Profile for Bruce Mitchell
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| Title | Apprentice |
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written Saturday, February 23 2008 04:47
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Can't download these... Posts: 49 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2002 08:00 |
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written Friday, February 24 2006 13:38
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It’s been about six years since I wrote my book. Then I was more immersed factually in the subject. I have not studied the subject for years. Rather I have been practising it, walking the talk. The fact that I am so busy walking my talk does not make it easy to respond timeously or precisely in this forum. I am sorry but it is taking too much time away from my family and other life issues. To respond for the last time:- Women are very disempowered about their bodies (so out of touch with their instinct/gut). Their place in society is so low in so many places. This needs to change. To me it is absurd that a doctor is more of an expert about your own body than you (even more so a male doctor without any idea of natural birth bossing a birthing woman around). Maybe Monty Python’s ‘The Meaning of Life’ has an excellent skit about this. I would like to say in respect to maternal mortality: I agree modern medicine has helped many dysfunctional cultures to lower maternal mortality, but they still do more harm than good. Have you never read about the hospital horror stories of birthing? Read the book, ‘Immaculate Deception II’ by Suzanne Arms. I want to know a lot more about maternal mortality in wise untouched cultures where women were supported well (which I previouly referred to as undiluted matriarchal cultures, a description which I now feel is not what I really meant), as well as maternal mortality in wild animals. Whilst life is preferable to death in birthing, an empowered living women would be so much better – this comes more from home births without medical experts telling the woman what to do, and where domino effect is far less likely to occur, the assistants/doulas (if any) assisting the woman through her initiation. Some of the reasons for maternal mortality in developing countries include; poor hygiene, poor sanitation, overcrowding, malnutrition, abortion, infibulation (like sewing the vaginal lips together perhaps when a girl, then wonder about why there is an obstructed birth), uterine prolapse (occurs when women exerts too much after birth, which is not consistent with a mother well supported by her village), poor hygiene/customs with traditional birth attendants (e.g. animal dung up the vagina), My wife and I conducted a lengthy interview with a translator to two Himba women in northern Namibia. One comment on hygiene that came to the mind of my wife: They wondered why women wear panties. They said their vaginas smelt fresh and nice, whilst ours get sweaty with panties. The implication was that their genital hygiene was better than ours. “Choosing based on something other than medical advice is absurd.” I think not. Given piles of time, I could unearth many examples of how this statement is not necessarily true. One story comes to mind is the man who against medical advice booked himself out of the hospital into the hotel opposite and watched comedies all day long and healed himself. However, also given piles of time, I could unearth plenty of people who ignored medical advice (for whatever reason) and it went wrong. So please be careful… Another book to consider is ‘The Continuum Concept’ by Jean Liedloff, a precursor of the Attachment Parenting movement. Posts: 49 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2002 08:00 |
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written Thursday, February 23 2006 05:20
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Some points for consideration- Yes, I am very invested in my viewpoint. I see how much suffering there is in modern birthing, for example. Angola has been a war-torn for decades – and this is true of many African countries. Hardly the environment for harmonious births. Africa is partially screwed up from the mix of western influence and the loss of the instinctual that thus arose. In many African cultures violent patriarchy pre-existed the western influence. It would be interesting to get mother’s death rates before the 16 century for the very harmonious Bushmen. The advent of patriarchy many thousands of years ago brought about women disempowerment. This meant women were unsupported = bad pregnancies and bad births. The hygiene in 16C and 19C Europe was terrible. I believe but cannot corroborate that in some aboriginal culture, it was the norm for the heavily pregnant woman to slip away for childbirth and within a short time (minutes) come back to the perhaps travelling tribe. As far as I know, the more matriarchal and undiluted the culture, the less likely the mother would die in childbirth. Sory about the attachment parenting link – try this rather http://www.attachmentparenting.org/faqap.shtml I doubt that government information (including therefore websites) are that reputable – whether intentionally or not. For me, reducing human suffering through preventing and curing disease is a worthy goal. Get advice from doctors (and many other sources) rather than trusting them - then trust your instincts/gut. The pathogens in the hospital that I am concerned about are the doctors and their domino-effect interferences and the hospital policy. One thing I forgot to mention in walking my talk is our centre, presently a guesthouse which contributes to youth projects and local community. www.butterflyhavencastle.com Posts: 49 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2002 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, February 22 2006 22:23
