens: Dead Orbit by James Stokoe, Dark Horse Comics
Mister Miracle by Tom King and Mitch Gerads, DC Comics
Saga by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples, Image Comics
Star Wars: Darth Vader by Charles D. Soule and Giuseppe Camuncoli, Marvel Comics
Best Graphic Novel
Chicago Typewriter: The Red Ribbon by Brandon Fiadino, Djibril Morissette-Phan, and James Greatorex, Dark Legion Comics
Brandon Sanderson’s White Sand Volume 1 by Brandon Sanderson, Rik Hoskin, and Julius M. Gopez, Dynamite Entertainment
Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol
Monstress Vol. 2: The Blood by Marjorie M. Liu, Sana Takeda, Image Comics
Vision (The Vision) by Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Marvel Comics
Paper Girls Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughn and Cliff Chiang, Image Comics
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series
The Expanse, Syfy
Game of Thrones, HBO
Lucifer, Fox
Supernatural, CW
Star Trek: Discovery, CBS All Access
Altered Carbon, Netflix
Stranger Things, Netflix
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie
Incredibles 2 directed by Brad Bird
Thor: Ragnorok directed by Taika Waititi
Blade Runner 2049 directed by Denis Villeneuve
Avengers: Infinity War directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo
Black Panther directed by Ryan Coogler
Ready Player One directed by Steven Spielberg
Deadpool 2 directed by Dave Leitch
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy PC / Console Game
Fortnite by Epic Games
Cuphead by Studio MDHR
Middle-earth: Shadow of War by Monolith Productions
Destiny 2 by Bungie
Battletech by Harebrained Schemes
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus by MachineGames
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Mobile Game
Planescape: Torment, the Enhanced Edition by Beamdog
Nocked! by Andrew Schneider
Lineage 2: Revolution by Netmarble
Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition by Square Enix
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery by Jam City
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game
Rising Sun by CMON Games
When I Dream by Asmodee
Mysterium: Secrets and Lies Expansion by Asmodee
Azul by Plan B Games
Red Dragon Inn 6: Villains by Slugfest Games
Photosynthesis by Blue Orange
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Miniatures / Collectible Card / Role-Playing Game
Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition by Games Workshop
Force and Destiny Role-playing Game: Knights of Fate by Fantasy Flight Games
Bubblegumshoe – RPG by Evil Hat
Cooking with Dice: The Acid Test by Oddfish Games
D100 Dungeon by Martin Knight
Magic: The Gathering Unstable by Wizards of the Coast
More info, past recipients, archives here:
September 19, 2018
#nationalbookawards USA 2018 have more female and POC authors on each #longlist than ever before!
“THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST FOR #FICTION”
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Jamel Brinkley, A Lucky Man
(Graywolf Press)
Jennifer Clement, Gun Love
(Hogarth / Penguin Random House)
Lauren Groff, Florida
(Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House)
Daniel Gumbiner, The Boatbuilder
(McSweeney’s)
Brandon Hobson, Where the Dead Sit Talking
(Soho Press)
Tayari Jones, An American Marriage
(Algonquin Books / Workman Publishing)
Rebecca Makkai, The Great Believers
(Viking Books / Penguin Random House)
Sigrid Nunez, The Friend
(Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House)
Tommy Orange, There There
(Alfred A. Knopf / Penguin Random House)
Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Heads of the Colored People
(Atria Books / 37 INK / Simon & Schuster)
https://bookriot.com/2018/09/14/2018-national-book-award-longlist-for-fiction/
Read about the other #longlists released for the 2018 National Book Awards:
Young People’s Literature Longlist
Elizabeth Acevedo , The Poet X
(HarperTeen / HarperCollins Publishers)
M. T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin , The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge
(Candlewick Press)
Bryan Bliss , We’ll Fly Away
(Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins Publishers)
Leslie Connor , The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle
(Katherine Tegen Books / HarperCollins Publishers)
Christopher Paul Curtis , The Journey of Little Charlie
(Scholastic Press / Scholastic, Inc.)
