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abbi-normals-brain · 4 years

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A Credible Threat

An interview between a human from Australia, and a highly credulous alien tasked with cataloging and rating potential threats and hazards throughout the galaxy. Derived loosely from a recent writing prompt I saw lurking Reddit. I don't post there, so here it is.

"We had a war with them, you know."

The human puts the "cigarette" to his mouth again. The smoke activates the extractors, which are calibrated to remove all toxins from the atmousphere almost as soon as they appear. You scroll through your notes with one tentacle, looking for a mention of whom he's referring to.

"A war? With the...the large criminal faction typically referred to as 'The English', I presume? I understand your people were exiled from--"

The human interupts you with a harsh laugh, like the sounds made by the dogs you'd unsuccessfully tried to interview earlier in this experiment. You make a note to re-open the issue of whether these sounds may constitute a spoken language after all.

"A 'criminal faction'! Ha, that's a good one! But Nah, mate. I didn't mean England. I mean the damn emus."

"...emus?"

"Emus." Ash falls from the glowing tip, and you nervously check your notes. Who let him have that thing? It must constitute some kind of hazard rating. The preliminary analysis from the lab decribes the item as 'a thin tube of bleached fibrous material containing dried plant matter of the Earth genus Nicotiana which has typically been impregnated with preservatives and other compounds. Nicotiana is very toxic in large enough doses, and alters neurochemical makeup with consistant exposure, but it is vanishingly difficult to expose oneself to these conditions unintentionally, particularly in a well-ventilated space. One end is hot when in use, but the items were judged largely harmless and placed in the lowest threat category.' Hm. Fine. Doesn't seem right, but the lab technicians generally know what they're doing.

"Expand on this, please."

"They're bloody emus! What else is there to say?! You mean to tell me you guys went cruising around in your little UFO grabbing up randos from all over Australia--"

"We actually took samples from an evenly distributes pattern of points across the surface of your world."

"And NONE of them told you about emus?!"

"No."

The human snorted and shakes his head. You enter a few notes, waiting for him to continue, and when he doesn't, you do.

"You are the first subject to mention them. Frankly, the first to mention war with an non-human animal at all, and I can't say I'm not suspicious of your claims."

"Suspicious? Mate, it's just how the place is. First thing people think of when they think of Australia."

"The Galactic Travel Guide is familiar with many of Earth's most dangerous predators outside of yourselves. We've heard about the lions. We've heard about the hippos, and how they're actually much more dangerous than the lions. We've heard quite a lot about the moose. We've even heard of your screaming, spitting black and white geese. We've even heard of the small population of flightless dragons with necrotic saliva. But the idea of creatures such as these attempting to make war on the dominant sapients of the planet--"

"It was a little more than an attempt, mate," the human muttered.

"You don't mean to suggest--"

"Yeah. Yeah, they won."

"..."

"Twice."

"Is it something about your treatment aboard ship that makes you so obstructionist in these interviews? You know that if you simply answer our questions about the hazards your species navigate on your planet, we will return you to your home. Most of our other samples have completed this task, been mindwiped of the experience, and returned to their normal lives."

"Nah, the food's great. The room's comfortable. I'm not 'obstructionist'. I'm just tellin' you what's out there."

"And what else is there?"

"Kangaroos."

"Go on."

"Long tail. They can stand on it a little. Hops along on its back feet as fast as a car, but can't move backwards. Massive, vicious sharp claws too. Tall as a man, almost, and punches like a freight train. And they breed pretty fast, enough they're pests in some parts."

"Pests as in, an animal populous enough to cause damage to human settlements?"

"Yeah, they put up special fences in some places to keep them out."

"Fortifications?! Just for these creatures?!"

"We also got'em for crocodiles."

"We've heard of them before, from a subject in..." you check your notes, "Egypt."

"Ours are bigger. And meaner. World famous for it, really."

"So you say."

"And I bet that guy didn't tell you the kicker about crocodiles. If you're looking for a threat rating, well... See, they just...keep growing. Most of them come in at an average size, but sometimes there's one....as long as they have enough food to support themselves, they literally never stop growing, AND they don't age like you and m--well, like me. So they could hypothetically get to be older than dirt and bigger than a bus if you fed 'em enough."

"Right. Moving on. Setting aside macrofauna, how would you describe the toxicology profile of your land? Insects, plant and fungal life, etc?"

"Extensive! World famous for that too!"

"Of course you are."

"It's not all bad. Some of our animals carry their babies inside--"

"Yes, we're aware of the ordeal that is mammallian reproduction and would thank you not to bring it up."

"No no, the marsupials. Like the kangaroos. The babies are born as just this tiny fetus that crawls by itself into its mother's pocket until its got hair and stuff."

"So now you're saying the kangaroos wear clothes?"

"No, the pocket is in the skin."

"For Glob's sake, if you think I'm such a fool that I'd enter this in the GTG databases--which 100's of bargillions of S'zezdars rely on for their very lives as they attempt to avoid the many deadly threats in the galaxy--"

"Can't be that deadly out there, if you're this scared of kangaroos."

The thick mane of barbed spines down your back rattled against each other as they rose up straight--"like a porcupine" a different human subject had said. You were starting to lose patience.

"Human." you said with a measured firmness that made the human pause and look warily at you, shifting eye contact between your various ocular organs as they bulged, pulsing with pale yellow light. "What the GTG does may seem silly to you, or pedantic, or useless. To be quite frank, this is because you as a species live on a tiny ball of spittle and haven't even been to the bottoms of your own oceans yet. Out here, in the vastness of all space, where the species like us who have earned the privilege, this is a literal matter of life and death. Living, thinking, sapient being in numbers that your species literally can't comprehend depend on accurate up to date information on the unimaginable array of threats that await them off-world."

"Mate, I'm sorry, I'm really not here to condescend. I'm actually trying to help you."

With a conscious effort, you pull your spines back down into a relaxed position. They make a single simultaneous clacking sound, like an old mechanical lockbox.

"Then please give my work the gravity it deserves."

The human put the "cigarette" in his mouth again, and exhaled thoughtfully., giving you a curious look.

"...so, uh. I take that means you don't wanna hear about the platypus?" You're about done with this subject. He's been holding up the experimental process for days. His claims get more and more outlandish and obtuse with each interview. Clearly you're not going to get accurate information about this subject's natural environment from the subject himself. An away mission will be necessary to verify details first hand.

Your tentacles flex and curl nervously. But what if what he said was true, or at least had a grain of truth to it? You consider it for a moment and discard the idea. If the location were really that dangerous, they would be downplaying it to exaggerate their own power over such a hostile environment. Clearly they're doing the opposite, trying to exaggerate the danger. Or more likely, fabricate dangers completely. He must know the land has no natural defenses and doesn't want to be overrun by hostile Galactic faction. Or maybe they just want adventure tourist dollars--this is for a travel guide after all. You decide in an instant that you're calling his bluff here and now.

Either way, this subject is being ejected from the study post-haste. You release the thin panel of a screen you'd been taking notes on, and grasp the microphone of the voice COM in your desk firmly among your suckers.

"Guard." you say flatly. A heavily armed and armoured S'zezdar slithers into the room immediately. "Take this one for mindwiping and send him home. We're going to have to check out the local flora and fauna on the surface ourselves." You distantly worried about the tongues-lashing your supervisor would give you about it, and about how you handled this subject in general, but getting out on an away mission again would be worth it.

The guard looked surprised.

"Without even a preliminary threat rating for the area?"

"Don't worry. I'm expecting no problems at all."

The guard grabbed the human by one of his upper appendages. The other appendage crushed the synthetic foam filter of his "cigarette" device into the table. The human didn't resist as the guard pulled him up out of the chair. Instead, the human stretched out its mouth. Sideways. You almost feel like it could reach his ears if he tried. You've seen no record of this facial expression in humans. You don't like it. It shows too many teeth.

"A'right, bye then, mate. Good talkin' to ya..." The human... (you cast about for the word for a moment) laughs. As the guard drags him to the medical bay, he calls back once more over his shoulder.

"Good luck with the emus!"

#writeblr #australia #emu war #emu #playpus #crocodile #kangaroo #alien #interview #ufo #My writing

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withgravityandtime-blog · 6 years

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Task 4: The Guild –– Ora

Guild Member Name: Ora , (Bridget Welsh)

Face Claim: Aislinn Paul

Age: 22

Species: Human

Powers & Abilities: Chronokenisis

Backstory: Bridget Welsh always had a quite nervous disposition. Quiet for most of her life, she had learned to make herself more likable by adapting a dry, ironic humor. It served as a good defense mechanism against any bullies that tried to bring her down as she went through the trials and tribulations of puberty. As she got older, however, she became more and more reserved. That witty, sardonic humor became reserved for those closest to her. The rest of the world, in turn, saw a quiet girl with a bright mind and, every so often, a silver tongue.

Problems arose, however, when Bridget hit high school. Taking tests would have her face and hands going numb. her whole body would tremble at the thought of verbal confrontation. Small, insignificant things would make her heart race and her brain fall down dark, terrifying hypotheticals. Getting up in the morning became more and more difficult as dread seeped into her bones. Dread of going to school, hinged around the possibility of failure.

Things came to a head during a pivotal moment in her academic career: her SATs. Her test-taking anxieties skyrocketed, the constant reminder of the ticking clock weighing on her like shackles bound to her desk. She’d studied, gotten tutoring, but very little could prepare her for the pressure when the time came. Her hands shook so much she could barely fill in the Scantron sheet in front of her. Hell, she couldn’t even feel her hands, or her feet, or the tip of her nose. Bridget felt sick to her stomach, positive she’d faint soon as tears began to well in her eyes. This was it. The end of her academic career and, by proxy, the rest of her life. The overstimulation of it all flooded her system, the air growing heavy, body going electric with adrenaline and panic until –––

It stopped. Not the anxiety, not the fear, but everything. The world around Bridget completely froze, the room falling quiet as her fellow students stilled, along with the moderator, her mouth agape in preparation to speak. Dumbfounded, Bridget looked up to see that the clock, too, had stopped in its motion. Time itself had come to a halt. All except for her.

To some, maybe this would have incited more hysteria. But all Bridget felt was the most acute sense of relief. Maybe she’d fallen off the deep end, she figured, but even if she had this was precisely what she needed. She had all the time in the world, quite literally; the least she could do was take a damn breath and collect herself. She even stood, marveled at how she could still push back her chair and walk around without anything snapping back around her. She got water, let herself sharpen her pencil, even stared at the ceiling for a good while before filling in more test answers. It was only when, consciously, she decided she was ready to return to the real world that time resumed with a jump, the moderator appropriately announcing the remaining thirty minutes left to the test. With newfound confidence, Bridget continued, her alter-ego Ora formulating in the back of her brain as she sped ahead of her peers.

Work as a supposed superhero came slowly to Bridget, not much of the fighting type if truth be told. It took quite a bit of personal practice for her to hone her ability without sending herself into body-numbing panic. The trigger, she found, was a definite and concentrated need for time to cease, its mere fabric stopping in its infinite weaving at her own will. By proxy, resuming of time came with purposeful permission to do so. It relieved her, knowing her power was completely intentional and not heavily prone to accident. That is, of course, save for a few exceptions: angry fights, low emotional points, or even times of high excitement. The conscious decision to return, though, always kept her safe.

Telling her parents proved difficult; how can you explain to someone a power which they cannot perceive? Evidently, by using your time-without-time to move quite a few things around the kitchen, spilling milk and inverting pots, to make big enough of an impact. Immediately, Bridget’s mother took to highlighting news events, especially with the rise of Spectrum patrolling Newhaven. Her father even got her bits and pieces of steampunk-esque attire from Halloween stores for her, and many holidays were filled with bits and pieces of costume paraphernalia for what they disguised as ‘cosplay’ to non-knowing relatives. Bridget’s younger brother even helped her design her sigil. So, Bridget –– Ora –– began to work in consistent bursts: her temporal interruption perfect for throwing any evil-doers off balance and letting her move to a safe place before damage befell her.

Such covert tactics, ironically, got the attention of the Guild relatively quickly. More of a flashy bunch, the Guild seemed keen for a member with less austere tactics and abilities. Under their wing, and within the safety of the Guild’s headquarters. Ora has begun to flex her temporal muscles, just beginning to explore what other variations of time manipulation she can slip into her wheelhouse.

Furthermore, she’s learning to rebuild her confidence; a superhero cannot go around with their head ducked whilst in costume, anyway. The surplus of fellow feminine company obviously helps. Maternal and sister-like figures have thus far helped Bridget to be more open in her dry humor, and even with her own physique as what one would assume is an ‘active’ member of the community, despite her general lack of a quick pace in her tactics. The older gentlemen within the Guild treat her akin to a sister, which also helps in feeling less awkward walking around the halls of HQ. It’s only the new kid, Atlas, that seems to set her stomach to flipping, and she’s slowly starting to figure out why...

Overall, Bridget is a nervous, intelligent, and sweet soul. More one to look before jumping, she sometimes comes off as overly trepidatious. But get her annoyed enough, and she can have quite an impish and mischievous streak. Anger in Bridget brings with it rash thinking and a spike in impulse, usually offset by her own ability. Maybe she’s still a bit trapped in herself, deep down. But that’s nothing constantly trying to save the world cannot fix.

Moral Alignment: Neutral Good

Signature Move: Temporal Interruption –– To put it simply, Ora can stop time; think Zack Morris from Saved by the Bell. Everything freezes around Ora, and she can go around, move things as she pleases, take a nap, go get intel, whack a few people upside the head. Whatever she needs to do, she can, all whilst everyone around her perceives that she did so in a blink of an eye.

Extra Info:

Sigil: A clock with slightly bent hands, a la ‘Alice in Wonderland’, Mad Hatter sort of deal.

Diagnoses: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Attacks, mild OCPD.

Family:

Mother –– Tara Welsh née Skulkin. Copy Editor, detail-fanatic, socially conscious. Will be the person to go to local protests fr liberal social change, but also the person to correct grammar on posters.Maybe a hair too much on the pulse of current events.

Father –– Emmett Welsh. Convention Organizer, not-so-closeted Nerd-of-All-Things. The type of person that offers to plan every party you so much as suggest you might be thinking of having. Hellbent on tight scheduling.

Younger Brother –– Marcus Welsh. Currently 17, Student, aspiring Graphic Designer. For ‘some reason’, very much into making Ora fan art and Guild promotional posters. Gets sick to his stomach whenever his friends mention wanting to get any type of romantic with his sister or with Ora, which obviously have ‘no correlation whatsoever’.

Color Scheme: Bronze, brown, black.

#taskvig #talkvig #((I hope I tagged this right?))#The Guild #Timeless ;; (Bridget Welsh)

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pauldron-pieces · 3 years

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Destrier Revel: Light And Home

Fandom: Dungeons And Dragons (5E)

Pairing: Destrier Revel/Illeria Stennas (F!NPC)

Rating: Holy shit tame.

AN: This is a hypothetical scenario featuring original characters in a world created by my Dungeon Master. As usual, this is non-canon and I own nothing aside from intellectual properties specifically attached to Destrier Revel. This installment is mechanically unsound in a multitude of ways and ignores certain important lore facets. Trigger warnings are listed inside. Enjoy!

Taglist: @sporadic-fics and @cookiethewriter!

Inspired By: Peder B. Helland: Bright Future

Destrier Revel’s Backstory: Burn The Wicked

For Leofore

[Kulls are a monstrous race created by crossbreeding urgals and hill giants. They are the size of hill giants, with large tusks.]