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Modern medicine was very resistant to complementary/alternative medicine – now it is incorporating it as best it can = good progress. I continue to question whether modern medicine helps overwhelmingly more often than it hurts. I’d say in true emergencies, this is very true. However, I feel that in the field of pregnancy and birth this is especially not true. Does expensive training mean you are suddenly based in reality? I don’t believe this. Part of the issue of iatrogenic for me is that doctors tend to look more at the body and less at the psyche and the lifestyle. If more emphasis was put on training doctors to be more holistic, more preventative, it would be good. There is a lot wrong with formula. It is WHO’s third choice for babies –after mother then wet nurse. There are numerous benefits and magics about breastmilk that formula cannot supply. “Close to 100% of mothers giving birth in birth centres or at home breastfeed successfully. Where in the world did this absurd-sounding statistic come from? I'm willing to believe breast-feeding is less common in hospital births, but come on, man.” Don’t remember the source. The book is packed away in some unknown box at present, as we will be moving soon. If you read/learn about the difference in woman empowerment between the two (hospital vs. home), you may realize how it does not sound absurd. I said I experiment with my own life based on research (= from the collective pool of knowledge, not just my tiny data from my own experience). Is this not what everyone is doing, more or less consciously? What have I done to walk my talk or walk my walk? I am currently experimenting with my family with attachment parenting (www.searsparenting.com). Both my children were born at home, one was an unassisted birth. My wife has done extended breastfeeding. I have slung both my children for years. I am homeschooling my children. I believe I am contributing to true world peace by doing all this. I have already written a lengthy book on world peace, which I feel unworthy to take further till I’m much further along my road of experimentation. I still have a lot to do. Scary tactics are dishonest and manipulative = not ideal. What in life is not manipulative? Who in life is not to a greater or lesser extent dishonest and manipulative. What in the world is there about some guy with a web site that makes him worth listening to? Sorry, don’t understand this comment. The fact that your child was taken away for one whole hour after birth is very indicative of why your wife had problems breastfeeding. It is this crucial period that is so interfered with by modern medicine that enables breastfeeding. As far as I know, animals in captivity also fail to breastfeed well – because of the unnatural birth circumstances. Birth for most women is not an emergency. It is a natural process. Interference in pregnancy and birth creates a domino effect. Doctors oversee birth who are male and who have never witnessed a natural birth – they are programmed by their own birth, their training, etc., to see trouble. The act of giving birth in a hospital is a very unnatural event, and many women find it disempowering (to say the least). “I find arguing with someone who refuses to regard evidence unless it supports his side of the argument, as a result of either deliberate or ignorance-driven error, impossible.” So do I. That is what I refer to as locking horns. Are you sure you are right? I am not sure whether I am right, nor am I sure you are right. Posts: 49 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2002 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, February 22 2006 11:34
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Re. Quoting websites and studies. My quoting of websites is for your consideration, not held up to be absolute truth. This obviously does not seem to work very well. All I know is that I experiment in my life based on my research. Re. Information and Money. I don’t know about you but doctors are expensive. They charge a lot for advice. My bet is that paying for some info like at WTDDTY is far less expensive than a doctor – and you’d probably get a wider amount of info/options/research. Then there are plenty of free websites to discover. Re. Scary Tactics. Yes, this is not ideal. It does cause controversy and so sells. It makes people sit up and listen and consider, and thence take a stance. Re. Iatrogenic Disease. All I am saying is that it seems to exist. That is enough for me to put serious doubt on the success of modern medicine. Re. Anyone can spend days rebutting anything. & The implication is basically that debate and discourse are worthless, and should be abandoned. I don’t hold your implication to be true. I do feel that words often lead to conflict and a locking of horns. I am more for sensing suffering and acting as best you can. More about doing the walk than talking the talk. What comes to my mind is saintly people. Re. Breastfeeding. Yes, it is difficult for many and painful. Then there’s all that pressure from the media and their partner for the woman to be immediately glamorous. The extended family set-up, the village, has been broken down. There are no elder women there, to hold the newly breastfeeding woman’s hand and show her the way. Generally speaking, the partner of the new mother as well as the new mother does not want saggy breasts due to breastfeeding. There’s the pressure of the mother getting back to work to support the family. Women feel they will be tied down, etc. All these contribute to the lack of persistence in breastfeeding. But it is a massive investment in your child’s health and the bonding with your child. Close to 100% of mothers giving birth in birth centres or at home breastfeed successfully. The same would not be the case of hospital births. I have seen a video of a newborn baby –without any help – move itself up to the women’s breast and start suckling successfully. Will a hospital allow this extended unpressured uninterfered time immediately post-birth? As far as I know you make light of medicine’s anti-breastfeeding stance until about 20 years ago. As far as I know, it was a massive 50 year struggle to get medicine to endorse it. As far as I know, formula was always bad, especially so in the past. Is millions of death not bad? Posts: 49 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2002 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, February 22 2006 00:56
