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« Reply #25 on: November 08, 2012, 12:08:06 PM »


For the enrichment of citizens in the Midwest, I hereby disclose all of the following information...



Adam Griffin

Imperial Speaker (Current); Southern Legislator (Current)




Basic Information

Date of Birth: Circa 1988

Ideology: Social Neo-Populism

Religion: Agnosticism

Region: Imperial Dominion of the South

Party: Labor Party of Atlasia

Corruption Status: Dubious


Public Administration

Q: Which is more important: excellent results or an excellent process?
A:  Results, for process exists solely for such.

Q: Who should have more power in federalism: the nation or regions?
A:  The nation must quite often keep a leash handy.

Q: Would a potent, highly-effective executive do more good or harm?
A:  Sociopathy is both a disadvantage and prerequisite for leadership.

Q: Should public officials be accountable to each other, or the people?
A:  They have the word 'public' in their role, correct?

Q: Should public officials be expected to implement the people’s will?
A:  When feasibility permits. The people can often be deluded.

Q: Are checks and balances, and separation between powers desirable?
A:  Absolutely, for that is from where amusement derives.

Q: Which is best: governing from the bottom-up or from the top-down?
A:  Policy should always be focused at blossoming from below.

Q: Should governments be organized hierarchically, or egalitarian-like?
A:  In neither sense is someone guaranteed power.

Q: Should a government delegate its duties to private service providers?
A:  No.

Q: Is it okay for a leader to award their supporters preferential treatment?
A:  Yes, it (and my VISA) are universally accepted.


Political Worldview

Q: What is the correct role for good or legitimate states?
A:  To guarantee human rights are protected, to provide for its people in basic fashion and to maintain a sound, fair, competitive economic system at any cost.

Q: What makes a leader or elected official good or bad?
A:  A leader's responsibility is to organize, motivate and fight like hell for what they believe. Inactivity, apathy and lethargy are the tell-tale signs of a bad leader.

Q: Are people beholden to some form of human nature?
A:  We very much still possess the basic programming that we possessed from the time we crawled out of the bush. Human nature is unavoidable, primitive and downright disgusting. It should also be embraced to its fullest.

Q: Are people bestowed with natural, inalienable rights?
A:  All things are guaranteed a beginning, an end and chaos throughout. Civil society is the only thing that protects and guarantees what some consider to be natural rights. It can be argued that such rights originate from government alone, which is a manifestation of the people's will.


Political Convictions

Grin (Yes), Angry (No), Cool (Other)


Grin Can coercion of people by government ever be justified?
Grin Do good people have reasons to be wary of government?
Angry Is “limited government” an attractive notion to embrace?
Angry Should interest groups be made part of the government to help craft policies?
Grin Are people supposed to bring honor and be loyal to the community?
Grin Do the needs of the many mostly outweigh those of the few?
Grin Is government the ultimate authority in society?

Angry Would we all be better off without any economic regulation?
Angry Will competition and a market economy help workers flourish?
Grin Is self-reliance an important value for our society to promote?
Grin Does redistributing resources make an economic order fairer?
Cool Should the workers themselves own the means of production?
Grin Is “social utility” a better objective for producers than profits?
Angry Would we all be better off if private property were abolished?

Grin Should people seek to conquer nature and bend it to their will?
Grin Will humanity eventually exhaust its supplies of crucial resources?
Grin Do environmental challenges threaten our material standards of living?
Angry Does it suffice to simply manage natural resources for sustainable use?
Grin Is it worthwhile to preserve other life forms and their habitats, as well?
Grin Are animals entitled to any privileges that infringe on human interests?
Angry Should the interests of all animal species be valued equally?

Grin Is it ever alright for one group of people to culturally dominate another?
Grin Do you think the Republic of Atlasia is an “exceptional” country?
Grin Should the state promote a culture that is uniquely Atlasian?
Grin Are you willing to tolerate and coexist with groups of different people?
Grin As natives, can we justly demand that any newcomers assimilate?
Grin Can more than one cultural nation peacefully coexist within a country?
Cool Do people have enough in common to live under a global government?

Angry Would you describe yourself as more conservative than progressive?
Grin Generally speaking, are you more pragmatic than idealistic?