[!TRIGGER WARNING!: This installment contains emotional duress and doubt/self-worth issues. Stay safe!]

Thranrok had promised to meet him later that evening at Maplecrest, though Destrier had known the actual likelihood of that happening was incredibly slim. In the city around him the festivities carried on, civilians and nobles alike celebrating the safe return of the prince, queen and Leofore.

It had been a very good night, and an even better day prior to that.

Revel's face was a bit sore from all the grinning he was doing, but it had been too long since he'd smiled so much. After all the grim events that had led up to this celebration, the months of doubt and self-loathing…

He sighed, shaking his head at himself. It would do him no good to linger on such thoughts. Everything had worked out in the end, truly better than anyone could have anticipated.

The blond man tarried a while outside Maplecrest, absentmindedly studying the familiar structure. He could recall when the inn had simply been a bar, back when he was nothing but a faceless squire in the king's army. That seemed like a lifetime ago now.

Destrier heaved another heavy sigh, undoing the stiff folds of his ascot. He should have known that Thranrok would be chest-deep in merrymaking, perhaps he should return to the castle as well-

"Knight Revel?"

Illeria's voice startled him out of his staring contest with the ornate moulding over the door and he flinched, turning towards her. "Yes, Illeria?"

"What are you doing out here all alone?" She inquired, raising an eyebrow. Destrier's words escaped him for a moment. She always looked lovely to him, but she seemed to be especially so tonight. Whether it was the relief of returning alive or just a trick of the soft starlight overhead, Destrier found himself hard-pressed to take his eyes off of her.

Ganymethios and Leofore both had teased him relentlessly for his mooning , even while Thranrok begged for details, " strictly for research purposes, I'm reading another romance and I could really use a human's perspective. " It led to the knight's endeavors being tinged with wistful glances and foolish thoughts of presenting prodigious bouquets of roses. Gold, or perhaps vibrant orange to compliment her warm skin tone.

"Thinking." Revel replied finally, flushing a little when he realized how long he had been gawking. "Memories are closer tonight, I fancy. I er, I was recalling our first meeting. The circumstances were...less than ideal."

"To be fair, you and your battalion friends should not have upset my horse." She chuckled, giving his shoulder a light tap.

Destrier cringed, recalling the racket his armor had made when the old Clydesdale donkey-kicked him through the barn door. And of course, what had transpired shortly while he laid on his back in the mud...

The barn exploded outwards in a hail of splinters and clapboards. Squire Destrier, acting on instinct, grabbed the infuriated young woman's arm and yanked her down to the ground with him.

A massive truss beam sailed by overhead and the bellowing call that followed threatened to shatter Destrier's eardrums. The woman, who moments before had been brandishing a truncheon and threatening to finish the job her horse had started, went still against his chest. "Goddess." She breathed. "What is that? "

"Kull." Destrier whispered in reply, squinting through the rain to catch a glimpse of the hulking beast. He carefully tugged at the laces of his oilcloth cloak, sliding the durable fabric off over his head. "I need you to put this on." He instructed her, still keeping his voice soft. "Once I have gotten its attention, I need you to run."

"Once you've what?! " She hissed even as she obediently pulled on the cloak.

"They have terrible eyesight but a keen nose. That cloak will mask your scent as well as your form." Destrier rolled to his feet, starting to scrape some of the mud off of his breastplate. The ground shook with the Kull's approaching footsteps. Where there was a Kull there were bound to be Urgal ground troops, though the longer legs of the ponderous brutes always outstripped their smaller kin. "Run to the barracks. Find Knight-Captain Leofore."

She tilted her head when she looked up at him, her eyes wide in the darkness. "But what will you do?"

Squire Destrier, spotting two of his comrades struggling out from beneath the rubble of the stables, permitted himself to smile briefly. "I will distract the creature until aid comes. I am counting on you."

Her hand squeezed his briefly before they parted...

"What came afterwards though...it may sound nonsensical, but I am glad we decided to encroach upon your stable's hospitality that night. If the barracks had not been full-up of wounded, we might not have arrived until it was too late." Destrier mused, troubled by his vivid recollections.

"True enough. I suppose I should be grateful for your breaking and entering?" Illeria teased back in the here and now, tilting her head when she looked up at him.

Destrier's heart thudded painfully in his chest at the memory and he broke eye contact, clearing his throat. "Even if you are not, I am."

"Hm, I suppose I should be. After all, you and your friends brought me plenty of business over the years." Illeria allowed grudgingly. "Despite Thranrok always lighting the drapes on fire," She paused and gestured vaguely at her rebuilt stables, "I had coin-over to fix the barn up right, and expand Maplecrest into a proper inn."

"Could have gotten a new plow horse." The knight suggested, only partially serious.

"I should think not. He survived a Kull attack, after all! Few people can say that about their horses." She retorted proudly, fishing around in the many pockets of her ornate waistcoat until she found her keys. Beckoning the Knight-Captain to follow, she unlocked the heavy door and entered Maplecrest.

Destrier tapped the lintel of the doorway as he passed beneath it, his fingers lingering on the carved insignia that had given the establishment its name. It depicted fans of samaras flanking a single, expertly-rendered maple leaf, and the lower half of the piece was worn a smooth honey-brown from locals touching it. Those who frequented the inn seemed to trust that it would bring luck or safety, and that was where Destrier had picked up the ritual. Every time he felt the sturdy maple leaf beneath his palm, he knew that he had returned.

Home . He had been so bold before, taking her into his arms to all but admit his affections! He scolded himself roundly for it afterwards, blaming the relief of their return for his lapse of judgement and propriety. Believing that she had any sort of future with him was a fool's game, and there was no greater fool than Destrier Revel.

Illeria busied herself with coaxing the embers of the common room fire to life, leaving Revel to light the lantern that graced the bar. He could feel her eyes on him as he leaned against the bar counter, but he chose to focus on the flicker of the lamp instead.

"So, Sir Knight Revel ." Illeria's inquisitive tone caught his attention and Destrier found that he was smiling unintentionally as he glanced up. Her gaze was thoughtful, more so than he had expected. "You are the King's Elite. As such, you are afforded certain liberties. You have the choice to stay wherever you wish for free." The young woman tapped her chin, pantomiming deep thought as she continued to study him. "Should you want a house, it will be provided. Yet you keep coming back here."

Anticipatory dread slowly began to curdle whatever warmth Destrier was experiencing at her presence, his smile fading. With his friends beside him he had managed Urgals, Kulls, liches... Leofore . He was a wielder of an ancient and terrible power, one that hailed from beyond the stars and time immemorial. Yet somehow he knew, marrow-deep, that this diminutive woman was about to raze his achievements to the ground.

Illeria's voice softened. "Why?"

The question was like a death knell. Destrier felt as though someone had punched him in the gut, butterflies turning to lead in his stomach. He tried to weasel out of it, the flush creeping up the back of his neck to the tips of his ears as he mumbled, "Illeria, you…you have to already know why. You are incredibly intelligent. I refuse to believe you don't know why."

"I have my suspicions. However, I would appreciate hearing your explanation." She was relishing his panic, the fiend .

His doe-eyed fondness for her softened his indignation at being teased without mercy, though it was still present. This seemed almost too cruel to bear. Destrier raked a hand through his messy blond locks, inhaling deeply in an attempt to steel himself.

"I cannot offer you anything you don't already have. I can do naught to enrich your life, Illeria." He began helplessly. "You have thrived here. You are a creator , a builder. I am...I am not that."

It pained him to speak so bluntly, yet he knew that honesty was the only thing that would see him through this discussion. Her silence was not overly encouraging, but he soldiered on.

"I did not think I would survive the war. I did not dare to dwell on what would happen afterwards, because I did not believe I would be there to see it." Destrier was uncertain if he should even be admitting such things. No person would want a partner so dour and despondent. "Somehow though, somehow we managed to return and I now find myself at a loss. I have to carefully consider the future I did not believe I would have."

Illeria put a hand on his arm. "This world has as much of a need for people like you as it does for me, Destrier. You're too quick to sell yourself short." She chided.

"I destroy , Illeria. Much more than a few gold's worth of drape cloth." Destrier replied dejectedly, taking her hands in his own. They were so small, yet her knuckles were nearly as scarred as his. It was a strangely comforting detail. "Your place in this new era is assured. Someone like me, though…" He trailed off, shaking his head. "I am a product of times which are now over, nothing more. I would not ask that of you."

"You wouldn't ask what of me?" Illeria sounded frustrated, her hands squeezing his tightly.

When Destrier brought himself to meet her gaze again, he was startled by the way she was looking at him. His words died in his throat and he just stared dumbly, knowing in the back of his mind that this was his moment and he was squandering it! "T-To ask...I would not ask you to share your...um, life with me." He managed to stammer, muttering a curse under his breath at how foolish he must sound.

"And why wouldn't you ask that?" Illeria asked sharply, stomping her foot. "I refuse to believe that all you can do is bumble around and ruin things, Desty ."

The childish nickname got a quick chuckle out of the knight before he mastered himself. "Illeria-"

"No, hush. You've said your piece very prettily, but you're still wrong." The young woman interrupted firmly.

" How? " Revel protested. "I've spent so long thinking about this, Illeria. Nights upon nights I've laid sleepless, mulling everything over. Someone such as I cannot make you happy."

"I think I'll be the judge of that." Illeria murmured. "I have survived on my own for long enough. Watching you set out every time with the King's Elite and your battalions, never knowing whether you would come back, I..." She rested her forehead on his chest, her hands coming up to grip the fabric of his shirt with surprising ferocity. "I don't want you to leave ever again, but I will not beg. I have a reputation to uphold, you understand." The young woman said frankly.

"So you do. Far be it from me to tarnish that." Destrier could not keep from smiling. He knew he must look like a fool . "You wish for me to stay with you? Truly?"

"I wish for much more than that, but it's a start."

Her wry response had him laughing until he was breathless and he cupped her face to tilt it upwards. "Illeria," Destrier said softly, his eyes searching her own. "You have always been what I come back for. As soon as my fingers graze the crest on the doorway I breathe a sigh of relief, for I know I am home ."

"Your flattery falls on deaf ears, Revel." Despite her dismissive words, he felt her hold on his shirt tighten.

" You are my home, Illeria." He said plainly, entirely enamored with the way her brown eyes widened in wonder. "Forgive my boldness, please, but I-"

"-need to stop being so polite before you accidentally light the rug on fire again." Her hand cupped his cheek and he leaned into the touch dazedly, almost certain he was dreaming. Illeria, precious Illeria, looking at him like that even while she teased him-! This had to be a dream.

Destrier prayed he would never wake.

Let me have this brief moment of ever after, with the kingdom saved and the woman I love at my side.

"Are you alright, Desty?" Illeria asked softly.

"Aye." The knight sighed, utterly content. "I daresay I'm a fair sight better than that."

Part Four: So Little Time

#destrier revel #illeria stennas #MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE #the way this played out in game was so fn cute I DIED okay I died #I love. affection #a paladin and his love #and then I proceeded to scream about them forever #I'm not apologizing #my big blond himbo #he loves his lady a lot #i like wholesome stuff ok #female npc #non-player character x player character #npc x pc

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glittergummicandypeach · 4 years

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A Hidden Amy Coney Barrett Answer on COVID That Should Scare Every American | Religion Dispatches

Amy Coney Barrett submitted written answers to the Senate last night and they make it clear that she will flip the high court on an issue that is crucial for America to fight the coronavirus, just as the pandemic is flaring up. Barrett telegraphed a willingness to overturn public health measures in the name of God.

The Barrett hearings were not devoid of religion. Barrett’s personal religion was mentioned many times, often as if it were somehow a qualification for office. The same senators praising her religion also decried any attempt to suggest that Barrett’s religion might trump her oath of judicial office. But there was no such suggestion, even though this is something that Barrett herself has admitted to repeatedly. (As I’ve written before, I think this was a dereliction of senators’ duty.)

Throughout the hearings, Barrett was willing to answer substantive and hypothetical questions from her supporters, but refused to do the same from senators on the other side. That strategy continued in the Questions for the Record, known as QFRs. Barrett’s answers, submitted last night, were in line with what we saw in the hearing. For instance, when asked a straightforward question with a simple answer from a senator likely to vote against her, Barrett stonewalled.

QUESTION: According to federal law, is it legal to vote twice in a single federal election?

RESPONSE: As a sitting judge and as a judicial nominee, it would not be appropriate for me to offer an opinion on abstract legal issues or hypotheticals. Nor would it be appropriate for me to opine on the statements of any political figure or on any subject of political controversy.

That question was neither abstract nor hypothetical; the answer was both disingenuous and dishonest.

But Barrett was looser with her supporters. Buried on the final page of the 184-page QFR, in the final question, one from Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN.), is a deeply alarming answer.

QUESTION: States have the authority and responsibility to protect the health of their citizens, but they must also uphold First Amendment protections—including the free exercise of religion. Recently, some churches across the country have asserted their rights have been infringed because of states selectively enforcing public health restrictions on places of worship. Do states infringe on the free exercise of religion when they selectively restrict a religious gathering as a matter of enforcement discretion?

RESPONSE: The Supreme Court has explained that “[o]fficial action that targets religious conduct for distinctive treatment cannot be shielded by mere compliance with the requirement of facial neutrality” and that “[t]he Free Exercise Clause protects against governmental hostility which is masked, as well as overt.” Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah, 508 U.S. 520, 534 (1993). The application of these principles to public health restrictions is a matter of ongoing legal dispute.

This should scare every American. As pandemic cases soar worldwide, with hundreds of thousands of Americans already dead from this virus, Barrett is virtually promising to allow churches to hold superspreader events every week—just like the superspreader event held at the White House to announce her nomination. This is reckless to the point of deadly and it clearly shows Barrett is unfit to be a judge on any court, let alone the highest court in the land.

The premise of Blackburn’s question is deeply flawed. Public health measures are not being “selectively” enforced against churches. It’s just that churches have an undeserved sense of entitlement and are deliberately and publicly violating the orders and spreading the disease. The rules apply equally, but are enforced against those who break the rules, including gyms and other non-religious entities. Blackburn’s question is like asking why criminal laws are being selectively enforced against criminals.

Barrett’s entire strategy has been to avoid answering any questions that might be in the slightest controversial. Those refusals are themselves tells. But here, she answers first, then disclaims an ability to answer. That means she doesn’t find this controversial or maybe thinks it’s an easy question. Standing alone, that might be reasonable, but not when we consider the case she cited: Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah.

It is telling and deeply disturbing that Barrett cites this infamous Supreme Court case as the controlling case to answer the question about whether churches, like every other similarly-situated entity, are subject to public health measures. In Lukumi, local government officials, with unabashed bigotry, used their government powers to try and stamp out a Santeria church. The coronavirus health measures apply to all similarly-situated entities equally and are meant to save lives. The targeted bigotry and abuse in Lukumi has absolutely nothing to do with universally applicable life-saving public health laws.

The two scenarios couldn’t be more different. The Lukumi case involved the City of Hialeah, which held an emergency session of the City Council in a “mob atmosphere” just weeks after the Santeria church tried to open. The president of the city council asked: “What can we do to prevent the Church from opening?” The city attorney said in the meeting that “This community will not tolerate religious practices which are abhorrent to its citizens,” sentiments echoed by the deputy city attorney.