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A response to Belisarius:- I am not interested in arguing medical evidence or lack thereof. I have read stories about humans and terrible reactions to vaccinations. There are other websites with human stories about this too. Anyone can spend days rebutting anything. I believe there is a flat world organization, who, with scientific method, prove that the world is flat. Let’s present the different camps – and let people decide for themselves. You are doing a good job presenting one side. Whilst I agree that there are plenty of people who prey on the alternative or complimentary medicine market, there is also the opposite. Such as drug companies who make millions off of suckers with supposedly working, clinically tested drugs. I say “supposedly” because there is a lot of money involved and fast-tracking of drugs and fame would be attractive to these large drug companies. Another website to look at apart from the Millenium Project may be http://www.wddty.co.uk/ What Doctors Don’t Tell You says it is one of the few information services that can justifiably claim to solve people’s health problems - and even save lives. We tell you in plain language what works, what doesn’t and what may harm you in both orthodox and alternative medicine so that you can make informed choices. Does the medical establishment have more than a century of success? Iatrogenic Disease (= doctor caused disease) is the third highest killer in USA says http://www.drwhittaker.ca/iatrogenic_disease.htm But no doubt, according to you this website belongs in the Millenium Project. In respect to my position on vaccination, I am more inclined to go along with the camp that says:- Regarding the wide-spread epidemics that decimated populations at the beginning of the 20th century, modern research indicates that epidemics such as diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus died a natural death in the 1940's and 1950's without the assistance of vaccines. How else could the epidemics have ceased in Europe as well where there was no mass vaccination program as in the United States? Studies today point to the fact that the decline of infectious diseases such as diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus, are due to better health conditions, better nutrition, and an abatement of the overcrowded conditions in metropolitan areas. As well as:- In justifying the continued push for vaccinations the medical and research establishments uses the often repeated argument that if it were not for vaccinations the developed countries would still be plagued by the major disease epidemics of the past. One of their favourite examples is polio. They often speak of the epidemics of paralytic polio cases occurring among infants in the early part of this century and in particular during the late 1940s to early 1950s, and they would have us believe that polio vaccination had saved us from this terrible scourge. Nothing could be further from the truth. Not only did the polio vaccine have nothing to do with the decline of paralytic polio (or polio in general), evidence shows that vaccinations for this and other diseases - notably diphtheria, triple antigen (diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus) and smallpox - were responsible for its increase. The decline of cases not caused by vaccination began to disappear in the West with improvements in hygiene and sanitation and most of the decline occurred well before the widespread use of polio vaccination. As well as info from the “trenches” from my wife:- It’s amazing how whilst at the childcare at the local gym, she learns of all these children who have been vaccinated against it all, and continue to get measles, etc. The mothers roll their eyes at how their children still get the diseases. I am unclear what you mean by “because feeding kids breast-milk is something completely novel”. Are you being sarcastic and saying something like my suggestion of breastmilk is hardly new or that groundbreaking. If so, I’d have you consider the damage that modern medicine has done in the past 100 years by ignoring breastfeeding and promoting formula. Supposedly babies killed by formula feed companies (and supported by medical authorities) in developing countries number in the millions. The companies undermined breastfeeding. Source: http://empathicparenting.org/course/section2/lesson2/page1.html Most modern mothers do not breastfeed for that long at all. That is sad and I believe compromises people’s health for their whole life. There are definite immunization abilities from breastmilk. :rolleyes: Posts: 49 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2002 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, February 21 2006 12:09
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For opposing views on vaccination see:- http://www.readersdigest.ca/mag/2000/05/living_vaccin.html The opposing camp has:- http://www.whale.to/v/phillips.html DISPELLING VACCINATION MYTHS: An Introduction to the Contradictions Between Medical Science and Immunization Policy by Rev. Alan Phillips, Director Citizens for Healthcare Freedom Personally, I'm with the anti-vaccination camp. Neither of my children, who live in Africa, with poor sanitary conditions down the road, and polluted sea nearby, have been to the doctor for sickness. They are treated in line I guess with Synergy's world view. Homeopathic preparations of diseases have been used when any childhood diseases occurred. I'd like to make a big mention for the divine superjuice - breastmilk. Both were breastfed till at least three years old. I believe this makes for excellent immune systems, and natural immunization. Posts: 49 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2002 08:00 |
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written Thursday, January 26 2006 03:54
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Is there anyone out there who's going to remake the BoE Scenario Editor? Posts: 49 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2002 08:00 |
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written Friday, January 6 2006 00:17
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Try emailing him directly. His email should be in the ReadMe attached to the scenario download. Posts: 49 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2002 08:00 |
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written Friday, December 16 2005 10:30