Additional Comments

Q: Would you care to divulge any other political views? Please elaborate.

A:  N/A


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« Reply #26 on: November 09, 2012, 08:10:06 PM »
« Edited: November 09, 2012, 08:11:41 PM by Redalgo »


For the enrichment of citizens in the Midwest, I hereby disclose all of the following information...



Sir Nick

Atlasian Citizen




Basic Information

Date of Birth: N/A

Ideology: Social Liberalism

Religion: Irreligism

Region: Northeast

Party: Liberal Party

Corruption Status: N/A


Public Administration

Q: Which is more important: excellent results or an excellent process?
A:  Excellent results

Q: Who should have more power in federalism: the nation or regions?
A:  Depends on what policy area

Q: Would a potent, highly-effective executive do more good or harm?
A:  Depends on what his/her goals are

Q: Should public officials be accountable to each other, or the people?
A:  Yes

Q: Should public officials be expected to implement the people’s will?
A:  To an extent, they are a trustee of the people

Q: Are checks and balances, and separation between powers desirable?
A:  Yes

Q: Which is best: governing from the bottom-up or from the top-down?
A:  N/A

Q: Should governments be organized hierarchically, or egalitarian-like?
A:  Hierarchically

Q: Should a government delegate its duties to private service providers?
A:  Depends on the policy area.

Q: Is it okay for a leader to award their supporters preferential treatment?
A:  No


Political Worldview

Q: What is the correct role for good or legitimate states?
A:  Being from New York, making sure people have electricity is a good start.

Q: What makes a leader or elected official good or bad?
A:  It depends on how you're defining good and bad. Do you mean good as in morally good, and bad as in morally bad --or are you using those terms to mean effective?

Q: Are people beholden to some form of human nature?
A:  To an extent, sure.

Q: Are people bestowed with natural, inalienable rights?
A:  Yes.


Political Convictions

Grin (Yes), Angry (No), Cool (Other)


Grin Can coercion of people by government ever be justified?
Grin Do good people have reasons to be wary of government?
Grin Is “limited government” an attractive notion to embrace?
Grin Should interest groups be made part of the government to help craft policies?
Cool Are people supposed to bring honor and be loyal to the community?
Angry Do the needs of the many mostly outweigh those of the few?
Cool Is government the ultimate authority in society?

Angry Would we all be better off without any economic regulation?
Grin Will competition and a market economy help workers flourish?
Grin Is self-reliance an important value for our society to promote?
Grin Does redistributing resources make an economic order fairer?
Cool Should the workers themselves own the means of production?
Cool Is “social utility” a better objective for producers than profits?
Angry Would we all be better off if private property were abolished?

Cool Should people seek to conquer nature and bend it to their will?
Grin Will humanity eventually exhaust its supplies of crucial resources?
Grin Do environmental challenges threaten our material standards of living?
Angry Does it suffice to simply manage natural resources for sustainable use?
Cool Is it worthwhile to preserve other life forms and their habitats, as well?
Grin Are animals entitled to any privileges that infringe on human interests?
Angry Should the interests of all animal species be valued equally?

Grin Is it ever alright for one group of people to culturally dominate another?
Grin Do you think the Republic of Atlasia is an “exceptional” country?
Angry Should the state promote a culture that is uniquely Atlasian?
Grin Are you willing to tolerate and coexist with groups of different people?
Angry As natives, can we justly demand that any newcomers assimilate?
Grin Can more than one cultural nation peacefully coexist within a country?
Grin Do people have enough in common to live under a global government?

Angry Would you describe yourself as more conservative than progressive?
Grin Generally speaking, are you more pragmatic than idealistic?


Additional Comments

Q: Would you care to divulge any other political views? Please elaborate.

A:  N/A


For Further Reference

Nick introduces (11/07/2012) their self to Atlasia


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« Reply #27 on: November 09, 2012, 08:23:02 PM »


For the enrichment of citizens in the Midwest, I hereby disclose all of the following information...



Mr. X

Mideast Assemblyman (Current)




Basic Information

Date of Birth: N/A

Ideology: Social Liberalism

Religion: N/A

Region: Mideast

Party: Liberal Party

Corruption Status: Clean


Public Administration

Q: Which is more important: excellent results or an excellent process?
A:  Both are important, but in the end I would have to say excellent results.