The council passed ordinances that targeted “religious practices” in one, “animal sacrifice” in a second, and “ritualistic animal sacrifice” in another. Christians in office were using government power to kick a minority religion out of town. One councilman cited biblical law to justify the bigotry: “I don’t believe that the Bible allows that.” Police actively enforced the new rules, but only against the church, setting up a perimeter around the church and stopping and searching clergy as they came and went. The government had effectively outlawed a particular religion’s holy ritual.

That Barrett sees common-sense health measures as analogous to Lukumi is disturbing. If she didn’t agree with the fabricated premise of the question—that churches are targeted—she would have dodged the question, as she dodged so many others, including straightforward questions about voting twice. A charitable interpretation would be that Barrett is blinded by a Christian persecution complex. A more likely interpretation is that she is driven to codify Christian supremacy into the law, that she intends to use her position and power to “build the Kingdom of God.”

Barrett’s refusals were tells. Her answers leave little doubt that she will vote to overturn important civil rights precedents, whether it be Roe v. Wade or marriage equality (Obergefell v. Hodges). There is every reason to believe she is going to vote to destroy the Affordable Care Act and rip healthcare away from millions of Americans in the middle of a pandemic. That she actually accepted the premise of this question and cited Lukumi to answer it gives us another insight.

Now we know that Barrett will work to give churches, which have already done so much to spread the deadly virus, a constitutional right to risk the lives of every citizen. This will flip the Court on this critical issue and spread a deadly virus. Confirming Amy Coney Barrett will be a disaster for America.

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Next Generation Car Leasing Trends in Mobility

According to the business hypotheses, Electric Vehicle and Private Car Renting would be the greatest patrons in the renting market. With the eventual fate of portability leaving from non-renewable energy sources, it's clear that the renting business is good to go to encounter a significant change in coming time. Here are the elements that would shape the fate of car renting in coming years.

There are two main considerations behind car producers concentrating forcefully on electric vehicles for the renting market in light of two specific reasons. Initially, the pace of deterioration for EVs is higher when contrasted with their inward ignition motor partners. Thus, renting spares clients from agonizing over low resale esteem. Second, renting empowers the clients to switch their EV models normally since another electric vehicle is exhibited in the car business from time to time.

Car IoT solutions have upset the car rental and armada organizations and changed the manner in which they work. Look at this infographic to discover the applications and advantages of IoT solutions for car armada and rental organizations. In all honesty, car is the second most information driven industry on the planet. On account of the developing IoT and versatile innovation, producers can gather huge amounts of data about drivers, their goals, the courses they're taking, traffic designs, and even anticipate when upkeep something other than an oil change will be required. What's more, that is simply on the driver side! Coming up next are the top advanced change in car for coming age.

The problem between the car and the computerized world can be settled by reconciliation of all upstream and downstream components in one advanced stage, additionally called a virtual cloud biological system. This framework ought to associate and join all market members end customers, ICT organizations and customary equipment suppliers. A virtual cloud biological system requires various abilities from associations. The effect of these new advancements is tremendous; be that as it may, in Europe the pace of progress is still delayed because of alterations required in rules and guidelines, the inquiries corresponding to security and the heritage of a develop auto advertise (portfolio impact). In new and forthcoming nations, where changes are supported by the administration, for example, the legislature of China does with Web of Things, there are no restrictions and network is being supported as opposed to being taken a gander at with wariness. Europe in that regard began ahead, however hazards being overwhelmed by these high flyers. It's the ideal opportunity for European associations to act.

The information that is produced by the associated car is just accessible to OEMs as well as their official accomplices. Different organizations don't approach the information and applications. That is additionally the motivation behind why different gatherings included, for example, the lease organizations, the insurance agencies as well as vendors, need to introduce a "case" themselves to have the option to assemble information. This as of now hinders those gatherings from recovering, breaking down and utilizing car, driver and engine the board information.

Information gave by gadgets, for example, an associated car can be important to a solitary client, however just to a constrained scale. Just when this information are utilized on an advanced stage to encourage new cooperations between various gatherings in the car scene, it will make totally new administrations and worth. Moreover, it can permit different gatherings to fabricate new administrations and organizations on head of that information. In the course of the most recent years, ventures in different parts have been effective in building organizations that utilization computerized innovations to encourage new connections for a huge scope and permitting others to construct their business on head of the stage (for example application designers, cab drivers, has, ride sharers). At the point when the stage idea is applied to the associated car, the estimation of the information it produces will develop exponentially and this will thusly disturb the whole serious scene in the car segment (as the previously mentioned models have demonstrated in their individual divisions).

The ascent of the associated car will probably push the computerized stage plan of action as one of the predominant plans of action for the car business. Ongoing history has demonstrated that when a division that is described by numerous littler players turns out to be more data escalated, the advanced stage model can immediately get prevailing in that area. The associated car will make the divided car segment considerably more data serious, in this way making enormous open doors for computerized stage plans of action. Other car qualities, for example, low resource usage and lopsided dissemination of data between parties, go about as further quickening agents.

Since the start of the 21st century, cars are improved on the specialized side of car creation. Better mileage, higher wellbeing appraisals and customization were center regions of the attempts to close the deal of numerous OEMs. Tomorrow's clients of the associated car are the twenty to thirty year olds, who are conceived as computerized locals with advanced advances inserted into their method of living from the very beginning. As they plan, arrange and travel with the assistance of computerized items and administrations, this has become the new standard of working together and living. A key motivation behind why this purchaser move is occurring is the ongoing broad accessibility of the specialized framework (for example portable inclusion), cloud framework, and the conveyance of a client driven encounter through cell phones with basic working frameworks. Managers in urbanized territories, offer a car-sharing membership rather than a lease car to their new joiners. The millennial populace will help drive the associated car into a standard item over the coming years, so now is the ideal opportunity for the car segment to consider how this will change the plans of action and serious scene.

As referenced in the past areas, car organizations need to conform to another reality. The associated car has shown up in their showrooms and administration workshops. Associated cars give OEMs, merchants, vendors, providers and proprietors with various chances and dangers. These new kinds of functionalities in the car increment to recharge the business procedure as the market turns out to be more unique and the association needs to react. Accordingly, organizations will in general change their business methodology from a protective system (in light of making economies of scale and responding to contenders) to a more hostile technique (making the ability to react rapidly to dynamic market conditions). Associations need to spot and investigate new market openings.

A crucial groundbreaking change is expected to utilize the full advantages of new data advancements in Car Lease Solution. As per this hypothetical system, it implies a business scope redefinition. Car associations will change into arrange associations. There will be a move in incomes to more computerized administrations. This business scope redefinition brings diverse administrative difficulties, which are exceptionally pertinent to the car advertise in the World, in particular, making an alternate authority.

#Car leasing trends #Car Rental Solutions #Digital Leasing Solutions #Lease and Rental

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Designing a Palestinian Sense of Place

Elias Anastas and Yousef Anastas in conversation

Bethlaham-based architecture and design studio AAU ANASTAS is a family affair. The practice is vastly diverse, from architectural experimentation to metal furniture to working with artisans on reimagining the materiality of Palestinian structures. I’ve asked Elias and Yousef Anastas to speak about design and place-making in contemporary Palestine.

Elias: The traditions of the Palestinian city, from social systems to the type of housing, are built around nature. The nodal point of the city, where people live, is concentrated and withdrawn but gives way to open landscapes. But this direct relationship with nature has been subverted, first under the Ottoman Empire and now during the conflict with Israel.

Yousef: Before and during the Ottoman Empire, urban development was influenced by three factors: harrat (“big families” to which every inhabitant is linked); hosh (a common shared space in the heart of a series of houses); and the typical city surroundings of olive orchards and terraced landscapes. At that time, urban strategies were regulated between the moukhtar, or chief, of each ¬harrat.

E: This self-managed urbanism – which matches many of today’s western criteria of a successful city – has been progressively disappearing. The dense nucleus is no longer as much a centre of interest as the surroundings, where cities boom. The British mandate put in place urban planning. Power rather than nature took precedence. Palestinian cities today have very complex boundaries. The Oslo agreement, the Israeli settlements, the barrier and wall separating Israel from the West Bank and excess urbanism have disrupted the traditional model. The process is a vicious circle: the settlements break up Palestinian lands and are linked to Israeli territory by bypass routes.

Y: In response, Palestinian cities have broken with their domestic scale, and the wall is dictating their boundaries. The unstable political situation leads to a lack of trust in public space. We had an opportunity to address the question of public space in the city of Bethlehem.

E: Our architectural practice’s design for the Edward Said National Music Conservatory plays on the hosh, aided by the development of a commercial project on a neighbouring plot. We battled to extend the space into a public pedestrian thoroughfare. The result is an area that embodies urban social power and artisanal skills, and helps build an inclusive city.

Y: Also in Bethlehem, we have built an experimental stone pavilion, Stonesourcing Space, which adapts traditional techniques. Ottoman laws transformed the use of stone from a natural choice to an imposed material for everything. This law is still applied despite the almost universal use of reinforced concrete in construction –but stone has been relegated to a cladding, a top dressing to satisfy an obsolete law. The pavilion combines stone, and its virtues in thermal efficiency and plentiful supply, with innovative technologies. The building – a contemporary interpretation of the mountar, a traditional shelter found in the Palestinian countryside – aims to mark property as an act of resistance to the path of the wall.

E: Most recently we completed a prototype of an on going research project on the use of three-dimensional free-form stone vaults in Palestine.

Y: The research aims at including stone stereotomy – the processes of cutting stones – construction processes in contemporary architecture. It relies on novel computational simulation and fabrication techniques in order to present a modern stone construction technique as part of a local and global architectural language.

E: The research highlighted the use of stone vaults in Palestinian architecture. Unlike neighbouring countries – like Lebanon or Syria – where stone vaults were reserved to noble monuments, stone vaults in Palestine are part of a common architectural language. As such, stone vaults are manifold widespread, yet more difficult to notice and identify.

Y: The results of the research will be used to build the el-Atlal artists’ and writers’ residency in Jericho. As such, a Stone matter is the first module of the residency and the first built vault of our research. A Stone matter is built on an innovative construction principal allowing for unprecedented forms for such structures. The architectural innovation is born from structural morphology and stereotomy. The whole structure is made of 300 mutually supported unique stone pieces.

Beyond the scientific and technical issues that make Stonematters a unique object, the project represents as well a cultural challenge: it has been entirely built with available know-hows in a peripheral zone of the culturally marginal city of Jericho.

E: Through the understanding of our historical cities the research tries to link techniques of constructions to urban morphologies. It puts a non-hierarchical hypothetical link between the scale of stereotomy and the scale of urban fabric. In that context, the idea is to suggest new urban morphologies linked to the scientific use of a largely available material in Palestine.

Y: We are interested through our work to link scales: Whether the impact of a construction technique on the formation of cities, or subverting artisans knowhow to new uses. “Mass Imperfections” is the 2016 Palestinian Pavilion commissioned by Dubai Design Week. The project investigated the ability of craftsmanship of stepping back into the forefront of the fabrication processes. The project challenges high tech fabrication processes by monitoring and anticipating imperfections of highly skilled artisans.

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Manchester School of Architecture spotlights seven undergraduate architecture studios

In our latest school show, undergraduate studios at the Manchester School of Architecture explore how feminist architectural theory can be used as a tool to design a fairer society.

Other studios examined the university's campus and its relationship to its wider urban environment; how emerging designers use design methods to engage citizens in the city; and how illustration is used in the design process.

Manchester School of Architecture

School: Manchester School of Architecture at the Manchester Metropolitan University and The University of Manchester Course: BA Architecture Programme Leader: Daniel Dubowitz

School statement:

"Despite the unusual circumstances we have been working in, it has been an exciting year at the school, with future plans being sown for new programmes, a new staffing structure, prestigious international links, enhanced links with practices, and a continuation of our impressive research trajectory to mention just a few.

"The BA Architecture at Manchester School of Architecture launches with an immersive and energetic programme that integrates studio, humanities and technologies. This is to ensure that our students can find out for themselves what becoming an architect might mean for them.

"After establishing their skillset in year one, second-year students begin practising independently, learning how to develop and articulate their positions and shape their trajectory.

"This builds momentum towards third-year when students select their own programme. There are nine Humanities electives, and students choose between one of seven flagship Ateliers – vertical studios – working alongside postgraduate students from MArch for the year with a team of four research-active staff and four external practitioners.

"What sets the Manchester School of Architecture undergraduate programme apart from other schools of architecture is a citizen pedagogy that engages students in live projects and real-world challenges – from mitigating climate change to constructing a more inclusive public realm.

"Throughout the three-year BA programme, our students are supported in identifying their own matters of concern and care, both as citizens and emerging professionals. Our teaching centres on research through speculative design, and our staff mobilise their research-practice to develop immersive briefs that engage and challenge."

De-alienating Through Architecture: New Cultural Centre for East Manchester by Michal Romaniuk

"In &rchitecture, we use design-led research to investigate the potential for architects to affect positive change through inclusive and engaged practices. This year, we questioned how we could reimagine former production sites in the city for a sustainable future, considering ideas such as the anthropocene, capitalocene, degrowth and posthumanism.

"Our site was Manchester Abattoir, designed by Sydney George Besant-Roberts and opened in 1968. It was a council-built complex aiming to bring together the city's network of abattoirs into one 'comprehensive' site for the storing and slaughtering of livestock and the storing and sale of meat.

"The central idea for the design studio is Mikhail Bakhtin's polyphony, which we used to read the site as multi-voiced narratives in constant dialogue, never existing in isolation. This allows us to value different viewpoints and, in doing so, explore the potential for architects to address issues of social, spatial and ecological justice.

"Before we considered this, we examined ourselves as citizens and humans first, then our identities as 'architects'. Our work this year also questioned the hegemony of human position in the design process, and we included non-humans in our investigations."

Student: Michal Romaniuk Course: Atelier &rchitecture

Performative Morphologies - Street Level Podium View by Irina Coraga

"The atelier is a platform for research and experimentation in architectural design and is concerned with holistic understandings of design and sustainability. Our interest lies in the interaction between technology and people, in the design and delivery of environments that support the needs and activities of contemporary and future society.

"All projects explore contemporary and novel design methods and material performances in tectonic and spatial propositions. Testing of these occurs in application to a specific programmatic brief and this year's themes were 'high-rise' and interpretations of the notion of 'performative morphologies.'

"Projects began with digital and material experimentation at pavilion scale before developing these concepts and design methods, applying understandings of material performance to the high-rise context, in city-centre Manchester. Exploring digital methods in the generative design stages uncovered opportunities and novel approaches to high-rise structures and tectonics.

"The range and quality of interior spaces for a post-coved workplace and ancillary programme were enhanced and, combined with dynamic illumination responsive to user occupation, the architecture of the project engages at the city scale, promoting innovation and advancement."

Student: Irina Coraga Course: Atelier Advanced Practice

An Integrated Urban Topography, Bradford by William Smith

"Continuity in Architecture explores the cultural heritage of the city, not only in the city as a collection of historical artefacts but also in the way people have and will use these buildings and spaces.

"The Atelier considers buildings not as solitary objects but as integral and related pieces of the city that encourage a convivial coming together. We believe that it is important to understand the intangible and tangible aspects of historic fabric to engage with it in a meaningful and dynamic way.

