Hodges' Model: Welcome to the QUAD: weather

Hodges' model is a conceptual framework to support reflection and critical thinking. Situated, the model can help integrate all disciplines (academic and professional). Amid news items, are posts that illustrate the scope and application of the model. A bibliography and A4 template are provided in the sidebar. Welcome to the QUAD ...

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Thursday, June 25, 2026

To which care/knowledge domain does this video belong?


P.S. There isn't a domain called 'bin' but there is plenty of waste.

There isn't one called denial, or ignorance either, but you will find them in abundance too.

Rest assured (if you still can!) that each domain carries its own truth

Monday, June 15, 2026

"Keep politics out of sport!"

individual
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INTERPERSONAL
: SCIENCES             
humanistic ------------------------------- mechanistic
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL   
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group
Lewis
 
Russell


Norris





Previously: 'sport'

See also: https://www.formula1.com/ 

Thursday, February 26, 2026

New Journal Alert - Philosophy and Urban Affairs

Dear Philosophers,

I'm pleased to announce that Philosophy and Urban Affairs is now operational. Below is a description.

Philosophy and Urban Affairs is a peer-reviewed journal that explores the ethical, political, epistemological, metaphysical, and social dimensions of cities. Articles may be theoretical, applied, or both, provided they illustrate how philosophical investigation can elucidate, critique, or inform city living.
Unsolicited manuscripts are not accepted. Instead, the journal solicits submissions through public calls on emerging topics or through invitations to scholars working on specific themes. On occasion, a focus article will be published to prompt response papers and foster sustained scholarly dialogue.
Philosophy and Urban Affairs is fully open access and charges no fees of any kind.
Check out the first CFPPhilosophical Perspectives on Coastal and Island Cities

All the best - Shane

Associate Professor of Philosophy
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Shane Epting, in Creating Future Cities, insightfully analyzes complex normative challenges in urban planning and design—from organizing urban residents' political power to building for resilience—and passionately argues that citizens of cities must fight for their cities and their futures. - Ronald R. Sundstrom, University of San FranciscoUSA

My source:

Philos-L "The Liverpool List" is run by the Department of Philosophy, University of Liverpool https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/philosophy/philos-l/ Messages to the list are archived at http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/archives/philos-l.html. Recent posts can also be read in a Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/PhilosL/ Follow the list on Twitter @PhilosL. Follow the Department of Philosophy @LiverpoolPhilos 

Sunday, February 01, 2026

'First came the landscape' c/o Eden project & Resurgence & Ecologist

Ingela Ihrman - First Came the Landscape

Beech wood

'First Came the Landscape is a giant stick skeleton made from the trunk, limbs and branches of a single beech tree that was blown down during Storm Eunice in 2022. . . .'

https://www.edenproject.com/visit/things-to-do/first-came-the-landscape

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    INTERPERSONAL    :     SCIENCES               
HUMANISTIC --------------------------------------  MECHANISTIC      
SOCIOLOGY  :   POLITICAL 
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GROUP


 






My source: Anna Souter & Ingela Ihrman. 'First came the landscape'. Resurgence & Ecologist, May/June 2023. 338: pp.44-46. 

See also: https://www.edenproject.com/visit/things-to-do/first-came-the-landscape

Previously: 'landscape' : 'ecology'

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Book: SNÖ

'Snow. A single word, for an infinite variety of water formulations, frozen in air. The study of snow is physics, chemistry, meteorology, anthropology, geography, poetry and art. It is hope – annually renewed. And it is history, too.