Q: Who should have more power in federalism: the nation or regions?
A:  The nation, without a doubt.

Q: Would a potent, highly-effective executive do more good or harm?
A:  All things being equal, it would do more good than harm.

Q: Should public officials be accountable to each other, or the people?
A:  The people

Q: Should public officials be expected to implement the people’s will?
A:  Since we are . . . [not] a direct democracy, I would have to say no. . . .

Q: Are checks and balances, and separation between powers desirable?
A:  Absolutely, they are critical to a strong and healthy democracy!

Q: Which is best: governing from the bottom-up or from the top-down?
A:  N/A

Q: Should governments be organized hierarchically, or egalitarian-like?
A:  Hierarchically, I think, although this question also confused me a little bit.

Q: Should a government delegate its duties to private service providers?
A:  No . . .

Q: Is it okay for a leader to award their supporters preferential treatment?
A:  No


Political Worldview

Q: What is the correct role for good or legitimate states?
A:  States should be laboratories of policy experimentation.  Additionally, states must understand that federal laws supersede state laws, nullification should not be tolerated.

Q: What makes a leader or elected official good or bad?
A:  A combination of the results they are able to get, their moral character, and the degree to which they are able and willing to compromise without selling out their core beliefs.

Q: Are people beholden to some form of human nature?
A:  Yes, for better or worse.

Q: Are people bestowed with natural, inalienable rights?
A:  Yes


Political Convictions

Grin (Yes), Angry (No), Cool (Other)


Grin Can coercion of people by government ever be justified?
Grin Do good people have reasons to be wary of government?
Cool Is “limited government” an attractive notion to embrace?
Cool Should interest groups be made part of the government to help craft policies?
Grin Are people supposed to bring honor and be loyal to the community?
Grin Do the needs of the many mostly outweigh those of the few?
Cool Is government the ultimate authority in society?

Angry Would we all be better off without any economic regulation?
Grin Will competition and a market economy help workers flourish?
Grin Is self-reliance an important value for our society to promote?
Cool Does redistributing resources make an economic order fairer?
Angry Should the workers themselves own the means of production?
Cool Is “social utility” a better objective for producers than profits?
Angry Would we all be better off if private property were abolished?

Angry Should people seek to conquer nature and bend it to their will?
Grin Will humanity eventually exhaust its supplies of crucial resources?
Grin Do environmental challenges threaten our material standards of living?
Grin Does it suffice to simply manage natural resources for sustainable use?
Grin Is it worthwhile to preserve other life forms and their habitats, as well?
Grin Are animals entitled to any privileges that infringe on human interests?
Angry Should the interests of all animal species be valued equally?

Angry Is it ever alright for one group of people to culturally dominate another?
Grin Do you think the Republic of Atlasia is an “exceptional” country?
Angry Should the state promote a culture that is uniquely Atlasian?
Grin Are you willing to tolerate and coexist with groups of different people?
Cool As natives, can we justly demand that any newcomers assimilate?
Grin Can more than one cultural nation peacefully coexist within a country?
Angry Do people have enough in common to live under a global government?

Angry Would you describe yourself as more conservative than progressive?
Grin Generally speaking, are you more pragmatic than idealistic?


Additional Comments

Q: Would you care to divulge any other political views? Please elaborate.

A:  My political philosophy can best be described as principled pragmatism.  I am both socially and economically left-leaning, but I also believe that those on the right and in the center have many good ideas and that the way to achieve prosperity is for our nation's factions to work together to negotiate compromises that combine everyone's best ideas.  It is important not to cave, but that doesn't preclude compromise.  There is a time and place for standing on ideological principle and their is a time and place for pragmatic governance.


For Further Reference

Mr. X discusses (10/22/2012) some hot-button issues


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« Reply #28 on: November 09, 2012, 09:20:20 PM »
« Edited: November 09, 2012, 09:41:52 PM by Redalgo »

To see my previous press release - from November 1, 2012 - please click here.