"This year, the Atelier has continued to work on funded projects examining the future of the historic high street. In his seminal article 'The Closing of the High Street Theatres', John Lloyd stated that these smaller shopping areas "were – and still are – theatres of human interaction".

"In collaboration with Bradford Civic Society and the Bradford Townscape Heritage Scheme, the Atelier have worked in the 'top of town', where students have made theoretical contextual additions to the high street for three live clients including Assembly, who provide co-working spaces; FUSE Art Space, a volunteer-led art gallery; and Bradford Civic Society, an organisation who champion Bradford's heritage."

Student: William Smith Course: Atelier Continuity in Architecture

Urban Vertical Garden by Alexandra Raper Rumoroso

"Operating as an Atelier for many years at masters level, this is the first year of [CPU]Ai having presence in the third year. Students were introduced to the Atelier through exposure to theoretical approaches and computational tools via initiatives such as [CPU]Breakfast, where staff, students and alumni presented key readings, projects and case studies of their own undertaking to facilitate diverse knowledge exchange and collaboration as a vertical atelier.

"This year's theme was Resilient Urban Futures with all projects based on the university campus, with its relationship to wider urban systems and its possible short, medium and long-term futures.

"All projects relate to food programmatically: fast, technology-enabled and optimised; or slow, grown on-site, local, seasonal; and spatially, growing, selling, sharing, collaborating, researching.

"Domain knowledge within these areas was developed through research and structured engagement with international academics through to local charities. This enabled an understanding of systems and flow within the supply chains in areas such as ethics, climate crisis, traditional vs novel technologies, economics and beyond. This was then used to understand projects at an urban and building scale with regards to materials, construction, environmental and structural strategies."

Student: Alexandra Raper Rumoroso Course: Complexity, Planning and Urbanism [CPU]ai

Light House: A State of Change for Manchester by Grace McGuire

"The Flux atelier centres on a series of speculative practices which offer practical alternatives to top-down design and a fresh approach to time, slow urbanism; space, urban acupuncture; and engaging people, peripatetic architecture and performance. It aims to equip emerging designers with new methods to engage citizens in the transformation of their city.

"Re-imagining the Mancunian way: how can three kilometres of monolith that divides Manchester in two be repurposed from a 1960s superhighway exclusively for cars to become part of everyday life and reconnect the city?

"Collaborative Urbanism: new methods for making tomorrow's cities: 'object-building' and 'top-down' master planning have characterised the architecture and urbanism of the recent climate emergency era.

"A city without cars: Google earth satellites passed over Manchester this winter, and they documented a Mancunian way without vehicles. What started the year as a hypothetical possibility became a tangible reality due to a national lockdown. Some students had the opportunity to walk up onto the motorway deck and experience the highway as a site for everyday life for a fleeting moment.

"Public realm: the Covid-19 global pandemic laid bare inequalities in society, not least the disparity in access to and poverty of the public realm globally and in Manchester. Each of the manifestos, programmes and design projects were socially and politically engaged, delving deeper into matters of care for a different public realm for society because of the context in which they were conceived. The work in the Atelier is a testament to the agility, resourcefulness and resilience of our students.

"Temporality: in semester one, the Atelier focuses on the city's transformation through temporal and peripatetic architectures. Each student was tasked with devising a series of temporary interventions (two-10 years), urban acupuncture that could transform the Mancunian way as a whole.

"Matter of concern: each student was challenged to identify their own matters of concern and draw up their own brief and programme for the repurposing of the Mancunian Way. In semester two, students then developed a speculative design that could activate a state of change for communities over a longer time frame for one site. These new methods and practices for city making were framed by two questions: Who is the city for? What can a speculative design offer to establish a state of change?"

Student: Grace McGuire Course: Atelier Flux

M58 Service Station by Yat Kiu Jasper Cheng

"Infrastructure Space uses large territories and novel mapping techniques to explore and reveal latent environmental, social and cultural conditions. Here we approach space with neutrality to form objective views of the ways in which it is produced and used. Expanding on theories of landscape urbanism, we recognise that it is difficult to separate the urban scale from a global scale.

"Infrastructure as a methodological lens enables critical discourse that addresses global exchange, mobility, and justice issues. This year we asked all of our students to consider the following:

"Commons: a shared space that enables a citizen-led agency, sometimes to fill what has been referred to as an 'infrastructural gap'. 'Eco-systems' we deliberately hyphenate this term to accentuate its constituency – ecological / systems, as we are interested in systems that can enable ecological diversity and sustainability.

"Society: society has manifold interpretations. Here we refer to groups of people with common values, territory and cultural expectations and the positive effects of such arrangements.

"The students developed ideas for a future service station and asked to consider carbon reduction, electric vehicles, minimisation of travel, material cultures and social sustainability. In so doing, projects from multimodal transport hubs to power generation centres explored how service stations are pivotal to achieving significant carbon reduction. This revealed that services need to be more than an amenity to humans, but should be considered as part of wider social, sustainable and ecological systems."

Student: Yat Kiu Jasper Cheng Course: Atelier Infrastructure Space

An Active Archive of Feminist Figures by Eleanor Jones

"Praxxis is a feminist teaching Atelier and research collective in both BA3 and M Arch pursuing pedagogy and research within, and through, feminist architectural theory and practice. We asked students to explore feminist strategies and tactics to move our discipline towards a fairer and more equal society.

"This year we have challenged the students to construct their own agenda and develop forms of practice whose aim is not just a building but a tool to transform the social, political and economic conditions of a place by exploring archives and feminisms.

"In response to a site next to the Pankhurst Centre in Manchester city centre, we have used feminist design tools such as feminist theories, dialogues, interruptions, interventions and participatory tools to enable our students to design an archive to feminisms plus other key feminist agendas.

"Each archive/library was socially motivated and responded to the spatial issues of the four key waves of feminisms. Students were asked to look at the human relationships within their proposals by considering the interconnected list of protected characteristics to enable full exploration of the spatial potential of the complex issues of sharing internal or external archives and learning or social spaces across different groups of people."

Student: Eleanor Jones Course: Atelier Praxxis

Thinking Through Drawing BA1 by Adriana Sokolova

"At Manchester School of Architecture, we engage in extensive research-based teaching in the architectural humanities. This year saw the introduction of several new units, refreshing our offer to students and addressing the most pressing concerns of our discipline.

"In the first year, students are introduced to the histories of architecture as plural rather than singular. Each lecture is envisaged as a 'survey' in its own right, with experts from across the school speaking about the architectural history of power, education, health and a wide range of other topics.

"Students were then asked to respond to Thinking Through Drawing: a series of explorations of the relationship between architecture’s methods and how they allow us to think. The lectures address Thinking Orthographically, in parallel, perspective and in gesture.

"Year two also saw significant changes in this academic year, with a new course on architecture, climate and society accompanied by writing the city. These two units centre on the responsibilities of the architect: what we bring to the city and how we respond to the climate crisis.

"In the third year, more focused electives are available to students on a range of topics. These help students to develop methods for research and to specialise in in-depth examinations. Each elective has a social and historical aspect to it, covering the following topics: landscapes of infrastructure; environmental histories of architecture; user-centred design; anthropology of home; social and political architectures in South America; global south's global; architecture in the age of acceleration; exploring tropical educational space; and architecture and crisis.

"The drawings by Adriana Sokolova were completed as part of her portfolio for our new BA1 Humanities course 'Thinking Through Drawing'. This course is based on anthropological research by Dr Ray Lucas into architectural drawing and how it constitutes a form of knowledge production.

"It is arranged as a short series of lectures discussing key ideas and drawings from architectural history. Students then engage with orthographic drawings of their breakfast – after Miralles and Prats' exercise to draw cross-sections of a croissant. Here they make copies of classic drawings, analysing their materiality. The aim is to develop their drawing skills and discuss why we draw in particular ways."

Student: Adriana Sokolova Course: Humanities

Technologies 1 Design Project - Papermetrics by Siu Man Hei

"The Technologies unit provides students with skills to critically dissect and deconstruct the structural, material and environmental performance of architectural precedents in an operative manner, seeing the built history of architecture as a ‘realisation library’ to draw from. Assignments develop the material realisation skills and understanding of students through increasing levels of sophistication and authorship in their design projects.

"Across the three years, the Technologies Design Project is systematically using a framework of appraisals, analyses and iterative design testing to guide students in identifying key performance parameters for their projects and linking them to the opportunities they offer for creative, integrated, architectural design. Technologies design projects are intentionally distinct from others undertaken on the course, with different starting points, methods and outputs, enriching students’ portfolios and preparing them for scenarios in professional architectural design practice.

"Technologies design projects at MSA explore model-making, modelling and digital design and fabrication methods to explore and test sustainability in technological and environmental design and spatial effects. Projects begin in the first year with triangulated geometries in canopy and pavilion designs. In year two, we move into environmental simulation and testing of a single-volume community hall in the rural British landscape. In year three we work globally in city centre contexts for a multi-storey workplace.

"In year one, existing applications and techniques are examined through a series of lectures and analysis exercises that support a subsequent holistic analysis of small scale – but often structurally or environmentally complex – case studies. Design projects explore digital modelling and fabrication through iterative qualitative testing.

"Papermetrics design project asks students to design a pavilion structure to recognise the significance of technology as a context for exploring architectural design. Students demonstrate how the fabric of buildings modify environmental conditions in various contexts for a variety of uses to generate needs of comfort and pleasure. A discourse of performance and sustainability in contemporary architecture is tackled through a canopy design that must be made of a system of irregular non-repeating triangular facets."

Student: Siu Man Hei Course: Technologies

Provocations | Salons | Inspirations by The Provocations

"The Expert Panel activities supplement the core teaching at MSA by offering alternative viewpoints and expertise. It aims to create an ecosystem of events that are attached to MSA's teaching and research agendas, through a series of events addressing equality and diversity in the disciplines of architecture and landscape architecture and covering a broad range of topics.

"The provocations series retained its format of two short, punchy presentations followed by a longer conversation guided by a discussant. The Salons, remotely this year, allowed students access to outside experts with a considerable range of expertise including clients, developers, planners, archaeologists, artists, architects and academics.

"We also ran Pecha Kucha sessions, introducing our editorial board discussing The Project that Got Away and also introducing invited experts who would be leading Salon discussions. We hosted the first Inspirations talk with our new head of school, professor Kevin Singh introducing his (accidentally) curated career and we will expand these lectures in the coming year.

"Moving to online delivery allowed both our guests and audiences to expand beyond Manchester towards a global audience."

Group: The Provocations Course: Expert Panel

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Our full line of palletizing robots give you choices when it comes to dimension, payload, speeds for cycle time and precision and most significantly, care in dealing with your products. Standard forty”x48” average dimension of a wood pallet will enable loading of two pallets side by aspect in a lot of the trailers. Some overseas containers and refrigerated trailers is probably not wide sufficient to do this with standard skids, requiring custom skids.

However, as most package types have at least a flat backside, universal gripping system has been designed to incorporate a roll-up principle. This allows you to handle layers of products the place most different conventional technologies fail. In Order Fulfillment, there a number of robotic solutions that are really revolutionizing the fabric handling world. Many factories and plants at present have automated their application with a palletizing robot solution of some kind.

Pay a Visit to Your Local Pallet Recycler or Manufacturer

However, it is recommended to examine their technical situation earlier than stacking the goods. It is checked if the pallet is broken or cracked, in case of wood pallets – if wood is rotting.

There are specific kinds of palletizers including the row-forming which have been introduced within the early Fifties. In row-forming palletizing purposes masses are organized on a row forming space and then moved onto a unique area the place layer forming takes place. This process repeats till a full layer of products and products are configured to be placed on a pallet.

New Navy-funded Report Warns of War Robots Going "Terminator" Archived on the Wayback Machine, by Jason Mick (Blog), dailytech.com, February 17, 2009. Call for debate on killer robots Archived at the Wayback Machine, Jason Palmer. Robots Almost Conquering Walking, Reading, Dancing Archived at the Wayback Machine, by Matthew Weigand, Korea Itimes, Monday, August 17, 2009. Nanorobotics is the emerging know-how area of creating machines or robots whose components are at or near the microscopic scale of a nanometer (10−9 meters). Also often known as "nanobots" or "nanites", they might be constructed from molecular machines.

The earliest may be a U.S. patent on a skid from 1924 describing Howard T. Hallowell's "Lift Truck Platform". In the late 1930s, pallets turned more commonplace with the newer forklift sorts.

This risks your palletized freight before we’ve even had a chance to load it, not to mention once it’s actually being moved around. The kind of pallets to be used is usually selected by the producer.

What is palletization?

Robotic palletizing know-how increases productivity and profitability while permitting for more flexibility to run products for longer periods of time. Various finish-of-arm-tooling kinds enable flexibility of different types of robot palletization. Bag grippers embody an item and support it on the underside, whereas suction and magnetic grippers sometimes handle extra ridged gadgets and grip them from the top. By automating your shop with a palletizing robot, you possibly can enhance the consistency of your loading and unloading processes.

In 1973, a robotic with six electromechanically pushed axes was patented by KUKA robotics in Germany, and the programmable common manipulation arm was invented by Victor Scheinman in 1976, and the design was bought to Unimation. By mimicking a lifelike look or automating actions, a robotic may convey a way of intelligence or considered its personal. Autonomous things are anticipated to proliferate within the coming decade, with home robotics and the autonomous automotive as a few of the primary drivers.

An official report was issued in 2009 by the Japanese authorities's Robot Industry Policy Committee. Rethink Robotics—based by Rodney Brooks, previously with iRobot—launched Baxter in September 2012; as an industrial robot designed to soundly interact with neighboring human staff, and be programmable for performing easy tasks. Baxters cease if they detect a human in the best way of their robotic arms and have prominent off switches. Intended on the market to small companies, they are promoted because the robotic analogue of the private pc.

Mining robots are designed to unravel numerous problems at present facing the mining business, together with expertise shortages, bettering productiveness from declining ore grades, and reaching environmental targets. Due to the hazardous nature of mining, in particular underground mining, the prevalence of autonomous, semi-autonomous, and tele-operated robots has significantly elevated in current occasions.

As of May 2014[update], a hundred ninety corporations in the US have bought Baxters and they're being used commercially within the UK. There are robotic kits like Lego Mindstorms, BIOLOID, OLLO from ROBOTIS, or BotBrain Educational Robots can help children to find out about arithmetic, physics, programming, and electronics. Robotics have also been launched into the lives of elementary and highschool college students in the type of robotic competitions with the company FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology). The organization is the inspiration for the FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST LEGO League, Junior FIRST LEGO League, and FIRST Tech Challenge competitions. The first palletizing robotic was introduced in 1963 by the Fuji Yusoki Kogyo Company.

Machine Tending Robots

A europallet, with its dimensions 120x80x14,4cm, is among the most popular pallets. It weighs round 25 kg and its capacity ranges from 1000 to 1500 kg relying on the load association.

So far, researchers have mostly produced only parts of those complicated systems, corresponding to bearings, sensors, and artificial molecular motors, however functioning robots have also been made such as the entrants to the Nanobot Robocup contest. Researchers also hope to have the ability to create complete robots as small as viruses or micro organism, which may carry out duties on a tiny scale. Possible functions embrace micro surgery (on the level of individual cells), utility fog, manufacturing, weaponry and cleaning. Some individuals have instructed that if there have been nanobots which might reproduce, the earth would flip into "grey goo", while others argue that this hypothetical consequence is nonsense.