Earth saw its first snowfall 2.4 billion years ago. The world's oldest skis, made by hand five thousand four hundred years old, pre-date the pyramids of ancient Egypt. To humanity, snow has variously been an ally and an adversary; an inspiration to countless artists and a place of breathtaking tragedy and survival. But it’s always been there. And now it is melting. 
In 1927, the snow was already more than nine metres deep on Japan's Mount Ibuki when a remarkable 230cm fell in 24 hours, bringing about the greatest depth of snow - 11.82m - ever recorded. Yet it is a fact today that, ironically not only has this mountain's resort been forced to close due to lack of snow, most people in the world have never been near snow: never felt the soft crunch of snow underfoot, never held snow to see it melt in their hands, let alone stood on a pair of skis.'  continued ...
Individual
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      INTERPERSONAL    :     SCIENCES               
HUMANISTIC  --------------------------------------  MECHANISTIC      
 SOCIOLOGY  :    POLITICAL 
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Group


compass defined

compass unified

mental expanse

beauty

memory

lived experience

signature of change

sadness

signifier
SNÖ by Sverker Sörlin

culture

poetry - arts

social history

shared loss

recreation - leisure

Two kids.
Uncles! In car, drenching
us driving through slush in the gutter 😎






Sverker Sörlin, Elizabeth DeNoma (Translator) (2025). SNÖ - A History. London: Doubleday.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/467833/sno-by-sorlin-sverker/9781529947878


My source: Clark, P. A gear shift to adapt to a warming world. Books. Genre Round-Up, Environment.  Life&Arts. FT Weekend. 23/24 August 2025. p.10.

John Denver - Season Suite (Full) The Suite is in this order:
  1. Summer
  2. Fall
  3. Winter
  4. Late Winter, Early Spring (When Everybody Goes to Mexico)
  5. Spring

Thursday, June 12, 2025

Rain, Library, and a Poem on a Neon Line

'It is raining in the library,
and leaking between theory and practice.'

Rain by Faroese poet and novelist Carl Jóhan Jensen


My source: BBC Radio 4 The Verb. Poetry and performance with Ian McMillan.

8th June 2025. 1710-1750. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002d88g

Previously: 'theory' : 'practice' : 'library' : 'poetry'

Monday, December 16, 2024

Fragile: This way up - Frozen goods!

Apollo 17 'Blue Marble' Photograph
 
Apollo 17 1972 NASA Original Blue Marble Photograph

Or, some water 'heading your way' ...
'NASA’s archival designation for it is AS17-148-22727, and the original image was taken upside down with the South Pole at the top. In its myriad reproductions, it’s flipped up to match what we would normally expect to see.'

Text: https://www.thephoblographer.com/2013/12/09/behind-blue-marble/


Does the model still 'work' -

Group
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 POLITICAL        :     SOCIOLOGY  
MECHANISTIC --------------------------------------  HUMANISTIC
            SCIENCES       :    INTERPERSONAL
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Individual
POLITICAL

SOCIOLOGY

SCIENCES

INTERPERSONAL



- this way ...?

Image source: https://www.forum-conquete-spatiale.fr/t15428-apollo-17-1972

Prompt for 'Blue Marble' - Plate 1 in Brotton, J. (2024) The Four Points of the Compass: The Unexpected History of Direction, London: Allen Lane.

Previously: 'compass'

A planet is not just for Christmas.

Sunday, May 12, 2019

Forgotten in a Crisis: Addressing dementia in humanitarian response

SELF - individual
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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
humanistic ----------------------------------------------- mechanistic
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
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group - POPULATION

Difficulty in Understanding


Natural Disasters
Conflict
War Crimes
Refugee Crises


Difficulty in being Understood


Forgotten in a Crisis: Report


ADI, GADAA and Alzheimer's Pakistan launch report on Dementia in Humanitarian Settings


My source: Several - inc Channel 4 News 12 May 2019.

Wednesday, April 03, 2019

Navigating Health and Social Care: We are on a mission - aren't we ...?*


"Before the introduction of instrument navigation, an aircraft pilot had to give up his mission whenever weather conditions worsened to a degree where visual orientation did not allow for secure landing at his destination airfield. This is situation of today's surgery." p.43.

Adams L, Krybus W, Meyer-Ebrecht D, Rüger D, Gilsbach JM, Mösges R, Schlöndorff G (1990)
Computer assisted surgery. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. 10:43–51.

*All together.

