Trump, Putin, and the New Cold War The United States, meanwhile, had its own notable cyberwar success. In 2008, in tandem with Israeli intelligence, the U.S. launched the first digital attack on another country’s critical infrastructure, deploying a “worm,” known as Stuxnet, that was designed to cause centrifuges in Iran to spin out of control and thereby delay its nuclear development. Yet diplomatic concerns inhibited some of the United States’ active measures. The Obama Administration had a “reset” policy with Russia, forging agreements and coöperating on select issues, despite an over-all increase in tension. When Robert Knake arrived as the director of cybersecurity policy at the National Security Council, in 2011, the White House had a formal initiative to combat Chinese hacking, known as the Counter-China strategy. A new doctrine was taking shape, under which Russia sought to study the nefarious tools of the West, as it understood them, so as to counteract them at home and put them into practice abroad.
re:imagine Hosted by Grace Cathedral + OpenIDEO @ Grace Cathedral, 6:00-9:30pm No RSVP needed, the following activities are available all evening: Candlelight Labyrinth Walks. The Innovation Chapel. Columbarium Visits. MMORI. Go Toward What Hurts Editor’s note: In the following piece, adapted from Frank Ostaseski’s book The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully, he shares some of his experiences from the decades he has been working with dying people and those who are dealing with the death of loved ones. On a regular basis, Frank has gone courageously to places of deep pain and suffering few of us ever have to go to. As you are about to read this account, it might help you to know that it is deeply affecting, and yet also uplifting, to hear firsthand about people going through the hardest experiences of their lives. Most of the people I have worked with over the past 30 years were ordinary people who were coming face-to-face with what they imagined was impossible or unbearable, walking toward their own deaths or caring for someone they loved who was now dying. No two people or stories were exactly alike. For some, dying was a great gift. Uncovering a Wound Suffering is a pretty dramatic word.
Protect Your Library the Medieval Way, With Horrifying Book Curses In the Middle Ages, creating a book could take years. A scribe would bend over his copy table, illuminated only by natural light—candles were too big a risk to the books—and spend hours each day forming letters, by hand, careful never to make an error. To be a copyist, wrote one scribe, was painful: “It extinguishes the light from the eyes, it bends the back, it crushes the viscera and the ribs, it brings forth pain to the kidneys, and weariness to the whole body.” Given the extreme effort that went into creating books, scribes and book owners had a real incentive to protect their work. They did not hesitate to use the worst punishments they knew—excommunication from the church and horrible, painful death. “These curses were the only things that protected the books,” says Marc Drogin, author of Anathema! Drogin’s book, published in 1983, is the most thorough compendium of book curses ever compiled. The curse of excommunication—anathema—could be simple. Or even more detailed:
How might we reimagine the end-of-life experience for ourselves and our loved ones? Each of our lives is a story. Let’s re-imagine how we prepare for, share and live through the final chapter. am asking that we make space – physical, psychic room, to allow life to play itself all the way out – so that rather than just getting out of the way, aging and dying can become a process of crescendo through to the end.” — BJ Miller Each of our lives is a story. Read the full brief for more information on the focus of this challenge. The Topic Each year around 55 million people worldwide and over 2.5 million in the United States face the end-of-life. With your help during our End of Life Challenge, we’ll work to reimagine the end-of-life experience for ourselves and our loved ones. The OpenIDEO Challenge Process We're calling a global community to action – to share your stories and reflections, emotions, spiritual perspectives, and other personal contributions related to dying during our Inspiration phase. Sutter Health
8 Healthy Coping Skills for Death Anxiety One of the challenges that all of us face as we age is coming to terms with the reality of death. Escaping the question of death seems to work for most people most of the time. Avoidance is the most popular coping strategy. However, sometimes the usual ways of coping create existential anxiety and steal from our quality of life. article continues after advertisement 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. In sum, confronting our mortality improves anxiety and enriches the experience of living.
At Pussy Riot performance on Putin, everyone sees Trump Pussy Riot’s Masha Alyokhina has a message for Donald Trump: “The United States started from refugees.” The Russian activist was standing on a busy San Francisco street corner late Friday night, taking a drag of her cigarette and chatting with adoring fans who wanted to take selfies, offer her weed and talk political resistance. “It’s very strange to have a main concept in politics to send out all the refugees,” she told the Guardian after finishing a frenetic musical performance that recounted her journey, from activism to hiding from police and eventually facing solitary confinement for singing about Vladimir Putin. “If you forget your history, you will make the same mistakes.” The 28-year-old member of the feminist punk collective came to California for the premiere of Revolution, a Pussy Riot theater piece. The performance retold the 2012 political performance in a Moscow cathedral that landed her nearly two years in prison.
How to Design for Death: OpenIDEO Challenges Designers to Reimagine the End of Life Experience Of life's taboo topics, death has always been the most perplexing. Although we are all effected by death's slow creep or sudden onslaught, in the United States there is little formal consideration paid to how one can prepare for the end of life. In 2013, IDEO began exploring ways they could have an impact on how people approach their final days. As Paul Bennett, Chief Creative Officer of IDEO told The California Sunday Magazine, he had a simple vision for the work IDEO could do: "I don't want death to be such a downer." As part of IDEO's ongoing investigation into new ways to design for death, they recently opened up the conversation with a design challenge on OpenIDEO, an online innovation platform that uses design to solve global challenges, engaging designers on how to reimagine the end of life experience. Each year around 55 million people worldwide and over 2.5 million in the United States face the end-of-life. Core77 spoke with Dr. Enter a caption (optional) By Claudia Bicen
Why Parents Should Be Discussing Gender Identity With Their Children Now National Geographic has a history of unveiling covers that generate conversation: from the haunting picture of an Afghan refugee who graced the 1985 cover to its depiction of a sinking Statue of Liberty in 2013, the magazine has never shied away from controversy. But this January’s cover — of a young transgender girl — generated feedback like National Geographic has never seen before. It has been accused of “brainwashing,” and one follower wrote that he threw his copy out immediately. Several subscribers vowed that they would unsubscribe. But Nat Geo and the subjects of its gender issue can give dozens of reasons why parents should discuss gender identity with their children and be aware of the entire gender spectrum. For those who missed the January issue, Nat Geo is also providing a closer look at gender in its two-hour documentary with Katie Couric, Gender Revolution, in February — and parents who are less familiar with the gender spectrum might find it insightful. Dr.