Industrial palletizing refers to loading and unloading parts, packing containers or different objects to or from pallets. Automated palletizing refers to an industrial robotic palletizer performing the appliance automatically. Robot Palletizer LLC is a producer and technical integrator of a number of case and carton robotic palletizing techniques. With capabilities to handle numerous dimension circumstances, cartons, and packing containers, our robots help cut back total labor prices and increase profitability to producers. Easily Perform Secondary Functions - Video Courtesy of Kaufman Engineered Systems- Whether it’s layer forming, slip sheet or pallet dealing with the flexibleness of robotics allows for the seamless execution of secondary functions.

Increasingly popular robotic palletizers make the most of a robotic to place individual cases or layers onto a pallet. They present great flexibility and the aptitude of palletizing a number of SKUs and bundle sizes onto the same pallet. The number of different product and packaging types (e.g. corrugated cardboard packing containers, shrink wrapped items, open trays or boxes) in a distribution center have little in frequent, which makes automatic depalletizing and order selecting difficult.

A number of vehicle manufacturers provide autonomous trains, vans and loaders that can load material, transport it on the mine web site to its vacation spot, and unload with out requiring human intervention. One of the world's largest mining firms, Rio Tinto, has lately expanded its autonomous truck fleet to the world's largest, consisting of one hundred fifty autonomous Komatsu vehicles, working in Western Australia. Similarly, BHP has announced the enlargement of its autonomous drill fleet to the world's largest, 21 autonomous Atlas Copco drills. Some have advised a must construct "Friendly AI", which means that the advances which are already occurring with AI also needs to embody an effort to make AI intrinsically pleasant and humane.

George Raymond filed for a patent in 1938 (granted US Patent in 1939) for a pallet designed to complement a brand new pallet jack design; the essential options of both are still in frequent use today. A 1939 patent from Carl Clark exhibits type of pallet with steel stringers.

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If the europallet is used solely for the aim of storing items without shifting them, then its carrying capacity might attain even 4000 kg. Pallet supply entails placing items or containers on a pallet; securing them using strapping, stretch wrap or shrink wrap; and transporting them to their destination. Pallet delivery corporations tend to make use of picket pallets as commonplace, but they might additionally use plastic or metallic pallets if they are extra suited to a particular consignment or technique of transport. References to the early modern pallets varieties are slim with a string of patents exhibiting parts of the event.

A model new entry to this list, Scratch is utilized by 1000's of budding roboticists all over the world every year. This visible programming language is specially designed for brand spanking new programmers — focused at customers aged eight to sixteen — and is often the language of alternative in class technology courses and robotics clubs. Evolving Robots Learn To Lie To Each Other Archived at the Wayback Machine, Popular Science, August 19, 2009.

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Unveiling the Hidden Harmony: Pressure Waves in the Non-Local Fabric of the Universe

In the ever-evolving quest to understand the cosmos, theoretical physicists are exploring a captivating new concept: the interplay between a non-local fabric of the universe and a pressure-wave theory of light. This speculative framework, while not part of the established scientific canon, offers a novel lens through which we might view the universe as a vast, computational network—a reservoir computer of cosmic scale.

The Non-Local Fabric as the Medium

At the heart of this concept lies the non-local fabric of the universe, a hypothetical interconnected network where info-quanta serve as the individual nodes. This fabric transcends classical constraints of space and time, allowing for instantaneous correlations reminiscent of quantum entanglement. Within this framework, the non-local fabric is not merely a passive stage upon which the drama of the cosmos unfolds but rather an active medium that supports the propagation of pressure waves.

Pressure Waves as Information Carriers

Pressure waves, in this theoretical model, are disturbances that ripple through the non-local fabric, analogous to how sound waves traverse air or water. These waves are envisioned as carriers of information and energy, potentially representing the dynamic processes that encode and transmit information throughout the universe. The concept posits that light and other forms of energy interact with the very substrate of reality—the info-quanta—offering a fresh perspective on the nature of these fundamental phenomena.

The Harmonious Union: Info-Quanta and Pressure Waves

The proposed harmonious union between info-quanta and pressure waves suggests a universe where light is not merely traversing a void but engaging with the fabric of reality itself. This interaction could be the key mechanism by which the universe processes and transfers information, akin to the electrical signals in a computer.

Key Insights

Info-Quanta as the Building Blocks: Info-quanta are posited as the fundamental units that make up the non-local fabric, providing the medium through which pressure waves can propagate.

Pressure Waves as Information Carriers: These waves may serve as the universe's method of communication and information processing, similar to the role of electrical signals in computational devices.

Computational Capabilities: The ability of the non-local fabric to support pressure waves could be indicative of the universe's capacity for complex computations, with the fabric acting as the dynamic reservoir for information processing.

Unified and Holistic View: This model presents a unified vision of the cosmos, where the non-local fabric is an integral and active component of the universe's computational processes.

The Implications

The implications of such a model are profound and far-reaching. It suggests that the universe's fundamental nature is deeply computational and interconnected. Potential insights include:

The Nature of Light: Light may be reinterpreted as a disturbance in the non-local fabric, providing a novel understanding of its dual wave-particle nature.

The Computational Universe: The universe's information processing capabilities could be more intricate and distributed than previously conceived, with the non-local fabric playing a pivotal role.

The Interconnectedness of All Things: This model emphasizes the interconnectedness of the cosmos, with the non-local fabric acting as the literal threads that bind the universe together.

As theoretical research continues to push the boundaries of our understanding, the concept of pressure waves in the non-local fabric of the universe stands as a testament to the hidden harmonies that may lie beneath the surface of our reality. It is a call to curious minds and innovative thinkers to explore the mysteries of the cosmos, reminding us that the universe may indeed be a symphony of information waiting to be decoded.

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Juniper Publishers| Psychology- Systems Psyche: Its Structure, Operation and Possible Molecular Links

*A K Mukhopadhyay

Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Submission: October 03, 2016; Published: October 18, 2016

*Corresponding author: A K Mukhopadhyay, Professor and Head, Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

How to cite this article: A K Mukhopadhyay. Systems Psyche: Its Structure, Operation and Possible Molecular Links. Psychol Behav Sci Int J. 2016; 1(3): 555565. DOI: 10.19080/PBSIJ.2016.01.555565

Abstract

The psyche stands, connects and operates in between consciousness and matter. Traditionally, the psyche has been considered to have a monolithic structure composed of mind or consciousness. From a robust common sense experience and from the experience of those engaged in inward Olympics with mind this paper theoretically dissects the constituent members of the psyche and their autonomous operations and interaction. From the insight of its polylithic character the paper develops a new description of Systems Psyche. The model, sandwiched between consciousness and matter, comprises of a complex relational matrix of five operations with a stratified and hierarchically nested labyrinthine structure and process. The probable footprints of the operations at molecular synaptic level have been suggested, which merit further research for developing a concrete picture. These molecular connections could emerge as the basis of developing a systems science accommodating systems biology with systems psychology under the umbrella of consciousness, which remains active from the top. A beneficial spin off is a new way of classifying psychological and psychiatric disorders.

Abbreviations: CEO: Chief Executive Officer; CAM: Complimentary and Alternative Medicine

Introduction

The psyche, the organic apparatus for cognition emotion (feelings) and decision-making is the essence of the being. Top-down, the somatic dynamics (behavior) is determined essentially by psycho dynamics. In reverse, bottom-up, the bodily dynamics influences the state of the psyche. The psyche evolves with time. The process of evolution of embryonic psyche to its mature adult form may be called its ontogeny, which recapitulates the entire phylogeny in its entire development. The evolution of Homo sapiens to some new species, something more complex, something remarkably better, often called Homo spiritualis, is essentially a psychic evolution. Psyche is the conveyer of the Spirit (unconditional consciousness) to the somatic systems and is the conduit of the somatic body to the spirit world. Psyche is the nature of consciousness and this nature is in dynamic communication with nature investigated in physical science. Psycho-spiritual and psychosomatic are therefore two facets of one coin. The question is what is this coin? What it is made of? How this non-physical entity connects the ‘physical’ with the ‘spiritual’? Do we have any model of it or its dynamics?

The traditional model of the psyche consists of mind or consciousness, even without having a clear distinction between the two. The possessor of the psyche, the lord of the psyche, the ‘self’, has not been given credible position in the model.

The relationship between information and mind has not been deciphered. So is also the relationship between mind and self. Is the organ psyche a property of only living organism? If so, what is its relationship with ‘life’? On the backdrop of such plethora of questions, over last few decades there is an enormous input of knowledge from empirical analytical phenomenology (for example, on the role of self) and transpersonal psychology (for examples, non-locality and trans-temporality of mind, out-of–body experiences, autoscopy etc).

The varieties of psychedelic and spiritual experiences have contributed to the complexity in the knowledge of psyche. Cognitive neuroscience has emerged as one of the frontier disciplines. Molecular biology, genomics and epigenomics of dementia have been under serious investigation. The discipline of psycho-neuro-immunology has been flourishing. The neuroscience has been looking for the neural fabrics of mind and the cell biologists have been searching for mind within the cell. Evidence for cellular cognition suggested an existing bond between psyche and life without any role of the brain. Even in physical science particularly in quantum physics, the role of consciousness in observation and measurement has been recognized although whether this is due to influence of mind, self or consciousness of the observer is yet to be decided. In addition, the computer science has taken over the information processingfunction of mind with unimaginable speed and flawlessness while the discipline of robotics has been taking over miniscule of the functions of ‘self’ and intelligence associated with it. The attempts of “mind-uploading” on signal network or global sensor have brought physical scientists closer to human psyche.

Doesn’t this scientifically charged emerging milieu call for a new comprehensive model of the psyche that can withstand, incorporate and assimilate these new inputs of evidence-based knowledge in the open market of scientific research? We are challenged with the question, what is this non-physical psyche that is being dealt with in psychological science? Are all events in the inner world of us run by the ghost(s) in the machine (brain)? If psyche is organic, what could be its operational mechanics like? How does the psyche do multidimensional multitasking, although not completely free of any error? Is the psyche made up of really only one stone, as a monolith? Or, does it have a polylithic structure with multiple operations and operators? Is it possible to develop a systems science with the constituents of psyche? And next, is it possible to place the systems psyche within the systems biology? How the systems psyche could be connected with the science of consciousness? Where in the psyche do the ultimate motivational factors work?

This paper addresses some of these questions and builds up a new definition and description of the psyche as systems. It dissects out the fundamental elementary members of the psyche, examines their individual and collective operations and develops a structured model on the basis of its operators’ relational matrix. The proposed model retains the core scientific identity and rigor of the discipline of Psychology and Psychiatry. Deeply rooted into the primacy of consciousness the proposed model places psyche within the systems science as a whole, without reducing anything and excluding almost nothing available in the knowledge systems.

The Psyche: The Renaissance in its recent conceptual understanding

The definition of the psyche as given in wikipedia, ranges from the mind to angel to eros and the spirit. The psyche has long been considered monolithic, composed of mind or consciousness. Even when a neuroscientist of Sir John C. Eccles’ status transcends materialism and enters the domain of nonphysical psyche, he proposes hypothetical existence of the unit of psyche, the “psychon”, a unit for mental activity in his work [1]. There is no further analysis of whether this non-physical unit really indivisible? Or, does it have several components?

Let us look and examine the usual responses from several educated medical doctors, on the question what is meant by the psyche! “The psyche is mind!” “The psyche is feelings!” “The psyche is consciousness!” “The psyche is self!” “The psyche is the epiphenomenon in information processing system within the brain!” “The psyche is the condensed ‘life’ of the individual!” “The psyche is the ‘soul’!” All these responses seem right, but incomplete since each of these descriptions is only on one facet or one fundamental aspect of the psyche. When all the responses are considered together for one unified account, the psyche does not appear as structurally monolithic. The comprehensive image of the psyche appears polylithic in structure consisting of several ontological entities like Consciousness, Mind, ‘Self’, ‘Life’ and Information, each having its specific operational processes. There are five distinct pieces that constitute the whole puzzle. This conceptualization has concurrence with the experience of millions of practitioners engaged in yoga and meditation, an inward Olympics with this puzzle of consciousness.

None of these ontological entities as mentioned above is either physical or localizable. All of them are, however, organic and having intention and therefore contribute towards causality. Our brain could be considered their ‘home’, for their lodging, and operations. There are natural scientists who trace the existence and function of the psyche to plants, brain-less worms, unicellular organisms such as bacteria [2], genes, and even into the deeper recess of nature. Michael Pollan [3] in his books The Omnivore’s Dilemma[3] and The Botany of Desire [4] addresses the issues like whether the plant can sense, learn, remember and even react in ways that would be familiar to humans! Several Astrophysicists invoke ‘mind’ in deeper recess of nature. For example, Roger Penrose in The Emperor’s New Mind [5] and Stephen Hawking saying, “Mind of God is at the boundary of the universe”, and Max Tegmark [6] finding some structure in Multiverse level IV, which can mindfully operate. As early as 1987, the author [7] wrote a chapter on Psychology of a Cell in his book The Dynamic web of Supracortical Consciousness. In 2011, there is another work available, titled Geneopsych [8], relating primary instincts of all living organisms to primary properties of DNA molecules.

It seems that wherever a defined and integral conglomeration of consciousness, mind, self, life and information could be identified it is possible to locate and identify there an operational mechanics of the psyche. This new development differs from well-known and old panpsychism, where there is mind (or consciousness) everywhere. In contrast to panpsychism, the new emerging model of the psyche is discrete in nature. This property of discreteness comes from its polylithic nature with constituent like ‘self’. Unlike, consciousness, life and mind or even information, self could not be found everywhere, even by panpsychist! Self is discrete and is the representative of consciousness within self-organizing systems. This fact raises the possibility of developing a systems science the psyche.

The model of the psyche proposed here is organic, polylithic and is an ever-open complex syncitium of five ontological entities with their defined operations. The psyche could be brain-confined as well as brain-independent.

Why Polylithic structures appear as Monolithic?

The psyche in spite of having a polylithic structure appears and operates as monolith as evident from its unified behavioral response. Physiologically it responds with unity as a whole, as if functionally it is one. We would be seeing that all of the constituents of the psyche have individual operation and together they have a collective operation. Collective operation in unity makes the psyche appear as monolith. The closest biological simile, which can be cited to understand the essence of this polylithic-monolithic debate, is a cell-syncitium where all the constituent cells of the syncitium act in unison for the purpose it is meant for (e.g. myocardium). More simply, an unicellular organism or a cell with constituents of several organelle like nucleus, mitochondria, lysosome, Golgi apparatus etc. enclosed within a cell membrane responds as one, in unity, despite different organelles have been continuing their independent operation with autonomy. All operate within the ambit of oneness of the whole. That the psyche is structurally polylithic but output-wise (i.e., functionally) monolithic in its physiological state could be the description nearest to its true nature.

Characteristic of the Science of Psyche

None of consciousness, mind, self and life could be objectively observed, reduced, or measured even within Planck’s scale of nature, 10-32 cm, Planck’s length and 10-43 sec, Planck’s time. Therefore, unlike the physical science, the science of the psyche could not be objective, reductivistic or positivistic. Also, contrary to the claim of several pragmatic quantum physicists, the psyche is not amenable to quantum physics. It is because the psyche operates from beyond the Planck’s scale of nature. On the other hand the reported shift [9,10] of several constants established by Max Planck, might be explained by the enhanced cognitive ability (psychic ability) due to continued evolution of the human psyche and the brain.