Thursday, August 10, 2017

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power

individual
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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
humanistic --------------------------------------- mechanistic
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
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group

Rainfall
Sunshine
Seasons
Sea Levels
Hotter - TEMPERATURES - Colder
Agriculture



Monday, May 15, 2017

SUPPORT: Global Health - Health Support - Support Change

INDIVIDUAL
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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
humanistic ----------------------------------------- mechanistic
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
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POPULATION
SELF - SUPPORT


SOCIAL - SUPPORT

POLITICAL - SUPPORT


My source: Halcyon Gallery

Artist: Lorenzo Quinn

https://twitter.com/artistlorenzo/status/863282451212374017

Monday, March 20, 2017

Great Barriers [i]

individual
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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
humanistic -------------------------------------------  mechanistic
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
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group-population


Great Barrier Reef 
c/o ARC Centre


'climate'

Great Barriers to Belief

'change'



See also:
Australia must share the blame for coral bleaching, FT View, 17 March 2007.

Map image: ARC Centre

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Thunderstorm Asthma in Hodges' model

individual
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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES
humanistic -------------------------------------------  mechanistic
SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL
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group-population

anxiety - impact on respiration

previous individual experience

personal health literacy:
"What I need to do when X,Y,Z

advanced care plan: staying well,
preventive measures
(see below)



Breathing, Asthma

Climate, Thunderstorms

Pollen (rupturing?)

8,500 Hospital Treatment

1,900 Emergency calls in 5 hours

Intensive Care

at least 8 Deaths

Protocols - metrics

Family, carer, community support
Social media, warnings
Provenance of information provided -
community trust.


Health Services

Emergency response / resources

Disaster Management / Review



Melbourne thunderstorm asthma death toll rises to eight, The Guardian, 29 November 2016.

My source:
Davey, M. (2016). Deadly asthma thunderstorm kills four and leaves Melbourne reeling; &
Sample, I. (2016). Analysis, Doctors agree on why, but are less sure how. The Guardian, 25 November. p.3.
 
Update in italics - June 18th 2022, plus:

Bellomo, R., Gigliotti, P., Treloar, A., Holmes, P., Suphioglu, C., Singh, M.B. and Knox, R.B. (1992) Two consecutive thunderstorm associated epidemics of asthma in the city of Melbourne. The possible role of rye-grass pollen. Med. J. Aust. 156, 834-837.

Suphioglu, C., Singh, M.B., Taylor, P., Bellomo, R., Holmes, P., Puy, R. and Knox, R.B. (1992) Mechanism of grass-pollen-induced asthma. Lancet 339, 569-572. 

Knox, R. B. (1993) Grass pollen, thunderstorms and asthma. Clin. Exp. Allergy. 23, 354–359.

Ong, E.K., Singh, M.B. & Knox, R.B. Aeroallergens of plant origin: Molecular basis and aerobiological significance. Aerobiologia 11, 219–229 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02447202

Nasser, S.M., Pulimood, T.B. Allergens and thunderstorm asthma. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 9, 384 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11882-009-0056-8

E Andrew, Z Nehme, S Bernard, M J Abramson, E Newbigin, B Piper, J Dunlop, P Holman, and K Smith. Stormy weather: a retrospective analysis of demand for emergency medical services during epidemic thunderstorm asthma. BMJ, 359, 2017.

Rabiee, S., Mousavi, H. & Khafaie, M.A. Thunderstorm asthma outbreak, a rare phenomenon in southwest Iran: patients’ perspectives. Environ Sci Pollut Res 25, 36158–36162 (2018).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-3478-9

Kevat A. Thunderstorm asthma: looking back and looking forward. J Asthma Allergy. 2020;13:293.

Luschkova, D., Traidl-Hoffmann, C. & Ludwig, A. Climate change and allergies. Allergo J Int 31, 114–120 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40629-022-00212-x
 
https://asthma.org.au/blog/tips-to-prepare-for-a-thunderstorm-asthma-event/