Cheesewhiz Public Library
Comrade Wisard Redalgus I

--- November 9th Press Release ---

Phillies, gentlecolts, assorted ape people… allo once again! I am pleased to report to you the induction of twenty-five active, Atlasian politicians into the Social Architects Archive since we last spoke! Before year’s end I intend to expand this list by another fifty names. To accomplish this commendable feat of bureaucratic time sinkery, I need for you, the reader, to show a little bit of initiative. Namely, it is the desire of the Depositaren of the Most Serene Republic of the Midwest that you first fill out the following questionnaire in its entirety, and then submit it to me via private message for immediate transcribing into the archive. Should you wish for any of your responses to be amended, please contact me. Reasonable suggestions shall be taken into strong consideration and some accommodations shall likely be made.

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Basic Information

Replace the underscored spaces with your responses. Use N/A if needed.

00. Name and Title of Office(s), if applicable: __________
01. Date of Birth: __________
02. Ideology: __________
03. Religion: __________
04. Region: __________
05. Party: __________


Public Administration

Please answer these next ten questions using no more than ten words each.

06. Which is more important: excellent results or an excellent process?

07. Who should have more power in federalism: the nation or regions?

08. Would a potent, highly-effective executive do more good or harm?

09. Should public officials be accountable to each other, or the people?

10. Should public officials be expected to implement the people’s will?

11. Are checks and balances, and separation between powers desirable?

12. Which is best: governing from the bottom-up or from the top-down?

13. Should governments be organized hierarchically, or egalitarian-like?

14. Should a government delegate its duties to private service providers?

15. Is it okay for a leader to award their supporters preferential treatment?


Political Worldview

Please answer these four questions with no more than a hundred words each.

16. What is the correct role for good or legitimate states?

17. What makes a leader or elected official good or bad?

18. Are people beholden to some form of human nature?

19. Are people bestowed with natural, inalienable rights?


Political Convictions

Please answer each of these thirty questions with “Yes,” “No,” or “Other.”

20. Can coercion of people by government ever be justified?
21. Do good people have reasons to be wary of government?
22. Is “limited government” an attractive notion to embrace?
23. Should interest groups be made part of the government to help craft policies?
24. Are people supposed to bring honor and be loyal to the community?
25. Do the needs of the many mostly outweigh those of the few?
26. Is government the ultimate authority in society?

27. Would we all be better off without any economic regulation?
28. Will competition and a market economy help workers flourish?
29. Is self-reliance an important value for our society to promote?
30. Does redistributing resources make an economic order fairer?
31. Should the workers themselves own the means of production?
32. Is “social utility” a better objective for producers than profits?
33. Would we all be better off if private property were abolished?

34. Should people seek to conquer nature and bend it to their will?
35. Will humanity eventually exhaust its supplies of crucial resources?
36. Do environmental challenges threaten our material standards of living?
37. Does it suffice to simply manage natural resources for sustainable use?
38. Is it worthwhile to preserve other life forms and their habitats, as well?
39. Are animals entitled to any privileges that infringe on human interests?
40. Should the interests of all animal species be valued equally?

41. Is it ever alright for one group of people to culturally dominate another?
42. Do you think the Republic of Atlasia is an “exceptional” country?
43. Should the state promote a culture that is uniquely Atlasian?
44. Are you willing to tolerate and coexist with groups of different people?
45. As natives, can we justly demand that any newcomers assimilate?
46. Can more than one cultural nation peacefully coexist within a country?
47. Do people have enough in common to live under a global government?

48. Would you describe yourself as more conservative than progressive?
49. Generally speaking, are you more pragmatic than idealistic?


Additional Comments

Please answer the following question with fewer than 2,000 words.

50. Would you care to divulge any other political views? Please elaborate.


For Further Reference

Please provide any links to posts on this forum containing information you believe would be pertinent to viewers of the archive in understanding your political perspectives. Campaign threads, posted results to quizzes of a political nature, and posted summaries of ones views in politics elsewhere on the forum are especially desired. Your cooperation would be sincerely appreciated but is not required; I will eventually dig around for and link to such posts myself.