All the constituent entities of the psyche are non-local in nature, meaning they could not be localized in space or in time, neither within the brain nor outside the brain! This is unlike the local players in physical science such as Time, Space, Matter and Energy. It is Information, which could be present inside both matter (for example, in silicon chip) and mind (mind is information-hub). It is information, which builds the bridge between the players at nonlocal and local domain of nature (Figure 1).

level. The psyche is never examined in a reduced state. Measurement of a parameter in this discipline is adopted on mutually agreed defined scales. The key or the thread to the science of this nonlocal domain is the science of information. The operations of the psyche, although, are carried out beyond the measurable scale of nature, their footprints are predicted to be identified within observable measurable nature with signature signal and signature molecule of its constituents. This is a great task ahead.

As there are electro-magnetic field, gravitational field, quantum field etc., in the physical world, so in the nonlocal domain all the members of the psyche is proposed to have their respective ‘field’ like mind-field, consciousness-field, information field or the psychic field as a whole.

Identification of the Constituents of the Systems Psyche and their Operations

According to this proposition, consciousness, mind, self, life and information together constitute [11] the systems psyche. All are “non-observable Influential(s) in the domain of consciousness”. These ‘influential’s, either as ontological entities or as defined epistemological processes, exist in phase with formation of a syncitium-like structure and operate from sub-Planckian scale of space, time and energy. The mystic often glimpses them as independent ‘moment’ of experience, which the mind of a scientist considers as individual dimensionless point (or often as a ‘string’ when construed within Planck’s scale). The constituents of the psyche could be identified by their operation. Each of the constituents has an operational mechanics of their own and interactive mechanics as a “syncitium”.

Operations of Mind

Mind could be identified by its operation as an organ of communication between two conscious systems. Mind originates in duality. There is no room for mind in material or consciousness monism. Mind does not have independent existence. It always exists with two conscious systems. As there are layers of consciousness, so there are layers of mind in between (c.f., Sri Aurobindo’s classification: ordinary mind, intuitive mind, illumined mind, over mind and supermind existing in between different levels of being consciousness). The mind is the signalinformation interface. Inter-conversion of signal and information is done by mind. By nature, the mind is sensitive to and responds to informational input. Mind processes, sorts out and prioritizes information as programmed by self. Mind retains the memory of information as semantic memory. For its service, mind reports to ‘self’.

While consciousness never looks back, the mind always operates on the basis of its past ‘energy’ loaded in the experience and in memory. While consciousness refreshingly unites, the operation of mind divides. Mind bereft of consciousness is, however, sterile. Fecundity of mind is due to its connection with consciousness while infidelity is gained because of its association with matter. The strength of mind comes from its association with “life”. Mind’s ability to discriminate, judge and decide is derived from “self”. Mind’s own and borrowed properties are shown in (Figure 2).

Mind can also act as internal sense organ. Being independent of five senses it can access information directly, conceives it and can make Information’s inside out, thus delivering form (space and time) and energy. The ‘form’ (as ‘thought’) is a construction of space-time, and the energy released is information-based energy (in contrast to familiar matter-based energy). This phenomenon has been described as “information split” (Mukhopadhyay, 2008). In folk language, information is the ‘father’; mind is the ‘mother’, while space, time and energy are their three children.

Importance of Operation of Mind

We do not work with our consciousness. We work with our mind (and intellect). It is mind, which connects all of consciouness, self and ‘life’ with matter (see later Figure 10). In absence of mind there is no connection of us (our consciousness) with what we call physical. Direct connection with consciousness makes sterile mind fertile. Direct connection with matter makes mind an infidel character.

Beside its direct continuity with consciousness, mind is also connected with consciousness via ‘life’ and through ‘self’. The communication between consciousness and self, and between consciousness and ‘life’, are not carried out by any kind of information. This communication is more intangible than that carried out by information. Mind is connected with the matter through information mechanics. Mind creates space and time and therefore creates multiple dimensions out of information.

Operations of the Self

Consciousness appoints ‘self’ as its chief executive officer (CEO) within the system to cognize, to experience and feel, and carry out the will of consciousness. Therefore, the self is conditioned to function within constrains inherent in the system. Self is also responsible for keeping the system ‘open’ to unconditional consciousness. The decision-making authority within the system is ‘self’. Self does conditioning and programming of mind to process information. Self retains the memory of episodic experience. On the background of experience (memory), self creates with mind what is called Intelligence. With the participating consciousness, in conjunction with operations of “life”, the operation of self is responsible for awakening, self-awareness and choice. Self is sensitive to phenomena and responds accordingly. Figure 3 shows eight contributions of ‘self’ towards operation of the psyche.

Operation of “Life”

All self-organizing systems in nature are not alive and therefore, cannot demonstrate the full operation of the psyche. ‘Life’ is an important constituent of the psyche. The psyche could be found in a system where life has flourished. In dead subject no one looks for psyche. If mind transforms signal into information, it is ‘life’ which transforms information into knowledge. Information is digital (Shannonian). Knowledge is non-digital (Godelian). Creation of knowledge and organization of knowledge are functions of ‘life’.

‘Life’ means differently to different discipline. It is ‘life-form’ to a biologist, ‘living state of matter’ to a material scientist and life-principle or elan vital, to an accomplished spiritualist. The details of what one can understand by ‘life’-principle, life-form and living state of matter is available in author’s paper titled, ‘Life’ within the Akhanda Worldview” [12].

“Life”, as an ontological entity could be called the “principles of life” [13] for scientific vocabulary. The source of ‘life’ is life only. ‘Life’ comes from life (“Omne vivum e vivo.” - Louis Pasteur). This principle, as the non-local operator of “life”, is sensitive to alteration/change in the holistic symmetry of the system.

Its operational response too is aimed at restoring this holistic symmetry. By its operation for restoring symmetry the ‘life’ thus operates for healing which means to bring the system in harmony with the whole. Life has access to dark energy. Of all the elements of the psyche, only ‘life’ has the ability to participate in total energy homeostasis overarching both dark energy and conventional energy. Probably because of this, ‘life’ can confront and withstand uncertainty. Life plays role in conversion of digital to non-digital information, transformation of quantity to quality and transforming the process of integration into integral. Total ten operations of ‘life’ have been shown in (Figure 4). Four of these operations are of its own. Three are contributions towards function of mind. Three are joint operation of life, self and consciousness.

Operation of Information

The psyche is certainly an information hub. The nature of physical cosmos and the nature of psyche remain interconnected through information. It is through the operational mechanics of information the mind remains open to matter! The source-field of information is ‘life’. No information-as-such, however, could reach consciousness-as-such! The author takes a radical view of information, on its nature and science [14], where information is as abstract as an entity in phase beyond Planck’s scale of nature. The so-called information written on this paper or in a spoken language is a space-time construction that is read as information only by mind. Regarding the operational mechanics of information, the following quote from author’s already published paper [15] seems relevant.

“Information has a mechanics of its own. Information mechanics is a mechanics of waiting. Information for its manifestation could wait for eons, for millions of years. Waiting is mostly attributed to inactivated form of information.” Waiting is a courageous skill for conquering the life’s tempest. “Activation opens up its opportunistic property. Information mechanics is a mechanics of opportunism. Information is opportunistic. Therefore, imperatively, it is slow, patient, and intelligent. Its dynamics are nonlinear. (The process of evolution is also considered an opportunistic one; probably in the process of evolution intertwined is the information mechanics). Information, in opportune moments, asserts causal execution. Information works as the causal executive. The system undergoes changes according to input, output, or re-assortment of information within. Informational link, therefore, represents the causal link. Information loss explains the break in the causality chain. Information mechanics is also responsible for what we observe as creative emergence. Information reorganizes space and time bringing a new meaning and a new context. Finally, the mechanics of new creation is inextricably connected with the mechanics by which a new “form,” a new space-time organization, comes out of Information!”

“In the pre-space, pre-time domain, information waits patiently and intelligently to get carried on the vehicle of a “quantum” and looks forward to getting accepted in a receptive system where it can perform causal execution, or can bring about creative emergence. The most creative function of information is displayed when it takes the opportunity to impregnate a prepared and receptive mind, or mind-like structure and process in nature. This results in delivery of new space, new time, and the information-based intrinsic energy of quietude.”

Inactive information is bipolar, spindle-shaped. Active information (Figure 5) is like a trifoliate leaf [15]; its measurable folium interacts with signal network of material plane, its content folium interacts with logic modules in mind and its intent folium interacts with global sensor of the ‘self’. Information thus in its activated form connects matter, mind and self.

How Signal is transformed into information?

Transformation of signal into information is done inside the mind. However, the process involves all other constituents of the psyche. Signal is physical having specific space-time geometry, a kind of ‘form’, a specific dimension or design of space and time. Since all are combination of space and time, those are amenable to our senses. This forms the observable and measurable folium of information. Within the systems having a psyche, this sensible form is aided within mind with an intention from consciousness. Self handles this intent of consciousness within the system and builds up a sensor for the intent to work within it. With this intention, self chalks out modules of logic from the space-time contents and hands over this logic modules to mind as what we call program. Thus, the entity acquires a trifoliate structure with system’s self having its intent sensor, mind having its logic program and space-time form remains in the matter in the physical plane. This trifoliate structure is unstable in lifeless system. The stability is brought when the petiole of the trifoliate structure, gets nourishment from ‘life’. Life offers this nourishment from an unusual source, the dark energy (which constitutes approximately 70% of our universe)! Dark energy is consumed during transformation of signal into information.

How information is transformed into signal?

Information resides within the psyche. Signal, the physical construct from information is in the material plane. This transformation happens inside mind, which releases dark energy during transformation. Homeostasis of this released energy is made possible by ‘life’.

Operations of Consciousness

Consciousness is difficult to define. The term can be used in generic sense or as ground. Whether generic or ground, consciousness maintains its own absolute independence. Like a spider, consciousness weaves the net but itself is outside the snare of the net. It remains as a non-negotiable imperative. Consciousness does not bow down to anyone. It kow-tows to none.

Consciousness acts as both supporting and participating ground. As a supporting ground, consciousness holds all together. In an unconscious patient, consciousness is not in a functional mode within the system. The mind continues to work (as evident from patient retaining control over his sphincters), information processing goes on, the person is alive, and even the self is functional. However nothing is there to hold all the operations together and to produce a unified behavior. The supporting ground-effect is absent. The subject is functionally invalid! As a participating ground, consciousness looks after what has been going on in mind, self and life within the systems. The objective of its participation is to maintain the order and coherence in the whole game. It maintains autonomy of its constituents and intervenes in conflict of their autonomy to resolve it.

Consciousness, although, is the final decision-making authority it operates for all practical purpose in silence, stillness, emptiness and nothingness. 'der list der Vernunft’, said Geogre Wilhelm Hegel. It means, consciousness cleverly conceals itself and denies itself, and by concealing its modus operandi, it advances its own operation.

It is extremely difficult to find out the appropriate stimulus to which consciousness would respond! However, this is certain that consciousness always responds to the process of surrender of properties by any other constituent of the psyche.

While all of will, cognition and feelings are operational outcomes of consciousness the behavioral manifestation of the systems is largely dependent on the nature of infrastructure within it (brain). The person having adequate infrastructure for execution of ‘will’ becomes an excellent executive. Infrastructures for cognition make the person a brilliant think-tank. With a strong infrastructure for feelings the individual becomes an involved loyalist. As a rare example, one might become a threein- one. Education has been defined as which brings a change in the behavior of the learner in terms of knowledge skill and attitude reflecting the output from cognitive, psychomotor and affective function of consciousness. There might be a question on of the three operations of consciousness which one is the most important? The common sense response is, “wherever there is will, there is a way.” The presence of will constructs the others. However, for the human being cognition is equally important. The knowledge is power and strength. Emotion is no less important either! Without emotion, there are no feelings! Bereft of any feelings we are zombie! In the spiritual context, jnana-yoga is in the context of cognition, karma-yoga is in the context of will and bhakti-yoga is in the context of feelings, thriving on cognitive psychomotor and affective aspects of brain functions respectively.

How the systems become conscious of any happening?

The system becomes conscious of any information, event and phenomenon by using one, two or all of the followings, through activity of mind, self or life. Mind cannot make the systems consciousness although it is at the centre of the spectrum stretching between consciousness and matter. The systems become conscious when there is breakdown of mind. Where mind ends consciousness begins. Self makes us consciousness when the intention-threshold of information does not match with concern-threshold of ‘self’ and ‘life’ or with the perfectionthreshold of the system as set by consciousness. ‘Life’ makes us conscious when there is disturbance in homeostasis of symmetry or the system encounters a new symmetry.

Signature of operation of Consciousness

The signature of operational consciousness could be found in simultaneity of events, continuity of events and identity of events. Interestingly in the physical world, Einstein’s constant excludes possibility of simultaneity of events, Planck’s constant excludes possibility of continuity of events and entropy barrier excludes possibility of identity of events.

Three more interactive Mechanics of different Constituents of the Psyche

Many of the interactive mechanics have already been described. There are three more areas where this kind of interactive operations is much more complex; the Intelligence, the Emotion and the Qualia.

The Intelligence

Intelligence emerges from the joint operations of self and mind, on the basis of past memory and experience. The landscape of intellect, however, is not limited to what has been said. When self and mind operate with informational memory, what emerges is ordinary intelligence, might be associative, combinatorial, but still ordinary and informational. When self and mind operate with episodic memory, which has a phenomenal origin, what emerges is phenomenal intelligence. When ‘life’ too operates in creation of intelligence the expression gets an emotional overtone. Here output is disproportionately more than the input signal and is qualitatively different, strong and diffuse because of less ‘mind’, more conditioned ‘self’ and strong life operations. We might call this emotional intelligence. When consciousness expresses itself through the triangular operation of self, life and mind, what emerges is intuitive intelligence. In other way of description, if ordinary intelligence is said dry intelligence and phenomenal intelligence the moist intelligence, emotional intelligence could be called juicy intelligence and intuitive intelligence, the crystal intelligence (Table 1) [16].

consciousness, self, mind and life taking all kinds of experience and memory in the fold (Figure 7).

The emotion

Emotion has been said to be a functional operation of consciousness and is always bracketed with feelings. Neuroscience textbooks write that the feelings emerge out of emotional reactions. The alternate view is that emotional responses are the outcomes of feelings. This emotion-feelings debate on the primacy of one over the other has a way out if we accept that feelings are prerogative of ‘life’, while emotion is of Mind’s response to it. Self is privy to experience of feelings. In a non-living entity, there is no room for feelings and the question of emotional response does not arise! Breakdown or loss of symmetry in the landscape of mind or self initiates feelings and appropriate life-mind operation for an emotional response.In emotional response, the output signal is stronger than input and is diffuse. It may be qualitatively different too because of leakage through and amplification by life-operations. There is less of ‘mind’ but more of conditioned ‘self’ in emotion. Conditioned self (ego) emphasizes on this alteration of asymmetry. Since operations of mind are less active in emotion, receptivity and execution capacity of the subject is minimal in emotion (Figure 8).

The Qualia

All experiences are in self/consciousness. Self experiences quality out of formless state of quantity. Form/quantity/ measurable state is transformed into formless non-measurable state by operation of mind (Figure 9).