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I don't know if this is a glitch. However, if you alter any scenario, you are not really playing that scenario any more. Is it not better to try and meet the challenge of the scenario? As far as I know, the character editor is to help you out if you get stuck in a scenario (e.g. a bug) or if you have difficulty with the combat or whatever. As far as I know, experienced BoE players do not like to use the character editor or scenario editor very much. They like to meet the challenge of a BoE scenario with the recommended party or much lower. The skilled BoE player may attempt any scenario with a (small) beginner level party - and prefer to do it this way. They will never use the character editor to gain gold or spells or resurrection etc. Posts: 49 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2002 08:00 |
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written Sunday, November 20 2005 01:08
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It is at x111 y29, approached from the east side of the river bank. Posts: 49 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2002 08:00 |
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written Saturday, November 19 2005 23:08
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So, this is what worked for me. Buy your boat from Jacob in Silvar for 500GP (tourist rip-off price!). Board boat, go north, take left fork, continue until you see gap in trees. Get off boat there. Follow the path north to reach the blood stain (go through tree at x11 y9). Now, standing on the blood stain at x12 y8, look at the basalt wall to the east (x13, y8). You get a message saying the triangle fits into the odd niche in the wall - and a door appears one space to the north (x13, y7) of the niche. I managed to find the amulet in the boot by bumping in to the stalagmite at x121 y21. [ Sunday, November 20, 2005 01:17: Message edited by: Bruce Mitchell ] Posts: 49 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2002 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, November 16 2005 12:44
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Will try and post an answer after playing it. As I'm extremely busy, can't promise to help out any time soon. Posts: 49 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2002 08:00 |
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written Thursday, September 22 2005 10:13
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The link to Khoth's Graphics Archive is not working. Anyone know what's happened? Posts: 49 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2002 08:00 |
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written Saturday, July 2 2005 10:03
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The Archive needs to go up there too! http://home.comcast.net/~tom_05/ Posts: 49 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2002 08:00 |
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written Saturday, May 28 2005 11:09
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In the South-West of the Magestica prison level at x8 y56. Is Grimly not in in his Glowing Building at x320 y103? Posts: 49 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, January 3 2005 12:23
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Check out http://www.geocities.com/tracihedlund/mylittleboepage.html for a growing database of BoE walkthroughs, so that assistance from experienced players becomes redundant! What about posting this website address at the top of Spiderweb's Blades of Exile Forum under 'Other Useful Links'??? I am not on some kind of one-man crusade to make utterly comprehensive walkthroughs of every scenario I play, right down to the level of what coordinates within towns contain special encounters! - at present BoE for me is an escape and a hobby and I do enjoy helping people, and giving something back to this game (after all the free scenarios). To this end, I often use a highly potent party to enter a scenario and (fairly) quickly answer the problem of people posting questions on BoE. Perhaps Ahbleza can contribute walkthroughs to Gizmo's website!?... Posts: 49 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, October 25 2004 05:43
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Try 'Old MacDonald' or 'Old MacDonald’s Farm' for snow terrain. Try 'Pyramids' for desert terrain. Ask again at 'The Lyceum'. See Spiderweb's BoE Neat Links. Posts: 49 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2002 08:00 |
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written Friday, July 30 2004 12:26
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Go to http://p080.ezboard.com/fthelyceumfrm16.showMessage?topicID=215.topic Posts: 49 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2002 08:00 |
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written Friday, July 30 2004 12:09
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This works: Collect the eight straw, rope, sheet from around town. Place eight straw all around the bow. Place the rope on the bow, and the sheet on the rope. Move a few spaces away from the bow to activate nightfall. When Gorlow has reached the straw, i.e. Gorlow is on green space just before a straw, then in Special Items, use 'Throw Sheet', then immediately right click the bow. Posts: 49 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2002 08:00 |
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written Thursday, July 29 2004 10:53
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The instructions in the book confuse. Step on the rugs only once each in the same order as in the book. So, start with the 45 degree one, then the 30, then the 90 (north one) then the 60, then the 0 degree one (the east one). Posts: 49 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2002 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, July 28 2004 12:53
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Smoky crystals can be bought from Karma in Ogacihc (outdoors x74, y6). IIRC, on the margoyle cave level (above the doomer level) to the NW, there is a route to a room with various gems in chests including smoky crystals. Posts: 49 | Registered: Sunday, February 3 2002 08:00 |