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Furthermore, I would like to announce this office is beginning to analyze past legislation in the Most Serene Republic (and from under preceding regimes) to verify its constitutionality. Expect declarations to be issued and links to the bills in question to be provided in the second post of this thread as incremental progress is made. This might take weeks to finish.

In the meanwhile, the Alþing is once again encouraged to provide a most generous appropriation of funding for the sure, expeditious construction and staffing of The Most Serene Library. We should likewise allocate resources for the establishment of our local Leaning Haberdashery Lounge. Neither are yet slated for establishment in spite of their inclusion in our constitution. Please do not make me introduce the legislation myself; the wisard is kept quite busy enough as it is with handling other pressing matters of state. Assuming that these measures are (against all odds) implemented within the next week, construction will still take several months. During which time, all throughout the winter, I will be stuck either in the local, public library or out here:


Do not leave me out in these snowy wastes forever. You will suffer blunt force trauma to the head. Inflicted by my staff. If I have to ask ya'll again, I may have to begin training Wobbles in the ways of castrating Folk Representanter. She is cute... yet has sharp fangs.

Surely I jest. Surely. Now everybody form a neat line. Come closer. I need to hug each of you. Feel the legend of our nation's story - that legend still flowing forth from the follicles of my magnificent but nevertheless rather uninspiring facial stubble! *hug hug hug* Angry


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« Reply #29 on: November 10, 2012, 10:26:43 AM »


For the enrichment of citizens in the Midwest, I hereby disclose all of the following information...



Ben Kenobi

Southern Legislator (Current)




Basic Information

Date of Birth: May 18, 1981

Ideology: Conservatism

Religion: Catholicism

Region: Imperial Dominion of the South

Party: Imperial Bloc

Corruption Status: Clean


Public Administration

Q: Which is more important: excellent results or an excellent process?
A:  Excellent results.

Q: Who should have more power in federalism: the nation or regions?
A:  Regions should have greater power than the nation.

Q: Would a potent, highly-effective executive do more good or harm?
A:  Harm, I believe in checks and balances per Montesquieu.

Q: Should public officials be accountable to each other, or the people?
A:  The people.

Q: Should public officials be expected to implement the people’s will?
A:  Yes, absolutely.

Q: Are checks and balances, and separation between powers desirable?
A:  Yes, absolutely.

Q: Which is best: governing from the bottom-up or from the top-down?
A:  I support grassroots governance

Q: Should governments be organized hierarchically, or egalitarian-like?
A:  I'd have to ask you to define both terms.

Q: Should a government delegate its duties to private service providers?
A:  Constitutionally, powers like national defense are reserved to government.

Q: Is it okay for a leader to award their supporters preferential treatment?
A:  Yes.


Political Worldview

Q: What is the correct role for good or legitimate states?
A:  I am at the core a supporter of Hobbes, not Rousseau. A government governs best that governs least. I believe that a government should have the foremost interests of her peoples in mind and that a legitimate government should be elected by the people. I believe the people have the right to depose a government that has become corrupt. So taking all that together - a government has the duty of being the servant to the people.

Q: What makes a leader or elected official good or bad?
A:  Competence - the ability to discern between good decisions and bad decisions.

Humility - the ability to place the needs of his representatives above his own desires.

Passion - the ability to inspire others towards a greater goal.

Diligence - the ability to work at a task until the task is completed.

Accessability - the ability for the people to be able to reach me and express their concerns and desires.


Q: Are people beholden to some form of human nature?
A:  Yes, I believe in Hobbes, that there is a fundamental human nature and that that nature is evil. Ergo - government should have severe constraints to prevent them from oppressing the people and abusing the trust granted to them.

Q: Are people bestowed with natural, inalienable rights?
A:  Yes, to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I do not believe that rights are granted by the state, but by God, and that the state cannot create new rights out of whole cloth, nor can they take away existing rights.


Political Convictions

Grin (Yes), Angry (No), Cool (Other)


Grin Can coercion of people by government ever be justified?
Grin Do good people have reasons to be wary of government?
Grin Is “limited government” an attractive notion to embrace?
Angry Should interest groups be made part of the government to help craft policies?
Cool Are people supposed to bring honor and be loyal to the community?
Angry Do the needs of the many mostly outweigh those of the few?
Angry Is government the ultimate authority in society?