The Pathway from Signal to Will and Will to Signal: The complete Model

The pathways from will to signal, and back from signal to will is multilayered and labyrinthine with operators like consciousness, self, ‘life’, mind and information [17]. All are constituents of the psyche. Top down, it begins in consciousness and ends up in signaling. Bottom up, if one follows the pathway of transformation of signal one would eventually land up in consciousness. No signal or even information has direct access to consciousness. It has to be transformed through the following labyrinthine process (Figure 10).

The Figure ten is self-explanatory showing several triangular interactions between the operators. Operators are shown within the circles. In the labyrinth there is a world of wisdom, a world of self, and a world of nature; all are interconnected. The apex of the world of wisdom is open outside the labyrinth. This is the place of interaction of three ‘alternate absolutes’, world, self and God (embodied wisdom).

The world of wisdom is in apical triangle, which is at the top, constituted by operations of consciousness, ‘self’ and ‘life’, concerned with awakening awareness and choice. Ever-awake ‘self’ is always in company of ever-present ‘life’. A sleeping person becomes spontaneously awake because life-principle acts on the self. One falls asleep when life-principle loosely dissociates from ‘self’. The statements provoke us to look deeply into etiopathogenesis of several sleep disorders. We are reminded of the great saying, “God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal and awakens in man.” (InayatArabe, 12th Century Sufi Mystic).

The world of ‘self’ with a sense of ‘I’, me and mine, is created by intelligence triangle which requires operations of mind, ‘self’ and experience/memory.

The nature-world is constituted by mind, information and life. Mind is sensitive to information and deals with information. The source of information is ‘life’. Life-Information-Mind bears a triangular relationship and creates the nature world.

All three of mind, ‘self’ and ‘life’ have direct connection with consciousness. None of consciousness ‘life’ and ‘self’ has direct communication with matter. However, each one of them is in communication with matter soley through mind. In this model consciousness-mind-matter forms the central axis of the psyche. The matter is also connected to mind through information (the right base of the Figure 10). This relationship is harnessed in computer programming. Matter is also related to self through memory and experience. Matter can retain memory and store experience. This relationship (left base of the Figure 10) is harnessed in creating intelligence in robot. The intelligence of a robot is non-intuitive. Intuitive intelligence to originate requires presence of element of ‘life’ and involvement of consciousness (Figure 7).

There is distinct demarcation between conscious subconscious and unconscious planes in this model. The triangular relationship at the top is responsible for wakefulness while two triangular relationships towards the bottom represent sub-conscious processing. The rectangle at the bottom represents ‘unconscious’. The relationship between sub-consciousness and conscious processing as shown in the figure ten, is of utmost importance for a healthy psyche.

In an analogy of panchakosha model of human body in Upanishad, the present model shows five nests of natureconsciousness. Classical physical laws and quantum physical principles respectively describe nests I & II, the created nature, natura naturata. This is the nest of surface phenomenology. In the nest III there are operators like information, mind, intelligence and memory. This is the nest of elementary phenomenology (natura transformans). Self’ and ‘life’ operate from nest IV, the natura naturans, and an creative nature. This is the nest of depth phenomenology. Nest V is domain of unconditional consciousness.

Finally, the geometric symbols like point, circle, sphere, triangle, rectangle (representing matter) open circle/sphere, (representing consciousness) and a straight connecting line (consciousness-mind-matter axis) in a dynamic matrix in the sub-Planckian soft wooly part of nature are the symbols used in various streams of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to represent the “causative element” in the universe and in the body. The model presented thus has the scope for opening up to CAM with contingent modification.

The ‘moment’ and the ‘point’

While awake, the self experiences the ‘moment’. At the same time, the mind makes ‘point’. For example, the “image” of the psyche is a Moment in experience of self, while the model presented in this paper makes the Point by mind that is understandable to senses. The ‘point’ is, however, dead and the ‘moment’ is alive like bee in beehive. From point to moment is a tortuous steep Ascent. From moment to point is an equally difficult Descent! Both ascent and descent cannot occur without cooperation from ‘life’ and consciousness. The mind deciphers information presented by the moment and constructs dimensions of complex space and time, amenable to senses! What the sensory cortex can identify are form and movement. The mind delivers space, time (and energy) from the conceived information.

Event Management by the Psyche

Events are observable in quantum and classical nests of nature. The origin of any event is in the ‘will’ by consciousness (nest V). Making a ‘will’ is always a prerogative of consciousness. The ‘will’ has a purpose executed by the operation of ‘life’ and ‘self’ from nest IV. ‘Life’ creates requisite information and the ‘self’ modulates the phenomena at elementary level (nest III). The event surfaces first at microscopic quantum level (nest II) and finally at macroscopic classical level (nest I). This is the algorithm of how ‘free will’ of consciousness runs on the Newtonian ‘wheel’ at the classical level!

Primary Motivational Factors of the Psyche

An important property of psyche is motivation. The origin of motivation is not in the mind, nor in ‘life’. It is in ‘self’. Motivation arises from ‘self’s private facets. To understand this private facet of ‘self’, we are to examine the phenomena, elementary in nature, which participated during separation of self as system’s executive from unconditional consciousness. This constitutes elementary phenomenology of consciousness. The phenomena are a “desire” for new creation, the expression of “sex”; the birth of something new as a separate system, the expression of “Life”; informational conditioning of the existence of the born system resulting in its “Ego”; with a tendency in the system for sharing its property with other, an expression of “Love”. The separation process is accompanied by “Death” of the unity and homogeneity of original unconditional consciousness. The phenomena mentioned are absolutely elementary in nature. Any system supposed to have a ‘self’, cannot avoid, bypass or skip their influence.

The elementary phenomenology (in nest III) is sandwiched between surface phenomenology of material (classical and quantum) world (nest I & II) and depth phenomenology (nest IV) of self and life (Figure 10). Interestingly, the leaders in the field of psychology have emphasized on one or the other of these private facets of self in the psyche. Freudian school has laid emphasis on ‘Sex’, Alfred Alder on ‘Ego’, Jungian School on synchronicity, – a phenomenon seen in ‘Love’, Abraham Maslow on hierarchy of needs and fulfillment of ‘Life’. Sri Aurobindo from India demonstrated meticulously in his epic work, Savitri, the steps for conscious physical conquest of ‘Death’ while alive. He has deliberated on the importance of self’s molding through this process of death in the process of individuation. The imprints of these five phenomena, namely Sex, Life, Ego, Love, and Death, therefore could always be identified on ‘self’. These imprints form self’s private facets (Figure 11).

The concept reflects a synthesis of individual contributions from those who are recognized as the leading luminary of human psyche.

All motivations arise on stimulation of one or the other of the five private facets of self. The stimulation is either intrinsic or extrinsic with informational or phenomenal inputs. An organism or a being is motivated by a desire (sex), for survival (eitherlife- or-death situation), to de-condition and recondition its own existence (ego), and to share its properties with others (love). There is probably no other primary motivational factor known to us.

Testability of the Proposition

Science speaks in third person’s perspective. Could the non-physical existence of the operators and their operation be verified? The answer seems to be in affirmative. One might begin with analysis of behavior of the subjects on the basis of proposed operations in terms of their incomplete development (e.g., in children and adolescents), operational deficit in adulthood as deficiency of any isolated or joint operation. A second source for testing the proposal is analysis of the experience of accomplished mystics and mystical philosophers who have been practicing inward Olympics with these operators within their own psyche. Absolutely third person’s perspective could, however, be achieved if we can identify the footprints of the operators in the material plane of the brain at the molecular level and when we come close to the signature signal and signature molecule of specific operation

The Psyche and the Neurotransmitters

The neurotransmitters in the brain have been classified according to size (small molecules and large molecules), according to whether the vesicle is electron-lucent or electrondense, or according to their chemical nature like amine, amino acid, peptides, diffusible gas or something else [18]. Is it possible to classify those as material representative of the operation in the psyche as proposed in this paper? Living cell produces matters to carry out a defined purpose. Neurotransmitters could be understood from this top-down view as well. Following is a description (Table 2), which tentatively relates operations of the constituent of the psyche with known neurotransmitters, citing at the third column of the table the circumstantial evidence and some other reasons for such suggestion.

Psyche of a cell

The cell membrane has been doing inter-phasing between internal and external worlds of a cell. It acts as an organ of communication between two conscious systems. Therefore, the ‘mind’ is represented by cell membrane in the systems cell. As a computer chip is a crystal semiconductor with gates and channels so “the membrane is a liquid crystal semiconductor with gates and channel” [19]. The molecular gating mechanisms operating in the cell membrane could be related to operators of the psyche.

Ion channels are trans-membrane integral proteins that span through the whole thickness of the membrane. The opening and closing mechanism, that is gating, involve conformational change. There are several types of gating such as voltage gating, chemical gating (e.g. ligand-gating or by phosphorylation), and pressure-gating through cytoskeleton [20]. Stimulus-Excitation coupling and Excitation-Contraction coupling within a cell are not mind-less activity. Biochemical representation of such mind action is reflected in Na+-K+ ion channel in stimulus-excitation coupling and Ca++ ion channel in excitation-contraction coupling. While ion channels are passive and require no energy for activity, ion-transporter requires energy from breakdown of ATP.

Ion channels and Ion-transporters across the cell membrane that could be considered for material representative of operation of constituents of psyche are shown in Table 3. Reasons for such suggestion with circumstantial evidence have been cited in the third vertical column of the table.

Perspectives

A beneficial spin-off from this model is a new way of classifying psychological and psychiatric disorders with added confirmation from clinical laboratory on the value of respective signature molecule or signature signal. There could be disorder of mind, disorder of infrastructure supporting the mind, disorder of information handling by mind, disorder of operation of self, disorder of operation of ‘life’, and disorder in operation of consciousness. There would be disorders resulting out of defective joint operations of the constituents. Disorder of will and skill could be a defective joint operation of consciousness self and mind; disorder of emotion and feelings a defective joint operation of consciousness and life; and disorder of intelligence could be a defective joint operation of self, mind and memory. Most of the disorders would have their respective signal or molecular footprints.

Another spin-off from this proposition could lead us to different approach in therapy. Cognitive therapy, being therapy, motivational therapy and pharmaceutical therapy require to be modified considerably on the basis of this proposed structure and operation in one hand and its suggested molecular links on the other. The beneficial effects of CAM are likely to be harnessed with contingent modification of the model.

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Concluding Remarks

The psyche is the dynamic determinant in the process of individuation. For understanding abnormal and behavioral psychology and for restoring back such cases to normalcy, we desperately need a new model of psyche with expanded horizon accommodating recent developments in neuroscience, molecular biology, cellular cognition, and science of consciousness. The first objective of this paper was to develop such a model. The second objective was to incorporate the science of psyche within the systems science of biology in one hand and consciousness on the other. The readers are to judge whether we have achieved our stated objectives or not. It seems that the ‘psyche’ has been “cracked”. It has been cracked into its essential fundamental elements. The fundamental elements have been re-aligned into a wonderful skyscraper, which is open at the top. The description of the new skyscraper is in a common universal language, which transcends culture and belief system. This kind of description is the characteristic of science. Moreover, the science is not to cling to any particular theory or a proposition. Rather, it is about questioning this. “The fundamental strength of science is that it compels its practitioners to confront their own fallibility… Science is not always right – very far from it. What marks it out from other fields of human endeavor is that, because of its formalized humility, it’s always ready to correct itself when it makes a mistake” (Mike Taylor). Therefore, on this proposed model there is immense scope for further expansion with greater depths, wider horizons and higher reaches.

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22 November

Reading session with Old Schmedling.

Reading: Mehti, Hilde(2018)“Paying attention to material responses in local ecologies” n Material PerceptionsDocuments of Contemporary Craft Ed. André Gali pp. 157-177

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In Praise of Redundancy - Andrea Galiazzo

You certainly happened to overhear a private conversation or you had to endure an horrible song played out loud by someone on the street or on public transports. As human beings, we are not able to control with accuracy the range of our voice, nor we can ear away or shut our ears like we do with our eyes, unless we cover them with our hands.

Any intentionally produced sound, whether it is verbal communication or an artistic expression, exceeds its intended scope; it propagates further from its target area, potentially reaching fortuitous receivers. Whispering in somebody’s ear or using specific devices such as headphones, can be considered exceptions that confirm the rule.

When wisely used, the excess - or redundancy - of sound can be instrumental in disseminating information, ideas, stories and narratives. Moreover, it creates the favourable conditions, if not a good alibi, for any attempt to infiltrate, circumvent, reenact or reformulate the limitations and regulations of a given context. Itinerant minstrels, preachers, Agitprop, or Theatre of the Oppressed are examples of a wise use of this residual potentiality.

In which way this could be relevant today, here and now? I suppose the only way to find out is to try it out, going into it. I suppose I shouldn’t suppose in the first place, and just try this out. AArgh! I made another assumption! Shut up Andrea!!! Wait, what if that was not an assumption but rather intuition?

What follows is a sample for an hypothetical contemporary Agitprop. Ideally it should be heterogeneous without being generalist, non-normative without being ostentatious, ideological without being rigid, simple and complex as well as fast and slow at the same time. Deliberately including information, thoughts, stories, art and poetry.

How am I today: I am tired and busy but I am quite happy.

A poem a day: A poem per day/ keeps the doctor away/ still takes you to the grave

An anecdote: Last year I went to a party where I met by chance a former schoolmate I hadn’t seen for ten years. He happened to be in Oslo for a few days. It was nice to have a chat with him.

A book: You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel, If on a winter's night a traveler. Relax. Concentrate. Dispel every other thought. Let the world around you fade. Best to close the door; the TV is always on in the next room. Tell the others right away, "No, I don't want to watch TV!" Raise your voice—they won't hear you otherwise—"I'm reading! I don't want to be disturbed!" Maybe they haven't heard you, with all that racket; speak louder, yell: "I'm beginning to read Italo Calvino's new novel!" Or if you prefer, don't say anything; just hope they'll leave you alone. Find the most comfortable position: seated, stretched out, curled up, or lying flat. Flat on your back, on your side, on your stomach. In an easy chair, on the sofa, in the rocker, the deck chair, on the hassock. In the hammock, if you have a hammock. On top of your bed, of course, or in the bed. You can even stand on your hands, head down, in the yoga position. With the book upside down, naturally. (Opening sentences from “If on a winter's night a traveler” by Italo Calvino, 1979)

What I ate yesterday: spaghetti with tomato and eggplant sauce, green beans and fried chicken, dark chocolate, Côtes du Rhône

It happened 100 years ago: November the 22nd, 1918. The Belgian royal family returned to Brussels after the war, with King Albert I of Belgium having commanded the Allied army group in the autumn Courtrai offensive which liberated his country. Violence against Jews in the city of Lwów, Galicia intensified as some 500 businesses, homes, and synagogues were looted, vandalized and burned. Polish commanding officer Czesław Mączyński of the Second Polish Republic ordered martial law on the city by the end of the day, although many sources alleged he intentionally delayed it for a day while the violence happened. French forces occupied the former German-held region of Alsace-Lorraine. The German National People's Party was established. The American Japan Glass Sheet Company was established in Osaka. (Source: Wikipedia)

Spot commercial: this spot is available for your company, please contact the artist

A quote: Mostly, I believe an artist doesn’t create something, but is there to sort through, to show, to point out what already exists, to put it into form and sometimes

reformulate it. That’s the spirit in which I gathered all the press clippings and photos of women, their postures, their gestures - their hands stirring sauce or putting on a bandage. It’s a language in itself, which is why we don’t pay any attention to it. I didn’t invent anything, I indicated.... (from “Word for Word”, Annette Messager, 2006)

Weather report: Cold, partly cloudy

A dance move: ....