Jarrett J. Krosoczka , Hey, Kiddo
(Graphix / Scholastic, Inc.)
Tahereh Mafi , A Very Large Expanse of Sea
(HarperTeen / HarperCollins Publishers)
Joy McCullough , Blood Water Paint
(Dutton Children’s Books / Penguin Random House)
Elizabeth Partridge , Boots on the Ground: America’s War in Vietnam
(Viking Children’s Books / Penguin Random House)
Vesper Stamper , What the Night Sings
(Knopf Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House)
Translated Literature Longlist
Négar Djavadi , Disoriental
Translated by Tina Kover
(Europa Editions)
Roque Larraquy , Comemadre
Translated by Heather Cleary
(Coffee House Press)
Dunya Mikhail , The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq
Translated by Max Weiss and Dunya Mikhail
(New Directions Publishing)
Perumal Murugan , One Part Woman
Translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan
(Black Cat / Grove Atlantic)
Hanne Ørstavik , Love
Translated by Martin Aitken
(Archipelago Books)
Gunnhild Øyehaug , Wait, Blink: A Perfect Picture of Inner Life
Translated by Kari Dickson
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publishers)
Domenico Starnone , Trick
Translated by Jhumpa Lahiri
(Europa Editions)
Yoko Tawada , The Emissary
Translated by Margaret Mitsutani
(New Directions Publishing)
Olga Tokarczuk, Flights
Translated by Jennifer Croft
(Riverhead Books / Penguin Random House)
Tatyana Tolstaya , Aetherial Worlds
Translated by Anya Migdal
(Alfred A. Knopf / Penguin Random House)
Carol Anderson , One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy
(Bloomsbury Publishing)
Colin G. Calloway , The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation
(Oxford University Press)
Steve Coll , Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
(Penguin Press / Penguin Random House)
Marwan Hisham and Molly Crabapple , Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War
(One World / Penguin Random House)
Victoria Johnson , American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic
(Liveright / W. W. Norton & Company)
David Quammen , The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life
(Simon & Schuster)
Sarah Smarsh , Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
(Scribner / Simon & Schuster)
(Haymarket Books)
Jeffrey C. Stewart, The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke
(Oxford University Press)
Adam Winkler, We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights
(Liveright / W. W. Norton & Company)
and
Rae Armantrout, Wobble
(Wesleyan University Press)
Jos Charles, feeld
(Milkweed Editions)
Forrest Gander, Be With
(New Directions)
Terrance Hayes, American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
(Penguin Books / Penguin Random House)
J. Michael Martinez, Museum of the Americas
(Penguin Books / Penguin Random House)
Diana Khoi Nguyen, Ghost Of
(Omnidawn Publishing)
Justin Phillip Reed, Indecency
(Coffee House Press)
Raquel Salas Rivera, lo terciario / the tertiary
(Timeless, Infinite Light)
Natasha Trethewey, Monument: Poems New and Selected
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Jenny Xie, Eye Level
(Graywolf Press)
October 10: Finalists Announced
November 14: National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner (Winners announced)
The Sixty-Ninth National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner will be held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on Wednesday, November 14, and will also be live-streamed online in its entirety.
FMI, book covers, other years’ awards lists, to get tickets and more: http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2018.html#.W6FbVs5Kipo
September 17, 2018
#Science for Fun! The 2018 Ig Nobel Prizes (reblogging)
Scientific studies on the cleaning power of spit, a lone fruit fly’s ability to spoil wine, and cannibals’ caloric intake garnered top honors at the 28th Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. The seriously silly citations, which “honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then think,” were awarded on Sept. 13 at Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre. […]
September 13, 2018
#Rigpa #Leaders Failures and #Sogyal, the unrepentant #abuser
https://dearkitty1.wordpress.com/2018/09/13/buddhist-teacher-sogyal-rinpoches-abuse-victim-speaks/
So horrible and sad.
These perpetrators are not actually deserving of affiliation with #Buddhism, because the foundation of all #Buddhist practice is to do no harm.