Angry Would we all be better off without any economic regulation?
Grin Will competition and a market economy help workers flourish?
Grin Is self-reliance an important value for our society to promote?
Angry Does redistributing resources make an economic order fairer?
Cool Should the workers themselves own the means of production?
Cool Is “social utility” a better objective for producers than profits?
Angry Would we all be better off if private property were abolished?

Grin Should people seek to conquer nature and bend it to their will?
Angry Will humanity eventually exhaust its supplies of crucial resources?
Angry Do environmental challenges threaten our material standards of living?
Cool Does it suffice to simply manage natural resources for sustainable use?
Cool Is it worthwhile to preserve other life forms and their habitats, as well?
Grin Are animals entitled to any privileges that infringe on human interests?
Angry Should the interests of all animal species be valued equally?

Grin Is it ever alright for one group of people to culturally dominate another?
Grin Do you think the Republic of Atlasia is an “exceptional” country?
Grin Should the state promote a culture that is uniquely Atlasian?
Grin Are you willing to tolerate and coexist with groups of different people?
Grin As natives, can we justly demand that any newcomers assimilate?
Cool Can more than one cultural nation peacefully coexist within a country?
Angry Do people have enough in common to live under a global government?

Grin Would you describe yourself as more conservative than progressive?
Cool Generally speaking, are you more pragmatic than idealistic?


Additional Comments

Q: Would you care to divulge any other political views? Please elaborate.

A:  I think you've covered the broad basics. As a Conservative Catholic, I believe in the humanity of the unborn and the preservation of traditional marriage. I do not support the death penalty, as I believe the state should not have that power. I support the rights of the individual over those of the community. I believe in religious freedoms and the fundamental equality of all people. I believe that men and women are equal in value, but not equal in form or function. We should not expect men and women to desire the same things, or to perform equally in all tasks. I believe that Atlasia was founded as a Christian nation and that other religions should respect the Christian basis for Atlasian society.


For Further Reference

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« Reply #30 on: November 11, 2012, 11:23:13 PM »

     Greetings, Wisard Extraordinær Redalgus I. The South has recently passed a bill to lobby Dave Leip to create a board for our own region, where we may engage in our own business without confusion and lost threads. I encourage you to consider joining us in our quest for a doctrine of one region, one board. Thank you in advance for your consideration.

     Sincerely, Emperor PiT.
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« Reply #31 on: November 12, 2012, 11:29:34 AM »

Fascinating reading! Grin
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« Reply #32 on: November 25, 2012, 03:32:50 PM »

. . . The South has recently passed a bill to lobby Dave Leip to create a board for our own region, where we may engage in our own business without confusion and lost threads. I encourage you to consider joining us in our quest for a doctrine of one region, one board. Thank you in advance for your consideration. . . .

I consider this good policy and will urge the passage of such legislation in due time!
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« Reply #33 on: December 24, 2012, 11:44:30 PM »
« Edited: December 24, 2012, 11:46:37 PM by Redalgo »

As at least some folk may already be well aware, I've now been inactive here for one month.

It seems quite unlikely that my level of engagement with the fantasy government will increase within the foreseeable future - which brings me to the point of why I am posting. As of this time I encourage somebody to replace me for serving in this office because I will probably be dropping out of the simulation altogether so that I can concentrate what little time I can set aside for visiting the U.S. Election Atlas from time to time on other boards. Though perhaps a major inconvenience to some people - especially in the Midwest - the only alternative to this I can think of at this point is being inactive and non-responsive to PMs most of the time for several weeks at a stretch, which is not at all conducive to things getting done around here.

There were a lot of unrealized ideas I had for improving the quality of experience here in the Midwest, and what few projects I did embark on where never really seen through to fruition. In my typical fashion, I eagerly took on more responsibilities than I could realistically maintain enough motivation to satisfy over the long-run. You have my sincerest apologies for that, and I'll try to visit at least a couple times per week, but I'm quite busy on most days and am kind of in a process down-scaling the number of activities I try to juggle at once. If anyone needs anything please let me know and I'll respond as soon as I can, but please understand that I have far less energy and willpower to bring to the table than was the case a long while back.  
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