A speech: Dear friend and colleagues, I am very honoured to be part of this group. Thank you.

A question: Is it possible, as an artist, to reach out a non-specialised public, without flattening the complexity needed to maintain an intellectual and engaged

dialogue with a specialised public? Or in other words: Is it possible to produce multiple levels of interpretation or multiple modes of agency while at the same time preserving a sharp, relevant and communicable position?

A grimace: ....

A material: Tyvek® brand protective material is a family of tough, durable spunbonded olefin sheet products that are stronger than paper and more cost- effective and versatile than fabrics. Made from high density polyethylene fibers, Spunbonded Olefin is an extremely versatile material, offering a balance of physical characteristics that combine the best properties of paper, film and cloth.(Source: Product Handbook for DuPontTM Tyvek, www.dupont.com)

Observing a stranger:.... A headline:..... A piece of music: Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away.... The time: .... A guest:...who is next?

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Apple and Android, the ease back pall bearers to RIM's inevitable destruction Edge lost a lot of its believability a week ago with a blackout enduring a few days.

After an overall blackout left many BlackBerry clients without email, IM, and Web perusing from Monday to Thursday a week ago, Research In Motion today revealed its tranquility offering to clients: $100 worth of free applications to endorsers and one month of free specialized support for big business clients. While the free programming and administrations are pleasant signals, the blackout, which RIM recognized was the most exceedingly terrible in its history, appears to be typical of the organization's moderate destruction. Edge's inconveniences are with the end goal that free duplicates of Bejeweled and The Sims 3 won't be sufficient to reestablish the organization to its previous magnificence, to state nothing of soothing feelings of trepidation that the organization could have more blackouts not far off. In the cost/advantage investigation of betting everything with RIM (and that is a piece of the issue, it's an in with no reservations recommendation), RIM has given IT shops a lot of motivation to second-and third-figure.

Edge's most concerning issue is it is in effect left in the tidy by the consumerization of IT. Business and customer innovation needs have uneasily coincided for a considerable length of time, yet consumerization is winning, and a week ago's BlackBerry blackout tips the scales significantly further. Edge has put in the previous couple of years being beat on the purchaser front, and buyer cell phone inclinations have brought a huge number of non-BlackBerry cell phones into the undertaking. Edge was a hit with substantial organizations as a result of its vigorous endeavor support, uptime and security, and administration apparatuses that give IT shops the control they need over cell phones. Furthermore, let us not overlook: in years past, RIM was the main amusement around the local area for quality versatile business cell phones. In the event that you needed a safe, versatile, adaptable undertaking email arrangement, odds are that RIM was being tapped to converse with your Exchange or Lotus Notes servers.

Circumstances are different drastically. Trade is administering business email rollouts in the venture, and ActiveSync has moved toward becoming for all intents and purposes a most widely used language of portable email. Edge is at no time in the future required similarly it once was. In the meantime, the iPhone, Android, and other portable stages are presently adequate for most business situations. At that point a week ago happened: RIM bungled, and mishandled seriously. The organization wasn't even ready to execute on its top incentivized offer.

What RIM clients could simply rely on, more than anything, was a stage that seemed well and good for business. While apologizing to clients a week ago, RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis said the organization had been working at 99.97 percent uptime over the past year and a half. That is a decent number, however RIM can't bear the cost of any noteworthy blackouts, period. For every one of the advantages RIM gives to IT, its framework is another purpose of disappointment that can keep a client from accepting email. A week ago, RIM said it endured a disappointment in the "double repetitive, high-limit center change intended to secure the foundation," and that it is as yet attempting to comprehend why the framework flopped in the way it did and what should be possible to keep another such issue.

This won't help RIM win any new clients and may make existing clients escape. Edge's center market is the venture, and keeping in mind that the free month of support is pleasant for spending plan cognizant partnerships, $100 worth of free applications is useless contrasted with a blackout that may have left everybody from business people to the CEO without versatile email. Edge isn't notwithstanding making the majority of its applications qualified for the free offer. Edge says the choice will develop, however starting at now it incorporates only 12 applications, including five diversions. While a few clients may hypothetically be influenced by $100 worth of free applications, the reasonable usage could leave others miserable.

Yes, BlackBerry Messenger is prevalent, and BlackBerrys have their fans among purchasers, especially the individuals who incline toward physical consoles over touchscreens. However key stumbles by RIM and the taking off prevalence of the iPhone and Android gadgets put the organization's future in peril even before a week ago's blackout. Edge has 70 million supporters, however BlackBerry represented only 11.7 percent of overall cell phone deals to end clients in Q2 2011, down from 18.7 percent the earlier year, as indicated by Gartner.

Despite the fact that RIM quarterly deals developed from 11.6 million to 12.7 million, the iPhone topped that by bouncing from 8.7 million to 19.6 million while Android developed from 10.7 million to 46.8 million. The numbers deteriorate for RIM when you contrast its stage with iOS in general, due to the accomplishment of Apple's iPad and business disappointment of RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. Edge has additionally been ease back to discharge telephones in view of QNX, the successor to BlackBerry OS, and when that happens, RIM's offer of the market is probably going to have disintegrated significantly further.

Losing the endeavor

Edge is losing the endeavor to Apple and Google despite the fact that Apple and Google haven't put much exertion into promoting their telephones as business devices. Customers are progressively well informed and comprehend what the gadgets in their grasp are prepared to do, and are demanding that IT shops give portable access to email in any event. While IT has verifiably been careful about customer gadgets, it's getting harder for IT shops to state no to the iPhone and Android on the grounds that both have helped bolster for Exchange ActiveSync, the accepted standard for conveying corporate email to non-BlackBerry telephones. BlackBerry offers more organization alternatives, yet most organizations might be happy with the center elements accessible from contenders, similar to encryption, secret word open, constrained PIN passage and remote wipes. The blend of shopper inclinations, iPhone and Android winding up noticeably adequate for most business situations, and a week ago's protracted BlackBerry blackout give organizations less motivations to stay with RIM.

IT shops may surely be stressed over security dangers from cell phones, beginning both from portable Web misuses and malevolent applications, especially given the way that Google has been compelled to expel malware-containing applications from the Android Market. Be that as it may, trusted undertaking names are working on it. VMware, for one, is setting up a virtualization stage for Android that will keep a client's workplace isolated in a safe air pocket that doesn't touch the client's buyer applications and information. New advancements are enabling endeavors to fabricate private application stores for iPhones and Android. And keeping in mind that Microsoft has neglected to increase any critical offer of the cell phone showcase, Windows Phone is enhancing and has security highlights like sandboxing to keep applications from ruining framework documents and applications. On the off chance that Microsoft ever picks up progress against the purchaser mammoths of iPhone and Android, Microsoft's venture experience could give another contrasting option to BlackBerry.

While RIM is probably not going to ever recover its previous position at or close to the highest point of the cell phone load, the faithfulness of its current client base and BlackBerry's interest to the most security-cognizant associations may give Lazaridis and group time to rescue the organization. To begin with, RIM must give a full clarification of a week ago's center switch disappointment. Lazaridis a week ago declined to state which merchants' equipment items were included, on the grounds that RIM hadn't completed an underlying driver examination. Discharging full subtle elements of that main driver investigation upon fulfillment, rather than only a maybe a couple sentence outline, will be enter in starting to recover clients' trust. Edge should likewise demonstrate to clients that its system won't endure any further calamities that take days to settle. In the event that RIM can't keep the system running, its endeavors to separate itself from iPhone and Android with better business elements will be worthless.

Past the undertaking, RIM will require an executioner purchaser telephone to recapture a portion of the piece of the overall industry lost to the iPhone and Android. Sadly for RIM, its inability to draw in purchasers with the PlayBook tablet and a week ago's blackout give us little trust in the organization's capacity to disarm shoppers, or even to stop its moderate plummet into big business insignificance.

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Manchester School of Architecture spotlights seven undergraduate architecture studios

In our latest school show, undergraduate studios at the Manchester School of Architecture explore how feminist architectural theory can be used as a tool to design a fairer society.

Manchester School of Architecture

School: Manchester School of Architecture at the Manchester Metropolitan University and The University of Manchester Course: BA Architecture Programme Leader: Daniel Dubowitz

School statement:

"After establishing their skillset in year one, second-year students begin practising independently, learning how to develop and articulate their positions and shape their trajectory.

De-alienating Through Architecture: New Cultural Centre for East Manchester by Michal Romaniuk

Student: Michal Romaniuk Course: Atelier &rchitecture

Performative Morphologies - Street Level Podium View by Irina Coraga

Student: Irina Coraga Course: Atelier Advanced Practice

An Integrated Urban Topography, Bradford by William Smith

Student: William Smith Course: Atelier Continuity in Architecture

Urban Vertical Garden by Alexandra Raper Rumoroso

"This year's theme was Resilient Urban Futures with all projects based on the university campus, with its relationship to wider urban systems and its possible short, medium and long-term futures.

"All projects relate to food programmatically: fast, technology-enabled and optimised; or slow, grown on-site, local, seasonal; and spatially, growing, selling, sharing, collaborating, researching.

Student: Alexandra Raper Rumoroso Course: Complexity, Planning and Urbanism [CPU]ai

Light House: A State of Change for Manchester by Grace McGuire

Student: Grace McGuire Course: Atelier Flux

M58 Service Station by Yat Kiu Jasper Cheng

"Infrastructure as a methodological lens enables critical discourse that addresses global exchange, mobility, and justice issues. This year we asked all of our students to consider the following:

"Society: society has manifold interpretations. Here we refer to groups of people with common values, territory and cultural expectations and the positive effects of such arrangements.

Student: Yat Kiu Jasper Cheng Course: Atelier Infrastructure Space

An Active Archive of Feminist Figures by Eleanor Jones

Student: Eleanor Jones Course: Atelier Praxxis

Thinking Through Drawing BA1 by Adriana Sokolova

Student: Adriana Sokolova Course: Humanities

Technologies 1 Design Project - Papermetrics by Siu Man Hei

Student: Siu Man Hei Course: Technologies

Provocations | Salons | Inspirations by The Provocations

"Moving to online delivery allowed both our guests and audiences to expand beyond Manchester towards a global audience."

Group: The Provocations Course: Expert Panel

Partnership content

This school show is a partnership between Dezeen and The Manchester School of Architecture. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.

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Manchester School of Architecture spotlights seven undergraduate architecture studios

In our latest school show, undergraduate studios at the Manchester School of Architecture explore how feminist architectural theory can be used as a tool to design a fairer society.

Manchester School of Architecture

School: Manchester School of Architecture at the Manchester Metropolitan University and The University of Manchester Course: BA Architecture Programme Leader: Daniel Dubowitz

School statement:

"After establishing their skillset in year one, second-year students begin practising independently, learning how to develop and articulate their positions and shape their trajectory.

De-alienating Through Architecture: New Cultural Centre for East Manchester by Michal Romaniuk

Student: Michal Romaniuk Course: Atelier &rchitecture

Performative Morphologies - Street Level Podium View by Irina Coraga

Student: Irina Coraga Course: Atelier Advanced Practice

An Integrated Urban Topography, Bradford by William Smith

Student: William Smith Course: Atelier Continuity in Architecture

Urban Vertical Garden by Alexandra Raper Rumoroso

"This year's theme was Resilient Urban Futures with all projects based on the university campus, with its relationship to wider urban systems and its possible short, medium and long-term futures.

"All projects relate to food programmatically: fast, technology-enabled and optimised; or slow, grown on-site, local, seasonal; and spatially, growing, selling, sharing, collaborating, researching.

Student: Alexandra Raper Rumoroso Course: Complexity, Planning and Urbanism [CPU]ai

Light House: A State of Change for Manchester by Grace McGuire

Student: Grace McGuire Course: Atelier Flux

M58 Service Station by Yat Kiu Jasper Cheng

"Infrastructure as a methodological lens enables critical discourse that addresses global exchange, mobility, and justice issues. This year we asked all of our students to consider the following:

"Society: society has manifold interpretations. Here we refer to groups of people with common values, territory and cultural expectations and the positive effects of such arrangements.

Student: Yat Kiu Jasper Cheng Course: Atelier Infrastructure Space

An Active Archive of Feminist Figures by Eleanor Jones

Student: Eleanor Jones Course: Atelier Praxxis

Thinking Through Drawing BA1 by Adriana Sokolova

Student: Adriana Sokolova Course: Humanities

Technologies 1 Design Project - Papermetrics by Siu Man Hei

Student: Siu Man Hei Course: Technologies

Provocations | Salons | Inspirations by The Provocations

"Moving to online delivery allowed both our guests and audiences to expand beyond Manchester towards a global audience."

Group: The Provocations Course: Expert Panel

Partnership content

This school show is a partnership between Dezeen and The Manchester School of Architecture. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.

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Manchester School of Architecture spotlights seven undergraduate architecture studios

In our latest school show, undergraduate studios at the Manchester School of Architecture explore how feminist architectural theory can be used as a tool to design a fairer society.

Manchester School of Architecture

School: Manchester School of Architecture at the Manchester Metropolitan University and The University of Manchester Course: BA Architecture Programme Leader: Daniel Dubowitz

School statement:

"After establishing their skillset in year one, second-year students begin practising independently, learning how to develop and articulate their positions and shape their trajectory.

De-alienating Through Architecture: New Cultural Centre for East Manchester by Michal Romaniuk

Student: Michal Romaniuk Course: Atelier &rchitecture

Performative Morphologies - Street Level Podium View by Irina Coraga

Student: Irina Coraga Course: Atelier Advanced Practice

An Integrated Urban Topography, Bradford by William Smith

Student: William Smith Course: Atelier Continuity in Architecture

Urban Vertical Garden by Alexandra Raper Rumoroso

"This year's theme was Resilient Urban Futures with all projects based on the university campus, with its relationship to wider urban systems and its possible short, medium and long-term futures.

"All projects relate to food programmatically: fast, technology-enabled and optimised; or slow, grown on-site, local, seasonal; and spatially, growing, selling, sharing, collaborating, researching.

Student: Alexandra Raper Rumoroso Course: Complexity, Planning and Urbanism [CPU]ai

Light House: A State of Change for Manchester by Grace McGuire

Student: Grace McGuire Course: Atelier Flux

M58 Service Station by Yat Kiu Jasper Cheng

"Infrastructure as a methodological lens enables critical discourse that addresses global exchange, mobility, and justice issues. This year we asked all of our students to consider the following:

"Society: society has manifold interpretations. Here we refer to groups of people with common values, territory and cultural expectations and the positive effects of such arrangements.

Student: Yat Kiu Jasper Cheng Course: Atelier Infrastructure Space

An Active Archive of Feminist Figures by Eleanor Jones

Student: Eleanor Jones Course: Atelier Praxxis

Thinking Through Drawing BA1 by Adriana Sokolova

Student: Adriana Sokolova Course: Humanities

Technologies 1 Design Project - Papermetrics by Siu Man Hei

Student: Siu Man Hei Course: Technologies

Provocations | Salons | Inspirations by The Provocations

"Moving to online delivery allowed both our guests and audiences to expand beyond Manchester towards a global audience."

Group: The Provocations Course: Expert Panel

Partnership content

This school show is a partnership between Dezeen and The Manchester School of Architecture. Find out more about Dezeen partnership content here.

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